Quite the catch
Etua Snowball untangles fishing nets bearing Arctic char in Tunulik, a family fishing camp 130 kilometres east of Kuujjuaq on the Ungava coast, Aug. 21. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
The Arctic’s most populous mammal still a puzzle for researchers
Lemmings are ‘one of the most spectacular phenomena in the Arctic,’ says zoologist Dominique Fauteux
A bounty of crowberries
Malaya Qaunirq Chapman of Kuujjuaq recently visited the Snowball family camp at Tunulik and found a bounty of crowberries, or paurngaq. “This camp has some of the healthiest patches of berries everywhere!” she writes. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Perfect time to pick aqpiit
Malaya Qaunirq Chapman of Kuujjuaq took this photo of aqpiit, or cloudberries, on an island called Pitsiulaaqsitik, 130 kilometres from Kuujjuaq on the Ungava coast, on Aug. 24. “It was a perfect day to pick aqpik berries,” she writes. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Kuujjuaq student makes a splash in the coast guard
Koonoo Arreak-Mackey is one of two Inuit students working on a coast guard boat in Rankin Inlet
Nunavik riding has full slate of candidates
NDP will run Cree councillor Pauline Lameboy, while the Greens announce college student Didier Pilon
Nunavik to implement vaccine passports Sept. 1
Residents 13 and up will need proof of full vaccination to attend non-essential events and activities
Nunavik riding still waiting for full slate of candidates
NDP and Greens have yet to announce candidates for upcoming federal election
And they’re off!
Kuujjuaq residents take part in a race organized by the local recreation committee on Monday, Aug. 16. The route ran just over 10 kilometres, from the Tumiapiit Daycare to the fork in the roads leading to the marina and back. Albert Roy took the top prize for men under-39, with a time of 45 minutes and 40 seconds. Nicolas Gauthier won the men’s over-40 category, with 54 minutes and 20 seconds. Tusaajiapik Imbeault won the women’s under-40 category with one hour, 8 minutes and 23 seconds. And Isabelle Dubois won the women’s over-50 category with one hour, 19 minutes and 32 seconds. The winners of each category received $500. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
COVID rules stay the same as Nunavik students return to classroom
Regional health officials plan to launch immunization clinics targeting students aged 12 to 17 years
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Inuit leader Putulik Papigatuk dies at 69
‘Putulik was an important figure in the development of today’s Nunavik,’ says Makivik Corp. president
Nunavik residents ‘largely unprotected’ from COVID-19, says health board
As of July 10, just 36 per cent of Nunavimmiut aged 12 and up have had 2 vaccine doses
First stretch of cable laid as Nunavik’s fibre optic project gets going
Alcatel Submarine Networks cable ship arrived off Puvirnituq shore Aug. 6
Air Inuit appoints Salluit businessman to executive role
Noah Tayara has been on airline’s board of directors since 2017
2 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Nunavik
Health officials believe there is no increased risk in Aupaluk, where cases were discovered
Quebec government wants anglers to zero in on pink salmon
The species, first sighted in Ungava Bay 2 years ago, is considered invasive by provincial wildlife ministry
Natan Obed to seek 3rd term as ITK president
If elected again, Obed says it will be his last at the helm
Health officials open common travel area between Nunavut, Nunavik
With no direct flights between the regions, new rule only applies to chartered flights and travel by boat
The race against the clock to create Mary Simon’s historic outfit
Nunavik’s Victoria Okpik and Julie Grenier describe their collaboration
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Kuujjuaraapik finds lost Hudson’s Bay trading post
Harpoon discovered on site of future parking lot for cultural centre
Inuit culture highlighted as Mary Simon takes office as Governor General
‘My Inuktitut name is Ningiukudluk, and Prime Minister, it means bossy little old lady,’ Simon said, eliciting laughter
McGill University to offer Inuit-focused health course
‘I’d love to be able to offer this in Nunavik eventually,’ says Inuk professor Richard Budgell
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Feds to take proposals for more women’s shelters in the fall
New projects would be in addition to five shelters already slated for Inuit Nunangat