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April 8, 2005

Iqaluit this week

Indoor soccer tournament
Friday, April 8 to Sunday, April 10, Inuksuk High School. Come and enjoy the first annual Aqsarniit Cup, hosted by the Iqaluit Indoor Soccer League. For info, call David Iou, 975-6114 or 979-8875.

Plant swap
Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Arctic College. The Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society hosts its third annual plant swap. There will be a limited number of plants for sale.

Iqalungmiut on Ice
Sunday, April 10, 7:30 p.m., Old Arena. Fifty skaters aged 3 to 13 will show off their new skills in the Iqaluit Skating Club's annual ice show. This year's theme is "Under the Northern Lights," and colorful performances are guaranteed. Admission is free. For info call 979-4762.

City supports compost scheme

Iqaluit City Council voted March 22 to make about $41,000 worth of in-kind donations to the Bill Mackenzie Humanitarian Society for its composting program.

The donations are mostly in the form of staff time and vehicle use, related to the maintenance of a compost area at the dump that will receive organic household waste.

A second look at Illitiit handouts?

Iqaluit city council will likely take a second look at two contributions that they recently voted to give the ailing Illitiit organization for the Oqota homeless shelter and a youth cottage for young offenders.

On March 8, city councillors voted to give Illitiit $76,388 for the Oqota homeless shelter, and $147,829 for their youth cottage, on condition that the youth cottage's ownership be verified and that all outstanding taxes and other bills be paid.

But at council's March 22 meeting, Coun. Nancy Gillis said "new information has come to light" and she wants council to bring those motions back.

That "information" is likely a recent news item broadcast on CBC radio, in which Illitiit's chairman said that the youth cottage is closing its doors until its financial situation is straightened out, and that another group may be taking control of the homeless shelter.

Council will likely deal with the Illitiit motion at its April 12 meeting.

Claude Martel appointed to council

Iqaluit city councillors decided at a March 24 meeting to offer their latest vacant council position to Iqaluit resident Claude Martel, who was a candidate in the 2003 council election.

Martel received 342 votes in 2003, just behind Brad Hall and Theresa Rodrigue. The seat was vacated by Stu Kennedy, whose resignation took effect March 31.

Iqaluit this week

Martinis tonight
Friday, April 1, 5 - 7 p.m. Martinis at the Francophone Centre. Admission is free.

Bingo for volleyball
Friday, April 8, 6 p.m., Inuksuk High School. The Iqaluit Ladies Volleyball team hosts a Bingo. Cost is $70 to play. Jackpot is $5,000, mini jackpot is $2,000.

Aerobathon!
Sunday, April 10, Atii Fitness Centre. Everyone is welcome to enter the 3-hour aerobics marathon. To enter, you must find at least $50 in pledges before April 3. For info, call 979-0348.

Upcoming
Toonik Tyme date set
Toonik Tyme 2005 will be celebrated from April 18 - 23. Volunteers needed. Contact Ailsa at 979-5617.

KRG gives Iqaluit the silent treatment

Iqaluit city officials were all but convinced last year that Nunavik's Kativik Regional Government could help them find a way of cutting Iqaluit's road paving costs by up to 50 per cent, through a surface treatment technique called "chip-seal."

But staff at the KRG, whose head office is located in Kuujjuaq, have stopped talking to Iqaluit city officials about a proposed contract between the two organizations for a chip-seal pilot project, and no one at the city of Iqaluit knows why.

"We've encountered a non-response situation," said Mark Hall, the City of Iqaluit's director of public works.

Last year, Hall and Coun. Annie Gordon visited Kuujjuaq to take a look at Nunavik's highly successful road paving project. Using a technique called "chip-seal," the KRG paved about 3.6 km of roads in Kuujjuaq for almost half the cost of using asphalt, and also trained local people how to do it.

The "chip-seal" technique involves laying down a thin layer of asphalt and water, followed by a layer of gravel, which is then rolled flat.

Ian Fremantle, the city's CAO, said Iqaluit was seeking a contract with the KRG to use the Nunavik organization's equipment in a chip-seal pilot project that would pave the Apex Road and some residential roads in Apex.

But he also said that the key to maintaining Iqaluit's inadequate roads is to create a drainage plan, since it's poor drainage that's responsible for most of the washboarding and pot-holes. Even paved roads are damaged by poor drainage, Fremantle said.

Tenant vacates apartment near waste site

An Iqaluit business that was maintaining an apartment in a leased building near an old waste disposal site at the end of the federal road has vacated the unit.

This information was contained in a letter sent to city council by NCC Development Ltd., the owner of the building.

The city's planning department first brought the issue to city council, pointing out that the business had not sought approval from the GN health department for occupancy of the apartment.

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