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TERRACE - Caledonia Senior Secondary school teachers Leanne Korving, Kelly Axelson and Patsy Chant, left to right, walk the picket lines outside the school the morning of Sept. 2. It was to have been the first official day of the new school year but a continuing contract dispute between teachers and public school districts means schools remain closed.

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TERRACE - A blockade by a group of Tahltan of a mine being built by Imperial Metals on Tahltan traditional territory has been lifted. Road access to the Red Chris copper and gold mine project is now open following a deal reached between Imperial and the Tahltan Central Council, the overall governing body of the Tahltan. Imperial will pay for a review of the Red Chris tailings pond design conducted by a company chosen by the Tahltan Central Council. The blockade, mounted by

a Tahltan group called the Klabona Keepers and others, went up Aug. 8 after worries were expressed about the Red Chris tailings pond after the pond at the Mount Polley mine in the Cariboo, also owned by Imperial, failed, pouring liquid into river systems. The Tahltan Central Council did not endorse the blockade but has been working to find a resolution. The $631 million project, which is employing Tahltan workers and Tahltan companies, is due to open the end of September. Construction is in the final stages as is a power line to the location. That line will connect the

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sult of the investigation was a 24 hour driving prohibtion. August 26 -Police observed a male breaching his conditions in the village of Kispiox. The male was arrested and released to appear in court. There have been numerous calls of bears in the Hazeltons and the villages. Conservation Number is 1-800-6639453 if you have a problem bear. The New Hazelton RCMP have Warrants to Arrest the following persons: Buddy Shanoss from Kispiox and Gerald Blackwater from Glen Vowell. If you have any information on these files or any others, call the New Hazelton RCMP (250-842-5244) or CRIMESTOPPERS, 1-800-222-8477.

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Kitimat teachers remain firm as they man the picket line By Cameron Orr THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

KITIMAT - Kitimat’s teachers are more resolved then ever as they face a potentially long haul in the ongoing labour dispute with the province. Kitimat District Teachers Association President Kim Meyer told the Kitimat Sentinel in Kitimat last week that she’s personally not optimistic that there will be school in the early part of September but is hopeful for a quick resolution. Kitimat’s teachers had returned to their picket lines last

week and were expected to be at full strength this week, the scheduled start of the new school year. “The resolve is still strong. There’s some hardship happening right now, we’re taking care of each other at the moment,” said Meyers. She said the reasons for picketing are larger than just local Kitimat issues. “This is all about the conditions in our classrooms,” she said, saying composition is Kitimat’s largest issue. “In Kitimat it’s all about composition, it’s all about the make up of our classes. They deterio-

rate more and more ever year. The resources are not there,” she said. “Our libraries are open maybe one day a week.” She said if the issue were simply a salary issue then the BC Teachers Federation membership wouldn’t have even taken a strike vote. She said her fingers are crossed for a speedy resolution but her gut is saying no school in early September at least. “I don’t see it happening, because the government is waiting for the teachers to move to them and we can’t go down to their level,” she said.

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TERRACE - Two more cases of fraudulent attempts to obtain money from unsuspecting victims have surfaced in the area. In one, which was reported to the RCMP, a woman, via the internet, was told she had won money. The woman was then asked to send a sum of her own money in order to collect her winnings, police report. “She sent money to claim her winnings, and did not receive any winnings because there were none in the first place,” the police report continued. “The fraudsters are now

threatening the woman if she doesn’t send more money.” In the second case, overseas fraudsters relied on a letter sent through the mail which, until email and online communications came along, was the traditional method of luring in people to commit a financial fraud crime against someone. It was sent to a local business by someone calling herself Nurul Abdul Karim from a financial institution called Maybank in Malaysia. Maybank does exist but the writer probably doesn’t for she says her husband, also a Maybank employee, found (US)$38 million in a bank vault ostensibly

belonging to a son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The person who actually deposited the money, the letter continues, has the same surname as the Terrace person to whom the letter was sent. The writer then proposes to share the money once the Terrace recipient fills out a number of forms. “Rest assured that this is 101 per cent risk free,” the letter states. Experts in uncovering attempts at fraud caution those who might be tempted to reveal personal financial information that if something sounds just too good to be true, than it usually is.

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NEW HAZELTON - New Hazelton RCMP responded to 83 calls during the period of Aug. 21-27. August 22- Police received a complaint from a male who stated he had been been assaulted by his cousin who jumped on his ankle and also broke his collar bone. Police are requesting a Warrant to arrest the accused. August 22- Police responded to a house fire on Highway 16. Moricetown Fire Services was in attendance when the police arrived. There were no injuries but unfortunately the home was destroyed by the fire. August 23- Police stopped a vehicle in the village of Gitanyow. The driver was investigated for impaired operation of a motor vehicle. The re-

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Port Edward to lose trailer park; residents face eviction By Shaun Thomas

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PORT EDWARD - Residents of the Port Edward trailer court have been given one year to vacate the premises, but those who live there vow to fight the eviction. The 12-month notices, form 31 of the Residential Tenancy Branch, were delivered on Aug. 22 by owners Stonecliff Properties following a prolonged dispute between the company and the Port Edward Manufactured Home Association. According to Stonecliff Properties, the evictions are the only option left as it looks to undertake necessary repairs. “The infrastructure has deteriorated to the point that it needs to be replaced,” said a spokesperson. “They won’t let us do any repairs. We need to get between every trailer and under every trailer and all we have asked is that they move boats and cars and they have refused,” said the spokesperson, alleging their staff have been threatened and their offices broken into. “We can’t do any more than we have done. We’ve even offered to buy the trailers from

them ... there are a number of people in the park we wish we could have done something with, but because of the bullying tactics of the tenant’s association people felt compelled to join. I wish we could have done more, but we just can’t.” But the tenants question the validity of the evictions. In particular, they point to a section of the notice which states the reason for the eviction is that, “the landlord has all necessary permits and approvals required by law and intends in good faith to convert all or a significant part of the manufactured home park to a non-residential use or a residential use other than a manufactured home park”. “There has been no public meeting to rezone the land ... we asked council if they gave Stonecliff the permits and they said no. We asked if they rezoned the property and they said no,” said resident Alice Kruta. “This is huge. We’re going to be pushing for an investigation into this.” However, Stonecliff said they don’t need to rezone the property as the plan is simply to shut the park down. “We’re not chang-

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The trailer park in Port Edward will be shutting down next year. ing the use, we’re just closing the park. You only need the permits if you’re changing the use,” said the company spokesperson, noting the cost to keep the park open is mounting. “We’re losing be-

tween $10,000 and $15,000 per month to keep it open and we have done everything we can.” Relations between Stonecliff and the tenants has been tumultuous since the compa-

ny purchased the land. Since then tenants have claimed the company was evicting residents for non-payment of rent and has been causing undue stress, with Kruta providing a doctor’s note stating letters she

has received are “significantly affecting her depression and anxiety levels”. However, Stonecliff said it has not served eviction notices to anyone and has only handed out 10-day notices to

pay required rent. And, the company claims, the tenants have shut down all communications. “We have asked the association for any communication to say what they want. We’ve told them ‘please tell me what meetings have been about or what you’re looking for’. They’re response has been ‘we don’t have to tell you anything’. And they have never asked us for anything ... they have never had any communications with us at all,” said the spokesperson, pointing to two public meetings the company hosted. However, that is a claim Kruta refutes. “We said, ‘let’s sit down and talk about your rules’ and they wanted nothing to do with that,” she said. As for the future of the park after the Aug. 31, 2015 evictions, Stonecliff said it is not sure what will happen with the site. “Stonecliff Properties is unsure of the future. What we are sure of is we can no longer afford to pay to keep the park open.” “I am really sorry about it, there is just nothing more we can do.”

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RCMP seek public’s assistance in locating B&E suspect By Shaun Thomas THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PRINCE RUPERT - Prince Rupert RCMP are turning to the public in hopes of identifying the suspect involved in a break and enter in mid-July. On July 20, members of the Prince Rupert RCMP responded to a complaint of a break and enter at the Hays Cove Petro Canada. The complainant reported witnessing two suspects fleeing the store on foot Const. Matt Ericson carrying what was believed to be cartons of cigarettes. A search of the area turned up empty, but video recorded the night of the incident shows one of the alleged suspects dressed all in black and wearing masks and gloves. While the face may not be identifiable, the suspect caught on video was wearing a unique jacket with military-type bars on the left sleeve and a distinct pattern on the front. “At this stage police have exhausted all avenues

“At this stage police have exhausted all avenues of investigation.”

of investigation and are looking to generate additional leads,” said Const. Matt Ericson of the Prince Rupert RCMP. “We are turning to the community for assistance identifying the suspect wearing this unique jacket. Anyone who recognizes this jacket is asked to call the RCMP or Crimestoppers.” Anyone with information regarding this ongoing investigation is asked to call the RCMP at 250627-0700 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

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Prince Rupert RCMP are hoping someone will identify the owner of the distinct jacket worn by the culprit of a break and enter at the Hays Cove Petro Canada back in July.

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Airport manager elaborates on future expansion plans, including a more streamlined security checkpoint By Cameron Orr THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

KITIMAT - The Kitimat-Terrace Regional Airport has a lot in store for the next 20 years, including a larger airplane parking area, more streamlined security and baggage check, and more room for waiting passengers. All that was part of airport manager Carman Hendry’s presentation to Kitimat’s council on August 25. Hendry was joined by Kitimat’s Ron Burnett, who serves as the airport society’s president. To give context to 20 years of planning, in 2013, airport passen-

gers rose 28 per cent in a year to 177,000 people. “If we were to look back 12 months from the end of July, we’d see 240,000, an increase of approximately 48 per cent.” The plan aims to stem some issues at the airport such as security screening. Future construction will allow bags to be checked and dropped off before going through the security line up. “There will no longer be any taking your checked bag and your carry on at the same time through the same line up,” he said. The holding room for passengers is also set to grow. Today the

“There will no longer be any taking your checked bag and your carry on at the same time through the same line up” Carman Hendry secured room can hold 81 seated passengers, and 120 total.

B.C. eyeing looser liquor penalties says. It adds the penalties must spur liquor violators to voluntary compliVICTORIA - The province is contem- ance and not be so low they’re merely plating changing how it punishes pubs, treated as a cost of doing business. restaurants and liquor stores that vioFines or suspensions get more late liquor rules that ban onerous with repeat ofover-serving and selling fences, potentially leadto minors. ing to licence cancellaBusiness owners have tions. asked government for a But a second offence more flexible penalty sysis only counted as such tem and a month-long onif it happens within 12 line consultation running months of the first one to Sept. 30 asks stake– after a year the slate is holders for input on the clean. options. One option is to inOne possibility to be crease that period to two explored is lower or highor three years, which er penalties. would put more presAccording to a govsure on repeat offenders ernment discussion paper whose subsequent penreleased Friday, B.C. penalties would be more sealties are stiffer than most B.C. Discussion Paper vere. other provinces. Another question asks “Decreasing penalif repeat offences should ties would bring Britbe fines rather than susish Columbia in closer pensions. alignment with the average among The consultation is in response to the provinces,” it says, noting govern- recommendations flowing from the liment must balance business hardship quor policy review headed by BC Liband the need for deterrence for public eral MLA John Yap. safety. “We have been asking for review A first offence for a B.C. liquor es- of the penalty schedule for a while,” tablishment typically means a one- to said Jeff Guignard, executive director three-day suspension for overcrowd- of the Alliance of Beverage Licensees, ing and 10 days or a $7,500 fine for which reprensents a broad spectrum selling to a minor (the first-offence of bars, stores and other liquor sellers. maximum is $10,000 and 15 days for He said a $7,000 fine for failing to serving minors.) check an ID could be a month of profit Alberta bars have a choice of pay- for a mom-and-pop rural liquor store ing a fine or serving a suspension in northern B.C., but negligible to a – which is one of the ideas up for con- big Vancouver bar. sideration – and most operators there Guignard also favours some choose the fine, which is typically mechanism to reward an outlet’s good $500 to $1,500 on a public safety first compliance over past years, perhaps offence. akin to how motorists with a long The stiffest penalties are in Ontar- crash-free record build up safe driving io, where suspensions of 21 days and discounts with ICBC. longer are are common. There were 13,415 inspections of Another issue is perceived unfair- liquor licensees last year, resulting in ness of the current system for different just under 400 contravention notices business types. or nearly three per cent of inspections. Food-primary outlets can keep But of those, less than half (171) led to on serving food during a suspension, enforcement action being taken. while liquor-primary bars and retail The discussion paper can be found stores must close entirely. at http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/lclb/ That raises the question of wheth- docs-forms/penalty-schedule-consuler fines are a better option, the paper tation.pd By Jeff Nagel

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“Decreasing penalties would bring British Columbia in closer alignment with the average among the provinces”

Beyond allowing for more aircraft and passengers, the road leading to the airport from the highway even have some plans. Notably is the idea of building a hotel along that strip, along with additional parking and a service station. The current parking lot allows for 340 cars and they have been clearing land to allow for 800 cars by Christmas. One big obstacle still in the way from their plans is the Canadian Border Services Agency, which so far, according to Hendry, have no interest in putting in a customs service at the airport.

“Today they’re just not interested in showing up at our airport but we will eventually convince them, with the help of Kitimat,” he said. The airport serves 10 flights daily to Vancouver and one to Prince George with connection to Calgary, he said. When asked about the subject of an airport transporter he said a company called Northwest Shuttle Service does currently service the airport to Terrace hotels, and that they are considering expanding to Prince Rupert and to Kitimat. He said Kitimat’s council may be hearing from that company in the near future.

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF KITIMAT-STIKINE 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTION

NOTICE OF NOMINATION PERIOD Public Notice is given to the electors of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine that a general election will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 to elect 1 Electoral Area Director for each of the 6 electoral areas for a term of four years on the Regional Board. The following are the 6 Electoral areas and a general description of the area in which it encompasses: Electoral Area “A” - Nass Valley and Meziadin Electoral Area “B” - Area around the Hazeltons Including Kispiox, Kitwanga, Two Mile and South Hazelton Electoral Area “C” - Area around the City of Terrace excluding Thornhill Includes Jackpine Flats, Lakelse Lake, Gossen, Kleanza, Usk and Rosswood New Remo, Old Remo, Kitsumkalum, Gitaus and Kitamaat Village Electoral Area “D” - Telegraph Creek, Bob Quinn and Iskut Electoral Area “E” - Thornhill Electoral Area “F” - Dease Lake and Area Nominations for qualified candidates will be received during regular office hours at the office of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, #300-4545 Lazelle Avenue, Terrace BC, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2014, and 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 10, 2014. Nomination documents are available at the office of the Regional District and on the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine website www.rdks.bc.ca NO NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 4:00 p.m. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria: • • • •

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LIST OF REGISTERED (RESIDENT) ELECTORS Beginning Tuesday, September 24, 2014, until close of general voting for the Election, a copy of the list of registered electors will, upon signature, be available for public inspection, at the offices of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory holidays. The list of registered electors has been produced on the basis of the Provincial List of Voters prepared under the Provincial Election Act.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the List of Registered Electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2014.An objection may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the Regional District electoral area and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears has died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the Regional District electoral area. Further information on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting the Regional District Office at 250-615-6100 or 1 (800) 663-3208 or the Chief Election Officer at 250-635-1907. Cathy Jackson, Chief Election Officer

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InternatIonal lIteracy Day, September 8, focuses attention on worldwide literacy needs. More than 780 million of the world’s adults do not know how to read or write. Try this Literacy Terrace quiz. Circle the correct word in each sentence. • I was out and missed/mist your telephone call. • She used whole wheat flower/flour to bake her cake. • The race is from here to their/there/they’re. • The thief wanted to steel/steal the sports car. • Are those your/you’re shoes? • They cooked a thick steak/stake on the barbeque.

