Looking back: Our top photos from 2024

A performer in a polar bear costume takes the stage at the Nunavut Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement signing ceremony in Iqaluit on Jan. 18. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier P.J. Akeeagok, NTI President Aluki Kotierk and Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal were the signatories of the historic agreement. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)

Ivalu Leishman-Brocklebank from Chesterfield Inlet competes in the U17 one-foot high kick in Palmer, Alaska, on March 13. (Photo by Dustin Patar, special to Nunatsiaq News)

Firefighters battle a blaze on March 26 at building 157 in Iqaluit, which was home to Nunatsiaq News' office, as well as other businesses and residential tenants. (Photo by Dave Lochead)

From left, Aasivak Arnaquq-Baril, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and Robert Comeau examine some of the Qajakkut Society's traditional hunting weapons and tools. Simon's April 3 visit to Iqaluit coincided with Nunavut's 25th anniversary celebrations in April. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)

A crowd in Pond Inlet hoists Owen Jaworenko, a musher from Pond Inlet, into the air to celebrate his completion of Nunavut Quest in April. Ten mushers competed in the race, which ran from Arctic Bay to Pond Inlet, a distance of approximately 370 kilometres. (Photo by Shanshan Tian, special to Nunatsiaq News)

Karima Manji, right, leaves the Iqaluit courthouse in handcuffs after the first day of her sentencing in June for Inuit identity fraud. Three days later, she would be handed a three-year prison sentence. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)

Kids entertainer Al Simmons performs as a one-man orchestra at the Jammin’ on the Bay Tribute Fest in Rankin Inlet on Aug. 4. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

Kuujjuaq residents protest after police shot Salluit twins Garnet and Joshua Papigatuk on Nov. 4. Joshua died and Garnet was injured in the incident, which remains under multiple investigations. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)