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Prescribed burns
Prescribed burning is planned for eight locations in the Omineca Region between April 29 and June 7, 2014, weather conditions permitting. These controlled burns will cover about 7,900 hectares and will meet fuel management objectives and assist with ecosystem restoration, according to a ministry of forests press release. They will occur in several phases, starting at lower elevations in southern areas and proceeding north to higher elevations later this spring. • The Blackwater-Fraser Ungulate Winter Range burn area covers an estimated 300 hectares, about 70 kilometres south of Prince George. • The Blackwater-Kluskus burn area covers an estimated 100 hectares, about 100 kilometres southwest of Vanderhoof. • The Savory Ridge burn area covers an estimated 35 hectares, about 27 kilometres west of Fraser Lake. • The Euchiniko River burn area covers an estimated 300 hectares, about 70 kilometres southwest of Vanderhoof. • The Stuart River burn area covers an estimated 300 hectares, about 25 kilometres northeast of Vanderhoof. • The Ruby Rock burn area covers an estimated 400 hectares, about 75 kilometres northwest of Fort St. James. • The Bevel Creek burn area covers an estimated 1,500 hectares, about 100 kilometres north of Mackenzie. • The Ospika burn area covers an estimated 1,600 hectares, about 125 kilometres north of Mackenzie. These prescribed burns will be conducted by Wildfire Management Branch crews and other staff from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, in collaboration with the Society for Ecosystem Restoration in North Central British Columbia and the Habitat Conservation Foundation. The reintroduction of managed, low-intensity ground fires to these areas is intended to restore and maintain plant communities that are native to these areas. These managed fires also reduce fuel loads, leading to a decreased risk of wildfires.
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Fort St. James 4-H Club The Fort St. James 4H Club picked up garbage for the community on Sunday, May 4th. We made a great improvement on the Nak’azdli and highway roads. We picked over 40 bags of garbage in five hours. We found a Western Toad, it was almost 12 cm long. We also found a cell phone, lawn chair, fishing pole, and two bird nests. We thank the people who waved and gave us support!
Back Row: Sydnee Schlamp, Brielle Rivard, and Willa Crowley. Front Row: Ethan Schlamp, Katie Fraser, Maria Spondiak, Nikayla Leatherdale and Emma Noel. Photos submitted by 4-H
Sarah King competing in Rockstar Energy Motocross Nationals The Rockstar Energy Motocross Nationals, Canada’s largest powersports series, is set to open at the Wastelands in Nanaimo on May 31, 2014. This year Fort St. James rider, Sara King, will be competing. King has had a Western Toad.
riding career filled with accomplishments. Beginning in 2010, she was the recipient of the Orin Short Memorial Award, and since then has gone on to come in 2nd in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 in Ladies A at WCAN. Continuing her streak, King came in 1st in the
Ladies division of the BCMA series. King enters the series hoping to beat her personal best and place within the top 3 of the Women’s Western Nationals. For full details of the event please visit: www. ca.rockstarenergy. com.
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Nak’albun students did there part to help clean up our community during Pitch-in Weeks April 20 - May 2.
Month-long Events Alcohol Awareness Month National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. 212-269-7797 www.ncadd.org
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Splish, Splash into the Summer Funshine of 2014!
Child Abuse Prevention Month Prevent Child Abuse America 312-663-3520 www.preventchildabuse.org Jazz Appreciation Month Smithsonian National Museum of American History 202-633-3129 www.smithsonianjazz.org
is currently seeking the following recyclable donations: DaffodilsHC0804.EPS ● Kleenex Boxes/shoe boxes ● Paint (any color) ● Craft Supplies (popsicle sticks, buttons, pipe cleaners) ● Any old school supplies
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National Car Care Month Car Care Council 240-333-1088 www.carcare.org National Donate Life Month U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 202-619-0257 www.organdonor.gov
Hot Manufacturer Co-op Benjamin Moore Paints Camp Healthcare Grasshopper Mowers Rolex Watch Whirlpool Corporation
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Special Events NCAA Men’s Final Four Championship NCAA Women’s Final Four Championship National Stress Awareness Day National Volunteer Week Week of the Young Child Boston Marathon National Jelly Bean Day Take Our Daughters/Sons to Work Day
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Music On the Mountain Society Music On the Mountain Society held their annual general meeting on April 24. They will be recruiting for additional memberships over the next few weeks. This year’s festival will be held at Murray Ridge on August 22-24. Left to right (rear): Ginny MacPherson, Lenny Prince, Eric Ackerly, Richard Kammerer, Bill and Ingrid Phillipps, (front) Rosemarie Conant, Lionel Conant, Emily Colombo, Kevin Crook.
