Nunavut News - June 20, 2022 edition

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑲᓴᖕᓂ 50−ᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ‘ᐅᓇ ᐊᖏᕈᑎ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ,’ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ Volume 77 Issue 8

MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2022 $.95 (plus GST)

Nunavut adds new ground after near 50-year decision ‘This agreement is a benefit to Inuit and local communities,’ says premier

Head under heels Thunder Bay documentary team visits Pond Inlet

Inside: Opportunities North 2022 Nunavut headed to Canada Games Pride Parade goes through Rankin

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Eekeeluak Avalak of Cambridge Bay has his opponent in a compromising position during a GrecoRoman match at the Canadian Junior Wrestling Trials in Edmonton on May 29. Bill Bail/Wrestling Canada Lutte photo

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ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᒃᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕆᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᒥᐊᕆ ᑲᐅᑕᐃᓐᓄᒃ 2022 −ᒥ , ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᓱᓕ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᓰᓚ ᐴᓐᕗᑦᓗ 1970-71 −ᒥ .

ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᖓ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᖅ ShebaFilms −ᑯᓐᓂ

News Briefs ᐄᑮᓗᐊᒃ ᐊᕙᓚᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ salto −ᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᙳᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂ Greco-Roman ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᐊᑦᒪᓐᑕᓐᒥ ᒪᐃ 29 −ᒥ .

Pond Inlet resident Mary Kautainuk in 2022, left and her again as filmed by author Sheila Burnford in 1970-71. Photo courtesy of ShebaFilms

Scan courtesy of ShebaFilms

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂᒃ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ Eekeeluak Avalak of Cambridge Bay prepares to perform a salto on his opponent during a GrecoRoman match at the Canadian Junior Wrestling Trials in Edmonton on May 29. Bill Bain/Wrestling Canada Lutte photo

ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᒐᒃᓴᙳᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᐸᓴᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ ᐱᕋᔭᖕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᒥ

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ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᕚᑦᑲᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ 10 ᖁᑭᐅᑎᓂ ᐋᓕᓐ ᐊᒃᓗᒃᒥ, ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᒐᒃᓴᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐱᕋᔭᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᕘᓇ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᕋᔭᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᔪᒥ. ᐊᒃᓗᒃ ᓵᙵᕗᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᒐᒃᓴᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᕋᔭᖕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ, ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᖅᑯᐃᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᓂ ᐱᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥ ᑎᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ. ᐊᒃᓗᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑐᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᖕᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 9−ᒥ, ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ.

Please see Bootleggers, page 12

ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᑭᖏᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᕗᑦ

ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ

ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒐᕙᒪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᔪᐊᓇᓯ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓘᑉ ᐊᑭᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᖁᕝᕙᕆᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑭᐅᔪᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ-ᑕᓯᓗᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᔪᐊᔾ ᕼᐃᒃᔅ ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔪᐊᓇᓯᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖓᓂ ᔫᓂ 3−ᒥ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᐅᒪᐃᓐᓇᕈᑏᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐊᑭᖏᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᒥ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᖕᓅᙱᑦᑐᖅ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᓴᓂᐊᓂ. ᔪᐊᓇᓯ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑭᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᒪᐃᓂ ᐊᑭᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ $450,000−ᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑰᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ 400,000 ᓖᑕᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒧᑦ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ $80,000−ᐸᓗᖕᓄᑦ.

Please see Fuel costs, page 12

ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ, ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖏᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓴᓪᓖᑦ

ᐊᐃᕕᓕᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᓵᓚᒪᓐ ᒪᓕᑭ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖏᓐᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖏᓐᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐳᓚᕋᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓴᓪᓕᓄᑦ. “ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑏᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᑭ ᑐᓵᔨᑎᑎᒍᑦ. “ᐅᖃᖅᑏ, ᑐᓴᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᒐᔪᒃᖢᓂ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᓴᓚᐅᖅᑕᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ.”

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ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒫᓂᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᐅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᒃᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐅᖅᑎᓂ Thunder Bay−ᒥ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᓇᒃᓴᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᕿᑎᐊᓂ 1970 ᐊᒻᒪ 71−ᒥ ᓲᓴᓐ ᕌᔅᒧᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎ Thunder Bay, ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅᒥ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ 2006−ᒥ. ᕌᔅ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᖃᕕᒡᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓰᓚ ᐴᓐᕗᑦᒥ, ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑐᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, 1963−ᒥ Disney−ᒥ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᖅ Homeward Bound ᑐᙵᕕᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖃᑎᒌᒃᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ, ᐴᓐᕗᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᑉ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᕆᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐴᓐᕗᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓃᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᖁᓕᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥ, ᒪᕐᕉᔫᒃ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ 1970−ᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒧᑦ. “ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᖕᓂ (ᓲᓴᓐ) ᓄᓇᓕᓕᐊᕌᖓᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ - ᑕᐅᓴᓐ−ᒐᓛᓗᖕᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᖄᖏᐅᑎᔪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓕ ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᖓᓂ, ᕿᒥᕐᕈᕗᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᕿᒻᒪᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐳᓚᕋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ. ᓴᓇᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᐅᕘᓇ ShebaFilms, ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡ ᐊᐅᓚᑉᐸᒃᑕᖓᓂ ᓴᓂᓕᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᐃᖓᓂ ᕌᓐ ᕼᐋᐱᐅᓪᒥ. ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡ ᐹᖅᓯᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓂ ᓰᓚ ᐴᓐᕗᑦ ᐸᓂᖓ ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᓂ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᓈᓇᖓᑕ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂ, ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ. ᑭᖑᓂᑦᑎᐊᖓᒍᑦ, ᕌᔅ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᕌᔅ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᑯᖏᓐᓂ. ᕌᔅ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐹᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᓂᔅᓈᐱᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᒥ ᓄᐊᕕᐅᓪ ᒧᐊᕆᓲᒥ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ. ᓱᒃᑲᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᕌᔅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᓂ, ᕼᐋᐱᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᔮᓐᑯᐃᓪ ᑯᕕᓗ, ᓰᓚᐅᑉ ᐸᓂᖓ, ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕈᒪᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓂᑕᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐳᓚᕋᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓂᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᓇᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒧᑦ. “ᐱᒻᒪᕆᕐᔪᐊᖑᕗᖅ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ Thunder Bay ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ. ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐃᑦ “ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ! ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑎᒋ ᐊᔪᙱᓚᖅ. ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ, ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᕙᓕᒃ ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ, ᐃᓄᒃ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᔨ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ, ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᓯᒪᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐊᓗᒃ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᑕᐅᓄᑦ, ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᒑᐱᖕᒥᐅᑕᓂ, ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑐᐊᖑᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᔪᒥ ᐳᓚᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒧᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡ. “ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᓗᐊᕌᓗᓚᐅᙱᓚᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐅᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᖅᑖᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᐃᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦᑎᐊᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᒐᕐᓂ, ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓂᓯᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑲᒪᓇᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ,” ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡ. “ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᐳᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓱᓕ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᖃᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐆᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ

(ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᙱᑎᓪᓗᑕ),” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ. ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡ ᐅᐸᒍᒪᓚᐅᖅᐸᖓ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓴᕋᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᐆᒧᖓ ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᐅᑉ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᐃᑲᔪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᕿᒪᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓂ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᖑᔪᓂ. ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᑦ ᕌᔅᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐴᓐᕗᑦᒥ ᕿᒪᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᓂᓯᒋᕗᖅ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᕆᐊᓪᓚᒃᐳᖅ. “ᑕᑯᔪᒪᓇᔭᖅᑕᓐᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᒥᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂ, ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᑭᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ.” ᐅᓇ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᕐᔪᐊᖑᕗᖅ “ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᕈᓐᓃᕐᒪᑕ,” ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕇᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᑦ “ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓰᓚ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕇᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒡᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᑕᖕᒫᕆᐊᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ White Fish ᑕᓯᖓᓂ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 100 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᐸᓗᖕᒥ Thunder Bay ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓄᑦ. ᐴᓐᕗᑦ ᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒧᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᓕᒫᓂ 1948−ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑯᔭᕆᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᕌᔅᒥ Thunder Bay−ᒥ, ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕇᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. “ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᖃᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᒦᓐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᓚᒦᓐᓂᕐᒥ, (ᐴᓐᕗᑦ) ᓯᑳᑎᔅ−ᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓃᙱᒃᑯᕕᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᒥ ᐱᓱᕋᔭᙱᒃᑯᕕᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖃᖅᐳᑎᑦ, ᓄᓇᒦᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑎᑦ.” ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓪᓚᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ, ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᒑᐱᖕᒥ, ᐴᓐᕗᑦ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒧᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᕌᔅ ᐳᓚᕋᕆᐊᖅᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒧᑦ, ᑭᙵᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᒧᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ.

2002−ᒥ ᕌᔅ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ. “ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᓕᐊᓚᐅᙱᓚᑦ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓂᕐᒧᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡ, “ᐅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᔭᖅᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ.” “ᐅᑯᐊ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᓕᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒃᓯᕚᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᖕᓃᖦᖢᑎᒃ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐅᐊᑲᓪᓚᖔ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒦᓕᖅᐳᖅ. ᓵᒃᔅᐴᒡᒧᑦ, ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑎᕆᖅᑯᐊᓂ, ᑲᒪᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐆᒥᖓ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ. “ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑐᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᒐᕐᓂ, ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᒧᑦ, ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᑮᓇᐅᔪᓂ, ᑭᓇᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᖅᑑᙱᓚᑦ, ᐅᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑐᒥ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥᒃ. ᐅᑯᐊ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᓚᖅ, ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓂ.”

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ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᖅᑐᐹᓗᖕᒥ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᖕᒥᔪᒥᑦ Hans Island−ᒥ ᑎᐊᓐᒫᒃᒥ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕙᙶᖅᐳᖅ 1973−ᒥ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

ᑲᓇᑕ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓯᒪᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᐊᓐᒫᒃᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓛᖦᖠᐅᑉ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ ᔫᓂ 14−ᒥ, ᐊᖏᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᕕᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᖅᑐᐹᓗᖕᒥ (ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᖕᒥᔪᖅ Hans Island−ᒥ) ᕿᑎᑦᑎᐊᖓᒍᑦ. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖅ ᐃᓂᖃᐸᓗᒃᐳᖅ ᕿᑎᐊᓂ ᓴᓐᓂᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Lincoln ᑕᕆᐅᖓᓂ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖅᐸᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᒥ, ᕿᑎᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓛᖦᖠᐅᑉ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ. “ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᖅ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑭᒡᓕᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ−ᐅᓇ ᐊᖏᕈᑎ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ. ᒐᕙᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᔭᐅᒋᕗᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓗᒃᑖᒥ ᑕᖅᑐᐹᓗᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖓᓂ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑎᒍᑦ, ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ, ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᑐᖃᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓛᖦᖠᐅᑉ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ P.J. ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ. ᑕᐃᑲᓂᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᑦ, ᑎᐊᓐᒫᒃᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᑲᓛᖦᖠᐅᑉ ᓄᓈᓐᓂᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᒥ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ ᓴᓂᓕᕇᖕᓂᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᓴᓂᓕᕇᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ, ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ NATO−ᑯᓐᓂ, EU−ᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᕋᓴᒥ ᐃᓵᖅᓯᓂᖓᓂ ᔪᑯᕋᐃᓐᒥ. “ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᒪᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᒪᓕᒐᖓ ᒪᓕᒐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᖕᓂᖓᓂ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒥᓚᓂ ᔫᓕ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, “ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓵᕆᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᖕ−ᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᐊᓐᒫᒃᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᓂᓕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᓐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᐅᔪᒥ.” “ᓄᑖᖑᔪᖅ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᖃᓂᒌᒃᐸᒌᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓛᖦᖠᐅᑉ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ ᐱᖃᖅᐸᒌᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᓛᖦᖠᐅᑉ ᓄᓈᓐᓂᖔᖅᑐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ. “ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᖅᑐᐹᓗᖕᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ

ᖃᓂᒌᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒥᒃ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᖃᓂᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᕕᓂᖅᓱᐊᕐᒥ, ᑲᓛᖦᖠᐅᑉ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒥᐅᑦ B. ᐃᒌᑦ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖓ ᑲᓛᖦᖠᐅᑉ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ. ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑎᐊᓐᒫᒃᒥ ᐅᕙᙶᖅᐳᖅ 1973−ᒥ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᑭᓕᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑎᒋᔪᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓇᓂ Lincoln ᑕᕆᐅᖓᓂ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᖅᑐᐹᓗᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖓᓂ, ᐅᑯᐊ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ 2012−ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᓐᓇ ᒫᓐᓇᒨᖓᔪᒥ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

Canada has resolved a long-standing territorial dispute with Denmark and Greenland on June 14, agreeing to split Tartupaluk (also known as Hans Island) down the middle.

The Arctic island is located roughly between Baffin Bay and the Lincoln Sea further North, between Nunavut and Greenland.

“Nunavut is excited about the new changes to our territory’s boundaries - this agreement is a benefit to Inuit and local communities. Our government is also encouraged to see that the agreement calls for continued access to and the freedom of movement on the entirety of Tartupaluk Island, including our hunting, fishing and other cultural, traditional, historic and future activities for the Inuit of Nunavut and Kalaallit Nunaat,” said Nunavut premier P.J. Akeeagok.

The same day Canadian, Danish and Greenlandic officials signed a joint statement on bilateral cooperation, saying they would like to pursue multilaterialism in the Arctic, foster democracy as well as continuing to cooperate with NATO, with the EU as well as continuing to try and bring an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“The Arctic is a beacon for international cooperation, where the rule of law prevails,” said Melanie Joly, Canadian Minster of Foreign Affairs, “As global security is being threatened, it’s more important than ever for democracies like Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark to work together alongside Indigenous peoples, to resolve our differences in accordance with international law.”

“The new border marks an already close relationship Greenland

has with the Inuit of Canada, according to Greenlandic officials.

“The boundary on Tartupaluk will mark the very close ties between our countries, people and culture. It will signal the beginning of a closer partnership and cooperation between us in areas of shared interest and of particular benefit to Inuit and local people living in Avanersuaq, Kalaallit Nunaat and Nunavut, Canada,” said Mute B. Egede, Prime Minister of Greenland.

The border dispute with Denmark stems from a 1973 agreement establishing a dividing line as far as, but not including the Lincoln Sea, which includes Tartupaluk Island, these new boundaries incorporated a tentative agreement from 2012 and there is now a modernized, single maritime boundary in the area.

ᑕᖅᑐᐹᓗᒃ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᐊᓐᒫᒃᒥ .

Tartupaluk has previously long been in dispute between Canada and Denmark. (WikiCommons)

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ᒪᓚᐃᔭ ᒥᓗᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᒪᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᑖᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᖁᐊᖅᓰᕕᐊᓗᒃ

Malaiyah Milortok minds the food during the opening of the new community freezer. Photo courtesy of Natasha Nipisar

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Whale Cove

ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓚᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᖁᐊᖅᓰᕕᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᑎᑭᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ. “ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓵᕐᔪᒃ ᖁᐊᖅᓰᕕᐊᓗᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᓄᑖᒥᓗ ᐃᓂᖃᓕᖅᖢᓂ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓇᑖᓴ ᓂᐱᓴ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᑉ Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᓇᔨᖏᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᐊᖅᓰᕕᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᒪᐃ 30-ᒥ. ᓄᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᖁᐊᖅᓰᕕᐊᓗᒃ ᓄᑕᐅᙱᓗᐊᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ, ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 1960-ᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᑖᖅ ᖁᐊᓰᕕᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᑑᒃ,

ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᓯᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᖁᐊᖅᓰᕕᐊᓗᒃ ᒪᕐᕉᓕᖓᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖁᓕᕈᐊᖏᑦ ᑎᑭᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᑕᖅᐳᑦ. “ᖁᓕᕈᐊᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᐅᖅᑲᑕᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᒫᑦᓯᒥ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᐱᓴ. ᖁᐊᖅᓰᕕᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓲᖅ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᕝᕕᖕᒧᑦ, ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᐊᖑᑎᑉᐸᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒧᑦ. “ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᖁᐊᖅᓰᕕᐊᓗᒃᑕᖃᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᐱᓴ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᖅᑐᕉᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃ

ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᖁᐊᖃᐅᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᖁᑉᓗᑕ.

After nearly two years without, Whale Cove finally has its new community freezer.

“It’s just a little bit bigger than our previous one, and it’s in a new location as well,” said Natasha Nipisar, community economic development officer for the Hamlet of Whale Cove.

She and other hamlet staff held a grand opening for the freezer on May 30.

The old freezer was well past its due date, having been built in the 1960s. Funding through the Department of Economic Development and Transportation for the new freezer was approved two years ago, but a delay in shipping held up its opening.

The freezer had come in two pieces initially but was missing all of the shelving to make it usable.

ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᑦ ᐃᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᑖᒧᑦ ᖁᐊᖅᓰᕕᐊᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᖅᖢᓂᔾᔪᒃ

Community members head into the new freezer to check it out. Photo courtesy of Natasha Nipisar

“We finally got the shelving installed back in March,” said Nipisar.

The freezer is used by locals and also the fish plant, where community members sell their fish and keep them frozen before being shipped to Rankin Inlet.

“It’s a big thing for the community with the new freezer,” said Nipisar.

She thanked the Department of Economic Development and Transportation for the funding to make the cold storage site possible.

ᑲᑎᒪᔨ ᓕᓄᑦ ᑏᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᑖᖅ ᖁᐊᖅᓯᐅᕝᕕᐊᓗᒃ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᒪᐃ 30-ᒥ.

Coun. Leonard Teenar hosts the grand opening of the new community freezer in Whale Cove May 30. Photo courtesy of Natasha Nipisar

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ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᒍᓐᓃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᒃ ᐃᓄᖃᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Arviat

ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 2000-ᒥ, ᓄᓇᓕᒃ 1,899-ᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖃᖅᑎᒋᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᔮᓐ ᒪᐃᓐ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᔫᓐ 3-ᒥ. ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ 2020-ᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓈᓴᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ, ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐃᓄᖃᓕᖅᑐᖅ 2,918−ᓂᒃ. “ᑕᒡᕙ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᒋᖃᑕᐅᔭᕋ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᑉᓗᖓ ᐃᓂᖃᙱᓗᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᐃᓐ ᑐᓵᔨᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ. ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᔫ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓇᔭᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓴᓇᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ. “ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒐᒪ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖕᒪᑦ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐃᓂᖃᙱᓗᐊᕐᒪᑦ, ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᑦᑎᐊᕈᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᑕᖃᙱᖦᖢᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓇᔭᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒥᑭᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᑐᓵᔨᒃᑯᑦ. ᒪᐃᓐ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᒡᒎᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔭᕆᐊᓕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑐᓗᖅᑕᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ. ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒦᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᐊᔭᕐᓇᖅᓯᕙᒃᖢᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ, ᑎᒥᒥᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᑎᓖᑦ ᐃᑎᕈᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ. “ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᒐᔪᒃᑐᑦ ᑎᒥᒥᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᑎᓖᑦ ᒪᐅᔭᕋᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔪᓕᓲᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᓵᔨᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᐱᕆᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᖏᓂᖓ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᒃᐸᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᑎᖃᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᕐᓂᓱᒃᓰᕝᕕᒃᑖᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒍ. “ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖓ ᓄᑕᖅᑭᐅᕐᓂᖅᓴᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᖕᒪᑕ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᓂ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᑐᓵᔨᒃᑯᑦ. ᒪᐃᓐ ᑭᐅᑉᓗᓂ, “ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓇᔭᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᖏᓪᓕᒋᐊᖁᓗᒍ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᖁᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐴᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐃᕐᓂᓱᒃᓰᕝᕕᖃᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᒻᒪᑦ.” ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᑐᓵᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ “ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒍ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᓂᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᕐᓂᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ, ᐃᓱᒪᓇᕋᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᕐᓂᓱᒃᓰᕝᕕᒃᑖᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᑲᔪᓯᓐᓂᖅᐸᑦ.” ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᔪᕉᖅ ᓇᔭᙳᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ

ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨᖃᖁᓕᖅᖢᒍ ᓄᓇᓕᒃ. “ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔭᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᑎᑭᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑦ ᓇᔭᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᓚᐅᐱᓪᓚᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᓲᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓕᒃᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᐃᓐ ᑐᓵᔨᒃᑯᑦ. “ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᒡᕙ ᓅᑲᑕᒃᑎᑉᐸᒃᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᓇᔭᙳᐊᖅᐳᑦ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᓇᔭᙳᐊᖏᑦᑕ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖏᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᓲᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᓄᒃᑎᑲᑕᒃᐸᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᓇᔭᙳᐊᖃᓲᑦ. ᓇᔭᙳᐊᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᔨᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᒥᔪᒍᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓗᐊᕈᓐᓇᙱᑕᕋ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ, ᐅᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔩ, ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᑖᕈᓐᓇᕈᑉᑕ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ.” ᐃᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᓕᕐᓗᑕ ᐊᖏᓪᓕᕚᓕᖅᓯᒪᓕᕐᓗᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᑲᑕᓗᐊᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓃᕋᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᔭᙳᐊᕆᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ.

Arviat’s health centre was built in 2000, back when the community had a population of around 1,899, said Minister of Health John Main in the legislative assembly June 3.

According to the 2020 census, the current population of Arviat is 2,918.

“This is one of my concerns as a minister with the lack of space,” said Main through interpretation.

Arviat South MLA Joe Savikataaq posed questions to the health minister about options to expand the current health centre or build a new one.

“As I know the minister is aware, the health centre in Arviat lacks enough space, is entirely inadequate to provide proper services and lacks the diagnostic rooms for each nurse or they are too small,” said Savikataaq through interpretation.

Main said the Department of Health is looking into this but that there are competing responsibilities and the budget is an obstacle at the moment.

Savikataaq mentioned that the facility is in a high area and gets slippery in winter, making it difficult to access for people who are disabled.

“Oftentimes people who are disabled have problems trudging the snow,” he said through interpretation.

He went on to ask if the building size were increased, if there would be consideration given to having a birthing centre included.

