Nunavut

Rankin Inlet councillor resigns after 8 months in office

Hamlet starts application process to fill the vacancy

Updated on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 2 p.m. Rankin Inlet Coun. Art Sateana has resigned from his council seat, eight months after he was acclaimed to the position.

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5-year-old entrepreneur’s Disney dream fuelled by lemonade

Meadow Mae Hakongak Evans sells lemonade and homemade cookies in front of her home in Cambridge Bay on July 26. The five-year-old entrepreneur is saving up money for her family’s trip to Disneyland in California in October. All told, she earned about $200 for her efforts, all of which went to her Disney trip saving box, said her aunt, Nuka Olsen-Hakongak, who helped with the sale. Olsen-Hakongak said her niece will start kindergarten in the fall, and with all the positive feedback about her lemonade Meadow Mae might have another sale before that. (Photo courtesy of Nuka Olsen-Hakongak)

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Carving the summer away

Isa Oqutaq carves an inuksuk in front of his house in Kinngait on July 20. He is one of the few carvers in Kinngait still making art during the hunting season. Oqutaq says he is planning to sell his inuksuk to the West Baffin Eskimo Co-Operative that sells Inuit art all around the world. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

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