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Terry Nakoolak lies alongside a seal he caught Oct. 6 near Whale Cove. Nakoolak, who was hunting with two others, said the seal was about five feet, six inches long and took two shots to harvest. The meat was shared among the group. (Photo courtesy of Terry Nakoolak)

Rankin Inlet resident Tristan Misheralak prepares caribou meat from a recent hunting trip for storage on Sept. 27. Her husband, Johnny-Kook Misheralak, and her father travelled more than 400 miles by boat and harvested 13 caribou. The couple processed and froze the meat to stock their family’s freezer for the winter. (Photo by Johnny-Kook Misheralak, special to Nunatsiaq News)

Four-year-old Casie Siakuluq high-fives Northmart mascot Northy on Friday morning. The North West Co., which owns the grocery store, threw a grand opening to celebrate Northmart’s completed renovations. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Guy Uniuqsaraq carves a dancing bear from black marble in front of his Iqaluit residence in the early evening of Sept. 19. Daylight in Nunavut’s capital city dwindles by more than six minutes per day in September. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Pilitak Enterprises workers Mathieu Bonin, left, and Robin Goupil display the Maple Leaf they removed from the Qimugjuk Building on Saturday. The federal office building will be transferred to the territory when devolution takes effect on April 1, 2027. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Two-year-old Westen Makpah tests out a heavy equipment simulator as Nunavut Arctic College heavy equipment instructor Jeremiah Issaluk looks on. The simulator, which is used to teach college students how to operate construction equipment, was on display at the Kivalliq Trade Show in Rankin Inlet. The event at the Agnico Eagle Arena is open to the public on Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Corey Larocque)

Rankin Inlet Mayor Harry Towtongie welcomes exhibitors to the Kivalliq Trade Show during a meet-and-greet reception for about 150 people Monday night in the hamlet’s community hall. The theme of the three-day business event is “Naalagit: Listen.” Speeches from Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. president Gloria Uluqsi and Nunavut Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell are on Tuesday’s agenda, as well as the start of exhibits from regional businesses. The trade show runs until Wednesday. (Photo by Corey Larocque)

Martha Flaherty listens closely to the music as she plays Isaruit Inuit Arts’ new red Hohner accordion in Ottawa on Sept. 11. Flaherty, one of the four grandmothers who founded Isaruit, was chosen to be the first to play the nearly $3,000 accordion, which was purchased with donations from community supporters. Flaherty learned to play the accordion from her father Josepie Flaherty after their family was relocated to Grise Fiord from Inukjuak. “Accordion music is a big part of life in Northern Quebec because of families with Scottish roots,” she says. (Photo courtesy of Beverly Illauq)

Construction is underway for Quaqtaq’s new Isummasaqvik School. Set to be completed in 2030, it will replace the community’s existing school and serve 250 students. Community members and officials gathered at the site on Sept. 2 for a groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Jade Duscheneau-Bernier)

Galaxy Cat, or John Manzo, seen here behind a portion of his $20,000 DJ roost, is set to host his fifth silent disco dance party at Iqaluit’s Franco Centre on Sept. 26. (Photo courtesy of John Manzo)

Artist Haiga Ashoona sews her felt art designs in the lobby of the Nunavut Trade Show in Iqaluit on Thursday. She is the granddaughter of the late renowned Kinngait sewer and drawer Pitseolak Ashoona. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Taloyoak hunter Justin Aqqaq shows off a grizzly bear he caught in late August. He was hunting at a site known as Aqviqtunnuaq, which is located approximately 360 km north of his community — the northernmost on Canada’s mainland. (Photo courtesy of Justin Aqqaq)

Adam Nauya hauls a caribou he caught 50 kilometres south of Puvirnituq on Sept. 5. The meat was shared with others in the community. Nauya, originally from Ivujivik, hunts almost every day, said his uncle Joshua Tarriasuk. (Photo courtesy of Joshua Tarriasuk)

Workers install a section of Iqaluit’s water and sewer main line at the intersection of Atungauyait Drive and Paunna Road on Saturday. Pauna Road remains open to single-lane traffic, while Atungauyait Drive is scheduled to remain closed until Sept. 27, announced city spokesperson Geoff Byrne in a news release over the weekend. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Jonathan Agligoetok controls traffic as a crew works along the road to Apex shortly after daybreak on Saturday. This summer’s Niaqunngusiariaq Road repaving project is complete, said City of Iqaluit spokesperson Geoff Byrne. Crews were patching up the road over the weekend after completing an installation near Tuktu Road, he said. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Galaxy Cat Entertainment instructor John Manzo, left, and dance club member Assol Kubeisinova promote their next Silent Disco event, planned for Sept. 26 at the Franco Centre. Silent Disco is a dance party where the music is pumped through headphones instead of speakers, so participants have control over the music. The pair were part of the mass registration event at the Iqaluit Curling Club on Saturday, which had 34 organizations participate. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Tara Nutaralak, left, and her partner Tagaaq Saila sell berries in the foyer of Iqaluit’s Arctic Ventures on Sunday evening. The couple picked 17 bags “over the mountain” in Apex. (Photo by Daron Letts)

The work of Puvirnituq artist Juanisialuk Irqumia shines on the facade of Iqaluit’s Northmart. The piece, titled “Hunting Walrus by Kayak,” was installed Aug. 25. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Friends Cameron Sharpe, left, and Caiden Joamie display their catch of Arctic char on Sylvia Grinnell River, near Iqaluit, on Saturday morning. The fish were so bountiful, the teens said, that they snagged them with a jerk of the line without waiting for a bite. (Photo by Daron Letts)

An iceberg the size of a two-car garage is beached about 500 metres from shore between Apex and Iqaluit. Cousins Viivi Morrison-Mike, left, Harper Strutz, and Laivi Morrison-Mike collected tubs of drinking water from the ice Saturday because “it tastes good,” they said. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Sukha Panesar, 2, holds still like a tiger stalking prey as facepainter Melissa Bascunan blackens his nose during a barbecue Saturday at Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park. Hundreds of people took part in the event, hosted by the Northern Territories Federation of Labour and the Nunavut Employees Union. (Photo by Daron Letts)