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Wednesday December 16 2015 15 ENVIRONMENT NATIONAL PARKS Notice is hereby given that Nomination Day is Monday January 11th 2016 and that nominations for the following office will be received at the locations set below between the hours of 830 a.m. and 1200 noon on Nomination Day. Location Address of Local Jurisdiction Office Ward 2 Fort Chipewyan Municipal Contact Office 101 Loutit Street Fort Chipewyan AB Fort MacKay Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Office Fort MacKay AB located in the Fort McKay Mtis Group Ltd. Building Dated at Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in the Province of Alberta this 16th day of December 2016. Darlene Soucy Returning Officer Nomination Papers may be picked up at the following locations during normal office hours or online at www.rmwb.caelections Fort Chipewyan Municipal Contact Office 101 Loutit Street Fort Chipewyan AB Jubilee Centre Front Counter Main Floor 9909 Franklin Avenue Fort McMurray AB Filing of Nomination All candidates running for the position of Councillor must submit completed nomination papers accompanied by the required deposit of 100. The nomination fee must be paid by cash certified cheque or money order. Note A nomination is not valid unless accompanied by the required fee and signed by at least five eligible voters. www.rmwb.ca Office Number of Vacancies Ward Councillor One 1 Two 2 Local Authorities Election Act Section 26 Local Jurisdiction Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Province of Alberta NOTICE OF NOMINATION DAY 2016 Ward 2 By DALI CARMICHAEL As proponents behind the Thaidene Nene National Park reserve continue to push for the establishment of a protection on the East Arm of Great Slave Lake it seems that some users are most concerned about what limi- tations the park may put on recreational ac- tivities in the area. At a public consultation meeting held Dec. 9 Parks Canada asked for feedback from the public on their plans for estab- lishing and managing the park in addition to consulting the audience on boundaries proposed this past summer. The future of hunting and travel laws as well as the use of guns in the park was a major concern for many present. We engaged in this process from day one with the desire to protect a large chunk of our traditional territory from industrial development and Parks Can- adas legislation is the best legislation in the world for that said Steven Nitah chief negotiator for Lutsel Ke Dene First Nation LKDFN. Unfortunately it comes with other policies that dont always jive with what we desire. I think theres a new day and sunny ways are here. I think for parks and protected areas in northern Canada the policies and the regulations that are applied and that are available within the National Parks Act I believe can be plucked and picked to meet the needs of northerners. He said everyone should use the land as they have in the past. Dene law states that if youre on the land you have to have the ability to protect yourself so guns and animals that help in that protection is something that we en- courage and we represent at the negotiat- ing table. Proponents also addressed questions regarding the potential tourism oppor- tunities for the park of which there are many Nitah said including opportunities for studying the impacts of climate change within the park the establishment of a conservation economy for those living in Lutsel Ke as well as a renewed cultural tourism industry. All of these questions have been noted by Parks and put on the official record Nitah said. In January the GNWT began develop- ing a matrix of protected area designations and northern tools for the 33600 square- kilometre Thaidene Nene land withdrawal area including the East Arm and Artillery Lake regions. Following meetings between the GNWT Parks Canada LKDFN the NWT Metis Nation and other indigenous groups it was determined that a national park reserve would make up 14000 square-kilometres of that matrix. On July 29 the federal government an- nounced a proposed boundary for the na- tional park reserve launching formal con- sultations on the boundary. A second meeting is set to take place in Hay River some time in January. Those who could not make the meetings are encouraged to voice their opinions by heading to www.secure2.convio.netcpaws siteAdvocacycmddisplaypageUserAc tionid343. Public consultation on Thaidene Nene National Park A gathering point at Desnedhe Che the mouth of the Lockhart River at Artillery Lake in the proposed Thaidene Nene National Park in the eastern Northwest Territories. Filephoto