Student injured with arrow during gym

A Weledeh Catholic School student was rushed to Stanton Territorial Hospital after an incident with a bow and arrow during gym class Tuesday morning.

"He didn't shoot himself in the hand or anything like that," said Johnnie Bowden, assistant superintendent with Yellowknife Catholic Schools.

Bowden didn't know the student's age, but did confirm it was a boy in Grade 7. Bowden said a defective piece of its shaft lodged itself in the student's hand, possibly while the student was trying to shoot the arrow. The seriousness of the injury wasn't known at press time.

- Terrence McEachern

Theft from power plant

Copper wire, worth less than $500, was cut and stolen from the NWT Power Corporation substation between Dettah and Prosperous Lake sometime in the last two weeks.

Const. Kathy Law said there are no suspects in the alleged break and enter and theft.

The incident was reported to the RCMP on May 20. Police were notified by the power corporation that a hole had been cut in the fence surrounding the substation and copper wire had been cut directly from the transformer.

"This could have ended in tra-gedy," said Law. "It's very dangerous. You could be electrocuted."

- Nicole Veerman

New job for NTPC spokesman

Mike Bradshaw, director of corporate communications for the NWT Power Corporation, is leaving his position in June to join the team at Outcrop Communications.

Bradshaw said he's excited to be the new chief operating officer and senior account executive for the communications company beginning June 22.

"I'm leaving with mixed feelings," he said on Tuesday. "There's a lot of great people at the hydro corporation."

A replacement has not yet been selected for his position, which he will vacate June 17.

- Nicole Veerman

Book sale

Head to the Yellowknife Public Library on Thursday for the Spring Book Sale early bird special.

To be the first to browse the used, though in good condition, books, there is a small fee. The sale will run from 6 to 8 p.m. To enter without charge, the sale will resume Friday from noon to 6 p.m., and again on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Items are sold by donation.

- Nicole Veerman

Friesen selected

Rankin Inlet - Ippiksaut Friesen of Rankin Inlet graduated from Emily Carr University in Vancouver, B.C., with a degree in fine arts earlier this month.

Friesen had to produce an animated film to graduate from the university.

Her work - The Dimming, Inuktitut/English animation - was selected by a committee at the university to be shown at the Toronto International Film Festival's Student Film Showcase, which is underway this week.

KIA wins environmental award

Kivalliq - The Kivalliq Inuit Association named the Kivalliq Energy Corp. (KEC) as the winner of the annual Environmental Excellence Award during the Nunavut Mining Symposium this past month in Iqaluit.

The KEC was acknowledged for its outstanding environmental stewardship at its Angilak Property in the Kivalliq.

The corporation's permitting and environmental consultant, Allison Rippin Armstrong, was named the recipient of the Mike Hine Award in recognition of her significant contributions to the mining industry in Nunavut.

The KEC is a uranium exploration and development company.

Its Angilak Property hosts the highgrade Lac Cinquante deposit, which is Canada's highest grade uranium deposit outside of the Athabasca Basin.

The corporation has invested about $12 million into exploration since acquiring the Angilak Property in 2008.

Fishing derby

Rankin Inlet - The community of Rankin Inlet held its annual fishing derby this past weekend.

The official measuring was held at the community

hall on Tuesday, May 24.

This year's derby had a 50mile boundary for areas that could be legally fished for the derby. Final results were not known as of press time.

For the details on the popular annual event, please see the June 1 edition of Kivalliq News.

MLA resigns

Nunavut/Nanulik - The often turbulent career of longtime politician James Arvaluk, 63, may have come to an end with his resignation from the Nunavut legislative assembly for health reasons this past week.

Arvaluk suffered a major heart attack and stroke this past year and, still struggling with memory loss and speech problems, felt residents of the Tununiq riding would be better served by a new representative.

The former MLA and Nunavut's first Education minister had a number of brushes with the law since first being elected to the NWT legislature in 1991.

Arvaluk was elected as Nanulik MLA during Nunavut's first territorial election and, after resigning in 2003, reentered Nunavut politics in 2006 when he won a Tununiq byelection to replace the deceased Jobie Nutarak.

It's expected a byelection for the Tununiq riding will be held on Sept. 12, which is also the date for byelections in Panniqtuuq and Iqaluit West.

Aglukkaq still health minister

Nunavut - Nunavut Conservative MP Leona Aglukkaq received a strong vote of confidence from Prime Minister Stephen Harper when he announced his new cabinet lineup earlier this month.

Aglukkaq retained her status as federal Health minister, and added the title of the minister in charge of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) to her political resume.

CanNor is responsible for delivering federal funding for economic development, research and advocacy in the Northern territories.

Aglukkaq became the first Inuk to hold a senior federal minister's position when Harper first named her as Health minister in 2008.