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News Briefs: Wednesday, Aug 22, 2012
Lights went out
Electricity was disrupted to parts of Yellowknife Monday evening after an equipment failure with a Northland Utilities substation.
The outage, which happened around 8 p.m. and lasted about an hour, affected residents in Niven Lake, part of the downtown core and areas at the Yellowknife airport.
"We have isolated the problem so there will be no (more) outages as a result of it but we are continuing to investigate it," said Lori Burrill, supervisor of customer service and administration at Northland.
A power outage on Sunday, from 6:50 a.m. to 6:59 a.m., was caused by a lightning strike on the Bluefish line, said Bob Kelly, spokesperson for the Northwest Territories Power Corporation.
- Miranda Scotland
Summer skating starts
The Shorty Brown Arena in the Multiplex is open for those wanting to brush up on their skating skills. Public skating sessions are offered from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturday and Sundays from Aug. 25 to Sept. 5.
- Sara Wilson
City taking wharf land
Residents who use space on shore at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Old Town wharf, commonly referred to as the "government dock," will have to make alternate arrangements within the next month.
The City of Yellowknife has negotiated a 50-year lease with the federal government for the land adjacent to Yellowknife Bay.
In a news release, the city stated that it will place notices on stored items on the property on Sept. 4. Items not removed by Sept. 20 will be towed at the owners' expense.
DFO will be completing environmental remediation work on the lot, which is scheduled to be completed within the month of September.
- Laura Busch
Outages scheduled
Northland Utilities is shutting off electricity to houses near School Draw Avenue and Old Town on Thursday and Friday.
"We are doing an upgrade on our system," said Lori Burrill, supervisor of customer service and administration for Northland Utilities. "The main core was done last year so this is now just the School Draw, Old Town area that we are doing."
Residents lost power between 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Tuesday when the upgrade began. Work is to continue between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Thursday and between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Friday.
- Miranda Scotland
Scholarship deadlines
Kivalliq
Inuit students have until Sept. 1 to apply for the Kivalliq Inuit Association's Ukkusiksalik National Parks Scholarship Trust, and its Meadowbank Project Scholarship Fund.
The national parks scholarships are available to those pursuing training or education in traditional ecological knowledge, archeology, anthropology, history, sociology or other social sciences, biology, geography, geology or other natural sciences, renewable resource management, or administration, including business management, financial management, accounting, bookkeeping and human resource management.
The Meadowbank scholarship is available to full-time students who are Nunavut Land Claims Agreement beneficiaries, and a preference is given to those in mine-related fields of study.
Contact Gabriel Karlik at the KIA for more information.
How to run a small business
Rankin Inlet
A small-business seminar is being held in Rankin Inlet from Sept. 5 to 7 at the Rankin Inlet Fire Hall.
Aimed at those running small businesses or considering starting one up, the seminar will cover credit, financing, marketing, branding and how to register the business.
Registration is free but space is limited.
The contact for the seminar is Evan Morrison, the community economic development officer.
Call for Kivalliq art
Kivalliq
The deadline is Friday for Kivalliq artisans, crafters and seamstresses to apply to have their wares sold at the Kivalliq Trade Show in Rankin Inlet on Nov. 20 and 21.
One artisan from each Kivalliq community will be selected to travel to Rankin to sell their work.
Applications are available through community economic development officers.
Successful applicants will be notified by Sept. 7.
Softball semi-finals
The Juggernauts beat Kronix 2-0 in the first semi-final of the Rankin Inlet Coed Softball League's 2012 season, and M&T scored and upset win over second-seeded A&K Hardballs 2-0.
The finals, a best-of-five series, were scheduled to begin Aug. 20 between M&T and the Juggernauts at 6:30 p.m. The results were not available by press time.
Rankin Inlet darts tournament
Rankin Inlet
The Eddie Adams and Howard Green Dart Tournament is scheduled for Aug. 22, with doors opening at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion in Rankin Inlet.
All proceeds of the registration fees go to cancer research, and no guests or spectators will be allowed.
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