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Haisla take to China Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross and Deputy Chief Councillor Taylor Cross have recently returned from a trip to Asia with the Premier to research natural gas demand overseas. Ross and Cross published their report to council on the trip on December 6. In summary, they found that access to natural gas was very important to China, which is currently dealing with new socio-economic situations, and high levels of pollution. “The perception in Canada is that China doesn’t care about the pollution and emissions,” they wrote in their report. “Based on what we saw and heard, this is not true.” They say that China is working with private industry to find ways to reduce pollution and use energy efficiently. “The air quality problem in China is real and they do need a cleaner fuel to burn as their emerging middle class is larger than the population of B.C. and Canada and this new class of people want a standard of life that is comparable to what we have in Canada,” the report continued. (South Korea as well is anxious for China to move away from diesel and coal, the report states, because air pollution from China blows into their country.) Ross, speaking to the Sentinel from Vancouver, said the trip was eye opening for him. “The biggest thing that it opened my eyes to was just looking at their energy needs and energy consumption with my own eyes. It’s just amazing in terms of how they use energy, when they use energy and what the impacts are,” he said. He said the Haisla have been working on natural gas files effectively since 2004, but have rarely, if ever, stepped out of their own territory to look at impacts. “I’m not one for traveling, ultimately, and it doesn’t make sense for us to go anywhere on our own coin. It’s not just our agenda we’re trying to push, we’re trying to push Canada’s agenda, and B.C.’s agenda. In the same breath we’re pushing for the region’s agenda.” In all Ross and Cross describe as Asia’s need for energy and to reduce their pollution problems as “very urgent” and that B.C.’s LNG plans are only a start. “If they can’t get BC natural gas, they will look at other forms of energy from different sources as they are using all forms right now,” they write. “They especially know the impacts of pollution and want to switch to cleaner fuels. The problem is that they just can’t turn it on like a switch. Until they get access to cleaner fuels, they have no choice but to keep burning dirty fuels.” Continued on page 2

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Volunteers were hard at work over the weekend at the Catholic Church hall which was again converted into the Christmas Hamper depot for the holidays. The hampers were hurriedly packaged on Friday morning, and were set for delivery the next day to families all throughout town.

Nowhere to go but out of here High rents forcing this family out of home Cameron Orr A renter and his family at 702 Kuldo Boulevard has until January 31 to move out. But because rentals, especially affordable ones, are hard to come by, Grant Yeager said he and his partner and stepson will just move elsewhere to continue their lives. “Post-eviction housing options have been pretty grim,” he wrote in an e-mailed interview with the Sentinel. “Most places have raised their rents far out of our price range, and whatever is left is either full, considering their own renovation options or just not pet-friendly.” He added, “Currently my disabled significant other and stepson have no other choice but to plan to move to Duncan to stay with family and I will more than likely have to stay with my parents while I save up and hope for either a transfer or new opportunity in that area or elsewhere.” He first moved to the Kuldo Apartments in 2007, but has lived in Kitimat off-and-on for 30 years. His family first moved here with him when he was one-year-old, and then he spent time in Kemano when he was five. “As a Kemanoite I am no stranger to displacement though we were fortunate to move out a year or two before the town site was closed,” he said.

When he moved back to Kitimat for good, he moved into a townhouse on Wedeene Street for about $400 a month, he said. “Coming back from Victoria [and] Vancouver at rates of $575 for a one bedroom in the former and somewhere over $1,000 [in Vancouver] for a two bedroom, the lower rates were certainly welcoming.” He said the affordable living in Kitimat has been a big reason why he continually moves back to town. Two units of the Kuldo Apartments are slated for renovations, which gives a landlord the ability to evict residents. The Sentinel did call Kiticorp, the property managers for the Kuldo apartments, when we first heard about possible evictions but the person who answered the phone did not want to discuss eviction issues. Yeager says that since the eviction notices they have been given relocation offers to other places in Kitimat but they’ve been quoted rents of $1,200 a month, way higher than what his family pays now, even since having a notice of rent increase this past February. Working to support people such as Yeager is Anne Moyls, who is a housing resource worker for the Kitimat Housing resource Project. Continued on page 8

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Robbery suspect arrested and sent back to Edmonton December 1 RCMP executed an unendorsed warrant for a robbery charge on behalf of the Edmonton Police Service. A male was arrested without incident and lodged in Kitimat jail cells while awaiting transportation back to Edmonton. December 2 After stopping a vehicle for a broken headlight, an officer reported she could smell a strong odour of marijuana from the car. The driver and the two passengers were arrested for allegedly possess-

on a bench at the City Centre Mall. The police say he was highly intoxicated however he was able to care for himself which is why he was given the option for cab transport. December 4 Members followed up on an abandoned 9-1-1 call from the City Centre Mall but a patrol in the area of the mall turned up no one in distress. Police attended to a stopped vehicle on Haisla Bridge. RCMP conducted traffic control until a tow truck arrived. According to the

ing a controlled substance. Police say that they had reasonable grounds to believe the driver was impaired by drugs, including signs of impairment from the driver in addition to the strong odour. A 24-hour prohibition from driving was served, and the vehicle was impounded for the same amount of time. A notice and order for the burned out headlight was also issued. December 3 An intoxicated male was given a cab ride home after being reported as sleeping

