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Cameron Orr A well-intentioned rental accommodation maintenance bylaw has been given a green light to be developed, even as some on council could see possible unintended consequences. The maintenance bylaw is another offshoot from recommendations within the Kitimat Housing Action Plan, an outline on ways the town could address housing pressures in the community. Some councillors worried about the potential for tenants rights to be violated through the bylaw. Claire Rattée said she was particularly concerned with a section that allows town inspectors to enter homes, without notice, that may be subject of investigations under this bylaw. “That’s really infringing on people’s rights,” she said. The model of a potential bylaw presented to councillors would allow building inspectors to enter a rental property “at all reasonable hours”. But Director of Planning and Community Development Gwen Sewell points out that refers to investigations conducted under the proposed bylaw, which is to say all investigations are tenant initiated. So no one would be entering someone’s rental home unless tenants actually requested the processs to be undertaken. The City of Terrace has a similar bylaw on their books, which includes such a provision. Being that this is a tenant initiated process it wouldn’t cover general community-wide complaints about unsightly properties. Councillor Larry Walker had inquired about the ability for citizens to make complaints about unsightly homes but was told this specific bylaw wouldn’t address a process like that. Continued on page 2
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Black still backs refinery A proposed oil refinery for the Kitimat Valley is still on the tracks with the proponent David Black seeking to sit down with area First Nations. Black, who is the chairman of Black Press which owns, among others, this newspaper, said it will be a minimum of two years before there could possibly be any construction on the project, as it still has to clear the usual regulatory hurdles, and he’ll have to ink deals with area First Nations, including the Haisla and the Kitselas. It’s a long process but he still sees the business case making a lot of sense for a refinery which he said would result in 3,000 direct jobs for the region. Despite early skepticism he says even oil sands producers are warming up to the idea and may be beginning to see a benefit to a refinery service on the coast. Black said he has sub-
refinery could mitted a project use a toll system description to with oil producthe provincial ers — that is, the government, a producer of the preliminary step oil would own to starting the enthe oil coming to vironmental asthe refinery and sessment project. coming out of it, He said he’s a common payawaiting provinment structure in cial feedback on the industry, he the submission at says. the moment. David Black The ecoOverall his nomics played plans keep moving forward but he notes it’s out favourably for everyone. “If we were to charge that a long haul. “We’re making headway [toll] and if these companies but it isn’t very quick,” he would pay the transportation from Edmonton to Kitimat, said. At the close of last week and then pay the transportawith the price of a barrel of tion of the diesel and gasooil still under $60, questions line from Kitimat over to can be raised about the vi- China and pay us our toll.. ability of developing an oil on average they would have made [over 10 years] an extra refinery. Black considers the busi- $6.40 a barrel,” said Black. ness case still strong, in fact “That’s a fortune for these stronger with a lower cost of guys...These days that’s the oil. He said he had an analysis difference between profit and done on the process where the loss. It’s quite compelling
for them.” There is still doubt though. “They’re waiting for me to put a bow on it, all wrapped up.” So the process, he’s certain, really starts with getting agreements established with affected First Nations. “I hope that in fairly short order we’ll have an agreement. A qualified agreement,” he said. The quickest he could see any shovels hitting the ground is at least two years just on the fact of how the regulatory process works. He said if he can get First Nations’ support, then he’s sure the province will back the project. The federal government, he says, are already supportive of the project. Black does still hope to get financial partners too. “It just takes time,” says Black about advancing the project.
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Police Beat
Police called to a fight near Giant Spruce July 6 Police responded to a vehicle vandalism complaint in the Service Centre. Police discovered that two vehicles had been broken in to, and a mountain bike, fishing gear and insurance papers had been taken in the incidents. The Terrace Forensic Identification Section examined the vehicles and are also reviewing surveillance cameras in the area. Anyone with information on these incidents
are asked to contact the RCMP at 250-6327111. July 8 Police arrested a man in connection with a break and enter. A person was seen kicking in a door to gain access to an apartment building. Police located a person matching the description shortly after and arrested the man, after the person attempted to run and resist arrest. The man arrested is well known to the Kitimat RCMP,
the detachment says, and two apartments were found to have been broken in to. The man was later released by a justice of the peace on strict conditions and a curfew. July 9 A disturbance near the Giant Spruce was called in to RCMP who found that a fight between two males had occurred. One male had returned with a weapon and caused damage and uttered threats to the other male, police say.
The alleged perpetrator was belligerent and aggressive towards police, and the person has since been released on conditions. July 11 A person contacted the RCMP saying he had lost his drivers licence, boater’s licence and his possession aquisition licence. He told officers that he feels he lost them the week prior but no one had contacted him about them being found yet. The police
are taking this opportunity to remind the public that if personal identification pieces are ever found to bring them to the Kitimat RCMP so they can be returned to their rightful owner. July 12 An officer spotted a vehicle breaking traffic laws and conducted a pull-over where it was found the driver was displaying signs of impairment. The driver eventually ‘failed’ a roadside screening
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Continued from page 1 Mario Feldhoff would eventually vote against the town pursuing such a bylaw, but out of concern the town might end up making more problems than it would solve. While good intentioned, he said “the intentions could give us exactly opposite of what we’re looking for.”
By that he means providing affordable housing which he envisioned could be limited by a maintenance bylaw. “I believe that market forces will, for the most part, drive towards affordability and will weed out situations where landlords are not doing the basic maintenance.” Across the table
from him Rob Goffinet endorsed the planned bylaw. “The future of Kitimat could see massive construction so we will go through another period of utilizing as much rental space in our community as possible and this maintenance standard bylaw will protect the interests of the people that are hoping they’re
renting a good place.” The District did note in their report that there are two means for tenants to address problems of maintenance in a rental home. One is to contact the Northern Health Authority, and the other is to seek arbitration through the Residential Tenancy Branch. The existence of
those two avenues also had Feldhoff critical, who didn’t want the town’s own building inspectors doubling the work already being done by other levels of government. As of now Kitimat staff have just been directed to prepare a draft bylaw to establish the standards of maintenance for rental accommodation.
