Oct. 29 Nunavut News

ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᐊᖅᓵᖅᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐹᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂ, ᐱᖏᓐᓂᕋᖅᖢᓂ ᓱᕋᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᒧᑦ

Minister stripped of portfolios Pat Angnakak resigns from executive, denies she violated cabinet confidentiality

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Homelessness problem NTI looks at hits big screen self-government

"Ms. Suramala was terminated ... as a result of her deliberate, premeditated and wanton disregard for the laws of the Territory of Nunavut."

– From GN's statement of defence against former chief coroner Padma Suramala's lawsuit, page 16.

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Did we get it wrong?

nunavut's best stitchers

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑭᓇ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓛᖑᕙ?

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News Briefs ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᔪᖅ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᖓᓐᓂ, ᓄᑖᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓴᓇᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ

ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑰᒥᐅᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᖓᓄᑦ 15-ᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐱᑕᖄᓂᒃᑐᓂ 6-ᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᕆᓂᖅ – ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᖁᓕᓕᖕᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᓇᑎᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂᑦ – ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑕᐅᓛᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᐱᕐᙶᖅ 2019-ᒥ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑐᐊᐃᓐ ᐅᐃᓪᓯᓐ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑕ-ᑐᒡᓕᐊ ᓇᖕᒪᓂᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑭᕗᑦ ᓴᓇᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᑖᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃᓴᒥ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒐᕕᐅᔪᒥᑦ, ᐅᐃᓪᓯᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᐅᓛᖅᑐᒥ, ᑐᑭᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᑖᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃᓴᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ 2020-ᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᐅᔪᖅ ᓯᕐᓗᐊᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ. ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 50-ᓄᑦ. ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᒋᕗᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᓚᕖᓴᕈᓐᓇᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ.

Please see Co-op, page 14

ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔭᐅᑎᓂ ᐊᒃᓴᓗᐊᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔭᐅᑎᓄᑦ

ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᓂᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒃᓴᓗᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᑎᕐᒥ ᕼᐋᑭᒥᑦ ᕿᑰᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᖕᒥ. ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒃᓴᓗᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᓄᑖᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ, ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ 60-ᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒌᓂᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒃᓴᓗᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᓯᒐᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ $1-ᒥ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ. "ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨ ᔫᓯᐱ ᖁᖅᑭᐊᖅ. ᖁᖅᑭᐊᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᑯᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᓇᑎᖓᓐᓂ. "ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᓇᑉᐸᓪᓗᐊᖓᓂᓗ, ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᓛᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ, ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 23-ᒥ. "ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᕆᒃᑏᓐᓇᕋᓱᐊᖅᑕᕗᑦ."

Please see From rollerblades, page 14

Round 1 Finalist: Annie Petaulassie Iqaluit I am a qualified teacher and retired with 33 years of teaching experience.

My hobbies are sewing, beading and making handcrafts, such as quilting, making crochet hats, sealskin broaches, sealskin headbands, beaded slippers, hand bags, wall hangings, parkas, blouses, duffle socks and parka covers with embroidery designs.

I have been travelling with Students on Ice for the past six years, teaching students from all over the world how to make Inuit traditional sewing with arts and crafts.

I won a Nunavut-wide art contest with one of my wall hangings, which is now the cover of Northwestel's phone book.

Round 2 Finalist: Sarah Takolik Taloyoak I was born and raised in an igloo in Taloyoak. I am married to Aiolah Takolik and have three children. I enjoy sewing, singing and drumming. Also, camping. I enjoy living on the land, and preparing skins and meat. I am an Inuktitut Language Coach at Netsilik School.

I enjoy teaching children. I encourage them to keep their language and culture.

I must have been about five (when I started sewing). (My favourite item to make is) a pair of seal skin kamiik with waterproof bottoms.

Four compete for stitcher title We're down to four finalists for Nunavut's Best Stitcher contest: Rose Alivaktuk of Pangnirtung, Jeanie Nakashuk, also of Pangnirtung, Annie Petaulassie of Iqaluit, and Sarah Takolik of Taloyoak.

We ask readers to vote for who they think is the best stitcher on our Nunavut News Facebook page.

Most Facebook reactions after two weeks

will decide the winner.

The grand prize is a wolf pelt (valued at around $1,000) from International Fur Dressers and Dyers Ltd. The winner will be announced in the Nov. 12 Nunavut News.

Best of luck to all the contestants and thanks to all our readers for the overwhelming interest they have shown in the contest.

ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ ᓄᕕᐱᕆᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ

ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑕᒫᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓄᕕᐱᕆᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᑉ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᖁᔨᕗᑦ. "ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᐊᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᖃᖅᐳᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕙᐃᐱᐊᓐ ᐊᒫᖅ, ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ. ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓂᑦᑑᔪᒥ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᒫᖅ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 10-ᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖃᕋᓱᐊᓱᖅ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓄᑦ. "ᐃᑲᔪᓲᖑᕗᖓ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕌᖓᑕ, ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓗᓲᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᑕᖃᕈᓂ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐅᕙᓐᓅᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᐱᕆᓗᑎᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᒻᒥ."

Please see Invitation, page 14

Round 4 Finalist: Jeanie Nakashuk Round 3 Finalist: Rose Alivaktuk Pangnirtung I have been sewing for about 35 years. I got started by watching other women like my grandmother, mother and the school sewing teacher. We just learned by watching (the traditional way of learning).

I like to make unique things and especially enjoy beading and sewing anything sealskin. I am a mother of five and have 10 grandkids.

Pangnirtung When I was fifteen, I really liked the parka trim that my late mother bought from Yellowknife while they were on holiday. That fall, when it was sealift season for Hudson Bay, I decided to sign up as sealift helper. Two days after that, I bought myself materials to make a parka for myself. When I finished my project I was so proud of myself when people gave me nice compliments about my beautiful parka – that's when I really started to enjoy sewing.

My favourite thing to make is pelts knowing that family or friends will have warm clothing.

My late mother (Leah Audlakiak Jr.) was a well-known seamstress, I have learned a lot from her on how to prepare sewing materials.

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Young Apex chef hits big time Twenty-six young cooks are celebrated for their healthy inventions

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Apex/Ottawa

Feted in Ottawa, River McCluskey returned to Apex this month with a crisp white apron, a white chef's jacket, and a culinary tradition in the finest restaurants – a high white chef's hat.

He spent the weekend of Oct. 19 in Ottawa thanks to a recipe he devised himself – Baked Arctic Char with Citrus Relish. River, 9, entered himself into the Kid Food Nation recipe contest, with the help of his mom Kerry.

The recipe idea came after a vacation in Cuba, where the two tasted a fresh relish that left an impression.

"There was a barbecue stand set up on the beach. We found it our second day there.

It was amazing, but the thing that made it amazing was this fresh, fresh relish. It was just tangy and full of flavour, it just brought this food to life," said Kerry.

"We talked about it for five years."

Earlier this year, while visiting at a friend in Quebec, River said, "I want to make that relish."

Kerry was taken by surprise, because until then they'd only talked about it in the past tense.

"He went around Suzanne's

kitchen – not even our own kitchen – gathering up all these ingredients. And made it. After that, kept working on it. That was the part that was amazing to me … To watch this person just keep working on this until he was happy with all the different flavours."

The key to River's recipe seems to be the combination of fresh-squeezed lemon, lime, and orange juice, which took many weeks to perfect.

"And tomatoes, cucumbers," said River, adding his mother was one of his tastetesters.

When the two cook together, they don't write down their inventions. But to enter the contest, measurements were required.

"We took all of the ingredients and he made the recipe, and as he was making it I was measuring the ingredients he was putting in," said Kerry.

How did he react when he found out he'd won in the recipe contest?

"Crazy. We were yelling," said River.

"I was crying," said Kerry.

The big event was held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, where mother and son stayed courtesy of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, and the federal government, which sponsors the program.

The goal is to encourage healthy choices about the food youth eat, empower parents and families to plan, prepare, and cook healthy meals and snacks, and foster healthy habits for life.

"Having kids engaged in healthy meal preparation can have a tremendous impact on their health and well-being, and forms positive, healthy habits for the future," stated federal minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor in a news release.

Though River is mostly quiet during his interview with Nunavut News – after all he'd just spend the weekend with 25 seven- to 12-year-old foodies from across the country in front of cameras – mom and son talk about food all the time.

Kerry, with the help of a few other adults, runs Mamaqtuq Nanook Cooking Club at Nanook School in Apex. Her son and about 30 other young cooks learn all about preparing healthy foods. She was encouraged by how the goals of Kid Food Nation and Mamaqtuq merge.

In addition to celebrating their win, the 26 youth cooked with chefs.

"They had six cooking stations and they had chefs at each one and the kids who won, the 26 …" said Kerry.

ᕆᕗᕐ ᒪᒃᓚᔅᑭ, 9, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 26-ᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓂ 7-ᓂ 12-ᓄᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 19-ᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ-ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖓ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ Fairmont Chateau Laurier-ᒥ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ.

photo courtesy Boys and Girls Club of Canada

River McCluskey, 9, was one of 26 youth aged seven to 12 who won in the Kid Food Nation recipe contest. The weekend of Oct. 19, he and his healthycooking cohort were celebrated at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.

River interrupts with, "Went around and made all the stuff. They told us to make different stuff, like chicken burgers."

The youth made other recipes, such as braised short ribs on polenta, spring rolls, a triangular pumpkin ravioli, and a kale chick pea Caesar salad.

The chefs were from partner President's Choice Children's Charity, whose goal is "to put the power of food into the hands of Canadian children." The charity also supplies the food.

River's recipe, along with other winning recipes, will be published in the Kid Food Nation cookbook. And tune

in to YTV Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. as the young chefs were hosted by TV personality Carlos Bustamante.

Another partner, Corus Entertainment, created the Kid Food Nation website, where youth can play games, watch videos, learn a few tips and facts about healthy eating, and check out recipes.

ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖅ ᓂᐅᖁᙴᒥᐅ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᕗᖅ ᐊᖏᔪᒥᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐊᕆᔭᒥᓄᑦ 26-ᖑᔪᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᒥᓄᑦ

ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ, ᕆᕗᕐ ᒪᒃᓚᔅᑭ ᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᐅᖁᙴᒧᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᔪᒥ ᕿᕋᑕᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᐅᓪᓗᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓲᒥᒃ, ᖃᐅᓪᓗᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᔭᐃᑲᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐱᐅᓛᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓂᕆᕕᐅᔪᓂᑦ –

ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᖃᐅᓪᓗᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᓇᓴᖓᓐᓂ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 19-ᒥ ᐋᑐᕚᒦᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᒐᒃᓴᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ–ᐃᒐᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐆᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥ ᓰᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᕕᓂᕐᓂ ᒥᖑᐊᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᕆᕗᕐ, 9, ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕿᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᓈᓇᖓᑕ ᑭᐊᕆᒧᑦ. ᓂᕿᓕᐅᒐᒃᓴᖓᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᕿᑲᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᐅᐸᒥ, ᒪᕐᕉᔫᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒥᖑᐊᖑᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. "ᐹᐱᑭᐅᕐᕕᒃᑕᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᒡᔭᒥᑦ. ᓇᓂᓚᐅᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓃᖦᖢᑕ. ᑲᒪᓇᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᓇ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᒥᙶᖅᑐᒥ, ᒥᖑᐊᖑᔪᖅ. ᓰᕐᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᐱᑦᑎᐊᕆᒃᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᓂᕿᒥᑦ ᒪᒪᖅᓯᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᐅᔭᖅᖢᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᐊᕆ. "ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓚᐅᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ." ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ, ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᑯᐸᐃᖕᒥ, ᕆᕗᕐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, "ᓴᓇᔪᒪᕙᕋ ᒥᖑᐊᖑᔪᖅ." ᑭᐊᕆ ᖁᒃᓴᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐸᓚᐅᕐᒪᔾᔪᒃ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒧᑦ. "ᓲᓵᓐ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓᓄᐊᖅᖢᓂ – ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᕕᒋᙱᑕᕗᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ – ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐃᓚᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᓇᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ. ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ, ᐱᓕᕇᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂᐅᒃ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓚᖓ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᒪᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ … ᖁᙱᐊᖅᖢᒍ ᐅᓇ ᐃᓄᒃ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᓕᕋᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᑎᐱᖏᓐᓂᑦ." ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᕆᕘᕐ ᓂᕿᓕᐊᒃᓴᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᓂ ᓰᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᕕᓂᕐᓂ ᐃᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᐲᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓚᒪᓐ, ᓚᐃᒻ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᕋᐃᓐᓂᓯᒥ, ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᒐᓴᓂᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᑎᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. "ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᒪᐃᑐ, ᑭᐅᑲᒻᐳᕐ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕆᕗᕐ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᓈᓇᖓ ᓂᕿᓕᐊᒥᓂᑦ-ᐆᒃᑐᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓲᖑᙱᓚᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᒥᓂᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐆᒃᑐᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. "ᐃᓚᒃᓴᓕᒫᖏᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕿᓕᐊᒃᓴᒥᑦ, ᓴᓇᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᐸᒃᑲ ᐃᓚᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᐅᖅᑲᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔭᖓᓐᓂᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᐊᕆ. ᖃᓄᐃᓚᐅᖅᐸ ᖃᐅᔨᒐᒥ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᒐᒃᓴᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ? "ᑐᑮᕈᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐃᕆᐊᓛᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕆᕗᕐ. "ᕿᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᐊᕆ. ᐊᖏᔫᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ Fairmont Chateau Laurier-ᒥ, ᐊᓈᓇᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᕐᓂᖓ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᓲᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ.

ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᖓ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕆᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ, ᓴᙱᒃᑎᒋᐊᖅᓯᓗᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓗᑎᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒧᓗᒐᒃᓴᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᕈᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᒃᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᒫᒧᑦ. "ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᖕᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᒥ, ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒧᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᔨᓇᑦ ᐱᑎᑦᐸᔅ ᑕᐃᓗᕐ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ. ᕆᕗᕐ ᓂᐱᖃᙱᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ – ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ 25-ᓂ 7- ᓂ 12-ᓄᑦ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑎᒃ – ᐊᓈᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᕐᓂᖓ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᑦ. ᑭᐊᕆ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᒪᒪᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᓄᖅ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᓄᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ. ᐃᕐᓂᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ 30-ᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᒪᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕐᓂᖓᓐᓂ, 26-ᖑᔪᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂᑦ.

"6-ᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᕕᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, 26 …" ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᐊᕆ. ᕆᕗᕐ ᐅᖃᑲᐅᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᐆᒥᖓ, "ᑕᐅᕘᓈᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᓇᓪᓗᑎᒍᑦ ᑭᓱᕈᓘᔮᓗᖕᓂᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓴᓇᖁᔭᐅᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᒥ ᐴᒍᓂᑦ." ᕆᕘᕐ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᒐᒃᓴᖓ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᒐᒃᓴᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᓈᓚᒡᓗᑎᑦ YTV-ᒧᑦ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 3-ᒥ 9 ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ 12-ᒧᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ. ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᓚᕖᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᓲᒥ ᑳᓘᔅ ᐳᔅᑕᒪᓐᑎᒧᑦ. ᐊᓯᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ, Corus Entertainment, ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᖅᑕᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ, ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᖁᙱᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᓂᑦ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᖕᓂ ᓂᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᒐᒃᓴᓂᑦ.

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ᐅᓇ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ 6:06 ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 14-ᒥ, ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᓚᖓ ᓵᑦᑐᒥ ᓯᑯᒥ ᖃᓕᕇᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ.

This was taken at 6:06 p.m. Oct. 14, never seen this kind of thin ice piled up on the shore near Baker Lake.

ᑕᑯᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᔪᖏᑕᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᓯᕙᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᒃᓴᖃᖅᐲᑦ? ᐊᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᑎᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃᓗ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᕕᑦ $100-ᓂᒃ.

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ᑕᐅᖅᓰᖅᑕᐅᒐᔪᖕᓂᖅᐹᓪᓗ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ! ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᐅᓚᐃᓐᓄᒃ ᓴᐃᓐᑦ ᔮᓐ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦ!

Show us your land skills ᐊᒫᓐᑕ ᓇᓇᐅᖅ ᖃᕝᕕᒃ

ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ

ᓗᐊᐃᑦ ᐋᖅᑯᐊᖅ ᖃᕝᕕᐅᑉ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐱᔭᖓ ᑲᑭᕙᖕᒧᑦ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ Kellet ᑰᖕᒥ, ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 13, 2018.

Amanda Nanauq Qavvik Kugaaruk

Lloyd Aaquaq Qavvik's first catch with kakivak near Kugaaruk at Kellet River, Oct. 13, 2018.

ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᖅ: ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᐅᓚᐃᓐᓄᒃ ᓴᐃᓐᑦ ᔮᓐ ᐅᑎᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐃᒪᐅᓇᓱᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ, ᓯᑯᓯᒪᓕᓵᖅᑐᖅ.

and Shares at the end of the week wins.

This week's winner is Jordan Unainuk St John. Congratulations!

ᑯᓗᓛ ᓇᐸᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ

ᐱᓇᖕᓇᖓᓄᑦ,

WINNER: Jordan Unainuk St John Arviat

Heading back to the cabin west of Arviat, we thought it was water at first, nice clear ice.

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ

ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑕ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ 2016-ᒥ ᐅᓇ ᑐᒃᑐᕋᓛᖅ ᑕᖃᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐸᕋ ᐆᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

Kulula Napayok Rankin Inlet

While out on the land in 2016 this little tuktu was taking a rest. That's when I had the time to hold it alive.

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Barge company gives breaks on shipping Some customers accepting refunds or free cargo next year

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay

The sealift that turned into an airlift in the Kitikmeot remains a fluid situation with some customers choosing to be refunded for cargo that won't be delivered this year or taking free shipping on next year's barge.

Stuart Rostant and his wife Amanda Doiron, who run CHOU Consulting, were planning to start work on a fourplex in Cambridge Bay but some framing panels won't fit in the available cargo planes, he said.

"We've been able to reach an agreement with MTS (Marine Transportation Services) that all of our shipping costs will be waived in 2019," Rostant said on Oct. 22, adding that he's heard others are opting for similar terms.

"It's all sort of evolving. I guess the pocket of people or customers that are not happy has maybe decreased even a bit more. I think some people are OK with what MTS might be offering now... there's definitely some headway."

For those who ordered pickup trucks, having shipping costs waived on the next barge would represent a savings in the range of

ᓯᑑᐊᑦ ᕈᔅᑕᓐᑦ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒫᓐᑕ ᑐᐊᕆᓐ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ CHOU ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᔨᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᒥ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒃᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᒃᑯᐃᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

photo courtesy of Stuart Rostant

Stuart Rostant, left, and Amanda Doiron, seen in their CHOU Consulting office in Cambridge Bay, are among the Marine Transportation Services customers who have agreed to have their barge shipping costs waived next year as compensation for not receiving their materials this summer. $4,000 to $5,000.

Others, like contractor Peter Laube of Kalvik Enterprises, remain uncertain of how they will handle their predicament.

"We've explained to them that we're out of pocket on a lot of money right now just trying to stay supplied with materials and get jobs done because we're losing clients," Laube

said. "Most of this (construction) is done on funding and if deadlines aren't met, they pull the funding."

On Oct. 25, Laube said he was still negotiating with MTS and he

expected to hear from them in a few days, adding that he has a lawyer involved with some of his communication with the barge operator.

"That's why they're starting to talk," he said of MTS's response to his legal representative.

Cynthia Ene, executive director of the Kitikmeot Chamber of Commerce, said her sense is that more MTS customers are feeling satisfied as cargo streams in by air or as they accept arrangements for free shipping next year.

"Generally speaking, folks seem to be quite content," Ene said, adding that contact between the company and its customers has improved.

She said there was strength in the collective effort of those affected by the barge, a month behind schedule, not being able to reach Kugluktuk or Cambridge Bay due to increasing ice.

"When you have enough people up in arms, they'll form a collective or come to an organization like the KCC (Kitikmeot Chamber of Commerce)," Ene said, adding that the chamber's board members believe the media has also played a critical role by "asking the tough questions."

The GNWT Department of Infrastructure, which runs MTS, did not respond to Nunavut News' questions on Oct. 24 or Oct. 25.

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Historic art enters digital era Inuit Art Foundation set to digitize art, artist portraits, other images for posterity

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Toronto

Thirty years worth of file boxes – thousands of them – have been accumulating all sorts of information and images at the Inuit Art Foundation's office in Toronto.

That material – such as paper documents, film negatives and slides – will find a home in an online archive over the next year.

The Inuit Art Foundation is undertaking a major digitization process, converting the content into a searchable online resource that will be available to Northerners and others around the world.

Being mindful of the slow rate of the Internet in the North, the foundation aims to make low and high-resolution versions of the data and images available for download, said Alysa Procida, the organization's executive director.

"It creates a richer archive for people to access but also to have a better understanding of the development of the contemporary field on Inuit art as well as individual Inuit artist practices and histories. It will all be in one place," Procida said.

The trove of photos includes: a plethora of images of Inuit artwork in all variety of media; portraits of artists; pictures of art events; and snapshots of communities from all across Inuit Nunangat, which comprises the Inuit of Nunavut, the Inuvialuit of the NWT, the Inuit of Nunavik in northern Quebec and

Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador.

"It's a much more comprehensive understanding of artists' development and sharing; the way that artists have been, more than people realize, sharing across the North," Procida said. "I think there's a narrative that artists are sort of isolated in communities, but there's quite a lot of back and forth and sharing of practical knowledge all the time. This (archive) will also help very tangibly demonstrate that."

The National Heritage Digitization Strategy, which relies on public and private funding, is contributing $80,786 toward the initiative. There is other financial aid making the project possible, Procida noted.

Several Inuit Art Foundation employees will work on the digitization initiative with an aim of having the bulk of it complete in 2019, said Procida, adding that the content will be uploaded and made available to the public throughout the year.

"Ambitious but accomplishable... it's a very large undertaking," she said. "We have a really great team. We have a lot of Inuit leadership on this. We'll be able to make sure that things are appropriately made available."

A charitable organization, the Inuit Art Foundation was established in 1987 to advocate for Inuit artists and to promote Inuit art in Canada and around the world. A majority Inuit board of directors provides direction to the foundation.

ᐅᓇ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᖅ ᑭᙵᕐᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᒥᑦ ᐲᑦᑕᓘᓯ ᓴᐃᓚᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖁᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᐊᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᕗᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ.

photo courtesy of the Inuit Art Foundation

This photo of Cape Dorset artist Pitaloosie Saila is one of many images and written records that will be entered into a digital archive over the next year. The Inuit Art Foundation is behind the initiative.

Homelessness problem hits big screen 'I wanted to put a face on the issue,' says Inuk filmmaker

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Ottawa

When one of the organizers of the first National Symposium on Rural and Remote Homelessness was looking for content to include, he came across Inuk documentarian Mosha Folger's Iglu: Angirraq (House-Home).

"I was lead content coordinator and I really wanted to ensure that

Northern and Inuit voices were heard at the symposium," said John Kmech, program manager for the Homelessness Partnering Strategy at the Alberta Rural Development Network.

