Pauline Lameboy is the New Democrat’s candidate in the riding that encompasses Nunavik
This week, Nunatsiaq News is publishing profiles of candidates running to represent Nunavik in Parliament.
Anishinabe community leader Lise Kistabish is the Liberal candidate in Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou
Raven Gordon-Kawapit has launched an application to authorize a class action lawsuit
‘I’m a people guy. I’m here to work for the people, no matter who you are and where you live,’ says Steve Corriveau
A orange buoy line marks where crews are laying a fibre optic cable from Hudson Bay to the Nunavik village of Umiujaq on Sept. 9. The work is part of a larger Kativik Regional Government project to connect four Hudson coast communities to a fibre network in Chisasibi. Fibre-optic connections to Puvirnituq, Inukjuak, Umiujaq and Kuujjuaraapik are expected to be in operation in early 2022. (Photo courtesy of the KRG)
Bloc Québécois MP Sylvie Bérubé has yet to visit Nunavik, but says it’s a priority if re-elected
Air Inuit pilot Melissa Haney became the first Inuk woman to be captain on the Nunavik airline’s Boeing 737-200 this month. Here, Haney is piloting a Sept. 1 commercial flight from Montreal to Puvirnituq. (Photo by Jean-Pierre Bonin)
Clouds streak the sky above Tunulik, a family fishing camp 130 kilometres east of Kuujjuaq on the Ungava coast, Aug. 21. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
ᐊᓐᑏᐲᑯᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᓄᑦ ᑯᕇᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐹᓖᓐ ᓚᐃᒻᐳᐊᐃᒥ, ᐅᑯᐊᓕ ᒍᕇᓐᖑᓂᕋᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᕐᖢᑎᒃ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᒥᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒥ ᑎᑎᐃ ᐱᓗᓐᒥ
‘No patient will be denied urgent care,’ says health board
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)
Lemmings are ‘one of the most spectacular phenomena in the Arctic,’ says zoologist Dominique Fauteux
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)
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)
Koonoo Arreak-Mackey is one of two Inuit students working on a coast guard boat in Rankin Inlet
NDP will run Cree councillor Pauline Lameboy, while the Greens announce college student Didier Pilon
Residents 13 and up will need proof of full vaccination to attend non-essential events and activities
NDP and Greens have yet to announce candidates for upcoming federal election
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)
Regional health officials plan to launch immunization clinics targeting students aged 12 to 17 years
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᓂᑯᑦ ᐅᒐᕙᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ ᐅᖓᓪᓕᐅᒪᐅᕐᑐᒥᓐ, ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᕈᓐᓃᖅᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑯᓇᙵᑦ ᑯᐸᐃᒃᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ
‘Putulik was an important figure in the development of today’s Nunavik,’ says Makivik Corp. president
As of July 10, just 36 per cent of Nunavimmiut aged 12 and up have had 2 vaccine doses
Alcatel Submarine Networks cable ship arrived off Puvirnituq shore Aug. 6
