Wednesday, 30 June 2010

$54,000 to the Native Communications Society to buy high-definition TV production equipment

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

Jun 29, 2010 16:00 ET

CanNor Supports Arts and Culture in Yukon and the Northwest Territories

DAWSON CITY, YUKON--(Marketwire - June 29, 2010) - An investment from the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) will enable two projects to take place that will bring Dene programming to a broader audience and expand cultural tourism in the North.

The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) today announced CanNor will provide $73,000 that will be disbursed to purchase high-definition equipment for the Native Communications Society in Yellowknife and to hire labour to assist in the planning and environmental assessment phase of the Dawson City Music Festival's "Raise the Roof" project.

"CanNor is proud to support projects that will help create jobs and support cultural tourism in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, and help southern Canadians learn more about the Dene people and their culture," said Minister Strahl, who is also Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor of Métis and Non-Status Indians.

"The Dawson City Music Festival is an internationally-acclaimed event that draws performers and visitors from around the world to the Yukon," said the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister Responsible for the North and Minister of Health. "The Native Communications Society's partnership with APTN brings the Dene language, traditions and culture to southern audiences, and has the potential to expand its scope."

"This timely support gives us an amazing opportunity to expand our facilities and increase the scope of our year-round programming", said Tim Jones, the producer of the 2010 Dawson City Music Festival. "The Dawson City Music Festival Association appreciates CanNor's support in our efforts to develop the Dawson City tourist and cultural economies."

"The north is a potential hot bed for high definition productions and as a result of the SINED investment in NCS, the Native Communications Society of the NWT is now at the forefront of the industry in the NWT," says Les L. Carpenter, CEO of NCS. "We can now create projects which will meet or exceed the demands of today's digital medium. As an aboriginal organization, NCS now has the rare opportunity to compete and collaborate with others."

CanNor will provide the following investments:

$19,000 to the Dawson City Music Festival to plan the renovation and expansion of their installations. The renovations arising from the planning phase are expected to further raise DCMF's capacity to play its key role in the cultural tourism industry of Dawson City.

$54,000 to the Native Communications Society to purchase high-definition production equipment to create a new program to be broadcast by APTN about the NWT Dene people in the format used by the majority of television broadcasters.

These investments are made possible through CanNor's Strategic Investments in Northern Economic Development (SINED) program, which focuses on long-term economic growth, economic diversification and capacity building in all three territories.
SINED is one of several economic development programs within CanNor, which is responsible for coordinating and delivering Canada's economic development across the North, and for related policy development, research and advocacy.

For copies of CanNor news releases, visit: http://www.cannor.gc.ca.

To learn more about Canada's Economic Action Plan, visit and for more information on Canada's Northern Strategy, visit www.northernstrategy.ca/index-eng.asp.

For more information, please contact

Office of the Honourable Chuck Strahl
Michelle Yao
Press Secretary
819-997-0002
or
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Bonnie Venton Ross
Communications Advisor
867-667-3849
or
2010 Dawson City Music Festival
Tim Jones
Producer
867-993-5584
or
Native Communications Society
Les L. Carpenter
Chief Executive Officer
867-920-2277 ext 333

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Saturday, 26 June 2010

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Thursday, 24 June 2010

Trilingual singer/songwriter Elisapie Isaac, Inuit of Salluit, Nunavik at Winnipeg International Jazz Festival

The great communicator http://www.uptownmag.com/2010-06-24/page6090.aspx

Trilingual singer/songwriter Elisapie Isaac brings her unique brand of folk-pop to the Winnipeg International Jazz Festival

Jen Zoratti

The great communicator Elisapie Isaac is a trilingual folk singer, composer, filmmaker and journalist. She's also easily one of the most interesting people performing at the Winnipeg International Jazz Festival.

