Ullivik has hired staff to help care for overflow patients staying at the Quality Inn Hotel near Montreal. The change comes in response to a violent altercation between a friend of a guest and a security guard at the Quality Inn in March. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)
Inuit health centre terminates contract with Spartan Security after violent incident in March
Ullivik has terminated its contract with Spartan Security and expanded services for Inuit staying at the Quality Inn Hotel after a violent incident in March between a guard and member of the public at the hotel.
Salluit-born singer Elisapie performs at the National Arts Centre Tuesday in Ottawa during Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s Tapiriit 2025 celebration. The singer-songwriter captivated the crowd with songs from her 2023 album “Inuktitut,” inviting them to dance along to reimagined hits like Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” and Queen’s “I Want to Break Free,” as well as her single “Wolves Don’t Live by the Rules.” (Photo by Nehaa Bimal)
Jimmy Kooneeliusie from Qikiqtarjuaq, left, and Bobby Uttuigak from Igloolik varnish wooden seal-hunting harpoons they carved at Ottawa’s Isaruit Inuit Arts’ wood and metal workshop. Guided by sculptor Ruben Komangapik, they are learning to make traditional Inuit tools like ulus from modern materials for Tungasuvvingat Inuit. Uttuigak joined in November and is learning “new tricks,” Komangapik said. (Photo by Nehaa Bimal)