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City ups community grant money THE CITY is readying to spend $30,000 more on community grants and services this year compared to last. That amount is coming from two sections of city spending — one is for community grants and the other money it pays out for services delivered on its behalf. At a budget meeting last Wednesday, Feb. 28, council upped grants by $14,500 more than was first recommended by staff going into budget talks, and $6,400 less to service providers. If the budget becomes official as it’s written now, grants will have gone up by $11,500 and fees for service by $17,800 compared to last year. And grant requests this year came in $44,800 higher than last, with service provid-
ers asking for $24,000 more. “Given that we had an increased ask of about $50,000 more, [giving more money] doesn’t seem like much of an issue,” said councillor Bruce Bidgood at the meeting. “Just be cognizant that the $10,000 isn’t a huge issue, it’s the (accumulated) $50,000 for continuing years,” said city finance director Ron Bowles. For each $100,000 the city increases its overall budget, that translates to a one per cent tax increase. For city grants, those who applied that made the cut include: Terrace Search and Rescue at $9,000; Volunteer Terrace at $7,500; the Skeena Valley Model Railroad Association at $685; Riverboat Days grant, insurance and fireworks at $15,500; city pa-
rade expenses at $4,700; facility rental for Caledonia Senior Secondary School dry grad and prom at $3,797; Terrace and District Arts Council at $22,500; Greater Terrace Beautification Society at $500; Bread of Life Soup Kitchen at $1,000; My Mountain Co-op at $15,000; Terrace Little Theatre Society at $4,200; the Green Thumb Garden Society at $4,100 and Terrace Emergency Social Services at $5,000. Those who didn’t make the cut include: Terrace Downtown Improvement Area festivals at $5,000; the Northern Health Addiction Program at $6,000 for rent assistance; the Kermodei Friendship Society at $5,000, Ksan House Society at $8,000; and $6,700 for a new dance floor at R.E.M. Lee Theatre.
In the service section, council approved $6,400 less than was asked for from the Terrace Museum Society at $70,000. But there’s an organization being set up now, intended to help with increasing community money needs, that will get a share of gaming revenue from the city. The Terrace Community Foundation was set by staff to get a $10,000 grant, but council freed up that money for others by pinning a percentage of gaming revenue to it instead. The foundation will get $10,000 yearly from that, or a percentage of the surplus, whichever is higher. Once the foundation is ready, interest off the principle amount in its account will go towards more community grants — intended to increase what’s available now.
Library gets city bucks TERRACE’S PUBLIC Library won’t be axing service hours this year now that it’s getting the money it needs. At a budget meeting last Wednesday, Feb. 29, Terrace city council and the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine agreed to increase yearly money given to the library by $13,640. Had it not, the library would have had to decrease service hours in order to keep up with union wage increases for its staff. And leading into city budget talks, the library board decided a service decrease meant shutting its doors for two weeks this year. The decision to give them more didn’t come without thoughtful debate first on the part of city council. “Ultimately, if the funding isn’t there, it’s going to be program cuts,” said councillor James Cordeiro at the meeting. “We do get our value out of it because it’s so much more than just a library,” said Lynne Christiansen at the meeting. “I am in favour of the increase.”
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■ Festival play CALEDONIA SENIOR Secondary drama students perform Possibly Yours, a hilarious play from the first night of the Northwest Zone Drama Festival in Smithers March 1. From left to right is Amanda Eves, Ryan Stella and Janine Rioux.
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Mountain co-op closer to getting city grant nizations, tax exemptions and rent reductions were counted against requests for grants. She didn’t feel My Mountain Co-op should receive special treatment. Councillor James Cordeiro, also newlyelected, didn’t support giving money either. “If it’s not viable, we’re throwing good money after bad. If it is viable, they don’t need our money,� he said. “They could quite simply charge an improvement fee.� “I would have actually have liked to have seen them here so that we could ask them questions,� added Tyers. Councillor Marylin Davies said that she’d spoken to many people who she didn’t expect would agree with giving the ski-operation money
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to run, but they did. “(But) not one red cent to pay off the debt,� she added. At the debate’s end, only Cordeiro and Tyers were against awarding the $15,000 grant. But that amount is not set in stone. The final budget must be voted upon in a formal council meeting and approved come spring time. Council will be asking the co-op for an update on how its first year of operations went and how it spent the city’s money.
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Strike shuts schools TEACHERS ARE set to return to work tomorrow after a three-day strike which saw schools here and across the province in the Coast Mountains School District sitting empty. Although banned from picketing, teachers took part in demonstrations and handed out leaflets outside of schools giving their side of the current standoff with the provincial government over wages, benefits and classroom conditions. “We would like to draw attention to the issues that we are currently having in our negotiations with our employers,” said Karen Andrews of the Terrace and District Teachers’ Union. “We want to show our opposition to Bill 22 and the bullying tactics of the provincial government.” Bill 22 is provincial government legislation, introduced in the legislature last week, which would ban further strikes for six months while a mediator looks for common ground to end in a contract agreeable to both parties. But both parties are far apart on wages and benefits because the province is sticking to its position of not providing any money for wage increases. If teachers want more money, the province says, it will have to come from within their existing benefits.
That follows a policy being applied to the provincial public sector elsewhere called “net zero.” Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MLA Robin Austin is disappointed with Bill 22, saying it won’t do much for education in the province. “It doesn’t do anything to improve the learning in our classrooms,” said Austin, who is also the NDP critic for education. He said Bill 22 would increase class sizes and provide less support for special needs students. Until Bill 22 is passed, teachers will be able to continue to put pressure on the provincial government by striking one day a week with advance notice. Bill 22 could be passed and proclaimed later this week. Coast Mountains superintendent Nancy Wells said that until she knows how long the strike action will continue, she is unable to say how the district will cope with repeated strikes. So far, schools have been closed but principals, vice principals and support workers were on hand to deal with any children who arrive. FirstStart, StrongStart, the Hazelton After School Sports Club, JumpStart at Parkside here in Terrace, the Kitimat Child Care service and the PACES child care service were not
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Local gov’t favours airport expansion LOCAL GOVERNMENTS are supporting the airport’s plan to spend $1.1 million to better handle a growth in traffic thanks to an increase in northwest industrial activity. Northwest Regional Airport officials want to expand the paved area in front of the terminal so more aircraft can park there, and want to fix up a secondary runway. Airport manager Carman Hendry told city council last week that its support could bring in $100,000 from a northern development fund toward meeting the project’s $1.1 million construction budget. “The airport society board is working hard to get this set up,” Hendry said. “We’re expecting that the (flight) frequencies will increase or the capacity of the aircraft will increase with the upcoming construction that’s going to be going on.” Hendry said the airport has budgeted “modestly” for 125,000 passengers for 2012, a four per cent increase from 2011’s com-
mercial airline passenger count. Should 125,000 passengers be reached this year, it will amount to an all-time record. But these numbers don’t include private planes that transport people, Hendry said, adding that by mid 2013 it is expected that 600 more people a week, mostly construction workers, will be using the airport. “They have to move the construction workers somehow,” said Hendry of employers. “The easiest way, and the most efficient way, is by air.” “Whether they are going to be doing that by private corporate or existing airlines, we’re unaware.” The airport is also expecting a growth in the number of cargo planes. Expanding the paved area where planes park while waiting for passengers to board will free up space elsewhere for more passenger planes, cargo planes, and those used for emergencies to park also. Improvements to the sec-
ondary runway involve taking out wooden duct work installed when the airport was built during the Second World War. The wood is now rotting and the runway should also be repaved. The secondary runway is used when strong cross winds affect the main runway and by snowremoval equipment during the winter. Hendry said the airport itself would pay for $485,000 of the work and that it has applied for federal grants worth $530,000. The airport’s request for the city to support an application for $100,000 would end up with the Northern Development Initiative Trust, a group which finances northern development through loans and grants. “We totally support it,” said Terrace’s mayor Dave Pernarowski about the airport’s request. Pernarowski is also a board member of the Northern Development Initiative Trust. The Kitimat-Stikine regional district also supports the airport’s $100,000 grant request.
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NovaGold looks for a buyer LAST WEEK’S announcement that NovaGold is actively looking for someone to buy its half of the Galore Creek copper property north of here puts on hold for now any plans to put the property through a provincial environmental review. NovaGold and its Galore property partner, Teck Resources, released a feasibility study for the property last July, indicating that a viable operation could be developed and that design work would be done by the end of 2011. At that time, a decision would be made to go through a provincial environmental review. But last fall, NovaGold
said it was dividing its gold and copper assets into two companies and that it wanted to sell its Galore stake in hopes of concentrating on a gold development in Alaska. Last week, NovaGold moved ahead with the sales plan by hiring two banks to look for buyers. The company has, however, approved $17.7 million as its half share of a drilling and work program planned for this year with its Teck partner. “The portion of this budget funded by NovaGold is contingent on the timing and success of its divestment process,” indicated NovaGold in a release. Despite plans to sell its
Galore stake, NovaGold president Greg Lang said the property, if developed, “would be the largest copper mine in ... Canada, as well as one of the lowest cost from an operating cost perspective.” Galore Creek, in the last decade, became a focal point for northwest economic development following the collapse of the wood processing industry. NovaGold, after purchasing the property, began an intensive exploration and development program leading to environmental approval and a construction start in 2007. The Northwest Transmission Line was announced the same year and Galore was to
be its first customer. NovaGold also won recognition for involving the Tahltan, on whose traditional territory the Galore Creek property is located, in employment and business opportunities. But costs ballooned out of control in late 2007 and the project was put on hold until it could be redesigned. That decision sent a ripple through the regional economy and also resulted in the cancellation of the Northwest Transmission Line. The line was revived several years later and environmental approval for its construction was granted last year.
Trades day coming up at college A TRADES-THEMED day is coming to Northwest Community College (NWCC) Friday March 9 here. The college will be hosting a trades skills competition and career fair that day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The competition will see 50 students compete in three streams: post-secondary, high school and junior/elementary. The post-secondary and high school competition categories are: automotive service (eight participants), carpentry (13), culinary arts/professional cook
(18), electrical wiring (two), and welding (nine). In the Junior Skills category, the Spaghetti Bridge Building competition also received three team entries totalling 15 students in Grades 6-9. NWCC is also hosting a Trades Career Fair. Everyone is welcome to come and experience hands-on skills demonstrations, try heavy equipment operator simulators, meet with industry representatives and potential employers, take campus tours and enjoy a free barbecue lunch prepared
by NWCC Culinary Arts students. The Northwest is on the verge of an economic boom expected to bring up to $30 billion in investment. Of the jobs associated with the major projects, roughly two-thirds of them are in the trades, transport and equipment operator-related fields. “This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in a career in Trades,“ said NWCC Dean of Trades Margo Van der Touw in a press release about the two events of the day.
Best February ever for regional airport NORTHWEST REGIONAL Airport posted its best ever passenger level for a February when 9,536 people passed through the facility. That figure topped February 2011’s number by nearly 2,000 and the previous best February ever, which was in 2008, by 48 passengers. The growth reflects an increase in northwestern industrial activity. Total passenger traffic last year stood at 120,384, the second best year on record, exceeded only by the 122,070 passengers in 2007. Traffic did dip after that 2007 level to 119,360 in 2008 and further to 107,996 in 2009 and 105,389 in 2010 because of the worldwide recession. But continuing work on Rio Tinto Alcan’s smelter rebuild in Kitimat, preparations for liquefied natural gas plants in Kitimat, the Northwest Transmission Line running north of Terrace and mining developments north of Terrace began last year to build traffic back up. Officials this year are predicting a modest increase to 125,000 passengers but a large jump next year as industrial projects are expected to be in full construction. January was also a strong month when 8,916 passengers went through the airport, a jump of 18 per cent over January 2011’s passenger figure of 7,554. Passenger choices are increasing as Hawkair has now added a second flight to its Saturday schedule and Jazz is expected to add a fourth daily flight in spring. “I think both airlines are feeling pretty confident,” said airport general manager Carman Hendry of increasing business in providing Terrace to Vancouver service. “The numbers are looking pretty good.”
