Kivalliq News - Sept. 8, 2021 Edition

Rankin Inlet installs solar panels on arena

System will make community largest independent power producer in Nunavut

Kivalliq News WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 Vol 27 No 37

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ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓯᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ 110 kilowatt-ᓂᒃ ᓴᙱᓂᓕᖕᒥ ᓯᕿᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᒥᒃᖄᖓᓂ ᓄᑖᑉ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃᑖᓵᖑᔫᑉ. ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᑖᕈᑏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ $40,000.00-ᒥᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᓪᓕᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᑖᖅ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖓᒍᑦ.

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ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖕᒥᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕈᑎᑖᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᓕᐅᖅᑲᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᑖᒥ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃᑖᓵᖑᔪᒥ.

Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᙵ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑉᓗᒍ ᖁᓪᓕᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖓᒍᑦ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᕆᓗᒍ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. “ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ ᓴᕆᒪᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᑖᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᐹᖑᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᑖᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᓛᔅ ᑐᕆᖕ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ Green Sun Rising Inc.-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᐅᖅᑲᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ. ᐋᓪᓚᑦᑎᐊᓕᖅᐸᑕ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔾᔪᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᖦᖢᒍ 110 kilowatt-ᓂᒃ ᓴᙱᓂᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ. ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ, ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᔪᒪᕐᓂᒧᑦ 500 kilowatt-ᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ

ᐊᖏᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ 60 kilowatt-ᓂᒃ ᓴᙱᓂᓕᖕᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ. “ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒦᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᕆᖕ. ᓄᑖᖅ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕈᑎ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᖅᑳᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᕕᓕᓐ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᓗ ᖁᓪᓕᖅ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᕆᖕ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ 2019-ᒥ. ᐃᓕᐅᖅᑲᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ-19 ᐅᖓᓯᒃᓯᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᖁᑎᑦ ᑎᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒍ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᖓᑕ ᑎᐅᕆᓐ ᕕᓕᓐ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓯᒪᔭᖓ, ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᐅᖅᑲᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᓪᓕᖅ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. “ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑏᑦ ᐃᑎᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃᑖᓵᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑕᐅᓯᕝᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᕌᖅᖢᑎᒃ 600-ᓂᒃ ᓴᙱᓂᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᓅᑦᑎᒋᐊᕈᑎᒧᑦ ᑲᑉᐳᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᒧᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᕕᓕᓐ. ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᓖᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᖅᑲᔭᖅ

Community ᓴᙱᓂᖅᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ

Empowering women through leadership

$500,000-ᑐᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕈᑎᒧᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᐊᒃᑯᑦ, Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᓖᑉᓗᑎᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᕕᓕᓐ. ᕕᓕᓐ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᑖᕈᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᑖᒥ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃᑖᓵᖑᔪᒥᒃ $400,000-ᒦᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑦ. Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᖅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᕋᓱᒋᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ $40,000-ᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᖁᓪᓕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ. ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕈᓐᓃᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᓕᕌᖓᑦ 10% ᑐᖔᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᒃᑯᑦ. ᕕᓕᓐ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ 24-ᓂᒎᖅ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂᒃ ᓯᕿᓂᖃᓕᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᑖᖏᓐᓇᕐᓚᓕᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑉᓗᒍ ᓇᓕᒧᒌᓕᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ. “ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᖕᓂᖃᐃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕋᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓕᕐᓗᓂ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᕕᓕᓐ. “ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ…

– ᖃᓂᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕋᔭᖅᑐᖅ 100%–ᒧᑦ.” ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᖅ ᓱᓕ ᓴᕕᒐᐅᔭᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᖁᓪᓕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓪᓚᑦᑖᓕᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕋᓱᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᖃᐃᔪᓂᒃ.

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Active cases: 1 Confirmed cases: 658 Recovered cases: 653 Completed tests in Nunavut: 18,860 Deaths: 4

Vaccine uptake: 23,677 first doses – 81 per cent over age 12 20,877 second doses – 72 per cent over age 12 Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Health

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Veterinary clinic coming up Rankin Inlet The Rankin Inlet Fire Department will be hosting a vet clinic at the new arena in Rankin Inlet from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3.

