April 23, 2015 - Northern News Services
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April 23, 2015 - Northern News Services
Dump life dwindling Fort Simpson will need to find almost $1 million to pay for future closure Volume 21 Issue 35 THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015 75 CENTS Junior Cadets hit the land for winter training photo courtesy of Steve Nicoll Photo courtesy of Steve Nicoll Sports News Community Dehcho First Nations seeks devolution dollars Village eyes evac plan; Cadet shooter shows 'I just don't see the he's got what it takes to answers coming up' bring home the bronze says deputy fire chief Fort Liard youth make self-esteem mainstream Publication mail Contract #40012157 2 DEH CHO DRUM, Thursday, April 23, 2015 community Youth explore self-esteem Three-day workshop teaches young people in Fort Liard the importance of self worth by Andrew Livingstone The workshop was facilitated by Amanda Welliver, Acho Dene Koe/Fort Liard a motivational speaker and Dylan Steeves was founder of Paradigm Esteem. shocked at the images. Welliver ran programming Not shocked because of teaching the importance the content but because of of self-esteem and selfhow the people in them were confidence, and as part of altered. the weekend, martial arts At a selfinstructor Dan esteem workRoss offered a shop in Fort course, allowing Liard from students to earn April 17 to 19, a white belt at Steeves, along the end. with 20 other Through a youth, were series of games shown images and writing Dylan Steeves of models exercises, youth before and after learned about the images were how to recogaltered for publication. nize unhealthy situations and The 14-year-old was build their self-esteem. shocked at how media influAmy Thomas, who works ences the perception of what with youth in the hamlet, said people should look like. they were first exposed to "People don't have the Welliver at a Dreamcatcher right to change your looks," Conference in Edmonton last he said. "You're made the way year. you are and you can't change, After hearing her speak, and you should be proud of she decided the youth would who you are." benefit from having Welliver Northern News Services "You should be proud of who you are." photo courtesy of Amy Thomas It was a big celebration at the end of the three-day self-esteem workshop in Fort Liard from April 17 to 19. Up front are Holly Fantasque, left, and Jordan Nelson. In the second, from the left, are: Amy Thomas, Logan Hardisty, Kali Norn, Katrina Emmons, Ashanti Timbre, martial arts instructor Dan Ross, Megan Steeves, Leona Berreault, Briann Nelson and Amy Duntra. In the third row, are, from left, Wyatt McLeod, Amanda Welliver, Jayden Klondike, Curtis Lomen, Nezioa Duntra, Jolan Kotchea, Tyrus Bertrand, Johnneil Bertrand, and Julianne Norn. In the back row, from left, are Terrance Kotchea, Ross Duntra, Tyrone Berreault, a jumping Dylan Steeves, James Duntra and Angus Capot-Blanc. come to the community to work more closely with them. "Self-esteem is a big part of everyone's life," she said. "Everyone struggles with it even if they're young or old. The kids here have such talent, but some of the most talented have the lowest selfesteem. "I just wanted to get someone in so they could let the self-esteem match the talent and ability. I always wished I could help them but I wasn't trained in it and you do the best you can, I've seen other kids respond to that (Dreamcatcher) conference and it was an opportunity." Thomas said youth really took to what Welliver and Ross had to offer over the course of the weekend workshop. "Some of the more shy students took charge and led group activities and teambuilding activities," Thomas said. "Students showed up on time and were really into it. They wanted to help out. "They were concentrating hard and doing the work they were doing and it was a general commitment." Steeves said he faced selfesteem issues before being exposed to Welliver's teachings – what he's learned has helped him become a healthier person. "I'm glad I took it because it made me feel better about myself and it doesn't matter what people think of you and it's your own feelings that matter," he said. "It made me feel good, other people's words don't matter and it's your perception. "There were bumps here and there where people wanted to make fun of me. I just thought about things and picked myself back up and here I am." Thomas said seeing the youth open up about their lives, and dedicate themselves to the workshop and what it had to offer, was truly remarkable. "It's hard for them to express themselves and to do a three-day course to figure out their feelings and what makes them feel good and bad, it was an impressive thing to see," she said. "It helped the kids get really in touch with their emotions." Briann Nelson, 11, said she first wanted to go to the workshop because it sounded like something fun, especially the martial arts aspect. However, the things she learned about self-esteem had the greatest impact. "When she talked about you can be who you really are. It made me feel good," she said. "I feel like I'm going to be more open. " I t ' s important to have good self-esteem because it's good for you to talk about your feelings." Participant Ross Duntra won the outstanding student award for the workshop, and Welliver said it was because of his excellent attendance and selflessness. "He was always there to help any student around him," she said in an e-mail to Thomas. "His writing was truly incredible. He risked vulnerability and wrote many personal things about himself including sharing things verbally with us. He was a leader and helped others in martial arts and overall his behaviour was superior and kind." COFFEE Break feature news DEH CHO DRUM, Thursday, April 23, 2015 3 Did we get it wrong? Deh Cho Drum is committed to getting facts and names right. With that goes a commitment to acknowledge mistakes and run corrections. If you spot an error in Deh Cho Drum, call the editor at (867) 695-3786, or e-mail [email protected]. We'll get a correction or clarification in as soon as we can. NEWS Briefs Fort Simpson businesses broken into Two businesses were broken into earlier this month in Fort Simpson and the RCMP are looking for any information that can help lead to an arrest. Between April 2 and April 7, two businesses were broken into by an unknown number of suspects and a number of items were stolen. One business reported the theft of four Husqvarna chainsaws and accessories, while the other reported the theft of a Dewalt toolbox