Baker Lake Lands First-Ever Bowhead Hunters Battled Weather on the Water for Weeks Before Returning with Harvest

ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᕐᒥ ᐊᕐᕙᒋᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᓯᓚᓗᒃᑐᒦᖏᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕙᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ

Good haul for Rankin hockey team Volume 76 Issue 27 MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2021 $.95 (plus GST) Baker Lake lands first-ever bowhead Hunters battled weather on the water for weeks before returning with harvest

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Active cases: 0 Vaccine uptake: Confirmed cases: 657 Recovered cases: 653 News Briefs Completed tests in Nunavut: 18,860 22,921 first doses – 79 per cent over age 12 Deaths: 4 19,794 second doses – 68 per cent over age 12 ᓘᒃ ᖃᓐᓇᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᒧᒥᖅᑎᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Health ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ ᒧᒥᖅᑎᑎᓂᖅ ᐅᑎᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒧᑦ. ᓘᒃ ᖃᓐᓇᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓪᓗᒍ ᒧᒥᖅᑎᑎᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᖄᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 7-9-ᒧᑦ. ᐅᑕᕿᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒧᒥᕐᔪᐊᖅᑎᑎᓂᖅ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓗᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᐃᖅᑕᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᕙᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ−19 ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ; ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᓯᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑏᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓂᐅᑉ ᓴᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐃᖕᒥᒃᑰᓕᖓᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᒧᒥᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓗᑎᒃ, ᐱᓐᖑᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᓱᓕ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᙱᖃᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕆᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᒍᒪᔪᑦ ᓘᑦᑖ ᒪᐃᑯ ᐸᑐᓴᓐ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐆᒃᑐᖃᑕᐅᒍᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑎᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 1 Northern News Services ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᓯᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᒪᑦ. ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᓯᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᕿᑐᕐᙵᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᖅ $8,000, ᑐᖏᓕᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓂ 12−ᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓂ, ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑎᖓ ᔫᓐ 10, $6,000 ᐱᖓᔪᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ $4,000. 2021-ᒥ. ᓄᓇᕗᒥ–ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕋᔪᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ See Luke, page 7 ᑎᑭᑦᑐᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 17−ᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐲᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᓵᑑᒥ ᐊᓪᓚᖓᔪᑦ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ 2020 North- ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓚᐅᑲᒃᑐᖅ ᓘᒃᑖᖅ ᐋᓐ ᕼᐅᐊᖕ ᐃᓚᐃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᙱᑦᑐᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᓴᖅᑭᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ. ern Lights 2022 ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᙱᑦᑐᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓄᑦ- ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ “ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᓯᖅᓯᒪᔪᓗᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓱᓕ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19−ᒥ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ, ᒪᑐᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓯᒪᕗᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ-ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᓯᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ 2022 ᐱᓕᕆᕕᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᖁᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕼᐅᐊᖕ. ᖄᖐᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᑕᑎᕆᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑎᓂᖅ ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ-ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᓯᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᓯᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᙱᑦᑐᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 2023-ᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ- ᑕᑕᑎᕆᐊᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᑎᓗᒍ vaccineex- ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ Northern Lights ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19−ᒧᑦ [email protected]−ᒧᑦ. ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐊᓛᖏᑦ. ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 17−ᒥ, 37−ᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓄᕙᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ 19 ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᓂᕋᐃᔪᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19−ᒥ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ, Dr. Michael Patterson at a ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑎᒍᑕᐅᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᓄᑦ 14−ᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᑦ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥ, 30−ᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᕐᕕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ Government of Nunavut COVID-19 “ᓂᕆᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ.” ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓂᕐᓂ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 5−ᒥ. update on June 10, 2021. The 2022-ᒥ, ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᑦᓯᐊᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐱᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑎᑕᐅᓂᖃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ Nunavut-NWT travel bubble has ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᖅᑐᖃᖅᖢᓂ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᓕᐅᕋᓐᔅ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᑦ: ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᓴᙱᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ been suspended in light of the ᓯᓇᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓂᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ−ᖃᖓᑦᑕᐅᑎᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓱᓕ outbreak in the Sahtu region of Northern Lightsᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᓯᓂᒃᑕᓚᐅᑲᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᑎᒍᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᙱᓚᑦ. the territory. “ᒫᓐᓇ, ᐊᐅᓚᔭᕋᓗᐊᖁᖏᓐᓇᑦᑎᒍ ᐸᕐᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐊᓛᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓗᑕᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦᓯᐊᕙᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᓗᑕ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᖃᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᑎᑕᐅᒍᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦ ᐱᕗᑦ 40-ᓂ ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᓂ See Northern, page 7 ᖃᖓ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᐹᕕᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᕐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓵᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᕋᓱᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᓇᖏᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓗᔮᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕆᐊᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation−ᑯᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑎᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᖏᓕᖓᓂ ᓇᒻᒪ 2 ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᒍᒪᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑯᕋᐃᒡ ᓯᒪᐃᓚᖕᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒥᐅᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕈᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᒍᒪᔪᓪᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 1, 6−ᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ By Cody Punter ᓇᐅᓕᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂᒐᓚᒃ 9 ᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ Northern News Services ᐊᑕᑲᓚᓪᓚᒃ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ 9-ᒥᑦ ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 15−ᒥ. ᐱᔭᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ. ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ 5-ᒧᐊᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐅᒥᐊᑦ ᒪᓪᓕᖅᓯᐅᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ ᑕᐃᑯᙵᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᐊᓂᒍᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐅᓯᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕆᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᒧᑦ ᐳᒃᑕᓛᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓱᓕ ᐊᒻᒪ Harbour ᕿᑭᖅᑕᒥ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ. ᓂᓪᓕᐊᖃᑕᐅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑐᖏᓕᖓᓂ. ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 15−ᒥ ᐱᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᓂᖅᑎᕆᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᔭᕇᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ “ᑕᐅᑐᙳᐊᕈᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ 6:30−ᒥᑦ 9:30- ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᕐᒥᑦ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᑐᖁᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ. ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᒋᐊᖃᕈᑎᒃ, ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ “ᐱᔭᕇᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᑕᐃᓐᓇᕈᑦᑕ!” ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᒋᐊᖃᖁᔨᓐᓂᖅᐸᑦ. ᔪᓚᐃ 27−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓄᖅᑲᕐᓂᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒥᓂᑦ,” ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᓯᒪᐃᓚᒃ. ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐅᔮᓄᑦ ᓯᒪᐃᓚᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ “ᐅᐱᐅᖅᑲᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐅᕗᖓ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ [email protected] ᐅᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᐅᕗᙵᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᐱᓚᒃᑐᐃᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ.” ᐅᖄᓚᓗᑎᒃ 1-866-233-3033 ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᓄᓇᒦᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ, ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᖃᕈᒪᔪᑦ Zoom ᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᐊᕈᒍᒪᒍᕕᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᒪᐃᔭᒋᔭᖓ ᕆᔅᓱᑦ ᐊᒃᓵᓂ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐊᕐᕙᒃᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᓂᑯᕕᖓᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕙᒃᑕᖓ ᑕᑭᓂᓕᒃ 44–feet-ᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᔭᖓ See Date, page 7 ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 16−ᒥ ᐊᒐᓯ 17-ᒥ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦ ᐱᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓵᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ 40−ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᕐᒥᑦ. ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ “ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᓪᓘᕗᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒧᑦ,” ᐊᒃᓵᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᓯᐊᒥᐅᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔭᖅᑐᖃᑕᐅᖁᔨᕗᑦ “ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖁᔨᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ 27−ᖓᓂ ᖃᓄᖓᓴᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑖᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᔪᓚᐃᒥ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐃᓗᐊᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓱᖏᐅᑎᓯᒪᙱᑕᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ. ᐊᕐᕕᕐᒥᑦ. ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᖃᓄᖓᓴᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᓪᓗ, ᐅᓪᓘᕗᖅ.” ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᔪᓪᓗ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᐅᒐᓯ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᑕᖕᒫᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ Harbour ᕿᑭᖅᑕᒥ, 31, 6:30-ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ. ᓇᐅᔮᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ. ᐅᑯᐊ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᓂ −ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᖃᓄᖓᓴᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᑳᑉᑕᓐ ᕕᓕᑉ ᓱᕋᒃᑎᕆᑲᑕᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐳᑐᒥᕋᖅᑐᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᓄᕆᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ −ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᓯᐊᒥᐅᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᒪᖁᖕᒥ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒧᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. −ᑭᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑎᓂᐊᖅᐸᑦ ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ See Meeting, page 7 ᓯᒪᐃᓚᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐳᑐᒥᕋᖅᑐᖅ Baker Lake’s bowhead hunters stand on top of the 44-foot whale they harvested after bringing it safely to ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᖅ shore on August 17. Photo courtesy of Dino Mablik A4 Monday, August 23, 2021 News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 www.NunavutNews.com