“As I know, there are more children being born in Arviat compared to the community of Rankin Inlet,” said Savikataaq through interpretation.

Main replied, “The plan would be to have an increase in size,

and we tried to include a birthing centre to be approved but it was not approved.”

However, he went on to say through interpretation that this was an area recognized by the department and “due to the size of the community with the rates of births in Arviat, you would think a birthing centre would be included if the project did proceed.”

Savikataaq said he hopes to see an increase in nurses and to have a physician in place in the community.

“As far as I understand it, Arviat has nurses that come in for a time, and (it) varies in each community and it’s based on the population,” said Main through interpretation. “That is how we distribute our nurses. Some communities have an adequate number of nurses and some communities have transient nurses. We also look to agencies, but I cannot really speak to that at the moment, but what I can say, Mr. Speaker, is a new or larger health centre is something we support.”

Having adequate space with an expanded health centre would assist with retaining and bringing on additional healthcare professionals, he said.

ᔮᓐ ᒪᐃᓐ, ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒋᔭᐅᔪᕉᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 1,899ᓂᒃ. ᐅᑉᓗᒥ, 3,000-ᖃᔭᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᓂᖃᕈᓐᓃᖅᐸᓕᖅᖢᓂ. ᑐᕆᕗ ᐅᐊᐃᑦ/ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕐᓂᑯᖓ

John Main, minister of health, said the existing health centre in Arviat was built at a time the community’s population was 1,899. Today, it’s nearly 3,000 and the health centre is seen as lacking space. Trevor Wright/NNSL file photo

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Sammurtok pushes Rankin Inlet water file

System in dire need of upgrade to sustain community growth

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Rankin Inlet

Rankin Inlet’s water infrastructure is in dire need of a major upgrade, a subject that has been hot in council chambers and occasionally finds its way to the legislative assembly.

Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet MLA Alexander Sammurtok brought it up again in the House June 6.

He asked for an update on the timeline, pointing to the Department of Community and Government Services’ (CGS) tender for upgrades and modifications to the community’s water infrastructure — a tender set to close at the end of this month.

Minister David Joanasie said through interpretation that the department is currently in the planning stages of upgrades to Rankin Inlet’s utilidor and “figuring out how much will be

allocated to that project.”

“We do not have a clear timeline as to when the work will be completed.”

Sammurtok brought up another hot topic in the assembly – that major capital projects are being delayed because of high bids on tenders – and asked how CGS planned to address that potential issue in respect to the Rankin Inlet work.

“A lot of work needs to happen with Rankin Inlet’s utilidor project in terms of contracting out,” responded Joanasie through interpretation. “My department is closely watching and making sure that we have the available financial resources to proceed. If we do run into roadblocks around construction costs, we will make sure that we inform and work with our colleagues to make progress.”

The Government of Canada previously announced more than $200 million in federal funding to address water infrastructure in Iqaluit, something that

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᖓ ᑕᓯᓴᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓇ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᖅ 16-ᓂ−ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᓂ ᖁᓕᕇᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒥ ᓵᙵᕗᖅ Rankin Inlet Mayor Harry Towtongie ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓱᓪᓗᑯᑖᖕᒧᑦ. ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ said broke his heart at the time consid- ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ-ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᐋᓕᒃᓵᓐᑐᕐ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ering there was no such funding for his ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓱᓪᓗᑯᑖᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᒥ community. Sammurtok asked if CGS ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ. anticipated requiring additional funding for the Rankin Inlet project as well.

“Our critical infrastructure needs across Nunavut are vast and will require a significant amount of funding to address,” said Joanasie through interpretation. “In terms of going forward on Rankin Inlet, specifically, I do believe we will need that extra federal funding for that. I would hope that our federal partners would be able to support something of this nature and I will be working with my colleagues, not just here, but I will be reaching out to federal counterparts to see if there are any opportunities around funding Rankin Rankin Inlet’s water system being stretched to capacity means this Inlet’s project going forward. It’s going new 16-unit apartment was facing possible delays in getting hooked to take several years to address that, up to the utilidor. Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet MLA Alexander to complete it over several phases, on Sammurtok pressed the need for a complete overhaul of the utilidor what needs to happen in Rankin Inlet.” system in the legislative assembly. Stewart Burnett/NNSL file photo

Nunavut Government announces RFP for Iqaluit internet fibre link Service expected to start 2025

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Iqaluit

In the second week of June, the Government of Nunavut (GN) released a request for proposals to connect Nunavut to the internet via undersea fibre cable. This will connect from Milton, Newfoundland to Iqaluit.

“This link is one step forward toward providing faster, more reliable and more affordable access to the internet for all Nunavummiut,” said David Joanasie, Nunavut’s Minister of Community and Government Services. “The last couple of years have highlighted that faster and more reliable internet is required to Subsea fibre optics ᐊᐅᓚᔪᒥ ᓅᕙᓐᓛᓐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ-ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᔪᐊᓇᓯ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔫᓂ 10, 2022−ᒥ.

Subsea fibre optics running from Newfoundland to Iqaluit will improve high-speed internet connection options for Nunavut communities, Community and Government Services Minister David Joanasie said on June 10, 2022.

provide core government services such as education and healthcare. When complete, this fibre network in Iqaluit will free up additional bandwidth on the existing GN satellite network and enhance services in Nunavut.”

The link to Iqaluit is expected to make internet faster in Nun-

avut’s other communities because of the fibre link.

The project is expected to be awarded later this year, with surveys ideally taking place in 2023, cable being laid in 2024 and service starting in 2025. Barring any possible delays or staffing shortages. The previous goal to have the fibre line in service was spring 2024.

“Our government is committed to improving connectivity,” said Dominic LeBlanc, federal Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities. “I am thrilled that soon Nunavummiut will be just a click away from reaching the rest of the world.”

The Kattittuq Nunavut Fibre Link is jointly funded by the Government of Canada and Nunavut, with the federal government contributing $151.2 million while the GN has contributed $50.4 million, up from $30 million following the 2022 Nunavut budget address.

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ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥᐅᙱᓚᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᓂᕐᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ, ᑭᑉᐹᕆᒃᑑᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓃᒃᑲᓗᐊᕈᓂ. ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᓐᓂ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᖅᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓇᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓂᖅ ᐱᔮᖅᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᔪᒪᔭᓐᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᖁᓖᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᕐᒪᑕ, ᐱᓐᓇᕆᓛᕆᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᕆᓕᓚᐅᖅᐸᕋ. ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐅᕙᓐᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᓐᓂ−ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑲᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓂᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕙᖓ ᐱᖃᕐᓇᖓ – ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕙᓐᓂ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᔪᒥᓇᖅᖢᖓ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᓂᓐᓂ STEWART ᖁᓛᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒧᑦ BURNETT ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᓂ. ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᓐᓂ ᒪᓕᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᓐᓂ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓚᐅᙱᑕᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᖑᓂᐅᓐᓂᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒃᑯᒥ, ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔾᔨᐸᓗᐊᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᐅᑎᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ. ᐱᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐱᓲᖑᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᓂ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᑦ ᒪᑭᒪᔾᔪᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ. ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐊᖏᔪᕐᔪᐊᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᕗᖅ. ᐊᖅᑯᑎᑐᐊᖑᙱᓚᖅ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ. ᐅᐱᓐᓇᖅᐳᓯ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ.

Grad season has hit the Kivalliq and one can’t help but praise the hard work and dedication students have put in to achieve their dreams and pass a major milestone in life.

Whether it’s a high school grad, elementary school or college, marking the end of one chapter and beginning of another is always a big time in our lives.

It is beautiful to watch family and supporters

come out and share in the grads’ moment.

At the same time, doing well in school is not the be all and end all for life trajectory.

