Kivalliq News – Oct. 28, 2020

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Youth group leaders for the U11 age group are, from left, Avaala Sabourin, Kadin Eetuk and AJ Curley during the Northwestel Rankin Rock season opening hockey camp in Rankin Inlet on Oct. 22.

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᓄᑕᕋᖅ ᐅᑎᓐ ᐅᓴᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᔪᕋᓛᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᓖᓇ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 22-ᒥ.

Youth participant Oden Ussak tries his luck with a stick game as Lena Kaludjak follows his progress during their literacy learning module at the Pop-up Library in Rankin Inlet on Oct. 22.

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒧᑦ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᔪᖅ 200 ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᓕᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᒫᓕᕐᒥᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐅᔾᔨᖅᑐᕐᓂᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ Hᐊᑭᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᖓᑖᒍᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᑯᒥ. ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᓱᓕ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ - ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᑯᒥ – ᓯᑯᒦᙱᑎᓪᓗᒋᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. ᑭᓕ ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᒃᑯᓐᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ: ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒡᒎᖅ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔪᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ; ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔪᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᕐᓇᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓇᓱᖕᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᒡᒎᖅ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᑭᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᐸᑦ. "ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖏᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ. "ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᒥᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃᑕᐅᖅ ᐆᒃᑑᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕈᒫᕐᒥᖕᒪᑕ ᓄᑲᕆᓂᖅᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᔪᒫᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑕᐅᓕᕈᑎᒃ. "ᖃᐅᔨᒐᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᒪᓂᐊᕐᓂᒻᓄᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓂ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ 30 ᐅᖓᑖᓂ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ Hᐊᑭᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ, Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᓇᒧᑦ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒍᑦ. "ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐅᐊᔪᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᓇᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔾᔨᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᕆᓇᔭᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓈᖅᑐᐃᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ, ᑎᑭᕝᕕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ 15-ᓂᒃ ᐅᐊᔪᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ 15-ᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑭᕝᕕᐅᓚᐅᕆᑉᓗᑕ ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᑐᑐᒥ." ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᒡᒎᖅ ᑲᑎᖦᖢᒋᑦ 15 ᒥᓂᑦᒨᖓᔪᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᑦ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᓪᓚᕆᖕᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑉᓗᒥ, ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ

ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓕᐊᓂᒃᑕᒥᓂᒃ, ᓱᓇᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓇᔭᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ. ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᖦᖢᒋᑦ 15 ᒥᓂᑦᒦᓐᓇᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᒃᓴᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᓯᑯᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. "ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᑭᓇᐅᔪᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᒥᓂᒃ ᑭᓇᐅᔪᒪᖕᒪᖔᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ." "ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ – ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑕᒡᕙ ᑲᒪᒋᓇᓱᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓇᓱᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᑕ." ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᒐᔪᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ. "ᐃᖢᐊᖏᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᕌᖓᕕᑦ, ᖃᓄᖅ ᑲᒪᒋᖃᑦᑕᖅᐱᐅᒃ? ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᐸ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᒃᑯᑦ? ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑕᒡᕙ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓕᕆᑎᓪᓗᑕ. "ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐊᑯᓂ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓃᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᑯᒦᒋᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑕᖃᖓᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓂᐊᓂᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᓴᕋᐃᖦᖢᑎᒃ, ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ. "ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᕿᓄᐃᓵᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᒪᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓃᖅᑐᖄᕐᔪᒃᑳᖓᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒃ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ. "ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᓐᓇᑉᑕ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᓗᒃᑖᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᖅᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᑦᑎᐊᕋᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑑᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᖁᔭᓕᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ ᓴᕐᓕᐊᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒃᑰᕈᑎᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔾᔭᖅᑐᐃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ." bf l A Passing m4WZz 7

Hockey camp bursting at the seams Northwestel Rankin Rock hockey camp grows to near capacity

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet

Numbers were high at the annual Northwestel Rankin Rock seasonopening hockey camp, with more than 200 youth taking part in the five-day camp Oct. 19 to 23 in Rankin Inlet.

