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Meth may be on the rise Methamphetamine (a.k.a. meth or crystal meth) may be on the rise in Fort St. James. RCMP say there have been increasing reports of meth in the community. Crack cocaine is normally the most common hard drug they deal with, but more incidents involving meth have been reported. While crack cocaine is a dangerous drug, meth can be an even bigger concern, because of the dangerous ingredients it contains and the nature of the manufacturing. Meth is also incredibly addictive, which could potentially lead to more drug problems. “I don’t want to see it become the drug of choice,” said Staff Sergeant Paul Thalhofer. Anyone using illicit drugs should consider the dangerous nature of methamphetamine use an the toxic chemicals used to manufacture it.
School resumes School staff are busily getting ready for the return of students to the classroom and are looking forward to welcoming them on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Wednesday will be a half day for students and they will be dismissed three hours earlier than the normal end of day dismissal time for their school.
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The trial of accused serial killer Cody Legebokoff has been postponed until Oct. 7 to face four charges of first-degree murder. Originally slated for trial to begin Sept. 9, Cody Alan Legebokoff, 23, will now appear in October in B.C Supreme Court in Prince George in front of a judge without jury. Legebokoff, originally from Fort St. James, is accused of the murders of four women: Loren Donn Leslie, Jill Stacey Stachenko, Cynthia Francis Maas and Natasha Lynn Montgomery. Legebokoff, was stopped by chance in November 2010 by a passing RCMP member who was driving on Highway 27 toward Vanderhoof and saw Legebokoff pulling off of an unused logging road onto the highway at night. When pulled over, Legebokoff raised enough suspicion a conservation officer was contacted to search the area, looking for possible illegal hunting activity. During his search, however, the conservation officer discovered the body of 15-yearold Loren Leslie, who was from Fraser Lake and attending high school in Vanderhoof at Nechako Valley Secondary School when she disappeared. Her parents reported she had told her mother she was going for coffee with a friend and never returned.
Legebokoff was subsequently arrested and charged with her murder. After further investigation, RCMP allege they have linked Legebokoff to three additional women’s deaths. Stachenko went missing in October 2009 and was found only days later in a gravel pit outside Prince George. Maas went missing in September 2010 and was found in L.C. Gunn Park in Prince George within a couple of weeks. Montgomery went missing at the same time as Maas, but her body has not been recovered. At the time of his arrest, Legebokoff was living in a house in Prince George with high school friends from Fort St. James.
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Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier In a late press-day release, the District of Fort St. James announced Fire Chief Rob Bennett has resigned from his position, effective August 31 of this year. Bennett had been the subject of an independent investigation after two female volunteer firefighters had filed sexual harassment complaints against him with the District in July. The District has now confirmed Bennett was suspended with pay on July 23 while the matter was under investigation. While the District admits they agreed with the conclusions of the report in the release, they will not be releasing the contents of the report and they also included in their release the information Bennett “denied all of the allegations but has decided to resign in the best interests of the department.” The release also mentioned plans for new personnel policies and additional training to employees as recommendations from the report which will be implemented.
Progress may not be visible on the new community hall for Fort St. James, however it is happening, and an additional grant of $250,000 will certainly help. The facility will hopefully open before the end of next year. Planning has been going on for months, but slowed a bit over the summer, and preliminary plans have been made, with an architect working on drawings and more exact cost estimates. The rough cost estimates so far are a further $1 million, above the purchase of the building, based on initial plans. The committee working on developing the plans had been trying to determine what would be possible within the existing structure of the building (previously the Victory Christian Centre and Birch Theatre). While there was enough money in place, this also included a long-term loan for $300,000 over 20 years by the District.
