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HuskyapproachesFirstNationforfrackingsandHuskyEnergyrecentlymetwiththeYellowknivesDeneFirstNationaboutaccessingsandfromWhitebeachPointforuseinfracking.Seepage3.Long-promisedDiamondcentreopensinYkCrossworksManufacturinghasopenedaninterpretivecentreindowntownYellowknifetoshowcasetheNortherndia-mondindustry.Seepage15.ImprovedServicesHayRivercelebratedEMSWeekwiththeopeningofthenewrehall.Seepage7.NewdirectorinchargeofYkmusicfestivalDavidWhitelockisthenewexecutivedirectorofFolkontheRocksYellowknifesan-nualsummermusicfestival.Seepage10.MorebignamesaddedtotreatyconferenceagendaActivistsWinonaLaDukeandJodyWilliamswillspeakatAsLongastheRiversFlowaconferenceontreatiesinFortMcMurray.Seepage6.Visitwww.norj.caAnationalawardwinningindependentnewspaperservingnorthernAlbertaandtheNorthwestTerritoriessince1977May272014Vol.38No.041.00HuskywithdrawsSahtufrackingplansCompaniesdecidetositoutwinterdrillingin2014-15ByMEAGANWOHLBERGItlookslikenofrackingwillbeoccurringintheSahturegionthiswinterafterall.HuskyEnergyhaswith-drawnitsproposaltohori-zontallydrillandfrackuptofourwellsnearNormanWellsjoiningConocoPhil-lipsinsittingoutthe2014-15winterdrillingseasonintheCanolplayoftheCentralMackenzievalley.InabrieflettertotheSahtuLandandWaterBoardSLWBonMay22KenHansenprojectmanagerforHuskysSlaterRiverleasesaidthecompanyhadde-ferredplansfordrillinguntil201617andintendstosubmitanewapplicationtosupportarevisedprogramattheap-propriatetime.HenotedthatHuskyap-preciatesthetimeandeffortindividualsandorganizationsputintoprovidingreviewandcommentsontheapplication.HuskyspokespersonMelDuvallsaidthecompanyneedsmoretimetoreviewitsplansbutwouldbecontinu-ingsomeworkintheregion.Wearegoingtotakesometimetofurtherevaluateourplansandensureweremov-ingforwardwiththerightpro-gramattherightpaceDu-vallsaidinanemail.Whilethisevaluationtakesplacewewillcompletecurrentworkontheallseasonaccessroadandcontinuewithongoingenvi-ronmentalbaselinestudies.DuvallsaidtheSlaterRiverleaseremainspartofHuskyslong-termgrowthportfolio.IndustryTourismandIn-vestmentMinisterDavidRam-saysaidthewithdrawalwillhaveabigimpactontheregionseconomythiswinter-probablyaround100mil-lion-butsaiditsimportanttoremainpositiveabouttheeco-nomicoutlookoftheterritory.Theyhaventmadeadeci-siontowithdrawthemselvescompletelyfromtheNorth.TheyhavebeenaverystrongindustrypartnerinhelpingusgrowtheeconomyhereintheNorthwestTerritoriesandtheywillbebackRamsaytoldTheJournal.Westillhavetoremainpositiveabouttheeconomicoutlookoftheterritoryandseeitdevelopedaccordingtoourscheduleandourneedsanddesiresasaterritoryhesaid.ConocoPhillipsoutuntil2016Huskysapplicationcoin-cidedwithaseparatesub-missionfromConocoPhillipstodoadditionalfrackingintheregionafternishingitsrstwinterdrillingearlierthisyear.ConocoPhillipsislook-ingtodrillandfrackupto10wellsoverthenextveyearsintheSahtunearNormanWellsthoughnocapitalbudgetforthiswin-termeansworkwontstartagainuntil2016attheear-liestthecompanyrecentlyannounced.ConocoPhillipsapplicationwasdeemedincompletebytheSLWBinlateAprilandthecompanyhasyettorespondwiththeupdatedinformationrequiredforacompletere-viewthoughspokespersonLaurenStewartsaiditisstillinprocess.ThisinitialreviewisanormalandexpectedpartoftheapplicationsubmissionprocesswheretheSLWBreviewstheinformationtodetermineifthereissuf-cientinformationtobeginthereview.TheSLWBhadsomequestionsthattheyhaverequiredustoanswerandsotheyhavedeemedtheapplicationincompleteuntiltheseareresolvedStewarttoldTheJournalinanemail.Wearecurrentlywork-ingwiththeboardstafftoaddressthesequestionsandexpectresolutionintheneartermshesaid.SeeWithdrawalonpage3.PhotoMariaChurchFromleftHayRiversBrennaBeckandFortSmithsNevaOlverabothpeeweeathletesraceinthe400-meventduringtheFortSmith5000trackandeldmeetheldinthecommunitylastweekend.Findthestoryandmorephotosonpage18.