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ᑲᑉᐱᕼᐃᓕᖅᑑᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᕗᑦ Can- ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ada Goose ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓇᓂ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᓴᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ. ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᑉᐱᕼᐃᓕᖅᑑᖅ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓇᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᔭᐃᑲᒃᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᓂ ᓘᒃᑖᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᐹᑐᓴᓐᒧᑦ. ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᓄᕕᐱᕆᐅᔪᒥ. ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ 10–ᖑᔪᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ, 6–ᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓇᓱᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, photo courtesy of Canada Goose ᐹᑐᓴᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ- Cambridge Bay residents take part in a Canada Goose redistribution program. The company is expanding its 19–ᒥ ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ program to put jackets on the backs of Nunavummiut starting this November. ᑲᑎᒪᕝᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 8–ᒥ. "ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ–ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᕐᒦᑦᑐᓂ Ryan Reynolds and Canada Goose donate 300 parkas ᖃᓂᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ – ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᒥ gear. They not only said yes in to work with," said Thompson. been sent back to the company ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᑦᑐᓂ ᐱᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ. by Cody Punter Northern News Services under 30 seconds but went so far Nunavut News reached out over warranty issues, and send- ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒦᑉᐳᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐹᑐᓴᓐ. Ikpiarjuk/Arctic Bay above and beyond matching me. for a further comment from Rey- ing them to families in need. ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓕᕐᒪᑦ Students at Inuujaq School in I'm deeply inspired and grateful." nolds via Twitter. In a message to Canada Goose has a lifetime ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓇᓂ, Arctic Bay will be bundled up Gavin Thompson, vice presi- one of our reporters he declined warranty on its clothes. Although ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ and warm this winter thanks to dent of corporate citizenship an interview, saying he wanted he did not have exact numbers ᐱᖃᙱᓐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓯᕗᑦ a donation of winter gear from at Canada Goose, said he was the focus to be on Indigenous available he said thousands of ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ. ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ Canada Goose and actor Ryan delighted when Reynolds got in communities and their needs. items get sent back to the com- ᑕᐃᑲᙵᓪᓗ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ, 125 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᒥ ᓂᒋᕐᒥ Reynolds. touch with the idea. "I really don't want to cen- pany every year. ᐱᓇᖕᓇᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ, ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ The company teamed up with "We just linked arms and said tre myself in the conversation," "Some of these products that ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᒐᒥ. the Vancouver-born star to send 'let's get these kids outfitted'," wrote Reynolds. "This is such a were considered end of life are ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ 9-ᓂ more than 300 jackets and other said Thompson. small thing in comparison to the still useable," said Thompson. ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᐸᓗᐊᓂ clothing items to all the students In addition to Canada Goose larger issues facing communities Thompson said Canada ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒧᑦ. at the community's school after jackets, the students will all be in the North." Goose will cover all the costs "ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒫᓂᒃᐳᑦ he reached out to them. getting snowsuits, mitts and In addition to its initiative of refurbishing and distributing ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ "It came to my attention boots from Baffinland. in Arctic Bay, Canada Goose the jackets, while ITK will help ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ...ᒥᑭᓛᖓᓂ students at Inuujaq School in "They're going to be well-pro- is also collaborating with identify communities and fam- ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ," ᐹᑐᓴᓐ Arctic Bay were going without tected, they're going to be nice and Tapiriit Kanatami expanding a ilies in need. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. adequate winter clothing," Rey- warm and they're hopefully going program to send more clothing He said the first shipment please see Hope, page 4 nolds stated in an Oct. 6 Canada to have a big smile on their faces." to communities across all four is expected to be sent up in Goose press release. "Of course, Thompson said he has been regions of Inuit Nunangat. November, with thousands more ᓂᕆᔭᖅᑐᕐᕕᑦ, ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᑦ it highlights a larger issue of in regular contact with Gregg For the past decade the com- expected to be shipped out in ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑎᐅᖏᑦᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᖃᕆᐊᖏᑦ basic needs going unmet in Can- Durrant, Inuujaq's principal, who pany has been sending excess coming years. ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ada's Northern communities. I has been busy trying to get siz- material to Nunavummiut for it "They were really excited, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ reached out to Canada Goose ing for the school's 300 students. to be repurposed. they said they can help with ᑕᖅᑭᕋᓴᖕᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᖏᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ to match me in providing these "I've been in daily contact Now they are planning on distribution. Now it's on us to get ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ–19 ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ students with essential winter with Gregg. He's been incredible refurbishing jackets that have these done and out the door." ᓂᕆᔭᖅᑐᕐᕕᑦ, ᐃᒥᕋᓚᒡᕕᑦ, ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᓇᒡᒐᔭᐅᒥ, ᒪᓕᒐᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕋᓗᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᔫᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ ᕿᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖄᖓᑦ ᓘᒃᑖᖅ ᒪᐃᑯ ᐹᑐᓴᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᓂᕆᔭᖅᑐᕐᕕᖕᒧᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᑦᓰᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᒃᓯᕚᕐᕕᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᓖᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᓂ 75% ᑐᖔᓂ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ. 2 ᒦᑕ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐱᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓗᑎᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓪᓕᕋᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᖃᖅᑎᒋᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᑕᕿᔪᓂᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᓗᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒍᒪᔪᓂᒃ. ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᒃᓯᕚᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ 6-ᓄᑦ. ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᑦ, ᔫᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ. ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᕕᑦ, ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᕕᓪᓗ, ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ $10,000–ᓂ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᓖᔪᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᑐᓂ $1,000–ᒥ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᒥ ᕉᓵᓐ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᙳᐊᓛᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᕕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓪᓗ, ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒧᑦ. ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᐱᕆᕙᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᓪᓗ, ᐃᑦᓴᕐᓂᑕᖃᕐᕕᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑕᖅᑭᒧᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ DJ Special- ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᕐᕕᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔨᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᔭᐃᓴᓐ ᕉᓵᓐᒧᑦ. ties, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓗᓂ ᐊᑭᓖᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᕝᕙᓗᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᑐᒐᔪᒃᐳᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᒧᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆᒧᑦ. ᖁᓕᕈᐊᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᐸᖓ. ᐃᓂᒋᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᓄᓛᑯᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᒃᑲᐅᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ "ᐊᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᐃᓴᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ "ᑲᙳᓇᖅᑐᖅᑕᖃᙱᓚᖅ 25–ᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᕐᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ. ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᖕᒥ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᒪᓇᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐱᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᓂᕿᑖᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ," ᐊᕝᕙᓗᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᕕᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕗᖓ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᑦ ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓂᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᖢᑎᒃ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᕉᓵᓐ ᐅᖃᖁᔨᙱᓚᖅ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕉᓵᓐ. ᖁᔭᓕᕐᔪᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ 50-ᓂᒃ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᐅᓄᓛᒃᑯᑦ 50 ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ- ᕉᓵᓐ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᓲᖑᕗᖅ. ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ. 19-ᒧᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕈᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᕉᓵᓐ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑯᓂ ᓇᔪᖅᑕᐅᕕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᖅᑐᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ, ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᔫᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ, ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥᓗ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᖑᔪᓂ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ 9–ᖑᓕᖅᑐᓂ. ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖕᒧᙵᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ "ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕿᑦ "ᖃᔅᓰᖅᓱᒐᓚᒃᑐᒥ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᖃᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒻᒥᖕᓂᒃ. ᒪᕐᕈᖕᓄᑦ ᐳᓛᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑭᖏᓐᓂ ᕿᓃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᕈᒻᒥᓴᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ "ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᑕᖅᑮᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ 6-ᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᔮᖏᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᓂᖏᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓂᕿᖃᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᒪᑐᐊᖅᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ. ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᑦ, ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ," ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅᓯᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂ 6-ᓂ. 10–ᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᖅᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᓪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ 1–ᒥ ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᒥᑭᑦᑐᒥ ᐴᖑᔪᒥ ᓂᕿᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ, "ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᐊᑕ ᓯᓚᑎᖓᓐᓂ. ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓕᒑᓕᖅᑐᒍᑦ," ᕉᓵᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᑲᑎᒪᕕᖕᒥ, ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖃᔾᔮᙱᓚᖓ ᐊᑭᓖᒐᔪᒃᑐᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᑐᑦᑐᒐᐅᔭᖅ "ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᕕᖕᓂ, 100–ᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᕿᓚᒥᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᕉᓐᓃᖅᐸᖕᓂᖓᓂ. ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᓪᓚᕆᖕᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ." ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖓᓂ." ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ 75ᐳᓴᓐ bflA ᐃᓂᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᒃ. ᕉᓵᓐ ᐃᓴᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓄᑦ ᖁᓕᕈᐊᓄᑦ. ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖓ Joamie please see Restaurants, page 4 ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 1–ᒥ ᐱᔭᕇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ m4WZz 10 4 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 news ᓄĪØflî ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗ ᓱᓕ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒃᓯᒪᙱᓚᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓱᓕ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᕗᑦ

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᓂ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖏᓂᖓᓄᑦ ... ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᕗᑦ "ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ... ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᖃᙱᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓱᓕᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᑎᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓗ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᒪᑭᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ." ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ," ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᐃᒋᓐ ᓗᐊᑦ-ᕼᐅᐊᐃᔪᓪ, ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ (MHTO) ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᓱᓕ ᒪᐃᒐᓐ ᓗᐊᑦ-ᕼᐅᐊᐃᔪᓪ, ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐᓇᙱᓚᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑉ ᑐᒡᓕᖓ ᒪᑭᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑉ ᑐᒡᓕᖓ ᒪᑭᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ. ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᖅ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᑭᐅᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕉᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᕘᓇ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 30–ᒥ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔫᑉ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᔪᑦ "ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᐊᕆᒃ ᐆᑦᑐᕙᕐᒥ. ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᓲᖑᔪᒥ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂ," ᕼᐊᓐᓇᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ – ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ 2019–ᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ– ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓘᔭᕐᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ 50 ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ. ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂ, ᐆᑦᑐᕙᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᖅᓯᑎᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑦ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ "The phase two project will provide ... benefits to Inuit without compromising ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐸᓗᐊᓂ, the integrity of the ecosystem or the right of future generations to the sustain- ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓂ able use of renewable and non-renewable resources," says Megan Lord-Hoyle, ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᑎᓐᓇᓱᐊᖅᑕᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ Baffinland's vice-president of sustainable development. ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓂᕐᓂ "ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᕗᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᑭᒪᒍᑎᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖄᖏᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᒪᐃᔭᒧᑦ ᒨᓯᓯ ᐆᔪᑯᓗᖕᒧᑦ ... ᑐᒃᓯᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓗᐊᑦ-ᕼᐅᐊᐃᔪᓪ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ. ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ "ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ (ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥ) ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᑎᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓗ, ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ 2006–ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᐅᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᖃᙱᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓱᓕᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐸᓗᐊᓂ. ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᑎᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓗ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᓂᕐᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᑭᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᓕᒫᑦᑎᐊᓄᑦ "ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ, ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᐊᓯᐊᒎᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᖅᓯᒪᒋᕗᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ 2015–ᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᑭᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐱᓐᓇᕈᓱᒃᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ," ᓗᐊᑦ-ᕼᐅᐊᐃᔪᓪ ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ, ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᐱᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᑦᑎᕐᓂ," ᐆᑦᑐᕙᒃ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓂ, ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᑎᑦᑏᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᓄᑦ. "ᓱᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓘᔭᕐᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ, MEWG ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ. ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ." (ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᙵᔪᑦ) ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᖅ 3 –ᒥ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᙱᓚᖅ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᖃᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒥ ᕗᕌᖕᒃ ᒪᐃᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ–ᑐᓵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂ. ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᕐᓂᖃᓗᐊᙱᓚᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓂ, ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂ 30–ᓂᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᖦᖤᑐᐊᕈᑎᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᓕᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ, ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᓇᑦᑎᕐᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᑦ "ᑕᒪᐅᙵ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ, ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᕌᓂᒃᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᒻᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕆᐅᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ... ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ bflA ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐆᒪᙵᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕘᓇ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑎᒍᑦ. ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒧᑦ," ᒪᐃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᖓ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ, Baffinland m4WZz ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ "ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 2019–ᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ 7

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Restaurants, bars, recreation centres and arranged by Inuit organizations at community halls, conference "Restricting travel for the past 10 days was instrumental in facilities, rental meeting spaces and theatres, up to 100 people stopping the spread," said Patterson. arenas allowed to partially reopen can gather, or 75 per cent of the rated capacity of the room. He added that the risk to Nunavummiut has remained low After several months of disruption due to Covid-19, Nuna- Fines for not complying with these measures can result in throughout this outbreak. The GN has been working with mine vut's restaurants, bars, recreation centres and arenas can reopen fines of $575 per person and $2,875 for corporations. managers to try and limit a similar outbreak in the future. their doors to the public as of Monday, but with numerous – Derek Neary "Management has already committed to revising its infec- conditions, Nunavut's chief public health officer Dr. Michael tion control measures ... to minimize the chance of this happen- Patterson revealed. Hope Bay Mine Covid-19 outbreak ing again," Patterson said. Dining in food establishments is limited to seating of no – Cody Punter more than 75 per cent of regular capacity. Two metres or more considered contained by GN of separation is required between tables and between customers The Covid-19 outbreak at Hope Bay Mine is considered waiting for counter service. No more than six people can gather contained, according to Nunavut's chief public health officer Covid risk from Larga Baffin deemed around a table. Dr. Michael Patterson. 'minimal' by Ottawa Public Health; Similar measures are in place for bars, although the Govern- To date there have been 10 confirmed cases, with another self-monitoring advised ment of Nunavut (GN) stated that this order doesn't apply to the six presumptive cases awaiting further testing, Patterson said Beer and Wine Store or any other liquor store operated during the GN's Covid-19 update from the legislative assembly Following a Larga Baffin staff member testing positive for by the Nunavut Liquor and Cannabis Commission. on Oct. 8. Covid-19 on Sept. 30, Ottawa Public Health has assessed the Recreation centres, gyms, fitness centres, cadet halls, librar- "We believe we've identified all of the high-risk contacts – situation at the Ottawa boarding home and has concluded that ies, museums and galleries can host 50 per cent of their normal the people that are at the greatest risk of developing Covid-19. the risk of exposure to clients and other staff is "minimal," limits, or a maximum of 25 people. They are in isolation," said Patterson. according to a Larga Baffin news release issued Wednesday. Arenas are also restricted to 50 per cent of capacity for Following the identification of two cases at the mine last Regardless, Ottawa Public Health is advising that all Larga each room to a total of 50 people. Likewise, a maximum of 50 month, a rapid response team was dispatched to Hope Bay Baffin staff and clients should self-monitor for Covid-19 symp- spectators are permitted. by the territorial government. The team has been working to toms. An assessment tool can be found here: https://covid-19. Residents at long-term care, continuing care, and medical identify cases and ensure that any further spread is contained. ontario.ca/self-assessment. boarding homes may have two visitors at once from immediate Now that the outbreak is considered contained, staff who have "Everyone inside Larga Baffin including clients, staff, and family, but visitors must wear masks or face coverings. not tested positive will be allowed to travel within the week. essential visitors of Larga Baffin are required to wear masks Park buildings may now open. "The rest of the staff are at very low risk, less than one per at all times to protect themselves and each other and minimize The outdoor gathering limit increases to 100 persons, as cent. So it's OK for them to travel now," said Patterson. the risk of transmission," states the news release, signed by long as social distancing is practised. Indoor gatherings in Travel to and from the mine, 125 km southwest of Cam- Larga Baffin president Lynn Kilabuk. "The safety and well- dwellings are allowed for up to 15 people. bridge Bay, has been halted since the outbreak was first dis- being of our clients and staff is our primary concern." For places of worship, government meetings and meetings covered. – Derek Neary kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 5 news ᓄĪØflî Environmental, human rights questions shadow mining sale ᓴᐃᓃᓯᒃᑯᓐᓂ-ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ Shandong ᒎᓗᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᒐᓗᐊᕈᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑉᐱᕼᐃᓕᖅᑑᕐᒥ, ᓄᓇᖓ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ–ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ "ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂ" ᐱᖁᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓚᐃᓴᓐᓯᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ, ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᓕᒃᔅ ᐱᐅᑲᓐ, TMAC ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ' ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑉ–ᑐᖓᓕᖓ ᑎᒥᖁᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ.

