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A massive house fire that started with an explosion rocked Agassiz on Sunday night. Witnesses on the scene were first alerted to the fire by the large explosion, many of them said. The house, located at Canterbury Drive and Sheffield Drive, was then quickly engulfed in flames and destroyed by the fire. Neighbours watched from their driveways and
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Agassiz rocked by loud explosion the streets clogged with cars as people came to see the fire. Two men were taken to hospital for burn injuries, and one of them remains in a burn unit with serious injuries. They both were flown via air ambulance, which landed near the south entrance to Agassiz on Hwy. 9. One neighbour, Monica Little, said she heard the first large explosion at about 6:45 p.m., which was followed by several smaller explosions. Fire response was
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Museum getting cash for walkway project Decision follows public input into Wayward Pines spending THE OBSERVER
A small portion of the Wayward Pines revenue has been set aside for the Agassiz Harrison Museum, following an unpopular decision to use the money for a mobile stage. At Monday’s meeting, council voted unanimously to give the museum $22,500 toward the Agassiz Historical Society’s wish list. The money will help to pay for the number one item on the list — a new walkway and railing for visitors. The museum building, which is owned by the District of Kent, is need of several repairs and has been seeking funds from various sources to get the work done. The walkway will cost $20,000 and the railing
cost $2,500. The District of Kent earned $309,500 in extra revenue from the production company that shot the television show, Wayward Pines. Council had previously voted to buy a mobile stage to help enhance local events and to possibly increase the opportunities for cultural events. That decision proved to be unpopular with some residents, who criticized the purchase and asked council to consider other projects that need funding. Council went back to the drawing board, and asked the community for more input. Some of other items discussed needing the District’s attention and funding included the ball diamond washrooms, the Kent Municipal Cemetery, and
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Agassiz will not participate in the Communities in Bloom program in 2015. Participating in the program runs at a cost of just over $11,000 a year, a recent staff report to council noted. Much of the work completed by District of Kent staff each year is work that is being done anyway, Kerry Hilts, director of community services said, and not participating in the program won't bring the community's image down in any way.
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Doctors reach deal on pay B.C.'s 10,000 doctors and specialists will get a 5.5 per cent increase in their fees and incentives over five years under a new agreement with the provincial government. The new physician master agreement is also expected to give doctors more say in helping design health care system reforms within health authorities. The increases in compensation and incentives for B.C.'s mostly fee-forservice doctors are expected to cost the province an extra $216 million over five years. Another $143 million is earmarked for recruiting new doctors, retaining
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Peter Wiehler’s memory could live on in local park Council considers renaming park after popular paramedic
Jessica Peters THE OBSERVER
It’s looking very likely that a local park will one day be known as the Peter Wiehler Park. Wiehler was a well-respected and hard-working BC paramedic, working in Agassiz for 30 years. Wiehler passed away due to ALS last year, leaving behind his wife, Sharon. She wrote a heartfelt letter to the District of Kent, on behalf of her family, to ask them to consider renaming a park in Agassiz after her late husband. In the letter, she outlined some of the things that set her husband out from the crowd.
“Peter would often attend calls where he was able to use his knowledge of the German language to community with elderly who only spoke (that) language,” she wrote. “Peter’s parents were well known in the community and they also had many German friends living in Agassiz. Soon, at different hours of the day and night the phone would ring and I would answer only to hear a distressed German voice on the other end. Peter would take the call on his own time, would get out of bed at all hours of the night to go and sit with these people and see if they needed an ambulance called. “Peter went above and beyond the
duty for most of our married life,” she said. She is hoping to one day take their grandson to a park where they can remember him, and where their daughter Alisha (who is a gardener for the District) could tend the gardens. Council eagerly agreed to consider naming a local park after Wiehler. Now, the task will be to find a park that could be renamed. While Evergreen was considered, that park also being reconsidered for renaming to reflect the work by the Lions Club to have it built. Rockwell Park is also being considered.