police file, “According to the male driver, he had the dumb luck of running out of gas on the bridge.” December 5 Police were called to assist in creating an arrangement with a couple who had turned their motor home at the pump house along Haisla Boulevard into a permanent residence. The land is owned by Rio Tinto Alcan, and the complainant worried about safety and liability concerns, due to winter weather coming and high river level concerns. The couple

explained it was their economic situation that had them living in the motor home. An agreement was reached between the couple and the company and they have promised to remove their motor home by the middle of the month. The Kitimat Housing Resource Project worker, police say, are working with the couple to find a new home for them. December 6 Police responded to an alleged domestic assault and found an intoxicated male which, checks showed,

had unendorsed warrants for past events, and no-consume conditions. The male was immediately arrested on those outstanding issues, and evidence collected at the scene

might be to actual LNG exports, he said the future is still a mix of optimism and uncertainty. “I hope so,” he said when asked if residents here can expect movement on some of these projects in the next year. “I’m hearing the right things out of these companies but until I actually see that FID [Final Investment Decision] in

“I think the province is actually doing as much as it can to get these projects off the ground.” writing, I can’t say much more than that. I think the province is actually doing as much as it can to get these projects off the ground as well.”

He said the Haisla have supported LNG projects for years, going back to a couple of proposals for the area in the 1980s. The tour to Asia was together with Premier Christy Clark’s trade mission and the trip was covered by the B.C. government. AltaGas, they also note, upgraded their flights to business class.

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Mail drop Canada Post will phase out doorto-door delivery of mail in urban areas in a new bid to cut costs. Many newer suburban neighbourhoods already have community mailboxes. But the Crown corporation says the remaining one third of Canadian households that still get home delivery will be switched to community mailboxes or grouped or lobby mailboxes over the next five years. It cites declining use of postal mail – a billion fewer pieces of mail were delivered last year compared to 2006 – as households shift to online bill payments and other digital communication. The price of stamps will also go up from 63 to 85 cents each if bought in booklets, or $1 for individual stamps. It means up to 8,000 fewer postal workers will be needed, which Canada Post says will be shed by attrition, as nearly 15,000 workers are expected to retire or leave voluntarily over the next five years. “With its current labour costs, Canada Post has a much higher cost structure than its competitors in the private sector have,” Canada Post said in a news release. “This is simply not sustainable.” The reduced workforce and other changes are expected to save a combined $700 to $900 million per year.

Natural Kitimat RCMP confirm there was a death in the Kitimat Modernization Construction Village last week. They say the male died from natural causes, and the person was discovered the morning of Dec. 10.

Economic gardening to take root Cameron Orr Come 2014, the District of Kitimat’s economic development office will be putting on their gardening gloves, so to speak. Rose Klukas, the town’s economic development officer, recently returned from Kelowna where she was introduced to the new concept of “economic gardening.” In this context, economic gardening is a means to tend to the community’s smaller business and give them tools to help them grow. “Lots of my day is spent with industrial proponents but the reality is small business has a big impact on the local economy and I’m thinking more than ever our small businesses have the advantage of this booming economy, but for some people…they might just need a little coaching in a new direction,” said Klukas. The program, once it’s put into place, will focus primarily on existing businesses and teach

niche business market. them new ways to reach their market. “You don’t necessarily want to repeat what’s For example she said that geographic information systems (GIS) maps can give entrepre- happening in your neighbouring communities. neurs more insight into where their customers are. It’d be better to have niche businesses that would “For example if you’re thinking of opening up attract people into our community,” she said. a pizza place, you could use your GIS system to see how many pizza places are in the northwest, what kind of competition you have,” she said. VISIT YOUR LOCAL In Kelowna where the economic gardening RECYCLING DEPOT TODAY! 316 Railway Ave., Kitimat • Ph. 250 632-6633 conference was held, Klukas said law firms and bakeries had takenyour advantage of GIS systems. She Open windows and doors THINK GLOBALLY...ACT LOCALLY added businesses like dog sitters could use such and let the fresh air circulate K.U.T.E Accepts... maps to find the areas where working dog owners through out your home. Newspapers & Flyers, Magazines & Catalogues, Office Paper, lived. Cardboard, Batteries, Cell Phones, Paint, Electronics, Flourescent But the GIS of is only part of what Much the apollutions in economic our home Lights, Ballasts and Tubes, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide gardeningcome is. from evaporation of VOC (volatile Detectors and Small Appliances. “Theorganic other facet of it is to provide coaching For a more detailed list please visit compounds). These can consist and assistance to small businesses for business rewww.kitimatrecycle.org/home of ‘off gas’ from cleaning supplies, air tention and expansion,” she said. fresheners, paint, wallpaper, carpeting Trading Post She said Kitimat is well primed to offer a

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Police beat Continued from page 2 December 7 Police responded to a call that a person outside of an apartment building was crying. However police and emergency health services only found a woman outside having a smoke, with no signs of any injury or abuse. No services were needed. Police were called to a loud party in an apartment on Albatross Avenue, where the complainant said they could hear screaming and smashing furniture. When police arrived the party had simmered and police just asked the people in the apartment to keep the noise down, which the person at the door agreed to. December 8 A driver was issued a 90 day licence suspension and a 30day vehicle impound-

ment after police found him asleep in the drivers seat, in his vehicle which was parked and running in the Kitimat Legion parking lot. The person had refused an alcohol screening, refusal of which carries the same penalties as failing a breath test. Just after 4 a.m., police received a call of a fight at the Kitimat Hotel. When police arrived they spoke with four people, the complainant and three others. The complainant stated that he was allegedly sucker punched in the bathroom by an unknown male. Another person said she was allegedly punched by an unknown female. The third person said that he was allegedly punched by an unknown female after he told her to leave. (In more colourful language, according to the police report.) Three of

