Iqaluit

Cambridge Bay earns double victories at Nunavut basketball championships

Two dozen teams from 6 communities hit the court in Iqaluit over the weekend

The Cambridge Bay men’s and women’s teams each took first place in their division at the under-19 Nunavut Basketball Territorial Championships in Iqaluit on Sunday.

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Bright ideas for young minds

From left, Justin O’Handley, a Government of Nunavut engineer shows a heating circuit to Rachel Kalluk and Frankie Vincent-Wolfe during a Skills Nunavut event Sunday in Iqaluit. Skills Nunavut, an organization that promotes skilled trades among youth, set up the lab at Inuksuk High School while the Nunavut Basketball Territorial Championships were going on. (Photo by Daron Letts)

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Athletic fun

Jimmy Baasch, left, Kylie Kay and Oloota Shaa run to their judo instructor during a Judo Nunavut tournament Saturday at Aqsarniit Middle School in Iqaluit. More than 90 athletes aged five to 18 participated in the event. The organization raised $1,450 for future tournament travel through a bake sale and raffle. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Prowling for jobs in Iqaluit

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)

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Getting ready to stand with Greenland

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)

Quiet concentration

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)