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Tickets, please Cameron Orr The District of Kitimat is working to amend their rules to allow giving bylaw tickets out instead of taking people to court. The move will give the town more flexibility in dealing with bylaw infractions without the burden and cost of legal proceedings. On June 23 Council gave three readings to the Penalties and Municipal Ticket Information System bylaw. As it is now for certain infractions people will get a site visit from the District, before possibly escalating to courts. Staff point out in their report to councillors that the process “can consume significant staff time.” The offences one can be ticketed for include things such as parking too many RVs on your property, keeping a prohibited animal or having over-sized commercial vehicles on your property. The tickets are all set at $100. “That’s the main Each day that the infraction hasn’t been thing we’re trying handled will be consid- to do here...it hits ered a new offence and the person in the people could be receivpocket book...it’s ing additional tickets. Court action could not something still be taken on offenc- we have to drag es despite this bylaw. out.” “The main point of what we’re trying to do here is we’re taking a lot of our bylaw infractions such as parking illegally, being parked on properties it’s not zoned for. Right now we have to do what’s called a long-form information, which means essentially we make contact with the person and if they don’t do anything with it, usually follow-up with a letter or two then you have to go to court,” explained Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Warren Waycheshen. He said once you get to court it will still be several weeks before a matter is settled. “That’s the main thing we’re trying to do here, things that can be easily rectified and fixed,” he continued. “A lot easier to do, it hits the person in the pocket book...it’s not something we have to drag out.” The language of the bylaw also gives ticketing power to the District’s director of community planning and development. Waycheshen said that’s because the planner will likely have the expertise needed in some infraction situations. While the town now has this ticketing power, Waycheshen said the person issuing a ticket can use their discretion and determine whether a punitive measure is appropriate in the circumstance. “There’s always some extenuating circumstances to look at most of the time.”

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Not that this St. Anthony’s student would need help with the rain that was coming down, but she also got immersed in the dunk tank (that was actually marked for teachers) during St. Anthony’s June 19 year end fundraiser and barbecue. Cameron Orr

Supreme Court rules on Aboriginal title Tom Fletcher and Cameron Orr Aboriginal communities across B.C. are celebrating a court ruling that redefines ownership of their traditional territory outside reserves. The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the Tsilhqot’in Nation’s claim to aboriginal title over 1,700 square km in the Nemiah Valley west of Williams Lake, in a landmark ruling with effects on land claims across the province. In a unanimous decision, the country’s highest court rejected the B.C. government’s argument that aboriginal title should be restricted to settlement sites and other places frequently occupied by semi-nomadic aboriginal people before European contact. Joe Alphonse, tribal chief of the Tsilhqot’in Nation, said the ruling is a victory in a struggle that had its roots in deadly conflict with a wave of gold seekers during the 1860s. He said the communities need more control over re-

sources to support more people living on reserves. “We didn’t fight in this case to separate from Canada,” Alphonse told a news conference in Vancouver. “We fought in this case to get recognized, to be treated as equals in a meaningful way.” Settlement sites and others used for hunting and fishing were exhaustively studied in a 2003 B.C. trial that granted broad title but was later overturned by the B.C. Court of Appeal. “The Province’s criticisms of the trial judge’s findings on the facts are primarily rooted in the erroneous thesis that only specific, intensively occupied areas can support Aboriginal title,” the eight Supreme Court of Canada justices agreed in a unanimous ruling released Thursday. The Tsilhqot’in case was strengthened by evidence that “prior to the assertion of sovereignty the Tsilhqot’in

people repelled other people from their land and demanded permission from outsiders who wished to pass over it,” the judges wrote. Haisla in Kitimat, as well as government representatives for the region, hailed the decision as a good one for Aboriginal rights, and which sets the criteria for industry development on traditional lands. Haisla elders and members gathered at the old hospital site — which is now owned by the Haisla for commercial development — on the day of the ruling to celebrate. “I think this armours us, our communities even more,” said Gerald Amos. “I think it’s symbolic that we get together and give them our thanks and in the spirit of reconciliation to call on the governments to honour this ruling.” He said the ruling should be concerning to some companies. Continued on page 8

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Off-duty cop spots drunk driver June 16 An off-duty RCMP member followed a vehicle on Highway 37 in to Kitimat. The vehicle was driving in an erratic manner. The vehicle entered a parking lot off Tsimishian Boulevard as the off-duty member called the detachment for an on-duty member. The 58-year-old driver from Surrey failed two attempts at the roadside screening device and was giving a 90-day driving prohibition and a 30 day vehicle impoundment.