The clinic will be run by veterinarians from the Grant Park Animal Hospital in Winnipeg.

They will be offering services including check-ups, vaccinations and deworming. The will also be able to spay, neuter and do minor surgical procedures.

There is a small number of subsidized spay/neuters available for pet owners with a limited income.

Appointments are required and so are masks for those attending the clinic.

Anyone interested in signing up should contact Page Burt.

ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔪᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᓗᒃᑖᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖅ ‘ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ’

Elders sewing program Rankin Inlet Elders in Rankin Inlet will have the chance to take part in a traditional sewing program.

The community is hosting a program for people 65 and older starting on Sept. 13. It will run from 6 to 9 p.m. On Sept. 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27 and 29.

The deadline to apply is Sept.

9. There are 20 spots available.

Traditional names map Arviat Inuit Heritage Trust is looking for photographs to use on a large map with traditional place names of the land surrounding Arviat.

The trust is interested in images of people, wildlife or the land to decorate the back of the map. All photographers whose images are selected will be credited but will not be paid.

Once completed that maps will be given out for free to all Arviat households.

Anyone is interested in contributing their photos to the project should contact the Inuit Heritage Trust.

Flag football tournament Rankin Inlet Rankin Inlet will be hosting its first ever flag football tournament from Sept. 14 to 16.

The tournament is open to anyone aged 15 and older.

Teams will be selected via a draft. The deadline to sign up is Sept. 10 at 5 p.m.

Ball hockey tournament Arviat Arviat will be hosting a ball hockey tournament for youth 18 and under from September 17 to 19.

The deadline to register a team is Sept. 10.

ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑐᓪᓕᓂᖏᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᓗ ᐊᒐᓯ 23-ᒥ 26-ᒧᑦ.

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ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑦ, ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᖁᔨᔪᑦ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓂᒃ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑐᓪᓕᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᕐᓂᕋᖅᖢᒍ. ᑕᐃᒎᓯᖓ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑐᓪᓕᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᑉ ᓇᐅᒃᑰᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒦᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔭᖅᑐᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᒧᙵᐅᓇᓱᖕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. “ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦᑐᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᑦᑐᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓇᓱᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᓚᐃᔪ. ᓚᐃᔪ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒥᓲᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒐᓯ 23-ᒥ 26-ᒧᑦ. ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐅᖅᓴᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᔨᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ, ᐃᓕᐊᑦᓯᓂᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ (ᑎᒥᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥᒡᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂ), ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᓚᐃᔪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ Hᐊᒻᓚᒋᔭᖓᓄᒡᒎᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔭᖅᑐᖁᔭᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ. “ᐱᓕᕆᓇᓱᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖓ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᑎᑕᒪ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓚᐃᔪ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓯᓚᓗᖕᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ, ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᓗ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᖅᑖᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒋᓪᓗ.

ᑲᑎᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᖓ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ, ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑉᑕ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᑖᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓂᓯᓇᓱᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᓕᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒍ. ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᖕᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒋᐊᖅᑐᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᑭᓗᒃᑖᖅ ᐱᖃᑕᐅᔪᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᑕ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᓯᖅ, ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᙶᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᕆᐱᑲ ᑲᓪᓗᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓖᒪ ᐊᖑᑦᔪᐊᖅ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᖁᓪᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ. ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᑉᓯᑲᓪᓚᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒋᐊᖅᑐᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑑᒐᓗᐊᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᔪᓐᓃᖅᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒍᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᓚᐃᔪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᒡᕘᓇᒎᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓇᓱᓗᐊᖅᑕᖓ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᓕᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. “ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᕆᐊᖃᕐᓇᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕋᓱᖕᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖓ ᒥᖅᓱᔪᔪᐊᓘᒐᑉᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᔪᑉᓗᑕ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑑᑎᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᒍᑦ. ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᐊᔪᙱᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᑑᔫᔭᙱᒃᑳᖓᑉᑕ.” ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᑭᓴ ᐅᐃᔅᕗᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐱᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᓂ ᑲᑕᒃᑎᖅᑕᐅᒐᔪᖕᒪᑕ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᙱᒥᐊᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ. “ᑕᑯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖓ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᒃ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᑕᒃᑎᕆᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᑎᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᑯᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᖕᒥᔭᒃᑲ ᑕᐃᑉᑯᐊᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᑐᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᑑᑉᓗᑎᒃ. ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᔭᒃᑲ

ᓂᐱᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᖅᑖᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᓪᓗ.” ᐅᐃᔅᕗᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᑦᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒥᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᖕᒪᖔᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᒦᖦᖢᓂᒎᖅ ᐃᖕᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᓃᖦᖢᓂᒎᖅ ᐃᓄᑑᔫᔭᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓇᓱᖕᓂᖓᒍᑦ. “ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖓ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᑦᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓴᖅᖢᖓ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔪᒪᔪᑑᙱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᓯᒪᔭᕋ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᑕᒫᕐ ᒧᕐᔪᖕᓂᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᑖᒃᓯᖁᑎᖃᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᕝᕕᖕᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ. ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐅᐱᕐᖔᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᓃᖃᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᑎᖕᒪᖔᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ. “ᓴᙱᒃᑎᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ, ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᒍᓗ, ᖁᕝᕙᖅᑎᕐᓗᒍᓗ, ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᒍᓗ, ᑎᑎᕋᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᒍ, ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᐅᖅᑲᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᒍ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕉᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᑕᐅᒐᔪᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᐊᕐᔫᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ. “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᔫᔭᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕐᔪᐊᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᑉᑯᐊ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓂᐱᖃᕈᒪᔪᖓ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓗᖓ ᐃᓕᐊᕐᔫᓕᖅᑐᓂᒃ. ᑖᑉᑯᐊ ᑕᒡᕙ ᐃᓄᑑᓕᓲᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᑎᒥᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᖁᔭᒃᑲ, ᒥᐊᓂᕆᔭᐅᖁᔭᒃᑲ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕆᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖁᔭᒃᑲ.”

A4 Wednesday, September 8, 2021

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Conservative-ᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖏᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᑎᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᑭᓐᓯ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ, ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᖏᖅᑕᐅᑏᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔫᑉ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᑎᑦᑐᒪᔭᖏᑦ Northern News Services

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᓗᐊᕋ ᒪᑭᓐᓯ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᐊᕋᒥ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᒍᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 20-ᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᒪᑭᓐᓯ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ Conservative-ᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒐᓯ 16-ᒥ. ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓇᓱᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᒪᑭᓐᓯ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᙳᕈᒪᓕᓚᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ Conservative -ᑯᑎᒍᑦ Conservative-ᑯᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᑎᑕᖏᑦ ᒪᓕᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᑎᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ. “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Conservative-ᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖏᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᕈᔪᖕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ Conservative-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᒪᑕ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ‘ᐱᔨᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒥᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ.’ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᖅ Conservative-ᑯᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ.” ᑲᒪᒋᔪᒪᔭᖓᑕ ᐃᓚᖓ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᒍᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᓗᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ, ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᖅᑳᕈᑎᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᓂᖏᖅᑕᐅᑎᓂᒃ. ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ, ᒪᑭᓐᓯ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᒪᒋᓂᐊᕐᓗᒍᒎᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᓗᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᓗ ᐊᒥᓲᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕈᑎᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖓᑕ ᐃᓚᖓ ᓴᓇᔨᑖᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᒃᓴᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᑕᑯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᒐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐊᖑᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᔪᓐᓃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᑲᐅᑎᒋ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓅᑦᑐᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓂᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖢᐊᕆᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᓗᐊᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓇᔭᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ. “ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᕐᒪᑕ. ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑖᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᑦᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ.

ᐊᖏᓂᖅᐹᖑᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᓂᖏᖅᑕᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᔭᕐᒪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᖅᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᔭᖅᖢᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᑎᕐᔪᐊᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒃᓴᓄᑦ. “ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕆᒍᑉᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᒋᒍᑉᑎᒍᑦ, ᐅᔾᔨᖅᑐᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᓄᒃᑎᖅᑎᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ.” ᑲᒪᒋᓂᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ, ᒪᑭᓐᓯ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᒡᒎᖅ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒋᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᐅᑉᓗᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᑉᑯᓄᙵ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓄᑦ. “ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᖓ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᕈᑉᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑕ, ᐃᖢᐊᕋᔭᖅᑰᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᓂᓗ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓪᓚᑦᑖᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᐸᑕ, ᒪᑭᓐᓯ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᓂ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᒡᕘᓇ. “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᕌᓗᒋᐊᖃᙱᑦᑐᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᒐᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᙱᒻᒪᑕ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᙱᑕᕋ.” ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓗᕕᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ, ᒪᑭᓐᓯ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕈᒪᓇᔭᖅᑐᕉᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᓗᕕᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᐃᓗᕕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. “ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦᑕ ᐃᓗᕕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᕈᒪᔪᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐳᕙᒡᓗᒡᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑉᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓗᕕᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᓗᕕᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓯᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᓇᔭᕐᒥᖕᒪᑕ. ᒪᑭᓐᓯ 15 ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᓪᓗ. ᖃᑉᓯᑲᓪᓚᖕᓂᒃ ᒥᑭᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᖕᒥᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᖅᑎᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᐸᐃᕆᕝᕕᖓᓂᒃ ᕿᒫᕝᕕᖓᓂᓗ.

COVID-19 case detected in Rankin Inlet Symptomatic person arrived on flight

By Cody Punter Northern News Serivces

A case of COVID-19 has been detected in Rankin Inlet.

Dr. Rosann Seviour, Nunavut’s Acting Chief Public Health Officer confirmed the positive case in a press release on Sept. 3.

“The individual returned to Rankin Inlet on August 29 from travel outside of the territory and was symptomatic prior to travel,” said Dr. Seviour. “The individual was confirmed COVID-19 positive by the lab in Rankin Inlet yesterday evening and has since been medevacked to a hospital in Southern Canada.

All household contacts are isolating at home.”

Contact tracing is ongoing and the risk to the community is currently considered low. The case is

not linked to the positive wastewater signals reported last week in the community.

Out of an abundance of caution, masks are now mandatory in all public spaces in Rankin Inlet. There will be no other changes to public health measures at this time.

Last week the department of health announced that COVID-19 had been detected in waste water samples collected on August 17, 18 and 19. However there were no new cases discovered until today.

“Rankin Inlet has a large percentage of its eligible population fully vaccinated, which will help protect the population from COVID-19. I encourage everyone who is eligible for the vaccine to get it. It will help protect people from severe illness and hospitalization,” Minister of Health Lorne Kusugak said.

Last week the department of health announced that COVID-19 had been detected in waste water samples collected on August 17, 18 and 19.

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The Health department said Sept. 3 it detected COVID-19 in Rankin Inlet’s wastewater. NNSL file photo

Kivalliq shows caring for others trumps pride as COVID-19 returns Northern News Services

It seemed like it was only a matter of time. Up until last week the Kivalliq had been Covid-free since early May. Aside from the limits on indoor gatherings things seemed to be getting back to normal during the summer.

But at the end of August the GN reported that traces of COVID-19 had been found in Rankin’s waste water. Then on Sept. 3 the health department sent out the news that a positive case had been detected in Rankin Inlet after a symptomatic traveller landed in the community.

It didn’t take long until almost every community in the region blasted notices across Facebook notifying Kivalliqmiut that masks were once again mandatory in stores, offices and hamlet facilities.

Agnico Eagle quickly followed by announcing that Nunavummiut workers would be sent home from the mines.

Considering they only just returned a few months ago, one can only imagine the frustration for both workers and the company.

Alas this is where we are at.

More than two years into the pandemic, the thought that we would only need a few weeks of lockdown to “flatten the curve” now feels like a cruel joke.

The good news is that Rankin was quick to rally behind the cause. Before the the announcement on last week the number of people wearing masks indoors were few and far between.

As soon as the new case was made public the change into mask-mode was almost immediate. Between stops at the penny sale at the rec hall, the arena and the Northern Store, there wasn’t a maskless person in site (with the exception of a two young teens who were clearly making a point of being rebels with no cause at all).

The fact that other communities followed suit with mask mandates, shows that in the Kivalliq there is a strong feeling that we’re all in this together.

It may be inconvenient to have to mask up inside but it’s much better than what is currently happening in southern Canada, where cases have continued to skyrocket, leading to more deaths and concerns over a fourth wave.

