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July
21, 2006
Tootoo inks two-year
contract with Nashville Predators
Nunavut’s hockey star,
Jordin Tootoo, has signed a two-year agreement-in-principle with the Nashville
Predators, reports The Tennessean.
The 23-year-old forward,
who hails from Rankin Inlet, spent last season bouncing back and forth between
the Predators and their Milwaukee farm team in the American Hockey League.
Tootoo played 34 games
with the Predators last season, earning 10 points — four goals and six
assists. His hard-hitting style also earned Tootoo 55 penalty minutes.
With Milwaukee, Tootoo
fared better, scoring a total of 27 points — 13 goals and 14 assists —
in 41 regular-season games. He added 11 points — nine goals and two assists
— in 15 post-season contests.
The two-year deal would
make it more difficult for the Predators to transfer Tootoo, who until now was
a restricted free agent.
July
7, 2006
Four communities vie
for culture school
The Nunavut government
says one of four communities - Arviat, Baker Lake, Igloolik, or Clyde River
- will host the Piqqusilirivvik cultural school that the GN wants to build in
the near future.
GN officials picked these
four communities from a list of nine which submitted proposals.
The GN got $10 million
in handouts through the former Liberal government's Northern Strategy program
to cover planning costs for the culture school, but it's not clear where money
will come from to pay the rest of the building's capital costs.
The Nunavut cultural school
would be based on Greenland's system of "folk" schools, especially
the Knud Rasmussen Folk High School in Sisimiut. Built in 1962, the Knud Rasmussen
Folk High School was the first of several Greenlandic folk schools built to
offer a variety of traditional and academic subjects to high-school-age students.
The GN will consult each
of the four short-listed communities over the summer, then pick one in the fall.
July
7, 2006
GST cut won't mean
lower fuel prices
Don't expect that the GST
reduction which took effect on July 1 will mean you'll save money when heating
your home or running a vehicle, the Government of Nunavut cautions.
That's because the price
you pay was set last August and will remain the same until rates are set later
this year. However, the GST reduction to 6 per cent from 7 per cent will be
taken into account when next year's fuel prices are set by the GN. The major
factor in setting the final price will be the actual cost of fuel purchased
for the annual re-supply.
Fuel prices are subsidized
by the GN, which last year paid $15 million, or about 10 cents a litre, to help
lower fuel costs to consumers.
July
7, 2006
Danes to officially
open honourary consulate in Iqaluit
Poul Kristensen, Danish
ambassador to Canada, will be in Iqaluit on Saturday to formally acknowledge
the opening of the honourary Danish consulate.
Kenn Harper, a Nunatsiaq
News columnist, author and Iqaluit businessman, will continue to serve as
honourary consul. One issue of pressing concern to Denmark is restoring the
scheduled air link between Nunavut and Greenland.
Kristensen and Harper will
be hosts at a reception in the foyer of the Legislative Assembly at 1:30 p.m.
on Saturday.
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