Craig Lingard, civil security director for the Kativik Regional Government, speaks to councillors in February. He recently gave an update on firefighting capabilities across the region, including that renovations at Salluit’s fire hall are nearly finished. (File photo by Cedric Gallant)
CCGS Naalak Nappaaluk, the Canadian Coast Guard’s new science vessel named after an elder from Nunavik, is shown at Vancouver Shipyards. Nappaaluk, from Kangiqsujuaq, was a hunter, consultant, navigator and meteorologist who died in 2010. His name was chosen for the ship by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Makivvik for his contribution to promoting Inuit language and culture. At 88 metres long, the ship is described as the largest dedicated science vessel ever built for the Canadian Coast Guard and can carry 60 crew and scientists, according to the coast guard website. (Photo courtesy of Seaspan)