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Pipeline opposition solidifies ENBRIDGE’S plan to ship Alberta crude oil via a pipeline through northern B.C. to a marine terminal at Kitimat for export to Asia passed a first test last week with a federal review panel recommending acceptance of the project. But supporters say there’s much work yet to be done and those opposed are predicting continued – and increasing – actions to stop the project. The panel’s recommendation for acceptance is now

being considered by the federal cabinet which has up to 180 days to respond. Enbridge officials say they are now studying the panel’s report which contains 209 conditions addressing construction, environmental protection and myriad other issues. “The [National Energy Board’s] Joint Review Panel conducted the most comprehensive and science-based pipeline review in Canadian history and their report reflects the input of thousands

of Canadians. Their report is an important step towards that goal,” said Enbridge official Janet Holder who is in charge of the Northern Gateway project. Although the panel did acknowledge the potential for environmental impacts, it ranked the potential for spills, for example, as low. It felt that the overall benefit of exporting oil outweighed, on balance, the potential for environmental effects. The federal cabinet can either accept or reject the

panel’s recommendations and either direct the National Energy Board to issue what are called issues of public convenience or direct it to dismiss the application. If it chooses to, and before it makes its decision, the federal cabinet can order the board to reconsider its recommendation or any of the 209 recommendations. “If the [federal cabinet] orders reconsideration, the National Energy Board will reconsider and decide whether or not to make

changes to what is contained in the report,” states the board on its website. Greg Knox of Terracebased SkeenaWild, a regional environmental group, is surprised the board determined the chances of environmental impacts are low. “You can’t clean up oil,” said Knox of the potential of a marine spill. “It’s impossible. The most successful response is to clean up 5 – 15 per cent of the oil. And that’s under really good conditions.”

Knox said that while the project has acceptance from the National Energy Board, Enbridge has failed to gain the approval of First Nations and the public. It’s left him predicting the chance of mass civil disobedience should the federal cabinet approve the project. Skeena – Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen is also looking at the next phase as supporters and opposers gather their forces together.

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Mayor is disappointed

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■■ Old school For the third year in a row, ultimate hockey dad Brian Reimer has turned his Terrace backyard into an outdoor rink – complete with advertisements on the boards, flood lights, a centre line and blue lines, and a net to catch stray pucks, the 50x100 foot rink took him nearly a month to complete. After a warm few weeks, it was finally cold enough on Dec. 18 for this group of atoms to take to the ice – friends who play on four different teams, the group gathered to warm up before official practice at the Sportspex on the old school rink. “We’ll be out here until 10 or 11 o’clock some nights,” said Reimer, noting that the ice is harder than it is with indoor rinks, meaning skates need to be well-sharpened.

TERRACE Mayor Dave Pernarowski says he’s disappointed in the decision by a federal review panel to recommend construction of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline. “I don’t know that I was entirely surprised, but I was a little bit disappointed that the review panel just seemed to miss the point that was being brought forward to the panel through all the discussion,” said Pernarowski of widespread opposition to the project expressed at the panel’s hearings held in the northwest and elsewhere. During the fall 2011 civic election, Pernarowski ran on a platform of being opposed to the pipeline project but voted to stay neutral in February 2012 when city council formally expressed its opposition. Pernarowski acknowledged that if the federal government approves the project, which he thinks is likely considering the statements it has already made, that the dialogue between council and Enbridge will take on a whole new pitch. It will “no longer be a ‘do you think this is a good project’” dialogue but instead a “we’re doing the project and we want to get social licence to continue working in the community discussion,” said Pernarowski. He said that in the new year council will discuss what its orientation will be moving forward, but suspects that council will still be opposed.

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Pipeline still too risky, says MP

“The risks far outweigh the benefits but the project will move on to the next stage, which I am guessing will be the courts as First Nations are prepared for that ... this has only further marginalized the voices of First Nations people. The government just said to 78 First Nations who opposed this pipeline, ‘we don’t care’.” He downplayed the potential for civil disobedience. “We are a long way from that. There are pending court cases, there are many opportunities for peaceful protest before shovels hit the ground ...there is a federal election in 2015 and, more im-

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mediately, a municipal election in 2014 and this will be a ballot issue,” he said. “The risks are still the risks and we cannot allow this for ourselves and, more importantly, for future generations.” Skeena NDP MLA Robin Austin called the 209 conditions a “complete whitewash.” “Probably the federal government will forget half the conditions and Enbridge will forget the other half,” said Austin. “I think this is just the beginning of the next phase of opposition. This will anger people not just in northwest British Colum-

bia but will anger British Columbians in general.” He believes there’s no chance the pipeline will actually be built given the opposition the project is still facing. “Today’s decision serves nothing more than to make people just understand what the agenda is of the Stephen Harper government,” he said. “I would hope that people after today’s decision will recognize they need to contact every single Conservative Member of Parliament in British Columbia, and call the Premier and put pressure on her.”

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Mayor worried

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“I am concerned about how this is going to impact our community and the region,” said the mayor. “It will be interesting times around here once the bulldozers start rolling out.” The Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce isn’t ready yet to comment on the review panel’s report. Chamber president Janice Shaben said the business group would be polling its members early in the new year. In February 2012, just after Terrace city council voted to oppose Northern Gateway, the chamber executive released a letter saying that while it took a neutral stance to the pipeline project until the review panel had released its report, it did welcome new industry to the area. Since then, said chamber executive director Carol Fielding, it heard from a number of its members. “We did write the letter that spoke to the fact that we are looking forward to all the new industries are coming. But quite a few of our members were opposed. I thinks it’s a split decision. After that letter hit the paper we had some calls from our members,” said Fielding.

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Locals aid typhoon victims FROM individuals to businesses to schools, locals have been contributing to the effort to aid the victims of Typhoon Haiyan which swept through the Philippines in November. The number of schools contributing included Suwilaawks Community School and Skeena Middle School. At Skeena Middle School, the effort was lead by its student leadership group which organized a coin drive. By the end, the students had collected $1,246.19. Businesses such as the Kawrner Store on Kalum put out collection jars. Also collecting money was the provincial government liquor store. When finished, the government liquor store had collected $4,418, the most of any midsized provincial liquor

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LEADERSHIP students at Skeena Middle School organized a coin drive in support of the Philippine typhoon relief effort and collected $1,246.19. That’s teacher Shannon Benmore back row left with students Kailey Halverson, Tegan Dejong, Aquiles Downer and Payton Fekete. store and 8th overall in the province. Donations of $2 and $5 were accepted with the money going to the Red Cross. In all, 195 provincial

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protestors make their views known about coal mining plans in the Klappan. Coal Licence Deferral Area Order is for one year from now until December 2014. Fortune Minerals official Troy Nazarewicz said that his company “welcomes their statement because they are upholding the validity of existing coal tenures and the authorizations in the Klappan area that includes ours. And we support their commitment to finding a solution for responsible resource development

in conjunction with recognizing the important cultural values in the Klappan.” “It’s similar to what we did stepping back from the site and just allowing whatever discussion they’re having to go on with less noise,” said Nazarewicz about his company uprooting their camp early in the fall because of the protests. “We are supportive of this action today.” “The authorizations are to effectively allow

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us to complete the field work that is necessary for that environmental assessment,” he said. Back in September that field work was disrupted when the BC Government asked Fortune Minerals to suspend their work so that the strategic committee could be formed. “They asked us to step down at the end of the camp. They asked us to close up, to temporarily withdraw from the property, and we acted on that,” said Nazarewicz, adding that this was the alternative they chose to seeking a court injunction against the protestors. “This is an interim measure that will enable further discussions with the Tahltan on a balanced solution that supports responsible resource development and recognizes the important cultural values in the Klappan,” said Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett commenting on events. Previously Shell Canada had sought to extract coal bed methane from the Klappan Valley but gave up its tenure in 2012 after an agreement was struck with the provincial government that gave them a $20 million credit to go toward a water treatment plant in northeastern B.C. for natural gas operations.

