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– Darlene Nukik-Amaruq is bringing back a popular hot lunch program in Baker Lake, page 9. 7 71605 00500 3 2 kivalliq news, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, wSD 14, 2021 kivalliq news, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 news á·∆¿ÖÀîᓄ r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, wSD 14, 2021 3 Did we get it wrong? Kivalliq News is committed to getting facts and names right. With that goes a commitment to acknowledge mis- fact file takes and run corrections. If you spot an error in Kivalliq News, call (867) 645-3223 and ask to speak to the editor, or email [email protected]. We'll get a correction or Nunavut covid-19 situation as of April 12 clarification in as soon as we can. í±ØÍ≤ÒáíÔÄ? ï·∆¿Í´ ≤áflúòî ÖÚÊéÔÒπØflî Ç≤úõ¿Ö≤ú Ö±Ø Active cases: 0 Total vaccine doses given: 23,196 ÖéÍ≤ú áîéÖ≤Í´ú.Ulukhaktok íØêØ Äƒù‚ ÖÚÊéÔÒπØ≤Ò 395 Ä¿íÒπÕ‰ÖÔÍ≤Í´ú í±ØÒíÇÀ≤ú Ö±Ø ÜÒïùÖÒπ¿Í≤Ò. Confirmed cases: First doses: 13,732 Second doses: 9,464 íò∏≤Ê›î í±ØÒπØÀ´ú ï·∆¿Ò ≤áfl≤, ÇÔ¬∆¬éî Recovered cases: 391 Çflˆ (867) 645-3223 Ö±Ø ÇÔÍ›ùÀجü ÜÒïúªÄ«, Confirmed cases by community Ç„·√∏≥î Ô‰íÇÕúòî ééËͬéî Çflˆ kivalliqnews@ Total persons followed: 7,335 Arviat: 339 (338 recovered) nnsl.com. ÜÒïùÖ˪∏≤ÖÒíflî Ç„·√∏≥î ∂¬∂ĉÖͬü áÀ∏∂ÒπêÖÊçí. Current persons followed: 148 Whale Cove: 23 (all recovered) Gameti Naujaat Completed tests in Nunavut: 10,048 : 19 (all recovered) : 2 (all recovered) Behchoko Total deaths: 4 Sambaa K’e Around Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Health Kivalliq with Cody Punter ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖃᖁᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ KIA picks poster contest winner Baker Lake Sanikiluaq Fourteen-year-old Eleanor Aupaluktuq recent- ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ly won a poster contest held by the Kivalliq Association. She had never tried her hand at drawing but it's something she started practising when the ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 26-ᒥ lockdowns began last March. Aupaluktuq, who was one of dozens of people who submitted to the contest, said she was sur- ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᖅᑐᐃᓇᔭᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᖅᑐᐃᓇᔭᙱᒻᒪᖔᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ prised her drawing was chosen. "I was really happy that I won," she told Kival- ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2018-ᒥ liq News. "People have been congratulating me." Aupaluktuq's mother Christina Aupaluk- by Cody Punter ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓄᓇᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ tuq said she drew lots of inspiration from her Northern News Services ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑖᒻᓇ ᑐᒡᓕᕆᔭᖓ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ grandmother Elizabeth Aupaluktuq and great- Baker Lake ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 26-ᒥ. ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑏᑦ grandmother Nancy Aupaluktuq, both whom are ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᐊᓕᕐᒥᔪᑦ artists. ᖃᓄᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓇᔭᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᑲᑎᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᖕᓄᑦ, ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᖃᖁᑉᓗᒍ "She has been getting better and better since ᓂᐅᕕᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᖓᓂᒃ. ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ. last November," she said. ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ Eleanor Aupaluktuq's poster will be used for 26-ᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑕ campaign about clean water for KIA. ᐃᓕᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᔭᙱᒻᒪᖔᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ Her winning drawing includes an igloo, fish ᒪᓕᒐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᐃᑦ and a woman drawing water from the river and ᓂᐅᕕᐊᖑᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. caribou drinking the water. Aupaluktuq also ᓂᕈᐊᖅᐸᒌᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 19-ᒥ. included a house to show the difference between ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑐᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ how Inuit live now and how they used to live. ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ Her prize was a camping set, which she hopes ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐲᖅᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒍ to use when going fishing with her family this ᒪᓕᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ. spring. "ᒪᓕᒐᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᖃᙱᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᖃᑉᓰᓐᓇᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ KIA applications ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᒪᔪᑦ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᐃᔭ ᕆᑦᓱᑦ ᐊᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ. "ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒧᑦ going paperless ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒃᓯᒪᔪᖃᕐᒪᑦ." Kivalliq ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ The Kivalliq Inuit Association will be moving ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᙱᓐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ its application forms for all programs and servi- ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓰᓐᓇᕐᒧᑦ ces online as of this month. ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, 178 (60.1% ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ) "We are working to make everything stream- ᐲᖅᓯᔪᒪᔪᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 119 lined for all applicants and staff to deliver these ᐲᖅᓯᔪᒪᙱᑦᑐᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ Wikimedia Commons photo programs more effectively and efficiently," stated ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖓ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ Baker Lake will be voting on how the community controls the purchase the organization in a news release. 60%-ᓘᓐᓃᒡᒎᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ of alcohol for the second time in three years on April 26. The plebiscite, The next program application to go online- ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ. only is for the traditional economy fund grant. ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᓂᒌᒃᑑᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ which was organized through a petition collected by concerned com- "Any new applications after this point will be ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᑏᑦ munity members, will seek to return Baker Lake to being a restricted responded to and we will encourage online-only ᐊᓕᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ. community. applications. ᖃᑉᓰᓐᓇᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕆᐊᖅᑐᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ "We are working to make everything stream- 2018-ᒥ – 32%–ᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦ – ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ 2018- ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. "ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒃ lined for all applicants and staff to deliver these ᓇᓗᓇᕈᔪᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᑦ ᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᐃᕆᓴᐅᑕᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᐃᕆᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ programs more effectively and efficiently." ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖏᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑕ. ᖃᑉᓰᓐᓇᕈᕆᐊᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᔨᐅᑉ ᑲᒪᒋᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑉᓗᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ." If Kivalliqmiut are unable to access the web- "ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᓲᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ site via computer or cellphone, the online applica- ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᑎᑭᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᐃᑦ tions can be completed with the help of the local ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓕᒐᓂᒃ ᓯᖁᒥᑦᑎᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ community liaison officer in your community. ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᑦ ᐅᐸᒐᓱᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᕐᓚᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᓗᐊᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ Funding program information can be found on ᑎᒥᒥᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᑎᓕᖕᓄᑦ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑦ. ᒪᓕᒐᖓᒍᑦ, ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ the KIA homepage. ᐊᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᓚᖓᒍᑦ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᖅᑐᐃᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᖃᐃᖁᔭᐅᒐᔪᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ "ᑕᒡᕘᓇ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. Elders lunch ᓄᑖᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᐹᓪᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ." ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ coming up ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ, ᐅᖃᓗᒐᔪᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᔫᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᓯᒪᔪᖅ "ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᕕᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᒥᒃ ᐋᖓᔮᖅᑐᖃᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᖃᙱᑦᑐᖅ Rankin Inlet ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᖁᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᐸᒐᔪᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᑉ Hᐊᒻᓚᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᖓᑕ Rankin Inlet will be hosting a special Elders 10%-ᖏᓐᓃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ "ᐱᕋᔭᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓈᓘᙱᑦᑐᑦ, ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ lunch this week. The lunch will be taking place ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ. ᑎᑭᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᑦᑕᑐᐃᓐᓇᓲᑦ ᐅᕐᕈᔮᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒃᓴᓂᒃ at the drop-in centre at noon on April 15. Those ᑎᑭᑕᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓕᓚᔪᒃ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᕌᖓᒥᒃ ᐅᑉᓗᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᓂᒃ." who need assistance getting to the lunch can ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᕌᓂᖕᒪᑕ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᐅᑲᐅᑎᒋᓲᑦ." ᒪᓕᒐᕆᔭᐅᖅᑳᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ request a ride from the hamlet. ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᓂᒃ People who are attending are asked to bring ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᓯᒪᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ. ᓄᖑᑎᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ their own ulu to cut meat. There will also be some ᐊᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᒥᓗᐊᖃᑦᑕᕈᒪᔪᓐᓃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. 2018-ᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ games for Elders after food has been served. ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓂᖅ "ᐅᐃᕆᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᔨᖃᕋᑉᑕ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ, The lunch will be limited to a maximum of ᓯᕗᒻᒧᐊᒃᑎᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒍ. ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᐸᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓗᑎᒃ 20 people due to Covid-19 restrictions. Elders can "ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓇᓂ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᐃᕆᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᔨᒥᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᓄᑖᖅ register by contacting the hamlet office. ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐅᕌᓂᓵᖅᑐᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑑᖕᓂᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ. ᑕᓪᓕᒻᒥᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒥᒃ," bflA ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ m2WZ6 6 4 kivalliq news, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 news á·∆¿ÖÀîᓄ r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, wSD 14, 2021 ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᖃᓱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᑲᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᑉᓯᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓄᑦ

ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᓂᖅᓵᖅᑐᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᔪᑦ. ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓅᖓᑉᓗᓂ, ᐃᒡᓗᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ. ᖃᑉᓯᑲᓪᓚᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᓂᒃ ᐊᓂᑦᑕᐃᓕᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᒃᓴᑦ ᖃᓱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ fact file ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᑉ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ, ᓅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᒡᓕᐊᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐊᖑᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ 2020-21- ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨ ᒪᐃᑯ ᐸᑐᓴᓐ ᒥ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓂᒃ, ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓱᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 12-ᒥ. ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 7-ᒥ, ᐅᑯᐊ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 6-ᒥ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒍ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, "ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᓂᐃᓐᓂᖏᑦ, ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᑦᑐᓐᓃᖅᑐᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᖁᐊᓴ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ, ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᖃᓱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ: ᖃᓱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᓂᒋᐊᓄᑦ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐸᑐᓴᓐ. ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓰᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᙲᓐᓇᕐᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕈᓐᓃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ "ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑯᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᓄᑦ," • ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᕝᕕᒋᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑉᓗᒍ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᖃᕋᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᒫᑦᓯ 20-ᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒧᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. "ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᑦ, ᐃᓄᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ 50-ᓂᒃ "ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑖᖅᑐᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ." ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ 50%–ᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᖓᑕ, ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᐅᒃᐸᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓯᒪᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᓱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᑐᙵᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᖃᑉᓰᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓇᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒋᑦ. ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᑦ ᕿᓄᐃᓵᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᐃᓐᓇᖁᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᖕᓂᒃ • ᓯᓚᒥ ᑲᑎᑦᑕᕐᕕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ 50 ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᑦᑐᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᒪᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᖁᔨᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖓᓯᒌᒃᑑᑎᓗᑎᒃ. ᒪᓕᒃᑕᒃᓴᓂᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐸᑐᓴᓐ. ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ. • ᐃᓄᑑᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᓗᐊᖅᓯᒪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᖅᑲᔭᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᓄᑦ – ᑕᐃᒪᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ "ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖓ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᕈᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ. ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ – ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑯᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒋᐊᖃᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᕚᓪᓕᖅᓯᒪᓕᐊᓂᒃᑐᑦ 15-ᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᒃᑐᓪᓗ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓂᑦᑕᐃᓕᔭᕆᐊᖃᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ • ᐃᓐᓇᐅᓯᕝᕕᑦ, ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖏᑦ, ᑲᑎᕝᕕᒋᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᑦ, ᐃᓄᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ 100- ᖃᓱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᕈᑎᒃ, ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ 75% ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᖓᓂᒃ, ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᒡᓚᖅᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᐊᑐᓂ ᓇᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᖃᑉᓰᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒍ. ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ, ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᖁᓇᒋᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓃᑦᑐᓄᑦ. ᒪᑐᐊᖅᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓇᓗᒡᕕᑦ, ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᑦ, ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᑦ, ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᑖᖅᑐᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᓇᒍ." ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓖᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᓯᑕᒪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᐃᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᒪᑐᐊᖅᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᖁᔭᐅᔪᑦ. 25-ᓂᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ 50% ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᖓᑕ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᒥᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ. • ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᓅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᒡᓕᐊᓄᑦ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᖓᓂᒃ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ 50% ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᖓᓄᑦ "ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑑᙱᑦᑐᖅ, ᐊᑑᑎᓕᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᑐᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ 2020-21-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ, ᓇᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᖃᑉᓰᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒍ, ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕙᒃ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ." ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᕝᕕᒋᕙᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓄᑦ, ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 12-ᒥ. Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ. bflA ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ, ᑕᓗᐊᖅᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᕝᕕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ Covid-19 ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ: ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ, ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᑦᑐᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ m4WZz 7 kivalliq news, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 opinions ᓄwhmK5 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, wSD 14, 2021 5

