Volunteers Elliot Gishler and Mickey Yu trade sport pins at the Canada Games Centre on Tuesday. At the Arctic Winter Games, trading for pins has become an unofficial sport. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
Collectible pins are a highly sought commodity in Whitehorse this week
The most important thing in pin trading is to not get duped, says 15-year-old Arctic Winter Games volunteer and pin enthusiast Elliot Gishler from Whitehorse.
Ethan Hagstrom, from Edmonton, shoots pool at the Storehouse Bar and Grill in Iqaluit on Wednesday evening. The advanced-care paramedic’s flight to Pangnirtung was cancelled due to poor weather. He said he always wears an orange suit and top hat when he travels to Nunavut communities for work because it’s an ice-breaker when he meets new friends. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Iqalummiut check out the Olympic gold medal watch party at the Iqaluit Centennial Library Sunday morning. The library had an Inuktitut broadcast of the Olympic gold medal hockey game in Milano Cortina Italy on its TV screen. Canada faced off against the United States at 8:10 a.m. (Photo by Daron Letts)
From left, Zoe Radmilo, Tara Dobratic, Hunter Hyndman and Willow Hyndman cheer on the Canadian men’s hockey team Friday afternoon, playing Switzerland at the Winter Olympics. Iqaluit’s Centennial library hosted a watch party for the Inuktitut-language broadcast of the game, which Canada won 5-1. Overall, at the Milano Cortina Games in Italy, Canada ranked 16th in the medal standings with three silver and four bronze medals as of Friday afternoon. Norway leads with eight gold, three silver and seven bronze. (Photo by Daron Letts)