The Weekly Bean - September 28, 2023

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EATONIA

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2

• Monday Bingo starts at 1:30 PM at TJ’s Pub & Grub. presented by St. Paul’s United Church - Senior’s Quilting Club. Cost per game $5.00. Six games. 19+ welcome. For more info call 306-460-8975. Bingo will be held October 16, 30, November 13, 27, & December 11.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

• Paint Night at TJ’s Pub & Grub. Class starts at 7:00 PM sharp. Seating at 6:45. Call 306967-2227 for more information. Classes will be held again on November 4 and December 9.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21

• Eatonia Library Board presents a dance with DJ after the Murder Mystery event (which has sold out!) 10:00 PM.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31

• A Spooktacular Halloween Night 9:00 PMMidnight at TJ’s Pub & Grub. (19+ event)

ESTON

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7

• Prairie West Historical Society (Eston Museum) is holding their annual “Pie Social” at the Holy Cross Anglican Church from 2:00-4:00 PM.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13

• Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Australian artist Michael Charles and His Band 10:00 PM at The Jug.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27

• Eston AGT Community Centre Eston Winter Kickoff. 19+ Rec Hockey Game, Free Hotdogs, Kids Movie Night in the Hall at 7:00 PM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28

• Eston AGT Community Centre Eston Winter Kickoff. Curling Bospiel, Battle of the Biscuit 3 on 3 Hockey, Free Family Skate at noon. Enetrtainment Saturday night.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29

• Eston AGT Community Centre Eston Winter Kickoff. Pickleball Tourney. Toonie Bowling.*

Wheatland Centre Potluck Supper fourth Friday of each month 6:00 PM. $5.00. Bring your own utensils. Coffee & tea provided.

* Wheatland Centre Bingo - 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month 7:00 PM. Regular Bingo plus Bonanza, 50/50 Draw. Must be 14 years of age. Call 306-962-7117 (ask for Linda) for more info.

FLAXCOMBE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21

• Flaxcombe’s Fundraiser Fall Steak Supper at Flaxcombe Hall. Doors open at 5:30. Supper at 6:00. $50 Steak supper or $15 Hotdogs (Kids meal). RSVP by October 13, 2023 as the steaks need to be ordered. Contact the Flaxcombe Community Club by the Villlage’s Facebook page, or by email; Flaxcombecc@ yahoo.com

HOOSIER

Sunday Service

• Hoosier Community Church 10:30 am at the Community Hall. Contact Joel Hamm 306460-7056 or Curtis Kornelson 306-460-7327.

KERROBERT

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1

• Iron Man Tournament at the Kerrobert Golf Course. We invite everyone (golfers or not) to come down and enjoy a fun day! Free entry!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7

• 2023 Harvest Festival Parade 10:00 AM. Businesses, organizations, families, etc. are welcome to enter a float! Kids: decorate & ride your bike!

• Harvest Festival Hoedown 9:00 PM at the Prairieland Community Centre. $10 admission. Children under 12 free. Featuring Gypsy Renegades. Family friendly event. Designated drivers available.

• Pioneers Haven Co Ltd Harvest Festival Soup & Sandwich Day 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM. Harvest themed lunch which includes tasty desserts! $15 /person. Under 6 eat free.

* Storytime at the Kerrobert Library the first and third Thursday of every month at 10:30 AM.

KINDERSLEY

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10

• Kindersley & District Arts Council Annual General Meeting 7:00 PM at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

• Donations wanted for United Church Garage Sale. Open 9:00 to 4:00. No clothes please. Can bring items anytime over summer. Arrange drop-off with Church Office or Mary. For more information: 306-463-6508 or 306-460-7450.

• Ducks Unlimited (Kindersley Chapter) 40th Annual Banquet at the Elks Hall.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17

• Kindersley and District Arts Council presents Kinjo & Young at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19

• Canadian Royal Purple Society and the Saskatchewan Brain Injury Association proudly present “Purple Thursday” an intimate evening with award winning journalist: Anna Maria Tremonti at TCU Place (Saskatoon). Call Darlene 306-460-8947 for more info.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28

• Caleb Village Fall Craft and Trade Fair 12:004:00 PM. Everyone is welcome.

* Parkinson’s Support Group Meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month 2:00 PM at the Kindersley Hospital. Everyone is welcome! For more info call Nancy at 306463-4514.

* Monday Night Jam Sessions at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre. Doors open at 6:30 to set-up, then the fun begins at 7-11 PM. Call Keith 306-460-8633.

