A stray dog bides his time at the Iqaluit pound, in an undated file photo. City councillors will look in-house to design a new dog pound after a proposal came in too expensive. (File photo)
Proposed project to design and plan facility estimated to cost $500,000
Iqaluit city councillors are staying in-house to design a new dog pound after the lone response to the city’s request for tenders on the project came in higher than expected.
Premier P.J. Akeeagok, centre in red, gathers with students for the raising of a Pride flag in front of the Nunavut legislative assembly in Iqaluit on Friday. The flag was raised to recognize June as Pride Month, which celebrates and commemorates lesbian, gay, bisexual and gender-diverse community pride. (Photo by David Lochead)
Peter Martel, Iqaluit’s water treatment plant operator, works with the plant’s s::can water monitoring system. Iqaluit is the first city in North America to use s::can, which provides staff with real-time information on the city’s water quality. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Caribou and char were on the menu Wednesday evening at a feast in support of community mental health at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit. The school cafeteria was packed with a crowd ranging from toddlers to elders who gathered to enjoy a large serving of country food. Camilla Sehti, the GN’s territorial director of mental health and addictions, said the event was one of several scheduled throughout May to mark National Mental Health Week, which was officially May 1 to 7. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
An Aer Lingus flight from Ireland to California was forced to land in Iqaluit Tuesday due to an on-board medical emergency, Department of Economic Development spokesperson Weichien Chan confirmed. One person was taken to hospital. The flight, which departed from Dublin and was bound for San Francisco, was scheduled to resume after refueling. (Photo by David Lochead)