Kivalliq News - March 1, 2023

Cold weather closure conundrum

Debate sparks on bad-weather shutdown policy

ᓂᒡᓚᓱᒃᑐᒥ ᓯᓚ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᒪᑐᔭᐅᓂᖓ

ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖅ ᓯᓚᑲᒻᒪᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᒥᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖅ

The best things in life are free

Lynda Paniuq and Nancy Commandant hold up some of the free maktaaq they were handing out in front of the Ikurraq Food Bank in Rankin Inlet, thanks to the Kivalliq Fish and Meat Plant, Saturday, Feb. 25. Stewart Burnett/ NNSL photo

ᓕᓐᑕ ᐸᓂᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓈᓐᓯ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᖓ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᒪᑎᒃ ᐊᑭᖃᓐᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᒪᒃᑖᕐᒥᒃ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃᓂᐊᕐᕋᒥᒃ ᐃᑯᕐᕋᖅ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᓵᖓᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᕕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕿᓕᕆᕕᒃ, ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᒃ, ᕖᕝᕗᐊᕆ 25.

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ

Record cold days hit the Kivalliq under polar vortex

Future stars compete at U13 Powerful Championship

Discussing an Elders action plan for Nunavut

Sambaa K’e

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Correction

An error appeared in the story ‘Bullying not limited to youth’ (Feb. 25, 2023, Kivalliq News). Arijana Haramincic is the assistant deputy minister of Human Resources. Kivalliq News apologizes for this error and any confusion or embarrassment it may have caused.

Kugaaruk Naujaat

Weather closures spark debate

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕼᐋᒻᒪᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᓅᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᑯᒍ ᒪᑐᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᙱᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

Gameti Behchoko

AROUND Kivalliq

with Cody Punter

Char are seen here trapped in a lake near Coral Harbour. When the out-flowing river freezes solid, the incoming water flow underground continues to flow, causing water pressure. The char here are suffering from low oxygen. Photo courtesy of Lucassie Eetuk

KIA wraps up board meeting Coral Harbour

The Kivalliq Inuit Association passed some important policies and announced a new chief operating officer at its board meeting in Coral Harbour in mid-February.

Kono Tattuinee, president of KIA, said in a news release that he was pleased to formally announce Gabriel Karlik as returning to the organization as chief operating officer.

“Gabe brings tremendous experience and knowledge and on behalf of our entire board, I am happy to welcome him back to lead our organization,” stated Tattuinee in a news release Feb. 22.

At the meetings, KIA’s board passed a motion including approval of prioritization for the Indigenous Community Infrastructure Fund with support from Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. The fund supports regional infrastructure projects, including the Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link. Also approved for support is the Sakku Innovative Building Solutions modular housing factory under construction in Arviat, new cultural centres within the Kivalliq and support for Kivalliq Alternative Energy, which has two solar projects under development in Naujaat and Coral Harbour, for a total of $52 million in the fund.

“These are important projects that will help Nunavummuit and our region for generations to come,” stated Soloman Nakoolak, Coral Harbour director. “I would also like to thank the board for electing me to sit on the Nukik Corporation Board and I look forward to help position the Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link project for success as it continues to advance.”

The next meeting is scheduled for Baker Lake this spring.

Money for water treatment plant Rankin Inlet

The federal government and the Government of Nunavut announced joint funding of $1.9 million for the design phase of water treatment plants in Rankin Inlet and Grise Fiord Feb. 24.

“Safe and clean drinking water in all communities across the North is a top priority for the Government of Nunavut,” said David Joanasie, Minister for Government and Community Services, in a news release.

“The dedication of our employees and continued collaboration with the Government of Canada will help ensure we see these critical infrastructure projects to completion.”

The funding will allow detailed designs to be developed, building upon planning studies that were funded last year.

Sanikiluaq

Rankin Inlet man suggests automated point system

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Kivalliq Local Journalism Initiative

When bad weather comes to the Kivalliq, all eyes go to Facebook, and all ears the local radio, to see which facilities will be shut down and which won’t.

Sometimes, those decisions seem to come later than many would like, spurring confusion and frantic planning when one part of town is closed but another one isn’t.

David Kakuktinniq Jr. has seen that story play out several times in recent history and has taken to social media to try to push for a new system of making bad-weather shutdown calls.

“When conditions are questionable, people wait and wait and wait to hear an update from either the hamlet or GN (Government of Nunavut),” said Kakuktinniq Jr. “A lot of the time on those questionable days, people are late. It would be nice to know whether they’re open or closed.”

He’s found support on social media from people who have also been agitated about the decision-making process.

“The people who are making the decisions, they drive a vehicle that’s paid for,” said Kakuktinniq Jr. “They don’t pay for operation or repair costs. Then you have your typical working class who they might have a family to look after and they have to take care of finding childcare on days that schools are closed but hamlet and GN are open, and you have people walking across (town) from end to end four times a day to get to and from work, morning and afternoon in 60 below or colder. Those people are affected the most and that’s who I’m speaking out for.”

