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Residents of Iqaluit who give freely of their time and energy to help others were recognized April 26.
That’s when the City of Iqaluit presented certificates of appreciation to Iqaluit volunteer organizations and awards to outstanding volunteers.
The Department of Recreation presented the awards...
Warning: don’t read this if you’re hungry.
A Taste of the Arctic, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s third annual celebration of food and entertainment unfolded in a sea of high heels and sealskin April 29 with some of the most delicious offerings of gourmet Arctic foods imaginable.
Chefs served up...
Faced with up-and-down gold prices and the news that another Nunavut gold miner is shutting down its camp, Sabina Gold and Silver Corp decided to share some good news April 30: drilling at its Back River gold project in western Nunavut is “going very well.”
“We are off to a good start with some...
More than 100 young athletes from Nunavik’s Ungava Bay coast gathered in Kangiqsualujjuaq April 26 to April 29 to take part in trials for Team Nunavik–Québec.
Their goal: to win one of the spots on the team for the 2014 Arctic Winter Games slated for Fairbanks, Alaska, from March 15 to March 22,...
Music lovers in Iqaluit will soon get a chance to enjoy a performance from an acclaimed classical pianist at St. Jude’s Cathedral.
Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt will play at St. Jude’s June 7 at 8 p.m. to raise money for the cathedral and to celebrate its first anniversary.
Hewitt’s repertoire...
(Updated, May 1, 6 a.m.)
A 49-year-old man who works for the Kativik Regional Government in Kuujjuaq as its director of human resources faces four sex-related charges involving two minors, the Sûreté du Québec said April 30.
The man was arrested April 26 in Montreal, Sgt. Ann Mathieu, a...
MONTREAL — Fur traders set up shop in small bedroom-sized booths, which featured razor-thin models fashioning everything from black mink scarves to spotted brown-and-black beaver furred vests at the 31st annual North American Fur and Fashion Exposition in Montreal from April 28 to April 30.
The...
It’s not every day kids in Ottawa get to learrn about Qallupilluit.
Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre spooked and delighted about 30 children and their parents Sunday afternoon during a performance of “A Promise is a Promise,” a play based on the Michael Kusugak/Robert Munsch book of the same name.
“I...
Thanks to a grant from the city earlier this year, the Iqaluit fire department can start on a long-overdue upgrade to its training grounds — the first step: the purchase of four more sea cans for new search-and-rescue simulation facilities.
A $70,000 grant from the city means the department can...
The Arctic’s biggest hockey battle ever was settled April 28, when Yellowknife beat its rival territorial capital, Iqaluit, in the Northern Hockey Challenge Cup final.
It came down to a three weekend games of a possible best-of-five series, held in the Northwest Territories capital, where the...
(Updated, April 30, 9:05 a.m.)
MONTREAL — The word on the fate of nations seeking observer status at the Arctic Council is that the European Union is likely out, and China is likely in.
This was the opinion of most participants at an April 26 academic conference on Canada and the Arctic Council...
Bruce Kayaitok, a 36-year-old Kugaaruk man, pleaded guilty to manslaughter April 29 at the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit in connection with the June 2008 death of his common-law spouse.
But Crown prosecutor Paul Bychok said the Crown will still seek a conviction on the second-degree murder...
Members of Iqaluit’s Fiddle Club have been on the go — last week, they headed for a music exchange program in Ottawa, where they also performed as part of the National Arts Centre’s orchestra.
The Iqaluit youth arrived April 23 in Ottawa where they greeted by 15 members of OrKidstra, the...
MONTREAL — Many observers involved in the Arctic Council outside Canada say they’re worried about what might happen when Canada takes over May 15 as chair of the eight-nation council.
Kristofer Bergh, a researcher with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, said April 26 that...
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