News quiz Aug. 23 | Planes, plans and government demands

Have you been keeping an eye on the news of the North? We’ll see about that. Time for the quiz.

1. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout demanded action from the federal government last week on an issue she said has been ignored for too long. What’s the issue?

A. She wants a long-term commitment for the Inuit Child First Initiative.
B. She wants the government to approve the Nunavut Land Use Plan.
C. Instead of repairing problems found with rifles issued to the Canadian Rangers, Idlout told the government, “just replace the flippin’ things.”

2. Team Nunavut athletes wrapped up the second and final week at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, N.L., this week. Which of the territory’s teams competed during Week 2?

A. Indoor volleyball and wrestling
B. Beach volleyball and wrestling
C. Badminton and indoor volleyball

3. This week, Nunatsiaq News wrote about the ordeal one man and his partner went through trying to catch a flight back to the North. He was bumped off his original flight to a second plane leaving a day later. He also had to try three hotels before finding one with a room available. Where was he travelling between?

A. Ottawa to Iqaluit
B. Edmonton to Kuujjuaq
C. Montreal to Kuujjuaq

4. Some of Quebec’s biggest labour unions spoke out against the provincial government this week on an issue that affects Nunavik. What was it?

A. Funding for police services
B. Quebec’s enforcement of French language laws
C. Funding for schools

5. Clyde River, Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord and Pond Inlet all had large-scale solar panel systems installed on some of their public buildings this summer. A fifth community will get its own installation next summer — which is it?

A. Resolute Bay
B. Igloolik
C. Gjoa Haven

Union leader Richard Bergevin, left, speaks alongside fellow union leaders Éric Gingras, Carolane Desmarais and Éric Pronovost Monday in Montreal. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)

Answers

1. B — Idlout, the NDP MP for Nunavut, wants the feds to approve the Nunavut Land Use Plan to remove uncertainty around the territory’s economic and environmental future.
2. A — This past week it was Nunavut’s indoor volleyball and wrestling teams that faced off against the best amateur athletes in Canada. During Week 1, it was the beach volleyball and basketball teams’ turn. With 118 athletes and staff, this was the biggest contingent Nunavut has ever sent to the Summer Games.
3. C — Alec Clunas just wanted to get home to Kuujjuaq on an Air Inuit flight from Montreal earlier this month.
4. C — Four unions representing teachers and school support staff called for more funding for education at a news conference in Montreal this week.
5. A — Green Sun Rising Inc., the firm that installed the systems in the four hamlets this year, will build one in Resolute Bay next summer.