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TERRACE - BC Recycling Ambassadors Tiffany (left) and Tori (right) were on the road this year promoting the aims and objectives of the province’s recycling industry. The pair visited the Terrace community during their 17 week province wide program to promote sustainable recycling practices.

Legion needs assistance By Ray Hallock

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TERRACE - September is upon us. Another summer passed and another winter coming What does this mean to Branch 13 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Terrace? It means regular events that had been suspended for the summer return. Friday steak nights on the first Friday of every month resume in September as do regular monthly general meetings on the second Tuesday of every month. The Legion in Terrace performs a valuable service to the community. Everyone is aware of the more public things we do. The Legion family barbecue during Riverboat Days is always well attended and all those people recognize the work of the few volunteers that cook those burgers and dole out those pops. The annual Legion parade is also organized by a dedicated Legion member volunteer. Legion steak night is another event familiar to many people in the community. This event has become so popular we have considered two seating’s to accommodate everyone. Steak night is shopped for, prepared and served by volunteer members. Many people have attended memorial services in our branch. The preparation for these events, including seating, table removal, sound setups, and sometimes food is done by Legion member volunteers. On Remembrance Day thousands of people turn out to the theatre and at the cenotaph for the services in memory of our fallen. Who coordinates and manages this event? Who manages the poppy campaign leading up to this event? That’s right. It is the same small group of dedicated Legion member volunteers.

Many members of our community are helped in more direct ways by the Legion through funds for emergencies and grants from our poppy fund. This too takes volunteer effort on the part of the branch members and executive committee. The day to day operations of the Legion are no different than those of any other business. We have a small number of paid staff but the rest of the functions including management, building maintenance; financial management, renovations etc are done by member volunteers. We provide motorized scooters and wheelchairs for members and veterans in need. We provide grants to local agencies from our poppy fund for equipment and/or renovations that will assist seniors and veterans. Last years campaign by the REM Lee Hospital Foundation received a $10,000 donation from our poppy fund. Again, all done by Legion member volunteers. Sounds like a lot of work? Sound like a lot of volunteers? The answer to question one is yes, it is a lot of work. The answer to question two is yes, it takes a lot of volunteers. Unfortunately we don’t have them. Joining the Legion is a wonderful thing. It speaks volumes to the character of those who do so, as they adopt the goals of service of the Legion to both veterans and the community. But simply joining is not enough. It will not fill the chairs of those volunteers needed to keep these events going. This takes work and that work takes committed volunteers. Come out to our September 9th General meeting at the branch at 7 p.m. and see how you can help your Legion continue its long tradition of service in our community. Ray Hallock is president of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 13.

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TRUSTEE ELECTION 2014 NOTICE OF NOMINATION PERIOD PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of the Coast Mountains Board of Education of School District 82 that a Trustee election will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 to elect trustees to represent The Board of Education of School District 82 (Coast Mountains) for a four year term (2014/2018 calendar years) as follows: Trustees (two) - Trustee Electoral Area 1 (Kitimat) (the District of Kitimat, Kitamaat Village, Kemano, Klemtu, Butedale, and Cable Car Subdivision). Trustees (two) - Trustee Electoral Area 2 (Terrace) (the City of Terrace, northeast area of Kitimat-Stikine Regional District including New Remo, Kalum Lake Drive and Rosswood). Trustee (one) - Trustee Electoral Area 3 (Thornhill) (Area E of Kitimat-Stikine Regional District and the South and East portion of Area C of the KitimatStikine Regional District including Copperside, Gossen, Kleanza, Lakelse Lake, Usk and Old Remo). Trustee (one) - Trustee Electoral Area 4 (Stewart/Meziadin) (the District of Stewart and Area A of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District). Trustees (one) - Trustee Electoral Area 5 (Hazelton) (the Village of Hazelton, District of New Hazelton, District of South Hazelton, Village of Kitwanga, Cedarvale and the Villages of Gitwangak, Gitanyow and Gitsegukla). NOMINATIONS FOR QUALIFIED CANDIDATES will be received during regular office hours from September 30, 2014 through October 10, 2014. NO NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 4:00 P.M. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014. NOMINATION DOCUMENTS: Available at the following locations during regular office hours. Terrace: Kitimat: New Hazelton: Hazelton: Stewart:

Board of Education Office: 3211 Kenney Street Municipal Office: 270 City Centre District Office: 3026 Bowser Street Village Office: 4310 Field Street Municipal Office: 705 Brightwell Street

QUALIFICATIONS: A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria: • Canadian citizen; • 18 years of age or older; • Resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; and • Not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election in British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding office. LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS A list of registered resident electors will be available for public inspection at the above listed offices, during regular business hours from September 30, 2014 until close of general voting for the Trustee election. The list of registered electors has been produced on the basis of the Provincial List of Voters prepared under the Provincial Election Act in all the areas except the District of Kitimat which use a Municipal Voters List.

For further information contact: (Ms.) Cathy Jackson (250-635-1907), Chief Elections Officer for: Coast Mountains Board of Education School District 82 3211 Kenney Street, Terrace, B.C. V8G 3E9 Tel. (250) 635-4931 or 1-855-635-4931 Local 4401 . Fax 1-888-290-4786 . www.cmsd.bc.ca

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Massive network of trails planned to surround Kaien Island By Kevin Campbell

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PRINCE RUPERT - The Prince Rupert Back-Country Society is looking to develop “a long-term trail network plan” to connect Prince Rupert with the surrounding area on Kaien Island for walking, hiking and biking usage. The ambitious plan, as outlined by secretary and treasurer of the Back-Country Society Steve Milum, is meant to be aligned with the City of Prince Rupert’s Quality of Life Community Plan. It will include six areas within its proposed construction, as reported in the Kaien Island Trail Plan Proposal developed by the board of directors. “We’re basically moving forward with it. We’ve got over half our funding in place and we’re waiting to hear back from a couple other potential partners,” said Milum. The first item is a trail route design “that serves the community at large that not only meets all property owner requirements but also makes them want to be a part of the initiative,” the society’s report states. Subsequent items include proposals for rest stops, points of interest, interpretive signage, brochures/maps, alternative activity junctions and marathon routes of various lengths as well as listing the benefits and potential liabilities to the building and usage of the trails. Other components that are part of the proposal seek out estimated costs for building and maintaining the trails, options for financing and

building the trail network and clarification on the rights and responsibilities for property owners and users. “Engagement has pretty high ... we’ve recently submitted several applications and we’ve been getting good responses so far [from potential fund providers],” said Milum. The biggest obstacles to these types of initiatives in the past, states the proposal, is the various stakeholders who have claim to the lands needed for the network and the costs associated with the plan. The Province of B.C., the federal government, corporations, First Nations groups and private owners all hold stake in the lands the group is interested in and the society recognizes the urgency they face with interested industry and investment corporations looking to purchase nearby property in the near future. “Our objective is not to simply claim valuable land before someone else does, but to designate some areas for community use so that other development can exist around these areas without conflict,” the proposal states. The society is looking to hire a consultant to assist with the negotiations and land-plotting needed to map the routes. The consulting firm will be chosen once the funding has been collected, stated Milum. The trail network has been devised into three routes: A main access route, for walking and cycling and two hiking routes – one with a higher difficulty level than the other. On the map to the right, the blue route indicates a low-difficul-

ty hiking trail, the yellow is a highdifficulty trail and the red is a main access route. The plan proposes to access the Butze Rapids hiking trail, the Oliver Lake picnic area, the Grassy Bay shoreline and the Galloway Rapids bridge from downtown Prince Rupert “without using the highway, main roads, sidewalks or shoulders”. The hiking trails extend through the higher elevation levels of Kaien Island to run a loop around Mount Hays. Milum and the board of directors expect the planning process of the project to cost $35,000 and to include 12 weeks to clear the hurdles necessary to transition to the public feedback stage. The society hopes to have all their funding in place and to start the work-plan by late September, which Milum said would enable the group to complete their rough-outlined 12-week feasibility process by the new year. The process would include route-finding, setting and flagging, meeting with any and all title-holders and stakeholders to overcome any issues or concerns they may have with building the network of trails, GPS mapping, drafting an archeology study and report and making revisions to the conclusive reports by the 12 weeks’ end. A final presentation would then be made to the public and media. A lack of land-based recreational activities, including a trail network and beachfront property due to industrial zoning, has been a topic of concern for residents in recent years.

Bridge temporarily re-opened By Martina Perry THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PRINCE RUPERT - The City of Prince Rupert is temporarily opening the 6th Avenue East bridge for an indefinite period of time until the remainder of upgrades can be completed. The bridge was closed on July 9 for repairs, originally scheduled to be completed in

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After years of volunteering, Kitimat couple retires south By Cameron Orr THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

KITIMAT - Dorothy and Max Cheyne, of Ocean Falls then Kitimat, will now be of Sydney by the Sea (just off of Victoria), but the family has set a foundation in Kitimat that won’t be forgotten. We spoke to Dorothy in greater detail than Max himself, who was content to have Dorothy handle their ‘PR’ as they prepared for their final departure last Thursday, August 28. Dorothy was enjoying a string of celebrations thrown for her from the Kitimat Hospital Auxiliary, and then the Kitimat Seniors group. Dorothy and Max first moved to Kitimat from Ocean Falls, when Max got work getting the Eurocan Pulp and Paper Mill operational. “A lot of those people [Ocean Falls] are here now,” she said. The move to Kitimat wasn’t terribly jarring — Ocean Falls at the time was just 3,000 people (still better than the 100 or so it is today) — but she did have to adjust having moved from the

large city of Saskatoon to Ocean Falls. “I found it quite small and we were isolated. We either had to fly out or go out in the boat,” she said. Since moving to Kitimat, however, she’s been a staple of many local community groups. “I got our seniors branch, 129, started when my mother came to live with me,” she said. “We met in the Riverlodge small room. Then we eventually moved to where we are now.” It wasn’t just that group though. She’s been a hospital auxiliarian for 58 years, most of that on the Kitimat Hospital Auxiliary. She spent six years as the chairman for the local chapter of the BC Seniors Games and hasn’t even missed a game, save for this year’s. Now 86, Dorothy’s heart for volunteering still hasn’t subsided. “I like helping people,” she said, noting her plans for Vancouver Island being joining their local hospital auxiliary and joining the seniors group. She said Max, a retired engineering manager for Eurocan, has been a big part of the push to move south.

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Woman sentenced to prison for defrauding local schools By Margaret Speirs THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

TERRACE - A woman will pay back thousands of dollars she defrauded the local school district out of over a period of six months. Cerrina Monika Drawert, 44, was ordered to pay back $8,949.39 to the Coast Moun-

tains School District 82 after pleading guilty to a charge of fraud over $5,000 in court Aug. 27. The offence took place between September 1, 2012 and February 26, 2013. She will spend five months in jail and three years on probation with conditions that include not going to any school district building unless she has written

permission from her probation supervisor, not to possess financial documents of any people or entities or conduct financial transactions with people unless they are provided with a copy of the court order. Drawert was also ordered to provide a DNA sample. A charge of theft over $5,000 was stayed by the court.

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This photo from the Skeena Valley Fall Fair in 1980 shows goats being judged. This year’s fall fair takes place in Thornhill Sept. 6.

Fall fair has a lively, interesting history By Kelsey Wiebe THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

TERRACE - The Skeena Valley Fall Fair is a testament to the ongoing — if occasionally interrupted — interest in gardening in the Terrace area. Beginning in approximately 1915, according to historian Floyd Frank, Terrace had a fall fair in which “gardeners were able to fill the largest hall in town with a wonderful display of fruits and vegetables.” The story of the fall fair is one of fits and starts: though early settlers proudly displayed the fruits of their homesteads, the fair went by the wayside in the early 1930s. Held in the Great War Veterans’ Association Hall – now Urban Colour – through the 1920s, the fair was an important recognition of gardening and baking prowess. Terrace residents, often devoid of formal entertainment, bonded over the competition for the sweetest baking, the largest home-grown vegetables, and the tastiest jellies. Farmers brought livestock to be weighed, and women – and, apparently, a few men – presented their ‘home handicrafts’ and flowers to be judged. “In my memory,” recalled Freda Hall Mallory, “the affair seemed larger than life.” In the very early days of the fair, the “hotly contested” prize for the best half-bushel of potatoes was a box of stumping powder, an explosive used to clear land for cultivation. For many, winning a prize or a ribbon at the fair was a validation of the efforts made to improve pre-emptions. The fading of the fair in the ‘30s was certainly not because of a lack of prize-winning fruits and vegetables. There are numerous stories of Terrace

residents getting through the Great Depression by living out of their gardens. More likely, the larger economic concerns of the Depression made the donation of prizes more trying. It was not until after the chaotic years of the Second World War that the fall fair tradition was again revived. In the early 1950s, the fair was conceived of as a way to both “encourage hobbies, and draw the attention of surrounding townships towards Terrace,” Maxine Brandis remembers. Through the 1950s, the fair was held in the Civic Centre, a Quonsetstyle building in what is now George Little Park (then known as Little’s Park). At this point, recent immigrants, including Brandis, were invited to host small pavilions showcasing their home countries. The Aiyansh Native Brass Band, listed as “sensational” in the 1953 fall fair program, marched in an accompanying parade. The best candy made by a child (13 and under) won a budgie, a prize sponsored by the local pet store. The fair seems to have paused again in the 1950s and 1960s, but was resumed in the 1970s. The fall fair continued, with interruptions of a few years here and a decade or two there, into the new millennium. Most recently dormant from 2006 to 2011, it has – in keeping with tradition – been revived by a group of keen volunteers. The tradition of hosting a fall fair to showcase local produce and thereby reflect community identity is a longstanding, though frequently interrupted, one in Terrace. Kelsey Wiebe is curator of the Heritage Park Museum.

