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ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ, ᐅᐸᒃᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᐅᐸᒃᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ

Qajuqturvik grows its reach Iqaluit food centre draws in community to get involved with food

Volume 74 Issue 19 MONDAY, September 9, 2019

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"Attendance at job fairs in southern universities is not going to make up for our shortage of qualified Inuit educators."

– John Fanjoy, president of the Nunavut Teachers' Association, on the territory's teacher recruitment crisis, page 7.

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ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᑐᖁᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

15-ᖑᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔾᔪᑎᓂ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎᐅᑉ-ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ. ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑭᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᑎᓯᔪᒥᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᔾᔭᐃᒃᑯᑎᒥᒃ ᓇᓴᕐᒥᒃ. ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᑐᓂᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᖏᓐᓂ. ᐱᕐᕈᓗᐊᕿᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑎᓴᒪᓕᖕᒥ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ ᐱᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᑐᖁᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᑐᖁᔪᒧᑦ ᐅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᒻᐳᓕ ᔭᖕ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᒧᑦ. ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐃᓄᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᕐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᒥᒃ ᐱᕐᕈᓗᐊᕿᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᓯᔪᒥᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᔾᔭᐃᒃᑯᑎᒥᒃ ᓇᓴᕐᓂ. ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᓖᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

Please see All-terrain, page 10

ᐅᒥᖕᒪᖕᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑎᑭᐅᔾᔨᕗᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ

ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᖕᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᓂ ᐊᖁᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᐳᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔨᒥ ᐅᓖᑲᑕᓕᒃ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ (HTO). ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ – ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᔾᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᑭᐊᓪᒍᕆᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᔫᓇᐃᑎᑦ ᔅᑕᐃᑦᔅᓂ – ᐱᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᖕᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᐅᔾᔨᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 21-25-ᒧᑦ. ᐅᓖᑲᑕᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ, ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ, ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔫᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒍᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐅᓄᓗᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᖑᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᖕᒪᑕ ᑐᒃᑐᓂᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᑐᕐᙱᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑎᕝᓕᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᖅᑑᕐᒥ.

Please see Muskoxen, page 10

ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ

ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ᐊᓈᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐸᓂᖓᓗ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕐᔪᐊᖅᑎᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᒥᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 1-ᒥ. ᒫᓕ ᐊᐱᐊᓇ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ $1,000-ᒥ ᖁᑦᑎᓛᖓᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒥᒃ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᒥᒃ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐸᓂᖓ ᑕᕝᕕ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᒥᖅᑯᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᒥᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐊᒻᒪᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᒫᓕᐅᑉ ᐸᓂᖓ ᒃᓛᑎᐊ ᐊᐱᐊᓇ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ $1,000-ᒥ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᒧᑦ ᐃᓯᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᒧᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ. "ᐊᓈᓇᒪ ᐊᓈᓇᓪᓚᕆᖓ ᒥᖅᓱᒃᑲᕐᔪᐊᕌᓘᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐱᐊᓯ ᓇᕼᐊᓗᓕᒃ, ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑑᑕᐅᕗᑦ," ᒃᓛᑎᐊ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐅᐱᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᓐᓂᑦ." ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᓴᓇᕐᕈᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᒫᑕ ᐳᔭᑕᖅ ᓵᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᕼᐅᒃᐱᕕᖕᒥ, ᐃᑯᐊᓪᓚᒃᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᒥᑦ.

Please see Family's, page 10

ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᖅ: ᕆᓂ ᕆᑐᕐ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᕐᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ.

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WINNER: Rene Ritter Qikiqtarjuaq

Taken on the eastern shore of Qikiqtarjuaq earlier this month.

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ᐅᒥᐊᖅᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓇᐅᔮᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 13-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ Hall ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑏᑐᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᑕ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᑦᑎᐅᓛᕋᓛᓂᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᓱᒡᔫᑉ ᐊᑖᓂ. ᐅᑎᖅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᓱᒡᔫᑉ ᐊᑖᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᖓ ᖃᓂᑦᑐᒦᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ.

Zacharie John Akkuardjuk Naujaat

We were out boating near Naujaat on Aug. 13 and went to Hall Island to have some tea, and found these baby pittiulaaq under a big rock.

We put them back under the rock afterwards because their mother was nearby.

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ᓵᓪ ᑲᓇᔪᖅ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᑯᔪᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ.

ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ

ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ

ᓯᓐᑎ ᐸᐅᑉᐸ

ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ

ᐅᔪᕈᒐ ᔭᐃᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᔭᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᒪ ᕇᑕ ᐊᕐᓇᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᑉ ᐱᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᒪ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᖓᓂ 17 ᒪᐃᔪᔅᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂᑦ, – ᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖢᖅᑑᕐᒥ.

Cindy Pauppa Arviat

Sal Kanayuk Few years back fishing at Sikuyuituk near Pangnirtung.

Pangnirtung

My nephew Jake playing with my late aunt Rita Arnayuinak's stuff down at my parents' cabin which is 17 miles away from Arviat.

ᑕᑯᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᔪᖏᑕᓯᓐᓂᒃ

ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᓯᕙᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᒃᓴᖃᖅᐲᑦ? ᐊᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᑎᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃᓗ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᕕᑦ $100ᓂᒃ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑕᒫᑦ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᒥᒃ

ᑖᒃᑯᓇᖓᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᑯᓂᑦ editor@nunavutnews.com-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔭᐅᓂᑯᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ Nunavut News, PO Box 28, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0. ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᕖᔅᐳᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᕌᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ.

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᑦ ᓇᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᒃᑯᒥᒋᔭᐅᓂᖅᐹᑦ ᑕᐅᖅᓰᖅᑕᐅᒐᔪᖕᓂᖅᐹᓪᓗ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ! ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ ᕆᓂ ᕆᑐᕐ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦ!

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ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 25, 2019 – ᐊᐃᓴᒃ ᔭᐃᑯ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕿᐊᖅ ᒪᒪᑕᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᓈᓇᖓᑕ ᐊᕝᕗᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᐅᕐᙵᕐᓂᑦ ᒪᑦᑕᑐᔭᓇᒥ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ.

Pasa Aulaqiaq Qikiqtarjuaq

Aug. 25, 2019 – Isaac Jayco Aulaqiaq enjoying his mother's fresh picked berries in Mattatujana outside of Qikiqtarjuaq.

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Qajuqturvik grows its reach, draws in community to get involved with food 'We need a lot of buy-in from people who don't face food insecurity'

By Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Iqaluit

Bit by bit, the Qajuqturvik Food Centre is shifting its focus from the old concept of a soup kitchen to a centre with a wide range of communitybased programs intended to improve food security and food sovereignty.

"I'd say a lot of our work is basically just shedding the image of a soup kitchen, because it's not just what we do. We do a lot more than that. And we're trying to do increasingly more things," said executive director Wade Thorhaug.

"There are people that have been in the community for many years and they have sort of preconceived notions about what we are as an organization. It surprises them to see the kinds of things that we're doing."

One example is the preemployment culinary skills program. That program has been offered several times since the fall of 2018.

Thorhaug says some who enroll in the training don't finish the program for a variety of reasons, some go on to other opportunities and some find work in the field. Some have also been employed by Qajuqturvik as support staff.

"The group we're actually finishing up right now, most of them have offers with employers, either in town or in the territory," said Thorhaug.

Mosesee Petooloosie has been taking the training during the third offering over the summer. He stretched into the experience when he was asked to work directly under the chef and co-ordinate other program participants.

"I like the crew here," he stated on Qajuqturvik's Facebook page.

"I've learned a lot about food safety, knife skills, leadership, teamwork. I didn't realize how much responsibility a sous chef has. My goal is to work as a cook in a restaurant."

Most recently, Qajuqturvik has been extending its reach outside Iqaluit thanks to funding from the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation, along with funds from Indigenous Services Canada.

While only one or two participants will come from outside Iqaluit this fourth round beginning in mid-September, Thorhaug says Qajuqturvik is just getting started.

"We have funding to operate it year-round for three years," he said.

For those coming in from another community, housing is provided for the duration

of the three-month program.

That's beyond the $15-perhour training stipend.

"At some point, if we have the staffing capacity, we might actually set up workshops in other communities.

But for the time being, we're just we're bringing people in," Thorhaug said.

The food centre also has plans to extend its reach in Iqaluit. This complements the already-existing after-school programming for Iqaluit students.

"Last year we had two sessions a week with students from neighbouring Nakasuk School. Attendance was an average of 11 kids per session. Basically, the idea of that is just to get kids comfortable with food and getting them creative, getting their creative juices flowing, getting them comfortable with working in the kitchen or working with knives, and the rudimentary points of baking," said Thorhaug, adding he'll be dropping off applications at schools this week.