* Interested in a support group for weight management? TOPS meetings; every Monday at 6:00 PM in the Kindersley Senior Centre OR contact Jill at 306-463-4210.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

Although practical situations continue to dominate this week, there’s time for the Lamb to indulge in the fun things in life, like maybe taking a special someone out for a great evening.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This week favors relationships. Take time to renew old ones and make time to go where new friends can be found. On a more practical note, expect news about a business deal.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You should be seeing some progress on that new workplace situation. Meanwhile, family matters might demand more attention, and you’ll want to set aside time to deal with them.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A relationship might suddenly present some challenges you never expected. After talking things out, you might want to consider taking some time to assess what you’ve learned.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) A disappointing response to a request might dampen the Lion’s spirits, but you might want to ask the reasons behind it. What you learn can be of great importance in a future undertaking.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A once-volatile situation should be settled by now, giving you a chance to refocus on a project you’ve been planning for. Look for an interested party to rally for support.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A business matter that unexpectedly turns into a personal situation could create complications. Best to resolve the matter now before too much harm can be done.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Emotions can run high when they involve personal matters no one really wants to talk about. But this could be a good time to create the means to a workable outcome.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A positive response to a workplace request could lead the way to other long-sought changes. Congratulations. A personal situation also takes a welcome turn.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Patience pays off, as that once-overwhelming work situation continues to become easier to handle on a one-by-one basis. Look for positive news from a colleague.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) It might be a good idea to take more time and reassess your next move in working out a complex situation. You could benefit from a new perspective on the matter.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You might want to consider making time to discuss a change of plans with everyone concerned. Be prepared to explain your actions. Also be prepared to listen to alternatives.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a strong sense of what is right, and you try to work from that foundation. Friends see you as reliable.

Celebrity Extra

Q:Is “Dancing with the Stars” coming back to ABC, or will it just be on Disney+? When will they announce the new cast? I’m eager for the season to start. — P.L.

A:Afterone season of exclusively airing on Disney+, “Dancing with the Stars” is returning home to ABC. This is likely in part due to new episodes of scripted shows being postponed until 2024 due to the writers’ and actors’ strikes. It will still be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu, but a return to network television is a welcome one.

Julianne Hough, a former pro dancer on the show, is also returning, but in the form of co-host, alongside former “DWTS” champion Alfonso Ribeiro. She replaces Tyra Banks, who has left the show after three years. Sadly, longtime judge Len Goodman passed away earlier this year after battling cancer. This year’s judging panel consists of familiar faces: Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli.

This fall’s contestants feature some big names from reality TV — Charity Lawson of “The Bachelorette,” Ariana Madix of “Vanderpump Rules,” Mauricio Umansky of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” Harry Jowsey of “Too Hot to Handle”— as well as singers Jason Mraz and Lele Pons. A wide range of thespians make up the rest of the roster: Matt Walsh (“Veep”); Mira Sorvino (“Sound of Freedom”); Barry Williams (“The Brady Bunch”); Tyson Beckford (“Zoolander”); Xochtil Gomez (“The Baby-Sitters Club”); Jamie Lynn Spears (“Zoey 102”); and Alyson Hannigan (“How I Met Your Mother”). This season’s professional athlete is NFL running back Adrian Peterson. Season 32 of “DWTS” premieres on Tuesday, Sept. 26, on ABC.

Q:I’m confused. Is Drew Barrymore’s talk show coming back or not? What about Kelly Clarkson’s talk show? — N.C.

A:Both of these beloved talk show hosts and their popular syndicated daytime shows are on hiatus until the writers’ strike ends. Initially, “The Drew Barrymore Show” was slated to return this fall despite the strike, with Barrymore noting that her unemployed crew

needed to get back to work. But after protests from picketers and the negative stories that ran in the press, Barrymore recently had a change of heart and agreed to wait until the strike is resolved.

“The Kelly Clarkson Show” hasn’t resumed filming in front of a live audience either. But when it does, it’ll be relocating from Los Angeles to New York — once the strike ends.

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Q:Whatever happened to actress Meg Tilly? I remember seeing her in the film “Agnes of God” years ago, but I don’t recall anything recent. — L.L.

A:Meg Tilly is probably best known for her Oscar-nominated role in the film “Agnes of God” almost four decades ago, but she has transitioned from acting into a solid writing career. She has written several novels, mostly of dark subject matter, and recently co-wrote (with Kelly Fremon Craig) her first screenplay, “Ordinary Angels.” The film, based on a heartwarming true story, stars two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank and will open in theaters next February.

