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Running MK as a business Cameron Orr While not speaking to any specifics of existing offers of sale for MK Bay Marina, Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross said a Haisla-owned MK Bay Marina wouldn’t get shut down to the public. “We’re going to keep it public, that’s for sure,” he said on the idea of the Haisla owning the facility. “We want to run it like a business so we can actually attract investments so we can upgrade it.” We sought Ross’ comments following the online posting of documents on the Regional District of Kitimat Stikine’s website showing a draft terms of sale and purchase of the marina to the Haisla. “We’ve been talking about it for years in one form or another,” said Ross. “There’s been a number of offers over the years.” Those past offers fizzled out for various reasons but he said current negotiations are more transparent and sincere, with credit to the current board. “I think it’s got more to do with the board’s willingness to talk about this seriously.” Ross said the Haisla relationship to MK Bay Marina goes back to the 80s when Kitamaat Village offered free water service and use of their land for parking as a show of good faith during tricky land transactions happening at the time. He said that any potential changes to the rates at the marina would make it comparable to the province, speaking to how business-like it’d be run. “I’ve seen the rhetoric out there about how we’re going to kick everybody out, and rates are going to go up...I heard all that, and that couldn’t be further from the truth,” he said. While he notes rates on Vancouver Island for instance might be lower than what rates could be up here, that’s a factor of demand, where Vancouver Island could have 10 other marinas in close proximity. “Therefore the demand is actually lower than compared to us,” he said. He said keeping rates low would be artificially keeping the marina cheaper. “I think everybody wants to keep the artificial lower rates in place, so as soon as you start to see this threat of rates being comparable to the rest of B.C., people start parking their boats on the side of the road.” Results from a recent RDKS meeting regarding the marina are mostly held in-camera, but a motion was passed, from Kitimat representative Phil Germuth, that prior to any sale of the marina a press release must be issued explaining the offer to the public.

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Teachers back in classrooms Cameron Orr and Tom Fletcher With a firm “yes” vote, B.C. teachers have set this week to return to classes. In fact teachers returned to their classrooms this past Monday. “We announced on September 17 how pleased we were that a tentative deal was reached between the government and the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF),” read a letter on the school district’s website Friday, signed by Superintendent Katherine McIntosh. “We waited to learn the final details of the agreement reached and the ratification results to announce the opening of our schools. Those details are now in hand.” The ratification put schools back in to service September 22. “We have well established routines and we will follow our normal opening day routines with a shortened first day,” she wrote. “As you will know, these first days allow us to greet students, set pre-

“We have well established routines and we will follow our normal opening day routines.” liminary enrollment and then prepare in earnest for the coming school days. “I wish to congratulate both bargaining teams. We recognize that both teams put in huge hours and an enormous effort to reach a deal. We should also acknowledge that our teachers and their support staff colleagues have been walking a picket line since last spring.” B.C. Teachers’ Federation members voted 86 per cent in favour of a six-year agreement negotiated with the help of mediator Vince Ready last week. About three out of four of the province’s 40,000 teachers voted. “I’m happy with this deal,” said BCTF president Jim Iker. It gives the province’s

teachers raises totalling 7.25 per cent over six years, improvements to benefits and a fund to hire hundreds of new teachers each year. Iker said the turnout for the vote was higher than the union’s last two ratification votes. Education Minister Peter Fassbender congratulated teachers on the settlement, which ends a bitter strike that shut schools for two weeks in June and another three weeks this fall. “We can now focus on the path forward,” Fassbender said. “This long-term agreement is a historic opportunity to work together for students – to enhance their education experience and to support their achievements.” Premier Christy Clark added her thanks on Twitter. “This is a fair, affordable deal that will let us focus on putting students first,” Clark said.

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Residents resistant to densification A community future which includes high density townhouse developments is no future for some Kitimat residents who are speaking about against what they perceive is a troubling rise in townhouse construction plans. A pair of public hearings on September 15 on Kingfisher townhouse plans near the golf course and on Riverbrook Estates at Liard and Konigus streets turned into a long discussion by residents and councillors on their visions for Kitimat. Among the most thorough of those presentations from Margetts resident Spence Edwards, who questioned to what quality the townhouses on Kingfisher would be built and implored council to come up with a plan for Kitimat’s future develop-

ment, saying failing to plan is planning to fail. “I’m not a qualified planner...but without a strategic plan in place, something that guides the town of Kitimat, we’re setting ourselves up for failure,” he said to councillors. Not all comments were against the developments however. Share a message on behalf of the Kitimat Development Corporation, Bruce Howard said they’ve received dozens of inquiries for the developments proposed from local residents wanting to buy. Skeena Street resident Luke Tunney spoke on both Riverbrook and Kingfisher developments, saying that he’s aware they will be built to high standards and wants to see more developments to re-grow the community. “We would like to see this commu-

nity grow as a family again,” he said. On the Riverbrook proposal specifically, another resident, Shaun Graham, was concerned on a number of fronts, including traffic concerns and sewer capacity. “There are only two streets that are

going to access 214 units,” he said. He said that if each home unit on the Riverbrook proposal had two cars, that would mean 400 cars. “That, I find, is unacceptable for that small area,” he said. District Director of Engineering Tim

