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December 8, 2006

GN appeals orphan care judgment

The Nunavut government will appeal a court judgement that orders them to start caring, within one year, for orphaned youth between the ages of 16 and 18, Leona Aglukkaq, the health minister, announced this past Monday.

Right now, Nunavut’s Child and Family Services Act says the government must act as a parent for orphaned or homeless children until they reach the age of 16. But they are not eligible for welfare or social housing until they reach the age of 18.

In response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of a 17-year-old young offender, Justice Beverly Browne found the GN acted like a negligent parent. Then she said if the GN does not change the law, she will write the amendment into legislation within one year.

Aglukkaq says she will not offer any more public comment on the issue, claiming that she can’t because it’s a matter that’s still before the courts.

December 8, 2006

Feds say yes to Eastmain project

A federal environmental review panel recommends that Quebec’s Eastmain 1A-Rupert hydroelectric project go ahead, but they say the project should be monitored by an independent body that includes Nunavut, and aboriginal groups.

”It would be imperative for the federal government to implement a large-scale research and monitoring program for the James Bay and Hudson Bay ecosystems,” said the panel.

That’s a small victory for Inuit from Makivik Corporation and the Nunavut Hudson Bay Inter-Agency Working Group, or Nunavuummi Tasiujarjuamiuguqatigiit Katujiqatigiingit, who called for this kind of inter-jurisdictional watchdog in their presentations to the federal review panel this spring.

The panel’s assessment is largely positive about the project, which would divert two rivers, and lead to new dams, reservoirs, a spillway, dikes, powerhouses, generating stations, power lines, and other structures in the James Bay region.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Transport Canada will now review the panel’s report and submit its response to cabinet for approval. The response will then be made public.

December 8, 2006

Accused killer to stand trial

Silas Ammaklak, a Hall Beach man accused of killing a woman more than three years ago, has been committed to stand trial on a charge of second degree murder following a preliminary inquiry.

Justice Robert Kilpatrick made the decision Nov. 23.

The charges are in connection with the death of Susan Natar. She died in an Ottawa hospital on Sept. 21, 2003, five days after being flown there from Hall Beach.

Police first charged Ammaklak with aggravated assault and two counts of obstructing justice, alleging the solicitation of false testimony.

After Natar died, the Crown raised the aggravated assault charge to second-degree murder. Evidence given in preliminary inquiries may not be published or broadcast.

December 1, 2006

Asii Chemnitz Narup from the Inuit Ataqatigiit Party stepped down as Greenland’s minister of health and education last week, saying she “could no longer accept the way business is conducted within the government and its coalition members.” (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE)

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Greenland minister resigns

Asii Chemnitz Narup from the Inuit Ataqatigiit Party stepped down as minister of health and education, saying she “could no longer accept the way business is conducted within the government and its coalition members.”

She pointed to problems implementing her public health program, accusations of overspending and an official reprimand for a lack of information about the creation of an environmental fund as being among the reasons for her decision to step down.

“Not trusting or being able to rely on each other is antithetical to co-operation. It’s important to be able trust each other if we are to complete our work and move forward,” she said.

Agathe Fontain has been named to replace her.

Narup keeps her seat as MP says Sermitsiaq.

December 1, 2006

Greenland mourns political pioneer

Lars Chemnitz, Greenland’s first speaker of the legislative assembly, died on Nov. 18 after a long illness. He was 81.

Chemnitz was a member of Greenland’s legislature from 1979 to 1984 and again from 1988 to 1995. He served as the speaker from 1979 to 1984.

Chemnitz also had been involved in Greenlandic politics since 1971 and served as chair of Greenland’s council from 1971 to 1979.

“My friend and colleague – a big parliamentarian, political leader and pioneer passed away,” wrote the current speaker for legislative assembly, Jonathan Motzfeldt in a news release on Chemnitz.

December 1, 2006

Minik movie merits award

A documentary called “The Prize of the Pole” won the Amnesty Award at the CPH:DOX film festival in Copenhagen, reports Sermitsiaq.

”The Prize of the Pole” won the Amnesty Award, which is given to films focusing on human rights.

The film tells the story of Minik, a Greenlandic boy who was brought to New York by polar explorer Robert Peary.

The film follows Peary’s Greenlandic great-grandson, Robert Peary II, as he uncovers Minik’s story.

Peary spent 23 years in Greenland while trying to become the first person to reach the North Pole.

Minik travelled with Peary to the U.S. with five other Greenlanders, including his adoptive father. Minik was the only one to survive and grow up in the United States.

The 58-minute film was directed by Staffan Julén and produced by Haslund Film and Nimbus Film.

December 1, 2006

Hurray for Mikisoq!

The first Greenlandic-produced animated film is underway, says Sermitsiaq.

The new film and television series will follow the adventures of Mikisoq.

The 26-episode series and an 80-minute film should be completed within three years.

Mikisoq Media is producing the cartoon in co-operation with A-Film, a German/Danish film company.

Money to fund the $10 million project came from the recently-established Northern Lights Foundation.

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