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News Briefs: Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Public safety meeting
The Justice Department is inviting Yellowknifers to talk about community safety on Oct. 3 from 7-9 p.m. at Northern United Place.
The meeting comes in the wake of public concerns about sexual assaults and violence this summer.
Those presenting and answering questions include Justice Minister Glen Abernethy, RCMP Chief Superintendent Wade Blake, Mayor Mark Heyck and Yellowknife Health and Social Services CEO Les Harrison. Frame Lake MLA Wendy Bisaro will be moderating the meeting.
- Daniel Campbell
Fibre optic line cut
A trenching company working in Alberta inadvertently plunged many phone customers in the NWT into a communication blackout for much of the day on Monday.
At about 1 p.m., a fibre optic cable was damaged about 12 km north of Peace River, said Telus spokesperson Chris Gerritsen.
The cable was repaired at about 12:20 a.m. Tuesday morning.
The cut to the link affected customers of all three Northern telecommunications providers, although Northwestel customers saw their service restored within 15 minutes because the company took advantage of its fibre redundancy to B.C. through Fort Liard, said spokesperson Eric Clement.
- Laura Busch
Driving over the limit
Fourteen Yellowknifers were called to territorial court yesterday to face various impaired driving charges.
Most of the charges stem from incidents between June and August of this year, with eight occurring in July. Most of the accused are still waiting to make a plea or go to trial on their charges.
So far in 2013, RCMP charged 55 people in Yellowknife with impaired driving, up from 50 total charges last year, according to the RCMP.
- Daniel Campbell
Missing boy found
A three-and-a-half-year-old boy was missing in the Kam Lake area for about two hours on Saturday before he was found by police with the help of a good Samaritan.
His mother notified police that he was missing at about 1:30 p.m., said Yellowknife RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Roxanne Hudym.
Police released a description of the boy and all RCMP officers on duty were patrolling the area on foot and in vehicles Saturday afternoon in an effort to locate him.
He was located unharmed at about 3 p.m.
- Laura Busch
Sport awards
Kivalliq/Nunavut
Kivalliqmiut took home four of six territorial sporting awards presented in Iqaluit this past weekend.
The presentations were made during the Sports and Recreation Nunavut Awards Gala.
The gala celebration also saw three 2013 Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut Awards presented.
Listed below are the award recipients, their affiliations and communities.
- Male Athlete of the Year: Chesley Haqpi, Baker Lake (badminton/volleyball)
- Coach of the Year: Steve Paterson, Baker Lake (female hockey)
- Contributor of the Year: Lisa Kresky, Rankin Inlet
- Official of the Year: Darrell Greer, Rankin Inlet (hockey)
- Female Athlete of the Year: Carmen Rowsell, Cape Dorset (indoor soccer/table tennis/volleyball)
- Team of the Year: Aqsarniit Amaruit Girls Soccer Team, Iqaluit (SuperSoccer champions)
The 2013 Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut Award recipients are:
- Youth Leadership: Aloka Wijesooriya, Iqaluit
- Community Organization Achievement: Iqaluit Minor Hockey
- President's Award of Excellence: Romeyn Stevenson, Iqaluit
Special camp
Rankin Inlet/Washington
Burn survivor Fabian Tatty, 14, of Rankin Inlet is in Washington, DC this week attending a oneweek camp run by professional fire fighters.
The camp is held to help teenagers like Tatty come to terms with the injuries they have suffered.
The International Burn Camp began hosting 44 children, aged 13 to 15, in Washington on Sept. 21.
The international camp will continue until Sept. 28.
Huge donation
Arviat
TakingItGlobal and the Adobe Foundation's Adobe Youth Voices program made a major donation of Adobe Photoshop and Premiere software to the Arviat Film Society this past week.
The gesture, estimated to be worth about $10,000, saw enough software donated to meet the needs of the entire John Arnalukjuak High School.
Trade Show
Rankin Inlet
The 2013 Kivalliq Trade Show is scheduled to take place in Rankin Inlet Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.
This year's theme is Roads to Opportunities, as the Kivalliq continues to broaden its economic diversity and develop new opportunities for Nunavummiut.
Embrace Life march
Repulse Bay
Students and staff members at Tusarvik School took part in an Embrace Life march earlier this month in Repulse Bay.
For the full story on the event and its message, please see the Oct. 2 edition of Kivalliq News.
Public meeting
Rankin Inlet
The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) will be hosting a public meeting at the Rankin Inlet community hall on Oct. 17, beginning at 6:30 p.m., to discuss the environmental assessment of Agnico Eagle Mine Ltd.'s proposed Meliadine gold project.
An open house will be held before the meeting from 3 to 5 p.m.
The meeting is a chance for residents to learn more about NIRB, the Meliadine gold project, and how to participate in the environmentalassessment process.
Participants are also encouraged to share their thoughts and comments with NIRB on the project.
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided during the public meeting.
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