Gleig responded to the concern about sewer, saying that while the additional units will add to the sewer line on Nadina Street, previous studies conducted show that existing sewer capacity is adequate for the development. Phil Germuth also responded on traf-

fic saying the town’s traffic committee has looked at the matter and did find some concerns but did not firmly oppose the development in terms of traffic issues. Graham’s concerns also dealt with the uncertainty of what the density of development

would mean for home values many years down the line. Kitimat realtor Illona Kenny spoke on the development, saying some buyers do look for new housing in Kitimat because of the home warranties that come with that. Continued on page 6

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Lets plan to plan I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the town is quite due for an updated Official Community Plan. At no time in recent memory has that been more apparent than during a pair of public hearings at the council meeting on September 15. The hearings were meant for the Kingfisher townhouse proposal and for the Riverbrook Estates plan, each which would densify portions of the community, and has many residents split on whether we need newer, higher density housing or if we should focus on the stock we have. The lack of vision is apparent for our town. The public hearings are meant for people to comment on specific proposals. Does the Kingfisher plan adequately address traffic on that street? Does Riverbrook Estates’ plan address townhouse heights in relation to neighbours? You know, that sort of thing. After a pair of public hearings which bordered on two hours we (as a community) heard less from residents on specific issues with the proposals, but we heard lots and lots about the overall community need for densification, or the need for new buildings. More than anything I think the town wants a vision. The OCP is from 2008, created before any of the current activity was anticipated. I can’t fault any residents for using the public hearings as a platform to talk about town planning because honestly what other opportunity like this do they get? In the perfect world, presuming the town doesn’t go full on with a consultant to make a whole new plan, it might be a good idea to just book a night at Mount Elizabeth Theatre, get a big whiteboard on the stage, and have residents hurl ideas to the poor person at the front and get a sense of what anybody wants. At any rate we really need to figure out the demands of housing (a plan, somewhere out there, does exist about this, for whenever the government gets around to releasing it), and figure out how to meet those demands while matching the community vision. I suspect Kitimat will not escape this “boom” without seeing one or two high density developments, but if our council has no mandate from the community about long-term livability, there’s no real effective way to curb potential over development. If we don’t find a plan to suit the town, we’re only going to see more public hearings like the ones we saw last Monday. Cameron Orr

A look back at a Kitimat career As I write, Thursday, Sept. 18 marks the 34th anniversary of my arrival to work in public relations for Alcan’s Kitimat Works. Kitimat, for most of us who were here at that time, was a different type of community in 1980 than it is today. For me, as a journalist, an editor and an established public relations professional, with a 24 year work record behind me in three countries, the last 15 in Toronto and Brampton, Ont., the contrast between Kitimat and where I had been working could hardly have been wider. Surprise number one, as it was on my “look-over” visit earlier, was that 55 km bus ride from the airport to town -- with, essentially, nothing but forest to be seen in between. No other communities in 55 clicks, unheard of in (Southern) Ontario, New Brunswick or Britain. As people who live here, we see why this is so and the current “boom” in home building demonstrates there’s still plenty of growth opportunity within city limits. Other than a size difference there’s little else to separate Cable Car from Strawberry Meadows or the Wakita Avenue developments -- other than the 20-plus years that

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divided them. The town I came to call home was very different for me -- and I had to make many contacts quickly and listen to much opinion so that I could do my job which was to help advise Alcan management where it fitted in to a community where its employees were a significant part of the population. In my time, I believed Alcan played its part quite well in the development of the community it founded, without being heavy-handed or patronizing. Others of course will disagree. Alcan was a well established operation, as was Eurocan, when Methanex came on the scene. Now the other two are gone, and at this time Kitimat is again essentially a one-industry town, as it was when it started. A new smelter offers a new lease on life - and there are signs that this will change. Northwestern B.C. is still cautiously creeping forward into the ener-

gy business, whether it is LNG or other pipelined energy products. I think it’ll happen for Kitimat, but I’m not sure I’ll be around to see it. However, the drive and bustle of the last eight or nine years of controversy and proposed developments has hastened many of the changes that were already evident in Kitimat through the 1990’s and into the new century. Not all of them for the best, from my point of view. I have seen some major losses in the sociability of the community and some divergence in the charitable support element in the community. Some things do come and go in a community - the service clubs that were so prominent in my first 15-20 years here have withered somewhat. Not gone, but their attraction for young people seems negligible. Annual community dances used to be popular; the Hospital Ball, the RCMP Ball, Octoberfest. If you didn’t reserve for next year, that night, you might not get a ticket. No longer the same I think can be said for some of our multi-cultural events as Kitimat’s younger people become Kitimatians rather than transplanted newcomers. Continued on page 11

