Photo: MLAs serve up lunch at Iqaluit’s soup kitchen

By SAMANTHA DAWSON

Nattlik MLA Jeannie Ugyuk serves up soup alongside Akulliq MLA John Ningark at Iqaluit's Qayuktuvik soup kitchen Feb. 28. Iqaluit West MLA Monica Ell, the Nunavut minister responsible for homelessness, invited MLAs to lunch at the soup kitchen as a way of drawing attention to the


Nattlik MLA Jeannie Ugyuk serves up soup alongside Akulliq MLA John Ningark at Iqaluit’s Qayuktuvik soup kitchen Feb. 28. Iqaluit West MLA Monica Ell, the Nunavut minister responsible for homelessness, invited MLAs to lunch at the soup kitchen as a way of drawing attention to the “alarming” number of homeless people in the territory. The soup kitchen, which opened in 2009, serves about 60 to 80 people a day for lunch five times a week and for dinner on weekends. (PHOTO BY SAMANTHA DAWSON)

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