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Active cases: 86 Confirmed cases by community News Confirmed cases: 552 Recovered cases: 462 Iqaluit: 149 (84 active, 65 recovered) Briefs Total persons followed: 8,656 : 6 (2 active, 4 recovered) Current persons followed: 437 : 21 (0 active, 21 recovered) ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ, ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 24–ᒥ. ᐅᑎᖅᑕᓲᓂ Completed tests in Nunavut: 13,010 : 339 (338 recovered) ᑐᒃᑐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒧᑦ. Deaths: 4 Whale Cove: 23 (all recovered) Vaccine doses given: 28,963 (16,271 first doses) : 2 (all recovered)

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Migrating caribou are making their way back to Baffin Island. At least three house parties in Photo taken outside of April 24. photo courtesy of Rose Kolola ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕈᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ Iqaluit account for increased 2021-22-ᒥᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖓᑦ (NAC) ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐄᐳᕈ 26-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕈᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᖢᑎᒃ 2021- COVID-19 transmission 22ᒥᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓯᑉᑕᐱᕆ 2021-ᒥ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖃᑕᐅᒍᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ There are 30 people under 18 in the capital ᑕᑕᑎᕆᔪᓐᓇᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᑭᐊᕿᕕᖓᒍᑦ, ᐅᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᑕᑎᒐᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓕᐅᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᑎᓗᒍᓗ ᑕᑕᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ who have COVID-19 ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓐᓄᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ By Trevor Wright ᒪᐃᔭᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᑲᓂ ᐱᐅᓪ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᖏᑉᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑕᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ Northern News Services ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᖁᓛᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖃᑕᐅᖁᔨᖏᑉᐳᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ The Government of Nunavut (GN) announced May 6 that ᒪᐃ 3–ᒥ. ᑕᑕᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᓯᒪᓕᕈᑎᒃ there are 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Iqaluit and there have ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. been eight recoveries in the territorial capital. ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒥ There are a total of 86 active cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut, ᓇᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᖕᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖁᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᓗᖏᑉᐳᑦ. 84 of which are in Iqaluit and the remaining two are in Kinngait. ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒍᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᑕᑎᕆᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐅᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ On April 27, an individual who was transferred to Baffin ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑲᐅᖏᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᐱᖁᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ Correctional Centre (BCC) tested positive for COVID-19. The ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. individual had already been placed in isolation from the gen- please see NAC, page 13 eral population on arrival per the facilities’ protocols. There have now been 10 cases of COVID-19 identified at the Baffin Correctional Centre. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᑐᒃᑐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ “All individuals are stable and are isolating on-site, said chief ᐱᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᓐᓂᖏᑦ public health officer Dr. Michael Patterson. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ The GN is also asking people who have attended any house ᑕᐃᒪ ᑐᒃᑐᒍᓐᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ 250-ᓂᒃ ᒫᓐᓇ, parties within the last three weeks to contact the COVID hotline ᐊᕙᑎᒥᐅᑕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᐃᑉᐱᕐᒥ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ and request swabbing. ᑐᒃᑐᒍᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᑎᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ ᒪᑐᔭᐅᕗᖅ. “These activities put people at risk and will extend the out- ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᓯᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ break if they continue. Gatherings of individuals at different ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᐃᑦ households can expose everyone at the gathering and everyone they live with to COVID-19,” said Patterson. ᓯᖁᒥᑕᐅᒐᔭᖅᐳᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓕᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᒻᒪᖄᓗ There are three house parties that public health authorities “ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖁᔭᐅᒍᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ”, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ know of where transmission of COVID-19 took place. ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ. It is now safe for people to stay at the Tammaativvik Boarding ᑐᒃᑐᒍᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᓂᕕᖓᑖᑦ Home with staff who tested positive April 27 now isolating at ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖏᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ home and all the other staff having tested negative. ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖑᓐᓄᑦ. “The boarding home also has processes in place to reduce the “(ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᑦᓯᐅᓂᖏᑦ) risk of COVID-19, including enhanced cleaning, encouraging ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᒪᒥᑉᐹᓪᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ and supporting guests to isolate in their rooms. There are no Mayor of Iqaluit Kenny Bell votes for the implementation of a State of Local ᕿᑭᑦᑖᓗᖕᒥ ᑐᒃᑐᐃᑦ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᑦ visitors allowed and current public health measures prohibit Emergency at noon on May 3. Facebook live screenshot ᒪᒥᑉᐸᓪᓕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᑦᓯᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ visiting around the city, clients are only asked to leave for their ᑐᒃᑐᓯᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ appointments and to pick up perscriptions. Food and beverages ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᐱᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ are being delivered to the rooms, no one is allowed to gather - Ensure water security measures are in place for human health ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. inside, only clients are allowed on the property and social dis- and hygiene. please see Baffin, page 13 tancing is required while outside, masks and distancing are The total amount of people under 18 with COVID-19 stands mandatory,” said Patterson. at 30, with increased household transmission being the cause. Medical travelers cleared to leave from Iqaluit still have to ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ isolate for 14 days when they get home, household members Pfizer vaccine for youth being considered ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᓂᒃ also have to isolate when the medical traveller goes home, to On May 5 the Government of approved the use of ᓂᕿᑖᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ keep risk of spread between communities “as low as possible.” the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 12 and over and the GN is ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ Three people have been medevaced to Ottawa due to complica- considering the use of it. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ tions from COVID-19, however, “no other Nunavummiut have “Right now we are looking at all options including if there’s ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᓕᕆᕗᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕈᑎᓴᓂᒃ been admitted to hospital due to this outbreak,” said Patterson. an opportunitiy to use Pfizer in the near-future for at least some children in Nunavut,” Patterson said. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓴᕿᖅᑎᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᓂᒃ ᒪᐃ 11-ᒥᑦ ᔫᓐ State of local emergency With the Pfizer vaccine’s cold storage requirements very few 22-ᒧᑦ. On May 3 at noon, the City of Iqaluit held an emergency communities in Nunavut can safely store it, with Iqaluit being ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᑐᑦ 60-ᓂᑦ meeting over Zoom, implementing a State of Local Emergency one of those. ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ. ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᑭᓐᖓᕐᓂᓗ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ in the territorial capital. “It has to be shipped and stored at minus 80, once it gets outside ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ Councillor Kyle Sheppard called for a State of Local Emer- of that temperture range even if it’s in a freezer it’s only good ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ gency in the city. The motion passed unanimously and the State for two weeks, once it’s thawed it has to be used within five days. ᓴᐳᒻᒥᔭᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖏᓪᓗ. of Local Emergency was put into effect 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, So far 16,271 Nunavummiut have received their first dose of ᐊᑐᓂ ᓂᕿᑖᕈᑎᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᑭᖃᖅᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ $250 ᐊᑐᓂᓗ May 4, 2021. the Moderna vaccine and 12, 692 are fully vaccinated. ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᓂᒃ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ, ᓂᕿᑖᕈᑎᒃᓴᐃᑦ The State of Local Emergency will unlock limited authorities There have been 71 recoveries since this outbreak began last ᐊᑐᓂ ᐱᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᓂ ᒪᐃ for the City under the Emergency Measures Act, these include: month. 11-ᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ 22. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ - Giving the City additional powers to support compliance “Remember that your actions can impact everyones health, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ. efforts, as needed; public health is everyones duty, so Nunavummiut please continue please see QIA, page 13 - Allows the City to take additional measures to support the to follow all the measures we have in place,” said , vulnerable population outside of existing support; Nunavut’s Premier. A4 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com Kakolak gets back on track Veteran snowmobiler finds his way between Kitikmeot communities, sometimes with a little help

by Derek Neary on his GPS and rode the final stretch into “’I’m so glad that I met up with you journeys from to and Northern News Services town, without the sled, his body sore and guys,’” he told them. “So these boys were from Kugaaruk to the area – each tired from the trip. kind enough to help me out to get back of those legs taking approximately 13 hours. Craig Kakolak is an experienced snowmo- “I didn’t want to sleep on the ocean,” said into town.” When he’s heading out on the land, he biler who has made numerous long journeys Kakolak. If he hadn’t encountered them, he predict- makes sure that he carries a SPOT device, from one Kitikmeot community to another. He went back out to retrieve his sled a ed he would have ran out of gas heading which makes possible emergency notifica- Even though he packs a variety of gear, he couple of days later, on May 2, but then his eastward. tions to search and rescue. He also consults knows things can still go wrong. And that’s trusty GPS died when the battery drained But he said he never felt a sense of panic. with the hunters and trappers association to happened to him twice recently. on his way back to Cambridge Bay. “I was OK. I have to go home to my kids. find out which areas to avoid while travel- Kakolak made his first snowmobile trip Kakolak, 38, tried to orient himself but I’ve been away for a month so that’s what’s ling. As well, he possesses trail maps from between and Cambridge Bay, wound up heading east. keeping my momentum going,” he said of his ancestors, showing commonly-travelled leaving Kugluktuk on April 29. Fortunately, he spotted some cabins where this two children. routes. After covering ground for about 36 hours, some teenage boys were hunting small game. The setback has hardly deterred him from For Kakolak, spending so many hours his snow machine started to overheat about He pulled up and asked them for directions making other treks. He has plans to snow- zipping over the Kitikmeot landscape is 40 kilometres outside of Cambridge Bay. He to make sure he was driving toward Cam- mobile to Gjoa Haven, where he’s going to generally a joy. detached his sled and let his snowmobile bridge Bay. They told him which way he make his new home. “Nature’s work of art brings pure soli- cool down. He then marked the location should be going. He has previously made some snowmobile tude,” he said. www.nunavutnews.com Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, May 10, 2021 A5 ᑯᕋᐃᒡ ᖃᖁᓛᑉ ᓯᑭᑑᖓ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᒐᓚᖕᓄᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ. ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᓇᓱᐊᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕈᑎᑕᖃᓲᖑᕗᖅ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᑕᒻᒪᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ ᖃᖁᓛᖅ ᐅᑎᖅᐳᖅ ᕚᑕᓖᖓ ᓄᖑᓵᓕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥ. ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐊᓗᒃ ᓯᑭᑑᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᓇᓂᓯᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒐᓚᒃᖢᓂ

ᑯᕋᐃᒡ ᖃᖁᓛᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓕᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᑭᑑᖅᑎᐅᕗᖅ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓯᐊᓄᑦ. ᓇᒃᓴᖃᑦᑕᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᖁᑎᓂᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕗᖅ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᔪᓕᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᖅᓱᖅᑐᒥ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᐅᔪᒥ. ᖃᖁᓛᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᓯᑭᑑᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒧᑦ, ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 29–ᒥ. ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᐸᓗᖕᓄᑦ 36–ᓄᑦ, ᓯᑭᑑᖓ ᐆᓇᖅᓯᓗᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 40 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ. ᖃᒧᑎᖓ ᐲᓚᐅᖅᐸᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᑭᑑᖓᓂ ᓂᒡᓚᖅᓯᐊᕆᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᒻᒪᕇᒃᑯᑎᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ, ᖃᒧᑎᖃᕐᓇᓂ, ᑎᒥᖓ ᓴᖕᓂᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᖃᖓᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᖓᓂ. “ᓯᓂᒍᒪᓚᐅᙱᓐᓇᒪ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᖁᓛᖅ. ᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐃᒃᓯᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᒧᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᕐᒪᑕ, ᒪᐃ 2–ᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑐᒐᔪᒃᑕᖓᓂ ᑕᒻᒪᕇᒃᑯᑎᖓ ᕚᑕᓖᕈᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑎᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒧᑦ. ᖃᖁᓛᖅ, 38, ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᓕᐊᖔᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᑕᑐᖦᖤᑐᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᓂ ᐃᓅᓱᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᖑᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᒥᑭᑦᑑᑎᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ. Craig Kakolak’s snowmobile has taken him across much of the Kitikmeot. He tries to be prepared for emergen- cies on the land, but sometimes there are complications, like a GPS battery dying sooner than expected. photo ᐅᐸᒃᑲᒥᒋᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᓇᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᖁᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒧᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ courtesy of Craig Kakolak ᓇᒧᙵᐅᓪᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ. “ᖁᕕᐊᓱᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐹᓚᐅᕐᓂᔅᓯᓐᓂ,’” ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐸᖏᑦ. “ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᑦ ᑐᙵᓇᓚᖅᐅᐳᖅ ᐅᕙᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ.” ᐹᓚᐅᙱᒃᑯᓂᒋᑦ, ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᐃᕋᔭᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᓕᐊᖔᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᖃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐅᐃᒻᒪᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ. “ᖃᓄᐃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖓ. ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᕿᑐᕐᙵᓐᓄᑦ. ᑕᖅᑭᐸᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᕋ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔾᔪᑎᒌᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐸᕋ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᕿᑐᕐᙵᒥᓂᑦ. ᐅᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᙱᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᑭᑑᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒧᑦ, ᓄᑖᖑᓗᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᓂᐊᓕᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ. ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᓯᑭᑑᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥ ᓇᐅᔮᑦ ᐃᓂᖓᓄᑦ – ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᐸᓗᖕᓂ 13–ᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ. ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᐊᓕᕌᖓᒥ, ᐱᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᒫᓃᑉᐳᖔᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᒥ, ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐸᖅᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᓲᖑᒋᕗᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᖅᑎᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᓕᐊᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᐸᓪᓗᐊᙱᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᐃᒡᓕᓂᓂ ᓄᓇᙳᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᕚᖏᓐᓂ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᕕᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᖅᑯᑕᐅᔪᓂ. ᖃᖁᓛᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᑲᕐᕋᒐᓵᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᒃᖢᓂ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᐅᒐᔪᒃᐳᖅ. “ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖓᓂ ᑕᑯᒥᓇᖅᑐᓂ, ᐃᓄᖃᙱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. A6 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com ᒪᐃ 4–ᒥ, 12–ᖑᔪᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑯᕉᓇ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐃᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓘᔭᕐᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᐃᓂᐊᓂ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᖅ Lengthy housing wait ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᐃ 2–ᒥ. sparks anger in Gjoa Haven ‘Sad for my kids have to sleep on the floor,’ says father who’s been waiting 14 years to get a home

by Derek Neary “Like all communities, Gjoa Haven has a housing shortage. Northen News Services While we are always advocating for public and government housing, we encourage residents to work with housing to Fourteen years. make sure their applications are consistently updated and That’s how long Jacob Uyarrai says he’s been waiting for a points revised,” Porter said. “We encourage residents to get house for his family in Gjoa Haven. educated so they can find gainful employment and hopefully He’s spent the past eight years living with his mother-in-law one day become home-owners of their own. We continue to and there can be 13 people crammed into her three-bedroom advocate through our MLA.” unit. Uyarrai said there’s “not much for jobs” available in the “I am a bit angry for waiting so long,” Uyarrai said. “Sad community. He usually gets hired as a carpenter in the spring, for my kids (who) have to sleep on the floor with no beds, often to build new houses. only like parkas.” Akoak said the limited employment opportunities compound The Nunavut Housing Corporation plans to build 105 public the problem. housing units over the next year, but none of those will be in “There’s no jobs in the community, especially up this way Gjoa Haven, which has a population of close to 1,325. in the Kitikmeot area. All we have is government jobs, which MLA said he’s thankful for the housing allo- are not very much,” he said, acknowledging that seasonal cations over the past few years when Gjoa Haven has received tourism work has largely been eliminated by the fallout from 15 new units in each of 2019 and 2020 and 20 in 2017. COVID-19. “But we’re still short of housing,” he said. “It is a very Micheal Dawodu, housing manager at Gjoa Haven’s Kikitak common complaint. We have people that are homeless in the Housing Association, referred questions about the wait list community that are always looking for a place to stay. and criteria for being granted occupancy of a home to the Gjoa Haven’s Jacob Uyarrai with four of his five children. Sometimes his “There’s a lot of people living in overcrowded housing. Nunavut Housing Corporation, which didn’t provide answers kids are forced to sleep on the floor because there are 13 people in his I’m grateful for the people who take in and try to help their prior to publication deadline. mother-in-law’s three-bedroom home, Uyarrai said. photo courtesy of family or community members, but they do become an over- Akoak said he believes the local housing committee’s housing Jacob Uyarrai crowded unit.” application assessment process is fair. That overcrowding has impacts on residents’ health, he “The problem we’re facing all over Nunavut is a shortage speak up. You also represent Inuit, and the housing shortage said, adding that a shelter is needed in the community sooner of housing,” he said. in Nunavut requires hands-on work to be resolved amongst than later. In the legislative assembly on March 16, Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu all three parties.” “It’s very, very slow at the moment,” he said of the Depart- MLA reiterated that Nunavut requires 3,000 The Nunavut Housing Corporation’s overall budget for ment of Family Services’ follow through on a commitment new housing units to catch up to existing demand, and the 2021-22 is $219.1 million. Housing Minister Margaret Na- to build a family crisis shelter in Gjoa Haven. “Their excuse Government of Nunavut is not on pace to do that. kashuk noted on March 7 that the corporation is undertaking is the pandemic.” “The various Inuit organizations and the Government of independent reviews of the public housing rent scale and Mayor Megan Porter also expressed gratitude to the Govern- Nunavut have to work as a private-public-federal partnership the construction allocation methodology. She said she looks ment of Nunavut for the new homes built in her community to alleviate our challenges,” said Angnakak. “I am hopeful forward to sharing the outcome of those reviews before the over the past five years. if any leaders of the Inuit bodies are listening, it is time to end of the current government’s term, which is in October. www.nunavutnews.com Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, May 10, 2021 A7 18-ᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒃ ᐊᓕᕝ ᑐᕕᐅ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᓕᕝ ᑐᕕᐅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᒪᒃᑲᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᑉᓚᓕᖕᒧᑦ. ᐃᒐᕙᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᑯᓗᒃ ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᓕᒃ ᐳᑉᓚᓕᖕᒥᒃᐊᖑᓇᓱᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓘᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᖕᓄᑦ By Cody Punter ᐳᑉᓚᓅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂᒃ Northern News Services ᒪᓕᒐᓂᒃ ᓯᖁᒥᑦᑎᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖃᑦᑕᖅᐸᑦ. “ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒐᒥ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᙱᑕᕋᒎᖅ ᐳᑉᓚᓅᖅᑐᖅ 18-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐊᓕᕝ ᑯᕕᐅ ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᖓ ᖁᑭᐅᑎ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᖢᖓ. ᐊᑖᑕᒐ ᐳᑉᓚᓕᒃ ᓴᙱᔪᐊᓘᙱᑦᑐᒃᓴᐅᔫᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᑕᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ. ᐅᖃᐅᑎᑉᓗᒍ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᖁᙱᒥᐊᖅᖢᒍ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᒡᒎᖅ ᑕᐃᒻᓇ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᖅ.” ᐅᑉᓗᑕᒫᖅᑲᔭᖅ ᓯᓚᑦᑕᐅᔭᕌᖓᑦ, ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᓱᓕᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᑕᑯᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᕕᐅ ᑎᕐᓕᐊᖅᓯᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᑕᕈᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕆᐊᖅᑐᖁᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᕕᐅᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ. ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖓ ᐳᑉᓚᓅᑦᑐᖅ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᖅᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᒪᒃᑲᐅᔪᖅ ᓱᓇᓂᒡᓖ? ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᓂᒃ. ᑐᕕᐅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᕉᖅ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖓ “ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᓛᑦᑎᐊᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᐅᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᒃᓴᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᙱᓐᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᕕᐅ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᑉᓗᓂ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᓕᕆᓕᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓚᐅᙱᑕᖏᑦ. ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. “ᐃᖅᑯᒃᓱᒋᐊᖃᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᐊᖁᒃᑯᑦ “ᖁᒡᕕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓂᙵᐅᒪᓂᖃᖃᑦᑕᕋᒪ,” ᖁᖓᓯᓂᒃᑯᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᑕᕐᓗᒋᑦ.” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐊᕿᒡᒌᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᒐᔪᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᕋᓕ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᑐᒡᓕᐊᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓄᒃᓯᐅᑎᑐᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑐᕕᐅᒧᑦ ᐃᒃᖠᖕᓇᖅᑑᔪᖅ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᓂ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᒍ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅᓯᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᓕᕋᒥ 13-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅᓯᐅᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. “ᐳᑉᓚᓅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖁᑭᐅᖅᑖᖅᑳᕐᓇᖓ ᒥᓪᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲ “ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᓴᕆᐊᙱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᖢᒋᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᓯᖁᒥᑦᑎᓂᐅᖕᒪᒡᒎᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᖅᖢᑎᒃ.” ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᖕᓂᖓᓄᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᕕᐅ. ᕿᓚᒥᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐳᓪᓚᓅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᓕᕋᓗᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑐᕕᐅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅᓯᐅᕈᒪᒃᑲᐅᒐᒥ ᒥᑦᑕᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᑯᓂ ᐃᒐᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᕿᒡᒌᑦ. ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑐᐸᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ. “ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᒃᑭᑦ ᐃᒐᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᐃᒐᑉᑕ ᐃᓗᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ “ᐱᑕᖅᓯᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᖓ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ. ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᒪᒪᕈᓘᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐅᖓᓯᒐᓱᖃᑦᑕᕋᒪ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐊᖁᑦᑐᓐᓇᙱᓐᓇᒪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᒧᓗᒃᑖᖅ ᐱᓱᓗᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖓ.” ᐃᒐᓇᓱᒃᐸᒃᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᐊᕿᒡᒌᑦ. ᐊᕿᒡᒋᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ Stir Fry- ᐅᔾᔨᖅᑐᕋᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᕕᐅ, ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖅᖢᓂᒋᑦ, ᐃᒐᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒐᑉᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓚᒥᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᑭᑎᑦᑎᑉᓗᓂ ᑐᒡᓕᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᐅᔪᖅ Facebook-ᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᒐᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒐᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᒪᒪᕆᓂᖅᐹᕆᑉᓗᓂᒋᑦ. ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑕ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖓᒍᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᒐᖃᑦᑕᕐᒥᔭᖏᑦ Montreal Steak Spice-ᓕᖅᖢᓂᒋᑦ, bacon- ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐸᓂᓂ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖓᓗ ᐳᑉᓚᓅᖅᑐᖅ ᓕᖅᖢᒋᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᒐᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒐᒋᐊᖅᑳᕐᓇᒋᑦ. ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᑯᓗᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ. Eighteen-year-old Olive Duval shows off a recently harvested catch of “ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᒪᒪᕆᔭᕋ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᖃᓄᐃᓕᒋᐊᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᐊᓈᓇᐅᑉᓗᖓ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ptarmigan that she shot with her pink BB gun last month. photo cour- ᐊᐅᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᓕᕆᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ “ᒫᓐᓇᓕ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖓ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᒍ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᙱᓪᓗᓂ tesy of Karen Duval ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᒪᒃᑲᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᓂᒃ ᒥᓪᓗᖅᖢᒋᑦ, ᑐᕕᐅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓱᓗᕋᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᓯᔭᖅᖢᓂ.” ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᖅᑖᖅᖢᓂᒎᖅ ᐳᑉᓚᓅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓈᓇᖓ ᐅᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᕆᒪᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᐸᓂᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐱᑎᑦᑎᑦᑕᐃᓕᓇᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᒋᒐᒥᐅᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕿᑖᖅᑎᒋᕙᒃᖢᒍ. ᑐᕕᐅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ “ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᖕᒪᑦ ᓱᒋᐅᑎᑖᕆᓯᒪᔭᒃᑯᑦ – ᓱᒋᐅᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᖢᖓ,” “ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᖠᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᐊᖑᓱᖕᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖓ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔭᕋ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᒃᑯᑦ.” ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖁᑎᕗᑦ “ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᐸᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᒃᐸᑦ ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᐱᑕᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᓱᒋᐅᑎᑖᖓ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᓕᕆᓗᐊᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᐳᐃᒍᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕕᓂᑉᑕ Facebook–ᑯᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᑦᑎᐊᓲᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᒃᐸᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒐᓱᒃᑐᒥᒃ ᑐᕕᐅᒥᒃ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂᐊᓗᒃ.” ᐊᖑᑕᐅᒃᐸᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ.” A8 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com Editorial & Opinions Published Mondays wh mK5 Office: 626 Tumiit Plaza, Iqaluit, NU Comments and views from NUNAVUT NEWS/north and letters to the editor Box 28, X0A 0H0 Reporters: Trevor Wright, Derek Neary Advertising: Phone: (867) 979-5990 Fax: (867) 979-6010 Toll free: (855) 447-2584 ᐸᖕᒥᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᓂ Email: [email protected] Website: www.nnsl.com/nunavutnews

