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Troubled by a recent Auditor-General’s report into how the B.C. manages its forests, mayors and rural directors at the Regional District of BulkleyNechako are seeking independent forestry advice. On Thursday, members of the RDBN’s forestry committee voted unanimously to hire experts for an impartial look into issues such as forest inventories and the post pinebeetle timber supply. “Some of my concern is that quite often this stuff is held behind closed doors,” said Bill Miller, committee chair and director of the Burns Lake rural area. That concern is

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- Bill Miller

echoed in the audit, which was released in February by B.C. Auditor-General John Doyle. “The ministry has not clearly defined its timber objectives,” the report said, adding that B.C.’s forests ministry needs to set clearer, province-wide targets for timber volume, value and species diversity, and to start reporting publicly on the results. See TIMBER on Page 3

Federal budget cuts funding for public-access computers By Andrew Hudson Houston Today

Federal budget cuts could spell “Out of Order” signs for the Houston library’s public-access computers. For now, librarian Toni McKilligan says the five public computers are working well. All are less than three

years old, she said, and the library just updated their Microsoft Office software. But since Industry Canada cancelled its public computer funding on March 31, those computers are at risk of breakdown. “A few years ago, we lost all our technology funding from

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“If enough people say yes, this is important, the government may reconsider.”

the province as well,” McKilligan said. “So if a computer or a printer or anything breaks down, we have

- Treena Decker to figure out where to get the money to fix it or replace it.” Starting in 1995, Industry Canada fund-

ed public computers at libraries and community centres across Canada as a way to bring high-speed internet access to people living in rural areas or on low incomes. On April 5, the federal agency said it was pulling the plug on its public computer program because of a

tight budget year and because the program “had successfully achieved its objectives.” But McKilligan said the Houston library’s computers are still in demand, adding that it’s not uncommon to have a waiting list, especially just after school.

“Probably the largest group that is served by it is youth who don’t have computers at home,” she said. Students often use the computers to do work-related tests or short courses, she said, such as the online Food Safe exam required for restaurant workers. See LIBRARY on Page 3

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Audit raises need for clear timber targets TIMBER from Page 1 Officials at the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations responded by saying its principle objectives are set in law, and more precise targets are set out in a number of technical guides that are mostly done at a regional level. Miller said another key problem identified in the report is that private companies and community groups that hold timber li-

cences have to follow stricter tree planting and forest stewardship rules than the government itself. Even before they circle a group of trees for harvest, Miller said licencees have to prepare detailed plans for how to protect things such as wildlife and nearby rivers. But after the trees reach “free-growing” stage—usually between seven and 20 years after planting— stewardship of B.C. forests returns to the

province. “Once it turns over to the Crown, there’s no forest stewardship plan anymore,” he said. Although the trees are fairly mature by that stage, he added, wildfires, diseases and new access roads can all enter the picture and require more planning. Another issue, Miller said, is the way that B.C.’s forests ministry performs forest inventories. “They do a lot of ‘circle the area, count

“ “Once it turns over to the Crown, there’s no forest stewardship plan.”

- Bill Miller

the trees, and extrapolate,’” he said. “That’s not accurate, the AuditorGeneral has said that, and we’ve known that

Web access still key to north: Decker LIBRARY from Page 1

Many rural residents also use the computers to get the highspeed internet access they can’t get at home, said McKilligan. Other residents come in because their home computer isn’t hooked up to a printer. Treena Decker, who works at Community Futures in Prince Rupert, was responsible for distributing about $100,000 in annual public computer funding from Industry Canada to 27 sites in northwest B.C. Seven of those sites are in public libraries, while the rest are in community centres or band council buildings. “When you break it down to roughly $3,400 per site, that’s a lot of bang for the government buck,” said Decker. A lot of the Industry Canada funding went directly to hardware and software, Decker said, “But a lot of times it was internet connectivity, which is a huge cost up here in

the north.” In Una River, a tiny coastal community, Decker said the funding was used to set up a public wi-fi network. Other sites used the funding to put up secondary radio towers to boost their internet speeds. Decker said it’s too early to say whether other governments or funding bodies might step in to continue the program, but she noted that governments are facing tight budgets right now and public computers may not be their top priority. Decker also said she hopes the federal government changes its mind about the cuts before the budget is finalized in June. “If enough people say yes, this is important, the government may reconsider,” she said. According to the latest Statistics Canada survey on internet use, 84 per cent of B.C. households had home internet access in 2010, a rate that is higher in

major cities. Among the roughly 20 per cent of Canadian households who do not have internet access at home, more than half said they had no need or

for years.” In its third year, Miller said the RDBN’s forestry committee was set up to give area mayors and rural directors a stronger voice on such issues. But to do that, they need the kind of clear, objective information the auditor called for. “I really think that if we’re going to make responsible decisions around this table, then we need that source of resource to draw on.”

