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Jackson Playfair was at the centre of a dramatic story, after his girlfriend was taken into U.S. custody for allegedly making death threats against him. A 19-year-old hockey player, Playfair is currently living in Washington State where he plays for WHL team the Tri-City Americans. Playfair is originally from Fort St. James, and the son of NHL assistant coach Jim Playfair. Playfair had been dating Canadian reporter Tieja McLaughlin since last July. McLaughlin, 25, was taken into U.S. investigative custody after Playfair reported McLaughlin told him “you will be dead by the end of the night” according to court documents. The documents also say Playfair initially received threats from McLaughlin after a phone argument between the couple in which Playfair admitted to cheating on McLaughlin, the argument ensued and she began to threaten Playfair. Playfair then decided to report the matter to police when he said he realized McLaughlin was
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driving down to see him from where she lived in Kelowna, B.C., after he told her to stay in B.C.. Police then visited McLaughlin at her hotel, warning her against further contact with Playfair. On the Saturday, Playfair reported she texted him again multiple times, after which she was taken into custody. McLaughlin denied making the threats and told police Playfair threatened to ruin her career and her life. McLaughlin appeared in Benton County district court in Washington State on Thursday, Jan. 23 and has now been charged with felony harassment with a domestic violence allegation. Bail was set at $50,000 and the maximum penalty for the charge is five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. McLaughlin’s arraignment was on Jan. 24, after the paper went to press. Any further updates will be posted on www. caledoniacourier.com. Playfair was recently traded to the Tri-City Americans in Kennewick, Washington State from the Spokane Chiefs.
Cullen calls lobby for pipeline a conflict Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen is calling for regulation changes to close lobbying loopholes. Cullen was calling for the changes after reports former Conservative MP and cabinet minister Chuck Strahl, who is currently overseeing Canada’s national intelligence agency, is also lobbying on behalf of
Enbridge Northern Gateway. Cullen said “It should be common sense that someone on the federal payroll, like Mr. Strahl, shouldn’t lobby for a pipeline seeking federal approval.” Strahl, while no longer an MP, has since been appointed as the head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Services Review Committee (SIRC), which oversees Canada’s
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national intelligence agency CSIS. “People don’t believe me at first,” said Cullen of the reaction to his criticism. “They don’t believe that someone who’s been appointed by the Prime Minister to be a watchdog of our spy agency thought it was also a good idea to lobby for company’s like Enbridge and company’s owned by the Chinese government who our own
spy agency has been implicated with. “It such an obvious conflict of interest.” “The problem with a spy agency watchdog is that all their ‘watchdogging’ is done in secret,” said Cullen. Ivan Giesbrecht, spokesman for Enbridge Northern Gateway, said the company is fully compliant with all the applicable regulations. It is against regulations for a former min-
Pianists Phil Chiu and Janelle Fung performed a piano duet as the Fung Chiu Duo on Jan. 20. The pair played as part of the Community Arts Council of Fort St. James concert series in the Fort St. James Secondary School gym. Story on Page 2. Ruth Lloyd/Caledonia Courier
ister to lobby federally, but legal for Strahl to lobby a provincial government, including on federal pipelines. “I don’t see it as a conflict of interest,” said Giesbrecht. “Chuck Strahl has a very solid reputation.” Giesbrecht said Strahl was working for Enbridge Northern Gateway before his appointment to SIRC and before taking the role at SIRC, he did check with the Conflict
of Interest and Ethics Commissioner to ensure there were no concerns regarding his work with Enbridge. The Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner confirmed Strahl had contacted the office and the office had no grounds to believe there was a contravention of the Conflict of Interest Act. Stephen Lecce, spokesman for the Prime Minister ’s
Office, responded to questions regarding Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s knowledge of Strahl’s lobbying work and possible image or conflict issues resulting from it with an emailed statement. “We expect that all members of the Security Intelligence Review Committee to conduct their activities in accordance with Canadian laws,” he said.
