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"A sentence must fit the crime and the offender."

– Nunavut Justice Paul Bychok, ruling a minimum mandatory sentence for a Kimmirut man's firearms offence was cruel and unusual punishment, page 2.

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Sentence 'grossly disproportional': judge Jail time cut in half for Kimmirut's Simeonie Itturiligaq, who will serve term in Nunavut

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Iqaluit

Nunavut Justice Paul Bychok ruled the minimum mandatory sentence of four years in a federal penitentiary for a firearm charge violates Simeonie Itturiligaq's charter rights and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

Itturiligaq challenged the constitutionality of the mandatory minimum sentence and Bychok found in his favour.

"A sentence must fit the crime and the offender. This fundamental principle will be at the forefront of my decision," stated Bychok.

"A just, a fit jail sentence in this case would be in the range of 18 months to two years less a day in territorial jail."

Bychok examined the matter from the point of view of the Gladue principle for Indigenous offenders and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as previous Nunavut case law, all against the backdrop of the collective historical trauma of Inuit.

"The Nunavut Court of Justice cannot judge

offenders fairly without acknowledging and understanding the real impact of this reality on Nunavummiut," he stated, referring to Inuit forced off the land, children placed in residential schools, the impact of sexual predators, job scarcity, overcrowding and suicide rates.

Bychok noted the disconnect between southern and Inuit sentencing concepts "and how that disconnect must be faced squarely by sentencing judges in Nunavut," while stating Itturiligaq also violated Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit principles.

Elsewhere in the decision, Bychok called the minimum mandatory sentence of four years to be grossly disproportionate for Itturiligaq, while acknowledging the gravity of firearm offences, domestic violence and that the "sober offender knew there were four people in the house."

Bychok also listed Itturiligaq's own efforts.

He has completed four rehabilitative programs while in custody at Makigiarvik Corrections Centre in Iqaluit – Inside Out, Substance Abuse Program, Alternatives to Violence and Healthy Inuit Families Program. He also participated successfully in the six-week Town Crew Pro-

gram and the Inuit Cultural Skills Program.

"I must not lose sight of this youthful firsttime offender's efforts to date and his real potential for rehabilitation," he stated, noting, "The offender entered an early guilty plea; the offender has shown remorse and accepted responsibility for his actions upon his arrest and interrogation, Ms. Lyta has forgiven him; and the offender does not have a prior criminal record."

The incident in question happened on the night of Jan. 8. According to the document, Itturiligaq sought to have his girlfriend Leesa Lyta return home from a friend's.

Lyta refused, at which point Itturiligaq went home for his .243-calibre Remington 7600 rifle and when Lyta again refused to leave with him, "he picked up his rifle and fired one shot which entered the house above the front door near the roof line."

"The bullet exited through the roof. Ms. Lyta then left the house and went up to the accused.

He struck her on the leg with the rifle butt and they both mounted the Ski-Doo. They then

returned together to their residence."

Itturiligaq was sober at the time and he told the interviewing officer that he took full responsibility for his actions.

"He said he had been angry and upset with Ms. Lyta because he felt she was not spending enough time with him and their two-year-old daughter, Emma. He was angry that she had gone to her friend's place without telling him," according to the document.

"The accused admitted that he had taken a shot at the house. He said he aimed at the top of the house. He said he did not aim at anyone … He said he deliberately aimed at the top of the house."

At the time of Bychok's ruling, Itturiligaq had 303 days left to serve in jail, having accumulated 416 days of credit in pre-sentence custody.

Itturiligaq will be on probation for two years, with conditions and additional orders, including a firearms prohibition with the possibility of firearm use for sustenance or employment purposes.

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Correction

Due to an editing error in the Oct. 8 edition (DeBeers CEO visits Pangnirtung), Kim Truter was misidentified. He is is the CEO of De Beers.

Nunavut News apologizes for any confusion or embarrassment the error may have caused.

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9-ᓂ 12-ᐸᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᓇᓐᓄᒍᓐᓇᐅᑎᓂ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᔪᓂᑦ, ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓄᑦ24-ᓄᑦ ᐊᒧᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᕈᑎᒃ ᑐᖂᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ.

Please see Drawing, page 15

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ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᐊᓇᕕᓗᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ 10-ᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 22-ᒥ 25-ᒧᑦ. "ᑐᕌᕋᓱᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐊᖏᔫᔪᒥᒃ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓇᕕᓗᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐊᒪᐅᓕᒐᒃ ᒧᒥᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᖁᓕᓄᑦ. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᖏᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᙱᓚᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᙴᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ – 8-ᓂ 12-ᓄᑦ ᒧᒥᖅᑎᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ – ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᑲᑕᒃᐳᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑕᒫᒥ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᐊᐃᑉᐹᑕᒫᒥ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ ᑎᑕᒃᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ.

Please see Preparing, page 15

ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓯᑯᒥ ᕿᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ

ᑭᙵᐃᑦ/Cape Dorset ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᑳᖓᒥ ᐊᕿᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᐲᑕ ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᓕᕆᕗᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ, ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᒥ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑐᙵᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᖅ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐃᓪ ᓵᓐᑐᕕᐅᓪ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ. ᐊᕿᔭᕐᓂᖅ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓵᒻ ᐳᓪᓚᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᐅᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ. ᐊᕿᔭᕐᓂᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᒍᑦ, ᓵᓐᑐᕕᐅᓪ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᓯᑯᒃᓴᖓᓂ. ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᒡᓕᔾᔪᑎᖓ ᓱᕋᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 24-ᒧᑦ. "ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓵᓕᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᓄᕕᐱᕆᐅᑦ-ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ.

Please see Quest, page 15

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Tootoo hangs 'em up news

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Announces NHL retirement where it all began for him in Brandon

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet/Brandon, Man.

The Tootoo Train has stopped at an NHL station for the final time.

Jordin Tootoo of Rankin Inlet announced his retirement in Brandon, Man. on Oct. 19.

Tootoo was in Brandon to attended the Wheat Kings game that evening, ending his major junior and professional hockey career in the same community he launched it.

The Wheat Kings honoured Tootoo for his contributions and accomplishments at the Oct. 19 game.

Drafted 98th overall by the Nashville Predators in the fourth round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Tootoo, 35, played 723 games in the world’s top league, amassing 65 goals, 96 assists, 161 points and 1,010 penalty minutes during a 13-year career that also saw stops in Detroit, New Jersey and Chicago.

In making his retirement announcement in Brandon, Tootoo said it was a very special day for him and his family.

He said it’s always special coming back to Brandon, and

it all feels like it’s come full circle for him.

“I came to Brandon all those years ago and I didn’t think much of becoming a role model other than what am I going to do to get to the NHL?” said Tootoo.

“This community has embraced me and looked beyond Jordin Tootoo the hockey player.

“They didn’t judge me for how I played the game.

“And thank you to the city of Brandon who embraced my brother (Terence) and I.” Tootoo thanked the NHL teams whose jerseys he’s worn and said it was difficult to describe his emotions as he looked back.

He said the camaraderie with the players and the connection with the fans at the NHL level is something you have to experience to believe.

“It has enriched my life beyond words.

“Most of all, to my wife, Jen, and to my two daughters, Siena and Avery, thank you.

“You have helped me see the real meaning of life, and you are my life.”

Tootoo told the gathering on-hand for his announcement that he was retiring with no

regrets.

He said it’s been a great run, and now it’s time for him to move on to the next chapter of his life.

“I know I will always remain close to my Native roots, and will continue to work to enhance life for Native children who are suffering.

“I am deeply concerned about some of the challenges facing our Indigenous communities, especially teen suicide and untreated mentalhealth challenges.

“I want to work with communities to create awareness around mental health and to support suicide-prevention initiatives.

“This is a national problem. I want to speak with corporate Canada about creating a culture of inspired inclusivity.

“It is important today for companies to build better teams where everyone feels welcome and is accepted.”

Tootoo said he leaves the game at peace with himself, with the love of his family and memories that will last a lifetime.

He said he owes his life to the game of hockey.

“The city of Nashville

photo courtesy of Wheat Kings family

Former NHLer Jordin Tootoo of Rankin Inlet and his dad, Barney, right, take in the atmosphere of the morning skate for the Brandon Wheat Kings at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Man., on Oct. 19. embraced me when I arrived as a youngster grieving the loss of his big brother, Terence – it was David Poile (GM) and Barry Trotz (coach) who helped me realize I needed help with my alcoholism, Ken Holland (Detroit GM) who believed in me when I was early in my recovery, Lou Lamoriello (New Jersey GM)

who brought me in and trusted me when it looked like my legs were slowing down, and Stan Bowman (Chicago GM) who showed nothing but class during my final year.

“To my parents (Rose and Barney) and my sister, Corrine, you gave me all that you had to give and I cherish you.

“And to the people of Ran-

ᑕᕙᓐ ᒪᓂᒃ

kin Inlet... my brother, Terence was my inspiration, both in life and in the afterlife. His final words to me were, ‘Jor, go all the way. Take care of the family. You are the man.’

“I can only hope I lived up to your expectations, bro, and, after 13 years, it’s time for me to retire from the NHL. “It’s been a hell of a run.”

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ᓇᓐᓄᒐᓱᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐱᖓᔪᐊᓐᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐃᓱᐊᓂ ᐃᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓᓄᑦ. ᐊᓯᐅᔨᑕᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐸᕋ ᓵᑦᑐᒥ ᓯᑯᒥᑦ.

Devon Manik Resolute Bay

Hunted a nanuq (polar bear) on Wednesday last week with my dog team, from one end of the bay to the other. I eventually lost it at the thin ice.

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ᓄĪØflî amazing on-the-land news stories

ᑲᓂᑦ ᕿᐸᓐᓂᖅ

ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ

Kenneth Kripanik ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ

Iglulik

August 29, 2018. Waiting for seals to pop up at Suluraugaq. In the picture is Melvin Taqqaugaq, Marian Kripanik, Patrick-John Attagutaluk and Mason Taqqaugaq.

ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 29, 2018. ᓂᒃᐸᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᑦᑎᕐᓂ ᓱᓗᒐᐅᔭᕐᒥ. ᐊᔾᔨᒥ ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ ᒥᐊᓪᕕᓐ ᑕᖃᐅᒐᖅ, ᒥᐊᕆᐊᓐ ᕿᐸᓐᓂᖅ, ᐹᑐᕆᒃ-ᔮᓐ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᑖᓗᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᐃᓴᓐ ᑕᖃᐅᒐᖅ.

ᒪᒃᐸ ᖃᐅᒪᔪᖅ ᕉᑕ

ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ

ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᐱᕐᙶᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᐅᑉ ᕿᑎᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᓵᖅᑐᒥ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᖓᑕ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ.

Mucpa Qaumajuq Rhoda Pond Inlet

Seal hunting in spring between Pond Inlet and Bylot Island and freshly caught seal near Bylot Island in Pond Inlet.

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 ᒫᑕᓕᓐ ᖁᒻᒧᐊᖅᑐᖅ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦ!

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ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ

ᓯᕿᓂᖅ ᑲᑕᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ, ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 6, 2018.

Jillian Paige Cambridge Bay

This was sunset in Cambridge Bay, October 6, 2018.

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NWTel clients look to other providers Northwestel short on reasons for data usage spike in Iqaluit

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Iqaluit

Stories of discontent regarding Northwestel usage spikes earlier in the month continued into the week of Oct. 15, as some users reported leaving the service provider while others are still waiting to resolve their issues.

One customer who upgraded to the new Northwestel 100 GB package stated Oct. 10 they received a usage notice indicating they'd reached 95 GB. "I signed up for the new maximum package on the 1st. Something is wrong with this for sure," they stated. The customer later provided an update to Nunavut News: "Just cancelled my service with Northwestel. Never going back with them for Internet."

Thomas Rohner twice signed up with Northwestel and has twice quit the company, the last time a month or so ago. He first signed up in 2014.

"From the get-go, their tracking of my usage did not seem proportional to my own tracking. I called them a number of times with this concern, but they said there were no problems on their end so either I really was using that bandwidth or someone in my neighbourhood was pirating Internet from me," he said.

That was the first time Rohner quit Northwestel. "(I was) fed up with their expensive rates, even more expensive overage rates and the consistent suspicion that my bandwidth was not properly tracked on their end. I tried another provider for a while, but the Internet signal with this other provider was so poor that eventually I switched back to Northwestel," he said.

Same issues second time around But he experienced the same issues the second time around.

"There was no way that I was using the bandwidth that, when I logged into my Northwestel account, they said I was using. Even when we weren't home, our devices shut off, we were using large amounts of bandwidth, according to Northwestel.

"Dealing with Northwestel I just

ᓄᐊᑦᐅᐃᔅᑎᐅᓪᑯᓐᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓱᓕ ᖃᐅᔨᔪᒪᕗᑦ ᑭᓱ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓱᖏᐅᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᖁᕝᕙᕆᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒥ ᓴᐱᕆᔭᐅᓕᓐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

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Northwestel customers in Iqaluit continue to wonder what might be the cause of unusual data usage spikes, while some have quit the company in frustration. got used to the feeling of being ripped off. With a different provider now, I haven't had that same experience."

By October 18, Erika Hansford's Internet data usage had soared to unprecedented heights.

"As of today our account states that we have used 152 GB of data.

We have the 60 GB plan. Our usage in the last few days has been over 15 GB per day. I have reported to the tech support and have a ticket number but otherwise have not heard anything," she said.

"I will say that the customer service agent was very understanding and professional. He asked if we played gaming systems. We do not."

Linda Ham tried to get to the bottom of her extraordinary Northwestel usage.

"I brought my router into my office yesterday (Oct. 15), as there is a very good computer geek who works with me. He changed the

password on my router, just in case someone did, in fact, hack in and was causing our usage to skyrocket Thursday to Saturday," said Ham. "He also is very aware of this situation with Northwestel and says that there is no way this is simply updating of either Apple or Windows 10 and this has to be a Northwestel issue."

In a 35-minute telephone conversation, Northwestel's director of communications Andrew Anderson was scant on detail on what may have caused the dramatic usage spikes in Iqaluit, other than updates.

"I can't discuss what we're seeing on a customer level. It's not in our practice to do and not in our commitment to customers," he said.

"Our very first priority is to ensure that our customers receive the service that they've subscribed to.

We've identified some things which are affecting traffic on the network, which we've communicated."

Anderson was referring to a statement the company released informing their clientele of Apple updates and Netflix streaming quality.

"We're encouraging any customer who is experiencing an issue with their service to contact our customer care centre and we're working through those on a case-by-case basis," he added.

Repeatedly asked what other issues aside from updates have been identified by the company Anderson would only reply that he could not discuss specific customer information through the media.

Anderson also said he could not disclose how many Iqalungmiut have complained about the usage spikes. He said the company has several systems that look at network level activity.

"And we also have tools that we provide to customers to manage individual-level activity. When we

hear of issues, we do go back and ensure that both those systems of tools are working as they should.

There's no indication that there's anything offside in any of those," he said.

The overages don't make sense to Linda Ham. "I was like a lunatic over the summer ... ensuring the adult children did not go over the 60 gigs, after we got hit hard in June when they first arrived home. We managed fairly well for July and August.

The three left end of August. For this over-usage to be happening with just me and my husband in the house with no gaming and very little Netflix use is simply wrong. And something is definitely wrong."

Anderson said if a customer is unhappy with the service they've received, they can access escalation mechanisms, such as contacting the office of the president via the company's website.

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Tukisigiarvik finds temporary home Programs are in full swing at Anglican Parish Hall, after a two-week break to move

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Iqaluit

The Tukisigiarvik Wellness Centre in Iqaluit moved into its new, temporary home at the Anglican Parish Hall and it's full steam ahead.

The move from their now-demolished former home to the hall only caused a two-week disruption in services at the end of August and early September.

"We repainted it completely, renovated all the walls, cleaned the kitchen, renovated the bathrooms, had all the air ducts cleaned, installed better lighting," said the centre's executive director David Wilman.

The move doubled the centre's working space from 2,100 square feet to 4,000, which means the centre will now have two big teaching and work areas, offices for counsellors, as well as a sizeable space for dropins at breakfast and throughout the day.

"Which is great, because we only had one little room before (for classes)," said Wilman.

The move to the Parish Hall came in the absence of a permanent building for the centre. Wilman says a Government of Nunavut promise that the centre could occupy Building 534 – the vacant building which formerly housed the Akausisarvik Mental Health Centre – failed to meet the move-out deadline.

"We've been trying to get a building through the government for over five years. It's an endlessly frustrating process. We're still negotiating on it," said Wilman.

The Department of Health paid the $8,000-per-month rent at the previous location and continues to contribute that amount while the centre covers the $800 difference.

"Health has been a big supporter," Wilman said.

ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖅ ᓘᑲᓯ ᑰᑑ, ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᔨ ᓈᔅ ᓵᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨ ᒫᒋ ᖄᐱᒃ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐋᖕᓕᑲᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖓᓐᓂ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᓄᒃᑎᖅᑎᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒍᑦᑎᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

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Iqaluit's Tukisigiarvik Wellness Centre staff, such as hunter guide and elder Lucassie Kootoo, left, counsellor Nash Sagiatook and cultural instructor Maggie Qappik, are now working from the newly renovated Anglican Parish Hall, where programs continue after a two-week period of moving from their now demolished former location to the new location.

Staff are still setting up in the new space in the parish hall, which for now is home, and sheds are being constructed for supplies and hunting gear.

"But we're back up and open for business," said Wilman.

The lease with the Parish of St. Simon's and St. Jude's is for 13 months.

"Tukisigiarvik is a very important member and organization in our community. Its myriad of programs,

services, counselling, job readiness, career and life skills and supports to members of the community need to continue," said parish rector's warden and member of the vestry council Ed Picco.

The centre has provided these services for 14 years.

"The vestry of St. Simon's and St. Jude's were approached by them to see if we could help accommodate the program over the next 10-14 months while they locate and access

another facility. The vestry were in agreement to help the program."

The parish does accommodate other users in the hall on occasion.

"The Parish Hall is owned by the Parish of St. Simon's and St. Jude's and is made available for rental and/ or use of the community at large and or the parish. Rentals to the general public during the Tukisigiarvik lease arrangement will be limited," said Picco.

"Access for certain programs and

or usage by the parish will continue.

Other groups that may have accessed the building without disruption to Tukisigiarvik can continue. In cases where that is not possible, they have been informed where needed, to access other space where appropriate."

Wilman says the centre restarted the afternoon drop-in cultural program Sept. 24.

Elisapi Aningmiuq manages cultural-skills and land-skills programs and other staff is on hand in the afternoon five days a year, yearround for those who want to drop by to finish a parka or kamiik.

"Apart from August, because we're busy doing other things, the summer camp and everything else," said Wilman.

The date isn't set yet, but evening cultural skills classes will soon begin.

"Probably parka-making will be first, from the end of this month until Christmas. Kamiit-making will start in January and usually runs through to the end of April. That's always a very popular class," said Wilman.

"We're already back doing our fall hunting program. We have a boat out today seal hunting."

Wilman hopes to one day have a dedicated building and his preference is to build one.

"Custom built," he said. "We're negotiating with one group in town, but I don't want to talk about it and jeopardize negotiations."

Tukisigiarvik had a $1.5 million budget last year.

"We used every cent," Wilman said, adding they did set aside $8,500 for a new building with the approval of the funder.

Picco said if Tukisigiarvik needs to extend its lease, that request would be reviewed and discussed by the vestry council at that time.

ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᓇᓂᓯᕗᖅ ᐃᓂᒋᓚᐅᑲᖕᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᐋᖕᓕᑲᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᓕᕆᕗᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ-ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓚᐅᑲᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᒃᑎᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ

ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒧᑦ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᓚᐅᑲᖕᓂᐊᖅᑕᖓᓄᑦ ᐋᖕᓕᑲᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖓᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᑦ. ᓅᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒍᑦᑎᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓂᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓐᓂ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᒍᔅᑎᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᑎᐱᕆᐅᑉ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ. "ᑕᒪᕐᒥᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᐸᕗᑦ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᓴᓂᕋᖏᑦ, ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᖅᖢᒍ, ᐊᓇᕐᕖᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᖢᒋᑦ, ᐅᖅᑰᓴᐅᑎᖏᑦ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᑎᖦᖢᑎᒍᑦ, ᐃᓕᓯᓪᓗᑕ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐃᑯᒪᓂᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᓱᒻᒥᖅᑐᐃᔨᖓ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᐅᐃᓪᒥᓐ. ᓅᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᓪᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓂᖃᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᒋᕙᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐃᓂᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ 2,100 ᑭᑉᐹᕆᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᓂ 4,000-ᒧᑦ, ᑐᑭᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐊᖏᔪᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᕕᐅᕙᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᐸᓗᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐳᓚᕋᕐᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓛᕈᒻᒥᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓪᓗᓕᒫᖑᔪᒥ. "ᐱᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖅ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑐᐊᑯᓗᖕᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᖃᓚᐅᕋᑦᑕ (ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᐅᔪᒧᑦ)," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐃᓪᒥᓐ. ᓅᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᙱᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ. ᐅᐃᓪᒥᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ

ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥ 534-ᒥ – ᐃᓄᖃᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᓯᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ – ᑭᐅᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᒻᒪᑦ ᓅᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᓕᕝᕕᖓᓂ. "ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅᑖᕋᓱᒃᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ. ᐃᓱᓕᓱᐃᑦᑑᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᑕᖕᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᕗᖅ. ᓱᓕ ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᒐᓱᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐃᓪᒥᓐ. ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑭᓖᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ $8,000-ᐊᑐᓂ-ᑕᖅᑭᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒧᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐃᓂᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑭᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᑭᓖᑎᓪᓗᒍ $800 ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᖓᓂ. "ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᕗᑦ," ᐅᐃᓪᒥᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖓᓐᓂ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖓᓐᓂ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᑲᒃᑐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕐᓗᐊᓂᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᐅᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ. "ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᓪᓗᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐃᓪᒥᓐ. ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ St. Simon's-ᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ St. Jude's-ᒧᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᓄᑦ 13-ᖑᕗᑦ. "ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᐊᒥᓲᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ, ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᖏᑦ, ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᓂ,

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᔪᒪᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᔨᐅᑉ ᑲᒪᔨᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᐅᔫᑉ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᐊᑦ ᐲᑯ. ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 14-ᓄᑦ. "ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᑦ St. Simon's-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ St. Jude's-ᒥ ᐅᐸᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᙵᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᓄᑦ 10-14-ᓄᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑕᐅᔪᒥ. ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ." ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᖃᖓᓚᐅᓱᖓᖅ. "ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖓ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖕᓄᑦ St. Simon's ᐊᒻᒪ St. Jude's-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ/ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ. ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐲᑯ. "ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ

ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐸᒡᕕᓵᕆᓂᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᐃᓐᓇᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕌᖓᑕ, ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑳᖓᑦ." ᐅᐃᓪᒥᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᐳᓚᕋᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 24-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᐊᓐᓂᕐᒥᐅᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ-ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᒥᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᕗᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂᑦ, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒥ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐅᐸᒍᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᓕᑦᑕᐅᔭᓕᐊᒥᓂᑦ ᑲᒦᖕᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. "ᐋᒍᔅᑎᐅᑉ ᓴᓂᐊᓂ, ᐱᔭᒃᓴᖃᓲᖑᒐᑦᑕ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐃᓪᒥᓐ. ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᓱᓕ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᙱᓚᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓰᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᓵᓕᓛᓕᕆᕗᑦ. ᐅᐃᓪᒥᓐ ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᖅ ᖃᖓᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖃᓛᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᐅᒋᓂᖅᓴᐅᔭᖓ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥ. ᐲᑯ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᕈᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ, ᑐᒃᓯᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔭᐅᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓗᓂ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᒍᓂ.

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ᑕᑯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒃ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᑎᖕᓂ ᐊᑭᓕᒐᒃᓴᕐᓂᑦ ᐱᐅᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᐸ ᓱᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ? ᓄᐊᑦᐅᐃᔅᑎᐅᓪ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑭᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᐅᓗᒍᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ. ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖓ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᖓ ᐱᖓᓱᐃᓪᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 15Gbps-ᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔫᑉ ᖁᑦᑎᓛᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᕙᙶᖅᖢᓂ 60GB ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᒧᑦ $179-ᒥᑦ 100GB ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᒧᑦ $129-ᒧᑦ. ᐱᔪᒥᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. (ᓄᐊᑦᐅᐃᔅᑎᐅᓪ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓕᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᒥ.) ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᓄᐊᑦᐅᐃᔅᑎᐅᓪ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᔪᓐᓇᙱᓚᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ – ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᖄᖏᐅᑏᓐᓇᓲᖑᕙᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᑭᓖᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᓂ GB-ᖑᔪᒧᑦ? ᐱᖓᓱᐃᖅᓱᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᓛᖓ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ –50GB-ᓂ 2016-ᒥ, 60GBᓂ 2017-ᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᓐᓇ 100GB-ᓂ – ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᑐᖅᑏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᖄᖏᐅᑎᓪᓗᑎᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᒥ. ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖓ ᐊᑭᓕᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᖄᖏᐅᑏᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑭᖓᓂ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᒧᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ

ᐅᕙᓂ – ᐊᑐᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕈᑎᓂᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᒥᖦᖢᒍ ᐊᕿᑦᑐᓂ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᑎᓂᑦ ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ – ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐸᓴᒍᓱᖕᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᙱᓐᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᖄᖏᐅᑎᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓂ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 1-ᒥ, ᐊᓄᕆᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᒋᖅᐸᓯᖕᒧᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒧᑦ, ᖃᒥᙶᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᑎᖓᑕ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥ ᑐᕌᖅᑐᒥ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕆᔭᖓᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ, ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒦᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᕐᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᑭᐊᖅ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᑉᐸᓪᓗᐊᖓᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕆᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂᑦ. ᐊᓂᕆᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐲᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐊᔭᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᓂᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᑎᖓᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕆᔭᖓᑦ ᓄᖑᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓂᖓ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᖅ – ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᖓᓐᓄᑦ, ᐱᐊᓪ – ᓴᖑᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐸᓯᒃᖠᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓇᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᐱᓘᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᐅᖃᓘᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓯᒻᒪᕆᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᒋᔭᖓᓐᓂ. ᑎᑎᕋᐃᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᙵᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ,

ᓄᐊᑦᐅᐃᔅᑎᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓇᒃᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᒃᑰᖅᑐᒥ. ᓈᒻᒪᙱᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ. ᓄᐊᑦᐅᐃᔅᑎᐅᓪ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᐊᔭᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᔭᖅᑐᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐅᓇ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᒥ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᒃᓴᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᖃᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᒃᓴᖅᑖᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᙱᑕᒥᓂᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᐳᖅ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᐅᓛᖑᓂᐊᖅᑰᔨᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ. ᐊᖏᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᖃᖅᐳᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᕿᓂᖅ, Xplornet, Ice Wireless, ᐊᒻᒪ Meshnet ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᑎᖓ ᓱᒃᑲᓕᓂᖅᓴᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᔨᐅᔪᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓂᕋᐃᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒍᓐᓃᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᑐᖅᑎᓄᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᒃ ᐊᑭᓕᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᓕᒃᓴᖅᑖᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᓂᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᕐᓄᑦ. ᓄᐊᑦᐅᐃᔅᑎᐅᓪᒧᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᕆᑦᑎ. ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᓕᒃᓴᓕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᓯ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᕐᓂᑦ.

Take a second look at your Internet bill Northern News Services

Was it too good to be true?

Northwestel heralded its new faster and cheaper Internet plan for Nunavut last month and early reports indicate it may be faster but the claim to be cheaper is up for debate.

The speed of the Internet service tripled to 15Gbps and company's top package went from 60GB per month for $179 to 100GB per month for $129. It sounds promising.

(Northwestel is only available for now in a handful of communities, including the capital, but will expand to all communities next year.)

And yet Northwestel continues to fail to solve the problem eternally discussed among users – why are users always exceeding bandwidth quotas, after which they have to pay per GB? This is the third time in three years the top bandwidth quota has increased – to 50GB in 2016, 60GB in 2017 and now 100GB – and yet with each increase, users have found themselves hitting the mark or exceeding it each month.

The result is bills exceeding the expected fee.

There has always been an ele-

– shifted blame to the user and ignored complaints, even hanging The issue: up on the user who raised the conInternet overage fees cern. After we published our story We say: about this online, Northwestel said Burden falls on the seller it was looking at each case individually.

It's not enough. Northwestel benefits from federal backing to ment of user responsibility in this – we started using bandwidth mon- bolster its wiring of the North and has an advantage in the market as itors on our computers and turned a result. This position means they off automatic software updates to have a greater responsibility to good effect – and yet users have also had a suspicion that they were shed light on the workings of their systems and to explain how disconnot responsible for the overage.

This time, all evidence points in nected users can be billed for servifavour of the user. ces they didn't use. This trust needs Only days after the new packages to be rebuilt, especially as it looks came into effect Oct. 1, a big wind- to become the dominant player storm hit southern Baffin Island, territory-wide in the next year. knocking out power and Internet Despite its size and power, Nunafor many users. Despite this, users vummiut have other options, includfound their Internet services hurting Qiniq, Xplornet, Ice Wireless and ling toward the quota. One user, an Meshnet in Iqaluit. As the Internet gets faster in Nunavut, NunavumIqaluit city councillor, wasn't even in the territory and somehow used miut demand more from its service half of his monthly quota in a matproviders and pinning technical ter of days. issues on users is no longer acceptable.

