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Around Iqaluit
June
17, 2005
Iqaluit this week
Aakuluk Day Care AGM
Saturday, June 18, 1 p.m. Aakuluk Day Care will hold its annual general
meeting. Hotdogs and drinks will be served and donations will be accepted. A
new board will be elected and a raffle will be held with prizes including a
plane ticket.
Inuit Music Night
Tuesday, June 21, 7 p.m., Francophone Centre. Enjoy an evening of
Inuit music, singing and drum dancing at this free event. Bar will be closed.
St-Jean Baptiste Day
Friday, June 24, 8 p.m., Francophone Centre. Quebec folksinger Yan
Parenteau will be performing for the evening. Tickets are $20 and available
at Bldg 981.
Coffee House
Saturday, June 25, 7 p.m., Inuksuk High School. Multicultural musicians
will entertain.
Arts & Crafts Exhibition
June 25 - 30, Nunatta Sunnakkutaangit Museum. Daily arts and crafts
exhibition, demonstrations and sale.
Multicultural Music
Jam
Monday, June 27, 7 p.m., Francophone Centre.
June
17 , 2005
It's a go for chip-seal rebuild
of Apex Road
Iqaluit residents will see work crews do a complete rebuild along a 1.3 km
stretch of the Apex Road this summer, including new culverts and ditches, thanks
to the completion of a long sought-after contract between the City of Iqaluit
and Nunavik's Kativik Regional Government.
Using local equipment and labour, the KRG will use a low-cost chip-seal technique
similar to one used in Kuujuaq's recent road-paving program. They'll use chip-seal
to coat the surface of the rebuilt road from the intersection near the T. Fox
Graphics building to the Apex bridge.
The city and the GN will share the cost of the project, budgeted at $549,987
through Iqaluit's five-year capital plan.
Mark Hall, the City of Iqaluit's director of public works, told Iqaluit city
councillors this week that the city, and the Government of Nunavut, are treating
the work as an experimental pilot project. Both governments hope that chip-sealing,
with an estimated cost of about $180 a metre, will prove to be a lot cheaper
than asphalt paving.
The spending that city councillors approved this week will also be used to
re-surface about 1.6 km of road surface in an area with flat, high-volume streets,
but city councillors still have to decide where.
City administrators proposed chip-sealing for about 1.6 km of road surface
in Apex, but Coun. Claude Martel and Deputy Mayor Glenn Williams shot down that
idea, saying they can't justify it to ratepayers in Iqaluit who have put up
with bad roads for years.
Hall said he'll prepare a proposal for the Iqaluit portion of the chip sealing
project for the Tuesday public works committee meeting next week.
A "chip-seal" is a type of road surface made with a layer of binder,
or emulsion, which is sprayed onto the road bed, then covered with a layer of
gravel chips and rolled flat.
Chip sealing is now mainly used to extend the life of asphalt paving, but was
first developed in the 1920s as a way of improving gravel roads. The technique
reduces dust and helps prevent the road surface from being washed away.
June
17 , 2005
At last - a new cemetery
Iqaluit city council approved a new cemetery site this past Tuesday, in an
area that lies just below the Telesat Canada satellite dish.
Iqaluit's current graveyard is almost full, with space for no more than four
burial plots.
The first phase of the cemetery project will create 40 new burial plots at
the new site, said Mark Hall, the city's director of public works. Three more
phases will follow.
Until late last month, the city was ready to go ahead with another site in
the West 40 that would have straddled the old U.S air force runway.
But Deputy Mayor Glenn Williams said that site is "unacceptable"
and is susceptible to flooding. At a special council meeting on May 30, he and
Coun. Nancy Gillis put forward a notice of motion to have the decision reconsidered.
June
10, 2005
Iqaluit this week
Flea Market
Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Francophone Center. The Francophone
Association is hosting a flea market.
Food Bank AGM
Saturday, June 11, 1 - 3 p.m., Husky Room of Frobisher Inn. The Niqinik
Nuatsivik Nunavut Food Bank is holding its annual general meeting: the public
is invited to attend.
Pride Picnic
Sunday, June 12, 2 p.m., Sylvia Grinnell Park Pavilion. The public
is invited to come out and celebrate the 5th Annual Iqaluit Pride and Friends
of Pride Picnic. Entertainment will be provided by the Road to Nowhere Band
and other local talent.
Wheels in Motion
Sunday, June 12, 12 - 3 p.m., Fire Hall. Help support research for
people with spinal cord injuries by taking part in the Rick Hansen Wheels in
Motion Fund Raiser. Collect pledges, or make a donation. Pledge forms are available
at City Hall, the pool, Northmart and Arctic Ventures. For more information
call 979-5617.
Parents and Tots AGM
Tuesday, June 14, 7 p.m., House #2717F. The Iqaluit Parents and Tots
Association are holding their annual general meeting; the public is invited
to attend.
Spring Community Clean-Up
Friday, June 17, 9 - 11:30 a.m., Coast Guard building. Sponsored
by the Government of Canada. Everything necessary will be provided, just bring
your energy.
June
3, 2005
Iqaluit this week
Food Bank AGM
Saturday, June 11, 1 - 3 p.m., Husky Room of Frobisher Inn. The Niqinik
Nuatsivik Nunavut Food Bank is holding its Annual General Meeting, the public
is invited to attend.
Pride Picnic
Sunday, June 12, 2 p.m., Sylvia Grinnell Park Pavilion. The public
is invited to come out and celebrate the 5th Annual Iqaluit Pride and Friends
of Pride Picnic. Entertainment will be provided by the Road to Nowhere Band
and other local talent.
Spring Community Clean-Up
Friday, June 17, 9 - 11:30 a.m., Coast Guard building. Sponsored
by the Government of Canada. Everything necessary will be provided, just bring
your energy.
To have your event listed, free of charge, please call 979-5357, fax 979-4763,
or send an email to saram@nunatsiaq.com.
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