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Northern Health launching mascot design contest Northerners will have the opportunity to design Northern Health’s mascot in the Northern Health Mascot Design Contest. The winning entrant will win a torchbearer spot in the 2015 Canada Winter Games torch relay. The mascot will represent Northern Health values and promote upstream health management, such as healthy eating, active living, injury prevention, tobacco reduction and more, with the intention of making health more accessible to a wider, younger audience. “With the 2015 Canada Winter Games less than a year away, we want to use this opportunity to highlight health in a variety of ways, and be innovative in our thinking around how to reach a wide audience,” said Karen Wonders, Program Manager for School and Youth. “Developing a fun and engaging mascot is one strategy that we can use to really make health accessible and interesting to children and youth across the north.” Submissions to the Northern Health Mascot Design Contest will be accepted until May 30, 2014 on the Northern Health Matters blog (blog.northernhealth.ca/ nh-mascot-contest) and through mail-in entry (print-
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able entry forms are available on the Northern Health Matters blog). Submissions will then be shortlisted by an internal NH committee before a public voting period will determine the winning entry, which will be announced at the end of July. Northern Health is calling on northern B.C. residents to enter an idea for a mascot that: • Represents all people living in Community Events are free of charge as they are the north sponsored by the Caledonia Courier • Represents healthy living COMING EVENTS... ST PaTrICk’S aNGlICaN Services available at no cost. • Is creative and fun! Will appear as space is available, ChurCh... hosts a free lunch every Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 of charge in this section. Tuesday from 11.00am - 1.00pm. pm. Call 996-7645 for appointment. Entrants will also be asked to free Coming events are available to All are welcome. This lunch is *** non-profit organizations only. This made possible through the generous FOrT aND haNDGuN tell their character’s story and area is not intended for thank you giving of time and resources,by CluB...TraP meets last Sunday of every provide a drawing of their char- submissions or selling products. many people in the region, including month. Contact (Sue) at 250-996It is simply a place for nonprofit The Roman Catholic Church, Camp 7728 (h) for more information. acter. organizations a place to announce Living Water, E-Free Church and *** upcoming free activities. You can many other individuals. We wish to ST. JaMES SEarCh & The contest is open to all resi- e-mail your item to advertising@ thank all those who contribute their FOrT rESCuE... steering committee dents living within Northern ominecaexpress.com or by fax: labour to this program as well as meetings first Tuesday of every month. 7:00 p.m. above the Fort 567-2070. Your organizations’ those who provide food and other Health’s health service area. For announcement can also be dropped necessities. We also run a small St. James Firehall. Training is the third Tuesday of every month at the at our office located at #111food bank on Tuesday morning, full contest rules, please visit off Firehall at 7 p.m. New members 250 Stuart Drive, Fort St. James. and are very thankful for all who welcome. For more information Decision of the publisher is final. contribute to this endeavor. For the Northern Health Matters please contact Paul at 250.996.7478 *** further information please call ST PaTrICk’S aNGlICaN Gwen Andrews 567-6744. or Rod at 250.996.7269 blog.
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Summer is just about here, which means the summer recreation programs are just around the corner. This year we have lots to offer, for all age groups ranging from 5-12. For the programs this year we are trying to include as much of the local business as we can to really bring the community together. The programs we will be running this year include bringing back a few from last year which include: Tool Time, Survivors, Amazing Race, Fear Factor, Cooking, Science, Ice breakers, Arts & Crafts, our annual camping trip and much more. Look for our brochure coming out beginning of June!
