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Publication mail Contract #40012157 "I think people put a lot of reliance on this addiction and trauma facility, which is a much-needed facility. But that is not the (be all, end all)." 7 71605 00200 2 – Health Minister George Hickes on the treatment centre to be built in , page 3. 2 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 3 Did we get it wrong? feature news êΩËîΩÇéíÇÀîᓄê á·∆¿ÖÀî Nunavut News is committed to getting facts and names right. With that goes a commitment to acknowledge mistakes and run corrections. If you Addiction and trauma facility is spot an error in Nunavut News/North, call (867) 979- 5990 and ask to speak to an editor, or email editor- [email protected]. We'll get a correction or clarification in as soon as we can. not a 'fix-all solution,': advocate News Programming must be readily available for those who cannot Briefs receive treatment away from home by Rajnesh Sharma ᐊᓛᓇ ᑰᑉᓚᓐ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ Northern News Services "ᑕᓗᕈᒃᑯᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ" ᑮᓇᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓵᒃᓯᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦ Iqaluit ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. "ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᕿᓂᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒥᒍᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ An addiction and trauma facility in the territory will benefit Nunavummiut, but it is ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᓕᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᑮᓇᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ not a "fix-all solution," says Alanna Copland, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ," ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑰᑉᓚᓐ. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓗᑎᒃ a mental health advocate. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ According to the 33-year-old Inuk, every ᐃᓵᒃᓯᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦ community needs a mental health worker ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂᒃ and "sufficient" staff to ensure adequate and ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᑎᑦᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ "efficient" services are available for Nuna- ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ 18-ᒧᑦ. vummiut. "ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ "Programming to facilitate those services ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ," within a community needs to be readily avail- ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᑕᔭ ᕗᕇᓱ, ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᙱᖦᖢᓂ able for those who do not require treatment ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᔨᐅᓯᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ. in a facility away from home," said Copland. ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒃ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᑦ 13-ᒧᑦ "Not every Nunavummiut will be going to ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖃᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ the facility." ᒥᖑᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑎᒥᒥᒍᑦ Additionally, mental health needs to be ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ addressed in the school curriculum. A man- ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖃᖅᑐᑦ 14-ᓂᒃ 18-ᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᕐᓗᑎᒃ datory course about mental health should be ᐃᓱᒪᒥᒍᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ. required for graduation, explained the law ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᒥᖑᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ student. ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂᒡᓗ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᓂᒃ "Mental health needs to be taught in all ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ schools, to normalize and end the stigma ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᑎᒍᑦ ᒥᖑᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ, surrounding mental illnesses," said Copland. ᖃᓄᖅ ᓴᓇᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᔪᖏᑦᑐᑦ "Nunavut Arctic College must also provide ᓴᓇᙳᐊᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ mental health programs to train and hire Rajnesh Sharma/NNSL photo ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ. Nunavummiut to become mental health work- ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ 12-ᓂᒃ: 9–ᓂᒃ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᓂᖅᓴᓂᑦ Alanna Copland writes mental disorders and the word "stigma" on her ers." face ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᑦ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ According to Copland, such action will during the mental health protest in Iqaluit. "Mental illness is an invis- ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᒥᖑᐊᖅᑕᖏᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓵᒃᓯᒪᒋᑦ greatly reduce high turnover rates of employ- ible illness and so I thought putting words to my face would make them ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦ 2021–ᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᖅᓯᐅᑎᓂ. ees hired from the south, as well as make stand out," says Copland. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᖏᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ progress toward eliminating cultural and lan- ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 16-ᒥ ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 10-ᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ guage barriers. the federal government, said Savikataaq. "I ance on this addiction and trauma facility, ᐃᓱᓕᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᓗᑎᒃ. On June 26, Copland, who is originally wish it could be built tomorrow." which is a much-needed facility. But that is please see Embrace, page 10 from Arviat, organized a mental health protest A few days after the protest, on June 29, not the (be all, end all)." in Iqaluit. Nearly 150 protesters expressed Health Minister George Hickes told Nunavut Hickes said individuals can call the hotline ᐃᑯᐊᓪᓚᒃᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᒡᓗ concerns at the urgent need for mental health News, "I fully acknowledge that we need to for mental health as well as meet with a com- ᐃᓂᒃᓴᐅᙱᓕᕐᓂᖓ education and services in the territory. continue to expand the mental health capacity munity mental health worker, psychologist or ᖁ ᕐᓗᖅᑐ ᖅ At the protest, Premier in the territory. But please don't take those psychiatrist. ᐃᑯᐊᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ ᐊᖑᑎᒧᑦ assured the crowd that mental health issues in successes away from the people that are "There are mental health workers, psych- ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖃᙱᓕᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ Nunavut are not being ignored. The plan is to working in the healthcare field that are doing ologists, psychiatrists, mental health nurses, ᐋᓐᓂᖅᑐᖃᓚᐅᖏᑉᐳᖅ ᓯᑉᑕᐱᕆ 25-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. build an addiction treatment centre in Iqaluit everything that they can with what we're able that are working in the community. They're ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐹᑎᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ with money from the federal government. to provide for them as resources." doing an unbelievable job under challenging ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᑕᐃᑯᙵᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ "I'm sorry we have not got the money from He added, "I think people put a lot of reli- circumstances." ᒥᓯᒋᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓂᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒐᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑑᑉ ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᐊᓂᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᒍᐊᑕᓐ ᕼᐃᑯᒥᒃ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᒧᖅᑳᖓᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ. ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᐃᕆᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓂᕐᓗᒡᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᖓ 'ᑭᓱᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᑐᖅᓲᖕᓂ ᐃᑯᐊᓪᓚᖕᓂᖅᖢᓂ ᓯᒡᒐᓖᒥᒃ ᖃᒥᑦᓯᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᑯᐊᓚᓕᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖅᑭᒃᓯᓂᐅᙱᓚᖅ,': ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ 4:45 ᐅᓐᓄᐊᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕼᐃᑯᒥᒃ. ᐳᓛᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᕿᓱᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐃᑯᐊᓪᓚᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᖅᓲᖕᓃᑦᑐᕕᓂᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᑯᐊᓛᓗᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖏᑕ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᖃᒥᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑯᐊᓛᖅᑐᒥᒃ. please see Fire, page 10 ᐅᐃᕆᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓂᕐᓗᒡᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᖓ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. 150–ᑲᓴᖕᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᒥᒃ "ᑭᓱᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐊᖅᑭᒃᓯᓂᐅᙱᓚᖅ," ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓛᓇ ᑰᑉᓚᓐ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᒥ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ 33-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᓄᒃ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓂ, ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᔫ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ "ᐊᑑᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ" ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ. ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᒃᓯᓐᓇᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᙱᓚᑦ. ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ "ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐅᐃᕆᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᒃᓴᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᑎᑦᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓅᒃᑐᑎᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ "ᒪᒥᐊᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᓱᓕ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᓯᒪᙱᓐᓇᑦᑕ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖏᑕ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑰᑉᓚᓐ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ. "ᑕᕝᕙᑐᖅ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᐅᒃᐸᑦ." ᑖᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᖢᓂ "ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᓕᐊᔾᔮᙱᓚᑦ." ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᕐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓂ, ᔫᓂ 29–ᒥ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᒃᑲᓂᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ. ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᔪᐊᔾ ᕼᐃᒃᔅ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐃᒪᐃᑦ ᑕᓯᑦ ᑰᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ "ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᖓ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓰᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᒥ, ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓐᓄᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖅᓵᖅᑕᐅᙱᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᒥᐅᑦ. "ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑭᓱᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓂᑦ, ᓱᖏᐅᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᓂᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᓗᑎᒃ." ᐱᐅᒋᔭᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓂᕆᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ. ᑕᓗᕈᒃᑯᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, "ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓯᕐᔪᐊᒃᑲᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒡᓗ "ᕿᓂᖁᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑰᑉᓚᓐ. "ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖓ ᑐᓂᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᕆᕗᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐆᒧᖓ ᐅᐃᕆᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓂᕐᓗᒡᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ "ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᒍᒪᓯᒪᔭᒥᖕᓂᒃ" ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂ, ᐱᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒥ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᓇ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᒥᐅᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᑦ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒋᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ (ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᙱᓚᖅ ᐊᓯᖃᔮᙱᓪᓗᓂ)." ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᕐᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᓇᔨᙳᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ." ᕼᐃᒃᔅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᓗᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓄᐊᓂ, ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑰᑉᓚᓐᒧᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᒃᓴᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦᑕ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᒥᒃᖠᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕈᓐᓃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᒥ, ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐅᕌᓂᒃᐸᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒥᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂ 8:30 ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ, ᐃᓱᒪᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓄᓪᓗ. ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ 5:00-ᒧᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐲᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ "ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᓂ, ᐃᓱᒪᓕᕆᔨᓂᑦ, please see Poster, page 10 ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒡᕕᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ. ᔫᓂ 26–ᒥ, ᑰᑉᓚᓐ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᖅ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᒪᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᕗᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ." 4 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 news ᓄĪØflî ᒥᐊᕆ ᓘ ᒧᕼᐋᒥᑦ ᖁᖓᔮᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᕕᐊᓱᒃᖢᓂ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ– No trees, no problem ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓵᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖓᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ . Special surprise built for young Cambridge Bay resident

