News quiz Dec. 7 | Court, crime and Trump

Have you been following the North’s news over the past week or so? Try our quiz and see how you do.

1. There is a new chief justice of the Nunavut Court of Justice, succeeding Neil Sharkey who retired in April. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Nov. 29 he had chosen a longtime Nunavut judge for that high position. Who was it?

A. Justice Paul Bychok
B. Justice Susan Charlesworth
C. Justice Susan Cooper

2. Three days after RCMP in Iqaluit asked for the public’s help tracking down a suspect in a break-in at the Astro Hill post office, the police service said they found the alleged burglar. Where did they find him?

A. Hiding in a sea can near the airport.
B. Waiting to board a plane at the Iqaluit airport.
C. Already detained at the Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility on an unrelated matter.

3. A commission examining Nunavut RCMP’s process for handling complaints from the public revealed numerous problems. Which of these issues did the commission find?

A. Nunavut RCMP were not able to respond to complaints in any language except English.
B. The RCMP takes too long to respond to complaints – sometimes, three to five years.
C. Both of the above.
D. None of the above.

4. What do U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and Nunavik have in common?

A. Mining
B. Ancestry
C. Satellites

5. The Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce criticized Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.’s program of offering $100 Northern or Co-op store vouchers to people who show up at a polling stationi for the Dec. 9 presidential election. What’s their main complaint?

A. $100 is too low.
B. NTI can’t afford it.
C. Inuit-owned businesses weren’t included.

After then-president Donald Trump raised the idea of the United States buying Greenland in 2019, Greenland newspaper Sermitsiaq’s headline reads: “Greenland government: Greenland is not for sale.” What connection does Trump have now to Nunavik? (Screenshot)

ANSWERS

1. C — Susan Cooper is the new chief justice of the Nunavut Court of Justice.

2. C — The suspect was already detained at the Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility on non-related matters.

3. C — The damning report by the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission found these two problems among numerous others with Nunavut RCMP’s public complaints process.

4. C — The link between Trump and Nunavik is satellites. Kativik Regional Government is working with Starlink and SpaceX to expand internet bandwidth to communities. Starlink is a subsidiary of SpaceX, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk — Trump’s wealthiest and one of his highest-profile supporters.

5. C — Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce wants the voucher program to be open to all Inuit-owned businesses in the region, saying those members “feel excluded.”