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A company seeking to construct a coal mine in Tahltan First Nation traditional territory of the Klappan Valley says last week’s decision by the province to suspend new coal tenures in the area will help resolve the ongoing dispute over its own plans. The announcement from the Ministry of Energy and Mines to defer new coal tenures applies to approximately 255,000 hectares and 62 coal license applications. However it does not affect the operations of Fortune Minerals which is the only company with a pre-existing coal tenure in the Klappan area. Last summer, a series of protests from Tahltan and conservation groups lead to the withdrawal of Fortune Minerals from the Klappan Valley in September, putting an early end to the field work it was doing leading up to applying for an environmental review of its proposed Arctos Anthracite coal mine. The Klappan Strategic Initiative was then formed that included members of the Tahltan nation with senior officials from several ministries, and is seeking to make a decision over the future stewardship of the Klappan area. The new Klappan

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Christmas Concerts Anna Killen and Josh Massey PHOTOs

‘Tis the season for Christmas concerts at Terrace and Thornhill schools. Clockwise from top left, Trista Cooley, Hailey Moore and Alyson Guno formed the official welcoming committee Dec. 17 at Suwilaawks Community School as Christmas events continued with a kindergarten concert and visit by Santa; École Jack-Cook students present the first of two plays, Le Sapin Parfait, on the evening of Dec.19; Kindergartener Jazmine Tait shares a moment with a friend during Cassie Hall’s standing-room-only Christmas singalong Dec. 19; Uplands Elementary acting principal Julia Nieckarz-English stands with Reece and Rhyan Nester at that school’s concert held at the REM Lee Theatre; We caught these Kindergarten to Grade 2 students from Mountain View Christian Academy in the green room before the school’s Christmas concert on Dec. 18 – they would sing “Away in a manger” and “Just a little bit of hay” to a packed house at the Thornhill Community Church; Eight-year-old Troy George of Mrs. Billey’s Grade 3 class at Thornhill Primary School performs during that school’s animalthemed concert Dec. 17. For more school concerts, see the Community front page (A14). Other holiday cheer can be found in the B section.

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EDITORIAL

Christmas ONE of the encouraging signs that this is a brighter Christmas than last rests with the number of people accessing the Terrace Churches Food Bank. Demand has been consistently lower this fall and early winter compared to 2012, reports the food bank’s John Wiebenga. In November the food bank distributed 120 fewer bags than in November 2012 and this month, 80 fewer bags were distributed compared to December 2012. (Mr. Wiebenga does note that baby food supplies are low – something easily added to your cart when buying those last minute Christmas food items.) There’s similar news from the Salvation Army – 460 households registered this year for Christmas hampers, a drop of 501 from Christmas 2012. While it may be too early to determine if this is a trend that will continue, the optimistic hope is that lower numbers reflect a growth in local employment thanks to a reviving regional economy. More people working means a healthier and happier population, something that has been in short supply in the northwest over the past decade and a half. It’s something to think about this Christmas season. Our hope is that this holiday season gives you joy and comfort now and in the days ahead in however you celebrate. ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988

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anada Post’s plan to phase out doorto-door mail delivery in favour of community super boxes would have me up in arms if I were physically disabled and housebound or if I received more than bills and fast food flyers most days. Still, I’ve heard the pros and cons and appreciate their implications. Theft from super boxes is a big concern. CBC investigated and reported between 2008 to 2013 British Columbia experienced 4800 incidents of vandalism or other tampering with community super boxes. Incidents included prying boxes open, cutting locks, arson, stealing mail, shoving boxes over on their backs like turtles (this happened to two boxes, one on Parmenter, the other on the north end of Novotny, before the boxes could be anchored in concrete, despite plenty of foot and vehicular traffic passing both locations). Vehicles deliberately drive into the boxes. Other boxes are battered by hand tools. After thefts customers must change their credit card and bank account numbers, and security system codes.

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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI A tedious, exasperating task rarely necessary when mail is delivered door-to-door. Others argue a mailbox outside your front door or, as in rural cases, at the end of a driveway, are not secure from theft or vandals either. A slot in your front door may be more secure than an outside mailbox, but I would worry about molotov cocktails being slipped into my house by some weirdo. Finding physical space to set up these monster boxes will be a particular problem in established neighbourhoods. New developments plan for super mail boxes setting aside real estate for

them. But what of built up areas where every square foot is either street, boulevard, or private property? Where will those super boxes be shoehorned in? And if Canada Post tries to “rent” front yard space from homeowners that, too, will add to the perpetual cost even as the boxes disfigure owners’ front yards. Another objection to community mail boxes is the litter they create. Often people sort their mail at the box and toss flyers and other junk on the ground heedless of handy recycling bins. If recycling bins are used, someone must be hired to empty them daily. Would the job of postie merely morph into that of garbage man? In winter snow clearing contractors would have to be hired to remove snow around boxes, a job that currently falls to individual home owners at no cost to Canada Post. One objection clear to me is the loss of delivery and human contact for shut-ins, elderly or others restricted by mobility or vision problems. And how many times have posties saved the life of an elderly shut-in who may have fallen and been unable

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The Mail Bag He now has roof over head

Grizzly hunt is just fine Dear Sir: The Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia (GOABC) would like the opportunity to respond to Rob Brown’s December 4, 2013 column, “A Grizzly Enterprise.” Hunting is an emotionally charged debate. Each year hunters and anti-hunters passionately promote their positions.

Despite differences, there is actually a significant amount of common ground between anti-hunting groups and organizations such as the GOABC. Both have concerns for the health of wildlife populations and the maintenance of wildlife habitat to suit the longterm needs of wildlife. There is consensus on the importance of

mitigating the impacts of industrial development and limiting conflict between humans and wildlife. The divergence of opinions occurs on the question of whether or not sustainable hunting is appropriate. The GOABC believes in sustainable use of all resources, including wildlife. Wildlife are a highly renewable

resource. The provincial Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations estimates that there are 15,00016,000 grizzly bears in the province. The total annual harvest of grizzly bears has been consistent around 300 grizzly bears per year for the past decade. This represents 1.75 per cent of the total popula-

tion. And that is well below the 6 per cent maximum harvest mortality referenced by the Independent Scientific Panel on the Management of Grizzly Bears. There are many things that threaten grizzly bears today, but licensed hunting is not one of them.

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Dear Sir: There are those times in a person’s life when there truly are no words to convey appreciation. This is one of those times for me and a simple thank you does not seem appropriate, however that is all I have to extend. I was in a place of need, and each and everyone of you (you do know who you are) that came forward and helped me – strangers, friends, family – I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Without all the help I received I am not sure what would have become of the roof over my head this winter. Again, with thanks to everyone, it is as safe as can be. I no longer have to worry about this. Two wonderful friends, Doug McPhadyen and Ron Nuis, took the project into their hands from lining up the roofing team ‘All Points North’ (Clint and his amazing crew) and all exceptional roofers and at my home to get the job done within two days. Imagine that! My friends Doug and Ron also covered the cost of the materials needed to do the roof, until I was in a position to use the donations from friends and strangers, from near and far, I received to pay them back. Rona Builders donated the plywood that needed to be replaced on my roof and there were the kind people that stopped by with food and refreshments for the crew. Overwhelming is surely an understatement. I was a week from leaving Alberta, heading home to B.C. I had a job lined up and to see someone special in my life. And then this, this damn cancer. From not feeling the greatest for awhile, to an emergency trip on the advice of a co-worker as I was ready to drive out of the yard for my day of work, to being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer all within a matter of hours.

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The Senate can fixed to work properly

hat to do about the Senate. Abolishing it would put a merciful end to this remnant of royal trappings. Judging by the experience of the past few years, however, abolishing the Senate would bring us closer to a Vladimir Putin style democracy. I do not want to abolish the Senate, I want to see it restructured with a new focus on its purpose. My Senate would be elected and its size reduced. Two Senators (maybe three, but not more than four) from each province and territory would suffice to give equal representation to the country’s regions. Provinces would be free to form a single constituency for all senators or to establish two or more constituencies defined by region (north/south) or density (urban/rural). Senate elections would provide for run-off elections to ensure that every senator elected has the support of 50 percent plus

one of the participating voters. Senators would be limited to a single term of seven years; no reelection. To the greatest extent possible I would want to minimize the power of political parties and their leaders to influence members of my Senate. The purpose of my dream Senate would not be to second-guess parliament on decisions concerning taxes and services. What sets democracy apart from all other forms of government is that democracy puts limits on the powers of government and imposes rules for how government powers are to be exercised. In a democracy the people determine the fences within which their elected governments may roam. My Senate’s focus would therefore not be on what government does, but on how it goes about doing what it does in the most transparent way possible. True to that dictum my Senate would not have the power

g u e s t c o mm e n t

ANDRE CARREL to amend the constitution, but it would have the authority to call a mandatory referendum to that end. A good example is the current government’s practice of tabling voluminous omnibus bills which cover a multitude of matters ranging from Supreme Court appointments to funding for the CBC, and then imposing a time limit on debates before forcing a vote.

My Senate would initiate a broad public debate on the subject of omnibus bills, their background, their effect on democratic governance, and their implications for the long term. My Senate would have the resources to craft a constitutional amendment to curtail the use of omnibus bills. My Senate’s budget would be adequate to allow Senators to travel to their constituencies to hold extensive public meetings and debating sessions in order to discuss the nature of omnibus bills and the need for restricting their use. Following public consultation, my Senate would call a nationwide binding referendum on their proposal to amend the constitution to restrict the use of omnibus bills. Each political party in the House of Commons and the Prime Minister of the day would be free to implore citizens to vote in such a referendum, to try to convince citizens that it is in their best interest to either leave fu-

ture governments with unlimited powers to use omnibus bills or not to. In the end citizens would decide on where to draw the line. The concluding sentence of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address of 1863 is the most concise and precise definition of what a democracy is, and what it should be: government of the people, by the people, for the people. Elections respond to the “of the people” stipulation and the services governments provide are “for the people”. My Senate’s mandate would be to act as guardian of democracy’s “by the people” stipulation. It would fulfill its mandate by observing what goes on in the House of Commons and government, and by engaging, informing and educating citizens, leaving citizens with the responsibility to determine how Canada is to be governed. If that is not the essence of a democracy, what is? Andre Carrel is a retired public sector administrator living in Terrace, BC.

