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A group of Baker Lake hunters made history on Aug. 15 by harvesting the community’s first-ever bowhead whale. The hunters set out from the inland community on July 27, making stops in Chesterfield Inlet and Naujaat along the way. After more than three weeks on the land and on sea, the community’s mayor Richard Aksawnee made a Facebook post on August 16 announcing the hunters had successfully harvested a 46-foot bowhead.

ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐅᐃᖏᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒡᓗ ᐃᕐᓃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑭᐱᓯᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ 7-ᒋᔭᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑭᐱᓯᖃᑦᑕᖁᔨᙱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓱᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒐᓯ 25-ᒥ.

Society hopes to bring new music education resources to other parts of Nunavut

ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 15−ᒥ ᐱᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᕐᒥᑦ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᔪᓚᐃ 27−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓄᖅᑲᕐᓂᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐅᔮᓄᑦ ᑕᐅᕗᙵᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᓄᓇᒦᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᒪᐃᔭᒋᔭᖓ ᕆᔅᓱᑦ ᐊᒃᓵᓂ ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 16−ᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦ ᐱᓂᖏᓐᓂ 40−ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᕐᒥᑦ.

8 ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᔭᐸᑖᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᑖᕈᒫᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᕐᒥᒃᐸᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᓯᒪᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᒥᖅᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.

Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, an animated film from acclaimed director Zacharias Kunuk, will make its North American debut at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival in September, and Kunuk is hoping it will spark conversations about traditional Inuit spirituality.

Natan Obed will embark on another term as president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) as he was the only candidate to meet nomination requirements.

Government of Canada contributes $9 million for low-income or at risk households

Eight Rankin Inlet students in need will have new parkas for the upcoming school year thanks to the stylish work of young seamstresses enrolled in a sewing program.

Lucrative bonuses offered to lure agency nurses to Nunavut during a health staffing crisis has some questioning the fairness to long-term employees.