Last week, the NDP Conservatives, Liberals name announced lawyer Lori Idlout will be the party’s candidate following a Nunavut federal election candidates contested nomination process. Lori Idlout/ Laura MacKenzie steps up for Conservatives; Iqaluit MLA Pat Angnakak to Facebook run for Liberals

By Trevor Wright for the Nunavut Housing Corpo- is to reach voters where they are — Northern News Services ration and Qulliq Energy Corpo- and increasingly, voters are online.” Nunavut ration. She speaks Inuktitut and Lori Idlout, whose candidacy was English. announced the previous week, will The race is on as the Conserva- In 2018, Nunavut Premier Joe run for the NDP in place of Mumi- tives and Liberals now have Nun- Savikataaq stripped Angnakak of laaq Qaqqaq, who announced that avut candidates in the 2021 federal her cabinet portfolios for a “serious she wouldn’t seek a second term. election. breach of cabinet confidentiality,” The nomination process for Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat according to Savikataaq. the NDP was contested with Angnakak is running as the Lib- MacKenzie has worked in gov- Clyde-River born Aliqa Illauq eral candidate while Rankin Inlet’s ernment for more than 15 years, also hoping to garner the can- Laura MacKenzie will represent mainly as a director of economic didacy. the Conservatives. development and transportation Nunavummiut will go to the polls Prime Minister Justin Trudeau programming. She’s also bilingual on Sept. 20 to vote for one of these called a federal election on Aug. and has worked with various federal three women. 15 and subsequently dissolved Par- working committees that focus on With the onset of the COVID-19 liament. infrastructure strategies. pandemic, Elections Nunavut is also First elected as MLA in 2013 “I’m thrilled to launch our hub to offering special mail-in ballots in Rankin Inlet’s Laura MacKenzie is the can- and again in 2017, Angnakak pre- connect with voters in the riding,” addition to traditional methods of didate for the Nunavut Conservatives in the The Liberal Party candidate for the 2021 viously served as Nunavut’s health MacKenzie wrote on her campaign voting if one does not prefer to vote 2021 federal election. Photo courtesy of the federal election is Pat Angnakak. Photo minister, and minister responsible website. “I know how important it in-person or is currently in isolation. Conservative Party website courtesy of Pat Angnakak ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ

ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖅᑭᐅᒪᕝᕕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖅᑭᐅᒪᕝᕕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒋᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᙵᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᑖᓐ ᕙᓐᑎᐅᓪᒥᒃ, ᕿᓇᓗᒐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᔪᓚᐃ 20-ᒥ. ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᑖᓐ ᕙᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒧᙵᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒥᒃ ᑭᖑᕙᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖅᑭᐅᒪᕝᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᑲᑕᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ By Cody Punter ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᔪᖅ ᑯᑭᒃ ᐱᑲ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖅᑭᐅᒪᕝᕕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒃ. Northern News Services ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑐᖅ ᑯᑎ ᐸᓐᑐᕐ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ 2012-ᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒥᒃ, ᑲᒪᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᑉᓯᑲᓪᓚᖕᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᙶᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂᒃ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᒥᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᕋᓂᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓚᖃᖅᖢᓂ $1.23 ᒥᓕᔭᒥᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᑎ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒃ “ᐅᔾᔨᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ ᐃᑲᔫᑎ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑲᑕᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ,” ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓪᓚᕆᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ − ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᑖᓐ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᕕᕗᐊᕆᒥ ᕙᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐸᓐᑎᐅᓪ. “ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᕈᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᓕᖕᓄᑦ,” − ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᐊᑯᓂ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓ ᐊᖅᑭᐅᒪᕕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᑲ. ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ− 1 9 ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ “ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᓇᓱᒃᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᒡᕙ ᑕᐃᒪᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᑲᑎᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕋᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᑲᔫᑎ, ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᑲ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᑲᔫᑎ Aqqiumavvik Society’s young hunters program in Arviat harvests a ᑎᑭᑦᑐᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᐊᓘᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ, ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᑲᔪᓯᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒍ. beluga whale during an outing on July 20. Northern Affairs Minister Dan ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒌᓕᖅᐹᓪᓕᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ, “ᖁᔭᒋᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᓲᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ Vandal visited Arviat to see the work the Aqqiumavvik Society while ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓲᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ making a string of announcements across the territory last week. Photo “ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓅᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. courtesy of Aqqiumavvik Society ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒋᑦ.” ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᒃᑯᑦ.” ᐳᓚᕋᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᕙᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᑉᓯᑲᓪᓚᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᖅᑭᐅᒪᕝᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐳᓚᕋᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᑉ ᓂᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂᒃ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᓱᕐᓕ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᒃ, ᐱᖃᑕᐅᑉᓗᒍ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᒐᕝᕕᖓᓂᒃ, ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖅᑭᐅᒪᕝᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒪᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕿᑭᓪᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᙳᐊᓕᐅᕈᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᑦᑎᑕᐅᓯᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑕᐃᑉᑯᐊ ᐃᒐᕝᕕᖕᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᔪᑦ ᒥᑎᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᒐᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖓᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᑖᓐ ᕙᓐᑎᐅᓪ, ᑐᓄᐊᓂ ᐃᓄᙳᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᕿᑎᐊᓃᑦᑐᖅ, ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖅᑭᐅᒪᕝᕕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ “ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᑦᑎᐊᕋᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖃᕈᒫᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᓗᒃᑖᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒡᓗ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᑐᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᑦᑎᐊᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᒃ. “ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓲᖅ Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal, top centre, visits the Aqqiumavvik ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᒡᓗ Society during a tour of Nunavut ahead of the upcoming federal election. ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᓕᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ Photo courtesy of Aqqiumavvik Society ᓄᓇᒥ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. www.NunavutNews.com News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, August 23, 2021 A5 ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑏᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᓕᐅᖅᑐᑦ 8 ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ Nothern News Services ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑲᓛᒃ − ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ 45 ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂᒎᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᒥᓂᑦᓂᒃ ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, “ᔭᐸᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᓐᓇᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᓇᓗᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ,” 8 ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᔭᐸᑖᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᑖᕈᒫᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒃᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐊᓈᓇᒐ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᕐᒥᒃᐸᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᓯᒪᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᔭᐸᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ. ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᖅᖢᖓ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᐊᓈᓇᒻᓂᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. “ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᑦᑕᐅᓯᓯᒪᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᖁᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᓕᕐᓂᒻᓄᑦ.” ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᔪᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᖃᑦᑕᕋᑉᑕ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᐅᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᖕᒥᓄᒡᒎᖅ ᔭᐸᓕᐊᓂ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓐᓇᓱᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ, ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ, ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᓘᔮᓗᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐃᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ ᓂᕈᑐᒋᐊᖅᖢᒍ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓲᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖑᒐᓴᒃ ᓵᓐᑎ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᐱᒃᓴᐅᑦ ᑎᐊᓐ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᓕᕋᒥ, ᐃᖕᒥᓄᑦ ᑐᕋᖓᑎᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᐱᐊᓂᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ 120-ᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᖃᕆᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᕆᓯ ᐊᔭᕈᐊᕐᒥᒃ. ᐃᖢᐊᕆᔭᒥᒍᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓇᑎᒃ. ᑲᓛᒃ−ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᕐᒥ “ᐊᓈᓇᒪ ᔭᐸᓕᐅᖏᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᒫᖓ, ᑭᑉᐹᕆᒐᔪᖕᒪᒍ. ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓗᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓇᑎᒃ. ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓰᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᔭᐸᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕈᒪᓇᔭᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑳᕐᓇᑎᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᔾᔪᔾᔨᔪᒪᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖅᓵᕐᔪᖕᒥᒃ. ᐊᕐᓇᖅᓯᐅᑕᐅᓂᖅᓴᖅ,” ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᔭᐸᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓱᐊᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᔭᐸᓕᐊᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥᒃ. ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᔭᐸᓕᐊᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ “ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓲᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᓛᒃ− ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖅᓴᐃᑦ ᔭᐸᓕᐊᑦ ᐅᖁᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᔭᐸᖃᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᔭᐸᓕᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ. ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᒡᓕᐊᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᒪᔨᖓ ᐃᒥ ᐊᐃᖏᓪᓖᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᒡᓕᐊᓂᒎᖅ ᑲᓛᒃ−ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᒎᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᓴᓇᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᓕᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᔭᐸᓕᐅᓕᕋᒥᒃ ᐃᖕᒥᓄᑦ, ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᐅᒋᔭᒥᓂᒃ. “ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ. ᓇᑉᐸᖏᖅᑲᐃ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ. “ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᕈᔪᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᒥᖅᓲᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ “ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑎᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ − ᐅᔾᔨᕐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᔭᐸᓯᒪᓐᓇᕐᒪᑦ. ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᓪᓚᑦᑖᖅᑐᒃᑰᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᓕᐅᓕᕋᒥᒃ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᑕᐅᑦᑐᖃᕈᒪᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᖅ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ: ᐃᖕᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᔨᖓ ᑭᓕ ᑲᓛᒃ−ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ. ᐳᕆᓐᓴᔅ ᐊᐅᑐᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ.”