Camp developer and head instructor David Clark said the week went extremely well.

He said it was nice to have the players available all day during the camp, which makes it easier for the participants and coaches alike.

"This past year, with the rink starting up late, we didn't have the camp held during the school professional development week and we offer them a better program during the camp when we have them for full days" said Clark.

"We started on-ice instruction each day at 9 a.m. and finished each night at about 9:30 p.m., so they were long days on the ice.

"You'd get a quick little break each time the Zamboni went on to clean the ice between age levels,

but half the time you'd have parents looking for information on this or that, which would eat up a good chunk of it."

Clark, who is also the hamlet's recreation co-ordinator, said he was happy with how everyone conducted themselves at the arena during the camp.

He said there are a still a few things left to be figured out, but, all in all, people are following the rules in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

"For the most part, the majority of folks who have come to the arena have been super good in following the rules.

"Part of the plan this past week was also educating the kids on what you can and cannot do at the rink these days and that was one of our lessons with the literacy group, as well.

"Things aren't the same right now and you can't just go to the rink and hang out anymore, like so many of the kids like to do here in Rankin.

"The Covid restrictions are tough on everyone, but we need to keep following the

rules if we want to keep going." reaching our limits with some of it, Clark said it was about seven months which is both good and bad. since the kids last played hockey "Hockey is really accessible in at the start of the Rankin. We're doing camp, so spirits gear drives, registration fees are low and were pretty high it seems like more among the players.

He said there people than ever was a good deal are getting involved of over excitement with the game here, going on amongst which is great. many of the kids "But, there is a during the first certain point where day of the camp, it becomes impossible to offer a good but they quickly program if the numgot that out of ber of participants their systems and focused on the Head instructor David Clark grows too high."

Each age level instruction they has its own group were receiving on leaders during the the ice and during camp and Clark said the leaders did their other learning modules.

"The kids just kept getting better another great job this year. and better as the week went on and He said about 90 per cent of they were all, pretty much, honed in the group leaders at one time went on what they were learning. through the camp themselves and "The sheer number of kids at the know the routine pretty well. camp had us going flat out this year.

"Another area I'm blown away This just continues to keep growing with is the increase in female players every year and we're, pretty much, in Rankin. In my age group coming

"The Covid restrictions are tough ... but we need to keep following the rules if we want to keep going."

up through hockey, there was Gloria Kaludjak, who was one of the best players around and, pretty much, no one else.

"You look this year and we had 14 girls in one group and 16 in another – with more than 60 girls in total participating – and it's almost unbelievable the rapid growth of the sport among girls in Rankin.

"I don't know how and why it happened, but the number of girls playing hockey in Rankin from when I was a kid until now has changed drastically and most of these girls really come to play.

"The ones who started at the same age as the boys are just as good as the boys, they're competitive, they come to work hard and they have goals of making the Arctic Winter Games. It's a little harder on some who started later, but they're enjoying the sport and having fun playing too and that's what it's all about." bf l A ᐊᒥᓲᔪᑦ m4WZz 4

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Liquor votes to be held in Arviat, Coral Harbour Child killed by hit-and-run in Arviat just two weeks before plebiscite in community

by Darrell Greer

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Jiggin' success Mary Adjuk of Whale Cove quickly lands a couple fish while out trying her luck with a jig at Anowtalik, about 19 kilometres north of Whale Cove, this past Sunday, Oct. 25. photo courtesy of Stanley Adjuk

NTI opens nominations for president Kivalliq Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) will be holding its presidential election on Dec. 14.

Forms to nominate an Inuk as a candidate for election as president of NTI are available from chief returning officer Kathleen Sigurdson, community liaison officers, Ayaya Communications, Iqaluit, or from NTI's website beginning on Nov. 2 at 12 a.m.

Eligible candidates must be 16 years of age or older as of Dec. 14 and be enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement.

Candidates must file their complete nomination papers with the chief returning officer no later than Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. local time. They are also responsible for ensuring that their nomination papers are filed in accordance with NTI's election rules and procedures and delivered by the deadline.

If nomination papers are not received by the deadline, a potential candidate will not be permitted to run as a candidate in the NTI elections.

