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What began with a cash windfall for a Prince Rupert woman has spiralled into a nightmare tale that almost ended with the grandmother of five being evicted from her home. Last Christmas, Lavern Wilson won the $1,000 Shop Prince Rupert prize give-away. - Lavern Wilson She spent the money on clothing and a few Christmas items for her grandchildren. “I was ecstatic about winning,” Wilson said. “I couldn’t believe I won it. I have five grandchildren so I decided I was going shopping for them. What’s happening now is just really crazy.” See WINNING on Page 3
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Darren Metz of the Haisla Pride wept openly after his Kitamaat squad defeated Ahousat 70-67 to claim the Intermediate Division title at the All Native Basketball Tournament on Saturday. For a complete wrap-up of the 54th edition of the tournament, see Page 21.
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Prince Rupert elementary school teacher and mother Catharine Hague is calling Charles Hays Secondary School’s December drama production of Legally Blonde: the Musical inappropriate. In a complaint to the school district, Hague said it was unsuitable for high school students to perform in what she calls a play with crude and sexually-suggestive language. “It’s inappropriate art sanctioned by the
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A Prince Rupert teacher and parent filed a complaint with the school board alleging the Charles Hays Secondary School production of Legally Blonde: The Musical in December was inappropriate.
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“I’m sure there are other wonderful musicals that can be presented to an audience,” she said. Hauptman told trustees there are a number of factors that must be taken into consideration for the annual productions. Plays chosen are generally heavier with female roles, as male participation in the department is much lower. She added in the chosen plays there also needs to be a variety of roles so newer students can have smaller parts to gain confidence and stage presence, with enough key roles for older, more experienced
students, as well as broad appeal to the students themselves. H a u p t m a n additionally added there were warnings on posters about crude and suggestive language and content. Legally Blonde director Alison O’Toole declined to comment on the letter, but assured the superintendent no students are asked to do anything onstage they’re not comfortable with and students involved expressed nothing but positive experiences. Hague said she recognized all the time and effort that goes into the annual productions, and said O’Toole does a great job, along with staff and students, but
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thinks there are ways to ensure students have a clean drama to participate in, such as switching out curse words to something less offensive. “Younger children come to watch the play that are siblings of the high school students,” she said. O’Toole has been in charge of high school productions in the district for more than two decades, with Principal Sheila Wells saying over that time she received between three to five complaints. However, Hague said she has talked to many parents in the community who have similar views and decided to raise her concerns with the school board because no one else had. Still, Board Chair Tina Last said she believes the benefits outweigh the negatives. “You may have had kids who would’ve never stepped foot on a stage, and suddenly they’re blossoming in a production. It’s unfortunate there are a couple parents that were offended by the content, but you can have that in any production,” she said. The board entertained the complaint so the topic could be discussed, but decided to not put any limitations on future productions, stating that art can be controversial sometimes. “Unfortunately our children learn at an early age all types of things we wouldn’t like them to know about through TV, social media and on the streets. “Hopefully we can instil our values into our children so they understand some things they do in a performance they shouldn’t practice in every day life,” Trustee Janet Beil said. Two other high schools in the province have also performed Legally Blonde: The Musical.
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After winning $1,000 in the Shop Prince Rupert contest, Lavern Wilson was notified that her social assistance would be reduced.
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WINNING from Page 1 The prize money was a memorable perk to the holiday season, but the cheer soured when Wilson claimed the money with the Ministry of Social Services. Wilson is what’s known a “person with persistent multiple barriers” by the Ministry bureaucracy, meaning she is eligible for financial assistance due to persistent ailments: in her case this includes rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. But last month when Wilson’s regular social assistance cheque failed to arrive in the mail, the Ministry told her the $1,000 contest-win had exceeded her allowable earnings exemption of $500, and would therefore be deducted from her cheques. The news left her without her alreadymeagre $612 income for the month of January. She was unable to pay her rent Feb. 1 and within 10 days her landlord served an eviction notice. “This is crazy,” Wilson said. “I don’t drink. I don’t do drugs. I’m being punished for winning something, for wanting to give my [grand] kids a beautiful Christmas. I just don’t understand it. They just keep telling me ‘you’re in excess, you’re in excess.’” The Ministry of Social Development told The Northern View it was expecting to review an appeal of Wilson’s case this week but could not comment on the particulars of the case. The appeal entitles her to a monetary supplement to pay her rent.
The president of the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) has called out the Prince Rupert school district for banning T-shirts containing section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, claiming the decision approaches the level of farce. “The school district’s decision to ban free speech about free speech reminds us of a badly-written comedy sketch. But this isn’t an Air Farce skit, it’s a troubling violation of teachers’ constitutional right to free expression,” said Lindsay Lyster, president of the BC Civil Liberties Association. The letter refers to the district boycotting T-shirts displaying a play on the famous Shakespeare line “2(b) of not 2(b)?” on the front, while referencing text from Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, including 2(b) freedom of expression on the back. “In considering the Shakespearean questions posed on the front of the T-shirt, the school board has evidently decided that “not 2(b) is the answer. That answer is not only wrong, but is in violation of Canada’s constitution,” read the letter signed by Lyster. Although the Prince Rupert board of education wasn’t allowed to discuss the actual T-shirt incident, as it is under grievance, they did talk about the letter at the Feb. 13 board meeting. Trustee Barb Gruber called the letter “a piece of garbage”, saying a third party had no business writing the letter. Tina Last, chair of the
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“The school district’s decision to ban free speech about free speech reminds us of a badly-written comedy sketch.” Prince Rupert board of education, said she didn’t like the tone of the letter. “I agree with a Canadian’s rights, we live in Canada we know what they are. I also believe in respect. But just reading that letter, there’s so much disrespect,” Last said. “I’m not offended by her wanting to discuss what she
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Combative Cullen ready for Round 2 in Northern Gateway pipeline hearings By Shaun Thomas The Northern View After a heated and charged debate during the first round of Enbridge Northern Gateway hearings in Prince Rupert, Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen will be in town Wednesday to once again cross examine government and company officials about the project. When Cullen appeared before the panel last February, lawyers for Enbridge Northern Gateway argued the MP was being disrespectful and his testimony fell outside of the rules of the hearing. The result was a nearly half-hour argument between Cullen, the panel and the lawyers. Cullen expects the same thing this time around. “I’ll have my own strategy, but I will still ask the hard questions regardless of what Enbridge’s fleet of lawyers have to say,” he said. “I think it shows their own desperation rather than Nathan Cullen having anything good to say. They want to use the rules of the hearings to shut down questions rather than provide answers... I don’t know how this company can think they are doing a good job.” Cullen said he would be focussing his questions on not just the project, but about the government’s handling of it. “There is a huge gap in the [Department of Fisheriers and Oceans] scrutiny and oversight of this project.... You can’t put a dock in northwest waters without a pile of DFO paperwork, and yet they seem to have done nothing in regards to this massive project,” he said. For its part, Enbridge said it looks forward to hearing what the MP has to say in his second appearance before the Joint Review Panel. “This panel is conducting a rigorous and transparent examination of our Northern Gateway proposal and we welcome the opportunity to answer Mr. Cullen’s questions and address his concerns,” said Enbridge Northern Gateway communications manager Ivan Giesbrecht in a statement. The latest opinion poll, released by Insight West on Feb. 4, shows 61 per cent of 512 British Columbians polled oppose the project while just 18 per cent of the 562 Alberta residents are opposed.
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A former apartment building in Prince Rupert has been reduced to rubble. The blue and white fourplex at 801 Fulton Street, on the corner of Fulton and 8th Avenue West, was torn down Wednesday. In addition to being reported as “an eyesore” by residents, an inspection by the fire chief and city building inspector showed the back of the building was falling apart and was not structurally stable. The order to demolish the building came in May 2012. While the cost of the demolition is still being tallied, acting City Manager Dan Rodin said the bill will be given to the owner. If the bill isn’t paid, the total gets added to the property taxes for the site.
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The Snowbirds Committee will receive funding from the City after all. Despite originally being denied funding for a performance by the Royal Canadian Air Force’s acclaimed aerial flight demonstration team last month, council reversed its decision after a confidential request was discussed behind closed doors. A noticeably brief announcement of the funding decision came in the final portion of the city council meeting on Feb. 12. “The Snowbirds don’t perform in every community in British Columbia and no one knows when the next time they’ll be coming back to any of the northern communities. We see it as a way to get people into the community to take in the show,” said Jack Mussallem, Prince Rupert mayor, in a post-council interview. When the Snowbird Committee approached the City about receiving a $15,000 to $20,000 Community Enhancement Grant in January, the City turned them down saying they were not in a place financially to support a one-day event. However the cash won’t be coming out of the Community Enhancement Grant money pool as originally requested, but now from the remaining funds of the $20,000 the City provided for the Snowbirds in 2011 before the performance was cancelled because of poor weather. These funds were left over from the City’s Centennial celebrations and were set aside for future community events. “They had used most of it, but there was around $9,000 left, and we’re giving them $7,000 of it,” Councillor Nelson Kinney said. Mayor Mussallem said based on the regional implications and opportunities, the City decided to give some money for the show after receiving a second request behind-closed-doors. “When we get a request, in some cases it will be in-camera because the requesters may not want [the request publicized],” he said, adding the City tries to accommodate confidential requests when possible. When asked the same question, Kinney said anything budget-related gets discussed in-camera before being finalized. Council also said it will be offering tax receipts to members of the community who donate money to ensure the event will take place in Prince Rupert. “It’s essentially a free show for everyone in the municipality… We believe there may be people who are aircraft enthusiasts [that would be willing to donate],” Mussallem said. “We’re hoping to get more support not only from the businesses and the industries around Prince Rupert, but from the actual residents… this is an opportunity for people to do that to support a community event.” Kinney, one of the councillors who voted in favour of the original request, said he was very pleased to see some funding go through. “It’s something our children deserve. A lot of our kids don’t get out of Rupert, and don’t get an opportunity to see things like that,” he said. If all follows through, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds will be performing in Prince Rupert on Aug. 14.
Aboriginal women target of RCMP abuse: report By Quinn Bender The Northern View
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen is calling for the formation of a Parliamentary Committee to investigate scalding allegations of sexual abuse and mistreatment of Aboriginal females by northern B.C. RCMP officers. The accusations were outlined in an 89-page report released last week by the New York-based organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW). “The report is very disturbing, and has some very serious allegations,” said Cullen. “Our proposal is to form a parliamentary committee and spend a year digging into this… [because of] the government’s refusal to create a judicial investigation.” HRW uncovered the allegations during an investigation into the missing and murdered women along the so-called Highway of Tears. In its 89-page report, Those Who Take us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls in Northern British Columbia, HRW claims the RCMP has grossly failed to protect Aboriginal females from both violent situations and violent behaviour by its own officers, including instances of abusive policing, excessive use of force against girls, strip searches of women by male officers, and physical and sexual assault. Furthermore, the report says women who call the police for help have been blamed for the abuse, shamed over alcohol or substance use and have found themselves at risk of arrest for actions taken in self defence. Fifty Aboriginal women and girls were interviewed for the report, in addition to 37 community leaders and families of murdered and missing women in 10 communities. The identities and locations of those interviewed were not released due to the alleged victims’ fear of reprisals, said HRW. The authors of the report said this fear was comparable to what they’ve witnessed in post-conflict countries, where security forces have
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A damning 89-page report by the New York-based Human Rights Watch alleges RCMP abuse, particularly of northern B.C. aboriginal women. The group said it uncovered the allegations while investigating murdered and missing women along Hwy 16.
