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City set to close on $1M land deal By JOSH MASSEY

THE CITY is on the verge of another major real estate deal to sell off land it owns. This time it’s a $1.025 million sale of 2.03 hectares on the northwest corner of Keith and Kenney on the southside to Onstein Bros. Holdings, the company which owns the city’s Chrysler and Toyota dealerships, a car rental agency and an RV sales business – all located on Hwy16 West. Rob Onstein said last week that the company needs more room and could eventually move its Toyota dealership to the new location. “We have been actively looking for property for some expansion,” said Onstein. “We’re just running out of space.” YaoRun, a forestry company specializing in export, is now occupying the location under a lease arrangement with the city

struck just over a year ago. Onstein said coming to an arrangement with YaoRun is on the ‘to do’ list as the sales deal with the city moves to a finish. “We’re committed, as is the city, to work with all stakeholders to make sure the transition is smooth and works for everyone.” It is uncertain at this point if the lease agreement YaoRun has with the city will be taken on by Onstein Holdings. YaoRun currently leases three parcels from the city totalling 20 acres along the 5000 Block of Keith and the amount of land the Onstein company is buying is one quarter of that at five acres (2.03 hecatres), which would leave YaoRun room to continue its operations. The parcel is zoned for light industrial use and a zoning amendment to commercial use would have to be done if a Toyota

dealership were to operate there. “If we were to build a Toyota dealership on that piece of property it’s going to change the nature of that area from an industrial nature to a commercial nature,” said Onstein, adding that he foresees an evolution of that section of Keith. “It’s close to downtown and we would hope to be the first of many commercial type [operations] and that makes it start looking better than it has been instead of a sad memory of what this town used to be.” That’s in reference to the property once being the log storage yard for a large sawmill just across the road from Kenney and Keith. The Skeena Cellulose mill, finished in 1988, was the city’s major employer until it went into bankruptcy in the early part of the last decade.

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Housing crunch to grow as population expands

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■■ Just dance CASSIE BATJER lifts Theresa Moolman at the Pacific Northwest Music Festival March 28 at the REM Lee Theatre. The festival continues to take place at venues around Terrace. Both of these dancers are from Art in Motion and competed in the contemporary dance 17 and under division.

SOARING HOUSING costs, a spiking population with a growing number of seniors, older homes in need of repair—these are all challenges highlighted in a recent housing assessment conducted by Vancouver-based Thomson Consulting for the city. Based on the possibility of major economic development within the region, the 64-page report suggests the population could grow between 30 to 50 per cent by 2021. It also says the lack of low income housing will emerge as the most pressing concern combined with the threat that average earners might not be able to keep up with rising housing costs. “It’s really helpful to have some of the future projections,” said city councillor Stacey Tyers of the housing needs assessment.

“I think he [Matt Thomson] did a really good job at looking at possible growth projections instead of looking at the older data. Does it mean 50 per cent growth? No. But we need to brace for the worst case scenario.” Drafted over February and March, the assessment drew on data from 2011 National Housing Survey and Census and included updated numbers. It states that if the population continues to grow at the status quo rate based on 2006-2011 numbers that the population will increase by 2.6 percent by 2021, but that “it’s unlikely that the status quo scenario represents a realistic view of growth in the Greater Terrace Area.” Tyers thinks private home construction will ease the transition into a more densely popu-

lated Terrace for middle to high income earners, however that the assessment affirms the fact that the poor and disabled will feel the sting of high prices hardest. “I think we are already seeing an upswing in the market housing that in developmental permits and projects planned and stuff, which is great, and does help alleviate some stuff but there is always going to be the need for the affordable housing,” said Tyers. What she finds really striking is that if the population grows by 50 per cent, that based on projections of current available numbers 1,182 housing units including apartments and homes would be in unsuitable, unaffordable and/or inadequate for living in by 2021.

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College rejects Enbridge money ALTHOUGH IT has officially turned down a $15,000 student bursary donation from Enbridge, Northwest Community College remains committed to having the money go to deserving students, says its board chair. Speaking last week, Rhoda Witherly said it’s talking with Enbridge to establish a method whereby qualifying students can still apply for six $2,500 bursaries without being officially involved. Her comments follow a March 21 college board meeting in which it decided to return the money to Enbridge which wants to build the Northern Gateway pipeline to carry crude oil from Alberta to a marine terminal at Kitimat. The project, final approval of which is expected by the federal government in June, has been heavily criticized for a number of reasons, including the potential for environmental harm should there be a leak from the pipeline or from tankers which will carry the crude oil overseas. The bursaries were first announced by the college March 3 and 71 student applications were received leading up the March 21 decision. Witherly said it’s important to remember that the bursaries were meant for students and not to support the col-

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THE NORTHWEST Community College board recently decided to return to Enbridge $15,000 which had been slated for student bursaries.

lege itself. “We are committed to providing educational programs and to assisting our students,” she said. A college committee had been looking at the 71 applications but no decisions had been made as to who would receive the six bursaries prior to the board reversing its own policy, Witherly said. The Enbridge donation was brought up by a board member at the March 21 meeting in a response to a letter sent to the board.

“After extensive discussion, pretty emotional discussion, the board narrowly passed the [rejection] motion,” said Witherly. “We had some concerns expressed to us from some of the staff, that we should not be accepting [Enbridge] money because they don’t like Northern Gateway. It’s quite obvious that’s what’s happened.” Witherly said the college does have a donations acceptance policy which does state that the college is apo-

litical and that accepting corporate money is not an indication of an endorsement of any specific project. “But there may have been a bit of a lack of understanding [by the board] as to how the policy worked,” she said. That’s why, she said, the board will strike a policy review committee to look at how it handles corporate donations. Witherly did add that college officials, namely vice president Dave O’Leary and in-

terim president Denis Caron, followed the existing policy to the letter in accepting Enbridge’s $15,000 in the first place. When asked if the college might now be regarded as taking a political position by turning down the Enbridge money, Witherly said she hoped that would not be the case. “This is a very, very difficult issue,” said Witherly in noting that while Northern Gateway is top of mind in the region, it may not be the only project brought

Wording of first press release sparked opposition to donation EVEN BEFORE the Northwest Community College board met March 21 and turned down the Enbridge bursary donation, the college came under criticism for the wording contained in its March 3 press release announcing the money. The wording, a description of the Northern Gateway project as provided by Enbridge, was removed after college vice president Dave O’Leary said he received emails and several phone calls, the latter from college employees. Prior to the board meeting, O’Leary said the original wording should not have been taken as an endorsement of Enbridge or Northern Gateway. He said the college does not take positions endorsing projects or stances by companies or others providing it with money or services in kind. He said the college will only accept money or services if it comes with no strings attached. “We’ve had occasions where someone

has wanted to [provide money] and has been pretty specific and we’ve said ‘no,’” O’Leary continued. He noted that Enbridge was a sponsor of a recent regional skills competition held at the college. After receiving the emails and phone calls, O’Leary said he contacted Enbridge and was asked to remove the project description. “They didn’t want to be seen to have an effect on the intent of their donation,” he said. The six bursaries were intended for trades, technology, science or environmental studies students. The Northwest Community College Students Union, which met with O’Leary after the wording had been removed and before the college board met, did question the release, saying Enbridge provided the money after a deadline for bursary provisions had passed. “We are not opposed to bursaries but

we are opposed to NWCC publicizing comments that are not balanced on behalf of any corporation or group, and specifically projects or companies that are this controversial,” said union organizer Mikael Jensen. “The college acted far too favourably by giving them special coverage of their bursary, upon missing the deadline.” How the college acknowledges donations and services depends very much on the provider, added O’Leary. Two years ago the college received $300,000 to be used over three years from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation. It’s an American foundation and the grant to the college is for bursaries for students at its Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art and to help run the school. It’s the first time the foundation made a grant outside of the United States. In that situation, said O’Leary, the Cargill foundation wanted its grant to be very low key and with practically no fanfare.

up for discussion. She also said it’s important for the college to be clear about its donations policy because provincial budget cuts have caused it to look for corporate money. “Without some certainty on our part, that certainly won’t happen,” Witherly said of the need by the college to find private financial support. Ivan Giesbrecht from Enbridge Northern Gateway said the company looks forward to providing the bursary money.

“Northern Gateway’s commitment to northern students is still firmly intact and that won’t change,” he said. “I think it’s worth noting that over 70 students applied for those bursaries when they were initially announced, knowing that it was an initiative funded by Northern Gateway. We are strong supporters of education and skills training in the north and we will continue to honour our commitments to students across the region,” said Giesbrecht.

For the record

BELOW IS the wording describing Enbridge Northern Gateway as contained in the March 3 press release announcing the company’s bursary donation to Northwest Community College. The wording was later removed from the press release on the college’s website. About Northern Gateway Guided by world leading safety and environmental standards, Northern Gateway’s proposed pipeline will transport oil from Alberta to the British Columbia coast. The project will create more than 3,500 well paying jobs and will provide British Columbians with skills to last a lifetime. Northern Gateway has been planning this project for more than a decade, and has worked in collaboration with leading environmental and engineering experts, First Nations communities and members of the public to develop a safer, better pipeline. The project recently received a positive recommendation from the National Energy Board’s Joint Review Panel following the most comprehensive and science-based pipeline regulatory review in Canadian history.

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Post-secondary students latest group to feel strain of low vacancy rates By ANNA KILLEN

arely a day goes by without a warning from a politician or industry leader about the need for more skilled workers, more tradespeople, more nurses, more [insert in demand job here] in the northwest. And while Terrace’s two postsecondary institutions are ready and willing to train people to fill those needs, the new reality is that the very students we want to attract here to study and train – and, fingers crossed, fall in love with the area so they want to stay here and work – might be unable to study in Terrace because it’s becoming so difficult to find a place to live. University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) chair Phil Burton says it’s already happened at least once. “Last fall for the first time we had a student admitted to our nursing program who just had too much difficulty finding a place to stay that was within her budget, that she in fact cancelled her registration,” he said. “We’re worried about similar things happening in the future.” UNBC’s Terrace campus does not offer dorms due to its size. It has three main programs – education, social work, and nursing – and with about 20 students in each cohort, there are between 100 and 150 students on campus each year. “And we’re hoping to grow those numbers,” said Burton. Growing those numbers could prove challenging as he’s already anticipating a larger housing crunch come September. Of the 22 people who have applied for next year’s social work program so far, about half of those are from out of town. “They’re going to be competing in the same market as these people working in the construction jobs and engineering on the big LNG proposals and the northwest transmission line and so forth, but essentially living on starvation wages and borrowed money rather than a very nice salary,” he said. “So, will they be able to find that basement suite or that shared house where they can pay $500 a month rent? That’ll be the challenge.” If that challenge isn’t met, Burton is worried Terrace will face a situation like the campus in Fort St. John witnessed when their oil and gas boom hit. “People in Fort St. John had experienced this issue before, including our students, and the consequences there were in fact a steady decline of both student numbers and the dropping of some programs because there weren’t sufficient students to warrant face-to-face programs.”

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THE RESIDENCES at NWCC are close to 40 years old and, while roomy, due for an upgrade, say college officials. In order to get ahead of the crunch and ensure that doesn’t happen, the university is in the process of developing a housing registry, which is common at larger universities but hasn’t until now been necessary here. They’ll also be reaching out to their community members – faculty, past grads, staff – to ask them to look at their housing situation and be in touch if they have a suite or a room to rent. Because housing students is a community issue, said Burton. “We as a community have to really take stock of what we want to offer in terms of quality of life and a full breadth of people living here,” he said. “If we leave everything up to the individual initiatives and income levels the writing’s on the wall that we’re going to see a loss in many dimensions. That’s not just lower income or working poor, that’s also people who could have a lot to offer in the future.” If Terrace begins losing professional and university grads – people studying teaching or nursing, for example – to other communities, there’s a risk they won’t come back. “That’s the danger for the future. If we’re going to have a growing population and a growing industrial base, we’re going

to need those service providers as well,” said Burton. Up the hill at Northwest Community College (NWCC), officials are also working on student housing solutions. “Our residences are full, there’s no doubt about that,” said NWCC director of facilities and ancillary services Kerry Clarke, noting that this year the waitlist for housing averaged about 15 students, when in past years it’s been two or three. Unlike UNBC, NWCC has 84 residences in five buildings on campus. The spacious 40-yearold buildings are gender specific, alcohol-free, and each student has their own room with shared bathrooms. “The residences are really critical to helping people succeed,” he said. “They need housing and its too expensive downtown now.” In the fall, the college embarked on a feasibility study to see about updating the current residences and building new ones to increase capacity. “One of the issues is that residences are not core funded, they’re not funded by government, you have to fund them yourselves,” explained Clarke. “So that makes it very challenging when you want to build new residences.”

