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Peter Kattuk of Sanikiluaq, who served as Nunavut’s MLA for Hudson Bay from 1999 to 2008, has passed on at the age of 69, following a long illness. “Peter was well-respected for his commitment to public service and his environmental advocacy,” said Speaker Simeon Mikkungwak in a statement. Kono Tattuinee, the president of Arctic Co-operatives Ltd., remembered Kattuk as “quite an extraordinary kind of guy,” who took him to his trolling grounds and introduced him to sea urchins, a local delicacy in the Belcher Islands. Kattuk, also a former mayor of Sanikiluaq, was involved with the 1998 Voices from the Bay, one of the first surveys in Nunavut to combine traditional ecological knowledge and science. This photo, showing Kattuk in the Nunavut legislature, dates from the early 2000s. (Photo by Jane George)

A big selection of dry goods came to many in Baker Lake Nov. 13 when the Abluqta Society gave away 89 bags to residents of this central Nunavut community of about 2,000 who are in need. The items included sugar, juice, crackers, macaroni, soup mix, four different canned goods, lard, flour, baking powder, jam, soft biscuits, hard square biscuits, tea bags and sugar. The Abluqta Society, headed by a 10-person board, has run a thrift shop in Baker Lake since May 2017. The society plans to hold its annual general meeting Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. in building Qdc 14. (Photo courtesy of the Abluqta Society/Facebook)

Nunavut’s new MP, Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, (fourth from left) stands with NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and second-year students from Nunavut Sivuniksavut prior to her swearing-in ceremony today. (Photo courtesy of Nunavut Sivuniksavut)

Students at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit kicked off Pride Week by raising a pride flag at the school’s front entrance on Monday, Nov. 18. The week features a packed schedule of events, including a speed lunch with rainbow burritos, a drag workshop, an open mic night, a positive space assembly and a glow dance. Pride Week wraps up on Friday, Nov. 22. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

Students from Isummasaqvik School in Quaqtaq joined a protest on the morning of Friday, Nov. 15 at the community’s shore, against the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ beluga harvest quotas, which has long been controversial in Nunavik. Protesters mobilized on Facebook and posted photos and video from the day that show more than 20 people congregating. One protester’s sign reads: Quotas=Hunger, Belugas=Food Security, Beluga Hunt=Community. (Courtesy Mae Tukkiapik Aloupa)

Last weekend, 65 youth from across Nunavut—including Arviat, Chesterfield Inlet, Rankin Inlet, Coral Harbour, Naujaat, Igloolik and Pangnirtung—as well as some playing for teams in the south as far away as Vancouver, took to the ice in Iqaluit as part of weekend-long tryouts for the Arctic Winter Games. Over the course of three days there were skills sessions, meetings and games. By the end of the weekend, two teams, each consisting of 15 skaters and two goalies, were selected. Both the midget-level male team and the female team will go on to represent the territory at the games in Whitehorse in March. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

Junior Lingard from Kuujjuaq (in the white cap) and Justin Jones from Kuujjuaraapik compete in the Dene Games pole push on Sunday, Nov. 10, during tryouts in Kuujjuaq to determine who will represent Team Nunavik-Québec at the next Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon, in March 2020. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

The Iqaluit historian and linguist, Kenn Harper, reads from his fourth collection of In Those Days historical writings at a book launch Nov. 13 inside The Atelier at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa. The collection, taken from his Taissumani column in Nunatsiaq News, is titled Shamans, Spirits, and Faith in the Inuit North and contains historical tales related to shamanism and the arrival of Christianity in the Arctic. It’s published by Inhabit Media and can be ordered from inhabitbooks.com. (Photo by Jim Bell)

Kuujjuaq residents attend a screening of the movie Restless River on Nov. 7. The Katittavik Theatre had a full house for the occasion, with the crowd applauding the movie at the end. On the screen, from left, are the film’s three main actors: Etua Snowball and Matthew York from Kuujjuaq, and Malaya Qaurniq Chapman from Kuujjuaq. The film is based on Gabrielle Roy’s novel Windflower. Its story focuses on a young Inuk woman who, shortly after the end of World War II, is raped by an American soldier stationed at the Fort Chimo air force base. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Coloured balloons rise into the sky on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m., outside the Nunavut legislature in Iqaluit, during a suicide prevention event organized by Iqaluit city councillor Joanasie Akumalk, who lost a son to suicide. Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq said “it was a privilege to be part of today’s coping with suicide event in Iqaluit. I released a balloon to honour loved ones lost to suicide and their survivors. If you are struggling, please call the Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line for anonymous support 24 hours a day at 1-800-265-3333.” (Photo by Ron Elliott)