“I think that’s why a lot of these Highway of Tears cases have not been solved... they’re afraid to come forward. They’re afraid of the RCMP.”
played an integral role in the enforcement of authoritarian policies. Surrey-based private investigator, Ray Michalko, has self-financed his own investigation into cases of missing and murdered women in the North since 2006. The former RCMP officer told The Northern View rumours of abuses by the RCMP are rampant, but rarely substantiated. However, the high level of distrust among Aboriginals toward the police causes great difficulty in any investigation. “That’s always been a problem, and I think that’s why a lot of these Highway of Tears cases have not been solved. I can think of a couple cases, at least one for certain, where people know things but they’re afraid to come forward. They’re afraid of the RCMP.” HRW’s allegations include instances of young girls being pepper-sprayed and tasered; a 12-year-old girl attacked by a police dog; a 17-year-
old punched repeatedly by an officer who had been called to help her; women stripsearched by male officers; women injured due to excessive force used during arrest; and one instance of rape in 2012 when a woman claims four police officers took her outside of town, raped her, and threatened to kill her if she told anyone. RCMP Chief Supt. Janice Armstrong said the police force wants to get to the bottom of the allegations, but since the human rights group approached the RCMP five months ago, none of the alleged victims have come forward, prohibiting any kind of investigation. “It is impossible to deal with such public and serious complaints when we have no method to determine who the victims or the accused are,” she said. HWR is calling for an independent civilian-led investigation. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has asked HRW to
-Ray Michalko share its information with police and approached the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP to look into the allegations. He also urged anyone with information on the matter to contact police, a request Cullen found laughable. “It’s almost counterintuitive,” he said. “Aside from community, the police really want a different way of investigating. In order to have an effective police force, we need to have one that has the confidence of the community, and you can’t have community confidence with how serious complaints are [currently] dealt with. The Harper government is telling people with a problem with the police to go to the police.” Calls to the Prince Rupert RCMP detachment were directed to provincial headquarters, but as of Monday those calls requesting interviews had not been returned.
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admit, I’m not sure how to feel about news the City of Prince Rupert will be providing funding for a performance by the Snowbirds after all. On one hand it’s great to hear that the committee — and full disclosure, I was a member of the Snowbirds committee last year — will be getting some help from the Shaun Thomas City. The opportunity to have a Snowbirds performance is one that doesn’t come around very often, and given the excitement that was generated during the last visit by the group, it’s something that people in Prince Rupert and the northwest as a whole will be looking forward to. But what rubs me the wrong way is how the funding came to be. In a public meeting, broadcast to the community and the world, the City of Prince Rupert said it didn’t have the money and couldn’t justify such an expense given other priorities for the City. During an in-camera meeting, open only to members of council and free of scrutiny from the public, members of council decided they could give the group $7,000 after all. Why did council change their minds? What was the discussion that took place? Why could $7,000 be found now, but not during the initial meeting? We may never know due to the rules of the Community Charter. The only problem is, I don’t see how a discussion about funding a community event falls under any of the criteria outlined in the Community Charter. Under the Community Charter, closed meetings are designed to deal with a person who is being considered for or holds a position with the municipality, labour relations, acquisition or disposition of land, legal situations and municipal objectives. Where in there is approving $7,000 for an event that was previously turned down? If the City can’t tell us why they changed their mind about something as simple as providing funds for the Snowbirds when the request was shot down before, it really makes one question what else is being decided behind closed doors and free of any scrutiny. I’ve said before that council needs to be more open with the electorate, and this is just another example of that. Making decisions behind closed doors that could and should be made in the open will not win you the confidence of the people.
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he did the right thing but got caught in the net. Last Christmas, Laverne Wilson won the Prince Rupert Northern View’s $1,000 Shop Prince Rupert prize giveaway. “I was ecstatic about winning,” Wilson told Quinn Bender of The Northern View. “I couldn’t believe I won it. I have five grandchildren so I decided I was going shopping for them. What’s happening now is just really crazy.” Wilson said she spent the money on some clothes and Christmas gifts for her five grandchildren. A heart-warming Christmas stroke of luck. But here comes Scrooge. Wilson is on social assistance. And when she did the right thing and reported the money — unfortunately after spending all of it on gifts and clothes
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— her regular Simply put, cheque from the everybody is doing Ministry of Social the right thing Development, according to the a.k.a. welfare, came system. up missing. The Ministry is According to right that she has the bureaucrats, she exceeded, Wilson exceeded her $500 is right to think allowable earnings. that it’s unfair and That turned her the landlord is $612 assistance right to want the Todd Hamilton cheque to dust and money on time. made here unable Unfortunately, to pay her rent. this is again Ten days after not paying her another example of a social safety rent, the landlord came knocking net that doesn’t hold people up, it with an eviction order. holds them down. “This is crazy,” Wilson Earlier this month, a Prince said. “I don’t drink. I don’t do Rupert business manager drugs. I’m being punished for complained loudly about how, winning something, for wanting when he tried to offer a full-time to give my [grand] kids a job to a welfare recipient, he was beautiful Christmas. I just don’t told to go pound sand when the understand it. They just keep recipient made more money telling me ‘you’re in excess, to stay home than to take the you’re in excess.’” unskilled labour job at $12/hour.
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It seems that able-bodied worker would receive nearly the same amount by just working two days a week to supplement his assistance rather than taking the full-time job. One could easily blame the worker and say, he’s just lazy. But from a strict financial perspective, the lazy worker made the right decision. Why work five days, when you can get the same amount in two. He’s just playing the rules the system has set up. For those with little to no upward mobility, this safety net is over their head holding them down, not the net below their feet to spring them back up. Wilson knows the system and should have taken care of necessities before buying gifts, but its understandable she just wanted to share her winnings. Unfortunately, the net result is she lost.
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Should NDP nominee Jennifer Rice step down from Prince Rupert City Council?
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“No, I don’t think there is a conflict there.”
“I agree with her keeping her place on council.”
“I think if she puts her mind to it she can do both, but it might be tougher than it looks.”
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Photo by Prince Rupert Port Authority STILL WATERS RUN DEEP: Vessels that enter Prince Rupert’s harbour do so in established transit lanes, taking advantage of the harbour’s unobstructed entrance and depth. The port’s geographic attributes make it an ideal location for commercial shipping.
Deep harbour makes Hamilton’s comments show bias vessel passage safer LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editor: Below this diatribe [on thenorthernview.com] is your own “commenting etiquette”: “personal attacks, offensive language and unsubstantiated allegations are not allowed [website rules].” Mr. Hamilton seems not to understand his column contains personal attacks (namecalling) and unsubstantiated allegations (she has to resign). Ms. Rice doesn’t need to
“Mr. Hamilton seems to want to change things to his satisfaction...” - Trevor Kayzer
resign. If and when she does get elected, though there are
no guidelines for this, she will, as others have done, resign. Mr. Hamilton seems to want to change things to his satisfaction rather than the way things have always been done. Your bias is showing, sir. Stop it. You are supposed to be a newspaper-man, not a propagandist. Trevor Kayzer Prince Rupert
Rights violations nothing new Editor: Human Rights Watch Canada has released a report which substantiates long-held claims by indigenous women regarding the historic mistreatment towards them by the RCMP. This is “old news”. B.C. reserve community members and the urban indigenous populations in northern B.C. have long acknowledged the systemic racism and violence directed toward all “First Nation” peoples. Sadly, the victimization of indigenous women is surpassed by the victimization experienced by indigenous men. Violence by men towards other men within Canada is alarming and this statistic surpasses the “norm”.
“The RCMP lacks any moral or ethical accountability in this community....” - Thom Chow
The local RCMP “drunk tank” jails indigenous men at an unprecedented rate. It seems that urban indigenous men comprise 100 per cent of vagrant alcoholics and addicts, drug dealers and “crackheads”, shoplifters and
thieves in Prince Rupert. The RCMP lacks any moral or ethical accountability in this community and towards our collective urban population. I am sure the NGO “hipsters and social scientists” in this community have to recognize this! As an active member of IDLE NO MORE PR, I am proposing the formation of a community watchdog committee to “unlock” and reveal the machinations of seemingly “berserk” inequalities directed toward all indigenous people. Thom Chow Prince Rupert
Time to fix First Nations issues
Editor: I agree many injustices were done to the First Nations. But, where does the turmoil stop? When will First Nations leadership get concrete, final proposals that will stop the financial bleeding that is taking place now? Hundreds of millions of
dollars given to First Nations people over the years have simply disappeared. In many cases there is little infrastructure, job creation, education, policing of miscreants or accountability. As a matter of fact, when accountability is brought up, it is heavily put down. The First Nations situation is
like the Middle East – it has been going on more than long enough. Let’s get everything finalized once and for all and have the First Nations part of Canada, be Canadian citizens or independent, and on their own financially as well. J. Sharpe Nanaimo
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ne of the key strategic advantages of the Port of Prince Rupert is its deep harbour, which is ice-free year round. The harbour can accommodate all types of vessels used in trans-Pacific trade—from modest “Handymax” ships to mammoth “Ultra Large” carriers whose dimensions dwarf those of the Panama and Suez canals. But how are the harbour’s dimensions—a simple fact of geography— related to the safety of the hundreds of commercial watercraft that visit Prince Rupert each year? More sea room means more room to manoeuvre. When you’re piloting a ship as long as the Eiffel Tower is tall, the distances above, around and under your hull are of critical importance. And steaming at just 5 knots means you’re still traveling at 2.6 metres per second—with up to half a million tonnes of cargo adding to your momentum. When it comes to harbour safety, size matters. The Port of Prince Rupert boasts a main controlling channel depth of 35 metres, about the height of the Prince Rupert Hotel. The main controlling channel depth refers to the deepest portion of the harbour used by large vessel traffic. In comparison, the second-deepest port on North America’s west coast has a main channel depth measuring 21 metres. With a depth at its berth of 18 metres and its Super-Post Panamax cranes, Fairview Terminal can accommodate vessels even larger than the Post Panamax sized COSCO Guangzhou that arrived in September 2012. For example, the 397-metre Emma Maersk has a draught (depth of loaded vessel underwater) of 16 metres and a 14,500 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent container) capacity. It could realistically call on Prince Rupert without issue. However, container ships of this size are not currently deployed in transPacific trade routes. They are primarily used to service the larger populations of Europe, South America and Asia. The Port of Prince Rupert is also fortunate to have a generous-sized approach channel. With skilled marine pilots on board, ships traverse a clear passage between the port’s outer harbour and the pilot station at Triple Island. Even at its narrowest, the channel’s navigable waters are over 400 metres across—more than enough room for an inbound container ship accompanied by escort tugs to pass BC Ferries’ Northern Expedition. In fact this occurred just last week on February 14th, giving ferry passengers a chance to ogle the inbound COSCO Dalian from a safe distance. Such routine manoeuvres are made more impressive when you consider that other North American ports have chokepoints as narrow as 120 metres— which are still safe for large vessel traffic. Without overhead transmission lines, cables or bridges crossing Prince Rupert’s navigable waters, there is no limit on air draught (the portion of the vessel above water). Some modern cruise ships have folding exhaust funnels that help them squeeze under low-lying spans. Such measures are unnecessary here. Combined with the Port Authority’s commitment to monitor and regulate shipping, Mother Nature’s gift of an ice-free deepwater harbour has won Prince Rupert a reputation for world-class maritime safety. Re:port is a collaborative promotional venture by the Prince Rupert Port Authority and The Northern View.
