Photo: Passing on the comms torch

Getting his feet wet: Cpl. Dave Lawson poses with Sgt. Yvonne Niego — both with the RCMP’s “V” Division in Iqaluit — in an Iqaluit board room Sept. 2 after meeting with media to discuss communication policies. Lawson will take over for Niego as the communication’s director for Nunavut’s RCMP later this month. Lawson, originally from Pangnirtung and fluent in Inuktitut, spent the last 12 years with the RCMP including the last two years as part of the security detail for Canada’s prime minister. Niego will soon become assistent deputy minister of the Government of Nunavut’s Department of Justice. (PHOTO BY THOMAS ROHNER)