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Rural area recycling pick-up plan gets curbed The Kitimat-Stikine regional district has put off the start date for pickup of garbage and recyclable material in the rural areas surrounding Terrace and Lakelse after discovering the environment ministry hadn’t signed off on the planned program. But news of the delay in starting the controversial program only came after residents opposed to it appeared at the Sept. 12 regional district’s board meeting and voiced their misgivings. The regional district has already been telling residents the service will start as of Oct. 6 and that residents will be charged $200 a year. Directors had given three readings to a bylaw authorizing the program at earlier meetings but, regional district works and services manager Roger Tooms told them at the Sept. 12 meeting, the environment ministry had yet to give its approval in order for the bylaw to be officially adopted. “At 4 p.m. today, I spoke to the deputy minister ... and he told me the minister had not had time to approve the bylaw so the board is not able to consider adopting it tonight,” Tooms told directors. With that information in hand, directors agreed to delay the start of the program. Leading up to the news from

Tooms, residents told regional district directors there had been no adequate discussion of the planned program. One speaker, Les Pawluk, told directors he had a petition of nearly 700 signatures from residents who believe they don’t need and don’t want the proposed curbside garbage and recycling pickup, particularly because of the $200 a year cost per person. It’s to apply whether people are living at the residence yearround or not. The planned program is to blend in with a larger regional plan to close the City of Terrace’s dump altogether while converting the regional district’s Thornhill dump into a transfer station where material will be sorted for recycling, leaving the waste that’s left to be hauled to a new super landfill at Forceman Ridge off of Hwy 37 South. Residents in the rural areas of Chimdemash, Usk, Gossen, Kleanza, New Remo, Old Remo, North Terrace, Thornhill, Jackpine Flats and the Lakelse Lake highway accessible areas are to be affected. Right now, they can either hire a private service to pick up their garbage or take it to a dump themselves. Regional district director Diana Penner, who took over representing the rural area surrounding Terrace

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Former Kitimat councillor weighs with report card on the current team Dear Sir, Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about what electors should look for in a candidate for municipal office and what candidates can expect. Currently, I don’t know for sure which of the current members of Council are preparing to run for office again. This is my report card from an ‘inside perspective’ of their past performance. Everyone will have their own opinion, and it’s important for electors to express their opinion at the polls on election day. Councillors (alphabetically): Edwin Empinado - Greatest public relations asset of Council. - Outgoing personality when meeting Provincial Minister’s and other dignitaries. - Put Kitimat on the map for being a friendly community. - Always acts with integrity and care of his fellow man. - Is a great listener. - Needs to practice making presentations. - My wish for Edwin is that he continues to prepare speaking notes, so he doesn’t get flustered. Mario Feldhoff - Greatest asset to Council during budget preparation. - Critical thinker. - Organized, always prepared for meetings - Understands the issues. - Acts with integrity and honesty. - Remarkable memory for details. - My wish for Mario is that he was old enough to retire and run for Mayor. Phil Germuth - Most improved of the ‘newer’ members

ReadeR’s WRite of Council. - Has worked hard to be informed of the issues. - Completes research, and prepares speaking notes. - Organized, always prepared for meetings. - Not afraid to tackle issues in a forthright manner. - Has worked diligently at developing his diplomatic skills. - Looks professional. - Acts with integrity and honesty. - My wish for Phil is that he considers running for Mayor. Rob Goffinet - Critical thinker from a completely different perspective than mine. - Has the ability to see issues from various perspectives. - Is well spoken. It behooves people to listen carefully and follow his thought process, as it’s always valuable. - Not always concise while making presentations. - Acts with integrity and honesty. - Always diplomatic. - Organized, always prepared for meetings. - First to volunteer his time for worthy causes. - My wish for Rob is that he becomes more concise in

Affordable fund is made Cameron Orr At their September 15 meeting Kitimat Council formally adopted the bylaw which establishes an affordable hosing fund. The bylaw means any money put in to that fund will go towards affordable housing initiatives in the community. The precise mechanics of how the fund will be fed and withdrawn from has not been set. One way the fund is likely to be supported is through density bonusing. Some high density developments, for example Civeo’s (Formerly PTI Group) worker accomodation facility in Strawberry Meadows pays a density bonus per bed installed. There are some affordable housing proposals, most recently a plan from newly formed Mountain View Housing Society, to construct affordable housing near the Mountain View Alliance Church. The four member board are still working on the concept for that plan.

Public toilets treated badly The public, portable toilets installed at places along the river and the Cablecar Dyke were subjected to damage and misuse over the summer. A report from the Director of Leisure Services Martin Gould said that the toilets council instructed installed at the Kitimat River Pump Houses, and at the Cablecar Dyke Road were both damaged. In the case of the Cablecar toilet, it was pushed over three times over the summer and was often used to deposit dog feces, rather than its intended use, Gould wrote. For the Pump Houses location, it was pushed over about one time

per week and was eventually damaged beyond repair when a vehicle drove in to it, destroying the base of the toilet. “Further, this portable toilet faced misuse through the inappropriate deposit of human feces throughout the season,” the report says. Staff say they will prepare a report in the future for the placement of toilets in 2015. Meanwhile Edwin Empinado brought the matter to attention at the September 15 council meeting, and encouraged anyone who witnessed the vandalism to report it to Gould at the District of Kitimat offices.

making his presentations. Mary Murphy - Is willing to tackle any issues. - Cares about Kitimat. - Kind hearted - a people person. - Sometimes has too much on her plate to do justice to her responsibilities. - Not always prepared in advance of meetings.

