Photo: a beluga’s gift — nutritious food

Looee Okalik slices beluga mattaak into cubes Feb. 29 at the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s Ottawa office. ITK will feature many different country foods at its Taste of the Arctic entertainment event at the National Arts Centre, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The evening will feature DJ Geronimo Inutiq of Montreal, The Trade-offs, and the Nunavut Sivuniksavut square dance band, along with generous servings of Arctic country foods. To get a $99 early rate ticket at the URL www.itk.ca/atota, Nunatsiaq Online readers can use this code: 2016-FriendsFamilyRate50. (PHOTO BY JIM BELL)