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“I think we all agree this is

good news.”

CHRIS WINDEYER

The Conservative government dispatched two key northern

ministers to sell its federal budget last week and Northern

housing ministers are buying.

New Nunavut housing minister Hunter Tootoo played

host to his territorial counterparts in Iqaluit and all three,

including Northwest Territories’ Michael McLeod and Yukon’s

Jim Kenyon, say they’re thrilled with a total of $200 million in

housing funds contained in last month’s federal budget.

“I think we all agree this is good news for housing all

across the North,” Tootoo told reporters Jan. 30. “It’s an invest-

ment in our communities, an investment in our economies.

An investment in housing infrastructure in the North is also an

investment in the southern economy.”

In its budget tabled Jan. 27, the Conservative government

committed $100 million for housing in Nunavut, enough for

at least 300 new units. Yukon and the Northwest Territories

got $50 million each.

That’s less than the $300 million the territories got in the

2006 federal budget, back before the Conservative govern-

ment committed to ramping up spending in order to boost

Canada’s weakening economy. Still, Tootoo and Kenyon both

said they’re not at all disappointed.

Tootoo dubbed this year’s housing funds a “down pay-

ment.” And Kenyon said “to simply look at the dollar value I

think misses the point.”

“To simply throw more money out and require [housing

construction] to happen faster, we may not have the labour

capacity to actually do it,” he said.

McLeod, the NWT housing minister, said the territories

need a long-term source of federal money for housing. He

urged federal and provincial government officials to visit the

North and “share our discussion” about housing.

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Suzanne Singuuri, originally from Cape Dorset but now an

Ottawa resident, lights a qulliq inside the Library and

Archives Canada building in Ottawa to help open a one-day

celebration of Nunavut’s 10th anniversary held Jan. 29. The

event was sponsored by the Royal Canadian Geographical

Society, the Library and Archives Canada Forum on Canadian

Democracy and the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs.

See pages 12-13 for more. (PHOTO BY JIM BELL)

Abused woman fights back

Justice prevails as molesters charged — 6Happy birthday, Nunavut

Ottawa event marks 10th anniversary — 12-13

BUSINESS PLAN PROMISING IF ALL GOES WELL FOR MEREDITH PAGE 3

Smell of money can be pretty stinky

Wakefi eld to host sewage plant? Page 3Neighbouring MNA gives her ok

Megadump could get the go-ahead Page 10Spending the summer with whales

Student gets dream internship Page 15

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QUEEN OF THE ICE CANDLE: Elizabeth Logue (Ms. Winter) directs activities for packed crowd from the top

of the ice candle mountain at the 10th anniversary of Dragon Fest Jan. 31. The event drew in hundreds of

children and adults for a day full of winter fun. See photo spread page 12-13. Trevor Greenway photo

By Cynthia Vukets

Chelsea Mayor Jean Perras

holds the future of the Chelsea

Creek development in his hands

after a public referendum on the

project ended in a tie.

After months of public con-

sultations and media coverage,

the controversial Chelsea Creek

development project went to a

referendum Feb. 1. Only 86 neigh-

bours of the site at Old Chelsea

Rd. and the A5 were eligible to

vote. Two people were added to

the list of 84 voters shortly be-

fore the referendum. Of those

eligible, 80 showed up to place

their ballots. And it was a draw.

Two municipal bylaws need

to be amended before the devel-

opment project can go ahead on

the site – the fi rst of Chelsea’s

“comprehensive development

plan” areas. The subdivision by-

law was approved 41 to 39. That

means the proposed density

of about 2.8 units per acre will

stand.The vote was 40 to 40 for the

zoning bylaw which needs to be

changed to permit commercial/

residential use on the site that

was previously zoned agricul-

tural.The municipality has asked

the provincial government for

a judicial recount. But given the

small number of votes, it’s un-

likely a counting mistake was

made. So if the provincial court

deems the referendum a tie, said

Chelsea Director General Paul

A Wolf Lake man was beaten

with a baseball bat and his preg-

nant girlfriend pushed to the

fl oor in what police are calling a

“vengeance” attack.

