ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᖓ ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓯᕗᒧᒋᐊᖅ ᐊᖅᑯᑎ
ᓄᑖᖅ ᐊᑎᖓ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᐳᖅ ‘ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕐᒥ’ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᕌᖓᕗᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓱᓕ ᐆᒪᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ
Alianait performances attract hundreds of spectators
Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory performs on the final night of Iqaluit’s Alianait Arts Festival in the Nakasuk School gym Sunday. The four-day festival, which hasn’t been held in person since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, drew hundreds of people over the weekend and featured Inuit performers and artists from all over the world. (Photo by Emma Tranter)
ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᖅᑎᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓᑦ ᓴᖅᑮᕗᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒍᑎᖃᕐᕕᒋᔭᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᑎᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᕋᓛᖑᓕᕋᔭᖅᑐᒧᑦ
ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑎᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓯᒪᓕᖁᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓯᒪᓕᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑭᓖᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᕿᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᕿᓗᒃᐸᓗᓗᐊᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂᒃ
ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᒐᒃᓴᙳᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᓯᔪᒥ ᐃᑭᓕᖅᑐᒍ
ᔪᐊᓇᓯ ᐊᑯᒪᓕᒃ ᓄᖅᑲᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᔫᓂ 22−ᒥ, ᐸᕐᓇᒍᑎᖃᙱᓚᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ
Alianait Arts Festival returns to Iqaluit
The festival has spent the past 2 years adapting to various COVID-19 restrictions
Canada Day’s cautious return
Barbecues, parades, traditional celebrations expected go ahead a year after many used country’s last birthday to reflect on residential schools
Closing Iqaluit’s beer, wine store would undo progress, says GN
Finance Department says it’s working with communities to address concerns over lack of liquor importation limits
Kimberly Smith appointed to Iqaluit city council
Newcomer will replace former councillor Sheila Flaherty
Iqaluit’s Federal Road renamed Sivumugiaq Street
New name means ‘moving forward’ in Inuktitut and is dedicated to residential school survivors
July holidays will impact Iqaluit water delivery, trash pick-up schedules
City releases information on closures, alternate service dates
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Iqaluit plans full slate of Canada Day activities
Plenty of food, music and contests on the schedule for annual celebration
ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᐱᕗᑦ $600,000−ᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑭᐳᒃᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑭᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑭᖏᓐᓂ
ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᕆᓂᕐᒥ $3.5 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᒪᖓ ᐃᒥᒐᒃᓴᐅᙱᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᓱᕈᖅᑎᕆᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ
Iqaluit deepsea port work delayed, won’t open until 2023
Port was expected to be operational by the fall but management plan isn’t ready yet
Iqaluit council hears options to address water woes
Unnamed Lake and Sylvia Grinnell River presented as permanent solutions for bolstering city’s long-term water supply
Ex-Iqaluit city councillor charged with aggravated assault
Joanasie Akumalik resigned from council Wednesday, no plans to replace him yet
Missing man located, say Iqaluit RCMP
Police issued missing person report for 30-year-old man who hadn’t been heard from in 2 weeks
Iqaluit city councillor Joanasie Akumalik resigns
City of Iqaluit, Akumalik, have not given an explanation for the sudden resignation
Pope to visit Iqaluit July 29, Vatican confirms
Pope Francis to visit with residential school survivors, elders and youth
Iqaluit dog team society raises concerns over draft bylaw
Proposed changes could affect who can take part, and penalize owners for noisy dogs
Iqaluit airport tests its emergency plan Wednesday
Mock emergency taking place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., regular airport functions not expected to be affected
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Iqaluit takes in National Indigenous Peoples Day
A barbecue and several other events mark annual celebration and summer solstice in Iqaluit
Two vehicles burn in early morning Iqaluit fire
8 firefighters responded to incident around 1:30 a.m., city spokesperson says
Iqaluit takes Pride in its crosswalks
Jill Bonnet, (left), Tess Thurber, Patricia MacNeil and Romeyn Stevenson paint a colourful crosswalk in front of Joamie Ilinniarvik School in Iqaluit on Sunday. The crosswalk is one of three painted across the city, as part of a school-led initiative for Pride Month, in support of the LGTBQ community. (Photo by David Lochead)
Iqaluit mayor wants beer and wine store closed until more mental health supports are in place
Kenny Bell says he plans to launch a petition for a plebiscite vote on the store’s future
Iqaluit gets $600,000 from GN to offset water emergency costs
City had asked to recover $3.5M it spent while Iqaluit’s water was undrinkable from fuel contamination