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Decar lab tests positive The Decar project, 80 km north of Fort St. James, has produced favourable lab results. According to 40 per cent owner First Point Minerals Corp. (a Vancouver-based company), lab tests have demonstrated the Decar ore containing the nickel-iron alloy awaruite can be upgraded in current ferronickel plants. The concentrates were made using grinding and magnetic separation then gravity concentration. Part of the attraction of the ore found in the Decar project is the lack of environmental concerns related to processing awaruite. Toxic reagents were not needed to process the ore.
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Canfor and West Fraser mill closures
Canfor announced Oct. 24 that it will permanently close its sawmill located in Quesnel, in March 2014. Canfor’s 209 Quesnel-based employees will be offered positions elsewhere in the company. Canfor has entered into an agreement with West Fraser Mills Ltd. for an exchange in forest tenure rights. Canfor is exchanging 382,194 m3 of replaceable forest licence allowable annual cut in the Quesnel Timber Supply Area as well as 53,627 m3 of replaceable forest licence allowable annual cut in the Lakes Timber Supply Area with West Fraser in exchange for receiving 324,500 m3 of replaceable forest licence allowable annual cut in the Morice Timber Supply Area. The companies are also exchanging non-replaceable licenses and undercut volumes. “The timber availability in the Quesnel region following the mountain pine beetle infestation unfortunately leaves us unable to continue operation of our Quesnel sawmill,” said Don Kayne, Presi-
dent and CEO of Canfor Corporation, in a press release. “The additional fibre we have been able to secure in the exchange agreement with West Fraser enhances the fibre requirements for our Houston facility. We are committed to minimizing the impacts of this closure on our Quesnel employees.” Provincial and federal assistance is also available for affected workers and provincial government staff will be working closely with the District of Houston and City of Quesnel, said Forests Minister Steve Thomson, who is on a forestry trade mission to Japan and China. “Unfortunately, given the mountain-pine-beetle infestation, this news is not unexpected. This government has invested over $884 million to mitigate the beetle’s economic and environmental impacts, which includes supporting regional beetle action coalitions and economic diversification funding through the Northern Interior Development Initiative Trust.”
B.C. seeks to diversify Asia wood exports
B.C.’s annual forest products trade mission to Asia is finding slower growth in the Chinese market, but increasing use of higher-value products such as oriented strandboard. Forests Minister Steve Thomson and 25 B.C. forest products executives are visiting Shanghai and Beijing this week, after a stop in Japan to meet with government and industry officials. Thomson signed letter of intent with China’s Zhejiang province to develop wood frame building, in a rapidly urbanizing country that has traditionally used concrete. In a phone interview from Shanghai, Thomson said while economic growth in China has slowed, it is still far ahead of North American rates, and Zhejiang province expects a 12.5 per cent increase in wood construction in the coming year. China still imports mostly lower-grade B.C. lumber to use for concrete forms and interior walls of its sprawling urban apartment blocks, but new con-
struction techniques are catching on. The group toured a resort project using foam-insulated panels made from oriented strandboard and lumber supplied by B.C. producers Ainsworth Lumber, Tolko Industries and Weyerhaueser. “That’s a building system that was pioneered in Canada,” said Rick Jeffery, CEO of the Coast Forest Products Association. “Not only were they using our technology, they were using our OSB and our dimension lumber.” Jeffery said Chinese builders and furniture manufacturers are also using more coastal products, including red cedar and higher-grade hemlock. In Japan, Thomson spoke to an industry conference to assure delegates that B.C.’s pine beetle epidemic has not led to a shortage of high-grade lumber that has been long favoured by Japanese buyers. Japan has adopted a “wood first” construction policy simi-
lar to B.C.’s, which has led to increased wood construction in a country still recovering from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the Fukushima region. Thomson said Japan has 420,000 seniors waiting for spaces in elder care facilities, and wood construction is being offered as a faster and greener way to meet that demand. He expects B.C. export sales to Japan this year to match or exceed the $700 million total for 2012, and also an increase in the $1.1 billion total sales to China recorded last year. The Canadian and provincial governments have been financing demonstration wood projects for several years in both countries, sharing the cost with industry to showcase the benefits. In Japan, the B.C. delegation visited a public market and library built near the Fukushima earthquake zone, and signed an agreement for a third facility for people left disabled by the disaster.