The storm knocked down the wire connecting one family to the To users, check your bills, check your data and make sure you are Internet and yet their quota continued to deplete. It defies explana- billed only for the services you use. tion.

To Northwestel, do better. Check And yet the company – owned the bills, check the data and bill

by Canada's biggest telecom, Bell only for the services you provide.

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editorial – opinions

Tread carefully with nepotism The word ‘nepotism' goes back in history as early as the mid-1400s and the term means ‘the practice of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs at the expense of releasing current workers' and unfortunately it still shows its ugly head in today's society.

With the high cost of living coupled with the shortage of housing, this practice must be addressed head on.

In any business or corporation, we always hope that we have enough manpower to complete whatever project we are engaged in. Some projects are seasonal while others are yearround. In trying to ensure that our cash flow and accounting system covers all necessary costs, including goods and services and wages, there are times when we try and find the easiest way around this.

I don't think there is anything wrong with asking a close friend or family members to help out periodically but we need to make sure and watch carefully how this is perceived by the public in general and for how long this might proceed.

We also have to consider very carefully the head-count in our firm. Will I have enough resources to cover the current man-power and would there be temporary layoffs if I decide to add to the project of the day.

We always look at the everyday situation

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.

carefully and consider all the logistics and finances behind what we are doing. I would suggest that sometimes we overlook this kind of manoeuvre in our business world but we must always be careful and cognizant that the business bureau and watch-dogs of enterprise are aware of our activities on a random basis so we must have any and all answers ready when approached.

The spirit of entrepreneurship is alive and well and this certainly helps in the gaps of finding employment out there but we have to follow the guidelines and principles behind operating our own business venture.

In a word of encouragement and in following the IQ Principles, let's respect others, relationships and caring for people, serving and providing for family and/or community, working together for a common cause.

ᑲᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᓚᓐᓂᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥ

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ‘ᐃᓚᓐᓂᖅᓱᕐᓂᖅ' ᐅᑎᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᑐᖄᓗᖕᒧᑦ 1400-ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᐳᖅ ‘ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᓐᓂᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᒥᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᑭᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓴᒃᑯᐃᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ' ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐃᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᓂᐊᖁᕐᓘᑎᐊᓗᐊ ᓴᖅᑭᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᑭᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐆᒪᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᓗᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᐅᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔭᕆᐊᖃᓪᓚᕆᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ. ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᓂᕆᐅᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖁᑎᖃᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᐃᓚᐃᓐᓇᖓᓂᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒨᖓᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑭᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᓇᓱᐊᓲᖑᕗᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᙱᓛᖑᔪᒥ

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ/Nunavut street talk with Derek Neary

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.

ᐱᓕᕆᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᖅᑰᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᒥ ᐃᓚᒥᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᑲᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᓚᐅᓱᖓᕐᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑕ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᑎᒋᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᐊᖃᑦᑎᐊᕆᕗᒍᑦ ᓂᐊᖁᓄᑦᓇᐃᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐊᑭᓖᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᓚᐅᑲᒃᑐᒥ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᖅᐸᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᒍᒪ ᐃᓚᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ.

ᐱᐅᓛᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕐᓗᒃᓯᒪᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕕᐅᒃ, ᐊᓯᖕᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᖓᓂ?

What's the best costume you've ever worn, or seen someone else wear? ᐃᐅᓪᕖᓇ ᓈᑕᓇᐃᓐ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ "ᐅᒥᖕᒪᐅᑉ ᓂᐊᖁᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᖓ ᑐᒃᑑᑉ ᒥᖅᑯᖓᓂ ᑭᓱᒥᒃᑭᐊᖅ (ᐳᐃᒍᖅᐳᖓ) ᑎᒥᖓᓐᓂ, ᑲᒫᓗᒃᓯᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᖕᒥᑯᑖᖕᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓᓂ."

a high heel."

Elvina Natanine, Arctic Bay "I had a muskox head with tuktu fur or something else (I forgot) as a body, wearing a boot and

ᐋᓐᑐᕉ ᐸᓂᒐᔭᒃ, ᑲᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ "ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᐅᒋᓛᕆᓯᒪᔭᕋ (ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᑖᑕᒐ) ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ wrestlerᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ Stone Cold Steve Austin-ᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ."

Andrew Panigayak, Taloyoak "One of my favourite ones was (my elderly dad) dressed as former wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin and no one recognized him."

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ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ: ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕕᓯᐅᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᖅᓯ?

MIKAN no. 5034204 ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐅᓗᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᓯᖕᒥ. 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

Project naming: Do you know your elders?

MIKAN no. 5034204 Inuk woman using an ulu on raw sealskin.

Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk), 1948.

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Project Naming is a trilingual Web exhibition and searchable photographic database available in Inuktitut, English and ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓗᒍ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᐃᒪᐃᖁᔨᓇᔭᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓲᖑᙱᓚᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᓴᖑᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᒪᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᒡᓗᑕ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᖃᖓᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᑭᐅᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᕙᒌᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᒍᑦᑕ. ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ

ᔫᔅᑕᔅ ᑲᑦᓗᓐ, ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ "ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖅ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕐᓗᒃᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᔭᕋ ᐊᖑᒻᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᑎᑐᑦ."

Eustace Kadlun, Kugluktuk "The best costume I've seen anyone wear is when a guy dressed up as a girl."

ᓯᐅᕇᑕ ᑲᓪᓗᒃ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ "ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖅ ᕼᐋᓗᕖᓐᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕐᓗᒃᓯᒪᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᓐᓂ Cleopatra-ᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ."

Cherita Kalluk, Arctic Bay "The best Halloween costume I've ever worn was Cleopatra."

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Please send submissions to photo@nnsl. com or mail to Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1. ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᓪᓚᕆᒃᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᑰᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᒥᑦ ᑕᖅᑳᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒪᓕᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖁᑎᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓇᓱᐊᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᓕᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᐊᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑕ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᓂᕐᓄᑦ, ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ/ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒡᓗᑕ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒧᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᐅᔪᒧᑦ. ᓃᓇ ᑯᐹᖅ, ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ "ᖁᐱᕐᕈᙳᐊᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕐᓗᒃᓯᒪᔪᖅ. ᑭᓇᓕᒫᖅ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᙱᓚᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᓂᑦ."

Nina Kuppaq, Hall Beach "An insect costume. No one is afraid of anything in the cold, except insects."

ᓇᑖᓴ ᕉᔅ ᓂᕕᖓᓗᒃ, ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ "ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖅ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕐᓗᒃᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᔭᓐᓂ ᐃᓪᓗᑯᓗᒐ ᐊᕐᓇᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ."

Natasha Rose Nivingalok, Kugluktuk "The best costume I've seen was my little cousin dressed up as a woman."

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Canada Post strike tentatively set for Monday Nunavut A postal strike was slated to begin Monday if negotiations between unionized postal workers and Canada Post didn't lead to a deal over the weekend.

The strike was originally going to start on Sept. 26, but the two sides committed to continue bargaining instead. Goodwill was running out last week as the Canadian Union of Postal Work-

ers gave notice to Canada Post that rotating job action was imminent, barring a late agreement.

Among the unresolved issues for the union were job security, health and safety, gender equality and the union's desire to expand services through Canada Post outlets, particularly in rural locations.

For Nunavut's recreational marijuana users – legally permitted to indulge as of Oct. 17 – find-

ing an economical way to get their mail-order cannabis without Canada Post could prove to be a real challenge.

A postal strike would have minimal impact on most government services, however, said Wende Halonen, communications staff member with Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs.

Paycheques for government employees won't be affected and neither will income assistance

In Brief payments, which are issued directly in clients' home communities, or through Northern and Co-op stores if the payments come from regional offices, Halonen explained.

One provision that would be made is to have Qulliq Energy Corporation bills that are paid manually delivered to Qulliq locations in the communities, she noted.

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ᓴᙱᒃᑎᒋᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐅᓪᓛᕈᒻᒥᓴᕐᒥ

Fuelling up with a school breakfast

ᖃᕐᒪᖅᑕᓕᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ ᐱᖓᔪᐊᓐᓂ ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓛᕈᒻᒥᓴᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 17-ᒥ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᒍᑕᖏᕐᓂᕐᓂᑦ ᐹᓐᑲᐃᒃᓂ ᐆᑦᑎᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓇᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᐃᖁᔭᐅᔪᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᑉ ᑐᒡᓕᐊ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐳᔾᔪᑦ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ, ᓇᖏᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᓄᐊᓂ. ᑯᓱᒐᖅ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨᒧᑦ ᔪᐊᔾ ᑭᔅᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᓖᓇ ᐃᕕᒃ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᒪᒪᑕᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᕗᑦ ᓃᔪᓪ ᑯᓄ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᐊᕋ ᐊᒪᕈᐊᓕᒃ.

Qarmartalik School's Wednesday morning breakfast program on Oct. 17 featured blueberry pancakes cooked by volunteers from the Resolute Bay RCMP detachment.

There were a few other guests at the event as well, including deputy minister of Education Pujjuut Kusugak, standing in the back.

Kusugak is in conversation with nurse George Kis and Inuit language and culture advocate Leena Evic. Among those enjoying the meal are students Neil Koonoo, left, and Sarah Amarualik. photo courtesy of Qarmartalik School

No airlift compensation from GNWT ‘People are frustrated,' says Cambridge Bay hamlet administrator

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

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There will be no immediate help from the GNWT's Department of Infrastructure for those who are without vehicles or for businesses that take on extra expense due to the airlift that is replacing sealift.

"I guess what I'm saying here is there's no additional compensation for delays for people's businesses," said John Vandenberg, assistant deputy minister with the Department of Infrastructure in an Oct. 16 interview.