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ollowing a condemning report on the joint strike fighter program from the Auditor General Michael Ferguson earlier this month, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government finally admitted there were problems with their beloved F-35 jets. The report also accused the Department of National Defence (DND) for not being wholly open with the information it was giving to government and its bureaucrats, especially about the escalating cost estimates. It appears Mr. Harper suspected the jig was up when there was no mention of the F-35 jets in the budget speech other than to note that the CF-18 Hornets had to be replaced. Immediately after the Auditor General’s report was released, the Tories froze the spending for the F-35 program. Next, the government announced it was withdrawing DND’s ability to purchase new weapon systems and hand them off to Public Works. Obviously, this was a move to appear to be doing something and to deflect opposition criticism in the House of Commons. However, the $30-billion, and possibly growing, price tag on the F-35 jets isn’t new information for the Tories. In March 2011, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page noted the cost of the F-35 program would be closer to $30 billion because the $15-billion price tag DND was tossing around didn’t include ongoing training, personnel and operating costs. At the time, the Tory government and its MPs, representing Ottawa in our communities, stubbornly refused to admit costs were spiralling out of control for the F-35 stealth fighters, and pointed accusatory fingers at Mr. Page for not providing accurate fingers. Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod said Page was comparing “apples and oranges” when he accused of the government of giving a lowball cost estimate. She, in turn, accused him of basing his costs on a 30-year maintenance program rather than the government’s 20-year estimate. While the federal Liberal Opposition hammered away at getting a true costing for the F-35 jets, the Harper government continued to defend the F-35s. This refusal to come clean and share the information with the House of Commons came to a head when the opposition passed a lack of confidence vote against the minority government and forced last year’s federal election. During the ensuing election campaign, the Conservatives continued to pull the wool over the nation’s eyes by denying the escalating cost and technical problems. They were rewarded for their evasiveness by being handed a majority government. It lends credence to the old adage you can fool all of the people some of the time. —100 Mile House Free Press

Real housewives of whose world?

fter easily avoiding every single episode of the Real Housewives of Anywhere, my curiosity was piqued last week with its latest franchise, primarily because it was filmed in Vancouver where I was born and raised. I figured I’d tune in at least once to catch some of the beautiful Vancouver sights, and maybe see a few familiar faces. I watched the first two episodes while I worked out, and surprisingly, my time in the gym whizzed by. “Did you like it?” one of my girlfriends asked excitedly. I had to admit: I did. I can’t say why exactly, but I recognized instantly that it was a guilty pleasure compa-

rable to eating grilled cheese sandwiches made with processed Velveeta and white bread. I knew it wasn’t great for me and there were much healthier alternatives, but it wasn’t going to kill me either. The five gorgeous housewives featured in the show live very different lives than I do. They live very different lives than almost every woman I’ve ever known. But it wasn’t their extreme wealth and privilege that I found interesting, it was the inane dramatic situations that I got a kick out of, even knowing how staged they were. “It’s not real,” one of my male friends said. “Two of them

aren’t even from Vancouver. They’ve been transported from Toronto and the shows are scripted.” Who cares, I thought after I saw it. It was funny. “But it’s not intended to be a comedy,” he said. “I don’t get how you could like that crap. I understood his frustration with me. After years of voicing my dislike at the mere idea of reality TV, I must seem like a complete traitor to him. “Didn’t you find it amusing how that one woman would bully her friends and when she was confronted, she’d turn it around and tell them to get over it and get therapy?” I asked.

“Or the woman who said that her primary source of income was two divorces. Full stop.” “No,” he replied. “They were contemptible.” I couldn’t take it as seriously as that, though. But is the Real Housewives of Vancouver a must see? I refuse to judge these women because I don’t know them. As far as I’m concerned, they are just playing exaggerated caricatures of themselves for the sake of entertainment. Sure, their job is easier than an actor’s because they don’t have to learn lines. But their job is also harder because people assume

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the mill in Burns Lake by stepping outside of the current rules governing timber supply. What concerns me is that if they do it for one company, they will have to do the same for others as the supply of

timber diminishes in the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District. We are all aware of the voracious appetite for timber that Canfor and West Fraser have in Houston. Will the rules be

