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ThebestlittlenewspaperinCanadaKatlodeechepullsoutofDehchoclaimsprocessChiefoftheHayRiverReservesaystheFirstNationwillnotgiveupjurisdictionoveritsterritorytobepartofDehchoFirstNations.Seepage2.RangersheadoutforwintertrainingexerciseFortSmithsCanadianRang-erspatrolspenttheweekendscoutinganddoingsearchandrescue.Seepage20.LightonBitesBigonPrizes1400droppedalineatFortChipsannualshingderby.Seepage8.TuesdayFebruary192013Vol.36No.41AnindependentnewspaperservingNorthernAlbertaandtheNorthwestTerritoriessince19772011nationalawardwinner-BestAll-RoundNewspaper1.00WiseWomenawardedfortheircontributionsEdnaSchaeferofFortSmithwasoneofvewomentobeawardedthe2013WiseWomentitleforherpositiveworkintheterritory.Seepage18.ValentinesvandalsgoondamagespreeinSmithTwomenhavebeenarrestedfollowingaseriesofbreak-insandvandalisminFortSmithduringtheearlymorninghoursofFeb.14.Seepage9.1Visitwww.norj.caFedsocktoYellowknifetomeetMLAsNorthernConservativeCaucussplitsmeetingswithNDPByMEAGANWOHLBERGConservativeMPsandsena-torsfromYukonandNunavutheldaprivatemeetingwithMLAsintheNorthwestTer-ritoriesonMondaytimingtheirvisitwiththeNDPOp-positionleaderThomasMul-cairsrsttriptotheterritoryonthesameday.ThegroupofConservativescallingthemselvestheNorth-ernConservativeCaucusiscomposedofMPsLeonaAg-lukkaqofNunavutandRyanLeefofYukonandSenatorsDennisPattersonofNunavutandDanLangofYukon.FormerfederalConservativecandidateSandyLeeofYellow-knifewasalsoincludedaspartofthecaucus.TheConservativesmetforroughlyanhourwiththeNWTcaucusforaninformalfreeowingexchangetohearfromMLAsontheirkeyissuesandprioritiesaccordingtoSahtuMLANormanYakeleyachairoftheNWTcaucus.PattersonchairoftheNorth-erncaucusmadebriefopeningcommentsfollowedbyanopenexchangechairedbyYakeleya.Yakeleyasaidthediscus-sionallowedeachMLAtotalkabouthisorherconstituency.WetalkedaboutwhatsimportantfortheNWTtheimpactsofclimatechangeTerritorialFormulaFinanc-ingdevolutiontheMack-enzieValleyhighwayhous-inginfrastructuremininghesaid.Pattersonsaidinapressre-leasethatthegoalwastointro-ducetheNortherncaucusasapoliticalgrouptotheMLAs.Ourprimaryobjectivesaretoexplainwhatourgroupdoesatthepoliticalleveltorepresentandreinforcepan-Northernin-terestsintheConservativegov-ernmentourpartyscaucusandthesenatehesaid.ApartfromthemeetingthecaucusheldapublicmeetandgreetwasinvolvedinDiamondJubileemedalpresentationsandheldasessionwithaYellow-knifehighschoolcivicsclass.Aglukkaqwasalsoscheduledtobethekeynotespeakeratafundraiserevent.Thoughmostoftherepresen-tativesarefromoutsidetheter-ritoryYakeleyasaidtheyhaveimportantinuenceoverthefutureoftheNWT.ThegoverningpartyrightnowisofcoursetheConser-vativessotheyhaveahighinterestintheNorthwestTer-ritoriesaswellasNunavutandtheYukonhesaid.Ms.LeonaAglukkaqistheheadoftheCanNordepartmentandofcourseCanNorisworkingquitehardintheNorthwestTerrito-ries...ThecaucusisaNortherncaucussoIthinkitlooksatallthreeNorthernterritoriesandIthinkthatstheangletheyrefocusingonrightnow.Yakeleyasaidthemeetingwasareallygoodgeneraldiscussion.IthinkthatitshowstheNorthwestTerritoriesisre-ceivingsomeattentionfromOttawahesaid.YouvegottheNorthernConservativepartymembersmeetingwithussothatgivesastrongsignalthattheNorthwestTerritoriesisonthegovernmentsradar.WerestartingtoseealittlebitofareturnonourinvestmentsfromwhenwewentdowntoOt-tawaateamfromtheNorthwestTerritoriesheadded.Theshortmeetingpunctu-atedtherstvisitbyNDPleaderThomasMulcairtotheNWT.MulcairtoldTheJournalhetooktheConservativesmeet-ingwhichwasscheduledaftertheyfoundoutabouthistripasacompliment.WhileinYellowknifeMul-cairannouncedthattheNDPisplanningtomaketheNorthamajorpriorityfor2013.WhathappensintheNorthwillhaveapositiveimpactontherestofCanadaifwegetitrightbuttherewillbehighcoststotheenvironmentandhealthifwegetitwronghesaid.MulcairsaidArcticissueslikeglobalwarminghousingcostsandinfrastructurelikehighwayswillbemainissuesfortheNDPintheupcomingfederalelection.MulcairmetwiththeNWTcabinetat600p.m.onMondayfollowingapublicmeetingandpressconferencethesameday.PhotoReneFrancoeurStudentsfromtheEnvironmentandNaturalResourcesTechnologyprogramkickuptheirfeetfortheCollegeIdolcontestlastThursdayonThebachacampus.TheCollegeIdolcompetitionwasoneofthemanyactivitiesfeaturedduringAuroraCollegeWeekhappeningatallthreecampusesintheNWT.Seepage11formore.--