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Iqaluit Mayor Kenny Bell, right, helps distribute jugs of water at the Arctic Winter Games Arena parking lot on Thursday, following the arrival of several thousand litres of of drinkable water on an afternoon flight. There is a second water distribution centre set up at the Arnaitok Arena parking lot. Both centres are open from 3:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. Residents are able to take four litres per household. Residents were told earlier in the week to not drink tap water because of potential fuel contamination. (Photo by Mélanie Ritchot)

Shelley Tologanak (left) and Donna Tologanak (right) are among a dozen Cambridge Bay residents taking part in a two-week Food for Wellness program. The group has been learning about healthy food while cooking together and afterwards, sitting down to enjoy a meal. The program, run by Ilitaqsiniq, the Nunavut Literacy Council, is also hosting a Qamusiurniq program in town where residents are learning to build a qamutik. (Photo courtesy of Adriana Kusugak)

About 50 Iqaluit residents line up with water jugs at a fill station by the library around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, following the arrival of the first water truck of the day. The water at the fill station is being pumped from a nearby river, following Tuesday’s announcement that the city’s tap water may be contaminated by fuel. Residents are being advised to not drink tap water, and to boil water from the river before drinking it. (Photo by Mélanie Ritchot)

Lucky Baker Lake residents were treated to caribou stew and fresh bannock last week when Annie Anautalik (left) and Aliyak Innakatsik (right) handed out food at the local Northern and Co-op stores. The initiative was run on Oct. 7 to promote the Baker Lake Prenatal Nutrition Project’s programming, which is starting back up after a pandemic-related break in in-person classes. The organization helps expectant mothers and new mothers have healthy pregnancies and babies through educational programming. “[The ladies] attracted the attention of many Baker Lakers who came to get a taste of the food and learn about our program,” Valerie Dorey, the program coordinator said. “A delicious success for everyone,” she said. (Photo courtesy of the Baker Lake Prenatal Nutrition Project)

Two dozen boats from Pond Inlet with snow on their bows were on the water Sept. 22 and 23. The group of hunters harvested three or four narwhals during that time, estimated Norman Koonoo, who was on one of the boats. (Photo by Norman Koonoo)

Pond Inlet brothers Lee Inuarak, left, and Michael Inuarak set out in one of two dozen boats that took part in a community narwhal hunt on Sept 22 and 23. (Photo by Norman Koonoo)

Hundreds of Rankin Inlet residents gather at an arena-naming ceremony on Wednesday. Darren Flynn, the hamlet’s senior administrative officer, said the event, which included a community barbecue, bouncy houses and over $30,000 in prizes to be won — like an ATV — exceeded expectations. The arena was named Agnico Eagle Arena, after the mining company that has signed a 10-year agreement to contribute $50,000 annually to the hamlet, Flynn said. (Photo by Pam Simons)

The construction of Pond Inlet’s new small craft harbour wrapped up this week, as the winter approaches and the construction season comes to an end. (Photo courtesy of Tower Arctic)

The northern lights glow over Kuujjuaq on Sunday, Oct. 3. In the foreground is the Pengo Pally, the floatplane of legendary Inuit bush pilot Johnny May. (Photo by Maxence Chavanne)

Fall colours are on display along Kuujjuaq’s Ippialuk Road on Sept. 12. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Arctic Bay photographer Clare Kines spotted this well-fed polar bear from the vantage of a boat at Sauniqsiutit, on the western coast of Admiralty Inlet, on Sept. 9. (Photo by Clare Kines)

A orange buoy line marks where crews are laying a fibre optic cable from Hudson Bay to the Nunavik village of Umiujaq on Sept. 9. The work is part of a larger Kativik Regional Government project to connect four Hudson coast communities to a fibre network in Chisasibi. Fibre-optic connections to Puvirnituq, Inukjuak, Umiujaq and Kuujjuaraapik are expected to be in operation in early 2022. (Photo courtesy of the KRG)

Iqaluit residents kick off the Embrace Life Day walk outside Inuksuk High School on Friday afternoon. The walk, organized by the Embrace Life Council, is dedicated to suicide prevention. Around 25 residents participated, following a route from the high school to the Four Corners before finishing at Iqaluit Square. (Photo by David Lochead)

A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet fighter jets is seen in Iqaluit Thursday afternoon. Four of the jets have been deployed as part of a NORAD Arctic defence exercise, Operation Noble Defender, which continues until Sept. 14. (Photo by Bill Williams)

Clouds streak the sky above Tunulik, a family fishing camp 130 kilometres east of Kuujjuaq on the Ungava coast, Aug. 21. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Armed Forces personnel arrived in Iqaluit on the HMCS Goose Bay this week with backpacks and school supplies destined for students at Aqsarniit, Joamie and Nakasuk schools. Here, Navy and Armed Forces members (from left) Marcos Tinoco-Naar, Thomas Hodgin, Kevin Snow and Daniel Rice pose with Iqaluit District Education Authority chair Doug Workman Aug. 28. Halifax sailors, their families and local businesses donated 92 backpacks and $1,000 worth of school supplies to schools in Iqaluit and other communities in Nunavut. (Photo by Jaclyn Buell)

Etua Snowball untangles fishing nets bearing Arctic char in Tunulik, a family fishing camp 130 kilometres east of Kuujjuaq on the Ungava coast, Aug. 21. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Malaya Qaunirq Chapman of Kuujjuaq recently visited the Snowball family camp at Tunulik and found a bounty of crowberries, or paurngaq. “This camp has some of the healthiest patches of berries everywhere!” she writes. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Malaya Qaunirq Chapman of Kuujjuaq took this photo of aqpiit, or cloudberries, on an island called Pitsiulaaqsitik, 130 kilometres from Kuujjuaq on the Ungava coast, on Aug. 24. “It was a perfect day to pick aqpik berries,” she writes. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Kuujjuaq residents take part in a race organized by the local recreation committee on Monday, Aug. 16. The route ran just over 10 kilometres, from the Tumiapiit Daycare to the fork in the roads leading to the marina and back. Albert Roy took the top prize for men under-39, with a time of 45 minutes and 40 seconds. Nicolas Gauthier won the men’s over-40 category, with 54 minutes and 20 seconds. Tusaajiapik Imbeault won the women’s under-40 category with one hour, 8 minutes and 23 seconds. And Isabelle Dubois won the women’s over-50 category with one hour, 19 minutes and 32 seconds. The winners of each category received $500. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Temperatures in Kuujjuaq reached 28 C on Thursday with the humidex making it feel like 34 C, so community members retreated to the Kuujjuaq beach to cool down. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)