Iqaluit

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᕗᑦ ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕋᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐋᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦᑯᓐᓄᑦ

‘ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕋᖅᕕᒃᒥᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᒌᒃᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ’ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕋᖅᕕᒃᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᕐᑐᖅ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ

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School musical rescheduled due to blizzard in Iqaluit

Elaine Poshai, left, Victoria Groves and Maisie MacDonald sketch comic book heroes that spring to life in “Adventures of a Comic Book Artist.” The musical play runs Friday at Nakasuk School in Iqaluit, rescheduled from Wednesday due to a blizzard. Admission is free and all are welcome. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the play starts at 6:30 p.m. (Photo by Daron Letts)

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Coffee, barbecue and ‘Inside Out 2’ for Mental Health Week in Iqaluit

Mental health outreach worker Florence Odulaia, left, and Sevanoosie Boaz enjoy coffee and doughnuts at the Government of Nunavut’s Iqaluit mental health and addictions main office on Friday. It was one of the events dedicated to Mental Health Week 2025, which runs from May 5 to 11. There will also be a barbecue in front of the 961 building on Saturday at noon and a screening of “Inside Out 2” at the Astro Theatre on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

Iqaluit low-barrier shelter is shaping up

Construction is underway Tuesday on Uquutaq Society’s new 44-bed low-barrier shelter in Iqaluit. It will replace the current 17-bed shelter on the Road to Apex. The frame of the new building is up on the former site of Nunavut Country Food at 158 Nipisa St. and the project is expected to be completed in 2026. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

Iqaluit marks Red Dress Day

Dinah Pikuyak holds a sign demanding justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women at Iqaluit’s Red Dress Day march Monday. Approximately 75 people attended on the May 5 National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit-Plus people. “I’m here on behalf of my niece Savanna who was murdered in Ottawa when she went for a nursing program,” she said. Savanna Pikuyak, 22, was murdered in Ottawa on Sept. 11, 2022, a week after she moved to Ottawa from Sanirajak. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Showing off judo skills

Judo Nunavut members Meeka MacDonald, 12, top, and Charlotte Fewer, 13, compete in the Judo Nunavut year-end tournament, held Saturday in the Aqsarniit Ilinniarvik School gymnasium in Iqaluit. More than 80 competitors in three age categories participated in the event, making it the biggest tournament turnout in the organization’s 21-year history. Registration for the next season will take place in September, said coach Matilda Pinksen. (Photo by Daron Letts)

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