Are you eligible to vote at the 2014 General Local Elections to be held November 15, 2014? Is your name on the current list of electors? If you are not sure you can find out by visiting the District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, during regular office hours (8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory holidays and weekends). Advance elector registrations will be accepted at the District of Kitimat office until September 23, 2014. With the exception of registrations at an active polling place (advance or general), elector registrations will not be accepted during the period September 24 to November 17, 2014. Note: To register to vote as a resident elector a person must provide two documents (at least one with a signature) to prove both identity and residency.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS RESIDENT ELECTORS: - 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election; and - a Canadian citizen; and - a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and - a resident of the District of Kitimat for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and - not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election and not otherwise disqualified by law. NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: - 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election; and - a Canadian citizen; and - a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and - a registered owner of real property in the municipality of Kitimat for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and - not entitled to register as a resident elector; and - not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election and not otherwise disqualified by law.; and - if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS From September 30, 2014 until the close of general voting, a copy of the list of registered electors will, upon signature, be available for public inspection at the District of Kitimat office during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. An elector may request that their address be omitted or obscured on the list of electors.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act from 9:00 am on September 30, 2014 until 4:00 pm on October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the District of Kitimat and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears has died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the District of Kitimat.

NOTICE OF NOMINATION Public Notice is given to the electors of the District of Kitimat that nominations for the offices of: MAYOR - One person to be elected COUNCILLOR - Six persons to be elected for a 4-year term, commencing December 2014, will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person at the District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, from 9:00 am September 30, 2014 to 4:00 pm October 10, 2014, excluding Satutory holidays and weekends. Nomination documents are available at the District of Kitimat office during regular office hours.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria: • Canadian citizen; • 18 years of age or older on general voting day of November 15, 2014; • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; and • not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law. FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting Warren Waycheshen, Chief Election Officer, or Shirley Boudreault, Deputy Chief Election Officer at 250-632-8900.

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Challenge accepted... PRINCE RUPERT - B.C. Liquor Store employees from left to right, Jackie Joseph, Karen Leask, Yvonne Ramsey and Lara Stroud, show their animated reactions to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The group donated $60 to the foundation. KEVIN CAMPBELL / THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

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Members of the Gitxsan block access on the Suskwa Forest Service Road.

This attractive two-storey, two-bedroom coach house features an attractive veranda with decorative railings and pilasters that wraps around two sides. The living area is all on the second floor, above the three-car garage. Entry is up a flight of outside stairs to a sheltered doorway on the side of the home. Once in the foyer, a coat closet is located to the left, together with a cupboard for the stacked washer and dryer, while the interior stairway leading down to the garage is to the right. A skylight brings natural light into the foyer and stairwell. The living room occupies the front of the house, and enjoys french doors onto the veranda, as well as two skylights. Another skylight illuminates the dining area, and still another lights the kitchen. In addition, the dining area includes windows on two sides. The kitchen is separated from the rest of the living area by a five-sided prep island. The cook will appreciate the step-saving L-shaped counter configuration, as well as the natural light coming in from the window over the double sink. The master suite is located at the back of the homes, and features large windows that look out to the back garden. Natural light will flood into the ensuite, which includes an oval soaker tub, through a skylight. The walk-in closet will be spacious enough for clothing and accessories. The den or second bedroom includes closet space and has windows on two sides. Adjacent is a three-piece bathroom.

space for a workshop, as well as a handy two-piece powder room. Outside, finishes include horizontal siding on the upper storey, with brick below. Decorate pilasters lend the facade the air of a Southern-style plantation dwelling. This home measure 50 feet, six inches wide and 40 feet deep, for a total of 1,476 square feet. The second-floor living area contains 1,373 square feet. Plans for design 14-2-274 are available for $595 (set of 5), $680(set of 8) and $748 for a super set of 10. Also add $30.00 for Priority charges within B.C. or $55.00 outside of B.C. Please add 12% H.S.T., 13% H.S.T. Or 5% G.S.T (where applicable) to both the plan price and Priority charges.

Gitxsan set up blockade ADVERTISING on route of LNG pipeline By Shaun Thomas THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

HAZELTON - Members of the Gitxsan Nation have stepped up their protest of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline, establishing a camp to block access to a portion of the pipeline route. Hereditary chiefs Luutkudziiwus (Charlie Wright), Xsim Wits’iin (Les Moore) and Noola have declared their territory “permanently closed to all natural gas pipeline development”. However, they note the cease and desist notification applies specifically to the pipeline that would bring liquefied natural gas to the Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal on Lelu Island and would cross through their Madii Lii territory for 32 kilometres. “Our Madii Lii territory is not for sale or use by the province of B.C. or TransCanada, a mere third party developer that has no understanding of what they are proposing to do and has no idea of our culture, no idea of our heritage,” said Wright, noting 16 of those 32 kilometres include the traditional grease trail connecting Gitanmaax with Fort Babine at the top of the Babine Trail. “The province has been stealing

from our house territory for 150 years, and this needs to end. The proposed PRGT pipeline project is in deep conflict with core Luutkudziiwus interests and values,” added Moore. To enforce the order, the hereditary chiefs have established a camp at kilometre 15 of the Suskwa Forest Service Road and plan to be there around the clock. While noting questions around the blockade should be directed to the province due to it taking place on Crown land, TransCanada’s Davis Sheremata said the company has no plans to confront those at the camp. “TransCanada is committed to the safety of its employees, contractors, First Nations and those occupying the land by avoiding confrontation with protesters. We will only move forward with our environmental assessment of the area when we are able to ensure the safety of all TransCanada staff and contractors,” he said, adding that the company has so far had a “good working relationship” with the Gitxsan. “We will continue our efforts to engage the hereditary chief on the blockaded land to discuss access with him to allow our environmental and geotechnical fieldwork on their traditional territory to continue.”

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PRINCE RUPERT - More than 100 police officers and emergency services personnel, including Prince Rupert’s Bob Killbery and Const. Jennifer Collins, will slip into spandex, strap on their helmets and hit the road this month as part of the annual Cops for Cancer cycling tours to raise awareness and money for pediatric cancer research. A total of 107 cyclists will par-

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Mining company takes the first steps to build employee, business foundation TERRACE - With Avanti Mining in the final stages of lining up financing for its $1 billion planned molybdendum mine at Kitsault on the north coast in anticipation of a construction start next spring, the company has now started building up its data base on potential suppliers, subcontractors and employees. Specifically it’s focussing for now on either Nisga’aowned companies or companies with Nisga’a participation or joint ventures and Nisga’a residents. Avanti has held three workshops this summer – one in Vancouver for businesses and an employee workshop in Terrace and another one in Gitwinksihlkw in the Nass Valley. Its collaborator in each workshop was Nisga’a Employment, Skills and Training (NEST), the employment development arm of the Nisga’a Lisims Government. The workshops may meet commitments made by Avanti when it received its provincial environmental clearance for its Kitsault project, but connecting with local entrepreneurs and hiring local is also simply good business, explains Peter Baird, a communications con-

tractor with the company. “What we’re looking for is the best possible fit for our needs and we want to have a strong local flavour,” he said. Avanti plans a workforce of up to 500 people over the course of two years of construction and a mine operating workforce thereafter of 300 people. Participants in the Vancouver businesses and contractors workshop included 14 representatives from various companies and everyone was walked through how Avanti will set up its tendering and procurement methods. Those in attendance came from a variety of companies, including the joint venture of Bear Creek Contracting of Terrace and Nisga’a-owned Hobiyee Management. The consulting firm of Merit Consultants outlined the basic information needed as companies first work their way through the prequalification stage to be a supplier or contractor up to how tenders are handled and awarded. As a publicly-traded company, Avanti has to be fair and transparent in its dealing with companies and individuals, said Baird.

The company won’t be providing any kind of break to Nisga’a businesses or in the hiring of Nisga’a citizens, he added. “But we have said we will look first at Nisga’a businesses or businesses that have Nisga’a partners or joint ventures,” said Baird. One decision made by Avanti is to give 15 days advance notice to Nisga’a businesses of its tendering or procurement plans so that submission preparations can be made. “This will just let them know what’s coming down the pike,” said Baird. He said the emphasis is not only on development local business talent for construction but for the planned 18-year life of the mine. Both Baird and Gary Patsey, the executive director of NEST, said they were pleased with the turnout of 54 people for the employee workshop in Terrace and the 73 people who attended the one in Gitwinksihlkw. ‘We’re getting a lot of interest now that various proponents have been coming up,” said Patsey of Nisga’a citizens interested in employment.

The sessions NEST held with Avanti were the first of their kind for the employment agency. As such, it’s giving NEST, which officially opened up late last year, the chance to develop a model of how to work with a company. “It’s the first project with boots on the ground,” said Patsey of the mining project which is taking place within Nisga’a traditional territory. He said the role of NEST is to respond to the employee needs of companies and prepare individuals to meet those needs. It starts with what Patsey called a shopping list of manpower needs submitted by a company. “We’re demand-driven when it comes to skills development,” he said. In the case of Avanti, Patsey said the planned 18 year life of the Kitsault molybdenum mine comes close to the working life of a person. “What we’re hearing from Avanti is that they have a corporate culture of having a safe place to work and that there will be room for advancement,” Patsey said of employment prospects.

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PRINCE RUPERT - Seven years ago Prince Rupert’s Chris Rose was recovering from a motorcycle accident that almost killed him, but today he is celebrating his success at the Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show held in Sturgis, South Dakota in August. Consisting of approximately 100 custom bikes, the 26th Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show was held on Aug. 7, with Rose being encouraged to enter while he and his ride were in the area on vacation. All the contenders were reviewed by an international team of judges in 16 categories and even though he initially didn’t feel his custom 2004 Harley Davidson Softail Deuce was worthy, Rose placed second in the over 1,000cc Custom category of this year’s contest. The win was significant for Rose as his motorcycle is more than just an outstanding custom, but a representation of his battle against death. “It’s not just a pretty bike with a paint job,” said Rose. “It has a story and meaning behind it.” Back in 2007, Rose and some friends took their bikes on a trip to Ketichikan, Alaska, deciding to park for the night and go out for some drinks. Shortly before the trip Rose had gotten an eye surgery. He wasn’t told it could affect his night vision and he wasn’t wearing a helmet because they weren’t required in the community. Rose drove into a pedestrian sign at 25 km/h as he turned a corner, flying over the handlebars and head first into the curb. The accident stopped his heart, caved in his skull and ejected one of his eyes from its socket, with paramedics reviving Rose three times before he was airlifted to the University of Washington Harborview Medical Centre in Seattle. Because his brain was swelling so badly, doctors in-

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Chris Rose shows off his Harley and his second place trophy. duced a coma that Rose would remain in for 11 days. After being transferred to Vancouver General Hospital, Rose underwent various surgeries including procedures to rebuild his face, with his jaw having to be broken and reset three times. After completing eight months of rehab Rose was able to return to Prince Rupert, and the following year he returned to Ketichikan. “I ran into a taxi driver (who witnessed the accident). He told me ‘I was the first one there, me and my buddy were holding onto you. He had your head and I was checking your pulse’,” said Rose. “He started crying and said, ‘you were dead, you had no pulse’.” And it seemed like death had it out for

him, with Rose’s father passing away shortly after the accident, followed by his mother and brother within two years. After recovering, Rose made the decision to build his custom bike, completing the revamped Harley Davidson two and a half years later. Rose’s near-death experience was the inspiration behind the design airbrushed on the bike’s body, with his concept being elevated by artist Mike Gariepy. Images include the Grim Reaper, a pocket watch being broken by a cross, a rose bush growing in a graveyard and three crosses to represent his lost family. “This was showing the Reaper that I’m not ready to go yet.”

2014 wildfire season a costly one By Jeff Nagel THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

VICTORIA - This summer’s wildfire season will go down as one of the most destructive on record in B.C. As of Thursday, fires had burned up more than 330,000 hectares across the province and are expected to soon surpass the 337,000 hectares destroyed in the 2010 fire season. This year is still far short of 1958, when 856,000 hectares burned, but 2014 could move into fifth place if it surpasses 1950’s 343,339 hectares, or even third if it tops the 351,000 lost in 1971. While much timber has burned, no homes or other significant structures have been lost this year, so by that measure it’s been nowhere near as catastrophic as the 2003 fire season when more than 300 homes were lost or damaged in the Okanagan Mountain and McClure fires. But it has been costly. The province has so far spent more than $246 million fighting wildfires, almost four times what was budgeted and more than the $212 million expended in 2010. Despite wet weather on the Labour Day weekend, fire officials are bracing for more warm dry spells in September. “It’s unlikely we’ve seen the end of the fire season by any stretch of the imagination,” said fire information officer Dustin Eno. The actual number of fires this year – just over 1,300 – is well below the average of 1,600 per year. But many of the fires have been very large. The biggest, and still only 20 per cent contained, is the 130,000-hectare Chelaslie River fire, which is between Anahim Lake and Burns Lake, near Entiako and Tweedsmuir provincial parks. Homes remain

under evacuation order there. The largest evacuations this summer have included the China Nose fire near Houston and the McAllister fire, which forced the evacuation of the entire town of Hudson’s Hope in July. Assisting B.C. crews have been large numbers of imported firefighters and equipment, from other provinces, Alaska and Australia. “We’ve brought in a lot and have been very grateful to be able to draw on those relationships, both right across Canada and internationally,” Eno

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TERRACE - In case you haven’t heard Terrace has an opportunity to shine once again…but we need to win the spot as we have had to do in the past!! But we all know we can do that… so please read below and go vote! Remember how much fun the 2010 Torch Relay was? Terrace has the unique opportunity to become one of three communities to host an official 2015 Canada Winter Games Torch Relay Celebration, but we need your help! You can vote

for Terrace by following the link: http:// canadagames2015.ca/ node/1618 Voting is restricted to once per device so we need you to get creative; vote on your cell phones, laptops, tablets and computers. You can also help spread the word by finding us on Facebook by searching Terrace Canada Games Torch Relay. From there, we will be posting updates and encouraging others to vote, this is also a great way to help spread the word by sharing this page with your friends and family. Online voting is open

now until Sept. 12 with the winning communities being announced on Sept. 24. All it takes is 15 seconds to vote! So vote today, and share this with friends and family! If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the 2015 Canada Winter Games being held in Prince George next February, or how Terrace plans to be a part of these games, please feel free to call Tyler at 250-635-4944. Thank you so much for your support, and let’s bring the Torch Relay Celebration to Terrace

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TERRACE - Totem Ford dealer principal Shane DeJong presents a $2,280 cheque to Caledonia Senior Secondary School dry grad committee reps Bonita Pitzoff, left, and Glenda Owen, right. The money was raised through Ford of Canada’s Drive 4 UR Community event in which the dealership donated $20 for every test driven taken on the day the event was held. In all, $7,060 was presented to four community groups in Terrace and in Prince Rupert by Terrace Totem Ford and Port City Ford.

