ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒧᑦ ᓴᖑᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᕗᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᕋᔭᒃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᐅᓯᑐᖃᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Cultural shift in policing promised Pauktuutit president calls for changes in victims services, decolonization of policing across Inuit Nunangat

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Michel Albert photo courtesy of Government of Nunavut Newly sworn-in Commissioner of Nunavut, Eva Qamaniq Aariak is congratulated by Speaker of the House Paul Quassa Feb. 3. An Order of Nunavut investiture ceremony for Commissioner Aariak was also held in the legislative assembly. No disruptions Iglulik, Iqaluit fire expected in delivering Pinnguaq chiefs discuss Co-op second Moderna doses seeking blaze, teamwork Inuit artists to co-develop online platform

Publication mail Contract #40012157 "It is police and other social service agencies that need to assimilate into Inuit ways." – Dr. Elizabeth Comack, partner in Pauktuutit's policing recommendations report, on the new Pinasuqatigiinniq 7 71605 00200 2 Agreement signed between Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada and RCMP, page 7. 2 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 3 Did we get it wrong? feature news êΩËîΩÇéíÇÀîᓄê á·∆¿ÖÀî Nunavut News is committed to getting facts and names right. With that goes a commitment to acknowledge mis- takes and run corrections. If you spot an error in Nunavut fact file News/North, call (867) 979-5990 and ask to speak to an editor, or email [email protected]. We'll get a correction or clarification in as soon as we can. Nunavut covid-19 situation as of Feb. 4

News Active cases: 14 Confirmed cases by community Confirmed cases: 296 Arviat: 252 (237 recovered) Briefs Recovered cases: 281 Whale Cove: 23 (all recovered) Total persons followed: 6,520 ᕕᕗᐊᕆ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ Rankin Inlet: 19 (all recovered) ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓂᐅᕗᖅ Current persons followed: 323 ᓄᓇᕗᑦ Sanikiluaq: 2 (all recovered) ᕕᕗᐊᕆ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓂᐅᕗᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ Completed tests in Nunavut: 3,077 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ. Total vaccine doses given: 5,568 Total deaths in Nunavut: 1 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᖃᖅᐳᑦ

ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑦᓴᕐᓂᑕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Health ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ– ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕈᓯᖃᕐᓂᖅ. "ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕈᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᒐᑦᑎᒍ ᑕᐃᒪᖓᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕆᒐᑦᑎᒍᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᖏᓐᓂᕗᑦ ᓴᓐᖏᓕᖅᑎᒍᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᓂᒍᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᑕᖃᑕᐅᒍᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ," No disruption expected ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑦᓴᕐᓂᑕᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᒫᒍᕆᑦ ᓇᑲᓱᒃ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᖁᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ Health minister guarantees second needle to anyone who has ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕗᓪᓗ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. had their first dose of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 "ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᖅᓯᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᖅᐳᒍᓪᓗ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕈᓯᕗᑦ by Darrell Greer ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᖅᑲᐃᒍᑎᒋᔪᓐᓇᕋᑦᑎᒍᓗ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ Northern News Services ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᒋᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐅᖓᓯᒌᒃᑲᓗᐊᕈᑦᑕᓗ, ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕗᑦ Nunavut ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᓗᐊᓐ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ ᐊᐃᖕᒥᓂ ᐃᒧᓯᕗᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᒪᑑᕐᓇ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕈᓯᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕋᑦᑎᒍ ᐃᕿᐊᙳᐃᔭᐅᑎᒋᓗᒋᑦ The rollout of the Moderna vaccine ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 31–ᒥ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᒃ against Covid-19 is going as planned in ᐃᓅᒍᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒡᓗ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᑲᓱᒃ. Nunavut and the number of people decid- please see February, page 13 ing to get inoculated against the virus is gaining momentum, said Nunavut Health Minister Lorne Kusugak Jan. 31. ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ Kusugak said the movement towards ᐊᖑᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᒡᓗ getting the Moderna vaccine has been so ᒥᑦᑎᑕᒪᓕᒃ strong in the Kivalliq, that the expected ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ number of people to get inoculated will ᐊᖑᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᑎᒋᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᓂᒃ likely be surpassed in the region. ᐊᕐᓇᐃᓪᓗ ᖃᒧᑎᙳᐊᓕᐅᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ. "Every dose (1,181) of the vaccine was ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕈᑎᒃᓴᐃᑦ given in Rankin Inlet and they ran out of ᐃᒪᓐᓇᑎᒋ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᒋᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ $2,000, doses in Chesterfield Inlet, as well," said $1,500 ᐊᒻᒪ $1,000 ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓄᓪᓗ. Kusugak. ᐃᓚᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖁᔭᐅᕗᑦ "When you're running out of vials, ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᑎᒋᓕᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ that's a very good sign." ᖃᒧᑎᙳᐊᓕᐅᒐᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ. Kusugak said more than 1,000 people ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ have received the vaccination in Arviat, ᐱᓕᕆᔨᖏᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒪᔨᐅᔪᖅ which has been the hardest-hit community ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᓗᓂ. ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅᓯᐅᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ, by Covid-19 in Nunavut to date. photo courtesy of Mike Courtney ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 20-ᖑᓕᖅᐸᑦ. He said there's still some work to do please see Hamlet, page 13 in Arviat, but they're starting to hit the Rankin Inlet South MLA and Nunavut Health Minister Lorne Kusugak numbers they'd like to see vaccinated in rolls up his sleeve for his first shot of the Moderna vaccine against ᓄᑖᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ the community. Covid-19 in Iqaluit Jan. 31. ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ Fighting misinformation those discussions on how we're going to handles vaccine distribution once it arrives ᓄᓇᑦᑕ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ "It's been really frustrating battling be able to loosen the bubble and get back in Canada. ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᒃ against all the misinformation on social to life as it was are still going on as we "Moderna's contract is with the Govern- ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 17 6:30ᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ media and, you know, with some against speak." ment of Canada through the Public Service ᑕᐃᑲᓂ Zoom ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ the vaccine, I don't think they believe it Kusugak said the problems Canada is and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Depart- ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᐃᒡᓗ 212. themselves when they say it's no good and having right now with some of the suppli- ment, and covers the delivery of vaccines ᑲᑎᒪᔭᖅᑐᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ if you get it you're going to grow a third ers of the vaccine won't affect anyone in up to the point where it is accepted for 2019-20 ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ arm, turn into a monkey or all the other Nunavut who has had their first dose of delivery to Canada," said Paul Monlezun, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕆᐊᖁᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ crap that's out there. the vaccine. the principal advisor for public affairs ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ. "Some of them throw it out there because The US-based company Moderna was advisors, which manages communications ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᒪᔪᑦ Zoom–ᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ they enjoy watching people get confused set to deliver around 230,000 shots of it's with media for Moderna in Canada. ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᕙᓂ and upset over it and that's really scary." Covid-19 vaccine in the beginning of Feb- ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ [email protected]. Kusugak said he understands people's ruary to Canada, however that has since The land of blizzards frustrations with Covid. He said the gov- please see New, page 13 been scaled down to 180,000 according and cancellations ernment is constantly working on how to the Government of Canada's vaccine Kusugak said the Government of Nuna- it might loosen the isolation stage, for rollout page. vut has made sure that anyone who is get- ᑕᑯᕐᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ example, and make it easier for people to That same page shows the expected ting the first dose of the Moderna vaccine ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ travel. 6,000 doses Nunavut was set to receive on against Covid is guaranteed their second ᓄᓇᕗᑦ "We need to start with herd immunity Feb. 1 has also been scaled down to 3,400 dose. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒥᒃ and go for as high a number as we can. for the first week of February, the site notes "It won't affect our final counts at the ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᐅᒍᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᑖᒃᑯᑦ "If everyone would get their shots, that that "deliveries are expected to carry-over end April. The only inconvenience we ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦᑎᒍᑦ would greatly help us get to where we all into the second week of February." may have – if the number of doses we're APTN ᔭᓐᓄᐊᕆ 25-ᖑᓕᖅᐸᑦ. want to be and that's life closer to how it "(It's) being reviewed on an operational expecting drops for a bit – is that we won't ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒥ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ was pre-Covid. level and the bulletin may be adjusted if be able to vaccinate as many communities ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑦᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᓚᕖᓴᒃᑯᑦ "It's constant conversation about Covid necessary, but we don't have anything else at one time as we had hoped. ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 19-ᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ at every level and other provinces are now to say at this time," said Danarae Sommer- "For everyone who has had their first ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦᑎᒍᑦ APTN-ᑯᑦ. starting to finally see the benefits of what ville, communications specialist at Nuna- shot, the vaccine for their second shot is ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑎᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᓖᓚ ᒋᐊᑏ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ we've been doing in Nunavut – you hear vut's Department of Health. already here. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖃᑕᐅᓗᓂ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ now of people having to isolate for two There are similar scaled down ship- "We're the land of blizzards and can- ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ weeks, like in Winnipeg now, and that's the ments of the Moderna vaccine as well cellations. So, we took everything into ᑐᓴᕐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ kind of thing we've already gone through throughout the North with the NWT and account and there won't be any second ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ. and done, so it's good to see the other Yukon set to receive 4,700 and 4,500 doses round not happening here. please see Broadcasting, page 13 provinces are now walking down that path. respectively. "Everyone who has had the first round "It's not affecting us for medical travel A spokesperson for Moderna stated that is guaranteed a second needle." right now in Manitoba, thankfully, but it is up to the federal government on how it – with files from Trevor Wright 4 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 news ĪØflî ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔩᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᕗᑦ ᖃᒥᑦᑎᓇᓱᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᐊᓗᖕᒥ 'ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑕᒥ ᐳᔪᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐹᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑭᖦᖢᓂ ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᐊᑖᓂ,' ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ

