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January 14, 2005
Counterfeit money hits Iqaluit
The Iqaluit RCMP is investigating the presence of counterfeit bank notes in the area. According to a news release, bogus $10 and $20 bills have been passed around the city.
Police are encouraging Iqaluit’s businesses and the public to be on the lookout for false bills, and to call them if you suspect you have counterfeit currency.
January 14, 2005
Thief nabbed in Cambridge Bay
A one-man crime spree came to an end after police caught a suspect in a series of break-ins in Cambridge Bay over the holidays.
Clifford Koplomik, 18, is serving time in prison in Yellowknife after he admitted to breaking into four businesses on Boxing Day.
Koplomik busted into government offices, Nattuk Plumbing, the Cambridge Bay Housing Association, and the elementary school, making off with $150 and a bottle of liquor.
Besides the break-ins, Const. Paul Paquin said the holidays were “relatively quiet,” with only several reported assaults.
January 14, 2005
Iqaluit RCMP resolve to get more staff
Iqaluit RMCP plan to boost their ranks during the holidays after what one officer called “a rockin’ New Year’s Eve.”
Police found that three officers wasn’t enough to handle the number of booze-fueled incidents at bars and homes, as partiers celebrated the coming of the new year.
Sgt. Dale McLeod said the RCMP will bring in one more officer to deal with the influx in calls.
Police received 27 calls on New Year’s Eve, almost double the amount they dealt with last year.
“The boys were running flat-out,” McLeod said.
The majority of calls were alcohol-related.
January 14, 2005
Scholarship for Rankin Inlet student
A second-year anthropology student, Krista Zawadski, is the fourth recipient of a $5,000 scholarship.
Zawadski, originally from Rankin Inlet, is studying at Carleton University in Ottawa. She is a graduate of the Nunavut Sivuniksavut Program.
The scholarship is in honour of Laura Gauthier, who “was instrumental in the formation of a made-in-Nunavut utility company,” notes the Qulliq Energy Corp.’s news release.
The scholarship criteria include academic performance, career goals, brief biography, role model qualities, volunteer and leadership contributions.
The selection committee was comprised of a Gauthier family member, Iqaluit mayor and QEC board member Elisapee Sheutiapik and a representative of the Qulliq Energy Corporation communications department.
“We selected Krista because of her passion for helping others, commitment to Inuit and her determined approach to life,” Sheutiapik said.
January 14, 2005
Lucie Idlout takes Toronto
Nunavut chanteuse Lucie Idlout is among 24 elite residents of Toronto who will contribute to a special exhibit at Toronto City Hall later this month.
The exhibit, called “My City, My Life,” will consist of photos taken by each participant that document a typical day in their lives. It will be on display Jan. 28 to Feb. 10.
Idlout, originally of Iqaluit, has made Toronto her home for the past three years.
Her photos will appear alongside photos by other artists, athletes, businessmen, and prominent community members, including TV host Ben Mulroney, comedian Rick Mercer, musician Nelly Furtado, author Michael Ondaatje and Olympic athlete Jeff Adams.
January 14, 2005
Booze ban a bust
Rankin Inlet police found a ban on alcohol in their community over the holidays failed to keep booze from flowing.
RCMP report that alcohol was involved in all 16 arrests made in Rankin Inlet between Christmas and the early New Year.
Sgt. Grant St. Germaine said “out-of-province” airlines and liquor authorities needed to co-operate more with the hamlet council’s ban on booze, in order to keep the community dry.
“There was an alcohol ban in the community,” St. Germaine said. “But there somehow seemed to be alcohol coming in.”
St. Germaine noted that residents might have bypassed the ban by ordering alcohol from Iqaluit, which wouldn’t require a permit. He applauded local airlines like First Air and Canadian North for respecting the ban.
However, police did crack down on suspected bootleggers over the holidays. Police arrested a husband and wife accused of illegally selling liquor, after seizing 40 40-oz. bottles of vodka.
The couple will appear in court on Feb. 1. Police also seized marijuana from their house.
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