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Squirrel Park a collection of local memories Park began as a memorial tribute to local anglers in 1996 Cameron Orr There are 21 memorial crosses or plaques adorning the tree that marks the unofficial “Squirrel Park” and Andy Burky has a story for each one of them.

The park’s origins go back to 1996 with the first cross, Burky’s fishing partner Bill Lowes.

Burky points to the others and quickly recalls memories of the others, such as Joan, who was one of a group of three women who came to Kitimat to fish for years.

Burky says it has been awhile since he’s seen the other two from the former trio.

From mornings fishing on the river to the sharing of volumes of rum, Burky remembers them all.

He’s put up most of the 21 memorials, as well as the number of squirrel houses on the tree and others nearby.

He visits the park often too, feeding the animals. It has become a popular destination for many reasons.

For families it’s a place to bring kids to feed the squirrels, he said.

It’s also a place where people have brought the ashes of their loved ones, to spread at the tree’s base.

It began as a memorial site, but the abundance of squirrels who lived

in the area also brought in the angle of Squirrel Park, he said.

“As long as I’m around I’ll keep it up,” he said.

Burky, 81, had a career with Alcan before finding employment at the District of Kitimat, his way of getting outdoors more often.

He still gets to the river to fish some days, but he doesn’t have the zeal for that as much anymore. He says the river has also gotten quite busy over the past few years.

Even so he hasn’t given up Squirrel Park, coming frequently to check up on it or to feed the squirrels some granola bars. (The squirrels, though twitchy, seem to appreciate the gestures.)

Burky’s attachment to his angler friends goes far, and he says he keeps in touch with many of the families of the people whose names are permanently places on the tree.

He jokes that he sometimes checks to see if his own name has been put up on the tree when he comes by. Of course it never is, but were it to be he’d certainly be among many of the people who he has been close with over the years.

“I knew them all,” he said.

Squirrel Park is near the Kitimat Hatchery, on the side road leading to the handicap fishing spot.

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Small towns, including Kitimat, not immune from fentanyl epidemic Cameron Orr The Ministry of Health is warning the public about an epidemic of drug use and overdoses connected to fentanyl, a manufactured drug that is said to be up to 100-times more toxic than other opiod-type drugs.

In this case though it’s not just a city problem, and Kitimat has already been hit through suspected fentanyl overdoses over the past 12 months.

As recently as May this

year, the Kitimat RCMP were warning the public of fentanyl-laced “oxycotin” pills in the community, which resulted in an overdose to a 39-year-old male on May 17.

That followed a report of two overdoses in one week in March, which then-staff sergeant Phil Harrison said were believed to be linked to fake oxycotin due to the presence of pills branded in a way common to fentanyl laced products at the time:

“Some of those people...may not be as aware of the source of their drugs” blue colour with the letters CDN pressed on one side and the number 80 on the other.

In one case the person who had overdosed was found near 45 such pills,

but the RCMP couldn’t conclude at the time if there was intent to traffic them.

Deputy Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the issue of this specific drug problem is challenging, noting that they’re trying to reach both habitual drug users and people who are just casual, recreational users.

“Some of those people who may not be as aware of the source of their drugs,” said Henry.

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Police Beat

Police catch youth inside school

Music Musician Luke Wallace played for a crowd at the Unifor hall on August 7. Wallace is known in the community for documentary filmmaking and for releasing an LP named for Kitimat too.

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Police arrived at the home “and the property representative exited wearing only undergarments and socks,” police said. The persons at the home were very apologetic and told officers there had been arrangements for designated drivers as well.

They promised to turn the noise down and no further complaints were received.

An alarm went off at a local school and officers found two people inside who fled on foot away. One suspect was caught shortly after and the second youth was also apprehended later.

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The suspect also fled from police later, but was a short time later apprehended. The suspect was intoxicated, police say, but allegedly admitted to having many stolen items on him, including money.

The suspect would not say which vehicles were broken in to. The RCMP are urging the public to come forward if their vehicle was broken in to this day and take ownership of any stolen items.

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NEWS BRIEFS Kinder

The National Energy Board has released a draft list of 145 conditions for approval of Kinder Morgan Canada’s oil pipeline expansion project, including environmental protection plans for land and marine operations.

Conditions include the possibility of dredging for the expansion of the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, where the original Trans Mountain pipeline has delivered crude oil and refined products since 1953.

Kinder Morgan is proposing to twin the line to ramp up shipments of diluted bitumen from northern Alberta that began intermittently in the late 1980s. The $5.4 billion expansion project would nearly triple the line’s capacity to 890,000 barrels per day, resulting in a seven-fold increase in oil tankers entering and leaving Vancouver harbour.

AGLG The release of a spring survey of B.C. municipalities confirms the problems that led to the firing of B.C.’s first Auditor General for Local Government in March.

The Union of B.C. Municipalities surveyed the 17 local governments that had participated in former AGLG Basia Ruta’s reviews by March. All but one responded that AGLG staff and auditors lacked understanding of how local government operates.

One community with RCMP service said the AGLG was “not quite sure how to assess our situation.”.

The survey also found that high turnover in Rutia’s office hampered its performance audits. That was one of the factors that led to Ruta being fired, after she refused to cooperate with a review of her office’s functions.

Fentanyl Continued from page 1 She also points out that “smaller communities are not immune,” to the problem, even as the majority of overdoses have been in the Lower Mainland.”

The Harm Reduction Lead at the BC Centre for Disease Control Dr. Jane Buxton says that anonymous surveys of drug users have found traces of fentanyl in people who did not report having taken any, pointing to the risk of consuming illicit drugs which, of course, have no kinds of quality control.

“Many people are not aware they are taking fentanyl,” said Buxton.

Henry said there haven’t been any reported overdoses at work camp sites in northern B.C., responding to questioning if there is a problem in such facilities.