Kivalliq office: Box 657, Rankin Inlet, NU, X0C 0GO ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᖅ Cody Punter – Bureau Chief Phone: (867) 645-3223 Fax: (867) 645-3225 ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓴᕋᐃᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐃᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒧᑦ Email: [email protected] Website: www.nnsl.com/kivalliqnews ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓘᔭᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ Production facilities: Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1 Phone: (867) 873-4031 ᒫᓐᓇ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᒥᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᖓᓱᓃᓕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᓂᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᒡᓕᖅᑖᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ, ᐅᓄᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂ, Fax: (867) 873-8507 ᐃᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐅᓄᖅᓯᒋᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᑐᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ Email: [email protected] [email protected] ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᓐᓂᐅᕗᖅ. [email protected] ᒪᐃ 6–ᖑᔨᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, 157–ᓂ ᐱᖃᕐᓂᕋᐃᔪᓂ ᐸᖕᒥᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃ, ᑎᑭᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᒪᑐᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ, Website: www.nnsl.com ᑯᕉᓇ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐃᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᓂᒃ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑐᓂ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᑲᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐅᓄᖅᓯᒋᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 27–ᓂ, ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᓅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ Founder (1934-2018): ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ ᐅᓄᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᒥ J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ 18 ᑐᖔᓂ. ᐱᖃᕐᓂᕋᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19– ᓄᓘᔭᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒧᑦ PUBLISHER, CEO: Bruce Valpy – [email protected] ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒧᑦ. ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐊᓄᓪᓚᒃᓯᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᐃ COORDINATING EDITOR: Craig Gilbert – [email protected] ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᓘᒃᑖᖅ ᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᐹᑐᓴᓐ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᐃᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ 5–ᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᑲᒃᐳᖅ ACCOUNTING: [email protected] ᐱᔮᖅᑯᒥᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔾᓚᕆᐅᔪᓂ ᑎᑭᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᒪᓕᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᒪᓕᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓅᑕᐅᓇᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ Florie Mariano • Salleah Wagas ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖏᓐᓂ ᖁᕝᕙᕆᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒫᓐᓇ 10–ᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᖅᑐᖃᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ- ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᔭᖅᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. 19–ᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᓂᖏᓐᓂ. Editorial board: ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂᓗ ᖁᐊᖅᓵᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕕᖕᒥ. ᒪᐃ 6–ᖑᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, 23–ᓂ ᐱᖃᖅᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ Bruce Valpy • Craig Gilbert • Emily McInnis ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐃᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᓐᓂᖓᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥ ᑭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᓪᓗᐊᒥ Derek Neary • Alyssa Smith ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐱᖃᕐᓂᕋᐃᔪᓂ- ᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ B.1.6.1.7 NEWS EDITOR ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ ᓄᕙᔫᐊᕐᓇᒥ ᓴᙱᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᑲᔪᕋᔭᖅᑐᒥ Emily McInnis ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ – ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᓱᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓂᖓᓂ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕕᖕᒥ (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓴᕋᐃᑦᑐᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓄᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᖃᕐᓂᕋᐃᔪᒥ Editorial Production: [email protected] ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕕᖕᒥ ) ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒻᒫᑎᕝᕕᒃ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ. ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᓕᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ. ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᔪᐊᔾ ᕼᐃᒃᔅ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ, ᐅᓇ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ Sports: James McCarthy – [email protected] Arts: [email protected] ᑕᒪᓂᑐᒥᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᔪᑦ “ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒥ ᐆᒧᖓ ᐸᕐᓇᖕᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ.” ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ Business: [email protected] ᐅᓄᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕕᖕᓂ ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᕐᒨᕆᐊᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ, ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᒪᑐᔭᐅᓚᐅᑲᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ Advertising production Production co-ordinator: Jennifer Reyes ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕈᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖅᑯᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑰᑕᖅ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᑲᑕᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑭᖓᓐᓂ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᓂ. Randy Hiebert • Joshua Uson ᐊᓄᓪᓚᒃᓯᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓂ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᓄᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐆᒥᖓ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᖃᖓᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ADVERTISING ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐃᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ ᑕᒪᑦᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ Laura Whittle [email protected] ᐱᕕᑭᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᓗᓕᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᐊᓄᓪᓚᒃᓰᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᓯᐊᒎᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐃᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᑦ, All departments: ᓱᕋᐃᓂᖃᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᒪᑦᑐᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᕗᖅ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᓂ [email protected] ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᓗᐊᓃᑦᑐᓄᑦ. ᐊᑲᐅᙱᔨᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᕙᔫᐊᕐᓇᒥ ᓴᙱᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ. ᐸᖅᑭᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕆᔅᓯ, National: James Boylan ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 2020–ᒥ, 23–ᓂ ᐊᓄᓪᓚᒃᓯᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ. ᐅᖅᑯᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᓗᓯ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᑦᑕᐃᓕᓗᓯ. Classified Advertising: [email protected]

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ᑕᐅᓄᙵᐅᒋᔅᓯ! ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᒋᑦ ᓯᑯᒥ ᔮᒃ ᓄᕗᐊᓂ ! ᖃᐃᒋᑦᑎ ᐅᓲᔮᖅᑐᖅᑐᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᓗᓯ, ᐃᖃᓗᒃ, ᓂᐅᖅᑲᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒃᓴᓂ! ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᒪᐃ 2, 2021– ᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᓪᓘᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᓚᒦᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒫᓗᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᐱᕐᙶᖅ ᑎᑭᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᓂ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖃᑕᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᓂᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᐃᓕᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐃᑕᓐᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒥᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᓕᕆᓂᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᒡᓗᓂ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ. ᖁᐊᓇ ᒫᑭ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᐅᔪᒥ. Come on down! Join us on the ice at Jack’s Point! Come and have some hot dogs, Arctic char, beverages and lots of prizes! The staff of the Mental Health facility in Cambridge Bay held their celebrations on Saturday, May 2, 2021 as part of Mental Health Week in Canada. It was a most beautiful day to be outdoors on the as spring has arrived. Many happy kids and adults winning prizes for different events. The iglu built by Willile and Nathan was so nice to see. It was a nice way to get outdoors and enjoy especially during the pandemic Come into my iglu and have some tea! Here is iglu builder Nathan Kaosoni of Cambridge Bay. The iglu was built and restrictions. Quana Marky and staff for a wonderful afternoon. at the event site for celebrating mental health week. Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo

ᖁᐊᓇ ᖃᐃᒐᔅᓯ, ᑕᒪᔅᓯ! ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᒃ, ᒪᐃ 2–ᒥ. ᐅᓇ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨ ᓇᐃᑕᓐ ᑲᐅᓲᓂ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨ Mental health ᐋᓕᒃᓵᓐᑐᕋ ᒪᓂᔪᔩᓇ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨ ᒫᑎᓐ ᑯᐃᒥᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨ ᐊᓖᓴ ᐅᐃᒃᔅ, ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ Feature ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨ ᐅᐊᓃᑕ ᒪᒃᐃᐅᑯᓐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨ ᐊᐃᕕ ᑲᕙᓈ. with Navalik Tologanak email: [email protected]

ᐆᒻ ᐱᕝᕕ! ᐅᓇ ᐊᒡᒋᐅ ᑎᒦᑐᕋᒃ ᒪᒪᑕᒃᑐᖅ ᖁᐊᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥ ᓯᑯᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ ᒪᐃ 2–ᒥ.

Quana for coming, everyone! Mental Health Week was celebrated in Cambridge Bay on Saturday, May 2. Here is life skill worker Nathan Kaosoni, left, life skill worker Alexandra Maniyogina, manager Martin Quimet, mental health nurse Alissa Weeks, mental health nurse Juanita Maceachern and outreach worker Ivy Kavanaa. Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo

ᑕᑯᒃᑭᑦ ᐅᑯᐊᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᓇᓄᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᓴᐅᑎᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ! ᓱᕈᓯᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᒪᐃ 2–ᒥ. Mmmmm piffi! Here is Aggiu Dimitruk enjoying some frozen Arctic char down on the ice at events celebrating mental health week in Cambridge Bay on May 2. Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo ᖁᐊᓇ ᐊᓈᓇ! ᐅᓇ ᐋᓐ ᐸᓗᓱᑉᕋᒪᐃᓂᐊᒻ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 4-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐃᕐᓂᖓ ᑭᐅᕆᓐ ᕼᐆᐱᓐ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᖕᒥ ᐊᐳᒻᒥ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ.

Quana Mom! Here Ann Balasubramaniam and her 4-year-old son Keeran Look at these little polar bears racing on the Arctic Ocean! Kids in Cambridge Bay had fun playing games and won lots of prizes at the Mental Health Houben built a muskox in the snow sculpture contest held as part of Week event held on May 2. Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo Mental Health Week events. Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo A10 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com Their land gives life. It’s not for sale. Everywhere in the North, people are re- marking on the life and death of Thomas Berger, who helped to protect the Northern Guest environment and everything on it that the Comment Dene and the Inuvialuit live on. Their land gives life. It’s not for sale. Suzie Napayok-Short is an Inuk author, translator, interpreter and The gratitude expressed over what Mr. activist on issues related to Inuit Berger did for the people up here is huge. It traditions and language across the also takes me to a similar situation for the North. She grew up in Nunavut and Inuit in the east, to the conflict regarding a lives in Yellowknife. mining expansion proposal and the Inuit of the Qikiqtaaluk/Baffin region. “The construction of a gas pipeline and This time around, with recognized Inuit the establishment of an energy corridor will land claims in place, the process for conduct- intensify oil and gas exploration activity all ing environmental impact reviews is done by along the corridor. The cumulative impact holding public hearings, a process thereby of all these developments will bring immense created by the land claims agreement of and irreversible changes to the Mackenzie Nunavut. Through that forum, the Nunavut Valley and the Western Arctic. Impact Review Board provides time and “Given the uncertainties relating to design space for the different companies, people, and construction, illustrated by the forego- organizations and groups involved to express ing comments on frost heave and scheduling, their thoughts and present their reports and and given the bearing they have on envi- stance before a decision can be made to ei- ronmental impact and the enforcement of ther build more infrastructure on traditional environmental standards, it seems to me un- Inuit lands that would further impact them reasonable that the Government of Canada or to go with those that want to save their should give unqualified approval to a right land and water and their wildlife that are of way or provide financial guarantees to the part of these areas, including traditional project without a convincing resolution of Former Justice Thomas Berger, pictured here in March 2015 at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in caribou calving grounds on land and the be- these concerns. Yellowknife, marked the 40th anniversary of the Berger Inquiry. That inquiry had begun at The Explorer Hotel lugas and narwhals at sea. “There is a myth that terms and conditions in 1975. NNSL file photo With the mine running since it began in that will protect the environment can be im- 2014, the wildlife and their natural patterns posed, no matter how large a project is pro- of the year. Disturbance of such areas by in- mate change as evidenced by dramatic sea ice and cycles have already been seriously affect- posed. There is a feeling that, with enough dustrial activities can have adverse biological changes and recently by the growing presence ed, according to the traditional land users, studies and reports, and once enough evi- effects that go far beyond the areas of im- of the killer whales that now hunt for belugas stewards, hunters and beneficiaries of the dence is accumulated, somehow all will be pact. This concern with critical habitat and and narwhals, among others. area that have testified. Some of the lands well. It is an assumption that implies the with critical life stages lies at the heart of my Due to the presence of COVID-19 oc- are now covered with red dust in places, even choice we intend to make. It is an assump- consideration of environmental issues.” curring during the public hearings in April far away from the mining site. The lakes and tion that does not hold in the North. These are the same things many Inuit are 2021, the sessions were cancelled. Now we river are impacted too, including fish that the “It is often thought that, because of the saying today too. It seems the majority of wait for the continuance of the hearings that, Inuit use for subsistence. immense geographic area of the North, con- the Inuit are not willing to live with the fate in the end, will eventually lead to a decision At the time of the Berger inquiry, these struction of a gas pipeline or establishment of this type of development for themselves, by the Department of the Crown-Indigenous very similar concerns were raised over the of a corridor could not cause major damage or their children. The traditional way of life Relations. Perhaps as Thomas Berger did course of 40 years by the people of the West- to the land, the water or the wildlife. But from the lands and waters is respected, for for the Western Arctic Inuit and Dene that ern Arctic regarding the construction of a within this vast area are tracts of land and it is an inheritance from their ancestors and resulted in protecting their lands, the Inuit in gas pipeline. water of limited size that are vital to the sur- they are the experts of their own lands. Nunavut could also have a chance to cease To compare, Mr. Berger in his final report vival of whole populations of certain species The proposal by Baffinland is another worry further development on their lands. We wait to the federal government wrote: of mammals, birds and fish at certain times to the Inuit who are already concerned with cli- and see. www.nunavutnews.com Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, May 10, 2021 A11 Baffinland braces for lower iron ore prices

ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ−ᐱᐅᓂᓕᖕᓂ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒥ ᖃᓕᕇᒃᑎᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒧᑦ and possible shutdown ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᓄᓘᔭᕐᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ. ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐱᖁᔭᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᑭᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᑭᖏᓐᓂ ‘They didn’t listen to the people,’ MLA says ᑲᑕᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ $100 ᐊᑖᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᑕᓐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐱᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ of mining company’s pre-expansion moves ᐸᕐᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓘᔭᕐᓂ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ by Derek Neary coming years due to an projected transportation and increased ship- ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᔪᒥ. Northern News Services rise in global supply, according to ping volumes, is necessary to ensure renowned consulting group AME. the mine’s ongoing viability in the Due to a shaky price forecast for Various forecasts show iron ore future,” Penney stated on April 30. iron ore and continued regulatory prices at or below $100 per tonne “These were not easy decisions and uncertainty relating to its expan- in 2022, which may result in Baf- I regret the uncertainty they rep- sion plans, Baffinland Iron Mines finland putting Mary River on care resent for our employees and the is warning that it may shut down and maintenance status should that impact they will have on the con- production at the Mary River mine come to pass, stated Brian Penney, tractor businesses that depend on in the future. the mining company’s president and the Mary River project.” The company recently served no- CEO. Baffinland’s workforce comprises tice that it’s cutting costs and plans “These decisions have been made close to 1,200 people. to remove equipment this summer in the context of iron ore price The latest round of public hear- associated with its yet unapproved forecasts and, based on the mine’s ings for the mining company’s phase two expansion plans. current production levels and cost proposed expansion to 12 million Although iron ore prices soared structure, the operation will not tonnes of iron ore per year – up to a lofty $180 per tonne in early be viable should prices fall as ex- from the existing six million tonnes May, the outlook for the com- pected. The phase two expansion, – was suspended on April 14 due High-quality iron ore is stacked near Baffinland Iron Mines’ Mary River mine on Baffin modity is much more bleak in the including a shift to lower-cost rail to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Island. Although it’s a premium resource, regulatory uncertainty and global price fore- Iqaluit. There were six days left on casts that show iron ore prices falling to under $100 per tonne by next year are causing the agenda. No date for resumption Baffinland to change course and even prepare for the possibility of putting Mary River COVID-19 outbreak has been set yet, Karen Costello, on care and maintenance status. image courtesy of Baffinland Iron Mines executive director of the Nunavut Impact Review Board, stated last ment on standby due to delays in come to fruition already. week. the regulatory permitting process “It’s been three or four years that suspends operations The April meetings were an ex- since late 2019. they promised to give $10 million tension of hearings that took place to start up that North Baffin heavy in late January and early February. ‘Didn’t listen to the people’ equipment training facility. I don’t at Mary River mine Baffinland insisted that it needed Tununiq MLA know why they’ve been dragging regulatory decisions to be resolved said Baffinland was advised by some their feet to come up with the ma- Mary River/Nulujaat before the 2021 shipping season. residents in , 160 km south terials to start the project,” he said. In an effort to gain control over a COVID-19 outbreak at the Mary River “The stability phase two offers the of the Mary River mine, not to ship Conversely, Qamaniq said a mine mine, Baffinland Iron Mines announced Wednesday that production has company is the reduced unit cost up equipment for phase two expan- shutdown could have beneficial ef- been temporarily suspended. of rail versus the high unit cost of sion without first getting regulatory fects on local wildlife, a concern As of May 6 there are now 23 cases of COVID-19 at Baffinland’s Mary a trucking operation. Trucking is approval. that the Mittimatalik Hunters and River Mine and staff from the mine will be transferred down south to expensive to operate and maintain, “They didn’t listen to the people Trappers Association has raised complete their isolation. The first known case there was detected on May 2. not to mention dustier, so the shift to … who were warning them not to many times. Baffinland stated that non-essential workers will be removed from the rail would allow us to reduce those rush things,” he said. “Hopefully the hunters will see site until the COVID-19 outbreak has been contained. Essential workers unit costs and maintain viability in Should the mine reach the point of some positive changes within the will remain in place to maintain infrastructure and to continue environ- a lower price environment,” said ceasing operations due to falling iron marine mammals, and wildlife near mental monitoring. Heather Smiles, Baffinland’s man- ore prices, Qamaniq said local em- the project will hopefully improve Industrial cleaners will be brought in to conduct thorough sanitization. ager of stakeholder relations. “With- ployees would be affected, as would if that does happen,” he said of the “Baffinland is providing its site-based workforce with an opportunity out a clear path forward, decisions initiatives that rely on Baffinland’s potential for temporary closure of to access COVID-19 vaccinations and discussions are ongoing for an must be made that include certain sponsorship, such as a breakfast the mine. “That will certainly prove additional option to vaccinate workers at site in the future,” the compa- cost saving measures. The business program for students. that the (ore carrier) ships that go ny stated. “The Mary River project has maintained no contact between cannot operate long-term at a loss.” It would also mean waiting longer back and forth every summer for Nunavut communities and its workforce since early 2020 and the risk to Smiles noted that Baffinland has for a heavy equipment training cen- the past few years truly affected the communities from this outbreak remains low.” been incurring “significant costs” tre in Pond Inlet, although Qamaniq marine mammals’ migration routes – Derek Neary to keep phase two expansion equip- is at a loss to explain why that hasn’t in our area.” A12 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com The girl with the pink BB gun gets back to hunting Baker Lake’s Olive Duval has a passion for hunting and cooking ptarmigan; she’s back at it after the RCMP were called on her By Cody Punter bacon and add vegetables before baking teacher said it was against the law and ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᓕᕝ ᑐᕕᐅ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᓂᓗ Northern News Services it in the oven. the law turned around and told me it was ᐳᑉᓚᓕᖕᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᖅ. Eighteen-year-old Olive Duval’s pink “I like it that way,” she said. OK,” Duval said. BB gun may not pack a huge punch, but An unfortunate run-in with RCMP Duval said she usually likes to hunt near it gets the job done. Although she enjoyed harvesting ptarmi- the airport early in the morning before On most days when the weather is good, gan with rocks, Duval said getting the BB most people are awake. the Baker Lake hunter can be seen stalking gun has made her love hunting even more. “I try not to shoot it in town. I try to her favourite prey on the outskirts of “It’s my first weapon – any kind of be away from people,” she said. “I don’t town. weapon I’ve owned,” she said. “I’m real- even know how to drive. I just walk myself Her target of choice? Ptarmigan. ly adjusting to this one gun and learning everywhere.” “It is fun to use but it’s not the most to use it.” Despite the caution Duval takes, after effective,” Duval told Kivalliq News. “I’ve Unfortunately her first weapon also RCMP were called a second time her got a be sharp shooter and hit the head ended up drawing some unwanted atten- mother, Karen Duval, ended up making or the neck.” tion from a qallunaat teacher who tried a Facebook post on Baker Lake’s com- Ptarmigan is not usually the first menu to tell Duval that it was illegal to hunt munity page to inform the public about item that comes to mind when thinking with a BB gun near town. her daughter and her pink BB gun. about country food. “The first thing she said to me when “I had to step in as her mother,” she said. But for Duval it is a delicacy that she she saw me was I couldn’t use my BB “Now she’s free to do what she enjoys has been hunting since she was 13. Gun in town. But the next day I went out without anyone thinking she’s a person “Before the BB gun all I had was my arm hunting. I told my dad. He told me not walking around with a gun.” strength and rocks to hunt,” she said. “A to care about what she says because she’s Her mother added that she is proud to lot of kids do that growing up.” just that kind of person.” see her daughter our hunting and putting She may have only had a gun for a short But it didn’t end there. RCMP were food on the table. time but she has been cooking ptarmigan called to investigate Duval and her gun “She chose on her own and I support for herself ever since she could kill them. twice that week. Duval said she was always her way of thriving,” she said. “Our young “The first time I tried them I baked them aware that her gun might raises eyebrows people are so stuck in the cyber world that in the oven and they were pretty good,” in town. Nonetheless the encounter with they forgot there are still people who lived she said. RCMP left her upset. the way our ancestors have for centuries.” Over the years she has experimented “It did bring me to tears but that’s how Aside from the teacher who tried to dis- with new ways to cook the bird. She has my anger comes out,” she said. courage her, Olive Duval said the com- made ptarmigan stir fries, roasts and even The bright side of the story is that after munity has been largely supportive of cooked them on the open fire, which is RCMP were called a second time, the po- her hunting. one of her favourite methods. lice told her she was free to use her BB “If a lady goes out hunting and she posts Another is to marinate ptarmigan with gun to hunt ptarmigan in town. her catch on Facebook, people are equally Baker Lake’s Olive Duval with her pink BB gun. photo courtesy Montreal steak spice, then cover it with “That was really surprising too. The supportive whether it’s a girl or a man.” of Karen Duval

