Team Nunavut officials say between 50 to 70 young athletes are at risk of missing the upcoming Arctic Winter Games because of difficulties securing a passport.
This year’s games are in Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley, meaning all Canadians attending the games need a valid passport to cross the Canada-U.S. border.
But with the Games only five weeks away, nearly a quarter of Nunavut’s current roster of 291 athletes are still struggling to have their passport applications processed.
“If they can’t go because they can’t get a passport in time, that’s very disappointing for them,” said Mariele DePeuter, Team Nunavut’s chef de mission, adding many
