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Newsbriefs: Friday, June 23, 2017
City seeks input on tourism levy
The city is asking residents to give their views on tourism promotion and a potential hotel levy. The levy is being proposed on visitor accommodation in order to raise money for the city to fund a destination marketing organization focused on promoting Yellowknife.
The city wants residents to complete an online survey and give their opinion on: what the city should do to promote tourism, how the city should raise money to promote it and what percentage a hotel levy should be.
- Emelie Peacock
Name change for Aboriginal Day
Aboriginal Day will be getting a name change next year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday the federal government intends to rename it National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde stated in the news release he supports the change.
- Emelie Peacock
Artist wins conservation prize
A local photographer and illustrator has won a Canadian Wildlife Federation Award.
Announced yesterday, Paul Vecsei from Yellowknife was awarded the Roderick Haig-Brown Award for Conservation Through Fisheries. He won the award for his role in discovering that the ciscoes of Great Slave Lake were more diverse than previously understood in the scientific community.
Vecsei's award was one of eight conservation awards given out by the Canadian Wildlife Federation.
- Emelie Peacock
Man charged in fatal crash denied bail
A man charged with impaired driving causing death in a Victoria Day weekend crash on the Ingraham Trail has been denied bail. Joshua Moore, 29, appeared in front of Justice of the Peace Kevin Dennis for a bail hearing last Thursday. The next day, Dennis refused to grant Moore bail. The reasons for his decision are covered by a publication ban. Moore faces several charges in connection with the May 21 crash that saw the car he was allegedly driving end up in a pond off the Ingraham Trail, near Prosperous Lake. Karen Lafferty, 30, of Behchoko was killed in the crash.
- John McFadden
Newsbriefs: Thursday, June 22, 2017
Free public concert
Les Tireux D'Roches will be performing at the Jim Koe Park Sunday, June 25.
Formed in 1998, the band is a Quebec music group who explore the sounds of traditional folklore of their home province.
The event will start at 5 p.m. and is free to attend.
ICC celebrates 40 great years
The Inuit Circumpolar Council celebrated its 40th anniversary June 15.
Chair Okalik Eegeesiak called on the global community to work together with Inuit to ensure a viable future for the Arctic.
"As the world looks to the Arctic for shipping, resources, fisheries and sovereignty, Inuit are celebrating the advances ICC has made over the past 40 years building upon a vision of the Arctic that we want for our children and grandchildren in the next 40 years," he stated in a news release.
ICC is a permanent participant at the Arctic Council and holds Consultative Status II at the United Nations.
Science camp for First Nations and Inuit
Space for up to five First Nations and Inuit students ages 12 to 15 is available at the First Nations and Inuit National Science Camp in Regina and Saskatoon this July.
The week-long camp is hosted by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada â•„ NT Region in partnership with the First Nations University of Canada and local First Nations.
All costs for participation in the camp, including travel, meals and accommodations, will be provided. Costs for a chaperone to take each participant to a local departure point will be covered as well.
To be considered, a letter of recommendation must be provided from a community leader, teacher or principal outlining why the student should represent the regional at this national camp.
The deadline to apply is June 23.
Three new aboriginal tourism champions named
The Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment announced three recipients of this year's aboriginal tourism champions program.
The aboriginal tourism champions are Agatha Laboucan, from Lutsel K'e; Juanita Sangris, from Dettah; and Belinda Blackduck, from Gameti.
Each one will receive funds to support tourism development activities, such as hosting community meetings. The program is designed to support aboriginal tourism development across the territory.
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