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This is the, well, who knows what issue this is from the first of the “Kitimat Northern Sentinel’, a newspaper designed to serve the people of Canada’s newest community. Or so began the introduction to the Sentinel by Howard T. Mitchell, the paper’s founder and first publisher. (Well, when he wrote it he said it was the first issue of the paper, naturally.) “From the outset and doubtless throughout its whole career, Kitimat will be chiefly a metallurgical centre. It is destined to become one of the world’s great aluminum smelting and distributing centres of an era that is turning dramatically to light metals. The bold planing of Alcan executives and engineers assures this future. No other development is necessary to make Kitimat British Columbia’s third largest centre outside of the Greater Vancouver and Greater Victoria communities. But Kitimat can and will be more than that.” Perhaps Mr. Mitchell was a wee bit optimistic that Kitimat could, in terms of scope, compare to Vancouver or Victoria. Certainly when it comes to financial contributions, Kitimat contributed a great deal to the province’s GDP, but in terms of population we never quite got passed stage two of Kitimat’s four stages of growth. Stage two had us at 13,000. But whether we had one or 1,000,000 people the Sentinel has always taken its task with the respect and sincerity it deserves. “We on the Northern Sentinel approach our tasks with great interest and enthusiasm, conscious that we have a duty to help in the laying of foundations — and that it is a privilege to have this opportunity to serve Kitimat and its people.” At this point in history the whole notion of ‘laying the foundation’ may be old hat, considering Kitimat’s foundation is well laid, as far as being an established community. Then again, Kitimat is transforming in a similar way as it was in 1954. Alcan, or should I say, Rio Tinto Alcan, is nearing the end of the modernization of their smelter. Again, like back in the 50s, camps are housing workers quickly getting a new smelter off the ground. Yet we’re also looking at a number of other mega projects proposals for our town, from liquefied natural gas exports to oil refineries. Who knows which project will make it to production in the end, but Kitimat as a “metallurgical centre” is definitely, now, just part of the picture, not the centre of it. For us here, though, there’s one thing that’s been constant since April 15, 1954, and today, 60 years and one day later: the Sentinel has been there. Through numerous editors and publishers, from ad designers to sales people, and for the longest time press workers, the Sentinel has been a local business, employer, and news gatherer. We may be a little different from our start, but who wouldn’t be after 60 years. We’re not printing out of an old diesel generator shed, and we’re not Mitchell’s paper anymore. But whether we’re Mitchell’s Press, the Cariboo Press or Black Press, we’ve always been Kitimat’s community paper. Sure, today we have northernsentinel.com, and sure we’re followed by over 1,000 people on Facebook, and the editor even tracks trends on Twitter, but the printed word, our pages of actual physical newspaper, remain our pride and joy. After 60 years we’re not ready to ditch print. Over 60 years we may have lost some things. Full service gas stations, milk men, and maybe soon from here door-to-door mail. But each week, you can always grab a new Sentinel. Some things never change. Northern Sentinel, 2014

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The Northern Sentinel’s origin story The newspaper and the town have grown hand-in-hand for 60 years For anyone writing a history of Kitimat the back issues of the Northern Sentinel would be a vital part of their research. That’s because the newspaper has been here since the beginning. Howard T. Mitchell founded the paper in 1954 at a time when Alcan’s aluminum smelter had yet to fire up and the potential readership was limited to a couple of thousand construction workers and mere dozens of permanentresident families. The two-pager was produced on press located in a 12 foot by 18 foot shack the earlier occupant of which had been a diesel power plant. The all-male staff bunked down in another plywood shack but could take some consolation for their spartan accommodation from its picturesque location - right next to a mountain-fed stream complete with waterfall, Anderson Creek. In keeping with the multi-national make-up of the community - a characteristic that has not changed - the first editor was an Australian, Ken Bromley, described by Mitchell as an articulate individual who became everyone’s friend. In those early years the Sentinel was something of a “tourist” attraction and visitors to the smelter construction site would be taken there to gaze through the small windows at what the guide would tell them was “a great future daily newspaper in earliest embryo”. A somewhat grandiose description to be sure, but then grandiose was common currency in those days of heady optimism. A couple of years after its debut on the muddy streets of Kitimat, the community

took a big step away from being a collection of bunkhouses and rudimentary dwellings huddled around the Smeltersite. Construction of the Townsite began which included the development of both residential neighbourhoods and commercial buildings in the City Centre. Sadly, the Sentinel was not allowed to locate in the latter because, for reasons best known to the planners, a newspaper was classified as a “dirty industry”. So it was banished to the Service Centre where it has remained to this day. A lot has happened since those early days: the city grew with the arrival of the Eurocan Pulp and Paper mill in the early ‘70s and the Ocelot (later Methanex) methanol plant and the paper kept pace.