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There was a small crowd trickling through the gala opening for semester one art by Fort St. James Secondary School (FSJSS) students. Those who did come, however, were treated to snacks, drinks, live music and a visual art show of a range of mediums and artists. There were woodworking projects, paintings, sketches and altered photographs by high school artists, with some artists receiving offers to purchase their pieces. One painting by Hargina Birdi had three people inquiring about purchasing the piece and there was another painting by Carley Gross in progress which patrons could watch as it was being completed. There were also pho-
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Old man take a look at your facts Tom Fletcher Black Press Neil Young’s anti-oilsands concert tour was the perfect distillation of the American enviro-assault on its dependent northern neighbour that’s been going on for a decade or more. After touring Fort McMurray in his electric car with actor-turned-protester Daryl Hannah, Young covered all the big propaganda hits and added his own fantasy facts. It looks like a war zone up there! Hiroshima! If it keeps going it will be like the Moon! There’s no reclamation! Tar sands oil is all going to China, and that’s why their air is so bad! All of those statements are false. And then Young dropped his own nuclear bomb, claiming cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are 30 per cent higher than, well, somewhere else. Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation has cited a discredited study by former community doctor John O’Connor to press the same claim. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta reviewed O’Connor’s claims in 2009. It concluded that “Dr. O’Connor made a number of inaccurate or untruthful claims” about cancer patients, and then refused to provide patient information after his claims made international news. Retired professor David Schindler toured
with Young and continued to push the health scare, referring darkly to newer research showing increased mercury and PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) contamination. When you peel back the propaganda and journalistic hype, these studies mainly reveal that such toxins are on the rise, but are found in much higher concentrations around large cities where fuel is consumed. The cancer claims were then debunked by a Royal Society of Canada expert panel in 2010. This cancer scare is the most damaging and dishonest part of the selective attack on Alberta. The oil industry, politicians and most of the media seem unwilling to examine it critically. Climate scientist-turned-politician Andrew Weaver was at Young’s Toronto news conference. He says there were no questions for him, Adam or Young’s other validator, David Suzuki, who previously worked with Schindler on a slanted oilsands documentary for the CBC. Weaver calculates that Young’s claim about greenhouse gas emissions is substantially correct, if you include emissions from the finished fuels. Weaver refused any comment on the cancer claims. Young included the obligatory sneering comparison between Stephen Harper and George W. Bush, which is another sign he’s lived in California too long. He seemed unaware that the NDP’s Thomas Mulcair and
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau support continued oilsands development. As for moonscapes, Young could have driven his famous electric Lincoln from his Redwood City mansion on a hill to nearby Bakersfield, to view the greasy expanses of closely packed pumpjacks reaching to the horizon, still expanding due to hydraulic fracturing. Young could have visited North Dakota, where the second shale oil train explosion luckily didn’t kill anyone. It seems there will be no remake of Young’s classic Kent State lament dedicated to 47 Dead in Old Quebec. That’s American oil, so no protests. Chief Adam was frank in an interview on CTV about using the “Honour the Treaties” tour to strengthen his legal position. Young’s concert tour put $75,000 in his fund to pay lawyers. Oil isn’t the only thing being extracted here. By the end of the tour Sunday, Young and Adam conceded they weren’t trying to shut the Athabasca oilsands down, just start a dialogue. Thanks to uncritical media coverage, there will no doubt be discussions at dinner tables and in classrooms all over the world about the terrible Alberta tar sands and the cancer they don’t actually cause. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Editor: The Conservative government claims that it is serious about eliminating wasteful spending, yet it has ramped up the most obvious example: partisan government ads. Everyone has seen them, and that’s not cheap. Just one of their “Economic Action Plan” television commercials can cost up to $95,000 to air. Last year the government spent over $2.5 million to advertise the Canada Jobs Grant, which was never launched. Spending millions of dollars to advertise a program that doesn’t even exist is like flushing tax dollars down the toilet. Over time, all this waste adds up: since coming to office, the Harper government has spent over $600 million on advertising; by 2015 they’re projected to have spent nearly $1 billion. Yet some government ads have legitimate goals like promoting public health. So how do we keep the good and cut the bad? The federal government should follow Ontario’s model: its ads are screened before they air by a panel setup by the Auditor General to prevent partisan waste. That model has proven to be a success. That’s why I’ve introduced Bill C-544, the Elimination of Partisan Government Advertising Act, modelled on Ontario’s system. It will have the Auditor General appoint an independent advertising commission to oversee government spending on advertising and pre-screen all ads. No Member of Parliament can look their constituents in the eye and justify the kind of wasteful commercials taxpayers have paid for under the past eight years of Conservative government. Please ask your MP to support Bill C-544. We can all do without more ads for programs that don’t exist. David McGuinty, MP Liberal Party of Canada