The additional funds from Northern Development Initiative Trust could also help to provide for contingencies. “That gives us a nice extra cushion,” said Kevin Crook, chief administrative officer for the District of Fort St. James, who is spearheading the committee. With so many user groups hoping to utilize the facility and different fire code constraints, it was initially unclear whether the cinema would be able to be kept in place and there was also uncertainty around a racquetball and squash court. However, the theatre will be kept and moveable walls are in the plans in order to meet fire code regulations and to make the spaces more flexible for different users. The one shortfall so far however, is the lack of funding for the digital projector the theatre will need to be functional. There will also the addition of some seating to the theatre, so it is more usable for arts council performances and other productions, and it is expected it will seat around 130 people, if plans move forward as
they hope. On the other side of the moveable wall will be a large hall with a capacity of around 250 people. There will be meeting rooms, possibly as many as three, depending on the space the bathrooms end up requiring. The kitchen was a major discussion point for awhile, but the committee is working with Northern Health to determine what is required to provide an adequate kitchen for the size and capacity of the building when it is done. Look for further information on the plans as the committee continues into the detailed design stage. The committee is hoping to be able to put out a request for proposals for construction contracts later this year. The facility will be a great addition to the economic potential of the town, according to Emily Colombo, economic development officer for the District. “It gives us the opportunity to host conferences, forums, and large-scale events we’ve been previously limited from hosting,” she said.
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LEFT: The old courthouse building at Seventh and Birch Avenue was getting some cleanup work done to it last week as volunteers begin the process of giving the building a new lease on life as a home for non profits in the community. Caledonia Courier
New life for the old courthouse Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier Joyce Helweg is continuing the charge on keeping the old courthouse alive. After council was considering returning the lease back to the Province of British Columbia earlier this year when they no longer had a known use for the aging building, Helweg jumped at the chance. She contacted some other potential user groups and asked the District of Fort St. James to consider keeping the lease with the province in order to allow the building to be used by local nonprofit groups for storage, meetings and possibly a museum later on. So far, Helweg has some buyin from the local community arts council, and she’s looking for others who might need some storage space to get involved so the user group can grow. Helweg said the building does need some work, which will require some grant funding, to upgrade windows and heating, and eventually security and fencing, however, it doesn’t need much to get started. “It needs considerable work but the most work it needs is cleaning,” she said. “We’ll just do it one step at a time.” Helweg is interested in get-
Above: (L-R) Joyce Helweg, Allison Leach and Mary Willick were having fun with the old holding cell while working on cleaning up the courthouse building to use for non profits.
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ting in touch with any non-profit organizations in the community who might be interested in using the building and hopes the groups would have representation on the committee for the building, but they will run it as a committee of the council, so it will not need to become its own society. The building itself could be a useful facility for local non-profits, hopes Helweg, but it is also worth keeping for its own historical significance. “It really is one of our heritage buildings,” she said. The building was the Hudson’s Bay Store, on the site where the now closed Northern Store still
sits. Then it was moved by the Mormon Church, who used it for awhile as a church. The building was then sold to the provincial government and used as a government agent’s office, then later as a courthouse. Anyone interested in using the facility for a non-profit can get in touch with Helweg at joyhelweg@gmail.com The group will also be holding a contest to name the new-old building, with submissions due by the end of September. Look for information on prizes and how to submit entries in the next District of Fort St. James newsletter.
Thefts from vehicles Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier A couple of thefts from vehicles in town is again prompting RCMP to ask people to lock their cars. On August 25, two unlocked vehicles had items stolen from them on Birch Street. One vehicle had a purse, which included a wallet containing cash and all the victim’s ID and a camera taken sometime overnight. At 8:35 p.m. the same day, a female also called to report she had a generator, chainsaw and a head-
