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News Briefs: Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Devolution negotiator promoted
Martin Goldney, executive director of devolution of the GNWT, will be receiving a promotion this summer, Premier Bob McLeod announced Monday.
Goldney will become deputy minister of the new Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, effective June 1.
"With the successful end of devolution negotiations, he is well-positioned to further the GNWT's commitment to renewed and improved relationships with aboriginal governments and to strengthen relationships with the federal government," McLeod stated in a news release.
- Laura Busch
Input sought on dog bylaw
The city is asking the public to get informed and have their say about the proposed new dog bylaw. Potential amendments include a detailed definition of what constitutes a barking nuisance and time limits for the cleanup of unsightly yards once they are reported. There is no proposal to limit the number of dogs a person may keep.
Residents can fill out a survey on the city's website. A public meeting is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on May 16 at city hall.
- Sarah Ladik
Girls fly second
The Girls Fly Too event held last month at the Trinity Helicopter base offered more than 200 flights, but the Yellowknife Airport couldn't defend the title of Most Female Pilot Friendly Airport Worldwide.
Yellowknife was first runner-up, with a total of 634 free flights given out over the full-day event in March.
Organizer Kirsten Brazier won the Most Dedicated Female Pilot Worldwide title and also the Spirit of Women of Aviation Worldwide award.
Megan Tyler was first runner-up for Most Dedicated Female Pilot Worldwide after giving out 139 flights and Geoff Furniss and Glen Sibbeston were named first and second runners-up in the Most Supportive Male Pilots Worldwide category.
- Danielle Sachs
Film explores sex trade
The National Film Board Film Club is hosting a Yellowknife screening of the 2013 documentary titled Who Cares tomorrow night. The film explores the world of Edmonton's sex trade workers. It starts at 7 p.m. in the library meeting room.
- Danielle Sachs
Wedding bells
Rankin Inlet/Winnipeg
Winnipeg was the scene of a beautiful Kivalliq wedding earlier this month.
Amanda McLarty and Norman Eecherk of Rankin Inlet were wed in Winnipeg on April 13.
Race approaches
Arviat
The Arviat Bravo Racing Club will be hosting its annual Extreme Bravo Racing Challenge this coming weekend.
The race is scheduled to be held April 2628.
Ship named
Rankin Inlet/Nunavut
A contest to name the Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping (NEAS) group's new Arctic sealift ship has been won by a woman from Rankin Inlet.
The ship will be known as the MV Mitiq, a name submitted by Iris Tatty, 22, of Rankin.
Tatty wins an iPad 2 from NEAS for having her entry selected. Mitiq is the Inuktitut word for the common eider, a large and fast sea duck that lives yearround and breeds in the Arctic.
Making contact
Rankin Inlet
Tomorrow, April 25, will be a big day for students and staff members at Manni Ulujuk Ilinniarvik in Rankin Inlet.
The school will be making contact with the international space station at about 8:45 a.m.
The gathering will be in touch with the space station for about one hour.
Make-up games played
Repulse Bay/Kuujjuaq
Repulse Bay finally made it into Kuujjuaq to play their two remaining games in the Northern Hockey Challenge (NHC).
No team was affected as much by inclement weather during the NHC round robin than Kuujjuaq.
Although the games had absolutely no impact on the NHC playoffs currently being played, they were hotly contested and wellattended in Kuujjuaq.
Repulse dropped both games to the home team by scores of 149 and 97.
Festival time
Arviat
A good time was had by all in Arviat earlier this month when the community hosted its seventh annual Springtime Festival.
Reports out of Arviat indicate all the scheduled events were well attended by the community.
River deep in minerals
Kivalliq
The Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) is not in favour of a move that would see one of Nunavut's longest rivers, the Black River, named as a Heritage River.
While the Black River area is deep in Inuit history, it may also prove itself to be deep in mineral content.
The KIA does not want to see the Heritage River designation go ahead and rule out the possibility of any mining taking place along the banks of the Black River.
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