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Nunavut athletes face heat, smoke advisories at Canada Summer Games

Saturday’s opening ceremony, competitions can be watched live online

Team Nunavut athletes are in Newfoundland to compete at the Canada Summer Games — and their first opponent will be a tag team of summer heat and wildfire smoke. The Games’ opening ceremony is scheduled to begin Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

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Underdog, no more

Eekeeluak Avalak’s wrestling gold in 2022 proves Nunavut can succeed at upcoming Canada Summer Games

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Showing off judo skills

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)

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Easter pond hockey in Rankin Inlet

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)