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Canadian Cancer Society volunteers Shirley Collins and Coralee Roy sell bouquets of daffodils in the Houston mall on Thursday. Daffodils will also bloom in Houston April 27, National Daffodil Day, when Houston Secondary students host a family dance in the Houston Community Hall to kick off the Relay for Life fundraiser. For more info or to join a team, visit cancer.ca/relay.
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When it comes to small town tax rates, Houston is a squeaky wheel that may get some provincial attention. District staff called on Victoria last fall to explain an unexpected drop in Houston’s Small Communities Grant—a grant for towns under 19,000 people that makes up between five and 10 per cent of Houston’s annual operating budget. At first, said Director of Finance Tandra Bamsey, staff were told Houston was receiving a lower grant because upgrades at the Canfor sawmill have raised Houston’s tax base. In 2011, Canfor replaced a pair of ageing kilns at the Houston mill, significantly boosting its production.
“I think Houston’s done a good job.”
- John Rustad
N e c h a ko - L a k e s MLA John Rustad, who looked into the issue at the District’s request, said ministry staff estimate that the Canfor upgrade meant Houston received $25,000 less in grant funding. But what the province didn’t realize is that Houston waived the extra tax it could have collected from Canfor for that fiscal year, and it will only tax the full value of the upgraded mill four years from now. See TAXES on Page 2
Northern towns asked to speak up about recycling plan By Andrew Hudson Houston Today
Houston needs to speak up about B.C.’s latest recycling plan, says Janine Dougall, environmental services director at the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako. In a presentation to Houston council,
Dougall said that by 2014 the province plans to move to a producerpays model for recycling print products, such as newspaper, and packaging materials, such as boxes, bottles, and plastic containers. “That’s pretty big for municipalities,” she said, noting that many are struggling to keep
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taxes d down as th they deal with rising volumes of solid waste. So far, Dougall says Victoria plans to have
- Janine Dougall producers cover recycling costs for 75 per cent of all print and packaging materials sold in B.C.
But Houston and other northern towns might miss out under that provincial target, Dougall says, since producers could simply write off northern B.C. as part of the 25 per cent they don’t need to recycle. “What this regional district is trying to do is force them to
develop regionallybased goals,” Dougall told Houston council. “Because we all know that down in the Lower Mainland, the Okanagan and higherdensity locations, those programs already exist and it’s probably pretty easy to transition.” “It’s in places like ours, where we don’t
have a lot of recycling infrastructure or programs in place where it’s going to be more challenging, and potentially more costly.” If B.C. does switch to regional targets, the new program could bring curb-side recycling to towns that have garbage pickup. See PAPER on Page 3
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Naomi Himech hands a bouquet of roses to Sandra Lavalie, named this year’s Inspirational Woman of Houston, outside the Houston campus of Northwest Community College. As a long-time college instructor and volunteer with Houston Link to Learning, a local literacy group, Lavalie has helped dozens of Houston students reach their full potential.
Council criticizes expert tax panel TAXES from Page 1 Rustad said that kind of incentive is the sort of industrial tax policy the provin-
cial government wants to see, and Houston shouldn’t be penalized for it. “As a matter of fact,
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Houston’s request has sparked an entire review of the program within the ministry,” he said. Industrial tax policy is a leading issue for B.C. municipalities this year, and other reviews are underway. In January, B.C.’s finance minister Kevin Falcon struck an expert panel to review how municipalities set taxes on business and industry. That review was partly triggered by conflicts in four small B.C. towns where Catalyst Paper Corp. refused to pay municipal taxes that it said were high enough to put it out of business. “I think industrial tax rates here in Houston and actually
across the corridor in my riding are pretty reasonable,” Rustad said. “There are some areas of the province where they’re not reasonable at all.” But even if B.C. municipalities agree that reviewing industrial tax policy is a good idea, several, including Houston, are unhappy with the current make-up of Minister Falcon’s expert panel. The seven-member panel includes corporate auditors, UBC academics, business executives and lobbyists, but no representative for local government. Houston council has sent a letter demanding better representation. The panel is due to finish its report by Aug. 31.
