One man is charged with aggravated assault after a stabbing outside Arctic Ventures in Iqaluit on Jan. 15 left a 33-year-old man with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. RCMP say a second suspect remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy of Iqaluit RCMP)
Police say a 2nd suspect has been identified, investigation continues
A 30-year-old man faces an aggravated assault charge in connection with a stabbing outside an Iqaluit store last week. Tips from the public helped police identify suspects in the case, Iqaluit RCMP said in a news release Friday.
Kayla Butler, a human resources adviser for Parks Canada, stares down a large polar bear skull during the first day of the two-day Pilimmaksaivik Career Fair on Thursday. It’s taking place at the Aqsarniit hotel in Iqaluit. More than 30 companies representing government, non-governmental organizations and private businesses are meeting with job seekers Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Mylena Idlout-Mullin crafts a Greenland flag at Iqaluit’s Pirurvik Centre on Friday. She and other students from her adult Inuktitut language class are preparing for a solidarity demonstration in support of Greenland at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Four Corners intersection in Iqaluit. A demonstration is scheduled at the same hour in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Qupaluna Jakobsen, 4, of Nuuk, Greenland, draws while fellow Greenlander Aviaaja Isaksen, left, and Malayah Maloney of Vancouver babysit. They were at Iqaluit’s Aqsarniit Hotel and Conference Centre Tuesday for the Ingiulik Nunavut Shipping Symposium. Isaksen represented the Inuit Circumpolar Council of Greenland and Maloney attended as a community ambassador for the cruise industry. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Skip Derek Samagalski, left, shakes hands with Justin McDonell after clinching the Nunavut men’s curling championship at the Iqaluit Curling Club Saturday evening. Team Samagalski, which also includes Christian Smitheram and third Sheldon Wettig, defeated Peter Mackey’s team — their only opponent in the competition — to sweep their way to victory in the best-of-five series. Team Samagalski will represent Nunavut at the 2026 Montana’s Brier, which runs Feb. 27 to March 8 in St. John’s, N.L. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Siku Rojas tosses candy to a crowd from the back of a pickup truck during a New Year’s Day parlak in Iqaluit. At least 40 people attended the Thursday afternoon event in the Nakasuk School parking lot to usher in the new year. It also served as a celebration of Rojas’ first tuktu — or caribou — hunt in the summer of 2025. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)