by Rita Pigalak treehouse/dollhouse for my little one. Northern News Services/ "Not thinking anything of it, the next day when I Local Journalism Initiative saw him he already had a construction plan asking if Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay it was good. Both my wife and I said, 'yes, of course'!" Children have many happy dreams – boys and girls Wiz and his wife made a few trips bringing con- love playing in treehouses and forts, unfortunately there struction materials to Botehlo-Resende's shop. "Next are not trees in the North to build such things. However, thing we saw, Mary Lou's treehouse was under con- one lucky little individual, Mary Lou Mohammed of struction." Cambridge Bay, had her dream come true this past On the day of delivery her parents made plans for weekend. her to be at the youth centre with a friend until after Mary Lou enjoys her time outdoors and had been dark, giving the adults sufficient time for the structure asking her parents increasingly over the past few years to be transported and set on the platform that was built to build her a dollhouse or treehouse at their cabin. for it. Over time – and with the added prodding from When Mary Lou was picked up she was given a another relative who spent time with Mary Lou at the flashlight, to her confusion, but it all made sense once cabin – her father Wiz Mohammed bought sufficient she reached the back yard and shone the light on the materials to build a playhouse. Due to the later-than- finished project. expected arrival of the materials combined with poor "She looked back at the both of us with one of the weather the project was delayed further. biggest smiles and asked if that was for her," Wiz said. While visiting a colleague, Valter Botehlo-Resndes, Mary Lou spent the evening playing with her cousin, owner of Aliak Consulting Ltd., Wiz noticed a cabin moving toys, foamies, blankets and more into the "Bar- photo courtesy of Wiz Mohammed that was currently under construction. "So I said to him bie House" as she now calls it, the fun carrying on over Mary Lou Mohammed beams with happiness outside her newly- in jest, perhaps when you are not busy you can build a the weekend as friends flocked to the new playhouse. constructed playhouse in Cambridge Bay. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 5 news ᓄĪØflî More jobs, greater royalty payments attached to Hope Bay sale: TMAC Representatives from TMAC Resources and Shandong Gold Mining make a case for mining deal

by Derek Neary The federal department, however, ᑐᐊᕆᔅ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᒎᓗᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ ᑲᑉᐱᕼᐃᓕᖅᑑᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ, 160 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᓂ ᓂᒋᕐᒥ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᕐᒥ Northern News Services included a reference to an April 18 ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ, ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓴᐃᓇᒧᑦ Shandong ᒎᓗᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, Kitikmeot Government of Canada policy state- ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᒍᓂ. ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑎᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕋᐃᕗᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ $700 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ Editor's note: This is the first in ment that indicated Ottawa "will ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ. a two-part series on the implica- subject certain foreign investments tions of a potential sale of TMAC into Canada to enhanced scrutiny Resources, operators of the Hope under the Investment Canada Act," Bay gold mine. including all foreign investments by TMAC Resources is promoting state-owned investors. the long-term advantages of sell- Shandong is partly owned by the ing its assets, including the Hope Chinese state. Bay gold mine, to China's Shandong At the territorial level, the Gov- Gold Mining amid the unpredict- ernment of Nunavut has provided ability of Covid-19 and uncertainty conditional support for the sale. over the federal government and the , minister Kitikmeot Association's stance responsible for mines, said in the on the pending transaction. legislative assembly on Sept 22: "As Several mine workers at Hope long as the proponent (Shandong) Bay tested positive for the corona- respects and honours what the terms photo courtesy of TMAC Resources virus in late September and the and conditions are for the environ- The Doris North gold mine on the Hope Bay property, 160 kilometres southwest of Cambridge company subsequently imposed a mental reviews that have taken place Bay, could change hands to China's Shandong Gold Mining, if federal approval is granted. The temporary travel embargo. and the Inuit Impact Benefits Agree- prospective buyer is willing to sink close to $700 million into expanding operations, says the TMAC shareholders approved ment, that is the support that we are the $149 million (U.S.) sale to Shan- giving to the company." CEO of a Canadian subsidiary. dong in June, but the Government of Although the GN has made a for- Canada still must decide whether a mal submission to the Government do have in place," the minister said. 1,100-square-km Hope Bay prop- meot region prior to the onset of the national security review is required. of Canada on the potential purchase, Those assurances were made erty. To achieve that, the Chinese pandemic. However, the number of The Kitikmeot Inuit Association that correspondence hasn't been pre- last week by representatives of the entity is willing to invest close to workers at the Doris North camp fell reiterated on Sept. 28 that it will pared for tabling in the legislative parties involved in the pending $700 million to further develop to approximately 140 at the end of not comment on the status of Hope assembly for MLAs or the general transaction. Alex Buchan, TMAC's Hope Bay and that could rise to the second quarter of 2020. Bay until the federal government has public to view, Akeeagok noted. vice-president of corporate social closer to $1 billion in the future, At its peak in 2019, Hope Bay announced its decision. He added that the GN has worked responsibility and Mark Wall, CEO according to Wall. provided work for 70 full-time A TMAC news release on Aug. 13 closely with the Kitikmeot Inuit of Streamers Gold, a Canadian sub- As the production of gold grows equivalent Inuit employees, accord- stated that Ottawa extended its timeline Association, which is doing its own sidiary of Shandong, said TMAC at Hope Bay – potentially doubling ing to Buchan. until Oct. 19 to determine whether a due diligence. Any business that's doesn't have the money to expand – so too will the royalty payments to "We have a very desperate need national security review is in order. going to be working in the region operations at Hope Bay, which is the Kitikmeot Inuit Association and of wages, of investment in our region However, a statement from Innovation, will be expected to "honour a num- necessary to make the site eco- Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, as as we are socio-economically the Science and Economic Development ber of key things. Inuit employ- nomically feasible. A sale therefore well as the taxes paid, said Wall. The most disadvantaged part of the Canada on Sept. 28 said the govern- ment is one, the Inuit Impact Benefit became necessary. number of jobs will also rise. Nunavut territory here in the west," ment cannot provide specific details of Agreements are another and also Shandong was the only com- Hope Bay, where first gold was he said. individual transactions "due to confi- that they respect our environment pany interested in keeping Doris achieved in February 2017, was the Next week: Trying to allay suspi- dentiality provisions." and the regulatory regime that we North as an operating mine on the largest private employer in the Kitik- cions about China 'We felt like we were taken away to the dark side of the moon,' says Grise Fiord Elder Larry Audlaluk's memoir tells the stories of the forced relocations to Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay ᓕᐊᕆ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓗᒃ ᓅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒧᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ 1953–ᒥ by Rajnesh Sharma affected deeply," he said. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒫᓐᓇ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ–ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥ. Northern News Services "Our parents felt betrayed and had no recourse and Ausuittuq/Grise Fiord sometimes took out their anger on their children," he Author Larry Audlaluk's first book is a memoir of his wrote in his memoir. relocation experience to the High Arctic and its impacts "I developed a very short temper and very quick reac- on his family and him. What I Remember, What I Know: tion to any situation. Many times, I attribute it to the The Life of a High Arctic Exile, took about two years to experience I inherited from my parents," said Audlaluk. write, said Audlaluk, adding it was "very therapeutic." "We were literally prisoners on Ellesmere Island," said "Many tears were involved because it's very emotion- Audlaluk. "We were forced to stay in one little place." al," said the 69-year-old Elder from Grise Fiord. Almost seven decades later, Audlaluk is now the "There were days when I just simply cried alone." second longest-living resident of Grise Fiord. Audlaluk was almost three years old when his family Surviving relocation also allowed many Inuit to was relocated by the Canadian government from Nunavik develop a "strong tenacity," he explained. to the High Arctic in 1953. Inuit were forced to become "No matter how low a person can spiral down to pioneers of Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay, said the author. depression and have the feeling of gloom and doom, it's The government misled the Inuit with lies about the not the end of the world for them," said the Elder. "There's High Arctic, said Audlaluk, who was born in Uugaqsiu- always hope." vik. Audlaluk was motivated to write this memoir with The mental anguish from the lies and "broken prom- the hope people will understand what happened to Inuit ises" had "lasting effects for many of us," explained the during their relocation in the early 1950s. Elder. Although it was a "very emotional" experience to "We felt like we were taken away to the dark side of write the book, he said he feels proud of his accomplish- the moon," he said, adding, "We were deeply hurt." ment. In his book, he wrote, "The dark season was a total "But I didn't do it alone," he emphasized. He is also surprise to my relatives. This neglect had a lasting psych- proud of all the people who had the courage to share their photo courtesy of Inhabit Media ological effect on the adults." stories about relocation for his book. Larry Audlaluk was relocated to the High Arctic in 1953 and "My mother had these moments of anger that came The memoir is available in English this October. It can now is the second-longest living resident in Grise Fiord. out of nowhere and you realize her mental state was be ordered online at inhabitbooks.com. 6 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 7 news ᓄĪØflî 'Only a fraction of the work' Northern Affairs Minister defines what the speech from the throne means for Nunavut by Derek Neary dence that the federal government is address- which Inuit will manage in Nunavut. employment strategy and plan. NTI is further Northern News Services ing the issue. "That's something that is absolutely historic committed to work with the Government of Nunavut "But we realize that's only a fraction of the because every nation should have the right to Canada to address the conditions and deter- Affordable housing, particularly for work that needs to get done," the minister said, take care of their own children. It's the enhan- minants of health that promote tuberculosis Indigenous people and Northern communities, adding that improving infrastructure is also a cing of languages and culture," the minister transmission which are the same ones that got a mention in the federal government's Sept. priority for the North. Energy-efficient retro- said, adding that a language bill has also been increase the risk of widespread Covid-19 and 23 speech from the throne. fits, clean energy and rural broadband were co-developed to encourage Indigenous lan- other communicable diseases; overcrowded Although it appears on page 19 of the writ- all included as areas for improvement in the guage promotion and enhancement. and poorly-ventilated housing. ten version of the speech, Northern Affairs throne speech. "Our government has invested, financially, "Finally, NTI applauds the focus on health Minister Dan Vandal said affordable housing Another aspect of the national address that more dollars in partnership with Indigenous care access, climate change, food security and remains the issue that arises most often in his Vandal highlighted was reconciliation with nations than any government in recent mem- the blue economy." Northern travels. Indigenous people, including the Inuit. The ory," said Vandal. "We are making progress, Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA John Asked for specifics on what further the speech from the throne, delivered by Governor believe it or not, but the problem is the gaps are Main's opinion of the throne speech was that Government of Canada plans to do on that General Julie Payette, promises to co-develop so large that the progress is hardly noticeable. "there's a lot to be encouraged by." front, the minister referenced a new $1-billion Inuit health legislation and a mental health and So we need to continue what we're doing – we Speaking in the Nunavut legislative assem- national "rapid housing" program to convert wellness strategy. need to do more of it and we need to do it for bly on Sept. 24, Main credited the federal vacant buildings into residences, which he said "From there we're going to look for money a long time." government for its leadership role in respond- is applicable to Nunavut. in the budget to help those initiatives," Vandal The throne speech also focused on policing ing to Covid-19. He added that he was pleased Vandal also cited a $700-million, 10-year said. and justice reforms. Vandal said he's "absolute- to see pledges to improve access to daycares, housing agreement with the three Northern There has been some movement on rec- ly" supportive of body cameras being deployed assist Elders, ensure everyone has access to a territories and a $300-million, 10-year housing onciliation, such as the co-development of an for RCMP officers in Nunavut. He also noted doctor or a primary care team and to acceler- agreement with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami as evi- Indigenous child and family services branch, that the Government of Canada is modernizing ate investments in shelters and transitional training for police, establishing a national stan- housing. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᑖᓐ ᕚᓐᑎᐅᓪ: "ᐃᖏᕐᕋᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ, dard on the use of force and facilitating civilian Premier Joe Savikataaq said in every inter- ᐅᒃᐱᕆᒍᕕᐅᒃ ᐋᒃᑲᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᑰᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᓗᐊᕐᓂᑯᒥᒃ oversight for law enforcement agencies. action he has with the prime minister and fed- ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖓ ᐅᔾᔨᕐᓇᓗᐊᙱᑉᐳᖅ." eral ministers, he always emphasizes Nunavut's Nunavut leadership infrastructure deficit. 'cautiously optimistic' "My saying has been that we are so far Northern Affairs Land claims organization Nunavut Tunnga- behind that we're not even at the starting line Minister Dan Van- vik Inc. (NTI) stated that it's "cautiously opti- and that the federal government has to do dal: "We are making mistic" following the throne speech. some nation-building within Nunavut so that progress, believe it "NTI looks forward to working with the we can at least get to the starting line," said or not, but the prob- Government of Canada to begin working Savikataaq. lem is the gaps are toward what the speech from the throne identi- The premier said the territory has a shortfall fied as joint ambitions, in true partnership to of more than 3,000 houses to meet existing so large that the achieve transformative change," the organiza- needs and that the number of new homes added progress is hardly tion wrote in a news release. each year doesn't even meet growing demand. noticeable." "NTI remains committed to achieving "We are going further behind on our hous- NNSL file photo self-sufficiency through a made-in-Nunavut ing needs instead of lessening the gap there," workforce by establishing a joint Inuit pre- he said. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᑭᐅᕗᑦ ᑯᐃᓐᒥ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᓂᑦ; ᐸᖕᒥᐅᓗᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᖅᑭᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᒃᑲᒃᑎᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ "ᐅᔾᔨᖅᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᑦᑎᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ" ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑯᐃᓐᒥ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᐅᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. "ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖃᙱᑦᑐᒃᑯᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ "ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᑲᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖃᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ. ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᑯᐃᓐᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ, ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᔫ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓗᒃᑖᓂ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᐅᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒫᓘᑉ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕆᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔪᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ." ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᓂ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓰᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᓴᖑᑎᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓂᐅᔪᓂ," ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂ-ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᔮᓐ ᒪᐃᓐ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᙱᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ. "ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓂᕆᔭᖓ ᑯᐃᓐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ "ᐅᖃᖅᑕᓐᓂ ᑭᖑᕙᓯᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐅᕙᓃᙱᓐᓇᑦᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅᓱᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕘᓇ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ– "ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᕈᑎᒃᓴᖅᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ." ᐱᒋᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ- ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖁᑎᓕᖕᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕝᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᓪᓘᓐᓃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ–ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᒍᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 24–ᒥ, ᒪᐃᓐ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᕕᖓᓄᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕋᑦᑕ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᕗᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᒐᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᐃᔪᓂ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ 3,000–ᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᓂᑦ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᖅᐸᒌᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᐃᕆᕝᕕᖕᓄᑦ, ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᐳᕙᒡᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓲᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓂ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᑭᐅᕙᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓇᒥᑐᐃᓈᓘᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓘᒃᑖᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ. 8 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 Editorial & Opinions Published Mondays wh mK5 Office: 626 Tumiit Plaza, Iqaluit, NU Box 28, X0A 0H0 Comments and views from NUNAVUT NEWS/north and letters to the editor Reporters: Rajnesh Sharma, Derek Neary, Rita Pigalak Advertising: Phone: (867) 979-5990 Fax: (867) 979-6010 Toll free: (855) 447-2584 ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓂᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᓖᑦ Email: [email protected] Website: www.nnsl.com/nunavutnews ᐸᓖᓯᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖃᓲᖑᒋᕗᑦ ᐱᓂᕐᓗᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑎᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑎᑐᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ

Kivalliq office: Box 657, Rankin Inlet, NU, X0C 0GO ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑮᒍᑎᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᓕ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ Darrell Greer – Bureau Chief ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒪᐃᑕᒫᒥ. ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᖁᑭᐅᓯᔭᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᐃᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᓘᑎᓂᑦ ᖀᒥᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᕕᓂᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ Phone: (867) 645-3223 ᓇᓗᓇᙱᓚᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒐᔪᓗᐊᓕᖅᐳᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᙱᖦᖢᑎᒃ. Fax: (867) 645-3225 ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Email: [email protected] ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓱᓇᒐᕐᒥ ᖃᓂᒋᔮᒎᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒧᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᔪᓂ Website: www.nnsl.com/kivalliqnews ᒥᒃᖠᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᑭᕆᐊᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓇᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑕᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᓱᓕ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑎᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕙᒃᑭᕗᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑕᐅᕙᓂ ᐅᖓᑎᑦᑎᐊᖓᓂ. ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᒥᒧᑦ Production facilities: Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1 ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑐᐊᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᑐᐊᖅ. ᑕᐅᑐᙳᐊᕆᑦ ᐃᓂᖓᓃᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᑕᔪᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ. ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ Phone: (867) 873-4031 ᒥᑭᓗᐊᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔮᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎ ᑕᓂᔅ ᐹᑐᓴᓐ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ Fax: (867) 873-8507 ᐸᒡᕕᓵᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ. ᐃᓄᖕᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᖁᑭᐊᒻᒥ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᔫᓂᒥ Email: [email protected] ᐃᖅᑲᐃᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᑎᐱᕆᒥ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔪᓐᓃᑐᐃᓐᓇᒐᒃᓴᐅᙱᓚᖅ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᓗᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒡᕕᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᓂ [email protected] [email protected] ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓂᑦᑎᐊᓕᕐᓗᓂ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᖓ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ Website: www.nnsl.com ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐅᓪᓘᔪᒥ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᑭᐅᔨᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ. ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᓂᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑖᓐ ᕚᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ Founder (1934-2018): J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᕕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᙳᓵᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᖕᒪᑕ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ PUBLISHER, CEO: Bruce Valpy – [email protected] ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᐃᖅᑎᑦᑎᒐᓱᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑲᒥᓂᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᑎᒥᒧᑦ ᐊᑕᔪᓂ Chief Financial Officer: Judy Triffo ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓱᔪᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕈᑎᓂ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. COORDINATING EDITOR: Craig Gilbert – [email protected] "ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒃᓯᓐᓇᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ" ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑐᓴᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑭᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓚᕆᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ ACCOUNTING: [email protected] ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᐅᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᓲᕐᓗ "ᐃᒃᐱᒋᙱᓪᓗᒍ" ᐊᒻᒪᓗ "ᐱᓕᕆᓗᑎᒃ" ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒧᖓ. ᑎᒥᒧᑦ Florie Mariano • Cindy Minor • Salleah Wagas ᐱᓂᕐᓗᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐸᓖᓯᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ. ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ. ᓱᓕᒍᓂ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐊᑕᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕈᑎᑦ ᖃᓱᑎᑦᑎᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ Editorial board: ᑎᓴᒪᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓱᑲᖓᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ Bruce Valpy • Craig Gilbert• Emily McInnis ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᕆᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ – ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ – ᑭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐸᓖᓰᑦ ᓵᙵᒐᔪᓲᖑᒋᕗᑦ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᐅᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ NEWS EDITOR Emily McInnis ᐅᖃᓗᖕᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᑕᒪᐃᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ, ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕘᓇ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ. ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒃᑎᒍᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᖃᔅᓰᖅᓱᖅᖢᑕ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. Editorial Production: [email protected] ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᖕᒥ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖁᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᓴᓲᖑᕗᒍᑦ "ᑯᑰᓰᑦ" ᐊᒻᒪᓗ "f*** ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ?" ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓄᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᓯᒪᒋᕗᖅ ᖁᑭᖅᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᕝᕗᐊᕐᕕᐅᕙᒃᐳᑦ, ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒐᔪᙱᓚᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ Sports: James McCarthy – [email protected] Arts: [email protected] ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 2018–ᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓄᑦ ᑑᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐃᓅᔪᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖓᓂ, Business: [email protected] ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᑦ ᐹᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐄ, ᐱᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐸᓖᓯᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅᑕᐅᖅ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐸᓖᓯᓯᐅᒻᒥ ᐊᑐᕈᓂ ᐋᒃᑲᓘᓐᓃᑦ. Advertising production Production co-ordinator: Jennifer Reyes Randy Hiebert • Joshua Uson

