Aim is to promote the sport across Canada, says hockey broadcaster Rogers
Iqaluit’s amateur hockey association has joined leagues from across Canada to create The Great Canadian Jersey. Or five of them, to be exact.
After besting Prince Edward Island team, the next challenge comes from Alberta on Monday afternoon
Coach sees good things ahead for squad at games that open March 8
Skip Julia Neagle says team’s goal is to bring home ‘a couple of wins’ from national curling championship
Players preparing for pre-game camp in Yellowknife before Games open in March
Participants warned to bring vaccination records, could face 21-day isolation if exposure occurs at events
Skip Derek Samagalski, left, shakes hands with Justin McDonell after clinching the Nunavut men’s curling championship at the Iqaluit Curling Club Saturday evening. Team Samagalski, which also includes Christian Smitheram and third Sheldon Wettig, defeated Peter Mackey’s team — their only opponent in the competition — to sweep their way to victory in the best-of-five series. Team Samagalski will represent Nunavut at the 2026 Montana’s Brier, which runs Feb. 27 to March 8 in St. John’s, N.L. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Three NHL games to be broadcast in Inuktitut again this year, starting Saturday night
Jaxon Pala Puqiqnak, 12, of Gjoa Haven, wears a handmade Edmonton Oilers parka his mother Abby Puqiqnak finished Monday after two weeks of work. The parka features No. 97, the number worn by Oilers captain Connor McDavid, but Jaxon’s favourite Oiler is Leon Draisaitl. Although his mother and siblings are Toronto Maple Leafs fans, Jaxon and his dad Paul are devoted Oilers fans and have travelled to Edmonton for games over the past six years. (Photo courtesy of Paul Puqiqnak)
Annual hockey game ‘evenly matched’ despite 9-2 score; money raised will benefit men’s mental health services
Fourth annual Guns and Hoses Cup hockey game set for Sunday
City adds staff, extends hours at Arnaitok Arena in the interim
Arviat’s June Savikataaq takes to the ice Nov. 2 against the Ottawa Lady Senators. The 15-year-old Grade 11 student is in her second year at the Ontario Hockey Academy in Cornwall, Ont., and plays as a forward on the junior varsity team, an achievement that makes her father Joe Savikataaq Jr. proud. “Seeing my daughter playing hockey in southern Canada and attending high school makes me small as a mustard seed,” he said. (Photo courtesy of Joe Savikataaq Jr.)
Teens and club president earn hardware at international tournament
Nunavik organizers hope Spirit of the Odeyak event helps youths get a positive outlook on life
Hockey Helps the Homeless to bring Jordin Tootoo, ex-Leafs to city to help local charities
Commentators praise fans at Storehouse Bar and Grill during World Series broadcast
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)
Softball player punches Nunatsiaq News reporter to demonstrate mechanics of effective baseball swing
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)
Nunavik youths aged 13 to 17 take part in pilot program, with 4 selected to attend Alouettes game in Montreal
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)
Free movie showing to cap off first year of summer programming in Iqaluit
Event inspired by Tour de France drew cyclists from across the hamlet for prizes and celebratory barbecue
Some say it’s too far from hamlet; others ask where else would it go?
Annual mass registration event brings residents, groups together to register for upcoming season
Event scheduled to run Oct. 16 to 19 in Kuujjuaraapik
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)