The study is currently in the concept phase and looking at various funding models. Clarke’s “blue sky” picture, three to four years down the road, would be a mixture of housing on campus – apartment-type living with two or three rooms for a family to stay – that maintains the village environment the residences currently have. But the issue is financing, he said, giving the example of the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt, which built nearly 70 rooms for close to $9 million. “You can see the numbers don’t make sense. If you’re in Vancouver you can charge $900 a month rent, but you can’t do that here,” he said. “It’s a vexing issue for us – how we can increase capacity as well as renew the residences.” But since that plan is still three or four years away, the college is looking to implement solutions to help students in the short term. This summer, not unlike UNBC, they’ll be looking into establishing a homestay program, where staff could potentially house students in their homes and provide meals or services for a fee. “We’re trying to get creative as to how we can solve some of the issues,” said Clarke.

AT LAST month’s community housing forum, hosted by Skeena NDP MLA Robin Austin, audience members were asked to write down their ideas on how to fix the housing issue. Here are some of those ideas. • Higher density zoning for multi-units and existing multi-units • Look to successful big cities (Surrey) for ideas regarding long term planning (city centres etc.) • Encourage more smaller homes, not big homes with suites • Mixed density/income projects • Be accountable for damage/ lost rent cause by those being supported, you’ll get more landlords wanting to rent to those on assistance looking at housing options • Lower construction costs by encouraging smaller houses • Make a rental cap for low-income families. • Build apartments that have three and four bedrooms in each unit • Look to small self-contained housing (tiny homes/microhomes) • Creation of community funds account to help support programs and services to help families remain housed and together as a family unit (industry and business to commit to the fund through grants or taxes) • Victim Surcharge • Operation funds and social supports for newcomers and hard to house • First Nations leaders should be sitting at this table we have too many homeless now and at risk • Build tiny homes so you can have a garden and a dog too • Why are there multiple social needs programs in place? All doing the same thing sucking up the funds when it could be pooled together to do the more community work • Bigger places that are not adult only for families with more than two children and is more affordable • Evolve in terms of sustainability and look to alternative energies to reduce ongoing costs • Prepare for technological advancements • Provide renovation grants to home owners and non profits to add more housing units. • Tow a cruise ship (RIVERBOAT) up the Skeena and dock it here • Renovate existing empty schools for housing (temporary, students ect.) • Make crown land accessible for developers and home builders especially the area between Kitimat and Terrace

OPINION

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EDITORIAL

Questions THE EVER increasing amount of activity in the area, the vast majority of which is tied to the prospect of a regional liquefied natural gas industry, is like an onion. Peel one layer off and another emerges. Skeena NDP MLA Robin Austin’s March 19 public meeting revealed many layers to that onion. Called to discuss housing or, rather, the growing lack thereof, other questions and issues emerged, all framed around questions of what is exactly going on around here. The list of questions includes impacts on various public sector services, ranging from whether the hospital will be large enough if the population grows to whether there will be enough police officers. And consider that since Mr. Austin’s meeting, the City of Terrace is to revise its official community plan in light of a proposal for a worker accommodation camp of at least 400 people at its Skeena Industrial Development Park. There’s a possibility such facilities could expand to hold as many as 3,000 people. Mr. Austin said the March 19 meeting was the first of many discussions about the future. As the direct elected representative of the area to the provincial legislature, Mr. Austin is on the right track. There’s nothing like a good oldfashioned town hall meeting to listen to what people have to say. The next one would be all the more effective if it included the city and the regional district along with Mr. Austin. ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988

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e all know about vestw e a r i n g trained dogs assisting the blind or deaf, or being tethered to autistic children to hold the kids from wandering off. Now war veterans diagnosed with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) are adopting dogs trained to calm or distract them as a way to cope with any anxieties. Invisible brain injuries can lead to muscle imbalances that to a stranger (for instance, a police officer) may be misinterpreted as drunkenness. Similarly, people with PTSD and other psychiatric conditions may not appear to have anything external wrong with them. And due to the social stigma of mental illness, they may be reluctant to explain their condition or the dog’s trained tasks even in the vaguest of terms. Such was the set-up that recently led to a Saskatchewan war vet being refused service at a Smitty’s in Prince Albert. Health laws forbid dogs in restaurants. Smitty’s owner said he was not made aware the man was an armed

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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI forces vet, nor that he had been diagnosed with PTSD and needed his dog Rylie to help him handle stressful situations. A second soldier, Albertan Sgt. Shirley Jew, was turned away by Air Canada when she sought to board with her service dog. The 48-year-old woman got her pug-schnauzer-terrier Snoopy last spring following her PTSD diagnosis in 2012. The airline told Jew PTSD isn’t recognized as a disability that requires a service dog; her dog would have to travel as a pet — for a $50 fee. (However, Westjet did accept Snoopy as a service dog and

let him ride along beside her at no extra charge.) Transport Canada’s rules specify on any plane with 30 seats or more a service animal must be accommodated without extra charge provided it has the necessary ID. But what is the necessary ID? And where do you obtain it? Gaining proper identification for a legitimate service dog can prove tricky. Scammers are charging from $20 to $200 for an official looking form without ever seeing the animal or testing its abilities to assist. Air Canada later refunded Jew’s ticket and apologized, saying, “Air Canada does have a policy in place to accept service animals of passengers with disabilities. These disabilities are not limited to physical disabilities, if they are confirmed by a doctor’s note.” The note must be renewed annually. Confrontations such as these two vets faced could be avoided if the government issued to people diagnosed with a permanent brain injury an identification card such as local resident, Yvonne Nielsen, has been advocating for years. Her card would discreetly

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identify the medical diagnosis explaining why the card holder needed a psychiatric service dog or a companion animal. Onlookers would be denied intimate details of a person’s medical condition explaining the dog’s presence. Nor would bystanders witness a high decibel confrontation as restaurants and airlines refused to admit a dog. Authorities wouldn’t be left in the awkward position of apologizing or refunding fees. When Premier Christy Clark held a town hall meeting in Terrace July 7, 2011 Nielsen presented the idea to demonstrate she suffers an invisible but profound permanent brain injury affecting her balance. Clark said she would look into it. So far the premier has not replied. A white paper discussion in Terrace last month sought suggestions and ideas for improving accessibility for the disabled. It was noted various B.C. communities are asking for this ID card. Until government issues the card, scammers can make a mint embroidering unauthorized vests for fake service dogs.

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The Mail Bag It’s about more than jobs, Janet

Don’t knock pipeline benefit Dear Sir: I have noticed that your newspaper has had several articles that seem critical of the Enbridge pipeline or seem to support those who are critical of the pipeline. I am originally from Terrace. I lived there since I was two years old and graduated from Caledonia Senior Secondary School. Presently, I work in northern Alberta for a major oil and

gas company. I have a six figure salary that does not begin with the number “1”. In addition to this, my housing is provided for me by my employer. This is a taxable benefit so it costs me only $530 a month in extra income tax. Basically, I have quite a bit of disposable income and virtually no bills besides paying for Internet, local phone (my other utilities are also paid by my employer) and maintaining

my vehicles. Having said all that, I would very much like to return to my native B.C. However, the job market there is dismal. Even if I could find suitable employment, I would most likely take at least a 50 per cent reduction in annual income. I wonder if people in the Pacific Northwest have really considered the benefits of having a pipeline going to the west coast of Canada. What indus-

try, other than oil gas, can offer the kinds of six figure salaries to their employees that they do? The employees in question are not professional engineers with master’s degrees. They are tradesmen stuck as electricians, millwrights and Power Engineers, careers that any motivated person can achieve. Do people in northern B.C. really want to be poor?

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Dear Sir: I have a rebuttal to Janet Holder’s opinion piece “Training people is key to north’s future” (The Terrace Standard, March 12, 2014). Like Janet I have also spoken with many British Columbians about the Northern Gateway in my travels around B.C. in the last couple of years. I have had many conversations about the future and I have found that people are concerned about more than just jobs. The people I have spoken with are concerned about their (grand)children’s future, this province’s future and the future of this coast and our planet. They are seeing through the short term benefits of booming (inevitably followed by a bust!) economies designed to build the infrastructure necessary to pump our raw resources, effectively our jobs, out of this country. They are aware of how an economy should function, and it isn’t as a resource depot. There is a concept that is well understood in the forestry industry of how the export of raw logs negatively effects the economy. This is also the case with oil. By building the Northern Gateway, we would be sending raw bitumen as well as the jobs that would be created by turning this resource into a usable product straight through this province in a pipeline, loading them into tankers and shipping them over to Asia. This isn’t what the people I have been talking to want. Janet is correct in saying that people want the same quality of life as their parents, and people are very aware that this quality of life is more dependent on beautiful oil free coastlines and healthy ecosystems than it is on short term construction jobs.

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Shifting policy requires corporations to step up

zero vacancy housing market, rent increases outpacing the stock market, and the prospect (or promise) of work camps adorning every neighbourhood. Yes, economic good times are at our doorsteps. After years of stagnation, the community should be celebrating. But there are two sides to every coin and what goes up must come down; there is no end to platitudes of this kind. People squeezed by the tightening housing market have called on government to make available and somehow create more affordable housing. The government flatly rejects such demands, referring those concerned to explore its basket of subsidies aimed at families with bona fide needs for housing assistance. The government’s response ignores the obvious question: what good is a subsidy in a zero vacancy housing market? The problem is immediate, but there are no immediate solutions. Even if government were to decide to-

day to augment the inventory of affordable housing units in Terrace, it would take at least two years for new units to be ready for occupation. The problem we face today should not come as a surprise; its seeds were planted decades ago. The general idea of a corporation is to facilitate people to pool their money to fund projects beyond the financial capacity of individuals. Corporations, like people, are members of society and as such they have an obligation to serve both the public and their private interests. The emphasis is on both, not one over the other or one at the expense of the other. Changes to corporate tax policies resulted in corporate contributions to the common good, as a share of government revenues, being reduced by one third from what they were half a century ago. Corporate contributions to the common good and to private gain over that period show an emphatic change. The resulting revenue shortfall limits governments’ ability to re-

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ANDRE CARREL spond to a wide range of public needs, one of them being the need for affordable housing. Shortterm measures will moderate the worst effects of the housing crunch, but we must realize that band aid solutions will not reach the roots of the problem. People and their communities are as integral to the environment as are the salmon spawning creeks we seek to protect with

environmental legislation. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act recognizes as much by taking into account “any change that may be caused to the environment on health and socio-economic conditions” with respect to aboriginal peoples. Under British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act, a project is reviewed ”if the minister is satisfied that the project may have a significant adverse environmental, economic, social, heritage or health effect, and that the designation is in the public interest”. We need to strengthen these laws. The federal act should apply to all communities and the provincial minister’s discretion should be eliminated. All projects with a potential socio-economic impact on communities should be reviewed. The principle in question is the balance of corporate responsibility. Reducing their comprehensive contributions to the common good (taxes) has upset that balance. The promise of an eco-

nomic boost resulting from major capital projects tends to blind us to their negative by-products. We review such projects and assess their impact. We impose conditions on corporations to mitigate any negative environmental impacts. But negative impact is not limited to the habitat of bears and salmon, it can affect a community’s socio-economic stability our habitat. Community stability means a balance in the supply, availability, and affordability of goods and services in all sectors. From housing to retail, from professional to municipal services, how do we protect and preserve stability and balance? As we have eased corporations’ comprehensive responsibility to the common good, they must now be compelled to assume selective responsibility where their investments have a direct impact on the socio-economic stability of communities. Andre Carrel is a retired public sector administrator living in Terrace, B.C.

