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The Kuujjuaq Sivulirtisait Youth Committee held a soapbox race on Saturday, Oct. 17 that saw Bryan David, left, with his “Turbo Power Crawler” face off against Davidee Tooktoo, right, with his “Stroller Bike.” David ended up winning the race down the road, which was closed to traffic for the occasion. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Nunavut Health Minister George Hickes receives his annual flu shot on Tuesday, Oct. 20. “The flu shot is something that’s very important not just to protect ourselves but for the people that we are around or come into contact with, like, under the COVID-19 measures, wearing a mask,” he said. This year Hickes was also joined by Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief public health officer, who also received a shot. “The flu shot is the best defence against getting the flu and while it does not protect against COVID-19. The flu vaccine can help reduce the number of respiratory infections we see this fall and winter,” said Patterson. “As COVID-19 has similar symptoms to the flu, reducing your risk of getting the flu also means reducing the chance that you will be isolated, while you are tested for COVID-19.” (Photo by Dustin Patar)

Clare Kines took this photo a little after 9 a.m. on Oct. 9 from the shore of Arctic Bay, looking towards King George Mountain on the left and Adams Sound to the right. (Photo by Clare Kines)

Ice forms along the water’s edge at the beach near Iqaluit on Tuesday, Oct. 13. (Photo by Frank Reardon)

Naomi Koneak, a kindergarten teacher at Kuujjuaq’s Pitakallak elementary school, is seen with her class during pajama day on Friday, Oct. 16. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

The Royal Canadian Mint issued an “entirely Arctic” collector coin crafted with Nunavut-sourced gold. The reverse of the $10 pure-gold coin features an Inuk with a qulliq and inuksuit. It’s the creation of Nunavik artist Ulaayu Pilurtuut. “Motifs of a traditional qulliq, an Inuit oil lamp that provides light and warmth, as well as inuksuit, symbolizing community and guidance, are powerful symbols of the artist’s culture and way of life,” said a news release about the coin’s issue. Four thousand of the coins, which each retail for $249.95, were minted. (Image courtesy of the Royal Canadian Mint)

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)

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)