"He thought featuring it at a symposium like this was perfect. Aside from having a documentary adding to our content about Inuit and Northern housing and homelessness, it adds to the diversity of content. For

instance, we have panel discussions, we have workshops, we have a lot of presentations. But this is actually the only documentary we're screening at the symposium."

Iglu: Angirraq was scheduled to screen at the symposium in Canmore, Alta., Oct. 24 to 26, with Folger set to Skype for a question-andanswer session with the audience.

Folger, originally from Apex and now living in Ottawa, has made

ᐱᓕ ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐋᓂ ᐊᐃᐅᓛ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔮᓱᐊ ᖃᙳ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ 45-ᒥᓂᑦᒥ ᐃᒡᓗ: ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᒨᓴ ᕘᓪᔪᒧᑦ.

photo courtesy of Mosha Folger

Billy Pitseolak, left, Annie Iola and Joshua Kango in a scene from the 45-minute Iglu: Angirraq, a film by Mosha Folger.

several documentaries, but he's also a poet and a hip-hop artist. Homelessness and Nunavut's housing crisis are always on his mind. Iglu, a 45-minute take on the issues, was filmed in Iqaluit.

"It's about the crisis in Iqaluit. I mean, amongst Inuit, but I'm from Iqaluit and the majority of the people (in the documentary) are from Iqaluit," said Folger.

"Homelessness amongst Inuit is something I've been creating art about – poetry and hip-hop songs, and now this documentary. It's something close to my heart. My family is in the film, my little sister's mother (Annie Iola). She was homeless on the street here in Ottawa. I interviewed her. She moved back up, and lived with my sister in Iqaluit. The story kind of hinges on her story."

Folger explains Iola was born in 1960 and experienced all sorts of homelessness, lack of housing and overcrowding in Iqaluit.

"That's the personal part. Then we interviewed Madeleine Redfern, Dennis Patterson, Joanasie Akumalik, The Trade-Offs … and we got everybody's perspective on the issue, because it affects everybody up there. You can't turn right or left without running into somebody who has somebody in their house or somebody who is couch surfing," said Folger, also mentioning his friend Brian Tagalik, "who I've known for almost 20 years now. Him and his family in front of the legislature. It's just an issue that affects everybody."

Folger wanted to get beyond the statistics and numbers too-often quoted by politicians and the press.

"It's not so much that it's not a known issue, it's that there seems to have been a disconnect where there's no stories. When you hear politicians

talk about it, it's a very statisticsbased conversation, it's all numbers.

And it can never be as accurate as it really is because in the North it's not just how many people are in a shelter, or how many people go to a soup kitchen," he said.

"There's just so many different aspects to it … What I wanted to do is, number one, put a face on the issue. My little sister's mom is a good story-teller. She has a compelling story. But, also, to illuminate a little bit the different aspects of the problem, how it affects families and family dynamics."

He says even people who deal directly with the issue don't know about a lot of the things that contribute to what's going on and why.

"The historical kind of things that contribute to the housing crisis."

And, as executive director of the Alberta Rural Development Network states: "Homelessness and a lack of affordable housing is a significant issue in rural and remote communities. It may even be more severe than in cities, but it often receives much less attention and fewer resources.

However, urban, rural, and Indigenous communities are intimately connected in this country, so we must address these issues everywhere to make progress anywhere."

Folger completed his documentary late this summer, though an early cut of the film was shown at Iqaluit's Unikkaarvik Visitor Centre in June.

Iglu: Angirraq screened at the Nuuk International Film Festival in Nuuk, Greenland, in September, and at the imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival in Toronto, Ont., in mid-October. It will continue the festival circuit, including in Australia in November, and will hopefully be distributed more widely in the future.

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ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᑕᒻᒪᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᓇᒡᓕᖕᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᑦ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᖏᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᐸᒐᓱᐊᖅᑕᒥᓄᑦ. ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᑦ – ᐅᓯᔪᓄᑦ $3 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᐱᖁᑎᓂᑦ – ᑭᖑᕙᓗᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᑯᖓ ᐃᔾᔪᓗᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᓱᓕᒫᑦᑎᐊᓂ ᕿᒪᐃᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓅᕕᖕᒥ, ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓕᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᓯᔭᐅᓛᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᒥ. ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᑎᐱᕆᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓯᔭᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ – ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ, ᓱᕋᑦᑎᔭᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᓂᖀᑦ, ᓇᖕᒥᓂᒃᓴᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐊᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᖏᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᑦ – ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᑦᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ $1.75 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᒥ. ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᒧᑦ. ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᒧᑦ 100-ᓄᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᓇᑉᐸᐅᑉ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᐅᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐹᓚᑕᒃ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒧᑦ, ᓈᒻᒪᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖑᔪᒧᑦ. ᓂᖀᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᓕᖕᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓂ, ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑰᖅᑎᑕᐅᔾᔮᙱᓚᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ. ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᔭᕆᐊᖃᓪᓗᐊᙱᓐᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᒋᙱᓚᕗᑦ. ᐃᓄᖏᑦ

ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᕗᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒐᔪᒃᑐᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓯᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᖓᓄᑦ – ᐅᓯᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑎᑭᙱᒃᑯᑎᒃ, ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᐊᑦᑎᐊᕈᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ – ᓈᒻᒪᙱᓚᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐱᖁᑏᑦ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᓈᒻᒪᒍᓱᒃᑐᐃᓇᐅᓲᖑᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᒃᑯᕕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ – ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓ ᖃᐅᒃᐸᐅᒍᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ? ᐊᒻ, ᐋᒃᑲ. ᐅᖅᑰᓴᐅᒻᒥ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔾᔨᔪᓐᓇᙱᓚᑎᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓯᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᕿᕿᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᖁᓗᓂ. ᓂᕿᓂᑦ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔾᔨᔪᓐᓇᙱᓚᑎᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖄᖏᐅᑎᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᕆᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᖑᔮᕐᔪᒡᓗᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᒃᓴᒥᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ. ᕿᒪᐃᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᑦᑐᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕘᔪᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᖏᓐᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᑕᖄᓂᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᓂᑦ. ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᔨᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓇᔭᙱᓚᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᑎᒋᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᒃᓴᙱᑦᑐᖃᙱᓪᓗᓂ. ᑕᕆᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖏᑕ ᑎᒥᖁᑕᐅᓐᓂᕈᓂ– ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑑᙱᑦᑐᖅ (ᓱᓕ) – ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᓗᓂ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᓗᓂ, ᓇᓪᓕᐅᒃᑯᒫᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᕋᔭᖅᐳᖅ

ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ. ᓇᓪᓕᐅᒃᑯᒫᒥ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ, ᐅᕙᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓂᙶᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ. ᐊᐃᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ, ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊᖑᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐅᕙᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᑖᒃᓯᓂᑦ ᐊᑭᓖᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑏᑦ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐱᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᕋᓱᒋᓐᓈᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᓕᒫᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᕼᐆᑉ ᓇᑭᒪᔭᒃ ᐊᑐᖁᔨᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᕕᖕᒥ-ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᐊᓗᖓᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᕕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᓗᓂ ᕿᒪᒡᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᓂᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᕗᖅ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᕆᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕆᕙᖓ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᕋᕐᓂᖓᓂ "ᐱᔪᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᓇᑎᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓐᓂ." ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᑐᐊᖅᐸᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓄᑦ, ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᓐᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

GNWT barge blunder punishing for Kitikmeot Northern News Services

Pity the poor folks in the Kitikmeot who will be dipping into their own pockets after a Government of the Northwest Territories' Marine Transportation Services' barge failed to reach its destination.

The barge – carrying more than $3 million in goods – left too late to avoid thick ice and had to leave everything in Inuvik, with a plan to deliver next year.

The barge should have arrived by the end of September, and its cargo of all the usual necessities – fuel, non-perishable food items, personal effects, building supplies, and vehicles – are essential to the functioning of our Northern communities.

The GNWT will spend $1.75 million to finish the job. Or at least most of the job.

Of up to 100 flights, more than half will carry fuel for Paulatuk, NWT, which doesn't have enough to last the winter.

Food and personal effects will be next, and maybe some building supplies, depending on how important they are.

Vehicles and heavy equipment won't fly this year.

The GNWT insists it didn't have to airlift anything but we find this hard

The issue:

Delayed barge

We say:

Make it whole

to swallow. The folks in Western Nunavut feel the same way.

The idea that the GNWT was protected by a standard provision in their bill of lading – if freight doesn't get in, it gets there later – doesn't cut it when you consider that these goods will arrive a year later.

We can all accept the idea of waiting for the next flight for our bags to arrive – when the next flight is tomorrow or even next week.

But next year? Um, no.

You can't deliver the heating fuel next year and put residents at risk of freezing to death.

You can't deliver the food next year and have it go past its best before date while expecting residents to stretch their budgets.

You can't leave communities in a growing territory without the building materials to fix existing homes or build new ones.

A service provider couldn't make everyone wait that long without heads rolling.

If MTS were a Crown corporation – it's not (yet) – or a private company, insurance would kick in and there would be an expectation that people with losses would be made whole. Instead of an insurance payout, in this case the funds need to come from the public purse.

Unfortunately, there are always those on the losing side. In this case, it's not only the taxpayer but also the individuals and businesses in the Kitikmeot who won't get the building supplies and vehicles they expected to use to fix their homes, and operate and grow their businesses.

That means a year of stagnation for many in a region where every dollar counts.

NWT MLA Herb Nakimayak suggests bringing the new Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway into the equation as a staging location to leave the goods before boarding the barge, and it's not a bad idea.

This is MTS's second season running the show, and it has some work to do to prove its claim it is "not an amateur operation."

Because if this happens again in the next few years, the government will have proven its inability to deliver, and faith in the system will be very difficult to restore.

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ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ: ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕕᓯᐅᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᖅᓯ?

MIKAN no. 3263834 ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ. ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ ᑕᓕᖅᐱᖕᒧᑦ: ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ, ᕉᑎ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓂᒥᓂᑦ ᔭᓯ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᖑᑦ.

Resolute Bay/ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ. ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 1959 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/inuit-ᒥᒃ). ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᐃᑦ. ᐊᑏᑐᖅ ᑐᔪᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐅᕙᓂ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᓕᖕᒥ photo@nnsl.com ᐅᕝᕙᓗᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᑐᔪᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕗᖓ Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R1

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ/ Iqaluit street talk with Michele LeTourneau

"ᓱᓇᙳᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᐱᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕐᓗᖕᓇᐅᓕᖅᐸᑦ?"

"What will you be for Halloween?"

ᐊᓛᓱᐊ ᐋᑲᕙᒃ "ᐳᕕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒍᕇᓐ ᐊᖑᑎᙳᐊᖅ."

Alaasua Akavak "I'm going to be an inflatable green guy."

Project naming: Do you know your elders?

MIKAN no. 3263834 Group of Inuit children. From left to right: an unidentified girl, Ruth Idlout holding her brother Jesse Idlout, and an unidentified boy.

Resolute Bay/Qausuittuq, Nunavut.

September 1959 Can you help identify the people in this old photograph?

Project Naming is a trilingual Web exhibition and search-

ᕼᐊᑐ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᑕᒃ "ᓯᑏᒻᐸᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᙳᐊᖅ."

able photographic database available in Inuktitut, English and French. The goal of this project is to identify Inuit in the photographic collections of Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.

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

Please send submissions to photo@nnsl.com or mail to Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1.

Heather Atagootak "Steampunk girl."

