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Canvassing takes off in lead up to community vote Cameron Orr Douglas Channel Watch (DCW) has launched their campaign to get voters out for Kitimat’s April 12 plebiscite on the Northern Gateway Pipelines proposal. “We fought hard for a simple, clear question but didn’t realize how important the plebiscite was until we started getting interview requests from the BBC, and heard of other international news organizations that were also coming to cover it,” said DCW member Murray Minchin in a news release. DCW conducted door-to-door surveys, the organization says, to find out what people thought ahead of the community vote. There were five key reasons that they found for people to vote no in the plebiscite, whether they were a ‘fence sitter’ on the issue or supporters of the Northern Gateway project. Those reasons were, it “will allow temporary foreign workers to build the pipelines,” it describes “Northern Gateway as a raw diluted bitumen export pipeline,” it “does not mandate upgrading or any other job creating, value added projects,” it will “allow 1,100ft long oil supertankers on BC’s pristine north coast,” and that “the JRP considered the Exxon Valdez and Kalamazoo spills as localized events with temporary effects, which would be ‘justified in the circumstances’ if they happened in BC’s waters.” Minchin said that this plebiscite is a “golden opportunity,” for Kitimatians to send a strong message to Ottawa that the Northern Gateway should not be a priority. DCW has launched their campaign as a grassroots action against Enbridge’s own advertising efforts. Enbridge has been running a number of ads in community newspapers and radio as Kitimat leads into its early April plebiscite. The question being asked on April 12 is: Do you support the final report recommendations of the Joint Review Panel (JRP) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and National Energy Board, that the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project be approved, subject to 209 conditions set out in Volume 2 of the JRP’s final report? Visit www.kitimat.ca for detailed information on advanced voting opportunities and more details including voter eligibility. Turn to page 11 for more on this issue.
Having fun with science was on the agenda at the Kitimat Public Library on March 21, part of their series of Spring Break activities. These scientists — Rachel Barnes and Teanna DeWalt at left, with Tatianna Bailey at right — watch how different densities of liquids separate when poured on each other.
Housing issues laid out in forum Cameron Orr The path towards an eased housing market in Kitimat continued with a community housing forum hosted last Tuesday. The March 18 event was hosted by Skeena MLA Robin Austin. The event was put on in partnership with the Skeena Diversity Society, Terrace District Community Services Society, the District of Kitimat and Kitimat Housing Resource Project. The panel included Austin, Kitimat housing resource worker Anne Moyls, the District’s Director of Planning and Community Development Gwen Sewell, area landlord Kevin Coelho, and Stacey Tyers. A comprehensive list of suggestions was later compiled by Tyers after the meeting which included everything people had brought up regarding how housing should be developed in town. That
list included requiring legislation which would allow municipalities to create bylaws to remove derelict buildings, develop mens’ shelters, incentives for secondary suites, and reduced rent for small apartments, among many other ideas. Following the forum held last Tuesday, we were able to follow-up with Tyers to get her take on how it went and where the community can go from here. “Obviously we know that we need federal and provincial government to step in and start footing the bill for some of these constructions,” she said. “And of course that resonated repeatedly through the forum.” That said, she doesn’t feel that the province or federal government has given much thought to communities affected by housing issues. “We’re facing all of these projects where we’re told ‘don’t worry, we’ll take care of you,’ but the problems are already
starting and we’re already being blown off. It’s really hard to trust that when things get into full swing we’re going to have the help that we need, because we already don’t have the help to get ready for any of it.” But beyond the senior levels of government, there are efforts that could be undertaken locally, both traditional and some ‘outside the box’ ideas. “One I found interesting was renovating closed schools for mini-apartments. Is it feasible? I don’t know, but it’s something we could look at.” Being from Terrace, Tyers does recognize certain ways that Terrace has it slightly easier than the District of Kitimat. Namely, Terrace has land to themselves that can be put towards development, whereas Kitimat does not have that luxury. Continued on page 2
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The Kitimat Community Housing Forum panel speaks to an audience at the CAW Hall on March 18. Left to right is MLA Robin Austin, Housing Resource Worker Anne Moyls, District of Kitimat Director of Planning Gwen Sewell, area landlord Kevin Coelho, and Poverty Law Advocate Stacey Tyers.