lamp stolen from her unlocked 2012 Suburban. The items were worth an estimated $2,500. So far RCMP have no suspects in the thefts. Others who notice missing items from their vehicles are encouraged to contact the RCMP, as some items may be recovered by RCMP and the more information they can gather the better for the investigation. Anyone with information in these incidents or the stolen property can contact the Fort St. James RCMP at 250-996-8269 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Back to school labour disputes Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – Another school year dawns in B.C., with the prospect of disruptive labour disputes. First up are 27,000 support staff, in a legal strike position. These are the teacher aides, custodians, bus drivers and crossing guards. Most are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, with a few Teamsters and other locals scattered around the 60 school districts. Public discussion about these disputes usually focuses on wage increases, which CUPE members in schools haven’t seen for four years. Their current deals expired more than a year ago, after they were subject to the same two-year wage freeze imposed on the rest of government. The B.C. government moved from the post-recession wage freeze to a system they call “co-operative gains,” where raises must be financed by savings in other areas of the operation. Only two provincial employee groups have yet to do this: school support staff and teachers. (Education Minister Peter Fassbender confirmed last week that teacher raises will be funded by extra transfers from the provincial treasury as they try to get a long-term deal. But that’s a topic for another day.) CUPE, the largest union in the country, has a sophis-
ticated media campaign to generate public sympathy. We are repeatedly reminded not only that the last raise was 2009, but that the “average” pay is a mere $24,000 a year. If that number is accurate, it reflects a large number of part-timers. Let’s look at a few provisions CUPE doesn’t talk about, on behalf of those self-employed taxpayers who have no paid holidays, no employer pension or benefits and no paid overtime, but are expected to help pay all of the above to government workers. The 60 contracts have many variations, but core elements are the same. In the Central Okanagan school district, the starting CUPE wage rate is $17.37 an hour. The top rate is $26.59, or $28.78 for workers who qualify for a “trades adjustment.” All contracts have rigid seniority and “bumping” clauses to ensure that new employees absorb any reductions in working hours. From a taxpayer’s perspective, this leads to the maximum number of employees making the highest wages. Overtime in Central Okanagan is time and a half for the first two hours, and double time after that. Contracts also include the provision that unscheduled overtime is subject to a four-hour minimum. It’s amazing how often an unexpected hour of work can arise when it’s paid at quadruple time. The Surrey school district contract details how even
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“spare board” employees are to be enrolled in the municipal pension plan, a defined-benefit system most private-sector employees can only dream about. Then there are paid sick days. The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation reports that the average B.C. private sector worker took 7.4 sick days last year. The public sector average was 12. The Surrey contract details the windfall of unused sick days that must be paid out to employees who retire as early as age 55. The maximum is 150 days, for a lavish perk only available to employees hired before July 1, 1996. Even so, we’ll be paying these bonuses out for years to come. It goes on and on. Six weeks’ paid vacation after 20 years, with an extra day added for every year after that. There are many little things, such as a $60 “swimsuit allowance” for teacher aides who take part in swimming instruction. This is not to devalue the work done by these people. It is to suggest that given the growing gap between public and private employment benefits, finding savings is reasonable. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com Twitter:@tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Rediscover Fort St. James
College of New Caledonia - Fort St. James Campus Working with Business and Industry Employers to Build a Sustainable Workforce! CNC-Nechako Region has been serving adult learners in the respective communities for more than 30 years! The Region includes campuses in Fort St. James and Vanderhoof, with a satelite office and classroom in Fraser Lake. We are pleased to offer post-secondary learning opportunities and services to the diverse populations in the Nechako Region of CNC.
Past Fort St. James CNC student Patzy Joseph remarked, “If it wasn’t for CNC in Fort St. James and being able to take a workplace skills training programs, I wouldn’t be set for life – I have a job I love and it’s fulltime employment with Thompson Creek Metals.”
A variety of courses are offered for continuing education and university credit/transfer. Courses are part-time, close to home and accessible! Call your local campus for details.
Our vocational education program offerings develop and strengthen a variety of employabilty skills for individuals seeking to enter and re-enter the workplace. Whether you want to work in office setting, tourism & hospitality, community daycare, or start your own business… come talk to your local campus about your options for training starting this fall 2013!
The Nechako campuses work closely with buisness and industry employers to ensure we are delivering training relevant to their needs. Light Warehousing, Welding “C”, “B”, “A”, Pipe Trades Foundation, Mineral Processing Operator, Environmental Field Assistant, Electrical Foundation, Heavy Duty Mechanical Foundation… all fulltime programs planned for fall and winter 2013/14! Are you in grade 11 or 12 at high school, and interested in enrolling in a trades program – the first step is to contact your career counselor at your high school.
