September 28 2018

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Nickel Belt News

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Council takes Canada Goose CEO teams up Former grand chief with UCN to Book aMKO way to preserve and pass on first step towards donates $1 million towards Development create Indigenous Community Centre memories of growing up in Churchill reducing their polar bear conservation facility

“But we want to build a centre that will honour their place in the community and also help them After Bears deciding against seeking Bears International board Polar International “Over the least decade of ing them build a muchfind a way to stay.” re-election as the chiefmember of (PBI) received a $1grand million and a former working with PBI, I have needed facility which will North is no stranger to leading Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimadonation towards the con- chairman of that board seen firsthand the passion serve as a launch site for these kindsour of size, initiatives, BY IAN GRAHAM that’s we havehavthe kanak (MKO) back in the spring struction of a new facility from 2008 to 2017, and energy that the team PBI’s research and educaing overseen thesaid. development most,” she in order to take a runtheir at becomin Churchill during pledged the money, which puts into their important tional activities on polar EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET of MKO’s economic said action that plan Council approved first Matechuk ing grand of the Polar Bearchief Affair galaAssembly in represents about half of research and efforts to bear habitat conservation during her tenure as grand chief reading of a bylaw to resince the need to cut costs of First Nations, Shelia North is Toronto Feb. 27. the money the organ- ensure polar bears have around the world.” from 2015 to 2018. is partly due to the new, spearheading new project ization for Dani Reiss,a president hopes to raise for a future,” said Reiss in a The proposed Polar duce the number of counNorth, from Bunibonibee cillors from eight to six at lower grant-in-lieu (GIL) University College of the North and CEO of Canada Goose, Polar Bears International press release. “It is a priv- Bears International House, Cree Nation at Oxford House, their Feb. 26 meeting by a that Vale Manitoba Oper(UCN). ilege to be a part of help- construction of which is as well as a current Polar House. has plenty experience workationsof pays the city instead North will be taking the lead expected to begin at the vote of 6-3, with counciling through thesetaxes, communities’ of property the counin creating a new Centre for Instart of the 2018 polar bear lors Ron Matechuk, Dunsocialcillors and cultural needs, asthat one who negotiated digenous Community Developseason, will be built on do- can Wong and Judy Kolada of her passion projects is raisopposed. agreement could make it ment, which aims to provide nated land on Churchill’s ing awareness of council missingtoand Before the reduction possible for go First Nations with resources main street and designed murdered Indigenous women through a trial period with for economic, cultural and soto be energy efficient and becomes reality, however, and girls. the bylaw must be the fewer members. cial development through the ecologically sound. It will excited to becouncillors a part of the three school’s Thompson and The Pas serve as a site to educate subject of a public hear-“I’m “If this [centre] because it’s a new ing, currently scheduled that negotiated the GIL, this campuses. visitors to Churchill about way to give back to the north, for March 12, and then miserable, this very poor “This centre will be a cornerpolar bears, climate change whichGIL, I love and to is where were do theI come honstone of UCN’s focus to provide and the urgent need to take receive second and third from,” she said. reading,ofwhich are tentaourable thing“I’m and always resign relevant, responsive, education BeltasNews photo courtesy Sheila North action, Nickel as well provide tryingfrom to find ways that can tively slated to occur March council, we we would and training that meets the needs Sheila North, who served as the grand chief of Manitoba broadcast for Keewatinowifacilities Okimakanak from 2015 to 2018, is leadadvance services and programs 12 and March 26 respecthave a couple of weeks to of northern people and communmedia, support polar bear Development. and people in our north,we because ively. City manager Gary find out whether want ities,” said UCN president Doug ing the development of University College of the North’s new Centre for Indigenous Community BY KYLE DARBYSON

