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Steering more students to the trades in Fort Smith The board of governors took atouroftheThebachaCampus trades labs last week as the school aims to drum up interest and enrolment. See page 6. Catching up with the Guardians The toxic legacy of the Giant MineheadframeinYellowknife is the subject of a new feature- length lm that premiered in the capital last weekend. See page 20. ANOTHER KIND OF REMEMBRANCE Do you know the signicance of the tulip See pages 10-11. Chasing best practices in food security in Toronto KimRapatisharedthewisdom she has havested in the NWT at the Canadian Food and Drink Summit in Toronto. See page 19. Fort Smith museum gathering Christmas relics for exhibit The Northern Life museum is assembling a stockpile of seasonal decorations photos andevencookbooksforafestive holiday exhibition. See page 9. 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 November 11 2015 Vol. 39 No. 28 By CRAIG GILBERT Within hours of United States President Barack Obama formally snufng out the 8-billion proposed Keystone XL pipeline Alberta Pre- mier Rachel Notley had Prime Min- ister Justin Trudeau on the phone. On Trudeaus second full day on the job Obama announced the United States would not grant a cross-border permit for the proj- ect a 1900-kilometre pipeline that would have delivered bitumen from the oil fields in northern Alberta to the Gulf Coast in part by tap- ping into existing TransCanada infrastructure south of the border. The president said he agreed with the State Department which con- cluded the project would not serve their countrys national interest. Based on statements issued by Notley and Trudeau the leaders agree that Alberta and Canada need to focus on the clean jobs of tomorrow. Canada can be a global source of environmentally responsible en- ergy through better environmental policies and Alberta will act to help make that happen in part- nership with Canadas new fed- eral government Notley said. And then we hope that future en- ergy infrastructure projects will be debated on their own merits. Notley said she stressed the im- portance of the federal government playing its role in the building of infrastructure of national impor- tance. She said Obamas decision highlights the need for Alberta to improve its environmental re- cord and reputation. I am disappointed by the way the U.S. government chose to characterize our energy ex- ports she said. Canada cur- rently exports over three mil- lion barrels a day to the U.S. and those exports will continue. White House closes door on cross-border permit for Keystone XL pipeline If Congress is serious about wanting to create jobs this was not the way to do it. President Obama Our trading relationship with the United States is of fundamental importance to Alberta and we will work to build on it. Trudeau took a broader view invoking his campaign promise to improve relations with the White House. We are disappointed by the decision but respect the right of the United States to make the decision he said. The govern- ment of Canada will work hand- in-hand with provinces territo- ries and like-minded countries to combat climate change adapt to its impacts and create the clean jobs of tomorrow. Obama agreed relations with Canada are about more than oil. We both agreed that our close friendship on a whole range of issues including energy and cli- mate change should provide the basis for even closer coordination between our countries going for- ward he said. And in the com- ing weeks senior members of my team will be engaging with theirs in order to help deepen that cooperation. The leaders will have a chance to chat at the much anticipated United Nations Climate Change conference in Paris at the end of the month. See Pipeline on page 18. Aboriginal leaders from the NWT joined dozens of others in front of the White House in Washington D.C. in 2011 to protest the Alberta oil sands and the Keystone XL pipeline. Dozens of people including Gitz Deranger of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and author Naomi Klein were arrested. PhotoShadiaFayneWood