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1) The view from above the Music on the Mountain festival on Saturday at Murray Ridge 2) Artist Crystal Charlotte Easton, spent the weekend painting on site at MoM 3) The crowd shows their appreciation 4) A massive crowd joined the band onstage during Party on High Street’s Saturday night performance 5) A drum workshop on Saturday inside the lodge 6) One of the more colourful campers at the site for the weekend 7) A saxophone player for Navaz belts out some tunes 8) Susu Robin returned to her home turf to play some of her original music 9) Janna Burgart (left) and Mel Chesnutt ham it up in the crowd while taking in some music 10) A teepee was on site for the weekend to provide some shelter for workshops 11) Heidi Haslinger was in town to play on site at the ski hill her father built 12) Kids were the biggest fans of the art installation Trouble in the Peace by Karl Mattson 13) The accordion player for Nice Verdes adds some backup vocals 14) Vendor tents selling everything from ukeleles to grass baskets to hot dogs stretch out around the MoM site at Murray Ridge 15) Party on High Street’s Travis Charuk was showing some of the Victoria group’s hillbilly style this year at MoM. Ruth Lloyd photos
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Sowchea Fire Hall expansion Expansion of fire hall means expansion of services
Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier The Sowchea Fire Hall is being expanded to hopefully allow first responders in the area to provide better first aid coverage. An additional parking bay would make it possible for a water tender and a first responder vehicle to be kept at the Sowchea hall. The hall is located 15 kilometres from town on Sowchea Road at Luck Bay Road and was built in 2006 to improve response times and provide fire protection for the area, which is outside the municipality and in the Bulkley-Nechako Regional District. The fire department has a number of active firefighters who live near the second hall and the close proximity of firefighters means a fire engine can be on site in the Sowchea area within a few minutes, while a truck from town could take much longer. "We're able to respond in a fraction of the time," said John Bennison of the Fort St. James Volunteer Fire Department. The expansion to include a first responder vehicle, which will carry all necessary first aid supplies for serious emer-
gency care, would provide for critical care such as an automated external defibrillator (AED) for those suffering heart attacks. So far the project is estimated to cost $50,000, and Conifex and Apollo have already donated lumber for the project, and Russell Transfer and Newlands and Eldon Nordstrom have all helped out as well with the work which has been done up to this point. Bennison estimates the firefighters will need about another $25,000 to complete the addition for tin for the roof, insulation and with the help of volunteer labour. "It's not a complicated structure," he said. BC Ambulance said they welcomed additional first responders in the area to help improve outcomes for patients. Both the Sowchea and downtown fire halls respond to all the calls the fire department receives, and the department as a whole gets around 100 fire call-outs a year.
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Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier Miranda Free is back, and she’s here to help. Free is the new Stopping the Violence Counsellor for the Fireweed Collective Society and she will be supporting women who’ve been victims of violence through group work and one on one counselling services. But while she is new to the position, she is not new to Fort St. James. Free was born and raised in Fort, but had moved to be near her father for awhile in Roseburg, Oregon in the United States. While in Roseburg, Free did in-home support work for disabled war veterans. However, with the decline in the United States’ economy and missing some other things about being home, Free returned to Fort St. James in April of this year. “I missed medical and dental and the nice perks that Canadians take for granted,” said Free, in addition to missing her family
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Kitchen completion The kitchen on the St. Patrick’s Church has been completed and is now operating. The official opening of the Fort St James Christian Outreach Kitchen and Food Bank, located at St Patrick’s Church, will take place at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 14. This is to say “Thank-you” to all those who have helped to make the food bank and kitchen happen, and to share fellowship through the free barbecue being provided to members of the community as well as invited guests. The Lunch Program has been active since November of 2010 and is currently provided by St
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LIBRARy hOURS... Tuesday 11:30-8:00 Wednesday 11:30-4:30 Thursday 11:30-4:30 Friday 11:30-8:00 Saturday 11:00-3:00 *** NEChAkO VALLEy COMMUNITy SERVICES SOCIETy...Child and Youth Mental Health and Counseling Services available at no cost. Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Call 996-7645 for appointment. *** FORT TRAp AND hANDGUN CLUB... meets last Sunday of every month. Contact (Sue) at 250-9967728 (h) for more information. *** FORT ST. JAMES SEARCh & RESCUE... steering committee meetings first Tuesday of every month. 7:00 p.m. above the Fort St. James Firehall. Training is the third Tuesday of every month at the Firehall at 7 p.m. New members welcome. *** MUSIC MAkERS...New members always WELCOME. Not everyone has to be on stage, there is lots of work behind the scenes. Call Rosemary Allan at 250-996-8997 for more info. *** ThE ThRIFT STORE...has a new name! “The Bargain Basement”. We are still at the same location, across from Shoppers Food Mart. Donations of clean clothing and small housewares are greatly appreciated. Please, no books or magazines. Proceeds are used for community needs. Open Wed-Sat, 12 noon to 4pm. *** SERVICE pUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT...If you know anyone, including a child, who has been abused or harmed by a psychiatrist call the Citizens Commission on Human Rights at: 1-800-670-2247.
