Iqaluit

One person injured in Iqaluit apartment fire

One unit in building 306 damaged, city spokesperson says

A fire at a 10-unit Iqaluit apartment building Monday afternoon sent one person to hospital with minor injuries and forced the other residents to be temporarily evacuated.

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Bring on the Brier

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)

Iqaluit candy toss celebrates new year, hunter’s first caribou

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)

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Chilling with grandma

Four-month-old Addison Aoudle shares quality time with grandma Emily Aoudle-Henrie. The pair enjoyed the Aqsarniit hotel craft fair on Saturday morning in Iqaluit. (Photo by Daron Letts)

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