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News Briefs: Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012
Man falls for mail fraud
A complaint of mail fraud was made to Yellowknife RCMP on Friday after a man received a package from Purolator directing him to send money via money order to an address in the U.S.
The victim received a cheque with the Purolator logo and a letter informing him that he had been selected to work as a mystery shopper in a paid consumer research program.
The letter directed the man to deposit the cheque into his bank account and then go to a Western Union office as a secret shopper and forward money to the address in the letter. The man sent two money orders totaling $1,910 - one for $950 and a second money order for $960, said RCMP Const. Dean Webb.
The man called police after becoming suspicious.
"The best thing to do is to make sure it is legit," said Webb.
- Svjetlana Mlinarevic
Archeologist at museum
On Thursday night, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is hosting an evening presentation on Beothuk prehistory.
The Beothuk inhabited Newfoundland during the time when European settlers first arrived in the 1500s. The Beothuk were among the first aboriginal people to make contact with Europeans.
Archeologist Donald H. Holly Jr. of the University of Alberta will conduct an hour-long presentation on the history of the Beothuk and his latest research and interpretations of their history.
A question-and-answer period will follow the presentation, which will be held in the centre's auditorium.
- Katherine Hudson
Assembly resumes
Members of the public are invited to observe the reconvening of the 17th legislative assembly. The third session starts today at 1:30 p.m. and continues from Monday to Thursday from 1:30 until 6 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Community members can observe the proceedings in the public gallery but are asked to turn their cellphones off, not to use flash photography and not to bring any food or drink in the area.
The third session runs from Oct. 17 to Nov. 18.
- Katherine Hudson
Library open Sundays
The Yellowknife Public Library is now open on Sundays for the winter months.
The only difference between the library's winter and summer hours is the addition of Sunday hours from 1 to 5 p.m. The winter hours began Oct. 7 and will continue until April 28.
- Katherine Hudson
Back on schedule
Rankin Inlet
The Rankin Inlet arena is back on schedule and should be open for business by the end of this month.
The welcome update was given by Rankin rec coordinator David Clark this past week.
Clark praised his arena crew for the time and effort they've put in during the past month to have the facility almost ready to open.
Things looked bleak for hockey players and skaters this past month when a group of vandals broke into the arena and took the hamlet's Zamboni for a joy ride on the icesurfacefloor area.
The artificial ice system's coolant pipes were exposed at the time, and the Zamboni caused more than $10,000 damage to the pipes.
Role model from Arviat
Arviat
Curtis Konek of Arviat is among thousands of role models from across the country joining thousands more volunteers to celebrate Global Dignity Day on Oct. 17.
Canadian role models will speak with youth across the country from Nunavut to British Columbia to instil a new, positive, inclusive and interconnected sense of value in young people to help guide them as they grow.
Konek, a Grade 12 student at John Arnalukjuak High School, is a member of the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project with the University of British Columbia's School of Social Work.
He is also a mastercorporal with the Canadian Rangers and has been a dedicated mentor and role model to more than 200 Junior Canadian Rangers.
Konek has also presented traditional knowledge and Inuit perspectives on climate change at international conferences such as International Polar Year in Montreal and COP17 in Durban, South Africa.
Building donated for youth
Coral Harbour
The Hamlet of Coral Harbour has donated a building in the community to its youth committee to be converted into a local youth centre.
The building is currently being renovated and spruced up before eventually being handed over to youth in the community.
Community hall opens
Baker Lake
People in Baker Lake were invited to come out and join in the festivities as the community hall attached to the arena complex was scheduled to be officially opened for a new season this past Friday, Oct. 10.
Zebra reelected
Rankin Inlet/Nunavut
Darrell Greer of Rankin Inlet has been reelected to a fifth term as Hockey Canada's Branch RefereeinChief for Hockey North.
The Hockey North Branch oversees hockey programs in both Nunavut and the NWT.
Greer was reelected during Hockey North's recent annual general meeting.
Painting donated
Rankin Inlet
The organization Cancer in Nunavut, through the Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship Centre, will be donating a painting created by the community (Let's Light the Fire of Love) to the Kivalliq Regional Health Facility in Rankin Inlet on Oct. 23.
Then, on Oct. 29, the organization will also donate paintings completed by residents of the Rankin Inlet Adult Group Home to the facility.
The group home paintings were completed by the residents for display at the National Victims of Crime Awareness Week's event, Kiviuq Leads Way with Dignity and Healing for Child Victims, held in Rankin earlier this year.
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