- Outspoken personality and not afraid to ruffle feathers. - At times misinterprets what others try to say so misunderstands the issue and/or concern. - My wish for Mary is for her to have more time to focus on one or two critical issues and do them justice. Continued on page 10

When Chris Rigoni paid $5 to support the creation of UNBC, he saw the University as a chance to keep more youth in the North, as his hometown of Kitimat lost a lot of young people. Little did he know that his wife Sally would became a graduate. They both say that UNBC is giving people in Kitimat the education they need to succeed at home. No university in Canada has a history like UNBC’s. Imagine 16,000 people calling on government to create a northern university. It happened here. Before UNBC was a university, it was a social movement that instilled a strong sense of ownership, purpose, and adventure in the region, which carries over to our students today.

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As per section 403 of the Local Government Act, unless the Delinquent Taxes and interest thereon are paid before September 29, 2014, a Tax Sale will be held in the Municipal Council Chambers, Northwest Community College 606 Mountainview Square, Kitimat, BC, at 10:00 am, September 29, 2014, for the disposition of the following property: RANGE 5, COAST DISTRICT, KITIMAT, BC ROLL NUMBER BLOCK LOT PLAN CIVIC ADDRESS UPSET PRICE 1220.000 122 5777 Alexander/Nalabila $41,338.80 2567.016 16 SP 3 7-486 Quatsino Blvd $5,024.81 10210.025 1021 A 11442 534-540 Mountainview Sq $73,712.36 As per section 252 of the Community Charter, unless the outstanding property taxes are paid by September 29, 2014, taxes accruing to the following manufactured homes may be subject to levy by legal remedy of distress: ROLL NUMBER 2200.030 2200.040 2200.110 2200.370 2200.440 2200.460 2200.481 70000.390 70000.480 70000.530 70000.940 70001.010 70001.100

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Report card Continued from pg 7 Mayor Monaghan - Longest serving politicianLearn more - Joanne must receive credit for the number of years devoted to the Council of Kitimat. She has had an amazing run in politics at all levels of elected of-

meetings eg. UBCM, ficial committees and NCLGA, and provinorganizations. - Cares about Kitimat. cial committee meetlookingglassbc.com -at Personal health ings that she appointed issues have plagued herself as the represenher over the past few tative from Kitimat. years. - Lacks consistency - Doesn’t like to travel and diplomacy. any more, therefore - As meeting Chair, has missed imporis not totally familiar with rules of order tant conferences and

which at times causes breakdowns in orderly Council meetings. - Ignores and disrespects rules of order at meetings. - Doesn’t take kindly to differences of opinion when discussing issues. - Not a ‘team’ player,

tends to focus on personal aggrandizement. - My wish for Joanne is for her to retire with grace after a long run of her political career. Again, these comments are my opinion only, please don’t start phoning or e-mailing me, everyone is

entitled to their own opinion and the voting booth is where the opinions count. Food for thought. Sincerely, Corinne Scott (Editor’s Note: Having seen this letter circulated prior to our publishing, Joanne

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Monaghan tells us her lack of travel is from a recommendation from District of Kitimat staff who felt travel may be more productive to newer councillors, and would in turn allow her to meet delegations locally in Kitimat.)

A look back Continued from page 6 There are still dances and social events, smaller, more focused, different music, different people but they’re no longer “social” highlights. Kitimat is no more or no less evolutionary or revolutionary that other towns where similar events have vanished from the calendar. Kitimat’s July 1st celebrations are holding in, but I’d say from my recent experiences, they’re showing their age. An adventurous decade-plus with the Ice Demons showed me sport, even hockey, is no cinch without success. The golf course is unfortunately a good example but with the popularity of the sport, it seems to me that’s solvable. We need a full-service golf club as a community resource. I’m rambling as I try to make my point. But, I hope and think we may see more people-directed change at the next municipal election. So much of what is happening is divisive, like it or not. A day looking at the opinions on local events on Facebook pages show that to be true. Change is inevitable, creeping and not always to everybody’s liking. That, to me, is mainly because different individuals have differing reasons for why they stay and enjoy being a part of a community. But being here first doesn’t give anyone a right to decide which changes are truly for the better - although, no matter where I’ve lived, I’ve always met people who think it does. Often they get rolled over.

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Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, September 24, 2014 A11 7 p.m. Tina Watchorn (632-6033) will make the presentation. October 6 - November 10 Christ the King Parish Bereavement Ministry Committee is sponsoring “Connecting Each Other with Hope”, a six week grief support group. Sessions in the Catholic Church Hall. Open to anyone, regardless of religious affiliation. Register or get more information by calling Lidia at 250-6326292, or Susana at 250-632-2215.

