Butchering caribou
Daniel Gadbois, Etua Snowball and Tiivi Dupuis butcher caribou they’ve caught north of Kuujjuaq on Jan. 31 to provide meat for friends and family. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Taking aim
Etua Snowball takes aim at a caribou herd on Jan. 30, 190 kilometres up river from Kuujjuaq. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Nunavik’s regional broadcaster gets $700K upgrade
“I think it bring new ideas to what we do,” says Taqramiut Nipingat’s director general, Julie Grenier
5,000 new vaccines en route to Nunavik, where mass immunization set to start next week
Second doses of the Moderna vaccine could be delayed until March or April, health board says
2 dead, 1 injured, following early morning attack in Nunavik
A woman and a man were found dead in Kuujjuaq early Friday
Sledding time
Kuujjuaq children flock to a popular sledding hill Jan. 29. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Nunavik inmates caught in Quebec jail COVID-19 outbreak
“I find it very worrying,” inmates’ lawyer says
Pita Aatami returns to Makivik presidency
Aatami wins with 67 per cent of the vote; edges out incumbent president Charlie Watt
Nunavik Inuit head to the polls to choose Makivik Corp. president
Nunavimmiut to vote in three-way race on Thursday
Frosty forest outside Kuujjuaq
The sun sets on the frost-covered boreal forest outside Kuujjuaq on Jan. 28. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
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Plotting his next move
Matthew Hubloo, a Secondary 2 student at Jaanimmarik School here in Kuujjuaq, plays two chess matches simultaneously against the school’s vice-principal, Nicholas Ramsay, and Grade 4 English teacher, Sarah Nickerson, on Jan. 26. Hubloo won both games. (Students at the school are not required to wear masks in the classroom.) (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Record number of Nunavimmiut sign up for February sobriety challenge
“The further I keep going the more I want to stay sober,” says Kangirsuk participant
Nunavik health officials confirm new COVID-19 case in Kuujjuaq
Individual flew Jan. 30 on Canadian North flight 5T164
Cuddles in Kuujjuaq
Lavinia Flaherty of Kuujjuaq takes her two huskies, Chubby and Hunter, for a walk and snuggle Jan 26. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Fire and ice
Water vapour rises off the Koksoak River in Kuujjuaq at sunrise around 8 a.m. on Jan. 22. “The water, which has not yet frozen, and the smoke are reflected like a river of lava surrounding the icebergs,” writes photographer Maxence Chavanne. (Photo by Maxence Chavanne)
Koksoak River remains unfrozen
A boat sits on the banks of the Koksoak River near Kuujjuaq Jan. 18. “Super late into the season, and still, the Kuujjuaq River isn’t frozen,” writes Malaya Qaunirq Chapman. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Puvirnituq
James Novalinga, 70, was the first resident of Puvirnituq to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 21, administered by nurse Vanessa Asfar at the Inuulitsivik health centre. Last week, Nunavik communities received a portion of the 1,000 shots of Moderna’s vaccine shipped to the region. As of Jan. 25, the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services says 568 people have been immunized. Roughly 85 per cent of those have gone to residents aged 55 and up, while the rest have been given to frontline workers and health-care staff. (Photo courtesy of NRBHSS)
Past Makivik president Pita Aatami pushes unity in run for old job
“I feel like Inuit have been left behind,” says former CEO of Air Inuit
New Montreal community centre named after Nunavik novel, Sanaaq
“I think it’s really something to be proud of,” says Makivik VP Maggie Emudluk
Charlie Watt wants another term at Makivik helm to pursue Nunavik’s self-determination
“I’m in the perfect place to do this,” says former senator seeking re-election as president of region’s Inuit birthright organization
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Two new COVID-19 cases confirmed among Nunavik residents staying outside the region
Health board asks people to continue to avoid non-essential travel
Makivik president hopeful Noah Cain sets sights on housing
“I think I’m ready. I want to change things,” says former councillor looking to lead Nunavik’s Inuit birthright organization
Air Inuit traveller with COVID-19 flew to and from Puvirnituq
Infected person flew Montreal to Puvirnituq and back on Jan. 18
Major Arctic sealift carrier makes big move downriver
Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping moves from Valleyfield, Que. to Port of Bécancour
Six cases of COVID-19 confirmed at Nunavik residence in Montreal
Centre has administered 200 screening tests and put all residents in isolation