A criminal records check within the past six months is also mandatory for potential nominees. Potential nominees are encouraged to begin this process with the RCMP as soon as they can.

Rabies vaccine and dog tags available Baker Lake The municipal bylaw office in Baker Lake is informing residents that it will be giving out the vaccine for rabies shots and new dog tags free of charge from Nov. 2 to 6.

Those interested are asked to come to the hamlet chambers to fill out an application for the vaccine and tags.

The dates may be adjusted to run until the end of the second week in November if demand proves itself to be stronger than expected for the bylaw initiative.

A hit-and-run by a motor vehicle that killed a child in Arviat on Oct. 23 has emotions running high as the community prepares to vote on the Arviat liquor plebiscite 2020 this coming month.

A 27-year-old Arviat man has been charged with dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing death and failing Sanikiluaq to remain at a scene of an accident following the fatal collision.

The child who was struck by the allterrain vehicle was a pedestrian. The youngster was taken to the Arviat Health Centre for medical care but succumbed to injuries, according to the RCMP. Arviat's Gord Billard said his thoughts have been seriously impacted by the fatality in Arviat on Oct. 23.

"There were messages and posts already appearing on Facebook asking people to vote no out of respect for this dead little girl," said Billard.

"There are so many children in this town and, ultimately, they are the ones who will suffer the most. Anecdotal evidence already suggests some people here don't know how to drink socially and responsibly. And who needs a 24 of beer and 10 bottles of wine every week?

"Alcohol does not mix well here, no matter who's consuming it. More often than not it leads to sorrow and tragedy, as this most

photo courtesy of the Hamlet of Arviat

Arviat will be heading to the polls to vote on the Arviat liquor plebiscite on Nov. 9. recent event proves.

"It's not the first hit-and-run homicide we've seen here."

Arviat's Kelly Owlijoot is of the mindset that people who want to drink will find a way to obtain alcohol, whether they live in a dry community or not.

"Even if (Arviat) remains dry, people are still going to drink," said Owlijoot.

"It's a personal choice to drink or not to drink, not anyone else's.

"With beer and wine (being obtainable and legal), there wouldn't be so much hard liquor available.

"People that will say no are ignorant

to the fact that there is already a lot of booze in Arviat.

"The only difference is right now hard liquor is way more accessible than beer and wine."

People in Arviat will be voting to maintain the status quo in the hamlet of Arviat and surrounding area or allow a new restricted-quantities system which would limit the amount of liquor a person can purchase or import into the community every seven days to one 24 case of 355 ml of beer, or eight litres of Please see Alcohol, page 6

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r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, x4gWE 28, 2020

ᑎᐅᓪ ᓴᕕᐊᕐᔪᒃ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐄᔩ ᑰᓕᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 22-ᒥ.

ᐅᖃᓘᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓕᖅᑐᑦ

ᐊᒥᓲᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕋᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, 200 ᐅᖓᑖᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᐅᑉᓗᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 19-23-ᒧᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᑲᓛᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕆᔭᕈᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᕈᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑉ ᐅᑉᓗᓗᒃᑖᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ. "ᐅᑭᐅᖑᔪᖅ, ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᑕᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒥᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᕝᕕᒋᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᓗᒃᑖᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐃᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ." ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᓛᒃ. "ᓯᑯᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ 9:00-ᒥ ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᐸᒃᖢᑕ ᐅᓐᓄᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ 9:30-ᒥ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᑕᖄᓘᓕᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᑯᒥ. "ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓚᐅᐱᓪᓚᖕᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᑯ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᕌᖓᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓖᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᓂᒃ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓐᓇᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕋᔪᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓱᓇᕈᓘᔭᕐᓂᒃ, ᓴᓚᐅᓱᖕᓇᓗᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ." ᑲᓛᒃ, Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᑎᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᖓ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᕈᖅ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᑉᓰᓐᓇᐅᔪᒡᒎᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓱᓕ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᖅ - 19 ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ. "ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᖅᑲᔭᖅ ᖃᐃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ. "ᐃᓚᖓᒍᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓯᒪᓚᐅᕋᑉᑕ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑐᒪᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᙱᒻᒪᖔᑕᓗ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ, ᑕᒡᕙ ᐃᓚᖓᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ. "ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᓯᒪᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓅᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᖕᒦᑦᑕᖅᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᕈᒪᖃᑦᑕᖅᑑᒐᓗᐊᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. "ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑑᔪᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒪᓕᒋᐊᖃᕋᑉᑕ ᒪᓕᒐᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᑎᐊᕈᒪᒍᑉᑕ." ᑲᓛᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ 7 ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅᑲᐃ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕈᒪᔪᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᐃᒪᔮᓗᐊᕈᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᑐᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓯᑯᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. "ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᐹᓪᓕᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᖅ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓱᓇᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᖕᒪᖔᕐᒦᒃ. "ᐊᒥᓱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ. ᐊᒥᓱᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕋᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ, ᓈᒻᒪᒃᖢᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᖦᖢᓂᓗ.

"Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑕ, ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑑᑏᓪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᑦᑑᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᐅᔫᔭᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᒫᓂ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᓯᓲᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᕈᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᓕᕌᖓᑕ." ᐊᑐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓛᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᐊᓘᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐋᓯᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒻᒪᖄᒎᖅ 90%–ᖑᔪᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᓂᑰᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. "ᐅᐱᒋᖕᒥᔭᕋᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᖃᑉᓯᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᑦ Hᐊᑭᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᔭᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᐅᔪᖅ ᒍᓗᐊᕆᔭ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ, ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖅᐹᖑᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖃᖅᑑᔭᕐᓇᓂ. "ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ 14-ᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 16-ᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᖃᑎᖓᓂᒃ – 60 ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᖦᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ – ᐅᒃᐱᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᕐᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ

Darrell Greer/NNSL photo

Dale Saviakjuk takes part in a skating drill under the watchful eye of group leader AJ Curley during the Northwestel Rankin Rock season-opening hockey camp in Rankin Inlet on Oct. 22. ᐊᒥᓱᙳᖅᐹᓪᓕᖅᑎᒋᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᕐᓇᑦ Hᐊᑭᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. "ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᑦᑐᖓ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ Hᐊᑭᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᑦ ᕿᑎᒋᐊᖅᑐᓪᓚᑦᑖᓲᑦ. "ᑕᐃᑉᑯᐊ ᐱᒋᐊᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᔪᙱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐊᖑᑎᑎᑐᑦ, ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᓪᓚᕆᓲᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᕐᔪᐊᓲᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᕌᒐᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕕᒡᔪᐊᕈᒫᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᒫᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. "ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓲᖅ ᑭᖑᕙᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᖅᑐᑦ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑎᐊᓲᑦ ᕿᑎᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᖅ."

Legislative Assembly briefs with Derek Neary

Water treatment plant ahead of schedule The tiny community of Whale Cove was front and centre during a busy week in the territory's capital that saw a number of issues in the Kivalliq region addressed.

Community and Government Services Minister Lorne Kusugak announced during the Oct. 22 siting of the legislative assembly that planning and design for the community of Whale Cove's new water treatment plant will begin in the coming year.

The change in schedule should have the water treatment

plant finished a full year ahead of its original target date of completion in 2024.

Whale Cove MLA John Main also brought up Whale Cove's dire need for the remediation or replacement of its current community dump.

Kusugak said planning and design for the landfill will be completed sometime in 2021-22, followed by a cost estimate and request being made in the legislative assembly for funding.

"It is entirely true that Whale Cove has been forced to endure boil water advisories, practically from the commencement of spring up until the fall season sometimes," said Kusugak.

"We prefer not to have boil water advisory requirements for Whale Cove or anywhere else in Nunavut."

MLA removed from cabinet In other capital news, Aivilik MLA Patterk Netser of Coral Harbour was successfully removed from the Nunavut cabinet last Friday by a vote of 14-3.

