A Pond Inlet man, Emanuel Maktar, died while at sea aboard the Arctic Fishery Alliance’s Suvak, seen here in 2012. Lootie Toomasie, chairman of the AFA, says Maktar was a well-liked, hardworking young man who had been a regular crew member on Suvak since June 2019. (File photo)
Emmanuel Maktar, 24, went overboard while working on board an Arctic Fishery Alliance vessel Aug. 26
A Pond Inlet man died last week after being pulled out to sea while working aboard an Arctic Fishery Alliance fishing vessel. The Arctic Fishery Alliance announced Friday that Emmanuel Maktar, 24, died Aug.
Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Armed Forces personnel arrived in Iqaluit on the HMCS Goose Bay this week with backpacks and school supplies destined for students at Aqsarniit, Joamie and Nakasuk schools. Here, Navy and Armed Forces members (from left) Marcos Tinoco-Naar, Thomas Hodgin, Kevin Snow and Daniel Rice pose with Iqaluit District Education Authority chair Doug Workman Aug. 28. Halifax sailors, their families and local businesses donated 92 backpacks and $1,000 worth of school supplies to schools in Iqaluit and other communities in Nunavut. (Photo by Jaclyn Buell)