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News Briefs: Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Matonabee construction
The city will be closing Matonabee Street for water and sewer construction starting Friday.
The work will see Matonabee Street closed from Gitzel Street to the Frame Lake Trail, though the road will still be open to residents in the area. As the work progresses, access to Gitzel Street will also be affected.
- Miranda Scotland
City awards extension
The city awarded an $807,965 contract to Ace Enterprises Ltd., at Monday night's regular council meeting.
The contract will provide road access to the new Grace Lake waterside subdivision from Curry Drive.
Council had approved funding for the extension of the road at a special meeting May 7 in order to reach the 30 new lots being developed.
The tender for the contract ended last Friday at 1:30 p.m. and involved four bidders.
-Simon Whitehouse
Call for fall instructors
The City of Yellowknife is looking for recreational program instructors for the 2012 fall recreation session.
Anyone interested in being a recreational program instructor must submit a detailed course proposal to the Community Services department at city hall.
The information on submission requirements can be found on the City of Yellowknife website.
The deadline for course proposals is Friday.
- Lyndsay Herman
Help celebrate Canada
Yellowknifers, as well as all Canadians from coast to coast, can request how they'd like to see Canada celebrate its 150th birthday in 2017.
There will be a public workshop in Yellowknife led by Canadian Capital Cities Organization national project co-ordinator Lee Ellen Pottie at the Explorer Hotel on June 7 from 7 to 9 p.m.
- Katherine Hudson
Open burning ban
As of 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, open-air burning is banned in the city.
The City of Yellowknife issued an immediate mandatory open-burning ban for the city until further notice. The ban includes the use of approved fire pits within city limits.
According to a city news release yesterday, the city co-ordinates with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in using fire weather indices to evaluate fire weather conditions.
- Katherine Hudson
Whale of a grad
Whale Cove
Friends and family members gathered in Whale Cove this past weekend to celebrate Inuglak school's Class of 2012.
Receiving their Grade 12 diplomas were Joachim Angoo, Mitchell Angootealuk, Irma Joy Voisey, Joey Arualak, Jashua Ussak and Nathan Sammurtok.
For more on the grad, please see the June 6 edition of Kivalliq News.
Race cancelled
Arviat
For the first time in its 12year history, the Arviat Racing Club had to cancel the annual Sam Napayok Memorial snowmobile race when Mother Nature wouldn't cooperate.
The race had been scheduled for May 18 to 21.
Race organizer Ryan St. John said the club had no choice but to cancel when warming conditions melted most of the snow down to the ice on the track surface.
"We had a big melt about two weeks before the race, and conditions just wouldn't permit us to go ahead with it," said St. John.
"When you get down to the ice it crystallizes, and, if you fall down, it can cut you up pretty bad.
"This was the first time we tried to hold the race so late in the year.
"We'll be back with it again next year, but we'll schedule it earlier, probably late April or early May."
Port study
Rankin Inlet
A baby step was taken towards a new port in Rankin Inlet this past week.
Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Leona Aglukkaq announced $27,980 in funding to support the development of a business case for the construction and operation of a port in Rankin.
Rankin Mayor Pujjuut Kusugak stated in a press release that the announcement was a major step for increased development in the hamlet.
"A port facility would help businesses and their customers in our community, and the region, by lowering costs and supporting shipping companies to be more efficient," stated Kusugak.
"This investment would also help show that the North is ready and willing to help industry move forward."
The business case will cover construction, implementation, operations and the sale of logistical services for the port.
For more on Rankin's hopes to land a new port, please see the June 6 edition of Kivalliq News.
Expressing concern
Baker Lake
The Baker Lake Hunters and Trappers Organization expressed concern that a uranium mine near Baker could adversely affect caribou in the area during a meeting in that community this past week.
The Kiggavik uranium project, owned and operated by Areva Resources Canada Ltd., is located about 80 km west of Baker.
Expressing concern
Baker Lake
Baker was the first in a number of community information meetings held across the region from May 2230 by the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB).
The NIRB recently accepted a draft environmental impact statement from Areva for its review on the Kiggavik project. The meetings were held to encourage effective public participation in the ongoing review process.
Planning underwayfor midget hockey tourney
Arviat
The community of Arviat has begun efforts to host an annual Kivalliq midget hockey tournament beginning Feb. 13 of 2013.
Event planner Gleason Uppahuak said the event would be popular among local hockey fans, especially beginning shortly after the grand opening of their recently renovated arena.
He said he already has full support for corporate sponsorship of the event.
"An Arviat Kivalliq midget tournament would be a great opportunity for midgetaged players," said Uppahuak.
"It would also be an eyeopener for the Kivalliq region in regards to scouting players for big events such as the Polar Bear Plate, junior 'C' Challenge Cup, Nunavut Arctic Winter Games midget team and Manitoba hockey programs."
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