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But the system will work differently In rural areas that have no regular garbage pickup. At the moment, Dougall said the plan is to set up depots for rural residents. That’s another idea she says likely won’t work for the north because there are so many rural residents that volumes would be unmanageable. As for collection, the new plan would allow private companies and local governments to bid on collection contracts financed by an industry association called Multi-Material BC. “In that sense, it’s a wide open market for competition,” said Dougall. Deputy mayor Rick Lundrigan said he is concerned that municipal work crews might get caught in a bad contract if there’s no clear price structure. “I see this being a bit of a boondoggle and an expense to municipalities,” he said. “Have they got any numbers on what’s involved in collecting that paper, wages-wise
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B.C. cabinet ministers may launch a program to retrain welfare recipients and fly them north to cash in on high-paying jobs in the oil, gas and mining industries. Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad says if it does go ahead, the program will not take job opportunities from northern residents. “This is for areas like Fort Nelson who have an unemployment rate of minus 10 per cent, meaning that
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Pursuant to the Community Charter notice is hereby published of the District’s intention to provide assistance to Healthy Options for People and Earth Society (H.O.P.E), by entering into an agreement to lease a portion of lands (Approximately 23ft by 38.28ft) within Steelhead Park legally described as Lot 1, Plan PRP41845, District Lot 622, Range 05, Coast Range 5, Land District; (PID # 023-962-836). The term of the proposed lease is for two seasons, from June to September in 2012 and 2013 and the lease cost shall be One Dollar ($1.00) Under the terms of the proposed lease agreement the Lessee is entitled to the exclusive use of the said lands for the purposes of a Farmer’s Market on Fridays.
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ing will take time to work out, but ultimately the recycling cost has to be covered by Multi-Material BC. Some of that cost will likely be passed on to consumers in the form of eco fees—fees that would be added to the retail price of print and packaging goods. As for what is driving the shift to a producer-pays model, Dougall said B.C.’s landfills are under increasing pressure. “Things aren’t being built as well, shall we say, as they were 30 or 40 or 50 years ago,” she said. “We also have a whole pile of packaging whenever we go and buy a product— it’s wrapped five different ways to get it to market.”
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they have way more jobs available than people,” Rustad said. “We would move capable people from down south, who are living in areas of high unemployment and get them re-engaged in the workforce,” he added. Rustad said he is pushing for the program to extend to all B.C. communities, but that is something that remains to be worked out later this spring. NDP MP Carole has slammed the idea, which she says fail to address issues underlying unemployment.
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Twain Sullivan Elementary students tour Steelhead Park as the first step in a town-wide report on Houston’s most interesting places. “I think the students will learn a lot about their community,” said teacher Shirley Nielsen. After snapshots with the grizzly at the Chamber of Commerce, the students noted something many older Houston residents likely don’t know—last Friday was the Chamber’s 51st anniversary.
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Monday, April 23, 2012 Time: 7:00PM, Supper: 5:45 PM Location: Nechako Senior Citizens Friendship Center To Consider: ➤ Review 2011 financial statement. Sales increased 39.3% to $192.3 million and net savings increased $7.2 million to $14.6 million or 7.7% of sales. ➤ Directors recommendation of a patronage allocation of $8.7 million or 4.7% of 2011 purchases. ➤ Election of 3 Directors ➤ Guest speaker FCL Director Judy Clavier ➤ Co-op Gift Certificates, Hampers and Door Prizes valued at $500 Complimentary tickets for supper must be picked up prior to April 20th at the Co-op General Office. Sorry, no children please
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Interested in letting your name stand for the Board of Directors of Vanderhoof and Districts Co-operative Association. Directors participate jointly, with a total of nine Directors in planning and controlling the affairs of the co-operative, guided by Association Bylaws and Policies, so that it effectively moves toward achieving the objectives of the Co-operative. Please pick up a nomination form at the Administration Office. The form should be dropped off at the office prior to April 20, 2012.
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ow do you do a review on local taxation [across the province] without someone from local government? It doesn’t even make sense.” Mayor Mitch Campsall hit the nail on the head with this recent statement. He was talking about the Expert Panel on Tax the B.C. Liberal government has cobbled together to, among other things, review how municipal governments tax businesses. Once that’s done, the panel will develop recommendations about which taxes negatively influence competitiveness and economic growth. We know it’s important for businesses not to be taxed to death, so they can remain competitive and contribute to each community’s economic growth. We also realize how important our business owners are to the health of our community – not only for goods and services, but also as employers and community supporters. And for that, we thank them. Where Mayor Mitch, and we agree with him, has his nose out of joint is the makeup of the “panel of experts” who are going to make recommendations on what municipal governments should be doing when it comes to its taxation policies. The panel is seeded with big business-friendly representatives who likely look at municipal taxation policies as the enemy of business development. It’s very much like the introduction of the Auditor General for Local Government who would look into local government books and offer suggestions on how to run a leaner, meaner government. Again, this would allow local governments to forgo relying so heavily on business taxation to run the show. On this latter review, it should be noted our local governments have told the province to bring it on and they welcome the review. However, the rub on the former review is twofold. Why wouldn’t the panel of experts include someone with local government budget experience, so she or he could provide a perspective from that side of the issue? Why would a provincial government that’s up to its eyeballs in debt presume it needs to fine-tune the taxation policy of local governments that must balance their budgets every year? Some might think the B.C. Liberal government is just trying to solidify the business vote in the run-up to an election year. —100 Mile Free Press
Popcorn, pop and a pillow Ask me what kind of food I’ll eat and I’m open to almost anything, but ask me what kind of movie I’ll watch and suddenly I become picky. “We used to go to action movies all the time,” my husband said recently while reviewing the current theatre listings. “Now you’re only into the chick flicks.” Well, if you call dramas, comedies, documentaries and foreign films “chick flicks,” I guess that’s true. And he’s absolutely right that we used to go to action movies way back when and now I never want to. Even if the movie is starring my favourite actors I won’t be interested if it’s full of car chases or violence.