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bent for them in a few years? This is a slippery slope, and we must be careful before going down this road. James B. Ippel Terrace

Gentle John Cummins? Not really I

n an interview with one of our Vancouver Island papers before Christmas, B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins made a bold prediction that he would have party status before the general election in May 2013. That’s four seats, and it wasn’t based on an unlikely sweep of the Chilliwack-Hope and Port MoodyCoquitlam by-elections, now set for April 19. He hinted he was getting calls from MLAs looking to join up, after a November Angus Reid poll showed a sudden surge to 18 per cent for his resurgent brand. We now know that one of those callers was Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen. I asked Cummins on Friday if he is still

confident about three more. “Hopeful, let’s put it that way,” he replied. Van Dongen’s explosive departure was arranged, with Cummins’ help, for maximum damage to Premier Christy Clark. Van Dongen notified the B.C. Liberal caucus that he was quitting. Then, in a questionable use of legislature privileges, he launched a broadside on Clark’s integrity. He cited the $6-million legal payout in the B.C. Rail sale, a decision made before Clark’s time, and the recent collapse of a deal to sell naming rights to B.C. Place. He described the B.C. Liberals as “an organization headed for failure,” then announced he’s joined the B.C. Conservatives.

Cummins then joined van Dongen at a hotel news conference across the street, as the former Gordon Campbell cabinet minister disclosed he has hired his own lawyer to dig through the roomful of paper from the B.C. Rail case once again. Auditor General John Doyle is already in court seeking access to details of the $6 million in lawyer bills, which the Attorney General’s ministry hasn’t provided because it doesn’t have them. These delicate matters were farmed out to yet more independent lawyers. Independent special prosecutor Bill Berardino also spent seven years and many more millions on the B.C. Rail case, including the role of Clark’s

“Van Dongen’s explosive departure was arranged, with Cummins’ help, for maximum damage to Premier Christy Clark.”

lobbyist brother, Bruce. He didn’t find the smoking gun now sought by van Dongen. This effort seems designed more for political revenge in an election year than to clarify the sorry legacy of the B.C. Rail sale that has already been examined through two provincial elections. Van Dongen was at the top of everyone’s list of disgruntled B.C. Liberals.

During last year’s leadership contest, he muttered darkly about not only B.C. Rail, but also the integrity of fellow Abbotsford MLA Mike de Jong. Now Clark is van Dongen’s target, with Cummins standing beside him trying to look statesman-like. Of course van Dongen drove himself out of cabinet long before Clark returned. Chronic speeding by a public safety minister is a tough sell.

I asked Cummins about the reluctance of key cabinet ministers Kevin Falcon and George Abbott to confirm they are running again. His aw-shucks friendly-grandpa modesty precludes speculation, but he did allow it’s “maybe a comment on the state of affairs in the Liberal caucus.” Reporters started surveying government MLAs after Falcon and Abbott kept their options open for 2013. For the record, fellow ministers Terry Lake, Shirley Bond, Pat Bell, Mary Polak, Rich Coleman and Stephanie Cadieux all said they are firmly on Clark’s election team. Independentminded backbenchers Bill Bennett and Kevin Krueger also saluted the B.C. Liberal ban-

B .C. Views Tom Fletcher ner. Randy Hawes allowed that he’s 65, so if he leaves it will be for the golf course. As I was talking with Cummins, B.C. Conservative advisor Randy White was assuring the Abbotsford News that more defections are coming. Cummins has people for the dirty work.

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After almost one year of investigation and more than six months in the courts, Andrew Maillot pled guilty to one count of Illegal Guiding, section 49(1) of the Wildlife Act at the Port Coquitlam courthouse. The guilty plea stems from a complaint received by the Conservation Officer Service in Smithers, B.C, in September 2010. The complaint alleged Maillot was il-

legally guiding fishermen on the Zymoetz (Copper) River near Smithers, BC. An investigation, including Conservation Officers Kyle Ackles, Cam Schley (resigned) and Sergeant Kevin Nixon, was launched and charges against Maillot were filed Aug. 30, 2011. Maillot was charged with acting as a guide without a proper licence, angling without a licence or permit as required by regulation and acting as a guide without a proper licence. All charges were

filed under the B.C. Wildlife Act. “Investigating illegal angling guides can be difficult,” Ackles, a conservation officer based in Smithers said. “In order to prove the offence we need to prove compensation or reward for guiding services.” In sentencing Maillot, the judge also remarked on the difficulty of investigations involving illegal guiding and noted such activities put legal guides at an economic disadvantage. Maillot was ordered