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REGIONAL BRIEFS Rainbow The City of Terrace voted to paint a rainbow crosswalk somewhere downtown in order to show its support of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual (LGBT) community. Terrace resident Sarah Artis had sent a letter requesting that such a crosswalk be installed, saying she was inspired by the same project recently OK’d in Prince Rupert. Artis says these public displays acknowledge the “often underrepresented members of our community.” Council was unanimous in their support, however, the location of the colourful painted crosswalk is still up in the air.
Surplus The B.C. government exceeded its financial targets for the last fiscal year, and the economy grew enough that unions that signed on to the government’s growth sharing formula will likely see a small pay increase in 2016. Finance Minister Mike de Jong presented the province’s audited public accounts, with a surplus of $1.68 billion. That was due mainly to higher personal, corporate and sales tax revenue in the later part of the fiscal year that ended in March. Gross domestic product growth came in at 2.6 per cent for the year, ahead of the finance ministry’s economic forecast council figure of 2.3 per cent. Public service union contracts signed last year included a formula to distribute half of any gain above that independent forecast, translating to a 0.15 per cent additional raise on top of negotiated increases. De Jong said the GDP numbers must still be finalized by Statistics Canada, and the adjustment to pay levels will be made in 2016.
Flag raising June 27 at Heritage Park at the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce was the annual Flag Raising Ceremony, hosted by the Kitimat Multicultural Society. The event, which includes food and activities, was also marked this year by the inclusion of the Netherlands’ flag, sponsored by the Fouranat family and the Hungarian flag, sponsored by the Ocsavai family. Submitted
Northwest LNG project centre of jobs debate The B.C. legislature convened last week to discuss an LNG project in the northwest, with the opposition focusing on a lack of guarantees for B.C. jobs in the government’s project agreement for a major liquefied natural gas project at Prince Rupert. NDP leader John Horgan confirmed Monday his party will vote against legislation setting terms for the Petronas-led Pacific Northwest LNG project, mainly due to a lack of assurances for local employment and purchasing. He also cited opposition from some
First Nations communities and 25-year protection for the project from LNG-specific tax increases. “This government has constrained the ability of the next government to look at this deal to increase royalties back the Crown, to increase greenhouse gas emission laws to protect the public,” Horgan said. “That’s just unconscionable and we won’t support it.” Premier Christy Clark staged an announcement of new funding for apprenticeship training Monday, arguing that her government’s retooling of post-secondary
education is a response to investors who want to hire B.C. and Canadian workers wherever they can. “There’s a reason the unions support what we’re doing, and there’s a reason that the unions disagree with what Mr. Horgan has said,” Clark said. “It’s because they know that if we work together and we’re making sure British Columbians are first in line for those jobs, British Columbians will get those jobs first.” Clark scoffed at Horgan’s claim that up to 70 per cent of construction jobs on the Prince
Rupert project could go to foreign workers. The figure comes from Pacific Northwest’s filing to the federal environmental review, describing the potential impact of a large out-of-town workforce on northwestern B.C. communities. A February 2014 consulting engineers’ report says “Canadian workers will account for 70 per cent of the onsite workforce for the first three years of construction. Due to competition from labour from other projects, Canadian workers may account for 30 per cent of the on-
Cablecar reservoirs need emergency work Cameron Orr The water reservoir for Cablecar is getting a look by engineers as one of the tanks is really beginning to show its age. There are two 125,000 gallon (approximately 473,000 litres) tanks, one built as far back as 1975. The engineering
department says these tanks are used to supply potable water when water demands exceed the usual supply, and to provide water storage for firefighting. The corners of the 40-year-old water storage tank are showing significant wear-and-tear and the department sought and
received approval to bring in engineers to take a look. It’s unclear how much the service, and subsequent repair, would cost, but the fees for the engineering will be charged to the Cablecar water distribution account. The problems with the tank includes
erosion, leaching and leakage. The town first became aware of the issues in May but it’s degraded noticeably since then. The engineering department will return to council with a report once the engineering is done to provide a clearer picture of the costs.
site workforce for the remaining two years of construction.” In the final stages, B.C. LNG projects would assemble compression and refrigeration components manufactured offshore, with specialty skills such as welding metal alloys designed for low-temperature operation. Clark said the Australian government did not develop a lo-
cal workforce for LNG projects, and some of their projects were cancelled in the face of high labour costs and skilled trades shortages. In Kitimat the projects have not had any specialized legislation crafted, although the LNG Canada proposal and Kitimat LNG do have their environmental certificates which gives them provincial clearance to construct.