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Province has a responsibility to the planet to stop pipeline Besides it being a poor decision for British Columbians, I believe this province has a responsibility to the planet to stop this pipeline. I believe we are existing at a crucial point in is planets history. We are teetering at a tipping point and we have to make a choice. One direction has us continuing along this path. Pushing forward despite an increasingly unavoidable warning of the damage this path is causing. Taking the bait from greed fueled corporations promising us economic prosperity. Although it would

be easy to continue along this path, and the pressures from our national government and resource sectors to do so are high, there is also a different path. If we chose this path it would mean big changes and a lot of hard work, but as Janet has stated, the people of this province aren’t afraid of hard work. I believe that if we work together on this new path we can ensure a bright future with a functioning democracy, beautiful eco-systems, healthy people living in thriving communities and long term sus-

tainable jobs. It won’t be easy to merge off of our current path but I think that is a necessary move. We owe it to future generations. I believe that I share a hope with a lot of people that we, as a province and a nation, will choose the latter path. We have a lot of work to do and if we are going to choose a responsible future, one of the first steps is that we have to stop corporations from bullying us into what is best for their bottom lines with sleek ad campaigns and empty promises. As a province, we have a

big decision to make. We have a lot of power in our hands. Without the consent of our province’s politicians, who supposedly represent British Columbians, this pipeline can’t go through. This is a lot of carbon conscience on our shoulders. With great organizations like Dogwood Initiative and democratic tools like the citizen’s initiative we have the power, despite what our politicians may do, to change B.C.’s path. Caylin Holland, Terrace, B.C.

She says the only disability in life is a bad attitude Dear Sir, The world is filled with opportunities, possibilities, and surprises we never imagined. Each day gives us new chances. For some of us, life seems to be hard and unfair. I’m only fifteen but I know the struggle of having a learning disability. It’s not always easy but I choose not to let it stop me from living my dreams or fulfilling my goals. A disability just means you are going to have to work a little harder. It should never stop anyone from working toward their goals. The only disability in life is a bad attitude. I don’t let my disability stand in my way. This just makes me work harder. You can achieve anything you set your mind to. I have been judged, misunderstood and under estimated, but this just makes me more determined to succeed. You can achieve just as much or more than a person without a disabililty. If people tell you that you aren’t capable of do-

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ing something, prove them wrong. You have so much to give to your family and community. Show them that you are unstoppable. The words “I can’t” shouldn’t exist because there isn’t anything anyone can’t do. All you need for success are a little help, some motivation, encouragement and dertermination. You are beautiful and amazing. Don’t let the doubtful people influence the path you choose. You just need to believe in yourself. You can be anything you want to be. It may take you a little longer to arrive but you will get there. Shoot for the stars, take a chance and believe in yourself. If you never take a shot at your dream then you will never win. Let your light shine! Who knows, maybe today is your time to shine. Kimberley Wilson, Terrace, B.C.

According to the chief engineer at the plant I work for, what will most likely happen if the pipeline does not go through is that the gas will be piped or trucked to the United States. Canadian industry will not be selling the oil and gas directly, so they will not have as much negotiating power as if they were selling it from the west coast of B.C. Also, Americans and not Canadians will have jobs handling and shipping the product south of the border. Those who are opposed to the pipeline are in effect holding the entire country hostage as its absence will mean a weaker Canadian economy, fewer jobs for Canadians and lower paying jobs for those who can find them. I believe some discussion of this aspect of oil and gas industry needs to be discussed. Jason Schulte, Rainbow Lake, Alberta

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Chamber board supports Enbridge project the survey, 62.1 per cent feel the pipeline will benefit their business. The results come from a March 5 to March 19 online survey in which chamber members were asked 11 questions surrounding the Northern Gateway project. Of the nearly 290 members of the chamber, approximately one in seven – or approximately 40 members – filled out the survey, a chamber press release indicated March 27. The original plan was to only release the survey

results if more than 50 per cent of chamber members responded. But that changed after the chamber board was told the number of members who replied fulfilled a statistical requirement for a representative sample, she said. “We were told that the statistical sample was good.” From that, the board has now adopted the position that it supports the Northern Gateway project, she said. Shaben did add that the Northern Gateway project remains a challenging topic.

“It’s such an emotional issue for so many people,” she said. Here are those 11 statements and the response percentage. 1. The 180 day Joint Review Panel provided an adequate review process – 59.4 per cent in agreement. 2. Pipelines are a safer means to transport oil/condensate product than rail – 83.8 per cent in agreement. 3. The process to date has been adequate in keeping First Nations informed – 59.4 per cent in agreement.

City gets two briefings about gas pipeline plans TERRACE CITY council heard presentations at its March 24 meeting about natural gas pipeline planning with representatives from one pipeline company going over its successes followed by a group of angling advocates arguing that one proposed route for another pipeline poses threats to local pristine fishing areas. Spectra Energy official Graham Genge spoke of his company’s 850-kilometre pipeline plan to pump gas from two fields in the northeast to a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to be built by the multi-national BG Group near Prince Rupert. Spectra has just submitted an application for a preliminary review to the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, the first step to what will be a formal review of the project in the months ahead. Genge spoke of Spectra’s contacts with communities along the proposed route, including rebuilding a ball field in remote Takla Lake north of Fort St. James and helping rebuild a Nisga’a smoke house in the Nass Valley last summer. The company envisions two pipelines, each 48 inches in diameter, along a single right of way which would travel through the Nass Valley before turning south to the Prince Rupert area. Jim Culp from the BC Steelhead Society followed Genge, telling council it should be more involved in pipeline routing. He was specifically concerned with another pipeline project, this one being proposed by Pacific Northern Gas (PNG) to twin its existing natural gas

pipeline from the Prince George area through to Kitimat to supply a proposed small LNG plant. PNG’s project would consist of a pipeline 24 inches in diameter traveling 525 kilometres for the most part in parallel, where feasible, with the company’s existing line. A new route, however, would be needed between Telkwa and the Lakelse Lake area. Culp argued that the impact on a pristine steelhead fishing spot up the Copper River is too great and that PNG should consider alternate routing instead of going through the Telkwa Pass. He said following the Hwy16 corridor is one common sense answer. “Slides are not uncommon. We know there have been some pretty serious slides in this area,” said Culp of the Copper River area. “We would like your assistance and your help to convince PNG to seriously look at Highway 16 as an alternate route for a pipeline and as well the existing routes through the Telkwa Pass.” Councillors Bruce Bidgood and Lynne Christiansen both said they enjoyed the Copper River area. “I have spent a fair amount of time fishing up the Copper,” said Bidgood. “I found the remnants of the previous route an abomination to see sections of pipeline exposed or laying around seems to me not defensible.” Council is inviting PNG to a meeting to discuss pipeline routes.

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4. People in the Northwest will benefit from Northern Gateway Pipeline skills training programs – 72.9 per cent in agreement. 5. A pipeline designed with today’s engineering expertise and technology will adequately minimize the risks of pipeline leaks – 67.5 per cent in agreement. 6. Northern Gateway Pipeline creates a risk to marine environment – 67.5 per cent in agreement. 7. My concerns around the Northern Gateway Pipeline have been answered –

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Land deal in the works

An attempt by local investors to keep the mill running also failed and the mill was dismantled beginning in late 2006. The city ended up owning the property, including the log yard, in a complex set of circumstances arising when the local investors, the Terrace Lumber Company, did not stay in business. Terrace mayor David Pernarowski said this land deal is part of the city’s ongoing push to liquidate its property holdings. He said Onstein Holdings approached the city with interest in the Keith land. “Lots of interest for along Keith,” said the mayor. “We are looking at opportunity right now and like everyone else trying to manage those requests.” Since August the city has made three major land sales. The first was in late August of 4.38 hectares at Skeena Industrial Development Park land to an earthworks company called Global Dewatering at a cost of $250,000. Then last month a blockbuster deal was made that saw 66.7 hectares of airport lands sold to Kitselas First Nation’s Kitselas Development Corporation for $1,647,700.

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City prepares for work camps THE CITY is preparing a bylaw amendment to allow for the housing of as many as 3,000 workers at the Skeena Industrial Development Park south of town. It will allow a company called Falcon Camp Services to set up a camp on industrial park land it has purchased from the Kitselas Development Corporation. The corporation, in turn, purchased the land from the city last month. The bylaw amendment, introduced March 24, alters the official community plan and several stipulations relating to the original heavy industrial zoning to allow for the work camp. Falcon Camp Services from Prince George would build a 200-400 person camp for workers on the Pacific Trails Pipeline that would carry natural gas to the planned Kitimat LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant at Kitimat.

This first camp will be fully operational by June 30 and Pacific Trails has said it could need space for up to 1,500 to 3,000 workers at peak production and is negotiating the purchase of more land from the Kitselas. Contained within the new bylaw are conditions for fees to be paid to the city if there are more than 500 people staying on the site. The fees start at $500 per person for numbers of workers above that 500 mark and the cost rises incrementally to a maximum of $1,000 per sleeping unit. Any extra money levied through these fees will go toward an affordable housing fund. Mayor David Pernarowski said that work camps will only be contained on the Kitselasowned land and that council would not allow another work camp outside of this area. The land bought by

the Kitselas corporation is across Hwy16 from the main industrial park area. Councillor Marylin Davies was the only council member to vote against the resolution. She said rezoning the industrial lands went against the original vision that the city had for the land with long term industrial development in mind. Councillor Brian Downie had some concerns about the long time frame of the amendment as it will allow work camps in the industrial park for 20 years. Councillor Bruce Bidgood said he would only support the amendment with the assurance from staff in the form of a covenant that the time limit would be set as well as the relegation of camps to only the industrial park lands. “I worry about the

precedent-setting nature of this bylaw,” said Bidgood. Before the changes are adopted, the amendments of the OCP and zoning bylaw still need to go to public hearing. Kitimat LNG does have environmental and regulatory approvals to start construction but an investment decision by its owners has yet to be made although one is expected later this year. Apache has, however, said it wants to sell some of its ownership position because of engineering and design costs which this year could reach $1 billion even without an investment decision being made. Estimates range to more than $6 billion to build the pipeline and LNG plant with the pipeline coming in at $1.5 billion of that amount. The Kitimat LNG

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City moves ahead to update sign regs THE CITY wants to have its sign bylaw revised by the end of the year to reflect the growing number of businesses wishing to install animated LED signs. A spate of variance permits to allow animated signs outside of the C2 commercial zone inspired the revision. Boston Pizza was the first company to apply for a variance last year, and was granted permission to install a 3.5 square metre animated sign. Currently these signs are only allowed in major commercial centres such as the Skeena Mall. Council has already said other variance permits should not allow for animated signs larger than Boston Pizza’s. The Boston Pizza sign also set a precedent for third party advertising as LED signs can be programmed to display ads not associated with the principal business. The Boston Pizza sign also displayed ads for Nechako Northcoast, which shares owners with Boston Pizza. This drew critical reaction

from neighbouring businesses, who reported their displeasure to the city. “We have allowed Boston Pizza to keep the Nechako ad running until the end of April 2014,” said city development services director David Block. “Boston Pizza has been clearly informed that they cannot run any further third party ads on this, or any, signs on the commercial property.” Since Boston Pizza’s sign went up, Terrace Home Hardware, Your Decor, and Lindsay Enterprises Inc were given variance permits for animated signs of various sizes and heights. Block said that future variance permits might be deferred until after the city’s sign bylaw is amended. “In the event another similar application is made staff will likely recommend against issuing any further variances pending an update of the bylaw,” said Block. The new bylaw could include set back rules for signs at busy intersections.

