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Baker Lake MLA steps down 'The time has come for me to focus all my energy on being with my family at home,' says Simeon Mikkungwak

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Baker Lake

Kris Okpatauyak organized the adult qualifier soccer tournament in Rankin Inlet this past weekend.

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Soccer tourney Nunavut Rankin Inlet hosted a men's adult qualifier soccer tournament this past weekend from Feb. 28 to March 1.

The eight teams set to square off in the semifinals as of press time were Rankin Inlet, FISA, Gold Diggers, FAMLIA, Kangiq&liniq, CBFC, Iqaluit and Rankin Two. The winner of the men's tournament will select up to 14 players to send to the nationals in Kingston, ON, from April 1 to 5.

Pipe burst Naujaat Students returned to school after missing a day's worth of classes after a pipe burst at Tusarvik School on Tuesday, Feb. 25.

Crews were working on the furnace system when the incident happened.

Crew members also had to use a fire extinguisher during the incident, which left a lot of dust in school hallways.

Everything was back to normal at Tusarvik the following day, Feb. 26.

Uniforms unveiled Nunavut Team Nunavut athletes will present the 2020 Arctic Winter Games uniform and pin set to Premier Joe Savikataaq and Minister of Community and Government Services Lorne Kusugak today, March 4, in Iqaluit.

The presentation will be made at 11 a.m. at the Nunavut Legislative Assembly lobby.

Baker Lake MLA Simeon MikkungSanikiluaq wak resigned from the Nunavut Legislative Assembly last week.

As of the end of the day on Feb. 25, Mikkungwak was no longer the MLA for Baker Lake or a member of the Government of Nunavut.

Mikkungwak, also the house speaker at the time of his resignation, informed the assembly on Monday, Feb. 24, he would be resigning the following day due to the pressure on his family resulting from his wife's ailing health.

Before being elected as speaker in 2019, Mikkungwak was the committee of the whole chairperson and the deputy speaker.

Mikkungwak was also instrumental in having Kivalliq (Keewatin) Hall in Rankin Inlet recognized as a residential school.

Mikkungwak told the assembly that expectations of public life are great.

He said Nunavut politicians owe it to their constituents to represent them with all the energy they can bring.

"The time has come for me to focus all my energy on being with my family at home," Mikkungwak told the assembly.

"It has been a great honour to serve in this role and I wish to express my deepest respect for this institution and its traditions."

Mikkungwak also assured his former constituents in Baker Lake that a byelection would be held in due course and that the community will be fully represented in the House.

New speaker selected The Nunavut Leadership Forum selected Aggu MLA Paul Quassa as the new Speaker of the legislative assembly on Feb. 26.

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Then Baker Lake MLA Simeon Mikkungwak, front, joins Joedee Joedee for a trip in the first hot-air balloon ride ever offered in the Kivalliq in Baker Lake in August of 2015.

In addition to the former premier, three other members of the assembly were nominated for the position: Uqqummiut's Pauloosie Keyootak, Gjoa Haven's Tony Akoak and Amittuq's Joelie Kaernerk. Both Keyootak and Kaernerk politely declined the nomination.

The members then cast their secret ballots for either Quassa or Akoak.

Alcohol charges Rankin Inlet Members of the Rankin Inlet detachment of the RCMP were investigating an unrelated matter when the officers determined that an adult male was in possession of some non-permit alcohol on Feb. 16.

The liquor was believed to be destined for Whale Cove which has alcohol restrictions.

A Nunavut Liquor Act search warrant was obtained and executed and a large amount of liquor was located and seized.

A 38-year-old man from Whale Cove was charged under Section 84(c) of the Nunavut Liquor Act. He is scheduled to appear in court on March 9 in Rankin Inlet.

The RCMP did not release the name of the man charged.

Tourney time Rankin Inlet/Kivalliq Teams from across the Kivalliq will be descending upon Rankin Inlet for the annual Powerful Peewees hockey tournament this coming weekend.

The tournament runs in Rankin from March 6 to 8.

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The newly appointed Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Paul A. Quassa sits on the Speaker's chair.

Hudson Bay MLA Allan Rumbolt mistakenly announced former premier Paul Okalik's name before declaring Quassa as the winner.

