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More halibut for rec fishery but... It’s a good news, bad news story to take 85 per cent of the CAC and for recreational fishermen and char- repeated the sports fishery charge ter operators when it comes to hali- that less than half of those quota but fishing this year. holders actually fish for halibut. On February 17 federal Fisheries Instead, they make money by minister Keith Ashfield announced leasing their quota to other commerthe recreational fishery’s share of cial fishermen. Canada’s allowable catch (CAC) The Pacific Halibut Managewas being increased to 15 per cent ment Association - it represents from the 12 per cent limit that has commercial fishermen - had quite a been in force for close to a decade. different take. (While charter operations are “Allocating fisheries resources commercial in nature, they are clas- based on who can lobby the hardsified as recreational for the purpose est is not in the best interests of the of the federal Fisheries allocation.) fish,” said manager Chris Sporer. However, that came in the wake Kitimat’s Halibut Allocation of the International Pacific Halibut Task Force was one of many groups Commission’s decision at its annual in BC that lobbied furiously for a meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, to change in the allocation in the run up cut the CAC by 8 per cent - from 7.6 to last year’s federal election. million pounds to 7.038 million. Sporer added a stable allocaIn other words, the Canadian tion framework “creates the proper sport fishery will get a greater share incentive for all participants to act of a smaller pie. responsibly and invest in conservaThat said, its share tion and the long term will still increase by “Recreational health of the resource.” about 40,000 lbs. comadded that anglers will whileSporer pared to last year to commercial fish981,000 lbs. experience ermen “are fully acThe catch limit refor all catch, the shortest countable mains one a day with both retained and rehalibut season leased”, the recreational two in possession. First Nations have fishery “is poorly moniin living been allocated 500,000 tored and has overharmemory.” lbs and the commercial vested in five of the last fishery 5.6 million lbs. six years. But if the minister thought his “Re-allocating fish from the well decision was going to be applauded monitored fishery to a poorly moniby the recreational fishery, he quick- tored one undermines conservation ly found out differently. efforts and responsible fisheries The Sport Fishing Institute of management,” Sporer maintained. BC charged that the changes would Meanwhile the BC Wildlife ensure “recreational anglers will ex- Federation (BCWF) said it was “disperience the shortest halibut season mayed” by Ashfield’s announcement. in living memory.” President Rod Wiebe said it was President Rob Alcock pointed now clear prime minister Stephen out that last year the fishery was Harper was not prepared to live up closed September 5 and “caused to his pre-election promise made in extensive economic damage to the Campbell River when he said, “We sport fishing industry.” remain committed to finding a soluAnd now Ashfield had served tion to BC’s halibut allocation issue notice the fishery could close in the in advance of the 2012 season that first week of August “which will strikes a fair balance.” wreak havoc...and will not conserve Wiebe maintained giving 85 per a single fish.” cent to a few hundred commercial Alcock pointed out the alloca- halibut quota holders and only 15 tion adjustment does not change the per cent to “the thousands of Canafact that Canada’s 436 commercial dians who fish for halibut” could not halibut quota holders will continue be considered a fair balance.
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Nearly 31 years after it had first been hoisted skyward at what was then the Ocelot methanol plant site, this refining column was taken down last Tuesday as demolition of the former Methanex plant continued. This photo was taken by Max Patzelt who recalled he had also taken photos of the column being installed back in 1981. See page 11 for more photos.
City budget sees 2.5% revenue hike After two years of rollercoaster budgets - a 20 per cent hike in residential taxes in 2010 an 11 per cent cut last year - mayor Joanne Monaghan says this year’s steady as she goes budget “feels very good”. She also said the new process went well with council not having to go through the juggling of the past. Monaghan explained that this time around council had directed administration, by motion, to bring in a budget that had a 2.5 per cent increase in tax revenues for the city. In the past the proposed budget council faced invariably called for a higher revenue hike than it would find acceptable and left it with the job of paring it down to something they could live with. This time department managers had done the paring based on what they could and could not do given the guideline set by council. While council still had an opportunity to go over the administration’s proposals, Monaghan
noted, “You don’t really want to second guess your department heads because they know what they need and what they have to work with.” The budget still has to go through some final tweaking but Monaghan said what they had now “is a good budget, there is something for everybody in there.” Monaghan also pointed out the budget contained “a rainy day” fund if needed. She anticipated that council would be having one more budget meeting, likely today, at which point it should be a done deal. Explaining the need for the tweaking, city treasurer Steve Christiansen said the books haven’t been completly closed on 2011 and once the final numbers are in on a number of budget line items, some minor adjustments may be necessary. Also to be finalised was the allocation of tax burden across the different classifications. “We want to give it a little more thought this year,” he added.
