Centre aims for 2027 groundbreaking date, pending fundraising and City of Iqaluit approval
Arctic Fresh Group has been named the general contractor for the proposed Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Iqaluit. The Inuit Heritage Trust made the announcement in a news release Wednesday.
Indigenous Geographic co-founder seeks to build new studio in Ontario
Plans to use vessels for youth expedition in June
Exhibit contains objects brought south to Laval University in the 1960s and 1970s
Kathleen Lippa’s work examines Ed Horne’s crimes and impact on Arctic communities
Deer’s newest album, ‘Inuit Legend,’ released April 6
Johnny Veevee sells his carvings of narwhal and other wildlife to visitors at the Pangnirtung waterfront recently. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Karen Alivaktuk broadcasts a public service announcement Tuesday as a host on Pangnirtung’s community radio station. Formerly a weekend host, Alivaktuk recently switched to hosting her show on weekdays. She reads announcements and invites community members to come on-air to read their own well-wishes. Other hosts at the radio station call bingo games over the airwaves for their listeners to play at home. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Iqaluit spring festival postponed events due to bad weather
Stevie Karpik takes a red piece from opponent Ricky Kilabuk during a game of checkers Monday evening at the Pangnirtung community centre. Karpik ended up winning the game. Approximately a dozen hunters come out six nights a week to play checkers at the venue, although anybody is welcome to join. (Photo by Daron Letts)
No Kimmirut snowmobile race next year unless somebody else takes over
Paleah Kuniliusie sews a small tapestry last Friday at the Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts and Crafts in Pangnirtung. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Annual Iqaluit musical event scheduled for June 18 to 21; lineup not announced yet
ᑲᑎᑦᑕᕕᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᒃ ᐃᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓄᑦ ᑯᕇᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ
Annual dogsled race winds down with celebration in Pond Inlet
At the Toonik Tyme elders garbage bag fashion show Friday in Iqaluit, Luuku Lucy Markoosie, right, was the first-place finisher and received a fox fur as a prize. Sarah Pootoogook, left, took second place and was awarded seal fur. The event was hosted by the City of Iqaluit at the elders qammaq. Toonik Tyme, the annual spring festival, continues over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of Matilda Pinksen)
Annie Pillaktuaq and Janet Nungnik in running for $465,000 in prize money
Large crowd turns out for RCMP barbecue kickoff event; opening ceremony set for Friday evening
From Mexico City to Iqaluit, classical musician shares her passion for strings
Two people play hockey on the ice in Umiujaq on April 3. “I was waiting for the perfect hockey skate position,” said photographer Anne Lapierre, who is in the community for census work and saw a group of about six players on the frozen riverbank, roughly 150 metres from the Co-op Hotel, that evening. (Photo courtesy of Anne Lapierre)
4-day event includes children’s screenings Saturday; later festival moves on to Kinngait, Igloolik
Katittavik centre is a place for both Crees and Inuit to gather
Craft sale, garbage bag fashion show, free swimming among events
Baffin Gas and Convenience closes Friday so the ‘North of North’ film crew can wrap its final afternoon of filming in Iqaluit this winter. Season 2 of the hit TV comedy series is planned to air on APTN, CBC and Netflix later this year. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Local clergy not following lead of Pope Leo’s anti-war message from Palm Sunday
Several Inuktitut shows already on APTN platform with more planned, broadcaster says
Ainsley Albert carves the likeness of her 10-year-old husky Shadow, who died from cancer last month, out of snow. “Just doing a memorial for him,” she said on Saturday, trying to hold back tears while putting the finishing touches on Shadow’s left ear. Albert spent over four hours in -30 C temperatures taking part in a snow sculpture event at the three-day Qaggiq festival that wrapped up Sunday near Sylvia Grinnell Park in Iqaluit. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
Event brings together dozens of performers, elders
