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SMITHERS BUDGET $10 million for projects in draft budget.
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MUSICAL HEALING Alex Cuba delighted a big crowd at the world premiere of his new album, Healer, in Smithers last week. Story, page A19. Alicia Bridges photo
ENBRIDGE DOC Locals in documentary screening April 18.
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University credit course cuts coming to NWCC By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News
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Northwest Community College is on the verge of cutting the number of university credit classes it offers at its main campus locations of Terrace, Prince Rupert and Smithers. And, in Smithers, it could mean the end of face-to-face classroom instruction. The result will also mean fewer university credit instructors being employed at the college. College communications director Sarah Zimmerman said no decisions have been made but that the college needs to respond to budget pressures and lower enrolments specifically in its academic programs. “What we’re trying to do is minimize the impact,” she said of everything from offering early retirement incentives and voluntary severance packages to instructors, to combining
classes where it makes sense to do so. A number of instructors have already been given notices of at least partial layoffs in accordance with union contracts, said Zimmerman. She was responding to an April 2 release by the Northwest Community College Students’ Union which indicated college officials were about to cut up to 40 university courses — 15 in Prince Rupert, six in Terrace, and 14 in Smithers. Since there are only 14 courses being offered in Smithers, it would mean the end of classroom instruction there, said the union. “The one place locals can start a postsecondary education in our region is Northwest Community College,” said students’ union chair Steve Verblac in criticizing the college’s plan. Trades and other programs, so far, have not been affected. See BLUEPRINT on A9
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Midsummer Music lineup announced By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News
Organizers of the Smithers Midsummer Music Festival have announced the headlining acts for the 2015 festival. Toronto act Pick a Piper, a project by Caribou drummer Brad Weber, and Vancouverbased roots musician Buckman Coe are on the list of artists unveiled today. Adrian Glynn of Vancouver folk band The Fugitives will also perform at the festival, along with all-female rock band Miss Quincy and the Showdown, and Random Dander from Mission, B.C. Well-known northern B.C. slide guitarist Rachelle Van Zanten also makes the list, as does Phonotactic, Bobs and Lolo, Old Cabin, and Napoleon Skywalker. For more infor visit www.smithersmusicfest. com or find them on Facebook.
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in its budgeting process. One of these changes includes the creation of a finance committee that would provide guidance to the board of directors during the budgeting process. The committee would have the purpose of helping the board of directors understand how their decisions affect
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During a regular meeting of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako on March 26, the board of directors carried a motion to make some changes
the budget and the overall tax rates. According to the 2015 budget — which received final approval on March 26 — taxation on region-wide services increased by 15.5 per cent, and taxation on regional rural services increased by 22.4 per cent. See BOARD on A10
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Northern B.C. facing crisis in public eye care: optometrists
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Smithers optometrists say northern B.C. is facing a crisis in public eye care, causing long wait lists for eye surgery and making longdistance travel essential to access services. The only three optometrists between Smithers and Burns Lake last month wrote to the B.C. Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (BCSEPS) raising concerns about what they believe is a dire lack of ophthalmological services in northern B.C. FYidoctors optometrist Barry Lester, who co-signed the letter with his colleagues Trevor Kreke and Rob Onstein, said the waiting time for a consultation with an ophthalmologist (eye surgeon) in northern B.C. is currently more than one year. Northern Health has four eye surgeons working in Prince George, where measures are being taken to increase services and reduce waiting times for cataract surgery. But the only ophthalmologist in Terrace, Dr. Tom Nagy, is currently on medical leave for a period of about three months. Dr. Lester feared the system, which he said was already overburdened, would not be able to recover from the impact of his absence if an interim solution was not found. With Dr. Nagy away, he said patients with chronic eye conditions were being sent to the Prince George hospital emergency room to access an on-call ophthalmologist. “Many of these patients
have chronic eye conditions that will deteriorate without care, resulting in permanent vision loss and blindness if they are unable to travel for cost and health reasons,” he said. Dr. Lester added that local physicians were being forced to treat conditions that were beyond their expertise. In his letter to the society, he called on stakeholders to find an interim solution while Dr. Nagy was on leave. “We are also very concerned that unless we all take swift action it will become extremely difficult for services to be restored via Terrace and there is a
for upscaling.” He said the BCSEPS had not responded to his letter. The Interior News was unable to contact the society because its office was closed last week. Northern Health spokesperson Jonathon Dyck said locums were providing ophthalmology services in Terrace during Dr. Nagy’s leave of absence. He said some urgent cases that needed to be seen in Prince George could require travel but affordable transportation and travel assistance programs were available. In Prince George, Dyck said work was underway
“What has not happened is, the health systems have not been built appropriately for upscaling,” -Dr. Barry Lester FYidoctors optometrist
real possibility that already overburdened services for ophthalmology in Prince George will collapse,” he wrote in his letter to the BCSEPS. Dr. Lester told The Interior News an overhaul of the system was needed to meet the demands of an ageing population. “Everybody knows we are an ageing population and predictably everybody was saying we are going to have more vision impairment, more cataracts, more blindness and we need to scale up things,” he said. “What has not happened is, the health systems have not been built appropriately
to improve ophthalmology services, including adding more surgical space, but it was not currently recruiting for any more permanent eye surgeons. “The request for qualifications process to increase ophthalmology surgical capacity in Prince George is complete, and we are working on finalizing a contract,” he said. “This work is expected to be complete in the summer of 2015 and it will improve access to services for residents of Prince George and the surrounding area. “We recognize that current resources are not sufficient for cataract procedures,
but we believe we will see a significant improvement in the next few months.” Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson raised the issue of eye care in northern B.C. in the legislature last week. He said in an interview that the B.C. government should be doing more to implement measures to cover northern eye surgeons when they need to take leave. “If you can identify needs and gaps and you can plan better so when things like this happen you aren’t caught totally off-guard and of course we do have an ageing demographic in the province and in the North,” he said. Donaldson said residents of the North were paying the same rates to receive lesser services. “We’re already at a year wait just to get the consultation and I think with this unanticipated medical leave we are looking at that increasing and that is a terrible blow to people’s lifestyle and also it really is a blow to the idea of universality of medical care,” said Donaldson. But Health Minister Terry Lake said B.C.’s challenges providing health care access to rural communities were similar to those found across the country. He said the situation in Terrace was temporary and Northern Health was working to alleviate it. “Northern Health is working to provide appropriate coverage or locum services,” he said. “Should patients need to travel out of town temporarily, Northern Health does provide the NH Connections service as an affordable option.”
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$10 million for capital projects in Smithers budget
By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News
The Town of Smithers has released the details of its $20.7 million draft budget ahead of its April 14 public presentation. The tax rate was set Tuesday after press time, but it is budgeted to go up by five per cent. About half of that will come from increases in property value assessments. Mayor Taylor Bachrach explained that surplus money from last year would not be used to keep taxes down and instead will top up the operations surplus reserve, as per town policy. That reserve is used for special projects. “The idea is that we shouldn’t be using the surplus to buy the groceries,” said Bachrach. Over $10 million is budgeted for capital projects. The Smithers Regional Airport expansion leads the way with $6 million designated for adding 6,000 sq. ft. of building space on the south end of the existing 9,440 sq. ft. building, more than doubling passenger hold room seating from 54 to 118. Plans also include new accessible washrooms, more efficient check-in, baggage handling and security areas, and renovations to the existing structure to improve energy efficiency. “The airport is one of our most critical pieces of infrastructure. Their terminal building is quite old and has a number of deficiencies that we need to deal with. It’s right sized for the size and frequency of airplanes we’re seeing currently, but it isn’t able to accommodate very much growth in terms of airport traffic,” said Bachrach. The airport expansion is contingent on accessing a cost
sharing grant from the federal and provincial governments. Residents would also have to approve the town’s borrowing of $2 million to pay its one-third share through an alternative approval process that stops the loan with a 10 per cent disapproval, or a yea or nay referendum with a majority decision. The cost of paying back the town’s loan is expected to be paid back through airport improvement fees according to the mayor. “The airport kind of operates as a bit of a separate budget from the rest of the town. It isn’t currently supported by property tax dollars,” said Bachrach. Another major capital project in the budget calls for all street lights in Smithers to be replaced with LED lights at a cost of $250,000. That idea came courtesy of project from Rosanna Jackson’s Grade 11 class. The class presented ideas on how to improve the town to council in the fall, and replacing street lights with LED lights was suggested for Third Avenue. After a staff report on the idea came back, council decided to apply the plan to the entire town. “It’s surprising how much our street lights cost to operate. With rising electricity rates, switching to LEDs makes financial sense and makes our community more efficient,” said Bachrach, adding that the town would save $40,000 a year once the LEDs are installed. Wage increases for town staff and more money for RCMP services bumped up operational costs. Some surplus from last year will be used for the $1.75 million dedicated for police protection, up by $174,000 over last year’s spending.
