A COVID-19 case detected in Iqaluit on Wednesday leads public health officials to believe there might be community transmission of the disease in the territorial capital because the infected individual had not been outside of the city in more than a month. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Stricter restrictions to take effect at noon Thursday
Someone in Iqaluit who hasn’t travelled recently has tested positive for COVID-19, leading officials to think the disease was contracted within the city.
Fire destroyed old weather balloon launch station in April
Iqaluit has a new weather station onsite, after the old building burned down in April. RCMP say the cause of the fire was not suspicious. (Photo by Mélanie Ritchot)
Around 25 people march from Iqaluit’s Igluvut Building down Queen Elizabeth Way for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and Girls on Monday evening. The march was organized by Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council, with partnerships with Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada and the Law Society of Nunavut. From the Igluvut Building, the march went to Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum, where there were speakers and a performance by the Inuksuk Drum Dancers. Monday was the 30th anniversary of the Polytechnique Montréal shooting, in which 14 young women were murdered. (Photo by David Lochead)