ᐅᓐᓄᐊᕌᓗᖓᓂ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 20,–ᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᔫᓕᐊᔅ ᐸᓂᒥᕋ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᓱᖏᐅᔾᔨᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑯᐊᐸᖓᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐹᖅᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ. ᐃᑭᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 20–ᒥ. ᒪᓕᒐᕋᓛᓕᕆᔨᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐹᖓᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ 3:30 ᐅᓪᓛᐸᓗᒃᑯᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖓᓄᙵᐅᑎᑲᐅᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂᐅᒃ, ᐃᑭᑦᑐᖃᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ. "ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑕᒥ ᐳᔪᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐹᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑭᖦᖢᓂ ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᐊᑖᓂ," ᐸᓂᒥᕋ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒥ. ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ 10–ᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓇᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᐊᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᖁᐊᕈᑎᖓᓐᓂ. ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᑐᐊᖓ – 1999–ᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖅ – ᐅᐸᒍᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᐃᒥᖅᑕᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓂ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᓄᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᐸᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᕈᔪᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᓂᒡᓚᓱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ – ᐅᕙᓂ -40 C –ᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐊᓄᕆᐅᑉ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᖕᓂᖓ ᐃᓚᐅᓪᓗᓂ – ᐊᓄᕌᖏᓐᓇᒐᓚᖕᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᒋᕐᒥᑦ. ᐊᓄᕆ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ 65 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᓂ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᑕᒫᒥ. "ᐅᖃᓗᑲᐅᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᑐᐊᕋᒪ ᖃᒥᑦᑐᓐᓇᔾᔮᙱᓐᓂᓐᓂ," ᐸᓂᒥᕋ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᖏᓗᐊᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓲᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᔪᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᖃᒪᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᑭᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓄᑦ 18–ᓄᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᖓᓂ ᑎᓴᒪᑦ ᓱᓪᓗᑯᑖᑦ ᓯᒥᒃᑕᐃᓕᒪᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᐃᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᔪᒥ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒪᐅᑉ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖓᓂ ᑐᑭᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᖁᐊᖃᐅᖅᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᑦ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᒥ, ᐸᓂᒥᕋ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᖃᑦᑎᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᖓ ᕿᕿᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 2–ᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᒥᖅᑕᐅᑎᓂ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓂ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᖃᒪᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᐊᓗᖕᒥ. ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ 8–ᖑᔪᓂ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᓂᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ

3:30 ᐅᓐᓄᓴᐸᓗᖕᒥ. photos courtesy of Steve Qaatani Sarpinak ᐳᔪᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᕿᓚᖕᒧᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖓ ᒥᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓛᓐᑎᔅ ᑳᒪᐃᑯᓪ, ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᑐᒡᓕᐊ Igluik residents are having to adjust after losing their community Co-op to fire ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ. on Jan. 20. "ᓱᓕ ᐊᖏᐸᓗᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᑭᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᕙᓗᖓ ᑲᑕᒃᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᔪᓂ ᐃᓱᐊᓂ ᓴᓂᕋᕐᓂᑦ," ᑳᒪᐃᑰᓪ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᑕᑯᓂᕆᔭᖓᓐᓂ. ᐊᓂᖅᓵᖅᑑᑎᔭᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᕿᓚᒥᑯᓗᒃ ᓯᓂᓚᐅᑲᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ. ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᔪᖃᖅᖢᓂ – ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃ ᐅᑎᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᒃᑲᓐᓂᓕᖅᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ. ᓱᓇᒐᕐᓂ, ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ, ᐳᓪᓚᖕᒨᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᑦᑕᓄᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᐃᕝᕕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ – ᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑕᐅᑕᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 10 ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᐸᓗᒃ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 20–ᒥ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᐃᑦ ᓄᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔩᑦ ᒥᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑳᒪᐃᑯᓪᒧᑦ. "ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᔪᓐᓃᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ," ᑳᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐸᓂᒥᕋ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᕿᑲᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᑲᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, 5 ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ 8 ᐅᓐᓄᒐᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓂᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᑐᑭᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᔪᓂ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖕᒦᖦᖢᓂ, ᐳᔪᕐᒥ ᓂᐅᖅᓯᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. "ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᓪᓗᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕋᓱᒋᓚᐅᐳᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᖓ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᑐᖃᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᖁᔪᖃᓚᐅᕐᓇᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂᓗᒃᑖᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ," ᑳᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᑰᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐸᓂᒥᕋᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᔪᒥ. "ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᔪᒥ." ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒡᒐᓂᑦ ᖁᔭᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐅᐱᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᒥᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᑲᐊᓚᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᓴᓂᓕᖏᓐᓂ," ᐸᓂᒥᕋ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ. ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑕ ᑐᒡᓕᐊ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓇᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓄᑦ 12–ᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᒥᑦ.

ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐃᓱᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐸᓂᒥᕋ, 23-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 6–ᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᑲᓴᖕᓄᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓇᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᑯᓘᙱᓚᖅ. "ᐊᒥᓱᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᐃᒻᒪᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᒥ ᑕᑯᒑᖓᒥᒃ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᔭᐅᒐᒥ. 6–ᑐᐃᓐᓇᑯᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓕᒪᓂᖓᓂ, ᐸᓂᒥᕋ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ 40–ᓂ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᓂ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕐᓗᐊᕐᓂ, ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᓂ. ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓃᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔭᓄᐊᕆᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᐸᕐᓇᐃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. "ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐳᖓ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 40–ᓄᑦ," ᐸᓂᒥᕋ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᖁᔭᒋᔭᐅᑲᑕᒃᐳᖓ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓂ... (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ) ᐅᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓂᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᕈᓘᔭᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᔭᒋᔭᐅᕗᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᐸᖕᓂᓐᓂ. ᐅᖃᐅᑏᓐᓇᖅᑕᒃᑲ, 'ᖁᔭᓕᙱᓪᓗᖓ, ᖁᔭᓕᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ'"

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ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔩᑦ ᖃᒥᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᖓᓐᓂ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 20–ᒥ. ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᔪᓂ ᑎᑭᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂ 17–ᓂ ᖃᒥᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᒥ.

