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In conversation with the new NWT justice minister Louis Sebert discusses issues with incarceration access to justice and what the new green economy could mean for the Northwest Territories. See page 3. Operation food rescue in Hay River What are these Berkshire pigs so excited about Every day they get to sample the best menu in the NWT beer in- cluded - sort of. See page 14. Commissioner opens for teen NWT Commissioner George Tuccaro brought a personal message to Pink Shirt Day in Fort Smith last week. See page 11. Hand games heat up frigid festival in Fort Chipewyan Sub-30 temperatures forced thecancellationofsomeevents at the annual carnival in Fort Chipbutthehandgameswere not among them. See page 8. V IS IT W W W .N O R J.C A A national award winning independent newspaper serving northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories since 1977 1.00 March 2 2016 Vol. 39 No. 42 GNWT grapples with fentanyl crisis By CRAIG GILBERT A near-overdose involving the dangerous new super-painkiller fentanyl has the GNWTs depart- ment of Health working to expand the availability of a proven life-sav- ing antidote. Deputy minister of Health and Social Services Debbie DeLancey told the Journal the department began working with the NWTs eight health authorities to deter- mine which centres would be ca- pable of stocking naloxone which instantly reverses the eect of an opioid overdose and how many have trained sta to use it after the RCMPreportedanear-fatalfentanyl overdose in Yellowknife on Feb. 16. Currently there are medical sta trained to administer naloxone in the capital Inuvik and Behchoko. Weve been aware of opioid ad- dictionbeingaproblemincreasingly although we dont have statistics at this point in the NWT. But the fen- tanyl crisis it has sort of been in the last year that its been on our radar screen she said. Were working to make sure we get to a stage where every region has naloxone available. Its early in the process. In other re- gions they are at various stages of having scheduled training for sta to use it or not having scheduled yet in which case were now sort of aggressively working with them to get that done. In some cases we havent heard back. In the regions I haventmentioneditsamatterofstill gatheringtheinformationasopposed to denitely saying its not there. DeLancey expected to have a clearer picture sometime this week. Its a big system and we have eight authorities so sometimes it takes time for us to get information but were treating this as urgent so werepullingthattogetherrightnow. DeLancey said prescription drug abusewasahottopicatahealthmin- istersforuminVancouverinJanuary. One of the benets we get from those national meetings is being able to learn from best practices DeLanceysaid.Sowereintheearly stages of setting up a prescription drug monitoring program. This is an issue all the health ministers are concerned with for sure. In other jurisdictions such as On- tario a monitoring program allows health professionals to track when prescriptions of controlled sub- stances like fentanyl are issued and when a patient has lled it. They are also able to track trends so for example if a patient Were in the early stages of setting up a prescription drug monitoring program. Debbie DeLancey Department of Health is shopping around and seems to be getting an opioid prescription lled within a week at three dier- ent pharmacies the red ag would pop up DeLancey said. Some jurisdictions use an elec- tronic system others are still on paper.DeLanceysaidthedepartment has to decide what system would work best in the NWT. An electronic system may sound more advanced but it would be about two years be- fore it could be implemented. Not all of the health authorities are on the same software platforms so to createaterritory-widesystemwould require a lot of patching. A legislative barrier related to privacy kept the GNWT from cre- ating a common system earlier. The MLAs of the 17th Assembly paved the way for a central information- sharing system when they changed the Pharmacy Act to set the stage for the creation of regulations that allow the monitoring of prescrip- tion drug use. DeLancey said social marketing and awareness programs sponsored by Health and Social Services and designed to warn children of the dangers of drug abuse may warrant are-working.InparticularMyVoice MyChoiceasocialmediacampaign that ran from 2011 through 2015 is being updated. In terms of response we invest a fair amount in prevention and promotion public health programs wellness programs trying to work in the schools and trying to do awareness programs for youth she said. Those have tended not to this point to be directed specically either to opioids or fentanyl and it may be time to look at some more targetedpreventionandpromotion. See Changing on Page 15. Ranger Sergeant Alexander Kidd from Fort Simpson Patrol mounts his snow machine during a ride out on the land Feb. 29. Members of 1 CRPG Canadian Ranger Patrol Group from across the Northwest Territories gathered in Yellowknife last week for Exercise DENE RANGER con- ducting live ring and search and rescue drills a snowmobile demonstration and a 1400-kilometre patrol through nine communities around Great Slave Lake. There are 660 Canadian Rangers in 22 Patrols across the NWT. PhotocourtesyofCapt.StephenWatton1CRPG. This is the final print edition of the Northern Journal. Its been a great run. Thank you 2 Wednesday March 2 2016 HEALTH AND WELLNESS HAY RIVER NEWS BRIEFS Northern towns tapped as dollar- friendly vacation choices AcompanythatbillsitselfasthelargestCanadian-based online travel company has singled out three Northwest Territories towns as must-see attractions. Flight Network listed Fort Smith Inuvik and Behchoko among 50 small towns in Canada that make a great option for a family va- cation. Arviat and Pond Inlet Nunavut are also included in the list as are Dawson City and Watson Lake Yukon. Long-term care review warns of growing pressure on NWT system The Northwest Territories will need to continue adding long-term care capacity for years to come according to g- ures released by the Department of Health and Social Ser- vices on Feb. 29. Seniors over 65 years of age represent the largest growing demographic in the NWT those over 70 are expected to number near 1800 by the end of this year agureexpectedtocontinuetogrowuntilafter2020.With 27 new LTC beds planned in Norman Wells and Behchoko adding to the current stock of 174 the review will inform the GNWT as it manages the shift over the next 20 years. Alberta seeks input on physician- assisted dying The Alberta New Democrats are reaching out for feed- back on changes that will need to be made to provincial law in response to the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that physician-assisted death will be a legal right in some cases starting June 6 of this year. An advisory commit- tee will ask Albertans about topics such as age eligibil- ity location and type of services advanced directives reection period and whether publicly-funded institu- tions may opt out. An online survey will be open at www. health.alberta.ca until Mar. 31. WWW.FORTSMITH.CA Be a Fort Smith volunteer If you would like to become a member please email townoffortsmithfortsmith.ca to obtain an expression of interest form. THE TOWN OF FORT SMITH is looking for people interested in joining the Advisory Board on Culture ABC For the purposes of this board culture shall be understood to include literacy language arts heritage and related fields. The Powers and Duties of the ABC are as follows Actively promoting culture and related programs in the community Be consulted and make recommendations on matters of policy directly related to the development maintenance and use of cultural facilities and services Provide input and make recommendations regarding the development of a broad range of cultural programs and services that will provide opportunities for all segments of the population Provide input about strategic planning including fiscal considerations on development of a broad range of cultural programs events and initiatives Encourage community engagement to actively support assist and participate in cultural programs services and events Liaise and provide advice on the development of partnerships and collaborations with other stakeholders in the town and in the territory. By CRAIG GILBERT March will bring more than the luck of the Irish to Hay River as the towns new health centre nally gets up and running. Since Jan. 4 employees of the Hay River Health and Social Services Author- ity HRHSSA have been moving furniture fixtures equipment and supplies into the new Hay River Regional Health Centre. On Mar. 4 the medical clinic will open to the public in its new 50 million 74000-square- foot home. They are also installing a security system and patient data software and hammer- ing out how the workflows in the new building will differ from the day-to-day at H.H. Williams Memorial Hospital. Its going to be differ- ent because of the layout HRHSSA acting CEO Erin Griths said. The clinic is included with us in one build- ing as well so thats going to be a new aspect. So how were going to have a patient ow move through the new building is going to be totally dierent from how we handle clients now. Not all of the services housed at H.H. Williams are moving. Public health social servicescommunitycounsel- ling human resources and nance will remain. Our working relationship with those departments spe- cically also had to be re-es- tablishedshesaid.Ourlevel