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Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Man injured in assault
RCMP are reporting a 51-year-old man was sent to Edmonton for medical treatment after he was attacked at Sandstone South Apartments in Range Lake.
The assault is alleged to have occurred April 30, around 7 p.m. Yellowknife RCMP say it has charged 31-year-old Thomas Apsimik with aggravated assault in connection to the incident.
He's due to appear in court May 27.
- Daniel Campbell
Aurora College class of 2014
Aurora College's Yellowknife North Slave Campus graduated 44 students at its annual convocation ceremonies May 3 at the Explorer Hotel.
Students graduated with degrees, certificates and diplomas and degrees in Business and Leadership, Education, and Health and Human Services.
The graduating class came from eight NWT communities, Yukon, B.C., Quebec and Newfoundland.
In total, six certificates in Business Administration, nine diplomas in Business Administration, two certificates in Adult Education, one in Early Childhood Development, and two certificates in Community Health, nine Personal Support Worker certificates, three Social Work diplomas, and 12 Bachelors of Science in Nursing degrees.
- Walter Strong
Gas prices settle down
After prices jumped up to $1.429 per litre of regular gasoline April 24, stations across town dropped their prices back to $1.389 again Thursday.
Prices rose about 16 cents per litre across Canada April 24 as well.
Gas prices in the city have held fairly steady at about $1.389 per litre since May 2011.
Jason Parent, a specialist in petroleum industry prices, said the rise was likely due to high crude prices, seasonal run-up of wholesale prices and the exchange rate with the American dollar.
- Daniel Campbell
Recycling Awards
The city presented its annual recycling awards to residents and organizations at its solid waste public forum April 23.
Anne Losier, Lindy Carpenter, Denis Legere, Richard Stinson, Food Rescue, Conalan McKee, Range Lake students, Tara Black, Lois Anderson, Olivia Dave and Tyson Black were all recipients of awards.
They all received decorative glasses from Old Town Glassworks.
- Cody Punter
Pakallak Tyme is a good time
Rankin Inlet
The community of Rankin Inlet held its annual Pakallak Tyme celebrations this past week.
Snowmobile and dog racing headlined the event, which offered numerous activities throughout the week for kids of all ages to enjoy.
For more on Pakallak Tyme, please see the May 14 edition of Kivalliq News.
Educators fined for liquor possession
Coral Harbour
Sakku School teachers Jessica Evans and Erin Sallie, along with viceprincipal Rick Aucoin, were each fined under the Nunavut Liquor Act for possessing alcohol in the dry community of Coral Harbour.
The fines ranged from $600 to $1,000, and the three were given up to six months to pay.
Two youths were charged with the breakandenters that resulted in liquor being found in the homes of Evans and Saille, while Aucoin admitted to also possessing alcohol in the community.
The incident, which led to the charges, took place in Coral Harbour this past February.
Mayor elected by narrow margin
Coral Harbour
Willie Nakoolak edged Jackie Netser by a scant five votes in a tight byelection to name a new mayor of Coral Harbour this past week.
Nakoolak was sworn in as Coral's mayor this past Thursday, May 1.
Voter turnout was relatively high for the Coral byelection, with 51 per cent of eligible voters casting their ballot.
Former mayor Simeon Dion, who was Nunavut's youngest mayor at the age of 29, decided to step down just two months after the December 2013 election, due to what he saw as a lack of training and support for the position.
It's fishing derby time
Rankin Inlet
Residents of Rankin Inlet and surrounding areas are reminded the annual Rankin Inlet Fishing Derby is set to be held during the May long weekend, May 16 to 19.
Measuring the fish for prize monies will take place at the community hall the following day, Tuesday, May 20.
Bravo race rescheduled
Arviat
The annual Bravo Challenge crosscountry race in Arviat was rescheduled to this past weekend as the result of a death in the community.
The race had originally been scheduled to be held the April 25 to 27 weekend.
Final results in the Bravo Challenge were not known as of press time.
Headed to the polls
Repulse Bay
In another Kivalliq byelection, voters in Repulse Bay will be heading to the polls on May 12 to vote in a new mayor.
Running for the position are Solomon Malliki, Marcel Mapsalak and Johnny Tongilik.
Women take steps for cancer treatment
Whale Cove
Participants in the Women In Action (Steps of Hope) left Whale Cove this past Thursday to walk to Rankin Inlet to raise money for Alberta"s Cross Cancer Institute.
The group previously raised $92,000 walking from Bay Chimo to Cambridge Bay in 2012.
The walkers had not reached Rankin as of press time.
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