Firefighters tackle the flames from the Iglu- lik Co-op on Jan. 20. A crew of firefighters was dispatched from Iqaluit to provide backup to the local emergency person- nel, some of whom spent 17 hours combatting the blaze. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 5 news ĪØflî Gjoa Haven woman not guilty of manslaughter based on self-defence Wife had suffered from intimate partner violence for years before deadly encounter by Derek Neary where a police officer heard the hus- "ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᕋᔭᒃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ Northern News Services band, before his death, utter words to the Iqaluit/Gjoa Haven effect: "I told her to stab me" and "I was ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᒥᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ Editor's note: The following story stupid to say that." ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᕆᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ. ᐱᑕᖃᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐱᓕᖅᑭᒃᑕᕐᓂᖅ contains details that may be disturbing The accused, age 29 at the time of ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᔨ ᓲᓴᓐ ᓵᕈᔅᕘᑦ. to some readers. the incident, testified that she intended A pregnant Gjoa Haven woman who to stab him in the arm. stabbed her husband to death is not What also arose in the courtroom guilty of manslaughter because she was was a litany of past incidents of violent acting in self-defence to protect herself abuse, where the wife was most often and the unborn child, a judge has ruled. the victim. The fatal encounter occurred in the A friend of hers testified that she saw couple's kitchen on June 25, 2017. While her black eyes three or four times and the wife was preparing dinner, her hus- she knew that her husband had done the band was acting "weird" and calling her damage. obscene names, the wife told the court. Seven RCMP files were also pre- She eventually punched him two or three sented, documenting various occur- times in the head. They began yelling rences of violence between 2010 and at each other and he briefly went to the 2017, many of the years comprising their bathroom. He returned to the kitchen decade-long relationship. Among the area, shouting at her to stab him as he brutal actions were punches – including approached. She told the court that she a broken cheek bone that she suffered "had a feeling that he would ... try to – shaking, hair pulling, scratching and assault me or hurt me and the baby." being knocked to the floor. Some inci- At six-foot-three and 313 pounds, he dents happened while the wife had one towered over her five-foot-one frame. of their children in an amauti. One time NNSL file photo She used a 30-cm kitchen knife to stab she was punched in the stomach twice "The system must change to ensure, going forward, that victims of intimate partner her husband one time in the upper chest. while pregnant with a daughter. violence are afforded the support necessary to provide evidence against the people The blade punctured his lung and heart. who are causing them harm. Absent such support, the cycle of violence will continue She took him to the health centre, Please see Incidents, page 10 in the territory," stated Justice Susan Charlesworth. Calls for systemic changes to prevent domestic violence Northern News Services and co-ordinated approach, Gjoa Haven case would have who are causing them harm. "The federal government's dential schooling." In her Jan. 27 ruling on efforts to prevent victimiza- benefitted from better access Absent such support, the cycle recent commitment to build "Today, the intergenera- a fatal confrontation between tion in Inuit communities are to social services and "more of violence will continue in five Inuit-specific shelters is tional trauma suffered by a Gjoa Haven woman and hindered by gaps in services; meaningful" access to justice. the territory and undoubted- a step in the right direction. Inuit manifests in complex her husband, Justice Susan inequitable distribution of "It is incumbent upon the ly lead to tragedies like this However, as the tragedy in and harmful ways, including Charlesworth made mention resources; burnout and loss Nunavut Court of Justice to coming before the (court) for Gjoa Haven illustrates, more alcohol and substance abuse, of a 2006 report from Pauk- of trained staff; an absence of consider the high number of adjudication. Such tragedies funding for shelters is still as well as domestic violence," tuutit Inuit Women of Canada training and support for front- Inuit who live in abusive and do not need to be inevitable." urgently needed," Kudloo said Kudloo. titled, A National Strategy to line workers; and incomplete violent situations, have deep Days later, Pauktuutit presi- said. "Additionally, emergency "Further, overcrowded Prevent Abuse in Inuit Com- program evaluation." and traumatic memories of dent Rebecca Kudloo issued a dispatch and policing services housing, inadequate health- munities. The judge added that the abuse, or have witnessed a statement indicating that her in our communities must be care services, and gaps in poli- The judge cited this passage: court recognizes the "systemic close family member being organization was glad that its highly responsive to all calls cing and the justice system put "Too often, services for shortcomings in how justice is abused, assaulted or killed. work was helpful to the judge. for help and protection, due to Inuit women and their children crime victims in the North administered in Nunavut." She These factors must inform this Kudloo noted that at the fears and incidents of domestic in even greater danger. No operate in isolation of each said it was clear that both the court's judgments in situations time of the fatal incident in violence and abuse." woman subjected to abuse by other. Lacking a systematic wife and her husband in the involving intimate partner vio- Gjoa Haven in June 2017 there The Pauktuutit president her spouse should be forced lence," Charlesworth stated. was no shelter or safe house also illustrated historical to resort to violence to defend "The system must change to in the community, making it and cultural context that are herself and her children due to "ᐊᕐᓇᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓᓂ ᓵᓪᓗᐊᙱᓚᖅ ensure, going forward, that one of the 70 per cent of com- pertinent to the high rates of a lack of police protection or ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ victims of intimate partner munities in Inuit Nunangat gender violence in Nunavut, an emergency shelter or transi- ᕿᑐᕐᙵᒥᓂᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᙱᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓂ violence are afforded the lacking facilities for women "part of the horrific legacy tional housing where they can ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᕿᒫᕝᕕᐅᔪᒥ support necessary to provide and children fleeing domestic of colonization, relocation of seek safety." ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᑲᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᕿᓂᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ evidence against the people violence. Inuit and the effects of resi- – Derek Neary ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ," ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᕇᐱᑲ ᑲᓪᓗ.

"No woman subjected to abuse by her spouse should be forced to resort to vio- lence to defend herself and her children due to a lack of police protection or an emergency shelter or tran- sitional housing where they can seek safety," says Pauktuutit president Reb- ecca Kudloo. photo courtesy of Pauktuutit 6 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 news ĪØflî ᐱᙳᐊᖅ ᕿᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᓇᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ

ᐱᙳᐊᖅ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᕿᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓗᓂ 'ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᑲᓂᓗᒃᑖᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ-ᑐᙵᕕᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᔭᖅᑐᕐᓂᖓᓂ' ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᕇᐊ ᑰᑦᔅ, ᐱᙳᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᖓ ᓴᓇᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᓂ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ "ᕿᓂᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ 15– ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᐊᒎᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒡᓗᑎᒃ Nordicity–ᒥ ᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐊᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᓴᓇᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨ ᐱᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔾᔪᓯᐊᕐᒥ $200–ᒥ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᓇᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᖅ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖓᓐᓂ. "ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᖓ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ. ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᖃᓂᑦᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓲᖑᒐᑦᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑕ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓴᓇᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑭᓱᓂ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᐅᑦᑐᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓐᓂ." ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨ ᐱᓂᖅᐊᐳᖅ ᐊᑭᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ: BULLETS: ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᓂ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕙᒌᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒥᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᕿᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓂ Zoom– ᖃᕐᓗᓂ, ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᐅᕈᒻᒥ ᐊᕿᑦᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓯᒪᕙᒌᖅᑐᓂ ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ worksheets, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒃᓴᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐲᔭᐃᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓂᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ (/end bullets) ᐱᙳᐊᑉ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᖓ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᓴᐃᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ. "ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒡᓗᑕ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂ ᓯᓚᑎᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᕘᓇ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᒥ. ᕿᓂᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᑦᑎᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂ," ᑰᑦᔅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᙳᐊᖅ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᒥ-ᑐᙵᕕᓕᖕᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᒐᓱᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᕗᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ 2012– ᒥ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᔪᒥ STEAM (ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᓂ, ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐃᓴᐅᓯᕆᓂᕐᒥ) ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᓕᒪᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᒥᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ-ᑐᙵᕕᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ courtney@ pinnguaq.com ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᓗᑎᒃ 1-705-879-5761–ᒧᑦ. ᐱᔪᒪᔪᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑎᖓᓐᓂ, ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᓱᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ.

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On the land: Tanya Aglak Sanirajak I took this picture on Jan. 11, 2021, during lunch hour in Sanirajak, Nunavut. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 7 news ĪØflî RCMP signs agreement with Pauktuutit Pinasuqatigiinniq Agreement sets out to formalize the working relationship between the two organizations, improve protection and safety of Inuit women