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at NAC’s website, or they can download the application strate our love are important components of being Inuk,” NAC now accepting students form and mail it to NAC’s registrar office. said Kotierk. for 2021-22 academic year At this time NAC will not be accepting non-Nunavut “As COVID-19 cases increase in our communities, we Nunavut residents or international students, Nunavut residents can are concerned about the well-being of our fellow Inuit (NAC) posted online April 26 apply for a minimum of one year at the time of application. and our family. that they are now accepting students for the 2021-2022 Nunavut Land Claim Agreement Beneficiaries do not “If you haven’t already and you’re able to, please consider academic year which starts in Sept. 2021. need to provide proof of residency. getting vaccinated. You can make an appointment at your Those who are interested can fill out an online application Anyone who needs help with the application or has addi- local public health centre, for our families’ sake please get tional questions about this can contact NAC recruitment. vaccinated.” ᕉᒥᐅ ᐃᑲᒃᕼᐃᒃ – Trevor Wright – Trevor Wright ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔪᑎᕋᓛᖅ. Baffin caribou total allowable Nunavut’s gross domestic product grows harvest limit reached despite pandemic: Stats Can Qikiqtani Nunavut With the limit of 250 caribou now harvested, the Depart- Nunavut’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by ment of Environment announced Tuesday that the Baffin 3.5 per cent in 2020 despite the onslaught of COVID-19, Island caribou hunt is immediately closed. fresh data from Statistics Canada shows. Continued hunting of caribou on the island would be a Gold and silver ore mining grew by 23.2 per cent while violation of the Nunavut Wildlife Act, which would spark an iron ore mining rose in value by 34.4 per cent. investigation and possible “enforcement action,” according Statistics Canada cited higher mineral prices for a 19.7 to the Government of Nunavut. per cent increase in support activities for mining. Any remaining tags are void and should be returned to the The picture wasn’t nearly as rosy outside of the mining local wildlife office or hunters and trappers organization. industry, however. Construction output tumbled by 23.4 “The (total allowable harvest) was established to support per cent, primarily due to a drop in engineering construc- the recovery of the Baffin Island caribou population, and tion at mine sites. is a critical piece in the co-management efforts to allow the Wholesale trade dropped by 12.3 per cent due to lesser herd to recover and provide harvesting opportunities for demand for machinery, equipment and supplies, petroleum future generations,” the GN stated in a Tuesday news release. products and building materials, also tied to completion – Derek Neary of construction at mine sites. Services-producing industries declined by 2.3 per cent, with COVID-19-related restrictions to blame. Air trans- QIA to support Elders with portation (-42.6 per cent), food and drinking places (-30.7 emergency grocery vouchers per cent), accommodation (-27.9 per cent) and education Qikiqtani (-7.9 per cent) all contracted. The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) is repopening However, retail trade climbed 8.6 per cent while finance their Emergency Grocery Vouchers for Elders from May and insurance industries grew 7.1 per cent. 11 to June 22. Nunavut was one of only two Canadian jurisdictions to This initiative is for Qikiqtani Elders 60 and older. In show GDP growth in 2020. The other was , at 1.1 Iqaluit and Kinngait QIA will be working with stores to per cent. ensure the distribution of vouchers happens in a way that – Derek Neary protects Elders and staff. QIA is delivering this program through Arctic Co-op stores in each community. In Iqaluit this will be running National Inuit Youth Council through Arctic Ventures and in Clyde River food hampers WINNER: Romeo Ikakhik presidential election coming up will be delivered by Ilisaqsivik. Arviat Nunavut Each voucher will be worth $250 and each elder can get Members of the National Inuit Youth Council (NIYC) will Miniature aulajuti. a total of four vouchers, they will be taking the form of be voting for their next president this summer on June 18. a grocery card and they can be picked up in local stores The position is for a two-year term and the person elected during the following dates: will act as a representative for Inuit youth in Inuit Nunangat. - May 11 Responsibilities include advocating for Inuit youth in na- - May 25 tional and international events and meetings, contributing On the land - June 8 to Nipiit, Canada’s Inuit youth magazine, meeting regular- Do you have an amazing story from your adventures - June 22 ly with Inuit organizations across Canada and playing a on the land? Tell us your story and show us your photos This program is also used to support Qikiqtani Inuit key role in planning and implementing the National Inuit for a chance to win $100. Submit your story and photo to living outside of Nunavut. Youth Summit. our Nunavut News Facebook page, editor@nunavutnews. – Trevor Wright Inuit beneficiaries between 18 to 35 are eligible to enter com, or by mail to Nunavut News, PO Box 28, Iqaluit, as a candidate. Applications must include a cover letter, NU, X0A 0H0. signatures of 10 Inuit who support your candidacy, a photo Entries will be placed on our Facebook page. They may NTI president urging of yourself and a copy of a recent criminal record check. also appear in this newspaper and other Northern News Nunavummiut to get vaccinated Applications and supporting documents can be sent to Services publications. The story and photo with the most Nunavut the NIYC Elections Officer at Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami combined likes and shares at the end of the week wins. On May 3, the President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incor- (ITK) at [email protected] or they can be mailed to the ITK This week's winner is Romeo Ikakhik. porated (NTI) Aluki Kotierk, appeared on a video posted office in Ottawa. Congratulations! online asking residents of Nunavut to get vaccinated. – Trevor Wright “Our intricate kinship system and the way we demon- A14 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com Sports & Recreation Sports hotline • James McCarthy Phone: (867) 873-4031 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: (867) 873-8507 New wheels for recreation Rec and Parks Association receives all-terrain vehicle donation James McCarthy Northern News Services NWT

If someone turned around and gave you a $20,000 all-terrain vehicle for free, would you turn it down? The Recreation and Parks Associ- ation of Nunavut (RPAN) certainly didn’t when it was gifted a Can-Am Defender courtesy of Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) late last month. It was part of BRP’s Can- Am For A Cause initiative, where the company chooses five organizations around the country to receive one of the vehicles as a donation. Rob Strutz of Iqaluit, RPAN’s pres- ident, accepted the donation and in a video presentation, said being nomi- nated was honour enough. “We’re very excited to be chosen as a winner,” he said. Everything began with Can-Am dealers around the country to submit an organization or group it felt wor- thy of receiving one of the vehicles and why. According to BRP, approxi- mately 60 nominations came forward and from that group came the five Andrew Depledge, left, manager of NWC Motorsports in Iqaluit, and Rob Strutz, president of the Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut (RPAN), check out the new Can-Am which would eventually be selected. Challenger all-terrain vehicle which was donated to RPAN courtesy of Bombardier Recreational Products’ (BRP) Can-Am For A Cause initiative. image courtesy of BRP The other winners this year includ- ed Fredericton, N.B.; Thetford Mines, “The way they help our communi- So what will RPAN do with its new important having recreational op- Depledge said he hopes the new Que.; Uxbridge, Ont.; and Grande ties and get youth involved in sports vehicle? portunities are for youth around the vehicle will make a difference in what Prairie, Alta. programs has just been fantastic for Strutz said it will be a big help, first territory. RPAN can do going forward. The North West Company was who the North and we look for any op- and foremost, with transportation. “It doesn’t matter where you are, “If having the Defender can mean nominated RPAN and the manager portunity we can to help them out,” “It’s a six-seater, so we can ferry the benefits of quality physical ac- RPAN is able to bring one more vol- of its Iqaluit location of NWC Mo- he said. our youth leaders and our volunteers tivity and healthy living is very im- unteer or one more kid to a sporting torsports, Andrew Depledge, said the He also said RPAN being chosen from venue to venue as needed,” he portant,” he said. “Hopefully, the event, it’ll make all the difference,” relationship between the company was a great way to be able to promote said. “With the cargo (hold), we can youth that go through our programs he said. and RPAN has gone on for several the product and help out a worthy take any equipment we need.” will then, in turn, give back to their The vehicle is currently being stored years. cause at the same time. Strutz also said he realizes how communities.” in Iqaluit. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … LeBron James flopping Northern News Services playoffs but a flop is a flop is a flop. And finally … Let’s see if the NBA will have the tes- Good Idea: Tom Wilson getting pun- So you’re trying to find a place to fire off an emergency ticular fortitude to actually slap James ished for his actions on the ice. deuce. You find a Porta-Potty, you settle in, grab a hold of with a fine. That’s what the penalty is for Bad Idea: Tom Wilson getting a $5,000 something tight and OH MY GOD! A TREE HAS JUST a flop is caught after the fact. If he had fine for his actions on the ice. CRASHED INTO MY PORTA-POTTY been caught during the Is anyone else out there tired of Tom AND IT’S TRAPPED ME INSIDE. game, it would have been a Wilson’s act yet. This happened at Gettysburg National technical foul. The poor man’s Matt Cooke, who also Park in Pennsylvania late last month to one Sports Naturally, some of you plays for the Washington Capitals in case poor man who stopped for a roadside reliever will say good for him be- you’re wondering, was up to his old self only to have the trunk cave in the vestibule. Talk cause it’s only cheating if again against the New York Rangers on The fire department came to save the day with James McCarthy you get caught. If that’s May 3. He felt it would be prudent to with the deputy chief of the volunteer fire you, you must be a soccer slam Pavel Buchnebich’s head into the department saying it was treated like a car fan. ice and then take down Artemi Panarin crash scene, complete with chainsaws and reciprocating in the same scrum with Panarin’s helmet- saws. I suppose that’s one way to scare the crap out of you. That’s impressive right there This is Tom Wilson of the Washington less head bouncing off the ice. Anyway: Ever see those moments in sports where Capitals. He somehow escaped suspension Now, given that Wilson is a repeat you wonder in amazement about how when he drove the head of the New York offender and has been suspended numer- Prayers up for LeBron that actually happened? Those one-in-a- Rangers’ Pavel Buchnevich into the ice on ous times for being a Grade A douche As much as I give it to soccer players and their antics on million shots that you know the person May 3. Wikimedia Commons photo nozzle, you would think that the NHL’s a daily basis when it comes to pretending to be dying after couldn’t pull off again even if they tried? Department of Player Safety would the slightest of brushes with the oxygen/hydrogen mix of We take you to Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan come down hard on Wilson, right? Sure. Only problem was air which surrounds us, it’s worth noting that basketball where the Rakuten Golden Eagles took on the SoftBank the department felt it appropriate to dock Wilson $5,000 as players are no better. Hawks in Pacific League action on May 3. It’s the top of punishment. That’s all. What’s even more infuriating to me LeBron James is someone who enjoys giving us his opin- the second inning and Eigoro Mogi of the Golden Eagles is Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette calling it some phys- ion on just about everything but one thing he’s terrible at gets all of a fastball, depositing it into right field. But it’s ical play and it happens a lot. is selling injuries. Take this example when the Los Angeles where the the ball ended up that will have you scratching No, coach, slamming someone’s head into the ice doesn’t Lakers played the Toronto Raptors late last month. James your head. Mogi somehow managed to squeeze the ball happen all the time. In fact, it’s what cost Steve Moore his drove to the hoop and ended up getting knocked in the side into a crevice behind what appears to be the press boxes career thanks to Todd Bertuzzi. What’s the point of hav- of the head. in right field. It’s something to behold and, like I said, he ing a Department of Player Safety if the department isn’t Or so we thought. would never pull something like that off again if he tried. stringing up guys like Wilson for pulling this kind of equine You see, Stanley Johnson’s elbow never made contact Leave it to some fans, though, who decided to put the fertilizer? with James at all but James being James, he got the call and Star Wars spin on it with all of this May The Fourth Be Naturally, the decision was met with rightful derision and Johnson got burned for it. The Raptors got the last laugh With You crap and the freakishness of it all. Honestly, you know Wilson is laughing, knowing he got away with it. as they won the game, 121-114, but it’s pathetic that we Mogi managed to find the hole, not split the atom or come I’m not usually one to advocate for bad things to happen have to sit here and watch the supposed conscience of the up with the equation for perpetual motion. He plays base- to people but if Wilson’s leg were to break at some point, I NBA flop around and try to get these piddly calls. It’s not ball. It was a fluke. Stop over-analyzing. You’re only hurt- wouldn’t be sad. as bad as the flop he pulled against Toronto in the 2016 ing civilization. Until next time, folks … kNKuwww.nunavutnews.com W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, mw Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, May 10, 2021 A15 A16 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 kNKu W?9oxJ5,www.nunavutnews.com N[Z/su, mw ᕼᐊᐃᓱᓪ ᑑᕐᓄᕐ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐅᓇ ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ ᑐᙵᓵᕆᕙᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᓯᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᒪᐃᔪᔅᓂ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᒐᔪᒃᐳᑦ ᕿᑲᓚᐅᑲᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖁᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑲᔾᔭᐅᓴᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᕈᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥ. ᐱᐅᒋᓂᖅᐹᕋ ᐃᓂᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᑳᕐᓂᓐᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ.

Hazel Turner Whale Cove This is an Inukshuk that greets people entering the land miles out of Whale Cove. People often stop by it to have a break from driving, to look around the beautiful tundra. My favourite spot to be before heading out land or going back home from the land.

