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November 14, 2008 ICC urges stronger Inuit voice in sovereignty“You never know when you’re going to make a breakthrough.”KUUJJUAQ - Inuit must have more direct input into how circumpolar nations divide up the resource-rich Arctic Ocean, say delegates at last week's Inuit Circumpolar Council summit on Arctic sovereignty. Inuit aren't saying they're the sole owners of the Arctic, said Duane Smith, Canada's ICC president. But he said Inuit want to be a party to all international discussions on sovereignty. Arctic governments must "include Inuit as equal partners in any future talks regarding Arctic sovereignty," reads a statement issued after the two-day ICC meeting in Kuujjuaq. "They are obligated under various legal instruments - both national and international - to include Inuit in meaningful and direct ways in all and any discussions of sovereignty over lands and seas we have lived on for thousands of years."
From Ottawa to Qikiqtarjuaq, with skatesCoordinated police effort collects a truckload of hockey gear for Inuit kidsJOHN BIRD She's no relation to Guy Lafleur (as far as she knows,) and her skating experience is limited to a couple of turns a year on the Ottawa canal. But move over Sarah Palin. Cst. Louise Lafleur of the Ottawa police service is set to become the queen of the hockey moms to the 200 or so kids in her new hometown of Qikiqtarjuaq. And maybe to kids in a few other communities besides. In about two weeks, an initiative Lafleur launched with the help of Bev Mulligan back in Ottawa has already collected 220 pairs of skates, 136 hockey sticks, 359 pairs of hockey socks, and 720 hockey jerseys to donate to eager Qikiqtarjuaq kids - and beyond.
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