By the late ‘80s it was printing three papers a week, two subscription Sentinels during the week and a Saturday freebie called the News Advertiser. It was also serving both Kitimat and neighbouring Terrace. Mitchell had also started up the Hazelton and Stewart Sentinels, both printed here. Given that the Stewart copy/film had to be sent via a bus negotiating a lessthan-perfect highway, winter editions of that paper were always somewhat iffy. Mitchell died in 1990 and his sons took over the business. Shortly thereafter the Hazelton and Stewart Sentinels, never money-makers, were laid to rest. Soon after, the Northern Sentinel pulled out of Terrace to concentrate on its

birth place with a Wednesday subscription edition and the Saturday freebie. On November 1, 1995 the Sentinel changed hands when Mitchell Press sold the operation to David Black’s Cariboo Press. While the Wednesday paper continued to be produced, the Saturday one became a joint effort of the Sentinel and sister paper the Terrace Standard and was renamed the Weekend Advertiser. And another change came in May of 1997 when, in response to a readership survey, the format changed from a broadsheet to the tabloid you see today. Colour photos and ads also became a regular part of the new look. Throughout all these changes to the paper itself, the Sentinel has faithfully covered the changes

Carl Casey at the Lin-o-type machine, circa 1954. All photos in this feature from the Northern Sentinel Collection at the Kitimat Museum & Archives going on in the community and the people who lived here for six decades. It is a record to be

proud of - and we are. But we know full well that none of it would have been possible without the sup-

port of our readers and advertisers over all those years. So to you we say a heartfelt thank you.

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Gateway opponents get their ‘no’ Douglas Channel Watch will be hailing a victory after residents in Kitimat voted “No” in the community’s plebiscite. The vote fulfills Kitimat Council’s promise to gauge community support for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines project. Unofficial results show ‘Yes’ with 1,278 votes and ‘No’ with 1,793. The No vote wins with 58.4 per cent of ballots, Yes vote trails with 41.6 per cent. 3,071 votes were cast. Councillors had at an earlier time committed to gauging support on the project as soon as the Joint Review Panel concluded their process and issued their report on the project. The Joint Review Panel subsequently concluded in favour of Northern Gateway’s construction, save for 209 conditions that must be met. It has been a fierce fight for public opinion. Signs have sprung up on roadsides and people’s lawns, either encouraging people to vote “no to Enbridge” or “yes to Kitimat.” Both sides of the question launched websites, and began large advertising campaigns in local media. For Douglas Channel Watch, a win meant sending a message to the federal government that such a project is not welcome in the Northwest. For Enbridge, proving public support would have been a coup as the company seeks the general public’s favour in constructing their diluted bitumen pipeline from Alberta. “As a long time-resident of northwestern B.C., I passionately believe that Northern Gateway is the right choice for Kitimat,” said Northern Gateway’s Manager of Coastal Aboriginal and Community Relations Donny van Dyk. “The plebiscite offered us an opportunity to share that vision with thousands of local residents; a vision for a safer, better pipeline that meets the needs of our community. And I want to offer my thanks to our local team and every resident who participated in this process.” He said that the results show that there is “more work to do,” and they’ll continue to reach out and listen over the coming weeks and months. A statement released from Douglas Channel Watch’s Murray Minchin after the results were released said the result “demonstrates that the citizens of British Columbia cannot be bought, that we will not trade the long term health of our salmon rivers or our pristine north coast for a handful of jobs.” “It can be argued that no other industrial proposal in B.C.’s history has galvanized a larger, or more diverse assembly of opposition from First Nations, concerned citizens, religious groups, unions, municipalities, and more,” he added. Town council was scheduled to debate the result on Monday night.

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At left, the Haisla Senior Women claimed the top prize in the Women’s Division at the Kitamaat Open, with 74-67 against Prince Rupert. The Mens (above) went to the Vancouver Dusters, 100-90 against Prince Rupert.