of care will continue to be at as high a standard as we are right now. Were not losing or adding any services were just moving and its our job to ensure there is very little impact to clients. The new health centre was built by Arctic Canada Con- struction Ltd. and Bird De- sign Construction Inc. and oers primary care emer- gency services and medical and surgical day care reha- bilitation dialysis and sup- port services like a pharmacy but no long-term care beds. The HRHSSA has 168 full- time 27 part-time and ap- proximately 50 casual em- ployeesaccordingtoGriths. Those that work in the emer- gency department will be eager to move into the new digs which feature an en- closed ambulance bay. All transfers will take place inside the building which is pretty exciting for us Griffiths said espe- cially when its 40 below in the middle of January. Theyarealsoanxioustoget the new building fully func- tional. Griths said services will be phased in and exact dates and more information about each transition will be released to the public closer to the move. As mentioned above the rst service to move was the medical clinic which will re-open at 845 a.m. Mar. 4. The new health centre will be open at 8 a.m. Monday to Friday both it and the clinic will close at 5 p.m. Eective Mar. 7 the clin- ics new phone number is 874-8100. Griffiths expects the entire move to take about three months with the last services to leave H.H. Me- morial being the labora- tory x-ray department and emergency department with the drive-in ambulance bay waiting for it. Its a little unnerving because it is a really large change for us but people are really excited she said. We have our systems and pro- cesses in place its a state- of-the-art facility and theyre really looking forward to working in the new space. Many others in the town are looking forward to seeing the new hospital as well ac- cordingtoMayorBradMapes. Its great to see that were starting to make the move over there he told the Jour- nal. Its something the com- munity needed to upgrade our medical facility. People are wondering when its going to open and now that weve made the announcement on the timeframes its all posi- tive. Its going to be a bit of a challenge to get the move over with but Erin and her sta at the hospital have been pretty impressive with the layout and the timeframe with what theyre doing. Were working on what we can do with the recreation centre and with the hospital they are denitely going to be great things to show o for our community. Hay River hopes for healthy hospital transition INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT Operator School www.IHESCHOOL.com Call Now 1-866-399-3853 Housing Transportation Packages Available NO SIMULATORS JOB ASSISTANCE FOR LIFE NEVER SHARE MACHINES START ANY MONDAY GET TRAINED. GET WORKING. Wednesday March 2 2016 3 POLITICS JUSTICE Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Kevin OReilly MLA Frame Lake 867 767-9143 Ext. 12110 Kevin_oreillygov.nt.ca Northerners appreciate your dedication and achievements improving the lives of women and girls. Michael McLeod MP Northwest Territories Michael.McLeodparl.gc.ca March 8 2018 is International Womens Day When women and girls have the opportunities and resources to succeed it enriches all of society. We are all stronger when women and girls are empowered By CRAIG GILBERT The government of the Northwest Territo- ries gained a signicant body of legal experi- ence when former Fort Smith town councillor Louis Sebert was elected MLA for Thebacha in November one which Premier Bob McLeod wasted no time tapping into by naming the rookie Minister of Justice. In a phone con- versation with the Journal Sebert opened up about challenges facing the NWT justice system and how it could be improved the dis- proportionate number of Aboriginal men in- carceratedhereandhislongstandingpersonal support of marijuana legalization. Northern Journal You spent years as a defence lawyer and are well aware of the disproportionate number of Aboriginal men in prison here. What insight do you have on what needs to change to address that Minister Louis Sebert The department has recognized the overrepresentation of Ab- original inmates as an issue. Were working with other jurisdictions also facing the same issue. Apart from the programming that actu- ally takes place in jails were trying to look at therootcausesofcrime.Webelievethosehave to be addressed before we see a real change. For example weve been working in con- junction with Education Culture and Em- ployment and Health and Social Services on the anti-poverty strategy early childhood development and mental health and addic- tions strategies. Were hoping all of these will lead to a crime reduction over the long term. Wealsohavespecializedcourtsthatwereat- temptingtohavedealwithpersonswhodond themselves in front of the courts. They include specializedcourtslikewellnesscourtwhichdeal withpeoplewithaddictions.Itwasestablished in 2014 to provide an alternative court seeking toaddressunderlyingissuesofdrugandalcohol addictionmentalillnessandcognitivechallenges presentedbyoenders.Ibelievethisisbasedon models that have shown some success in other jurisdictions principally British Columbia. We also have the Domestic Violence Treat- ment Options DVTO court which is in Yel- lowknife and Hay River. Depending on re- sources because not only must the court be therebutyouhavetohaveotherresourceslike counsellors and so on it might be expanded. Smith is a possibility. People in Smith now who want to avail themselves of the program are often travelling to Hay River. So those are things were trying to do. Both dealwiththerootcausesthatleadtocrimeand alsoshouldoendersappearincourtwewantto lookatalternativestotraditionalincarceration. NJImprovingaccesstojusticeinparticu- lar when it comes to family court was listed In conversation with the justice minister among the 18th Assemblys draft mandate. Couldyouelaborateonhowyouplantodoso LS We do have probably the most generous legal aid system in the country. We have both clinic lawyers I think theres about 15 of them andalsolawyersinprivatepracticethatarehired by Legal Aid to deal with les. We are hoping to increase outreach. One of the lawyers in the clinic has been going out to virtually all of the communitiesanddealingwithpeoplethatkind of fall between the legal aid system and being able to hire a lawyer lets say in a dispute with yourlandlordorsomethinglikethat.Werehop- ing to ll that gap by increasing the mandate if I can put it that way of Legal Aid. NJ The Trudeau government seems pretty committedtofulllingitselectionpromisesin- cluding to legalize marijuana. Has the federal governmentsoughtanyinputfromyourselfor the GNWT on the prospect of that yet LS Its interesting I went to a federal-ter- ritorial justice ministers meeting in Quebec City at the end of January and it didnt come up. Physician-assisted dying was prominent in the discussions. The Quebec governments people spoke extensively to that. Were not sure how this is going to roll out. Notheyhavenotsoughtoutmypersonalopin- ion on this laughs. Im expecting some sort of change in the federal legislation - and Im just speaking for myself this is not a position of cabinet or of this government - but I expect it will be somewhat like when we went from prohibition of alcohol to allowing it to be sold. That would seem to be at least partly a provin- cial and territorial function. Its going to be in- teresting to see how this rolls out. I dont think weve examined extensively what our reaction isgoingtobetothechangeinthecriminallaw ifIcanputitthatway.Imnotcertainhowhigh a priority that is for the federal government. I think somehow were going to gure out how if it is legalized how it will be sold if it will be likecigarettesandalcoholprobablybutagain thegovernmenthasnttakenarmpositionon that and we havent examined it extensively. NJWhatareasofgrowingandsellingwould beunderthejurisdictionofprovincesterritories LS We havent had that discussion. I know the production and sale of alcohol is certainly surrounded by a great amount of provincial and territorial legislation so Im not certain how that would roll out. NJ I understand youve written in support oflegalization.Isthatanaccuratestatement LS My personal position not the position ofthiscabinetorthegovernmentisthatIhave been for some time in favour of legalization. I accept there can be some bad eects but we accept those with alcohol use also so I see it somewhat in the same category as alcohol. Probably there would be some upsurge in use when it becomes legalized but I dont think it would be a tremendous upsurge. I think after prohibitiontheyfoundtherewassomeincrease in alcohol consumption and with alcohol we accept that a certain percentage of the popu- lation is going to have diculties with it and that may be true also but hopefully a little less so with marijuana. NJWashingtonandColoradoaremakinga killingintaxrevenuesnowthatitslegalthere. LSThatsoneofthereasonsIwasinfavour.I thinkisntitbettertohaveitregulatedandtaxed thantohaveitpartofanundergroundeconomy to some degree controlled by criminals NJ As a longtime defence lawyer you un- derstand that would alleviate pressure on the justice system as well wouldnt it LS Certainly legalization would and I havent been going to court for the last year or two but there was not a tremendous number of people in the courts lately with marijuana charges. Sometimes they were arrested for something else and marijuana was found in their pocket. There still are a large number of Canadians I know would have a record for convictions and Im not sure how the federal government would deal with those. I just dont think that happens very much anymore. Filephoto Louis Sebert with Constable Je Hemeon after being sworn-in to Fort Smith town council in No- vember 2012. Now NWT justice minister Sebert discussed incarceration rates access to justice for Northerners and what legal marijuana in Canada could mean to the NWT with the Journal. 