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The mill at Huckleberry Mine looks like it will be restarting in the next couple of weeks. “We’re fairly confident that we’ve found a shortterm solution through our various consultants and milling experts,” said Randall Thompson, Vice President of Operations at Huckleberry Mines. Asked what the temporary solution involves, Thompson said they are changing the operating parameters (restrictions) of the gear with the goal of achieving 100 percent capacity. “We’re looking to re-start [the mill] within a couple of weeks,” he said. The SAG mill at Huckleberry Mines was temporarily shut down Feb. 26 after a break down involving
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The Topley Volunteer Fire Department started burning the old Uplands Motel for practice last Saturday and is running a few weekend practices to burn the place before the snow melts. Above are volunteer Fire Chief Byron Sketchley, Jim Dickson, Sean Forsyth, Lt. Rob Saunders, Kyle Townsend, and Safety Officer Lt. Terry Bayfield. See page 3 for more on the burn.
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into smaller pieces. Ordering a bull gear takes four to six months, and Thompson says that is an on-going process which they are continuing to work on for the long-term. While the mill was shut down, mill employees were put to work on upgrades and maintenance projects at the mill. See MINE on Page 3
April 9 job fair open to the whole community By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
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Maintenance keeps mine employees working MINE from Page 1 “We’ve done a lot of strategizing about how to best keep everybody employed and to ensure the delivery of our mine plan for this year,” Thompson said. Right now, mill workers are focused on the temporary solution and preparing for the restart of the mill, Thompson said. “Huckleberry has been operating for 15 years, employing people in the region,
and we want to continue to do that and work closely with our employees in terms of developing strategies as we move forward. “I can’t emphasize enough the appreciation that we have of all the work and the patience that everybody has demonstrated, that includes Huckleberry staff. “We really want to thank the employees,” he said.
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The future of signatures My 13-year-old son can’t write his name and most of his buddies can’t either. My 10-year-old daughter and most of her friends can. The reason for this shouldn’t have shocked me since the demise of cursive writing has been covered in the news, but I must have missed it, because I was completely surprised when I saw for myself. We were at the bank at the time. I had just opened individual savings accounts for Sam and Daisy, and the kids were asked to sign on the dotted line. Daisy wrote out her name effortlessly, and then it was Sam’s turn. “Don’t print it,” I said correcting him halfway through. “Signatures are supposed to be written.” “I can’t remember how,” he said after attempting to do it. He couldn’t even recall how to script the ‘S.’ Daisy snorted and offered to write his
name. I told him to just print it and we’d talk about it later. And talk we did. “Why can Daisy write her name and you can’t?” I asked when we got in the car. “The last time we learned handwriting was in grade three I think,” Sam replied. “We never write in middle school.” According to a couple of 16-year-olds I asked, it’s rare in high school as well. The art of handwriting that I used to practice diligently back in my youth just isn’t considered important like it once was. After my initial disbelief, I started to contemplate the significance of its gradual disintegration in this digital age. Back when I was in school I spent countless hours practicing my penmanship so it would look beautiful and impress the reader. Yet I ended up corresponding with more of a speedy chicken
scratch in the end. Over the years it’s developed into a hybrid of writing and printing, and while I can easily read it myself, others have trouble deciphering what it says. That has never mattered though. With greeting cards and notes meant for someone else’s eyes, I’d take an extra minute to neatly print so my message would be understood by the recipient. Additional communications have either been spoken or typed. “What about signatures?” my friend asked when I decided not to mind that kids are no longer engaging in cursive writing. “People can’t be printing their signatures.” Well, Sam just did and it wasn’t a problem with the bank. And his friend just did for his passport application and it wasn’t rejected by the government. Regardless, I would
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like my children to at least know how to sign their own names and have started working with my son on that. Not being able to write beyond a signature might become an issue the odd time, but the inability to read writing seems more problematic since there are older generations still communicating this way. “I wrote something on the board a couple of weeks ago and my students had no idea what it said,” my teacher friend said about her grade 10 class. “This could look bad to a future employer who writes. Kids who know how to read writing might be more marketable.” But many educators argue there are computer programs that can translate basic handwriting and it’s just nostalgia that has some wanting to keep the art of cursive writing alive. “If the kids can communicate by
On a brighter note Lori Welbourne talking, printing and typing, why should they spend precious school time learning handwriting when they’ll barely need it?” another teacher friend asked. “They’re better off learning a second language or something else that benefits their cognition and will become a more useful skill in their future.” It feels kind of sad to see the demise of handwriting happening right before our eyes, but better that than spelling and grammar. We have to pick our battles, and for that, I’d put up a fight.
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What are the biggest challenges you face as a small local business? What do you think of the Small Town Love program?