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The Fort St. James RCMP responded to a number of complaints related to vehicles and impaired driving in particular recently. On Oct. 20 at 3:09 a.m., RCMP were called after a vehicle reportedly spun out and hit the ditch on Middle Road on the Nak’azdli Reserve. The 2002 Pontiac Sunfire was by the ball diamonds and a female at the scene reportedly identified herself as the driver when RCMP arrived. Her boyfriend was identified as the passenger in the vehicle at the time. Neither one was injured in the incident, but RCMP asked the driver to take a roadside screening for alcohol, which she failed. The driver then provided further breath samples which RCMP said resulted in readings of 0.17 and 0.16, which are over double and double the legal limit of 0.08 respectively. The vehicle was subsequently towed and impounded and the driver was issued a 24-hour roadside suspension and then a temporary licence for 21 days. After the 21 days, a 90-day driving prohibition will come into effect. RCMP are recommending charges of impaired driving and driving with a blood alcohol level over 0.08. Later on Oct. 20, at 9:05 p.m., RCMP members responding to a complaint on Pinchi Lake were alerted the subjects of the complaint had left in a truck. The 2004 Toyota Tundra was then located and pulled over by the police, at the 18 km mark on the North Road or Germansen Landing Road. In the vehicle, police say was an adult male driver, one adult passenger and two young children. RCMP reported the driver was found to be prohibited from driving and also exhibited signs of intoxication and was
subsequently brought to the detachment where he reportedly provided breath samples which produced blood alcohol readings of 0.210, more than double the legal limit. The vehicle was impounded and the driver was given a Jan. 14 court date to face recommended charges of driving while prohibited and driving while having a blood alcohol level over 0.08. Later on Oct. 20, at 11:09 p.m., RCMP were called to a single motor vehicle collision about 20 km south of Fort St. James on Highway 27. The driver and two passengers sustained only minor injuries but the Ford Arrowstar minivan was badly damaged. The driver said he was travelling below the speed limit but didn’t see a moose until it was too late and he struck the animal with the vehicle. Emergency medical services also attended the scene and assisted the victims of the crash. On Oct. 22 at 12:59 p.m., RCMP were called by a Nak’azdli Reserve resident who reported his vehicle’s windshield had been smashed with a
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B.C. oil spill study misinterpreted Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – The release of the B.C. government’s detailed study into oil spill response capability off the West Coast created the usual brief wave of media shock and horror. This just in! If crude oil spilled in the Dixon Entrance, the storm-tossed sea lane north of Haida Gwaii, the combined resources of Canadian and U.S. containment and collection response could only recover an estimated four per cent of it. And that’s in the summer! The winter recovery rate would be more like three per cent. Talk radio and website headlines set the narrative in minutes. How could anyone even consider running oil tankers through that pristine B.C. coastal area? It’s crazy! Here’s the big fact clearly stated in the study by U.S.-based Nuka Research and Planning Group, and ignored by most of the media and public. There are hundreds of tankers filled with crude oil sailing through these stormy seas every year. It’s been going on since Alaska North Slope crude was developed in the 1970s. Six of the seven oil spill simulations run by Nuka are based on Alaska crude, because that’s overwhelmingly what has been shipped along B.C.’s North Coast for 40 years. This lack of crude oil spill response capability has existed the entire time, without a whisper of protest or media attention, even after the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster near the oil’s point of origin. The current narrative, hammered home by U.S.-controlled environmental groups and their aboriginal partners in the “Great Bear Rainforest,” is that only Canadian oil is a threat. How much Alaska crude is shipped down the B.C. coast? According to Nuka’s analysis, it’s currently about 38 million cubic metres each year. That’s enough to fill
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B.C. Place stadium to the roof – 15 times. The Sierra-Greenpeace-ForestEthics-Dogwood gang, a sort of billionaire-bankrolled green Team America, has worked hard to promote the falsehood that “tar sands” oil is vastly worse than that nice fair-trade Alaska stuff. Their claims about acidity and abrasiveness of diluted bitumen didn’t hold up, and it’s still hotly contested whether the heavy oil in diluted bitumen would float, emulsify or sink in actual sea conditions. When the federal government announced a study to determine what spilled bitumen would do in North Coast waters, that too was attacked by the Green Party as a secret scheme to prop up Enbridge’s pipeline proposal. So it’s a scandal when you don’t know the answers, and it’s a scandal when you try to find them. Another question that gets little attention is whether it’s better for spilled oil to sink rather than wash up on beaches. Crude oil is, if you’ll pardon the expression, organic. Spills produce a huge spike in oil-eating bacteria that leads to an increase in fish populations at a certain stage. This was documented in a 1994 book called Degrees of Disaster, written by an expert who stayed on in Valdez for four years, long after the TV cameras and grandstanding politicians went home. Victoria-based Dogwood seized on a 2012 Nuka study done for the Haisla Nation at Kitimat, which found that in ocean conditions that are present more than half of the time, there would be no immediate way to respond to a spill at sea. Dogwood’s “no tankers campaign director” hinted that this information was intentionally left out of the B.C. government study, and the media ate it up. No tankers? Better check again. Dogwood’s mission is clearly not to protect the B.C. coast from oil spills. If it were, they would be protesting the ongoing risk from Alaska tankers.