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With Christmas only two weeks away, the signs of the holiday season abound. And along with the sights of glistening lights and shoppers bustling about, there are food drives collecting for the food bank, and campaigns of all kinds to help those in need, including toy drives trying to ensure all children have something waiting for them under the Christmas tree. Those are all worthwhile causes and the people who organize and contribute to them should be celebrated. But the most they can do is alleviate some of the need. The sad fact is, the issue of child poverty is not going to be solved by a once-a-year campaign. According to the annual report released by First Call, a coalition of advocacy groups, child poverty is on the rise in B.C. rather than declining. According to the B.C. Child Poverty Report Card, 169,240 children were living below the poverty line in this province in 2012. Last year, the report identified 153,000 children. First Call set out 19 recommendations in their report with a goal of reducing the provincial child poverty rate to seven per cent by 2020. The recommendations cover a range, from raising the minimum wage to increased child tax benefits and rescinding cuts to Employment Insurance. But what they all have in common is the need for provincial and federal governments to address the problem. Christmas is a time of giving and a time to share in the joy of children. With that in mind,there is no better time for senior levels of government to join in the fight to make some long-term change. Christmas shouldn’t be the only time we work to put smiles on the faces of children.
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Clark on climate, clawbacks, credit cards B.C. VIEWS Tom Fletcher A year-end interview with Premier Christy Clark. For an extended version see the opinion section at www. agassizharrisonobserver.com. TF: Are you still confident that we’re going to see a major LNG project approved by the end of 2014? PCC: We’re still in negotiations with Petronas and Shell, so I don’t know if it will be by the end of 2014, but I’m hoping in the next few months. [Days after this interview, Petronas announced a delay in their investment decision until 2015.] TF: I talked to a couple of SFU climate mitigation specialists,
and they agreed that it’s unlikely to the point of impossible to have a major LNG industry and still meet Gordon Campbell's ambitious greenhouse gas target of a 33 per cent reduction by 2020. What do you think? PCC: I think that we may prove them wrong. Many of these facilities, not all of them, will be partly or fully electrically powered up, so that reduces those impacts, and there’s going to be a real incentive to invest in new technology to minimize that as well. I think the bigger picture is what really matters, which is that in shipping 82 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas to Asia, we help them get off coal and other dirtier sources of oil, and that is the biggest contribution that we’ve ever made to reducing climate change. TF: Ontario and Quebec have taken a page from your book.
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They have seven conditions for an oil pipeline, Energy East, which involves conversion of gas pipelines and taking Alberta oil to the East Coast. What do you think?
“It’s typical, the NDP want us to spend the money before we have it” ~ Christy Clark PCC: I think they took our five conditions and elaborated on them. So you’ve got British Columbia, Alberta, now Ontario and Quebec, all signed on to some version of the five conditions. And of course Enbridge and Kinder Morgan as well. TF: What about the conditions they have added? PCC: One of the things they
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say they want to protect against is a shortage of natural gas coming to Ontario and Quebec. These are the same two provinces that have put a moratorium on extracting natural gas. They want to make sure that we do it here, good enough for us to do, and send it to them, but they won’t do that themselves. I look at their last two conditions, and I roll my eyes a little bit. TF: All the way to New Brunswick, they’ve basically bought the anti-hydraulic fracturing myth? PCC: Yes. Somehow they all watched an American mockumentary or whatever you call it, and believed it. Here in British Columbia we do fracking better than anywhere in the world. It is the gold standard. TF: Finance Minister Mike de Jong says we have a surplus estimated at more than $400 million for this fiscal year, and OFFICE HOURS Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed Sat., Sun., & Mon.