Nunavut's Award-Winning Voice of Kivalliq Nunavut's award-winning voice of Kivalliq – Published Wednesdays ¥∂‡ç Ä¿Ω‰ÕÇœÀé´ú æƒúΩÇπÖÊíÇπØÀÒ ≤ሠNo questions asked ï·∆¿Í´ – ÇÔ¿∞°úΩÖ¿ÖÙ·çâÒ áˆîπÍ´ NORTHERN NEWS SERVICES LIMITED 100% Northern owned and operated Publishers of: How will awarding Rankin Inlet's group home contract to • Nunavut News/North • Inuvik Drum • Kivalliq News • Yellowknifer • NWT News/North • Hay River Hub a Nova Scotia operator benefit Inuit capacity building? Ulukhaktok Member of: • Manitoba Community Northern News Services no connection to the , there was "clearly no evidence of Newspapers Association The territorial government talks a • Canadian Community do a better job of running the group physical abuse." Newspapers Association big game when it comes to keeping home. It is still unclear whether any of jobs in the North and building local As Mayor Harry Towtongie told the existing staff will have a role in Kugaaruk capacity. Kivalliq News earlier this month, the the new group home. However, the But when you look at its procure- home has been employing concern that southern com- Gameti Naujaat ment policies, its action doesn't add 14 Rankin Inlet residents. panies with no Inuit man- up to its words. Towtongie also said the agement will be less cultur- Behchoko The latest example is the contract care of individuals under ally sensitive is something Sambaa K’e for Rankin Inlet's group home, which the home's guardianship that deserves more scru- was awarded to a southern company was significantly improved tiny, especially at a time with no explanation. during the hamlet's man- when the company's brass The hamlet has been successfully agement, something which is unlikely to visit the com- running the group home for the past he says was reflected in the munity anytime soon due six years since it took over the con- positive reviews the oper- to ongoing travel restric- Editor: Cody Punter tract from the previous operator. ation received as well as tions. Associate Editor: Jean Kusugak Cody Box 657, Rankin Inlet, NU X0C 0G0 However, under the most recent on the faces of the group Regardless of how this Phone: (867) 645-3223 bid to run the group home, the Punter Fax: (867) 645-3225 Sanikiluaq home's seven full-time resi- plays out, Nunavummiut Toll free: (855) 447-2584 department of health and social ser- dents. taxpayer dollars will be Email: [email protected] Website: www.nnsl.com/kivalliqnews vices opted to give the contract to Most importantly, there does not going into the pockets of non-Inuit Founder (1934-2018): J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason Shift, a Halifax-based company which appear to have been any complaints people in Halifax. Publisher, CEO: Bruce Valpy [email protected] describes itself as a "specialized care in the way the operation was run. Unfortunately, the Nunavummi Coordinating Editor: Craig Gilbert operator" on its website. If there had been, the hamlet's Nangminiqaqtunik Ikajuuti (NNI), [email protected] Kivalliq Advertising Representative: According to that website, the com- contract wouldn't have been renewed which is in place to ensure procure- [email protected] Call collect: (867) 873-4031 pany has contracts to run three group year after year. ment policy helps Inuit companies Fax: (867) 873-8507 homes for youth in the North, includ- Indeed the last time Rankin Inlet bid against larger southern compan-

