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News Briefs: Monday, December 24, 2012
CKLB on death watch
Without funding from Heritage Canada, CKLB radio station might shut down, according to Native Communication Society CEO Les Carpenter.
In 2011, the station's funding from Heritage Canada was received nine months late, on Dec. 21.
This year, the expected funding of $707,000 has yet to be received. While there are other contributions, such as language funding from the GNWT, the Heritage Canada funding makes up about 75 per cent of the budget.
"We'll go until we can't go any more," said Carpenter.
- Danielle Sachs
Trash amnesty
The city is offering an amnesty week at the dump for residents with a bit too much trash left over from Christmas.
From Dec. 27 to 31, the standard tipping fee for household waste will be waived for residents, but other tipping fees, such as for commercial and hazardous waste, will still apply.
- James McCarthy
Greenhouse study funded
A team led by Aurora Research Institute, the research division of Aurora College, is getting $896,414 to fund a study examining the possibilities of greenhouse gas usage in the NWT.
The Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency is putting forward the largest portion of funding, with $270,000 followed by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada with $180,833, according to a CanNor news release.
Other contributors include the GNWT, Canadian Space Agency, Aurora Research Institute and Arctic Energy Alliance.
- Lyndsay Herman
New Tory executive elected
The Western Arctic Conservative Association elected a new board of directors and executive following its annual general meeting on Dec. 8.
Former premier and current mayor of Inuvik, Floyd Roland, was elected as the new association president.
Bill Aho is the new vice-president for Yellowknife and Dave Tucker of Yellowknife is the treasurer and official agent.
Other Yellowknife residents on the executive include Ben Hendriksen as secretary and Jugjit More-Curran as election readiness officer.
- James McCarthy
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