ADVERTISING Baffin – Laura Whittle [email protected] Kivalliq/Kitikmeot [email protected] All departments: A uniform plight [email protected] National: James Boylan Classified Advertising: Police officers prone to trauma just like the Nunavummiut they serve [email protected] Northern News Services CIRCULATION – [email protected] "pigs" and "f*** the police?" Some- Circulation Director: Amy Yang Jewala Jhankur Mental Health Week is recognized The issue: times they're spat at, sometimes in Nunavut each May. mental health they're punched. Subscriptions: One year mail $70 It inevitably provokes discussion Yes, there are bad cops too. That's Online (entire content) $50/year, $35/6 months on maximizing the limited resources We say: been proven and there are still available to Nunavummiut in hopes rcmp not immune to crisis others who have committed despic- of curtailing the territory's extra- able acts without any retribution. ordinary and deeply troubling sui- another side effect of untreated But the ones who are well- NORTHERN NEWS SERVICES LIMITED cide rate. We all know that a single mental health issues. 100% Northern owned and operated intentioned and willing to put their Publishers of: week is far too little acknowledge- Some hunters in our territory well-being on the line for the sake of Inuvik Drum • Kivalliq News Yellowknifer • Hay River Hub ment of such a pervasive problem. have experienced an errant bullet Nunavummiut still wind up branded NWT News/North • Nunavut News/North A reminder arrived in Sep- whizzing past after another hunter Member of: the same way. Canadian Community Newspapers Association tember that the mental health fires, unaware that there's someone This brings us back to the need Ontario Community Newspapers Association Manitoba Community Newspapers Association crisis extends to some of our first else just over the horizon. That's for body cameras. Senator Dennis Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association responders. Four RCMP officers a terrifying experience in itself. Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association Patterson hosted a roundtable in Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta Press Councils who all served at Nunavut detach- Imagine then being in the boots of June to examine the hurdles that Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce ments filed a lawsuit against the Mounties who are deliberately being are preventing from the technology Contents copyright – printed in the North by Canarctic Graphics Limited federal government. They're seeking targeted by the person on the other being deployed in Nunavut. North- damages for "systemic negligence" end of the rifle barrel. It's not the ern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal We acknowledge the Nous reconnaissons financial support of l'appui financier du because the government and the type of thing most people can shrug reaffirmed to Nunavut News last the Government of gouvernement du Canada. Canada. police force allegedly failed to prop- off, go home and fall into a peaceful week that he's committed to seeing erly address the trauma that these slumber, knowing that their life very Member of the Ontario Press Council. The Ontario Press body cameras adopted in our terri- Council was created to defend freedom of the press officers endured. well could have come to an end that tory. on behalf of the public and press alike and to consider specific, unsatisfied complaints from readers about the The four Mounties described day. We absolutely must hold polit- conduct of the press in gathering and publishing news, opinion and advertising. being subjected to violence – some The four RCMP officers say they icians' feet to the fire on this. Body Complaints should go to: of it disturbingly extreme – while were met with resistance and cameras won't relieve all of the ten- The Ontario Press Council, 2 Carlton St., Suite 1706 Toronto, Ont., M5B 1J3 responding to calls for assistance in humiliation when they did inform sions and mistrust between Nuna- Email: [email protected] Fax: 1-416-340-8724 www.ontpress.com various Nunavut communities. The their superiors of needing mental vummiut and police, but they will court document also makes men- health support. 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Letters of more than 200 words, open let- Mounties also face backlash from ters and those published elsewhere are seldom used. inside a residence with a firearm, just how difficult a time the next We reserve the right to edit for length or taste and are unfortunately too common and the general public, in person and via to eliminate inaccurate or libelous statements. person is having, whether in uniform which, in some cases, could be social media. How often do we hear or not. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 9 editorial – opinions whmK5 ᐃᕗ ᐊᐃᕈᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ – ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᐲᑕ ᐃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. Remembering Yvo Airut is easy, letting him go is harder Yvo Airut grew up in Naujaat - Aivilik - Repulse Bay. companions traveled from Rankin Inlet to places such as Arctic As a childhood friend, we grew up together in Naujaat. He Bay, promoting his Yamaha snowmobiles. And no doubt, many was a bit older than I was and he always had a great sense of people from there will remember him as well. humour. As a businessman he became involved with Kivalliq Chamber As young boys we would play together. I of Commerce and a role model for many Inuit, remember one time, he had a nice toy boat, made who wanted to start their own business and many by his father. As traditional people, most of our Inuit followed his example. Not only did he help little toys were all home-made. Sometimes we the people of Kivalliq Region, he helped many would play together with the other boys with our Guest other people across Nunavut. toy boats at Tasiraaluk, a large pond in Naujaat. comment He was a father and raised wonderful chil- Or sometimes, we would play football, with the dren in Rankin Inlet. My family is friends with one and only football in Naujaat, which belonged with Piita Irniq his family. In the past several years when he to the Roman Catholic Church. was not well anymore and living in Iglulik, I I remember when he and his parents and would call him, just to make him feel good and siblings were leaving by dog team from Naujaat to Kangiqliniq that someone is thinking of him. - Rankin Inlet in May 1962. I was sad to see him and his family It was easy to laugh with Yvo. Not long ago I said to him: leaving because I was losing a friend. "Arnaqatiksautiga ... Hello my cousin to be in the future..." This The years went by and Yvo Airut was one of the first Inuit to is how we referred to each other in our lives. Yvo was always work at the mine in Lynn Lake. I saw him often between 1979 smart and answered: "I wonder when we will become full cous- and 1997 in Rankin Inlet. He already had Yvo Shop. Although ins ..." We both laughed. he was born on the land and traveled by dog team in Naujaat- Yvo Airut was well-liked by many people throughout Nuna- photo courtesy of Lisa Airut Aivilik, he became a very successful snowmobile and ATV vut, Northwest Territories and Canada. He will be missed for Yvo Airut was a prominent Kivalliq businessman dealer in Rankin Inlet. As an Inuk businessman, he was very his easy-going lifestyle, for his humour and great smiles! – he is remembered here by longtime friend Piita adaptable! Thank you Yvo Airut for having been our friend on earth. Irniq. In the early stages of his business I remember that he and his 'Til we meet again.

