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Construction workers Brian Linden and Reg Campbell work on the foundation of the Houston water treatment plant. The primary contractor is Canadian Western Mechanical. They will finish the foundation this week, and the pre-made building will arrive on trucks in Houston at the end of August. The project is planned to be complete by the beginning of October.
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A p a c h e Corporation is going to drop the Kitimat LNG project entirely, leaving Chevron as the sole proponent of the project for the moment. Apache didn’t indicate when the exit would occur in their second quarter financial report. “Consistent with the company’s ongoing repositioning for profitable and repeatable North American onshore growth, Apache intends to completely exit the Wheatstone and Kitimat LNG projects,” said their repot. Wheatstone LNG is an Australian-based liquefied natural gas project. Kitimat LNG has all of its required permits and licences but has been undergoing a lengthy front-end engineering and design study which would fi-
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nalize a price tag and move the company towards making a final investment decision. Media reports had indicated Apache was under pressure by investors to leave Kitimat LNG, and the company had indicated they were interested in reducing their 50 per cent stake in the Kitimat-based LNG project. A p a c h e spokesperson Paul Wyke said the company wasn’t providing more details other than what was included in their financial report. See PIPE on Page 3
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Apache spent $339 million on LNG PIPE from Page 1 Their financial reports show Apache has spent $339 million on Kitimat LNG so far in 2014, $183 million in the first quarter and $155 million in the second. Between Kitimat LNG and Wheatstone the company has spent $894 million so far in the year. We contacted
Chevron for comment about this announcement however the company said they had no comment at that time about what it would mean for their operations. Media report statements from Chevron Vice Chairman George Kirkland, from a conference call
with analysts, who indicates the company is unconcerned with the Apache departure and that the company will move to find new partners in the project. In a conference call to investors Apache CEO Steven Farris confirmed the company’s earlier statement of its intention to full leave the Kitimat LNG
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t’s hot. There’s no doubt summer has arrived in earnest this week, sending temperatures near record levels across the region. Many of us have sought solace as we can. Snapping up fans and mini air conditioners off the shelves. Heading to the beach or the local outdoor pool. Heck, even dipping our feet in a bucket full of ice water. Whatever works. Some of us are lucky enough to get out of town for a while, camping or holidaying near the ocean or a lake where we can cool off. The rest of us, those in town out of choice or necessity, may be tied to our usual routines and responsibilities. If possible, this is a good time to break out a little. Forget the routines, let the dishes wait, put the projects around the house on hold. This kind of weather is only here for a brief stretch. We’ll be back to wet and cool before we know it. By drinking our fill of what we’ve been given today, we might—just possibly—be a little more able to savour those romantic, drizzly West Coast days that come in earnest by November. Head down to the beach with a basket of food and a blanket after work to savour the sunset. Invite some friends over for a barbecue, or meet them in one of our fantastic local parks for a picnic. Do whatever strikes your fancy. Summer’s here. Embrace it. - Black Press
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A reminder to drive safe I was pulled over for suspected drunk driving last Friday night. Luckily I wasn’t drunk. I had just exited off the highway around 11 p.m. on my way home from the gas station with milk, pancake mix and syrup and was less than five minutes from my house when I saw the flashing lights behind me. I pulled over and accidentally drove up on the curb. I then sat there, waiting for the police officer to come to my window, hoping whomever it was would be in a forgiving mood. “I’m sorry,” I said when he approached. “Was I driving too fast?” “Yes you were,” he replied. “You were driving erratically and you didn’t have your lights on either.” I excitedly told him I had a new vehicle and the lights that came on automatically from the inside made it seem like they were on
outside as well. I then tried to explain my bad driving. “Have you had anything to drink tonight?” he asked shining a flashlight in my face and seemingly sniffing my breath. “No,” I said quickly. “Are you sure about that?” he asked. As I thought about it I recalled all the times I’ve heard that you should just say no to that question no matter what the truth is. “Well,” I replied pausing, trying to remember the exact events of my busy evening. “There was this one drink. But that was a long time ago.” “Based on what I’ve seen I’m going to need you to get out of the vehicle,” he said after a few more questions. He asked me to get rid of my gum and take a sobriety test. I suddenly felt stressed. I knew I only drank one Mike’s Hard Lemonade at
my friend’s pool party, and that was over two hours earlier, but I worried because I hadn’t eaten anything all night. Standing on the side of the road with him and another officer we waited for a third cop to show up with the breathalyzer. As we waited I talked. And the more I talked the more drunk I seemed. Even to myself. “Have you ever taken a sobriety test before?” Constable Arpink asked. “Yes,” I answered enthusiastically. And then I stupidly told him how hammered I got pounding back drink after drink and blowing into the breath-taking device for a CTV News story years ago when the lower alcohol level laws were first implemented. I could tell I wasn’t making much sense. Especially since I’d just told them I never drink. “Are you sure you only had one?”
