Kivalliq News - April 28, 2021 Edition

10,000 ᓖᑕᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᓂᓕᒃ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᒪᖅᑖᕐᕕᒋᕙᒃᑕᖓᓄᑦ Wednesday, April 28, 2021

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Sports Hᐊᑭᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᑎᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᓂᒃ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓚᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᑎᒃ Hockey returns to Arviat after six-month hiatus

Community ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᕆᑕᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑖᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ Rankin residents raise money for cancer research

"We're giving them knowledge of what their great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers did to kill time."

– Sakku teacher Rhoda Angootealuk, on the school's cache of traditional games, page 7.

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Active cases: 47 Confirmed cases: 464 Recovered cases: 413 Total persons followed: 8,405 Current persons followed: 504 Completed tests in Nunavut: 11,484 Deaths: 4 Vaccine doses given: 27,344 (15,163 first doses)

Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Health

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Two COVID-19 cases confirmed Rankin Inlet COVID-19 has re-emerged in Rankin Inlet as two individuals have been confirmed to have contracted the virus, the Government of Nunavut stated on Saturday.

The infected individuals landed in the Kivalliq community on Canadian North flight 239 on Friday evening, according to the GN. "Both individuals are in supported isolation and doing well," Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut's chief public health officer, said of the new cases in Rankin Inlet. "The individuals were identified as close contacts of a COVID19 positive case only after the flight had departed Iqaluit.

Fortunately, shortly after arrival in Rankin Inlet, they were located by public health staff, tested and put in isolation.

"The virus was transmitted in Iqaluit, but identified in Rankin Inlet. Therefore, there is very low risk to residents of Rankin Inlet at this time, but everyone there needs to continue to follow all the public health measures."

All those travelling from Iqaluit must isolate for 14 days upon arrival in another community. Anyone who boarded flight 239 in Rankin Inlet or Yellowknife is not considered to be at risk.

– Derek Neary

Confirmed cases by community Iqaluit: 63 (42 active, 21 recovered) Kinngait: 4 (3 active, 1 recovered) Rankin Inlet: 21 (2 active, 19 recovered) Arviat: 339 (338 recovered) Whale Cove: 23 (all recovered) Sanikiluaq: 2 (all recovered)

10,000 ᓖᑕᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑯᕕᔪᖅ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᒪᕆᕙᒃᑕᖓᒍᑦ

Sanikiluaq

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᓇᓱᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᑯᕕᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ 10,000 ᓖᑕᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᓂᓕᖕᒥᒃ ᓱᕈᐃᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖁᑎᒋᕙᒃᑕᖓᓂᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖓᒍᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 21-ᒥ. ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᑕᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᖅᑭᖅ ᓈᖅᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓕᕐᓂᖓ ᒫᑦᓯ 29-ᒥ.

Graduates holding raffle Rankin Inlet Students from Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik are holding a raffle to raise money for 2021 graduates. There are three prize packages for the raffle.

First place is a fishing hut and new gear including an auger, Coleman stove, mugs, hooks and fishing line.

Second place will win a custom jacket from Victoria's Arctic Fashion. Third place will get a $250 Home Hardware gift card.

The deadline to buy tickets is May 1, which is when the winners will be drawn.

Narrow vote keeps unrestricted alcohol Baker Lake Baker Lake residents hoping to reintroduce limitations on liquor sales and importation in the community fell short by six per cent in Monday's plebiscite.

The vote in favour of restrictions reached 54 per cent, or 182 people. However, 60 per cent or more was needed for the changes to take effect, including the establishment of an alcohol education committee to regulate liquor use.

Voter turnout at the polls was 32.5 per cent.

The community got rid of alcohol limitations during a vote in 2018.

– Derek Neary

Pakallak Tyme returns to Rankin Rankin Inlet Pakallak Tyme will be returning to Rankin Inlet this week following a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19.

"Take advantage of the opportunity to get out and enjoy the fresh air and spend some time with family and friends," reads a statement from Mayor Harry Towtongie.