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Continued from page 1 “Quite often even when the province has money to build the municipality’s part is to hand over the land but if you don’t have land you can’t hand it over. We’ve had that luxury,” she says of Terrace. In general, Tyers told the Sentinel that developing affordable
housing units is important, perhaps more than rental subsidies which may not make much dent against thousand dollar rents. And making people share homes and apartments will only put vulnerable people at risk. From here continuing the conversation is very important. “I think the impor-
tant thing is to continue the conversation and continue sharing information. In both of our communities what is lacking is actually the information on what people are doing,” she said. “[Sewell’s] presentation...was really great. It shows that council has actually been working on it. But they don’t have
the power to just run out and build houses. And that’s what people miss.” Sewell presented a Powerpoint presentation giving the history of the District’s and Council’s actions regarding housing and presented long-range population forecasts should any projects be built.
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BC Hydro plans line replacement Cameron Orr BC Hydro has been seeking community advice on how to proceed on a replacement project for the power line that runs between Terrace and Kitimat. The Terrace to Kitimat Transmission Project (TKT) will eventually replace the current 287 kilovolt (kV) line that runs from a Terrace substation to the Minette Substation at the former Eurocan industrial site. The line was constructed in the early 1970s and project manager Robert Smith said it’s coming to the end of its 40 year lifespan. “We’re beginning to see age related problems,” he said. “A few years ago there were a lot of pole-top fires.” Today the company is continually patching the line and there are safety concerns given the line isn’t built to modern standard. Efforts to replace the line
will mean five options for BC Hydro to look in to. Overall, though, the plans break down into either replacing the power line with a single line, or whether they’d double the line, not to increase capacity but to increase reliability. Replacing one line would mean building along a new right of way next to the existing line, and then taking down the existing line once that’s finished. The other options are essentially variations of building a line on the east or west side of the Kitimat Valley, or both. Smith said that building one line on each side is the ideal from the company perspective. “That would be the ultimate dream version because these two routes being very far from each other you get perfect redundancy,” he said. Doubling the linewould cost more. At an estimated $1to-$1.5 million cost per kilome-
tre of new transmission line, replacing one line is estimated to cost $60 to $100 million for the 60km of the existing line. It wouldn’t be quite double to create two lines. If there were two lines each would run at 50 per cent of their capacity to allow for the redundancy if one line goes down. Building a line could take up to three years. The new construction, though, wouldn’t be hindered with a 40 year life span. Smith said that instead of wood structures, a new construction would be based on steel. “When you build a transmission line out of steel poles and steel construction it’s almost an infinite life span,” he said, because of the way steel can be repaired and maintained. “You can keep it going forever almost.”
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Regional briefs Whooping Residents in Northern B.C. are reminded about the importance of getting immunized to protect against pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough. There have been four recent laboratory-confirmed cases of whooping cough: three in the northwest and one in the northern interior of Northern Health’s region. Pertussis is a highly infectious respiratory bacterial condition that affects all ages. The best way to protect your children against pertussis is to get them immunized. The pertussis vaccine is part of the normal childhood vaccinations that are given at two months, four months, six months, and 18 months old, and again at age four to six years. A pertussis vaccine is also given to teens at 14 to 16 years of age (Grade 9) in British Columbia.
Ceremonially cutting the banner, re-opening Kitimat General Hospital’s emergency room. From left to right is: Jonathan Cooper, Northern Health Kitimat Health Service Administrator; Dr. Geoff Appleton, Northern Health Northwest Medical Director; John Rustad, minister of aboriginal relations and reconcilliation; Joanne Monaghan, Mayor; Sammy Robinson, Haisla chief; Bruce Bidgood, North West Regional Hospital District Vice Chair; Corinne Scott, Chair of the Kitimat General Hospital Foundation; Peter Hennecke, Provincial Health Service Authority B.C. Mobile Medical Unit.
