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7 71605 00200 2 – Kugluktuk's newly-elected mayor David Audlatak Nivingalok on the barriers to employment in the mining industry, page 6. 2 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 feature news êêΩËîΩÇéíÇÀî á·∆¿ÖÀî Walrus hunter recounts harrowing story of survival 25 years ago 10 men went on a hunting trip for walrus, only two made it back alive ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ, 53, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ "I was about three feet underwater and then I ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 1994-ᒥ, ᐃᓱᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᖁᓂᐅᔪᓂ 8-ᖑᔪᓂ said to my mind, 'it's not time for me to go, I ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖑᑎᓂᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᓚᐃᙵᐅᑉ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᓂ, ᓴᐃᒨᓂ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ. could swim.' So, I got my head out of the water and started breathing." Pitseolak Alainga

by Rajnesh Sharma relatives embarked by boat and headed onto Northern News Services Frobisher Bay to hunt walrus. Iqaluit They reached their first outpost camp on On Oct. 18, 1994, 10 Inuit hunters set out Oct. 18 and settled in for the night. Early on a journey from Iqaluit that would tragic- the next morning at around 4 a.m. the group ally affect the lives of many family and com- travelled toward a second outpost camp. They munity members. remained there and visited some relatives for Eight hunters would end up dying in the a few days until Oct. 25. icy waters of Frobisher Bay, leaving only two As they continued on their journey, the young survivors. Now 25 years later, 53-year- hunters encountered strong winds and had to old survivor Pitseolak Alainga is sharing a return to the outpost camp. They tried again detailed account of this dark tragedy. the following day and successfully anchored At the age of 12, Alainga began hunting their boat closer to a walrus colony. with his father Simonie Alainga, a prominent With harpoons and rifles ready, four older hunter in the Iqaluit area. He learned many men and six young men went out to catch skills while helping to provide food for their walrus. They hunted late into the evening Rajnesh Sharma/NNSL photo community. until they caught and butchered 13 walruses. From his father, Alainga would also learn The joy of the hunt however, would not last Pitseolak Alainga, 53, was one of only two survivors to return from a hunt- survival skills. This knowledge would one long. A crisis was looming on the horizon. ing trip on Frobisher Bay in October 1994, that ended with the deaths of eight day end up saving his life. other men, including Alainga's father, Simonie Alainga. The men ended up in Father and son, along with eight other Please see Four, page 3 the water after hurricane-force winds swamped their boat. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 3 Correction feature news êêΩËîΩÇéíÇÀî á·∆¿ÖÀî An error occured in the Oct. 21 edition of Nunavut News ("Preserving Inuit culture by producing bowhead oil cosmetics," page 4). Due to an editing error, incorrect characters appeared in the text. Nunavut News apologizes for any confusion or embarrasment the error may have caused.

Simonie Alainga News perished Oct. 29, 1994 after Briefs the boat he was travelling in Witches-ᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔾᔨᓂᖅ ᓴᐃᒨᓂ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ took on water ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ/Cambridge Bay ᑐᖁᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ in high seas. ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ 12-ᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ 29, 1994-ᒥ ᐅᒥᐊᖅ ᕼᐋᓗᕖᓐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ Seven of his ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᐃ ᕼᐊᑯᖓᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᕝᕕᒋᔭᖓ other relatives ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 23-ᒥ. ᐃᒻᒪᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ also died. His ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᖅᑐᓂ witches-ᓂ ᒪᓪᓕᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ. ᐸᐃᑉᐹᒥᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᖓ son, Pitseolak ᐲᑕ ᐃᕕᑕᓕᒐᖅ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᕐᒥᓂᒃ Alainga, who ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᕐᒥᓂ was 28 at the ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ. time, survived ᒪᓕᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᑦᑕᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ the tragedy, ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᑐᖃᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ along with Billy 11-ᖑᓕᕌᖓᑦ. Kownirk. ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ photo courtesy of Pitseolak Alainga ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒥᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᕋᓱᐊᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᕕᑕᓕᒐᖅ. "ᐱᓕᕆᒐᔪᒃᐳᒍᑦ (ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ) ᐊᓯᐊᒎᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂᑦ, ᑭᐱᙳᐃᔭᐃᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐅᓪᓗᕐᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ, ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᖃᑎᖃᕐᓗᑕ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᑦ." please see Taking, page 12 ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓂᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᔪᓄᑦ-ᑭᐅᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᒡᓗ ᓕ ᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᖃᓕᕐᒪᑦ – ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐲᔪᓪᒥ ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔾᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ – ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓗᑎᒃ ᑭᐅᔨᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒍᕋᒡ Four days in the water ᒧᐊᕋᔅ, ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᖅ. ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓚᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ Walrus, from page 2 "We were wet all that time. If we had to ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ go to the washroom we peed in our pants. We ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑲᐱᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ The next day, the hunters woke up to had no drinking water," says Alainga. "I kept telling my ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ heavy winds and radio warnings informing For a drink, they scraped off the snow buddy not to fall ᐱᓕᕆᓕᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᑐᒧᑦ them that the tail-end of a hurricane was that had accumulated on the boat and let it ᐸᖅᑭᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖁᑦᑐᓐᓇᐅᒥ ᓚᐃᓴᓐᓯᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂ going to hit Baffin Island. They decided to melt. asleep. I told him to ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᕌᓂᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᐳᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒧᐊᕋᔅ. immediately head back but on the night of Alainga explained that his father always "ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᒐᓛᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ Oct. 29, their keel broke in heavy seas and pray with me." ᐊᐃᒃᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖁᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ told him never to chew the snow or swal- the boat started taking on water. low it right away. It was important to let it (ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᒻᒥ)," ᒧᐊᕋᔅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, Pitseolak Alainga ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ-ᑭᐅᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ "We had an electric hand pump to pump become warm water before swallowing it. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓ ᐅᓪᓗᓂᑦ 7-ᓂ 10-ᓅᖓᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ. out the water but the water was flowing faster "Every night we couldn't sleep. Alto- ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᒑᐱᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ, than we were pumping," explains Alainga. gether for the three nights and four days we couldn't cry. I lost my dad, three uncles and ᐱᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᒥ, Eventually the water reached the engine slept 15 minutes." four cousins." ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ and "killed" it. Each night both of them would see a little Upon seeing the location of their sub- ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓛᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ A distress signal was sent out by radio. girl in a milk crate if they fell asleep. merged boat from the helicopter, the surviv- ᐋᑐᕚᒥ, ᒧᐊᕋᔅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. The communities of Kimmirut and Pangnir- "The little girl would say, 'Come here ors were finally able to cry please see Planning, page 12 tung heard the call. where it's good and dry.' But every time that Today, Alainga's eyes become teary as With the boat now starting to sink, all little girl was getting closer, we were getting he remembers the moment he was reunited ᐊᑎᖓᓐᓂ-ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ 10 men boarded an 18-foot canoe they had closer to the water, almost falling in." with his wife and two sons at hospital 25 brought with them. They made it through The young men turned to prayer and tried years ago. ᓂᕈᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ two big waves but the canoe did not survive to maintain a positive attitude. Over the years, it has been Alainga's wife ᓄᖅᑲᖓᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᑲᒃᐳᖅ the third. The smaller boat capsized and "I kept telling my buddy not to fall asleep. and siblings that have helped him cope with ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ everyone went overboard. I told him to pray with me and just sit beside the aftermath of the tragedy. When he occa- ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᑎᖓᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ Eight of the men drifted away into the me and we'll get through this," says Alainga. sionally struggles with the thought of losing ᓂᕈᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒃᑯᑦ dark waters except for Pitseolak Alainga and The following day, on Oct. 30, they could his father and relatives, his family is always ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 28-ᒥ ᐲᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. Billy Kownirk. see planes searching for them and even hear there for him. ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ, "Every time I tell the story, the burden ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓂ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ "In just a matter of few minutes, the eight a search boat from Iqaluit. ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ Cambridge Bay-ᒥ men perished," recalls Alainga. that I'm carrying becomes lighter and lighter. ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ "It was approximately 11:30 at night. I Rescue at last If I had not talked about it, I probably won't ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐊᑎᖓᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒧᑦ, remember because I had my watch on and it On the second to last day before their res- be here today." ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᒥ, "ᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ had a little light button so I could see what cue, Alainga even recalls seeing a boat about With time, Alainga has come to terms ᐃᖃᓗᖃᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ." time it was." 10 kilometres away. with what happened. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᙱᓐᓂᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ Alainga was wearing winter clothing, ski "My feeling was we're gonna get rescued." "It was a tragedy that happened but I have ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᓗᒃᑐᑎᐊᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᓪᓚᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂ. pants and boots. He thought he was going to His feeling turned to reality, when on to move on. We can't go backwards and bring ᒪᐃᔭ ᐹᒥᓚ ᒍᕉᔅ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ sink but knew he could swim. Nov. 1, a Hercules search and rescue aircraft them back to life. No, we can't do that. We ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ "So, I was about three feet underwater spotted them. have to move forward. One step at a time." ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓪᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ and then I said to my mind, 'it's not time for When Alainga noticed the plane in the Today, Alainga is a traditional Inuktitut ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᖅᑕᐅᕙᖕᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᑎᖓᓂ. me to go, I could swim.' So, I got my head out instructor. He teaches students about the land ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᒐᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐱᐅᒋᓂᖅᓴᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᐊᑎᖓᓐᓂ- sky, he quickly found a piece of glass from ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ, ᒍᕉᔅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ of the water and started breathing." the wreckage. As soon as there was an open- and boat safety. He continues to pass along "ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᕋᔮᕐᓂᐅᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ing in the clouds and the sun was shining the knowledge that was once taught to him ᓈᒻᒪᒐᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ Swim for survival on the boat, he pointed the glass skyward by his beloved father. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂ." Despite swallowing some saltwater mixed to make it flash. This attracted the pilot's Despite the tragic disaster, he continues to Cambridge Bay ᐊᑎᕆᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐳᕆᓐᔅ with diesel, he swam the approximately 15 to attention and the plane began circling around go hunting for walrus. ᐊᑖᓪᕕᔅᒥ, Duke of Cambridge. ᐊᑖᓪᕕᔅ (ᕕᕈᐊᕆ 20 feet to the big boat. It was three-quarters them. "Thinking about that accident will never 24, 1774-ᒥ – ᔪᓚᐃ 8, 1850-ᒧᑦ) 7-ᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ sunk, remembers Alainga. A life raft was dropped for the men. They stop me from going hunting," smiles Alainga. ᐃᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖕᓚᓐᒥ ᑭᖕ ᔪᐊᔾ III-ᒧᑦ. Kownirk, who had been wearing a "float- were rescued from the life raft and loaded The eight hunters who perished on Oct. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᕆᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ er suit," had made his way to the wreckage onto another boat. Within a few hours they 29, 1994 were Simonie Alainga, Johnny ᐊᑦᑎᕈᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓇᐅᔮᑦ (Repulse before Alainga. Once on board, the two men were at an outpost camp, where they boarded Shoo, Sammujualie Kootoo, Jopie Panipak, Bay-ᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ), ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ (Broughton shouted out for the other hunters but to no a helicopter for Iqaluit. Epeebee Peterloosie, lola Nooshoota, Oole- Island-ᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ) ᐊᒻᒪ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ (Pelly Bay- avail. "Before we got transferred to the helicop- toa Pishukte and Kellypiak Pishukte. ᖑᕙᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ). Both survivors remained on the boat for ter all those nights me and my buddy couldn't Nunavut News was unable to reach the please see Name-change, page 12 four days and three nights while it snowed. cry. We prayed to God. We tried crying. We other survivor, Billy Kownirk. 4 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 news ᓄĪØflî Grandparents survive terrifying plunge into icy waters near Cambridge Bay

by Derek Neary support weight." time to heal – just thankful we still ᐋᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᑕᒻ ᐃᒍᑎᒃ, ᐅᕙᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ 48–ᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᑕ Northern News Services Annie Egotik compared the have each other with our family," ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓐᓂᖅᓯᐅᕐᕕᖓᓂ, ᐃᑲᕐᕋᐅᑉ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒪᕐᒦᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay ordeal to a "bad dream" in a Face- she wrote. ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐅᑦᑐᐱᕆ 26–ᒥ. A grandmother and grandfather book post. She said she and Adam Adam remains grateful to are recovering after falling through tried not to panic. everyone involved in the rescue. the ice when their snowmobile and "I went underwater a few times "We thank all people that qamutiq hurtled into a river near ... we kept talking to each other helped us out – a special thank you Cambridge Bay on Saturday. but slowly started to get stiff," she to our son Adam Jr. He went in Annie Egotik is being flown to wrote, noting that it was emotion- cold icy water to help his mom and Edmonton for health tests, her hus- ally wrenching to hear worried to our grandson Anthony to help band Adam tells Nunavut News. family members shouting and cry- me out," Adam wrote. "To our She was initially medevaced to ing nearby. community that pulled together Yellowknife for treatment. A couple of family members and all the people that are praying The Egotiks were near the rear attempted to rescue them while for us, thank you everyone." of a family convoy of snowmo- others raced off to summon help. Morrison said about a dozen biles and qamutiqs heading back to "We didn't know how long (we people – including members of the Cambridge Bay on Saturday. It was were) waiting. The water seems to local search and rescue team, ham- evening and dark. The temperature be getting hot. My husband said let staff and firefighters – rushed to was around -14 C. he took his mitts off and wanted the scene. Rescuers used ropes and Adam and Annie veered slight- to take his parka off. I told him a boat to help bring the Egotiks to ly off the trail of the snowmobiles don't take it off," Annie wrote. shore safely, according to the fire ahead of them and their machine "Our family shouting at us, 'Help is chief. broke through the ice. coming soon.' So happy heart when The time from the rescue call "The grandmother was in the you hear people are coming. They – around 7 p.m. – until the grand- qamutiq and trying to stay out of wanted us to catch the rope. I guess parents were brought into the the water," said Cambridge Bay we couldn't make it ourselves. Our Cambridge Bay health centre was fire chief Keith Morrison, who son Adam Jr. jumped in, pulling around an hour and twenty min- was among the responders to the me out. After that I was in shock. utes, Morrison said. subsequent call for help. "The My husband said our grandson Thin ice remains a concern in grandfather was standing on the helped pulled him out of water." the Kitikmeot. snowmobile. Annie was still shaken up days "This year actually it's been "The water wasn't that deep but later. warmer than usual so the ice is photo courtesy of Adam Egotik because of the ice, you couldn't walk "I crying thinking about it like a bit thinner," said Morrison. Annie and Adam Egotik, seen here during their 48th wedding through the water," he continued. "It a dream, but it's real. I just want "There's still open water in the anniversary, endured more than an hour in icy waters near Cam- wasn't thick enough (ice) to really it to go away. I know it will take strait ... at the mouth of the bay." bridge Bay on Oct. 26. Nunavut children's personal information stolen from Winnipeg hospital

by Derek Neary locked file cabinet, was taken during a break- • Contact person's name, phone number, Ronan Segrave, chief operating officer of Northern News Services in at the hospital between Oct. 22 and 23, address and relationship the Health Sciences Centre, added, "We want Winnipeg sometime in the night or early morning hours, • Diagnosis and type of procedure to assure our patients and their families that Some Nunavummiut who are registered as according to a news release from Shared • Name of surgeon we are taking every measure to ensure this patients at the Winnipeg Children's Hospital Health. The stolen records relate to two days' • Allergies type are among 54 people whose health records worth of scheduled surgical procedures. Shared Health stated that anyone affected of incident does not happen again in the were stolen last week. Patient information contained in the stolen by this breach of privacy will receive a letter future. We can provide families with our The specific number of Nunavummiut records could include the following: from Shared Health's chief privacy officer. assurance that we have no evidence to indicate affected won't be revealed publicly due to • Patient name and medical record num- "At this point, there is no indication that this was a targeted event and offer our sincere privacy concerns, stated a spokesperson with ber patients need to take any further action to apologies for the concern this information is Manitoba's Shared Health, a provincial health • Health identification numbers guard their personal health information as a sure to cause." care organization. • Date of birth result of this breach," Shared Health's news Winnipeg Police Service is investigating The information, which was kept in a • Patients' phone number and address release reads. the incident. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 5 news ᓄĪØflî Nunavut chooses mayors, councillor

by Derek Neary (voter turnout: 52 per cent) Northern News Services Nunavut Pangnirtung: Municipal elections were Hezakiah Oshutapik - 204 Danny Ishulutak - 138 held in many Nunavut com- Mosesee Qappik - 32 munities on Oct. 28, although (voter turnout: 51 per cent) voting was postponed a day Pond Inlet: in Rankin Inlet, Baker Lake, Joshua Arreak - 77 Chesterfield Inlet and Whale Tim Anaviapik-Soucie - 76 Cove due to a blizzard. Gesoni Aaron Killiktee - 54 Recounts were held in Gary Tom Angnetsiak - 20 instances where the margin of Cornilius Kadloo Nutarak - 14 Brad Nutarak - 13 victory was less than two per (voter turnout: 33.9 per cent) cent. In the case of a tie, the winner was decided by a draw. Qikiqtarjuaq: Harry Alookie - 114 Results, based on Elections Linda Kopalie - 37 Nunavut's tallies, were as fol- (voter turnout: 45.5 per cent) lows: Rankin Inlet: Harry Towtongie - 291 MAYOR Levinia Brown - 160 Arviat: (voter turnout 32.7 per cent) Bob Leonard - 368 Airo Pameolik - 251 Sanikiluaq: Alex Ishalook - 33 Johnnie Cookie - 191 (voter turnout: 53.5 per cent) Elijassie Kavik - 69 Jonasie Emikotailuk - 21 Baker Lake: (voter turnout: 55 per cent) Emily McInnis/NNSL illustration Richard Aksawnee - 219 Angelina Simik - 65 Kelly Karpik - 328 Heather Arqviq - 271 Danny Angilirq - 233 Kevin Iksiktaaryuk - 173 Taloyoak: Doriana Sammurtok - 64 Billy Etooangat - 319 Wally M. Porter - 250 Eugene Ipkangnak - 231 Sarah Anirniq - 58 Chuck Pizzo-Lyall - 122 Lillian Autut - 63 Sheila Kilabuk - 309 Stephanie Autut - 246 Benedicte Uttak - 205 Karen Duval - 40 Simon Qingnaqtuq - 85 Bernard Jr Putulik - 61 Delia Young - 308 Wilfrid Bagley - 233 Ike Haulli - 188 Shawn Attungala - 33 (voter turnout: 44.3 per cent) Jerome Misheralak - 60 Jaco Ishulutak - 285 Rebecca Ikuallaq - 202 Joanna Haulli Quassa - 184 (voter turnout 52 per cent) Jeannie Tautu - 55 Julia Tautuajuk - 261 Lynn Quassa - 176 Whale Cove: Iqaluit: Cambridge Bay: Percy Kabloona - 84 Louis Autut - 52 David Kooneeliusie - 246 Wendi Guillemette - 165 Leonie Mimialik - 46 Umar Kukkadi - 211 Lori Idlout - 1,266 Jenny Attagutsiak - 159 Pamela Hakongak Gross - 299 Stanley Adjuk - 74 Okalik Eegeesiak - 1,243 Wayne Gregory - 263 (voter turnout: 72 per cent) Solomon Autut - 35 Markus Wilcke - 206 Andy Akuanuk Attagutalukutuk - 155 Catherine Hoyt - 1,090 Laben Kunuk - 153 (voter turnout: 55 per cent) Iqaluit: Rankin Inlet: Nicole Giles - 1,044 COUNCIL RESULTS Gordon Piugattuk - 133 Chesterfield Inlet: Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster - 954 Gabriel Karlik - 379 Doug Workman - 1,033 Samuel Ammaaq - 121 Barnie Aggark - 96 (top eight elected) Joanasie Akumalik - 946 Kelly Clark-Lindell - 378 Alden Williams - 1,028 Dominik Agutimarik - 112 Simionie Sammurtok - 25 Arviat: Solomon Awa - 936 Justin Merritt - 359 Tara Braund - 1,017 Marie Airut - 103 Jimmy Krako - 17 Joe Jr. Savikataaq - 558 Romeyn Stevenson - 925 Michael Shouldice - 320 Andrea Witzaney-Chown - 917 Lino Aqatsiaq - 97 Peter Alareak - 439 Kyle Sheppard - 757 Lynn Sivatok Rudd - 310 (voter turnout 69.6 per cent) Kugaaruk: Kevin Qrunngnut - 68 Gordy Kidlapik - 422 Sheila Flaherty - 735 Danny Kowmuk - 295 Athol Ihakkaq - 203 Lasarus Iqqaqsaq - 58 Clyde River: Elizabeth Issakiark - 399 Simon Nattaq - 647 Martha Atuat Hickes - 295 Columban Pujuardjok - 199 Jerry Natanine - 124 Nathan Caskey - 392 Malaiya Lucassie - 553 Tommy Makkigak - 246 Naujaat: Mark Karlik - 179 Alan Cormack Sr. - 51 Natasha Komakjuak - 371 John Fawcett - 497 Jason Brown - 156 Joanna Kopak - 179 Adam Krejunark - 175 (voter turnout: 31.6 per cent) Juanita King-Kuksuk - 343 Haley John Shimout Anawak - 450 Conna Aoak Katokra - 168 Mary Kayasark - 155 Amanda Main - 311 Bethany Scott - 448 Sanikiluaq: Bernadette Kopak - 165 Gjoa Haven: Dolorosa Nartok - 152 Doreen Hannak - 302 Caroline Anawak - 437 Emily Kattuk - 220 Tulik Richard Angotialuk - 164 Megan Porter - 206 Bonnie Kayaitok - 148 William Tiktaq - 284 John Maurice - 434 Dinah Kittosuk - 207 Leo Akkuardjuk - 160 Samson Ameralik - 98 Derek Ittimangnak - 128 Annie Amauyak - 237 Jennifer Lane - 432 Mick Appaqaq - 205 Rosa Angotialuk - 154 (voter turnout: 41.4 per cent) Alex Ittimangnaq Jr - 109 Madeline Issakiark - 234 Kathleen Gomes - 382 Lucy Appaqaq - 196 Alan Robinson - 149 Mina Inuktaluk - 161 Celina Ningark - 79 Hall Beach: Tony Phinney - 227 Alan Webb - 382 Irene Katokra - 139 Suvvaki Kittosuk - 157 Eli Qayutinnuaq - 66 Jayko Simonie - 81 Darren Price - 211 Keith Baines - 374 Blair Aulatjut - 105 Davidee Kowcharlie - 152 Jason Kaernerk - 68 Anita Ulimaumi - 173 Swany Amarapala - 277 Mina Eyaituq - 139 (voter turnout: 35.9 per cent) Joshua Curley - 163 Stephen Leyden - 277 ALCOHOL EDUCATION Stephen Penney - 266 Lucy Uppik - 138 COMMITTEES Iglulik: Baker Lake: Lili Weemen - 245 Alec Sala - 135 Chesterfield Inlet: Merlyn Recinos - 103 Lars Qaqqaq - 388 Jean-Luc Nevin - 240 Alex Ippak - 133 Peter Jr Kattegatsiak - 113 Joanna Haulli Quassa - 84 Russell Toolooktook - 382 Bibi Bilodeau - 227 Joe Arragutainaq - 105 Russell Mullins - 106 Because there were no Matt Teed - 80 Paula Kigjugalik Hughson - 364 Philip Otukol - 166 James Kowcharlie - 86 Randy Boiteau - 100 declared candidates for dis- Illisapi Haulli - 50 Joedee Joedee - 322 Nasser Haymour - 123 Lukasi Apaqqa Anugaa - 54 Nico Kattegatsiak - 98 trict education authorities in Peter Ivalu - 37 Becky Tootoo - 321 Ronnie McGregor - 94 Annie Novalinga - 0 Yvonne Bedford - 93 Arctic Bay, Clyde River and Josiah Kadlutsiak - 27 Francis Iyago - 321 Sarah Kudloarok - 0 Claudia Breton - 91 Gardner Walters - 83 Qikiqtarjuaq and for the alco- (voter turnout: 50 per cent) Susie Aupaluktuq - 284 Gaetano Scala - 82 Karen Yip - 273 Kugaaruk: Whale Cove: hol education committee in Iqaluit: Sean Nipisar - 117 Jocelyn Simik - 75 Jason Putumirqtuq - 269 Christian Nalungiaq - 197 B Jr Putulik - 70 Kimmirut, nominations will Kenny Bell - 1,049 David Owingayak - 165 Joshua Kringorn - 192 Sam Arualak - 105 Noah Papatsie - 688 Dodai Kritterdluk - 104 Doriana Sammurtok - 66 be held Nov. 4 to 8. William Noah Sr. - 142 Guido Tigvareark - 169 Michelle Amarok - 53 An election is scheduled (voter turnout: 46.4 per cent) Mary Kreelak - 119 Adam Krejunark - 165 Leonard Teenar - 101 Fabiola Ihakkaq - 156 Marie Okalik - 97 Iglulik: for Dec. 9 with an advance Kimmirut: Cambridge Bay: Lewis Voisey - 95 Maliktuk Lyta - 54 Leona Apsaktaun - 152 Lloyd Idlout - 238 poll on Dec. 2. Derek Elias - 426 Lucy Immingark - 140 Ryan Kolit - 95 Kitty Barrieau - 39 Angulalik Pedersen - 412 Anna Okalik - 94 Matto Moonie Michael - 33 Bernadette Qapiruq Iqqugaqtuq - 139 Jenna Kamingoak - 377 Catherina Qirngnuq - 125 Mike Panika - 86 Josie Lyta - 28 Candice Pedersen - 375 Gerard Maktar - 76 (voter turnout: 60.7 per cent) Michel Nasalik - 118 Sandi Gillis - 375 Leona Krejunark - 107 Jackie Napayok - 57 Kugluktuk: Savanna Moore - 375 Shannon Kayaitok - 105 Sarah Igviksaq - 40 David Audlatak Nivingalok - 161 Susie Kemukton - 361 Lucy Qayaqsaaq - 68 Darren Ihumatak - 160 Wilfred Wilcox - 337 Eli Qayutinnuaq - 49 DISTRICT EDUCATION Donald Havioyak - 107 Pam Langan - 313 AUTHORITIES (voter turnout: 59.5 per cent) Barrie Ferguson - 192 Kugluktuk: Shah Alam - 128 Simon Kuliktana - 340 (top seven elected) Kugaaruk: Barbara Kapakatoak - 332 Cape Dorset: Teddy Apsaktaun - 114 Chesterfield Inlet: Joanne Taptuna - 332 Peter Derek Ottokie - 182 Canute Krejunark - 60 Janice Aggark - 93 Lucy Taipana - 330 Rose Rowsell - 181 Alex Ittimangnaq Jr. - 55 Doreen Mullins - 90 Nadene McMenemy - 318 Wakta Joanasie - 181 Celine Ningark - 21 Alice Kreelak - 83 Darlene Metuituk - 280 Taqialuk Nuna - 179 (voter turnout: 54.2 per cent) Yvonne Bedford - 82 Valerie Miyok - 252 Qavaroak Qatsiya - 170 Maryann Issaluk - 75 Ejesiak Peter - 169 Naujaat: Angele Kuliktana - 239 Tony Amauyak - 72 Alex Samia Nandwa - 225 Ejesiak Zeke Ejesiak - 162 Steve Mapsalak - 174 Gaetano Scala - 68 Claude Constantineau - 97 Alan Robinson - 49 Danny Zita - 208 ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᑲᑎᑉᐳᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 28 ᒥ Tristan Brewer - 199 Chesterfield Inlet: ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. Naujaat: Charlotte Kattegatsiak - 124 Donat Milortok - 180 Maryann Issaluk - 122 Levi Katokra - 180 Yvonne Bedford - 110 Mary Tuktudjuk - 176 Gaetano Scala - 104 Joseph Mapsalak - 164 Bernard Jr Putulik - 103 Asina Angotingoar - 161 Doriana Sammurtok - 101 Michel Akkuardjuk - 152 David Kattegatsiak - 92 Romeo Kopak - 148 Mark Amarok - 83 Peter Mannik - 135 (winner by draw Valerie Ipkarnerk - 69 due to tie) Georgina Ipkarnerk - 33 Richard Angotialuk - 135 Gjoa Haven: NNSL file photo Goretti Tinashlu - 124 Paul Puqiqnak - 277 Nunavummiut flocked to the polls Oct. 28 to have Joseph Sivanertok - 123 Raymond Quqshuun Sr. - 277 their say in municipal elections. Pangnirtung: Jack Ameralik - 272 6 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 news ᓄĪØflî ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᐊᐅᑦᓚᑕᒃ ᓂᕕᖓᓗᒃ ᓵᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᐃᔭᙳᕋᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑐᐊᑦᑎᐊᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑎᐊᕆᓐ ᐃᕼᐅᒪᑕᕐᒧᑦ, ᓄᑲᖓᓐᓂ. ᓂᕕᖓᓗᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ Newly elected ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᕕᒃᓴᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ, ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᕘᓇ Qikiqtani mayors ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᒪᐃᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒧᑦ, ᓄᑲᖓ ᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᓂᕕᖓᓗᖕᒧᑦ. and their priorities 10 elected and 3 acclaimed mayors by Rajnesh Sharma is to ensure city staff feel concern is to provide more ᕼᐃᐊᕆ ᐊᓗᑭ, ᒪᐃᔭᐅᔪᖅ photo courtesy of David Audlatak Nivingalok Northern News Services appreciated. daycare services within the ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᑕᑭᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥ David Audlatak Nivingalok won the mayoral race Nunavut "I plan on making a pretty community. There are many ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ in Kugluktuk by a single vote over Darren Ihu- On Oct. 28, 2019 muni- big splash," he said. "I want parents who cannot work ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ matak, his half-brother. Nivingalok says he's deter- cipal elections were held to make sure that they realize because they do not have a ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓐᓄᑦ. mined to get a long-term care centre established throughout Nunavut. that they're appreciated." babysitter, she said. in Kugluktuk, an initiative started under the previ- Nunavut News reached Bell is also aiming to sup- The third major concern ous mayor, his cousin Ryan Nivingalok. out some of the mayors to port and celebrate businesses for Grise Fiord is climate learn about their priorities. in the community. He wants change. It is greatly affecting Kenny Bell was elected to be very transparent with the community, said Kiguk- as the new mayor for Iqal- them so they can understand tak. A family uit. Bell, who has lived in how all the policies, proced- Due to warmer temper- Iqaluit since the age of six, ures and bylaws work. atures, the ice is not freezing was a member of city council "I plan on being very busi- as early as in past years. This from 2012 to 2015. One of ness friendly," he said. makes it very difficult for affair in the his first priorities as mayor The mayor plans on work- the residents to hunt seal and ᑲᓂ ᐱᐅᓪ, ᒪᐃᔭᑖᕆᔭᐅᓵᖅᑐᖅ ing with community leaders, polar bear. This is a com- ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐳᖅ city employees and council to munity that relies heavily on make sure that everyone can these animals for food, she ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ Rajnesh Sharma/NNSL photo race for mayor thrive together. said. ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ Harry Alookie, the ᑐᙵᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᒥ. Meeka Kiguktak, the About 75 per cent of the newly elected mayor of Grise voters, elected Harry Alookie mayor of Qikiqtar- Kugluktuk's municipal leader Fiord, has a full agenda of as the mayor for Qikiqtarju- juaq has a long list priorities for her small com- aq. With three years of work- of issues for his com- has kinship with his munity. Her first priority is to ing experience in the com- munity. deal with the transportation munity's hamlet, Alookie has situation. She wants to bring a long list of issues he wants predecessor and his closest down the cost of flights for to tackle. The housing crisis, development the new mayor residents. economic development, wants to build a fish plant rival for the job According to Kiguktak, municipal infrastructures, with a cold storage unit as his by Derek Neary Minister George Hickes was most flights in and out of judicial system, education, community boasts a fleet of Northern News Services informing his colleagues in her community stop in Pond elders and youth involvement three fishing boats. Kugluktuk the legislative assembly that Inlet. As a consequence, the are all on his list. He also wants to involve There are some strong Kugluktuk's proposal for a number of seats available More specifically, Alook- the elders and youth more bonds among Kugluktuk's long-term care facility – based for residents of Grise Fiord ie wants to build a new muni- in the community. Although current mayor, runner-up for on a fee-for-service arrange- photo courtesy of Frank Reardon are limited. To remedy this, cipal garage. According to he did not mention specif- mayor and previous mayor. ment with the GN – is still Kenny Bell, the new she hopes to establish direct Alookie, its location is not ic plans, he did state, "Our David Audlatak Nivinga- being examined. mayor of Iqaluit plans flights from Grise Fiord to ideal since it is located in the youth is our future and we lok won a razor-close decision on following a busi- Ottawa. middle of the community. ought to bring opportunities over Darren Ihumatak on Oct. Jobs also a priority ness friendly agenda. Kiguktak's second major In terms of economic for their future endeavours." 28. Nivingalok garnered 161 David said he would also votes to 160 for Ihumatak. like the hamlet to become a "It's incredible how close greater source of training and the race was," Nivingalok said. employment opportunities for He and Ihumatak not only local youth who complete high shared the ambition of becom- school. ing mayor, they also share they There are plenty of jobs same father. available through TMAC In addition, Nivingalok is Resources' Hope Bay proj- related to the man whose job ect, 125 kilmetres southwest he's taking: outgoing mayor of Cambridge Bay, but some Ryan Nivingalok is his cous- young people are encountering in. They were raised together a barrier to finding work there, like brothers by their moth- he said. ers' parents, David said. David "Everybody's testing posi- and Ryan are both housing tive for marijuana in their sys- maintainers with the Kug- tem and can't land those jobs," luktuk Housing Author- he said. "We have to find new ity. Ryan chose not to seek ideas and pathways for these a third term in office, stat- (youth) to be successful and ing that he had to concen- acquire these jobs and lead a trate on his family and his good life afterward." health. David served as a hamlet David resolved to step in councillor several years ago. and carry on with some of He was a vice-president with the initiatives that his brother the Kitikmeot Inuit Associa- Ryan and the previous council tion up until last year. He also began, namely trying to estab- sat as chair of the Kugluktuk lish a long-term care centre for Hunters and Trappers Organi- Kugluktuk. zation in the past. "It's really sad and it's There's quite a few newly- hard to see that our elders elected members of the new always have to leave home to hamlet council, but David said be taken care of. It's 2019 and many of the newcomers pos- that shouldn't have to happen sess at least board experience anymore," David said. from other organizations. While David was conclud- "We'll be able to make ing his successful quest for the strong and good, sound deci- mayorship, thousands of kilo- sion for the community, for the metres away in Iqaluit, Health people," he predicted. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 7 news ᓄĪØflî

Legislative Assembly Briefs

NNSL file photo by Derek Neary Quassa pressures Savikataaq when cannabis retail outlets will be a reality in the territory. Northern News Services "I would love to get this done tomorrow, but I also want to Nunavut to make Inuit language make sure it's done properly," said Hickes. "My entire goal and No money to help build new I know the staff's goal in these regulations, is to make sure it's dominant in government done right. So, we don't have to keep going back and forth (or hunters and trappers buildings On a day when Culture and Heritage Minister David Joanasie put) unforeseen challenges in front of our potential retailers or The aging and deteriorating condition of hunters and trappers cited statistics about a growing number of Inuit language speak- licensees." buildings are a source of "ongoing frustration," Hudson Bay MLA ers in Nunavut and 82 per cent of Inuit being bilingual, Aggu Allan Rumbolt said in the legislative assembly on Wednesday. MLA Paul Quassa took aim at Premier Joe Savikataaq, urging The Department of the him to make Inuktut the working language of government. North Baffin deserves its own long- ᐋᓕᓐ ᕋᒻᐴᓪᑦ Environment's 2019-20 main "Does the premier remember why we got Nunavut or was term care centre, ᖃᐅᔨᔪᒪᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ estimates include $223,000 he just newborn when Nunavut was created?" Quassa said ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ in operations funding for the Wednesday. "The government was supposed to run in Inuktitut Qamaniq contends and people are still expecting it ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ three wildlife organizations: the ᐹᓪ ᖁᐊᓴ: "ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ 20− As the debate rages over the GN's plans to build three new Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board, the today but still nothing." long-term care centres in the coming years, Tununiq MLA David ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ Quassa said Greenland pro- ᖑᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓂ Kivalliq Wildlife Board and the ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦᑎᓐᓂ Qamaniq raised another point for consideration Wednesday: Kitikmeot Wildlife Board. vides a good example to follow. residents in North Baffin communities should have their own ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ "When I go to a store in ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᑕᑯᕙᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ Rumbolt wanted to know facility. Greenland, they use their lan- ᐃᓕᒃᑯᐊᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᕆᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ what more the GN can do to aid "If plans were developed for both the North and South Baffin, guage. They operate using their ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᓂᑦ. Nunavut's hunters and trappers ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᐊᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ." then this would allow more care equitably, especially if you look in constructing new offices as language," he said. "Does the premier have to look more at at the per capita numbers," Qamaniq said. well as install radio repeaters The GN's current plan is to build a 108-bed long-term care to improve communications and these other jurisdictions? Can he learn from these other jurisdic- centre in Iqaluit, a 24-bed facility in Rankin Inlet and another enhance safety. 24-bed facility in the Kitikmeot. He noted that a new HTO tions so that within Nunavut our government headquarters can Health Minister George Hickes, having already faced many office in Cambridge Bay soon questions and critiques from regular MLAs relating to long-term to open, but that funding came run in Inuktitut?" Savikataaq said Nunavut is care over the past week, was succinct in his responses to Qama- through the Nunavut Inuit Wild- niq, with no hint of accommodating his request. life Secretariat. unique. He noted that the GN "We currently do have one in North Baffin in Igloolik and we Environment Minister Joe has made money available to are looking at supplementing that with a facility here in Iqaluit in Savikataaq acknowledged that train bureaucrats in Inuktitut the GN doesn't have any desig- – although Quassa argued that the south," said Hickes. nated capital funding for HTO the government must compel buildings. non-Inuktut speakers to provide Qikiqtarjuaq suffers economically ALLAN RUMBOLT: "We are struggling ourselves service in the Inuit language, PAUL QUASSA: "It's been wants to know what more just to replace our own office not make it voluntary. 20 years since the incep- from lack of boat dock: Keyootak the GN can do to aid needs, so we just don't have any Savikataaq replied, "If there tion of our territory and we The failure to construct a long-sought-after boat dock is Nunavut's hunters and extra money for infrastructure," is no one available to serve in still see that the core of damaging Qikiqtarjuaq's economy and employment opportu- trappers in constructing said Savikataaq. "But if there Inuktitut they find someone that the government continues nities, says Uqqummiut MLA new offices. is a viable capital project they can communicate in Inuktitut to use English as its main Pauloosie Keyootak. "ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕐᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᓚᖅ want to do, they can speak with like nurses, teachers and pilots working language." The lack of marine infra- ᐱᕕᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ, our department, they can speak ... If they want service in Inuk- structure means ships carrying ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ with economic development and throw in a business aspect of it. titut they will get service in turbot and shrimp are unable to ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᙱᓚᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ I know there is at least one HTO that has done that in the past." Inuktitut." offload their catch in Qikiqtar- ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒥ juaq. Many of these fishing ves- ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓃᕐᒪᑦ," MLAs chastise minister over Absence of cannabis outlets in sels offload in Greenland or ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖅᑯᕐᒥᐅᑦ in Newfoundland instead, said ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᑦᑎᖓ ᐸᐅᓗᓯ lack of funds for Nunavut 'unacceptable,' Keyootak. ᕿᔪᒃᑖᖅ. Arreak-Lightstone asserts "These are potential huge community learning centres sources of income revenue Nun- More than a year after cannabis was legalized in Canada, Repairs and replacements for community learning centres avut could generate but which Nunavut still has no retail outlets within the territory and that's need to be a higher priority, said several MLAs to Patterk Netser, instead go to line the pock- minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College, on Monday. 'unacceptable,' Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Lightstone said in the legislative assembly Tuesday. ets of other owners outside of Netser presented the college's $10.6 million proposed 2020-21 Nunavut," Keyootak said in the capital budget for approval in the legislative assembly. "Right now, Nunavut is reliant on the black market to sup- legislative assembly on Tuesday. The largest single allotment – $8.5 million – will go toward ply cannabis sales in the territory. With the amount of cannabis "There are hardly any employ- ongoing construction of the new Kitikmeot campus building in consumption in the territory and the fact that all that money is Cambridge Bay. being funnelled out, siphoned out by the black market, I find that ment prospects locally and While some MLAs lauded that initiative, they urged the unacceptable," Arreak-Lightstone said. many residents have no employ- minister to fix eight community learning centres in various com- "I believe that every other jurisdiction has been able to figure ment since Qikiqtarjuaq is non- munities, some very old, some overcrowded. this out but us. I believe it is time that our government starts put- decentralized." Aggu MLA Paul Quassa pointed out that the regular MLAs ting merit to its words. I believe it's time for the government to Economic Development made that concern clear during last year's budget cycle. stand up and get some work done on this front and start produc- Minister David Akeeagok noted PAULOOSIE KEYOOTAK: Netser replied that he only took over the Nunavut Arctic Col- ing regulations that will allow the private market or the public that the federal government "There are hardly any lege portfolio in June. sector to step up and open up some alternative options including didn't opt to provide financial employment prospects "I informed the staff that we would look into the local facili- over-the-counter sales." assistance for Qikiqtarjuaq's locally and many resi- ties and our priority should be replacement facilities," Netser said, Finance Minister George Hickes, who oversees the alcohol dock despite letters of support dents have no employ- adding that Grise Fiord and Whale Cove have new buildings. and cannabis sales file, acknowledged that GN's share of rev- from the GN and the Qikiqtaa- ment since Qikiqtarjuaq is "When the government is making capital estimates, there's usu- enue from legal online cannabis purchases have been low – just luk Corporation. non-decentralized." ally quite a large request being made to our department and we $12,000 between the end of March and now. Nonetheless, Akeeagok said can't satisfy everybody." That's despite the GN lowering its markup on dried cannabis his department will once again Quassa, who said some facilities are in such poor condition to $1 per gram from $4 per gram in July. include the project when a new round of funding opens under the that safety could be an issue, insisted the minister and his staff Hickes warned that "there are unsafe materials being put Government of Canada's National Trades Corridor Fund. should quickly finish visiting the learning centres in every com- in illicit black market cannabis," which is why Nunavummiut "I have faith that the government will approve more projects munity to assess the structures. should choose legal options. in the future and that they will set aside capital project funding "I want you to work a little bit more diligently," he told Netser. However, the minister still wouldn't provide a timeline of that can be applied towards relevant projects," the minister said. 8 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 Editorial & Opinions Published Mondays wh mK5 Office: 626 Tumiit Plaza, Iqaluit, NU Box 28, X0A 0H0 Comments and views from NUNAVUT NEWS/north and letters to the editor Reporters: Rajnesh Sharma, Derek Neary Advertising: Phone: (867) 979-5990 Fax: (867) 979-6010 Toll free: (855) 447-2584 ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒦᑏᓐᓇᕐᓗᒋᑦ Email: [email protected] Website: www.nnsl.com/nunavutnews ᑲᓇᑕ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂᑦ–ᑎᒍᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓄᑦ. 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Sports: James McCarthy – [email protected] ᐊᐃᑉᐸᕇᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᑎᒍᐊᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓐᓄᑦ, ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᓯᒪᓗᓂᓗ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ Arts: [email protected] ᓱᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᒃᓴᙱᓐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓐᓄᑦ. ᐸᐸᑦᑏᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᒍᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᑉ Business: [email protected] ᓱᓕ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ Advertising production ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᕇᒃ, ᑭᓇᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᙳᐊᓚᐅᙱᓚᖓᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᓄᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᑦᑎᐊᖑᓗᓂ Production co-ordinator: Jennifer Reyes Diana Mathisen • Zdena Kunderlik ᐅᖃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓇᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᖏᓪᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ. Randy Hiebert • Joshua Uson

ADVERTISING Baffin – Laura Whittle [email protected] Kivalliq/Kitikmeot [email protected] Keep Inuit children in Nunavut All departments: [email protected] National: James Boylan Northern News Services Classified Advertising: prepared to ensure their adopted [email protected] Canada has a history of child- The issue: child would be exposed to Inuit cul- CIRCULATION – [email protected] Circulation Director: Emma Thomas snatching. Adoption in Nunavut ture, tradition and language. Jewala Jhankur For decades, kablunaat forcibly Despite this, the Government of Subscriptions: separated Indigenous children from We say: Nunavut ignored them for years, One year mail $70 Must be done right Online (entire content) $50/year, $35/6 months their families, putting them up for even as Inuit children were being adoption by non-Indigenous families sent out of the territory. or placing them in foster homes. Joanne Henderson, regional direc- It was known as the Sixties Scoop ment of Family Services four years tor with Family Services, told Nuna- NORTHERN NEWS SERVICES LIMITED 100% Northern owned and operated and an estimated 20,000 Indigen- ago. vut News that there are cases where Publishers of: ous children were taken from their During that time, 69 Nunavum- non-Inuit families outside Nunavut Inuvik Drum • Kivalliq News Yellowknifer • Hay River Hub homes due to a series of disastrous miut children were removed from are given priority. Sometimes chil- NWT News/North • Nunavut News/North policies that were in effect from the the territory to live with adoptive par- Member of: dren are sent to particular homes Canadian Community Newspapers Association 1950s to the 1980s. ents while 32 were adopted within to join their previously adopted Ontario Community Newspapers Association Manitoba Community Newspapers Association These children were carried off, the territory. siblings. In other cases the birth Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association separated from their loved ones and According to Family Services, 97 parents make personal connections Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta Press Councils transported to alien environments per cent of the adopted children Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce with individuals whom they think where – it was thought – they'd be were Inuit and 97 per cent of them will make good guardians for their Contents copyright – printed in the North by Canarctic Graphics Limited better able to learn modern ways who were moved out of Nunavut are children. and values. now living with non-Inuit families. But this does not explain why this We acknowledge the Nous reconnaissons financial support of l'appui financier du They lost their families, languages That this scenario is still occur- Nunavut couple has been ignored for the Government of gouvernement du Canada. Canada. and identities and some were left ring despite all the hand-wringing in so long. hollow shells due to the tragic loss of recent years is truly tragic. When it Member of the Ontario Press Council. The Ontario Press To remedy this situation, the gov- Council was created to defend freedom of the press everything they knew. comes to the delicate task of find- ernment should heed Pat Angnakak, on behalf of the public and press alike and to consider specific, unsatisfied complaints from readers about the It has been labelled a cultural ing adoptive parents for some of our MLA for Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu, who conduct of the press in gathering and publishing news, opinion and advertising. genocide, it was a trauma that will most vulnerable children, placing noted that the Department of Family Complaints should go to: echo through the generations and them with non-Indigenous families The Ontario Press Council, 2 Carlton St., Suite 1706 Services has yet to fulfill its prom- Toronto, Ont., M5B 1J3 it remains one of the most heinous outside the territory should be the ise to review the Aboriginal Custom Email: [email protected] Fax: 1-416-340-8724 www.ontpress.com crimes committed by our govern- option of last resort. Adoption Recognition Act. ment in the history of this nation. It seems that this non-Inuit couple The process of adopting can be Send us your comments Email us at: [email protected]; mail to Box 28, That's why it was troubling to hear has been unfairly passed over, even a long, complicated and emotional Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0; or drop your letter off at our that a Nunavut couple's efforts to after undergoing all the requisite office at 102 Tumiit Plaza. All letters submitted ride, filled with legal roadblocks. must be signed with a return address and daytime adopt a child have been frustrated, steps. They allowed a social services Making the process as fair and pain- telephone number so that we can confirm it came from you. even while Inuit children have been worker to inspect their home. They less as possible for both parents and Not all letters will necessarily be published. Pref- erence is given to short letters of broad interest or sent out of the territory. are already parents to their own children, while recognizing the need concern. Letters of more than 200 words, open let- ters and those published elsewhere are seldom used. The non-Inuit couple, who were children. They did not impose any to preserve an adopted child's con- We reserve the right to edit for length or taste and granted anonymity by Nunavut News, restrictions on the adopted child's to eliminate inaccurate or libelous statements. nection to its culture and homeland said they registered with the Depart- age or gender and they were fully should be the number one priority. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 9 editorial – opinions whmK5 Hopeful new season ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ:

Northern News Services ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕕᓯᐅᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᖅᓯ? As we begin a new season it is hoped that ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᖅᐲᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓃᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐋᑐᕚᒥ. health and well-being will be at their best. In my View ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᕐᒦᑦᑐᑦ? ᓄᑕᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ Elections have happened and we also hope Harry Maksagak is a Cambridge ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᕕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐸᐸᑦᑎᕕᖕᒥ (ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ that those in positions of authority and leader- Bay resident and former ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᓱᓂ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᓕᒃ www.collectionscanada.ca/inuit-ᒥᒃ). ship will attain a deeper awareness and vision. underground miner at the Lupin ᑕᑯᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, ᖃᓪᓗᓇᑎᑐᑦ, ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᐃᑦ. gold mine. He has been married As a society we have a general sense of direc- for 43 years and has five children, ᐅᐃᕖᖅᑎᑐᓪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓗᓂ, ᑐᕋᒐᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᑏᑐᖅ ᑐᔪᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ tion but we need strong inclusive guidance to 28 grandchildren and four ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᕐᓃᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᕙᓂ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᓕᖕᒥ [email protected] ᐅᕝᕙᓗᓐᓃᑦ accomplish the best for the people. This takes great-grandchildren. ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᑐᔪᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕗᖓ Box 2820, thought and cooperation. ᑐᖁᖅᓯᓯᒪᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᑎᑎᖃᑐᖃᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᕕᓂᕐᓂᒡᓗ Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R1 Any relationship that aspires to grow and local resources, but the job was done. mature needs effort and engagement. The If our leadership would stop and consider effort is when each individual considers what the absolute health and well-being of our was said and applies goodwill and the willing- people, they would look at the condition of our ness to listen more closely. The engagement current housing units and have the technical is where each individual is allowed to express team inspect each public house for stability themselves without fear and to know they have and safety. There are standards in place for been acknowledged and accepted in good faith. the amount of people permitted to occupy a There are times when this simply cannot be unit. A single young man or woman is given a done with comfort and ease. Some of the hous- bachelor's apartment while a young couple can ing units in town are the original dwellings enjoy a one-bedroom apartment or house. We of our growing and expanding community of are governed by a national tenancy agreement Cambridge Bay. They are small and showing within the federal government that issues these their age. regulations. During the Cold War era, Cambridge Bay In my view, our planners and administrators had a tower built in 1957 or 1958 that stood 639 are not paying close attention to the situation. feet above sea level and was used as a naviga- Our law enforcement personnel are pushed to tional device for the aircraft that were flying their limits as they respond to calls for help, to Alert and Eureka, which were two major our family services division continues to seek military camps that monitored the high Arctic safe homes for children in jeopardy. and beyond. When our airport came under a Our health and well-being is not a commod- different authority, several engineers came up ity that can be allowed to fluctuate with whims to inspect this tower and determined they had of our politicians and leaders. Our health and Bud Glunz/National Film Board of Canada/Library and Archives Canada photo to demolish it for public safety reasons. This well-being is what drives us forward with sta- ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐃᓅᒃ ᐊᖑᑎᑦ ᖁᖓᔮᖅᑐᑦ, Two Inuk men smiling, Pangnir- took several thousand dollars and the use of bility and growth. ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ, ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 1946. tung, January 1946. MIKAN no. 3842282. MIKAN no. 3842282 ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ Project naming: Do you know your elders? Can you help identify the people in this Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖃᑦᓯᐊᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ old photograph? The new information is added to these Project Naming is a trilingual Web historical photographs at (www.collection- ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ exhibition and searchable photographic scanada.ca/inuit). Come visit. ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑕᓗ. ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᓯᐊᒥ. ᒥᑭᔫᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ database available in Inuktitut, English and Please send submissions to photo@nnsl. ᓂᕈᐊᖅᓯᒪᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᑕᐅᙱᓕᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ. French. The goal of this project is to iden- com or mail to Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑲᐅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓪᓗ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᓯᐊᒥ tify Inuit in the photographic collections of X1A 2R1. ᖃᐅᔨᕚᓪᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᓇᐸᔪᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᖃᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ. ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑕ 1957 ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ 1958ᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒐᓚᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᐳᖅᑐᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ 639 ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᓂ ᑕᕆᐅᒥᑦ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖏᑦᑐᖃᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᓪᓗ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓴᓐᖏᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑕᒻᒪᕇᒃᑯᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᖃᖓᑕᔫᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᒃᓴᖃᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᑦᓯᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᖓᑕᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᓘᑦᒧᑦ ᔪᕆᑲᒧᓪᓗ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᒡᓗᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ. ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖃᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᑦ ĪØùÕúò∆¿ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᓄᓇᓖᒃ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᖃᕐᕕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᓪᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᖕᒪᑕ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᕼᐊᐅᓕ ᒪᒃᓴᒐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ. ᖁᑦᓯᒃᑐᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᑕᒃᐸᐅᖓᓗ ᓴᐳᒻᒥᔨᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᑲᒪᕐᖁᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᐅᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑦᓯᐊᕈᒪᔪᑦ ᒥᑦᑕᕐᕕᒃᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᑕᖃᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓗᐱᓐᑯᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᒍᒪᔪᓪᓗ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᓇᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑭᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᕇᓕᓵᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᒍᓗᓯᐅᕐᕕᕕᓂᖓᓂ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑲᑎᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ 43-ᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕋᒍᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ 5 ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓇᐸᔪᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᓪᓗ ᐃᓗᕈᓯᖃᖅᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᑕᐅᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᕿᑐᖓᖃᖅᓱᓂ, 28-ᓂᒃ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᖃᖅᓱᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᑲᑎᙵᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒥᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᓯᑕᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᒪᐅᖃᐅᓕᖅᓱᓂ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᕋᓱᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒡᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓈᓚᑦᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ. ᓄᓇᖕᓂᒥᐅᑕᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒪᓕᒋᐊᖃᕋᑦᑕ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖃᖅᖢᑕ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᕿᓂᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓚᐅᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ. ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᓕᕋᐃᖓᑕ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ. ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᖏᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒪ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᕗᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖃᖅᐸᑕ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ. ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᓈᓚᒃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᖏᓐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒐᒪᓕ, ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑎᕗᑦ ᑲᒪᔨᕗᓪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔨᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅᐳᓪᓗ ᐱᖁᑕᐅᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᖏᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᖏᓐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒡᓗ, ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᒍᓐᓇᖏᑉᐳᑦ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕆᐊᖃᖃᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᕐᓂᒡᓗ. ᒪᓕᒐᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒃᑎᑎᔨᐅᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᕗᓪᓗ. ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᖏᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᖏᑦᑑᑎᑦᓯᐊᕈᑎᒡᓗ. ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᓗᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᐅᖄᓚᕕᐅᒑᖓᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᓯᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᕋᑦᑕ ᒪᑭᑕᒍᑕᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐱᑐᖃᐅᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᑦᓯᐊᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒍᒪᔪᓂᑦ, ᐃᓚᔮᕇᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᒍᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ.

ᑯᐊᑦᓂ ᐸᑎᓐ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ: ᐸᓕᓐᑕ ᖃᓈᑦᓯᐊᖅ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ: "ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᕋ ᓴᒡᓗᕿᑦᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᔪᕐᓇᒐᓚᒃᑐᓂ "ᐃᒡᓚᕐᓇᕆᔭᕋ ᕿᑐᕐᙵᓐᓃᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᓯᓐᓂᑦ." ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᒃᑲᓘᓐᓃᑦ." street talk ᑭᓱ ᐃᒡᓚᕐᓇᕆᕕᐅᒃ? Courtney Budden, Belinda Kanatsiak, Arviat: Iglulik: with Derek Neary "I definitely get a "What makes me kick out of pranking laugh is when I'm with others." either my kids or my What makes you laugh? friends."

ᑲᓵᓐᑐᕋ ᓇᑖᖅ, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ "ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ: ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂ ᐅᖃᕋᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓖᓴ ᑐᓐᓄ (ᐊᒻᒪ ᕼᐊᐃᓕ), ᑭᙵᐃᑦ ᑳᓂ ᑲᓪᓗᐊᒃ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᙱᑕᒥᓂᑦ, ᑎᔅᓯᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ, "ᐸᓂᒐ ᕼᐊᐃᓕ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᒡᓚᖅᑎᑦᑏᓐᓇᓲᖅ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓈᓗᒃ "ᐃᔪᕋᓚᒃᖢᓂ ᓴᓇᖃᑎᓂᑦ ᐃᒡᓚᕐᓇᕆᕙᕋ. ᓴᓇᖃᑎᒃᑲ ᐱᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᑦ ᐃᔪᕐᓇᕈᑎᖏᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐹᓪᓚᒃᑐᑦ, ᐊᒥᐊᕆᑲᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᕌᖓᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᔅᓯᓇᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐅᖃᕌᖓᑦ – ᑲᑕᒃᓯᒪᔪᖃᑐᐊᖅᐸᑦ, ᖁᕕᐊᑦᑕᒃᑎᓲᕆᕙᕗᑦ ᐃᒡᓚᖃᑕᒃᖢᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᔅᓯᓇᓛᖏᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᑦ." ᑎᔅᓯᓇᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ." ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑕ, ᐃᓚᒌᑎᑐᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᒐᓚᖃᐃ." Cassandra Nattar, Rankin Inlet: Alysia Toonoo (and Hailey), Cape Connie Kalluak, Arviat "Lots of things: when kids try to Dorset: "Joking around with co-workers pronounce words they can't say, "My daughter Hailey makes me makes me laugh. My co-workers funny movies, memes, friends' laugh when she says the darned- are awesome, if one feels down, jokes, people falling, America's est things and it gets even funnier we cheer them up by laughing and Funniest Videos." when she says it isn't funny." talking, like a family, I guess." 10 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 feature newsnews êêΩËîΩÇéíÇÀîᓄĪØflî á·∆¿ÖÀî ᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᒦᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ 25-ᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ 10 ᐊᖑᑏᑦ ᐊᐃᕝᕙᒐᓱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ; ᒪᕐᕈᐃᓐᓈᒃ ᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐆᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ

ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 18, 1994-ᒥ, 10-ᖑᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᑕ ᐅᖃᐅᑏᓐᓇᖅᐸᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᓛᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᖓᑦ ᑭᕕᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ 10-ᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᑦ ᐃᑭᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᐳᒻᒥ ᑕᒧᐊᖁᔨᕙᖕᓇᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐄᑲᐅᑎᒋᑦᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ. 18-ᓂ ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᒥ ᖃᔭᕆᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ. ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᒪᓪᓕᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᑐᐊᑦ ᑐᖁᒧᑦ ᖃᓂᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. ᐅᓐᓄᐊᒃᑯᑦ, 8-ᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓂ ᑐᖁᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᒡᓕᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᐊᓂᒍᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᔭᕆᐊᖅ ᐱᖓᔪᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᐃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ. ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᑯᓗᖕᒥ ᐃᒻᒧᖃᐅᑎᒥᑦ ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ, ᕿᒪᐃᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᒥᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᖅ ᐅᒥᐊᖅ ᑭᙳᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. ᓯᓂᓕᕌᖓᑦ. 25 ᐊᓂᒍᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, 53-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐆᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛ 8-ᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᑏᑦ ᑎᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑖᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛ "ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᑯᓗᒃ ᐅᖃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, 'ᖃᐃᓚᐅᕆᑦ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒪᙵᑦ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕ ᖃᐅᓐᓂᖅ. ᐅᕗᖓ ᐸᓂᕐᓂᐊᓐᓄᖕᒧᑦ.' ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᑯᓗᒃ ᐱᓂᕐᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. "ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᑯᓗᖕᓂ ᒥᓂᑦᓂ, 8-ᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᑏᑦ ᐊᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ," ᖃᓂᒡᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᕌᖓᑦ, ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓂᒡᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ, ᑲᑕᑲᓴᒃᐸᒃᖢᑕ," 12-ᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖃᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ.ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᓯᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓂ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᑖᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᓴᐃᒨᓂ ᐊᓚᐃᙵᒥ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓐᓄᑦ. ᓯᓚᐹᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᒫᓗᖕᓂ. ᑭᕕᓂᐊᕋᓱᒋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᑏᑦ ᓵᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑖᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᕐᓂᖓ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ 8-ᖑᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕋᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᑎᑦᑏᓐᓇᕋᓱᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᕋᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ. ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᕌᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ "ᑕᐃᒫᒃ, ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᓂ ᐃᒪᐅᑉ ᐊᑖᓃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 1-ᒥ Hercules-ᒥ ᐊᐃᕝᕙᒐᓱᒋᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ, 'ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓯᙱᑦᑐᖅ, ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕋᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ.' ᑕᐃᒫᒃ, ᐸᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᖕᒪᑕ. ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᑭᓴᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᐃᕕᕐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᐳᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓂᖅᓵᓕᖅᖢᖓ." ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᒦᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, ᐃᑭᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᖁᓕᒥᕉᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓄᑦ. ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 26-ᒥ. ᐅᓈᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕋᕐᓂᖅ ᐆᒪᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ 6-ᖑᔪᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐊᖑᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᐃᕝᕙᒐᓱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. ᐄᓯᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃᓴᒥ, ᐊᓚᐃᙵᐅᑉ ᐃᔨᖏᑦ ᖁᕝᕕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᑎᖃᑎᖃᕋᒥ 13-ᓂ ᐊᐃᕝᕙᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. ᖁᕕᐊᓐᓂᐊᔪᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 15-ᓂ 20-ᐸᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓯᒐᓪᓗᐊᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᒧᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᒧᑦ. ᓄᓕᐊᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ 25 ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᓚᒥ. ᐱᖓᓱᓪᓗᐊᒥ ᑎᓴᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᑭᕕᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ. ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᖃᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᑐᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓄᕌᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᓐᓂᖅ, ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ "ᐳᒃᑕᓛᖅᑐᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥ ᐊᑕᔪᕐᒥ," ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᓚᐃᙵ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔪᓐᓃᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᓈᓚᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓂᖅᑎᕆᔪᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᓱᖓᓂ ᐅᓚᔪᔭᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓱᕋᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᓚᐃᙵᐅᑉ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ. "ᐱᓂᕐᓗᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓅᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖓ. ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒧᑦ. ᐅᑎᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓯᑲᐅᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑭᒐᒥᒃ ᐃᕆᐊᓛᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᑎᕈᓐᓇᙱᓐᓇᑦᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᙱᓐᓇᑦᑎᒍᑦ. ᐋᒃᑲ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᓐᓄᖓᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 29-ᒥ, ᐅᒥᐊᑉ ᐊᑎᖓ ᓱᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᐅᔪᖃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓇᙱᑉᐳᒍᑦ. ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᒦᖏᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᓄᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓱᖕᓂᖃᖅᐸᒡᓗᑕ." "ᕚᑕᓖᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᒡᒐᒧᑦ ᐳᓪᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᐃᒪᐃᔭᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᖕᓄᑦ. 8-ᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᑐᖁᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 29, 1994-ᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᒻᒥᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖅᓴᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒪᐃᔭᐃᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ," "ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓕᒫᖅ ᖃᐅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. ᖁᐃᓱᒍᓕᕌᖓᑦᑕ ᖁᐃᕙᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᑯᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᐃᒨᓂ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ, ᔮᓂ ᓲ, ᓵᒻᒥᔪᐊᓕ ᑰᑑ, ᔫᐱ ᐸᓂᑉᐸᒃ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ. ᖃᕐᓕᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ. ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᐃᒥᒐᒃᓴᖃᓚᐅᙱᑉᐳᒍᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓚᐃᙵ. ᐃᐱᐲ ᐲᑦᑐᓘᓯ, ᐊᐃᐅᓛ ᓄᓲᑦᑕ, ᐅᓖᑦᑐᐊ ᐱᓱᒃᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᓕᐸᓕᒃ ᐱᓱᒃᑎ. ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃ ᐃᒪᖅ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒥᕋᓱᓕᕌᖓᒥᒃ, ᐊᐳᑕᐃᔭᐃᕙᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᑎᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓚᐅᙱᓚᑦ ᐊᓯᖓᓐᓂ "ᑐᖁᖦᖢᓂᐅᒃ",ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᐅᒃᑎᖦᖢᓂᐅᒃ. ᐆᒪᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕ ᖃᐅᓐᓂᕐᒥ. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 11 photo story ᓄphoto stories ᐋᒻᐳᕐ ᐅᓛᔪ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᔮᔅᒥᓐ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ ᐊᓘᑎᕋᓛᓂᒃ ᐳᕙᓪᓚᖅᑯᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᖑᓚᒐᒃᓴᒧᑦ. ᑲᐃᓚ ᐋᓕᒃᓵᓐᑐᕐ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᑏᒧᑦ Fun on a bun ᐸᓚᐅᒑᕋᓛᓂᑦ ᐃᒐᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓄᑦ. Baking Feature

by Rajnesh Sharma ᑕᑯᔭᒃᓴᐃᑦ Iqaluit

ᐲᑕ ᑳᒻᐳᓪ ᖁᕕᐊᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕙᑕᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓯᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᖑᓚᒐᒃᓴᒧᑦ.

Kayla Alexander was all set to put a batch of tea buns into the oven. Northern News Services six students worked togeth- From Oct. 21 to 25, it was er with their teacher and education week at Joamie made over a dozen delicious Amber Oolayou, left, and Jazmine Akeeagok care- Elementary School in Iqaluit. buns. fully put the five teaspoons of baking powder into As a treat, the students Visit nunavutnews.com to the mixture. decided to make tea buns for see more photos and to get ᕗᕌᖕᒃᓕᓐ ᕗᐊᑦ ᐸᓂᖅᑐᒥ ᐸᓚᐅᒑᒃᓴᒥ ᑭᐳᒧᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. their teachers. the recipe to make your own ᐅᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑏᒧᑦ ᐸᓚᐅᒑᕋᓛᓄᑦ ᐳᑦᑐᖅᓯᐊᒥᒃ In less than 45 minutes, tea buns. ᓂᐱᑎᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐊᐃᒧ ᖁᐊᒐᖅ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᖓᓂ ᓃᕕ ᐅᐃᓪᑭᓐᔅᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᕋᔮᖅᑐᒥ ᕙᑕᒥᑦ.

Peter Campbell was very excited to put butter into the batter. ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 21–ᒥ 25–ᒧᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔫᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. ᑕᖁᐊᒃᓴᒃᓴᓄᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᑏᒧᑦ ᐸᓚᐅᒑᕋᓛᓕᐅᕈᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ. 45 ᒥᓂᑦ ᑐᖔᓂ, 6–ᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ 12 ᐅᖓᑖᓂ Franklin Ford gently sprinkled some flour on the ᒪᒪᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐸᓚᐅᒑᕋᓛᓂᑦ. Aimo Korgak watched her teacher Neevee Wilkins table. This helped the tea bun dough from sticking. cut the butter. 12 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 Around Nunavut ∂´êÄ∏∂Ò ¥∂fl±´ Phone: (867) 979-5990 Email: [email protected] Fax: (867) 979-6010

ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᒥ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᕼᐋᓗᕖᓐᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᐃ ᕼᐊᑯᖓᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂ. ᑭᖑᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᖑᔪᓂ.

Trick or Treat Cambridge Bay children display their Hallow- een crafts at the May Hakongak Community Library. They'll be work- ing on Remembrance Day cards next. photo courtesy of Peter Evetalegak

Name-change plebiscite on hold aid and possess necessary licences have already been identified, the courage of Canada's military veterans, which is marked Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay said Morash. every Nov. 11. A planned community name change plebiscite to be held in "So they'll have a little more ability than just picking up a Library staff strive to keep things interesting for the junior conjunction with the municipal election on Oct. 28 was with- patient and driving (the ambulance)," Morash said, adding that visitors, according to Evetalegak. drawn. the basic first-responders' course takes seven to 10 days. "We usually do (activities) every odd day, try to keep them Based on input from residents, including elders, during com- He's hoping that Clyde River and Taloyoak, which also company," he said. "One day we'll do craft day, the next day munity planning meetings, the Hamlet of Cambridge Bay was inherited ambulances recently, will join in the training. It's still we'll do storytelling or watch a movie with a kids." prepared to allow residents to vote on switching the commun- to be determined whether the instruction will be arranged in – Derek Neary ity's name to Iqaluktuuttiaq, a traditional Inuit name meaning, Nunavut or in Ottawa, Morash said. "place of many fish." – Derek Neary However, there was some disagreement from other residents who insisted that Ikaluktutiak is the proper spelling. Fiddle workshops for youth Mayor Pamela Gross, who was re-elected last week, said it Mittimatalik/Pond Inlet was decided that broader consultations should be held on spell- Saskatoon fiddler Kim de Laforest and Nova Scotia musician ing and pronunciation. Greg Simm, spent Sept. 29 to Oct. 30 visiting four communities "That's one of the key areas, to have more discussion of in the Qikiqtaaluk region. They facilitated fiddle workshops in what's changing in terms of government standardization (of Hall Beach, Pond Inlet, Pangnirtung and Qikiqtarjuaq. language)," said Gross. “The workshops are not only fun for students, learning Asked for her personal preference on the name-change issue, music is therapeutic and provides a positive, creative outlet for Gross said it would be "evolving with our culture to better suit many of our students, which also supports mental health and the needs of the longevity of our language." well-being,” said Julie Lohnes, a former teacher. Cambridge Bay is named in honour of Prince Adolphus, Through these workshops, Lohnes wants students to feel a Duke of Cambridge. Adolphus (February 24, 1774 – July 8, sense of pride and accomplishment that comes with learning to 1850) was the seventh son of England's King George III. play an instrument. A feeling she hopes that students will carry Other Nunavut communities have reverted to Inuit names into other aspects of their lives. over the years such as Naujaat (formerly Repulse Bay), Qikiqtar- For the past 11 years, the workshops, called Music for the juaq (formerly Broughton Island) and Kugaaruk (formerly Pelly Future, have been organized by the Tusarnaarniq Sivumut Bay). Association. – Derek Neary – Rajnesh Sharma Planning for Taking witches home first-responder training Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay Iglulik Close to a dozen youth got into the spirit of Halloween dur- Now that Iglulik has an ambulance – donated by the Region ing an after-school craft session at the May Hakongak Com- of Peel in Ontario and delivered during sealift – there's a desire munity Library on Oct. 23. to train a couple of community members as first responders, The youths made some spooky witches out of paper, said said Greg Morash, the hamlet's senior administrative officer. assistant librarian Peter Evetalegak. Some of the youngsters The training would entail how to properly transport an took their handiwork home while others allowed their frighten- photo courtesy of Greg Simm injured patient and how to administer needles, among other ingly decorative art to be displayed at the library. At Pond Inlet’s Nasivvik High School, Nuka Joe skills. A couple of individuals who have a background in first Up next will be Remembrance Day cards to commemorate Ootoova is participating in a fiddle workshop. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 13 amazing on-the-land stories ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ

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Micah Kuniliusee Morris Taqqaugaq Clyde River Naujaat Monday Sept. 16, 2019, early in the morning in Clyde River. The fat from the caribou I caught Oct. 12, 2019 near Naujaat. 14 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 amazing on-the-land stories ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ

ᐱᐊᕆ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᔪᐊᖅ Barry Iqalukjuak ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ Arctic Bay ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ 2019 ᑎᑭᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒧᑦ. Nunavut Quest 2019 when they arrived to Arctic Bay.

ᔫᒥ ᕿᓪᓚᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᒑᐱᒃ ᓯᑎᐱᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᓪᓚᙳᐊᓂ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕋᓱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑕᑉᐹᓂ ᑭᒻᒥᐊᑕᑐᔪᕐᒥ! "ᐳᐊᓗᙳᐊ" – ᐳᐊᓗᑎᑐᑦ ᓴᓂᒪᓂᓕᒃ.

Joamie Qillaq Clyde River This past September when we were narwhal hunting up in the kimmiatatujuq! "Pualungua" – shape of a mitt. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 15 Sports & Recreation Sports hotline • James McCarthy Phone: (867) 873-4031 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: (867) 873-8507 Nunavut's best in sport and recreation Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut and Nunavut Sport and Recreation Division hand out annual awards by James McCarthy year in Whitehorse. it to Hockey Nunavut," he said. "It's ᓵᓇ ᖃᔮᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᐅᕙᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ Northern News Services Speaking of the Canada Winter a list of what worked and what didn't ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐊᓐᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎᒥ, ᓵᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ Nunavut Games boys team, they, too, were and hopefully, they'll find success by ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ Another year, another crop of recognized as the Team of the Year using it." folks in sports and recreation get for what they did in Red Deer. The other sporting awards includ- ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᓄᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 26 ᒥ. their just due. Joy said being that it was the first ed Maxwell Joy, who was named Male The Recreation and Sports Awards time the territory had entered a team, Athlete of the Year for hockey, while Gala was held in Iqaluit Oct. 26. it couldn't have gone any better than it Shawna Kyak won Female Athlete Martin Joy, who won Coach of the did, especially defeating Newfound- of the Year for her exploits in soccer, Year as head coach of the inaugural land and Labrador. badminton and volleyball. She's fea- Canada Winter Games boys hockey "We accomplished what we set out tured on Team Nunavut rosters many team this past February in Red Deer, to do," he said. "We held ourselves times over the years, most recently Alta, said he was surprised to be well but we just lacked the experi- with the girls volleyball team at the singled out. ence. It's created that impact now Western Canada Summer Games this That it came courtesy of his work where you have the next generation past August. with the Canada Winter Games made that can't wait to get the chance to The Official of the Year went to it that much sweeter. put on that uniform and get their Ian MacDonald of Iqaluit for soccer. "That was a whole different level turn. They're seeing players from The Recreation and Parks Asso- photo courtesy of Rob Hart of hockey," he said. "We created a their communities getting on the ice ciation of Nunavut also handed out Shawna Kyak of Iqaluit, seen during the Western Canada good plan, we stuck to it and we were at a high level and that's how you its annual awards on the evening. Summer Games in Saskatchewan in August, won Female a resilient group. You look back at the inspire others. You never underesti- Kim Masson of Iqaluit was named Athlete of the Year at the Recreation and Sport Awards Gala journey we all had and the commit- mate where you come from." the winner of the Canadian Parks in Iqaluit on Oct. 26. ment we all made and it's just such a One thing which came from the and Recreation Association Award great award and I'm very fortunate to experience in Red Deer is a best prac- of Merit, which goes to someone Recreation Leader of the Year while Haven, Jim Krueger of Baker Lake have won it." tices handbook for future coaches, who has influenced the parks and Quentin Sala of Sanikiluaq won the won the First Air Presidents Award of Joy has previously served as the something Joy said will be a road map recreation sector in a local or regional One Ocean Expedition Youth Leader Excellence and the Jays Care Founda- bantam boys hockey coach at the 2018 of sorts for those will take over. capacity. of the Year. The Community Organ- tion received the Canadian Parks and Arctic Winter Games and will be the "It's about the lessons we learned Qumangaapik Arnatsiaq of Iglulik ization of the Year was the King Recreation Association Partner of the bench boss for the midget boys next at the Games and we're going to give took home the Baffinland Iron Mines William United Soccer Club in Gjoa Year.

Recreation and Parks ᒫᑎᓐ ᔪᐊᐃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ fact fact Sport and Recreation ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᕆᐊᑦ ᑎᐅᕐ, ᐋᓪᐴᑕᒥ, ᕕᕈᐊᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ, Association of Nunavut Division Awards ᐊᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᕙᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ file Awards file ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᓄᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 26 ᒥ. Coach of the Year: Baffinland Iron Mines Recreation Leader of the Year: Martin Joy, Qumangaapik Arnatsiaq, Iglulik 2019 Canada Winter Games Male Hockey Coach

One Ocean Expedition Youth Leader of the Year: Team of the Year: Quentin Sala, Sanikiluaq 2019 Canada Winter Games Boys Hockey Team

Community Organization of the Year: Female Athlete of the year: King William United Soccer, Gjoa Haven Shawna Kyak, Iqaluit (Soccer, Badminton, Volleyball)

First Air Presidents Award of Excellence: Male Athlete of the Year: Jim Kreuger, Baker Lake Maxwell Joy, Iqaluit (Hockey)

Canadian Parks/Recreation Assn. Award of Merit: Official of the Year: Kim Masson, Iqaluit Ian MacDonald, Iqaluit (Soccer)

Canadian Parks/Recreation Assn. Partner of the Special Recognition: Vera Arnatsiaq, Igloolik (soc- Year: cer); Mike McPherson, Iqaluit (hockey); Daniel Young, Sheldon Ruckhall/Canada Winter Games photo Jays Care Foundation (nominated by RPAN) Iqaluit (wrestling); Darren Nichol, Rankin Inlet (hock- Martin Joy, left, seen during the Canada Winter ey); Valerie Kosmenko, Iqaluit (judo, curling) Games in Red Deer, Alta., this past February, was named Coach of the Year at the Recreation and Source: Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut Source: Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut Sport Awards Gala in Iqaluit on Oct. 26.

followed by two more the next day versus Alberta and the NWT. ships will be used as an identification event for the 2020 Arctic They'll wrap up the pool section with two more games on Nov. 6 Winter Games and 2020 North American Indigenous Games. sports against Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. Check See a future edition of Nunavut News for the recap. Tryouts on the horizon Iqaluit with James McCarthy A true territorial championship Hockey Nunavut is beginning the march to the 2020 Arctic email: [email protected] Iqaluit Winter Games in Whitehorse. Inuksuk High School's gymnasium will be full later this The tryouts for the midget boys and junior girls teams will month – literally. be happening at the Arctic Winter Games Arena in Iqaluit from Nunavut hits the ice The Nunavut Badminton Championships are set to hit the Nov. 8 to 10 with the teams being selected shortly after the Saguenay, Que. capital beginning on Nov. 8 with half of the territory's commun- tryouts end. The 2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship gets ities sending players of some sort: Iqaluit, Taloyoak, Grise Fiord, Mike McPherson, president of Hockey Nunavut, said there going today in Saguenay, Que. and Nunavut will have skin in Baker Lake, Arviat, Pond Inlet, Qikiqtarjuaq, Iglulik, Naujaat, will be an estimated 35 players for each of the tryouts. the game. Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove, Sanikiluaq and Pangnirtung. The bantam boys tryouts were also supposed to be held on The Iqaluit Curling Club will represent the territory with There will be three divisions in play – juvenile, junior and the same weekend in Rankin Inlet but McPherson said those Wade Kingdon, Alison Griffin, Dennis Masson and Megan open – with male and female singles, male and female doubles have been pushed back to the end of November due to the Ingram flying the flag. They get going with pool play this after- and mixed doubles in all three. ongoing issues with the new arena in the community. noon, Nov. 4, with two games against Saskatchewan and Ontario Gary Wong with Nunavut Badminton said the champion- The new dates are scheduled for Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. 16 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 sports & recreation Îé¯≤ú & ÄÎÖ∏ÙÄÕÍ≤Ò ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᖓᒍᑦ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᑉᓯᓕᒃ ᔨᒻ ᕆᑉᓕ, ᑐᓄᐊᓃᑦᑐᖅ, ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑐᖅ taekwon-do-ᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒥ, ᓃᕕ ᐊᖓᓕᒃ, ᑭᑎ ᓱᓗᒃ, ᔭᓇᑕᓐ ᑲᒻᐳᓪ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᔭᐃᑕᓐ Taking the next kick ᐊᖓᓕᒃᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 24-ᒥ. Sixth level black belt works with Arviat taekwondo students

by Darell Greer tise in to work with our stu- self-defense only. with its youngest member Northern News Services dents who are all at, or about, He said over the years, the being five years old. Arviat the while belt or yellow belt sport side of taekwondo has Ripley said he sees great Students in a new taekwon- level. been developed and partici- things for the club moving for- do club began learning from "We have 27 students in pants now compete in the ring ward. He said the Arviat stu- a sixth-degree black belt in these gradings, so we're quite with sparring. dents are dedicated, eager to Arviat recently. excited about that." "If you've seen the Olym- work and quick to learn. Taekwondo is the Korean Ripley said there are 10 pics, that is the World Tae- "It's amazing to see how art of self-defense. different levels of colour belts kwondo Federation style of far they've come in such a Jim Ripley of Amherst, in taekwondo starting with the sparring which is mainly just short period of time, especially N.S., was brought to Arviat white belt and going all the kicking," he said. when they don't practice with by Don Peters, who started way up to black stripe, which is "In the International Tae- the club over the summer. the taekwondo club with his the last step before becoming a kwondo Federation system, we "If I can share my pas- spouse, Joanne, this past Feb- full black belt. use hand-and-foot techniques. sion for taekwondo with some- ruary. He said among the Arviat If you make a punch and score one to help give them bet- photos courtesy of Don Peters Peters said the Arviat club students, some will be tested to on a specific point of the body, ter insight and understanding Sixth-degree black belt Jim Ripley, back, watch- has been funded through the move from white belt to yellow you get one point. If you make into what we actually do, I'm es carefully as taekwon-do students, from left, Government of Nunavut's stripe, from yellow stripe to a kick between the waist and fulfilling my part in honour- Neevee Angalik, Katy Suluk, Jonathan Campbell Sport and Recreation Division yellow belt, from yellow belt shoulders you earn two points ing our founder, Gen. Choi and Jayden Angalik work on their striking ability in to hold a number of workshops to green stripe and from green and if you can score one on the (Hong Hi), who passed away to help develop the local club. stripe into their green belt. helmet you score three points. back in 2002 and helping to Arviat on Oct. 24. He said he was very fortun- "We put them through set- "At the end of the match, spread taekwondo throughout off to their friends or try to do is strictly self defense; ate Ripley's schedule allowed requirement testing," said Rip- the one with the most points is the world." teach them taekwondo they've defending yourself, your fam- him to visit Arviat conduct the ley. the winner." Ripley said one of the learned. ily members, or someone des- workshops, "They must perform self- The Arviat club has grown golden rules with his stu- "If you just show-off to perately in need of assistance "We conducted workshops defense, proper techniques to more than 40 youth mem- dents is that he does not your friends and they go out because they are unable to pro- on taekwondo introduction in of kicking and what we call bers since having seven its allow street fighting of and try it, they could actually tect themselves." the elementary, middle and three-step sparring based on first night and has since been any kind and he has expelled two hurt someone quite badly," he Ripley, 65, started with tae- high schools this past week," the specific patterns of each opened-up to the entire com- of his taekwondo students for said. "So, if someone breaks kwondo 35 years ago and said said Peters. belt level." munity. breaking that rule. my golden rules, my doors are he plans to keep on practicing "In addition to that, Mr. Ripley said taekwondo is The club now boasts family He said he also does not closed to that person. it until his body won't allow it Ripley has brought his exper- an art specifically designed for members and senior members, allow his students to show- "From day one, taekwon- anymore.

