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Committee to look at fibre supply issues By Allan Wishart Black Press

A special legislative committee has been appointed to look at timber supply in the province. Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad is the convenor for the seven-member committee, and says they have a short timeline to work with. “We held our first meeting Thursday to

look at what kind of a schedule we could set up to meet our report date of Aug. 15. We’ll be holding our next meetings at the end of the month.” The committee, which also includes Liberal MLAs Donna Barnett (CaribooChilcotin), Eric Foster (Vernon-Monashee) and Ben Stewart (Westside-Kelowna) and NDP MLAs Harry Bains (Surrey-

Newton), Norm Macdonald (Columbia River-Revelstoke) and Bill Routley (Cowichan Valley), is looking at starting public meetings the week of June 18 and wrapping those up by July 20. “We plan to hold meetings everywhere from Smithers down to the KamloopsMerritt area, as well as out in Mackenzie and McBride. The areas impacted the most by the

pine beetle are where we will be focused.” The committee’s terms of reference are to consider recommendations which would increase timber supply, including direction on the potential scope of changes to land-use objectives, rate of harvest and conversion of volume-based tenures to area-based tenures. Rustad says the committee composition was determined by

the house leaders, who checked with their party MLAs to see if they would be willing to sit on the committee. “I would have liked to have Bob Simpson (Independent, Cariboo North) on the committee,” Rustad said, “but the NDP didn’t want him on the committee.” Simpson was an NDP MLA before becoming an Independent in December 2010.

BC Hydro spokesman Robert Smith said to Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) board members that the company is contemplating building new transmission lines and potentially adding more renewable energy projects to meet a growing demand for power in the Northwest. He said Kitimat based LNG projects that are expected to come on line in the next few years will bump up the region’s electricity requirements and BC Hydro want to be ready for the increased demand. While Smith said BC Hydro has enough supply to power the Kitimat LNG and BC LNG plants from existing resources, that won’t be the case for the Canada LNG plant. Shell Canada has confirmed that, with three Asian partners, it is developing Canada LNG, a large liquified natural gas export facility, also to be based at Kitimat. The project could see up to 12 million tonnes of LNG exported from Kitimat each year and will require a new transmission line as well as new power sources. Smith said, “We are looking at possible upgrades to the existing line from Terrace to

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Kitimat in response to these LNG projects.” Shell Canada has not yet determined if it will be electrifying the project through power supplied from BC Hydro and they are currently investigating other options such as self supply through gas turbines. “There will be no decision on this until later this year, but we need to work ahead. If they decide to electrify we would be ready. It takes a long time to work through the planning and regulatory stages,” Smith said. If Canada LNG opts to self supply, Smith said the BC Hydro upgrades would be put on hold. The Skeena substation South of Terrace and the Minette substation near Kitimat will play key roles in the upgrades. Skeena substation is a regional distribution See HYDRO on Page 2

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Kitimat,” he said. He explained that more electricity cannot be pushed through the existing lines because with more electricity, the lines heat up and expand, causing them to sag closer to the ground. As an interim solution, BC Hydro will be replacing some of the line poles with taller ones and re-contouring the ground in places to ensure the clearance between the lowest point of the wires and the highest point of the ground is adequate. “Ultimately we

would be looking at replacing the line and looking at increasing capacity, or building two lines if all LNG plants come on line,” he said. Roseanne Murray, RDBN’s alternate director for area E, Francois/Ootsa Lake rural asked if there would be access to the additional electricity load along the line, or would the additional supply be strictly for the LNG plants at Kitimat. “We are still looking at a whole load forecast and there will be increased capacity

