Iqaluit

Crawling along Niaqunngusiariaq Road

Iqaluit residents drive along one open lane on Niaqunngusiariaq Road near the bottom of the hill heading to Apex while construction crews work. One lane will remain open at a time, with temporary traffic lights, as Kudlik Construction paves the road. The work started July 20 and is scheduled to end Aug. 2. (Photo by Mosha Folger)

Nuumi Ingertartut Peqatigiiffat perform in Iqaluit Square

Nuumi Ingertartut Peqatigiiffat, a performance group from Greenland, entertains a crowd in Iqaluit Square on Thursday. The group is in Iqaluit as part of the Greenlandic delegation to the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s general assembly happening all week. (Photo by Mosha Folger)

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Get in line for shawarma with a country food twist

Hungry Iqaluit residents flock to Yummy Shawarma and Pizza Thursday for a caribou shawarma giveaway. The lineup for the Nunavut Day dish went back an entire block, and in the end, the restaurant ran out of the Inuk-Lebanese fusion dish before everyone waiting could get a taste. (Photo by Mosha Folger)

Iqaluit emergency crews respond to house fire

Emergency crews in Iqaluit responded to a fire at a house in the Happy Valley neighbourhood on the evening of July 7. Black smoke could be seen billowing over the neighbourhood from across the city, drawing curious spectators to watch from Joamie Hill. The City of Iqaluit has not provided any additional information about the fire. (Photo by Mosha Folger)

Patrouille de France lands in Iqaluit on its way home

Pilots from the Patrouille de France, the French air force’s aerobatic demonstration team mill about their aircraft Tuesday afternoon in Iqaluit. Ten planes landed at the airport on their way back to Europe after being in the United States for the country’s 250thn anniversary celebrations last week. Their month-long included a June 9 flyover of the Statue of Liberty, which France presented to the U.S. in 1886. (Photo by Mosha Folger)

Happy music campers perform

Aluki Macdonald, left, Amaiyah Dyer-Akavak, Arianna Lewis, and Pattu Joanasie perform on the recorder at Iqaluit’s Nakasuk School on Friday. They were among 100 young musicians who participated in a concert to cap off the Iqaluit Music Society’s music camp, which began on June 29. (Photo by Daron Letts)

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