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ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕋᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᕐᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕕᒃ ᐃᓚᖓᓂ

ᒧᑲᓕᒃ, ᓇᒡᑕᐳᑲ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓕᑐᓪ ᕗᐃᐅᓪ ᑰᒃ ᑕᕆᐅᒧᐊᖓᔪᑦ ᓱᓕ ᒪᑐᓯᒪᔪᑦ

ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕋᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕕᒃ ᐃᓚᖓᓂ. ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥᐅᑕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓄᑦ ᕕᕝᕗᐊᕆ 1-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᕐᓯᓂᕋᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖏᓐᓂᒃ; ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᖓᓂ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᕐᓯᔪᑦ ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᐊᒍᑦ (Hudson Strait), ᓛᖕ ᐊᐃᓚᓐ (Long Island) ᐊᒻᒪ ᔭᐃᒻᔅ ᐸᐃᒥ, ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᑕ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂᒃ, ᐋᑐᕚ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖓᕙᐅᑉ ᑕᕆᐅᖓᓂ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᔪᖅ ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᖓᓂᒃ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ 13-ᓂ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕈᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᓱᓕ ᒪᑐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᒧᑲᓕᒃ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒧᐊᖓᔪᖅ,...

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Test of strength at Arctic Winter Games

Nunavik athlete places 8th in finger-pull competition, but wins silver medal in stick pull

Nunavik’s Papituqaq Cain Peters, on the left and wearing a black cap, competes in the Dene games male finger-pull competition, at the Arctic Winter Games. In the final standings for that sport, Peters placed eighth. Peters also competed in the male stick pull and was awarded the silver medal. The Games, being held in Wood Buffalo, Alta., this week, conclude on Saturday. (Photo by Madalyn Howitt)

Ice fog descends on Kuujjuaq

A polar vortex has brought extreme cold across a large swath of Canada, including Kuujjuaq, which woke up to ice fog and temperatures of -41 C Friday. Ice fog is a phenomenon that can occur in temperatures of -40 C and colder. When it’s that frigid outside, moisture in the air will freeze, creating fine ice crystals. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois, special to Nunatsiaq News)

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‘Steamy’ sunrise in Kuujjuaq

Water vapour forms over the Koksoak River near Kuujjuaq as the sun rises over the horizon on Jan. 6. Across the North, more and more sunlight is seen each day in January after the winter solstice in December. The temperature was -18 C when this picture was taken at about 8:30 a.m Jan. 6. This Friday, the forecast calls for a high of -24 C and the sunrise in Kuujjuaq is occurring a bit before 8:15 a.m., according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)