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Airport passenger totals continuing to climb NORTHWEST REGIONAL Airport continues to post impressive passenger numbers with February’s total being the second highest on record. The 18,092 figure was eclipsed only by December 2013’s total of 18,182. Combined with the January total, the figure to date for 2014 is 35,595. That’s more passenger traffic than generated at the airport for the first four months of 2011, the year passenger traffic at the airport began to climb and broach 120,000 for the first time for a calendar year. Airport manager Carman Hendry attributed the healthy passenger numbers to the increasing amount of industrial activity in the area. “We’re only looking forward,” said Hendry in sketching out a project busy year at the airport. Rio Tinto Alcan is not only extending its work on rebuilding its Kitimat aluminum smelter but has arranged for a converted Bal-

tic Sea ferry, dubbed a ‘flotel,’ to hold 600 construction workers as it ramps up activity. And if the Northwest Regional Airport here is busy, so are ones in Smithers and at Prince Rupert. “Across the region, for the 2013 calendar year, passenger traffic increased by 17 per cent. Everyone was up double digits, but we were more so,” said Hendry. Northwest Regional Airport’s overall share of northwest passenger traffic has also increased. In 2012 the share was 51 per cent, a figure that climbed to 56 per cent in 2013. Northwest Regional Airport’s 2011 passenger total was 120,384, climbing to 139,193 in 2012 and 177,294 in 2013. The ever increasing number of passengers has put a strain on the airport’s parking capabilities. “Parking is at a premium right now. If you can get a ride, please do so,” said Hendry. The airport will be expanding

its long term lot to handle 800 vehicles, an increase from the 340 spots now available. That’s to be done by clearing land immediately adjacent to the current long term lot, removing the top layer of earth and then laying down crush for a smooth gravelled surface. “Fortunately we’ve found a nice vein of gravel on our property which we are arranging to be crushed,” said Hendry. “Finding that vein will save us approximately $350,000. That’s going to give us good drainage and also give us enough crush to rebuild Bristol Road East,” said Hendry of the road that branches to the left from the intersection of Bristol Road and the access road leading to the airport from the highway. Also to be to constructed is a fourth aircraft parking space just outside of the main terminal building. That’ll be for corporate aircraft, charters and for medevac flights, Hendry said.

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Minister still confident in LNG A PROVINCIAL cabinet minister is confident at least one liquefied natural gas (LNG) company will make a final investment decision either by the end of this year or at least by this time next year. “My hope is that by the end of 2015, hopefully we’ll see three,” said aboriginal affairs and reconciliation minister John Rustad who was on a brief tour of the region two weeks ago. Although the northwest is regarded as the

John Rustad hotbed for potential LNG projects, he said one near Squamish shows great potential.

Woodfibre LNG, owned by a company controlled by an Indonesian billionaire, has expectations of producing LNG by 2017. It has yet to receive environmental approval for a project that would export 2.1 million tonnes of LNG a year, making it one of the smaller proposals being promoted in B.C. It would be built on a former pulp mill site, has access to an existing natural gas pipeline and access to power. In making his pre-

diction, Rustad did acknowledge the billions of dollars it costs to build natural gas pipelines and liquefaction plants. Financial troubles have stopped, at least for now, development of the BCLNG facility near Kitimat. Small in nature (its gas would come from the existing Pacific Northern Gas pipeline), the project was the first to receive environmental and regulatory approval. Initial plans called for it to be under con-

struction by this year. And Apache, an equal partner with Chevron in the Kitimat LNG project, has announced plans to sell some of its ownership stake because of increasing costs. “You have to remember that anyone of these projects dwarfs what is now the largest industrial project in B.C. and that is Rio Tinto Alcan at $3.3 billion,” said Rustad. “The [LNG] plants themselves are $10-15 billion.” That’s why Rustad

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winners and keep trying to support them as they come through.” Rustad did say it was important for the province to keep moving forward because the same companies interested in projects here are also looking at projects elsewhere. “We’re in a race and time is important,” he said. Rustad, who is also the MLA for Nechako Lakes, spoke to business and other groups on his stops in Prince Rupert and Terrace.

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Gov’t, CN close to park access deal By ANNA KILLEN ACCESS TO a popular recreation site off of Hwy16 west of Terrace may not be cut off after all. There had been worries CN Rail was going to shut down the railroad crossing immediately adjacent to Hwy16 that leads to the provincial government’s Exstew recreation site after a sign erected by CN at the location earlier this year suggested the road would be cut off to the public April 1 if CN could not find someone to maintain its rail crossing. But it now appears an agreement between the province and CN to have the crossing remain open is imminent. “It is the ministry’s intent to manage the road from the highway to/and including the CN crossing as a Forest Service Road,” said Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) public relations official Greig Bethel March 26. CN officials said they were mainly concerned with the maintenance of the few feet leading up to the crossing, which it said was the responsibility of the province. But the situation became complicated with the province stating that logging company Coast Tsimshian Resources (CTR), which has long had a road permit for the road that leads to logging blocks as well as the rec site, was responsible for the road maintenance, not the province. But CTR said that while it had been minimally maintaining the road in good faith over the years, it had no active cutting permits for the area and hadn’t used the Exstew road since 2010 so it wouldn’t be entering into a formal agreement to maintain the crossing. This led to continued discussions between CN and the province which yesterday confirmed it will maintain the portion of the road between the highway and the railroad tracks. CTR will continue to hold the road permit for the rest of the road along the Exstew river towards the recreation site. CTR official Dave

Jackson confirmed CTR will continue to maintain the road permit portion of the Exstew mainline, which includes up to the recreation site. “CTR is

pleased to hear that CN and FLNRO are developing an agreement that will allow for continued public access across the Exstew mainline rail crossing,” he said.

The well-used area has one of the largest waterfalls in the province, an 11-slip camping and picnic site, and opportunities for fishing and rock climbing. The

access road is located about 25 minutes west of Terrace. Details of the agreement, including which party would be liable or partially liable if

something were to happen on the tracks at the crossing, are still under discussion. Costs to maintain the crossing “will vary, depending on usage, weather and

season, but are expected to be reasonable based upon discussions to date,” said the ministry, with CN maintaining the crossing and billing the ministry.

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While you’re not looking, this is what’s happening to BC’s world renowned recycling program.

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“We have plans to build a safer, better pipeline. We also have plans to operate it that way.” Janet Holder, Leader of Northern Gateway

EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS We are working on those conditions with the same diligence that we are applying to the tough conditions mandated by the Province. In many cases, these conditions reflect the world class voluntary land safety measures that Northern Gateway proposed during the Review process. A BETTER, SAFER PIPELINE Our land safety measures primarily focus on spill prevention. With new standards in pipeline design and integrity, construction, monitoring and project management, we want to build a better, safer pipeline. A RESPECTFUL ROUTE After a decade of planning, we have mapped out a pipeline route that will have as little

impact as possible on British Columbia’s terrain and neighbouring communities. In fact, 70% of the route utilizes previously disturbed lands, including old forestry roads, cut blocks and other disturbances. A WATCHFUL EYE We are equally committed to setting new standards when it comes to Emergency Preparedness and Response. In fact, JRP Conditions #174 and #175 require us to file separate emergency response plans for every 10-km section of pipe. That’s over 110 separate plans that include details covering specific habitat to protect. Our plans also include realistic training programs and exercises, staffing of all pump stations, 24/7 monitoring, advanced leak detection systems and more remotely-controlled isolation valves. We’re doing all this hard work because we are committed to developing the most sound, sensible and sensitive approach to designing, constructing and operating the Project.

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Better at Home boosts quality of life By MARGARET SPEIRS A CLIENT of a new program to assist seniors who want to continue to live in their own homes but need help doing daily tasks wants others who need it to know about the program too. Silvia Weidner, who has been receiving services since shortly after the program started in January, has a homemaking worker come in to clean her place for an hourand-a-half every two weeks as part of the provincial Better at Home Program. “I’m so glad to have this program,” said Weidner. “It’s taken the weight off my shoulders and improved my outlook.” The Better at Home program, rolled out a year ago by the provincial government and organized and overseen by the United Way, is aimed at providing services to seniors so they can continue to live in their homes. Volunteer Terrace works with We Care Home Health Services, which provides the workers, who do personal care, homemaking, and medical care at home to name a few things. We Care Home Health Services is accredited and all staff are registered and insured. Confidentiality is also a big part of the workers’ jobs, which means the clients know that anything said or what happens at their residences is kept confidential, leading to trust between the client and worker. Weidner, who has cancer, finds it difficult to do things, such as cleaning and doing dishes. It’s difficult to ask friends and family to help because they work and aren’t always available, she said. She didn’t even know about the service until a friend mentioned it and encouraged her to apply. “I didn’t think I’d qualify,” she said, adding she was pleased when she found out she’d been accepted. The service helps with a person’s mental well-being which in turn, affects physical well-being, said Weidner. “She keeps me in the standard I like to have,” she said about her worker, whose name is kept confidential.

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SILVIA WEIDNER, right, loves the care she gets with the Better at Home program, which is coordinated by Ida Mohler, left, at Volunteer Terrace.

Artist loves challenge, the tougher the better By MARGARET SPEIRS MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO

ANITA DESNOYERS paints the beauty of the area and, thanks to paintings like this, is known as “the moss queen” or “moss lady.” This is one of her largest works.

FOR ARTIST Anita Desnoyers, it doesn’t matter if she’s never done something before; if she wants to do it, she will. And the more challenging the better. For example, when she decided to take up crocheting, the clerk at the craft store showed her the patterns, but rather than choosing one for beginners, she picked the most difficult one. “If it’s not a challenge, I won’t do it,” she said, adding she’s always had that quality. “If it’s hard, I’ll jump in and do it; if it’s easy I don’t want it.” So after turning on the public television show The Joy of Painting and watching host Bob Ross, well-known for his soft voice and afro, she took up painting. “I thought ‘I think I could do that,” she said, adding she began videotaping his show because he painted too fast to follow. At first, she was afraid of making mistakes and would rub out any error and do it again. After a while, she stopped worrying about making mistakes and her paintings improved.

She moved up here from Vancouver 14 years ago after coming up to help her father, who was dying of cancer, and he asked her to stay to take care of her mother after he passed away so her mother wouldn’t be alone. She agreed and moved here. Both her parents have since died but she stayed, loving the beauty that’s all around. “It’s the most beautiful landscape you can paint,” she said, adding the area is an open canvas for her. All her paintings are originals; she may do a painting more than once, but there’s always something she changes about subsequent ones so no two are the same. “I always change them. They’re never, ever the same,” she said. So if people see a painting they love and it’s already sold, they will be able to get another one that’s similar in future. Her latest, and one of her biggest creations yet, is almost three-dimensional as viewers can look at it and also into it. And it was also her most daunting canvas to date.

