More than 400,000 public sector workers part of 3-day action across the province
Health services across Nunavik may be slowed this week due to a provincewide strike of Quebec’s public sector workers, the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services said Wednesday. Public schools are also closed across Quebec.
Tukisiutik Application designed to bridge language gap in health-care access
Commissioners will serve three-year terms
Organizer Russ Johnson working to alleviate funding woes so Inuit youth can participate in sport
Temperatures consistently below 0 C in the last week of October
Ice is forming on the river near Puvirnituq. Temperatures have been steadily below 0 C since Oct. 27, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. In the past week, there has been a sharp drop in temperature in the second-biggest village in Quebec’s Nunavik region. A week earlier, there was a high of nearly 3 C and two weeks ago, both the high and low temperatures were above the freezing mark. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)
Choice is ‘extinction’ of the language in Nunavik or new course that guarantees survival, Avataq official says
Contracts provide salary increase, flexible working conditions
Qajaq men’s network hosts event to share techniques
Sammy Kadluk, from Kuujjuaq, examines a carving he made this week during a workshop organized by the Qajaq men’s group. The three-day soapstone carving workshop at the old firehall was led by elder Johnny Akpahatak, an elder and experienced carver from Aupaluk. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)
‘ᑐᙵᕕᓪᓚᕆᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᓚᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ,’ ᐊᐱᕐᓱᖅᑕᐅᓕᕋᒥ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᑲᑕᓕᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ, ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᓕᐅᕆ ᕗᐊᑦ
Elder Johnny Akpahatak shares carving tips in Kuujjuaq at Qajaq men’s network workshop
Elder Johnny Akpahatak, an artist from Aupaluk, teaches new and experienced carvers how to make sculptures out of soapstone. He led a three-day workshop this week in Kuujjuaq at the old firehall, organized by the Qajaq men’s group. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)
ᓱᕋᒃᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐊᑖᓂ ᓱᓪᓗᑯᑖᒃ ᐸᓯᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᔾᔪᐊᑉ ᐃᒥᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᒪᖓᓐᓂ
Michael Rodyniuk out as part of ‘strategic leadership transition’; De Caria becomes first Inuk to lead airline
‘Well past time for the government to listen to us,’ says Quebec Native Women president
Broken underground pipe blamed for threat to Kangiqsualujjuaq’s supply of drinking water
‘He was the bedrock of our family and the community,’ who opened up during interviews, says Larry Watt
‘It’s huge,’ NPS officer confirms; public health board spreads drug-safety message
$45 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᐃᓘᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᕗᖅ ‘ᓄᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᕋᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ’ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐅᕙᙶᖅᑐᒥ 1979−ᒥ
It’s the season for picking a variety of berries in Nunavik. This is a sample of paurngaq, kigutanginnait, and kimminait picked near Ippialuk, a few kilometres north of Kuujjuaq in the last week of September. They’re crowberries, blueberries and red berries in English and delicious in either language. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)
ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐊᔾᓕᐅᙱᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒨᓂᕋᐃᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂ ᓱᕋᐃᔾᔪᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓱᕈᓯᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᙱᓗᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑯᐸᐃᒃᒥ
These red berries — or kimminait in Inuktitut — grow along the ground in Ippialuk, a few kilometres north of Kuujjuaq, in September. Fall is traditionally a good time of year to harvest the berries that grow all over the North. The weather around Kuujjuaq has been good for berry-picking with temperatures around 10 C in the first week of October. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)
Foliage near Ippialuk, a few kilometres north of Kuujjuaq, is changing colour along the Koksoak River in the early fall. Temperatures in Kuujjuaq fluctuated between single- and double-digits as September yielded to October. Temps are expected to be in the double digits over the Thanksgiving weekend, including a high of 13 C on Saturday. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)
Lawsuit alleges discriminatory and unlawful underfunding of child welfare services in Quebec
$45M facility replaces ‘old and deteriorated’ building that dates back to 1979
Proceeds from specially written Beatrice Deer song will benefit recovery centre
ᑲᑎᒪᔩ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᑐᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᕐᓯᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖏᑦᑕ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ
