Jeff Pelletier

Iqaluit

Journalist in Iqaluit, covering Nunavut and Nunavik for @NunatsiaqNews | Originally from Ottawa | @JSchool_CU alum | [email protected] 📸 🇨🇦

Articles

A ‘North of North’ Ice Cove location guide

1 week ago | thespec.com | Jeff Pelletier

North of North’s plot centres around Siaja taking a job at Ice Cove’s community centre as she tries to redefine her life. The community centre featured in the show is actually Iqaluit’s Unikkaarvik Visitor Centre, which also houses the city’s public library. If you enter the visitor centre in real life, you won’t find Colin and Millie messing around on the radio, or Helen working from her administrator’s office.
Agnico Eagle explores extending life of Meadowbank, Meliadine mines

1 week ago | thespec.com | Jeff Pelletier

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. is looking at extending the lives of its two Kivalliq Region mines beyond their planned closure dates. “It’s safe to say that Nunavut is an important platform for Agnico Eagle,” said Chris Adams, Agnico Eagle’s vice-president for Nunavut, speaking alongside executives from B2Gold Corp. and Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. on a panel Wednesday at the Nunavut Mining Symposium in Iqaluit.
Police investigate ‘suspicious item’ in Iqaluit

1 week ago | nunatsiaq.com | Jeff Pelletier

An Iqaluit residential street was partially blocked off Saturday as the RCMP investigated what it described as a “suspicious item.”“The Iqaluit RCMP are currently investigating a suspicious item that was located inside a residence in the 2600 area of the city,” the Nunavut RCMP said in a Facebook post made before 2 p.m.Around 5:30 p.m., two police vehicles were guarding a taped-off area around house 2681, located on Ukaliq Street in Tundra Ridge.
A ‘North of North’ Ice Cove location guide

2 weeks ago | nunatsiaq.com | Jeff Pelletier

With the premiere of North of North earlier this year on CBC and APTN, the fictional Nunavut hamlet of Ice Cove has joined the list of iconic Canadian sitcom small towns — a class that includes Corner Gas’ Dog River, Trailer Park Boys’ Sunnyvale Trailer Park, and Schitt’s Creek‘s setting of the same name. In real life, North of North was mostly filmed in Iqaluit, Nunavut’s capital, in spring 2024.
No public feedback as Iqaluit council advances cabin plan

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Jeff Pelletier

A proposed framework on how the City of Iqaluit would regulate cabin building will move to a third and final reading after city staff received zero public feedback on the matter. The city had issued a notice inviting residents to submit comments about its proposed plan to establish specific zones where people could build cabins, as well as a cabin licensing framework. The city has had a moratorium on cabin building since 2020.
No public feedback as Iqaluit council advances cabin plan

2 weeks ago | pentictonherald.ca | Jeff Pelletier

A proposed framework on how the City of Iqaluit would regulate cabin building will move to a third and final reading after city staff received zero public feedback on the matter. The city had issued a notice inviting residents to submit comments about its proposed plan to establish specific zones where people could build cabins, as well as a cabin licensing framework. The city has had a moratorium on cabin building since 2020.
Agnico Eagle explores extending life of Meadowbank, Meliadine mines

2 weeks ago | nunatsiaq.com | Jeff Pelletier

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. is looking at extending the lives of its two Kivalliq Region mines beyond their planned closure dates. “It’s safe to say that Nunavut is an important platform for Agnico Eagle,” said Chris Adams, Agnico Eagle’s vice-president for Nunavut, speaking alongside executives from B2Gold Corp. and Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. on a panel Wednesday at the Nunavut Mining Symposium in Iqaluit.
Arctic sovereignty on Nunavut Mining Symposium agenda

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Jeff Pelletier

Expect discussions of Arctic sovereignty and tariffs to come up at this week’s Nunavut Mining Symposium, organizers say. The annual conference and trade show opens Monday afternoon in Iqaluit with registration, then continues Tuesday through Thursday with several panels and mining-related presentations scheduled. It’s being held at the Aqsarniit hotel and Frobisher Inn.
Arctic sovereignty on Nunavut Mining Symposium agenda

2 weeks ago | pentictonherald.ca | Jeff Pelletier

Expect discussions of Arctic sovereignty and tariffs to come up at this week’s Nunavut Mining Symposium, organizers say. The annual conference and trade show opens Monday afternoon in Iqaluit with registration, then continues Tuesday through Thursday with several panels and mining-related presentations scheduled. It’s being held at the Aqsarniit hotel and Frobisher Inn.
Action needed on loose dogs: Iqaluit public safety committee

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Jeff Pelletier

It might be time for a review of Iqaluit’s animal control bylaw, says Deputy Mayor Kim Smith. Smith made the suggestion during the city’s public safety committee’s meeting Thursday afternoon after Coun. Amber Aglukark, who chairs the committee, brought up the issue of loose dogs. “We have all heard reports of pedestrians, children and others being chased, attacked or feeling unsafe simply walking through our neighbourhoods,” Aglukark said.