Red Fish Art Studio program co-ordinator and executive director Mark Slatter, left, signs an agreement Monday with the Municipality of Cambridge Bay that will form the Redfish Arts Society, a new non-profit organization that will help the welding studio access funding and offer more programming to youth. Shown from left: Slatter, Redfish Arts Society chairperson Attima Hadlari, Mayor Derek Elias and senior administrative officer Jim McEachern. (Photo courtesy of Redfish Arts Society)
Executive director calls development a ‘massive win’ for community
This story was updated on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 11:15 a.m. ET. Cambridge Bay’s celebrated Red Fish Art Studio is now part of a new non-profit society that will help it access new sources of funding.
A printed notice taped to the doors of Iqaluit’s Cadet Hall greets people arriving to cast their ballot on advance voting day, Oct. 16.for Nunavut’s municipal elections. Polls opened across the territory at noon and were scheduled to close at 7 p.m. Monday was the only day designated for advance voting ahead of election day Oct. 23, when residents elect their community’s mayor, council, district education authority and alcohol education committee. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)