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5 COLUMNS 15 Years Ago... Fire destroys home on trapline Fred and Maggie Beaulieu lost 50 years worth of be- longings when a chimney re started around 10 p.m. on Jan. 23. Their house was the historic Hudsons Bay Company building located on their trapline at Cunning- ham Landing across the Slave River from Old Bell Rock. The elders are currently staying in Fort Smith with their daughter Louise Beaulieu. Issue January 30 2001 20 Years Ago... TVNC to air new aboriginal youth show Aboriginal youth will be better represented in televi- sion media when a new show is launched by the Western Arctic Native Communication Society TVNC later this year. The show which is yet to be titled will hit airwaves at the start of the new season in October. Issue January 30 1996 30 Years Ago... French-language newspaper publishes 1st edition A French-language newspaper has been launched in the NWT. LAquilon which means wind from the north published its rst issue on Jan. 22 in Yellowknife. Editor Sylvain Martin says the newspapers goal is to present news and culture from a French point of view. Issue January 30 1986 ARCHIVES Northern Journal 2016 Join us online Like Northern Journal on Facebook and get the weekly news delivered to your feed FACEBOOK FEEDBACK A consultants report suggests cutting the public service during an economic downturn only makes it worse in the NWT Hold the scissors GNWT austerity report Chris Potyok Mining is slowing down and the oil and natural gas industry has all but shut down up here. Ask northern business owners if they want to see their revenues even further reduced if govt workers face wage cuts and job losses. Wednesday February 3 2016 By DAWN KOSTELNIK CBC and the National Film board of Canada are frequent visitors to northern commu- nities. When we watch the educational lms in our class andsometimesatthemoviein the community hall the Na- tional Film Board of Canada often does the preview to the movie. I have been sitting in the classroom watching a Na- tional Film Board documen- tary and seen myself on the screen it is surprising to see yourself on the movie screen such a funny thing. Amountainofroundrock sits o the southeast corner of our school. While the sun White Girl Here comes the sun its all right sneaks in to our town around thesecondweekofJanuarywe dont get to see it for a week or so because the hill hides it. I am only twelve years old but Icanfeeltheeectsofnosun- light this year. There is a sound crew in our gym we can hear check checkonetwothreeone two one two check check. Amicrophonescreamsoutit istiredofthecheckcheckstu. This is our rst day of the new time schedule. There appears to be confusion amongst the adultrankstheyneedtohave a meeting. We are allowed to go and watch the lm crew in thegym.Explicitinstructions aregiventhatwearetobeseen andnotheard.Andnotseenif possible Theyareplayingmusicover a loud speaker in the gym but cantseemtogetitright. There are two windows in the gym thesearecoveredwithaheavy wire mesh so that we dont breakthemwhenwegetrough playingdodgeball. Lookingout past the mesh is the rounded rock hill that has been block- ingthesunforaverylongtime. Musicstartsanddiesstarts again. What we hear of these notesdoesntresemblethetinny portable record players that are abundant in our commu- nity.Thesoundsthattheyplay arefullandroundandllyour headwiththemusic.Lotsofus haverecordsthatweswapand lend each other. Our music is datedtherewoInfrastructure issues-afederalfundingwish list nt be anything new come inthewayofnewrecordsuntil the kids return from the hos- tels with the latest tunes. We are so far behind. Ms.Snowgavemeherrecord playerandrecords.Herhairis wildandveryred.Shetalksin riddles she calls my brother thesorcerersapprentice.Her itigiisnotusualitismadewith psychedeliccolours.Shehadto specialorderthematerial.Her choiceofparkacoverisnoteven closetotraditional.Itisniceto see something dierent. Ms. Snow is the rst Ms. that I have ever met. Her ac- centisstrangepeoplesaythat shecomesfromaroyalfamily in England and that she did not like such a restrictive life. People say that she has run away to live with real people in the North. My new record collection is extensive I have not heard most of the songs on the re- cords or know of