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Huge turnout for Job Fair By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
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Nadina Community Futures was among the booths at the Job Fair last Wednesday, talking to people about the possibility of starting their own business. Above are Jerry Botti, General Manager, Carol Gibson, Administrator, and Robson Herman, Business Analyst. For more photos of the job fair see page 8.
The Houston Job Fair had nearly 400 people investigating work and training opportunities. There were fourteen exhibits including Babine Forest Products, Ridley Terminals, Canfor, DH Manufacturing, as well as training and networking organizations. “It was a good turn out [from the public]. The exhibitors that came were happy because so many people came,” said Andrea Newell, one of the organizers of the job fair. Brenda Sparks, Human Resource Administrator from Ridley Terminals agreed. “I was surprised and pleased with the numbers of people that came out,” she said, adding that they collected a good stack of resumes and expect to hire some people
from Houston. There were sessions about the mining industry and how peo-
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ple can look for jobs there. Peter Ogryzlo, a retired geologist who worked in mining for 50 years, talked to a lot of people at these sessions. “I found out that a lot of people are looking for camp jobs. They want to stay in Houston, they want to keep the house, they want to retire here and live here so they’re looking for any means at all of staying in Houston. See JOBS on Page 3
Houston Health Fair to increase awareness By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
Northern Health is increasing their mental health staff in Houston as the closure date for Houston Forest Products draws near. They hired a fulltime mental health
and addictions clinician to work at the Houston Health Centre, said Sally Sullivan, Coordinator of the Houston Health Centre. They also posted to hire a part-time life skills worker, she said. Jonathan Dyck,
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Sullivan said. The Health Fair will have exhibits with information on things like diabetes, nutrition and chronic disease. People will also be able to talk to a dietician and measure their blood sugar and blood pressure.
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“Northern Gateway’s Habitat Restoration Plan will ensure that caribou ranges are left in better condition than they were found.” - Paul Anderson, President of RPS HMA and Northern Gateway’s Director of Environment
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Northern Gateway understands and respects the important northern environments. The caribou ranges present a set of challenges that we will meet with world-class solutions and sensitivity. WE TURNED TO LEADING EXPERTS FOR ADVICE Northern Gateway consulted with experts like Paul Anderson to help us develop caribou habitat plans. Paul has more than 25 years of experience supporting major projects and has extensive knowledge of regulatory and stakeholder engagement practices in Canada. Over the past five years, Paul has been responsible for developing the environmental and socio-economic impact assessment for the Project. “There have been a multitude of industrial projects over the course of the last few decades that have put tremendous pressure on caribou habitat and populations.” Based on the experts’ recommendations, Northern Gateway has committed to detailed caribou habitat assessment and restoration
plans that go beyond requirements. One of our commitments in British Columbia is to build the pipeline on or adjacent to previously disturbed lands, where possible, in the ranges of the Narraway, Quintette, Hart and Telkwa caribou herds. Overall approximately 70 per cent of the proposed pipeline route utilizes previous disturbances. Furthermore, Northern Gateway has committed to reclaiming these areas of previously disturbed land by planting trees, creating berms and otherwise restricting access for predators and hunters along the right-of-way. Our goals for habitat renewal will be accomplished through close consultation and communications with federal and provincial regulatory agencies, local stakeholders and Aboriginal communities. CONDITIONS FOR THE BETTER Northern Gateway’s voluntary commitments to undertake specific mitigation for the protection of caribou and caribou habitat were endorsed by the Joint Review Panel. They are now reflected in 16 of the 209 conditions that we must meet for Project approval. Paul adds, “Northern Gateway’s Habitat Restoration Plan will ensure that caribou ranges are left in better condition than they were found.” This is another example of how Northern Gateway is doing everything possible in order to build a safer, better project.
