Martha and Robert Hickes sit at their dining table on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Rankin Inlet. The couple built their own home in the 1980s through the old NWT Housing Corp. Homeownership Assistance Program that traded materials for sweat equity. (Photo by David Venn)
Part 1: It starts with a couple who built their own house 35 years ago
‘Our Home’ is a four-part series examining the old Government of the Northwest Territories Homeownership Assistance Program and the economic and social benefits of Nunavummiut building their own houses.
The northern lights are on display over Gjoa Haven in this picture taken by Robert Pootoogo on March 1 at about 11:30 p.m. The low temperature in Gjoa Haven that day was -31.5 C, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. Across the North, the last week of February reportedly offered good conditions for seeing the northern lights. (Photo by Robert Pootoogo, special to Nunatsiaq News)
Family Services Minister Margaret Nakashuk presents awards at legislative assembly
Nunavut Family Services Minister Margaret Nakashuk, middle, presents two Nunavummiut presents the 2022 Wise Woman and Outstanding Young Woman awards at the legislative assembly in Iqaluit Thursday. Naullaq Lambe, left, accepted the Outstanding Young Woman award on behalf of her sister, Anna Lambe. Elisapee Sheutiapik received the Wise Woman award. The awards recognize “women who are dedicated to improving the lives of women and families in our territory,” according to the Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council. (Photo courtesy of the Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council)