and drill bits. Police believe that both incidents happened during the same period of time and witnesses are urged to contact the Fort Simpson RCMP detachment with any information. Fuel costs drop Two communities in the Deh Cho region have seen a drop in gas, diesel and home heating fuel costs since the territorial government was able to purchase fuel at lower prices. Both Trout Lake and Nahanni Butte will pay less for petroleum products. Trout Lake will pay nine cents less for heating fuel, 19 cents less for diesel and 12 cents less for gasoline, dropping the price from $1.74 to $1.62. Nahanni Butte residents will see a smaller drop in cost for heating fuel from $1.64 to $1.61, a three cent drop, and a drop in diesel from $1.86 to $1.75. The communities are fuelled by the Petroleum Products Program through Public Works and Services. Biathletes visit Bompas Two of Canada's top biathletes will visit Bompas Elementary School and Thomas Simpson School on April 22 and 23 to share their stories with students. Olympian Brendan Green, originally from Hay River, and his girlfriend, Alberta's Rosanna Crawford, will speak to students at both schools about their rise through the ranks from the bottom of the international standings to podium contenders. The visit to Fort Simpson is the third and final stop on a three-community tour that took the pair to Inuvik and Fort McPherson earlier in the week. See next week's Deh Cho Drum for more on the visit. Public meeting in Liard The territorial government will be hosting a public meeting in Fort Liard on April 23. The meeting will be hosted by the standing committee on social programs to review two bills that will amend two government acts. Bill 44 will make amendments to the Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act, and Bill 47 will make changes to the Child and Family Services Act. Andrew Livingstone/NNSL photo If the current landfill in Fort Simpson isn't expanded in the next couple years to extend the lifespan, it will be filled to capacity. The village is also in a difficult spot to set aside nearly $1 million to help cover the future cost of the facility's closure due to tight fiscal restraints. Landfill needs expansion to remain open past 2018 Closure would cost nearly $1 million and no money set aside as of yet by Andrew Livingstone Northern News Services Liidlii Kue/Fort Simpson The Fort Simpson dump will reach capacity in 2018 unless the village coughs up the money to extend the life of the dump to 2027, according to a recent report on the state of garbage disposal in the community. And if the village doesn't act on the growing list of issues with the community landfill, particularly the lack of any reserve fund to cover the estimated $900,000 cost of closure and post-closure maintenance 12 years from now, future councils are going to be up to their ears in garbage. The village is in a tight financial situation. With a number of projects and community needs growing and a limited amount of money to spend each year, the need to expand the landfill and save for its future closure and maintenance is going to be a challenging project to tackle. Village Mayor Sean Whelly said council and administration are working on a number of the recommendations in the report, including groundwater testing, something that had never been done previously, and removing bulk metals that include appliances, old cars and drums, to increase available space. "We are trying to move toward getting some of (the metals) out," he said. "It's not all going to be done in one year and metal prices aren't high, so we would be footing some of the cost of transportation, but we're hoping some of the cost can be subsidized by the value of the metals." The village is also planning to do more regular covering of garbage to limit contamination of water in the area and to prevent leaching as much as possible. "We've surface-tested water in the area around the landfill, there hasn't been any underground water testing and they ask that we do more testing to see what the contaminates might be carrying away in the groundwater," he said. While the village is working to deal with a number of recommendations in the report, Whelly admits movement on the landfill needs to speed up, and money needs to be map courtesy of Golder Associates Ltd. The current layout of the landfill, based on a site map created by Golder Associates – the company tasked with determining the future of the landfill. saved to deal with future costs. "The more we can get out of this landfill, the better, so we don't have to go contaminate another site," he said. "Dumps are inherently bad and we need to try to minimize potential damage as much as possible." Completed by Golder and Associates, the report indicates that the life of the landfill could be another 10 years, however, the capacity depends on the planned and executed design of the fill areas and on the annual capacity consumption. Built in 1980, it was estimated the landfill would have a 20-year lifespan and a study done in 2006 showed the facility had "substantial" space left to meet community waste needs. Based on current population trends, the annual landfill use of approximately 2,900 square metres shouldn't fluctuate drastically, unless the number of residents increases. But the urgency isn't just piling up with the need to expand the facility – the urgency is also in the need for future planning. The estimated capital cost to implement closure of the landfill in 2027 is approximately $927,000, according to the report. Money needs to be allocated annually starting as soon as possible, the report states, to the tune of approximately $98,000 annually in order to have the funds available at the time of closure. "Should the Village of Fort Simpson not establish a reserve fund for closure and post closure activities, these costs will represent an unfunded liability," the report says. A new funding formula being developed by the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs will help address the funding gap for the future landfill closure. The new formula includes dedicated funding toward landfill maintenance and build-up of reserves for the exact issues the village is facing, said Whelly. "We'd be getting an additional $60,000 or so from this for issues like the dump and it's about enough for us to put aside to cover that," he said. "The sooner this can be approved, the better. We're going to have to be innovative with what we can do until this new funding is identified. "This was a wake-up call for the village, this report. We don't have any firm plans at this point, but it's going to be a more pressing issue as years go by." Preliminary design of a solid waste cell expansion indicates that an area of approximately 7,600 square metres, corresponding to a volume of approximately 24,500 cubic metres, could be constructed to provide an additional 8.5 years of capacity, to allow for use until 2027. In order to expand the life of the landfill, the village would need to install four new groundwater monitoring wells, a bear fence, extend the berm of the current site and construct an additional landfill cell with new berms. The report recommends the first three projects would need to be done in 2015 and 2016, with the expansion starting by 2018 in order to meet community needs. 