MLAs discuss government business inside Nunavut’s legislative assembly in this file photo. On Tuesday, newly elected MLAs will be in Iqaluit to take part in a leadership forum to select a new Speaker, premier and cabinet members. (File photo by Jeff Pelletier)
As territorial election looms, MLAs can’t resist urge to score last-minute points
In the dying days of Nunavut’s sixth legislative assembly, some MLAs seem to be using their remaining time to score points before hitting the campaign trail next month.
Fred Novoligak, left, and Helen Mannilaq with their granddaughter McKenna Mannilaq Taipana, 4, and daughter Codie Bolt, 13, prepare for a boat ride up the Coppermine River from Kugluktuk on Monday. The family planned to fill four buckets with freshwater from the river, Novoligak said. They, like many locals, prefer freshwater to tap because it “tastes better.” (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
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)