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“People want to stay in Houston” JOBS from Page 1 “There’s some extremely well qualified people here. They should have no problem,” he said. There are also quite a few people who want to stay in Houston and are interested in self-employment, said Jerry Botti, General Manager at Nadina Community Futures. Newell says the downside of the fair was that they wanted to have more employers there. “I think people wanted to see more mining companies come out,” she said,
adding that a lot of people are looking for camp jobs so they can continue to live in Houston. Newell says they were limited because of the short, threeweek time span they had to organize and because many employers were booked at job fairs in Quesnel and Dease Lake. The event was organized by Labour Market Strategy Consultants Andrea Newell, local, and Pat Hufnagel-Smith from Cochrane, Alberta. They were contracted by the District
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of Houston to work March 11 to Sept. 30 on community transition items connected to the mill closure, funded by the Labour Market Partnership from the Ministry of Social Development. Besides organizing the job fair, they will do an exit survey, plan a community information session, and do a labour market strategy (looking at types of employment and training needs for people in Houston). They also coordinate pillar meetings. HFP Transition Coordinator Lori
Saretsky, reported March 4 to the Worker Transition Pillar Group about the plans of many of the HFP workers. Her report said that 36 employees are accepting other West Fraser positions, with 13 going to Pacific Inland Resources in Smithers and 27 relocating elsewhere. Six other offers from West Fraser were available at the time they updated their information. There are 37 employees looking at retraining. The District of Houston is consider-
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Dear clients of Driftwood Veterinary Clinic, It is with deep regret that I inform you that Driftwood Veterinary Clinic will be closing it’s doors forever on May 31, 2014. As of this date, we will no longer provide veterinary services at 2005 Nadina Ave. in Houston, BC. All patient files will be stored at Babine Animal Hospital in Smithers, BC., and we will continue to provide veterinary care for your animals at this location. lf you wish to have a file transferred to a different veterinary clinic, please call (250) 847-8887. Thank you for your continued support and confidence in us to care for your animals. Sincerely,
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y name is David Black. I am the majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper. I worry about the impact of a bitumen spill on our coast so for the last two years I have spent a great deal of time studying oil refineries, oil pipelines and tankers. Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sediment present. Since there is an abundance of sediment along the BC coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. Refining bitumen before it is loaded into tankers solves this problem because refined fuels float and evaporate. There is a great deal of misinformation being disseminated about the threat to the coast. For example, recently a senior executive at one of the big oil companies in Canada told me their official position is that bitumen doesn’t sink. That is nonsense. The Federal government published a thorough study on November 30 2013 proving that it does sink if there is sediment around. The report is available online and I encourage you to access it. Also, the BC Chamber of Shipping is currently running ads talking about the advantages of GPS-based navigation and saying spills such as Exxon Valdez would not be possible today because of double hulls and sub-divisions within tankers. Again, this is nonsense. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gentle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position. All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS came along. The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instruments to determine their location but they didn’t. The crew on the Queen of the North also didn’t do so. Marine disasters regularly occur and a quick search of the internet shows human error is usually the problem. We can rest assured there will be more accidents in future. Our research has shown us that modern pipelines can be built and operated safely. Leak data is available for everyone to see on Canadian and US government websites and it proves recently constructed pipelines are not leaking. Furthermore some of the best pipelining companies in the world are based in Canada. Unfortunately we cannot have the same level of confidence about tankers which are the most critical component involving the shipment of oil because recovery is so difficult. The grounding of the Exxon Valdez is usually held up as an example of how bad a spill at sea can be. See OIL on Page 5
Life is a peacock I met my friend’s “crazy Aunt Jane” last week and the first thing I said to her was how much I loved her hair. “Thank you,” she laughed, obviously accustomed to hearing compliments like that. Jane Coryell was visiting from out of town and we didn’t get to exchange many words during our first encounter, but a few days later I was able to pose the question I immediately wanted to ask: “How do people react to your purple hair?” “Oh, they love it,” she said. “They think it’s fun.” I did too. I asked her if it was an ice-breaker and she figured it probably was. “People of all ages are always commenting on it,” she said. “It makes them smile.” The 70-year-old