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Spectra Energy, which operates one of North America’s biggest gas processing plants at Fort Nelson and has another one under construction nearby, has begun work on a third plant near Dawson Creek. Spectra and British Gas have also proposed the latest of several pipelines, to move all this gas to an LNG terminal at Prince Rupert. The Kitimat-Prince Rupert region now has at least five proposed terminals, with investors including Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and state players from China and Korea. All this is happening as shale gas is developed across the United States as well. As with oil, Canada is a captive of the U.S. market, and the flood of new gas supply has the North American price at rock bottom. At least B.C. hopes it’s the bottom. Gas royalties passed forest income to the B.C. treasury many years ago, and now as the forest industry struggles to recover, the province faces tumbling revenues from gas. Why would B.C.’s shale gas be seen as a priority for new global investment in LNG? For one thing, we’re a stable democratic country with a mature industry and competent regulation. Secondly, the shipping advantage of the Kitimat and Prince Rupert ports to the Pacific Rim has finally been recognized internationally, as coal, forest products, grain and container traffic has climbed in recent years. B.C. has another advantage that appears to be increasingly important. The shale gas deposits are deep, under a kilometre or more of solid rock, and most are in remote, sparsely inhabited locations. That adds cost to the pipeline system, but it has a benefit. At the beginning of the year I predicted that the international protest movement that dishonestly targets Alberta oil would soon turn to demonizing natural gas. That pseudo-scientific attack has begun, right here in B.C. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
By Tom Fletcher Black Press Whether Christy Clark’s government survives the May election or not, the natural gas “Prosperity Fund” idea floated in last week’s throne speech is a useful one. B.C. is poised to join Alberta in the upper rank of energy producing jurisdictions, with an expanding network of natural gas collection, refining and processing into liquid (LNG) for export. Clark’s preelection throne speech proposed a resource fund similar to Alberta’s Heritage Fund that would be reserved for debt reduction and major projects, rather than spent on programs, which tends to happen under the political pressure of four-year election cycles. Opposition politicians and media commentators have dismissed this as a pre-election stunt. They note that the LNG industry in B.C. doesn’t exist yet, and may never produce the hundreds of billions of dollars projected over the next 30 years. I returned for a visit to B.C.’s northeast earlier this month, and I can tell you the gas boom is real. My parents homesteaded east of Dawson Creek near the Alberta border in 1962, and I recall when our farm was drilled for gas by Gulf Canada 40 years ago. Many more gas wells have been drilled since then, and country roads have been widened and numbered for industrial traffic. Hydraulic fracturing, already in use when our farm was drilled, has been combined with directional drilling to open up huge new supplies. A farming community called Montney is the latest hot play, yielding not only shale gas but petroleum liquids, which are valuable for diluting heavy oil among other things. B.C. has never seen this kind of international investment interest before. Initial projects have been joined by global players such as British Gas, and Mitsubishi, a key player in Japan’s replacement of its devastated nuclear power program.
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Port Authority sees 75 per cent growth over last year By Quinn Bender The Northern View
Following a record year in 2012, the Prince Rupert Port Authority started the new year with a massive increase in traffic last month. The monthly traffic summary for January indicates Fairview Terminal handled 16.7 per cent more twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) than in January of last year, up from 44,477 to 51,923 TEUs. Michael Gurney, corporate communications manager with the Prince Rupert Port Authority, said the growth was expected. “We’re continuing to see growth. Specifically, it’s the container terminal at the forefront of being
one of the fastest growing terminals in North America,” he said. “It’s so well run, in fact, last year we met and exceeded the original build capacity of the terminal, which was 500,000 TEUs. It looks as though this year we’ll be bumping that number up even further.” Imports claimed the majority of the total numbers in January with 30,115 TEUs compared to 25,451 TEUs last January, while exports counted for 21,808 TEUs compared to 19,026 TEUs last year. With expansion still underway at Ridley Terminals Inc. (RTI), 807,645 tonnes of coal passed through the facility last month — a 162.5 per cent jump from January
Ridley Terminals saw a 147 per cent increase in shipping compared to last January.
2012. “That’s a healthy increase... And I think it’s those kinds of numbers that justify the expansion at RTI,” said Gurney Ridley saw an impressive 147 per cent spike in metallurgical coal
and 111.8 per cent rise in thermal coal handling. Rounding off a positive economic snapshot, Prince Rupert Grain also saw big gains this month: 71. 4 per cent more tonnage than last January, or 463,580 tonnes
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over 270,410. Overall tonnage through the port of Prince Rupert was up 74.7 per cent this January compared to last January, sitting at 1.79 million tonnes compared to 1.03 million tonnes last year.
Province offering businesses help as PST return nears By Tom Fletcher The Northern View Undoing the harmonized sales tax and establishing a modernized version of the 60-year-old provincial sales tax is the biggest task facing Premier Christy Clark’s government in the brief legislative sitting that
precedes the May 14 provincial election. Finance Minister Mike de Jong introduced the transition legislation Wednesday. It includes provisions for transactions that straddle the transition date such as new home purchases. The bill to replace the HST
runs nearly 200 pages, and it will add accounting costs for business as well as taking away business input tax credits that match those available under the federal Goods and Services Tax. The government has given itself a deadline of April 1 to make the switch for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
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When newspaper mogul David Black meets with people over breakfast at a Chamber of Commerce conference in Vancouver March 6, he’ll hopefully have a stronger sense on where stakeholders stand on his proposed oil refinery for the Kitimat Valley. The president of Kitimat Clean said in about two months, or 60 days, he expects to have heard back from the majority of people regarding his refinery proposal and will have an idea on how feasible it is. “In two months I should have everything together,” he said, noting that the information includes feedback from potential financiers and customers. But he’s still feeling optimistic about the whole thing. When Black Press last spoke to Black — who is WelcomeBC. ENG Maple.Pitt. MN also the chairman of Black Press —
he had just concluded a tour in Asia meeting with potential partners and customers in the venture. Meetings continued through the winter here in Canada and he said that no one ever said they wouldn’t take a refined fuel, one of the many criticisms of the project. “There’s a lot of interest,” he said. “We will have the most competitive refinery on the whole Pacific basin.” A University of Alberta professor suggested in the Edmonton Journal that future prices of bitumen may make Black’s refinery unfeasible in the next five or so years. But Black said he’s not at all worried about future prices. He said that as long as bitumen remains well under the price of a barrel of oil from the Middle East, right now about $115 a barrel, he should be okay. “As long as we’re substantially 431X8.pdf 1 13-01-13 2:06 PM underneath in Alberta, and they
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After mysteriously shutting down last year, the old Pizza Hut building will soon house a new restaurant. Alain Chan, owner of Galaxy Gardens, has confirmed purchasing the building and will be converting it into a seafood and steakhouse with family members. Although details are few, Chan expects the restaurant will be open in May.
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While there may be five LNG terminals proposed for the north coast, including three in Kitimat and two in Prince Rupert, Skeena – Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen said he doubts five terminals will be built. “If you talk to people in the industry, they feel there is room for two or three terminals to be built,” he said, noting that his support for the projects is on a case-by-case basis. “There’s isn’t a blanket statement for something like LNG... If you say you’re for all of them, would you allow 10 or 15 projects to come into the region? No. You have to look at where the energy is coming from and the capacity of the area to handle it. The companies also have to show that their proposal is a good project.” Right now both the Progress Energy and BG Group export terminals are in the very preliminary stages of development, while all three projects planned for Kitimat have received their LNG export licenses from the provincial government. Cullen said that could play a role in which proposals come to fruition. “There is a bit of a question of timing. If you have the papers and are more advanced in the project you are in a better position than those that don’t,” he said. “I don’t know how the licenses in
“I think it’s time to move forward and work with the IUOE.” - Steve Raper
Kitimat would effect the proposals in Prince Rupert.” Greg Kist, vice-president of marketing, government and corporate communications for Pacific Northwest LNG, the proponents of the Lelu Island terminal, said the number of projects and which projects develop depends on much more than their current status. “I think it is really a function of how the international markets grow... Growth means more natural gas will be needed, and some of that can be filled domestically. Whether the rest is satisfied by Australia, Quataar or Canada comes down to a question of economics,” he said. “If you look at all of the components of the project — the resource, the pipeline and the market — you have the resources of our parent company Petronas and our Progress Energy holdings in the Montney area of northeastern B.C. Clearly we have all the component parts for a successful project, though there is certainly a significant amount of work still to be done.”
By Tom Fletcher Black Press
Premier Christy Clark kicked off the pre-election legislature session Tuesday with a pledge to establish a new fund from natural gas exports to support social programs and pay down debt. The main purpose of the “British Columbia Prosperity Fund” will be to pay down debt, starting in 2017 when the first liquefied natural gas facilities begins to ship LNG for export from the northern coast to Asian markets. It will be funded by a tax on LNG exports, as well as gas producers’ corporate taxes and traditional natural gas royalty revenues. The new fund is patterned after Alberta’s Heritage Fund, set up in 1976 as a legacy for Alberta’s oil and gas revenues. The B.C. fund would receive an estimated $100 billion from LNG revenues over 30 years, based on an assumption of five LNG production facilities exporting gas from the Kitimat-Prince Rupert region.
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Premier Christy Clark greets B.C. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon as she arrives at the B.C. legislature Tuesday to read the government’s throne speech.
The plan was presented in the throne speech delivered Tuesday by Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon, to open a four-week legislature session leading up to the May 14 provincial election. “Whether it is eliminating the provincial sales tax, or making long-term investments in areas like education or vital infrastructure that strengthen communities
– these are the kinds of opportunities the B.C. Prosperity Fund can provide,” the speech says. The government estimates that if B.C.’s LNG mega-project develops as expected, and all of the fund’s revenues are directed to debt reduction, B.C.’s $56 billion debt could be paid off within a decade. The province currently pays about $2.5 billion a year in interest on the debt.
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Prince Rupert man teaches survival on Haida Gwaii By Jane Wilson Special to The Northern View A Prince Rupert man spent the last week of January teaching survival skills to members of the Canadian Forces in Haida Gwaii. “I felt quite lucky to be part of it,” said McCarter, adding that the experience reminded him of his six years in the infantry in a good way, said Ed McCarter. McCarter lives in Prince Rupert, but is a member of the Port Simpson Canadian Ranger Patrol. The Canadian Rangers are a sub-component of the Canadian Forces reserve which provides a military presence in northern, coastal and isolated Canada and whose members easily recognized by their red hats and shirts. McCarter joined Canadian Rangers from across the province teaching fire-starting, traps and snares, shelters and other survival skills to members of 39 Brigade over a three-day period. The soldiers then spent three days in survival camps with limited resources putting those skills to the test. The Basic Wilderness Survival
Training is offered by the Canadian Rangers once a year to other branches of the Canadian Forces, said Captain Steven Parker, officer commanding of B.C. Company of the Fourth Canadian Rangers Patrol Group, adding that Canadian Rangers are used to teach the training because of their vast amount of outdoor skills. McCarter was a swing instructor at the training, teaching lessons in knife and axe care and use, but was called upon to do the three-day survival section. “There was one candidate short and they needed an even number to go, so I was lucky enough to go out on it,” he said. He was paired up with one of the soldiers, given one ration meal, a hatchet and some very basic equipment and left in the wilderness for three days. He described it as a really good experience, even with being cold, wet and hungry for the majority of the time. Like most of the candidates McCarter and his partner struggled with the wet weather, the difficulties of keeping a fire going and the disorientation of not having
Jane Wilson / Special to the Northern View
Ed McCarter sits with his partner, Corporal David Hill-Mah of BC Regiment, and fellow Canadian Ranger David Bjorkman during the survival training.
watches, or any other way to tell time. He described the second night when he sat up for hours convinced morning was about to arrive. “The moon came out from behind the cloud and it looked
like dawn was breaking, so I watched dawn trying to break for about five hours,” he said. Four of the 22 candidates didn’t last the three days in the wilderness, but McCarter’s team wasn’t among them. He said he
was absolutely glad he did it and would do it again in a heartbeat. “They were coming from not knowing much about the bush, and they certainly left knowing a lot more than they did,” he said.
