Photo: Aariak opens NACA arts festival

Nunavut’s premier Eva Aariak speaks at the official opening of the Nunavut Arts Festival June 28 at Iqaluit’s Unikkaarvik visitor centre. From now until July 4, the 2011 festival will feature master carvers, country food demonstrations and its first-ever raw materials sale. Aariak praised the territorial’s cultural industry; “I think we’ve come a long way,” she said. (PHOTO BY SARAH ROGERS)