Last week anti-vaccine protesters swarmed to hospitals of all places to voice their outrage. Their selfishness risked disrupting essential services, and there were tales of cancer patients being harassed as they tried to access the hospitals.

It’s one thing to not want to get the vaccine, as it’s not yet

mandatory. But the amount of entitlement and ignorance that people are displaying by putting themselves and others at risk is nothing short of appalling.

You can be anti-vaccine or not.

But the numbers don’t lie. Across Canada, the rate of COVID-19 cases are 12 times higher among unvaccinated than vaccinated people. Meanwhile, since vaccines were first rolled out at the end of last year, close to 90 per cent of reported COVID19 cases across Canada have been among those who CODY unvaccinatPUNTER are ed, according to a national public health report.

What is frustrating about this is that new COVID-19 cases that are appearing in Nunavut are all entering the territory from outside.

The OCPHO has done its fair share to make sure that communities aren’t overrun by the virus.

Their philosophy that one death is too many may seem over the top to some but judging by the number of people wearing masks since the last case was discovered, it appears that Kivalliqmiut agree.

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Conservative principles align with Inuit values, MacKenzie says

Housing crisis, mental health, Elders care and resource royalties are among MP candidate’s priorities

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet’s Laura MacKenzie says she plans to fight for all Nunavummiut if she is voted in as the next MP for Nunavut in the Sept. 20 federal election.

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Rankin Inlet’s Laura MacKenzie is running as the Conservative Party’s candidate in the next federal election, which is scheduled to take place on Sept. 20. Photo courtesy of Laura MacKenzie

MacKenzie was announced as the candidate for the Conservative Party on Aug. 16.

In her campaign launch speech, MacKenzie said she decided to run for the Conservatives because the party’s values align with Inuit ones.

“The similarity between Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Conservative principles is why I chose to run as a Conservative,” she said. “Inuit believed in pijitsirniq, which means ‘to serve others in order to improve the common good.’ This aligns with the Conservative Party’s belief in representing all Northern Canadians.”

Among the issues she hopes to address, if elected, are Nunavut’s housing crisis, mental health, Elders care and sharing of resource royalties.

In an interview with Kivalliq News, MacKenzie said tackling the housing crisis will require a multi-faceted approach.

One of her suggestions is to hire more workers in the North in order to lower the construction costs for new home builds.

She also said she would like to see more communal retirement homes built in the territory. Offering care earlier for Elders would allow them to transition into a space where they are comfortable before they develop critical health issues, she said. It would also have the added benefit of freeing up more homes for younger generations.

“Before they get into a high level of care, they should be able to live together. It would be similar to retirement homes down south,” she said.

One of her biggest plans is to keep more resource royalties in Nunavut. She said this would give Nunavummiut more control over funding and would make more money available for infrastructure and housing.

“If it’s our money and it’s in our territory, we’re going to be careful,” she said. “It’s all about devolution and bringing that back to Nunavut.”

In order to address Nunavut’s mental health gaps, MacK-

enzie said culturally sensitive resident counsellors need to be available to provide around-the-clock support to those in need.

“I really believe if we can do trauma-informed therapy delivered by Inuit in a culturally sensitive way, I think it would really work,” she said.

When it comes mandatory vaccinations, MacKenzie said while she is vaccinated and recommends others do so, she’s in favour of allowing people to make their own choice.

“You can’t force people,” she said. “Remember there was a whole residential school system where people were forced.

I don’t believe in that.”

With the growing number of graves being uncovered at former residential school sites, MacKenzie said she would like to look into the possibility of offering funding to Nunavummiut who want to visit the graves of people buried outside the territory.

“There might be families that might want to visit their remains. There might be patients that had TB, who left and never saw their family. We have to look at that moving forward and say what will we do collectively to make sure that a person can visit that grave,” she said, adding that such visits would go hand in hand with trauma-informed therapy.

MacKenzie has more than 15 years experience working for the territorial government, most of which has been in her role as director of economic development and transportation.

She has also run several small businesses in addition to being involved with several non-profits, including Rankin Inlet daycare and shelter.

MacKenzie said her experience with government and running a business make her well-suited to get things done in Ottawa.

“It’s all about being able to sell what you want to do,” she said. “It’s being able to pitch as a politician but also as an insider from within.”

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Youth-led day camp wraps up in Baker Lake

Youth from the last week of summer camp pose for a group photo outside the Vera Akumalik Visitor’s Centre.