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PRINCE GEORGE, – Representatives from the University of Northern British Columbia’s past, present, and future gathered at the Prince George campus today to kick off a 10-month celebration that will culminate with UNBC’s 25th anniversary on June 22, 2015. “This year represents a significant milestone in the history of UNBC. As a northern institution, it is a time for us to boldly envision our future, to challenge ourselves, and to continue our evolution as a leader in post-secondary education in the North and beyond,” says UNBC President Daniel Weeks. “The faculty and staff at UNBC have positioned us to both continue our world-class research on important issues and educate the next generation of northern leaders. This is the mandate that was envisioned for us a quarter century ago, and one to which we are proud to aspire.” In 1988, 16,000 people donated $5 and joined a public campaign calling on government to create a university for the North. On June 22, 1990 the BC government passed the UNBC Act, officially creating UNBC. During the intervening 25 years, UNBC has grown

to become a leader in research and education as well as an integral part of the Northern BC community. That history was celebrated today as a Linden tree was planted in the University’s Cere-

monial Loop at the main entrance to the campus. The new tree is just the beginning. Over the course of the anniversary year, UNBC will recognize the 16,000 founders who comprised the social movement

that spurred the University’s creation. The Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Institute will plant 16,000 trees throughout the Northern BC are in the spring of 2015.

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PORT EDWARD - It’s been a long time coming but, thanks to the BG Group, Port Edward now has a community gazebo to call its own. The company, which is proposing to construct a liquefied natural gas terminal on Ridley Island, provided council with a $20,000 grant for the construction of a gazebo in front of the municipal offices and school. After more than a month of work, the gazebo was formally opened with a community barbecue on the evening of Aug. 26. “This just a great day for Port Edward ... we have been talking about this for at least 15 years. The vision was to have a gazebo, but we just didn’t have the funds to do it,” said Mayor Dave MacDonald. “When we asked for a donation, we sure didn’t expect what we got ... without the BG Group’s donation of $20,000, this would not be sitting here today.” BG Group Canada president Madeline Whitaker made the trip to the North Coast to participate in the opening, which included a barbecue hosted by the Volunteer Fire Department and the Lions Club, and said the donation was just the company’s way of saying thanks. “We wanted to thank the community for allowing us to put up our environmental monitoring equipment here and for generally working with us and welcoming us over the past few years. We wanted a way of expressing that gratitude to the people of Port Edward, so we were thrilled with the suggestion of this quite magnificent work of art. It is just gorgeous,” she said, adding

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KITIMAT - The Kitimat RCMP are still looking for a missing person but say that they’re not fearing for the individual’s safety. Noel Yassinksy was reported missing by the Kitimat RCMP on August 27. They say the 67-year-old man

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KITIMAT - Between 7 p.m. on August 31 and 8:30 a.m. September 1, three ATVs were stolen from the Minette Bay log sort, Kitimat RCMP say. Two of the quads were since recovered, abandoned on Liard Street, but the third, a red Can Am Outlander 500 CC, is still missing.

Police said the thief or thieves broke in to a work shop on the property and took the keys for the machines, which were also locked up. The ATVs are said to be in near-new condition.

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MOUNT POLLEY - There’s no cause for people to worry about human health risks from the Mount Polley mine tailings spill despite some elevated levels of contaminants in the latest sediment tests, according to an Interior Health official. “The results are quite reassuring,” medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil said after the release of new tests conducted Aug. 12 and 15, adding clean water without suspended sediment that’s outside the impact zone continues to be safe to drink. “The water continues to be safe, the fish continue to be safe, if normal food and water practices are undertaken.” That includes not drinking

tration tested far below a national guideline for human consumption. Tests released the previous week indicated higher levels of selenium in the gonads and livers of fish meant someone who consumed more than a cup a day of those fish organs would exceed human consumption guidelines, but not if they just ate the flesh. The Aug. 4 breach of the tailings pond dam caused concern among First Nations and other fishery users that Fraser River salmon might be contaminated. The province is shifting to an audit role as Mount Polley mine owner Imperial Metals embarks on a long-term monitoring plan that McGuire said is required to measure any potential impacts on aquatic life.

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cloudy water or eating the sediment within the spill impact zone itself, where Corneil said “slightly elevated” arsenic levels have been found, along with copper, iron, manganese, silver, selenium and vanadium. Elevated levels of various elements are to be expected at an active mine, he said. Corneil noted arsenic is naturally occurring and measurable in most water sources. Background data from samples taken last spring show there were previously elevated levels of the same contaminants – though not to the same extent – in Quesnel Lake and Hazeltine Creek prior to the disaster, environment ministry regional operations director Jenninfer McGuire told reporters. She said the arsenic concen-

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Stephen Gordon Ong Stephen Gordon Ong, 48, of Kitimat BC, passed away in his home on August 22, 2014. He was born in Ocean Falls to Joanne Ong and the late Donald Ong. He lived in Kitimat since 1971 and graduated from Mount Elizabeth Secondary School in 1984. Stephen was a member of the Kitimat Kinsmen Club for the last 13 years, and was a devoted and committed member. He served in every executive position in his local club and was very proud to have served as a Board member on the Kinsmen Foundation of BC and Yukon. He could always be counted on to have his camera ready to capture a memorable moment and was the club historian more than once. Stephen was well known in our community for his quick, sarcastic wit, his love of darts, karaoke, Keno and most importantly his profound love for his dogs. Stephen is survived by his Mother Joanne Ong and his Grandmother Gertie Crockart, and aunts, uncles and cousins. A celebration of Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was held at the Kitimat Legion at 3:00 pm on Thursday, September 4th.

In Loving Memory of

Shawn Michael Phillip Redmond Today I touched your face again and watched you for awhile, I talked of things deep in my heart and wished I could make you smile. I rubbed your head and told you, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud of you my son, For all the little things you did and the way you did each one. You show such courage daily and you teach me how to live, To make each moment count in life and to give all I can give. Did I tell you â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re my heroâ&#x20AC;? when I saw you yesterday? Or did it slip my mind as I put you away?

Forever In Our Hearts Love, Dad, Mom, Lynsey and Families.

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I know your time on earth was short, but its how you lived each day, You made the most of what you had and always found a way, To touch the hearts around you, to love while you may. I wish with all my heart right now, the face I touched today, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made of paper or neatly placed away. But I will put you on the shelf again for all the world to see, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll talk to you tomorrow just like I do each day And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re my heroâ&#x20AC;? as I gently walk away.

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Employment

Business Opportunities

Education/Trade Schools

Help Wanted

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Required immediately, for apartment complex. Applicants must be physically fit, reliable and honest. Excellent renumeration apply to:

GET FREE vending machines. can earn $100,000.00 + per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected Territories. full details call now 1-866-6686629, www.tcvend.com LOOKING to have your own business? Retail Dog/Cat foods/supplies + grooming business for sale. Be the only one in town! Comes with everything you need such as shelving, bakery case, freezers, grooming equipment and the stock to start your business. Owner is able to assist with set up/training, and will provide distributorship network. Call Karin at 1-604-3283801

JANITORIAL PERSONNEL

250-305-2293

Apprentice Cook/Dishwasher

3 - 5 evenings per week. Great opportunity for grade 12 student interested in Culinary Arts. Apply in person, or leave msg. Lbr. and grat. +/- $17 per hr. Corâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant 404 Enterprise Avenue Kitimat

or email wlrental@shaw.ca An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)7235051.

Automotive

Employment Help Wanted Full-Time heavy haul driver for Terrace. Must have some kind of industry related experience hauling equipment or operating equipment, must have class 1 with air and be somewhat familiar with the area. Wages as per Teamsters 31 collective agreement, dental/medical/pension plan. Resumes to Williams Moving and Storage. 5130 Park Ave Terrace B.C Fax 250-635-6204 No phone calls please.

Part-time Waitress Required.

BEER AND WINE STORE CLERK Required at busy Kitimat location. 3-4 shifts a wk. BeneďŹ ts after 6 mnths. Requires: Serving it Right. Please drop resume off at: 176 Nechako Ctr. 250-632-4277

2 - 3 evenings per week. No experience necessary. Apply in person, or leave msg. Lbr. and grat. +/- $30 per hr. Corâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant 404 Enterprise Avenue Kitimat

Career Opportunities

Looking for a Career not just a Job?

SALESPERSON required for a salary plus bonus position

The successful applicant should be a strong self-starter. Must be able to communicate efficiently with the public and have a positive attitude and a desire to earn above average income. Preference will be given to a person with customer service experience. Apply in person with resume to: Bob Costain c/o Terrace Toyota 4912 Highway 16 West Terrace, B.C. V8G 1L8

Christ Church Anglican 1220 Kingfisher Ave. â&#x20AC;˘ Ph. 250-632-7812

All are Welcome

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 7 at 10:30 am Eucharist with Fr. Luke Anker â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each new day gives us new reasons to praise the Lord.â&#x20AC;?

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for more information 1-800-663-6189 www.transplant.bc.ca

Career Opportunities EXPERIENCE IS an asset We offer free recruitment services for people aged 45 and over across Canada. Register now at: www.thirdquarter.ca or call toll-free: 1-855-286-0306.

Education/Trade Schools APARTMENT/CONDO MANAGER TRAINING

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

Pacific Cornerstone Baptist Church

Sunday Service at 11:00 am Grace Alone, Faith Alone In Christ Alone

Phone 250-632-4924 â&#x20AC;˘ www.pacificcornerstone.com

Presbyterian Church Lahakas and Nalabila Ph. 250-632-2044 or 250-639-6464

Sunday, Sept. 7

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost 10am Worship Service and Sunday School Worship Leader: Andrew McIntosh â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come join our church familyâ&#x20AC;?

Christ the King PARISH 1760 Nalabila Boulevard Ph 250-632-2215 Father Kenneth Uwaoma www.catholickitimat.ca

Mass Schedule

Saturday Evening at 7:30 pm Sunday Morning at 10:00 am

We have an immediate opening for a FULL TIME

SHIPPER/ RECEIVER

YOU MUST HAVE A:

â&#x20AC;˘ Valid class 5 BC drivers license

YOU ARE:

â&#x20AC;˘ Positive minded & motivated individual

WE WILL:

â&#x20AC;˘ Provide in house training

AS THE RIGHT APPLICANT YOU WILL RECEIVE:

â&#x20AC;˘ Entry level renumeration including a full benefit package and an opportunity for advancement Apply in person with resume, Attention: Branch Manager NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Thank you to all applicants, only those that qualify will be contacted for an interview

Branch 536 4641 Keith Ave., Terrace, B.C.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 840 Columbia Ave. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ph. 250-632-6014 Email: kitimatfbc@telus.net Rev. Tim Coleman

Career Opportunities

PROJECT MANAGER / ESTIMATOR ÇŚ Â&#x2039;Â&#x2013;Â&#x2039;Â?Â&#x192;Â&#x2013;

Kentron Construction, part of the YCS Holdings Ltd. group, is seeking a Project Manager / Estimator. YCS Holdings Ltd. is a division of Terus Construction Ltd., a leader in the construction industry in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. The incumbent will be responsible for all aspects of the project management life cycle, including startup, obtaining building permits, preparing tenders, allocation of adequate resources, scheduling, documentation, budgets, estimates and close out documentation. The incumbent will work with in house and external construction personnel to ensure project construction is executed in a timely and efĹľcient manner while maintaining integrity of design, and will work closely with the organization to ensure feasibility and costing of projects. Employment Requirements: â&#x20AC;˘ P. Eng or CET in Civil Construction with 5 years in Ĺľeld experience or â&#x20AC;˘ A minimum of 10 years of experience in Project Supervision â&#x20AC;˘ Relevant experience in the construction industry. â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to read and understand engineered plans and contract documents. â&#x20AC;˘ To be able to work well with others, â&#x20AC;&#x153;people skillsâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;˘ Good communication skills both verbal and written. â&#x20AC;˘ Valid class 5 driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and clean current drivers abstract. â&#x20AC;˘ Surveying skills is an asset. Computer skills: Excel, Word, Project and engineering programs. We Offer A Competitive Compensation Package With A Comprehensive BeneĹľt Plan And A Pension Plan. In Addition The Company Offers Many Development Opportunities Through Tailored Training Programs. For a full job description please visit our website: www.terusconstruction.ca Please send your resume stating position to the Human Resources department: hr@terusconstruction.ca or by fax: 604 575-3691 We would like to thank all applicants for submitting their resume. However, only applicants selected to be interviewed will be contacted.

FIRST UNITED CHURCH 1180 Kingfisher Ave. â&#x20AC;˘ Ph. 250-632-7149 Email: kituc@telus.net

Rev. Dr. Dona Lethbridge

Sunday, Sept. 7- NO â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bible Connectionsâ&#x20AC;?

www.kitimatunitedchurch.ca/index.html

Worship 10:00 am â&#x20AC;˘ FALL SERIES

Sunday, September 7

no breakfast - Coffee/tea

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Kitimat Pentecostal Fellowship Pastor Mickeal Hoffman 1340 Kingfisher Avenue Church Ph. 250-632-5623 www.kitimatpentecostalfellowship.com

Sunday, September 7 - 10:30 am Morning Worship Service Wednesday Evenings 7:30 pm Prophetic Studies ALL ARE WELCOME

The Harvest

WELCOME HOME! 10 am Worship Service

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH CONGREGATION OF LUTHERAN CHURCH CANADA

Pastor Clint Magnus â&#x20AC;˘ ph. 250-632-6962 KITIMAT TERRACE 1474 Nalabila Blvd. 5010 Agar Ave.

11:00 am Sunday Worship 250.631.7825 2:00 pm Sunday Worship 9:45 am Sunday School Vacation Bible School in Kitimat July 7-11 9 am to 11:30 am

Kitimat Worship Directory

THE HARVEST MINISTRIES CANADA

Held at the EAGLE CENTRE THEATER 193 Nechako Centre, Kitimat Ph. 250-632-5501 email: the-harvest@live.ca View live webstreaming of Saturday Services at: www.theharvest.ca/live

Saturday Night Service

Saturday, June 28 at 7 pm

EVERYONE WELCOME!!!

