Life in Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Students at Samuel Hearne secondary had a special guest today, as George Chuvalo came to visit. 

Click here for an audio interview!

The heavyweight champion boxer spoke about drugs and how much they had cost him in life; his wife and boys. It was a terribly tragic story, told honestly and for no other reason than George trying to steer young people on the right track.

Unfortunately….

I wish some students had shown more respect!

Photo by Roy Goose /CBC

CBC’s Roy Goose has created a very interesting photo gallery, which explores the Muslim celebration of Ramadan in Inuvik.

Roy was welcomed by members of Inuvik’s mosque, and even fasted on the day of the interview to appreciate the evening food in the right state of mind.

There is also a radio interview on CBC.ca/northwind, which answers some questions I had about Ramadan.

He even finds similarity between Inuvialuit culture and Muslim dietary restrictions! This is cross-cultural radio at its finest.

Here are four RCMP officers responding to a call at Parkview apartments on Saturday night. 

They left about one minute after arriving with no one in custody, so it must have been a false alarm.

There is snow on the ground today.

Sept. 22, looks like it’s here to stay.

Here’s a face from the Roost’s dining room.

Here’s a mechanic and repair yard on the industrial side of town. A lot of old cars here!

Here’s a newspaper seen on the ground, which has arabic writing.

Inuvik has many Muslim people, who come from all over the world.

Could anyone help me read this? It looks like a track list.

It’s so nice when people do creative things with their houses. 

Looks like we have some hockey fans living here.

Here’s a big truck, which came all the way from Manitoba.