artist from Oakville, Ontario said she’d been dyeing her hair bright colours for decades and enjoyed the attention. I could understand that. Over the years I’ve met so many creative people who have expressed themselves in uncommon ways with their physical appearance, and I’ve always admired it. Their individuality and courage to stand out is so appealing, even when their look isn’t something I’d want for myself. In my twenties, I had a co-worker in her thirties who liked to play dress up on a daily basis. We worked in a large government building with thousands of employees, and at some point during my first day on the job I noticed her. She was wearing a red leather skirt, a
zebra print blouse, black sequinned stilettos and a shoulder length blonde wig that I didn’t know was a wig until the next day when I saw her with long curly red hair, and the day after that with a short brown bob. I quickly started looking forward to seeing what she’d wear next. Aside from her beautiful smile, she never seemed to sport the same thing twice. “Crazy Colleen” was how some people referred to her, but like Jane, she wasn’t crazy at all. She was just artistic, theatrical and fearlessly playful, and I was instantly attracted to her courage and freedom of expression. I hadn’t seen that before. Not in real life anyway. Attending a small high school back in the ‘80s, everyone seemed to dress the same ex-
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cept for a tiny group of goth kids who scared people away with their black hair, black makeup and black nail polish. The rest of us tended to blend in and not be too different from one another - like most of the cars on the roads and houses on the streets. To observe someone like Colleen Ostlund, so willing to showcase her eccentricity in such a corporate setting, not caring if people snickered behind her back, was a real eyeopener. I believe it changed me. I had always flown under the radar, afraid to stand out for fear anyone might think I was spreading my feathers like a proud, pompous peacock. Over the years, I stopped worrying about people’s perception of who I was or what I did, and I
On a brighter note Lori Welbourne started doing my own thing. I’m not visually colourful like Jane, Colleen or the peacock, but I know I’m unique, just as we all are. I now not only accept the things that make me different, I embrace them. Life’s short, so we might as well celebrate who we are and have some fun while we’re here. If someone doesn’t approve, that’s their business, not ours.
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Joe Belous HFP lumber wrapper
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“No. I like being home but I don’t want to go far away. I could transfer, but I don’t want to work in this industry anymore.
“No. I’m at the age where I don’t want to take on another mortgage. My children are still here, my house is paid for and I’m just a couple of years short of retirement.
“Yes, if I had to. My first choice is to stay in Houston but I would leave if I had to find work.”
“No. My wife is a school teacher here and she’s been teaching here since 1991. She’s in the top 24 for seniority in the school district. If we move, she’ll start over. For us just to pack up and leave, it’s not feasible. I’m looking for work around here.”
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Kitimat oil refinery has multiple benefits for B.C. and Canada OIL from Page 4 However, a bitumen spill would be far worse. Exxon Valdez carried light oil and lost 250,000 barrels (the equivalent of 17 Olympic swimming pools). The light oil floated for the most part and could be washed off beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10% was recovered. Bitumen is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom and be unrecoverable.
If we lost a tanker load, which is eight times greater than the Exxon Valdez spill, we would destroy the coast and fishery for hundreds of years. Our grandchildren will not thank us if we destroy the coast on our watch. In my view, we should build a refinery to remove any chance of a bitumen spill at sea. There are other benefits to be had from a state-of-theart refinery: There will be a major reduction in greenhouse gases. The refinery will be built in Asia if not in Kitimat, and it will
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Editor: This letter concerns the Coastal GasLink Project proposal and the lack of information being provided to the public and landowners that live within the impact zone of TransCanada’s work activities, including their consultants’ field work this summer. I live within 3 km of the TransCanada Coastal GasLinkright-
of-way on the Buck Flats Road, south of Houston, BC. And yet, I do not “deserve” an Open House? There has been a false criteria for the Open House’s sponsored by the BCEAO… that is, that this TransCanada Project proposal is not “near” Houston or for that matter, Smithers. The construction phase of
emit double the CO2 of our new Kitimat design. An Asian refinery will also generate 100 train cars a day of very dirty coke which will be subsequently burnt in the atmosphere to create power. The Kitimat refinery will not result in the production of any coke. As we all live on one planet, it is far better for the global environment to build this refinery in Canada. Construction of the refinery will create 6,000 jobs in BC for five years. Operations at the refinery will result in more
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“Our grandchildren will not thank us if we destroy the coast on our watch.”
