We’re losing our children’: Nunavummiut reflect on triple tragedy in Pond Inlet – CBC

Sep 16, 2025

The community was shaken by a multiple suicides in July

Verna Strickland was preparing for a wedding just a week before she lost a young relative to suicide.

“[He] and his friend were up the ladder, putting up balloons and having fun as if nothing was happening in their mind,” Strickland said.

The 13-year-old boy in Strickland’s family died by suicide on July 7.

John Main, Nunavut’s health minister, said there were three suicides during a short period of time in Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet). In July, the territory’s coroner’s office said it was investigating three deaths in the community.

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