The new retail beer and wine store will be built within Rankin Inlet’s current liquor warehouse, attached to the Siniktarvik Hotel. (File photo by Sarah Rogers)
Construction on retail outlet has faced COVID-19-related delays, GN says
Construction is set to start this summer on a beer and wine store in Rankin Inlet, the Nunavut Liquor and Cannabis Commission says. The retail outlet will be built within Rankin Inlet’s current liquor warehouse, attached to the Siniktarvik Hotel.
Iqaluit’s Joe Juralak added caribou-hide clothing to his workout routine over the weekend for National Indigenous History month, which is celebrated throughout June. Juralak, a self-described “fitness freak,” regularly posts workout videos on Facebook and on Instagram, where he goes by @inukfit. He says exercising in the traditional clothing was hot but brought him happiness, and he hopes to come up with new ways to keep his workouts interesting in the coming weeks. (Photo provided by Joe Juralak)
Even before NTI’s walk-in vaccination clinic officially opened at 1 pm. on Wednesday, the line was already out the door and wrapped halfway down the length of Iqaluit’s curling rink. While the clinic is offering adult Iqaluit residents a chance to receive the Moderna vaccine, those lined up were the city’s youth—and their guardians—anxious to be among the first in the territory to get the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. (Photo by Dustin Patar)