The GN uses a directive, not a policy, to determine when weather should shut down operations, stated Arijana Haramincic, assistant deputy minister of Human Resources, in an email. The following factors help inform that decision: visibility less than 200 metres; constant wind speed exceeding 60 kilometres per hour; a wind chill index of -50 C or greater; status of road clearing and municipal decisions to remove road clearing machinery from roadways; and availability of taxi or other publicly available transportation services in the community. If the municipal corporation declares its road closed, that will trigger a community-wide closure for the GN as well.

“The directive doesn’t vary by community,” stated Ha-

ramincic. “Closures will be based on the weather in the community and not the region as a whole. The decision to close is determined each day.”

Asked to comment on the Hamlet of Rankin Inlet’s policy for weather shutdowns, senior administrative officer Darren Flynn replied in email that he was not prepared to discuss that as of Feb. 22, as he would be discussing it with council first. He offered to discuss it afterward.

Leonie Pameolik, senior administrative officer for the Hamlet of Coral Harbour, told Kivalliq News that when bad weather hits the community, she discusses it with the mayor and the town uses a weather closure policy similar to the GN’s.

Coral Harbour had closed its hamlet office during the cold weather. Pameolik said many office staff live on the other side of town and since school was closed, had their children at home with no sitter.

“All these things we have to look at too when it’s too cold,” she said.

“In Coral, even if it’s extreme cold, GN won’t close, unless hamlet shuts down municipal services.”

She added that if the hamlet decides to stay open, employees may take leave for safety and transportation reasons. The GN also allows staff to use their leave if they fear the weather conditions.

To eliminate confusion or inconsistent decisions, Kakuktinniq Jr. thinks an automated points system should be implemented, one that leaves no subjectivity at play.

He suggested a handful of criteria similar to what is used now could be accompanied by points depending on how severe each factor is. So, the colder it is, the more points that would count for, and the faster the wind, the more points that adds up to, etc.

“Then they could use it as a formula where if you get to X amount of points, it’s an automatic shutdown, and it wouldn’t be affected by who’s in charge like right now,” said Kakuktinniq Jr. “Because whatever is going on right now, people are not happy.”

Some commenters online support closures, while others point out how busy the stores are despite the ‘severe weather’ shutting down office work.

“People need to eat,” said Kakuktinniq Jr. when asked about that criticism of shutdowns. “That’s why they go to the store. Not everyone stocks up on groceries for the next day.”

David Kakuktinniq Jr. of Rankin Inlet suggests that the Government of Nunavut and hamlets should move to an automated point system for determining when to close services in bad weather. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Polar vortex−ᑯᑦ ᓂᐱᓂᒃ ᓇᒃᓴᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ

ᓂᒡᓕᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒧᑦ

ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᓱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒧᑦ, ᐅᖅᑰᓇᓗᐊᕈᓐᓃᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓄᕆᒨᖅᑐᓂᑦ.

“ᓴᙱᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒦᙶᖅᑐᒥᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᕕᓂᖅ ᐳᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᑉᕉᔅᑐ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᓪᓗ

ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᑦ, ᐃᓚᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ

ᑕᐃᕙᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ.

ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑖᓐᓇ vortex-ᖓ ᖁᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ

ᓯᐴᕆᐊᒥᑦ ᕼᐊᑦᓴᓐ ᐸᐃᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐅᓄᖓ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒧᑦ.

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖁᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ -44 C-ᓂᒃ ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 21-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ -43.2 C-ᒥ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 1 ᐊᒻᒪ ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 20-ᒥ. ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᕖᕝᕗᐊᕆ

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᑦ

22-ᒥᑦᑕᐅᖅ.

ᕕᕝᕗᐊᕆᒥ ᐊᑦᑎᓂᖅᐹᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ -49.8 C ᕖᕝᕗᐊᕆ 15, 1990.

“ᑕᑯᓯᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᕕᕝᕗᐊᕆᒥ ᐃᒃᑮᕐᓇᓵᕐᒪᑦ ᔮᓐᓄᐊᕆᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᓪᓚᕆᖕᒪᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᐱᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᒋᙱᑕᖓᓂᒃ.” ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 21-ᒥ -42.4 C-ᒥ, ᑭᙵᐃᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ -35.9 C.-ᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᒥᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒫᔾᔨ ᑕᑯᒐᔪᖕᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ -40-ᖏᓐᓂ C-ᒥᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᒃᑐᒥ ᑎᖕᒥᑳᕈᑎ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᒐᔪᙱᓚᖅ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᕐᓴᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓂᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐱᖓᓐᓇᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒫᑦᓯᒥ.

“ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑰᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᓱᓕ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᒃᑐᒦᒃᑲᑦᑕ

ᓂᒡᓚᓱᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᓄᕆᒨᖅᑐᒥᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎ.

“ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓇᓱᒋᔭᕋ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᓂᓪᓕᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᒃᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᖅᐸᒡᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ.”

ᒫᓐᓇ ᓂᓪᓕᓇᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑉᐱᕈᓱᑦᑐᖅ ᐆᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᐅᑎᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᐅᓯᕆᒐᔪᑦᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐄᐳᓗᒥ ᒪᐃᒥᓗ. ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒦᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᐳᑦ.

A delivery of soul food

Chesley Ford retrieves some maktaaq with Levinia Brown. Brown gave a big thank you to the Ikurraq Food Bank, fish and meat plant and all the volunteers, saying it was a wonderful gift of delicacies. Stewart

Lynda Paniuq and Nancy Commandant hold up some of the free maktaaq they’re handing out in front of the Ikurraq Food Bank in Rankin Inlet, thanks to the Kivalliq Fish and Meat Plant, Saturday, Feb. 25. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Burnett/NNSL photo

ᐊᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐆᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ

Elder advice on action plan

First of five consultations gathers Kivalliq Elders in Rankin Inlet

By Stewart

Kivalliq Elders shared messages of communication and honouring traditional Inuit knowledge at a gathering in Rankin Inlet the week of Feb. 20.

They were meeting to give their input on a Government of Nunavut Elder’s strategy.

Beth Brown, press secretary for Premier P.J. Akeeagok, relayed one Elder’s quote from the meetings that said, “I always think back. We have eyes; use our eyes. We have ears; use our ears. We have muscles; use our muscles. These are the three things we must use. The Elders back then, that life was the best because the only threat they had was the threat of starvation or sickness. When there was hardship, they would get together to talk – it is the only

way to relieve hardship or heartache.”

The GN aims to develop a strategic action plan for Elders that will guide decision-making related to programming and service delivery so that Elders can live their last years with dignity and care, while being closer to family in Nunavut.

Last week, the first of five regional gatherings of Elders took place in Rankin Inlet.

“Nunavummiut who are aging deserve to see improvements in their daily experience,” stated Akeeagok in a news release about the initiative. “This starts long before the need for specialized care. Guided by our Katujjiluta mandate, our government will work to ensure our parents and grandparents are able to age in comfort and safety at home.”

Other consultations are planned for the North Qikiqtaaluk, South Qikiqtaaluk, Kitikmeot and Ottawa.

“While we work to open long-term care cen-

tres to bring our Elders home, we know there are also gaps in service and supports for our Elders who are here now,” stated Akeeagok. “This strategy will look to coordinate exist-

ing supports in communities and help Elders navigate programs and services delivered by the GN, Inuit organizations, municipalities and non-profits.”

Kivalliq Elders meet in Rankin Inlet late February. Photo courtesy of Beth Brown

The meeting was part of the Government of Nunavut’s consultation process for an Elder’s strategy in the territory. Photo courtesy of Beth Brown

The future of Nunavut hockey compete

ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐱᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᕗᑦ

ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓂᔾᔭᐅᑎᒥᒃ, 3-2ᓂᒃ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᒎᓗᑖᖅᖢᑎᒃ.

pits eight teams in fight for gold

U13 Powerful Championship

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Rankin Inlet

Eight teams from the Kivalliq and Iqaluit squared off in the 2023 U13 Powerful Championship in Rankin Inlet Feb. 24-26. In the finals, Iqaluit edged Rankin Rock Gold 3-2 for the gold medal, with Salliq taking bronze.

ᒎᓕᒥᒃ 3-2-ᒥᒃ ᒎᓗᑖᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᓴᓪᓕᖅ ᑲᓐᓄᔭᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᖢᓂ.

ᑲᐅᓴᓐ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᖅ, ᑕᓕᖅᐱᐊᓂ, ᓇᖏᖃᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᑲᓛᒃᒥᒃ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᔨᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓛᒥᒃ.

ᓗᐊᕋᓐ ᓵᑉ ᓇᓴᕐᒥᒃ ᓇᓴᕐᒥᒃ ᐲᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᒪᑐᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᖏᑦ ᓵᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ 3-2ᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓄᑦ, ᓯᐅᕗᑖᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓂᑭᓴᐅᑎᔪᓂ.

ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᑐᑭᓕᕇᓕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ

Carson Nukapiak, right, stands with David Clark while being presented with the best defenceman award. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Edith King streaks down the ice as Arviat takes on Naujaat. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Iqaluit Blizzard players embrace each other at the final buzzer, cementing their 3-2 win over Rankin Rock Gold. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Loron Sharp removes his helmet during closing ceremonies, as his team suffered a 3-2 loss in the finals to Iqaluit, earning them silver in the tournament. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Recreation director David Clark says some closing words at the end of the tournament. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo