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Virgil Hummingbird Thomas of Fort St. James was arrested in Delta after failing to make a court appearance in Fort St. John. He was arrested for two outstanding warrants, one for manslaughter and the other for failing to appear in court, which spanned across B.C. Alberta and Yukon. The North District Major Crime Unit and Fort St. James RCMP requested the public’s assistance in locating the 31-yearold until he was picked up last week.
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FISH: 49 Sturgeon have been live released since the boat kit program pilot phase in 2011. Submitted by Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative
Boat kit program saves sturgeon REBECCA WATSON Omineca Express
Endangered white sturgeon are being saved from gill nets thanks to a boat kit program. The Emergency Sturgeon Live Release Boat Kit program is offered to all First Nation fishers that may incidentally encounter a Nechako white sturgeon during their fishing operations. The kit is small enough to remain in the boat at all times and contains all the necessary tools for a successful live release. “The reality of the situation is First
Nations fish with gill nets. There is no fishing for sturgeon at all but these fish are still accidentally being boycott. With the population so low, even a few released back is still a huge percentage of the population being saved,” Lana Ciarniello, recovery co-ordinator for NWSRI. The Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative (NWSRI) and the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (CSTC) would like to thank the First Nation fisher families that participated in the live release of Nechako White sturgeon during 2014. Participating Firsts Nation communities include Saik’uz, Nak’azdli, Tl’azt’en,
in the Nechako Watershed. “Forty-nine sturgeon live released over four years may seem like an insignificant number, but with so few sturgeon left, every fish counts,” Ms. Ciarniello said. If you are a First Nation Fisher in the Nechako or Upper Fraser watershed and are interested in participating in the program contact the Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative at info@nechakowhitesturgeon.org. For more information on the program or any NWSRI activities visit www.nechakowhitestrugeon.org.
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The deadline for applications to the Nechako Valley Festival of Performing Arts was Jan. 15, 2015. Late applications will be accepted on the website until Jan.31, 2015 subject to a late processing fee. www. musicfestivalweb. com/nechako.
Takla, Nadleh Whut’en, Stellat’en and Lheidli T’enneh. The Emergency Live Release Boat Kit program has seen the return of 49 sturgeon released back to the Nechako since it’s pilot phase in 2011. In 2014, 12 sturgeon were live released by First Nation fishers. The first reported sturgeon by-catch of the year was six feet in length and live released at the end of July near Stoner Creek south of Prince George. Large sturgeon especially are important to maintaining the breeding stock of the endangered fish. About 600 mature Nechako white sturgeon remain
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Byron Riopel and Troy Stringer (owner of Giver A Yank Towing in Vanderhoof) were feared missing Friday after not returning Thursday night from Powder King Mountain Resort in Pine Pass. They failed to check in with their wives after spending the day snowmobiling during a high-risk time for avalanches. Out on the trails the two men were faced with a decision to go left or right and mistakenly choose left. They dropped into a chute where there was no going back up. They kept their eye on the sun to find direction but it was snowing and nightfall came all to quickly, said Mr.
Stringer. “This is when the sad reality set in..we are staying the night,” Mr. Stringer said in an online post. The two found a large dead tree about 24 feet by 20 feet long. “I jokingly gave it a shove and ‘crack’. We looked at each other and gave it another shove and ‘boom’ firewood,” Mr. Stringer said. It took them about three hours to build camp around the tree’s stump and by the time they were done they were both soaked. They crawled into the den they made for warmth but since the wind was strong it pushed smoke down making it hard for them to breath. “But we were warm,” Mr. Stringer said. “Sometime during the night the
wind and snow let up so thanks again for all the prayers,” The two woke early and left camp at about 8:30 am. They tried heading to the trail out but no one had been down it yet. “It was impossible, and believe me we tried,” Mr. Stringer said. At about 1pm the two figured they would start building their camp early this time and that’s when they heard the whoop whoop of the helicopters coming to rescue them. “Let me tell you, I really felt the love….I just about cried,” Mr. Stringer said. The two were not severally harmed in the process and have since been reunited with their families.
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Sharing the stage Submitted by Ruth Lloyd It was a new experience for Fort St. James performing arts patrons last week. In an effort to create a more intimate and cosy atmosphere, the Community Arts Council of Fort St. James’ presentation of the Wolak-Donnelly Duo took place with chairs in a semicircle up close and personal on the stage in the Fort St. James Secondary School. So sharing the stage with two musicians, the baby grand piano and the clarinet were 76 audience members, creating great views of fastmoving fingers over
piano keys and along the clarinet. The stage curtains were closed and the atmosphere, temperature and acoustics were greatly improved. The lightabsorbing black walls and low lighting (in-
cluding some small space heaters) made it feel like an underground club show of some kind. The musicians charmed their audience with a classical Continued on page 3
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Kornel Wolak (left) and Chris Donnelly (right) of the Wolak-Donnelly Duo, performed classical and jazz pieces for a very appreciative audience at the Fort St. James Secondary School on Jan. 13 as part of the Community Arts Council of Fort St. James’ concert series.
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Kornel Wolak, originally from Poland, has paired up with Chris Donnelly to create the Wolak-Donnelly Duo performing classical and jazz clarinet alongside Donnelly on piano. Both musicians now live in Toronto. The duo brought some musical entertainment to Fort St. James on Jan. 13 as part of the Community Arts Council of Fort St. James’ concert series.
and jazz repertoire which included some betterknown pieces such as Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Oscar Peterson’s Hymn to Freedom. Each musician did some solo pieces, the pair joked their way through an informal question and answer session and they also surprised the audience with the novelty of Donnelly accompanying Wolak’s clarinet with a pair of spoons. The evening’s atmosphere was also bolstered by the addition of the Fort St. James Secondary Semester One art show in the school library. Patrons of the event had the opportunity to view some of the art produced by the students and enjoy refreshments before the show began and during the intermission. There were paintings, drawings, jewelry, woodwork, clay creations and photoshop images to take in. The arts council’s third and final presentation for this concert series will be the presentation of Ballet Jorgen’s Cinderella in February.
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Dividends offer global warming solution Is the public mood shifting on climate change? Polls indicate that people have felt for a long time that global warming is an important issue. Now it seems they think it’s time we do something about it. On New Year’s Day I placed a petition on Care2 calling for a Canada-wide referendum on carbon fee-and-dividend. Within 2 1/2 days there were 100 names on it. This compares with the seven months to reach 100 names it took a similar petition I placed on Care2 in 2013. Despite what the tobacco salespeople tell us, the science on climate change is rock solid. Human beings are warming the planet. The consequences will be serious and they could be catastrophic. The sooner we act, the better. James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, has advocated carbon fee-and-dividend for many years as the best approach to control global warming. The fee would be similar to a carbon tax, in that it would be charged on fossil fuels at source. Rather than going into general revenues, however, the money would distributed as equal and recurring dividends to every adult. A Canada-wide carbon fee set at the same level as B.C.’s carbon tax of $30 per tonne of carbon dioxide would generate about $20 billion per year – enough to give every adult living in Canada an annual fossil fuel dividend of about $1,000. Economists estimate that 2/3 of the population
would receive more from the dividend than they would pay in carbon fees. My petition calls for a Canada-wide referendum on carbon fee-and-dividend. Imposing such a system would be a major step and deserves national debate. In Switzerland (population 8 million), a petition of 100,000 names is enough to bring an important question to national referendum. In Canada (population 35 million), an equivalent number would be about 400,000. My petition will be on Care2 for one year – all of 2015. If we are going to reach the 400,000 target, we will need more than 1,000 names per day. Care2 is a social networking website with close to 30 million members that offers convenient and secure petition-hosting. Care2 partners include World Wildlife Fund, Environmental Defense Fund and Human Rights Campaign. I would greatly appreciate it if you would consider putting your name on the petition, and if you would encourage your friends and neighbours to do the same. I believe that your children and grandchildren will thank you as well. The URL of the petition is: www.thepetitionsite.com/850/161/365/ petition-for-a-referendum-on-carbon-fee-and-dividend-for-canada/If you want more information about carbon fee-and-dividend, go to the Citizens Climate Lobby-Canada website at: http://citizensclimatelobby.ca Keith McNeill Clearwater, B.C.
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Camping brings in money Dear Editor, Can you imagine an activity like camping and hiking bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars into BC’s economy? Well that’s what happens when geologists spread out all over BC looking for mineral deposits. It’s crazy but I can’t think of an economic activity that has a lower environmental impact than mineral exploration. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent by explorers each year in communities in every part of the province; at local hotels, motels, restaurants and stores. The economic impact is deep, widespread and positive while the environmental impact is virtually non-existent. Whatever we can do to support more mineral exploration activities and multiply the low environmental impact, high economic benefits it generates is definitely okay with me. Jason Walters Burnaby, BC
Mining deserves our support Dear Editor, The recent spate of earthquakes off the B.C. coast reminded me that we live in a geologically active part of the world. It also reminded me that B.C. is blessed with geological riches just waiting to be found to improve our economy. The trick is finding those deposits. Mineral wealth contributes heavily to B.C.’s economy. Each year, in addition to the billions of dollars of minerals such as copper, gold, silver, and molybdenum mined across the province, there are hundreds of millions of additional dollars expended into the B.C. economy searching for new deposits. In 2013 those direct expenditures into the B.C. economy from mineral exploration totaled $476 million – amazingly, about double the value of the Pacific salmon industry. Every region of the province benefits from mineral exploration: Omineca, Skeena, the Northeast, the Thompson-Okanagan, the Cariboo, the Coast, the Kootenay-Boundary. And the unsung heroes of this story are the prospectors and geologists who quietly comb the vastness of our province in search of minerals. These explorers are the start of all the economic activity that takes place before very few mines actually open, and they deserve our support and our thanks. Jessica Verheyden North Vancouver
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Love knows no boundaries of age or time and can even find it’s way into the most unlikely of places. Riverside Place seniors residence will host a marriage ceremony next month for live-in residents Rose Vellieux 87 and Bob Ray 92. “I think she’s the loveliest women in the world and I love her,” Bob said. “Age don’t mean a thing,” Rose said, with a humbling smile. The couple met two years ago after Rose moved into the seniors home. Playing cards with a group of mutual friends proved to be the first thing they had in common. “We play crib too,” Rose said. “ He’s skunked me and I’ve skunked him, it’s always a good time.” Yet at first, they always sat on opposite sides of the table. Since both of them are a little hard-of-hearing, they were always reaching across the table to get each others attention. “So I got them to start sitting beside each other so they didn’t have to reach across,” Shirley Reeves 61 said, mutual friend and live-in resident. “That’s when I started noticing them getting closer.” One day after dinner Rose noticed Bob didn’t look so well. She asked if he would like a cold cloth on his forehead and he eagerly replied yes. “He was so happy, he looked like he won a pot of gold,” Rose said. From then on, Rose and Bob started to court each other. They would secretly hold hands un-
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once before. Similarly, Bob was married for 62 years, Rose for 60 years and both lost their previous spouses to dementia. “I know we’ll be happy because we are so much alike in our old age. The way we think and our idea of things is so close,” Rose said. The two plan to spend the rest of their days together and once married, Rose will move into Bobs room in the home. “It would be nice to have Rose for another 60
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past times. “I can’t believe everyone is so happy for us. I’ve never had a life like that, I’m just so happy,” Rose said. “Right now is pure joy and it will be joy as long as we’re both alive.” The honeymoon is booked for room 108 at Riverside Place.
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Taekwon Do students double promoted Boschman to Green stripe and Samuel Trebula to Green Belt. Master Poole has been training in the martial art of Taekwon Do for eleven years and has been an instructor at FSJ Family
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It’s hard work to move up a belt in Taekwon Do but some Fort St. James students make it look easy. Fort St. James Family Taekwon Do graded nine of it’s members Dec. 16 2014 which resulted in all nine students being promoted, five of which double promoted. “[Master Barker] didn’t ask us everything because there is a fair bit [of theory material] but you have to be prepared for anything,� said Martina Jones, green belt who was double prompted at the December grading. “It was nerve racking performing in front of someone brand new and knowing all the things we need to know but he felt we new everything required from both belt levels and everything previously.� To be graded students are required to train for a minimum of three months at least twice a week. Once students have trained for the required amount of time their skills and abilities are assessed. If they qualify they’re scheduled for grading which not only means a physical sparing is pre arranged, but a theory portion must also be memorized. Questions such as what each belt means, who first introduced Taekwon Do and what are theories of power are asked. The physical and oral test is completed in front of the class, the instructor and the instructor’s master. “It is a very stressful intense procedure. It’s no small accomplishment to be promoted one belt level so when someone is promoted two belt levels at one grading it’s a phenomenal accomplishment,� said Vera Poole, head instructor FSJ Family Taekwon Do and owner of The Energy Connec-
Taekwon Do for seven. This past December FSJ Taekwon Do and The Energy Connection Health and Fitness amalgamated into one entity. For more information contact Vera Poole at 1-250-996-1300.
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Master Barker works with students of Fort St. James Family Taekwon Do. Photo submitted by Vera Poole
tion Health & Fitness Ltd. Master Barker, 7th Dan, is Master Poole’s instructor. When a student is double promoted, it means they met the criteria to grade and Master Barker deemed them skilful enough to move forward another level. Out of the two instructors he is the only one who can do that, Master Poole said. “It’s very rare and its’ like a pop quiz. They didn’t even know they were eligible to go up two belts. It means they have been training on their own time and have the skills and knowledge to go up two belts without the training time,� Master Poole said. Master Barker 7th Dan & Vera Poole 2nd Dan, would like to acknowledge and congratulate the following
students. Bryan Caldwell to yellow belt, Bergan Jones to Green Stripe,
Cela West to green Belt, Martina Jones to Green Jeff Jones to Green Stripe, Stripe, Mina Jones to Jeff Grondin to Yellow Belt, Green Stripe, Roma Jane
Early Deadlines Due to Family Day Holiday (Monday, February 9th, 2015) Please note the following changes to deadlines. Caledonia Courier February 11th issue DEADLINE: Thursday, February 5th 5pm. OFFICE HOURS CLOSED: Monday, February 9, 2015
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