Iqaluit

City of Iqaluit awaiting information on food voucher program extension

Inuit Child First Initiative extended to 2026, but city’s agreement with federal government expires at end of March

Now that the Inuit Child First Initiative has been extended, the City of Iqaluit is asking the public to be patient as it figures out what’s next for its food voucher program.

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A political field trip

Felix Karpik, 8, sits in on the Nunavut legislative assembly proceedings alongside his grandmother, Pangnirtung MLA Margaret Nakashuk, on Thursday. Felix said he liked examining the Speaker’s mace inside the chamber and that he even had the chance to sit in the Speaker’s chair during a midday break. (Photo by Daron Letts)

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Opening of a new location of Inuktitut daycare in Apex

Eleven-month-old Jackson Enook-Churchill holds tight to his mother Uluappak Enook during the opening ceremony Feb. 28 of the new home for Tumikuluit Saipaaqivik Child Care Centre in Apex. It moved there from its former site downtown. Baby and mom were among approximately 40 people who came to the ceremony at Iqaluit’s only Inuktitut daycare, along with Jenna Sudds, the federal minister of families, children and social development, Premier P.J. Akeeagok and Nunavut NDP MP Lori Idlout. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

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