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ill b e ne e de d t o me e t t he demands of t he additional r e siden t s G a s st a tions sup er mar k e t s st or e s r e st a uran t s bank s and e ven mov ie t he a tr e s w ill s e e an inc r e a s e in cust omers and ac c or dingly t he y w ill hir e mor e em ploye e s or p er ha p s op en additional s er v ic e s t o me e t t he inc r e a s e in demand Ee c t s on the Educ a tion S y stem T e o p e n i n g o f t h e m i n e w i l l h a v e a n i m p a c t o n t h e l o c a l e d u c a t i o n s y s t e m W i t h 3 7 5 d i r e c t j o b s b e i n g c r e a t e d n e w w o r k e r s w i l l h a v e t o b e h i r e d a n d m a n y w i l l h a v e c h i l d r e n t h a t w i l l m o v e w i t h t h e m t o t h e t o w n W i t h t h e n e w e m p l o y m e n t g e n e r a t e d i n a l l a r ea s n e w e l e m e n t a r y a n d h i g h s c h o o l s m a y b e r e q u i r e d o r e x i s t i n g o n e s w i l l h a v e t o b e e x p a n d e d t o m e e t t h e i n c r e a s e d e n r 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dicult f or p e ople t o c on tin ue t o h un t and sh in t he imme dia t e ar e a Ne wly de ve lop e d ac c e ss r oads ma y allow p e ople t o h un t in ar e a s t ha t wer e pr e v iously not ac c e ssible in traditional w a ys on f o ot by c ano e or by snow mobile H owe ver r oad de ve lopmen t is ty pic ally r out e d t o a void w ildlif e ar e a s t o minimi ze t his im pact All we a t her r oads ma y he lp t o r e duc e t he c o st of transp or ting g o o ds t o t he c omm unity and pr ov ide g r e a t er ac c e ss t o neighb our ing c omm unitie s and me dic al f ac ilitie s Comm unitie s w ill e x p er ienc e a movemen t of e duc a t e d andor sk ille d indiv iduals t o higher pa y ing mine j ob s W it h t he inu x of mone y in t o t he c omm unity spino j ob s and busine ss e s w ill b e c r e a t e d Te r ot a ting wor k s c he dule wher e em ploye e s wor k a t t he mine f or two we e k s and t hen ha ve two we e k s o c an ha ve a sig nic an t im pact on f amilie s Te 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