But I realize that I was never interested in that particular genre; I was just less selective about how I spent my free time and watched almost anything if I could call a big tub of buttered popcorn dinner. What happened to change that? I believe it was becoming a parent. “I don’t want to go to the trouble and expense to see a movie I have zero interest in,” I’ve explained. “You see the shoot ’em ups with one of your bro friends and I’ll see the rom-coms with one of my girlfriends.” But guess what? Nine times out of ten he wants to see the romantic comedy too. So off we’ll go to another chick-flick
that I invariably fall asleep in immediately after polishing off my unhealthy snacks, which leaves my husband trying to keep me awake so I don’t miss anything, or trying to keep me awake so I can regret the bad movie I selected. But, to me, a bad comedy is still better than a good action, just like a bad drama is still better than a good horror. Normal people with less discriminating tastes would disagree. “Why don’t you choose the movie one time and let him choose the next time?” our pal suggested one day. “Or… “ I said. “You two could see the boy movies together and I’ll do anything else.”
But it’s rare for my husband to go to the movies with his guy friends, and if he does, they’ll always sit with an empty seat between them. If I sat a seat away from my girlfriends they’d ask me why I was doing that. And one of my friends would ask me loudly. “Shhh… “ I whispered to Jen at the last movie we went to after she erupted into an obnoxious cackle during a quiet, serious scene. “People are giving us the evil eye.” “Oh who cares?” she said chomping on her ice. “This movie’s lame.” So even a bad drama with a loud friend is better than a good action with a quiet husband. Of course, the down side of seeing
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a movie with someone that noisy is not being able to sleep. “Were you just snoring?!” she asked elbowing my shoulder when I began to nod off. And then her obnoxious cackling returned.
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Remembering Vimy Ridge Editor: April 9 marks the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. After failed at-
tempts by both British and French forces, a corps of brave and determined Canadian soldiers captured this strategic ridge in France, which was of great importance to the German defence.
Letters are welcomed up to a maximum of 250 words. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, brevity and legality. All letters must include the writer’s name, daytime telephone number and hometown for verification purposes. Anonymous, or pen names will not be permitted. Not all submissions will be published. Letters may be e-mailed to: editor@houstontoday.com, faxed to: 250-847-2995 or mailed to: P.O. Box 899, Houston B.C., V0J 1Z0.
Despite the terrible price in casualties, this battle marked not only a significant Allied victory, but also the first time Canadians had fought as an independent force and not as part of the British Army. Along with other achievements during the First World War,
the Battle of Vimy Ridge helped establish Canada as a key player on the world stage, earning our country a separate signature on the Versailles Peace Treaty which ended the war. As a member of The War Amps Operation Legacy, a group of
committed young people who are dedicated to preserving Canada’s military heritage, I would like to highlight this significant anniversary of a battle considered by many to mark Canada’s birth as a nation. To commemorate the anniversary, mem-
bers of Operation Legacy will be donating copies of the documentaries A Vimy Veteran Remembers and In Flanders Fields to their local libraries. These productions are part of The War Amps internationally award-winning Military Heritage
Series, which tells the lesser-known Canadian war stories. Courtney McLaughlin, 17 Operation Legacy Member Quesnel, BC
Payroll control and the teachers’ union B
oth NDP leader Adrian Dix and his education critic Robin Austin have recently tried to sell the media a fictitious story about the party’s successful history of negotiations with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. With the ritual combat between the BCTF and the B.C. government flaring once again in early March, Dix bragged to reporters that the last time he was involved in teacher talks, it resulted in a 0-0-2 wage settlement. That was in 1998, when Dix was working for then-premier Glen Clark. The real 1998 story is useful, because then as now, the B.C. government was in a financial squeeze and looking at a huge set
of negotiations with government unions in health and other sectors as well as education. Glen Clark, an exindustrial union organizer, was known for pushing negotiators aside and taking control of hot files. The premier’s office took the lead in teacher talks, trying to set a strong precedent for low wage settlements similar to today’s “net zero” mandate. The B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, representing the school districts, was marginalized and treated with the same disdain that the BCTF still reserves for them. And the result was an agreement where the union bartered higher wages for hundreds more positions and
other benefit gains. This was one of the key mistakes that led to today’s showdown over class size and composition. Once trustees got a look at the premier’s 1998 deal, they refused to sign. For the first and only time, the government had to legislate the settlement on school boards. The BCTF membership endorsed the 1998 deal by a large margin, and it did indeed set the tone for other union settlements in the late 1990s. Press reports at the time put the total cost of this supposed wage freeze at an 11-per-cent increase in the provincial payroll. Before I get into the court battles that followed after the NDP government was dumped, there is
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“One of the first things I had to learn as a private sector manager is that if you don’t control your budget, you aren’t really a manager.”