4 DEH CHO DRUM, Thursday, April 23, 2015 news Evac plan needs update: fire dept NNSL file photo Nahanni Butte was faced with an evacuation due to flooding in recent years. While Fort Simpson hasn't faced a major emergency in 24 years, representatives from organizations in the community including police, fire services, the health centre and the power corporation, are working with the village to prepare a more comprehensive plan in case a flood were to happen. Village preparing more complete emergency response for community though flooding unlikely this spring by Andrew Livingstone what we are missing at this point." Liidlii Kue/Fort Simpson Rowe said the flood of 1991 Fort Simpson's emergency that required evacuation of the response plan is not compre- island exposed serious gaps in hensive enough to properly the execution of an emergency handle the potential dangers response plan. When residents of flooding that come with were moved away to safety, breakup every spring, says the the plan was to set up tents to keep people warm, howdeputy fire chief. At an emergency manage- ever, the location where the ment committee meeting on tents were housed was already April 15, Pat Rowe made it under water. "Only one tent was set up," clear that the village plan doesn't formally address a he said. "That proved the system was flawed." number of issues Rowe's bigthat would be gest concern was important to the lack of detail properly executin the plan. He ing an evacuasaid without tion of the island, these details if water were to in place and breach the banks outlining who of the Mackenzie Pat Rowe is responsible River. for what dut"The flood ies in the event event is going to happen every year, and if – and of a flood, it leaves the plan when – it does happen that vulnerable to being changed the village floods, I just don't mid-execution and potentially see the answers coming up," endangering residents. "Every year we talk about a a frustrated Rowe said during the meeting of representatives flood, but there has never been from the village, RCMP, fire a complete plan," he said. Community members and department, territorial government and the Northwest Ter- organizers meet annually in ritories Power Corporation. the weeks leading up to the While early indications of the breakup season to make sure water levels on the Mackenzie everyone is on the same page and Fort Liard rivers indicate with the plan and to make any flooding is unlikely to happen, changes the committee thinks the committee will meet in the need to be made. One of the issues raised at coming weeks to go through the plan, address any gaps and the meeting was the required co-ordination for the emerimprove its overall quality. "We need to be prepared gency response once people for the worst scenario, not the are off the island. While there medium-case scenario," said is no comprehensive plan in Mike Drake, regional super- place to address duties that intendent for Municipal and may need to be handled in Community Affairs. "We need the event of an emergency, the to know what we are missing airport has been identified as because we don't really know the temporary meeting point Northern News Services "There has never been a complete plan." for residents who have been evacuated from their homes. Drake said while it's unlikely every resident would arrive at the airport at one time, he said staggered evacuation by air would be the best way to handle moving people to other communities. Later in the meeting, Drake said that a full run-through of the plan is necessary to identify gaps in execution. "A walk through of the emergency plan to make sure it works needs to happen," he said. "All kinds of things come into play so we need to make sure it works." Mayor Sean Whelly said the plan, last revised in 2011, is scant on a lot of nitty-gritty details of executing an evacuation, like procedure to make sure people are evacuating, who would get wood to start a fire for warmth if necessary, temporary lodging for residents who have left their homes and a number of other considerations. "If we have all the plans in the document we can have a comprehensive document to work with," he said. "We have to itemize the steps that happen before-hand and during the emergency." Rowe said it's important to have a detailed plan with responsibilities allocated so in the case the village is flooded everyone knows their roles, reducing the risk of miscommunication and potentially grave mistakes from happening. "As long as it's carried through to the end, we can't be making changes mid-stream," he said. "It needs to go fullcircle in order to make it work effectively." opinions DEH CHO DRUM, Thursday, April 23, 2015 5 Landfill a future mess Northern News Services another decade. The report indicates that in The state of the Fort Simpson landfill is a mess the current coun- order to properly close the facility, the village needs to find approxicil has inherited after years of mately $1 million in neglect by past councils funds over the next 13 to properly deal with the THE ISSUE: years to cover the cost issue. VILLAGE of closure and long-term A report completed on LANDFILL maintenance of the site. the landfill for the village The scariest thing is, and delivered earlier this WE SAY: AN INHERITED in order to pay for this year highlights a number down the road, the village of issues. While some are PROBLEM needs to start putting minor, like building fenapproximately $90,000 ces to keep scavenging bears and other animals out, other away annually to make sure the issues are serious – and pressing. council who inherits this mess – literally – can pay for it. With little Testing to determine whether to no money to comthere has been groundplete basic infrastrucwater contamination has ture projects in the vilnever been done. The