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NEWS BRIEFS Go Stars! The Fort St. James Atoms Stars hockey team won one more trophy in Burns Lake on the Dec. 14 weekend. The team took second place, losing out to Houston in the final 2-3. Tye Peters and Dawson Davis were the team scorers. This is the third tournament in a row for the Atoms team which ended in the finals, they were first in Fort St. James and Houston before that, winning both tournaments.
DoggyDoo race
Weather-permitting, the Doggy-Doo sled dog race will once again take place on January 1. Leaving from Cottonwood Park, the race has two rules: the race starts at noon and have fun. Teams go out onto the lake, race up and across and usually lap around Beaver Island and return.
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Successes at the KEY
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The Key Resource Centre seems to be enjoying some success. The centre opened only months ago and is located next to the Integris, sharing adjoining building space with the credit union. Serving between 30 and 50 people per day on average when they are open, the centre has been providing a space for conversation, a connection to resources and offered workshops to the community. “We’ve well exceeded our statistics on what we thought we’d have,” said Ann McCormick, CNC Fort St. James campus supervisor. In their funding application, the estimate for usage had been 20 visitors a day. Guy Prince is one of the front line workers in The Key who works with the clients doing workshops on things from wellness and self care to crafts and Carrier language. “I’ve seen a lot of enlightenment,” said Prince. He said he feels like the centre has begun to establish an awareness with the community of showing respect to each other. “It’s a good opportunity to communicate,” said Prince, and the workers are slowly building relationships as a way of “ensuring that the people that do come through here have trust, have trust in us.” He has also been impressed with the number of natural artists he has worked with in the centre. This year The Key participated in the local campus of the College of New Caledonia pumpkin carving contest, and some of the creations were pretty amazing, he said. While neighbouring businesses have not necessarily noticed a significant different in the amount of loitering, there have been some improvements in behaviour, and Mayor Rob Macdougall said he has taken note. “I know indirectly Integris and The
Key are engaging people downtown,” said MacDougall. He said things like getting people picking up garbage and shovelling sidewalks is creating a sense of ownership and pride in the area. Kathie Kealy, who does most of the administration for The Key did survey the local businesses and said the trend so far is to improvement in the downtown core. “It’s really gratifying,” she said, and noted some improvements are less antisocial behaviour and less garbage. She particularly said having things like puzzles, crafts and the elder story time have really helped created opportunities for dialogue and building relationships. So far, workshops on average have between six and 16 people in attendance, but some attract even more. Elders come in on Fridays between 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. for storytelling, attracting around 15 people each time. Kealy said the centre is slowly establishing a link to resources and a place for people to talk. “People are kind of realizing, if you’re not healthy, this is not the place you should be,” said Kealy. She said the centre has also established a good relationship with the RCMP, who stop in regularly and help out if there are any issues or concerns. Staff Sergeant Paul Thalhofer mentioned The Key as being a step in the right direction in his recent quarterly report to mayor and council. This and increased foot patrols in downtown have helped to decrease some of the issues around open drinking in the downtown, he said. While there may not be a big difference in the amount of loitering in front of Integris, Branch Manager Joan Burdeniuk said she’s noticed other changes. “I’m seeing very positive interactions going on and opportunities for people,” she said. “They’ve been trying to integrate a good neighbour policy and that’s been really nice.” She said the centre is a good first step for the community but it will take time
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to realize it’s full potential and it will take buy-in from the entire community. “I think we need everybody to be comfortable with it and become familiar with it and the resources that are available,” she said. Burdeniuk has been going over to the centre herself to offer financial literacy courses and has been to elder story time. Open so far Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the centre was geared at creating a bit of an outreach location for people in the community to connect them to services and resources. The initiative is a partnership between the College of New Caledonia,
Nak’azdli Band, Nak’azdli Health Unit, Nak’azdli Alternate Justice, the District of Fort St. James and Fort St. James Integris Credit Union. The location provides a central spot for people spending time downtown and to connect to some of the health, life and literacy services offered in the community and area. There are also workshops and an elder story time, open to anyone interested in hearing legends and history or learning some different skills. It was hoped the spot would help give people hanging out downtown a place to go and help create bridges in the community between people and people and resources or opportunities.