a business principle here. One of the first things I had to learn as a private sector manager is that if you don’t control your budget, you aren’t really a manager. And no one who lets authority over staffing levels slip away can possibly control their budget. Control over staffing levels is what the NDP let slip to the BCTF in 1998. And
it is what the B.C. Liberals took back in 2002, with legislation that removed class size and composition from bargaining. In the constantly repeated BCTF rhetoric, this was the “illegal stripping” of union contract terms that was struck down in April, 2011 by the B.C. Supreme Court. A closer reading of Justice Susan Griffin’s decision
shows that she gave Education Minister George Abbott an out. If the province replaces staffing level bargaining with “an equivalent process of good faith consultations or negotiation, then the legislation might not be an interference with freedom of association….” Bill 22 was written with this decision in mind, reasserting the government’s control over the payroll with a $165 million fund for special needs and a mediator to demonstrate those “good faith consultations.” University of Victoria business professor Ken Thornicroft noted last week that ceding control over class size to the union amounts to delegating authority over spend-
B .C. Views Tom Fletcher ing to someone who is not elected. The legality of that will no doubt be examined in the BCTF’s next courtroom assault on the provincial treasury. It’s an important comparison for voters. Which party can better represent the public interest in hardball negotiations with 300,000 unionized employees?
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Burnaby-bound By News Staff Houston Today
Houston Ringette players Jamie Beck and Loni Sweet are off to the Canadian Ringette Championships being held in Burnaby from April 8 to 14. Both Jamie and Loni play on the Northern Lights U19AA team, which is made up of girls from Terrace, Prince George, Quesnel and Houston. A lot of extra amount of commitment to practices and travel within BC and
into Alberta over the season is required of players on the Northern Rep teams. Danette Anderson recently presented the girls with cheques on behalf of Houston Ringette to offset some of their costs. Jamie and Loni would like to send a big thank you out to local supporters. Anyone who would like to follow them and their teammates through the Burnaby tournament can check in by visiting www.leaguestat.com/ ringettecanada/crc.
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Danette Anderson of Houston Ringette presents cheques to Loni Sweet and Jaimie Beck, who will travel to play in the Canadian ringette championships.
Carnival wows crowd with fond farewells By News Staff Houston Today
Two senior skaters and a long-time coach of the Houston Figure Skating Club gave their finale performances at the annual skating carnival last weekend. Coach Jennifer Austin has led young Houston skaters for nine years, and starting next year, she will bring her talents to skaters in Prince George.
“Jen is the main reason I am the skater I am today,” said highschool senior Adam Ells, who also gave his final solo and pairs skates last Saturday. “She’s always pushing me, whether it’s making me do my program over and over, or having me do half a million double flips, all ending up with me on my back,” he said. For more Carnival photos, visit houstontoday.com.
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Leigh Seimens performs her graduation skate at the Houston Figure Skating Club Carnival on March 30. In a farewell speech, Seimens thanked all the coaches, family and fellow skaters who saw her through many memorable years, from bad skates to gold medals. Seimens won laughs from the crowd at Claude Parish when she remembered one of her earliest skating competitions. “My dad was given a stuffed monkey named Sam to throw on the ice and almost took a judge’s head off on the way down,” she said.
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Featuring the spirit of the local people How Glenda Ferris became Houston’s environmental pioneer Andrew Hudson Glenda Ferris heard it on the radio. “I was in the kitchen, actually baking bread and ironing,” she says. Her sons were at school, and her husband Hap was working in the Northwood mill. It was Nov. 18, 1981. At around 11 a.m., on came the news—a spill at Equity Mine. “They spilled 10,000 gallons of concentrated sulphuric acid down our watershed, in the middle of the night,” she says. “By afternoon they were telling people living on Buck Creek not to drink the water.” Ferris has lived on Buck Creek for more than 40 years. She was 26 when she started hauling water from the creek into the remodelled barn where she and Hap decided to raise their two young sons. “We wanted wild,” she says, smiling. Even in busy San Diego, where she and Hap met in a school choir, the two had pioneered a grassroots way to live. Hap & Glenda’s was San Diego’s biggest natural foods store in the 1960s, stocked with organic avocados and other fresh produce that the young couple sourced with help from people like Leonard Richardson. “He got his manure from horses at the racetrack,” Ferris said, laughing. “That meant no drugs, no nothing in all of the compost.” Although her parents had liberal ideas, raising her to reject the widespread racism of 1960s America, Ferris said they were “livid” when she and Hap got active in the civil rights movement, joined street protests against the war in Vietnam, and organized pickets against U.S. Navy pollution in San Diego Bay. “We lived our principles,” she said. “Our parents spoke them.” By 1970, Ferris said she and Hap were ready to sell their store and focus on raising a family. They looked north, bought some 100 mail-order maps of the B.C. backcountry, and settled on Pemberton or Smithers. But once in Canada, Ferris said they quickly saw what resort towns Pemberton and Whistler would be. And Smithers was all farmland and barbed-wire fences.
