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Béatrice Allerton, 8, records Kaniq Allerton, 12, during the Nunavut Film Commission’s outdoor video boot camp in Iqaluit. (Photo by Simeonie Kisa-Knickelbein)

Malaya Qaunirq Chapman took this photo of Arctic char drying on a rack at Tunulik, 140 kilometres east of Kuujjuaq on the Ungava coast on July 12, during a gathering of the Snowball family and friends at their traditional family camp. “Tunulik used to be a busy fishing camp where people from around the world would visit and experience the amazing fishing right on the falls and Ungava coast,” Chapman writes. “I, along with my partner Etua, friends and family were fortunate to experience this special place to catch Arctic char and process our catch to make pitsik—a process where fish is filleted and cut into strips with the skin on for a delicious treat. To get to Tunulik, we took Etua’s aluminum boat and went east for three hours on the Ungava coast. It’s an experience we will cherish until the next time.” (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Clare Kines caught this photograph of a bumblebee, Bombus sylvicola, harvesting nectar and pollen from a prickly saxifrage in Arctic Bay on Monday, July 20. (Photo by Clare Kines)

Jutanie Kootoo of Pangnirtung shared this photo with us from a camping trip at Pikiuliruluu, on the far side of Cumberland Sound, taken on Friday, July 3. (Photo courtesy of Jutanie Kootoo)

A cargo ship enters Wakeham Bay for the sealift resupply of Kangiqsujuaq in this 2020 photo. (File photo)

This carving of a muskox by Barnabus Arnasungaaq fetched $84,000 during a live auction by First Arts in Toronto held on July 12. Fine Arts says it believes that price is a record for the artist at auction. Arnasungaaq, who carved his works with an axe and file from hard black stone found near his hometown of Baker Lake, was known for his minimalist style of carving without many surface details. He died in 2017 at the age of 93. (Photo courtesy of First Arts. Photo by Dieter Hessel)

David Kakuktinniq of Rankin Inlet took this photo of caribou near his community on July 14. “There have been tons of caribou coming through #rankininlet #nunavut recently, here’s an image of some stragglers,” he writes. (Photo by David Kakuktinniq)

Kuujjuaq residents flock to the beach on Wednesday, July 15. It was a hot day, with temperatures reaching 28 degrees C. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Lavinia Gordon gets some puppy love from Allen Gordon’s seven-week-old pups on June 21. Gordon raises and runs sled dogs in Kuujjuaq. (Photo by Allen Gordon)

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From left: Whale Cove residents Yvette Itigaitok, Marina Itigaitok and Donna Saumik celebrate Nunavut Day on July 9 with some hand-crafted creations: atigi, or pullover jackets, made by Itigaitok and Saumik, and a hand-sewn Nunavut flag made by Saumik. (Photo courtesy of Maggie Saumik)

The Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services confirmed a new case of COVID-19 in Salluit on July 12, reportedly linked to a worker who didn’t quarantine before travelling to the region. (Photo courtesy of E. Herault/Interact)

Bryan Lemire picks mussels at Dry Bay, just outside of Kuujjuaq, on July 6. (Photo by Kaatsia Annanack)

Maggie Kuniliusie took this photo of tents set up in Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park outside Iqaluit a bit after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8. “Our mother always encouraged us to calm down and to quiet our minds before she sent us to bed. Last night’s weather was a mood changer. I slept well and long. #Nunavutcation,” she writes. The staff at Nunatsiaq News hope our readers have a restful Nunavut Day on Thursday, July 9. Our Iqaluit office will be closed that day, and we’ll resume publishing on Friday, July 10. (Photo by Maggie Kuniliusie)

An ATV driver crosses the land near Taloyoak on June 16 under a fogbow, caused by the interaction between sunlight and small water droplets in the atmosphere. (Photo by Jonathan Nuss)

Volunteers and staff with the Ungava Wellness Program in Kuujjuaq help deliver food to low-income families with children on June 26. Here staffer Attasie Saunders is seen in the background, with staffer Laz Iserhoff in the centre and volunteer Daniel Cooper to the left. (Photo courtesy of Anita Gordon)

This photo was taken just south of Kugluktuk overlooking the Coppermine River valley, near the mouth of the river, on June 18, in the 24-degree heat. (Photo by Olivier Forbes-Bouillon)

Rayelle Allen of Iqaluit was among the winners of Skills Canada Nunavut’s #museumathome challenge for her recreation of Ningeokuluk Teevee’s famous print “Sedna’s Wonder.” The challenge, a collaboration between Skills Canada Nunavut and Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum, tasked Nunavummiut of all ages to recreate a piece of famous Inuit art using items from around the house. (Images courtesy of Skills Canada Nunavut and the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum)

With a ban on big gatherings in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kuujjuaq’s recreation committee organized a decoration contest, asking residents to create an Indigenous-themed scene outside their home on Monday, June 22. The $1,000 first prize went to Mary Mosesiapik and Willie Sequaluk, seen here, who turned a dog house into a small cabin, complete with a small working wood stove on which they made tea. Beside it is a drying rack for nikkuk (dry meat) and pitsik (dry fish) and a small tupik, or tent, sewn from scratch. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

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The staff at Nunatsiaq News would like to wish our readers a happy Canada Day. To help put you in a festive mood, here’s a photo of Kuujjuaq residents enjoying a feast of country food on Monday, June 22. The offerings included beluga amirruk (flippers) and maktak (skin and blubber), as well as seal meat that Markusi Qisiiq and his son Elijah caught the previous day. There was also beluga nikkuk (dried meat) given by Elijah Grey from Kangirsuk and fresh mussels picked the day before. Our offices will be shut on Wednesday, July 1. We’ll resume publishing on Thursday, July 2. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

The Terry Fox, a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, approaches Iqaluit on Saturday, June 27, at 8:30 a.m. The ship was leading the MT Kitikmeot W, an oil/chemical tanker, into Koojesse Inlet. (Photo by B. Williams)

Volunteers at the food bank in Sanirajak help prepare food baskets on May 24. Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. says that the food bank is one operation it’s helped support with donations of more than $115,000 to organizations in Nunavut’s North Baffin region during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Baffinland)

Qaapik Attagutsiak holds a letter from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday, June 27, sending her birthday greetings and wishing her well for the year ahead. Arctic Bay resident and regular Nunatsiaq News contributor Clare Kines delivered the letter to Attagutsiak, who was making bannock when he arrived. (Photo by C. Kines)

A moment of silence is held on Friday afternoon in Iqaluit to remember those who have died by suicide in Nunavut. A crowd of over 200 gathered at the city’s main intersection, carrying signs with the names of loved ones lost, and that called for mental health support. The protesters marched to Nunavut’s legislature and handed a list of those names to Premier Joe Savikataaq. The crowd heckled Savikataaq when he said the government is doing everything it can. People shared stories of their healing journey and their struggles to get the mental health care they need. The protest’s leaders are demanding more front-line workers immediately and that mental health be taught in schools. Similar protests took place at the same time in communities across Nunavut. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)

Katie Kalluk is the first recipient of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association’s Inuktut Language Award. She received the honour during her graduation ceremony at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit on Tuesday, June 23. The $1,000 award, created as a partnership between QIA and the school, aims to celebrate students dedicated to using Inuktut throughout high school. “I started speaking Inuktut pretty early, when I was in early elementary school,” Kalluk said in a news release from QIA. “I plan to develop my Inuktut skills further in the future.” Kalluk, originally from Resolute Bay, plans to attend the Nunavut Sivuniksavut program in the fall of 2021.