ᑕᓐᔭ ᐊᒪᒃᖤᒃ ᑕᑯᑎᑖᕆᔪᖅ ᔭᐸᓕᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᓕᐅᕈᔾᔨᓪᓗᓂ ᑯᓕᑦ ᓂᓚᐅᓛᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒦᑦᑐᖅ, ᓴᕙᓇ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ, ᐳᕆᓐᓴᔅ ᐊᐅᑐᑦ, ᑕᓐᔭ ᐊᒪᒃᖤᒃ, ᖁᓗᐊᖅ ᐋᔅᒪᓐ, ᕆᒐᓐ ᑕᑦᑐᐃᓂ, ᐱᓕ ᒍᕆᓐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑎᐱᐅᓪ ᓄᑕᕋᕐᒥᒃ ᔭᐸᑖᕆᐊᓕᖕᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ ᔭᐸᓕᐊᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᔭᐸᓕᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᔪᒫᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᔭᐸᑖᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᔪᓚᐃ 30-ᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᔪᓚᐃ 30-ᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ. ᐊᔾᔨ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᒃᑯᓐᓂᙶᖅᑐᖅ.

Tanya Ammaklak shows the jacket she made for a student in need during Collette Nilaulak, left, Savannah Kaludjak, Princess Autut, Tanya Ammaklak, Quluaq Osmand, Reagan Tattuinee, Bailey Green and Addy Lindell wear an Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council workshop that wrapped up on the parkas they made for themselves while holding up the jackets they made for students in need during an Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council July 30. workshop that wrapped up on July 30. Photo courtesy of Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council Nunavut bubble bursts with NWT; vaccinated travellers can still apply for exemption

ᓘᑦᑖ ᒪᐃᑯ ᐸᑐᓴᓐ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑎᖓ ᔫᓐ 10, 2021-ᒥ. ᓄᓇᕗᒥ– Variant in NWT still unknown ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐲᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᓵᑑᒥ ᐊᓪᓚᖓᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ.

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

Nunavut has suspended its common travel area with the NWT as of Aug. 17, said Nunavut’s acting chief public health officer Dr. Anne Huang announced. “Following the increased risk of COVID-19 in the NWT, we will close our side of the common travel area with the territory beginning today,” said Huang. “Individuals who are not fully-vaccinated with a Health Can- ada-approved COVID-19 vaccine must isolate at the designated isolation hub in Yellowknife for 14 days before travelling home to Nunavut.” Exceptions to isolation requirements include: travellers with a same-ticket layover through Yellowknife, vaccinated travellers with unvaccinated dependents 12 years old and younger, critical workers with an authorized travel letter or those granted compassionate exemption. Exemptions for fully-vaccinated travellers are also still in place. Ful- ly-vaccinated individuals travelling from the NWT to Nunavut can still skip isolation by filling out a vaccination exemption form and submitting it to [email protected]. As of Aug. 17, there were 37 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in the NWT, mostly in Yellowknife, with 30 exposure notices issued since Aug. 5. There have been no hospitalizations thus far and the COVID variants Nunavut has closed its side of the travel bubble with the NWT following an outbreak in Yellowknife and the Sahtu. The NWT has 37 con- for each case remain unknown. firmed COVID-19 cases as of Aug. 17. NNSL file photo A6 Monday, August 23, 2021 News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 www.NunavutNews.com Conservatives, Liberals ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓯᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓗᐊᕋ ᒪᑲᓐᓯ ᓇᖏᖅᓯᕗᖅ Conservatives−ᑯᓐᓄᑦ; ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᐹᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ Liberals−ᑯᓐᓄᑦ

Northern News Services ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᖅ NDP-ᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ Liberal-ᑯᓪᓕ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᓗᐊᕋ ᒪᑭᓐᓯ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨ ᓗᐊᕆ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᙳᖅᑎᓯᒪᔭᖓ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓱᒃᑲᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓯᕗᖅ Conser- ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖑᔪᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᙳᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ 2021-ᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ Conservative- vatives−ᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Liberals−ᑯᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᙱᑦᑐᖃᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐹᑦ ᑯᓐᓄᑦ 2021-ᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᖃᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ 2021−ᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓂᒃ. ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᙳᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ. ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᓛᖅᑐᒧᑦ. “ᖁᕕᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ-ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᐹᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᐳᖅ Liberal−ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ,” ᒪᑲᓐᓯ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᓗᐊᕋ ᒪᑲᓐᓯ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖓᓐᓂ. “ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕗᖓ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂ Conservatives−ᑐᓐᓄᑦ. ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᔭᔅᑎᓐ ᑐᕉᑑ — ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ.” ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 15−ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓗᐊᕆ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ, ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥᒪ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ NDP−ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᒧᒥᓛᖅ ᖃᖅᑲᕐᒥ, ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ 2013−ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᔾᔮᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ 2017−ᒥ, ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ NDP−ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᒑᐱᖕᒥ ᐃᓅᓂᑯᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᓪᓕᖅ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓕᖃ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒃᖢᓂ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓲᖑᕗᖅ. ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᙳᕈᒪᓪᓗᓂ. 2018−ᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᔫ ᓴᕕᑲᑕᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᖕᓄᐊᓛᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 20−ᒥ ᐲᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᕐᒥ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐅᑯᓇᙵᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ “ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᓱᕋᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᓯᒧᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ,” ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖅ Lori Idlout has been chosen by The candidate for the Nunavut ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᕐᒧᑦ. ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐊᓯᐊᒎᖅᑐᒥ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᒃᑯᕕᒃᑎᒍᑦ Nunavut NDP membership to Liberal Party candidate for Conservatives in the 2021 federal ᒪᑲᓐᓯ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᒥ be the party’s candidate in the the 2021 federal election Pat election is Rankin Inlet’s Laura ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 15−ᓄᑦ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᐸᒡᓗᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᒪᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ next federal election. Lori Idlout/ Angnakak. Photo courtesy of Pat MacKenzie Conservative Party/ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᖃᕈᓂ. Facebook Angnakak website Feds announce extension of support for early learning and child care Funding to be available for child-care programs until March 2025

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

The Government of Canada announced on Aug. 13 that it reached an agreement with the Government of Nunavut to extend the Canada-Nunavut Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. Ottawa agreed to provide more than $10 million in funding over four years to Nunavut in order to improve access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive early-learning and child-care programs and services. The Government of Canada is also making a one-time investment in excess of $2.8 million in 2021-22. “Child care is not a luxury, it’s a necessity. High-quality early-learning experiences are essential to the intellec- tual, emotional and physical development of our children,” said Ahmed Hussen, minister of Families, Children and So- cial Development. “Our government will continue to fight Nunavut Education Minister David Joanasie praised the extension of the existing agreement, saying it “highlights our commitment to provide a strong early-learning and child-care system” for families and children in for the territory. NNSL file photo Nunavut, to ensure they have access to affordable, accessi- of Canada has invested more avut Education Minister David territory,” said Joanasie. “This of our young children.” velopment Canada states that ble, flexible and inclusive child than $8.5 million in early Joanasie. agreement highlights our com- The new funding framework this is an important first step in care because every child de- learning and child care in “Nunavummiut deserve to mitment to provide a strong will be used to support these the territorial and federal gov- serves the best possible start Nunavut. have access to affordable and early-learning and child-care programs in Nunavut until ernments coming together to in life.” The agreement extension culturally relevant child care, system that meets the early March 2025. negotiate a longer-term strat- Since 2017, the Government earned praised from the Nun- no matter where they live in the education and cultural needs Employment and Social De- egy for child care in Nunavut. www.NunavutNews.com News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, August 23, 2021 A7 Around Nunavut ∂´êÄ∏∂Ò ¥∂ﬂ±´ Phone: (867) 979-5990 Email: [email protected] Fax: (867) 979-6010