It wasn’t until simply have to treat the a real-estate friend runoff. drove she and Hap Ferris said she up the Buck Flats didn’t believe it. She Road that they and other environmenfound what they talists campaigned were looking for— hard, digging up early forests, a dirt driveinspection reports from way, and a creek BC Research Labs that swimming with fish. had raised the acid issue They settled into the before Equity was built. barn, Hap started They faxed materials to at Northwood, and the Vancouver Sun and in a few years they the Globe and Mail, demoved further up termined they could get Buck Flats into a log the mine rebuilt. home that they built “After a year, I realby hand. ized that we couldn’t So it was no fix it,” she said. “But I small irony to Ferris knew too much, and I when Equity Mine couldn’t turn my back.” started spilling acid In 1982, Ferris just a few kilometres helped create a Public east of her home. Advisory Commit“God’s little tee for Equity Mine, joke,” she says, Glenda and Hap Ferris stand outside a which still meets today. shaking her head as recent open house held by the B.C. En- In 1985, things turned she points out the vironmental Assessment Office to review again after she went to the proposed Pacific Trails Pipeline. distance on a map. a Smithers meeting on Ferris has seen a an Equity waste hanlot of maps since that day—maps that show to- dling plan. pography, watercourses, forestry roads and mine “There were engineers sitting there, saying plans. things that were an absolute falsehood—that they Days after the Equity spill, she found herself could recontour the Equity site and there would in the Smithers Ministry of Environment office, be no more acidity coming out of it,” she said. digging through boxes of maps, charts and mines “I thought, ‘I know more than those guys inspection reports. know,’ and it isn’t just about the Equity site. They She soon found that Equity had a bigger prob- don’t know anything about oxygen diffusion or lem than a spill. Exposed to too much air and convection, or about flow paths through waste running water, waste rock at the mine site was rock dumps,” she said. creating acid regularly. Ferris began to speak up on technical issues “Acid rock drainage” was a term that Ferris at other mines projects. Together with Allan had to look up and photocopy from a hard-bound Young and other environmentalists, she foundencyclopedia. She took it to Terry Roberts, a ed a group called B.C. Environmental Mining chemical engineer with the Ministry of Environ- Council. ment. “That was it,” she said. “That was the thin red Roberts told her that inspectors had known line for technical assessment.” for months that Equity’s waste rock was a probAlthough she was unpaid, Ferris said she got lem, but given how the mine was built, he said a lot of help from environment officials and was it couldn’t be completely sealed off. They would paid to travel to meetings of the Northwest Mine
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Development Review Committee. In 1986, she won the B.C. Minister’s Award for Environmental Achievement. By the mid 1990s, Ferris was helping on the site plan for the new Huckleberry Mine and consulting on dozens of other mines, forestry and land-use plans for First Nations. She advised on the security provisions and post-closure plans for the B.C. Mines Act, and contributed to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. Health problems have since forced Ferris to slow down her campaign work, but she said there’s also been a shift in how much citizens can take part in the technical side of project reviews. “It was different in the old days,” she said. “Now, there’s a lot more money, it’s much more corporate. People like me are basically ignored. “At the end of the day, you really need a person with a PhD—it’s the the only person that anyone listens to anymore.” Thirty years after the Equity spill, Ferris and Hap still live on Buck Creek. So do several moose, a grizzly bear, and geese that shelter up by her house when there’s a fire. Equity is still in the neighbourhood, and Ferris regularly meets with mines manager Mike Aziz (“A good man,” she says), and other members of the advisory committee to monitor the water there. But today, in 2012, Ferris says more serious changes are coming to her home at the end of the Buck Flats Road. Enbridge is proposing to build twin pipelines that will carry bitumen and oil condensate across the Buck and the Bulkley. Apache Canada is leading the KSL project to build a natural gas line along a similar route. “People don’t realize that KSL is the first step in a new B.C. energy corridor,” Ferris said. “There’s going to be a complete transformation of our forest-managed landscapes into an industrial-chemical landscape.” At a recent open house, Ferris challenged Apache officials on their traffic, wildlife and wildfire-protection plans. “I still love it—this shredded, damaged place,” she explained. “I’m not going to go anywhere, and I’m going to stand up and say what I know. Very few others are going to say it in the right way because they don’t live here.”