Police Beat June 18 An all-terrain vehicle was found abandoned near Haisla Boulevard by an offduty officer. Vehicle was recovered and police are attempting to locate the owner. A woman came to the RCMP detachment saying a Rottweiler dog had bitten her while she was walking on Coho Street. Woman suffered minor

injuries and police are attempting to find the owner of the dog. June 19 A 40-year-old Kitimat man was arrested for being intoxicated in public after police received an anonymous complaint at City Centre Mall. June 20 A 53-year-old Kitimat man was caught in a road check at 12:20 a.m. on Kingfisher Avenue. He failed the first blow of a roadside screening device but landed in the ‘warn’ range on the

second try. As a result he received a three day driving prohibtion. June 21 A person called to complain about a construction company which accepted a deposit but so far had failed to commence work on a project for a homeonwer on Skeena Street. Police contacted the company and were told they would follow-up with the complainant. June 22 An intoxicated person at the Ol’ Keg was refusing to leave

Cullen hears worries over temp. foreign worker program change Kevin Campbell Skeena - Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen spoke with a number of his constituents and one of the most common concerns they had regarded the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the magnitude of which is being scaled back through a series of caps on the program to the point where its elimination may be considered in the coming years. “There’s been a key switch or pendulum swing on the...program.” The government, he said, has “somehow managed to make everybody unhappy; employers, people who are fighting for the rights of temporary foreign workers and those of us that believe if we’re short...of workers in this country then we should do something about our broken immigration program,” said Cullen.

and wanted to fight the bouncer at around 12:40 a.m. Police arrived and arrested the 21-year-old Calgary resident for causing a disturbance. Police attended to an assault complaint at the Kitimat Hotel. Caller said two people were involved and wanted them removed from the property. Police spoke with the two parties and police deemed the fight consensual. Both participants were removed from the hotel.

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Top District salaries disclosed still on the payroll this year. He earned $201,692.16. He was also covered for various expenses throughout the year, those totalling $12,238.41. His Deputy earned $151,800.05 in 2013 with $2,788.35 in expenses. The Director of

With a law stating that government employees earning over $75,000 must be disclosed, the list for the District of Kitimat has been released as part of the 2013 annual report. Kitimat’s Chief Administrative Officer tops the salary for employees who are

Engineering for the District of Kitimat earned $141,800.05 and claimed no expenses. The top earner for the District was actually Walter McLellan, who has since retired but was the town’s Municipal Cleark. His remuneration in 2013

was $207,218.95, with $9.50 in expenses claimed. Director of Community Planning and Development earned $118,525.93, and the District treasurer earned $116,409.89. The town’s economic development officer earned $94,102.41.

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A pot leaf painted over the kermode bear on a rock face in Terrace hasn’t impressed some people. A group of artists plans to paint over the marijuana leaf painting which appeared on the rock face over the old bridge two weeks ago. That’s the word from artist Matthew Daratha, who confirmed he and a group of artists he is associated with will be replacing the new painting with one of a bear. The marijuana leaf mural appeared on the rock face covering up a painting of a Kermode bear which appeared last fall. That bear was a replacement for the long-standing Kermode bear painting which was painted over with grey paint suddenly last year.

LNG Canada has installed a model of the Kitimat townsite and their own industrial site, to give visitors to their information centre an idea on how their facility will fit in to the community. The company initiated a series of events for community consultation in Kitimat, beginning with an open house on June 24.

Power Line Inspection teams are now going from tower to tower along the 344 kilometre length of BC Hydro’s Northwest Transmission Line, methodically checking each one prior to the line being energized sometime next month. The checks are part of the commissioning of the $736 million 287 kilovolt line, construction of which was officially completed June 7, says Jim Shepherd, the BC Hydro manager in charge of the project. “They’re looking at each of the 1,092 towers – the foundations, testing each of the bolts, the sag on the [conductor] line to see if it’s correct,” said Shepherd. And while the towers are being inspected, so to is the equipment at the BC Hydro’s existing Skeena Substation south of Terrace, which connects the line to the provincial power grid. “There are 40 steps and 85 pieces of major equipment,” said Shepherd of substation work checks.

