Organizers say they’re in early planning stages, but play will start this summer
Catcher, second base and first base are important positions on any ball team — but there’s more to softball, say organizers of a new women-only league being organized in Iqaluit this summer.
Mykyla Allakariallak aims for spot in elite under-18 league, followed by college hockey
Nunavut family planning a watch party for Game 1 of Stanley Cup final, starting Wednesday night
Cod derby attracts more than 800 people to the sea ice for May long weekend
Organizers prepare growing list of prizes for 3-day cod derby; Char derby scheduled for Saturday
Judo Nunavut members Meeka MacDonald, 12, top, and Charlotte Fewer, 13, compete in the Judo Nunavut year-end tournament, held Saturday in the Aqsarniit Ilinniarvik School gymnasium in Iqaluit. More than 80 competitors in three age categories participated in the event, making it the biggest tournament turnout in the organization’s 21-year history. Registration for the next season will take place in September, said coach Matilda Pinksen. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Igloolik musher clocks in at 40 hours, 53 minutes and 33 seconds
Final results to be announced Friday at closing ceremony
After the Easter Bunny hopped out of Rankin Inlet on Monday morning, kids jumped on the ice for some “speedy pond hockey fun,” resident Jim MacDonald said. He credits fellow residents Gavin Gee and Jocelyn Merritt for organizing the hockey games. (Photo courtesy of Jim MacDonald)
Elders share advice, warnings about dangerous open-water polynya in area
Race scheduled to resume Tuesday with 1 more camp before finish line in Igloolik
QFC wins A division championship while NuBrew takes B division title at Toonik Tyme event in Iqaluit
Camp set up about 20 kilometres from the sea ice at Foxe Basin; race ends in Igloolik
Clear, sunny skies and hard-packed snow make for good racing conditions
Andrew Maher, right, and his dog Ikuma hold a slight lead over Sarah McNair-Landry and her dog Roscoe in the two-kilometre Toonik Tyme skijor race Tuesday night. Maher won the race, which drew 14 human racers, each accompanied by a dog, as well as more than 50 spectators to the entrance of Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park. Toonik Tyme, Iqaluit’s annual spring festival, continues through April 20. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Mushers travel 66 km with Lee Inuarak leading the pack
Mushers, support teams, family members arrive in Pond Inlet for start of annual dogsled race
Dogsled race from Pond Inlet to Igloolik expected to take about a week to complete
Cousin Alex Kilabuk takes 2nd place in annual snowmobile competition
Some entrants in last weekend’s race from Iqaluit to Kimmirut and back ready to unhook their qamutiks for Sunday’s faster-paced race
The Prospects team handpicked by former women’s Team Nunavut teammates
Ben Kovic hams it up for a photographer after chipping off pieces of frozen caribou on Frobisher Bay on Sunday. He was among the spectators watching the Toonik Tyme race from Iqaluit to Kimmirut, which he participated in during the 1970s and 1980s. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Majority of the 17 racers plan to participate in a second race Sunday without qamutik
Robert Padluq taking part in snowmobile race between Iqaluit and Kimmirut on Sunday