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Sidewalks worth saving The pre-budget process saw the local Heritage Group appear before council once again to lobby for the city’s sidewalks. Chairman Walter Thorne opened his presentation by holding up a copy of a 1956 National Geographic which featured Kitimat and “raved� about the community “with its green spaces, sidewalks and common areas.� Thorne said while Kitimat was known for fish, rain and snow, “our largest claim to fame is the uniqueness of our town planning.� While the group acknowledged and thanked councils over the years for pumping “quite a bit of money� into upgrading sidewalks, “the fact is the system is degrading, each year we are decommissioning sidewalks and the connectivity of different neighbourhoods is being lost.� Thorne conceded that some sidewalks were in such a deplorable condition that there wasn’t any choice but to remove them. However, “Our concern is some of the more significant...secondary sidewalks are also disappearing.� As an example, he pointed to the walkway from Fulmar to Egret that was used by a lot of
Whitesail neighbourhood residents but was currently showing as due for removal. “That is a major thoroughfare from one section of town to the other,� Thorne pointed out. As far as decommissioning sidewalks was concerned, he noted current city policy was to seek comment on the planned removal only from property owners who lives adjacent to the sidewalk. “What happens to people like myself and hundreds of others within the community? That is not fair or correct,� Thorne said, adding, “Our system is worth saving.� Councillor Rob Goffinet proposed the city provide the Heritage Group with a copy of the city’s sidewalk maintenance plan for this year and “welcome their comments.� Colleague Corinne Scott suggested an amendment to have the city advertise any planned sidewalk closure in the newspaper in addition to advising adjacent landowners. “This comes up fairly often where people in the community are not fully aware of what’s going on.� The motion as amended passed.
Two runners in trustee race Two candidates have put their names forward for next month’s Coast Mountain school board election. Linda Campbell and Diane Dessureault will be contesting the Kitimat trustee position in a by-election that follows Barry
Pankhurst’s death at the end of last year. For Campbell it will be a return to her political roots - she served nine years as a trustee including chairman of the board before successfully running for council in 2002 and 2005.
In 2008 she ran for mayor but lost to Joanne Monaghan in a straight fight. Dessureault ran for school trustee in 2008 and got to within 29 votes of being elected. The by-election will be held Saturday, March 24.
Superintendent to stay another year Coast Mountains school board has now confirmed Nancy Wells will stay on as superintendent. Wells was brought in as a caretaker superintendent after the school district parted ways with Rob Greenwood in the fall of 2010. Her term was supposed to be up this June 30 but the board said in January she would be staying on past that but said timelines were still being worked out. Last week’s announcement said Wells will stay until June 30, 2013. In its release the board said the contract extension “signals a
continuation of a period of stability in Coast Mountains school district.� In other news the school district has wrapped up contract talks with its unionized, non-instructional workers. The workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2052, must now ratify the agreement. They aren’t getting wage increases because of a provincial government freeze, but compromises were reached in other areas, said school board chairman Art Erasmus. The two-year contract is retroactive to
June 2010 and ends this June. Job categories include secretaries, custodians, special service assistants for students and outside workers. One contract item calls for special needs workers to be kept with students with whom they have developed productive school relationships. The education ministry had set aside $7.5 million for special needs student purposes, but it was money school districts could only receive if contract talks finished by February 29. That’s to cover unpaid work the assistants are doing now
Hospital Foundation makes first donation The Kitimat Hospital Foundation, formed February 14 last year, has made its first donation towards improved health care in the community. Councillor Corinne Scott, chairman of the foundation, told council that it was giving $10,000 to purchase a triple infusion pump for chemotherapy treatment at KGH. And looking ahead, the Snowflake Community Grounds society
had told the foundation it would be a major beneficiary of this year’s Bullo-Rama, conditional upon it provided volunteers for the event. That is the same arrangement as last year which saw the society donate $10,000 to the foundation. Scott said the foundation was still waiting for federal approval of its charitable status but reminded people that in the meantime donations could be made via the city.
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The good news... ...is that the residential tax rate is going down this year. The bad news is your tax bill is still going to increase. But the good news for some is your tax bill will actually go down. The worst news for others is your tax bill will leap. Such is the world of municipal finance. What council has decided is it wants a 2.5 increase in the amount of money it collects from all taxpayers. And they appear to have a budget that achieves that. So in theory your tax bill will go up by that amount. The complication is the value which the BC Assessment Authority has assigned to each property. Residential assessed values went up by 9.6 per cent his year. So the city, kind souls that they are in only wanting an extra 2.5 per cent from you, will actually cut the residential tax rate to ensure that’s all they take. Which is how the tax rate goes down but you still pay more. For example, my assessed value went up 9.4 per cent so I expect my tax bill to go up pretty close to that 2.5 per cent. However, city treasurer Steve Christiansen points out there are some pretty wild swings out there. Some homes have actually seen their assessed values hold steady so they will see their actual tax bill drop. While others have seen their valuation soar so are going to get beat on. Such is life in the tax lane. And it will be interesting to see what council does when it comes to allocation of the tax bill between different classes. This year the former pulp and paper mill lands have been slotted into the business/other classification by the Assessment Authority. That means the total assessed value in that class has ballooned. Therefore, if the share that class contributes to the total revenue remains the same, its tax rate would end up being slashed dramatically. Don’t expect that to happen, particularly since the city will want to offset the loss of tax revenue from that land being reclassified. We’ll know more after council meets today. Malcolm Baxter