If you want to be a teacher, you should probably have been good in school; if you want to be a doctor, it would be best for everyone if you took a bunch of specialized courses; but not all skills are found in classrooms, and in many industries, deliverable skills outweigh paper achievements.

Take this one, journalism. No one needs to go to school to find a career in journalism. The job is very much a hands-on learning experience.

Some of our high school graduates are going to college or university, and they deserve to be celebrated. They are doing big things in their lives and we should all keep an eye on the people they become and roles they find in the world.

Others might have barely passed high school or may have dropped out previously. That doesn’t mean they are any less capable. In the randomness of life, I’d be willing to bet the biggest young star here has not had the prettiest story so far – some future YouTube sensation who isn’t great at school but has a talent for capturing eyes.

One of the biggest differentiating factors between people is not inherent smarts, but motivation. We are fortunate to experience an economy that allows us to monetize our talents, even if they are outside of the box.

In my personal experience, I went to school for editing and publishing certificates, but found photography by accident while starting my career as a reporter more than a decade ago. Years later, and it became my most valuable skill.

In communications, it set me apart from my peers – almost all of whom had four-year degrees, and I didn’t – and made me a desired candidate above other job applicants. The best career decisions I’ve ever made were to follow passions that I didn’t realize were career decisions at the time.

At the same time, we need people passionate about academic skills for society to function.

The ones graduating Nunavut Arctic College and similar post-secondary programs are providing those roles in the world. It’s a beautiful thing how society takes all types to sustain itself.

Graduating is a tremendous achievement. It’s also not the only road forward. Congratulations to the grads and to anyone pursuing a dream.

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Documentary film aims to look at two women and their connection to Pond Inlet ᓲᓴᓐ ᕌᔅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓰᓚ ᐴᓐᕗᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂ .

Susan Ross, left and Shelia Burnford during their travels in North Qikiqtani. Photo courtesy of ShebaFilms

Tale of Two Qallunaat film to explore two peoples’ Northern connection

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Mittimatalik/Pond Inlet

Memories of a long-gone era have come flooding back for many residents of Pond Inlet when documentary filmmakers from Thunder Bay visited the community bearing sketches drawn in the community between 1970 and 71 by Susan Ross, an artist from Thunder Bay, Ontario who passed away in 2006.

Ross was close friends with Sheila Burnford, who wrote The Incredible Journey, of which the 1963 Disney Movie Homeward Bound was based on and they would go on to travel together across the North, Burnford would pen One Woman’s Arctic based on her experiences in Nunavut.The filmmakers also brought with them footage taked by Burnford during her time there.

After a decade of travelling to various First Nations communities in Northern Ontario and in Manitoba, the two finally got a chance in 1970 to travel to Pond Inlet.

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Scan courtesy of ShebaFilms

“Most of the time when (Susan) would go to a community she just started sketching - so she did thousands and thousands of these sketches. She would go home in the winter in later years and she started doing printmaking,” said Kelly Saxberg, one of the filmmakers.

A Tale of Two Qallunaat, the film she’s working on, looks at the two women and their travels around Nunavut together as well as their legacy in the communities they visited. It’s being made under ShebaFilms, which Saxberg runs alongside her husband Ron Harpelle.

Saxberg came across the material when Sheila Burnford’s daughter approached her years after her passing with her mother’s photographs, writings and other works. Soon after, Ross’ family got a hold of Saxberg and gave her all of Ross’ old sketchbooks.

Ross picked up sketching after meeting Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau who encouraged her to travel to Indigenous communities and connect with them.

They’ve been gradually scanning Ross’ work over the last few years, Harpelle said.

Jonquil Covello, Sheila’s daughter, also wanted to make the trip but could not make the trip due to health concerns.

There was an impetus among to share these works in the communities they visited, the filmmakers also had digital copies which they brought with them to Pond Inlet.

“It’s very important to them to be able to share all this work with the community,” said Saxberg, who added it’s also available in the Thunder Bay Museum digital archive.

Familar Faces “You can recognize them! That’s how good she was. You can recognize the Elders, you can recognize the women,” said Navalik Tologanak, the Inuk guide for the trip from Cambridge Bay, who was able to recognize people despite not having travelled to the community in a long time.

This was also the case for residents of Pond Inlet, who also recognized Clyde River residents, leading to the realization the two travelled to more than one community, the two also very briefly visited Iglulik, said Saxberg.

“They really didn’t expect so much and some came back again, we rented a room at the hotel and a couple of them went through every sketch, made us stop throughout the film footage and gave us the names of everyone they could recognize. That was really, really amazing,” added Saxsberg.

“Many have passed on, but there are some that are still alive.

We even found out more people were alive just before (we left),” said Tologanak. This included one of the workers at the hotel they were staying at.

Saxberg wanted to approach this from a culturally informed and sensitive place, crucial to this was Tologanak’s participation, which has greatly assisted in their travels.

The filmmakers left the printed sketchbooks and digital copies with the Pond Inlet Hamlet Office, so residents can also directly access this material. Material from Ross and Burnford were also dropped off at Iqaluit’s Nunavut Research Institute.

This also presents a great opportunity for local high school students, Tologanak continues.

“What I would like to see is high school students taking it on as a project and connect with their own parents and their community, to see who all they’re related to and how Pond Inlet was. It’s a part of who they are and they can connect with it as a school project with their teachers.”

This is particularly important “because a lot of our ancestors are no longer with us,” she added.

Two close friends “Susan and Sheila they were good friends, they loved to hunt and fish and go out on their hunting camp on White Fish Lake,” said Saxberg, this would be an annual journey about 100 km north of Thunder Bay. Burnford immigrated to Canada from the United Kingdom in the 1948 and met Ross in Thunder Bay, where they sparked a lasting friendship.

“They just loved being on the land and outdoors, (Burnford) was Scottish and she said if you don’t go out and walk every day then there’s something wrong, you have to be in nature.”

The two enjoyed connecting with Inuit and First Nations communities all over Canada, after Pond Inlet and Clyde River, Burnford later on moved back to the United Kingdom, but Ross went on to visit Kugluktuk, Kinngait and Pangnirtung, making sketches of people in those communities. In 2002 Ross was awarded the Order of Canada in visual arts for her work in documenting life in Canadian Indigenous communities.

“They didn’t go to the North to preach, teach or supervise,” said Saxberg, “they just went as artists to hang around, sketch people, go hunting or learn Inuktitut and chat with people.”

“What these ladies did, going up to the Arctic to Mittimatalik and just sit there and be with the people, to film and do sketches, that’s pretty special,” said Tologanak.

A Tale of Two Qallunaat is now currently in the editing phase.

For Saxberg, who approaches her work from a local angle, it was fascinating to travel and present this connection between her Northern Ontario hometown and Pond Inlet.

“There’s something very special about sketches, seeing people who have been captured by an artist, seeing those faces, they’re not anonymous, this isn’t an anthropologist studying whatever.

These are two people that these women connected with and they were storytellers in different ways, one through words and one through art. It’s unique, I don’t think there’s other artists who did the vast amount of sketches and connected with children and Elders.”

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ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ ‘ᓱᒃᑲᒃᑎᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ’

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ᓴᐃᔅ ᐃᕐᓂᕈᓗᒃ ᐸᐅᕗᓪᒧᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᑎᓐᓂᖓᓂ ‘ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ.’ “ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᕐᓂᖃᓗᐊᓚᐅᙱᓚᒍᑦ LGBTQ2S ᓄᓇᓕᐅᓂᕐᒥ, ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᑲᙳᓱᓗᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖓ, ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂ, ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᑲᑎᑎᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᒋᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐃᖁᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᓕᒫᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ LGBT ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐸᐅᕗᓪ, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ 2007−ᒥ. “ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓯᒪᖅᑰᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ. ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑕᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐅᐱᐅᖅᑲᔪᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ Trans ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓘᓐᓃᑦ.”