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L’Association des Francophones et Francophiles du Nord-Ouest would like to thank everyone who helped in making the third annual Sugar Shack Festival d’Hiver the best ever! A special “merci beaucoup” goes out to the Prince Rupert Lions Club; the kitchen staff (you know who you are!); Carole, Chantal and the Presbyterian Church; Michel Gauthier at Rupert Meats; Nancy Griffith-Zahner, Cary Dalton and Charles Hays Secondary School; Yuriko Riesen and CPF Prince Rupert; Brian Munson, Dan Hansen and the entire staff at Overwaitea Foods; Harbour Theater; Northern Savings and their wonderful volunteers; Brian and Mary at Eagle’s Bluff B&B; Michal and Astral Media; Michel Bourgeois; Judd and Cowpuccino’s; and of course, all of our volunteers! Nous vous aimons!
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Group seeking home sharers By Martina Perry The Northern View A Prince Rupert service provider is hoping more Rupertites will open up their homes to adults with disabilities. Thompson Community Services is encouraging people in Prince Rupert to take part in the residential program home sharing, where individuals with physical or mental disabilities move into a person or family’s home and become care givers of the individual, providing ongoing support for pay. “It creates a different avenue for people to have a better quality of life… It increases the level of
support individuals get without having a worker involved because the family becomes the worker,” said Andrew Bell, area manager for Thompson Community Services. “You’re offering the community and individual with a whole new network of people,” Kristie Ebeling, director of services for Thompson Community Services, added. Before placing individuals in a home share, Thompson Community Services performs a home study that helps the group make appropriate matches based on personalities, lifestyles, likes and interests. “We have to find a match that’s going to fit into the family
so it will be successful long term,” said Ebeling. Care givers roles change from situation to situation, as individuals being taken in may have an active role in a home sharer’s daily activities, or may crave something more independent like living in the basement suite of a home. For safety purposes, people opening up their homes will need to have a criminal record and medical assessment done and should have references. People or families interested in becoming a home sharer are encouraged to call Andrew at 250-624-9573, or contact him by e-mail at bell@tcsinfo.ca.
Seniors Centre notes By Donna
Prince Rupert Seniors Centre Whist Results Monday: Ladies 1st - M. Laporte, 2nd & Pool - D. Currie; Men’s 1st - P. Paulson, 2ndJ. Strand, Pool - E. Page. Thursday Results: Ladies’ 1st - M. Diehl, 2nd C. Smith, Pool - S. Paulson, D. Currie, M. Arneson; Men’s 1st - E. Page, M. Dicken, 2nd - L. Mak., Pool
- S. Helgason. ***Foot Care Tuesday Feb. 19 11 a.m. with Rosemary. Thank you to everyone who attended our General Meeting, we had a quorum. Put Tuesday March 12 on your calendar, it’s our AGM meeting which starts at 10 a.m. E Senior Games: There is a meeting in Terrace on Feb. 23.
Martina Perry / The Northern View
Prince Rupert’s Richard Wilson has been recognized for his ability to think outside the box. Wilson is a weekly entertainer at the Friendship House, who took Success By Six’s interactive Granny and Grandpa connections box took kit to a new level. Wilson uses the puppets provided in the kit and incorporates music, literacy and animals applicable to Prince Rupert in his lessons. Wilson’s work with engaging children in the region to learn about their culture and traditions were recognized at the 2012 B.C. Aboriginal Child Care Society awards in November, with Wilson winning an award for the Northern, B.C. Kids can enjoy all Wilson has to teach every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Friendship House.
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u Welcoming the world
In a safe harbour
Prince Rupert mission celebrates one-year alliance with the world’s seafarers By Quinn Bender The Northern View In Belgium last year, an Iranian merchant seaman reboarded his vessel with a copy of the New Testament tucked away in his belongings. Mentally, he had likely been exploring his faith for some time, but in this European port he found a copy of his first Bible to begin his exploration in earnest. At some point in the long voyage to B.C. he had decided to convert from Islam. When the ship’s captain uncovered his secret, he locked the sailor in a cabin. As the ship made Prince Rupert the man was given a reprieve from his confinement, as Canada Boarder Services agents came aboard for a routine inspection. The seaman rushed to tell them what had happened and asked Canada for asylum. It’s unclear what laws, if any, he was being held against, but according to the story he feared for his life if returned to Iran with his Christian convictions. The border guards escorted him ashore and began arranging his transfer to Vancouver. As he waited for the processing, he was brought without hesitation to the Prince Rupert Seafarers’ Mission Centre for safety, food and shelter. The Prince Rupert Seafarers’ Mission is just one of 250 around the world. Part of their mandate is to assist in such emergency scenarios — injury, abandonment, non-payment of wages or other personal difficulties. Over the course the year the Prince Rupert Mission has been called upon at least twice to assist sailors through dire scenarios. In another case an engineer was caught in a boiler explosion at sea, and while hospitalized ashore with severe burns the Mission acted as a liaison with the crewman’s family. The engineer is still in contact with them today. But extreme scenarios like these are rare. Typically the Mission and its volunteers cater to sailors’ mental well being—a phone call home and a break from 40 days at sea. And this month they celebrate their first anniversary of doing just that. Since opening their doors the all-volunteer staff have welcomed 2,400 sailors into the city. Acting president Norm Craddock says despite the constant challenge to raise funds, the Mission, run by
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Quinn Bender / The Northern View
Sailors from around the world gather at Prince Rupert’s Seafarer’s Mission for everything from spiritual support to wireless internet access.
Lighthouse Harbour Ministries Prince Rupert, is going strong. It was an instant success, attracting an average of 200 sailors per month. “We struggle all the time [financially],” Craddock says. “But technically we call it a faith mission, so… it’s really quite rewarding to offer them a warm friendly place of welcome. “Over the years there’s been several attempts to do this. At no time before did we ever have a service facility; we would go on the ships and visit the crews. We’d take literature and visit with them. They kept asking, ‘Where’s your seamen’s club?’ We got hooked up with the Mission in Vancouver and they were able to give us a lot of direction and pointers. With their support, we were able to get enough resources together to have a place like this.” That place is located in the old Parker’s Ladies Wear store downtown. It has the feel of a community centre: generic and purposeful, but comfortable. Under the din of fluorescent lights the captain of the Chinese container ship, Jin He, can be seen leaning forward on a plush couch pecking at a laptop keyboard. Two computer stations sit idle to the side as half a dozen of the captain’s crew share a spirited conversation around a table in the rear, while staring into the screens of their personal laptops.
“Its really quite rewarding to offer them a warm, friendly place of welcome” - Norm Craddock
There’s a kitchenette in the back and two private phone stalls converted from the changing rooms. The walls are decorated with store-bought paintings, the odd spiritual message and a few pieces of Chinese calligraphy. A sharp crack ricochets from the front of the room as three seamen start a game of pool with one of the volunteers. The table recently replaced a smaller, older model. (An anonymous benefactor bought it from a landlord who’s tenant had skipped out on his rent but left the table behind.) One of the players is Cong, a young and smiling seaman from Shanghai who’s patronized Missions around the world since taking to seas five years ago. “This my first time here,” he says. “My ship tomorrow morning leave, but my voyage is always from China, to America, to Canada. One voyage is… 42 days. [At the Mission] I can telephone to home. It’s very nice to.”
Although Cong’s English is limited, he’s enthusiastic to speak it. He is helped along by one of the Mission’s volunteer translators, Helen Ma, originally from Shanghai as well, who moved to Prince Rupert in 1982. “There aren’t many Mandarin speakers in Prince Rupert, so I really enjoy coming in,” she said. “This place is like a home to them. I feel like I’m home too.” This sense of home is not an exaggeration for the seamen. Like Cong will soon be doing, many rotate through Prince Rupert like clockwork every 40 days. The Chinese are second in number only to the Filipinos, followed by a heavy sprinkling of many other nationalities. They develop tastes for their favourite restaurants and plan ahead for activities unique to each city of call. With the port currently under expansion, the 2,400 crewmen Prince Rupert hosted last year should only rise. The economic impact, and opportunities, is self evident. “They do a lot of shopping,” said Craddock. “The ships have their own provisions of course, but [the seamen] like to have their personal items as well. As far as other things, I don’t know how many computers I’ve seen from Wal Mart or The Source,” he adds, raising his eyebrows to indicate the number is high. Until the port expansion ushers in more ships, Craddock
is hopeful donations to the Centre will remain steady to handle the 200 visitors per month. Last year the Prince Rupert Port Authority helped the Mission get its footing with a $25,000 donation for things like furnishings and computers. “The port [authority] has been really supportive in all of this,” Craddock says. “They recognize the importance of the welfare of the ships’ crews.” Since then, “We have some people and businesses in town who have been very generous. But,” he adds, laughing, “we always welcome more. Always.” As the crew from the Jin He prepare to leave for their shift, another is expected to arrive soon. Individually or by the dozen, for one year now merchant seamen have disembarked their ships after weeks at sea and walked straight toward this converted store space on Third Avenue. It is a proverbial safe harbour for their down time. For some the Mission represents a phone call home, a game of pool or a base of operations for a shopping spree. For others the Mission has gone so far as to help save their lives. Whatever their reason for dropping in, for many their experience in Prince Rupert will come to define their opinion of the entirety of Canada.
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It started in September 2007, when two teens at a Nova Scotia high school stood up for a younger student. David Shepherd and Travis Price, both in Grade 12, heard about a Grade 9 student at their school who had been bullied and threatened for wearing a pink polo shirt on his first day of school. They decided they should do something about it and bought 50 pink shirts and tank tops to wear to school the next day. They also went online to round up support for their anti-bullying cause, which they dubbed a “sea of pink.” It worked. The next day, dozens of students were outfitted with the discount shirts, but even better, hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some from head to toe. The bullies were reportedly never heard from again. This year, Feb. 27 is Pink Shirt Day in B.C. and other parts of Canada, an annual anti-bullying event that started after the now-famous 2007 “sea of pink” campaign. The need for awareness and action against bullying remains as strong as ever say those involved in the pink event, including radio station CKNW, Black Press, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver, and London Drugs,
Pink Shirt Day is Wednesday Feb 27th where people can buy the official pink shirts for 2013. “Awareness of what bullying is and understanding that it hurts is important,” says Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver president and CEO Carolyn Tuckwell. “It isn’t just a rite of passage. It doesn’t have to happen. And it’s relevant to everyone, whether in school, after school or in the workplace.” According to www.bullyingcanada. ca, as many as 25 per cent of children in Grades 4 to 6 have been bullied and approximately one in 10 children have bullied others, while a 2004 study published in the Medical Journal of Pediatrics found that about one in seven Canadian children aged 11 to 16 are victims of bullying. It is important to recognize what bullying is, and that it happens in many forms – verbally, socially, physically and online (cyber bullying), says
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For more information about bullying go to
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Rupert Gary Coons, MLA North Coast
Tuckwell. “By wearing pink, people show they’re making that commitment, to not let bullying happen,” she says. Tuckwell and others emphasize that the pink shirt is secondary to raising awareness about bullying and getting people involved. B.C. is no stranger to tragedy related to bullying. From Surrey’s 14-yearold Hamed Nastoh, who jumped off the Patullo Bridge and killed himself after leaving a note behind blaming the constant bullying he endured at school, to Mission’s Dawn-Marie Wesley, 14, who committed suicide by hanging herself after relentless bullying, to Port Coquitlam’s Amanda Todd, 15, who killed herself after posting a video on YouTube talking about her experiences with cyber bullying, there are countless told and untold stories that remain horrific. The provincial government has taken steps to address bullying in recent years, including a Ministry of Education resource brochure for parents in 14 languages that can be found online at www.bced.gov.bc.ca/sco.
