Iqaluit

Timeline | Fire quickly destroys Iqaluit’s Noble House

Three-storey building was home to 36 residents or families, plus professional offices

Here is a brief timeline of how the catastrophic fire at Noble House on Mivvik Street in Iqaluit intensified, leaving 36 residents or families homeless according to the Nunavut Housing Corp. and displacing a handful of professional offices.

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Christmas skating at Arctic Winter Games arena

People gathered at the Arctic Winter Games arena Wednesday for a night of free skating. More than 50 people turned out to lace up their skates including, from left, Martha Mitsima, 11, Tatiana Sheutiapik, 10, Braelyn Lewis, 10, Kaniq Allerton, 16, Beatrice Allerton, 12, and Leah Allen, 12. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

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Getting ready for the Santa Claus parade

Keith Lane, a stores agent at the Iqaluit airport, makes sure everything is in order before Santa Claus is added to the Canadian North float. The company is preparing to take part in Iqaluit’s annual Santa Claus Parade, scheduled for Saturday. The parade is set to start at the Arctic Winter Games arena at 12 p.m. (Photo courtesy of Canadian North)