Nunavut News - April 8, 2019

ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᒥᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᑎᓪᓗᒍ "ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ" ᐱᕈᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ

Economic forecast looks good GN economist points to mining as Bank of Canada predicts 'spectacular' growth for Nunavut economy this year

Volume 73 Issue 48

MONDAY, April 8, 2019

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See inside for Toonik Tyme schedule

Incineration eyed as Cam Bay trash solution

Square Dance Showdown returns to Gjoa Haven

Rangers join forces for Operation Nanook/Nunalivut Publication mail Contract #40012157

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Cambridge Bay hosts drum dance festival Avr Jérôme J.X. Lessard photo

"I think it’s one of our best projects in years."

– Iglulik Mayor Celestino Uyarak on an iglu village built as part of a community celebration, page 15.

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ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᖅ: ᐊᐃᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕿᐊᖅ

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ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᒪᐅᑎᓕᐅᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ CPNP-ᒥ (ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓯᖓᐃᔪᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᓛᓕᖕᓄᑦ) ᒫᔾᔨ 8-ᒥ 29-ᒧᑦ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᕆᓪᓗᒍ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒐᑦᑕ. ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ: ᐅᓖᓯ ᑯᒃᓯᐊᒃ, ᑯᐊᕆᓐ ᔮᒃᓴᓐ, ᓇᐃᒥ ᑰᐸᓕ, ᒥᐊᕆᐋᓐ ᕿᔪᑦᑖᖅ, ᐊᐃᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕿᐊᖅ (ᐅᕙᖓ), ᐹᓴ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕿᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓕᐊ ᕿᔪᒃᑖᖅ.

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ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᕐᓂᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᑎᑦᑎᐊᖓᓂ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, ᓯᓚ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᕈᓂ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᒫᔾᔨ 30-31-ᒧᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓯᓚᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᒪᐃᔭ ᓯᓚᔅᑏᓅ ᐅᔭᕋᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓴᕘᔭᕐᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖅᑯᐊᒃᓴᓂᑦ. “ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᕆᓯᒪᖅᑰᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᓂ,” ᐅᔭᕋᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᐳᓚᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᕐᓂ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᓚᑦ... ᑲᒪᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ.” ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᕐᓂᑦ, ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓂᕆᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓄᑦ.

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ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᓕᒫᒥᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᖅᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᒫᔾᔨᒥ. ᐊᐃᐳᓪ ᐊᖅᑲᖅ, ᑖᒥ ᐊᐃᔭᐅᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐃᑉᕋᕼᐋᒻ ᐅᖁᖅᑐᓐᓄᐊᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ 7-ᖑᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. “ᑕᒪᐃᑎᒍᑦ, ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐱᐅᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᖅᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒫᒃ ᐅᒡᔪᒃ, ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᖅ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ. ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᑦ ᓇᑦᓯᓕᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓄᐊᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᒥ ᖁᙱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᖅᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ ᒪᕐᕈᐸᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ, ᐅᒡᔪᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

WINNER: Amy Audlakiak Qikiqtarjuaq

We all made our own amautis in Qikiqtarjuaq at CPNP (Canada Prenatal Nutrition for parents with babies) from March 8 to 29. It was my first time making one so it was the best feeling when we all finished. From left is: Olesie Koksiak, Koren Jackson, Naimie Kopalie, Maryann Keyootak, Amy Audlakiak (myself), Pasa Aulaqiaq and Leah Qiyuqtaq.

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ᐊᑖᑕᑦᑎᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ, ᒥᑭᑦᑐᖅ ᐳᕉᔅ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐃᓗᓕᖏᓐᓂ, ᑕᕙᓐ ᐳᕉᔅ, ᐋᔅᑎᓐ ᐳᕉᔅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓵᑦ ᐳᕉᔅ, ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓕᖅᑐᓂ.

ᐅᑯᐊ ᒪᕐᕈᓕᐊᒃᑲ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᖃᓕᖅᑐᓂ 14-ᓂ, ᔫᓯ ᒪᕇ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᐊᕈᓪ ᕼᐋᓇ, ᓂᕆᔪᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᒥ ᒥᑉᑯᒥ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥ, ᒫᔾᔨ 21-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

Dino Bruce

Brenda Apsaktaun

Please see Iglu, page 15

ᖁᓕᑦᑕᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒡᒐᒧᑦ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ

ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ/Hall Beach ᐸᐃᑉᐹᓂᒃ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᖃᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖁᓕᑦᑕᐅᔭᓕᐅᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒡᒐᒥᓄᑦ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᓕᑦᑕᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᖕᒥ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᔪᒥᑦ. ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖅ ᐊᕕᙵᖅ ᐱᑯᔭᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒡᒐᒧᑦ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᒡᒐᒧᑦ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᓇᒡᒍᐊᒥ ᓇᒡᒍᐊᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓯᕕᖓᔪᒥ ᑯᓪᓗᒥᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑉ ᐃᓱᐊᓄᑦ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓰᐸ ᐱᑯᔭᒃ, ᐊᕕᙵᐅᑉ ᐸᓂᖓ. ᑲᑎᙵᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᓄᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᖁᓕᑦᑕᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᐳᐊᓗᓂᑦ, ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᒥᖅᑯᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᓯᒃᓴᒥᑦ. “ᐅᓇ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ,” ᓰᐸ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᕆᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓱᓕ ᖃᖓᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᙱᓚᖅ.

Please see Making, page 15

Coral Harbour

My late grandfather, Mikitok Bruce, teaching his great grandchildren, Devin Bruce, Austin Bruce and Chad Bruce, how to build an igloo, taken several years ago.

Kugaaruk

These are my twin girls who are 14 months, Josie Marie and Darrell Hannah, eating dried caribou mipku in Kugaaruk, March 21st.

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Few years back in Sikujuituk near Pangnirtung.

ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔫᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᓯᑯᔪᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ.

ᓯᓚ ᐅᖅᑰᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻ ᑎᑭᑉᐳᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᑦ ᓯᕿᓂᖅ ᖃᐅᒪᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ 54-ᖓᓂ ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 11-ᒥ, ᐊᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ 2019-ᒥ ᑐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᕐᒥ. "ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᓂᕐᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑐᖃᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᖃᓕᕈᓯᕐᒥ. ᐅᓇ ᑐᓂᖅ ᑐᒃᑐᕋᔭᐅᑉ-ᐊᒥᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᖓ ᐅᓕᒃᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓃᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᒪᑕ. ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃ ᑮᓇᖓᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᕈᖅᑎᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂᐅᒃ," ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᔨᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ. "ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᕙᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑭᓇ ᑐᓂᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᓇᓗᓇᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᓇᓱᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᖓᓂ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑉᐸᒍᓐᓃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᕋᔭᖕᓂ-ᐊᒥᕐᓂ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᒥᖕᓂ. ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᖃᓲᖑᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑕᒫᓂ ᐃᓅᓂᑰᔪᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᔭᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ." ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᐃᖁᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᕐᒥ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᑦᑎᐊᖑᔪᖅ: ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᔮᓐ ᑏᕙᓐᐸᐃᑯᕐ. ᑐᓂᖅ ᐃᓅᕗᖅ ᑐᓃᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ. "ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᙱᓂᖅᓴᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᐱᓱᖃᑎᖃᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᕿᒻᒥᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᖁᑎᑭᑦᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕿᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓇᑎᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᐊᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕿᑕᖃᕋᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖑᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᒃᑯᓗᐊᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓛᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻ-ᖑᓕᓛᖅᑐᒥ 1964-ᒥ.

ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻ, ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ 1965-ᒥ, ᖁᑦᑎᓛᙳᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ-ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᓱᓕᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᐅᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖅᑰᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᓚᐅᔪᒥᑦ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ, ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑐᓂᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 2016-ᒥ. "ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖕᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ. ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᑐᙵᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᕙᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ. ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᑭᑑᓄᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᓴᐅᑎᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᒃᐸᖕᓂᖓᓂ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ. "ᓯᑯᕐᓗᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᒃᑯᒫᖃᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᕋᑦᑕ. ᐱᕐᕈᓗᐊᕿᓂᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᐸᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓗᑕ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᐅᓇᔭᖅᐳᒍᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐲᕐᓂᐊᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ. "ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥᒃ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᓯᑯ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓚᐅᕋᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᓕᖅᑐᒥ." ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᒡᒍᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᒥᑦ ᓵᓐᑎ ᐅᓛᔪᒥᑦ ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻᒥ 2015-ᒥ. ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᔾᔩᓐᓇᐸᓗᒋᓂᐊᖅᐸᖓ ᐊᕐᕌᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻ 2018 ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᑦ– 123 ᐊᑏᒥᒃ! – ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᒫᒥᒃ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕇᖑᔪᓂᑦ: ᐊᓚᐃᙵ,

ᒋᑎᐅᓂ ᔫᒥ, ᐋᑕᒥ ᐃᑦᑐᐊᑦᓯᐊᖅ, ᔨᒥ ᓅᐳᓪ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᑎᐅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ. ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 4-ᒥ, ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᑦ, ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᑐᖃᖅ ᓯᓚᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ '70-ᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ '80-ᖏᓐᓂ, ᓱᓕ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓇᓱᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒡᕕᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᓚ. "ᖃᐅᔨᒪᐃᓐᓇᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ, ᖁᙱᐊᕐᓗᑕ ᓯᓚ ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ. ᓯᓚᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᙱᒃᑯᓂ, ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓄᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ. ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓯᓚᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥ 12-ᖑᔪᒥ, ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻᒥ ᕿᑲᕐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᕋᓛᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓗᑎᒃ. ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ ᑎᑕᒃᑎᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ. "ᐱᓕᕆᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑕᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᒑᕈᒪᓲᓄᑦ, ᐃᒻᒪᖄ 10-ᒥ 12-ᒧᐊᕋᓱᖕᓂᖓᓄᑦJ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᕈᓯᖃᕆᐊᖃᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑏᒐᔭᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑏᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᓚᐅᒑᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. "ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓄᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻᒥ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ. "ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᖕᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ, ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐱᙴᒥᓪᓗ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᓕᒫᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ."

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With warm weather comes Toonik Tyme Organizers hope sun keeps shining for planned outdoor games

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Iqaluit

The 54th Toonik Tyme kicks off with an opening ceremony April 11, with the naming of the 2019 Toonik, as well as the Honorary Toonik.

"When Toonik Tyme started we used to have a toonik come over from a hill. This toonik would be in caribou-skin clothing and his face would be covered until the games start. They would finally show (their) face," explained Pitseolak Alainga, one of the festival organizers.

"But before that, the Inuit used to guess who the toonik could be. They had a hard time guessing who it was.

"But today we don't have that luxury anymore of having caribou-skin clothing and kamiks. We just get an honorary toonik and a toonik from town that was practically born and raised here."

Sometimes distinguished guests are named Honorary Toonik, such as the very first: former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

A toonik is a person of the Tuniit people.

"They were bigger than Inuit today and they were stronger. They would walk with one dog and a very little bit of equipment and food and come to a village. That's

where the competitions and food would be," said Alainga, who adds a committee of elders and not-so-young adults discussed creating what would become Toonik Tyme in 1964.

While Toonik Tyme, which launched in 1965, makes it onto top winterfestival lists, the fact is the Iqaluit festival has always been to celebrate the arrival of warmer weather, explained Alainga, himself the honorary Toonik in 2016.

"It was to celebrate the people who were travelling.

They would play games in a village back then. We would welcome everybody," said Alainga.

"In Iglulik or Arctic Bay, where it is above the Arctic Circle, they have 24 hours of no sunlight. When the sun finally comes up, they celebrate the arrival of the sunshine. Down here we celebrate the arrival of spring and warm weather, for the hunters and families to celebrate."

Alainga said there were always Ski-Doo races, organized by another group this year and seal-hunting contests.

Seal hunting is out this year.

"Because of the bad ice and for us to have a seal-hunting contest we would have to

have big insurance. If there was to be another accident and we lose another hunter, we'd be liable. So we're taking that off this year," said Alainga.

"In the past, when they did the seal-hunting contest, we could read the ice better than we can do today."

The community mourned the loss of hunter Sandy Oolayou during Toonik Tyme in 2015.

Alainga said this year's schedule of events will be mostly the same as last year's.

Toonik Tyme 2018 was the first year the new group – 123 GO! – has organized the popular spring festival.

The group is made up of life-long friends: Alainga, Gideonie Joamie, Adamee Itorcheak, Jimmy Noble and Matthew Alainga.

Alainga said, as of April 4, the group, which has had the goal to resurrect the oldtime outdoor activities from the '70s and '80s, is still finalizing the schedule, with the wild card being the weather.

"We'll play it by ear, see if the weather is going to cooperate. If it doesn't, we'll have to go indoors," said Alainga.

When the festival took place at the end of April, outdoor games included Inuktitut wrestling and Inuktitut

ᓯᓚᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᑲᓱᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᕿᐱᖕᒧᑦ ᑭᒡᒋᖅᑕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᕙᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᖓᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᓕᒫᒥ ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 13-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ. ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ, ᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒻ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 11-ᒥ, ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᓚᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ, ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 12-ᒥ, ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᕿᑲᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᐱᕐᙶᒥᑦ.

photo courtesy Toonik Tyme

Outdoor games at Nakasuk School, such as the blanket toss seen here, drew a crowd on the afternoon of the first full day of Toonik Tyme on April 13 last year. This year, Toonik Tyme begins with an opening ceremony April 11, followed by outdoor games on April 12, a civic holiday so families can join together in celebrating spring. baseball, with a sealskin ball.

This year's outdoor games take place April 12, which the City of Iqaluit has declared the official Toonik Tyme civic holiday, as per its bylaws, so families can enjoy the activities together.

Alainga said Nunavut and

Nunavik musicians will perform this year.

"We might even do some late night music for people who like to stay out after hours, probably 10 until 12 and there will be no children," he said.

Other activities include a

whipping contest and a tea and bannock-baking contest.

"We're really trying to bring back the old Toonik Tyme," said Alainga.

"There's a fishing derby, a giant bingo. All week our group and the city is doing activities."

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ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᑐᒍᕐᒥ-ᐳᑐᒍᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ

ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᑦ ᐃᓯᒐᑦ ᒧᒥᐊᓂᒃᐸᑕ, ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᖅ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ, ᐃᓕᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᖅᑎᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᖅᑎᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᓂ-ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᕕᐱᕆᒥ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᐊᓇᕕᓗᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕᙳᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓯᓚ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕈᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᑭᑑᒃᑯᑦ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᖅᑏᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᒥ,

ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥ. ᓇᐅᔮᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ ᒧᒥᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. "ᐱᓕᕆᓲᖑᙱᑕᕗᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᓕᑐᐊᕌᖓᑦᑕ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓲᕆᕙᕗᑦ ᐅᕙᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓇᕕᓗᒃ. "ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᙱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑉᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ." ᒪᒃᑯᓛᖑᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ, ᐊᓇᕕᓗᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐊᔪᙱᑦᑐᒪᕆᐅᓘᓂᖓᓂ. "ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᓯᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂᓕᒫᒥ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᐊᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓄᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ

Ready to go toe-to-toe

ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᙱᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᒧᒥᑦᑎᐊᒃᑲᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᒧᒥᐅᓯᖓᓐᓂ, ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖓᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖏᓐᓄᑦ. "ᓵᓚᒃᓴᒐᒃᓴᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓂᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓛᖅᑐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ, ᒪᕐᕈᖓᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᖓᔪᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒦᑦᑐᓄᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ $20,000 ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᒐᒃᓴᖅᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ, ᐊᓇᕕᓗᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒧᒥᖅᑎᖏᑦ, ᐊᒪᐅᓕᒐᖅ ᒧᒥᖅᑏᑦ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ, ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖑᔪᓂ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ

ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᓗᑎᒃ ᒧᒥᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑕᒃᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ ᑎᑕᒃᑎᓄᑦ – ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐊᒋᐊᒐᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᙱᐅᑎᒧᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂᙶᖅᑐᓂ.

10-ᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ, ᐊᓇᕕᓗᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᖅ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 11-ᒥ 14-ᒧᑦ ᖁᒃᓲᓐ ᐃᓕᕼᐊᒃᕕᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ.

ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᖅᑏᑦ ᒧᒥᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓄᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᒥᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᓯᐅᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ 2017-ᒥ.

Gjoa Haven hosts Square Dance Showdown

by Elaine Anselmi

Northern News Services

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Until the final feet stop stepping, the Square Dance Showdown will go on. The event, held this year in Gjoa Haven, will pit square dancer against square dancer in a four-day judged contest.

Originally slated to run in November, organizer Elizabeth Anavilok said they decided to postpone until April when the weather would be better for those travelling from other communities by snowmachine. About a week ahead of the showdown, square dancers were confirmed to come in from Cambridge Bay, Taloyoak and Kugaaruk. Repulse Bay and Rankin Inlet teams were also expected to confirm.

"We don't have it every year in Gjoa Haven but every time we get the chance to run it here, we run it here," said Anavilok. "It's fun to watch and it's fun to be in the showdown."

The youngest participant registered this year is five years old and, Anavilok noted, a real talent.

"We have judges that will be judging the whole weekend, from day one and to the end of the day," she said. Judges come from every community represented and they'll be watching for the best dancers among youth and adult categories, based on style, skill and costumes.

"The prizes we'll find out next week and they'll be for first, second and third place," she said. But there is over $20,000 in prizes to be won. Next week, Anavilok and her dance group, the Amauligak Dancers, will sort out how prizes will be distributed to the various winners.

As well as square dancing, the showdown will include a jigging contest, so people from different communities can show off their different ways of jigging. And live music will be courtesy of the Gjoa Band – as well as a few

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Gjoa Haven square dancers perform for a crowd at the inaugural Umiyaqtutt Shipwreck Festival in 2017. fiddlers and accordion players from out of town.

Being the 10th year of the Square Dance Showdown and because it's being held in Gjoa Haven again, Anavilok said there will be a

speech honouring its founders.

The Square Dance Showdown runs from April 11 to 14 in the Quqshuun Ilihakvik Elementary School gym.

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Mines driving growth, GN economist says Bank of Canada estimates up to nine per cent growth rate for the Nunavut economy this year

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Iqaluit

The territory's immediate economic forecast is looking good, with very high growth over the next four years, though it must overcome challenges in the longer term, such as graduating more students from high school and finalizing a land-use plan.

This is according to the Government of Nunavut's senior economist Francois Picotte, who spoke at the Nunavut Mining Symposium April 3.

In 2019, investment in the mining sector is expected to reach roughly $1.4 billion, slightly lower than in 2018. But Picotte said that's likely to grow by roughly half a billion each year for the next few years.

At the moment, the government is the largest contributor to the gross domestic product, which translates into all the good things in life – jobs, food and health, said Picotte. The Government of Nunavut recently announced spending is estimated to be $2.166 billion this fiscal year.

Looking to 2022, "we have mining trading places with government in terms of the weight that it has in the economy," said Picotte.

"It's pretty much a straight-line growth for the next four years, mostly predicated on (mine) production increasing."

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz, who kicked off the symposium April 1 with a talk about the challenges faced by the Canadian economy, holds a similar view on the territory's economy. Responding to the bleak description of Nunavut's economy by Iqaluit businessman Stuart Kennedy, Poloz said Nunavut's economy is one of a young economy, calling Kennedy "altogether too gloomy".

"I say young in an economist's measure of time. When a young economy starts off they have natural resources and they have people and it will always seem to them they're getting most of their stuff from somebody else. But it's all money being generated. Through transfers, which, of course, is part of the system and also through real production, which is growing," said Poloz.

"My staff estimates up to a nine per cent growth rate for the economy this year. That's pretty spectacular stuff. That's not some fiction, that's real. And those things are things that are being exported. Every ingot of gold that goes out is an export, so is every load of iron ore. That generates real money. And every service that an engineering firm performs or every time a tourist comes in and goes out on a dog sled ride or stays in a hotel, that's you exporting your scenery, the quality of life, the great food – it's real business."

Poloz said another measurement is inflation and at three per cent or more, Nunavut's is almost double Canada's.

"We're all in the same Canadian dollar area and that is symptomatic of the fastest growing part of that collective we know as Canada," he said.

In fact, in his presentation, Picotte noted Nunavut's import/export ratio is better than ever and will continue to improve as mine production rises. In 2008, for every dollar made on exports, $10.6 was spent on imports.

In 2017, for every dollar made, $1.9 was spent. As mining production increases, that ratio will balance out.

Nunavummiut must be educated and trained Picotte said that while employment is at an all-time high in Nunavut, the fact remains many jobs are occupied by people from outside the territory – "available to Nunavummiut but Nunavummiut are not trained, yet."

"But employability is on the rise. We like to think this will change, or things are getting a bit better to some extent. That starts with being able to graduate more people from high school," said Picotte.

When Nunavut became a territory, graduation rates were low.

"We're talking about education. We're talking about employability. More graduates is a positive thing for the long term. If we can keep increasing and even if we don't, just the fact that we're at 48 per cent is amazing improvement from where we were before. We were at about 20 to 30 per cent (in 2000). At 48 (per cent), that means a lot more people entering the job market with more ease," said Picotte.

He called secondary education the lowest hanging fruit to generate economic development.

"There's no cost to this fruit. The education is already paid. The seat of the student who doesn't go to school, who doesn't graduate is already paid for," he said.

"The teacher is paid for, the heating. Everything."

In one graphic, Picotte demonstrated that regional graduate rates begin to increase when mining projects move into development phase, such as Agnico Eagle mine's Meadowbank project near Baker Lake. He said the recent slight increase in graduation rates in the Kitikmeot and Qikiqtani regions could also be linked to increased mining activity with TMAC and Baffinland respectively.

"When you see relatives going back and forth with the mine, as a student, it is inspiring," said Picotte.

The symposium board of directors, with youth in mind, launched a new initiative this year. Youth ambassadors, two from each region, were brought to Iqaluit to learn all about the industry at the week-long event.

Some work at mines, some don't – but they were put in the hot seat April 4 to share their experiences, knowledge and ideas with representatives of the mining industry.

Similarly, the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines hosted an education session, to have the conversation on how to link 3,000 of Nunavut's 9,000 unemployed with mining jobs. Director of Inuit training programs for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Adeline Salomonie, representing the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation, president of Nunavut Arctic College Pauloosie Suvega and executive director of Mining Matters Laura Clinton were on hand to discuss ongoing education and training efforts and plans.

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᕗᕌᓐᓱᐊ ᐱᑯᑦ, ᐅᕙᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᖃᖅᑐᒥ, ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐱᕈᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒐᕙᓇᖓ ᓯᑏᕙᓐ ᐳᓗᔅ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᖃᙱᓚᑦ ᓄᒫᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᖕᒪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᓕᒫᓂᑦ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

photo courtesy Michel Albert/Nunavut Mining Symposium

The Government of Nunavut’s senior economist Francois Picotte, pictured here, said the territory will see very high growth in the next four years, while Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said there’s no reason to be gloomy about the territory’s prospects as it demonstrates every sign of an up-andcoming economy.

Lack of land-use plan may hinder exploration Exploration is down in the territory and some speculate this is due to uncertainty related to the unfinished territory-wide landuse plan.

"That stopped in 2017. We don't know exactly for sure why, but there's different speculation," said Picotte. "The territorial outlook from the Conference Board of Canada stated last year that we have 'land-use issues.'

"The third (draft) version of the land-use plan was published in 2016. Is this the only cause? Some people would say yes, some

people would say no." "(Last year) we were told a land-use plan ... wouldn't come until 2022," said Picotte.

That date has since been corrected to 2020.

Picotte said that date offers hope in terms of exploration.

In his talk, Poloz noted trade deficits are a symptom of a developing economy.

"What happens is capital flows in investments, in gold mines or whatever and that's the basis on which the thing balances out. The day you lose your attractiveness to investors, that's when you should be concerned the story is over – but I think you're very far from that," he said.

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᕗᕌᓐᓱᐊ ᐱᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᓄᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᑦ ᓅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᖅᑭᒃᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᒡᓂᑯ ᐄᒍ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᒥᐊᑐᐹᖕᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖓᓂ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᕐᓂᐅᕌᕐᔪᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᕆᕗᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ TMAC-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᒥ ᒪᓕᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᔪᓄᑦ.

