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Iqaluit this week

Alianait! Wine and cheese fundraiser
Friday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m., Francophone Centre. Join us for a fun social evening with Iqaluit's Arts Festival Coalition and learn more about plans for a multi-cultural, multi-media arts festival. Musical entertainment with a romantic theme in celebration of Valentine's Day. Admission: Free. Donations will be gratefully accepted to help fund the Alianait! Arts Festival.

Valentine’s benefit concert for Atii Fitness
Saturday, Feb. 18, doors at 7:30 p.m., entertainment starting at 8:30 p.m., Elks Lodge. Live music with Jennifer Wakegijiq, Andrew Molloy, Michael Doyle and Phil Laffin. Appetizers and door prizes! Tickets, $30, are available from Atii Fitness Centre, board members or at the Elks Lodge.

Upcoming

Classical tea
Saturday, March 11, 7:30 p.m., Aqsaarniit Middle School. The Iqaluit Music Society presents a tea featuring local musicians performing classical, jazz and contemporary music. Admission is free; donations will go towards youth and community music programs.

Coffee house
Saturday, March 25, 7:30 p.m., Inuksuk High School. Contact Jennifer Wakegijig at jenniferwalk@hotmail.com if you are interested in performing.

To have your event listed, free of charge, please call 979-5357, fax 979-4763, or send an email to saram@nunatsiaq.com.

February 10, 2006

Aqsarniit School construction on schedule

Rumours that the addition to Iqaluit’s middle school is three months behind schedule are not true, said Lorne Levy, the department of education’s point man on school infrastructure in Nunavut.

After hearing rumours about a delay, Levy held a meeting on Feb. 15 with the Iqaluit District Education Authority, the construction company, SNC Lavalin and the architect.

The project’s leaders expect the new part of the school to be open for classes by the time school starts again in the fall.

February 10, 2006

Iqaluit this week

Garage, rummage and bake sale
Saturday, Feb. 11, Joamie School Gym, 10 a.m. to noon. Donations of items for sale may be dropped off at the school during the week (baked goods on Friday). Proceeds will go towards Joamie School’s Drum Dance Festival in April.

Your turn to be a movie star
Sunday, Feb. 12, Nunavut Arctic College. The producers of “Mahaha the Tickler,” a story based on a traditional Inuit myth, are holding open auditions seeking an adult female, an adult male, two young adult women, one young man and a boy.

All actors must be fluent in English and Inuktitut, and available for rehearsals in March and filming in mid-April.

Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. The roles are unpaid.

Audition times are as follows:

• 1:30 p.m. – girls 10 to 13 years old
• 2:30 p.m. – boys 12 to 15 years old
• 3:00 p.m. – boys 6 or 7 years old
• 3:30 p.m. – adults, male and female, 25 to 50 years old

For more information call Tony at Atii-go Media, 979-0026.

New media classes at Arctic College
Nunavut Arctic College is offering several part-time media classes this spring, starting with a Photoshop class beginning Feb. 13. An Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking and Final Cut Pro workshop will take place on Sunday and weekday evenings from Feb. 19 to 24. Other courses will cover Adobe software, including Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign and Flash throughout February and March.

For a schedule and more information contact Lynette Thomas at 979-7261. Seats are limited.

To have your event listed, free of charge, please call 979-5357, fax 979-4763, or send an email to saram@nunatsiaq.com.

February 10, 2006

Iqaluit cabbie charged with attempted murder

An Iqaluit cab driver stands accused of attempted murder in connection with the stabbing this week of a fellow cabbie.

Police arrested Mahamoud Ahmed Hersi, 49, following an incident at the NorthMart parking lot around 5:40 p.m. on Feb. 7.

Another cab driver, 26, had been stabbed in the back and legs five or six times, police say. He was driven to the Baffin Regional Hospital.

Hersi is now in custody, facing charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault. He’s scheduled to appear in court in Iqaluit for a bail hearing on Feb. 9.