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Almighty market It was suggested at a recent committee of the whole that when it comes to maintenance of rental properties, the market is capable of, to some degree, overseeing itself. This is referring to the proposed bylaw for setting a standard of maintenance for rental properties, basically formalizing a process to investigate landlords who are not providing a safe, healthy environment for their tenants. To be honest, this past week was my first introduction to such a bylaw. My first thought was that this seems to be a helpful way to assist tenants having issues. And on a second thought I wondered where this bylaw has been all my life. I write in counter-position to the idea that the market can naturally maintain standards not because I think the market doesn’t in some cases do that in other areas, but in that I haven’t seen the market being a great supporter of tenant’s rights in the past. Now, the other theory from that meeting that this bylaw may potentially actually drive rents up, which is counter-productive to the town’s goals, has a lot of merit. That’s the real place the market and this bylaw will mix. From how I see it, the issues with housing go both ways. When the town was in a slump very little was being done to rental properties in town. Yet when the KMP boom happened, vacancies dropped like a stone. Apartment buildings around town were getting renovated, of course, but in some cases there were known townhouses that were in disrepair too, where it was said rents were rising despite little to no work to make them of any value. So rents went from bare bottom to sky high. With this bylaw in play I see the market reacting this way: fewer wild fluctuations. Rents will be more expensive in times of slow work in the community, but that, I believe, would shelter people from rapidly-rising rents in better times. A standards bylaw may set a baseline of quality, to prevent dingy rental units from beginning to sprout in later years. And even though Northern Health and the Residential Tenancy Branch do have avenues for concerned tenants, I can appreciate it might be much more approachable for someone to call the local government rather than a body based in far off places in the province. Given the past several years, I can see such a bylaw like this being very useful. It’s no guarantee though, I admit. Perhaps I’m being overly optimistic on some of the ways the world runs. I’ve been wrong before once or twice. But I see at best people having an avenue to send concerns and at worst a quiet, unused District program. Cameron Orr
Editing a dying art in some news circles I read the news and often wonder if some of the news agencies, recently, especially CTV News, had temporary foreign workers doing the editing on their website. Headline: “Some Air Canada flights leaving Pearson ‘may be cancelled.’” OK, but I was thinking, if you were a passenger, it would important to know which ones and when they “may be” cancelled. Like, before or after “leaving Pearson?” You don’t want to know you’re on a cancelled flight after the wheels retract, do you? On to another story about hot weather impacts on Vancouver Island, forest fires, a fishing ban, water restrictions, government concerns and actions to combat exceptional hot weather issues on the Island. This is followed by a sentence about half-way through: “Drought conditions could follow if the hot weather persists.” Did the same writer do the whole story, which kicked off talking about drought conditions? I got attracted to an article on the CBC website about the Public Service Commission having granted 34 federal public service employees leaves
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of absence to run in the 2015 general election. Nice to know we can get by without these vital public service employees for the next four months. I expect replacements have been brought in, taxpayer paid, of course. That’s not a real complaint I guess, but in the public comments on the story I found a couple of gems. Like this one, from pen-name Concerned Citizen, “Stephen Harper, he’s our man, best prime minister for this land, you are getting sleepy, you are getting sleepy...” And this truer than true comment from writer McAttack, “Impartiality while working in a job is one thing; Charter rights another. There is no reason a public servant who takes an oath of impartiality should not be allowed unpaid leave to run for whatever political party they may wish to (important
that they take leave from the job and that no special “inside” information is used.) It is kind of a joke when you consider that our MP’s are elected to represent their constituents/constituencies but in reality become trained seals for the party to which they belong, regardless of how local issues and concerns play out. There are exceptions but they are few and far between and those who actually question the party line on behalf of their constituents often get demoted or become pariahs.” News websites often have conflicting stories side-by-side, and although not really conflicting, there was irony on side-by side headlines on Bourque News last week. One was “Thoresby Colliery closes on Friday, marking the end of a 750-year history of mining in Nottinghamshire.” It commented on the last coal being brought to the surface at Thoresby, leaving just one more deep coal mine in England, namely Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire - which is itself expected to close by the end of the year. Continued on page 5
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Is B.C. LNG industry real? Columnist says yes, it is The B.C. legislature is back in session this week, a rare summer sitting to approve a 25-year project agreement for the first large-scale liquefied natural gas project in northern B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong released the lengthy legal agreement prior to the debate, saying this step should remove any doubt that an international investment group led by Petronas of Malaysia intends to go ahead. With billions invested in upstream resources and buyers waiting at home, the Pacific Northwest LNG group includes Chinese state corporation Sinopec, Indian Oil Corp., Japan Petroleum Exploration Corp. and Petroleum Brunei. The most contentious issue is the government’s intention to protect the investors from “discriminatory” tax and regulations for the life of the project. The government insists these sorts of long-term cost certainty agreements are commonplace, and don’t affect provincial and federal taxes or environmental regulations unless they single out LNG operations.
From the Legislature Tom Fletcher Future governments can raise corporate tax rates, carbon tax or enter into a cap and trade system. Ottawa can scrap capital cost allowances that were recently extended to LNG producers, which is significant because Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has indicated he would get rid of what he calls subsidies to fossil fuels. Both the province and Ottawa allow capital cost write-offs against corporate tax, to attract investment. B.C. attracted a lot of gas drilling rigs from Alberta with tax breaks for deep drilling. The B.C. government invited comparisons with Western Australia LNG producers, and NDP researchers did just that. They noted that Australia’s Gorgon and North West Shelf LNG projects have writ-
Kitimat’s Towse gets education award Submitted Kitimat’s Elizabeth Towse is now a bit closer to reaching her educational goals after being selected as one of 11 recipients of the 2015 Envision Financial Education Award. Each year, secondary and postsecondary students throughout British Columbia are encouraged to apply for one of 11 $2,000 education awards. The Envision Financial education awards recognize students who have demonstrated outstanding scholastic ability combined with exceptional community volunteer service. Towse will be attending The Art Institute of Vancouver to study event management. She plans to use her training to become an event coordinator. Notably, she has dedicated
more than 85 volunteer hours to student council, where she held the positions of both prime minister and minister of finance. “We’re pleased to recognize the hard work and dedication that Anna has shown to both her education and her community,” says Susan Byrom, senior manager of community investment at First West Credit Union. “She’s a great example of what it means to be an active community leader and we hope this education award will help her in her chosen education and career path.” Over the last 19 years, the Envision Financial Education Award has provided over a half-million dollars in education award funding to help close to 250 students throughout B.C. finance their education.