Michele LeTourneau/NNSL photo

The GN’s senior economist Francois Picotte said regional graduate rates begin to increase when mining projects move into development phase, such as Agnico Eagle Mines’ Meadowbank project near Baker Lake. He said the recent slight increase in graduation rates in the Kitikmeot and Qikiqtani regions could also be linked to increased mining activity with TMAC and Baffinland respectively.

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ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᒥᒃᖠᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ. ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐴᖑᔪᓂ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓂᕿᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᑐᕕᑐᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᒥ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ CBC-ᑯᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒐᓚᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᕆᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᒃᓴᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᒪᓇᕐᓇᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔾᔨᒍᑕᐅᒋᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒃᑯᑦ. ᐅᕙᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᕇᒃᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᐃᓂᐸᐃᒡᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᓲᓂᑦ. (ᑐᕕᑐᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑎ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᖅᑐᓂ, ᐊᑭᖓ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᙱᖦᖢᓂ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᖃᓛᖅᑎᑦᑎᔭᕆᐊᖃᕌᖓᑕ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒥᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᒥ. ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐊᓈᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑭᓖᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ $29.95-ᒥ, ᐅᐃᓂᐸᐃᒡᒥ ᐊᓈᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑭᓖᓪᓗᓂ $4.49-ᒥ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒧᖓᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ 24-ᓂ ᐃᓗᓕᓕᖕᒥ.) ᑕᒪᐃᑎᒍᑦ, ᐊᑭᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᑭᓖᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᓪᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑭᑐᓂᖅᓴᒥ ᐅᐃᓂᐸᐃᒡ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓂᖓᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐴᖑᔪᒥ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ.

ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖅ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᕘᓇ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᒃᑯᕕᒃᑰᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔫᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. ᓇᓗᓇᙱᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐱᐅᙱᓐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᓗᐊᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᕿᓂᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᖁᑦᑎᓛᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐋᒥᓵᓐ-ᖑᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐅᓯᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ. ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᙱᓚᖅ. ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᒪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᖅᑲᐅᔭᕗᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᑲᓴᑦᑎᐊᕆᕙᖓ ᐋᒥᓵᓐᒥ. ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᑭᓖᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᒥ ᐊᑭᖓᓂ. ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᓗᓂ, ᐋᒥᓵᓐ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᒃᑯᕕᒃᑰᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ. ᐃᓚᓯᓂᖅ ᐋᒥᓵᓐᒥ – ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑳᔅᑰᓕᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓄᐊᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ – ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᔾᔪᑎᒋᕗᖅ. ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ, ᐊᐅᒃᑕᔫᒥᒃ ᐊᑭᓕᒃᓴᓂᒍᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑎᑦ, ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑭᓕᒃᓴᖃᓗᐊᙱᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑳᔅᑯᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᕆᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓄᐊᕈᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑎᑦ. ᐅᑯᐊ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᓚᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

ᓂᐅᕕᕆᐊᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐱᓗᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ North West ᑲᒻᐸᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᐊᑦᒫᑦᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒐᓚᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᑉ ᖃᑭᓂᖏᑦ ᑐᑭᓕᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒧᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᕙᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᕿᒪᐃᕗᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᕕᓂᕆᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᔪᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᖓᓂ. ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᐊᙱᔾᔪᔾᔨᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ. ᑕᑯᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ. ᐊᐱᕆᓗᐊᕐᓂᐅᓇᔭᙱᓚᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᓇᓂᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ. ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᓕᕆᓂᕐᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᓪᓚᕆᖕᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒍᑎᒃᓴᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓯᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓕᒫᓂᑦ ᓇᓕᒧᑦᑐᒥ ᑐᖕᒥᕋᕐᕕᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᖃᕋᓗᐊᕈᓂ ᐅᑎᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᒃᑯᕕᒃᑰᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐋᒥᓵᓐᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐅᓯᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓄᑦ, ᒪᑐᐃᖓᕗᒍᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒍᑎᒃᓴᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᒥᒃᖠᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑭᖓᓂ ᐆᒪᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

Nunavummiut deserve equal access to essentials Northern News Services

Nutrition North Canada is intended to reduce food insecurity in the North. In the past, Nunavut News has used a comparison of a basket of goods to demonstrate the disparities between food prices in northern and southern Canada.

A Twitter user brought to our attention that CBC’s Marketplace team recently did the same. The results were concerning, yet somehow unsurprising and illuminating at the same time.

In this case, a family from Iqaluit was paired with a family from Winnipeg and asked to buy the same groceries and necessities.

(The Twitter user noted that they had each family buy a case of bottled water, the cost of which makes it irrelevant to the daily existence of Nunavummiut, unless there’s a boil water advisory or the GN is providing drinks at a meeting. The Iqaluit mom paid $29.95, while the Winnipeg mom paid $4.49 for the same 24-pack.)

Overall, the price comparison showed the Iqaluit family paying more than twice as much as the Winnipeg family for the same basket of goods.

It’s a challenge the Nutrition North Canada program was sup-

So the system that was supposed to improve life for NunavumThe issue: miut is creating a divide. Shoppers Nutrition North progress can complain about the North We say: West Company’s NorthMart and Are we expecting too much?

Northern stores and yet Marketplace consulted financial analysts found the company’s profits are posed to help solve. Some would in line with other grocery retailers say life was better under the foracross Canada. And they found mer Food Mail program. that the company is passing on There’s no denying Nutrition government subsidies to consumNorth is flawed and people work ers. hard to find ways to cut costs. At This leaves the government’s the top of the list for those living supposed fix as the remaining in Iqaluit is Amazon and the free problem. Even the feds admit it’s shipping they are able to access in failing many. the capital. For the rest of Nunavut, We will see whether planned this is not an option. That case of changes to the subsidy lists will water we mentioned is almost the make a difference. It shouldn’t same price on Amazon. Outside be too much to expect the federal of Iqaluit, people in a bind will government to find a way to enable pay the high price. In other words, families across Nunavut to access Amazon has replaced Food Mail, the same basic needs as those but only for those in Iqaluit. enjoyed by families down south.

Adding Amazon – or a stop at It’s incumbent on those overseeCostco when visiting the south ing Nutrition North to reflect on the – into the mix is also a point of needs of real people and to find privilege. To use these options, you solutions that put all Nunavumhave to have a credit card, meanmiut on equal footing with the rest ing good credit and a consistent of Canada. Whether that means a job and in the case of a Costco run, return to Food Mail or Amazon free you need to be in a position to get shipping for everyone, we’re open down south. These options are not to any solution that will reduce the available to many Nunavummiut. cost of living.

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ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ: ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕕᓯᐅᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᖅᓯ?

MIKAN no. 3855413 ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᖑᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᖅ ᐊᒡᔭᖅᓯᔪᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓘᒃᑖᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥ (ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ), 1948. 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

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ/ Iqaluit street talk with Michele LeTourneau

"ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᓱᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᓕᖅᐱᑦ?"

"What are you reading these days?" ᐃᓕᐋᓇ ᐳᕆᕕᑦ "The Wishmakers – ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᒥ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᕈᕕᑦ, ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖃᕋᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂ."

Eliana Briffett "The Wishmakers – about if you make a wish, there are consequences." ᑭᒻᐳᓕ ᒋᔅᓕᖕ "Wizard of Oz ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ – ᐱᐅᒋᔭᕋ ᑐᐊᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᓂᖅᓴᖃᑎᖃᖅᐸᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᕿᒻᒥᖓᓂ."

Project naming: Do you know your elders?

MIKAN no. 3855413 S.J. Bailey/Library & Archives Canada photo Inuit man and boy carrying Arctic char to deliver to the local doctor.

Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk), 1948.

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.

Focus on health and well-being Northern News Services

I certainly enjoy and get excited when the federal government makes announcements around improvements in our economy, energy sources and potential spin-offs in employment and ear-marking tens of thousands and millions of dollars towards these ambiguous improvements for our good. I hope these will pan out in my lifetime, but more importantly for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren’s future.

Much damage has been done to our environment, land and air and as humans there is a reaction but I hope not too little, too late?