The celebrations will kick off on April 28 and run until May 2, with dozens of activities running throughout the festival. In order to make sure events can run, additional safety protocols have been put in place, with masks being mandatory for all events.

There scavenger hunts, a cribbage tournament, snowmobiles races and a version of Fear Factor planned.

Due to recent COVID activity in the region all events will be held outdoors or virtually, online. All events, including the snowmobile races, will be limited to Rankin Inlet residents only.

For the snowmobile races, spectators are asked to watch with members of their own household only. Parking stalls will be created to allow for social distancing.

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The territorial government is rushing to clean up a 10,000-litre fuel spill in Baker Lake before it can contaminate the community's drinking water, said a public service announcement that was posted to the department of community and government services website on April 21. The public notice was made nearly a month after it the leak was first detected on March 29.

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 21-ᒥ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᖅᑭᖅ ᓈᖅᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑯᕕᔫᑉ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᓇᓱᒃᖢᑎᒃ 10,000 ᓖᑕᓂᒃ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᓱᕈᐃᖅᑳᕐᓇᓂ ᐃᒪᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. ᑯᕕᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑕᐅᑕᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 21-ᒥ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᖅᑭᖅ ᓈᖅᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᓂᖓ. "ᓯᓚ ᐅᖁᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᒪᑦ ᑯᕕᔪᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᓱᕈᐃᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖁᑎᒋᕙᒃᑕᖓᓂᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖅ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᖅᑎᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᙶᖅᑐᖅ. ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ "ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᒍᑏᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᖁᓇᒍ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᒪᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᓕᖕᒥᒃ ᐊᐳᑎᒥᒃ ᓯᑯᒥᓗ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑉᓗᓂᒃ ᖃᐃᔪᓂᒃ." ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 21-ᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 22 ᐅᑉᓛᖓᓂᒃ. ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᑯᕕᓂᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᒫᑦᓯ 29-ᒥ. ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᒪᑕ ᑯᕕᔪᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᕋᓱᒋᑉᓗᒍ ᒫᑦᓯ 5-ᒥ, ᑯᕝᕕᕕᖓ ᓱᕋᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓱᑉᓗᓕᐅᑉ. "ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᓱᓕ ᖃᓄᖅ

ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑯᕕᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑦ." ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖅ. ᓯᐅᑕᓐ ᑐᐊᕆ, Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᐅᖅᑳᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᑯᕕᔪᖃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᒥᑭᔪᒥᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑯᕕᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᑎ Arctic Fuelᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕᒎᖅ Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᒥᑭᔪᒥᒃ ᖁᕕᔪᖃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ "ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᕋᖅᖢᒍ." ᒫᑦᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᔭᐅᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᔫᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᖄᒥᑦᑕᐃᓕᕝᕕᐅᑉ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᖄᒥᑦᑕᐅᓕᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ. Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ "ᒥᑭᔫᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑯᕕᔪᖅ" ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᑎᒎᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᓗᒍ. "ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᖃᕋᓱᒋᑉᓗᒍ 500-ᓂᒃ 1,000-ᓄᑦ ᓖᑕᓄᑦ ᑯᕕᓚᐅᖅᑑᓇᓱᒋᑉᓗᒍ ᓯᖁᒥᓯᒪᔪᖃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᒥᑭᔫᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 21-ᒥ Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᓪᓚᑦᑖᖅ ᐊᖏᑎᒋᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑯᕕᔪᖅ. "ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᓴᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᙱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᒪᐃᔭᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓄᓪᓗ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ

ᓇᓗᓇᕐᓚᖕᒪᑦ ᓇᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᖄᒥᑦᑕᐃᓕᔾᔪᑎ ᓱᑉᓗᓕᖓᓗ ᓈᒻᒪᒍᓐᓃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ. "ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᒍᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᑎᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᔭᖅᑐᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᑎᑦᑕᖅᑐᕐᓗᓂᐅᒃ. ᖃᓄᖅ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᓪᓚᑦᑖᕐᒪᖔᑕ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓪᓚᑦᑖᙱᑦᑐᒍᑦ." ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖃᐅᓯᕝᕕᒃ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᓛᒥᑕᐅᑉ ᓇᑉᐸᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᖅᑖᕐᕕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ. ᑐᐊᕆ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᓂᖓ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᖢᒍ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᐱᕐᖔᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕌᖓᑦ ᑰᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᑐᕌᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᑕᓯᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑉᓗᒍ ᑯᕕᓚᐅᖅᑑᑉ ᐊᖏᓂᖓ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑎᑭᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᒪᖅᑖᕐᕕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ. ᑐᐊᕆ ᐅᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᑎᓪᓗᒋᒃ ᐊᖏᔪᑦ ᑰᒃ ᑰᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᓯᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᓯᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅᑖᕋᔭᙱᑦᑐᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ. ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᖃᓕᕋᔭᖅᐸᑦ, Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒪᖅᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᓕᕈᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᑰᒋᔭᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᑰᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ. "ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖃᓕᖅᐸᑦ ᐃᒪᖅᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᒐᔭᙱᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᖅ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. bf l A Fuel m4WZz 8

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photos courtesy of Alexandra Rudd

Alexandra Rudd at her favourite restaurant in Winnipeg during one of her regular medical travel visits. The 27-year-old from Rankin Inlet is currently raising money for brain tumour research.

A group photo of Rankin Inlet community members who joined Alexandra Rudd for the brain tumour walk in 2020.

Rankin Inlet's Grey Wolf walk team has raised more than $6,000 so far

by Cody Punter

Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet

A 27-year-old Rankin Inlet woman who has been battling the effects of a brain tumour for the past four years is raising money for brain cancer research so that no one else has to experience what she has gone through.

Alexandra Rudd is the leader of Rankin Inlet's Grey Wolf brain tumour walk team, which to date has raised more than $6,000 for the national brain tumour walk.

"I've always been one to help others," Rudd told Kivalliq News. "My dad has always told me that I have a big heart and that I help people when I can."

Rudd first entered a team for the walk last year and was able to raise more than $1,000. This year's COVID19 restrictions have made it

harder to raise money but that hasn't deterred Rudd.

A penny sale at the beginning of 2021 ended up bringing in more than $3,000.

And just the other weekend, Rudd's uncle helped organize a movie night that brought in another $1,000.

"Usually I'm pretty good to come up with ideas but with restrictions getting stricter again it's getting hard to raise money," said Rudd.

Rudd is no stranger to adversity.

When she was just 18-months-old she was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis. The condition caused her to have optic glioma, which left her legally blind.

Despite having no sight in her left eye and being partially blind in her right eye, Rudd has been able to lead a relatively carefree life.

The one exception is she

has had to have an MRI every six months since she was a child in order to monitor her condition.

In 2017 one of her routine MRIs led to the discovery of a small tumour on her brain.

"Up until a few years ago everything was going OK, and then they found a spot on my brain that was growing," she said.

Doctors ended up monitoring the spot until 2019, at which point surgery was required to remove it.

"They ended up doing a biopsy in March of 2019 and they found it was Grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma."

Following the biopsy, Rudd had to undergo intensive treatment.

"It was six weeks straight of chemo and radiation, then a six-week break. Then every month for a year I had oral chemotherapy," said Rudd.

One of the reasons Rudd is so passionate about raising money for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada is because she doesn't want anyone else to have to go through what she did.

She said in the future she would hope that people with tumours would not have to undergo a biopsy.

"The preparation leading up to the biopsy was very painful. They had to put this frame on my head and they put freezing on the spots where they screwed the frame to the skull and then I had to have another MRI," she said.

"I would hope that it in the near future it's not something people need to do."

The national brain tumour walk will be taking place on June 27. In the meantime, Rudd is brainstorming new ideas to raise money.