After a moment of laughter, the members congratulated their new Speaker.

With the new honour of being Speaker, Quassa will add to his repertoire of political experience.

He has previously served as government house leader, minister of Education and minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College.

Between November 2017 and June 2018, Quassa was Nunavut's fourth premier.

He was ousted from this role on June 14, 2018 and replaced by current premier Joe Savikataaq.

Most recently, since Oct. 30, 2017, he has represented the constituency of Aggu in the 5th Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

Quassa, humbled by the new honour, said, "I think it's something that I always had in my mind after I became elected as MLA. That one day, I'm gonna want to be Speaker before I retire."

Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Angnakak, who had nominated Quassa, believes he is "very capable" of the duty.

"His command of speaking and understanding English and Inuktitut are very strong and I feel his experiences of being a government minister and his role as a regular MLA will only add to his strengths and capabilities to do the job," stated Angnakak. She expects him to keep order and ensure that members follow procedures.

– with files from Rajnesh Sharma

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Aiolah Iittinuar, from left, Sydney Inukshuk, Laquisha Makkigak, Danica Sammurtok, Cassidy Sammurtok and Lila Hunter address the gathering during parent night for the Get Art program at the Leo Ussak Elementary School gym in Rankin Inlet last week.

New 'Get Art' project in Rankin exceeds expectations

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet

The use of art to help create change was front and centre during a parent night art exhibition by a group of young girls who took part in the Get Art program last week at the Leo Ussak Elementary School (LUS) gym.

Get Art is an eight-week program for girls aged nine to 14 delivered by the Rankin Inlet Spousal Abuse Counselling Program.

Jennica Barcial said the focus of the program is to allow its participants to express themselves through art.

She said 11 girls took part in the program, doing a different art activ-

ity each week, as well as culturally relevant activities such as receiving advice from elders.

"They also took part in a really big project, making a video on bullying, which we screened during parent night, as well as going over a weekly summary of what they had been doing for the past eight weeks" said Barcial.

"We have mandated outreach programs, but Mary (Fredlund) and I decided to do something different and we came-up with this idea to reach a demographic we've never worked with before and still talk about topics such as healthy relationships, bullying, healthy and unhealthy families and friendships.

"McGill University then came in

contact with us and started to fund us, which is why this project became as big as it is."

Barcial said the girls were asked what issues they see in the community that they would want to focus on in the making of a video and bullying was what they wanted to highlight.

She said bullying is something that happens across all age groups, not just with kids.

"The kids never brought-up cyberbullying on the internet at all.

"The two types of bullying we focus on with the video are physical bullying and teasing, such as two or more girls teaming-up on one girl in a negative manner.

"The unique part of this project is that we didn't give them a script or tell

them what to do.

"The video was completely girl and group led."

Barcial said the group was thankful to LUS for opening-up its gym and allowing them to hold parent night, because their office was simply too small to accommodate the event.

She said, however, the office was an intimate setting for the group meetings that encouraged interaction between the participants.

"We also really wanted the girls to feel comfortable in a space that does offer counselling so, in the future, it's not an unfamiliar location if they ever need help for themselves or someone they know.

"This program definitely exceeded our expectations. We asked for 10

ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓂᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᑖᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᔫᑉ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ

ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔪᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓕᐅ ᐅᓴᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᓛᑉ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ. ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ 8-ᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᖑᔪᓄᑦ 9-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓄᑦ 14-ᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᖓᖅᑕᐃᓕᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒋᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ. ᔨᓂᑲ ᐸᐅᕐᓯᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇᒎᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑭᒃᑰᖕᒪᖔᕐᒥᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ 11 ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕈᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑕᒫᑦ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓈᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ. "ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥᒃ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᒐᓱᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᑦᑕ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐅᓐᓅᔪᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᑦ ᖃᐃᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑦ 8 ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑕ." ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐸᐅᕐᓯᐅᓪ. "ᐃᑲᔪᕆᐊᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒥᐊᓕ (ᕗᕆᑦᓕᓐ)

ᐅᕙᖓᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᓚᐅᕋᒻᓄᒃ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᑉᓗᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᖅᖢᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᑉᓗᑕ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᓯᒪᙱᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᑕ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓪᓗ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᙱᑦᑐᓪᓗ ᐃᓚᒌᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒌᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ. "ᒪᒋᐅᓪ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᖃᐃᑦᑎᑉᓗᑎᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᓕᖅᖢᓂ." ᐸᐅᕐᓯᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓱᓇᓂᒃ ᐃᖢᐊᖏᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᑐᕈᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᐅᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒪᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓲᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᐸᑦ, ᓄᑕᕋᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ. "ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ. "ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑎᒥᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᑎᕆᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐸᓱᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᕐᒥᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ. "ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓ ᑖᑉᓱᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔫᑉ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᙱᓐᓇᑉᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ

girls to join and we ended-up with 11 participating and 11 more on a waiting list.

"This was, sort of, just a random pilot project we put together but, when we received funding from McGill, the hamlet and the Northern store, it became a lot bigger than we thought it would be.

"We now hope to hold mini workshops in April, during which the older girls will act as mentors to the new participants and, big news – McGill University invited some of the participants to go to South Africa, where the original idea for this came from, to talk about creating change through the medium of art, so making the trip will be Haily May Ussak, Julia Isaak, Audrey Fredlund and myself."

ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓚᐅᙱᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ. "ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᐊᒃᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ." ᐸᐅᕐᓯᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓕᐅ ᐅᓴᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑦ ᖃᐃᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᓐᓅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓ ᒥᑭᓗᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ ᐱᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᖢᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᖢᒍ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ. "ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᓴᓚᐅᓱᖁᓚᐅᕋᑉᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔪᖅᑕᐅᕝᕕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒥᒃ, ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐊᕐᒪᒍ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᕐᓂᖅᐸᑕ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖓ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᕐᓂᖅᐸᑦ. "ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᐅᖓᑕᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ. ᑐᒃᓯᕋᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᖁᓕᓂᒃ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓇᔭᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒪᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂ 11-ᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᒃᑲᓐᓂᐅᔪᑦ 11 ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᒪᔪᒫᖅᑐᑦ. "ᑕᒪᓐᓇ, ᐃᓚᖓᒍᑦ, ᑕᒫᙵᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕋᑉᑕ ᒪᒋᐅᓪ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓂᒃ, Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ. "ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕᒥ, ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᒃᖡᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕙᒃ - ᒪᒋᐅᓪ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑐᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᙵᐅᖃᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ South Africaᒧᑦ, ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᖅᑳᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ, ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᕆᐊᖅᑐᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔪᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑕᐅᔪᒫᖅᑐᑦ Hᐃᓕ ᒪᐃ ᐅᓴᒃ, ᔪᓕᐊ ᐃᓵᒃ, ᐊᑐᕆ ᕗᕆᑦᓚᓐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕙᖓ."

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Volunteerism a backbone to healthy communities

munity by giving them evenings and stipend to everyone who helps out I've blown this trumpet more than with one of their programs. weekends of positive activities to once in this space during the past participate in and learn from.

Unfortunately, that's just not realfew years, but it's a note that has to As adults, we all know the alternaity these days when every budget is be kept playing in our region. tive scenario when the youth of a maxed out, every position is filled Each and every one of our seven community have nothing constructive and there's just not enough mancommunities relies on the good to fill their evenings with. power to go around to keep hearts of people to volunteer every Idle hands are, indeed, every program running effionce in a while so various youth and ciently. the devil's workshop. elder programs, sports programs And, when an entire Although there's no and competitions and events such community chips in and paycheque involved, volunas hamlet days and the Christmas shares the volunteering teerism has many, many games can keep on being delivered. rewards that are just as load, you don't see proOther great ventures that help ductive and successful enriching to the soul as their community also depend on vol- money is to the pocketprograms come to a crashDARRELL ing end when the person unteers to keep in operation, such book. as the Abluqta Society and the wonor persons running it leave Let's be honest. What GREER derful work it's been doing in Baker the community or simply price do you put on the Lake. burn out from carrying the sound of kids laughter load themselves.

