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April 25 , 2003

Council approves new buildings

City council agreed to allow the Nunavut Construction Corporation to demolish the J&G Garage and use the lot to construct three mixed-use commercial and residential buildings.

The proposal includes 124 residential units and would be phased in over several construction seasons, with the first building to be completed by the end of 2003.

April 25 , 2003

Traffic troubles at hospital intersection

In response to concerns about traffic congestion at the hospital intersection during rush hour, the city's engineering department advised council to wait for a report that would have to be prepared if plans for a new hospital go ahead.

City manager Steve Burden said in a memo to council that it would be "prudent to wait for the recommendations from this report to ensure any action the city takes does not become obsolete or redundant because of action required by the hospital developer.

"If the city makes changes to the intersection and then additional changes are required due to the recommendations from the report, it may lead to confusion and possibly result in more traffic congestion or accidents at this intersection."

April 25 , 2003

Stay tuned for more

Qaggiq Theatre is putting together the first in an anticipated series of Inuit legend plays under the direction of Leah Shaw of CBC Iqaluit.

Shaw will be acting as a volunteer artistic director, adapting her own radio drama about mythic figure Nuliajuk to the stage.

"It's a fantastic story and an ideal piece for us to use as one of our pilot projects announcing ourselves to the community," said Jonathan Dewar, executive director of Qaggiq Theatre.

The company got its start last summer when a group of community members with past involvement in amateur theatre decided it was time to look into developing a performing arts body that could professionalize performance and literary art.

After much brainstorming the group formed a board, wrote up a mandate and eventually gained non-profit status. The Nunavut department of sustainable development came through with some funding last year to conduct a feasibility study.

April 25 , 2003

Instructors show their work at museum

An exhibition of works by four Iqaluit art instructors will open at the Nunatta Sunakutangiit Museum on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Beth Biggs, a jewelry instructor at Arctic College in Iqaluit will be displaying metalwork, including jewelry and sculpture.

Richard Skrobecki, also of Iqaluit, will display ceramics.

Murray Gibson, who teaches tapestry-making in Pangnirtung will show a selection of his tapestries.

Catherine Béchard, a jewelry instructor in Iqaluit will display two sound sculptures with her Montreal-based partner, Sabin Hudon.

The sound sculptures will be set up in a separate room of the museum, said curator Brian Lunger.

The exhibition will run until mid-May.

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