lage like much-needed landfill was built in the road work and building 1980s. Think about that renovations, this is a for a minute. Mayor Sean big issue. Whelly said the council The territorial govplans to start monitoring ernment is working water in the landfill, but on a new community the chance the damage ANDREW funding formula that has been done is a realLIVINGSTONE will allocate desperateity. ly-needed money for In a territory and comthe village, but that's munity that prides itself not coming for a few years. on protecting the land and the Unless the village can find a way pristine water systems, this is a to increase revenues, the landfill is failure. going to be a major problem when It's not the current council's it comes time to shut it down. fault. The plans to test groundwater can be applauded, but the years of negligence is unacceptable. Doing the bare minimum SHOULD THE VILLAGE OF FORT required to maintain the landfill SIMPSON SIGN A LEASE TO MOVE for the decades prior was a lapse in judgement of previous councils, ITS OFFICES FROM THE VISITOR'S CENTRE TO THE NEW OFFICE BUILDmany of which included current ING BEING CONSTRUCTED BY councillors. NOGHA ENTERPRISE LTD? But this isn't even the biggest No, if it's going to cost more money the environmental issue highlighted town shouldn't consider moving until in the report. The landfill is nearmore important projects are taken care of ing the end of its life. Unless the in the community. village finds the funds, the dump 34% will reach maximum capacity in 4.5 years. And if council can find Yes, the village has been without a the money to build a new cell for permanent home for far too long, and the waste storage at the facility it can new space would make it more centrally located. extend the life of the dump for 33% Wrigley Yes, but only if the cost won't be too much for the community to absorb and won't result in a tax increase. M ack en zi e Ri ver NNSL WEB POLL Fort Simpson Nahanni Butte Fort Jean Marie Providence Fort Liard Yell River Trout Lake Great Slave Kakisa 3 Lake Hay River 33% HAVE YOUR SAY Are you concerned at all about the town being prepared to handle a major flood? Go online to www.nnsl.com/dehcho to vote in this week's poll. Published Thursdays 2014 FORT PROV IN ON HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP Michael Krutko of Fort Providence played with the Deline Warriors at the First Air Rec Hockey Tournament in Yellowknife and helped them into the B Division title on April 5. 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At the last of a series of regional public meetings to update members on the status of Dehcho Process negotiations in Fort Simpson on April 15, the negotiating team brought to light, in its opinion, the use of devolution by the territorial government as a "blackmailing" tool to force an agreement by withholding resource royalty payments. "They have no right to blackmail us into signing the devolution agreement and if there is money available as of April 1 to aboriginal groups, then we should get our share," said lead negotiator Georges Erasmus. Dehcho First Nations and Akaitcho First Nations stand to lose out on $1 million and $500,000 respectively – their estimated share of the first round of post-devolution resource revenues – by not signing on to devolution by April 1. Now that the date has passed the process to join becomes more complicated, as first nations will be required to negotiate with both the federal and territorial governments rather than just the latter. A letter was sent to Premier Bob McLeod and the territorial government by Dehcho Grand Chief Herb Norwegian requesting the $1 million be paid to the first nations. A response to the letter hasn't been received, however, Erasmus used strong language suggesting anything but a yes would force them to take the territorial government to court. "If they don't send it to us, our legal advisers are telling us we have a number-one case to go to court and force them to give us the money," he said to an audience of 30 members. The territorial government is working on a response to this letter, according to the premier's spokesperson Shaun Dean. In a written response to questions to the Deh Cho Drum, the territorial government said it isn't "holding any resource revenues back" from the first nations. However, the response seems to contradict this claim. "Should the DFN sign on to devolution, the DFN would be entitled to a share of resource revenues from public land in the NWT," stated the e-mail. The territorial government has agreed to share up to 25 per cent of its resource revenues with aboriginal governments, all of which have signed on except for Dehcho First Nations and Akaitcho. The nearly $1.5 million from this past year's royalty haul won't be distributed to the two groups. The GNWT and its devolution partners will determine what happens to any amount of resource revenue collected last fiscal year that would have been available for aboriginal governments that have not signed on to devolution. At the core of its position, Dehcho First Nations legal counsel believes the territorial government is withholding money because the group, along with the Akaitcho, don't support the GNWT's agenda and therefore are being punished and bullied into making concessions on land claims agreements in order to gain access to resource royalty money. "It's not reasonable they should be able to withhold money that is owed," said Chris Reid, head legal adviser to the negotiating team. Negotiations have been all but non-existent in the past few months after a war of words erupted in the public sphere and in the media over a controversial offer by the territorial government on land quantum. Correspondence between Norwegian and the premier over the course of the first few months of 2015 indicated the offer from the territorial government was, in fact, take-it-or-leave-it, and the premier had contradicted himself publicly on threatening to end the negotiation process. However, the negotiating team met with territorial and federal government teams on April 21 at a hotel in Yellowknife to discuss a number of issues, including land quantum. Media were barred from the event at the request of the territorial government, which the Dehcho First Nations reluctantly agreed to. Erasmus told the crowd at the April 15 meeting that the issue of land hasn't been on the table in almost a decade. "Up until now we have not been able to talk about land so this is a big deal," he said, adding it was approved for the meeting's agenda in a