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Not just books The Terrace Public Library provides more than just a free book service to the community By Lauren Benn AT 4610 Park Ave. in Terrace, it is 12:30 p.m. on a Tuesday. There is a grey haired man standing quietly between two rows of books, one in hand. But in that moment, he has actually travelled back to Portugal with author Pedros Mendes, a journey that reminds him of a long-since-past youth he spent there before moving to Kitimat. Terrace’s Public Library is more than just home to shelves of books. It’s a public meeting space, a teenage hangout, a place where parents take their children to learn, or retreat quietly into a book that brings them elsewhere. Attracting all different ages, the library often functions as Terrace’s community centre, hosting both formally and informally non-profit groups, adults old and youthful, teenagers, children and babies. Terrace’s Frank Watts, 42, comes to the library just about every day, lured by the calming nature of a quiet atmosphere. “A lot of the people that come in here, they’re just respectful of each other,” he said, taking his music-filled headphones out to talk for a little about his favourite hang-out spot. “It’s just a comfortable environment to be at.” Watts is currently in between jobs, but even while he is employed
as a first aid attendant at different construction sites, the library is where he comes to wind down, read, or meet with friends. “I’ve been reading a lot of books,” he said. “Plus, my friends do come here to read books.” Like Watts, groups of teenagers regularly come in to hang out, pick up a book, or surf the internet, said chief librarian Margo Schiller. “It’s very much a community gathering place,” said Schiller. “And it’s important for a small community because there aren’t a lot of spaces like that here.” By 2 p.m. that same Tuesday, the library is filled with the coos and gurgles of babies, all gathering with their mothers for story time, a program delivered by child librarian Jess Dafoe in one of the library’s meeting rooms. New mother Erika Barton said that she brings five-month-old Rudy Barton to the program because it’s the closest one like it to where she lives. The library offers various programs, for adults and children alike. It hosts a summer reading club, a book club, writing workshops, author visits, and various reading programs geared towards preschoolers, said Schiller.
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TWO-AND-A-HALF-YEAR-OLD CARA Bruce visits Terrace’s Public Library as much as she can with her mother Jeny Bruce. Here they are in the Library’s children’s reading section, which has not only books but toys, puzzles and other things to play and learn with. Staff there also teach basic computer skills for those who inquire, she said. “The philosophy of the library is that it wants to keep programs and services available to everyone,” said Schiller. “We try and not limit ourselves just to the walls of the building.” Schiller pointed to something she called satellite libraries, where gently used books are set up on shelves in ar-
eas throughout the community, available without a library card or late fees. Satellite libraries are set up at the All Nations Centre, Skeena Diversity, the Food Bank, Women’s Resource Centre, and at Mills Memorial Hospital, where a book cart is brought to patients. “Staff (also) travel into the community to bring reading material to those who can’t get
here,” added Schiller. But for those who can, there’s a machine that tracks how many visitors enter the library. By that Tuesday’s end, 397 people walked through the front door. Weekly, that number fluctuates. In 2012, it has ranged from 1,600 to 2,600. In 2011, the library saw 127,837 people walk through its doors and 170,090 materials
borrowed. Available for borrowing are 62,705 books, 1,125 music CDs, six electronic reading devices with a selection of books available for downloading, 4,070 magazines, and 2,577 DVDs. Not available for borrowing, but still for those who visit, items include electronic newspapers, some of which are uploaded daily from across the globe, maps,
and reference books like encyclopedias. Free computer access, and the internet, is available as well. There is also a meeting room available that those in need can book, a space set aside for nonprofit organizations and groups like the Green Thumb Garden Society, Terrace and District Social Services, and the chess club, which meets there each Monday.
It’s never too early to read to your baby THE BEGINNING of life is the best time to start reading to your baby. That’s the message from the new Wee Readers Program, put on by the Terrace Public Library and Northwest Success by 6, that reaches out to families in the community with resources for parents. “A lot don’t realize, they don’t think about reading to a little baby,” said Jess Dafoe, children’s librarian, adding that reading to a baby can promote bonding, language development and understanding the rhythm of speech. “A lot of it is the rhythm,” she added. “Mother Goose kind of mimics ‘motherese’ as it has a certain lilt to it that replicates
it.” This program bridges the gap left by the loss of provincial government money for the Books for Babies Program, said Dafoe, who added the program is “a homegrown endeavor.” It delivers learning resources directly to families of all newborns in Terrace and the Nass Valley and connects them to additional resources in their community, she added, adding that is done with bags that are given out with items in them that promote parental reading, singing and playing with their babies. Bags include a guide for parents, a board book, a CD of rhymes and songs, a DVD
with reading strategies for babies, and information about local library resources. The program’s logo, a Kermode bear and cub, is on the bags and was designed by local artist Cynthia Powell. Bags are distributed by local public health nurses for free to all families with newborns. The best ways to build early language and literacy skills are by reading, talking, and singing to newborns as these skills affect a child’s lifelong development, said Dafoe. Rhymes and songs we learned as children are great to recite to our babies but they don’t seem to be getting passed along anymore, so parents can’t use them, she added.
According to research conducted by The Council for Early Child Development, the relationship between caregiver and infant plays a pivotal role in influencing neural pathways for language and higher cognitive functions, especially within the first 12 months of life, she said. Current studies from the University of BC show that more than one-third of Terrace children were “considered vulnerable” by kindergarten, which is well above the provincial average, she added. The study can be found at (http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/). Money for the Wee Readers Program comes from a Northwest Success by 6 grant and is for one year.
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Essential? THERE’S something terribly wrong with how the province’s school system is valued. It begins with the law declaring education as an essential service. No argument here. But things go haywire when teachers then go before the provincial Labour Relations Board asking for permission to withdraw certain services, which they did last fall. That permission is not only granted but the school districts then lose the argument that because teachers are doing less, they should be paid less. This theme carried on last week when the same Labour Relations Board ruled teachers could strike for up to three days without seriously disrupting a student’s education. Not good news for the parent of a young student struggling to learn the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic nor for the high school student hoping to earn a scholarship. Nor is it good news for taxpayers to learn that they are paying for some school and teacher services which, in the opinion of the Labour Relations Board, aren’t needed. Now consider the hours teachers spend on extra curricular activities. It’s work without compensation but generally expected as part of the overall system. On the one hand, we’re paying teachers for work that isn’t needed and then aren’t paying them for something of actual value. No wonder no one can make any sense of what’s going on. ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988
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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI backwards and forwards. He was about to post some photos on the family dog’s Facebook page when he found her angry entry. With cuss words flying, she complained her parents treated her like a slave, making her do most of the housework (you’d think they had a six-bathroom mansion). The father said she had only to get up on time, catch the school bus, make her own bed and do her own laundry. After school she was to sweep the kitchen floor and wipe the kitchen counters if needed. Far from an exhausting list of duties. Yet she expected her parents to pay her.
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laws had been broken. In fact, since the incident, the daughter has acknowledged her father had good reason to do what he did, and she is unlikely to ignore his rules again. Her father says she can have another laptop when she gets a job, saves her money, and buys her own as well as pays him back for the $130 hardware and the $9 for hollow-point bullets. The father refused all interviews, even Dr. Phil’s invitation. Appearing on TODAY, Dr. Phil laughed, then said, “You never, ever humiliate your child publicly.” Vancouver parenting coach Lisa Bunnage advises, “You simply have to stop trying to be friends with your kids and be parents, leaders, mentors,” she said. “They respect adults who discipline them. Discipline is rules, manners and chores. Without that structure in their lives they’re sort of left to raise themselves. It’s OK to have your teens mad at you and even hate you from time to time. Of course, you’re going to need a thick skin and not care what they think - just focus on how they act and that they’re safe.”
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Her dishonest entry disturbed him so much he was still shaking as he set up a video camera in the backyard and began reading her post aloud to the camera, never expecting more than 500 of her Facebook friends to see the video. But within four days his video had been viewed more than 4 million times. As of February 27, the views totalled over 30 million. Up to 81 percent of viewers (some teenagers) applaud the father’s actions, calling him Father of the Year. “Way to go Dad!!,” wrote one. “We need more parents like this rather than the pushover parents we have today who raise these zero respecting teens.” Some viewers said he was wrong to destroy the laptop; he could have donated it to a school or library, or sold it. Others objected to his use of a gun. They would have been fine had he jumped on the laptop, smashed it with a rock, driven over it with his pickup, or thrown it into a swamp. They felt the gun intimidated and threatened the safety of his daughter. Police and Family Services were called, but found no
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Chamber wrong on Enbridge Dear Sir: The recent letter from the Terrace Chamber of Commerce criticizing Terrace City Council for taking a stand against the Northern Gateway Project illustrates perfectly why this chamber has been so incredibly ineffective in attracting major investment in this
community. Mr. Gordon StampVincent’s claim that capital goes where it is “welcome and appreciated” is astounding in its childlike naiveté in regard to how capital actually works. Major corporations do not make investment decisions about investing
billions of dollars because local shopkeepers jump around like a bunch of 10-year-olds screaming “pick me, pick me.” There are a lot of complex factors that lead to investment decisions, but the attitudes of boosters like Stamp-Vincent isn’t one of them.
Nor is his position one of neutrality. Supporting a process that the Prime Minister has clearly said he will not necessarily honour regardless of outcome is not neutral, it is thinly disguised code for the same old crap that Terrace’s citizens are getting sick of – the at-
titude that any and all development is welcome regardless of risks to our way of life, to the environment or to the family values that draw people to Terrace in the first place. Only the most naïve believe the JRP process is neutral.
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Dear Sir: The current situation regarding the so-called robo-calls or voter suppression activities is only the latest incident that has resulted in loud protestations of innocence through ignorance by the party leaders. This attitude is disingenuous in the extreme for the following reason – the federal government itself has developed the concept of the “accountable executive” (AE). It is their own idea, no one else’s, and this is how it works: Companies operating in quasi-self regulating industries such as rail transportation, airlines, and even pipeline companies must identify the AE. This is usually the CEO or president. A person may not be declared to be the AE if he or she does not have direct control of financial resources and operational decision making within the organization. The AE is, under Canadian law, held to be criminally liable for the conduct of the company. For example, if an aircraft maintenance engineer at an airline knowingly installs a bogus part, or knowingly signs out an aircraft that is not airworthy, a criminal offence has occurred. In addition to whatever additional regulatory or civil sanctions may be applied to the company and individuals, the criminal charge, which represents ultimate responsibility for the situation, lands on the AE, not the guy who signed out the ship. The concept of the accountable executive is intended to ensure the person in charge demands exemplary conduct from the entire organization, because it is the AE who is in the sling for it. “I didn’t know” is not considered a defence on any level, because the AE is supposed to set the tone and create the culture within which the organization operates. It would be a fine thing if our federal political parties would adopt this concept. After all, it is their idea. And it sounds like it is needed. Dave Menzies, Terrace, BC
What’s happened to an honest day’s work?
