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Kindergarten student Alicia Rose was named Pitakallak Elementary School’s student of the month for October. She’s seen here on Oct. 8 with Air Inuit pilot Étienne Lagacé, who helped award the prize for good behaviour and school work. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Iqaluit residents line up to receive country food on Friday, Oct. 9, distributed by the Qikiqtani Inuit Association to mark its annual general meeting. Usually the Inuit organization hosts a community feast, but that was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. QIA gave away six caribou, 300 pounds of maktaaq, 100 pounds of char, three seals and bannock. The food was gone in 12 minutes. QIA’s annual meeting ran over schedule and didn’t end up dealing with everything on the agenda. A spokesperson said they still have the social policy items to complete, which they may return to at the end of the month via video conference. (Photo by Mike Salomonie for the QIA)

A Canadian North turboprop aircraft makes its final approach to Iqaluit on Sept. 26, in this long exposure image taken by Blaine Heffernan. In the background are a waxing gibbous moon, the lights of the deepsea port and a hint of the northern lights. (Photo by Blaine Heffernan)

Clare Kines captured this sunset near Arctic Bay on Tuesday, Sept. 29, around 6:45 p.m., looking out towards Pattaatalik (the closest black point) and Adams Sound. (Photo by Clare Kines)

Malaya Qaunirq Chapman of Kuujjuaq took this photo while mussel picking at Kuujjuarusiq, in Ungava Bay near the mouth of the Kuujjuaq River. “It was a beautiful weekend at our cabin down river!” she writes. “Our perfect days are when we’re hunting and gathering to last us for winter. Mussel picking in October? Sure!” The staff at Nunatsiaq News wish our readers a happy Thanksgiving. Our offices will be shut on Monday for the holiday. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Malaya Qaunirq Chapman took this photo of a boy swinging at what she says is “the world’s best playground: outside!” at the Range neighbourhood of Kuujjuaq on Sept. 26. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Iqaluit actress Anna Lambe is one of the stars of a new CBC series, Trickster, which premiered last night. The supernatural thriller is adapted from Eden Robinson’s bestselling novel Son of a Trickster. Lambe, who plays a rebellious orphan named Sarah, is seen here with Joel Oulette, who plays the lead character, Jared. Lambe previously received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her breakout role in the film The Grizzlies. She’s also a student at the University of Ottawa, where she studies International Development and Globalization. Trickster airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. eastern time on CBC. You can also watch it online, at CBC Gem. (Photo courtesy of CBC)

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Baffin Fisheries prepares to unload 10,000 pounds of shrimp from its largest offshore trawler, FV Sivulliq, in Iqaluit on Wednesday, Oct. 7. The shrimp will be distributed in the community by the Amaruq Hunters and Trappers Association, with the aim of prioritizing families in need. The food distribution is part of a broader plan to deliver shrimp and turbot to Baffin communities, with the help of Pangnirtung Fisheries Ltd., and support from the Canada Surplus Food Rescue Program. (Photo courtesy of Baffin Fisheries)

Malaya Qaunirq Chapman took this photo while picking berries on Sept. 27 in Quurngualuk, a hunting camp about an hour from Kuujjuaq. The berries are known as lingonberries, partridgeberries, mountain cranberries, or in Inuktitut, kimminait. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

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A recently opened exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, called Inuk Style, includes these unique mittens made by Mona Rebecca Ittiraqtaataq of Taloyoak in 1976. The mittens integrated materials, dyed from lichen and other plants found around the area. They’re part of the Government of Nunavut Fine Art Collection, on long-term loan to the WAG. The Inuk Style exhibition, featuring 24 known Inuit artists, also includes a beaded amauti from Arviat by Ulayok Lucy Kaviok, a parka by Baker Lake’s Jessie Oonark and jewellery by many artists, including Papiara Tukiki, Sakkiasseee Anaija, and William Ukpatiku. The exhibition will remain on display at the WAG, located at 300 Memorial Blvd. in Winnipeg, until 2021. (Photo by Jocelyn Piirainen)

Arctic Bay photographer Clare Kines took this photo during the waning light of the evening of Sept. 15 around 7 p.m. It shows Adams Sound, with snow atop a mountain known as Tununirusiq. In the foreground are the seed heads of Arctic dryad, or malikkaat. “The season here is rapidly falling towards winter. Berries are done, snow has begun,” he writes. (Photo by Clare Kines)

Félix Charron-Leclerc captured this clear view over Iqaluit out to Frobisher Bay on Monday, Oct. 19. (Photo by F. Charron-Leclerc)

Ahuya Snowball participates in an ATV race organized by the Kuujjuaq Sivulirtisait Youth Committee on Sept. 26. Snowball won the senior men’s (18 and over) category. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Isabelle Dubois of Kuujjuaq took this photo while berry-picking on Sept. 15. “They are crowberries, or what we like to call just black berries,” she writes. “They’re really easy to pick, especially with the homemade tool I was using, which is like a comb.” (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Isabelle Dubois took this photo of the autumn landscape near Kuujjuaq while out berry-picking on Sept. 15. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Kindergarten students at Pitakallak Elementary School in Kuujjuaq learn about the anatomy of a muskrat during a lesson by Ayaana Berthe, who also explains the importance of respecting the animal and how to prepare its fur. The animal was caught by Simon Berthe up the Kuujjuaq River. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Isabelle Dubois took this photo of her two huskies while out berry picking on Sept. 15. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

“Kuujjuamiut woke up to snow this morning!” writes Malaya Qaunirq Chapman today. “Before lunchtime, Annie Sequaluk’s excited Kindergarten class made a snowman to welcome the snow that seems to be staying for the rest of the year.” (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

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Jack Anawak speaks to a crowd of 30 gathered in Iqaluit for Orange Shirt Day on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Anawak, who attended residential school in Chesterfield Inlet, said the experience was horrible because of physical, sexual and emotional abuse. But he said students did receive educations that allowed them to go on to help write the Nunavut Agreement and play a role in creating their territory. Orange Shirt Day is held to honour the experiences of Indigenous children in residential schools. The gathering was organized by the Nunavut Employees’ Union and the Public Service Alliance of Canada. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)

Iqaluit RCMP officers Cpl. Jamie Savikataaq and S/Cst. Mosesie Ikkidluak are seen on Sept. 24 at the city’s Elders’ Qammaq, sharing a harvest of clams they collected during low tide in Frobisher Bay, along with other country foods, such as Arctic char. “We are always happy to give back to the community, especially to the elders who have guided us and provide us with leadership, courage and wisdom,” said Savikataaq. (Photo courtesy of the RCMP)

David Kakuktinniq of Rankin Inlet took this photo of the night sky on Sept. 18. “It was a dark night in #Nunavut, check out the Milky Way! With a hint of northern lights,” he writes.

Inuit elders enjoy delectable Afro‐Caribbean food during the African Caribbean Association of Nunavut’s inaugural Elder Appreciation dinner on Sept. 19 at the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit. Association President Mkhabela Masuku said that “the purpose was to highlight our gratitude to the elders and knowledge keepers for all they have done in the community.” (Photo by Denis Ndeloh)

Brian Penney, president of Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., is shown speaking from Ottawa today on a screen in the Frobisher Inn in Iqaluit. Penney was addressing community members and intervenors involved in the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s assessment of Baffinland’s phase-two expansion plans. Today is the first day of the community roundtable and pre-conference hearing. These meetings are being conducted from Pond Inlet, with remote hubs in Iqaluit, Winnipeg and Ottawa. Participants are also listening in on a teleconference line. The meetings are scheduled to run until 5 p.m. this Thursday. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)