created in BC with approximately 3,000 direct jobs. These will be skilled highly paid permanent jobs. These jobs will be available for the life of the refinery which should be in excess of 50 years. In addition there will be thousands of other
- David Black companies and in indirect employment throughout the province. It is also our intention to build a safe pipeline and a fleet of new tankers, powered by LNG rather than Bunker C oil, to transport the refined products
and as a consequence the money is available to build the greenest and most efficient refinery in the world. Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in BC. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for
government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a new tanker fleet, owned by a BC company that cannot shirk its liability for a spill at sea, and that carries refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers. David Black is the chairman and owner of Black Press, which owns many community newspapers, including the Houston Today.
“We require a pipeline open house” this project will affect all communities in the vicinity, in a regional sense… and also in a very personal local aspect, my life and those lives of many of my neighbors. Industrial traffic, demands upon our health care systems, a 1,500-person work camp in close proximity to my home, immediately located upon Buck Flats Road/Parrott Trail forks… all these and many other
adverse impacts need to be discussed prior to the final design, legal description and BCEAO Approvals for this project proposal. And yet we now see that TransCanada has not held Open Houses so that we can provide what the company states is their desire for “input” and for consultation (that is a two-way-street). This is unacceptable and prevents the intent of the BCEA Act from being completed.
How will we view proper maps? How will we provide local knowledge and our own concerns, to create a project that minimizes adverse impacts? These LNG pipeline projects are so huge and will impact so many aspects of our lives here… and yet, if our private land does not fit into the arbitrary polygons of “direct impact,” we are ignored, we are invisible. We
live here. Our roads will be used for PreConstruction and Construction Phases; our backcountry roads will be closed as needed; information will be provided to the Regional District only, even though these elected and appointed people have no expertise in even reviewing a major project proposal, and our Regional District will share no information with any of us living here on
Buck Flats Road. We require an Open House in Houston (and in Smithers), one that is well advertised and accessible to all, including shift workers and their families. We require open lines of communication and methods that will respect our interests, our local knowledge and our lives here. Glenda Ferris Houston, B.C.
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PROPOSED NADINA DISTRICT FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLAN BC Timber Sales, Babine Business Area
The public is invited to review the proposed 2014-2019 Nadina District Forest Stewardship Plan for BC Timber Sales, Babine Business Area. This plan describes the results and strategies for meeting government objectives as set out in the Forest and Range Practices Act. There is a 60-day review and comment period from March 31 to May 30, 2014. This plan is also being referred to First Nations claiming traditional territory in the area covered by the plan, as specified by the district manager. Notification letters are being sent to licenced tenure holders in the area covered by the plan. The proposed forest stewardship plan is available for review by members of the public and other stakeholders at the following locations (Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays) for the duration of the review and comment period: • Nadina District office: 185 Yellowhead Highway, Burns Lake, B.C., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) • Service BC office: 3400 11th Street, Houston, B.C. from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.) • Skeena District office, 3333 Tatlow Road, Smithers, B.C., from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.)