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Northwest seniors return from Games Submitted Zone 10 Seniors Games athletes arrived home from the BC Seniors Games in Langely with a total of 42 medals: 15 gold, 13 silver and 14 Bronze. Ninety-eight participants and six nonparticipants attended the Games between September 9 and 13. Sixteen of the possible 26 events were participated in with local athletes, with medals being awarded in 11 of those events, as follows: For Archery, Fred Hutchings took two gold, and Bob Bennett earned one bronze. Bridge (social), Joe Martyres/Ron Adam with one silver Cycling, Ann Kantakis with one Bronze and Trudy Rafuse with two Silvers, and one bronze Darts, Rena Hummel with one bronze (mixed doubles). For Five Pin Bowling, Ken Rutsatz earned one bronze. In golf, Betty Glover took one gold, and Anne Berrisford earned a bronze. For Horseshoes, Marielle Mercure took one bronze, and Marg Sharp took one silver, with John Paul Boirgoin taking one bronze for himself. Ice Curling, 55+ mens team, gold went to T. Abriel, H. Smith, L. Blackmore, and B. Drinkwater. For Pickle Ball, Barb/Ray Webster earned a bronze, and Dave Quinn/KC Tam took silver. In Swimming, Dawn Quast earned two silvers and one bronze.

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For Track and Field, Cecil (Bob) Goodvin took two gold medals and a sil-

ver. Ken Earl took one bronze, Maxine Smallwood earned four gold and two silver.

In whist, Frank Ackerman/Jean Thomson took one gold and one silver. Anna

Quinn/Donnette Farrell took one bronze for their efforts. After a couple

months of relaxation it will be time to start preparing for the BC Seniors Games, which

next time will be held in North Vancouver between between August 25 and 29.

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KEEPING CANADA’S ENERGY HIGHWAYS SAFE

HOW PIPELINE COMPANIES ARE TAKING STANDARDS TO A NEW LEVEL

Pipelines – known as energy highways – are vital to our country’s energy infrastructure. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to do many of our daily activities, like travelling or heating our homes. That’s why it’s critical pipelines are efficient and safe – we need them to reliably deliver 80 per cent of the oil and gas products Canadians use. Canada’s pipeline companies carefully follow a strict set of standards and regulations and use sophisticated equipment at every phase of a pipeline’s life – from design and construction to operations, maintenance and emergency response plans.

These measures and innovative practices allow Canada’s pipeline industry to boast a 99.999 per cent* safety record. But we’re not stopping there. We’re committed to zero incidents; to reach it, we are focusing on new pipeline innovation, employee safety and emergency management through an industry led program, CEPA Integrity First®. Safety doesn’t just influence our plans, processes and standards – it defines them. It is the top priority of our industry, now and in the future. Learn more about Canada’s pipelines and our safety standards.

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Happy 60th Anniversary, Rio Tinto Alcan!

The aluminum anniversary for RTA Cameron Orr In the old school traditions it’s actually the 10th anniversary which is called the aluminum anniversary but perhaps we’ll waive that tradition this time. So that said, sorry diamonds, but at 60 years in operation it’s the aluminum anniversary for Rio Tinto Alcan. Since kicking in to gear the Alcan smelter (referring to its historical name, before Rio Tinto bought the company in 2007) has been producing aluminum ingots at their seaside smelter, and as many know is the only reason the District of Kitimat exists as it does. To back up, the Aluminum Company of Canada, building a smelter in place now known as the District of Kitimat, commissioned the visionary community planner Clarence Stein. It’s Stein’s vision that accounts for Kitimat’s quite unique layout, where streets occupy “horse shoes” off main arterial streets. Green space buffers many streets, and are connected by walkways. It is, what has been dubbed, a Garden City. Many in Kitimat still remember early Kitimat life, when the town was right on the water, where

construction workers spent their off time. In some cases that time spent on the dock waiting to see any new people arriving by plane, which was really the only way to get in to Kitimat besides boat. Life in Kitimat was a, literally, muddy prospect for awhile, until the neighbourhoods started being constructed, beginning in the Nechako area in the early 60s. Ever since those early years, the town of Kitimat and the aluminum smelter have been forever entwined, each affecting the other in some way. The northwest for sure sees RTA as a major, if not the major, economic driver. Hundreds of people in Kitimat and Terrace call the RTA smelter their job, and of course today the Kitimat Modernization Project has employed thousands of man hours on its way to getting a new smelter in operation. Some note the ‘world’ of Kitimat today is very similar to those early times. Just as the community was pushed forward by the company in the 1950s, today a lot of the activity, employment and excitement of the town is owed to the modernization, the largest construction project in the region by far. All of this, in just 60 years.

August 13, 1959 Alcan VIP tour of Kemano Powerhouse and Kitimat Works by 36 Member Group of the Aluminium Extruders Council of the U.S. and Alcan and Aluminium Ltd. sales representatives. Northern Sentinel files.

Economic driver The impact of Rio Tinto Alcan on Kitimat and the area can’t be understated. General Manager of BC Operations Gaby Poirier said that with the [Kitimat Modernization] project 70 per cent complete, they’re currently employing 3,600 people on their way to concluding the Kitimat Modernization Project (KMP). The first pour doesn’t have a firm announced date but he said they will do it before the end of the first half of 2015. For Poirier, who has been involved in the KMP project for just over a year, it’s been a fascinating journey in to the long history of the company and Kitimat. “They built Kitimat, transmission lines, the smelter, in less than five years. There were over 30,000 workers here,” said Gaby on the company history. “What they did 60 years ago is quite impressive.” He said comparing that work to today’s activities, the challenges are different but there is a

common thread which runs through then and now. For instance the arrival of the Delta Spirit Lodge, which turns memories to the steamwheeler Delta King which once housed workers in the 1950s. “It’s very much alike what we did in the 50s.” Of course not every thing is the same. Poirier says he heard a lot of comments from former employees during their 60th celebrations at the Riverlodge on the September 13 weekend that it’s remarkable how much safety standards have changed. “Many, many comments came out from the evolution of safety throughout the years,” he said. In the Riverlodge gymnasium a line of historical photographs dotted the wall, and people saw first hand the differences of safety from then to now. “I think this is something to be proud, because our safety resolve improved tremendously in the last 15 years,” said Poirier. Continued on page 8

