Nunavut

Pope to hold public event in Iqaluit outside Nakasuk School

Pope Francis also scheduled to meet privately with Inuit residential school survivors while in Iqaluit

Pope Francis will hold one public event when he visits Iqaluit on July 29, according to a schedule released by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on Tuesday. The public will be able to see the Pope at 5 p.m.

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Cambridge Bay pays tribute to girl who drowned

Dozens of people in Cambridge Bay gather on the evening on July 15 to pay tribute to 11-year-old Laura Kupeuna, who drowned earlier that week. Hamlet resident Lisa Otokiak organized the memorial event because, she said, she wanted to do something for the community in the wake of the tragedy. She read a poem, and then invited participants to release flowers into the stream. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Otokiak)

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Nunavut dedicates garden honouring Queen’s platinum jubilee

Commissioner Eva Qamaniq Aariak calls flower boxes on legislative assembly grounds ‘a living tribute’

Nunavut Commissioner Eva Qamaniq Aariak dedicates a garden to celebrate the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II on July 9. The jubilee marks the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession and makes her the first British monarch to spend 70 years in service. The flower boxes on the grounds of the Nunavut legislative assembly in Iqaluit are filled with local wildflowers. Aariak called them “a living tribute to Her Majesty, who has reigned with dignity, respect, and caring compassion.” (Photo by Meral Jamal)