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2 Wednesday October 21 2015 POLITICS MUNICIPAL ELECTION NEWS BRIEFS Imperial Husky create nationwide fuel network Transport truck drivers are about to start seeing a lot of Esso signs. Fuel giants Husky Energy and Imperial Oil have joined forces announcing they will operate the largest transport fuel stop network in the country with 160 locations. Husky will convert its commercial card- locks co-located Travel Centres and a select number of retail service stations to the Esso brand all of which will remain under Huskys management. Highway 63 twinning 99 per cent complete Travellers from the North enroute to Edmonton tak- ing a shortcut via the winter road to Fort McMurray will enjoy much nicer travel on Highway 63 known also as the Highway of Death due to the high number of fatal accidents on it. Alberta Highways has announced that sev- eral sections of the newly twinned highway are now open a total of 237 kilometres or 99-per-cent of the highway. RCMPrecruitforadvisorycommittee Wood Buffalo residents interested in building a rela- tionship with their local RCMP detachment are invited to join a community advisory committee. It meets once a month at the Wood Buffalo RCMP Detachment in Tim- berlea. Members of the committee include representatives from various multicultural communities school boards business owners students seniors residents and Bylaw Services. If you are interested in becoming a committee member please e-mail the Wood Buffalo Community Policing Coordinator atmelanie.headrcmp-grc.gc.ca or call 780-788-4245. 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A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was the sort of house I lived in or the kind of car I drove But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child. -Forest E. 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Isnt she just precious If you brought her home shed be so happy and give you cuddles. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. SpayedNeutered Up-to-datewithroutineshots House trained Miss StacheFemaleAdult Black and white mix Looking for a new home By CRAIG GILBERT Yellowknife Mayor Mark Heyck will not have to watch his task force on homeless- ness take shape from the out- side after all. Heyck was one of only two incumbent mayors returned to power in municipal elec- tions held in six Northwest Territories communities concurrently with the fed- eral vote on Oct. 19. He said before the elec- tion he has been working on a hyper-focused mayors task force on homelessness that would have a 150-day time limit for about a year and that he would be glad to continue to be involved if he were to lose the elec- tion to challenger John Himmelman. That was not the case as Heyck cruised to a 4479 to 1411 win earning a second term as the capital citys chief magistrate one he in- tends to spend focusing on the downtown. The broader issue of downtown revitalization is something the current coun- cil has been working on for Open season on mayors in NWT the last three years he said Tuesday morning. The so- cial issues we see downtown are a core component of that revitalization that needs to be addressed but its just one piece. Business incubators rede- velopment opportunities in- centivestoencourageresiden- tial development and faade improvements to businesses are all on the table. Joining him on council is top vote-getter Rebecca Alty along with Adrian Bell Linda Bussey Steve Payne Neils Konge Shauna Mor- gan Rommel Silverio and Julian Morse. Alty Bell Bussey and Konge were in- cumbents. Silverio was the only successful IserveU candidate who had pledged before the election to respect the result of crowd-sourced polls of registered Yellow- knife voters through a new software platform. Marie- Soleil Lacoursiere and Dane Mason fell several hundred votes short of a council seat limiting the inuence of the upstart IserveU system. Heyck called the coun- cillors-elect a good mix of new and old representing a healthy cross-section of the community. I think we have a good group of councillors who want to diversify our local economy Heyck said. Weve been working closely with NWT Tourism. By now ev- eryoneisawareoftheremark- able growth of tourism right around the NWT and in Yel- lowknife. I want to focus on how we can encourage the growth of our tourism infra- structure. We know we have the visitors now do we keep them here longer Heyck attributed his sec- ond mayoral win to the em- phasis he put on being ac- cessible to citizens while on council for three terms and as mayor since 2012. New mayor same council in Hay River It was a different story in Hay River where Councillor Brad Mapes ousted Mayor Andrew Cassidy with a 810 to 540 win. Hay Rivers entire town council will return for the next term with one excep- tion business owner and chamber of commerce vice- president Steve Anderson who lls the spot Mapes left when he entered the may- oral race. All eight council- lors were acclaimed. Cassidy told the Journal days before the election he thought hav- ing veteran councillors re- turn for the next term would bode well for the town as it tackles big-ticket items like the new recreation centre and power distribution. A newer council would need more time to get up to speed he said. Voters in Hay River also gave the town their bless- ing to borrow 15 million of the estimated 24.5 million it will cost to renovate the abovementioned Don Stew- art Recreation Centre in a plebiscite that was on the municipal ballot. The result of 721 for to 372 against with 38 spoiled ballots translates to a strong mandate to get the work underway. Mapes also spoke to the Journal ahead of the vote on Oct. 9 after the nal public information session on the plebiscite. We need to really move forward and get this vote going Mapes said at the time. Change of the guard in Smith Simpson In Fort Smith where coun- cillor Lynn Napier-Buckley ascended to take away in- cumbent Mayor Brad Brakes chance at a second term. Napier-Buckley the pro- gram coordinator of Fort Smith Victim Services de- feated Brake a corrections ofcer in a tight race 574 to 447. ErikaBellAlDumontRon Holtorf Anneliese Kikoak Bob McArthur Rashmi Patel Kevin Smith and Brenda Tuckey were elected councillors. In Fort Simpson Darlene Sibbeston ousted incumbent Mayor Sean Whelly. In Inu- vik Acting Mayor Jim Mc- Donald who took the reins when Floyd Roland resigned to launch his ill-fated bid for the NWT seat in the House of Commons defeated Derek Lindsay to earn his rst full term at the helm. I want to focus on how we can encourage the growth of our tourism infrastructure. We know we have the visitors now how do we keep them here longer Yellowknife Mayor Mark Heyck