Umiujaq’s Amautik Childcare Centre has operated from the community’s sports complex since November 2025 after a burst pipe damaged its original building. Renovations to the original building have been delayed until spring 2027. (Photo courtesy of Kativik Regional Government/Nunavik Childcare)
Amautik’s original building has been closed since a heating failure caused pipes to burst in December 2024
Nearly two years after a burst pipe forced Umiujaq’s Amautik Childcare Centre to close, children are still attending daycare in a temporary municipal building — and renovations to the original facility have been pushed to the spring. In an Aug.
Kylie Curry, principal of Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik school in Rankin Inlet, re-enacts the countdown that kicked off a scavenger hunt involving 70 local teachers on Friday. All three of the hamlet’s schools are fully staffed, Curry said. The scavenger hunt was a team-building exercise to welcome six new teachers to the community. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Grade 12 graduates, from left to right, Jason Anilniliak, Duncan Mearns, and Jaxson Gillis, and Grade 10 student Jayden Lewis, are dressed for the Inuksuk High School prom on Saturday night. The dance was held at Aqsarniit Hotel. (Photo by Daron Letts)