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Newsbriefs: Friday, June 16, 2017
Vessel's crew visits city
HMCS Yellowknife crew is visiting the city today.
The crew is making a pit stop here as part of an official 'namesake visit,' according to a news release from the City of Yellowknife.
A visit is designed to introduce people from the ship's namesake city to the vessel.
Residents and ship-watchers can also join the mayor for a presentation from HMCS Yellowknife's captain at 11 a.m. in council chambers today, which according to the city, has been proclaimed HMCS Yellowknife Day.
- Kirsten Fenn
No charges after snow machine crash
RCMP says no charges will be laid in connection with a snowmobile crash at the Long John Jamboree in March.
No one was seriously hurt when the machine plowed into a Department of National Defence tent. The snowmobile damaged a stove inside the tent, causing a small fire.
At the time, Doug Gillard, the city's manager of municipal enforcement stated in an e-mail the investigation would include looking at who was driving and their eligibility to drive the rented machine.
- John McFadden
Makerspace coming to Range Lake North
Yellowknife Education District No. 1 (Yk1) is developing a Makerspace classroom at Range Lake North School, the school board announced Tuesday at its monthly meeting. Makerspace is a type of class focused on hands-on learning, where students get a chance to tinker with high- and low-tech gadgets. According to superintendent Metro Huculak, Yk1 hopes to get students learning about robotics and coding through the Makerspace class.
- Kirsten Fenn
Chamber offers
$1,500 scholarship
The Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce wants to help a business student go to school. The chamber announced this week it will be awarding a $1,500 scholarship to help pay tuition fees to a student studying business full time. Applicants must be accepted or currently attending a post-secondary institution in an accredited business program. Applications are due August 10.
- Jessica Davey-Quantick
Newsbriefs: Thursday, June 15, 2017
Top of the World Loppet being planned
Next spring will see the 50th anniversary of Inuvik's Top of the World Loppet, an annual cross-country skiing event. It will take place April 7 to 8.
Inuvik supplied the bulk of Canada's cross-country ski team for the Winter Olympics throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
The Inuvik Ski Club is looking to engage with potential attendees, racers and supporting organizations to make it a special event. A contest across Canada to design the event's logo will launch July 1.
Inuit Youth Council president named
Ruth Kaviok, a 19-year old from Arviat, has been elected the new president of the National Inuit Youth Council. She replaces Maatalii Okalik. "As president, I look forward to representing the national voice of Inuit youth," stated Kaviok in a news release.
Comedy fundraiser this weekend
Comedians Dave Hemstad and Derek Edwards will be performing at the Midnight Sun Complex Friday, June 16. The event is a fundraiser for the Children First Society, in partnership with the Inuvik Arctic and Emerging Technologies show and the Town of Inuvik. Tickets will be available at the MSC.
Marines complete project
Eighteen marines with the Marine Forces Reserve completed engineering projects to increase force protection measures at the Canadian Forces Forward Operating Location Inuvik during their annual training May 26 to June 9.
Inuvik is one of several forward operating locations maintained by the Royal Canadian Air Force in conjunction with North American Aerospace Defense Command. The marines spent most of their time reconstructing the fencing around the area, which had deteriorated over time due to seasonal changes in the topmost layer of soil.
Flat earth still in question
Steve Labhan, Landsat international ground station network manager, had to take a moment to think about a curveball question he received while in Inuvik for the Landsat Technical Working Group meeting last week.
He was asked his opinion of Flat Earth Theory, which submits that satellites might not exist at all and instead are part of a wide-ranging conspiracy theory to convince people the planet is round.
"I really don't have any educated, good response to that," he laughed.
"There's always theories out there."
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