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The District of Fort St. James and the Fort St. James Transportation Committee are rolling out a new driver education campaign. The initiative is meant to spread awareness about the dangers of distracted driving, with all of the new drivers in town and the increasing traffic. "We just thought it would be a nice education place to go," said Gretchen Vogelsang, a committee member. The pledge campaign was originally planned to begin back on Canada Day, but was delayed until after the summer. The campaign has now kicked off and drivers can sign a pledge form to "park your phone" before you drive. Those who make the pledge will be entered to win a hands-free device donated by The Source. According to the Canadian Automobile Association website, drivers engaged in text messaging are 23 times more likely to be involved in a crash or near crash event compared to nondistracted drivers. According to ICBC, distracted driving leads to an average of 94 deaths per year in B.C.. The District of Fort St James Office, Integris Credit Union and some other local businesses have the pledge sheets for people to sign. The plan is "to raise awareness, because The poster for the new distracted driving campaign iniit's still a large problem, not just here, but all tiated by the Fort St. James Transportation Commitee and District. over," said Vogelsang. Image courtesy of District of Fort St. James
Fort St. James court report For files appearing before the Fort St. James Provincial Court on Oct. 22, 2013. Tod W. Beeton was fined $800 plus a victim surcharge of $120 and prohibited from driving for one year for driving while suspended. Thomas K. F. Duncan was fined $400 plus a victim surcharge of $60 and sentenced to 10 days in jail and 20 days in jail for three counts of failure to comply with a probation order. Ashley R. Monk was charged a surety to keep the peace of $500 and released on conditions for 12
months. Shari D. Thomas was given a six month suspended sentence and six months of probation with conditions for assault.
Seniors housing co-op update The seniors' housing co-op has been making significant headway to date. The group working on the project said they had signed up over 100 co-op members in their first week of their membership drive. They are proceeding with their project and hope to have a board of directors election and the board in place by Nov. 20. On Nov. 5 the current committee will be meeting with the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation to look at some of the next steps and what would be needed from the group. Look for an update after the board is established.
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34th Annual Pope’s Peak Adventure Run It was a beautiful day on Oct. 20 for the 34th annual Pope’s Peak Adventure Run, with 17 runners taking part. Including walkers and volunteers, 36 people were said to summit Mt. Pope on a lovely autumn Sunday. While the weather for the run has often included snow and high winds at the peak in
the past, this year organizer Keith Gordon said it was around 12 degrees by the time most people finished and no snow at the peak. There were seven local runners who did the over 20 km race up and down the mountain starting at Cottonwood Park, and a number from Prince George.