Kitimat hospital ER re-opens Cameron Orr After $811,000 in renovations in Kitimat General Hospital’s emergency room, staff are now back to work in regular facilities after a mobile medical unit had been filling the gap during the work. A number of dignitaries were on hand for the ceremonial opening, including local council
members, the Northwest Regional Hospital District, the provincial government, and the Haisla Nation. The work to the ER includes the addition of an observation room, a clinical workstation, a medication and storage room and a new walk-in patient triage area. The work was done by Vector Proj-
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen has moved from House Leader in Tom Mulcair’s NDP shadow cabinet to now being the NDP finance critic. “I’m honoured and incredibly excited to take on this new assignment,” said Cullen in a
news release. “We’ve seen the Conservative government take a Bay Street perspective on managing Canada’s economy for too long, giving reckless tax cuts to industries that don’t need them, and leaving Canadian families
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Walk on the wild side
It was around August last year that council received a letter from a Kildala-area homeowner that the District should take a look at installing a sidewalk in the Lahakas Boulevard-Quatsino Boulevard area. As it is the sidewalk along Lahakas ends just opposite the RCMP detachment. There’s no proper walkway to get around to Columbia from there except to go back towards the townhomes and take the walkway there. That route is fairly well used based on what I’ve read and heard from others in town. I know I use it regularly. That person I referred to in my first paragraph is in fact my sister-in-law and Lahakas to Quatsino is actually my go-to pedestrian route to reach her home, despite a lack of pavement. Yet it’s not just an issue isolated to her and myself. I recall it having been mentioned at least twice through comments and letters to council. Most recently a “concerned Kitimat citizen who wishes to remain anonymous” wrote a comment to the council, regarding PTI Group’s development permit to develop their workforce lodge. In it the writer asked council to consider linking Quatsino and Columbia via a walkway. It’s a way for many, the writer states, people to get from the Columbia area to downtown, where the hospital and shopping are. I also nod sympathetically to the writer who notices in the winter people taking that route have to walk along the roadway itself which, not to sound too dramatic, completely goes against the town plan to keep pedestrians and motor traffic separate. The area around the PTI lodge will be getting its own sidewalks, part of the development of Strawberry Meadows, so it’s a prime time for the district to get involved and develop walkways on their property to complement that development. It will give better access to the downtown and provide safer travels for those who already take those routes. Last August when council first received a letter on this, the direction was to refer the plan to the 2014 budget and to the advisory planning commission. Councillors have already done the heavy combing through the budget and I had to check with the town’s treasurer to confirm whether or not it had come up since I couldn’t recall any discussion about the walkway idea. To his recollection it hadn’t been discussed either. Perhaps councillors were waiting for a report from the advisory planning commission before they wanted to touch this idea in official budget talks. Or maybe it just didn’t break through against the priority of other issues. All I do know is that in this case it would be wise to add walkway construction to the existing plans of maintenance and potential removals.
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What’s the opposite of a bucket list? I’ve never really had a “bucket list” of things I’d like to do before I “shuffle off this mortal coil.” To tell the truth, however, I have found myself slowly acquiring a fairly lengthy list of things I’m increasingly certain I don’t ever want to experience before I do kick that very bucket. That list, unfortunately, grows by the week in the “cloud” of my mind as I watch the daily news. Here are a just a very few of them: After watching the Fifth Estate’s recent documentary on the sudden deaths of healthy young tourists exposed to chemicals used to fight bed bugs in Asian region hotels, I’ve struck most of these countries off my potential holiday visit targets, including Thailand and Vietnam. I have seen both of the Koreas, China, Indonesia (and more recently Malaysia) as well as Syria, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Russia simply and deservedly drop off the page a long time ago, for a variety of reasons, many of which have all added their own distinct exclamation points, one or two at a time, in recent years. I’ve just mentally added Crimea to that vaporous list, although I’m sure if they knew, the feeling would be mutual. I must admit I have no urge to climb Mount Everest or K2, or to parachute from a Piper Cub anywhere. I’ll
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never be interested in spending eight seconds on the back of a bull named Fu Manchu or any other rodeo Brahma bull. And frankly, if I never climb on the back of an ATV or a snowmobile again, I don’t think it’s going to bother me too much, either. For fans of these activities, I’m sure that’s fine and leaves all the more room for them to ride. Since I have already sat in the audience at a raucous Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, it’s unlikely — no, dead certain — that I’d ever want to do so again. Same goes for the listening to the bull inside the Legislature in Victoria or any city hall meeting in Toronto, while Mayor Rob Ford takes up space. Add a Justin Bieber, Celine Dion, Neil Young or Beyonce concert among events that sit fairly high on an imaginary list of entertainment I’d be resistant to paying my cash money for. Attending an Academy Awards evening is runs close to the top too.