4 Wednesday March 2 2016 The Northern Journal is an independent newspaper covering news and events in the western Arctic and northern Alberta. The Northern Journal is published weekly by Cascade Publishing Ltd. Printed at Star Press Inc. Wainwright AB. Publisher.................................................................................. Don Jaque 867-872-3000 ext.21 donnorj.ca Editor...................................................................................... Craig Gilbert 867-872-3000 ext.24 newsnorj.ca Reporter........................................................................ 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Opinions expressed in letters and columns are not necessarily those of the publisher or editor. EDITORIAL LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR 2013 CCNA BLUE RIBBON CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2013 C M C A AUDITED Advertising Deadlines Display ad deadline is Thursday at 400 p.m. Classified ad deadline is Thursday at 500 p.m. Email adsnorj.ca Subscription Rates Prices include GST. 47.25 in Fort Smith 52.50 elsewhere in Canada 105 in the USA overseas 164.30. The Northern Journal acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund CPF for our publishing activities. ISSN No. 0707-4964 Editor Congratulations and thanks Don and San- dra Jaque for 40 years of ink-stained sweat and devotion to journalism North of 60. I wish your legacy could have been passed on. Our world will be a little smaller a little grayer with the shuttering of the Northern Journal. Its a sad day when any town or city loses a newspaper... theres one less voice to shout the news champion the cause filter the gossip and promote the local commerce. I have been a modest photo contributor to the Journal for a couple of years. Ill miss the chase and getting my stuff in by deadline and seeing my work in print. Thanks for giv- ing me the chance to do this and good luck. Bill Braden Yellowknife PhotoDonJaque Editor Congratulations to Don Jaque and staff on a long and illustrious life of serving community and progressive thought in Canadas North through the high standards set in the Slave RiverJournalandlatertheNorthernJournal. Though saddened by the news that Northern Journal will be discontinued I know I am joined by non-government organizations like Alternatives North and many other groups and individuals seeking to improve north- ern lives and the northern environment in expressing best wishes and gratitude for the thorough and competent reporting you have brought to issues of great portent to north- erners. Our families our communities our cultures our land and the respectful caring and attention to all of these entities are first and foremost in our lives and your coverage consistently recognized and contributed to those priorities. Over the years your enterprise has brought northhiredandtrainedmanynewjournalists who continue to serve our communications across the North today and will undoubt- edly do so into the future. A northern pub- lishing tradition of record this service has helped young reporters to gain important experience through northern news services and then seen them go on to contribute ter- itorially and nationally in other roles. It is a phenomenon that reflects the skills and insights of our publishers and editors like those of the Northern Journal whose work we are privileged to enjoy in our territorial news services. Finally I cannot fail to mention the edito- rials typically thoughtful critical challeng- ing and informative and again reflective of the issues so important to our population and often focusing on key issues of social economic and environmental justice for all. To publishers and staff I expect we will be hearing from you in new and unique ways. Thanks again for your years of work provid- ing us with the news. Bob Bromley Yellowknife Two weeks ago staff at the Northern Jour- nal were served notice the print edition could no longer be sustained. This weeks issue will be the last the newsroom terminated - at least as it exists now in Fort Smith. The on- line edition will be continued in some form but it too will need revenue to carry on. The Journal meeting was depressing. Jobs were lost and our national award-winning news- paper sustained in a small NWT town for 40 years was being shuttered. It was a necessary business decision. The cost of wages printing freight and other ex- penses had outstripped revenue. The move of major advertisers away from print media particularly the loss of GNWT advertising with the economic downturn piled on top were a perfect storm. The Northern Journal had diversified into different markets but many commu- nity entrepreneurs say they dont need to advertise or are using social media and only a few businesses remain loyal to print media. Neither the Alberta NDP nor the new federal Liberal government has sorted out how they will communicate programs and initiatives and advertising budgets remain frozen. Many of the big players in the oil- sands industry withdrew advertising from the Journal some time ago as a result of our coverage of health and environment issues around Fort Chipewyan and Fort McKay but the crash in oil prices took away the rest. The biggest financial hit impacting all NWT newspapers has been the reduc- tion in advertising by the NWT govern- ment. The Northern Journal likely could have been sustained if it moved to Yellow- knife a bigger commercial market with di- rect access to GNWT managers. Operating in a smaller community however is always more challenging. Newspapers create jobs contributing to the economy. Calculate federal transfer payments based on the number of newspa- per industry employees and the direct cash allotment to the GNWT last year exceeds the amount of money spent by all depart- ments on newspapers advertising and the amount continues to decline in 2016. Add in other taxes and money spent on living expenses that bolster local economies and the direct benefits from the newspaper in- dustry in the NWT far exceeds the cost of advertising. Why would the GNWT which says attracting new residents to the NWT is a priority reduce advertising expenditures and eliminate those jobs The GNWT has de-funded the newspaper industry in the NWT and in so doing is losing money. It makes no sense. Whatever the financial math we prefer that newspapers were valued and supported for the multiple services they provide to North- ern communities particularly journalism which has an important role in keeping so- ciety informed robust and free. Seventy years ago newspapers were respected as a cornerstone of democracy. Today that seems largely forgotten. Newspapers have provided a central point for the dissemi- nation of information and a critical part of that involved building credibility and respect over time reliable proven ac- countable sources. The role of a newspa- per of record - getting the facts right pro- viding information from official sources dispelling rumours - has been important. That need still exists but has no equal in new media. Multiple sources of information have grown up making the field of media rich and di- verse but now a crunch has come and news- papers are the current victim. Online news sources the CBC plus Facebook and Twitter will fill the need but will it be done as well Note that online news sources are also not supported with secure revenue streams so they too will be vulnerable. The devices we carry are a portal to lim- itless information but what we get through them often lacks scrutiny and in some cases is purposefully biased supporting a cause or ideology. That can be hard to discern in an online world where scams and deception are a new normal. Social media by nature can have a fragmenting effect on our society. For example Facebook is a tremendously ef- fective resource for connecting groups with a common purpose but the communication is targeted the groups closed and so iso- lated from the broader community. Oddly many people - including highly-placed government administrators - use only so- cial media to get their messages out now and do not recognize or understand that limitation. Our society is changing rapidly including how it connects or doesnt. The implications of that have not been thought through. They need to be. The Journal has had a good run and al- though it may become a notch on the belt of history its loss offers a lesson. A world without multiple competing comprehen- sive news and information sources par- ticularly one with a limited number of dedicated journalists is a step backward. It is not wise to try to hold back the hands of time but protecting what is important and valuable when the way forward is un- planned and unguided is not only a good idea it is essential. Death of a newspaper by a thousand cuts Willie Thrashers hard driving guitar rhythms and songs about indigenous culture were appreciated in communities from the Mackenzie Delta to Fort Smith in the last two weeks as he returned to the North including his native Inuvik for the first time in over 35 years. He and his partner and accompanying vocalist Linda Saddleback were visiting from their long time home in Nanaimo B.C. as