We have on-going research around the effects of global warming on our environment and the impacts on our animals on land and in the sea.

For too long, we took for granted that everything would be there for us now and in the future, but we are finding out that predation,

harvesters, climate change and the increased activity of air traffic and industry are impacting the migration and feeding grounds of caribou and muskoxen. The continued warming temperatures have brought us the moose and various birds that we do not normally spot on the barren ground, including but not limited to the golden, bald and osprey eagle family, to mention a few.

Although we appreciate the assistance in environmental and energy re-vamping, let’s not overlook the dire situation in the Indigenous population around the lack of housing, food security and general health and well-being.

The return of tuberculosis is a direct result of over-crowding and the tight habitation of small spaces for the extended family situations. This is happening right across Nunavut and in many other communities in rural Canada with our First Nations cousins.

I will repeat the significance of our need

In my View Harry Maksagak is a Cambridge Bay resident and former underground miner at the Lupin gold mine. He has been married for 43 years and has five children, 28 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

for more affordable housing, increased assistance in food security and close monitoring of our general health as we work towards building more units.

I firmly believe that we have the capacity to ensure Nunavummiut have all the basic human rights in their quest for lodging, food and clothing. We must continue to work together for a common cause, be creative and innovative, serving and providing for family and community.

Kimberly Gissling "Wizard of Oz collection – I like Dorothy and how she explores with her dog." ᔪᐊᔾᔩᓇ ᐅᐃᑦᓴᐃᓂ-ᓴᐅᓐ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᓯᕗᖓ Spy School for Girls – ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᕿᓂᖅᓴᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂ."

Georgia WitzaneyChown "I've been reading Spy School for Girls – I'm really enjoying the spy stuff." ᓖᓇ ᐊᓪᒋᕼᐊᓂ "ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᖅᑐᓂᑦ – ᓯᓂᒋᐊᖅᑐᓚᐅᖅᑳᕐᓂᓐᓂ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᒐᒃᑯ ᖁᐃᓕᖅᑕᓪᓗᖓ."

Lina Algihani "Mystery and horror – because when I go to sleep I like having chills up my spine."

ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔭᐅᓂᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᕐᓗ

ᐊᐃᕙ-ᓕᓐ ᓄᐊ "ᕋᐃᓇ ᑎᐅᓪᒋᒪᐃᔪᕐ Smile ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ – ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᒐᖏᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ."

ᖁᕕᐊᒋᑦᓯᐊᖅᐸᕋ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑎᒍᑎᖃᕌᖓᑕ ᐊᑲᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᒐᒃᓴᖅᑖᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᓪᓗ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑎᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᐅᓴᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᒥᓕᔭᓃᑦᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᑲᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑎᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓱᕙᓕᑭᐊᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑲᐅᔪᒦᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᑕ. ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᖕᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓱᓕ ᐃᓅᑎᓪᓗᖓ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᕐᙳᑕᕗᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᖅᐳᓪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᓱᕈᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᐅᑕᕗᑦ, ᓄᓇ ᐊᓂᖅᓵᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃᐳᓪᓗ, ᐃᓅᓪᓗᑕᓗ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑭᒋᐊᕈᑎᒋᓯᒪᕙᕗᑦ ᑭᖑᕙᓗᐊᖅᖢᑕ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ? ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓯᓚ ᐆᓇᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᐅᑕᕗᓪᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒍᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᑕᕆᐅᒥᓗ. ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ, ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᕋᑦᑕ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᓗ, ᖃᐅᔨᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓂᕿᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖅ,

ᒪᓚᑲᐃ ᑖᒥᔅ "ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᒃᑲ ᑳᒦᒃᓯᑦ – ᐱᐅᒋᔭᒃᑲ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ."

ᐊᖑᓇᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ, ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ ᖃᖓᑕᔫᖅᑕᖃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓗ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᐃᓪᓗ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᐃᓪᓗ ᓂᕿᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐆᓇᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑐᒃᑐᕙᖃᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᓂᒃ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᖏᑦᑐᒥ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᓇᖅᑐᕋᓕᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᑕᒪᐅᙵᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᑯᔭᓐᓇᒦᕈᑎᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᖢᑕ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᐅᑕᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᑦᓯᐊᙱᖦᖢᓂ, ᓂᕿᖃᑦᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᙱᖦᖢᑕᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖃᕋᔪᒃᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᓅᑦᓯᐊᖏᑦᖢᑕᓗ. ᐳᕙᒡᓗᖕᓇᖅ ᐅᑎᖅᓯᒪᓕᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᑦᓯᐊᖏᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᒥᐅᑕᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖅ ᐃᓂᖃᑦᓯᐊᖏᓐᓂᕐᓗ ᐃᓚᔭᕇᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒥᐅᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᐅᖃᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓂᓗ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᕙᕋ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᓂᒃ,

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.

ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᑕᓗ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᖅᐸᒡᓗᑕᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᑕᐅᖏᓐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᐳᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᑦᓯᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᓪᓚᕆᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ, ᓂᕿᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ. ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᖅᐸᒡᓗᑕ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑕᓗ ᐃᓚᔭᕇᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒥᐅᑕᓂᒡᓗ.

Ayva-Lin Noah "Raina Telgemeier's Smile series – the art is cool and it's based on her childhood."

Malakai Thomas "I'm enjoying graphic novels – I like the art."

10 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 8, 2019

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Fiona Aglak

ᕌᐳᑦ ᐊᒡᓚᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᒪᖔᐱᒃ ᐊᒡᓚᖕᒥ ᕿᒥᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᕿᒻᒥᓂᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᐅᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ. ᒫᔾᔨ 24-ᒥ 4-ᒧᐊᐸᓗᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ.

Robert Aglak helping Komangapik Aglak feed the dogs near Pond Inlet. March 24 around 4 p.m.

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Pang actress receives emerging talent award

ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᕕᙵᖅ ᐊᑲᐅᓯᓴᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᕐᓂ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ.

Panniqtuuq/Pangnirtung What do Rita Claire Mike-Murphy of Pangnirtung and a Canadian icon of children's television have in common?

Both will be honoured at the Youth Media Alliance gala May 29 at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto.

Mike-Murphy will receive the Emerging Talent Award for her work on Anaana's Tent.

"In her leading television role, Rita Claire Mike-Murphy is delighting children as host of Anaana's Tent, an educational and bilingual preschool series on APTN that teaches Inuktitut, the language spoken by the majority of Inuit in Nunavut, to the next generation of Canadian children," states the Youth Media Alliance.

Fred Penner, who has performed at the 2014 Alianait Festival, is receiving the Outstanding Achievement Award for his decades of dedication to children via his CDs, concerts, videos, books and television programming.

Mike-Murphy, also known as the singer Riit, is currently finishing up an album. The first single was released last week.

– Michele LeTourneau

Traditional Inuit village completed Iglulik A traditional Inuit village consisting of several iglus built just outside of Iglulik was to be the site of a community celebration this past weekend, if Mother Nature co-operated.

The festivities were originally planned for the weekend of March 30 to 31 but poor weather forced postponement.

Mayor Celestino Uyarak said he's very impressed with the efforts of local residents who assembled the snow blocks to form shelters.

"I think it's one of our best projects in years," Uyarak said. "We took a tour and they did a great job. Some kids have never seen these kinds of iglus being built before ... they were very amazed."

Including the iglu builders, various performers, food preparation staff and other contributors, the number of people involved in the initiative is close to 100, Uyarak said.

Drum dancing, traditional games and a community feast were among the activities planned for last weekend.

The Qikiqtani Inuit Association and the Government of Nunavut provided funding for the project, which was organized by the Hamlet.

– Derek Neary

photo courtesy of Merlyn Recinos/Hamlet of Igloolik

Susan Avingaq gets cozy inside one of the several iglus built near Iglulik as part of a traditional Inuit village.

Iglu building in Taloyoak Taloyoak The Hamlet of Taloyoak held a week-long iglu-building program in March.

Abel Aqqaq, Tommy Aiyout and Abraham Uquqtunnuaq were the instructors who taught seven participants how to piece together an iglu.

"Overall, the community loves the annual iglu building," said Mary Ugyuk, Taloyoak's community wellness coordinator, who added that the Department of Health provided funding for the program.