Editing Continued from page 4 Depth, however, does not seem to mean much to the coal-mining business as the other headline was, “Scientists Want To Try Eco-Friendly Approach To Deep Sea Mining.” Not surprisingly there’s a bit of coverage of the potential environmental effects of deep sea mining. “The deep sea plays an important role in the Earth’s carbon cycle. It captures huge amounts of human-emitted carbon, greatly impacting weather and climate. Mining can disturb such benefits that the deep sea provides to humans. It could cause a release of carbon back into the atmosphere.” No kidding! And finally, this headline caught my eye: “Blame Canada! Canuck crude blamed for oil glut and price
wars.” Who said that, you ask? “Blame Canada for today’s oil oversupply and recent price wars,” says Keith Schaefer, Editor of Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin. Recent U.S. crude inventory highs are due to increased Canadian crude exports to the Gulf coast. I guess I contrast that one with this one: “More Oilsands Job Losses Incoming” (Huffpost) which reported in January that the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors has revised its jobs forecast and now says there will be 25,110 fewer jobs this year than last year, a 50 per cent decline in overall jobs in the sector. That’s drilling alone, so quit the whining U.S. Hey, it’s good to have others write a column for you..
ten provisions that local employment and local suppliers will get preference. Those are absent in B.C., along with apprenticeship guarantees for LNG. “There was hard bargaining by the companies, and certainly the premier went into this negotiation in a very weak position, having to deliver on her extravagant and grandiose promises from the election,” NDP critic Bruce Ralston said. “The companies did well. Whether the citizens of British Columbia did well is certainly an open question.” Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver painted himself into a corner, having spent the last two years dismissing the B.C. LNG industry as a fantasy that will never come to pass, strictly on economic grounds. He has since branded the Petronas deal, a template for any future projects, a “generational sellout.” Another big player with gas well investments in northwest B.C. is Shell, with a proposal for Kitimat. Its prospects have improved since it took over British Gas Group, which had its own LNG intentions here. Another group led by Al-
tagas remains on track to ship LNG from its Douglas Channel site before the end of the decade. It’s important to remember that without LNG exports, B.C.’s natural gas industry will shrink rapidly after 50 years of increasingly significant revenues from sales to the U.S. Leaving aside all the political positioning around the province’s largest private investment to date, if this doesn’t go ahead we will all feel the effects. De Jong had a blunt response when asked what the province gets in return for all its guarantees of low tax environment: “Their money.” At peak construction, Pacific Northwest LNG will need as many as 4,500 workers, with 500 or more operations jobs depending on how far it expands. The finance ministry forecasts that once Pacific Northwest LNG is up and running, it represents $9 billion in revenues to the province over 10 years, including gas royalties and taxes. That’s more than taxpayers can expect from the entire forest industry.
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Kitimatian part of UNBC event Kitimat’s Margaret Warcup, who is an area school trustee and executive director of the Kitimat Child Development Centre, was one of several speakers at a recent UNBC celebration in Prince George marking the university’s quarter century. Warcup, seen at right, was a member of the original Interim Governing Council from 1990. At the UNBC event she spoke in explanation of UNBC’s Coat of Arms and other ceremonial items. On stage with her in the photo is Hazelton carver Ron Sebastian who created the ceremonial chair. More than 300 people attended the gathering, which was held in the Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre. Kitimat has a strong link to the northern university. A 16,000 signature petition to form UNBC was signed by many Kitimat persons, including Steven Stinson, whose son Derick would eventually get his Bachelors of Commerce there. “It makes for a better, well-rounded community,” said Derick, through a media release from UNBC in the spring. “It’s a nice aspect for families, when people have kids and the grandparents are there.”
Steven added that UNBC works to keep families from growing distant. “That’s the one thing missing in Kitimat and these Northern places,” says
Steven. “We’ve lost whole generations of kids, because there was no work and everybody had to leave, but now they’re coming back. It’s really nice that way.”
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College gets mobile trades trailer Josh Massey With the help of donations from Kitimat-area industries, a huge new mobile training unit has been introduced in the northwest, capable of bringing skills training anywhere a semi-trailer truck can drive, according to instructors who were on hand at Northwest Community College today for the grand unveiling. Officials from Northwest Community College said the investment will enable people in remote areas to access training closer to their families and offer an opportunity for First Nations who may face obstacles because of their distance from central towns. And for the province of B.C. as a whole, the government says the trailer is part of
a larger program to prepare for a shortfall of labour expected in coming years. “We're expecting one million job openings in the next seven years in British Columbia, about two-thirds of that will be due to retirements,” said Minister of Advanced Education Andrew Wilkinson who attended the unveiling. “About 15 per cent of that one million will be in trades. That's 150,000 trades people we are looking for in the next seven years.” The training trailer expands electronically into a 1,000 square foot room designed to help educate about 100 people a year, and possibly more depending on which programs it is used for. The various trades it is designed to accommodate include carpentry, piping, weld-
ing, plumbing, hair styling and electrical. The provincial government's contribution to the trades training trailer is $598,500 of the total investment $2.7 million for the trailer and the programming to run it, while the trailer itself is worth about $1 million. A planned liquified natural gas industry was also a big impetus behind the major investment, with LNG Canada contributing $200,000 and pipeline company TransCanada contributing $75,000. “Before we make a final investment decision on this project you will see more than a million dollars just in training,” said Susannah Pierce, director of external affairs for LNG Canada, one of several companies still waiting to finalize plans for liquified
natural gas plans in Kitimat. Rebecca McElhoes, manager of community relations for TransCanada's two natural gas pipelines planned for the region, one that would feed the LNG Canada project, said that “Our proposed BC projects would require thousands of skilled workers for the construction phase, if we reach a final investment decision.” The new trades training trailer has a metal interior with shiny anti-slip flooring. Inside is a satellite video conferencing module and power system that can run on an internal diesel generator. While it is capable of going to remote communities, it will also be used in larger centres such as Kitimat, said NWCC director of communications Sarah Zimmerman.
Northwest Community College welding instructor Lee Reichert stands in the college’s brand new mobile trades training unit that was unveiled on campus in Terrace.
