Birds of a feather
Malaya Qaunirq Chapman spotted these ptarmigans while out hunting with her partner, family and friends on Saturday outside Kuujjuaq. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Quebec police investigate two deaths in Ivujivik
Bodies of a man and a woman now undergoing autopsies
Nunavik children in foster care outside region not offered tutoring in Inuktitut
Nunavik’s school board has offered tutoring service since 2014
Quebec provincial police to help fill gap left by Nunavik officer shortage
“This is an issue for me every day,” says Nunavik Police Service chief
Spring arrives in Kuujjuaq
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)
Nunavik gets $53M to expand its fibre optic network
CRTC money will extend network to 5 additional communities
Nunavik police arrest 2 following region’s largest cocaine seizure
Nunavik Police Service and the Sûreté du Québec seized 157 grams of cocaine this week in Kuujjuaq
Nunavik’s school board meets in Puvirnituq
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)
Nunavik man faces assault charges in southern Quebec attack
Sammy Saunders, 22, allegedly escaped a treatment centre March 7 and attacked a 70-year-old woman
Just over half of Nunavik adults have had 1st vaccine dose
‘There are still people to reach before we can expect some protection for the region,’ says public health director
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Nunavik program helps get drivers back on the road after DUIs
Nunavik police statistics show 453 impaired driving charges in 2020
This year’s Ivakkak champs
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)
Puvirnituq mushers win Ivakkak dog sled race
Veteran mushers Aisa Surusilak and Paulusi Amarualik complete race in 39 hours and 30 minutes
Ivakkak mushers pull into Akulivik
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)
Montreal shelter offers managed alcohol program for Indigenous men
‘It’s a very basic thing – comfort and peace, but it makes a huge difference,’ says project manager
Makivik moves to forge closer ties with Quebec
New president Pita Aatami hopes to include province in ongoing self-determination talks
Ivakkak dog teams pause mid-race due to poor snow conditions
3 of the race’s 12 teams have withdrawn from event after their dogs refuse to run
ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒃᒥᐅᑖᒃ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᖅᐴᒃ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19-ᒧᑦ
ᓄᓇᖃᕐᑐᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᐊᓗᖕᒦᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂ
Nunavik man charged with second-degree murder after attack in Puvirnituq
Man found dead early Feb. 25, another woman injured after early-morning incident
Nunavik negotiates a new social-housing rent scale for 2021
Rent won’t increase by more than 4 per cent over next four years
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Nunavik regional councillors gather in Kuujjuaq
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)
Nunavik group welcomes $500,000 prize to help normalize hearing loss
‘We need to be more open and more supportive,’ says project lead for Tusaajuit
Nunavik police to hire Inuit crisis intervenors
Team to help negotiate in crisis situations, police chief says
Two Nunavik residents die with COVID-19
Residents were infected with the virus in hospital in the south
Nunavik police to get new name, dropping ‘force’ from title
Regional councillors vote to rebrand organization as Nunavik Police Service