Teachers from Netsilik School brought students to the site daily to observe the iglu building in progress for up to a couple of hours a day, Ugyuk said.

"Abel Aqqaq said there were lots of kids coming to see every day except the last day – they had to discontinue due to respect of an elder passing," she stated.

– Derek Neary

ᐋᓐᑎ ᐊᒃᓚ, ᑖᒥ ᐊᐃᔭᐅᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐃᐳᓪ ᐊᖅᑲᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᖅᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᒫᔾᔨᒥ.

Making parkas using hand measurements Sanirajak/Hall Beach Before the days of paper patterns, Inuit made parkas based on hand measurements.

That's the method that will be used in a parka-making course in Hall Beach this month.

Elder Avingak Pikuyak will teach the traditional hand measurement techniques in Inuktitut to four participants.

There are a number of different hand measures, such as from knuckle to knuckle and from an outstretched thumb to the tip of one's forefinger, explained Sheba Pikuyak, Avingak's daughter.

The group will meet three days a week for five weeks to make a parka out of fabric and also a variety of mitts, using fur and leather.

"This is going to be documented," Sheba said, adding that a video recording of the tutorial sessions will be made available for public viewing, but how hasn't yet been decided.

The course is sponsored by the Qikiqtani Inuit Association.

– Derek Neary

New partnership signed, with bonus contribution to food centre

photo courtesy of the Hamlet of Taloyoak

Andy Aklah, Tommy Aiyout and Abel Aqqaq were among those involved in an iglu-building program in Taloyoak in March.

Iqaluit/Mary River A new partnership and service contract between Arctic Co-operatives Ltd., Chrono Aviation and Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. was made official April 2 at the Iqaluit Qajuqturvik Food Centre.

"Local co-operatives work together in a business model where everybody shares in one another's success," said Arctic Co-op's vicepresident of stakeholder relations Duane Wilson.

"By choosing the Co-op system, Baffinland is ensuring that ordinary people in communities share in the benefits of the Mary River Project."

Baffinland president Brian Penney said Arctic Co-ops' "unique structure and ability to give back directly to communities is in line with Baffinland's commitment to deliver benefits to the North Baffin communities and all Nunavummiut."

But the initial big winner was the food centre, which offers daily meal service for those in need in the capital. The centre depends largely

on donations, as well as funding from government and other agencies.

During the event, Arctic Co-op announced it was donating $1,000 to the food centre, while Chrono and Baffinland each matched that figure, bringing the donation to $3,000.

– Michele LeTourneau

Catch a film, or a literary performance, at the Unikkaarvik Visitor's Centre Iqaluit The visitor's centre in Iqaluit has an exciting line up in April.

A National Film Board double bill April 11 sees the screening of Land of the Long Day and People of the Ice. The first film features Joseph Idlout and his family in 1952, with Idlout recounting his experiences. Idlout became known as the "most famous Inuk" of his time.

Featuring Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Meeka Mike, Joshua Kango, Jamesee Mike, Namomai Ashoona and Qovianatoliaq Tapaungai, the 2003 People Of The Ice is a documentary exploring the threat of global warming to the Arctic environment and the challenges and adaptations that Inuit face due to it.

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World – the Nunavut episodes screens April 18.

The documentary, hosted by actor Billy Connolly, sees him travel the Northwest Passage, with stops in Iqaluit, Pangnirtung, Iglulik, Pond Inlet, Beechey Island and Gjoa Haven.

April 25th's showing, The White Dawn, is a 1970s Hollywood feature based on the novel

by James Houston and stars Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, Timothy Bottoms and Louis Gossett Jr.. Filmed on location in Iqaluit, this is a story about three sailors who are moored in the Arctic and welcomed by an Inuit village.

Finally, nestled between films, on April 16, Wayne Johnston returns to Iqaluit after a 20-year absence to share how the area had a formative impact on his life. A librarian, Johnston worked for the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board between 1997 and 2001 to develop a wildlife management resource centre.

He explores the relationship between place and memory through writing and drawing.

Events at the Unikkaarvik Visitor's Centre begin at 7:30 p.m.

– Michele LeTourneau

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Cambridge Bay in talks for incinerator Mayor looks to Alaska for landfill, heat-recovery solution

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay

Cambridge Bay council has a burning desire to reduce the waste piling up at the community's landfill and the answer might lie in adopting an incineration system used in Alaska.

Mayor Pamela Gross said her hamlet is seeking an estimated cost to purchase an incinerator and to install a heat recovery system along with it. Discussions are underway with an American firm to design a solution for Cambridge Bay and an estimated cost is not yet known, she said.

"There's waste no matter where you go in this world and we'd like to curb our waste as it is right now," said Gross, who travelled to the Alaskan city of Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, to learn more about the city's use of an incinerator in February.

"We'd like to use that system here ... I think anything would be better than a regular

burn because chemicals are going all over the place when you're burning them in the open. This way it's contained and the energy from the burn can eventually go into a heatrecovery system."

In Utqiagvik, the city burns its garbage three times a week. The monthly average of 160 tons of solid waste is reduced to 56 tons of ash, lowering landfill volume by 65 per cent, according to Scott Danner, the city's director of public works.

Batteries, electronics and products with oil or lead are not permitted to be burned.

In an effort to keep smoke and odours from bothering the 4,400 residents, an 18-metre stack rises from the two incinerators, which are located outside of the city.

As such, the incinerators are only designed to provide heat to the incineration facility itself, not any other buildings in the community.

Gross, who learned of the model in Utqiagvik through Polar Knowledge staff at the Canadian High Arctic

Research Station, wants to take that a step further in Cambridge Bay. "We'd like to burn the garbage and feed into something – that could be back into the (power) grid or the greenhouse or something of that nature," she said.

Utqiagvik's incineration system, in place since 1996, requires monthly and annual maintenance and the process of manually sorting trash to ensure prohibited products are kept out is "labour intensive," Danner acknowledged, but the payoff is a longerlasting landfill.

Extending the life of the dump in Cambridge Bay is needed, said Gross.

"We're running out of area in our community. We're having to think about the future and trying to work on the pollution of plastics or things blowing from the dump into our ocean or lagoon ... we have such strong winds sometimes," she said.

If the costs associated with the incineration and heat recovery systems are

within an acceptable range, it wouldn't begin to roll out until 2020 at the earliest because it will be too late to get all of the equipment on the 2019 sealift, said Gross.

"It's a bit of a longer-term project," she said.

The project would have to meet design requirements of territorial and federal environmental regulators and the incinerator is equipped with pollution control devices, said senior administrative officer Marla Limousin.

Cambridge Bay Mayor Pamela Gross stands at the base of the signpost in Utqiagvik, Alaska, the northernmost city in the United States. Gross and senior administrative officer Marla Limousin visited Utqiagvik to learn more about the municipality’s incineration system. photo courtesy of Marla Limousin

ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ ᒪᐃᔭᖓ ᐹᒥᓚ ᒍᕉᔅ ᓇᖏᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᙵᕕᖓᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑦᕿᐊᒡᕕᒃ, ᐊᓛᔅᑲᒥ, ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖅᐸᓯᐅᓛᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᒥ ᔫᓇᐃᑎᑦ ᔅᑕᐃᑦᔅᓂ. ᒍᕉᔅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᒫᕐᓚ ᓕᒧᓯᓐ ᐳᓚᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᑦᕿᐊᒡᕕᒃᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔫᑉ ᐃᑭᑎᑦᑎᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᖓᓐᓂ.

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ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᒍᓐᓇᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᓄᖅ-ᓄᓇᓕᕗᒻᒥ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒧᑦ ᒥᑦᑕᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᑭᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ CC-177 Globemaster-ᒥ 429 ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᔪᓄᑦ ᒫᔾᔨ 21, 2019-ᒥ.

ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᖅ ᑎᐴᕋ ᐃᖃᓗᒃ 1 ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ (1CRPG), ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᓄᖅᓄᓇᓕᕗᒻᒥ 19-ᒥ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᒫᔾᔨ 28, 2019-ᒥ

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Canadian Armed Forces members deployed on Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT arrive at Resolute Bay Airport aboard a CC-177 Globemaster from 429 Transport Squadron on March 21, 2019.

