News quiz Sept. 20 | Ships, apps — and the premier said what?

Trade shows, politicians in action, more homebuilding plans — it has been a busy, busy week, so let’s start the quiz!

1. The Dutch cargo ship Thamesborg received more news coverage than its owners probably wanted this month. What did it do?

A. Mechanical problems forced it to turn back from making scheduled sealift drop-offs in northern Nunavut.
B. It ran aground in the Franklin Strait.
C. It leaked a large amount of fuel into the Bay of Boothia.

2. “It hasn’t panned out the way we wanted,” said Premier P.J. Akeeagok in the legislative assembly last week. What was he referring to?

A. Progress so far in the Nunavut 3000 housing plan
B. Efforts to end tuberculosis outbreaks in Nunavut communities
C. The government’s elders mobility van project

3. The Kativik Regional Government is testing a new app in Kuujjuaq that could make residents’ lives a little easier. What does the app do?

A. Provides handy phone numbers for services like taxis and flight schedules
B. Sends out period-by-period updates during Leafs games
C. Let’s them request water deliveries and sewage collection

4. Last weekend, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a plan to “supercharge” homebuilding with 4,000 new, affordable housing units to be built in six communities across Canada. There’s also money to build in Nunavut — how many new units will the territory get?

A. 3,000
B. 700
C. 950

5. In the legislature, MLA Solomon Malliki recently suggested immigrants are taking jobs that should be filled by Inuit in Nunavut. How many foreign-born immigrants are there in Nunavut, based on the latest census data?

A. 3,223
B. 6,100
C. 1,165

Nunavut will get some new factory-built homes under a homebuilding strategy recently announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney. Here, students work on one of three duplexes under construction in Rankin Inlet in 2023 as part of their trades studies at Nunavut Arctic College. (File photo)

Answers

1. B — The 172-metre-long Thamesborg ran aground on Sept. 6 while transiting the Northwest Passage. No injuries have been reported.
2. C — Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok was responding to a question about the elders mobility van project. It was announced nearly a year ago at a cost of $1 million but so far, none of the vans in five communities have been put into operation.
3. C — The app, which could eventually be expanded to other Nunavik communities, helps Kuujjuaq residents request water and sewage services and allows the municipality to monitor the effectiveness of those services.
4. B ­ — Nunavut will get 700 new factory-built homes under Carney’s plan.
5. C — According to the 2021 census, there were 36,858 people living in Nunavut that year. Of those, 1,165 — or about one in every 31 residents of Nunavut — were foreign-born immigrants.