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Science too often ignored by gov’t From the invention of the wheel to the astounding technical achievements our modern society takes for granted, scientific discovery has underpinned human advancement. Yet paradoxically, the vast majority of mankind has no appreciation or understanding of the technology they use every day, and often harbour myths that have no scientific basis. One current myth that’s gained traction is that electromagnetic communication devices cause disease. I was reminded of this when delegates at last year’s B.C. Municipalities Convention vigorously debated a resolution demanding a moratorium on BC Hydro’s wireless “smart meter” reading program. Seems none of the delegates knew they were using exactly the same Wi-Fi technology when they turned on their laptops at the convention. Politicians and regulators frequently come under intense pressure from illinformed groups opposing commercial ventures even when it’s abundantly clear there’s no evidence of a discernable impact - environmental or otherwise. Consider the numerous proposals to bottle and sell water from four of BC’s remote coastal mountain streams. Although the amount of water that would be siphoned off is infinitesimal compared to flow volumes, and the fact that this fresh mountain water will co-mingle with salt-
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water in the Pacific Ocean only a few kilometres downstream, five different environmental groups have demanded a costly, full-scale environmental assessment of “cumulative impacts”. Politicians are also prone to knee-jerk policy decisions based on incomplete scientific analysis and reverberating rhetoric. The ban on incandescent light bulbs is a classic example. Calculations of energy savings from switching to fluorescent bulbs only considered the reduction in electricity use. While this may be an adequate approach in the Southern US and other warm regions, it leads to erroneous conclusions in Canada’s northern climate. Why? Because heat given off by incandescent bulbs serves to offset energy needed for space heating during our colder fall, winter and spring months. And during our short summers, Canada’s northern latitude enjoys long days of sunlight, further lessening the energy savings from fluorescent lighting. Besides these flawed calculations of energy savings, the analysis used to justify
banning incandescent lights didn’t examine the health and environmental impacts of mercury used in the manufacturing of fluorescent bulbs. The federal government recently announced a two year deferral of the incandescent bulb phase out to the end of 2014, “to consider the concerns about . . . perceived health and mercury issues including safe disposal of compact florescent lamps”. Meanwhile, manufacturers have already moved to shut down incandescent production, creating another knee-jerk “green” policy fiasco based on incomplete scientific analysis. Sometimes costly decisions are made in response to populist public perception, even when thorough scientific analysis shows the expenditure wouldn’t benefit, or may even harm, the environment. A text-book example is the proposed $782 million sewage treatment plan for Victoria, BC. The city’s sewage currently undergoes primary screening before being pumped offshore into Juan de Fuca Strait. Because of its unique oceanographic setting, huge tidal flows through the Strait drive strong currents that break-up and oxidize the sewage quickly and thoroughly. Measurements show that within just one hundred metres of the outflow point, effluent quality as good as that disposed by cities much larger than Victoria into rivers cont’d on page 5
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Thursday, March 8 ART CLUB of Kitimat meets at 7 p.m. in Room 403 at MESS. Pet portraits - ink and wash. Bring permanent pens, watercolour supplies and reference photos. For more info contact Eileen at 250632-2423 or Penny at 250-632-3428. Friday, March 9 DOUGLAS CHANNEL WATCH meeting at Riverlodge meeting room from 6 to 9 p.m. For info contact Margaret at 250-632-4301. Tuesday, March 13 WATOTO CHILDREN’S CHOIR from Uganda in concert presenting Beautiful Africa - a new generation - 7 p.m. at the Full Gospel Bible Fellowship, 1340 Kingfisher. Free admission. Tuesday, March 13 KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY hosts its Book Club at 7:30 p.m. “Before I Go to Sleep” by S. J. Watson is a psychological thriller that takes you through the life of amnesiac Christine and the terrible discoveries she makes as she tries to reconstruct her past. Non-members welcome. Reserve your book now! Wednesday, March 28 KITIMAT FOOD BANK Society will be holding its Annual General Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the lounge of the Presbyterian Church. You are welcome to attend Wednesday, April 18 PRE-KINDERGARTEN/KINDERGARTEN immunization clinic at the health unit, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., for all children born in the year 2007. Please call 250-632-3181 to book an appointment. Ongoing KITIMAT SENIORS BAND is looking for new members. If you have time in the day and would love an opportunity to play music with others, you need us and we need you. Call Lisa Frazer at 250632-3475 for more information. KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY presents Mother Goose Storytime for pre-schoolers. Last Saturday group is February 25 at 11 a.m. Friday program begins March 2, 11-11:30 a.m. It’s free! Join us for story books, felt plays, songs, and fun! Registration not required. CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Family Fun Spot Drop-In Monday and Friday afternoons 1-3 p.m., Wednesday mornings 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Ages 0-5 welcome “A Great place for families to meet over coffee and toys!” Contact 250632-3144 for more information. KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other fibre? For more information phone Maureen 250-6325444. KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total confidentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016. cont’d on page 6