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he asked. “People sometimes lie to us. If you’ve consumed anything in the last 15 minutes you need to tell us because it could affect the results of your test.” “It was definitely over two hours ago I had that one drink,” I said trying to sound like a normal person. “Let’s do this thing.” After the breathalyzer finally arrived and I blew into it, Constable Arpink looked at the results with a surprised expression. “What did I blow?” I asked like an hyper little kid wanting to know the results of their grade two math exam. “You’re fine,” he replied with a sideways smirk. “You can get back in your vehicle and wait.” As I sat there I felt incredibly grateful that I hadn’t had more than one drink and then gotten behind the wheel like I would have done when I
On a brighter note Lori Welbourne was younger. I also thought about how much I didn’t want to get a fine for speeding or driving with my lights off, but I was okay with whatever my penalty would be. Fortunately for me, I got off with a written warning. Immensely relieved, I promised to turn my lights on, do the speed limit and drive my potentially fatal four thousand pound beast a lot more responsibly. I couldn’t promise not to seem drunk though. I’m too old to be changing my personality now.
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By Jackie Lieuwen
Brianne Horning Lifeguard
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“It’s been good. Busy. Tons of kids and families coming in, and lots of visitors from out of town. We’re looking forward to the kids triathlon coming up.”
“There’s been a great turn out for swimming lessons. With all the nice weather and people spending a lot of time outside at lakes and rivers, it’s good to see parents bringing their kids to learn water safety. Our busyness depends on the weather, so it’s always up and down.”
“Lessons have been going very successfully. Junior lifeguarding is great - kids love it! Aquafit has been pretty steady in the mornings, and we might start up the evenings in the fall again depending on interest. Public swim has been fairly steady throughout the day.”
Forest fire bills piling up in B.C.
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Fire at Eutsuk Lake in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park consumes forest interspersed with beetle-killed pine trees. The B.C. government is spending $3.5 million a day to fight forest fires
around the province, with the total for the year past $106 million and headed higher.
The government is bracing for bills that could reach $250 million by the
end of the summer, depending on weather and the number of fires that threaten
homes. B.C. has brought in firefighters from Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick,
and issued several evacuation orders by the mid-point of the summer season. Finance Minister Mike de Jong asked for B.C. residents to take all possible precautions and observe campfire bans through August. About 40 per cent of B.C. forest fires are human caused, with most of the rest started by lightning strikes. Forest fire spending is already approaching totals for the last two years. Highs in the past decade are $382 million in 2009 and $371 million in 2003, when fires damaged Kelowna and Barriere. “The possibility of the fire season
B.C. Views Tom Fletcher consuming a quarter billion tax dollars is real,” de Jong said. “Whilst there is no issue about spending the money, it has to come from somewhere, so that’s a cost item that’s looking like it will be considerably more than what had been hoped for.”
