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Friday, June 17, 2016
Yk1 approves budget
Yellowknife Education District No. 1 has approved its 2016/17 budget. The budget, which projects a $234,433 deficit and was presented at the end of last month, passed unchanged without comment from the public.
It was also projected at the meeting that the district could receive 55 additional students this September.
- Joseph Tunney
Twin Pine consultation continues
The city is holding another round of consultation on the development of a trail network on Twin Pine Hill.
A survey on options closed Wednesday. Next Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday the city will hold walking tours to gather further input, according to a news release. Times can be found on the city website. The tour with city staff starts at Sunlines Alterations and Convenience store.
- Shane Magee
Workers camp plan returns to city hall
A special meeting of the city's municipal services committee will take place Monday at noon at city hall.
The only item on the meeting is a presentation from Clark Builders regarding a temporary workers camp. Last month city council rejected a plan that would see a camp built in Kam Lake to house workers building the new Stanton Territorial Hospital.
- Shane Magee
Food for fines
The Yellowknife Public Library is inviting the public to bring in non-perishable food as payment for overdue fines, according to a news release. The library is waiving one overdue charge per food item and the food will go to the Yellowknife Food Bank. Food for Fines runs from June 6 to 20.
- Robin Grant
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Ferry hours challenged
Fort Simpson's Chamber of Commerce has renewed its petition to extend the hours of the MV Lafferty ferry from 6 a.m. to midnight without an afternoon break.
Currently, the ferry opens at 8 a.m.
The petition can be found at the Nahanni Inn, Unity, Pandaville, Janor and The Willows Inn, the Visitor Information Centre, Liidlii Kue First Nation, P.R. Contracting and Dehcho Suites.
On June 1, Nahendeh MLA Shane Thompson said in the legislative assembly he had heard from the Department of Transportation that such an extension would not be possible due to fiscal restraints.
However, Transportation Minister Wally Schumann also said the department had yet to do a full cost analysis.
Canoe trip kicks off
The Dehcho K'ehodi youth river trip was scheduled to kick off June 16 from Fort Simpson to Willow Lake River.
An initiative put forth by Dehcho First Nations, Liidlii Kue First Nation and the University of Alberta, the event intended to send 10 students on the canoe trip, which would wrap up June 21.
Students will participate in recording environmental changes.
The trip was initially intended for youth from Thomas Simpson School in Fort Simpson but was opened up to Fort Providence youth at Deh Gah School as well.
Fort Simpson gets active
The Village of Fort Simpson's recreation department will be holding events until the end of the month to celebrate recreation and parks month.
A schedule from the department shows Ultimate Frisbee scheduled for June 15 and 29 at 7 p.m.
The village will also be holding a midnight baseball game on June 20 and an Aboriginal Day fun run on June 21. The fun run will start at 5 p.m. Later in the week, there will be a community soccer game held June 24 with a water fight and barbecue scheduled for the following day.
Aboriginal Day celebrated
Nahanni Butte will be welcoming the Magoo Crew back to the community on June 21 to celebrate Aboriginal Day.
The dancing, beatboxing and rapping team is expected to stay in the community from June 20 to 22.
The day's celebrations will include games and barbecues.
Soccer-baseball kicking off
Inuvik's slo pitch league organizers are looking to recruit, but they're starting young.
Starting this week, a soccer-baseball club for youth will be running on Monday nights. Soccer-baseball combines the running around bases aspect of baseball with soccer in that instead of hitting a ball with a bat, participants kick a soccer ball to score runs.
Organizer Scott Macbeth said it's a good way to get children introduced to the sport without needing a lot of gear, like appropriately-sized bats and gloves.
The first session was held June 13, with players aged six to 10 asked to come from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and their counterparts aged 11 through 15 invited for the next hour. The drop-in program will continue to run every Monday for the summer. Participants' parents or guardians must sign a waiver, available at the school or at the ball diamond on Monday nights.
Arctic Market to open
The year's first Arctic Market will take place in Jim Koe Park this Saturday June 18, beginning at 10 a.m. and wrapping up at 2 p.m.
The market will be open every Saturday from now until early September, and will feature selections of fresh vegetables, baked goods, beaded art and carvings, along with flowers among other things. Vendors are encouraged to contact the town office to reserve a table.
Sign up opens for arts festival
The 28th edition of the Great Northern Arts Festival is quickly approaching, with registration now open for workshops.
The festival, which will take place July 15 to 24, will feature workshops in beading, stone carving, ookpik-making, hat and mitten fabrication, stencils and even a class on making a salmon-leather inlay for an iPhone case, among a great many others. Organizers caution that space in each workshop is limited, so interested parties would do well to register early.
Run under midnight sun
Inuvik's runners have until June 16 to sign up for the Midnight Sun Fun Run at the town of Inuvik's recreation department.
There are 5-km, 10-km, and half-marathon routes planned for all levels of competitors June 18, with the half-marathon event kicking off at 10 p.m. at the Midnight Sun Complex. The 10-km race will begin at 10:30, with the 5-km following at 11 p.m.
All ages are welcome to participate, as are pets.
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