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Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Third city contract for NWT Construction
City council authorized the signing of a contract worth $3.5 million plus GST with NWT Construction Ltd. to build a new landfill cell at the city dump.
The cell, expected to last five years, will hold the city's refuse. It's the third major city construction contract this year the company successfully bid upon. It also has a $696,589 contract for water and sewer work on Franklin Avenue, a $1.5 million water and sewer contract for other parts of the city and a $2.8 million paving contract.
- Shane Magee
Homelessness meeting continues
A meeting with various officials to come up with ways to address the city's homelessness crisis continues today at the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre.
The workshop began Tuesday and was organized by Caroline Cochrane, the minister responsible for homelessness. She invited various representatives from groups that deal with homelessness such as the shelters, the city's mayor and included several people who are homeless.
The meetings were not open to media.
- Shane Magee
WCSS appeals decision to let case continue
The Workers Safety Compensation Commission has filed an appeal of an NWT Supreme Court judge's decision to allow a case brought by a former Giant Mine worker to continue.
Steve Petersen was poisoned after cleaning up an arsenic spill in 1988 without protective equipment. He's seeking the court to rule on whether the board was wrong when it decided in 2011 not to revisit an injury claim. Justice Andrew Mahar ruled in February that Petersen's case has merit and should continue. WCSS appealed that ruling, moving the case to the NWT Court of Appeal which could hear it later this year.
- Shane Magee
Economic development minister visits city
Navdeep Bains, the federal minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development will be in Yellowknife today for a series of events. Bains will attend the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce business club breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at the Quality Inn and Suites (formally Yellowknife Inn). Later in the day, Bains will be holding a meet and greet at Twist lounge from 5 until 7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.
- John McFadden
Miners win
Rankin Inlet/Iqaluit
The Canadrill Miners dumped team Rankin Inlet 114 to claim the annual Toonik Tyme senior men's hockey championship in Iqaluit earlier this month.
The Miners took the title in style, going through the tournament undefeated.
The vast majority of the players on the Canadrill squad also hailed from Rankin Inlet.
For more on the Miners title win, please see the April 27 edition of Kivalliq News.
Governor General to visit
Arviat
Canadian Gov. Gen. David Johnston is scheduled to visit John Arnalukjuak High School (JAHS) in Arviat on May 5.
Johnston is quite interested in the antibullying efforts being made at JAHS, and may be treated to a scene performed by the school's drama club.
Wise woman
Rankin Inlet
Hannah Benoit of Rankin Inlet has been selected as the recipient of the Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council's annual Wise Woman Award.
The announcement was made on April 19.
Benoit was chosen for her support and counselling of women of all ages. She serves as a role model to people of Rankin Inlet and is well respected as an elder and engages in cultural work and teaches traditional skills.
Student team returns
Naujaat
A student team from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ont., is scheduled to return to Naujaat on May 8 to continue work with the community's greenhouse.
The students will be in Naujaat until mid June planting vegetables (lettuce, tomatoes and carrots) and herbs, as well as holding nutrition- and business-education workshops for local residents.
The vegetables will be harvested this summer by a local women's collective, and then sold for people to have access to fresh and affordable produce.
The goal is for the Naujaat greenhouse to produce 11,000 pounds of fresh produce.
The Ryerson students are also looking at building another greenhouse in Arviat this coming August.
They then plan to begin the process in two additional Northern communities in 2017.
Player awards
Coral Harbour
Listed below are the individual player awards presented at the conclusion of the Joseph Natakok memorial senior men's hockey championship in Coral Harbour earlier this month.
The Coral Harbour Islanders captured this year's tourney.
- Top Scorer: Wayne Kadlak
- Top Defenceman: Terrence McLean
- Top Goalie: Joe Bruce
- Most Sportsmanlike: JC Jones
- Most Valuable Player: Joey Arualak
Hamlet days
Rankin Inlet
The community of Rankin Inlet has begun enjoying its annual Pakallak Tyme celebrations.
This year's festival runs from April 25 to May 1.
Rankin Inlet Mayor Robert Janes has declared the afternoon of April 29 as an official hamlet holiday, giving employees an opportunity to join in on the fun.
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