The first-ever Tour de Kinngait brought out 200 spectators on Monday to cheer on competitors. Here, Blaney Tapaungi wears the coveted yellow jersey after winning the 14-and-under division in the race. (Photo courtesy of Hamlet of Kinngait)
Event inspired by Tour de France drew cyclists from across the hamlet for prizes and celebratory barbecue
Kinngait residents closed out the summer Monday with their first-ever Tour de Kinngait. About 200 people lined up to cheer cyclists along the more than two-kilometre-long route through the middle of Kinngait.
Sgt. Matto Michael, of the 1st Canadian Rangers patrol group, fires a C19 rifle supervised by a member of Land Task Force Nunakput. The training took place on a range during Operation Nanook-Nunakput in Pond Inlet on Tuesday. The domestic security and sovereignty operation involving the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Coast Guard and the Canadian Rangers is being conducted from Aug. 29 to Sept. 14. (Photo courtesy of Master Cpl. Antoine Brochu, Canadian Armed Forces Combat Camera)
Kaneena Netser of Rankin Inlet carries Nunavut’s flag during the closing ceremony for the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, N.L., on Aug. 24. (Photo courtesy of Eric Bartlett/Canada Summer Games)