Taking matters personally

ᑎᐅᕋᓐᔅ ᒍᕉᕝ "ᐃᓄᐊᖅᑎ ᑲᓚᐅᓐ ᐃᔪᖅᓵᕆᔨ."

When someone is referred to as taking matters into their own hand, they may have varying actions or reactions to this behaviour.

This is an extreme action in my view. Let's walk through this thought.

In many of our interactions and mingling in the community, we come across situations and circumstances that kind of take you aback. Some things are expected and can be dealt with rather quickly while other matters take thought and a well-planned approach to resolution. While planning and carving out a path, we consider others in helping us along. Unfortunately some try and work things out alone. This could make the process tougher, and at times a decision is quickly made to escape or get out of a corner.

If we make rushed decisions we could harm

ᐳᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᑲᓇᔪᖅ "ᓯᑎᔪᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ."

ourselves deeply and emowe are all familiar with tionally and without realizthe young couple with ing this we affected those their tent outside the close to us. How many Harry Maksagak is a Cambridge Nunavut legislature, a Bay resident and former times have you heard, good example of causunderground miner at the Lupin "Think before you speak" ing no harm but bringgold mine. He has been married or before you take action? for 47 years and has five children, ing to attention the dire 30 grandchildren and 10 This is not easy when the situation they are in. great-grandchildren. situation involves volaHopefully we won't see tile and highly emotional more of this kind of individuals. I don't think situation but there are there is any harm meant, but in the heat of the times we have to do this. moment, things are said and done that really In today's society and the circumstances are hard to undo for a long time. That is why it around over-crowding of homes, this does lead to is better to think before you say or do anything. people taking matters into their own hands, who The extreme matter of taking things into your can end up having to face the judge and serious own hands sometimes has the right result. I think separation from their loved ones.

In my View

ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᙳᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ

ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᙳᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐆᒧᖓ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖃᕕᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᔪᐊᖑᒋᕙᕋ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᓐᓂ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓚᐅᕐᓚᕗᑦ ᐅᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᖅ. ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐹᖅᓯᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ, ᐹᖅᓯᓲᖑᕗᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᖁᒃᓴᓪᓚᒃᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᔪᓂ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᑲᐅᖅᑐᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒃᓴᖓᓂ, ᐊᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓲᖑᕗᒍᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ.

Terence Groves "A killer clown."

ᐊᐃᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᑐᐊᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓇᓱᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᑑᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᑲᐅᖅᑐᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᕿᒫᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓵᙵᔭᐅᔪᓐᓃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ . ᑐᐊᕕᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᒑᖓᑦᑕ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᕐᔪᐊᖔᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᒃᑰᖔᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓇᓂ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓲᖑᕗᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ. ᖃᔅᓰᖅᓱᖅᖢᑕ ᑐᓴᖅᓯᒪᕕᑕ, "ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᕐᓂ" ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᕐᓂ? ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑑᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᖅᓴᕋᐃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅᑕᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ. ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖃᙱᑦᑑᒐᓗᐊᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᖃᓄᐃᓕᔪᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᓪᓗᓂ ᐲᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᑯᓂᐸᓘᔪᒥ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᖅ

ĪØùÕúò∆¿ ᕼᐊᐅᓕ ᒪᒃᓴᒐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᐅᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓗᐱᓐᑯᑦ ᒍᓗᓯᐅᕐᕕᕕᓂᖓᓂ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑲᑎᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ 47-ᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕋᒍᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ 5 ᕿᑐᖓᖃᖅᓱᓂ, 30-ᓂᒃ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᖃᖅᓱᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ

ᓯᑕᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᒪᐅᖃᐅᓕᖅᓱᓂ.

ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᓪᓕᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᕐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓗᑎᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᙳᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖃᓲᖑᕗᖅ. ᑐᓴᐅᒪᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᖅᑰᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᕇᖑᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᐱᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ, ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᖅ ᓱᔪᐃᓂᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᑕᑯᒃᑲᓐᓂᔾᔮᙱᓚᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒦᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᓲᖑᕗᒍᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐸᖕᒥᐅᓗᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᙳᖅᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᑦ, ᓴᙵᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᔨᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᒡᓕᒋᔭᒥᓂᑦ.

Brian Kanayuk "Iron spider."

ᐋᓇ ᑕᒻᓯᓴᓐ "ᑕᕐᓂᖑᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᖓ."

Anna Demcheson "An enchanted ghost."

ᓚᔅᓕ ᐊᕙ "ᐱᐅᙱᑦᑐᙳᐊᖅ Scream-ᒥ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ."

Lesley Awa "The bad guy in Scream."

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ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᐲᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᐅᑉ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᓱᕋᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᖢᓂ "ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᓱᕋᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦᑕ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ," ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᔪ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐲᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ-ᓂᐊᖁᙴ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖓᓂ ᐹᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦᑕ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 24-ᒥ. ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᓪᓕᖅ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᕐᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. "ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐᓇᙱᓚᒍᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᙱᒃᑯᑦᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᖃᑎᒋᔭᕗᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᙱᒃᑯᑎᒃ ᓯᓕᓂᕋᕈᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ," ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ

ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᒻᒥᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᑦᑎᐊᕆᓗᑕ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᒍᔅᑎᙳᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᑐᓂᙶᖅᑎᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᔪᐊᔾ ᕼᐃᒃᔅᒧᑦ. ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᓱᕋᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᓱᕋᐃᓂᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖅᐳᑦ, ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ

ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᑕᑭᔫᔪᒥ. ᑭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ-ᒪᓂᕋᔭᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᐋᑕᒻ ᓚᐃᑦᔅᑑᓐ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 23-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓯᒪᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᒋᐊᙵᕈᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖓᓐᓂ. "ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᖃᖓᓪᓚᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖃᙱᓚᖓ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐅᕗᙵᓕᒫᕈᔾᔨᔾᔮᙱᓚᒍᑦᑐᖅ," ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓᑦ

ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᓅᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᓚᐃᑦᔅᑑᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᐅᓂᐅᔪᖅ "ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᖅᖢᓂ" ᐊᒻᒪ "ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓪᓗᓂ." ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 80-ᓂ 157-ᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒻᒥᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂ, ᑭᐅᓗᒃᖢᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᑭᓖᔪᓐᓇᓛᖑᓂᖏᓐᓂ

ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒻᒪᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑎᒋᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᔪᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓂᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦ. ᑭᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓗᐊᓐ ᑯᓱᒐᕐᒧᐊᖔᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ, ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᔩᓂ ᐃᕼᐊᓗᐊᒃ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᓕᕆᕗᖅ ᖁᓪᓕᖅ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓄᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᐅᔫᑉ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᖓ ᑎᑭᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

Premier pulls Angnakak's portfolios Savikataaq says housing minister violated cabinet confidentiality

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Iqaluit

Citing a "serious breach of cabinet confidentiality in the legislative assembly," Premier Joe Savikataaq stripped Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Angnakak of her cabinet portfolios on Oct. 24.

Angnakak was minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation and for Qulliq Energy Corporation.

"As a cabinet, we cannot work together effectively if we cannot trust that our colleagues are able to maintain their oaths," Savikataaq stated.

"This decision is supported by all members of the executive council, and we must act decisively when we feel our consensus-based structure is in jeopardy."

In a forceful resignation speech the following day, Angnakak denied having breached cabinet confidentiality.

She said an answer, prepared by bureaucrats, to anticipated legislative assembly questions about staff housing amounted to a "nonanswer" due to the lack of information.

So she said she consulted Savikataaq on the level of detail she could reveal. His response was "he had no idea," she said.

He suggested she check with staff, which she said she did.

After controversy erupted in the legislative assembly, none of the premier's staff could recall their conversation with her, according to Angnakak.

"I could say that this is not the first time I have felt as though the premier (has) taken direction from others rather than leading, himself," she said, adding that her ousting as health minister in August was due to conflicts with a few senior Health offi-

cials who conspired to have her removed.

She said Savikataaq told her in August that she looked tired, and she expressed doubt that he would make such a remark to a male cabinet minister.

She was again "shook" last week by the premier publicly declaring that she made a serious breach of cabinet confidentiality and said "the fallout is beyond comprehension."

It was "the worst day of my political and working career," she added.

In concluding her resignation speech, Angnakak repeatedly called for greater transparency from the government.

She also said deputy ministers should be held to the same standard as ministers themselves, possibly including full disclosure of salaries, bonuses, travel benefits and greater accountability for their decisions.

Savikataaq didn't specify what constituted the breach of cabinet confidentiality.

The possible breaches are limited, as Angnakak spoke on only a small number of issues, and only one at length. While responding to Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Lightstone's questions on staff housing on Oct. 23, she revealed that cabinet had supported many draft policy amendments on the GN's staff housing policy.

"The next step is for staff to work out the details and how it can be implemented.

As for a timeline, I don't have an exact timeline," Angnakak said.

She also stated that the Nunavut Housing Corporation was working with the Department of Finance to adjust staff housing rents and subsidy levels to encourage GN employees to move into their own homes or private rentals.

Lightstone said he found the response "very intriguing" and "great to hear."

He later noted that 80 out of 157 Government of Nunavut executives and senior managers are currently living in subsidized government staff housing when, he argued, they are the ones who can most afford private accommodations.

He also highlighted that Nunavut Housing Corporation has the highest ratio of employees in staff housing and wanted to know if that's just coincidence.

Further responses on staff housing will have to come from Lorne Kusugak, who will again oversee the Nunavut Housing Corporation portfolio. Meanwhile Jeannie Ehaloak will again be responsible for Qulliq Energy Corporation.

Angnakak could not be reached for further comment prior to press deadline.

ᐹᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 25-ᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦᑕ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐲᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.

Pat Angnakak resigned from cabinet on Oct. 25 after having her portfolios stripped.

Voters choose to remove alcohol restrictions

Kugluktuk Existing limitations on alcohol in Kugluktuk will soon be gone.

Those in favour of eliminating the community's alcohol education committee and restrictions on liquor had just enough of a majority to be successful, at 60.8 per cent in the Oct. 22 plebiscite.

A 60 per cent majority was required for the proposal to pass.

Those in favour of lifting restrictions numbered 281 while 181 were opposed.

Voter turnout was 67.7 per cent, according to Elections Nunavut, which oversaw the voting process.

The question on the ballot read: "Are you in favour of ending the current system of liquor restriction in Kugluktuk and having an unrestricted system where only the general liquor laws of Nunavut apply?"

Kugluktuk's Alcohol Education Committee will continue to function until Cabinet approves regulatory changes, at which time the committee will be dissolved.

In the legislative assembly on Oct. 23, Finance Minister George Hickes

said he couldn't give an exact date when the change would be made, but added that the plebiscite outcome will become a priority for his department.

Existing maximums through the alcohol education committee, per order, are two 60-ounce bottles and two 40-ounce bottles of spirits, 48 cans of beer and four litres of wine.

Those orders can be placed every second week, if approved by the committee. In the future, there will be no limitations on alcohol orders within the territory.

However, liquor ordered from the south is still subject to an import permit. Kugluktuk residents travelling back to their community from the south are allowed to bring up to three litres of spirits or nine litres of wine or 26 litres of beer without a permit.

– Derek Neary

New integrity commissioner Iqaluit Katherine Peterson was named Nunavut's new integrity commissioner on Oct. 23.

She replaces Ted Richard, who served for five years.

Peterson, a lawyer with four decades of experience, was chosen through an application process overseen by the legislative assembly's Management and Services Board.

The integrity commissioner provides advice to MLAs to help them avoid misconduct or conflicts under Nunavut's Integrity Act. – Derek Neary

Arctic College and Memorial University team up Nunavut Of 11 universities vying for a 10-year deal, Memorial University is a selection committee's unanimous choice to partner with Nunavut Arctic College. Memorial University is the university for Newfoundland and Labrador, located in St. John's.