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Year End Revue February, 2013 Fort boarders dominate
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There was some blue sky and sunshine during the Northern B.C. High School Ski and Snowboard zone Championships Feb. 7. High school snowboarders competed at Murray Ridge in Fort St. James on the Thursday. Female snowboarders from Fort St. James did well, with four competitors in the top 10. Sara King from Fort St. James was second overall
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out of 22 competitors. Once again, Fort St. James girl boarders topped the team competitions showing their depth of talent. The team ranking depends on the top four times from each team. Fort St. James Secondary School female board team (FSJSS) had a total time of 232.5 seconds to secure first place. Lakes District Second-
ary School female board team placed second overall, with a total time of 242 seconds. Smithers Secondary School girl boarders took third with 248.2 seconds.
Year End Revue March, 2013
Community hall coming Coming soon to a theatre near you … a community hall. A deal to purchase the theatre building in order to turn it into a community hall has gone through. The purchase agreement between Columbine Investments and the District of Fort St. James has had the conditions removed and a final price has been disclosed. Finding the price was a bit of a process, according to Mayor Rob MacDougall. “One of the challenges in small communities like ours is there’s no real market established for buildings of that size,” he said. “But if you look at it and the replacement value and work backwards from the replacement value, depreciation, at the end of the day we felt the price was something we’re satisfied with and we would proceed.” The final purchase price was for $525,000 in cash and $325,000 in the form of a charitable donation receipt to Columbine Investments. MacDougall said while some may be disappointed the plans to build from scratch have been shelved, the purchase is a good one. “Our back was against the wall this year with some grant monies that we’d received,” he said. “We felt that as elected representatives we would be remiss if we did not take advantage of the $900,000 of grant funding and secure something for the community. “I think it’s a win-win for us and and it’s a building that’s structurally sound,” said MacDougall. “I’m excited to see it happen.” MacDougall said the purchase of an older building will also offer the municipality the option of doing upgrades over time as they can afford them. The land titles are being processed and once those go
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FIrEwEED STOPPING ThE VIOlENCE & OUTrEaCh SErVICE For those who believe all is possible!...Provides free Confidential, Safe, and Supportive counselling and outreach services for women. Hours of Service: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and every other Friday. Location: Room 203, 349 Stuart Drive, Fort St James, BC Phone: (250) 9961214 Fax: (250) 996-7647 Email: fire.or@telus.net *** ST PaTrICk’S aNGlICaN ChUrCh... hosts a free lunch every Tuesday from 11.00am - 1.00pm. All are welcome. This lunch is made possible through the generous giving of time and resources,by many people in the region, including The Roman Catholic Church, Camp Living Water, E-Free Church and many other individuals. We wish to thank all those who contribute their labour to this program as well as those who provide food and other necessities. We also run a small food bank on Tuesday morning, and are very thankful for all who contribute to this endeavor. For further information please call Gwen Andrews 567-6744. *** SErVICE TIMES... at St Patrick’s Anglican Church, Fort St James, will be 10:30 am every Sunday. Free lunch every Tues between 11-1pm with music and Prayer. Please come and join us. *** FIrEwEED ClOThES DrIVE... The Fireweed Safe Haven is doing a winter clothes drive. We are looking for jackets, boots, snow pants, mitts, hats, scarves, fleeces, etc, for men, women and children. The items will then be given to families in the community that need them. If you do not have anything at home that you can part with but still wish to contribute, you can purchase mitts, socks, or thermal underwear. Please drop items off at the Fireweed Safe Haven. For more information please contact Talia at (250) 996-8081. Every little bit helps. *** aUxIlIary TO STUarT lakE hOSPITaL... Monthly meeting 2nd Wednesday each month. Hospital Cafeteria 7:00 p.m.