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Iqaluit and Canada as a whole. Trevor Wright/NNSL photo

Inuit calendar competition inside and outside of the cabin clean. The long-awaited square dancing competition has been re- Kivalliq There is also to be no smoking of cannabis inside of the cabins, scheduled several times due to COVID-19. The Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada is looking for sub- as well as no writing of names on the walls. In addition to the competition there will be jigging, games missions of on-the-land photos to be featured in its upcoming “Please take pride of your emergency cabins and support and a community feast. 2022 calendar. your local HTO. We all can work together and support each All groups interested in submitting a team must do so before The theme of this year’s calendar is wildlife and its sustainable other to keep properties out (on the) land clean and safe for all the Oct. 1 deadline. use from an Inuit perspective. hunters and campers around our beautiful land in Arctic Bay,” First place prize is $8,000, second is $6,000 and third is $4,000. The council is looking for photos of Inuit out on the land, hunt- Tautu Rene wrote on behalf of the Ikajutit Hunters and Trappers ing and fishing in all seasons, gathering berries in the summer, Organization staff. Northern Lights 2022 postponed and preparing food. Nunavut If selected photographers will be paid $250 for a large photo Date for Baffinland hearings set for The Northern Lights 2022 Business and Cultural Showcase and $150 for a small one. community has been postponed until Feb. 2023, announced the Northern Large photos need to be at least 4 MB, small ones needs to Mittimatalik/Pond Inlet Lights Organizing Committee. be at least 2 MB. The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) has scheduled the COVID-19 has been cited as the reason for the delay. Not all photos that are submitted will be used. Only photos extension of public hearing regarding Baffinland Iron Mines Cor- “Despite our hopes of hosting the event in 2022, we recog- published in the calendar will be compensated. poration’s Phase Two Development proposal for the community. nize the impact of current venue capacity restrictions and other The deadline to submit is Sept. 3. Locals who wish to observe or participate in the meetings can necessary measures,” said Clarence Synard, Nunavut co-chair do so from Nov. 1 to 6 at the Atakallik Community Hall from for Northern Lights. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “At this time, it is also difficult for us to mobilize our planning Month in Iqaluit On the schedule will be the conclusion of technical discussions, committee and develop a high-quality program and exceptional followed by a community roundtable regarding Phase Two. cultural experience that our event participants have come to Iqaluit expect,” he adds. The City of Iqaluit on Aug. 16 proclaimed the month of Sep- Evening sessions may also be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. if tember to be Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. determined necessary by the Board’s chairperson. This is in line with national awareness campaigns which also Those outside of Pond Inlet can contact [email protected] or call take place in Sept. 1-866-233-3033 for teleconference or Zoom details. According to Childhood Cancer Canada 37 Canadian land- marks were lit up gold last year to honour the gold ribbon, an Volleyball Nunavut posts upcoming international symbol for childhood cancer awareness. tournaments Sept. is also Childhood Cancer Awareness Month south of Nunavut the border according to the American Childhood Cancer Or- There will be various volleyball tournaments taking place in ganization. the territory later this year and early next year, Volleyball Nunaut The motion of which it was declared was passed unanimously announced on Aug. 5. at a city council meeting on July 27. First up are the Kitikmeot Regionals, which will be taking place in Kugluktuk on Dec. 3 to 5, it will be open to all Kitikmeot Meeting on preventing vandalism teams containing athletes born in 2003 or later. Cambridge Bay/Ikaluktutiak The Qikiqtani and Kivalliq Regionals will be combined into The Municipality of Cambridge Bay is inviting the community one tournament taking place in Iqaluit Feb. 4 to 6, 2022, as with to participate in a community workshop aimed at addressing Kitikmeot, it will be for athletes born in 2003 or later. vandalism in the community. The Volley Ball Nunavut (VBNU) territorials, also taking place According to the Municipality it is affecting the assets of local in Iqaluit will be from Feb. 25 to 27. It will be by athlete invite buildings, residences and businesses. only and they will be invited based on their play in the regional It will be held at the Community Hall on Aug. 31, at 6:30 p.m. tournaments, as well as their involvement in the VBNU high The following will be addressed: performance program. It will be for athletes born in 2001 and later. -Why vandalism is happening For more information you can contact VBNU at information- -What are our own Cambridge Bay solutions [email protected]. -Who will action the solutions Luke Qannak Memorial square dance HTO asks hunters to respect cabins Rankin Inlet QIA’s director of Qikiqtani Nunalirijikkut Jared Ottenhof during the April Ikpiarjuk/Arctic Bay Square dancing may soon return to the Kivalliq. The Luke NIRB hearings regarding Baffinland’s phase two Expansion proposal in The Ikajutit Hunters and Trappers Organization would like Qannak Memorial square dance is scheduled to take place from Iqaluit. The same hearings for Pond Inlet will be taking place in early to inform hunters who stay at their cabin at Qakiaq to keep the Oct. 7 to 9. November. 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Kivalliq office: Box 657, Rankin Inlet, NU, X0C 0GO ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᓱᔪᐃᔪᖅ Cody Punter – Bureau Chief Phone: (867) 645-3223 Fax: (867) 645-3225 ᐃᓚᑰᓂᖅᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ Email: [email protected] Website: www.nnsl.com/kivalliqnews Production facilities: Box 2820, ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᑐᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓱᓕ Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1 Phone: (867) 873-4031 Northern News Services Fax: (867) 873-8507 ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓂᕐᓗᒡᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓴᙱᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ, Email: [email protected] ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᓄᑦ [email protected] ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᒋᕗᖅ: ᐃᓅᓱᒃᑐᓂ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᕈᓘᔭᕐᓂᖃᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ [email protected] ᐃᕿᐊᓱᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕐᓂᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᑦᑕᒃᓯᒪᕚᓪᓕᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓲᓂ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓂ. Website: www.nnsl.com ᓱᕈᓯᐅᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕐᓂᑦ. ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓂᑖᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓂ. ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᓂᐊᓕᕐᒪᑕ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐃᓗᓕᖏᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ Founder (1934-2018): ᑕᑕᑎᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ – ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ- ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᓄᑦ 3−ᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason 19−ᓂ ᒪᓕᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᓯᒪᔪᓂ, ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ. ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᒻᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᖓᓐᓂ. PUBLISHER, CEO: Bruce Valpy – [email protected] ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᒥ ᐅᐸᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᖃᓄᖓᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ COORDINATING EDITOR: Craig Gilbert – [email protected] ᓇᓗᓇᖅᑐᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓂ. ᑕᓕᐊᓗᖏᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᖓᓄᑦᑕᐅᖅ. ACCOUNTING: [email protected] ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᕿᒪᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ, ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓄᑦ Salleah Wagas ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕈᓐᓇᙱᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᑭᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᑐᔭᐅᖅᑳᑎᒋᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᐃᖅᓱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓯᒪᒋᕗᑦ Editorial board: ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᓪᓚᑦᑖᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑦᑕᐅᖅ. ᖃᓄᖓᓴᐃᓂᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᒐᔪᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ, ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᕐᓂᖓᓂ Bruce Valpy • Craig Gilbert • Emily McInnis Derek Neary • Alyssa Smith ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᓴᖅᑭᓐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᑲᐅᖅᑐᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓯᒪᔪᒧᑦ. ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᐸᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᔪᓂ 76.5 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᖃᕆᐊᖅᐳᖅ. NEWS EDITOR ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19−ᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑕᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᒃᓴᓪᓚᖕᓇᖅᑐᒥ 64.8 ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᓯᐊᒎᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒡᕕᐊᕈᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᕆᕗᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ Emily McInnis ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒧᑦ 2020-21−ᒥ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᐸᓯᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ Editorial Production: ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᔪᐊᓇᓯᒧᑦ. ᓂᒡᓚᓱᓗᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᐱᓱᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ, [email protected] ᓴᓂᓕᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᑭᒪᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᓈᓇᖓᓂ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ

Sports: James McCarthy – [email protected] ᐃᔨᓂᒃ−ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ: “80 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒥ ᐅᐸᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᙱᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. Arts: [email protected] ᐃᓱᒫᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅᓯᕗᖅ. ᐊᔾᔨᒋᕙᖓ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᓕᒫᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᙱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ-ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᔮᓐ ᒪᐃᓐ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓐᓇᓱᒋᓐᓈᕗᖅ Business: [email protected] ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑕᒫᒥ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᖏᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᒥ 4−ᒥ 2019−ᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᖁᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ Advertising production ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᙱᓚᖅ ᓇᑉᐸᓪᓗᐊᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ Production co-ordinator: Jennifer Reyes ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᒥ 10−ᒥ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᙱᓚᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ. Joshua Uson ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ. ᐅᐸᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᕗᖅ.” ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᙱᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐅᐸᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓂᑦ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂ. AE DV RTISING [email protected] ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ. ᐃᓱᒪᑐᓂᕐᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒍᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᓇ ᐅᐸᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ All departments: 2009-10−ᒥ, 70.8 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᒥᒃᖠᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒧᑦ. [email protected] ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒥ. ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂ ᑭᐅᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ, National: James Boylan 2001-2002−ᒥ, 74.5 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᓲᕐᓗ ᔫᓯ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᐱᓂᐅᔪᓂ Classified Advertising: ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓱᔪᐃᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐋᓐᔨᓚ ᒧᒃᔪᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔨᐊᓇ ᕿᓚᕝᕙᖅ−ᖃᖅᑲᓯᖅ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ [email protected] ᐊᑯᓂᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᙳᓛᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. CIRCULATION – [email protected] ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᖃᑦᑕᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ. ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ Circulation Director: Amy Yang ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑖᑕᑦᑎᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓇᑎᑐᑦ – ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᑲᐅᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ, ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨᓂ, Subscriptions: ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓄᑦ – ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ One year mail $75 ᐅᔭᐅᕆᓗᐊᕌᓗᒃᐸᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᕿᑐᕐᙵᒥᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᔪᒥ. ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᓴᖅᑭᒐᔪᓗᐊᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ, ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᖓ ᖃᐅᒪᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ. Online (entire content) $50/year Missing school, harming futures NORTHERN NEWS SERVICES LIMITED 100% Northern owned and operated There’s a gulf between some parents and the school system Publishers of: that still needs to be closed Inuvik Drum • Kivalliq News Yellowknifer • Hay River Hub Northern News Services rate, by Grade 4 the average student has al- and guidance counsellors have addressed NWT News/North • Nunavut News/North ready missed half a year of school. By grade this issue over and over. Parents have done It’s that time of year: there may well be 10, they have missed two full years. Non-at- the same. While bullying is common among moans and groans from the teenager in your tendance is clearly an urgent concern.” youths, it should always be nipped in the bud home or perhaps there’s heightened excite- In Nunavut, poor attendance rates are a by any adult who bears witness. Lessons in ment among the younger members of the longstanding issue. compassion are necessary. We acknowledge the financial Nous reconnaissons l'appui financier support of the Government of Canada. du gouvernement du Canada. household. In 2009-10, there was only 70.8 per cent of Of course there can be other isolated barri- It’s because they’re going back to school. students in school throughout the year. ers, such as school bus service not operating Registration is taking place at learning insti- In 2001-2002, it was 74.5 per cent. during winter cold snaps, so some children Member of the Ontario Press Council. The Ontario tutions across the territory – with COVID-19 There’s a great deal of academic harm in walk to school, or get a ride from Mom or Press Council was created to defend freedom of the press protocols in place, of course. those figures. Dad, while other students don’t. on behalf of the public and press alike and to consider specific, unsatisfied complaints from readers about the We’re hoping for a full year of in-class Much time and thought have been devoted Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA John Main conduct of the press in gathering and publishing news, learning. The bewildering home schooling and to why so many children are not showing up suggested in 2019 that the Government of opinion and advertising. hybrid models of the past year left something at school. Perhaps some parents or grandpar- Nunavut should consider cash incentives to Complaints should go to: The Ontario Press Council, 2 Carlton St., Suite 1706 to be desired, particularly in the early months ents who had such negative experiences at ensure that chairs are filled in classrooms. Toronto, Ont., M5B 1J3 when students were unable to attend school residential school aren’t inclined to force their That idea led to an outburst from the public, Email: [email protected] Fax: 1-416-340-8724 due to pandemic lockdowns. offspring to partake today. That connection both positive and negative. www.ontpress.com But what really matters is that our young to a traumatic past can be strong, but the edu- Innovative solutions are required because Syend us our comments ones are making a genuine effort to learn. cation system has advanced in many positive this attendance problem is seriously under- Email us at: [email protected]; mail to Box 28, Showing up matters. ways. Most district education authorities are mining futures. There are numerous students Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0; or drop your letter off at our office at 102 Tumiit Plaza. All letters submitted must be signed with Attendance rates at Nunavut’s schools were largely comprised of Inuit community mem- who are meeting with success across Nunavut, a return address and daytime telephone number so that 76.5 per cent prior to COVID-19, and then bers who set policy. More Inuit educators are such as Jose Kusugak scholarship recipients we can confirm it came from you. fell to an even more alarming 64.8 per cent taking positions in schools. Classroom content Angela Mukyungnik and Jenna Kilabuk-Qa- Not all letters will necessarily be published. Preference is given to short letters of broad interest or in 2020-21, according to Education Minister for those in kindergarten through Grade 3 is qqasiq, both on a journey to become educa- concern. Letters of more than 200 words, open letters and David Joanasie. more reflective of the Inuit culture and Inukti- tors. those published elsewhere are seldom used. We reserve the right to edit for length or taste and to In the neighbouring Northwest Territories, tut throughout the year. The territory needs more stories of achievers eliminate inaccurate or libelous statements. the Department of Education has issued this Another factor that is often cited in low at- like them – as well as tradespeople, nurses, eye-opening statement: “80 per cent atten- tendance rates is bullying at school. Its tenta- lawyers, administrators and other profession- dance is very concerning. It is the same as cles have stretched into the online realm, too. als – but for students who seldom show up, missing one full school day per week. At that Many teachers, classroom assistant, principals the future won’t be nearly as bright. www.NunavutNews.com News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, August 23, 2021 A9 Trudeau’s priorities aren’t the Kivalliq’s

Northern News Services Conservative-ᑯᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖓ ᐃᐅᕆᓐ ᐅ’ᑑᐅᓪ, Liberal-ᑯᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖓ ᔭᔅᑕᓐ ᑐᕈᑐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ NDP-ᑯᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖓ ᔭᐃᒡᒦᑦ ᓯᓐᔨ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᙳᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ Last week was full of surprises from the federal gov- 20, 2021-ᒥ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᑎᑦᑐᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐹᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓂᒃ? ernment. With very little notice, Northern Affairs Min- ster Dan Vandal made his way to four communities in Nunavut, culminating with a $517 million infrastructure funding announcement in the capital on Aug. 12. Vandal made brief visits to Arviat, Rankin Inlet, and Pond Inlet where he met with Nuluujaat Land Guard- ians that are protesting the Mary River mine. After almost two years without travelling due to the pandemic, the minister’s visit pointed to a return to normal. But the political canvassing and splashing around of cash were a sign that bigger surprises were right around the corner. Sure enough on Sunday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canadians would be heading back to the polls for a federal election on Sept. 20. The decision to call an elec- CODY tion less than two years after the last one, and more than two PUNTER years before the next scheduled is the editor of Kivalliq News one point to a power hungry Liberal party bent on securing a majority in the House of Com- Conservatives Leader Erin O’Toole, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will be among five party leaders vying for power mons at all costs. during the federal election on Sept. 20, 2021. But will their priorities include those of the Kivalliq region? Canadian Press photos Even though the election date was just announced, Trudeau has been campaigning and announcing new how much weight that law carried when he proceeded frastructure projects is being shared across the four funding since early July. Last month he personally to call a snap an election the year after the legislation regions of Inuit Nunangat, which means it’s likely only flew to British Columbia to announce $1.3 billion for passed. a quarter of that at most will end up being spent in transit infrastructure, then to Quebec where $6 billion Now that he is ahead in the polls and feeling confi- territory. As NTI president Aluki Kotierk pointed out over five years was revealed for the province’s child- dent, Trudeau is yanking a page from Harper’s book to following the announcement, each region could use care system. Last month the government also said it try and secure more power for himself and his party. that amount on its own. was giving one time cash hand-outs of $500 to anyone Why? Because he can. Meanwhile, it’s worth pointing out the feds ear- born before 1947. So what does this mean for Nunavut? marked a measly $25 million for housing in this year’s And then there is the fact that Elections Canada esti- Trudeau is trying to tout his government’s perfor- budget, a far cry from the estimated $1 billion-plus mates the price tag for the Sept. 20 vote will be at least mance on the pandemic as a reason why he deserves needed to fix the territory’s shortage. $610 million, making it the most expensive in Canadi- to be reelected, but the reality is that aside from CERB The only party to show genuine concern for the terri- an history, due in part to the additional costs of orga- and other financial bailout, it has been the CPHO and tory’s housing shortage in the recent years has been the nizing such a large scale operation during an ongoing the territorial government’s policies which have kept NDP. Unsurprisingly, the NDP is the only official party public healthy crisis. Nunavummiut safe. to have nominated a candidate in Nunavut, after select- Somehow, prime ministers have maintained the As far as funding is concerned it should be noted that ing Iqaluit’s Lori Idlout to run last week. right to call snap elections for their own political gain, none of the money announced in the territory last week Considering more than half of the territory’s hous- despite the fact Stephen Harper’s government imple- is new, with all of it already earmarked in the 2021 ing deficit could have been erased for the price of mented a fixed-election-date law in 2007 in order to budget. Trudeau’s vanity election, it’s clear to see where the prevent this very thing from happening. We saw just Moreover the $517.8 million in shovel-ready in- Liberals’ priorities lie.

