Former grocer feeling ‘hopeful,’ finalizing agreement for new temporary storefront
While the owners of Noble House in Iqaluit work on redevelopment plans for the building destroyed by a blaze one year ago, some former tenants are just now getting back on their feet.
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)
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)