December 8, 2006

Sticks and stones break teachers’ bones

“Don’t underestimate the terror a six-year-old can cause with a big rock.”

JOHN THOMPSON

Violent students in Iqaluit have sent teachers to hospital this school year with broken hands, ugly bruises and other injuries.

These injuries are one reason why 12 teachers, joined by their union representative, filed into an Iqaluit District Education Authority meeting on Tuesday last week to express their disapproval of a draft discipline policy, which they say protects bullies.

Prentice moves on Nunavut devolution

“To be on our own – that’s our goal,” Okalik says

JIM BELL

The Nunavut government crawled a few millimetres closer this past weekend towards control of public lands and natural resources within the territory.

That was when Jim Prentice, the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, introduced Paul Mayer, the man who will represent Ottawa in devolution talks with Nunavut and then gave him his marching orders.