B2 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com www.nunavutnews.com Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, May 10, 2021 A3 De Beers considers carbon-neutral mine Chidliak diamond project near Iqaluit could use renewable energy By Ezra Black tified 74 kimberlite pipes at ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖓᓂ Chidliak ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᑎᓯᓛᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ, 120 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᐸᓗᖕᓂ Northern News Services the site, of which 41 could De Beers has set an am- be gem-producing. De Beers ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. bitious goal to make the Canada acquired the project Chidliak Project its first car- from Peregrine Diamonds in bon neutral diamond mine. September 2018. Consequently, the company The main deposit, named is looking to build a low-im- CH-6, contains about 18 pact operation using renew- million carats in around 7.5 able energy and cutting-edge million tonnes of kimberlite. technology. A smaller pipe, CH-7, is es- The project is located on the timated to contain roughly Hall Peninsula of Baffin Is- 4.2 million carats in about 5.0 land, approximately 200 kilo- million tonnes of kimberlite. metres south of When asked if there have and about 120 kilometres been any further talks with from Iqaluit. the City of Iqaluit and the Due to the large number Qikiqtani Inuit Association of kimberlite pipes – car- about the possibility of col- rot-shaped geologic forma- laborating on a joint renew- tions that often contain dia- able energy project that would monds – De Beers is looking power the mine and the city, to design the operation using Kruger stated “We look for- An aerial view of Discovery Camp at the Chidliak diamond project, approximately 120 kilometres northeast of Iqaluit. photo courtesy of De Beers high-tech mining techniques, ward to continuing to build according to De Beers spokes- relationships with the Hamlet River Mine expansion) expe- pacted by the Covid-19 pan- ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᖅ ᓯᓚᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᖅ person Terry Kruger. of Pangnirtung, City of Iqa- rience so far that Inuit must demic, and most field work Some of these technologies luit, the Government of Nun- be at the forefront right from and community engagement Chidliak ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᒪᐃ include modular buildings avut, the QIA and numerous the very beginning. That’s activities, including work on 2020-ᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ UAV–ᑯᓐᓂ. ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᑎᐅᔪᑦ that could easily be moved other stakeholders in order something that we heard from a traditional knowledge study, ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓂᔪᒧᙵᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ from place to place, precision to identify opportunities for Inuit, from the communities, were suspended in 2020, ac- ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕆᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᕝᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ mining techniques, virtual regional collaborative devel- in terms of respect of Inuit cording to Kruger. ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ technologies and renewable opment.” qaujimajatuqangit and al- Instead, the company fo- energy. “We recognize that De Beers lowing Inuit to be (involved cused on research and design, ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ 32–ᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕈᑎᓂ The company is also con- has a responsibility to help di- in) the decision-making right including the development of ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᐅᕙᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔫᑉ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ. sidering “heavy lift cargo air- versify the economies of local from the beginning.” satellite-based systems that ships,” stated Kruger, which communities so that they are A spokesperson for Iqalu- could provide critical data means De Beers might be sustainable long after we have it Mayor Kenny Bell stated, on vegetation, terrain and planning to operate the mine recovered our last diamond,” “Mayor Bell does not have wildlife. without building an expen- he continued. much knowledge about this “This technology is advanc- sive road to the remote region Qikiqtani Inuit Association project as it does not involve ing rapidly and will soon be and would instead rely on air president P.J. Akeeagok said the City of Iqaluit in the de- an indispensable technique for transport. his organization is “open in cision-making.” environmental and ecological But there’s still a lot of work terms of any mine within the In 2019, De Beers conduct- monitoring,” he stated. to be done. Qikiqtani region,” but there ed several environmental A four-day maintenance “At this time there is no are terms and conditions to baseline studies and a small trip to inspect the property timeline to advance permit- be met. geotechnical drill program on and look after field sensors ting or commence mining “Obviously it’s a prospec- the CH-6 kimberlite from the was conducted in May 2020 until the right mix of sus- tive project (Chidliak) at this project’s base camp. with the help of Iqaluit-based tainable technologies can be point,” said Akeeagok. “I However, as with most commercial drone company engineered,” stated Kruger. think it’s very clear from this northern enterprises, the Arctic UAV. Exploration work has iden- (Baffinland Iron Mines’ Mary Chidliak project has been im- This year, work will centre on environmental studies that One of the meteorological stations that was serviced in May 2020 by will include travelling to the Arctic UAV. They undertook an overland mission to go to the Chidliak site in the early summer and Project site to check on the Discovery Camp and perform maintenance on early fall, he stated. five meteorological stations and 32 wildlife cameras placed around the COVID virus throws The focus will be on main- project location. photo courtesy of De Beers taining field sensors and the stated. “Additionally, we are Beers’ Diamond FutureSmart base camp, in addition to working to restart working technical team will also con- water studies. groups in Iqaluit and Pang- tinue its desktop studies.” contractors for a loop “No geological work is nirtung to advance the tra- – with files from Derek planned at this time,” he ditional knowledge study. De Neary by Derek Neary Eagle’s vice-president of Nunavut operations. Northern News Services For example, for the bus transportation The Covid-19 pandemic had a tremendous between Baker Lake and the Meadowbank impact on the health of some Kivallirmiut Complex, the mining company continued to over the past year. use Peter’s Expediting as its service provider. It shut downs schools and travel. The caveat was that there could no longer be It also had an adverse effect on the bottom local bus drivers behind the wheel due to the lines of local businesses. Baker Lake MLA no-contact order between southern mining gave voice to that struggle in staff and Kivalliq residents, a move to prevent the legislative assembly in March. further transmission of the coronavirus into “The economic damage caused by the Covid- the communities. 19 pandemic is being felt throughout Nunavut, “In other areas (of contracting), we kept as including my constituency of Baker Lake. The much as we could but it’s almost minimal,” slowdown on mine operations in our region Plante acknowledged. has had a domino effect on local businesses Not all contractors in the region were hit and residents,” said Simailak. hard, however. Due to the nature of the joint Patrick Tagoona can attest to that. He has ventures in which he’s involved, Ryan St. John been a contractor with Agnico Eagle for years, of Northern Networks Ltd. in Arviat said and 2020-21 has been nothing like the others. there has been little interruption in his working “The one good thing, of course, is that with relationship with Agnico Eagle. all the safety measures that Agnico had un- “We haven’t had really any hiccups or any dertaken is that through the various ventures, issues. Our joint venture partners are a pretty we were able to still bring up southern staff essential part of Agnico Eagle’s operations,” to work at the mine. But it’s been a challenge he said referring to such associations as those for everybody, for sure,” Tagoona said, adding he has formed with Sandvik Mining and Petro that it’s been hard for the local workforce Canada. “Obviously Agnico and some of our not knowing when a return to work will be partners have had to make some adjustments possible. based on the (Covid) restrictions and changes Agnico Eagle’s corporate hand was forced that had to be made but everybody seemed to by public health measures through the Office pull together and make it work.” of the Chief Public Health Officer in terms of St. John gave the mining company credit for restrictions on use of local services. its willingness to help out on various levels. So the company attempted to be innovative “I think Agnico Eagle is a really good corpo- where it could. rate citizen and they do a lot for the commu- “What we tried to do, however, was to keep nities. Through the pandemic – through our using some of the local contractors in a dif- crisis here – I think they’ve stepped up and ferent manner,” said Martin Plante, Agnico supplied a ton of support,” he said. B4 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com www.nunavutnews.com Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, May 10, 2021 B5 Mapping, sampling and drilling Exploration companies homing in on Nunavut’s next big mineral finds By Derek Neary 14.95 grams of gold per tonne over 13.8 metres and 9.65 Project: Committee Bay Northern News Services grams of gold per tonne over six metres. Updated geologic Owner: Fury Gold Mines Covid-19 dealt a setback to some companies in the mining modelling for the Flood and Gnu Zone deposits was un- Resource: Gold and exploration industry in 2020, but the pandemic hasn’t derway as of January. An updated resource estimate for the Location: 130 km southwest of Kugaaruk ground activity to a complete halt. projects is planned. Status: Fury Gold intends to drill between 5,000-10,000 A portion of mineral exploration went ahead over the metres at Committee Bay this summer. Among the targets past year and multiple companies have substantial funds Project: Baffin Gold will be the Raven high-grade vein, which is part of an eight earmarked for fieldwork over the coming several months. Owner: ValOre Metals Corp. km shear zone. Expansion of the Three Bluffs deposit is Resource: Gold another goal. Fury Gold Mines Limited came about when Project: Location: 230 km southwest of Clyde River Auryn Resources underwent a reorganization in October. Owner: Sabina Gold and Silver Status: ValOre Metals is focused on a project in Brazil. Resource: Gold The entire Baffin Gold property, sprawling over one million Project: Tree River Location: 364 km southwest of Cambridge Bay acres, possesses “structural similarities to multi-million ounce Owner: Silver Range Resources Status: Sabina has a hefty $60-million budget planned for gold mines in the North (i.e. Meadowbank and Lupin),” Resource: Gold work at its 100-per-cent-owned Back River gold project in according to the exploration company. Location: 155 km southeast of Kugluktuk 2021. Some of the exploration will be focused on the George Status: Silver Range stated in November that it received a site, approximately 50 km north of the Goose site. George Project: Meadowbank “fully-costed exploration program proposal to bulk sample is home to an estimated 1.2 million ounces of gold, out of Owner: Western Atlas Resources the gold- and diamond- bearing Tree River conglomerate.” the estimated 6.3 million ounces in the Back River district. Resource: Gold The exploration program, if permitted, would consist of Mine life at the site is currently projected at 15 years. Sabina Location: Adjacent to Agnico Eagle’s Meadowbank mine collecting 50 kg, one-metre by one-metre panel samples raised $35.1 million through the stock market in March. Status: A logging and sampling program at the Meadow- from bedrock every 200 metres along the seven km area of bank gold project turned up new potential for nickel and geological interest between June and August. The samples Project: Mel polymetallic mineralization on the property, Western Atlas would be analyzed for gold, and some also for diamonds. Owner: North Arrow Minerals Resources announced in April. Future drill programs will Tree River spans nearly 97,000 acres. Resource: Diamonds target potential higher-grade precious and polymetallic min- Location: 140 km south of eralization, the company added. Western Atlas Resources’ Project: Hard Cash and Nigel Status: North Arrow formed a data sharing and royalty 100-per-cent owned property covers 580 square km. Owner: Silver Range Resources agreement with StrategX Elements Corp. in February. Strate- Resource: Gold gX acquired non-diamond mineral rights to the 138,400-acre Project: Seal/Storm Location: 700 km east of Yellowknife Mel property. The agreement also provides for logistics and Owner: Aston Bay Holdings Status: Canarc Resources Corp. terminated its option to cost sharing during exploration programs. Resource: Copper, zinc, silver acquire 100 per cent interest in the Hard Cash and Nigel Location: 120 km south of Resolute Bay properties as of November, Silver Range Resources an- Project: Naujaat Status: Australian company American West Metals Limited nounced. Silver Range is having existing data reviewed to Owner: North Arrow Minerals entered into an option agreement in March for the Storm identify untested targets. The properties are located at the Resource: Diamonds copper project on western Somerset Island. American West western end of the -Rankin greenstone belt, which Location: 10 km northeast of Naujaat Metals can earn an 80 per cent interest in the property by extends from Rankin Inlet to southwestern Nunavut. Agnico Status: North Arrow received an injection of $5.6 million spending $10 million over up to nine years, including a min- Eagle Mines Ltd. has built the Meliadine high-grade gold from EHR Resources in August 2020 to carry out a 1,500- imum $2 million over the first two field seasons, according mine at the eastern end of the belt. 2,000 tonne preliminary bulk sample from the Q1-4 diamond to Aston Bay Holdings, which will receive a $500,000 cash deposit at the Naujaat project. EHR will earn a 40 per cent payment from American West Metals when the deal closes. Project: Kuulu interest in the project upon completion of the sample. Work Planning was taking place for a summer 2021 field season, Owner: International Consolidated Uranium Inc. is scheduled to begin in June and results are expected during including geophysics and possible drilling. Resource: Gold the first quarter of 2022. Location: 41 km northwest of Rankin Inlet Project: Greyhound Status: International Consolidated Uranium Inc., the new Project: Yava Owner: Gold79 Mines/Agnico Eagle name for NxGold Ltd. as of September 2020, became a Owner: Blue Moon Mining Resource: Gold, silver shareholder of Meliadine Gold Ltd. (MGL) in January. Resource: Zinc, lead, copper, silver, gold Location: 40 km northeast of Baker Lake Work on the Kuulu property encountered delays due to an Location: 450 km northeast of Yellowknife Status: Agnico Eagle, as the operator, holds majority in- inability to renew the land-use agreement. “Both groups Status: The 14,216-acre Yava project lies 32 km from Glen- terest in Greyhound, where drilling on gold and volcano- recognize the potential of the project but also that the path core’s Hackett River deposit. Historical resource estimates genic massive sulphide targets is planned for May. Gold79 forward requires a patient and focused approach which the at Yava indicate 1.3 million tons of resource containing 4.96 Mines was formerly known as Aura Silver Resources prior team at MGL is well equipped to undertake,” Glen Dickson, percent zinc, 1.03 per cent copper, 1.60 percent lead, 3.42 to August 2020. president and CEO of Meliadine Gold stated in January. ounces per ton of silver, and 0.008 ounces per tons gold to a depth of 91.5 metres. Blue Moon stated that next steps for the project include exploring the five shallow holes the company has drilled.

