Southern Canada

Mourners remember Joshua Qiyuk as a bright light

Ottawa Inuit, Nunavummiut, restaurant workers and friends hold vigil for stabbing victim

Dozens of mourners lit candles Sunday in memory of Joshua Qiyuk, considered a bright light in Ottawa’s restaurant scene and a kind man who brightened the lives of those he met.

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Honoured on the field

Amanda Kilabuk accepts an honour from the Ottawa Redblacks Canadian Football League team on Friday evening. Kilabuk was recognized for her role as a member of Ontario’s Indigenous Women’s Advisory Council and for her work as part of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls working group. The on-field presentation was held during a home game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. (Photo courtesy of Tim Austen/Freestyle Photography)

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