Photo: A tragedy in Iqaluit

RCMP continue to investigate the sudden deaths of four Iqaluit residents on June 7. A lifeless body of a man with a firearm lying on top of him was found at a grave site at around 4:30 p.m.. Police secured two large areas inside the cemetery, including an area near the beach by some sheds and a parked pickup truck. Police later found three deceased persons, a woman and two children, at house 2534 in Tundra Valley. Dead are Sylvain Degrasse, 44; Vivian Sula Enuaraq, 29; Alexandra Degrasse, 7; and Aliyah Degrasse, 2. “We can’t jump to conclusions” about what happened, Sgt. Jimmy Akavak said June 9, adding police are treating all four deaths as suspicious. RCMP say police have now informed all next of kin. (PHOTO BY CHRIS WINDEYER)