Cambridge Bay Work through the struggles, keep learning Tea Talk Northern News Services where different nations reside. made tools that our Ancestors used and with Navalik Tologanak HALLUQQARIT. HILA Today we celebrate the survivors and this is still carried on, it is so rewarding to ALIANAQHIJUQ. QANNIQPAK- those who have passed on after attending see this happening in our communities. email: [email protected] TUK KIHIMI TAMMAINNAQQUK. residential schools across Canada. It is now Today we have to work hard just to HIQINIQ ALIANAQGUUK. AIHI- time to move forward and to focus on how keep our language, culture and traditions MANGGNINNAMA PIKSAUTTIT the survivors must carry on with their lives. alive. Let us all work together to keep ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᓪᓕᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ QUNGNIAKPAKTATKA QARITAU- Many have struggles and many have these skills alive and strong, just like what ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ 2015–ᒥ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ JAMIT. EDMINTINMIITTUNGNA suffered many abuses, violence both phys- our beloved Ancestors wanted in their ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ PULAAQTARA PANINNUARA ING- ically and sexually. Many students lost dreams and our own dreams to come true ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ NUTARALU. NAAMMAINNAQTUT. their culture such as language, traditional and to vision the future for our grandchil- ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᑐᓄᐊᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓄᑦ–ᒪᐃᐳᓪ TAMNA AANIARUT PINGMAN HULI cultural skills and much more. Many did dren and for generations on and on. We ᐃᑎᒋᒃ, ᐊᐃᔅᓕᓐ ᐅᒥᐅᓪᒍᐃᑦᑐᖅ, ᐄᕙ ᐊᔭᓕᒃ, ᒨᓇ ANIQATTAQNAIKTUK. NIUVARIAMI not have parental skills. love you, don't give up and look after one ᐃᕕᑕᓕᒐᖅ, ᐋᑎᑖᖅ ᐃᕙᓗᐊᕐᔪᒃ, ᓇᕙᓛᓗᒃ ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ. NIQIHANIK KIHIMI. PULAAQATTAQ- Today we can learn our culture back, another. NAIKMAN INUNGNUNLU ILAVUTLU but it is hard, learning how to sew, speak I myself as a Grandmother still struggle AANIAQVIKMIITTUT AJUQNAKMAN our languages, go hunting and live to tell to learn to sew and want to carry on, no ILLAA. INUIN NAAMMAINAJAVUN stories of what the survivors went through matter how old I get, I still want to learn to ILLAA. NAAMMAKHIKNIAQPUHI. and to never see this ever happen again in sew. I am still learning my Inuinnaqtut and IHUMALUKPALAAQHIMAITTUMIK our homeland which we call Canada. will keep trying. I too make mistakes, I too AI. Today, many organizations, with fund- struggle with alcohol and low self-esteem, Welcome to beautiful Cambridge Bay, ing through the Canadian government, are but we can all work together to make our situated way up in the Arctic by the ocean, able to access funds to teach skills such as lives better and to make our children and the land of Inuinnait, polar bears – now sewing, hunting, making tools, language grandchildren a better place to live. grizzly bears too – and plenty of Arctic courses and much more. Our lives matter. Take good care. Don't char and much more. I see many young ladies and gentlemen ever forget who you are and where you Inuit still go hunting and live off the taking all kinds of courses being put on in came from and that our Ancestors will subsistence from the land, it is part of our our communities. This is so beautiful and it always look after us and it will make them life. When we don't eat our traditional is the greatest feeling to feel accomplished smile wherever we go in our lives. country foods from the land, we as Inuit and to be successful in many ways in our God Be With You Son. start to get sick physically, mentally. But lives. Our love to each of you and to thank Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo once we get some traditional food in us, all of our Elders for being kind and patient Here are participants who took the Qulliq making course in 2015. One of many we get instantly better, with more energy and to pass on their skills. cultural courses that are put on by the Kitikmeot Heritage Society out of Cambridge and we feel alive. That is the truth. It is Today Inuit can walk with pride wear- Bay, Nunavut. From back to front – Mabel Etegik, Aislyn Omilgoetok, Eva Ayalik, Mona soul food for us, like many other countries ing handmade clothing and using home- Evetalegak, Ateetak Evaloakjuk, Navalaalok Tologanak.

ᑭᓱ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓯᒪᔭᕐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ/ ᔫᑭᒻ ᐊᖑᓴᓪᓗᒃ ᑭᐊᓐᔭ ᕋᑦᑭᓐ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᒥ? "ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᑐᒃᑐᑕᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ "ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ street talk ᑐᓂᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖓ." ᐃᓄᑐᖃᑦᑎᓐᓂ." with Olusoga Tomoloju at Joachim Kenya Rudkin Maani Ulujuk High School in What is one thing you have Angoshadluk "To respect our Rankin Inlet "I must share land and our learned from an Elder? my first catch of Elders." caribou." ᑕᓂᔅ ᒪᓕᑭ-ᒪᓂᕐᓇᓕᒃ "ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᔪᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᕈᓂ, ᓂᕿᖓ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᕙᓖᓴ ᓇᐅᑲᑦᓯᒃ-ᖃᑉᓗᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᑯᐊᓛᖅ ᐱᓱᒃ ᓖᐊᒻ ᑕᑦᑐᐃᓂ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ. ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᕆᕗᖓ "ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ "ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ "ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᓐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᑭᓱᓕᒫᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ, ᓇᓕᐊᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᓇᑦᓯᕐᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᒃᓯᓐᓇᙱᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᒥ." ᐊᓄᕌᖅᐸᖕᓂᖓᓂ." ᓂᒃᐸᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐊᑯᓂᐊᓗᒃ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ." ᐊᓯᐅᔪᖃᕐᓂᖅᐸᑦ." Dennis Malliki- Felicia Naukatsik- Ikualaaq Pissuk Liam Tattuinee Manernaluk Kabluitok "I learned lots "I learned from my "I learned that when "I learned how to sew of hunting skills, Elder that land- a child gets his or her and about the weath- like waiting for a marks on the land first kill, the meat must er, which way the wind Natsiq. We had are important if be shared with other blows." to wait long." one gets lost." people." 10 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 Around Nunavut ∂´êÄ∏∂Ò ¥∂fl±´ Phone: (867) 979-5990 Email: [email protected] Fax: (867) 979-6010

Embrace Life Council seeks artists for mental health art contest ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ: ᑭᓪᓚᖅ ᐃᑯᒻᒪᖅ Nunavut ᐃᒡᓗ ᓕ ᒃ Embrace Life Council is holding a mental health art contest ᐊᔾᔨᓂᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᒦᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ: ᐊᐃᓴ ᐊᑭᑦᑎᕐᒧᑦ. for Nunavummiut aged 5 to 18. "The aim of it is to create art that we're hoping will inspire healthy living," said Nastassja Fraser, a volunteer for the organ- ization. It will also provide children and youth opportunities to explore their creativity while helping others. Children aged 5 to 13 are encouraged to submit drawings or paintings focusing on physical health, while those between 14 to 18 years of age can submit artwork reflecting mental health. Judges will be evaluating the artwork based on the "artist's interpretation and ability to visually communicate a message of healthy living," said Fraser. She added that creativity, technical skill and general crafts- manship will also be evaluated. Twelve winners will be selected: nine from the children cat- egory and three from the youth category, to be displayed in the Embrace Life Council's 2021 calendar. The deadline is Oct. 10, winners will be announced Oct. 16. Submissions can be mailed or dropped off at the Embrace Life Council in Iqaluit. For more information contact Elisapee Johnston at [email protected] or call 867-975-3233 ext. 223. – Rajnesh Sharma Fire leaves home condemned Kugluktuk A fire has left a Kugluktuk man without a home but fortun- ately nobody sustained any injuries during the Sept. 25 blaze. A house party was in progress and a couple of guests were forced to jump out of a bedroom window to safety, according to Gordon Hikomak, the community's fire chief. The fire broke out in the home's porch around 4:45 a.m. as a result of a cigarette butt that wasn't extinguished properly, On-the-land contest weekly winner: Killaq Ikkumaq according to Hikomak. There were plenty of belongings stored Iglulik in the porch, providing ample fuel for the fire, he added. Picture taken while out on the land caribou hunting, photo credit: Isa Akittirq. It took the community's fire department less than an hour to douse the flames. – Derek Neary program. The Inuu'tuti program involves water sampling and area of Baker Lake. monitoring in the Baker Lake area, including lakes and rivers Entrants are asked to submit their drawings, with their names flowing into Baker Lake and then out to Hudson Bay, using both clearly written on the back, to the KIA office from Monday to Poster contest scientific knowledge and traditional knowledge from Elders in Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Qamanittuaq/Baker Lake Baker Lake. Electronically submitted drawings will not be accepted. The Kivalliq Inuit Association's (KIA) land department is Posters can be done in any form the entrant likes. Entrants There are 15 prizes to be won during the contest. currently holding a poster contest for its Inuu'tuti (Life Source) are encouraged to "find their inspiration" to draw from the great – Darrell Greer 'It's our home. We need Inuit pilots'