conference call early last week. "Land and land management is essential to this. For nine years we haven't talked about it and if we can deal with this, the rest of the issues will move very quickly." The GNWT said the reason for media being barred was to address the Dehcho First Nations allegations regarding the territorial government's conduct in the negotiation process. "While the GNWT firmly believes these allegations are without merit, the serious nature of theses DFN allegations requires that they be addressed to each party's satisfaction prior to the resumption of negotiations," the e-mailed response stated. photo courtesy of Hillary Deneron JACKFISH DERBY WINNER CROWNED Frederick Nelson took top spot in the adult jackfish category of the Fort Liard Fishing Derby earlier this month by hooking an 18-lb fish. Yvonne Nande was second with a jackfish weighing in at 16 lbs even, and Dale Timbre finished third with a 15.11-lb jackfish. Flick and swim weekend trip planned Northern News Services Deh Gah Got'e Koe/Fort Providence The recreation department for the hamlet is planning a swimming and movie day trip to Yellowknife for 10 Fort Providence youth on May 2. The group will leave the community at 9 a.m. for Yellowknife and return at approximately 10 p.m. The group will spend the afternoon swimming before attending a movie showing at the Yellowknife movie theatre. Students in grades seven to 12 are able to attend, but space is limited so reserving a spot as soon is possible is recommended. Space on the trip can only be secured if the permission slip is filled out and payment is made at the hamlet office. Permission slips can be picked up at the front desk of the hamlet office. The cost for the trip is $20 per person and includes the cost of admission into the swimming pool, a movie ticket and transportation to and from Yellowknife. Mother's Day lunch in Liard Acho Dene Koe/Fort Liard Mothers in Fort Liard will get the royal treatment on May 8 as the school will host its annual Mother's Day lunch. The school is expecting a big turnout again this year and will be ordering Subway sandwiches from Fort Nelson, B.C., for the meal. The food is brought in the night before and lunch-goers will be able to put their own toppings on when it is time to eat, preventing the bread from becoming soggy in transit. In the past, the school has hosted the lunch outdoors and the plan currently is to continue this trend, weather pending. COMMUNITY Clips with Andrew Livingstone [email protected] Mothers will also be treated to the option of getting a manicure if they choose, a service being offered by a teacher at the school. Echo Dene School will also host the Department of Education, Culture and Employment's career fair on April 29 starting at 1 p.m. in the school gymnasium, running until the evening. Students will be able to attend all day and the fair will be open to the general public in the evening. Community yard sale scheduled Deh Gah Got'ie Koe/Fort Providence Thrifters of Fort Providence, assemble. Your time is here. The annual community yard sale in support of the Deh Gah School graduating class is scheduled for May 9 at the school gym. With spring in full swing and annual housecleaning surely underway, residents can purchase a table for $20 to sell things they don't need anymore. And not only is it a yard sale, but a chance to stock up on baked goods and crafts from community members. Space is limited, so book in advance of the May 6 deadline to secure your table. The community sale will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information please contact Charlene Bonnetrouge. photo stories DEH CHO DRUM, Thursday, April 23, 2015 7 Junior Cadets rough it TRAINING Feature by Steve Nicoll Northern News Services Liidlii Kue/Fort Simpson A group of Fort Simpson junior cadets recently spent three days roughing it in a camp setting as part of a Winter field training exercise. A total of 14 cadets were stationed at the Fort Simpson campground site from April 10 to 12. The group of cadets were required to set up and maintain their campsite, as well as work together to make sure everyone was cared for during the outing. Cadets were involved in a number of athletic events and were required to set up their own tents, build fires, cook their own food and keep the campsite in good order. Capt. Steve Nicoll said the three-day excursion was an opportunity for him to observe cadet progress with training and allow them to work on their self-confidence and teamwork. On the final day of the exercise, cadets were sent on an orienteering trek through the village and surrounding area to capture flags and accrue points. Each team had two minutes to copy a map of where flags were located and then were sent out to try and find them. - Text by Andrew Livingstone Capt. Steve Nicoll explains the game rules to Lance-Cpl. Sage Fabre-Dimsdale and Lance-Cpl. Stanley Cli. Lance-Cpl. Sage Fabre-Dimsdale, left, and Lance-Cpl. Akesha Hardisty are all ready for the junior cadets winter field training exercise held in Fort Simpson from April 10 to 12 at the village campground site. Cpl. Teagan Zoe-Hardisty, left, Master Cpl. Lia Fabre-Dimsdale, Lance-Cpl. Akesha Hardisty, Cpl. Ariah Thomas and Lance-Cpl. Shaznay Waugh celebrate a perfectly pitched tent. Cpl. Ariah Thomas and LanceCpl. Akesha Hardisty hang upside down on the playground equipment at the campground during a break from a winter field training exercise with junior cadets. Junior cadets march to the campsite for a three-day winter training exercise on April 10. 8 DEH CHO DRUM, Thursday, April 23, 2015 news New village office in question Northern News Services Members of council will meet with Nogha Enterprises and Liidlii Kue First Nations on April 23 to further discuss the village moving its offices into the proposed Nogha office building. Mayor Sean Whelly said the village was prepared to decline the offer to sign a lease agreement for the building space and was drafting a letter to Nogha Enterprises when the meeting was requested. As is widely known, the village is currently in a tight financial situation and the cost of moving into a new office office complex is crucial to space wasn't feasible, said the success of this endeavWhelly. However, during dis- our," the letter reads. "We cussions at the April 20 coun- would like to find an acceptcil meeting no comparative able approach for the village that would enable cost analysis had its tenancy to probeen completed. VILLAGE ceed." A number of COUNCIL Project mancouncillors voiced ager Barry Potfrustration