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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Talking about autism
The "inconvenient truth" about autism will be the subject of tonight's Ledge Talks: The Knowledge Series put on by the library at the legislative assembly.
The guest speaker is Dr. Scott Selleck, head of the department of biochemistry and molecular biology at Pennsylvania State University. He'll talk about the genetics of autism and the possibility that environmental factors play a role in autism susceptibility.
This is the second lecture in the Ledge Talks series.
- John McFadden
Fire to blame for five outages
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) now says forest fires are very likely to blame for all five power outages in Yellowknife last week.
NTPC spokesperson Pam Coulter said it was initially thought one of them was not fire related, but it is now suspected all of the outages were due to fire and smoke on the lines between the city and the Snare Hydroelectric plant. She said crews still haven't been able to access the trouble areas due to fire and smoke.
- John McFadden
Northwestel says fire trouble might be over
Northwestel is now telling its customers the fire and smoke risk to its aerial fibre lines in the NWT has diminished considerably.
Company spokesperson Eric Clement said conditions have improved, however technicians were continuing to monitor burning fires and hot spots. He said crews are now marking Northwestel assets and are making sure trees and other debris are not interfering with the aerial lines.
- John McFadden
Women's Society set to hold AGM
The Yellowknife Women's Society will hold its annual general meeting Aug. 6.
A news release states people interested in what the society has been up to over the past year are welcome to attend.
The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Centre for Northern Families on Franklin Avenue.
- John McFadden
Fatal rollover in Whale Cove
Whale Cove
One man from Arviat was killed during a single-vehicle accident in Whale Cove on July 20, according to Nunavut RCMP. Police spokesperson Sgt. Yvonne Niego said the rollover left the one male passenger dead at the scene while the female driver from Whale Cove was medevaced to Winnipeg in serious condition. RCMP did not release the names of the people involved, Niego said, because they wanted to make sure all of the next of kin were informed.
This is the second death in as many weeks in Whale Cove. The coroner, RCMP and community partners will be investigating the accident, Niego said. There were no updates on the condition of the female passenger by press time.
Live, Love, Dance this weekend
Rankin Inlet
A three-day celebration of life through dance will take place in Rankin Inlet this weekend.
Live, Love, Dance is being hosted by the Kivalliq Counselling and Support Services youth team, and will be held at the community arena where youth from across the Kivalliq can come and partake in the dancing competitions. The event will include a square dance and a square dancing competition, a jigging contest, a teen dance and a formal dance with individual and group competitions throughout.
"We want to get people to think about life over the dance events," Alayna Ningeongan, one of the organizers, told Kivalliq News earlier this month.
"There have been a lot of suicides in the past and we're trying to change that."
One month left for NorthWords
Kivalliq
Attention Kivalliq writers: there is one month left to enter into the Northern writing competition NorthWords.
Writers from the Yukon, NWT, Nunavut and Nunavik can submit their entries of up to 1,000 words to the Great Northern Canada Writing contest by Sept. 2.
Entries can be either fiction or non-fiction, but have to be new. Previously published or submitted pieces aren't eligible to be submitted again. Stories that are being submitted for other contests can't be submitted for NorthWords either. First place prize is $500 and having the story published in Above and Beyond: Canada's Arctic Journal.
More information on how to enter can be found at
northwordsnwt.ca.
Final Meliadine public hearing
Rankin Inlet
For those wanting to particiapte in the final public hearing for the Meliadine gold mine project, the Nunavut Impact Review Board will be hosting a community meeting in Rankin Inlet on Aug. 11 and 12 on how to get involved.
Residents will be able to hear the board's review on Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Meliadine Project requests and learn about the final hearing to be held later this summer. There will be an interpreter for Inuktitut information, and refreshments served along with prizes given away at the end of the meeting.
This is one of the final steps toward Meliadine becoming a reality, after the company submitted its environmental impact report earlier this summer. Meliadine is located about 34 km from Rankin Inlet, inbetween the community and Chesterfield Inlet. If approved, it has an estimated mine life of 13 years, and is expected to produce about three million tonnes of ore each year.
Counterfeit bills found in Iqaluit
Kivalliq
Businesses dealing with customers travelling from Iqaluit should be warned that counterfeit $20 bills have been found in circulation in the capital, according to the Nunavut RCMP.
The bills have been caught in cash flow in Iqaluit and officials from the territorial detachment and the Bank of Canada want people to be on alert.
To determine if a bill is legal tender, examine the numbers and maple leaves on the metallic stripe, which should change colour when the note is tilted. There should also be raised ink on the "20," the words "Bank of Canada" and on the shoulders of the portrait on the bill.
If a legal bill is held up to the light, a small hologram or transparent image of the person portrayed on the bill will show up, also the dashes along the top and bottom of the bill will form a solid line beneath a light, and irregular marks on the front and bank of the bill form the number 20.
More information on how to identify counterfeit bills can be found on the Bank of Canada's website.
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