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Grizzly hunt is fine Today, BC’s grizzly bear hunt is one of the diligently managed hunts in all of North America, with strong science and detailed harvest records to help support sustainable use. Under the North American Wildlife Conservation Model, wildlife managers rely on science and law to guide decision-making. Wildlife managers strive to keep wildlife populations within the

range that can be supported by the habitat, and a hunt will only occur where there is a surplus in the population. In this way, hunting is actually an indicator of a healthy population and a tool to help keep populations within the proper range. Guide outfitters and local hunters have been hunting bears sustainably for over a hundred years. Since guide outfit-

ters are confined to their guide territories, they develop a strong understanding of the wildlife and habitat located within their area. As stewards of the land, they have an investment in ensuring that all wildlife populations support a sustainable hunt in the long term. They are experienced hunters who strive for humane and ethical harvests.

The grizzly bear hunt will continue to be an emotionally-charged topic and people will always have a variety of feelings about it, but as long as we use science and biology to guide decision-making, this will be a sustainable hunt for the next century. Scott Ellis, Executive Director, Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

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Saying thanks for a roof Josh Massey PHOTO

■■ Lights on An Electrician from North Coast Electric works on the new pedestrian crosswalk signals at the corner of Davis Ave. and Kalum St. on Dec.18. The lack of snow allowed workers to start painting the lines too though they used a torch to melt ice on the edges.

family, friends and really, those who are not strangers, but rather people that care. I thank you all so very much for everything. Merry Christmas

to each and every one of you and yours. May the Peace of this time of year remain with you every day of your lives. Brad Mazurak, Terrace, BC

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Dear Sir: As my absence from Terrace grows longer, I still look back with fondness, the few years that I lived and worked in your wonderful City! I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a plentiful New Year for 2014. Merry Christmas. Chuck and Cheryl Morris, Agassiz, BC

Snowmobiler and Winter Recreation Users Public Safety Notice Snowmobilers and winter recreationalists (cross country skiers, snow shoers, etc.) should be aware that the Northwest Transmission Line (NTL) is under construction, and the NTL right-of-way remains a construction zone with restricted access. This is required to avoid safety risks associated with such things as unmarked guy lines, construction materials and other potential hazards along the right-of-way, as well as for public and worker safety as construction activities continue.

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In particular, over the past year many of the transmission structures for the NTL project have been installed. Most of these structures are supported by currently unmarked guy lines which can be very difficult to see against a snow background. Please avoid using the right-of-way for your activities. If you are in the area, take extra care when travelling in the vicinity of the transmission structures. to Prince Rupert (Hwy16 W)

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accepted Jesus into my life. Some may have opinions about this, and that is alright. For me, it is what I wanted to do. I feel good about this. My

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Stay Safe This Holiday Season! Whether you are going to a fancy work party, or a casual or traditional family get together, it is important to plan ahead and designate a driver for the day/evening. There are plenty of alternative beverages for the designated driver including nonalcoholic beers, for those who still enjoy the real taste of beer without the alcohol. Often party planners will make arrangements for guests to sleep over so that there is no risk whatsoever of people driving while under the influence of alcohol. If your host has organized a lift home for you either with a friend or by running you home themselves, accept graciously - remember if they didn’t want to do it they wouldn’t have offered. Please be advised that this year, motorists can expect to see increased traffic enforcement in a number of locations, in particular Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Terrace. Motorist and passengers are reminded to make arrangements for a safe ride home if they plan to consume liquor. Also wear their seatbelts at all times, as they are less likely to be injured or killed in a motor vehicle collision if they are wearing their seatbelts. Traffic Services will be working in partnership with your local detachment and other agencies to address Road Safety.

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Suspected hate crime investigated TERRACE RCMP officers continue to investigate a Dec. 3, 2013 assault they suspect is a hate crime. Four men wearing balaclavas assaulted a lone man walking home from work at 11 p.m. that night on the 3400 Block of Straume near Suwilaawks Community School. “During the course of this investigation, there were indicators for investigators to suspect that this crime was hate motivated,” said Constable Angela Rabut today. “I cannot get into the specifics of what these indicators are to respect the privacy of the victim and the integrity of the investigation.” She did say that because all four men were wearing balaclavas, officers suspect the assault was planned.

According to police, two of the four men punched the victim while the other two stood by and watched. The victim was knocked to the ground but managed to get back up and escape. He ran out of the north side of the school yard then fled north on Sparks St. and west on Straume Ave. His attackers gave up chase on Straume. The victim suffered minor injuries in the assault, police reported. Rabut said local investigators have been in contact with the RCMP’s provincial hate crime unit. “The hate crime unit provides support by guidance in these types of investigations,” said Rabut. As defined in the criminal code, a hate or bias crime is “a crimiT:4.3125” commitnal offence ted against a person or

property which is motivated by the suspect’s hate, prejudice or bias against an identifiable group based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or any other similar factor.” The criminal offence committed in this incident was assault, said Rabut. Two of the suspects were over 6 feet tall and two had smaller builds. All wearing hoodies. One of the hoodies was orange and another plain gray. One of the men had big eyes. The Crimestoppers number is 1-800-222TIPS. Online atExternal link, opens in a new window – www.terracecrimestoppers.ca or by texting TERRACE plus your message to 274637 (CRIMES).

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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 on my visits to Terrace. My very best wishes to the community for a joyous, safe and peaceful holiday season. I look forward to seeing you again in the new year. Warm wishes,

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Santa looking to swap outdated ride for super economy sleigh NORTH POLE - Driveway can exclusively reveal that Santa Claus has been visiting local dealerships kicking tires—ahem, rails—in his search for a new ride. Ever conscious of the increasing cost of gas and effect his multi-million-kilometre Christmas flight has on the environment, Santa seems to have opted for 2014 Ford Transit Connect Wagon for his next sleigh. The wagon promises a fuel economy of 7.84 L/100 kms fuel economy,which means the sleigh will be kinder to the environment than his current means of transporting gifts to the world’s children. As an added benefit, the EcoBoost engine – which is finely tuned for high-speed performance – would offer speeds much faster than Santa ever travelled in his former 36-hoofpowered sleigh. The expected upgrade comes as a record number of children earn spots on the “nice” list, increasing the payload weight of his bag of gifts beyond the normal tow rating of his nine-reindeer team. Santa told me that changing his mode of transportation will not compromise his ability to remain true to his mission. “My goal is and always has been

giving presents to good the nine reindeer look girls and boys, and a new forward to some time sleigh will make that off. Every year, the process more effective,” flying animals travel he says. “Let’s face it, 200,194,557 kms and every year there are more they’d like some time to children who earn presrest, he says, explaining ents. Things are simply there are still splinters getting out of control, embedded in his hoofs and my old sleigh just from a particular wooden My goal is and isn’t going to be able to roof in northern BC. always has been hack it much longer. With “You really can’t beat giving presents to the new sleigh, I will be this new sleigh,” says able to travel faster and good girls and boys, Goddard. “It offers carry more toys.” and a new sleigh will outstanding fuel econFord engineers develomy without sacrificing oped the Transit Connect make that process power. It even offers more effective. Wagon sleigh concept an electric windshield weeks after hearing of defroster, making short Santa Santa’s dilemma during work of icy windshields cold weather testing in in wintry conditions. So, the North Pole. if there’s a foggy Christmas Eve, we “This is a winning situation for all,” won’t need a red-nosed reindeer to says Darren Goddard, chief engineer guide Santa around the world.” for Ford Transit Connect Wagon. “The Some extras appear to have swung increased efficiency means added time Santa in the direction of the Transit for Santa to enjoy milk and cookies at Connect. SYNC with MyFord Touch stops. His new ride will offer 100 cubic offers a touch screen display with feet of cargo space and versatility to navigation so Santa can easily find haul up to 2,000 pounds, which Santa all the good children, even in more will need.” remote areas. Reindeer spokesperson Dasher says The child observation mirror would

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top, thornhill Elementary students in the “African Music Ensemble” perform Mbira Jam, part of their Christmas ‘Round the Worldthemed Christmas concert, arranged and conducted by music teacher Daryl McDicken, showing a variety of multicultural musical pieces emphasizing how December holidays are celebrated around the world • Above, an environmentally friendly Christmas was the theme Dec. 12 as Ecole Mountainview students staged Santa Goes Green at the REM Lee Theatre. Wearing appropriately themed costumes are Sean Livgard as Santa, Mackenzie Walker as Rudolf and Renya Brouwer as Mrs. Claus • Left, Spring Creek Adventist School kindergarten student Vanessa Smythe sings a solo • Far left, Skeena Middle students rehearse for their winter festival. Here’s sax players Leah Lee, Adrienne Magnell, Brittany Biggs, bass clarinet player Lexi Peden and trumpet player Ethan Dhaliwal in back.

