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GN announces scholarship in memory of Savanna Pikuyak

22-year-old student was killed in Ottawa Sept. 11; annual scholarship will give one Nunavut Inuk nursing student $5,000 toward studies

A scholarship is being created in memory of a young woman from Sanirajak who was killed in Ottawa earlier this month, Nunavut’s Department of Health announced Wednesday. Savanna Pikuyak, 22, was identified by Ottawa police as the victim of a Sept.

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‘ᓈᒻᒪᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᒧᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓚᐅᑲᒍᑎ’ᒥᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᑕᖃᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᖅᑎᑦᑎᑦᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ: ᐃᓅᓱᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎ

ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᖅᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕋᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᕈᓘᖕᒪᓐ ᑐᓗᖅᑕᕐᕕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ

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Longer nights in Grise Fiord

Pink and purple mix together in the night sky as sun sets over Grise Fiord on Sept. 2. In early September, sunset was occurring at 9:30 p.m., according to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s historic weather data. By the middle of the month — with fall approaching — sunset was taking place at approximately 8:46 p.m, nearly 45 minutes earlier. (Photo by Arnarulunnguaq Laila, special to Nunatsiaq News)

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September brings later sunrises to Cambridge Bay

The sun rises over Cambridge Bay on Sept. 4 in this photo taken by hamlet resident Jamie Taipana. In early September, sunrises occur at about 5:40 a.m., according to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s historic weather information. By mid-September — on Sept. 13 — sunrise is coming nearly a full half-hour later at 6:07 a.m. (Photo by Jamie Taipana, special to Nunatsiaq News)