Police ran two 11 p.m. road blocks at the intersection of Highway 16 and Copeland Avenue on April 2 and 3. Police issued a three-day roadside prohibition to a driver under the influence of alcohol on April 2. Constable Mike Thom says the driver got a warning on the roadside screen and the vehicle was impounded for three days. On both April 2 and 3, police stopped an “L” driver without a supervisor. Cst. Thom says police fined the drivers for driving contrary to restrictions and called licensed acquaintances to pick up the vehicles. On April 3, police stopped a drunk driver who failed the roadside screen. Cst. Thom says police issued the driver the a 90-day roadside prohibition and the vehicle was impounded for 30 days. Cst. Thom says more road checks will come. ***
Police got complaints from a bus driver east of Houston that drivers were passing the school bus when it’s stopped for kids. Cst. Thom says police are watching bus stops. He warns drivers they could get tickets for passing a bus with flashing lights and it’s a big safety risk for kids and drivers. *** Police got a report of mischief on Hazel Road on April 3. Cst. Thom says police found that someone shot a window with a pellet gun and the file is still under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477. *** A purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked at the mall April 4. Cst. Thom says the file is under investigation and anyone with information can contact Houston RCMP at 250845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477. “People should
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Don’t miss the return of Mrs. Pudding…coming to Houston Tuesday, April 22 at 10 a.m. at the Houston Senior’s Center. Lunch is provided following the free presentation . This is a chance to laugh as you learn about preventing and living with diabetes. For more information call: Shelley Irvine at 250-845-2294 or 250847-6012. Solar Panels in Houston? Join Greg and Jaime Yeomans on Tuesday, April 22nd at 7 p.m. in the Canfor Room at the Houston Public Library and learn all about solar panels for homes. JulyDiscover: 2007 spapers what you need, how much it costs and if it is right for you. Everyone is welcome! one 287 Tachet Blue Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday, April 20 starting at 1 p.m. at the Water Treatment Plant. one 356 Everyone GreenWelcome. one 139 Houston Harvest Cutloose Quilters meet April 26 for a Quilters Day-Out in the Houston Library’s Canfor room. Call Mary at 845-2668 or Pam at 845-2573 for more info. The Seniors sponsored luncheon will not be held in April. See you in May at our luncheon which will include a plant and bake sale.
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Must the Stones Cry Out? It was quite a commotion as Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem. The people were sick and tired of being suppressed by the occupying Roman legions. They were ordered to carry loads for soldiers on demand. They had to pay taxes to Caesar. Everywhere they looked they saw the imposing shadow of the suppressive regime that was ruling over them. They wanted out from under this, but how? Some had tried to revolt but now they were again under the vise grip of oppression. Look, the compassionate one, who had raised the dead, who had healed the sick, who had spoken with great authority, was coming into Jerusalem on a donkey, he would set them free. He would conquer the Romans and would sit on the throne to rule over them, they thought. That was their hope. “Hosanna, hosanna”(Save now, Save now!), they cried out, as they idolized him, throwing their garments and palm branches down before him, in celebration of the anticipated freedom that would soon be theirs.
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Little did the Pharisees or the people know that this was their creator, God in human flesh, who was entering those gates of Jerusalem that day! Little did they know that this event had been prophesied many years before. Little did they know, in just a matter of days, some of them would cry out “crucify him” as he would make the ultimate payment of laying down his life, so they could be saved from eternal condemnation in hell and set free from the bondage of sin. Little did they know, upon his death, the rocks would tremble and split, as an earthquake and darkness would cover the land. Little did they know, he would physically rise back to life in three days just as he had prophesied would happen.
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The religious leaders of the day were offended as the people venerated Jesus and protested to him, telling him to instruct the people to be quiet. His answer was, “If they kept quiet , the stones will cry out!” Luke 19:40 NIV
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*** Police got a report of a safety concern on Gillespie Road at 1 a.m. April 9. Cst. Thom says police learned that the power went out in the home and the person checked the breaker and found it flipped and the breaker box door open. The file is still under investigation. *** In three days police got three complaints of aggressive drivers. Cst. Thom says police will be on the roads more, checking for aggressive and speeding drivers. *** Police arrested a male with an arrest warrant on Pearson Road April 9. Cst. Thom says the male was released to face charges later this month. *** Police arrested a drunk female on Sullivan Way at 12:10 p.m. April 10. Cst. Thom says she was held in custody and released when sober with a $115 ticket for being drunk in public. *** In the past nine days police have gotten one abandoned 9-1-1 call, three false alarms, and one noise bylaw complaint.