over not Briefs previously knowing a lot of with Andrew Livingstone ter told the Deh details about disCho Drum that cussions happening between the village and the in order for construction to proponents, as outlined in a begin, leases needed to be in place to provide assurance letter sent to council. "The presence of the vil- to the banks lending lage as a tenant in our new the money for the multi-mil- lion dollar project. Council directed administration to send a letter to the Fort Simpson Garden Society to ask them to hold off on beginning significant work on the new garden located on the edge of the golf course. Since a new lease between the golf course and the village hasn't been signed yet, a number of councillors were concerned about work beginning before a formalized relationship was in place. While the village and golf course will sign a new lease together, questions about who would be leasing the plot to the garden society raised questions, particularly around the golf course tenant subleasing to another organization without approval from the village. Acting Senior Administrative Officer Beth Jumbo informed council on April 20 that due to issues with the delivery being completed by the company filling the order, the eight containers of new dust control product didn't ship on time and won't reach the community until the ferry is in the water. Jumbo said the village will use a limited quantity of calWhen questioned about cium remaining from previous whether the village had to give years on some of the main sublease approval, adminis- roads, but will have to use tration said they'd look into a combination of water and it, but weren't certain that this road sweeping, which began stipulation was written into its on April 20, to mitigate the leases. dust until the new Mayor Sean product arrives. Whelly said if it Councillor Larry wasn't part of the Campbell was standard lease agreepleased to see vilment, it should be. lage staff sweeping "I think they the streets to try and Renalyn should all be like remove as much dirt that so the village Pascua-Matte as possible, and said doesn't lose control," it should suffice in he said. "They could turn the interim. around and do something with Council approved the the land that may not be in the purchase of eight containers public interest." on April 6, half of what was Councillor Renalyn Pas- requested by the public works cua-Matte said the society had department, as a trial run to plans to build a picnic area see if it will work more effectand a gazebo, with some of ively than the product used the their supplies already on the year before. new site – she was concerned that not everyone was aware of plans. She requested council, the golf course and the garden society meet to discuss plans for the plot and to make sure everyone is on the same Thomas Simpson School page. graduates will be getting The village also passed a iPads from the village as gifts motion to provide free water to celebrate their completion to the garden for the sum- of high school. mer. The village made the Council voted to approve same arrangement last year, the purchase of 15 iPad Minis said acting Senior Adminis- at an estimated cost of $4,830. trative Officer Beth Jumbo. Council debated whether to Last summer the garden used wait until other community approximately 49,000 litres of partners who have helped pay water at a cost of $530 to the for the grad gifts in the past village. years had committed for this year and paid their portion of the cost. However, due to the time restraints with ordering the gifts and having them delivered in time for the earlyJune graduation ceremonies, The dust control product council voted to purchase the approved for purchase by vil- iPads and then get other partlage council earlier this month ners on board. didn't make it to the communLast year the village purity before the Liard River ice chased 25 iPads and paid a crossing closed for the season third of the overall cost, some on April 19. $4,000. Who gets the final word on subleases? iPads for high school grad gift approved Dust control shipment beat by ferry Andrew Livingstone/NNSL photo FIBRE OPTIC INSTALLATION An employee with Ledcor, one of the main contractors on the fibre optic line being completed in the territory, works to install the cable needed to link Fort Simpson to the main line on April 20. news DEH CHO DRUM, Thursday, April 23, 2015 9 Rowe's fined $40,000 for injury Worker injured in 2013 incident didn't have training to work with ice auger by Andrew Livingstone after they had frozen over, an unsafe procedure, according to Liidlii Kue/Fort Simpson the agreed statement of facts Rowe's Construction Ltd. filed in the Yellowknife courthas been slapped with a house. "There were no written $40,000 fine after the company pleaded guilty to violat- instructions or guidelines ing territorial safety regula- provided to workers ... with tions in a 2013 incident that respect to the safe operation of left a worker seriously injured. the ice augers they were using Representatives from the on a daily basis," the docuFort Simpson-based company ments show. On the day of the incident, pleaded guilty in territorial court on April 1 to violat- the two employees began the ing Section 9 of the territorial day by re-drilling holes in the General Safety Regulations. road that had frozen over the The charge was related to a previous night. After a converFebruary 2013 incident where sation with the site supervisor, a worker was seriously injured the general labourer put his during the construction of an hand on the ice auger at the moment the operator began to ice road near Trout Lake. The worker, who was drill. The injured employee's arm hired through a sub-contractgot caught in the ing agreement auger due to his with another cotton gloves company, was freezing to it in injured by an the cold temice auger while peratures and working on the his loose-fitting road. The conjacket becomtracted worker ing caught in the had no safety auger chain. training to operIt took two ate the equipKim Walker rotations of the ment and wasn't ice auger to get trained on specific safety procedures to his arm out of the machine. follow when working around His humerus, radius and ulna – the major bones of the upper an ice auger. The company was hired by and forearm – were fractured, the Department of Transporta- and three of his fingers were tion to deliver crushed rock to dislocated as a result of the the new airport site in Trout accident. He was medevaced Lake and was constructing an to Edmonton