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Legion Meat Draws every Friday 6-7 p.m. and Saturday 3-4:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Round Lake final Coffee House of the year Saturday, April 11, 7:30 p.m. Ransom E. Slaughter and friends, and Cor and Gary van der Meulen. Snacks/baking welcome. More info. events@roundlakebc.com. Rodeo Dance Saturday, April 11, 9 p.m. at Evelyn Hall. Live Country Band, snack at midnight. 19+. Tickets at Smithers Feed Store and BV Insurance. Smithers Film Series Wild Tales Sunday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. at the Roi Theatre. An anthology of six stories. BC Book Prizes On Tour will be dropping books at the Smithers Public Library Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m. Kayla Czaga, For Your Safety Please Hold On, shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Gabrielle Prendergast, Capricious, shortlisted for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. They will read, answer questions, sign books, chat.
BV Hospice Society Grief Support Group. A 10 week program starting Thursday, April 16, 7-9 p.m. To be held Thursdays at The Healthy Living Centre. Cornelia 250-847-3449, BV Hospice 250-877-7451. Smithers Art Gallery’s affordable Spring Art Workshops taking place in March & April. Choose from various workshops and teachers. Spaces are limited. Register in person at the Gallery or by phone. Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 12-4pm. www. smithersart.org; info@smithersart; (250) 847-3898. Legion Yard Sale Saturday, April 25, 8 a.m. to noon, 3840 1st Ave. Contact Sue Utz to rent a table or to donate items. 250-847-6064 or 250-877-1985. BV Genealogical Society Perennial Plant Sale & Raffle Saturday, May 23, 9 a.m. at the Goat Statue Park, Main St & Hwy 16. Viewing 8-9 a.m. To arrange pick-up or help with digging in the Smithers/ Telkwa area call Karen Mitchell 250-847-9052 or Dale Gilbert 250-847-2107 by May 20.
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PROVING BRAIN INJURY CAN BE TRICKY Rick Garner
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f you’re hurt in a car crash through no fault of your own, you may be entitled to compensation from the at-fault driver or their insurer (typically ICBC). But first you have to prove the crash was a cause of your injuries. Sometimes this isn’t obvious – the court may have to sort through conflicting medical information to decide this.
Take Peter’s case (name changed). He was hurt in two car accidents (the second was minor). In the first accident, while he was driving with a co-worker, another car ran a stop sign and hit his Honda Civic. The impact pushed his car so it was struck by an oncoming van. The Civic was beyond repair afterwards, and the other car and van were severely damaged. Even though the air bag deployed, Peter’s head struck and shattered the windshield of the Civic, and he got a gash on his head. He also suffered soft-tissue neck, back and leg injuries. His co-worker took him to hospital, where he was treated and released. Peter’s neck, back and leg injuries healed in the months after this accident. But by the time the case went to court more than four years later, despite medical treatment, Peter (now 65) still had headaches, for which he took eight Tylenol daily. He also had cognitive difficulties. Preparing estimates in his flooring business took much longer than before – he now had trouble with figures, so had to re-do the estimates three times. Handling larger flooring jobs was too confusing, so he no longer took them on. He forgot street names, conversations and other details. His personality also changed. After the accident, he became more aggressive and rude with customers, which hurt some business relationships. The medical experts differed sharply as to the reason for his ongoing problems. Peter’s family doctor said he had post-concussion syndrome – that he’d suffered a mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) from his head hitting the windshield in the car accident. The defendant’s expert doctor suggested he only got whiplash-type, soft-tissue injuries in that accident (not a brain injury), and that his psychological problems were caused by a pre-existing metabolic condition he was prone to, not the car crash. Peter’s own evidence in court was a bit contradictory and confused, sometimes not matching what he had said earlier before trial.
of that increase from rising property values.
Based on the symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury given in court, the BC Supreme Court concluded Peter’s psychological difficulties and cognitive impairment were due to the car accident, not a pre-existing condition ( the facts didn’t support that alternative diagnosis). And the court noted the problems Peter had in court could stem from the brain injury he received in the accident.
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Peter was awarded substantial compensation – $85,000 for pain and suffering, $160,000 for loss of past income and $140,000 for loss of future income earning ability, plus some additional small amounts.
planned $6 million airport expansion.
If you’re injured in a car accident, seek medical and legal help promptly to protect your health and legal rights.
Other capital projects include $450,000 for a fire
Written by Janice and George Mucalov, LL.B.s with contribution by GILLESPIE & COMPANY LLP. This column provides information only and must not be relied on for legal advice. Please contact RICK GARNER of GILLESPIE & COMPANY LLP at 250.374.4463 or rgarner@gillespieco.ca for legal advice concerning your particular case. Lawyer Janice Mucalov is an award-winning legal writer. “You and the Law” is a registered trade-mark. © Janice and George Mucalov
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B.C.’s labour market goes global
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he labour situation in B.C. is showing increased signs of strain, even before a longpromised boom in heavy construction gets set to ramp up this summer. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announced last week that B.C. is suspending its “provincial
nomination” program for 90 days. This program allows the province to recommend people for federal immigration, based on skills in demand in B.C. The B.C. provincial nomination program saw its number of applications triple to 1,200 for the month of December, as the federal government cracked down on the temporary foreign worker program. Thousands of temporary foreign workers who have hit the four-year deadline are being sent home, with many of them turning to the provincial nomination track. Bond has been pleading with Ottawa to raise B.C.’s annual provincial nomination quota from 5,000 to 7,000 or more.
The three-month pause is so her ministry can add staff and speed up processing time. Backlogged applicants will still be considered, and exemptions for health care workers and a northeast pilot program are being maintained. Even with the current slump in energy prices and before anticipated pipeline and liquefied natural gas projects start, the labour shortage in the northeast is near crisis. The last time I was in Dawson Creek, radio ads were offering signing bonuses for qualified truck drivers. In Fort St. John, grocery and hardware retailers have come to depend on foreign workers to keep going. While supposedly educated young people
work part-time and refuse to leave the comforts of southern city life, this is the reality up north, and it’s only going to get worse. This summer, work is scheduled to start on the Site C dam on the Peace River, the most costly construction project in B.C. history. And a union vs. non-union battle reminiscent of the old Expo 86 labour wars is underway. The B.C. and Yukon Building Trades (BCYT) are demanding a project agreement that requires all workers on Site C to be paid their rates, and are warning of chaos on the huge project if they don’t get their way. BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald told me that’s not all they want. They are also seeking quotas for
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members of their unions on a project that will be a small city of 1,700 people at peak construction. BCYT executive director Tom Sigurdson says that while all sides acknowledge the need for foreign workers for Site C, he wants to control that too, working with their affiliated unions in the United States. There will be nonunion construction firms, some of them owned by aboriginal communities in the north. There will be contractors affiliated with the Christian Labour Association of Canada. The BCYT hopes to set wages and conditions for them all, and influence Ottawa’s temporary foreign worker program to boot. McDonald and Premier
Christy Clark have politely told them to pound sand. Their formula would add millions in costs to the project, driving up BC Hydro rates even more than they are already rising. BC Hydro has already done dam upgrade projects using a “managed open site” model and it’s not inclined to return to the era of W.A.C. Bennett as Sigurdson demands. Sigurdson makes a valid point that when two concrete masons compare paycheques on the Site C project and one sees he’s making $5 an hour less, he won’t be happy. He will want the higher rate, and the BCYT is taking BC Hydro to court to ensure they can recruit new members on the site. It looks like a hot summer ahead.
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HITTING THE JACKPOT Smithers grandmother Wendy Leiterman accepts a cheque in Vancouver for $675,000 after winning the money on a Set For Life ticket last week. Leiterman bought the ticket, along with three other Scratch & Win Tickets, at the Petro Canada Gas Station off Highway 16. She has already booked a trip to Scotland with her winnings and plans on buying a new truck and renovating her home. Contributed photo
You nailed the ski cross Smithers Editor: Thank you Smithers! Your town, your hill and most important your people made it one of the most memorable events. I am a parent of a ski cross athlete and a volunteer at the recent National Ski Cross Championships. With very little notice you pulled a first class event together. From the Smithers Ski and Snowboard Club on the mountain, to a cast of local volunteers, to the aspiring athletes who cheered the racers on to mother nature. Though we had limited time to shop we appreciated the discounts and the stores we could get to. Your restaurants are excellent. Your music at the awards to the caring speeches by your politicians... You nailed it. Two weeks later and we have gone back to our lives, our athletes gone to events in Europe but we are still
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Brucejack shows how to ask how Editor: I was pleased to hear that a new gold mine will be opening soon in B.C. The Brucejack mine northwest of Stewart will contribute significantly to the economy of our province and will create 800 jobs during its construction and 500 permanent jobs during the more than 18 years of the mine’s expected operating life. The opening of this new mine is the result of decades of hard work and careful study that began with exploration activities that honed in on this mineral deposit and determined that it was economically viable. The
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saying “how”: How we can build and diversify our economy, create good jobs, and care for our environment all at the same time. All of these are important and the Brucejack mine demonstrates that we can have them all and that we can get to “yes” if we start by simply asking “how”. David Field Burnaby, B.C.
B.C.’s approach to reconciliation needs to be re-energized Editor:
Re: “Treaty trouble has deep roots” (Black Press B.C. Views, March 31). No one would disagree that the B.C. treaty process hasn’t been as successful as hoped. Indeed, there are also many First Nations who think it is the wrong process of reconciliation altogether. However, that doesn’t excuse Premier Christy Clark’s recent decision to blindside B.C.’s treaty partners by refusing to appoint George Abbott as head of the B.C. Treaty Commission. Although it might be comforting to think that Premier Clark’s reckless behaviour was done in consultation with the federal government, there is simply no evidence to suggest that. Not only did Jerry Lampert, the federal government’s appointee to the treaty commission, say Ottawa was as surprised as the other parties to the process, but on March 26, NDP Leader John Horgan stood
in the legislature and asked Premier Clark three times whether she had discussed her plans with the federal government, and she did not contradict the words of Mr. Lampert. If the B.C. Liberal government has a grand plan for reinventing the treaty process, they aren’t sharing it with any of their constitutional partners. B.C.’s approach to reconciliation needs to be re-energized so that First Nations, resource workers and those seeking to bring new investment to B.C. can have certainty. This means not only fixing the treaty process, but doing more work to find a way forward with First Nations who have chosen a different path. That means working together, not going it alone. Scott Fraser New Democrat spokesperson for Aboriginal Relations MLA for Alberni-Pacific Rim
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Oil shipping bill tanks By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen’s bill to ban oil tankers from B.C.’s north coast was defeated last Wednesday. The proposed amendments to the Canada Shipping Act and National Energy Board Act also called for more consultation with the province, municipalities and First Nations affected by future pipeline construction, and to take into consideration Canada’s refining capacity. Cullen said the process of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, routed south of the Bulkley Valley and crossing the Morice River on its way from Alberta to Kitimat, was an example of why he believed his bill was needed. Cullen’s Take Back Our Coast tour had the NDP MP holding 40 town halls across B.C. to discuss his bill. “This response about protecting the Northwest, about putting value added into the equation when we’re talking oil, improving our democracy when we consult about any of these big projects; the support that we got from all corners of British Columbia, from right across Canada, is just humbling,” said Cullen shortly after the defeat in the House of Commons. The vote was 141-120, with Conservatives, one Bloc and one independent MP voting against the bill. Cullen said he had hoped public pressure would get Conservative MPs from B.C. to agree with the measures.
He now hopes to have the issue be a ballot question in the next federal election. “On one side you’ll have the Conservatives who believe that public consultation shouldn’t mean anything, and that rip and ship is the best strategy, and that these dangerous pipelines are the way to go. On the other side you’ll have New Democrats and progressive British Columbians thinking otherwise,” said Cullen. Those B.C. Conservative MPs tried to avoid the conversation according to Cullen. “They would often try to keep it light, try to make a joke or two about it. I’d say this is something you have to grapple with, and I’m talking to your voters and they want you to do something on this. Mostly they just wanted to avoid the conversation, frankly,” said Cullen. Cullen did add that he does not think his bill should be dismissive of any oil infrastructure in northern B.C. “There are several proposals in the very early stages to do something like this. They have to go through the exact same conversation that any big project has to go through, which is describe the risks and offer the benefits. Enbridge failed categorically in that offer and therefore doesn’t have the support of the people in the region. “Somebody comes in with a very different proposal... They can come in and make their offer, make their pitch, and if people feel like the risk is worth it, if there’s another few thousand jobs on board, it’ll be a different conversation with people in the region.”
Smithers resident dies in Moricetown car rollover By Chris Gareau Moricetown/Interior News
Smithers RCMP responded to a deadly single vehicle accident in Moricetown Saturday afternoon. On April 4, at approximately 1:30 p.m., a westbound Ford Mustang had gone off the left-hand shoulder and rolled down a steep embankment. A 47-year-old Smithers area resident, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The three other occupants were
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transported to Bulkley Valley District Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The collision resulted in Highway 16 being down to single lane, alternating traffic for approximately 11 hours. The collision is being investigated by West Pacific Region Traffic Services, North District Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Services and BC Coroners Service. The cause of the collision is still under investigation. The identity of the victim was not yet released at press time.
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Zimmerman did not confirm nor deny the numbers released by the students’ union but said in places such as Smithers, alternatives to direct classroom instruction are possible. “To say that we won’t be offering instruction in Smithers isn’t true. We’re going to ensure there are options for our students,” she said. The college already offers classes through closed-circuit viewing in which students in one community are taught by an instructor in another community. What the college must do is match its course offerings with the enrolment it has and with the needs of its students, said Zimmerman. There has been a drop in academic program enrolment, a circumstance that could have been caused by the demand for workers on large scale industrial projects
in the past several years. But with large projects such as Rio Tinto Alcan’s aluminum smelter rebuilding project winding down, there might be renewed interest in going to college, said Zimmerman. She said an exact budget picture isn’t available but that a proposed spending plan will be put to the college’s board this month in Smithers. “At that point the board will then develop its plan,” she said. Any course offering reduction and loss of employees is difficult, Zimmerman added. “This is not an exercise anyone takes pleasure in doing,” she said. NWCC student union organizer Mikael Jensen pointed out that targeted funding puts limits on what programming some of the money received from the province can be spent on.
“When that targeted funding comes out, it is higher on a per seat basis than base funding,” said Jensen. The operating budget for the college is $17.2 million. Discretionary base funding is at $15.85 million. Target funding is at $1.35 million. But target funding for courses is $470 higher for each full time student. There are 125 full time student seats that fall under target funding, and 1,539 who fall under base funding. B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint explains how the government plans to “re-engineer education and training so that British Columbians will have the skills needed to fill the one million job openings anticipated in the province by 2022.” That plan is to increase target funding to courses the province sees as training for jobs in demand. The blueprint reads “as a result, in
2014/15, the amount of targeted funding within sector-wide operating grants has increased by $40 million, to almost $230 million. This targeted funding will increase to almost $320 million in 2015/16, $410 million in 2016/17, and almost $460 million by 2017/18.” Post secondary institutions including NWCC are required to complete annual Skills Gap Plans starting this spring on how to implement programming that directly aligns with the province’s priorities. The February budget letter to NWCC states that “institutions not achieving Skills Gap Plan targets will have funding redirected.” “A lot of these skills things will get you a job but they won’t get you a career. We would like the college to focus on getting people careers as opposed to getting people jobs,” said Jensen.
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N EWS Treaty Commission will not affect negotiations with local First Nations By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News
Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en leaders say news that the future of the B.C. Treaty Commission is in doubt will not impact their negotiations with government because both groups have deliberately avoided the treaty process. B.C. Premier Christy Clark last month revealed the future of the commission was in limbo after she cancelled the appointment of former Liberal Minister George Abbott as its chief. Clark said the decision was based on a need to reform the B.C. treaty process, but outgoing commission chief Sophie Pierre said in a press release the government should look to processes of review to enact change. “You don’t make positive change by unilaterally blocking the Chief Commissioner appointment,” she said. “This does not create the right atmosphere for reconciliation. “It is not respectful of the other parties. It is not respectful of the
constitutional imperative that is the foundation of the treaty negotiations process.” The commission said 65 First Nations, representing 104 Indian Act bands, were either participating in the treaty process or had completed it in B.C. But Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs negotiator Beverley Clifton Percival (Gwaans) agreed the treaty process was not working. She said her organization was instead working with the provincial and federal governments to reach a legal agreement based on reconciliation. “The treaty mandates aren’t working so we want something new,” she said. “We want a legal agreement that will explicate our positions and our way moving forward and how the relationship will be durable, consistent and predictable which is what the crown wants as well so I think we’ve got something to talk about.” She said the future of the commission would not affect Gitxsan negotiations because they were not seeking a treaty agreement. “We are seeing progress,
we are seeing movement so we are very hopeful and optimistic that we will be able to come to some agreements, particularly on resource and land development, so it can be done in a respectful way that acknowledges the rights and title of the Gitxsan hereditary chiefs.” Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief John Ridsdale (Chief Na’moks) said the Office of the Wet’suwet’en had avoided the treaty process because of its focus on designating land. “Their version of treaty is to actually sign lands away, none of the modern treaties give the First Nations majority of their land or full control of the entirety of their land,” said Ridsdale. “We’ve never given up that jurisdictional authority.” He said the Office of the Wet’suwet’en would work with the province on governance issues but it would not take part in discussions to allocate land. “We, a number of years ago, had stepped away from that process,” he said. “We will not discuss the land selection model as they have it. “What we do is, our
governance on the land is what we will talk to them about, but not on the land selection model or loss of territory.” Although he said reforms to the treaty process could be beneficial, he held suspicions the Premier’s rejection of Abbott was politically motivated. “They really haven’t said to us what exactly they do plan ... we have an idea what their next steps may be but we won’t know until they announce it,” said Ridsdale. “If they do want to keep the B.C. treaty process going to their liking they may just appoint someone else.”
Board agrees changes needed to avoid surprise tax increases From RDBN on A2 Some directors have pointed out that the increase in taxation came as a surprise to them, and realized the need to have a different approach to the budgeting process to avoid unexpected surprises. “We had people in our last meeting [March 12] that even after something passed our agenda three times, they were still surprised to see it,” said Mark Fisher, Director of Electoral Area A. “There are obviously some improvements that we need to make in our budgeting process,” said Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach. “We don’t have an angle on this thing [the budget]; we need to make sure that we’re following the ball and that we’re making
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conscientious decisions along the way.” Although the budget is discussed in different meetings, the RDBN does not hold meetings specifically to discuss the budget. The board of directors agreed that there should be separate meetings to discuss the budget. Fisher said that the more the board discusses the budget, the better it will be for constituents. “If we have to go through things twice, so be it,” he said. “Maybe we should go through it [the budget] even more.” Details of the new budgeting process are still not defined. The board of directors asked RDBN staff to create a report outlining “the new and improved budgeting process” for the next RDBN meeting.
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Telkwa to be featured on CBC show By Kendra Wong Telkwa/Interior News
A CBC show that tries to find the humour in small towns will be shining a light on Telkwa next week. Still Standing, hosted by Canadian comedian Jonny Harris (from the show Murdoch Mysteries), tries to get to the heart of a community through interviews with locals. “We have been combing the country for really unique places with unique stories and a really beautiful background. We want to go off the beaten path,” said Maureen Riley, the supervising producer with the show. “Telkwa was on our list of places to look into and it’s certainly beautiful and certainly unique. We’ve found some unique stories there, so it’s perfect.” The crew, along with Harris, will be filming in Telkwa from April 15-19. They will be checking out the sights and have already lined up interviews with nine locals they will visit. “We’re going to talk to them about the history of the place and see what makes them unique and part of a community,” said Riley.
Canadian comedian Jonny Harris performs his stand-up act in front of an audience. Harris is the host of the CBC show Still Standing, which is filming in Telkwa from April 15-19.
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“It’s just such a beautiful part of the country. We saw the Telkwa video that was produced on [the] tourism page and it’s gorgeous, why wouldn’t we shoot there?”
According to Mayor Darcy Repen, it’s an opportunity to show Canada what Telkwa is about. “I hope their image of Telkwa and the way we’re
represented is that we’re a really up and coming community. One that really has some amazing assets in terms of both locals, but especially our community,” said Repen.
“I think Telkwa is a very unique and cool community in the North in terms of the people that make up our population.” Repen also hopes it will help boost the local economy. “Hopefully it will draw a bit of extra interest in terms of the tourism industry, people coming to visit and just realizing that it’s a great option to live and maybe open a business,” he said. Harris, who is originally from a small town in Newfoundland, will also be performing a free stand-up comedy show at the community hall on April 19 at 6 p.m. Once they are done filming in Telkwa, the crew will move on to Skidegate on Haida Gwaii. “We’re getting to the heart of the place. It’s really the people that we’re meeting,” added Riley. They have already shot the first season of Still Standing which will air in June and features small towns such as Buxton, Ontario, Manitou, Manitoba and Coal Mine, Alberta. If you would like to be interviewed or know someone that would, call the village office at 250-846-5212 or email info@telkwa.com.
Group helps organization package food for hungry By Kendra Wong Smithers/Interior News
A local group has returned from a trip to the United States where they spent weeks packing food to help feed people in third-world countries. Earlier this year, George and Tina Veenstra, John and Pat Vandermeer, along with Ken Turner and Shirley Reitsma travelled to California to volunteer with Gleanings for the Hungry, a Christian non-profit
organization that helps feed people around the world. Gleanings relies on fruit and nut donations, some that are not visibly good enough to sell in stores, that they use to produce dried soup mix and dehydrated fruits to be packaged and shipped off to other countries. The group volunteered in the soup plant, filling barrels with soup mix and scooping trail mix into bags. John and Pat Vandermeer first heard about the organization 15 years ago from Pat’s brother who had gone the
year before. “We went along in 2000 and we’ve gone every year since,” said Pat, who spent 10 weeks at the facility in Sultana, which is roughly a three-day drive from Smithers. “We wanted to help those less privileged than we are and that was a good way to do that.” Shirley Reitsma, who finished her fourth visit with Gleanings, wanted to achieve a lifelong goal. “I thought before I turn 80, I want to go and I asked Tina to come along and
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she said ‘I’m game’,” she said. The group was also given a place to stay and meals in exchange for their work. “Most people can do [the work]. I know a lot of people who got pretty tired at the end of the day,” said Pat, noting that they worked roughly seven to eight hour days. The volunteer-run facility consists of the soup plant, 16 duplexes, a library, kitchen and other living quarters. See GLEANINGS on A12
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Locals hope to volunteer annually with Gleanings From GROUP on A11 According to the Vandermeers, the number of volunteers has steadily increased over the past 15 years. “There’s a lot of people who come and go, so you get to meet a lot of people,” said John, noting that if they add up all their weeks there, they’ve spent two and a half years at the facility. “When we first started there were 15 to 20 volunteers coming through in one week and now they have 100 coming through every week,” added Pat. The group said they see many of the same people returning year after year and they enjoy the camaraderie that comes with volunteering for a good cause. “When you’re there for nine to 10 weeks, you meet a lot of people and a lot of them come every year . . . We call it a big family reunion every year,” said Pat. For Tina and George, it was their first time
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volunteering with the organization. “It was a very good experience. It was very worth-while, well organized and you really felt like part of a team being together,” said Tina, who volunteered for two weeks. “I like the idea that it’s food that would otherwise be wasted
and is used to feed people.” “I would definitely like to do it again, it was such a great experience.” Gleanings for the Hungry began in 1982. In 2012, they shipped more than 2 million pounds of food to 26 countries including Guatemala and Thailand.
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Swim with the salmon through art president@bvfair.ca RE: Noonan Seminar, phone: 250-847-3816 or online www.bvfair.ca/news. Cost $20 per person pre registry, $25 per person at the door, students under 18 free. Canadian Living magazine, celebrating their 40th anniversary have a contest to showcase communities from across Canada. You are invited to share stories, anecdotes and points of pride about your community. To participate: tell five things about the
community you live in; three points of pride, everything from the scenery, people, even the weather; what visitors should see and do when they visit; where visitors should eat, any restaurants in particular — they want details. Include two or three photos along with your submission containing your contact information, send it all to cl40th@canadianliving. com. Saw that young fellow with the long hair running shirtless again. It still seems too cold.
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Welcome home to Sonja Lester. She used to write a column for the paper and has many friends here in the valley. Good to see you! Saturday, April 11, 7:30 at the Round Lake Hall, the final coffee house of the year. Three groups to perform: Ransom E. Slaughter and Friends, Cor and Gary van der Meulen, Cheryl Hofweber, Joan LeClair and Friends. You are invited to bring snacks/baking to share. Usher in spring with great music. Information: events@roundlakebc. com. Step into the river and swim with the salmon as they journey back to their spawning grounds through artwork by Lori Knorr. See her work Aug. 11 to Sept. 12 at the gallery. Want to participate? If you are a felting artist and interested in contributing work that fits with this vision, contact Lori at lori_knorr@ hotmail.com, 250-847-9969 by June 30. Include your artist statement, an image of your felted piece and a description of how your piece fits into the theme. BC Book Prizes on Tour will bring two shortlisted authors to our library April 16, 7 p.m. Kayla Czaga, For Your Safety Please Hold On, shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and Gabrielle Prendergast, Capricious, shortlisted for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. Here is a chance to meet the authors and have your books signed. Earth Day, April 22. Commit to a clean commute, win prizes. Become a part of Earth Day Canada’s five year campaign. Go to www.earthday.ca for information. This sounds interesting: John Noonan Seminar, April 17, 5 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. at Hudson Bay Lodge. The focus will be on conducting effective meetings, Roberts Rules of Order plus much more. Offered in partnership by the Credit Union and the Bulkley Valley Agricultural and Industrial Association. Registration:
Attended Divas & Friends, wonderful! MCs Taylor Bachrach and Tom Young had great comedic presence. A stagehand joke: what type of musical instrument do fishermen like? Answer: castanets! Closing with: I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow. — Julia Cameron
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Marriage Commissioner The Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health, is looking for an individual to serve as a Marriage Commissioner for Hazelton. The individual will perform civil marriages within their community on behalf of the Agency. Surrey Christian School students (rear from left) Evan Leek, Liam Binnema, teachers Janessa Grypma and Kevin Veenstra and (front from left) Katya Van Der Leek and Sarah Lee during a school trip to Moricetown in March.
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Surrey students acquire new perspectives at iCount school By Alicia Bridges Moricetown/Interior News
A group of Grade 11 and 12 students from Surrey Christian School (SCS) learned lessons of respect and gained new perspectives during a week-long trip to Moricetown in March. Accompanied by two teachers, Janessa Grypma and Kevin Veenstra, four SCS students spent a week attending Moricetown’s iCount High School. The independent school takes a “holistic” approach to education by offering at-risk students a more personalized learning experience. The trip was part of an SCS intercultural learning program, which also sends students to international locations such as Honduras, Guatemala and Sierra Leone during spring break. Grypma said it was the first time the program had sent students to experience a different culture in their own province. She said the Moricetown trip expanded on what the SCS students had learned by attending a Truth and Reconciliation Commission conference in Vancouver last year. “In unpacking what that means for reconciliation is learning what our role is and learning about First Nations culture and building the bridges to understanding,” said Grypma. “That is the first step to building relationships and learning what that can be in Canada and working towards a healthy relationship of understanding each other.” She hopes the Moricetown
trip will lead to an ongoing partnership between SCS and the iCount school. SCS student Sarah Lee said attending iCount’s daily huddle, where students can share their feelings with teachers and students, highlighted the differences between the two schools. “It seemed more intimate, more family-like,” she said. “Everyone knows each other, everyone knows each others’ story so it was good. “Our school is more structurebased and this school is more goat-your-own-pace.” The iCount students took the visitors snowshoeing to Crater Lake on Hudson Bay Mountain and planned to take them downhill skiing. The Surrey students also visited Hazelton and attended a Wet’suwet’en learning feast at the Moricetown Multiplex last Wednesday. SCS student Liam Binnema said the traditional ceremony highlighted how much respect was given to elders in the local culture. “Everyone really respects the chiefs and elders and I thought that was pretty interesting,” he said. “It was pretty enjoyable actually. “I thought it would be kind of boring but I was talking with people around me and getting to know them and it was interesting.” Fellow student Katya Van Der Leek was also impressed by the level of respect displayed at the feast. “Everybody respects the elders
and the food, how they serve the food is all very respectful and everyone respects each other and that stood out to me,” she said. “It’s just something to remember I guess, just to respect pretty much everything around you.” Evan Leek, also from SCS, said the customary seating arrangement interested him. “When we walked in there was a lady who was leading the people to go sit down and she had a staff with her and she would tap it on the floor as to where you would sit down,” he said. “I thought that was really cool.” The students spent the week living at the iCount school, which has a living space in its basement. iCount teacher and cofounder Lorna Butz said the local students had embraced the visitors and made them feel welcome. She praised the Surrey school for giving the students a cultural experience in their own province. “It’s an incredible experience because often we do leave the country and go to these underprivileged communities to help out but we do also have underprivileged children ... in our own backyard,” she said. “It’s really nice to be able to work with kids from the same area, from the same province and inter-relate the different cultures from both Surrey which is very, very, very different. “Theirs is a Christian-based school and ours is a First Nation but cultural school as well.” She said iCount would welcome similar programs in the future.
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Hashtag OPC: old person confusion
SPICE OF LIFE Brenda Mallory
Right off the top I have to tell you I really have no idea what I am talking about. But for my own clarity, I will try to explain. It started as a nice coffee session at Louise’s Kitchen. The group included a healthy gathering of women from a Curves session. There were others like me — sort of. The topic somehow came around to Facebook. I don’t do Facebook but I gather I could have many followers who would send me messages for some reason. Even if I don’t know the person they will tell some detail of their life. I ask you “who cares”? It was explained to me how important Facebook is for some
folks. It is a way to keep in touch with family and friends not here. Something like that anyway. I carried on to Extra Foods. One young woman is talking to another young person (couldn’t tell if that was a male or female). They said goodbye to each other saying “hashtag party.” I have no idea what that meant. I do know about skin tags. Different thing I assume. When I got home I had to check to find out about this hashtag business. It is actually like the # sign. You do # and a topic you hope to make easier for someone on Twitter who would like to tweet you. Kind of like tracking a topic. In other
words it helps people find your tweets. All well and good I suppose. You will text a person on the topic with a series of acronyms, limited number of characters to use I gather. It could be AFC — away from computer. LOL — laugh out loud. AAK — asleep at keyboard. So it goes — you hashtag a topic, go on twitter and tweet your comment. You might get into a chat room. I hope this is clear to you. Confusing for me.
Hashtag OPC — old person confusion. I should really leave this for now. It is nice outside and that is where I should be. ADIP (a day in paradise) as I would say if I felt a tweet coming on. Before I go I will tell you the one thing I feel in this computer age. BPLM Big person little mind. You could call 250-846-5095 or email mallory@bulkley. net. No tweets, no texting, no Facebook.
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Nathan Cullen invites Bulkley Valley students to “Create Your Canada” to donate a portion of their tax return to a registered charity by filling out a new section on their tax forms. A number of MPs in other ridings across Canada are now also running Create Your Canada projects. For more information about Cullen’s 2015 contest, go to: www.nathancullen. com/createyourcanada. Submitted
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Swim program benefitting kids with all cognitive, physical abilities receives funding from foundation By Kendra Wong Smithers/Interior News
A program offered by the pool that is responsible for helping children with all cognitive and physical abilities has received funding from a local foundation to ensure it continues next season. Earlier this year, the Bulkley Valley Community Foundation released its first round of grants for 2015. The Bulkley Valley Regional Pool was one of 19 organizations that received funding for various initiatives that benefit the community. The pool was awarded the McEwen Endowment Fund to help continue Adaptive Aquatics, a free program that introduces children of all abilities to swimming. “The benefits are getting kids in the water that wouldn’t necessarily get to the water because they either don’t have the support at home or within the school system,” said Tamara Gillis, facility programmer with the pool. This is the second year the program has been running and they saw just under 30 kids from Telkwa, Walnut Park and Muheim elementary schools participate during the fall and spring sessions. “Water is very therapeutic. When you’re in the water it has a relaxing motion and the body responds in a calming way,” said Gillis,
Mike Vandergaag (left), an instructor with the Adaptive Aquatics program, gives a kid a high-five during the last session at the Bulkley Valley Regional Pool on Friday, March 27.
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noting they have a few kids in the program who have mobility issues. “Any kids who have mobility issues, any joint, bone or [obesity] issues, being in the water takes the pressure off their skeletal system.” During the Friday afternoon sessions, instructors play games with the kids to introduce them to the water, swimming and safety. Mike Vandergaag, an instructor with the program, had seen firsthand how beneficial the program can be. “Some of them were
so nervous to get into the water, but now they’re just swimming around everywhere,” he said,
and they’re learning all sorts of people skills and interacting with the public.”