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Credit Unions are structured on seven when I found out that not only would I be traveling to Ghana for cooperative principles; two of those prinmy second posting with CCA but ciples are concern for community and coopthat one of the three credit unions eration amongst cooperatives. By working The map on the on airplane I have been assigned to work together we are all stronger. board display shows that we are If you wish to follow along on this jourwith is the Berekum Teacher ‘s crossing Saskatchewan and the Credit Union, Helina’s credit ney I will be doing my best to provide reguview from my window is of frolar updates (as internet service allows) via union. zen white fields as far as the eye I am not under any delusions, my blog www.I’llCUinGhana.blogspot.com can see. Ghana is a very poor country and the Integris Credit Union Facebook site. I can hardly believe that I am and it is a struggle for the really heading out on yet another majority of the population grand adventure. As some of to survive let alone prosper, you may recall I was fortunate but people like Helina are enough to obtain a volunteer working so hard to improve position with the Canadian ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH the conditions of their felCooperative Association (CCA) (Across from the Petrocan Station) low countrymen that it is two years ago. Joan Burdeniuk (left) travelled to Ghana to help work with credit hard not to be optimistic. My first trip with CCA was a unions in the African country. SUNDAY LITURGY: Saturday 7:30 pm & Sunday 10:30 am Ghana is located in West coaching program in Mongolia. Photo courtesy of Joan Burdeniuk DAILY MASS: Monday - Friday 9:00 am Africa, bordered by the Cote Coaching programs are designed host Helina Oforiwaa Quaque from Ghana PASTORAL TEAM: FATHER FRANK SALMON 250-996-8343 d’Lvoire (Ivory Coast) to the west, to partner Credit Union staff from Canada SR. PAT MACAULAY, SR. DIVINA PEDRO Africa. Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the with developing credit unions worldwide. 250-996-2275 Since returning to Ghana Helina has been east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the The goal is to be able to share best practices able to apply some of the learning’s and south. and experience to help these developing experience’s to strengthen their credit union. The average life expectancy is 56 credit unions in their fight to move their In a recent report back to CCA Helina says: (men) and 57 (women), the average members from poverty to prosperity. “It is amazing to know how the monitoring yearly household income was reported In 2013 our credit union participated in of our staff duties are massively progressing as US$1,327 in 2008 by the Ghana Staanother of CCA’s programs. This one was with the little knowledge and experience tistical Service. called the Woman’s Mentorship Exchange. acquired from Canada. Right now, four of It is hard but I know that there This program is designed to expose our staff have been caught in fraudulent acts are people and organizations that are Woman Credit Union leaders from developwhere they were found to have embezzled working diligently to improve the ecoing countries to the Canadian Credit Union some monies from the credit union’s funds, nomic situation of the most impovsystem. The participants in this program three of them are currently under police erished. I believe that it is only by spend a week in Ottawa learning about the investigations and I am very grateful that I moving out of poverty that we will be Canadian Credit Union system then they am able to help detect them by my observaable to start to solve many of the other are partnered with a host credit union for tion.” global problems that face so many two weeks of practical experience. So you can well imagine my excitement today. I was fortunate enough to be able to
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Highway reclassification means better snow removal Bill Phillips Prince George Free Press With a slew of fatal accidents on Highway 16 this winter and expected increased industrial traffic, the province is changing the highway’s designation. Transportation Minister Todd Stone announced Tuesday morning that the highway, from Prince Rupert to the B.C./Alberta border and Highway 97 north from Prince George, will be moved from a Class B designation to Class A, changing how snow removal and maintenance is conducted. “A Class A highway has more patrols,” Stone said during a press conference at the CN Intermodal facility in Prince George. “Patrols will take place every four hours as opposed to every eight hours. The maximum amount of snow accumulation that is permitted on the highway before it has to be removed is quite a bit less … four centimetres, as opposed to six centimetres. There will be more snow
removal, more plowing, there will also be more salt and sand applications. All tolled, it represents a heightened level of winter road maintenance.” It will also mean renegotiating contracts with the six highways maintenance contractors that are responsible for maintaining the stretches of highways. Stone expects the changes will cost the province between $2 million and $3 million per year. “Those dollars I have found within our ministries,” he said. He said the province has looked at the number of accidents and fatalities along Highway 16, in addition to traffic volumes in making the decision to reclassify the highways. “It is absolutely the right time to reclassify Highway 16 and Highway 97,” he said. “It will immediately improve safety in those corridors.” The province has put $129 million into Highway 16 improvements for past four years. The changes are expected to be in effect by midto-late February.
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Student of the Week ✦ Grade 12 Fort St. James Secondary 17 years old ✦ Nominated Mrs. Stainton “She’s a wonderful, wonderful student,” said Stainton.”