The Royal Canadian Legion’s Simon Awa serves as a standard-bearer during Iqaluit’s Remembrance Day ceremony in the Cadet Hall on Monday, Nov. 11. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

“Day after the sun has set for the next three months,” photographer Clare Kines says about this shot, taken on Wednesday, Nov. 6. The ship is the SV Vagabond, a research vessel that will spend the winter frozen into the ice. (Photo by Clare Kines)

Pauloosie Suvega, Nunavut Arctic College’s president, and Noreen Golfman, provost and vice-president of Memorial University, sign a memorandum of understanding to finalize an agreement for new joint credential degree programs at a ceremony at the college’s Nunatta campus in Iqaluit. The Nunavut Teacher Education Program—previously accredited through the University of Regina—will be the first program offered as part of the new agreement, as well as the first program in Nunavut to offer graduates a degree from both schools. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

These are the Grade 1 winners of the best costumes in Pitakallak School’s Halloween parade in Kuujjuaq on Oct 31. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Today is International Inuit Day. Here, Eva Kakolak of Cambridge Bay lights a qulliq at an October event as her granddaughter looks on. International Inuit Day was first declared in 2006 by the Inuit Circumpolar Council general assembly in Barrow, Alaska. Nov. 7 was chosen to commemorate the birthday of the ICC’s late founding president, Eben Hopson. In 1976, Hopson rallied Inuit leaders in Greenland, Canada, the United States and Russia to form an international organization, then called the Inuit Circumpolar Conference. “The single most important issue facing all Inuit, regardless of where they live, is the preservation of a unique culture, identity and way of life before they are destroyed by large-scale industrial development and the intrusions of southern society,” Hopson said at the time. (Photo by Jane George)

The Nunavut Impact Review Board brought its final hearing on Baffinland’s proposed expansion of the Mary River mine to an abrupt halt on Nov. 6, the fifth day of the hearing. That’s because the board needs time to consider a motion from Aluki Kotierk, the president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., to adjourn the hearing for eight to 12 months. Kotierk said many questions are still unanswered and not enough time has been provided to properly review information. NIRB chair Kaviq Kaluraq said the board asks intervenors and others to file written submissions by Nov. 15 on the NTI motion and that Baffinland will have until Nov. 22 to respond. Kaluraq said NIRB will issue written guidance on the motion some time after that date. Also, two community roundtables planned for Pond Inlet on Nov. 8 and 9, part of the public hearing, have been cancelled for now. See nunatsiaq.com later for more on this late-breaking story. (Screenshot)

These are the Grade 2 winners of the best costumes in Pitakallak School’s Halloween parade in Kuujjuaq on Oct 31. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Nunavik singer and songwriter Elisapie poses on Oct. 27 at the gala of ADISQ, l’Association québécoise de l’industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la video (the Quebec Association for the Recording, Concert and Video Industries). Elisapie’s album, The Ballad of the Runaway Girl, won in the “other languages” album category. Her producers, Joe Grass and Paul Evans, also picked up gold for their work on the album. (Photo courtesy of Elisapie/Instagram)

Better late than never: snow arrives in the Nunavut capital and actually stays, as seen on Thursday, Oct. 31. The few centimetres on the ground aren’t much compared to the historical high on record—according to weather data from the Iqaluit airport, on Nov. 1, 1963, there were 36 centimetres of snow on the ground, or just over a standard ruler. (Photo by Elaine Anselmi)

If you want to be scared, head to Cambridge Bay on Halloween for Kalvik Enterprises’ ninth annual Halloween haunted house, also known as the “Ikaluktutiak House of Horror.” The scares—and treat giveaways—start at 5 p.m. at the Luke Novoligak Community Hall. (File photo)

No arrest was made at an incident that Iqaluit RCMP responded to in the city’s Tundra Valley neighbourhood today. As of mid-afternoon, the situation had been resolved. An email from the RCMP V Division said, “RCMP had received information and believe that Iola Lucassie was inside a residence in the Tundra Valley (media release was sent out last week requesting public help locate him). Iqaluit RCMP responded to the area and closed off the road. A residence was cleared and the surrounding area. Lucassie was not located and still has an outstanding warrant for his arrest.” (Photo by Dustin Patar)