Real estate equalized Cameron Orr The B.C. Northern Real Estate Board has released their latest home sales statistics which now cover the first six months of the year. And it would seem Kitimat’s housing bubble, for now, has burst. Kitimat reports 40 properties selling worth $11 million dollars through the first half of this year. In the same time frame last year it was 94 properties worth $26 million. Out of that is 25 single-family homes. Half of Introducing the New Save.ca Mobile Cash-Back Feature. that 25 sold for less than $310,000, and took an ANYWHERE. With exclusive offers for the brands you love & $5 cash-out minimums through PayPal, you’ll never go shopping without your smart phone again! average of 96 days to sell. Introducing the New Save.ca Mobile Cash-Back Feature. Introducing the New Mobile Feature. With exclusive offers for theSave.ca brands you loveCash-Back & $5 cash-out minimums By the end of June there were 102 properties With exclusive offersnever for thegobrands youwithout love & $5 cash-out minimums through PayPal, you’ll shopping your smart phone again! Introducing the New Save.ca Mobile Cash-Back Feature. through PayPal, you’ll neverBack go shopping without yourSteps smart phone again! Get Cash in 3 Easy of all types for sale in Kitimat. With exclusive offers for the brands you love & $5 cash-out minimums through PayPal, you’ll never go shopping without your smart phone again! Overall for the entire area covered by the BC Cash Back inReceipt 3 Easy Steps 1. Browse &Get Shop 2. Upload 3. Get Cash Back! Get CashTake Back in 3 Easy Steps NREB, 2,376 properties were sold, down from Browse the mobile app a photo of your Once you reach just $5, 1. Browse & Shop 2. Upload Receipt 3.the Cashyou Back! for your favourite brand’s receipt and submit it money save will Get Cash Back in 3 Easy Get Steps 2,637 in 2014. That represents $601 million, vermobile app 2.Take a photo ofapp your Once youCash reach just $5,your 1.Browse Browse & Shop Upload Receipt 3. Get Back! offers, andthe purchase through the be transferred into for your favourite brand’s receipt and submit it the money you save them at any store PayPal wallet Browse the mobile app Take a photo of your Once you reach justwill $5, offers, and through the app be into your sus $672 million last year. 1. Browse &purchase Shop Upload Receipt 3.transferred Get Cash for your favourite brand’s 2. receipt and submit it the money you saveBack! will them at any store PayPal wallet offers, purchase through the of app beOnce transferred into your Browse theand mobile app Take a photo your you reach just $5, “The BC Northern Real Estate Board reflects at anybrand’s store for yourthem favourite receipt and submit it the PayPal moneywallet you save will offers, and purchase through the app be transferred into your all of the economic realities associated with the them at any store PayPal wallet significant drop in oil prices,” said BCNREB Visit save.ca/cashback to Learn More Visit save.ca/cashback to Learn More President David Black. (Unrelated to the David Visit save.ca/cashback to Learn More Black from page one.) Visit save.ca/cashback to Learn More “The communities that heavily depend on the oil and gas industries are experiencing some drops in volume; however they have been very strong markets in the past and will rebound. Those comTherestaurant business is is all So we’re we’re always The business all about about the the people. So we’realways always •restaurant Kitchen Manager • people. Line Cooks munities expecting to with the right blend of smarts looking for smiling faces smarts and looking for smiling faces with the right blend of smartsand and benefit the most from to join join(Bartender) our team. personalityto • Lodgetender personality our team. LNG had a great year Assistant General Manager We are looking foran anis experienced Manager tofor We are looking for experienced Manager and Assistant The restaurant business all about theKitchen people. So, we're always lookingto in 2014 and have now joinfaces our team. Previous experience in a leadership is join our team. Previous experience inand a similar similar leadership role is smiling with the of smarts personality to join our team. Kitchen Manager toright joinblend our team. Previous experience in arole similar returned to traditional preferred.role Please apply in by resume to preferred. Please apply in person person or by emailing emailing your resume to leadership is preferred. Please or apply in personyour or by emailing Please apply in person orkitimat@mrmikes.ca by e-mail with resume: kitimat@mrmikes.ca volumes but at higher kitimat@mrmikes.ca your resume to kitimat@mrmikes.ca values. They will now have to wait for the beginning of one of these projects to actually realize the projected 525Mountain Mountain View View 525 Mountain Square, Kitimat mrmikes.ca 525 ViewSquare, Square,Kitimat mrmikes.ca 525 Mountain Kitimat mrmikes.ca mrmikes.ca benefits.” In partnership with
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Hot springs’ third vision stalls The much anticipated third part, continued from the June 17 Northern Sentinel, on the hot springs’ history, by Kelsey Wiebe “You’ll be able to go from the dead of winter to the tropics just by walking in the door,” Bert Orleans promised residents of Terrace and Kitimat in 1987. Orleans began his tenure at the Lakelse hot springs with a sense of grandiosity, much like Ray Skoglund had, decades before. When Orleans purchased the hot springs property from the provincial government in 1985, the site had sat dormant for nearly a decade while debate about its future raged. Northwest residents asserted a constant—and familiar—concern that the hot springs should be developed as a regional rather than an international resource. Anthony Brummet, the Minister of Lands, Parks, and Housing, called for tenders to sell the hot springs property in late 1984. There had been only tepid interest in developing the property up to that point, and the provincial government refused to attach conditions guaranteeing local access, as lobbied by regional groups. Developers instead would have to meet local standards of governance, and would also have to “structure the development in
such a way to ensure the support and patronage of the local residents.” This, Brummet implied, would occur strategically rather than through restrictions during the point of sale. Orleans, a tugboat company owner-operator from Kitimat, was the highest bidder of five interested parties. The B.C. government at the time noted that Orleans “was the person we selected as being the most qualified and committed to carry out the project.” In the first phase of development, Orleans built a warm swimming pool with a div- This postcard shows Mount Layton Hot Springs in its prime. Heritage Park Museum, Terrace ing area, a large hot tub, three conferences, weddings, and private book- each standing 60 feet high. One, a freefallwaterslides, two children’s waterslides, and a children’s swimming ings. The licensed Splashdown Lounge style waterslide, was christened the Cannonball. pool, complete with a UFO-style children’s overlooked the pools and water slides. The grand opening of Mt. Layton Hot After a 1987 group visit from a Chriswaterpark from Expo ’86. An ozone water Springs Resort was celebrated on Feb. 27, tian school, the newspaper noted that “one treatment system was imported from Ger1988. The completion of the first phase girl was seen giving thanks after havmany. was lauded by dignitaries including former ing come safely down the Cannonball The restaurant was cutting edge for the 1980s, and the cafeteria windows provided owner Lloyd Johnstone, MLA Dave Park- run.” The waterslides were popular with a view of the hot tub and pool. The John- er, cabinet minister Bill Reid, and Kitimat children and youth, and the lineup was out the door on ‘2-for-1 Wednesdays’. stone Dining Room featured fine dining, Mayor Ray Brady. Orleans installed three waterslides, Continued on page 9 and the Rooftop Gardens were available for
KEDA continues courting companies was first brought up, he said. KEDA runs a website, KEDA. ca, which lists out the projects for the area and archives the
group’s recent works. With very little operating money, the group continues to pinch pennies to give Kitimat as big of a return as they can.
