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May
13, 2005
Autopsy finds cold cause of death
Police have declared alcohol was a "significant" factor in the freezing
death of a Canadian Ranger in Qikiqtarjuaq last year.
Jassie Kooneeliusie's body was found beside the Northern store on Dec. 22.
after he went missing for about three days.
Autopsy results were released last week. They list cold exposure, as the cause
of death, with "ethanol intoxication" as a significant contributing
factor.
May
13, 2005
Arrests made in Iqaluit break-ins
Police have charged two Iqaluit men in connection with a recent break-in at
the Nunavut Court of Justice.
The two men are accused of breaking into the court building on April 14 by
prying a rear door open, and stealing money inside.
When investigators searched the men's residence in Iqaluit on April 22, they
recovered several stolen items. They included carvings, playstation games, DVDs,
and two DVD players.
Shortly after, they were charged with breaking-and-entering.
During the search, police also recovered two ivory walrus tusks stolen from
the museum on April 10. The tusks were etched in the 1960s by renowned Kimmirut
carver, Davidee Itulu.
Museum staff said robbers entered the back of the building after cutting the
phone lines and disabling the alarm system.
The two men haven't been charged in connection with the museum break-in.
Eliyah Jonah and Billy Kakee appeared in the Iqaluit courtroom on charges of
break-and-enter late last month.
One man also faces charges in a break-in at the offices of Nunavut Construction
Corp., building 1553.
May
6, 2005
Two men believed drowned near Cape Dorset
Police believe two men drowned while snowmobiling near Cape Dorset after a
hunting trip last week.
RCMP called off the search for the men last Sunday.
Usuittuq Jaw, 25, was hunting for ptarmigan in the area four days earlier,
but failed to come back before nightfall as he had planned.
The next day, two search-and-rescue volunteers found Jaw in a cabin about 80
kilometres outside the community. Police say the three men were supposed to
stay there and wait until Saturday morning, before attempting to come home.
Instead, they decided to leave at night.
Jaw and one of his rescuers drove a snowmobile ahead of the third man, who
lost sight of them along the way.
He stopped and looked for the missing men, and then returned to Cape Dorset.
Several more search teams tried finding them, without success.
Spotters in an RCMP plane later saw a snowmobile trail leading to the water
where the men were last seen. There was no debris or any other sign of the missing
men.
Police investigators say the men likely drove into the open water and drowned.
Police are withholding the name of the 35-year-old man who died with Jaw, citing
the family's wish for privacy.
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