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WWW.REMLEETHEATRE.CA COMMUNITY EVENTS APRIL 3 – Food Skills for Families at Ksan House: learn how to cook healthy simple meals, cooking skills, share ideas of cooking and shopping on a budget, gain hands-on cooking experience, try out and adapt simple recipes to take home, have fun and share in the enjoyment of the food and making new friends from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for six Thursdays starting today with the topic Variety for Healthy Living. Learn how to find and prepare healthy foods to meet cultural, social and financial needs, learn about nutrition, how to make healthy food choices, safe food handling and storage, meal planning, healthy snacks, shopping and much more. Free! Limited number of spaces, must commit for all six sessions. Facilitated by Agatha Jedrzejczyk. Register with Char at 635-2654. APRIL 5 – Happy Gang Centre hosts a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Come one, come all, good eats, good laughs. APRIL 9 – Terrace Toastmasters: please join us for our next meeting starting at 7 p.m. at Northwest Community College in the Industrial Trades/Training Complex, room 1107. New members are always welcome. Please call Randy 635-2151 or Rolf 635-6911 for more information. APRIL 10 – Law Day at the courthouse features displays, barbecue and the supreme court trial of the Big Bad Wolf with a judge, clerk, sheriffs and Caledonia law students as crown, defence, jury, witnesses and the three little pigs. Event is from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with barbecue from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the trial from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. APRIL 10 – Relay for Life Final Team Rally is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the school board office on Kenney St. Do you want to be part of relay but work on relay day, Saturday May 10? Then enter a virtual team: members register a team, fundraise and then wear their t-shirts at work on relay day. A sign at the track will represent your team and a sign at your workplace will indicate your support. When finished work, come to the track and enjoy the rest of the day celebrating Carnival for a Cure. For more details, call Josette 638-1347 or grahamhome@telus.net or Kory 615-2375 or k.tanner@telus.net. APRIL 12 – Garage and Bake Sale, hot dogs and coffee from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. APRIL 12 – Spring Affair is the first annual spring arts and craft and home fair, featuring local artists and crafters from around the northwest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second floor of Skeena Landing (4065 Motz Rd.). Free. For more details, call 641.6423 or

amandahartman@telus.net. APRIL 19 – Heritage Park Museum hosts the third annual Easter Egg Hunt at 2 p.m. Egg hunt, face painting, egg dyeing, hot chocolate and the Easter Bunny. Everybody welcome, please bring your own basket. Free admission or by donation. Sponsored by Daybreak Farms. APRIL 20 – The Totem Saddle Club invites everyone to the third annual Equine Swap and Shop/Flea Marker from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the 4-H barn at the Thornhill Community Fair Grounds. Come down and sell your horse and flea market items or just come down to shop. Refreshments, snacks and baked goods plus a raffle, pony rides and a marshmallow roast for the kids. For more details and to pre-register, see the facebook group page Equine Swap and Shop, the club website or call Susan 635-4555. APRIL 26 – Centennial Spring Classic, a 1km/5km community fun run to celebrate fitness and creativity here is the first annual event of its kind at Centennial Christian School. Register from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. 1km run for ages 10 and under starts at 10:15 a.m. and 5km walk/run starts at 10:30 a.m. Prizes for oldest runner, average time, best costume (individual and group), random draws. Money raised goes to updating technology at Centennial. Cookie medals for all 1km participants.

PSAS GREEN THUMB GARDEN Society notifies all gardeners that assigned plots at Evergreen and Apsley will be rototilled very soon. If you do not want your plot rototilled, you must call 635-6226 or 638-0011 or email gtgsexec2014@ live.ca TERRACE HORSESHOE CLUB meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m. at the horseshoe pits behind Heritage Park Museum. Everyone is welcome to come out and play. All new members welcome. For more info, call Freda or Bob 635-7602. VOLUNTEER TERRACE NEEDS volunteers for its programs: volunteer to spend an hour a week providing ‘friendly home visits’ for seniors – call Ida at 638-1330; the Community Volunteer Service Program helps serve the community with your extra hands – call Freda at 638-1330. Agencies that need help include the library, Heritage Park Museum, the Greater Terrace Beautification Society and more. Volunteer Terrace is unable to provide lawn mowing services for seniors with mobility challenges but can provide referrals – if you and your lawn mower would like to help a senior with a senior’s discount, call 638-1330 and leave your contact details.

SHARING MY STORY lets you record stories from your life as a legacy for family and friends in which a specially trained hospice volunteer asks questions that help recall stories you would like to share. There is no charge, however, a donation to the Terrace Hospice Society is gratefully accepted. To schedule an appointment to share your story or for more information about hospice, call 635-4811. CRISIS PREVENTION, INTERVENTION and Information Centre for Northern BC has a 24-hour crisis line 1-888-562-1214. Free. Confidential. No call display. ONLINE CHAT FOR youth in crisis or emotional distress – www.northernyouthonline. ca – from 4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily, except Mondays and Tuesdays. This chat supplements the Youth Support phone line 1-888-5648336, available from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. every day. Free. Confidential. No call display. Call forwarded to 24 hour crisis line after hours. www.northernbccrisissuicide.ca. VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR the spring session of therapy riding. If you love working with children and horses, you will find this volunteer work not only fun but very rewarding. You only need to give an hour or more a week. Sessions are Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 3 p.m. till 7 p.m. The Northwest Therapeutic Equestrian Association appreciates any help you can offer. Session starts April 8 and continues till end of May. Please contact Lynne 635-3474 or Judy 635-5539. THE GREATER TERRACE Seniors Advisory Committee (GTSAC) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Everyone welcome. THE SALVATION ARMY holds Toonie Wednesdays every first and third Wednesday of the month – all clothing is $2. All children’s clothing $2 or less is half price. GREATER TERRACE BEAUTIFICATION Society meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at the city council chambers. New members always welcome. HAPPY GANG CENTRE hosts a pancake breakfast the first Saturday of every month from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Come one, come all, good eats, good laughs. TERRACE NISGA’A SOCIETY invites all Terrace and area Nisga’a elders to attend meetings on the first Monday of the month at 6 p.m. Come have some fun. For more details or for a ride, call the society or Diana Guno at 250-638-0311 or Margaret Nelson 250-6388939.

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Seniors can live at home longer “Because the cleanliness is kept up, it’s not depressing,” she said, adding it’s easier to keep it up afterward and that also makes the work easier for the worker the next time. Ida Mohler, the Better at Home coordinator at Volunteer Terrace, said after an application for the program is received, she and We Care staff will go to assess a person’s home to see what needs to be done and what kind of worker is required. Then We Care matches the worker to the client, which has been a perfect match for Weidner.

“My worker is just fabulous,” she said. Her worker cleans her place, which has included the ceiling fan, and after several months of wanting to do it, finally had time to clean the knick knacks on top of the cupboards. She took them down, Weidner washed them and she put them back up. “They work along with you,’ said Mohler about the workers. Workers come in to assist the clients, who may still want to do some tasks themselves, such as make the bed or do their own laundry, but

need help with other aspects of living, and that’s fine, said Mohler. Workers are sensitive to the client’s needs and compassionate too, said Weidner. One time, Weidner was too sick to do her dishes and her worker asked if there was anything else she’d like her to do. “She actually asked ‘can I do this for you?’” said Weidner, who was pleased to be asked. “Quality of life is important and this contributes to my qualify of life.” Mohler said the program

can have 30 clients and, with only 17 clients at present, there’s room for more. A worker may come in temporarily or on a permanent basis and the service can be put on hold for a while if a client has family visiting and doesn’t need the help during that time. Weidner encourages those who have never thought of getting the Better at Home program to try it. “I know what a difference it makes for me and if it helps me, it can help somebody else,” she said.

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Artist will do more large paintings When she bought the big canvas, which measures six feet by three feet, or 1.8 m x 1 m, she decided to save it for something special. She set it aside for a long time, started to paint and found it to be too overwhelming so she put it aside again. Then one day, she sat down and kept painting until it was finished.

She’s not sure how many hours it took to finish but she was pleased with it and says she “definitely” will do more large paintings. Taking a look at it before taking it to a potential buyer, she noticed a spot that she’d change next time. “The tree should go over the log there,” she said, pointing to a tree on the far right

side that has the lowest part of its trunk behind a moss-covered log, saying she will stretch the tree down to the ground in front of the log in the next version of that painting. And likely there will be other differences too. To see more of her paintings, see the details on the April show at the art gallery under City Scene below.

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■■ THORNHILL PUB: KARAOKE Thursday and Saturday nights. Free pool, sports action on 80” big screen. Shuttle service available. ■■ LEGION BRANCH 13: Meat draws every Saturday – first draw at 4:30 p.m. Steak Night is the first Friday of each month. ■■ GEORGE’S PUB: FREE poker Sunday 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. and Wednesday 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Karaoke Sunday. Live weekend entertainment. Shuttle service. ■■ MT. LAYTON LOUNGE: Open daily 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Free pool. Located at Mt. Layton Hotsprings just off Hwy37 South between Terrace and Kitimat. ■■ BEASLEYS MIX: KARAOKE every Friday night in the Best Western.

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■■ THE TERRACE ART Gallery presents two shows for the month of April: Scenery: BC Forests and Ocean, oil paintings by Anita Desnoyers in the upper gallery, and Vignettes of a Northwest Life, paintings by Lynn Cociani and textiles by Debra Strand in the lower gallery. Shows open at 7 p.m. April 4 and run until April 26. Free admission.

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■■ JOIN TERRACE LITTLE Theatre for dinner and a show at Norm Foster’s Skin Flick, a hilarious, lovable story about five ordinary people caught up in the business of making an adult film to solve their financial troubles. Naughty and affectionate all at once. Performances on April 3-5 at the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club. Tickets on sale at Uniglobe Travel. Doors open at 6:30;

Westjet and Hawkair and Keurig coffee system. For details on event and auction, contact 635-4232, bbbs@tdcss.ca or facebook. ■■ SPRING FLING, A fundraiser for the Skeena River Metis Community Association’s music festival coming up in August, starts at 7 p.m. April 12 at the legion. Age 19+. Entry for a small charge or by donation. For more details, contact Rosanne at 6388905 or elizabeth_f60@hotmail.com.

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DAPHNE AND Rollie have a hilarious time filming a Skin Flick, playing April 3-5 at the golf club. dinner at 7 p.m. ■■ ‘HEROES’ NEEDED FOR behind the scenes at Terrace Little Theatre’s upcoming spring show along with several items. Positions for Stage Manager and Assistant Stage Manager are available. Also needed are chairs. For details, email Marianne at mbrorup@citywest.ca or call 635-2942 between 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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■■ BOWL FOR KIDS’ Sake, the year’s biggest fundraiser for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Terrace, rolls into action from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. April 6 at the Terrace bowling lanes. Children under 12 bowl free with paying adult. There is a cost and all proceeds go to support programs here. The theme is “In the Country.” Prize for best costume. The Balloon Man will be there so bring your children. New this year: auction items on display during the event, including trips for two with

■■ THE TERRACE PRO-LIFE Association presents speaker Linda Gibbons, pro-life activist from Toronto, to talk about the issues and her experiences at 7:30 p.m. April 5 at the Christian Reformed Church. Find out more about. Everyone welcome. ■■ UNBC NORTHWEST REGION public presentation will be “Aboriginal Peoples in Editorial Cartoons: A History” with presenter Dr. Ed Harrison, professor, coordinator school of education UNBC NW region and Audrey Woods, aboriginal cultural knowledge development specialist, NWCC, from noon to 1 p.m. April 9 at the Terrace UNBC campus room 103. Free. For more details, contact Alma at alma.avila@unbc.ca or 615-5578.

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■■ THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Music Festival continues through April 12 at the REM Lee Theatre. Choral speaking April 2-3; band April 4-5, choral April 6, Classroom music April 7, Orff April 8-9, music theatre April 9-10. Scholarship night April 11. Gala night April 12. Tickets for scholarship and gala at Misty River Books.