photo courtesy of TMAC Resources Even if Chinese-owned Shandong Gold Mining takes over operations at Hope Bay, the land will continue to be Inuit-owned and "stringent" regulatory licences and permits will remain in place, says Alex Buchan, TMAC Resources' vice-president of corporate social responsibility. Proponents describe Chinese company as 'professional, respectful' by Derek Neary said. "In 2015, when we nego- els. "The government will forward in development – term, patient capital that is good producing asset for a Northern News Services tiated these sets of agree- proceed on the timeline that are very stringent and will prepared to be invested by long time. We at Shandong Kitikmeot ments with the Kitikmeot the government chooses." remain so." a major mining company to see that opportunity," Wall Editor's note: This is the Inuit Association and then Some critics also dis- allow this district to be a very said. second in a two-part ser- with Nunavut Tunngavik ... Environmental concerns courage doing business with ies on the implications of the term of those agreements Among the online com- China, and its state-owned a potential sale of TMAC was 20 years, and we're basic- ments from Nunavummiut companies, because that Resources, operators of the ally five years down the road and others regarding a poten- country is holding two Cana- Hope Bay gold mine, to Chi- from that." tial Shandong Gold Mining dians – Michael Spavor and nese-owned Shandong Gold Although Buchan said takeover of TMAC Resour- Michael Kovrig – as political Mining. TMAC has been in "contin- ces are recurring concerns prisoners. In addition, there TMAC Resources nego- ual communication" with the that environmental damage are many who denounce tiated a mineral explora- KIA during this proposed could occur and that because China for its human rights tion agreement with land sale, the Kitikmeot Inuit the company is Chinese, it record with its own citizens, claims organization Nunavut organization has repeatedly may pull up stakes without including the holding of more Tunngavik Inc. and a series of refused public comment on following through on clean- than one million Uighurs, of deals with the Kitikmeot Inuit the pending deal. Buchan up efforts. Muslim faith, in detention Association (KIA), including wouldn't offer comment on Wall, who worked with centres. a 20-year Inuit Impact and where the KIA stands or Shandong previously in Buchan said those issues Benefit Agreement in 2015. whether its silence is cause South America, said his are unconnected to the busi- "All those agreements will for concern. experience has shown him ness at hand. stay in place" if Shandong "We can't really speak for that the Chinese company is "We're miners, we're not Gold Mining buys out TMAC the KIA or for Inuit," he said. "very focused on environ- politicians or national lead- Resources, said Alex Buchan, Likewise, Mark Wall, CEO ment, health, safety and sus- ers or whatnot," he said. "My TMAC's vice-president of cor- of Streamers Gold – a Can- tainability." interaction with Shandong porate social responsibility. adian subsidiary of Shandong "For me, it's front and centre Gold is that they're a pro- Asked whether the change that would oversee operations and absolutely critical ... as well fessional, respectful group in ownership at the Kitik- at Hope Bay on behalf of as to Shandong," Wall said. of industry people. Many, meot's Hope Bay gold mine Shandong – wouldn't specu- Buchan added the Hope including Mark (Wall) have would open the door to late on whether the federal Bay mining operation is on Canadian and international renegotiating the KIA's agree- government would require a Inuit-owned land and it's experience. This is a com- ments as the Qikiqtani Inuit national security review for highly regulated, including mercial transaction. It's very Association did in 2018 with a Chinese proponent to take oversight from Inuit organi- hard, if not impossible, to Baffinland Iron Mines and control of TMAC Resources zations. comment on those larger again earlier this year with an and its assets, including Hope "The ownership of the issues that are beyond the Inuit Certainty Agreement – Bay, and whether a national land is not subject to this scope of this business deal." commanding a rising royalty security review might jeop- deal," he said. "In order for Wall reiterated that Shan- rate, more jobs and training ardize the transaction. any (mining company) to dong is the best candidate to and even daycare provisions "The government process move forward at Hope Bay, optimize the assets at Hope for workers' children – Buch- is taking its course," Wall the licences and permits that Bay, which could be "multi- an tapped the brakes on such said repeatedly, acknowledg- are in place – and subject generational" in terms of an idea. ing that Covid-19 is posing to review, amendment and their lifespan. "No, I don't believe so," he complications at various lev- renewal as the project move "What they need is long- 6 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 7 news ᓄĪØflî Baffinland and hunters and trappers still at odds Level of wildlife monitoring and use of Inuit traditional knowledge remain sticking points by Derek Neary change our project plan," she stated. Northern News Services The mining company runs one ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓇᑦᑎᕐᓂ Qikiqtani of the largest marine monitoring ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ After years of consultations and programs in Canada and the com- ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ correspondence, Baffinland Iron pany will incorporate a dedicated ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗ ᓱᓕ ᐊᖏᐸᓗᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᓐᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᖄᖏᐅᑎᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ. Mines and the Mittimatalik Hunters seal monitoring program, she said, and Trappers Organization (MHTO) adding that char are already studied in Pond Inlet are still unable to comes by Baffinland and by the MHTO to terms on Inuit traditional know- through funding provided by Baffin- ledge and monitoring of wildlife. land. The latest evidence of the gulf "The phase two project will pro- between the two parties came via a vide sustainable and long-term social Sept. 30 letter to the Nunavut Impact and economic benefits to Inuit with- Review Board from MHTO Chair out compromising the integrity of Eric Ootoovak. the ecosystem or the right of future Although Baffinland has made generations to the sustainable use of hundreds of commitments – many of renewable and non-renewable resour- them refined to meet demands from ces," Lord-Hoyle said. governments and Inuit organizations Farther north in Arctic Bay, the – to further its Mary River mine hamlet council maintains its con- phase two expansion plans, Ootoovak ditional support for the Mary River made it clear that the MHTO is not mine phase two expansion. An Oct. 3 satisfied with Baffinland's proposed letter to NIRB from Coun. Frank May measures in regards to tracking wild- states that little opposition has been life and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit. expressed by community members, "Our final written submission ... so long as Baffinland operates in an requested that Baffinland undertake environmentally and socially respon- significantly more monitoring of mar- sible manner. ine wildlife and ecosystem, and that "Up to this point, Baffinland that work include and integrate Inuit Iron Mines have shown themselves in all aspects. We have also requested to be supportive of our community separately that Baffinland conduct and we can expect this attitude to additional monitoring on char and continue into the future," May's let- begin monitoring of seal," Ootoovak ter reads, citing a November 2019 wrote, also expressing concern over motion passed by council and signed impacts on caribou. "Further, and of by Mayor Moses Oyukuluk that backs greatest importance to the MHTO, phase two. "We have issues (in Arctic the MEWG (Marine Environment Bay) created by past traumas, hous- Working Group) does not facilitate ing shortages, infrastructure needs the collection or contribution of Inuit and transportation bottlenecks which Qaujimajatuqangit. This work must must be addressed, and we hope that be done with and among Inuit, using both the mine and QIA will use the knowledgeable facilitators and taking financial resources created by the time to discuss and ensure under- phase two expansion to help our com- standing ... We need to have cer- munity address these issues." photo courtesy of Levi Kalluk tainty that Baffinland will acknow- NIRB will produce a pre-hearing Baffinland Iron Mines says it will run a dedicated seal monitoring program in response to con- ledge Inuit concerns and knowledge conference report within 30 days to cerns expressed by the Mittimatalik Hunters and Trappers Organization. The mining company in its development of indicators and guide the next steps in the Baffinland and the Pond Inlet hunters and trappers still have some pronounced differences of opinion to thresholds ... and our concerns that phase two expansion review. overcome. Baffinland has not adequately con- sidered Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and local knowledge." Megan Lord-Hoyle, Baffinland's vice-president of sustainable develop- Limitations on regulatory ment, stated that Baffinland will con- tinue to meet with the MHTO to discuss the mining company's com- mitments. The Marine Environment Work- meetings rankle MHTO chair ing Group is not the "primary mech- anism relied on by Baffinland for by Derek Neary Hunters and Trappers Organization, expressed vided several options to submit their questions or collecting IQ," she said. Northern News Services disappointment over the constraints on local comments to the review board. Some residents She noted that Baffinland's 2019 Mittimatalik/Pond Inlet participation. returned over the next day or two and about a marine monitoring programs com- More than a dozen people were turned away "When residents are turned away at the door dozen sent written submissions, she said. prised more than 50 per cent Inuit from the Pond Inlet community hall because to meetings like these, they are not likely to come A separate venue – a meeting room at the staff. The Inuit Certainty Agreement, there was no more room for additional observers back," Ootoovak told NIRB officials during his Frobisher Inn in Iqaluit – hosted community signed with the Qikiqtani Inuit Asso- of the Nunavut Impact Review Board's com- closing statement. "And other people will stay representatives from Clyde River, Iglulik, Reso- ciation earlier this year, obligates munity roundtable sessions on Baffinland Iron away, not wanting to be turned away from their lute, Sanirajak and Arctic Bay, along with vari- Baffinland to increase Inuit partici- Mines, held Sept. 28 to 30. own community hall and going to at a meeting ous other stakeholders with an interest in the pation in monitoring programs as There were at least 16 seats set aside for mem- where their input is supposed to be valued." meetings. Arctic Bay Coun. Frank May was well as project operations, decision- bers of the public but about 12 other residents He suggested that there should have been an among them and he conveyed how impressed making and oversight, she stated. were unable to be accommodated on the morning overflow venue and that the meetings should he was with the logistics in a letter to NIRB Lord-Hoyle added that Inuit Qau- of Sept. 28 and another six that evening, accord- have been available online or broadcast on the afterwards. jimajatuqangit workshops have been ing to Karen Costello, executive director for the local radio station. "Attending the roundtable meeting in Iqaluit held since 2006 and as recently as Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB). Costello explained that there was no second was an extremely educational experience for me earlier this year. The majority of the seats had to be reserved venue available in the community. She said any- and I wish to thank the NIRB for giving me this "In addition, we have been meet- for NIRB staff, representatives of Baffinland and one, including radio stations, could call into the opportunity, and the whole organization deserves ing with communities and Inuit since other groups who were making presentations, audio line and play the feed through the radio in a great deal of appreciation for making all of the 2015 on phase two, and Baffinland she noted. The total number of people present either English or . The local radio sta- arrangements to get the system set up so that values all input that it has received was capped at no more than 50, in accordance tion in Pond Inlet was advised how to do this, people could attend at all of the venues," May from Elders, youth, hunters and trap- with the chief public health officer's pandemic she noted. wrote. "It was truly a difficult logistical feat to pers organizations, and communities, restrictions. 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Kivalliq office: Box 657, Rankin Inlet, NU, ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 23–ᒥ, ᑯᐃᓐ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᔫᓕ ᐃᓚᑰᓂᐅᓗᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ X0C 0GO ᐸᐃᔭᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ "ᐅᖃᕐᓂᓐᓂ ᑭᖑᕙᓯᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᑦᑎᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᓇᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᐊᕆᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ. Darrell Greer – Bureau Chief ᑯᐃᓐ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓᓐᓂ. ᐱᒋᐊᕐᕕᐅᔪᒦᙱᑉᐸᓵᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕚᑖᓪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ $700-ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ, Phone: (867) 645-3223 ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ– ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ–10-ᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ Fax: (867) 645-3225 ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ – ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ, ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ Email: [email protected] ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐱᒋᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕋᑦᑕ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ $300-ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ–10-ᓄᑦ Website: www.nnsl.com/kivalliqnews ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓕᐅᕆᓂᕐᒥ, ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᓱᓕ ᐊᒥᒐᕐᓂᖃᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ Production facilities: Box 2820, ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ, ᓄᓇᒥᙶᖅᑐᒥ 3,000–ᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᐅᓂᖓᓂ Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1 ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᓱᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂ – ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᖅᐸᒌᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ. Phone: (867) 873-4031 ᐅᑯᐊ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖏᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓄᑦ-ᐊᑐᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ Fax: (867) 873-8507 ᐃᒃᓯᓐᓇᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᑭᐅᒪᙱᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᓴᓗᒪᔪᒥ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓄᑦ Email: [email protected] [email protected] ᐊᖏᔪᐊᓘᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᐱᔪᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑐᒧᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑰᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ [email protected] ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓ ᐃᓚᑰᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓱᓕ ᖄᖏᐅᑎᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ Website: www.nnsl.com ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓄᑦ "ᒐᕙᒪᕗᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑯᐃᓐ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓄᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᑦ, ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᓂ Founder (1934-2018): J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ ᐅᓐᓄᖓᑕ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ, ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᖃᙱᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓕᒫᓄᑦ. PUBLISHER, CEO: Bruce Valpy – [email protected] ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐋᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ Chief Financial Officer: Judy Triffo ᑕᐃᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ 8– ᓄᓇᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ COORDINATING EDITOR: Craig Gilbert – [email protected] ᖑᔪᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᐅᒋᕗᑦ ACCOUNTING: [email protected] ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓯᒪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᔭᐅᓇᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᑖᓐ ᕚᓐᑎᐅᓪ. ᐱᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓵᓗᖕᓂ Florie Mariano • Cindy Minor • Salleah Wagas ᐃᓱᒪᐅᑉ ᖁᑦᑎᓛᖓᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ "ᐃᖏᕐᕋᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ, ᐅᒃᐱᕆᒐᓗᐊᕈᕕᐅᒃ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ. Editorial board: ᐊᑭᑐᓗᐊᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᒃᑲᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᓇᐅᕗᖅ ᐱᓂᖅᓴᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒥ, ᐱᔪᒪᓪᓗᐊᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ Bruce Valpy • Craig Gilbert• Emily McInnis ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓚᑰᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᓗᐊᕐᓂᑯᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕆᔭᕗᑦ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ NEWS EDITOR ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐅᓇ ᑐᑭᖃᑦᑎᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ, ᐅᔾᔨᕐᓇᓗᐊᙱᓚᖅ. ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐱᓕᕇᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᐃᓐᓇᕆᕙᖓ Emily McInnis ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ – ᐱᓕᕆᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒍᑎᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ. ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᒪᒍᑦᑕ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐆᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ Editorial Production: ᐱᓕᕆᓗᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐊᓗᖕᒥ." ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ [email protected] ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ – ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᐊᓐ–ᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ

Sports: James McCarthy – [email protected] ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᒥᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᒻᒪᕆᐅᖅᑰᔨᕗᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓄᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ – ᓄᖑᑎᕆᓂᕐᒥ Arts: [email protected] ᐊᑦᑕᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᓂ. ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ. ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ – ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᔪᒥ Business: [email protected] ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᔫ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓗᒃᑖᓂ $1 ᐱᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥ-ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒍᑎᒃᓴᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐲᔭᐃᑎᓪᓗᑕ Advertising production ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᓴᖑᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖃᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᑰᔪᓂ Production co-ordinator: Jennifer Reyes ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓰᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᒥᓇᖅᑑᕗᖅ, ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕆᙱᑕᓄᑦ Randy Hiebert • Joshua Uson ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᕆᓯᒪᓂᑕᖃᖅᐸᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ADVERTISING Baffin – Laura Whittle [email protected] Kivalliq/Kitikmeot [email protected] All departments: [email protected] National: James Boylan Progress over promises Classified Advertising: [email protected]

CIRCULATION – [email protected] Speech from the throne continues to deliver Circulation Director: Amy Yang Jewala Jhankur the same goals for Canada's North Subscriptions: Northern News Services One year mail $70 buildings into residences sounds Online (entire content) $50/year, $35/6 months On Sept. 23, Governor General Julie The issue: promising, if indeed there are any Payette delivered Canada's speech federal priorities suitable unused structures for Nuna- from the throne. vut to funnel some of these resources It hit all the major talking points – We say: toward. NORTHERN NEWS SERVICES LIMITED housing, health care, education, poli- study less, act faster 100% Northern owned and operated Vandal also cited a $700-million, Publishers of: cing, climate change, green energy 10-year housing agreement with Inuvik Drum • Kivalliq News Yellowknifer • Hay River Hub and so much more – just as these government has to do some nation- the three Northern territories and a NWT News/North • Nunavut News/North speeches always do, while leaving out building within Nunavut so that we $300-million, 10-year housing agree- Member of: Canadian Community Newspapers Association any mention of how these lofty goals can at least get to the starting line," ment with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami as Ontario Community Newspapers Association Manitoba Community Newspapers Association might be achieved. said Savikataaq. evidence that the federal government Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association The other thing missing from the There is a shortfall of more than Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association is addressing the issue. Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta Press Councils speech was any mention of Canada's 3,000 houses that must be built to Energy-efficient retrofits, clean Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce Arctic and Northern Policy Frame- meet existing needs and the num- energy and rural broadband were all Contents copyright – printed in the North by Canarctic Graphics Limited work, delivered last year on the eve ber of new homes added each year included as areas for improvement of the federal election being called, doesn't even meet growing demand. in the throne speech. None of which We acknowledge the Nous reconnaissons financial support of l'appui financier du and how the eight goals outlined in The housing crisis has boiled over in will make any difference without the Government of gouvernement du Canada. Canada. excruciating detail might be realized. Nunavut. adequate housing for all Nunavum- Top of mind for the federal gov- "Our government has invested, miut. Member of the Ontario Press Council. The Ontario Press Council was created to defend freedom of the press ernment was affordable housing for financially, more dollars in partner- Health care accessibility and on behalf of the public and press alike and to consider specific, unsatisfied complaints from readers about the Indigenous and Northern commun- ship with Indigenous nations than any greater steps to address food security conduct of the press in gathering and publishing news, opinion and advertising. ities. This only makes sense, since government in recent memory," said are also goals to attain, but they have Complaints should go to: one of the greatest social determin- Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal. been goals for decades. The Ontario Press Council, 2 Carlton St., Suite 1706 Toronto, Ont., M5B 1J3 ants of health is access to housing – "We are making progress, believe it or More than anything, what we Email: [email protected] fax: 1-416-340-8724 www.ontpress.com every problem seems a little smaller not, but the problem is the gaps are should demand from Ottawa is prog- when you've got a safe place to stay. so large that the progress is hardly ress. Access to federal funding pots is Send us your comments Premier said in Email us at: [email protected]; mail to Box 28, noticeable. So we need to continue only part of the solution. If we want to Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0; or drop your letter off at our every interaction he has with the what we're doing – we need to do achieve the first outcome of the first office at 102 Tumiit Plaza. All letters submitted must be signed with a return address and daytime prime minister and federal ministers, more of it and we need to do it for a goal in Canada's Arctic and North- telephone number so that we can confirm it came from you. he always emphasizes Nunavut's long time." ern Policy Framework – to eliminate Not all letters will necessarily be published. Pref- erence is given to short letters of broad interest or infrastructure deficit. There are billions of dollars being poverty in the North – there must be concern. Letters of more than 200 words, open let- "My saying has been that we are ters and those published elsewhere are seldom used. poured into housing and infrastruc- short-term solutions realized while we We reserve the right to edit for length or taste and so far behind that we're not even at ture nationally. A new $1 billion rapid- continue undoing the ham-fisted work to eliminate inaccurate or libelous statements. the starting line and that the federal housing program to convert vacant of past colonial governments. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 9 editorial – opinions whmK5 Feeling at peace while out on the land We are so thankful for the staff of the Chief ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᓇᕙᓕᒃ ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ Cambridge Bay Public Health Officer for making the rules ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ, ᔪᓚᐃ 26, and doing the right thing to keep us healthy in Tea Talk Nunavut. 2019–ᒥ. with Navalik Tologanak We are lucky. Stay strong and healthy everyone. email: [email protected] Children who years ago went to the first- ever school built in new town of Cambridge UPLUKKUT EDMINTINMIT. HINIK- Bay are now all grandparents. Our school was TAKVINGMIT TITIRAQTUNGA. called the "Federal Day School." I remember TAMNA AANIARUT PINGMAN HULI. attending at a young age of five, I think. INUINLU QABLUNAATLU HAMANI- I remember dog teaming with RCMP to ITTUT. NIRIVAKTURUT NIGIVIKMIT school and back across where we lived in HINIKTAQVINGMIT. PITIAQTAUJURUT. tents and igloos. We were fed a nice hot warm HILA ALIANAQHIJUQ EDMINTINMI. lunch Monday to Friday. UUNAITRUMI. NIGLALIQMAN HAMANI I remember Kayy Gordon was our cook QUANA. NAAMMAINNAQTURUT. and a table with benches was set up in the Welcome to fall weather when the air is hallway of our first school. It was a green so fresh and clean this time of year. It seems colour. that our little fishing village had snow and Then at 4 p.m. we were done classes for the then melted from the sun and rain. It is one day and RCMP dog team would be waiting for of nature's most beautiful times of the year, us kids to bring us home in the darker months. watching the Arctic Ocean slowly freezing up. We also had a bombardier and a school bus All the lakes, ponds and rivers must be freez- later on as years went by. ing now. Our bus driver was the Late Joe Ogina, The community of Cambridge Bay has he would sing all the time. He looked after grown so much in the past few years. us children so well. He loved his job singing During this pandemic it seems that so everyday to us school kids. For us kids, it was many things have changed. No more attending playing outdoors on the ocean when it was Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo feast, gatherings, meetings, but I am happy darker outside it was the moon that gave us Columnist Navalik Tologanak visits a monument to honour residential school our kids are back in school and practicing light, played out for hours even though how students in Cambridge Bay, July 26, 2019. safety and social distancing, quana to parents poor we were, we were happy and healthy. too who keep their kids at home if feeling Each family had a dog team back then, development in the north. I miss the old days. there alone. sick. which is very few now in Nunavut. I hope I think this is why Inuit when out on the Today Inuit travel out on the land to So far Nunavunmiutat have no positive someday there will be more and more dog land camping, fishing, hunting or just living destress, get some peace and quiet and to cases to date and let's keep it that way. The teams being used like the past with our grand- out there, we feel at peace and are healing all relax. Forever and ever. See you out there workers from the mines who are from down parents and ancestors. The peace and quiet the time, it is because our Ancestors are out folks. Take good care. Keep washing your south are testing positive and I hope they are back then was less stressful for the families. there with us, even My Son. You can feel the hands and be safe and stay well. all doing well and to get better and be safe. But today, too much influence and noise, and calm and love and peace even if you are out God Be With You Son.

ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ: ᒐᐃᔪᓪ ᒋᐱᓐᔅ ᓴᓪᓖ ᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓇᓐᓄᒋᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 1–ᒥ.

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Emilia Alareak Arviat Polar bear season never ends in Arviat. They go right into town. WINNER: Gail Gibbons I got to catch my first polar bear on Sept. 1. 10 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 news ᓄĪØflî Joamie School seeks sponsors to keep food bank filled

Money to purchase goods for students ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᔫᒥ needed now that Covid-19 ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ ᕿᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑭᓖᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ has prevented in-person fundraising ᐱᑕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ $1,000– by Cody Punter like to remain anonymous," said Rochon. ᒥ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ Northern News Services Rochon started up the school's food bank ᐊᔪᖅᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖓᓂ Iqaluit when he first started working at Joamie School Joamie School is on a mission to raise nine years ago. ᐃᓗᓕᖃᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ. $10,000 in order to keep its food bank stocked "A couple of times kids would come back ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒧᑦ for the year. from lunch and tell me they didn't have food," ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19– The initiative is being spearheaded by stu- he said. ᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ dent support worker Jason Rochon. He started off by filling up a small con- ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ Normally the school depends on the gener- tainer with food outside his class. However, ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ osity of the community during its Christmas he noticed the box being emptied relatively ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ concert and other annual get-togethers for food quickly. So he decided to upgrade the space donations. However, Rochon said that due to to a few shelves. The informal food bank has ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᖑᔪᓂ. Covid-19, the school is no longer able to host been a staple at the school ever since. in-person fundraisers and donations. Rochon told Nunavut News that he doesn't "With Covid-19 and the cost of food I'm ask the students that use the food bank about Iqaluit's Joamie School always looking for ways to make sure children why they use it, he just makes sure the shelves is looking for local have access to food," he wrote in an Oct. 1 stay stocked. sponsors to give $1,000 Facebook post. "Because of Covid I won't be "There's no shame because they never have a month to help keep its having the big fundraisers that usually cover a to ask for food," he said. "I know they're very food bank well-stocked. large portion of the food bank." thankful and they use it all the time. Rochon began reaching out to businesses Since Rochon made his Facebook post, sev- Due to Covid-19 the last week. As of October 1 he had already eral other local companies have reached out to school is no longer able received confirmation from two donors who arrange meetings with him. to depend on in-person would be willing to cover the $1,000 per month "Right now it looks like I'm going to have fundraisers and dona- cost of stocking the food bank for a month, six months covered in the next six days. There's tions. including DJ Specialties, who will be the first only 10 months in the school year so we're photo courtesy of Jason Rochon sponsor for the month of October. almost there," Rochon said. "Another person reached out and said they'd "I'm hoping the people that said they would like to donate for another month and said they'd donate will step up." Minister appalled by need for heightened security to protect health staff Threats to well-being of nurses hinders recruitment efforts, Hickes says

ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᔪᐊᔾ ᕼᐃᒃᔅ: by Derek Neary communities have enhanced secur- out," the minister said. "ᐅᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᙱᓚᖓ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ Northern News Services ity. However, Hickes said he believes He also stressed that the level of ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ Panniqtuuq/Pangnirtung the Government of Nunavut spent a qualifications is paramount. In some Nunavut communities total of $2.7 million on health centre "When we're talking security in a ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᙱᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. nurses are being threatened and security last year. health centre, they're responding to a ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᓪᓚᕆᒃᐳᖅ." need higher levels of security, which "It's unfortunate that we have to call to help make sure that that nurse deters the health professionals from go to this level of actually provid- or that medical staff or clinician is returning and others from ever going, ing security in our health centres. I safe in the workplace. That is the pri- Health Minister George Hickes says. would like to think that the major- ority under this," he said. "We have "To be frank, I find it appalling ity of people in our communities to make sure that when people take that health care professionals, who don't have ill will for our health on these roles, it's a very important are really trying hard to work for care workers," he said. "I can't stress critical role to the operations of the our people, feel in danger. We've enough how difficult it is to continue health centre." had community health centres that to recruit staff in some of our com- Pangnirtung Mayor Eric Lawlor are very difficult to staff because munities with the way that our health couldn't be reached for comment. people talk; health professionals centre staff are treated. Things really Denise Bowen, executive director talk," Hickes said in the legislative need to change ... We need to take of the Registered Nurses Associa- assembly on Sept. 29. "There are a serious look at our own behav- tion of the and certain communities where they do iour and we have to recognize that Nunavut, said she was unaware of not want to work ... because of the whether you agree or disagree with any threats or violence in Pangnir- way they're treated." the situation, there's a proper process tung that led to heightened secur- Those comments were sparked to follow to voice your concerns in ity. However, she emailed a general by Pangnirtung MLA Margaret a professional, {respectful) manner." statement on violence in the work- Nakashuk's repeated questions about Nakashuk insisted that there place. why more local residents weren't should be appropriate levels of train- "Much of the violence that occurs being hired as security guards at the ing provided to certify Pangnirtung continues to be under-reported and community health centre. residents as qualified security guards is costly to the healthcare system. In Hickes explained that the "as they are familiar with their own recent Canadian studies (Canadian enhanced security required in Pang- community and its social issues." Federation of Nurses Unions, 2017) nirtung generally means that ex-law Hickes said he would have his 61 per cent of nurses had experienced enforcement agents are employed officials contact the security con- some form of serious workplace vio- due to the level of risk. tractors to ensure such training is lence in the past year," Bowen wrote. The Department of Health didn't offered. He also pointed out that "We know that nurses faced with NNSL file photo provide answers to Nunavut News' three local people were hired in the violence in the workplace may refuse Health Minister George Hickes: "I can't stress enough how questions about specific incidents past but all three left the job. to work in unsafe conditions – some difficult it is to continue to recruit staff in some of our com- that prompted the elevated level of "Unfortunately, it didn't work out will resign from the job, and, in some munities with the way that our health centre staff are treated. security in Pangnirtung, nor any in those cases and we have to con- cases, they will leave the profession Things really need to change." indication which other Nunavut tinue to find out why it doesn't work entirely." kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 11 Around Nunavut ∂´êÄ∏∂Ò ¥∂fl±´ Phone: (867) 979-5990 Email: [email protected] Fax: (867) 979-6010