by Trevor Wright gender-diverse persons." Northern News Services The leaders of the two fact file Nunavut organizations expressed opti- On Jan. 27 RCMP Com- mism in light of this agree- missioner Brenda Lucki ment. Recommendations made by Pauktuutit and President of the Pauk- "I look forward to continu- tuutit Inuit Women of Can- ing the RCMP's work with • Culturally competent policing: Investments must be made to ensure that police officers ada (PIWC) Rebecca Kud- President Kudloo and Pauk- loo signed an agreement to tuutit Inuit Women of Can- receive ongoing, community-specific, in-depth cultural competency training on Inuit history and culture. formalize the working rela- ada on projects and programs • Inuit advisory committees: Composed of elders, community leaders, and cultural facilitators to ensure tionship between the two aiming to reduce violence that police practices and protocols are in line with IQ principles and foster mutual understanding and organizations, signing the against women, children and respect between the community and the police. Pinasuqatigiinniq Agree- gender-diverse persons," said ment. Lucki. • Trauma-informed policing: understanding of relevant trauma and its indicators, will better position offi- The agreement con- Kudloo noted this "agree- cers to de-escalate situations, build more positive relationships with the community. firms that there will be for- ment supports progress • Vicarious trauma: Police officers should be encouraged to seek emotional support and guidance from mal teleconferences twice toward an urgently-need- per year between the two ed cultural shift in RCMP community elders, counsellors, or natural helpers. organizations' leadership as policing practices in Inuit • Gender-based violence training: ongoing, specialized education on dynamics of gender-based violence. well as regular teleconfer- Nunagat. Systemic racism • Gender-based policing protocols: Police protocols, including investigative strategies to respond to sex- ences between Pauktuutit and is a reality in Inuit women's ual assault and domestic violence, must be evaluated and revised to ensure that the police are respond- RCMP Commanding Offi- encounters with the police. cers in the NWT, Nunavut, For example, women experi- ing in a culturally appropriate and victim-centred manner. and Newfoundland (G, V and encing domestic violence • Female officers: A female police officer present or leading, the statement-gathering process. B Divisions). Representatives often feel further victimized • Gendered violence prevention liaison: Community-based, dedicated support person tasked with co- from Pauktuutit will contact when they come into contact ordinating access to resources offered by police and other social service agencies. the commanding officers dir- with police." ectly as required. On Jan. 16 PIWC pub- • Community integration: Develop protocols for introducing new officers to the communities they serve According to the release lished a report that Inuit to reinforce officers' accountability to those communities and facilitate the integration of officers. an evergreen work plan will women that calls on the • Duration of postings: Posting contracts should be extended (beyond the current two-year posts) to sus- be jointly developed to out- RCMP to reverse the failed line mutual goals, priorities strategy of assimilation and tain positive rapport between Inuit community members and regular service members. and deliverables, which will to follow a decolonization • Inuit civilian positions: Inuit must be employed at each police detachment, and in a number of cap- be signed annually by the process, detailing 15 recom- acities including interpreters and translators; cultural facilitators; special constables, aides, community organizations' respective mendations to shift RCMP patrols and/or peacekeepers; administrative support. leaders. Annual versions of from a position of being out- the work plan will include a siders to being seen as com- • Police accessibility: Funding must be immediately provided to address the lack of formalized and local status update on any deliver- munity allies. police (and emergency services) dispatch systems across Inuit Nunangat. There must be Inuktut speakers able items from the previous "Decolonization means available to answer (emergency) calls at all times. year. reversing the colonial strat- • Community education: Create Inuit Nunangat-specific, multilingual public education programs in educa- The agreement states: egy of assimilation," said "This document is made in Dr. Elizabeth Comack of tion about the criminal justice system and education about gender-based violence. the spirit of reconciliation, the University of Manitoba's • Community engagement: Through planned activities and sharing of positive encounters via social media with a shared goal of urgent Department of Sociology and • Federal government responsibilities: Given that policing is an essential service, the Government of action and collaboration, to Criminology, who partnered effect meaningful, lasting with Pauktuutit on the study. 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ADVERTISING Baffin – Laura Whittle [email protected] Kivalliq/Kitikmeot Importing solutions to imported problems [email protected] All departments: Northern News Services [email protected] decolonization of policing in a Janu- National: James Boylan Last week, we published the story ary 2020 report put together with Classified Advertising: The issue: [email protected] of a woman's comments, made Dr. Elizabeth Comack of the Univer- systemic racism CIRCULATION – [email protected] publicly, that carried a spirit of disre- sity of Manitoba's department of Circulation Director: Amy Yang spect and were, in many eyes, ignor- We say: sociology and criminology. Subscriptions: ant. 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Those were somewhat disturbing on a ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ It's been more than a little encouraging to see number of different levels. ᐱᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᑑᕐᓇ the rising number of Kivalliqmiut agreeing to get Kusugak was bang on again when he said ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 31–ᒥ the first dose of the Moderna vaccine against some people just threw misinformation out ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. Covid-19 during the past few weeks. there on the made-up potential of the vaccine to Rankin Inlet is just a tad below 1,200, Arviat harm people, or worse, for no other reason other surpassed 1,000 doses administered and the than to enjoy watching those people get con- folks in Chesterfield Inlet exhausted their entire fused and upset over it. allocation of the vaccine. He was also bang on when he added behav- Health Minister Lorne Kusugak is bang on iour such as that is really scary. when he says the vaccines are our best weapon Also just as scary were the number of people against Covid-19, and reaching herd immun- who got a laugh out of categorizing Covid as ity would be one heck of a giant step a necessary tool in helping mother towards returning to our way of life nature to decrease the surplus popula- before this darn virus introduced itself tion. to the world. I can't imagine how that must have I must, in good confidence however, felt to someone who had just lost a stick in the one disclaimer. If one or loved one to Covid-19, hearing that more of the emerging variants proves their loved one was no more than part itself to be unaffected by the vaccine, of the supposed surplus population. then we could have a whole new ball Far from humour, it's a cold, calcu- game. lated, evil statement designed to elicit And to those comparing the vac- Darrell sorrow and devalue life, especially cines to a simple flu shot, they are not Greer among the elderly. alike and are a long way from it. You also could not miss the irony For starters Covid has already con- in those who devalued the lives of the quered the globe with its ability to spread. And it elderly lost to Covid, while, at the same time, did so quickly, without giving a darn what other protesting what they perceived to be their loss bugs were on the go, first in Australia. of freedom due to the temporary health restric- At every level I interviewed people who are tions in place. involved in the battle against Covid. I heard of The pandemic has taught us a lot with its their frustration over the amount of misinfor- threatening presence, including the words, "We

photo courtesy of Mike Courtney mation being spread over various social media shall never forget" already ringing hollow with a Baker Lake MLA Craig Atangalaaq Simailak was platforms. number of those amongst us. among the Kivalliq MLAs to receive his first dose While some, such as the microchip conspiracy We will all be better off in a number of differ- of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 Jan. 31 theory, were downright laughable, others were ent ways when its evil presence is gone for good. in Iqaluit. a lot closer to what many would perceive to be Food for thought.

ᓚᐃᓴ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑐᓕᐊᖅ, ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᒃ 4 ᑰᐳᕐ ᓴᐃᒪᐅᑦ, ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᒃ 4 “ᐅᕙᓂ ᐱᐅᒋᔭᕋ ᕼᐋᑭᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᖃᑕᐅᒐᒪ “ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᕋ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᑲᑕᔾᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ/ street talk ᐊᕿᔭᕐᓂᖅ, ᕼᐋᑭ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐹᔅᑭᑦᐹᓪ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᒃᑲ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᖕᒥᔭᕋ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐊᖅᖢᖓ ᑲᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ. ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᐸᒃᑲ. ᐱᐅᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᓴᓪᓖᑦ with Jessica MacLean ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᑭᓱ ᐱᐅᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᓴᓪᓖᑦ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒻᒪᑦ!” ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᒋᓗᒍ!” ᐱᐅᒋᕕᐅᒃ? Cooper Saimaut, Liza Quvianaqtuliak, at Sakku School in Coral Harbour Grade 4 Grade 4 "I like playing soccer, "I like it here because hockey, and basketball I am on the hockey with my friends. I also team and joined like to go hunting. One the throat singing What do you like about your community? time I caught a goose. club, so I am always I love Coral Harbour with my friends. I because it is fun!" love Coral Harbour because it's a beauti- ᓲᐃ ᑕᕕ, ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᒃ 12 ful place to live!" “ᐱᐅᒋᔭᕋ ᓴᓪᓕᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᒪ ᐄᓴ ᑰᓕᑦ, ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᒃ 10 ᒥᕆᐊ ᓇᑯᓛᒃ, ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᒃ 2 ᑕᓃᓴ ᐲ, ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᒃ 9 ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᓐᓂ. “ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᕋ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᕼᐋᑭ, ᐊᕿᔭᕐᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ “ᐱᐅᒋᔭᕋ ᓴᓪᓖᑦ ᐃᓄᑑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᓐᓇᒪ. ᐃᓄᖕᒥ “ᐱᐅᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᓴᓪᓖᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᑦ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓇᒍ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᓘᔭᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᖕ ᐹᖕ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᕋ ᐱᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ. ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᑐᙵᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒪᑕ! ᐱᙳᐊᓲᖑᕗᖓ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐱᖕ ᐹᖕ ᐃᓄᑭᑦᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᐅᒋᓪᓚᕆᒃᑕᕋ - ᖃᑯᖅᑕᒥ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖃᑎᖃᒻᒪᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᑖᑕᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᓲᖑᕗᖓ ᐅᕙᓐᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕈᑎᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕚᓕᐹᓪᒥ. ᑲᑕᔾᔭᖅᑎᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓃᒃᑭᕗᖓ. ᓄᓇᓕᐅᖕᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ! ᐱᐅᒋᔭᕋ ᓴᓪᓕᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕌᖓᒪ. ᐱᐅᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᐱᐅᒋᔭᕋ ᓴᓪᓖᑦ ᐱᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᕋᒪ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᒥᖕᓂᑦ.” ᖃᓃᓐᓇᐅᔭᕋᕕᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᖃᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥ!” ᓴᓪᓖᑦ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᓐᓃᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᕋᒪ!” ᓲᕐᓗ ᒦᑲ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᐃᑎᒥ.” Zoey Duffy, Grade 12 Esa Kolit, Grade 10 Maria Nakoolak, Danisha Pee, "What I like about "I like to play hockey, Grade 2 Grade 9 Coral Harbour is that soccer, and sometimes "I like Coral Harbour "I love Coral Harbour I am able to connect ping pong. I like to go because I'm never because everyone more with my culture hunting – I even caught alone. There is always here is really kind! I and have a better a beluga whale with someone here to help. play sports like ping understanding of it. my dad last summer! I like to help people pong and volleyball. Despite all the chaos What I like about Coral when they need me, I also am in the that often goes on liv- Harbour is that you are and they stand up for throat singing club. ing in a small town, I always near people. me when I need them. I like Coral Harbour truly admire that there There's no place like I love Coral Harbour because I get to are always members home!" because I always get to spend time with my from the commun- be with my friends!" friends like Meeka ity supporting one and Cady." another." 10 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 news ĪØflî 101 violation tickets written in final quarter of year Iqaluit Municipal Enforcement issued $26,975 in fines from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31

by Trevor Wright A number of traffic and vehicle-related violations occurred of four officers in municipal enforcement. Northern News Services among Iqalummiut. “There was a significant increase in motorists failing to obey Iqaluit Fines totalling $26,975 were issued to people in Iqaluit in the the stop lights located at the West 40 Y intersection, where the Iqaluit’s Chief Enforcement Officer Rod Mugford spoke dur- three month period. construction crews were working,” Mugford said. ing the Jan. 26 City of Iqaluit Council meeting about Municipal The current departmental staffing levels are three municipal “This in effect created a number of violations for a traffic Enforcement's statistical report on the year’s fourth quarter. enforcement officers in addition to Mugford, making for a total control device as mentioned.” Iqaluit mayor Kenny Bell noted that “although there’s still a lot of work to be done, for some reason people don’t think the rules of the road apply to them here.”

