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‘We lost about everything’: Ottawa should apologize for forced relocation, elder says

Lisa Iqqalik and her family once lived in Padloping until they federal government forced them and others to leave

When 14-year-old Lisa Iqqalik was taking the long-awaited 11-hour flight home from school in Churchill, Man., in 1966, she couldn’t have imagined her home was gone.

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‘North of North’ cast member shows off work by Inuk artist on catwalk

Ottawa actor Zorga Qaunaq, left, who plays Millie on the CBC show “North of North,” models winterwear designed by artist Ittuvik Paquet of Salluit. The pair strutted in the Crafted on the Catwalk event Tuesday at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq. It was Paquet’s third time featuring work at the annual show. (Photo courtesy of Sherri Van Went/Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq)

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EEEEEEEEK!

Keira Qamaniq, left, and Naja Pearce shriek as “undead unicorn warrior” John Manzo pops out from a hiding spot during the Haunted Walk and Halloween Spooktacular held at Joamie School on Saturday. The annual event was organized by City of Iqaluit recreation staff, with creative support from volunteers with Skills Canada Nunavut. (Photo courtesy of Matilda Pinksen/City of Iqaluit)

Plane flight a walk away

Two women wheel a suitcase through snow and gravel in 0 C temperatures on their way to the airport in Qikiqtarjuaq to catch an afternoon flight Monday. The airport is roughly a kilometre away from the hamlet’s core area. Like most smaller Nunavut communities, Qikiqtarjuaq does not have a taxi service. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

A watery recovery

A helicopter, 10 divers, a military environmental officer and others work Sept. 16 to recover a military snowmobile that ended up in Lake Amadjuak on the Foxe Peninsula of Baffin Island. They were part of Operation Nanook Nunakput. The annual month-long operation brought together 250 personnel from across the Canadian Armed Forces earlier this year for training. (Photo by Sergeant Alana Morin, Joint Task Force (North), Yellowknife)

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A cozy prize with winter coming

Alooloo Joe Atagootak displays a pair of leather and fur mitts she won during a game at the community hall Tuesday in Pond Inlet. The community hosted activities for all ages to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (Photo courtesy of Dylan Mablick/Hamlet of Pond Inlet)

A sea of orange

Community members gather at the front of the Cambridge Bay community hall Tuesday for a group selfie to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (Photo courtesy of Krista Matthews)

Drum dance for reconciliation

Noah Kudluk drums at the community hall in Cambridge Bay on Tuesday. The community gathered for a feast and games in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (Photo courtesy of Krista Matthews)