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ChurCh...Services at St Patrick’s Anglican Church will now take place only on the first Sunday of the month except for special occasions. *** FORT ST JAMES CHRISTIAN OUTREACH GROUP FOOD BANK SCHEDULE 10.00am to 12.00noon...Wednesday, May 21, Wednesday, June 11, Wednesday, June 25, Wednesday, July 9, Wednesday, July 23, Wednesday, August 13, Wednesday, August 27, Wednesday, September 10, Wednesday, September 24, Wednesday, October 8, Wednesday, October 22, Wednesday, November 12, Wednesday, November 26, Wednesday, December 10. *** uNTOlD TrauMa...author seeks contributions from nonFirst Nations students and staff who experienced Catholic residential or day schools abuse in Northern BC. For more info email Kathyhansen1@gmail.com *** FIrEwEED STOPPING ThE VIOlENCE & OuTrEaCh SErVICE For those who believe all is possible!...Provides free Confidential, Safe, and Supportive counselling and outreach services for women. Hours of Service: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and every other Friday. Location: Room 203, 349 Stuart Drive, Fort St James, BC Phone: (250) 996-1214 Fax: (250) 996-7647 Email: fire. or@telus.net ***
*** SErVICE TIMES... at St Patrick’s Anglican Church, Fort St James, will be 10:30 am every Sunday. Free lunch every Tues between 11-1pm with music and Prayer. Please come and join us. *** FIrEwEED ClOThES DrIVE...The Fireweed Safe Haven is doing a winter clothes drive. We are looking for jackets, boots, snow pants, mitts, hats, scarves, fleeces, etc, for men, women and children. The items will then be given to families in the community that need them. If you do not have anything at home that you can part with but still wish to contribute, you can purchase mitts, socks, or thermal underwear. Please drop items off at the Fireweed Safe Haven. For more information please contact Talia at (250) 9968081. Every little bit helps. *** auxIlIary TO STuarT lakE hOSPITaL... Monthly meeting 2nd Wednesday each month. Hospital Cafeteria 7:00 p.m. *** FOrT ST. JaMES PuBlIC lIBrary hOurS... Tuesday 11:30-8:00 Wednesday 11:30-4:30 Thursday 11:30-4:30 Friday 11:30-8:00 Saturday 11:00-3:00 *** NEChakO VallEy COMMuNITy SErVICES SOCIETy...Child and Youth Mental Health and Counseling
*** MuSIC MakErS...New members always WELCOME. Not everyone has to be on stage, there is lots of work behind the scenes. Call Heike Fonda at 250-996-7006 for more info. *** ThE ThrIFT STOrE...has a new name! “The Bargain Basement”. We are still at the same location, across from Shoppers Food Mart. Donations of clean clothing and small housewares are greatly appreciated. Please, no books or magazines. Proceeds are used for community needs. Open Wed-Sat, 12 noon to 4pm. *** PuBlIC SErVICE aNNOuNCEMENT...If you know anyone, including a child, who has been abused or harmed by a psychiatrist call the Citizens Commission on Human Rights at: 1-800-670-2247. *** aa MEETINGS...Thursdays at 8:00pm. United Church on 2nd Ave West. call 250-996-8290 for more information. *** FIrEwEED SaFE haVEN...a safe place for women and their children leaving violence or abuse. 24 hour access - please call 9968000. *** FOrT ST. JaMES ParENT aDVISOry...3rd Tuesday every month 7 p.m. at High School. ***
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Again, no public meeting – What’s Enbridge Northern Gateway afraid of? When I heard in March that Enbridge Northern Gateway was planning on attending the April 23rd council meeting to give an update on their pipelines project, I suggested to Mayor MacDougall that it would be better for our community if the meeting were either an open house or public forum. That type of meeting would provide access to a multitude of company representatives, and is more conducive to people being able to ask their questions and voice their concerns on any project related subjects. Mayor MacDougall agreed, and said he would make the suggestion to the company. I heard nothing more. I was not surprised to learn on April 22nd that Enbridge Northern Gateway staff would indeed be attending the council meeting the following night. The council meeting agenda, posted on the municipal web site Tuesday night, showed the delegation as being Michele Perret, Director, Public and Aboriginal Engagement, NGP; Catherine Pennington Senior Manager, NGP Community Benefits & Sustainability; and Donny van Dyk, Manager, Coastal Aboriginal and Community Relations from the company’s