to pay a $1,000 fine. In addition, Maillot also has to pay $9,000 to the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund for fish conservation and enhancement and management in the Skeena Region. “Hopefully, the $10,000 fine will provide a deterrence in the future,” Ackles said. Deterrence is key, Ackles said, because there are indications illegal guiding is a common venture in the Skeena region. “Angling guiding is an important industry locally and brings in a lot to the local econo-

my,” Ackles said. “The Smithers office, which includes the Morice, Babine, Bulkley, Kispiox and upper Skeena rivers, receives around a dozen complaints every fall.” The Copper or Zymoetz River, which flows into the Skeena River near Terrace, B.C., is considered a classified river and considered one of the best rivers to fish for steelhead salmon. To report a violation please call the Conservation Officer Service at 1-877-952RAPP (7277).

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TELUS will invest $100 million in northern B.C. over the next three years, and $60 million of those dollars will be infused in Prince George. TELUS president and CEO Darren Entwistle made the announcement at the Inn of the North Thursday morning, joined by MLA Shirley Bond and Mayor Shari Green. “TELUS’ $103 million investment in northern B.C. over the next three years is only possible due to the hard work and outstanding commitment of our 775 team members and retirees in the region and the support of our customers, and

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Featuring the spirit of the local people For better or worse, Saskatchewan couple bet on each other for nutrient testing. Andrew Hudson “Both of them are up there Love takes many forms. among my star patients,” says In the home of Alvin and Angela Robinson, a home dialyJoyce Ermel, love is a bright sis nurse who regularly visits the blue dialysis machine with Ermels. looping tubes. It whirs as it As well as Alvin’s fine work draws blood from Joyce’s arm on the dialysis machine, Roband cleans it—a job her kidinson noted how well Joyce neys suddenly quit doing on watches her diet. July 3, 2010, thanks to a rare Given how hard it is to prodisease that strikes one in two cess salt and potassium, dialysis million people. patients are caught in the strange Alvin, who turns 76 in May, position of having to keep most now runs the home dialysis healthy foods off their plate. machine that keeps Joyce alive “White flour, white sugar, and the two of them living in nothing whole wheat, no greens, Houston. no salt,” Joyce says. “I tell them Every second day, or whenthat my diet is worse than this ever Joyce needs it, Alvin indialysis machine.” stalls new tubing, a new blood But Joyce does follow her filter, and primes the machine recommended diet, Robinson with IV fluid. said, something she sees in reguThen, with a practiced hand, lar reports from Joyce’s dietiAlvin guides a needle to the cian. “buttonhole” in Joyce’s arm— “I know things are going well a surgically-made passage there,” she said. between her artery and vein Robinson says she has 15 that he says is tricky to use but home dialysis patients right now, means less chance of infection. scattered from Dawson Creek to “Even the doctors that come Chetwynd and Quesnel. in here and see it—they just Many people in the Northern look at Alvin and say, ‘I can’t Joyce and Alvin Ermel with the kidney dialysis machine they run from their home in Houston. Joyce is one Health area chose home dialysis believe you’re doing this,’” of just 15 home kidney dialysis patients in northern B.C. to stay in their home town, she says Joyce. says. From Houston, the closest But she knows better. machine runs and Joyce sleeps, does crosswords, listens to radialysis clinics are in Terrace or Prince George. When he was a boy growing up in Bethune, Saskatchewan, dio, or phones whoever she owes a call. Friends drop by, some But since 2004, Robinson says the province has also stepped she says Alvin told his parents that he wanted to be a doctor. after signing up to a visit list at church—a blessing Joyce says up home dialysis in more urban parts of the province because it Money was tight though, and they needed him to work on helps pass the time. often shows better results. As Joyce says, compared to in-clinic the family farm. Meanwhile, the machine cycles through more than 80 litres dialysis, home dialysis is a Cadillac. Alvin stayed, and he did well—this summer, he and Joyce of blood. Alvin steps in regularly to check a screen and make “You can do it when you want, for as long as you want,” she will fly back to Bethune for the town’s centennial after farming sure Joyce’s blood pressure and the machine’s flow rate are says. there for 50 years. okay. Robinson agrees, noting that even at independent clinics, Still, handy as Alvin was fixing farm equipment, Joyce says “This is just like a monitor on a combine, actually,” he said, where patients can hook up the machines themselves, patients her husband always longed to fix people instead. taking down some numbers in the middle of a dialysis. have to follow a more limited schedule. “He took a St. John’s Ambulance course, and every time Once each session is over, Alvin disposes of the tubes and “If you want to do it, and you meet the criteria, we can get there was an accident in Regina he would be driving behind the blood filter, then mixes one of three cleaning solutions to disinyou home,” she says. ambulance to see if he couldn’t do something,” she says. fect the machine. All in all, he says it’s a five-hour job. But not everyone is capable of taking on as much as Alvin “So this was pre-ordained years ago.” But that doesn’t include the time Alvin and Joyce spend arhas. Luckily for Alvin, even after he starts Joyce’s dialysis, there ranging supplies, swapping out water filters, or taking monthly “He needs a medal,” Joyce says. “He doesn’t have a chest is still plenty of work to do. blood samples that Alvin spins in a centrifuge and mails to a lab big enough.” For the next four and a half hours, he stays close by while the