Project: Chidliak Owner: De Beers Resource: Diamonds Location: 120 km northeast of Iqaluit Status: De Beers hired Arctic UAV, a 100-per-cent-Inuit- owned and Iqaluit-based company, to look after annual maintenance of five meteorological stations during summer 2020. De Beers paid $107 million to purchase Peregrine Di- amonds in September 2018 and thereby assumed ownership of Chidliak. The project has an inferred resource of more than 22 million carats.

Project: Kahuna Owner: Kodiak Copper Ltd. Resource: Diamonds Location: 37 km southwest of Chesterfield Inlet Status: The company has established an inferred resource of more than four million carats. The last drilling on site took place in 2018. “Kodiak is currently evaluating strategic options for the Kahuna project,” the company’s website states.

Project: Kiyuk Lake Owner: Cache Exploration Resource: Gold Location: 350 km west of Arviat Status: Cache Exploration announced at the end of March that it can access up to $6 million in financing through Alu- mina Partners. Plans were in place to commence 4,000 metres of drilling as of early March at the 590-square-km Kiyuk Lake property, where there are five known mineralized zones.

Project: and Ulu Owner: Blue Star Gold Corp. Resource: Gold Location: 210 km southeast of Kugluktuk Status: Blue Star conducted 7,621 metres of drilling over 38 holes during the 2020 exploration program at its 22,240- acre property in 2020. Results from the Flood Zone included B6 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com Nunavut Mining Symposium goes digital Online sessions will ‘keep the discussion going’ despite pandemic by Ezra Black after last year’s symposium was cancelled uary after years of planning, map selection there were very, very few, so we’ve come Northern News Services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. is a virtual system that lets companies stake somewhat along here … There is still stuff One of the most important industry events The next session will be held April 7 to claims online, explained Bernie MacIsaac, to do and that’s the mission we’re on now.” in the territory has been swept into the dig- discuss map selection, a modernized way president of the Nunavut Mining Sympo- MacIsaac said there could be several other ital age. to stake mineral claims in Nunavut that sium Society. Industry experts and repre- virtual sessions before things, hopefully, get Organizers of the 2021 Nunavut Mining promises to increase exploration investment sentatives from Inuit organizations will be back to normal for the 2022 symposium, Symposium, which typically attracts around in the territory. leading a discussion on the new system. though organizers had yet to finalize topics. 500 people to Iqaluit in late March, are Introduced by Crown-Indigenous Rela- “It means people don’t actually have to go “We’re trying to keep ourselves relevant taking the show online with virtual sessions tions and Northern Affairs Canada in Jan- into the field to stake a claim, they can do and we’re trying to keep the discussion it on their computer,” he said. “It makes it going,” he said. “And along the way we’re ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ a lot easier for people to acquire land and probably going to go from strictly virtual to ᐴᓂ ᒪᒃᐊᐃᓴᒃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑉ–ᑐᖏᓕᖓ once they acquire land in the territory, then some kind of combination or hybrid virtual ᑳᔅᑕᓐ ᕼᐃᐊᓐᕆᒃᓴᓐ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒡᓂᑯ ᐄᒍᓪ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᐹᑐᕆᒃ ᕈᐊᐃ ᐊᒻᒪ chances are they’ll do the work to explore and face-to-face. We haven’t really firmed ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᔅᑖᓐᓕ ᐊᓇᑉᓚᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ it. And the way the whole industry works, up all the plans on that but we’re working you can’t have the mines without the ex- towards that.” ᐊᐱᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ 2018–ᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ploration.” But though virtual events are useful ways It also promises to be a more environmen- to continue networking without compromis- tally sustainable way to conduct exploration ing safety, MacIsaac said it is no substitute as it limits the need for field work, he said. for face-to-face contact with colleagues. A discussion on social confidence and “We found that half the activities at the the mining industry will take place in May, mining symposium would happen outside though an exact date has not yet been an- the actual formal sessions,” he said. nounced. Financially, small mining companies have MacIsaac said the issue is timely, especially been feeling the biggest impacts of the pan- in the wake of the Qikiqtani Inuit Associ- demic, he said. ation’s recent decision to not support the “A lot of these junior companies, they only proposed expansion of Baffinland’s Mary have one asset, which is maybe a couple of River iron mine near Pond Inlet due to en- properties in Nunavut,” he said. “It’s import- vironmental concerns. ant for them to be working that property “It was quite obvious that there is some so they can get financing and just for the work to be done on social confidence in the survival of the company. I’m sure a lot of territory and that’s what spurred us to have them are anxious to get back to work.” this session,” he said. “Is mining accepted On the other hand, the bigger companies in the territory and to what extent? Who ac- have survived and even thrived during the cepts it and who doesn’t accept it? And what global health crisis, though they’ve had to should we be doing to raise awareness levels adopt new protocols to adhere with health of both the good and the bad of mining?” regulations. An important part of that discussion will And with the vaccine rollout continuing be Inuit employment levels in the industry. across the country, MacIsaac expects the in- “When things are back to normal, there’ll dustry to weather the pandemic and emerge Former Nunavut Mining Symposium Society president Bernie MacIsaac, left, Nunavut Arctic College vice-presi- be probably 500 Inuit that are employed at stronger. dent Karsten Henricksen, Nunavut Agnico Eagle training manager Patrick Roy and Kitikmeot Inuit Association the mines across the territory,” he added. “I suspect we’re going to have at least the president Stanley Anablak hold a panel discussion at the 2018 Nunavut Mining Symposium. photo courtesy of “And we’d like to see more of that but back same level of activity that we had before the Michel Albert/Nunavut Mining Symposium in the day when the territory was created pandemic and maybe even better,” he said. www.nunavutnews.com Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, May 10, 2021 B7 ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᖅᓯᐅᑎ ᑳᓪᕕᓐ ᑯᕌᑯᕐ, ᒪᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐊᖑᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᒋᐅᓪᐳᑦ ᐃᐊᖅᕕᓐ ᐊᒡᒐᖅ – ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᓲᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᖅᓯᐅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ Solstice Gold– ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᐅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᑦᑎᐊᕙᖕᓂ ᕿᓂᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᒧᑦ – ᖁᓕᒥᒎᓕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ KGP ‘ᐱᔪᒪᓂᕆᔭᕋ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᔭᓐᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒥ,’ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒧᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᒋᐅᓪᐳᑦ ᐃᐊᑦᕕᓐ ᐊᒡᒐᖅ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᓄᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ, ᒋᐅᓪᐳᑦ ᐃᐊᑦᕕᓐ ᐊᒡᒐᖅ ᐅᔭᖅᑕᓄᑦ” ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᙱᔪᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᓂᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖃᑦᑎᐊᕋᓱᖕᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᕿᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒎᓗᒥ. ᐊᒡᒐᖅ ᓄᑖᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᙱᓚᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᒥ ᒪᓂᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ KGP ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖓᓐᓂ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓂ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᔨᓴᐃᔨᐅᓯᒪᒋᕗᖅ. ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ. Dunnedin Ventures – “ᐃᐊᑦᕕᓐ ᓇᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂ (IQ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ – ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ). ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᕗᖅ Solstice Gold–ᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᓂᖓᓂ – ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓄᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑎᙳᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒥ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑑᔪᒥ ᐊᒡᒐᖅ, 22–ᖑᓕᖅᑐᖅ, ᐱᓇᓱᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᐊᖏᓐᓂ, ᐃᓱᐊᓂ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᕙᒃᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ. ᐃᓂᖓᓃᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑯᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᒃᑐᓂ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᕙᖕᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᓄᓇᐅᔪᒥ,” ᓂᕐᓕᕐᓂᑦ, ᑕᑎᒡᒐᕐᔪᐊᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᓇᓄᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ ᑕᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᐃᐊᑦᕕᓐ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᔪᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ “ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐸᒡᕕᓵᕆᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ,” ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑕᐅᕗᖅ Solstice ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᕗᖅ. ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᒋᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ.” ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᐊᒡᒐᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓂ. ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᒐᓚᒃᖢᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓂ ᑕᑯᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᒻᒪᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥᒃ Prospector Calvin Crocker, left, and Chesterfield Inlet’s Gilbert Edwin ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ, ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. Aggark – who serves as a geological assistant, prospector and wildlife ᐊᒡᒐᖅ “ᕿᓚᒥᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.” ᕿᓂᖅᒪᕆᐊᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᓯᐅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᐆᒃᑐᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓂ, monitor with Solstice Gold – make a helicopter trip into the field at the ᐊᑭᑐᔫᑎᐅᔪᒥᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓂ, ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᑎᐅᒧᒥ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᖢᒍ ᐃᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ KGP project. photo courtesy of Solstice Gold ᒫᑎᖅ ᑕᓂ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᖅ Solstice Gold–ᑯᓐᓂ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒡᒐᖅ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕐᔪᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓂ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐅᑎᖅᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᑎᒋᕙᒃᐳᑦ. “ᐃᓄᑦᑎᐊᕙᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᓪᓗᓂ ᓇᒃᓴᖅᐸᒃᑕᖓᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ,” ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᓲᕆᕙᖏᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᐸᖓ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᔭᕋᐅᔭᓄᑦ ᕿᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᐃᐊᑦᕕᓐ ᓴᙱᔪᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᔪᒪᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᖓᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔪᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂ. ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᕿᓂᖅᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ “ᖁᔭᓕᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕋᒪ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ “ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᓕᒫᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ. ᓲᕐᓗ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᒃᑰᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᐅᓗᓂ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᓕᒫᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓗᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐅᔭᕋᐅᔭᓂ ᕿᓂᖅᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᕗᖅ,” ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᒃᑯᑦ.” ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓄᑦ 10–ᖑᒐᔪᒃᐳᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᐱᔪᒪᓕᕆᔭᕋ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᓐᓂ ᑕᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓯᒪᒋᕙᖓ ᐱᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ “ᑕᑯᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓯᓚ ᓇᐃᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᙵᑦ, ᐊᒡᒐᖅ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒥ.” Kivalliq man has triple duty at junior ‘My wish is to pursue my dream’ in mining says Gilbert Edwin Aggark by Derek Neary bear came ambling onto the prop- required to learn things properly. bers in the field and the company from a geological perspective. Northern News Services erty “but he never bothered us,” he He has shown interest in all aspects as a whole on IQ, which ultimately “I’m so grateful they taught me,” During the past three summers, recalled. of exploration and we have done influences the ways in which we op- he said of his expanding knowledge Gilbert Edwin Aggark could be After a few weeks at the site, he our best to provide him the oppor- erate in and out of the field,” Tunney of earth sciences. found northeast of Rankin Inlet, said he became interested in learning tunities to learn as much as he can added. “Edwin has been a valuable Work days in the field are usually assisting in the search for gold. about rocks. With some guidance through hands-on participation and addition to the Solstice team and we 10 hours long, although weather can He got started after spotting a job from the trained professionals work- mentoring.” look forward to working with him shorten that, Aggark noted. Rota- advertisement at the Chesterfield ing alongside him, Aggark “quickly Tunney also credited Aggark for for the years to come.” tions are three weeks long. Inlet Hamlet Office, where he had got the hang of it.” He would head possessing a “keen eye for rocks” As a wildlife monitor, Aggark re- He views mining and mineral ex- been working as a summer student. out hunting for potentially valuable and a strong work ethic. cords the locations of the animals ploration as integral to Nunavut’s Dunnedin Ventures – the former rocks, sample book in hand. Not only has Aggark been a novice he sees by using GPS coordinates. future, and his own. owner of the property before creat- Martin Tunney, president of Sol- learning geological lessons at the As a prospector, he takes samples “Both industries bring huge bene- ing Solstice Gold in a spin-out – was stice Gold, said Aggark has become KGP property, he has also been the from rocks, tags the location and fits to the territory. For example, if seeking a wildlife monitor. a real asset. teacher. then sends them to a laboratory for Nunavut wants to be independent Aggark, now 22, applied and was “He has a great personality which “Edwin brings with him Inuit qau- analysis. territory then mineral exploration accepted for the position. While on he brings with him to site,” he said. jimajatuqangit (IQ – or traditional As a geological assistant, he deter- and mining is the way to do it,” site, he said he’s observed caribou, “Edwin has a strong thirst for knowl- knowledge). He has played a key role mines rock types and tries to figure he said. “My wish is to pursue my geese, cranes, and one time a polar edge and is willing to take the time in educating the other team mem- out the greater context of the area dream with the mining industry.” B8 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com www.nunavutnews.com Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, May 10, 2021 B9 ᐅᑯᐊ ᒥᑭᑦᑑᑎᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᕿᓪᓕᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᑰᑕᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᒃᑯᐊᖓᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᒎᓗᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ. ᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓂ ᓇᓂᓯᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᓴᐱᓇ ᒎᓗᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Shining in the Kitikmeot ᖃᑯᓪᓗᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᐅᔭᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ Goose ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖓᓐᓂ, 400 Northern News Services physical program; extend the run- ᑭᓛᒥᑐᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᑉ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ. Sabina Gold and Silver found way at the site; receive 220 flights gold exploration ways to push forward at its Back that transported fuel, equipment, River project in 2020 despite the supplies and personnel; bring in pandemic. equipment to advance the under- Feature Numerous public health proto- ground exploration decline; and cols were practised as the company construct approximately four by Sabina Gold and Silver reopened its camp – approximately kilometres of all-weather roads 400 km south of Cambridge Bay – connecting the exploration camp, in June after a shutdown in March the underground portal workshop/ due to the emerging Covid threat. collar area, the underground water Sabina was able to drill close to settling pond, the fuel tank pads 8,000 metres at its Goose property; and the permanent housing camp. finish an extensive airborne geo- – text by Derek Neary

