News quiz July 18 | Celebrate and relocate

Did somebody say caribou shawarma? Now that we’ve got your attention, why not try this news quiz? Let’s go!

1. Higher Experience, a privately run cannabis store in Iqaluit, is moving. Why?

A. The owners pounced on the opportunity to move into a location with better pedestrian flow.
B. The landlords did not renew the lease.
C. The owners wanted to find a space with more warehouse storage.

2. Aluki Kotierk’s review of Nutrition North is out. She questions the way the federal government chooses what is subsidized and what is not, using specific examples. Which of these is an example she did NOT use to illustrate her point?

A. Pasta shaped a certain way is subsidized, while pasta shaped in other ways is not.
B. Bagged salad mixes are not subsidized, but the same vegetables that salad bag mixes are made up of are.
C. Powdered broth is subsidized but liquid broth is not.

3. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami wants to produce and distribute a nationally recognized Inuit identity card and wants $10 million in federal funding to do it. What would the money go to?

A. Studies to determine how many cards are needed and who needs them
B. Production and distribution
C. The cards will have anti-fraud technology built into them, which is estimated to cost $10 million.

4. The Marineland belugas have a new home. Where is it?

A. They will be released into a protected habitat in Atlantic Canada.
B. They are going to a few accredited facilities in the U.S.
C. They will live out the rest of their days in a protected part of Ungava Bay.

5. Iqaluit was abuzz with activity July 9 for Nunavut Day that included food, music and games. Residents lined up around the block for this country food fusion dish. What was it?

A. Caribou shawarma
B. Maktaaq sushi
C. Pissi pizza

Answers:

An external review of the Nutrition North program led by former Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. president Aluki Kotierk calls for the federal government to subsidize “all items” instead of just nutritional food it has traditionally covered. It’s a recommendation the government is considering along with other feedback it has received as part of a review of the subsidy program. (File photo by Jeff Pelletier)

1. B — Higher Experience is moving because its landlord did not renew the lease. Co-owner Kevin Martin is hoping to reopen across the street in the fall.
2. C — Kotierk did not cite broth as an example of perceived discrepancies in how the federal government chooses what foods to subsidize under its Nutrition North programming. But Kotierk did question why bagged salads and certain pasta noodle shapes do not fall under the subsidy program.
3. B — Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami would use $10 million to produce and distribute national Inuit identity cards. The money would also go to any potential legislation changes needed to adopt the new cards.
4. B — After years of limbo, the belugas are heading to accredited facilities in the United States.
5. A — Residents lined up for caribou shawarma — though Yummy Shawarma ran out before everyone got a taste.