News quiz Sept. 13 | Testy talk over a tundra-turning
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A ceremonial tundra-turning was held Sept. 5 in Cambridge Bay for a planned long-term care facility in that community. From left are Health Minister John Main, Cambridge Bay Mayor Wayne Gregory, elder Bessie Omilgoetok, Cambridge Bay MLA Pamela Gross, Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok, NTI vice-president Paul Irngaut, and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister David Joanasie. (Photo courtesy of Government of Nunavut)
After this there are only 14 quizzes left until Christmas, so let’s go!
1. On Monday, Arviat-South MLA Joe Savikataaq dismissed a tundra-turning ceremony held for a planned long-term care facility in Cambridge Bay as “inappropriate” and “a photo op.” What was he upset about?
A. He wasn’t invited.
B. No builder has been hired and the government hasn’t even agreed to fund it yet.
C. He believes it should be built in another community.
2. After three men died in the past eight months in incidents involving Nunavik Police Service officers, the service is looking for ways to reduce the possibility of lethal encounters when police respond to emergency calls. What option did they propose this week?
A. More frequent use of electrical stun guns
B. Supplying officers with rubber bullets
C. Disarming most of its officers, the way they do it in England
3. The next president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami will be elected on Sept. 18. Two candidates are in the running. Which of these three people is not a candidate?
A. Kevin Kablutsiak
B. Natan Obed
C. Jeremy Tunraluk
4. A movie by acclaimed Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk was screened this week at the Toronto International Film Festival. What’s the name of Kunuk’s flick?
A. Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)
B. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
C. Tautuktavuk (What We See)
5. There are two modular housing units, unassembled, sitting on the waterfront in Kimmirut waiting to be built. What’s the holdup?
A. There’s no front-end loader available to move them into place.
B. Skilled tradespeople aren’t available to do the work.
C. Red tape at the federal government level has left them stranded for the time being.
Toronto International Film Festival moviegoers line up outside the Royal Alexandra Theatre on Monday for the screening of Igloolik filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s new movie. (Photo by Sam Shields, special to Nunatsiaq News)
Answers
- B — MLA Joe Savikataaq was critical because the project has no Government of Nunavut funding commitment to build it and no construction contract has been agreed to. Also, there’s an election in just over six weeks.
- B — Kativik Regional Government members were told this week that Nunavik Police Service senior management has reviewed using rubber bullets during discussions with the Montreal Police Service.
- C — Jeremy Tunraluk isn’t running to lead Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; he already has a job as president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
- A — Zacharias Kunuk’s movie is titled Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband). It was filmed in 2023 on Igloolik Island.
- A — Until large equipment, such as a front-end loader, becomes available, the modular housing units can’t be moved says Clarence Synard, president and CEO of NCC Investment Group Inc.
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