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“The biggest challenge is getting people to know who I am and what I do. I think Small Town Love is a great opportunity for a lot of us small business owners, who don’t have the money to advertise like the bigger franchises. This is greatly exciting.”
“Getting to be known. I’ve been doing this five years and I still bump into people in town who say they just heard of me. I like the idea of Small Town Love. It’s better then having your own website, because there are more connections and it leads to more exposure.”
“The biggest challenge is promoting the products and getting the word out about what you have to offer. I think Small Town Love is an awesome concept, but I don’t know if it suits my type of company. It seems more suited to boutiques, unique shops and bread and breakfasts.”
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Lorinda Vanderheide Blooming Arrangements “The biggest challenge is getting the word out there and advertising that we’re here. I think Small Town Love is awesome, because it gives little businesses a chance. They can’t afford to do all this advertising that the big companies can do. Now people are going to recognize what’s out there, and there’s a lot!”
Disclosure rules on way for local elections Candidates for municipal and school board elections will have to register with Elections BC and report donations of $50 or more when they run in province-wide elections this November. Legislation tabled by the B.C. government Wednesday will extend the term of office to four years as well as tightening rules for campaign financing and advertising. Third-
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The B.C. NDP leadership contest is officially underway, with the entry of Vancouver Island veteran John Horgan in a reluctant reprise of his 2011 run against Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth. Unfortunately for them, weekend campaign events were overshadowed by revelations of flagrant abuse of taxpayers’ money by the executive and board of the Portland Hotel Society. A pair of audits finally released last week on this network of
party advertisers will also have to register before promoting candidates, and financial disclosures will have to be filed with Elections BC within 90 days of the vote. C o m mu n i t y, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes said the new rules have been developed in consultation with the Union of B.C. Municipalities,
and that discussion determined that an outright ban on anonymous donations is too strict. The disclosure rule will also apply to third-party advertisers, who will have to report sources of donations more than $50 and identify themselves in advertising. C a m p a i g n spending limits won’t be imposed until after the elections scheduled for Nov. 15,
2014. Oakes said that measure is complex because the variety of local governments in B.C. is the widest in Canada, including large and small communities, regional districts, school boards, park boards and the Islands Trust that governs the Gulf Islands. The legislation also moves the date of local elections from November to October,
but that won’t take effect until 2018. UBCM president Rhona Martin, a director of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, said the move to four-year terms is not a “perfect solution,” but it was supported by a majority of delegates at last year’s convention. In previous votes, some small community representatives said even three-year terms may
be too long for a timeconsuming commitment with little pay. The change in reporting rules creates a large task of compliance and enforcement for Elections BC. Oakes said the Elections BC will present its proposed costs to the legislature committee that determines budgets for all independent officers, including the Auditor General.
NDP’s survival on the line
Downtown Eastside social agencies revealed systematic looting of the $28 million a year in taxpayers’ money that has kept this supposed charity running. Alas for the NDP, local MLA Jenny Kwan not only failed to keep an eye on it, her recently separated husband was one of the executives who took part for years, and she benefited to the tune of $35,000 in luxury travel. That’s what we know about, since much of the evidence wasn’t produced for the auditors. When this Lifestyles of the Rich
and Famous scheme finally came to light, Kwan hastily paid back the $35,000 and announced she’s taking an unpaid leave of absence. Her tearful claim that she believed nothing was wrong is simply not credible. She not only must have known of her husband Dan Small’s jet-set ways, she participated in at least two trips, one to Vienna and Bristol, England to do “research” and attend a poverty conference from high-end hotels. If it wants to retain any shred of credibility as it spouts misleading poverty statistics and simplistic solutions, the party must get rid
of Kwan, who has two years left to max out her MLA pension. MLA pensions were a factor in the 2010 ouster of Carol James, who infuriated the old guard by trying to defuse a public backlash against a generous pay and benefits package worked out in private between the NDP and the B.C. Liberals. Kwan would later take a leading role in the caucus revolt that forced James out as leader. Long-time political watchers will see the PHS abuse as a bigger, uglier version of the Nanaimo Commonwealth Holdings Society
scandal. There the siphoning off of bingo funds from charities cost Mike Harcourt his job as premier. In that case, NDP MLAs sat on the board, took their monthly cut and kept quiet. There’s more. Horgan became enraged last year at the reporter who took a tip from the B.C. Liberals to reveal the NDP was skimming constituency office budgets to pay for its own “ethnic outreach” operation in Vancouver. Horgan had rubberstamped the plan with a since-dismissed legislature accountant, and thought he had kept it secret after the
Auditor-General blew the whistle. His willingness to assess its ethics remains in question to this day. Then there is Craig Keating, who took over as party president from Moe Sihota last year. Did he inherit the $72,000 salary negotiated by Sihota with the B.C. Federation of Labour and two of its largest unions? If so, do Horgan and Farnworth think this is appropriate? Will the party’s joined-at-the-hip relationship with government unions even be discussed in the carefully staged leadership contest that’s about to begin?