Results: Place overall 1 2 3 4 (1st female) 5 6 7 (2nd female) 8 9 (3rd female) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Runner Greg Tone Cam McNamara James Robinson Robyn Kaplan Bryne Kowalchuk Curtis Macdonald Erica Olesiuk Charlie Grove Melissa Hoy Rhona Boyd Andy Thompson Sean Hawryluk Ken Simon Christie Hoy Lisa Spingle David Nutbrown Benjamin Kaplan
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A prolific offender from the Tylee has been designated a Nak’azdli and Fort St. James area long-term offender. was sentenced to nine more months in prison after failing a drug test. According to an article in the Prince George Citizen, Dennis Wayne Tylee ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH was sentenced in a Prince George court last week to (Across from the Petrocan Station) the additional time after SUNDAY LITURGY: Saturday 7:30 pm & Sunday 10:30 am his urine tested positive DAILY MASS: Monday - Friday 9:00 am for cocaine while staying PASTORAL TEAM: FATHER FRANK SALMON 250-996-8343 in a Prince George halfway SR. PAT MACAULAY, SR. DIVINA PEDRO house. 250-996-2275 Tylee was ordered to stay away from Fort St. James and Nak’azdli after firing a rifle at a house party on the Nak’azdli Reserve in 1998. Tylee was also charged with assault in 2003 and 2004, the government applied to have him designated a dangerous offender in 2007 after he was charged with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon following an incident in February 2007.
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Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier A business attraction and retention program was being rolled out recently. Economic Development Officer Emily Colombo brought in Dale Wheeldon, chief administrative officer and president of the B.C. Economic Development Association and Colleen Bond. The pair are also consultants on economic and community development. Wheeldon and Bond led economic develop-
ment professionals from the region in three days of workshops and also put on an evening session for local community leaders. The three days of workshops were paid for with some of the winnings from the Business Friendly Community award Fort St. James received at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities Convention. The workshops are helping to launch the business attraction and retention program being done by the District of Fort St. James. The program will begin with interviews with
local businesses to identify things the District can do to further help local businesses succeed. Interviews help to identify existing programs businesses may benefit from, what challenges businesses may be facing and what can be done to help them with those challenges. An example would be if a business is having an issue navigating a licensing process, there may be ways the District could address this, or in other instances some additional policies or bylaws could be looked at in some cases to also support businesses.
The District will be interviewing businesses in an ongoing basis, and looking at a number of details about the businesses from personnel to sales to the type of facility and equipment. The District will also be using some of the award funding from the Business Friendly Community award to hire a business development assistant and tourism coordinator. The full time position will be shared with the Fort St. James Chamber of Commerce and will also assist in the Tourism Information Centre operations.
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To make Halloween a safe holiday, children and adults can heed these suggestions. * Wear comfortable, sturdy shoes. Although kids might want to wear shoes that match the costume, shoes that fit well and are comfortable are a safer bet. This will help prevent tripping and falling over cumbersome shoes. It also reduces the risk of developing blisters and discomfort when walking from home to home. * Go trick-or-treating in groups. Children should not be allowed to go out in search of candy alone. Going in a group means that someone can get help if need be. Also, there is safety in numbers. Predators won’t view a child as an easy target if he or she is with fellow trick-or-treaters. * Be visible. Since daylight saving time begins shortly after Halloween, there are fewer hours of daylight for trick-ortreating. When Halloween falls on a weekday, children have to wait until after school to venture out, and it can quickly become dark. Therefore, make sure that children are equipped with flashlights and put reflective tape on their costumes so they will be more
visible to fellow pedestrians and motorists. * Stick to the sidewalks. Children should stay on sidewalks and cross the street only at established crosswalks. * Do not enter homes. Unless a child is with an adult and the home is owned by a trusted friend, kids should not enter homes for treats. * Avoid candles and jack-o-lanterns. A costume can easily catch on fire, so it is best to steer clear of candles, luminaries and lit pumpkins. * Bring water. Costumes can become hot and uncomfortable, especially when worn for long periods of time. Be sure children have water to rehydrate themselves. * Accessorize safely. Select flexible swords and knives if they are accompanying a costume. Avoid rigid items that can cause injuries. * Examine all candy before eating. Before kids have their first bite, parents should inspect candy wrappers to determine if there has been any tampering. Also, avoid homemade treats from homes unless you know the people who prepared the items.
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LEFT: Singer Cody Karey performs on Access Hollywood Live to promote his new self-titled debut album. Karey is a young man from Fort St. James who was taken under the wing of David Foster. Karey has been compared to Michael Buble and Josh Groban. The 21-year-old Karey still has family in Fort St. James. Check the album out at codykarey. com.
