Nunavik

‘Never thought I would be the Governor General’: Mary Simon’s term winds down

Louise Arbour to take over June 8; Simon, husband Whit Fraser to stay in Ottawa

Mary Simon says she “never thought” she would be the Governor General of Canada. But after nearly five years in that office, the 78-year-old leader – born in Kangiqsualujjuaq and raised in Kuujjuaq – is winding down her term.

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Nighttime hockey on the ice in Umiujaq

Two people play hockey on the ice in Umiujaq on April 3. “I was waiting for the perfect hockey skate position,” said photographer Anne Lapierre, who is in the community for census work and saw a group of about six players on the frozen riverbank, roughly 150 metres from the Co-op Hotel, that evening. (Photo courtesy of Anne Lapierre)