"Memorial University is the clear choice as our partner due to its history of engagement with communities, its commitment to learner excellence, and its international reputation for

research. We look forward to continuing to build capacity as an institution," stated David Joanasie, minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College.

"Throughout this process, the need to deliver the highest quality programs and services for Nunavummiut reflecting Inuit culture, values and language was on the forefront of the selection committee's minds."

The selection committee was made up of officials from the Department of Education, Nunavut Arctic College and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. The next step is a hammering out a 10-year partnership agreement.

"The last year has been transformative for Nunavut Arctic College.

We have launched a new website; established a curriculum framework which embedded Inuktut Language and Culture, Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math or 'ICE-STEM' within the college; undertaken a review of community learning centres, and began

the design of a new campus in Cambridge Bay, to name a few new major initiatives," stated college president Sheila Kolola.

"Nunavut is one of the largest post-secondary service regions in the world and a major centre for research. Partnering with Memorial University will only benefit our learners now and in the future."

Moving forward, the college will work with Memorial University to expand institutional operational capacity, revitalize existing programs, as well as build new programs and services to support learners across Nunavut, according to the news release.

"Memorial began as a college in 1925, raised by the people of Newfoundland and Labrador to meet their aspirations for higher education.

"We look forward to collaborating with the college and the Government of Nunavut to help achieve their postsecondary education aspirations," the university stated.

– Michele LeTourneau

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Communities seek more doctor visits recommendations on setting hunting Tuberculosis screening quotas, Ehaloak noted, adding that underway in Whale Cove Tuberculosis screening started in Amittuq MLA Joelie Kaernerk public hearings will be held in Iqaluit Whale Cove on Monday, the second says doctors "rarely" come to smaller in the near future.

Towtongie said previous studies Nunavut community to undergo such communities and is asking the GN for of Baffin Bay and Kane Basin polar a thorough assessment. more frequent scheduling.

Fifteen staff – contracted through In his communities of Hall Beach bears indicated "healthy and productand Iglulik, Kaernerk said residents ive" populations and she expressed the Department of Health – have been go to the health centre due to pain confidence that Western Hudson Bay sent into the community to identify numbers are active and latent cases of TB and to or illness and also robust. further educate Whale Cove's 400 are sent home "As an residents about the infectious lung Legislative with pills. o r d i n a r y disease.

"They are Inuk, not as John Main, MLA for Arviat usually just Assembly briefs with Derek Neary an MLA, I'm North-Whale Cove, asked about the given Tylenol c o n f u s e d . feasibility of the federal government's when the editor@nunavutnews.com Where does goal to eliminate TB in Inuit comperson really the Nunavut munities by 2030. needs to be "It seems to me that we would seen by a doctor. That is the worst Wildlife Management Board get their problem in the smaller communities," information to recommend to you, the need to speed things up a bit or he said in the legislative assembly on minister of Environment, as to what increase our presence on the ground Tuesday. "We don't know who to turn type of study has taken place?" Tow- across Nunavut in terms of the longer tongie asked. "Where is the informa- term plans for screening clinics in to. They don't know who to turn to."

Health Minister George Hickes tion coming from when the local other communities," Main said, notacknowledged the "continual chal- grassroots individuals like myself... ing the GN has stated that TB has lenge" of ensuring Nunavut has my cabin was demolished by a polar been identified in 17 of Nunavut's 25 enough doctors to meet needs. The bear, my Honda was demolished by communities.

Health Minister George Hickes department strives for five phys- grizzly bear. Where is this survey? ician days per month for every 1,000 Are we getting a survey? Is there a replied that the screening process will be fine-tuned as it carries on. residents in communities, Hickes scientific survey in place?"

Ehaloak said "We're going to learn more and explained, while ᔪᐃᓕ ᖃᐃᕐᓂᖅ E n v i r o n m e n t we're going to find efficiencies," he admitting that the conducts science- said. "We're going to discover ways scheduling doesn't based research, to improve and maybe look at piggyalways work. including popula- backing with our partners on making He gave an tion surveys, and an even more aggressive foray into example of how collects traditional different communities for this disease efficient it can be knowledge while that shouldn't exist in today's world." to have a travelconsulting comThe first TB screening program in ling physician, munities.

Qikiqtarjuaq, which ran from Februreferring to an "If a commun- ary through March, involved approxiunnamed comity member feels mately 90 per cent of the communmunity that had 35 that their life is ity's 600 residents. Prior to the clinic, patients scheduled in danger or their an estimated 10 per cent of people in to travel to Iqaluit equipment is in Qikiqtarjuaq were thought to carry for surgical condanger, they have the disease. sults but that numthe right to destroy ber was reduced to the bear," said Restoring local housing just five patients Joelie Kaernerk Ehaloak. "Any organizations when a visiting consultations that Aggu MLA Paul Quassa pressed doctor examined we do, try to do, then-Housing minister Pat Angnakak them.

Hickes said he "looks forward to or come up with a total allowable for an update on the government's making improvements" in regards to harvest, we do take into consideration efforts to finalize a local housing community input, traditional know- organization management agreesending doctors to communities. ledge, and elder input." ment on Oct. 23. The initiative would set out how the Nunavut Housing Some hunters killing polar bears Hunter compensation funds 'very Corporation supports local housing with disregard for quotas, small,' Quassa says organizations in financial manageTowtongie says Hunters in some Nunavut com- ment and in administering housing Polar bears have taken the lives of two Kivalliq residents, are striking munities are losing their boats due allocations, Quassa noted.

Angnakak replied that the agreefear into campers and berry pick- to a lack of marine facilities, Aggu ment is still being ers, and the predators are breaking MLA Paul Quassa worked on and into cabins and community freezers, said on Oct. 24. ᔪᐊᔾ ᕼᐃᒃᔅ chairs of local according to Cathy Towtongie, MLA He mentioned an housing organizafor Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield incident in his home community tion boards will Inlet. be part of a meet"A lot of hunters have come to me of Iglulik where ing when it's com(and said) that they will kill without a the tide went out, a pleted. quota. They will just kill. It has hap- boat capsized and Quassa also pened in Arviat, and I was informed the motor wound requested a comin Naujaat some hunters have killed, up soaked in salt mitment from the left the meat, and just took the skin," water, ruining it.

E nv i ron ment minister to help Towtongie said in the legislative re-establish a local assembly on Wednesday. "A hunter Minister Jeanhousing organizacame up to me (and said), 'We don't nie Ehaloak said tion in Iglulik, in have to inform the wildlife officers.' the GNWT has consultation with There's almost a feeling of civil dis- $60,000 budgeted municipal leaderobedience with the individuals who for the Wildlife Damage Prevenship. have approached me."

"I know that Towtongie said she grew up when tion Program and George Hickes another $40,000 Iglulik hasn't had there were no polar bear quotas. a local housing "When the Inuit are saying there for the Wildlife association for are too many polar bears and the Damage Compenquite some time. The people of the scientists are saying we're running out sation Program.

Quassa responded that those community are quite concerned and it of polar bears, what is the actual position of the Department of Environ- amounts are "very small." Boats and has an impact on people with housing motors are very costly to replace, he arrears," he said. ment on this matter?" she asked.

Angnakak replied that the issue of Environment Minister Jeannie said, suggesting that the government people in arrears serving on the local Ehaloak said her department is also boost those funds.

"The $40,000 and $60,000 will housing organization board has to be concerned about polar bear attacks and the powerful animals coming too only benefit very few hunters if we addressed.

"If I was a member of the board close to hunters and residents on the look at Nunavut as a whole. I think land. However, it's the Nunavut Wild- that we should review those pots of and I was in arrears, how can I urge a tenant to pay off their life Management Board that makes money," he said.

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MLAs question premier’s handling of ministers

don’t look at a minister as a male minister or a female minister. I treat them all equally," he said.

The biggest difference in the two cases is that the leak under Joanasie was by a staff member and it was out of Joanasie’s control whereas Angnakak ignored confidentiality by choice, according to Savikataaq.

"She chose to breach a confidential cabinet document here in the House. That’s the main difference between the two," the premier said.

Aggu MLA Paul Quassa, who was removed as premier in June after less than a year in office, followed up on Kaernerk’s line of questioning.

"It seems like they’re not being treated fairly," Quassa said. "If that’s the way we’re going to operate, then there is going to be non-confidence in the government."

Savikataaq responded, "I always make sure that I treat everybody fairly because that’s the way I am…

If you have non-confidence in the government, then you know that action will have to be taken. It’s at your call."

Two MLAs challenged Premier Joe Savikataaq to defend how he’s handled breaches of confidentiality within different departments.

Amittuq MLA Joelie Kaernerk pointed out on Oct. 25 that a confidential document from a cabinet minister’s office was leaked in September, which resulted in an apology from Education Minister David Joanasie.

However, Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Angnakak was stripped of her Housing and Qulliq Energy Corporation portfolios last week for violating cabinet confidentiality.

Savikataaq replied that his disciplinary decisions had nothing to do with gender.

"I treat all ministers equally. I

In memory of...

Joe Savikataaq, speaking as MLA for Arviat South, paid honour to the memory of Thomas Suluk, a former Member of Parliament for the riding then known as Nunatsiaq in the 1980s.

Suluk, who hailed from Arviat, worked on land claim rights through his involvement with Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut and was also involved with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. He died on Oct. 21.

Likewise, Cambridge Bay MLA Jeannie Ehaloak offered a tribute to the late Lena Kamoayok, whom Ehaloak described as an instrumental teacher of traditional culture with "a heart of gold."

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Cathy Towtongie arrears? Those are the things that have to be discussed," she said, prior to having her Housing portfolio stripped by Premier Joe Savikataaq the following day.

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ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐋᓐᑎ ᑕᐃᐸᓇ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᓵᒥ ᒥᖑᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑲᑉᑲᐃᒃᓂ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᕋᑖᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ.

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With a flower on top

Andi Taipana displays a tray of iced cupcakes made recently in baking class at Kugluktuk High School.

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NTI looks at self-government

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Iqaluit

Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) has resolved to study Inuit self-government.

The 25th anniversary of the Nuna-

vut Agreement is a reminder to NTI president Aluki Kotierk, as well as regional Inuit leaders, that many important aspects of the Nunavut Agreement remain to be implemented.

"Over a number of years there's been some disappointment, for

instance, in whether Article 32 is being used by the territorial government when it's designing policies that relate to social and cultural programs," said Kotierk, referring to the territorial governments attempts to revise the Education Act and develop

Inuit employment plans, for example.

At this point, NTI will discuss the way forward internally, and bring information back to the board.

Nunavut News asked Premier Joe Savikataaq for his reaction to NTI's move, and he responded by email.

"This government is an expression of Indigenous self-government that is unique in the world," Savikataaq said, adding that ultimately it's up to Nunavut Inuit.

"I am willing to discuss this with NTI at their convenience," he stated.

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KIA president Stanley Anablak delivers his annual report at the AGM Oct. 16.

Seated in the foreground is executive director Paul Emingak.

Kitikmeot Inuit Association delegates at the 2018 AGM in Cambridge Bay on Oct. 16.

Kitikmeot Inuit gather meeting Feature

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by Navalik Tologanak Cambridge Bay

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INUINNAIT NETSILINGMIUT KATIMAYUT IKALAUKTUTIAMI. INULGAMIITLU. INUHUKTUTLU. ANGNAITLU UKAKHUNGNUYUT

KANUK IHUAKHAILUGIT KANUKMI ANIGIYAINIKLU TAPKUATLU AYUKHAKTUNIKLU. Women, youth, elders and invited guests gathered together in Cambridge Bay for the Kitikmeot Inuit

Association's annual general meeting October 16 to 18.