he suggested that much of that would have to go to pay off deficits from previous years. Of course the opposition is interested in welfare rates and in particular ending child support clawbacks. What’s your view? PCC: Like any family that’s been through tough times, the first thing you need to do when you get back to finding a job and making an income again, is to pay off your credit cards. And that’s what we’re going to do. We are going to see if we can find ways to improve some of the programs over time, but can’t do that until we can afford it. It’s typical, the NDP want us to spend the money before we have it. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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New generation of protest We seem to have entered another age of protest. For those of us in university during the late '60s and early '70s how could we forget protesting everything under the sun. I didn't have a whole lot of time to spend because I worked my way through university but with protests being a daily event participation was easy. Yes, we had great success bringing attention to very serious issues like Vietnam, civil rights, and gender equality, but in the mix there was a barrage of foolish political rhetoric that ultimately overpowered all else. And, by the way, what did we accomplish by invading and trashing Peace Arch Park? Then we graduated, got cleaned up, went to work, retired, and now we're back at it. We're protesting everything under the sun again. That's embarrassing. Forty years ago
we listened to Neil Young's protest songs and, wouldn't you know it, we still do. In the old days we railed against "The Military Industrial Complex", we screamed corruption every time we didn't see the political decision we wanted, we just knew industry and government were colluding on every issue, we knew that the police were nothing but the fascist arm of big business, the judges were puppets of big business, and we knew that organized religions were simply tools to pacify the masses. Oh, did I mention that we also wanted to overthrow the government? Now 40 years later what have we learned that the young protester wouldn't know? Was big brother really watching us? Was there really a conspiracy by big business and government to enslave us all, to destroy organized labor,
to sell our country lock stock and barrel to the US? Were profits really put ahead of cancer research, hospitals for children, work safe, education, public transit, caring for our elderly? Despite the dire warnings screamed out by our young voices the second ice age didn't happen, we didn 't run out of fossil fuels by the year 2000, and the world did not come to a fiery end by way of nuclear holocaust. Instead of the Orwellian police state that we were convinced was inevitable, we have seen with our own eyes a Canadian society that has flourished for 40 years. Four decades ago we blamed our parents and grand parents for creating the culture that we viewed as an utter failure. In our eyes we inherited this dysfunctional society that so badly needed to be fixed and we took it upon ourselves to
fix it. If the young protester today has the same view, don't forget that they inherited their dysfunctional society from us. Today, I have a soft spot in my heart for the young activist full of energy and sincerely wanting to make the world a better place. On specific issues I think they 're right, but even if not, they certainly have a perfect right to be just as wrong as we were. Right or wrong, though, they have my best wishes. But as for the old and grey Neil Young fans, didn 't the last 40 years teach us anything? Yes, protest all you want, focus on the issues, but stop spewing those tired old corporate greed/dooms day clichés from the '60s. This is a new age. Let the young people have their day and let their voices be heard. Kevin Sass Hemlock Valley
Poll results from the Twilight Zone I
feel compelled to comment that the results of the poll in this weeks' paper on the satisfaction of the results of the recent municipal must be wrong. Since
enough to reflect an accurate cross-section of the population, how could more 50% of the people who voted be dissatisfied with the results?
we all exercised our democratic right to vote (who wouldn't), unless some of us changed our minds after we cast our ballots, or the poll was not sufficiently large
Questioning fuel prices I have a question, that I would suggest most people in Chilliwack would like an answer to. That question is: why are gas prices Àve and six cents a litre higher in Chilliwack than Abbotsford? Why in fact, are they higher by any
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The movement of domestic birds in all of southern British Columbia is now being restricted as officials work to quell an avian influenza outbreak that has prompted several countries, including the United States, to close their borders to local poultry products. The virus has now been found at five Fraser Valley farms – two which produce turkeys and three which produce broiler breeder chickens. Four of the farms are located in Abbotsford, including a 66,000bird turkey farm where
the virus was discovered late last week. Around 80,000 birds at the first four farms where the virus was found have now either already died from the highly pathogenic H5N2 strain, or been euthanized. CFIA workers began euthanizing birds at the fifth farm Monday. Seven countries have now imposed restrictions on Canadian poultry, including the United States and Mexico. Other jurisdictions, including the European Union, require documentation certifying poultry comes from a country free of avian influenza. The Canadian Food
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prepared correctly, While officials have expressed confidence that the outbreak could be contained, they also sounded a note of warning Monday that the highly pathogenic H5N2 virus may turn up on more local farms. “Avian influenza is highly contagious between birds and can spread rapidly,” said Kochar. “It is anticipated that additional at-risk farms may be identified in the coming days.” While some have reported localized bird deaths in the Fraser Valley, Kochar said the CFIA’s surveillance had yet to turn up any cases of avian influenza in the wild. Kochar said farmers or members of the public who suspect a bird may have, or may have died, from the virus call contact the CFIA. Contact info is available online at inspection.gc.ca.