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Encorp Pacific (Canada) is one of North America’s leading product stewardship corporations. With over 175 depots and mobile collectors across BC, the Return-It™ system is a British Columbia success story. Thanks to BC residents, 80% of the beverage containers sold in the province are recovered and recycled into something new. That’s over one billion containers kept out of our land fills. As one of BC’s largest product stewardship corporations, Encorp’s mandate is to develop and manage a consumer friendly and cost-effective system to recover end-of-life consumer products and packaging for recycling. Encorp monitors and estimates greenhouse gas emissions associated with its recycling activities. This helps reduce their carbon footprint and maximize their net benefit to the planet. In 2010, more than one billion containers were recycled.

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That’s approximately 365 million aluminum cans, 355 million plastic bottles, 215 million glass bottles, 82 million drink boxes and cartons, and 10 million other containers of varying types. “One billion containers weigh around 97,000 metric tonnes. That’s about the size of an aircraft carrier,” adds Encorp’s President and CEO, Neil Hastie. “Imagine if our land fills had to accommodate that in addition to everything else that’s thrown out.” First established in 1994, Encorp created a network of provincewide recycling depots to ensure soft drink containers were recycled. The system expanded in 1998 when the provincial government expanded the recycling regulations to include water, juice and alcohol containers. Today, consumers pay a deposit on all ready-to-drink beverage containers sold in BC, except for milk. Encorp’s Return-It Depot system collects containers from consumers and returns them for recycling on

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Stars shine at HSS Arts Fair days, she said. Even the math class had a display to show off different angles on the Pythorgean theorum. After watching a short play on one woman’s nightmare adventure in voicemail, visitors to the fair heard the HSS band blast through its first public performance. Now that it’s over, Rourke said Houston Secondary teachers have some tough homework to do. In an annual tradition, they will vote on one standout piece to hang in their staff room.

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Houston firefighters made a splash with a shiny new waterhauler last week. Fire Chief Jim Daigneault says the new truck will mainly shuttle water to outof-town areas that have no fire hydrants. Equipped with a 1,500-gallon tank that takes just five minutes to fill, he said the new truck can haul more water than the 40-year-old truck it’s replacing. “It gives us a lot of flexibility,” Daigneault said. “It’s actually got

a good pump on it, so it can just fight a fire as well.” Crews tried out that pump for the first time on Thursday while driving the truck slowly down 11th Street. That “pump and roll” technique is a big help in fighting fast-spreading grass and brush fires, said Daigneault. Shawn Dick, handles B.C. and Yukon sales for Rocky Mountain Phoenix, the company that won last year’s bid to supply the District of Houston with the $194,000 Rosenbauer fire truck. Inside the water-

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Houston firefighters get schooled on the department’s new water hauler. hauler is a collapsible tank that looks like a giant wading pool, he explained. When they pull up to a fire, the hauling crew dumps that pool on the ground and fills it using a 10-inch chute that pours 1,000 gallons a minute. Then they drive back to a hydrant for a refill, leaving a pool of

water that fire engines can suck up using suction hoses. “They just keep filling the pool, and the other trucks do the main firefighting,” said Dick. Asked what it’s like to be a firetruck dealer, he admitted it’s a lot of fun. “Every single truck I sell, I get to have at

my house and drive,” he said, smiling. That’s a huge bonus for his six-year-old son, he added, who got to bring his Dad’s fire truck to his Grade 1 show-and-tell this year. “He was pretty much the coolest kid in school,” he said, laughing.