Haisla Women victorious Cameron Orr The Womens Division of the Kitamaat Open Cultural Warming Basketball Tournament went to the Haisla Seniors in a hard fought battle against the Prince Rupert Synergy.

The Haisla topped the six-team division, which also saw the Prince Rupert Thunder in third place. The Haisla Braves came fourth in the Mens Division, leaving it up to the Vancouver Dusters to claim the number

one spot, in an equally thrilling final against the Prince Rupert Lights Out. The Haisla 2 mens team placed seventh out of the eight teams, and in the Womens, the Haisla Pink Hearts placed fifth.

Kitimat City High moving to MEMSS Cameron Orr The Kitimat City High alternative education program, which currently runs out of the former Cormorant Elementary School building, will be moving to under the roof of the Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School. The change is expected to go into effect September 2014, at the beginning of the next school year. Coast Mountain School Board Chair Art Erasmus said that the school board has had the idea of moving the school in the back of mind for a few years but the decision to actually move it is a new one. “We’ve had conversations as to what to do with Kitimat City High...and coming to grips with how best to serve the kids given our current and foreseeable enrolment and the availability of facilities and programs for kids... It’s not a new discussion but it’s a new decision,” he explained. The school in its new facility will still retain existing staff and counselling, he said, but did say that the new school wouldn’t need its own independent principal. In total the move will affect the 45 enrolled students at KCH. Erasmus said on most days only about 15 are in attendance.

Their specific programs will be kept, he said. “A broader program will be available to them in addition to what we were able to offer them at the smaller building.” He said that’s because of the resources that will become available sharing a roof with MEMSS. “Because they’re going to be in the bigger school they’ll have access to additional things they don’t have in their small school which includes counselling, which includes some shop courses...” said Erasmus. He said that MEMSS has a total capacity of 1,400 students and so the move makes sense to take advantage of the extra space. There are only about 550 students there now, he said. A letter from school district Superintendent Nancy Wells said the decision addresses a number of “barriers” to KCH students, including: lack of resources for changing school population, the need to provide programs for younger students, varied supports needed to meet complex student needs, and a facility that currently is not able to provide a “full range of programs”. Erasmus said there are no board motions relating to this move as it would not be needed because this change is effectively only moving school programs, not altering them.

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A 23-year-old woman was transported to Kitimat General Hospital and then to Mills Memorial Hospital for non-life threatening injuries after falling off the Haisla Bridge in Kitimat on April 6 at 4:47 a.m. Police arrived to the bridge on a call that a woman had fallen off a bridge and they were quickly flagged down and directed to where the woman had landed on a log jam on the river. Police say that the investigation found that the woman and one of the males in her group appeared to have been intoxicated and began arguing while walking from a nearby bar. The woman, in the course of the

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Your paper, your news, but for now, our birthday It wasn’t long after I re-started here at the Sentinel (I returned in 2012 after leaving in 2010 to work at the Interior News over in Smithers) that I realized that your Northern Sentinel was going to be turning 60. It was probably around the time the District of Kitimat was celebrating its 60th that I realized we were only one year behind. The discovery did cause me to learn that the Sentinel had for decades had the wrong volume number on our front page masthead. Such a matter was easy to fix once I traced the error to its source, which was someone’s doing way back in 1961. Pixie Meldrum was editor then, but given all her good work I think we can all agree it’s an error we can forgive. Back to celebrating our 60th though, my Publisher and I came to quickly realize that the Sentinel has rarely ‘tooted its own horn’ when it comes to what it does. When the Sentinel ‘left home’ at the Mitchell Press to join David Black’s Cariboo Press, there was a small write-up noting the change but the paper itself remained much as it was before the sale. At 10 years old, the paper did a huge feature on Kitimat. Not on the Sentinel, but on the town’s own 10 year anniversary. When the paper turned 50, well, you would never have known it from the papers that year. Perhaps that’s one of the things that the Sentinel can boast in its 60 year life. We’ve always been about the readers and the news, and not about itself. We’re not in it for glory, and we still aren’t, despite this special issue you’re holding now. So why are we celebrating our birthday this time? Well, in short because it is time. After 60 years we just wanted to show the readers what it is they’ve been supporting each week. You’re holding an award winning paper (we’ll place for a Newspaper Excellence award at the end of the month), we’ve been the source for many notable Kitimatians (founder Howard Mitchell being one, former editor Meldrum being another notable employee) and we’ve just generally been around a long time, almost as long as Kitimat has been a town. After today we’ll be quite content to not make ourselves the story for awhile. A newspaper should really just be a reflection for the current events of the town. We want to show you what’s happening in your community. The Sentinel is a window to your community. It’s what you see through a window that’s noteworthy, not the window itself. We’re happy to still be a legitimate source for local news after all these years in business. Whether you’re a long time subscriber or just an occasional reader, we appreciate the time you spend on us each week. Well, that’s enough for now. Back to the news.