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ederal and provincial governments are busy cautioning citizens to prepare for cuts in services and to get used to making do with less. We follow economic indicators with apprehension, looking for signs of hope in data from the past month, quarter, or year. These indicators, however, are the trees that prevent us from seeing the forest. To recognize where we are, we need to step back 30 years. In 1981, British Columbia’s population stood at 2,744,467. Today, we are at 4,400,057, an increase of 60.3 per cent. More interesting facts are provided by British Columbia government statistics (http://www.bcstats.gov. bc.ca/). One example is the change in our labour force. In 1981, it stood at 1,416,000 or 51.6 per cent of the population. By 2010, as more and more homemakers found it necessary to find work outside their homes, the labour force had grown by
1,042,000 (73.6 percent) to 2,458,000, or 55.9 percent of the population. In 1981, 51 per cent of the population supported the other 49 per cent, and by 2010, 56 percent supported the remaining 44 per cent. Employment did not grow in step with the labour force. Full-time employment grew by 59.8 per cent, a slightly lesser pace than the growth in population. Part-time employment, however, exploded. By 2010, part-time employment had grown by 296,400 (125.1 percent) over 1981. The number of unemployed increased by 62.2 per cent, more than the 60.3 per cent growth in population. How can we rationalize stern warnings about the looming spectre of baby-boomers retiring? If their retirement were to reduce the labour force by 187,800, we would be back to where we were in 1981. How can it be that governments find it difficult today to maintain public services – health care, justice, education – which
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ANDRE CARREL governments managed to provide with apparent ease 30 years ago, when a lower percentage of the population was working and paying taxes? There is one more statistic which renders that question more puzzling. British Columbia’s GDP in 1981, at market prices and stated in 2002 dollars (thank you BC Stats) was $84,482 million. By 2010, our GDP (still at
market prices and stated in 2002 dollars) was $167,140 million! The value of what British Columbia’s labour force produced in 2010 was an impressive 97.8 percent greater than what it produced in 1981. Put another way, what a British Columbia worker produced in 2010 had a value 62.2 percent greater than what father produced 30 years ago! It is not that father was lazy; the gain in value of the labour force’s production was achieved through greater productivity: heavier trucks, longer trains, automatic bank tellers, self-serve gas stations, computers everywhere. We are told that today’s economy is no longer able to provide for the common good as it did 30 years ago. We are told that we must work longer, and that the cost of public services must be frozen or cut for the economy to survive. We are told that this is necessary in spite of the fact that a greater share of the population participates in the work force, that a smaller share
of the population needs to be supported by that labour force, and that the value of what each worker produces is greater by nearly twothirds. Where is all the extra value of our work going? Governments insist on cutting corporate taxes while demanding greater productivity from the labour force. What is next? Automated grocery check-outs? Privatized justice administration? What is the road ahead for our labour force, is it a path or a treadmill? P. Sainath, Hindu newspaper’s Rural Affairs editor, interpreted the fashionable trickle-down global economic theory thus: “All the food in the room has got to be on my table. Since my table cannot accommodate all the food, some of it is going to fall off and you guys get to eat.” The effect of current government economic and taxation policies is to enlarge that table. Andre Carrel is a retired public sector administrator now living in Terrace, BC.
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National drug Letter doesn’t speak for strategy would be many local businesses economic boon It is convened, chaired and funded by a federal government who has been unequivocal in its support of this project, and by the oil and gas industry. The panel members have long associations with the energy industry, and a rejection of the project would be a career ender for them. They can hardly be considered impartial or neutral. The message his letter sends to the First Nations, who are adamantly opposed to this project, is pretty clear – the Terrace business community neither respects nor considers your opinion. The more we learn about Enbridge’s funders, who Enbridge has kept secret for years, the more we see that this project is really a joint project with Sinopec, whose board is appointed by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. This is the company responsible for propping up Robert Mugabe, the African butcher, this is the outfit who buys Iranian oil in defiance of sanctions, and the oil company owned by the people who have butchered hundreds of thousands of Ti-
betans. This is who Stephen Harper, Ezra Levant and Mr. “Pick Me� Stamp-Vincent want Terrace to support. Mr. Stamp-Vincent would be well advised to reconsider his position. What actually drives business is customers. Numerous business people in Terrace report that they were not consulted in regard to his letter, and they are furious. If his letter truly represents the Chamber’s position on this, then let them publish who supports this position and who does not, and let the citizens of Terrace vote with their wallets. I suspect numerous businesses will oppose the project, even more will refrain from stating a position either way, which is entirely understandable, and a few will support the Gateway Project. If he does not want to undertake this, then perhaps others will. Bruce Hill, Terrace, BC
Dear Sir: This is about “MP says pot laws should reflect society,� The Terrace Standard, Feb. 15, 2012. Comment: Legalization, regulation and taxation is about the best course of action in order to prevent the harms to youths and communities that currently exist because of marijuana prohibition. Legalization’s about disrupting organized crime’s cash cow, reducing the violence associated with prohibition, and bringing a substantial tax resource to government coffers. It’s about education, harm reduction, removing barriers to medical marijuana and about freeing up resources to better tar-
get trans-border trafficking, gangs, meth labs, crime, etc., while insuring rights, freedoms and a regulated enterprise are all guaranteed. Legalization, regulation and taxation in conjunction with a national drug strategy? as opposed to the current national anti-drug action? would be an economic boon while providing the impetus to reconsider outdated U.N. protocols as well as developing a comprehensive policy overview. Canada could well become a recognized international leader in progressive global drug control strategy. Wayne Phillips, Hamilton, Ontario
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Home thefts probed POLICE ARE investigating the theft of a 47-inch TV, a remote controlled helicopter and two laptops from a residence on Pear St. on March 1. And someone broke into a residence on Sparks St. sometime during the day on Feb. 13. An HP digital camera, a green Kelly Jackson guitar, a black bass guitar, and a Shur microphone were stolen in this break-in. On March 1, police responded to reports of a cabin fire approximately 10km east of the city on the Kitselas Road. A man was arrested for mischief and arson by officers and they continue to investigate the incident. N O R T H W E S T
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ests began five years ago when foreign ownership regulations were relaxed. Definitions of national security are also now set by cabinet ministers and not as a result of a full-scale review, he adds. Chinese influence in Canadian affairs now includes participation in Canadian economic and political think tanks employing former politicians, Glavin continued. “It’s really important for people to think about what is going on,” he said. Glavin’s also disturbed by suggestions from the federal government that any criticism at any level of projects such as Northern Gateway is anti-Chinese. “I don’t think we are all Sinophobes,” said Glavin of the term meaning anti-Chinese. He said there is a lot to admire in China, citing the mass transition of 200 to 300 million people from poverty to middle class in the past 10 to 15 years. But there are also workers making the most minimum of wages who are being prevented from forming independent labour unions, Glavin said. “Our Prime Minister goes to China and while he is there, the communist party is putting live rounds into crowds of Tibetan monks,” Glavin adds. Glavin speaks at a free lecture March 14 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Skeena Junior Secondary School. He speaks the next night at the same time at Charles Hays Secondary School in Prince Rupert.
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City hires administrator
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DON RAMSAY is leaving his job with the provincial transportation ministry to become the city’s chief administrative officer. That’s a Nisga’a Highway No. 113 sign in the background.
DON RAMSAY is leaving his job as district manager of the provincial transportation and infrastructure ministry’s Skeena region to become the City of Terrace’s new chief administrative officer. “We’re looking forward to having Mr. Ramsay come in and run the administrative side of the city,” said Terrace mayor Dave Pernarowski. Ramsay begins March 12. Ramsay replaces Ron Poole, who left Terrace for a similar job with the District of Kitimat in July 2011. The city conducted two rounds of searches and interviews leading up to the decision to hire Ramsay. “I’ve been doing the best job for 14 years, and the opportunity presented itself to take on a new challenge,” said Ramsay. “I’m pumped.” Ramsay, 64, said he’ll bring fresh eyes, enthusiasm and experience to his new job at
a time of an upswing in the regional economy. His ministry job and the city one both have social and economic development aspects but with the latter position, Ramsay’s looking forward to a broader range of community-related issues. Ramsay has spent just over 16 years working with the province where he says he honed provincial government work values of integrity, teamwork, courage, passion, curiosity, accountability and service. “It’s much better to understand all elements, good and bad. It allows people to be creative and try new things and learn from mistakes,” he said. “I think it will be a great opportunity to share these values with the City of Terrace,” Ramsay said. “I never in my life would have dreamed 15 years ago, number one, that I would live in Northwestern B.C. and number two, that I’d be-
come committed to it,” said Ramsay of his time in Terrace. “But that certainly is the case today.” He plans to stay as Terrace’s chief administrative officer for six to nine years. Ramsay said he is proud of the transportation ministry’s achievements during his time in the region. Highlights include finishing the Nisga’a highway, and naming it, and also receiving a premier’s award for crash reduction. The award was given to the Skeena transportation ministry for reducing vehicle accidents in the north by 63 per cent from 2005 to 2009. “I take a lot of satisfaction in what’s been accomplished,” said Ramsay. Regional transportation ministry director. Ramsay’s current boss with the province, Mike Lorimer, said Ramsay is a valued manager and he wishes him the best.
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Another drug arrest made LISIMS/NASS VALLEY RCMP swooped down on a house in Laxgalts’ap (Greenville) Feb, 28, seizing marijuana and making an arrest. It’s the third time in recent weeks officers have made arrests in the community. Police described activity at a residence in the 500 block of North
Road Cres. as a brisk, street level, marijuana sales operation. “Our goal is to ensure safe homes and safe communities for our Nisga’a villages. Marijuana use and the criminality that surrounds it harms our youth and those struggling with addictions in the nation,” said Sgt. Donovan Tait, commander of
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College issues layoff notices ONE OF the union groups at Northwest Community College whose members are being laid off to help balance its budget isn’t conceding any ground. Instead the Federation of Post Secondary Educators of BC is asking the provincial Labour Relations Board to stop the layoffs. It says every effort must be made to find other ways to save money, says Cindy Oliver, who is federation president. “We need to find viable alternatives,” said Oliver, whose group includes the Canadian Union of Public Employees which represents instructors at the college. Some have received complete layoff notices while others have been told their work has been cut in half. “We need to have a full discussion to see if there are other ways of mitigating this situation,” Oliver added. The college and the instructors have been sending information back and forth via the Labour Relations Board in hopes of resolving issues informally in advance of the board deciding to have a formal hearing. In the meantime, Oliver did acknowledge that instructors have not been meeting directly with college officials to discuss layoffs or alternatives to layoff as part of a college effort to meet with employees. “Some of those times were set up when instructors were in their classrooms with students. It wasn’t convenient,” said Oliver. She said the college needs to do its utmost to preserve its programs in the region. “You just can’t expect people to be travelling down to the Lower Mainland when they need to take a course,” she said. Oliver said it’s also time for the advanced education ministry, which provides the college with most of its money, to take more of a leadership role. “They really need to address this issue of a deficit,” she said. Other instructors and employees who are members of another union at the college, the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), have also been given layoff notices. But those receiving notices may not end up losing their jobs because they now have the opportunity to ‘bump’ union
members who have less seniority. College officials have said they need to cut the equivalent of approximately 32 fulltime positions to balance the institution’s budget. The college employs 600 people in the equivalent of just over 276 fulltime positions. But college officials have yet to confirm the number of layoff notices it has issued, but has said both union and management positions will be affected. And the college has yet to indicate whether it will close down any of its smaller campuses such as Houston or Kitimat. “Information related to cutbacks will be released once impacted employees and impacted areas have been advised,” a college release indicated. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Although the exact extent of layoffs at the college isn’t yet known, one senior manager is already gone. Kristine Kofoed was hired Aug. 1, 2010 as the college’s communications director and as the person in charge of college advancement. Her last day at work was Friday, Feb. 10 and her departure was announced Monday, Feb. 13. “On behalf of the college and the communications department at NWCC, I would like to thank Kristine for her service to our organization and wish her well in all her future endeavours,” said Dave O’Leary, the college’s vice president in charge of institutional advancement. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Meanwhile, the college’s governing board has joined other post-secondary institutions in raising tuition fees by the maximum allowed, two per cent. For a typical three credit university course in which there is no lab, the fee will now be $267.93, up from $273.12 which is an increase of $5.19. For a student taking five courses a semester, the increase amounts to $25.95. Lab fees are also rising for students in the sciences. “The combination of increased barriers and upcoming cuts to NWCC courses and programs really fly in the face of both Premier Christy Clark’s jobs plan and the skilled workforce shortage that our region is facing,” said Mikael Jensen, an organizer with the students’ union at the college.