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‘Home wrecker’ to stand trial A SUSPECT who allegedly destroyed three homes, leaving three residents homeless, in what police are calling “three nights of senseless vandalism” goes on trial next week. Terrace RCMP arrested the suspect, who will remain in custody until his day in court, reported police recently. “It was fortunate that in each of these incidents, the occupants of the residences fled prior to the collapse of the homes,” says Const. Angela Rabut, Terrace RCMP community policing/media relations officer. Terrace RCMP were called to the first incident on Straw St. where the resident told them a stranger had knocked on his door asking to be let in. When he refused, the stranger became belligerent and threatening, mentioning “blow” several times, leading police to believe the suspect’s actions may have been drug related. Then the resident heard suspicious noises and his home began to tremble. In fright, he ran out and fled to a relative’s home on Mud Ave. and the house collapsed shortly after. Terrace RCMP were called to the second incident on Mud Ave. the next day. The homeowner said he was inside having dinner with his brother when they heard knocking on the front door and somebody demanding to be let in. His brother said the voice was similar to what he heard the prior night at his own residence just before it was tragically destroyed. The pair fled to their relative’s home on Brick Ave, again narrowly escaping the residence as it collapsed. Terrace RCMP was on patrol near Brick Ave. the third day when an officer observed an offender known to police destroying a home on Brick Ave. The three occupants were able to escape the home without injury. Police promptly arrested the vandal but it was too late, for the home, sadly, collapsed. “The seriousness of these events is extremely concerning. The full resources of the justice system are working on this case to bring it to its conclusion in an expedited fashion,” said Rabut. “The vandal has agreed to stand trial on April 10 at 4:30 p.m. at the Terrace Courthouse.” Two charges of mischief not exceeding $5,000 and one charge of mischief exceeding $5,000 were forwarded to Crown counsel and approved. The case will take place in supreme court here and will be heard by Mr. Justice Darryl Wightman. “The public is encouraged to attend this trial and in the process, observe firsthand the workings of our justice system,” said Rabut. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ April 10 is Law Day and local crown and defence counsel are mentoring Caledonia law students to be crown and defence in the ‘trial’ of the Big Bad Wolf, the closing event of the day. Also that day will be a barbecue and displays by law enforcement and related fields. The trial will include testimony from the three little pigs, the victims of the alleged crimes; Const. Scarlett Serge, the officer who arrested the accused and gathered evidence from the scene; and the defence has expert Dr. Doo Little to testify on its behalf. As with all criminal cases, the trial will be overseen by a judge, clerk and sheriffs and exhibits will be shown, including the accused’s alleged criminal record. For more details on Law Day and the impending trial of the century, see the Community Calendar on page 20.

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I want to thank Gord at Silvertip for contributing the Aeroplan miles for myself and my companion to fly to the Golden Arm in Eskilstuna, Sweden where I represented Canada. I would also like to thank Gary from MacCarthy Motors, Mike & Michelle from Magnum Road Builders, Dr. Dale Greenwood for supplements and analgesics, Rita of Northwest Fuels, Central Garage, Don & Eileen from Petro-Tec, Danielle from Wal-Mart, Brian from Canadian Tire for allowing me to set up my display, and all the generous people of Terrace and the greater area forthe support and monies needed for the hotels, train, entry fees, food, etc. Allan Heinricks, Terrace, B.C. I would like to thank the person who on Feb 26, 2014 returned to my home, my wallet they found in a buggy outside Canadian Tire. As i didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to answer the door, I would like to personally thank the person if they would drop by the house. Thank you so much for your honesty & kindness. Roberta Very special thank you to the lady that helped me in the parking lot on Main St. McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on March 27. Your help was appreciated.

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Larry (Zeke) Jones

It is with great sadness and shock that we announce the sudden passing of Larry (Zeke) Jones, on March 18th 2014, just after celebrating his 66th birthday on March 6th. Larry left behind a tremendous amount of family, friends and people that he touched through his work that he loved. He leaves behind his wife and partner Tracey Davidson, step-daughter Grace, son Eric (California), his Dad Joe Such (Indiana), his father Gene Jones (Tennessee), brothers in Indiana; Dennis Jones, Steve (Kathy), and Aaron Such. Larry was predeceased by his mom Lottie Such and his sister Cindy Jones. After 66 years of living a wild and crazy life, and some of you know those wonderful stories; he ended up in Terrace BC. Larry had a wonderful extended family at 16-37 Community Futures. He is going to miss Ken (Lorna and Austin), Wade, Debbie, Sally and Sean very much; along with many of the other people that he worked with throughout the years there. To his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fallerâ&#x20AC;? buddiesâ&#x20AC;Ścheers! Larry would not want us to mourn him in the traditional sense, so to honor his wishes we will have a party later in the spring at the home he loved; BBQ ribs, playing the Blues (his favorite), with a single malt in hand. We will post a date later this spring. In lieu of flowers we ask that a donation be made to NARA (Northern Animal Rescue Alliance) in memory of Larry and his dogs that he loved.

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Dorma Noel McKerracher

(nee McQuistin) June 13, 1918 - March 7, 2014 Another of the Greatest Generation passed peacefully on March 7 with her family and a last rye and coke at her side. Dorma was born June 13, 1918 in Penticton where she lived for 32 years before moving to Terrace in 1951 and finally to the Vancouver area in 1967. Mom was one-of-a-kind; feisty, loving, generous, witty, independent, frugal and determined. She endured her hardships with a quiet strength and was always ready to party with her family, fellow curlers and Elks, Royal Purple and Legion members. She was a teenager during the Great Depression, lost her first husband (Robert Archer) and a brother (Bruce McQuistin) in service with the RCAF in WWII, her second child (Lynda McKerracher) in infancy in 1949, her second husband (Neil McKerracher) in 1979 and was predeceased by two brothers and a sister in her later years. With Neil she relocated to Terrace, at that time a small logging and sawmilling village, after losing the family business in Penticton to an uninsured fire. She is survived by her daughter Leslie Stanyer (Joe Turner) of Okanagan Falls, sons Dan of Kamloops and Rich (Lynn) of North Vancouver, her sister Jackie Bristol (Ivar) of Penticton, 5 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She had a special relationship with and chose to reside close to her granddaughter, Layne Stanyer, of White Rock, who was a great support in her declining years. She loved and was loved by the wonderful Care Team at Whitecliff Retirement Home. We are grateful for her long life, her happy heart, and her deep love for us all.

We deeply regret to announce the passing of Dorothy Anna May Kuemper on March 21st 2014 after a courageous battle with auto immune disease leading to complications with cancer. Her long time loving husband Ernie and son Kevin with daughter in law Trudy by her side. Dorothy was born in Prince Rupert March 26, 1938 to Joyce Cole whom passed away when DorothyÂ was just five years old. She was also most recently predeceased by her loving aunt Dorothy Sieben. Mom will be greatly missed by her devoted husband Ernie Clemons and their sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Terrance Allen and Kevin John. Dorothy adored her daughter in-law Trudy MacaraegÂ and is very proud of her two grandchildren Kevin Ernie Clemente and Kristal Anna Macaraeg.Â She is also survived by her brother Edward (Rose) Gleason and special aunt and good friend Shirley Houle and many more extended loving family members. Mother cherished her life long friends as well as her recent friendships made locally these past 20 years. Yet, Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life did not really start until 1956 in Terrace where she met and fell in love with her husband Ernie Clemens Kuemper. Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main focus was always dedicated to her husband and family.Â Mother loved living life gardening and plantingÂ flowers along side all the free flying birdies.Â Mother definitely had attention to detail that not many others could duplicate. Mother was sharp, always had a good sense of humor and sharedÂ that with us right to the very end of her life. We Love You Mother and will never forget You. It was Dorothyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request not to have a Celebration of Life ceremony but wants to thank all the many people who have been praying forÂ her. Consequently, there was a casual prayer service for Dorothy at Saint Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church in Salmon Arm atÂ 10 am, Wednesday March 26th. The family would like to Thank All the many Doctors and Nurses from Salmon Arm who provided care for Dorothy, especially nurses like Marvin and Chad who gave ultra care for her. Special Thank You to retired Dr. Michel Saab for his guidance and support during this most difficult time for the family. We Will Meet Again Mom.Â Â Â

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3 positions: Picker/Boom Truck Operator, Winch & Bed Truck Operators needed. Generous signing bonus to right applicants. Valiant Oilfield Hauling is a family friendly business based in Fort St John. We are looking for a Certified Picker/Boom Truck Operator for a 40 ton Picker, an experienced Winch truck Operator and an experienced Lo-bed Truck Operator. We offer competitive Wages and great work environment. Send resume to office@valiant-hauling.com or call Jeremy at 1778-256-4258. Flexible work rotations a possibility. Serious applicants only. BUSY logging company working between Terrace and Bob Quinn is seeking an experienced mechanic with welding knowledge & experience, an equipment operator with road building experience, and a processor operator. Competitive wages and possibility of housing for right employees. Please contact Melanie: 250615-6398 JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC is required for coastal logging operations near Woss, BC. Year round employment with full benefits. Further details can be found at www.hdlogging.com Please fax resume to 250-287-9259.

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JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC Billabong Road and Bridge Maintenance Inc. is currently looking to fill the position of Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic in our Carnaby location. Work involves diagnosis, overhaul and repair of heavy construction and service equipment. This position will entail shift work and work outside in all types of weather, and may include the operation of snow removal equipment in storm situations. Qualifications: â&#x20AC;˘ Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic Trade Certification. â&#x20AC;˘ Minimum driver classification required is a Class 3 with air endorsement. â&#x20AC;˘ 3-5 years related experience. â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge of the techniques, tools, equipment and safety precautions pertaining to the maintenance of trucks and heavy equipment â&#x20AC;˘ Should hold or be able to obtain CVIP license â&#x20AC;˘ Applicants with welding experience will be preferred. â&#x20AC;˘ Experience in the repair and maintenance of highway maintenance equipment will be preferred. Please Fax or email your resume and drivers abstract hr@nechako-northcoast.com Fax: 250-638-8409 Only those short listed will be contacted

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES The Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club is looking for a FULL TIME, EXPERIENCED COOK. Must be able to work independently in a busy kitchen environment. Catering experience a plus. Also looking for a FULL TIME BARTENDER must have Serving It Right Certificate. Please drop resume off at Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club or E-mail: svgc@citywest.ca attention Chloe Nyeholt. THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT is looking for energetic individuals to help MAINTAIN THE COURSE BOTH FULL TIME AND PART TIME POSITIONS available. Golf Knowledge not required but would be a strong asset. Please Contact Rob Wilke the Course Superintendent. THE PRO SHOP requires FULL TIME EMPLOYEES for the upcoming season, Sales experience an asset and strong customer service a must. Please contact Germain Francoeur.

John Bailey The Terrace Real Estate Company Ltd. welcomes John Bailey to our Team of Sales Representatives. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited to have John on board and look forward to what he will offer both to our office and to our community. Stop by, send an email or give John a call if you have any questions on Buying or Selling a home.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT

TAKE NOTICE THAT application has been made to amend Definitions and by amending Permitted Uses and Special Regulations in the M2 – Industrial Zone of Zoning Bylaw No. 1431-1995.

TAKE NOTICE THAT application has been made to amend Schedule “A” Part C: Community Goals, Objectives and Policies, Part D: Land Use Designations and Part E: Development Permit Areas of the City of Terrace Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1983-2011.

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THE SUBJECT LAND: The application affects the land, within the City of Terrace, shown hatched on the accompanying map and described as: Lot 1, Block F, District Lot 1725, Range 5, Coast District, Plan EPP19161 [3755 Industrial Way] THE INTENT: 1.0 To amend Section 2.0 Definitions by including the following definitions: AFFORDABLE HOUSING means housing that is available at a cost that does not compromise an individual’s ability to meet other basic needs, including food, clothing and access to education. The cost of an average rental unit or the value of an average resale residential property should consume no more than 30% of the annual household gross, pre-tax income. INDUSTRIAL WORK CAMP ACCOMMODATION means one or more modular buildings or structures established for the purpose of providing residential accommodations and supports to workers whose employment is temporary in nature, arranged to provide individual sleeping units (1 person per unit) with or without individual bathrooms, meals in communal dining areas, and communal areas for recreation, laundry and other basic living essentials. 2.0 To amend Section 2.0 Definitions by including the underlined portion, and deleting the striked-out portions, in the following definitions: DENSITY means, for commercial uses, the floor area ratio; and for residential uses, the number of dwelling units per hectare; and for industrial work camp accommodation, the number of sleeping units per zoned parent parcel. SLEEPING UNIT means a set of one or more habitable rooms used or intended to be used for sleeping and living purposes, but not including a sink or cooking facilities. A bathroom containing a water closet, wash basin and a bath or shower may be shared. 3.0 Amend Section 8.2.2 Permitted Uses of the M2 – Heavy Industrial Zone as follows: .2 Despite the provisions of this Part, the following provisions shall apply to: .1 On Lot 1, Block F, District Lot 1725, Range 5, Coast District, Plan EPP1916, in addition to the uses described in 8.2.2 the following uses shall be permitted until May 1st, 2034: .1 Industrial Work Camp Accommodation; .2 Accessory uses including; • Dining Lounge; • Recreational Facility, Indoor and Outdoor; • Laundry facilities; • Parking, transportation services and associated supports. 4.0 Amend Section 8.2.3 Regulations of the M2 – Heavy Industrial Zone to include as follows: .4 Special Regulations – Density for Industrial Work Camp Accommodation .1 Maximum base density of 500 sleeping units (1 person/unit) may be increased to a density of 3000 sleeping units (1 person/unit), by provision of amenity contributions in accordance with the table below. COLUMN I SPECIAL AMENITY TO BE PROVIDED

COLUMN II ADDED DENSITY

BASE

500 sleeping units

1. Bonus A - The provision of a cash payment of $500 per sleeping unit, paid as each unit becomes operational, to the Terrace Affordable Housing Fund, to be used in proximity to the contributing property.