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Un-delivery There’s a lot of hard pills to swallow with Canada Post’s announcement of their five-point plan to “return to financial sustainability by 2019.” There’s a reduction of up to 8,000 positions in the organization, changes in stamp prices (individual stamps will cost $1) and opening more franchise outlets. But perhaps the biggest direct impact to Kitimat, and really to everywhere, is the dropping of door-todoor mail delivery. Canada Post says that only onethird of Canadian homes receive their mail at the door, and those will be moved to a community mailbox system. What is interesting in a sort of bleak way with all this is that the District of Kitimat, through the work of administrators and councillors and the Humane Society, spent a good part of this year, and a bit of last year, trying to get Canada Post to bring back mail delivery to Farrow Street. I had written at some point that I had no trouble with carriers who wanted to feel safe on their routes, but the corporate response to the issue never sat too well. The city had done so much with no response. The town had upped the ability to enforce problem dogs with bylaws, no easy process. Working with the Kitimat Community Humane Society they had made arrangements early on in this issue to have the particular problem dog controlled during mail delivery hours, a generous offer I’d say. And eventually, the District offered to install a temporary community mailbox for Farrow Street in the event that the specific dog would ever be an issue. The installation would be on the District’s dime. But not even that. Canada Post, following that, did offer to resume mail delivery, but said that if that dog became a problem again, Canada Post would go ahead an install a community mailbox for the street, on a permanent basis. Canada Post’s reasoning was that it would eliminate future service disruptions. Which makes sense to a point. But on an organizational level it just seemed like Canada Post had door-to-door delivery set to fail for Farrow Street. I’m no conspiracy theorist, but it just seems like at some level there was already movement to stop doorto-door service and they began at this local level once they could. I’m no business major so I couldn’t begin to hypothesize service improvements that would do better than service cuts, but I’m confident they exist. But even cuts I can understand. I just think Kitimat had to jump through a lot of hoops for Farrow with no reward.

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Canada Post cuts are illogical There seems to be an unfortunate time clash with the introduction of the proposed new post office legislation, the debate about an MPs committee voting to gag their employees for life from discussing events during their working relations with MPs of all stripes - and the early rising of Parliament for the Christmas vacation. Waiting until the day after Parliament rose for the winter vacation to introduce such controversial legislation as the changes to Canada Post, including a money-grabbing move to increase the price of a single stamp by nearly 40 per cent in one fell swoop shows absolutely no respect for the taxpayer or the institution of Parliament with its process to debate and discuss the terms of new legislation. It certainly demonstrates also that the Harper administration, already beleaguered by the Senate scandal and the related RCMP investigation into the Prime Minister’s Office couldn’t wait to get “out of the House” and away from the criticism. Canada Post has literally spent years deliberately cutting services to the Canadian public while continually raising costs. It presents its arguments since large portions of Canada are getting bad service there’s a strong case for extending that to the rest of us. One of my favourite writers, An-

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drew Coyne, remarks in Maclean’s “The day is not far off when, for $5, the post office will refuse to deliver your letter at all. Such is the logic of monopoly.” The illogic of it all is compounded by Canada Post blaming e-mail correspondence, the internet billing and epayment of bills for its woes with mail but not acknowledging the source of its increased business in parcel post is due to the growing trend for people to shop on line. No mention of online shopping as a reason for big earnings from parcel post. Residents of Farrow Street in Kitimat have already seen this front and centre, live and in colour as Canada Post in our community intransigently moved totally out of lockstep with the District Council, the residents of the street and public opinion as it demonstrated its monopoly-type decision to stop delivery to all residents because there was a single dog problem on the street. Naturally it used employee

safety as the reason for its stubborn inability to deal with a small problem in a commonsense way. Council and the residents went in circles for months as no rational decision seemed available. Community mailbox break-ins and thefts have been seriously underplayed, especially around tax refund time Grannies’ Christmas card money time and pension payout days. CBC reports there were 4,800 incidents in 130 communities in B.C. alone between 2008 and 2013, and criminals will be rubbing their hands at expansion plans for the easy to seize and easier to open aluminum mailboxes. Add vandalism and arson and Canada Post has a lot of rationalizing to do before another third of Canadians will buy into this freely. The issue of MP staffers being asked to sign life-long non-disclosure confidentiality agreements to obtain staff posts is another question totally. But it is equally troubling and makes just about as little sense. Within a few hours of the requirement becoming public, many questions were being asked and the committee that made the decision seems prepared to re-open discussion. I have no doubt that many of the people who were not asked to weigh in on this will have a great deal to say. Continued on page 5

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Pipeline job numbers are Upsides of pipes dodgy at best, says reader Dear Sir, Employment and economic benefits seem to be prominent selling points for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines project, at least as far as the proponent is concerned. The benefit numbers presented to the public by Enbridge Northern Gateway in their advertisements and through face-to-face engagement meetings in an effort to gain support of the project are being portrayed as though they are fact. However, their witnesses’ replies to the Joint Review Panel and intervener questions about the benefits proved them to be anything but! In their 2012 newspaper advertisements Enbridge Northern Gateway stated “New jobs will be created – Many people will be employed to build this project. Here in BC, over 3,000 high-paying construction jobs will be created during the building phase. And over 500 new longterm jobs will open up when it is completed-