Ranger Deborah Iqaluk, of 1 Canadian Rangers Patrol Group (1CRPG), participates in Arctic training with members of the Canadian Armed Forces during Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT 19 in Resolute Bay, NU, on March 28, 2019

Exercising Canadian sovereignty military Feature

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ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᓄᖅ-ᓄᓇᓕᕗᒻᒥ 2019-ᒥ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑑᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᒫᔾᔨᒥ. ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖓ ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓕᒪᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑐᒧᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᑦ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᑭᖅᑯᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᑦ ᓵᒥ ᑯᒡᕕᒃ, ᕿᑎᐊᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐹᓪ ᐃᑯᐊᓪᓚᖅ, ᑯᒡᕕᐅᑉ ᓴᐅᒥᖓᓄᑦ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ 1 ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᔪᓄᑦ (1CRPG), ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᑭᑑᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᒪᓂᕋᖓᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᑉ 1st ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ.

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Nunavut Rangers engaged in Operation Nanook-Nunalivut 2019 outside of Resolute and Tuktoyaktuk, NWT in March.

This year's mission included practising Arc-

tic survival skills and conducting long range patrols.

In addition to guiding members of the Canadian Armed Forces, some of the Rangers received medals for their accomplishments and years of service.

ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᖅ ᔩᑕᓗ ᑲᒃᑭ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᓄᖅ-ᓄᓇᓕᕗᒻᒥ 19-ᒥ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᒫᔾᔨ 26, 2019-ᒥ.

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Canadian Rangers Sammy Kogvik, centre and Paul Ikuallaq, to Kogvik’s left, both from 1 Canadian Rangers Patrol Group (1CRPG), share tips on the use of snowmobiles on Arctic terrain with members of the military’s 1st Battalion.

ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᑎᐅᔪᒥ 2019,ᒥ ᐋᓐᑐᕉ ᐋᕆᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ SmartICE-ᒥ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ SmartQAMUTIK-ᒥ ᒫᔾᔨ 23, 2019-ᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᓄᖅ-ᓄᓇᓕᕗᒻᒥ 19-ᒥ.

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As part of the Canadian Armed Forces Joint Arctic Experiment 2019 Andrew Arreak, Nunavut Operations Lead for SmartICE, checks his equipment prior to heading out for a demonstration of the SmartQAMUTIK on March 23, 2019 during Op NANOOK-NUNALIVUT 19.

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Ranger Jeetalo Kakee of the Iqaluit Ranger Patrol gives a demonstration on how to build an igloo during Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT 19 in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, on March 26, 2019.

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A song and dance worth sharing The Nunavut Drum Dance Festival kicks off in Cam Bay

by Elaine Anselmi

Northern News Services

Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay

With every flight landing in Cambridge Bay last week, drummers and dancers descended on the Kitikmeot community for a week of sharing and learning at the Nunavut Drum Dance Festival. The annual event that's equal parts celebration and education travels around the territory, with a different community playing host each year.

Two days before it kicked off, Julia Ogina counted off 56 names – not including the 20-some from Cambridge Bay – on the list to participate. Ogina is the programs coordinator, elders, language and culture for the Kitikmeot Inuit Association and the turnout for the festival, with likely many more registrants to come, was far more than she expected.

"I'm just speechless with how many people are coming and how it's brought so many people together," she said. "So, I'm very excited."

During the day, participants will take part in different sessions, starting with mornings slotted for each group to make professional recordings of a couple of their songs. The afternoons were planned with con-

sultation from elders of the region who wanted to see structured discussions around drum dance.

"We'll talk about the drum, take the drum apart, label the parts," explained Ogina. "And these discussions are around how to make a drum, repair a drum. We'll have them come together and have their turn in taking a drum apart and put it back together."

Other sessions will be on terminology and the specific words used in songs that might not be used conversationally. Many people can sing the songs once they've been taught, but to visualize the stories they tell, Ogina said, can be difficult when the language has evolved and the terms are no longer in use.

"We're also doing discussions on new song creation, new terminology, because all the songs we're singing now today are old songs," she said.

They hope to foster discussion and creation of new songs through these sessions. In the evenings, the festival will be open to the public for nightly shows at Kullik Ilihakvik Elementary School, where each group will perform a drum dance for the crowd.

"It's been so exciting because

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A drum dance is performed in Cambridge Bay in 2017. we've been preparing the last few years really with the songbook project," said Ogina.

In 2017, the Kitikmeot Inuit Association published "Huqqullaarutit Unipkaangit – Stories Told Through Drum Dance Songs", a collection that Ogina said has built interest in drum dance in the

Kitikmeot, particularly when many elders voiced concerns that it would be lost.

"I'm very proud of our Inuit for sticking together and continuing to learn," Ogina said.

The styles of drum dance vary across the Arctic and the festival is an opportunity for people from all

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regions to share their practice: their style, dialect and clothing, she said.

"That was something we had encouraged the groups to bring their own style back, that used to be able to tell which language group or which community group they come from," Ogina said. "It's empowering, it's creating identity and it's unique."

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ᑰᓪ ᒫᓱᓪ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐹᔅᑭᑦᐹᓪᒥ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᑐᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᖓ, ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐋᓕᔭ ᑯᒪᒃᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᐃᓕ ᕼᐊᕕᐅᔭᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑲᐃᑎᐊ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥ ᒫᔾᔨ 24-ᒥ.

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Cole Marshall, left, Basketball NWT’s technical director, shows Aliyah Komak and Kaylie Havioyak how to defend during a drill at the Acadia Camp in Yellowknife on March 24.

Cambridge Bay youth head to Yellowknife for Acadia Camp

by James McCarthy

Northern News Services

Yellowknife

Cambridge Bay loves its basketball. Of that there is no doubt and it seems they will go anywhere to play it.

One of the community's favourite places to play is Yellowknife, as 17 young players from the community made the trip to the NWT capital for Basketball NWT's Acadia Camp, which happened from March 22 to 24.

Cole Marshall, Basketball NWT's technical director, said it all happened after a conversation with Daisy Eyegetok, who looks after youth basketball in Cambridge Bay. "They were supposed to come to a camp earlier in the season but we had to cancel that one," he said.

"When the chance to come to Yellowknife came around, she jumped at it."

The Cambridge Bay players were split into two groups but the younger players had a group almost all to themselves in

the Grade 4-6 division with 14 of the 16 players registered. The three other players were in the Grade 7-12 division.

Danny De Palma from Acadia University was the guest coach for the weekend.

De Palma has been the assistant coach for the Nova Scotia school's men's team for the past four years and was making his first trip North of 60.

He said the energy from the group was amazing over the course of the weekend camp.

"The younger group was awesome," he said. "They started out a little hesitant at first because I think it was the first basketball camp for some of them but they worked extremely hard every single day.

They're very fun to coach and they made huge improvements."

As for the older group, De Palma said it was obvious they were craving the extra coaching to get better.

"You could tell that right away," he said. "I never had to get on them about giving their best effort because they

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Ski race returns Iqaluit There are many things happening during Toonik Tyme in Iqaluit this coming weekend and the Aniirajak Ski Club will have its own event.

The second annual Toonik 10 cross-country is set to happen on April 14 beginning at 1:30 p.m. and will be a mass start format, meaning everyone starts as the same time. It will be a 10-km race starting at the Ski Can, where the club's clubhouse

brought it right away."

So what impressed De Palma the most about the Cambridge Bay players?

Their camaraderie.

"You can tell they've all played basketball before but they're great teammates," he said. "They share the ball, no one hogged the ball to dribble and shoot, they're out there looking to find one another on the floor. Being in stance and their shooting is what improved the most."

Joel Kaotalok played in the younger division and he said everything about the camp was awesome.

"I like playing 5-on-5," he said.

He also said he wanted to get better at dribbling at the camp.

Keira Kaomayok also played in the younger division and said she was excited when she found out she was going to Yellowknife for the camp.

She also couldn't pick her favourite part of the camp.

"It's all equal," she said. "I'm just happy to get to come."

is located and will make its way along a groomed and marked course with a snowmobile patrol for safety.

Francois Fortin, the club's president, said 28 people entered last year's inaugural race both for fun or for competition with the fastest time being just north of 47 minutes.

He also said there will be a camp set up at the 5-km point for people to take a breather or to call it a day.

Skiers can bring their own gear, or skis can be rented from the club for the day.

Tournament time in the Kitikmeot Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay The 2019 edition of the Kitikmeot Cup senior men's hockey tournament is all over.

