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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Man hit by pick-up truck
An 18-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm and failing to stop after hitting a man with a pick-up truck near 41 Kam Lake Road last Sunday. The suspect fled from the scene, according to a news release from the RCMP. He was later arrested a short distance away.
Joshua Andrews remains in custody and appeared in Territorial Court in Yellowknife on Tuesday to enter a plea. The injured man was transported to Stanton Territorial Hospital. The investigation is ongoing.
- Joseph Tunney
Work camp moves forward
Councillors voted in favour Monday evening to move forward on a proposed temporary work camp behind the Fieldhouse.
The new location requires a zoning change which passed first reading on Monday night.
The work camp would be expected to house 150 workers building Stanton Territorial Hospital.
City councillors revisited the issue after residents came out against putting it in Kam Lake in May. The proposed change must go through two more readings and a public hearing before it is approved.
- Robin Grant
Five-year water plan released
The second Northwest Territories Water Stewardship action plan was released by the territorial government yesterday. While the original action plan was released in 2010, this second five-year implementation is supposed to continue strong collaboration and co-ordination among water partners, provide expert knowledge and advice through regulatory processes and continue negotiations around transboundary water agreements.
The point of the original action plan, and now its replacement, is to bring all levels of government, other agencies and the public together to maintain the health of Northwest Territories water.
- Joseph Tunney
Agreement reached
A tentative collective agreement has been reached between the NWT Teachers' Association and the territorial government. Details of the tentative agreement will not be released publicly until after the ratification process.
- Joseph Tunney
Accountant wins Indspire Award
Baker Lake
Laura Arngna'naaq, originally from Baker Lake, was among those who received an Indspire Award televised on APTN and Global TV on Friday, June 24.
Arngna'naaq was the winner in the Inuit Youth category.
She is one of only a few Inuit chartered accountants in Canada and, despite working in the heart of Toronto's financial district, stays connected to her Inuit roots through studying Inuktitut and teaching herself to carve soapstone.
Harvested bear found to be blond grizzly
Arviat
DNA testing has concluded a bear brought down by Arviat hunter Didji Ishalook this past month was a blond grizzly bear, and not a polar beargrizzly hybrid referred to as a grolar bear.
Nunavut's Department of the Environment submitted a tissue sample of the bear to a genetics lab for the DNA analysis that proved the fairly rare bear was a blond grizzly.
Youth speaks to Senate
Ottawa/Arviat
Arviat's Shelby Angalik, 18, was one of three Inuit youth to speak before the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples in Ottawa this past Tuesday, June 21.
The indigenous youth leaders were given the opportunity to place their stories on the public record to celebrate the 20th anniversary of National Aboriginal Day.
Among the concerns raised by the three Inuit youths were Nunavut's housing crisis, suicide prevention, proper schooling, supporting Inuit language and culture, and support for the arts.
School vandalized
Baker Lake
A number of doors and windows were broken at Jonah Amitnaaq Secondary School in Baker Lake this past Tuesday, June 21.
No charges were laid in connection to the matter as of press time.
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