office in Kitimat. At the council meeting Mr. van Dyk opened by conveying regrets from Ms. Perret and Ms. Pennington for not attending, no reason for their absence was provided. He then gave a brief talk on the project and the timelines for the federal decision. Mr. van Dyk mentioned the Kitimat plebiscite and touched on contributions the company has made including education and training funding in our community. His update took 10 minutes , maybe 15 at the outside. Mayor MacDougall allowed three questions from the gallery. One question came in via e-mail regarding the pump station location; Mr. van Dyk was unable to provide an answer and suggested the person contact other Enbridge Northern Gateway staff directly. The fact that Mr. van Dyk is relatively new to the company, from what I understand he has been with them since fall 2013, would explain the very broad overview he gave regarding the project and the lack of an answer to the first question. My question to him was on Enbridge Northern Gateway’s plans to hold a public meeting in our community; his reply
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was they would like to hold one, but likely wouldn’t be able to before summer. In other words, after the federal government makes their decision on the project. That was not the first time a public forum/open house meeting had been suggested to Enbridge Northern Gateway. As a matter of fact, they had committed to holding that style of meeting in February 2011. That meeting did not take place. The company cancelled it, opting instead for a closed door meeting with mayor and council. No rescheduling of the public meeting was offered. During an Enbridge Northern Gateway meeting with the Chamber of Commerce in August 2011, which I attended, I asked Michele Perret if the public meeting they cancelled in February was going to be rescheduled. She replied “I will take that back to my boss.” Nothing more was heard from them. In June 2012 Enbridge Northern Gateway held a meeting with mayor and council specific to the cleanup efforts of the Kalamazoo spill, and in August 2012 they held a meeting to answer only technical questions
relating to the project. Why were they unwilling to hold a public meeting, I wondered. The answer to that question came in the form of a media interview with Roger Harris in August 2013. Roger Harris was Enbridge’s vice-president of Aboriginal and Community Partnerships from 2008 to 2010. During the interview he spoke about the company’s reluctance to meet its opponents. In 2010, he said, the company developed a grid to determine which meetings to attend, assigning more points to larger rooms, the presence of media and the likelihood of facing audience questions. Too many points, and Enbridge stayed away. The result, Mr. Harris said, was that the company spoke largely to small clusters of friendly faces who didn’t ask many questions. He told the interviewer, that when Enbridge brought the grid out he said “I’m out of here. You guys are nuts.” Everything Mr. Harris talked about sounds familiar. I believe everything he had to say. Brenda Gouglas Fort St. James
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RCMP Police Week 2014 Canadian Police Week is dedicated to increasing community awareness and recognition of policing services while strengthening policecommunity ties. Police Week is governed by four specific objectives: • To act as a vehicle in which to rein force ties
with the community; • To honour police officers for the public safety and security they provide to their communities; • To promote the work police do in their communities; • To inform the community about the police role in public safety and security.