where doctors ice road between the rock sup- performed surgery on his arm ply point and the community. and fingers, requiring metal The injured employee, primar- plates and screws. Kim Walker, spokesperson ily employed by the Sambaa K'e Development Corporation, for the Worker's Safety and was working with an experi- Compensation Commission enced ice auger operator to said in an e-mail that employhelp drill holes in the ice road ers in the territory need to in order to properly flood the be mindful of their duties under government regulations. surface. The operator had previ- Employers have a responsibilous experience using this type ity to their workers to provide of machinery prior to being adequate training, equipment employed on the project, and that is in safe working condiwas given two days of training tion, and train workers on any by an on-site project super- potential hazards like how to handle emergencies. visor. "When it comes to workHowever, no one on the project provided the injured place safety, employers have employee with training, certain responsibilities to their according to court records. workers," said Walker. "PropThe employee worked with the erly training your workers is ice auger for nearly two weeks the right thing to do. Finanwithout training, guiding the cially it reduces the potential auger by hand into previously for costly losses in time and drilled holes to reopen them productivity and it is the law." Northern News Services "Properly training your workers is the right thing to do." Andrew Livingstone/NNSL photo ROLLIN' WITH HIS HOMIE Jaxsin Martineau, 3, stops for a photo with his friend Charlie Antoine, 4, at the Open Door Society on April 20. alternatives 10 DEH CHO DRUM, Thursday, April 23, 2015 What would you like to see the village invest in to make the community better for the future? STREET talk with Andrew Livingstone [email protected] Leanne Jose "They need to invest in a track and field area because kids don't have a place to do it." Kelley Andrews-Klein "They need to do a lot of road repair, and pave all main roads." Student of the week Marlon Nahanni-Lafferty "A better rec centre so we can have a skate park." SCARLETT OKRAINEE-CLI Brent Villeneuve "To start up a summer baseball league and make the field better." Coleen Selley "Beautifying our village to bring in more tourists." Horoscopes April 23 to 30 ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, your imagination is running wild, and that can be a good thing. You are full of inspiration and fun ideas this week, which only makes you more charming. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you may need to open new lines of communication to complete an important project this week. Don't be afraid to engage others as your deadline nears. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, this week is a great time to put plans you have been keeping private in motion. Enjoy this exciting time and don't hesitate to share your excitement with others. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, your love of competition comes to the forefront this week. This competitive spirit may open new doors for you. Make the most of these opportunities. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, use this week as a time to conduct some personal inventory. Opportunity awaits around the corner, and your work this week will help you make the most of this new development. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, make this week all about spending time with your significant other. Plan a date night or sit and snuggle. Enjoy every moment you get to spend together. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, your responsibilities beckon this week. You enjoy being responsible, so don't sweat it when you must make some decisions. Be confident that you will make the right calls. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you are ready to embrace the great outdoors and all it has to offer. You never know what adventure awaits you, but you know one is on the horizon. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you have a lot of energy this week. Put that bounce in your step to good use by fixing up something around the house or beginning a new fitness regimen. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Your words will carry significant weight this week, Capricorn. With that realization comes much responsibility. Make sure you wield your influence accordingly. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, a financial windfall might be headed your way in the weeks to come. Allow yourself some time to splurge, but do your best to save some money as well. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Bold action is awarded this week, Pisces. You are one of the few people in your circle willing to take a few chances, and that will pay off soon. Sky Lennie "I want them to invest in sports equipment because not everyone can afford it." Age: 6 Parent: Krista Okrainee School: Bompas Elementary School Teacher's remarks: Scarlett is a hard working student who excitedly gives her opinions and ideas in class. Lately, she's been dedicated to improving her writing. Favourite subject: Science Book of choice: Frozen: the chapter book Favourite food: Chocolate cake Hobbies and pastimes: pulling pranks on her friends and family Career aspirations: A fashion designer in Hollywood That boy's not interested I'm a girl, 17, and I have known this guy my whole life. The boy I'm talking about is dealing with a lot right now. Four months ago his mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and recently started treatment. We were church friends until last summer when we worked at camp together. As you can guess, I developed feelings for him. We suspected it would happen, but I never made my feelings clear because he told me he didn't want that and I didn't want to get hurt. The more I kept it a secret the more hurt I got, especially since one of my best friends was becoming close to him. I was so stressed, after five months I told him the truth. He told me he knew. I was hurt he didn't confront me about it because I thought we had more trust than that. He doesn't believe this is a big deal and doesn't appreciate that I put him in this position because he already made it clear he doesn't like me that way. I was so hurt and confused I didn't attend church for two months. Recently I started going back, and he's noticed I don't look him in the eye. Since my return, we've had numerous texting conversations. In the first I apologized for everything. The rest were to see how he was or him texting me stupid questions. Who did you sit with at the hockey game? Are you having people over this weekend? Once, after I yet again apologized, he freaked out and said he was tired of me making him feel guilty and trying to change his feelings. But I'm still hurt he doesn't like me, isn't too concerned about being friends again and is so close with my best friend. I'm trying desperately to fix this and he doesn't even care. Now I don't want to make him out to be a bad guy, after all he's got a lot on his plate right now, even if that's no excuse. You may say I need to let it all go. And in most cases you're right, but this is someone I have to see once or twice a week. We have a lot of friends in common. I can't just shut him out or act like it's no big deal. I can tell whenever it's brought up, it causes him grief, and he doesn't want to discuss it further. How do I fix this? DIRECT Answers with Wayne & Tamara Mitchell [email protected] Hanna Hanna, a few days ago Tamara showed me a YouTube video of horses clustered on a grassy hilltop in the mountains. A mountain biker, a grown man, brazenly moves toward one horse, who seems to be standing guard over the others. This horse doesn't care for the man's advance. As the man draws nearer, it swishes its tail back and forth. Yet the man doesn't break stride, even when the horse puts its ears flat against its head. As the horse goes stiff-legged, its entire body rigid, the man walks closer and holds out his hand to touch the horse's muzzle. In a flash the horse bites the man's arm, breaking the flesh but not the bone. The man retreats in pain. Three times the horse signaled Do Not Advance. Three times the man ignored him. Does this situation sound familiar? This boy wants you as a friend. He thinks despite your feelings, you will stop coming on to him. He wants things to be the way they should be once someone tells another no. And somehow you think he is the inconsiderate one. A bad guy would trifle with you and take advantage of your crush. Be glad he isn't that kind of guy. Be patient. Someday you'll find a man who shares your feelings, a man who won't put his ears back at your advance. Wayne If you have any questions or comments for Wayne or Tamara, please forward e-mail to [email protected] or write to Wayne & Tamara Mitchell, Station A, Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1 sports & recreation DEH CHO DRUM, Thursday, April 23, 2015 11 Simpson shooters hit mark Three cadets make national round of marksmanship competition in Edmonton, team finishes third Master Cpl. Brent Villeneuve is awarded a third-place medal by Capt. Todd Nicol at the conclusion of the marksmanship competition held on April 11 and 12 in Edmonton. Villeneuve went on to compete in the national portion of the competition, one of three shooters from Fort Simpson who qualified. by Andrew Livingstone Northern News Services Liidlii Kue/Fort Simpson Fort Simpson Cadets were on target at the regional marksmanship competition in Edmonton on April 11 and 12, so much that three shooters made it to the national stage. And for Warrant Officer Michael Gast, the opportunity to shoot in the national competition fulfilled a personal goal he set. "I was just happy I made it," he said after qualifying through the regional portion of the Alberta & Western Territories Cadet Marksmanship competition. "I wanted to see how well I could do and I am happy with my accomplishment." The biggest performance of the weekend came from Master Cpl. Brent Villeneuve who placed third in both the standing and prone – laying down – shooting competitions, allowing him to compete at the national level. The team, overall, finished third in the regional competition, a big accomplishment for the always competitive squad, said Capt. Steve Nicoll. "They've been shooting since October and I felt they were ready to go," he said. "I was pleased they got a medal as a team, but I was also happy with some of the individual bests because I like to see that personal development." The 18-year-old Gast said competing in that environment, with more than 100 other cadets in the room, can be challenging, especially when a shot isn't as good as hoped. "When you make a mistake and it's not the score you wanted, and you have to keep shooting, you have to really stay focused," he said, adding it's the time leading up to shooting that can also be difficult. "You have to wait a long time. I try to waste my energy so that I'm more relaxed when I shoot, almost tired." Master Cpl. Sky Lennie, 15, admitted she was nervous prior to shooting and felt it played a factor in how she performed. "I tried to stay calm but I didn't shoot as well as I usually do," she said. "I wasn't doing all the steps I was supposed to do." There is a routine that shooters need to follow if they want to stay focused, said Nicoll: naturally align the rifle, calm the breath, aim at the target, squeeze the trigger softly and following through after the shot. While this may seem easy, Nicoll said when you're doing it repetitively for a long period of time, it can be tiring. "Standing is harder because you're like a tree waving in the wind," he said, compared to prone shooting where you have the support of the ground. Nicoll said the fact the team had three shooters compete at the national level exemplifies the quality of talent and dedication from the cadets. "Having three shooters at nationals shows we can compete with anyone in the south," he said, adding that since he got involved in cadets in 2007 they've had national shooters every year. While learning to shoot is an important tool that all Northerners should have, Nicoll said it goes beyond the actual skill of shooting the rifle into learning life-long skills. "I feel the ability to concentrate translates to the rest of their life," he said. "Being a Northerner, knowing how to safely handle a rifle is important for everyone." SPORTS CARD SOCCER AND SPEEDSKATING AGE: 11 photos courtesy of Capt. Grant Cree Fort Simpson shooters participated in the Alberta & Western Territories Cadet Marksmanship Stage III and IV Competitions. Chief Warrant Officer Robert Herald, front, prepares to take a shot during the competition, while Michael Gast, third person in, prepares to shoot. TAMARA DENEYOUA-NAHANNI Tamara loves the feeling of gliding around the rink. When she talks about speedskating, she's enthusiastic about how much she loves to skate, and the trips to Yellowknife to compete. 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