$1.43 million to help protect Arqvilliit, also known as the Ottawa Islands
The federal government says it will spend $1.43 million to support plans to create a new conservation area at Arqvilliit, also known as the Ottawa Islands, near the Nunavik community of Inukjuak.
Maxence Chavanne took this photo on Stewart Lake near Kuujjuaq on Oct. 31. “The hockey season has started,” he writes. (Photo by Maxence Chavanne)
Sea-ice monitoring program to expand to Grise Fiord, Kugluktuk, Taloyoak and Iqaluit
“There is a reason these organizations were created, and there is a reason why there is a process to follow”
Members of the Kativik School Board’s auto mechanics program are seen in the shop on Thursday, Oct. 29. From left: teacher Mike McRae and students Lance May, Jana Peragumskum and Leanna Angatuk. There is a total of six students in the program. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Mary Saviadjuk, 37, found dead on Nov. 1
Glencore Raglan announces second case, unrelated to first one
“It is crucial for government to work with us to put a better solution in place in the near future”
Elisapie, the Nunavik singer and songwriter, received the Indigenous Artist of the Year award from Québec’s music industry association on Nov. 1. “Very proud of this beautiful award, ‘Indigenous Artist of the Year,’ given to me by the great Kent Nagano and my favorite person, the very great Florant Vollant. This award seems more important than ever to me,” Elisapie said on social media. (Photo courtesy of Elisapie/Facebook)
“Would you like to notify the authorities, but you don’t know how? This is now possible.”
“I made the difficult decision to leave my family and stay alone in Montreal as the quality of internet in Nunavik is too unstable and inconsistent to support my online courses”
Grade 1 students at Kuujjuaq’s Pitakallak elementary school dress up for Halloween on Friday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Sûreté du Québec asked to take over investigation
Julie-Ann Tuglavina and her children receive candies from Rosena Imak in Kujjuaq when trick-or-treating on Saturday, Oct. 31. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
On Friday, Oct. 30, from 5 to 7 p.m., the Northern Village of Kuujjuaq’s Recreation Department held a “trunk-or-treat” event in the parking lot of the Katittavik Town Hall, inviting kids, who were already in their costumes from celebrating Halloween at daycare and school, to trick-or-treat from one decorated truck’s trunk to another. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Behind Jason’s goalie mask is seven-year-old Jase Pilurtuut, scaring the neighbours while trick-or-treating this Halloween in Kuujjuaq. (Photo by Ida Saunders)
Election period no longer straddles Christmas holidays, and incumbent executives must step away from role while campaigning
“The KRG is using almost 100 per cent of the capacity on its existing satellite”
Kindergarten students at Pitakallak School in Kuujjuaq receive a lesson on the anatomy of a ptarmigan from Etua Snowball, Kativik Ilisarnilirinik’s director of education services, as he butchers several of the birds on Monday, Oct. 26. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
“None of the victims appear to be from Nunavik”
Nunavik health board to open its own screening clinic in Montreal
Glencore Raglan and Canadian Royalties employees will be flown off site by air ambulance
Kindergarten students at Kuujjuaq’s Pitakallak elementary school try out the Makittagait iPad app, developed by Pinnguaq for the Kativik School Board, to help learn Inuktitut on Monday, Oct. 19. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
The Kuujjuaq Sivulirtisait Youth Committee held a soapbox race on Saturday, Oct. 17 that saw Bryan David, left, with his “Turbo Power Crawler” face off against Davidee Tooktoo, right, with his “Stroller Bike.” David ended up winning the race down the road, which was closed to traffic for the occasion. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