part of a Northern Arts and Cultural Centre tour along with Kevin Howes a music historian. The tour was based on a compilation of musicians called Native North America Vol. 1 with folk rock and country music performed by 23 aboriginal musicians and groups from 1966 to 1985 that Howes had authored. Thrasher is one of the feature artists on the album. Praise for the Journal Wednesday March 2 2016 5 COLUMNS 15 Years Ago... Kakfwi says Mackenzie Valley pipeline will prevail Premier Steve Kakfwi apparently likes the challenge of promoting a natural gas pipeline down the Macken- zie Valley. Speaking at a public meeting in Fort Smith Saturday Kakfwi noted all 50 American governors re- cently supported an Alaskan route for a pipeline. The premier says he has been telling the Alaskans and peo- ple down south that they should support the Macken- zie valley pipeline. Issue March 6 2001 20 Years Ago... Aurora College posters shown in Ontario Posters created earlier this year by students at the Aurora College Community Learning Centre in Fort Smith are going to be on display in Ontario this month. The ve posters were created out of class discussions on traditional technology in the Northwest Territories. Issue March 5 1996 30 Years Ago... Northern census now underway A census of most communities in the Northwest Ter- ritories began in Inuvik Monday. All communities ex- cept Yellowknife Hay River Pine Point and Fort Smith will be enumerated by Statistics Canada in a six-week period. Those four remaining towns along with the rest of Canada will be enumerated on June 3. Issue March 6 1986 ARCHIVES Northern Journal 2016 Join us online Like Northern Journal on Facebook and get the weekly news delivered to your feed FACEBOOK FEEDBACK Have you seen the massive Beverly Caribou Herd which roamed the Canadian Barrenlands for centuries recently Neither has anyone else and their decline is indicative of an alarming trend no region of Canada appears immune to. The Beverly Caribou Herds headlong rush to extinction Mary Hatlevik I dont like that. Not good. Anti-bullying musicians rock elementary school assembly 3 people like this. By DAWN KOSTELNIK Another deadly challenge comesintheshapeofawooden dart shaped as a teardrop. A narrowendtsintoyourhand thebottomoftheteardrophas beenttedwithanailthathas been sharpened to a ne and deadlypoint.Theobjectofthe gameistoplaceyourhandat and out and very vulnerable on the table all of you ten- der ngers are spread wide. You then throw the dart and try to stick it between your n- gers.Ofcourseyoudontwantto stickitintoyourhandtheobject is NOT to stick it in your hand sillyThisdarthastobethrown HARDinordertomakeitstick intothetableoritdoesnotcount. It really really hurts if the dart jabs into your hand. If White Girl Playing games your throw is disqualied your opposition gets to take a turn at the throw. They can throw the dart at your hand You hope they like you you hope they are good shots and you really hope that you have thegutstonotmoveyourhand as the throw is made. An Es- kimo version of chicken We played games that are nowanintegralpartoftheArc- ticWinterGamesthelasttime thatIcheckedanyway. Theone legkickwithvariationsisstill tough to accomplish. The following is an old en- durance and strength game I have not seen or heard of for many many years. You kneel with your hands behind your back and remain upright.Afriendcansitonyour legsoryoucantuckthemunder something that will support yourweight.Youthenbendfor- wardwithyourhandsbehind your straight back. Get your face close enough to the oor to pick up a small object that hasbeenplacedouttherewith yourteeth.Youthenlengthen outyourbodyandreplacethe object just beyond where you found it. You return your body to its upright position with your hands still behind your back. Youcantfalloryouaredisquali- edtryitIdareyou.Yourop- ponentrepeatsthisprocedure and attempts to move the ob- ject further than you just did. Weusedatinyhandmadeseal as the object and our mascot. I have seen persons in po- sitions of impossibility while attemptingthisfeat.Ofcourse if you were not physically in- clinedtherearealwaysgames of cards. A favourite is crib. P.S. In 1972 I came south from Inuvik with the Mack- enzie Delta Drum Dancers to participate in a cultural com- petition for the Arctic Winter Games.WewonGoldUlusfor our performances. Whitehorse is a wondrous Cityforuskidsfromthenorth. Wow there are so many peo- pleLookatallofthecarssuch foodsomuchexcitement.The people of Whitehorse were so very kind smiling when we walked out into the street for- gettingsuchthingsascarswe havefewornocarswerewelive. When we blocked the side- walks because there were no sidewalkswherewelivepeople walked around us and smiled at our awe we did not know howthecustomsworked.That was 40 years ago. I am proud to say that the people of Whitehorse still maintain their openhearted hospitality. They realize that visitors to our Territory come from dierent cultures and countries. Everyone goes out of their way to make our very special visitors feel at home. Have a most wonder- ful time at this Arctic Win- ter Games and remember THERE IS NO SWEAT IN THE ARCTIC www.thewhitegirl.ca Creating trauma-sensitive schools in the South Slave By SARAH PRUYS Every morning when stu- dents and sta walk through thefrontdoorsofourschools theyareenteringsafetrauma- sensitive spaces. We dont al- waysknowwhattheyhaveex- periencedbeforeschoolstarts soovertheyearsschoolshave becomemoreproactiveincre- ating a positive learning en- vironment that integrates a trauma-sensitiveapproachinto all aspects of the school day. In the most basic of terms trauma is a persons response toadiculteventoftenlead- ing to repeated visualized memories difficulty func- tioninganegativeworldview specic fears and repetitive behaviours. Trauma shrinks the brain and due to a vari- etyofphysiologicalresponses leavesindividualsinastateof hyperarousal making it very diculttogetalongwithoth- ers and to focus on their own learning. Of course students come to school to learn and when trauma interferes with this ability the repercussions can be phenomenal. Ifstudentscantacquirenew languageskillstheywillhave averydiculttimeadvancing to higher grade levels gradu- atinggoingtopost-secondary school and obtaining good employment. The benets of awell-roundededucationwill follow students throughout their lives which is why we do everything we can to sup- portstudentstosucceedfrom their very rst day. Trauma is particularly prevalent in Northern Can- ada.StatisticsCanadatellsus residentsherearethreetimes more likely to be the victim of a sexual assault robbery or physical assault than their provincialcounterparts.Inthe NorthwestTerritories40per cent of residents 15 years and older were victimized at least once in the past 12 months. So how can schools best re- spond and prepare students to create their futures by en- suring higher levels of learn- ing for all We need to treat everyone with kindness and sensitivity. Sometimes we may never know who is ex- periencing a trauma mak- ing compassion an impor- tant part of every interaction. One of the best things that can be done is to foster healthy relationships with students through building social competency. Strategies such as mind- fulness relaxation and visu- alization are very eective if practised consistently in re- versing the negative eects of trauma. Students learn to be- come in tune with their feel- ings manage their emotions and remain calm alert and ready to learn. Many teachers are introducing soft starts to the beginning of their morning which incorporate routine calming activities to help students settle comfort- ably into their day. Studentsarealsoencouraged toexpressthemselvesthrough art music drama and play activitiesthatdonotnecessar- ily require language which is compromisedwhensomeoneis experiencingatraumaticevent. Allowing expression without pressurehelpsstudentstorelax and be themselves. While at times supporting trauma-sensitive individu- als can seem overwhelming there is hope. We know that the supports that we provide to students and sta are mak- ing a positive dierence. We know that by helping to raise awareness we can contribute to change and improvement. Ifyouorsomeoneyouknow isstrugglingpleaseencourage them to reach out to supports in the community. For young people the best place to turn is to a calm and caring adult. Sarah Pruys is the public aairs coordinator for the South Slave Divisional Ed- ucation Council. Cast selected for Three Feathers lm set in NWT 6 Wednesday March 2 2016 ARTS CULTURE FILM Translate any of the above Cree phrases and win a free language package Bring your answer into the Mtis office at 25 Camsell St. Fort Smith or email cree.nwtmnnorthwestel.net Phrase 1 e mahikan yowin tipiskaw Phrase 2 e mikisew pimihaw sohki Phrase 3 tipiskaw say ekwa Phrase 4 ohci wapahki tahkw ytin March is Aboriginal Languages Month Sponsoredby TheNWTMtisNation TheMtisNation wouldliketoextendtheir sincerethanksforthededication ofthestudentsandstaff ofAuroraCollege. MakingourFUTUREbright WhatyouaredoingwillbenifitallNortherners Sponsoredby TheNWTMtisNation TheMtisNation wouldliketoextendtheir sincerethanksforthededication ofthestudentsandstaff ofAuroraCollege. MakingourFUTUREbright WhatyouaredoingwillbenifitallNortherners Brought to you by The NWT Cree Language Program The NWT Mtis Nation By DALI CARMICHAEL Bit by bit Northern author Richard Van Camps newest production is coming together in Fort Smith. The lm adaptation of the graphic novel Three Feathers - a tale of restorative jus- tice for three teenaged boys based on a true story - will