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According to a recent Insights West-6S Marketing study on social media behaviors and attitudes of 504 online BC adults, 48 per cent are ”very concerned” about cyber-bullying in society overall, and a further 41 per cent are “somewhat concerned.” Of the 18 per cent of adults in BC with teens in the home, an alarming 23 per cent of parents say their teens have been victims of cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying is not a problem exclusive to the teen world, however, as eight per cent of adults themselves claim to have experienced it— and incidence increases to 12 per cent among those whom we have classified as “heavy” social media users (those who use Facebook or Twitter at least once a day). Those in the 18-34 year old category are also substantially more likely to report being cyber-bullied (15 per cent) than those in other age groups (7 per cent for 35-54 year olds, and 4 per cent among 55+). Although the incidence of cyber-bullying has hit alarming numbers of 23 per cent, it still pales in comparison to the fact that the majority (58 per cent) of parents say their teens have been victims of “traditional” bullying. Results of the poll show that BC residents believe a collective effort from individuals, educators, law enforcement and government should play a role in countering cyberbullying. The vast majority of adults believe that it is parents who should be taking a primary role in countering cyberbullying, and 60 per cent of adults believe teens should take on a primary role— an attitude that is shared among both parents of teens and non-parents. Nearly half of BC residents (48 per cent) feel that individuals should take the primary role. A smaller number of adults feel that the public school system (40 per cent), police (32 per cent), and media (30 per cent) should take a primary role, but a large minority believe these organizations should play secondary roles (35 per cent, 35 per cent, and 27 per cent, respectively). The relatively new social phenomenon of cyberbullying is driven by the relatively large number of British Columbians engaged in social media activities. Currently, 46 per cent of adults use Facebook on a daily basis, a figure that increases to 64 per cent among 18-34 year olds, and 50 per cent of 35-44 year olds (daily Facebook use is reported by
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More than 1 in 3 young people have experienced cyber bullying. Well over half of young people do not tell their parents when cyber bullying occurs.
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Bullying has moved from being on the streets and in the schools to anywhere at any time with the increase in cyberbullying an social media.
29 per cent of the 55+ age group). Daily Facebook use is also disproportionately higher among BC adults with teens living in the household (58 per cent) vs. those without teens (43 per cent). On average, 11 per cent of British Columbians use Facebook weekly, 11 per cent monthly, and 27 per cent use it less often than that (about 5 per cent don’t know). Women continue to dominate the Facebook space, with 53 per cent being daily users, vs. 38 per cent of men. Daily usage of Twitter is currently 16 per cent on average — but dramatically higher among the 18-34 year old group (37 per cent), dropping off to 15 per cent among 35-54′s, and only 4 per cent among 55+. Other social media platforms (such as Instagram, LinkedIn, Flickr, etc.) have increased to the point where 10 per cent of the current population report daily usage.
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Bullying Hurts
Stand up for others. Stand up for yourself.
There is nothing to fear except fear itself.
You do not need anyone’s permission to be your true self.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
CKNW ORPHANS’ FUND
Remember always — that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
Prince ruPert Phone 250-627-1561 Fax: 250-627-8881
G N I Y BULL
Cyber-bullying an increasing concern 2013
PRESENTED BY:
It started in September 2007, when two teens at a Nova Scotia high school stood up for a younger student. David Shepherd and Travis Price, both in Grade 12, heard about a Grade 9 student at their school who had been bullied and threatened for wearing a pink polo shirt on his first day of school. They decided they should do something about it and bought 50 pink shirts and tank tops to wear to school the next day. They also went online to round up support for their anti-bullying cause, which they dubbed a “sea of pink.” It worked. The next day, dozens of students were outfitted with the discount shirts, but even better, hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some from head to toe. The bullies were reportedly never heard from again. This year, Feb. 27 is Pink Shirt Day in B.C. and other parts of Canada, an annual anti-bullying event that started after the now-famous 2007 “sea of pink” campaign. The need for awareness and action against bullying remains as strong as ever say those involved in the pink event, including radio station CKNW, Black Press, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver, and London Drugs,
Pink Shirt Day is Wednesday Feb 27th where people can buy the official pink shirts for 2013. “Awareness of what bullying is and understanding that it hurts is important,” says Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver president and CEO Carolyn Tuckwell. “It isn’t just a rite of passage. It doesn’t have to happen. And it’s relevant to everyone, whether in school, after school or in the workplace.” According to www.bullyingcanada. ca, as many as 25 per cent of children in Grades 4 to 6 have been bullied and approximately one in 10 children have bullied others, while a 2004 study published in the Medical Journal of Pediatrics found that about one in seven Canadian children aged 11 to 16 are victims of bullying. It is important to recognize what bullying is, and that it happens in many forms – verbally, socially, physically and online (cyber bullying), says
are: Not Friendly Not Respected Bullying ✔All Here! of the above For more information for our students and parents check out our website at http://sd52.bc.ca
O BULLIES Take a stand
STOP BULLYING
NOW!
Bullying Needs To Stop!
TeAM BUlly
FRee!
North Coast Constituency Office 818 3rd Avenue West, Prince Rupert 250-624-7734 or 1-866-624-7734 www.garycoons.ca • gary.coons.mla@leg.bc.ca
For more information about bullying go to
PinkShirtDay.ca
Prince Rupert District Teachers’ Union
Rupert Gary Coons, MLA North Coast
Tuckwell. “By wearing pink, people show they’re making that commitment, to not let bullying happen,” she says. Tuckwell and others emphasize that the pink shirt is secondary to raising awareness about bullying and getting people involved. B.C. is no stranger to tragedy related to bullying. From Surrey’s 14-yearold Hamed Nastoh, who jumped off the Patullo Bridge and killed himself after leaving a note behind blaming the constant bullying he endured at school, to Mission’s Dawn-Marie Wesley, 14, who committed suicide by hanging herself after relentless bullying, to Port Coquitlam’s Amanda Todd, 15, who killed herself after posting a video on YouTube talking about her experiences with cyber bullying, there are countless told and untold stories that remain horrific. The provincial government has taken steps to address bullying in recent years, including a Ministry of Education resource brochure for parents in 14 languages that can be found online at www.bced.gov.bc.ca/sco.
Macro properties Call 250-627-5003 • 115 3rd St Prince Rupert
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According to a recent Insights West-6S Marketing study on social media behaviors and attitudes of 504 online BC adults, 48 per cent are ”very concerned” about cyber-bullying in society overall, and a further 41 per cent are “somewhat concerned.” Of the 18 per cent of adults in BC with teens in the home, an alarming 23 per cent of parents say their teens have been victims of cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying is not a problem exclusive to the teen world, however, as eight per cent of adults themselves claim to have experienced it— and incidence increases to 12 per cent among those whom we have classified as “heavy” social media users (those who use Facebook or Twitter at least once a day). Those in the 18-34 year old category are also substantially more likely to report being cyber-bullied (15 per cent) than those in other age groups (7 per cent for 35-54 year olds, and 4 per cent among 55+). Although the incidence of cyber-bullying has hit alarming numbers of 23 per cent, it still pales in comparison to the fact that the majority (58 per cent) of parents say their teens have been victims of “traditional” bullying. Results of the poll show that BC residents believe a collective effort from individuals, educators, law enforcement and government should play a role in countering cyberbullying. The vast majority of adults believe that it is parents who should be taking a primary role in countering cyberbullying, and 60 per cent of adults believe teens should take on a primary role— an attitude that is shared among both parents of teens and non-parents. Nearly half of BC residents (48 per cent) feel that individuals should take the primary role. A smaller number of adults feel that the public school system (40 per cent), police (32 per cent), and media (30 per cent) should take a primary role, but a large minority believe these organizations should play secondary roles (35 per cent, 35 per cent, and 27 per cent, respectively). The relatively new social phenomenon of cyberbullying is driven by the relatively large number of British Columbians engaged in social media activities. Currently, 46 per cent of adults use Facebook on a daily basis, a figure that increases to 64 per cent among 18-34 year olds, and 50 per cent of 35-44 year olds (daily Facebook use is reported by
250-624-5060
THINK
More than 1 in 3 young people have experienced cyber bullying. Well over half of young people do not tell their parents when cyber bullying occurs.
700 - 3rd Ave West Prince Rupert
Bullying has moved from being on the streets and in the schools to anywhere at any time with the increase in cyberbullying an social media.
29 per cent of the 55+ age group). Daily Facebook use is also disproportionately higher among BC adults with teens living in the household (58 per cent) vs. those without teens (43 per cent). On average, 11 per cent of British Columbians use Facebook weekly, 11 per cent monthly, and 27 per cent use it less often than that (about 5 per cent don’t know). Women continue to dominate the Facebook space, with 53 per cent being daily users, vs. 38 per cent of men. Daily usage of Twitter is currently 16 per cent on average — but dramatically higher among the 18-34 year old group (37 per cent), dropping off to 15 per cent among 35-54′s, and only 4 per cent among 55+. Other social media platforms (such as Instagram, LinkedIn, Flickr, etc.) have increased to the point where 10 per cent of the current population report daily usage.
a c & d
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Together we can make this a
Bully Free Zone
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Creating awareness one day at a time. Pink Shirt Day Feb 27, 2013 www.pinkshirtday.ca
For more information and resources on bullying: www.mychildsafety.net www.pinkshirtday.ca www.bced.gov.bc.ca/sco/ www.healthlinkbc.ca/kb/content/special/uf4870.html www.bullyingcanada.ca
Before you speak T- Is it True? H - Is it Helpful? I - Is it Inspiring? N - Is it Necessary? K - Is it Kind? If it is none of these things, is it really worth saying? Think about it...
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Charles Hays drama students are in final rehearsals for this coming weekend’s trip to Terrace for the Northwest Zones drama festival. They are presenting two plays at the annual event and then after adjudication will present them at the Tom Rooney Theatre in Prince Rupert at their annual Dessert Theatre March 8 and 9. Five students, Charles Ryan, Aaron Grant, Jenny Nguyen, Kelsy Casavant and Cyrus Sobredo, will be presenting the light-hearted comedy Cucarachas about lab cochroaches coming to grips with an outside influence. Zoey Hellfors, Brandon Armstrong, Hannah Komadina, Skylar Tuba, Seamus McConville, Kelsy Casavant and Aaron Grant will be performing the dark comedy Mr. Winkler’s Birthday Party in which a long term care facility doesn’t tell the family their loved one has died just before they arrive for a 75th birthday party.
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Although burlesque has been around for hundreds of years, it never ceases to excite. The lovely ladies of the Cheesecake Burlesque Revue will be singing, dancing and taking it off while dazzling a crowd at the Lester Centre of the Arts in March. “They keep audiences coming back for more; more teasing, more laughs and more body confidence,” said Crystal Lorette, general manager of the Lester Centre. “Come out and celebrate women of all shapes and sizes,” she said. The “Cheesecakes” perform with confidence, humour and sass, drawing influences from cult classics such as Priscilla Queen of the Desert to Broadway hits like Guys and Dolls. The
ladies sing and dance, and are interactive with audience members. It’s been three years since the ladies performed in Prince Rupert last. A new selection of ladies taking the stage this time around. The performers will be travelling from Vancouver and Victoria to put on the performance at the Lester Centre of the Arts on Saturday, March 2. Prior to their performance, the ladies will be putting on a Hot Pink Sass Class on Friday, March. 1 that will teach participants how to dance burlesque. “You’ll learn how to shimmy and shake. It’s suppose to be a lot of fun,” Lorette said. There will be a limited amount of space in the workshop, so people wishing to partake are encouraged to sign up right away. Without any advertising, the workshop already had more than a dozen people signed up.