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always lock their vehicles to avoid theft,” he said. *** Police assisted the ambulance with a medical issue on Birch Street at 11 p.m. April 4. Cst. Thom said the ambulance treated the person on site. *** Police got a report of a female threatening a male acquaintance over the phone at 5 a.m. April 5. Cst. Thom says alcohol was involved and the file is still under investigation. *** Police arrested a suspect for theft of a bank card from a home on Derksen Road at 2 p.m. April 5. Cst. Thom says the suspect was known to the complainant and charges are pending. *** Police assisted the Fire Department with a grass fire on Park Lane at 1 a.m. April 6. Cst. Thom says the Fire Department put out the fire by the time police arrived. *** Police got a report of a domestic disturbance in Granisle at 6:30 a.m. April 6. Cst. Thom says two people were arguing but no assault was committed.
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Today, many of us are oppressed by the circumstances around us. Sin has taken it’s toll and the consequences of our rebellion against God is weighing heavy on us. The situation is desperate, Jesus wants to enter into our lives to change our hearts, to give us hope. What will we do with Jesus, the one who made us, the one who sustains us, the one who paid the ultimate price to save us? Are we going to worship him, praise him, honour him and to cry out for him to save us, or will the stones have to cry out? Submitted by Ken Penner Sponsored by Riverside Gardens
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Left: Steve Bernard from STEP (Skilled Trades Employment Program) was at the Job Fair last Wednesday. “The program is about connecting labourers to employers and employers to labourers,” he said. It’s a free service, funded by the government to help unemployed B.C. residents get work and apprenticeships. Right: Lorie Farrell with the Smithers Exploration Group talks to locals interested in mining. The group provides information and a network to those in mining.
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Above: Bob Ross, HFP Strip pusher, talks to Danielle Smyith about the School of Exploration and Mining with the Northwest Community College. Right: Northwest Community College representatives talked to a lot of people about the programs and training that they offer. In photo are Lorrie Gowen, Manager of Workforce Training and Continuing Studies, Regina Saimoto, Regional Director of NWCC, and Mark West, Regional Online Educational Advisor. Bottom left: Ridley Coal Terminals representatives Brenda Sparks, Human Resource Administrator, and Gaetan Robin, Mechanical Coordinator, talk to Lawrence Saretsky and Edward Jada about the work available at the coal terminals. Robin says the Prince Rupert terminals employ 150 people are they are looking to hire equipment operators, tradesmen, millwrights, heavy duty mechanics, electricians and first aid people. Bottom right: Andrea Newell and Pat Hufnagel-Smith organized the Job Fair. They are Labour Market Strategy Consultants contracted by the District of Houston until September for various mill transition work.
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Monday, April 28, 2014 Time: Meeting: 7:00PM, Supper: 5:45 PM Location: Nechako Senior Citizens Friendship Center To Consider: ➤ Review 2013 financial statement. Sales increased 8.6% to $219.4 million and net savings increased by $385,000 to over $14.4 million or 6.6% of sales. ➤ Directors recommendation of a patronage allocation of $9.4 million or 4.45% of 2013 purchases. ➤ Election of 2 Directors for the Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Fort Fraser, Fraser Lake, Burns Lake, Prince George areas and 1 director for Terrace. ➤ Co-op Gift Certificates, Hampers and Door Prizes valued at $500. Complimentary tickets for supper must be picked up prior to April 18th at the Co-op General Office.
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ARTS Fair
Houston Secondary held their annual Arts Fair last Wednesday. The fair featured paintings, drawings, 3-D models, woodwork and food art. Students also did short drama and music performances. Above left is Ashley Gibbs-Dixon with her original drawing painted on tile. Above right is Mathew Rema with his painted birch model of a World War One biplane. Jackie Lieuwen photos/Houston Today
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The B.C. government has signed its first two revenue sharing agreements with aboriginal communities on the North Coast for liquefied natural gas developments. Agreements were signed at the B.C. legislature Wednesday with representatives of the Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla First Nations near Prince Rupert. The two Tsimshian communities claim lands known as Grassy Point as part of their traditional territory, and the agreements could mean up to $15 million from LNG export revenues. Benefit sharing has been the B.C. government’s preferred strategy to advance industrial development in areas of the province where treaties remain unresolved. They began with logging, and in recent years have been applied to mining agreements. Grassy Point is the site of two proposed LNG developments north of Prince Rupert. One is Aurora LNG, a joint venture involving Nexen Energy, a division of the China National Overseas Oil Company (CNOOC). The other is proposed by Woodside, an Australian oil and gas company.