Reader’s Write jobs to monitor and maintain the pipeline, jobs at the Kitimat Marine Terminal, and indirect jobs in areas such as food and hospitality, accommodations, and transportation. And all right here is BC.” When I questioned the Enbridge Northern Gateway witnesses on the factuality of the employment and economic benefit numbers in November 2012, they replied: There are assumptions made around direct employment, purchasing patterns and total project costs. In their benefits calculations they assumed the pipe will come from Canadian mills and they tweaked the model to reflect that, despite the fact the pipe they are proposing to use is not manufactured in Canada. They have spoken with the Korean company Daewoo about pipe provision. The employment

and economic benefit numbers have never been revised to reflect the effect foreign procurement of the pipe will have; but the witnesses said they would go down. There’s some element of inaccuracy in the numbers because the model they used has some degree of uncertainty in it. The numbers are approximations. The numbers are based on a presumption. Indirect and induced jobs are not necessarily new jobs, some may be new, some may simply be people working harder. Northern Gateway does not have control over indirect and induced effects, indirect effects are not managed by what Enbridge Northern Gateway does other than the arrangement for procurement itself. Even though 74 percent of the project is

Post cuts Continued from page 4 The new contracts require all MPs’ staff, and caucus researchers for every party, to agree not to disclose any “information to which [a staffer] may become privy” because it’s “politically sensitive and confidential.” The confidentiality agreement applies indefinitely even after an employee leaves the job. Only when required by law, such as during court testimony, will they be allowed to breach confidentiality.

If not successfully challenged in court - this after all is in the domain of public service - well, I can see the RCMP having to open a full time office on Parliament Hill as the whistle-blowers’ “brown envelopes” get picked up en masse at the nearest community mail boxes. The public pays MPs’ salaries and the civil service and staffers have a duty to the public to ensure Canadians know what is going on in these institutions we finance. Why is Ottawa such a constantly depressing place these days?

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Dear Sir, Some taxpayers are not thinking of the positive sides of what pipelines can do to them financially. If the pipelines do go ahead, large royalties will be paid to the B.C. government or in real terms to the taxpayers of B.C., via government. There are a number of factors of where these royalties can be applied. No royalties now, so royalties can be applied to health and education. The B.C. taxpayers would have a choice of a couple of options. One option would be not to pay any more 7 per cent provincial sales tax or monthly medical services premiums. If that is not acceptable, then how about receiving a yearly tax free royalty cheque once a year? In the state of Alaska, the Alyeska pipeline was built and the state of Alaska gives out once a year royalty cheques to all taxpayers in the state. The average cheque payment has been $1108.45 per year over the last

in BC, BC regional residents could see only approximately 28 percent of the employment during construction, the balance of the jobs will likely be given to workers from Alberta or Saskatchewan, possibly even temporary foreign workers. They acknowledged that according to a news article, Petro China, a Chinese government owned company, spoke with them about their interest in building the pipelines. The estimated number of new direct employment by Enbridge Northern Gateway in BC during operation is 234. Clearly, by the witnesses’ sworn testimony to the Joint Review Panel and interveners, the employment and economic benefits are anything but fact, so why are they being presented to the public as fact by Enbridge Northern Gateway? I asked that question of the Public Consultation Program Panel witnesses in March 2013. Continued on page 6

30 years. B.C. taxpayers must realize that this is a far better idea than buying Lotto 6/49 and Lotto Max tickets where the average is one winner in 28.6 million tickets sold. Some taxpayers repeatedly ask, “what happens in case of an oil spill?” That’s true. The chance has to be taken. These same taxpayers get up every morning and do not know what will happen to them during their day. Going on a vacation? What happens if the plane goes down? Are these taxpayers saying that car accidents don’t happen? We all only live once, so why not take the benefits of pipeline construction royalties over lottery tickets? Remember also that nothing will happen if your health suddenly deteriorates on you. In summary, we all take chances every day of our lives. Some of us even have jobs that can end in an accident. Joe Sawchuk Duncan B.C.

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Think tank needs $200K by next month A regional think tank is in danger of closing down if it can’t raise more money. Formed nearly five years ago, the SkeenaNass Centre for Innovation in Resource Economics (SNCIRE) says it has to raise $200,000 between now and the end of January. The money represents the organization’s minimum annual budget, allowing it to employ four parttime people and maintain an office, says executive director Rick Brouwer, one of the four employees. SNCIRE has, in the past, relied on grants for specific projects but hasn’t

had any of those for awhile, he said. “You make applications to various funding agencies and some work and some don’t,” Brouwer said. At the moment, SNCIRE is working on regional decision making models and is continuing its search for ways to add value to local forest resources. Brouwer described the former as very important given the potential for an LNG industry to change the economic and social fabric of the region and the latter as the main reason SNCIRE was formed in 2009. “We’ve really seen a need,” said Brouwer

of regional decision making. “And we saw that need years ago. And now more and more people are talking about it. We’re seeing momentum but much more work needs to be done.” And while LNG plants will have an impact, Brouwer says the region’s economic future also rests in a stable forest industry where value-added enterprises can avoid the boom and bust cycles of past forest uses. “There’s been some great work done but long-term sustainability just isn’t there yet,” he said of plans for a stable regional forest industry. Brouwer’s also

worried that when the economy improves, people focus on the business at hand and not on how to cope with change or on what to do if there is an economic slide. “We need to be prepared for both things,” he said. “I’m hopeful we will see people that recognize that need.” In the last several years, SNCIRE played a key role in studies pointing to the thousands of jobs that could be created in the region and of the local skills gap that needs to be closed for residents to benefit from those jobs. It then organized a jobs conference in