Beyond that, Qajuqturvik hired a food skills coordinator who will be starting in a couple of weeks.

"Her role will be to develop additional programming either around food skills or really just any sort of drop-in programming that might interest the community," said Thorhaug. "We'll definitely be conducting a

community-wide survey consultation to determine what people want to see at this space."

In the meantime, Qajuqturvik is looking to start with drop-in community kitchens, cooking classes and workshops on topics such as growing, composting, kombucha-making and fermentation.

And, of course, the food centre continues to offer its lunch service – serving up to 80 visitors a day – and, over the past year, until this summer, it provided the Uquutaq Men's Society shelter with evening meals.

Qajuqturvik, which also depends on a group of 10 to 20 volunteers, will hold its annual general meeting sometime this fall.

"There's still a lot more progress that can be made on this. I definitely want to reach out to the community more and try to get them involved.

I want this to be seen as a place that people don't feel they have to go, that they actually want to go to," said Thorhaug.

"To remove that stigma of poverty because we want this to be a community organization of everybody, and nobody should have to feel shame for coming here. In order for that to happen, we need a lot of buy-in from people who don't face food insecurity or issues of poverty in their lives."

ᒨᓯᓯ ᐲᑦᑐᓘᓯ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᖅ ᐱᖓᔪᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥᑦ, ᐲᔭᐃᕗᖅ ᓇᓅᑉ ᓂᕿᖓᓂ ᓴᐅᓂᖓᓐᓂ.

Mosesee Petooloosie, who is taking the third offering of the Iqaluit Qajuqturvik Food Centre's pre-employment culinary skills program, strips polar bear meat from the bone. photo courtesy Qajuqturvik Food Centre

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$1.25M claim filed against GNWT following barge cancellation Nunavut property developer says government ought to have known it could not fulfill pledge to deliver material on time

By Brendan Burke

Northern News Services

Kitikmeot

A Nunavut-based construction company impacted by last year's barge cancellation has filed a $1.25 million claim against the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and its transportation service, citing damages as a result of negligence on behalf of the government.

CHOU Consulting and Development Inc., a residential and commercial property developer, contracted the GNWT-owned Marine Transportation Service (MTS) in April 2018 to ship building materials from Hay River to Cambridge Bay. The materials – estimated to be worth $690,000 – were to be used primarily for the construction of a four-plex condominium in the community, according to a statement of claim filed in federal court on Aug. 23.

After the construction company delivered the cargo to the loading port in Hay River before a July 1,

2018 deadline, the firm was told the shipment would be delayed. The company was assured the cargo would arrive by October 2018, according to the statement of claim.

In early October of last year, the GNWT cancelled the barge service, blaming thick ice and bad fuel that had to be returned, which Infrastructure Minister Wally Schumann called "unprecedented." The service cancellation left the NWT community of Paulatuk, along with Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk in Nunavut, without critical supplies, including diesel fuel, hunting essentials, construction materials and vehicles.

Businesses awaiting cargo were left in the lurch, while residents expressed frustration, anger and confusion.

When the GNWT promised CHOU Consulting and Development Inc. the cargo would be delivered by October 2018, according to the statement of claim, the government knew, or ought to have known, that its promise couldn't be kept.

"The Minister and other defend-

ants were aware that MTS had fully GNWT airlifted priority supplies committed its marine resources to and goods to the affected comdeliver cargo relating to contracts munities. The rest of the cargo was concluded with other commercial stored in Inuvik, and was to be parties, including a major contract shipped during this year's barge seawith the Government of Alaska, son.

While CHOU received some of such that it would be impossible its cargo by air during to deliver the cargo at the winter, the bulk the time promised," of the supplies were the statement of claim left in Inuvik, where alleges. it sustained damaged Following the initial due to negligence on delay, it's alleged the the government's part, GNWT, either deliberately or by negligence, the claim alleges. made statements they A failure to properly store and handle knew or ought to have the supplies led to known were untrue – statement of claim significant moisture when it repeatedly told against the GNWT damage and contamthe company its vessels ination, according to weren't being diverted to deliver other cargo, and that delay court documents.

The construction company says in the delivery was due to ice and weather conditions it "knew ves- improper storage also resulted in sels had otherwise been engaged some supplies freezing, while the and were therefore not available to mishandling of a forklift caused deliver the shipment." extensive damage to machinery.

Following the scrapped cargo "They took no steps, or took delivery to those communities, the inappropriate or insufficient steps,

"They took no steps, or took inappropriate or insufficient steps."

to mitigate the damage ... despite being able to do so," the claim states.

The government's failure to deliver the cargo "when it was able to do so," coupled with the damage sustained to the supplies, amounted to a breach of contract, states CHOU. The company says the GNWT and its marine transportation service made reassurances about the cargo's timely delivery they knew or should have known were "false, callous egregious and high handed," court documents show.

The company is seeking $750,000 in general damages for breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation and negligence, along with $250,000 in special damages.

Punitive damages – civil penalties meant to curb or correct conduct from large institutions and governments – to the tune of $250,000 are also being sought by CHOU Consulting and Development Inc. The GNWT has 30 days from the time the claim was filed to respond to the allegations.

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Ask teachers about recruitment crisis, union president says Government still straining to find another 56.5 teachers with the school year in progress

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Nunavut

The school year is underway across the territory and the Department of Education is still racing to fill 56.5 positions.

Nunavut's teacher recruitment crisis is worse than elsewhere in Canada because of the low teacher retention rate, according to John Fanjoy, president of the Nunavut Teachers' Association.

An increase in violence in the ter-

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ritory's schools, stressful workloads and covering for vacant positions that the Department of Education hasn't been able to fill are contributing to the recruitment and retention problem, said Fanjoy.

The department needs to stop spending money on consultants from outside Nunavut to study the issue, and instead "desperately needs to start listening to the educators who are here," Fanjoy said.

"Attendance at job fairs in southern universities is not going to make

up for our shortage of qualified Inuit educators," he said. "It's time to look within to see what the pressing issues are, and what priorities need to be addressed to maintain current staff and promote and support the profession of teaching in Nunavut, which would alleviate the need for teacher recruitment."

Asked to elaborate on increasing violence in schools, Fanjoy said his comments are based on first-hand accounts from teachers and community members. Associated statis-

Inuit teachers in Nunavut elementary and secondary schools

Qikiqtani region

Apex, Nanook School – 3 Arctic Bay, Inuujaq School – 12 Cape Dorset, Sam Pudlat School – 6 Cape Dorset, Peter Pitseolak School –2 Clyde River, Quluaq School – 14 Grise Fiord, Ummimak School – 3 Hall Beach, Arnaqjuaq School – 10 Iglulik, Ataguttaaluk Elementary School – 13 Iglulik, Ataguttaaluk High School – 2 Iqaluit, Aqsarniit School – 4 Iqaluit, Inuksuk High School – 4 Iqaluit, Joamie School – 4 Iqaluit, Nakasuk School – 6 Kimmirut, Qaqqalik School – 4 Pangnirtung, Alookie School – 13 Pangnirtung, Attagoyuk School – 6 Pond Inlet, Nasivvik School – 5

Pond Inlet, Ulaayuk School – 12 Qikiqtarjuaq, Inuksuit School – 6 Resolute Bay, Qarmartalik School – 2 Sanikiluaq, Nuiyak School – 8 Sanikiluaq, Paatsaali School – 5

Kivalliq region

Arviat, Levi Angmak Elementary School – 7 Arviat, Qitiqliq Middle School – 3 Arviat, John Arnalukjuak High School –2 Baker Lake, Jonah Amitnaaq Secondary School – 1 Baker Lake, Rachel Arngnammaktiq Elementary School – 0 Chesterfield Inlet, Victor Sammurtok School – 0 Coral Harbour, Sakku School – 0 Naujaat, Tuugaalik High School – 0

Naujaat, Tusarvik Elementary School –1 Rankin Inlet, Simon Alaittuq School –1 Rankin Inlet, Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik –1 Rankin Inlet, Leo Ussak Elementary School – 1 Whale Cove, Inuglak School – 1

Kitikmeot region

Cambridge Bay, Kiilinik High School –5 Cambridge Bay, Kullik Ilihakvik – 3 Gjoa Haven, Qiqirtaq Ilihakvik – 4 Gjoa Haven, Quqshuun Ilihakvik – 10 Kugaaruk, Arviligruaq Illiniarvik – 12 Kugluktuk, Kugluktuk High School – 5 Kugluktuk, Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik – 1 Taloyoak, Netsilik Ilihakvik – 13 Source: Department of Education

tics have not been kept to date but that's about to change, he said. The teachers' association is working with the Department of Education on a joint Safe Schools and Anti-Violence Committee that will be tasked with devising violence reduction strategies in schools. There will also be a related incident reporting and data compilation system, he noted.