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t’s probably unrealistic to expect that the northwest will be able to drive the bus that is the supply of skilled labour needed as major economic projects take hold in the region. And it may be unrealistic, given the projected number of positions to be filled when balanced against the demographics of the region, that the northwest may have a seat right at the front of the bus. But there needs to be a very clear, very precise and very defined principle established that heaven and earth will be moved to first ensure that locals will have every opportunity to be trained to fill the jobs to prevent the northwest from being run over as the bus leaves the depot. As it is, the provincial government has just been told by its immigration task force that more immigration is needed to fill labour and skills shortage. Fine and dandy for other parts of the province, perhaps, but in a region with a perennial unemployment rate of more than 10 per cent, that report somehow doesn’t stack up. Recent infusions of provincial money for skills training at Northwest Community College will help as will federal aid in buying heavy duty equipment training simulators. But this is also a region in which prospective workers, for a variety of reasons, don’t even have a driver’s licence. Something very good can happen here or something very bad. We need to ensure it’s the former. - Terrace Standard

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Taking a look at the Barenaked Leaders

re men funnier than women? Well, their naked bodies sure are. When I first saw the nude painting of prime minister Stephen Harper circulating on the Internet I laughed, and I’m guessing that was the reaction most people had. I’m also guessing that if the artist had painted a famous female politician in this same manner, it wouldn’t have been perceived as witty at all. On a lark I produced a fun video exploring how much better the world would be if more artists painted presidents and prime ministers in the buff and gave examples of what that could look like. Yet pairing up political noggins with naked bodies in Photoshop was only humorous if the sub-

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Whether a guy’s got a six pack or a keg for a belly, the random image of his nakedness will more than likely illicit giggles than lust.

jects were male. A fact my videographer, who was working on this task, found distressing. “Another guy?!” Jason groaned after about the tenth set I sent. “Can’t you find some feminine figures for me to work with?” I complied and sent him a topless man in a tutu. Knowing that wasn’t what he had in mind, I thought about this double standard. It reminded me of the difference in reactions between male and female strippers. I’ve seen both, and believe me, the experience doesn’t compare.

When I was 20 one of the ladies was retiring from the newspaper where we both worked and a large group of us went to “Ladies Night” at a local club. I had no idea that some of these sophisticated women I’d looked up to would turn into wild-eyed lunatics when the male dancers started their rhythmic undress. The hooting and hollering from the audience was accompanied by so much laughter that they quickly became more entertaining to watch than the men on stage. It would have been a completely different

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scene if the roles were reversed. Whether a guy’s got a six pack or a keg for a belly, the random image of his nakedness will more than likely illicit giggles than lust. I’m not sure why that is, except that it’s a much less common sight to see. After finding far less nude males on the Internet in comparison to women, I now have proof of that. “I don’t like it,” my friend said in response to the full monty painting of our prime minister. “I think it’s humiliating.” A portrait that Stephen Harper never posed for and was purely based on the artist’s imagination shouldn’t be humiliating, but I tried to understand where she was coming from. Personally, I liked

On a brighte brighter note Lori Welbourne it, and not just because it made me laugh or because of artist Margaret Sutherland’s political statement. I liked it because it reminded me that no matter what our position is in life, we are all just human beings and as naked and exposed as the day we were born. Most of us just choose to wear clothes that cover that fact. To watch my short video “Barenaked Leaders,” please visit LoriWelbourne.com

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scientific evidence linking these toxins to such illnesses as childhood leukemia and Parkinson’s disease. In his words, the “right thing to do” is to do nothing about cosmetic pesticides. I imagine if he were living in the sixties, he would be arguing that the Vietnam War was the right thing to do, or in the seventies that concern over the

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Kirsty Lokken Service BC Customer Service Representative “My greenhouse includes tomatoes, three kinds of peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, spaghetti squash and my daughter is growing mini-watermelons.”

Heaven Chornay and Jenna Kettle “We’ve planted sunflowers and a variety of other flowers.”

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nuclear arms race was merely “political.” The problem with cosmetic pesticides, like DDT or cigarettes, is that there is no smoking gun. It is going to take time to convince some people that pouring poison on their lawn could harm their children. In the case of Mr. Fletcher, I think it will take a lifetime. I pity his children. Jim McMurtry Surrey

Editor: I enjoyed Tom Fletcher’s column on the hysterical reactions to any chemical use. With regard to Roundup, this compound is a very specific inhibitor of an enzyme unique to photosynthesis. Therefore it affects only photosynthesizing organisms, typically green plants. It has even gone through phase one clinical trials (which

