Holidays inspire high school jewellers

"They’re very talented young people"

Damien Macpa is quietly absorbed in his work.

The 15-year-old Inuksuk High School student is armed with pliers as he attaches the tiny bronze links of a growing chain, which will soon become a handmade necklace.

“I’m the only one in the class who can make this kind of chain,” Macpa boasts.

Macpa...

Maud keeps luring Norwegians to CamBay

The ship's anchor winch came from the Fram

Nunavut is already feeling the echoes of the growing hoopla in Norway around its famed polar explorer Roald Amundsen.

Next month marks the 100th anniversary of Amundsen’s successful trek to the South Pole.

His Dec. 14, 1911 arrival at the South Pole was the second “first” for Amundsen, who was...

Cartoonists cast wry look north in Polar Lines

"A collective sympathy for what Inuit have had to put up with"

Laughter makes Terry “Aislin” Mosher happy — and he was pleased to hear hoots of laughter from everyone at the Nov. 2 launch of the Polar Lines cartoon exhibition in Ottawa.

Prepared for Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s 40th anniversary celebration, Polar Lines includes some of the best editorial...

Inhabit Media delivers Inuit legends to delight and scare

"The land is bursting with beauty, but it also has its share of horrors to offer"

Halloween has come and gone, but Iqaluit-based Inhabit Media still has some scary stories for young readers to enjoy year-round.

Three new books take on Inuit legends and adapt them for a young and modern audience:

• The Legend of the Fog, written by Cape Dorset elder Qaunaq Mikkigak and author...

Puvirnituq-made umiaks bound for the big screen

Film "Maïna" relates saga of Innu woman in "the land of ice"

A group of students at Puvirnituq’s Iguarsivik School say they can’t wait until the film Maïna makes it into movie theatres.

Students in Alain Cloutier’s class recently crafted two umiaks for the made-in-Quebec film, which is now in production in Mingan, an Innu reserve on Quebec’s Lower North...