Death of man at Puvirnituq Snow Festival site likely ‘accidental’: police
Festival events resume Thursday after being put on hold Wednesday
Yellow police tape was removed Thursday from the location where the body of a man was found during the Puvirnituq Snow Festival. After being put on hold for a day, the festival’s events resumed Thursday. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)
The death of a man whose body was found this week in the area where Puvirnituq Snow Festival events are happening appears to have been accidental, police say.
Events were disrupted Wednesday morning by the discovery of the body, apparently by visitors who came to Puvirnituq for the five-day festival.
At the time, Nunavik police said all possibilities were being considered while their investigation was ongoing.
Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu, a spokesperson for Sûreté du Québec, said investigators from the provincial police force arrived in Puvirnituq Wednesday night after being called earlier in the day.
“It’s still under investigation, but it appears to be an accidental death,” he said in French by text Thursday morning.
The body was discovered in the same place where 200 ice sculptors and community members had gathered Monday for the start of the festival. By Thursday morning, the yellow police tape used to cordon off the area had been removed.
Snow festival events that were put on hold Wednesday resumed Thursday, including a dogsled race scheduled for 10 a.m.
The body found was that of a man in his 40s, Nunavik Police Service deputy Chief Jean-François Morin said. The man’s identity has not been released.
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