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Cadets get annual review Submitted On June14 the 2556 Royal Canadian Army Cadets held their first Annual Ceremonial Review (ACR). The event marks the culmination of the training year and serves as a venue for dignitaries and families to come and see the cadets in uniform. This year the event was held at the Tamitik Arena and Major G. Reddy CD, served as the reviewing officer.

Major Reddy is the officer in charge of the Army Cadet program for all of B.C. and traveled from Victoria for this special event. The unit had 13 cadets on parade. This number is almost double the number of last year’s parade as sea cadets demonstrated significant growth and interest in the program. The corps expects 10-15 new members next year and may even form a band if the

numbers permit. Also in attendance were the District of Kitimat mayor and some councillors. The training year has ended for the program however over half of the cadets will be attending summer training courses held in Vernon B.C. this summer. The program is free to join and those interested should visit the corps website www.kitimatcadets.com.

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Anticipating disagreement I get a selection of Ingrid Rice political cartoons each week so I have somewhat of a choice in which ones to run. My choices, in the past, have gotten me in to trouble I admit. I’ve rarely felt that a cartoon was ‘wrong’ though. Of course when it comes to opinions it’s hard to be wrong. In this instance cartoons also serve to make a point or an argument, whether or not you agree with it. I say this because I’m certain the cartoon to your right might upset some people. As a solution to the ongoing teacher strike is still out of reach, there is the cartoonist painting a picture of teachers as unable to budget themselves, while making a comfortable living as it is. On wages, at my last reference, teachers want, over a five year period, to get an eight per cent raise. The cartoon over there says the average salary is $71,485, which is a very comfortable salary I’d say. But here’s some local flavour for Coast Mountains school district teachers to consider. As a background, teacher wages fall under various ‘categories’ (based on academic credentials) with varying ‘steps’ (or wage increments.) The lowest is category 4, and as of July 2010 step zero is $42,802. That grows until step 10 at $66,626. Category five, which apparently is where most teachers sit, starts at $46,306, rising to $75,412 by step 10. (When you get more credentials, like a Masters, you can get up to category six which starts at $50,488, and tops out at $82,380.) With these numbers I’ll leave it to you to decide what you think about the wage demands. (At the peak of the eight per cent increase the category five starting wage will be approximately $50,000) But of course the teacher strike is really not entirely about wage. Class size and composition, for instance, is a huge part of the debate. Don’t forget that the BC Supreme Court ruled against the provincial government when it came to class size. The government now has to go back to 2002 wording for size and composition, while paying B.C. teachers $2 million in damages, the court says. When Kitimat teachers spoke to town councillors on Monday wages weren’t even part of the discussion. Councillors backed the suggestion of them to write to the BCTF, the Premier and the Ministry of Education to say schools need adequate funding and suitable class size and composition, and for everyone to work quickly to end the strike. At this point though I just don’t know what will end this once and for all. Cameron Orr

High level sports is a hungry endeavor Under Miscellaneous Until this past weekend Mike Tyson’s famous efforts to chew off the ear of heavyweight boxer Evander Holyfield in their classic WBA heavyweight fight in Las Vegas in June, 1997 was probably the best known modern episode of an athlete biting his opponent. Then, this weekend FIFA suspended Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez after he sank his teeth into the shoulder of Italian defender, Giorgio Cheilini, during the World Cup match between the two countries in Brazil. It was, however, the third time the South American player had been accused of using his teeth on an opponent – and FIFA stepped in with a rather lame punishment reaction, a fine of $112,000 and a suspension for nine games, bringing Suarez’s 2014 World Cup hopes hopes to an abrupt end. I say “lame” deliberately – considering the comparative punishment to Mike Tyson, a $2-million fine and a life suspension from professional boxing. So far as I know, the bite to Holyfield’s ear was a first for Tyson, but since it was the third time Suarez did something similar, stricter punishment was called for. In November 2010, during a match between Ajax and PSV Eindhoven players, Suarez bit Feyenoord midfielder Otman Bakkal on the neck, earning a seven game suspension and

