ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔾᔮᙱᓚᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒡᔭᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ QIA won't support mine growth President of Inuit association says he's aware of risk to Baffinland's economics, but environmental and cultural impacts to Inuit carry more weight Volume 75 Issue 45 MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 $.95 (plus GST) Degrees of Success special insert Access to Justice campaign launched Kitikmeot Heritage Society celebrates 25 years Wishing for fish MLA points photo courtesy of Stella Pitikuti Tucktoo out 'many Leland Oleekatalik at Cod fishing derby near Taloyoak, Dec. 26, 2020. See page 13 for this week's winner of our Amazing on the Land photo flaws' in contest. housing policies Publication mail Contract #40012157 "The highlight for me on the weekend was how well those girls played." 7 71605 00200 2 – Robert Kabvitok on the successful hockey tournaments held March 5 to 7 in Rankin Inlet, page 16. 2 nunavutnews.com, Monday, March 15, 2021 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, ᒫµ5y 15, 2021 news ĪØflî Black Press Media acquires NNSL, Canarctic Graphics Deal, in works for months, closes March 31 by Natalie Pressman change whatsoever beyond what we've always continue that tradition." Jack Sigvaldason launched the Yellow- Northern News Services done, which is report the news and express Included in the deal are NNSL's two week- knifer newspaper in 1972 after being fired After almost 40 years of independent our opinions about what's going on locally," ly Yellowknifer newspapers, Nunavut News, from News of the North, the now 75-year-old publishing, Northern News Services Limited NNSL Media publisher and CEO Bruce Valpy Kivalliq News, the Hay River Hub, Inuvik weekly paper servicing the territory. Starting (NNSL Media)'s six newspapers will soon be said after addressing the companies' employ- Drum, News/North and the NNSL.com and the Yellowknifer from his kitchen, Sig later under Black Press Media's ownership. ees. Nunavutnews.com websites. bought the paper that fired him in 1979 and After months of negotiations, Black's pur- Owing to the public health limits brought Black Press Media president and CEO acquired Canarctic Graphics 10 years later. chase of NNSL and its printing subsidiary, on by the pandemic, Black purchased NNSL Rick O'Connor said the group has had a While Valpy emphasized that the editorial Canarctic Graphics, will close April 1. without a site visit, a new experience for the favourable experience with community papers focus won't be changing with the new owner- A B.C based publisher, Black operates publisher. in Canada's North following their 2013 pur- ship, he said that NNSL would be able to offer more than 170 community newspapers and Karen Sigvaldason is president of NNSL chase of Whitehorse based Yukon News. a larger market to advertisers under Black news sites across Canada, as well as Hawaii, and Canarctic and the daughter of founder "We look forward to supporting these Press's improved digital capabilities. Alaska and Washington State. Jack "Sig" Sigvaldason, who passed in 2018. newspapers, their associated digital operations "It's a digital world out there. People love News of NNSL/Black Press negotiations "My father, Sig, believed passionately in and printing plant as we move forward out of reading newspapers, but they also like going surfaced last month though no agreement to the strong role of NNSL and Canarctic in the pandemic," O'Connor said. "These papers on their phones, tablets, and home comput- purchase had yet been reached. serving the people of the North," she said. and digital platforms provide an extremely ers," he said. "We'll be in all of those places, "I don't expect that there will be any "I am confident that Black Press Media will valuable service across the North." with more muscle." ᐸᓛᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓕᒥᑎᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑳᓐᐋᒃᑎᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᕐᓂ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐸᓛᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᒥ, ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᓕᒫᒥ, ᑲᑎᑎᕆᔪᒥ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ." ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅ'ᑳᓄᕐ. ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖏᓐᓂ ᐳᕆᑎᔅ ᑲᓚᒻᐱᐊᒥ, ᐋᓪᐴᑕ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᔫᑳᓐᒥ, ᑭᐊᕆᓐ ᓯᒡᕚᓪᑕᓴᓐ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ "ᑲᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓕᒥᑎᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓕᒥᑎᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓕᒥᑎᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ 8– ᑳᓐᐋᒃᑎᒃᒥ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ "ᐊᑖᑕᒐ, ᓯᒡ, ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᙱᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ." ᖑᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᐅᑎᖓᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓕᒥᑎᑦᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑳᓐᐋᒃᑎᒃᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ. ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ/ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ, ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕗᕐ, ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ, ᐸᓛᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓂᐊᕆᕗᖅ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐸᓛᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ, ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ, Hay ᑳᓐᐋᒃᑎᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᕐᓂ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ-ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᑏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᐅᔪᒥ." River Hub, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᕕᖕᒥ ᕿᓚᐅᑎ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖕᓂ NNSL.com ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᙵᕕᓕᖕᒥ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝ, ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᐸᓛᒃ, ᐸᓛᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Nunavutnews.com ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ. ᐅᓄᓛᖑᔪᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, "ᖁᕕᐊᓱᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐸᓛᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᕗᑦ 80–ᓂ ᕆᒃ ᐅ'ᑳᓄᕐ,ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᐸᓛᒃ ᐱᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ/ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖕᓂ 9 ᖃᐅᑕᒫᒥ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂs ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐆᒥᖓ ᓇᒃᓴᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐸᓛᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒍᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐃᓄᑭᑦᑐᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖕᓂ Washington state, ᐊᓛᔅᑲ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ. "ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ." Hawaii–ᒥ. ᐸᓛᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕆᕗᑦ Central ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᖁᔫᑉ ᕿᒻᒪᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᓂᓯᔨᐅᔪᒥ, ᔮᒃ ᐸᓛᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ Web–ᒥ, ᑎᑎᕋᐃᓲᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂᑦ (ᓯᒡ) ᓯᒡᕚᓪᑕᓴᓐ. ᐊᑐᕐᓂᑯᒋᔭᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐊᓂ ᐃᐊᑦᒪᓐᑕᓐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᐅᓪᒍᕆᒥ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᐱᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ 2013–ᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᔫᑳᓐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ. "ᐅᑯᐊ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓕᒥᑎᑦᑯᓐᓂ. ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᓂᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᒪᑐᔪᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᒫᔾᔨ 31–ᒥ. Average GN salary rises to $96K The Govern- ment of Nuna- vut's 2019-20 Inuit and women, however, continue to earn less Public Service by Derek Neary female employees hold fewer Kitikmeot region offered 739.5 Annual Report Northern News Services professional and management GN positions. reveals that Nunavut positions than their non-Inuit At 2,112, Iqaluit remains regular salaries, The territorial govern- and male counterparts. The the community with the most overtime, North- ment's workforce expanded GN is making every effort territorial government jobs. by 132 positions in 2019-20 to ensure this imbalance is Rankin Inlet was second at ern allowance, and the average salary reached addressed through various 526 positions. pensions, other $95,984, up by $384 from career development training The average length of ser- benefits and 2018-19. programs targeted at Inuit vice for public service employ- compensation, The average annual salary employees," states the 2019-20 ees was 8.6 years. housing allow- for Nunavut Inuit, who con- Public Service Annual Report, Two hundred casual ance, bilingual tinue to comprise half of the which was tabled in the legisla- employees moved to indeter- bonuses and public service, was $86,478. tive assembly earlier this week. minate status in 2019-20, with payments to the For non-Inuit it was $106,997. In total, salaries cost the 101 of them being Inuit. Of 61 Female employees, who GN $418.2 million. direct appointments, 60 were Workers Safety comprise 65 per cent of the Overtime added another Inuit. and Compensa- territorial government's staff, $27.2 million. In 2019-20, the average time tion Commis- earned an average of $94,841 However, 1,471 of the to fill a position was approxi- sion added up while male employees were total 5,142 GN positions were mately 154 days, rising from to almost $642 paid $98,634 per year, on aver- vacant as of when the report 141 days the previous year. million. age. was published. The GN was named one image courtesy of "The differences between The Qikiqtaaluk region of Canada's Top Employers the Government of Nunavut salaries can be attributed hosted the most government for the third consecutive year, to employment categories, jobs: 3,188.5. The Kivalliq specific to young people and because Nunavut Inuit and came next at 1,189, while the recent graduates. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, ᒫµ5y 15, 2021 nunavutnews.com, Monday, March 15, 2021 3 Did we get it wrong? feature news êΩËîΩÇéíÇÀîᓄ á·∆¿ÖÀî Nunavut News is committed to getting facts and names right. With that goes a commitment to acknowledge mis- takes and run corrections. If you spot an error in Nunavut fact FILE News/North, call (867) 979-5990 and ask to speak to an editor, or email [email protected]. We'll get a correction or clarification in as soon as we can. NUNAVUT COVID-19 SITUATION AS OF MARCH 11 Active cases: 20 Total vaccine doses given: 15,762 NEWS Confirmed cases: 381 First doses: 10,033 Second doses: 5,729 Briefs Recovered cases: 360 Confirmed cases by community Total persons followed: 6,916 Arviat: 337 (316 recovered) ᑲᓇᑕ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ Current persons followed: 341 Whale Cove: 23 (all recovered) ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ Completed tests in Nunavut: 9,328 Rankin Inlet: 19 (all