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The spirit of Fort St. James Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier Typically, when people speak of the spirit of Fort St. James, they tend to be referring to the generosity, sense of community and general kindness of the place. However, as we approach Halloween, an alternative idea of a spirit of a place may come to mind. Originally, All Hallows’ Evening (now contracted to Halloween) was the precursor to All Hallows Day or All Saints Day. While the night has shifted over time and become more about dressing up and getting candy, it also still has a connection to spirits. Well, given the age of Fort St. James, which was traditional Nak’azdli territory long before it became Fort St. James, there are bound to be some spirits of note in the area. Of course, there is the fairly well known spirit story of Chief Kweh (or Kwah) himself. Buried overlooking the start of the Stuart River, Kweh is said to watch over the salmon and is referred to as the “dreamer of the salmon.” A rattle which hung from his grave was said to shake each year when the salmon were running. “And in this way Chief Kweh was believed to continue to provide for his people,” according to the information at the historic site’s visitor centre. But there is at least one other story of a spirit in the Fort. An interpreter at the historic site, Nicole Robert, had a strange experience which she has never for-
gotten. The first year she began working at the park, Robert was in the trade store one day, and it was getting close to lunch time. It was pouring rain, and Robert did not want to leave her post or get wet, and so she was calling towards the officer’s dwelling house to find out what was for lunch, as the interpreters would make a collective lunch. A woman appeared in the doorway of the officer’s dwelling wearing a black and white polka dot skirt
and top. She was a native woman and Robert said she could see her lips moving, but couldn’t hear any words and the woman was holding her hands open. When the rain eased up, Robert walked towards the building, and the woman faded back into the dark of the building. She assumed the woman was a new hire and asked after her when she arrived for lunch. The other interpreter informed Robert no one else was there. A medium visiting the site went through the
house another time and reported seeing a woman of the same description as Robert. Robert has not seen the woman again, but she said she has had other experiences at the historic site, catching glimpses in her peripheral vision of people or movement and shadows. She has also smelled a strong puff of tobacco smoke inside the store on occasion, and said visitors have confirmed to her they smelled it as well. There is no smoking allowed on the site, however, and no one around was smoking. “It would be very strong, like somebody just lit it,” she said. The experiences do not worry Robert, however, as she has never felt anything unfriendly from her visitors. “I feel that they’re okay,” she said. She does, however, always say “good
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Career Week
Mining and exploration as a career Fort St. James has a variety of opportunities in the field of mining and geology, with a long history of mining in the region. Not far from Mount Milligan, the largest new greenfield mine in 15 years in B.C., there will quite possibly be mining jobs for a long time to come. Mt. Milligan has just begun commercial production and is a copper-gold mine with a stateof-the-art processing plant, advanced environmental monitoring and restoration plan and all new equipment. So far, the mine has a highly enviable safety record and have been recognized for it with the John Ash award after they completed five million hours without a lost time incident. The mine promotes a culture of empowerment among their employees and offer great benefits. During operations, the mine is expected to employ 400 people, from service personnel to engineers to labourers, there are a diverse range of positions associated with such a large project.
But a project like Mt. Milligan begins with the work of prospecting, and there are also many exploration companies working in the area to find and map out mineralization deposits. From the Decar property past Tache to claims in the Germsansen Landing area, there are many exploration projects currently underway in the area. Line clearing, sampling and drilling are all a part of the initial exploration stages.
Emergency services What type of job is there where things are always changing and you can truly make a difference? Emergency service professionals have dynamic jobs with challenges and rewards. Firefighters, police officers and ambulance attendants all play important roles in the community. The B.C. Ambulance Service, for example, needs drivers and emergency responders and paramedics in rural areas across the province. The need in Fort St. James is so great, Mark Rivard, the chief attendant for the local station said it may even be possible to start out as a driver with a Class 4 licence and Grade 12. It may then be an option to get the basic emergency medical responder (EMR) training. The EMR training is offered in Prince George and takes three weeks full time to complete. The written and practical licensing exams are done after this which allow a person to work across the province. Once a person has the EMR level of training, bursaries are available for rural attendants to upgrade to primary care paramedic (PCP) training in order to help bring the level of primary care in rural areas up to a higher level. Katie Cromerty, who
has been with the B.C. Ambulance Service only one year said while some days are hard and stressful, it is a good job. “It’s a big learning curve that never ends,” she said. Cromerty got into emergency medical services through friends who worked in the field already, and it seemed like a natural fit for someone interested in health care but who didn’t necessarily want to work in a hospital. The Fort St. James ambulance station receives an average of about 1,000 calls per year and is often called to provide patient transfers to larger hospitals and cover surrounding areas if there are not enough personnel on shift in the region.