August 5, 1954 H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh visits Kitimat. The Duke’s official guide in his informal tour of Kitimat Works was A.W. Whitaker, Vice President and General Manager of the Aluminium Company of Canada. Northern Sentinel files.

Looking back to 2007

Rio Tinto makes bid to buy Alcan From the files of the Northern Sentinel, “It [RTA] is by far the most July 18, 2007 reassuring of all the options The rumours fion the table.” nally became a reality on Thursday, July 12 as mining-giant Rio Tinto has put forward a $US31.8 billion bid to acquire Alcan. This bid which was uanimously agreed to by the Alcan board trumps the $US 27 billion hostile bid from Alcoa - which has since pulled it’s offer. Jointly based out of Melbourne, Australia and London England, Rio Tinto is offering $US101 per share. Speaking at a Montreal press conference, Alcan CEO Yves Fortier assured people that all of Alcan’s Canadian projects, including the Kitimat Works modernization, will still be priorities of a new merged company that would be called Rio Tinto Alcan. “All of Alcan’s commitments will become those of Rio Tinto,” he announced. Alcan Primary Metal president Jean Simon told the Sentinel that following Alcoa’s hostile bid in early May the Alcan board of directors weighed their options and found that Rio Tinto was the best solution for the company and for Kitimat. “It is by far the most reassuring of all the options on the table,” he said. “It’s clear for us this is good for Kitimat.” Rio Tinto’s bauxite and alumina facilities in Australia could complement Kitimat Works, Simon suggested. Economic Development minister Colin Hansen told the Sentinel that both firms have informed the provincial government that the interests of Kitimat and the Northwest will be served. “Each party has given it’s reassurance that the Kitimat smelter is going ahead,” he explained. Although parent company, Rio Tinto is based in Australia and England, the firm has pledged to maintain Rio Tinto Alcan’s headquarters in Montreal. The amalgamated company would become the world leader in aluminum and alumina production. And with potential projects lined up in Australia, Rio Tinto Alcan could also become the world leader in bauxite production as well. Both alumina and bauxite are key ingredients in the production of aluminum. Rio Tinto’s CEO Paul Skinner said that he expects the transaction to be finalized by the end of the year [2007].

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Happy 60th Anniversary, Rio Tinto Alcan!

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60th Anniversary of BC Operations District of Kitimat

1953 - We’ve come a long way. These muddy fields and crude roads would eventually connect the Alcan smelter site with the Kitimat townsite. Northern Sentinel files.

60th Continued from page 7 That celebration at Riverlodge was an overall successful celebration of the company’s history. The events opened with a ceremony on September 12 marking the 60th milestone with company representatives, employees, retirees and a selection of other guests. Poirier met some interesting retirees. One couple made a particular impression on him, regaling him with the story of how the move to Kitimat in the 60s was predicated on the requirement that the couple be married before moving. A retirees breakfast was held by the company at Riverlodge on September 13, and Colleen

Nyce, manager of corporate affairs, said she was pleased to see many of those attending wearing “Pioneers of 54” hats. Nyce says due to the potential attendance throughout the day for other events they couldn’t plan for a publicly-open daytime celebration but was happy to open up the Riverlodge grounds to the public in the evening ahead of an energetic fireworks display. Management, including Poirier also spent the day in other ways, notably getting ‘dunked’ in the dunk tank, a day long fundraiser for the Kitimat Hospital Foundation. More on page 9

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60th Continued from page 7 So where is the Kitimat Modernization Project, the next chapter in the RTA story, today as far as completion? It’s in the tail end, nearly 3/4s done at 70 per cent. Gaby Poirier said being at 70 per cent means a lot of the ‘heavy lifting’ is done and what’s left is just the, well, heavy lifting. “It’s all the engineering, procurement and construction,” he said. “It means that right now the only step to getting it done is construction.” The project has hit their peak workforce of 3,600 people and he said they’ll be at that stage for several weeks as construction work gets done. Colleen Nyce says a lot of former employees have remarked that the eventual new smelter seems to be a far cleaner place than when they worked on site.

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Snapshot from 1954 Many in Kitimat still remember early Kitimat life, when the town was right on the water and the work site, where construction workers spent their off time. In some cases that time spent on the dock waiting to see any women arriving by plane, which was really the only way to get in to Kitimat besides boat. By April 1954, the first two potlines for the smelter were well on their way to being done A familiar face at that time would have been McNeely DuBose, who in 1954 was the vicepresident of the Aluminum Company of Canada in charge of power development. The Northern Sentinel on April 15, 1954, gleefully informed its readers that power to Kitimat from Kemano would be “laid on” in July or August that year. Alcan’s then-president was R. E. Powell. He and Alcan staff began planning for the smelter in 1949.

