Plans in place to launch Inuktitut-fluency badge pilot project in local schools in the fall
The 2026 Alianait Arts Festival attracted an estimated 3,000 attendees in Iqaluit, according to tallies taken by organizers over the four-day event. The festival ran from June 19 to 21.
Bike-decorating, burgers, and balloons part of city’s celebration
As Canada turns 159 years old this Canada Day — July 1 — Iqaluit residents gather for pancakes at the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre. More than 75 diners already had their breakfast served by centre staff moments after the event’s 9 a.m. start time. The City of Iqaluit also planned a parade and downtown barbecue after noon. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Robert Campbell, 37, was arrested June 30 for various firearms offenses and resisting arrest
Randy Olayuk picks scrub near Iqaluit’s Joamie School on Sunday. He said he was gathering the woody plants to sell to a neighbour to use as kindling in a barbecue pit. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Olivia Chislett performs “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan Friday during a karaoke event at Nunavut Brewing Company’s tap room in Iqaluit. Nunavut Pride Society, which organized the event, raised $350, which it plans to spend on a Zoom subscription for better communication with people in the territory’s communities, said society secretary Nicole Giles. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Closure happened at 3:30 p.m. Friday
And hunts, and learns, and loves, and laughs, and dares
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Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Jean Goodwill makes a brief stop at the Iqaluit port Tuesday before setting off into Frobisher Bay. The 87.3-metre vessel left its home port of Dartmouth, N.S., on June 10 for the Arctic summer season. Its job is to make way for the annual northern sealift and community resupply. (Photo by Mosha Folger)
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Dozens of participants traversed the tundra at Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park on Saturday
Sophie-Mae Panesar, 3, paints over the RCMP badge on a police truck Saturday as part of a children’s event hosted by officers at the Alianait Arts Festival in Iqaluit. The badge is inscribed with the motto, ‘maintiens le droit,’ or ‘uphold the right’ in English. (Photo by Daron Letts)
51 consulting services among 495 businesses registered with city
Grade 12 graduates, from left to right, Jason Anilniliak, Duncan Mearns, and Jaxson Gillis, and Grade 10 student Jayden Lewis, are dressed for the Inuksuk High School prom on Saturday night. The dance was held at Aqsarniit Hotel. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Crowd of 100 forms in Iqaluit to watch contest to see who can prepare their meat the fastest
Arts festival’s Pride party honours LGBTQ+ Inuit past, present, and future
Dustin Neil and his children, one-year-old Madison Neil and three-year-old Jackson Neil, enjoy a Father’s Day outing at the Alianait Arts Festival grounds in downtown Iqaluit on Sunday morning. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Terry Uyarak and the Beatrice Deer Band bring Iqaluit arts festival audience to its feet
Pisiit is this year’s festival theme
Hip hop artist Jacob Okatsiak of Arviat brings out an accordion Thursday evening at the Storehouse Bar in Iqaluit, during the Alianait Arts Festival jam. He is backed by drummer Blair Williams. The festival continues through Sunday. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Starting line moves from Iqaluit streets to Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park
