A ceremony is planned for Saturday evening to celebrate the expansion at École des Trois-Soleils in Iqaluit, which more than doubled the size of the school. Michael Philbin, interim executive director of the Nunavut Francophone School Board, is shown outside the school earlier this week. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
École des Trois-Soleils hosts long-awaited ‘inauguration’ ceremony for new addition Saturday
People in Iqaluit are coming together this weekend to celebrate a $32.9-million addition to the city’s French-language public school. The new wing at École des Trois-Soleils opened in September.
A few geese pick through the grass for food last Saturday evening in the causeway area of Iqaluit. The arrival of geese is one sign of the start of spring, they will lay their eggs in June and depart by the fall. (Photo by Jason Sudlovenick, special to Nunatsiaq News)
Gulls have flown up from the south, their arrival signifying the start of spring and warmer months to come. This colony was spotted in the causeway area of Iqaluit last weekend, where temperatures reached a high of 0 C, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. (Photo by Jason Sudlovenick, special to Nunatsiaq News)
The cast and crew of the TV series “North of North” film scenes at Apex Beach in Iqaluit in May. The show is set to premiere first in Canada on CBC and APTN on Jan. 7 and then globally on Netflix in spring 2025. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)