Proposal previously blocked by city committee
This story was updated on Friday, June 26, 2026, at 9:15 a.m. ET. A proposed 116-unit public housing development for the base of Iqaluit’s Hospital Hill received city council approval Tuesday night.
Coroner’s inquest will investigate the death of an Iqaluit inmate
Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Jean Goodwill makes a brief stop at the Iqaluit port Tuesday before setting off into Frobisher Bay. The 87.3-metre vessel left its home port of Dartmouth, N.S., on June 10 for the Arctic summer season. Its job is to make way for the annual northern sealift and community resupply. (Photo by Mosha Folger)
Accused pleads guilty to 4 charges after September incident
Dozens of participants traversed the tundra at Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park on Saturday
Sophie-Mae Panesar, 3, paints over the RCMP badge on a police truck Saturday as part of a children’s event hosted by officers at the Alianait Arts Festival in Iqaluit. The badge is inscribed with the motto, ‘maintiens le droit,’ or ‘uphold the right’ in English. (Photo by Daron Letts)
51 consulting services among 495 businesses registered with city
Grade 12 graduates, from left to right, Jason Anilniliak, Duncan Mearns, and Jaxson Gillis, and Grade 10 student Jayden Lewis, are dressed for the Inuksuk High School prom on Saturday night. The dance was held at Aqsarniit Hotel. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Crowd of 100 forms in Iqaluit to watch contest to see who can prepare their meat the fastest
Arts festival’s Pride party honours LGBTQ+ Inuit past, present, and future
Dustin Neil and his children, one-year-old Madison Neil and three-year-old Jackson Neil, enjoy a Father’s Day outing at the Alianait Arts Festival grounds in downtown Iqaluit on Sunday morning. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Terry Uyarak and the Beatrice Deer Band bring Iqaluit arts festival audience to its feet
Pisiit is this year’s festival theme
Hip hop artist Jacob Okatsiak of Arviat brings out an accordion Thursday evening at the Storehouse Bar in Iqaluit, during the Alianait Arts Festival jam. He is backed by drummer Blair Williams. The festival continues through Sunday. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Starting line moves from Iqaluit streets to Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park
The U.K.’s Royal Air Force Red Arrows sit on the tarmac June 18 at the Iqaluit Airport as the aerobatic display team makes its way to the east coast of the U.S. for six airshows this summer. (Photo by Mosha Folger)
Igloolik camp co-ordinator John Paul Kangok, front, participates in a summer camp training exercise Wednesday at the Arctic Winter Games arena in Iqaluit. He’s one of more than 100 youth and hamlet staff from across Nunavut who are attending the four-day-long training event, run by the Jays Care Foundation in partnership with Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut. Kangok is pictured, front to back, with RPAN youth leader Chloe Quassa, Kinngait recreation co-ordinator Saagiaq Pudlat and youth leader Ian Iqqaqsaq. (Photo by Mosha Folger)
Staff, council seek to streamline process for endorsing funding requests, facility use
Ghana, France, Haiti among teams backed by members of Inuksuk Football Club
‘Random chaos’ behind the scenes at arts festival, as almost everything unfolds according to plan, say organizers
Nunavut Ukpiit is a reboot of the Iqaluit Fury Hockey Association
Family, friends and supporters greeted the 78 year-old former politician at the Iqaluit airport Friday
An eight-person crew from Tom Fitzgerald Construction erects the upcoming Alianait Arts Festival’s big top tent in Iqaluit at 2 p.m. on Friday. The festival will take place from June 18-21 and feature such performers as Naja P, a 26-year-old singer-songwriter from Greenland; Beatrice Deer from Quaqtaq; Arviat’s Jacob Okatsiak; and Greenland’s Andachan. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Mathieu Perreault takes a break after the Friday night dinner rush at his downtown food truck. A line usually forms at around 6 p.m., with people ordering street-food staples like hot dogs, burgers and poutine. Perreault opened for the season on May 30. He expects to stay open into July. (Photo by Daron Letts)
RCMP block entrance to park, leaving wildlife officer to make the kill