501-1000 sleeping unit

2. Bonus B - The provision of a cash payment of $750 per sleeping unit paid as each unit becomes operational, to the Terrace Affordable Housing Fund, to be used in proximity to the contributing property.

1001-2000 sleeping unit

3. Bonus C - The provision of a cash payment of $1000 per sleeping unit paid as each unit becomes operational, to the Terrace Affordable Housing Fund, to be used in proximity to the contributing property.

2001-3000 sleeping unit

THE SUBJECT LAND: The application affects the land, within the City of Terrace, shown hatched on the accompanying map and described as: Lot 1, Block F, District Lot 1725, Range 5, Coast District, Plan EPP19161 [3755 Industrial Way] THE INTENT: 1.0 To amend Schedule “A” of the Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1983-2011 part C: Community Goals, Objectives and Policies by replacing, under the section entitled “Goal: Diversified and Coordinated Economy”, subsection “Objective #10 Airport Lands”, the fourth bullet point under “Supporting Policy”, with the following: Direct and encourage suitable large scale development, appropriate commercial and industrial uses, and temporary industrial work camp accommodations, to the Airport Lands. 2.0 To amend Schedule “A” of the Official Community Plan bylaw No. 1983-2011 Part D: Land Use Designations by replacing the paragraph under the section entitled “Industrial” with the following: The industrial designation identified lands suitable for a variety of light manufacturing and commercial warehouse uses as well as intensive large scale industrial processing or manufacturing activity. The existing lands along the Highway 16 and CN Rail corridor through the City will accommodate most light to medium industrial activities such as industrial supply and contractor or transportation related uses. Some of these lands are located in proximity to commercial and residential land uses and are intended to transition from historical resource based heavy industrial uses. Heavy industrial activities related to forestry, mining and value - added manufacturing, along with other industrial development and temporary worker accommodation requiring large land parcels will be encouraged to access the Skeena Industrial Development Park lands at the airport. These industrial lands offer large land parcels and access to multi-modal transportation facilities and offer a unique opportunity to promote a range of heavy manufacturing uses and support burgeoning green industry such as biomass energy production. The lands at the Skeena Industrial Development Park are identified as an appropriate location for temporary worker accommodation (up to 25 years), established particularly during anticipated periods of high numbers of temporary workers as a result of regional resource based and major industrial development. 3.0 Amend Schedule A of the Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1983-2011 Part E: Development Permit Areas by replacing the first paragraph under the section entitled “Development Permit Area No.6 - Industrial” with the following: Development Permit Area No. 6 is designated under Section 919.1 (1)(f) of the Local Government Act for the establishment of objectives for the form and character of industrial and multi-family residential development including temporary worker accommodation.

5.0 Amend Section 4.19 Offstreet Parking and Loading, Table 1 to include as follows: COLUMN I Class of Building Industrial Work Camp Accommodation

COLUMN II Required Number of Spaces 1 parking space for every 5 Sleeping Units

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PURPOSE: To facilitate the construction of temporary Industrial Work Camp Accommodation. BYLAW INSPECTION: THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT BYLAW AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS MAY BE INSPECTED at the City of Terrace Public Works Building at 5003 Graham Avenue, Terrace, B.C., between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day from Wednesday, April 2, 2014 to Monday, April 14, 2014 excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays. For enquiries concerning this application contact the Planning Department at 250-615-4000. PUBLIC HEARING DETAILS: Any persons wishing to voice their opinions regarding this application may do so in writing, and/or in person, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AT 7:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, April 14, 2014. THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, R.S.B.C., 1996, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO.

BYLAW INSPECTION: THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT BYLAW AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS MAY BE INSPECTED in the reception area at the City of Terrace Public Works Building at 5003 Graham Avenue, Terrace, B.C., between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day from Wednesday, April 2, 2014 to Monday, April 14, 2014 excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays. For enquiries concerning this application contact the Planning Department at 250-615-4000. PUBLIC HEARING DETAILS: Any persons wishing to voice their opinions regarding this application may do so in writing, and/or in person, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AT 7:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, April 14, 2014. THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, R.S.B.C., 1996, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO.

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N/G heat. 5M14921 on orKeith before Ave., April 23, Amended Lot D (Plan 5365), District Lot 362, Range 5, Coast Free Limited Edition Leather Jacket Terrace, B.C. website (www.rdks.bc.ca) or by phone request. N/S, N/Pets. 250 638-8639 2014, after which date the ExDistrict, Plan 1919 *see dealer for details. Phone • Fax 250-635-5050 ecutrix 250-635-3478 will distribute the estate 4 bdrm/2 bath house for rent. Proposals must be received no later than 2:00 p.m. April among the parties avail. Commercial/ april 1. 250-631-6726 Legalentitled to it, Boats Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices THELegal INTENT:Notices 15, 2014. having regard to the claims of rentalproperty932@gmail.com Industrial which Legal the Executrix then have 1989 SUN RUNNER boat. Notices OF TERRACE To Amend Section 7.4.2.2 by including theCITY following: 21.5 feet, 125 aq Volvo in2 BRIGHT OFFICE NOW SPACES For Further information please refer to RFP or contact the ~ AVAILABLE ~ notice. Holly Jean McNeil-Hay board motor, Merc leg, ex600 sq. ft. each. 4619 Lakelse. NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE OFPart, PUBLIC HEARING cellent running condition. Attractive 2 bdrm. suite with .2 Despite the provisions of this the following proviExecutrix c/oOTHERS Geoffrey W. (250) 635-5920 or 631-7318 AND Regional District at 250-615-6100 or 1-800-663-3208. $7000 (250) 698-7533 leave ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT RE: AL JOSEPH SOUCIE, yard forshop rent onfor Queensway. White, Solicitor formerly GEOFFREY Heated rent, avail a message we will call you Request for Proposals (RFP) sions shall apply to: DECEASED, of immed. 10min. N. of Terrace. back. Pictures available. View of theFacilities river. N/S, N/Pets. W. WHITE LAW Stewart, CORPORA110-5th Avenue, BC. 24’ x 62’. incl. washTAKE NOTICE THAT application has been made to amend SecFor the sale and removal of a house and various out.8 Amended Lot D (Plan 5365), District Lot 362, Range Creditors others Avenue having room and water. $1,100/mo.+util. 250 $1,000/mo. 635-2837 TION 434 and Glenwood tion 7.4.2.2 of Zoning Bylaw No. 1431-1995. claims against the estate of Al buildings located at 3990 Kerby Street, Thornhill, BC. Call Earl: 250 635-8811 Joseph Soucie are hereby noKelowna BC V1Y5M1 5, Coast District, Plan 1919 Interested parties may purchase the house and all outTHE SUBJECT LAND: AVAILABLE NOW. Executive tified under section 38 of the CITY OF TERRACE buildings or could offer to purchase only one of the Homes for4 Rent Trustee Act that particulars of The application affects the located at 4816 16 the W, .1 In addition to land the uses described in Hwy 7.4.2.1 House. 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■ Camp! ONCE AGAIN, Nick Kollias’ indoor youth soccer camp over spring break netted a solid crop of young athletes. The youth took to the Caledonia Gym March 17 – 21 to learn the basics of football. The camp was just one of many activities taking place around Terrace over spring break. And the Terrace Youth Soccer Association is gearing up for a start to the 2014 season later this spring, with official registration now closed – but opportunities for late entrants. And volunteers are always needed, email tysa1@ telus.net for more information.

Atlantis Taekwondo rolls out the welcome mat CLUBS FROM all over the north west came to show off their martial art skills March 15 in Terrace, with Atlantis Taekwondo hosting its second northwest B.C. championships. Cody Skog, instructor of Atlantis Taekwondo, says he was very happy with the attendance and skill levels from all the clubs. “A big thank you to all the volunteers that made the tournament a success,” said Skog. The tournament started with a competition amongst the shadow warriors – three- to five-year-olds who are “hilarious and super awesome,” said Skog. The shadow warriors competed on a timed “death defying” obstacle course. After the shadow warriors, the tournament went into sparring and patterns from white to black belts of all ages. The tournaments largest division was teen red and black belts boys, and the matches were very exciting to watch, he said, noting he hopes to see more spectators out next year. Next spring Atlantis Taekwondo is going to host a

Sports Scope SPRING IS here and it’s time to start training for all of the upcoming running races. Here’s a look at some coming up.

Run ON SATURDAY, April 26, Centennial Christian School will be hosting the Centennial Spring Classic 1k/5k Fun Run. This is a Terrace Community run for all ages, where the focus is on fun, fitness, and community. The route will take runners from CCS through the north end of the horseshoe and back along the Howe Creek trail. Prizes will be awarded for best costume, best group/team costume, to the person who comes in at the average time, and other draw prizes. Register at All Seasons Source for Sports or Centennial Christian School. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

AT TOP, Jacob Webber, left, and Jimmy Nijjar spar it out during the second annual Atlantis Taekwondo northwest B.C. championships March 15 in Terrace. At right, standing, that’s Ocean Skog, Malcom Neifer, Cody Skog, John Hooge. Shiloh Skog and Jerad Daumont are kneeling, left to right.

black belt tournament, with Skog hand selecting the best fighters in Canada. “I also would like to thank Mr. John Hooge for reffing,” said Skog, noting Hooge recently achieved

his 3rd degree black belt. Judges were Mr. Ocean Skog, 2nd degree, Mr. Shiloh Skog, 1st degree, Mr. Malcom Neifer, 1st degree, and Mr. Jerad Daumont 1st degree.

Runx2 THE SALMON Run is set for June 29, 2014 at Kitsumkalum. Run, walk, or push a buggy 5k or 10k. Salmon BBQ to follow. See http://salmonrunwild.ca/ for online registration.

Runx3 AFTER A year off, the 33rd annual All Seasons 5k/10k/21k is in the planning stages for Oct. 5. Organizers need plenty of volunteers to make it a go so please contact All Seasons Source for Sports or Nadene (zydeco@citywest. ca) if you can help out.

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NIGHTMARES BLOCK the Grimshaw jammer. Behind is Elise (Hellise) Bentley, left is Trina (T-Virus) Thomas, and right is Jillian (Secret Whippin) Stockburger

ROLLER DERBY season is open and Terrace’s Northcoast Nightmares are looking tough right out of the gate. The team travelled to Prince George for its first tournament of the season, the Rated PG hosted Northern Exposures Tournament, March 22 and 23, and faced off against four other teams from all over the north. After an exhaustive five bouts over the weekend that resulted in two wins and three losses, the team took home a fourth place finish. The Nightmares faced tough teams on the track. In their first game, the Nightmares won 169 to 62 against the Grimshaw Reapers. They then fell to the Deadlies, scoring 40 points against, and to Grand Prairie before beating Grimshaw again. But taking on the Deadlies, ranked 30th in the country and Grand Prairie’s Rage n’Fyre, ranked 32, was an invaluable learning experience for the Nightmares who started competing competitively only last year. “The tournament was full of learning opportunities for our team,” says Jessica (Marge Sins Some) Hogg, Co-Captain of North Coast Nightmares. “We basically played enough bouts for an entire season in one weekend, and facing such experienced play-

ers was both challenging and rewarding.” The team will be taking what they learned over the tournament and applying that to the rest of the season. “We came home with a long list of strategies and counter strategies we will continue to work on before our next bout against Prince George in April,” says Ben (Beny Bones) Collie, Nightmares Coach. And the team gained a reputation for playing with a lot of heart and noticeable improvement with each game. “I was impressed by those Nightmares from Terrace who played four full games on Saturday and never gave up for a minute,” said Bradley (Coach Lime) Foote, a well-known figure in international roller derby circles. He was there with the Kamloop’s Deadlies who finished 1st overall. Next up, the Nightmares play Rated PG on April 19th in PG. And the North Coast Nightmares play against Quesnel’s Gold Pain City at the Terrace Sportsplex on May 10th. Tickets for “Who’s Yo Mamma” Roller Derby Bout available at Ruins and will be on sale soon. For more information contact the Nightmares on Facebook or at northcoastnightmares@ gmail.com.

