Wanted man surrenders

A 44-year-old Sanikiluaq man turned himself in to the RCMP on Oct. 7 after a seven-day search involving a police dog, the RCMP containment team from Iqaluit, and an emergency response team from Ottawa.

Noah Meeko ran and fired shots with a gun when police tried to arrest him Oct. 1 under an order from the Nunavut Court of Justice requiring him to finish a sentence for sexual assault.

He will stay in custody until a court appearance in Iqaluit, where he will face eight new charges, including unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon, uttering threats, being unlawfully in a dwelling place, and several weapons offences.