Total project cost is estimated at around $9.7M, says chief administrative officer
The city has applied for a $7.3 million federal grant to upgrade and pave Akilliq Drive, the road by the Causeway Bay boat launch and future deep sea port. The project in total will cost $9.7 million, with the city and Government of Nunavut paying about $2.4 million, said Iqaluit chief administrative officer Amy Elgersma...
Councillors passed 2nd reading of a zoning bylaw Tuesday evening
Council voted in favour of hiring energy corporation to better light city streets
Workshop part of summer program on Inuit storytelling and toolmaking
Appointments can be booked until Aug. 19
Nunatta Sunakkutaangit manager says she hopes the items ‘reflect the first-person accounts’ of the day
Brandon Lyta is accused of second-degree murder in the death of Levi Michael
Amaruq Hunters and Trappers Association reports successful catch off Hill Island
Defendant’s claim he fell on woman after her ‘scream of terror’ lacked ‘air of reality,’ judge says
ᐃᒃᓯᕋᕐᔪᐊᕌᓗᒃ ᕗᕌᓐᓯᔅ ᒪᒥᐊᑦᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ‘ᐅᓄᙱᑦᑐᑯᓘᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑳᑐᓕᒃᓄ’ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕐᕕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᑐᓂᒃ
ᑲᑎᕐᖓᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 100 ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᕐᒥ ᓇᑉᐸᕐᒥᒡᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᔪᓚᐃ 29ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ
Event one of several summer activities held at Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park in Iqaluit
While Northwestel and Bell services slowly returned for some residents, for others the struggle continued Thursday afternoon
Victim and accused were playing poker on night of incident
Wood used to build a temporary ramp for Pope Francis at Nakasuk Elementary School in Iqaluit sits piled outside Inuksuk High School on Tuesday. The ramp had been built at the back entrance of the elementary school for Francis, who uses a wheelchair, when he met with residential school survivors inside the building on July 29. The ramp was dismantled over the weekend. The wood was then donated to the local high school’s woodworking class, said Iqaluit District Education Authority spokesperson Lynda Gunn. (Photo courtesy of Lynda Gunn)
Judge says he’s considering also citing Crown lawyer for contempt of court
RCMP say more than $70,000 worth of items and cash stolen
The former Federal Road in Iqaluit has a new name. It has been renamed Sivumugiaq Street, which means ‘moving forward’ in Inuktitut. The name change is dedicated to residential school survivors, and was approved by city council before Pope Francis visited the city on July 29. (Photo by David Lochead)
Cars are unloaded from a barge onto an empty beach in Iqaluit Tuesday. The sealift season began in late July and goes into September. (Photo by David Lochead)
People had many different reasons for wanting to see the head of the Roman Catholic Church on his visit to Nunavut
Pope Francis waves goodbye to the crowd outside Nakasuk Elementary School Friday evening. (Photo by David Venn)
A minute-by-minute breakdown of Pope Francis’ whirlwind trip to Nunavut’s capital
Group of more than 100 met with Pope for about 90 minutes in Iqaluit on Friday
Pope Francis’s stop in Iqaluit is the last of his weeklong visit to Canada
Pope Francis apologizes for the role of ‘not just a few catholics’ in residential schools
As Pope Francis took the stage in Iqaluit Friday night, a person in the crowd held up this sign urging him to rescind the Catholic Church’s Doctine of Discovery, issued in the 1500s and which is widely blamed for helping lead to colonialism around the world. (Photo by Emma Tranter)
Short visit to Nunavut capital includes meeting with residential school survivors, then public event
Things to watch for during Pope Francis’ visit to Nunavut’s capital Friday
Eight sea cans of plastic bottles will be shipped off on the first sealift ship arriving in Iqaluit by end of month