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Houston Public Library Upcoming Events... Baby & Me: Wed: 10-1am; Story Time: Wed: 1:30-2:30pm; Toddler Time: Fri: 10 to 11am; After School Game Day – Thurs, April 26 from 2:30 to 4:30pm; Celebrate Earth Day at the Library - Rock Painting – Thurs, April 19 from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Paint and rocks are provided or bring your favorite rock from home. You must register for this activity; Dessert Club – Tues, April 24 from 7 to 9 pm. This month is all about ‘Fruit Crisps’ Please bring a copy of a recipe to share and please call to register. Phone 250-845-2256 for more info on any of the above events or to register. Family Dance - Fundraiser for Relay for Life - Friday, April 27: 7-10:00 pm at the Houston Community Hall. Admission by Donation. For more info call Jocelyn Rourke 250-8453735 or email riversnorth@gmail.com. All proceeds to the Relay for Life cancer fundraiser. NEW ARRIVALS - Ton of Books Sale (fundraiser for Telkwa Museum) Sat., April 21 & 28 at 10 am - 4 pm, Telkwa Village Ofﬁce, Corner Hwy. 16 and Hankin. Contact: Janet 250-846-5258 Community Calendar proudly sponsored by

Houston Secondary School RUGBY TEAMS are hosting a BINGO! April 19, Houston Senior Centre, Doors open at 6:30 Bingo Starts at 7pm. Concession available. Know your limit, play within it. For Help: 1-888-795-5611 or Structural Fireﬁghting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Topley www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca. Houston Secondary Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696School PAC gaming licence. 3348 or come to a ﬁre practice: Thurs. @ 1930 hrs Bipolar Workshop - April 27, 2012 at the Houston (7:30 pm) Seniors Centre from 10 am to 2 pm. There is no charge Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd Tues. and refreshments and lunch is provided. The workshop is of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire practices every Thurs. presented by Heather Megchelsen, a regional co-ordinator at 7:30 pm. of the B.C. Schizophrenia Society. Register with Houston Community Services at 250-845-3484 before April 20, Topley Victory Church services: 10:30 a.m. 2012.

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The Houston Legion Branch 249: Darts Sat. at 7:30. Meeting: 2nd Mon. of the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is General Meeting (we have not been able to get a quorum in Granisle and District Seniors meetings are the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1pm in the Seniors Centre. months, members please attend) Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & ﬁre “Fit For Life.” Senior Exercise @ Cottonwood Manor on practices every Tues., 7 p.m. at the Fire Hall. Mon., Wed., & Fri. @10 a.m. Call Hanne 845-7414 or Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., 11 a.m. Bunny 845-7110. Bible study is Thurs. at 7 p.m. Houston Community Services is open Mon. thru Fri. from 9am to 4pm We have clothing to give away. Baby clothing; women’s and mens as well as children of all ages. Come and check it out! fected by cancer in some way. “Being an employee of Bulkley Valley Credit Union is more than just coming to work, putting in my hours and at the end of every two weeks leaving with a paycheque. For me it is more than that – I get to work with great people and meet many different members of the community and surrounding areas. At Bulkley Valley Credit Union we take pride in being involved in our community whether it is volunteering at the Luckies games, supporting the Fireman’s May Long Pancake Breakfast, painting pre-kindergartens’ faces at the Teddy Bear picnic or participating in fundraising for the Relay for Life and the Big Bike to name a few. There is a sense of accomplishment and self gratitude when you can see that you are helping to make a difference in your community. I think that everyone has been affected by cancer, whether it is someone close to them or someone in the community that they are friends with. For me, a person who I have known equally as my mother was diagnosed in April of 1999 with cancer and passed away in January of 2000. I think that we always try to stay positive and pray that they can beat

Bulkley Valley CREDIT UNION RELAY FOR LIFE – CORPORATE SPONSOR 2012 Bulkley Valley Credit Union, formally Houston & District Credit Union was incorporated July 2, 1957. The year 2000, marked the beginning of another era for the Credit Union in Houston when it joined forces with Bulkley Valley Credit Union. “When asked if the Bulkley Valley Credit Union would be a corporate sponsor for the Relay again this year, it was a pretty easy decision. Although the funds we raise and donate help so many, it is a great time for the staff to come together and provide support to one another – we all have been af-

it, but unfortunately cancer is something that sometimes is out of our control. When you hear about people that have been diagnosed with cancer and have “beat” it for a number of years I am amazed and hopeful for anyone else that is being diagnosed. “Theresa Niven MSR Investment Services”. Relay for life is being held the weekend of June 22 in Houston.