The greatest need for teachers is in the Qikiqtani region, which had 43.5 positions yet to be filled as of Sept. 3. There were 11 vacancies in the Kitikmeot and two in the Kivalliq, stated Tracey MacMillan, assistant deputy minister with the Department of Education.

The facilities with the biggest shortfall of teachers are Inuujaq School in Arctic Bay and Arnaqjuaq School in Hall Beach, both with 4.5 vacancies. Quluaq School in Clyde River requires 3.5 educators while Kiilinik High School in Cambridge Bay is lacking three teachers.

The majority of new hires for the Qikiqtani region come from Ontario and Nunavut, while most new staff in the Kivalliq relocate from Ontario and British Columbia and the bulk of the Kitikmeot's hires come from Ontario, according to MacMillan.

A total of 15.5 teaching positions ultimately remained unfilled during the 2018-19 school year.

Coping strategies used when there's a dearth of teachers include hiring substitutes; having existing staff complete their work after students are dismissed for the day; and modifying teachers' schedules to meet student needs and programming requirements, said MacMillan.

Prior to resorting to cancelling classes, principals are instructed to convert themselves to teaching duties as are vice-principals, student support teachers and learning coaches. That means those individuals

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᔮᓐ ᕚᓐᔪᐊᐃ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᐊᕈᓐᓃᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓈᓚᖔᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᐸᑦᑏᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ.

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Nunavut Teachers' Association president John Fanjoy says the Department of Education needs to stop hiring outside consultants and instead must listen to its own teachers to resolve retention issues. must complete their regular duties after school hours, MacMillan explained.

Other actions taken to prevent the cancellation of classes include moving students into different classes or combining multiple classes under one teacher and adjusting the staffonly dates in the school calendar to reduce the dates students are missing classes, MacMillan added.

Youths suspected of starting fire that closed Kugluktuk High School, mayor says

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Kugluktuk

It's believed youths were responsible for starting a Tuesday evening fire under Kugluktuk High School that forced the facility to remain closed on Wednesday, Mayor Ryan Nivingalok says.

The fire affected the soffit space under the building and the crawl space floor inside the building. It's expected it will cost less than $100,000 to make repairs, according to the Department of Community and Government Services.

Neither Nivingalok nor senior administrative officer Don LeBlanc knew the full extent of the damage but the amount of smoke that entered the building was extensive, according to LeBlanc. Approximately 15 firefighters responded to the blaze at close to 7 p.m. It took almost two hours to extinguish.

The hamlet hired two individuals to

remain at Kugluktuk High School after the fire as a security precaution, LeBlanc added.

Nivingalok said the fire attracted numerous onlookers and raised alarm in the community.

"When you're talking about the school, that's major," said Nivingalok. "Everybody's concerned ... it's tough to deal with."

Jimmy Hikok Illihakvik, the community's elementary school, opened on Wednesday morning but was closed for the afternoon because the schools share infrastructure that proved to be problematic as a result of the fire, LeBlanc said.

The high school and elementary school both opened for the year on Aug. 14.

Due to school fires in Cape Dorset and Kugaaruk, the Government of Nunavut's insurance payments for schools climbed to $1,519,888 in 2017-18 from $190,730 in 2015-16.

The investigation into Tuesday's fire in Kugluktuk is ongoing.

ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᑖᓂ ᐃᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᐹᓂ ᐅᓐᓄᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ ᖃᒥᑎᑕᐅᓇᓱᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᒪᑐᓯᒪᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᖓᔪᐊᓐᓂ.

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A fire set under Kugluktuk High School on Tuesday evening took about two hours to extinguish and forced the school to remain closed Wednesday.

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ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒧᑦ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ – ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᐃᕝᕕᑦᑕᐅᖅ – ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓇᖅᓯᒋᕗᖅ. ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᕗᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑭᒃᓴᓗᐊᖅᐳᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔩᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᖃᙱᓗᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓂᑦ. ᐅᓇ, ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ, ᓄᑖᖑᓗᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᙱᓚᖅ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᒍᓱᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᖓᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ, ᑐᓴᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᓇᑲᓱᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔫᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕖᑦ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᕈᓐᓃᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᐅᑉ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᒥ ᓄᓇᖓ ᐊᑭᑐᓛᖓᓃᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᓴᓂᕐᕙᐃᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓴᓇᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᓱᕋᑦᑎᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒃᓱᕉᓴᖕᓂᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᖅᑲᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᒃᓴᓄᑦ. ᑕᑯᔪᒪᓇᔭᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕉᓴᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᓛᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖓᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓄᑦ

ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓂᒃ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᑲᓱᒃᑐᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓂᒃ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖅᓴᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕋᒍ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ. ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᒻᒪᕆᒃ, ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔩᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ-ᐱᕈᖅᓴᔭᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᒻᒥ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᒥᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᓱᓕ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᐊᕆᕗᑦ ᓴᙱᒃᑎᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᓲᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓐᓂ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᕗᖅ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ. ᐅᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᙱᒃᑯᓂ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᐊᒃᓱᕉᓴᖕᒥᖕᒪᑕ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᙱᓕᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᔭᒃᓴᖃᓗᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᒃᑕᖃᐅᙱᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᒪᑕ, ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑭᖑᑉᐱᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᙱᑦᑑᕗᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓗᐊᙱᓚᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐆᒥᖓ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒦᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

ᐃᓐᓄᐃᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᑎᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔪᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᓐᓇᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓲᖑᒋᕗᖅ. ᓇᓗᓇᙱᓚᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓂᒦᙱᑉᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᒃᑯᑐᐊᖅ. ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓇᑎᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐅᕿᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᑦ ᐅᕿᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᔅᓯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᕐᓂᑦ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑑᔮᕋᔭᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂ. ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓃᒃᑯᕕᑦ, ᐃᓴᒡᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐱᕆᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᓐᓇᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᖅᐱᑦ ᐅᕿᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒃᓱᕉᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖃᖅᐳᑦ. ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓃᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓗᓂ ᕿᑐᕐᙵᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐸᖅᑭᓲᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᓅᑎᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐱᐅᙱᓐᓂᖃᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓱᕈᓯᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᙳᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ, ᓄᖅᑲᕆᐊᖃᙱᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐃᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᑭᓱᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥᑦ.

Your homework assignment for the year Northern News Services

Now that kids are all back to school – and maybe you are, too – it's time for the homework to begin.

Once again, our schools start short-staffed, and teachers and students start the year feeling the added pressure of larger classes and under-resourced teachers.

This is, of course, not a new problem. But it is getting harder to accept as the norm.

In Iqaluit, we've heard that both Nakasuk and Joamie schools are running out of space for the city's growing population. In a city where land is already at a premium and in a territory where money set aside for schools has had to be used to rebuild those destroyed by fire, the pressure continues to build in those aforementioned classrooms.

We'd like to see some of that pressure passed on to the Department of Education, who should be doing a better job of selling the virtues of educating the next generation of leaders, teachers, and workers.

The department should be planning much farther ahead and building policy that gets teachers to sign with Nunavut before other jurisdictions come knocking.

The issue:

Staffing levels

We say:

Be that first teacher

The department should be improving policies that get those teachers to stay longer than one year. Even better, teachers should be home-grown and ready to teach Inuktitut. While this is less of an issue in the smaller communities, it is still enough of an issue to mention.

The department should also be working on strengthening laws that protect Inuit language. This is important work.

And perhaps we've been too hard on the department over the past few years. Because if this work is not getting done, it's because the department, too, is struggling to get out of crisis mode, with too much to do and not enough people to do it.

Now that senior leaders are jumping ship, the progress falls back a step or two. It's not a good news story.

We're not sure what can be done to support the government, our teachers and students in this crisis.

Building infrastructure requires money and time. Filling teaching vacancies requires connecting with qualified and interested teachers, and that, too, takes time.

It's evident that the government is not in the position to do the job on its own.

You can help. Consider ways you can find time to contribute to the process as a teacher, volunteer, or district education authority director.

Lighten the load for your community's teachers by offering your skills in whatever way seems appropriate for the needs of their classes.

If you are in government, reach out to the Department of Education and ask what you can do to help ease their burden.

Everyone has work to do. For those of us on the outside who can't help directly, even speaking up on behalf of our children and those who care for them helps move the conversation forward.

There is a lot of negativity, sometimes for good reason, but if we want to see a Nunavut where our children become leaders who are honouring the Nunavut Agreement, we can't stop reminding our leaders and bureaucrats what the priorities are to achieve that goal.

