Wildlife protection officers graduate

Kuujjuaq residents Vallée Saunders and David Watt were among the first crop of wildlife protection officers to successfully complete their training under the Paix des Braves and Sanarrutik agreements, signed three years ago with the Cree and Inuit.

Eight officers, including two Cree and two Inuit, received their diplomas last week at the Station touristique de Duchesnay where Quebec’s wildlife protection officers receive their training.

The Paix des Braves and Sanarrutik agreements said Quebec would train and hire wildlife protection officers to work in northern Quebec and make sure wildlife laws and regulations are respected.