Mayor says it might take a while before advisory is lifted
Puvirnituq is under a boil water advisory as the community’s snow festival celebrations get underway. Mayor Lucy Qalingo says it is unclear when the advisory, which was put in place March 20, will be lifted.
When Charlie Tookaluk from Umiujaq chose sobriety in 2020, he also picked up a paintbrush. “I saw many images of different art styles of Mona Lisa, I was thinking of painting the Mona Lisa as an Inuk.” He completed Inuk Mona Lisa in November 2021, followed by Inuit Gothic, his take on the iconic couple, in 2023. Tookaluk had previously taken a painting class at John Abbott College in Montreal and later refreshed his skills on his own in Toronto in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Charlie Tookaluk)
A team of sled dogs gets some food while waiting to start the next leg of the Ivakkak race Tuesday. Eleven teams kicked off the 328-kilometre race, which started in Kangiqsualujjuaq and ends in Tasiujaq. The mushers stopped for two nights this week in Kuujjuaq and enjoyed a community feast. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)