70−ᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖅᑰᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕿᓐᓂᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᔫᓂ 11−ᒥ. ᒪᕐᕈᐃᓪᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᓂᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ ‘ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ’ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐸᐅᕗᓪᒧᑦ. ᐸᐅᕗᓪ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒥᓅᖅᐸᖕᓂᖓᓂ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ. “ᐅᕙᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ, ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐅᓪᓘᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᖓᓐᓂ ᑭᓇᐅᔪᒪᔭᕐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᓪᓗᐊᙱᓚᑎᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ.” ᐸᐅᕗᓪ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓕᕋᑖᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ

ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᐅᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᓯᒪᕙᖕᓂᖓᓂ, ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. “ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓂᒑᖓᒪ, ᓱᖏᐅᓐᓇᕆᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᓕᖅᑐᖅ, ᐅᕙᓐᓄᓪᓕ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐸᐅᕗᓪ. “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᕐᔪᐊᕌᓗᒍᓐᓃᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑎᑐᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐅᓗᐊᕌᓗᒍᓐᓃᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑉᐸᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐊᖏᔪᒥ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ.” ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᒃᓴᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᐅᑦᑐᖓᓂ: “ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᕆᔭᐃᑦ, ᐃᕝᕕᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᐃᑦ, ᐅᕙᖓᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖓ.” ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᒐᒥ ᑭᓱᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓇᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓴᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᓱᓕ, ᐸᐅᕗᓪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᑳᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ. “ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓂᕋ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑑᔮᖅᐸᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑑᔮᖅᐸᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᖓᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᓇᓂᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᓇᓂᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᓗᐊᕆᔭᕐᓂ. ᐃᒫᓪᓚᕆᒃ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᕗᖅ.”

For Chase Irniruluk Powell, being part of the Pride parade is about showing that it’s okay to be ‘out.’

“In the past we haven’t had much exposure to he LGBTQ2S community, so there are a lot of people who are very shy to it, very against it, so our goal was to gather as much Rankinmiut and guests as we could and to show that we’re proud of who we are and that its okay to be out as part of the LGBT community,” said Powell, who’s lived in Rankin Inlet since 2007.

“I think we’ve done that today. We’ve had so many people here who are proud to show their support, so many people who are openly out as gay or trans or whatever.”

Roughly 70 people attended the parade on a very hot and sunny

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ᓯᓐᓇ ᐅᓗᔪᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ

Senna Oolooyuk helps lead the Pride parade through Rankin Inlet. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo Saturday, June 11. That’s more than double last year’s parade, as support is growing ‘exponentially’ according to Powell.

Powell, who is openly gay, said joining the Pride committee was about inspiring other people to be who they are.

“In this community, in this day and age you can be whoever you are,” he said. “You shouldn’t be afraid of what other people think.”

When Powell first started expressing himself through the use of makeup and how he dressed, he got backlash from some people in the community.

“But now when I go out, it’s very normalized, with me personally,” said Powell. “People aren’t staring as much as they used to, people aren’t saying comments as much as they used to. I can definitely feel a big change toward the better with the scene in Rankin Inlet.”

His philosophy for people who don’t like his Facebook posts or the way he looks: “That’s your opinion, that’s up to you to deal with, I’m going to be me.”

When asked what advice he would give someone who is not comfortable being out yet, Powell said the biggest thing is just the passage of time.

“My advice is it feels difficult right now and it feels scary right now, but with time comes perfection,” he said. “You’ll find the courage, you’ll find the people you’re comfortable with. Honestly, it’s kind of like a waiting game.”

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70−ᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ

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Roughly 70 people of all ages took part in the Pride walk in Rankin Inlet.

ᕇᐊ ᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᖁᑎᓂ ᐱᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ Participants in Rankin Inlet’s Pride walk gather for a photo Saturday, June 11.

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ᐋᓐᑐᕉ ᓄᐊᑦᒪᓐ ᐳᕕᒐᕐᒥ ᐳᕕᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

Andrew Nordman shoots a bubble gun at the camera.

ᓴᐃᔅ ᐃᕐᓂᕈᓗᒃ ᐸᐅᕗᓪ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᐳᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ

Chase Irniruluk Powell speaks during the introduction to the Pride walk.

Rhea Eecherk waves Pride flags during the walk.

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RCMP charge suspected Kugluktuk bootlegger

Kugluktuk Kugluktuk RCMP seized an undisclosed quantity of vodka and 10 firearms from Allan Aklok, who has been charged with three offences under the Nunavut Liquor Act and Canadian Criminal Code.

Aklok faces charges of unlawful sale and possession of liquor, unsafe storage of firearms and firearm possession contrary to prohibition order. Aklok is scheduled to appear in court on August 9, in Kugluktuk.

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Fuel costs clarified

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Arviat Previously in the legislative assembly, Community and Government Services Minister David Joanasie indicated that fuel prices in Arviat could rise due to the costs of flying in diesel to the community.

However, Iqaluit-Tasiluk MLA George Hickes asked Joanasie to clarify his statement on June 3, saying that the revolving fund for the Petroleum Products Division and fuel prices get estab-

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lished on a territory-wide basis, not community by community, other than Iqaluit.

Joanasie confirmed that any price increases will be across the territory, not just in Arviat.

He also said the diesel airlifting in May cost $450,000 to airlift 400,000 litres from Rankin Inlet, plus anciliary services related to the airlift estimated at about $80,000.

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Housing, infrastructure needs heard

Coral Harbour Aivilik MLA Solomon Malliki told the legislative assembly that housing and infrastructure needs were high on constituents’ minds in his recent visit to Coral Harbour.

“I had the opportunity meet with a number of community leaders during my visit, including representatives from the hamlet, the district education authority, the hunters and trappers organization and the local housing authority,” said Malliki through interpretation.

“Mr. Speaker, I heard a number of concerns during my discussions, including the need for more housing and infrastructure.

That was a repeated concern that I heard from the community.”

He said he would be raising the concerns his constituents shared.

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Fishers impress

Whale Cove Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA John Main used a member’s statement in the legislative assembly to congratulate the Whale Cove fishing derbies.

Cecile Panika, who won Rankin Inlet’s cod derby, also won Whale Cove’s trout derby with a 40 and 9/16 inch fish, earning her $8,000.

“She was first, and the other fifth and six place went to Arualaaq, who is an Elder but who still was one of the winners and who I take great pride in,” said Main through interpretation.

In the cod derby, Main congratulated Guy Inuapik for catching a 27.5 inch cod, winning $4,500.

“It is cool to see volunteers see the result of their hard work as they see the winnings being taken by an adoring crowd,” said Main through interpretation. “I thank all of the people involved in these local derbies that allow our local people to enjoy the great outdoors and it provides people with an activity that allows for fresh air. I also envy all the people who took part in the derbies.”

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ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ ( ᐋᒍᔅᑎᒥ ) “ ᑰᖕᒥ ”, ᒪᔪᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑯᖕᒥ .

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᐃᓂᖓᓂ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐃᖣᕋᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ $8k. ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᓕᐊᕈᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐆᒐᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ .

MIYAH PUDLAT

Arviat Last year (August) at “kuuk”, they climbed and went fishing on a river.

ᓯᐊᕋ ᒦᑰ

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᔫᓂ 7, 2022- ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᐱᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ , ᓄᓇᕗ ᒻᒥ .

SARAH MEEKO

Nunavut June 7th, 2022- gorgeous sunset in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut.