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Then there’s the policy shipwreck left behind by Adrian Dix. His plan to use environmental assessment as a weapon to torpedo industrial projects remains popular with the party’s urban base. Farnworth and Horgan have paid lip service to the notion that projects like the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion should be properly assessed. Meanwhile the federal NDP fights to keep stacking public hearings with pre-selected protesters. The party may wish to consider what would give its next B.C. leader any hope of governing.
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website with a database of small business in the community. The dual-purpose of the program is to help small businesses hold their own against the chain stores and online competition, and to inspire communities to shop and support local business. “It’s about making local businesses more visible and about keeping more money in the local economy. “It will provide a web presence for businesses that will not only help locals find them but also tourists or people coming through who may stop in Houston because there’s a really cool business that they want to check out. “It’s exclusively for independent, locallyowned business... and it helps [owners] celebrate their business on the web in a professional way,” said Renata King, Director of Business with Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDI). Small Town Love is currently gathering applications from any small local businesses for its web database, which will be at LoveHoustonBC.com and is set to launch in May. The website will have profiles to showcase each business, what they offer, and the story of the business owner.
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The Small Town Love program is coming to Houston, funded by the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDI). Above are Renata King, Director of Business with NDI, and Amy Quarry, founder of Small Town Love. After the website launches, they will also host a launch event in the community to showcase the businesses. Small Town Love is supported and funded by NDI, a non-profit corporation working for economic development in northern B.C. It started in Quesnel and is spreading across northern B.C. Last year, the pilot program launched sites for Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Logan Lake, Valemont, Vanderhoof and 100 Mile House. Because of the NDI funding, businesses can participate with a one-time fee of $100. The website will have profiles to showcase businesses, what they offer, and the story of the business owner. For more information or if you’re a business owner looking to apply, go to SmallTownLove.com
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Author Arno Kopecky did a book reading at the Houston Public Library last Tuesday. From his wellknown book, “The Oil Man and the Sea Navigating the Northern Gateway,” Kopecky shared stories and pictures from BC’s Great Bear Rainforest, which is at the heart of the Northern Gateway Pipeline debate.
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District fireworks bylaw pending By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
A fireworks bylaw is in the works for the District of Houston. The District held several public discussion meetings at the end of 2013 regarding District bylaws and the official community plan. A fireworks bylaw was deemed a priority through that discussion, said John Guenther, Director of Engineering in a report to council last council meeting. The bylaw, which will come into effect by early May, permits
fireworks in the District but prohibits all selling and using firecrackers (which are those that explode and make noise without a visual signal). No permit will be needed in the District of Houston to set off fireworks, but selling fireworks will require a permit. Violators of the bylaw will face penalties which include fines of up to $2,000 or imprisonment for up to six months, or both. Enforcement will be carried out by the Houston Fire Chief. Guenther said in his report to council that
the bylaw restrictions help protect the fire safety of lands and buildings. It also manages the sale and distribution of fireworks. Following are some other regulations in the bylaw: No one under 19 years of age shall possess, ignite or explode fireworks or fire crackers. No one shall sell, give or furnish fireworks or firecrackers to anyone under 19. There must be two people on duty to shoot fireworks and at least two fire extinguishers kept in the area.
The audience must be restrained behind lines that are at least 45 metres from where fireworks are being discharged. Fireworks that shoot a projectile must only be shot vertically into the air. Fireworks cannot be used when the outside temperature is 30 degrees Celsius or higher, or the humidity is 30 percent or less. They cannot be used during a windstorm with winds of more than 10 kilometres per hour. Any fireworks that remain unfired after a display shall
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LOCAL wood product manufacturing plant in Okanagan Falls, B.C. requires full-time Millwright to join our team. Minimum two yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience as an Industrial Mechanic in a manufacturing environment is required. Ability to troubleshoot hydraulics, pneumatics, and electrical issues is essential. Shift work may be involved and also weekends. Please submit your resume to: Structurlam Products LP, 2176 Government St. Penticton, B.C. V2A 8B5 or by email to hr@structurlam.com.