For information on placing a church listing, please call 250-632-6144, or email classifieds@northernsentinel.com

The Northern Connector Friday, September 5, 2014 CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS NOTICE OF NOMINATION Public Notice is given to the electors of the City of Prince Rupert that nominations for the offices of: Mayor – One (1) to be elected Councillor – Six (6) to be elected School Board Trustee – Six (6) to be elected will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows:

City of Prince Rupert From: 9:30 a.m. September 30, 2014 Administration Office To: 4:30 p.m. October 10, 2014 424 - 3rd Avenue West Prince Rupert, B.C. V8J 1L7 Excluding Statutory holidays and weekends Nomination forms are available at the City of Prince Rupert Administration Office during regular office hours (9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) until the close of the nomination period. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria: • Canadian citizen; • 18 years of age or older on general voting day (November 15, 2014); • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; • a person who has been granted freedom of the municipality, if that person is a Canadian citizen; and • not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding office, or be otherwise disqualified by law. LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS Beginning September 30, 2014 until the close of general voting for the election on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will, upon signature, be available for public inspection, at the City of Prince Rupert Administration Office in City Hall, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of Part 3 – Electors and Elections of the Local Government Act. An elector may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors. OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 p.m. on October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the City of Prince Rupert and can only be made on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or that a person whose name appears on the list of electors is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the City of Prince Rupert. ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION Resident Electors If a resident elector’s name does not appear on the list of registered electors, it is not necessary for them to register in advance of the election. A person may register as a ‘resident elector’ immediately before the time of their voting provided they meet the following qualifications: • 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and • a Canadian citizen; and • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and • a resident of the City of Prince Rupert for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and • not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law. Non-Resident Property Owner Electors Are you a non-resident property owner eligible to vote at the November Elections for Mayor, Councillor and School Board Trustee? If you are not sure, you can find out by calling or visiting the City of Prince Rupert, Administration Office, 424 - 3rd Avenue West, Prince Rupert, B.C. V8J 1L7, 250.627.0934. The office is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding holidays). Advance non-resident property owner elector registrations will be accepted at the City of Prince Rupert Administration Office until September 23, 2014 provided the person meets the following qualifications: • 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and • a Canadian citizen; and • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and • a registered owner of real property in the City of Prince Rupert for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and • not entitled to register as a resident elector; and • not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law; and • if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector. CLOSED PERIOD FOR ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION With the exception of registrations on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period September 23, 2014 to November 17, 2014. FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting: Tanya Ostrom, Chief Election Officer, 250.627.0991 Rory Mandryk, Deputy Chief Election Officer, 250.627.0934

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CARRIERS WANTED Lower Graham Ave and Lower Atlin Ave 135 papers 2nd Ave W and Morseby Ave 96 papers 1st, 2nd & 3rd Ave W and Park Ave 110 papers

Seal Cove Circ and 6th Ave E 110 papers Sloan Ave, Barrow and Rudderham Place 128 papers

6th Ave E and Hays Cove Circ 90 papers

250-624-8088 737 Fraser St, Prince Rupert

West Coast Launch & Prince Rupert Adventure Tours West Coast Launch Ltd. is the leading marine transportation company in the North Coast of British Columbia. West Coast Launch Ltd. has been operating since 1988 providing water taxi services for Shipping Agents, LNG sites, Pacific Pilotage, Transport Canada and private charters. www.westcoastlaunch.ca Prince Rupert Adventure Tours is the tourism division of the company that takes passengers out in our 100 passenger catamaran to view grizzly bears in the Khutzeymateen Valley and humpback whales throughout Chatham Sound. www.adventuretours.net

West Coast Launch Ltd. and Prince Rupert Adventure Tours are inviting applications for the following positions:

MARINE CAPTAIN (Full Time Position)

Duties and Responsibilities: • Safely operate high speed marine vessels; both propeller and jet drive throughout the North Coast area • Deckhand with current captains • Daily maintenance and inspection of all vessels Qualifications • Minimum ticket requirement - Master Limited 60 ton • Possess and maintain an up to date certificate of MED A2 training or better • Have a valid Marine Basic First Aid Certificate • Have a valid class 5 driver’s license

MARINE MECHANIC (Full Time Position)

Duties and Responsibilities: • Maintain and service all vessels in our fleet including maintenance, oil changes and troubleshooting any mechanical issues • Recording of all maintenance records and safety equipment for vessel Qualifications • Highly knowledgeable in all areas of marine mechanics • Have a valid class 5 drivers license

daily each

The successful candidates will be joining our fun and energetic team. We offer a highly competitive wage and will help with upgrading and maintaining your current marine tickets. Please send your resume in confidence by September 25, 2014, to: Prince Rupert Adventure Tours & West Coast Launch C2-215 Cow Bay Road Prince Rupert (BC) V8J 1A2 Fax: (250) 624-3151 Email: jared@westcoastlaunch.com

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Help Wanted

Serving Northwest B.C. SINCE 1964

Budget Car & Truck Rental we are now looking for

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES and a MAINTENANCE/ RECONDITIONING TECH

This position would be ideal for someone trying to enter the mechanical field.

Please respond with resume or in person to Terrace Motors Toyota 4912 Highway 16, Terrace, B.C. Attn: Roger Bal

SUPERIOR

LINEN

is accepting resumes for

PLANT PRODUCTION • MUST BE ABLE TO WORK SUNDAYS

Apply in person to 4404 Legion Ave Terrace, B.C.

REQUIRES EXPERIENCED LICENSED

Established in 1900, E.B. Horsman & Son is the only independently owned and operated electrical wholesaler in BC. We currently have an opening in our Kitimat Branch for:

WAREHOUSE/COUNTER SALES Warehousing and experience in Counter Sales in the electrical industry is an asset. If you are looking for a challenging position with growth opportunities and would like to work for the “Electrical Distributor of Choice”, please submit your resume to HR@ebhorsman.com or visit our website at www.ebhorsman.com.

VESSEL OPERATIONS AGENT REQUIRED

Help Wanted

HAIRSTYLIST or BARBER For a Full or Part Time position Must be willing to work Fridays & Saturdays.

G.W. Nickerson Co. Ltd., an established northern British Columbia Ship Agency and Customs House Broker is seeking a dynamic individual to join the vessel operations team in the Prince Rupert, B.C. office. The ideal candidate will possess excellent time management and organization skills, fluency in the English language, both written and spoken, a working knowledge of most common computer programs and operating systems, be bondable, possess a valid driver’s license and have a keen desire to succeed in the growing and challenging marine industry. We will train the right individual. We offer a competitive remuneration and benefit package and the opportunity for career advancement. The successful candidate will be subject to a criminal record check. Please send your resume in strictest confidence to: Peter Riley or Raymond Nelson via the following means; Email: operations@gwnickerson.com Fax: (250) 624 5855 Mail: G.W. Nickerson Co. Ltd. #30 - 342 3rd Avenue West, Prince Rupert, B.C. V8J 1L5 Closing date for applications is September 12, 2014. Please be aware that only those candidates of interest will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Apply in person with resume to

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1336 Kispiox Valley Road, Kispiox, B.C., V0J 1Y4 Phone: (250) 842-5248 Fax: (250) 842-5604

#118 - 4720 Lazelle Ave.

Broadwater Industries (2011) Ltd.

POSITION: SALARY:

MacCarthy Immediate opening for

JOURNEYMAN & APPRENTICE MECHANICS MECHANIC Our GM dealership located in Prince Rupert has an immediate opening for forAutomotive AutomotiveTechnicians. Technician. We offer an excellent training program to gain product knowledge and technical technical mechanical mechanicalskills. skills.This Thisposition positionis is suited suited to to either female or male applicants. Preference be either female or male applicants. Preference will bewill given given to applicants withtraining. GM training. MacCarthy GM, to applicants with GM MacCarthy GM, Prince Prince a full benefit package. Rupert Rupert offers offers a full benefit package. PleasePlease sendemail your resume to: ApplyJohn to: John Cooper Cooper 5004 Highway 16 West, Terrace, B.C. V8G 5S5 Email: Email:employmentr@maccarthygm.com employment@maccarthygm.com Fax: 250-635-6915 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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Accounting Assistant Permanent part-time position in a busy office setting for a detail orientated person. Applicant must be familiar with all aspects of Payroll, AP, AR as well as general office duties including the use of excel and word. Experience with Sage Accpac would be an asset. There is some flexibility in hours, but the applicant must be available to work full time to provide vacation coverage.

Education/Professional Requirements: x Must have a post-secondary degree in Business Administration; x Must have three (3) years of Senior Management working experience; x Must have working/education experience in managing finances and budgets Consideration will be given to individuals possessing a combination of an undergraduate degree, within similar disciplines and relevant working experience.

Qualifications/Abilities:

x Extensive knowledge of First Nations as to their political roles and structure; x Ability to communicate with personnel from various levels of government, First Nation Organizations and

Send resume to: Office Manager 247 - 1 st Avenue East Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1A7 Fax: 250-624-5668 Email: bw@citywest.ca

Funding Agencies;

x Ability to develop and maintain policies and procedures pertaining to all aspects of the First Nations Band Administration;

x Must be able to plan and manage the First Nation finances; strong skills in Financial Management – analyze, x x x x x x x x

Collators & Relief Drivers

NEEDED

Bring resume to: Prince Rupert Northern View 737 Fraser Street Prince Rupert, BC

x Ability to work independently and build effective interpersonal relationships x Ability to work collaboratively with staff and Chief and Council in establishing goals, preparation of budgets, and funding proposals x Ability to self-regulate, meet deadlines, and give attention to details x Recognizes and respects all cultural diversity and has an understanding of Aboriginal culture

Working Conditions:

x Must provide a recent Criminal Record Check Forward Resume, Recent Criminal Record Check And 3 References To:

KISPIOX BAND COUNCIL 1336 Kispiox Valley Road DEADLINE: Friday September 12, 2014 Kispiox, B.C., VOJ 1Y4

PRINCE RUPERT

250-624-8088 737 Fraser St, Prince Rupert

advise and recommend on allocation of budgets, funds and organization Must possess management and leadership skills and supervision of staff, Must be proficient in strategic planning and program development Must possess skills in the administration, management/planning of human resources; Ability to establish good working relationships with funding agencies/other organizations Ability to research funding sources and provide funding proposals; Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong computer skills; Must possess excellent skills in problem solving and decision making. Experience in management of band housing is an asset: working with rental arrears, construction, building contractors, etc.

Skills and Abilities:

WE NEED YOU!

PRINCE RUPERT

250-624-8088 250 624 62 4 8088 737 Fraser St St, Prince Rupert

Band Manager Negotiable Dependent Upon Experience

On behalf of, and under the general direction of the Kispiox Band Council, the Band Manager, manages, directs, organizes, implements and controls the provision of a wide variety of programs and services to the Band membership. As the Band’s chief administrative officer, is directly responsible to Council for the effective and efficient operation of the band administration and for ensuring the implementation of Council policies and directives.

Dealer #31283

MacCarthy Motors (Prince Rupert) Ltd

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those shortlisted will be contacted.

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NORTH COAST SHUTTLE AND EXPEDITING

(TERRACE)

EMPOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Currently North Coast Shuttle Service is

Help Wanted

Serving Northwest B.C.

has an opening for a permanent full-time

EMPOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

SINCE 1964

SALESPERSON

Currentlyto North Coast Service looking hire part timeShuttle and full time is looking to hire part timea class and full time drivers. Drivers must have 4 unredrivers. Drivers must have a class 4 stricted license or better and have a clean unrestricted license or better and have driving record as well. We offer competa clean driving record as well. We offer itive wages and chance to work for an competitive wages and chance to work for upcoming company poised for growth. an upcoming company poised for growth.

Send resumes to North Coast Shuttle and Expediting at Box 482 Terrace B.C. V8G 4B5 or email us at northcoastshuttle@outlook.com

Help Wanted

KONDOLAS FURNITURE

Must have valid Class 5 drivers license and ability to lift. Individual enjoys working with the public and previous experience is not necessary. Drop off resumes in person at:

KONDOLAS FURNITURE 4525 Lakelse Ave., Terrace, B.C. No phone calls please HIRING IMMEDIATELY

RELIEF, PART-TIME LAUNCH MASTER PRINCE RUPERT This position is offered subject to the terms and conditions of the current Canadian Merchant Service Guild agreement. A valid Master 500 GT Home Trade Certificate, Marine First Aid and Transport Canada Medical are a prerequisite. A full shift is 12 hours. A list of the duties and qualifications are available on request. Candidates are required to undergo a pre-employment medical and drug & alcohol test. The successful individual must be available on short notice for relief opportunities. Persons interested in applying for this position are requested to respond in writing prior to Friday, September 19, 2014, to:

Brian Young Director, Marine Operations Pacific Pilotage Authority Suite 1000, 1130 West Pender Street Vancouver, BC V6E 4A4 info@ppa.gc.ca

Employment Help Wanted KITIMAT

DRIVERS WANTED

SUPERIOR LINEN is accepting resumes for a

DELIVERY DRIVER • Monday to Friday. • Resume & Driver’s Abstract Required

Apply in person to 4404 Legion Ave Terrace, B.C.

RELIEF, PART-TIME LAUNCH DECKHAND PRINCE RUPERT This position is offered subject to the terms and conditions of the current International Longshore and Warehouse Union (Local 520) agreement. A valid MED A2 Certificate, Marine First Aid and Transport Canada Medical are a prerequisite. A full shift is 12 hours. A list of the duties and qualifications are available on request. Candidates are required to undergo a pre-employment medical and drug & alcohol test. The successful individual must be available on short notice for relief opportunities. Persons interested in applying for this position are requested to respond in writing prior to Friday, September 19, 2014, to:

Brian Young Director, Marine Operations Pacific Pilotage Authority Suite 1000, 1130 West Pender Street Vancouver, BC V6E 4A4 info@ppa.gc.ca

Full and Part time for Coastal Taxi Send resume & driver’s abstract to PO Box 56 Kitimat, BC V8C 2G6 No phone calls PR: On-Call Driver required immediately for Coroners Body Removal Services. Prince Rupert Area. Must have clean drivers license. Criminal check is required. Heavy lifting may be required. Serious enquiries only. Please call 250635-6403 for more info. Resident caretaker wanted with hotel management experience. Duties include front desk, housekeeping and restaurant supervision. Please apply with resume at 551-11th Ave, Kamloops or email: scottsinn@shaw.ca or fax: 250-372-9444 ROCK Construction & Mining requires a Heavy Duty Mechanic for work at various job locations across Canada. The successful candidate must be experienced with hydraulic systems and CAT engines. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in Terex Reedrill and Atlas Copco drills. Must have the ability to work independently and diagnose problems. Competitive wage and benefits package. Please send resumes to: resume@rcmi.ca or fax to (250) 828-1948 St. Anthony’s School is looking for a full time Educational Assistant to begin September 2014. We will consider both certified as well as non-certified applicants, although a dedication to children and education is a must. If interested please forward resume and cover letter to Katja Groves, Principal at: staprincipal@cispg.ca St. Anthony’s School is looking for a primary music teacher (K-3) for September 2014. If interested please forward resume and cover letter to Katja Groves, Principal at: staprincipal@cispg.ca STEWART/MEZIADIN- Looking for someone to clean/cook in a lodge in Meziadin parttime for 6 weeks. 250-9750616

WANTED!!