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Dear sir, tentially unstable blend of thick raw bitu- 2007 - Wisconsin, USA, 176,000 galMy name is Ann Parker and I believe men and volatile natural gas liquid. lons that British Columbia’s pristine coastal There is no doubt that the tar sand 2009 - Alberta, 168,000 gallons environment does not support a project oil pipelines pose higher risks of leaks 2010 - North Dakota, USA, 126,000 gallike the Enbridge Northern Gateway and ruptures than conventional crude oil lons Pipeline (ENGP), and that the costs as- pipelines due to the chemical instability 2010 - Michigan, USA, 877,000 gallons sociated with it will greatly outweigh of DilBit. 2011 - North West Territories, 63,000 whatever benefit it will bring. This was confirmed by the oil spill gallons We will lose any claims we have as in July 2010, which spilled close to one And yet our environmental proteca world heritage site and of the primeval million gallons of DilBit oil into Michi- tion agencies warn us that one gallon of beauty we are so proud of. gan’s Kalamazoo River. motor oil can contaminate one million Pristine steelhead fishing and the A coastal tanker spill is an additional gallons of water in our rivers, lakes and great outdoors - the losses to tourism threat to the proposed ENGP. The pro- ground water/ alone would make the pipeline a failure posed course of oil tankers would run “Please be responsible” they urge us even without a spill. through the Douglas Channel, a water- “and recycle your engine oil through a The 80 or so permanent jobs we may way as narrow as 2 km in some places, certified by the government company.” gain for the entire province doesn’t war- lined with hidden rocks and other underThe question is not if the oil spill ocrant the risk of losing everything what we water obstacles. curs, but when? value - our homes and our businesses, as The ENGP proposal has estimated We can be rest assured that there will well as the local assets and investments 250 tankers per year would be required be spills: countless little ones, then a in the city of Terrace and all other North- to cross the treacherous Douglas Chan- couple of big ones in Northern BC inteern communities. nel before heading through the Hecate rior and finally a devastating tanker spill My background is in Geology; I have Strait. on our BC coast. a Master’s of Science in Exploratory Gale force winds are common in the When they spill millions of gallons of Geology and have studied tectonics and channel and increase the risk of an oil DilBit, contaminate and destroy our land, natural resources for five years at the tanker disaster. It should also be noted rivers, lakes and ocean, we will all regret University of Warsaw. that a marine vessel as big as an oil tank- it. We will try to sell our houses and busiI have also worked for oil and gas er, in case of any emergency, needs close nesses for a fraction of their original price companies like Nova-Corp International to 2 km to come to a full stop. and move quietly somewhere else, full of and PCL-Braun-Simon in Calgary, and The company behind ENGP, Enbridge guilt knowing we didn’t do enough to therefore know first hand how great the Inc. has an alarming record of environ- stop this project in time. risk of building the Enbridge pipeline in mental accidents. When we are evicted from our unsafe the north of BC is. Between 1999 and 2008 Enbridge houses and lose our jobs we shouldn’t The proposed ENGP is going to cross recorded 600 plus oil spills on its pipe- rely on compensation from Enbridge Inc. fairly seismically active areas of the lines. either. Rockies, like the Cascadia fault which Below is a list of major pipeline Victims of the Exxon Valdez spill runs along the West Coast and active spills: in1989 are still waiting for their comearthquake zones in the interior of BC. 2001 - Alberta: 1,003,800 gallons pensations, 21 years after the oil spill! This would have a tremendous impact on 2002 - Minnesota, USA, 252,000 gal- The cleanup of this spill cost was more the safety of the proposed route. lons than $2.5 billion and still approximately Rock landslides, mudslides, flooding, 2003 - Wisconsin, USA, 189,000 gal- 20 acres of shoreline in Prince William erosion, 15 feet plus of snow pack and lons Sound are contaminated with oil. avalanches are just a few examples of ex- 2007 - North Dakota, USA, 9,030 galPlease, if you love our wild North as treme weather in our North which could lons I do, love our beautiful and pristine provalso adversely affect the ince and want to stay safety of the proposed here for years to come, LETTERS WELCOME pipeline. act now. Aside from the hu- The Northern Sentinel welcomes letters to the editor on relevant or topical If you are a true Britman error factor (peomatters. It reserves the right to edit submissions for clarity, brevity, legality ish Columbian please and taste. All submissions must bear the author’s name, address and ple get tired and make stand up today against telephone number. All letters must be signed. mistakes), there’s the the Enbridge Northern Unsigned letters will not be considered. dangerous nature of the Gateway Pipeline projtar sands oil – namely ect, if not for yourself, Address your letters to: DilBit. DilBit stands for your children and Northern Sentinel, 626 Enterprise Ave., for diluted bitumen, a grandchildren. Kitimat, BC V8C 2E4 heavier and dirtier form Sincerely, E-mail: newsroom@northernsentinel.com or of conventional crude Ann Parker, oil. It is a highly corFax: (250) 639-9373 Terrace. rosive, acidic and a po-
Science cont’d from page 4 of comparatively tiny flow volumes. An expert panel appointed by the Victoria Capital Regional District found no scientific evidence of significant contamination and more than 10 marine scientists and six current and former medical health officers have stated that deep ocean disposal presents minimal effect on the marine environment and no measureable public health risk. Yet both the federal and provincial government have insisted that a landbased treatment system be built. Why? Prophetically, the expert panel report
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gy consumption, atmospheric emissions and surface contamination from treating, transporting and disposing of thousands of tonnes of sewage sludge per year. Public policy decisions that ignore scientific facts in favour of pressure from vocal minorities can kill job creating commercial ventures, or cause unnecessary public expenditures. In both cases, society loses. Gwyn Morgan is the retired founding CEO of EnCana. Column courtesy of Troy Media.
