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News Briefs: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Fewer break-ins
Break and enters were high in August with a total of 36, but this month they're down so far, according to RCMP.
During a Municipal Services Committee meeting Monday, Insp. David Elliott attributed the decrease in numbers to the fact that the RCMP laid a few break-and-enter charges last month.
- Nicole Veerman
YACCS might change name
The Yellowknife Association of Concerned Citizens for Seniors (YACCS) will be holding its annual general meeting Sept. 29. Membership in YACCS is free and residents are encouraged to show up at the meeting.
During the AGM, the association will outline its new vision for the future.
"Following the completion of the Aven Cottages Territorial Dementia Facility, the board asked its partners and the public for guidance on its future," said Bill Braden, president of the association. "This is driving a renewed vision for the future, along with several new initiatives."
According to a press release, there will also be a recommendation that YACCS change its name to Avens.
- Nicole Veerman
Trial date set for perjury
A trial date has been set for a 32-year-old woman charged with perjury and misleading an RCMP investigation into a death threat. On Tuesday, Judge Brian Bruser set the woman's trial, estimated at four to five hours, for Nov. 16 in territorial court. The woman is accused of lying to a justice of the peace during an emergency protection order hearing on June 9. The protection order was put in place against a Yellowknife man, but was later revoked in Supreme Court. The second charge stems from an allegation that the police were mislead that the same Yellowknife man threatened to kill the complainant.
- Terrence McEachern
SPCA board members needed
The NWT SPCA will be having their annual general meeting at the Coast Fraser Tower boardroom tonight at 7 p.m. The SPCA will be electing the board members and will be looking to fill three vacant board member positions. The main focus of the upcoming year for the NWT SPCA will be fundraising the remaining $356,000 so the association's new animal shelter can be completed, according to Nicole Spencer, president of the of NWT SPCA.
- Heather Lange
Fall cleaning in Whale
Whale Cove - Led by a large group of eager and boisterous youth, the community of Whale Cove came together to spruce up the neighbourhood this past week.
For more on the Whale Cove effort, please see the Sept. 28 edition of Kivalliq News.
Poolie fever
Kivalliq/Nunavut - Kivalliq hockey lovers are reminded the deadline for a chance at attending an NHL game by entering the annual Northern News Services Ltd. hockey pool is drawing near.
Entry forms and rules for the contest can be found in the weekly edition of Nunavut News/North.
Poolies can also enter online at www.nnsl.com/hockeypool.
It's free to enter, so don't miss your chance to prove your superior hockey knowledge.
Firefighters train
Rankin Inlet/Nunavut - Firefighters from across the territory descended upon Rankin Inlet this past week to take part in a Level Two training program.
The program featured a combination of inclass and practical training.
For more on the firefighting course, please see the Sept. 28 edition of Kivalliq News.
Strike looms
Nunavut - Unionized employees of the Government of Nunavut (GN) and the Qulliq Energy Corp. (QEC) are busy taking a strike vote this week.
Members of the Nunavut Employees Union (a component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada) employed with the GN were scheduled to take their strike vote on Sept. 19 in Kugluktuk and Sept. 20 in Cambridge Bay, while unionized QEC workers were scheduled to vote today, Sept. 21, in Cambridge Bay.
No Kivalliq strike vote dates were released as of press time.
Wages, Northern allowance, vacation leave, issues related to healthcare workers and the GN's use of casual and term workers are at the heart of the GN negotiations, while a mediator was recently appointed to the stalled negotiations between the QEC and the union.
The union's agreement with the GN expired on Sept. 30, 2010, and its agreement with QEC on Dec. 31, 2010.
Grad awards
Kivalliq - Areva Resources Canada honoured Grade 12 graduates in six of seven Kivalliq communities this year.
The company provided new laptops to the graduating student in each community who showed proficiency in math, science and Inuktitut.
This marked the third year Areva has presented the awards across the region, and the sixth year it's done so in Baker Lake.
Whale Cove did not have any graduates this year.
Areva's senior staff are busy writing a draft environmental-impact statement for its proposed uranium mine near Baker Lake. The statement will be released this coming December.
Byelection results
Nunavut - The three vacant MLA positions within the Nunavut government were filled with byelections in Iqaluit West, Pangnirtung and Tununiq on Sept. 12.
Monica Ell was elected in Iqaluit West, while Hezakiah Oshutapik won in Pangnirtung and Joe Enook came out on top in Tununiq.
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