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A fire along Rockwell Drive did cut off services and traffic for several hours, prompting a call for another access.
proposal that Tamihi Logging and Seabird have submitted, that would permit logging truck traffic through Sasquatch. They also asked that Kent looks for an alternative route out of the area that does not travel through Sasquatch. The District of Kent includes the land around Rockwell Drive, and is obligated by the province to provide an alternate emergency route for all residents. Currently there is only one road in and out, which is potentially a lifeendangering situation if an emergency cut off access to Rockwell Drive and the recreation areas beyond Harrison. Finally, the group asked council to inform the Kent Harrison Joint Emergency Program of the activities being taken to preserve the park. "Logging trucks going through the park will kill the park," Coles said. "We believe it will be catastrophic." But Mayor John Van Laerhoven stated that the most important point for Kent to consider is the safety of its residents. "We have a responsibility to our citizens," he said. "We are compelled by provincial statute to do that. We want an emergency
route that would be used if either mayor (Kent or Harrison Hot Springs) declared an emergency." In addition to the residents that may need access to food, water, shelter and medication during a road-closing emergency, there are more than 300,000 visitors to the Sasquatch Park recreation areas each year. "What would happen if there were a wildfire?" Van Laerhoven said. Last summer, a fire along Rockwell Drive did cut off services and traffic for several hours. At least one resident has told the Observer that they were cut off from their medication during that time. "It's just not as simple as simply saving the park. We have a responsibility outside saving the park, things we need to consider." Kabaluk also spoke, answering questions posed by council following the presentation. "There will always be pressure on the park," Kabaluk said. "There are huge pressures on all parks, all the time." Coles noted that they have gather more than 800 signatures in support of preserving the park. While Tamihi and
Seabird have been attempting to gain road access to a woodlot, the District of Kent has been trying to find an emergency exit. Many public discussions have integrated the two concepts, in the hopes that one road could provide both services. However, an emergency route would be locked at all times, only to be opened in the case of an emergency. The logging proposal includes a boundary adjustment that would remove a part of the current road from the park to allow industrial traffic. Once opened to industrial traffic, any company could haul trucks on it. "I believe they should find an alternate route that does not impact upon the Park and could possibly suite both needs and leave the Park intact," Coles told the Observer. "It is a choice of where dollars will be going; into the pockets of the logging companies who harvest the timber in the area or into the construction of a new road outside of the park." For past stories on this issue, visit www. agassizharrisonobserver. com.
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Harrison Mills residents held a craft market at the hall on Saturday, to help recover costs of some major upgrades this year. Sellers offered homemade crafts and foods.
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As the community wraps itself in the Christmas spirit and the traditional shopping season begins, Upper Fraser Valley RCMP wish to ensure that your gifts remain safe and secure for deliver on the 25th, right along with Santa’s. The holiday season is a time for fun and festivity so don’t let criminals be your scrooge this holiday season. Here are a few precautions that people can take when they venture out to do their shopping to avoid heartaches and disappointments. • Don’t withdraw more money than you need when visiting ATM’s. Thieves lurk in parking lots around financial institutions. Be aware of your suuroundings and take note of anyone following you • Men should carry their wallets in their front pockets as opposed to their back pockets or jackets • Women should carry their purses close to their body but should not wrap their purse straps around themselves. Doing so could cause you to be dragged to the ground in the event that your purse is snatched. • Never leave your purchases unattended, even for a short period of time. Parents: Everyone knows that shopping malls become increasingly busy at this time of year. Malls
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“I wanted to share the beauty and exuberance of this music with others on instruments rarely heard – namely harps and rare medieval instruments,� Pappajohn says. Time and passion are imbued in every aspect of Winter Harp’s performance. The costumes, designed by Lori and sewn by a
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Penny Lett blood drive currently second largest in B.C.
Ross Yaxley of Chilliwack made his 100th blood donation on May 27, 2013.