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try, but obviously we don’t want to be agreeing to buy more power than what we VICTORIA – BC Hydro need,” Bennett said. has cancelled or deferred BC Hydro has been four electricity purchase criticized in recent years contracts with independent for running up billions in power producers, and the deferred debt, as it comtotal may reach 20 by the pletes major expansion and time a review of projects is seismic upgrading of its complete, Energy Minister network of dams. A new Bill Bennett said Thursday. power line to northeast B.C. Bennett said the review has run over budget, and is part of a broader effort the NDP opposition has by BC Hydro to meet his accused the government of instruction to “spend less forcing BC Hydro to buy money,” as he leads an efprivate power at inflated fort to reduce costs across rates through contracts runall government operations. Wind turbine components await construction at independent power ning as long as 40 years. BC Hydro proposed project near Chetwynd in 2008. High construction costs stalled B.C.’s Bennett said he has asked the move, identifying the first commercial wind energy project, which was later completed by a for a detailed analysis of the 20 project proponents that new investor. cost of private power comTom Fletcher/Black Press were not meeting their pared to new sources such plan last week, which estimates the province contract obligations due to as the proposed Site C dam financing, regulatory or other problems. That has enough electricity supply to meet growing on the Peace River or adding turbines to BC non-performance gives BC Hydro legal au- demand for the next 10 years. Bennett said he Hydro dams on the Columbia River. is skeptical about that forecast, with populathority to delay or terminate contracts. B.C.’s Clean Energy Act requires BC The utility has contracts with 81 operating tion growth and industrial demand from new Hydro to be self-sufficient in electricity by projects, mostly run-of-river hydroelectric, mines and natural gas development in north- 2016, based on an average rainfall year to reand another 47 are under construction or seek- ern B.C., but it gives the utility some breathing plenish its hydro dams. The requirement is to ing permits after receiving purchase contracts. room. minimize the import of power generated by “I’m a real fan of the clean energy indus- burning coal or natural gas. BC Hydro released its latest draft resource
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his year, with challenges in weather, MoM did not perhaps have the larger crowds hoped for, however, those who did come seemed not only to enjoy themselves, but to love their time at MoM. The Caledonia Courier asked some of those at the festival what they loved most about MoM.
LEFT: Scott Dunbar of no fixed address -performer: “I love these small music festivals - especially the ones that are fledgling because everyone’s working together to make something happen.” “It’s not about entertainment as much as it’s about community.”
Dominique Maguire from Prince George - photographer for one of the performers: “I loved the people - terrific openness and friendliness. Of course the music was amazing, but the people made it extra fun.” Brian Battersby, Megan Wall and daughter Andromeda Battersby from Prince George - patrons: “Doug’s hugs.” (Doug Koyama, performer and festival webmaster, is known for his generous hugs)
Rhiannon Gammon from Fort St. James -volunteer: “I really love the atmosphere and everyone is really cheerful and happy all the time.”
Terry Gresl from Terrace -volunteer and music lover: “I don’t know if I can narrow MoM down into any kind of brief summary.” “The communion with nature and people from various walks of life - and there always seems to be amazing headliners.”
Dave Soroka from Grand Forks -performer and festival supporter: “It’s as if there was some small little shard or piece of 1969 still drifting around out there somewhere. Rose(marie) and Lionel found a place for it.” “MoM, it is kind of the exclamation point. The punctuation mark at the end of a long season of festivals.”
Richard Sutton from Quesnel volunteer : “This is my first MoM experience. It feels very intimate.” “You get to know folks on a bit of a deeper level. It’s friendly and it’s safe for the whole family.”
Janna Burgart from Fort St. James - food service provider for the performers and volunteers: “I love that it brings me to my favourite place (Murray Ridge) in the summer - and it brings live music to Fort St. James.”
Al Trampuh from Vanderhoof -volunteer: “The love in the community.”
RIGHT: Sarah and Connor Mitchell from Edmonton - patrons: “Everything. It’s the feeling.” (Sarah) “The community. It’s still pretty cosy.” (Conor)
Jett Johnston from Nanaimo - son of artist: “Playing Mantracker.”
Bobby Middlteon from Terrace -performer: “How as soon as you drive through the gate, you’re instantly family.” “Wicked volunteers, wicked food.” “Wicked crowd, wicked energy even when it was pissing rain.”