News quiz Aug. 1 | Getting swanky with jet fuel and private bathrooms

It’s time for your weekly checkup: How much information have you retained from last week’s news? Let’s get rollin’!

1. What is the biggest cost Nunavut’s government incurs in health-care delivery, according to Premier John Main?

A. Hospital and clinic maintenance
B. Jet fuel for medevacs and medical travel
C. Payroll

2. Iqaluit Mayor Solomon Awa had nice words to say about Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Minister Rebecca Alty, whom he knows personally. How do they know each other?

A. They were both bureaucrats before they went into politics.
B. Rebecca Alty is the former mayor of Yellowknife and, as mayors, the two have advocated for northern infrastructure together.
C. They are cousins.

3.  People in the Kitikmeot who travel to Yellowknife for medical appointments are getting a new boarding home soon. The project comes with several upgrades. Which of the following is not one of those upgrades?

A. Every room will have its own private bathroom.
B. The building will be in a quieter location that’s closer to the hospital and airport.
C. The project will have LEED Gold certification, meaning it will meet certain requirements for energy efficiency, water conservation, sustainable materials and indoor air quality.

4. City councillors considered an appeal of an order to clean up a yard that was in contravention of a municipal unsightly lands bylaw. But nobody from the property showed up to make their appeal. Why?

A. The person who applied for the appeal was hospitalized and could not attend.
B. The applicant has disappeared and is assumed to have abandoned the property.
C. The applicant changed their mind and has agreed to take care of the problem.

5. Aluki Kotierk is the new chair of Inuit Circumpolar Council. How many people put their names forward for the role?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3

Answers:

This property at 3266 Jack Anawak St. in Apex is the subject of a clean-up order issued by bylaw officers in May. A tenant’s appeal of the order was rejected on Tuesday evening. (Photo by Mosha Folger)

1. B — Nunavut Premier John Main is asking Ottawa to fund more health infrastructure in Nunavut because, he said, “we are spending tens of millions of dollars each year to send patients halfway across the country, in some cases, to access specialized care.”

2. B — “I worked with her,” Awa said of Rebecca Alty, who is the former mayor of Yellowknife. “We were advocating to Government of Canada. Now she’s sitting in the government. I’m really happy she’s going to be working here on the federal government side.”

3. C — The new medical boarding home in Yellowknife is not aiming for LEED Gold certification but all the rooms will have private bathrooms, which will be “much more comfortable” for the people staying there, said Larga Kitimeot president Casey Adlem.

4. A — Apex resident Keven Brouillette was scheduled for surgery at the same time as his appeal hearing. He asked for a postponement of the hearing so he could make an argument to extend the clean-up deadline, but the city declined the request and the property will be cleaned up by the city, at the property owner’s expense.

5. A — Aluki Kotierk was acclaimed as chair of Inuit Circumpolar Council because nobody else put their name forward.