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Recognize our housing needs From the early developments of Northern Canada, as a result citizens in Whitehorse that prompted them to build tiny homes of sovereignty and the Cold War era, the government of the day for the homeless and it was from the example of this project that has not resolved the issue of housing Cambridge Bay will introduce this pilot needs across Nunavut. The Aboriginal project. Nunavut does not have to wait People's Television Network did a brief to see how this pans out, Kivalliq and investigative program on this serious Qikiqtani should begin the process as Harry Maksagak is a Cambridge matter but in my view could have been well and plan for mini-homes in their Bay resident and former more assertive with the inclusion of respective regions. This will be in line underground miner at the Lupin more senior housing personnel along with the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit pringold mine. He has been married for 43 years and has five children, ciple of serving and providing for family with their technical staff in addressing 28 grandchildren and four and/or community. this basic human right. great-grandchildren.

In previous issues, I talked about I've mentioned many times how institutions and departments are not stansome qualities of good leadership and dalone but need to be engaged with all how these would influence those they the social entities in serving the people of Nunavut. When we serve as well as those they deal with. If these leaders would talk about housing, we see that Justice, Family Services, Health, think and act with a heart of flesh, much would be accomEducation, Economic Development, hamlets, the Inuit organiza- plished for Nunavummiut through all the departments and institions, Nunavut Tunngavik, Arctic College, mining interests and tutions. Is not government of the people, by the people and for the Government of Nunavut with the Government of Canada all the people?

It is well known and documented that a happy, healthy have a close connection to housing. people engage and contribute to their families, community and We are now moving into the fall season and the temperatures are already dropping, and many of our units are in need begin to look beyond and engage on a larger scale and in our of major repairs and updates. The wait list continues to grow case, across Nunavut. I'd like to bring to remembrance the situand the frustration and disappointment of our potential tenants ation of a First Nations situation in the interior of British Colgrows. umbia in the community of Williams Lake and how 'one' indiIn my community of Cambridge Bay alone we see that at the vidual woke up one morning and said, "Enough is enough". He 2016 survey or census, our population stood at 1985 and countand his wife were actually the leaders of this community and ing. At the recent June sitting of the housing association's annual they turned things around by setting the example of sobering general meeting, there were 297 public housing units available up and good things came out for their people, children, elders with a waitlist of 141 and counting. and the community; a good example of working together for a Everything about federal government assistance works out common cause.

Keep the conversation alive, talk to those who will listen and in a formula divided by the three territories, Yukon, NWT and press your MLA in recognition of our housing needs.

Nunavut. I believe it was the initiative of a group of concerned

In my View

ᐃᒡᓗᑖᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ

ᑕᐃᒪ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐸᐸᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᒐᕙᒪᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖏᑉᐳᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᓚᕕᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᒍᑎᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕆᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᔭᓚᐅᕋᓱᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᒋᐊᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᒋᔭᐅᖕᒪᑦ. ᐅᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᕗᖓ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᓪᓗ ᑖᒃᑯᐊᑐᐊᖑᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᒪᒋᐊᖃᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂᒃ. ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓕᕌᖓᑦᑕ, ᖃᐅᔨᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᓚᒌᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᖅᐸᒃᑐᓪᓗ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ, ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ, ᕼᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᓕᕋᑦᑕ ᓯᓚ ᓂᒡᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ. ᐃᒡᓗᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᙱᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᓯᐊᒥ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ 2016ᒥ ᓈᓴᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ 1985-ᓂᒃ ᓱᓕ ᐊᒥᓱᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᑲᑎᒪᓵᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᔫᓐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ,

ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ/Apex street talk with Michele LeTourneau

ĪØùÕúò∆¿ ᕼᐊᐅᓕ ᒪᒃᓴᒐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᐅᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓗᐱᓐᑯᑦ ᒍᓗᓯᐅᕐᕕᕕᓂᖓᓂ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑲᑎᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ 43-ᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕋᒍᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ 5 ᕿᑐᖓᖃᖅᓱᓂ, 28-ᓂᒃ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᖃᖅᓱᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ

ᓯᑕᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᒪᐅᖃᐅᓕᖅᓱᓂ.

297-ᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᓪᓗ 141-ᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒍᑎᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᕕᒃᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᔪᑳᓐᒥᐅᓪᓗ. ᑕᐃᒪ ᐃᓱᒫᒍᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᕙᐃᑦᕼᐅᐊᔅᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᖁᔨᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᒥᑭᔫᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖃᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᓯᐊᒥ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᒋᐊᖃᙱᑉᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᓪᓗ, ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥᐅᓪᓗ ᐱᒋᐊᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᐊᓛᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᒪᓕᖕᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᓗ ᐃᓚᒌᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ/ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ. ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔭᓐᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᕗᖓ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᓴᖑᑎᑦᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᑦᑑᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᑦᓯᐊᕈᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ. ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑕ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ

"ᑭᓱᒥᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐱᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓂ?"

ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ: ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕕᓯᐅᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᖅᓯ?

MIKAN no. 3195029 ᕆᔅᓱᑦ ᕼᐃᐊᕆᖕᑎᓐ/ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕋᙳᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᖁᓕᑦᑕᐅᔭᕐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᕐᒥ. ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ, 1949. ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᖅᐲᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓃᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᕐᒦᑦᑐᑦ? ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᓱᓂ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, ᖃᓪᓗᓇᑎᑐᑦ, ᐅᐃᕖᖅᑎᑐᓪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓗᓂ, ᑐᕋᒐᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᕐᓃᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᖁᖅᓯᓯᒪᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᑎᑎᖃᑐᖃᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᕕᓂᕐᓂᒡᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐋᑐᕚᒥ. ᓄᑕᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᕕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐸᐸᑦᑎᕕᖕᒥ (ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᓕᒃ www.collectionscanada.ca/inuitᒥᒃ). ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᐃᑦ. ᐊᑏᑐᖅ ᑐᔪᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐅᕙᓂ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᓕᖕᒥ photo@nnsl.com ᐅᕝᕙᓗᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᑐᔪᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕗᖓ Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R1

Project naming: Do you know your elders?

MIKAN no. 3195029 Richard Harrington/Library and Archives Canada photo Inuk woman wearing a floral parka in an igloo.

Kugluktuk, 1949.

Can you help identify the people in this old photograph?

Project Naming is a trilingual Web exhibition and searchable photographic database available in Inuktitut, English and French. The goal of this project is to identify Inuit in the photographic collections of Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.

The new information is added to these historical photographs at (www.collectionscanada.ca/inuit). Come visit.

Please send submissions to photo@nnsl.com or mail to Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᖕᓂ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓂᓗ. ᑕᐃᒪ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒋᔭᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᙶᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ? ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᒐᔪᒃᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓚᒌᓂᒃ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᑎᑐᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂᒃ. ᐃᖅᑲᐃᑎᑦᓯᒍᒪᕗᖓ ᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐳᕆᑎᔅᑲᓚᑉᐱᐊᒥ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ Williams Lake-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ 'ᑐᐸᒃᖢᓂ ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ, "ᑕᐃᒪᑲᓚᐅᖅ, ᑕᐃᒪᑲᓚᐅᖅ". ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓕᐊᕇᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᕆᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᒋᔭᐅᒍᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᓄᖅᑲᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᓗ ᓄᖅᑲᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ, ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᒃ; ᐆᒃᑑᑎᖃᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓇᖅᐸᒡᓗᒋᑦ, ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂᓗ ᓈᓚᓕᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᒥᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᖕᓄᑦ.

ᒨᓴ ᓄᕿᙵᖅ "ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ."

ᐳᕋᓐᑕᓐ ᖃᑦᓴᖅ "ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖅ."

Mosha Nuqingaq "Working hard."

Brenden Qatsaq "Science."

"What are you looking forward to this school year?" ᐋᑐᕐ ᐴᑎᐊᐃ "ᐱᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᒧᑦ 6-ᒧᐊᓛᕐᓂᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓛᖅᑐᒥ."

ᑳᒧᕆᓐ ᓵᑉ "ᓇᐃᓴᐅᓯᕆᓂᖅ."

Cameron Sharpe "Math."

Arthur Pothier "Having a good school year and going into Grade 6 next year."

ᓇᑖᓴ ᐊᓄᒑᖅ "ᓇᐃᓴᐅᓯᕆᓂᖅ."

ᐳᕋᓐᑕ ᑲᓪᓗᒃ "ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖅ."

Brenda Kalluk "Science."

Natasha Anawak "Doing math."

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Muskoxen sports hunt brings money and meat Taloyoak Taloyoak's first muskoxen sports hunt provided work for five local outfitters and three boat operators, and it also put meat on the tables of many homes in the community, said Jimmy Oleekatalik, manager of the Taloyoak Hunters and Trappers Organization (HTO).

