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Wawatay News
December 22, 2011
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Climate change threatens winter roads from page 1
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ADVERTISEMENT EXTERNAL POSTING The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service is taking applications to participate in the NAPS Auxiliary Constable Program. The program is geared to provide individuals the opportunity to gain valuable employment experience if they want a career in law enforcement. Program Requirements • The NAPS auxiliary members are required to perform a minimum of 20 hours of patrol per month for a minimum of six (6) months. • Auxiliary members are able to commit the time and effort required inclusive of mandatory patrol and training. • Auxiliary members to receive mandatory Firearms and Personnel Safety training • Auxiliary members to attend additional special events as required. Qualifications for the NAPS Auxiliary Program • Be nineteen (19) years of age or older. • Be a Nishnawbe-Aski Nation citizen or citizen of Canada. • Be of good moral character. • Does not have a criminal record, or has one that would be eligible for a Pardon. • Subjects will have to consent to pre-selection testing. • Driver’s License not mandatory if in the process of obtaining a license. • Has grade 12 Education, or GED (General Education Development), or is in the process of obtaining GED. Applications may be downloaded from naps.ca If you are interested please submit your applications to: Attention: Sgt. B.Baxter Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service 309 Court Street South Thunder Bay, ON P7B 2Yl bob.baxter@naps.ca
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“The payload would be the same as a tractor trailer, but an airship would be faster, more fuel efficient and able to land practically anywhere, removing the need for expensive road construction and maintenance,” Prentice said. The first use of freight airships may take place in the Northwest Territories (NWT). Discovery Airlines of Yellowknife has a tentative agreement with Hybrid Air Vehicles to supply a fleet of airships to be used in the North. A prototype is expected to be ready in 2014. It will be used to supply goods to diamond mines and remote communities. Discovery Air says the airships will be designed to transfer loads onto multiple surfaces, including water, ice, snow and land and able to carry loads of up to 50 tonnes, equivalent to about two tractor-trailer loads. Similar airships have been designed for the American military as supply and surveillance vessels. The first military airship is expected to be in service by the end of 2011. It is designed to carry a load of over one tonne, fly up to an altitude of 10,000 metres and stay con-
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tinuously airborne for up to three weeks. As the Conference Board report noted, decision makers need to look at alternative means of supplying remote communities and industrial development in the North because traditional transportation means are becoming increasingly unstable.
“An airship would be faster, more fuel efficient and able to land practically anywhere.”
– Barry Prentice
From extremely high construction costs to high maintenance costs, new infrastructure requirements in Canada’s North are complex and expensive, the report stated. Meanwhile climate change is having an effect on existing infrastructure across the North. Melting permafrost has increasingly made railway lines unstable and both buildings and roads across the North are seeing effects of melting permafrost and shifting weather patterns.
Yet it is the winter road system that faces the biggest threat. The Conference Board report cites a recent study by the University of California showing that milder winters and increased snowfalls across Canada’s North will “severely reduce inland access in ... coming decades, mainly because of the reduced viability of winter roads.” As an example the study stated that the ice road from Yellowknife north to the diamond mines in the NWT will see annual decreases in the amount of time it is open, due to climate change. By 2020, the report stated, the ice road will be open for 17 per cent less time than it was in 2008. However, the report is clear that roads and railways and other transportation solutions are essential to northern economic development. It concludes that governments need to be inventive when considering transportation of goods into remote regions, considering the extreme cost of building and maintaining roads and rail lines in the North that may make possible alternative methods, such as airships, economically viable.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS Newspaper Editor/Senior Reporter
CALL FOR TENDERS Wawatay Native Communications Society (WNCS) herewith issues a “Call for Tenders” to perform annual Audit Services for the fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Services required include the following activities: • Audit of WNCS’s Balance Sheet as of March 31st of each fiscal year; • Audit of WNCS’s Statement of Revenue and Expense for each year; • Provide recommendation, where required, of appropriate adjusting journal entries in accordance with the Canadian Auditing Standards (CASs); • Examine, on a test basis evidence supporting the amounts and disclosure in the financial statements; • Assess the accounting principals used; • Provide WNCS with 10 bound copies plus one electronic copy of the final financial statements by June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2013 for the publication in WCNS’s Annual Report; • Present the Auditor’s report at the Annual General Meeting of each year; • Prepare annual income tax returns to Canada Revenue Agency; • Review the annual returns for HST recovery to Canada Revenue Agency prepared by WNCS; • Prepare annual registered Charity Returns for WNCS; and • Preparation of T4 Summary and T4 Supplementary. Tenders must be received by WNCS no later than 4:30pm CST on January 20, 2012. For further information regarding WNCS please contact Tabatha Jourdain, Finance/ HR Manager, at 1-800-243-9059 or 807-737-2951 ext 2224 or by email at tabathaj@wawatay.on.ca Please mail tenders to: Tabatha Jourdain Finance/HR Manager P.O. Box 1180, 16-5th Avenue Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B7 All tenders must be postmarked no later than January 18th 2012.