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6 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 cont’d from page 5 book your appointment. AGLOW OF KITIMAT: All are DID YOU KNOW that literacy welcome at Bible study for men is more than just being able to and women, singles or married, read? The Kitimat Adult Literacy Thursdays at 7 p.m. Home of Program provides FREE tutoring Hugo & Wendi Tse, 29 Wakita St., services for adult interested in Kitimat. For information phone improving their reading, writing, Brenda at 250-632-5771. math, communication, and inforKITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY is mation technology skills. Is Engoffering “Introduction to Internet” lish NOT your first language? We tutorials. Please call the Library to provide FREE tutoring and small
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Columnist’s stories now in book After more than three years of writing the “It’s Our Heritage” column in the Northern Sentinel, Walter Thorne has gathered together 19 of those articles and self-published Kitimat Chronicles Volume 1. And he’ll be unveiling the book next week at the museum. Thorne said he has always had an interest in history so when he came to Kitimat 35 years ago, it was a natural to start digging into this area’s past. “I went to Braun farm repeatedly,” he recalled. “I was really interested in that and some of the artefacts there.” He then got involved in the museum, eventually chairing its board, and out of that grew the Heritage group which he currently chairs. So what sparked him to start writing about it? Thorne said that when he was working on his teaching Masters, “the whole theme was to get down on paper your ideas, where you’re from and so on.” Essentially their personal histories in the profession. He started to look beyond and, as he puts it, one thing led to another. Thorne was also spurred on by the discovery that his own grandfather had been a missionary in Aiyansh in the Nass Valley. “I feel quite passionate about telling stories,” he explained, adding it frustrates him that a lot of local history is in danger of being lost. For example, people often ask him which books he went to to find out about a particular story, to which he replies. “There aren’t any, this is first line research. “This is the kind of history where you have to go out and find someone who lived it.” Fortunately, he noted, the museum has recordings of the oral history of the Haisla elders from Gisela Mendel’s time as its first curator. “Those are invaluable because somewhere down the road that’s all we’ll have.” Thorne admits that the first time he decided to expose his work to a wider audience through the Northern Sentinel column, he really wasn’t sure how it would go. However, since then people had often stopped him in the local grocery store to tell him how much they liked his column. “That feels good, you feel you’ve made a difference.” He also suggested it was human nature for people to have an interest in the past. While he wrote the stories, Thorne emphasizes the book would not have been possible without the work and computer skills of long-time friend Dirk Mendel.
He had handled all the layout, photo presentation and the leg work on tracking down many of the photos that appear in the book - - hence Mendel being credited as co-author of the Chronicles. While he has never been involved in the production of a book before, Mendel said his work experience helped. “As a forest technician/business owner, I have written many technical reports on my work,” he explained. The last contracts Mendel had before MS “shut me down” were supervising tree planting and surveying silviculture cut blocks along the North coast. “That was four months of working out of my boat along the coast from Princess Royal Island to Kutzeymateen Inlet.” It also saw him stopping at historical places for a visit such as Port Essington, Port Simpson, Surf Inlet, Butedale, Drumlummon Bay and Hartley Bay. And over the course of his working career he had been to most of the places that Thorne had written about. “It is always fun to find out more information about what took place in these historical spots,” Mendel said. “It was fun researching the stories and finding images that help tell the story.” Mendel credited his mother Gisela for sparking his interest in local history. “Publishing this book has been a great way of meeting new people.” he said, adding, “I hope readers enjoy the stories.” So does the title Volume 1 imply there is another book on the way? Thorne said that title was Mendel’s idea, to leave the door open for a second book. While he wasn’t absolutely committing to that right now, Thorne did note he has already had 14 stories run in the paper since this book was put together. And when thinking about what stories to write for his next few columns, he often finds himself coming up with half a dozen ideas. Plus people often offer suggestions. Another factor in that decision will be the financial side. “It’s a self-publishing thing,” Thorne pointed out. “You don’t want to go too much in the hole.” He explained there are costs that aren’t obvious to anyone who has not gone through the process before, like several hundred dollars for the rights to some of the photos used and paying someone to edit the stories. “You’re not going to get rich, you’ll break even if you are lucky,” he said, but added making money was not the driving force behind the Chronicles - “it was just a service.” Thorne said the first run had been 50 books but they quickly realised that was too low so have had another 50 printed. The cost of the book is $22 - on a par with that of similar publications - but you can get a copy for just $20 at next Wednesday’s event at the museum at 7 p.m.. Thorne will be giving a power point presentation of a lot of the photos in the book and will tell one of his faDirk Mendel (left) and Walter Thorne signing copies of the Kitimat vourite stories from the Chronicles. Chronicles Volume 1.
