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The place and people which serve as his inspiration are 1,700 kilometres away. But sculptor Paul Qayutinnuaq needs only to look within himself to see the images for his soapstone creations.

"It's based on memory," says Qayutinnuaq, a soft-spoken 35-year-old Inuit living in Fairview, Alta. His home in this grain-growing area of Peace Country is a world apart from Gjoa Haven, the small community on King William Island in the central Arctic where he grew up.

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The place and people which serve as his inspiration are 1,700 kilometres away. But sculptor Paul Qayutinnuaq needs only to look within himself to see the images for his soapstone creations.

"It's based on memory," says Qayutinnuaq, a soft-spoken 35-year-old Inuit living in Fairview, Alta. His home in this grain-growing area of Peace Country is a world apart from Gjoa Haven, the small community on King William Island in the central Arctic where he grew up.

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The place and people which serve as his inspiration are 1,700 kilometres away. But sculptor Paul Qayutinnuaq needs only to look within himself to see the images for his soapstone creations.

"It's based on memory," says Qayutinnuaq, a soft-spoken 35-year-old Inuit living in Fairview, Alta. His home in this grain-growing area of Peace Country is a world apart from Gjoa Haven, the small community on King William Island in the central Arctic where he grew up.

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The place and people which serve as his inspiration are 1,700 kilometres away. But sculptor Paul Qayutinnuaq needs only to look within himself to see the images for his soapstone creations.

"It's based on memory," says Qayutinnuaq, a soft-spoken 35-year-old Inuit living in Fairview, Alta. His home in this grain-growing area of Peace Country is a world apart from Gjoa Haven, the small community on King William Island in the central Arctic where he grew up.

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According to government statistics from 1990 show that the average yearly income in Yellowknife was $39,031; $25,881 in Rankin Inlet; $21,033 in Arctic Bay and $14,542 in Pelly Bay. Compare them to the average yearly income for the NWT in 1990: $29,340.

The short story is, affordable housing and the growing Territorial population are fast coming to a head. And solutions must be found.

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According to government statistics from 1990 show that the average yearly income in Yellowknife was $39,031; $25,881 in Rankin Inlet; $21,033 in Arctic Bay and $14,542 in Pelly Bay. Compare them to the average yearly income for the NWT in 1990: $29,340.

The short story is, affordable housing and the growing Territorial population are fast coming to a head. And solutions must be found.

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According to government statistics from 1990 show that the average yearly income in Yellowknife was $39,031; $25,881 in Rankin Inlet; $21,033 in Arctic Bay and $14,542 in Pelly Bay. Compare them to the average yearly income for the NWT in 1990: $29,340.

The short story is, affordable housing and the growing Territorial population are fast coming to a head. And solutions must be found.

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According to government statistics from 1990 show that the average yearly income in Yellowknife was $39,031; $25,881 in Rankin Inlet; $21,033 in Arctic Bay and $14,542 in Pelly Bay. Compare them to the average yearly income for the NWT in 1990: $29,340.

The short story is, affordable housing and the growing Territorial population are fast coming to a head. And solutions must be found.

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Eskasoni Chief Alison Bernard wants to give the bankrupt Gold Eagle fisheries a second chance.

Since buying the former Nova Aqua fish farm at a receivership sale in 1991, Bernard's band invested $3 million into the fishery. A series of bad management strategies forced the fishery to file for bankruptcy in February, leaving the band with a total $5 million debt.

But Bernard is confident that with a proper restructuring, the Gold Eagle will soar again.

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Eskasoni Chief Alison Bernard wants to give the bankrupt Gold Eagle fisheries a second chance.

Since buying the former Nova Aqua fish farm at a receivership sale in 1991, Bernard's band invested $3 million into the fishery. A series of bad management strategies forced the fishery to file for bankruptcy in February, leaving the band with a total $5 million debt.

But Bernard is confident that with a proper restructuring, the Gold Eagle will soar again.