The hunting party of four – comprising two clients from Calgary and two from the United States – managed to harvest three muskoxen with help from the local guides Aug. 21 to 25.

Oleekatalik said the HTO, based on direction from the community, decided a couple of years ago to designate some muskoxen tags for sports hunts because the huge animals are too numerous and they deter caribou from migrating and calving on Boothia Peninsula.

"The guides are happy that they got some money, some wages," he said, adding that there are plans to expand the sports hunt next year.

More than half of the muskoxen meat was divided among local residents, Oleekatalik noted.

"It's very beneficial for every-

body," he said.

– Derek Neary

Resource centre launches photo project for FASD awareness month For the new Piruqatigiit Resource Centre's first foray into International FASD Awareness Month, it has planned a full slate of activities for Iqalungmiut and a special territorywide project.

Piruqatigiit, located in Iqaluit and founded by executive director Jennifer Noah, provides information, support and programming for Nunavummiut with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), diagnosed or not, and their loved ones.

"We've had so much shame and stigma – even through the Government of Nunavut's past campaigns – that we're trying to steer away from, and message more about a community-centred approach: that all of us have a responsibility to help support moms and healthy pregnancy and families," said Noah.

"We mostly focus on folks who are already impacted with FASD, and building capacity, promoting dignity and well-being and connection, and being integrated

in the community."

Noah says that includes "having other service providers and departments and systems to be really FASD-informed and aware so they can better support folks, because when people are understood and accommodated, they can thrive and function just as well as somebody who doesn't have a neurodevelopmental disability."

In Iqaluit, beginning Sept. 7, a variety of events will take place and those are listed on the resource centre's Facebook page.

For the territory as a whole, Piruqatigiit has launched a photo story project and is asking for contributions.

"Pictures that respond to any one of the theme questions. What we're trying to do is really break down stigma. And yes, the photos in the photo storybook will be about FASD, but it's really through a lens of what makes you feel included, who makes you feel loved, when do you feel supported, how do you like to spend your time," said Noah.

"We're hoping to get photos from across the territory. It'll be translated into Inuktitut and Inuinaqtuun, and English. We're trying to unify people in seeing FASD

through a strength-based lens."

The resource centre is guided by an advisory circle, and works closely with elders and other knowledgeable Inuit community members, "to really anchor our messaging and everything that we're doing from Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit lens, as well."

– Michele LeTourneau

All-terrain vehicle safety training Qausuittuq/Resolute Tragedy in Resolute has led to efforts to improve safety.

Fifteen residents completed an all-terrain vehicle safety workshop in mid-August. Everyone who finished the session received a complimentary helmet.

RCMP officers led the event, providing information on safe handling of the vehicles and answering participants' questions.

An accident involving a fourwheeler in the hamlet last year resulted in two deaths. A family member of one of the deceased approached the municipality to request the safety workshop, said Kimberly Young, the community's senior administrative officer. That

individual also made a presentation during the workshop, sharing how painful it is to lose a relative to an accident and emphasizing the importance of wearing a helmet.

The hamlet tapped into its wellness funding to cover expenses for the session.

– Derek Neary

Family's talents on display in fashion show Uqsuqtuuq/Gjoa Haven A mother and daughter were among the big winners at the Umiyaqtutt Festival fashion show on Sept. 1.

Mollie Apiana earned the $1,000 top prize in the traditional clothing category. Her daughter Zuri modelled the beautiful fur-lined garment during the popular event.

Meanwhile, Mollie's daughter Claudia Apiana was awarded $1,000 for the best entry in the modern clothing division.

"My mom's real mother was a great sewer, Bessie Nahalolik, so I guess it kinda runs in the family," Claudia said. "I am very proud to be part of my family."

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15 ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᑎᓯᔪᓂᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᔾᔭᐃᒃᑯᑎᓂᒃ ᓇᓴᕐᓂᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

Fifteen residents in Resolute completed an all-terrain vehicle safety workshop in August and received new helmets as a reward.

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In the traditional tools category, Martha Puyataq prevailed by submitting a hukpivik, which is a fire starter.

Second place finishers took home $750 each.

They were Susie Konana for traditional clothing, Wendy Poodlat for modern clothing and Jimmy Qirqqut for traditional tools.

Third place amounted to $500. Margaret Keknek (traditional clothing), Flora Arqviq (modern clothing) and Alvin Palongayak (traditional tools) came in third.

– Derek Neary

Iqaluit artist Kaleigh Rose Tagak wins top prize Nunavut Arctic College student Kaleigh Rose Tagak was named Nunavut's winner of the 2019 BMO 1st Art! Competition for the sculpture Night Guide.

Tagak, a second-year student in the jewelry and metalwork program, was introduced to art as a child.

"My earliest memory with art is that I shaded superawesome looking Northern Lights and all my classmates were like, 'Oh my gosh, that looks so real!'", she said by email.

The win, which comes with a $7,500 cash prize, surprised the 19-year-old artist.

"I knew that it was pretty good, but I honestly wouldn't have thought that other people outside my family, friends, instructors and colleagues would think the same," Tagak said.

"I'm also excited and grateful that I won because it means other people like it, as well, and knowing that makes me feel more confident with my work and inspires me to create more."

Tagak explains the piece tells a made-up story of the Night Guide: the caribou's role is to guide the spirits of the plants, animals and humans of this land to the Northern Lights where they shall stay and dance until

they are ready to move on.

"The part about human spirits dancing with the Northern Lights is from a legend from my culture, the Inuit culture; the rest is made up," she said.

As she worked on the piece, merging her imagination with the material she was working with, the legend and someone she knew came to mind.

"In emotional value, it means a lot to me. It's a huge piece that I finished within a reasonable amount of time.

It's the first time I've worked with antler, and the first time I made a spoon. It's inspired by a beautiful legend from my culture that I've known since childhood, and it holds the memory of someone I knew," said Tagak.

The young artist says she dreams of being a full-time artist.

"Though I'm not sure what I really want to do in the future, but for sure whatever it is will be art-related."

The annual competition, in its 17th year, aims to support budding Canadian artists during their transition out of school and into the next phase in their careers.

All 13 winners – one national and 12 regional – were selected from a pool of 291 submissions, according to the news release.

Winning pieces will be displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto from November 26 to December 16, with winners travelling to Toronto from across Canada for the exhibition opening.

– Michele LeTourneau

Kunuk's latest project to screen at TIFF Toronto Acclaimed director Zacharias Kunuk's latest project, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk, will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sept. 13, Isuma Distribution International announced Sept. 3.

photo courtesy of Kimberley Young

ᒫᑕ ᐳᓪᓚᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓯᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᓄᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᒥᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 1–ᒥ. ᐅᐃᓐᑎ ᐳᓪᓚᑦ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᓂ.

Martha Poodlat models the second prize winning entry in the modern clothing category at the Umiyaqtutt Festival Fashion Show on Sept.

1. Wendy Poodlat designed the outfit.

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Kunuk, writer-cinematographer Norman Cohn and producer Jonathan Frantz will join actor Apayata Kotierk at the Sept. 13 TIFF screening.

TIFF press and industry will get a sneak peek at the movie on Sept. 5 in Toronto.

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk is set on north Baffin Island in 1961 and was shot on location. The picture tells of Noah Piugattuk's nomadic Inuit band living and hunting by dogteam, just as his ancestors did when he was born in 1900.

"When the white man known as Boss arrives in camp, what appears as a chance meeting soon opens up the prospect of momentous change," reads an Isuma synopsis of the film's plot.

The film also stars Kim Bodnia and Benjamin Kunuk.

Zacharias Kunuk's Atanarjuat The Fast Runner won best feature film at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

– Derek Neary

ᓲᓯ ᑯᓄᓇ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᕼᐃᕿᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓂᑦ ᐅᒥᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 1–ᒥ.

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Susie Konana and Simon Hiqiniq wear traditional garments during the Umiyaqtutt Festival Fashion Show on Sept. 1.