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t’s a weird Christmas for me. As ever during the holiday season, visions of family—those present, those not—dance in my head. I don’t think I’m the only one this time of year who wavers between an overwhelming sense of joy and gratitude for all I am blessed with and a touch of sadness and melancholy—for people I miss, for people who suffer, for questions about hard things that don’t have easy answers. One hand, I adore every poignant, sentimental, lovely, much-romanticized moment of Christmas. I love the fun of presents, cookies, Christmas carols and twinkling lights, of being surrounded by family and friends, of playing games, eating treats, and being cosy and warm during dark, cold December nights. But on the other hand? Cut that sickening sugar-punch with a cup of jaded cynicism, will ya? Sometimes, especially when subjected to TV commercials and radio ads, I feel the whole season’s a gimmick, a marketing ploy of our consumerist culture, just one more way to convince us we need more or somehow “deserve” more, so we’ll buy, buy, buy and indulge to the point of gluttony in pretty much every way possible. I’m a Christian, which to me means, among other things, that I try (and often, admittedly, sadly, fail) to follow the tenets of Christ. Some who share my faith would say, “Jesus is the reason for the season, Ev. Buck up!” But I feel a

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Merry-GrinchyCheery-Pensive Christmas little unsure. I think Jesus would throw his hands up in rage at some of the atrocious, stomach turning greed advocated this time of year in His name—and I believe He weeps at the disparity between the haves and have-nots of our world, in terms of material needs, yes, but also regarding physical and emotional needs. But then again (pipes up my internal voice of opposition once more—the ever optimistic squeak trying to squash

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the dark whisperer), Jesus is the reason for the season—or, for people who don’t identify with Him—things He valued are. Don’t we all try to be kinder to others this time of year? A little more forgiving? Don’t we practise generosity and strive to be gentler? Don’t most of us spend time taking stock of all the good things in our lives and expressing gratitude? Don’t we sing about, pray about, desire peace and try to spread a bit of it around? I think so. I hope so. I know so. So who am I, Scrooge or Mrs. Claus? The Sugar Plum fairy or the Grinch? I can’t decide. Maybe I’m Mrs Claus with green-grinchy feet, sporting Scrooge’s Victorian hat and beautiful, sparkly wings. I kind of like that image, actually. And maybe it doesn’t matter. To be conflicted is to be human, right? We see light in the context of darkness and shadow. Recognize bitter only as a contrast to sweet. Feel happiness if we have also felt sad. Know best how to comfort when we are familiar with needing to be comforted. Perhaps these are strange thoughts to admit to at this time of year, but it’s what my head does. And I do wish you a wonderful holiday, filled with love and fun, cheer and thankfulness—and if, like me, you’re occasionally nagged by less than merry ponderings—well, I raise a cup to them, too. May the people in your life be kind this upcoming year—and you to them. Merry Christmas!

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■■ THORNHILL PUB: Free pool Wed., Sun., karaoke night Thurs. Live weekend entertainment: Dec. 27-28 Christine and Ed Rule; Dec. 28 UFC; Dec. 31 Christine and Ed Rule. Shuttle service if you need a ride. ■■ LEGION Branch 13: Meat draws every Sat. – first draw at 4:30 p.m. Steak Night is the first Fri. of each month. ■■ GEORGE’S PUB: Free poker Sun. 1 p.m.-7 p.m. and Wed. 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Karaoke Sun. Live weekend entertainment: Dec. 27, 28 After Hours; Dec. 29 UFC; Dec. 31 Accelerators tickets $25. Shuttle service. ■■ mt. layton lounge: Open daily noon-11 p.m. Free pool, darts and shuffleboard. Located at Mt. Layton Hotsprings just off Hwy37 South between Terrace and Kitimat. ■■ beasleys mix: Karaoke every Fri. night. In the Best Western.

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■■ The Terrace Art Club meets Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at the art gallery. Bring your own materials. All levels of artists welcome. Make art, chat, observe, knit, weave, etc. Enjoy camaraderie with like-minded folk. For more details, call the gallery or Maureen 635-7622.

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■■ north coast nightmares’ Fresh Meat eight-week training program from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 9 to March 6,

2014 at the Thornhill Community Centre. You must be 19+ to register. Learn the basics of the game and participate in drills, core workouts and free skates. For anyone interested in roller derby, to play, referee, volunteer or just try it out. For more details on gear, forms and costs, see northcoastnightmares.ca, email northcoastnightmares@gmail.com, or see the facebook page.

you! If you are interested, please contact Chris at 635-3334 or christone@citywest. ca.

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■■ the terrace river Kings host the Prince Rupert Rampage at 8 p.m. Jan. 4 in their last home game of the season.

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■■ director Chris Stone is looking for two male actors for the Terrace Little Theatre Dinner Theatre production of Norm Foster’s hilarious comedy Skin Flick. The show runs at the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club starting Feb. 14. No experience necessary – we will train

Starting January 1st 2014, the City of Terrace will charge a tipping fee for residential construction and demolition waste, as well as residential land clearing material. There will continue to be no tipping fees for regular residential refuse, and commercial tipping fees remain unchanged. See www.terrace.ca for full details.

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■■ unbc northwest region Public Presentation will be The Biology and Chemistry of Aging with presenter Dr. John Krisinger from noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Terrace UNBC campus room 103. Free. For more details, contact Alma at alma.avila@unbc.ca or 615-5578. ■■ unbc northwest region Public Presentation will be Whale Instruments: Sounds, Science and Ideology in the History of Human-Whale Relationships with presenter Max Ritts, UBC geography, from noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Terrace UNBC campus room 103. Free. For more details, contact Alma at alma.avila@unbc.ca or 615-5578.

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Changes

■■ Among improvements to the transit service coming Dec. 30 is transit service to the Keith Avenue campus of the University of Northern British Columbia. Schedules have been streamlined with connections to the downtown core and between the Southside area and Northwest Community College. There will also be more frequent trips to and from Wal-Mart.

to the community for all your support, including the three “sold-out” shows of Grease December 5-7. Thanks also to the following individuals and groups for generous donations, loans, and support: Astral Media A&W Karen Birkedal Caledonia Parent Advisory Committee Ashley Challenger, of Spa Essentials Creative Zone Suzanne Dorais Amanda Eves René Fagen—the car Mark Fleming Gerry Hughes Knox United Church Dr. Greg Linton and Crystal Thomas Don MacLeod

Anna Beddie & her staff at Misty River Books Judy Murray Bob Park—the Travolta & Newton-John poster Pacific Mist Chorus Pronto Towing Jenipher Russell School District 82 Spotless Cleaners Nancy Stone Archer Terrace Community Band Terrace Interiors Terrace Little Theatre Terrace Standard Theatre Alive Your Decor

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The Terrace Standard offers the Community Calendar as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit organizations and events without an admission charge. Space permitting, items will run two weeks before each event. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays. Fax your event or PSA to 250-638-8432. For complete listings, visit www.terracestandard.com

COMMUNITY EVENTS NEW YEAR’S DAY – Come out and jump in the lake at the 23rd annual Kermodei Bear Swim at 1 p.m. at the Kinsmen Kiddies Camp on First Avenue at Lakelse Lake. Pledge forms available at Misty River Books. For more details, call Louis 631-7640. JAN. 5 – Bring your Christmas tree for the fire and enjoy horsey rides, hot chocolate and marshmallows at 1 p.m. at the Thornhill community grounds. Admission by donation. Christmas may be over but there is still fun to be had before the holidays end. Christmas trees can be dropped off before this date. Please remove any tinsel from the trees before dropping them off. Brought to you by the Skeena Valley Fall Fair Association, Totem Saddle Club and Thornhill Fire Department. JAN. 21 - Pacific Northwest Music Festival committee meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Terrace Academy of Music. The regular monthly meeting to plan the music festival is the second Tuesday of every month, If interested in helping out or for more details, come to the meeting or call Fiona at 635-9089.

