An Aqsarniit hotel conference room is seen on Nov. 1, during the opening day of the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s resumed in-person hearing on Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s mining expansion proposal. (File photo by David Venn)
Testimonies from Inuit employees featured in video will be considered by review board
The Nunavut Impact Review Board will admit portions of a highly criticized video as evidence for its hearing on Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s proposed mine expansion.
Elementary and middle school students from Iqaluit have been decorating Christmas trees in the lobby of the legislative building over the past few days. Here, Grade 1, 2 and 3 students from Nakasuk school are seen wearing toques they were given after lending a hand on Thursday. Premier P.J. Akeeagok also attended the first day of this year’s Christmas Lights Across Canada display at the legislature, which kicked off on Thursday. (Photo by Maggie Nooshoota)
Here are the winners of the 2021 Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce business awards, seen on Nov. 26. The chamber handed out the awards for its 26th year at Iqaluit’s Aqsarniit hotel. Typically, the awards are handed out at the Nunavut Trade Show, but the trade show was cancelled this year due to COVID-19. From left: Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce executive director Chris West; Tommy Manning, accepting the lifetime achievement award on behalf of Timmun Alariaq from Huit Huit Tours in Kinngait; volunteer of the year Mike Wilkins from RL Hanson Construction Ltd.; special achievement award winner Thor Simonsen from Hitmakerz; businessperson of the year Clarence Synard from NCC Investment Group Inc.; business of the year award winner Allan Mullin from Al’s BnB and his two employees, Lester Taqqaugaq and Samuel Illupalik. (Photo courtesy of Chris West)
Inuit throat-singing duo Charlotte Qamaniq (left) and Cynthia Pitsiulak, known as Silla and Rise, were one of eight acts that performed at the Alianait Arts Festival 2021 this past weekend. It took place at Iqaluit’s Frobisher Inn but was live-streamed across the territory. Other performers, such as Juno-nominated Terry Uyarak, along with the Trade-Offs, Ivan Flett Memorial Dancers and Shauna Seeteenak, took to the stage as well. (Photo by Vincent Desrosiers)