News quiz April 4 | Food, flags and exhausted mushers

Welcome to the news quiz, Easter version. Let’s go!

1. A report on the external review of the Nutrition North program was to be filed with the federal government this week. Who has been leading the review?

A. Aluki Kotierk
B. Manitok Thompson
C. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq

2. People in one Nunavut hamlet are looking forward to the expected opening of their new small craft harbour later this year. Which community is it?

A. Pangnirtung
B. Repulse Bay
C. Clyde River

3. Exhausted mushers kicked back and celebrated in Quaqtaq on Saturday night after finally finishing the 530-kilometre Ivakkak dogsled race. Where was the winning team from?

A. Quaqtaq
B. Kuujjuaq
C. Puvirnituq

4. Earlier this year, Iqaluit city council voted to fly Greenland’s flag outside city hall — but the flag still hasn’t flown. What’s up with that?

A. Council changed its mind.
B. Greenland said thanks, but you don’t have to do that just for us.
C. The flag is scheduled to go up in July.

5. Pangnirtung is the latest Nunavut community to get a new mayor in a byelection. Who was elected on Monday to lead the hamlet’s council until the next municipal election in October 2027?

A. Lynn Mike
B. Umar Kukkadi
C. Cathy MacDougall

Somebody’s getting a new small craft harbour this summer. Which community is it? (Photo courtesy of Eleanor McEwan/DFO/MPO)

Answers

1. A — The Nutrition North review is being led by Aluki Kotierk, the former president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. The review’s report was to be presented to the Department of Northern and Arctic Affairs no later than Tuesday.
2. C — The new small craft harbour in Clyde River is expected to be ready for use by the start of open-water season, federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson said recently.
3. C — The winning team of Aisa Surusila and Piita James Napartuk hails from Puvirnituq. They finished the race in just under 50 hours, nearly 90 minutes faster than the second-place finishers.
4. C — Greenland’s flag will be hoisted in July, when the city hosts the general assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council.
5. B — Umar Kukkadi was elected mayor in a two-person race against Cathy MacDougall. Kukkadi replaces Lynn Mike, who resigned as mayor of Pangnirtung in December.