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Iqaluit woman earns award with ‘reasons to stay alive’

More than 10,000 people worldwide follow Annie Buscemi on TikTok

Every morning, Iqaluit resident Annie Buscemi starts her day by saying, “Ullaakkut, good morning,” in a video, followed by an Inuit-specific reason to stay alive. Feb. 17th’s reason was traditional Inuit namesakes.

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Taking flight

Blaine Heffernan of Iqaluit photographed this raven in flight Jan. 3 around 3 p.m. “I was taking some pictures of the sunset at the breakwater, when this raven landed near me. After a short rest, the raven decided it was time to fly off and this was when I was able to capture this image,” he writes. (Photo by Blaine Heffernan)

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The conspiracy after the storm

A conspiracy of ravens is spotted out scavenging for food around Tundra Valley in the waning daylight Dec. 28, following a two-day blizzard that hit Iqaluit and communities in the region. (Photo by Maggie Kuniliusie)

Santa Claus comes to town

After being delayed by a territory-wide lockdown earlier in the month and snowed out on Saturday, Dec. 20, St. Nick finally made his way through the streets of Iqaluit for the city’s annual Santa Claus parade on Sunday. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

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Qisuktuq

“Qisuktuq – sea ice is forming,” writes Maggie Kuniliusie of Iqaluit, who took this photo of the bay freezing up on Nov. 29 as the sun set at 1:30 p.m. (Photo by Maggie Kuniliusie)