Born to an Inuk mother and a Newfoundland father, Isaac was adopted at birth by an Inuit family and raised in the tiny, isolated hamlet of Salluit, Nunavik, which is located on Quebec's Northern coast. In 2000, she headed south to Montreal to pursue her passion for communications, finding success in TV, radio and film. (In 2003, she directed the award-winning National Film Board documentary If The Weather Permits — a thoughtful and moving examination of modern-day Inuit culture.)

Still, music has always been a vital communications tool for Elisapie, who sings and composes in Inuktitut, French and English. Previously known for her work in the Juno-winning duo Taima, Isaac stepped out on her own in 2009 with her solo debut, There Will Be Stars — a strikingly beautiful collection of feminine folk-pop songs that'll make you fall head over heels in love.

Sigh. Is there anything this girl can't do?

Uptown: How were you introduced to music?

Isaac: Music is very weird for me. It's hard for me to describe how music came into my life because I come from a small isolated town. But I loved singing — it was a way for me to express myself. I started singing religious music. Religion was introduced to the Inuit people in the 1920s, and they became Anglican church members (laughs). I'm not religious, but the hymns became part of the culture and part of who I am. Of course, in school I always wanted to sing. I was very shy and introverted in many ways, and music became my tool to let it all out. But I never really took it seriously — it was a way to express myself.

U: What made you take it seriously?

Isaac: When people started saying I had a unique voice. They would say, 'It sounds like Elisapie.' It was a revelation. I'm not one to be always running after things — sometimes I am — but with music I was insecure. I didn't have the guts to say, 'Here I am.' So (my confidence) mostly came from my friends. When I got to Montreal, I wanted to make (singing) part of my artistic approach. That's when I met Alain Auger and we started collaborating and came up with Taima.

U: You recently put out your first solo record. What was that experience like for you?

Isaac: It was great. It was a very personal adventure for me. For me as a human, an artist and a woman, it was a life to another level. My confidence was lifted. It changed my life, and I want to make more. It was a very important process for me.

U: You perform and write in all three of your languages. How do you know which language will most appropriately serve a song?

Isaac: I thought there was a, how do you say, a formula. But the melody comes before the lyrics, often, and the words and phrasing come after. So it depends on what the melody brings out in me. My language is Inuktitut, but it's hard to find poetry in it. It's a straight-forward language. English, for everyone who loves folk and pop music, it's in its own world. People who write songs love English for that. French is a a very strict and complicated language. but it's also very beautiful. Each has its own meaning and purpose. I'm trilingual every day.

ELISAPIE ISAAC
June 27, 7 p.m., Old Market Square (free show) & 9:30 p.m., Aqua Books

Lac Cinquante Uranium Deposit: Kivalliq Reports Widest & Highest Grade Intercept to Date from Lac Cinquante

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Kivalliq Reports Widest and Highest Grade Intercept to Date from Lac Cinquante

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jun. 24, 2010 -- Kivalliq Energy Corporation (TSX VENTURE:KIV) (the "Company" or "Kivalliq") today announced final assays for its 2010 Phase 1 drill program, totalling 2,375 metres in 13 holes, at the Lac Cinquante Uranium Deposit located in Nunavut, Canada. Ten of the 13 holes intersected significant uranium mineralization. Hole 10-LC-003 had the widest and highest grade drill intercept to date, assaying 0.70% U3O8 over 13.98 metres (estimated true width of 7.69 metres), including 1.22 metres at 4.68% U3O8. In addition, step out hole 10-LC-013 identified a new zone 500 metres west of the deposit, assaying 0.21% U3O8 over 1.96 metres.

Phase 1 Drilling Highlights(i)

-- Drill Hole 10-LC-003 - 13.98 metres grading 0.70% U3O8
-- including - 1.22 metres grading 4.68% U3O8
-- Drill Hole 10-LC-005 - 2.11 metres grading 2.06% U3O8
-- Drill Hole 10-LC-011 - 2.78 metres grading 0.84% U3O8
-- Drill Hole 10-LC-007 - 1.02 metres grading 2.68% U3O8
-- Drill Hole 10-LC-006 - 0.50 metres grading 2.90% U3O8

(i)Down-hole intercepts

"Since Kivalliq's first drill program in 2009, we have an impressive drilling success rate of over 85%," stated John Robins, President & CEO. "Our team has dramatically increased the potential at Lac Cinquante by intersecting uranium mineralization at a new zone 500 metres west along trend from the historic deposit, and by drilling the highest grades and widest intercepts to date within the historic resource area."