Danielle Sutherland
Stainton has worked with Danielle as her advisor on grad transitions and called her very talented and a “fantastic visual artist” who has also done a lot with the youth committees to benefit other students. “I had the pleasure of watching her visual portfolio,” said Stainton. “It was stunning.” Danielle is planning on attending either Langara College or Selkirk College to study digital photography after graduation.
Let fly your arrows Two young archers from Fort St. James will be heading off to the B.C. Winter Games Feb. 20-23 in Mission next month.
Harry Goerz and Daniel Crook will be “nocking” some arrows and pulling some bow strings in preparation for competing in the games. Goerz and Crook are both 14 years old and have been practicing archery in the Far Fletched Archers club for five years learning the sport. Goerz said he became interested in archery as a result of hunting, while Crook said he wasn’t even sure why he became interested in the sport, but finds it challenging. Goerz will be shooting a compound bow during the games, while Crook will be shooting a recurve bow. The two archers will be putting in extra hours of practice under the coaching supervision of Kirstin Rudolph and Phil Smith to prepare for their events.
ABOVE: Archer Harry Goerz practices his shot with his compound bow in preparation for competition at the B.C. Winter Games in February. RIGHT: Archer Daniel Crook lines up his target while practicing with his recurve bow, also in preparation for Winter Games competition next month.
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“ The Joint Review Panel’s recommendation is an important step toward building a better pipeline.”
My name is Janet Holder and I am the leader of the Northern Gateway Project. This past December, my team came one step closer towards our goal of building a better pipeline. After weighing the evidence in the most comprehensive, scientific review in Canadian pipeline history, the Joint Review Panel of the National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency provided its recommendation.
From the beginning, Northern Gateway has committed to building a safer and better pipeline. The Panel’s conditions are an important step towards that goal. They reflect the input of thousands of British Columbians and Canadians, and include many of the commitments we made in our submission. But our work is far from done. As a proud British Columbian, I assure you that my team will continue to work hard towards meeting all of the final conditions set out by the Joint Review Panel, just as we’re working hard to meet the Province’s tough conditions. Building a better pipeline isn’t easy. It takes hard work and complete dedication to meeting the highest standards possible. The Joint Review Panel’s recommendation is an important step toward building a better pipeline.
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Allan Wishart Prince George Free Press Three little words. That’s one way Jerusha White writes songs. “I’m probably the most backwardswriting songwriter around,” says the Fort St. James singer, who will be in a Coldsnap Regional Showcase at Artspace on Jan. 30. “I usually have the melody first, and then there are two ways I write. “I either sit down and play the melody until I’m sick of it, and then the words come, or I’ll have three words in mind while I’m playing the melody and I’ll think of a way to work them into the song.” Learning she sings mostly jazz or rhythm-and-blues is a bit of a surprise for someone so young, until you ask who she listened to growing up. The names spill out like a cascade. “Celine Dion, Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin. Aretha Franklin was one of my favourites growing up. I listen to almost anything. I love rap, but I’d never do it on stage. “I always go back to jazz and R&B.” But those other styles peek through. “When I was writing the songs for my album,” she says, “I think part of everything I listen to came through. There’s hints of a lot of genres.” The album, set for release in April, is
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costume change to become a new character. “If the song is just words on paper, what is it? You have to feel it.” That doesn’t mean, however, that she is deeply emotionally connected to all her songs. “There are a lot of the songs I write that don’t really relate to my life experiences. I mean, I’m still
Fort St. James singer-songwriter Jerusha White will lead off a Regional Showcase at Artspace on Jan. 30, part of the Coldsnap Music Festival. Photo illustration courtesy of Jerusha White
basically done, and manager Don Rudland says the people they had working with her on the album couldn’t have been better. “The team we’re recording with is stellar. With a young artist like Jerusha, you have to help her on her way. They realized this, and they were always willing to put their two cents in on a song.” White agrees. “It’s so brilliant to watch someone who has no real idea where the song is going, so he experiments a bit and suddenly you realize how good it sounds and you think, ‘I wrote that’.” They started working on the album
in Vancouver, then moved to a studio in Edmonton. “Don knows best when it comes to stuff like that,” White says. “I was like a kid walking through the zoo when we went to visit the different studios. They all looked so new and fascinating.” When it comes to singing the songs, White feels her training in musical theatre (she performed in A Christmas Carol with Theatre North West) comes in handy. “When you’re on stage, every song is like a little movie. You have to put yourself into the character for that song, then between songs, you do a mental
pretty young, I don’t have a lot of life experiences yet.” Sometimes, though, it’s different. “There was one song that I did really relate to, and it was tough to do it in the studio. They guys in the band recognized right away that this one was different for me, and they were really supportive, helping me through it.”