One of the highlights of the AGM was the announcement of the proposed merger between First Air and Canadian North airlines and possible partnership of First Air

with KIA. Feasting, drum dancers, Gustin Adjun, Lyall sisters throatsinging, CB youth squaredancing, and long-term service awards for KIA made an evening to close off the three-day conference.

Elder representatives at the AGM presenting, from left to right: Benedicta Kayaitok, Kugaaruk; Simon Oleekatalik, Taloyoak; Susie Konana, Gjoa Haven; Julia Ogina, KIA; Annie Atighioyak, Cambridge Bay; Lena Pedersen, Kugluktuk.

From left to right: Kitikmeot women representatives at the AGM presenting their community reports, concerns. Joanne Taptuna, Kugluktuk; Celine Ningark, Kugaaruk; Presley Taylor, program coordinator for women/youth; Simona Aķkikungnaq, Gjoa Haven; Annie Neglak, Cambridge Bay; Nee Oleekatalik, Taloyoak.

Youth from Kiilinik High School in Cambridge Bay take turns being pages at the KIA AGM. Here is Grade 12 student Pamela KINGMIRUT Emingak wearing Inuinnait style kammak and kaligok.

Youth representatives at the AGM Oct. 17. From left to right: Jordan Takkiruq, Gjoa Haven; Jeremi Boisvert, Taloyoak; Presley Taylor, KIA; Shantel Qirngnuq, Kugaaruk; Carole Kavanna, Kugluktuk; Kobe Aknavigak, Cambridge Bay.

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Co-op expanding hotel, will build new store

ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᔪᐊᔾ ᕼᐃᒃᔅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᐅᓐᓂᕆᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᓕᖓᒍᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨᒧᑦ ᒫᒎ ᓴᑎᔅᒥ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 24−ᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ.

Kugaaruk Work is underway to expand the Koomiut Co-op hotel to 15 rooms from the existing six.

Construction – which will entail putting a second floor on the building and adding some meeting space – is expected to be complete in spring 2019, according to Duane Wilson, Arctic Co-operatives' vice-president of stakeholder relations.

The Co-op is also planning to build a new retail store that will feature a bakery, Wilson stated. Supplies for that project are due to arrive on sealift next summer, meaning the new store won't be open until sometime in 2020, he said.

The existing store will be converted into a warehouse.

The Co-op has been in business in Kugaaruk for more than 50 years. It also offers fuel distribution and cable TV services in the community.

– Derek Neary

From rollerblades to skates

Taloyoak The recreation department had a few successful months of rollerblading and floor hockey on the concrete floor of the arena.

Rollerblading was a new activity in the community, made possible by the hamlet's purchase of 60 pairs of rollerblades over the summer. The footwear was rented out for $1 per pair.

"It was very popular," said recreation coordinator Joseph Quqqiaq.

Quqqiaq is now focused on creating ice on the arena floor.

"In about a week and a half or so, we should have the arena open, hopefully," he said on Oct. 23. "We're trying to keep our youth active."

– Derek Neary

Sealskin parka-making project draws 90 participants

Kangiqtugaapik/Clyde River Lizzie Palituq is launching a sealskin parka making project in Clyde River beginning Oct. 29.

"A total of 90 people put in their names," said Palituq. "We had a draw."

The project will run for four weeks in two separate sessions every day during the week – one from 1 to 4 p.m. with four students, and one from 6 to 9 p.m. with another four students.

"There are two instructors for the afternoon and two for evening, so a total of four," said Palituq, who applied for the funding from the Qikiqtani Inuit Association.

The project takes place at Qimiqpik Niuvirbik, and all materials and sewing supplies will be provided.

Seamstresses will either have their own pattern, get help from instructors on making one, or use one instructors already have on hand.

– Michele LeTourneau

Invitation extended to elders for November activities

Iglulik Weekly games and art activities will be held at the community hall in November and Iglulik's recreation staff wants elders to take part.

"Some elders like drawing and painting," said Fabian Ammaq, recreation facility supervisor.

The schedule of events should be posted in the near future, he added.

Ammaq, who has been working with the recreation department for 10 years, said he tries to keep events running smoothly for everyone.

"I help out with recreation and community hall activities.

When they need help, they call me," he said. "If there's any problem with the gym activity or hall activity, they can come up to me and explain or ask me a question."

– Derek Neary

Head to the high Arctic for Halloween chills, says article

Alert Alert, Nunavut, has been noted as a goosebump-inducing location to spend Halloween, according to an article on expedia. ca "What's the last place that gave you goosebumps," asks the Expedia article's author Jennifer Cuellar.

"This is the question we asked 1,200 Canadians as part of our Travel Sensations series.

Some answers called out specific points of interest, others noted certain regions, and we saw a healthy mix of thrilling,

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Health Minister George Hickes launches the start of the government's flu shot campaign by taking a needle in the arm from nurse Margot Suttis Oct. 24 at the legislative assembly in Iqaluit. scary, cold, and breathtakingly beautiful places."

Alert wasn't chosen for its thrills.

"Alert is such an extreme destination, both for its location and its temperatures. When narrowing down places to find freezing weather that will leave you with goosebumps, we absolutely had to include Alert on the list," stated Cuellar.

Other locations include haunted places and trains in Ontario and Saskatchewan; scary adventure-climbing on sheer cliffs in the Northwest Territories; Canada's loneliest road, the TransLabrador Highway; and the Haunted Montreal Ghost Tours.

– Michele LeTourneau

Time for flu shots across territory

Nunavut With the start of flu season comes the Government of Nunavut's campaign to ensure Nunavummiut remain in good health.

Minister of Health George Hickes launched the flu vaccine campaign by getting his shot Oct. 24 at a small clinic set up at the legislative assembly in Iqaluit.

The vaccine is free and is available at every health centre in the territory.

"Each year, many Canadians get very ill or die from influ-

enza. Getting a yearly influenza vaccination is the best way to protect yourself, your family and your community," stated deputy chief medical officer of health Mike Patterson.

The health department also notes the flu is highly contagious.

"The virus spreads through coughing, sneezing or nasal fluids. Flu symptoms include fever, chills, cough, runny eyes, stuffy nose, sore throat, headache, muscle ache, extreme weakness and tiredness. The flu can last two to 10 days in most adults. If you experience any of these signs, please go to your nearest health centre," stated the department.

Flu season typically runs from November to May, peaking in January.

Other preventative measures include washing hands frequently with warm water and soap, covering coughs, and staying home from work or school in the event a person has a respiratory illness.

In the capital, starting Oct. 24, Iqalungmiut can visit Iqaluit Public Health near the old airport terminal Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., and from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Weekend clinics are also available on Saturday, Oct. 27 and Sunday, Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

– Michele LeTourneau

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Combining literacy and elders' wisdom ᐃᓄᑐᖃᑦ ᓴᓗᒥ ᕿᑦᓱᐊᓕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᑕ ᐊᑦᑭᑦᓱᒃ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᕿᕿᖅᑕᖅ ᐃᓕᕼᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᕐᒥ. ᐃᓄᑐᖃᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᖑᔪᒥᑦ.

education Feature

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Elders Salomie Qitsualik and Martha Atkitchok speak to students at Qiqirtaq Ilihakvik in Gjoa Haven. The elders have requested that they meet with students on a monthly basis.

ᐅᐱᐅᖅᑲᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᖅᑖᒥᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖏᓐᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐋᓐᑐᕉ ᐸᓗᖓᔪᒃ, ᔮᓐ ᕿᖅᑯᑦ, ᒐᐃᑉᕈᕆᐅ ᓂᒥᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅ, ᐸᐅᓗ ᐸᐅᓗᓯ, ᔭᔅᑎᓐ ᑑᑕᓕᒃ, ᐸᐃᓕ ᕉᑖᓪᕝ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᐊᕆᑎᓐ ᖃᒧᒃᑳᖅ. ᑐᓄᐊᓂ, ᓴᐃᒥᖕᒥ, ᐹᓪ ᐃᖁᐊᓪᓚᖅ, ᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᒪᕆᖅ, ᐋᓕᒃᔅ ᓂᒥᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅ, ᒫᒃ ᑯᓇᓇᒃ, ᔭᐃᑦ ᖃᒧᒃᑳᖅ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᖅᑖᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᕆᓴ ᐳᑐᒍᖅ, ᑭᐊᕆᓐ ᐋᓗᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᑕᒃᑭᕈᖅ.

by Qiqirtaq Ilihakvik Gjoa Haven

ᕿᕿᖅᑕᖅ ᐃᓕᕼᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐅᐸᒃᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᓪᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᐅᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ – ᖁᕕᐊᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᙱᖅᑎᒧᑦ ᐱᐅᕝᑲᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᑦᑎᓕᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᐱᖅᑯᖅᑐᒦᖑᖅᑰᔨᔪᑦ ᐋᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᐃᐱᓕᒧᑦ. ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᖅᑐᒥ. "ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ," ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᑐᕇᓇ ᓴᓕᕆᓇ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᖁᔭᓕᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓕᒫᓂᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒦᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᑭᓇᓕᒫᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ. ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ."

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Qiqirtaq Ilihakvik brought in local elders during Literacy Week to choose winners of a school drawing contest based on poems by Inuit poets – The Joy of a Singer by Piuvkaq, and Netsilik Inuit and How Noisy They Seem by Alootook Ipellie.

Elders also shared stories about building iglus and surviving on the land and they

enjoyed a drum dance.

"Elders made comments of how much they enjoyed the gatherings," principal Trina Sallerina stated. "They really appreciated being able to have all of the students in one place and working together so that everyone is able to help each other. They felt this was a respectful way of gathering and passing on traditional knowledge."

ᒫᑕ ᐴᔭᑕᒃ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᕿᖅᑕᖅ ᐅᒃᐱᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᓇᖕᒪᒐᕐᒥ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᐊᒧᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ.

Proudly displaying their certificates of recognition and their Inuktitut books for their Literacy Week assignments are, front row, from left, Andrew Palongayak, John Qirqqut, Gabriel Nimiqtaqtuq, Pauloo Pauloosie, Justin Tootalik, Bailey Rudolph and Sheridan Kamookak. Back row, from left, Paul Iquallaq, Michael Mariq, Alex Nimiqtaqtuq, Mark Kununak, Jade Kamookak. Others earning a certificate were Carissa Putuguq, Karen Aaluk and Jordan Takkiruq.

ᐃᓂᒍ ᑲᓘᓐ ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ.

Inigo Kaloon performs a drum dance for the audience.

Martha Pooyatak holds a Qiqirtaq Snowy Owls backpack that she won in a draw. She was one of the elders who shared her wisdom with the students.

ᐃᓄᑐᖃᑦ ᑖᒥ ᑕᕙᓗᒃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᓯᒃᓯᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ.

Elders Tommy Tavalok, left, and David Siksik tell the students about iglu making.

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No merit in coroner's lawsuit: GN Response to wrongful dismissal claim cites dishonesty and 'wanton' violation of territorial laws

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Iqaluit

Former chief coroner Padma Suramala – who filed a $1 million lawsuit in June for wrongful dismissal – was fired for financial and employment irregularities, and passing off a false court order, according to the Government of Nunavut in its statement of defence.

The Department of Justice sent the document to Nunavut News, stating it was filed Oct. 19 in the Nunavut Court of Justice. None of the claims have been tested in court.

"Ms. Suramala was terminated by the GN on April 25, 2018 as a result of evidence which implicated her in various financial irregularities uncovered at the YWCA Agvvik and as a result of her deliberate, premeditated and wanton disregard for the laws of the Territory of Nunavut," the statement of defence reads.

The GN's story of Suramala's dismissal merges with the discovery in 2017 that saw YWCA Agvvik fire its executive director in the aftermath of a GN audit. That audit took place after a September 2016 audit by accounting firm Lester Landau was leaked to the GN, the RCMP and news venues.