Publishing Office: ing two in the NWT and a treatment had complaints about how its group ies, does not apply to municipal gov- Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R1 centre for girls between the ages of home was run was in 1999, when ernments. Phone: (867) 873-4031 Fax: (867) 873-8507 Email: [email protected] 12 and 19 in . the Inuit-owned company in charge The way things are playing out with Website: www.nunavutnews.com The only adult group home it runs, of running the home hired a program the group home in Rankin Inlet is just ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨ: ᑎᐊᕈ ᒍᕆᐅ however, is based in Halifax. That is manager from down south. another example of why the territor- ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᓕᕆᔨ: ᒪᐃᑯ ᓛᐃᓐᕼᐊᓐ Box 657, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0C 0G0 also where almost all of the com- That person ended up quitting after ial government's procurement policy ᐅᖃᓘᑎᖓ: (867) 645-3223 pany's upper management is locat- just three months, alleging that Inuit needs revision. ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 645-3225 ᐊᑭᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ: (855) 447-2584 ed. Meanwhile none of the full-time staff were abusive toward clients. When southern companies syphon ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: [email protected] staff listed on the home page appear The 15 allegations were eventu- funding and opportunities from Nuna- ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: www.nunavutnews.com ᓇᓂᓯᔨᐅᔪᖅ (1934-2018): to be Inuit. ally dismissed by the regional health vummiut, Inuit have every right to J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑎᔨ How can this company, which has board's CEO, who said at the time demand change. ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑎᔨᓪᓚᕆᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ: Bruce Valpy – [email protected] ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᔭᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ: Judy Triffo ᑲᒪᔨ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎ: ᑯᕆᒃ ᒋᐅᐳᑦ Craig Gilbert – [email protected] ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᐃᕆᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨ: ᑎᐅᕆ ᑖᐱᓐ – [email protected] ᑲᓕᒃᑳᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᓯ ᐅᕗᖓ ᐊᑭᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ: (867) 873-4031 ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 873-8507 ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒃ: Box 2820, ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ X1A 2R1 ᐅᖃᓘᑎᖓᑦ: (867) 873-4031 ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 873-8507 ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: [email protected] ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: www.nnsl.com Water winner Eleanor Aupaluktuq, 14, recently Contents copyright. Printed in the North by Canarctic won a poster contest held by the Graphics Limited. No photos, stories, advertisements or graphics may be reproduced in any form, in whole Kivalliq Inuit Association for a cam- or in part, without the written approval of the publisher. paign about clean water. Her win- Subscriptions ning drawing includes an iglu, fish One year mail $70 Online (entire content) $50/year and a woman drawing water from the river and caribou drinking the water. Aupaluktuq also included Send us your comments a house to show the difference You can email us at [email protected]; mail to Box 2820, Yellowknife X1A 2R1; or drop your letter between how Inuit live now and off at our office at 5108-50th Street. All letters submitted must be signed with a return how they used to live. address and daytime telephone number so that we photo via Facebook can confirm it came from you. Not all letters will necessarily be published. Prefer- ence is given to short letters of broad interest or con- cern. We particularly encourage new contributors as we attempt to publish a cross-section of public opinion. Letters of more than 200 words, open letters and those published elsewhere are seldom used. We reserve the right to edit for length or taste and to eliminate inaccurate or libelous statements. We may also choose to use a letter as the basis for a story.