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just last year he nibbled on Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic’s arm. That resulted in a 10 game suspension. Suarez is also suspended from all soccer-related activity for four months, which will also keep him on the sidelines when his club team, Liverpool, opens the English Premier League season in August. An amusing sideline that I saw came from a report that a Swedish gambling company stating that more than 150 people across Europe placed bets that Suarez would bite someone during the World Cup. It’s true – sports fans will bet on anything, and will occasionally win with a wild flutter. I’m not sure if biting is just a “thing” for boxers and soccer players but there have been a couple of other similar incidents. Heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora bit opponent Paul Butlin in the ring in Munich, Germany and Toronto FC player Jermaine Dafoe chomped down on West Ham’s Javier Mascherano while playing for Tottenham in England in 2006. But others like to chow down ev-

ery now and then too; Vancouver Canucks’ Alex Burrows was accused of biting Boston’s Patrice Bergeron in the Stanley Cup finals in 2011. College wrestler Mike Ottinger (Central Michigan) was disqualified for sinking his teeth into Matt Miller (Navy) in a recent wrestling encounter. Nasty New York Rangers pest Shawn Avery accused Washington’s Brooks Laich of biting him – and back in 2009 —after a tussle with Buffalo’s Andrew Peters. Ottawa Senators’ Jarko Ruutu took a nip at the Sabres player, biting Peters’ thumb. For his bite, Jarkko earned a two-game suspension and was fined $35,000. In rugby, former South African rugby player Johan Le Roux was sent home early in 1994 when he bit New Zealand’s Sean Fitzpatrick on the ear during a field scramble. In 1983, Danny Ainge while playing for the Boston Celtics, was bitten by then Atlanta Hawks’ center Tree Rollins, resulting in a clever morning headline in the Boston Herald - “Tree bites man!” Now while none of this points to an imminent sports episode of Dracula Returns – it certainly serves to point out that athletes do lose their heads in the heat of the game while trying to put the bite on the opposition. But Mike Tyson still holds the record for severity of punishment, I’d say.

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Engineer responds to government’s decision Dear Sir, An open letter to Stephen Harper and Cabinet: Thanks for endorsing the decision of the National Energy Board (NEB) granting permission to Enbridge for the Northern Gateway (NG) pipeline to proceed, thus squandering the opportunity to develop a route for export of Canadian bitumen (Dilbit) in the least risky manner. You have chosen to risk Canada and the environment. Your ill informed decision ignored the evidence. Your decision creates extreme risk because: NG has chosen the riskiest port (Kitimat) to ship their Dilbit, with tankers exposed to the high risk channels of the Northern BC coast, navigating for 16 hours before reaching the open ocean, compared to Prince Rupert (which would demand only 2 hours) or Port Simpson (half hour to one hour). The Kitimat decision was clearly made to save an extra $2 billion required to extend the pipeline to Prince Rupert or Port Simpson from Terrace. This extra

cost saving comes at a much higher risk of a likely, and much more costly, bitumen spill. The product Dilbit is not proven to float in salt water and it is likely to sink. This uncertain behaviour is still the subject of investigations by scientists here and in the US. This a case of “out of site and out of mind.” These uncertainties mean that the consequences of a potential spill cannot be estimated and, therefore, a “worldclass” disaster response strategy cannot be put in place. A tanker spill clean up fund of $1.3 billion is totally inadequate to cleanup a spill of any consequence (5 million litres or more). Compare this fund to the Exxon Valdez spill cleanup costs of $7 billion (and counting) to clean up less than 10 per cent of the product spilled in 1989. According to NG’s own estimates at least one marine spill of 5 million litres of bitumen, has a nine per cent chance of occurring in the 50 year operating life of the pipeline.

It would take only one spill to produce a catastrophe along the B.C. coastline. Concerned Professional Engineers’ estimates, which includes the influence of the projected LNG traffic and does not double count the use of tugs, are closer to a 23 per cent chance for the same spill volume and the same operating life of 50 years. Mr. Harper, these are some of the reasons why we are convinced that the analysis and risk assessment of this project is flawed and that the NEB report you received does not reflect any of these concerns. Mr. Harper, you have made a totally bad decision for the environment, the resource industry and, most of all, Canada and the First Nations of this country. We urge you to change your mind. Brian Gunn, Professional Engineer Concerned Professional Engineers

Government has responsibility to safety Dear Sir, Open letter to Mary Polak, Minister of the Environment and Premier Christy Clark: I have had an opportunity to learn about the plans made by the BC Ministry of the Environment to create a world-class spill response along any pipelines built in British Columbia. I would like to say that I am extremely impressed by the work done

by Ministry staff as outlined in their last two intentions papers. This plan will save taxpayers money and will put the onus on companies to do an effective job of any spill, anywhere, any time. It will encourage prevention of any spills and it will provide much needed enforcement. The public trust in pipeline companies is close to zero, as you may have noticed. I have recently been horrified by news

