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Last Friday’s low tide on the Koksoak River exposed Dry Bay’s mussel beds at around 4:45 p.m. Harvesters from the community took advantage of the perfect low tide conditions to collect mussels before water levels rose again by 11 p.m. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)

Kuujjuaq residents march along Airport Road on Friday as part of the village’s Celebration of Life Walk. The event was part of Suicide Prevention Month, which is observed in September. Participants walked from Jaanimmarik School to the Kuujjuaq Forum. The walk took place two days after World Suicide Prevention Day, which is observed around the world on Sept. 10. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)

Iqaluit artist Yurak, who goes by one name, works on beaded jewelry Wednesday in the foyer of the Aqsarniit hotel in Iqaluit. Yurak was taking part in an arts market at the entrance to the Nunavut Trade Show and Conference, which is being held at the hotel and continues through Thursday. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Paul Irngaut, vice-president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., speaks at the Nunavut Trade Show in Iqaluit on Tuesday morning. His talk was billed as a fireside chat about Nunavut’s role in Canada’s economic future. “If you don’t have healthy communities, you can’t really have clear sovereignty and security in the North,” he said. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Acting coach Natar Ungalaaq, left, and director Zacharias Kunuk sit in the Astro Theatre in Iqaluit Friday as they await a free screening of Kunuk’s film “Uiksaringitara (The Wrong Husband).” The filmmaker and actors stayed for a question-and-answer session with the audience. The film was named best Canadian feature film at the Toronto International Film Festival this month. (Photo by Daron Letts)

About 60 people gather on the shore of Coronation Gulf in Kugluktuk after Saturday’s walk in memory of Angella Rose Kuliktana, who died in a drunk-driving crash 13 years ago. Some participants carried posters with Kuliktana’s image and played her favourite song, “Safe and Sound,” by Capital Cities. Angella Rose’s mother Christine Kuliktana organized the walk and said she hopes it will help raise awareness about impaired driving. (Photo courtesy of Christine Kuliktana)

Premier P.J. Akeeagok, left, watches as Igloolik musician Terry Uyarak performs “Aniqsaatuinnarit,” which means just breathe in English. Uyarak sang to MLAs and staff Friday at the legislature after Akeeagok awarded him a King Charles III coronation medal. Akeeagok praised Uyarak for his Inuktitut songwriting. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)

Jackson Pijamini, left, watches as his mother, Emma Pijamini, cuts beluga blubber with an ulu alongside Rose Audlakiak, Nevaeh Newkingnak and her mother Laura Newkingnak. Families enjoyed Arctic char and other country food Wednesday evening at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit as part of the Embrace Life Council’s 20th anniversary feast. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Rita Pigalak, left, and Wilma Pigalak pick cranberries and blueberries for tea and muffins on a hill just south of Kugluktuk on Sunday. The tundra is so bursting with fall colours that it looks almost like the prairies in the old westerns, Rita said. “The only thing that’s missing is a cowboy on a horse,” she joked. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

Sgt. Matto Michael, of the 1st Canadian Rangers patrol group, fires a C19 rifle supervised by a member of Land Task Force Nunakput. The training took place on a range during Operation Nanook-Nunakput in Pond Inlet on Tuesday. The domestic security and sovereignty operation involving the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Coast Guard and the Canadian Rangers is being conducted from Aug. 29 to Sept. 14. (Photo courtesy of Master Cpl. Antoine Brochu, Canadian Armed Forces Combat Camera)

Kuujjuaq came out to celebrate the grand opening of a new student residence on Tuesday. “This residence is more than just a building — it’s a symbol of possibility. It’s a place where students can live, learn and grow, right here in our region, close to home and close to community,” said Kativik Ilisarniliriniq president Sarah Aloupa at the event. (Photo courtesy of Kativik Ilisarniliriniq)

It’s berry season! Sandi Chan shows off some of her berry-picking bounty from the Plateau area of Iqaluit. (Photo courtesy of Sandi Chan)

Kaneena Netser of Rankin Inlet carries Nunavut’s flag during the closing ceremony for the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, N.L., on Aug. 24. (Photo courtesy of Eric Bartlett/Canada Summer Games)

Team Nunavut wrestler Gail Kuksuk, centre, from Arviat, announces upcoming matches in Inuktitut on Wednesday at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, N.L. In addition to wrestling, Nunavut’s indoor volleyball teams are also competing this week. Pictured with Kuksuk is Nunavut wrestling team manager Paula Cziranka, left, and an unidentified Summer Games volunteer. (Photo courtesy of Penny Rogers/Canada Summer Games)

Team Nunavut indoor volleyball player Khaylle Sarte, facing the camera, gets a hug from Sonja Lonsdale, the team’s assistant chef de mission for Week 2, after arriving in St. John’s, N.L., Sunday to compete at the Canada Summer Games. Indoor volleyball matches begin Tuesday for the men’s and women’s teams, while the wrestling competition opens Wednesday. Last week, Nunavut’s men’s and women’s basketball and beach volleyball teams competed at the Games. (Photo courtesy of Volodymyr Steliha/Canada Summer Games)

Lizzie Lingard lines up at the Kuujjuaq Forum to have her haul of aqpik berries weighed Wednesday afternoon. She and dozens of others headed to the forum lobby around 4:30 p.m. as the Aqpik Jam musical festival berry-picking competition came to a close. Seventy-seven people registered for the contest, which was organized by Kuujjuaq Pinguatitsijingiit Inc., the community’s recreation committee. Jessie Mesher won the first-place prize of $1,500 for collecting the biggest haul at 18.8 pounds of berries. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)

A sealift worker drives a pickup truck off a sealift barge in Kuujjuaq on Tuesday afternoon. Like other remote northern communities, Kuujjuaq relies on the summer sealift for the shipment of large goods such as vehicles, construction materials and various other products. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)

Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl sits in Nuuk, Greenland, on Aug. 3. On Tuesday, it starts a journey through the Northwest Passage, passing Pond Inlet and Gjoa Haven before arriving in Cambridge Bay on Aug. 29, then continuing west through the Bering Strait to Whittier, Alaska. The Northwest Passage leg is chartered by UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, bringing together students and educators from around the world, including Canada. They’ll participate in Arctic Future Pathfinders, which aims to train students and young academics to become Arctic researchers. (Photo by Dustin Patar, special to Nunatsiaq News)

Cruise ship passengers Laura Ringer from Nelson, B.C., left, and Kate Butler from Toronto, set out in search of an automatic teller machine Tuesday in Iqaluit. The duo embarked on their first day of an Adventure Canada trip to Greenland aboard the cruise ship Ocean Endeavour. Butler said she hopes to spot a polar bear on the journey. (Photo by Daron Letts)

There was a celebration Saturday after whalers from Pangnirtung harvested a 14-metre bowhead near Kekerten Island. More than 20 people participated in the hunt, said Mark Kilabuk, office manager with the Pangnirtung Hunters and Trappers Organization. The hunters were still butchering the whale on Kekerten Island Monday afternoon. The meat will be shared with surrounding communities, Kilabuk said. (Photo courtesy of Laura Nauyuq)

Researcher Patricia Rokitnicki bands and measures a young snow bunting Sunday morning in Iqaluit. Rokitnicki is part of a research group that has located and studied 115 snow bunting nests across Iqaluit this year. The young bird in this image came from a nest of four located near the old graveyard, and was returned after briefly being studied. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)