start lming at the end of March and nally the cast list has been announced. Its a really new and exciting project for all of us said Brent Kaulback a producer on the project. Weve got our production crew who are again Fort Smith or Northwest Ter- ritories people so it really is becoming a Fort Smith production in that sense. At the same time its a very professional crew and we hope to make it a really nice polished and hope- fully well-received production. The majority of the players hail from Fort Smith and are eager to capture their town for the big screen. For me this is more of a fun thing said Pat Burke who will take on the role of Gabe a man who faces o against the three boys in a conict at the start of the story. For the rst time Burke will be work- ing alongside his son David a professional actor known for his role in the Hollywood lm Cut Bank. I like to be involved in things and I knew he was playing a part because I know that Richard wanted him to be in one of his mov- ies he said. I thought well what the hell I guess he plays one of the young guys that I have to ght. Outside of his new lm career Burke is the associate warden at the Fort Smith Correc- tional Centre. Much of the programming de- livered at the centre is rooted in the concept of restorative justice an approach that is less punitive in nature and more integrated with the needs of the victims oenders and the community. He was happy to see attention being paid to what he believes is an impor- tant element of justice. Even though were a facility that has lock- downforsituationsIstillbelieve inrehabilita- tion and the reintegration of people and thats pretty much our mandate in the department of corrections Burke said. In the movie its a bush camp type thing where these young people go to learn part of their culture and respect is the biggest thing. Another standout element of the lm is the decision to shoot it in four languages Eng- lish Slavey Cree and Chipewyan. I think its going to be interesting because for every scene that we make right when were done were going to be doing it in Cree and then were doing it over again in Chipewyan and then again in Slavey said Eileen Beaver who will be playing the role of Irene. Irene and her husband Raymond - to be played by Eileens real-life husband Henry Beaver - are the elders tasked with leading the boys rehabilitation through on-the-land learning. Eileen knows the story inside-out - she was integral in the process of translating the graphic novel into Chipewyan. Were also showing that indigenous lan- guages are not only taught in a classroom or in the home but we can use technology like going right to the movies and I think itll be greatshesaid.Theeldersandthepeoplewho dont speak English can relate to it and con- nect to it and the students who are taking the languages in their communities can also pos- sibly use that as part of their teaching tools. Beaver said she is often asked by students where they will ever use a second language which in high school is Chipewyan. They say my parents are Chipewyan but they dont speak it at home or my parents are Dogrib but Im just taking this because its a Dene language or my parents are Slavey and can I use it in university she said. When they nd that they can take second languages and get their masters and doctorates degree - especially in Chip and Cree - they look at it dierently too. Its one way of promoting and revitalizing our languages. At eight years old Frankie Laviolette is one of the younger cast members. An alum- nus of Three Feathers director Carla Ulrichs summertime Youthrise lm camp Laviolette said he couldnt wait to get started lming to put his skills to the test. Me and my brother Kole would make movies inside of our house with our plushies Laviolette said. I would be the actor and my brother would be the person who would edit and stu and now hes actually going to help with the movie and Im going to be an actor. Filming is set to begin in late March fol- lowed by sessions in mid June and late Sep- tember so the producers can capture all four seasons. Flinch - David Burke Rupert - Dwight Moses Bryce - Joel Evans Gabe - Pat Burke Irene - Eileen Beaver Raymond - Henry Beaver Sr. MaureenGabesdaughter-CrystalBenwell Maureens Husband - Calum McCarney Young Rupert - Trey Currie Young Flinch - Frankie Laviolette Young Bryce - Dante Kay-Grenier Flinchs Mom - Raylene Powder Ruperts Mom - Melissa Fraser Ruperts Dad - Steven Beaver Ruperts Girlfriend - Larissa Lusty Social Worker 1 - Cynthia Cardinal Social Worker 2 - Kim Lusty Judge - Grant Paziuk Elder at Feast - Louise Fraser Three Feathers cast list Deline harvesters turn to traditional hunting practices Caribou diminished vulnerable under siege Herd that calves in northern Quebec with its winter range in Labrador decreased in size in the 1950s to roughly 5000 animals but recovered to about 800000 animals in the 1980s. It is now in decline again back down to about 10000 animals. The Porcupine Herd with its calving ground on the Alaskan North Slope and winter range into Yukon is actually increasing in size after its numbers dipped in thelate1990sandisnowuptonearly200000 animals. All other herds have suffered steep declines however. Evans told the Journal that negative im- pacts on caribou causing a significant drop in herd numbers are very complex and it is difficult to pinpoint any one cause. The qual- ity of lichen they feed on and how available it is on their range is critical and drought like that experienced in the North in recent years can change what vegetation grows. If they cant eat well they are not robust and then the cows wont have calves. If a cow is skinny it wont go into heat so it wont get pregnant. If that happens to all the cows the herd shrinks. Evans said the newfound health of the Por- cupine Herd may be due to better weather conditions in its range but it is also likely be- cause there are no roads in the region except for the Dempster Highway that provide hunt- ing access and the animals seem to be smart enoughtoavoidthehighwayduringmigration. Evans a lifelong Mtis hunter says the fu- ture of many of the caribou herds hangs in the balance and it is critical that every effort be made to conserve them. A lifelong hunter himself Evans stopped harvesting caribou several years ago and is now focused on con- servation to bring the herds back so we can hunt them again and so our grandchildren can hunt them. Wednesday March 2 2016 7 ENVIRONMENT WILDLIFE By DALI CARMICHAEL AsthecommunityofDeline comes together for meetings regarding its Caribou Forever Plan and harvest manage- ment this week many mem- bers will simultaneously be planning ways to action its principles - namely diversi- fying the harvest. Laterthismonthyouthwill take to the land with experi- enced harvesters for a win- tertime fish camp where they will have the chance to learn aboutfoodsecurityissuesand how to address them in the long term using traditional harvesting methods. This will be the second camp or- ganized through the project the first held last fall. The camp is part of a Health Canada funded study on climate change its impact on the land and the people who live there. Through some of this funding were able to pro- vide money for community harvests so were up here trying to plan the next har- vest where we get elders and youth and as many people as we can said Andrew Spring the head researcher on the project in from Wil- frid Laurier University. Its great because the elders get onthelandandtheyreableto teach the younger harvesters the skills they need. Theparticipatoryactionre- search - which sees research- ers work with the community to identify and solve issues - was initiated by the Deline Renewable Resources Coun- cil and is also supported by the Northern Farm Training Institute and Ecology North. We look at how climate change is affecting their ability to be on the land and there are certainly concerns about that but it really comes down to is the element of knowledge and community concern about - do we have the community knowledge to harvest other species or harvest any species Do we treat all these species with the proper respect according to the traditions of the com- munity Spring said. What started out as two parallel projects have really started to overlap a bit. Youth participating in the camp will be taught the traditions and rules of their ancestors diversify the har- vest share what you get with others take what you need. At the same time they will be chanelling the goals of the proposed Caribou For- ever Plan known as the Belarewle Gotse ekwe in the Sahtgotn Dene dialect of Deline. I think the concept here is to have better relations with wildlife to be part of the ecosystem and contrib- ute to it versus being master said Walter Bayha a special advisor to Deline Chief Leon- ard Kenny. Deline here is saying we want to hunt the way our grandfathers have because that tells us what we have. That is survival that is survival with wildlife. Ted Mckeinzo 22 was hired as a youth mobilizer and project manager for the camp. He sees it not only as an opportunity to focus on food security but as a mech- anism to preserve his culture and language. I feel like our tradition and our culture should be still alive. I dont want to see in 50 years that my grand- kids cant speak my lan- guage that hurts the heart and thats everybodys con- cept in this town he said. My job is to try and get as many youth as we can to go out there so they can have a sense of pride about bring- ing food back to the elders who cant go out any more. I feel like that would help contribute