$40 a day for parents if BCTF strike drags on By Tom Fletcher Black Press
If the teacher strike isn’t settled by September, the B.C. government will use the payroll savings to pay $40 per missed school day to parents of children under 13, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said Thursday. Negotiations with the B.C. Teachers’
Federation will start Aug. 8. A two-week strike in June cost the province’s 40,000 public school teachers $12 million a day in salary. That’s the estimated cost of the support program aimed to go to tutoring or daycare for younger children if they can’t go to school. De Jong said older children don’t require as much supervision,
and have online options to maintain their studies if the labour dispute takes more instructional time away. The amount was chosen to compensate families of 300,000 children up to age 12 in public school at no net cost to the provincial budget. Parents would have to register online to be eligible for compensation, to be
paid by October. De Jong said there are five weeks remaining in the summer break for most public schools to reach a settlement with the BCTF, and he hopes the program won’t be needed. BCTF president Jim Iker termed the move “a blatant and divisive attempt to prolong disruption in B.C. schools”
and renewed his call for a mediator to help bridge the differences between the government and the union. Education Minister Peter Fassbender and school district negotiators say the BCTF’s contract demands are far out of step with other unions, particularly on increased classroom preparation time and other benefit
improvements. The long-running dispute over class size and special needs support is headed back to court this fall. De Jong reiterated that there is no plan to recall the B.C. legislature before a fall session scheduled to begin Oct. 6. He said the history of imposed of settlements on the BCTF may have contributed to the chronic
failure to negotiate agreements with the union. NDP education critic Rob Fleming called the announcement a “trial balloon” that suggests the dispute may be months away from resolution. “I think parents are going to look at this and say, ‘you know what, school is not daycare’,” Fleming said.
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Community Builder Featuring the stories and spirit of the local people
Houston’s Amanda Sjoden competing in international triathlon
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ompeting against athletes from across the world wasn’t something she saw coming. Houston-born Amanda Sjoden started her athletic career just two years ago, and was invited to the worldqualifiers in June last year after running only four races. Now she’s training for her eighth race: the World Colourorganized Logo File Triathlon Grand Finals in Edmonton, by the International Triathlon Union. She will take on the olympic-level race September
1, swimming 1.5 kilometres, biking 40 kilometres, and running 10 kilometres against athletes from across the world. Asked how she feels gearing up to the race, Amanda said it’s unreal. “It’s neat to represent your country. You feel proud.” Getting her Canada jersey was a big motivation to train really hard, she said. “You want to do your country proud… the world is watching, like literally the world is watching.” Amanda gets up at 4:30 a.m. “at the latest” to train. Her husband Tristan is her coach since he “grew up
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in the race world,” competing in cross country skiing in Houston when he was a boy. Tristan researches, makes her training schedule and finds races for her to compete in. Amanda’s spends between 6 and 12 hours per week on training, with each day bringing something different. One day she does an hour run and sprints, the next day a twohour bike, and the next an hour swim and an hour run. “I like triathlon because every day I get to do something new,” Amanda said. Finishing her training by 7 a.m., Amanda steps out of her athletic shoes and into her Mom and teacher shoes. She substitute teaches almost every day at different classes and schools, and spends the rest of her time with her family. With an eight-year-old son and daughters six and four, Amanda is busy, and says she’s taking her athletics one step at a time. “I have three kids too, so I’m still keeping it fun. It’s my way to stay motivated… I want to see where it takes me, and hopefully show my kids what hard work can do,” she said. Amanda has always been active, and used to train by pulling her kids in her bike or running with a stroller to the water park or other activities that her kids could enjoy. One time she did a 24 kilometre run to bring her kids to the Spray Park in Lethbridge where she lived. “I’d run them all the way there, they’d play there, and then I’d run all the way home,” she said. Amanda’s first race was a Mothers Day present from her husband Tristan. He told her he signed her up as a gift because she always talked about competing. “My husband is definitely the big support,” she said when talking about the world competitions coming up. Her kids have also been great little supporters, shouting “Go Mommy, go!” as she trains in the front yard. “They’re so supportive. They come around with me everywhere,” she said. “I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them.”
