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Monday, January 23, 2017
Council formally hires SAO
City council unanimously voted on Monday to appoint Sheila Bassi-Kellett as senior administrative officer. The bylaw makes her hiring, announced in December, official.
Coun. Niels Konge said he was looking forward to her starting her new role. In September, the city announced Dennis Kefalas would return to his previous role as director of public works and engineering. Kefalas continues as acting senior administrative officer until Bassi-Kellett starts on March 6.
- Shane Magee
Labour talks continue
Negotiations between unionized Ekati diamond mine workers and Dominion Diamond Corporation are set to resume the week of Jan. 30, according to an update from the Union of Northern Workers from Jan. 20. The message to Local 3050 members states the sides agreed on a few issues when they met in Yellowknife from Jan. 17 to 20 but were unable to reach a tentative agreement. The update didn't go into specifics. The update states the bargaining team is "optimistic that matters can be resolved" when talks resume at the end of the month.
- Shane Magee
Artists wanted for youth camp
Yellowknife's Rainbow Coalition is looking for NWT artists who identify as queer, trans or Two-Spirit to teach a performing arts and social justice camp for youth ahead of Folk on the Rocks this July.
Musicians, bands, singers, spoken-word artists or storytellers from anywhere in the NWT are welcome to apply, according to a news release from the organization.
The artist selected will work with a southern performer to teach workshops and provide coaching to youth from July 9 to 13 in Yellowknife.
- Kirsten Fenn
TerraX receives Land Use Permit
TerraX Minerals Inc., announced yesterday the company has received its land-use permit for the Southbelt property. The permit will allow TerraX to begin drilling on the site, about three kilometres from Yellowknife, south of the former Con Mine. TerraX has received surface assay results from the Southbelt of up to 94.9 grams of gold per tonne. Joseph Campbell, CEO of TerraX, called the area "highly prospective" in a news release yesterday.
- Jessica Davey-Quantick
Off to juniors
Rankin Inlet
Arthur Qamaniq Siksik, Tyson Komaksiutiksak and Qalujjaq Komaksiutiksak of Rankin Inlet left their home community this past week to represent Team Nunavut at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Victoria, B.C., from Jan. 2129.
The event is being played at the Archie Browning Sports Centre and the Esquimalt Curling Club in Esquimalt, a Victoria suburb.
The winners will represent Canada at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championship in PyeongChang, Korea.
Quilter wins award down south
Kivalliq
Veronica Puskas, of Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario, who spent her childhood in Rankin Inlet, took the Excellence in Work award by a firsttime exhibitor at Quilt Canada's national juried show in St. Catharines, Ont., for her Pillars of Strength entry.
The quilt represents her mother and grandmother at the Meliadine River in 1950.
Arctic Cat declawed by recall
Kivalliq
Transport Canada has announced it is recalling 11,500 Arctic Cat snowmobiles.
A number of machines have developed cracks in their fuel tanks, greatly increasing the risk of the machine catching fire.
The recall covers 2007, 2008 and 2009 Arctic Cats; the Bearcat 570, F series and Jaguar 1100.
The complete list of the recalled models can be found on the Transport Canada website.
Golden future for Agnico Eagle Mines
Baker Lake
The news is good for Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), which, in slightly more than three years, has advanced the Amaruq project to a major high grade gold deposit.
The gold resource is estimated at 3.7 million oz of gold (19.4 million tonnes grading 5.97 g/t).
The project could be ready to go into production as early as 2019, as a satellite deposit to the Meadowbank mine located 50 km to the south on the land near Baker Lake.
Meadowbank is AEM's largest gold producer.
The Amaruq project is one of the most significant greenfield gold discoveries in Nunavut, representing one of the largeest recent discoveries in Canada.
AEM's exploration team is set to receive the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's Bill Dennis Award this coming March.
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