of blood. The blood drive was created last year in memory of late former Black Press reporter, Penny Lett. An avid donor herself, Lett gave a total of 125 units of blood before passing away in the spring of last year. Last year’s goal was to match Lett’s donations by collecting 125 units of blood. A whopping 420 units were collected. This year, the goal was quadrupled. Progress photojournalist, Jenna Hauck who started the In Memory of Penny Lett blood drive, received a national award in September from Canadian Blood
B.C. urged to end 'shadow system' of substandard foster care
Jeff Nagel
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B.C.'s Representative for Children and Youth has issued yet another stinging rebuke to the province for allowing substandard conditions in 31 cases where youths in care ended up critically harmed or dead. Mary Ellen TurpelLafond latest review of children in care focuses on those with complex medical, psychological or behavioural needs and paints a tragic portrait of a system she says is "in disarray" because of government's failure to fund an adequate model. "We're compounding their challenges by isolating them and giving them this kind of substandard treatment," she told reporters Wednesday. One youth dubbed Dean came from a violent, unstable family and mentally ill mother who considered killing him, according to the new report. He was diagnosed with various behavioural disorders and hospitalized for selfharm before entering government care and being placed in a foster home at age 15. The foster father didn't want his own kids exposed to Dean so the youth was kept in a separate rental home that the dad staffed with workers he met through Narcotics Anonymous or the local coffee shop,
with no criminal record checks conducted. One night worker turned out to be a sex offender who abused the boy, Turpel-Lafond said, calling it an example of a "shadow system of care" where kids who need the most attention are cast aside. "When we put the neediest kids in these ad hoc group homes that are one-offs where someone can hire someone from the Starbucks lineup or from their Narcotics Anonymous group to care for a child, that's not good care." It's particularly troubling the province knew of that care plan and agreed to it, TurpelLafond added. Of the cases reviewed, seven children were sexually assaulted, eight were physically assaulted, while others were suicidal, had drug overdoses or selfinflicted injuries. Two died. She noted the Ministry of Children and Family Development continues to use hotels in all regions of the province to house some children in care who have not been placed elsewhere. "You basically go to sleep in a hotel with one worker and wake up with another worker," said Turpel-Lafond, who wants the province to disclose each time hotels are used. "Sometimes the kids sleep overnight in the after hours office [of the
ministry], which isn't even as good as a hotel – they're sleeping in an office." Her chief recommendation is the province stop putting children with complex needs in inappropriate placements and that new residential services be created that aim for a loving familystyle environment, not institutionalization. Letting at-risk kids drift toward poverty, homelessness, jail, abuse and untreated mental illness is much more costly than a comprehensive, fully funded and properly supported residential care system, she said. She's also urging a hybrid approach of shared guardianship that lets parents and other family continue
to participate in the upbringing of a child who must be in government care. Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux issued a statement saying the review doesn't reflect her ministry's latest improvements, including the new sixbed Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre in Burnaby. Cadieux called TurpelLafond's proposed three-month timeline for action "unrealistic" because the ministry is tackling other priorities, including the hiring of 200 more front-line child protection staff. Turpel-Lafond said the government has had adequate time to act – it's been nearly two years since she issued similar recommendations after
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an 11-year-old boy with complex needs was tasered by police. "I'm certainly not happy that I continue to see children in this state," she said. "They need to get on this."
Services for the success of the blood drive in its inaugural year. Those wishing to join Team Penny to make their blood donations from 2014 count towards the goal, can sign up online at www.blood. ca/en/blood/how-doi-join-team. Under “I have my Partner ID”,
click “register as a member online”. The partner ID is INME013882. Or, you can call 1-888-2-DONATE and use the partner ID number. Donations from Team Penny will continue to be collected and counted until the end of the calendar year.
Hope & District Minor Hockey would like to say
T HAN K YO U to the following sponsors who generously supported our recent Atom Hockey Tournament:
• Petro Canada - Agassiz • Movie Source Agassiz • Kent Outdoors Agassiz • Old Settler Pub and Liqour Store • Kitty & Chucks Harrison Hot Springs • Shaw • Owl Street Café • The Great Escape • Hope & District Recreation Centre
• Ramada Hotel Harrison Hot Springs • Sts’ailes Store • Kwikwexwelhp Healing Village • Joseph and Tina Wenman • Jacob Wenman And the volunteer coordinators: • Troy and Jenny Neilson • Tina Scholtyssek • Brad Paterson
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Local blood donors deserve a huge pat on the back. The In Memory of Penny Lett blood drive has not only reached its 2014 goal of 500 units of blood, it has surpassed it. As of Nov. 10, a total of 631 units of blood have been collected by blood donors who signed up to be part of Team Penny through Canadian Blood Services Partners For Life program. Not only that, but the blood drive is currently the second largest in the B.C. and Yukon region. Team Penny is behind only Sikh Nation which has collected 1,096 units
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Request for Proposals: Light Housekeeping Contractor AHCS invites proposals for the provision of light housekeeping for the Better at Home Program. Contractors must complete and submit bid by December 15 at 4pm to betterathome@agassizcs or 7086 Cheam Ave, Agassiz, BC V0M 1A0
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Christmas Trees Cut or U-cut Fraser, Balsam, and Grand Fir 4’ - 14’ $40 any size Hand pruned 11060 McGrath Rd. Rosedale, BC (604)794-3430
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CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
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HARRISON - Studio Apartment, Nice quiet & safe building, suitable for single person. Newly renovated, $595 & $625/month includes utilities. Call 604-819-6422
RESORT VILLAGE of Candle Lake, SK. Newly Renovated Restaurant on a .47 Acre Lot 2nd Floor residential, 3 bedrooms. Sale incl: Land, Building, Equipment, Business. 306-929-4999.
