Timoon Toonoo was re-elected mayor of Cape Dorset on Dec. 16 but he plans to be the municipal leader of a community with a different name in the near future.
The greatest number of voters in a plebiscite that accompanied the mayoral by-election chose Kinngait as the preferred name, in replacement of Cape Dorset. There were 80 ballots in favour of Kinngait, 61 for Cape Dorset and 51 wanted the name Sikusiilaq.
Toonoo wants to honour that choice, although he noted that the territorial minister of Community and Government Services has to formally sign off on the name change first.
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The last council, which Toonoo headed during his first term, initiated the plebiscite. Land claims organization Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated has been promoting the idea of communities reverting to traditional Inuit names, the mayor noted.
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The name change is just one of the items on ToonooSA国际影视传媒檚 agenda in his second term. Another challenge is fixing roads damaged by substantial water runoff SA国际影视传媒� some of it coming from those nearby hills. The volume of water can no longer be contained by existing culverts, Toonoo said, attributing the problem to global warming.
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Something else in the 10-year capital plan is to acquire a mechanical sewage plant because finding a location for a new sewage lagoon is difficult, according to Toonoo.
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He said he and council also want a barrier constructed to protect local boats.
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TheySA国际影视传媒檙e also aiming to host a Canadian Coast Guard auxiliary vessel in the harbour.
Local water delivery, which has been a source of complaints over the past few years, particularly due to tanker trucks breaking down, has been going smoothly as of late, according to Toonoo.
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But things are rarely quiet for long.
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