Dodgy numbers Contniued from page 5 The Public Consultation Panel witnesses were asked why the public wasn’t being told that the employment and economic benefit numbers are at best estimations, even by way of something as simple as a disclaimer or footnote in their advertisements. Witness Janet Holder, Executive Vice President, replied: “Well, I think if you talk about the ads, the ads are -- if you think about it, we have to provide so much information in a limited amount of space and a limited amount of time. So to put all the information in that ad and how this -- how these numbers were created would be -- it couldn’t be done.” She went on to say:

“I don’t think we’re hiding behind anything because we’ve presented that evidence before the JRP” and “So we have no reason to have to explain to anybody that we believe in these numbers.” This certainly struck me as going against the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards, the body that sets criteria for acceptable advertising that is truthful, fair and accurate. This October Enbridge Northern Gateway embarked on a new advertising campaign which included a pamphlet distributed through the mail, it read: “The pipeline will create over 3,000 construction jobs and 560 long-term jobs, and all here in B.C.” For that mul-

tipage pamphlet they certainly had ample room and plenty of time to include even a basic disclaimer or footnote stating the numbers in that pamphlet to be estimations, or any of the other descriptors the witnesses used; but they chose not to. What could the reason be for Enbridge Northern Gateway not telling the public the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about the employment and economic benefits, like their witnesses did in their sworn testimony? The only answer that I can think of is that the truth would not gain public support of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines. Brenda Gouglas Fort St. James

the spring and created a website called iChinook to connect businesses, agencies and people with skills training opportunities. Brouwer said SNCIRE is contacting business, governments and other agencies for financial assistance.

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Hospital group pitches in $10K Submitted The Kitimat General Hospital Foundation is donating $10,000 to Northern Health to remodel the nurses’ and doctor’s station in the emergency department of the Kitimat General Hospital. The project is part of an overall $811,000 upgrade to the emergency department funded by Northern Health and the North West Regional Hospital District. “We’re thankful to all members of the Foundation for their dedication and hard work in raising funds to improve health care in the community,” said Corinne Scott, Chair of the Kitimat General Hospital Foundation. “I am pleased that our first contribution will provide both staff and patients with an improved environment in the ER.” The project will create a glassed-in work station, which will provide improved patient confidentiality, better patient flow and a more professional and secure facility for ER staff.

This new addition to the ER should be completed in about three months. “This is a significant donation which is much appreciated by Northern Health, hospital staff and the community of Kitimat,” said Jonathan Cooper, Northern Health Kitimat Health Service Administrator. “This marks the first donation from the relatively new Kitimat Hospital Foundation, and is made possible by the hard work and dedication to Hospital Foundation fundraising and activities, the work of volunteers, and the generosity and support of Kitimat community groups and businesses.” The investment to the Kitimat General Hospital is the first for the Hospital Foundation. KGHF has been raising money since February 2011 including generous donations from the Snowflake Community Fairgrounds Society and Kitimat Kinsmen Club.

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Unifor Local 2301 collected $3,823.65 for the Kitimat Food Bank, and delivered it to the volunteers at the Christmas Hamper depot. The money came from both retirees and active members. Left to right are Martin McIlwrath, Rick Belmont, Jose Pires, with the food bank’s Marjorie Phelps, Pearl Lennox, Bill Willis and Robin Willis.

More flights means be punctual A Northwest Regional Airport official is warning passengers they need to be checked in by the time indicated by their carrier. With WestJet now flying out of the regional airport, more flights are taking off within a few minutes of each other and that means more passengers who need to be checked in and passed through security at the same time. So those who are late checking in or going through security risk not getting on their intended flight, says airport manager Carman Hendry. “There are times now when we have three aircraft on the apron,” said Hendry of service to

Vancouver offered by WestJet, Air Canada Jazz and Hawkair. “Being checked in means being checked in, not standing in the line up,” noted Hendry. He’s had several reports of people arriving after their check in time and then not being able to board their flight. Generally speaking, passengers have to be checked in 45 minutes before their flight and be through security 30 minutes before departure time. Hendry said people traveling from out of town to catch a flight should build in allowances for any potential traffic or other delays.

Kitimat not only one with housing crunch A report from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, reflecting communities with populations above 10,000, showed that Terrace had the lowest vacancy rate in the province. As of October, the vacancy rate for apartments in Terrace was the lowest in B.C. at zero per cent, down from 3.4 per cent

last October. Terrace’s overall vacancy rate is 0.4 per cent – the lowest in the province, with 542 units. Sqaumish and Parksville are tied for second lowest vacancy rate in the province, at 1.4 per cent. Vancouver sits at third lowest with 1.7 per cent. The CMHC rental market survey data doesn’t include

secondary rentals, such as basement suites, houses, or rooms rented by owners who also live in the house. Since the population was last calculated for the 2011 Canadian census, Kitimat’s population is only just over 7,000 on paper, although it could easily be argued we have well surpassed that.