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research and outreach efthere’stosuch hugeallpotential proceed the wayand to forts, and assist visiting Ceppetelli says the bylaw need to do that.” must be passed 180 days third reading on this,” said project still need to be ironed out, ing sure that economic opportunprograms that take them away scientists, educators and also said who they should be prior to theand election Matechuk, repeated North told the Nickel Belt News ities stay within other these guests northernwhose from the community take dateNorth work able to finalize a development of Oct. 24. If it is, the next comments made Feb. 12 that a big part of this centre will communities. and support are critical their talents away to other areas to next six months. election could be a bit plan of within when the council voted 5-2 involve job training and mak“Too many times build and other regions,” said North. polarwe bear conservation. a case of musical chairs, to amend the Thompson The facility will include a workspace, bunkhouse, with the eight incumbent Charter Act, which stipukitchen and storage space councillors, assuming all of lates that council should them decide to run again, have eight councillors and for equipment. “This is the single lar- competing for only six a mayor, to the effect that gest donation PBI has available spots, along with reducing the number of council positions would received and it is an all the other candidates. Eliminating two council prevent “new blood” from amazing commitment to helping secure the polar positions would save just coming into council. Deputy mayor Colleen bear’s future,” said PBI under $20,000 in salaries and perhaps about Smook said that isn’t neexecutive director Krista Nickel Belt News photo by Ian Graham Wright. “We’re humbled $5,500 to $16,400 in cessarily true as she and Addictions Foundation of Manitoba northern director Gisele deMeulles has written a book about her experiences growing up, mostly in Churchill. by this generous gift and travel expenses, based Valentino were among the on the spent on top threegrams vote-getters in 32-year-old Winnipeg manamounts was arrested Sept. with of cocaine, BY IAN GRAHAM For201 all the harsh weather to write things that you have ‘Oh, I’m just as bad, right?’ extremely was not aAgrateful.” very safe thing swallow when people say 132014 travel by the two lowestdespite having not drug paraphernalia and cash at a hotel on Caribous Road in Thompson, RCMP say. EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET to figure out. It’s pretty clear I have all these stories and to do but I jumped at it. I spending that Churchill residents and the dangers of polar councillors and Thompson been onRCMP council before, Jeffrey Richard Langenau was arrested when executed Though she’s now written when I get through.” I need to capture them for Erica thought was exciting should just fi nd somewhere bears, deMeulles said if ita andthat Dani Reiss do- the two highest spending while Coun. Pennyfor Byer search warrant at the hotel and is charged with possession of cocaine the a book about her experienDeMeulles said she wrote my grandchildren really nated until the plane landed and in easier toscal live.year 2016. had fresh been viable she would $1 million thepossession fi said don’t purpose oftowards trafficking and of property obtained byfaces crime. Heautowas ces growing up in Churchill, her book, titled Whispers in because they will be lost if Polar they started throwing the “To say, ‘Those people have moved back to ChurchShrinking six appearance matically equate to differBears International’s remanded into‘Holy custody pending a council Sept. 17toThey court and remains in Addictions Foundation of the Wind: Stories from the I don’t.” fuel off and I realized, choose to live there. ill inresults. a heartbeat. would put Thompson in ent proposed facility in Churchcustody, police said Sept. 25. Manitoba northern director North - Life in Churchill for She also has a reputation cats, I was probably sitting line should justother leave,’ is quite “I miss the shoreline, with similarly “I’m not sure that wheth-I ill the organization’s RCMP continue investigating. Gisele deMeulles said writ- a couple of reasons. as a storyteller herself. onduring a bomb.’” simplistic. It’s quite disremiss thehave rock,new I miss the sized communities said er you blood Bear Affair gala inthat To- spectful. If we were in the polar bears even though ing wasn’t something she “I just sort of thought, “I had such a varied his- Polar Another thing Coun. Blake Ellis, a com- makes that great a differFeb. 27. on was always thought she would you know what, this his- tory and I would tell people ronto spurred her same boat in another area they’re very dangerous and Thompson RCMPthe arrested a Winnipeg man with 201 ence grams cocaine at a hotel ment reiterated by Coun. inof what a council is do. tory, this stuff that’s in my stories and they would go, hard times facing Churchill I thinkValentino. we would scream able I really miss Hudson in Thompson Sept. Nickel Belt News13. Kathy to do andthe accomplish “In my youth I never head, it’s going to be gone ‘That’s not true, is it?’ I’d go, since the Hudson Bay Rail- about thatyou so why they Bay,” she says. “When I go Nickeldepending Belt News courtesy of RCMP “When lookdon’t at every on what the obphoto courtesy of felt good at writing,” she if I don’t write it down,” she ‘Yeah it’s true.’ They’d go, way suspended operations other have the option to do that? back home, standing on the city or municipality Continued on Page 3 Polar Bears International said. “But when I moved said. “My kids are not go- ‘You didn’t do all that, did north of Gillam last spring. I think right now they’re Hudson Bay looking out on to Thompson to get into ing to get it if I don’t do it you? You’ve got to be really “It used to be a really feeling like they’re pawns the bay, it just gives you an the school of social work, and it’s something I’ve al- old.’ I was like, ‘No, actually thriving large community in a political game and that’s incredible sense. You feel so at that point I had to write ways wanted my mom to I did all that before I was and it’s just dwindled down really sad for them because I small and you feel great.” WE SELL for university and realized, do. My mom’s an elder and 27,’ and they went ‘What?’” to such a small population think the people of ChurchNow that she’s got • HOUSEWARE • ELECTRONICS ‘Holy, I’m not bad at this, she’s an artist, she’s got so under her belt, Looking back, some of now,” deMeulles says. ill really want to thrive. one book HELIUM • TOYSThough she’s not there • FRAMES right?’ I certainly developed many wonderful stories be- those experiences are things They’ve built their worlds deMeulles says she may try BALLOONS! a lot of skill in university cause she always tells her she might not do again. any longer, her parents there. How would we feel to produce another. • CRAFT •and LINEN and came out of there with stories at Parks Canada in “I did some pretty bizarre her sister and other family if someone came to you and “I have another book in • STATIONERY • CARDS a very strong skill in my Churchill and I’ve always stuff like fuel hauls into the members still are. said, ‘I’m sorry, youWE have toARE me,” she says. “It’s a darker writing and confidence in hounded her, ‘Please, just high Arctic at -35,” said “My cousin owns the leave your home community story, more about personTHE PARTY my writing. I write very put it on tape,CANADIAN I will write it DOLLAR deMeulles.STORE “It didn’t- dawn hardwareON storeFACEBOOK! there,” she and we’re going to displace al growth and struggles. LOOK FOR “GREAT THOMPSON” SPECIALISTS clear and that’s it. It’s there. for you because your story on me until after. That was a says. you somewhere else and all Maybe in the next five years OF THE Some peopleMON say it’s kind of lost,’ and she’s very dangerous thing to 9 do. of that, your yourNORTH! it’s something I’ll focus on - THU: 9 amis-going 9 pmto •beFRIDAY: 9 am - 10 pm • SATURDAY: am - 9Because pm • SUNDAY: 10 am - 6 pm loved ones and blunt or direct. I don’t tend never done it and I thought, Being on a plane full of fuel deMeulles finds it hard to history is gone?’” doing.”

Lauvstad. “Sheila’s experience and dedication to Indigenous communities will help to ensure the centre’s early success.” While the specific details of the

200 grams of cocaine seized in Sept. 13 hotel room raid in Thompson


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