ᑖᒻ ᑭᓂᑎ ᕆᐱᑲ ᕗᕆᓐᑯ–ᑲᓛᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᐲᑦ “ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ “ ᐄ, ᐃᓱᒪᒐᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᖓᑉᑕ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖃᑳᓪᓚᖕᓂᖅᐸᑕ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕋᑉᑕ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒪᑐᐊᖅᓯᒪᓗᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ/Iqaluit ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᔾᔮᖅᑰᙱᑦᑐᒍᑦ. ᖃᓂᒌᒃᑕᐅᓕᖃᑦᑕᖅᐸᑕ, ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᓐᓇᖅᑑᔭᖅᑐᖅ. ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ? ᐅᑭᐅᖑᔪᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ – ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓪᓗ street talk ᐅᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑑᔭᖅᑐᒍᑦ.” ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᓖᑦ.” Rebecca Francois-Clarke Do you think COVID-19 is Tom Kennedy with Trevor Wright “Yeah, because I feel like school “Unless there’s a you go to socialize also. But if going to impact schooling big outbreak again, you’re wearing masks and social I don’t think it’s distancing, I think it impacts it this year? going to have any also. For me, myself, I need that effect. It should be ᐱᓐᔭᒪᓐ ᐅᐃᔅᐅᐃᓪ teacher-student interaction.” “ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑰᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, “ ᐄᖑᖅᑰᖅᑐᖅ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖁᑎᖃᙱᒃᑲᒪ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ a normal year.” ᒪᑐᔭᐅᙱᑉᐸᑕ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒃᑲ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᒃᑲ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕᓕ ᔮᓐ ᒪᑎᐊᓯ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ? ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐹᑦ, ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᑎᕗ “ ᐄᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ. ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᙱᒻᒪᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔮᙱᑉᐹᑦ? ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᖅᑰᖅᑐᖅ. “ ᖃᓄᐃᓗᐊᔾᔮᖅᑰᙱᑦᑐᖅ – ᑲᐱᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎ ᓱᓕ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᓯᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖓᓯᒌᒃᑑᑎᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ.” ᓂᑲᓪᓗᖓᓇᖅᑐᖅ.” ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓇᒍ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᓗᐊᕈᓐᓃᕐᒪᑕ.” ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᒃ, ᐊᐃᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ.” Benjamin Alan Weeks D avid Teffo Westwell “I think so. I don’t have any “I don’t think it’ll Jtohn Mat hews “I think it will impact children in school but I kind impact it that much “It will. We’re not schooling, if not of feel sorry for people. — not because of the through COVID closures then having What do parents do? Do vaccines, but people yet so there will to change up how they send them to school, don’t care anymore.” be some delays schooling is handled do they not send them to and cancellations, with COVID restrictions school? It must be very unfortunately.” and social distancing.” difficult. I think that’s sad.” A10 Monday, August 23, 2021 News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 www.NunavutNews.com Late night fire shuts down Baker Lake daycare Resident’s video shows firefighters combatting the blaze; RCMP investigating, say cause unknown By Cody Punter ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐸᐃᕆᕝᕕᑐᐊᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᑭᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᐊᔪᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᕗᕆᑎ ᐅᕙᔪᒃ ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒐᓯ 17-ᒥ. ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ Northern News Services ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖃᕐᒪᑦ.

Baker Lake is reeling after a fire destroyed the community’s daycare on the eve of the first day of school. Police and the fire department in Baker Lake were called at 2:30 am on Aug. 17, according to the RCMP’s communications department. Baker Lake resident Freddie Oovayuk recorded a video — posted to Facebook — showing the destructive blaze as firefighters responded to put it out. Oovayuk told Kivalliq News he went to check out the fire after seeing someone post about it on social media around 2 a.m. By the time he got to the scene, fire crews were arriving to put out the blaze. That’s when he decided he should film what has happening. “As soon as I saw the flames I knew I had to go live,” he said. Oovayuk said the fire appeared to be coming from the porch outside the daycare. “As soon as I saw the flames knew something was fishy cause it was on the outside pouch,” he said. RCMP said the incident is under investigation and the detachment is unable to provide further details at this time. Based on the video Oovayuk posted, the firefighters appeared to get the most intense flames under control in about five minutes. Although the building is still standing, it remains to be Baker Lake’s only daycare is seen ablaze in a screenshot from a video that resident Freddie Oovayuk shot in the early hours of Aug. 17. The RCMP said the fire is revealed how much damage it sustained following the fire. currently under investigation. Image courtesy of Freddie Oovayuk COVID-19 exposure notices issued related to NWT travel as case count grows Anyone who attended the attended the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation must isolate

By Trevor Wright ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐸᐃᕆᕝᕕᑐᐊᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᑭᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᐊᔪᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᕗᕆᑎ ᐅᕙᔪᒃ ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒐᓯ 17-ᒥ. ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ Northern News Services ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖃᕐᒪᑦ. Nunavut

The Government of Nunavut has issued two potential exposure notices for Nunavummiut who attended certain events in the NWT. The exposure notices are for those who travelled to the hand games tournament in Fort Good Hope from Aug. 5 to 9, or travelled to Fort Good Hope or have been through the Yellowknife airport between Aug. 5 to 17. If not fully vaccinated, those people are asked to isolate immediately for 14 days starting from the date of departure. Also, call the COVID-19 hotline at 1-888-975-8601 to schedule a test on day 12 or 13 of the 14-day-isolation. Those who have been vaccinated are asked to self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days, isolate if symptoms appear and wear a mask in all indoor public spaces. They must also stay away from any indoor gatherings outside of their immediate household and not attend any restaurants, bars and other public indoor spaces where masks need to be removed. Another more stringent notice has also been issued for Nunavummiut who attended the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation between Aug. 10 and 13 in Yellowknife, or who travelled through the Yellowknife airport between Aug. 10 and 17. All individuals who attended that event must isolate immediately for 14 days starting from the date of departure and call the COVID-19 hotline at 1-888-975-8601 to schedule a test on day 12 or 13 of the 14-day-isolation. Nunavut health officials have suspended the travel bubble with the NWT due to the COVID-19 outbreak centred in Fort Good Hope, in the Sahtu region. NNSL file photo www.NunavutNews.com News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, August 23, 2021 A11 Young seamstresses outfit students in parkas

Collette Nilaulak, left, Savannah Kaludjak, Princess Autut, Tanya Ammaklak, Quluaq Osmand, Reagan Tattuinee, Bailey Green and Addy Lindell wear the parkas they made for themselves during an Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council workshop that wrapped up on July 30. Photo courtesy of Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council Eight Rankin Inlet teens redefine fashion in two-week workshop By Cody Punter world,” she said. Autut said she focused on making Northern News Services Elders Rosemary Sandy and Ipiqsaut Dion ran her first parka functional, with lots of the program along with instructor Tracy Ayaruak. space for pockets and a more traditional Eight Rankin Inlet students in need will have Clark-Lindell said the girls spent the first day wide fit. new parkas for the upcoming school year thanks of the workshop going through all the materials However, when she started working to the stylish work of young seamstresses enrolled they might want to use before sitting down to on her own, she tailored it to fit her in a sewing program. draw their designs. sense of style. Earlier this year, the Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Liter- “They kind of had free rein,” Clark-Lindell said. “Since my mom always makes acy Council launched the Ikajurniq youth corps Ilitaqsiniq co-ordinator Amy Ainglidik said that my parka, she always makes it program, which encourages youth to give back to once the girls started on their second parkas for boxy. You can’t see any curves. the community. To complete the program, each themselves, they became more confident in their But I wanted to make some- participant must volunteer 120 hours. skills. thing more fitted. It’s more During this particular two-week program, partic- “Everyone had a very different style — you girly,” she said. ipants were taught how to sew a parka from scratch could see that especially in the jackets they made While more-fitted parkas ar- in the first week. The garments sewn during this for themselves,” she said. en’t considered as warm or traditional, period were made for students without parkas. Princess Autut, who was one of the eight par- Clark-Lindell said that’s the way young- Participants then spent a second week refining ticipants, told Kivalliq News the workshop was er seamstresses are expressing themselves Princess Autut wears the fitted parka she their skills by sewing a customized jacket for her first time sewing. these days. sewed for herself during a two-week workshop themselves. “I’d never sewn a parka before so I didn’t know “There is a trend nowadays. Parkas are fash- hosted by Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council “Everyone really enjoyed it. Maybe half the what to expect,” she said. “My mom usually sews ion. It’s not necessarily what you need, it’s what last month. Photo courtesy of Ilitaqsiniq participants had never used a sewing machine everyone’s winter parkas. I thought about it a bit you want to look like. That’s where our younger Nunavut Literacy Council before. You could tell in the end they are going and thought I could help her.” generations are going: toward fashion.” to continue sewing,” said Ilitaqsiniq program As soon as she arrived and saw all the materials manager Kelly Clark-Lindell and the people in the program, Autut said she In addition to sewing, Clark-Lindell said the knew she would be fine. students spent 45 minutes each morning doing a “At first it wasn’t too bad. We just cut off the literacy activity, like journaling or group discus- material and zig-zigzagged it so it wouldn’t fray,” sions, meant to encourage mindfulness. she said. “When I started doing the parka, I started “You really want them to leave bettering them- getting afraid and I was like, I’m gonna mess this selves. We sometimes don’t give ourselves up. But after finishing the first parka, I felt a lot time to reflect on those things in our crazy more comfortable.”