Six people, including Suramala, were identified by the GN's senior auditor as having received consulting fee payments from Agvvik, even as they were listed as employees, according to the statement of defence.

"In reviewing the YWCA's accounting records, it became apparent to (senior auditor)

Ms. Demalo that Ms. Suramala GN policy," states the GN. ᐸᑦᒪ ᓱᕋᒪᓚ was receiving payments from the Citing a "pattern of dishonest YWCA both in the form of the behaviour" the GN states "the consulting fee payments and also foregoing provided a reasonable as a recurrent employee of the and probable foundation upon YWCA," the GN states in the which to conclude that the plaintiff was a knowing participant in document. fraudulent activity involving the The GN then outlines a conYWCA or was willfully blind to fusing array of responses Suramsame." ala supplied when questioned by The GN's second reason for its the auditor – after at first denying she had ever provided consulting firing of Suramala is to do with services – for a girls club and an ongoing dispute between herself, MacKay and the Department for repayment of a personal debt of Health: access to medical from a YWCA Agvvik employee.

Suramala also notes this The consulting and profesPadma Suramala records. sional payments total $24,154 in her statement of claim. between Nov. 1, 2013 and March The law required Suramala 31, 2017, according to the document. to obtain a warrant for medical records. In The GN statement of defence also out- her claim, she stated that on January 30, 2018 lines conflicting information from Suramala to she "issued a Coroner's Authorization, without explain amounts and reasons for payments, as a concomitant warrant from a Justice of the well as conflicting stories about her part-time Peace, to the nurse in charge at the health centre in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, for the release of employment with YWCA Agvvik.

A GN employee requires approval for out- a copy of medical information of an individual side work. The document outlines how Suram- who had died suddenly in that community." ala said she hadn't worked at YWCA Agvvik Meanwhile, the GN states, "on January 30, since 2014.

2018, a member of Ms. Suramala's staff entered Justice deputy minister William MacKay Qikiqtani General Hospital with a warrant or indicated he had evidence that she been an document that had been drafted and signed by employee in 2017.

Ms. Suramala and which was meant to appear "Contrary to paragraph 50 of the claim, Ms. as though it was a warrant and seized original Suramala failed to properly report her employ- medical records. ment with the YWCA. This was contrary to The staff member acted on Ms. Suramala's

instructions."

Calling it "a flagrant violation of the Nunavut Coroner's Act" and "a deliberate, premeditated and wanton violation of the laws of the Territory of Nunavut and an otherwise grossly dishonest act," the GN states "Suramala was suspended immediately after passing-off her self-made document as a court order."

Michael H. Penner is Suramala's lawyer.

"Essentially, we raised serious allegations and the GN responded in kind," he said, adding he hasn't yet received much of the material the GN's allegations depend on.

'Misconduct was investigated' The disclosure process will allow Penner the opportunity to review the allegations and materials.

The GN's statement of defence denies a variety of claims in Suramala's suit, such as defamation, interference to her work, intentional infliction of mental distress, among others.

"The Plaintiff's misconduct was investigated, she was placed on a paid suspension during this time, and she was terminated as a result of her gross misconduct as described above," states the GN. "The defendant pleads, and the fact is, that the plaintiff's claims are wholly without merit on their face; the amounts claimed are remote, exorbitant and manufactured; and that the entirety of the action should be dismissed."

The GN agreed to a trial in the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit.

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How to do Inuit-Crown partnerships right Inuit leave Nutrition North Indigenous working group, question whether new Indigenous languages legislation meant to be symbolic

by Michele LeTourneau Northern News Services

Iqaluit

At an elaborate event at the legislative assembly Oct. 24, which saw government and Inuit leaders attend in great numbers, the federal minister of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson and president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) Natan Obed announced a new Arctic region.

"The Government of Canada is committed to a new Indigenous to Crown relationship. We are committed to fostering this relationship built on mutual respect, cooperation and ever stronger trust. We are committed to improving the quality of life through economic opportunities, and imagining together a stronger way forward for Canada's Arctic future," said Wilkinson.

Wilkinson noted the Canadian government's failed policies of the past came from central agencies and political leaders in Ottawa who thought they had the answers.

"We now know this method does not work, and I'm here to reaffirm that Northern priorities require Northern priority-setting. Understanding the North requires true knowledge of the North, and Northern action requires Northern leadership."

'An Indigenous lens' The new region combines parts of four other regions – Pacific, central, Quebec and Newfoundland-Labrador – and follows the boundaries of Inuit Nunangat (the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut).

Former Nunavut deputy minister of Environment Gabriel Nirlungayuk has already been hired as the DFO's regional director-general for the Arctic to be based in Rankin Inlet, and more Inuit will be hired as the DFO and ITK work together to develop the new region and begin staffing it.

"We have been fighting since the beginning of this government, and even well before, to ensure that the federal government understands then addresses the distinctions-based concerns of Inuit within an Indigenous lens but, also, within a practical policy lens," said Obed, then listing the sheer vastness of space occupied, owned and co-managed by Inuit across Northern Canada.

"We as Inuit share a language, share a society, share a worldview and it only makes sense to create a policy space that is centred in the Inuit reality."

Meanwhile, work with the federal government on the Nutrition North Canada Program has not yielded the same sort of relationship. Nunavut News learned Oct. 18 that

Inuit organizations walked away from the Nutrition North Canada Indigenous Working Group in April.

"The Nutrition North Canada Indigenous Working Group is a voluntary, technical-level group working together to co-develop options to help Nutrition North Canada work better for Northerners. During this phase, the Inuit land claim organizations were a very important voice at the table," said media relations staff with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Stephanie Palma.

"In April 2018, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami advised that Inuit are declining further participation in the Indigenous Working Group, in favour of seeking an Inuit-specific process, which was declined."

NTI president Aluki Kotierk dismisses the idea Inuit had an important voice, a view publicly shared by ITK's Obed.

"We didn't feel there was collaboration, or people listening to what our views were.

We were concerned that it was developed for optics and they were making decisions without listening to Inuit concerns and input," said Kotierk, adding the matter was discussed at the ITK board level and the decision was made to pull out of the group.

"It was a point to be made to the federal government that the purpose of having Inuit in the Indigenous working group has to be based on a real relationship."

Kotierk wants the federal government to truly engage with Inuit.

"About what it is that Inuit think should be addressed in Nutrition North Canada Program."

'Nutritious foods' She cites as example, "how retailers are subsidized for food that is shipped rather than food that is sold or consumed," she said.

"The purpose of (the program) is to provide subsidies for nutritious processed foods that are bought in the stores.

What I keep advocating for is if the whole premise is to provide nutritious foods, why are we so focused on retailers?

Is there a way for us to address food security through other programs, such as the Nunavut Harvester Support Program … so hunters can purchase gasoline, so hunters can purchase the expensive hunting gear so they can go get their own nutritious food."

Kotierk says the solutions can be found within Inuit communities.

Similarly, the federal government has been working on an Indigenous languages legislation, and it's not clear Inuit voices are being respected there, either.

"Any Indigenous languages legislation would have

ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔩᑦ ᔭᓇᑕᓐ ᐅᐃᓪᑭᓐᓯᓐ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓇᑖᓐ ᐆᐱᑦ, ᑕᓕᖅᐱᖕᒥ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 24−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᒐᐃᐳᕆᐅᓪ ᓂᕐᓗᖓᔪᖅ, ᕿᑎᐊᓂ ᑕᓕᖅᐱᖕᒥ, ᓄᑖᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᙳᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ, ᑲᒥᓴᓇᐅᑉ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᑖᓵᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓃᔪᓪ ᐅ’ᕈᐊᒃ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥ.

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Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Coast Guard federal minister Jonathan Wilkinson, left, and president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Natan Obed, right, announced the creation of a new Arctic region in Iqaluit Oct 24. Gabriel Nirlungayuk, centre right, is the new DFO Arctic regional director-general based in Rankin Inlet, while new assistant commissioner of the Coast Guard Neil O'Rourke will be based in Yellowknife. to strengthen the rights Inuit already have for Inuktut within Nunavut. Inuktut is already recognized territorially as an official language. So one of the things I said to him (Arif Virani, former parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage) is it's not worth our while to put efforts into it if it's going to be a symbolic legislation," said Kotierk.

"It needs to have substance and it needs to have resources allocated to it to ensure – for instance in the education system or Inuktut as the working language for the public service

– to be equitable with other official languages in Nunavut."

In April, Kotierk spoke at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, where she emphasized the need for the federal government to recognize Inuktut as a founding language of Nunavut.

She fears the government will go with the lowest common denominator "given that there are so many Indigenous languages (without protection) across the nation."

Kotierk says Inuit have

advocated for a stand-alone Inuktut language act, or an Inuit-specific chapter in the Indigenous languages legislation focused on Inuktut across Inuit Nunangat.

'Haven't lost hope' "We've been trying to develop a co-development relationship with the government. I haven't lost hope. We're still working through that. The Inuit regions have provided proposed provisions as a starting point."

Obed was not available to reply to questions regard-

ing the Indigenous languages legislation before the Nunavut News deadline.

Added to the mix, now, is the Supreme Court of Canada decision that federal government does not have to consult Indigenous groups when creating legislation.

"We still have to work with whoever is in power, and we want to. From our perspective, co-development is the way to go. That's what we continue to advocate," said Kotierk, adding that's what Inuit want for the Indigenous languages legislation and its regulations.

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ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᔅᑕᕚᓐ (ᐱᖁᑦ) ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᖅ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᒃᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓯᑯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᕼᐋᑭᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᓴᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ.

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Group leader Stephane (Piqut) Nukapiak pushes a group of initiation players forward along the ice during the annual Rankin Rock Season Opener hockey camp in Rankin Inlet this past week.

Season Opener hockey camp marks start of new season

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet

Almost 200 minor hockey aged players got their new season off to a riveting start at the annual Rankin Rock Season Opener hockey camp in Rankin Inlet from Oct. 14 to 19.

In addition to on-ice skill development, the Arctic Inspiration Prize-winning camp also features modules on literacy and personal growth, off-ice training, healthy eating and nutrition and player development.

The camp provides instruction to the minor hockey age groups of initiation, novice, atom, peewee, bantam and midget and features both male and female participation among both players and group leaders.

Camp developer and head on-ice instructor

David Clark said the number of camp participants exceeded expectations this year, especially in the camp's two youngest age groups of initiation and novice.

He said the initiation group swelled to 30 players this year.

"I can honestly say that every kid has improved a little bit during the camp, but you notice it more in the younger groups of initiation and novice," he said. "We had kids who couldn't even skate on day one and they were taking part in all the drills by the end of the camp."

The camp also attracted a handful of kids come to the camp from other communities.

They had to find their way to Rankin, but were not charged for participating.

"All together there were 20 of us instructing and running the camp, with that number

going up to 30 including literacy, cooking and everyone working at the camp this past week.

Each group had an hour lunch break at the community hall, with the meals being prepared by Kelly Clark-Lindell and her helpers.

Adriana Kusugak, Laura Merritt and Shanti Dias handled the literacy components, while Panniuq Karetak did an excellent job with office training, said Clark.

The camp ran extremely smoothly and Clark said keeping the kids in the arena complex during lunchtime made a huge difference.

"The kids weren't going home and coming back, or hanging around the arena causing disturbances during lunch," he said. "They were pretty much kept busy all day from start to finish.

Clark said he always talks with the group leaders to get feedback on what they feel is

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Several communities will be sending teams, including Gjoa Haven, Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove, Kugluktuk, Coral Harbour, Arctic Bay, Pond Inlet, Iglulik and Arviat. All eight teams will advance to the playoffs with the winners being decided in the finals on Nov. 4.

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Communities set for battle

Iqaluit The first big futsal tournament of the new season is on the horizon and it's happening in Iqaluit.

