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December 19, 2003

Fire closes school in Kuujjuaraapik

Police in Kuujjuaraapik said dark smoke was pouring out of the windows of Asimautaq School and a few flames were visible as firefighters tried to battle a fire in the local school on Wednesday morning.

“Everyone’s going flat out,” said Brian Jones, chief of the Kativik Regional Police Force, who was in Kuujjuaq monitoring the situation.

Firefighters and fire equipment from Kuujjuaraapik and the neighbouring Cree community of Whapmagoostui were already on the scene when the Kuujjuaraapik’s KRPF detachment received a call around 8 a.m. that the school was on fire.

The fire, thought to have started in the school’s kitchen, had spread to the gymnasium by midday.

No students were in the school when the fire broke out.

The $5-million school, that serves 152 students from kindergarten through high school, was recently renovated.

“We’re going to have to find temporary classrooms as soon as possible,” said Debbie Astroff, spokesperson for the Kativik Regional School Board.

Firefighters in Kuujjuaraapik and Whapmagoostui have dealt with other major fires in the twin communities over the past few years.

In October 2001, a fire severely damaged the Hydro-Québec power plant that supplies electricity to both communities. It caused a blackout that lasted from Monday to Thursday. It was the third time in less than six months that firefighters had rushed to douse flames at their shared power plant.

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December 19, 2003

Man in custody over violent death in Inukjuak

Police had a 20-year-old man in custody following the discovery of a beaten and bloody body of a man in an Inukjuak residence on Tuesday.

Police said individuals delivering frozen shrimp — which are furnished free-of-charge by Makivik Corp. to each Nunavik home before Christmas — discovered the body.

“A call went out at 4:20 p.m. from the guys delivering shrimp that there was a body lying in the kitchen and covered in blood. Police responded and confirmed there was a body. A doctor was called in to confirm that the man had died. The scene was protected by police and Canadian Rangers,” said Kativik Regional Police Force chief Brian Jones.

A major crimes unit from the Sûreté du Québec provincial police force arrived in Inukjuak at 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Following an investigation, a man was taken into custody and, as of press time, was expected to be charged with the second-degree murder of the 41-year-old man, whose name has not been released.

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