The hamlet council in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, is planning to
introduce a new public nuisance bylaw to try to curb the high
number of drunken incidents.  Pangnirtung is a "dry" community,
meaning alcohol is prohibited, but it's still getting into the
hamlet.  The bylaw will be introduced at the hamlet council
meeting next week.  "What we're seeing more and more is people
binge drinking — getting a bottle in, drinking the whole thing
down — and then becoming intensely drunk and out of it for the
next 12 hours, wandering around town, knocking on doors,
harassing people and doing the kind of things in general that
drunks tend to do," said Senior Administrative Officer Ron
Mongeau.  Mongeau said the goal is to force intoxicated people
to stay behind closed doors and not affect the life and
activities of other people in the community.  If passed, fines
would start at $250 for a first offence and go as high as $1,000
for third and subsequent offences.