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CLIFF BOLTON, right, carved the jade on the Black Rod, which will be brought in when Lieutenant Governor Steven Point, left, enters the provincial legislative chamber. In the middle is Bill Barisoff, the speaker of the house.
Local’s carving graces Black Rod A LOCAL man has the distinction of being one of the carvers to put a design on the new Black Rod, which is a new symbol of the Lieutenant Governor. Clifford Bolton, a Tsimshian elder, made a jade carving that decorates the Black Rod, which itself is made
from seven types of wood indigenous to the province. The Black Rod will be brought into the legislative chamber whenever Lieutenant Governor Steven Point enters to read throne speeches or give royal assent to legislation. It was unveiled on Feb. 14 when the legisla-
ture revived a tradition of the Lieutenant Governor seeking permission to enter the elected chamber as the legislature noted the Queen’s 60th anniversary on the throne. After six knocks on the door, Point and SergeantAt-Arms Gary Lenz were admitted to bring in the new
symbol. The rod contains a copper time capsule with messages from senior government officials of 2012, to be opened and read in 2072. The many intricate decorations include a coin made of B.C. silver, a tradition that dates back to 1871, the year B.C. joined confederation.
THE NASS Valley is part of a pilot program of antibullying training for police officers to teach youths. The Bullying Prevention Program, developed by the RCMP and University of Victoria researchers, is called Walk Away, Ignore, Talk it Out and Seek Help, (WITS), which are all skills young children can use to deal with bullying, and was announced in a release Feb. 29. “The primary goal of the program is to create communities that are responsive to the prevention of peer victimization and bullying,” said Sgt. Donovan Tait, detachment commander of Lisims/Nass Valley RCMP. “The trained RCMP officers will play a central role in assisting school staff, parents, and community leaders in taking a unified approach to reducing bullying in their communities.” “The RCMP recognizes that specialized skills are required to work with youth at risk. Youth officers receive training that ensures they are fully prepared to deal with the many issues facing youth today,” said Tait, adding that Nass Valley Const. Vanessa Demerchant has done the WITS training. The news of the pilot program was perfect timing for the Lisims/Nass Valley RCMP, who had several events in the schools for Anti-Bullying Week last week, he added. “We work closely on a daily basis with school counsellors and the staff of [the school district.] We are committed to focusing in on this important issue for the students and the community as a whole. We are very pleased and thankful that our little area of the world was selected for this program.”
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Dentists to fix teeth in Bangladesh A GROUP of local dental professionals heads to Bangladesh next week. The group joins up with a larger group from Loma Linda University in California and at least one local dentist, Dr. Vincent Drouin, has gone to the country to work on people’s teeth before. Drouin graduated from the university and says he and his employees are the dental team that’s part of the larger medical team of about 30 travelling overseas. The three dentists from his office plus two hygienists and one dental assistant are going as well as Drouin’s dad, who’s a registered nurse. Loma Linda has been going overseas at the rate of 30 trips per year for 20 years, but the Bangladesh trip has only been around for four or five years now, said Drouin. “I’ve been there twice so a lot of dental work is needed. Most of their teeth are pretty bad. A lot, most of them, are not well-educated and I don’t know if you’ve heard of beetle nut juice [that] they chew on,” he said. “It destroys their
teeth and causes a lot of mouth cancer and a lot of the kids do it too so we try to educate them on that.” The beetle nut destroys the bone and their gums too, he added. Some people there look down on someone who has white teeth, he said. “So this stuff makes their teeth black and brown so they like it,” said Drouin. The team will be staying in an old school that’s not being used and the classrooms will become rooms for oral surgery, cleanings, fillings and for different parts of the medical work, he said. Drouin went there as a dental student and this group will be taking students too. Part of the job is supervising the students, he said. “Usually about half of them [go for] dental experience,” he said, adding it can be put on a resume. “[We try] to help them (Bangladesh residents) and try to educate them. We try to go back to build up some kind of rapport so people start to know who we are there. It’s not just a one time
thing. We try to maintain what we started and we’re also there to help out.” The group assists a dentist in Bangladesh for that one week as he otherwise does dental work by himself, said Drouin. “He has a little dental clinic and works there just enough to make money,” he said. To pay for the trip, Drouin and his office held free days where everyone’s wages for that day would be donated to help pay for the trip. The team will land in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and the dentist there will take them about six hours away, he said. “Both times I’ve been there, it’s the middle of nowhere but it’s still really crowded, but not like in town. You’re just in the bush and there’s people everywhere,” said Drouin. “It’s the most populated place in the world so there’s nowhere where there’s nobody. “It’s packed everywhere but most of the country is just like little huts in the forest everywhere so we’re at the school in one of those
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DENTIST VINCE Drouin works with a student translator to do a filling during a past trip to Bangladesh. places and people from everywhere just come. “One year, my first year there, we had a little boy five or six and he ran for two days or a day and a half on his own. He ran over because he had a toothache so word gets around and by the
end of the week, hundreds, if not thousands were waiting in the line.” The team goes to one of the academies there and picks up about 25 students who act as translators so almost everyone on the trip has
his or here own personal translator, said Drouin. “We don’t have time to learn the language so that ends up being a big part of the help we get,” he said. And other locals are interested in going with him. “We’ve had
a few people from other dental offices ask if we ever went again, if they could join us, so probably we will try to go every other year or so,” he said. The team heads to Bangladesh March 16 to 25.
Wolfie moves closer to better eyesight By Michelle Cooper
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WOLFIE IS scheduled for surgery later this week that will hopefully help him see.
SOME OF the good people of Terrace read my first article about Wolfie, the blind puppy at the City Animal Shelter. They took it to heart and spread the word that dollars were needed for the eye surgery that could possibly give Wolfie partial sight. And the loonies and toonies began to roll in. As of last Wednesday, the total amount donated was $2,700 and rising. There is still one large and several smaller fundraisers coming up or in progress, so who knows how much will be raised in the end – perhaps enough to help the next animal in need as well. You’ve got to give the people of Terrace full credit for imagination as well.
Some of the creative fundraising ideas included a cakewalk, a beanbag toss, giving up coffee for a week, redirecting quarters out of a classroom “potty-mouth” fund, travelling desk to desk with a coffee can to prod every employee to add a loonie, shovelling a neighbour’s driveway, and selling handmade bookmarks with pictures of puppies on them. The dollars came from concerned adults, elementary, junior high and high school students, and local businesses. Wolfie thanks you. In addition to all of the dollars that have been coming in is the added bonus of one couple dropping by with a donation and falling in love with Wolfie to the point that they’ve decided
to adopt him. They’ve built a ramp to their door to make things easier for him and bought him a new bed and kennel. They’ve had experience with a blind dog so they are well-suited to be good parents, whatever the outcome of the surgery. Dr. Nagy, who is doing the surgery on March 10 with Dr. Farkvam assisting, is optimistic but realistic about the outcome. Wolfie will never have perfect vision but, with luck, he will be able to see better than he does at present. Following the hour-long operation, there could be complications in the form of infection, or a detached retina, so the doctors will decide if, and when, the second eye surgery will be an option.
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Longtime residents moving away
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IRMA AND Dennis Brewer are moving to Nanaimo to be closer to family.
TWO LONGTIME volunteers for the Terrace Churches Food Bank will be moving away this summer. Dennis and Irma Brewer are going to Nanaimo to be closer to family. “We have to downsize the house here. We may as well make a big move,” said Dennis. They’ve already bought a house in Nanaimo and are renting it out until they get there, likely in July. “Hopefully we’ll find a buyer for our house [here]. We’d like that kind of closure,” said Dennis, adding he hopes to sell his boat too. They will finish out this session of food bank openings, which end in June. The couple has been part of the food bank for about 16 or 17 years – during that time Dennis has been treasurer since 1999 and Irma was president from 2003 until this past November when she moved to the past president position. Whether they will volunteer for a food bank in Nanaimo isn’t certain, said Dennis. “We’ll find something to do. That’s for
sure,” he said. The couple first moved here in 1967 for two years, then down to Penticton for two years and then cam back in 1971, said Dennis. He was transferred up here with Traders Group Ltd, which bought out Guaranteed Trust and moved him to Penticton and then back here as branch manager, which he did for 15 or 16 years. Dennis then moved to the Credit Union as general manager until he retired in 1998. Irma taught elementary school at several different schools for 33 years here. She was also active with the Northwest Music festival for 10 years, two of which she served as president. She was active in, and president of, the Terrace Band Parents Association for several years and also a girl guide leader. Irma is thinking about joining the hospital auxiliary in Nanaimo as she belongs to the Mills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary here. “We will both miss this town as it has been a great place to spend the last 45 years,” said Dennis.
■ Saving time REMEMBER TO turn the clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m. this Sunday March 11 as we move to daylight time.
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■ THE TERRACE ART Club meets Mon. 7-9 p.m. at the Skeena Jr. Secondary art room (#143). It is free so come engage in art and meet others. March 12 is oil pastels and construction paper with a shared lead – some materials available. Work with the group or bring your own work. All levels of artists welcome. Please bring your own supplies. No art club March 19 for spring break. For more details, call Maureen 6357622 or Joan 638-0032. ■ THE TERRACE ART Gallery presents “Aquatinta and Friends: The Art of Beautiful Coloured Water and Coffee on Tissue Paper,” work by Marion Schlegel
■ “EMBRACING THE PAST,” a collage workshop led by Joan Conway, takes place March 9-10 at the art gallery. Friday’s workshop is from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. and Saturday’s is from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Learn photo transfer technique, other collage processes and basic instruction on using acrylics. No worries if this is new to you – it gives very satisfying results and is a lot of fun. All materials provided, with the exception of the photocopy of your picture. There is a fee to participate. If you have any questions, call 250-635-6753 or email emmaj@telus.net. To pre-register, email to terraceartgallery@gmail.com.
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■ CARLOS DEL JUNCO plays at 8 p.m. March 16 at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. The Cuban-born, Toronto-raised Del Junco has been named Harmonica Player of the Year seven times in the Maple Blues Awards. His albums Big Boy and Steady Movin’ were Juno nominees. He has released eight solo albums and worked with Dutch Mason, Hoc Walsh (Downchild Blues Band) and Holly Cole. Presented by the Terrace Concert Society. Tickets at George Little House or call 635-5603.
