A charter flight arranged by Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. is set to arrive in Gjoa Haven mid-afternoon on Wednesday, carrying bottled water and emergency heating equipment as the community continues to recover from a multi-day power outage that damaged homes and left families temporarily displaced. (File photo)
Several families remain displaced; Canadian Rangers on hand to assist
A plane carrying bottled water and emergency heating equipment was scheduled to land in Gjoa Haven Wednesday as the community recovers from a three-day power outage.
Four water trucks, four sewage trucks and a garbage truck line up in Baker Lake on April 4 to honour longtime driver Hugh Avatituq, 77, who died March 24. Avatituq started working with the hamlet in 1991, driving garbage trucks and water trucks before joining the sewage fleet, his daughter, Amy Avatituq, said. When he retired in 2022, his fellow workers organized a truck parade in his honour; this lineup serves as a final salute from the fleet he loved. (Photo courtesy of Dannekay Inukpak)