Although the GNWT is prioritizing food and personal effects, it will consider shipping building supplies "as soon as possible" to try to accommodate businesses that have contract deadlines to meet, Vandenberg said.

The GNWT will transport snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles via the airlift, but not cars, trucks and heavy equipment. The government will store those stranded vehicles in a compound in Inuvik until next year's sealift.

When asked about the possibility of arranging for alternative vehicles for residents of Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk who are enduring hardship without the cars and trucks they ordered on the last Marine Transportation Service (MTS) barge due into the Kitikmeot that was cancelled in early October, Vandenberg replied, "We haven't considered it at this time. That's all I can say right now."

Although Summit Air was the successful bidder on the GNWT's airlift contract – awarded at $1.75 million – other airlines will be used if and when needed to keep the close to 700 tonnes of cargo flowing, Vandenberg said. The GNWT is aiming to have the airlift, consisting of an estimated 70 to 100 flights, wrapped up by Christmas, he added. The first load into the Kitikmeot was due in Cambridge Bay on Oct 18.

Explaining the delays that prevented the MTS barge from getting into the Kitikmeot in late August, as originally scheduled, Vandenberg said about 10 days were lost when a

ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᓂᕐᒥ $1.75 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᒥ, Summit Air, ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᓲᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᓂᑦ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᑦ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒧᑦ, ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐹᐅᓚᑐᕐᒧᑦ.

photo courtesy of Summit Air

With a bid of $1.75 million, Summit Air, which owns a fleet of cargo planes, was selected to undertake the GNWT's airlift contract for Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Paulatuk. large amount of driftwood knocked out the shipping buoys on the Mackenzie River. Another delay came while waiting a couple of weeks for fuel, destined for Paulatuk and other communities, to be delivered to MTS in Hay River, Vandenberg added.

"You get into a few things like that and, you know, things start to move into September," he said, adding that staff at the Canadian Ice Service didn't forecast any navigation issues later in the month.

Vandenberg visited Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk over the past week to meet with those affected. He said people are frustrated but have been "very polite."

"We know we're not going to make everybody happy but we're going to do our best here," he said.

"We have a non-negotiable bill of lading and it does say, like any carrier, if the freight doesn't get in, it

doesn't get in and we bring it later.

But in this case it's not so much Marine Transportation Services stepping up, it's really the Government of the Northwest Territories, recognizing that this is a human being thing, this is a people thing."

‘Should have been here earlier' Jim MacEachern, who attended the public meeting with GNWT officials and about 40 community members in Cambridge Bay on Oct. 15, said there was tension in the room.

"There definitely was backlash, there's no question about it ... there's still a lot of confusion and angst about how it transpired, why it transpired, why people aren't getting their vehicles," MacEachern, the community's assistant senior administrative officer, said of reaction at the public meeting. "People are frustrated. Everyone has their own

unique situation. It's not a one-sizefits-all type of solution ... the businesses are going to take a significant hit."

In Kugluktuk, NWT government officials met with close to 25 residents on Oct. 11. The question also arose there about how the shipping delay occurred, leading to impassable ice conditions.

"The bottom line is and we realize and they realize, they should have been here earlier before the ice came and got it done," said Don LeBlanc, Kugluktuk's senior administrative officer. "I guess somewhere along the line someone is going to have to admit, ‘Yeah, we made a boo-boo.'

Mother Nature didn't help."

Although many people are unhappy with the circumstances, LeBlanc said the government officials seemed forthright in providing responses.

"They came across very professional and very honest. They didn't hesitate to tell it like it was," he said, adding that the GNWT representatives also went on-air through the local radio station for a half hour to explain the actions they're taking.

The extraordinary ice conditions may "just sound like excuses," Vandenberg acknowledged, but he said his department will monitor the situation very closely next year.

"If we're getting into a different ice environment, we're going to have to set up different sailing schedules to cope with it," he said.

To improve customer service in the near-term, the GNWT planned to have toll-free numbers available for barge customers as of last week.

Dedicated personnel were to be responsible for each of Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Paulatuk, NWT, according to Vandenberg.

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Nunavut mine training under scrutiny Kivalliq organization indicates it intends to bounce back; MLA worries about lost job opportunities

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Nunavut

There's a real risk that Nunavummiut will miss out on job opportunities as Agnico Eagle Mines expands its workforce, warns Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA John Main.

For the past several months, Main has been calling for enhancements to mine training because, he says, the Kivalliq Mine Training Society (KMTS) hasn't been functioning at an acceptable level.

"My understanding is that there's been some difficulties within that organization and some of the partners have pulled back from their participation," Main said. "It's concerning for me, whether it's a slowdown or shutdown, particularly with the timing of how things are going in the Kivalliq with the development of the Meliadine mine.

We need to be running full steam ahead on mine training if we're going to get the benefits we want for Kivalliq residents from development in the region. Otherwise we miss the boat."

Dominique Girard, Agnico Eagle's vice-president of Nunavut operations, said in October that he wasn't aware of KMTS's official status, but he'd heard the organization would be "coming back again."

Nunavut News requested an interview with a Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) official familiar with KMTS, as the KIA holds the seat as chair of the non-profit's board of directors. No interview was granted.

As the KIA's annual general meeting was approaching during the first week of October, KIA's director of communications Tracy Wallace sent an email stating that the KIA, through the creation of the Inuit Services Department in 2019-2020, has "decided to internalize the objective of training for Kivalliqmiut that (leads) to employment in mining/ trades."

"Development (is) underway to secure a contribution agreement through a multiyear funding program to deliver programs to Kivalliqmiut with the same objective," Wallace stated.

She didn't respond to a request to elaborate.

As Agnico Eagle edges closer to launching its next two Kivalliq gold mines, Girard said additional trades apprentices and 80 more truck drivers are in demand.

"This is such a huge opportunity to have more Inuit driving those trucks," he said. "If we don't have help (with training), the end result is we're going to hire people from the south because those trucks need to be on the road."

The mining company

ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᔮᓐ ᒪᐃᓐ: "ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᔪᐊᒧᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ."

John Main: "We need to get more Nunavummiut into this industry." has been expanding its own mine training offerings over the years and has an annual $4.1 million training budget for the Kivalliq, according to Girard.

"At some point ... we are maxed out," he said, acknowledging that Agnico Eagle has to pay yearly penalties to the Kivalliq Inuit Association if the goal of a 50 per cent Inuit mine workforce, identified in the Inuit Impact Benefit Agreement, is not achieved.

Agnico Eagle's long-term vision is to have Inuit managing its Nunavut mines, Girard added.

"It is all related to skills development and training," he said.

KMTS was formed in 2009 through the combined efforts of the GN Department of Economic Development and Transportation, Agnico Eagle, the KIA, Kivalliq Partners in Development and Nunavut Arctic College.

Training has been delivered to 2,634 people in the history of KMTS, but some of those would have been the same people enrolling in different programs over the years, Angie Perkins, executive director of KMTS, stated earlier this year.

Little progress on Nunavut-wide initiative When Main raised the issue of KMTS's perceived struggles in the legislative assembly on May 29, then-minister of Economic Development and Transportation (ED&T) Joe Savikataaq, himself a Kivalliq MLA, confirmed that that was his impression as well.

"The member is right that the Kivalliq Mine Training (Society) is not as active as it was in the past ... we cannot afford to wait if we want to benefit from the jobs that are coming," said Savikataaq.

He said the GN was looking at setting up a Nunavutwide mine training centre since the Kitikmeot and Baffin regions also have active mines.

Almost four months later, ED&T Minister David Akeeagok had little progress

to share on that front. The concept is "still under discussion" among the government departments that would play a role, Akeeagok stated on Sept. 21. Details relating to where the training centre would be located, the types of training involved and the costs associated were not yet available, according to Akeeagok.

Main said he'd support a territorial initiative because mine training is currently "piecemeal" and "disjointed" across Nunavut's three regions.

"Mining is a huge part of Nunavut's future," said Main.

"I want my constituents in my two communities of Arviat and Whale Cove to be welleducated and well-informed and able to take advantage of the huge opportunities that exist."

The Kitikmeot Inuit Association, which signed IIBAs with TMAC Resources for the Hope Bay gold project and with Sabina Gold & Silver for the Back River gold project, has had a longstanding arrangement with the Northwest Territories Mine Training Society to get Kitikmeot residents prepared for work in the industry.

While this alliance has served the Kitikmeot Inuit Association well in the past, "we have had difficulty accessing instructors and programs through the NWT MTS. I think the NWT MTS is at capacity as well," stated Paul Emingak, KIA's executive director, who added that he consulted with staff in his

ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ 2015-ᒥ. ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᕕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ.

photo courtesy of the Kialliq Mine Training Society

This was one of many graduating classes from Kivalliq Mine Training Society courses in 2015. There are doubts about how active the mine training society remains. Territorial politicians are talking about establishing a territory-wide mine training centre to serve Nunavummiut. office about the issue.

Emingak said his organization would "absolutely" support a territory-wide training centre. To be successful, a collaborative effort is

required, Main agreed.

"The government can't do it alone. Nunavut Arctic College can't do it alone.

The mines can't do it alone.

Neither can the Inuit organ-

izations. We need everyone coming together," he urged.

"We need to get more Nunavummiut into this industry.

Right now we have too many of the dollars flowing south."

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ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓇᓄᕐᒥᓂᑦ ᖁᓱᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᒃᖢᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᐸᖓ

ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 8 ᐱᓕᕆᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓪᓘᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᒑᐱᖕᒥᐅᑕᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᔨ ᐋᓯᕙᒃᒧᑦ – ᖁᑭᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᓇᓄᕐᒥ. "ᐊᑎᕋ ᐊᒧᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᓐᓄᒍᓐᓇᐅᑎᒧᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 6-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 8-ᒥ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ. "ᖁᓱᕕᒡᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᒐᓚᒃᖢᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒐᒪ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᖁᑭᖅᓯᓂᐊᕋᒪ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᖓ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ. ᓴᑭᖓᓗ ᐱᖃᓐᓈᖓᓗ, ᐋᓯᕙᒃ

ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᓪᓛᖑᔪᒥ. "ᐅᓪᓛᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ 7-ᒥ ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᓐᓄᒋᐊᖅᑐᕋᓱᐊᖅᖢᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ 11-ᒥ ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ. ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓇᓅᑉ ᑐᒥᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑯᓛᒥ, ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐊᑎᕆᔭᖓ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓄᖅ ᓇᓂᓚᐅᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐸᒥᐊᓪᓗᐊᒥ." ᐋᓯᕙᒃ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᒦᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᓄᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᖃᖅᑲᒥᑦ.

