Quick start
Rankin Inlet
The newly-opened arena in Rankin Inlet got off to a quick start with a heavy schedule during its first week of operation from Nov. 23 to Dec. 1, after its grand opening was delayed a month due to unforeseen difficulties.
The arena's first week of operation was spent hosting minor hockey players of all ages at the Rankin Rock Season Opener hockey camp, followed by the Arctic Winter Games bantam hockey tryout camp from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.
Sewing youth
Rankin Inlet
An after school sewing club produced its first completed parka of the year at Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik in Rankin Inlet when Destiny Anawak completed her task and gave the parka to Ava Nahalolik.
Young chiefs
Rankin Inlet
Members of the Rankin Inlet Fire Department welcomed their six 2019 junior fire chiefs for a day to the fire station for all sorts of fun and tasty goodies to end the year on a positive note.
The six junior fire chiefs were Leo Ussak Elementary School students Kalluk Eecherk (Kindergarten), Naomi Osborne (Grade 1), Ariana Makpah (Grade 2), Gianna Hernandez (Grade 3), Lila Hunter (Grade 4) and Princess Rachael Grace (Grade 4).
Deal struck
Arviat
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Hockey night
Baker Lake
The Baker Lake Minor Hockey Association (BLMHA) held its annual Hockey Night in Baker Lake event on Dec. 14.
Players in the BLMHA program from initiation to junior were featured in games played throughout the evening, while $20,000 worth of prizes were distributed from the senior men's hockey fundraiser, the GentlemanSA国际影视传媒檚 Elimination Draw.
Elders remembered
Rankin Inlet
A new hockey game promises to be a big hit with fans and players alike when the Rankin Rock peewee team splits into two club teams to play the first annual Team (Tommy) Misheralk vs. Team (Moses) Aliyak Hockey Challenge in Rankin Inlet on Feb. 8, 2020.
The game, honouring hockey-loving elders who were staples of Rankin's old arena, will be played from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. during the annual salute to the game known as Hockey Day in Canada.
Helping hands
Rankin Inlet
Folks in Rankin Inlet rose to the challenge and organized an emergency fundraiser for elder Adele Angidlik, 86, who lost everything to a fire that struck her Rankin home on Dec. 23.
Stitch of success
Rankin Inlet
A sewing program being operated by the Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship Centre began gaining big time popularity after posting great early results in Rankin Inlet.
The program, funded through Indian Residential School Survivors money, saw 16 participants make their own amautik, which they were allowed to keep after completion.
New KIA president
Kivalliq
Kono Tattuinee bested incumbent David Ningeongan and former Whale Cove mayor Stanley Adjuk to be elected president of the Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) on Dec. 11.
The election had to be delayed two days due to blizzard conditions affecting three communities.
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