“Water is very therapeutic. When you’re in the water it has a relaxing motion,” -Tamara Gillis Facility programmer with the pool
adding that the kids’ listening skills have improved as well. “They’re learning to act in a group setting
Eight-year-old Ryder Euverman has been attending the program for weeks and said he looks forward to taking Friday
afternoons off to go swimming. “I like the part when you get to play the games,” said the Walnut Park student. Nina Hamelin, a support worker who accompanies the children from Walnut Park to the pool every week, said it helps them develop important life skills as well. “We had one girl, that was her first time ever introduced to the water and now she loves the water and there’s no fear there,” said Hamelin. “With a lot of these other kids, it helps them with self-regulation too
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. . . It’s very therapeutic for large motor development, they don’t feel the weight of their body under the water.” According to Don Chinnick, chair of the Bulkley Valley Community Foundation, the decision to subsidize Adaptive Aquatics was an easy one. “We’ve been supporting our community in as many ways as possible. It’s exciting to see how these funds are helping other community groups prosper and move forward with different projects,” said Chinnick, noting that they had roughly 30 to 40 applications this year and $28,000 in funds to distribute. If the pool did not receive the grant from the foundation, it would not be able to offer the program for free, added Gillis. Part of the funding is used for the RAP (recreation access program) for low-income families to access the pool at a discounted rate. The foundation also awarded grants to the Bulkley Valley Soccer Society to assist with the purchase of sun shelters and nets, St. Joseph’s School for playground fencing and Northwest Community College to provide bursaries to lowincome adults. The foundation has been around for more than 20 years and awards grants to organizations between the Kispiox Valley all the way to Granisle.
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A local bible camp is hoping a fundraiser will help them raise money to provide children with some shade on Dunalter Lake during the hot summers. The Rough Acres Bible Camp, a nondenominational camp, hopes to build a new sun and rain shelter down by the waterfront with the funds raised at the fundraiser this Saturday. The roof on the caretakers’ house is also in need of replacement and next year they anticipate the main lodge will also need a new roof. “It is a great opportunity for kids from all over to spend time outdoors and meet new friends, but above all it is a time where they can learn more about the gospel in an open and relaxed environment,” said Janice Hillaby, executive director of Rough Acres. “We’ve used temporary structures in the past, but some days we’ll get a sprinkle of rain . . . it’s nice to have somewhere to go when it rains.” She hopes the new structure will be enough to fit roughly four to six new picnic tables. They have also submitted requests for quotes on the roof, but have not received a final estimate for the project. The remainder of the funds raised will go towards the general operations of the camp. This is the not-for-profit organization’s first big fundraiser in several years, but according to Hillaby, the camp needs to replenish its finances after unexpected project costs. “We had an extra expense
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with the dam [on Irrigation Lake] that we had to build. That tapped into our funds, not a lot, because we had community support that helped us build it,” she said. “In the previous years, we’ve had a bit of a cushion, but now that cushion is not as fluffy as it used to be.” The fundraiser will include a buffet-style dinner and performances by camp staff and children. “Part of the evening will be the kids and a lot of the staff from camp. They really love their camp and love to promote it,” said Hillaby. There will also be an update on events in the camp and a presentation on ideas for the potential shelter. Hillaby estimates between
80 to 90 people will attend and hopes to raise between $9,00010,000. Rough Acres Bible Camp, originally founded more than 30 years ago and named after its founder, Stanley Rough, provides year-round activities for roughly 250 children from churches between Houston and Kitimat. Their current facilities include a playing field, two fire pits, an archery range, docks and inflatables on the 80-acre property, 16 kilometres west of Houston. The fundraiser is on Saturday, April 11 at 6 p.m. at the Bulkley Valley Christian School. Admission is by donation. For more information, email roughacres@roughacres.org.
OPEN BURNING AND SPRING CLEANUP WEEK Smithers Fire Rescue would like to remind residents that the Town of Smithers Open Burning Bylaw prohibits any open burning of domestic waste materials, garden refuse, garbage, land clearing or noxious materials.
Public Notice In accordance with Section 26 of the Community Charter, the Town of Smithers intends to dispose of the following lands to the Smithers Junior Softball Society by way of a 5 year lease agreement at $1.00 per year for the purpose of installation of sign boards on the softball diamonds fencing for marketing sponsorship opportunities. Commonly known as the softball diamond fencing at Elks Park, 3040 Pacific Street, and legally known as Lot 1, District Lot 1053, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 12550, PID: 015-580-971. This is not a tender nor a request for offers. Further information can be obtained by contacting Susan Bassett, Director of Corporate Services at (250) 847-1600, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
The Town of Smithers Works and Operations crew will pick up extra residential garbage during Spring Cleanup Week May 4th-8th. Please leave your refuse out on your regular calendar day. Items that will not be picked up include: recyclable and compostable materials, white goods (refrigerators, freezers, etc.) batteries, tires, or paint. Garden prunings (small branches & brush) must be bundled & tied and no longer than 4 ft. in length. A compost drop off site is located at the Town of Smithers Works Yard, at 2888 19th Avenue, for residents to drop off leaves, grass clippings and other compostables year round. For more information on Spring Cleanup Week, please contact the Works and Operations Department at 250-847-1649 or Smithers Fire Rescue at 250-847-2015.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY CODE CHANGES IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS This two hour workshop will highlight the changes in building envelope design and new ventilation requirements revised in December 2014. All new homes and alterations are affected by these changes. Designers, building contractors, trades people and owner-builders are invited to this free workshop. Handouts will be provided at the workshop or can be picked up from the Town Office or obtained on the Town’s website: www.smithers.ca • Energy Efficiency Requirements for Houses in BC—Homeowner Protection Office publication • BCBC 9.32 Ventilation and Appendix A-9.32 Two workshop dates: Thursday April 9 from 4pm to 6pm Monday April 13 from 7pm to 9pm Location: Smithers Town Office Building West Fraser Room Roye Lovgren, Building / License Inspector
TO ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS • CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2015 Bulkley Valley Community Foundation Scholarships and Bursaries The Bulkley Valley Community Foundation provides scholarships and bursaries for 2015 graduating students who attend high school in Smithers, Houston and Hazelton. Applications are accepted from April 1 to May 15, 2015. Scholarships and bursaries are awarded to qualifying students in each of these communities. The information package, bursary and scholarship criteria and application form is available on the Foundation website www.bvcf.ca under the grants icon. For further information contact: Ms. Geri Britton, Executive Director BV Community Foundation Box 4584, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 PH: 250-847-3310 Email: bvfoundation@bulkley.net In Houston: Sandra Lavallie PH: 250-845-7266 The Hazeltons: Pauline Gomez PH: 250-847-7515
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Alex Cuba delivers with hip-swinging live show By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News
Alex Cuba performs songs from his newest album Healer at the Della Herman Theatre last Tuesday.
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It’s impossible not to be transported to a warmer, brighter place by Alex Cuba’s hip-swinging, finger-snapping, heartstringpulling live set. The Cuban-born artist plays Latininfused music that speaks of a vastly different landscape and culture to that of northern B.C., but it is a sound that has been embraced by his adopted hometown of Smithers. There was a full house at the Della Herman Theatre when the Latin-Grammywinning musician debuted his new album, Healer, for the local crowd last Tuesday. The Smithers show was the album’s world premiere and the first live performance of Healer in its entirety. It was an appreciative crowd that gathered at the show, greeting each song with loud applause. Cuba maintained an intimate dialogue with the crowd, offering funny and personal insights into the stories behind the songs. Even members of his own band were touched by his introduction of the song Sarah, not the first song about his wife but the first one to use her name. The track was a highlight, along with duets Beautiful Mistake and Half a Chance. Last week’s show also shone the spotlight on the high calibre of musical talent in Smithers. Percussionist Jose Sanchez, bassist Ian Olmstead and drummer Jake Jenne played joyfully and flawlessly. Jenne also performed a gentle duet with Cuba on Half a Chance. Healer itself comprises a series of bilingual duets with mostly well-known musicians, many Canadian, including the first release 1234. A duet written with David Myles, Cuba used the party track to close his show, inviting the audience to join in on the countdown. After a standing ovation the band returned to the stage to play a two-song encore.
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In accordance with Section 26 of the Community Charter, the Town of Smithers intends to dispose of the following lands to the Bulkley Valley Historical and Museum Society by way of a 5 year lease agreement at $1.00 per year for Society storage purposes. Commonly known as part of 1621 Main Street and legally known as Lots 7 & 8, and 29–31, Block 140, Plan 1054. This is not a tender nor a request for offers. Further information can be obtained by contacting Susan Bassett, Director of Corporate Services at (250) 847-1600, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday or on our website at www.smithers.ca.
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Filmmakers Tomas Borsa and J.P. Marquis spent more than a year conducting 60 interviews in 20 communities along the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline route for the film.
