Nunavut

Grocery receipt from Kyra Flaherty. (Kyra Flaherty/@arcticmakeup/TikTok)

This Nunavut grocery receipt shows just how pricey food is in the North

Northerners face the highest rates of food insecurity in Canada. A receipt from a recent shopping trip in Iqaluit illustrates the problem.

(Courtesy of Kyra Flaherty)

The Inuk woman using TikTok to expose high food prices in the North

‘Food insecurity is not just about food insecurity,’ says Kyra Flaherty. ‘It ties into so many other societal problems.’

The last few blocks in the dome of the qaggiq are carefully placed (Casey Lessard)

How do you build an iglu that stands 20 feet tall? Very carefully.

A master iglu builder shares the secrets of his craft after raising an outsized version of the iconic structure for a community celebration in Iqaluit

(Photograph by Carmen Cheung)

When bingo night in Inuvik went so very wrong

One momentous Saturday night in February, a game of bingo led to an angry mob, demands for refunds and a big blow for Arctic Paws, the charity organizing the event

Eaton in her Ottawa hotel room, where she is quarantining before being allowed to enter Nunavut (Photograph by Frank Reardon)

How Nunavut has stayed coronavirus-free as a second wave hits Canada

Nunavut is a rare jurisdiction in North America that has kept the virus away. The territorial government has been lauded for its efforts, but also criticized by residents for taking extreme measures.

A view of Sylvia Grinnel Territorial Park in Iqaluit, Canada. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Coronavirus could decimate small and isolated communities in Nunavut

The wildfire spread of COVID-19 seen in places like nursing homes and cruise ships could similarly sweep the crowded homes in which nearly half of Nunavummiut live

This mysterious Arctic tree stump could reveal ancient secrets

A hunting party in Nunavut stumbled upon a rare sight: a tree stump poking out of the permafrost. However it got there, the wood will likely tell scientists secrets of the distant past

‘That’s my auntie’: A new book reframes photos from Indigenous communities

When Paul Seesequasis started posting archival images on social media to shine a light on the resilience of Indigenous communities, thousands of people responded

We the (true) North

What Raptors fever looked like in a Nunavut town

Inuit schoolchildren speak in English to each other on the playground at Leo Ussak Elementary School, Rankin Inlet.Inuit schoolchildren in a Gr. 3 class reading aloud in Inuktitut at Leo Ussak Elementary School, Rankin Inlet. (Tonda MacCharles/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Inuktut deserves a place in the Official Languages Act

Ottawa could lead the world by formally recognizing the mother tongue of the Inuit as an official language within Nunavut

Inuit schoolchildren speak in English to each other on the playground at Leo Ussak Elementary School, Rankin Inlet.Inuit schoolchildren in a Gr. 3 class reading aloud in Inuktitut at Leo Ussak Elementary School, Rankin Inlet. (Tonda MacCharles/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Inuktut deserves a place in the Official Languages Act

Ottawa could lead the world by formally recognizing the mother tongue of the Inuit as an official language within Nunavut