New tourism venture for the Yukon River is being proposed to attracted high-end destination tourists to riverboat excursions on the Yukon. Trips will last 8 days, and include overnight accommodations in wilderness outpost camps and lodges. INAC and the Yukon Government have provided funding for project development, market research, and training of staff. Project is […]

Four years in the making, the collaboration between composer John Estacio and librettist John Murrell begins its northern tour in Iqaliut this week. Commissioned by The Banff Centre and The Calgary Opera, Frobisher tells the story of the three expeditions of Martin Frobisher to the eastern arctic in search of the Northwest Passage, and the […]

This January (27th, 28th, and 30th), Kiviuq, the fourth feature of Cape Dorset filmmaker John Houston will debut on APTN. Filmed in Iqualiut with a budget of $900,000, Kiviuq features Pond Inlet actor Jason Akoluk and Nunavut drummers, dancers and storytellers: “The film could be a first to have Inuit elders on stage, not just […]

Telefilm Canada and the Makivik Corporation provide backing to Inuit film showcase, and launching of film network in Rankin Inlet. Isuma Distribution International is the Inuit production company started by Zacharias Kunuk with the popular release of “Atanarjuat’s: Fast Runner.” The production company’s second film, “The Journals of Knud Rasmussen,” opened at the Toronto International […]