The Rankin Inlet fire department and bylaw stepped up to help the Rankin Rock novice team fundraise in Rankin Inlet on April 5.

Fire Chief Mark Wyatt said he was approached by Alysha Sateana on behalf of the Rankin Rock minor hockey novice team that was trying to fundraise in order to compete at a tournament in Winnipeg from April 12 to 14.

Wyatt said Sateana asked if the fire department and bylaw would take over the Jail SA国际影视传媒楴SA国际影视传媒� Bail fundraiser, as the refused to pick people up on behalf of the fundraiser.

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SA国际影视传媒�She told me they wanted to hold the event for two hours, have it cost $20 to arrest someone and then have it cost $20 to bail them out.

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Wyatt said he and bylaw officer Kyle Lowe started going around the community picking people up around 10 a.m. and they went right through until 5 p.m.

He said they had about 20 warrants each when they started in the morning and they just kept coming in all day.

SA国际影视传媒�I believe it cost $40,000 or $50,000 to fly a team and their parents to Winnipeg for a tournament, and itSA国际影视传媒檚 simply amazing the amount of money raised in Rankin Inlet each year to send teams out to hockey tournaments.

SA国际影视传媒�As we were going around delivering the warrants, there were a number of people who wanted to take the Indonesian route and just pay the officer right there and not have to go to jail.

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Wyatt said were a couple of people who just wouldnSA国际影视传媒檛 get into the spirit of the fundraiser and were a bit cranky about everything.

He said he and Lowe tried to make the fundraiser fun for everyone, and if anyone got too cranky he just made the handcuffs tighter.

SA国际影视传媒�Nick Tattuinee got thrown into jail three times I think, and Troy Aksalnik was in there with him.

SA国际影视传媒�There were a few people who, after they paid their bail once or twice, finally said forget about it and take me to jail.

SA国际影视传媒�They had to serve one hour in lieu of $30 bail.

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The Jail SA国际影视传媒楴SA国际影视传媒� Bail raised $5,571 for the novice kids.

Wyatt said it was, pretty much, $50 per person, so that works out to more than 100 people he and Lowe brought in.

He said the novice kids are going to pay a visit to to department when they arrive home from Winnipeg.

SA国际影视传媒�The kids were extremely happy that we did this for them and, now that we have the jail cell, weSA国际影视传媒檒l probably do more of them in the future.

SA国际影视传媒�From our perspective, I think I would limit it to once a year because it basically took us right out of the mix for working for a whole day.SA国际影视传媒