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Year End Revue April, 2013
Ten youth, six days Local youth represented the community at a youth conference in Penticton over spring break. The aboriginal youth conference, called Gathering Our Voices, is an annual conference held every year in different locations across B.C. for up to 2,000 youth between the ages of 14 and 24. This year’s conference was in Penticton, and 10 youth from both the Nak’azdli Youth Council and the Fort St. James Secondary School (FSJSS) Youth Council went down to the event with two chaperones. The theme of the conference was how to lead healthier lives, focussing on a variety of areas including health, recreation, culture, employment, language, the environment, and sports. According to Jana Gainor, the Fireweed youth coordinator, who helps run the FSJSS youth council, the students who attended this year’s con-
ference were all “buzzing” with enthusiasm after their return, and some of the highlights they talked about included a workshop titled Elders don’t bite and a beatboxing workshop which inspired the youth to make up beatboxing songs all the way home. It was also the first time non-First Nations were sent to an aboriginal youth conference from Fort St. James, and the lone nonFirst Nations girl who went said she felt completely welcome and was really grateful for the opportunity to go. Another highlight of the trip was the free clothing room full of namebrand clothing they could choose five items from. While some of the students felt it was outside their comfort zone to be among so many people they did not know at the conference, they gained confidence through the experience. The students also made friends amongst each oth-
er, which helped them to youth groups then split the to work so much together, make friends with more cost of the conference be- I think it’s an example for people outside their cur- tween them. the whole community,” rent groups of friends. “I think it was just so said Gainor. “I think beThe trip was a big important how the two cause they know each othperk to being on the youth youth councils are starting er so well, they’re excited council and in addition, chaperone Lenny Prince said the Fort St. James youth were among the most respectful at the conference, and were really well-behaved during the speakers, which made them great representatives for the community. The larger group was made possible because the Nak’azdli Youth Council had applied for a The cross-country skiing on Stuart Lake was phenonmegrant and received nal this year thanks to track setting by Paul Inden, presi$5,000 towards dent of the local cross-country ski club. Track was set from the trip. the waterfall at Stone’s Bay all the way down to the Fort The Nak’azdli Youth Council St. James National Historic Site. While the sunshine was then shared this metling the tracks quickly, it was great way to get out in the grant with the FS- sunshine before the snow was gone and while the streets JSS Youth Coun- turn to mud. Photo courtesy of Paul and Kelley Inden cil, so the two
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Year End Revue May, 2013
Fire department saved church Father Frank Salmon credited the quick response and training of the local fire department with saving his church. A fire destroyed a
shed on the Our Lady of the Snow Catholic Church on the Nak’azdli Reserve in Fort St. James, but was close to taking the church and rectory as
well. Salmon’s rectory, which is on the back of the church, also has an attached wood shed which had just caught fire when the
When the circus came to town
A contortionist was one of the performers at the Clark and Barnes Circus in Fort St. James on May 23, 2013. Ruth Lloyd/Caledonia Courier
firefighters arrived on the scene. The storage shed next to the main building was completely engulfed when the firefighters arrived and the shed and its contents were completely destroyed in the fire. “The quick response of the fire department saved the church for sure,” said Salmon. Had they been five minutes later, Salmon thinks the wood shed would have been too far gone to stop it from destroying the rest of the entire structure. While the rectory was damaged with some melted siding visible from the outside and possible smoke damage, As-
sistant Fire Chief Don Fraser said it looked like the structure itself of the rectory and church were not seriously fire-damaged besides the siding. Two fire engines and one water tender were on site to fight the fire, one working primarily on the destroyed shed and one on the grass fire which had burnt the hillside below the church.
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ties below the church had grass still burning while crews were at the scene, so the fire may have started down slope. RCMP reminded residents to take precautions with fires - do not leave them unattended and make sure to have water and equipment on site to deal with a fire should it begin to get out of control.
