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Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Snowmobile found
Mildred Hall School's snowmobile - which was reported stolen on Thursday - was found on Mosher Island the following afternoon.
Peyton Straker, indigenous liaison worker for the school, said a group of people found the machine on the island and reported it to police. She said school staff were given directions and retrieved it.
"It looks like people were driving into trees. The handle bars are bent and the windshield is gone," she said, adding staff at the Force One dealership have offered to fix it for free.
- Evan Kiyoshi French
City, bylaw officers sign new collective agreement
City council on Monday approved a new collective agreement with its eight unionized municipal enforcement officers part of Local 345.
Councillors approved the contract in a unanimous vote to replace the contract that expired at the end of 2015. The details of the new agreement have yet to be released.
Dennis Marchiori, the acting senior administrative officer, declined Tuesday to provide further details about potential budget impacts because of the new contract.
He said work continues to reach a new agreement with the remaining unionized city employees.
- Shane Magee
Earth Week events start Monday
Ecology North is holding a series of events over the next week to mark Earth Week.
These include a fish fry in front of Canada Post on Franklin at noon Monday and a bike tune-up in Somba K'e Civic Plaza from 5 to 7 p.m. A full schedule of events with further details is available on the Ecology North website.
Earth Day is April 22.
- Shane Magee
Green thumbs sought
Those interested in growing greens in a community garden can still get a plot at one of three locations around the city.
According to the Yellowknife Community Garden Collective website, plots are still available at the community gardens near Mary Murphy Home on 52 Street, Weledeh Catholic School and the corner of Kam Lake Road and Woolgar Avenue.
People looking to garden can go to the spring social Thursday at 7 p.m. at Northern United Place or can go to the collective's website to apply.
- Shane Magee
Kivalliq competes in Winnipeg
Arviat/Coral Harbour/Rankin Inlet
A Kivalliq Junior Canucks atom team competed at the Indigenous Minor Hockey Tournament at the Jonathan Toews Arena in Winnipeg this past weekend.
The Canucks were comprised of players from Arviat, Coral Harbour and Rankin Inlet.
The indigenous tournament is presented by the Manitoba Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Council as a fundraiser for the Team Manitoba male and female squads that will compete at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Mississauga, Ont., from May 27.
Final results from the indigenous tournament were not known as of press time.
Game on at memorial tourney
Coral Harbour
A total of eight teams were scheduled to compete in the annual Joseph Natakok Memorial senior men's hockey championship in Coral Harbour from April 710.
Scheduled to join four teams from the host community were Baker Lake, Naujaat, Rankin Inlet and Whale Cove.
Final results were not known as of press time.
Regulations now law
Kivalliq/Nunavut
Kivalliq business should take note of the fact that the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulations are now law in Nunavut.
The announcement was made this past week by the Workers Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC).
The regulations stem from the internal responsibility system which states that workplace safety is the shared responsibility of employers and workers.
They give the workplace a modern framework that is relevant to Northern operations today, ensuring Northerners have clear, complete direction, and workers and employers operating in more than one territory or province have increased familiarity with OHS requirements.
"It is very important for employers to thoroughly review the new regulations to see how they apply to their workplace," wrote WSCC president and CEO Dave Grundy in an April 7 press release.
"Those who were compliant with the previous general safety regulations should find the transition to the new regulations to be a natural progression in their internal safety programs."
Gymnasts to perform
Rankin Inlet
Gymnasts from the Aqsarniit Ujauttaq (Northern Lights Gymnastics) club will take part in a minigymnastics competition and show at the Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik gym on April 24, beginning at 1 p.m.
Club founder and coach Lisa Kresky said the club is using the opportunity to show the community the skill levels the young gymnasts have reached, and as a warmup to their upcoming competitions.
"The show will allow the gymnasts to showcase the individual routines they will be performing at upcoming competitions in Vancouver and Prince George," said Kresky.
"It will also be a chance to demonstrate our massgroup routines that will be a part of the gymnaestradas at both locations."
Rider refund requested by Qulliq
Kivalliq/Nunavut
The Qulliq Energy Corp. (QEC) is requesting to apply for a second fuelstabilizationrider (FSR) refund of 3.07 cents per kilowatt hour.
The refund is the result of a continued decrease in QEC's fuel costs.
"This is the second consecutive fuel rider refund that QEC has requested since November of 2015, and I look forward to consulting with the Utility Rates Review Council regarding QEC's request," wrote Minister responsible for QEC George Hickes in an April 5 press release.
The first FSR refund covered the period between November 2015 and March 2016, while the proposed second refund would come into effect April 1 and end Sept. 30.
The refund will apply to all customers, with the exception of those in public housing who are subsidized under the userpay program.
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