A review of the 41st Dear Sir, Federal MPs are back in their ridings for the summer, and will be out hitting the barbecue circuit. When I think back to the second session of the 41st Parliament (JanJune), the following things come to mind: 1. The Orwellian-sounding Fair Elections Act. One hundred and sixty university professors signed a March 11 National Post editorial that stated the Fair Elections Act “would damage the institution at the heart of our country’s democracy: voting in federal elections.” On April 25 Minister of State (Democratic Reform) Pierre Poilievre begrudgingly submitted 45 changes to the bill in a bid to quell opposition to it. 2. Tory attacks on Chief Elections Officer Marc Mayrand, former Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser, and Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. 3. Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino’s haughty manner in dealing with veterans and their families. 4. Speaker of the House of Commons Andrew Scheer finding Conservative MP Brad Butt’s Feb. 6 remarks prima facie grounds of breach of parliamentary privilege. On Feb. 6, Butt said in the House: “I have actually witnessed other people picking up the voter cards, going to the campaign office of whatever candidate they support and handing out these voter cards to other individuals, who then walk into voting stations with friends who vouch for them with no ID.”

ReadeR’s WRite On Feb. 24 Butt told the House that his earlier statement was “not accurate”. 5. The Temporary Foreign Worker Program fiasco, in which Employment Minister Jason Kenney had allowed it be abused too often by employers. 6. The deafening silence of Conservative MPs after the government announced in a June 17 press release (not a press conference) that it has given conditional approval to the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. The Sierra Club B.C. called the approval a “slap in the face” for British Columbians. “But ultimately, it changes nothing: the Enbridge pipeline will not get built,” said spokeswoman Caitlyn Vernon. On June 18 NDP MP Nathan Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) said on CBC’s Power & Politics: “Where are the Conservatives? And we know that 21 B.C. Conservatives that represent--allegedly--their constituents have been under their desks on this thing because they know back home the recent polling says 1 in five people in the last election who voted Conservative are switching their vote on this issue. They know that they’re in trouble. This is going to be a ballot box issue in 2015.” David Buckna Kelowna, B.C.

articles reporting on the claims by companies that all these required measures are already in place and that they require no input from government. Oh yes they do. Input, supervision and enforcement of environmental standards is exactly what they need and have never had. It is now your responsibility to make sure that the plan as outlined in the two intentions papers written by the very knowl-

edgeable and skilled staff, goes through and becomes law. I want to encourage you to do everything in your power to follow through on this. It is the only way that any pipeline can be even remotely acceptable in this province. Please make sure it happens. Better yet, keep oil off our coast all together. Sincerely, Elizabeth Thorne (Douglas Channel Watch)

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Skills minister visits Kitimat and mayor Cameron Orr Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Shirley Bond came through Kitimat on June 19, checking out local projects and talking with the District. She called her visit a chance to reconnect to the local council, and she met the mayor and District staff at the Mr. Mikes restaurant, one of Kitimat’s success stories with its rapid growth in hiring people, according to Bond. On the big picture of industrial development she said there is challenges in moving the workforce to new projects as they come online. “One of the things I’ve asked our staff to look at is, we have a workforce here at Rio Tinto that’s used to working here and they’ve worked very hard to retain and to train so we are looking at things like transition, how do you take workers from one project and move them to another one?” she said. “In fact when you look here at the Shell circumstance they’re literally neighbours with one another. We are talking about how we’re going to keep a workforce that’s already engaged working in a region of the province they’re familiar with.”

Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Shirley Bond with Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan. For smaller-scale businesses, she said the government needs to encourage people to move to the region so there is an adequate service industry workforce. Monaghan said its beneficial whenever a government minister visits as its that much more effective in sharing the town’s message.