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Not much entertainment left on TV Under Miscellaneous I watched the first episode of Season four of “Game of Thrones” on HBO on Sunday. Raunchy stuff and for the first time I really had no idea where the plot was going. I found it slow, as I say gratuitously gritty and extremely confusing, although I have followed most of the previous seasons’ twists and turns. Today, however, I have to agree I wasn’t a bit surprised by an article in the Huffington Post about the half-adozen former (and current) female porn stars on the cast of “Game of Thrones” It was no great shock because this is where I’m afraid TV is going. Who called it “the great waste land”? I have grandchildren who watch TV sometimes at my place, so I’ve been looking to get back into how to work the parental control buttons on the remote and check out a password in the manual for my satellite system to set same parental controls. I need to ensure that they don’t accidentally wander into the sex and violence-filled TV content which seems to be the major alternative to the truly awful almost endless round of “reality” shows about gold mining, tuna, king crab and mackerel fishing, or real estate shows about buying cottages in Louisiana, Alaska or elsewhere. Then there’s all the DIY and don’t, please don’t DIY on home restorations, decks, log houses and other property. And cooking shows. It’s an invasion of cheap-to-make crap.

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Let’s not mention the Real Housewives of Anywhere, USA or the star search shows. Really, if this stuff could be converted somehow to fertilizer, we’d all be proudly looking over the finest “green, green grass of home” on our front lawns. Satellite and cable TV long ago reached the predicted moment where “there’s 250 channels and there’s nothing on.” The big telecommunications (and so-called entertainment) suppliers are truly making millions with a load of rubbish and people are catching on, the worse it gets. Ratings still mean something, I’m sure. But, are there really top entertainment shows, dramas, worth watching? Sure, for most people the answer is yes, but ask them and few agree on more than one of two. I’m not a shut in, and I know I am paying far, far too much for garbage TV, supplied at least three times on hidef, digital and I don’t know what they call the ones in the low numbers at the bottom of the remote list - you know,

the ones without high definition colour and where you have to turn up the sound. But it’s still mostly the same as on the top couple of hundred channels. It get worse if you have the time change capability and can watch the same Jimmy Kimmell/Dave Letterman at 8:30 or 11:30 in the west. There are too many CBCs coast to coast. Seriously, there’s just far too much content of TV now preceded by warnings of “coarse language, violence, and nudity” and pleading for parental discretion. I think that’s why I see more and more people are abandoning satellite and cable providers and working on perfecting streaming from their computer to the big screen. What now? I pay too much and thus won’t rent the newest movies on pay-per-view. Anyway, through one means or another I’ve usually seen them long before they get on PPV. Some are so bad they are in the $5 box at Walmart before they make it to PPV anyway. I’m on on fixed income so I won’t pay $15-$20 (more for Blu-Ray!) for a lousy movie I can see next week on “free” TV. Don’t start me on sport either. Most of the year, it’s the only saviour but it costs a hellu’va lot extra and we have no idea what Rogers has in mind after it sent millions of dollars to the NHL in New York for God knows what.

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The only thing that’s certain in uncertainty In my previous column I closed out with mention of the elephant in the room where LNG certainty is concerned. To explain, on February 9 residents of Tokyo went to the polls to elect their governor. Favourite going into the campaign was former national Health minister Yoichi Masuzoe who had the support of the ruling national coalition. Two of his opponents were lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya and former prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa both of whom were adamantly opposed to nuclear energy. Hosokawa in particular tried to turn the election into a referendum on restarting