Girl Guides of Canada, Tsimotsa District, Kitimat, recently presented Marjorie Phelps with her “Lifetime Membership”. Marjorie has been a member of Girl Guides for 50 years and has always been dependable, no matter what the situation. Making the presentation were Joanne Hauki, District Commissioner (at left) and Anna Marie Long, past District Commissioner. Guide members of Kitimat are proud to have Phelps in their midst, wish her many more years, and offer her a big congratulations.
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NOTICE OF BY-ELECTION BY VOTING PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of Coast Mountains Board of Education School District 82 that a By-election by Voting is necessary to elect one (1) School Trustee for a threeyear term commencing March 2012 and terminating December 2014. The persons nominated as candidates and for whom the votes will be received are listed below. TO BE ELECTED - ONE: Trustee Electoral Area 1 (Kitimat) (the District of Kitimat, Kitamaat Village and Cable Car Subdivision). CAMPBELL, Linda DESSUREAULT, Diane
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ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. - Activity Room, Riverlodge Recreation Centre, 654 Columbia Avenue, Kitimat GENERAL VOTING DAY: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. - Activity Room, Riverlodge Recreation Centre, 654 Columbia Avenue, Kitimat - Haisla Recreation Centre, 1538 Jassee Street, Kitamaat Village SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES: Saturday, March 24, 2012 - Kiwanis Village, 890 Tsimshian Boulevard, Kitimat – 12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. - Kitimat General Hospital, 920 Lahakas Boulevard South, Kitimat – 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Delta King Place, 701 Mountainview Square, Kitimat – 3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The only persons permitted to vote at a Special Voting Opportunity are those who, being duly qualified electors, are: Kiwanis Village and Delta King Place residents and persons unable to attend a regular poll on General Voting Day may vote at this Special Voting Opportunity; Kitimat General Hospital residents and patients; plus persons unable to attend a regular poll on General Voting Day, may vote at this Special Voting Opportunity; Bedside voting is available for those persons requiring it. ELECTOR REGISTRATION If you are not on the list of electors, you may register at the time of voting. To register you must meet the following qualifications: t Canadian citizen t 18 years of age or older t resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day t resident of OR registered owner of real property in the Trustee Electoral Area 1 for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day, and t not otherwise disqualified by law from voting Resident electors seeking to register will be required to produce 2 pieces of identification, at least one with a signature and one with address, proving both residency and identity. Non-resident property electors must produce satisfactory proof that they are entitled to register and vote in relation to their real property, and if applicable, written consent from a majority of other registered owners of the real property that you are permitted to register and vote for that property. Cathy Jackson, Chief Election Officer 3211 Kenney Street, Terrace, B.C. V8G 3E9 Tel. (250) 635-4931 or 1-855-635-4931 local 4401 . Fax (250) 635-4287 . www.cmsd.bc.ca
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Blues thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll put a smile on your face Kathleen Jeffery Attention all you Blues fans, join the Kitimat Concert Association in welcoming Carlos del Junco to the Mount Elizabeth Theatre on Thursday, March 15. Thrill to his melodic strains as he makes his harmonica wail, sing and even cry for your entertainment. To say he plays the harmonica is like saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jimi Hendrix plays guitarâ&#x20AC;?. He blows the blues harp through a prism - suddenly it seems heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holding every colour in the musical rainbow right there in his hands. Born in Havana, Cuba, del Junco (loosely translated â&#x20AC;&#x153;of the reedsâ&#x20AC;?) immigrated with his family at the tender age of one. He bent his first note on a harmonica when he was fourteen, making his debut with his high school math teacher at a student talent night. In his early 20s del Junco was
immersed in a visual arts career he graduated with honours from a four-year programme, majoring in sculpture at the Ontario College of Art. Sculpture has definitely had an influence on his outlook on music: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music is just a different way of creating textures and shapes.â&#x20AC;?
Suddenly it seems heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holding every colour in the musical rainbow right there in his hands. Playing a ten-hole diatonic harmonica, Carlos has developed the unique ability to play chromatically by using a recently developed â&#x20AC;&#x153;overblowâ&#x20AC;? technique taught to him by jazz virtuoso Howard Levy. Overall, this approach to the diatonic harmonica, although much
more difficult to achieve, is in many ways more expressive and communicative than the mechanized tone produced by the chromatic harmonica. Carlos is one of the pioneers of this overblow method, bringing musical credibility to what has still been considered by many in the music industry as a fringe folk instrument. The sophisticated sound produced by del Junco is at once sensitive, soulful and sexy while never forgetting the rawness inherent in blues music. With the late Bill Kinnear, Carlos del Junco released his first CD, Blues on independent label, Big Reed Records in November 1993. The rich collection of blues classics was a collaborative effort with Kinnear playing acoustic and dobro guitars and handling lead vocals. Five out of six reviewers in the Toronto Blues Society, selected
Blues for their top ten releases of 1993. In March/April 1995 del Junco travelled to Chicago with a Canada Council grant to study with Howard Levy. This year saw the release of of the critically acclaimed Just Your Fool a sizzling live session with Kevin Breit on guitar, Al Duffy on bass, and Geoff Arsenault on drums. It was this CD and the collaborative effort with Thom â&#x20AC;&#x153;Champagne Charlieâ&#x20AC;? Roberts Big Road Blues,that won Carlos the 1996 Blues Musician Of The Year Award. Carlos has toured Canada regularly since 1996 and tours often in Germany and the United States. He has played all the major jazz, blues, and folk festivals across Canada. So join us as he graces our little stage. Tickets are available at the door: Adults $27, Seniors $25, and Youths $17 or buy them now at BookMasters for $2 less.