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fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977 COLLIE Doodle pups born Oct 17. Mom is a Rough Collie (45 lbs) & dad is a small Standard Poodle (50 lbs). Both have health clearances (eyes, hips, elbows). 2 Very curly males avail, 1 black & 1 unique blue merle. Intelligent, gentle, easy to train, good with children & animals, low to no shed. Similar in looks & in nature to the Golden Doodle. We are a 4H (agility, obedience, showmanship) family. Please consider the time & commitment needed to raise a dog. Pups will have 1st shots and deworming. Ready Dec. 12, Mission $950. 604.820.4827
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The Land File for this Application is 2410627. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Senior Land Officer at South Coast Region MFLNRO, at Suite 20010428 153rd Street, Surrey BC. Comments will be received by MFLNRO until January 18, 2015. MFLNRO may not consider comments received after this date.
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Take Notice that James Hugo Killer and Lorraine Anne Killer of Rockwell Drive, Harrison Hot Springs, Have applied to the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), South Coast Region, for a projected Crown Land tenure of more than 30 years for a commercial marina. The purpose of the disposition is to extend existing floats within DL 7965, group 1, NWD at 5805 Rockwell Drive, into deeper and more protected waters, further from the upland portion of the existing marina.
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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Statlu Resources Inc. from Mission, BC has applied to the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), South Coast Region, for a lease as an Industrial fill site situated on Provincial Crown land in the Vicinity of DL 7760, GP 1 NWD located at 10km on the Chehalis River Road, north of Harrison Mills. The Lands File for this application is 2409808. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Senior Land Officer, South Coast Region, MFLNRO, at 200-10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to January 23, 2015. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ office for the South Coast Region.
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LAND ACT: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that HydroRun Technology Ltd from Vancouver, BC has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), New Westminster Land District for an Investigative License for the purpose of Waterpower situated on Provincial Crown Land located 13km west of Hope BC at 49°21’28.96” N, 121°35’3.43” W The Lands File for this application is 2411063. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Senior Land Officer, New Westminster Land District, MFLNRO, at 200-10428 153 Street, Surrey BC V3R 1E1. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to January 15, 2015. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index. jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Land and Natural Resource Operations’ Office in New Westminster Land District.
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Community Corner December 2014 Meet the Pros
December 2014
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Community Events
JOE’S JUNK
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cultural Hall. With perform Harrison Agassiz Agri n and Jim Cuddy. Concert is free but donations Tourism Harrison and the Brow presents: The Annual for the local food bank are encouraged. Chamber of Commerce long in the lobby of the Festival of Trees - All month Spa. Wander through ner - Thursday, & Community Christmas Din Harrison Hot Springs Resort rs open s decorated by local the brilliant display of tree ps. grou ity mun com and ses busines n with Santa & rnoo afte An as: istm Chr Magic of 1pm to 4pm from 13 er emb Dec , rday Satu Mrs. Claus ., Harrison. FMI Ave de ana Espl 290 , Hall l at Memoria see ad in today’s paper.