PSAS FOOD FOR FINES: during the month of December, bring a bag of non-perishable food items for the food bank to the Terrace Public Library and library staff will waive your overdue fines. THE TERRACE CHURCHES’ Food Bank will be open for distribution from January 1316. If your last name begins with the letters A to G, please come on Monday, H to P come on Tuesday, Q to Z come on Wednesday. Everyone is welcome on Thursday. Please bring identification for all household members. THE 48TH ANNUAL Pacific Northwest Music Festival syllabus is now available online at pnmf.ca and at Sight and Sound on Keith Ave. Deadline for entries is Jan. 15, 2014. The music festival will be March 27 to April 12, 2014. Competitors come from all over the pacific northwest to participate in band, choir, piano, voice, speech arts, dance, strings, woodwinds and brass and concludes with the gala on the last night of the festival. For more details, call Fiona at 635-9089. AUTISM CONFERENCE AVAILABLE in Terrace through Telehealth for parents of children with autism and professionals who work with them to learn from leaders and specialists in the field. The 7th annual conference, hosted by Children’s Autism Services of Edmonton, is a major educational event that engages respected researchers and practitioners to present in-depth sessions with

practical strategies and resources. This year’s featured presenter is Michelle Garcia Winner, internationally renowned speech language pathologist from California, who coined the phrase Social Thinking®. How we think about others – social thinking – affects how we understand and relate to one another. For most of us that process is intuitive; but, for a child with autism, this is a complex communication skill which must be learned. www.socialthinking. com. The conference runs Thursday, January 23 to Friday January 24, 2014 at the Edmonton Marriott at River Cree. For program information, registration, and to find the local Telehealth site: www.childrensautism.ca or 780-495-9235. LIVING A HEALTHY Life with Chronic Conditions Workshop is a free six-week online self-management workshop, offered to those who are experiencing ongoing health conditions. Friends and family encouraged to take part. To register visit selfmanage. org/onlinebc or http://www.selfmanage.org/ onlinebc. THE TERRACE TOASTMASTERS Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at the Graydon Securities Building on Keith Ave. (next to Irlybird). For more details, call Randy 635-2151 or Rolf 635-6911. THE GREATER TERRACE Seniors Advisory Committee (GTSAC) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Everyone welcome. THE SALVATION ARMY holds Toonie Wednesdays every first and third Wednesday of the month – all clothing is $2. All children’s clothing $2 or less is half price. GREATER TERRACE BEAUTIFICATION Society meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at the city council chambers. New members always welcome. TERRACE NISGA’A SOCIETY invites all Terrace and area Nisga’a elders to attend meetings on the first Monday of the month at 6 p.m. Come have some fun. For more details or for a ride, call the society or Diana Guno at 250638-0311 or Margaret Nelson 250-638-8939. THE TERRACEVIEW FAMILY Council is a support group and place to voice concerns and ideas to improve quality of life at Terraceview Lodge. Residents’ families and friends meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. For more info, call Heather at 250-638-8552. THE TERRACE MULTIPLE Sclerosis Support Group meets every second Wednesday of the month. To find out the location of the next meeting, call Doug 635-4809 or Val 635-3415. THE TERRACE TOASTMASTERS Club meets

every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at the Graydon Securities Building on Keith Ave. (next to Irlybird). For more details, call Randy 635-2151 or Rolf 635-6911. NORTHERN BRAIN INJURY Support Group meets at 4 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of the month in the boardroom at the Terrace and District Community Services Society (3219 Eby St.). For more details, call Deb 1-866-979-4673. REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING to plan the music festival is the second Tuesday of every month, If interested in helping out or for more details, come to the meeting or call Fiona at 635-9089. CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY meets noon – 1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at 2074650 Lazelle Ave. We’re looking for volunteers to help in our office, outreach programs, fundraising campaigns (Daffodils or Relay For Life). Call Mary at 638-8583 or 635-3048. THE TERRACE ART Association meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the gallery. Call 638-8884 for details. THE TERRACE PARKINSON’S support group meets the second Tuesday of each month. Persons with Parkinsons, family, friends and support people are welcome. For more information, call Therese at 250-638-1869. NORTHWEST BC METIS meet the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. room 306, 4536 Park Ave. Everyone welcome. For more details call 638-1199 or Beverly at 635-6864 or terracemetis@ymail.com. HEALING TOUCH COMMUNITY Clinics continue to be offered. Call Julie for more details 635-0743. Donations accepted. HAS YOUR LIFE been affected by someone else’s drinking? Al-Anon can help. Meetings are Mondays at 8 p.m. in the Mills Memorial Hospital education room. For more details, call 635-8181. THE LIVING ROOM Project provides services at the Old Carpenters Hall. Open Mon. to Thurs. 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Fri. until 2 p.m. HELPING HANDS OF Terrace, a non-profit organization, recycles cans, bottles and scrap metal with proceeds going to help seniors, cancer patients and children get medications or assistance they can’t access or afford. Individuals and businesses who would like to be involved can call 778-634-3844. Cash donations can be made at Northern Savings Credit Union. ROYAL PURPLE WELCOMES new members. For more details, call Alison 635-6673.

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Baby’s Name: Jonah Alexander Adanic-Mercier Date & Time of Birth: Dec 13th, 2013 @ 12:41 a.m. Weight: 7 lbs. 1.5 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Kaileen & Tyler Adanic-Mercier “New brother for Natalee-Rayne”

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Terrace Lutheran Mission Church

Evening Service .........6:30 p.m.

phone 635-2434 fax 635-5212 3511 Eby Street V8G 2Y9 www.tpalife.org

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EXPERIENCED CLASS 1 Drivers, F/T, P/T needed for California & Arizona produce hauling, excellent pay and benefits+ safety bonus and home time. Call Jerry or Brian 1-877-539-1750.

Wanted - Casual Employee to work in Terrace Loomis Express facility. Minimum 3 hrs/day. Expected to work in warehouse, office, able to lift up to 70 lbs, able to drive a 1 ton cube truck. Please drop off resume and drivers abstract off at our Terrace location 2816 Kalum St.

Owner/Operator driver reqd. for Loomis Express in Terrace/Kitimat area. Must supply newer 1 Ton Cube truck for this union position, have clean criminal abstract, clean drivers abstract. Must be physically capable of lifting up to 70 lbs. Pls drop off resume and drivers abstract. at Terrace location 2816 Kalum St.

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The Flight Deck Restaurant has an immediate opening for a cook. General kitchen duties as well as good customer service is required. Food safe & a reliable vehicle is a must. 35-40 hours a week. Drop off resume at the restaurant or fax to 250635-4403 attention: Kathleen

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A FIT female worker required for personal care, appointments/transferring. Part time weekends (6+ hrs). Full part time around 20+ hours/wk, $15/hr starting. No experience needed, on the job training. National & World travel optional (Sweden 2014) Contact Allan: 250-635-4992 or PM at: allan_heinricks@telus.net for interview. SERIOUS enquiries/appliers only, please. Experienced parts person required immediately for James Western Star in Williams Lake. Full time, competitive wages, benefits and signing bonus. Fax resume to 250-398-6367 or email: nwejr@jamesws.com

CLASS 1 driver required immediately to do local deliveries. 35-40 hours a week. Wage based on experience. This is a permanent position. Contact Big River Distributors at 250-635-4981 or drop off resume at 3550 River Drive.

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SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OPERATORS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; PUBLIC WORKS (Regular & Temporary) The City of Terrace is currently looking for skilled candidates to fill the positions of Special Equipment Operator with the Public Works Department. Regular, part â&#x20AC;&#x201C; time and temporary, part â&#x20AC;&#x201C; time union positions (CUPE Local 2012) are available. Please visit the City of Terrace website at www.terrace.ca under Employment Opportunities for more detailed job descriptions and information on how to apply for these vacancies. Deadline to apply is 4:30 p.m., Friday, December 27, 2013. Briana Pellegrino, Human Resources Advisor

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WANTED F/T Cook at SUSHI DEN Rest. 609 Abbott St. Vancouver. 2 yrs. exp., high school diploma. wage: $2240/mth. 40hrs/wk. Apply: sushiden94@gmail.com duties: cook Japanese meal, plan menu, create item. Staff training.

Janitorial 5 Light Duty Cleaners Req’d. F/T, Pmt. No exp. req’d. Duties: Sweep, mop, wash & polish floors. Clean furniture and plants. Clean & disinfect bathrooms & elevators. Vacuum carpeting. Supplies areas. Remove trash. Report & store lost or found items. Lang: English. Work at various locations. Apply to Vikramjit, Dhillon Janitorial Service, Terrace, BC. E: d_janitorial@yahoo.ca. Cleaning Supervisor Req’d. F/T, Pmt. 1+yrs. exp. Duties: Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of cleaners. Inspect and ensure that established safety and cleanliness standards are met. Recommend and arrange additional services. Hire, train, and schedule staff. Estimate and optimize budget. May receive payments or perform cleaning duties. Lang: English. Work at various locations. Email Vikramjit, at Dhillon Janitorial Services: d_janitorial@yahoo.com.