12-ᖏᖅᓱᖅᖢᓂ ᖁᑭᕆᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᒥ, ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᖁᑭᖅᓯᔪᓂᑦ. ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᒪᓪᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ,

Woman hunts her first polar bear

ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᓴᑭᒐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑖᑕᒐ ᒪᔪᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ (ᓇᓄᕐᒧᑦ) ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᖢᓂᔾᔪᒃ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᖃᓐᓈᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒃᑲᖓ ᖃᓂᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᒧᐊᓚᐅᖅᐸᖓ ᐱᓚᒃᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐅᕿᙱᓗᐊᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᒪᒃᑯᑦ. ᓇᓄᖅ 9-ᓂ ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᖏᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᓚᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᒐᒥ, ᓇᓄᖅ ᐅᓯᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᒥᓂᑦᓂ ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᓕᖕᒧᑦ.

ᓂᕿᖓ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ. ᐋᓯᕙᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᕈᒪᕗᖅ ᓇᓅᑉ ᐊᒥᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᓂᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑎᒃᓴᒥᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ, ᐋᓯᕙᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓇᓐᓄᒐᓱᒃᑲᓐᓂᓛᙱᑦᑐᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ. "ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᖕᒪᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᐃᔭᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᒥ

ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ – ᐊᓈᓇᖓ, ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᒥᑦ. ᐋᓯᕙᒃ 20-ᙳᕋᑖᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᐊᓂᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ, ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 12-ᒥ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓃᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓚᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ 12-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐋᓯᕙᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 16-ᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᖁᑭᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᒥᒃ, ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᒥ.

ᑲᖏᖅᖢᒑᐱᐅᑉ ᐋᓐᔨ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓇᓐᓄᒐᓱᖕᓂᖓᓂ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᓪᓛᖓᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 8-ᒥ.

Nervous and scared, but she got the job done

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Kangiqtugaapik/Clyde River

October 8 was a landmark day for Clyde River's Angie Ashevak – she shot her first polar bear.

"My name was drawn for a polar bear tag on October 6 and I had to go on October 8," said Ashevak. "I got so nervous and got scared a little bit because I know I will shoot what's bigger than I am. And excited," said Ashevak.

With her father-in-law and boyfriend, Ashevak headed out that fateful morning.

"We went early at seven o'clock to go hunt bear and found one around 11 a.m.. We saw polar bear tracks in Akulaa, which the land's name in Inuktitut and we found the polar bear at Pamiallua."

Ashevak was in the boat when the bear was spotted high on the mountain. She took 12 shots from the boat, with three connecting. The water was choppy that day, she said.

"My father-in-law and my father climbed (to the bear) and pushed it to the water," said Ashevak, adding her boyfriend and uncle brought it to a close location for butchering, as it was too heavy to haul back to the community over water.

The bear measured nine feet.

Once butchered, the polar bear was transported back to the community a few minutes away. The meat was shared with the community.

Ashevak wants to sell the polar bear skin and is looking for a buyer.

Looking back on her experience, Ashevak said it was great, but she's likely not going to hunt polar bear again.

"Because it's hard work to finish the blubber and the skin," she said.

Luckily, she had plenty of help getting the job done – her mother, two sisters and another community member.

Ashevak turned 20 only days after the hunt, on Oct. 12. She says she learned how to handle a rifle with the Junior Rangers, which she joined when she was 12. Ashevak says at 16 she shot her first prey, ptarmigan.

photo courtesy of Angie Ashevak

Clyde River's Angie Ashevak displays the result of her first polar bear hunt, which took place the morning of October 8.

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Young Apex chef wins trip to Ottawa

Apex Aspiring chef River McCluskey, 9, was headed to Ottawa on Oct. 21 to celebrate his big win in Kid Food Nation's national recipe contest.

McCluskey will represent Nunavut and show off his Baked Arctic Char with Citrus Relish, joining 25 other winners at a special gala event.

"River has been cooking since he could stand on his own.

We run a weekly cooking club at his school and we have several recipes we complete each year. Pizza, meatballs, quiche, etc.

But his recipe for the citrus relish for this contest is something he developed on his own over a period of several weeks, fine tuning it," stated mom Kerry McCluskey.

"We went to Cuba a few years ago and they served a fresh relish with their beach burgers. Earlier this year, he decided he wanted to create his own recipe to serve with Arctic char. He kept working on it and revising it until he found a combination of ingredients that he was satisfied with. He perfected it on March break during a family vacation at Blue Mountain."

Hundreds of youth from the ages of seven to 13 entered the national recipe contest, which asked them to share "their love of good food by submitting original, healthy recipes that highlight their culture or their Canadian pride," stated Jared Morrow, senior writer and media relations manager for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada.

McCluskey's recipe will also be featured in the Kid Food Nation cookbook, set to be distributed nationwide later this fall.

– Michele LeTourneau

ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒪᔪᒥ ᕆᕗᕐ ᒪᒃᓚᔅᑭ, 9, ᓂᐅᖁᙴᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᖓᑦᑕᐅᑎᒥ ᐋᑐᕚᒧᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕿᓕᐊᒃᓴᒥᓂᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂ ᓴᓇᔭᒥᓂᑦ – ᐃᒐᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐆᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥ ᓰᕐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᕕᓂᕐᓂ ᒥᖑᐊᓕᖕᒥᑦ.

Drawing for polar bear tags

Iglulik There are daily draws for 24-hour polar bear tags in Iglulik.

Hunters whose names are randomly chosen have a full day to slay a bear.

There were four tags available from the outset but one of them was accounted for on Oct. 13, when a male bear was harvested approximately five kilometres from the community, said Jacob Malliki, manager of Iglulik's Hunters and Trappers Association (HTA).

"It was down at the Point," Malliki said. "Apparently they were hunting seals and whatnot. They got to shore (in their boat) and they could harvest that polar bear."

At the HTA's annual general meeting on Oct. 27, it will be decided how the remaining Foxe Basin polar bear tags will be distributed. There will be between nine and 12 tags left over, depending on how many of the 24-hour draws lead to kills.

– Derek Neary

Preparing for the square dance showdown

Gjoa Haven Elizabeth Anavilok is organizing the 10th annual square dance showdown in Gjoa Haven from Nov. 22 to 25.

"I'm trying to aim for something big," said Anavilok who has been involved with the Amauligak Dancers for the past decade.

The prize amounts haven't been announced yet. Community bingos are part of the fundraising effort, she said.

There will be plenty of local entries – with eight or 12 dancers each – and teams from other communities have been inquiring about participating in the event, she said. Categories will be open to adults and youth, she added.

Weekly practices are held on Tuesdays in Gjoa Haven with a live band at the community hall. Anavilok said she was surprised to see some children as young as three to five years old learning to square dance on Oct. 16.

"They're so tiny. It was really touching yesterday when I saw small, little ones that will be in the showdown," she said.

"They're into the music. They were not shy."

– Derek Neary

Paatsaali School corresponds with the world

Sanikiluaq Paatsaali School in Sanikiluaq put an offer out to their Twitter followers Oct. 12.

"Send us a PM with your address if you would like to receive this postcard in the mail," the school wrote.

Principal Tim Hoyt said he got the idea while trying to declutter his office.

"I thought this would be a good way to get rid of them and also serve as an informal survey of interest from our Twitter followers," he said. "Response has been positive. Most are Canadian, but we've also sent one to Spain and one to New York."

"I can't find the button to send you a PM, but I'd love one

photo courtesy of Kerry McCluskey

Aspiring chef River McCluskey, 9, of Apex won himself a trip to Ottawa this week with a recipe of his own invention – Baked Arctic Char with Citrus Relish. of these (and I'll send you one from Newfoundland and Labrador)," wrote one follower.

Several other followers are offering the same – a postcard from their locations. Hoyt says the school has sent out 57 postcards so far.

– Michele LeTourneau

New ED for Baffin chamber

Qikiqtaaluk The Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce has filled the position left open when Chris West resigned from the organization's top job.

West's last day was Aug. 24.

"I'm pleased to announce our new executive director, Murtaza Gurmani," stated manager of events and member services Laura Nevin in an email Oct. 16.

"Murtaza Gurmani is a professional chartered accountant and has served in private and government sectors for many years, including two separate postings in Nunavut previously," according to the chamber news release.

"He is passionate about the business community and the mission of the chamber and looks forward to helping to add valuable programs and educational opportunities to the members while promoting business growth in Baffin

Region and across Nunavut."

West served as executive director for six years.

"Chris worked tirelessly to ensure the chamber was successful in all its events and especially the turnaround to ensure it is in a solid financial position," the chamber had previously stated, adding he'd been involved in one form or another for more than 16 years.

– Michele LeTourneau

Quest for arena ice

Kinngait/Cape Dorset Boys' and girls' after-school soccer programs are on the go at the new Peter Pitseolak School and once again having access to a second, larger gymnasium is a welcome addition, said Will Sandoval, the community's recreation director. Soccer was limited to the Sam Pudlat Elementary School gym prior to the new high school opening several weeks ago.

Beyond soccer, Sandoval is already preparing the community's arena for ice. He's wishing for better luck than last year when the cooling system broke down and delayed the opening of the rink until Jan. 24.

"We're hoping to open early, we're hoping mid-November," he said last week.

