B2Gold CEO and president Clive Johnson and Housing Minister Cecile Nelvana Lyall sign a memorandum of understanding Monday in Iqaluit to build 10 public housing units in the Kitikmeot Region. (Photo courtesy Nunavut Housing Corp.)
Mining company paying for materials and sealift delivery
A Nunavut gold mining company is giving $11 million to build 10 homes in the Kitikmeot Region. The contribution was confirmed Monday at the Nunavut Mining Symposium, being held this week in Iqaluit.
Peter Evvik shows off the lure that earned him the $5,000 grand prize in the Pangnirtung Hunters and Trappers Organization’s sculpin fishing derby on Saturday. Evvik caught the winning 43-cm sculpin by jigging. (Photo by Daron Letts)