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ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ, ᐅᐸᒃᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓵᙵᖏᑦᑐᓂ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᒻᒥᖅᑐᐃᔨ

ᒥᑭᑦᑐᒥᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅ, ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᓴᖑᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ-ᑐᙵᕕᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᔭᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. "ᐅᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓂᕆᔭᕐᔪᐊᕗᑦ ᐲᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᐅᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇᑐᐊᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᙱᓐᓇᑦᑎᒍᑦ. ᐊᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᓗᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓲᖑᒋᕗᒍᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᓱᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᒻᒥᖅᑐᐃᔨ ᐅᐊᐃᑦ ᑐᐊᕐᕼᐊᐅᒡ. "ᐃᓄᒃᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓃᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᐸᒌᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑭᓲᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᓪᓗᑕ. ᑲᒪᓲᖑᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ." ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ-ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᖃᔅᓰᖅᓱᒐᓚᒃᖢᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᒥ 2018-ᒥ. ᑐᐊᕐᕼᐊᐅᒡ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕆᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓚᐅᙱᓚᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓅᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓂᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑎᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓄᑦ. "ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖁᑎᓕᖕᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᐊᕐᕼᐊᐅᒡ. ᒨᓯᓯ ᐱᑦᑐᓘᓯ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐱᖓᔪᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᑐᓕᒪᓂᐅᔪᒨᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᒐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖁᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᐅᔫᑉ ᐊᑖᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓗᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. "ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᒃᑲ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐱᐅᒋᔭᒃᑲ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᒃᐱᖅᑐᒐᖓᓐᓂ. "ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᖓ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ,

ᒋᑎᐅᓂ ᑰᐸᓕ ᐋᒃᑐᐃᕗᖅ ᓇᑦᑎᕐᒥ ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᕆᔭᕋ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ-ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓗᖓ ᓂᕆᕝᕕᖕᒥ" ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᐅᓛᖑᔪᒥ, ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ.

photo courtesy Qajuqturvik Food Centre

Geteonie Kopalie prepares a seal at the Qajuqturvik Food Centre's pre-employment culinary skills program in Iqaluit. ᓴᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑲᑎᙵᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓚᐅᙱᓚᖓ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒥ

ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᓯᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓄᑦ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂᙶᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᑎᓴᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᑎᐱᕆᐅᑉ-ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ, ᑐᐊᕐᕼᐊᐅᒡ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᖅᐳᖅ. "ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᕗᒍᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ, ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᓄᑦ-ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ. ᐅᖓᑖᓅᖅᐳᖅ $15-ᐊᑐᓂ-ᐃᑲᕐᕋᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ. "ᖃᖓᒃᑲᓐᓂᑭᐊᖅ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᕈᑦᑕ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᑎᑭᑎᑦᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ," ᑐᐊᕐᕼᐊᐅᒡ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖃᕆᕗᑦ ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. ᐅᓇ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᖅᐸᒌᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᑳᖓᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃ ᕿᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᓚᕋᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᕕᓂᑦ, ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓂᐅᔪᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓂᕿᕕᓂᕐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓲᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᓯᐊᒃᓴᓄᑦ, kombucha-ᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒍᓇᖅᓰᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪ, ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ, ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑏᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᕈᒻᒥᑕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᖓᓂ – ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑎᑭᐅᒪᔪᓄᑦ 80-ᓄᑦ ᐅᐸᒃᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᒥ – ᐊᒻᒪ, ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ, ᑐᓂᓯᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐅᖂᑕᖅ ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᑲᙱᑦᑐᒃᑯᕕᖓᓂ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ.

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kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, y2bWE 9, 2019

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ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓇᖏᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ SS Klondike-ᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐋᒍᔅᑎᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᐊᐃᑦᕼᐅᐊᔅᒥ.

ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓂ 12-ᒥ 18-ᒧᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᐊᐃᑦᕼᐅᐊᔅᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎᒥ, ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, ᐊᑐᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᑎᒋᔪᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓄᑦ 5-ᓄᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᔭᖅᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥ. ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᒪᔪᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᖁᑭᖅᓴᕆᐅᖅᓴᓂᕐᒥ, ᓇᒧᙵᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓂᕐᓄᑦ, ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ.

ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᑑᒪᓯ ᐅᓈᓕᒃ, ᑭᒻᒥᕈᒻᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑐᓕᐊᖅ ᑭᙵᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᐸᒃᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᐊᐃᑦᕼᐅᐊᔅᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎᒥ.

Capt. Jennifer Wright/1 CRPG photo

Some of the Junior Canadian Rangers from Nunavut pose for a photo before visiting the SS Klondike as part of their August activities in Whitehorse.

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by Capt. Jennifer Wright, Capt.

Mathew Yap and Ranger Harry Kern Whitehorse

ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᖅ ᐋᓐᑎ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᑖᓗᑯᑦᑐᒃ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᒪᔪᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓄᑦ ᖃᔭᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ. ᐊᑕᒍᑦᑖᓗᑯᑦᑐᒃ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 32-ᓄᑦ, ᐅᐊᐃᑦᕼᐅᐊᔅᒦᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓵᓗᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓄᑦ.

Ranger Harry Kern photo

Junior Canadian Ranger Tomasie Onalik, from Kimmirut, and Iqaluk Quvianatuliaq, of Cape Dorset, practise their first aid skills during the Advanced Enhanced Training Session at Camp Ptarmigan held in Whitehorse in August.

Junior Rangers expand skills Northern News Services

Junior Canadian Rangers ages 12 to 18 from several Nunavut communities travelled to Whitehorse to participate in the Summer Enhanced Training Session in August. Basic, advanced,

and leadership level courses were offered, each lasting about five days. Activities included canoeing, water rescue, rock climbing, marksmanship, navigation, problem solving, traditional crafts and sports.

ᓘᓯ ᓇᓗᖏᐊᖅ, 13, ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᓵᓚᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᒧᑦ ᒪᔪᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐅᐊᐃᑦᕼᐅᐊᔅᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎᒥ.

ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᐅᓛᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ, ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᐹᑐᓕᒃ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᑖᓗᒃ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᖓᑕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒧᑦ, ᓄᖅᑲᕐᕕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐅᐊᐃᑦᕼᐅᐊᔅᒧᑦ.

Capt. Jennifer Wright/1 CRPG photo

Ranger Andy Attagutalukutuk, from Iglulik, climbs in the front of a canoe during the Basic Enhanced Training Session. Attagutalukutuk, who has been a Canadian Ranger for 32 years, was in Whitehorse to share his decades of experience with the Junior Rangers.

Capt. Mathew Yap/1 CRPG photo

Perhaps a future pilot himself, Junior Canadian Ranger Patrick Attagutaluk, from Iglulik, gets a front row seat on the flight from Iqaluit to Yellowknife, which was a stop on the journey to Whitehorse.

Capt. Jennifer Wright/1 CRPG photo

Lucy Nalungiaq, 13, a Junior Canadian Ranger from Kugaaruk, conquers her fear of heights by participating in the rock climbing at the Basic Enhanced Training Session held in Whitehorse in August.

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Sports & Recreation Sports hotline • James McCarthy Phone: (867) 873-4031 • Email: sports@nnsl.com • Fax: (867) 873-8507

Plotting the future for beach volleyball ᐄᐊᓐ ᒪᒃᑖᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᑕᓕᖅᐱᖕᒥ, ᐊᖁᕕᑉᐳᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐳᕋᓐᑦ ᐳᕿᖅᓇᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ ᕚᓕᐹᓪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ 2019 ᐱᓇᖕᓇᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ Swift Current, ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐊᓐᒥ, ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 10–ᒥ. ᒪᕐᕉᔪᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᖑᑎᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᓃᑦᑐᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ ᕚᓕᐹᓪᒧᑦ.

Ian McDonald of Iqaluit, right, gets down low to pass as Brent Puqiqnak of Gjoa Haven awaits the ball during beach volleyball action at the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., on Aug. 10. The duo were the first boys team to compete at the Games in beach volleyball. photo courtesy of 2019 Western Canada Summer Games

Volleyball Nunavut moving ahead with goal to have teams at 2021 Canada Summer Games

by James McCarthy

Northern News Services

Nunavut

Seems like a long time ago now but Nunavut made history at the Western Canada Summer Games last month by entering teams into the beach volleyball competition.

And the board of Volleyball Nunavut liked what they saw because it's planning to make this as regular a deal as it possibly can.

Both the boys' and girls' teams at the Games in Swift Current, Sask., finished seventh overall out of nine teams, taking match victories over Yukon along the way. The running joke among Northern teams is that when they compete in an event for the first time, they hope they don't finish last but that's not how Scott Schutz is looking at it.

Volleyball Nunavut's executive director said he wasn't terribly surprised with how well the team did but it went better than was first thought.

"It was the first time on the beach for everyone," he said. "They trained for about 10 days on the sand prior to the start of the Games but they did a lot of things well. They were great athletes and picked things up really quickly."

A total of six athletes were in consideration for the teams and four were chosen before the start: Amber Graham of Rankin Inlet and Emily Ann Niego of Iqaluit for the girls and Brent Puqiqnak of Gjoa Haven and Ian McDonald of Iqaluit.

All of them had indoor experience beforehand, said Schutz, which made it easier for

them to pick up the beach version.

"Everyone who plays beach volleyball has played indoor first," he said. "They all got along no problem and meshed together really quickly. Rob (Tomyn, head coach) did a great job with their training."