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barely making it with the players they had last year.
They’re disappointed, Brienen said, but hoping to be back
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have CIHL teams to hit the ice next season as well, Brienen said.
Leisure Facility hosts kids triathlon By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
Competing in a kids triathlon might be just the cure for summer boredom. The Houston Leisure Facility is running a triathlon August 9 for all kids ages four to fourteen.
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Short on players, the Houston Luckies dropped out of the CIHL season this year. “We just didn’t feel that we had enough players this year,” said Luckies President Shane Brienen. The executive made the decision at the preseason meeting, after attempts to pull together a team repeatedly failed. Brienen says no new players were coming in, a few older players weren’t sure if they would play, and two players were gone to trades school. “We really would have liked to play this year, but we didn’t want to let the league down either with not being able to make the road games,” he said, adding that they were
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The competitors will start out in the pool with a 20 to 300 metre swim, and then jump onto their bikes for a race around a 1.5 to 4 kilometre track. Finally, they will hop off their bikes and race 1 to 3.3 kilometres to the
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I was with a friend, waiting for his appointment at the radiation department. There were many people there, some were obviously very sad. Some were discouraged, and distraught. One was sitting in his wheelchair, very thin and muttering curses as he waited for his treatment. Another said he had lost over 50 pounds in a month and a half. It was tough to see the disappointment on people’s faces. Life had not worked out as planned. Disease had entered into the picture, threatening to consume the very life we hold so dearly. Many plans for the future were shattered. There were questions that came up. Would the treatment work? Would the cancer be eradicated or would it come back? Would one feel better after the radiation or would it make it worse? If I die, what will happen to me, to our loved ones? There were others in the room that I am sure had many of the same questions, yet they were very optimistic, even though they knew if the cancer continued to grow, they would die. They knew there was a bigger plan. They knew they and their loved ones were in the hands of the God they trusted in, no matter what happened to them. They knew, even if they died, they had a place in heaven prepared for them. There would be no cancer there, no sickness, no death, no pain or sorrow. In conversation with these people, they expressed the reason for their optimism was that they had a faith in Jesus Christ and he would be with them through whatever would happen in their life, good or bad, even in death. One morning, before his treatment, my friend and I were reading the following verses from the Bible. “Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? ….. No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow – not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or on the earth below – indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35,37-39 NLT This reality, this confidence can only be ours as we surrender in faith to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Submitted by Ken Penner
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Weighing the value of herbicides in the fight against weeds By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
Are herbicides valuable or dangerous? Buck Flats resident Laurie Fabian says there is never a time to spray herbicides. “Under no circumstances,” she said. “It goes into our watershed.” F a b i a n ’ s frustration arose after a contractor sprayed Field Scabious with Milestone (Aminopyralid) on
the Buck Flats Road right of way. “I live on a flood plain. The water table is 1.5 feet below surface,” she said. “Milestone is residual in the soil… the water level comes up every spring.” Milestone is a fairly new herbicide that kills all broadleaf plants but not grasses and was approved by Health Canada in 2006. The Milestone Fact Sheet says it has low toxicity to birds, fish,
mammals and aquatic invertebrates because it has a surface water breakdown of less than 24 hours and a very low application rate so less chemical is needed. Because of that, people can spray right up to the water’s edge, though the B.C. Government requires a 10 metre buffer on all crown land, said Andrea Easton, Field Coordinator with the Northwest Invasive Plant Council (NWIPC).