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Japan’s nuclear power plants which had been shut down in the wake of the Fukushima disaster of March 2011. While that may have seemed like a good strategy given opinion polls last year showed between 50 and 60 per cent of respondents opposed to the return of nuclear power, it failed spectacularly Masuzoe won in a landslide receiving more votes than the other two combined. So what went wrong? It turned out

that whatever misgivings the voters might have had regarding nukes, their main concern was the economy which has taken a hammering from the cost of importing high priced liquefied natural gas to replace electricity formerly generated by the nuclear plants. Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe will doubtless see this result as a vindication of his plans to reactivate the nation’s nuclear plants, provided of course they can achieve the strin-

gent safety measures now required for any such restarts. If Japan fires up all 48 of its nukes, its need for LNG will fall by about 50 tonnes per year - that’s equivalent to the output of five plants the size of the proposed two-train Kitimat LNG project. Meanwhile China is another country taking the nuclear route. That country actually has 17 reactors in operation at the moment but Sun Qin, chairman of China National Nuclear Corp, told Reuters last month that it may build 20 or more nuclear reactors over the next six years with six of those expected to get the government green light by

the end of next year. If all goes according to plan, China will triple its nuclear capacity by 2020 and triple it again over the following 10 years. What impact that will have on China’s demand for LNG and what price it is prepared to pay for it is unclear since nuclear power is largely seen as a way to replace coalburning power plants, one of the main causes of its appalling air pollution. You will doubtless have noticed there are quite a few “ifs” in the preceding paragraphs. But those are the kinds of scenarios that proponents of the various north coast LNG plants have to wrestle

with when it comes to a decision on whether to spend billions of dollars on their projects.

In the end, it looks like the only certainty in LNG at this moment is uncertainty.

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Kitimat Rich in immigrant history ReadeR’s WRite Dear Sir, With all this talk about “temporary foreign workers,” Northern Gateway opponents appear to have forgotten Kitimat’s rich immigrant history. This town was built by immigrants and I was one of them. I am a foreign worker myself, as I came to Kitimat in 1956. I arrived in Halifax first by ship and then took a train across the country to Kitimat.

Even though I spoke very little English, I was hired on at Alcan as a tradesman, worked my way up the ranks to the position of supervisor, while raising a family in this community. My son and grandson now work for Rio Tinto Alcan as well. I originally intended to make my stay temporary, but I’m still here after 58 years. Kitimat is my community and I’m proud to have helped build it. Immigrants like me pay taxes, create new jobs and busi-

nesses and make this community more prosperous. Let’s remember that people from around the world - some 54 different countries in all helped build the community we know today. Flags from many of those countries fly proudly outside our Chamber of Commerce. These new Kitimatians helped build Kitimat in the past and they’ll help strengthen it in the future. Sincerely, Louis Lechnor

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Expanding Hirsch Creek campground Councillor Mario Feldhoff wants to see the town considering adding more camp sites to Hirsch Creek Park. Feldhoff put forward a motion for the town to investigate the potential for additional camp sites at Hirsch Creek, saying there’s a need for more sites in Kitimat to accommodate tourists. He notes such development would involve communicating with the Haisla and the province but thinks it’s an idea that should be seriously considered. Hirsch Creek land is owned by the prov-

ince and managed by the municipality. Feldhoff was backed up in a unanimous vote by councillors in attendance, with no additional com-

ments provided by the others. Right now there are 42 sites at Radley Park, 21 electrified, and there are currently nine sites at Hirsch Creek.

There is a long term plan to add eight more sites to Radley Park as well but that would come after some other major projects such as dealing with its

septic system. The motion comes as council and the Leisure Services department looks towards charging camping fees again at Hirsch Creek.

Since the Eurocan closure, the park has reverted to a “wilderness park” which essentially means the District of Kitimat doesn’t patrol the park.

It is expected to likely re-open as a municipal park with paid camp sites this summer, with patrols and with provided fire wood.

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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

Meet the expert:

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

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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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.

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Headquartered in scenic Hazelton, B.C. this position will be of interest to someone who would enjoy the challenging role of providing assistance and advice to First Nations in the coordination, planning and implementation of community based housing plans; review and assist with the processing of applications for CMHC On-Reserve Social Housing and Residential Rehabilitation Programs; ensuring that all residential construction is carried out to Building Codes; assisting communities identify other sources of funding for housing construction; the provision of on-site training related to housing file maintenance; monitoring and assisting with the provision of housing budgets to communities; assisting and ensuring enforcement of housing policies; and participating in the overall project management responsibilities of the Commission. The successful candidate will have: • a minimum of five years experience managing multiple housing projects from the development of design through to construction; formal training will be an asset • excellent organizational, presentation and communication skills, experience in networking, building and maintaining community relationships and have the ability to liaise effectively with multiple stakeholders; • innovation and be self motivated; • strong inter-personal skills, team player and the ability to work independently; • computer experience in MS Excel, Word and Outlook; • working knowledge of Indian and Northern Affairs program requirements and experience working with First Nation communities; • must possess a valid driver’s license and be willing to carry out a criminal record check. Qualified candidates are requested to submit a covering letter, resume and a minimum of three references with salary expectations to:

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DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DUTIES: • To assist the COO in providing leadership to all of the HNC departments; • In collaboration with the COO, comply with the following: ~ All HNC bylaws, policies, and procedures; ~ Relevant funding agencies; ~ Day to day management operations of HNC; ~ Supervision of HNC staff in the delivery of programs and administrative services; ~ Development of the annual operating budgets and work plans for HNC operations with Program Managers; ~ Conduct annual performance reviews of all Program Managers; ~ Follow and administer the HNC Personnel and Policy Manual; ~ Communicate key information to other departments in regards to operations, human resources, competitive environment, cost management, and other areas; • Other duties as directed by the Chief Operating Officer. QUALIFICATIONS: • Relevant Bachelor’s degree and five (5) years experience; • Business Management, with financial experience; • Excellent writing, research, and computer skills • Excellent people management and facilitation skills; • Knowledge of AANDC, Human Rights legislation, and Labour Canada regulations; • Must be willing and able to pass a Criminal Record Check; • Must possess a valid BC Drivers License. Interested individuals should submit a cover letter and resume which must include names of three (3) references and the express permission for Haisla Nation Council (HNC) to contact these references, to: Stephanie McClure, Human Resources Manager, Haisla Nation Council Haisla PO Box 1101 Kitamaat Village, BC V0T 2B0 Fax (250) 632-2840 Phone (250) 639-9361, ext. 204 Email: humanresources@haisla.ca No later than 4 pm on Thursday, April 17, 2014. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those short-listed will be contacted.

Haisla Nation Council Haisla Nation Council has an opening for the postion of:

SENIOR TECHNICIAN (HAISLA FISHERIES) DUTIES: • Conduct fisheries research and environmental monitoring within Haisla territorial waters; • Operate and perform regular maintenance and repairs of marine (gas and diesel) engines and other Haisla Fisheries equipment including vessels and 4x vehicles; • Recommend when to adjust, repair or replace equipment as needed; • Maintain current journal entries on field activities and repairs; • Assist with harbour operations, supervise field projects and seasonal staff; • Adhere to current DFO and Coast Guard safety requirements and WCB regulations; • Complete projects listed in annual AFS and associated agreements; Including: • Oolichan, salmon and site surveys, fish habitat assessments and watershed restoration, hatchery projects, shellfish research, catch monitoring, and water quality and biotoxin sampling; • Marine use and conservation-based field projects; • Haisla Community School and youth-oriented food fisheries; • Staff and community meetings or consultations; • Fisheries-related local events and functions; • Fisheries-related training; • To follow the HNC personnel policy and manual; • Other Duties as required by Haisla Fisheries Manager (Office or Field) QUALIFICATIONS: • Valid Class Five BC Drivers license; • Minimum Grade Twelve with two years related experience (Scientific Diploma or equivalent preferred); • Small Vessel Operators Proficiency and MED A2 or 3 Certifications (or better); • Experience maintaining and operating marine engines; • Experience operating marine radios and GPS systems; • At least two years experience in the operation of jet boats, inboard/outboard powered patrol boats, and commercial fishing vessels; • Ability and willingness to work long hours and weekends (if required) in remote wilderness locations and in extreme weather and sea conditions; • Ability to operate vessels and other fisheries equipment in a safe and responsible manner; • Willing and able to pass a criminal record check. Interested individuals should submit a cover letter, names of three (3) references and the express permission for Haisla Nation Council (HNC) to contact these references, as well as your resume to: Stephanie McClure, Human Resources Manager Haisla Nation Council Haisla PO Box 1101 Kitamaat Village, BC V0T 2B0 Phone (250) 639-9361, ext. 204 Fax (250) 632-2840 Email: humanresources@haisla.ca No later than 4 pm on Friday, May 9, 2014. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those short-listed will be contacted.

