A citywide water shutdown will occur in Iqaluit from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, the city has announced. The shutdown is for upgrades to city infrastructure. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Shutdown necessary for infrastructure upgrades, says city
A citywide water system shutdown is planned for Iqaluit on Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The shutdown is to allow “critical and necessary” upgrades to be made on municipal infrastructure, announced the City of Iqaluit in a news release Wednesday.
After a rainy and cloudy week, a double rainbow could be seen over Iqaluit from the pavilion area of Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park late Friday afternoon. The bright weather carried into the weekend with blue skies over the Nunavut capital on Saturday. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
The sealift ship Zelada Desgagnés is shown docked in foggy conditions Monday morning at Iqaluit’s new deepsea port, which officially opened on July 25. It is the first time a sealift ship has unloaded its cargo directly on the wharf. The ship is expected to remain in port until noon on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Brian Tattuinee)
Numa Ottokie reels in the first of nine Arctic char he caught at the bottom of the waterfalls on Sylvia Grinnell River on Aug. 12. It was a crisp summer day with the temperature reaching 11 C. More than 50 people were out enjoying the park at around the same time Ottokie was there, with many fishing on the river and others picnicking further up on the rocks. (Photo by Jorge Antunes)