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The Current“Welcome to Iqaluit” – The Current in Canada’s North At a store in Iqaluit, Ainia Nooshoota is trimming the fat from a batch of narwhal meat — a rare treat, freshly caught by hunters 750 kilometres away in northern Nunavut. “Narwhal is not always available around this area, so …
Read More »Iqaluit resident Virginia Mearns named Canada’s Arctic ambassador
North·New Mearns, who lives in Iqaluit, currently serves as senior director of Inuit relations for the Qikiqtani Inuit Association and has previously held senior positions with the government of Nunavut. Mearns’ appointment Thursday is the latest development in Canada’s new Arctic foreign policy CBC News · Posted: Jul 24, 2025 …
Read More »Bomb threat causes Air India emergency landing in Iqaluit
An Air India flight made an emergency landing in Iqaluit Tuesday morning due to an online bomb threat. Flight AI217 was en route from New Delhi to Chicago, when it took the precautionary measure of landing at Iqaluit Airport, according to a written statement from Air India. Air India said …
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