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Sam Redding Omineca Express The Ministry of Forests is a great source of careers for the region. They have needs in fields ranging from biologists to firefighters. Lori Borth, Resource Manager for the ministry, spoke to the Omineca Express about the range and scope of employment within the ministry. “We’re the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource operations, we quite commonly get referred to just as the Ministry of Forests because that’s mostly what we have done in the past,” said Borth. “It’s still mostly forestry type of work but we also process land permits, our ministry is involved in water initiatives and things like that as well so it’s more than just forests.” “In our office here the majority of our professional staff are professional foresters, professional agrologists, biologists, forest technicians, engineering staff for roads and bridges, and we have clerical staff.” The ministry employs seasonal firefighters as well as some permanent full-time firefighters who do planning during the winter and landscape planting. There are also agrologists who work on a range program where they look after crown land for cattle and horses to forage. Even enforcement and compliance personnel are needed to look after the ministry’s interests. Some of it does require university, like to be a professional forester, and some of it requires college, like a technical diploma. “As far as trades, such as truck drivers and mechanics, the ministry needs those kinds of skills. So we could say our extended area of business requires those but we don’t require them right within our ministry office here. We do have computer technical systems so even computer techs are needed.” Drafting and geomatic positions are available as well with duties like creating maps for certain areas. Those positions will also require a technical diploma.
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School District No. 91
Career & Trades Programs “Making Education Real & Relevant”
Career Programs School District No. 91 Career & Trades Programs is committed to providing students the hands-on work experience they need to explore future job opportunities, develop the industry and educational contacts so important in today’s workplace, and to fully understand earlier rather than later, the educational background necessary to move forward along a career path of their choosing.
www.sd91.bc.ca For more information regarding School District No.91 District Projects and/or the CTC Program please feel free to contact: DarreN CarPeNTer DiSTriCT Career & TraDeS ProgramS CoorDiNaTor Phone: 250-570-9739 email:
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Project Agriculture
Project Agriculture is a 3 day career awareness opportunity for 24 senior secondary school students. The project showcases agriculture as a valuable resource in our region, and the province. Students receive hands-on exposure to the many aspects and opportunities in agriculture in the Nechako Valley, the second largest forage producing area in British Columbia.
Camp Natural Resource Management
Camp Natural Resource Management is a 2 day career awareness opportunity for 24 senior secondary school students. Participants explore the many career opportunities open to them in the natural resource management sector. Students are exposed to careers in land management, silviculture, archaeology, forest health, forest ecology & fish wildlife. An integrated land management plan is created by students at the end of the project.
Project Health
Project Health is a 2 day career awareness opportunity for 24 senior secondary school students of exceptional scholastic ability. The project showcases career options and possibilities in the health & medical fields. The project provides interested students hands-on exposure to the many aspects and opportunities in medicine.
Project Junior Trades
Project Junior Trades is a 1 day career awareness opportunity for 7 area elementary schools. Grade 7 students experience the world of carpentry, welding, culinary arts, and hairstyling via hands-on activities from certified tradespersons.
Project Trades
Project Trades is a 2 day career awareness opportunity for 24 secondary school students. Participants discuss career opportunities with electricians, pipe-fitters, saw filers, millwrights, carpenters, and heavy-duty mechanics at their respective job-sites.
Project Heavy Duty
Project Heavy Duty is 4 day career awareness opportunity for 24 senior secondary school students. The project provides students the opportunity to operate a broad range of industrial machinery such as skidders, loaders, feller-bunchers, gravel trucks, excavators, packers, back-hoes, graders, earth moving machinery, and bob-cats to name a few.
Project Fire Fighter
Project Fire Fighter is a 2 day full immersion “career simulation” opportunity for a select number of Junior Fire Fighter students from throughout the school district. Students remain at the local fire hall over the duration of the project as they participate in live fire scenarios at the regional fire training centre.