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS for Terrace and Thornhill Routes

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

Email to: circulation@terracestandard.com

what route you are interested in with your name, address & phone no

BACKUP CARRIERS ALSO REQUIRED

OPEN ROUTES Rte 10185 (86) 2704 - 2912 Cramer St., 2604 - 2608 Evergreen St. 4461 - 4531 Feeney Ave., 2701 - 2903 Hall St. 2701 - 2905 Kalum St., 2701 - 2806 Keefer St. 2807 - 2911 Kerr St. Rte 10190 (134) 2203 - 2316 Evergreen St., 2101 - 2611 Pear St., 2202 - 2610 Kalum St. Rte 10210 (63) 2415 - 2620 Eby St., 4812 - 4846 Sunset Dr., 4801 - 4916 Haugland Ave. Rte 10212 (96) 2403 - 2412 Beach St., 4803- 4823 Graham Ave., 4801- 4933 Keith Ave. 4820 - 4932 Mills Ave., 2404 - 2915 Molitor St., 4811 - 4831 Pohle Ave., 4812 - 4818 Warner Ave. Rte 10255 (87) 4012 - 4124 Anderson St., 4701 - 4733 Gair Ave., 4651 Halliwell Ave. 4701 - 4708 Kerby Ave., 4016-4518 Sparks St Rte 30239 (45) Rts 30128 (20) business route by 5pm 4401 - 4760 Keith Ave. 4801-4946 Greig Ave. & HWY16 Rte 30300 (90) 4503 - 4670 Lowrie Ave., 1409 - 1490 Maple St., 4619 - 4619 Queensway. Dr.

3210 Clinton St. Terrace, BC V8G 5R2 250-638-7283

RELIEF, PART-TIME LAUNCH ENGINEER PRINCE RUPERT This position is offered subject to the terms and conditions of the current Canadian Merchant Service Guild agreement. A valid Class Four Marine Engineer Certificate, Marine First Aid and Transport Canada Medical are a prerequisite. A full shift is 12 hours. A list of the duties and qualifications are available on request. Candidates are required to undergo a pre-employment medical and drug & alcohol test. The successful individual must be available on short notice for relief opportunities. Persons interested in applying for this position are requested to respond in writing prior to Friday, September 19, 2014, to:

Brian Young Director, Marine Operations Pacific Pilotage Authority Suite 1000, 1130 West Pender Street Vancouver, BC V6E 4A4 info@ppa.gc.ca

Part-Time Cook at Mount Layton Hotsprings. Must have Food Safe. Experience with POSI TOUCH an asset. Please apply to email: mtlayton.spring@gmail.com fax 250-798-2478 or apply in person at Mount Layton Hotsprings

Trades, Technical EDMONTON BASED Company seeks qualified & experienced Mulcher Operators. Seasonal work in Fort McMurray and area. Camp work. Safety tickets and drivers abstract required. Work to commence the last week of September approximately. Fax 780-488-3002; or email: jobs@commandequipment.com EDMONTON BASED Company seeks qualified & experienced Buncher, Skidder Operator & Processor Operator. Fort McMurray, camp work, 21/7 rotation, flight in/out provided, safety tickets and drivers abstract required. Fax 780488-3002; or email resume to: jobs@commandequipment.com

Experienced Heavy Equipment Operators needed for an excavation/road construction co. Competitive wages. Email resume: jjelev@nbccontracting.ca or Call: 250 635-5080

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HELP WANTED Cooks, Servers & Delivery Drivers with own vehicle

Please drop Off Resumes

4665 Lazelle Avenue, Terrace, B.C.

250-638-8086 Shoppers Drug Mart (HomeHealthCare) 4634 Park Ave., Terrace, B.C.

Shoppers Drug Mart, 4635 Lakelse Ave., Terrace, B.C.

Each seek a qualified

Pharmacy Assistant The ideal candidate will have previous experience or will have completed certification in an accredited pharmacy technician program. Experience a strong asset but will train the ideal candidate. Successful candidate will be: •Highly organized •Personable and customer service focused •Energetic and motivated to succeed •Able to demonstrate attention to detail •Proficient computer/data entry skills

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Professional/ Management

are currently accepting applications for the position of

BRANCH MANAGER/TRUCK SALES REPRESENTATIVE TERRACE BRANCH

Premium Truck & Trailer Inc. are currently accepting applications for the position of Branch Manager/ Truck Sales Representative at our Terrace branch. Premium Truck & Trailer is a Freightliner Truck and Doepker Trailer dealer operating 5 branches in central BC with their head office in Prince George. The successful applicant will be responsible for the entire operation of the Terrace branch including the Parts & Service departments. In addition to managing the day to day operations of the branch, the manager will be responsible for new and used truck & trailer sales in Terrace and the surrounding areas. Success in this position will require a strong business sense and a commitment to providing great customer service. The successful applicant will also require excellent team building and coaching skills, proven organizational skills and be comfortable working in a fast paced computerized environment. Previous experience in a supervisory role within a truck dealership and previous vehicle sales experience would be beneficial. Please submit resume to t.coffey@premiumtruck.ca

Sales

HELP WANTED

SHOPPERS

Apply directly to Travis Titcomb, fax resume to 250-615-5152 or email to psdm2259@ shoppersdrugmart.ca

Apply directly to Barb Rea, fax resume to 250-635-3574 or email to asdm266@ shoppersdrugmart.ca

We thank all applicants, however, only those to be selected for an interview will be contacted.

Circulation Supervisor The Terrace Standard requires a circulation supervisor. Duties include supervising a diverse group of newspaper carriers and collators, shipping and receiving, data entry and dealing with the public. A strong knowledge of computers and computer programs is essential. On site training. This is a Tuesday to Friday position. The compensation package includes benefits. Please address applications complete with resume and two letters of reference to: The Publisher Terrace Standard 3210 Clinton Street, Terrace, B.C. V8G 5R2 Fax 250-638-8432 www.blackpress.ca

Services

Art/Music/Dancing

Financial Services

SPEECH Arts and Drama classes offered by Christina Rogers. Practice skills including poetry, drama, storytelling, public speaking, and prepare for the PNMF. Classes $70/semester. Private lessons $22/.5 hour. Ages 4-18. Starts Oct 2nd! 250-636-2444 speakstewart@gmail.com

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

Financial Services ARE YOU $10K or more in debt? DebtGo can help reduce a significant portion of your debt load. Call now and see if you qualify. 1-800-351-1783

Cleaning Services

FULL TIME POSITION IN KITIMAT (APPLICATIONS CAN BE PICKED UP AT ANY SIGHT & SOUND STORE)

Apply to: Sight & Sound, 4716 Keith Avenue, Terrace Email: gord@sight-and-sound.ca Fax: 250-635-3491

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

If in need of a Drywaller for Residential & Commercial jobs Call: 778-631-2779

Cleaning Services

“CLEAN AIR & QUALITY SERVICE IS OUR PRIORITY” ! ew BLOWN-IN ATTIC INSULATION

TRUCK MOUNTED VACUUMS

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FURNACES • DUCTS CHIMNEYS • FIREPLACES BOILERS • PELLET STOVES SAWDUST • WOOD CHIPS AIR CONDITIONING ATTIC INSULATION REMOVAL SAWMILLS

COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOMES • INDUSTRIAL

“CALL TODAY FOR PEACE OF MIND”

250-847-4550 www.priorityvac.ca Trades, Technical

Trades, Technical

We are seeking motivated individuals to join the Terrace Kaltire Team. We are looking to fill fulltime and part time positions. Summer students are also welcome. We are a location that services both commercial and retail customers. With Kaltire, you will be trained in all aspects of the tire industry, as well as basic mechanical maintenance skills. Kaltire is a family orientated company that puts safety and customer service above all.

Whether you just want to expand your automotive knowledge, or advance your career in the automotive industry, then Kaltire is the place for you!

Please drop off a resume at our location at 4929 Keith Avenue. Terrace, B.C.

SHOP ONLINE...

Anytime!

bcclassified.com

TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income. Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

Drywall

FURNACE & DUCT CLEANING PROFESSIONAL

Are you looking for a career in the fast paced automotive industry?

We offer competitive wage and benefit package, and welcome your interest in a career with a progressive and dynamic Community Pharmacy.

HomeHealthCare®

Services

Home Improvements FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928

Merchandise for Sale

Building Supplies Cedar Fencing & Decking lumber for sale. Various sizes. Call 250 638-0044

Free Items FREE: 36” HP Designjet 600 printer to give away, good working condition. 18” IO Line Studio 8 vinyl cutter to give away. Good working 24: Graphtec CE5000-60 for sale, $150, excellent working condition. Must pick up at residence. Call 250-615-1461

Garage Sales GARAGE SALE 121 Raven Crescent Sat. Sept 6 8:30am - 12pm Toys, household items, ladies clothes, antiques, new stuff added MOVING SALE 337 4th Ave West - Down stairs suite #339 Sept 5 - Sept 30 10 am - 4 pm Washer dryer set, 32” Samsung HDMI TV w/ DVD Blueray player, Solid Pine Computer desk, Metal Framed Student Desk, 2 Single Mattresses w/ boxspring or frame, and more. Make me an offer.

Heavy Duty Machinery 2011 WESTERN STAR, 68” sleeper, DD15, 18 spd, 46 rears, also steady job to qualified operator. Dale 250-9638852 or 1-800-668-1822.

Misc. for Sale A- STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’ 53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. SPECIAL Trades are welcome. 40’ Containers under $2500! DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 &644 wheel Loaders Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com Henry Herbert Piano & Bench made by Mason & Risch. $750 Call 250-635-3203 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper? KILL BED bugs & their eggs! Buy Harris bed bug killer complete treatment program or kit. Available: Hardware Stores, buy online: homedepot.com KILL ROACHES! Buy Harris Roach Tablets. Eliminate bugs- guaranteed. No mess, odorless, long lasting. Available at Ace Hardware & The Home Depot. STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Misc. Wanted Collector Buying Coin Collections, Native Art, Estates, Gold, Silver + 778-281-0030

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SUMMER CLEARANCE EVENT

ALL REAMING 2014 ATV’S AT

INCREDIBLE SAVINGS FINANCING OF 5.89% FOR 60 MONTHS & YOUR CHOICE OF 2 YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY OR REBATES UP TO $900

NEID ENTERPRISES LTD. ‘YOUR RECREATION SPECIALIST’ * See Dealer for details

PHONE 250-635-3478 • FAX 250-635-5050 4921 KEITH AVENUE, TERRACE, B.C.

Misc. Wanted

For Sale By Owner

FIREARMS. ALL types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed dealer. 1-866-9600045 www.dollars4guns.com.

4107 Temple Street Terrace 250-635-4753 $519,000 Great home in desirable Bench location. Approx. 3000 sq ft of living space, incl. 5 bdrms, 3 full bath, kitchen w/ island, main floor laundry, hot tub, lrg back deck, garage. This well maintained house is a must see

WANTED: STANDING ALDER Looking for standing Alder in the Terrace/Prince Rupert Area. Top prices paid. Require larger volume with butt diameter sizes 10” and up. Contact Cell No: 250-299-1835

Real Estate For Sale By Owner 2056 Churchill Dr $389,900 Four bedroom, three bathroom house on quiet cul-de-sac. Laminate flooring, energy efficient furnace, double garage, fenced back yard. 1800 sq ft. 250-641-5160 PR: 2 Bdrm Oasis Condo. $90,000. Open Houses on Mondays from 6 pm - 7 pm. Call 778-884-6499 for info. Qualified buyers only.

4 or 5 Bedroom house for sale on a 1/2 acre lot that includes fruit trees and fenced in backyard. Newly renovated bathroom and flooring, 2 bedrooms upstairs and 2 or 3 down. Includes washer and dryer, fridge and stove. Located at 4925 Medeek Ave. To view call 250-635-7745. $229,000 KITIMAT House for Sale 15 Stikine St. Well maintained, updated, 1,100 sq ft, 3 bdrm house. 1.5 car garage/storage, covered deck and garden shed. $325,000 obo. 250-632-5566 Usk Hobby Farm, 6.19 Acres $450,000 250-635-4283

For Sale By Owner Kitimat House for Sale 5 Nass St. Well maintained, updated, approx. 1,400 sq ft, 3 bdrm house with large family rm. Covered deck and garden shed. $285,000 obo. 250-632-5566 When you are ready to buy a home call Lynn Chivers at RNRE in Prince Rupert www.prince-ruper t-realestate.com 250-627-1414

Houses For Sale HOUSE FOR SALE 1323 TWEEDSMUIR AVE. 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and unfinished basement. $ 340,000 firm. Please call: 250-639-9615

Apt/Condo for Rent

2 bdrm apartment, $950/mo avail. immediately. No pets, ref. req. 250-638-1844 or 250635-0501 if no answer with the first number. Hillcrest Place Apartments Bachelor & two bedroom units. No smoking. No pets. Starting at $650 monthly. 250-632-7814 Kitimat

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CLIFF SIDE APARTMENTS 1123-1137 Borden Street Adult-oriented. Quiet location with harbour view. Heat and hot water included. Minutes walking to downtown and hospital. References required. 1, 2, or 3 bedroom suites. Some furnished. Prince Rupert

KITIMAT APTS BEST VALUE

Starting at $725 • Balconies • Security Entrances • Cameras for your safety • Now includes basic cable Visit our Website www.kitimatapartments.com Phone: 250.632.APTS (2787)

250-624-9298

Apartment Furnished FURNISHED Bachelor Suite for rent. (350 sq. ft.) Located on quiet street in Thornhill. Fully furnished. Includes, satellite TV, hydro, laundry facilities. No smoking, parties or pets. Suitable for single prof. person. References required. $500 damage deposit. $1000 per month. 250-638-0541 or vgreening@telus.net.

PR: 3 Bdrm, 1 1/2 bath upper suite. Looking for a responsible working couple. $1200/mon. + utilities and half mon. D/D. No pets, N/P, N/S. Avail. October 1st. Call 250622-9418 or 250-627-5087

Duplex / 4 Plex

Skyline Manor

Terrace- Avail. Nov. 1, 3 bdrm/2 bath, 6 appl. dbl garage, fenced backyard, electric heat + lights incl. N/S, N/P, responsible working adults only need apply. ref. req. $2300/mo 250-975-2051

Misc for Rent

FOR RENT

FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS KITIMAT

MIDTOWN APARTMENTS

Free heat & Free Hot Water Furnished & Unfurnished 1 & 2 bedrooms Security Entrances No Pets. No Smoking

250.632.7179

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QUATSINO APTS KITIMAT Downtown location Balconies Security Entrances Some furnished suites Call for an appointment 250.632.4511

www.kitimatapartments.com

ROOSEVELT HEIGHTS APARTMENTS Exteriors renovated 3 bedroom apartments. Heat and hot water included. No smoking. No pets $850 per month. References required.