Photo courtesy of Rachel Tagoona-Tapatai

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

Baker Lake’s Get Happy Summer Day Camp wrapped Aug. 13. The aim of the program, which was started by the Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut 2015, is to have you between the ages of 15 and 21 plus lead at least four weeks of day camps for children aged 5 to 12 years-old.

After completing initial training at the beginning of the summer the counsellors are expected to develop positive change in the community by encouraging children through physical activity and the creative arts.

According to supervisor Rachel Tagoona-Tapatai, this year nearly 100 youth registered for camp. They were led by eight staff who split the kids into four groups of 23 kids with two staff to monitor each one.

“I think this year’s camp was quite successful. The kids

looked forward to coming to camp daily,” said Tagoona-Tapatai.

Tagoona-Tapatai said running the camp was made harder than usual due to the strict COVID19 guidelines that were put in place. The windy and rainy summer also made outdoor activities more of a challenge but the counsellors and participants persevered.

“Some days it definitely was a challenge but we pushed through and we did indeed have a successful summer camp” she said.

The 2021 staff were: Rachel Tagoona-Tapatai, supervisor, Aulajuq Uquqtuq, camp counsellor, Samantha Putumiraqtuq, camp counsellor, Remie Ukpatiku, camp counsellor, Dominic Singaqti, camp counsellor, Anton Nakoolak, camp counsellor, Ashlyn Niego, camp counsellor and Trisha Aksawnee, (former) camp counsellor.

Baker Lake’s Happy Summer Day Camp hosted a pyjama party one day. Back row from left to right: Kimberly Quinangnaq, Germaine Avaala, Shameka Uquqtuq, Hilarie Quinangnaq, Xenia Nagorny, Theresa Ikuutaq, Brooke Tagoona. Front: Julia Kabloona, Layla Putumiraqtuq, Desiree Noah, Christy Rose Kadjuk.

Photo courtesy of Rachel Tagoona-Tapatai

Liam Putumiraqtuq, left, and Chase Tiktaalaaq, give it their all while doing the arm pull during an Inuit games day at the Get Happy Summer Day Camp in Baker Lake. Photo courtesy of Rachel Tagoona-Tapatai Johnson Narkyagik, left, and Milan Oklaga, practice the head pull as Jeremiah Makayak watches on from the side. Photo courtesy of Rachel Tagoona-Tapatai

Kimberly Quinangnaq, left, and Jayna Kingunkotok participating in Inuit games by doing the arm pull. Photo courtesy of Rachel Tagoona-Tapatai

Hailey Angatajuak, left, Sarah McInnis, Rachel Tagoona and Brooklyn Vera Parker in front and Eric Owingayak, Trisha Aksawnee, Angela McInnis in the back enjoy a day at camp. Photo courtesy of Rachel Tagoona-Tapatai

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Rankin Inlet installs solar panels on arena Kivalliq News

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System will make community largest independent power producer in Nunavut

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet will soon become the largest independent power producer in Nunavut thanks to the installation of solar panels on the community’s new arena.

The hamlet planned to develop the system as part of Qulliq Energy Corporation’s new Commercial and Institutional Power Producer program (CIPP), which is designed to allow existing commercial and institutional customers to generate electricity using renewable energy systems and sell it to the corporation.

“Rankin can now pride itself to not only be the first to take part in the CIPP but also the largest solar system in Nunavut,” said Klaus Dohring the president of Green Sun Rising Inc., which installed the panels.

Once up and running the system will be capable of generating a total of 110 kilowatts. Kugluktuk, which has plans to build a 500 kilowatt system is currently the largest producer with 60 kilowatts worth of solar panels on their arena.

“Rankin has dethroned them with this new system,” said Dohring.

The new system has been in the works ever since a meeting between Flynn, the president of QEC and Dohring at the Kivalliq Energy Trade Show in 2019.

It was supposed to be installed last summer but COVID-19 led to delays in materials being shipped up.

According to Rankin Inlet SAO Darren Flynn, the electricity generated by the panels will be sold to QEC. “All the electricity entering the building goes into an inverter then goes up to a 600 volt transformer that allows you to plug into the power grid,” Flynn said.

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada covered the majority of the more than $500,000 price tag for the solar panels through a grant, with the hamlet picking up a small fraction of the remaining costs, according to Flynn.