Anyone interested in donat-

ing to her cause can either contact Rudd directly or look up the Grey Wolf team on the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada's website.

"The money that people fundraised will go to helping with families that are dealing with a brain tumour," she said.

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Grow the game for girls Giving more opportunities for women to play hockey can only have positive effects Northern News Services

When Nunavut hosted its first ever women's territorial hockey tournament in 2013, it was the Kivalliq team that took home the title, when they narrowly beat Baffin in the final.

Unfortunately there has been relatively little growth in the women's game in the territory since then.

So the news that Whale Cove has been slowly building up a team of loyal recruits should be a welcome surprise to the region.

Whale Cove has had women's teams in the past but it's been a while. When Victoria Kidlapik arrived there from Naujaat for work in 2019, she saw a need to start something.

So she assembled a team that has Sanikiluaq now been playing together for the past two years.

The new team hasn't had the chance to compete yet, but the initiative taken by Kidlapik shows that there is definitely an argument to be made for investing more into women's hockey in Nunavut.

Indeed, last February several MLAs joined together in the legislative assembly to make the case for increased participation for young girls in sports.

"I think it is important to make sure that girls are included, and that when we're talking about hockey, we're not just talking about men and boys, we're talking about girls … girls and women, as well," said Arviat North–Whale Cove MLA John Main at the time.

at the moment, there is a growing The Kivalliq region has produced movement to have them paid what its fair share of outstanding male they are worth. hockey players, the most notable Given the hockey acumen in the being the Tootoo brothers. However, Kivalliq region, it's not unreasonable there is no reason why the region to imagine a young girl from Whale can't produce elite female players, Cove or Rankin Inlet one day getting too paid to play on national television or They may not have a chance to represent Canada at the Olympics. play in the NHL like Jordin Tootoo Even if none of the players end up did. But there are opportunities for going down south to play, players to get university women's hockey is worth scholarships and play for investing in. national teams, not to All the benefits that mention playing in the the sport brings to boy's National Women's Hockey teams and men's are League (NWHL). equally applicable to girls Women in professional and women. The biggest sports have traditionbarrier, as with so many ally been paid far less things in Nunavut, is a lack than their male counterCody of resources. parts. The argument of Rankin Inlet is fortunate course has always been Punter to be large enough and that men's sports generhave enough corporate ate more revenue from sponsors that is has been able to television ads, sponsorship and of assemble donations of gear over the course from ticket sales. That tide years. Even in Rankin though, there is now starting to turn in favour of is no dedicated girls team, and all women's sports though. According young female players ended up playto a recent article in Forbes, while ing with the boys. the NHL's numbers have dropped This may actually be a good thing as it scrambled to put together a in the short term for the developfull season over the last two years, ment of girls skills, especially in the NWHL delivered a massive 493 smaller communities where there per cent overall jump in viewers in aren't enough people to make separ2020, according to league commissioner Lisa Baird. Moreover a record ate girls and boys leagues.

However, any girl that wants to 653,000 viewers tuned in to watch play should be able to access the its championship game.

Although the highest paid female equipment, training and opportunity player only makes $25,000 per year to practice and compete.

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Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᓂᒃ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓚᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᑎᒃ Hᐊᑭᖅᑏᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕋᓱᒃᑐᑦ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒥᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓇᐃᓪᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᑯᖓ ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒫᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᖃᓱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᖅᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᑉᓯᑲᓪᓛᕐᔫᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓰᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓃᖅᖢᑎᒃ.

Hᐊᑭᒍᓐᓇᖅᓯᑕᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ–19-ᑯᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 12-ᒥ. ᐊᖃᒍᙳᕐᒪᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᕿᑎᖕᓂᐊᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ 2021-ᒥ. "ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕈᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᕿᑎᖕᓂᐊᕋᒥᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᓐᑐᕈ ᖁᒃᓱᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᕿᑎᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨ, ᕿᑎᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐊᖑᑎᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᓂᒃ. ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᑐᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒫᑦᓯ 2020-ᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ –19 ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ.

Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᐱᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᕕᐱᕆᒥ ᕿᓚᒥᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᓖᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ, ᒪᑐᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ. ᖁᒃᓱᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᐃᖅᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᕕᐱᕆᒥ ᒪᑐᔭᐅᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ. ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᖕᒥᖕᒪᑦ Hᐊᑭᒐᔪᒃᓯᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᐹᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᑦ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, Bantam ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Atoms-ᖑᔪᑦ Hᐊᑭᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒥᔪᑦ. ᐱᐊᕆ ᐃᒃᑲᕐᕆᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᕐᓂᓕᒃ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ, Hᐊᑭᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐅᑐᒋᐊᖅᑐᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 13-ᒥ.

Hᐊᑭᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓃᕋᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᖃᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᕐᓇᒻᒪᕆᒃᑐᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ. "ᓄᑲᖅᖠᖅᐹᕋ, 11-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓕᖅᑐᖅ. ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ Kivalliq Canucks Atoms-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒍ. ᕕᓂᐲᒃᓕᐊᕐᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒃᑲᕐᕆᖅ. "ᓄᑲᖅᖠᖅᐹᕋ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᓐᓃᖅᑐᑯᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ.

ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᓐᓃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ–19-ᑕᖃᓕᕐᒪᑦ." ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᖅᑲᔭᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒋᕙᒃᑕᖏᑦ. ᐃᒃᑲᕐᕆᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᔮᓐ ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᑉᓗᒍ Hᐊᑭᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ. "ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᓐᓃᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ.

Hᐊᑭᖅᑏᑦ Hᐊᑭᒋᐊᖅᑐᕌᖓᑕ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᓕᐊᓂᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᐸᒍᑎᔭᕆᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᖓᓯᒌᒡᔫᑎᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑐᕐᕕᖕᒥ. ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑎᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᑉᓯᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ 50-ᒦᖦᖢᑎᒃ. "ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᓕᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑎᑕᐅᓲᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᖃᑉᓯᒧᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᑎᕐᓂᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᑉᓯᒧᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᓂᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᖔᑕ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖁᒃᓱᒃ. "ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᑎᐊᕈᒫᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᒋᐊᖅᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᖃᑦᑕᕈᒫᕐᒥᖕᒪᑕ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᒃ." ᐃᒃᑲᕐᕆᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᑎᙱᖅᑲᔭᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ Hᐊᑭᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖏᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓯᑲᓴᑦᑎᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑎᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ. "ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᑎᙱᓚᐅᐱᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ, ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᓚᐅᕋᒪ." ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᖕᒥᒐᑉᑕ, ᓯᑯᖓ ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒫᓕᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᐃ ᑐᖔᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ. "ᐊᑉᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᐊᐅᓕᕐᒪᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒃᑲᕐᕆᖅ. "ᓯᑯᙳᐊᖃᕋᔮᕐᓂᖅᑕ Hᐊᑮᓐᓇᕈᓐᓇᕋᔭᕋᑉᑕ." bf l A Hockey m4WZz 6

Hᐊᑭᖅᑎ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᑖᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂᙶᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᔭᖅᑐᕋᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓐᓅᔪᒥ Hᐊᑭᒋᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ 2021-ᒥ.

photo courtesy of Pierre Ikakhik

A player from Team Dark tries to break across the blue line on the first night of hockey in Arivat in 2021.

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Hockey nights return to Arviat after six-month hiatus Players trying to make the best of shortened season before the ice melts following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions

Hᐊᑭᖅᑎ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᑖᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂᙶᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑎᑦᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 13-ᒥ.

by Cody Punter

Northern News Services

Arviat

A player from Team Dark buries the puck in the back of the net on April 13.

