News quiz May 3 | Voters, viewers and a warning for the GN

Time for the post-election version of the weekly news quiz. Are you ready?

1. Now that the electoral dust has settled, Elections Canada reports that across the country about 68.7 per cent of eligible voters actually turned up to cast a ballot in Monday’s federal election. What was the voter turnout in Nunavut?

A. 24 per cent
B. 36 per cent
C. 71 per cent

2. Mandy Gull-Masty was elected in the Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou riding in the federal election Monday. Before becoming the Liberal candidate there, what was her job?

A. A vice-president with Makivvik Corp.
B. Grand chief of Cree Nation Government
C. President of the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services

3. Great news this week for everyone who watches North of North, the TV show filmed entirely in Nunavut. The show has been picked up for a second season by Netflix, CBC and APTN. It’s been a while since the first season ended — do you remember the name of the main character?

A. Neevee
B. Millie
C. Siaja

4. Six Nunavut communities had tuberculosis outbreaks in 2024. This week, the Department of Health said it is opening a TB screening clinic in one community that will operate until June. Which community is it?

A. Arviat
B. Pond Inlet
C. Naujaat

5. Graham Steele, the territory’s information and privacy commissioner, issued a warning when he appeared before Nunavut’s oversight and public accounts committee on April 25. What was his warning?

A. Government workers are vulnerable due to the lack of a policy to follow while using artificial intelligence.
B. The Government of Nunavut has poor virus protection on its office computers.
C. In too many cases, Government of Nunavut computers are so old that they are vulnerable to being hacked.

Actress Anna Lambe is seen during shooting of North of North, which has been renewed for a second season. The first season was filmed in Iqaluit and around Nunavut last year. (Photo courtesy of Jasper Savage/Netflix)

Answers

1. B — For some reason, Nunavummiut didn’t catch the election fever in the same way the rest of Canada did and only 36.8 per cent, or just over one in three voters, showed up.
2. B — Mandy Gull-Masty resigned from her role with the Cree Nation Government after being acclaimed as Nunavik’s Liberal candidate.
3. C — The main character is Siaja, played by Anna Lambe who is from Iqaluit. There’s no word when viewers will get to return to the fictional hamlet of Ice Cove for the start of Season 2.
4. A — All three of those communities have been touched by tuberculosis over the past year. But Arviat is the site of the screening clinic the Health Department has set up most recently.
5. A — Government workers might be unknowingly using artificial intelligence in “unethical ways” because there are insufficient policies in place, Steele said.