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MS Month Ends with Parade Yellowknife wonders where to put empties Environment department says it's working with bottle depot owner on reopening Online first at NNSL.com Northern- made face shield available in city Volume 49 Issue 21 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 75 CENTS ($1 outside city) MS Month ends with parade Comment Regular MLAs owe cabinet minister an apology Sports Award renamed for Blair McBride/NNSL photo Mercer- Courtney Dalton, left, Brenda Dalton, Laurie McLean, Alyx McLean, Bryce Jamerson and Jaida Dalton pose for a photo before the MS Awareness Parade Sunday, which wrapped up MS Awareness Month. Sproule $1.00 outside Yellowknife Publication mail Contract #40012157 "It is becoming increasingly apparent this cabinet wants to govern in a way which lends itself easily to micromanagement, power and control." 7 71605 00100 5 – Columnist Nancy Vail thinks MLAs should have removed Katrina Nokleby from cabinet last week, page 9. 2 YELLOWKNIFER, Wednesday, June 3, 2020 news YELLOWKNIFER, Wednesday, June 3, 2020 3 Did we get it wrong? Yellowknifer is committed to getting facts and names right. With that goes a commitment to acknow- $55M lottery winner lives ledge mistakes and run corrections. If you spot an error in Yellowknifer, call 873-4031 and ask to speak to an editor, or email [email protected]. We'll get a correction or clarification in as soon as we can. in Yk, hails from Deline NEWS Laura Tutcho bought an $11 ticket at the Reddi Mart Briefs by Blair McBride remembered. "So I went on bers haven't changed, Grand- Northern News Services the internet to check the ma!'" Yellowknifer/NNSL Laura Tutcho from Yellowknife is the numbers." Since she learned about pay wall returns (sorry!) winner of the $55 million Lotto Max jack- Tutcho was the only play- her win, she has been con- We don't want to do it but if we are to con- pot, as the NWT & Nunavut Lotteries er in Canada to match all sulting with financial advis- tinue bringing you the standard of journalism announced on Monday, putting to an end seven main winning numbers ers and making future plans Northerners have come to expect since News of the mystery of who won the giant prize of in the draw – 3, 12, 25, 36, for the money. the North was launched 75 years ago, we have May 1. 37, 42, and 49. "Her priority is to use the no choice but to start charging for the online The winning is the largest lottery jackpot "I was in shock! "I said, money to help her immedi- newspapers. the NWT has ever seen, the organization said. 'Oh, my god!' My grandkids ate family," the organization It's a good deal if you think about it. Sub- "I'm just beside myself. It's so exciting came in right away, and my said. scribers get seven digital news papers – NWT and overwhelming!" said Tutcho. grandson asked, 'Are you all Originally from Délıne, News/North, Nunavut News, Yellowknifer, She bought the winning ticket for $11 right, Grandma?'" Tutcho has worked as a free- Weekender, Hay River Hub, Inuvik Drum and at the Reddi Mart convenience store in "I just kept looking at lance interpreter and dedi- Kivalliq News every week for less than a dol- Yellowknife. the ticket, and looking back cated her efforts towards lar. And that dollar is especially important now "My granddaughter told me that some- at the numbers. My grand- the revitalization of the that many of our advertisers are on the ropes one in Yellowknife won the jackpot," she daughter told me, 'The num- LAURA TUTCHO Sahtúgot'ıne language. due to the Covid-19 shutdown. So please, buy an annual subscription to keep Northern print journalism alive or buy a single copy and support Northern food banks. You'll really miss your community news- paper if it's gone. Mahsi Cho, Quyanainni, Kandola OKs Yk co.'s Merci, thanks, and keep reading! – Bruce Valpy Norn withdraws motion to remove cabinet minister face shields for sale The motion seeking the removal of Infra- structure Minister Katrina Nokleby was withdrawn Friday morning, spurring varied 'PET-G' plastic units intended for non-medical use responses from some MLAs and a prominent by Blair McBride NWT business consultant. Northern News Services Steve Norn, MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh, Yellowknife company ArTech Engrave is said in a statement "after an honest and open now selling its own face shields as personal conversation, I am convinced the minister protective equipment (PPE) in the Covid-19 understands the concerns of regular members era. and that the executive council will take the Made of a plastic called polyethylene appropriate actions to address our concerns." terephthalate glycol, or PET-G, the shields Premier Caroline Cochrane said all mem- are intended for non-medical use in settings bers of the new government were still trying where people work in close quarters with to figure out how to work effectively with each others. other when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. "(They can be used) in salons, spas, and "Minister Nokleby and I have heard from for everyday use if people choose to use them members and I can assure you that all cabinet instead of face masks," said ArTech owner ministers are committed to working together Jane Arychuk, on Monday. with all members of the Legislative Assembly Going for $20 apiece, her company has on behalf of NWT residents and will continue already sold about 120 shields to individuals to find ways to improve our working relation- and groups, including the NWT Disabilities ships and collaboration," she said. Council and NWT Inclusion. – Blair McBride A total of 250 of the items were manu- factured in Inuvik by the Arts, Crafts and Fatal crash on Hwy 3 Technology Micro-manufacturing Centre and One man was found dead at the scene of a shipped south to Yellowknife, where ArTech single vehicle collision on Highway 3 Sunday. packaged them. Customers can assemble the The collision occurred near Boundary shields at home. Creek, approximately 314.5 km. Police were The company, based in the Kam Lake called shortly after 3 a.m. area, worked with the Aurora Research Insti- The 48 year-old male driver was declared tute in Inuvik on a design that could be dead at the scene. Police are investigating. approved for use by chief public health officer – Craig Gilbert Kami Kandola as a shield. Kandola authorized ArTech and Poison Graphics in Hay River to create the shields Man falls through ice that met Health Canada specifications, the on Rae Lake, dies GNWT said in a news release on Monday. The body of a Gameti man was recovered "We're thrilled that we were able to come from Rae Lake after the RCMP responded to up with a design that works for non-medical a call of a snowmobile going through the ice, use and that we can help out companies as Saturday. they reopen and keep their staff and custom- Police issued a news release on Monday stat- ers safe," said Arychuk. ing that Gameti RCMP received a call at 11:30 The new shields are part of a growing a.m. on May 30 of the man potentially going trend for producing PPE, sanitary items and through the ice surface. other supportive devices in the NWT for use The NWT RCMP search manager, along with during the Covid-19 pandemic. the police dog services and forensic identifica- At least 30 individuals and companies tion services assisted in searching for the man. across the NWT are manufacturing such A helicopter search was also conducted and items, including face masks, shields, hand photo courtesy of ArTech Engrave a hole in the lake ice with a toboggan nearby sanitizer and disinfectants. were found, according to the news release. The Department of Industry, Tourism and The new face shield was designed in collaboration between ArTech He was found submerged in water. Investment (ITI) is also offering assistance Engrave and the Aurora Research Institute in Inuvik. Police indicated in the news release that they through its Support for Entrepreneurs and are assisting NWT Coroner Services with the Economic Development (SEED) program for locally is more important than ever. to be in place for a long time, and additional Coroner's investigation and that a post-mortem companies and artists who want to manufac- "It is important for us to consider how PPE will be required for many businesses as examination has been ordered. ture PPE and non-medical masks. much economic stimulus exists within our they prepare to reopen. It makes good eco- – Simon Whitehouse Addressing the local production of PPE, own procurement policies and practices," she nomic sense for NWT businesses to supply Katrina Nokleby, minister of ITI, said buying said. "Physical distancing measures are likely this local demand." 4 YELLOWKNIFER, Wednesday, June 3, 2020 photo story YELLOWKNIFER, Wednesday, June 3, 2020 5 Volunteers take trash out of sand pit area Northern News Services items are temporarily deposited in a secondary trash area on the Trash accumulation in Yellowknife's natural spots is ongoing, north side of the sandpits. Volunteers later load them into trucks with or without a pandemic, but local volunteers are doing their and drive them to the dump. bit to clean things up. "I joined the Yellowknife Cleanup Facebook group in May VOLUNTEER A hardy bunch from the Yellowknife Cleanup group put on because I consider myself an environmentalist and it disgusts me their gloves and grabbed their garbage bags for a day of picking to see people tossing garbage," said Christine Martin. Feature up trash at the sandpits on Saturday.
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