News quiz March 14 | Idlout walks and MLAs talk
Test your knowledge of the news of the North with our weekly quiz
Nunavut MP Lori Idlout speaks while then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh listens, during a campaign stop in Iqaluit prior to the 2025 federal election. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
The Arctic Winter Games are underway, the legislature is sitting again, Lori Idlout is the hit of the (Liberal) party — such a newsy week. Start the quiz!
1. In a Nunatsiaq News story this week, a Nunavik athlete described his adventures competing in a sport he had never tried before at the Arctic Winter Games, and which is not common in Nunavik. What was that sport?
A. Gymnastics
B. Archery
C. Snowshoeing
2. Nunavut has a new languages commissioner, after the position was left vacant for a year. Who is it?
A. Helen Kimnik Klengenberg
B. Karliin Aariak
C. Stephen Innuksuk
3. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout picked out a new political home this week, leaving the NDP for a seat with the Liberal government. How many times was she elected as an NDP member to represent the territory?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
4. Which member resigned this week from Iqaluit city council?
A. Methusalah Kunuk
B. Sam Tilley
C. Simon Nattaq
5. According to Hansard, the official record of debate in the Nunavut legislative assembly, which animal was mentioned most often by MLAs during the previous government sitting?
A. Caribou
B. Polar bears
C. Arctic char
Team Nunavik enters the Shipyards Park in Whitehorse during the opening ceremony of the Arctic Winter Games on Sunday. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
Answers
- C — Snowshoeing is not a common sport in Nunavik but that didn’t stop several athletes and coaches from training and competing at the Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse. “We definitely need more training. But it’s good to try something new,” said 14-year-old Dwayne Patsauq.
- B — Meet the new commissioner, same as the old commissioner — Karllin Aariak was reappointed commissioner of languages for a five-year term. As the last commissioner before her previous appointment expired in 2025, she is her own successor.
- B — Before she crossed the floor late Tuesday to become a Liberal, Lori Idlout was elected twice as the NDP member for Nunavut, in 2021 and again in 2025.
- B — Sam Tilley resigned as an Iqaluit city councillor this week, explaining that he was stepping away “to focus on personal matters and taking some time for myself.”
- A — Caribou got the most mentions by MLAs in the last government. Does a caribou’s ears burn when someone talks about it behind its back? Just wondering.
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