As a gesture of gratitude to the Region of Peel in Ontario, a couple of prolific knitters in Iglulik SA国际影视传媒� Maggie Kuplu and Kunnuk Attagutsiak SA国际影视传媒� have fashioned 40 tuques for newborns that will be sent south.
photos courtesy of the Hamlet of Igloolik
The gifts are in return for the donation of an ambulance to Iglulik last August. The Peel regional government also shipped retired ambulances from their fleet to Cape Dorset, Taloyoak and Clyde River last year.
SA国际影视传媒淭hey say when babies are born in ambulances, they have to get a little tuque to keep their head warm so we made 40 with NU on (them) for Nunavut,SA国际影视传媒� senior administrative officer Greg Morash said. SA国际影视传媒淚t's good will.SA国际影视传媒�
Morash added that several days of training for ambulance attendants is still being arranged SA国际影视传媒� possibly in April in Iqaluit SA国际影视传媒� so the attendants will be qualified to properly transport medical patients.
