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BelovedTsiigehtchicferrycaptainpassesawayTsicigehtchiccommunitymemberssharestoriesofEdGrouettetheirferrycaptainfornearlytwodecadeswhopassedawayinMay.Seepage3.NWTmantoco-coachrealityshowHitTheIceGregHopfwillbetherstNorthernhockeycoachonAPTNsrealityTVshowHitTheIcewhenseasonthreelmsthisfall.Seepage27.AdornedwithHornsInuvikcrafterslearntomakejewelleryoutofmuskoxhorn.Seepage23.NWTmuskoxhidesreturnrstthousandsThetestrunfortheGNWTsnewmuskoxmarketingpro-gramhasyieldedthousandsinrevenuetotherstpartici-pants.Seepage10.GovernmentinvestigatesNWT-wide911serviceTheGNWThassurveyedcom-munitiesacrosstheterritoryaspartofastudytowardim-plementingaNWT-wide911service.Seepage8.Visitwww.norj.caAnationalawardwinningindependentnewspaperservingnorthernAlbertaandtheNorthwestTerritoriessince1977June32014Vol.38No.051.00MLAsvotetomergeTuNedheandWeledehdespiteoppositionYellowknifersconsiderlegalactionoverunder-representationByMEAGANWOHLBERGVotersintheNWTareal-readyconsideringlegalac-tionagainstabillpassedbyMLAslastweekthatwillseetheridingsofTuNedheandWeledehamalgamatedde-spiteferventoppositionfromthetworegionsrepresenta-tivesandresidents.CondentthatachallengetotheboundarieswouldhaveareasonablechanceofsuccessYellowknifebusi-nessleaderBillAhotoldTheJournalinanemailthatheisnowlookingforwaystobeginapublicdiscussion.AhoispartofadelegationcalledFriendsofDemoc-racythaturgedYellowknifecitycouncillorslastfalltolobbytheterritorialgov-ernmentforanincreaseinthecapitalsshareofseatsinthelegislaturetoninefromseven.BasedonaFebruary2013reportbytheElectoralBound-ariesCommissionMLAsweregiventhechoiceofeliminatingoneridingkeep-ingthelegislatureat19seatsoraddingtwomoreMLAstocombattheunder-representa-tionexperiencedrightnowinYellowknife.LastWednesdaymembersvoted11-7infavourofkeep-ingthenumberofseatsat19byremovingtheYellowknivesDenecommunitiesofDettahandNdilofromtheWeledehridingandaddingthemtoTuNedhe-thesamedecisionmadelastNovemberwithavoteof10-7.Inanimpassionedlast-minutepleaTuNedheMLATomBeaulieureiteratedthestrongoppositiontothechangesvoicedbyhiscom-munitiesofLutselKeandFortResolution.SharingconcernsvoicedbyTuNedheelderVioletBeau-lieuduringtherecentcon-veningoftheNWTEldersParliamentBeaulieusaidthedifferenceinlanguageculturesocioeconomicsandgeographyoftheTuNedheandWeledehcommunitiespresentsahostofproblemsforasinglepersontoadequatelyrepresentinthelegislature.WhilepeopleinLutselKeandFortResolutionspeakChipewyanresidentsofDet-tahandNdilospeakTlicho.TheresidentsofFortRes-olutionandLutselkespeakadifferentlanguagethanthegroupinYKDene.Bycom-biningthetwoAboriginalgroupswewillloseacul-tureandalanguageofoneofthegroupsBeaulieusaid.WehaveverydifferentissuesfrompeoplelivinginYellowknife.TherateofemploymentinYellowknifeishighandverylowinthesmallcommunitiesofFortResolutionandLutselKe.Inoursmallremotecom-munitieswehavesocialandeconomicissuesthingslikelackofgoodhousinghighratesofaddictionslowed-ucationlevelsthatmustbedealtwithbyourMLAonaregularbasishesaid.BeaulieusuggestedthateliminatingtheTuNedherid-ingafter40yearscouldresultinthelossofChipewyanfromthehouseandsubsequentconstitutionalchallenges.Hesaidabetteroption-onethatisoffthetable-istogiveanextraMLAtoYellowknifeandanothertotheTlicho.SeeRidingspage3.PhotoMariaChurchGraduateKimBennettdanceswithhertwoescortssonsCaydynandKaiatthegrandmarchcelebrationsonFridaynightinFortSmith.BennettisagraduateofthePhoenixSchoolanadultprogramatPaulWilliamKaeserPWKhighschool.Seepages13-16formoreonPWKgrad.uue2014Vol.38No.05