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On Denman Island, author Des Kennedy is enjoying the first fresh chives of the season. Shoots of chervil and sorrel are greening up his garden—a striking contrast to the red Russian kale that stood strong all winter. For forty years, that garden is where Kennedy and his partner Sandy have grown most of their own food. Gardens have also been at the root of Kennedy’s many books, three of which have been nominated for a Stephen Leacock humour award. But Kennedy wasn’t born a gardener. “I paid no attention to any of that, growing up,” he says. “I thought it was all a silly waste of time.” The son of strict, working-class Irish parents, Kennedy said his father ruled the rows of their backyard Toronto garden like a tyrant. When Kennedy finally struck out gardening on his own,
it was entirely different—a wannabe Zen Buddhist garden tucked in a wooded corner of the monastery where Kennedy was then in training. “It was largely ignored,” Kennedy said, laughing. “I was quite pleased and proud of it, but it made no sizeable impact on the monastic community.” From ages 15 to 24, Kennedy joined the Passionist Fathers, a monastic order that grew up around the first-wave Italian, Greek and Irish immigrant communities that settled in the northeast United States. But early on, there were signs that perhaps the order was not quite the right fit for Kennedy. When it came time for him and other novices to take on a new first name, Kennedy said the other boys in the order were choosing names like Peter, Paul and other wellknown saints. But Kennedy chose Dylan, after the poet Dylan Thomas. “I was completely captivated by Dylan
Thomas then, as one gets to to be if you read a little bit at that age particularly, not fully aware of what a scoundrel he was,” he said. Luckily for Kennedy, no one asked whether Dylan was actually a saint’s name, as the order required. “I had a wonderful old rector at that point, and I think he said, ‘Well, if there isn’t a saint named Dylan, there should be.’” While Kennedy was posted in a New York City monastery, he tried, with mixed success, to make a more direct link between his love of poetry and monasticism. But Monastery Meets the Street, a poetry reading that brought monks together with some “pretty derelict-looking” poets from New York’s Lower Eastside only got through one session before the Fathers shut it down. “It was an absolute riot,” says Kennedy. On Thursday, Kennedy may read a few poems from his curiously wayward
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Des Kennedy, author of The Way of a Gardener.
youth, but mostly he plans to share stories from his novels and several works of nonfiction. It will be his first time in Houston, but Kennedy has toured the central interior and read several times in Dawson Creek. “You run into all kinds of wonderful people,” he said. “I often get old sodbusters who come out of the woodwork— loggers and farmers,” he adding, noting that such characters often get into his novels as well. “They’re hard to keep out, and they always just about take your book over.” Many of Kennedy’s fans are drawn by his experience as a bona fide back-to-the-lander—after he left the
monastery for the West Coast and met his partner Sandy in the early 1970s, Kennedy set to clearing their Denman property and building a house for a whopping $4,500. “You look back and realize how easy it was for us,” he said. “Everything was relatively inexpensive—a lot of us built our houses out of recycled and hand-hewn stuff.” “It’s not impossible to do it now,” he added. “A bunch of young characters here have done it with cob houses, which is good to see.” “It keeps this place alive.” Des Kennedy will be speaking at the Houston public library this Thursday April 5 at 7 p.m.
Topley Victory Church services: 10:30 a.m.
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Granisle and District Seniors meetings are the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1pm in the Seniors Centre.
The Houston Retirement Housing Society is asking Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings interested parties to provide their names for future & fire practices every Tues., 7 p.m. at the Fire vacancies at our Pleasant Valley Village apartments. Hall. Please call Roberta@250-845-2257.
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BC Liberals closing ranks after defection By Tom Fletcher Black Press
Premier Christy Clark says she isn’t expecting any more resignations from the B.C. Liberal caucus after Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen’s abrupt jump to the B.C. Conservatives on Monday. Other B.C. Liberal MLAs canvassed in the wake of van Dongen’s resignation were unanimous in supporting the government and characterizing his defection as a mistake. AbbotsfordMission MLA Randy Hawes offered only tepid support for Clark’s leadership, describing her as being “in a learning stage” but “doing fine.” Hawes said he has not been approached by the B.C. Conservatives, and his only decision is whether to seek a fourth term next year
or retire to play golf, since he has turned 65. Chilliwack MLA John Les said he has not yet decided if he will run in the 2013 election. Les added that van Dongen’s resignation from caucus was clearly orchestrated with B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins days in advance. He noted that as an MP, Cummins supported a bill calling on politicians resigning their seats and running in a by-election if they want to switch parties. Asked about that policy on Monday, Cummins said he had forgotten about his earlier support for that position. Northern seats and others with a history of Reform Party support have been a focus for the B.C. Conservatives. But Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom says the rival party is “non-existent”
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The B.C. government is rolling out a rock-themed road show to encourage young people to find training and work. The Jobfest tour has all the trappings of a concert tour, including t-shirts, souvenir drumsticks and guitar picks, and two inflatable tents that look like giant amplifiers.
