Some of the nearly 500 Canadian Armed Forces personnel participating in Operation Nanook in Rankin Inlet in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Jérôme J.X. Lessard, DND)
Operation Nanook-Nunakput taking place in and around Cambridge Bay, Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay and Qikiqtarjuaq
The Canadian Armed Forces is training in and around several Nunavut communities for the rest of this month as part of Operation Nanook-Nunakput. Military exercises will be occurring near Cambridge Bay, Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay and Qikiqtarjuaq.
In men’s beach volleyball action Thursday at the Canada Summer Games, Nunavut’s men’s team members Ian McDonald, left, and Aiden Anawak, watch for the ball in a consolation-round game against Yukon. Nunavut lost 21-17 and 22-20. In women’s beach volleyball, Nunavut’s team of Talia Grant and Shawna Kyak lost to Prince Edward Island by scores of 21-11 and 21-13. (Photo by Denis Cahill, special to Nunatsiaq News)