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Speaker of legislative assembly pays homage to the late Ovide Alakannuark

by Derek NearyOctober 7, 2019

Ovide Alakannuark, former MLA for Kugaaruk and Naujaat, is being remembered for his contributions to Nunavut. Ovide Alakannuak of Kugaaruk works on a fishing spear called a kakivak during a workshop in Cambridge Bay. NNSL file photo Alakannuark was a member of the territory’s first legislative assembly. He was elected to serve the riding then […]

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