I have not been in a movie theatre for about four or five years and, sorry, I’m still in no rush. That doesn’t mean there aren’t a few really good movies coming out each year, but I’m prepared to wait until they hit my big screen TV, and that seems to be happening faster and faster each year. Although there’s no “bucket list” there are some things I’d still like to do, however. I would like to see a bit more of Alaska and drive again along parts of the California coastline but if it never happens, so what? I would love to repeat a few wonderful days spent wading and wormfishing for brook trout on the winding, wooded and pristine Coal Branch stream, north of Moncton, N.B. In fact I’d also like to read that trout are back on the fishing menu in the Kitimat River any time soon. I like to wander some alternate routes on that drive from Vancouver to Toronto that I made in 1973. That was enjoyable, but I missed seeing a lot of the country that I decided not to detour through. I’d like to see a little bit more, no a lot more, of the Grand Canyon and a more likely one, I’d enjoy another drive on the Queen Charlotte Islands, with some fresh crab thrown in. Continued on page 5
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What does it really mean to be permanent Dear Sir, In the early hours of March 24, 1989, the residents of the small community of Cordova, Alaska, awoke to their worst nightmare. The supertanker Exxon Valdez had run aground on Bligh Reef, and some 40 million litres of crude oil spilled into Prince William Sound, killing 22 orcas, 250,000 sea birds, 2,800 sea otters, 1.9 million salmon and 12.9 billion herring. The local fishing and tourism
ReadeR’s WRite economy collapsed overnight. In their final report recommending the approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline and tanker project, the joint federal review panel (JRP) wrote: “The Panel finds that a large spill would not cause permanent, widespread damage to the environment.”
An odd conclusion when the oil remaining on the beaches today up the coast in Alaska is just as toxic as it was 25 years ago, and continues to have toxic impacts on marine life such as sea otters. What’s more, studies show that there is long-term genetic damage from the Exxon spill to both herring and salmon. Herring, killer whales and pigeon guillemots populations have never returned anywhere near pre-spill levels.
Perhaps the JRP think 25 years and counting isn’t permanent, but I don’t want to find out what widespread damage means for our salmon, whales, otters, sea birds and herring. Exxon, as Enbridge is now, promised that they had the best and safest technology. As both the Exxon Valdez and the BC Ferry Queen of the North spill have taught us, technology isn’t always the problem. Human error in geographically tough conditions is what gets us
Douglas Channel Watch not just a group of radicals Dear Sir, So far I have not been a member of an environmental group, but last week I signed up to the Douglas Channel Watch. It’s not a group of radical tree huggers but a collection of concerned long-time community volunteers who sincerely believe that saying “no” to Enbridge is worth their time and struggles.
I have heard so many well-researched and reasoned points from the dedicated and sincere members of Douglas Channel Watch that I am proud to identify with this group. The love of our community and the amazing pristine wilderness and waters surrounding us motivate this group to spend hours of their free time in the battle for the environment.
I am motivated by my Northern values to work hard to protect the unique habitat of the B.C. coast and to stand united with the Coastal First Nations in the pursuit of sustainable long-term jobs and development. No to pipelines, no tankers, no problem, no to the plebiscite question. Sincerely, Patricia Lange
Advances mean we can’t compare past to present Dear Sir, Billion of barrels of oil are transported worldwide every day. That’s a fact. It is so endemic, if it were to instantaneously vaporize the world would come to a screeching halt within hours. Every aspect of our daily lives is impacted by its use
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and availability, yet most of us are uncomfortable broaching the subject with our neighbours, having been exposed to years of images of oil soaked birds and ancient tankers aground. Powerful stuff. Imagine if we were subjected to a like campaign of
gruesome images of airline crashes. The Exxon Valdez grounding, that oft referred to incident the environmentalist hardliners adore, occurred prior to the existence of the Internet. Technological advances in the succeeding years ex-
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into trouble. In another quarter of a century, I hope we’re all celebrating with our kids and grandkids our healthy freshwater rivers and vibrant coast as a result of standing up and stopping an Enbridge Valdez-like spill from happening on BC’s coast. Let’s continue to stand united against the introduction of crude oil supertankers in our northern waters. Sincerely, Nikki Skuce
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“I’m for jobs and stability. I’m voting YES.”