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Lester Centre and museum seek continued City funding By Martina Perry The Northern View
A shrinking tax base in Prince Rupert has meant uncertainty in Community Enhancement Grant funding for local groups, but despite some difficulties, groups managed to carry on in 2012. The Lester Centre of the Arts and Museum of Northern British Columbia are some of the biggest recipients of the City’s Community Enhancement Fund, and both highlighted the struggles and accomplishments in their required presentation to council last week, as a way to keep the granting process transparent to the public. “People in the community enjoy these facilities, and they bring people to Prince Rupert… The City tries to support these sort of things the best it can, but there are challenges every year,” Jack Mussallem, mayor of Prince Rupert, told the Prince Rupert Northern View. The City isn’t alone when it comes to difficulties. Representatives from the Lester Centre and museum also made known their financial hardship during their presentations last week, but both groups also succeeded in completing significant achievements. First to present were members from the Prince Rupert Performing Arts Centre Society, who said while the Lester Centre continues to struggle in the current economic climate, things are looking up when it comes to updating the centre and recent ticket sales. The Lester Centre is receiving $110,000 from the City’s Community Enhancement fund, which is what it received in 2012. The money goes toward wages for two full-time employees and one part-time worker. Additionally, funds contributed from the City, along with money donated by the Prince Rupert Port Authority and collected from fundraising efforts has meant the centre was able to replace nearly all the carpeting and flooring throughout the building, including on stage. It also meant all the cushioning on the theatre’s chairs could be replaced in 2012, and all the windows refurbished. The society is hoping to receive more funding from non-city sources in the future. The group will discuss changing the number of cityappointed members at their upcoming AGM, something that has disqualified the centre from receiving grants in past years. Members of the Museum of Northern British Columbia Association has also been looking outside of the City for needed additional funding, with the museum depending on other grants to continue operating since significant cut backs to its Community Enhancement Grant funding nearly a decade ago. Following chronic shortfalls in funding, the museum had to cut positions in 2012, which
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meant they could break even for the year. The museum now houses the visitor’s centre, which has also been causing financial hardship. However a one time grant in 2012 meant less of a deficit than in previous years. The association requested $160,000 in Community Enhancement Grant funding to maintain the current level of programs and services, but were denied, being granted $117,000. Representatives predict there will be cuts to functions at the museum in 2013, and say what those cuts will be are left to be seen at this time. Although the requested amount was denied, the City will provide $201,500 in total for the museum this year. Of that money, $14,500 will be used for the operation of Kwinitsa station and $70,000 will be used for the Prince Rupert Visitor’s Centre, which continues to run a deficit. Robin Weber, director of the Museum of Northern B.C., declined to further clarify the use of the Community Enhancement Grant funding at the museum. Although cutbacks have had to be made, the association did accomplish a long-term goal last year. After more than two decades of perseverance through troubling times, the Museum of Northern British Columbia paid off its mortgage in 2012. The Museum of Northern B.C. association made its last payment on the strata lot in September 2012, retiring the museum’s mortgage to the City. Representatives said another highlight in 2012 was receiving financial assistance from Ridley Terminals and Prince Rupert Grain for important mechanical repairs. Mussallem is pleased to see both the Lester Centre of the Arts and Museum of Northern B.C. searching for other grants outside of the City, stating it is critical to their well being. “We never know going forward whether or not we’ll be able to fund groups at the same levels as previous years,” he said. The City is handing out a total of $1,406,250 in Community Enhancement Grants to various community groups this year as part of the annual budget process.
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Derin Grizomo, Jadyn Kristmanson, Tanaiya Pearson, Jonathan Ash, Bailey Ward, Carsen Bibert and Colby Duffus accept a $450 cheque from Donna Farwell of Northern Savings Credit Union (top) and Michelle Bryant of Ridley Terminals (below) to cover the remaining cost of running Conrad School’s breakfast program for the remainder of the year.
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By Quinn Bender The Northern View Prince Rupert RBC employees have reached deep into their pockets this year in support of United Way campaigns and charities. Locally, RBC employees opt for payroll deductions year round that go to one of several charities of their choosing. “Everything that we donate goes to our community,” says Prince Rupert’s RBC branch manager Penny Turner. “We do things a little differently here, and the staff really likes that, because we all have different things we want to donate to locally.” At press time it is unknown how much was raised locally, but nationally, charitable contributions by RBC employees and retirees raised more than $12.5 million in support of its 2012 RBC Employees United Way campaign, exceeding funds raised last year by over $650,000. Combined with RBC’s corporate donations across the country of more than $3.9 million, this year’s campaign generated a total of more than $16.4 million to support United Way. The campaign is the largest workplace charitable campaign in Canada and benefits United Way campaigns across Canada, health partners and more than 80,000 registered charities. Since 1927, RBC employees and retirees have consistently donated to United Way fundraising campaigns.
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Students in Jennifer Gayle’s Foods 8 class at Prince Rupert Middle School are shown working on an assignment to measure nutrition and calories on common foods that teenagers consume. The unit also had the students find out which government agency is responsible for correct labeling and the enforcement of food standards in Canada.
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BC Ferries to pay $15,780 less in city taxes in 2013 By Tom Fletcher Black Press
The City of Prince Rupert will be receiving $15,780 less in taxes from BC Ferries this year. The B.C. government has settled a dispute that had gone to court over the assessment for tax
purposes of BC Ferries’ 49 ferry terminals, after an assessment appeal board reduced the value of the Horseshoe Bay property to a nominal amount. BC Ferries has been appealing the assessment value of its terminals since 2010, trying to reduce the level of municipal tax it
pays for land that has few other uses than the current one. The decision to slash the value of the Horseshoe Bay land took the government and BC Ferries by surprise, said Bill Bennett, minister of community, sport and cultural development. Bennett announced Thursday that a negotiated settlement has
been reached to retain most of the property tax income from BC Ferries to municipalities. The agreement reduces the assessed value of the Horseshoe Bay land by 12.4 per cent, reducing the property tax bill by an estimated $32, 221. Most other properties have their assessed
value reduced by about 20 per cent, under a formula agreed to both sides for the next five years. Nanaimo takes the largest reduction, with a 22 per cent cut in value for its Departure Bay and Duke Point terminals costing $150,686.
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Taxes, social services, parking discussed By Martina Perry The Northern View City schedules dates for budget process City council has approved a schedule for the financial plan bylaw and the property tax bylaw process. A review of departments will be performed on March 4 at a special meeting, with draft budget and possible solutions and council direction being discussed on March 18. Then on March 25 and April 8 the revised budget and tax implications will be reviewed and opened for public consultation. The revised budget will be looked at again on April 22, with three readings of the financial plan bylaw and property tax bylaw also taking place. On May 13 council will adopt the financial plan.
Social Services meeting In January of 2012, council directed staff to look into convening a meeting of social services users to learn what they see as the major issues with social services agencies, and to later share this information with the agencies. Organizers working with users and agencies will decide on the details of the meeting. City will look into changing parking times downtown Mayor Jack Mussallem has received comments regarding parking on Third Avenue West, and suggested council look at changing parking hours. Council will discuss changing parking on Third Avenue from two hours to one at the next council meeting due to concerns raised by residents..
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Saints beat Warriors to defend Seniors Division title By Shaun Thomas The Northern View
The Kitkatla Warriors were largely untouchable as they walked through the competition to earn a spot in the Seniors Division final, where they met up with the defending champion Skidegate Saints. After losing to Kitkatla in their first game of the tournament, Skidegate enjoyed a small lead in the early going, and the two set the stage for a competitive game with a first quarter that ended 16-14 in favour of the Saints. The second got underway amid battling chants of “Go Warriors Go!” and “Go Saints Go!”Despite the encouraging chants, neither team could pull away and the game was tied at 23 through five minutes of play. At the half Kitkatla led by a single basket, 32-30. Skidegate retook the lead in the third and were up 45-41 through five minutes. An 11-0 run by the defending champions widened the gap 52-41 with 90 seconds on the clock, and Skidegate took a 52-46 lead into the fourth quarter. Kitkatla narrowed the gap to 5756 with five minutes to play, setting
“It is an unreal feeling. No words can describe what I feel right now .” - Darcy Pearson
up an exciting finish. As the clock wound down and the chanting grew louder, the Saints took a 68-61 lead into the final 90 seconds. Passing the ball and running out the clock, Skidegate was able to claim its second straight Seniors title with a 69-63 win. “It is an unreal feeling. No words can describe what I feel right now. They are a very tough team, but we worked hard for this, playing seven games and coming through the losers bracket,” said Ridley Player of the Game Darcy Pearson. “All of our family and fans are going to be very happy to get our trophy back.” Saints head coach Dave Wahl said he was impressed with both his squad and the Warriors. “There is a lot of talent out there on both sides... It is just two great teams competing. We have a team
with a lot of experience and I am looking forward to a lot of great Skidegate-Kitkatla matches in the years ahead,” he said. After the game fans from both teams flooded the court and performed a song from their nation as the players danced. Following that, drummers, fans and players from Kitkatla and Skidegate joined together for a song. Ahousat finished third and Bella Bella finished fourth. The Kitkatla Warriors were named the Most Sportsmanlike Team. Skidegate’s Desi Collinson picked up his second straight MVP trophy and was the tournament high scorer with 145 points over seven games, Jacob Thom of Kitkatla was named Best Defensive Player and Most Inspirational Player, Matt Gladstone of Skidegate was given the Sixth Man award and Tyler York of Skidegate was named Mr. Hustle. Tournament all-stars included Tyler York and Darcy Pearson of Skidegate, Charlie Leeson and Joey Lewis of Kitkatla, Luke Robinson and Jeremy Sam of Ahousat, Shawn Gladstone and Jay Gladish of Bella Bella, Sean Holland of Vancouver and Justin Adams of Kincolith.
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MVP Desi Collinson drives to the net, guarded by Jacob Thom of the Kitkatla Warriors.
u Intermediate action
Kitamaat pulls off last minute victory over Ahousat By Shaun Thomas The Northern View The defending champion Ahousat Intermediates met some familiar competition in the finals of the 54th All Native Basketball Tournament in the form of the Haisla Pride of Kitamaat. After trading leads in the early going, Kitamaat was up 9-7 through five minutes of play. The two teams kept pace for the remainder of the quarter, which ended 13-11 in favour of the Haisla. Ahousat came out firing on all cylinders in the second, quickly wiping out the Kitamaat lead and turning it into a score of 24-18 in their favour through five minutes of play. Kitamaat went on a 13-4 run late in the quarter to regain the lead and the half finished with the Haisla up 34-31. That back and forth continued in the third, with Ahousat leading 41-37 through five minutes. When the buzzer sounded to end the third, Ahousat held a six-point 5347 lead. But the game was far from
over — a Kitamaat surge early on put them back in the lead and the two teams would battle for every basket. The game was tied at 59 midway through the quarter, but a 6-2 run put Ahousat in the driver’s seat with 1:25 to play. After a three pointer to pull within one and some strong defence, a foul sent Darren Metz to the line where he went two for two to give the Haisla a 68-67 lead with 32 seconds left. When the Haisla pulled down the rebound on a missed Greg Charlie three-pointer the crowd erupted, and when Dustin Knaus was fouled and sank both his free throws, the sound was deafening. When the final buzzer sounded, fans rushed the floor to celebrate a 70-67 Kitamaat win. “It feels gratifying. These boys have put years of hard work to deal with this type of pressure in close, tight games,” said Haisla coach Mike Ridsdale, who said in the end the win could be attributed to “time”. “The time just ran out when we happened to be in the lead. It was a back and forth game, we were
up, they were up. Ahousat is a very talented team, they won it last year and made it to the final so you really have to give it to them.” The Friendship House Cubs finished third and Bella Bella finished fourth. Kitamaat was named Most Sportsmanlike Team. Darren Metz of Kitamaat was named MVP and was the tournament high scorer with an average of 21.8 points per game over seven games, Jeremy Nyce of Kitamaat was named Best Defensive Player, Chad Duncan of Kitamaat was given the Sixth Man award, Jordan Gladstone of Bella Bella was named Most Promising Player and Greg Charlie of Ahousat was named both Mr. Hustle and Most Inspirational Player. Tournament all-stars included Dustin Knaus and Jeremy Nyce of Kitamaat, Bean Campbell and Jaylen Charleson of Ahousat, Glen Blandov and David Stewart Jr. of the Friendship House, Jordan Gladstone and Howard Duncan of Bella Bella, Josh Dennis of Port Simpson and Joel Richardson of Skidegate.