Send me your questions at NewCelebrityExtra@gmail.com, or write me at KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. © 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.

Mauricio Umansky stars in season 32 of “Dancing with the Stars.”
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1. LITERATURE: What is the name of the clown in Stephen King’s horror novel “It”?

2. ASTRONOMY: How often does Halley’s Comet appear in the Earth’s sky?

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1. What Japanese-born outfielder won World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals (2006) and the Philadelphia Phillies (2008)?

3. U.S. STATES: Which state has the most electoral votes in 2024?

4. MOVIES: In “Jurassic Park,” what kind of container is used to store stolen dinosaur embryos?

5. ART: Which art movement is Salvador Dali associated with?

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8. FOOD & DRINK: What is the main ingredient in falafel?

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9. GEOGRAPHY: What is the world’s shortest river?

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2. Marathoner Abebe Bikila, who won the gold medal while running barefoot at the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics, represented what country?

3. Name the head coach for the Houston Oilers (1975-80) and New Orleans Saints (1981-85) who said, “The harder we played, the behinder we got.”

4. Basketball Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing was born in 1962 in what Caribbean nation?

5. What NASCAR driver was killed in a head-on collision with the wall during practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July 2000?

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10. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What are a crab’s pincers called?

Answers

1. Pennywise.

2. On average, every 76 years.

3. California (54).

4. A canister that looks like a Barbasol Shaving Cream can.

5. Surrealism.

6. Ford Motor Company.

7. “All in the Family.”

8. Chickpeas.

renewed sense of purpose.

6. What national ice hockey team won the eight-game Super Series 72 (also known as the Summit Series) between the Soviet Union and Canada held in September 1972?

7. What LSU Tigers quarterback was selected No. 1 overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 2007 NFL Draft?

Answers

1. So Taguchi.

2. Ethiopia.

3. Bum Phillips.

4. Jamaica.

9. Roe River, Montana.

10. Chelae.

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5. Kenny Irwin Jr.

6. Canada, 4-3-1.

7. JaMarcus Russell.

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How many nuclear reactors is Saskatchewan going to build?

ESTEVAN – Just how many nuclear reactors is SaskPower planning for?

Twice last week, SaskEnergy set new daily natural gas usage records, and we can thank Alberta for most of our supply

SaskPower president and CEO Rupen Pandya addressed Estevan City Council as part of the company’s ongoing consultations, and touched on the subject in that presentation and in an interview session with the media.

Not only was Saskatchewan setting electrical consumption records during the cold snap of last week of December, we also set two consecutive natural gas consumption records, too.

Pandya told Estevan City Council the Crown corporation was looking at two small modular reactors near Estevan, and four near Elbow.

According to SaskEnergy in a Dec. 31 release, “Extreme cold weather across Saskatchewan this week resulted in record-breaking natural gas demand in the province. On December 28 and 29, natural gas consumption surpassed the previous daily record of 1.57 petajoules (PJ) which was set in February 2021.

That’s an increase of two units compared to the original announcement made in the spring of 2022, when SaskPower initially said it intended to build small modular reactors in this province.

“A new daily record of 1.62 PJ was set on December 28 and broken again on December 29 with total system delivery of 1.64 PJ. Delivery numbers for December 30 and 31 are not yet finalized, but are also expected to exceed 1.6 PJ.”

But is that the be-all and end-all? The number of reactors appears to be in flux these days. Don Morgan, who was Crown Investments Corporation and SaskPower Minister until a cabinet shuffle a week or so later, said this on John Gormley Live on Aug. 22:

The natural gas records coincided with record power consumption. On Dec. 29, SaskPower set another record in power consumption for Saskatchewan. At 5:27 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Saskatchewan homes and businesses reached 3,868 megawatts (MW) in power use, according to the Crown corporation. The previous record of 3,792 MW was reached four years ago to the day, on Dec. 29, 2017.

“Depending on availability of money, we should be looking probably at four or six,” he said, regarding building General Electric-Hitachi 300 megawatt small modular reactors (SMRs). But in the same interview, he added, “We should be probably planning for seven, eight or nine.”

number would be of small modular reactors, because other are other options, and larger 1,000 megawatt reactors and such. There’s other, options that we have that can play into this as well, with some of the other generation infrastructure that we have.”

