A school bus in Iqaluit with students on board narrowly escapes an accident in the Plateau area Tuesday morning. The roads were slippery enough to prompt the City of Iqaluit to issue a public service announcement urging drivers to be careful on the roads. The announcement said sand trucks were working to improve road conditions after temperatures hovered around freezing overnight, bringing some snow mixed with freezing rain. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
Mayors, municipal leaders gather in territorial capital
Iqaluit Mayor Solomon Awa, seated at the table on the left, chairs a meeting of Qikiqtaaluk region leaders on day one of the Nunavut Association of Municipalities’ annual general meeting. The four-day conference runs Monday through Thursday and will feature political keynote speakers, election of NAM board members and an awards ceremony. While Qikiqtaaluk leaders were meeting, leaders from the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions were also holding discussions in other rooms at the Aqsarniit Hotel and Conference Centre in Iqaluit. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Instructor Benoit Havard of White Bear Adventure offers ski lessons to École des Trois-Soleils students on Nov. 23 on the hill near the power plant in Iqaluit. Havard was working in partnership with the Iqaluit Ski Club-Aniirajak (which means ‘to play outdoors’ in Inuktitut). (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
It was a mostly one-sided affair Nov. 25 as the RCMP hockey team, in the red uniforms, defeated Iqaluit’s firefighters 7-3 in the Guns and Hoses charity hockey game. Close to 100 people attended the first responders’ matchup at the Arnaitok Arena to watch the RCMP win for the second straight year. The game was a fundraiser for both the Iqaluit firefighters’ Movember men’s health campaign and for Iqaluit’s food bank. In total, $2,170 was raised, according to fire Chief Steve McGean. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Christopher Piugattuk of Igloolik had his prize — a traditional Inuit dogsled whip — wrapped playfully around his neck during raffle giveaways at the end of Qikiqtani Inuit Association’s regional Qimuksiqtiit conference that wrapped up in Iqaluit on Nov. 23. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
No injuries were reported following a single-vehicle crash in the lot outside the Tammaativvik boarding home on Niaqunngusiariaq Street in Iqaluit at around 9 a.m. Thursday. City of Iqaluit spokesperson Kent Driscoll said the driver, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, was not hurt in the incident. Emergency crews responded immediately, and closed part of the road until the vehicle was towed away, Driscoll said. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
Iqaluit snowplow #126 plows snow at the Iqaluit airport Tuesday in brisk -10 C weather. After a chance of light snow Tuesday and Wednesday, the forecast for the city looks clear and cold with the high dipping to -11 C on Saturday. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
A memorial bench on the edge of Iqaluit’s breakwater was a pleasant spot to take in the spring-like weather that rolled across Nunavut’s capital on Nov. 17. The temperature was around -2 C with southern winds. This memorial bench was placed by the City of Iqaluit’s recreation department staff in memory of their late colleague Moe Kownirk, as it says on the plaque. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
Boats sit ready for winter at the Iqaluit breakwater despite spring-like temperatures that have greeted Nunavut’s capital as the weekend approaches. On Friday morning, the temperature was -1.9 C and winds came from the south at speeds between 27 km/h to 38 km/h. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
The sun rises in Iqaluit on Tuesday over the Iqaluit power plant with Hospital Hill recognizable in the foreground. The sun rose Tuesday at 8:55 a.m. and will set at 2:40 p.m., giving the city six hours and 45 minutes of daylight. It’s rapidly getting darker in Iqaluit this time of year, with the amount of light shaved by approximately six minutes per day. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
A sundog appears in the sky over Iqaluit on Nov. 12. The phenomenon is caused when sunlight is refracted through ice crystals in the air, similar to the way rainbows form in the summer when sunlight shines through moisture in the air after a rainfall. Sunday’s bright sunshine came after several days of cloudy weather in the Nunavut capital. Sunday’s high was -13.9 C with a low of -18.9 C, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. This week’s forecast is not as cold, with temperatures expected to rise from -8 C Tuesday to -1 C by Saturday. (Photo by Mosha Folger, special to Nunatsiaq News)