The championship game on April 7 brought everything to an end in what ended up being a smaller tournament to past years as just three teams – two from Cambridge Bay and one from Kugluktuk – hit the ice.

ᑭᐅᕋ ᑲᐅᒪᔪᒃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᖑᒻᒪᑎᓇᓱᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᔭᐃᑯᑉ ᐅᑐᑭᐊᒃᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑲᐃᑎᐊ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥ ᒫᔾᔨ 24-ᒥ.

Keira Kaomayok, left, tries to keep pace with Jacob Otokiak during a scrimmage at the Acadia Camp in Yellowknife on March 24.

Harry Aknavigak, who worked on the tournament's organizing committee, said the main reason for the low turnout was due to some communities not being able to make connections due to flights being cancelled or planes going mechanical.

See the next edition of Nunavut News for the results.

More tournament time in the Kitikmeot Taloyoak/Spence Bay With the Kitikmeot Cup over for another year, the attention now turns to Taloyoak and the Netsilik Cup senior men's hockey tournament, which is scheduled to get underway on April 12.

It's open to players 16 years of age and up with each team allowed to carry a maximum of 15 players plus two goaltenders.

Medals and trophies will be awarded to the top teams with the championship game scheduled for April 14. The deadline to enter a team is today, April 8.

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A division almost all their own

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ᓇᔭ ᐃᒃᐸᑲᕼᐅᒃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᕿᓂᖅᐳᖅ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᕼᐋᓕ ᐊᒃᓇᕕᒐᖅ-ᒪᓚᒥ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.

ᑲᐃᓕ ᕼᐊᕕᐅᔭᖅ ᑕᐅᕗᙵᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥ ᕿᒪᒃᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

Naja Ekpakohak, left, looks to get by the defence of Halle Aknavigak-Mala during a drill.

ᑮᓴ ᑲᓂᐊᒃ (ᐊᐅᐸᖅᑐᒦᑦᑐᖅ) ᐊᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᐱᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᕋᓱᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᐅᕋ ᑲᐅᒪᔪᒃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᙳᑎᓇᓱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓯᒪᔭᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᖅᓴᒥᒃ.

Basketball

Feature

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by James McCarthy Yellowknife

Northern News Services

A total of 17 young basketball players from Cambridge Bay were in Yellowknife late last month for the Acadia Camp, hosted

by Basketball NWT.

Kaylie Havioyak heads up court on the fast break.

Keisha Kaniak (in red) tries to keep control of the ball as Keira Kaomayok, left, tries to chase the loose ball down.

ᑲᐃᑎᓐᔅ ᕇᕗᕐ ᑐᑭᓕᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓯᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

Caidynce Rever lines up a free throw.

ᒫᑭ ᐃᕙᒡᓗᒃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᑐᕌᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ ᓇᑎᕐᒥ ᑲᐃᓕ ᕼᐊᕕᐅᔭᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ.

Mackie Evaglok, left, heads up floor as Kaylie Havioyak provides support.

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Apologies to Terry Jones for being from the North Northern News Services Jones seems to have a problem with NunaIn case you haven't heard, there was no vut being involved in anything having to do boys' or girls' Nunavut entry at the recent with the national curling circuit. After all, Canadian U18 Curling Championships in he's called Nunavut's entry into the Brier "the Sherwood Park, Alta. The NWT was there, as ultimate free space on the new Brier bingo they always are, but no Nunavut. card." The very presence of Nunavut at events It's a shame because it looks like a fun like the Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties Tournament of Hearts is nothing event not only for the amount more than a chance for Jones of good curling the future to lament about the fact that gets, but because of everything Nunavut even exists in the involved in it. Curling Canada world of curling. does a great job of putting I'm sure more than a few on events like this and really with James McCarthy people will be little pissed makes a show of it, almost off at people like Terry Jones a precursor of sorts for what thinking that because Nunathese kids can expect if they vut doesn't have as many sheets as the rest of decide curling is for them later in life. the country or because we don't send teams to The one thing I can live without, though, events or because we may not be as good as is Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun and his other provinces that we shouldn't be there. seemingly annual crapfest on Nunavut curling, or lack thereof, as he likes to make you Other teams may not say it publicly – Brad believe. I don't care that he's a member of the Gushue has publicly stated he's no fan of the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame and I could 16-team, two-pool format at the Brier, nor care less that he's a respected curling writer. does he like the format at the World Men's For some reason, Jones likes to take a shot Curling Championship (essentially, he's not a at Nunavut whenever he can and this is where fan of anything that doesn't suit him, it would I come in. appear) – but you know the moment they can In his latest pile of garbage knocking rid the competition of those pesky hangers-on Nunavut curling, Jones made light that the like Nunavut, the NWT and Yukon or any venue which hosted the U18 nationals had other team which doesn't meet the standard twice as many sheets as the Iqaluit Curling Jones and Gushue have set for the national Club and two more than the entire territory. stage, the better off it will be for them in He is right about that but to him, that's merely their minds. a punchline. Nunavut only has six functioning The standard will go up, the crowds will sheets of curling ice – let's have a right good come back, the Brier and Scotties can return laugh about that. to the glory days of 20,000 or so at the One thing you would have noticed in Jones' Saddledome in Calgary for the final and all article is that Heather Nedohin, the event's will be right with the world of curling. We organizer, mentioned that Yukon didn't send just need to show everyone that Nunavut and a boys' team. Not a word in jest about that. others like them belong in an event where Guess they aren't Nunavut so who cares, right, they don't disrupt things and cause teams to Terry? Just an oversight, I'm sure. play eight or 10 meaningless ends, right?

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Nunavut has every right to be at a national championship, just like every other province and territory. It's a Canadian championship and it's open to all members of Curling Canada, whether Jones likes it or not. Sure, there have been blowout games but that happens in every sport, no matter what the event. If they choose not to go or to not send a team, that's their choice. Nedohin and her crew found a way to fill the gap and good for them.

As much as Jones and his verbal flatulence can be Ex-Laxed into the dumpster of history, this is where we have to pick up our socks.

The easy answer is to build more curling rinks but easier said than done. If we can't build houses why would be build curling rinks? Construction of a curling rink should be near the bottom of the list.

If we don't want to listen to Jones and people like him crap on the North because we don't meet their standards, we need to get big on development and use what we have.

Kerry Galusha once told me that if things don't improve on the women's side of the sport in the NWT, it would be slim pickings for the future. There's a couple of good junior teams in Inuvik and Fort Smith coming through the pipeline and here's hoping they stick with it and keep on going.

In Nunavut, we have Sadie Pinksen, who has been a wonderful curling soldier for Nunavut and someone who has plenty of national experience and will make a fine skip one day at the Scotties, if she decides to go down that road. I hope she does. Christianne West, Kaitlyn MacDonald and Melicia Elizaga also have plenty of experience along with Pinksen. Put those four together and there's a good squad for plenty of Scotties to come.

Schools can play a big role as well. I'm not suggesting phys-ed classes based around going on the ice but there is something called

Rocks and Rings that is tailored to phys-ed classes. If you haven't seen it, it's curling without the ice with special rocks and floor mats with the outline of a set of rings. It's quite the set-up and is fun to do (I've played it before). This one idea, more than any others, will work wonders to get the grassroots of the sport growing. Getting them out on the ice is the optimal goal, sure, but for those who are nervous, Rocks and Rings at least shows them what the sport is all about and will generate some curiosity.

And let's exploit Jones' assertion that the Brier is a free space on a bingo card for the North. Why not, eh?

If it is a free space on a bingo card, then we need to tell curlers that. Tell them that there's the chance to go to a national championship of some sort if they're good enough. It starts at the club level, then the territorial level and ending at the national level. It's a dangling carrot waiting to be eaten and since people like Jones think we're only there to make up the numbers and keep things politically correct – something else he likes to mention when crapping on Nunavut – why not do it?

And the best part? Curling Canada will even pick up the tab for you to travel. I'm sure Jones and his ilk love that part of it.

I know that some people reading this will have their own opinion and that's fine. I'm simply here defending Nunavut from those in the south who would much rather have us watch instead of play. I know that not everyone feels the way Jones does about seeing teams from the North but since Jones has a platform to make us all read his thoughts, I'll use mine to rebut it.

To the next teams that travel to the Brier or Scotties, make sure you tell Mr. Jones I said hi and can't wait for my next chance to clap back.

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