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Kitimat LNG. “That project is far from dead in my opinion.” As for ongoing projects, perhaps the largest, and longestrunning one, is creating an alternate route for Highway 37S, effectively for commercial trucks to cut down on travel time to the industrial area. KEDA and others have been pushing that idea for many years. Now more than ever Burnett thinks the time may be right. “Every chance we get we push that,” he said. “With the number of pipelines proposed coming this way it’s probably time to raise it again.” It’s an issue that they’ve pressed to the transportation minister, Todd Stone, and to other groups, even the Joint Review Panel for the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal. “I could see it being a toll road,” he added. “It would still make sense for commercial traffic.” It’s been about 30 years since the idea
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economic development officer Rose Klukas, and had a good relationship with the past CAO Ron Poole. Burnett says they haven’t had much time to meet with the town’s new CAO Warren Waycheshen since his very recent promotion but sees the relationship remaining strong. Meanwhile, what is KEDA up to? You might have seen their name attached to some recent community events, such as the Lets Talk Energy forum. The organization makes efforts to bring in experts to help lay a foundation that local businesses can build off of to take advantage of industrial developments. Burnett says some in Kitimat may not be ready for a project of Shell’s LNG Canada’s scale, many being overwhelmed just by the Kitimat Modernization Project. KEDA has worked with LNG Canada on a number of events. And Burnett does see LNG for Kitimat, even with the slow-fornow Chevron project,
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from the local government, Burnett said there are some key advantages. “There’s arguments on both side which is most effective,” he said. “Local government, particularly local politicians don’t like to hear about it but often from an economic development standpoint...local government can be the problem not the solution.” In a sense he means it as a matter of design; being detached can remove the bias that delegations may be subject too. KEDA is basically a group of retired people with no hidden agenda, he says. Also, local government employees do have, in the case of Kitimat, seven bosses (the councillors) above them. That’s the theory of it though, not to say KEDA doesn’t enjoy a good relationship with the town’s EDO and its staff. Burnett says they work well, and meet often, with the town’s
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development even as down the road their cousin the Terrace Economic Development Association shuts down as it’s absorbed in to the City of Terrace’s operations. Terrace’s mayor said some departures in their staff let them take a look at the programs and decided to close down TEDA. As it is that’s not a problem that will happen in Kitimat. The town here already runs the Economic Development Office, with a staff of three. KEDA was, in a past life, once connected to the District as well. Burnett said many of the members of KEDA today were part of the town’s Economic Development Commission, but that arm of the town was closed down years ago. Members from that formed the Harbour Group to promote, as you may guess, Kitimat’s harbour, and port opportunities. On the idea of whether economic development is best served at arm’s length
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Cameron Orr The coalition of area business people known as the Kitimat Economic Development Association continue their mandate to make the Kitimat area attractive for business. The group has spent a number of years courting businesses, hosting community events, and pitching area developments that can benefit economic growth. KEDA President Ron Burnett says they also take a regional approach, dealing with the District of Kitimat’s economic development office and similar organizations in the area. “We’re trying to be careful to think regionally,” says Burnett about how they operate. KEDA is a registered non-profit society which was given seed money from an anonymous business donation at its beginning. It has no staff, just the collective business experience of its members. KEDA continues working at economic
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Unist’ot’en camp aims to stop LNG work Flavio Nienow At an all clans meeting, Wet’suwet’en clans voted to not accept any pipelines through Wet’suwet’en lands, including liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline projects. In December 2014, Wet’suwet’en First Nation (WFN) signed an agreement with the province for the proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline project. Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransCanada PipeLines Limited, proposes to develop a natural gas pipeline from near Dawson Creek, to the proposed LNG Canada liquefied natural gas export facility in Kitimat. One day after the all clans meeting, LNG Canada received an environmental assessment certificate to proceed with construction of their plant in Kitimat. Hereditary Chief John Ridsdale (Na’Moks), who attended the meeting via teleconference, said the position of the hereditary chiefs hasn’t changed.