Three Masham men, one

brandishing a baseball bat,

broke into a Wolf Lake home at

1:00 a.m. Jan. 31. The 23-year-old

victim knew his attackers: Marc-

André Diotte, 22, Marc Mar-

tineau, 21, and Carl Martineau,

20. The three men were to ap-

pear in court Feb. 2 on charges

of break and entry, aggravated

assault and carrying a weapon.

“It’s not drug-related or any-

thing. It’s for vengeance,” said

MRC des Collines Police spokes-

man Martin Fournel.

Fournel said the victim had

apparently hit Diotte with a beer

bottle earlier Friday evening

and the late-night attack was

payback. Police aren’t certain

whether the beer bottle incident

took place in a private residence

or a bar. The three attackers were ar-

rested at a residence later Sat-

urday morning. The victim does

not face any charges. Two of

the men charged were already

known to police. One had been

charged with aggravated assault

in the past, said Fournel.

Baseball bat

beating called

‘vengeance’

What kind of insects

can be found on the

moon?

Lunar ticks

Underfunded health board

may go over region’s headBy Cynthia Vukets

The Des Collines health

board is contemplating going

over the head of the regional

health director in hopes the pro-

vincial health minister will step

in and get much-needed cash

fl owing.The Centre de santé et servic-

es sociaux des Collines (CSSSC)

is the lowest-funded board in

a region already chronically

under-funded compared to the

provincial average. The health

board estimates about $7 million

is needed to bring the CSSSC up

to par.The CSSSC spends about

$702 per capita on health care

each year. The regional average

Perras to break

Chelsea Creek

dead heat

Judge: Ross Perigoe, Associate Professor, Concordia University, Dept. of Journalism, Montreal, QC • Number of entries for Best Overall Newspaper: 14

NUNATSIAQ NEWS1Among all the entrants, the Nunatsiaq News is alone in being not just the

community newspaper for one locale, but is a community newspaper for threeregional communities: Nunavut, Iqaluit, and Nunavik. And it publishes its reports in English and Inuktitut. This paper was easily the most professionally designed paper of the entrants, with complimentary colour schemes highlighting side-bar stories; fi rst rate colour re-production of photographs; pleasing layouts with plenty of white space; and generous amounts of headers that allowed the reader to locate the community being reported on.

The Nunatsiaq News exhibits outstanding editorial skill with provocative headlines and topics such as Let’s euthanize the Apex DEA (the District Education Authority); or calling for Northern air transport: a public utility? and letters to the editor demanding an inquiry into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Elisapee Michael. The paper is full of interesting feature stories – everything from a conversation with the new languages commissioner; to a retrospective of the fi rst ten years of Nunavut, Canada’s newest territory; to the painful story of a young woman’s efforts to reclaim her life after repeated rapes; and the efforts to keep pregnant Nunavik teachers at home and away from swine fl u.

The stories are accessible to ‘southerners’ and contain little of the jargon that can frequently exclude non-locals.

Publisher Steven Roberts has six reporters: Jim Bell, Chris Windeyer, Jane George, John Bird (Nunavut) Sarah Rogers, Emanuel Lowi (Nunavik) and a design team of two (Gary Little and Ian Howard) and this additional manpower shows. The coverage is largely feature oriented, but stories such as “Brace for Nunavut defi cit, Peterson says” and “Quebec program delivers big savings for Nunavik consumers” provide important insight into the present and future of the territory.

If there is one paper that fairly tingles with local vitality, it is The Low Down to Hull & Back News. Under the editorial guidance of Publisher and Managing Editor, Nikki Mantell, the paper reads like it is put out by half a dozen seasoned reporters. In fact it has two: Cynthia Vukets, Trevor Greenway, (February 2009). Mark Burgess and Trevor Greenway (October 2009). The opinion page (editorials) and letters to the editor spill onto a third page. Topics touch the readers where they live, with discussions about what to do if a proposed garbage dump is approved (“Shock, awe and Garbage”) and a review of candidates in the upcoming municipal election (“A Wound Still Raw”). There are lively stories and photographs. Headlines such as “In your face Montreal” (about the Great Canadian Song Contest winner); and “Get shot up November 10th (a reference to the HlN1 vaccination blitz) and “Sewage solution needed before… it hits the fan” show a lively sense of humour that is carried throughout the pages.

