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3 of the race’s 12 teams have withdrawn from event after their dogs refuse to run
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Man found dead early Feb. 25, another woman injured after early-morning incident
Rent won’t increase by more than 4 per cent over next four years
Kativik Regional Government regional councillors met last week at the Katittavik Town Hall in Kuujjuaq Feb. 22-25 — the first time the organization has held an in-person meeting of its regional councillors since last February. A group of photojournalism students from Jaanimmarik school took photos of the meetings for Nunatsiaq News on Thursday, led by instructor Isabelle Dubois. (Photo by Annie Lock)
‘We need to be more open and more supportive,’ says project lead for Tusaajuit
Team to help negotiate in crisis situations, police chief says
Residents were infected with the virus in hospital in the south
Regional councillors vote to rebrand organization as Nunavik Police Service
Total rises to 19
‘Even with the subsidies, these gaps are still there,’ says Laval researcher
But full scope of fibre project still depends on federal funds
Puvirnituq’s Shina Novalinga has amassed 1.6M followers on social media platform
“We believe this gives us more power in negotiations,” union president says
17 people had ‘significant contact’ with someone who tested positive in Kuujjuaq earlier this week, health board says
Nunavik health officials say there is no significant risk to the community
Co-op warehouse and fuel truck were destroyed in Feb. 12 blaze
Henry Saunders, an employee of the Northern Village of Kuujjuaq hunters’ support program, cuts caribou meat Jan. 21 to help stock the community freezer. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Ivakkak 2021 marks the event’s 20th anniversary
Arrest made by new joint investigative team