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Nunavut She won the first place in Whale Cove for trout fishing and took home $8k. The next following weekend she decided to go in Rankin inlet for cod fishing and came first again.

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ᓵᓚᖃᖅᑐᖅ:ᕕᐅᓇ ᐊᒡᓚᒃ

ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ ᒥᔅᑕ ᕼᐆᑉ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᑕᓯᖓᓐᓂ .

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Pond Inlet Mr.Hope fishing in Iqaluit Lake.

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ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ ᐅᓇ ᓕᐅ ᐅᑕᑦᓈᖅ ᐅᓗᐊᓪᓗᐊᖅ, ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ 7 −ᓂ . ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓪᓘᕐᒥ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᐊᖓᓂ. ᐅᓇ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᔫᓂ 4, 2022 −ᒥ .

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ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᐱᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᔫᓂ 3, 2022 −ᒥ .

AMBROSE KARLIK

Rankin Inlet Rankin Inlet sunset on June 3rd, 2022.

ᓕᐊᕆ ᐊᓚᕋᓚᒃ

ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ ᓯᐅᓕᒐᓱᒃᑐᖅ , ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ , ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ .

KALENE-JO GIBBONS

Pond Inlet This is Leo Utatnaaq Uluadluak, age 7. He is learning how to use his slingshot that he got from his grandmother. This picture was taken near Arviat on June 4, 2022.

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LARRY ALAGALAK

Pond Inlet Fishing for pike, near Arviat, Nunavut.

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᐊᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ. ᒪᐃ 21, 2022 −ᒥ , ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ , ᓄᓇᕗᑦ

JONATHAN KIGUSIUTNAK

Nunavut Seth’s first time to jig. He is only one year old. It was on May 21st, 2022, near Arviat, Nunavut

ᕿᖓᔮᖅ ᐱᔅᓱᒃ ᑐᓗᕆᐊᓕᒃ

ᓇᐅᔮᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᕆᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐸᒥᐅᓪᓗᖕᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ .

KRINGAYARK PISSUK TULURIALIK

Naujaat Her family went on fishing and caught couple fishes at Pamialluk last week.

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Monday, June 20, 2022 A15

SPORTS HOTLINE • JAMES MCCARTHY Phone: (867) 873-4031 • Email: sports@nnsl.com • Fax: (867) 873-8507

Nunavut’s No. 1 wrestler back in action Eekeeluak Avalak of Cambridge Bay hits the road for two national events in Alberta

ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐄᑮᓗᐊᒃ ᐊᕙᓚᒃ ᐅᓇᑕᙳᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂ underhook −ᒧᐊᖅᐸᖓ Greco-Roman ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᐊᑦᒪᓐᑕᓐᒥ ᒪᐃ 29 −ᒥ .

Cambridge Bay’s Eekeeluak Avalak gets his opponent in an underhook during a Greco-Roman match at the Canadian Junior Wrestling Trials in Edmonton on May 29.

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By James McCarthy Northern News Services

Nunavut’s No. 1 wrestler was back out on the road again over the past few weeks and it looks like he’s found himself a new favourite style.

Eekeeluak Avalak of Cambridge Bay and his coach, Chris Crooks, were in Alberta for two major national events: the Canadian Junior Wrestling Trials in Edmonton in late May, followed by the Canadian U19 Wrestling Championships in Calgary from June 9 to 12. It was Avalak’s first action since the Alberta Open back in March.

Avalak began with the junior freestyle and wrestled in the 57-kg weight class, the lightest in the competition. His first contest came against Jaren Bhullar of B.C. and he would win that by pinfall to move into the second round, where he would square off with Lucas DiPonio of Ontario. Avalak would win that by technical superiority (mercy rule of a 10-point differential or more), 13-2 to advance to the quarter-final against Fotis Papadopoulos of Ontario.

That’s where Avalak would suffer his first loss, a 10-0 technical superiority defeat, meaning he was out of the running for gold but he still had an outside chance at bronze. Next up was Marques Calapiz of B.C., but that also ended in defeat, 10-0, and the best Avalak could do was fifth. He had to beat Tristen Cako of Ontario but Avalak was pinned in 27 seconds.

Crooks said Avalak simply got caught by someone who obviously did his homework prior to the match.

“We tried to make adjustments for that match and Eekee must’ve been scouted by that guy,” he said. “He knew exactly what to do and Eekee got caught in a leg trap. That’s something we haven’t worked on before but I told him it’s good to lose. That way, we know what it’s going to take to win and we can work on it. The wins will come but right now, it’s focusing on training to be competitive.”

After the freestyle portion, it was on to the Canadian Junior Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships at the same venue. Greco-Roman wrestling differs from freestyle in that it’s all upper-body — no leg moves whatsoever. Avalak had never competed in a Greco-Roman competition at all before entering that one.

“We fooled around with it back home,” said Crooks. “It’s much bigger in Europe, not a lot of funding for it here in Canada because it’s considered an add-on.”

Avalak was the only one entered in his weight class, meaning he won by default, but he still wrestled in a couple of exhibition matches.

Crooks said the matches were crowd-pleasers.

“He went up against a senior wrestler at the same weight and lost that one, 16-14,” he said. “He fought a heavier guy after that and won, 22-12. The crowd were right into both of his matches and he put on a good show.”

By virtue of those exhibition performances, Avalak was named the most outstanding Greco-Roman wrestler of the event by the organizers for his “tenacity, throws and never-say-die attitude”.

After a training week in Edmonton, it was off to Calgary for the next meet, where Avalak would fight in the U19 57-kg weight class.

He received a bye in the first round and would face Ebraheim Aldrar of Manitoba in round two. It would be an 18-8 technical superiority defeat, meaning he was out of gold medal contention but still in with a chance for bronze. Unlike in Edmonton, he would get that bronze medal as he beat Kaden Smith of Alberta, Joseph Thang

ᐄᑮᓗᐊᒃ ᐊᕙᓚᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐅᓇᑕᙳᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂ ᐊᔪᖅᓯᓯᒪᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ Greco-Roman ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᐊᑦᒪᓐᑕᓐᒥ ᒪᐃ 29 −ᒥ .

Eekeeluak Avalak of Cambridge Bay has his opponent in a compromising position during a Greco-Roman match at the Canadian Junior Wrestling Trials in Edmonton on May 29. Bill Bain/Wrestling Canada Lutte photo

of Alberta and Kalub Scaiano of B.C., all by technical superiority, to finish third and hit the podium.

“The goal in Calgary was to win but it wasn’t an easy draw,” said Crooks. “He was up against the no. 1 seed on his first match and he got caught again with some unfamiliar moves and that’s all a lack of experience, not having enough matches and not knowing what to do in certain situations. Nerves got to him in that first match also but he handled his next matches really well after that.”

And like in Edmonton, Avalak entered the Greco-Roman event and won all four of his matches in the first round to emerge victorious and win gold.

“Eekee knew going in that the best wrestlers would probably focus on freestyle,” he said. He really likes Greco-Roman more than freestyle and he wants to do more. Problem is if he does, he’ll probably have to leave Canada to do it because there just isn’t the training here. It’s more competitive over in Europe.”

Avalak went into this trip with a lot on his mind. He lost his cousin a week before to suicide and, in a post on social media, he said adversity will always be a part of life.

“It was difficult to focus on competing following the death of my

cousin, but I took courage knowing he would want me to continue forward and do my best,” he said. “I didn’t get the results I was aiming for in freestyle, but I kept my chin up and proceeded to wrestle to a strong third place finish in my last U19 competition.”

He also said coming from a fly-in community curing Covid-19, training and competing have been difficult, but he gave credit to a lot of people for helping him out.

