News quiz Feb. 21 | Coins, flags and what year is it this time?
Test your knowledge of the news of the North
Angela Kownirk, left, and Ramel Amoyo tend the till at Asian Kitchen in Iqaluit on Tuesday evening. The restaurant had a 20 per cent bump in business that the pair attributed to the Lunar New Year, otherwise referred to as Chinese New Year. (Photo by Daron Letts)
It was another busy week of northern news, so crank up the quiz!
1. The Canadian mint released a $20 coin recently, highlighting Torngat Mountains National Park, located on the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula and co-managed by Nunavik and Nunatsiavut Inuit. Which Arctic animal is depicted on the coin?
A. Caribou
B. Snow buntings
C. Narwhal
2. About 150 people took part in a march in Montreal on Feb. 14. What cause were they protesting?
A. Rules mandating use of the French language in Nunavik schools
B. Incidents of police violence against Inuit in Nunavik
C. Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S+ people
3. Quebec’s police watchdog has its hands full in Nunavik lately, with four people having died after interactions with Nunavik Police Service officers in the past 16 months. This week it wrapped up its investigation into one of those deaths — which one was it?
A. Jamie Kavik, in Inukjuak in July 2025
B. Mark R. Annanack, in Kangiqsualujjuaq in May 2025
C. Joshua Papigatuk, in Salluit in November 2024
4. The Lunar New Year, a.k.a. the Chinese New Year, was celebrated Tuesday night. This is the Year of the … what?
A. Bull
B. Tiger
C. Horse
5. Flags at public buildings across Nunavut were flown at half-mast recently. What was the reason?
A. To honour Canadian actress Catherine O’Hara
B. To honour victims of a mass shooting in British Columbia
C. As another sign that Nunavut shares Greenland’s pain from threats by U.S. President Donald Trump
The Canadian flag in front of the federal government building in Iqaluit flies at half-mast this past week. (Photo by Corey Larocque)
Answers
- A — The image on the new coin shows a caribou, though some commenters on the Nunatsiaq News website maintain it looks more like an elk. Either way, in announcing the release of the coin designed by Nunatsiavut artist Bronson Jacque, the mint said it is a caribou.
- C — People marched in Montreal to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S+ people and to protest governments’ slow response in providing greater protections for those vulnerable people.
- A —Jamie Kavik was shot during a confrontation with police and later died. The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, which investigates cases in Quebec where people are injured or killed during interactions with police, handed over its report to the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to decide whether charges are warranted.
- C — Giddy-up, this is the Year of the Horse!
- B — Flags in Nunavut and all across Canada were lowered for a week to honour the nine people who died and 27 who were injured in the Feb. 11 shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
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