Project Forest Management
Project Forest Management is a 3 day career awareness opportunity for 24 senior secondary school students. The project showcases the world of forest management. Students gain hands-on exposure to the many facets of modern forest management practices. Modern GPS usage, block layout, tree planting, brush cutting, and forest fire fighting practices are available for students to explore and experience.
Junior Initial Attack
Junior Initial Attack is a year long work experience opportunity for a select number of senior secondary school students from School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes). Successful candidates participate in a series of competitive workshops, seminars, & physical tests throughout the school year. Top performers become eligible for summer employment with the Ministry of Forests as active Initial Attack Fire Fighters.
Secondary School Apprenticeships
Secondary School Apprenticeships: SSA’s are partnerships between the ITA, local school districts, and employers that allow students to become registered apprentices, whereby, the hours they accumulate may be used towards their eventual certification. See opposite page.
Work Experience Placements
Work Experience Placements: Students are placed by the school coordinator in a career area of interest. Students receive credit once they have completed 90 hours of directly related work experience and 30 hours of course/school based work. Students are continually monitored and assessed by the employer and school career coordinator.
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School District No. 91
Career & Trades Programs “Making Education Real & Relevant”
Junior Initial Attack
Career Programs School District No.91 Career & Trades Programs is committed to providing students the hands-on work experiences they need to explore future job opportunities, develop the industry & educational contacts so important in today’s workplace, and to fully understand; earlier rather than later, the educational background necessary to move forward along a career path of their choosing. Project Agriculture Career Programs Coordinators: The career programs departments in each of the four major high schools (NVSS, FJSSS, FLESS, LDSS) are actively involved each year in a broad range of career promotion activities and events.
Project Fire Fighter
Project Health
Project Forest Management
Junior Initial Attack
❖ Recruit students and provide assistance to the 9 Career Awareness Projects ❖ Project Agriculture, Camp Natural Resource Management, Project Health, Project Junior Trades, Project Trades, Project Forest Management, Project Fire Fighter, Project Heavy Duty, Junior Initial Attack ❖ Provide Career Counseling ❖ Coordinate Work Experience Placements ❖ Coordinate Volunteer Placements ❖ Responsible for Grad Transitions ❖ Increase Career & Trades Awareness – School & Community Level ❖ Workshops ❖ Trade Shows ❖ Classroom/Community Presentations ❖ Grade Presentations ❖ Participation in Career Fairs ❖ CTC/ACE-It Programs Recruitment ❖ Foster positive relationships and ongoing partnerships between business, industry, community organizations, students, high school, and school district The Career Programs Coordinator plays an important and integral role in the educational growth for the students in School District No. 91. As one part of the School District No. 91 team, Career & Trades Programs strives to “Make Education Real & Relevant” for students throughout our region each and every day.
Project Heavy Duty
Camp Natural Resource Management
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PROPOSED FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLAN AMENDMENT Notice is hereby given, under section 20 of the Forest Planning Regulation that Fraser Lake Sawmills, will hold a public viewing of Amendment 8 to their Forest Stewardship Plan for the Vanderhoof and Fort St. James Forest Districts. This amendment will create a new Forest Development Unit for the Stellat’en First Nation’s Non Replaceable Forest License in the vicinity of Fraser Lake, BC and add the license to the Forest Stewardship Plan document. The proposed amendment is available for review and comment at the Lejac mill site east of Fraser Lake on Highway 16. Persons may review the plan at the location during business hours. Written comments may be submitted in person to the Lejac mill site or by mail to: Fraser Lake Sawmills Attention: Jaret van der Giessen, R.P.F P.O. Box 100 Fraser Lake, BC V0J 1S0 Comments must be received in writing no later than 5:00 pm on December 30, 2013. For further information, please contact Jaret van der Giessen, R.P.F. at 250-699-6235
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DISTRICT OF FORT ST. JAMES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held in the Council Chambers at the District office 477 Stuart Drive West on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to give all persons who deem their interests in property to be affected by the following matter an opportunity to be heard. North Arm Pub & Grill: Structural Change Application The North Arm Pub & Grill, located at 1507 Stones Bay Road, has submitted an application to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch for a change to their liquor licence, to allow for the addition of a new licensed area on the patio. Their current liquor licence only covers the interior of the pub. Council does not have the power to approve or reject the application; however, Council will make comments to the LCLB based on what they hear at this public hearing. They are asking for public input before submitting their comments. Please submit your comments in writing or attend the hearing if you have any comments on the application. Copies of the licence application may be viewed at the District Office, 477 Stuart Drive West, Fort St. James, from October 16, 2013 through November 13, 2013, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Kevin Crook Chief Administrative Officer