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Saskatchewan’s power production has increasingly shifted from coal to natural gas as a fuel source. In December, Boundary Dam Unit 4, a coal-fired generating unit, was retired, reducing the Boundary Dam Power Station to 672 megawatts capacity. On the natural gas side, Saskatchewan has seen the construction of several new natural gas-fired power plants. They include the baseload North Battleford Power Station (289 megawatts), Yellowhead Power Station peaking plant (also at North Battleford, 135 megawatts), the baseload Chinook Power Station at Swift Current (353 megawatts) and peaking plant Spy Hill Power Station (89 megawatts). Another 353 megawatt baseload

Weyburn-Big Muddy MLA Dustin Duncan replaced Morgan in the Crown Investments Corporation and SaskPower portfolios.

And two days later, on Aug. 24, Pipeline Online asked Premier Scott Moe about Morgan’s comments on Gormley. Moe responded, “I don’t think that that number certainly hasn’t been decided on, as of yet. But as we look ahead, through the decades, and not the next number of years, but through the decades, you know, we’re embarking down that path with going through the regulatory process on where you may locate and a small modular reactor, and how many you can ultimately locate at that.

“So I won’t surmise as to what the end

All of this added natural gas-fired power generation has, in turn, driven higher usage of natural gas during times of high electrical consumption.

The Crown noted that increased demand from SaskEnergy’s industrial customers, including natural gas use for power production, was the main driver of this week’s record-setting consumption.

SaskEnergy said it measures daily natural gas consumption for the 24-hour period from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. A PJ is a unit of measurement equivalent to one million gigajoules (GJ) of natural gas. An average Saskatchewan home consumes about 100 GJ of natural gas each year.

“SaskEnergy’s natural gas system design can accommodate additional capacity to manage increased consumption even on peak days,” SaskEnergy president and CEO Ken From said in a release. “Throughout the year, SaskEnergy employees inspect, maintain and enhance the system to support safe and reliable natural gas delivery in all weather conditions. In addition, employees monitor the system 24 hours a day to ensure sufficient system capacity to meet customer demand across the province.”

Pipeline Online asked about this on Sept. 25. Pandya said, “I can tell you right now that the company is focused on the next SMR, confirming the decision makers have all the information that they need with respect to financial, technical, environmental aspects of the next SMR and so that they can make that decision. You know, clearly going forward, is if you think about electrification, and its impact on Saskatchewan grid, we’re 5,400 megawatt grid right now, more or less, and, if full electrification takes place, we’re looking at being a 10,000 megawatt grid by 2050. And the question that you’re asking is what makes up that, that difference? And like I said, right now, we’re focused on the first SMR. But certainly, going forward, we will be actively planning for how we respond to power growth requirements in the province.”

Notably, Pandya did not give a number of reactors in the interview. When pressed on that, he said, “Right now we’re confirming decision on construction of the first SMR in the province.

This province is now largely dependent on neighbouring Alberta to fulfill roughly two-thirds of our natural gas needs.

When natural gas prices took a tumble roughly 14 years ago, Saskatchewan’s domestic gas production fell off a cliff. Targeted gas drilling went essentially extinct, with next to no gas-specific wells being drilled in this province for most of the past decade. Our domestic gas production is now largely based on associated gas production that comes with oil production. As a result, Saskatchewan went from being a net gas exporter for the period of 1988 to 2009 to a net importer that year.

“I would tell you just generally that, from an economic perspective, if you’re deploying a nuclear technology, it makes better sense, economically speaking, to have more than one. It helps distribute some of the operational costs, but certainly, in terms of operational efficiency, there’s an improvement there as well. So, but right now, the decision that, we’re taking forward to government, for 2029 will be the build out of Saskatchewan’s first SMR.”

Asked about building SMRs both at Estevan and Elbow, he said, “Well, we’re currently looking at both the Elbow area and Estevan right now to site the first

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SMR. And, going forward, like I said earlier, we will actively look at what the power requirements are in the province, and how we’re going to respond to that power requirement. If it is SMRs, we’ll need to look at everywhere we can just deploy SMRs effectively. And certainly right now, Estevan and Elbow already identified as the two regions that are most a conducive to those buildouts.”

No so small reactors?

A possibly key development in October, 2022, was Saskatchewan-based Cameco’s purchase of 49 per cent of reactor builder Westinghouse. While their reactors have not been built or designed here, buying from aa Saskatchewan-owned company raises the question of “buying local,” so to speak, and Westinghouse offers 1,000 megawatt reactors, the size the premier referenced.

