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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Missing man located safe
Police say a man they sought public help to locate has been found safe with the assistance of Edmonton Police Service.
Trong Do, 40, was reported missing March 15 after last being seen in the downtown area five days earlier. Police issued a news release yesterday to say he had been found Saturday.
"Yellowknife RCMP thanks the public and the media for their assistance," RCMP spokesperson Const. Elenore Sturko said in the statement.
- Shane Magee
Tibbitt to Contwoyto road partly closed
The Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter road closed to northbound traffic as of Thursday, according to advertisements. There was no indication when it might completely close.
The road, a vital supply route for the diamond mines northwest of the city, extends from Highway 4. On March 23, Diavik Diamond Mine tweeted that it had successfully completed its annual resupply. Meanwhile, the 6.3-kilometre ice road between the city and Dettah has closed April 21 on average the past 15 years. In an e-mailed statement, regional superintendent Michael Conway said the weather the next few weeks will determine if the road makes the average or not.
- Shane Magee
Bristle mess cleaned up
Doug Gillard, the manager of Municipal Enforcement, told councillors Tuesday that an unnamed contractor had been identified as the source of the street sweeper bristles that littered downtown sidewalks earlier this year.
Gillard said a "defective brush" on one of the devices used to sweep away snow had left hundreds of plastic bristles on the sidewalks. After being notified, he said the bristles were cleaned up and the brush changed.
- Shane Magee
City couple nabs $500,000 lottery win
Jason Madsen and Cheryl Cleary have lucked out, according to the Western Canada Lottery Corporation.
The Yellowknife couple won a $500,000 Lotto Max prize, sharing the pot with one other winner announced on Feb. 5, according a news release published by the corporation, which operates lotteries for five provincial and territorial marketing groups.
The pair bought their winning ticket at the Shell Food Store on Range Lake Road, states a news release.
- Evan Kiyoshi French
Lucky winner
Baker Lake/Naujaat
Student Claire Tookanachiak of Baker Lake was the lucky winner in the lottery draw held during the annual Kivalliq Regional Science Fair at Tusarvik School in Naujaat earlier this month.
Tookanachiak had her name pulled in a lottery draw for a roundtrip pair of systemwide Calm Air tickets held during the fair's award banquet.
Author talks book about elders
Naujaat/Rankin Inlet
Arctic explorer and author David F. Pelly will be in Rankin Inlet and Naujaat this coming month to celebrate the publication of Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story.
The book preserves stories of the elders of the area (all of whom have since died since David talked to them), as well as revealing the story of Ukkusiksalilk as a national park.
Pelly will be in Rankin from April 17 to 19.
He will be in Naujaat from April 19 to 21.
Forum postponed
Baker Lake
The Baker Lake 2016 Youth Forum originally scheduled to be held on March 29 and 30 in the Baker Lake Youth Centre had to be postponed.
The forum will be rescheduled to an as yet to be determined date in April.
The forum is open to youths aged 13 and older.
Award winners
Rankin Inlet
Listed below are the individual award winners at the Arctic Atoms hockey championship in Rankin Inlet earlier this month.
Most Valuable Player: Kadin Eetuk (Rankin Inlet)
Best Goalie: Ramsey Eetuk (Coral Harbour)
Best Defenceman: Prime Paniyuk (Coral Harbour)
Best Forward: Justin Eetuk (Coral Harbour)
Most Sportsmanlike Player: Thayer Komakjuak (Arviat)
Hardest Worker: Ryan Haqpi (Naujaat)
Cancer project aimed at Inuit
Nunavut
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada is currently working on a five-year Inuit Cancer Project in partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society through funding from Jaguar Land Rover Canada.
Pauktuutit had previously collaborated with the society as an advisory committee member in developing an Inuktitut glossary of cancerrelated terms.
The resulting Kaggutiq Inuit Cancer Glossary includes 250 terms translated into five major Inuktitut dialects, as well as plain language definitions.
The project's second phase, Inuusiq Atuqtara (My Journey), is now underway.
The second phase will see Pauktuutit and the Canadian Cancer Society collaborate to develop meaningful ways to support better health, reduce cancer incidents, and increase prevention and early detection in the Inuit population with the support of Jaguar Land Rover Canada's more than $1million donation.
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