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Fines in Iqaluit, Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 2020

• 101 violation tickets written • 38 written warnings • 24 verbal warnings • 15 vehicles that were towed and impounded at the municipal lot • 27 speeding violations • 24 of those speeding violations were driving 17 to 29 kilometres over the posted speed limit • 2 were speeding 30 to 40 kilometres over the posted speed limit • 1 violation for speeding 41 to 49 kilometres over the posted speed limit • 9 violations for using hand-held electronic devices while driving • 15 violations for operating a vehicle without financial liability (insurance) • 18 violations for the operation of a vehicle with- out registration • 7 violations for the operation of a motor vehicle without carrying the required documents • 2 violations for operating an ATV without insurance • 1 violation for operating an ATV without a helmet • 8 violations for operating a vehicle without the proper class of drivers license • 2 violations for the operation of a vehicle with- out due care and attention • 18 violations for the failure to follow a traffic control device • 3 violations for the operation of a vehicle with- out rear, stop or brake lights Source: City of Iqaluit Municipal Enforcement Division Incidents threatened safety of couple's children

Gjoa, from page 5 nificantly taller and heavier than (the wife). He could eas- Some of these incidents ily overpower her," the judge resulted in the husband being stated on Jan. 27. charged, but those charges "Given her vulnerability, were invariably withdrawn or recognizing how physically dismissed. outmatched she was, I am Justice Susan Charles- satisfied (the wife's) use of worth found the wife's ver- force was not out of propor- sion of events to be credible. tion to the threat of violence "(The husband) was angry. she was experiencing at the They were in close quarters time of the incident. in the kitchen. He came up "This case is tragic. Chil- close to her after she hit him dren lost a father. A family on the head and confronted lost a son. (The wife) will live her. She testified that she was with what took place (that afraid he might hurt her or day) for the rest of her life," her unborn baby. (He) is sig- Charlesworth stated. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 11 news ĪØflî Pinnguaq searching for Inuit artists They will help co-design a digital ᑯᐊᑦᓂ ᒥᐅᓪᓐ, ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᔅᑕᕙᓂ ᑯᔅᒥᔅᑭ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕗᑦ ᓴᓇᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ. platform to showcase Inuit work

by Trevor Wright include: Northern News Services • An internet access device Nunavut • Internet service with four months pre- The Pinnguaq Association wants Nuna- paid internet for each project phase vut-based Inuit artists to help co-design • A computer with the relevant software digital platforms to promote Inuit art in col- including Zoom, word-processing soft- laboration with Nordicity as part of its Inuit ware and web browsers pre-downloaded Art Distribution and Marketing initiative. • Additional materials such as worksheets, "We are looking to create a working notebooks, pencils and erasers group of approximately 15 artists who will • Instructions on how to connect to the be involved in the co-design of these plat- internet and how to attend online works forms and throughout the lifetime of the Pinnguaq's goal is to help increase the project," said Maria Coates, Pinnguaq's dir- discoverability and distribution of Inuit art- ector of development and special projects. ists. Each participating artist will receive an "We hope to work collaboratively with honorarium of $200 per workshop and will artists to address some of the issues and be recognized as co-designers and featured challenges in the Inuit arts ecosystem on the Pinnguaq website. through the development of digital plat- "The aim will be to create digital proto- forms. types that will support artists in different "We are looking to examine how we can ways. It is important that we work closely create and use digital platforms to better and collaboratively with artists to co-design support Inuit art," Coates said. what these platforms will look like." The Pinnguaq Association is a Pang- Each participating artist will receive nirtung-based not-for-profit organization a free Artist Connectivity Kit which will which started in 2012 that incorporates STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineer- ing, Arts and Math) focused on bringing experiences in education and development for rural and remote communities across Courtney Milne, foreground, and Canada. Stefanie Kuzmiski, staff with the Nunavut-based Inuit artists who are Pinnguaq Association work on a co- interested in taking part in this can reach out to Pinnguaq at [email protected] design project. or they can call 1-705-879-5761. photo courtesy of Pinnguaq Association Interested artists are asked to provide their name, community and short descrip- tion of their artistic practice and mediums in which they work in. 12 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 news ĪØflî Man sentenced to 4.5 years for manslaughter 'You will have to work very hard to earn the trust of your community,' judge tells offender, who will be released later this year by Derek Neary angutainaq tried to fight him. applauded him for his efforts to bet- measure and nothing I do today can and of Billy's family," she stated. Northern News Services "Although there may have been ter himself while in jail. He's earned make up for the tragedy that has "There is no doubt that the journey Iqaluit/Sanikiluaq an element of self-defence present certificates in the Reformers Unani- taken place." will be long and difficult, but you Editor's note: The following story at the precise time when Josie was mous Addiction Program; the Better Tulloch noted that Takatak, a can succeed if you follow through on contains details that may be disturb- trying to get Billy out of the house, Father, Better Husband Program; the father of four, will have a long road your pledge to counsel other people ing to some readers. it was Josie who chose to introduce Alternatives to Violence Program; ahead after serving his time behind and to never drink alcohol again." A Sanikiluaq man who pleaded a sharp object into the already vola- and the Substance Abuse Program. bars. Takatak's sentence included 67 guilty to a 2018 manslaughter has tile situation, and it was Josie who "The court has been told that "Once you are released from cus- days for unrelated offences, includ- several months left to serve of his stabbed Billy in the heart causing his Josie has been a model prisoner tody, you will have to work very hard ing spitting on a peace officer and four-and-a-half year sentence, which death," justice Bonnie Tulloch stated. during the approximately two-and- to earn the trust of your community mischief to property. was meted out on Jan. 15. Takatak had previous convic- a-half years that he has spent in Josie Takatak, known locally as a tions for assault causing bodily harm custody awaiting resolution of these ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖓ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒥ, ᔫᒥ ᑕᑲᑕᒃ ᑎᒍᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ bootlegger in the alcohol-prohibited and forcible confinement in 2011, in files," Tulloch stated. "The fact that 2018–ᒥ. ᑕᑲᑕᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ ᓇᑉᐸᖓᓂᓪᓗ community, stabbed and killed Billy addition to assault with a weapon and he recognizes his problems and is ᐊᓄᓪᓚᒃᓯᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 15–ᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᓄᓪᓚᒃᓯᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ Arrangutainaq on June 18, 2018. uttering threats in 2013. There were working hard on addressing them, ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ, Arrangutainaq went to Takatak's also eight violations of court orders is very encouraging and it speaks to ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᓂ ᐊᓂᓂᐊᓯᕗᖅ. home to purchase liquor on that day. from 2011 to 2014. his chances of rehabilitation once he The two were friends and had family Tulloch admonished Takatak for is released from jail." connections, according to the infor- his bootlegging, even though that The Crown prosecutor and mation presented in court. Arrangu- wasn't among his charges. defence lawyer agreed on a senten- tainaq didn't have money and wanted "Josie not only chose to ignore cing range of four to four-and-a-half some alcohol on the promise that the wishes of his community to keep years, followed by two years proba- he'd pay the next day. Takatak wasn't Sanikiluaq free from alcohol, but he tion. agreeable. Witnesses say the men benefitted financially from that deci- Takatak's 1,687 day-sentence was were getting drunk and some people sion," the judge stated. reduced to 275 days remaining when left, anticipating violence. "To make matters even worse, he was credited – at a rate of 1.5 days Other customers showed up to Josie chose to run his illegal busi- for every day – for 1,412 days spent buy liquor and they noticed Arran- ness while he himself was substan- in pretrial custody. gutainaq, with a stab wound, lying tially intoxicated from both drugs "It is important to understand that on a small deck outside of Takatak's and alcohol. the criminal process is not an instru- home. "All the ingredients for serious ment of vengeance, nor an instru- Arrangutainaq was transported to trouble were present: an illegal busi- ment of appeasement. The length Sanikiluaq's health centre and was ness operation, a drunk business- of sentence is not and cannot be an pronounced dead a short time later man, some vulnerable customers attempt to place a value on Billy's due to a single stab wound to the (many perhaps seriously addicted to life," the judge stated. "The sentence heart that caused internal bleeding. alcohol) and the use of a weapon." I am about to impose upon Josie After attempting to avoid the On the other hand, the judge today is in no way a reflection or a Policediver/Wikimedia Commons photo RCMP, Takatak told police that he said she was convinced of Takatak's measurement of the value of Billy's The RCMP detachment in Sanikiluaq, where Josie Takatak was defending himself because Arr- remorse over the killing. She also life. That value is far too vast to was arrested in 2018. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 13 Around Nunavut ∂´êÄ∏∂Ò ¥∂fl±´ Phone: (867) 979-5990 Email: [email protected] Fax: (867) 979-6010