Netser had been stripped of his cabinet portfolios about three weeks ago by Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq after he had questioned if supporters of Black Lives Matter have abortions, adding the message all lives matter to his post on Facebook.

Netser was defiant until the end, claiming Savikataaq overreacted to his post, although he did apologize this past Wednesday, Oct. 21, for the Facebook post.

"In October, I raised the following question on my (Facebook): 'All lives matter. Just thinking out loud, the movement on Black Lives Matter, how many black ladies go through abortion and at what stage of the gestation? Are they not lives too?'"

Netser told the legislature.

"I was speaking about those fetuses that are aborted who are voiceless and unable to convey their pain, which I was trying to

bring up as a subject.

"I was not trying to disparage any person as we are to represent those without voices, Mr. Speaker and these voiceless fetuses have a right to life as soon as they are born.

"My intention was just to bring to light the many thousands of babies aborted throughout the world."

Pilot project for online learning Also in the capital, on Oct. 22 Education Minister David Joanasie said the department will be piloting the use of an online learning platform called Edsby this coming fall.

Joanasie said the platform is a way to ensure students can continue learning even if schools end up being closed again due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Since the spring, my department has had time to learn from this experience and prepare in the event that an active case of Covid-19 arrives in a community," said Joanasie.

"Edsby is a comprehensive digital-learning system designed to support both in-class and remote learning. It's easy to use interface, which is similar to other social media sites, is intended for students from kindergarten to Grade 12, teachers and parents. It can be accessed from almost any digital device such as a laptop, a tablet or a smartphone.

"Just like the many schools throughout Canada already using Edsby, if a Nunavut school needs to be closed, this online platform will enable our teachers to provide lesson materials and a way to communicate with students and parents through an internet connection.

"With this new online platform, we are providing a resource that can be used quickly and easily during this pandemic, while also providing an education tool for future distance learning opportunities and classroom support."

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Claiming ignorance of CERB payments wrong on many levels Northern News Services

I'm not sure what Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.'s (NTI) top leaders were thinking during their recent annual general meeting in Cambridge Bay this past week when they passed a resolution calling on the federal government to forgive any debts incurred

by Inuit who collected the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) when they were ineligible to do so during the Covid-19 pandemic.

NTI declared that Nunavummiut should not be penalized because they took CERB benefits without realizing they would have to pay them back at a later date if they were not entitled to them.

The resolution claimed Inuit should not be exposed to undue hardship through their taking of the benefits and that benefits received in Sanikiluaq error should be forgiven.

The first lesson to be learned here falls on the ears of the Government of Nunavut, which should immediately conduct a quick study as to the time and costs associated with Premier Joe Savikataaq's countless reminders to Nunavummiut that people claiming CERB benefits who knew they weren't eligible to receive them will have to pay the benefits back, most likely with interest and penalties attached.

Obviously, Savikataaq's warnings fell on a number of deaf ears and NTI's approach to solving the problem is wrong in so many ways, beginning with the message it sends Nunavut youth that it's OK to accept money earmarked for their fellow Canadians who were left in hard times by Covid-19 and badly needed

other form of social payment. They the CERB payments to keep their are accountable for their own actions own families afloat. and can expect to be financially punDespite the waste of time Savikataaq's well-intentioned warnings may ished for their indiscretion.

And that's the way it should be. have ultimately been, the premier There are all sorts of people in could not have envisioned NTI's this country whose second language resolution. It encourages Inuit to be is English and/or who did dishonest and not claim not complete a high level responsibility for receiving of formal education, yet their ill-gotten gains. It also realized it was wrong to shows a lack of empathy claim money they were not for the all-too-real struggles entitled to. of their fellow Canadians There were also numerto put food on their table ous Canadians who knew during these most trying they weren't eligible for times.

NTI's contention that all Darrell CERB but applied anyway, spending the windfall as it CERB payments received Greer came in and gambling they

by Inuit were done so in wouldn't be caught and error and should be forforced to pay it back. given on that reason alone, is outraIs the same courtesy to be extended geous. to every Canadian who claims they You would be hard pressed to didn't understand who CERB was find a tiny number of Canadians in intended for, or just those who live any part of this country who did not within the borders of Nunavut? realize for who and to what end, the It will be hard to watch families CERB payments were intended. struggle to make ends meet – espeHaving an organization with the cially those with kids – who rolled standing of NTI make such a claim during a pandemic, to shield a group the dice on getting away with CERB payments they knew they weren't of its people who knew what they entitled to and ended up being were doing was wrong and would caught. But that's what being held come with consequences, simply accountable for your actions means. defies description.

