Nunavut

Youths harvest muskox near Baker Lake

Susan Toolooktook (centre) took two Baker Lake youths, Koomak Amaruq (left) and Andre Avaala (right) out for a hunt on March 17. The trio didn’t see any caribou, Toolooktook said, but harvested a muskox. (Photo courtesy of Susan Toolooktook)

ᓈᒻᒪᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᑯ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓕᕐᑐᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᐋᑕᒻ ᓚᐃᑦᓯᑑᓐ, ᐊᐱᕆᔾᔪᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒧᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᒋᔭᔪᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ

Baker Lake housing authority employee retires after 4 decades

Nick Kingunkotok began as an apprentice oil burner mechanic in 1978

Nick Kingunkotok cuts a cake on March 11 at the Baker Lake Housing shop. Surrounded by family and colleagues, Kingunkotok celebrated his retirement after 44 years with the Bake Lake Housing Authority. He began in 1978 as an oil apprentice oil burner mechanic before moving to journeyman, and retiring this month as the housing authority’s maintenance manager. (Photo courtesy of Charles Eva)

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Elders sew in Sanikiluaq

From left to right: Caroline Iqaluq, Sarah Quvvaki Qittosuk, Annie Amitook and Mary Iqaluq sew parkas and mitts at Sanikiluaq’s wellness centre Monday afternoon. Wellness co-ordinator Sarah Emily said she wanted her elders to have something to do after a long winter spent indoors due after COVID-19 made a return to the community this winter. (Photo by Sarah Emily)

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Winter sports on Iqaluit’s Frobisher Bay

Mika Simic, 11, kick-sleds on a sunny Sunday at the end of February when temperatures rose to about -25 C in Iqaluit — balmy, compared to weeks prior when temperatures fell to -40 C. (Photo by Jovan Simic)