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Greg Charlie Jr. of Ahousat goes up for the basket.
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Metlakatla and Nanaimo comes down to the buzzer By Shaun Thomas The Northern View
The undefeated Metlakatla Crest were looking for their eighth Women’s Division title as they tipped off with the defending champions from Nanaimo in the finals of the 54th All Native Basketball Tournament. Neither squad was able to pull away early, with Nanaimo leading 9-8 midway through the first, but the chants of “Go Met Go” left little doubt who the crowd favourite was. The two teams continued to battle back and forth, and at the end of the quarter Metlakatla led 15-12. Five minutes into the second the Nanaimo Spirit had begun to find their championship form, leading 28-21. As the buzzer sounded to end the first half, it was still anybody’s game with a score of 31-29. The players on the court seemed to have an answer for whatever was thrown their way, with a single Nanaimo basket separating them five minutes later. Heading into the final quarter, Metlakatla trailed by just two, 45-43, ensuring an exciting conclusion. As the clock wound down, the fans only got louder for
“That was the best comeback we’ve ever had in the All Native.” - MVP Brittany Williams
every basket, foul and rebound. Metlakatla began to pull away, much to the delight of the proCrest crowd, and led 59-52 with just five minutes left on the clock. Stifling Nanaimo defence, though, resulted in a 63-61 Nanaimo lead with two minutes to go. A pass intercepted by Latasha Brlecic of Metlakatla with just 30 to go ended up sending Felicia Blandov to the line with 15 seconds on the clock, but Blandov couldn’t get the ball to drop and a shot off the rim gave Nanaimo their second straight Women’s title. “That was the best comeback we have ever had in the tournament... It feels amazing,” said a tearful Brittany Williams, who was named MVP and Ridley Terminals Player of the Game. Nanaimo coach Kevin Robinson said the key to the win was keeping Metlakatla off the board late in the game. “We stress defence. We don’t
care about scoring as long as we can keep the other team down,” he said. “I promised myself I wouldn’t get as excited this year, but this win feels even better. Especially to win it like that... What an awesome game.” The North Pacific Rain finished third and Bella Coola finished fourth. Nanaimo was also named the Most Sportsmanlike Team. Judy Carlick-Pearson of Metlakatla was named Best Defensive Player, Denise Wilson of Metlakatla was named Most Inspirational Player, Heather Charleson of Nanaimo was given the Sixth Woman award, Kailee Gardner of Kitamaat was named Most Promising Player and Shayla Schooner of Bella Coola was named Ms. Hustle and Katelyn Smart of the North Pacific Rain was the high scorer with 106 points in seven games. Tournament all-stars included Jeannine Adams and Jolene Nagy of Nanaimo, Judy CarlickPearson and Neely Humperville of Metlakatla, Kaitlyn Smart and Kristen Helin of the Rain, Shayla Schooner and Angel Mack of Bella Coola, Yvonne Campbell of Greenville and Marlayna Amos of Kitamaat.
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MVP Brittany Williams drives for the inside. Nanaimo won 63-61.
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Massett takes home first Masters Division title By Shaun Thomas The Northern View
After winning two of the last three tournaments, the Bella Bella Masters were looking to return to the top of the division against a Massett squad seeking their first Masters crown. The two teams proved evenly matched in the early going, with Massett leading by one midway through the first and leading 26-21 at the end of the first. Bella Bella chipped away at that lead though, trailing 32-31 five minutes into the second. Strong rebounding and spoton shooting from Massett put them back in command as the Haida team took a five-point, 40-35 into the second half. Massett opened strong in the third, going on an 11-5 run to lead 51-40 halfway through as duelling chants of “Go Nation Go” and “Go Haida Go” filled the gym. With one quarter to play Bella Bella found themselves with a lot of ground to make up, trailing 65-52. The Massett momentum continued in the fourth frame, as Massett extended their lead to 19 points just two minutes in and led 77-58 with five minutes left in the game. From there the result was academic, as Massett took the banner back to Haida Gwaii with an 88-73 victory as song and drumming filled the air and the players
danced their dance of their clan. “It feels great to bring the championship to Massett... It was tight in the beginning because they are such good shooters. We knew we had to work hard and tire them out so it wouldn’t be as easy for them to make those shots,” said Abe Brown of Massett, the MVP and Ridley Player of the Game for the finals. “Bella Bella has 15 championships between guys like Mitch Martin and Cliff Starr and Mike Reid and so on. I really take my hat off to Bella Bella, they are such a tough team.” Prince Rupert finished third and Kitkatla finished fourth. Massett was also named Most Sportsmanlike Team. As well as being named MVP, Brown was named Best Defensive Player. Cliff Starr of Bella Bella was named Most Inspirational Player and the tournament high scorer with an average of 25.2 points per game, David Hill of Massett was named Mr. Hustle and Sonny Henry of Prince Rupert was given the Sixth Man award. Tournament all-stars included David Hill and Robert Williams of Massett, Mitch Martin and Mike Reid of Bella Bella, Will Sheppard and Brady Johnston of Prince Rupert, Garnet Hill and Greg McKay of Kitkatla, Vern Stephens of Greenville and Tracy Tait of New Aiyansh.
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Abe Brown looks for an opening under the net. Massett won 88-73.
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The Rainmakers went 3-0 on the way to the zone championship. Knocking off Kitimat 68-15, the team then defeated Port Simpson 56-49 in a tightly-contested game. The team faced Simpson again in the finals and, despite an 18-4 deficit early, came back to win the game by four in the final 30 seconds of the game. Rosendo Masocol was named tournament MVP and Justin McChesney was named to the All-Star team.
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Four legends join All Native Hall of Fame By Shaun Thomas
Prince Rupert’s own Billy Robinson, Rod Bolton and Bill Wilson of Kitamaat and the late Andy Peers Sr. Joined the best-of-the-best of the All Native Basketball Tournament on Friday night as they were inducted into the Hall of Fame during a center-court ceremony. Robinson coached the NBA Beavers to four consecutive Intermediate Division titles from 1976 to 1979, a streak that remains the longest in the divisions history, as well as a fifth banner in 1981. Before coaching, he played for the Prince Rupert Chiefs, Hartley Bay, Sunnyside and Port Simpson and picked up an allstar selection every year from 1962 to 1966. After accepting his plaque and jacket, the often quiet Robinson passed the microphone to daughter Jill MacNeill to address the crowd. “My father is extremely proud to be inducted into the All Native Tournament Hall of Fame... And I am extremely proud of all of my father’s accomplishment’s,” said an emotional MacNeill. Another inductee with a history behind the bench and on the court was Bill Wilson of Kitamaat. After playing in the early 1960s, Wilson moved on to coach the Haisla Intermediates to a division championship in 1975 and
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Left to right: Andy Peers Jr., Bill Wilson, Rod Bolton and Billy Robinson.
was the coach for five of the six Senior Division banners won during the Haisla Dynasty from 1975 to 1979. “It is an honour to be standing here, out of all people in all places. It has been a great journey – I have had some stumbling blocks but kept pushing forward,” he said. “Standing here before you I am very thankful... It has been awesome.” Another key component of the Haisla Dynasty, a team that was inducted en-masse in 2008 was Rod Bolton, though health issues kept him from
attending that ceremony. This year though, Wilson accepted his jacket, his plaque, and his place in the tournament’s history. “I want to thank the Haisla Nation for all of the support they have shown. It is you who have made the difference,” he said, adding that he continues to come to the tournament to watch the games and catch up with old friends. “Thank you so much for this evening, and God bless you all.” The final inductee, sadly, couldn’t be in attendance for
his induction. Andy Peers Sr. of the Heiltsuk Nation of Bella Bella passed away on Sept. 4, 2011 after a career that included playing in the tournament, coaching the Bella Bella Intermediates to a championship in 1974, attending the tournament for more than 50 years and shaping Heiltsuk greats like three-time Masters MVP Mitch Martin and fellow Hall of Famer Cliff Starr Jr. Andy’s family accepted his plaque and jacket to the applause of every person in the Russell Gamble Gymnasium.
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Chinese lumber company now in Terrace By Rod Link Terrace Standard The City of Terrace has finalized a deal with a Chinese wood processing company to lease it city-owned land on the southside for the next 10 years. Yaorun Wood Co. Ltd, which also operates a wood processing plant in Burns Lake, will pay $10,000 a month, or $120,000 annually, to use the Keith Ave. land, which was once a log yard for the nowdismantled Skeena C e l l u l o s e / Te r r a c e Lumber Company sawmill. The approximately 20 acres is bounded by Kenney to the east, Keith to the south, CN’s rail line to the north and to nearly Blakeburn to the west. It had been listed for sale for $1.5 milion. Full details of the company’s plans for the land will be released closer to the end of the month, said a spokesperson for Yaorun Wood in Terrace. The city has been in negotiations with the company since September. Yaorun was originally interested in leasing the airport lands, but pulled back on that agreement late last year. According to the lease, Yaorun takes control of the property tomorrow and the city says it expects it to begin developing right away. “I think they do plan to start as soon as possible,” said Heather Avison chief administrative officer for the City of Terrace. “My understanding was that they had wood to move, that they needed a place to store wood initially, but that would be a question for Yaorun to be certain.”
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Fuel prices climb 19 cents per litre overnight By Shaun Thomas The Northern View
Resident of Prince Rupert were in for a bit of sticker shock at the pumps on Feb. 15 as fuel prices at Prince Rupert stations jumped 19 cents per litre. When the sun went down on Valentine’s Day the cost of fuel was $1.179 per litre, but when the sun came up the next day the price had
climbed to $1.369 per litre – among the highest in all of B.C. The only exception was at Grassy Bay Services, where fuel remained at the previous $1.219 per litre. That same morning residents of Terrace could fuel up for $1.259, residents of Smithers were paying $1.229 and in Kitimat fuel was $1.299. The lowest price listed on bcgasprices.com was $1.119 at the Costco
station in Kamloops and the cheapest fuel in northern B.C was $1.169 in Williams Lake, a difference of 20 cents. The average price of gas in B.C. on Feb. 15 was $1.299. The price increase at the Chevron station came from head office, while management at the Hays Cove Petro Canada declined comment. E-mails and calls to Imperial Oil and Suncor were unreturned.
Although Esso station management declined comment on the increase, Pius Rolheisen of Imperial Oil said the company was not responsible for the increase at the Prince Rupert station. “Imperial Oil does not have any company owned sites in Prince Rupert where we would set the price,” he said, explaining the Prince Rupert location was a dealer-
owned site. “In the case of a dealer owned sit, the dealer buys gas and diesel on the wholesale market and then makes their own pricing decision.” According to the Kent Group, a marketing firm that examines the petroleum industry in Canada, there was a small 1.8 cent per litre increase in the wholesale cost of fuel from Feb. 14 to Feb. 15.