into pushing them towards keeping the cultural and traditional aspects of their lives alive. It feels right its like theres going to school learning the ABCs and counting but for us its going out and learning the tradi- tional ways of surviving. Its not easy running these on-the-land exercises Mck- einzo noted. Despite a high level of interest from local youth barriers like cost a lack of equipment and even school and work responsi- bilities stand in the way of successfully pulling off op- portunities like this. Learning from our grandfathers Earlier this year Deline made the decision to end hunting in the kewe zone - in the Tekacho and tsere Te areas located across from the community on the east sde of Keith Arm of Great Bear Lake. Caribou in this area are mostly from the Bluenose East Herd. The Caribou Forever plan is a two-year project that proposes a quota of about 150 caribou per year a number the harvesters have already reached this hunt- ing season. It has been put forth by Deline First Nation the Deline Land Corporation and the Sahtu Renewable Resources Board. At the meetings this week Environment and Natural Resources representatives will expand on their recom- mendations as well which include limiting the harvest of caribou to 163 bulls for Sahtu beneficiaries pro- posals for other manage- ment measures including predator management op- position to potential devel- opment activities on caribou calving grounds support for improved hunter education and use of aboriginal laws and hunting methods to promote respect for wild- life and reduce wastage and prioritizing accurate harvest monitoring enforcement without closing the door to community-based cultur- ally appropriate measures. ENVIRONMENT WILDLIFE By DON JAQUE Most of the great Canadian migratory cari- bou herds have declined to tiny remnant pop- ulations and are in a vulnerable state and Earl Evans chair of the Beverly Qamanir- juaq Caribou Management Board BQCMB is worried that faced with new challenges their chances of recovery may be overwhelmed. Evans said it is critical caribou are well managed and protected for the long term but particularly now when they have small populations and are vulnerable. The health of the caribou herds is very important to in- digenous Northerners he said to culture and to their everyday lives. He advocates that all hunting stop completely to give the herds the chance to recover. Evans quotes one study that determined the food value of the annual caribou harvest for the Beverly Qamanirjuaq and Ahiak herds alone is close to 20 million if replaced with the equivalent volume of hamburger meat. That is not even the good cuts of meat - just hamburger he said. The greatest threat to caribou that is man- ageable is human activity. Evans said mineral exploration and development disrupt both calving activity and migration. Exploration and new industrial sites disturb the animals and winter roads are a problem because they create a linear barrier. Studies have shown the long berms on iceroads deflect caribou migration. Worse still a continuous line of trucks like the ones now supplying the dia- mond mines north of Yellowknife cause con- stant noise and create snowdust. In the two month re-supply period between now and springtime 8000 loads will be hauled on the winter road that crosses the migration route of the Bathurst Herd. It now numbers fewer than 20000 animals and continues to decline. Since all the trucks return empty the total is 16000 trips to and from the mines in a two month period. Evans said roads to industrial develop- ments provide hunter access which can have a huge impact on herd numbers if hunting is not limited responsibly. Every time a winter road goes in hundreds of animals are taken further depleting the herds and hurting their chance of recovery. The way hunting is carried out will have a long-term impact on the animals as well Evans stated. Trophy hunters take the biggest healthiest bulls which are the best breeders. Indigenoushunterspickoffthefattesthealthi- est cows. When a herd numbers in the hun- dreds of thousands the impact is not signifi- cant but when herd numbers are diminished as is the case now the gene pool is impacted. He said it is like selective breeding except the animalsarebeingbackwardsbredovertime. He quotes a European study where after 30 years of that kind of hunting weaker smaller more disease prone animals resulted. Internet sales in Nunavut have become a new problem Evans said where people buy and sell caribou online. Someone can post a shout-out for caribou in Iqaluit - say they want to buy three cows and a hunter will jump on his snowmachine in one of the communities that is near a herd and go out and shoot the animals right away. Two airlines in Nunavut offer discounted air freight for backhauls so there is good money to be made for the hunter. Evans said thousands of pounds of meat is being delivered this way all of it legal as many as 2000 animals in a couple of months. The number of predators that feed on the caribou also seems to be high observed Evans. He said he was amazed at the number of predators bears and wolves following the caribou right into the calving grounds of the Beverly Herd. That herd has now been deemed extinct after the last cows in the remnant population relocated to join another herd to the north seeking safety in numbers. He described one incident where a wolf was seen killing ten young caribou in a short space of time by shaking them to snap their necks. Then it dragged one off to the den to eat and left the rest for later. Evans said 52 wolves were seen in one pack near the Saskatchewan-NWT border and a pack of over 70 wolves was counted by chop- per on the north coast. It would take a lot of caribou to feed that many wolves stated Evans. He said there are large numbers of griz- zlies on the range as well. He saw 15 grizzlies within an hour of flying in the Beverly range. Climate change is bringing new problems to the animals. He said melting permafrost in some areas the animals traditionally travel had melted bogging them down in mud. He said rain in mid-winter coats the lichen they feed on with a crust of ice and the animals can cut their hoofs trying to get at it. He said because the range where they migrate may now stay wet their hooves do not heal result- ing in a disease called foot rot. He said Inuit hunters have reported thousands of animals limping as they travelled trailing at the back of the herd being picked off by predators. Temperatures in summer mean more biting insects for a longer period of time which means calves can be swarmed and die. Since climate change is new and coming on so fast the overall impacts are unknown and could be devastating. Drastic population declines are not unusual for caribou herds. Numbers can rise and fall dramatically over time. The George River 8 Wednesday March 2 2016 it wont be the trek that leaves you MEET AT THE SKI CLUB AT 930AM. 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From a simple snowfort 21 years ago near his Yellowknife Bay houseboat Foliot and a team of 30 artisans now spend two months cutting shaping and molding snow and ice into a winter fantasy land. It closes at the end of the month. You can almost hear the cowboy yelling at the castle hands up varmit Wednesday March 2 2016 11 EDUCATION BULLYING KAESERS SPECIALS Wood Buffalo Frolics March 10-13 2016 Kaesers Stores Ltd. 76-80 Breynat St. Fort Smith NT 867 872-2345 BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY FROLICS FROM KAESERS STAFF. FROLICS SPRING SALE 25 OFF ALL WINTER ITEMS Winter Boots Winter Coats Hats Gloves 15 OFF FURNITURE ITEMS Love Seats Couches Patio Items Friday March 11 Save 10 all stores all day We also have a good selection of queen-size mattresses currently available By CRAIG GILBERT and DON JAQUE Sometimesitbreaksmyhearttotalkaboutit butIlosta13year-oldcousininFortChipewyan who took her own life because of bullying. NWT Commissioner George Tuccaro was speaking to a room lled with tiny attentive faces in a sea of pink during the Pink Shirt Day assembly at Fort Smiths JBT Elemen- tary School last Tuesday. I still feel sad because of it he said as children and teachers in the room listened rapt. My eyes water. We should never ever have that situation happen to us so I want you to really really pay attention. I didnt want her to pass from this world without anybody knowing and to learn from that. He too was bullied as a youth he said be- cause he had a funny eye that kids at school made fun of. Tuccaro shared his story of coming to terms with his bullies he even- tually came to the realization that everyone is worthwhile and important despite - and maybe even because of - their dierences. Each and every one of you was born with a special gift he said. You know why - be- cause God doesnt make junk just beauti- ful people. Tuccaro who is a renowned country musi- cian then got his guitar out and sang Cana- dian singersongwriter Donny Parenteaus Imagine a World which calls out bullies and urges children to love without insecurity. A popular commissioner who is an accom- plished musician and storyteller is a tough act to follow but up next was young rapper JomeiNewkirk14.Heenthralledtheaudience with his dramatic animated and in its own way equally powerful piece on why bullying is bad and caring is important. The hard-driving yet poignant anti-bully- ing anthem Area was an original rap written by Newkirk when he was 10. An alumnus of JBT he has been authoring rhymes for four years and rapping for nearly eight. Newkirk arrived at JBT that morning with a re-worked