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Out of here Continued from page 1 Moyls said she’s been working non-stop with people needing help through Kitimat’s housing crisis. “How many buildings do we have in the community? That’s the real limitation,” she said. That said, she does feel confident that arrangements can be made for the people in the two apartment buildings on Kuldo which are being renovated. “For this immediate sweep, I’m quite confident that these folks will be okay based on what I know so far.” But there’s still a long term problem to handle. “Even if we’re able to find solutions for the folks this time, there’s still two more buildings to go of their complex, and there’s still the Hillcrest apartments.” She said people in the Hillcrest Apartments tell her they expect eviction notices in the near future as that apartment complex undergoes renovations. And it’s not like people can move nearby, to Terrace or Prince Rupert to ride out the housing crunch. “So far there’s no new apartments being built and there’s nowhere in Terrace, there’s nowhere in Prince Rupert, the whole region is flooded right now.” What she’s seeing is a lot of people are moving into their family’s homes, crowding large families into smaller places, which understandably can cause stress. “I think that people even now, if they even can leave...they would. But many people, their

roots are here.” She said there were a number of people who left town in September when the roads and weather were still good. Back to Yeager,

he’d be happy to see public protests about housing but knows weather this time of year may make chances of that slim. But he’d also like to see flyer campaigns to raise

awareness about housing issues. As for what solutions there could be from his perspective, he said apart from building more housing, council should step in, possibly by creating

conditions for zoning permits that certain percentages of apartment buildings must be low income units, or having companies add a stipend to their per diems for employees,

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From November 21 for three days the Friends of the Kitimat Library held their regular used book sale, the continual fundraiser to support the Kitimat Public Library. The tally is in and the group raised approximately $1,000 from their most recent sale.

Preparing 2014’s financial plan Community groups and administrative departments of the District gave their budget proposal to council for consideration over two days of budget meetings last week. This all to be worked into an eventual final budget which has been designed with an eye to keep property taxes only to a three per cent tax revenue increase. (Actual tax rate will be set next year.) Chief Administrative Officer Ron Poole said that, as with their 2013 budget, they’re focusing on capacity building, and less on capital projects. “The reason for this is simple; the impacts of development are being felt now. Our planning department is a good example of this as we have tripled the number of planners on staff,” he said. He also said they need to look at ways of putting out projects, considering that the plan to rebuild downtown sidewalks in 2013 fell through due to a lack of bidders for the project, primarily due to contractors busy with other projects. As a run-down of what has been presented for operations, general government services which includes the administration, council, and grants to community organizations, is seeking $3,499,920, or a 3.1 per cent drop from 2013’s budget. Council’s budget saw the biggest drop of 25.9 per cent, partially from reduced council initiatives and lower travel expenses budgeted. Protective services — the police, fire department and building inspections, among other categories — sees a 4.6 per cent rise request, most significantly under animal and pest control, due to an alteration with the way the District handles animal control, following recommendations for better funding for the humane society. The society in the preliminary budget did not get their wish to be included under an operation-

A generalized look at operations budget 2014: Administration and Council, etc: $3,499,920 ($3,61,352 in 2013) Protective services: $5,794,315 ($5,541,001) Transport, engineering: $5,364,203 ($5,203,500) Ec. Dev, planning: $2,155,037 ($1,998,838) Recreation: $4,130,708 ($3,872,573) al grant, but their contract rises from $81,180 in 2013 to $153,500 in the 2014 financial plan. The transportation budget was presented at a 3.1 per cent increase. Transportation includes roads and streets, street lights, traffic signals and other general services. Environmental development services, which encompasses a range from planning and public health, to economic development, seeks a 7.8 per cent rise. The planning department takes the bulk of that increase with a 33.7 per cent rise, keeping in line with Poole’s comments that they are looking at capacity building. The recreation department looks to a 6.7 per cent increase, with no particular area taking the bulk of the increase, but the Riverlodge budget itself sees the biggest increase of all recreation categories at 9.3 per cent, to $1,074,687. Recreation and Cultural Services, the budget category that includes their payments to keep the museum, library and Mount Elizabeth Theatre running, is proposed to go up six per cent. The theatre sees no increase over last year, but the museum and the library have proposed to go up 5.4 and 2.6 per cent respectively.

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Braving a so-far this season unusual snowfall are, left to right, mail carrier Brenda Reay, Kathleen Hall, Eylene Craven and carrier Sam Thompson. Hall and Craven both take advantage of the Senior Citizens Alert Program.

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Cameron Orr A program which sees the Kitimat Snowflake Seniors Centre and the local Post Office teaming up to keep seniors safe in their homes continues. The Senior Citizens Alert Program has been a long-running Kitimat program which has postal carriers acting as a sentinel to watch for signs of distress in a senior’s home. For instance mail beginning to pile up at a home is a definite sign something has changed, and a mail carrier would likely be the first person to notice. The seniors in the program provide forms which include emergency contacts, and the carriers will call the contacts, or if needed the RCMP. While carriers would act on suspicions regardless, this program formalizes the process and makes sure the people who need to be called get called quickly. “When it’s inactive, we’re the ones that go up five days a week,” said Brenda Reay, a Kitimat mail carrier. Another mail carrier, Sam Thompson, says that they’ll keep an eye out for things that “just don’t look right,” from mail piling up to lawns that have been left uncut. The programmer for the Snowflake Seniors Centre Jocelyn Iannarelli said that signing up for this program expedites the process of tracking down emergency contacts. “This fills in one of the gaps,” she said. The program has been mostly popular among recent widowers, but would certainly be a worthwhile project to join no matter if it’s one person or more. This alert program has been running for over 20 years in Kitimat Iannarelli hopes that all seniors would participate in the program. Forms to join can be collected at either the seniors centre, located adjacent to the Riverlodge, or at the post office downtown.