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North Coast Coming Events FEB 22-24: CREATIVE JAM is a unique weekend of interdisciplinary creative workshops sponsored by P. R. Community Arts Council. Facilitators from across BC will be directing participants in artistic expression through creative writing, visual & Fiber arts, photography, Spaces still available in Photography workshop with Curtis Cunningham and the Creative Writing with author Sheila Peters. Registration required. http:// artsprincerupert.ca/upcoming-events/ creative-jam/ FEB. 23: Senior’s Games Zone 10 Meeting, 1 pm @ Happy Gang Center, 3226 Kalum St. Terrace, BC. All Seniors 55 & older are welcome. Zone 10 covers Terrace, Kitimat, Pr. Rupert, the Nass Valley and Haida Gwaii. FEB. 24: Kaien Anti-Poverty Society Annual General Meeting will be held at 2pm in 567 McKay St. Membership fee to be paid prior to the annual meeting. Everyone is welcome. FEB. 28: Prince Rupert Performing Arts Centre Society AGM @ 7pm in Lobby of the Lester Centre. Call Crystal Lorette for more information 250-627-8888. MAR 2: Prince Rupert’s 22nd annual CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL on Sat. from 11 am - 5 pm @ Jim Ciccone Civic Centre. FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! Activities include Bouncy Castles, Wall Climb, Laser Tag, tons of treats and fun for every child! To enter your activity station or to volunteer, please contact Prince Rupert Special Events Society at 250-624-9118 or prspecialevents@citytel. net. Visit us at www.prspecialevents.com MAR 10: P. R. BCSPCA is hosting a Volunteer Orientation & Information Session 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm at P. R. BCSPCA building. Open to all ages! Contact Anna @ 250-6242859 or email prspcastaff@citywest.ca. If you are an active volunteer or interested in volunteering, join us to learn how. APRIL 10: “Strengthening Families Together” is a free education course teaching about mental illness and their treatments in a supportive environment. Increase your ability to cope & support your loved one. Develop your communication skills, self-care strategies and advocacy skills. Registration required. For more information, call Noreen @ Mental Health Family Resource Centre 1-800-3267877 or email terrace@bcss.org. MAY 5 - 12: BC Annual Dance Competition @ Lester Center of the Arts. Entry deadline Feb. 15. For further information call 250-
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627-7892. MAY 11: Seniors Centre (Pr. Rupert) Spring Tea & Bazaar @ 11am to 1pm. Call 250-6271900 ONGOING Geneology Club meets every first Tuesday at the Family History Centre on Pr. Rupert Blvd. Phone Josie 250-624-3279 The Prince Rupert & Dist. Hospice Society is sponsoring “Journey through Grief”, a nine week program of information and support for Adults dealing with the death of a loved one. The program runs 2-3 times per year and the next one is February 20 - April 17, 2013 consecutive Wednesday eve. Please call 250-622-6204 for more information or to pre-register. Space is limited. Canadian Cancer Society is looking for volunteers to help with the daffodil campaign in April. Please contact Judy Rea at 250-6243913 for more details.
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Three Prince Rupert community groups contributed funds so kids in the region can have a day of fun this March, when the Special Events Society puts on the 22nd annual Children’s Festival. The Prince Rupert Lions Club and Legion Ladies Auxiliary donated $500 apiece, with the Beta Sigma Phi Soroity contributing $200. Pictured is Paul Rajendram, zone chairman of the Prince Rupert Lions, Bev Killbery, a coordinator of the event, auxiliary treasurer Mary St. Louis and Judy Riddell of the sorority.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Lighthouse Harbour Ministries wishes to extend a special thank you to all who have so generously supported Lighthouse Harbour Ministries in 2012. Drop on over throughout January between 5-9 pm any Wednesday; meet our volunteer staff and sailors visiting the center from all over the world. 245 - 3rd Ave. Prince Rupert. 250-624-6724. November & ongoing: Meetings for Prostate and Bladder cancer support group cancelled for the immediate future. Friendship House of Prince Rupert Hosts: AamaGoot_Power Puff Girlz Club (ages 7-12), Tuesdays 3pm - 5pm, 3rd floor meeting rm. AamaGoot Women’s Carving “Learn to Carve” Wednesday eve. 6pm - 9pm, Main level-back entrance. AamaGoot Ladyz Club (18yrs +), Learn new artistic designs through sewing, beading, etc. Saturdays 1pm - 4pm, 3rd floor meeting rm. Contact Carol Doolan @ Friendship House 250-627-1717, ext. 64 for more information. Kaien Anti-Poverty Society is seeking persons interested in becoming members of a group who wish to make positive changes for those living below the poverty line. For more info, call KAPS 250-627-5277, leave message.
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Computer Technician School District No. 52 (Prince Rupert) is accepting applications for the position of computer technician. This is a full-time continuing position, 8 hours per day, effective immediately. The successful applicant will install, repair and maintain computer hardware and software in schools and other district facilities. This position includes the training and support of teachers, secretaries, administrators and support staff in the use of computer software, as well as to provide troubleshooting, problem solving and repair of computer hardware.
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Close to downtown Prince Rupert; N/S, N/P; off-street parking; Ref. required.
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MLS#N223377
1823 Kootenay
$260,000 MLS#N218651
$265,000
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Apt/Condo for Rent • 3 & 4 bedroom homes; • 1, 2 & 3 bedroom suites and apartments
Office: (250) 624-5800 Suite 5 - 342 3 Ave. West, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1L5
Houses For Sale
Houses For Sale
Buying or Selling Real Estate? 333 11th Ave East
MLS#N222755
1745 Sloan Ave
$270,000 MLS#N218440
$289,900
PINE CREST 3 Bdrm. 2 Level T/H 1 ½ bath No pets Call Jenn 622-4304 PRINCE RUPERT Harbourview Apts. 2 & 3 Bdrm, 1 bath, Start at $600 No pets 627-6697 or 622-2699
Apt/Condo for Rent
Skyline Manor 1200 Summit Ave.
Bachelor & 1 Bedroom Suites. Security Entrance, harbour views, balconies, storage, laundry facilities, hot water & heat included. Sorry no pets. Close to hospital, bus stop & downtown. References required. Contact our on site Manager at 250-624-6019
Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District is seeking offers for the purchase of a used 2006 Ford Sterling 30-ton roll-off truck. Specifications include:
engine DDC-60-14.0L 470 HP,
Transmission Eaton Fuller RTO-16915, Tandem rear Meritor RT-46-164P 46,000#, Suspension rear Hendrickson RTE 463 rear suspension 48,000#, Meritor MFS-20-133A FL1 20,000# front, comes with 30 ton LangFab cable system roll-off, with tower tarp, est 315,000 kms.
Interested bidders should arrange to view vehicle by contacting Robb Kidd, Operations Manager of Islands Solid Waste at
(250) 557-9339. Sealed offers will be
accepted at the SQCRD office,
100-1st Avenue East, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1A6 no later than 4:30 pm on Friday, March 22nd. Any or all offers may be rejected at the discretion of the Regional District.
A healthy local economy depends on you Call Gordon today Office and Cell: (250) 624-9298 Email: info@gordonkobza.com www.gordonkobza.com Suite 6 - 342 3rd Ave W. - Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1L5
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Notice of Land Sale
The District of Port Edward hereby gives notice pursuant to section 26 of the Community Charter and in accordance with section 94 of the Community Charter, of its intention to sell to the Port Edward Power & Water Corp., fee simple title to the lands within the District of Port Edward. The legal descriptions of the 22 parcels of property to be sold are listed below: PID #’s
Legal Descriptions
004‐428‐706 004‐428‐722
District Lot 7372, Range 5, Coast District Parcel A, District Lot 446, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2060, except Plan 6754 Parcel A, District Lot 634, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2060 Parcel A, District Lot 449, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2060 Parcel A, District Lot 450, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2060 Part of District Lot 450 in Plan 1579, Range 5, Coast District, except Plan 1573 Parcel B, District Lot 450, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2060 Parcel A, District Lot 505, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2059 Parcel B, District Lot 505, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2061, except Plan 5590 That Part of District Lot 645, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 3133 Parcel A, District Lot 645, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2061 Parcel B, District Lot 645, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2059 Surrendered Cloyah Indian Reserve Number 5 (Including the Island Which Forms Part of the Reserve), Range 5, Coast District, Plan 1748, except the Right of Way of the Prince Rupert Highway Parcel C, District Lot 645, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2059 Block A, District Lot 130, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2059 Parcel A, District Lot 632, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 2059 Plan 2059, District Lot 974 District Lot 7390 Block A, Plan 2059, District Lot 131 Block B, Plan 2059, District Lot 131 District Lot 7389 Plan 2078, District Lot 446
004‐428‐773 004‐428‐803 004‐428‐854 004‐428‐901 004‐428‐943 004‐428‐978 004‐429‐001 004‐429‐010 004‐429‐036 004‐429‐061 004‐429‐095 004‐429‐125 004‐429‐168 004‐429‐184 004‐429‐206 004‐429‐214 004‐429‐231 004‐429‐249 004‐429‐265 004‐429‐273
These properties are not available to the public for acquisition. The consideration to be received by the District for the proposed disposition of the 22 properties is $250 Thousand.
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u Community effort
Community
Tackling bullying in schools
By Martina Perry
“There’s always conflict Prince Rupert School with kids on a day-tois continuing work Violence/Threat/Risk/ day basis.”
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The District on Assessment Procedures (or VTRA) to put an end to bullying. “The goal of VTRA is to ensure every child in B.C. feels safe, accepted and respected regardless of their gender, race, culture, religion or sexual orientation,” said safe school coordinator Linda Hikida. VTRA helps schools and parents identify bullies, and address the issue through intervention to ensure students and staff are safe from bullying and violence in schools. Once all the organizing is in place, each school will have it’s own VTRA team made up of either a principal or viceprincipal and counselling employees. The groups will deal with worrisome behaviours or threatening behaviours school staff or parents notice, and look at ways to intervene. If a school’s team has troubles with anything, they can go to district’s VTRA team for assistance. Training on the program has began with teachers and staff around the district, as well as the District Parent Advisory Council to ensure involved parties know
- Lynn Hauptman
what type of behaviour to look out for. The team developed a diagram that will help schools understand what steps they can take in different levels of behaviours, and have started a series of meetings for staff at each school in the district. “We’re trying to make sure we’re giving our schools the information they need and the tools they need to respond appropriately to any kinds of situations that might come up,” said Hikida. Additionally, VTRA is working with the RCMP to learn what schools can do in a severe and immediate threat, as example a lock down procedure, which they will also inform school groups about. Prince Rupert students can also put an end to bullying by using the ERASE Bullying online tool that gives students who are being bullied, or witnessed bullying a way to report it anonymously or
openly over the internet. The reporting tool is found at www. erasebullying.ca, and can already be used by students or parents. The reporting tool hasn’t been formally introduced to students yet because VTRA wants to ensure all students understand what they’re reporting and why. “There’s always conflict with kids on a day-to-day basis… Sometimes it’s bigger than a conflict and that’s when it’s bullying, when there’s an ongoing situation with a particular child,” Lynn Hauptman, superintendent of schools, said. The group will present the tool with a poster contest in the future and will make presentation to students in the district in assemblies, starting the unraveling at Prince Rupert Middle School and Charles Hays Secondary School first. “If we roll it out correctly and we do it with the intent of making sure students understand, we believe they will have a good response to this,” said Hikida. The online reporting tool gets checked every day, and if a report isn’t read within 48 hours, the Ministry of Education will be notification. VTRA is an extension of the Provincial ERASE Initiative launched by Premier Christy Clarke in 2012.
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Family day in the pool…
Locals 10 & 15 of the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers Union sponsored a free swim at the Earl Mah Aquatic Center on Feb. 11. First vice president Peter Milton and secretary-treasurer Punita Moudgill of Local 10 were in attendance and said the event was a great success. Lifeguard Ann Marie Vandermere estimated there were between 160 and 175 people out enjoying the pool and gym area. Moudgill mentioned her union was hoping to help give families a chance to enjoy a fun, healthy activity together while celebrating B.C.’s first Family Day Holiday. She also mentioned that she remembers when she was young the pulp mill would hold a Family Day. She hopes that in years to come the union can join with other Prince Rupert unions to make family day in the community even more of a success.
The Ocean A Silent world or not? Are humans making the ocean a noiser place? Can we do something to conserve the quiet habitat for marine life?
From whales to ships to shrimp, Zoologist Kathy Heise has heard it all. Join WWF to learn more about the facinating world of sound in the sea and how we can protect quiet oceans. Sunday, March 10: 6 - 7:30 PM Monday, March 11: 12 noon - 1:30 PM Northwest Community College, Prince Rupert Campus 353 5th Street, Room #188 For more information contact WWF-Canada: (250)-624-3705
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