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Iqaluit Dance Academy’s 12-year-old and older jazz dancers rehearse their routine, set to “Vogue” by Madonna, on Saturday. The group performed the dance Sunday as part of a year-end recital for a packed Inuksuk High School gym. (Photo courtesy of Iqaluit Dance Academy)

Alexia Cousins, left, and Angel Ootoova prepare to head a march of 75 Iqaluit residents in recognition of Red Dress Day on Tuesday afternoon. Ootoova holds a picture of her late mother, Della Ootoova, who was murdered in Iqaluit in 2008. The event was organized by YWCA-Agvik Nunavut to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, gender diverse and two-spirit people. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Jordan Blake, left, and James Elliott compete in the Toonik Tyme puzzle challenge at Abe Okpik Hall in Apex on Sunday evening. Eight teams of three competed for more than $1,000 in prizes in the 500-piece and 1,000-piece categories. The competition took place after the end of last month’s festival because the puzzles arrived late in the mail. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Johnny Veevee sells his carvings of narwhal and other wildlife to visitors at the Pangnirtung waterfront recently. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Karen Alivaktuk broadcasts a public service announcement Tuesday as a host on Pangnirtung’s community radio station. Formerly a weekend host, Alivaktuk recently switched to hosting her show on weekdays. She reads announcements and invites community members to come on-air to read their own well-wishes. Other hosts at the radio station call bingo games over the airwaves for their listeners to play at home. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Stevie Karpik takes a red piece from opponent Ricky Kilabuk during a game of checkers Monday evening at the Pangnirtung community centre. Karpik ended up winning the game. Approximately a dozen hunters come out six nights a week to play checkers at the venue, although anybody is welcome to join. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Paleah Kuniliusie sews a small tapestry last Friday at the Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts and Crafts in Pangnirtung. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Nazareth Dialla, 9, skids to a stop at Aksayuk Arena in Pangnirtung during a public skate on Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Peter Evvik shows off the lure that earned him the $5,000 grand prize in the Pangnirtung Hunters and Trappers Organization’s sculpin fishing derby on Saturday. Evvik caught the winning 43-cm sculpin by jigging. (Photo by Daron Letts)

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Jeetaloo Kakee, left, makes a move against Jaco Kudlualik during the Toonik Tyme checkers tournament Thursday at the Elders Qammaq in Iqaluit. Kakee went on to win the $500 prize for first place. The event was organized by 123Go! with support from the City of Iqaluit. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Five-time Olympic speedskater Stephen Dubois, left, and six-time Olympic speedskater Kim Boutin, right, meet with young skaters at Iqaluit’s Arctic Winter Games Arena on Wednesday. They are pictured with 12-year-olds Viivi Morrison-Mike, Hannah Didham and Eliyah Laird. The event was part of Toonik Tyme, which continues through Monday. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Mathew Pits Kilabuk calls a number during Toonik Tyme bingo hosted by the City of Iqaluit. The event was held at the Elders Qammaq on Wednesday afternoon. Approximately 70 bingo players competed for gift cards and camping equipment from the Arctic Survival Store. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Two people play hockey on the ice in Umiujaq on April 3. “I was waiting for the perfect hockey skate position,” said photographer Anne Lapierre, who is in the community for census work and saw a group of about six players on the frozen riverbank, roughly 150 metres from the Co-op Hotel, that evening. (Photo courtesy of Anne Lapierre)

Four water trucks, four sewage trucks and a garbage truck line up in Baker Lake on April 4 to honour longtime driver Hugh Avatituq, 77, who died March 24. Avatituq started working with the hamlet in 1991, driving garbage trucks and water trucks before joining the sewage fleet, his daughter, Amy Avatituq, said. When he retired in 2022, his fellow workers organized a truck parade in his honour; this lineup serves as a final salute from the fleet he loved. (Photo courtesy of Dannekay Inukpak)

Baffin Gas and Convenience closes Friday so the ‘North of North’ film crew can wrap its final afternoon of filming in Iqaluit this winter. Season 2 of the hit TV comedy series is planned to air on APTN, CBC and Netflix later this year. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Ainsley Albert carves the likeness of her 10-year-old husky Shadow, who died from cancer last month, out of snow. “Just doing a memorial for him,” she said on Saturday, trying to hold back tears while putting the finishing touches on Shadow’s left ear. Albert spent over four hours in -30 C temperatures taking part in a snow sculpture event at the three-day Qaggiq festival that wrapped up Sunday near Sylvia Grinnell Park in Iqaluit. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

Three small iglus near the road to Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park are ready for Qaggiq 2026. The three-day cultural celebration, set to start at 4 p.m. on Friday, will include Inuit games, drum dancing lessons, a snow sculpture contest and a traditional clothing contest. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

The northern lights dance over the beach in Pangnirtung on March 14. Photographer Simeonie Lucassie Aakeeshoo Akpik says catching the display depends on timing but he has been “lucky so far,” with the aurora visible in the community almost every night. (Photo by Simeonie Lucassie Aakeeshoo Akpik)

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Lisa Evic fills water jugs at the Duval River in Pangnirtung on Tuesday. Her cousin Simeonie Lucassie Aakeeshoo Akpik, who photographed her, says residents regularly travel up the river to collect fresh water and use it for coffee and tea. Fed mainly by snowmelt and glacial runoff, the river is the community’s primary source of drinking water. (Photo by Simeonie Lucassie Aakeeshoo Akpik)

Nellie Iqalukjuak is dwarfed by an iceberg lodged in the ice in Patricia Bay, near Clyde River, last week. Her husband George Iqalukjuak, who photographed her on the ice, said icebergs of this size are not common in the sheltered bay and can sometimes remain there for months. Some residents collect pieces of the ice for drinking water, he said. (Photo courtesy of George Iqalukjuak)

Burlesque dancer and circus artist Valérie David performs to the tune of “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” by the late French cabaret singer Édith Piaf, at Iqaluit’s Franco Centre on Saturday night. The Montreal-based artist led a pole-dancing workshop at the venue, organized in celebration of International Women’s Day, which was on March 8. (Photo by Daron Letts)

A gold ulu rests on a Team Nunavut jacket during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse on Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Patar, special to Nunatsiaq News)

YWCA Agvik Nunavut staff Alice Hebb, left, and Pearl Flores blast female hip-hop during an event the organization hosted Sunday to mark International Women’s Day. More than 60 women and their children enjoyed games and free yoga, massages, and hair-braiding, as well as free photo shoots by professional photographers from Full Art Media. The event was supported by the Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council and the Government of Nunavut. (Photo by Daron Letts)