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Documentary seeks insights into Enbridge pipeline project By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News
Filmmaker Tomas Borsa was a long way from B.C. when he started thinking about making a movie about the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. Borsa, who is originally from Saskatchewan, was curious about how the future of resource development might unfold in his own backyard. Joined on the project by videographer J.P. Marquis, he looked west to Alberta and B.C. to find out what lessons could be learned from provinces where big pipeline proposals were underway. A short trip to the pipeline route to research the idea cemented the foundations of their new documentary, Line in the Sand, which will screen in Smithers on April 18. “We realized we really had stumbled across something that was much larger and was more rich than we could have imagined and we thought that we owed it to the people that we had met to come back and give it a second go but with much more time,” said Borsa. They resolved to make a film about the controversial twin pipeline, which would carry diluted bitumen oil and condensate between Bruderheim, Alberta and Kitimat, B.C. Over a period of a year and a half, Borsa and Marquis conducted about 60 interviews in more than 20 communities along the proposed pipeline route. Borsa said he had not expected to find such widespread opposition to the project, particularly in resource-rich
Alberta, where the people he interviewed broke stereotypes. “We entered Alberta with a preconceived notion of what we would find and that was just oil-happy, truck-driving, gunslinging rednecks but what we actually found were farmers who were really quite anxious about how their lifestyle could be impacted,” he said. “They were really not at all happy that their land was going to be intercepted.” Overall, Borsa said opposition to the project was almost unanimous in the communities along the proposed route. What the filmmakers wanted to know was why their opposition was so staunch when it seemed like global issues like climate change were not a key factor. The reasoning, they found, differed from province to province. As newcomers to B.C., they began to understand a connection to the land that Borsa said was not as strong in the prairies. “Both of us being outsiders to B.C., having only relatively recently moved to Vancouver, we weren’t privy to the land-place identity interrelation that exists in the North,” said Borsa. “That was a striking feature, it’s just not as pronounced in the prairies where people don’t have this intense connection to land.” Local people and outspoken opponents are among those interviewed in the film, including Freda Huson at the Unist’ot’en Camp, a protest camp on traditional Wet’suwet’en territory where the pipeline would cross. Smithers man Len Vanderstar is also interviewed in the film. A director of the Friends of the Morice Bulkley, a group of
Bulkley Valley residents opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline, he said his biggest concern about the pipeline related to salmon. “We are a salmon nation, a salmon culture and a salmon economy so we have a healthy existing economy, particularly with our natural capital, and we do not want to sacrifice that natural capital,” Vanderstar said. An interview that Borsa and Marquis were not able to secure, one they say they requested incessantly over many months, was with the pipeline proponent themselves. According to Borsa, longwinded communications with Enbridge were ultimately fruitless, leaving the filmmakers unable to tell their side of the story. Although he said he and Marquis had approached the film as journalists wanting to tackle the subject objectively, the experience of making the film had ultimately made him a pipeline opponent. “Having only heard one side, over and over and over, and having heard it re-articulated in so many wonderful ways I cannot help but say that I’m definitely against the project,” he said. Borsa said feedback to the film’s first screening in Prince George had been positive and emotional. He hopes the movie keeps the project at the forefront of people’s minds. Line in the Sand screens at the Old Church in Smithers on April 18 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door or from Mountain Eagle Books. Borsa and Marquis will be at the event.
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Funding boost for arena campaign By Alicia Bridges Hazeltons/Interior News
The campaign to replace the condemned Hazelton arena with a new recreation facility received a major funding boost last week when the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) donated $250,000 to the $12 million project. The Economic Diversification Trust grant, which was approved at the trust’s recent board meeting, will go towards the construction of a new 500 -seat arena and all season recreation centre. NDIT chief executive Janine North said the board, which comprises municipal and district leaders from across the North, had “wholeheartedly” approved the grant. “The need of the Hazeltons to rejuvenate their recreation facilities has really been recognized by the board and the peer communities in the northwest,” she said. “We do think that quality of life is often what keeps us in small rural communities and this infrastructure is a critical part, just like it was in Smithers.” The Heart of the Hazeltons campaign to build a new arena has been underway since 2007, when an engineering review recommended the existing building be phased out due to structural problems. However, pressure to secure funding for a new facility increased after the old arena was closed abruptly last month after an engineer deemed it unsafe. Stakeholders are now
preparing an application for $8-million in federal gas tax funding. In addition to contributing financially, North said she hoped the NDIT support would help the campaign to secure more government funding for a new arena. “I know it will cost a lot more than that grant to construct the arena but we hope it’s a great contribution to them being able to fundraise other dollars to work on the capital construction and this money is meant towards that capital construction,” she said. “Our board really appreciates when they can get in on the ground floor of a project like this and help communities with having some funding in place so that they can be very credible applying for funding to senior levels of government like a federal grant.” Heart of the Hazeltons campaign president Peter Newbery believes the NDIT funding will enhance the project’s credibility. “What it does is recognize this is an important project for a northern community and we are certainly very grateful for it,” he said. “To some extent it will help people making the decisions at the federal and provincial level that the project does have recognition.” The campaign is also rallying the support of the Hazeltons communities, encouraging local people to write to B.C. Minister of Transportation Todd Stone, Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson and Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen. See RALLIES on A22
The Heart of the Hazeltons campaign last week received a $250,000 contribution to its $12-million recreation centre project (above) to replace the old arena (below) which has been condemned . Upper Skeena Recreation Centre and Alicia Bridges photos
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Campaign rallies support From ARENA on A21 Newbery said Heart of the Hazeltons had received 70 letters of support from a diverse cross-section of community members, including young children and a 101-year-old man who helped build the old arena 42 years ago. “I can’t predict what sort of weight the letters will carry but with a strong community expression of not only support but of the urgency of this issue it can’t help but encourage the decision-makers again, that this is a community that very badly needs this kind of institution and the support for the building. Hazelton Skating Club coach Stacey Brown, whose figure skating students had to cancel their spring show when the arena
closed in March, last week distributed an email encouraging people to write to politicians. “What does the loss of our arena mean to you and to your community?” she wrote in the email. “It’s your story that’s important and your personal letter that will make a difference. “Sit down with your kids and help them write letters and draw pictures of what the arena means to them.” Brown also shared her own letter of support for the campaign. She included a picture her son drew of a Zamboni and explained what he liked about having an arena. “Our communities of the Upper Skeena, the most economically depressed area of the province, need an enthusiastic response
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from government,” Brown wrote in her letter. “Our arena has always been our community gathering place, and we need a new year-round facility to meet the fitness, recreation, health and education needs of the 7,000 people of the Upper Skeena.” Cullen said recently he had been working with stakeholders to help them prepare the proposal for government. “There’s some momentum behind this, a few million dollars in support and pledges and we just need to put it over the top so I’ll be sitting down with the Minister over the proposal as soon as we get it and we’ll hopefully get something done within the shortterm,” he said.
March 27 — New Hazelton RCMP were conducting a checkstop on Highway 62. A vehicle with a lone driver was checked and a drug investigation was initiated. A quantity of soft illicit drugs were seized, along with scales and some currency. Charges are pending. March 27 — Several shots of different calibers were heard in the vicinity of the abandoned Kitwanga airstrip. March 28 — While patrolling, RCMP conducted a traffic stop on Highway 16 near Kitwanga. The driver of a GMC Sierra was found to be the subject of a driving prohibition. A three month notice of suspension was issued. March 29 — A grey Ford F-150 pickup was parked at the Gitsegukla Hall during the evening and was vandalized when a beer bottle was thrown into the passenger side window. Police are seeking witnesses. April 2 — In the early hours of the morning a male was smoking outside of a residence of the 800 block of Commercial Ave in Gitsegukla. A second male approached and assaulted the first male, resulting in some lacerations to the face. Police are seeking witnesses.
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Public Notice Pursuant to Section 24 of the Community Charter, the Town of Smithers and the Smithers Curling Club have renegotiated the Smithers Curling Club’s outstanding loan of $22,109.40.40, concerning their Ice Plant. The loan amount will be repaid to the Town, plus interest at 3%, within the next 5 years. Leslie Ford Director of Finance
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Community breathes new life into old bike By Kendra Wong Smithers/Interior News
Conan Petursson can see the beauty in things that may look like junk to some. The Smithers resident salvages old bikes during his travels and donates the ones that can be rebuilt to C.O.B. Bike Shop. “I know there’s an interest in them and if I see them in my salvaging efforts, I always try and rescue them,” said Petursson, who has been salvaging things in one form or another for almost his entire life, working as a salvage logger. “I think it’s cool, especially if they’re in any
kind of decent shape and it’s salvageable. I always thought it was cool to recycle old stuff like that if it still has a use.” Last year, while he was cleaning out a roughly 100-year-old barn in an effort to salvage the boards, he found an old retro-style bike propped up in the back corner. “It was made in Japan. I thought it was a pretty cool looking old bike,” said Petursson. “You could tell it has been leaning up in the corner for a long time — the tires were rotted off and the cables were seized. Everything was pretty rusty, but it was in pretty decent shape otherwise, it hadn’t been banged up too much.”