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Secondary School lecture theatre. Open to all ages. China’s government oil industry is up the Alberta oil sands and Ottawa is altering and ignoring foreign investment rules to allow it. China also appears to be backing the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. What’s the story behind this? Glavin will talk about what he has found. For more details, call 635-6511 ext. 5389 or dheinimann@nwcc.bc.ca. ■ KINGDOM FIRST SEMINAR 2012 with keynote speaker George Kallappa takes place March 18-25 at Waaps Nagwaadm (4643 Walsh Ave.). Services at 7 p.m. nightly. Classes at 11 a.m. March 19-23. For more details, call 615-3105.
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■ KARAOKE CONTEST COMMUNITY fundraiser sings March 24 at the Elks Hall. Cash reward for top three places chosen by the audience. Doors open at 6 p.m. with all-you-can-eat pizza until 7 p.m., when the contest starts. DJ dance party 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Sign up before March 20 for contest. Licenced – 19-years-old and older only. Free shuttle service home. Put on by The Rotary Club of Terrace Skeena Valley. Tickets at Pizza Hut and Northwest Community Naturopathic Clinic. Call Candice at 6350980 or ncnc@telus.net. ■ STUDENT ART AUCTION fundraiser is at Don Diegos until March 30. See local high school students’ art in mixed media. Silent bidding sheets with each piece of art. All proceeds to the Caledonia prom.
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This will be a licensed event (19 years & older only) Free shuttle service home. Tickets: $20 for singers, $15 for everyone else Tickets available at Pizza Hut and the Northwest Comm. Naturopathic Clinic. Event will be at Elks Hall. Doors open at 6pm. 6pm-7pm includes all-you-can-eat pizza, Karaoke will start at this time. 7pm-11pm Karaoke Contest 11pm-2am DJ Dance Party ***Rotary raises funds for local and international humanitarian projects***
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Community Calendar The Terrace Standard offers the Community Calendar as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit organizations and events without an admission charge. Space permitting, items will run two weeks before each event. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays. Fax your event or PSA to 250-638-8432. For complete listings, visit www.terracestandard.com
COMMUNITY EVENTS MARCH 8 – Take part in an Inspirational Celebration of International Women’s Day from noon to 2 p.m. at Ksan Place 101-2812 Hall St. (driveway on south side of shelter). An inspirational song (or three) to celebrate women and girls. Light lunch a la Frugalicious Friday will be served. A chance to mingle and visit with community. The theme is Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures and we are inviting guests to bring what they feel might be inspirational to a girl. We won’t turn away something new, but we are encouraging a recycled, gently used, item. Items will be passed on through our various programs and networks. MARCH 10 – The Heritage Fashion Show brings a touch of the past to the catwalk to celebrate Founder’s Day at 1 p.m. in the Skeena Mall community room. This free community event will also feature displays, refreshments and is put on in conjunction with the 100-year celebration. For information, call 638-8887. MARCH 14 – Terrace Toastmasters meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Graydon Security Building on Keith Ave. Please come out for a fun evening of learning communication skills, featuring “Word of the day”, inspiration, jokes, table topics and special speeches. Everyone has a chance to speak and be evaluated. Meetings are usually up to two hours long. Have fun and develop new skills at the same time. We always welcome new members. For more details, please call Randy 635-2151 or Rolf 635-6911. MARCH 21 – 8,000 Drums Ceremony: Healing of Mother Earth 2012 takes place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Skeena Mall parking lot across from city hall. Free event open to all drums, all cultures, all races and all religions. People around the world will beat their drums to heal the Earth. If you don’t have a drum, bring a similar instrument or just clap your hands. More details at https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzcT ZcFuN64RZWQwYjA5MWMtMmE1MC00ZWY zLThiZWYtYmNlYzBmYzQ3MGZj/edit?pli=1.
PSAs NORTHERN BRAIN INJURY Support Group meets at 4 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of the month in the boardroom at the Terrace and District Community Services Society (3219 Eby St.). For more details, call Noreen 1-866-979-4673. THE TERRACE ART Association meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the gallery. Call 638-8884 for details. THE TERRACE PARKINSON’S support group meets the second Tuesday of each month. Persons with Parkinsons, family, friends and support people are welcome. For more
information, call Therese at 250-638-1869. THE TERRACE MULTIPLE Sclerosis Support Group meets every second Wednesday of the month. To find out the location of the next meeting, call Doug 635-4809 or Val 635-3415. TERRACE CHURCHES’ FOOD Bank will distribute food from the basement of Dairy Queen at 4643 Park Avenue from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday, March 12 for surnames A to H; Tuesday March 13 for surnames I to R: Wednesday, March 14 for surnames S to Z; and Thursday, March 15 for anyone missed. The above order will be enforced, so please come on the right day and bring identification for yourself and your dependents. THE KERMODEI OPTIMIST Club of Terrace is starting up and looking for members. Optimist Clubs are dedicated to “Bringing Out the Best in Kids” and do their part through community service programs. For more details, call Dallis at 635-5352 or by email to dewinsor1@gmail. com. FRUGALICIOUS FRIDAYS, A free online Facebook contest open to anyone living in the local area in which the winner gets groceries, menus and recipes for a day’s meals except snacks, is seeking donations of kitchen appliances and utensils to make its meals. Food processors, grinders, blenders, pots, pans, mixing bowls, baking dishes, knives, measuring cups – you name it, Frugalicious Friday can use it. All items can be dropped at the Ksan administration office at 4838 Lazelle St. during regular business hours with a note indicating that they are for the Frugalicious Fridays Kitchen Drive. Put on by Ksan Society, Northern Health, the Greater Terrace Food Association and FoodShare Terrace, who are working together to do this “it doesn’t cost a lot to eat healthy” campaign. ONLINE CHAT FOR youth in crisis or emotional distress – www.northernyouthonline.ca – from 4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily, except Mondays and Tuesdays. This chat supplements the Youth Support phone line 1-888-564-8336, available from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. every day. COMMUNITY COMPOST INVITES those who want to compost but don’t have the facilities to drop off their compostables for free at 4509 Greig Ave. (beside Prana Massage) in the first bin. Acceptable items include veggie scraps, discarded leftovers, moldy bread etc. For more details, call Elissa at 250-975-0095. HEALING TOUCH CLINICS are offered to the community by appointment at Knox United Church on Lazelle Ave. Donations accepted. For your appointment or more details, please call Julie at 635-0743.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS MEETS Thursday from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Christian Reformed Church and Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church. Both meetings are open to everyone. PACIFIC MIST CHORUS invites women of all ages to come join for song, fun and laughter. We practice Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at Zion Baptist Church. For more details, call Trudi 250-615-2936 or 250-635-0056. KERMODE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY’S Father’s Group would like to invite past, present and new participants to attend the weekly group meetings every Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the society satellite office (3242 Kalum St.). For more details, call 250-635-1476. HAS YOUR LIFE been affected by someone else’s drinking? Al-Anon can help. Meetings are Sundays at 8 p.m. on the second floor of the Almarlin building at 3219 Eby St. For more information, call 250-635-8181. CALL VOLUNTEER TERRACE 638-1330 to have returnable bottles and cans picked up for Helping Hands of the Pacific Northwest to help pay for prescriptions for seniors, cancer patients and others who cannot afford them. THE TERRACE CHAPTER of TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets once a week in the cafeteria in the basement of Mills Memorial Hospital. Weigh-in starts at 6 p.m., meeting is at 7:15 p.m. For more info, call Joan at 6350998 or Sandy 635-4716. THE TERRACE SYMPHONY Orchestra practices Mondays from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at Knox United Church. Anyone interested in joining is invited to call Mike Wen at 250-635-3044. String players, trombone, oboe, bassoon, and percussion players are especially welcome. COMMUNITY COLLEGE QUILTERS welcome you to come out on Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. All levels of quilters welcome. For more info, call Rhonda at 250-635-4294 or Heather at 250-635-3780. TERRACE NISGA’A ELDERS and volunteer group hold craft night Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Terrace Nisga’a Society community room (located across from Gold Diggers). VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAM at the Terrace Hospice Society office takes place Mondays from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. until March 12 with instructor Julie Walsh. To register or for questions, call 635-4811. PUBLIC PRENATAL CLASSES available throughout the year. Classes run Tuesdays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or Thursday evenings 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more info or register, call Park Centre at 250-635-1830.
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Friday, March 16, 2012 - 8:00 p.m. THE TERRACE CONCERT SOCIETY PRESENTS: CARLOS DEL JUNCO
“Simultaneously sophisticated and raw, his playing blurs the boundaries between blues and jazz.” Tickets: Adults - $25.00 Students and Seniors - $20.00 Available at George Little House or call 250-635-5603 Visit www.terraceconcertsociety.org for more information
Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 1:00-6:00 p.m. SOPHIA’S DANCE STUDIO REHEARSAL Wednesday, March 28, 2012 KSAN HOUSE SOCIETY
Look Who’s Dropped In! Baby’s Name: Owen Logan Arthur Stoeppler Date & Time of Birth: Feb. 28, 2012 at 3:57 a.m. Weight: 7 lbs. 10 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Selina Blabey & Jesse L Stoeppler
Baby’s Name: Brooklyn Erin Wallington Date & Time of Birth: Feb. 18, 2012 at 9:21 p.m. Weight: 5 lbs. 14 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Jackie Solomon & Lorne Wallington “New sister for Jen, Robby, Taylor, Baby’s Name: Avery Annabella Desirae & Tristen” Mae Smith Baby’s Name: Bionca Bella Dawn Date & Time of Birth: Morrison Feb. 27, 2012 at 2:59 a.m. Date & Time of Birth: Weight: 7 lbs. 15 oz. Sex: Female Feb 17, 2012 at 2:38 a.m. Parents: Jodie & Mark Smith Weight: 7 lbs. 7 oz. Sex: Female “New sister for Marcus” Parents: Chantal Loring & Billy-Joe Morrison Baby’s Name: Taelyn Dain “New sister for Massiah & Chloe” Dennis Baby’s Name: Sieanna Tala Date & Time of Birth: Stanley Feb. 20, 2012 at 11:25 a.m. Date & Time of Birth: Weight: 6 lbs. 15.5 oz. Sex: Female Feb. 13, 2012 at 12:11 a.m. Parents: Maggie & Clinton Weight: 7 lbs. 15 oz. Sex: Female Dennis Parents: Shannon Morgan & “New sister for Charles & Holden” William Stanley “New sister for Landon”
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KALUM KABS LTD. Requires full/part time dispatchers and drivers. Guaranteed wages, ďŹ&#x201A;exible hours. Drop off resume to 4449 Lakelse Ave. No phone calls please. P. Scheck Industrial LTD requires a CertiďŹ ed Electric Motor Winder and a handy man (must have grade 12) apply with resume 205A Lear Rd. or email: pscheck@uniserve.com
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Quality Service Analysts Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) is responsible for the on-going planning and delivery of community supports and services for adults with developmental disabilities and their families throughout the province. We have 2.5 Quality Service Analyst positions available in Dawson Creek, Fort St John, Smithers and Terrace Quality Service OfďŹ ces. Please see competition #2012.013 and 2012.014 posted on our website for details and mention you saw the ad in this paper. Closing date is March 9, 2012. For more information on this and all other available positions, visit our website: www.communitylivingbc.ca
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1. PRODUCTION WORKERS: Minimum Grade 10 education. Must have Driver licence, Class 3 with air is an asset. Physically demanding, Full Time seasonal work. Able to work with tools. Salary to be negotiated based on experience. 2. CONCRETE MIXER TRUCK DRIVERS: Minimum Grade 10 education. Min Class 3 with air. Must provide Clean Driver Abstract. Physically demanding. Full time seasonal work. Drug testing may be required. Salary to be negotiated based on experience. 3. DRIVER MECHANIC POSITION: Minimum Grade 10 education. Class 1 or 3 with air required. Hiab experience an asset. Full time position. Must provide Clean Driver Abstract. Able to perform regular maintenance on a variety of machinery. Drug testing may be required. Salary to be negotiated based on experience. 4. SUPER B DRIVER: Minimum Grade 10 education. Experienced. Minimum Class 1 with air. Hiab experience an asset. Must provide Clean Driver Abstract. Full Time employment. Drug testing may be required. Salary to be negotiated based on experience. Please fax or drop off resume to:
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WHAT YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL BE DOING: TD Canada Trust requires an energetic Customer Service Representative who will provide exceptional customer service to customers & processing their transactions in an efďŹ cient and friendly manner. You will deliver a consistent customer service experience to each customer, as well as understand and apply branch operating policies and procedures. We provide the tools and support you need to develop a career and encourage personal growth through our Personal Performance and Development Program. WHERE YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;VE BEEN: In addition to your post secondary education or equivalent work experience, you possess excellent organizational and customer service skills. You demonstrate a high energy approach and excel in a fast paced work environment. You have strong computer skills and the ability to adapt quickly to change. POSITION DETAILS: Part Time Positions available. Branch hours are Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 6pm. and Saturday 9am to 3pm. TO APPLY: Please visit www.td.com/experience Interested and qualiďŹ ed applicants drop off resume to: Manager of Customer Service Kamaljit (Kim) Parmar TD Canada Trust Branch #9380 4633 Lakelse Avenue 250-635-8900
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Pinnacle Renewable Energy requires journeyman millwrights at both its Strathnavor and Burns Lake BC plant locations. Ideal candidates will have experience with the various automated operations and systems in a modern pellet plant. They will be highly motivated journeymen that have demonstrated the ability to apply their trade skills and knowledge safely and effectively. Candidates should also have good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. Pinnacle pays competitive rates and provides full beneďŹ ts. To apply please submit your resume and cover letter, along with proof of tradeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s qualiďŹ cation. For more information on this position see www. pinnaclepellet.com Send your resume to: E-mail: hr@pinnaclepellet.com No Phone Inquiries Accepted â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Closing date March 23, 2012.