The wins over Yukon were looked at as potential bouts of success, said Schutz, but the big reason why the teams were as successful as they were came down to playing their own game.

"They didn't play like something they weren't," he said. "They played within their means and didn't compare themselves to any other team in the event. They managed to do some things that put the other teams in trouble in their matches and didn't try to copy any other style."

One thing Schutz pointed out was McDonald putting the ball over the net on the second shot, something you don't see a lot in the indoor game, but in beach, it happens quite a bit.

"Rob and I talked about that afterward," said Schutz. "Beach volleyball is more about scoring quick points because it's a scrappier game and not as pretty as the indoor game can be. Sometimes, the second shot goes over but that's part of the game."

So with the first venture over, Volleyball Nunavut is still looking to the ultimate goal of having teams compete at the 2021 Canada Summer Games in Ontario.

Schutz said the conversation among the board of directors is still all systems go.

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Dipping for pike Arviat The annual Northern Pike Derby in Arviat is all over for another year.

The derby ran from Sept. 6 to 8 with fishers being allowed to catch within a boundary of 80 miles from Arviat. Fishers were able to travel by truck, boat and ATV only.

ᐃᒪᓕ-ᐋᓐ ᓂᐊᐃᒍ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐃᓴᒃᐳᖅ ᐊᖅᓴᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ ᕚᓕᐹᓪᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ 2019 ᐱᓇᖕᓇᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ Swift Current, ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐊᓐᒥ, ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 13–ᒥ. ᓂᐊᐃᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓ, ᐋᒻᐳᕐ ᒍᕋᐃᔭᒻ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ ᕚᓕᐹᓪᒧᑦ.

photo courtesy of 2019 Western Canada Summer Games

Emily-Ann Niego of Iqaluit reaches out to get the ball during beach volleyball action at the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., on Aug. 13. Niego and her partner, Amber Graham of Rankin Inlet, were the first girls team to compete at the Games in beach volleyball.

"Nothing has changed, except for maybe the players who go," he said. "We've had lots of publicity come out of this and it's all been positive. We're hoping that gets more people

The event's photo contest will see four $200 prizes given away for the best camping scene/landscape picture, best hunting picture, best family picture and best fishing picture. Measuring of the fish took place outside of EPLS' cargo bay on Sept.

8 from 8 to 9 p.m.

The prizes are being presented to the winners at the community hall tonight, Sept. 9, beginning at 7 p.m.

Prize money ranges from $5,000 for first place all the way down to $500 for 10th spot.

-with files from Darrell Greer

Meeting of the minds Nunavut The Nunavut Speed Skating Association is getting ready for its new season and the first order of business will be its annual general meeting on Sept. 14.

who want to try out next time we go. Beach volleyball usually draws big crowds at the Canada Summer Games so we're hoping to see a good crew trying out."

The time and location were yet to be determined as of press time but several positions on the board are open to be filled.

There will also be a report on the association's activities and a look at the financials as well.

No more spots Iqaluit The Iqaluit Tumblers Gymnastics Club is at capacity for this season but not because they don't have enough room.

In a social media post on Sept. 5, the club stated that there aren't enough certified coaches and that means no more new registrations would be accepted.

It appeared the decision wouldn't affect those who were in last year's program.

The club is also looking for volunteers to help keep the club running in the city.

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Battle of the booze at hockey tourney Hockey tournament organizers remind players about zero tolerance policy for alcohol during Calm Air Cup Jon Lindell Memorial

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Arviat

Hockey players sometimes enjoy a cup of good cheer now and then following a game but in Arviat, it's a no-no and the community's big annual hockey showdown is clamping down.

There will be zero tolerance for players bringing alcohol into the community for sale during the annual Calm Air Cup — the Jon Lindell Memorial (JLM) — senior men's hockey tournament, said the event's main organizer.

Gleason Uppahuak said he was unaware of a number of instances of alcohol changing hands in the arena during the most recent JLM this past January.

He said most people know a few players were bringing alcohol into the dry community during previous tournaments despite the best efforts of organizers to discourage it, and he'll be ramping-up efforts to prevent it from happening in the future.

"I wasn't aware the sale of alcohol was actually going on at the rink this past tournament," said Uppahuak.

"No one told me about the drinking and bootlegging that was taking place at the rink and it was quite disappointing to learn about it recently.

"I wish the players would just forget about the booze and stick to playing hockey for the JLM weekend.

"There are 52 weekends in a year and they have the other 51 to drink if they want to.

That's the way I see it anyway."

The Calm Air Cup JLM has steadily grown during the past decade to become one of Nunavut's top hockey tournaments of the year, and trails only the Terence Tootoo Memorial senior men's hockey tournament and the Polar Bear

Plate juvenile/junior tourney in Rankin Inlet as the most popular tourneys in the Kivalliq.

Uppahuak said not only can the presence of alcohol do serious damage to the JLM's reputation, it also sends a terrible message to the young fans who pack the arena during the event.

He said the last thing he wants to see is youth getting the idea it's normal to drink at big tournaments.

"The next generation of players might start thinking tournaments are for partying more than anything else if they're witnessing such behaviour.

"As adults, we're setting a terrible example for our youth by having booze around any of these events, but especially the top tournaments of the year that have the eyes of the whole region on them.

"Look, it took a long time to build the JLM up to where it is now and I'm sure our community doesn't want to risk losing this event because of alcohol."

Uppahuak has been involved with organizing the JLM for the past 12 years.

He said this marks the first time alcohol has been brought to his attention as causing problems during the JLM and he's going to do what he can to stop it now once and for all.

"First of all, it's illegal to bring liquor to our community and the players doing so are breaking the law," said Uppahuak.

"We may speak to the local RCMP about the possibility of having random checks of players' equipment bags as they arrive for the tournament if that's the length we have to go to in order to stop this.

"We'll also be looking at bringing in a tournament commissioner to oversee the JLM

ᐋᓕᒃᔅ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᕗᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕ ᐆᓕᒥᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᒥᒃ A ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓛᒥᒃ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒥᒃ 2019 JLM ᑳᓪᒻ ᐃᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᕐᙳᓯᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᒃᖠᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ ᕼᐋᑭᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 27, 2019–ᒥ.

photo courtesy of Brian Tattuinee

Alex Ishalook presents Arctic Connection's Billy Ollie of Arviat with the A Division's Most Valuable Player award at the 2019 JLM Calm Air Cup senior men's championship in Arviat on Jan. 27, 2019.

ᓈᓐᓯ ᖃᕆᑕᖅ-ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᐸᒃᒥ ᑲᑕᐃᕗᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᔪᕈᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᕌᐳᑦ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᕐᓕ ᖃᕆᑕᕐᒧᑦ 2019 JLM ᑳᓪᒻ ᐃᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᕐᙳᓯᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᒃᖠᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ ᕼᐋᑭᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 27–ᒥ.

photo courtesy of Brian Tattuinee

Nancy Karetak-Lindell drops the puck for the ceremonial faceoff between her nephews, Robert, left, and Charlie Karetak at the 2019 JLM Calm Air Cup senior men's hockey championship in Arviat on Jan. 27. both on the ice and off to prevent booze being present at the arena in any form."

Uppahuak said there are too many parties involved in the JLM for such behaviour to continue.

He said he's worried the presence of booze may affect

sponsorship of future events if it's not nipped in the bud now.

"You have everyone involved from Calm Air and the Arviat hamlet council to numerous businesses in the community and the presence of booze makes everyone look bad," he said.

"You pray nothing happens like someone drinking too much and passing-out outside during the coldest month of the year, and the only way to prevent that entirely is to get rid of the booze and that's what we're trying to do.

"I always make sure this

tournament is sanctioned and insured, but we risk losing our benefactors and the tournament itself if this continues.

"There will be zero tolerance for booze in the future and I can only hope the players get the message and this practice stops once and for all."

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Let's hope Bianca Andreescu is for real Northern News Services

Fake news is the favourite term Donald Trump likes to use when he's not happy with things he reads or hears about himself.

When Hurricane Dorian was busy laying waste to the Atlantic, Trump trotted out a map on Sept. 3 with the hurricane's projected path. Alabama was included but only after it looked like a bubble, drawn by a Sharpie, added the state in the path.

Naturally, people were curious but none more so than Dan Rather, who had some comments regarding truth, old maps and fragile egos.

Dan Rather is absolutely the last person to talk about any-

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Romelu Lukaku, seen playing for his native Belgium in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, was the target of racist chants during a Series A game in Italy on Sept. 1. But never mind that because it's a term of endearment, according to a supporters group aligned with Inter Milan.

some of its fans – and I stress some, not all – racially abusing a black player. The club had to once again issue a statement denouncing the chants; Moise Kean suffered the same crap at Cagliari when he played with Juventus last season.

Is Bianca the one?

