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Mayor Gerry Thiessen and MLA John Rustad present a cheque for $41,000 towards the renovations of Vanderhoof Museum and historic village. Submitted Photo

Vanderhoof Museum gets overhaul Vanderhoof Museum receives $41,000 towards renovations Jesse Cole Omineca Express The Vanderhoof Heritage Museum and Historic Village has received a substantial amount of funding for some well deserved renovations and improvements. Funding, around $41,000, for the proj-

ect comes from the Job Creation Partnership. The Job Creation Partnership is a branch of British Columbia’s Community and Employer Partnerships which aim to increase employability and job creation through British Columbia. Renovations are to be completed by a

group of four workers who will gain realworld job experience and skill building. Improvements to the buildings will include wheelchair accessible ramps to the OK Cafe, Reimer residence and Royal Bank building in the historic village. New paint, windows and doors will also

be installed as well as a limestone pathway connecting the village buildings and museum. Vanderhoof mayor Gerry Theissen said of the renovations “The Job Creation Partnership is a welcome program for the District of Vanderhoof. There are many local initiatives in

our community which have operated on purely volunteer help and this project will help us, as a community, to build capacity and give the participants some great work experience.” The project is slated to take place over a 22week period this summer.

Omineca Express June 26 marked a historic day in Aboriginal-Canadian relations after a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court of Canada was delivered that upheld the rights of indigenous communites to ownership of traditional territory. The decision comes in a case that is nearly 20 years old in which the Tsilhqot’in First Nation laid claim to some 1, 700 km of land in the Nemiah Valley. The decision was not just cause for the people of Tsilhqot’in to celebrate but rather set precedent for all First Nations communities in British Columbia. The news was welcomed news for the Nak’azdli First Nation of the Fort St. James area. The Nak’azdli have been involved in an on-going struggle against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline which would be built through their traditional territory. The Supreme Court decision means that aboriginal communties like the Nak’azdli First Nation, have the legal right to refuse consent to any development or encroachment on their traditional territory. Nak’azdli members took to the streets with drums and song in response to the landmark announcement. Nak’azdli chief Fred Sam hopes this will be the end of the pipeline saying “We really don’t want it going through our territory. We haven’t given our consent.” This is not only a victory for First Nations but for all British Columbians who oppose the pipeline, as this decision will create a considerable roadblock for companies like Enbridge to navigate around. Sam said he believes that the federal government needs to listen not only to First Nations communities, but also to all British Columbians - an overwhelming number of which are opposed to the pipeline. Sam insists that Nak’azdli are not against development or business in their lands, but rather are for environmentally sound, responsible business. “We’re a forward thinking community,” he said. “We need fair deals and the environment needs to be a priority. We need to look at these partnerships in greater depth.” Sam said the decision is like seeing the light at the end of a tunnel and that he hopes the government sees it too, “Hopefully they see it’s important to work with us.”

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Highway 16 improvements on the way Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad at the Braaten Road passing lane site with Brian Taylor, Regional Project Manager and Tom Lupton, Area Manager of Roads of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

Jesse Cole Omineca Express Hoban Construction Ltd., a company based out of Vernon, B.C., has been given the contract for a new 2.3 km passing lane on the westbound portion of Highway 16. The new passing lane will be built between Prince George and Vanderhoof, west of Barsness Road. The proposed passing lane will cost around $2.6 million to construct. Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad said that the passing lane will improve overall safety of the highway. “This passing lane on Highway 16 will provide much safer opportunities for commercial and personal traffic to pass other vehicles on this busy stretch of highway,” Rustad said in a press release. Construction of the new passing lane is slated to be finished by September 2014.

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The Vanderhoof Children’s Theatre (VCT) is in the last stages of preparation as they prepare to travel all the way to Disneyland in California on July 9. The VCT has been fundraising for the trip for ten months in order

to raise the over $80,000 necessary to fly 40 people, 28 of them kids, to California. The purpose of the international trip is to attend theatre workshops that take place year round at Disneyland. The idea to travel to Disneyland came from Richard Wruth one night while relaxing poolside

after a performance in Kelowna and wondering when they would get to make another trip. “I said well what about Disneyland? They offer workshops for groups like ours,” Wruth said. Other parents involved with the VCT liked the idea and the trip planning began. Group members will leave on the 9 and return on the 17.

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Progressive Employment Services An action plan for the labour market Just one of the many valuable services provided by Progressive Employment Services supports both job seekers and employers in a new and innovative way. Workers On Call is an enhanced service designed to help connect employers with workers for short-term assignments. Shelley Froese, Workers On Call coordinator, acts as a liaison between employers and clients saving employers time and money by giving them access to an existing database of workers. Clients submit their resume and sign a consent form allowing potential employers to view their information. When employers have a short-term employment need they simply submit a Worker Request Form giving details such as position,

duration, qualifications, pay, equipment required, etc. The coordinator then shares resumes that meet the required qualifications with the employer and provides any assistance needed to help make the match. Finding an appropriate candidate, the employer may proceed to make the hire. Once the short-term employment is finished, the coordinator follows up with the employer to gather feedback and continues to make periodic contact with the clients to ensure that they are still available for work and that their resumes are up to date. Call 250-567-5785 (toll free at 866-567-7375) or stop into our office at 139 First Street East, Vanderhoof for more information or to see how the Worker’s on Call program could help you!