ᑎᐅᑐᐊ ᑖᒻᓴᓐ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑐᖅ Hᐊᑭᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᖅᑲᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᙱᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ.

photos courtesy of Pierre Ikakhik

ᒪᓄᐃᓪ ᐅᒃᑯᑕᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᖓᓄᙵᐅᔪᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐅᓐᓅᔪᒥ Hᐊᑭᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ 2021-ᒥ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 13-ᒥ.

Manuel Ukutak heads into Arviat's arena on the first night of hockey in 2021 on April 13.

Up until a few weeks ago it had been almost six months since Arviat's hockey players had taken to the ice. That all changed with the easing of COVID-19 restrictions on April 12.

The following day the arena opened its doors for the first game of 2021.

"Lots of people showed up, but people showed up half dressed so they can just put skates on and play," said Andrew Kuksuk, the community's recreation coordinator, who also plays on one of the senior men's teams.

The arena had to close for the first time in March 2020 due to COVID-19. Hockey was allowed to resume briefly in November but as cases numbers went up in Arviat, everything had to be shut down again.

Kuksuk said the senior men's league got about five games in before the November shutdown. With the ice open again they have been trying to squeeze in as many games as possible.

In addition to senior men's teams, the bantams and the atoms are also trying to get back to their normal hockey routine.

Pierre Ikakhik,who has two sons that play hockey, went to watch the first senior men's game on April 13.

Although he no longer plays goalie, he said the lack of hockey and other recreation has been devastating for the community's youth.

"My youngest one, he's 11 now. He was picked for

Kivalliq Canucks atoms. We were going to go to Winnipeg for one week before it was cancelled," said Ikakhik.

"My youngest was brokenhearted. He was so excited to go but it go stopped by COVID-19."

The sentiments of Ikakhik's son are shared by most of the community's hockey players and fans alike. Ikakhik pointed to the cancellation of the annual John Lindell Memorial Tournament.

"Lots of people weren't too happy about that," he said.

Although players had to show up already dressed at first, the hamlet has figured out a way for them to be socially distanced in the dressing rooms.

The community is maintaining strict restrictions on the number of people that can be in the arena at once, with the capacity capped at 50.

"We have sign-in sheets that say what time people came in and what time they go out," said Kuksuk.

"Next season I hope we'll have a regular seasons where we can entertain our fans and they can cheer us on."

Ikakhik said he almost missed the chance to get into the arena due to the limits.

"There were too many people so I couldn't go in, so I had to wait to get in."

Although it's good to be back on the ice, it'll likely be less than a few weeks before the ice starts to melt.

"Even the roads are melting now," said Ikakhik. "I wish we had artificial ice so we could keep going."

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Theodore Thompson gets ready to hit the ice in Arviat after almost a six-month hiatus.

Solomon Nungnik, left, Peter Paungalak and Malachi Paungalak get ready to take to the ice in Arviat for the first time in 2021 following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in the community.

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Teachers bring traditional games to the classroom Sakku School uses a treasure chest full of Inuit games to keep culture alive

by Cody Punter

Northern News Services

Coral Harbour

Two teachers at Coral Harbour's Sakku School are doing their part so that the traditional games of their ancestors are not forgotten.

During their professional development week in 2019, Rhoda Angootealuk, the school's Inuktitut and Aulajaaqtut teacher, and Grade 5 teacher Amouyah Eetuk decided to collaborate on the creation of a traditional games chest.

Three years later, the games chest is a treasure trove that gets shared by all grades.

"It's very satisfying because the kids these days are into technology," Angootealuk told Kivalliq News. "We're giving them knowledge of what their great-grandfathers and greatgrandmothers did to kill time."

The teachers looked to Coral Harbour elders Lizzie Pootoolik and Johnny Kat-

aluk for inspiration when coming up with what games to include. Pootoolik and Kataluk ended up sharing stories about games they used to play when they were growing up.

The teachers also worked with two Coral Harbour carvers, Jeffrey Ell and Malituq Akesuk, to create all the necessary game pieces and a unique box to keep all these resources safe.

All of the people involved in the project ended up engraving their names in the box that holds the games.

