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May 9, 2008 GN workers to get 19 per cent pay bump“It’s a pretty reasonable agreement.”Government of Nunavut workers will see their pay cheques fatten 19 per cent by 2010 under a deal reached between their union and employer May 4. The tentative collective agreement, reached after three days of mediation, still must be ratified by the government and nearly 2,000 Nunavut Employees Union members. But, if approved, the deal would give government workers an immediate 5.25 per cent pay raise, in order to catch up with the expiration of the last collective agreement in October 1, 2006. Wages would continue to ratchet up every six months, working out to a 19-per-cent increase in hourly wages by April 1, 2010.
Man gets four years for armed standoff that paralyzed town“I’m going to have fun one last time.”Issacie Ikkidluak smiled and stifled the occasional laugh as he was sentenced to four years in prison for orchestrating a three-day armed standoff in Kimmirut last month. Ikkidluak, 26, pleaded guilty this past Tuesday to four charges: discharging a firearm intending to cause bodily harm, uttering threats, illegal possession of a firearm, and breach of probation. Justice Beverly Browne sentenced Ikkidluak to the mandatory minimum of four years on the first charge. Ikkidluak will simultaneously serve six months for the other three charges. "You deserve some credit for standing up and taking responsibility for what you've done," Browne told Ikkidluak during sentencing.
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