It's the U18 Nunavut Futsal Championships and it gets going on Nov. 2 at Inuksuk High School and Aqsarniit Middle School.

Dawn Currie, executive director of the Nunavut Soccer Association, said there will be action in both boys' and girls' divisions with eight teams in each division, pooled into two groups of four.

Nunavut The Jays Care Foundation, the charitable arm of the Toronto Blue Jays, puts out a call every year for organizations to submit requests to help build and maintain play areas for youth.

The Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut (RPAN) is helping out with that call this year as it wants communities in the territory to think of ideas to put forward. Step one of the process is to fill out a form, which can be found on RPAN's website, which is the initial application. If the application passes stage one, it moves into stage two, which involves a more detailed application.

The deadline to get your initial form in is Oct. 31.

working well and what can be improved upon.

He said he makes a number of tweaks to the camp every year so that it runs more efficiently.

Clark said he would be offering similar camps in a couple of other Kivalliq communities this year. He hopes to be running one in Baker Lake around the end of November when their ice is ready and another in Arviat during the first part of December.

Clark said the Season Opener camp is strictly a skills-development camp.

He said camp instructors do not teach systems or team approach to the game.

"It's all about skating and puck skills and that's a good way to start because you want everyone working on their own game and getting excited for the start of the new hockey season," he said.

And we're off

Iqaluit The 2018-2019 Iqaluit Hockey League season is officially underway.

The first batch of games happened on Oct. 14 at the Arctic Winter Games Arena with a triple-header, followed with two more on Oct. 18. Another triple-header took place Oct. 21 with two more games on Oct. 25.

Six teams are playing in the league this season.

Ready to turn left

Iqaluit It's a new season for Nunavut Speed Skating and the upper groups are underway with their regular training.

The Level 6 through 11 skaters will be at Nanook School in Apex every Tuesday and Sunday for their dryland training sessions with the on-ice practices happening Thursdays and Saturdays at the Arctic Winter Games Arena.

Everything began on Oct. 25.

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The best of sport and recreation ᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᒋᐅᓪᑕᐃ ᑐᓂᓯᕗᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐅᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᕐᙳᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᓄᑦ ᓂᕆᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 20−ᒥ.

ᕌᑉ ᓯᑐᕋᑦᔅ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᕐᙳᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑐᓂᓯᕗᖅ ᕕᑭ ᓂᑉᐸᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒥᕐᙳᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒥᑦ.

ᓈᑕᓕ ᐸᐃᑯᕐ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐱᕗᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒥᑦ ᓗᐊᓐ ᖁᓱᒐᕐᒥ, ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓂ.

Michael Gilday delivers the keynote address during the Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut's Awards Gala in Iqaluit on Oct. 20.

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The sixth annual Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut Conference and Gala is over for another year but a big part of that was the awards gala, which was held on Oct. 20.

Several people around the territory were honoured for their work over the past 12 months and here's who won what.

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awards Feature

by Natalie Maerzluft Iqaluit

Rob Strutz, president of the Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut, left, presents Vikki Niptanatiak of Cambridge Bay with the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association's Emerging Leader of the Year award.

Natalie Baker of Arviat receives the Female Athlete of the Year award from Lorne Kusugak, minister of Community and Government Services.

ᔮᓐ ᓕᒐᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐱᕗᖅ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒥᑦ ᓗᐊᓐ ᖁᓱᒐᕐᒥ, ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓂ.

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Award winners

Baffinland Iron Mines Recreation Leader of the Year Terry Killiktee, Clyde River Coach of the Year John Legate, Iqaluit (volleyball) Official of the Year Paul Stroeder, Rankin Inlet (soccer) Calm Air Community Organization of the Year Cambridge Bay Minor Hockey Canadian Parks and Recreation Association Award of Merit North West Company

John Legate of Iqaluit, left, accepts the Coach of the Year award from Lorne Kusugak, minister of Community and Government Services.

ᓵᒻᐳᕋᔅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐱᕗᖅ ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒥᑦ ᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᒋᐅᓪᑕᐃᒥᑦ.

Canadian Parks and Recreation Association Emerging Leader of the Year Vikki Niptanatiak, Cambridge Bay

ᓵᓐᔭ ᓛᓐᔅᑕᐃᔪᓪ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᑐᓂᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒥᑦ ᓗᐊᓐ ᖁᓱᒐᕐᒥ, ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓂ.

Team of the Year 2018 Arctic Winter Games speedskating team Female Athlete of the Year Natalie Baker, Arviat (wrestling) Male Athlete of the Year Samprass Okah, Iqaluit (soccer) One Ocean Expeditions Youth Leader of the Year Hayden Hickey, Iqaluit First Air President's Award of Excellence David Clark, Rankin Inlet (minor hockey) Special recognition awards Doris Bruce, Coral Harbour (soccer) Guillaume Ittukssarjuat Saladin (Artcirq) Rob Strutz, Iqaluit (soccer) Sonia Lonsdale, Iqaluit (soccer) Source: Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut

Samprass Okah of Iqaluit, left, receives the Male Athlete of the Year award from Michael Gilday.

Sonia Lonsdale of Iqaluit, left, is presented with a special recognition award from Lorne Kusugak, minister of Community and Government Services.

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Professional wrestling can be very real Northern News Services

You know the best way to troll millennials? Play a song they have no clue about and watch them eat it up.

Fatboy Slim, the legendary British DJ, played a set at the Boiler Room club in his hometown of Brighton, England, earlier this month and the crowd was doing their thing, dancing along without a care.

All of a sudden, this weird retro-sounding tune came over the speakers. No one with James McCarthy knew what it was but because Fatboy Slim was spinning it, it had to be cool. What it was was the legendary theme song to BBC Grandstand, one of the catchiest and most timeless TV themes ever produced, like most BBC Sport themes back in the day. Fatboy Slim was more excited than anyone else and he was right into it himself.

Anyway, on to more important things:

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This fight is real Whenever a professional wrestler comes out and does something or speaks out of character, it's known in the business as a 'shoot'. It's not part of the show and it can usually get you fired or heavily fined by your employer rather quickly.

Joe Anoa'i pulled a shoot on Oct. 22 but no one was going to fine him or chew him out. You see, Anoa'i announced to the world that he is battling leukemia.

You may know him better as Roman Reigns, the now-former WWE Universal Champion. He announced he was relinquishing his title on Monday Night Raw to get treatment for the disease, which has now struck him for a second time. He managed to beat it 11 years ago and he was in remission. Sucks enough to have to go through it once but twice just isn't fair.

He's been one of the most polarizing stars in professional wrestling, with some saying he's benefited from preferential treatment, others saying his work ethic isn't there and still others who say he doesn't appreciate where his career has gone. You didn't see that on Oct. 22 because it was humility like you've never seen before.

I'm willing to wager here and now: when he beats it again and returns to WWE, the moment his theme music hits will be one of the biggest pops in history.

ᕉᒥᓐ ᕋᐃᓐᔅ ᕋᔅᓗᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ. ᐊᑎᓪᓚᕆᖓ ᔫ ᐊᓄ’ᐊᐃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᕋᒃᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 22−ᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᐊᖃᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

It's a celebration – get over it All of this bluster about what Jose Mourinho did on Oct. 20 is just that – bluster.

Marco Ianni, an assistant coach with Chelsea, ran in front of Mourinho after Chelsea had just tied their English Premier League game against Manchester United thanks to a 96th minute strike from Ross Barkley. Mourinho didn't like Ianni's reaction and tried to confront him but couldn't as he was being held back by security.

This happens so often in sports I don't blink an eyelash at it anymore. This is what people do when something exciting happens – they celebrate. Some people don't like said celebrations and go to tell the offending party about it. I've been on both ends of it. I've let others know about my excitement and I've also tried to kneecap the person who's just tried to stick it to me.

Why the Football Association plans to punish Ianni over this bugs me. Let it go.

And finally …

Good Idea: Giving a kid a puck at a hockey game.

Bad Idea: Watching some dingus take away a puck meant for a kid at a hockey game.

Seriously, we can't have nice things in life, can we?

There's nothing worse than seeing some adult take a souvenir puck/ball away from a kid at a sporting event. Why is it you adults can't understand that the puck/ball isn't meant for you?

It's meant for the kid that the player is trying to get the puck/ ball to.

We take you to Vancouver on Oct. 22, where Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals was doing something he's usually doing in the pre-game warm-ups: trying to get a puck to a kid. He grabbed a puck, tossed it over the glass to where the chosen child has his hands outstretched … only to have some indescribable twit use his longer reach to snatch the puck from the child's awaiting hands.

The only silver lining in this is the death stare Holtby gave

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Roman Reigns is a professional wrestler. His real name is Joe Anoa'i and he broke character on Oct. 22 for a very, very good reason. the idiot who stole the puck. Not just one or two seconds, this was a good five to seven seconds. Even the guy's girlfriend noticed and was muttering to him. He didn't care – he was a hero to his Facebook friends as he dutifully typed away about how Braden Holtby gave him a puck.

And no, it's not catch-as-catch-can and bad luck for the kid.

Holtby was tossing the puck to this specific kid and our hero took that away. People like this need to be called out early and often.

Until next time, folks …

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HALLU INUIN. NAMAINNAKTUGUT IKALUKTUTIAMI. TAKYUK KIKITTUK. INUIN AUDLALUGAKTUT AUDLATIIYUT. IKALUIT MAMAKHIVAKTUT. TUKTUHIUKTUTLU. KOANA ILLA. ANURILU PIVAKTUK. ALAPPAKNAKHIYUK. NUTAKKAT HUMANGGNITTUT. ANURAKNAHUAT PIHUYAKLUTIK UKUMMIANIK AGYAKNIALIKMIYUT. NIUVIKVIK NUTAAK ANGMAKTUK IPAKHANI. EKALUN OVILOM INGNUTA PIA. UMIAK AKYAKGINNAMIK IKALUKTUTIAMUN INNINGGNINAMIK TINGMIAKKUT AKYAK NIALIKTAIT TAMAYAN ILAGNIT. AKHALUTITLU HONDATLU SIKITUTLU TUTKUKHIMANIAKTAIT INUVCambridge Bay INGMI. AUYAMI UMIAKKUT TIKTea Talk KINNIAKTUTGUK. HIKUINNAK TAKYUK PIYA. NAMAKLUHI. with Navalik Tologanak Welcome to the beautiful winter email: helent@qiniq.com town of Cambridge Bay, where the Arctic Ocean is now freezing, making beautiful smooth ice to walk on or to take beautiful scenic photographs of our pretty winterland.

Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo The lakes and ocean now have thick enough ice to go ice Congratulations to the Lear family on their new expanded convenience store in Cambridge Bay. Left to fishing. This time of year, they fish for landlocked char, orangeright are Brandon Lyall, Natasha Lear and Keith Lear. The family-owned business serving the Kitikmeot bellied char, lake trout and whitefish. Always check the thickregion has a grand opening planned for mid-November. ness of ice before going on it with your equipment. You never know now that there is climate change happening on our land now. Even our school children from the elementary school head some more awesome costumes.

Christmas will soon be here and our first Christmas bazaar out to Grenier Lake to go ice-fishing when it is not so cold Shipments that were supposed to be barged in and never is scheduled for Saturday, November 18. Contact person will weather. made the last scheduled barge trips are now starting to be flown be Daisy Eyegetok at the Kullik Ilihakvik. Get your awesomest It will be Halloween once again and all our little children in from Inuvik. Priority freight will be arriving on a number of crafts ready! Another fun date to look forward to. Next week will be so excited once again going trick-or-treating all over charters. Vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles, etc., that are considered I can tell you more about the daycare auction and dinner. Stay town and there are already haunted houses ready for them. Be non-priority will be stored in Inuvik secured warehouses until warm and safe everyone. careful, dress warm and stay in well-lit areas. Look forward to next summer.

God be with you son. Always in our hearts forever.

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