Newly licensed pilot Joseph Akulujuk ᔫᓯᐱ ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅᒥ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕐᒥᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓚᐃᓴᓐᓯᖓᓂ. toasted as pride of Pangnirtung ᒫᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ ᐃᓄᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓚᐃᓴᓐᓯᑖᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᖁᔨᕗᖅ. by Trevor Wright in choosing to become a pilot. these organizations." For Northern News Services "I want him to finish the pro- While Covid-19 may have Panniqtuuq/Pangnirtung gram, we've been so supportive of affected his work but he doesn't The community of Pangnir- him throughout his studying, even intend to let that phase him. tung can look forward to seeing though it's not easy all the time, "It's a little more work right one of their own members flying we're always encouraging him," now because of the Covid, (but) to and from its skies in the near said Rose Akulujuk, his mother, I'm doing the flight (simulator) future. adding later that she would like to and getting my classes done." Joseph Akulujuk has been see more Inuit take to the skies, "... Akulujuk intends to spend training for the last two years to it's our home, Nunavut is our land. around two more years in school to become a pilot at First Nations We need Inuit pilots." become a commercial pilot. After Technical Institute in Tyganyga, The 20-year-old aviator initial- that he aspires to help his com- Ont. He recently passed a mile- ly didn't know he would be the munity through what he learned. stone in his schooling, having first in his community to go "Hopefully around 2022 I'll be received his private pilot licence, become a pilot but since attending in Pangnirtung," he said. the first Inuk within the hamlet flight school he now wants to see On Sept. 22, Akulujuk was to do so. more Inuit flying around. recognized in the Nunavut Legis- Making it to this point has not "Since I've been here (there's) lature for his achievements from been without its struggles how- only four other Inuit out of say 30 Pangnirtung MLA Margaret ever, being far from home, but or 40 people in this program and Nakashuk, who gave a member's Akulujuk overcame those initial I do want more Inuit to get into statement to her fellow MLAs. trials in his schooling with the this kind of career, in the aviation "I would like to recognize him help of his peers and teachers. industry," Akulujuk said. and be proud of him. He is a "At first it was really diffi- He added that schools such as young person from Pangnirtung. cult because I'm living somewhere the First Nations Technical Insti- Let us celebrate him," she said. "I where I'm not with family and tute provide important opportun- know that the people of Pangnir- I have to get a lot of support ities to communities who might tung are very proud." photo courtesy of Joseph Akulujuk from other people in person," said not have as many opportunities to Joseph Akulujuk has trained in Ontario for the past two years and Akulujuk. move up in the world. bflA has received his private pilot's licence. He's now continuing his train- There is a certain level of pride "I wouldn't be here right now ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᕙᕗᑦ ing toward a commercial pilot's licence and would like to see more that Akulujuk's family has in him if I wasn't Inuit and if it wasn't for m4WZz 11 Inuit take to the skies. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 11 news ᓄĪØflî Four former Nunavut Mounties seek compensation in potential class action lawsuit Allegations include 'systemic negligence' and 'psychologically unhealthy' workplaces

by Derek Neary a strategy to closely monitor and visors and experience alienation, The individual allegations and veyed reported timely access to Northern News Services adequately detect deterioration in mental suffering, humiliation and those of "systemic negligence" have mental health services and 20 per Nunavut its employees' mental health and loss of dignity." not been proven in court. cent of workers who sought mental In what could become a class has not adequately and in a timely The officers describe routine A spokesperson for the RCMP's health services and required sick action lawsuit, four RCMP officers manner met its members' mental exposure to violence, sometimes national headquarters confirmed leave never returned to service in who were stationed in Nunavut health needs, including the needs extreme, while responding to calls that the police force has been served the RCMP. have turned to the courts seeking of those returning to work from for service over several years, but the statement of claim. "Those who returned to work damages from the federal govern- mental health sick leave, leading to say they were unable to get the men- "We are in the process of were frequently met with discrimin- ment for working conditions they prolonged injury, loss and damages," tal health support they were seeking reviewing the claim to determine ation, invasions of their medical pri- deemed unsafe and psychologically the officers allege in a case that was through the RCMP. Meanwhile they next steps. That being said, we are vacy and derogatory remarks upon unhealthy. filed on Sept. 16. say supervisors told them that they not in a position to discuss legal mat- rejoining the RCMP. The prevailing The lawsuit accuses the Crown "Mounties who do eventually would have to "work through" their ters outside of the appropriate legal culture was and continues to be, of breaching its common law dut- seek help for their operational stress mental health struggles and "suck processes and filings. We do not such that sick leave for mental health ies related to the "operation, super- injuries are faced with delays and it up." anticipate having any further com- correlates negatively with Mounties' vision, maintenance and oversight obstacles to adequate and timely A few of the officers state that ment on this matter," the spokes- career advancement in a workplace of occupational health and safety treatment, are ostracized and stig- they had to arrange for mental health person stated. that demands employees to "man standards and mental health services matized as weak and unfit, are sub- services privately and were diag- The lawsuit cites a 2017 Aud- up" and repress symptoms of men- in the RCMP." jected to retaliation and discrimina- nosed with post-traumatic stress dis- itor General report that found that tal illness," according to the court "The RCMP has not developed tory behaviour by peers and super- order. only 57 per cent of Mounties sur- document. 'ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᕙᕗᑦ. ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ' ᓄᑖᒥ ᓚᐃᓴᓐᓯᖃᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎ ᔫᓯᐱ ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᒥ

ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᖅ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᑦᑐᓐᓇᓛᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᖁᔨᕗᖅ. ᖃᖓᑕᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ ᑕᐃᑲᙵᓪᓗ ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ. "ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐅᕙᓃᓕᕋᒪ ᑎᓴᒪᐃᓐᓇᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ 30–ᓂ 40–ᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃ ᔫᓯᐱ ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᖁᓇᔭᖅᐸᒃᑲ, ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᙳᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᑐᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ Tyganyga, ᖃᖓᑕᓲᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒥ," ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅᒥ. ᖄᖏᖅᓯᕋᑖᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ, ᐱᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕖᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᑐᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕐᒥᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓚᐃᓴᓐᓯᖓᓂ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᖁᕝᕙᕆᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ. ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖓᓂ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᖢᓂ, ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ "ᐅᕙᓃᓐᓇᔭᙱᓚᖓ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᙱᒃᑯᒪ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑯᐊ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖃᓚᐅᙱᕐᐸᑦ." ᖄᖏᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓴᐱᓕᕈᑎᒋᔾᔮᙱᑕᖓ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑎᒥᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᖏᓐᓂ. "ᐱᓕᕆᓂᒃᓴᒃᑲᓐᓂᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᒧᑦ, (ᑭᓯᐊᓂ) ᐱᓕᕆᕗᖓ "ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᕋᒪ ᐃᓚᓐᓃᙱᖦᖢᖓ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᖓᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᒃᑲ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕙᒃᑲ." ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᔭᓐᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ. ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᒪᕐᕈᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂ, ᐃᓄᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᓯᓂᖓᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᙳᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᕈᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓯᒪᔭᖓᑎᒍᑦ. "ᐱᔭᕇᖁᕙᕋ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓰᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᕙᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᒫᖓᓂ, "ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ 2022–ᐸᓗᖕᒥ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᒦᓛᖅᐳᖓ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᔪᕐᓇᙱᑐᑯᓘᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᖃᑦᑕᙱᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᔭᐅᕇᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᐸᕗᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕉᔅ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 22–ᒥ, ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕝᕕᖓᓂ ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ, ᐊᓈᓇᖓ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᕙᒃᑐᓂ. ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᒫᒡᒍᓕᑦ ᓇᑲᓱᖕᒧᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ "ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᕙᕗᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᒋᕙᑦᑎᒍᑦ. ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ." ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᖃᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ. 20-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓇᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂ "ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᔪᒪᕗᖓ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐱᒋᓗᒍ. ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑑᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓅᕗᖅ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓐᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᙳᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᓚᕗᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕗᖓ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᒥ ᐅᐱᐅᖅᑲᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᑦ." 12 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020