Bronze for Terrace U16 ringette team TERRACE’S U16 ringette team took home bronze from provincial championships in Prince George March 6 – 9 after a number of close games throughout the tournament. The team entered BC Ringette “B” provincials with high hopes after months of hard work with their hearts set on gold, and played tough the entire tournament. Their rivals were equally matched. “The kids really did well, especially considering that we had not a ton of games prior to them this year

– the games were very close,” said coach Jacque Dahl. Terrace fought hard through six games, including numerous big goals scored by Peter Nicholson, Cassidy Pavao, Bryn Giesbrecht, Danny Yoo, Oliva Resch and Crimzon Leblond. After three tiresome days of play, Terrace U16s walked away with Bronze medals and the Fair Play Award. Prince George finished with gold medals, while Shuswap went home with Silver.

t was the summer of 1981. Karen and I left the Interstate 5 at its junction with Highway 530 and drove east in my little green Honda through Snohomish County. Beautiful farmland ripening under the summer sun surrounded us as we as made our way toward the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River. My desire to see the river had been whetted by the exquisite black and whites of the Stillaguamish and its Washington State relations in fly fishing photographer Ralph Wahl’s alluring Come Wade the River and by what I’d read In Trey Combs’s Fly Fishing and Flies. From Combs, I learned that the fly fishers who favoured the Stilly had played an important role in the development of steelhead fly fishing on North America’s west coast. Combs wrote of how, in 1930, the Snohomish County Sportsmen’s Association proposed that Deer Creek and one mile of the Stillaguamish below the spot where the creek entered that river should be restricted to fly fishing. Despite the fact that the area was a minuscule part of what was available to fishermen in that time of salmon abundance, bait fishers were apoplectic and raised such a large ruckus, on the basis that the proposed fly-only restriction trampled upon their democratic freedoms, that the Washington State Game Commission was moved to reverse its original decision supporting the Snohomish County sportsmen.

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TOP ROW: Peter Nicholson, Bryn Giesbrecht, Emma Kenmuir, Jenn Dahl, Hannah Resch, Michelle Roseboom, Danny Yoo. Bottom Row: Jess Dahl, Olivia Resch, Cassidy Pavao, Sarah McLeod, Eryn Struyk, Crimson Leblond, Macey Calcutt.

The proposal was Brown, then working the first of its kind on a in a logging camp in western salmon stream. Washington State (and It would not go away. quite possibly drawn to Thanks to the tireless the place by the writing efforts of a then newly of Zane Grey), made his formed Washington way to the Deer Creek Flyfishing Club – and in Confluence in search of particular three of its pihis first steelhead. oneering members, Ken After landing some McCloud, Enos Bradbull trout he mistakenly ner, and Letcher Lamtook for steelhead, the buth – the entire north man who was to become fork of the StillaguaCanada’s most famous SKEENA ANGLER mish was eventually set angling author wrote: aside as a fly only sum“The river was bigger ROB BROWN mer run river. than the word ‘creek’ In 1918, that prohad led me to expect and lific purveyor of purple it was beautiful, clear prairie prose Zane Grey, and bright and fast, tumwhose book sales were bled on rocks and gravel only bested by that of bars.” the Bible, stopped at Deer Creek, the tribuAt that time I’d just read and reread tary of the Stilly’s north fork on his way Steve Raymond’s Year of the Angler. Rayto fish for Campbell River Chinook. Grey mond, who was the editor of the Seattle pronounced the Creek the most beautiful Times at the time had lived in and fished trout water he’d ever seen. It was “as clear the area for decades so knew the North as crystal, and as cold as ice,” he wrote. Fork of the Stilly intimately. Grey whose fame as an author of dust“The bright summer fish ran to the ers just barely eclipsed his fame as a fish- mouth of Deer Creek,” he wrote, “held erman and a fishing writer, caught his first there in the pools and riffles until it was steelhead on Deer Creek and he never for- time to run up the creek itself, back into got the rhapsody of the experience. the trackless wilderness where the loggers Nine years after Grey caught his first had yet to reach. No one knows the origisteelhead, English ex-pat, Roderick Haig- nal size of the great native run, but there

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is little doubt that it was one of the finest summer runs in the world, perhaps the finest of them all.” After a jog up Highway 9, we turned east back onto the Arlington-Darrington Road for a short distance then turned right on North Olympic Avenue into the town of Arlington to buy supplies. It has probably changed a lot over the intervening years, but then, to foreigners like us, Arlington had the look and feel of the quintessential small American town like the fictional Mayberry North Carolina made famous on the Andy Griffith Show. Shopping done, we resumed our journey, stopping next just past the bridge at Cicero where I’d spotted an angler casting over the tail of a nice looking pool. I pulled over and watched as he hooked and then released a steelhead. After he let the fish go, he and made his way across the river and up the bank to where I was standing. When I asked, he showed me the small dark fly he’d used to lure the steelhead he’d recently released. It had a fleck of tinsel. Maybe it’s too bright, he said. I told him I was from Canada and of my quest to explore some of the famous steelhead rivers of Washington State. He said his name was Bob and that he had a cabin at Oso, near the confluence of Deer Creek and the Stillaguamish. I’m off to fish another run, he said, but you should join me there later. Continued…

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Confessions of a Curber It’s only been a month, but I can see myself selling cars for a long, long time. I feel like a new man. One evening, I was in line at the superstore. An elderly gentleman saw my shopping cart. I had a new digital tire gauge that I was going to give to my next buyer. Turns out he was looking for a used car as he’d recently given his car to his grandson. He just needed something basic. “This is your lucky day!” I told him. The old fellow was around my father-in-law’s age – close to 80. He walked with a cane and had two ear pieces. I was practically shouting to him. What an easy sale. I decided to give him a ride and show him the car. He went on to tell me about his young granddaughter, too. At any rate, we got to the car – it was a base model with an automatic transmission. “It’s perfect for you, sir!” I exclaimed. He got in and sat at the wheel. His face lit up right away. I could tell that he’d been a car enthusiast in his younger days. “Where’d you get this car, son?” he asked me. “It’s my dad’s old car – he passed away and I

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just can’t keep it anymore,” I lied. In reality, I imported the car from Washington. It came with documents that mentioned New York State. The title was clean, so I assumed it was in good condition. I priced the vehicle quite high – well over its value. But he didn’t know, and he didn’t ask any more questions. I told him I had another buyer interested (another lie), and that he had to make a decision right away. With no hesitation, he got a bank draft and I gave him the keys. Like I promised, I threw in the new tire gauge. Marty gave me a wink and slowly drove off. Another foolish customer, I thought. No history report to keep me on my toes. And worse, he needs to get it inspected, registered and insured within 30 days - I didn’t bother. I just got my buddy in Bellingham to help me get it across. That evening, I took out the papers I’d received with the car. I decided to go over them more thoroughly. I guess I was a bit bored. Turns out, the vehicle had been registered in four U.S. states. Somewhere along the line, the rebuild* status was dropped. Probably intentionally. The inspection and ICBC will catch that. And who knows if the odometer is right? At least it’s no longer mine. *Rebuild – A vehicle written off as a total loss by an insurance company, then rebuilt and certified for use. This term does not describe a vehicle that has a new or repaired motor, transmission or other major part. Rebuilds offer savings when repaired well, but a buyer has a right to know it was rebuilt. But this buyer didn’t and Walt walked away with the cash.

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ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. ¥¥/‡/¥/ * Offers apply to the lease of a new or demonstrator 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Double Cab 4X4 1WT (G80/B30/H2R). Freight ($1,650) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. ‡‡2014 Silverado 1500 with the available 5.3L EcoTec3 V8 engine equipped with a 6-speed automatic transmission has a fuel-consumption rating of 13.0L/100 km city and 8.7L/100 km hwy 2WD and 13.3L/100 km city and 9.0L/100 km hwy 4WD. Ford F-150 with the 3.5L EcoBoost V6 engine has a fuel-consumption rating of 12.9L/100 km city and 9.0L/100 km hwy 2WD and 14.1L/100 km city and 9.6L/100 km hwy 4WD. Fuel consumption based on GM testing in accordance with approved Transport Canada test methods. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. Comparison based on wardsauto.com. 2013 Large Pickup segment and latest competitive data available. Excludes other GM vehicles. ^*Based on Wardsauto.com 2013 Large Pickup segment and last available information at the time of posting. Maximum trailer weight ratings are calculated assuming base vehicle, except for any option(s) necessary to achieve the rating, plus driver. The weight of other optional equipment, passengers and cargo will reduce the maximum trailer weight your vehicle can tow. See your dealer for additional details. ^^ Whichever comes first. Limit of four ACDelco Lube-Oil-Filter services in total. Fluid top-offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc., are not covered. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ¥ 0% for 36 month lease available on all 2014 Silverado 1500 Regular/Double/Crew Cabs. Sample lease payments based on 36-month lease of 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab 4X4 1WT (G80/B30/H2R) on approved credit by GM Financial. Tax, license, insurance, registration, applicable provincial fees, and optional equipment extra. Annual kilometre limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometre. Monthly payments may vary depending on down payment/trade. Example: Silverado Crew Cab 4x4 1WT (G80/B30/H2R) including Freight and Air Tax is $29,888 at 0% APR, $1,100 Down payment, Bi-Weekly payment is $135 for 36 months. Total obligation is $11,658, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $18,230. ≠ 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, Scotiabank or RBC Royal Bank for 48 months on new or demonstrator 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Regular/Double/Crew Cabs . Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $10,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $208 for 48 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $10,000. 0% financing offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Offers apply to qualified retail customers only. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. †^ The 2014 Silverado has been awarded the 2014 North American Truck of the Year. For more information please visit www.northamericancaroftheyear.org + Whichever comes first. See dealer for conditions and limited warranty details. ¥¥ Retail and basic fleet customers who purchase or lease an eligible Chevrolet, Buick or GMC delivered from dealer stock between March 1, 2014 and April 30, 2014 will receive one 40¢ savings per litre fuel card (fuel savings card) upon payment of an additional $.01. Cards valid as of 72 hours after delivery. Fuel savings card valid for 800 litres of fuel purchased from participating Petro-Canada retail locations (and other approved North Atlantic Petroleum locations in Newfoundland) and not redeemable for cash except where required by law. GM is not responsible for cards that are lost, stolen or damaged. GM reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer and/or the program for any reason in whole or in part at any time without notice. Petro-Canada is a Suncor Energy business™ Trademark of Suncor Energy Inc. Used under licence. Cards are property of Suncor Energy. To protect your card balance, register online at www.petro-canada.ca/preferred today. ‡ $4,250 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit has been applied to the purchase, finance and lease offers of 2014 Silverado 1500 Double 4x4 1WT, and is applicable to retail customers only. $500 package credits for non-PDU models. Other credits available on select Silverado models. Offer ends April 30, 2014. † Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer pick-up truck that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, Avalanche, GMC Sierra or 2014 MY Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra or 2015 MY Chevrolet Silverado HD or GMC Sierra HD delivered in Canada between March 1, 2014 and April 30, 2014. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive). Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GMCL dealer for details. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice.

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