Calgarians shouldn’t expect any major change in direction on ring road negotiations from the newly elected chief of the Tsuu T’ina Nation.

In his first media appearance since winning a close election earlier this week, Chief Roy Whitney said he had no intention to disrupt ongoing negotiations with the province over the “elephant in the room” — the southwest leg of the ring road.

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CALGARY — Alberta’s transportation minister is already making plans to sit down with the newly-elected chief of the Tsuu T’ina Nation, hoping to start laying the ground work for a new ring road deal.

Ric McIver, MLA for Calgary-Hays, says in the next few weeks he will call to schedule a meeting with Chief Roy Whitney, who defeated sitting chief Sandford Big Plume in Tsuu T’ina council elections Monday.

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