Makigiaqta Inuit Training amazing on-the-land stories ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ Corporation awards announced ᕗᕋᑎ ᐆᕙᔪᒃ Nunavut ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation has announced the winners of its Makigiaqta fund for 2020-21. Maki- ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 27 ᐅᕙᓂ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. giaqta requested proposals for the delivery or development of distance/e-learning programs for the school year. The purpose of the programs is to provide Nunavut Inuit with education, training and skills needed for employment, and to enhance their economic participation and opportunities. The recipients for 2020-21 are as follows: • Arctic Fresh Inc. With their program titled "Community Representative Training Program" • Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq (Kitikmeot Heritage Society) with their program Access to Online Cultural and Linguis- tic Learning to Sustain a Vibrant Inuit Workforce • Taqiuqtigiit Hand in Hand Society with their program titled Uumati Doula/Maternal Support Worker online Profes- sional Development and Training There were two additional recipients: • Northern Youth Abroad • Arctic UAV – Cody Punter QIA project to support dog teams Qikiqtani/Baffin Island On Oct. 8 the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) announced the launch of their new pilot project designed to help support the Inuit tradition of operating dog sled teams. The Qikiqtani Qimuksiqtiit Project (QQP) is a project designed to assist the Inuit of the Qikiqtani area by supporting teams financially via a one-time payment of $3,000. Supporting the tradition of dog sled teams is high on the priority list for those at QIA as many are disconnected from those traditions today. "From what I have experienced I would say they need to revive the knowledge because I find a lot of people are discon- nected from the traditional way of owning a dog team, the proper word for a harness," Syola Ikkidluak, co-ordinator for QIA said. It's a pilot project intended to run for three years. The deadline to apply at www.qia.ca is Dec. 31. Call QIA staff at 867- 975-8384 for help with the application. "This is our first time so this will be a learning process for us and questions are more than welcome, we will learn as we go and if anything needs adjusting we will adjust it," added Ikkiduak. Applicants must have more than five dogs to apply for funding. – Trevor Wright Housing association Freddie Oovayuk Baker Lake electing chair, directors Sept. 27 in Baker Lake. Kangiqtugaapik/Clyde River The Clyde River Housing Association is hosting an election for a number of positions in their organization. Advance polling takes place on Oct. 29 with election day tak- for a position. The positions up for grabs include chairperson and four ing place Nov. 2. Voting will be taking place at the Housing Association's director roles. Local tenants over 19 years of age in good standing with main office in the community, refreshments will be provided. The deadline for nominations is on Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. the Clyde River Housing Association are encouraged to run – Trevor Wright 12 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 around Nunavut ᓄkᓴNKusi ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᕗᖅ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᐅᔪᒥ 'ᐅᒥᐊᕐᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ' ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ

74-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᐋᓐ ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ "ᖁᔭᓕᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ" ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ ᓯᒡᔭᖓ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐋᓐ ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖅᑐᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒐᓛᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑯᙱᓚᖅ ᐊᒃᑕᑯᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᑐᖃᕐᓂᑦ ᑕᐅᕘᓇ ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ 74-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᒥ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐸᐸᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᑐᖃᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᐃᒍᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᙱᖔᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᒥᐊᑦ, ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᕙᖏᑦ ᑐᑭᓕᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᓯᓚᒥ "ᐅᒥᐊᕐᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ" ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ. ᓲᕐᓗ, ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᖅᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᐃᒨᓂ ᒪᐃᑰᓪ ᐱᕕᓂᐊᓂ, ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ. "ᓴᐃᒨᓂ ᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᐱᓕᕆᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᖃᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᑕ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᑕᖃᕆᕗᖅ "ᓇᑖᓕᖕᓂ" ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓯᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᖃᔭᕆᐊᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ. "ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᐅᕗᖅ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᑎᒃ, ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐅᓯᔾᔪᑎᓂ ᖃᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ," ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ, "ᑕᑯᔪᒪᓇᔭᖅᐳᖓ ᐅᒥᐊᓂᑦ ᑐᑭᓕᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ." ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒫᓂᒃᓯᒪᕗᖅ. ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᒪᐃᔭᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᓂ ᐱᐅᓪ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ, "ᐱᐅᕐᔪᐊᕋᔭᖅᑰᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᑭᓕᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ." "ᓱᓕ 100 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓪᓚᕆᙱᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᑕᐅᕙᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᐅᓪ. "ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᒋᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ." ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᒍᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᖅ ᐊᖏᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓂᖃᕐᓂᐅᔫᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ, ᐱᐅᓪ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒥ "ᒥᕐᙳᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᕋᓛᖑᔪᒥᑦᑕᐅᖅ". "ᑕᑯᔪᒪᓇᔭᖅᐳᖓ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᑐᒥ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐅᓄᙵᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑭᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐹᐱᑭᐅᕐᕕᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᐅᓪ. ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ ᓯᒡᔭᖓ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᑎᐱᕆᐅᑉ-ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᔪᒥ. ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ, ᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒧᑦ 1972–ᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ. "ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᓱᕋᒃᓯᒪᔪᕈᓗᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂ. ᐃᒐᓛᖏᑦ ᓱᕋᒃᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᐊᒃᓴᓗᐊᕕᓂᕈᓗᐃᑦ ᒪᓂᖅᑲᒦᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑯᑐᖕᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃᓴᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖅᓱᑐᖃᕐᓂ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᓗᐊᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕙᑎᒧᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ. ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᒋᐊᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 20–ᒥ. ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ $25,000–ᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᖓᓂ, ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒋᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑭᐅᔪᓂ. "ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐊᒃᑕᐅᑎᓂ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᑕᑕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ, ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ ᓯᕐᓚᐅᓂ ᐲᖅᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐲᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᓴᓂᕐᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᕚᑕᓖᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃᓴᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓖᓴ ᒥᓗᓴᕝᓪᔨᕕᒃ, ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᒥ. "ᖁᔭᓕᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ.

Neevee Wilkins photo 74-year-old Apex resident Ann Hanson said she is "very grateful" Apex beach has been cleaned up. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 13 around Nunavut ᓄkᓴNKusi

ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐲᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᐃᒃᓯᓐᓇᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᒻᒥ ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 20–ᒥ.

