July 19, 9:30 a.m. at Sylvia Grinnell Park. Join Myra Rodrigues as she does her Nunavut half-marathon walk to raise awareness and funds for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind library. She will be walking four loops between the Coke plant to the river. Kids on bikes are welcome.

A big, rusty machine belching black diesel smoke into the air may be the key to a better-looking Iqaluit. The monstrous 29,000-kilogram hydraulic press, owned by Gestion Logistique of Quebec, will feed this summer on a steady diet of old cars, washing machines, skidoos and other scrap metal.

As you enter Nunavut's legislative assembly, the first thing you notice are Michèle Bertol's giant paintings, each resembling a huge window offering a fresh view of Iqaluit.

Avid sky gazers and other curiosity seekers are readying themselves for a rare event: a total eclipse of the sun, expected Aug. 1, that will be visible along a narrow path that stretches through the Kitikmeot and High Arctic regions of Nunavut.

Nunavut's bid to cash in on the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will be guided by 40,000 inuksuit made by artists from across the territory. On July 9, Nunavummiut got their first look at the soapstone inuksuit that will be marketed to tourists attending the Olympics.

“The North is the next frontier in economic development.” Federal New Democratic Pary members of parliament renewed calls for a deep water port in Iqaluit during a visit to Nunavut last week.

An Ottawa man was convicted July 8 of sexually assaulting a Nunavut woman in 2006, the Ottawa Citizen newspaper reported last week. Justice Charles Hackland of Ontario Superior Court found Gideon George Antonatos, 24, guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm.

Nearly all of Iqaluit's roads will get a layer of pavement over the next two years after the Government of Nunavut announced that it's speeding up a capital funding arrangement with the city.

The sea ice has retreated around south Baffin, marking the start to this summer's cruise season. Although large cruise ships still haven't discovered Nunavut, traffic in territorial waters will be busier than ever in 2007.