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Guy Quenneville
Monday, March 31, 2008
Expanded service
Keewatin Air has announced it will be expanding its scheduled flight route this coming month to include Baker Lake, Arviat and Sanikiluaq.
Beginning April 1, the airline will provide service a full six days per week to every Kivalliq community.
Those from the Kivalliq who travel to Sanikiluaq will be pleased to learn Keewatin Air is also introducing scheduled service connecting Sanikiluaq to Winnipeg three times per week.
- Darrell Greer
More changes as Tahera formulates plan
Kugaaruk/Pelly Bay
There are more changes afoot at Tahera Diamond Corporation as the company seeks to put together its restructuring plan in the wake of going under creditor protection in January and shutting down mining operations at its Jericho mine site in February.
Tahera has asked Toronto-based financial advising firm Blair Franklin Capital Partners Inc. to contact interested parties who might buy Tahera in whole or in part.
Four directors of the company - Andrew Adams, Patrick Lavelle, Robert Dickson, and Gary Jones - have resigned from their positions - a move Tahera says is a result of its restructuring plan.
New college admin assistant
Chris Greek is settling in well to her new job at the Norman Wells Aurora College Community Learning Centre.
"She started in late January," said Dudley Johnson, regional co-ordinator for the college in the Sahtu. "She's been excellent so far."
Greek moved to the community from Nova Scotia with her husband after he joined Matco.
"She'd worked for a community college for seven or eight years before coming here," he said. "She's been a great addition."
- John Curran
Shear heads up group for North Slave exploration
Shear Minerals Ltd., International Samuel Exploration Corp., New World Resource Corp. and Mantle Resources Inc. have sent an 11-man crew to begin an exploration program at the Afridi Lake Diamond Project, which is located 320 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife and adjoins the Diavik Diamond Mine.
The aim of the project is to define kimberlite targets using round magnetic and gravity geophysical surveys, plus drilling.
Drilling has already begun and the project is budgeted at $1.2 million.