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“I used to live in a one-industry town. When the mine shut down, a lot of people lost their jobs—including me. That’s when I came to Kitimat, and I’m glad I did. I support the Northern Gateway project because I believe it will bring the stability and economic diversity that we haven’t always been able to count on. With new jobs, we’ll see growth—like more stores and services right here in town. With growth, there’s the possibility that we’ll need improved infrastructure. This project’s slated to bring in millions every year for 30 years. That’s a lot of money to invest here in Kitimat. When the town does well, so do the people who live here. That gives me some confidence as I plan my retirement. And that’s why I’m voting yes.”
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Steelhead LNG enters the development scene Cameron Orr A potential liquefied natural gas company is looking towards future development on the west coast. But where is a question that is yet to be answered. Steelhead LNG on March 18 announced that a former BC Attorney General Geoff Plant had been appointed to the company’s board of directors, as the company builds up an experience-base on their corporate level that includes natural gas development from the supply to delivery side. CEO Nigel Kuzemko said the company isn’t setting sites on anywhere specific at the moment. “We’re not a onesite company,” he said. “What we do is we’re looking at more than one site up and down the west coast.” He also couldn’t confirm the size of any potential LNG projects they’d build as it would be about “making the numbers work.” “We looked to
identify sites, form partnerships with either the land owners or the local community or First Nations and develop the site, and pull everything together so there’s
an opportunity for an LNG plant to be constructed and that takes quite awhile to do obviously,” he said. Getting pipeline developed to service the plant is also an-
other aspect that will need time. It could take up to five years just to complete the permitting phase of any development. The company said
in an earlier news release they’d be attending Gastech in South Korea, a natural gas conference. Meanwhile Kuzemko, while not himself Canadian,
does take note that the company is based in Canada — head office is in Vancouver — and the company has a staff that is mostly Canadian. He said if they’re
successful they’ll possibly take their expertise into overseas markets. The company is funded in Canada too, including by a private equity firm in Calgary.
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Chevron has plans for former Eurocan site ate ponds. Riddell says new treatment works will be installed “to treat landfill leachates to drinking water quality standards.” The site will in general be a logistical and laydown area for construction at the Bish Cove terminal — Chevron says they now own that land outright — as well as the work camp. The company has no firm plans as to what to do with the site once construction is
completed. As for another major Kitimat LNG related project, the Clio Bay Restoration Project is aiming for a Fall 2014 start date. This is the project that would see marine clay dumped in Clio Bay opposite Bish Cove, which is expected to improve the health of the bay’s floor. The later timeframe for that project, said Riddell, is to allow a transitional few
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Gunn said the JRP’s responsibility should have been to investigate these assumptions but says they failed to do that. As for financial consequences, Gunn said it’s taxpayers that’d be holding the bill for any spills. “Environment Canada scientists are not convinced that spills can be cleaned up effectively. It’s clear from the JRP hearings that there are conflicts between Environment Canada and Transport Canada about whether or not this product can be cleaned up properly...If that’s the case, how can they pretend to know how much it will cost to clean up a spill?” CPE, which consists of registered professional engineers and a Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at UBC, have sent letters to various members in the federal government and people with Enbridge. The CPE’s own studies can be read online at www.concernedengineers. org. The group was primarily funded through a crowdsourcing initiative and they say no backers had influence over their research.
she said discussions with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans indicates the permit is being finalized right now.
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In a recent open house at the Riverlodge, representatives of Chevron displayed their plans for the former Eurocan Pulp and Paper Mill site. As of right now the site is used for a small work camp of about 300 people, but with anticipated construction the camp could grow to 5,000. Chevron, however, does have a demolition plan for the remaining buildings of the mill
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Willie passed away peacefully with his family at his side after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s. Willie was born in Munich, Germany and immigrated to Canada in 1953, embarking on a new life which he found in Kitimat. He worked for Alcan until he opened his own business in 1968. His love for work and his community was evident in his success and involvement in many clubs, service organizations and the Catholic Church. He is survived by his wife Inga, his three children Thom (Diana), Yvonne (Robert) and Jackie (Mark) and six grandchildren - Jessica, Samuel, Danica, Tyler, Joel and Kyle. He was full of optimism and energy and passionate about gardening. The family expresses their deepest appreciation to all the nurses and staff at Mountainview Lodge in Kitimat where he spent the last two years. His funeral was held at Christ the King Church in Kitimat.