Rajnesh Sharma/NNSL photos The City of Iqaluit removes an abandoned vehicle from Apex beach on Aug. 20. Elder advocates for historic 'boat museum' at Apex Beach Iqaluit mayor in favour of ᐃᒃᓯᓐᓇᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ plan, hoping for permission ᓯᕐᓗᐊᖅ, ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ to build 'a little park' as well ᓴᓂᕐᓂ ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ by Rajnesh Sharma permission to use them for 20–ᒥ. Northern News Services historic purposes. Apex/Iqaluit Bell hopes to get permis- Ann Hanson looks out her sion to build "a little park" window and sees not junk, alongside the historic site. but old boats along Apex "I would like to see some- beach that the 74-year-old thing that's usable. So people hopes will be preserved as can go down there and have a An abandoned historic pieces. little bonfire or a little barbe- shed, two boats For example, at Apex cue pit," said Bell. and trash at Apex beach there is a boat belong- Apex beach was cleaned ing to Simonie Michael, a up by mid-September after beach on Aug. former Inuk politician, said Hanson wrote a letter to the 20. Hanson. "Simonie Michael city this summer. Hanson, who did a lot for the people of moved to Apex in 1972, said Northwest Territories before she was concerned about the we had Nunavut," she said. safety of people at the beach. There are also "flat bottom "There were a lot of bro- boats" and freighter canoes at ken-down vehicles, trucks ᐊᒃᑕᑯᑦ the beach, said Hanson. and cars. The windows were "And that's history broken, old tires lying on the ᑲᑎᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᕗᑦ because before people had ground and there was seep- ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ big boats, we had those age of old oil and old gas. ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ freighter canoes," she adds. And it's not very healthy for ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ The Elder says, "I'd like people and the environment," ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ 10–ᓂ 15 to have these boats lined said Hanson as she described –ᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ up neatly. It will be a photo Apex beach. ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖅ ᐋᓐ opportunity for people." The City of Iqaluit began Hanson has already the clean up on Aug. 20. It has ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐ. reached out to the City of cost the City about $25,000 Iqaluit for support. including labour, equipment Iqaluit Mayor Kenny Bell and disposal fees. agreed, "I think it would "Three dump trucks were be awesome to see them all filled, five shacks removed Waste has been there lined up nicely. and five vehicles removed, accumulating at "We're not exactly 100 per along with hazardous waste Apex beach for cent sure who owns all the including batteries and fuel the past 10 to 15 boats there," said Bell. "We're of various kinds," said Lisa years, said Elder trying to find out who owns Milosavljevic, communica- Ann Hanson. them all." tions officer with the City. Once the owners are iden- "I'm very grateful that it's tified the city will try to get cleaned up," said Hanson. 14 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 news ᓄĪØflî Savikataaq strips Netser of cabinet portfolios following 'unacceptable' social media post Patterk Netser asks, 'where's my equality?' by Derek Neary group and the premier was too quick to Nunavut "values diversity, equality and ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐸᑎᖅ ᓇᑦᓱᕐ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐃᑦ Northern News Services strip his cabinet portfolios. fairness for all." ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖅᓵᖅᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ Nunavut His Facebook comments posted on his Netser asked, "Where's my equality? 8–ᒥ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ 'ᓈᒻᒪᙱᑦᑐᒥ' ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ Premier Joe Savikataaq has taken away personal page days earlier stated that all Is it not being fair to my convictions and Patterk Netser's cabinet portfolios due to lives matter and opposed abortion. Netser, beliefs on what I stand for? We Inuit have ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᖓᓂ. an "unacceptable social media post," the a practising Christian, says he has a right to always valued life even before the gospel premier announced on Thursday morning. express his religious beliefs but he doesn't came to Nunavut, to my people." "I have made Minister Patterk Nets- try to impose them on others. He said he believes Savikataaq is "over- er a minister without portfolio, effective "I'm a father of six, grandfather of 19 reacting" and he values diversity and equal- immediately," Savikataaq stated in a news grandchildren and now I have two great- ity. He said he has two women working on release. "The Government of Nunavut val- grandchildren and I have often thought if his staff and he "deeply respects them" even ues diversity, equality and fairness for all. they had been aborted I would not know though they have different points of view We will not stop listening or acting to make their unique personalities," he said. than him. this a reality for all Nunavummiut. There "It was a post on little babies that get Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Arreak can be no tolerance for disrespectful, hurt- aborted. Do not their lives matter too? I was Lightstone condemned the comments and ful remarks or actions, and we must uphold not picking on any special interest groups stated his support for the premier's decision. our government's principles and values. We or anything. I was just expressing my "I believe that the comments hold notes stand united in this work, together." inherent right as a Canadian citizen on my of racism and misogyny, neither are fitting Minister will assume freedom of beliefs ... We all have different for a public figure let alone a cabinet minis- Netser's responsibilities for Nunavut Arctic points of view. I expect them (the Govern- ter. It is true as Canadian citizens we have College and Savikataaq will act as minister ment of Nunavut) to respect my point of freedom of expression, but as public figures responsible for the Nunavut Housing Cor- view, but I guess not. we are held to a higher standard." poration. "It's been on my mind for many, many Whether Savikataaq reverses course or The premier said he will consider the months now. I just thought, well, since whether his colleagues in the legislative cabinet posts further when the Nunavut everybody's talking about Black lives mat- assembly express support for him, Netser Legislative Assembly reconvenes for its fall ter, then everybody's life matters. I just put said he won't sacrifice his morals. photo courtesy of the Government of Nunavut sitting on Oct. 21. it out there. Don't these little lives matter "I'm willing to take the judgement on MLA Patterk Netser was stripped of his Netser, MLA for Aivilik, says his con- too?" he said. what they give me, but I stand by my con- portfolios Oct. 8 following an 'unacceptable' troversial abortion-related social media In removing Netser's cabinet posts, victions and I refuse to compromise my social media post. post was not targetted at any particular Savikataaq stated that the Government of values," he said. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 15 Sports & Recreation Sports hotline • James McCarthy Phone: (867) 873-4031 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: (867) 873-8507 Yes, they can finally play Arenas, recreation centres and gymnasiums given green light to reopen by James McCarthy to have them return in time for ᐋᔅᑎᓐ ᑳᓴ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐋᓐᑐᕉ ᐱᐅᔅ, ᐲᑕ ᐋᑲᕙᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᕙᓐ ᖁᓪᓗᐊᓕᒃ Baffin Blizzard–ᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᕗᑦ ᓇᓄᕐᒥ ᓵᖓᓂ Northern News Services next season. ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ᓵᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ 3-2–ᒥ ᖄᖏᐅᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᕕᕈᐊᕆ Nunavut "October or November It has been a time many 2021 is probably going to be 23–ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒪᑐᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᕗᑦ ᐅᕘᓇ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ people in Nunavut have been the start of competitive hock- ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᓐᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ 2021–ᒥ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ waiting for and it finally came ey," he said. "It all depends on ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᓱᓕ ᓇᓗᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ. on Oct. 5. what happens with Covid-19." The Office of the Chief But perhaps nowhere was Public Health Officer (CPHO) the call to open things up announced a slew of chan- louder than in Cambridge Bay. ges to Nunavut's Path, the For weeks, youth in the document outlining how the community had been pleading territory will reopen during with authorities at the local the Covid-19 pandemic, and and territorial level to open among those up recreation changes includ- facilities. There ed the reopen- was even a peti- ing of arenas, "The physical tion started g y m n a s i u m s by Eekeeluak and recreation health of youth Avalak, who's centres. well-known for Gymna- is suffering his wrestling siums, recrea- because of exploits, to try tion centres, and move the fitness centres no sports to needle. and private fit- The com- ness clubs may participate in." munity's may- reopen for indi- – Deanna Taylor or's youth advis- vidual work- ory council also outs, group posted a video classes, youth on social media groups and sports with a max- on Oct. 4 outlining why facili- imum of 25 people per room ties needed to reopen. or 50 per cent of the stated Deanna Taylor read a state- capacity, whichever is smaller. ment on behalf of the coun- For municipal arenas, cil, which talked about the which includes curling clubs, importance of extra-curricular NNSL file photo either a total of 50 people are activities for young people. Austin Caza, from left, Andrew Pearce, Peter Akavak and Kavin Kullualik of the Baffin Blizzard accept allowed out on the ice surface "Forty per cent of high the Polar Bear Plate championship trophy after Baffin defeated Rankin Inlet 3-2 in overtime at the new at any one time or 50 per cent school kids took part in after- of the stated capacity, which- school activities last year and Rankin arena Feb. 23. Arenas around the territory can re-open now under new guidelines set out by the ever is smaller. Spectators are it had a positive effect on our territory's chief public health officer but whether the 2021 edition of the tournament happens this year is allowed to watch from the community," he said. still up in the air right now. stands with a maximum of "This year, we are see- 50 people allowed at any one ing a high rate of vandalism because it isn't business as of Education and Health to ment and we're in a fluid state from frustrated people from time. from bored youth (and) an normal," she said. "The guide- make sure communities know right now so this could change kids right on up to recreation Mike McPherson, presi- increase in the use of alcohol lines are there so they can what they're doing in order by the day." leaders about what's going on, dent of Hockey Nunavut, said and drugs, getting closer to reopen properly and we just to comply with the CPHO's But at the end of the day, can we use gyms, can we put having the arenas be able to making more addicts. A lot want to help facility operators orders. Depeuter said the biggest ice in, things like that," she open is good news and the more depression and we can and recreation leaders under- "It's all about providing the thing for her is a sense of said. "It's a relief that we can plan is to move forward with see it in posts and talking with stand what they mean." most accurate information and relief that people can finally share this with people and basic programs at the com- other youth." Depeuter said the SRD these can change at any time," do something. they can begin to get back to munity level. Taylor also outlined how worked with the departments she said. "It is a living docu- "We've had lots of calls some kind of activity." "It's looking like a lot of the lack of opportunity was skill development right now," creating problems at home. he said. "We'll look to do that "Youth are walking around and re-evaluate in January to because they don't want to see if we can expand on what go home to an unsafe house can be offered." where there's violence, drugs When it comes to inter- and drunks in the house," she community tournaments, said. "The physical health of such as Arctic Atoms and youth is suffering because of Powerful Peewees in Rankin no sports to participate in. It Inlet, McPherson said that's will get worse as time passes, out of the question right now a loss of motivation." because the current limits on The territory's Sports and people at the rink wouldn't be Recreation Division (SRD) feasible to host them. has put together a number of But he said it's never say guidelines for communities to never. follow to help them open up "I don't want to say they safely and while they mirror won't happen this season but a a lot of what's been published maximum of 50 people on the by the CPHO, they expand ice and 50 in the stands would and clarify what they mean put a strain on everyone right for communities, said Mariele now," he said. "If the numbers Depeuter, the SRD's acting increase, we'll re-visit it but executive director. they won't happen right now." "It's great that we can tell Territorial championships communities that they can won't take place this season, resume some level of activ- he added, with the goal being ity but it's a daunting task 16 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, x4gWE 12, 2020 sports & recreation Îé¯≤ú & ÄÎÖ∏ÙÄÕÍ≤Ò The Houston Asterisks beat the Minnesota Twins so naturally, Carlos Correa acts the tough guy

