Organizers prepare growing list of prizes for 3-day cod derby; Char derby scheduled for Saturday
Winter darkness is making way for sunny skies and fishing derby season in Iqaluit. Two derbies are slated to take place around the Nunavut capital this weekend.
‘I should have been informed right away,’ says mother of child whose eye was injured
Nakasuk School students to present superhero year-end musical Tuesday and Wednesday
ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑎᒎᕈᓐᓃᖅᑐᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᑉ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖓᒍᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᕿᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᔾᔪᑎᐅᓕᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ
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)
Teen sentenced to 2 years of probation and 100 hours of community service after August 2024 incident in Iqaluit
Ceremony held Thursday in Iqaluit
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)
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)
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)
Qulliq Energy Corp. making electrical upgrades for new generator
ᖃᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᑲᒃᑐᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᕗᖅ ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓗᖕᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ
No première date set for 2nd season of comedy series about fictional Nunavut community
Standard fares, elders’ rates all affected by increase
QEC confirms community-wide outage late Monday night
Acting fire chief presents update to council on calls for service, training initiatives
Hunter Aningmiuq, 11, holds up a ptarmigan he hunted earlier this spring at a family friend’s cabin outside Iqaluit. Aningmiuq hunts often, says his mother Annie Aningmiuq, who added he caught three ptarmigan Saturday as well. (Photo courtesy of Annie Aningmiuq)
ᕗᐃᐊᔅᑎᖕᕼᐊᐅᔅ ᐅᐊᔭᓅᖓᔪᓄᑦ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᓐᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᐅᑭᓕᐅᒥ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ
QFC wins A division championship while NuBrew takes B division title at Toonik Tyme event in Iqaluit
ᓄᑖᖑᔪᑦ ᒪᓕᒋᐊᓖᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓚᐃᓴᓐᓯᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ
Andrew Maher, right, and his dog Ikuma hold a slight lead over Sarah McNair-Landry and her dog Roscoe in the two-kilometre Toonik Tyme skijor race Tuesday night. Maher won the race, which drew 14 human racers, each accompanied by a dog, as well as more than 50 spectators to the entrance of Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park. Toonik Tyme, Iqaluit’s annual spring festival, continues through April 20. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᑦᑕᐃᓕᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᓕᖁᔭᐅᔪᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕉᑎᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᐅᓇ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᓐ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒃᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ
Iqaluit Mayor and lifelong igloo builder Solomon Awa shows how to carve snow into blocks during a Toonik Tyme igloo-building workshop at Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park on Saturday. About 100 people took part in the workshop, watching Awa work and attempting to help. According to Toonik Tyme’s schedule, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday a scavenger hunt will be held followed by the annual skijor race at 6 p.m., where competitors on skis are pulled by a dog. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
Ottawa unit responds Saturday to investigate ‘suspicious item’ in Tundra Ridge
RCMP unit from Ottawa deployed to assist; unclear what item is
