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Kaajuk Kablalik, the president of Tungasuvvingat Inuit, speaks at the Oct. 25 opening ceremony for the Mamisarvik treatment centre at 25 Rosemount in Ottawa. “We’re very proud of where Mamisarvik has come from and where it’s gone,” Kablalik said. With him is Jason LeBlanc, TI’s executive director, Mamisarvik’s staff elder Jerry Komaksiutiksak, and elder Rebecca Anaviapik, who lit a qulliq to start the opening ceremony. (Photo by Jim Bell)

Pamela Hakongak Gross, Mary Kaniak and Bessie Omligoetok look at their relative Kanoyaoyak’s qulliq, a legacy from his adopted mother. The large qulliq, about 300 years old, is made of soapstone. Its curved muskox qaugaqhit was used to mash up the blubber used to fuel the fire. This qulliq was large enough to host two fires, said Gross, the executive director of the Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society of Cambridge Bay. The two artifacts came to the society from Alex Gordon who worked for the federal government in the region during the 1950s. At Burnside River he traded the qulliq and qaugaqhit with Kanoyaoyak for a rifle. The qulliq was used at the opening the Canadian High Arctic Research Station and is now on display at the May Hakongak Cultural Centre and Library in Cambridge Bay. (Photo courtesy of Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq)

George Hickes, Nunavut’s minister of health, prepares to receive his flu shot outside the legislative assembly Oct. 23. The flu vaccine is free and available at all community health centres in Nunavut, and at Iqaluit Public Health, building 1091. “In addition to getting vaccinated, Health encourages Nunavummiut to wash their hands frequently, cover their mouths when they cough, and stay home to rest when they are feeling unwell,” Hickes told the legislative assembly. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

An onlooker examines one of 32 prints that are part of Dorset Fine Arts’s 2019 annual print collection, which were debuted and sold at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit on Saturday, Oct. 19. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

Meet Ron Qamukaq of Cambridge Bay, who was the first to vote Oct. 21 in the western Nunavut community of about 1,800. The former loyal Liberal Party voter said he had decided to switch to the NDP, voting for Mumilaaq Qaqqaq due to his disappointment with the former Liberal MP Hunter Tootoo. Many in Nunavut appear to have made similar decisions, leading the NDP to win the riding with 40 per cent of the votes. For more, see our coverage at Nunatsiaq.com. (Photo by Jane George)

The Abitibi-James Bay-Nunavik-Eeyou riding, long held by the NDP, went in a surprising direction on Monday night, electing Sylvie Bérubé of the Bloc Québécois with 38 per cent of the vote. Bérubé, centre, is pictured here prior to election night with Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet (right) and neighbouring Bloc Québécois MP Sébastien Lemire, who took Abitibi-Témiscamingue. (Photo from Facebook)

The New Democratic Party’s Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, shown here during a campaign stop in Cambridge Bay, looks to be the winner of the Oct. 21 federal election in Nunavut after taking—and keeping—a lead early in the election count. At about 1:50 a.m. on Oct. 22, with 43 of 59 polls reporting and 7,387 ballots tallied, preliminary results showed Qaqqaq with 41.2 per cent of the vote, or 3,043 votes, the Liberal Party’s Megan Pizzo-Lyall with 29.4 per cent of the vote or 2,175 votes, the Conservative Party’s Leona Aglukkaq with 27.5 per cent or 2,029 votes, and Douglas Roy of the Green Party with 1.9 per cent or 140 votes. Across Canada, the NDP won 24 seats. You can read more election news later on Nunatsiaq News. (Photo by Jane George)

Kimberly Smith, an Iqaluit local, pulls over at the side of the road to note down the address of her next pickup. Inspired by a friend in Yellowknife who gave free rides to polls during the territorial elections there, Smith decided to do the same in Iqaluit. With a short time to go before the polls close, Smith figures she’s made roughly 40 trips to the cadet hall since around 10:30 this morning. “I’ve had such a good time doing this,” she said, after dropping off another grateful guest. She’s already making plans to do it all again next election. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

This chubby snow bunting in Cambridge Bay has stocked up on food in preparation for its journey south. Although temperatures in the western Nunavut hub have been above average, most snow buntings appear to have already departed. (Photo by Jane George)