ural Hall. Doo December 18th at the Agricult from 6pm to 8pm. at 5:45pm with dinner served
have a under our Christmas tree and ed by the Crackle the Crow. Sponsor with n take Festival ol of the Library. No Car nds as Frie istm ety: Chr Soci ary nity Libr mu Agassiz Annual Com ome, not appointment at 7pm in the Agassiz - Thursday, December 11th ed! Food donations charge for the photo. All welc invit e ryon Eve hall. Agricultural needed. ly accepted. for the food bank will be glad es you to join them er emb Dec Agassiz Christian School invit on Wednesday, ols - Sunday, ram Festival of Lessons & CarSain prog as stm rch. Chri Chu ual ts Anglican for their ann 14th at 10am at the All two performances to December 17. There are Hwy., Agassiz. Everyone welcome. 6904 #9 pm. We look forward 7:00 or ose from – 11:00 am - Rolls into Agassiz cho e! ther you The CP Holiday Train at ng seei to 5pm in front of the Wednesday, December 17th
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arrison Lions - Meet at 7 pm Wednesday of each month at the Lion’s on the 4th Den in the Hooked on Books: Agassiz Library Book Ag-Re c Hall, 6800 Pioneer Ave. FMI call Joey at 604Club takes place on the third Thursday of every 796-9 951 mont at 6:30pm at the Agassiz Library. Love h, starting want to talk about what you’re readi to read and Hope Christian Women’s Club Brunch Free have to be a member, just drop in ng? You don’t nursery by reservation as well. For info & reservatio when you can. call Raye ns Pick up the book at the library any 604-8 69-5420 time before the meeting and get ready to share your Agassiz Harrison Community Drivers opinions! Program - A community based volunteer Stitch “n” Rip - Every Tuesday from driver program Come to the Harrison Mills Hall with 9 am - 1 pm. providing rides to all local, Fraser Valley any sewing, stitching, knitting projects, etc. unfinished Mainland medical appointments & other & Lower FMI call Kim servic personal 604-796-2336. es. Always looking for more drive 798-6228, email agharcommdrivers@o rs. Call 604utlook.com or Olive Branch Dinners - Come join home cooked meal. Tuesdays 5 - 6 pm. us for a free visit 7046 Pioneer Ave., Agassiz. 7571 Morro w Rd, ACS gym. No expectations, enjoy Agassiz Monday Pain companionship. Families & all ages welco community Mon. from 11 am - 3 pm ters est.1961 - Meets every at Agassiz United Church. FMI me. call Linda 604-794-5554 The Harrison-Kent Community Sing ers Meet every Monday at 7:00 pm at the Mem orial Hall. FMI Harrison Community Social Club Drop-in call Carol at 604-796-2749. every Thurs. at Harrison Hot Springs Memorial cards, darts, games & coffee. Conta Hall, 9:30 am: T.O.P.S. - Meets Thursdays at 9:30 am, or ct Jacquie 6045:45 pm., at 796-3105 or Suzanne 604-796-1269. the Agassiz Christian Church. Friendship House Nickel Bingo on Mon. Agassiz-Harrison Community Services at 1 pm, Store - We’re looking for volunteers! Open Thrift Tues. Bridge and Cribbage at 1 pm, Sit and Be Fit 10:30
Monday - am Mon. & Fri., Drop-in Saturday from 10 am - 4 pm. Feel free Floor Curling 7 pm Thurs. to come by 6919 Cheam Avenue or call 604-796-9932 Kent-Harrison Arts Council - KHAC FMI. meets the third Sunday of each month. FMI call Royal Canadian Legion - Hosts drop-in (604) 796-8604 “Fun Darts or ” emai l us at kenth arrisonartscouncil@shaw.ca every Mon. at 4 pm & Fri. at 8 pm, Players needed, arrive early to register. Cribbage daily. Harrison International All-weather Tenn Nonmem bers is Club welcome. Call 604-796-2332 - Drop-in tennis at 8 am daily at the Sprin g Park tennis comp lex. All are welcome. Good fun and exercise is The Wednesday Walkers - Easy hikin g every guaranteed at no cost. FMI contact John Allen 796Wednesday. FMI call Eleanor 604-795-00 76 9117 Knitting/Crochet Sisters Group - Proje cts for Jam Session - Every worthy causes. Contact Alice 604-796-30 1st & 3rd Saturday of the 60 or email month from 7pm agisborne@shaw.ca 10:30pm by donation. Everyone welcome, bring an instrument and a friend! OAP Hall, Agassiz Al-Anon. - Is someone’s drink Friendship Hall. FMI call Derry at 604-7 96-1084 you? FMI call Shirley 604-796-9865 or ing affecting Anne 604-793Lions TV Bingo - Thursday nights at 6 pm 3103 on Shaw Cable. Pick up your bingo cards at The Source Agassiz Elks Lounge - 1824 #9 Hwy, open daily Chehalis Store & Ledoux Hardware 3pm till closing. Everyone welcome
The Chilliwack MS Multiple Sclerosis Self-Help Agassiz-Harrison Garden Club Meets the Group - Meets every third Wednesday of second Wednesday each month
TONITE - 7PM AGASSIZ AGRICULTURAL HALL ALL WELCOME!
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