The Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on many businesses in the territory, but for Nanook Express – a food truck in Iqaluit – it is a different story. Dallas LeTemplier, the business owner, said the pandemic has actually increased his sales by 25 per cent compared to previous seasons. “The last couple of […]
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ᓱᒃᑲᔪᓂ–ᓂᕿᓕᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ, ᐱᔭᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐊᓂ ᑎᑭᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᐅᑉ ᓂᕿᓪᓚᑦᑖᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᓴᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ Nanook Express-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ– ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᑎᑭᓴᐃᕝᕕᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᒻᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ – ᐊᔾᔨᒋᙱᑉᐸᐅᒃ, ᑖᓕᔅ ᓕᑕᒻᐱᓕᐅᕐ, ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ 25 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒧᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᖢᒍ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ. “ᑭᖑᓪᓕᕐᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓯᒪᕗᖓ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓕᑕᒻᐱᓕᐅᕐ ᖁᖓᔮᖅᖢᓂ. Nanook Express ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᓂ–ᓂᕿᓕᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᑎᑭᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐳᑏᓐ, ᕼᐊᒻᐳᒍ,
ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᐳᖅ Nanook Express−ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19−ᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ Read More »
Zipporah and Moses Oyukuluk are seeing a gradual return of guests at their Tangmaarvik Inn after the pandemic wiped out bookings from mid-March through June. “Covid-19 touched our business quite a bit,” Zipporah said. Moses and Zipporah Oyukuluk started out with a taxi business in Arctic Bay in the 1990s. They branched into heavy equipment
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Imagine a Kivalliq region with no gold mining. When businessman Patrick Tagoona pictures it in his mind, he envisions an entirely different line of work for himself. “The likelihood of me being an entrepreneur and getting into this would have been essentially non-existent,” says Tagoona, president of Nunavut Investments Ltd., based in Rankin Inlet. “It’s
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Ryan St. John has been building business around the Kivalliq mining and exploration industries for decades and he isn’t slowing down. Ryan St. John, left, and Les Fernandez, Sherp’s dealer relations manager for North America, stand in front of a Sherp amphibious all-terrain vehicle, which could be of interest to mining and exploration companies, tourists
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Levy Uttak of Iglulik captured the Most Inspiring Cultural Ambassador award from the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada on Nov. 14. The distinction goes to someone who “inspires those around them in a way they represent their culture to visitors. The recipient leads by example and provides guidance and mentorship to those who are finding
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Mavis Elias Adjun and her spouse Colin have not only learned to take over a business, they’re expanding on it. Mavis worked for Webb Outfitting for years, but the late owner, Fred Webb, was eventually ready to retire. He sold the company to Mavis and Colin in 2015. “We never ran a business in anything
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Business partners Kirsten Kaludjak and Lindsay Kidlapik have made one dream a reality and they have another in mind. The Arviat bakers opened K&L Pastries two years ago after completing Inspire Nunavut, a six-month social entrepreneurship training program and business incubator that travels to communities in the territory. “Inspire Nunavut helped a lot. They hired
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Iqaluit born Bernice Kootoo Clarke has a vision to continue showcasing Inuit culture and bring healing to her people through her business. In 2012, Clarke founded a cosmetic business, right in the comfort of her own kitchen. She started with selling “natural” body butters. Then in 2014 a fellow Inuk encouraged her to use
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In late June, the Apex-based Arctic UAV Inc. won third place in a video contest launched by senseFly, the company that makes the eBee mapping drone. Arctic UAV uses that particular unmanned aerial vehicle for work it does in Nunavut. “The team at this indigenous-owned business did a great job of explaining how they use
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