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NOTICE TO REMOVE PRIVATE LAND FROM WOODLOT LICENSE 254/256 Please be advised that Ross Hamilton is proposing to remove 48 h of private land from woodlot 254/256 located in the vicinity of the Necoslie River. Inquiries/comments to this proposal must be submitted to Ross Hamilton by February 22, 2014. Only written inquiries received by the above date will be responded to. Information about this proposal can be obtained by contacting Ross Hamilton at 250-996-8032 or rhamilton@ kdlgroup.net.
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DISTRICT OF FORT ST. JAMES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held in the Council Chambers at the District of Fort St. James office, 477 Stuart Drive West on Wednesday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to give all persons who deem their interests in property to be affected by the proposed “Official Community Plan Amendment No. 11, Bylaw No. 937, 2014� and “Zoning Bylaw Amendment No. 27, Bylaw No. 938, 2014� an opportunity to be heard. The application requests the following: 1. Amend District of Fort St. James Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 872, 2010 such that a portion of the parcel legally described as Lot 17 Plan 8411 District Lot 4762 Range 5 Coast District is changed from “Urban Residential� to “Park�. 2. Amend District of Fort St. James Zoning Bylaw No. 738, 2001 such that a portion of the parcel legally described as Lot 17 Plan 8411 District Lot 4762 Range 5 Coast District, is changed from R-3 (Residential – Multi-Family) to a mix of R-1 (Residential – Single Family), R-2 (Residential – Duplex), R-3 (Residential – Multi-Family), R-4 (Residential – Mobile Home) and (P-1) Parks & Schools. The proponent, Ouellette Bros. Enterprises Ltd., proposes to rezone the property, located to the east of Murray Road, Carnell Street and Ash Street East, for the purposes of subdividing for a residential neighbourhood. Copies of the proposed amending bylaws may be viewed at the District Office, 477 Stuart Drive West, Fort St. James, from January 13 through February 12, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays.
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APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF 2014 REVENUE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PNG-WEST SERVICE AREA PLEASE NOTE: The information contained below was initially scheduled to be published on December 18, 2013. Due to a publication error it is being printed today, Wednesday, January 29, 2014.
NOTICE OF REVENUE REQUIREMENTS APPLICATION THE APPLICATION On November 29, 2013, Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) filed its 2014 Revenue Requirements Application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission), pursuant to sections 58 to 61, 89 and 90 of the Utilities Commission Act (Act), seeking Commission approval to, among other things, increase delivery rates as a result of increases in cost of service and decreased deliveries to some customer classes (Application). The Application also seeks interim relief to allow PNG to amend its rates on an interim and refundable basis, effective January 1, 2014, pending the hearing of the Application and orders subsequent to that hearing. The delivery rate increase is estimated to be approximately $0.348 per GJ for a residential customer. This represents an increase of 3.0 percent compared to the 2013 delivery rate. The delivery rate increase for a small commercial customer is estimated to be $0.270 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 2.7 percent compared to the 2013 delivery rate. The Granisle propane delivery rate increase for a residential customer is estimated to be $0.247 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 3.8 percent compared to the 2013 delivery rate. Based on the gas cost recovery and Gas Cost Variance Account rate riders effective October 1, 2013 thru December 31, 2013, the overall average bundled rate increase for a typical residential customer consuming 68.7 GJ per year is 3.8 percent, an increase of $48 per year. Similarly, for a small commercial customer consuming 302.4 GJ per year, the increase is 4.0 percent or $189 per year and for Granisle propane customers consuming 53.5 GJ per year the overall average bundled rate increase is 1.0 percent, an increase of $13 per year. THE REGULATORY PROCESSES The Commission wishes to hear from affected parties before determining the public process necessary for the disposition of the Application. Commission Order G-208-13 establishes a Preliminary Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application. The detailed Preliminary Regulatory Timetable can be reviewed on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com under Current Applications. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE APPLICATION The Application and supporting material will be made available for inspection at public libraries in Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Houston, Smithers, Burns Lake, Vanderhoof and Fort St. James, and at the Head Office of PNG at Suite 950, 1185 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4E6, and at the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Sixth Floor, 900 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2N3. The Application will also be available for viewing on the PNG website at www.png.ca, (www.png. ca/ir_utilities.cfm) and on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com, which also contains detailed materials related to the Application including Commission Orders and Intervener materials. REGISTERING TO PARTICIPATE Persons who expect to actively participate in the review process should register as Interveners. Interveners will receive copies of the Application, all correspondence and filed documents. Persons not expecting to actively participate should register with the Commission as Interested Parties and will receive the Commission’s Decision. Interveners and Interested Parties must inform the Commission Secretary, in writing or by online web registration, by Tuesday, December 31, 2013 of their intention to become Interveners or Interested Parties with respect to the Application. All submissions and/or correspondence received from active participants or the general public relating to the Application will be placed on the public record and posted to the Commission’s website. FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, please contact Erica Hamilton, Commission Secretary, or Philip Nakoneshny, Director, Rates, as follows: Telephone: Facsimile: E-mail:
(604) 660-4700 or (BC Toll Free) 1-800-663-1385 (604) 660-1102 commission.secretary@bcuc.com
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Volleyball athletes from Fort St. James prepare for Indigenous Games
Kristi Howell has a passion for volleyball. The young mother has been playing and competing in the sport for much of her life, starting to play competitively in Grade 9. She is still an active participant in local beach volleyball in the summer and drop-in volleyball in Kwah Hall. “I really just like being active,” she said. “It’s something I’m passionate about.” She is also one of the organizers of the annual Kora-Lee Prince Memorial Volleyball Tournament, held in memory of her sister who was lost through the ice in a snowmobile accident nine years ago this month. Howell said volleyball was a family affair, and she and her sister played together and were always competitive. “It was just something we al- TOP: Kristi Howell will be leading the B.C. Under 19 volleyball team to the Indigenous ways did,” she said. This lifelong passion led How- Games in Regina, as coach. LEFT: Kaylee ell to the Indigenous Games as an Walstrom (left) and Sydney Tibbits made the athlete when she was about 14, B.C. Under 16 volleyball team for the 2014 playing on the B.C. Under 16 vol- North American Indigenous Games. leyball team in Winnipeg. Ruth Lloyd/Caledonia Courier She returned a few years later across the province to help evaluate players and select to play for the B.C. Under 19 volleyball team in Denboth the under 16 and under 19 team players. ver, Colorado. With only 24 spots for both teams up for grabs, 68 As a young woman, Howell said the games helped young women turned out to try for the teams. teach her a lot. “It was nice to have that good of a turnout,” she “It was really amazing,” she said. “It was a very said. “It made it easier, but it also made it harder. eye-opening experience, especially when you come “It’s sad when you have to turn people away.” from a small town.” She said the young women can expect to work hard She will have a chance to share her passion with and while it is challenging to play together as a team the next generation, as she prepares to head to Regiwhen there are so few practices together before the na, Saskatchewan as a coach for the 2014 Indigenous competition, it’s a good experience. Games this summer. The competition can help the young players learn As a coach, Howell is looking forward to sharing more about who they want to be as people and as an her experience with some young athletes. athlete, said Howell. “I’m excited,” she said. “I’m looking forward to the The coaching position is a volunteer role, which girls’ experiences.” will be a challenge for Howell, who will have a twoShe already attended the many selection camps
month-old baby when the games take place. She will have her husband there to help her, but it will still be hard work. “It’s definitely going to be a learning curve,” she said. “As a team player, I give it a hundred per cent coaching as if I was playing.” And Howell will not be the only volleyball player from Fort St. James headed to the games. Two local athletes have also made the B.C. Under 16 team: Kaylee Walstrom and Sydney Tibbets. Kaylee is 15 and in Grade 10 and will be playing the power position for the team. “I’m really excited,” she said of the opportunity. The selection camp was a new experience, with coaches watching the players’ every move with clipboards in hand. “It was nerve-wracking,” she said. Kaylee said she’s looking forward to the trip, and experiencing the opening ceremonies - a five to seven-hour event - but it is intimidating to be on a team she has not played with before. Sydney, who is only 14 and in Grade 9, will play off-side position for the team. Sydney said the selection camp was less stressful than she had thought it would be - she expected more running and cardio work. “I had a lot of fun actually,” she said. The young athlete is looking forward to having the chance to meet other young indigenous athletes, experience different cultures and see how such a large event works. “I’m so excited to meet new friends,” she said. The 2014 North American Indigenous Games will take place July 20-27.
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