Tanya Ammaklak shows the jacket she made for a student in need during an Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Bailey Green displays the jacket she sewed for a stu- Council workshop that wrapped up on July 30. dent in need during an Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council workshop that wrapped up on July 30. Photos courtesy of Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council

Addy Lindell sews furs on the cuff of a jacket during a sewing program hosted by Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council last month. Photo courtesy of Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council Collette Nilaulak, left, Savannah Kaludjak, Princess Autut, Tanya Ammaklak, Quluaq Osmand, Reagan Tattuinee, Bailey Green and Addy Lindell wear the parkas they made for themselves while holding up the jackets they made for students in need Quluaq Osmand uses a sew- during an Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council workshop that wrapped up on July 30. Photo courtesy of Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut ing machine to add details Literacy Council on her parka. www.NunavutNews.com News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, August 23, 2021 A13 Iqaluit in better financial shape in 2020 despite pandemic Mayor says city is ‘on the right track’

By Trevor Wright In addition, capital assets in- to changing priorities to sup- on the right track to financial Northern News Services creased to $166.5 million from port our community during the stability to be able to make im- Nunavut $159.8 million in 2019. COVID-19 pandemic,” Mayor provements to our services and, In response to the pandemic, Kenny Bell stated following the with the help of our partners, Despite the onset of COVID- the city allocated $659,047 in Aug. 18 release of some de- is prepared to make significant 19 earlier in the year, the City of COVID-19 specific funding tails from the municipality’s investments in infrastructure Iqaluit has managed to weather to community organizations, 2020 consolidated financial to support our growing capital 2020 in an overall positive fi- $1.5 million under the Reach- statements. city.” In response to the pandemic, the City of Iqaluit allocated funding to nancial position. ing Home program to entities “The positive financial posi- This increase in capital as- numerous community organizations. Trevor Wright/NNSL photo From 2019, the municipality’s supporting homelessness re- tion demonstrated in our 2020 sets is the result of the com- net asset position has increased duction and $383,000 under consolidated financial state- pletion of capital projects, such hall leasehold improvements as ments are Territorial Block by $10 million, representing the Government of Nunavut ments is an important achieve- as upgrades to the water and well as machinery and equip- Funding, the Federal Gas Tax, cash and financial assets and Community Wellness program. ment for the City of Iqaluit,” sewer infrastructure, new solid ment purchases. the reserve fund and the general fewer financial liabilities. “The city was able to adapt the mayor added. “The city is waste facility planning, City Funding these capital invest- operation budget.

Thank you for your service

The Hamlet of Sanikiluaq recognized the efforts of its volunteer firefighters in July. Mayor Johnnie Cookie gave them each badge-like pewter belt buckles. From left, Pauraalu Uppik, Elijassie Sala, Charlie Sala, Mayor Johnnie Cookie, Tigilles Kowcharlie, Charlie Tookalook and Lucassie Kittosuk. Jack Uppik is kneeling in front. Photo courtesy of Ron Ladd/Hamlet of Sanikiluaq A14 Monday, August 23, 2021 News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 www.NunavutNews.com Nunavut Recovery Centre inches closer to reality Federal government to contribute $41.7 million through contribution agreement

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

The federal government says it has finalized a $41.7-million contribution agreement with the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) for construction of the Nunavut Recovery Centre. Northern Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal made the announcement on Aug. 13, the final day of a week full of funding announcements across Nunavut, in advance of a federal election. The Nunavut Recovery Centre will provide a range of treatment and healing interventions that will address substance abuse and trauma. It will be founded and developed based on Inuit cultural practices and values. In August 2019, the same federal government said it was com- mitting up to $47.5 million when then-minister of Indigenous Services Seamus O’Regan visited Iqaluit, the final in a roster of federal dignitaries prior to the October 2019 election. “No one can work on their issues alone,” said NTI President From left, Nunavut Economic Development and Transportation Minister David Akeeagok, Nunavut Health Minister Lorne Kusugak, federal Northern Aluki Kotierk, adding the Nunavut Recovery Centre presents an Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal, Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq and Nunavut Family Services Minister Eliapee Sheutiapik speak to each other follow- opportunity for Nunavummiut to recover from their addictions ing an Aug. 13 announcement relating to funding for a Nunavut Recovery Centre. Trevor Wright/NNSL photo within territorial boundaries. “Our focus for the Nunavut Recovery Centre is to ensure it is grounded in Inuit language and culture, the-land programs with contemporary counselling techniques, $5 million contribution to ensure Inuit participation in program with strong linkages to community-based, on-the-land program- (it) will increase peoples chances of success,” Kusugak said. development for the Nunavut Recovery Centre ming, that we prioritize Inuit workforce development and that The feasibility study outlines the need for a three-pillar approach, The Northern Affairs minister said it’s vital to support the supports continue for recovery and healing for Inuit in Nunavut.” which is as follows: growth of families and communities in the North. Health Minister Lorne Kusugak added, “The Nunavut Recovery Pillar 1: Enhanced community-based programming offering “The recovery centre in Nunavut will allow for healing to take Centre will be built on treatment options available in the territory on-the-land healing camps and other in-community supports place on the land, and this centre will have Inuit culture and and we’re working in conjunction with the on-the-land programs Pillar 2: A recovery centre located in Nunavut to provide res- values at its core,” said Vandal. “This investment is a commit- running out of each of Nunavut’s regions, in-fact communities.” idential treatment and outpatient services ment to empower a community-level response to the issues of The Department of Health is committed to integrating cultural Pillar 3: Development of an Inuit workforce that can staff both mental health and substance abuse based on distinct Inuit cultural and clinical practices to help the healing journey of Nunavummiut, on-the-land healing camps as well as the Nunavut Recovery Centre practices and values.” according to Kusugak. The Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation is providing $11.8 Construction is expected to begin at the start with next sum- “The people of Nunavut have strong ties to the land and to our million to help fund the Inuit counselling component of the mer’s shipping season. The facility is expected to take two years culture — by aligning with Inuit values and incorporating on- workforce development pillar. NTI is also providing a one-time to build, according to Kusugak.

x0p31Axy N4ystdJxl4 www.NunavutNews.com News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, August 23, 2021 A15 ᔨᓇᒪᕆ ᐱᐊ ᐊᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ ᕿᓇᓗᒐᕋᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂᒃ. On the land Do you have an amazing story from your adventures on the land? Tell us your story and show us your photos for a chance to win $100. Submit your story and photo to our Nunavut News Facebook page, [email protected], or by mail to Nunavut News, PO Box 28, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0. Entries will be placed on our Facebook page. They may also appear in this newspaper and other Northern News Services publications. The story and photo with the most combined likes and shares at the end of the week wins. GinaMary Peah Akulukjuk ᓱᓯ ᐅᐃᑉ This week’s winner is Jessica Lynn Tinashlu. Pangnirtung ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ Congratulations! Beluga hunting Cumberland Sound outside Pangnirtung. ᓇᒃᑐᕋᓕᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ. ᓖᓴ ᑰᓇᖅ ᑭᑎ ᐅᒃᐸᑯᒃ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ ᔨᑯ ᐊᑦᑕᑳᓕᒃ ᐃᓄᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑕᐅᓐᓂᑯ 2021-ᒥ ᔨᓯᑲ ᓕᓐ ᑎᓇᖦᖢᒃ ᑕᖅᑯᑦᒥ, ᔪᓚᐃ 30, 2021. ᐃᖃᓗᒡᔪᐊᕋᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒪᐃᒥ ᓇᐅᔮᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ. ᓇᓄᖅ ᒥᓯᒃᑐᖅ ᓯᑯᒥ ᓇᐅᔮᑦ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦᑐᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒧᓕᖅᖢᒍ ᐃᕆᐊᓛᖅᖢᖓᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᑉᓗᖓ.

