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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Gas prices in Yk fall below $1
The price of gasoline in Yellowknife has fallen to its lowest level in years. A litre of regular gas was selling for 98.9 cents across the city yesterday. The price of gas in Yellowknife was stubbornly stuck for years at $1.389/litre, regardless of the price of crude oil. Figures from Statistics Canada show the price of gas in the city has been on a steady decline since last October when it was selling for $1.272/litre. Figures released by the NWT Bureau of Statistics last week show the price of gas has fallen 10.7 per cent since December 2014.
- John McFadden
Potential jurors fill Multiplex
Hundreds of people filled the gymnasium at the Multiplex on Monday for jury selection for the trial of a man who was 17 when he was charged with first degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Charlotte Lafferty in Fort Good Hope. The man cannot be named, because he was a minor at the time. In total, 1,600 names were on the list. By 5 p.m., the 12-member jury had been selected. The case was scheduled to proceed in court yesterday and today.
- Evan Kiyoshi French
Granite Ventures appeal decision yet to be released
City council's decision on an appeal heard last month by Granite Ventures of two city orders related to its condo development on 50 Avenue has yet to be released. The appeal was heard Dec. 7 by city council, which essentially acted as a panel of judges hearing evidence.
"We will endeavour to release the decision in 45 days in writing," Mayor Mark Heyck said 51 days ago. City spokesperson Nalini Naidoo said media would be notified once the decision is available.
There's no legislated deadline for council to release its decision.
- Shane Magee
Downtown intersection now four-way stop
The city has installed two new stop signs along 49 Avenue at the intersection with 49 Street to turn it into a four-way stop.
The new signs went up last week at the intersection between the courthouse building and Joint Task Force North.
The additional stop signs were requested by Coun. Niels Konge during budget deliberations Dec. 10.
- Shane Magee
Cadet band finds its groove
Naujaat
Practices got underway to form a corps band for the cadet program in Naujaat earlier this month.
The band is slated to start out with snare drummers, a bass drummer, two trumpet players and a glockenspiel player.
For the complete story on the new Naujaat cadet corps band, please see the Feb. 3 edition of Kivalliq News.
Man found dead
Rankin Inlet
A Rankin Inlet man who was reported missing on Jan. 16 was found deceased three days later.
RCMP Const. Lurene Dillon said in a press release that, during the course of the days following the receipt of the missing-person report, local police and concerned citizens conducted a search of known frequented areas, but were unable to locate him.
"On Jan. 19 at 1:30 p.m. a deceased male was located by local searchandrescue members approximately six kilometres outside of town," said Dillon.
The man has been identified as Tommy Tattuinee of Rankin Inlet.
Weather conditions at the time Tattuinee was reported missing included temperatures of between 30 and 40 C, not factoring in wind chill.
"The cause of death has yet to be determined and the investigation by the office of the chief coroner and the RCMP continues," said Dillon.
Rankin makes travel bucket list
Rankin Inlet
Rankin Inlet has made it to a list of the top 13 "Canadian towns you must visit" at escapehere.ca
Author Bruce Yaccato compiled the list, saying, "Visiting small towns isn't normally at the top of our bucket list, but we've come up with a list of great towns that are perfect just the way they are, which is often quiet and out of the way, typically passed by on highways and main roads, tucked neatly away on the outskirts of a city."
Yaccato chose one town in each province and territory.
About Rankin, he says, "In Inuktitut, it's called Kangiqliniq, meaning 'deep inlet.'
"It has become the gateway to the territory for civil servants, mining executives, scientists and adventure travel aficionados, hence the cell-phone service and golf courses not common to the rest of the region."
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