We acknowledge the Nous reconnaissons financial support of l'appui financier du the Government of gouvernement du Canada. Canada. 6 kivalliq news, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 news á·∆¿ÖÀîᓄ r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, wSD 14, 2021 ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ m2WZ6 ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ 3_u5 ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖏᓐᓂᒃ. fact file ᐊᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑎᒌᙱᑦᑐᒡᒎᖅ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖏᑦ "ᑲᒪᔨᐅᓇᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᑎᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓂ ᐃᒥᐊᓘᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᓂᐱᖏᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᖅᑐᐃᓗᑎᒃ "ᑕᐃᒻᓇ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖅ, ᓂᐱᒋᔭᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓂᐱᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ," ᑎᑭᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. "ᒪᓕᒐᖃᓕᕋᔭᕈᑉᑕ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᐸᒌᕐᓂᖅ: ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖅ: ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒧᑦ." ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ." ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 19 ᔨᓯ ᐅᓈᖅ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ 12:00-ᒥ ᐊᐃᕆᓕ 26-ᒥ 9:00-ᒥ ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ 7:00-ᒧᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᒍ, ᐅᑉᓗᒃᑯᑦ 7:00-ᒧᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ 60%-ᖑᔪᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑏᑦ bflA ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᔭᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᕆᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ Liquor ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ: ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦ m4WZz 7 kivalliq news, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 news á·∆¿ÖÀîᓄ r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, wSD 14, 2021 7 Covid-19 restrictions eased for Arviat Indoor gathering limits increased and schools going back to in-person learning by Cody Punter Public swimming pools, recrea- ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᖃᓱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᑉᓯᑲᓪᓚᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᓂᒃ ᐊᓂᑦᑕᐃᓕᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑳᖅᖢᑎᒃ Northern News Services tion centres, gyms, galleries, ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨ ᐸᑐᓴᓐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ Arviat museums and libraries may open to ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᕝᕕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᙱᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. Arviarmiut can finally breath a maximum capacity of 25 people a sigh of relief. After months of or 50 per cent capacity, whichever is being under strict lockdown due to fewer. Group sessions are limited to the spread of Covid-19, chief public 25 people. health officer Dr. Michael Patter- Arenas may open to a maximum son announced the easing of public occupancy of 50 people, or 50 per health measures across the Kivalliq cent capacity, whichever is fewer, region on April 6. and buildings, public playgrounds, "Based on current circumstances, municipal parks and territorial parks it is safe to once again ease public may open. health measures across all commun- ities in the Kivalliq region," said Eased Arviat measures Patterson. In Arviat, masks will remain It has been more than three weeks mandatory for indoor gatherings, since the last case of Covid-19 was while indoor private gatherings are identified in Arviat, and there have capped at five people, plus house- been no active cases in the commun- hold members. ity since March 20. With the easing of restrictions, "While some public health orders schools in Arviat will be moving come into effect tomorrow, we ask to Stage 2 of the 2020-21 opening community members to be patient plan for Nunavut schools, effective as municipalities and organizations April 12. take the necessary steps to adjust In a statement provided to Kival- photo courtesy of Adrienne Tattuinee and implement the new measures," liq News, Health Minister Lorne Patterson said. Kusugak, who is the MLA for Ran- Restrictions in Arviat have finally been eased after months of being under strict lockdown due For most of the Kivalliq – aside kin Inlet South commended Arvi- to the pandemic. The news was announced by Dr. Michael Patterson last week after the com- from Arviat – the limit on indoor armiut and local health officials for munity went more than three weeks without a new case of Covid-19. private gatherings has already getting the community back to being increased to 15 plus household free of Covid. cautioned that the community should been a challenge. As Arviammuit He also encouraged anyone members. Indoor public gatherings, "This has been a long road for the remain vigilant and adhere to public live under these eased restrictions, I who has not yet received a vaccine including places of worship, may people of Arviat," he stated. "It is my health measures. urge everyone to continue following immunization to make an appoint- allow 100 people or 75 per cent of hope we can keep cases at zero." "I know this has been a difficult the public health measures still in ment at the health centre. the facility's capacity, whichever is Even though the easing of restric- time for everyone and the long per- place, so we can continue to reduce "It is safe, it is effective, and it is fewer. tions will be welcomed, Kusugak iod of restrictions and isolation has the risk of more cases of Covid-19." our best defence against this virus." Liquor restriction plebiscite coming April 26 Baker Lake will be voting on whether or not to restrict purchase of alcohol following abolition of the bylaw in 2018 by Cody Punter was decided by just a single vote, with 178 (which equated to population. That threshold was reached, with 135 signatures. Northern News Services 60.1 per cent of voters) in favour of removing restrictions and The necessary paperwork was submitted on Feb. 26 to the Baker Lake 119 against. The territorial government's liquor regulations territorial government's Department of Finance, which has The people of Baker Lake will once again get the chance state that at least 60 per cent of the votes cast are required to approved the plebiscite. Aksawnee said hamlet council did not to decide how the purchase of liquor is regulated in the com- overturn the existing system. play a role in bringing the plebiscite forward. munity. Adding to the narrow margin was the fact that four ballots "To my understanding it was a volunteer who worked with The community will be holding a plebiscite on April 26 to were discarded. a couple of youth," said Aksawnee. vote on whether or not to reinstate restrictions which govern The low voter turnout in 2018 – just 32 per cent – also the sale of alcohol in the community. meant that it was hard to gauge to what extent it represented Please see The future, page 8 There will also be the opportunity to cast an early ballot the will of the community. on April 19. "At that time the people who came forward with the petition The vote will come just three years after Baker Lake voted thought Elders were not properly notified and voting stations to remove restrictions related to the purchase of alcohol. weren't properly accessible for people with limited mobility," "We went from a restricted community to an unrestricted said Aksawnee. community just a few years ago," said Mayor Richard Aksaw- nee. "From then until today we've had some concerned resi- A new vote dents." In order to force a new plebiscite, a petition in favour of a The last plebiscite was not without controversy because it new vote had to be signed by at least 20 members of the voting fact file

