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YellowknifehorrorlmtoscreenatNewYorkfestivalYellowknifelmmakerAn-drewSilkeschillingshortlmFarewillshowattheNewYorkHorrorFilmFes-tivalthismonth.Seepage16.LOCALHEROESAwardshonourthereghterswhokeepourcommunitiessafe.Seepage15.NewcampaignaimstobreakthebystandereffectAGNWTcampaignlaunchedlastweekthatwillseenewtrainingtoequipresidentswithskillstohelpstopfam-ilyviolenceintheterritory.Seepage7.TopNWTtrappersrecognizedforhardworkinthetradeAsSouthSlavesmostactiveeldertrapperKarlHoffmanofFortSmithsaysheremainscommittedtothetraditionbe-causehelovesthebushlife.Seepage3VISITWWW.NORJ.CAAnationalawardwinningindependentnewspaperservingnorthernAlbertaandtheNorthwestTerritoriessince19771.00October142014Vol.38No.24NahannitrackrecordcastsdoubtsonSahtuparkpromisesNWTMPNoinfrastructureinsevenyearsridiculousformersuptByMEAGANWOHLBERGWithnoneofthepromisedin-frastructureinplacesevenyearsafterexpandingtheNahanniNa-tionalParkReserveintheNorth-westTerritoriesNWTMPDennisBevingtonsayshecanonlyhopetheConservativegovernmentfol-lowsthroughonitspromisesforanewparkintheSahturegion.RepresentativesinOttawahelddebateonthebilltocreatetheNtsihchohNationalParkreserveintheSahtuearlierthismonthwhichConservativessaidwillcompletethegovernmentsworktoexpandtheboundary-sharingNahanniandprotectasignicantportionofthewatershedasthethirdlargestnationalparkcom-plexinCanada.Alongwiththeprotectionof4850square-kmoflandintheMackenzieMountainstheConservativegov-ernmenthaspromised2.8millionininfrastructureprojectsforthecommunityofTulitaandanoper-atingbudgetof1.2millionalongwithsixfull-time3.5part-timeandtwostudentpositions.parliamentarysecretarytotheen-vironmentminister.WhilesupportiveoftheparkgenerallyNorthernOppositioncriticBevingtonquestionedthethetimeMr.Prenticethattherewouldbeinvestmentsmadeintothecommunitiesandintocapi-taltopromotetheparkandpro-videvisitorcentresandthingsthatwouldprovideanimpetustotourismandthedevelopmentofourcommunitiesBevingtontoldtheHouseonOct.2.TheNahanniNationalParkRe-serveisaworldheritagesite.Itisfamousaroundtheworld.YetthereisabsolutelynothinginFortSimp-sontosellsomebodyongettinginaplaneandyingallthewayouttheretolookatit.Thereisnoth-ingthere.Thereisnothingthathasbeenputinplaceyetaftersevenyears.Thatisashockingrecord.Thatisarecordofineffectivebe-haviour.Thatisarecordofnotun-derstandinghowtogetalongwithFirstNationstoaccomplishthistheMPsaid.SeeNobuildingsonpage3.Thereisnothingthathasbeenputinplaceyetaftersevenyears.Thatisashockingrecord.Thatisarecordofineffectivebehaviour.NWTMPDennisBevingtonForatownofonlyafewhundredpeoplethisisasignicantinvest-mentthatwouldopenthedoortoanumberofadditionalopportuni-ties.NorthernerswouldalsohaveanactiveroleinmanagingthenewparkreservewhichwouldhelpbuildcapacityandstrengthenNortherngovernancestatedColinCarriegovernmentsabilitytofollowthroughwithitscommitmentsbasedonwhathesaidisapoortrackre-cordseenintheexistingparktothesouthNahanni.IthinkoftheNahanniparkexpansionin2007whichwesup-portedafterhavingwrittencon-firmationfromtheministeratNWTsportleaderscelebratedwithrecreationawardsAwardsforlifetimeachieve-mentandinnovationinsportsandrecreationwerebestoweduponvolunteersandgroupsacrosstheNWTlastweek.Seepage2.PhotoDaliCarmichaelJacobSteedleftandNiklasPetersonraceinFortSmithsJosephBurrTyrrellElementarySchoolsimpromptucross-countrymeet.Teachersdecidedtoputontheeventafterthisyearsterritorialchampionshipswerecancelled.Forresultsandphotosheadtopage8.