The Low Down to Hull & Back News refl ects the pride of a rural community. And to its credit, it printed on the front page an accusation by a local resident that The Low Down had been “quiet” regarding the real disposition of funding for a local community centre which the resident found “scandalous.” It is a rare commodity indeed to see a newspaper print charges against itself on the front page.

2THE LOW DOWN TO HULL & BACK NEWS

Few other newspapers can match the thoroughness of the reporting, the large number of feature stories of The Eastern Door. It does so with a team of six reporters (February) and fi ve reporters (October) under the direction of publisher and editor Steve Bonspiel.

Kahnawake is a locale with hotly contested points of view expressed by very strong constituencies – Peacekeepers; members of the Longhouse; Warrior’s society and Band Council. But the paper does not back down from taking positions on local issues that are not always comfortable. These include the need to control indiscriminate building through zoning by-laws; and the shooting of a deer on the reserve within close proximity to houses and children.

An important indication of the degree to which the paper wants to give voice to the community’s concerns is the placement of its editorials, opinion pieces and letters to the editor just after the front page of the paper on pages two and three. They are giving up valuable ‘real estate’ that would otherwise go for advertising, to delve into important issues.

The paper is clean, well designed, and contains headlines which capture

the reader’s attention e.g. “Outside police chase cigarette ‘runners’ into town” and “Local Poker Houses fi ght back against alcohol board.” The production is inviting, and the photography (colour shots of a ‘polar plunges’ into icy water at the Winter Carnival; and Kahnawake goal tender Ryan Cross stopping a shot by former Boston Bruin Ken Linseman, for example) all make for an enjoyable read. One feature focused on the role of former Eastern Door publisher Kenneth Deer on his new role on the Board of Trustees for the United Nations’ Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples.

The paper is thick with advertising and it bodes well for the community to have such an articulate and passionate advocate for Mohawk rights on the shores of the St. Lawrence.

This paper is a thoroughly good read that invites residents and non-residents alike to read about and understand the community.

STEVE BONSPIEL

RICHARD TARDIF

THE EASTERN DOOR

The Surete du Quebec and

Chateauguay Police stormed onto

the territory on Wednesday night,

in hot pursuit of tobacco ‘run-

ners’.The chase started in Ste.

Martine and involved two vehi-

cles at first.

The SQ and Chateauguay

Police contacted Peacekeepers

to advice them of the chase,

after which they set up road-

blocks.“Police officers tried to in-

tercept two cars on Highway 138

because of a traffic violation at

around 9:30 p.m. and they re-

fused to stop,” SQ Constable Ann

Mathieu told The Eastern Door.

One vehicle turned into the

parking lot of the Paradise strip

club, and the two occupants

jumped out and fled to the bush.

The other vehicle ap-

proached the roadblock on St

Jean Baptiste and managed to

speed through. The patrols con-

tinued to pursue it from there, ac-

cording to Peacekeeper

Investigator Warren White.

“The vehicle almost hit the

officers that were there and the

pursuit continued to the boundary

of Kahnawake and Chateauguay

where there was a another road-

block set up by the Peacekeepers

and the Chateauguay police,” said

White.

While trying to evade police

and ram through the last road-

block, Chateauguay Police fired

shots at the car, according to the

SQ.“Our patrols continued the

pursuit to a large garage on the

OCR where the vehicle turned

into the parking lot and entered

the building before he fled on

foot. One Peacekeeper patrolman

took off on foot patrol and anoth-

er PK patrol car coming west-

bound intercepted the suspect,”

he said.The individual, Jonathan

Kane, was charged in Valleyfield

Court with two counts, one of

evading a peace officer and an-

other of driving in a manner dan-

gerous to the public.

The individual was placed

under arrest, brought back to the

garage and turned over to the SQ

along with the vehicle, according

to White.Kyle McComber, a witness

who was already at the scene

where the suspect fled, said that

after the vehicle got to a local

garage, they were commanded at

gunpoint to get on the ground.

“There was a minimum of 14

SQ and Chateauguay police offi-

cers; there was six Chateauguay

cruisers and two or three SQ

cruisers,” he said. “They drew

their guns and they started yelling

at us to get on the ground. They

said they suspected me of carry-

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Bruins Alumni Ken Linseman, who played five seasons with the Boston Bruins, is stopped by Kahnawake All-Star goalie Ryan Cross early in the first period. See story page 13.

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