– Derek Neary

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ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᖅ ᓄᓇᒥ

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔫᑉ (ETP) ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᓄᓇᒥ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᖃᐅᒻᒫᕐᕖᖕᒥ, 20 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ, ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᒥ ᑭᖑᕙᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᓯᓚᒧᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᖢᓂ.

Nunavut Arctic College's Environmental Technology Program's (ETP) annual field camp at Peterhead Inlet, 20 km from Iqaluit, started a day late this year due to weather.

ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ-ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᓵᓇ ᓰᑏᓐᓇᒃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᔭᐃᑯᑉ (ᕋᔅ) ᕗᐊᓯ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔪᐊᐃ ᐃᒥᒃᑕᐅᑦ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐃᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒨᒪᔪᓂᑦ (ᐊᒻᒨᒪᔪᑦ) ᑐᐱᖃᕐᕕᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᕐᔪᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᕙᒃᑕᖓᓂ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᒥ ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑑᕐᙵᐃᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ.

Second-year students Shauna Seeteenak, left, Jakob (Russ) Voisey and Joy Emiktowt take measurements and weights of ammuumajuit (clams) in the common tent late into the night, a study ETP conducts with the University of Manitoba and the Fisheries and Oceans Canada as part of a monitoring program on inner Frobisher Bay.

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ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨ ᑖᓂᐅᓪ ᒫᑎᓐ, ᒪᐃᒋᓐ ᒪᒃᐸᒑᕕᓐ, ᓯᑏᕙᓐ ᓅᐳᓪ, ᐃᒪᓖᓐ ᐊᐃᐱᓕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑖᒪᔅ ᐴᓪᑦ ᐅᓯᖐᔭᐃᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐅᓯᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᖁᑎᓂᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᓂᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᓕᒫᒥ ᓄᓇᒥ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

ETP instructor Daniel Martin, Megan Muckpah-Gavin, Stephan Noble, Emmeline Ipeelie and Thomas Bolt unload the first of many loads of gear from the boats for the week-long field camp.

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᑐᒥ "burrito-ᒧᑦ" – ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑐᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥ ᕿᐱᖕᒥ ᐅᓕᒃᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᑐᐊᐸᓕᖕᒧᑦ – ᐃᑭᐊᕐᒥᒃᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᓯᓚᒧᑦ. ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ: ᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᓵᓗᒨᓂ, ᓚᓃᓴ ᑎᒍᕌᔅ, ᓵᓕ ᖁᒻᒧᐊᖅᑐᖅ, ᓕᓐ ᒪᐃᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᐃᑲ ᓇᑲᓱᒃ.

ᓚᓃᓴ ᑎᒍᕌᔅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᐃᑲ ᓇᑲᓱᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕗᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐸᐅᕐᙵᓄᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 12-ᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᓚᒧᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

Lanishaw Degrasse, left, and Myca Nakashuk collect data on local berry populations, a project the college program has worked on for 12 years as part of longterm climate-change monitoring.

ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᑯ ᐊᒻᒪ 2017-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᔭᓇᕗ ᐊᒪᕈᐊᓕᒃ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᑯᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᕆᓲᖑᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ.

Environmental Technology Program graduate and 2017 student of the year Jennifer Amagoalik, who now works with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, is one of many graduates who give back to the program by returning to teach students.

Class on the land ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᒥ ᑭᖑᕙᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓯᓚᒧᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ (ETP) ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒫᕐᕖᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᒥ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ. "ᐊᐳᑎᖃᐸᓗᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᑎᐱᕆᐅᑉ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᐆᒧᖓ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨ ᑖᓂᐅᓪ ᒫᑎᓐ.

24-ᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒧᑦ- ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ-ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ 20 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ, ᑲᑎᙵᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ, ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ. ᔭᓇᕗ ᐊᒪᕈᐊᓕᒃ, ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᑯᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ 2017-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒧᑦ, ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᒥ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑯᑎᓚᐅᖅᐸᖏᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᕿᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᒥᑭᑦᑐᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᓂᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒫᑎᓐ. "ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

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They left Iqaluit a day late due to weather, but Environmental Technology Program (ETP) students did make it out to Peterhead Inlet for the annual fall camp.

"There was a significant amount of snow in early September this year for this part of the Arctic," said instructor Daniel Martin.

Twenty-four first and second year students made it out to the location 20-km outside Iqaluit where they took classes, conducted research

Students practice wilderness first aid skills by putting the casualty in a "burrito" – a sleeping bag wrapped in a tarp – to insulate the person from the elements. From left: Michael Salomonie, Lanishaw Degrasse, Charlie Qumuatuq, Lynn Mike and Myca Nakashuk.

ᔭᐃᑎᓐ ᓯᒎᑦᓴᓐ, ᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᓵᓗᒨᓂ, ᑳᓪᕕᓐ ᐃᕼᐊᓗᒃ, ᐋᔅᓕ ᕉᔅ ᐸᒃᐱ, ᓵᓕ ᖁᒻᒧᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓘᐃ-ᕕᓕᑉ ᐴᑦᑎᐊᐃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᓂᑦ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᕐᓄᑦ ᕿᓂᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᒻᒪᓕᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒫᕐᕖᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒥᕐᙳᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ.

with the Environmental Technology Program Peterhead Inlet/ Qaummaarviit and got to know each other on the land.

Jennifer Amagoalik, an ETP graduate and 2017 student of the year, joined the field camp to work with current ETP students and showed them how to collect water samples, deploy scientific probes and collect other data from small vessels, said Martin.

"ETP works with many research partners on important projects to collect scientific data," he said.

– Michele LeTourneau

Jaden Sigurdson, Michael Salomonie, Calvin Ehalook, Ashley Rose Bugbee, Charlie Qumuatuq and Louis-Phillip Pothier look at artifacts found during an archaeological dig in preparation for a qammak being built at Qaummaarviit Territorial Park.

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Succession plan in place for finance Jean-Marie Ipkangnak in training to become director for Hamlet of Igloolik

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Igloolik

For Jean-Marie Ipkangnak, math was the subject that came easiest in school.

He's parlayed his love of numbers into a finance career and he's about to move up another rung on the ladder.

Ipkangnak has been a payroll clerk with the Hamlet of Igloolik for three years. Senior administrative officer Greg Morash approached him recently with the idea of training to become the hamlet's finance director.

He didn't have to be asked twice.

"I was eager," Ipkangnak said.

Some online courses are being arranged through Algonquin College in Ottawa to ensure Ipkangnak is ready for the role. Morash said Ipkangnak has most of the skills needed, but there's some month-end procedures that have to be explained in greater detail.

Ipkangnak was in Iqaluit for a week in September to get insights into the software that the municipality uses.

A high school graduate in Iglulik about 20 years ago, Ipkangnak went on to take the office administration program through Nunavut Arctic College.

He landed a job with the Government of Nunavut as a payroll officer

and eventually gained some management experience as supervisor of benefits. After nine years of working for the territorial government, he moved over to the hamlet office, where he has four co-workers in the finance department. He referred to them as an "excellent team."

He and Morash expect he'll be leading that team in about a year.

Morash has witnessed many southerners filling director positions in hamlets, so he's keen to promote from within, particularly with candidates who know the community and are likely to stay long-term.

"It's a win-win situation," said Morash, who's helped expand the hamlet's finance crew.

"We now have five people in finance. We're cross-training everybody so if somebody wants to take a holiday, they can take a holiday. And the big push is on for asset management inventory control, so we're really working hard on that one."

Morash said asset management inventory control allows for the proper billing of outside contracts and aids in timely ordering for the hamlet. It helps establish a maintenance schedule for buildings and identifies when municipal vehicles should be replaced, he said.

ᔮᓐ-ᒥᕆ ᐃᑉᑲᕐᓇᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ. ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ Algonquin ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ. ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᙳᓛᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓪᓗᐊᒥ.

Jean-Marie Ipkangnak has been chosen to lead the Hamlet of Igloolik's finance department. He'll soon be taking some online courses through Algonquin College in Ottawa. He expects to be the finance director in about a year. photo courtesy of the Hamlet of Igloolik

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Hockey for the girls ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᖁᖓᔮᖅᑐᒐᓴᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᕼᐋᑭᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 6-ᒥ. ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᓚᐃᓴ ᕿᓚᕝᕙᖅ; ᑐᓄᐊᓂ ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᑕᓯᐋᓇ ᓲᓕ, ᐹᓖᓐ ᑰᒧ, ᒫᑎᓴᓐ ᐊᓕ-ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ, ᒪᐃᔭ ᓇᑦᕋᐅᔅᑭ, ᑕᐃᓚ ᐋᒻᔅᑐᕌᖕ, ᑳᓯᑎ ᑕᕗᕉ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᓂᑲ ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ.

photos courtesy of Amy Savikataaq

Some of the major female division girls are all smiles after taking part in the World Girls' Hockey Weekend event in Iqaluit on Oct. 6. In front is Laisa Kilabuk; in back from left, Tasiana Shirley, Pauline Comeau, Madison Ahle-Savikataaq, Maiya Nadrowski, Talia Armstrong, Cassidy Devereaux and Annika Akulujuk.

ᒫᑎᓴᓐ ᐊᓕ-ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᑕᖃᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᑲᒃᐳᖅ ᕋᕗᕇ ᐹᓖᓐ ᑰᒧᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᕼᐋᑭᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᕼᐋᕿᖅᑎᕋᓛᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 6-ᒥ.

Madison Ahle-Savikataaq, left, takes a breather with referee Pauline Comeau in between action of the World Girls Hockey Weekend event hosted by the Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association on Oct. 6.

Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association joins in on World Girls' Hockey Weekend

by James McCarthy

Northern News Services

Iqaluit

The weekend of Oct. 5 to 7 was World Girls' Hockey Weekend, an event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation to help grow the game on the female side.

Several countries, including Ireland, Mexico and Spain, joined in on the action that weekend along with several minor hockey associations in Canada, among them the Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association.