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“...keep up the good work of speaking truth to ignorance. It might eventually help.”

test safety for humans) because there was some idea that it might help with arthritis. No such luck. In other words, you could drink the stuff

with no ill effect. When Oak Bay council proposed banning all “pesticides” including Roundup, I wrote them pointing out these facts. To no

avail; they just went along with the herd, and copied the type of ban that Saanich has. Well, keep up the good work of speaking truth to ignorance. It might eventually help. Neil Madsen Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry University of Alberta Oak Bay

Hydro rate hike trimmed for 2013 D The smallest rate increase in years is espite controversial private power contracts and approval of two pricy dam refits, BC Hydro’s rate increase will be only 1.44 per cent next year, Energy Minister Rich Coleman announced Tuesday. Coleman said the B.C. government is instructing the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) to limit rate increases to a total of 17 per cent for the three-year period ending April 1, 2014. With rates up 7.1 per cent since April of this year and last year’s eight-per-cent hike, the 1.44 per cent

increase for next year is to meet a political commitment made by Coleman and Premier Christy Clark last year to reduce planned rate increases by half. The smallest rate increase in years is to take effect April 1, 2013, just weeks before the next provincial election. And the latest government instruction means a BCUC public hearing on the latest rates won’t proceed. Coleman said in an interview the directed increase was not done for election purposes, but because it was the simplest way to proceed. A “negotiated

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to take effect April 1, 2013, just weeks before the next provincial election.

settlement” with major ratepayer groups means a BCUC hearing that could run for months isn’t necessary, he said. NDP energy critic John Horgan said Tuesday the government’s move is the latest in a series of political interventions into BC Hydro policy. It forced the utility to buy private

power on expensive long-term contracts, it imposed the smart meter program and moved ahead on the Site C dam on the Peace River, all without review by the BCUC to see if they are in the best interests of ratepayers, he said. “This is a Crown corporation, the envy of North America,

and these guys have run it into the ditch,” Horgan said. Coleman launched a review of BC Hydro last year, after Clark spoke out against the prospect of a 50 per cent increase in hydro rates expected over five years. The review by deputy ministers said reducing BC Hydro staff and in-house

engineering, along with other costsaving measures, would meet the government’s target of keeping annual rate increases below four per cent. But the BCUC’s rate hearings pushed the increase for the current year up to 7.1 per cent, to increase repayment of debt that has been stacked up in recent years. Auditor General John Doyle issued a report last year that said the government was taking annual dividends from BC Hydro that were not justified by its earn-

B .C. Views Tom Fletcher ings, and the utility was increasing deferred debt as a result. Coleman announced Tuesday that the province was able to reach its rate goal by forgoing $75 million in dividends over three years.

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The B.C. government is spending $22.2 million to fund 190 new nurse practitioner positions around the province over the next three years. B.C. established nurse practitioner training in 2005, with a master’s degree program that allows registered nurses to take on many of the functions traditionally reserved for doctors. The health ministry says there are currently 225 nurse practitioners registered with the College of Registered Nurses of B.C., but 72 are not working in that capacity and another 30 are graduating from the program this year. Health Minister Mike de Jong said the new program is designed to close that gap. The positions are seen as important in shifting the health care system from an acute care model to a preventive and chronic care model that better matches the actual demand and B.C.’s aging population. The government passed legislation in 2011 to allow nurse practitioners to provide their full scope of practice, including diagnosis, prescribing drugs, ordering diagnostic tests and treating most common medical condi-

tions. NDP leader Adrian Dix called the program an overdue measure that he has been urging the government to do for several years. “What the government was doing was training nurse practitioners and seeing them go the United States and go to Ontario because the government that trained them didn’t think highly enough of the program to actually have jobs here,” Dix said. There are currently 45 nurse practitioner training positions, 15 each at the University of B.C., the University of Victoria and the University of Northern B.C. Dr. Blair Stanley has worked with nurse practitioner Lori Verigin in Trail for the past five

