Vigil and celebration of life to be held for 11-year-old girl who died Monday
Ceremonies are being held in Cambridge Bay this weekend to mourn an 11-year-old girl who drowned Monday. A post on the Cambridge Bay News Facebook group identified her as Laura Kupeuna.
This week’s activity due to ‘pretty significant heat wave,’ but strikes are increasingly frequent because climate change creates right conditions, meteorologist says
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)