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Trades, Technical Timber Baron in Terrace is looking for a motivated Heavy Duty Mechanic. 5 years experience working on hydraulics, processors, and excavators is reqd. Welding is an asset. Wages are based on experience. Home every night. Please send resume to Mike@timberbaron.ca

Work Wanted Drywaller seeking employment Terrace/Kitimat area, comes with excel. refs. Call Lyle Malmgren 778-631-2779

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Psychics Susan Maroney is accepting appointments for New Year’s Readings. Book your appointments now. www.susanmar imaroney.ca 250-641-9483

Financial Services INCOME TAX PROBLEMS? Have you been audited, reassessed or disallowed certain claims by Canada Revenue Agency? Call Bob Allen @ 250-542-0295 35yrs. Income Tax experience, 8.5yrs. with Revenue Canada. Email: r.gallen@shaw.ca C- 250-938-1944

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Purebred golden lab puppies. Great family dogs. De wormed and ready for loving homes. $650 250-975-0299

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Cellphone Consultant

We are looking for an out going individual who enjoys meeting the public and is interested in the electronics industry. We will train you to become a qualified cellphone customer representative in the ever-expanding cellphone industry. This is a full time position with good benefits in an excellent working environment. Please apply in person with resume: Attention Manager.

4710 Keith Ave., Terrace

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AUDIO/VIDEO CELL PHONE DEPARTMENT

The person that we are looking for is an outgoing individual that enjoys meeting the public and has a passion for the latest and greatest in electronics. This is a fulltime position that will require the successful applicant to work some Sundays and Friday nights. We offer a great work environment and provide a good package of employee benefits. Please send your resume to Ken Chemko, Fax: 250-635-7174 or email to kenc@compusmart-terrace.ca or drop it off at 4710 Keith Ave. Terrace, B.C. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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Scheduled freight service from Stewart to Terrace and return, and all points in between. Pick-up and delivery of goods in Terrace, C.O.D. and courier service. P.O. Box 217, Stewart, B.C.

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ANNA KILLEN

(250) 638-7283

River Kings first in the west For the first time since the league’s formation, the Terrace River Kings have climbed to the top of the Central Interior Hockey League Western Conference standings. That’s following two decisive wins on home ice two weekends ago that saw them outscore their opponents 18-3, continuing the offensive style of play the team has been championing for the better part of the season. Friday the 13th saw the Kings host the Kitimat Ice Demons, outshooting them 50-34 and going up 7-0 in the first two periods before Kitimat’s two powerplay goals in the third. Terrace’s Corey Dekelver (Calen Findlay, Tristan Murray) opened up the scoring eight minutes into the first, with a powerplay goal by C. Findlay (Jeremy Van Den Broek, Dekelver) coming six minutes later. On the powerplay again, Brian Lomas (David Redpath, Van Den Broek) made it 3-0 Kings with nearly a minute and a half left in the third, and T. Murray (Rich Clair, Dekelver) got the first goal of the second at 4:37. Three more goals in the third by Van Den Broek (Reinbolt, Steve Cullis), Reinbolt (Corbin Legros, Van Den Broek) and one unassisted by Josh Murray finished the second. Kitimat caught a break in the third scoring two goals on the powerplay, one at 3:03 (Grey Sabey, assists Daniel Jerrett, Jordan

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The River Kings were on the attack on home ice two weekends ago, beating the Kitimat Ice Demons 8-2 on Friday, Dec. 13 and the Prince Rupert Rampage 10-1 on Saturday, Dec. 14. Goncalves)and another at 16:23 (Joel Findlay, assist Scott MacGregor), Terrace’s Reinbolt’s

(T. Murray, Legros) second of the game at 9:03, to make the final score 8-2 River Kings. Goalie Gar-

rett Muir got the win for the Kings. Prince Rupert Rampage’s luck wasn’t much better the next night,

Saturday, Dec. 14, with the Kings outscoring them 65-38 to take the 10-1 win. After a lone goal by River King Nick Homeniuk (Dekelver C. Findlay) in the first, the Kings unleashed in the second scoring six in a row – Skylar Andrews (Chris Brown, Rajan Sangha) at 2:42, Reinbolt (J. Murray, Lee Muir) at 7:26, Lomas (Derick Jurista, Cullis) at 8:21, Sangha (J. Murray, Van Den Broek) at 10:14, Brown (Andrews, Sangha) at 12:52, and C. Findlay (T. Murray, Clair) at 15:33 – to make it 7-0 going into the third. Josh Murray (Dekelver, Reinbolt), T. Murray ( Redpath, C. Findlay) put the Kings up 9-0 before Prince Rupert got on the board at 13:27 in the third (Kory Movald assisted by Jordan Weir and Devin Palmer). With two minutes left, C. Findlay got his second of the night, slamming home the 10-2 win. With a 6-2-0 record at home, and a 2-2-1 on the road, Terrace is now first place in the west with 17 points, just ahead of the Smithers Steelheads with 16. River King captain Josh Murray is now tied for fourth in the league for scoring with 27 points, and goalie Garrett Muir is leading the league with a goals against average of 2.72. To start 2014, the River Kings have back-to-back games against the Rampage Jan. 3 and 4 – the latter in Prince Rupert and the former at the Terrace Sportsplex.

Anna Killen PHOTO

■■ Go girls! Here’s Coach Boby Wagner with Jasmine Strain, 12, at Skeena Middle School on Monday, Dec. 16. It was the last session of the first Go Girls! program, a seven-week long group mentoring program for girls 12-14 years old, organized by Terrace and District Community Services Big Brothers Big Sisters of Terrace. The program focusses on physical activity, healthy eating, self-esteem and communication skills. “Finding physical activity in every day life,” said Wagner, who met with Strain and three other students from Skeena and Veritas every week. The girls learned basic stretches, skipped rope, worked on spatial awareness (sometimes by playing catch with rubber chickens, and talked about avoiding peer pressure. There will be more groups in January, as well as the first session of Game On, which is similar to Go Girls! but for boys.

Terrace Standard

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

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CALEDONIA SECONDARY’S senior girls and boys basketball teams were successful two weekends ago, with the Kermodes senior boys going undefeated at the Kermode Classic here in Terrace and the senior girls winning two games on the road in Prince Rupert. The boys beat Houston Christian, Nechako Valley, Smithers, and Mt. Elizabeth decisively – the closest margin in any game was 20 points – to win the annual event. They’re now busy preparing for a four-day tournament in Kamloops in the new year. The girls headed to Prince Rupert for a play day, where they beat the home team Charles Hays Rainmakers twice – 55-46 in the first game and 68-55 in the second. High scorers were Kaisa Mikkola and Khali Pelletier. Player of the weekend went to Casey Twiname for her “unbelievable tenacious defence”, said coach Arnie Pelletier. The team is hosting a basketball camp for youth next weekend – the first one was held last weekendº and hopes to have some games against ladies’ teams during the break before MARTINA PERRY PHOTO their next tournament in Vanderhoof early in the new year. CAL GOES on the offensive during Saturday afternoon’s game at Charles Hays Secondary School.

Bluebacks make waves in Kitimat THE TERRACE Bluebacks placed third overall at the Kitimat Winter Invitational Dec. 13-15, a swim meet that saw many personal bests for the Terrace swimmers. Anke de Wit took silver overall in the 15 and over girls category after placing first in 880 Free, 400 IM, 100 Fly, 100 Breast and 50 Fly – she also led the team in points and qualified for AA provincials, alongside teammates Thomas Christensen and Raychel Davies,

who also qualified for provincials. Other highlights include Avery Back’s first place finish in 50 Fly for 10 and under girls, Jonus Lecuyer’s first place finish in 100 IM for the 11-12 boys category, and Harlene Takhar’s first place finish in 200 Breast for the 13-14 girls category. Now the club gears up for the Terrace Regional swim meet, Jan. 17-19 here at the Terrace Aquatic Centre.

he wind herds the dry snow, whipping it across the road. It shakes the truck. None of it sticks to the highway. The pavement is bare. The eyes of big trucks approach, burn brighter, then vanish. Everything goes white, then the road reappears. There is a frayed impression of a bridge in the distance. I signal right. The scene flickering between my wind shield wipers, as cold as it is, warms me. It gives me comfort. It might be a harbinger of one of those hard, cold, winters we used to regard as normal. A winter with bite. Not one of those useless, toothless miserable excuses for winter we’ve had so often lately, but a real snow-filled three and a half months of demanding weather that rewards every challenge well met. Those seasons had predictability: the snow covered the mountain tops in October; by November the flanks were white; in December the snow was falling heavily in the lowest of the low lying areas. Mike and I fished through those winters, seldom missing a weekend or a holiday, unless it was Christmas, and then only Christmas Day. We fished the monochrome corridors of the Kitsumkalum River. We chased steelhead, hunted them with an energy I crave but no longer possess. They were exceedingly bright, those Kalum steelhead. They were winter fish, pointed

