Arts and Culture

EEEEEEEEK!

Keira Qamaniq, left, and Naja Pearce shriek as “undead unicorn warrior” John Manzo pops out from a hiding spot during the Haunted Walk and Halloween Spooktacular held at Joamie School on Saturday. The annual event was organized by City of Iqaluit recreation staff, with creative support from volunteers with Skills Canada Nunavut. (Photo courtesy of Matilda Pinksen/City of Iqaluit)

Plane flight a walk away

Two women wheel a suitcase through snow and gravel in 0 C temperatures on their way to the airport in Qikiqtarjuaq to catch an afternoon flight Monday. The airport is roughly a kilometre away from the hamlet’s core area. Like most smaller Nunavut communities, Qikiqtarjuaq does not have a taxi service. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

A watery recovery

A helicopter, 10 divers, a military environmental officer and others work Sept. 16 to recover a military snowmobile that ended up in Lake Amadjuak on the Foxe Peninsula of Baffin Island. They were part of Operation Nanook Nunakput. The annual month-long operation brought together 250 personnel from across the Canadian Armed Forces earlier this year for training. (Photo by Sergeant Alana Morin, Joint Task Force (North), Yellowknife)

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A cozy prize with winter coming

Alooloo Joe Atagootak displays a pair of leather and fur mitts she won during a game at the community hall Tuesday in Pond Inlet. The community hosted activities for all ages to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (Photo courtesy of Dylan Mablick/Hamlet of Pond Inlet)

A sea of orange

Community members gather at the front of the Cambridge Bay community hall Tuesday for a group selfie to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (Photo courtesy of Krista Matthews)

Drum dance for reconciliation

Noah Kudluk drums at the community hall in Cambridge Bay on Tuesday. The community gathered for a feast and games in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (Photo courtesy of Krista Matthews)

Crocheted cuteness in Iqaluit

Entrepreneurial artists Kenneth Mathewsie, left, of Kenny’s Crochet, and Alicia Angrove of Alicia’s Jewelry, display their handmade wares in the foyer of the Igluvut Building in Iqaluit on Friday. (Photo by Daron Letts)

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Art in progress

Iqaluit artist Yurak, who goes by one name, works on beaded jewelry Wednesday in the foyer of the Aqsarniit hotel in Iqaluit. Yurak was taking part in an arts market at the entrance to the Nunavut Trade Show and Conference, which is being held at the hotel and continues through Thursday. (Photo by Daron Letts)

The right evening for ‘Wrong Husband’

Acting coach Natar Ungalaaq, left, and director Zacharias Kunuk sit in the Astro Theatre in Iqaluit Friday as they await a free screening of Kunuk’s film “Uiksaringitara (The Wrong Husband).” The filmmaker and actors stayed for a question-and-answer session with the audience. The film was named best Canadian feature film at the Toronto International Film Festival this month. (Photo by Daron Letts)