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Featuring the spirit of the local people Sad memories still remain after 60 years June Harrison recounts her family’s story about the flooding of Ootsa Lake Contributed June Harrison past resident of Burns Lake recounts her family’s experiences with the flooding of Ootsa Lake that occurred on April 21, 1952. My two brothers, Ronald and Nelson and I were huddled in the kitchen of our three room log cabin in Wistaria on the shores of Ootsa Lake. We were looking through the latest edition of The Ladies’ Home Journal, July 1950. It featured a story and picture of a flood. I was the only one of us able to read and I exclaimed to them, “That will be us.” The picture depicted a family of four sitting atop the roof of a house while flood waters lapped at its sides. Boats gathered families as the crews frantically attempted to rescue as many as possible. Floating furniture bobbed about in murky waters. Back in 1948 the Alcan Aluminum Company [now Rio Tinto Alcan] had purchased the water rights to 9,500 cubic feet of water per second that would flood the 42 mile long lake. Damming the Nechako River would raise the level of Ootsa

Lake by 149 feet. This water power would fuel the Kemano Project to support the aluminum plant in Kitimat. Unfortunately, the lake and its surroundings were a hunter’s dream and critical source of sustenance for its inhabitants, including the Cheslatta Carrier Nation. Many of the settlers, including my father, Alford and his brothers also hunted and trapped in Tweesdmuir Park. Our parents did not inform us of the details, nor did we ask. All we knew was that a fearful flood was coming. I ripped the picture and story out of the magazine and kept it. The impending deluge threatened to severely impact the communities of Ootsa Lake, Streatham, Marilla, and Wistaria. These settlements had been growing and developing since 1905 when the first bachelors arrived by forging their way through the Bella Coola Trail. In the years that followed, the settlers and their families established a strong sense of community and spirit of cooperation. Scores of dances, socials, Christmas concerts and first of July picnics were the social glue that kept

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June Harrison’s grandparent’s home in Wistaria was ﬂooded in 1952. June her cousin Sunny and brother Ron were photographed at the home in 1947. these settlements alive. Cyril Shelford recorded the real life drama that preceded the destruction of the lake in his book 'From Snowshoes to Politics.' The local Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly, Cecil Steele, brought in Ed Kenny, Minister of Lands and Forests for support. The angry farmers packed the Wistaria Community Hall to challenge the government representatives.

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the settlements. The majority had forged farms with pick axes out of the wilderness over the past 45 years. Their homesteads were all they knew. My grandfather, Bob Nelson, was offered a paltry $3,000 for his home, the land and farm he had developed since his arrival in 1907 with his brother, Jim, from Belfast, Northern Ireland. When negotiations with the company stalemated, the inhabitants

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chose a delegation to descend upon Victoria to meet with Liberal Premier Boss Johnson in October of 1951. My uncle, Paddy Carroll, nominated Cyril Shelford to be the spokesperson as he had stepped up as a major leader in the meetings with the company. The Premier’s office did not accord them a warm reception. Not to be discouraged, the delegation proceeded to Vancouver to meet with the company's lawyer, Jack Shakespeare. Upon returning to Ootsa, negotiations continued and buyouts were settled. In 1952 Cyril won the seat of Omineca in the provincial election. Cyril acted as MLA from 1952-1972 and again from 1975-1979. He was Minister of Agriculture from 19681972 and from 19781979 with the Social Credit government. In 1952, our family moved to Fairview Auto Court, now Beaver Point on the shores of Tschesinkut Lake. We were able to move out well before the flooding started. It took a number of years for the water to reach its final level. The flooding and subsequent relocation had major emotional and psychological con-

sequences for many. My grandfather, Bob Nelson died in 1954, at not an old age, having never returned to his homestead. Grandma Nelson never returned either although she lived into the 1970’s at Tchesinkut Lake. My aunt Loris (Harrison) refused to return. When I visited her as a teenager she would weep remembering her life at Harrison Bay on Ootsa Lake. My mother, Alice, required medical assistance to help her adjust to her new life, even though many family members surrounded us at Harrison Bay on Tchesinkut Lake. I graduated from Lakes District Secondary School in 1961 and began my teaching career in New Westminster two years later. I retired in 1999 after completing a career in teaching and administration. I was Principal in four elementary schools and effectively created community in each of them. At this stage in life, I look back to see who my mentors or role models were. Some of those were undoubtedly the strong minded, adventuresome and determined neighbours and family of my youth on the shores of Ootsa Lake.