the artists either. I now have the Young Bloods and Grassroots some groupcalledtheLovinSpoon- ful. Ms. Snows music is quite dierentfromtheArchiessing- ingSugarSugar.Philipgave me that record. To be continued www.thewhitegirl.ca By DR. CURTIS BROWN and SARAH PRUYS Kids are full of energy al- waysmovingandthatisagood thing.Physicalactivitynotonly improves physical health and reduces risk of disease regu- larexercisehelpsstudentscon- centrate in school sleep more soundly avoid harmful hab- its and develop confidence all proven through research. WiththatinmindSouthSlave schoolshavebegunimplement- ing physical activities that go beyondthetypicalgymperiod and recess breaks. Inmostclassroomsstudents arenolongerrequiredtositstill straightandsilent.Someofour classrooms have chairs that swivel or rock back and forth talldesksthatallowstudentsto standstationarypedalsunder deskstocombatrestlessnessand soon.Manyteachersleadbody breakswhenstudentsstartto dgetwheretheystandupand stretchtoimproveconcentration before resuming their lessons. AtDeninuSchoolinFortRes- olution the entire community has come together to ensure that the schools gymnasium remains open for the students until its time for everyone to headhomeoftennotuntilten orelevenoclockatnight.Com- munityleadersmonitorthegym as dierent age groups utilize the space for games of pick-up intramuralsorpracticingtheir basketballandsoccerskillsfor hours on end. The fun doesnt stop on the weekend though as the gym is open again on Saturday evenings. In addi- tionteachersvolunteertolead cross-countryskiingtreksevery Sunday morning. IntheutselKeDeneSchool volunteersandstaleadweekly nature walks so students can check rabbit snares. When the weather is nice students are eagertogocross-countryskiing and even when the weather is less than favourable they still head out on their snowshoes threetimesaweekafterschool to practice for 5 km snowshoe races. ChiefSunriseEducationCen- treinKatodeecheiscurrently participating in a pilot project where a physical literacy coor- dinator works with all of the studentsonfundamentalmove- mentskillsandstrengthandsta- bility training. The goal of the programisoverallphysicalt- ness as opposed to traditional sport-based programming. For some time the older students in both Fort Smith and Hay River high schools have had well-equipped and well-used tness rooms that stay open after school. Extra- curricular sports teams at the schoolsoerstudentsachance tocompeteacrosstheNWTand intheArcticWinterGames.At PaulW.KaeserHighSchoolin FortSmithforexamplejunior high students have each iden- tied tness goals and are ac- tive in the tness room every morning. FortheyoungergradesPrin- cess Alexandra School and Harry Camsell School in Hay Riverrotateascheduleofactiv- ities at lunch and after school giving students extra time to playdodgeballsoccervolleyball andbasketball.Studentsaverage anadditionalextrathreehours of physical activity per week thanks to these programs. At Joseph B. Tyrrell Elementary School in Fort Smith the Stu- dentLeadershipTeamdedicates some of their recess breaks to leadingavarietyofhandso gameswhichintegrateactivity andpositivebehavioursfortheir youngerpeers.TheJBTStudent Leadership Team should also be commended for organizing occasionalcupcakesaleswhich tendtogeteveryoneintheschool running to the canteen We want our schools to be places where the positive cycle of healthy active living can begin. Active students are healthy students which leads tohealthyfamiliesandhealthy communities. We wish all of our student athletes the best of luck at the Arctic Winter Games Dr. Curtis Brown is the su- perintendentandSarahPruys isthepublicaairscoordinator of the South Slave Divisional Education Council. Want to get active Learn from kids Onpage17oflastweeksNorthernJournalCharlesKomeak a coach of the NWT arctic sports team in the upcoming Arc- tic Winter Games was accidentally listed as Charles Pokiak. Additionally the Journal listed the members of the NWT fe- malejuvenilesnowshoeteamasValadeeLockhartandDarby Robert with Chyanna Catholique as an alternate. In fact all threeathletesarealternatesthetwomembersoftheteamare Danika Burke of Fort Smith and Kia Furniss of Yellowknife. The Journal apologizes for the errors. CORRECTIONS Patricia Sepp Start by cutting their wages