Workers On Call Project The Workers On Call project is an enhanced service offered by the Vanderhoof WorkBC Employment Services Center to help connect employers with workers for short-term employment. Participants benefit by having the opportunity to showcase their skills to employers through short-term work assignments. For more information or to submit your resume, drop by our office Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We are located at 139 First Street East.

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Canada — a great country develops from many differing backgrounds Black Press July 1 was Canada’s 147th birthday. This country now has a lengthy history as an independent nation. For most of the past 147 years, Canada has been respectful of other countries and of its wide variety of people, who come from widely disparate backgrounds and traditions. There are some significant exceptions however, which must be stated up front. Canada has done a generally poor job in maintaining good relations with the aboriginal people who were here before any immigrants came from offshore. For the first 100 years of our independence, there were ongoing efforts to assimilate them, take away their land, unique cultures and heritage, and subjugate them. This was a holdover of the British approach to colonialism, and was actually quite similar to what the British attempted in other parts of the world. It is only in recent years that more Canadians have started to appreciate the unique perspective that First Nations people bring to this country. Here in B.C., where we have a wide variety of very different First Nations groups, most of whom have no treaties, First Nations issues are front and centre, as was demonstrated on Thursday by a Supreme Court of Canada decision on aboriginal title, brought forward by the Tsilhqot’in Nation. Thankfully, the relationship in Langley between the community at large and our two First Nations, the Kwantlen and Katzie, is generally positive and is one of mutual respect. The other blot on our history comes in the treatment of Asians, particularly the Japanese during the Second World War. While there have been apologies and financial settlements, that aspect of our history is a shameful one — as were the discriminatory tactics used to keep out prospective immigrants from China and India. What Canada does do well, however, is to learn from our past mistakes. This country has always been a grouping of very different people. In 1867, it was the aboriginal people, those of French background, and those of British background, including descendants of former Americans who disagreed with the American Revolution. Since that time, people came to help populate the wide-open spaces in the country, and they have come from all over the world. At first, most came from Europe and the United States. There were also early The Omineca Express is published every Wednesday in Vanderhoof by Black Press Ltd. Publisher: Pam Berger advertising@ominecaexpress.com Reporter: Jesse Cole newsroom@ominecaexpress.com

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settlers of Chinese and Japanese backgrounds. In the past 50 years, the doors have been opened wider for people from all over — although it is still difficult to come here (even as a vis-

itor) from a poorer country, something Canada needs to consider more deeply and thoughtfully. Together, these diverse peoples have forged a country respectful of religions, traditions and cultures;

committed to fight injustices; economically strong and well-positioned — and one of the best places in the world to live. Happy Birthday, Canada.

Three arrested, drugs and cash seized On Saturday June 21st, 2014, members of the Prince George RCMP’s Crime Reduction Team arrested three men after they observed what appeared to be a drug transaction in the parking lot of a local restaurant on Central Street in the City. The 45 year old male driver was found in possession of more than an ounce of crack cocaine, more than an ounce of methamphetamine, and numerous pre-packaged flaps of heroin. The 22 year old male passenger was found in possession of a significant amount of cash. A 29 year old Prince George resident formerly from Quesnel was located inside the restaurant in possession of a large amount of cash and five cellular telephones. Police have released two of the men by way of Promise to Appear documents and will be forwarding a number of drug related charges to Federal Crown Counsel. One man was released without charge, al-

though charges are being contemplated pending further investigation. The Prince George RCMP is committed to enforcement and prevention initiatives that combat the possession and sale of drugs in the community. It is through these types of proactive investigations that criminal drug activity is effectively reduced. If you have any information about illegal drug activity in the Prince George area, please contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1(800)222-8477, online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca (English only), or Text-A-Tip to CRIMES (274637) using keyword “pgtips”. You do not have to reveal your identity to Crime Stoppers. If you provide information that leads to an arrest or the recovery of stolen property or the seizure of illicit drugs, you could be eligible for a cash reward.

