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
Changes to be made to avoid repeat of ‘completely inappropriate’ incident following the finals, says event co-chair
ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᑲᓂᓗᒃᑖᖅ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᐅᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᑕᓯᐅᔭᐅᑉ ᐊᖕᓇᑐᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓵᑲᐸᐃᔭ ᓵᓐᑐᔅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔾᔨᕗᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ
Athletes prepare for 2025 Open Nationals Judo Championships in May
Expanded roster of teams prepare to face off Wednesday night
Approximately 80 players from across Nunavut take part in weekend Iqaluit tournament
After dominant performance throughout the race, Tasiujaq’s Angnatuk and Zachariah Saunders take home the victory
A team of sled dogs gets some food while waiting to start the next leg of the Ivakkak race Tuesday. Eleven teams kicked off the 328-kilometre race, which started in Kangiqsualujjuaq and ends in Tasiujaq. The mushers stopped for two nights this week in Kuujjuaq and enjoyed a community feast. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)
7 girls and 9 boys have been training for the past year for event
Participants treated to country food and a few days of rest before heading out again Wednesday
