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News Briefs: Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Two sexual assaults
Yellowknife RCMP is investigating two sexual assaults that happened early yesterday morning.
At approximately 5 a.m., a male on the Frame Lake Trail, near Somba K'e Civic Plaza, approached an adult female from behind and assaulted her before fleeing on foot, according to Corp. Barry Ledoux.
At approximately 7 a.m., a lone male entered a residence near Sisson's Court and assaulted an adult female before fleeing the scene.
Both women received treatment at Stanton hospital, stated Ledoux.
Yellowknife RCMP is canvassing the surrounding areas looking for information from local residents, and are asking anyone with any tips to call the detachment or Crime Stoppers.
- Graeme McNaughton
Stabbing in Yellowknife
Yellowknife RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in the investigation of a stabbing that occurred two weeks ago.
A male was stabbed in his upper body around noon on July 14 following an altercation at Shaganappi Apartments. He was taken to Stanton Territorial Hospital, treated for non life-threatening injuries and released a short time later.
Police continue to investigate the matter and ask anyone with information on the stabbing to contact Yellowknife RCMP or Crime Stoppers.
- Daniel Campbell
Emergency landing
A Canadian North jet flying to Edmonton from Yellowknife was forced turn around and make an emergency landing on Saturday evening.
In an e-mail to Yellowknifer, Trevor Wakefield, senior director of operations with Canadian North, stated the air crew noticed "an abnormally high oil temperature indication on the right side engine."
The right engine was shut down, an emergency was declared and the aircraft was able to land without issue. Wakefield stated the flight crew acted according to standard operating procedures.
- Daniel Campbell
False alarm shuts down power
A false fire alarm at the Snare Rapids hydroelectric plant shut down power to parts of Yellowknife for 17 minutes on Thursday, according to the Northwest Territories Power Corporation. The automatic shut down occurred at 12:04 p.m.
Back-up diesel power was used to restore power until the system at Snare Rapids was restarted.
- Lyndsay Herman
Two Baker Lake residents charged for trafficking
Baker Lake
Baker Lake RCMP have arrested two adults in the community after marijuana was found in a residence.
The police were executing a search warrant on July 22 when they seized the drugs, along with some drug paraphernalia.
RCMP could not confirm the quantity of marijuana seized.
The individuals who were arrested have been charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.
They have been released from custody and are expected to appear before the Nunavut Court of Justice in Baker Lake on Oct. 1.
Police have not released the names of the accused.
Lottery ticket sales back at Northern soon
Rankin Inlet
Lottery ticket sales could return to Rankin Inlet's Northern Store as early as late August if plans go smoothly, according to a spokesperson from NWT Sport and Recreation Council.
The proper authorities have given approval for the store to sell tickets and now the equipment needs to be set up, said Northern Store manager Paul Delaney.
Some training will also have to take place at the business before tickets can be sold.
Once all that is done, staff will be able to sell scratch-and-win tickets and online games of Lotto Max, 649, Western Lotto Max and Sport Select games.
Currently in Nunavut, lottery tickets are only sold at two Iqaluit locations.
Deadline for scholarship application looming
Nunavut
Students have only two weeks left to apply for a scholarship being offered by Nasittuq Corporation.
The deadline for the Aboriginal Student Scholarship Program is Aug. 16.
The program is designed to encourage the pursuit of advanced education in electrical, computer sciences, electronics, environmental studies, business and aboriginal studies.
Students must be a beneficiary of Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut or the Inuvialuit Settlement Region to apply.
The scholarship is also open to mature students.
Last year, the company awarded $1,000 scholarships to three students.
Lights out for Rankin and Arviat
Arviat and Rankin Inlet
Arviat lost power for more than two hours July 26 in order for maintenance work to be done.
The outage ran from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m., according George Hickes, manager of corporate communications for Qulliq Energy Corporation.
Meanwhile, on July 22, Rankin Inlet lost power for seven minutes.
The outage wasn't scheduled but a warning popped up on one of the engines forcing employees to shut it down and restart it, said Hickes.
Exploring science in Quebec
Rankin Inlet
A student from Rankin has been chosen to attend a week-long science camp in Quebec next month.
The cost of the trip and the youth's attendance at the camp is covered by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.
Kivalliq Partners was in charge of deciding which student would go from this region.
The youth were invited to submit essays explaining how science and technology is helping to improve the Inuit way of life. The organization received more than 10 essays and chose from there.
The winning essay stood out because it showed greater insight and was a little more in depth than some of the other papers, said Charlene Williams of Kivalliq Partners.
The winning student will spend five days in Laval and two days in Montreal starting Aug. 4. The 15-year-old will also be accompanied by a chaperone.
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