PMO responds to District Cameron Orr The District of Kitimat’s letter to the Prime Minister’s Office regarding the results of the community’s Northern Gateway plebiscite reached its destination. While based on the response it’s hard to conclude whether or not Stephen Harper himself read the message, his assistant Salphie Stepanian wrote back to the District of Kitimat council. “Our office has taken note of the results of the non-binding District of Kitimat plebiscite that you kindly transmit-

ted. Please be assured that the government is committed to ensuring that the development of our natural resources will only proceed if it can be done safely and responsibly,” read the bulk of the letter to council. Kitimat’s original letter was not itself wordy, aside from the results of the plebiscite where 58.4 per cent of voters said they were against the project versus 41.6 per cent in favour. “The people of Kitimat have been surveyed and we respectfully ask that Cabinet consider the results of the plebiscite when making the decision

about the Northern Gateway project,” the letter, signed by Mayor Joanne Monaghan, concludes. Also copied on the letter from the District was James Moore, the minister responsible for British Columbia. Moore’s response was even more brief, and made no opinion on the plebiscite results. “As the Minister Responsible for British Columbia, I appreciate being informed of the survey’s results. Thank you for writing and please feel free to keep me apprised of any further developments,” he writes.

Teachers get council support Cameron Orr Kitimat teachers sought Kitimat Council’s support when it came to the ongoing teacher strike. Dave Durrant and Kristine Lewis spoke for the Kitimat District Teachers’ Association at the June 23 special meeting of council, and overviewed their concerns regarding the strike and lock out to council, asking them to support a motion that would encourage the issue to be resolved quickly. “I would suggest to you that students are getting the message loud and clear that they are not respected and what we want in this collective agreement, despite anything you

hear in the media... is our constitutional rights to be respected and we want class size and class composition back in our collective agreements,” said Durrant. Spurred from the presentation by the teachers, Phil Germuth moved that the District of Kitimat write to the BC Teachers Federation, the Premier and the Minister of Education, saying that B.C. schools require adequate funding, along with suitable class size and composition, with specialist teachers. And also that the BCTF and the province need to work “expediently” to resolve the issues and

if not then to agree to mediation. Provincially the two sides did seek a mediator, Vince

Ready, but Ready said he was too busy to take part in the school mediation plans.

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Birds pulled from dryer vent Cameron Orr Luna Zhang said her husband could hear chirping from a dryer vent outside their building and discovered a birds nest stuck inside. Worried it’d be a dangerous location for the baby birds, and not seeing a mother bird around, they thought of ways to get them out. They ended up calling the Kitimat Community Humane Society for help. Shelter manager Maryann Oullet made the house call to get

them out. Zhang volunteered her arm to reach in and pull out the nest which was only barely in reach. Oullet brought the nest of swallows back to the shelter for eventual transportation to the Prince Rupert Wildlife shelter where they will be cared for and released. She said the baby birds didn’t appear as active as they should be, leading her to think no mother bird had been around for awhile to care for them.

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Monaghan noted for her work on Yellowhead Cameron Orr Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan can put another distinction on her belt with her awarding of the Tête Jaune Award from the TransCanada-Yellowhead Highway Association. Monaghan has been a member of the group since 1986, and served for a time as its president. There are a few historic moments from her time as an active member of their executive, the first to come to mind was the significance of being a woman leader for the group. “I was the first woman they ever had as president of the Yellowhead. It was an old boy’s club, and I’ve told everybody that. I don’t think they even realized that women drove cars,” she said, later emphasizing that was only the case many years ago. Yet her mark as first woman president isn’t what she feels earned her the award, which was presented by Lynne Christiansen, a Terrace city councillor, at a recent council meeting. What really made a difference was getting the Yellowhead highway distinguished as a TransCanada highway. “I said lets get it named a TransCanada highway,” she said, an effort that came with some reluctance from people. “Well we tried and we worked as a team and we got it. And that’s when the Yellowhead became a TransCanada highway.” As with everything, getting that dis-

tinction for the highway takes some effort. You have to prove it’s a safe and efficient highway and they want to know how often in a year the road gets closed.

prefered the Yellowhead over the main TransCanada 1 highway. The benefit of the change, she said, is the highway gets extra

“Of course the Yellowhead came up way above TransCanada 1,” she said. She said they would get letters from truckers saying they

funding and new signage as well. Monaghan realizes though that nothing happens through just one person and it took effort from more

people than herself to reach her goals. “Of course something like that you never do by yourself, you have to encourage other people to see the vi-

sion that you have and get them on board, then we all work together as a team, and we did.” The Highway association is a four-province group.

