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News Briefs: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
First screening of film on dogs
North Paws - a "dog-u-mentary" - will be screened publicly for the first time tonight at Northern United Place between 7 and 9 p.m.
The film, made by a team of local filmmakers led by Yellowknife artist Natasha Duchene, examines the history of both working and pet dogs in the North, how Northerners' relationships with their dogs have changed over time and how the Aviva fund enabled the NWT SPCA to build the first shelter for Northern animals.
The documentary is also scheduled to air on The Pet Network sometime in 2013.
- Laura Busch
Get ready to walk to work
Get your winter gear ready for some outdoor exercise since Mayor Mark Heyck on Monday proclaimed next week, Feb. 4 to 8, the seventh annual Winter Walk to Work Week.
The event stems from Ecology North's annual campaign to encourage more active transportation.
"It is good for the environment and for your health," Heyck said. "It is also good to get some sunshine at this time of year."
Walkers can expect a reward from the Ecology North transportation issues committee and Aurora Connect members who will be serving hot chocolate between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Feb. 6 at the Greenstone Building, said Ecology North office manager Dawn Tremblay.
- Simon Whitehouse
Breakfast for seniors
Programming at the Yellowknife Seniors Society is resuming in full force and the social committee is hosting its first breakfast of the new year on Thursday. Breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m. at the Baker Community Centre. The society also hosts twice-weekly coffee breaks starting at 1:30 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday.
- Danielle Sachs
Nominate people for preserving heritage
The Yellowknife Heritage Committee is looking for more people to be nominated for heritage awards to be presented during Heritage Week 2013 festivities, Feb. 18-24.
"There are a lot of people in Yellowknife who are really interested in heritage and who do a lot of work to preserve heritage in Yellowknife, so we feel it's important to reward them in some way," said heritage committee chairperson Chuck Tolley.
Guidelines and nomination forms are available on the city's website and the deadline for nominations is tomorrow, Jan. 31.
- Laura Busch
Scheduled to appear
Baker Lake
A 22-year-old Baker Lake man was scheduled to appear in an Iqaluit courtroom on Jan. 28 to answer to a charge of attempted murder.
James Niuqtuq had originally been scheduled to make his first appearance on Jan. 21, but that date had to be rescheduled because he didn't have a lawyer at the time.
He faces the charges stemming from an incident in Baker Lake on Jan. 3 involving a restricted firearm.
Niuqtuq also faces a series of other charges, including assault, uttering threats to a guard at the Baker Lake RCMP detachment, break and enter, weapons offences and breaches of probation.
Most active youth
Kivalliq/Nunavut
An annual report released by the Torontobased Active Healthy Kids Canada this past week showed Nunavut youths are the most active in Canada.
Selected children in every Canadian province and territory are given pedometers to measure the number of steps they take.
Nunavut's youth led the way during 2012.
The organization points out children need at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day to stay in peak condition.
Curlers departing
Rankin Inlet
The Rankin Inlet junior boy's curling team will leave Rankin on Feb. 1 to compete at the Canadian Junior Men's Curling Championship in Fort McMurray, Alta.
Fourteen teams - 10 provinces plus Northern Ontario, NWT, Nunavut and Yukon - are seeded into two pools of seven teams each at the event.
They will play a six-game round-robin within their pool from Feb. 2 to Feb. 5.
The top four teams from each pool then advance to the championship pool, which will be played from Feb. 6 to Feb. 8.
The two teams with the best overall winloss record from their 10 games will advance to the final on Feb. 9.
Big tourneys coming
Arviat/Rankin Inlet
Two of the biggest minor hockey tournaments of the year are fast approaching in the Kivalliq region.
Rankin Inlet will host the annual Polar Bear Plate midgetjuvenile championship from Feb. 710, while Arviat will host the Nunavut Midget Territorial Hockey Championship from Feb. 14 to 17.
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