ᓯᕿᓂᖅ ᓂᐱᓕᖅᐳᖅ Goose ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖓᓂ. ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ 8,000 ᒦᑕᓂ ᐃᑰᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ Goose ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖓᓐᓂ 2020–ᒥ. ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᓂᕐᓂᒃᓴᒧᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᖄᖓᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑕᐅᔪᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. These little specks in a drill core are considered a gold cluster. It’s find- The sun sets at Goose camp. Close to 8,000 metres of drilling was done at the ings like these that help Sabina Gold and Silver to expand its estimated Goose property in 2020. An extensive airborne geophysical program was also mineral resource at its Goose property, approximately 400 km south of completed. Stacy Jones/Sabina Gold and Silver photo Cambridge Bay. James Maxwell/Sabina Gold and Silver photo ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᕐᒥ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᓱᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒥ ᐅᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᔪᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᒥᑦᑕᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᓱᐊᓂ, ᑕᑭᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ 1,372 ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓂ ᐱᓚᐅᕐᓇᑎᒃ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐃᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑑᔪᒥᒃ. ᒦᑕᓄᑦ (4,500 ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᓂ) 914 ᒦᑕᓂᑦ (3,000 ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᓂ) ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᓂ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᓯᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖑᔪᓂᑦ.

Sabina Gold and Silver’s 2020 fieldwork program involved numerous Covid precautions. The activities were A plane is refuelled at the end of the airstrip, which was lengthened last year to 1,372 metres (4,500 feet) from completed without any staff developing a case of the virus. Photo courtesy of Sabina Gold and Silver 914 metres (3,000 feet) to accommodate large capacity cargo and transport aircraft. Maria Bickerstaffe/Sabina Gold and Silver photo B10 Monday, May 10, 2021 Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 www.nunavutnews.com Keeping staff engaged in a pandemic ‘It’s really something that we’re very proud of,’ says Agnico-Eagle by Derek Neary Plante noted that a small number of Agnico ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᔪᓂ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ 80–ᓂ Northern News Services Eagle workers have been able to continue with ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒡᓂᑯ ᐄᒍᓪᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐱᓂᖏᓐᓂ Nunavut’s hundreds of mine staff have been their responsibilities remotely from hamlet in the unusual position of being unable to offices by performing community relations ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ report for work due to Covid-19 public health and fielding questions from staff. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ. ᐅᓇ ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᓂ restrictions, but most of those employees have He said planning has already been done to ᐊᒡᒐᓂᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᓯᖓᐃᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐅᔪᒥ. still been paid over the past year. coordinate how Nunavummiut employees can Many have retained 75 per cent of their sala- resume work at the mine sites when the chief ries but Agnico Eagle developed an innovative public health officer gives clearance. option to allow them to earn full base pay by “As soon as we can safely trigger the reinte- helping out with local causes in their communi- gration, it should come very, very (rapidly),” ties. This is known as the Good Deeds Brigade. he said. Close to 80 Kivallirmiut workers chose to In the legislative assembly on March 3, David lend a hand with approximately 20 different Akeeagok, minister responsible for mines and projects and organizations, according to Plante. economic development, admitted that con- Food distribution, mentoring young adults siderable uncertainty remained for the some- and landfill cleanup are a few examples of the 500 Nunavummiut mine employees seeking a philanthropic activities that have taken place return to work. during the pandemic. “There is no clear path right now. That work “It’s really something that we’re very proud is still ongoing, but with the combination of of, and we’re glad that a lot of our employees our vaccine program and looking at the oper- were willing to jump into that initiative,” said ations and how long that’s going to be taking Martin Plante, Agnico Eagle’s vice-president place, that work is very fluid right now and of Nunavut operations. I don’t have a firm update,” Akeeagok said. Shortly after the emergence of Covid-19, “But I just want to assure the (MLAs) that mining companies in the territory sent their there is work that’s taking place to try to get Nunavut workforce home to lessen the risk of our workers back. We are hearing back from virus transmission at the mine site and the po- our workers that they do want to go back to tential for Covid to spread to the communities. the mine site.” Baffinland Iron Mines was the first to do it. He acknowledged that “a growing number” “Nunavummiut employees on standby due of Nunavummiut miners are so determined to to Covid-19 have continued to receive their resume work that they have moved south so pay and full benefits since March of 2020,” they can travel back and forth from the mine stated Heather Smiles, manager of stakeholder sites like other southern hires. relations for Baffinland. Until there’s full approval for all Nunavum- Some of that time has been consumed by miut mine employees to return, Akeeagok said advancing employees’ skills and knowledge, the Government of Nunavut is looking at train- even off-site. ing projects for those who remain at home. “Baffinland has also been able to pivot some “I would like to thank Agnico-Eagle Mines of its community training programs to online and Baffinland who have kept their staff on programming during the pandemic, provid- salary, though reduced, and for keeping the An initiative known as the Good Deeds Brigade has seen close to 80 Kivalliq employees of Agnico Eagle ing internet data sticks and laptops while the employees informed about what’s happening Mines earn their full base pay by lending a hand to community projects during the pandemic. That training was ongoing,” said Smiles. at the mine level,” the minister said. included helping hands at the Baker Lake prenatal program. photo courtesy of Agnico Eagle Mines www.nunavutnews.com Nunavut News kNKu W?9oxJ5 Monday, May 10, 2021 B11 Mining companies provide pandemic relief Cleaning supplies, personal protective equipment and food hampers among the aid shipped to Nunavut communities by Derek Neary communities played an in- pers and N-95 facemasks, help,” said Martin Plante, ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᐆᑦᑐᕙᒃ ᖁᖓᑉᐳᖅ ᐱᑎᓪᓗᒍ Northern News Services tegral role in distributing face shields and sanitizing Agnico Eagle’s vice-presi- ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐅᑎᓂ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒥ When Nunavummiut were the donated supplies. products to various com- dent of Nunavut operations. facing a COVID-19 crisis, “We thank them for their munities. Funding was pro- “We’re glad to help out with ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ. mining companies found continued hard work,” said vided to community radio regards to that.” ways to help. Heather Smiles, Baffinland’s programs to facilitate local When coronavirus out- Baffinland Iron Mines manager of stakeholder re- communication and safety breaks occurred in Arviat, turned nearly $500,000 into lations. “Health and safety advisories during the pan- Rankin Inlet and Whale 3,400 boxes of cleaning sup- remain a top priority for demic. Cove, Agnico Eagle again plies, facemasks, food and Baffinland. We are commit- “We knew at the beginning shipped food hampers to all other donations to residents ted to strong and healthy that the community was in the Kivalliq communities, in , Clyde River, communities and to deliv- need of some supplies, the along with 15,000 surgical Iglulik, Pond Inlet and San- ering long-term benefits to actual (supply) channels masks and other personal irajak. these communities.” were hard to provide. As protection equipment. Mining company employ- In the , Ag- we had flights still coming In total, the company ees on standby in those nico Eagle sent food ham- in, it was easier for us to spent more than $1 million on donations. ᓴᓂᕋᔭᖕᒥ, ᒪᓚᑲᐃ ᐊᑭᐊᕈᖅ, ᓕᕙᐃ ᓄᑲᖅᖠᖅ ᖃᐅᓐᓇᖅ, ᓵᑦ ᐸᓂᒃᐸᑯᑦᑐᒃ, ᔪᐊᐱ ᑯᐸᒃ, ᑳᓂ “When the pandemic ᐊᕐᕚᕐᓗᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐳᕉᔅ ᐃᕿᐱᕆᐊᖅ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕗᑦ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔾᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᕿᑐᑦᑐᒐᐅᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᒥ started, I remember I was still working based on-site. ᑎᑭᑎᓪᓗᒍ. Everyone was afraid of what would happen,” Plante re- called. “We thought of our- selves as more than a mining business – we wanted to be partners, almost family. Supporting the surround- ing communities for us was natural.” The generosity has not gone unnoticed. On March 2, Baker Lake A smile crosses Elder Elisapee Ootoovak’s face as she receives her MLA Craig Simailak made cleaning kit in Pond Inlet from Baffinland Iron Mines. photo courtesy of a statement in the Legisla- Baffinland Iron Mines tive Assembly of Nunavut recognizing the mining com- He cited the company’s community during the pan- pany’s outreach. assistance with search and demic. “I am happy and proud to rescue operations and spon- “I give my heartfelt thank say that the Agnico Eagle sorship of a Baker Lake you to the two organiza- Mines have the same kind Hunters and Trappers Or- tions and to the people of In Sanirajak, Malakai Akearok, Levi Junior Kaunak, Chad Panikpakutsuk, Joabie Kuppaq, Connie Arvaluk and of mindset where they try to ganization hunt that pro- Baker Lake that went out Bruce Ikeperiar are on hand when the shipment of cleaning kits from Baffinland arrives. photo courtesy of provide assistance when and vided 61 caribou to Arviat, and hunted in the cold,” Baffinland Iron Mines where they can,” he said. the territory’s hardest-hit Simailak said. 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