The rules apply to everyone and The federal government is not in it's time those in this country who the business of printing free money would have different rules for diffor anyone in this country to use at ferent people are stopped in their their leisure – certainly not for the tracks once and for all. working class at any time in the hisFew things are as divisive as differtory of this country.

CERB can be treated no differently ent rules and standards for different folks depending on the situation. One than the consequences that await word used to describe such abuse anyone who cheats on their income these days is systemic. tax, employment insurance or any

Two positive Covid-19 tests at Meliadine Contacts flown home to self-isolate, testing ongoing at site

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Nunavut

Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) provided an update on recent results from its Covid-19 testing program for employees at its Meliadine mine, near Rankin Inlet, by company spokesperson Melissa Bradley.

Bradley stated that on Oct. 17, an employee working at its Meliadine mine identified as individual one tested positive for Covid-19 and is considered as a presumptive case until test results have been validated by health authorities in their provincial jurisdiction. Individual one was identified through a random testing exercise which is regularly conducted on site as part of Meliadine's Covid-19 preventive protocols.

She said individual one was extracted from site on Oct. 18 on a special charter flight. A tracing exercise identified 12 employees at Meliadine that may have been in contact with individual one. The 12 people identified as potential contacts were immediately placed in isolation at the mine site.

Each person was retested and all results were negative.

"The 12 individuals were extracted from site on Oct. 18 on a special charter flight," said Bradley.

"They have been instructed to self-isolate at home for 14 days and follow the recommendations of their provincial health authorities. They will be retested prior to returning to site.

"In addition, all employees working in the same department as individual one have been retested and all results have returned negative. As an extra precautionary measure, all employees that were at the mine site will be retested over the next several days.

"On Oct. 20, an employee travelling northbound to the Meliadine mine and identified as individual two, boarding from Mirabel, tested positive for Covid-19 at our testing facility in Val-d'Or. "Individual two is considered a presumptive case until test results have been validated by health authorities in their provincial jurisdiction."

The second infected individual was flown out by charter on Oct.

photo courtesy of Mathieu Dupuis

"In both situations, Agnico Eagle worked closely with Nunavut's Office of the Chief Public Health Officer and followed its recommendations," says AEM spokesperson Melissa Bradley.

20. Bradley said a tracing exercise identified 10 employees at Meliadine that may have been in contact with the second presumptive case.

The 10 potential contacts remained isolated at the mine site until they were flown out Oct. 21.

"They have been instructed to self-isolate at home for 14 days

and follow the recommendations of their provincial health authorities. They will be re-tested prior to returning to site."

In both situations, Agnico Eagle worked closely with Nunavut's Office of the Chief Public Health Officer and followed its recommendations.

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'Alcohol does not mix well here, no matter who's consuming it' Child, from page 3

wine (two boxes of four litres, eight one-litre bottles or 10 750-ml bottles).

Voting yes means you want the law to change, while voting no means you want the law to remain the same.

In Coral Harbour, voters will go with the status quo or vote for change that will see people be allowed to purchase or import one litre of spirits, four litres of wine and 18 litres of beer every 14 days.

The Department of Finance held two public meetings to discuss the changes in Coral Oct. 27 and will hold two more information sessions in Arviat tomorrow, Oct. 29, at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the John Ollie Complex.

The yes side requires 60 per cent of the vote for the law to change. Forty per cent or more of the vote for the no side would mean the current system that prohibits the purchase, sale, transport and possession of liquor in the two hamlets and surrounding areas will continue.

Many people are afraid to comment on the plebiscite in their home community, for fear of reprisals from those who feel differently about what they call a "touchy subject."

One female member of the community of Arviat, who asked not to be identified, said people are responsible for their moral or immoral actions, whether they had a few drinks or not.