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Notice of Application for a New Notice of Work for a Sand and Gravel Permit Approving to Mine Plan and Reclamation Program for Babine Barge Ltd. Take notice that Babine Barge Ltd has filed with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO) Smithers and the Chief Inspector of Mines, pursuant to Part 10.2.1 of the Health and Safety Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia, a proposed mine plan together with a program for the protection and reclamation of the land and water courses related to the proposed Babine Barge Gravel pits located on Provincial Crown land as outlined below. 12.7 km Hagan FSR Crown Land File 6408644 and the Mines File is 1650825 Legal Description: ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF HAWTHORN BAY, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 2.97 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS. 15.3 km Hagan FSR Crown Land File 6408645 and the Mines File is 1650819 Legal Description: ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF HAWTHORN BAY, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 6.03 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Inspector of Mines, Ministry of Energy and Mines, at PO Box 5000 — 3726 Alfred Avenue, Smithers BC V0J 2N0 Comments will be received by MEM up to May 4, 2014. MEM may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Office in Smithers.
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HOUSE FOR SALE: 4460 GUN RANGE ROAD Asking $ 295,000.00 1996 Custom built home on 4.99 acres. 4 Large Bedrooms/ 3 Bathrooms. Many Renovations & updates over last couple years... New exterior siding, concrete parking and sidewalk - Upstairs flooring, doors and kitchen countertops - Downstairs completely new construction 2011, 1500 sq foot main floor, spacious kitchen, dining and living rooms, master bedroom and ensuite + 2 large bedrooms, 1500 sq foot basement, large bedroom and ensuite, Large rec room, laundry, utility and storage rooms, Extensive upgrades to water system, pellet stove and kitchen appliances included.
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Morice Mountain Marksmen Association annual general meeting Tues., April 8 at 7 p.m. at the Idylwild Motor Inn. Everyone welcome. For info call: 845-8027 (days) or 845-7984 evenings. Houston Job Fair - April 9, 12-8pm @ Houston Community Hall, 2302 Butler Ave. For up-to-date information on employers/exhibitors who will be attending, go to www.houston.ca and click on the mill closure link. Bring your resume! Houston Community Services Babysitting Course: April 9 thru May 14, 2014. The course is every Wed. from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. upstairs in the Steelhead Building. Cost is $30. and kids age 11 and up are welcome to register by calling 250-845-3484. Houston Secondary 8th Annual Arts Fair, Wed. April 9 from 6-8 pm at Houston Secondary School. Everyone is welcome to come out and enjoy this showcase of student work and performance in all curriculum areas. Houston Cutloose Quilters meet April 12 for a Quilters Day-Out in the Houston Library’s Canfor room. Call Mary at 845-2668 or Pam at 845-2573 for more info. Houston Minor Hockey Association Executive
Elections Spring Meeting - Tues. April 15 at 7pm, Houston Secondary School Library. At this meeting the elections of Directors for the Houston Minor Hockey Association. All HMHA members are welcome. Structural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Houston Public Library - Free Guitar lessons for all Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applicaages Friday afternoons 3:30-4:30pm. These lessons are tions. No experience necessary please contact Bysponsored by Northwest Community College, Houston Link to ron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a fire practice: Learning, and the Houston Public Library.You must bring your Thurs. @ 1930 hrs (7:30pm) own guitar. • After School Games – For ages 7 and up, April 8 and April 22 from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Snack provided and this Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd program is FREE. • Passport Photos with Mark Zagwyn April Tues. of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire practices every 24 from 12:00 to 5:00 pm. • Lego Club – For ages 6 and up Thurs. at 7:30pm.
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(children who are “6” must be accompanied by an adult). April 3 & April 17 from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Snack is provided and this program is FREE. • Kreative Kids “Art Attack” Friday, April 11 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. For ages 6 and up (children who are 6 years of age must be accompanied by an adult). Granisle and District Seniors meetings are the $2.00 per child. This program requires registration. For more info on any of the above events or to register, please call the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1:00pm in the Seniors Centre. Houston Public Library at 250-845-2256.
Houston’s “Love by the Bowl” Soup Kitchen is now open, serving homemade soup in two different seatings, 11-12 and 12-1 on Wednesdays. The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Mon. of the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is General Meeting.
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Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fire practices every Tues., 7:00pm at the Fire Hall. Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., 11:00am Bible study is Thurs. at 7:00pm.
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While you’re not looking, this is what’s happening to BC’s world renowned recycling program.
Well, lookie here. One minute you have a perfectly good Blue Box recycling program. The next, something new and rather questionable is being put in its place. And they thought they’d get away with it right under your nose, without telling you or asking your opinion. That’s definitely not democracy in action. The BC Government, elected by us to represent our best interests, has decided to offload the costs of recycling to big multi-national corporations. To implement this new plan, they’ve set up an association that doesn’t really seem to hold the environment, local jobs, or the municipalities that run the Blue Box program, close to its heart.
Perhaps that’s why some of our local elected officials are using the word “scam” to describe how the new program is being set up. It’s also perhaps why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to jump on board. That’s gotta tell you something. Now it’s your turn to let Premier Christy Clark know what you think. Contact her today to say that dismantling an already-working recycling program to replace it with something that few people think will be as good, is a bad idea.
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:
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