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Three more reject the Northern Gateway project
Going, going, gone.
Hard on the heels of Terrace city council’s declared opposition to Enbridge’s Northern gateway project (Northern Sentinel, February 22), Prince Rupert and Smithers have followed suit. Prince Rupert voted 6-0 to formally oppose the project by adopting the same resolution the Skeena-Queen Charlotte regional district had a week earlier. It read, in part: “Be it resolved that the City of Prince Rupert be opposed to any expansion of bulk crude oil tanker traffic as well as bitumen export in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound in British Columbia. “And be it further resolved that the City of Prince Rupert petition the federal government to establish a legislated ban on bulk crude oil tanker traffic and bitumen export through the Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound in British Columbia.” It was the Prince Rupert Environmental Society which had asked the city council to adopt the resolution. Up until now, Prince Rupert had remained carefully neutral.
Barbara Campbell took these shots of the refining column at the former Methanex methanol plant being lowered to the ground. With the tower being 228 feet in length and weighing 402 tonnes, the operation was one that required time and great care.
In a December written submission to the Joint Review Panel, the city steered clear of opposing the project directly, but rather focused on the importance of a clean environment to Prince Rupert’s economy and people. The only person who did not agree that adopting the resolution was a good idea was mayor Jack Mussallem. He argued that, as a level of government, it would be better to wait to make a decision until after the Joint Review Panel hearings have finished in 2013,. “Whether you’re for something or against it, you’re better off to wait until the whole review process is done. Once you have all the appropriate information, that is the appropriate time to then decide. There’s no reason to rush in this process,” Mussallem unsuccessfully argued. When the motion was called he did not vote. Northern Gateway communications manager Paul Stanway said Prince Rupert obviously had the right to express a position on the project, but suggested, “Surely the best time
to make a decision in the public interest is when all the facts are known.” Noting Northern Gateway was in the midst of an extensive federal review which is examining the project in detail “and in public”, he said, “We would hope that people will wait until they have an opportunity to hear the facts before making up their minds.” Stanway also pointed out that “Numerous communities – in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba who have a history of working with Enbridge – have written letters of support for the project and filed them with the Joint Review Panel.” He said the company’s view was that the more people learned about the project, the more they tended to support it. The Smithers vote reversed its position from a month earlier when it had decided 4-3 to postpone a vote on the matter until after the Joint Review Panel rendered its decision on Enbridge’s proposal. This time, with one councillor absent, the vote was 5-1 to reject the project.
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Exhibit opens For the third year Kitimat Museum and Archives is exhibiting the works of students at the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art. The exhibit opened Friday and runs until Thursday, March 22. The works are by first year certificate students in the Fine Arts Program.
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2011 Year in Review October SKEENA-BULKLEY VALLEY MP Nathan Cullen threw his hat into the ring to succeed Jack Layton as leader of the federal New Democrat party. He said his sincere commitment was to a new form of politics, “to a way to find us working together instead of apart.” KITIMAT HEALTH ADVOCACY Group (KHAG) chairman Rob Goffinet took the issue of too few multi-level care beds in Kitimat to a provincial Standing Committee on Finance meeting in Smithers. He told the committee that while Kitimat had one of the most up-to-date hospitals in the province, a quarter or more of its acute care beds were being taken up by people who should be in an MLC facility. “We need action now when some support for Northern Health for multi-level care construction would do the most good.” CITY COUNCIL AGREED to give the My Mountain Co-op - the group trying to save the near-bankrupt Shames Mountain ski hill - $15,000. However, in line with the KitimatStikine regional district’s same value grant, the city specified that the money could only be used for operation of the ski hill, not its purchase. A 19-YEAR-OLD MALE was charged in the murder of Teresa
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Curry in a Hurry proved a crowd favourite at the Aluminum City Telethon as they brought colour and energy to the stage with a little humour thrown in. Rego. Kitimat RCMP responded to a call the morning of October 9 about a break and enter and stabbing at the Rego home. There officers found Teresa and Gualter in need of immediate medical help and they were rushed to Kitimat General. Teresa died of her wounds late that night. THE NATIONAL ENERGY Board approved a 20-year export permit for KM LNG. It also agreed to a written hearing process on the BC LNG Co-op application. THE ALUMINUM CITY Telethon was another resounding success, raising more than $45,000.
