Ontario Inuit organization Tungasuvvingat Inuit has opened a new food security centre in Ottawa’s Vanier neighbourhood. The new modular building opened its doors on Feb. 17. (Photos courtesy of Tungasuvvingat Inuit)
A new food security centre for urban Inuit has opened its doors in Ottawa. Tungasuvvingat Inuit officially opened the new modular building at 297 Savard Ave. in the city’s Vanier neighbourhood on Feb. 17.
Makivik Corp. president Pita Aatami, right, stops by the Nunatsiaq News booth at the Northern Lights conference and trade show Feb. 11 in Ottawa to offer publisher Michael Roberts congratulations on the newspaper’s 50th anniversary. Nunatsiaq News began in 1973 as a newsletter called Inukshuk. (Photo by Julia Roberts)
Announcement from Trudeau expected Tuesday following sit-down with premiers in Ottawa
Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok and Canada’s other premiers are in Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, seeking more federal funding for health care. Shown during a news conference at an Ottawa hotel Tuesday morning are, seated from left, Akeeagok, and premiers Caroline Cochrane of Northwest Territories, Danielle Smith of Alberta, Dennis King of Prince Edward Island, Tim Houston of Nova Scotia, Doug Ford of Ontario and Heather Stefanson of Manitoba. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)