Milestone has been tested in water and its effect was “not much of anything,” she said. “Its not toxic to fish, but it probably could kill some aquatic plants.” Because herbicides are designed to kill plants and attack plant systems like photosynthesis, most are safe for people, Easton said. “We don’t metabolize them.” Milestone is residual in the soil for up to two years, and
to Easton that is a benefit, as it controls weeds for longer and saves time and money. She views the work they do and weed spraying as protecting the natural environment and native species. “We’re environmentalists, which is why we don’t want the invasive plants taking over,” she said. But Fabian doesn’t like it, as it kills other broadleaf plants like willows, aspen and strawberries and has
some long-term effects that are unknown. “What will it do when it mixes with with the arsenic, calcium, and iron that are already in our water?” she asked. And if it gets in the water, it will affect people’s gardens, and down the road, how might it contaminate and affect the plants or beef we eat? she added. “Why not use goats? … You have to work with nature to nurture the land and
people.” Easton said Field Scabious nutrition is comparable to alfalfa for livestock, and they tried to get people to use targeted grazing, but people didn’t buy into it. But it’s still another tool for farmers, she said. For more about invasive weeds, see nwipc.org. Check out the Health Canada information on herbicides at hc-sc. gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/ index-eng.php.
Changing fight strategy for Buck Flats weeds By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
Buck Flats Road has an infested area, called a Containment Zone by the Northwest Invasive Plant Council Over 16 kilometres Left is a photo of a dying Field Scabious plant, sprayed with Milestone on Buck Flats Road. Field Scabious normally has light-purple flowers and is considered an invasive plant because it takes over areas and can knock out native plant species. Photo by Jackie Lieuwen/ Houston Today
between the two Buck Flats bridges are infested with a noxious weed known as Field Scabious. Field Scabious is a tall, tap-rooted perennial with lightpurple flowers, considered noxious by the Ministries of Forests & Agriculture because of how it invades areas and knocks out native species. “It just doesn’t let anything else grow. It totally takes over,” said Andrea Easton, Field Coordinator with the Northwest Invasive Plant Council (NWIPC).
If natural plants are replaced with Field Scabious or another noxious weed, it changes the habitat for everything, and we tend to lose the natural populations of bugs, birds and animals, she said. “It’s an ecosystem changer… One good thing is Field Scabious is not actually toxic to cattle like some other invasive weeds.” The NWIPC is changing their containment strategy in the Buck Flats Containment Zone. The old plan was a containment polygon (zone), with
little or no resources spent on treatment within the zone, but guarding the outskirts of the zone to keep it from spreading. The NWIPC would then slowly treat the sites on the perimeter to shrink the zone until it was manageable. But Buck Creek runs north through the area, flooding in in the spring and spreading seeds downstream each year, so Easton says the plan wasn’t working. They’re trying a new strategy to keep Field Scabious from infesting the whole Skeena watershed.
Phase one is getting an accurate inventory of the area and digging or using herbicides to kill the Field Scabious on the roadsides in order to avoid spread by traffic and mowers from the Ministry of Transportation. “A lot of the locals can see that what we’re doing is different, so this is why,” Easton said. Membership on the NWIPC is free for the public, and members then give input and assist in developing the strategies. Go to nwipc.org for more.
Educating communities against unwanted nuisances By Steven Maisey Black Press
The B.C. Government is working to raise awareness of the economical and environmental damage that invasive plants and animals can cause communities. They proclaimed the second week of June as the Invasive Species Week. Since 2012 the provincial government has provided the Invasive Species Council of B.C. $2.1 million to help prevent aquatic species from entering B.C., as well as to support public awareness programs. Along with the $2.1 million provided to the Invasive Species Council of B.C., the provincial government, last month, announced that $1.6 million in invasive
plant grants have been awarded to 29 regional districts, municipalities and invasive species organizations, which includes the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) That money is in addition to the $809,000 that the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has set aside for invasive plant control and management in 2014 and 2015. The RDBN has its own Invasive Plant Management Program which is administered by its Environmental Services Department. As well, the RDBN is a member of the Northwest Invasive Plant Council (NWIPC), which since 2005 has been conducted using a single agency approach.