Letia Obed captured this view of the moon over Iqaluit on Thanksgiving Day at 7 a.m. (Photo by L. Obed)

The ribbon is cut Oct. 9 at the opening of a new Royal Bank agency branch in Pangnirtung, located at the Uqqurmiut print shop. Residents of the community of about 1,500 can now access basic banking services, such as deposits, withdrawals and cashing cheques. (Photo courtesy of Kyle Sheppard/Twitter)

This doll was collected from Inuinnait living along the Coronation Gulf around 1915 by the Canadian Arctic Expedition’s anthropologist, Diamond Jenness. After being displayed in Cambridge Bay by the Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq (Kitikmeot Heritage Society) it’s now being returned to the Canadian Museum of History to make room for new incoming loan objects. The new exhibit will serve as research tools for a new series of community cultural revitalization workshops on crimped shoe making, the creation and use of amulets, and Inuinnaqtun terminology surrounding ancestral Inuinnait traditions and technologies. A workshop of local elders and language experts also took place this summer to help interpret objects. (Photo courtesy of Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq / Kitikmeot Heritage Society)

Carolyn Bennett, member of Parliament for Toronto-St. Paul’s, makes a campaign stop in Iqaluit at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum on Saturday, Oct. 12, to promote the Liberals’ platform for Inuit Nunangat, including a framework for repatriating Inuit cultural property and ancestral remains. Bennett and Megan Pizzo-Lyall, Nunavut’s Liberal candidate, are campaigning this weekend in the city. “Families are important to me. And that means shelter, food, water…. It’s not just one thing that I’m looking to fix. So in terms of that, I really truly believe that with more housing and increased units across the territory, then that leads to less health issues that leads to better mental health,” Pizzo-Lyall said. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

Boys in the Maringouin (8–10-year-olds) and Moustique (10–12-year-olds) categories take off from the start line in Kuujjuaq on Friday, Oct. 4, in the hope of qualifying for the cross-country regional championships that will take place in Sept-Îles during the weekend of Oct. 19. The staff at Nunatsiaq News wish our readers a happy Thanksgiving. Our offices will be shut on Monday, Oct. 14. We’ll resume publishing on Tuesday, Oct. 15. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Kids play hockey after school on a frozen pond in Cambridge Bay on Oct. 4, with the North Warning System radar station in the background. The staff at Nunatsiaq News wish our readers a happy Thanksgiving. Our offices will be shut on Monday, Oct. 14. We’ll resume publishing on Tuesday, Oct. 15. (Photo by Jane George)

A dazzling array of new Timbits jerseys were on display at the Arnaitok Arena in Iqaluit on Thursday, Oct. 10, as the city’s youngest hockey players had a great time on the ice. The new jerseys and socks were provided through a new partnership between the Northwest Company, the Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association and Tim Hortons. (Photo by Darryl Martin)

On Thursday night, the stage at Inuksuk High School was set for the Iqaluit municipal election all-candidates meeting. Both mayoral candidates, Kenny Bell and Noah Uluuni Papatsie, were present, as were 11 councillor hopefuls. Read more later on nunatsiaq.com. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

Last week’s Inuit Studies Conference in Montreal featured a lot more than its packed schedule of presentations—it also offered attendees a number of diversions, including this book fair table. There was also an arts and crafts sale, performances by Nunavik Sivunitsavut and Siqiniup Qilauta, and a Labrador Inuit slipper-making workshop by Vanessa and Veronica Flowers. (Photo from 21st Inuit Studies Conference Facebook)

Nanook School in Apex is closed today. Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief public health officer, has recommended the closure of the territory’s schools and daycares for the next three weeks. (File photo)

The 17-kilometre road from Cambridge Bay to Ovayok Territorial Park, near the esker known in English as Mount Pelly, remains full of deep potholes after a wet summer. Some residents are calling for the holes to be filled and the road graded, something they say hasn’t been done in a few years. (Photo by Jane George)

Despite last weekend’s rain, the Kuujjuaq Sivulirtisait Youth Committee held the community’s first-ever soapbox derby on Saturday, Sept. 28. The category for 11–13-year-olds was won by Aiva Lingard, who drove the Green Thunder soapbox made by Larry Cain; Madison York came in second, driving the Little Grey go-kart made by her dad, Patrick York; and Jackie Jones (on the left) came in third, not too far behind. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)