At the last day of our regional leaders' meetings, we all received a copy of this book which, the cover states, includes "In-depth Self-discovery exercises". Well, there's my weekend all lined up ...
For lunch we walked over to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (I posted a photo earlier) where there's a wonderful cafe. I had a few moments to explore the exhibits, but I'll return later to spend more time. The Legislative Assembly is next door, so MLAs often eat at the centre. Charles Dent, who is now Minister of a million portfolios-- known to me when he worked for the mayor of Yk and hung around at the press club-- was seated at the next table.
Laying low tonight after such a busy week. But here are some nuggets gleaned from this week's edition of News/North NWT:
- a 12-pack of pop apparently fetched as much as $50 in Ulukhaktok when the community ran out of soft drinks--an "underground economy" developed
- Sachs Harbour is like a ghost town these days because everyone, from the kids to the elders, have gone goose hunting
- there's a mobile home for rent in Yk for $1,500 a month, plus utilities
- and a 2300 square foot home with 3 bedrooms and bathrooms plus den and playroom for a cool $469,000
- a fire fighter job is open for about $61,000 per year plus a northern allowance of $2,500
- an administrative asst. job with the territorial gov't offers $47,288 plus a northern allowance of close to $5,000
1 comment:
holy christ, set me up for that admin job. however, as i'm sure i would drink 3/4 of my pay during the dark winter months, perhaps it wouldn't be such a financially lucrative venture
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