Taekwon-do-ᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒥ, ᓃᕕ ᐊᖓᓕᒃ, ᔭᐃᑕᓐ ᐊᖓᓕᒃ, ᑭᑎ ᓱᓗᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᔭᓇᑕᓐ ᑲᒻᐳᓪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒧᑦ ᔨᒻ ᕆᑉᓕᒧᑦ, ᑕᓕᖅᐱᐊᓃᑦᑐᖅ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 24-ᒥ. ᑐᑭᖅᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᖓᒍᑦ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑕᑉᓯᓕᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ taekwon-do-ᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓂᒃ taekwondo-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᒋᔭᖓᒍᑦ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑕᑉᓯᓕᒃ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᑉᓗᒍ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ, Taekwondo ᑯᕆᔭᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᕉᖅ ᕆᑉᓕ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᓐᓇᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓄᑦ ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ. ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔭᖅᑐᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕈᓘᔭᕐᓂᕐᒪᑦ. Taekwondo students from left, Neevee Angalik, ᔨᒻ ᕆᑉᓕ ᐊᒧᕐᔅ, ᓄᕙ ᓯᑯᓴᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ "ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓵᖅᑐᒍᑦ taekwondo-ᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᓛᕐᒥ, Jayden Angalik, Katy Suluk and Jonathan Camp- ᑖᓐ ᐲᑕᔅᒧᑦ, taekwondo-ᒥᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓕᐊᓂᓗ, ᔪᐊᓐ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓵᖅᑐᒥ," bell get some instruction from master instructor ᕕᕗᐊᕆᒥ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐲᑕᔅ. ᐲᑕᔅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ taekwondo-ᖅᑏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ "ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᒥᔅᑕ ᕆᑉᓕ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ Jim Ripley, right, in Arviat on Oct. 24. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔭᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖁᑎᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᓪᓗᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖁᖅᓱᖅᑐᒥᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᑉᓯᓕᖕᓄᑦ. "27-ᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖁᑎᕗᑦ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ." ᕆᑉᓕ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖁᓕᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᑕᖅᓴᓖᑦ ᑕᑉᓯᒃᑯᑦ taekwondo- ᑯᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᖃᐅᓪᓗᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᑉᓯ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᑉᓗᓂ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑕᖅᓴᓕᒃ, ᓅᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᑕᑉᓯᒧᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂᒎᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓅᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᖁᖅᓱᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᑕᖅᓴᓕᖕᒧᑦ, ᖁᖅᓱᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᖅᓴᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᖁᖅᓱᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒧᑦ, ᖁᖅᓱᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥ ᑕᑉᓯᒥᒃ ᑐᖑᔪᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑕᖅᓴᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᖑᔪᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᖅᓴᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᑐᖑᔪᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᑕᑉᓯᒧᑦ. "ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖅᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᕆᑉᓕ. "ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔭᕆᐊᓖᓪᓗ ᑐᒃᑲᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓅᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᑕᑉᓯᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ." ᕆᑉᓕ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ taekwondo ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᓯᒥ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ, taekwondo ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓲᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᒃᑯᑦ. "ᑕᑯᓯᒪᒍᑉᓯ Olympic-ᓂᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ Taekwondo-ᒥᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᑐᒃᑲᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ." ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ taekwondo-ᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐹᓪᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 40 ᐅᖓᑖᓃᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ 7-ᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒋᐅᕋᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓗᒃᑖᒧᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᕝᕕᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᑕᙳᑎᒌᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ, ᓄᑲᖅᖠᖅᐹᖑᔪᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᕆᑉᓕ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑐᕉᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ taekwondo-ᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᖕᒪᑕ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᐊᓚᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᑉᓗᑎᒡᓗ. ᕆᑉᓕ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕉᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᖅᑳᓂ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᓇᑕᕈᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑑᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᓯᖁᒥᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖁᑎᓂ ᐱᐅᓱᒋᔮᖁᔭᓐᓇᙱᑕᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᖃᑦᑕᖁᙱᖦᖢᒋᑦ taekwondo-ᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 17 sports & recreation Îé¯≤ú & ÄÎÖ∏ÙÄÕÍ≤Ò Congrats, Washington Nationals … now do something in Montreal Northern News Services for many years. ᓯᑏᕙᓐ ᔅᑐᕌᔅᐴᒡ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᕐᔪᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐊᓯᖕᑎᓐ ᓈᓴᓄᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ So the Washington Nationals are your You would never be able to find anyone ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᖅᓴᒥ ᐃᒋᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂ 2019 World Series champions. Amazing little who would or could have a bad word to say ᓵᓚᖃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. series where the road team won every game about Gregory because he gave you no reason but Game 7 was always one Washington was to do so. He was as honest as they came and, going to win because Max Scherzer was on the according to anyone who's spoken about him, mound and he was always going kept his word to the end. to shut the Astros down. Gregory died on Oct. It was a series which had it Sports 30 after losing a battle with all: a dude protecting the beer cancer. He was 83. The entire rather than himself, although Talk hockey world has had some- considering it was Bud Light, I thing to say about him and it's feel sorry for the ball which hit with James McCarthy all been positive, hence the him; two women flashing their no bad words. He once said … ahem … merchandise for all he had his dream job when to see and getting stadium bans from Major he was hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs as League Baseball because of it, although they a scout but he eventually became the team's claimed it was for a good cause and who am I general manager in 1969, a role he would hold to doubt them; egotistical umpires; Dave Mar- for a decade. Considering who he had as a boss tinez nearly having a coronary after an umpire – Harold Ballard – it's amazing he lasted that made an interference call (which was the cor- long. rect call, by the way). Gregory built up a team that had a farm But we were having a conversation around system nearly depleted and turned what was a photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons the newsroom on the day of Game 7 and this really bad team at the beginning of the expan- Stephen Strasburg was a big reason the Washington Nationals won the is what we talked about: remember how this sion era into one of the best. He was respon- World Series as he became the first pitcher in Major League Baseball history could have been the Montreal Expos that could sible for drafting such players as Darryl Sittler, have won it all? I apologize profusely to those Lanny McDonald, Errol Thompson, Randy to win five games in the post-season. Expos fans who are still bitter at Major League Carlyle, Ian Turnbull and Mike Palmateer. The Baseball and Jeffrey Loria (count me in). Leafs were a contender back then, if you can these days and its latest stunt didn't do anything real players if too many showed up. Anyway, However, this is the case. We could have seen believe it and had it not been for the Montreal to repair the reputation. the redraw occurred, which caused more con- some sort of riod in Montreal last night had the Canadiens and the Philadelphia Flyers, they The BDO has hosted the World Masters fusion because no one knew what board they Expos won Game 7. may have actually won a Stanley Cup. tournament since 1974 and it's the oldest major were playing on and there were no scorers at In that vein and in honour of such Expos He took over the scouting bureau after tournament still in operation. This year's edi- each board either, causing more confusion. greats as Dennis Martinez, Larry Walker, being fired by Ballard (there's a funny story tion was held in Purfleet, England featuring And imagine Keith Way of Yellowknife Tim Wallach, Gary Carter, Moises Alou, about how he was told he had been canned) players from around the world that qualified to had the chance to play in this dosh but turned Tim Raines andre Dawson, Rusty Staub and and made it his own for 40 years until he be there. Including those who didn't even exist. it down. He went to Romania instead for the Youppi, the classy thing for the Nationals to stopped coming to the NHL office in Toronto It all began with all qualified players being World Cup, where at least organizers there had do would be to visit Montreal with the trophy. in August. That's when people started to realize forced to pay an entry fee to play. What tour- a clue. Sure, it might not be like the real thing but this his time was running out. nament on the planet forces its participants to It finally got sorted out and the tournament franchise would not exist in Washington had it You will never get unanimous agreement pay an entry fee for what they've qualified for? actually happened with a real winner in the not been for the Expos before them. And, yes, on much but you will in Jim Gregory. He was Ridiculous. Some of the international players end – John O'Shea of Ireland – but the BDO we still curse the strike in 1994 because Les everyone's favourite. didn't pay the fee (because they weren't told has been mercilessly mocked and harangued Expos would have won then as well. they had to) and weren't in the original draw. because of this. Can't wait to see what its ver- And finally … Because of that, Des Jacklin, the BDO's chair- sion of the world championship will look like. The loss of a giant Good Idea: Finalizing the draw for the man, announced there would be a redraw of The Professional Darts Corporation, where If you knew hockey, you knew about Jim World Masters darts tournament. the players. anyone who has any sort of skill plays, will be Gregory. I had read about him and knew Bad Idea: Finalizing the draw for the World Jacklin took the blame. Alright, fine. Mis- dishing out more than $4 million in December. he was one of the best scouts going today, Masters darts tournament with fake names. takes are going to happen but then the fake Who knows what the BDO will be handing so good in fact that he ran the National There's a reason why the British Darts name business came in. The apparent reason out? Hockey League's Central Scouting Bureau Organization is looked upon as a joke by some why is because they could be replaced with Until next time, folks … 18 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 19 20 nunavutnews.com, Monday, November 4, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, k=WE 4, 2019 editorial – opinions whmK5 Unite to keep our culture and traditions alive Welcome to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. riages, hunting and so many traditional laws Record and document all their teachings Cambridge Bay Weather has been so mild and much warmer that were unwritten but powerful. and practices must be done immediately, no than usual. The ocean has not completely froze It was most hurtful for me to hear how matter the cost. Tea Talk over yet, so be careful not to travel on ice yet if much pain our parents, grandparents and Let us all unite to keep Inuit culture and with Navalik Tologanak you're going out hunting and fishing. It seems ancestors went through when their children traditions alive and to begin our healing jour- that the fall weather is here to stay a bit longer were all taken away to attend residential neys to have a peaceful and proud people. We email: [email protected] The nuna and ice is so beautiful in fresh schools, many of whom did not return home have a beautiful way because of our Ancestors, white snow all over. Very nice to take photo- from hospitals also. quana for this. Quana to our Elders for caring AIK. QANURITPIHI. INUIN NAA- graphs, makes a beautiful memory to remem- The camps were silent except for the cry- for us, looking after us, teaching and talking to MAINNAQTUT IQALUKTUUTIAMI. ber. ing of our Mothers and Grandmothers for their us, being patient with us. We love you and we QAIJUQNAIKMAN NUNAKPUT. QAN- Congratulations to all the candidates who children who were forced from their homes. will be there for you. NIQATAQMAN KIHIMI. IMAQ HIKUJUIT- were elected to council and our various boards. I was one of them who survived residential God Be With You Son. TUKLU ILANGA. SIKITUUQNAIKTUQLU We look forward to the successful work you school. The language is very strong when we HONDAKKUTLU. NIUVIPKAINAHUAT will do to serve our wonderful and growing listen to everyone speaking Inuktut, even chil- Respected QUVIAHUVIK TIKILIKMAN NOVEMBER community of Cambridge Bay! dren, it is so beautiful to hear this. elder David 16mi. 2019 KIILINIKMI ILIHAKVIANI. The Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Conference Inuinnaqtut is slowly disappearing and the Iqaqrialu of ANGNAT MIKJUJANIKLU NIKIHANIKLU was held in Iqaluit on Oct. 29 and 30. need to revitalize and teach it and make every Clyde River MUQPAUJANIKLU PIUMAJUT INUINLU Approximately 100 delegates gathered effort to make it strong again in every aspect of shared his QABLUNAATLU NUTAKKATLU. HANAU- together to listen to Our Elders speak of Inuit our lives must be done to bring back our dia- JANIKLU AITUHIAHANIKLU . QUANA ways that were practiced by our Ancestors lect before all our Elders pass away. knowledge of TAPKUAT UUKTUKTUT NIRUAQTAU- before western lifestyles were introduced to the It was repeated throughout the conference Inuit law at JUT. QUANA IKAJURUMAJUT IQALUK- Inuit. Before Christianity arrived, shamanism that I.Q. needs to be implemented into the edu- the Inuit Qau- TUUTIAMIUTANUT. ITQAUMAJAVATIT was active. This was the Inuit way of deal- cation curriculum. Today our Elders are still so jimajatuqangit NUTAKKATLU INUULQAMMIITLU INU- ing with many issues including childbirth, the strong in every way of life, we need them, we Conference. TUQAITLU. naming of babies, adoptions, arranged mar- must look after them and listen to them. photo courstesy of Navalik Tologanak