Ka ydi Okpakok Rankin Inlet Lisa Koonark Fish was caught during the 2021 Susie Wiebe Pond Inlet fishing derby in May outside of Rankin Inlet Jayko Attakaalik Innualuk fishing out on land at Rankin Inlet. I had fun pulling it An eagle outside Rankin Inlet. taqqut, July 30, 2021. out and yelled for help.

Winner: Jessica Lynn Tinashlu Naujaat Polar bear jumping off the ice south of Naujaat.

ᐱᓕᐊ ᐳᐃᑐ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᒪᒪᖅᓯᓕᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ (red Thai Chili-ᒧᑦ).

I saac Idlout ᐊᐃᓴᒃ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ Iqaluit ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ Boating in Iqaluit! ᐅᒥᐊᖅᑐᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ!

Blair Boiteau Chesterfield Inlet Candied char (red Thai chili flavor).

ᒪᑕ ᑭᖕᒥᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᓐᑐᕈ ᐊᖑᑎᑦᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᓂ, ᔪᓐ 2012.

Martha Kingmiaqtuq Taloyoak Andrew Anguttitauruq sealing in Natilik Lake at Taloyoak, June 2012. A16 Monday, August 23, 2021 News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 www.NunavutNews.com Sports & Recreation Sports hotline • James McCarthy Phone: (867) 873-4031 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: (867) 873-8507 Rankin Inlet finishes in top four at national Indigenous hockey tourney

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ Hᐊᑭᖅᑏᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᕗᕆᑦ ᓵᔅᑲᒨᔅ “Chief Thunderstick” ᑲᓇᑕᒥ Hᐊᑭᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒐᓯ 15-ᒥ.

Rankin Inlet’ finished in the top four at at the Fred Sasakamoose “Chief Thunderstick” National Hockey Championship on Aug. 15. The team is from left, back row: Patrick Tagoona (manager), Chris Leveille, Panniuq Karetak, Roger Tagoona, Keith “Butch” Sigurdsson, Piqut Nukapiak, Cody Dean, Chase Stewart, Brayden Uluqsi. Front row: Phillip Tagoona (waterboy), Tucker St. John, Daniel McKitrick, Qaritak Kusugak, Pujjuut Kusugak, Mitchel Tilley, Avaala Sabourin, J.L. Tagoona, Seth Ningeongan. Photo courtesy of Roger Tagoona

By Cody Punter in a pool with lots of strong teams. show for us.” Northern News Services “We didn’t have any easy games at all,” Tagoona said. With the game tied, they went to 3-on-3 overtime. On his first After winning their first game 5-1 they beat Canoe Lake, who shift of the extra period Daniel McKitrick won the game for Rankin Inlet finished in the top four at the Fred Sasakamoose would were the eventual tournament champs, by a score of 6-2. Rankin with a beautiful wraparound goal. “Chief Thunderstick” National Hockey Championship, which In their last round-robin game Rankin had to face former NHLer “He carried us the last tournament and he stepped up big with wrapped up in Saskatoon on Aug. 15. and two-time Stanley Cup champion Dwight King, who was that goal,” Tagoona said of Mckitric. The result was in improvement on Rankin’s top eight finish playing for Onion Lake. In the quartefinals Rankin was matched up against Opaskwayak in their first appearance at the national Indigenous men’s tour- “It was pretty neat to be out there against him but you still Cree Nation, the same community where Jordin and Terrence nament last year. This year they almost made it to the finals but want to win so you can’t stand there in awe of him for too long,” Tootoo got their start in junior hockey. they dropped a hard-fought 2-1 battle to Eagle Lake First Nation said Tagoona. Although there is a lot of history between the two communities, in the semis. Rankin played their backup goalie for the game and managed there was no love lost on the ice. Rankin once again went up 2-0 “We’re proud to be from Rankin and that’s who we were playing to walk away with a 2-2 tie, which put them in the top of thier early in that game. OCN managed to get a goal on the board and for and I hope we made Nunavut proud. We weren’t out there pool at the end of round robin play. That set them up for round- they were pushing hard for another at the end of the third, but playing for ourselves we were playing for so much more,” team of-16 playoff game against the Samson Hawks. Ningeongan stepped up again to give Rankin the victory. captain Roger Tagoona said in an interview. In that game Rankin got out to an early 2-0 lead but the Hawks “We had bodies flying everywhere and the puck was in the The tournament is named in honour of the late Fred Sasaka- pushed back hard. The Hawks eventually tied the game near the crease but somehow it stayed out,” Tagoona said. moose, who is considered the first Indigenous person to play in end of the third. They almost got the go-ahead goal near the end but In the semi-finals Rankin faced off against Eagle Lake. Rankin the National Hockey League. This year’s invite-only tournament Rankin’s starting goalie Seth Ningeongan kept them in the game. gave up a goal in first six minutes of the game on a shot from featured 32 First Nations teams from across Canada. Tagoona “He was actually going to be the backup goalie for us in the a weird angle. said Rankin faced an uphill battle from the start by being placed tournament,” Tagoona said. “He stepped in and totally stole the The rest of the period went at a relatively slow pace until Eagle Lake’s goalie had to make a big save in the final minute. Rankin started throwing the body a bit more in the second period. After a few big hits in the defensive zone Rankin got a breakaway opportunity but Eagle Lake’s goalie shut the door. Eagle Lake got another goal on a lucky bounce four minutes into the third. Rankin fought back but was unable to generate many chances. They pulled the goalie with more than three minutes left to try and even it up. Then with 1:17 left in the period McKitrick scored to make it one-goal game. The team pushed hard and managed to keep pressure on Eagle Lake. With four seconds left in the game they rang a shot off the cross bar but it was too little too late. While it wasn’t the championship finish the team was hoping for Tagoona said the team has made a lot of progress. “Obviously you want to win the championship but you have to look at is a huge success on our part. Our goal was to make it further than we did last year so we accomplished that,” Tagoona said.- He added that while the team fought as hard as possible on the ice, they couldn’t have done it without the sponsorship of Nunavut Investments, Calm Air, EPLS, the Hamlet of Rankin Inlet, Agni- co Eagle, Rankin Inlet Senior Mens Hockey, KIA, Atuqtuarvik Corporation and Avid Insurance. Tagoona also credited his dad Patrick Tagoona with helping organize the team. Although it’s a year away Tagoona said the young Rankin team will be looking to improve even more for the next tournament. “Last year we just wanted to show we belonged and we made a statement with our first appearance. This year there was a little more expectation. We showed we’re not just a good team, we’re a contending team.” www.NunavutNews.com News North Nunavut k NKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, August 23, 2021 A17 Baker Lake hunters make history After three weeks at sea, team returns with 40-foot bowhead whale

By Cody Punter hunt posted online by captain Philip Northern News Services Putumiraqtuq, heavy winds and rain ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐊᕐᕙᒃᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᓂᑯᕕᖓᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕙᒃᑕᖓ ᑕᑭᓂᓕᒃ 44−feet-ᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᔭᖓ ᐊᒐᓯ 17-ᒥ. has been preventing the crew from A group of Baker Lake hunters getting out on the water. made history on Aug. 15 by har- In a Facebook post David Simailak vesting the community’s first-ever wrote that Putumiraqtuq reported the bowhead whale. The hunters set out whale had been harpooned success- from the inland community on July fully around 9 p.m. on August 15. 27, making stops in Chesterfield Inlet The boats were rocking due to and Naujaat along the way. After heavy swells, so they made the de- more than three weeks on the land cision to tow the whale back to shore and on sea, the community’s mayor while it was still floating and breath- Richard Aksawnee made a Facebook ing so they could finish the job. post on August 16 announcing the “They were successful in finishing hunters had successfully harvested the job,” he wrote. a 40-foot bowhead. Simailak said the hard part of butch- “A historic day for Baker Lake,” ering the whale was next on the list Aksawnee wrote. “A group of hunters of things to do. He wrote that hunters left Baker Lake on the 27th of July in from Naujaat were heading out to hopes of harvesting something that help the crew with the job on Harbour inlanders aren’t familiar harvesting. Island where they have been camping. A bowhead whale. Today is that day.” “Imagine the celebration there Then The hunters have been spending the celebration here when the finally most of the last three weeks camped come home!” wrote Simailak. out on Harbour Island, near Naujaat. “We are all extremely proud of all Baker Lake’s bowhead hunters stand on top of the 44-foot whale they harvested after bringing it safely to shore on August 17. Photo According to updates about the of our bowhead whalers.” courtesy of Dino Mablik k NKu W?9oxJ5 k NKu W?9oxJ5 k NKu W?9oxJ5