Our top photos of 2018
Here are some of the most popular images we published over the past year
The staff at Nunatsiaq News wish our readers a restful Christmas holiday. We will resume publishing on Dec. 31.
In wake of standoff, Nunavut RCMP issue “call to action” on firearms storage
Two men arrested, one faces four counts of attempted murder
NORAD’s eyes in the sky keep watch for Santa
Santa Tracker ensures the big man in red won’t get lost this Christmas
Cooking for Christmas with Clare Kines
“Cooking is art”
Nunavut coroner’s office launches pediatric death review committee
Former coroner planned same committee two years ago
Celebrating Christmas with country food
Talasia Makimak-Russell, left, and Samisa Makimak enjoy a spread of seal, char, caribou and other foods flown in from Nunavik for a Christmas feast held by the Inuit Siqinirmiut Quebecmi Ilaujut/Southern Quebec Inuit Association on Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Eglise Notre Dame de la Salette in Montreal. (PHOTO BY DARYA MARCHENKOVA)
Thoughts about First Air-Canadian North merger? Now’s the time to share them
Transport Canada will accept written comments until Jan. 12, 2019
What’s open and what’s not at the Government of Nunavut
Offices close Dec. 24 to Jan. 1 but many are on call for emergencies
City of Iqaluit scales back services during holidays
City closes for stat holidays, scales back trucked waste and water services
Iqaluit middle school gives back to the community for Christmas
Kids decorate a tree at RCMP headquarters in Iqaluit
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Employee alleges Nunavut government mishandled harassment complaints against him
Justice Department worker wants Nunavut court to review HR investigation
Nunavut inmates want more treatment, addictions services
“If I get released in Pang, I will be going back to jail right away”
Christmas memories from across the eastern Arctic
“It’s important not to bring out negativity, but to show appreciation”
A fitting tribute to the place of many fish
Travellers at Iqaluit International Airport are now greeted by this sculpture of Arctic char by Nunavut artist Looty Pijamini, who is seen here during his work’s unveiling on Monday, Dec. 17, to the left of Nunavut’s minister of economic development and transportation, David Akeeagok, whose department commissioned the piece. “Iqaluit means ‘multiple fish, or lots of fish,’” says Pijamini, who sculpted 43 individual fish for the piece out of granite quarried near the airport. “When you first land in Iqaluit, this is what you’ll see.” (PHOTO COURTESY OF NUNAVUT’S DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION)
Three Iqaluit children now safe, man, 34, faces multiple charges
Standoff ends after 12 hours of crisis negotiations
E. coli scare prompts recall of cauliflower, red and green lettuce
“Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store”
Arctic shorebird, caribou declines may result from species competition: research
Booming snow geese and muskox populations may cause population drops
Nunavut police follow through on arrest warrants
RCMP encourages those with outstanding warrants to check in with local detachments
A look at how Iqaluit’s inmates spend Christmas
“Maybe it is a little reflection period”
Feds seek new airline passenger protection rules
Public response period starts Dec. 22
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Aurora borealis above Baker Lake
Joe Aupaluktuq captured this shot of the northern lights over Baker Lake, Nunavut on Monday, Dec. 10. (PHOTO COURTESY OF JOE AUPALUKTUQ)
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Singer-songwriter Beatrice Deer adapts the legend of The Fox Wife in new graphic novel
Crisis text line now works in all 25 Nunavut communities
SSi Mobile said it has resolved a glitch with short-code texting
New fish species scout out warming Arctic waters
Two sockeye salmon caught near Cambridge Bay offer “a glimpse of what is coming”
Nunavik’s KRG, employees’ union reach agreement
“We finally saw eye to eye on some of our disputed articles”