photo courtesy Michel Albert
Cathy Lawton of One Ocean Expeditions presents the Youth Leader of the Year award to Preston Kapatakoak at the 2017 Sport and Recreation Awards celebration and dinner Oct. 14 at the Frobisher Inn in Iqaluit.
For people travelling to Iqaluit for medical travel, the news that Nova Hotels has bought the Discovery Boutique Hotel may be of interest.
Nova Hotels officially announced Oct. 16 that it has purchased the hotel.
Nova Hotels bought the Discovery Boutique Hotel from long-time owners Tower Arctic this month, and the new company expects to help alleviate the need for medical travel accommodation in Iqaluit. Michele LeTourneau/NNSL photo
Nova Hotels president Aleksa Mrdjenovich welcomed the hotel to its portfolio, saying "it brings our family business back into the hospitality market in one of the fastest growing areas in the North."
Nova was once the owner of the Hotel Arctic, called at that time the Nova Hotel. That property is now a Nunavut Arctic College residence owned by Qikiqtaaluk Properties Inc.
Mrdjenovich said Nova Hotels' sister company owns the Tammaativvik Medical Boarding Home in the capital, and "we will assist them in accommodating the large number of clients they are currently housing for medical stays, until such time as an expansion can be built."
Current staff is expected to remain.
"General manager Sylvie brings over 20 years of hospitality management and we are pleased to say that she will be staying on in her current role and we look forward to working together," said Mrdjenovich.
photo courtesy Michel Albert
Canadian sprint kayaker and four-time Olympic medalist, Adam van Koeverden, addresses a full house at the 2017 Sport and Recreation Awards celebration and dinner Oct. 14 at the Frobisher Inn in Iqaluit.photo courtesy of Live at Massey Hall
Tanya Tagaq's live performances will be highlighted and her political causes explored in a documentary called Throat.photo courtesy of Wayne Gregory
Cambridge Bay ambassadors return from the Crystal Serenity cruise ship, which has visited the community for the past two summers, providing a boost to the economy. The Kitikmeot Chamber of Commerce is planning a three-day workshop in Cambridge Bay in November to examine options to strengthen the regional economy.photo courtesy of Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.
Gabriel Ulayok, right, seen here with one of his trainers Richard Harvey, stepped into Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.'s Mine Career Path program at Meadowbank Gold Mine in 2012 and has now achieved mastery of all of the mine's production machinery.photo courtesy of Zillah Piallaq
Hall Beach Arctic College student Julie Allianaq, left, and instructor Zillah Piallaq got into the Halloween spirit last year by applying makeup. Piallaq enjoys Halloween and invites her students to partake in ghoulish fun at the community learning centre.
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