SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - For two weeks at the end of June, 50 RCMP officers stationed in the NWT are off to Ontario to work security at the G8/G20 summit in Toronto.

Yellowknife RCMP detachment commander David Elliot said this will leave Yk shorthanded during a busy time of year.

"I don't know how they expect us to run a detachment," he told priorities, policies and budget committee members on Monday evening.

Eight officers will be sent from the Yellowknife detachment. There are currently 206 RCMP officers in the NWT.

Elliot said that as a direct result of this, no members will be allowed vacation time during those two weeks.

Shooting club missing piece of the pie

The Yellowknife Shooting Club is in the final stages of expanding its shotgun range to meet federal guidelines. The former range did not comply with the Firearms Act.

According to the Firearms Act, shotgun ranges need to be shaped essentially like a piece of pie, and the club's range was missing a section of land at the wider part.

"It was just missing a little corner piece," said Spencer Decorby, the club's shotgun range director.

The club needed to obtain use of that corner piece of land from the city, which first needed to obtain permission from the GNWT.

Decorby said the city has been co-operating fully, and the club is wrapping up loose ends before the range can meet regulations.

"It's just a housecleaning issue," said Barry Taylor, president of the shooting club.

He added if the range had been properly measured initially, it would have saved a lot of work.

New lines to be painted on city roads

Lines on Yk's roadways will get a fresh coat of paint this summer.

Ecology North's transportation issues committee made a presentation to the municipal services committee on Monday expressing its concern over the fading of painted road lines in Yellowknife.

Committee members highlighted areas like the intersection of Old Airport Road and Range Lake Road, where they say drivers are often unsure about where their lanes are and, as a result, cyclists and other motorists are at risk.

Director of Public Works Dennis Kefalas said the lines were not repainted last year because painting equipment didn't arrive in time to get the job done before the snow fell.

This is the first year the city will be using its own street painting equipment.