Legislative Assembly briefs with Derek Neary GN's wolf harvest program resulted in 654 kills in 2019-20 Nunavummiut killed 654 wolves during the 2019-20 harvest several years" but that an operating deficit of about $30 million Covid-19 or other public emergencies. season under the Department of Environment's wolf sample was projected. The third reading of an Act to Amend the Labour Standards collection program, Minister Joe Savikataaq announced on On Sept. 25, the legislative assembly voted in favour of $52.1 Act passed third reading in the legislative assembly on Sept. 28. Sept. 28. million in additional operations and maintenance funding. , minister responsible for Labour, said the The bulk of the predators – 471 of them – were hunted in the Finance Minister George Hickes admitted that the ransom- legislation will have "huge impacts" on those seeking help for Kivalliq region. Another 151 were taken in the Kitikmeot while ware computer attack in late 2019 and the Covid-19 pandemic coping with family abuse. 32 were culled in the Qikiqtaaluk. have tremendous effects on Nunavut's budget, but he said the "I can attest today that I was a victim and at that time I had The program offers $300 to hunters who submit samples extent of it is unknown due to ongoing negotiations with the worked for the Government of Nunavut, I had a supportive and details about their kill to local wildlife offices. In total, federal government for support with airlines and isolation hubs family and I had a supportive employer. At that time there was $196,000 was paid out to harvesters. as well as other matters. no such leave, but I pulled through because of my children," "The wolf sample collection program has been successful "Obviously we're very concerned; I am very concerned said Ehaloak. "I know for a fact that I have family members and in increasing the overall wolf harvest and has been an effective about our fiscal situation. Unfortunately I can't give a number at friends who have approached me during my campaigning as an way to provide additional support to our hunters," said Savika- this time," said Hickes. "I am anticipating again a larger-than- MLA and said, 'We need change. We need help.'" taaq. "The knowledge and research gathered through this pro- projected deficit, but unfortunately I can't get into specifics at The time away from work would allow employees to deal gram will help to identify the diet composition of wolves and this time." with the consequences of family abuse by obtaining medical provide information about regional wolf packs and populations. Qamaniq pointed out that the collective agreement with the care, counselling and legal or law enforcement assistance. Using that, we will be able to relate wolf harvest information Nunavut Employees Union (NEU) expired two years ago and Ehaloak said the GN will conduct "extensive consultations to caribou population data, which will serve as a valuable man- Qulliq Energy Corporation's agreement with the NEU runs with various groups and agencies to ensure that all their con- agement tool. This information may assist in the recovery of out at the end of 2020. He asked for an update on collective cerns are addressed" in drafting specific terms. our caribou herds and allow us to provide additional financial bargaining. Iqaluit Manirajak MLA Adam Arreak-Lightstone applauded support to our hunters." Hickes redirected that question to Human Resources Min- the legislation. ister , but because of the nature of the legisla- "I first brought up the need for domestic violence leave in Finance minister 'can't get into specifics' tive assembly's question period, it will have to be addressed at 2018 and I'm glad to see that this legislation was produced," he another time. said. Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA also enthusi- on Covid's effect on Nunavut's deficit astically approved. Although MLAs have heaped praise on the Government Assembly passes bill granting time off for "I think this is a great piece of legislation. It tackles the of Nunavut for its responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, Tunu- pandemic issue in terms of allowing employees to take leave in niq MLA David Qamaniq asked on Sept. 28 for an update on public emergencies, effects of abuse the face of this challenge, as well as the issue of family abuse," the territory's fiscal status in light of growing virus-related The Government of Nunavut is pressing ahead with legisla- he said. "That's something that I think we all would agree is expenditures. Qamaniq reminded the House that the finance tion to give Nunavummiut up to 17 weeks of leave to deal with far too common in Nunavut. Anything that we can do as a minister's 2020 budget address in February indicated that family abuse and unpaid time off should they or an immediate government to further support victims of family abuse, I think, Nunavut's fiscal situation was "... better than it has been for family member require quarantine or medical treatment for is good news." kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 13 photo story ᓄphoto stories ᐳᕼᐃᑕᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ, ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 20–ᒥ 23–ᒧᑦ. ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒥᓯᔅ ᐋᒡᓂᔅ ᐸᓂᐅᔪᒃ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑎᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐳᕼᐃᑕᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᓈᓇᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐋᓕᔅ ᓯᕿᓂᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐳᖅ ᐊᓇᑉᓚᒃᒥ. ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐳᕼᐃᑕᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 20–ᒥ 23–ᒧᑦ ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ ᑖᒥ ᐅᒥᐅᓪᒍᐃᑦᑐᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᓇᑖᓴ ᓕᐅᕐ, "ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐸᕋ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕆᔭᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᔅᑕᕙᓂ ᑕᑉᑑᓇ, ᐃᓕ ᐊᑦᔪᓐ, ᕉᔅ ᒪᒃᓴᒐᖅ, ᓇᑖᓴ ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ, ᐅᕕ ᐆᓪᓯᓐ, ᒥᐊᕆ ᐲᑐᓴᓐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᓕᔅ ᓚᕗᕌᓐᔅ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ. ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐳᕼᐃᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐸᓂᐅᔭᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᑭᓕᐊᕋ ᐃᕙᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ "ᑲᒪᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ" ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᒪᕗᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. "ᖁᔭᓕᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ NTI –ᑯᓐᓂ (ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂ), ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᖑᔪᒥ KIA–ᑯᓐᓂ (ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ) ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᒥ – ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᐲᓇᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ (ᒎᓗᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᑯᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᑦ) ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓄᑦ." ᔅᑕᕙᓂ ᑕᑉᑑᓇ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐳᕼᐃᑕᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. "ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᐸᕋ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᒃᑲᓐᓂᓕᕐᓂᖅᐸᑕ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᒪᔪᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᑕᑯᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᓚᖓ ᓂᖏᐅᓐᓂ ᓴᓇᔪᒥᒃ ᐳᕼᐃᑕᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐅᓇ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖑᕗᖅ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᒪᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐊᑐᓂ ᑭᓗᐊᖅᑎᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒥᕐᒥ, ᐊᑐᓂ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕆᔭᕋ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᓐᓇᓱᐊᓲᕆᕙᕋ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᓇᒡᓕᒋᔭᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕙᓃᒍᓐᓃᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ."

ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᐋᒡᓂᔅ ᐸᓂᐅᔭᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᓕᑦᑕᖓᓂ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᓯᒃᓯᐅᑉ ᐊᒥᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐳᕼᐃᑕᖓᓂ.

Instructor Agnes Panioyak wearing photo courtesy of Clara Evalik her Qilittaq made Participants in the puhitaq-making workshop Sept. 20 to 23 are Tammy Omilgoitok, left, Natasha Lear, of squirrels and her Stepanie Taptuna, Ellie Adjun, Rose Maksagak, Natasha Tologanak, Ovi Olsen, Mary Pedersen and Alice beautiful sunburst. Lafrance. photo courtesy of Agnes Panioyak

Northern News Services They have completed their Cambridge Bay for providing so this is very special for me. The Puhitaq making work- puhitaqs and they are all so the space – and to Sabina Also having such amazing Puhitaq-making shop has once again arrived in beautiful," said Panioyak of (Gold and Silver Corp.) for the mentors to learn from is very Cambridge Bay. the event. supplies." empowering. The instructor for the Project co-ordinator Clara Stephanie Taptuna, one "Every cut in the pelt, Feature workshop was Mrs. Agnes Evalik said it was "an amaz- of the participants, made her every stitch I make I try by Rita Pigalak Panioyak of Kugluktuk who ing workshop" and that a lot first sunburst at the workshop. to dedicate each portion to Local Journalism is a well-known seamstress of Inuit women want to learn "I saw the program run last someone special that isn't here Initiative who learned the art of mak- this traditional skill. "We are year and asked to partake if with us today." ᑕᑯᔭᒃᓴᐃᑦ ing sunbursts from her late grateful for the support from another was held," she said. Panioyak added, "(It was) Ikaluktutiak/ mother Alice Anablak. NTI (Nunavut Tunngavik "There were a lot of ladies such a fun time, lots of laughs Cambridge Bay "I sure enjoyed my time Incorporated), donation from interested in learning the in between, emotions and the sewing and teaching with KIA (Kitikmeot Inuit Asso- craft. I never got to witness lunch of country food was the ladies of Cambridge Bay. ciation) and the Hamlet of my Nanny making a sunburst delicious." Here comes the sun ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ: ᐃᓕ ᐋᑦᔪᓐ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᖄᖑᔪᒥ ᐳᕼᐃᑕᕐᒥ. ᐅᕕ ᐆᓪᓯᓐ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᓂ. ᐊᑖᓂ: ᐋᑦᔪᓐ ᑕᑯᖅᑯᔾᔨᕗᖅ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᒥᓂ.

