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New security company, more services for Ullivik patients at Quality Inn

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.

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Time after time, Elisapie shines

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)

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Ottawa Inuit help carve ‘modern artifacts’

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)