R. E. Powell “I, for one, realized the job would not be easy,” he said in 1954. “Nor has it. Yet great and small problems have been solved as work progressed.” The Sentinel itself reflected on the role of Alcan in the town’s future, opining that “Kitimat is not just another up-coast village. It is a city and a seaport for which growth will be natural and inevitable. Plans for the Aluminum Company of Canada alone guarantee that. Other developments will follow in due course.”

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Construction work at the Kitimat Modernization Project in this 2013 photo.

RTA and the new Kitimat economy Cameron Orr There’s another aspect to the whole modernization of the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter that is sometimes not as obvious from the outside. That’s the fact that the modernization of the smelter, being the first major project in the region, has created a pathway for other major industries looking to come to Kitimat. Notably it’s the liquefied natural gas projects which aim to open facilities in neighbouring lands from RTA. “I think an important point is our modernization project spurred on the economy to grow here,” said Colleen Nyce. “Our project...is still the only one really with a green light. But it paved the way for the other proponents to come.” Rio Tinto Alcan has even had deals with LNG Canada in a land share and sale which has LNG Canada taking over an RTAowned wharf, as RTA builds a new one for themselves. That deal will maintain the level of exports from the smelter due to the offer of Terminal B to LNG Canada. “We’re developing

many partnerships with local contractors for the long term business. We’re building that capacity,” added Gaby Poirier.

He notes that close to 1,000 people working on the Kitimat Modernization Project are from the local area. Nyce and Poirier

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Happy 60th Anniversary, Rio Tinto Alcan! Above, April 28, 1955, the first concrete pour. Below, an early construction photo as a worker observes a black bear.

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Happy 60th Anniversary, Rio Tinto Alcan!

A chart from Rio Tinto Alcan showing their existing emissions and the post-modernization emissions.

The new environmental footprint One thing that people within Rio Tinto Alcan are excited about are the new environmental standards that will come with the new smelter. Under the terms of their current new environmental permit they will see an overall 50 per cent reduction in the smelter’s bottom line. “We increase [production] by 48 per cent, but we reduce by 50 per cent our total environmental

emission footprint,” said Gaby Poirier. Colleen Nyce says the drop is an exception in a lot of other industries. “It’s amazing when you think about it, I don’t know if there’s any other industry that will cut their foot print in half environmentally.” Only one emission, SO2, is set to increase, which correlates with increase in production.

Opening up the worksite In March earlier this year Rio Tinto Alcan opened up the modernization site for the first time to media for a tour of the works. Rio Tinto Alcan is working out how much over-budget they are and what the new schedule will be for the pour. But the company is looking to the extra beds of the Delta Spirit Lodge to allow for more workers to keep the project on schedule from here. Jacynthe Côté, then Rio Tinto Alcan chief executive, spoke to reporters along with Rio

Tinto Alcan’s BC Operations’ General Manager Gaby Poirier following the media’s tour of the construction. Côté said that the labour and skills base that RTA is developing through their project will be beneficial to any emerging LNG projects in the area as well. At the time there were about 1,000 local people working on the project they say, which represents 42 per cent of the total work force. Local is defined as Kitimat, Kitamaat Village and Terrace.

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Congratulations to Rio Tinto Alcan on 60 years of success in Northwest British Columbia. In 1949, McElhanney was engaged to provide control and construction surveys for the development of a world-class aluminum smelter in Kitimat and a 750,000 HP hydroelectric power generation plant in Kemano. This was one of the most ambitious engineering projects ever undertaken in Canada and, at the time, the largest project completed by the private sector. ÂŠ Rio Tinto Alcan

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Between 1949 and 1953, McElhanney was tasked with surveying the route for the 16 km water tunnel, through extremely rugged terrain. Astonishing accuracies were achieved, even before the days of modern electronic survey equipment. Additional surveys were completed for the twin penstocks, the powerhouse, the proposed Kenney dam site, the smelter site, marine facilities, the Kitimat and Kemano town sites, all proposed roads and rail lines between Terrace and Kitimat, and the transmission line between Kitimat and Kemano. Operations commenced in 1954 for both the aluminum smelter in Kitimat and the hydroelectric generating station in Kemano. Over the next 60 years, this early project would play a pivotal role in the growth and development of Northwest BC and of McElhanney. McElhanney is proud to have provided engineering, survey, and environmental services to Rio Tinto Alcan and to have contributed to this landmark project. Established in Vancouver in 1910, McElhanney opened its Terrace office in 1967, the first of five locations serving Northern BC. Today, the company has more than 20 locations across Canada, including Kitimat, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Smithers, and Terrace, and an international office in Indonesia.

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The District of Kitimat provided this photo in February, showing an overhead look at the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter site and the wharves.

