Work was set to begin in 2020 but delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions
Construction of Kuujjuaq’s Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre will go ahead this summer after COVID-19-related restrictions delayed that work in 2020, project backers announced this week.
Christian Busch takes helm of Nunavik airline after 19 years
Bureau says 118 homes have been built or purchased through program since it was introduced in the 1990s
Ivujivik couple was found dead in a home March 25
Tarquti will install tools to measure wind speeds in five communities this summer
Health officials are still encouraging Nunavimmiut to get 1st dose
Peter Ainalik and Kataluk Paningayak-Naluiyuk found dead in home March 25
Cases related to fermented walrus meat consumed at recent feasts in the community
Malaya Qaunirq Chapman spotted these ptarmigans while out hunting with her partner, family and friends on Saturday outside Kuujjuaq. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Bodies of a man and a woman now undergoing autopsies
Nunavik’s school board has offered tutoring service since 2014
“This is an issue for me every day,” says Nunavik Police Service chief
Isabelle Dubois captured this image of an inuksuk near the Range neighbourhood of Kuujjuaq on Saturday, March 20, the first day of spring. “Now that we have moved the time forward, it’s definitely nice to enjoy longer days, with beautiful sunsets like this one,” she wrote. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
CRTC money will extend network to 5 additional communities
Nunavik Police Service and the Sûreté du Québec seized 157 grams of cocaine this week in Kuujjuaq
Kativik Ilisarniliriniq’s council of commissioners are meeting this week in Puvirnituq from Tuesday to Thursday. Read more about Nunavik’s school board meetings later at Nunatsiaq.com. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Sammy Saunders, 22, allegedly escaped a treatment centre March 7 and attacked a 70-year-old woman
‘There are still people to reach before we can expect some protection for the region,’ says public health director
Nunavik police statistics show 453 impaired driving charges in 2020
Puvirnituq’s Aisa Surusilak, right, and Paulusi Amarualik are hoisted into the air after winning this year’s Ivakkak dog sled race on Wednesday. The team completed this year’s route, from Salluit to Ivujivik, Akulivik and Puvirnituq, in 39 hours and 30 minutes, after enduring blizzards, soft snow conditions and cold winds. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Veteran mushers Aisa Surusilak and Paulusi Amarualik complete race in 39 hours and 30 minutes
Ivakkak mushers Edua Lucassie and Derek Taqulik of Kangirsuk on Sunday pull into Akulivik, the last community stop en route to the race’s finish line in Puvirnituq. Ivakkak’s nine remaining dogsled teams are expecting to arrive in Puvirnituq later Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Ivakkak/Makivik Corp)
‘It’s a very basic thing – comfort and peace, but it makes a huge difference,’ says project manager
New president Pita Aatami hopes to include province in ongoing self-determination talks
3 of the race’s 12 teams have withdrawn from event after their dogs refuse to run