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Cameron Orr This year marks 10 years for the Cultural Warming Kitamaat Open Basketball Tournament. Games begin on April 4 and run to April 6. The games first began in 2005 (when both the Men’s and Women’s Kitamaat teams made it to the finals) and, according to the head organizer on the Haisla end Brent Robinson, the tournament has always been about their theme of ‘cultural warming.’ “The actual reason the tournament started is the District [of Kitimat] and the Village [Haisla Nation Council], they were looking to do some kind of event together.” He said seeing the popularity of the All Native Tournament in Prince Rupert inspired local organizers to bring the event to
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Continued from page 5 Upgrades in safety, embracing responsibility of the marine sector, and perhaps even the dispension of an initial cavalier approach can be attributed, to some extent, to them and First Nation concerns. The present Northern Gateway project is a far cry from the initial proposal. It must be made clear however, these changes didn’t materialize on a picket line, or courtroom. The changes came about through the dialogue created in venues like community advisory boards;
the Kitimat area. Games are traditionally played at both Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School and the Haisla Recreation Centre in Kitamaat Village. Over 10 years the tournament has grown and Robinson says it always gets better. “We used to scramble for teams...it took times for brand awareness,” he said, whereas now teams are beginning to come in from all over the province. They keep the rules of the tournament loose to build on their effort to bridge cultures, and to that end anyone, young or old, First Nations or not, can participate in the tournament if they choose. The tournament’s official website is at kitimatbasketball.com.
through the exchange of diverse views, in meetings comprised of environmental, First Nation, proponents, and the general public. Given all the pipeline and tanker traffic throughout the world, what seems to make this proposal so controversial? There is disturbing evidence, big business interests in the US are involved in an attempt to influence the direction of Canadian oil. After all they receive our oil at massively discounted rates. Utilizing the good intentions of various enviro/First Nation groups, they are apparently do-
nating huge funds surreptitiously through enviro-industries like the Tides Foundation, in a cynical attempt to derail the Gateway project. With little or no knowledge of where the proceeds originate from, the front line individuals are unknowingly serving the interests of the very entities they are so publicly combatting. With the pipeline referendum imminent, I made an effort to gauge the community’s feelings on the matter. Speaking to a pipeliner, who assured me pipelines are absolutely safe, but he wasn’t
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Learn more at muscle.ca sure of the shipping. A mariner was adamant shipping was safe, but was uncertain of the pipeline. I found this indicative of this entire community. We fear what we don’t understand. It’s utter nonsense to require the public to make an informed decision regarding the JRP’s recommendations, when very few if any will ever read the document. It’s 900 pages of lawyer speak. So really, we are left with an emotional choice. Emotional choice is simply that, and devoid of understanding of the complexities, and potential value of this project.