Sarah Khan is Kitimat’s example of how hard work and organization can pay off in very direct ways. The graduate of Mount Elizabeth Secondary School is well into her first year at the University of Victoria, taking first year sciences on her way to a biochemistry degree, which in turn she hopes will be her ticket into medical school. She graduated grade 12 with a 97.25 per cent average, and that’s even with filling her spare time with volleyball, dance classes and other extra-curricular activities. In short, she’s done a lot and has amazingly come out of the haze of a graduating year of high school with her sanity, and a run at a high level university. Her work also means a $60,000 scholarship towards her tuition and living costs. Khan is one out of 40 winners of the Schulich Leader Scholarship, a relatively new scholarship prize that will effectively carry her through her undergraduate studies. It’s a prestigious award, given that there are 996 nominees from high schools across Canada. There is just one nomination per high school. Recipients must pursue undergraduate studies in either science, technology, engineering or mathematics, and must maintain a certain grade point average to continue receiving the scholarship for their four-year programs. So how did Khan manage to achieve her success while doing so much? “There’s definitely some days where I was a bit sleep deprived, but it definitely wasn’t bad. I just have this natural work ethic, I almost need to do it just for myself, that’s just my personality. I like getting things done, I like staying busy,” she said. She adds that “it’s all about time management.” “I spend time time-managing so that I know how much time to allot each thing,” she said. She admits that university studies are harder than high school, but high school definitely helped prepare her way to post-secondary.

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“I found that a lot of the things I learned in high school have helped me in my first year of courses because a lot of them are just continuations and a lot of it is repetition from grade 12,” she said. She’s already filling her time in Victoria, between daily runs, a dance class and volunteering for the Equity and Human Rights Club. With such a huge pool of candidates for the scholarship — it’s Canada-wide, not just B.C.wide — Khan said her being picked should be encouraging to anyone else in Kitimat who wants to give it a go. “They picked someone from Kitimat. It really shows you can do it,” she said.

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The delivery rate increase is estimated to be approximately $0.348 per GJ for a residential customer. This represents an increase of 3.0 percent compared to the 2013 delivery rate. The delivery rate increase for a small commercial customer is estimated to be $0.270 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 2.7 percent compared to the 2013 delivery rate. The Granisle propane delivery rate increase for a residential customer is estimated to be $0.247 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 3.8 percent compared to the 2013 delivery rate. Based on the gas cost recovery and Gas Cost Variance Account rate riders effective October 1, 2013 thru December 31, 2013, the overall average bundled rate increase for a typical residential customer consuming 68.7 GJ per year is 3.8 percent, an increase of $48 per year. Similarly, for a small commercial customer consuming 302.4 GJ per year, the increase is 4.0 percent or $189 per year and for Granisle propane customers consuming 53.5 GJ per year the overall average bundled rate increase is 1.0 percent, an increase of $13 per year. THE REGULATORY PROCESSES The Commission wishes to hear from affected parties before determining the public process necessary for the disposition of the Application. Commission Order G-208-13 establishes a Preliminary Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application. The detailed Preliminary Regulatory Timetable can be reviewed on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com under Current Applications. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE APPLICATION The Application and supporting material will be made available for inspection at public libraries in Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Houston, Smithers, Burns Lake, Vanderhoof and Fort St. James, and at the Head Office of PNG at Suite 950, 1185 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4E6, and at the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Sixth Floor, 900 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2N3. The Application will also be available for viewing on the PNG website at www.png.ca, (www.png. ca/ir_utilities.cfm) and on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com, which also contains detailed materials related to the Application including Commission Orders and Intervener materials. REGISTERING TO PARTICIPATE Persons who expect to actively participate in the review process should register as Interveners. Interveners will receive copies of the Application, all correspondence and filed documents. Persons not expecting to actively participate should register with the Commission as Interested Parties and will receive the Commission’s Decision. Interveners and Interested Parties must inform the Commission Secretary, in writing or by online web registration, by Tuesday, December 31, 2013 of their intention to become Interveners or Interested Parties with respect to the Application. All submissions and/or correspondence received from active participants or the general public relating to the Application will be placed on the public record and posted to the Commission’s website. FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, please contact Erica Hamilton, Commission Secretary, or Philip Nakoneshny, Director, Rates, as follows: Telephone: Facsimile: E-mail:

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Applies only to qualified retail customers in BC Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Annual kilometre limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometre. Down payment or trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payments may vary depending on down payment/trade. Dealers are free to set individual prices. PPSA/RDPRM is not due. Insurance, license, dealer fees, and applicable taxes not included. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See participating dealer for details. $3,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit has been applied to the purchase, financing and lease offers of 2014 Silverado Crew Cab, and is applicable to retail customers only. Other credits available on select Silverado models. ^Offer only valid from December 10, 2013 to January 2, 2014 (the “Program Period”) to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing a Chevrolet Aveo, Cobalt, Caprice, Cavalier, Cruze, Epica, Impala, Lumina, Malibu, Metro, Monte Carlo, Optra Sonic, Spark, Volt, Saturn Ion, Aura, Astra, L-Series, S-Series, Sky, that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six months, will receive a $1,000 Holiday Owner Bonus credit towards the lease, purchase or finance of an eligible new 2014 Chevrolet Sonic, Cruze, Malibu or Impala delivered during the Program Period. Eligible retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing a Chevrolet HHR, Equinox, Tracker, Uplander, Venture, Astro, Lumina APV, Blazer, Traverse, Trailblazer; Saturn Vue, Relay, Outlook; Pontiac Montana/SV6, Transport, Torrent, Aztek, Sunrunner; Buick Rendezvous, Terraza, Enclave, Rainier; Oldsmobile Silhouette, Bravada; GMC Safari, Jimmy, Terrain, Acadia or Envoy, that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six months, will receive a $1,000 Holiday Bonus Owner credit towards the lease, purchase or finance of an eligible new 2014 Chevrolet Trax, Equinox or Traverse delivered during the program period. Only one (1) credit may be applied per eligible vehicle sale. Offer is transferable to a family member living in the same household (proof of address required). This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. The $1,000 credit includes HST/GST/QST/PST as applicable by province. As part of the transaction, dealer will request current vehicle registration and/or insurance to prove ownership for the previous consecutive six months. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See your GM dealer for details. ^Offer only valid from December 10, 2013 – January 2, 2014 (the “Program Period”) to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing (during the Program Period) a GM or competitor pickup truck to receive a $1,000 credit towards the purchase, finance or lease of an eligible new 2014 Model Year Chevrolet Silverado Light Duty, Silverado Heavy Duty, Sierra Light Duty, Sierra Heavy Duty, or Avalanche. Only one (1) credit may be applied per eligible vehicle sale. Offer is transferable to a family member living in the same household (proof of address required). This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. The $1,000 credit includes HST/GST/QST/PST as applicable by province. As part of the transaction, dealer will request current vehicle registration and/or insurance to prove ownership. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See your GM dealer for details. ¥The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter LOF Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased, leased or financed a new eligible 2014 MY Chevrolet, Buick, or GMC vehicle (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelco oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 KMs, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM Dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserve the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer or chevrolet.ca for details. ≠Offer valid only to eligible retail lessees in Canada who have obtained credit approval by GM Financial, have entered into a lease agreement with GM Financial and who accept delivery from October 11, 2013, through January 2, 2014, of a new eligible 2014 model. General Motors of Canada will pay the first month’s lease payment (inclusive of taxes and any applicable pro-rata amount normally due at lease delivery as defined on the lease agreement). $0 first month lease payment means no bi-weekly payments will be due in the first month of your lease agreement. After the first month, lessee will be required to make all remaining scheduled payments over the remaining term of the lease agreement. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ~OnStar services require vehicle electrical system (including battery) wireless service and GPS satellite signals to be available and operating for features to function properly. OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. Subscription Service Agreement required. Visit onstar.ca for OnStar’s Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and details and system limitations. Additional information can be found in the OnStar Owner’s Guide. **Available in select markets. Subscription sold separately after trial period. Visit siriusxm.ca for details. ñFor more information visit iihs.org/ratings. +The Best Buy Seal is a registered trademark of Consumers Digest Communications, LLC, used under license. Consumer Digest Best Buy was awarded to the 2013 Equinox. *≠When equipped with available 6.2L EcoTec3 V8. Class is light-duty full-size pickups. uU.S. government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA ’s) New Car Assessment Program (safercar. gov). †† Requires 2WD Double or Crew Cab with the available 6.2L EcoTec3 V8 engine and Max Trailering Package. Maximum trailer weight ratings are calculated assuming a base vehicle, except for any option(s) necessary to achieve the rating, plus drive.The weight of other optional equipment, passengers and cargo will reduce the maximum trailer weight your vehicle can tow. Comparison based on wardsauto.com 2013 Light-Duty Large Pickup segment and latest competitive data available. Excludes other GM vehicles. Class is light-duty full-size pickups.

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Strong showing at Kla How Ya

A skater carves up the ice during the Kla How Ya competition. Dwight Magee

Cameron Orr Snow Valley Skate Club skaters performed very well for their first competition for the year, and were rewarded for their performance. Head Coach Cynthia Medeiros said there was no one to single out in Kitimat for exceptional performance because “We had 38 skaters participate and we did great, lots of wins and lots of people on the podium,” she said. “This was our first competition of the year so it was good for the girls to see where they were.” It could be seen as

“We did great, lots of wins and lots of people on the podium.” a sort of warm-up as skaters from Kitimat will be heading to a regional championship in Williams Lake in January. From there, the next big event will be provincials in

March in Kelowna. “Everyone had a really good competition, a good skate. That’s for sure,” said Medeiros about the Kla How Ya. Kitimat did so well they earned a team trophy from the event, awarded to the club with the most points. Medeiros said she’s also incredibly

happy with how much support the event received from the community and local businesses. While there are too many results to list here from the event as a whole, people can look up the results for the Kla How Ya by going to www.skatinginbc.com and searching for the event name under Competitions.

Wishing our employees, retirees, their families and our host communities a very happy holiday season. May the new year be filled with health and happiness. From our family at Rio Tinto Alcan to yours,

Michel Lamarre Director, Kitimat Modernization Project

The Rampage’s Devin Palmer gets around the Ice Demons Brandon Bye in the December 7 match, leading up to the Rampage’s 6-1 win. The Ice Demons were set to take on the Terrace River Kings in their next game, scheduled for this past Friday. After that they’ll battle the Rampage again, this time on home ice on the 28th. Shaun Thomas

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