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Green Mountain Gemstones Inc. is looking for experienced workers for its open jade pits at Dease Lake, BC for ongoing projects, including 40 Drill Operators (drill blast holes in rocks after measuring location and staking out pattern of holes, $26/hr & up); 40 Heavy Equipment Operators (Operate bulldozers, excavators, and rock trucks, etc. to excavate, move, load and grade earth, rock, or other materials for mining, and maintain the equipment, $26/hr & up); 40 Helpers (assist drillers to set up and operate drills, assist heavy equipment operators to secure special attachments and signal in moving equipment, remove debris, and load & move materials and supplies, $20/hr & up); 4 Cooks (prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes, $20/hr & up); and 8 Tradesperson (skillful in different trades with credentials as an electrician, plumber, carpenter, etc., $35/hr & up). Minimum three years of relevant experience required. Free food & lodging, WCP, with other beneďŹ ts. Please submit resume to jobs2012@gmgemstone.ca.
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HD MECHANICS 3rd or 4th apprentice or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics with their Red Seal and CVIP License to work in Red Deer & Hinton. Please call 250-718-3330 or Fax: 1-888-679-0759 For more information or send your resume & current drivers abstract to: driverclass1@shaw.ca Now Taking Applications for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part-time Caretakerâ&#x20AC;? duties to include regular building and outdoor maintenance for a 95 apartment building complex. This job would be on weekends and to cover time off and holidays for the resident building caretakers. Cut off for applications would be March 31, 2012 mail resumes to: Summit Square Apts., #1108-2607 Pear Str. Terrace, BC V8G 4V5 Now Taking Applications for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Resident Building Caretakers.â&#x20AC;? Duties to include regular building and outdoor maintenance for a 95 apartment complex, enforcing by-laws, collecting strata fees, submitting bills to accountant, any knowledge of repairs would be an asset. Couples would be preferred. Cut off for applications will be March 31, 2012. Please mail resume to: Summit Square Apts., #1108-2607 Pear Str. Terrace, B.C. V8G 4V5 SALES PERSON REQUIRED NuďŹ&#x201A;oors Terrace has an immediate opening for an energetic self starter. Kitchen and ďŹ&#x201A;ooring experience is a deďŹ nite asset but willing to train motivated individual. Apply in person to 4730 Keith Ave, next to the Brick. Or e-mail resume to steve@nuďŹ&#x201A;oorsterrace.ca Skeena Valley Golf Club is hiring staff for all departments for the 2012 season. We are also looking for a Head Chef to manage the restaurant. Forward resumes to svgc@citywest.ca. Salary based on experience.
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Job Summary: The Finance Manager is responsible for the successful leadership and management of the Finance Department of NVHA. Reporting Relationship: The Manager, Finance will report to the Chief Financial OfďŹ cer. Role: 1. To manage the ďŹ nance department of NVHA 2. Reporting to the Chief Financial OfďŹ cer, to be responsible for the efďŹ cient delivery of ďŹ nancial services. 3. Supervises and evaluates ďŹ nance department staff. 4. Participate in the recruitment and selection of ďŹ nance staff. 5. Prepare ďŹ nancial reports on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Prepare special ďŹ nancial reports as required. 6. Prepare annual budgets and monitor budgets on a monthly basis. 7. Prepare reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis. 8. Document and implement ďŹ nancial internal controls for NVHA. 9. Prepare for the annual ďŹ nancial audit, provide support to the auditor, and implement auditor recommendations. 10. Prepare program managers in developing their budgets. 11. Prepare program managers in preparing the required reports for both internal and external parties as outlined in the funded contracts. 12. Prepare funding proposals and assist program managers to prepare funding proposals. 13. Perform other duties within the scope of the Manager, Finance position. 14. May be required to work hours in excess of the regular work day. Education & QualiďŹ cations: t Minimum Grade 12 t A two-year diploma in Business Administration Accounting Program is required t A ďŹ rm understanding of GAAP is required. t Must have a minimum of ďŹ ve years experience in a working, ďŹ nance department, environment. t Must have experience in various modules of ACCPAC. t Must have experience in various modules of Microsoft OfďŹ ce XP: Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. t Good verbal and written communication skills are required. t Organizational skills and good focus is required. t Must have a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licence To apply, forward cover letter, resumeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, copy of valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, and two (2) references to Maggie Patsey, Human Resources Manager, PO Box 234, New Aiyansh, BC V0J 1A0. Nisgaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;a Valley Health Authority. Nisgaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;a Valley Health Authority thanks all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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HOLIDAY Retirement is seeking pairs of motivated managers for our Independent Senior Living communities. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the chance to work alongside your partner, receive a competitive salary and excellent beneďŹ ts. The ideal duo is team-oriented, with sales experience. Please apply on-line at www.holidaytouch.com or send resumes for both to myfuture@holidaytouch.com.
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Employment Trades, Technical EXPERIENCED Excavator Operators required immediately in Northern BC. Must have extensive experience operating tracked excavators. Competitive wages. For further information please call 250-7715708. Resumes including references and experience should be emailed to frocklage@gmail.com attention D. Frocklage Contracting Ltd. LICENSED HD Mechanic & Class 1 Drivers, required for full-time work with construction company in west-central Alberta. Wage based on experience. Fax resume 780-5393536. MONSTER Industries, a rapidly growing construction and maintenance company servicing northwestern B.C., in now accepting resumes for the following positions: CertiďŹ ed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? level welders with fabrication experience, CertiďŹ ed CWB all-position welders and CertiďŹ ed Millwrights. Please send resume with attached cover letter to ofďŹ ce@monsterindustries.ca. Unfortunately we are not accepting applications for laborers at this time.
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WELDERS WANTED. Journeyman 2nd and 3rd year apprentices with tank manufacturing experience. Automated Tank Manufacturing Inc. Located in Kitscoty, Alberta. 20 km west of Lloydminster is looking for 15 individuals that want long term employment and a secure paycheque. Journeyman wages $33$37.50/hour. Wages for apprentices based on hours and qualiďŹ cations. BeneďŹ ts, training programs, full insurance package 100% paid by company, proďŹ t sharing bonus. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine for an appointment or send resume to: blaine@autotanks.ca or production@autotanks.ca 780-846-2231 (OfďŹ ce), 780846-2241 (Fax).
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DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF The City of Terrace is currently looking for a highly-skilled individual, who enjoys a variety of technical and operational challenges as well as service to the public, to ďŹ ll the position of Deputy Fire Chief. This is an exempt position with a competitive salary and beneďŹ ts package. Please visit the City of Terrace website at www.terrace. ca for a more detailed job description and information on how to apply for this vacancy. Deadline to apply is Friday, March 23, 2012. Heather Avison, Human Resources Manager
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Chief Administrative OfďŹ cer POSITION SUMMARY Reporting to the Tahltan Central Council Government Executive, primarily the President, the CAO is responsible for the day-to-day management of TCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operations. The CAO is responsible for the ďŹ nancial management and support to the Council, its committees and agencies. The CAO is responsible for coordinating the activities of all employees to ensure efďŹ cient delivery of public services approved by the Council. PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES t Manages the day to day affairs of the councils, based on approved policies and bylaws of the Council. t Coordinates the development of policies and bylaws of the Council. t Prepares agendas and attends meetings of the Council and Council Committees. t Provides advice as required to the Council on matters of policy and ďŹ nance. t Coordinates activities of TCC solicitor and other hired experts. t Ensures that risks are properly insured through the insurance provider. t Prepares and maintains current policies dealing with Council governance and management, e.g., ďŹ nance, human resources, workplace safety, etc. t Coordinates information technology required by the operations. t Posts entries on a timely basis to the ledger. t Prepares monthly bank reconciliation for all bank accounts. t Prepares regular ďŹ nancial reports for the Council and staff. t Prepares working papers for the auditor as required. t Prepares and presents draft budgets to the Council. t Monitors budgets regularly and takes action on variances. t Prepares applications and claims for all grants available to the TCC. t Prepares and submits the annual reports to government agencies as required. t Administers employee beneďŹ t program. t Performs all other assigned duties. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS t University degree with studies in Public or Business Administration; and t Two or more years in a senior public sector management position. The position will be based in Dease Lake, British Columbia at the TCC ofďŹ ce. Dease Lake is located in the Northwest Region of British Columbia, approximately 600km north of Terrace and Smithers, BC via Highway 37. Please visit our website at www.tahltan.org for more information on the Tahltan Central Council Please submit your Resume and Cover Letter, or CV to the address below: Attention: Annita Mcphee, President Email: annitamcphee@gmail.com Or info@tahltan.org Fax: 250-771-3020 Tahltan Central Council PO Box #69 Dease Lake, BC VOC 1LO Phone: 250-771-3274 Deadline is March 19, 2012
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OPEN HOUSE 288,000
3807 MARSHALL ST.
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Cozy Log Home on 1/2 acre with vaulted ceilings, 2 new baths, 4 bdrms, wood stove with river rock. Gorgeous fenced yard.
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173,000 MLS
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3 bedroom, 1 bath 2 story home with full partially finished basement. Great investment or starter. Suite potential downstairs. Newer roof, hot water, windows, siding and even has mountain view!!
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$149,900 MLS
Fantastic acreage minutes from town.
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Many uses, double lot. Terrific opportunity.
Quiet street, close to schools. Many recent upgrades. Solid family home, gardeners dream.
$179,900 MLS
$224,900 MLS
2702 Tuck
$274,900 MLS
Completely renovated home in the horse shoe. You have to see the ensuite, you will love it !