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- Katharine Staiger cluded night and day classes, introducing participants to all aspects of bat biology and the study of bats. Participants learned how to use bat detectors, receivers that convert bat echolocation calls into sounds audible by the human ear, how to identify bats and various aspects of the biology of bats. “I was absolutely dazzled,” Staiger said of her experience at the 5-day workshop. “They were so fascinating and so cute. “Each one has their own temperament.” The best part, Staiger admitted, were the night sessions, where workshop participants took part in capturing bats with mist nets. Catching the bats was easy, Staiger said, extracting the bats from the mist nets could be another matter. “You’re trying to be

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mine operators.” Also part of Staiger’s presentation was a discussion of the effects of white nose syndrome. Caused by the Geomyces destructans fungus, the syndrome is so named because of the white fungal growth around the noses of affected bats. The fungus has devastated cave-dwelling bats in eastern Canada and there is a risk the fungus may find its way to British Columbia and that has Staiger wanting to start a Bulkley Valley bat group which could contribute to the B.C. Bat Count. Anyone with a bat roost can let Staiger know where the roost is and how many bats are in the roost. “Like the [Christmas] bird count, it means we have some idea of numbers if things change,” Staiger said, referring to the risk of white nose syndrome finding its way to B.C. Anyone interested in a Bulkley Valley bat group or otherwise interest in bats can contact Staiger at katharinestaiger@gmail.com.

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More than 200 people descended on Cheslatta Carrier Nation’s Scatchola Village burial grounds last week for a somber ceremony to return ancestral spirits to their resting place. The ‘Returning our Spirits’ ceremony followed a March 2012 discovery of human bones washed ashore from Cheslatta Lake. A fisherman stumbled across what he thought looked like human skeletal remains and he immediately alerted the Burns Lake RCMP and Cheslatta Carrier Nation. The 25 bones were found approximately 12 miles from Scatchola Village. Test results conducted on the bones by the University of British Columbia have confirmed that they are the human remains of a male and a female. Mike Robertson, Cheslatta Carrier Nation’s senior policy advisor said, “Councillor Michael Charlie, two members of the Burns Lake RCMP and I collected the 25 bones. The remains must have travelled for 20 miles in coffins before washing ashore.” He said he thought the coffins may have disintegrated in the water. “Cheslatta Lake contains the spirits of the people ... it is sacred holy water,” he said. Periodic flooding of the area by Rio Tinto Alcan has unearthed Cheslatta Carrier Nation’s ancestral graves at least six times since 1952, when the community was flooded out of their homes by Rio Tinto Alcan when the Kenny Dam was constructed to service the aluminum smelter at Kitimat. The dam flooded 120,000 acres and took away approximately two-thirds of the original river. Cheslatta Carrier Nation Chief

“Approximately 17 graves were completely washed away by the high water, This high water is caused by the opening of the flood gates at the Skins Dam.”

Richard Peters said, “Our ancestors stood by and watched as our community dwindled and was relocated in 1952. The Skins Lake Spillway flooded Indian Reserve number nine, number seven and number five. Coffins and remains floated away in Cheslatta Lake, but we hope that this is the beginning of the process to help stop the desecration and give our ancestors back their dignity.” During the ceremony six Cheslatta Carrier Nation youth carried a large wooden coffin housing the recently recovered remains and two Roman Catholic priests arrived, signaled by three shots of a rifle fired by Abel Peters and Anthony Peters. Father Albanus Ogowuihe, from Burns Lake’s Immaculata Church and Father Vincent James from Fraser Lake, blessed the graves that have remained intact. The priests also re-consecrated the three cemeteries and Cheslatta Lake as an official cemetery. According to Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Bishop Hubert O’Grady originally consecrated Cheslatta Lake as a cemetery in 1993. “It saddens me greatly that my ancestors cannot rest. My people have to continually relive the horrors we suffered when our lands were flooded 60 years ago by the construction of the Kenney Dam,” said Chief Peters.