Pumping up the aluminum output So how much more metal exactly will a modernized Rio Tinto Alcan smelter produce? Forty-eight per cent more. Gaby Poirier said peak capacity under the old smelter was 282,000 tonnes a year. “With KMP (Kitimat Modernization Project), it will be 420,000 tonnes [a year],” he said. To get there KMP will have to shut down, or “idle” their lines as the new ones are constructed. As of today he said Lines 1 and 5 have been idled, and the remaining lines, two through four, will soon follow. But safety is key for that transformation, he said. “To make it happen the only way is to make it happen safely,” he said, noting the safety record so far in construction has been great.

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The ribbon cutting ceremony at the official opening of the Delta Spirit Lodge. Black Press

RTA cruises in housing From the Northern Sentinel, February 2014 Rio Tinto Alcan has announced an agreement to bring in a cruise ship to house workers for the Kitimat Modernization Project. The final agreement was reached on January 27 with Bridgemans Haisla LP to house workers in the final construction year, the company said. The ship, the Silja Festival, will be redubbed the Delta Spirit Lodge by RTA, and is a converted Baltic Ferry. The ship is expected to be used for nine months for the project. The ship left port in Estonia earlier yesterday and is expected in Kitimat by the end of February. The ship is expected to be stationed at the former Eurocan wharf, and will have a service staff of 110, will have 500 bedrooms, as well as dining and lounge facilities. In addition to construction workers, she also said it will house company visitors, consultants, and business guests as needed. She said this ship is a way not to burden Kitimat’s already crunched housing stock. “We have a grow-

ing workforce to complete our project and we will do our utmost to house them in Kitimat without undue impact to the town,” she said through e-mail. The company is drawing memories of the Delta King steam

roller which housed workers during the Kitimat smelter’s original construction. With this being the smelter’s 60th year they are “delighted that the ‘Delta Spirit Lodge’ historically parallels the alumi-

num industry’s inception in Kitimat with the prominence of the ‘Delta King’ as floating accommodations for construction workers during the original smelter’s construction period in the early 1950s.”

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Happy 60th Anniversary, Rio Tinto Alcan!

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Planning for milestones to come This year is RTA’s 60th year in operation, but it won’t be the last milestone the company celebrates by far. Gaby Poirier thinks back to the remarks of Rio Tinto Alcan, Primary Metal’s CO Arnaud Soirat who said that it’s rare to see a smelter last 60 years. That gives him pride to work on the modernization which he sees as a project that’s not just the start-up of opera-

tions, but the beginning of at least another 60 years of operation. “We’ve done the first 60th, we’re going to go for another 60 with a new smelter,” he said. That being the case, there’s a lot of carry-over from the ‘old’ smelter to the ‘new’. A large part of that, he said, comes from the people. As retirees gathered at the Riverlodge over the weekend Poirier was struck that at least half of those who attended the opening ceremony of the 60th shared the names of people working on site at the plant. “The next generation are

here on plant site,” he said. Even as an international company, the local operations of Rio Tinto Alcan are in some ways like a family business in that sense. Meanwhile, Colleen Nyce said she was touched to see the support for the company as they celebrated their 60th. “We were really touched by the well wishes that we received from the Mayor of Kitimat, the municipality of Terrace, the Haisla drummers were awesome, the MLA...so all our community stakeholders, the support and the well wishes have been very nice to receive.”

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The gang’s all there for RTA 60th For the opening ceremony of Rio Tinto Alcan’s 60th anniversary weekend, the company got together people from all corners of the company’s history. Shown above is members of the management team and the pioneer group, as well

some who started with Alcan in 1954. From left to right is Gaby Poirier, general manager BC Operations; Werner Bikowski, pioneer 1955; Horst Voigt, retiree 1963; Al McGowan, pioneer 1954; Karl Renhack, pioneer 1954; John

Hoffer, pioneer 1954; Murray McDonald, pioneer 1954; Arnaud Soirat, president and CEO Primary Metal; Etienne Jacques, chief operating officer Primary Metal North America; Daniel Hertsberg, senior vice-president Human Resources

and HSE; Rolf Leibach pioneer 1954; Pat Fiore, Major Project Asset Owner Representative; Paul Henning, vice-president Strategic Projects, Western Canada; Ken Minifie, pioneer 1953. Photo provided by Rio Tinto Alcan.

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Est. 1900

E.B. Horsman & Son Congratulates A concert stage provided the venue for live music at the Riverlodge on September 13 for Rio Tinto Alcan’s 60th celebrations.

Rio Tinto Alcan on 60 Years in Business

Tip of the hat to the advertisers We at the Northern Sentinel would feel remiss if we didn’t take a moment to personally thank all the businesses who have put their name on these pages and sponsored this special feature congratulating Rio Tinto Alcan. We’re proud to do business with the region’s strong companies, all of which do their own part in developing our community. As each of you congratulate the decades of accomplish-

ment by the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter, we must congratulate you on all

of your hard work that provides the backbone of our region.

So from us at the Sentinel to you, thank you very, very much.

Kitimat Branch 622 Commercial Ave Kitimat, BC V8C 2C5 Tel: 250-632-3774

Terrace Branch 5000 Pohle Ave. Terrace, BC V8G 4S8 Tel: 250-635-6379

BC owned and operated full line electrical distributor

RIO TINTO ALCAN

on 60 great years in Kitimat!

KITIMAT B.C. 250-632-4831

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