New date for museum AGM amazing on-the-land stories ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ Iqaluit The Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum Society has set a new date for their annual general meeting, it is set to take place ᒪᕆᐊ ᖃᔭᓴᖅ on Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. and it will be taking place on Zoom and ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ in-person at the Museum, Building 212. ᒪᕋᐃᔭ ᐃᑎᒪᖕᓇᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᑦᑎᐅᑉ ᑕᓕᕈᖓᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ, ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ. Those attending can hear about the 2019-20 Museum activ- ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᕗᖓ ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᓛᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ! ities and have the opportunity to contribute to future Museum activities as well as become a member. For details on the Zoom meeting you can reach out to the Museum at [email protected]. – Trevor Wright City carries motion to forgive accrued debts prior to Dec. 31, 2005 Iqaluit The City of Iqaluit during the Feb. 2 Finance Committee of the Whole meeting the Council carried a motion to forgive debts owing to the City prior to Dec. 31, 2005. Maria Kayasark The total amount of debt forgiven amounts to $344,787.14 Kugaaruk and ranges from various Government of Nunavut Depart- Mariah Ittimangnaq experi- ments, businesses and individuals. Including a $22,246.99 line menting with a seal flipper after item for Baffin Regional Hospital, the GN is listed as owing a successful hunt near Kugaar- the City just over $41,000. "We have no proof they owe us that money other than uk, Nunavut. Can’t wait for seal this list right here which has no backup documentation," said hunting days again! Mayor of Iqaluit Kenny Bell during the meeting. "Regardless of the reason that it's on there, they're all in the same situation, they are utterly un-collectable at this point in time." None of the debts listed to be forgiven are property taxes. – Trevor Wright February is Uqausirmut Quviasuutiqarniq Nunavut February is Uqausirmut Quviasuutiqarniq, Nunavut's annual celebration of Inuktut. This year's theme according to a release by the Department Do you have an amazing story from Entries will be placed on our Face- of Culture and Heritage is Inuit Pinnguarusingit - Inuit Trad- your adventures on the land? Tell us book page. They may also appear in this itional Games. your story and show us your photos for newspaper and other Northern News Ser- "Inuit traditional games have been a staple of our culture On the a chance to win $100. Submit your story vices publications. for generations, helping us develop survival skills by build- and photo to our Nunavut News Facebook The story and photo with the most ing strength and endurance, as well as the ties between our page, [email protected], or by combined likes and shares at the end of communities," said Minister of Culture and Heritage Margaret mail to Nunavut News, PO Box 28, Iqal- the week wins. Nakashuk. uit, NU, X0A 0H0. Good luck to this week's entrants! Nunavummiut are invited to join the celebrations by shar- land ing their experiences and stories around this year's theme. foster and learn Inuit culture and identity," Nakashuk added. • Mar. 11: Colonialism - Haiti, The Blueprint to Black Power, "After almost a full year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the les- – Trevor Wright 6 p.m. sons and knowledge learned from our games still serve as an The Official Opening and Awards Ceremony will be on important reminder. As we continue to stay connected, even Man charged with bootlegging Feb. 7 at 4 p.m. with all welcome to join. Covid-19 protocols when apart, our traditional games allow us to pass time as we will also be in place for all events. Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet For more information contact [email protected] or A 44-year-old man has been charged with the unlawful sale [email protected]. ᓖᓚ ᒋᐅᓪᑕᐃ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ and possession of liquor in Rankin Inlet. – Trevor Wright ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ The charge came about when the RCMP executed a search warrant on Jan. 15 and seized 24 1,114-ml bottles of alcohol ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᑕᓚᕖᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ Broadcasting partnership announced ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᕕᕈᐊᕆ 19–ᒥ. as part of an ongoing Liquor Act investigation into allegations of bootlegging. Nunavut The man, who the RCMP have not identified, is scheduled The Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP) announced a new broad- to appear in court on March 8. cast partnership with APTN on Jan. 25. "The police in Nunavut are committed to helping reduce The news announcement stated that every year, the AIP harm in our communities, including the negative impact boot- celebrates its new laureates at a live ceremony that showcases legging has on Nunavummiut," said Cpl. Tammy Lobb in an the AIP finalists, winners and performances by artists from RCMP press release. "We encourage you to support our efforts across the North. This year, for the first time ever, the AIP in identifying those who cause harm from bootlegging." awards ceremony will be broadcast on TV and online on Feb. – Darrell Greer 19 thanks to the partnership with APTN. With Leela Gilday once again taking the lead as artistic Hamlet hosting competitions for director, the virtual AIP awards ceremony promises to be an ambitious, pan-Arctic celebration that will bring this year's men and women laureate success stories and musical performances to living Mittimatalik/Pond Inlet rooms from coast to coast to coast. The Hamlet of Pond Inlet is hosting a Starting of Men Mak- – Darrell Greer ing Parkas and a Women Making Small Sled Competition. The prizes are Co-op gift cards worth $2,000, $1,500 and Call for parenting and $1,000 for the first, second and third prizes respectively. People are asked to contact the local wellness centre or child-rearing proposals reach out to the Recreation Co-ordinator to register. Nunavut Entrants are asked to provide their own materials for the The Department of Family Services is accepting proposals competition. The end date is Saturday, Feb. 20. for projects in the 2021-22 fiscal year for parenting and chil- – Trevor Wright drearing community funding initiatives. Applications are available for projects that support com- munity-based parenting and childrearing workshops with an Astro Theatre holding Black aim to strengthen and rebuild traditional Inuit childrearing History Month Film Festival teachings. Iqaluit Funding is available for non-profit organizations, societies The Astro Theatre is hosting free screenings of various and municipal organizations. movies in celebration of Black History Month. For more information about this initiative can be found at Jen Squires photo courtesy of Leela Gilday • Feb. 12: Judas and the Black Messiah, 6 p.m. the Department of Family Services webpage on the Govern- Leela Gilday will once again be artistic director for • Feb. 18: Hero, 6 p.m. ment of Nunavut website. the Arctic Inspiration Prize, which will be broadcast • Feb 25: Honour Before Glory, 6 p.m. The deadline to apply is Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. EDT. for the first time on television and online Feb. 19. • Mar. 4: Queen Nanny, Chieftainess of the Maroons, 6 p.m. – Trevor Wright 14 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 news ĪØflî Man involved in two armed standoffs jailed for two years Children were endangered at the scene on one occasion when offender pointed a rifle at police in Iqaluit by Derek Neary ᐅᓇ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᑎ ᓴᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓄᓛᖑᔪᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ ᐸᓯᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᓄᑦ–ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓕᖕᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ tion period. Northern News Services ᐱᕋᔭᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᐅᕗᖅ ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐊᓐᒥ. Shoo had previously been Iqaluit convicted for pointing a fire- Editor's note: The follow- arm in 2014. ing story contains details that With his latest sentence, he some readers may find dis- faces a 10-year firearms pro- turbing. hibition. A man who got into two "I implore the respected armed standoffs with police hunters in our communities, – one of the incidents with our Elders, and our political children present – has been leaders, to speak out about sentenced to a little more than firearm safety," Justice Susan two years in jail. Cooper stated during the Oolayou Shoo, 25, was Dec. 22 sentencing, which reportedly intoxicated and the Nunavut Court of Justice upset while in an Iqaluit resi- circulated to media on Feb. dence with a two-year-old and 1. "It is simply too easy for a six-year-old on Oct. 2, 2019. angry, depressed, intoxicated His female partner called the persons to access firearms. It police following an argument is not enough to own lock- she had with him. ing gun cabinets and trigger The RCMP attempted to locks. Their use must become enter the residence but the door a matter of habit. Families and was locked. Shoo opened a community members must be window and told the police watchful of each other and they weren't needed and he take steps to ensure that those refused to open the door. He amongst us who are depressed, then said, "Do you want me to troubled, or prone to violent blow my head off in front of fits of anger, do not have ready the kids?" access to firearms." A short time later, while Due to the credit that Shoo a Mountie was speaking to is entitled to for the time he him, Shoo placed a rifle under served behind bars while his chin and pointed it at the awaiting the conclusion of his police officer. When asked, he image courtesy of the Nunavut Court of Justice court case – since Dec. 17, wouldn't tell the RCMP wheth- This graph shows that Nunavut has the greatest number of adults accused of firearm-related violent crime 2019 – he has less than a year er the weapon was loaded. per capita in the country. Among youth in the same category, Nunavut trails only Saskatchewan. left to spend in jail. He also brought the chil- Cooper pointed out that the dren to the window at one offender's unlawful actions are point. iety of ammunition. residence where he lived. His negotiations for Shoo's surren- of a court release order. bound to have serious effects. Thirteen hours of negotia- Shoo, who pleaded guilty to female partner allowed the der, he came out and pointed It was possible for the "No victim impact state- tions ensued. unlawful storage of firearms, Mounties to enter. Shoo was the rifle at some of the police. offender to access a firearm ment has been provided. It is Then Shoo exited the resi- possession of a weapon for a inside one of the bedrooms Before giving himself up five again in December 2019 simply common sense that dence with the two-year-old dangerous purpose and point- with the door locked and barri- hours later, he again pointed because his female partner had these incidents would have in his arms. He attempted to ing a firearm, was released caded. The officers eventually the rifle at an officer. borrowed it from a relative so been traumatic for those depart on an all-terrain vehicle, from jail on conditions, includ- managed to get the door open. The Mounties searched the she could go hunting. involved," the judge stated. "In but the police were able to ing not to consume alcohol. Shoo was in the corner of the residence and found a firearm The Crown prosecutor particular, the children who block him and arrest him. Then, on Dec. 17, 2019, room with a rifle under his and ammunition. called for a sentence of three to saw the incidents, some of The officers searched the RCMP were alerted to a pos- chin. He shouted at the RCMP Shoo again pleaded guilty, three-and-a-half years for both whom were in the residence premises and found five fire- sible case of impaired driv- to get out. this time to charges of unlaw- incidents. The defence lawyer with Mr. Shoo on the first arms, a rifle barrel, three rifle ing. Shoo was the suspect. The The officers left. ful storage of a firearm, point- recommended 18 months of occasion, would be deeply stocks, a magazine and a var- police wound up back at the During the subsequent ing a firearm and two breaches jail time and a lengthy proba- impacted by the events." kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 15 news ĪØflî Firefighters describe intense battle to contain Iglulik Co-op blaze 'There was black smoke coming from both doors and there was fire from underneath,' fire chief says

