RCMP Staff Sgt. Shelby Miller, left, and firefighter Stephanie Isherwood face off as RCMP commanding officer Supt. Kent Pike makes the ceremonial puck drop to begin the Guns and Hoses charity hockey game, while fire Chief Solomon Tagaq looks on. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Annual hockey game 'evenly matched' despite 9-2 score; money raised will benefit men's mental health services
Iqaluit firefighters hosed their handcuff-toting opponents Sunday night at Arnaitok Arena, as this year’s Guns and Hoses charity hockey game raised a record $2,900 for men’s mental health services.
Randy Saint, left, and C.J. Smith of Edmonton embrace at the Storehouse bar in Iqaluit after the Toronto Blue Jays won Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. The Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in the final game of the series to win the American League pennant and advance to the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Amanda Kilabuk accepts an honour from the Ottawa Redblacks Canadian Football League team on Friday evening. Kilabuk was recognized for her role as a member of Ontario’s Indigenous Women’s Advisory Council and for her work as part of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls working group. The on-field presentation was held during a home game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. (Photo courtesy of Tim Austen/Freestyle Photography)
Issa Mohamed, 9, scales the rock face Saturday near the visitors centre at Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park, known traditionally as Iqaluit Kuunga. Mohamed was among dozens of participants in a barbecue and rock-climbing skills workshop hosted by the Nunavut Rock Climbing Collective. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Kaneena Netser of Rankin Inlet carries Nunavut’s flag during the closing ceremony for the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, N.L., on Aug. 24. (Photo courtesy of Eric Bartlett/Canada Summer Games)
Team Nunavut wrestler Gail Kuksuk, centre, from Arviat, announces upcoming matches in Inuktitut on Wednesday at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, N.L. In addition to wrestling, Nunavut’s indoor volleyball teams are also competing this week. Pictured with Kuksuk is Nunavut wrestling team manager Paula Cziranka, left, and an unidentified Summer Games volunteer. (Photo courtesy of Penny Rogers/Canada Summer Games)
Team Nunavut indoor volleyball player Khaylle Sarte, facing the camera, gets a hug from Sonja Lonsdale, the team’s assistant chef de mission for Week 2, after arriving in St. John’s, N.L., Sunday to compete at the Canada Summer Games. Indoor volleyball matches begin Tuesday for the men’s and women’s teams, while the wrestling competition opens Wednesday. Last week, Nunavut’s men’s and women’s basketball and beach volleyball teams competed at the Games. (Photo courtesy of Volodymyr Steliha/Canada Summer Games)