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Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Reporter takes GNWT to court
Yellowknifer reporter John McFadden filed papers this week with the NWT Supreme Court seeking a copy of security footage showing him being taken to the ground and injured in the courthouse by a sheriff in 2013.
He was a radio reporter at the time.
McFadden requested the video through the access to information law. The GNWT wouldn't provide a copy, stating it would violate the privacy of others shown in the video. The information commissioner ruled in August if McFadden pays to have the faces blurred, the video should be released. It hasn't been.
McFadden is also awaiting the verdict after his trial on a charge of obstructing police in July 2015.
- Shane Magee
Furs stolen
The NWT Native Women's Association reports several furs stolen from its offices above the Canada Post Office in downtown Yellowknife. A break-in happened between Saturday and Sunday night. Spokesperson Alisa Praamsma said 20 beaver and sealskin furs valued at about $2,400 were stolen. RCMP had yet to confirm whether officers were investigating as of press time.
- John McFadden
Headframe appeal to be heard tomorrow
The president of the NWT Mine Heritage Society is to appear tomorrow night in front of the city's development appeal board.
Walt Humphries will make his case preserving the Robertson Headframe, stating it is a monument to mining in the city, a beacon for people trying to find their way off Great Slave Lake and a potential tourist attraction. The structure was to have come down last month until Humphries filed his appeal.
The meeting is open to the public and begins in council chambers at city hall at 7 p.m.
- John McFadden
Montreal dance group comes
The dance company Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal is performing on the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre stage on Thursday night.
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal blends dance forms from contemporary to classical.
The "Jazz" in the title refers to the "jazzing up" of contemporary ballet, states the centre's website.
It will perform three pieces: one with choreography based on the sound of a typewriter and another inspired by the movements of crowds.
- Robin Grant
Cadets add to command structure
Naujaat
Eric Nanorak was officially enrolled as an officer cadet for the 3055 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps in Naujaat this past week. Nanorak's enrolment strengthens the command structure of Nunavut's largest cadet corps.
Amaruq project update
Baker Lake
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) reports deposits at its Amaruq gold project continue to grow, and the project remains a focus for AEM given its potential and proximity to the company's Meadowbank mine and mill.
AEM updated the Amaruq project this past month, including an expanded mineral-resource estimate for the project based on drilling through June 30.
Drilling during the first half of 2016 resulted in an updated inferred mineral resource estimate of 3.71-million ounces of gold (19.4 million tonnes grading 5.97 grams per tonne) as of June 30, which represents an increase of 432,000 ounces (on a contained gold basis) compared to the Dec. 31, 2015 estimate.
The updated estimate includes a 598,000ounce increase (on a contained gold basis) in open pit inferred mineral resources compared to the 2015 estimate.
Contained gold in inferred mineral resources at the IVR deposit increased by 649,000 ounces (an increase of 319 per cent) to 852,000 ounces. The IVR deposit contains 549,000 ounces of gold within the overall open pit mineral resources.
The majority of this mineral resource is contained in the V Zone, which has been traced down to 542 metres below surface and remains open at depth.
Artists study down south
Rankin Inlet
The Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association partnered with Medalta and the Nunavut Development Corp. to send Rankin Inlet artists Pierre Aupilardjuk and John Kurok to the Medalta International Artists in Residence program in Medicine Hat, Alta., from Sept. 1 to 30.
Aupilardjuk and Kurok spent their residency at Medalta's, The Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, a 12,000 square foot contemporary ceramics studio.
The two worked alongside artist Shary Boyle, as well as artists from across Canada and from around the world.
The work produced by the artists during the residency will be presented in an exhibition at the Esker Foundation in Calgary in January of 2017.
Film festival showcases North
Rankin Inlet
Kivalliq Inuit Association president David Ningeongan announced this past week that the Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumi Tarrijausilliriniq - Arctic Peoples Film Festival will be held in Rankin Inlet this week, beginning Monday, Oct. 3.
The event will take place over a three or fourday period, showcasing award winning films and documentaries of indigenous filmmakers from Greenland, Siberia, Alaska and Nunavut. Immediately following the film festival, Kivalliqmiut elders and youth, and stakeholders of the Inuit language, will take part in a Kivalliq Inuit Language Strategic workshop in Rankin.
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