Three Jaanimmarik School Running Club members—from left, Nadia Parsons, Etua Mark Greig and Nicolas Murovic—serve a spaghetti dinner with the help of their coach, Shannon Thompson, at a club fundraiser in Kuujjuaq. Club members made spaghetti and garlic bread on Friday, Jan. 18, to raise funds for their spring run. They alternate between selling beaver tail pastries and spaghetti every couple of Fridays. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
A family of Ahiarmiut, including David Serkoak, pictured behind his mother Mary Qahug Miki (centre) at Ennadai Lake in the mid-1950s before the Canadian government forcibly relocated them from their homelands.
Today, the federal government apologized for those relocations. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett made the apology at a ceremony in Arviat on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
“We are sorry. Mamiapugut,” Bennett told the group of 21 surviving Ahiarmiut relocatees, their families and community members.
“We are sorry that we moved the Ahiarmiut from Ennadai Lake. We are sorry that the Ahiarmiut suffered so immensely — experiencing indignity, starvation, and death — as a result of our actions. We are sorry that you were not treated with the kindness, respect, and humanity that you deserved,” Bennett said.
“Finally, we are sorry that it has taken so long to settle your relocation claim and to acknowledge the wrongs of the past.”
Bennett met privately with the members of the Ahiarmiut Relocation Society on Jan. 22 and also helped to unveil a new memorial plaque in the Kivalliq community.
Read more later on nunatsiaq.com. (File photo)
The Baker Lake Atoms pose for a team photo during a hockey tournament over the weekend in Rankin Inlet. The hockey team returned home disappointed Jan. 20; the Atoms were scheduled to play a 12:45 playoff game that could have secured their fifth-place finish in the tournament. But the team had to forfeit the game to catch their flight home, which ended up being delayed anyway. Parents say tournament organizers need to do a better job scheduling flights for these events, so athletes can participate fully. (PHOTO BY JOSEPH AUPALUKTUQ)
Kuujjuaq’s Allen Gordon caught this image of the moon turning crimson last night, during a lunar eclipse that produced what’s called a “super blood wolf moon.” Super means the moon is near its closest point in its orbit around the earth. Blood refers to the red colour created by the moon passing through the Earth’s shadow, while wolf moon refers to the first full moon of the year. “No tripod, hands freezing, quick shots and one turned out good,” wrote Gordon. (Photo courtesy of Allen Gordon)
Nunavut Sivuniksavut students captivated their audience at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Wednesday, Jan. 16, with traditional songs and dances as part of the “Next Generation” noon concert series. Students explained Inuit culture, covering topics from traditional games to interpreting Inuit facial expressions. They even taught the crowd a little Inuktitut. Their aim, says student Angel Ootova, was to share their culture and “show that we’re still here.” Based on the audience’s animated reaction, the Nunavut Sivuniksavut students achieved their goal. (Photo by Kahlan Miron)
Milena Mangiuk sent this shot of kids playing on a frozen lake just behind her home in Ivujivik, Nunavik, on Saturday, Jan. 12.
The Northern Village of Kuujjuaq transforms its construction camp in the winter into a homeless shelter, which also features a soup kitchen for anyone in need. From left: Mary Imbeault, Johnny Kooktook, Gaétan David, Joseph Imbeault and Sarah Tukkiapik. Imbeault is the shelter’s coordinator, while David cooks and runs the soup kitchen with the help of local volunteers. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
“Traffic jam at Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park,” wrote Iqaluit resident Brian Tattuinee as he shared this image he took of two dogsled teams crossing on Sunday, Jan. 13.
