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News Briefs: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Three arrested after raid
Three arrests have been made after police seized a "large amount" of marijuana, magic mushrooms from a Yellowknife residence, according to an RCMP press release.
In the early morning hours of Nov. 5, members of the RCMP Yellowknife detachment executed a search warrant on the residence. Two men and one woman, all in their 20s, were taken into custody and later released on several conditions. All three are charged with possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and one of the men also faces charges of obstructing justice and possession of property obtained by crime.
They are scheduled to appear in court Jan. 24. The press release did not specify the amount of drugs seized.
- Galit Rodan
Accused waives right to bail review
A Yellowknife man accused of three counts of aggravated sexual assault waived his right to a bail review Monday morning. Bobby Jonathan Kaotalok, 25, was arrested Feb. 24. The HIV-positive man is accused of failing to disclose his condition to three sexual partners. Under the Criminal Code of Canada, bail reviews for indictable offences must take place every 90 days. No trial date has been set.
- Galit Rodan
Students receive scholarships
NorthwesTel announced Tuesday that five Yellowknifers are among eight recipients of scholarships from under the 2011-12 Northern Futures Scholarship Program. The scholarships, worth $20,000 in total, are awarded to outstanding post-secondary students from across the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
Daniel Guerrero, Edward Hunt, Wesley Lines, William Medernach and Kelsey Wick all received scholarships valued at $2,500 each. All must be in business/commerce, computer science, electrical engineering or telecommunications programs in order to qualify for the funding.
- Kevin Allerston
Sport North offering coaching courses
Sport North is offering three National Coaching Certification Program courses beginning Nov. 11 at the Genesis Training Room on the second floor of the Nunasi Building on 48 Street. The courses include NCCP competition development managing conflict from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., psychology of performance from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and competition introduction from 4 to 9 p.m. and again from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 12.
For more information please contact Sport North.
- Richard McIntosh
Arena renovations
Coral Harbour - The Coral Harbour arena is undergoing its own version of an extreme makeover as badlyneeded renovations begun on the barn earlier this month.
The project is an important one to the hamlet and its new recreation coordinator, John Eetuk.
For more on the project, please see the Nov. 16 edition of Kivalliq News.
MLAs added
Kivalliq/Nunavut - Bill 22 was passed by the Government of Nunavut earlier this month to add three new MLAs to the legislative assembly in 2013.
The additions will bring the number of Nunavut MLAs up to 22.
The electoral boundaries changes will be in place by the 2013 election when Repulse Bay and Coral Harbour will form one riding, Chesterfield Inlet will become part of Rankin Inlet North and Whale Cove will join Arviat North.
The moves are designed to give smaller communities a bigger voice in the assembly, and will cost the Nunavut government about $1 million a year in additional salaries and expenses. The assembly building in Iqaluit will also have to renovated to the tune of about $1 million to accommodate the additions.
For more on the electoral boundaries and the addition of three MLAs, please see the Nov. 16 edition of Kivalliq News.
Whale of a time
Repulse Bay - The Grade 7 class at Tusarvik School in Repulse Bay made a trip to the Harbour Islands recently in support of their learning of the European whaling influence on Repulse. The islands, located about 10 km from the hamlet, are rich in whaling history.
The whalers were welcomed by Inuit and employed as cooks, guides, hunters and whalers.
Still to be found on the Harbour Islands are graves and artistic markings on the rocks from the whaling period.
Headed south
Rankin Inlet - A total of 20 sealift containers of recyclables were put on the Camilla Desgagnes in Rankin Inlet this past month for transport to the south.
The hamlet of Rankin Inlet collected more than three-million recyclable beverage containers during the Government of Nunavutfunded pilot project in the community.
Partnering to make the transport possible were the Hamlet of Rankin Inlet, Arctic Co-operatives Ltd., Nunavut Sealink and Supply Inc., Kissarvik Coop, AgnicoEagle Mines, Nunavut Liquor Commission, Arctic Beverages and The Cooperators.
Helping businesswomen
Nunavut - The federal government is funding a pilot project aimed at supporting Inuit women in business. The Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada will receive $348,633 to lead the Inuit Women in Business Network project.
The funding will establish the network, create a tool kit of resources supporting aboriginal entrepreneurship in the North, financial literacy and business development, an information sharing web portal, a peer/mentorship program model, a national round table, and an indepth final report and evaluation.
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