National Road Safety Week: Put the Odds on Your Side All kinds of people use roads to get where they need to be, but a lot of them don’t have seatbelts, air bags or several hundreds of pounds of metal keeping them safe. This National Road Safety Week, May 13 – 19, the Canada Safety Council is aiming to raise awareness that vulnerable road users make up a disproportionate amount of traffic collisions and deaths, most of which are entirely avoidable. In 2011, the most recent year where data is available, vulnerable road users accounted for more than a quarter of traffic fatalities according to Transport Canada. Pedestrians ac-
counted for about 16 per cent of that number, while the other 11 per cent was split between bicyclists (2.6 per cent) and motorcyclists (8.4 per cent.) Responsibility lies with both the vulnerable road user and the motorist in ensuring their mutual safety. Vulnerable road users have to be aware of their surroundings at all times, taking extra care to follow the rules of the road. Pedestrians should cross the road only at designated crosswalks and intersections only when the way is clear. Breakdowns of incident causes are only available between 2004 and
2008, but the statistics show that more than 60 per cent of fatal traffic crashes involving pedestrians happened while they were crossing a road. Of these deaths, only 10 per cent came when the pedestrian had the right of way to cross at an intersection. A disproportionately high number of collisions among cyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists alike happened due to a lack of visibility or at night. Wearing bright colours, retro-reflective bands and lighting, if necessary, could help make sure they see and is seen. Responsibility also falls on drivers and their reactions. One recurring problem is distracted
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driving, specifically as it relates to smartphone use and texting. Vulnerable road users are already harder to see than the average vehicle, but a divided attention span from the driver only amplifies the problem and shaves seconds off the driver’s reaction time. Texting while driving makes a crash or nearcrash 23 times more likely than if the driver weren’t sending a text message. If the phone buzzes while you’re driving, you don’t have to answer it immediately. It can wait. Whether you’re a driver, a pedestrian, a motorcyclist, a cyclist or any other kind of road user, share the road. It may help save your life.
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Together, we’ve built Canada. Together, we’ll build Gateway.
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When working people benefit, Canada benefits. That’s why we support Northern Gateway. Canada’s trade unions have always fought to ensure working people and their families benefit from economic growth. That’s why the Pipe Line Contractors Association of Canada and four national unions—representing the most experienced construction workforce anywhere in the world—are proud to support the Northern Gateway Pipeline.
The Memorandum Of Understanding our unions signed with Northern Gateway ensures the project is built to the highest possible environmental and safety standards. It supports Northern Gateway’s commitment to jobs and lasting social benefits for Aboriginal communities. And it helps ensure new training opportunities for young people— opportunities that will last them a lifetime.
Northern Gateway is a nation-building project that has the potential to secure long-term energy and economic security for the next 100 years. But only—and this is critical—if it is built right and for the benefit of average families and the communities in which we live.
As trade union members, we place a high value on protecting our natural environment. We have been building pipelines for over 60 years and know what it takes to protect the environment we all value. The Joint Review Panel process was
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the most comprehensive environmental review for an oil pipeline Canada has ever seen, and its recommendation found that we can build Northern Gateway while still protecting our environment. For these reasons, our trade unions— and the 300,000 Canadian working men and women we represent—believe Northern Gateway is the right choice for Canadian workers and their families. When working people and their communities benefit—as they do with Northern Gateway—then we all benefit with a stronger, fairer, and more prosperous country for every Canadian.
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“I look at Northern Gateway and see a project that will build families and communities for generations. That’s what I’m most proud of.” - Catherine Pennington, Senior Manager, Community Benefits & Sustainability
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We at Northern Gateway are committed to ensuring that jobs and business opportunities will be available to people living near the Project’s right-of-way.
IT ALL ADDS UP TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT In Catherine’s experience, removing barriers to employment has a huge impact – not just on individual job seekers, but on their communities as well. When you connect someone to a job, you also build individual and social pride, enhanced connections, dignity and ultimately, stronger sustainable communities. “As a trained social worker with experience in community development, I have found it very rewarding to work in Industry. You have the opportunity to create really meaningful outcomes that are mutually beneficial. Our model of shared responsibility for working with communities is unique and is being emulated by other companies.”
DEDICATED TO MEANINGFUL ABORIGINAL INCLUSION Catherine connects willing job seekers with existing and emerging opportunities. She is focused on helping the Project meet its goal of having Aboriginal people comprise 15 per cent of the construction workforce. “Many Northern communities are experiencing or have experienced desperate cycles of poverty, in part due to a lack of the necessary skills for the existing employment opportunities. I believe people in Northern and North Western B.C. have yet to fully realize their enormous potential. By actively investing in better education and skills training, opportunities for advancement and connections to good, steady jobs, we know we can make a real difference.”
