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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Winning lottery ticket sold in Yellowknife
A winning lottery ticket, worth $250,000, from last Saturday's Western 649 Extra draw, was sold in Yellowknife. According to the Western Canada Lottery Corporation website, the winning ticket in the draw, held Jan. 17, was purchased in the city. The winning numbers are 5-0-6-1-1-9-1.
- John McFadden
Drug bust in Ndilo
Two individuals were arrested after a small amount of marijuana was seized during the execution of a search warrant at a residence in Ndilo Jan. 15.
Const. Elenore Sturko could not say how much marijuana was recovered during the arrest but said it was "not a very large quantity."
Police also recovered scales and packaging as evidence of drug trafficking. RCMP had not charged anyone in relation to the arrests as of press time. Sturko said the investigation is ongoing.
- Cody Punter
United Way funding city organizations
The United Way Community Investment Committee is giving $91,500 to 21 organizations across the territory, including 14 operating programs in Yellowknife.
Executive Director Candace Thorne said Ecology North, Food First Foundation, Food Rescue, Foster Family Coalition NWT, Northern Youth Leadership, NWT Breast Health, Order of St. Lazarus, Side Door Youth Ministry, Special Olympics NWT, Yellowknife Association for Community Living, Yellowknife Family Centre, Yellowknife Scouts, YK Food Bank and YWCA Yellowknife are the groups that are set to receive funding.
- Evan Kiyoshi French
Superintendent meets the public
Yk1 Superintendent Metro Huculak is paying evening visits with staff and members of the Parent Advisory Council to talk about school promotions and programming with parents and members of the public.
Huculak has already visited Range Lake North, J.H. Sissons and Mildred Hall schools and is set to visit William McDonald school on Jan. 22 at 7 p.m., N.J. Macpherson school on Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. and Sir John Franklin school on Feb. 5 at 7 p.m.
- Evan Kiyoshi French
Hockey heats up
Arviat
The first major Kivalliq hockey tournament of the season gets underway this coming weekend in Arviat from Jan. 23 to 25. The Arviat Stars will be looking for their third consecutive Jon Lindell Memorial Calm Air Cup senior men's hockey championship when they take on Rankin Inlet, The Karetakers, Repulse Bay (Naujaat), Whale Cove, the Young Guns and a third Arviat squad.
Hunting gear lost
Coral Harbour
The snowmobiles, qamtiik, small boat and related equipment of a group of eight hunters rescued from the sea ice near Coral Harbour earlier this month was lost when the ice floe they were trapped on broke apart this past week.
The group of Elijah Shapangak, Charlie Shapangak, Mark Pootoolik, Bobby Saviakjuk, Tapia Saviakjuk, John Eetuk, Noah Kadlak and John Nakoolak were forced to spend two days stranded after the ice they were on broke away and cast them adrift on Jan. 9.
The Nunavut Emergency Measures Organization contacted the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton, Ont. for help on Jan. 10, as the floe began drifting beyond the Coral search and rescue's reach. A CC130 Hercules from 17 Wing in Winnipeg, Man., arrived during the evening of Jan. 10 to drop radios, survival equipment, rations, water and life rafts to the hunters.
The men were about 55 km south of Coral, and about 27 km from the nearest shoreline, when they were rescued on Jan. 11 by a helicopter from 14 Wing Greenwood in Nova Scotia and airlifted home to safety. All eight of the men are reported to be doing well, health wise.
Hockey gear arrives
Chesterfield Inlet
Young hockey players in the community of Chesterfield Inlet were beaming from ear-to-ear when Calm Air delivered a shipment of quality used hockey equipment to the hamlet earlier this month.
The gear was collected and donated by retired RCMP officer Barry Hickman through his Northern Dreams A Smile One Skate At A Time program.
The program has also seen equipment shipped to Arviat, Baker Lake and Sanikiluaq.
An additional six pallets of gear is waiting to be shipped to Whale Cove as soon as the work on the local arena is completed.
Curlers hit ice for first bonspiel
Rankin Inlet
The Qavik Curling Club will be hosting its first bonspiel of the season this coming weekend, Jan. 24 to 25.
The Camo Curling Bonspiel will feature team prizes of $200, $150 and $100, and door prizes will also be available to be won. Both league and nonleague teams are welcome to participate.
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