Akulivik’s community members are considering allowing the sale of alcohol in their community. Mayor Larry Hubert is looking into how this can be made possible, and if it should happen. (File photo)
After recent public meeting, Mayor Larry Hubert is looking into the good and the bad of opening alcohol sales in the dry community
To sell alcohol or not — that’s the question being debated in Akulivik now, where the mayor says residents feel current rules aren’t working. The village hosted a public meeting Jan.
Premier P.J. Akeeagok, far right, and Northern Affairs Minister Gary Anandasangeree, far left, pose for photographers, following takeoff on board a Kenn Borek Air plane on Wednesday. They were flying over the Kuugaaluk River, to see the site chosen as a potential location for a future hydroelectric plant to service Iqaluit, and the flyover allowed officials to view it. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
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