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Plane crash site doubles as winter destination in Kuujjuaraapik

48+ min ago  (452+ words) Features'Apr 3, 2026 " 8:30 am EDT Residents sign their name inside wreckage, use wings as a slide and snowmobile track By Cedric GallantSpecial to Nunatsiaq News The decades-old wreckage of a plane located two kilometres south of Kuujjuaraapik/Whapmagoostui is not just a…...

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Funding setback delays Inukjuak electric vehicle study

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (566+ words) Environment'Apr 1, 2026 " 2:01 pm EDT Researchers looking into battery storage, charging stations and battery recycling in northern climates By Dominique Gen" - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A plan to reduce emissions in Inukjuak could be delayed after a non-profit organization lost out on…...

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Iqaluit Transit launches services with month of free rides

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (573+ words) Business'Apr 1, 2026 " 9:30 am EDT Privately run bus service adapting to passenger volume, community input The wheels on the bus are finally going round and round for Iqaluit Transit. The privately operated shuttle bus is in service for what its operator describes…...

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nunatsiaq.com > stories > article > aptn-adds-free-inuktitut-programming-to-youtube

APTN adds free Inuktitut programming to YouTube

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (215+ words) Arts and Culture'Mar 31, 2026 " 6:31 pm EDT Several Inuktitut shows already on APTN platform with more planned, broadcaster says The Aboriginal People's Television Network is working with YouTube to bring Indigenous-language programming to the network's own dedicated channel. APTN has rolled out…...

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nunatsiaq.com > stories > article > ivakkak-mushers-end-day-9-a-30-minute-car-ride-from-finish-line

Ivakkak mushers end Day 9 a 30-minute car ride from finish line

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (343+ words) News'Mar 27, 2026 " 5:58 pm EDT Dogsled teams have been racing across Nunavik for more than a week For the third day in a row, a brilliant sun greeted mushers of the annual Ivakkak dogsled race on Friday " the ninth day of the…...

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Inuit elders see their lives reflected in mural

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (531+ words) Arts and Culture'Mar 27, 2026 " 3:42 pm EDT Artwork at Isaruit conference created by artists in Iqaluit, Arctic Bay and Ottawa When the Louvre Museum in Paris offered to buy an Inuit community mural, Ben Illauq said he immediately knew his answer. "Our…...

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nunatsiaq.com > stories > article > the-inuit-guided-moravian-expedition-to-ungava-part-2

The Inuit-guided Moravian expedition to Ungava, Part 2

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (784+ words) The title page of Kohlmeister and Kmoch's account of their journey from the Moravian mission at Okkak, Labrador, to Ungava Bay, published in 1814. (Image from the Kenn Harper Collection) Taissumani'Mar 28, 2026 " 9:30 am EDT In the last instalment, I set the stage…...

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nunatsiaq.com > stories > article > extras-extras-read-all-about-them

Extras! Extras! Read all about them!

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (788+ words) News'Mar 27, 2026 " 1:30 pm EDT Fictional hamlet of Ice Cove swells by 60 residents in a single day as "North of North" producers recruit extras in Iqaluit Updated on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 3 p.m. ET. Ice Cove, the fictional Nunavut community at the heart of…...

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nunatsiaq.com > stories > article > anglers-canadian-rangers-honoured-for-daring-arctic-rescues

Anglers, Canadian Rangers honoured for daring Arctic rescues

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (611+ words) Arts and Culture'Mar 26, 2026 " 4:12 pm EDT Gov. Gen. gives bravery medals to Rankin Inlet pair, Naujaat Canadian Rangers for courage in life-threatening conditions Rankin Inlet resident David Jameson Bond was dozing while ice fishing on the frozen Meliadine River, about 18 kilometres…...

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nunatsiaq.com > stories > article > crew-builds-qaggiq-for-return-of-cultural-gathering-in-iqaluit

Crew builds qaggiq for return of cultural gathering in Iqaluit

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (504+ words) Arts and Culture'Mar 25, 2026 " 12:40 pm EDT Builders and apprentices prepare snow-block structures for Qaggiq 2026 On the tundra near the Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park pavilion in Iqaluit, a crew of iglu builders began creating a large qaggiq, a traditional gathering space. The…...