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It was a very pressing job indeed Cameron Orr While the digital era has made certain aspects of life easier, there was a time when publishing was more than pixels on a screen. Newspaper printing took a team of pressman. And for a time it was all done in Kitimat, in the back room of the current Northern Sentinel’s office. Unfortunately the machines, which had not been in use since around 2003, were removed from the building in 2011. That said, there are still a few former pressmen kicking around Kitimat, and can remember what it was like dealing with the machinery every week.

Among them is Ted Hrynkiw, who started at the Northern Sentinel on September 14, 1956. His arrival coincided with the Sentinel’s brush with being a daily newspaper, which it did until the end of 1957. Hrynkiw remembers Howard Mitchell’s efforts to make the Sentinel a daily, which he tried again at a later time. The press posed a bigger production effort than today’s newspapers. He said at least six people would be needed to lay out a page of the paper in that time, when the Sentinel was bi-weekly. There was an earlier press which used linotype which effec-

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of the paper would be created, and then photographed onto a negative. That negative would be exposed onto a metal plate, which would be what the press used to print the pages. This is a supersimplified explanation,

Publisher rose from her compositing roots Cameron Orr A newspaper has many parts. From ad sales, to ad design, to newsroom and circulation. Atop all of that is the Publisher, the person who makes sure the bills get paid and the paper keeps on ticking. The Sentinel’s current publisher is Louisa Genzale, who accepted the promotion at the end of 2011, as exPublisher Sandra Dugdale left for the easylife of retirement. Genzale never anticipated being the ‘boss’ when she started her trade as a compositor in 1998. In those days paper layout was a very physical and precise process. The forward march of technology brought her work more and more towards computers, and by the time she was promoted in 2011 she was doing graphic and advertis-

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The current Northern Sentinel building, under construction in 1959. Image appeared in the fifth anniversary Sentinel, April 16, 1959. Workmen - Alfred Maron, Nels Miller, Jim Howardson, Henry Nord, Sam Horner, Mitch Kohl, Luigi Montonati. Kitimat Museum & Archives, Northern Sentinel Collection

Editor and paper share history Malcolm Baxter My name first appeared in the Northern Sentinel in its April 22, 1954 edition, the second one printed. It was way back on page eight and part of a caption for a photo of the performers in the Kindergarten concert. The next time was 1958. Six of us Starling Street kids put on a circus in the Pettie’s garage to raise money for the Red Cross. Having done that we then hit a problem - how do we get the money to them? Easy. Jackie Mufford and Muriel Pettie went down to the Northern Sentinel office seeking advice. Then - and much revered - editor Pixie Meldrum not only solved the problem, she was smart enough to recognise a good human interest story. Which is how I ended up on the front page as part of the story Pixie wrote. The troupe included Jackie and Muriel as dancing girls and I was the clown - some would say that never changed. By the way, admission fees and popcorn sales totalled, we raised a staggering $2.30. So what is the point of the above? It’s an example of what community newspapers are all about, recording not just the big news events but also the small things that are very big to the people who are part of the story or photo. In the quarter century I spent in the

A News Advertiser rolls off the presses. news business I saw an amazing amount of change. I started as a parttime proof reader at the Sentinel in the days when stories were written on very rudimentary PCs - really nothing more than a glorified typewriter - and then “printed” by a large and noisy machine which churned them out in a single column format. Of course the news hole to be filled by any story would be more than one column wide so the printed strip was handed over to Erland Sander, an utterly marvellous and unflappable man whose name will immediately be recognised by many oldtimers and crosscountry skiers. He would cut the column to fit in that hole and quite literally paste it to a blank page

that was called a flat. The same applied to photos and adverts. Next the completed flat was turned into a negative - Ernst Walti’s job at that time - and that was in turn transformed into a ultra-thin metal plate that would go on the press. (It was a lot more complicated than that but I’ve kept it simple if for no other reason than I never really fully understood the process.) My duties quickly expanded to include darkroom duties and a number of reporting assignments - I particularly remember one story on the 30th anniversary of the First United Church building - before finally being hired as a full-time reporter in 1987 based in the Sentinel’s Terrace office. Now here I have to confess that I jumped