Northern News Services Amy Russell and Rich Stover were married in Barnstead, New Hampshire late last month. No big deal, right? Marriages ᑳᓘᔅ ᑯᐊᕆᐊ Houston come and go. But see if you can clue in as to why this one was Astros–ᑯᓐᓂ (Asterisks) different. ᓂᓪᓕᐊᕈᓘᔭᕈᓐᓇᕋᓱᒋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ You spot it? Look at the surnames. There you go. And yes, ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᕋᔭᒃᑐᓂ the Russell Stover chocolate company got wind of it and made ᓵᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ Min- sure to give the happy couple plenty of goodies in honour of the nesota Twins– big day, including quite the wedding cake. Do you understand how jealous my wife will be when she gets wind of this? She'll ᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ insist we change our last names to Mary and Brown's. It is the ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ national dish of Newfoundland ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ and Labrador, after all. ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. Sports Anyway: ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔪᓐᓃᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Talk Hey, tough guy! ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᖓᓂ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑰᖃᑎᖏᓐᓂ I don't know what caused ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ with James McCarthy Carlos Correa of the Houston Asterisks (Astros) to go off 2017–ᒥ. after the Astros beat the Min- nesota Twins on Sept. 30 to win their Major League Baseball playoff series but he did. And now, baseball's version of Amy Schumer – thinks they're one of the best out there but, in reality, sucks – is getting right- Carlos Correa of the fully torched because he though he could pop the collar and get away with it. Houston Astros (Aster- Correa boasted about how the Astros won a playoff series on isks) thought he would the road and now, what can the fans say about it? He's referring flap his gums after his to how the Asterisks got caught cheating back in 2017 on their band of cheats defeated way to fraudulently winning the World Series that year but since the Minnesota Twins in they won on the road with no centre field cameras picking up the Major League Base- catcher's signs and no players banging on garbage cans in the ball playoffs late last dugout to tip off Houston's batters, that proves they're good. No, it doesn't, Correa, you tool. You won a best-of-three month. He thinks the series against a team which hasn't won a playoff game in what world has forgiven him seems like forever (18 straight losses in the post-season now for and the rest of his ilk for the Twins, to be exact). You sure showed them, Correa. That what they did in 2017. was a massive statement win, Correa. Bah gawd, you should be photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons crowned now, Correa. In reality, shut up and sit down, Correa. The only reason the Asterisks made the playoffs this year is because the Major League Baseball season lasted a grand total of 60 games thanks when you think about it, isn't the worst thing in the world Gerteiny was a sports anchor with News 12 in Connecticut to Covid-19. The playoff format was also expanded to include because I won't ever stop nailing this team's collective ass to the until late last month when he was fired after referring to U.S. eight teams in each the National and American Leagues, which wall. Correa is acting like a punk, trying to play the tough guy, senator Tim Scott as a rather racist name. Like with every racist allowed the Asterisks to slither in with a losing record in the and everyone just keeps hating on the Asterisks, much to my reference, I won't publish it verbatim but Scott is black and Ger- regular season. glee. teiny thought it would be prudent to use that term which refer- I really enjoyed watching pitchers throwing at Houston bat- Thanks, Carlos. ences a family member and a first name. That's all I'm giving ters and the only reason it stopped is because Rob Manfred, you. Major League Baseball's commissioner, said no more throwing Bye, Felicia It had to do when Scott said Donald Trump "misspoke" at Houston's batters. Well, there goes everyone's fun. I had never heard of Fred Gerteiny until now and now that during the first debate when he didn't totally condemn white All Correa has done is pour more fuel on the fire which, I've heard of him, good riddance. supremacists, which, granted, wasn't the best answer ever deliv- ered. Somehow, Gerteiny thought it would be fine to answer Scott's statement with racism. I'll give News 12 credit here – they acted swift. They didn't need that sort of crap hanging over the company's head and fired him the day after. Gerteiny apologized on Twitter and then deleted his account. Morons like Fred Gerteiny think the best way to fight racism is to use racism because it hammers home the point. Yeah, no. You won't be missed, Fred Gerteiny, you racist.

And finally … Good Idea: Hosting a World Youth Darts Championship with youth players. Bad Idea: Hosting a World Youth Darts Championship with 24-year-olds. There isn't much Barry Hearn does wrong when it comes to sports promotion. Hearn has had a long and successful run in British sport – boxing, snooker and darts his biggest bangs – but this one boggles the mind. The Professional Darts Corporation just had its qualifier for the World Youth Darts Championship this past month with 96 players vying to play in the final in November. No big deal, right? Young players getting the chance to shine in their own event. Sure … if it didn't have players as old as 24 playing. I'm ser- ious – the qualifiers had adults within its ranks, some of whom are already firmly entrenched within the PDC Pro Tour itself. You can make the argument about having 20-year-olds playing in it; junior hockey and curling are two sports where 20-year- olds still get to play with the teenagers and that's fine with me but 23 isn't youth. The top seed, Jeffrey de Zwaan of the Netherlands, is 24 years old and is ranked 20th in the world with the adults and that's where he needs to stay. As far as I'm concerned, if you're playing with the adults on a regular basis, you play with the big kids. Let the youth have their thing. If 24-year-olds can't go back and play for the Memorial Cup, they shouldn't be playing for the World Youth Darts Champion- ship. Until next time, folks … kNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, x4gWEx4gWE 12 , 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 17 18 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 kNKukNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, x4gWEx4gWE 12, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, x4gWEx4gWE 12 , 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 19

Feds give $5 million to support daycares Money will go toward increasing capacity and covering additional costs of maintaining and cleaning facilities by Cody Punter The money bolsters commit- ors in to every school across ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ $5 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᓂ Northern News Services ments already made though the the territory to ensure that stan- ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᕝᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐸᐃᕆᕝᕕᖕᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᒦᓯᒪᔪᓂ Nunavut multilateral early learning and dards are met. Childcare across Nunavut childcare framework. "These contractors have ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ ᐱᖁᔭᖏᓐᓂ. "ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᒪᔨᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ will be getting some financial "We must do more to cre- gone to every childcare facility. ᖃᓱᔾᔫᒥᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ support thanks to a $5 million ate quality affordable spaces in We're ensuring that no child is ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ," ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᑕᐃᕕᑦ injection of federal funding. childcare in Nunavut and across unaffected." ᔪᐊᓇᓯ. The new money was announced the country," said Hussen. Christie Nutarariaq, a teach- via a joint Zoom call hosted by The other $2.6 million will er at Iqaluit's Pairivik Child Last week Nunavut federal Minister of Families, be used to help daycares and Care Centre, said staff have Children and Social Develop- schools deal with the additional been having to work longer received $5 million ment, Ahmed Hussen and costs associated with main- hours in order to make sure the of federal funding to Nunavut's Minister of Educa- taining standards to prevent the new standards are met. help bolster childcares tion, David Joanasie on Oct. 7. spread of Covid-19. According to her, they are which have had great- "Childcare is not a conven- That funding is part of a spending an extra hour and a er strains put on them ience, it is a necessity," said $625 million package for half cleaning the day care are due to new Covid-19 Hussen, addressing journalists the country which has been the end of every day in order to regulations. "Parents online. "We both want to ensure approved through the federal make sure it is ready. that every child gets the best government's safe restart agree- "Cleaning is the most diffi- and guardians can possible start in life." ment. cult. With having so many kids rest assured that the Almost half that money – "Parents and guardians can around everything needs to be kindergarten and $2.4 million – will be used to rest assured that the kindergart- done," she said. school will be resilient support existing day cares as en and school will be resilient Nutarariaq said she had not to any changes," says well as to create new childcare to any changes," said Joanasie heard about the announcement Nunavut's Minister spaces in under-served com- on the call. of new federal funding on Oct. of Education, David munities in the 2020-21 school Joanasie said the govern- 7 but welcomed it. Joanasie. year, according to a press ment has adopted new cleaning "Anything would definitely release from the feds. protocols and has sent contract- help." photo courtesy of the Government of Nunavut 20 nunavutnews.com, Monday, October 12, 2020 kNKukNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, x4gWEx4gWE 12, 2020

amazing on-the-land stories ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ ᐋᔅᓕ ᑲᐅᑕᖅ ᐃᐊᕆᑲ ᒦᐊ ᑐᖏᓕᒃ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ᕿᕋᑕᓪᓗᖓ ᐱᓱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᓯᑯᐊᕐᒥ, ᐱᓱᖕᓂᓕᒫᑎᑦ ᑐᓴᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᓄᑦᑖᔪᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᐱᕐᙶᒥ – ᐅᓇ ᔭᔅᑎᓐ ᑐᖏᓕᒃ. ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒋᕙᖓᑦ.

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