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Continued from page 1 Amos said that the ruling includes sections pertaining to projects which may already have received permits, which he says calls in to question Enbridge Northern Gateway’s recent approval by the federal government. “The ruling as far as I understand it in that respect calls in to question, or gives the capacity of us or others, to perhaps call on the government to rethink that permit because of the lack of consultation,” he said. He said the ruling is also a “shot across the bow” for other projects which may not have been consulting First Nations as well as they should, but points out the duty to consult falls on the government primarily, not on businesses. By press time we were not able to reach any member of the Haisla Nation Council itself. Skeena MLA Robin Austin meanwhile praised the decision saying it had been a long time coming. “I think this is a very momentous decision. It’s been 25 years working its way through the courts and of course today’s ruling was unanimous in the Supreme Court, eight to zero,” he said. “[It’s] upholding a lower court decision from a few years back which essentially states

that aboriginal rights and title is due to a much larger area than simply the reserves they were put on as a result of the Indian Act.” He continued, “So this has a huge impact on any industrial project because it means the First Nations by and large have to give consent to industrial activity that happens in their traditional territories, only with an exception the government can overrule that if it’s deemed to be in the public interest.” He said he believes this sends a strong message to people wanting to do business in unceded traditional territories. “In terms of this riding, I think Enbridge will be looking at today’s decision and recalculating their efforts here because this is now another massive roadblock because you’ve seen so many First Nations right across the pipeline route from Alberta to Kitimat here who are opposed to this project, they’ll now all benefit.” “So Enbridge, if they had their work cut out for them yesterday, boy...they should just pack up and go.” Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen also chimed in on the decision. “It’s obviously a huge victory for First Nations rights and title and a deep set back for the Harper government, who was

hoping they could ignore things like the constitution and claims on the land,” he said. This case began in 1983 when the B.C. government issued timber permits for the region and the Xeni Gwet’in, one of six Tsilhqot’in communities, went to court to stop the logging. Haida Nation president Peter Lantin said the Tsilhqot’in case strengthens his island community’s title claim, which is being prepared for court. The Haida claim includes the surrounding ocean off B.C.’s North Coast, which Lantin expects to use against plans for oil tankers from the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal. Despite the long-running dispute and the Tsilhqot’in Nation’s refusal to take part in treaty talks, the B.C. aboriginal relations ministry signed a threeyear “stewardship agreement” with the group June 10. The agreement gives the Tsilhqot’in $670,000 per year to implement a forestry strategy and other resource development. B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton said the Tsilhqot’in ruling, like other aboriginal title cases, emphasizes that negotiated settlements are preferable to court action to settle claims in the majority of the province that are not covered by treaties.

Report cards may not come Anna Killen The majority of Coast Mountains School District students will not be receiving report cards this year thanks to the the ongoing labour dispute between the province and the teachers’ union. Superintendent Katherine McIntosh posted a notice to parents on the school district’s website last week that said as Kindergarten through Grade 9 report cards have not been deemed an essential service by the Labour Relations Board (LRB), they will not be distributed. Students in grades 10 through 12 will receive report cards as they have been deemed an essential service by the LRB. “School principals will contact parents directly if there are any concerns about your child’s placement for September 2014,” wrote McIntosh. And unless parents have been involved in discussions with their school principal, all K-9 students will be promoted to the next grade level, she wrote.

Students are in the midst of Grade 10-12 provincial exams, which have also been deemed an essential service. But earlier last week, the ministry of education issued a notice saying the format for English 10 and Social Studies 11 would be changed due to concerns over the validity of marking. Students will have the opportunity to re-write any provincial exam for the period of one year. BCTF president Jim Iker said that summer school could be next on the chopping block, saying in a news conference that if a settlement wasn’t reached by June 30 teachers would be picketing summer school locations. The two sides met for “exploratory talks” dealing with possible mediation. But education minister Peter Fassbender refused to temper the government’s position, responding that the government and the union are still far apart on wages and benefits. “Mediation will not split the difference between our respective positions,” he said. “A mediator will not shake loose hundreds of millions of dollars that we simply do not have.”