by Derek Neary ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔩᑦ ᖃᒥᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᓱᕋᑦᑎᕆᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᖓᓐᓂ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 20–ᒥ. “ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᑲᑕᒃᑐᖓ Northern News Services ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᔫᓕᐊᔅ ᐸᓂᒥᕋ. “(ᐃᓄᐃᑦ) ᐅᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓂᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᕈᓘᔭᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᔭᒋᔭᐅᕗᖓ Iglulik/Iqaluit In the dead of night on Jan. 20, ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᐸᖕᓂᓐᓂ. ᐅᖃᐅᑏᓐᓇᖅᑕᒃᑲ, ‘ᖁᔭᓕᙱᓪᓗᖓ, ᖁᔭᓕᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ.'” little did Iglulik fire chief Julius Panimera know he was about to confront the biggest emergency of his firefighting career. A bylaw officer showed up at his door with urgency around 3:30 a.m., whisking him off to the local Co-op retail store, where a fire was raging. "There was black smoke coming from both doors and there was fire from underneath," Panimera said of the building. The fire department's 10 other volunteers were alerted to the blaze by the community's emergency siren. The hamlet's only fire engine – a 1999 model – was driven to the site. The municipality's four water trucks were also pressed into service. Local Rangers assisted with crowd control as a growing number of residents were attracted to the catastrophe. It was cold – in the -40 C range with the windchill – as a steady breeze blew from the south. The wind would later gust to as high as 65 kilometres per hour. "I called the fire marshal as soon as I knew I couldn't extinguish it," Panimera said, admitting the task was too immense for his brigade and the equipment at their disposal. They made a tremendous effort, however, battling the flames for up to 18 hours. One of the critical details over that period was ensuring that the four hoses didn't get kinked because any impediment to the flow of water meant that it could quickly turn to ice in the frigid temper- atures, Panimera explained. The fire truck froze up at 2 p.m., making the water trucks all the more pivotal in combatting the blaze. Six firefighters from Iqaluit arrived around 3:30 p.m. A column of smoke rising into the sky was visible to the incoming crew as their plane approached for a landing, said Landis Carmichael, deputy fire chief of Iqaluit Emer- photo courtesy of Steve Qaatani Sarpinak gency Services. "There were still significant fire Iglulik firefighters combat the blaze that destroyed the community's Co-op on Jan. 20. "I've been given a lot of thank-yous from conditions. The structure had col- the locals," says Fire Chief Julius Panimera. "(People) say that I'm a good man and whatnot, and they appreciate me for what I lapsed except for two remaining do. I just keep on telling them, 'Don't thank me, thank the firefighters.'" end walls," were Carmichael's initial observations. Calling in relief from Iqaluit side by side with them," Panimera from Kinngait and Pangnirtung. six members of the local brigade at Although a number of addition- meant that members of the two fire said of his brethren from the ter- "When our help was requested that time. al hazards were identified – live departments had to quickly figure ritorial capital. for the Iglulik fire, our firefight- Over his years of experience, ammunition, fuel, propane tank stor- out how to work in harmony. Iqaluit's deputy fire chief also ers stepped up without hesitation," Panimera has helped to fight close age and household chemicals – most "Once we arrive, we liaise with had praise for the efforts of the Iglu- said Amy Elgersma, Iqaluit's chief to 40 fires, most of them being of those items had been destroyed the team on the ground, develop a lik volunteers, who'd been on the go administrative officer. "We are shacks and storage sheds, also some by the time the Iqaluit firefighters plan and put it in place to stabilize for close to 12 hours before backup pleased that we were able to help. vehicles that were burning. were on the ground, according to the incident and get the fire out as arrived from the city. It's really great to see this level He was in Iqaluit again in late Carmichael. soon as possible," Carmichael said. "What I can say is that the com- of co-operation between Nunavut's January, this time for incident com- Panimera did get one break in the "I think we all worked very well munity came together as a whole in municipalities." mander training, which better pre- action, spending from 5 p.m. to 8 as a group and (I) am glad that a time of emergency and kept a bad Panimera, a 23-year-old who has pares him for coordinating resources p.m. at the local health centre, where there were no injuries or fatalities situation from getting worse. been a member of the Iglulik Fire at fire scenes. he was checked for smoke inhalation throughout the process." "The potential for a fire of this Department for six years and fire "I am planning on being fire chief and given oxygen. He also caught a He added that he'd met Panimera size to spread to adjacent buildings chief for almost three, said there for the next 40 years," Panimera short nap. while the Iglulik fire chief was in is significant," said Carmichael. have been attempts to recruit more said. Then he returned and resumed Iqaluit for a course over the summer. In 2018, it was Iqaluit that volunteers in the community but it's "I've been given a lot of thank- his duties. "So having that previous relation- required assistance from other not easy. yous from the locals... (people) say The scene was finally cleared ship helped build trust quickly." communities when the NorthMart "A lot of people get panicked that I'm a good man and whatnot, around 10 p.m. on Jan. 20. And the helping hands were warehouse was fully engulfed in when they see fire," he said. and they appreciate me for what I "The building is a complete loss," appreciated. flames. He signed up when a friend do. I just keep on telling them, 'Don't Carmichael stated. "It was an honour to fight the fire Firefighters came to the rescue encouraged him. There were only thank me, thank the firefighters.'" 16 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 opinions whmK5

Cambridge Bay Tea Talk The arena is open, with Navalik Tologanak time for hockey! email: [email protected]