842 Skarrland
$349,900 MLS
Large country kitchen. Master on main floor has its own private deck overlooking natural pond.
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#26-3404 Adam Street
195,000 MLS
2 bedroom, 2 bath strata 1/2 duplex. Located in an adult oriented setting, close to town and move in ready. Single garage, open concept living and freshly painted. Rancher style with low to no maintenance.
Lot #7 Edgewood Place
69,500 MLS
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Maintenance Services Skeena Valley Resources commercial residential; lawn care, equipped to handle large areas. We also offer structural painting services fully insured 250-635-7994
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FOR SALE 96’ Chev Frontier Motorhome, 30ft sleeps 6 walk around queen bed 69,000 km - New Awning Excellent condition. Asking $21,000 for an appointment please call 250-635-5911 or 250-635-5917 FOR SALE “NEW” still in boxHoover Max Extract/Carpet + Hardwood Floor Cleaner, comes with detergents worth $375 sell for $200 OBO 250-638-0586 terressa5@hotmail.com HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper? SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info and DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT
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4902 Labelle Ave. A great location for family living close to schools - this attractive 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home has seen a lot of appealing upgrades of which just some are - complete new kichcen providing lots of counter and storage space, new flooring throughout most of the home, freshly painted interior, large deck off kitchen, shop 16 x 20, triple paved driveway provides lots of parking.
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$266,000 MLS 5133 Woodland Park - Rural Living with Convenience - Country home on 6.7 acres provides great space for family living -providing 2800 sq. ft. of livingspace with attractive updates. There is a separate 200 amp service handy for shop, etc. Seller will consider trade to smaller home and property in Terrace area. Well priced for the location
$274,000 MLS
2 bedroom, 1 bath rancher within walking distance to town. Newer roof, some windows, flooring and paint are updates to mention. Perfect investment property or starter for your family.
#20 -3624 Old Lakelse Lk. Dr. - Immaculate 3 bedroom mobile which has seen extensive renovations complete from top to bottom, inside and out - new trussed roof, windows, flooring, kitchen, bathroom, siding, insulated skirting, deck also finished addition. Move in ready.
$65,000 MLS
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142,000 MLS
t over 3000 sq ft t 1.17 acres in town t updated kitchen t lg garage
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t 3 bdrm, 3 baths t European Kitchen t fireplace in master bdrm
BENCH - $399,900
t Stunning NEW home t Open concept w/vaulted ceilings t Hardwood floors t Granite counters
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POHLE AVE. - $239,900
t 5 bdmrs, 3 baths t new hardwood floors t 1/2 acre fenced
BENCH - $239,900
t 4 bdrm family home t oak kitchen w/ built ins t detached work shop t fenced w/underground sprinklers
john evans Cell:250.638.7001 johnevans@remax.net sheila love Cell:250.638.6911 sheilalove@remax.net tashiana veld Cell 250.635.0223 tashveld@remax.net
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STEEL BUILDINGS For all uses! Spring Deals! Make an offer on sell-off models at factory and save thousands now! Call for free Brochure - 1-800668-5111 ext. 170.
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TOWNHOUSES FOR RENT IN KITIMAT Newly Renovated
FREEZER BURNT meat and fish for sled dogs, Terrace only. Will pick up. 250-635-3772.
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2 bdrm - $1,000m, 3 bdrm $1,200m & shared from $650-$850m. Shared acc. perfect for retiree or working person. Walking distance to downtown. Gardening allowed, large yards with adjoining Children’s playground, small pet negotiable. For more information. Call cell 1-778-316-6764
Acreage for Sale LAND FOR SALE “50 plus acres” Nass Valley, excellent access, no bldgs, hydro close, estate $60K OBO 250-6332444.
Apt/Condos for Sale
1651 Haisla Blvd. Kitimat, BC 2 bedroom suites security building New: dishwasher, appliances & cabinets. All New: windows, plumbing, electrical, drywall, kitchen & bathroom - sound insulated - electric heat. 1 yr lease Starting at $995 per month N/S, N/P For complete details or to request an application, please call 250.632.7814
Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent Summit Square APARTMENTS 1 & 2 Bedroom Units
• Quiet & Clean • No Pets • Close to Wal-Mart • Laundry Facilities • Close to Schools & Hospital • On Bus Route • Security Entrance • On site Caretaker • Basketball, Volleyball & Racquetball Courts • 24hr Video Surveillance Now Available 2 bedroom furnished apartment
Ask for Monica Warner
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Homes for Rent
FOR RENT Country living, cute cottage, furnished with w/d, rent daily or weekly, 20min from town, adults only, ref. req. 250-635-4529
FOR RENT basement suite totally reno’d, horseshoe area, $780/m shared utilities, free cable and internet, 730sq feet 2Bdrm, N/S, N/P, No parties, Ref Req. 250-718-3453 or 778-634-3439
Duplex / 4 Plex 1/2 DUPLEX, close to school & downtown, N/S, N/P, minimum 1 yr. commitment $1200/mo + util, D&D, ref’s req’d (250)638-8066 Terrace KITIMAT - clean, quiet 3 bedrooms, F/S, W/D, Nechako neighbourhood, $650/mo 250.615.0328
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OFFICE space for rent,newly renovated space downtown, prime location. 500 sqft 2nd floor. 250- 638-7001
1 BDRM Basement suite for RENT in Horseshoe area N/S, No pets, N/P, 778-634-3465 or 635-9460 3 BDRM + den Rancher, F/S, W/D 5 mins. to town. Hwy. 16 W. Mature adults only, $850/mo + DD. Ref. req. (250)638-1413 Available March 1st 2Bdrm Ground Level Suite, all utilities included on South Side, N/P, No parties, N/S inside, Ref Req. 250-635-1584, 250-6312964
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LAKELSE LAKE home for lease, Hwy side on property with water features & scenic beach view. 3bdrm (2+1), 2bath, separate garage/storage, sauna, recently renovated. Avail. April 1st $1600/mo + utilities. Minimum 1yr lease Ref’s Req’d. Call (250)542-0409 in Vernon. NEWLY RENOVATED 4 bedroom 2 bathroom upper half of triplex with large back yard. Comes with F/S W/D, and large sun room asking $1100 a month. Available immediately references required. Call Patrick Watson at 250-6381135 NICE 4 bdrm house at 4024 Munroe St on bench, F/S, W/D NG heat, excellent ref’s req’d., $1,150/mo. N/P, N/S. 250638-8639
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Downtown 1 BEDROOM aprt by Gemma’s Boutique, 4 appliances, newly painted, secured private entrance,rent $600 plus utilities avail Feb 15 Call Rob 250-635-5652 Great location downtown, in Victoria Court newly renovated 2bedroom, 1 full bath, pantry. All new paint and flooring throughout, new lighting. 3 appliances plus washer and dryer in suite. Strata fee $150.00/month very well maintained. Owner can rent it out for investment. Asking $144,900.00 phone: 250-6419976
Apt/Condo for Rent 2Bdrm, 2Bathroom Condo. Covered parking. Electric heat. Top condition all appliances incl. Small pet welcome. $900 month. 250-615-8688 e:kellybulleid@telus.net 2 BDRM apt. avail. March 1. Security entrance, N/S, N/P. $700/mo + security dep. 250635-6824
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Houses For Sale HOUSE FOR SALE 5121 Agar Ave. Terrace large 1/4 acre level large lot with 1500 square feet. home. New roof and furnace. many upgrades. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms,garage with two separate buildings. Close to schools,hospital and shopping. $195.000.Please call 250-6358181 to arrange a viewing, or email:hawkesteam@telus.net for photo’s.
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Warm & Inviting Cape Cod Style Family Home for Sale! This immaculate 3 bedroom home features all wood windows, trim & doors. Boasting 2990 sq feet, 3 floors, garage, paved driveway & beautifully landscaped VIEW lot! Close to NWCC, parks, trails, & Mountainview School. $314,500.00 Call Lisa 250-635-1622 to view or questions.
Now taking applications for 1,2, & 3 bdrm suites. If you are looking for clean, quiet living in Terrace and have good references, please call: 250-638-0799 Walsh Avenue Apartments
FOR RENT 3 bdrm Condo W/D F/S Carport, fenced bckyrd. N/P ref. req. Call:(250)635-2932 (250)615-1057
UPLANDS AREA - Asking $283,000 MLS This 20 yr. old, family home is located close to the popular Uplands Elementary school. Home offers 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, rec room and double garage. Very well maintained so you can just move in and enjoy. Fenced backyard with access to park your RV. If your family is looking for a new home, then you owe to them to make your appointment to view this property.
Helping Families, For Over 33 Years TERRACE REAL ESTATE COMPANY
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Commercial Properties for Lease Offices, warehouses, and retail spaces.
4635 Lakelse Ave - 2900 sq ft Prime location store front in the Safeway Mall near TD Bank 4 - 5002 Pohle Ave - 950 sq ft Downtown workshop, light industrial bay or warehouse. 101-4816 Hwy 16W - 2660 sq ft One of the most visible and desirable retail locations in Terrace 4613 Park Ave - 1900 sq ft Ready for your professional office. Hatha Callis: hatha@pvlgroup.com 635-7459 Darcy McKeown: darcy@pvlgroup.com 615-6835 www.pvlgroup.com
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4704 Haugland 2 Bedroom starter home or rental investment with new roof and hotwater tank.
$189,900
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4 Bedroom 1.5 bath home on the upper bench - close to pool and arena. With your ideas and updates this home is a great investment. Asking
$179,000
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Office/Retail Retail Outlet or Office Space Available for rent in Terrace 4614 Greig Ave. Terrace across from Co-op property. Built in 1998 Air Cond./Earthquake proof 2200sq.ft. $1200.00/monthly Phone (250)635-9797 or (250)632-7502
Townhouses Clean & well managed.
From $550/mth. HARBOURVIEW APTS Call Clayton 627-6697
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KEN’S MARINE 16’ Princecraft w/Mariner 30/40 Jet & Trailer
$4,995.00 2006 KTM 250 MX
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$2,999.00 2008 Polaris
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$5,999.00 YAMAHA SNOWBLOWER SALE 2010 Polaris
Assault 800 RMK
$7,999.00 1993 GMC FLAT DECK 4X4 TRUCK
$3,500.00
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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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2007 Ford Ranger FX4 Supercab 4X4 offroad w/canopy + canoe rack 54,000 Km, automatic, 4.01 6 cyl. Perfect condition, $17995 OBO phone 250-638-1987
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SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equipment. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288
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4921 Keith Ave., Terrace, B.C.
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4912 Highway 16 West, Terrace, BC V8G 1L8
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TERRACE STANDARD
JANINE WORKMAN
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Midget reps score second place THE TERRACE Midget Rep hockey team took second place at the Skeena Valley Hockey League’s northwest zone championships, Feb. 25-26. The tournament hosted teams from Smithers, Kitimat, Terrace and Prince Rupert for some fastpaced action, hosting some of the region’s best in minor hockey. Manager for the Terrace midget reps Darren Munson said that although the tournament didn’t go as the team had hoped it would, Terrace players put out an exceptional weekend of hockey. The tournament started off on a high note for Terrace with a 4-1 win over Kitimat. Game two Terrace lost to Prince Rupert 5-3, before taking a win over Smithers 6-2, which put Terrace into the finals against Prince Rupert. Playing for a crowd of about 200 people, Terrace starting off the scoring with two goals in the first period. Prince Rupert answered back with two goals in the second, bringing the teams neck and neck with two goals each going into what was a very tight third period. “It was just so tense,” Munson said of the play. “It was an unbelievable game to watch.” With about two minutes left on the clock, Prince Rupert scored the tie-breaking goal, taking the tournament win and the provincial berth for the region. Munson said the loss was particularly tough on the third year midget players who were playing their last games as Terrace minor hockey players. This wraps up a strong season of hockey for the Terrace midget rep team, who took first in the Skeena Valley Hockey League in points. In total, including regular play, six tournaments and the northwest zones, the team played 54 games and brought home 39 wins, 12 losses and three ties for the season.