“There are elected bands and councils that have supported it [construction of pipelines], but as a nation, as hereditary chiefs and clans and house groups, we never have supported this. It’s a re-affirmation of each of the five clans,” said Ridsdale. A camp set up by the Unist'ot’en house group is currently trying to block efforts by TransCanada to do work on the Coastal Gaslink pipeline project. A new You Tube video was recently posted by supporters of the Unist'ot'en camp showing a Unist’ot’en member asking a third party contractor to leave their territory. “This is technically trespassing,” says the Unist'ot'en member in the video. “We’ve asked nicely and people keep coming; this is very disrespectful.” “This continues to be our territory,” she continues. “We haven’t lost it to war, so you’re not coming through here; you need consent to be here.”
According to Unist’ot’en members, throughout May and June, TransCanada has made repeated attempts to survey the area. “The Unist’ot’en, they’re looking after their territory,” said Ridsdale. “And we believe, at this current time, they’re doing the proper thing; they are evicting trespassers, which would be these pipeline companies.” Despite opposition from Wet’suwet’en clans, Chief Karen Ogen said her government will continue supporting LNG projects. “We are fully committed to protecting the environment while pursuing economic opportunities that will provide sustainability to our community. “We remain opposed to oil and bitumen projects because they could have serious environmental impact on our territories and our traditional hunting grounds,” she said. “By signing agreements in support of LNG projects, we have ensured the in-
clusion of a clause which states at no time with this pipeline agreement, even if sold to another company, be converted to transporting oil or bitumen.” “We have signed agreements with the province with the explicit understanding that the environmental assessment process has to ensure the best practices in the world. Our community members mandated us to engage with gas pipeline companies and make sure that the highest environmental standards are met. By participating in these projects and engaging with the government and proponents, WFN is able to extend a positive influence on their development,” she said. “Our door is always open for dialog and discussion with the hereditary chiefs to explain our position. Beyond that, WFN is marching forward so that our people will benefit and their quality of life will finally improve – socially, economically and environmentally,” she added.
Hot springs second phase was stalled indefinitely. Continued from page 8 travel to the area is expensive and time-consuming; and The region has only begun to bounce back economi- there are many more centrally located hot springs resorts The planned second phase of development included an 18-hole golf course, a 100- to 300-room high-end hotel, an cally in the last few years. The hotel rooms, lounge, and better able to attract jet-setting international tourists. indoor-outdoor swimming pool, an island getaway, and a cafeteria at the hot springs remain open, but the mineral Across the highway, exploration of the area’s geothertherapeutic clinic. Orleans intended to create what the Ter- waters that drew young and old are barred to the public, mal potential has been underway for over a year. Perhaps race Review called a “playground for the elite,” complete much as residents feared would come to pass when the Sk- the glamorous success envisioned by each developer will be found in resource development, rather than in recrewith a helicopter on standby to take guests heli-skiing. Or- oglund Hot Springs shuttered in the 1970s. Elsewhere on the property, Orleans grows hibiscus in ational facilities. leans planned a resort hotel centred around the main hot springs pool, which would be enclosed in a dome of glass a greenhouse. Flowers and vegetables, nourished by the Kelsey Wiebe is the curator of Heritage Park Museum. minerals and warmth of the hot springs water, grow gener- More photographs and stories can be found online through and surrounded by a tropical garden. In the late 1980s, Orleans applied for the right to expand ously, much as they were said to do in the meadow near the heritageparkmuseum.com. onto 153 hectares of crown land in order to implement his Johnstones’ original lodge. second-phase plans, which included a golf course and resort Plastic is tacked to the window hotel. The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine and many frames of half-built buildings. Rebar Lakelse Lake residents were concerned about drainage juts out of the cement foundation built Hunters encour aged to from the golf course into the lake. Following a drawn-out around the main hot springs pool. The go on offensive debate with the Ministry of Crown Lands and local gov- tiles surrounding the drained swimming pools are chipped ernment and residents, Orleans was and moldy. The only granted the right to purchase 180 acres. He insisted, throughout, “Before we make a final investment resort has generthat his intentions were good: “If I Fisheries fines RTA decision on this project you will see ally fallen into destroy the environment,” he said disrepair, much for low flow more than a million dollars just in to the chagrin of in 1987, “I destroy my own investthe hopeful pubment.” training.” One of the more fantastic plans lic. for Mt. Layton Hot Springs inToday, in letvolved the construction of an island ters to the editor, on Lakelse Lake. In 1991, Orleans told the local media in municipal and regional government ts, communities izzards, blanke Bl that he was planning to develop a ‘theme village’ on an discussions, and in public and online The District’s latest details island that would be created through canal work adjacent forums, residents of northwestern Briton the bargaining to the original hot springs canal constructed by Skoglund. ish Columbia express disgust, anger, and He intended to add private cabins and meeting rooms, and concern that the world-class potential of would market his secluded retreat concept to corporate the hot springs has never been realized. r $1k of stolen tools Search warrant nabs ove groups of up to 60 people. This anxiety, coupled with a conOrleans poured the foundation for his second-phase cern that any development will shut out hotel complex in the early 1990s, but cautioned he was local residents, has recurred with every closely monitoring economic and tourism trends. “When phase of the hot springs development, indicators say the project is a go,” the Terrace Review highlighting an uncertainty about the quoted Orleans in 1991, “everything will be in place and northwest’s role within the nation, an K I T I M A T the building will go up relatively quickly.” insularism common to small, rural comBy 1991, Orleans had spent $5 million developing the munities, and equal measures of distrust Lakelse hot springs into Mt. Layton Hot Springs Resort. and hope about development. He planned to spend another $10 million over the next 10 The history of the hotsprings at years. 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Obituaries
Robert (Bob) Filmore Melanson October 20, 1930, Digby, NS to July 5, 2015, Kitimat, BC
Bob was one of nine children and is survived by the love of his life for the past 60 years, Florence (Flo). He will be sadly missed by his brother Carl Melanson and sister Connie Comeau, his children Janice (Glen) Sevigny, David (Mimi) Melanson and Sharon (Duarte) Reis. He is also survived by his pride and joy; his grandchildren Alisha (Aaron), Ashley, Angela (Paul), Aaron, Jessica (Carlos), Jason (Annica), Justin (Jeninna), Mitch (Sheri), Kevin (Katie) and Stacie. Great grandchildren, Aliyah, Josh, Caleb, Mateo, Paityn, Gavin, Braxton, McKenna, Isla, Aira, Luke, Seren, Nolan and Jace. Extended family Ray and Premka, Kam and their children Kathleen (Kevin), Reynold (Rita) and Reg (Navina), Shalvin (Pritika) and children Kiara, Kalen and Kaine. Service to be held August 9, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 840 Columbia Ave., Kitimat, BC. In Lieu of Flowers, donations can be made to the BC Lung Association or to Stacie Reis’s Go Fund. Bob was a fun-filled, crazy and loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather who loved his family deeply. He believed in Jesus and we know he is watching from above. We are going to miss you dearly, Gramps.