version of the song put to a new beat. You wanna be a bully he sang. Not in my area. You wanna be a pusher Not in my area Aint tryin to be mean or even unfair to ya but that aint welcome here and this were trying to make clear to ya When Newkirk wrote the song he was often the target of bullies at school. To pro- cess what he was going through he asked his dad whether he could rhyme about that experience with his newest song. At the time in my class it was really pop- ular to be mean he said. I already had two raps out and I asked to write this one because I came home really frustrated at one kid in my class. At rst it was almost like a battle rap because I was really angry but we worked on it and changed it around and it became this positive its not cool to bully kind of rap. Attheendofhisperformancehespokeclearly anddirectlytothegatheredchildrentellingthem teachersattheschoolhadhelpedhimwhenever he needed it and that they are all still available toanyoneinneedandtotrustandtalktothem. The JBT student leadership committee then followed with a brief skit about kind- ness and a Grade 3 class sang a song about treating each other well. Tuccaros last ocial day as commissioner is May 11. He was invited to Fort Smith for the special visit by Salt River First Nation Chief Frieda Martselos after a student was dropped on his head and injured in a bully- ing incident at JBT in October. Its been an honourable and wonderful experience being the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories he said. Its been the best ve or six years of my life. He said he wanted to continue helping out withnationalPinkShirtDayaslongaspossible. Bullying is so real Tuccaro said. Its so in our face all the time. We need to be able to talk about it so we can gain a better un- derstanding and we can make more educated choices about setting boundaries in our lives about whats acceptable and what isnt. Being able to teach young kids whats acceptable. Bullying is not acceptable. 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If youre still concerned with your Property Assessment Notice after speaking with an Assessor you can address your concerns with the Clerk of the Assessment Review Board accompanied by the appropriate filing fee between February 29 and April 28 2016. Additionally Council will set the 2016 tax rates in May. Property Taxes are determined by applying the appropriate tax rate to the assessed value shown on your Property Assessment Notice. 2016 Property Tax Notices will be mailed in early June. By DALI CARMICHAEL Its hardly a surprise that entrepreneur Brenda Dragon is turning to her roots to start up a new business in the fur indus- try. A trappers daughter raised in Fort Smith by mother Jane and late father David she re- members being encouraged to stuff fur into her winter gear an added layer of warmth to protect her from the harsh elements of the subarctic winter. This month Dragon is sharing the tradi- tion with numbed extremities across Canada as she launches a new line of hand and foot warmers made from small swaths of sheared beaver to be distributed under the brand Aurora Heat. Growing up in the North with my parents trapping we were always being dressed in furs for warmth she said. Its been four years now since my fathers passing and I wanted to honour his kind of livelihood I suppose you could say his traditional life- style. Dragon first acknowledged the business potential for the warmers in Yellowknife when she - like her mother before her - would adorn her children with fur. My son is a snowboarder and I spent the last several years dressing him to keep him warm she said. He was snowboarding at 40 below so we will use a lot of fur. Then I realized how effective it was when all of his friends kept asking for it as well so I was always making things for them. Dragon left a sample set of warmers at the Journal office to test out. The pieces are soft as cashmere and small enough to fit perfectly in your gloves or boots. Just hold it in your hands and just feel how the heat radiates she said. The way it works is the beaver fur insulates your own heat so it traps and keeps it. Its quite remarkable. Its a reusable all-natural product. The new venture is a labour of love for Dragon one she wants to use to help main- tain traditional economies in the NWT. Were positioning it as a Northern Ab- original product and our products will be fur used for warmth - Fur Warmth is the official sloganshesaid.ImusingprimarilyGenuine Mackenzie Valley fur and Im working with my mother who is the cultural advisor for Aurora Heat. The Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur Pro- gram is a marketing initiative run by the GNWT to provide access to international marketsforNWTtrappers.Figuresfrom2015 showthatasmuchas100000wasgenerated in sales for the NWTs traditional arts and crafts sector in December alone thanks to the availability of fur and moose hide from the program. From the Chipewyan language written on the side of the packaging to the fur-handlers she wants to hire to operate the business Dragon is hopeful that the Aurora Heat warmers benefit people in her hometown. Im going to be looking for people in Fort Smith who are interested in preparing them because its a handmade product she said. Id like this business to be based in Fort Smith. Sales for Aurora Heat products start this month at www.auroraheat.ca and in select stores in Fort Smith and Yellowknife. Dragons warm the North with the power of Aurora Heat INDUSTRY FUR Growing up in the North with my parents trapping we were always being dressed in furs for warmth. Brenda Dragon Aurora Heat PhotoDaliCarmichael Entrepreneur Brenda Dragon is collaborating with her famous fur-trapping mother Jane Dragon to share the comforting warmth of sheared beaver fur through her new company Aurora Heat. 14 Wednesday March 2 2016 AGRICULTURE FOOD WASTE 6.8103 in x 6.3125 in By KIM RAPATI Im sticky all over. My hands hair and sleeves are all danger zones. The culprit more than 100 little bags of dierent types of salad dressing. We have been collecting the little packets that come in salad kits for a few months and I nally had time to cut and pour them out into a larger bucket but man its a messy job One of the Northern Farm Training In- stitutes NFTI goals is learning how com- munities can use local resources to support small farms and an important part of this is recognizing useful waste streams. Since Sep- tember we have been picking up distressed food from the Super A grocery store approx- imately 150 pounds per day over 27000 lbs in total. Distressed food is a grocery store term for food that they throw out at the end of each day bruised fruit salad thats gone a touch slimy bread with a dot of mould still edible but no one would buy it. I stood up and talked about this project at the Canadian Food and Drink Summit in Toronto this October during a session called Enacting a Better Solution to Eliminate Food Waste in Canada. It was met with lukewarm mmm-hmms and people noted that farm- ers in their area would not have the time to do what we are doing and it wouldnt be worth the eort. That is what we wanted to look into how much time does it take once we set up an ecient system and how much is it osetting our animal feed costs We will only know if we try. Well we have been trying for six months and rst of all I love doing it. Sorting food How NFTI will save 27000 lbs of food is a nice break from oce work and a real joy when I think about how much we are saving from Hay Rivers landll. And is it worth it Well one of the buckets I lled with those packets of dressing weighed 10 pounds. That is approximately 22000 calories and we have at least 100 lbs in total saved up. A 600 lb pig needs approximately 9000 cal- ories per day at the height of winter so the salad dressing alone has enough calories for one pig for 24 days The dressing is just a tiny bit of what we collect and it has been such an adventure for us to learn about what foods our animals really enjoy.Mushroomspotatoesbroccoliand onions have to be cooked in a stew in order for the pigs to eat them but once we mix in a bit of salad dressing oh that stew is their favourite. Fresh herbs veggies and oranges are beloved by the goats and sheep. The pigs are ecstatic whentheygetanyfruitbreadordairyproducts. One of our other exciting partnerships is with the new brewery in Yellowknife NWT Brewing Company. We nabbed a bit of the spent grains which is a mix of hops and bar- ley left over from their brewing process when we were there at the end of January. Now I cant walk casually into the sheeps pen with a bucket I have to put it up on top of my shoul- dersorIwillbecoveredinwarmwoollybodies in an instant They absolutely love the grain which is full of protein and nutrients. Theres a method of quickly sneaking in and strategi- callytossingthegraininmanydierentfeeder spots all over so you dont get trampled by their enthusiasm. The animals love the feed the brew pub doesnt have to pay to dispose of the material and now we have a great connec- tion that may lead to more opportunities like growing specialty hops for them. We need to transform our agricultural sys- tem. We need to learn how to support each others endeavours to strengthen our com- munities. When we embrace these symbiotic partnerships we truly will be able to feed ourselves and support thriving communi- ties. We want to deeply thank the Super A Grocery Store NWT Brewing Company and all the other individuals and businesses who have supported us so far. Together we can harvest all we need Pigs at the Northern Farm