From left, Baptiste Tagnigou Petnkeu, Daniel Smook, India Peyton-Barbe, Manfo Yombang and Calin Ndeloh were among the Judo Nunavut athletes who won medals at a Quebec tournament last weekend. Other medal winners not pictured were Victor Pootoogook, Charlotte Smook, Azriel Tagnigou Petnkeu and Amare Castillo. (Photo courtesy of Matilda Pinksen)
Siobhan Moss skates around Iqaluit’s Arnaitok Arena rink on Friday, which is National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Moss plays ultimate Frisbee and is an avid fencer and hockey player. The City of Iqaluit offers free skating at the rink from noon to 1 p.m. every Friday. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Jimmy Baasch, left, Kylie Kay and Oloota Shaa run to their judo instructor during a Judo Nunavut tournament Saturday at Aqsarniit Middle School in Iqaluit. More than 90 athletes aged five to 18 participated in the event. The organization raised $1,450 for future tournament travel through a bake sale and raffle. (Photo by Daron Letts)
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)
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)
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.)
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)