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at both ends, fat in the way in those non-globalmiddle, their radiance ized days. made more intense in The coats were life the flat light of winter. savers. Bullet proof We chased them with vests against the hail the traditional tackle of bullets that were the of B.C. – a direct drive outflow winds hurtling reel, a 10-foot rod, a down the valley toward float, split shot and the Skeena. The wind some form of salmon was our foe. We sought eggs, adorned with a out sheltered runs and tuft of yarn, latex in my greased our guides and case, the real thing in our lines with Vaseline Mike’s. to thwart freeze up. We SKEENA ANGLER The warmest place guarded our reels from to be on the coldest of any exposure to water – ROB BROWN those cold days was the but even so, on a couple water, Mike said, and of occasions I inadverhe was correct. To stay tently dipped my Silex warm, we wore latex and spent the next half waders whose stockhour prying it apart and ing feet we’d cut off and replaced with the scraping off the rime with a pocket knife brand of gum boots Mr. Trigo had assured while Mike fished for the next steelhead. us were the most durable he carried. Under Dipping a reel was annoying. Taking a those we wore wool pants and long johns. dip meant the very real possibility of hypoTo protect our upper bodies we both thermia. We were strong waders then and wore wool shirts of Kiwi manufacture that for the most part we waded with great care. we’d found in Bert Goulay’s North West I say, for the most part, because on two ocSportsman. Over those fine shirts, we wore casions, I watched Mike make crossings I PinTails, the traditional vest of this prov- would only have made in a boat. They were ince’s steel headers, and over our vests, feats I remain amazed at and in awe of to thick green, non-breathing raincoats built this day and ones that would have put him by Helly Hansen, which came from Nor- in the Wading Hall of Fame if such an in-

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stitution existed. The fish we caught in those days were high up on the scale of difficulty. Catching one was immensely satisfying. We caught a lot, taking scale samples for what was then known as the Fish and Wildlife Branch of the Ministry of the Environment, as proof of our fortitude. There is no talk on the radio, but I call anyway, just in case and make my way up and over the hill then down the incline, past Cody Skog’s place to Baxter’s. The transmission line is crackling. I assemble my rod. It hums in harmony to the electric field as Oona and I make our way to the tail of the run. The flow is low. The riffle has gone from a rattle to a hiss. I wade in, feeling smug to be warm in the cold, clear water. I make two long throws and notice that ice has plugged my guides making more of this approach impossible. The gauntlet is thrown. If I can’t swing my fly through this lie, I won’t find fish. I move down to the next beat, a narrower piece of water. I tie on a heavy chartreuse fly, throw it upstream, a nod to my float fishing days, and hook a Dolly Varden Char immediately. A few cold minutes later the rod bows deeply. I have a steelhead. I release it with cold, wet hands. Then I stop for moment. A minute’s silence. An homage to winter. Bring it on! I say, as the dog looks surprised, I’m back.

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Kettle volunteer likes giving back WHEN YOU’RE out and about shopping this Christmas season, as you finish paying for your items at Canadian Tire, you likely saw Linda Frank with a Salvation Army kettle between the two sets of doors heading out of the store. And if you’re good with faces, you’ll remember that you’ve seen her there before. Frank has been volunteering as a kettle person for nine years now as her way of giving back to the community. “Because I just think it’s the right thing to do and in your retirement years, pick a cause and

give back to the community,” she says. Frank likes being at Canadian Tire because she sees lots of families, many of whom always make a point of putting some coins in and she will thank them, saying that they’re helping another family get presents and a turkey dinner because not everyone is as lucky as we are. When her children were growing up, the family would hold garage sales and the children would help her so afterward, she would give them some of the money and they would put it in the Salvation Army kettle. She believed it was

important for them to learn to help others. “They just say ‘Mom, it’s a great thing you’re doing,’” says Frank about what her children say about her volunteering now. And she intends to keep helping out at the kettles as long as she can. Highlights of her years at the kettle include lots of older people sharing what the Salvation Army means to them. One old fellow was in Europe during the war and said the Red Cross had handmade socks that it sold to soldiers but the Salvation Army came and gave them socks for no

charge. Another man said the Salvation Army carollers would set up on his lawn and sing and he didn’t find out until he was an adult that his dad had supported the Sally Ann for a number of years so that’s why the carollers would make a special trip to his front lawn. And the money that’s collected locally stays here for Salvation Army work.

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Christmas donations helped pay for trip UNBC student and Kitimat resident Sabrina Trigo continues to fundraise and raise awareness about the needs of a homeless shelter in Thailand as part of her Christmas push to help the impoverished children and single mothers there. After spending many of her teen years volunteering at Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Kitimat Heath Advocacy, 19-year-old Sabrina Trigo decided to follow her humanitarian impulse overseas this summer past. She spent two weeks volunteering at a children's home located in a village in Thailand near the border with Burma where the Thai government allows refugees and exiles to stay. “These people have been robbed of their human rights,” said Trigo of the children at the home, some of whom are newborns dropped off by relatives from violent areas of neighbouring countries. “The corruption that goes on in Burma and Laos is crazy.”

her fundraising push done in Terrace. The total cost of her trip was $2,190 plus airfare, and she gave the $350 extra that she raised to the children's home in Thailand. The California-based volunteer organization Trigo travelled with is called ISV (International Student Volunteer). It offers educational and travel adventure programs in various countries. Trigo says she has raised $450 so far this season, which she plans to put straight to the Baan Urak school there. “It's a different

world, a completely different lifestyle. It's unfathomable, can't compare it. It's not that you feel bad, it's just that you want to give them as much as you can. You realize how much you have.” "They don't have the right to work or education and there is a lot of racism against the refugees," Trigo continued, adding that after saving about $1,000 and waiting long enough they can apply for Thai citizenship. For the two-week volunteer period, Trigo taught English in the

morning, then in the afternoon the 13 international volunteers were put to work sanding, painting and laying a foundation for an addition to the social housing catering to 140 semi-permanent residents. Trigo's large journal is full of names and descriptions that paint a colourful picture of her trip. For instance, Trigo found Thai place names to be as exotic as the non-Western and frequently non-existent plumbing. She noted that the village name is Sangkhlaburi, located

in the province of Kanchanaburi, and the children's home is called Baan Urak. She describes the whole village running out of water days before she arrived, impoverished yet happy people living in grass and bamboo huts, and the group of volunteers getting a taste of a tougher life having to share two rooms and sleeping on thin mats overhung with bug nets. Trigo hopes to return to Baan Urak after she finishes her science degree at UBC and medical training afterwards.

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especially the district of Kitimat, Terrace and all the surrounding First Nations reserves,” she said. The District of Kitimat provided her with a $700 donation, and she sold chocolates to raise money as well, with the majority of

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I have lived in dark, wintery places before. I lived for three years in Århus, Denmark, more northern still than Terrace. There the dark was broken with candles; a plethora of tealights. In Denmark, people look to cozy for defense against the night. Candles, gløgg, æbleskiver with icing sugar and jam. Æbleskiver are like little pancake balls. At Christmas time, in the center of Århus, vendors would sell candied almonds,

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æbleskiver, and gløgg, mulled wine with cloves and cinnamon, served steaming in paper cups. From living room windows candles twinkled out into the night. Inviting. Reassuring. We are here. You are welcome. I am grateful for this Danish experience now that we are here, in Terrace, where we arrived during what we later learned was the first snowfall of the year. I was wearing my Birkenstocks, and no socks, and it would not take too long before

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A welcoming place We line up for hot chocolate in George Little Park when the opportunity presents itself. We take photos of snow on the mountains. Because we are new here, everything is magic. The way our breath hangs in the air. How long it takes the car to warm up. The twinkling of coloured Christmas lights on the houses we pass. The magnificent raptors that congregate at the Terrace landfill, making the dump the first place I take any out of town guests. Merry Christmas, I

say, leaning in to kiss a cheek. Come. We are going to the dump. I have Christmas’d also in Hawai’i, where it is dark for approximately the same length of time all year ‘round. There one hangs up Christmas lights while wearing surf shorts and flip-flops, the kind of footwear I grew up calling thongs, back when thong had, I think, an entirely different cultural meaning than it does today. Santa would arrive on a surfboard. I imagined he’d be terribly warm in that red suit.

And possibly waterlogged, too. But gifts arrived, stockings were filled. But without the dark – without the cold – there is no need there for the gentle gift of twinkling candlelight, no huddling in groups warming hands on hot chocolate or mulled wine. Christmas is not wildly different than the rest of the year, although like elsewhere, in Hawai’i the holidays are a time for family, friends, companionship. The gentle kindnesses that can be hard to mus-

ter throughout the rest of the year. This is one of the great gifts of Christmas in Terrace, I write as a newcomer. The gift of the dark. How colour splashes out across the blue dome when one is awake and outside to see it. How the company of strangers, a hot drink, and candle light are promises. We get through this together. Come, stand with me. Kyla Hanington lives with two children, a great deal of enthusiasm and is a grateful new resident of Terrace.

