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2 Wednesday November 25 2015 INDUSTRY MINING NEWS BRIEFS Federal opposition names critics Two northern Alberta MPs David Yurdiga Fort McMur- ray-Cold Lake and Chris Warkentin Grande Prairie- Mackenzie have been handed critic portfolios by Con- servative Opposition Leader Rona Ambrose. Yurdiga will handleNorthernAffairswhileWarkentingetsAgriculture and Agri-Food. Other Alberta MPs tapped for the shadow cabinet include National Revenue critic Ziad Aboultaif Edmonton-Manning International Development critic Deepak Obhrai Calgary-Forest Lawn Immigration critic Michelle Rempel Calgary-Nose Hill and International Trade critic Gerry Ritz Battlefords-Lloydminster. Aklavik womans death a homicide AwomanfoundalongasnowmobiletrailinAklavikN.W.T. with suspicious injuries on Nov. 11 has died in hospital in Edmonton.ShewasidentiedbyCBCNewsasMayElanik ayoungmotheroffour.TheRCMPGDivisionmajorcrimes unithaveupgradedtheirinvestigationtoahomicide.Wed really like to hear from anyone who has any knowledge of any activity on or near J.J. Stewart Road area Aklavik ConstableToddGlemsersaid.TheblackiPhonecontinues to be an item we are seeking information on as well. Call thepoliceat867-978-1111contactCrimestoppersat1-800- 222-8477 or nwtnutips.com or text nwtnutips to 274637. English only OK in Alberta TheymayhavebeentheonlytwotrafcticketstheSupreme CourtofCanadahaseverdealtwith.Ina6-3rulingthecourt decidedlastweekAlbertawillnothavetopublishandenact laws in both ofcial languages. The legal ght began when Gilles Caron received a ticket in 2003. He had argued that legislative bilingualism extended to modern Alberta based on an assurance from Parliament in 1867 and in the 1870 order that created the province. Caron and another driver wontheircaseinprovincialcourtbutthedecisionwasover- turnedonappealbeforeitwasacceptedbytheSupremeCourt. WALLYS Drugs Pharmacy . Souvenirs . Magazines . Newspapers Toys . Cards . Stationery . Lottery Ticket Centre Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday CLOSED 867 872-213468 Breynat St. Fort Smith BLACK FRIDAY TOY SALE Open from 700 to 1100 pm Friday Nov. 27 BLACK FRIDAYBLACK FRIDAYBLACK FRIDAYBLACK FRIDAYBLACK FRIDAYBLACK FRIDAYBLACK FRIDAY By DALI CARMICHAEL The Giant Mine remedia- tion project is one step closer in coming to fruition follow- ing the announcement that an oversight body has been selected. Giant Mine remediation project oversight body named As stipulated in a multi- party environmental agree- ment signed this past June members from the Yellow- knives Dene First Nation North Slave Metis Alliance the City of Yellowknife the government of the North- west Territories Alterna- tives North and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada will come together to repre- sent their partys interests. I was really surprised at how well everyones back- ground and experience kind of complimented each other. We do have areas in which there are going to be subject matter experts said Todd Slacknominatedtotheboard by YKDFN. Slack a 15-year veteran in natural resources industries is the boards in- terim chair he will be re- placed by Dr. Kathy Racher a water chemistry specialist in January 2016. Others on the independent body include vice-chair Dr. Stephan Gabos a special- ist in public health who was nominated by NSMA secre- tary treasurer Tony Brown a civil environmental engi- neer nominated by the City of Yellowknife former envi- ronmental technician and manager of environmental protection services Ken Hall nominated by GNWT Ginger Stones former director of General Environment under the federal department of Na- tional Defence nominated by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada and former GNWT employee and current environmentalstewardDavid Livingstone nominated by Alternatives North. It will be up to the board to promote awareness of the project to the public provide input and advice from each of the organizations involved and manage a program of re- search toward a permanent solution for dealing with ar- senic at the Giant Mine site. Currently the board - which had its rst meeting at the end of October - is wrap- ping up its administrative tasks with the goal of initi- ating public involvement in the Giant projects starting February 2016. Weve got a sense of the site and the directors are doing the reviews. They are starting to read up on the projects in their respective areas and then the rst pub- lic involvement is going to be into February were going to be involved with this design workshop. Were going to be developingourownworkplan and our own budgeting after that Slack said. The board has been as- signed to compile and ana- lyze available data relevant to the project report on and make recommendations regarding programs and plans promote integration of traditional knowledge into project environmen- tal programs and plans promote active research toward a permanent solu- tion for dealing with con- taminants including arse- nic at the site and review environmental and engi- neering studies conducted related to the site. Were going to be start- ing to consider the research programs that were going to administer so thats going to involve a state of the knowl- edge report and so what were trying to do is take a holis- tic pause here take a holistic view and think about what do we know about arsenic trioxide what is the state of treatment lets look around the world and get our folks up to speed. And then the next step after that is what are the priorities for the best value for the research that were going to support The most pressing con- cern associated with the Giant Mine remediation is the 237000 tonnes of highly toxic arsenic trioxide stored underground as well as tail- ings from past activities which have the potential to contaminate surrounding groundwater. The board is one of 26 re- quirements stipulated in the Giant Mine Remediation Project Environmental As- sessment EA which con- cluded in August of 2014. In addition to seeking more permanent solutions for the underground contaminants the EA requires the investi- gation of options to divert Baker Creek off site and the adoption of stricter efuent water quality criteria. I was really surprised at how well everyones background and experience kind of complimented each other. Todd Slack Giant Mine oversight PhotoBobWilson Parties to the Giant Mine remediation project sign onto an environmental agreement on June 9 2015. The oversight body for the agreement was named in late October.