In total there are about a dozen different games, all of which come with their own unique hand-carved pieces.

In one of the games, known as Ajagauk, Angootealuk said players hold a stick with a line attached to it with a bone on the other end. The goal is to flip the stick and put it into a hole in a bone.

"That was used way back then to play or hold a competition."

In another game known as Nugluktaq, a string is attached to the ceiling and in the middle there is a bone that has a hole in it.

"At the end of the string you need a weight so it won't be moving around too much.

There's a bunch of people with sticks in a circle and you're trying to put your stick in the hole."

Angootealuk said she remembers watching Elders play some of the games they made on special occasions like Christmas. However, she couldn't remember the way a lot of them were done, which is why the ended up hiring Elders to help with the project.

"Our students nowadays don't have any idea what elders used to use back then for entertainment," she said.

"They really enjoy when they are playing with that and they have an understanding of what life was like before all these buildings and all that was here."

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Colton Ell faces off against Kennedy Emiktowt, while Christi Jar looks on.

A detail of one of the traditional Inuit games pieces.

Sakku School's Inuit traditional games box, which is autographed by everyone who worked on designing it.

The inside, above, shows the various games that can be played.

Ezra Eetuk, left, Connor Eetuk, Michael Jr. Noah, Colton Ell, Johnathan Kudluk and Kennedy Emiktowt enjoy playing traditional Inuit games from the locally made kit.

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Fuel spill threatens fresh water supply Territorial government released public service announcement on April 21, nearly a month after the 10,000-litre leak was detected

by Cody Punter

Northern News Services

Baker Lake

The territorial government is rushing to clean up a 10,000litre fuel spill in Baker Lake before it can contaminate the community's drinking water.

Details about the leak were only made public on April 21, nearly one month after it was first detected.

"With the season of warmer weather approaching, there is a risk of the spilled fuel contaminating the community's fresh water supply," states a public service announcement from the department of community and government services.

The announcement goes on to say that "remedial efforts to contain and treat contaminated snow and ice will begin in the coming days."

The public service announcement was posted to the department's website on April 21, but was no longer accessible online on the morning of April 22.

The announcement said the oil spill was detected outside Baker Lake's tank farm on March 29.

The announcement states the government believes the leak started on March 5, following the rupture of a drain valve on the pipeline.

"The investigation into how the fuel was released from the lined berm is still ongoing," reads the statement.

Sheldon Dorey, the SAO for Baker Lake, said the hamlet was first informed there had been a small fuel spill early last month when the leak was first detected. He said local con-

tractor Arctic Fuel told the hamlet there was a small fuel spill but that "everything was under control."

Then at the end of March, the hamlet was told there was a bit of fuel on the outside of the berm that is in place to contain potential spills. The hamlet was told it was "a small spill" and that a contractor from Iqaluit was going to come inspect it.

"We were under the assumption that it was anywhere from 500 litres to 1,000 litres that was lost to a crack in something, that it was a minor spill," he said.

It wasn't until the public service announcement on April 21 that the hamlet found out the extent of the spill.

"That was a bit of news for the hamlet, the mayor and council," he said, adding that it's unclear where the berm or the liner has been compromised. "We do know now that PPD does have a team coming in to address this issue and make

Traditional threads Eva Voisey participates in Whale Cove's Elders traditional clothing competition. She was the only Elder that participated and won herself $100. photo courtesy of Molly Okalik

sure everything is remediated. What that plan looks like, we're not sure yet."

The tank farms in Baker Lake are located approximately a half-kilometre from its water intake line on the lake. Dorey said that because of Baker Lake's topography, all the spring melt from the community drains toward the lake. Given the alleged size of the spill, he said there may be a possibility that fuel may get out to the lake.

Dorey added that because there are two large rivers pushing water toward Hudson Bay, it would be highly unlikely for the entire lake to become contaminated. In the event of an emergency, the hamlet does have the capability to draw drinking water from the rivers that feed the lake.

"Petroleum in a water source is not good by any stretch of the imagination," he said.