Nunavut's Department of Health announced the outbreaks in a pair of news releases Saturday. It's urging people to get vaccinated against the
There's an outbreak of whooping cough in Iqaluit and Pond Inlet, Nunavut, according to the territory's chief public health officer.
The Department of Health announced the outbreaks in a pair of news releases Saturday. It said anyone can get the respiratory disease — also known as pertussis — but that the most severe cases are in children under the age of one.
Though it spreads easily from person to person, the department says it's preventable by getting vaccinated.
Sometimes we go to the North, and sometimes the North comes to us. Actually, more often we don’t get to interact at all. José Babin wanted to bring together the artists from countries of the Arctic with those of the south. In NORDICITÉ, the audience moves around the space of Maison de la culture Maisonneuve and meets with art and artists that have made the journey here. Babin was generous enough…
Après plusieurs mois d’organisation, La petite séduction à Iqaluit s’est transformée en un grand succès! Le tournage de l’émission de télévision s’est déroulé pendant la fin de semaine du 26 au 28 juin. Une panoplie d’activités a eu lieu afin de séduire notre invité spécial, l’auteur-compositeur-interprète Louis-Jean Cormier! Bien que le soleil n’ait pas toujours été au rendez-vous, la population chaleureuse d’Iqaluit a su charmer Louis-Jean ainsi que l’animateur de l’émission Dany Turcotte.
L’émission sera diffusée le 29 juillet à 20h00 sur les ondes d’ICI Radio-Canada.
A couple weeks ago my band Wintermitts and I went to Iqaluit, Nunavut to play the Alinait Arts Festival. What a trip! Pictures cannot describe the beauty, the depth or the culture. It was one of my most favourite trips ever and feel forever grateful for the opportunity.
by John Huston Last night we had our first official celebratory dinner at our friend Meeka’s house in Iqaluit. Meeka, who is Inuit, prepared a big batch of ‘country food’, from her recent hunting and fishing trips.
Our Iqaluit friends stopped by, as did some of Meeka’s relatives. And before we knew it the festivities carried into the wee hours, a common occurrence in locales where the sun doesn’t set.
This morning we said goodbye to our dogs. It was an emotional moment. They made the trip what it was in so many ways. It’s hard to describe all they added to are experience that goes way beyond their pulling power (which was immense and fully appreciated). Elle (pronounced L E), Axel, Larry, and Napu were our teammates and they knew it. They signaled this with their boisterous hooting and howling sessions (led by bandleader Elle who has a very impressive vocal range) that sounded off every morning when we started packing the sleds. They were our eager sled pulling partners, snack break companions, endless source of conversation, subject of our silly songs and sillier banter, wildlife warning signals, and ab endearing hilarious social presence. In short we love our dogs dearly. We love that they loved the trip as much as we did. We love that they welcomed the challenge and dug in the hard times and goofed around in the fun times. This all adds up to the heightened wilderness and team experience of working with sled dogs, only in a more intimate context of skijoring. We left the dogs with their wonderfully compassionate owner. She is thrilled to have them back and thrilled that the dogs (Axel and Larry in particular) are ripped with muscle. This evening we land in Ottawa and Hugh reunites with his wife and three children. Celebrations and Blackhawks (yeah baby!) rooting will continue.
Thanks for reading everybody, more to from the summer bound train to come.