Voting dates and locations for liquor plebiscite

Advance vote: Final vote: April 19 at Jessie Oonark Centre from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 26 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Finance 8 kivalliq news, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 news á·∆¿ÖÀîᓄ r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, wSD 14, 2021 The future of alcohol sales in Baker Lake

Liquor, from page 7 He added that more people have been Under the previous regulated system Baker least 60 per cent of voters would have to be in seeking help to cut down on the consumption had an alcohol education favour of restoring the Aksawnee said the 2018 plebiscite was of alcohol. committee. It was abol- alcohol education com- held with the intention of reducing boot- "We have an addictions co-ordinator so ished with the 2018 vote. mittee. legging and the amount of alcohol coming anyone who needs help can use our addictions According to the "Alcohol is one of Aksawnee said that into the community illegally. However, it is counsellor who works five days a week," he details set out in the given the controversy unclear whether the decision has had a posi- said. "Alcohol is one of the biggest addictions plebiscite, if the com- the biggest addictions surrounding the last tive effect. our counsellor deals with on a day-to-day munity votes in favour our counsellor vote the new plebiscite On the one hand, Aksawnee said the num- basis." of bringing back would allow the people ber of callouts for RCMP "have grown a fair Under the territorial government's liquor restrictions, a new deals with on a of Baker Lake to have amount." laws, individual communities have the ability alcohol education their voices heard. However, he attributed a lot those calls to set their own restrictions related to the sale committee would be day-to-day basis." "That plebiscite, to people calling the police to report public of alcohol. "responsible for promo- Richard Aksawnee it's their voice and it's drunkenness. The question being presented by the new ting alcohol awareness their chance to use this "The crime side of it is nothing major, plebiscite is "are you in favour of replacing the and education as well as voice," he said. there's just some people that feel uneasy when current unrestricted system in the hamlet of regulating the purchase, "Should we become they see someone stumbling down the road in Baker Lake and surrounding area to establish sale and import of alcohol in the community." restricted that will be entirely up to the vot- broad daylight so they call RCMP right away." an alcohol education committee." In order to overturn the current system, at ers." kivalliq news, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 community ¥∂¿ú r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, wSD 14, 2021 9 Hot meal program returning

Darlene Nukik-Amaruq is relaunching Baker Lake's popular hot meal program after a two-year hiatus. The program will deliver hot meals to between 60 and 100 people on a Saturday at the begin- ning of the month. photos courtesy of Darlene Nukik-Amaruq