Stops in 50 B.C. communities will include a rock band, local community performers and speakers, with the tents serving as mobile career resource centres. “We’re going into some of the smallest communities in the province, First Nations communities, non-aboriginal communities to really share with the youth of the province what sorts of careers
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Premier Christy Clark said she expects no more MLAs to leave the B.C. Liberal caucus over her leadership. in his home constitu- ecutions of former “The only docuency of Peace River ministerial aides Dave ments that haven’t been South. Basi and Bobby Virk. released are ones that Peace River North Clark again rejected our legal advice tells MLA Pat Pimm said calls for an inquiry us we cannot release,” he has no interest in into the case, saying Clark said, adding that sitting as an indepen- she has answered ev- a judge will rule if that dent or considering ery question about her advice was correct. another party. own involvement in Clark said her top “I support Christy the original sale. priority is to keep the Clark, and I’ll be a Clark said the gov- B.C. Liberal coalition B.C. Liberal in the ernment has coop- together for the next next election,” Pimm erated with Auditor election. said. Clark met report- General John Doyle’s “The only thing I ers Tuesday for ques- requests for documents would say about John tions, including those as far as possible, and [van Dongen] is, he’s about van Dongen’s those in dispute are making it easier for accusations about the the subject of a court Adrian Dix to become BC Rail sale and pros- case. premier,” Clark said.
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are available to them,” said Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell. Job resources include iPad apps that guide users through a career choices survey, and computers to link users to a network of websites for detailed information. The tour will visit Houston on June 18. For more information, visit www.jobfest2012. ca.
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REMEMBERING OUR SON Gary Lundquist April 7, 1962 - July 3, 2009. We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to ALL of Gary’s friends who contributed so generously to his memorial park bench and picnic table. They are beautiful and placed in just the right spots. He is missed every day. Sharon and Boyd Lundquist.
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Help Wanted CITY OF Yellowknife. Lifeguard/Instructor. We are seeking an experienced individual to be a Lifeguard/Instructor. Refer to: www.yellowknife.ca for the required qualifications. Submit resumes by April 13, 2012, quoting competition 602-106U to: Human Resources Division, City of Yellowknife, P.O. Box 580, YK, NT, X1A 2N4. Fax to: (867) 6693471. Email: hr@yellowknife.ca LAND Surveyor req’d in Houston, camp job, wages negotiable, start immediately. Email resumes to info@bpdltd.ca or fax 250-769-5477 MARDEN AUTO HAULING LTD. a Salmon Arm based small trucking company. Seeking Heavy Duty Mechanic Welding, hydraulic exp necessary Own tools. Competitive wages, Class1 driver, towing carrier, exp. an asset. Resume/abstract. fax 250-8040680, email: patlabr@telus.net
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The District of Houston is now accepting applications for the following positions to join the Leisure Services Department.
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Primary duties will be supervision of youth recreation programs. Responsibilities of this position include taking payment for programs, ensuring the safety, protection, and enjoyment of those engaged in activities in the District of Houston. This position will provide leadership and direction of activities the participants are engaged in, and ensure the participants are adhering to all rules and regulations of the facility and activity. Preference will be given to applicants who have experience in public relations, experience in providing leadership and direction, hold a current level “C” CPR certificate, and have experience in providing janitorial duties. This position works on an as needed basis including evening and weekend shifts. The wage rate for this position is $ 15.54. Experience working or volunteering with youth, leading recreation programs, and coaching will be considered an asset. A positive attitude and an ability to work in a team environment is a must! Applications will be received at the District of Houston office, 336712th Street, Houston, BC until 2:00pm Thursday April 12th 2012. You may request a copy of the job description by calling the Municipal Office at 250-845-2238. Interested persons should direct all inquiries to: Curtis McPhee, Director of Leisure Services Phone: (250) 845-7420 • Fax: (250) 845-3429 E-mail: leisure.services@houston.ca
MONTPETIT, Pierre Andre Joseph It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Pierre Andre Joseph Montpetit on March 17, 2012. Pierre passed away unexpectedly in a tragic accident in the Cariboo region of BC at the age of 61. He is survived by his loving family that includes his wife, mother, two brothers, six children and five grandchildren. Pierre was born and raised in Montreal, QC before moving to BC in the early 70’s. He loved the BC wilderness, becoming an avid hunter and fisherman while living in Houston for many years. After moving to Vancouver Island, he took many adventures through life as an entrepreneur and owner of various businesses. Still, during this time he continued to take many trips north where he felt most at peace in the mountains and lakes of BC. Pierre lived a life of freedom and experienced life to the fullest. When asked what his greatest accomplishment was, he would never hesitate and say his children. He was a generous man with a big heart who touched the lives of many and will be missed deeply by all who knew him. A Celebration of life will be held on Friday, March 30, 2012 at 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the North Cedar Fire Department, 2100 Yellow Point Road. Everyone Welcome. Sands ~ Nanaimo