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Even with billiondollar deficits to back out of the harmonized sales tax, Kevin Falcon is getting a warm reception as he makes the annual finance minister’s tour of major banks and bond rating agencies. Reached in Toronto between stops in New York and Chicago, Falcon said Thursday’s AAA credit rating reports by Moody’s Investors Services and Standard and Poor’s show that B.C. continues to compare favourably to other jurisdictions emerging from the 2008-09 recession. “In a world of great uncertainty, we’re part of a pretty elite, small club, a shrinking club of jurisdictions that enjoy the strongest possible credit rating,” Falcon said. “There is a lot of investment interest in British Columbia.” B.C. started its fiscal year April 1 with a deficit expected to be $969 million, returning to a $154 million surplus by 2013-14 and a spring election.

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“The province’s plan to balance its budget by 2013-14 is feasible given its track record of effective fiscal management,” Moody’s said in its credit rating report. Falcon said B.C.’s growing Asia trade is looked on favourably by bankers and private investors, which he has lined up a series of meetings with this week. They notice projected spending limited to two per cent overall, and a record of meeting budget targets, he said. Ontario is collecting HST, but aims to take until 2017-18 to get get its $16 billion deficit back into the black. Moody’s warned Ontario in December of a possible credit rating downgrade if it fails that target.

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Province says yes to a new Lakes District Hospital Rebecca Billard Black Press

A crowd of locals gathered at the Margaret Patrick Memorial Hall last Thursday heard the long awaited news that the Lakes District Hospital replacement project was given the provincial thumbs up. Amid loud applause and cheering, Health Minister Michael de Jong who arrived in Burns Lake to announce the project, said the procurement will begin this spring with construction expected to start in 2013 and be completed in 2015. “We want to get on with this and we want to see this take shape,” he said. The announcement was made during a Babine Forest Products sawmill employee breakfast. Minister de Jong said, “Do not under estimate the degree to which your community’s response to the Babine Forest Products tragedy has inspired others across B.C. and across Canada. This tale will be told and retold for many years to come.” The long awaited news was also welcomed by chiefs from the six local First Nations, Michael McMillan, chief operating officer from Northern Health, government officials, including Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad and Mayor Luke Strimbold. “The new hospital that is being announced for Burns Lake will allow health professionals to continue giving high levels of support

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This is the beginning of better health care in our region.”

h iin need,” d” for those Minister de Jong said. “Burns Lake has been in need of a new hospital for some time. This has been my number one capital priority as well as Northern Health’s. The announcement that the province is moving forward with construction of a replacement care facility is great news,” said Rustad. Funding for the Lakes District Hospital replacement project will be cost shared by the province and Stuart Nechako Regional Hospital District. Rustad said that 80 per cent of the approximate $55 million project will be paid for by the province while the taxpayers of the Stuart Nechako Regional Hospital District will pay 20 per cent. The Stuart Nechako Regional Hospital District encompasses the communities of Burns Lake, Fraser Lake, Fort St. James, Granisle, and Vanderhoof together with the Electoral Areas of Burns Lake rural, Fort St. James rural, Fraser Lake rural, Francois Ootsa rural and F Vanderhoof rural. “This 80/20 per cent funding split is something that the community has been pushing for, for some time,” he said to Lakes District News. Usually 60 per cent of the cost of capital

- RDBN chair Bill Miller projects, such as new hospitals are funded by the province while taxpayers, through a hospital district, are required to pay the remaining 40 per cent. “With two other hospitals in the district that need replacing soon and a small tax base, asking for a 40 per cent capital contribution would have been totally unrealistic,” Rustad said, adding that the burden on taxpayers would have been too great. The project will generate approximately 200 direct jobs which Rustad said will be a good opportunity for local residents. “Of course there will be specialized jobs, but there will be jobs clearing the site and other work that will be available.” He said Northern Health will put the project up for tender in the coming weeks. “We hope to have something in place mid summer and work to begin at the site mid fall.” Mayor Luke Strimbold said, “I am elated to hear that a new hospital for Burns Lake has been approved. This hospital will increase our level of health care services, create local jobs and bring comfort to families and businesses in the Lakes District.” Mayor Strimbold said, “Community groups, individuals, the Stuart Nechako

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Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad.