- W. J. Desmarais “Our ancestors deserve a peaceful resting place. It is devastating that the graves of our family members can be flooded at any time.” Corrina Leween, past Cheslatta Carrier Nation Chief gave a historical briefing during the ceremony and read out a letter written on May 7, 1957, by W. J. Desmarais, Indian Superintendent from the Indian Affairs Branch. In the letter, Desmarais reported the flooding to his superiors. He said, “Approximately 17 graves were completely washed away by the high water, This high water is caused by the opening of the flood gates at the Skins Dam. The Aluminum Company of Canada [now Rio Tinto Alcan] is aware of this ...… there is absolutely no vestige of the cemetery left to the eye. The Cheslatta Indians are not aware of what has happened yet. I am informed that they will raise proper hell when they find out. I feel that I should be able to cope with them when they first come in with their complaints.” Leween said, “I am reading this to demonstrate what the attitude was like toward us then. Our ancestors were forced to pack up and leave the only homes they knew. It was a long trek, so they buried some of their possessions but the Department of Indian

Affairs came in with metal detectors and dug up the possessions and destroyed them. Our people entrusted that the graves, our people and their possessions would be safe, but the land was flooded, their homes were gone, their possessions were gone ... all washed into Cheslatta Lake. This devastating reality took a toll on our people. They wandered the land and lived in tents. They were depressed. Once productive lives were destroyed and our people turned to live destructive lifestyles, but we have not given up. Today we are taking another step in recognizing our lost loved ones and in the fight for our rights as a people. We are gathered to honour the people that were washed away ... today another stone is turned on these shores,” she said. During the ceremony water from Cheslatta Lake was blessed by the priests and packaged in special holy water bottles for ceremony attendees to take. Councillor Michael Charlie said, “Today we drove here, 50 kilometres from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation band office on primitive roads. Think about how our ancestors would have had to trek out of here on wagons and on foot under extreme spring time terrain. I can’t image how it must have been for them. We can’t let this fade away ... this was devastation for our people and our land and it is important that the youth remember what happened to our ancestors. They are the ones that made Cheslatta and I never thought that I would be searching the shores of Cheslatta Lake for my ancestors bones. It broke my heart. These bones are just a fraction of what is out there, so this is never going to stop. Why and how this happened is something that I will never understand.” Darren Charlie said to Lakes

District News, “This is a great opportunity for unity. I am glad to be here to represent my ancestors and I am honouring today’s youth, so it is a great day, but it is also a sad day.” Rose Jack said, “This means a whole lot to me. It is the first time I have been here and my ancestors are from here, so it is a special day and a very emotional day for me.” Hilda Jack said to Lakes District News, “My mom Elizabeth Jack comes from here ... so this is her lake. She is still alive and she is at Jubilee Lodge in Prince George ... she couldn’t be here today, so I am here for her.” Chief Peters said, “It is shocking that this desecration is allowed to continue in Canada. What angers me the most is that we have a solution to end this devastation. The provincial government has committed on numerous occasions to build a water release facility at Kenney Dam, that would stop the continued flooding of our graves. We have had enough and have recently remobilized our energy behind the Nechako River Legacy Project to stimulate a massive environmental restoration of the Upper Nechako watershed to begin a revitalization process for the Cheslatta land and people.” Mike Robertson said, “The cold water release facility was promised for 35 years, but they lied to us. There was a litany of lies told and the government confirmed in January 2012 that there is no longer an appetite to invest so we are working towards doing it ourselves through the Nechako River Legacy Project.” More information about the Cheslatta Carrier Nation and the Nechako River Legacy Project is available at www.facebook.com/ nechakolegacy.

