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News Briefs: Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012
Dock cleanup underway
A contractor hired by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans began environmental clean-up work at the Government Dock in Old Town on Monday. Residents are asked to stay off the property until the work is completed, which is scheduled to be Nov. 5, said Mayor Gord Van Tighem. The canoe storage area will remain open and the TJ's Nut Hut is now operating in a temporary location on the side of McDonald Drive, said Van Tighem.
- Laura Busch
Flu shots available
Free flu shots for the public will be available at clinics being held in Yellowknife by the Department of Health and Social Services beginning Thursday and Friday from noon to 6 p.m. at Northern United Place.
People recommended to get a flu shot include children from six months to five years old, pregnant women, adults 65 and older, overweight people, those with chronic health conditions, health-care workers, families with infants and individuals who provide child care. Clinics will be held Nov. 14 at the Yellowknife Primary Care Centre, Nov. 17 at the Co-Op, Nov. 20 at the Yellowknife Primary Care Centre, Nov. 24 at the Co-Op and in the afternoon on Nov. 28 at the Elks Lodge.
- Svjetlana Mlinarevic
Bike patrol a success
The RCMP bike patrol was deemed a success after its fourth year serving the downtown core, said RCMP Staff Sgt. Colin White at last week's municipal services committee. The two-officer patrol runs from July to September and is intended to get officers to the scene of a crime quicker than if they were responding with a vehicle.
"We are able to respond to things that you wouldn't probably catch if you were in a vehicle," said patrol member Const. Amanda McGillvary.
The patrol quickly responded to a sexual assault in progress last year at a downtown motel and there were a number of drug busts which were made due to the rapid response of the bike patrol, she said.
- Simon Whitehouse
Blue Rodeo to play
It might not be for five days in May, like the lyrics of one of the band's popular songs, but Blue Rodeo is coming to town, the classic country rock band announced Tuesday.
The upcoming North American tour includes a stop in Yellowknife on Jan. 12 at the Multiplex arena. Singer/guitarist Jim Cuddy and the band last played in the capital city during the 2010 Folk on the Rocks music festival.
- Peter Worden
Top in her class
Rankin Inlet
Laura Merritt of Rankin Inlet was presented with the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation prize as the Most Outstanding Education Graduate during the fall convocation at the University of Regina earlier this month.
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation prize is the highest honour awarded to a member of the graduating class, receiving a bachelor of education degree, in a given convocation ceremony. Merritt, who teaches Grade 5 at Simon Alaittuq School in Rankin, also received the Nunavut Teachers' Association Award for Top Academic Performance in the bachelor of education program for Nunavut and the Teaching Practicum Award for the Kivalliq region.
Chester's cool
Chesterfield Inlet
The community of Chesterfield Inlet has become a hotticket item in the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.
Chester is featured in the Chesterfield Inlet exhibit and Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery exhibitions in the town. The project began in 2003 as a way for the English town of about 100,000, located north of London, to find out about other places, people and things in the world that have the name Chesterfield. For more on the Chesterfield Inlet exhibit, please see the Nov. 7 edition of Kivalliq News.
Keys to the rink
Arviat
The keys to the local arena were finally officially turned over to the Arviat Hamlet Council this past week.
Arena staff began flooding the arena's ice surface this past Saturday. Hockey fever is already running high in Arviat, with the newlyrenovated arena set to host the Nunavut Territorial Midget Hockey Championship for the first time in 2013, and the Jon Lindell Memorial adult hockey tournament set to make its return. The hamlet lost its arena for an entire season when construction work at the site went horribly wrong this past year.
Game on
Rankin Inlet
The Rankin Inlet Senior Men's Hockey League has announced it will begin regular season play with a doubleheader on Sunday, Nov. 11.
A draft will be held the previous day to stock the circuit's four teams with players who have registered for the upcoming season. Meanwhile, the Rankin Inlet Minor Hockey Association held organizational and coaching meetings this past week, as well as a pair of playerregistration drives.
The minor hockey players were scheduled to be back on the ice this week.
Dracula a hit
Arviat
The John Arnalukjuak High School Drama Club's production of The Nemesis of Dracula this past week is being hailed as a resounding success.
The play went over huge at the box office, with estimates out of Arviat placing the combined audience tally at about 1,500, more than half the town's population. The production featured a cast of 18 actors playing 23 parts, with seven crew members and a dozen volunteers working backstage on hair, makeup and costumes.
For more on the Nemesis of Dracula, please see the Nov. 7 edition of Kivalliq News.
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