Darlene Nukik-Amaruq relaunches the popular service after a two-year hiatus by Cody Punter liq News. always leftovers and I would bring However, when two of her grand- due to Covid-19 restrictions, Nukik- Northern News Services The meal program, which is some to the arena and say, 'Here, parents passed away several year Amaruq decided it would make more Baker Lake intended for those that need help there's some leftover food.'" ago, Nukik-Amaruq decided to take sense for people to be able to bring Baker Lake's once-popular hot putting food on the table, was origin- What started out as an impromp- a step back from her busy schedule. the meals home. meal program has returned after a ally spearheaded by Nukik-Amaruq tu gesture of kindness slowly evolved "It was really hard," she said. In order to make sure that people two-year hiatus thanks to the efforts in 2015. into a monthly affair. Even though "When my grandparents passed I throughout town have access to the of a dedicated group of volunteers "Both my husband and I have they didn't have funding, people kind of quit for a bit. They were meals, Nukik-Amaruq will be using led by Darlene Nukik-Amaruq. big families on both sides, so we appreciated what Nukik-Amaruq really supportive of what we were three vehicles stationed throughout "I'm back into it and people are used to invite a lot of our nieces and was doing, so she and her husband doing." town as delivery stations. excited," Nukik-Amaruq told Kival- nephews over for food. But there was started offering meals twice a week. Earlier this year, Nukik-Amaruq The program used to feed 30 to started reaching out to people who 40 people a week but now Nukik- might be interested in getting the Amaruq is planning to prepare program going again. between 60 and 100 containers. She Leah Nukik and Victoria Ama- expected more people would show rook both signed up as volunteers. up because they can pick up the food Meanwhile, she applied for fund- and eat at home. ing from Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., "It's once a month so we might which has pledged $5,000 toward as well go full out," she said. "I'm the program. expecting a lot of people to show up." In addition to funding, the pro- Ahead of her first weekend run- gram also gets dry goods donations ning the meal program. Nukik- from a southern-based Facebook Amaruq said she was excited about group called Helping Our Northern prepping the food for the community. What started out as an impromptu gesture of kindness slowly evolved into a monthly affair. Neighbours. "I'm used to cooking up a big The program used to feed 30 to 40 people a week but now Darlene Nukik-Amaruq is planning In the past the meal program storm – like for an army – because to prepare between 60 and 100 containers that people can pick up and eat at home. was run out of the arena. However, we have visitors every day."

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by Karen Yip ᑕᑯᔭᒃᓴᐃᑦ Baker Lake

Northern News Services A crowd was out in full force for Baker Lake's Easter Games on April 5. The day featured lots of exciting competitions including ice chiselling, three-legged race and the caribou race. Results from the day's events are listed below.

Ice chiselling 1. Simon Mariq and Martha Paungrat 2. Steven Oovayuk and Georgina Kamimmalik 3. Chuba Innakatsik and Ryth Qaulluaryuk

45-gallon sled and machine race – men 1. Ben Niego 2. Chuba Innakatsik 3. Pualu Mariq

45-gallon sled and machine race – women 1. Karen Niego 2. Karen Kenalogak 3. Georgina Kamimmalik

Three-legged race 1. Chuba Innakatsik and Mary-Helen Kingilik 2. Amaruq and Bathsheba Evviuq 3. Pattuk Toolooktook and Josephine Uqayuittuq

Caribou run race 1. Chuba Innakatsik and Aurora Tugak 2. Amaruq and Bathsheba Evviuq 3. Not available as of press time 4. Ruth Qauluaqjuk Nuilaalik and Chuba Innakatsik photos courtesy of Karen Yip 5. Tara and Andrew Kalluk (father and daughter) Adele Angidlik, right, and her sister Annie Taipana, background right, take a break during the Easter – text by Cody Punter Games in Baker Lake on April 5.

Tara Kalluk, left, and her dad Andrew Kalluk take part in Baker Lake's Easter weekend ice chiselling contest. kivalliq news, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 photo story ᓄphoto stories r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, wSD 14, 2021 11

Teams take part in the caribou run race. Chuba Innakatsik and Aurora Tugak ended up taking first place in the competition.

Georgina Kamimmalik looks on as Steven Oovayuk takes part in the ice chiselling contest with Mark Kingilik in the background.

Janae Nugyougalik and her dad Jimmy Nugyoug- alik take part in the ice chiselling contest.

A crowd of people watch as Easter Games get underway in Baker Lake.

Community members take part in the three- legged race on April 6.

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