With regards to the possibility of large, 1,000 megawatt reactors, and why SaskPower has gone with small modular reactors of 300 megawatt capacity, Pandya said, “Right now the large reactors in Canada are around that 700 to 1,000 megawatts of generating capacity. And at present based on the 5,400 megawatt grid, that’s a little bit too large for us to integrate. We have NERC requirements that require us to have a backup generation that is equivalent to our largest generator. And so right now, our largest generators are essentially 300 megawatt generators. And so, the GE-Hitachi technology that we’ve gone through technology selection on makes sense, with respect to our current grid.

“Going forward, notwithstanding any of that premise to your question about Cameco, and its acquisition of Westinghouse, any selection for large technology, and again, you know, if we’re trying to respond to filling a gap between now and the addi-

tional five gigawatts of power that will be needed between 2035 and 2050. At that point, once your grid is that large, it starts to make sense to talk about large reactors. But any sort of a decision in terms of technology, we’d have to go through a technology selection process in the company, and that would just be up and open and fair trends technology selection process.”

Premier Scott Moe has indicated Saskatchewan may continue burning coal longer than federal regulations allow, until such time as there’s sufficient replacement power in place. Asked about if SaskPower would continue to do so beyond 2030, Pandya said he wouldn’t comment on anything the premier has said. “I can tell you that currently that’s federal law, under the carbon dioxide emissions regulations that we would end unabated coal by 2030. And that’s currently what, we, as a company are focused on. And certainly, if there’s any changes on that front because of changes politically, or representations that the government makes, we would be recipients of that information as opposed to advancing those arguments.”

The timelines Pandya presented Estevan City Council, which SaskPower has been projecting for some time now, would have the first nuclear reactor go online by 2034, at the earliest, while those coal regulations would mean nearly all of SaskPower’s 1,400 megawatt coal fleet (except for Boundary Dam Unit 3) would need to shut down. Additional wind and solar will fill some of that, when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining, but won’t be baseload power. And the announced 370 megawatt Aspen Power Station near Lanigan won’t be enough, either.

On top of that, the recently proposed Clean Electricity Regulations gives power utilities 11 years, four months and 21 days to reach “Net Zero by 2035.”

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* e small dots on strawberries are known as “drupelets” and are not seeds, as o en thought, but do contain seeds.

* A dog named Chickie seemed like anything but man’s best friend when she chewed up her owner’s passport just days before his wedding in Italy. Fortunately, with a little help from local lawmakers as well as the community, a new one was issued in time for the nuptials to take place.

As for Chickie, she was later given a mock “pupster passport”!

* Culinary icon Ina Garten, aka the “Barefoot Contessa,” was a nuclear policy analyst for the White House before embarking on a career in cookery.

* A roll-on deodorant ball was the inspiration for Apple’s rst mouse prototype.

* Despite their widely di erent climates, Alaska and Hawaii share a highest recorded temperature of 100 F.

* Popular video game character Super Mario’s original name was Jumpman. He was rechristened in honor of Mario Segale, Nintendo of America’s landlord.

* A 2016 study by Yale University found that people over the age of 50 who read books for more than three and a half hours per week had a 20% lower mortality risk over a 12-year period than nonbook readers.

* Lachanophobia refers to the irrational fear of vegetables.

* All the nearly 6,000 residents of Suloszowa village in Poland live along one 9-kilometer street.

* While it’s di cult to imagine anyone but Bruce Willis in the role of “Die Hard” hero John McClane, the part was originally o ered to crooner Frank Sinatra, due to the lm’s technically being a sequel to “ e Detective,” in which Sinatra had played the lead.

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3 ways to learn more about First Nations, Métis and Inuit people

September 30, 2023, marks the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. This event commemorates the tragic history of residential schools and aims to pay tribute to the communities that have experienced — and continue to su er the e ects of — a painful piece of Canadian history. This day is also an opportunity to learn more about First Nations, Métis and Inuit people and to discover the richness of these cultures. Here are three ways to do it:

1. Educate yourself. If you want to learn more about Indigenous languages, history and arts, the “Indigenous peoples and cultures” section of the Canadian government website (Canada.ca) is an excellent place to start. You’ll nd a host of interesting resources, reading suggestions and fun games for children.

2. Practice Indigenous tourism. Every province has opportunities for traditional Indigenous experiences like hunting and shing. You can also discover art from various nations, participate in events like pow-wows or enjoy a traditional meal. Visit your province’s Indigenous tourism site to plan your activities and immerse yourself in diverse cultures.

On September 30, join thousands of Canadians across the country and wear orange clothing or accessories to show your support for residential school survivors.

3. Explore Indigenous works. There are so many works by First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists that deserve to be known, including theatre, music, visual arts and poetry. Broaden your horizons by taking in their rich, unique worldviews.

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