Curva Nord, the supporters' group in question, stated that the chants were not at all racist We all thought Eugenie Bouchard was the and actually said that it was a form of respect. I answer to what ailed Canadian women's tennis kid thee not. This is a paragraph from the statefor such a long time: will someone ever hit the ment, which you can find on the group's Faceheights not seen since Patricia Hy-Boulais at the book page: U.S. Open? We all know the answer.

Bianca Andreescu has now gone where no with James McCarthy "Please consider this attitude of Italian fans as a form of respect for the fact they are afraid of you Canadian woman has ever gone before in the for the goals you might score against their teams women's singles draw. She was in the semifinal and not because they hate you or they are racist." thanks to a three-set win over Elise Mertens of This is awesome. Racism is cool again, kids! So next time Belgium in the quarter-final on Sept. 4. you see someone who looks different than you, be sure and Andreescu has been on some sort of run and when she said belittle them with a trope. If they get offended, tell them it's a she felt like she could beat anyone heading into the U.S. Open, sign of respect.

I believe her. She can beat anyone right now the way she's playing and you can bet your last East German Ostmark she wants another crack at Serena Williams. Andreescu defeated Williams And finally ... in the final at the Rogers Cup in Toronto but Williams retired Good Idea: Ducking to avoid getting hit by a wild pitch. through injury. It was a win, yes, but I have that suspicion Bad Idea: Ducking to avoid getting hit by a wild pitch only Andreescu wants to finish her off for real with match point. to discover you've been fooled by one of the best curve balls in I've told more than one person that Bouchard would turn the history of Major League Baseball. into the next Anna Kournikova and it's looking like I'm right.

There is nothing better in sports than watching a batter get Andreescu is becoming the next Milos Raonic in terms of Cantwisted like a pretzel when thrown a curve ball. Ask Kyle Seaadian tennis and it's going to be fun writing about her when she ger of the Milwaukee Brewers, though, and you may get a different answer. wins her first Grand Slam. That's not an if.

The Brewers took on the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 2. Seager And they call it respect came up in the top of the ninth inning to face Cubs pitcher Brad I don't know about you but if anyone decided to throw a Wieck. With a 2-2 count, Wieck unleashed his nasty bender pejorative term my way, my first reaction would be to figure out which Seager thought was coming right for his head. Seager how to injure them. Not kill them ... that would be extreme. ducked to get out of the way ... as the ball ended up coming Which is why I took the statement from a supporters group across the plate belt-high for strike three. Seager never saw the aligned with Italian soccer club Inter Milan exactly how almost pitch come in and was stunned when the home plate umpire everyone else took it: what in the hell was that? rung him up.

Here's what happened: Romelu Lukaku of Inter Milan was Absolutely filthy, for sure, but for me, there's nothing like subjected to chants of "monkey" by fans from Cagliari when watching a batter break their ankles when faced with a changethe two teams played on Sept. 1. Lukaku had the best last laugh up in fastpitch softball. You never expect it and when they come ever by scoring the winning goal to give Inter Milan a 2-1 vicin, it's a thing of beauty to watch. tory. Now, this isn't the first time Cagliari has had to deal with Until next time, folks ... thing having to do with factual information because if anyone knows anything about fake news, it's Dan Rather.

Anyway ...

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Decades of work leads to federal support Sanikiluaq receives $5.5 million to advance Qikiqtait stewardship project

By Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Sanikiluaq

A Sanikiluaq partnership is receiving $5.5 million from the federal government to help fulfill the vision of building a multi-purpose research facility and a communitydriven stewardship and monitoring program for the Belcher Islands.

"We've been working on this for a long time and creating a protected area for the Belcher Islands will have a big impact for our community, hunters and youth. These islands are a special place in the heart of Hudson Bay, and we islanders do things different," stated Lucassie Arragutainaq of the Sanikiluaq Hunters and Trappers Association (HTA), one of three partners.

"This project will be a unique made-in-Sanikiluaq approach to protecting the region, and we'll be working closely with QIA (Qikiqtani Inuit Association), and a whole-ofgovernment approach to protect both the water and the land around our islands."

The project, Qikiqtait, includes as partners the Municipality of Sanikiluaq and the Arctic Eider Society (AES).

"This investment in Sanikiluaq will create jobs, and build capacity for the future. It will guide youth to become stewards and mentors for the Belcher islands and its unique culture and rich wildlife, and protect it for generations to come," stated Mayor Elijassie Kavik.

Arragutainaq is a co-founder of the Arctic Eider Society, along with executive director Joel Heath. The Qikiqtait team is made up of more than a dozen people from the community of Sanikiluaq, academia, and society staff.

"The documentary film, People of a Feather (2011), helped bring the unique relationship between the community of Sanikiluaq and the Arctic eider duck to the world," stated Heath.

"Developing community-driven research capacity in Sanikiluaq will create jobs, empower youth, contribute to intergenerational learning and conserve this unique environment for the future. This award was only possible because of the amazing and progressive work done by the Sanikiluaq HTA and hamlet over the last 30 years, and this recognizes their efforts and will finally help address their priorities for stewardship and

protecting this unique and wonderful region of Canada."

Qikiqtait will build on decades of innovation the community of Sanikiluaq has undertaken in the areas of research, monitoring, wildlife preservation and conservation, according to the news release.

"The project will provide critical infrastructure to the community necessary for pre-implementation activities and long-term stewardship of the region. It will also develop community-driven research and guardians-style programs to steward the region, train youth, facilitate knowledge transfer and advance the local conservation economy. It will use novel tools including the award-winning SIKU.org platform and mobile app, and support selfdetermination and reconciliation," the partners state.

Announced in December 2018, the $500 million Canada Nature Fund was created to support the protection of Canada's ecosystems, landscapes, biodiversity, and species at risk. Up to $175 million was made immediately available, via proposals, to establish Indigenous-protected and conserved areas and other protected and conserved areas.

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About Qikiqtait:

• The region is home to almost 900 community members, with a rich Inuit culture closely connected to the unique environment and diverse wildlife.

• The Hudson Bay common eider subspecies, for example, is endemic to the archipelago and can be considered an indicator species of change for sea ice ecosystems. While most birds migrate south, they remain on the archipelago in winter where they dive for food in sea ice habitats, in proximity to the connected habitats where they breed and nest in summer.

• The area covered by a potential Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area is critical habitat and important migratory flyway for over 53 species of birds with 19 species that breed in the summer on the islands and over 20 species of shorebirds.

• Walrus, seals, whales and polar bears are also key marine species found in the leads, polynyas and shorelines.

Source: Arctic Eider Society

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Iglulik on high alert Community initiates security patrols following three fires in three days The hamlet, businesses and a few volunteer residents in Iglulik have set up security patrols after three fires were started in three days.

An unoccupied private residence was badly damaged on Aug. 27, an old hamlet truck was torched on Aug. 28, and a blaze ignited at the landfill on Aug. 29.

"In our opinion, they were definitely set on purpose," said Greg Morash, Iglulik's senior administrative officer.

He added that no injuries were sustained in any of the fires.

Seven patrol vehicles were on the road over the following nights as regular checks were

performed on various buildings.

"That seems to have calmed it down quite a bit," Morash said, adding that the cover of returning darkness has likely emboldened a few youths and adults who are looking for trouble.

The schools – including a new high school that hasn't yet opened – the daycare and preschool, the health centre, hamlet offices, the Northern store and the Co-op are among the locations under heightened vigilance.

"Any fire is bad but if you hit one of those big places... we're in big, big, big trouble," said Morash, who added that a push is being made to demolish

some derelict buildings in the community that could also be a target for arsonists.

Mayor Celestino Uyarak added that there was a suspicious house fire in June as well.

"Yes, it's a concern for everyone," he said, noting that residents ought to be careful not to make public accusations against specific individuals as police and fire investigators continue to do their work.

Uyarak said Iglulik's volunteer fire department did a fine job as they were repeatedly put to the test late last month.

"Our firefighters are quite fast, quite quick to respond," he said.

Morash also offered praise

for the firefighters even though the fire at the dump took the better part of two days to fully snuff out.

"They worked their butts off on the other two fires. They were pretty tired," he said.

"They got it mostly out (at the landfill) and then they went back the next day with our heavy equipment and doused it and moved it all around. It looks like it's all out now so we should be good."

The hamlet has distributed magnets to schools with emergency contact phone numbers printed on them so students can take them home and call if they see any suspicious activity.

– Derek Neary

ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐋᒍᔅ 27−ᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒥᑦ ᐃᑭᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 29−ᒥ. ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᐳᑦ ᐱᔮᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᑭᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑎᓂ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ.

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This Aug. 27 Iglulik house fire was followed by the torching of an old municipal truck on Aug. 28 and a blaze at the landfill on Aug. 29. Hamlet officials believe the fires were deliberately set and security patrols were subsequently initiated in the community.