{"id":591644,"date":"2026-04-09T03:23:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/591644\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T03:23:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:23:25","slug":"toonik-tyme-starts-friday-with-civic-holiday-in-iqaluit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/591644\/","title":{"rendered":"Toonik Tyme starts Friday with civic holiday in Iqaluit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\"><a class=\"category arts-and-culture\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/tag\/arts-and-culture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arts and Culture<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Apr 8, 2026 \u2013 8:30 am EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">Craft sale, garbage bag fashion show, free swimming among events<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9140-scaled-1.jpg\" title=\"Toonik Tyme starts Friday with civic holiday in Iqaluit\"><br \/>\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9140-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants toboggan down a hill in Iqaluit during Toonik Tyme festivities in 2025. (File photo by Arty Sarkisian)<\/p>\n<p class=\"author custom\">By Nunatsiaq News<\/p>\n<p>Iqaluit residents can look forward to a civic holiday Friday to mark the start of Toonik Tyme.<\/p>\n<p>A municipal bylaw establishes the first Friday of Toonik Tyme as a local holiday, a City of Iqaluit news release said Tuesday. City offices and recreation facilities will be closed, but garbage, water and sewer services will continue as usual.<\/p>\n<p>Toonik Tyme, set to run April 10 to 19 this year, dates back to 1965. The festival typically features a lineup of events including games, races and outdoor activities, organized by various groups and individuals in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Events kick off at noon Friday with a free barbecue hosted by the RCMP. Kids snowmobile races follow at 1 p.m., before opening ceremonies and bingo night at the Aqsarniit hotel, starting at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The full schedule is available on the Toonik Tyme Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Other activities include a cake-decorating contest Sunday at the Frobisher Inn restaurant, free swimming April 17 at the aquatic centre, and a family sliding day April 18 outside Arctic Winter Games arena.<\/p>\n<p>There are also activities for elders at the Elders Qammaq throughout the week, including the garbage bag fashion show on April 17.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/260403-nti-voters-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-14722.95eiq_sidebar.gif\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The end of the festival will coincide with the Brian Twerdin Toonik Tyme Memorial Hockey Tournament, organized by the Iqaluit Hockey League and set to run April 16 to 19.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule of games has not been announced yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arts and Culture\u00a0\u00a0Apr 8, 2026 \u2013 8:30 am EDT Craft sale, garbage bag fashion show, free swimming among&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-591644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}