Wawatay News requires a Newspaper Editor/Senior Reporter for its award- winning, bi-weekly newspaper. The Newspaper Editor/Senior Reporter is responsible for the editorial aspects of Wawatay News and will contribute to Sagatay magazine and Wawatay News Online. As part of the Wawatay Native Communications Society, Wawatay News has been publishing for more than 30 years. The newspaper serves more than 90 First Nations and municipalities. Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario Duties: Hold regular story meetings with editorial staff Assign stories to editorial staff for print and online Generate story ideas for Wawatay News, Sagatay and related publications, and ideas for special editorial features, such as special reports, photo essays, etc Write stories and take photos that require in-depth research and interviews on topics/issues that are important to the Wawatay coverage area Ensure editorial excellence by editing editorial content for grammar, clarity, fairness, media law compliance, CP and Wawatay style, and the Wawatay editorial policy Travel to remote and road access First Nations Slot stories and photos bi-weekly for newspaper layout using Indesign Evening and weekend work required. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have: Education and/or experience in media Knowledge of current media laws and regulations, and standard journalism principles, codes and ethics Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Knowledge of Ojibway, Oji-Cree and Cree culture and communities in the Wawatay service area Ability to work with Macintosh computers and a working knowledge of programs used for word processing, design and layout (InDesign), and photo editing (Photoshop). Valid Ontario driver’s licence Ability to communicate in Ojibway, Oji-Cree or Cree would be an asset. Closing Date: Friday, January 20, 2011, 4:30 PM CST Send resumé, cover letter, three writing samples, and contact information for three references to: Tabatha Jourdain, Finance/HR Manager Wawatay News Box 1180 Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B7 fax 807-737-3224 or e-mail tabathaj@wawatay.on.ca Note: Only applicants considered for an interview will be contacted.
NISHNAWBE-ASKI LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION PROJECTS EVALUATION Sealed proposals, addressed to Bob Albany, Restorative Justice Coordinator, c/o Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services, 86 South Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 2V3, will be accepted not later than 1:00 p.m., local time, January 9, 2011. All proposals will be accompanied by three references. All proposals submitted must be sealed, clearly marked as to its contents. Acceptance and/or rejection of any proposal will be made according to Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation policies and criteria. SCOPE OF WORK: The “Projects Evaluation” will involve the compilation, review, analysis and presentation of quantitative & qualitative project data gathered in each of the following three (3) projects; 1. Youth Justice Initiative (servicing the communities of Big Trout Lake, Sandy Lake, Pikangikum, Kasabonika Lake, Kingfisher Lake, Wapekeka, Wawakapewin, Wunnumin Lake, Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Moose Cree First Nations). 2. Youth Intervention Initiative (servicing the communities of Kasabonika Lake, Big Trout Lake, Sandy Lake, Pikangikum, Attawapsikat, Fort Albany, Kashechewan First Nations). 3. Restorative Justice Program (servicing the communities of; Muskrat Dam, Bearskin Lake, Cat Lake, Weagamow Lake, Mishkeegogamang, Eabametoong, Marten Falls, Neskantaga, Nibinamik, Webequie, Deer Lake, Keewaywin, North Spirit Lake, Poplar Hill, MacDowell Lake, Brunswick House, Chapleau Ojibway, Matachewan, Mattagami, Wahgoshig First Nations Kasabonika Lake, Kingfisher Lake, Wapekeka, Wunnumin Lake and other communities as required.) Covering the period of April 1st, 2011 to March 31st, 2011. The duration of the project will be over a three (3) to six (6) month term commencing on or about March 31st, 2012. The successful bidder will be responsible for gathering all relevant primary and secondary data in the development of a final evaluation for the above named projects and will report to the Projects Evaluation Committee at the end of the project term. The manner of data collection and final presentation shall be developed under the direction of the Projects Evaluation Committee. Proposals will be opened privately by the Projects Evaluation Committee at 1:15 p.m. on the above noted closing date at the offices of Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation, Thunder Bay, Ontario. For more information with respect to background of the projects, please contact Chantelle Johnson, Restorative Justice Assistant, at cjohnson@nanlegal.on.ca or at 1-800-465-5581.