Arts and Culture

Pop-up performance in the premier’s office

Premier P.J. Akeeagok, left, watches as Igloolik musician Terry Uyarak performs “Aniqsaatuinnarit,” which means just breathe in English. Uyarak sang to MLAs and staff Friday at the legislature after Akeeagok awarded him a King Charles III coronation medal. Akeeagok praised Uyarak for his Inuktitut songwriting. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)

Families feast

Jackson Pijamini, left, watches as his mother, Emma Pijamini, cuts beluga blubber with an ulu alongside Rose Audlakiak, Nevaeh Newkingnak and her mother Laura Newkingnak. Families enjoyed Arctic char and other country food Wednesday evening at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit as part of the Embrace Life Council’s 20th anniversary feast. (Photo by Daron Letts)

Boating for ‘better’ water

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)

Berry picking time in Kugluktuk ‘prairies’

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)

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