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Wednesday November 4 2015 5 COLUMNS 15 Years Ago... North West Company artifact obtained The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife has acquired a unique and important arti- fact dating back to the early days of the fur trade in the Northwest Territories. The Yellow Knife Fort journal was kept by Jean Steinbruck an employee of the North West Company during the winter of 1802-03 while he was stationed at the fort on the south shore of the Great Slave Lake not far from present-day Hay River. Issue October 31 2000 20 Years Ago... Arena renovations underway By the time the Fort Smith hockey season starts this year all players should be itching with the desire to get out and carve up the rink. Arena renovations which were scheduled to be nished at the beginning of No- vember are just beginning and the facility isnt expected to open until December 4th. Issue October 31 1995 30 Years Ago... New rink for Ft. Chip Work is about half completed on phase one of an en- closed skating rink in Fort Chipewyan. Construction began Sept. 15 on an insulated shell for the 100 by 260- foot structure. We hope to be skating by Christmas said Beverly Davies recreation coordinator with the Kewatinok Recreation Society the projects managers. Issue October 31 1985 ARCHIVES Northern Journal 2015 Join us online Like Northern Journal on Facebook and get the weekly news delivered to your feed FACEBOOK FEEDBACK The Bevington political legacy lives on in Fort Smith. Anneliese Kikoak was elected to the same town coun- cil where her dad started his public life in 1984 on the same day he lost his seat in the House of Commons to the red tide. Bevington political legacy lives on Margy Gi Shes had a great role model. Fort Smith reghters spent last weekend practic- ing vehicle rescue scenarios with help from the Hay River VFD. Fort Smith reghters redene weekend warrior 6 people like this. By DAWN KOSTELNIK A somber team returns slowly to the village. It is a long slow trip home. There is not enough rope to keep both the bear and Peter onboard. Peter keeps slipping off. The horror of his death builds in their minds. Bear spirits rage andnewdemonsarebornand created in their imaginations as they slowly grind their way back home. PeterTfelloffofhisskidoo. The komatik with the weight of the great bear continued in momentum and rolled for- ward to capture and contain White Girl Nanurluk super bear Peter T. He is literally rolled into a ball under the sled and frozetodeath.Inhisdeaththe great white spirit bear quietly and thoroughly carried out his revenge on the Inuk man. Suchpowerofspiritislegend- ary. No one will hunt Nanook for years. No polar bear kill- ing will occur until this story fadesoutordeathbymauling is unavoidable. We have a story of a polar beartooffertoPrimeMinister Trudeauwecanguaranteeno Nanook however. What else theycrazyaboutthempeoples from the outside Ah-h-h they loves igloos We laugh we tells em we live in igloos They believes it them white eyes is good we make em happy In school we receive lettersfromotherschoolssouth ofourCanadianborders. Part of our curriculum is to return correspondencewithassigned penpals.Weregalethemwith talesofeatingrawbloodymeat which we do and living life in an igloo which we dont. Most kids have never lived in an igloo even in the late 60s. So possibly we contributed to thelackofknowledgethatour southernneighboursconrm inconversationwhendiscuss- ing Canada. An igloo is built for the prime minister. Unfortu- nately he is not able to make the trip the kids enjoy the igloo. In the spring the Right Honorable Governor General of Canada Roland Michener will visit in his stead. They keep talking about securing sovereignty in the Arctic I dont know what they mean but it makes me nervous. The U.S. has DEW distant early warning line sites all acrossCanadasnorth.Istand besidemyfatherontheshores of the great crystal waters of the Arctic Sea. Beside us is a man from the south who has cometotestourwaterandour landourhomeourtruenorth strong and free. He laughs he has a meter that tells him how much radiation is in the water he says Gee by the count on my Geiger counter you guys must glow in the dark This is how much ra- diation there is in the water and on the land and in the Caribou Tuktu in 1970. P.S.In1970PrimeMinister TrudeautraveledtotheArctic with a stop in Yellowknife to ofciate at the very rst Arc- tic Winter Games. The 2016 Arctic Winter Games will be held in Greenland. We have come a long way baby www.thewhitegirl.ca By JULIE DELAHANTY This op-ed was originally publishedoni-politicsMarch 5 2015. Canadiansarenallytalking aboutviolenceagainstwomen. TheJianGhomeshiscandal joltedusintoanationalconver- sation about sexism consent and double standards which onlydeepenedwithallegations of sexual harassment on Par- liament Hill. And then it all wentviralwithrapednever- reportedwherethousandsof womenspontaneouslyshared their experience of sexual as- saultonTwitter.Associaland traditional media erupted it became clear just how many women experience violence behind closed doors. And yet somehow with all the attention certain painful truths continue to be ignored. Therearestilloverathousand unsolved cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls. But the government refuses to call a national pub- licinquiryandaddresstheen- trenched systemic reasons be- hindtheviolenceandmarginal- izationaboriginalwomenface. In2014wemarkedthe25th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. But even with that traumasearedinournational psyche levels of violence againstwomenhaveremained virtually unchanged over the pasttwodecades.AndCanada still doesnt have a compre- hensive national action plan to tackle the problem. While our government has beenspeakingoutagainstforced marriageandsexualviolenceon theglobalstageitcontinuesto cutaidbudgetsallocatinginsuf- cientresourcestotheachieve- mentofwomensrightsglobally. Here at home Status of WomenCanadachargedwith increasingwomenseconomic securityandprosperityending violence against women and girlsandencouragingwomens leadershipanddemocraticpar- ticipation in Canada needs meaningfulinvestment.Surely afederalbodywithsuchanim- portantmandateshouldreceive morethanoneone-hundredth of one per cent of federal gov- ernmentspending.Nothats not a typo. This week as we celebrate International Womens Day we need to turn the genuine awakening triggered by sto- ries of scandal and violence in Canada this past autumn into meaningful change for womenandgirlseverywhere. With decades of experience in more than forty countries around the world Oxfam has learnedvaluablelessonsabout ending the cycle of violence against women and girls. In India Oxfam worked on the Close the Gap initiative chal- lenging inequality in all areas. Close the Gap launched con- versations in malls and mar- ketplacestalkingdirectlywith women girls men and boys about gender inequality and shifting attitudes. The impact was measurable both in how andhowoftenpoliticalleaders spokeaboutwomensrightsand endingviolenceagainstwomen intheIndianelectionlastyear. Here in Canada Oxfam is part of the Up For Debate campaign calling on all fed- eral political parties to make substantive commitments to change womens lives for the betterathomeandaroundthe worldinthiselectionyear.The campaign asks all party lead- ers to commit to a nationally broadcast debate focused on policies and issues that im- pact womens lives. The last such debate was held in 1984. The next one is long overdue. We want our leaders to get serious about ending violence against women and girls by addressingrootcausespar- ticularlyforaboriginalwomen and girls by providing sup- port for survivors by holding perpetrators accountable by challenging sexism that per- petuatesviolenceandbyshow- ing increased leadership on the international stage to end violence including through investingresourcesinsupport ofwomensrightsorganizations andwomensrightsdefenders. Under international law every country has an obliga- tiontoaddressviolenceagainst women.TheUnitedNationshas calledonallcountriestohavea National Action Plan by 2015. Wellherewearein2015an election year with a critical nationalandinternationalcon- versation still to be had. More than 17000000 Ca- nadian women and girls are ready for that conversation and for concrete courageous stepsthatendviolenceagainst women once and for all. JulieDelahantyistheexecu- tivedirectorofOxfamCanada. We need to talk about violence against women Canada