photo courtesy of Clara Evalik photo courtesy of Stephanie Taptuna photo courtesy of Agnes Panioyak Ovi Olsen concentrates while sewing the outer Left: Ellie Adjun sews the outer layer of the sunburst. Right: Adjun shows her finished project. ring of her sunburst. 14 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 Sports & Recreation Sports hotline • James McCarthy Phone: (867) 873-4031 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: (867) 873-8507 Lacrosse to be given a try in Rankin 'My vision for this would be for it to evolve into something similar to the Rankin Inlet Minor Hockey Association,' says recreation co-ordinator by Darrell Greer Lacrosse-ᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ Hᐊᑭᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᑦᑎᑐᕐᓚᒃ ᐊᑐᓲᑦ," ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ "We have a new rink, new turf and a Northern News Services ᓄᑖᒥ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᑐᑭᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑑᔭᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᕿᑎᒃᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᔭᕐᓂᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ" ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ sport that youth see as being pretty cool Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet right now because of that movie, so the An effort is being made to launch ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᑲᓛᒃ. timing couldn't be better to give it a try. a new sport in Rankin Inlet that is a "If we have a good turnout at the first cousin to the game of hockey and camp and there's enough interest in it all gets underway with a three-day the sport, hopefully, we'll be able to clinic this coming weekend. offer some type of lacrosse program Recreation co-ordinator David the following season. We're all going Clark is behind the push to see if to be learning. lacrosse will catch on in Rankin and "My vision for this would be for he's hosting the clinic this coming it to evolve into something similar weekend that will cater to kids in the to the Rankin Inlet Minor Hockey initiation to midget age groups. Association or the Rankin Inlet Soc- Clark said there appeared to be at cer Association – maybe not as big but least cursory interest in the sport, so something along those lines." he applied to the Sport and Recrea- NNSL file photo Clark said lacrosse will take root in tion Division of Community and Lacrosse uses much of the same equipment and skills as hockey, "and with us getting turf for Rankin as long as its made fun to play. Government Services for a grant to the new arena, it just kind of made sense for us to try out the sport right now" says recreation He said kids having fun and word purchase some sticks and balls to co-ordinator David Clark. of mouth are two great allies to have launch the sport. when launching something new. He said lacrosse is very similar to about gear at all," said Clark. 19 and the travel restrictions in place him in much the same way as he "If the sport is fun and accessible hockey in a number of ways, so play- "So, with gear not being a big concern because of it ruined that plan. does with the annual Rankin and it's being held at a fun, safe place ers can use much the same gear for at this point and with us getting turf for "So, I took it upon myself to learn Rock hockey clinic that kicks-off to come, then the kids will get excited lacrosse as they do for hockey. the new arena, it just kind of made sense about lacrosse on the internet and I every new hockey season. and the program will succeed. That "We want any kid with an interest for us to try out the sport right now. spent a lot of time researching drills, He said the based-in-Nunavut movie, being said, I will be giving everyone to come out to the clinic this week- "We had plans for doing the clinic practices and techniques while I was The Grizzlies, has made lacrosse quite lots of notice that this sport is not for end, Sept. 25 to 27, but, I think, it's a earlier in the year and, at that time, in quarantine in Winnipeg." popular among youth right now and he everyone. It's a real physical and men- big help having so many kids in the we had a guy committed to coming Clark is going to run the camp hopes that popularity will lead to lots of tal grind to play lacrosse. community who don't have to worry up and help run the camp, but Covid- using local youth leaders to assist kids signing up for the sport. "You've got to be tough." ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ lacrosse ᐆᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ 'ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᐅᒃᐸᑦ ᕿᑎᒃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᓪᓗ, ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓗ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᓂ' ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᕿᑎᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᒪᔨᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᓇᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ "ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓄᑕᕋᖅ ᐱᔫᒥᒍᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᖁᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᓛᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ lacrosse ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 25-ᒥ 27-ᒧᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑦᑕᑐᐊᖅᐸᑕ. ᑲᔪᓯᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᑉᓗᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᖅᑰᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᓄᓇᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᒡᒎᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᙳᐊᓃᑦᑐᒫᖅᑐᖅ. ᕿᑎᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᒪᔨᖓ ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᑲᓛᒃ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᔾᔮᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑖᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᐸᑕ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᐃᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ lacrosse ᖃᐅᔨᔪᒪᑉᓗᒍ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᓛᒃ. ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ. ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᖃᐃᔪᒥ ᑲᓛᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᓗᓂ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᕐᔪᐊᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒋᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᐊᓛᑦ, ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒥ, ᐳᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᑭᙵᖅᑐᖅ, ᑕᓂᐅᓪ midget-ᓄᑦ. Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑎᑐᑦ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᓕᕌᖓᑕ ᑭᙵᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒪᔅ ᓇᑯᓛᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᑦ ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᑲᓛᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᔫᒥᒍᓱᒃᑐᖃᖅᑑᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᕈᖅ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑎᑐᑦ. ᐆᒃᑐᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᕿᑎᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᓗ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᙵᕕᒋᑉᓗᒍ, The ᑲᓛᒃᒦᖃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᖅᑎᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕈᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ ᓂᐅᕕᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᓂᒃ Grizzlies, lacrosse ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᐅᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ Rankin Rock- ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ lacrosse-ᑯᑦ lacrosse ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᑐᕈᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᑯᑦ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒍ. ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ. ᓄᕕᐱᕆ, 21-ᒥ 24-ᒧᑦ, 2018-ᒥ. ᑲᓛᒃ lacrosse-ᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ lacrosse–ᒍᖅ Hᐊᑭᑎᑐᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑕᐅᓲᖅ "ᐊᒥᓲᒃᐸᑕ ᐆᒃᑐᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᐅᒃᐸᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᓂᒃ. ᐊᔾᔨᕐᓚᑦᑎᐊᖓ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᕿᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ Hᐊᑭᒍᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᕙᒃᑐᖅ, ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ, lacrosse-ᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᖃᐃᔪᒥ. ᑕᒪᑦᑕ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᕋᑉᑕ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ.

photo courtesy of David Clark Minor hockey players, from left, Bryan Kingunko- tok, Daniel Kingunkotok and Amos Nakoolak were having a blast hanging out with head instructor David Clark of Rankin Inlet during the first Rankin Rock Season Opener hockey camp held in Baker Lake from Nov. 21 to 24 in 2018. Clark is now try- ing to get the sport of lacrosse up and running in his hometown. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 15 sports & recreation Îé¯≤ú & ÄÎÖ∏ÙÄÕÍ≤Ò Bring in VAR, they said … it will fix soccer for good Northern News Services Would you pay for a seven-hour flight within your own ᑎᓗᓐᑎ ᐅᐃᔅᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ country, taking off and landing in the same city and going 8–ᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᖕ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ nowhere? Apparently, plenty of people in Australia thought it ᐹᔅᑭᑦᐹᓪᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ was worth it. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᓪᓚᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ Qantas offered up a seven-hour "flight to nowhere" for a scenic tour of the country, which is happening on Oct. 10 ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓅᓯᖅ and its well-known sights, including Uluru, the stories-high ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅᔭ storied sandstone landmark also known as Ayers Rock and ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ the Great Barrier Reef and it was a popular offer as all 134 ᐱᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ seats were sold within 10 minutes, according to the airline. ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ, ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅᑐᖅ Seat prices ranged from around $700 to more than $3,000 for ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂ first-class and I think it's genius. Not like the airline has any- ᓴᖑᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ where else to fly to, right? Anyway: ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᒫᒃ ᑭᐅᐸᓐᒧᑦ.

Technology solves everything! Delonte West played eight Remember those days when soccer players were clamoring for video replay? It would make the game better and it would seasons in the NBA and give the referees some much-needed assistance in making while being a professional calls? Good times. athlete is tough, life is even I said back when video replay was being considered that tougher. He knows perhaps it would only cause more problems because when you allow better than most and hope- someone off the field to make the decision, it would ruin both fully, he'll get the chance to the flow of the game and the turn his life around thanks to game itself. Sports Welp, turns out I was right Mark Cuban. because VAR (video assistant Wikimedia Commons photo Talk referee) has fast become the with James McCarthy scourge of soccer, especially Oh and congrats to the Lightning on the win. West needs. in England and the calls to get West was once a good basketball player, good enough to rid of it are growing by the And finally … see him drafted by the Boston Celtics in 2004 and he ended week. The latest reason? The Good Idea: Mark Cuban helping Delonte West get his life up playing parts of eight seasons in the NBA, including two new hand-ball rule being employed, which is so stupid that back in order. season with the Mavericks. He's been diagnosed with bipolar it's giving teams a reason to not even shoot on goal and going Bad Idea: Why it took this long to get him the help. disorder, a horrible condition and has been photographed after arms instead in the hopes of being awarded a penalty. Delonte West is one of those cautionary tales of profes- more than once in situations no one wants to be in. Eric Dier of Tottenham Hotspur was judged by the VAR sional athletes. Yes, the money is good and yes, the bright Many people have tried to get West the help he's needed to have committed a handball in the 18-yard box after going lights are bright. But it can all come crashing down in an for so long and all I can hope is that this is the time he can up for a challenge against Newcastle on Sept. 27. Never mind instant and you end up begging for money on the street in try and get some semblance of a normal life back. A lot of the fact that Dier was pushed in the back and never mind Dallas, Texas. people are going through mental anguish of some sort and that Newcastle's Andy Carroll headed the ball down. Nope, West was in that sad predicament late last month when Covid-19 isn't making things any easier for them. the ball hit Dier's arm, even though there was no way he was someone took a photo of West panhandling on a street corner. Needless to say, if you need help, all you have to do is ask even trying to put his arm anywhere near the ball. Someone told Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban about it for it. No one will think any less of you for doing so and if As it stands, the official is to award a penalty if a player and Cuban went to work. He found West, picked him up, took they do, forget them. handles the ball in the box where the arm is clearly away him to a hotel and is now offering to pay for whatever rehab Until next time, folks … from the "body line" (away from the body), if a player leans into the ball, the ball travels some distance, the ball touches a hand/arm above the shoulders or a player falls and the hand/ arm is extended laterally or vertically away from the body. Did you get that? No grey areas at all. My personal favourite is the "some distance" rule. What's the definition of "some distance?" Three yards? 10 yards? Several managers and pundits had their say after the Dier decision and it was unanimous: something has to change. Here's my solution: get rid of VAR altogether. It has caused so much heartburn and controversy and the handball rule change is only making it worse. I thought baseball bringing in video replay was a farce, especially with teams telling umpires to wait until their video replay nerd in the clubhouse has had his/her chance to review the play, but VAR is a very close second. VAR is making soccer more of a joke by the week.

Think before you speak, kids So the Tampa Bay Lightning are Stanley Cup champions after beating the Dallas Stars on Sept. 28, ending the longest season in National Hockey League history. Yes, Covid-19 had everything to do with it … just pointing it out. Sportswriter Damien Cox, one of the two most-hated people in Toronto trailing only Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun (I'm no. 3, in case you're interested), came out with something he probably should have kept to himself when he tweeted out that Tampa Bay's win wasn't as hard-fought as other triumphs because they didn't have win road games or travel. Tough to win, he said, but don't pretend it's like the real thing. Sure, living inside a bubble for nearly three months, not being able to see your family (if you have one), no home-ice advantage and a 24-team playoff weren't obstacles to over- come, Damien. No worries at all. Tampa's Barclay Goodrow pretty much said as such in a reply to Cox's stupid tweet, which was well-received by anyone who read it. If there's an asterisk to be had around Tampa's win, let's hope it gets stuffed down Cox's throat good and plenty because that's where it belongs. 16 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 kNKukNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, x4gWEx4gWE 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, x4gWEx4gWE 5 , 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 17 18 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 kNKukNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, x4gWEx4gWE 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, x4gWEx4gWE 5 , 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 19 20 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 5, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 5, 2020