Phase 1 Overview

The Lac Cinquante "main zone" is described as a vein-type uranium deposit occurring within a near vertical alteration/structural zone, over a strike length of one kilometre and extending from surface to a depth of 250 metres. All Phase 1 holes were inclined to the northeast and intersected the Lac Cinquante main zone between 65 and 230 metres depth. To determine geological controls, holes 10-LC-001 through 10-LC-009 focused on 25 metre infill drilling within the eastern portion of the historic resource area. Holes 10-LC-010 through 10-LC-012 were drilled at the western end of the historic resource, along a fence 50 metres west and down plunge of uranium mineralization encountered in holes 09-LC-012 and 09-LC-013 drilled last year.

Step-out hole 10-LC-013 was collared 650 metres west of 10-LC-012. This hole tested a geophysical response along trend and has identified a new zone of Lac Cinquante-style mineralization, approximately 500 metres west of the known historic resource area.

Assay results for 10 of the 13 Phase 1 drill holes, totalling 2,375 metres, are presented in the Table 1 below. These are best reviewed with the accompanying drill collar information, plan map and drill sections posted at: www.kivalliqenergy.com.

Table 1: 2010 Assay Results - Lac Cinquante Drill Program

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2010 Phase 1 Lac Cinquante Drilling Program - Final Results(i)
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Interval
Drill Hole From (m) To (m) (m)(ii) U3O8 % Description
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10-LC-002 118.26 118.56 0.30 0.21 East LC Main Zone
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10-LC_003 134.52 148.50 13.98 0.70 East LC Main Zone
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including 139.78 141.00 1.22 4.68 East LC Main Zone
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10-LC-004 164.83 165.20 0.37 0.44 East LC Main Zone
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180.22 180.52 0.30 0.16 East LC Main Zone
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10-LC-005 180.27 182.38 2.11 2.06 East LC Main Zone
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10-LC-006 207.72 208.22 0.50 2.90 East LC Main Zone
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10-LC-007 169.66 170.68 1.02 2.68 East LC Main Zone
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10-LC-009 242.30 242.60 0.30 0.42 East LC Main Zone
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10-LC-011 170.35 173.23 2.88 0.82 West LC Main Zone
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10-LC-012 153.00 153.37 0.37 0.90 West LC Main Zone
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10-LC-013 104.94 106.90 1.96 0.21 Step out 500m West LC
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(i) All samples subject to ICP 1 Analysis by SRC in Saskatoon, SK. ICP1
results greater than 1000 ppm uranium subject to SRC U3O8 Assay
Full intervals include ICP U analysis in ppm converted to U3O8%.
Conversion to U3O8% = ppm x 0.01179%
(ii) Drilled interval - true widths are not known. Estimated true widths
for the mineralized zones are approximately 76% of the drilled interval
widths reported, with the exception of hole 10-LC-003 which is
estimated at 55% drilled interval
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Panorama of the Liard River at its confluence with the Mackenzie River

The Liard River at its confluence with the Mackenzie River at Fort Simpson NWT, Canada
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010

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Tuesday, 22 June 2010

North Slave Metis Alliance National Aboriginal Day Concert videos from Somba K’e Park, Yellowknife

The North Slave Metis Alliance brings you the 2010 National Aboriginal Day Fish Fry and Metis, First Nations and Inuit music and dance stage show LIVE from Yellowknife, NWT

Here are the URLs of the archived segments...

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7813748
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7812584
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7812283
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7811936
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7811457
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7811133
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7810644