Given our limitations, perhaps we should approach this vote with a certain amount of pragmatism. Ask ourselves, ‘do the benefits outweigh the risks? Ten years ago, I would have said no. Today however, my own research, my belief in the company’s commitment to safety, and advances in technology, have created a comfort level that allows me to fully support the project. Your choice is your own. Sincerely, James Richards
COMING EVENTS April 1 The Kitimat Food Bank Society will be holding their Annual General Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church Lounge on the corner of Nalabila and Lahakas. Interested persons are welcome. April 30 IS YOUR CHILD starting kindergarten this year? The Health Unit will be holding a PreKindergarten Immunization Clinic-Kindergarten Round Up fair for all children born in the year 2009. Please call 632-3181 to book your appointment for 9:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Ongoing THURSDAYS, sign up for the BC Seniors Games Zone 10, 1 to 4 p.m. at the Kitimat Seniors Centre. Every Thursday as long as necessary. The Christ the King Parish Bereavement Ministry Committee is sponsoring “Connecting Each Other with Hope,” a six week grief support group for adults who are grieving the death of a loved one. Sessions began March 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Catholic Church Hall, and ends April 7. Call Susana at the parish of-
fice at 250-632-2215 to register. PICKLE BALL. Every Tuesday and Thursday, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Riverlodge. For those aged 50+. Call the Kitimat Seniors’ Centre at 250-632-3475 for further information. THE KITIMAT QUILTERS Guild meetings are the first Thursday of every month, held at M.E.S.S. Sewing room. All experience levels welcome. (19+) Call Aileen at 250-632-6225 or Wanda at 250-6324458. KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be
here for you. Total confidentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016. AGLOW OF KITIMAT - All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or PRAYER CANADA KITIMAT meets at the Northwest Community College Kitimat campus, from noon - 1:00 p.m. Enter at main entrance and turn left, meeting room will be on the right. Wheelchair accessible. All are welcome to pray for our city council and those in positions of authority in Kitimat, for the government of BC and of Canada. For information call Lesley at 250632-4554.T:10.31”
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Mixed messages at the door
“However, I can tell you that As Douglas Channel Watch (DCW) and Enbridge battle for our goal is, and always has been, to voters ahead of the plebiscite, a hire as many local people as possible to build and operate Northern war of words is taking place. Murray Minchin with DCW Gateway. Northern Gateway will told media that a relative of his had create 180 high paying, long-term an Enbridge employee come to her operational jobs that will be based door and that employee said “he in Kitimat.” Minchin provided selected could guarantee there would be no transcripts from the Joint Review temporary foreign workers.” We asked Enbridge’s commu- Panel process which had a companications whether that would have ny representative saying that “there been said by local representatives. are cycles in the economy where Ivan Giesbrecht, the compa- they [pipeline contractors] do need ny’s manager of communications, to recruit and have foreign -- emsaid he doesn’t know the specifics ploy foreign worker programs.” Those comments were diof what might have been said, but rected towards construction-phase repeated the TO company’s commitSERVE YOU BETTER jobs. ment to local hires. newsroom@terracestandard.com advertising@terracestandard.com newsroom@northernsentinel.com advertising@northernsentinel.com classifieds@northernsentinel.com TO SERVE YOU BETTER newsroom@terracestandard.com advertising@terracestandard.com newsroom@northernsentinel.com advertising@northernsentinel.com classifieds@northernsentinel.com
KITIMAT, LET’S TALK JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES Northern Gateway is hosting an informational open house on Tuesday, April 1 at the Kitimat Rod and Gun Club. We’re inviting everyone in Kitimat to come and learn about the many career opportunities our Project will bring to the region.
Tuesday, April 1 4:00 – 8:00 PM Kitimat Rod and Gun Club 356 Haisla Blvd.
For more information, contact our Kitimat Office at 250-632-5431
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Join Northern Gateway’s experts for an informal discussion to better understand the opportunities the project will provide. We’ll focus on the job prospects in such areas as marine, terminal operations, the environment, safety and emergency response. We will also have a table set up where you can scan and post your resume to our Northern Gateway Regional Skills and Business Database and speak with our supply chain management team. We look forward to seeing you there.
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The BC Government is now off-loading our recycling decisions to Toronto.
Under its new regulations, the BC Government has set up an association led by big corporations to take over the local Blue Box recycling program throughout BC. If you look closely, you’ll see that of seven board members, six are executives of Toronto-based multi-national corporations, with the seventh weighing in from Montreal. How do you like that, British Columbia? This means, unlike the current program run locally by BC municipalities, this new program will be managed not by people whose first responsibility is our local environment, but rather, their Bay St. profits. That can’t be a good thing for BC. The most perplexing thing is that we currently have a Blue Box program that works, is efficient, and costs BC homeowners just
$35 a year on average. The new proposed system does not guarantee to keep our local environment as its first priority, nor does it guarantee that there won’t be job losses here in BC. It doesn’t guarantee service levels, or say anything about how big business will pass along the costs to you when you go to pick up a pizza or buy groceries. Yikes! Perhaps this is why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to sign onto the new program, calling it a “scam.” Given that, maybe it’s time you called Premier Clark to keep BC’s environmental decisions right here in BC where they belong.
What’s going on here?
Email Christy Clark at premier@gov.bc.ca or call 250-387-1715. For more info, visit RethinkItBC.ca. #RethinkItBC. This Message is brought to you by: