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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Taylor Road closed
Construction season is well on its way, with the city closing off Taylor Road at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Old Airport Road starting today.
Local traffic can get on the road from Forrest Drive, and the city said access to William McDonald Middle School will remain open.
The city could not confirm by press time what type of work is being done or how long it's expected to take.
- Daniel Campbell
Trucker parking to be reviewed
Coun. Niels Konge put forward a motion directing administration to create a new rest area for truckers.
The city blocked off access to the empty lot at the bottom of the Bristol Freighter Monument on Old Airport Road where truckers would often park earlier this month. Konge said truckers are responsible for importing most of the city's goods, and as they must legally stop driving for 36 hours after driving a certain distance, the city should provide somewhere for them to park.
Konge's motion was amended by Coun. Bob Brooks so administration would be asked to explore several locations and any costs associated with developing them before presenting their findings to council.
The motion as amended passed with Couns. Konge, Linda Bussey, Rebecca Alty opposed.
- Cody Punter
A decade of human rights
The NWT Human Rights Commission will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the implementation of the NWT Human Rights Act.
An event will be held today at the Museum Cafe in the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre from noon to 1:30 p.m. The reception will take a look at human rights over the past decade and feature a presentation by commission chair Charles Dent.
Winners of the NWT Human Rights Commission Show and Tell contest will also be presented.
- Simon Whitehouse
Love the land
The NWT chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is calling for submissions to its third annual Love the Land photo contest.
The deadline for all entries is Aug. 29. All art features must involve images of the proposed protected area at the East Arm of Great Slave Lake.
Winning contestants will have their work included in the organization's 2015 calendar and on promotional posters.
- Simon Whitehouse
Recalling the ordeal
Arviat
A group of students interviewed Rob Hood at John Arnalukjuak High School for a sixpart series delivered on Arviat cable television earlier this month.
Hood, 59, a drilling instructor from New Liskeard, Ont., spent three days lost on the land with former student Robert Gibbons Jr.
The two ran into trouble when they took the wrong trail on the way back to the community from the Maguse Lake area during one of Arviat's annual fishing derbies.
Hood recounts the ordeal throughout the interview with a group of Arviat students.
For the complete story on the interview series, please see the June 4 edition of Kivalliq News.
Murder investigation
Rankin Inlet
It appears Rankin Inlet will be the community to have Nunavut's first homicide in 2014 after the RCMP announced they are treating the death of David Manilak, 30, as a murder.
Manilak died May 9 after being severely injured the evening before.
As of press time, the RCMP's V Division Forensic Identification and Major Crime Units were still investigating the matter and no charges had been laid in connection to the case.
Manilak is fondly remembered by many in his home community of Arviat, where he once shared the lead role with John Aglukark in an impressive 50student production of How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
One step closer
Rankin Inlet
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) released its final environmental impact review statement on the long-awaited Meliadine gold project earlier this month.
The company is still looking at 2019 as the year Meliadine will be in production.
AEM also operates the Meadowbank gold mine, which began operation on the land near Baker Lake in 2010.
Upwards of 1,000 people will work at Meliadine during its construction phase, and the mine will employ about 700 when into production.
Tournament sponsor soon to be finalized
Arviat
A deal is close to being reached which will see Calm Air become the major sponsor of the annual Jon Lindell Memorial (JLM) senior men's hockey tournament in Arviat.
The JLM is currently the thirdlargest annual tournament in the Kivalliq region, behind Rankin Inlet's Sakku First Avataq Cup senior men's tournament and Polar Bear Plate juniorjuvenile event.
A spokesperson for the JLM organizing committee said the Lindell family has graciously given its permission for the Arviat tournament to be renamed the JLM Calm Air Cup.
The official sponsorship contract is expected to be signed during the next few weeks.
Volleyball tourney set to go
Rankin Inlet
Volleyball fans are reminded the annual Laura Gauthier Memorial volleyball tournament gets underway this coming weekend in Rankin Inlet from May 30 to June 1.
The tournament traditionally offers exciting fastpaced action in both a male and female division, with teams from across the Kivalliq and other parts of Nunavut competing for the title.
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