Phone between 9am - 6pm 250-627-8123

1 Bedroom and Bachelor Suites

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 250-305-4970 250-632-2822 Homes for Rent 3bdrm, 1bath house in the Horseshoe. $1,500/mo + util. N/P, N/S,Pets neg. Ref’s req’d. Available immediately. 250 615-9361 & leave msg. AVAILABLE NOW. EXECUTIVE house. 5 bdrm, 3.5 full baths inl full ensuite w/jacuzzi, with all appliances. Large landscaped yard w/detached shop/garage, $2500/mo 1 yr. lease. ref’s req’d. Contact by email: rent2100@gmail.com or (250)641-8341/(250)638-7758 AVAILABLE NOW. Executive House. Furnished 4 bed/ 2 full baths. $3500./mo. Absolutely NP/NS. 2 yr lease. 250-6387747, leave message. Kitimat HOUSE FOR RENT/Sale 63 Chilko St. - 3 bdr, 1 bath in excellent neighbourhood. This house has a big fenced backyard, including two sheds and flower beds. Comes with F/S and W/D. Call (250)279-8888 Nice 2 bdrm house + basement at 4814 Warner. N/S N/P $1600/mo(neg) 250-638-8639

Real Estate

OPEN HOUSE

SAT., SEPT 6, 2014 2301 S.

KALUM ST.

1-3 PM

• 3 bedrooms - 3 baths, fenced yard • Split level - wood & electric heat • New roof, windows, 1248 Sq. ft.

COAST MOUNTAINS

Homes for Rent Port Edward, FURNISHED 2 bdrm, Free WIFI & W/D. BC Hydro est. at $80 per mon. Quiet tenants. N/P, N/S. $1200 per mon. Visit www.prince-rupert-real-estate.com to view photo’s. Call 250-627-1414

$315,000 MLS

rusty ljungh Cell:250.638.2827

1200 Summit Ave. Bachelor & 1 Bedroom Suites. Security Entrance, harbour views, balconies, storage, laundry facilities, hot water & heat included. Sorry no pets. Close to hospital, bus stop & downtown. References required. Contact our on site Manager at 250-624-6019 Why rent when you can own? Your low cost, comfortable home on the water awaits you. Come see for yourself. 250600-2900

Ofﬁce/Retail Ofﬁce Space ready to move in. Approx. 1680 sq. ft on 3rd Ave W in downtown Prince Rupert. Heat and hot water incl. Call 250-624-3434 TERRACE - Ideal for small business or esthetic salon . 202 - 4623 Lakelse Ave $800/mo. Call Dr. Zucchiatti’s office at 250-635-2552

Rooms for Rent PR - For College Students ONLY. Furnished bedroom to rent September 1 - April 30. Rate starts at $499/month. Single occupancy, N/S, N/D, N/P. Includes utilities, W/D, WIFI and Cow Bay Location. Phone (250) 624-2334

Shared Accommodation Single female w/ indoor cat seeking roommate. Basic cable, phone, internet connection, male or female employed person. No partiers. Call 250624-9840. Avail. immediately.

Storage For Rent- Covered storage available, boats. campers, ect. 250-615-8437 RV / BOAT STORAGE Covered or uncovered, in Terrace, 10 minutes from town at owner’s residence, private & remote location. Ph: (250) 6359025, Text: (250) 631-2384

Suites, Lower PR: Newer 2 bdrm suite downtown. Adult oriented. Quiet tenants only. Ref. req. $950 per mon. Call 250-600-2334

Townhouses AVAIL NOW- 3 bdrm / 3 bath townhouse. Walsh/Horseshoe. NS/NP. Fully furnished or unfurnished. $1800./mo. 1-2 year lease. Please call (250)6387747 leave message.

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Recreational/Sale

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Recreational/Sale

Boats

1976 Prowler 20H TRAILER

32â&#x20AC;&#x2122; FIBERGLASS FERRELL BOAT New 370hp John Deere 8.1L Diesel, 2000hrs on engine. Trolling valve, Bow Thruster, 3 Stage Steering. 2 Hydraulic Deep lines, Hydraulic Trap Puller, 3 Sounders, Radar, 2 Radios. Com-Dev Auto Pilot, Spare Prop. 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dinghy. Can be seen at MK Bay Marina. $65,000. Contact Warren Poff at 250-242-4445

Pre-Owned Specials! 3,50000

Easy to tow 3215lbs, 20ft lgth. Axle flipped to give xtra clearance. Smoke and pet free including mice! In very good condition. Awning, battery and 2 propane bottles included.

$3500.00 obo

2009 YAMAHA YZ250F

780-608-9695 View in Kitimat

6,99900

2013 POLARIS RMK 600 155â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

8,70000

1984 Vanguard 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; W/ Easy powered lift. Clean, no leaks, seating recovered, new taps, fridge w/freezer, shower, sink & toilet PH: 250-635-5168

2013 YAMAHA GRIZZLY700EPS

5,79900

2007 YAMAHA GRIZZLY 700 EPS

8,90000

2007 SPRINGDALE 26.6FT TRAVEL TRAILER Sleeps 6 and includes a master bedroom, dinette, sofa/bed, swivel chairs, large slide-out, awning, air conditioning, heat, fridge, freezer, stove, microwave, CD/DVD/FM player, hitch/equalizer and a heavy duty tarpaulin cover. Asking $18,000 CALL: 250-632-6617

40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; GOOLDRUP FIBERGLASS GILLNETTER (MOODY BLUE) Heavy duty boat with lots of packing capacity (36,000 lbs). Great for stacking multiple licenses/quota. Has an AGC base license. 225 hp turbocharged Gardner diesel. Twin disc trolling valve. Radar, 2 VHF radios, sounder, forward looking sonar, Wagner Mark 4 autopilot. Reduced to $199,000 Cdn. Contact Kennard Hall at 250-622-2501

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Cars - Sports & Imports

THIS WEEKS SPECIALS

2008 Toyota Highlander Limited 4WD, Auto, 4Dr, Moonroof, Leather, Heated Seats, Loaded, 99,650 kms

2000 HARLEY ELECTRA GLIDE

10,500

$25,995 #T319

2008 Toyota Camry Hybrid, Loaded, Leather, NAV, 4Dr., Moonroof, heated Seats, Bluetooth, A/C, P/W, 67,078 kms

2014 POLARIS PRO 800 163 * Plus applicable taxes.

KENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MARINE

4946 Greig Ave., Terrace

$23,995

#4376A

250-635-2909

2007 Pontiac Vibe

Tuesday - Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. www.kensmarine.ca

5 Spd Manual, A/C, C/C, P/w, Moonroof, Am/FM/CD, Folding Rear Seats, 64,291 kms

Cars - Sports & Imports

$10,995

#4411A

CLASSIC/COLLECTOR 1971 300SEL 3.5 Mercedes Benz. 75,000km. Very good condition, always garaged, never driven in winter. Well maintained. Maintenance records, service/parts book. Manuals. Some spare parts. 250-632-6755 Serious inquiries only Please

4912 Highway 16 West, Terrace, BC V8G 1L8

250-635-6558 or 1-800-313-6558 DL#5957

www.terracetoyota.ca

Trucks & Vans

Your Northwest Distributor for

PREMIUM QUALITY TRUCK CANOPIES & TONNEAU COVERS!

CALL JOHN COOPER TODAY! 250-635-4941 5004 Highway 16 West, Terrace

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Friday, September 5, 2014

Coming Events is complimentary service by The Northern Connector for non-profit groups or organizations who do not charge admission for their events and meetings. Submissions are published on a space available basis. Our deadline is Monday 3 p.m. each week.

TERRACE SEPTEMBER 6 – CANCELLED: Happy Gang pancake breakfast cancelled due to illness. Urgently needed: pancake breakfast convener. SEPTEMBER 6 – The ninth annual Lakelse Dragon Boat Regatta welcomes teams from all over the northwest to paddle from noon to 5 p.m. at Furlong Bay Campground. Free. For all ages. Come out and cheer them on. Lots of fun for everyone. Races start at noon. Food vendor on-site. SEPTEMBER 6 – The Skeena Valley Farmers Market features various musical acts each Saturday: 9am - 1pm - to be announced, under the band shell in George Little Park. The farmers market is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., through October in the large parking lot at George Little Park. SEPTEMBER 10 – Terrace Toastmasters returns with its first club meeting of the fall at the Rich McDaniel room in the sportsplex. If you’d like to improve your confidence, leadership or communication skills with a fun, interactive and supportive club membership, consider joining for the 20142015 season. Meetings are the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. For more details, see terracetoastmasters.com, the facebook page or call 250-635-2151. SEPTEMBER 13 – The Skeena Valley Farmers Market features various musical acts each Saturday: 9am - 1pm - Jim Ljungh under the band shell in George Little Park. The farmers market is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., through October in the large parking lot at George Little Park. SEPTEMBER 20 – The Skeena Valley Farmers Market features various musical acts each Saturday: 9am 1pm - Jean Baptiste and Friends (Jean Lechaussier, Renauld Bruneau and Tony Harmel) under the band shell in George Little Park. The farmers market is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., through October in the large parking lot at

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George Little Park. SEPTEMBER 21 – Heritage Park Museum and the Terrace Public Library host a celebratory concert in honour of the International Day of Peace at 11:00 a.m. in the dance hall at the museum. Special speakers and musicians from In The Mood For Peace will present on the theme of peace. Everyone is welcome, and admission is free. For more information, see http:// inthemoodforpeace. com/. SEPTEMBER 24 – Free SafeTALK (Suicide Alertness Training) workshop from 1 - 4 p.m. for anyone 15 years or older who wants to help prevent suicide. Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help, but often these opportunities are missed, dismissed or avoided – leaving individuals feeling more alone and at risk. The TALK in SafeTALK is an acronym for four basic steps - Tell, Ask, Listen and KeepSafe which are used to identify and engage with people having thoughts of suicide and to connect them with appropriate suicide helping resources in their community. To register, or for more information, please call 250-635-8206 or email terrace@bcss.org. ONGOING COME AND learn the basics of Scottish Country Dancing for free and have fun Tuesdays through May at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at United Knox Church. For more details, contact Wendy at 250-635-3847 or helmut&wendy@telus. net. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for fall eightweek session of Therapy Riding with the Northwest Therapeutic Equestrian Association. Please consider giving a couple of hours a week to this fun and rewarding work. Your time will give these participants not only the must-needed therapy but the joy or sharing time with these wonderful horses. Tuesday or Thursday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. starting Sept. 9. Call Lynne at 250-6353474 or Judy 250-6355539. ARE YOU new in town or just want to volunteer but don’t know how

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or for who? Learn more through Volunteer Terrace. We can help! We have many agencies and programs, including one day events throughout the year. Time commitment varies. Contact Volunteer Terrace at 250-638-1330. THE TERRACE Hospice Volunteer Training program will run from Sept. 16 to Dec. 2 every Tuesday 6 to 7:30 p.m. at #207 - 4650 Lazelle Ave. Training will focus on the goals of hospice palliative care, identifying the role of hospice volunteer visitors, grief and bereavement and provision of emotional, physical, and spiritual support.

SKEENA VALLEY COMMUNITY Supported Agriculture is a local way to buy fresh fruit and produce while helping farmers with the capital they need. For more information, or to join contact Agatha at 250-641-3663, email agathajed@gmail.com. Check out the website at www.skeenavalleycsa. com.

KITIMAT SEPTEMBER 14 – 34th Annual Terry Fox Run in Kitimat. Registration between 12 and 12:45 pm. Run starts at 1 pm. Email www.terryfox.org/run and Terry Fox Run 2014 for more information. ONGOING THE KITIMAT Public Market is looking for vendors and performers. Contact Willow at 250632-9107 for more information. WANT A garden bed next year at the Kitimat Community Garden? Call Denise at 250-6329107 for more information. THE KITIMAT Public Library offers the highly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 a.m Please register for this free program. PICKLE BALL Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m, Riverlodge Gym, for the months of July and August, starting July 3rd. Call the Kitimat Seniors’ Centre at 250-632-3475 for further information. KITIMAT PUBLIC Library offers one-on-

one reading help for all ages. Contact Mia Craft at the library at 250-6328985 to schedule your 30 minute appointment.

THE KITIMAT Quilters Guild meetings are the first Thursday of every month, held at M.E.S.S. Sewing room. All experience levels welcome. (19+) Call Aileen at 250-632-6225 or Wanda at 250-6324458. HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Center. They welcome families throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older siblings welcome). Come meet other parents and infants over light refreshments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more information call 250632-3144. CHILD DEVELOPMENT Centre Family Fun Spot Drop-In Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Fridays 1 to 3 p.m. Ages 0-5 welcome. “A Great place for families to meet over coffee and toys!” Contact 250-6323144 for more information. KITIMAT FIBRE Arts Guild: Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other fibre? For more information phone Maureen 250-632-5444. KITIMAT MULTIPLE sclerosis - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total confidentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016. AGLOW OF Kitimat - All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursday at 7:00 P.M. For information phone Brenda at 250632-1616. PRAYER CANADA Kitimat meets weekly on Tuesday at noon at Northwest Community College. All are welcome to pray for our town, province, and country. Contact Lesley for info at 250-6324554. DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read?

The Kitimat Adult Literacy Program provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in improving their reading, writing, math, communication, and information technology skills. Is English NOT your first language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Community Corner check us out at www.kitimatcommunityservices. ca/KALP.html or find us on facebook.

DO YOU have diabetes? We offer individual and group counseling. Certification for blood glucose strips is available. Make an appointment and bring your meter. The Good Food Box is part of our program. Forms for this can be picked up at the Living Well Program or at the hospital main desk. Donations for this worthwhile program are always accepted. For more info call 250-6328313 during operating hours - Wednesdays 8 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 8:a.m. - 4 p.m. - or leave message on our voice mail. We are located on the second floor of the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support offices. PRAYER CANADA Kitimat meets at the Northwest Community College Kitimat campus, from noon - 1 p.m. on Tuesdays. Enter at main entrance and turn left, meeting room will be on the right. Wheelchair accessible. All are welcome to pray for our city council and those in positions of authority in Kitimat, for the government of BC and of Canada. For information call Lesley at 250-632-4554.

PRINCE RUPERT ONGOING THE PRINCE Rupert Hospital Auxiliary Society is looking for new members. Meetings are held once a month,for further information, please call Lila @250627-1886. GENEALOGY CLUB meets every first Tuesday at the Family History Centre on Pr. Rupert Blvd Phone Josie at 250624-3279. PRINCE RUPERT Royal Canadian Legion

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For Kitimat, send your information to newsroom@northernsentinel.com For Prince Rupert send your info to newsroom@thenorthernview.com and For Terrace, send your information to newsroom@terracestandard.com

meets the third Monday of every month. Come visit the Military Museum Thursday to Sunday from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call 250-622-2917 for more information.

provide the necessary training to turn you into a Salmon expert! Call 250-624-6733 or email oldfieldhatchery@ gmail.com for more information.

MEALS ON Wheels program needs volunteers to deliver hot meals to people in Prince Rupert on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11 am - noon. Call Andrea Vogt 250-6226375 for further information.