ship the following year to become senior reporter of the newly launched Terrace Standard. But when, in November of 1995, the opportunity came to return to Kitimat as the Sentinel’s editor I jumped at it. I was after all coming home When I returned I found that cut-andpaste of flats had vanished and the editor could now lay out the page on the computer screen with production inserting the photos in the blank areas. Before too long digital cameras arrived on the scene and that was the end of the darkroom. That is always the way with technological advances: you celebrate the ability to do new things and produce a better product but you grieve the shrinking community of the newspaper itself and the loss of good people. In asking me to write this piece the Sentinel asked me about the most exciting thing that happened on my watch. That’s easy, the Rod and Gun fire of January 22, 1997. That was a Wednesday, the day we printed the paper. Derrick Penner - a fine reporter who has for a number of years now worked for the Vancouver Sun - headed into work ultra-early to bash out the last couple of stories he had to do for that issue. So he was a bit perturbed when, just past

the Kuldo-Haisla intersection, he found himself on the tail end of a long line of vehicles at a standstill. Then he noticed flashing red lights reflected off the snow covered trees. He immediately grabbed his camera and started walking towards the lights. And as a result got great photos of the Rod and Gun engulfed in flame. Continued on page 16

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Counting 19 years under BP Cameron Orr Bob Grainger, the president of Cariboo Press, made the arrangements. It was November 1995, and it was the end of an era for the Northern Sentinel. The paper began in April 1954 under the leadership of Howard T. Mitchell. The Sentinel flourished during the town’s sunrise years, and Mitchell championed the paper, and the community, for decades. He was still the publisher when he passed away in 1988. He had two sons with his wife, and Howard Mitchell Jr. took on the role of running the Sentinel from that point on. It would be another seven years before David Black would enter the picture. His company Black Press owned a total of 55 newspapers

at that time, through various publishing sub-groups, including Cariboo Press. Kitimat’s position, economically and geographically, made the community attractive for the publisher. “I figured that eventually they would want to sell it and when that occasion came I thought it made sense to bring it in to our cluster,” said Black. “I

“I followed [the Sentinel] for a long time and had talked to Howard Mitchell many times about it.” always liked Kitimat and its potential as a port and its potential to develop further so I thought it was a good place to invest.” He’s happy with

David Black the performance of Kitimat’s newspaper since its purchase. He said the paper wasn’t profitable at the start but consolidating the press operations brought the economics in line. The Northern Sentinel is printed, with other Black papers in the north, in Williams Lake. Black was heavily involved in newspapers by 1975 and knew Howard Mitchell Sr. very well. “I wasn’t spending a lot of time ne-

gotiating [the sale of the Sentinel] personally but I knew the Mitchells, I followed their paper for a long time and had talked to Howard Mitchell many times about it.” Black calls Mitchell a “great proponent on behalf of Kitimat.” Black does realize newspapers have been hit in recent years but he sees no signs of community papers, including the Sentinel, going anywhere in the near future. “The industry has been hurt, somewhat, by the Internet, but it’s mostly affected the big dailies, not the smaller weeklies, because we’re delivering local news which you really can’t get elsewhere,” he said. “With any kind of luck, with the LNG developments, we’ll see good growth in the valley...and that should translate to a bigger, more robust paper.”

Museum safeguarding our history Cameron Orr In some senses they’re ‘our’ photos, but the visual memories you’ve seen in our 60th feature are thanks to the meticulous cataloguing and preservation done by the Kitimat Museum & Archives.

To date the museum says they’ve catalogued about 6,947 images from the Northern Sentinel, brought to them in haul boxes starting in 2003. The museum has been archiving the images in a searchable database to allow Kitimat

residents and visitors the chance to see the images now and into the future. The photos the museum has helpfully pulled from their archives for use in our feature are just a few from the massive photo collection.

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History Continued from page 15 Now I didn’t actually get to yell “Stop the presses”, but there followed a flurry of activity to get the photos developed and printed while I worked feverishly to rejig the paper. The end result was when Kitimatians got their paper that afternoon, there was a story and photo of something that had happened only hours before. It does not get better than that. So it was a sad day when our ancient press, long past its best-by date, had to finally be retired, it being impossible to patch it up anymore and the cost of a new press being utterly unrealistic for producing just two papers a week - the Sentinel and then Weekend Advertiser. There are many more stories I could tell of

the triumphs and tribulations of life as a “newsie”, but I will spare you and instead return to the technological advances I have witnessed and had to adapt to. Through all of those there is one thing that never changed - the basic job of a newspaper like the Sentinel. And that is to tell people the stories and show them the photos that record the history of our community. It’s why community newspapers will always survive, because none of the “big media” will tell the stories we do every week, whether it be the local lady who won a BCSPCA award for caring for injured birds or a kid who once dressed up as a clown to raise money for the Red Cross.

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