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ACFNabandonsGrandRapidspipelinehearingAmidclaimsofbiasfavouringindustryChiefAllanAdamsaidthereviewprocessunder-mindsFirstNationseffortstoaddressimpacts.Seepage6.YouthcampsatPineLakegetkidspaddlingAnewovernightcamprunbyPaddlefestcoordinatorswasofferedtoyouthinFortSmith.Seepage23.BurningUpWithover190activeresoneoftheNWTsworstreseasonstodateisworsening.Seepage2.FortSmithauthorshort-listedforCanadaWritesFormerjournalistPatti-KayHamiltonmakesthetopveforCBCsCreativeNon-Fic-tionPrizewithhershortstoryentry.Seepage17.Wildcatt-shirtcatchesYkcityadminsattentionAlocalartistwasforcedtopullhisapparelsportingthelandmarkrestaurantfromshelvesduetoatrademarkissue.Seepage9.Visitwww.norj.caAnationalawardwinningindependentnewspaperservingNorthernAlbertaandtheNorthwestTerritoriessince1977July222014Vol.38No.121.00TangledCanoltelephonewirecouldbethorninterritorialparkssideTrailremediationcouldtakeuptoveyearsMLAByMEAGANWOHLBERGAbandonedexplosivesleakingchemicalandpetro-leumtanksdilapidatedbuild-ingsrustyvehiclesandscat-tereddebriscontinuetolittertheCanolHeritageTrailintheSahtumountainsdecadesaftertheAmericangovern-mentabandoneditswaref-fortsthereintheearly1940s.NowaftersevenyearsofassessingtheremediationneedsofthetrailtheCa-nadiangovernmentsaysitwillsoonbeabletolaunchcleanupeffortsofthehis-toricpipelineroutethatisdestinedtoonedaybecomeaterritorialpark.Thatisifpartiescansettleonwhowillcleanupthe1600kmofabandonedtelephonewirecurrentlyentanglingwildlifeandposingarisktohikersalongthetrail.Withpolesdownacrossthemountainsthestronglead-copperwireisstrewnaboutthewildernesstherewhereresidentssayithasbeenen-snaringcaribouandmoosewhodieeitherfromstarva-tionoraseasypreyforbearsorwolves.TheyrelikesittingduckssaidSahtuMLANormanYakeleyawhosaidhehasseenrsthandtheleftoversofthetrappedanimals.ItmakesmecrywhenIseethattoseethoseantlersinthosewires.YakeleyawholeadsayouthhikeontheCanolTraileachsummersaidthewireposesariskforhikerswhoarelit-erallytrippingoveritastheytrekalongthealreadychal-lengingalpinetrail.Itscausingthemostheart-acheforourpeopleandofcoursetheanimals.Evenwhenthehikerswerehikingthetrailthetelephonepolesaredownsothewiresareonthegroundandthehikerstripoverthesewires.Itsnotsafeforthemletalonethemooseandcaribouthatcomeinandgetcaughtupinthetele-phonewireYakeleyasaid.ThecommunicationswireanotherleftoverfromtheWorldWarIIeffortdoesnotfallonthefederalgov-ernmentslistofitemseli-gibleforcontaminatedsitescleanup.TheSahtuRe-newableResourcesBoardSRRBaddressedalettertothedepartmenttwoweeksagoaskingthemtoaddthewiretothelistbuthasyettoreceivearesponse.AANDCofcialstoldTheJournalthattheTulitaBandlaunchedaprojectin2009toaddresstheabandonedcom-municationswirewiththehelpofWillowLakeEnvi-ronmentalInc.andfundingfromtheCanadianNorth-ernEconomicDevelopmentAgencybutrepresentativesatSRRBsaidtheyhadneverheardofsuchaplan.NooneattheTulitaBandcouldbereachedforcomment.Yakeleyasaidheiscon-cernedthatifthecommu-nicationswireisabandonedoncemorethepromisedparkcouldbeinjeopardy.AspartoftheSahtuDeneandMtisComprehensiveLandClaimtheterritorialgovernmentagreedtode-veloptheCanolHeritageTrailaspartoftheproposedDoiTohTerritorialPark.SeeFinalonpage3.PhotoPaulBannisterMattMaysgetsthecrowduponitsfeetattheFolkOnTheRocksmusicfestivalinYellowknife.MaysheadlinedthefestivitieswhichranfromThursdaytoSundayalongwithasmatteringoflocalandsouthernbandswhoalsorockedSombaKeCivicPlaza.Foraglimpseintotheweekend-longpartyturntopage12.July222014Vol.38No.12