SUCCESS ACROSS THE NORTH We have held discussions with numerous training providers, colleges, universities and employment service providers in Northern B.C. to identify programming needs to help Aboriginal and local people take advantage of the surge in energy projects in the region. We have also worked to tailor programming to the needs of individual communities. “Fundamentally, there’s nothing more powerful than helping someone make that connection to employment, because it leads to a larger, more positive and healthier social outcome.” As a company and a neighbour, we want to see Northern residents get the best opportunities because that benefits us all. It’s how we will build more than a safer, better pipeline, we will help build a better B.C.
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Transport system can handle diluted bitumen Editor, Re: Columns by David Black, ‘The greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime’ (April 22) and ‘The Kitimat refinery proposal: safe pipelines, light fuels and B.C. jobs’ (April 28). Continued safe marine and pipeline transport of hydrocarbons is in everybody’s interest so Canadians can realize value for resources and oil producers can continue to deliver jobs and economic benefits. No one wants a spill of any product at any time. The performance track record over the past 50 years is good,
but even still, work is ongoing to improve prevention and ensure producers, transportation companies and spill-responders have the best information available to manage products safely and make the best plans possible for response, containment and clean-up in the event of an incident. Black’s articles incorrectly suggested the Canadian oil industry is not interested in the proposed refinery project and that transporting diluted bitumen is more risky than transporting other types of oil because of its chemical properties.
Fact is, oil producers are seeking increased access to existing and new markets – in Canada, the United States and internationally – to satisfy market demand for increasing Canadian oil production. All options to achieve that goal are worthy of study. And diluted bitumen – oil sands bitumen diluted with natural gas liquids that allow it to flow – is no more dangerous than other types of crude oil. Chemically, there’s nothing about diluted bitumen the transportation system cannot be prepared to manage. Whether it
moves by pipelines or tankers, diluted bitumen meets all the same specifications and behaves the same as other crude oils. Oil floats on water if it has an API gravity above water’s 10 degree API gravity. Diluted bitumen has an API gravity of 20-22 degrees. Any type of oil spilled in water, eventually “weathers” and can be driven below the surface by waves or currents. Diluted bitumen behaves the same way. There have been several scientific studies completed on diluted bitumen. Earlier this year, the federal government
released a research study that demonstrated diluted bitumen floats on salt water – even after evaporation and exposure to light. The study was commissioned by Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Natural Resources Canada as part of the government’s plan to implement a world-class prevention, preparedness and response regime for marine transportation. Results of the study will be used to inform spill responders and help guide more research. Our industry is focused on respon-
Diluted bitumen too dangerous at sea
Editor, In a letter to this paper Greg Stringham, on behalf of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, makes assertions about the behavior of diluted bitumen (dilbit) in salt water that are at best half-truths. He states that dilbit floats on salt water and that it is no more dangerous at sea than other types of oil. That is wrong. It is more dangerous at sea, and infinitely more so than refined fuels like diesel and gasoline. What Stringham doesn’t mention is that the same report from Environment Canada that he quotes from, goes on to say that dilbit sinks in seawater when there is sediment present. Another study by a top U.S. environmental chemist, Jeff Short, says the same thing. It was filed by the Gitxaala Nation to the National Energy Board in March 2013, so Stringham is well aware of it. That
study says animal and plant matter like plankton, as well as sediment, cause the dilbit to sink. Our entire coast has sediment and plankton in abundance. All our rivers are glacial and full of silt. Plankton is omnipresent, which is why the whales are here, and shallow seas like Hecate Strait throw up huge amounts of sediment from the bottom in storms. Dilbit will sink in our waters if there is a spill and it will harden up like caulking material on beaches and the intertidal zone. The intertidal zone includes large mud flats in the midcoast because the tidal range is more than 20 feet there. How would we ever get them clean again? Stringham also says our Canadian oil industry is interested in the Kitimat refinery idea. That is news to me. I have talked to all the companies and there is no interest whatsoever. That is
