What are fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effect anyway?
• Caused by alcohol’s effect on unborn children; • A set of physical and mental defects; • The most common cause of retardation and learning disabilities; • No statistics for the NWT but rates may be three times higher than in the rest of Canada; • Affects education, social development; • Peaks at around 15 years old. Back to Nunatsiaq News Back to Top Councillor stalls approval for developing prime lot Two Iqaluit town councillors have been involved in separate bids to develop a lot in a prime location in Iqaluit’s “downtown” area. Todd Phillips IQALUITTown councillor Bryan Hellwig says he was just doing his job when he rejected the recommendation of the Town’s administration to award a prime lot to a company partly-owned by a fellow councillor. Hellwig says it wouldn’t have looked right if the council had hastily approved a major development without scrutinizing the three proposals to develop the Kativik lot, between Aakaluk Daycare and the Kamotiq Inn. “The only concern I had was i