I've become quite a fan of the while taking part in extracurricular Sanikiluaq Anyway you slice the tuktu, every Abluqta Society and what it has man- activities, or the sense of accomaged to accomplish in a relatively plishment on the faces of youth who community benefits from a strong volunteer base and every community short period of time in Baker with its have just learned a traditional skill is weakened that does not have such thrift store along with helping to dis- and are better prepared to provide tribute food to those in the commun- for their own families in the years to a base.

And, yes, it is true that more ity who can use a helping hand from come? should be done to acknowledge the time to time.

What would be the hourly wage efforts of our region's volunteers and The long and the short of the mat- to see kids having a full, nutritious what they mean to programming, meal at home that, if it weren't for ter is, the society could not exist if especially youth programming. the caring and generosity of others, it weren't for the volunteers making But until that day arrives, take they would be doing without? the enterprise thrive and grow. heart in knowing volunteerism really Volunteerism helps to create I'm sure every hamlet office in the does come with its own rewards. region and every non-profit or charit- stronger and healthier communNot convinced? Give it a shot. You ities and directly contributes to the able organization from Naujaat to just might just be surprised. development of youth in the comArviat would like to be able to pay a Northern News Services

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The Rankin Rock atoms players were hard at work improving their skills during practice times throughout the past month.

The young players eagerly anticipate every hour of ice time they receive throughout the season with the Rankin Inlet Minor Hockey Association.

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Goalie Leo Gee comes oh so close to making a dramatic glove save against a line rush during atoms practice in Rankin Inlet on Feb. 6.

Monique Nakoolak (23) lines up against a teammate as another drill gets set to begin.

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Thrift store facelift and sewing workshop for Abluqta

by Darrell Greer

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Baker Lake

A weekend sewing workshop and gathering to improve the Abluqta Society's thrift store was a success, despite one day lost to weather last month.

Erin Strachan and Emma Inns made the trip to Baker Lake for the workshop on behalf of Performance Management Consultants.

Inns, who owns an eco-fabric store in Ottawa's ByWard Market called Adorit Boutique, donated two industrial-sized sewing machines to the Abluqta Society in December.

Strachan said she and Inns flew to Meadowbank on the Agnico Eagle charter and ended-up spending the night there due to bad weather.

She said they arrived at the thrift shop a day late due to the delay, but everything went fine on Feb. 22 and 23.

"We did the sewing workshop with three participants and that went really well," said Strachan.

"Then we helped the society design and create shelving units out of recycled pallets. We had quite a few volunteers there to help us do it

and, in the end, they had a 10-foot wall and a 16-foot wall, each with eight racks on it.

"The thrift shop is located in a house and now, basically, they can get most of the thrift shop's merchandise into the living room.

"They also now have the sewing machines set up and a lot of uniforms from Agnico Eagle to start practicing on."

Strachan said they also installed a living wall, which has grow lights on the ceiling and a number of planters mounted on the wall.

She said they planted seeds for such things as lettuce, kale, green onions and garlic.

"They've started to grow already and everyone's kind of excited because not a lot of people with Abluqta have actually ever grown anything like that.

"One of the machines, the serger, did get a little bit damaged during transit. We did get it working, but we're going to have a sewing machine doctor take a look at it because we're struggling with the tension and that kind of thing, but I think it can be resolved.

"Luckily, the Jessie Oonark Cen-

tre is in town and the people who run that have been very supportive of the Abluqta Society and these machines, so they've offered to, sort of, assist where they can.

"They've got a guy who comes once a year to doctor their sewing machines, so we're trying to get in touch with him and there's even a chance we might be able to do it over Facetime or a Skype call."

Strachan said the goal remains for Abluqta to secure a uniformrepair contract from Agnico Eagle's Meadowbank mine.

She said there are so many repairs to be made that Agnico Eagle can no longer keep up with it all.

"Previous to now they've had to ship a lot of their repairs south and that just seems like such a shame when you have so many women in this community with the sewing knowledge they have.

"Why would those job opportunities go south?

"So, if all goes well and we get the two machines running properly and the details of the contract worked out, it could mean two fulltime jobs or four part-time jobs for four local seamstresses."

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Mary Killulaq is all smiles while taking a sewing workshop with the Abluqta Society in Baker Lake on Feb. 22.