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Fibre supply decision extended for consultations Rebecca Billard Black Press

Steve Zika, chief executive officer of Hampton Affiliates said he hopes the province will come to a decision on the fibre supply issues that will determine a rebuild of the Babine Forest Products sawmill soon. “Time is of the essence in terms of this process,” he said. Zika said now that a legislative committee has been formed and a public process is being initiated, a decision on the future of the sawmill will be further down the road than the company had originally planned. Following the Babine Forest Products tragedy in January, MLA John Rustad and Minister of Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell as well as Lands and Natural Resources Operations Minister Steve Thomson had hoped to come to a decision about the fibre supply issues surrounding the possible rebuilding of the Babine Forest Products sawmill by the end of March or beginning of April. The trio were in Burns Lake following the tragedy and were adamant that a decision could be made by April 2012 at the latest. As reported in the Lakes District News edition of March 14, 2012, Minister Thomson said. “The government is moving as quickly as possible to come to a decision. We hope that the decision we come to will provide Hampton Affiliates with an approach that will allow them to rebuild the sawmill and this decision needs to be made sooner, rather than later.” However last month Rustad put the brakes on the process when he said to Lakes District News that arriving at a decision will be a more lengthy process than the six to eight weeks originally announced. As reported in the Lakes District News edition of May 16,

Rustad said it could be fall by the time the province arrives at a decision, and that a decision will not be made before going to the public first. Zika said, “It is important that the community is united and is supportive of the process and that the community realize the importance of timber supply ... the sawmill provided employment and helped the local economy.” He believes there is enough timber in the lakes timber supply area to support all of the local mills, but expressed concerns about sawmills located in other timber supply areas coming in and logging. “There has been a lot of timber taken from the area, but there is still a lot left. A lot of that is dead and not viable now, but there is still enough left to run the local mills. Other mills in other communities have taken out timber from the Lakes timber supply area and upsized their mills as a result ... it’s a difficult issue and we were hoping that this would be done quicker. Mayors of other towns are weighing in and I think that behind the scenes other competitors have come in with opinions or concerns .... it is all part of the process, but we just want Lakes District timber to be for Lakes District mills. If this is the case we would have enough timber, but when you have competition from other districts coming in and taking fibre out of the area the community has to stand up and say enough is enough. We have to say we want to keep our wood within our district … keep this timber for local mills. If large ‘super mills’ keep taking wood out of the district it is going to be difficult to find a fibre supply.” Zika said that doing this would not cause any mills to shut down. He explained that other mills are able to purchase licenses that allow them to log in the lakes timber sup-

ply area. “Not only are they coming in and harvesting dead pine but they are also taking out the green timber that we need for a mid term timber supply ... it’s a battle and the community needs to stand up and fight,” he said. As for Babine Forest Products, Zika said that 40 employees, chosen by seniority, are back at work at the site drying and planing the remaining logs for the interim. Rail cars are expected to roll onto the site this week and the lumber will be wrapped and loaded. “The people we have brought back are hourly workers and they are back at work at the dry kilns, the planer and also on clean up duties,” he said. There has also been work for the sawmills regular contractors processing the logs. “There is a fair amount of work ... a lot of trucks, but I can’t say how many contractors are working on the log yard side, there’s about 120,000 cubic metres of logs in the yard.” Zika said insurance adjustors have been working on the site for approximately three weeks and he expects them to wrap up their work within the next week. “No insurance proceeds have come in so far, so we are waiting to negotiate a claim to get dollars flowing and start to move forward,” he said. Zika said he still remains optimistic that the sawmill will be rebuilt despite the provincial delay. “We are still working on engineering and planning for the rebuild of the sawmill but this is in the preliminary stages and it all depends on a timber supply.” Zika expects a new sawmill to be two-thirds the size of the previous Babine Forest Products sawmill, but said it would be too early to determine how many employees the sawmill would require.

MARKET Dining Cindy Verbeek loads a hotdog at the Community Market opening day last Friday. The market began last Friday and will run every Friday until September at the Steelhead Park.

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Love by the Bowl Tuesday and Wednesday, Love by the Bowl, a ministry of the Baptist church, offers crafts, games and meals from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Bobbi Edmunds, Donna Duzan and Linda Barden are running the drop-in facility and are grateful for support from the community. Barden’s husband Cliff, and Edmunds’ son, Clayton have helped paint and install counters. They are currently working on the installation of sinks so the facility can be certified FOODSAFE. Once that is completed,

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