HAPI EESTAKAFFI HUMILIKIAK. QUANA INUIN NAMMAINNAQTUT. INUIN HUQULLAARIAQHIMAJUT UQHUQTUUMUN IPAKHANI. QILAUTIT NIVJAKTUT HUQULAAQTUTLU ALIANAQ. HILA QAIJUKNAIKMIJUK NUNAKPUT QAUMAKPIAQPAKTUK UPLAANUAMI. PIQHIQPAKHUNILU ANURI HAKUGIKHIVAKTUK. NUNA TAHIQLU APINMIJUQ. AUDLAARIAMI TUKTUHIUKTUTLU IQALIQINIAQMIJUN INUIN. AUDLAATIJAMI ALIANAQ. ALANGNUPIAQTUQ HILAVUT. ILANI ALAPAAKPAKHUNI ILANI UUNAQPAKTUK HIQINIQMIN. PUALGIKHIUT NUTQAJUITTUK APUTAIJAQTUNIK APQUTIT QUJARINNAQ.

IPAKHANI HAPI EESTAKMATA IQALUKTUUTIAMI TAHIQMI QINIQHIAQTUT UUKUMIANIKLU SAALAKMIKLU NUTAQQANUNLU INULGAMIITLU PIHUJAQTUT HIKUMI ALIQNAQHIVAKTUT TAUTURIAMI. QUANA QUVIAHULUGAAKTUT. INUINLU UMINGMAKTULIAKHIMAJUT SIKITUUKKUT. TONIKLU AIPPALU NUTARAITLU MALAUJUT. IILA INUIN HUMANGNITTUT. NAAMAKPAKLUHI. IHUMALUKPALAAKHIMAITTUMIK. AJUQHALIQPAKTUT QINIQPAKLURIT ILATIT. NUATQATITILU. INIKTIKNAHUAN INUIN ILIHARIAHIMAJUT IQALUKTUTIAMI ILIHARIAPAALIVIKMI. QUANA ILITARIJAUNIAQMIJUN ILIHAKTUT HUMIKLIAK.  QUVIAHUKTURUT INIKTIJUHI. NAGUJUMIK ANILJAUJAVUN INIKTIKTUT. HAVAAKHANIK UUKTUJAVUHI HUMILIKIAQ. 

Happy Easter, everyone. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday with family and friends and that the weather is perfect for travelling on the land or wherever you may be travelling to.

We have had snow storms and blowing snow, which makes for fresh, soft snow, easy for travellers heading out on the sea ice and land. Lots of daylight nowadays.

Cambridge Bay is growing so fast with houses out past the water fill-up station. Lots of housing going up — making it a good walk to go shopping for residents who live up in new part of town. Good thing Cambridge Bay has a school bus for kids to go to school and home.

The new Nunavut Arctic College campus is also built with a beautiful student residence, and, I believe, a childcare centre. The new arena was starting to be built but has been paused. Hopefully the hamlet will complete construction of the new arena. It is badly needed as we have many athletes like our local hockey players who can use a nice, new arena building to play sports in. The existing arena, which had mould issues, was renovated and is back and running again.

Also needed are more municipal service trucks to serve the growing community, like water and sewage and garbage trucks. We have good drivers but vehicles often need repair, servicing, etc. In Cambridge Bay, it is pure happiness when you hear the water truck filling up your water tank and to hear the sewage truck is pure happiness.

There is also a need for an Elders van to transport our Elders, especially from shopping at the stores, to community events, medical patients badly need pick up to catch their flights to attend their medical appointments also. We used to have taxi companies but no longer have any taxi service in town — that is badly needed also. Not sure what is happening there with the future of much-needed services in Cambridge Bay.

Soon graduation ceremonies will be happening and students from Grade 12 at Kiilinik High School will be graduating on Saturday, June 7, and Nunavut Arctic College students attending the Kitikmeot Campus here in Cambridge Bay will also be holding their graduation ceremonies also. Let us watch for these two very important dates to remember.

Soon the Umingmak Frolics will start and everyone is gearing up for the races and many other activities to have fun outdoors, and at the hall and the gym. Watch out the for schedule and look out for each other.

Soon we will have puddles and slippery roads in Cambridge Bay. Wear your sunglasses.

God Be With You Son. Your son is graduating. We are all looking forward to see him graduate and his classmates.