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Under the supervision of the Roads Foreman, operates and provides primary maintenance for a variety of mobile equipment. The successful applicants will have a valid class 3 driver’s license with airbrake endorsement. WHMIS and Equipment Operator knowledge. Preference will be given to candidates possessing one or more of the following: heavy equipment experience, concrete and asphalt experience, and certification under the EOCP program. This is a 40 hour per week bargaining unit position with a current wage of $32.19/hour and full benefit package. Interested candidates should submit a detailed resume, including references, by August 5th, 2015, 4:30 p.m., to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, B.C., V8C 2H7, Fax 250- 632-4995 or e-mail dok@kitimat.ca. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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Tom Fletcher The B.C. government is reviewing its penalties for those who start forest fires with campfires or discarded cigarette butts, as losses pile up from a severe early fire season. Prince GeorgeMackenzie MLA Mike Morris has been assigned to the review, as the province’s forest fire crews continue to work flat-out to keep up with lightningcaused fires and those caused by human carelessness. Morris said he will examine what new penalties can be effectively enforced. “For example, should we be banning those who break fire bans from attending our provincial parks?” Morris said. “Should we look at larger fines up to and including possibly of the impoundment of vehicles for those who flick lit cigarette butts out of their windows?” One tree faller has been killed as the B.C. Wildfire Service con-
tinues to work against 175 active wildfires, down from 200 since the start of the week due to cooler weather and showers. The service has tackled more than 1,000 forest fires so far this year, about a third of them human caused. “There are some who have suggested you can’t legislate against stupidity,” Forests Minister Steve Thomson said. “But if exploring the idea of increasing fines or acting on ideas that mean more people will get the message, I think we should be prepared to have a look at it.” Witnesses can report careless smokers or breaches of the province-wide outdoor fire ban with the same phone numbers as to report wildfires, 1-800663-5555 or *5555 on a mobile phone. Of the 14 new fires last Monday, two are suspected to have been human-caused. About 375 of this season’s fires are listed as human-caused, burning 44,000 hectares.
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Marlin Angus Bathe, 10, from the Kitimat Marlins competed in the 2015 AA provincial long course swim championships in late June in Kamloops. Bathe recently made the two qualifying time standards at the last regional meet and a time trial in Prince Rupert just two weeks prior so it was a question how much more improvement he could make in such a short amount of time. Lots it turns out. He swam to personal best times in all four individual events and made the finals for the 11 and under boys in three of four events. Bathe placed 6th in the 100 freestyle, 7th in the 50 free and 8th in the 200 backstroke. Bathe also helped the regional relay with three Prince Rupert swimmers. They took the silver medal in the 12 and under boys 200 meter freestyle relay and fourth in the 200 meter medley relay. Submitted Tony Waiters, centre, at the Kitimat Youth Soccer fields during a weekend workshop in July. Cameron Orr
Waiters reaches out to Kitimat In the circles of the soccer world Tony Waiters is a bit of a big deal. As a head soccer coach, he led the Canadian team to the finals of the 1986 World Cup. Today, he spends much of his time passing on his knowledge to the younger generations. Recently, Kitimat was able to add themselves to the places heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been, as he supported the Kitimat Youth Soccer Association with some workshops. Waiters said this was his first time in Kitimat and admits he was actually surprised to see how well established the town was.
Through a sweltering hot July weekend, Waiters put Kitimat kids through their paces. He said his coaching process includes not just the children but he works with the coaching staff as well. He said coaches are a key piece to developing effective soccer programs, where he pushes the idea to constantly have the players moving and doing activities, which he says is the best way to learn the game. Kitimat Youth Soccer was very pleased to have Waiters coming to town to share his knowledge.
Ladies golf results
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Results for July 14
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Thirty-one ladies played this evening, and for the first time in weeks they played in the rain. Winners by flight were: A Flight 1st low gross Murielle Gaudet - 41 2nd low gross - Janet Sheppard - 42 (visiting from Pr. Rupert)
the Kelowna Capital News. With 34 years of experience in B.C. helping to shine a
1st low net - Dorit Lindner - 35 2nd low net - Heather Masch - 36 B Flight 1st low gross - Sydney Harris - 49 2nd low gross - Norma Snider - 53 1st low net - Judy Scott - 33.5 2nd low net - Marg
Moore - 36.5 Long drive winners; Nancy Tormene & Sydney Harris. Closest to the pin; Chris Giraldi & Tanya Allen Deuce pot of $130 was won by Chris Giraldi. Stableford winner Sydney Harris.
Reynolds & Carrie Gammel 37.25 4th place - Lori Johnson & Anita Vahanikkila - 37.75 Long drive winners -
Karina Dziuba & Lori Johnson Closest to the pin - Nancy Tormene. Stableford winners - Karina Dziuba.
Results for July 7 1st place Sheila Reeves & Cindee Masch - 34.5 2nd place - Barb Thomas & Mary Murphy - 36 3rd place - Fatima
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