Happy Holidays from everyone at Northern Gateway. As the year comes to a close, I want to say a personal thank you for your hospitality
Year End Revue June, 2013
throughout the year. My very best wishes to the community for a joyous, safe and
attempt at separation became official after a meeting in February of 2011 when Binche members got together and passed a motion to start the separation process in earnest. The committee then collected 109 signatures of eligible voters who identify as members of Binche, out of an estimated 150-160 eligible voters. “That is a huge number of eligible It was another year and another grad class being voters that have sent off into the world from Fort St. James Secondvoted in favour of ary School to make their way. separating,” said Ruth Lloyd/Caledonia Courier Hallman. needed clearing up,” said The separation commit- ings regularly. Chief Ralph Pierre of Pierre. tee met with Tl’azt’en and Tl’azt’en admits things He said there are a few put together a proposal for have been held up lately, things Binche still needs the separation, dividing up but said he’s hoping to get to get in order, but he said liabilities and assets. While Tl’azt’en did put things back on track once on the Tl’azt’en side, the together their own com- the Tl’azt’en committee committee members just mittee to negotiate terms in can get together and get its have to find a time to get together and discuss some March 2011 and was open members up to speed. “It’s just Tl’azt’en’s things internally. to the separation process, end, we haven’t been conThe Binche group said the Binche committee was sistent in having our comthey hope to continue the concerned things have become stalled and Tl’azt’en mittee meetings, so the process in good faith, and committee members have committee needs to sit and have submitted a proposal not been attending meet- there were a few things that they feel is agreeable.
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Binche has been trying to separate from Tl’azt’en Nation for two years, but began pushing harder in June. The Binche elders say Binche had never wanted to join with Tache back when the then Department of Indian Affairs came to the village in 1959 and had Chief Dominic (who according to the story could not read or write) put an “x” on the document joining Binche, Tache, Middle River and Yekooche into the StuartTrembleur Band. This band then became Tl’azt’en Nation. Yekooche broke away in 1994 from Tl’azt’en, and Binche believes they should do the same for the sake of improving services on their own reserve lands and returning to the more self-sufficient way of life they once had. “It about the people wanting their independence back,” said Josh Hallman, the chair of the separation committee, as well as an elected Tl’azt’en Band councillor. While it has been talked about for decades, the latest
Salmon said the shed was used to store a number of items both belonging to himself and to the church, including his kayaks, camping gear, canoe and the church’s rideon lawnmower. He was hopeful insurance would cover some of the losses. The cause of the fire was still under investigation at the time of the story, but proper-
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“Portland is an amazing city,” said Gammon. One member of the patrol was even selected to go on a trip to Swtizerland last summer. The trips are open to members of the Girl Guides of Canada Organization and are partly funded by cookie money. The Girl Guides of Canada are part of a larger international organization call the World Association of Girl Guides and Scouts (WAGGS). This organization has a chalet in the Swiss Alps where local Ranger Carmen Bennison was able to attend a challenge camp. Bennison was one of eight girls selected from across Canada to attend and there were over 30 girls from around the world in the chalet at the same time attending the camp. Divided into groups, the girls had opportunities to rappel into a gorge, hike in the Alps, practice compass work, white water raft, rock climb and camp overnight to get up for a sunrise hike. Bennison said she was terrified during the rappel but that and the overnight in a cheese maker’s hut were two of the highlights for her. Clockwise from top left: A groups of Rangers and Pathfinders “It was absoluteenjoy the fountains of Portland, Oregon. Some of the group ly beautiful,” she play in the sand in Seaside, Oregon. Playing on the beach said. during a camp out. Out in the snow along Stuart Lake during The local patrol a winter stay at Camp Morice. Hiking along the Lewis and particularly like the Portland as a city blew Clark Trail on the Oregon coast. work the Photos courtesy of Claire Mckay service them away, and one remarked group does, helpshe had never experienced so much public art. Their tour ing run camps for the younger guides and the comradery included information on the city planning for the area and amongst their Patrol. how the city has been developed for walking and cycling. “The older you get, the closer the group gets,” said The group even played in the fountains. Gammon.
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