“Various organizations including the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, municipalities, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, BC Hydro and others, contribute funding to the NWIPC,” said Carolynn Lane, Sustainability Assistant for the RDBN. “The contributed monies are managed using a partnership delivery model to achieve on the ground control of invasive plants on each jurisdiction, as well as public awareness, inventory and assessments. On the ground treatments and inventory are conducted by contractors in each Invasive Plant Management Area.” The NWIPC cov-
ers the area from Valemount to Haida Gwaii and north to the Yukon border, excluding the Peace Region. Invasive plant programs are designed to identify areas where invasive plant species are growing and rapidly contain and eradicate the area. The top three invasive plant species in the Houston area are (1) Mountain Bluet, which is highly invasive and displaces natural vegetation, (2) Common Tansy, which may be toxic to cattle and displaces natural vegetation, and (3) Field Scabious, which competes with forage stands and native pastures causing decline in hay production. The RDBN has a Landowner Rebate Program where locals can apply for a rebate
on the extraction of invasive species in their home gardens. This money is set aside by the NWIPC for each member. The applicant’s jurisdiction depends on the maximum amount that they could be refunded for the cost. Houston residents can receive up to a $500 rebate if their application is accepted. Along with concern over invasive plant species, the week targeted the education of harmful aquatic invasive species. This focused mainly on the potential to transport these species by recreational boaters. The Invasive Species Council of B.C. programs, such as the ‘Clean, Drain, Dry’ program target
the education of recreational boaters. This program encourages boaters to clean, drain and dry and equipment, boats, motors, trailers, bait buckets and pets of aquatic debris before leaving a lake or body of water. In 2012, the alien species regulations were amended to require the boat and equipment cleaning, in order to prevent the spread of species such as quagga mussels. Those who fail to do so face fines of up to $100,000. Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Steve Thomson encourages British Columbians to educate themselves about these species. “During Invasive Species Week, I encourage British
Columbians to learn more about these damaging plants and animals and actions that anyone can take to limit their spread,” Thomson said. “I encourage citizens to use the ReportA-Weed app, and I encourage boat owners to ensure they clean, drain and dry their boats before launching in B.C.’s lakes and rivers.” The Regional District of BulkleyNechako encourages anyone that sees invasive plants to call the Northwest Invasive Plant Council’s hotline at 1-866-44WEEDS (93337). Boaters can learn more about the ‘Clean, Drain, Dry’ program from the Invasive Species Council of B.C. at www.bcinvas ive s. c a / p rog r a m s / aquatics.
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Pursuant to section 26 of the Community Charter, the Village of Granisle gives notice of its intention to sell, and to seek proposals from the public to purchase, fee simple title to the land and improvements located at #8 Hawthorne Avenue, legally described as Parcel Identifier: 010-097-571, Lot 3 Block 10 District Lot 7890 Range 5 Coast District Plan 6108 Except Plan 6692. The subject property is approximately is currently zoned R2 – Multi Family Residential. The property contains a 6 unit apartment building. The purchaser will be required to grant a covenant in favour of the Village agreeing to renovate or demolish the apartment building within two years of the transfer, and will be required to grant the Village an option to repurchase the land for 90% of the purchase price if these renovations or demolition are not substantially complete within two years. The purchaser will be required to pay the costs of the transfer. For clarity, this invitation to submit offers does not constitute a tender and no contractual obligations of any kind shall arise between the Village and an Offeror pursuant to this invitation. The Village reserves the right to accept any offer or reject any or all offers. If no offers are received by the closing date listed below, the Village reserves the right to consider any offers received after the closing date. All offers must be delivered in a sealed envelope and clearly marked “OFFER TO PURCHASE - #8 HAWTHORNE AVENUE” to the Village of Granisle at the Village Office, #1 Village Square, McDonald Avenue, Granisle, B.C. V0J 1W0, Attention: CAO, no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2014. Sealed offers will be opened at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 15, 2014 at the Village Office. Any questions regarding this property disposition may be directed to Sharon Smith, Chief Administrative Officer, Village of Granisle, #1 Village Square, McDonald Avenue, Granisle, B.C. V0J 1W0 (Phone: 250-697-2248, or email: ssmith@villageofgranisle.ca)
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