Peturrson took it to Dave Percy and Gabe Newman at the bike shop with hope they could rebuilt it. It was there that mechanic Tony Waters found a use for the rusted piece of metal. He decided to rebuild it and auction it off with proceeds going to the Smithers Mountain Bike Association (SMBA). “Tony thought it up and we thought ‘great, let’s do it’,” said Percy, the owner of the bike shop. “We’re always looking to make a couple of bucks for the SMBA. It takes money to maintain our trails and we have some new projects on the go which require funding.” See COMMUNITY on B3
Dave Percy outside C.O.B. Bike Shop with the newly-built bike that will be auctioned off at the annual critical mass group ride in May.
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STRAIGHT AIR People braved the cold temperatures to watch skiers and snowboarders soar in the annual Big Air Competition on Hudson Bay Mountain last weekend. Contestants participated in five maneuvers including old school tricks, and 180 and 360 degree turns on Saturday morning. Kendra Wong photo
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From BIKE on Front First they brought the bike to Hy-Tech Drilling where it was bead blasted to remove surface deposits and clean the metal. Then they took it to Northline Collision where it received a professional paint job. McBike contributed the seat post and chain ring, Outdoor Gear Canada donated the handle bars and fenders, and NGR, a bike and parts distribution company, donated the hubs. Over the course of a few weeks in the winter, Waters built up the wheels, gathered the parts and breathed new life into the retro-style bike.
“It’s a beautiful bike,” said Percy. “It’s a nice ride, it’s smooth. It would be good for a nice ride around town.” Dave Onderwater, the owner of Northline Collision, got involved with the project because he wanted to give back to the community. “We do stuff like that from time to time. I thought it was a good idea to get involved,” said Onderwater. “All that community stuff is a good idea.” Percy noted that most businesses were eager to jump on board with the project. “A lot of people know about the mountain bike association and see it as a good thing and they’re supportive,” he said.
“People want to support a good cause like the SMBA. It’s about [the kids], keeping our trails going and building more trails.” For Petursson, he is glad that someone new will get to enjoy the bike that has been restored to its former glory. “I think it’s a good idea. It’s a cool effort to restore old stuff,” he said. “It’s for a good purpose and people like the retro bike trend.” Tickets for the bike can be purchased from C.O.B. Bike Shop. The bike will be auctioned off at the 8th annual critical mass group ride at the shop on May 2. The race starts at 11 a.m.
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Commonly known as 1101 Pacific Street, “southwest corner of Elks Park and legally known as Lot 1, Plan 12550, District Lot 1053, Range 05, Coast Range 5 Land District.
In accordance with Section 26 of the Community Charter, the Town of Smithers intends to dispose of the following lands to Smithers Mountain Bike Association by way of a 5 year lease agreement at a $1 per year for the purposes of promoting the use of a portion of the land located on Pacific Avenue, commonly known as “Elks Park” and legally described as follows: Lot 1, Plan 12550, District Lot 1053, Range 5, Coast District, for the purposes of recreational use for a cycling facility.
This is not a tender nor a request for offers. Further information can be obtained by contacting Susan Bassett, Director of Corporate Services at (250) 847-1600, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
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grain fed beef. We hope to hold more senior socials throughout the year. We also had a really fun Dessert auction and a spaghetti dinner. Our members did a nice job of serving food and we would also like to thank Charley McClary for being our auctioneer. We raised a lot of money and hope to do so again next year. Thank you
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mls n243020
1134 s.f. 2 bedroom home Addition for third bedroom 8x24 covered sundeck, fenced yard 8x13 front entry, freshly painted
Donna Grudgfield
$95,000
mls n243290
4 bedroom main house, 4000 sf shop Detached office/studio Telus tower contract in place Seller may trade for a home intown
Donna Grudgfield
$379,000
mls n241290
2 bedroom, 1170 s.f. condo Enclosed garage, double paved drive Lots of upgrades, new flooring Nat gas fireplace, new deck
Donna Grudgfield
mls n243234
$59,500
$345,000
#39 - 95 Laidlaw Road
Lot B Hislop Road
Lot 12 Ambleside Avenue
#28 Watsons Landing
1335 Driftwood Crescent
#66 - 95 Laidlaw Road
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14x70 mobile, 3 bedrooms Upgrades to floor, paint, windows Appliances incl, quick possession www.realestatesmithers.com
Leo Lubbers
mls n242860
Prime rural 7.07 acre parcel Overlooks lake and mountains Hydro and telephone close by www.realestatesmithers.com
Leo Lubbers
$252,500
mls n239384
Prime new building lots Only one lot left in Phase 1 View, close to trails and recreation www.realestatesmithers.com
Leo Lubbers
$439,500
mls n226929
Pristine, 2 bedroom, 2½ bathroom Vaulted ceilings, huge 2 car garage Lake access, mountain views www.smithershomes.com
Ron Lapadat
mls n238376
$369,500
Silverking backing onto forest Super clean 4 bedroom, 2½ bathroom Awesome layout for families www.smithershomes.com
Ron Lapadat
$243,500
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mls n242610
Well kept 3 bedroom 14x70 mobile New vinyl siding, windows, roof Laminate floor, 5 modern appliances www.smithershomes.com
Ron Lapadat
mls n242618
$410,000
$208,000
#2 - 3274 Railway Avenue
4391 Reiseter Avenue
4266 Reiseter Avenue
3869 Fourteenth Avenue
DL 2291 Highway 16 West
Telkwa High Road
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Well kept 5 bdrm, 2 bath, ½ duplex Large kitchen, spacious open plan Fenced yard, paved drive, big shed Incl appliances, quick possession
Ron Lapadat
mls n242009
Impeccable rancher, walk out bsmt Vaulted ceilings, 4 bdrms, 3 baths West exposure,Silverking subdivision www.smithershomes.com
Ron Lapadat
$349,500
mls n242062
Perfect for empty nesters Spacious rancher, garage, RV space Fenced yard, patio, green house www.smithershomes.com
Ron Lapadat
$244,900
mls n237494
Awesome location, no through road Big west facing yard, lane access Updated 2 bdrm rancher, shop www.smithershomes.com
Ron Lapadat
mls n242610
$224,900
Timbered ¼ section of land Zoned R-1 and only part is ALR Mixture of tree species 20 min west of Smithers
Sandra Hinchliffe
$283,500
mls n231055
317 acres Mostly forested, some timber value Views and southwest exposure Not in ALR
Sandra Hinchliffe
mls n235270
$50,000
$62,000
1435 Columbia Drive
#2-3664 Third Avenue
2200 Hankin Ave, Telkwa
3840 Ninth Avenue
10 Fulton Street, Granisle
58 Fulton St, Granisle
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3 bdrm, 3 bath rancher, fenced yard 2810 sf of quality living space Many features, oak hardwood floors Spacious 20x30 attached garage
Charlie McClary
mls n241322
Peter Lund Res. 847-3435
2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo Known as ‘Cornerstone Place’ Ground level unit, 5 appliances Gas fireplace, open & bright
Peter & Donna
Donna Grudgfield Cell. 847-1228
mls n242800
Leo Lubbers Cell. 847-1292
Unique home, converted church Living area has 14’ ceilings Many upgrades including furnace Pellet stove, OSBE, garage
Karen Benson
Ron Lapadat Cell. 847-0335
mls n237700
Affordable 5 bdrm+den family home Well maintained & immaculate Central location, new flooring Established gardens/greenhouse
Karen Benson
Sandra Hinchliffe Cell. 847-0725
mls n242081
Charlie McClary Cell. 877-1770
Solid 3 bedroom home in Granisle Carport, large lot, sundeck Close to marina & Babine Lake Fresh paint on main, appliances incl
Jantina Meints
Karen Benson Cell. 847-0548
mls n239329
Jantina Meints Cell. 847-3144
Clean and bright, 3 bedroom home Wood shed and workshop High efficiency furnace, wood stove Carport, rec room, cold room
Jantina Meints
Kiesha Matthews Cell. 876-8420
mls n231201
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