“With the support of Chris (Crooks), Paula (Cziranka-Crooks), the Edmonton Wrestling Club and everyone else in my circle, I was able to achieve some of my goals,” he said. “Without all the support and time put into me, I wouldn’t have achieved some of these goals and I’d like to thank you all for the support I’ve received.”

Next up for Avalak and Crooks will be the Canada Summer Games in Ontario in August but it will be a busy training time before that for the entire team of two girls and six boys from five communities.

“We’re planning on three weeks of training in Cambridge Bay and then, it’s off to Edmonton in July, followed by a week in Rocky Mountain House, back to Edmonton for 10 days and then fly out to Ontario for the Games,” said Crooks.

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Team Nunavut to take part in Canada Summer Games

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One last tournament ᕌᐳᑦ ᑲᑉᕕᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕼᐋᓕ ᒨᕐᓱᕐ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᕗᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓂ

Biggest team to date, says Community and Government Services Minister

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

Team Nunavut will be taking part in the 2022 Canada Games, which will be taking place from August 6 to 22 in Niagara, Ontario, up to 65 representatives will be attending.

“This is Team Nunavut’s largest Canada Summer Games delegation to date with our first team sport debut at a Canada Summer Games reflects the development in the Nunavut sports sector,” said David Joanasie, minister of community and government service at the Nunavut Legislature.

The Sport and Recreation Division under community and government services will be organizing Team Nunavut’s participation in these games.

“During the games, federal, provincial and territorial minis-

ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 6 −ᒥ 22 −ᒧᑦ ᓇᐃᐋᒍᕋ, ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅᒥ, ᑎᑭᐅᒪᔪᓄᑦ 65 −ᓂ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ .

Robert Kakvitok and Holly Mercer coach the junior girls. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Laura Gauthier Memorial event this fall ᐸᐅᓗᓯ ᓇᑯᓛᖅ ᐊᓇᐅᓯᕗᖅ ᐊᖅᓴᒥ AJ ᐊᐅᓕᔾᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᐊᐃᓐ ᐱᓚᑲᑉᓯ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᓕᒋᑦ .

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Taking place from August 6 to 22 in Niagara, Ontario, up to 65 representatives will be attending. NNSL file photo ters will also meet to discuss any topics around sport including our commitments to providing athletes an environment free of abuse, harassment, and discrimination. My division has been working diligently in this area and has developed Nunavut’s

Safe Sport Strategy and Safe Sport Plan for implementation in the fall of 2022,” said Joanasie.

“I have no doubt this will be a very exciting debut of Team Nunavut and encourage all Nunavummiut to follow along and cheer on our athletes from afar.”

The Laura Gauthier Memorial Volleyball Committee held a season-ending tournament on the new flooring at the Agnico Eagle Arena June 3-4.

Skoden came out on top in the women’s division, followed by Shotgun and Jr. Girls. On the men’s side, The Squad took first place, followed

by I’d Hit That, Rankin Falcons and Fireballs.

Soccer turf was set to replace the volleyball courts for summer, so it was a good last weekend for players to test out how the game plays in the new arena.

More details will be released on the regional Laura Gauthier Memorial Volleyball Tournament as fall approaches.

Paulusie Nakoolak spikes it while AJ Owlijoot and Wayne Pilakapsi go for the block. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

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How many more chances do you think Jeff Hardy will get? ᔨᐊᕝ ᕼᐋᑎ, ᑕᓕᖅᐱᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᑦ ᕼᐋᑎ WWE Raw TagTeam ᓵᓚᖃᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ 2017−ᒥ. ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᓅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ All Elite ᐅᓇᑕᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᔨᐊᕝ ᕼᐋᑎ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓚᐅᑲᒃᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᓂ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓕᖕᒥ ᑎᒍᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᔫᓂ 12−ᒥ.

Jeff Hardy, right, and Matt Hardy were the WWE Raw Tag-Team Champions in 2017. Both moved over to All Elite Wrestling but Jeff Hardy is now on the ropes following another alcohol-related driving arrest on June 12. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons seye and he showed that off late last month at the Dutch Darts Championship.

This is funny because it happened in Scotland and probably He was up against Dennis Nilsson of Sweden in a first-round improved the scenery. contest. Whitlock was leading 5-1 in a race to six. Needing 150 A bull managed to find its way into Pollokshaws West station to check-out (finish) for the win, Whitlock decided to have a in Glasgow on the morning of June 13, according to ScotRail. little fun and try what’s known as the “exhibition special.” His The wandering bovine was captured on security cameras hangfirst dart hit the inner bull, followed by ing out near a glass shelter on the train the second and the third behind that to platform and even found time to have a win. In darts, the bull is worth 50 and wee wander around, lick its own reflecis also a double — the outer ring of the tion, eat some plants and leave. Only bullseye being worth 25, hence douthose from west Glasgow would eat ble-25. You need to hit the right double James McCarthy is the sports editor plants in a train station, lick their own at NNSL Media. Reach him at sports@ in order to win a leg of darts, and hitting reflection and call it normal. nnsl.com the bull three times is worth 150 points Anyway: and also meant Whitlock won.

How many more chances?

People are always impressed when Listen, Jeff Hardy is one of the best professional wrestlers out they hit the bull and yes, it is a great shot. But doing it three there. When he’s in the ring, you know you’re gonna get a good times to win a leg plus the match is even more impressive. But show. the professionals are supposed to make it look easy and WhitAt least when he’s sober, that is. He’s had a problem with that lock did just that. I’m going to the shed to practice bulls now. over the years, you see.

And finally …

His latest run-in with the bottle came on June 12 when he was pulled over by police in Florida and, after failing multiple sobriety tests, he was charged with driving under the influence and multiple misdemeanours. Hardy told officers he had downed a bunch of Fireball shots before driving that day. His blood-alcohol levels were 0.294 at the scene and 0.291 when the second test was administered back at the station, far above the legal limit of 0.08.

His job is now in jeopardy as Tony Khan, president of All Elite Wrestling — the company that signs his paycheque — released a statement telling the world that Hardy is not allowed back until he completes a full stint of treatment and proves his sobriety. It’s the latest chapter in a sad, ongoing battle with the bottle and one which has seen him lose jobs in both WWE and TNA Wrestling. One of his more infamous episodes came at a TNA pay-per-view several years ago when he was in a world title match with Sting and showed up absolutely polluted to the point where the match had to be re-jigged on the fly. It lasted less than 30 seconds and no one was angrier than Sting.

I’d like to think that this is the final straw for Hardy and I genuinely hope he cleans himself up for good. It’s not easy because addiction is such a demon. But someone needs to slap him and tell him that he’s on life number nine. There are very few places that would even consider hiring someone who, right now, is a total liability.

Now that’s a finish I’m a little late to the game with this one but it’s still impressive to talk about, nonetheless.

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Good Idea: Disagreeing with a referee’s decision.

Bad Idea: Disagreeing with a referee’s decision and murdering him over it.

You know, I will never understand why people think it’s OK to beat up an official because he/she made a call someone didn’t like. But here we are and it happened in El Salvador.

According to published reports, Jose Arnoldo Amaya was taking charge of an amateur game earlier this month when he gave a second yellow card to a player. Well, that was a bridge too far for that idiot player and he, along with his teammates and some of the fans in attendance, decided to teach Amaya a lesson by beating him to the point where he had to be taken to hospital.

Amaya would sadly die from his injuries.

Again, this was an amateur soccer match. No money on the line, no life-or-death situation, no anything. A bunch of Sunday leaguers who still want to live out their World Cup dreams in front of their friends and (probably) girlfriends. Charge them all with manslaughter and throw them all in jail, as far as I’m concerned. How pathetic and tragic. Sleep well, Mr. Amaya, and sorry your life ended the way it did.

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