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McAulay were three certainly be looking of the B.C. education to create and facilitate officials invited on the chances for students to School District tour of Beijing and go on exchanges. If we 54 officials recently Harbin. The purpose get to the point in the travelled half way of the 10-day visit next few years if we’re was to see if there bringing in 10, 15, 20 around the and worldNatural on an Resource Forests, Lands Operations international education are cultural exchange and getting a chance Region Morice TSA Public possibilities Discussion Paper A2405 between to send that many the trade mission. 000” S u p e r i n t e n d e n t the two countries. other way, it’s a great “It wasNews a pretty opportunity.” Chris Van der Mark t News, Houston Today, The Interior (Smithers) The trip was paid and educators Mark neat adventure,” Van Fehr and Craig der Mark said. “We’ll for by the Harbin Black Press
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Education Authority. The size of some of the schools they visited was staggering, Van der Mark said. One facility had more than 5,500 students. SD 54, by comparison, has 2,100 students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 in the entire district. In the past, SD 54 students and staff have been involved in exchanges with countries in Western Europe, Mexico and South America. An exchange with China could open up a whole new world of opportunities to kids in the district, Van der Mark said. The Bulkley Valley is an attractive area for Chinese students because there are very few people in the area who speak their language. “They don’t want their kids to come over to Canada and default to speaking Manadrin,” Van der Mark said. “They want a Canadian experience.
Smithers Secondary School Principal Craig McAulay, Silverthorne Elementary Principal Mark Fehr and SD 54 Superintendent Chris Van der Mark recently returned from a trip to China. Photo submitted “The other thing we have, which you could fully appreciate if you have been there, is
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PUBLIC NOTICE PROPOSED TELUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY 60 METER SELF SUPPORT STRUCTURE PROPOSED STRUCTURE: As part of the public consultation process required by Industry Canada, TELUS is inviting the public to comment on a proposed telecommunications facility consisting of a 60-meter self-support tower and ancillary radio equipment situated on Crown land on the east side of Topley Landing Road in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako directly to the south of the Village of Granisle. LOCATION: TELUS Central Office Property, Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, BC. COORDINATES: 54.87279 North, -126.19718 West ANY PERSON may comment by close of business day on May 23, 2014 with respect to this matter. TELUS CONTACT: Further information can be obtained by contacting: Brian Gregg, SitePath Consulting Ltd. 1903 – 838 W Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 0A6 Email: briangregg@sitepathconsulting.com
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home stays for kids.” But it wasn’t all business. While in China, the educators visited the Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China. Van der Mark said the Great Wall was “the most spectacular thing I’ve ever seen.” While the tourists were gawking at the historic sites, the Chinese people were staring at Van der Mark, the six-foot-six SD 54 superintendent said. “I think I caused a couple of car accidents, literally,” he said. “I could have made money, charging for photographs. They couldn’t get enough of me.” Despite some of the overwhelming differences between China and Canada, Van der Mark said they are having the same conversations there about personalizing education. “They’re asking the same questions, educationally, that we are,” he said. “At the end of the day, there are a lot of similarities in education. We want to meet every kids’ needs. We want to make sure no one falls between the cracks. “It’s not easy for us to do. Imagine it on that scale?”
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Old Dutch Potato Chips XXL, Assorted
ea.
Assorted Varieties 200-225 g
2
99
.99
Christie Snacking Crackers
Lawrence Smoked Ham
Skinless, 4 kg
Celery Stalks
1
M E AT
F E ATU R E D
Western Family English Muffins
2 for
1 kg
4
00
1
88
Western Family Napkins 200’s
277
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