why I am spearheading the project. It will keep dilbit out of tankers and provide an enormous valueadd for BC. Canada’s oil industry needs a west coast pipeline. Coastal First Nations, the Yinka Dene First Nations, Prince Rupert, Kitimat, Terrace, Smithers, the provincial and federal NDP, the federal Liberals, the
provincial and federal Green Party, many blue collar unions and the majority of folks in B.C. are against Northern Gateway’s idea of putting dilbit in tankers. A refinery is economically viable. Why is it so hard for our oil industry to see that the way forward is to build a green refinery which will cut greenhouse gases
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Quick facts: * It’s important that you know what to do when you encounter wildlife such as bears, cougars, coyotes and wolves in urban areas. Do not provide food to wildlife. Remain calm and never approach the animal. Always keep the animal in front of you (never turn your back) and back away slowly
and throw objects like rocks and sticks. * Under the Wildlife Act, conservation officers can issue a $230 ticket or notice for a court appearance to residents who do not secure attractants. Residents who leave out items that attract dangerous wildlife could also be issued a Dangerous Wildlife Protection Order. Failure to comply with an order carries a $575 fine. * Relocating wildlife is nei-
roam wide in search of unoccupied territory, increasing (never run). their chances of wandering Keep children and pets close into residential communities, or pick them up. If possible, parks and campgrounds. Coy- bring children and pets inote pups are born in the spring doors. and by July, are attempting to * If the animal appears interested in you or approaches: hunt on their own. For advice on reducing con- Make yourself look as large as flicts with wildlife such as possible by waving your arms bears, cougars, coyotes and above your head. deer visit the WildSafeBC Make loud noises, shout at the website at: http://www.wild- animal in a loud, aggressive voice or bang pots and pans safebc.com/front Communities where attractants are managed properly have seen a decline in related human-wildlife conflicts and in the number of animals destroyed. The public is encouraged to reTHURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH • 6:30PM SHARP! port human-wildALSO... SELLING 75-100 CARS, life conflicts that ON HAND WILL BE APPROX 3-5 REPOS 10SPORT VEHICLES FROM ON HAND WILL BE APPROX 5BANK REPOS & 20&&VEHICLES FROM TRUCKS, VANS UTILITY threaten public VEHICLES FROM MAJOR FLEET, VEHICLE MANAGEMENT safety or result in LEASE, DEALER, PRIVATE & significant property FINANCIAL ALSO...Selling Cars,Cars, Trucks, VansVans and INSTITUTIONS. SUVs from ALSO... Selling 75-100 Trucks, & SUVs from damage by callMajor Major Fleet Fleet Lease, Lease, Dealer Dealer && Private Private Financial Financial Institutions Institutions ing the Report All YOUHAVE HAVEAAVEHICLE VEHICLEFOR FORTHIS THISAUCTION, AUCTION ITIT MUST MUST BE BE ON ON THE THE GROUND GROUND BY IFIFYOU Poachers and PolMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD AT 5PM - SPACE PERMITTING SEE SALE YOU SALE TUESDAY, MAY 20 AT NOON - SPACE PERMITTING - SEE- YOU DAY!DAY! luters (RAPP) line, Central Interior toll free at 1 877 952-7277 (RAPP), Auctions Ltd. or visit the RAPP 4174 COWART RD. Prince George website at: www. (250) 562-5200 • FAX (250) 562-9616 TERMS OF SALE • Website: www.ciauctions.bc.ca rapp.bc.ca
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ther viable nor a long-term solution to managing these kinds of conflicts. When wildlife is relocated, it most often returns to conflict situations, or it does not survive as it has to compete with already established populations. * In 2013-14, the Conservation Officer Service received 28,063 calls regarding humanwildlife conflicts. Of those calls, 16,180 involved humanbear conflicts.
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With summer on its way, British Columbians are not the only ones getting ready for the warm weather. Bears are coming out of hibernation and other animals, such as cougars and coyotes, are becoming more active, increasing the chance of humanwildlife encounters. To prevent human-wildlife conflicts, British Columbians need to do their part by putting away food attractants including improperly stored garbage, bird seed and pet food. Access to these nonnatural food sources is the main cause of human-wildlife conflicts in B.C. Bears emerging from hibernation are looking for food and will quickly learn how to get at convenient food sources. This leads to food-conditioned behaviour and increases potential conflicts with people. Whether it is a dirty barbecue or food scraps in composts, bears need to locate food only once to develop a feeding pattern and will continue to return to the area. Other animals, such as young cougars,
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