News quiz Feb. 8 | A trade show and what else but Trump

Were you able to penetrate the Trump-fuelled noise to follow the news of the North this past week? Let’s see how closely you were watching – let’s play the quiz!

1. Author Kathleen Lippa released a book this week on a serial predator who sexually abused countless children in the North and whose name, she said, became “synonymous with evil.” Sadly, that description could fit several men whose crimes and alleged crimes were in the news over the past year. Who did she write about?
   A. Ex-Roman Catholic priest Eric Dejaeger
   B. Johnny Meeko
   C. Ed Horne
2. Some pro basketball players dropped in to Rankin Inlet recently to teach some skills and tricks of the game to young players there. Their team plays in the Canadian Elite Basketball League — which team was it?
   A. Ottawa Blackjacks
   B. Winnipeg Sea Bears
   C. Niagara River Lions
3. Canada was back in U.S. President Donald Trump’s sights again recently. Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok stressed that he supported a “strong and decisive response” by Canada to Trump’s threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian imports except oil, which would be 10 per cent. What got Trump’s dander up?
   A. He claimed Canada wasn’t doing enough to prevent fentanyl from entering the U.S.
   B. He wants access to Canada’s freshwater supply.
   C. He got up on the wrong side of the bed that day.
4. Speaking of Trump, his tariff threats were expected to be a hot topic during a trade show that ran this week in which Nunavut community?
   A. Rankin Inlet
   B. Cambridge Bay
   C. Iqaluit
5. There was good news for the children and families of Nunavik recently when Minnie’s Hope social pediatric centre moved into a new building in Kuujjuaraapik/Whapmagoostui and rolled out a roster of new programs. Where did Minnie’s Hope get its name?
   A. The centre adopted it to honour one of its first young patients.
   B. The name honours the centre’s founder.
   C. It was named for a childcare worker who was murdered along with her two children.

In this photo from 2016, Jaanimmarik school staff and students poke fun at then-American presidential candidate Donald Trump during Halloween celebrations at the Kuujjuaq high school. (File photo)

Answers

1. C — It’s Ed Horne. Lippa’s book is titled Arctic Predator: The Crimes of Edward Horne Against Children in Canada’s North.
2. B — It was the Winnipeg Sea Bears, represented by head coach Mike Taylor and six-foot-eight forward Emmanuel Akot, who visited Rankin.
3. A — Trump (wrongly) claimed Canada is a major source of fentanyl. Not to say B won’t happen someday, or that C didn’t play a role in his rant.
4. B — The Kitikmeot Trade Show, which opened Wednesday and ends Feb. 8, featured 54 exhibitors and, organizers predicted, lots of talk over the impact U.S. tariffs would have on business and life in the North.
5. C — Minnie’s Hope was named for Minnie Natachequan, who was 37 when she and her two children were slain in 2008.