Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
An exhibition at the National Gallery celebrates 50 years of classic Inuit art from Cape Dorset. But it also honours the region's contemporary artists painting an entirely different picture of their ancient culture
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
OTTAWA, ON.- This year, Cape Dorset—or Kinngait as it is locally known in Nunavut—celebrates 50 years of making prints. In tribute to this significant anniversary and the continued dynamism of the Kinngait Studios artists today, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) presents Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset Celebrates 50 Years of Printmaking, an exhibition of 86 works on paper. Organized by the NGC...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Prized Inuit artwork from the Kinngait print shop in Cape Dorset, Nunavut was celebrated in an Iqaluit museum Thursday night, marking the Cape Dorset studio's 50th anniversary.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
Canada's top court upheld the first-degree murder conviction Friday of a Cape Dorset, Nunavut, man who gunned down an RCMP officer in the community eight years ago.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
Nunavut RCMP have charged a Cape Dorset man after three kilograms of marijuana were seized at the Iqaluit airport late last week.
Web News Site (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian is exhibiting 39 drawings "that chronicle the realities of contemporary Inuit life by renowned artist Annie Pootoogook." It open on June 13. Pootoogook’s detailed work describes everyday life in her home community of Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Her scenes of Inuit traditions include the less romantic but real integration of modern technologies...
Footprints (Free subscription) | 02/06/2009
Yeah, try pronouncing that though its just call IQ day. I think must be the time of the year for most GN (Govt of Nunavut) employees since M & M of Cape Dorset is having their IQ day as well. Its basically a day for the Inuit to show the Qablunnaq (southerners, I say southerners [...]
Torontoist (Free subscription) | 28/05/2009
Urban Planner is Torontoist's daily guide to what's on in Toronto, published every morning. If you have an event you'd like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you've got any—to events@torontoist.com . Photo of the founding members of Toronto's Centre for Creative Music at 30 St. Patrick Street, circa 1976. Check out Michael Snow, second from left. Courtesy of The...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
The Kingait Hotel in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, is closed Thursday as a territorial government inspector looks into a plumbing problem that has leaked thousands of litres of sewage over the past several weeks.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
Residents and hamlet officials in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, are complaining about thousands of litres of sewage that leaked underneath the Kingait Hotel, which is owned by the area's MLA.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 03/04/2009
A Cape Dorset teenager has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy this week, Nunavut RCMP say.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Canada's highest court has refused to review a last-ditch appeal by a Nunavut man convicted of killing an RCMP officer in Cape Dorset seven years ago.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Voters in the Nunavut communities of Cape Dorset and Kimmirut chose Fred Schell as their new MLA in a byelection Monday.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Voters in Kimmirut and Cape Dorset, Nunavut, are casting their ballots Monday for a new MLA, one week after most other Nunavummiut elected their representatives.
Footprints (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
I got my very first Cape Dorset print though not really a print but an artist proof. I wanted to get it last year but didnt want to spend the $$$ plus with big purchases I always apply a one week rule though in this case, it was more like a year of thinking. This [...]
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