She said alcohol doesn't change a person's morality just because of alcohol's sake.

"It might change a person's empathy, more or less, but I think some people don't realize the consequences that alcohol can have," she said. "If we're talking about family, what are they like? Do they have a lot of money? Do they have drinking problems?

"Consuming alcohol takes a lot of practice and it's so easy to go over the limits and never realize the things you do wrong after blacking out.

"It's scary to think that a lot of people might take advantage of the legalization, but it's also important to know that (alcohol is) always going to be in the town no matter what.

"I really wish there was a healing facility here first."

An advance poll will be held in the hamlet council chambers on Nov. 2 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., with regular voting being held at the community hall on Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Voters in Coral Harbour will also be cast-

photo courtesy of the Hamlet of Coral Harbour

Folks in Coral Harbour will be heading to the polls to vote on the Coral Harbour liquor plebiscite 2020 on Nov. 9. ing their ballots on a liquor plebiscite in that community on Nov. 9, with advance voting also on Nov. 2.

To be eligible to cast a ballot, voters must

be a Canadian citizen, 19 years of age or older on Nov. 9 and a resident of Arviat or Coral Harbour for at least one year as of Nov. 9. – with files from Derek Neary

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Passing off to literacy, personal growth Youth learn big-picture impact sport has on community during season-opening camp

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet

Literacy plays a big role with the more than 200 youth involved in the Northwestel Rankin Rock season-opener hockey camp, focusing on personal growth with the youngsters and helping them to understand hockey's impact on the community of Rankin Inlet and how it far transcends the game they play on the ice.

This year was no different as the literacy instructors got them to look at what the game of hockey – not just as a sport you play on the ice – entails when they're off the ice and involved with their community.

Kelly Lindell of Ilitaqsiniq: Nunavut Literacy Council was the head instructor for the camp's literacy module and said they worked with the kids on goal setting this year; coming up with individual goals for the upcoming hockey season and how they planned to achieve those goals.

She said the groups also talked about role models who the youths respected in the hockey community, or in the community in general.

"We discussed with them why they looked up to different role models and what do they see the role models doing for them," said Lindell.

"We also discussed the fact with them that they will eventually be role models for kids coming behind them in the community and what that might look like when the time arrives.

"When I knew I was doing the literacy component for the camp this year I reached out to more than 30 hockey players in our community who went away to play hockey, played hockey for a period of time down south and for who hockey has been a big influence on their lives.

"I asked if they could send a short video message to the

younger children in the camp offering any kind of advice they may want to give them on the camp or hockey in general and we received videos from about 15 hockey players, including some who are away right now and Jordin Tootoo."

Lindell said the messages combined for about a 15-minute video for the young players from an impressive list of Rankin hockey players past and present, many of whom were people's role models in their own right.

She said the literacy module helps the young players identify what they're all ready good at, what they have to work on and how they're going to achieve their goal.

"The approach helps to show the kids that this isn't all just about the sport of hockey as a game being played on the ice.

"It's also about the person they want to be, the citizen in their community they want to be and the good deeds they're capable of doing.

"It's about taking a stance against bullying and making sure everyone feels included – these are the types of issues we try to focus on and the message we try to deliver to the kids during the literacy module."

Lindell said the groups of kids were really big in the literacy module this year.

She said because the players are in the setting that they are with the game and their teams, conversations on personal growth and behaviour often come up naturally.

"When you have an issue, how do we deal with it? Even how does one express their feelings properly? These all come into play with this setting.

"The kids have been away from the game awhile. It's their first real time on the ice this year, so they're tired and emotions run a little high, at times.

"The group leaders had tons of patience with the kids this year and kept a handle on any little flare-ups that may have

occurred. So, again, conversations on these kinds of things tend to happen somewhat naturally in a hockey setting.

"We weren't allowed to use the schools and stuff like that this year due to Covid, so we did the best we possibly could with what we had and everyone seems pleased. We're grateful to Sarliaq for providing the bus services. That was key to keeping everything moving so the kids could still have their personal growth and fitness sections as part of their camp."

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A group of youth participants have a blast during their hockey camp literacy module at the Pop-up Library in Rankin Inlet on Oct. 22.

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