Coun. Kim Smith was top vote-getter in Oct. 23 election
Iqaluit’s new deputy mayor says it’s hard not to be disappointed being the only woman on the city’s eight-member council. “I’d like to think one day that half of these chairs will be filled by women,” Coun.
Contracted company responsible for shipping out materials and processing them in the south
People now have to provide full mailing address; city working with Canada Post to update database
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)
With fewer surviving veterans, it falls to the rest of us to ensure their sacrifices aren’t forgotten, says legion member
Iqaluit council should fill Jack Anawak’s vacancy with the next highest vote-getter from last month’s election
No trucked water and sewer or garbage collection Nov. 13; municipal offices will be closed
Henry Coman worked as an RCMP officer to train, support local police, from 2007-08
Lewis Falkiner MacKay garnered 110 fewer votes than Jack Anawak, who resigned from council Monday
Justice minister pays tribute to Pauline Melanson’s promotion in legislative assembly
This Remembrance Day banner pays tribute to the late Phillip Hanson, who was the father of the late Bob Hanson of Iqaluit. It is on display in front of the cadet hall in Iqaluit. The Hanson family puts up the banner in honour of his service to Canada during the Second World War. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᓄᑖᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓕᕐᑐᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᐃᔭ ᓲᓗᒨᓂ ᐊᕙᒥ
The Canadian Coast Guard ship Louis S. St.-Laurent sits anchored off Iqaluit’s deepsea port on Wednesday morning, right after its arrival. It’s Canada’s largest multi-mission icebreaker, according to the coast guard website. It is named after Canada’s twelfth prime minister, who led a Liberal government from 1948 to 1957. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
Former MP, MLA was elected to Iqaluit city council Oct. 23; resigned Monday
Construction equipment is in place on Sivumugiaq Street (formerly Federal Road) in Iqaluit and concrete barriers are in place to mark a road closure the city says will be in effect until Nov. 17. The road closure is needed to allow the laying of a pipe for the City of Iqaluit’s new municipal services garage, said city spokesperson Kent Driscoll. The closure took effect Sunday. It forces drivers to detour around the construction area by using Ungalliqpaat Crescent and Ukkivik Lane. Local traffic will still be able to access the closed portion of Sivumugiaq Street. (Photo by Corey Larocque)
About 30 people gathered at Iqaluit’s Four Corners on Nov. 4 to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Protesters marched from Four Corners to the legislature, then back to Four Corners. Jennifer Lane said she organized the protest because as a mother and person with a lineage of oppressed people, she had to do something. “We are watching a real-time genocide of an oppressed people take place … if we stay silent, we lose our humanity,” said Lane, who is Barbadian and Metis. On Oct. 7, Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, carried out a surprise attack on Israel, killing approximately 1,400 people. In response, the Israeli government launched a military bombardment of Gaza. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7, including more than 4,000 children, according to Gaza’s health ministry. The heads of several United Nations bodies have called for an immediate ceasefire. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for “humanitarian pauses” in the conflict, but not a ceasefire. (Photo by David Lochead)
Three new councillors join 5 returnees and Mayor Solomon Awa
Noah Papatsie calls for changes to help people with disabilities register as candidates
City asks people to keep vehicles off the street to help with snow-removal operations
Sealift company CEO says it is working with Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Trick or treating to move to Wednesday, Nov. 1 due to weather, city says
Transportation Safety Board determining if it will investigate Friday’s spill in Iqaluit
Ontario family facing charges over alleged fraudulent Inuit enrolment
NEAS truck blocks access to Apex Rotary Park where containers washed ashore after ‘sealift incident’