February 10, 2006

Iqaluit woman arrested for stabbing

Iqaluit police arrested a 24-year-old woman on Feb. 7, after responding to a call at building 2221. They found a 23-year-old man with cuts and stab wounds across his hands.

Ooloota Nakashook has been charged with assault causing bodily harm, three counts of assault with a weapon, assault and uttering threats.

She is to appear in court for a bail hearing Feb. 10.

February 10, 2006

Men fined on liquor charges

Two Iqaluit men were fined last month on liquor charges.

On Jan. 13, a Justice of the Peace found Ohito Sharky guilty of unlawfully importing liquor into Iqaluit.

The charges date back to Oct. 13, 2005, when Iqaluit RCMP seized 24 1.75-litre bottles of liquor from Sharky. He was fined $3,840.

Later that month another Iqaluit man appeared in court for supplying liquor to minors.

Nathan Evans pleaded guilty to the charge, which dates back to April 8, 2005. He received a $500 fine.

February 3, 2006

Iqaluit this week

Daycare rummage sale
Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10-2 p.m. Rummage and bake sale at Kids on the Beach Daycare. Clothing, toys, kitchen supplies, baked goods and more.

Military meet ‘n greet
Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 4:30 p.m. in the Cadet Hall. Come out and meet Canadian Forces troops in town for two weeks for sovereignty operation “Glacial Gunner.” A parade will be followed by a meet and greet and gift exchange.

Homeowners’ AGM
Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m., tentatively to be held in the offices of the Nunavut Employees Union building. The Namminiq Angirraliit Iqalunni Association meets for its annual general meeting. Discuss the city’s 2006 budget and learn how to apply for federal grants for home repairs. For more information, call Keith Irving at 979-5720 or Susan Gardener at 979-6211.

Latino dinner
Saturday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. at the Francophone association. Come and taste the food of Latin America. $30 for members; $40 for non-members. For information, call the AFN.

To have your event listed, free of charge, please call 979-5357, fax 979-4763, or send an email to johnt@nunatsiaq.com.

February 3, 2006

Man gets suspended sentence for armed standoff

Jerry Ell pleaded guilty to three counts of assault in the Nunavut Court of Justice on Wednesday last week.

The charges date back to an armed standoff with police in late October 2004, which caused the white rowhousing area of Iqaluit to be evacuated for six hours.

Ell’s lawyer struck a plea bargain with the Crown, where a sexual assault charge was lowered to simple assault. Ell pleaded guilty to that, and two other standing assault charges.

Charges of resisting arrest, disarming a peace officer and unsafe storage of a firearm were dropped.

He will serve a suspended sentence with one year of probation. Conditions include abstaining from alcohol or other intoxicating drugs. He isn’t allowed to keep firearms at home, but they can be stored outside his residence for hunting purposes. Ell currently lives in Rankin Inlet.

Ell held a series of high-profile jobs in the past, most recently as executive director of the Nunavut Economic Forum. He is also a past president of the Qikiqtaaluk Corp., and has tried unsuccessfully to get elected to the legislative assembly, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., and the Baffin Regional Inuit Association.

February 3, 2006

City won’t mothball arena

Iqaluit councillors won’t mothball the Arctic Winter Games arena, or turn the sinking building into a heavy equipment parking lot and storage bin for the city’s old paperwork.

Those were all options on the table when councillors met during a meeting on Friday last week. However, they concluded that costs outweighed benefits in each case.

Closing the building would require the city to move the youth centre, located in the arena, into a new location, such as the curling rink, which would have to be closed and renovated.

Refitting the AWG arena as a parking lot and archive space would also cost the city money, and they’d still be locked into contracts for maintenance work done to keep the arena running.

Councillors first considered mothballing the arena in order to avoid increasing taxes this year. Although they agreed to do nothing, Coun. Glenn Williams said the meeting proved council had “done due diligence.”

The city has no plans to re-open the arena, which consultants estimate could cost $750,000 to permanently fix. That would involve building a new foundation supported by metal posts. The building rests on a soupy mess of mud and rock, which has caused it to sink unevenly for years.

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