Training Institute can already smell the fresh apples and other produce they are about to feast on thanks to an agreement with a local grocery store that sees the teaching farm save tens of thousands of pounds of distressed food from entering the Hay River landll. CourtesyofKimRapatiNFTI Changing the face of addiction Fentanyl forces doctors to rethink addictions strategy Wednesday March 2 2016 15 HEALTH WELLNESS ADDICTION By CRAIG GILBERT For the past five years Yellowknife family practi- tioner Dr. Jennifer Harris has been one of a handful of doctors providing addic- tions medicine management services including the pre- scription of methadone or suboxone for people strug- gling with an addiction to an opioid like heroin or oxycodone. The new kid on the block is so powerful however it has prompted Harris and her colleagues to alter their approach. Synthetic opioid pain- killer fentanyl which is about 100 times as strong and therefore more toxic than its naturally occur- ring cousin morphine has altered the way she and other Yellowknife doctors approach treatment. The influx of fentanyl sort of changed the nature of opioid addiction in Yellow- knife she told the Journal. Prior to that it was more of a prescription-based type of addiction and we werent treating too many people. I would say a year or two ago with that influx we also saw an increase in requests to see physicians to provide opioid mainte- nance therapy. Initially it looked to Har- ris like those getting hooked on fentanyl were mostly from the 20-something crowd but use has spread to all age groups. Now I would say its kind of inltrated all of the peo- ple who are struggling with addictions she said. Most people who are struggling will end up trying lots of dierent things as they try to manage their demons. I have patients who used to have alcohol as their pri- mary issue but with the in- ux of fentanyl that turned into an opioid addiction. I would say people who have longstanding alcoholism end up using lots of substances in their episodes of intoxica- tion so they end up trying everything. Clinically fentanyl is available as a skin patch lozenge pills shots a film that dissolves in your mouth nasal spray or by IV intravenous and is intended for severe pain management for example for people suffering from chronic pain or undergo- ing cancer treatment. On the street in Yellowknife it is sold primarily as pills referred to as greenies or fake Oxys. People who are strug- gling with cocaine addic- tion would use them as a downer Harris explained. Generally most people have their drug of choice but Ive found with the fen- tanyl it has created more opioid-specific addiction versus trying it once or twice because of the nature of what it is. It has this fast onset and a short duration so its like the difference be- tween cocaine and the more addictive crack. It tends to push people more into the behavioural aspects of addiction because theyre Continued from Page 1. NWT chief coroner Cathy Menard told the Journal to date in 2015 there has been one overdose death where fentanyl and another drug were in the deceaseds sys- tem. In 2014 fentanyl was blamed directly for one fatal overdose in the NWT. By comparison 272 peo- ple were killed in fentanyl- related overdoses in Alberta in 2015 prompting the NDP government to make nalox- one more accessible to emer- gency workers and easier to administer for healthcare professionals like nurses. They also allow Albertans to take free naloxone kits home from a pharmacy with a pre- scription from their doctor or a participating pharma- cist so friends or loved ones will have them at-hand if they overdose. By the time Mounties seized fentanyl in Yellowknife for the rst time in the spring of 2014 the next-generation painkiller was well-estab- lished in the capital reshap- ing the drug scene in a way not yet seen in the Northwest Territories. chasing their next high and going into withdrawal more severely because fentanyl is so strong. For the same reason the drug is incredibly danger- ous to use. Overdoses can occur when just a few grains of fentanyl are contained in a pill. There is a variety of dif- ferent ones on the street de- pending on the batches that come through Harris said. There is heroin in them hydromorphone a variety of opioid and non-opioid substances in them. I think at times there might be co- caine in them. Certainly for somebody who thinks they are getting an oxycodone fentanyl is much much stronger so if their body has no tolerance to that level its very dangerous for them to take it. For the same reason it is harder to treat with opioid addiction therapies. What youre doing is re- placing the opioid but when your tolerance is driven up that much its hard to help people settle out on doses of methadone and suboxone she said. So Im finding it more diffi- cult to treat people with a fentanyl addiction but its not impossible. We do get new requests for treat- ment regularly so it has been well-received. What I was able to do be- forejustaspartofmypractice I found became harder in terms of numbers and stabi- lization Harris said. Cer- tainly that kind of correlated to fentanyl arriving in the city which I think was one of the primary reasons we got thisprogramupandrunning. In the last two years most people say their primary issue is the street fentanyl. Now about two months old the official opioid main- tenance therapy program run through Yellowknife Health and Social Services offers other facets of treat- ment including counselling and crisis management. Its a more standardized approach that hopefully is more accessible. HEALTH WELLNESS ADDICTION Less pan-NWT data Evidenceofthedrugsprev- alence elsewhere in the terri- tory is harder to come by. The GNWTdepartmentofHealth RCMP and chief coroners oce each told the Journal digging down into incidents of emergency room admis- sion overdoses or deaths or criminal charges directly related to fentanyl would be time-intensive. For example an officer may record that a person was charged with possession of fentanyl or write simply that they issued a generic Con- trolled Substances Act in- fraction. To conrm whether it was fentanyl they were ac- cused of carrying an ocer would have to open every drug charge le and check it manually. Likewise for toxicity results from Stan- ton Hospitals emergency department. Media relations officer Constable Elanore Sturko said the RCMP has made several seizures of personal amounts of fentanyl and has also laid trafficking charges against at least four people in Yellowknife since 2014 including William Castro who was charged with co- caine and fentanyl traf- ficking after police seized nearly 600 counterfeit Oxy- contin pills and other drugs in April 2015. He was sen- tenced to six years in prison on Dec. 21. The inux of fentanyl sort of changed the nature of opioid addiction in Yellowknife. Prior to that it was more of a prescription-based type of addiction. 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This low milage 4x4 pickup has just 24154km. Its silver in colour with an automatic transmission and is powered by a 4.8L V8 16V MPFI OHV Flexible Fuel engine. It has some remaining factory warranty for peace of mind. Our Sierra 1500 WT comes with air-conditioning a trip computer a tilt steeing wheel cruise control OnStar a 402040-split front bench seat and a CDMP3 stereo with an auxilary audio jack and satellite radio. This 2012 Ford F-150 4X4 pickup has low mileage with just 26720kms. Its black in colour has an automatic transmis- sion and is powered by a 3.7L V6 24V MPFI DOHC Flexible Fuel engine. It has some remaining factory warranty for peace of mind. Our STX is similarly equipped with the XL but adds body-colour trim cloth seating full power acces- sories cruise control and an upgraded sound system with a CD player and an auxilliary audio jack. This 2014 Chevrolet Cruze has 18222km and is in like-new condition with features like 10 standard airbags and up 5.2 L100 km on highway and 7.8 L100 km in city. This unit offers features like Bluetooth cruise control leather wrapped steering wheel and shift knob Sirius XM satellite radio. Power windows locks air tilt cruise remote keyless entry and much more Give us a call today This beautiful 2013 shows like new with only 16253 km. This 5 seater AWD SUV is sure to handle anything the North can throw at you. Remaining factory warranty for peace of mind. This unit comes with power windowslock air tilt and cruise. Premium cloth seats. Eight-way power adjustable drivers seat. Intellilink 8 speaker Pioneer audio system to complement the touch screen and navigation. This 2011 Chevrolet Equinox 1LT is a fresh trade with 89573 km on it. This unit is very clean with all power options new winter tires. It is automatic with 2.4 L 4 cylinder. It features two way power drive seats with lumber support and cruise control on steering wheel. Check out this beautiful SUV. This 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT is in very nice shape with 112245 km. This unit has awesome towing power with amazing fuel mileage. Equipped with power windows locks air tilt and cruise 4x4 OnStar SiriusXM Bose Allison Transmission Bluetooth and much more This unit is a fresh trade with on 58560 km lots of after mar- kets parts T-lift tires and tims bushwackers FX4 package with heated leather seats crew cab automatic 4x4 5.0 V8 engine with all power options. Awesome new arrival with only 48344 kms and all the fea- tures. Power windows locks air tilt cruise sun roof remote start leather heated seats brand new tires all around after market rims and much more