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The N.V.S.S. DRY GRAD committee 2014 and the N.V.S.S. 2014 Grads would like to thank the following people and businesses for their donations, involvement and support. Our event was a great success and wouldn’t have been with out your contributions. It is said: “It takes a village to raise a child.” This village certainly helped raise ours! Thank you. THANK YOU: Scotts Foods Wallace Studios J and S The Village Inn North Country Inn 7-11 Pagoda Restaurant Tim Horton’s Woody’s Bakery Extra Food Vanderhoof CO-OP PJ Collison P + H supplies Omineca Source for Sports Rexall Drugs The Rose Bowl Wish Day Spa TinToh Logging Saikuz First Nation Scrap it The Satellite Guy Kal Tire Home Hardware NAPA M4

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light and coloured lasers in the thorough examination of the premises. Shown a booklet of photographs taken by Cpl. Kimberley Tremblay (she testified earlier in the week), Took told the court he took measurements at the scene of all the rooms, made sketches of both floors of the house and later made them into computer generated diagrams. The officer said they used white light, bright forensic light, ultraviolet and blue lights, forensic lasers, all different colours “as you see on T.V.” By darkening the room and using different light techniques and special goggles, it is possible to “better see things” without the distractions, he said. The same approach was used upstairs and downstairs, he testified. “[We] searched every room and every surface of that residence.”

Samples were taken to test for the potential of any blood evidence, in some cases taking cuttings of carpet, he said.

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lawyer James Heller referred Hansen to an interview he had given an RCMP colleague about Stuchenko after her body was discovered. He agreed he’d told the officer that Stuchenko was usually talkative and outgoing but on this final occasion was not. “You knew she was a drug user?” asked Heller. “Not directly … but I assumed so,” said Hansen. “The last time you saw her, she wasn’t herself so to speak?” Hansen agreed she was not. In other testimony heard Thursday, RCMP. Sgt. John Took, a forensic identification specialist, described his involvement in an April 13-16, 2011 search of a Carney Street dwelling where an earlier witness said he first met Legebokoff (he was not named as a tenant). The officer said he and his team used white

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Alleged killer Cody Alan Legebokoff (left) and victim Jill Stuchenko (right).

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Testifying at a B.C. Supreme Court trial Thursday afternoon, an RCMP officer regularly on the beat in downtown Prince George said he saw and spoke with murder victim Jill Stuchenko, 35, for the last time in October 2009. RCMP Const. Mike Hansen, a member in Prince George since 1995, said he’d known Stuchenko for several years but had not seen her for some time when he noticed her on Oct. 9, 2009 in the early evening, walking near Queensway. Her remains were found in a gravel pit off Otway Road on Oct. 26, 2009. The two had a threeto five-minute “short conversation”, he said, adding she was making her way on foot heading towards Victoria Street. Cody Alan Legebokoff, 24, is charged with the murders of Stuchenko and three other area women, Loren Leslie, Cynthia Maas and Natasha Montgomery. His trial, before a 14-person jury, began June 2. Asked how he knew Stuchenko, the officer said she was “one of the street workers.” He usually saw her in the vicinity of Juniper Street and the VLA area on streets such as Pine and Oak, he said. During cross examination, defence

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (NECHAKO LAKES) NOTICE OF SUMMER OFFICE CLOSURE July 7, 2014 - August 15, 2014 The School District Administration Office at 153 E. Connaught Street in Vanderhoof will close to the public at 4:30 pm on Friday, July 4, 2014, and will re-open at 8:30 am on Monday, August 18, 2014.

The proposed natural gas pipeline is approximately 260 kilometres in length starting in the community of Groundbirch, B.C. – 35 km west of Dawson Creek – extending to the community of Summit Lake – 42 km north of Prince George, B.C. The proposed project will safely deliver natural gas to the existing NGTL System and will create opportunities for local and Aboriginal businesses and annual property tax revenues. Prince George Room 208 Prince George Civic Centre, 808 Canada Games Way Date: July 8, 2014 Time: 5 – 8 p.m. Bear Lake Bear Lake Community Centre, 461 Hart Lake Road Date: July 9, 2014 Time: 5 – 8 p.m.

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Prairiedale School was one of the oldest schools in the Nechako region. This year Prairiedale closed its doors for good after nearly a century in operation. The now defunct school opened in 1924 and is the subject of a new retrospective book titled Prairiedale: The Little School that Was. The book was put together by Myrna Bailey, a former custodian of Prairiedale. “I was very tearyeyed about the school closing,” Bailey said. “Five generations of families have gone through the school.” Prairiedale’s closure comes after a decline in students throughout the region. Bailey says she believes the school is being closed because of a need to increase the number of students attending schools in downtown Vanderhoof. “The schools in town are low on students so they want to fill them up.” The response to Bailey’s retrospective has been overwhelming. She has seen financial support from the school district which helped to cover printing costs. Dozens of former students and faculty also contributed content to the book. It’s not just the students and alumni that are getting teary-eyed over the school’s closure, but the faculty too, “some of the teachers have been there for over 20 years,” Bailey said. Bailey says that this book really is more than just a history of a school, but is rather a history of the Prairiedale area all together. “There are so many stories to be told about it.” All proceeds from books sales will go to a bursary fund given out to Alumni of Prairiedale. The bursary will be active until 2026, when the last Prairiedale students graduate from high school.

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