Kimmirut woman remembered at volleyball tournament
An annual volleyball tournament in Iqaluit this weekend is being dedicated to a woman who died in Kimmirut in April, along with her son and his father. video
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Arsonist died in Iqaluit townhouse fire, say RCMP
RCMP say a fire that killed two people at the Creekside Village in Iqaluit in 2012 was arson.
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