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Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad, Burns Lake Mayor Luke Strimbold and Health Minister Michael de Jong give a big thumbs-up to a new Lakes District Hospital. Regional Hospital District and former councils have been working with Northern Health and the provincial government towards a hospital replacement for many years. We can now celebrate our success. Northern Health engaged the community and requested input during the initial design stages for the new hospital and we look forward to continuing our working relationship as construction begins and health care capacity is increased in our community.” Examples of possible features for the facility include up to 16 beds, acute care services, emergency services, diagnostic imaging, a laboratory and pharmacy. There are also plans at the new hospital for a procedure room large enough to be used as an operating room in an emergency. “The residents, physicians and the staff at Lakes District Hospital have all been eagerly awaiting good news on a replacement hospital,” said McMillan. “I have worked in health care for 30 years

and I have never had the opportunity to be involved in building a new hospital ... I am looking forward to the building of a legacy that will provide health care to the community for many years to come,” McMillan added. He said, “Our promise is that we will continue to work with the community in the building of this new hospital ... it is not our hospital, it is yours.” The anticipated cost of the new hospital is in the range of $50 million to $55 million, which will be refined once the tendering process is complete and a contract is awarded. Ralph Roy, chair of the Stuart Nechako Regional Hospital District said, “It’s a great day for all people of Burns Lake and it has been a long time coming. I have to pinch myself to remind me this is real. It is really going to happen. Many people worked a long time for this.” Regional District of Bulkley Nechako chair Bill Miller said, “The taxpayers have supported this project

from the get go. Not only will the project be beneficial to Burns Lake and the immediate area but to those living in Fraser Lake and Granisle who have limited medical services. This is the beginning of better health care in our region.” Injured sawmill worker Derek Michell was also invited to speak during the announcement. He said, “Carl Charlie and Robert Luggi, as well as my sawmill B shift family were just like everyone else. We got up each day and went to work to provide for our families and make a living. On Jan. 20, 2012 at 8 p.m. our lives changed. This is not how I looked before. None of us know what happened that night. All I know is that a big fire ball happened. I don’t remember what happened after that and I woke up in hospital nine days later. I am proud that this news has come about. Day in and day out I think about my friends and the wives and what they have seen as a result of the tragedy. I

am fortunate to be here today to hear this news. When I was in hospital I heard a lot of stories about the community coming together and it made me happy. We are going though a lot of physiotherapy and a lot of changes. Kenny Michell is now in the G.F. Strong rehabilitation unit in Vancouver and we are waiting for him to come home to us. News like this helps and this new hospital is going to make this place better. The B shift is the best crew I have worked with and I don’t want to keep talking about something that I am trying hard to forget ... but the memory is always with me. There is still a long road ahead for people, but news like this helps ... everything is going to be better from here on.” The current Lakes District Hospital was built in 1962 and refurbishing was deemed too costly. Since 2001, the Ministry of Health has providedapproximately $500,000 to Northern Health in support of improving the condition of the facility.

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Fresh Corn

4 pack

/lb

Pork Back Ribs P

Yellow Yello ow Nugget Potato Potatoes

9.24 per kg 9.

4 Western Family White Prawns

F R O Z E N S AV I N G S

Western Family Beef eef Burgers 44 burgers per box 4.4 kg

Easy Peel, 454 gram

Assorted Varieties 750gram to 1 kg

2 for

Que Pasa Tortilla Chips hips

Fresh EExpress Caesar Salad Kitt

2 for

McCain’s Superfries fi

Plus Deposit, Plus Eco-Fee 10 or 12x355 ml

5lb bag

Coca-Cola or Pepsi Products

2 for

/lb

284gram

D’Italiano Sausage or Crustini Buns 6’s or 8’s

6.98

2 for

500

Reg. or tri-colour

D.L. Jard Jardines Salsa and BBQ Sauce

800-908 gram

Assorted Varieties and Sizes

A Assorted Varieties and Sizess 1 kg

Assorted Varieties m and Sizes, 227 gram

499

699

1299

2 for

Kraft Salad Dressings

Bick’s Pickles

Peek Freans Lifestyles estyles Cookies

Western Family il Mushrooms ms

Excludes Hot Mix 1 litre

1.05 kg

Stems and Pieces es 12x284 ml

299

599

899

Western Family um Foil Aluminum

Charmin Bathroom Tissue

Friskies Variety i t Cat Food

New at BV Wholesale! les sal ale! ale le e!!

Assorted Varieties 475 ml

2 for

500

Western Family Orange Garden Bags or assorted varieties 20 count

399

Western Family F il Shredded Cheesess

Philadelphia Chip Dips

12”x100’

2 Varieties 30=75 roll

399

1977

500

48x156 gram

1999

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Prices in effect: April 18 – April 24, 2012