Iqaluit residents flock to opening day Toonik Tyme events
Annual festival runs until April 9; opening ceremonies, fireworks set for Friday night
Toonik Tyme kicks off with events like ice golf, igloo-building contest
Festivities run from March 31 to April 9 and include race to Kimmirut, fishing derby and fireworks
Iqaluit’s growing population brings emergency calls to all-time high: fire chief
Meanwhile, RCMP sees violent crime rates in the territory drop
‘Dangerous’ black rock cocaine easier to smuggle
RCMP warns ‘potent’ form of drug circulating in Iqaluit; hospital not seeing increase in patients requiring treatment from drug
Minister silent on call for housing authority to be ordered back to bargaining table
Nunavut Employees Union sent letter to Kusugak, housing corporation president, prior to start of strike
National union calls on Iqaluit Housing Authority to stop using ‘scab’ labour
Thirteen unionized workers have been on strike since March 17
City of Iqaluit passes on offer to buy racquet club
City is currently assessing needs for a possible youth wellness centre
City of Iqaluit misses target of falling under access to information law
Acting chief administrative officer says city waiting on GN for training requirements
Iqaluit student wins $100,000 Loran Award
Akutaq Williamson Bathory recognized for speedskating, mental health advocacy
Both sides quiet as Iqaluit Housing Authority labour dispute nears one-week mark
Housing authority hasn’t said how it will provide maintenance during work stoppage; no details from union on wages
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Iqaluit pool to close for a week, city says
Pool to close March 25, reopen April 3
‘Highlight of my whole life’: Iqaluit personal trainer embraces TV show stint
Victoria Coman joined cast after reps reached out on social media
Striking Iqaluit Housing Authority workers now locked out by employer
Housing authority says both sides agreed to designate oil burner mechanic as essential worker, will continue work during ongoing dispute
ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᒥᕐᑕᕐᕕᖓ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ
ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᒪᖃᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕋᖅᖢᒍ, ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ‘ᐱᐊᓂᓕᕐᑐᖅ’
Nunavut Employees Union should share its idea of ‘fair wages’
Unionized housing workers went on strike Friday over wages but haven’t publicly said how much they’re after
Iqaluit Housing Authority unionized workers begin strike
Workers have been without collective agreement since June 2020
Iqaluit Housing Authority set to lock out unionized employees
Notice issued by authority escalates labour dispute; lockout to begin Sunday, but union members can begin strike Friday
Iqaluit middle schoolers debut High School Musical play
‘I’m excited to see it finally come together,’ performer says
Have you herd? Caribou spotted near Iqaluit
These caribou were spotted March 5 near Iqaluit by photographer Jason Sudlovenick. With a high temperature of -2.6 C that day, the area was experiencing a reprieve from the bitter cold that gripped Iqaluit from late January through early March when temperatures stayed in the -30 C range. (Photo by Jason Sudlovenick, special to Nunatsiaq News)
City of Iqaluit looking to expand Apex Cemetery
Councillors vote Tuesday to begin the expansion process
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A hunter’s point of view
It was a beautiful Saturday out on the ice for Randy Qamaniq. There were no seals by Aulatsivik, outside Iqaluit, on March 11 so Qamaniq snapped this photo of the view through the scope of his rifle. (Photo courtesy of Randy Qamaniq)
500 ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓂᕆᔭᖅᑐᕐᕕᖃᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᓇ ᓂᕆᔭᕐᑐᕐᕕᒃ ᓱᓪᓗᓕᖏᑦ ᖁᐊᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ
‘ᐅᓇ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ,’ ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ
Iqaluit water treatment plant could be ready to go back online next week
City says repairs to plant are wrapping up, holistic inspection ‘almost finished’
Information night for potential foster parents to be held in Iqaluit
Event scheduled for Aqsarniit hotel on March 25
Nunavut man found not guilty of 2nd-degree murder
Judge says there was reasonable doubt in Crown’s argument; incident occurred in Iqaluit in 2020