To the bone
The rising sun shines upon the backbone of a beluga whale near Iqaluit on Nov. 19. (Photo by Frank Reardon)
KRG and employees union agree to short-term contract
“We thought the best we could do was to ratify a deal to hold us until we could pick it up again”
Roasted aqiggiq
A ptarmigan, or aqigqiq, caught by Etua Snowball cooks over a log fire during an outing at Tasialuk Lake, just outside Kuujjuaq, on Nov. 15. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Two cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Nunavik
Two Inukjuak residents were infected while in the south
Watch your internet usage, Nunavik residents told
“We’re using all that we can”
Nunavik’s next crop of caregivers
The first class of Nunavik’s Institutional and Homecare Assistance program graduated this month. The program was launched by Kativik Ilisarniliriq and the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services last year to train people to care for Nunavimmiut who are sick, injured or have lost autonomy. Graduates are pictured from left: Levina Ittulak (Kuujjuaq), Nancy Watt (Kuujjuaq), Susie Annatok (Quaqtaq), Louisa Etok (Kangiqsualujjuaq), Natalie Shipaluk (Kuujjuaq, absent from photo), Eva Sequaluk (Kuujjuaq) and Maggie Saunders (Kuujjuaq). (Photo courtesy of NRBHSS)
Nunavik elders make up a growing share of region’s population
Research also finds elders are also working longer, supporting families
Waiting for a bite
Alasie Kenuajuak Hickey sits on her cooler while ice fishing at Tasirlak Lake near Kuujjuaq on Nov. 15. Malaya Qaunirq Chapman says that Hickey is “relaxed and zen like, doing what she absolutely loves,” when she’s ice fishing. “She and her family spend as much time as possible outdoors, spending time and making memories.” (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Nunavik police arrest new suspect in child pornography investigation
Police seized equipment from home in Akulivik Nov. 22
During COVID-19 pandemic, Nunavik community suffers from water woes
Inukjuak is down to one truck for wastewater pickup
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Nunavik community offers support for sobriety
“Sometimes it’s hard to know where to start,” Puvirnituq mayor says
ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕋᓱᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᒪᑐᕗᖅ
ᐊᕕᒃᑐᕐᓯᒪᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᓂᒃ
A day of ice fishing
Family and friends of the Gadbois and Snowball families gather for ice fishing on Tasirlak Lake near Kuujjuaq on Nov. 15. “The day was enjoyed by all, from grandchildren, parents, grandparents, to friends and family pets,” said Malaya Qaunirq Chapman. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Nunavik communities elect new school board council
Kativik Ilisarniliriniq’s council will elect a new president in December
Getting into the Christmas spirit
Students at Kuujjuaq’s Pitakallak Elementary School get into the Christmas spirit as they practise singing Jingle Bells with their teacher, Jenna Aitken, on Nov. 13. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Learning to sew
Ula Kotak and Jayla Labbee learn how to sew from their kindergarten teacher, Annie Sequaluq, at Kuujjuaq’s Pitakallak Elementary School on Nov. 13. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Nunavik teacher decries travel bonus offered to non-local staff
“Years of experiencing a system that is set up to discriminate [against] local hires is exhausting”
Nunavik co-ops secure funding to build safer fuel resupply
Ilagiisaq-FCNQ picks up $10.5 million from Transport Canada
Winter wonderland
Isabelle Dubois of Kuujjuaq woke up to this snowy scene on Nov. 8 after spending the night at her cabin with her Siberian huskies, Sarila and Balto Jr. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
ᓱᒃᑲᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᕿᕕᒃ (internet) ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᓐᓇᙱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ
“ᐊᕐᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓚᐅᕐᕋᒪ ᐃᓚᒃᑲ ᕿᒪᒡᓗᒋ ᐃᓄᑑᓗᖓ ᒪᓐᑐᕆᐊᒦᓐᓂᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ ᐃᑭᐊᕿᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒃᒥᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᓗᐊᕋᔭᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᒍᓐᓇᙱᖢᓂ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓐᓄᑦ”
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Inukjuak’s riverbanks begin to ice up
Sylvain Paradis of Inukjuak took this photo of ice beginning to form on the banks of the river on Nov. 7. (Photo by Sylvain Paradis)
Nunavik’s fall beluga harvest closes for the season
Regional wildlife authorities waiting for approval of a new five-year management plan
Kuujjuaq prepares for more COVID-19 testing
A work crew prepares a platform to set up a new tent outside of the Tulattavik health centre in Kuujjuaq last month, for health-care workers to administer COVID-19 tests, and potentially vaccines. (Photo by Allen Gordon)
Fresh ice on Stewart Lake outside Kuujjuaq
The northern lights glow above a freshly frozen Stewart Lake near Kuujjuaq around 8 p.m. on Oct. 26. (Photo by Maxence Chavanne)
COVID-19 case confirmed in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik’s largest community
Nunavik health board says no additional restrictions necessary for now