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RYAN ROSEBOOM faces off against Kitimat for the Terrace midget reps during game one of the Skeena Valley Hockey League’s northwest zone championships.
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SHIVOHN PETERS navigates a run during the slalom event at the BC Winter Games in Vernon, Feb. 26.
JOINING MORE than 1,500 other youths, Terrace athletes descended on the BC Winter Games in Vernon, Feb. 2326. Picked up on a specially chartered flight, it was a diverse group that attended the games as athletes hailing from Vanderhoof to Haida Gwaii joined forces to create the Zone 7 team. And feelings of excitement and wonder at the large-scale event were shared by all Terrace athletes. “They were super excited just to be there, the energy down there was amazing,” said ringette coach Jacque Dahl. The Zone 7 ringette team was a joint effort of players from Terrace, Houston and Courtenay B.C. “They made a lot of friends,” she said of the players. Out of four games played, the team lost all four, but Dahl said the players had a fantastic time. Dahl said the players
were able to watch a lot of ringette as well and pick up some pointers to build into their regular games. ”I think it was really exciting to see that level of play,” she explained. Five players from the Terrace bantam female hockey team were also on the ice for Zone 7, and coach Mario Desjardins said the event was a great warm up for the provincial playdowns the Terrace players will be heading to this month. “The calibre of hockey was excellent and really gave our zone’s girls an idea of what it’s going to take to take their game to the next level to be successful as a team and as individuals,” Desjardins said. In four games played the Zone 7 team faced four losses. However, Desjardins explains that to keep things in perspective, the bulk of the team was 13 and 14-yearolds, who took on teams with a larger roster made up
primarily of 14 and 15-yearold players. “Overall, the girls had a great experience, made some new friends and will have some great memories for life,” he said. The Terrace Junior Badminton club competed on behalf of Zone 7 and came seventh out of eight zones. Coach for the team Norm Parry said the team played well, offering solid competition to other teams, and cheering each other on all the way through. “We were a reasonable team of reasonable strength,” Parry said, noting the team came up against very strong players competing from the Vancouver area. “Other than that, we held our own to anyone else in the province.” For most of the players, it was their first major competition and Parry said while it was little intimidating and different at first, all rose to the occasion.
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Local athletes back from Winter Games In fact, he said this experience has prompted players to want to attend more competitive tournaments outside of Terrace, and the team is considering competing at a tournament this month in Prince George. Rudi Peters brought two alpine skiers to the games, and said their experience was fun, but the skiing conditions made competition disappointing. Because of weather and course conditions, he ended up advising his two skiers, Shivohn Peters and Liam Buchanan, to take it easy on some runs. Day one saw a dense fog, which was followed by freezing rain, making the course dangerous for speed. “[I told them] just enjoy the scenery as you go down, this is not worth risking injury over,” Peters said. Because of this, he explained the results were not necessarily an accurate reflection of performance. Out of 51 competitors, Buchanan placed 38th in the slalom race, 34th in the giant slalom and 39th in skier cross. Out of 50 competitors in her events, Shivohn placed 48th in the slalom and 41st in skier cross. He expressed his disappointment with the grooming methods at the ski hill, noting that at one point a snowblower was being used to clear the runs. “A lot of kids had a crazy crash because you couldn't see what was happening,” Peters said. Peters said the experience of the opening ceremonies was one of the highlights of their trip. “It's extremely moving walking in with the athletes,” he said. “The kids were just amazed by that.” Head instructor on Shames Mountain Chance Healey took three
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of his members from the Northwest Freeriders, Nick Ferguson, Jared Thornton and Braydon Moretti, all from Kitimat, to the games. “The big thing about this whole event was just going down there and seeing what was going on, they have competition that we don't normally have in our region,” Healey said. He said the skiers enjoyed the big air event the most, partially because it was their first chance to ski on a big air sanctioned run, and partially because jumping though the air is just a whole lot of fun. Out of 21 big air competitors, Thornton received 14th place, Ferguson came 17th and Moretti received 19th place. In the moguls category out of 23 skiers, Ferguson came 19th , Thornton came 21st and Moretti did not compete. As all had just reached 12 years of age, they were young to be at the event, and Healey said they will have another chance to attend at the 2014 BC Winter Games. Skiing from Terrace in the crosscountry events was Ria Vandenberg, who said the games were a lot of fun. Vandenberg participated in three races, starting out in the 5km where she placed 13th out of 16 skiers. “It wasn't really hard but it (the run) had a huge long hill at the end which killed us,” Vandenberg said. Next she took on the 400 metre sprints where Vandenberg again placed 13th out of 16. The final event was a relay event which Vandenberg said was the most fun. Her team took an unofficial third place, as she was skiing with skiers from other zones due to illness on her team.
y dad listened to the BBC and CBC news while he was making breakfast then switched on a transistor when he was in the bathroom shaving so he wouldn’t miss a word. I was taught by example that listening to news-based radio was a part of my civic duty. It was incumbent upon every citizen in a free society to be informed. It was a way of inoculating oneself against tyranny. Being addicted to news radio has its downside though. With financial collapses, environmental meltdown, incessant wars, and sleazy politics, radio can get downright depressing. I didn’t realize it until I had satellite radio installed in my truck, but fishing had been providing me a refreshing respite from the news. I had a radio in my truck before getting Sirius, but finding reception within the narrow walls of most river valleys was irritating or impossible. But now that I’m connected to a satellite, I can feed my addiction anywhere in Skeena, and because I can, I do. Recently, on my way back from fishing the lower Kalum listening to As It Happens, Carol Off was interviewing Dr. Tom Duck, an atmospheric scientist who teaches at Dalhousie University. Dr. Duck was upset over the imminent closure of the Polar Environmental Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) in Nunavut, the same facility where scientists recently found the largest hole in the ozone layer
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THE TEAM of Johanness Vandenburg; Renzo Zanardo; Gabriel Vandenburg and Aiden Carter approach the 5 km turn during the Snow Valley Nordic Club’s Chocolate Marathon Feb. 26.
Plenty of participants for annual cross-country race WITH 82 skiers on the Onion Lake trails, the annual Chocolate Marathon cross-country ski event for the Snow Valley Nordic Club was a success this year. Skiers from Kitimat, Terrace and Smithers all came together for the race, Feb. 25. This number is up from last year when 65 skiers took part in the event, which has been taking
place for more than 35 years, says president of the club Elizabeth Thorne. She said the event was enjoyed by all, with some newer skiers really pushing themselves to go farther on skis than they had before. “The weather turned out to be beautiful, everyone had a really good time,” Thorne said.
ever detected. The federal governWithout such faciliment is a substantial ties, scientists might not contributor to CFCAS. have sounded the alarm In 2011, it promised 35 over ozone depletion million bucks to the intwo decades ago. As a stitution. The money has result, no cutbacks in not appeared and nobody fluorocarbons would in government has exhave been undertaken plained where it was not and we might already be sent or where it went. suffering catastrophic Without this funding effects from scorching PEARL can’t operate. rays of the unfiltered Carol asked her guest sun. Dr. Duck likened why the Conservatives SKEENA ANGLER the closure of PEARL to didn’t follow through taking the batteries out on their budgetary comROB BROWN of your smoke alarm. mitment, whereupon Dr. Carol inquired about Duck stated unequivohow the funding was cut. cally that he felt the govThe professor explained ernment has embarked that the Canadian Founon a systematic camdation for Climate and paign to eliminate fundAtmospheric Sciences (CFCAS) has pro- ing of environmental assessment on ideovided a substantial chunk of the funds to logical grounds. As proof, he pointed out operate PEARL. CFCAS is the main fund- that the government’s oil sands monitoring ing body for university-based research on program relied on ozone measurements climate, atmospheric and related oceanic and he noted that staff cuts at Environwork in Canada. It was established in 2000 ment Canada will also affect a large numas an autonomous Foundation, and in 2001 ber of environment monitoring programs attained charitable status. As of December, including the solar radiation program that 2009, the Foundation had invested more also feeds into the UV index and aircraft than $117 million in university-based re- measurements of the atmosphere that were search related to climate and atmospheric supposed to be used to monitor the effects sciences. of the oil sands development.
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The 40 km race started at 10 a.m. and the 30km, 15km, 10km and 5 km all started at 11. After the race, participants enjoyed soup and a bun, along with baked goods for sale. Thorne explained the race is called the Chocolate Marathon because everyone who crossed the finish line received a chocolate bar.
The international scientific community is appalled that the Harper government also plans to shut down a network of 17 ozone monitoring stations across the country. These stations take balloon-based measurements of the atmosphere that are subsequently given to scientists the world over. Harper and his crew also plan to close the World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre, the international database that makes archived ozone data from around the world available to scientists. An overwhelming scientific consensus holds that the climate is changing at an unprecedented rate and that human activities like burning fossil fuels is the major reason for that change. This is the core belief from the people who really ought to know and it is also held by the vast majority of well informed people in developed countries who understand that this is the greatest threat humankind has had to face. Cranks, religious kooks, the oil industry, and ultra right wing politicians can present no credible evidence that this is not the case, yet they deny climate change and spend their energies promoting the very things that got us in this pickle. Our federal government is firmly in this camp. They spend our money on prisons and pipelines and shut down the people charged with environmental stewardship. Listen to your radio and tell me I’m wrong.
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City to give dogs a reprieve DOGS AND bees are the highlight of recent changes to city animal control bylaws. City council has now passed changes that will allow dangerous dogs to redeem themselves in Terrace after three years’ good behaviour. allow some Terrace residents to keep backyard beehives, ensure dogs are better protected when in vehicles and keep animals from suffering due to bad ventilation in enclosed spaces. Changes to the dangerous dog bylaw came
about after a resident inquired about taking back the designation, said the city’s director of development services Marvin Kwiatkowski at a recent meeting. Now, if a dog once deemed dangerous doesn’t garner complaints to the city after three years, the city will take the dog off its potentially-dangerous list. Also, if owners show steps taken to correct a pooch’s bad behaviour, the city can take the dog off that list sooner. In regards to bees, residences zoned R1,
R1-A and R2 in Terrace can now keep up to two beehives with honey-producing bees in a backyard, provided that no “neighbourhood health, environmental or nuisance problems result.” Beehives must be registered with the apiculture registration system in B.C. and any honey produced must be for personal use only. Only property owners or those with owner permission can keep the bees. Backyards must be appropriately hedged
or fenced, 1.8 metres or more, or be installed on an elevated platform, like a deck or rooftop, 2.5 metres or higher. Beehive entrances must face away from neighbouring properties. Another change to animal control bylaws means that dogs must ride in the passenger area of vehicles unless otherwise properly secured. Properly secured means in a pen or cage or secured in a body harness that prevents a dog from “jumping or
falling off the vehicle or otherwise injuring itself.” Also, any animal kept in an enclosed space like a vehicle must have access to appropriate ventilation. Ventilation must “prevent the animal from suffering discomfort or heat-related injury.” All animal-related bylaws are enforced by the city’s animal control department. Council eased up on chickens last year, permitting residents to legally maintain coops in backyards.
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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