PRINCE RUPERT Unemployed Action Centre provides a range of FREE services to unemployed/underemployed people in Pr Rupert and Northwest BC. Need help applying for CPP, Canada Disability Pensions, Old Age Security, EI, or WCB? Landlord or Social Service difficulties? We can help! Come see us Monday - Friday, 9 am- 5 pm 869 Fraser St. at Fisherman’s Hall or call 250627-8776.

SCHOOL DISTRICT 52 Band Program is looking for donations of band instruments! Help us bring music to all students by donating that trumpet you have in your basement or the saxophone in your coat closet! If you have an instrument no one is playing, call the school district office at 250627-6717 for pickup. NORTH COAST Victim Services Act Now! Protect yourself and your household, avoid becoming a victim. Obtain a free home security package and a free home inspection. Call 250627-7779. GIRL GUIDE Leaders needed immediately! Did you have a great experience with Girl Guides Canada? Are you available Thursday evenings from 6:15 - 8:15? We need you. Adult females of any age are welcome, no experience needed, training provided, meet new friends, being a leader looks good on your resume. Contact Dawn 250-6246450 or dquast@citywest.ca. FROM TEARS to Hope Prince Rupert’s Community Grief Support Group provides education and sharing. Meetings run eight consecutive weeks, several times each year. Preregistration is required. Contact 250-627-7779. BECOME A member of the Prince Rupert Salmon Enhancement Society to get exciting hands on experience with Salmon at the Oldfield Creek Fish Hatchery and in their natural habitat. You will play a vital role in everything from community education to spawning, raising, and releasing Salmon to local streams. We welcome any level of experience and will

CORNERSTONE MB Church: Coffee mornings at 202-6th Ave. West. Tuesday & Wednesday 10 am noon All are welcome! 250-627-1033. THE PRINCE Rupert Breast Cancer Support Group invites any woman living with cancer to attend our monthly luncheons every 3rd Saturday each month at 12 noon at the Crest Hotel. CORNERSTONE MB Church: Sunday Celebration every week @ 10:30 am, everyone welcome. Call 250-6271033 for details. FRIENDSHIP HOUSE of Prince Rupert Hosts: AamaGoot Power Puff Girlz Club (ages 7-12) Tuesday 3 - 5 pm, 3rd floor meeting room. AamaGoot Ladyz Club (18 yrs. +) Learn new artistic designs through sewing, beading, etc. Fridays 14 pm, 3rd floor meeting room. Call Carol Doolan at the Friendship House 250-627-1717, ext. 64 for more info. CALLING ALL Musicians! Prince Rupert Community Band and Choir are seeking new members No Auditions necessary! PR Community Band meets Mon. 7:30 pm - 9 pm at PRMS (formerly PRSS) Band Room. PR Comm. Choir meets Wed. 7:30 - 9 pm at PRMS Band Room. Contact Peter Witherly at 250-6249634 THE CHURCH of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites you to visit mormon.org . Call the LDS Missionaries @ 250-6003032 for more information.

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Kitimat trio win medals at North American competition By Cameron Orr

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KTIMAT -Three Haisla youths came away with medals from the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), held in Regina in July. Representing basketball was Megan Metz and James Harry Jr., and Josh Grant earned his medal playing soccer. It was a long road to get to the high level competition, especially for James and Megan, whose team is composed of players from all across B.C., making practice an exercise in logistics. Josh benefitted from year-long practices due to his team being primarily composed of northwestern players. “For us, at first we were told it was only going to be one day practice and that’d be it,” said Megan. “Then it ended up being two weeks, and we went to a bunch of different gyms and practices from nine in the morning...to three.” Those practices, though, earned her U16 basketball team a silver medal. The U16 Females faced a tough match against their gold medal

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The pride of Haisla. Three local youths, (l-r) Josh Grant, Megan Metz and James Harry Jr., came away with medals from the North American Indigenous Games in Regina. (Cameron Orr photo) match rivals, Wisconsin. The U14 Male basketball team with James Harry Jr. had to face down Team Colorado in their final which earned them a bronze medal. That said, James said it was Manitoba which provided the

real fight. Their match against Manitoba was tight, resulting in 57-54 for the middle Canada players. Team BC took down Colorado for the bronze 54-42. Josh’s U16 Male Team BC topped the results with a gold medal

for soccer, following a 2-1 win over Saskatchewan. Josh’s team in fact went undefeated the entire tournament, and their gold was their second victory over Saskatchewan, the two having met the day prior for a BC win of 3-2.

Rupert footie fumble By Kevin Campbell THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PRINCE RUPERT - A lack of available players and the region’s inability to field multiple teams left the Prince Rupert Football Club (PRFC) without a tournament this past weekend, one they were hoping to host for the first time in three years within the city. “It was going to be teams from Kispiox, Gitanyow, Terrace and Hazelton but they all started falling out [of the tournament] because workers were going back to camps, some of them are firefighters and younger players are going to school. It’s just bad timing,” said team manager James Brown. The teams are not bound by any contract to attend any tournaments in the Northwest as there is no formal league, but it’s understood between clubs

that teams would reciprocate in kind and attend each other’s host tournaments if one attends the other’s. The team wanted to host a gathering during Seafest, but found the dates conflicted with other tournaments that were being held on the same weekend, specifically Kispiox’s Father’s Day soccer tournament. “Out of respect, we were going to delay it, but then after that it was too busy because our own teams had weddings and there was other stuff so we went with Labour Day,” said Brown. “It was the summer of weddings.” This past season saw PRFC win two tournaments – in Kitwanga and Gitsegukla – and come in second twice – at Terrace and Greenville. “We were happy with the way things went. We could have planned our tournaments earlier [col-

lectively] but due to circumstances we went with this date. Otherwise I’m not disappointed in the season. All the players stood up and took on their roles well,” said the manager. The team paced themselves this year in order to save their strength for the would-be tournament last weekend. Last season, they attended too many out-of-town games and wore themselves out by the end of the summer. The team finishes the 2014 season with $10,700 in prize money. “We’re going to try to help out the wildlife shelter [with some of it],” said Brown. Indoor soccer now takes over Prince Rupert as the Civic Centre and PRFC’s Matt Anderson will host Tuesday and Wednesday evening play times. Look in the Prince Rupert Recreation Active Living and Community Resource Guide.

All three say playing in front of much larger crowds didn’t change their efforts on the field or the court, but getting to Regina was a bit of a shock in terms of the sheer number of people who attended the event, between participants

and spectators. “Way more than I expected,” said Megan. “Walking in to opening ceremonies. When you first look ahead you see empty seats, then you turn and see it packed in there. It’s crazy.” The three do plan

to continue in athletics, and may return to the Games next year, which possibly may be held in Florida. The event highlights the athletic achievements of indigenous peoples from around the continent.

Kings mentor youth By Margaret Speirs THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

TERRACE - A couple of young karate-kickboxing kids held their own at a boot camp with older karate-kickboxing athletes and several River Kings players. Shawn, 7, and Farren, 9, Devcic worked out with Terrace River Kings Derek Jurista, Cameron Kerr and Jeremy Vandenbroek at a recent fiveweek-long boot camp put on by Amber Pipe and Rajan Sangha of Shogun Dojo where the kids normally train. All of the young people at Shogun, except for a couple who couldn’t make it, joined in on the boot camp for some extra training before they headed off to the world martial arts games this week. Shawn, who’s a green belt, and Farren, who has a blue belt, were very dedicated, and they, plus a couple of older boys, were the only ones to come to the entire boot camp, said Sangha. “They didn’t miss a class. They were going up the hills with us, running at Parkside and all the rest of it,” he said about how the two young boys did ev-

erything their older counterparts did. The River Kings players were there for some extra pre-season training. The boys would train alongside the hockey players, such as pairing up with a player when the boot camp went to the dojo and did a circuit of 20 stations. And the hockey players enjoyed working out with the kids, added Sangha, saying it shows how they feel about kids in the community. “They usually work out with friends and the fact that they would grab one kid and say ‘hey let’s go,’ was really cool,” he said about the workouts. And the boys had a blast too. “They loved it. They look up to the River Kings quite a bit,” said Sangha. Shawn and Farren didn’t miss a karate class and in the last three weeks instead of working out from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. twice a week, they were showing up at 5 p.m. and training three or four days a week, said Sangha. “They’ve come a long way in the last three weeks,” he added of their competitive ability.

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Doubtful that the Seahawks can repeat Superbowl win After they demolished Denver Broncos 43-8 in last year’s Super Bowl, the Seattle Seahawks are overwhelming favourites in most quarters to be the first repeat winners of the National Football League championship since New England Patriots in 2003 and ‘04. Why wouldn’t they be? The Seahawks’ roster is virtually unchanged from last year; quarterback Russell Wilson is one year older and, presumably, one year wiser. Wide receiver Percy Harvin, arguably one of the top five offensive players in the league, is healthy again after missing most of last year. And there’s an aura around the Seahawks that says ‘dynasty.’ But as the 2014 season gets nicely under way, it says here the Seahawks will not win the Super Bowl next Feb. 1 in Phoenix. Why not? Recent history, that’s why. Peter King of Sports Illustrated’s Monday Morning Quarterback told the world recently about this most amazing stat: The last eight Super Bowl champions recorded precisely zero (0) playoff victories the following year. That means the Super Bowl champs from one year either failed to make the playoffs the next year or lost in the first round. A run of negativity like that has to end some time, and as this new season gets under way, it’s hard to believe the Seahawks will stumble badly enough to not win at least one playoff game this January. On the other hand, should Wilson suffer a serious injury, should corner Richard Sherman get sidelined, should running back Marshawn Lynch pout about his new contract, the fill-in pieces might not be good enough. And the Seahawks play in undoubtedly the toughest division in the NFL — division rivals San Francisco and Arizona are legitimate playoff contenders, too — so a couple of losses at key times could leave coach Pete Carroll’s team on the outside looking in. So if not the Seahawks, who? Is there redemption in the wind for Peyton Manning after Denver’s embarrassing loss to Seattle? Will the Chip Kelly-Nick Foles combo in Philadelphia lead to Super Bowl success? Does Tom Brady have one

more Super Bowl run left? Do the 49ers bask in the glow of their new stadium in San Jose and ride quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s skills to a long playoff run? Is this Aaron Rodgers’ year to bring Super Bowl glory back to Green Bay? Nothing is ever obvious at the start of an NFL season. Except for two things: Seattle is the heavy favourite to repeat. And past history says they probably won’t. And speaking of history, will new baseball commissioner Rob Manfred grant parole to Pete Rose? Manfred takes over from Bud Selig on Jan. 1 and he could make a major splash — telling the world he’s his own man — by finally commuting what appears to be a lifetime sentence to Rose, the game’s all-time hits leader (4,256). If he were to do that, Rose could then appear on the ballot for the Hall of Fame (where he belongs — the Hall, that is, not just the ballot). It’s been 25 years since commissioner Bart Giamatti issued the lifetime ban to Rose, who admitted to betting on baseball while he was manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Evi-

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dence shows that Rose bet only on his team to win, so tossing around accusations of ‘throwing’ games was not part of the debate. But ever since the Black Sox scandal of 1919, when a handful of players on the Chicago White Sox did, in fact, throw the Series to appease underworld

Overtime gamblers (and collect some handsome payoffs), anyone in baseball connected with gambling of any kind has been blacklisted. Rose hasn’t exactly been a saint since he was suspended. He has admitted to his indiscretion, but has told reporters he didn’t read the fine print in his suspension papers and had no idea he was agreeing to a lifetime ban. And he has gone out of his way to annoy Major League Baseball’s establishment by showing up at Cooperstown on most Hall of Fame induction weekends to pad his bank account by signing autographs, stealing attention from the Hall inductees. However annoying Rose has been to The

Game, the fact remains that no one who has ever graced a major league field has more hits than Charlie Hustle, who epitomized the way the game should be played. He is the most prolific hitter to ever play the game, he hustled, he managed, he played to win and from all reports, never used performanceenhancing drugs. He’s a baseball lifer. But he gambled on baseball. He knew it was wrong. When he was caught, he knew he’d be punished. He was. But 25 years in baseball’s prison is enough. Murderers all over North America are enjoying freedom in society after serving less than 25 years. Rose committed the crime, Giamatti issued the sentence, and outgoing commissioner Bud Selig denied parole for about two decades. With one stroke of a pen in January, Rob Manfred can right a quarter-century wrong. • Jack Finarelli, of SportsCurmudgeon. com, recounting some of the late Ralph Kiner’s malapropisms during his New York Mets broadcasts: “If Casey Stengel were alive today, he’d be spinning in his grave”; “The reason the Mets

have played so well at Shea this year is that they have the best home record in baseball.” • Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “A 91-year-old soccer fan left about $636,000 in cash and his house to the Norwegian club FL Fart. I might suggest using $635,000 of that to find a new name.” • Greg Cote of the Miami Herald, on news that Tampa Bay Bucs were taking a look at former Dolphin Richie Incognito: “Well, bully for them.” • Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, on Twitter: “ Johnny Manziel started losing this job right after the draft when he partied his brains out. Continued losing it right through middle finger.” • From Not Sports Centre.com: “Congratulations to the 2013-14 Los Angeles Lakers on their much deserved Emmy win for “Most

Outstanding Comedy Series.” • Greg Cote again: “The arrival of Johnny Manziel and return of (LeBron) James have made it a wonderful time to be a sports fan in Cleveland. It could only be better if being a sports fan in Cleveland did not entail having to, you know, live in Cleveland.” • Another one from Cote: “Predictionmachine.com computers put the Dolphins’ playoff chances at 26.1 percent and the shot at winning Super Bowl at 0.4 per cent. Shouldn’t there be a law that you can’t rain on a parade before the parade has even started?” • Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “The MGM Grand’s legendary ‘Lion’s Share’ slot machine finally coughed up its massive jackpot after 21 years — to the tune of $2.4 million — at 1-in-20 million odds. ‘So you’re telling me

there’s a chance,’ gushed 50,000 Cubs fans in unison.” • Steve Schrader of the Detroit Free Press, about overweight defensive tackle Nick Fairly’s job prospects with the Lions: “You are what you eat. Second helpings, second string.” • Comedian Argus Hamilton, scoffing at the NFL penalizing players for smoking pot: “The only way marijuana is a performance-enhancing drug is if somebody puts a Hershey bar on the goal line.” • Former PGA Tour player Dan Halldorson on how he lost 20 pounds while teaching golf to juniors in China for three months: “I was using two sticks to eat instead of a shovel.” •Sunmedia’s Steve Simmons on Twitter, recollecting his favourite line from boxing promoter Bob Arum: “Yesterday I was lying but today I am telling the truth.”

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• Clearing along the approved • Access road construction in right-of-way as well as access the Wedeene, Hoult and Clour road construction in Wedeene • Increased traffic on the Copper and Clore Forest • Clore and Hunter Multi-UseService Roads Site and camp construction activities For more information please email KitimatLNGfeedback@chevron.com chevron.ca/KitimatLNG

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