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Fondue first became popular in North America during the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Switzerland, France, and Italy all have variations on the dish – it originated in Europe in the 1600’s.

Fondue a festive holiday alternative By ANNA KILLEN Growing up, my family didn't have too many Christmas traditions – we have them now (my mother's Christmas eve party is legendary for its quirky games, stiff cocktails, and perfectly cooked lamb) but when we were younger and more frantic, and with family living in pockets all over North America, Christmas was less about consistency and more about convenience. But there were a few years in my early adolescence where my dad and his wife got on a big fondue kick for festive gatherings – pots and pots of stringy cheese with bread and vegetables to dip, skewers of meat cooked in pots of hot oil, melted chocolate, cookies and fruit for dessert. It's a great, non-traditional option for a celebratory or holiday meal – the perfect setting for fun dinner conversation and easy to prepare well ahead of time – and judging from the amount of fondue sets I see each week at the hospital auxiliary thrift shop it shouldn't be too hard for you to source out the hardware for this feast. One word of warning from my dad, who I asked for tips on how to

make the “perfect fondue”: “A perfect fondue with kids is an oxymoron. But it's so much fun. Just be prepared to spend most of your time monitoring for hot oil spills and listening to complaints that 'it takes too long!'” The best thing about this meal (aside from the fact that you are eating a pot of melted cheese) is its flexibility. Don't eat meat? Then don't eat the meat. Gluten-free? Use cornstarch instead of flour and don't eat the bread. And even though most of the alcohol does burn off, you can even leave out the wine (more to drink that means, right?). For cheese fondue, which I’m going to stick to because it’s the one I know best, visit your deli and pick out a few different cheeses – well-aged or moist grating cheeses work best in sauces (Jarlsberg, Emmenthaler, and Gruyère are the most traditional, but don’t be scared to experiment – I recently made one with Comté for a girlfriend's birthday and it was insanely sharp and perfect). The trick is to keep the cheese smooth – you don't want it to separate and get clumpy – so keep an eye on the temperature – not too hot, not too cool.

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■■ Look way down Santa bends down to speak with a young admirer at the Festival of Lights held Dec. 7 in and around the performing stage at George LIttle Park. There was no wind and there was no rain or snow, making for a chilly night made warmer by singing and hot chocolate. Next door, the Terrace Public Library was the scene of cookie decorating.

Workers take flight for Xmas Employees of Bechtel, the main company contracted by Rio Tinto Alcan to work on its Kitimat smelter modernization project, got a Christmas treat this year when two jets descended into the Northwest Regional Airport to take them home for Christmas. Regional air carrier Hawkair, which has the contract with Bechtel to shuttle workers between Terrace and Vancouver via a charter service using its Dash 8 aircraft, chartered the Boeing 737s to handle a higher number of Bechtel employees. According to airport manager Carman Hendry,

Bechtel arranged for Christmas flights last year but this year asked for larger aircraft to accommodate more people. One 737 flew out Dec. 21 and the other Dec. 22. Each can hold more than 100 people, more than Hawkair’s regular Dash 8 fleet. “Last year they did it but with a smaller aircraft. They have more workers this year,” Hendry added. “It’s a one-off type thing,” said Hawkair president Jay Dilley. “And we do that for anyone who could utilize the service or wish to have that kind of capacity to do whatever they wanted to do for a charter purpose.”

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Firefighters collect food A HUMAN chain was put to work the afternoon of Dec. 18 as food collected by the Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department was unloaded from its emergency command vehicle and into the storeroom of the Salvation Army. Thanks to the weigh scale at the four-way stop, which provided the weight of the full vehicle and again when it was empty, firefighters were able to calculate the weight of the donations at 2,300 pounds. It was collected over three nights – Dec. 15-17 – as fire department vehicles decorated with Christmas lights and complete with Christmas music travelled through Thornhill. “In the past we did it over two nights but this year we did it in three nights so we could be finished earlier each night so that everyone could enjoy it,” said fire department chief Wes Patterson. Trucks went as far as Usk to the east and south to Lakelse Lake, matching the fire department’s protection area. For the first time this year members of the Royal Canadian 747 Air Cadet Squadron assisted the fire department. Squadron official Chris Bishop said the 27 cadets in the squadron were happy to help out.

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Elder Clemans has advice for Terrace residents this Christmas season. “We can give gifts in different ways other than wrapping them up,” said the Mormon missionary currently stationed in Terrace. “We can help with the shelters, we can shovel someone’s driveway, we can help someone in need. Giving of Christ’s love is the ultimate gift. As human beings we can carry that love and give it to someone in need.” Elder Clemans, 20, along with Elder Wyss, 23, are the new Mormon missionaries in Terrace, living in a basement apartment and working 11 hour days going door-to-door to recruit residents to Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints. Clemans said there have been hundreds of B.C. residents baptized into the church this year. There are Elders on missions in towns all across the north, though the farthest west Mormon sisters are stationed is Prince George. Mormon sisters serve about one and a half years while the missionary period for elders is two years. After that, ex-missionaries resume using their first names and settle down in their home towns to typical lives, no longer on the road. Previous missionaries stationed in Terrace From Page B7

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The collection effort also resulted in collecting $900 in cash for the Salvation Army. The fire department’s Christmas tradition has been going on longer than Patterson can remember. “It has to be close to 30 years. It was going on when I joined,” said Patterson. He credited Thornhill volunteer firefighter Ken Isaak with organizing the collection drive this year which involved the department’s 32 members. Sight and Sound, Canadian Tire, J & F Distributors and the Independent Order of Foresters provided assistance.

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elder wyss, left, and Elder Clemans from the Mormon church are celebrating the Christmas season in Terrace. included Elder Edge and Elder Bingham, who liked to go bowling for a good time. Edge has finished up his mission, while Bingham is in Vancouver currently. Clemans said he and Wyss are big basketball players, though are still looking for others to play. “We play a lot of basketball. We haven’t played since we have been here but on my mission so far I have played lots,” said Clemans, saying that he started his mission in Prince Rupert. Wyss wants Terrace residents to know the elders are there if they

are needed. They will shovel walkways and driveways and counsel residents on addiction issues, what Wyss calls “random acts of service.” “Whatever it is, we try to help them come closer to Jesus Christ and experience the blessings we do,” said Wyss, adding that being a Mormon means you can talk directly to god and god will talk back to you. “It’s super cool to see people overcome substances and become more independent and take part in spirituality instead of the a sub-

stance which gets in the way of them and God,” said Clemans. They’ve climbed Terrace Mountain and think the Northwest coast is “where it’s at,” according to Clemans, though he isn’t fond of the westerly winds that can cut to the bone. They are from Salt Lake City in the U.S. which has one of the largest populations of Mormons. The religious group made its way to Utah after being persecuted in other regions. The elders said a Mormon Christmas is focused on celebrating Christ rather than a visit from Santa.

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City claims Santa A FEDERAL plan to claim the North Pole as sovereign Canadian territory appears to be in direct conflict with the City of Terrace. Thinking they at last had an issue that could turn the page on the Senate expenses scandal, the government is saying the North Pole, including Santa’s Workshop, is and always has been Canadian sovereign territory. The claim was backed up by a formal scientific submission made by Canada to the United Nations, claiming 1.2 million square kilometres of seabed under the Atlantic, and a preliminary claim in the Arctic Ocean. Although no mapping work was provided to substantiate the claim, the federal government said the mere fact that Santa always visits Canada first on Christmas Eve is more than enough proof to establish sovereignty. But that bouyant Christmas feeling was

soon dashed thanks to correspondence from City of Terrace lawyers informing Ottawa the North Pole is already under Terrace jurisdiction and, furthermore, the city has trademarked the name of the North Pole and of Santa Claus. City officials were reluctant to comment but documents released under access to information legislation point to the city’s successful inclusion of the Skeena Industrial Development Park within its boundaries and of its defence of its trademarking various names for the Kermode bear as reasons for doing the same with the North Pole and Santa Claus. “Someone has to protect Santa from being consumed by commercial interests and we think that’s a job for us,” said a member of the city’s Select Standing Committee on Sovereignty and Trademarks. “It’s not as if he is

going to be used as a logo or some such purpose.” The hitherto secret information included a list of trademarked names and expressions taken out by the city pertaining to Santa and the North Pole and the reasons why: Le pole Nord - “in honour of our French speaking citizens.” Big Empty Space Full of Ice and Snow “you never know when someone is going to take advantage of the North Pole.” Santa Claus - “naturally.” Jolly Old Saint Nick - “right up there with Santa Claus.” The Big Guy Wearing the Red Suit - “we had some room left on the trademark application form so we thought why not.” With the Kermode bear and Santa safely in the City of Terrace fold, there’s every indication it will soon zero in on its next acquisition – Thornhill.

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