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Lions and tigers and rhinos - oh my! Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier For five months, Grady Goodwin visited the “dark continent” of Africa. A continent many of us know very little about (hence why it is called the “dark continent”), save for National Geographic images in our minds and the turmoil which makes it into our news streams of child soldiers, blood diamonds and more recently, mall bombings. But Goodwin had a chance to see some of the reality of Africa, from the slums to the savannah. Goodwin went as a volunteer and traveler with two different organizations. He started out helping to build a school in Uganda with the organization International volunteers HQ. “I loved construction but it was hard work in the heat,” said Goodwin. He worked with a Ugandan foreman, local tradesmen and some local youngsters who also helped do the construction work. The youngsters were boys who would one day study in the school when it was completed. While in Uganda, Goodwin also had the opportunity to see gorillas up close and personal. He described the primates as being quite calm even though they are such large and powerful animals. Next Goodwin went to volunteer in an orphanage in Tanzania, where he was given paper, pens and then asked to teach the students. There wasn’t a lot of training, but he said he picked it up as he went and relied on some of what he had learned from some coaching he had done (and perhaps his mom may have been an influence on him, whether he knew it or not, as she has been a kindergarten teacher for many years). Goodwin said he really enjoyed the kids, who were recruited to come to the orphanage for school and a place to live out of the slums. He had a chance to visit the slums while he was there, and saw the desperate porverty and young kids getting high on substances like jet fuel. “That was truly eye-opening seeing that,” he said.
being marketable for Asian medicines for which so many rhinoceros are killed by poachers each year. “Some of the stuff they did was incredible,” said Goodwin of the conservation workers. But not only did he have a chance to see massive white and black rhinos in the wild, he also saw elClockwise from left: Grady Goodwin in front of the ephants, giraffes, lions, school he was helping construct. Elephants on the Af- leopards, cheetahs and rican savanah. Goodwin with lions during a lion walk, honey badgers, an animal which gave one camp he which help raise funds for conservation programs. Photos courtesy of Grady Goodwin stayed at a lot of trouble because of their fearless nature. “They’re amazing animals,” he said. The five-month trip “flew by” he said and he enjoyed the experience of getting to know some of the culture and meet some of the Maasai people of Tanzania, one of the aboriginal groups there. He was also surprised by the cities and infrastructure he saw on the continent. “When I pictured Africa, it was just a whole bunch of shacks, it’s not really like that. It’s way more developed than I thought.” He learned a lot about the recent history of some of the places he visited and was impressed by the people’s attitudes. The people he met were “surprisingly happy for how little they have.” The other aspect of the continent which made an impact was the lack of racism. “They just don’t view racism the way we do,” he said. “It’s impressive how much they can accept.” Next was South Africa, where Goodwin volunteered with The trip was also not all work and no play, he did have some Aviva doing conservation work. just-for-fun experiences such as white-water rafting down the The work he was doing was walking through the bush with Nile River and bungee-jumping. another volunteer killing prickly pear cacti, an invasive species He had a chance to attend two soccer matches, one with detrimental to the local ecosystem. around 45,000 people in the stands. Walking through the bush by themselves in Africa, given The only negative story Goodwin recounted was one in that the wildlife consists of lions and elephants, was an experi- which he was pick pocketed while at a local rap concert. ence all in itself. While it meant he had to walk back to where he was staying “You definitely have your heart racing once in awhile,” he instead of taking a taxi, he seemed philosophical about it all and said. said the person probably got a lot more benefit out of the small He had a chance to see rhinos tranquilized and then the amount of cash he had been carrying than he would have. workers did a “horn infusion” where the rhinoceros horn was “It’s kind of funny what you can laugh at there,” he said, and injected with a powerful die in order to try and prevent it from the “amount we value things we don’t really need.”
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