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Wednesday November 18 2015 5 COLUMNS 15 Years Ago... Record number run in Fort Res Nineteen people are running for four positions on the Deninoo Community Council in Fort Resolution. The election will be held Dec. 11. Eight people sit on the council and four seats are elected every year for a two- year term. Richard Simon is currently the chairperson or mayor of the council but that could change after the election when the new council will elect a mayor from among the council members. Issue November 15 2000 20 Years Ago... Fort Chip band elects new chief TheAthabascaChipewyanbandvotedinArchieCyprien as their new chief on October 30 in Fort Chipewyan. The chiefs seat became vacant in August when Tony Mercredi resigned as chief to become the Executive Director of the Athabasca Tribal Corporation. Big John Marcel was the acting chief between the time Mercredi resigned and the new chief was elected. Issue November 14 1995 30 Years Ago... Government workers dont want smoking or ban An overwhelming 70.3 per cent of public servants in the NWT are in favour of governmental departmental or legislative policy restricting smoking in the workplace while 24.9 per cent of their coworkers are opposed and 4.8 per cent indifferent. All is not lost for the smoker however as 66.5 per cent oppose a complete ban on smoking during work hours. Issue November 14 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 museum is asking citizens to dig into their old stockpiles of seasonal decorations toys photographs and even cookbooks to put together an idea of what a local Christmas would have looked like in the past. Northern Life Museum preparing for a very Fort Smith Christmas 6 people like this. Aurora College throws open the door on trades pro- grams at Thebacha Campus. Aurora College puts trades on display at Thebacha Campus open house Roger Vcw likes this. By DAWN KOSTELNIK It is dark on the way home. This time of the year it is al- waysdark.Myhouseisbefore GracesIwatchfromthedoor until I can no longer see her. Once she is out of my sight it is only minutes for her to reachherdoor.Thiswinterwe climbthroughapartialtunnel of hard packed snow into our house. I live down by the sea the other girls live up the hill by the school. It blows some- thing erce off of the ocean. It takes only a tiny obstruc- tion to build up a hard packed snow bank. Sometimes when we are feeling the devil in us we put rocks on the road at the start White Girl Soldiers of God ofthewhiteoutsArcticwinter blizzards. The rocks create a barrier that snowballs and morphs into a much larger obstacle.Inthemorninghuge drifts have built up and the tractor has to come out to dig the road out again. Itisareallyreallybadthing to do this. With the big drifts ontheroadthefueltruckand water delivery trucks cant get through. My dad has to get David to start up the D6 Cat and plow out the road so that the other trucks can get through. They keep on won- dering why the drifts happen in these strange places We have dug out a bank of snow that is of our creation there is a maze of forts in our back yard under this snow bank. The snow gets so hard thatevenwithallof itsweight the Bombardier sometimes doesnt leave tracks on the surfaceofthesnow.Itismuch warmer inside our forts than it is outside. Once we get one roomdugoutthereisntmuch else to do but expand. Room after room is dug out of the snowthatcutslikebutterwith a knife. Mufed sounds are heard from outside. Whats going on Graces uncle Allen has a surprise for us. We crawl on our bellies out of our almost igloos. Our outside pants are made of untanned caribou hide this slides easily on the snow. The caribou pants are short in length coming to the top of our kamiks. Our mitts are caribou as well with store boughtleathermittsasliners. My dads pants are made of polar bear. What does Allen have He carries something squirming inside of his Anorak. Gentle like he is picking up eggs he reaches inside and brings out hishand.Whatisitshowus With two cupped hands he displays a grey puffball of the softest fur. There is no de- nition the puffball is round and looks like a pompom. Suddenly it moves a bit tiny feet stick out of the pompom. A whimper and the pompom topplessideways.Ohmywhat is this thing Gentle gentle you can each hold one I get to hold the rst one. I can feel warmth coming through the so soft fur. I rub my nose on it. It smells like a baby critter smells sort of like a puppy. I know this smell but cant place it. Oneafteranotherhegently pulls these babies out of his parka.Withourmittsthrown on the ground we stand mar- veling at these tiny creatures. They are all making little mewing whimpers. What are they Where are they from To be continued www.thewhitegirl.ca By PATRICK SCOTT JustinTrudeauhasnowbeen PrimeMinisterforafortnight. He ascended to the ofce on the promise of real change. Remarkablyhehasalreadyde- livered on that basic promise after only a fortnight. Canada has changed. Canadians are living with a new hope. The focus is positive moving for- wardtorebuildingourNation onthecorevaluesweinnately carry-respectstrengthindi- versity and humanitarian ac- tion.Thesevalueshavequickly quashed the fear the negativ- ism and the partisans that Harperruledwithfor10years. Somemaydisagreebutthe change has been in many re- spectsmiraculous.Withjusta fewuniqueactionsTrudeauis tellingallCanadiansandthein- ternational community that a newerahasbeguninCanada. Itbeganwithhiswalkdownthe driveway of Rideau Hall with hiselectedinnercircleofcabi- netministerappointeesandthe openingthegroundssoanyone couldattend.Thexedcrowds thatHarperdeployedtoevery announcementandeveryelec- tion stoparegone.Thedooris opened. Then he did what he saidhewouldcreatedacabinet ofdiversityreectingCanadas diversitybutequallystrongin gender. Remarkable a leader who keeps his promise on his rst day in ofce. Theopendoorwidenedashe agreedtoletCBCinfollowhim onhisrstdaytothetopofthe PeaceTowerwithhischildren to raise the ag and then ride onthebusassomanyCanadi- ansdoeverydaytoParliament Hill with his team instead of scurrying across from Rideau Hallinlimousinesaselitiststo runthecountry.Andashewas abouttoenterhisrstCabinet meeting he shared his vision of leadership - enabling oth- ers to achieve their potential just as a teacher does. Wow enabling people instead of muzzling them. Normally not aremarkableactionbutafter10 years of Harper very refresh- ing. None of these actions are earth shattering but in the af- termathofHarpersautocratic leadership they are profound and liberating. He continued his real changebysharingpubliclythe mandate letters to each of his cabinet ministers. These di- rectives are more than a cos- metic gesture for the public to consume. They articulate his vision and commitment to build an even greater coun- try to honour the trust Ca- nadianshavegivenus andto actinnonpartisanwaysonce again unlike his predecessor Harper. The transparency is not only good politics it is a publicdeclarationthatenables allofustoholdeachofthemto be accountable. Now as he moves on to the world stage as prime minis- terinthemidstofcrisis-laden worldaftertheattacksinBeirut andParishehasreiteratedhis commitmenttomoveforward bybuildinginsteadofdestroy- ing.SowhiletheConservatives stillrespondwithfearTrudeau ischoosingtoputfearandop- pression behind us and move forwardwithbringing25000 Syrian refugees to Canada as soon as possible to redene the relationship Canada has with the Indigenous peoples of Canada to address climate change and to even revamp the Senate into a merit-based non-partisan institution to guide our legislative process to ensure our deepest values are sustained and respected in our laws. Well Mr. Trudeau I extend a simple thank you for the real change you have initi- ated across our land. I urge you to continue with these positiveinitiativesandnotlet the old guard convince you to do otherwise. Patrick Scott PhD. is the negotiations coordinator for Dehcho First Nations. Trudeaus real change refreshing