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CDC celebrates 40th anniversary Cameron Orr Lordy lordy, look who’s 40. Why, it’s the Kitimat Child Development Centre. Since 1974 the CDC has been a crucial community service, starting with just three programs, now expanded to nearly 30. Attending the 40th anniversary celebration of the CDC is the Centre’s founder. Dr. Kwadwo (Kojo) Asante. He said he marvels at how the centre has grown since its inception. “I’m very gratified, I’m impressed by the breadth of services,” he said. “It’s impressive, the services provided by the centre now.” Asante was born in Ghana and came to Canada, and later to Scotland, to study medicine. He first arrived in Kitimat on Canada Day weekend in 1970. He came on the encouragement of colleagues — as well as deciding it was too cold to move to Quesnel or Williams Lake — and opened a pediatrics practice. “There had never been a pediatrician here,” he said. After being here awhile he came to realize a need for services for youth. “As a pediatrician I was familiar with the needs of children here, especially young children with developmental and physical handicaps,” he said. “During my early years in Terrace and Kitimat I realized there was no facility for chilThe

Dr. Kwadwo Asante stands with Child Development Centre Executive Director Margaret Warcup before a 40th anniversary celebration for the CDC. dren who had cerebral palsy and other problems, to have physiotherapy, speech therapy and other kinds of treatments.” He rallied parents, the school board, and the province for support and in 1974 the Kitimat Child Development program began. In Kitimat it started in the Service Centre and has moved several times in its history, to the first floor of the old Kitimat hospital to the Roy Wilcox elementary school, to the former school board building it occupies now, sharing a parking lot with Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary. In Terrace, the Child Development Centre he helped start began in a parent’s basement. Asante credits the personal involvement of those who work at the CDC for growing it to the organization it is today. I

CDC board president Jo Ann Hildenbrandt has been with the CDC for 22 years now and has seen first hand how the centre has grown over two decades. With 1,000 clients on the books when she started, the centre now has 5,000, and has grown grown from three programs at its beginning to 28 today. She said her entire involvement with the centre all comes back to the birth of her son 25 years ago. “Both my interest in becoming a teacher of children with special needs and my involvement in the centre, all go back to to the birth of my son,” she said. Her son has special needs and has benefitted immensely from the CDC’s services. “If we didn’t have a child development centre the children in our community would not be the children they are today because they wouldn’t have had ac-

cess to the services that helped them to become who they are,” she said. She believes if the CDC hadn’t existed in Kitimat her family would have had to move to where there were services. “We are so fortunate we have the quality and level of staff and committed staff that we have here. That’s what I believe parents appreciate,” she said.

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School district scraps proposed bussing fee move would deter students from entering French Immersion as many students cross boundaries to attend those schools. That presentation appears to have been the final push in convincing the board to ditch the fee. The business committee and the education committee studied the fee following the French Immersion presentation, with the former committee recommending to scrap the fee and the latter recommending to keep it. At last night’s meeting, in discussing how to proceed, school board chair Art Erasmus said the amount of money the board would have saved by charging cross-boundary bussing fees is “minimal” compared to the total district budget. “It’s about $25,000 in a $53 million – $57 million dollar budget,” Erasmus said. “And the amount of time required to collect it and to deal with the indigent students is pretty massive.”

Anna Killen The Coast Mountains School board has decided it’s not worth it to implement a bussing fee for students attending a school outside of their designated neighbourhood school. That was the decision at the board’s final meeting of the school year June 25, following conflicting recommendations from the two board committees studying an original fee plan. The plan had been to implement a $20 per student fee, to the maximum of $40 per family, at the beginning of the school year last fall, but after an outcry from parents who charged it was implemented without consultation or consideration of the financial strain the fee would place on parents, the board decided to delay that implementation until this coming fall while it studied the issue further. A presentation from French Immersion activists, including those from Kitimat, at last month’s board meeting said the

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Marlins splash in Victoria Submitted Well over 300 swimmers from B.C. and Yukon were in attendance at the AA long course (50 meter pool) Provincial championships in Victoria. To attend, swimmers needed to reach the AA Provincial time standard in two swim races and have achieved one or less of the higher AAA Provincial time standard. With this in mind racing at the AA championships is always close and exciting. Five of the seven members of the Kitimat Marlins who had qualified for the AA provincial champs were in attendance. Leah Desousa (11) competing in the girls 11 and under age group took two golds and a bronze medal. She took the gold in the 100 meter and 200 meter butterfly. During her gold medal swim in the 100 fly she achieved her second AAA provincial time standard. This qualifies her for the AAA Provincial champs in Victoria. Desousa took the bronze medal in the 400 IM as well as a 5th in the 200 meter backstroke. Desousa swam 100 per cent personal best times at the competition. Gabriel Lamarre (12) competing in the boys

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