Flynn said the power bill for the new arena is approximately $400,000 per year. The hamlet estimates it will be able to sell $40,000 worth of power to QEC, annually.

In order to save energy the system is designed to put itself to sleep when it is working at less than 10-per-cent capacity.

Rankin Inlet has installed a 110 kilowatt solar panel system on the roof of its new arena. It is expected that the panels will generate $40,000 a year in revenue for the hamlet through Qulliq Energy Corporation’s new Commercial and Institutional Power Producer program. Photo courtesy of Green Sun Rising Inc. Flynn said the average between the 24 hour sunlight summer months and the dark winters will even out over the course of the year.

“In the winter we’ll probably have six weeks where it’s dormant,” said Flynn. “In the summer

months ... should be pretty close to 100 per cent.”

The community is still waiting on an electrical inspection from QEC before the system can go live. It is expected that should happen within the next few weeks.

Leadership forum unites Inuit women looking to make a difference Participants call week-long workshop a ‘success’

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

Women from across Nunavut, who want to build a better future for themselves and the territory, are hailing the Arnait Tulliningit Inuit women’s leadership forum as a success.

The name Arnait Tulliningit refers to a women’s trail in a traditional camp, which mirrors the journey of women attending the forum.

“It was very exciting to have Inuit get together to try and plan a better future,” said Taloyoak invitee Elizabeth Lyall.

Lyall was one of several dozen people who took part in the women’s forum Aug. 23 to 26.

She grew up in Rankin but now lives in Taloyoak where she is the Aboriginal Head Start coordinator, an Iliatisniq Council board member (as well as one of its founders), as well as being involved in a women’s group. Lyall said her hamlet encouraged her to attend the forum because she is involved with so many different local organizations.

The Arnait Tulliningit women’s leadership forum took place simultaneously in Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit from Aug. 23 to 26. The Rankin Inlet group consisted of executive director Arijani Haramincic, back left, Keisha Westwood, Tamar Mukyunik, Nancy Kisa; front row: Emilia Ramey, Elizabeth Lyall, and facilitator Jen Jhingoor. Cody Punter/NNSL photo

“I try to be active in what matters to me, which is helping other people better themselves,” Lyall said.

The program was originally supposed to be hosted in Rankin Inlet but bad weather meant the course ended up being divided between the Kivalliq and Iqaluit.

Throughout the week the women, who were linked between Rankin and Iqaluit via Zoom, were led through a series of workshops meant to empower and support them.

Among the topics covered were how to enhance women’s leadership at a community level, how to build capacity for new programs and seeking resources to provide such programs.

The multi-departmental approach saw speakers from all walks of life give presentations including NTI president Aluki Kotierk, Pautktuutit Inuit Women of Canada president Rebecca Kudloo and Sileema Angoyuak, president of Quliit Nunavut Status of Women.

A group of Elders was also supposed to make presentations, however due to difficulties with communicating via screen, they could not.

Lyall said one of her main focuses is trying to build up women’s self-esteem.

“You have to feel good about yourself to help others,” she said. “I know we’re good at everything in our sewing and our art, so we want to encourage each other. We can do anything when we don’t feel alone.”

Kugluktuk’s Keisha Westwood echoed the sentiment that it can be hard for women to make positive changes in their communities because they are put down or ignored by men.

“I see young women and older women belittling themselves for men but I’ve also seen the same women pack up and go hunting all by themselves. I want to help them find their voice and empower them,” Although Westwood is not sure what kind of program she wants to start she said being on the land has helped her with her own healing process. She added that being at the conference made her feel less alone in her mission.

“I personally suffer from anxiety and being able to hear that it’s not only me wanting to make a change in the mental health system that really stuck out to me,” she said.

Tamar Mukyunik from Arviat has run a taxi business for three years and is hoping to open a photo studio in her hometown in the near future. She also helped start up a women’s group in Arviat earlier this spring.

Taking part in the leadership forum made her realize how important it is to develop more programs to teach Inuit language and culture.

“We need to strengthen it, practice it, promote it, use it, speak it write it, keyboard it. Make it a priority.” she said.

She added that one of the biggest gaps in programming for Nunavummiut in need was for orphaned children.

“Everybody is into the rich and the famous and the well-educated and supporting all those people but I want to speak for the orphans. These ones are left all by themselves,” she said. “I want organizations to support them, to comfort and to feed them.”

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