3 of the race's 12 teams have withdrawn from event after their dogs refuse to run
Soft snow and sore dog paws have forced Ivakkak dog teams to take a break mid-race, while prompting some teams to withdraw from the annual event. Twelve teams competing in Nunavik’s annual dog-sled race departed Salluit Feb. 24, heading southwest towards the Hudson coast and onwards to the race’s finish line in Puvirnituq. But soft...
ᓄᓇᖃᕐᑐᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᐊᓗᖕᒦᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂ
Man found dead early Feb. 25, another woman injured after early-morning incident
Rent won't increase by more than 4 per cent over next four years
Kativik Regional Government regional councillors met last week at the Katittavik Town Hall in Kuujjuaq Feb. 22-25 — the first time the organization has held an in-person meeting of its regional councillors since last February. A group of photojournalism students from Jaanimmarik school took photos of the meetings for Nunatsiaq News on Thursday, led by instructor Isabelle Dubois. (Photo by Annie Lock)
‘We need to be more open and more supportive,’ says project lead for Tusaajuit
Team to help negotiate in crisis situations, police chief says
Residents were infected with the virus in hospital in the south
Regional councillors vote to rebrand organization as Nunavik Police Service
Total rises to 19
‘Even with the subsidies, these gaps are still there,’ says Laval researcher
But full scope of fibre project still depends on federal funds
Puvirnituq’s Shina Novalinga has amassed 1.6M followers on social media platform
“We believe this gives us more power in negotiations,” union president says
17 people had ‘significant contact’ with someone who tested positive in Kuujjuaq earlier this week, health board says
Nunavik health officials say there is no significant risk to the community
Co-op warehouse and fuel truck were destroyed in Feb. 12 blaze
Henry Saunders, an employee of the Northern Village of Kuujjuaq hunters’ support program, cuts caribou meat Jan. 21 to help stock the community freezer. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Ivakkak 2021 marks the event’s 20th anniversary
Arrest made by new joint investigative team
A lone caribou is spotted by Lavinia Flaherty, Tiivi Dupuis and Daniel Gadbois, who take aim 190 kilometres up river from Kuujjuaq, on Jan. 30. (Photo courtesy of Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Project could produce about 40 per cent of Kuujjuaraapik and Whapmagoostui’s energy needs, according to organizers
Kuujjuaq photographer Isabelle Dubois took this photo while walking along the river during sunset Feb. 5. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
ᐋᑕᒥ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᑦ 67 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᓂᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᓵᓚᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᓱᒃᑐᒥᑦ ᓵᓕ ᕗᐊᑦ
Health-care workers welcome Kuujjuaq residents to the community’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic, hosted Wednesday and Thursday in the Jaanimmarik school gym. General vaccination clinics are being held in communities across Nunavik this month for adults age 18 and up. The next few villages to host clinics will be Kangirsuk Feb. 15-16 in its school gym; Tasiujaq Feb. 15-16 at the local health centre; Akulivik Feb. 15-20 in the school gym and Kangiqsualujjuaq Feb. 18-19 in the school gym. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Quebec police offer few details about deaths
A caribou herd stands beneath the golden sky about 190 kilometres up river from Kuujjuaq Jan. 31. (Photo courtesy of Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Malaya Qaunirq Chapman poses next to two caribou she caught, 190 kilometres up river from Kuujjuaq on Jan. 31. “I’m so happy to do as my ancestors did, hunt long distances and provide for my friends and family. I’m in my element here,” she writes. (Photo courtesy of Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Daniel Gadbois, Etua Snowball and Tiivi Dupuis butcher caribou they’ve caught north of Kuujjuaq on Jan. 31 to provide meat for friends and family. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
