Headline News - September 6, 2002

Nunavut

Rankin Inlet hockey player found dead in Manitoba
Terence Tootoo commits suicide after drunk driving arrest

The winds of change blow through Nunavut
GN considers wind power, Canada’s fastest-growing source of renewable electricity

Government focuses on Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit
Department coordinators, elders council to help GN implement IQ

Nunavut Briefs

TV show looking for "outstanding local kid"

Ottawa man plans Arctic flight in hot-air ballon

GN funds new sewage lagoon in Hall Beach

Lead levels in Nanisivik safe: health department

Igloolik armed robbery suspect at large

School upgrades delay classes in Clyde

Barnes vacates Nunavut seat on NAPO board

New judge to be sworn in this month

Fresh air and health care

Group plans space contact with Joamie School

NTI board meets in Kuugaruk

Inuit leaders worry Arctic being ignored at Johannesburg summit

Giant Pangnirtung tapestry to be unveiled

Features
Snow princess
With a starring role in The Snow Walker, Annabella Piugattuk is ready for the red carpet

Out of the stone age
Greenlandic artist Miki Jacobsen casts the icons of Arctic life in bronze and aluminum

Iqaluit

Lower Base homeowners asked to pay up
But cost of connecting to utilidor is much less than expected — for some

DFO orders river closure
Three months after HTA announced five-year ban for Sylvia Grinnell River, DFO adds its support

Preschool gives Iqaluit kids an early start
Four-year-olds head to the classroom next week

Royal reminiscing
Iqaluit prepares for the Queen’s visit in October and remembers past visits to the north

Report recommends help for small business in Iqaluit
Second phase of economic development strategy is helping businesses start up

The slo-pitch tournament that keeps on going

Smooth roads await Royal visit despite work slowdown

Headline News - September 13, 2002

Nunavut
Iqaluit family fights for treatment for disabled son
Securing Nunavut-based care taking longer than expected

Harper vows to sue capital city for lost development fees
Developer fumes months after Iqaluit council rejected apartment proposal

Students bond with the North on Arctic expedition
Inuit teens from Nunavut learn new things about wildlife and fellow students

Nunavut Briefs

Bike for the community

Inquest to investigate principal’s death

Bishop of the Arctic to be installed on Sunday

Ottawa balloonist was a hit in Sanikiluaq

Cover contest

Coroner calls it quits

Tahera director dies

QIA AGM in October

In The Courts

Severely beaten woman transferred to Ottawa for treatment

Former city councillor makes first appearance

Woman fakes unconsciousness to end assault

Rankin Inlet man guilty of sexual contact with child

Man gets jail time for violating no-drinking order

Dangerous offender designation considered for Sanikiluaq man

Cheating husband lashes out at wife

Concerned spouse tips off police to husband’s drinking

Cambridge Bay man sent to BCC for B&E, assault

Teen goes fishing, violates curfew

Youth charged in beating death appears in court

Judge rules complainant’s testimony not credible

Nunavik
KRG to decide location for Nunavik prison
Chosen community will need large parcel of open land and amenities for future jail employees

Adams wins third KRG term by acclamation
Chairman agrees to serve for one more year, then tender his resignation

Features
The homeschool experiment
It’s expensive and time-consuming, but several families in Iqaluit are educating their children at home this year

From the artist’s mind

Iqaluit
Iqaluit says goodbye to dedicated activist
Gordon Barnes leaves Iqaluit after helping community’s homeless

Roads not for royalty

Waiting for the bus

Happy trails

Headline News - September 20, 2002

Nunavut
Municipal staff lack necessary skills, GN report finds
Finance officers have trouble with budgets, lands officers know little about the environment

Principal ignored by supervisors, inquest hears
Suicide of Hal Richards probed during Iqaluit coroner's inquest

Meet Nunavut's new judge
Justice Earl Johnson represented GN in Ed Horne case

Anglican church installs Inuk bishop to lead Arctic diocese
Andrew Atagotaaluk to represent area from Yukon to Labrador

Trio honoured for daring rescues
Commissioner's awards recognize acts of bravery

Telesat rolls out high-speed Internet for northern business
Next year's new satellite will bring direct-to-home high-speed Internet to northern Canada

Iqaluit students get ready for outer space
Excitement grows as kids and teachers prepare to talk to astronauts

Nunavut Briefs

RCMP investigate killing of Pond man

The cross marks the spot

Arvaluk must face new trial

Nunavik
Translators gather in Kangirsuk
Avataq workshop helps expand Inuktitut vocabulary

Features
The flex-time solution
Working parents discover a way to keep their jobs and homeschool their kids

Hair apparent
Students from across Nunavut are learning how to snip professionally

A good time for a good cause

Games of summer
Qikiqtaalungmiut celebrate Baffin Inuit Games

Iqaluit
City to cut off water delivery to overdue customers
Outstanding bills as low as $39, as high as $2,000

Council approves report on liquor law changes
Not an accurate picture of Iqalungmiut’s views, councillor says

Little lots on the tundra
Residents, developers examine proposed subdivision

Headline News - September 27, 2002

Nunavut
Inuktitut literacy: Iqaluit students flunk simple test
More than 60 per cent considered illiterate or semi-literate in Inuktitut

Okalik shares own tale with world addictions forum
"My optimism is personal," Nunavut premier says

RCMP investigates Pond Inlet shooting
Officers involved in shooting reassigned to Iqaluit during investigations

Stats reveal wide housing gap between Inuit, non-Inuit
Survey numbers show non-Inuit enjoy better housing conditions than Inuit

Okalik presses PM for action on Nunavut
Says Chrétien knows more about Nunavut than entire federal cabinet

Richards’ inquest jury makes 16 recommendations
Jury urges better internal policies for suspended employees

Course trains guides for park tours
"To just go for a walk isn’t something a lot of local people do"

Northern Property to pay $37.1 million for 26 Iqaluit buildings
Real estate trust acquires new Iqaluit assets, and a major new shareholder

Iqaluit man reflects on life after dog slaughter
Social problems plague Inuit because change in lifestyle was too abrupt, he says

Nunavut Briefs

Gas prices go up next week

ICC receives award

Help for financial hopefuls

In The Courts

Avataq families launch lawsuit

Escaped inmate back in jail

Nunavik
DFO funds scientific beluga hunt in James Bay
Money is in addition to $50,000 promised after quotas were slashed

Features

Old-school homeschool
Home education isn’t just bookwork at home, it’s lifelong learning

A stitch in time
The death this week of Baker Lake artist Marion Tuu’luq makes the opening of her first solo exhibition at the National Gallery this month all the more poignant

Iqaluit

Pilots weren’t aware of snow on runway, report finds
Transportation Safety Board says slush led plane to skid off runway in 2000

City cracks down on delinquent taxpayers
Municipality hires law firm to reclaim some of the $1.3 million owed

Four-way, two-way — which way to go?