The association wasn't able to host anything on-ice as both the Arctic Winter Games and Arnaitok Arenas were still out of commission that weekend but that didn't stop them from going indoors to the gymnasium at Inuksuk High School to play some floor hockey.

Amy Savikataaq, the association's vice-president responsible for female programs, said she wanted the girls to be able to take part even if they couldn't skate.

"I registered the Iqaluit girls for a floor hockey game to allow us the opportunity to participate in this amazing event promoting female hockey and allowing us to show our Northern spirit," she said.

A total of 23 players between the ages of five and 17 took part and they were divided into two groups – major and minor female.

"We had three of our major female players on hand providing mentorship to the younger girls during their game time," said Savikataaq.

The event was well-received by everyone, said Savikataaq and she hoped

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A night of awards

Iqaluit The Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut (RPAN) was busy in the capital earlier this month with education and awards on the agenda.

RPAN hosted its annual Recreation and Sport Leaders Conference from Oct. 19 to 21 with more than 75 people from

everyone who took part found a love for the game, especially the new players.

Getting the girls to sign up and play wasn't a hard sell at all, even with no ice to play on, she added.

"The girls love to get together to play and socialize," she said. "Many haven't seen each other since the end of the school year and it was a chance to reconnect with old friends and also make some new ones. And they definitely were missing being on the ice and were anxiously awaiting the start of the season."

They finally got that chance to play on ice for the first time on Oct. 13 as the Arctic Winter Games Arena officially opened for business.

In total across the country, Hockey Canada said there were 329 events with more than 23,000 participants.

around Nunavut and Nunavik expected to be in attendance to take part in workshops and discussions.

Oct. 20 was the big night, though, as the Recreation and Sport Awards banquet took place at the Frobisher Inn. A total of 13 awards were handed out in categories such as Male and Female Athlete of the Year, Team of the Year and Coach of the Year.

See the next edition of Nunavut News for the wrap-up of the weekend that was.

More honours for Jordin Tootoo

Nunavut Nunavut's favourite hockey son had a couple of evenings earlier this month where he was the guest of honour.

Jordin Tootoo returned to Brandon, Man., to take part in the opening face-off of the Brandon Wheat Kings home game

ᕕᒃᑐᐊᕆᐊ ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᕼᐊᐃᓱᓪ ᕿᓗᖅᑭᓵᖅ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᒃᐳᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓚᐅᑲᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᕼᐋᑭᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᕼᐋᑭᖅᑎᕋᓛᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 6-ᒥ.

Victoria Lindell, left, and Hazel Kilukishak enjoy some down time in between action of the World Girls Hockey Weekend event hosted by the Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association on Oct. 6. against the Everett Silvertips on Oct. 19. He also took part in a meet-and-greet with fans during the first intermission.

The following evening, Tootoo was the guest of honour at Rexall Place in Edmonton as the Edmonton Oilers paid tribute to Tootoo's contribution to Indigenous hockey and youth across the country.

Meeting of the minds

Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet The Qavik Curling Club in Rankin Inlet is getting ready for its new season and the first order of business is its annual general meeting.

It's happening at the club on Oct. 27 starting at 11 a.m.

Everyone is welcome to attend the meeting, which will include elections to the club's board of directors. Several positions are open, including president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer.

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Bolt takes over another sport

Northern News Services he thinks the reason he doesn’t get plum assignments or isn’t a Emotional support squirrels. That’s what this has come to in crew chief is because he’s Hispanic. Not even Pedro Martinez, 2018. an analyst with the MLB Network, would defend Hernandez.

If you don’t know by now, a woman was kicked off a FronHe’s even called him a terrible umpire and has said he can sue tier Airlines flight in Orlando, Florida after she tried to bring Major League Baseball all he wants because he’s still a terrible her emotional support squirrel onto the flight that was heading umpire. I haven’t seen any umpire support for Hernandez either. to Cleveland earlier this month. Now, some people have been Even they know it. saying she should have been able to have the animal because she You can’t defend the indefensible and I can’t defend Angel told the airline she was bringing one, which Hernandez. the airline admitted in its statement on the The world’s fastest soccer player matter. Sure, but she didn’t mention it was a Usain Bolt needs to prove his greatness to rodent. If you have a need for an emotional absolutely no one. He’s done that, been there support animal, fine. You need to prove you and washed the T-shirt hundreds of times over. need one, as plenty of other people do when He now fancies himself a soccer player and they bring a dog/cat/bird with them and their with James McCarthy is doing his best to transition into the profesdocuments from a medical professional. sional side of the game with the Central Coast All of these silly instances like the emotional support peacock and a duck in diapers Mariners of the A-League in Australia, which – yes, that has happened – simply trivializes has given him a chance to train with the team those who are in genuine need of such an animal. for what it calls an “indefinite period of time.”

Anyway, on to other less trivial things ... or maybe not: One thing for certain is the marketing department should get a raise no matter what happens.

Why is he out there?

Bolt made his debut on Oct. 12 in a friendly against MacAs someone who’s umpired, I’m ready to give the benefit of arthur South West and potted a pair of goals in a 4-0 win. You the doubt to officials everywhere, especially when it’s a close know what? He didn’t look out of place at all. More often than play. We have the toughest job on the field because it has to be not, you get an athlete who thinks he’s a two-sport superstar and split-second. ends up looking like the bum you knew he was going to be in Then there’s Angel Hernandez, who makes our jobs even his second sport. Not Bolt, though. tougher because not only does he manage to keep everyone And Bolt being Bolt, he celebrated both of his goals with his guessing, he does it with such impunity. trademark lightning strike pose. Because you knew he would.

You’ll have seen Game 3 of the American League Division Whether he gets offered a contract is up in the air but he’s said Series when the New York Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox. this is what he’s always wanted to do once his track career was Hernandez was the first base umpire in that game and had three over and he’s getting a genuine shot to do it. Wouldn’t it be fun calls overturned upon review. There could have been a fourth to watch him take over soccer like he did track and field? but he got that one right. He batted .250 that night, which is And finally ... actually amazing considering he’s in a race to the bottom with Good Idea: Making a great open-field tackle C.B. Bucknor when it comes to who’s the worst umpire in Major Bad Idea: Making a great open-field tackle when you aren’t League Baseball. supposed to.

I’m just going to come out and say it – the only probable I always wanted to do this when I played football. reason Hernandez got the assignment is because he’s in the We take you to Minnesota where St. Cloud Cathedral and midst of suing Major League Baseball for discrimination. Yeah,

Sports Talk

ᐅᓴᐃᓐ ᐴᓪᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓂᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᓄᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᕿᔭᖅᑎᙳᕈᒪᕗᖅ.

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Usain Bolt dominated track and field for years.

Now he wants to become a soccer player.

Zimmerman were doing battle in a high school contest. Zimmerman was coasting home to victory late in the fourth quarter when their running back, Camerin Morey, was breaking off from St. Cloud defenders for a big run from scrimmage. He was literally home free to the end zone and in the words of Chris Berman: “He ... could ... go ... all ... the ... way!”

He didn’t, though. Brad Reuter, the team’s captain of all people, burst down the sideline and tackled him short of the goal line. Great play, right? Wrong. You see, Reuter was on the bench and for some reason, he felt it would be a good idea to snare Morey to stop him from putting some more salt in the St. Cloud wound by jumping into the play and taking him down.

Naturally, it was illegal and after some back and forth between the officials, they ruled that Morey would have scored had it not been for Reuter and awarded him the touchdown. That was the right call because Morey wasn’t going to be caught by anyone.

Reuter then took to social media and apologized profusely for what he did. It seemed sincere and I believe him when he said it was stupid. It was a stupid decision and even though I said I always wanted to do it, I would never do it because I would never have heard the end of it. Plus, I would have had to run ‘gassers’ until I bled courtesy of my coach. If you had been part of my high school team, you’d know Mr. Ellis was not to be crossed.

Until next time, folks ...

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ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐅᓪᓚᒃᓯᒋᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᖁᑭᕆᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᑎᐊᕆ ᕚᒃᔅ ᐅᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

The students are off and running from a shotgun start during the Terry Fox Run.

Running ᐅᓪᓚᖕᓂᖅ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ for the cure ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᒥ 8-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎ ᓴᐃᔮᓐ ᓯᐅᓴᕐᓈᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᒥ 7-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎ ᓕᓯ ᒪᓕᑭ ᕿᑲᓚᐅᑲᒃᐳᑦ ᑎᐊᕆ ᕚᒃᔅᒥ ᐅᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑑᒑᓕᒃ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ.

ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᒥ 9-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎ ᑲᓵᓐᑐᕋ ᕿᐸᓐᓂᖅ ᓴᓗᒃᑎᓴᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ ᑭᓛᒥᑐᓂ ᑎᐊᕆ ᕚᒃᔅ ᐅᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

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by Julia MacPherson Naujaat

ᓯᑎᐱᕆ ᐱᔭᒃᓴᖃᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑑᒑᓕᒃ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᒥᐊᖅᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᑎᐊᕆ ᕚᒃᔅ ᐅᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᐅᓪᓚᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓱᒃᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᒃᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑳᓐᓱᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ Northern News Services

September was a busy month for students and staff members at Tuugaalik High School in Naujaat.

The school hosted numerous land and boating trips as

well as the annual Terry Fox Run, which featured students running and walking around the community in support of cancer research -text by Darrell Greer with files from James McCarthy

Grade 8 student Shyanne Siusangnark, left, and Grade 7 student Lissie Malliki take a break during the Terry Fox Run at Tuugaalik High School in Naujaat this past month.

ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᕐᒥ 8-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎ ᒫᒃ ᕿᙳᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑎᐊᕆ ᕚᒃᔅ ᐅᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

Grade 8 student Mark Kringuk is giving it his all during the Terry Fox Run.

Grade 9 student Cassandra Kripanik is burning up the kilometres during the Terry Fox Run.

ᓴᐃᓕᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓃᔪᓪ ᐊᖑᑎᙳᐊᒧᑦ ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ.

It's all about staying calm and looking cool for Neil Angotingoar during extracurricular activities in Naujaat.

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