Northern News Services on the southern east tip of Kiilinik- ᐅᓇ ᐳᕋᔅᑕᓐ ᑲᓂᐊᒃ ᑲᐸᒐᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᕐᕈᖅᑐᐃᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ UPLUKKUT INUIN. miut. NAAMMAINNAQTUT INUIN. Very exciting news for residents ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᔪᖅ ᓇᓄᕐᒥ ᐊᒥᖓᓐᓂ ᐋᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ NUTAQQATLU NAAMMAK- of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut: the ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ, PUAQTUT. UPLUKRAALUK arena is finally open for the pub- ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐅᓇ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᓪᓚᕆᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᕗᖅ ILIHAKTUT NUTAQQAT lic. The arena has been closed for ᓇᓅᑉ ᐊᒥᖓᓂ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᓂ ILIHAKVINGMIITNAHUAN. sometime, and during restricted ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐸᓂᖅᓰᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ. AANIAQANGGNITMAT- rules due to pandemic. ᓴᓇᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ GUUK. QUANA. INUIN Our community has many sports ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓄᑦ ᑲᒪᖕᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᐳᕋᔅᑕᓐ NANUQHIULIQMIJUT IQA- groups happening. Kids in our com- LUKTUUTIAMIT. QUANA munity can finally go skating, even ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ANGUNAHUAQTIIT IKA- during school classes. It is limited 8–ᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᑖᑕᑦᑎᐊᖓᓂ ᔮᓐ JUKPANGMATTA. HILA right now to up to 50 people on ᑲᐸᒐᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᒥ. NIGLAQPIAKMIJUQ. ULAP- the ice at one time with Covid-19 QIVIK HIARRIJJAVIK ANG- restrictions still being enforced. Here is Preston Kaniak Kapagatoak MANGMIJUQ IPAKHANI. Over the past couple of years rinsing and cleaning his polar bear HAKIKTUTLU ULAPKILIK- the arena has been renovated also hide all fleshed at the Arctic Ocean in MIJUT QUANAA. NUTAQQA- to remove mould in the building. Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. This was and NUN ALIATAKNIAQMIJUN. It was shut down for health safety NAAMMAINNATUGUT. IHU- reasons. is the very traditional way to process the MALUKPALAAQHIMAITTU- I see there is hockey teams Nanuq hide's final stages before drying MIK. IVJARUTITIT ATUQAT- already back in full force. Our it. It can then be made into handmade TAQPAKLURITLU ALGATITLU Elders just love to watch their very hunting clothing or footwear. Preston UAQATTAQPAKLUGIT. own playing hockey. started learning how to go hunting at Be safe everyone. Enjoy and be the age of 8, from his Grandfather John Welcome to beautiful and cold happy. Kapagatoak of Kugluktuk. land of the caribou, the Inuinnait God be with you Son. photo courtesy of Monica Kingnektak Angohiatok kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, =}KxE 8, 2021 nunavutnews.com, Monday, February 8, 2021 17 Sports & Recreation Sports hotline • James McCarthy Phone: (867) 873-4031 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: (867) 873-8507 Hockeytown falls silent

Yvonne Ikakhik delivers some ser- ᐃᕚᓐ ᐃᒃᑲᕐᕆᖅ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᔪᔪᐊᓘᓂᖓᓂᒃ ious cutting ability on his inside edge ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᒡᒎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓖᑦ during a skating drill for the U11 age 11-ᓂᒃ ᑐᖔᓂᓗ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ Ran- group at the Northwestel Rankin Rock kin Rock-ᑯᓐᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᒋᐅᖅᓴᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ season opening hockey camp in Ran- ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 22, 2020-ᒥ. kin Inlet on Oct. 22, 2020. NNSL file photo

Tournament season in Rankin Inlet cancelled; minor hockey program planning local events

by Darrell Greer RIMHA executive member David there yet.” I reached out to my SAO, the hamlet's season. The kids were going and we Northern News Services Clark said this has been a challenging Clark said he had put together a recreation committee, Hockey Nuna- were on the right path. Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet year for the hockey community. plan he hoped might save the regional vut, Hockey North and leaders in our “We've really been promoting skill It's been a hard slog for the better He said RIMHA urges players tournaments, which he presented to community to try and get a feel for development this year, not so much part of the last year and it just got a and coaches to continue to work on Hockey Nunavut and the Govern- what people were thinking. game tactics, and I really noticed the whole lot tougher. developing skating and hockey skills ment of Nunavut during the final “People were honest when I asked kids took a step backwards after the With the past 11 months being to be ready for tournaments in 2022. conference call. them straight out what they felt about pause we had around November. like something out of a Stephen “Here in Rankin, we're going to He said one word, “crickets,” this and I got a lot of ‘David, I don't “Once we were getting back into it King novel thanks to Covid-19, it run a bunch of local events including summed up the reaction when he had think it's a good idea’ or I may be after that layoff, a lot of kids weren't came as no surprise when the Ran- what we think will be a competitive concluded his presentation. pushing it a bit.” comfortable with coming and a lot kin Inlet Minor Hockey Association eight-team tournament,” said Clark. “I'm a pretty optimistic person Clark went on to say he thinks of parents were hesitant with send- (RIMHA) had to officially announce “We'll have four teams in the A most days and I thought we could Rankin has done a pretty good job ing them, but we moved everything the cancellation of its regional and division, with the top players from make it work, but, at the same time, dealing with Covid-19. forward. territorial hockey tournaments for the the senior league, midgets and old- it's the world we're living in right He said everyone in the commun- “Now, where we're at today, is 2021 season. timers selected to the teams through now. ity has to do their part to make it a with planning the local tournaments The announcement came on Jan. a draft style. “But we are getting vaccines now, safer place to live, and cancelling for each age group, such as the U9 18 and affected the Arctic Atoms, “And we'll have four teams in the so I'm really hoping 2021-22 will see these regional and territorial tourna- Fun Cup with, probably, enough play- Powerful Peewee, Bantam Rock and B division, consisting of most of the us back to somewhat of a normal ments is just part of that. ers to make four even teams and have Polar Bear Plate. old-timers, and some of the midget hockey season. “We held our hockey camp in a fun tournament for the kids.” Rankin rec co-ordinator and and senior guys who aren't quite “As for the tournaments this year, October and then got right into the -with files from James McCarthy I'll bet Chad Wheeler feels like a real, real man right now

Northern News Services what allegedly set the whole thing off. need to be taught a lesson. four year contract comes to an end after this I've heard and read so much about this According to the court filings, the victim He's out on bail and entered a plea of not season. You know what that is in Canadian GameStop stock-trading ordeal. It's one of told police at hospital that Wheeler allegedly guilty to all of the charges against him: first- dollars? A helluva lot but specifically, it those situations where I have absolutely no demanded she stand up and bow to him. degree domestic violence assault, domestic works out to $854,584,174. That's the gross sympathy for those on Wall Street who have When she refused, Wheeler allegedly picked violence unlawful imprisonment and resisting domestic product of several small and even lost money because of it. her up, threw her on the bed and began to arrest. He's claiming it was all part of a medium-sized countries and is simply mind- Basically, a bunch of short-sellers and choke her, followed by trying to smother her “manic episode” he had that night; Wheeler boggling. But the question is would you turn hedge fund managers threw their toys out of with a pillow. She apparently lost conscious- was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2016 it down if someone offered you that many the playpen when a bunch of ness and when she came to, and, according to the victim, had been off his enchiladas to play soccer? Exactly. Reddit crap-posters who sub- she saw Wheeler by the bed. medication for a while. Now, Barcelona didn't like the fact that sist on Hot Pockets and Red Sports This is perhaps the most If he's found guilty, Wheeler will face up the world now knows just how much Messi's Bull played them like a cheap disturbing part: Wheeler to 12 years in prison. Bipolar or not, there's wheels have been greased since 2017 and fiddle and forced them to lose Talk looked down at her when she no excuse for what Wheeler did. It goes with- is now threatening legal action against El billions of dollars on what woke up and allegedly said out saying that if you're a victim of domestic Mundo because it was, according to a state- they thought would be a fun with James McCarthy 'Wow, you're alive?', all while violence, please find a way to get help. There ment released by Barcelona, “a private docu- thing to do to a stock which sipping on a smoothie. Are are more than enough people who will help ment” between both parties. Maybe so but has been maligned for years. you kidding? you. Just ask. all it's done is start a war of sorts between It takes much too long to totally explain The woman then apparently ran to the Argentinian media, who have defended what happened but it would appear those who bathroom and called her family and 911 but I'm sorry … how much? Messi's contract, and Spanish media, which got played are trying to fight back because Wheeler was able to pick the lock to the bath- Soccer is one of those businesses which claims the contract is crippling the club. amateurs took their collective arse down. room door and began apologizing profusely, has more money than it knows what to do All I have to say is get your popcorn ready Keep up the good fight, Redditors, and if which is what a lot of tough guys who beat with and even then, it's always looking for because the world of soccer is about to get a you reading this feels inclined, donate a few up on weaker people do when they realize more. bit more interesting and the cash registers are packs of Hot Pockets their way. they're total and complete you-know-whats. So it should come as no surprise that about to get a lot louder. Anyway: After getting Tasered by police when they Lionel Messi is making money hand-over- came to collect him (hope one was a nut- fist-over-foot-over-kneecap with Barcelona. And finally … Very offensive lineman shot), he was bundled into a car protesting his The Argentinian superstar's contract with the Good Idea: Barcelona crying about how Chad Wheeler was an offensive lineman innocence all the way to the station. Spanish soccer giant was made public late much money they're paying players. with the Seattle Seahawks. I say 'was' because I mean, it takes a real big man, especially last month by El Mundo, one of Spain's major Bad Idea: The fact that it had to be leaked. the team released him after the alleged stunt someone of Wheeler's size – he is an offen- dailies, and it outlined just how much Messi Professional soccer needs an enema and he pulled on Jan. 23 at his home. sive lineman, after all – to do what he did. If has made over the last four years. if it takes exposing a few contracts to make it Wheeler is accused of beating his girl- all of this is true, he deserves to be stuffed Suffice it to say that he's making a couple happen, then make it happen. These leagues friend for perhaps one of the most infantile inside a prison cell and left to rot. At the very of bucks more than minimum wage. and clubs want to treat us like mushrooms but and despicable reasons ever: she wouldn't least, he shouldn't be playing professional According to what El Mundo published, we've become tired of being fed piles of crap bow to him. If I'm lying, I'm dying. That's football anytime soon. 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