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Richard Alfred (Fred) Furrer September 6, 1923 March 23, 2012
It comes with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father Richard Alfred (Fred) Furrer on Friday, March 23, 2012 at the age of 88 in Smithers Hopsital after a short battle from a fall he took at home. Dad was predeceased by the love of his life, Faye and also daughter Winnifred in 1963. Dad was also an Opa (grandfather), Oom (Uncle) to nieces and nephews in Holland, and a brother and brother-in law. He leaves behind to mourn his loss six children as well as grandchildren, friends and extended family in Holland. Pops was in W.W. II with the Dutch where he spent time as a POW of the Japanese. Two of his sons represented him at a WW II reunion for the Dutch in Vancouver a few years ago. Our father was one who loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing. His trips hunting with his sons and canoeing on the Morice River looking for the elusive salmon and steelhead were endless and he had priceless stories to tell. Dad could talk the talk and walk the walk when it came to these two things. Our Dad was meticulous in the things he did in life and was totally organized. Now he will join our Mom and sister with the Lord, fishing forever. At this time we would like to acknowledge and thank Smithers nursing staff and doctors-not just now but over the years. Their compassion and care over the last week of Dad’s life was incredible. For that we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. All of us (Pops children, grandchildren, daughter-in-laws and extended family in Holland say goodbye to you Dad.) Say Hi to Mom and Winnifred when you are there. You will be, like the rest of them, be in our hearts and minds each and every day. (Love from all of us.) ~ No service by Dad’s request ~
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Where to Worship Anglican Church of St. Clement 2324 Butler Ave., Box 599, Houston 250-845-4940
Rev. Margaret Powell Services are: 10:30 a.m. Sundays except 7 p.m. on the First Sunday of the month.
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church 2001 Riverbank Drive, Box 819, Houston
Phone: 845-2841 • Fax: 845-2823
Fr. Rectorino Tolentino Pastoral Assistant: Ronnie Cruz (Houston)
Mass: Sunday 11:30 a.m. Weekly activities or events announced as they occur.
First United Church 2106 Butler Ave., Houston
Services at 11 a.m. Contact: (Marianne Dekker) 250-845-2282 or 778-816-0039
HOUSTON PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 2024 Riverbank Drive, Box 597, Houston Phone: 845-2678 • Pastor: Mike McIntyre
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AUCTION #1 - MAY 26, 2012 @ TOPLEY’S GARAGE This sale will include a good selection of antiques, a very large selection of tools, vehicles and equipment. To consign to the sale early in order for us to get your merchandise advertised, call Mike’s Auction Limited as soon as possible. AUCTION #2 - JUNE 2, 2012 @ FORT ST. JAMES This a auction will be a very large tool and equipment sale - approximately 2,000 lots. If you would like to consign large equipment or vehicles, please contact Mike’s Auction Limited. Please note that we cannot take any small items at this already extremely large sale.
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• Charming 2 storey log home on over 5 acres 15 min. from town. • Many renos laminate floors, new woodstove, metal roof, 2 baths redone. • Spacious open floor plan. Master w/ ensuite and walk in closet & patio doors to small deck. • Fenced and cross fenced, small barn, greenhouse.
$
159,900
LIVE UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS! • Unique custom built 2 storey executive home on a huge corner lot. • 4 huge bedrooms, 3 baths. Spacious living room with fireplace. • Formal dining room, family room off kitchen eating area with patio doors to deck. • Carport and garage. Beautifully treed yard.
$
192,900
House for Sale - 4th Street WHY RENT? 2 bedroom house on large 90 x 100 2 bedroom house foot lot in a quiet on large 90 x 100 neighborhood at foot lot in a quiet 3294 - 4th Street neighborhood at in Houston. 3294 - 4thExtensive Street in renos including Houston. Extensive new roof, new flnew oor, renos including new plumbing, new roof, new floor, new windows and and new new plumbing water service servicefrom fromthe thestreet. street. water
Lia Long 250-845-1147
Welding and Fabrication Business opportunity or equipment for sale from prior business in Smithers area.
$$
79,900
Call: 250-845-2954 or Cell: (250)-845-9524
Equipment noted, Accupress, Accushear, milling machine, lathes, total package, inquire @ job 250-847-7928, cell 250-877-2434.
Re/Max Houston 2436 Poulton Ave., Houston, BC e-mail: remaxhou@telus.net
Tanya Belsham
Call 250-845-7325 www.realtor.ca
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