A DELEGATION FROM China visited Kitimat to check out its suitability for a break bulk port they were looking at building. Mayor Joanne Monaghan said they were “very enthusiastic “ at what they saw. A TASK FORCE looking into unsightly premises in the community tabled a report at council calling for changes to toughen city by-laws. “It is very disheartening to look after your home and yard but have to look at an eyesore every time you gaze out of the window,” said Wendy Craft. SHELL EFFECTIVELY confirmed its interest in building an LNG plant here by buying
November PACIFIC NORTHERN GAS had a new owner as AltaGas bought the company that supplies natural gas to Kitimat and the Northwest. But despite the new ownership, the PNG name and management would stay as is. KUTE REPORTED that the new small electrical appliances recycling program had been an instant hit. “This is big,” said recycling depot manager Colin Skog - since retired - adding that it was proving a
boon for KUTE because it got $200/ tonne for electronics which, compared to paper and cardboard, was “phenomenal”. DEMOLITION AT THE former Methanex site was halted when Ko Yo Development of Hong Kong pulled the plug on its contract with Blue Horizon. That came just six weeks after Blue Horizon had announced the original contract had been renegocont’d on page 15
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FOR SALE: Excavating Company including excavators, dump trucks and skid steers. $250,000 O.B.O FOR SALE: Septic Pumping Company includes 2 trucks (one hydrovac, one pump truck) 250,000 O.B.O Email: jaydensunfire@yahoo.ca for more details.
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With the elements raging outside, RTA came up with a novel ground breaking ceremony. Eight buckets of dirt were brought in and poured on the floor to give the shovels something to dig. Wielding those shovels are (left to right) KMP project director Michel Lamarre, smelter employee Ron Leibach, Vice-president Major Projects Brent Hegger, mayor Joanne Monaghan, president of RTA Primary Metal Group Jean Simon, vice-president of BC Operations and Strategic Project Western Canada Paul Henning and Henry Amos, Haisla Nation councillor. “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, this is formally a go.” With those words president of Rio Tinto Alcan primary metal group Jean Simon gave Kitimat the news for which it had waited more than a decade - that the Kitimat Modernisation project had been approved by the RTA board. With $600,000 having already been spent on KMP, the board had okayed the remaining $2.7 billion needed to take it to completion. GITXSAN HEREDITARY CHIEF Elmer Derrick announced the hereditary chiefs had signed an agreement with Enbridge that would see the first nation take an equity share in the Northern Gateway project that would earn it $7 million over time. However, the news set off a firestorm of protest from Gitxsan members that resulted in a blockade of the Gitxsan Treaty Office in the Village of Hazelton. MAYOR JOANNE MONAGHAN was ordered to pay $1,000 to the Northern Lights Wildlife Society after pleading guilt in provincial court to failing to comply with a wildlife protection order to stop using bear attractants of bird seed and sunflower seeds. She would also have to pay a $100 fine and $15 victim fine surcharge. Monaghan told the Northern Sentinel that while she didn’t contest that she had bird and squirrel feeders on her property, she vehemently denied that they were attracting bears. THE COASTAL FIRST Nations Great Bear Initiative executive director Art Sterritt said the
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BARRY PANKHURST, 17-year school trustee and the current Coast Mountains school board chairman, died suddenly in Vancouver. His contribution to education and in particular his passionate fight for special needs kids was lauded. Terrace trustee Art Erasmus was elected to fill the spot. ANOTHER PLAYER APPEARED on the LNG scene with Nexen announcing it had reached a deal with INPEX of Japan on developing the former’s shale gas properties. The parties would also investigate the feasibility of an LNG export facility. HAISLA NATION chief councillor Ellis Ross was appointed chairman of the newly formed Aboriginal Business and Investment Council. In making the announcement premier Christy Clark described Ross as “an incredible asset”. As chairman of that council, he will also sit on the BC Jobs and Investment board. THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS Hamper Appeal set a record with $39,000 in donations with more to come. A total of 277 hampers were delivered which included gifts.
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JOANNE MONAGHAN CRUISED to a second term as mayor, polling 1,356 votes, more than the combined total of challengers Randy Halyk, Jim Thom and Danny Nunes. In the race for council, three incumbents Corrine Scott, Mario Feldhoff and Rob Goffinet - were returned and joined by newcomers Edwin Empinado, Phil Germuth and Mary Murphy.
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Sports & Leisure How sweet it is Contributed The Snow Valley Nordic Ski Club held their Annual Chocolate Marathon on Saturday, February 25 with a blue sky above and fresh powder under foot. A total of 81 skiers took to the trails determined to push themselves to the limit – or not. Distances of 1 km to 40km were available to choose from and 16 people picked the 30 or 40 km distanc-
es. They got the really big chocolate bars! The 5 km distance was the most popular with 20+ skiers (mostly youngsters) challenging themselves to complete it quickly or just find the way! We were delighted to welcome six skiers from Smithers, here to compete in the long distances of the Snow Valley edition of the Spirit of the North Series.
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Camryn Oliveiva of the Kitimat Dynmaics strikes the traditional gymnast’s pose after receiving her Gymstart awards at the Terrace Peaks Invitational. She won gold in both physical ability and skills events. Photo by Janine Workman
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94 athletes from the North West (Zone 7) competed at the 2012 BC Winter Games bringing home 11 medals. Thank you to the coaches, officials, volunteers, and families who support these growing champions. See photos, videos and results at www.bcgames.org