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Friday is the deadline for residents of Yellowknife to add themselves to the voters list or to make revisions to information already on the list in order to cast a ballot in the Oct. 15 municipal election.

The city encourages community members whose place of residence has changed since Oct. 19, 2009, or are new to Yellowknife and have lived here for 12 consecutive months, to complete an enumeration form from the city's website. Residents not on the voters list can still vote on election day if they attend a voting station and sign a declaration of eligibility.

- Katherine Hudson

Mayoral candidate sat Rotary forum

The three candidates for mayor of Yellowknife have confirmed they will answer questions at a forum organized by the Rotary Club of Yellowknife-True North starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Top Knight Pub, said club vice-president Cameron Buddo.

Expected to run one hour, Tim Doyle, Paul Falvo and Mark Heyck will be given 90 seconds each for an introduction, then two minutes to respond to four of five questions, then be able to ask questions of each other before answering questions from the floor. Proceeds from an $8 admission charge will go to the service club.

- Glenn Werkman

Residential schools added to curriculum

The first curriculum in Canada to teach about people's experiences in residential schools was officially launched at a private event at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre Tuesday.

It kicked off a three-day information session for teachers in the NWT and Nunavut, who will soon begin teaching the new curriculum to their students. Truth and reconciliation commissioner Marie Wilson accepted the first copy of the teachers' guide for the new curriculum at the ceremony.

- Laura Busch

Group for teens at library

Teens will have more of a say about what happens at the library through the establishment of a teen advisory group.

Teens can discuss what books, magazines and DVDs they want at the library, and the development of teen programs and a teen space.

Meetings are scheduled to be held on the first Wednesday of every month. The first meeting is taking place this afternoon at 4 p.m. in the library meeting room. There will be free pizza and refreshments.

- Katherine Hudson

Fur teaching

Coral Harbour

Rankin Inlet elder Rosemary Sandy spent time in Coral Harbour this past month to pass on some of her traditional Inuit knowledge on fur processing.

Reports out of Coral indicate Sandy's teaching were a big hit.

For the complete story on Sandy's visit, please see the Oct. 10 edition of Kivalliq News.

Elder mourned

Rankin Inlet

People from across Nunavut joined the Kivalliq in mourning the death of one of the territory's most wellknown and highlyrespected elders, Mariano Aupilardjuk, on Sept. 21.

Aupilardjuk was born in 1923 in Avaliqquarjuk, near Kugaaruk (Pelly Bay), about a year before his family moved to the Repulse Bay area.

He married Marie (Tulimaaq) Aupilardjuk in Repulse in 1942, and the couple eventually moved to Rankin Inlet in 1981.

Aupilardjuk received numerous awards during his lifetime for his efforts as a teacher and in preserving Inuktitut.

He was recognized by the Government of the NWT and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami for his efforts with youth and traditional knowledge, and received a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in 2001 for his teaching of Inuit culture and tradition.

The elder also played the role of Kanaalaq's (Annabella Piugattuk) father in the awardwinning film, The Snow Walker in 2003.

Aupilardjuk was also one of 12 distinguished guest speakers at a Canadian Conservation Institute symposium on Preserving Aboriginal Heritage: Technical and Traditional Approaches.

He performed a song he wrote about a homeless man he saw in New York City on many special occasions, including a visit to Rankin by former federal Industry minister Brian Tobin in 2001.

Bamboo pens

Coral Harbour

A special pen project started by students at Sakku School in Coral Harbour this past year is entering a new phase.

Teacher Paul Yanchus returned to Coral after summer vacation with the idea of adding bamboo to the project.

For the complete story on the pen's progression, please see the Oct. 10 edition of Kivalliq News.

Spooky stuff

Arviat

Students in the John Arnalukjuak High School music and drama club will be in the Halloween spirit this year when they present The Nemesis of Dracula on Oct. 23 and 24.

Drama teacher and director Gord Billard said the production is a real change of pace for the young thespians.

"It's our first real horror piece with lots of deaths, blood and Gothic dread," said Billard. "We have a couple of cool costumes already."

For the complete story on the spooky production, please see the Oct. 10 edition of Kivalliq News. Ranger milestone

Nunavut/NWT/Yukon

The Canadian Rangers celebrated their 65th anniversary this past month.

The formation of the first two Ranger patrols in Dawson and Whitehorse, the Yukon, were officially authorized on Sept. 4, 1947.

To mark the milestone, a number of Ranger patrol groups will conduct a Type 3 (Joint) River Exercise during the Canadian Ranger National Authority working group in Dawson City. The river patrol is taking place along the Yukon River this week.

The three-day patrol departed from three different landing sites earlier this week to travel down the Yukon River, rendezvous on the waterway, and enter into Dawson for the celebration of 65 years of service.

The patrol will end with a commemorative ceremony on Oct. 4, at its landing point in Dawson City.

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