She said there are known social issues related to work camps but so far no reported overdoses in those facilities.

Henry says there are some tips people can follow that can minimize risk for people who do use illicit drugs.

That includes making a plan that

someone is able to contact 9-1-1 if there is an emergency, having access to sterile syringes if they’re injecting themselves, and to inject slowly in case there are unexpected reactions or if the dose itself turns out to be more potent than expected.

Users can also learn about the Take Home Naloxone kits, which are anti-overdose kits designed to reverse the effects of an opiod overdose.

Those includes heroin and morphine. Information on that is online at towardtheheart.com/naloxone.

There are harm reduction centres across the province as well, including at the health unit at the Kitimat General Hospital, where people can learn about the Take Home Naloxone program.

Underlying this drug problem is the need to discuss it. Having in the open will lead to solutions that can’t found by ignoring it.

“By ignoring it…the stigma that’s attached can make people use in a very unsafe manner,” said Buxton.

Image from poster on risks of fentanyl overdoses that is part of a new public information campaign. Knowyoursource.ca “I think the conversation needs to be started,” Buxton indicates, “and it’s finding someone in the

community who is respected but has perspective to share to get the conversation going.”

Benefits Alliance held weekend summit Cameron Orr Twenty-one local governments met over the weekend to discuss the Northwest Resource Benefits Alliance.

The Alliance officially formed last year, which Mayor Phil Germuth said was a response from indications that the provincial government sought a unified voice in terms of revenue sharing from industrial developments.

The Alliance is calling for money from the province to deal with the financial impacts of the increased local government services that will be needed based on projected major industrial developments in the region.

Some of those developments would take place outside of local government taxation boundaries, but the alliance wants a share of those revenues to cover their impacts within their jurisdictions.

Germuth says they’re not seeking any more taxes on projects than would already be collected, they’re simply looking to ensure a dedicated amount of that revenue comes back to the communities which would be affected.

The revenue would be dispersed at a regional district level, he said.

“This was a way of having all communities as one voice getting together to go to the government,” said Germuth.

“The whole objective is take just a piece of that pie that goes to government from all the industries...and having that go back to the communities that are affected by it.”

He said Premier Christy Clark has said through speeches that communities need to get together on issues like this to have a unified voice.

“The Premier promised to negotiate and this was the way to go...but now we’ve been waiting two years for these negotiations that were promised by the Premier,” said Germuth.

In a media release, Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine Chair Stacey Tyers also pointed to a lack of engagement from the Premier’s office.

“This Summit will re-affirm our commitment

“This was a way of having all communities as one voice getting together to go to the government.” to seeking a revenue sharing agreement with the B.C. government,” said Tyers. “The province has demonstrated a willingness to be proactive in establishing revenue sharing contingent on future revenue streams with individual industry, First Nation, and government players.

The province has committed to such negotiations, but so far after numerous attempts to arrange a meeting with Premier Christy Clark and her staff, the RBA has yet to engage in discussion to begin negotiations.”

Germuth added that Alliance representatives did meet with some people in the government at last year’s Union of B.C. Municipalities conference but “it didn’t go as well as we had hoped.

We were hoping for [a] more positive outlook from the government on this.

The Sentinel sought comment from the Office of the Premier.

No statement was received, but we did receive a response which read, “Minister Fassbender looks forward to meeting with many local governments and associated groups of local governments, in his new role as Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and Minister Responsible for TransLink.

“Minister Fassbender is honouring the previous commitment made by Minister Oakes to meet with the Northwest British Columbia Resource Benefits Alliance.

This is expected to take place during the week of September 21-25 when municipal leaders will be in Vancouver for the annual UBCM convention.

Minister Fassbender’s schedule will be confirmed in the weeks ahead.”

Germuth says the Alliance has particular benefit to Kitimat due to provisions within its

structure for “early access.”

“If it’s a major LNG, once it’s up here and running we’re actually going to be doing okay, then we’ll have the tax base. What we need is the help right now,” he said.

Early access would support infrastructure, such as Haisla Bridge for instance.

He said the best outcome from this past weekend’s summit would be to have the provincial government actively engaging with them.

The summit is comprised of a closed meeting portion where local governments would discuss infrastructure deficits in the region, and later will include a formal ratification of a Memorandum of Understanding for the Alliance.

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DIY community You know, I really love the kind of stories like on our front page today.

“Area man single-handedly creates local landmark” - an inspirational kind of tale if I’ve ever heard one.

It ties in to the expression that I’ve probably repeated more times than I’m aware, that in a small town the best excitement is the kind you make yourself.

For Burky, creating a memorial for all his fishing friends is a touching tribute but one that has grown in to a landmark.

There’s other stories like that I’ve come across since working here. Like the volunteers who created the Community Supper Club, kids who donate birthday money to the animal shelter, or that group of volunteers who were out earlier this summer cleaning up the highway.

Community building isn’t accomplished through whining. On Twitter I see an occasional Kitimat reference, the latest by who I presume is a younger person lamenting the lifestyle of Kitimat.

“Kitimat [expletive] sucks,” read one recent one. (It was also in all capital letters but I couldn’t resist editing it to proper style.)

To repeat a quote I’ve heard in a movie before, “Well, that’s just, like, your opinion man.”

Another story I’ll have soon is about a guy who’s gathered up people to form a remote controlled vehicle club. Drones, cars, boats, hobbyists of all stripes and ages are joining together and they’re putting together plans to install tracks in Kitimat and Terrace.

This Northwest R/C Club is another example of community building.

I’ve taken the time over the past couple of years to join a community club as well, and dipped my toes in organizing events for the community as well. It’s tough to make the time but it’s very rewarding.

Basically this is my occasional reminder that if you ever tire of what Kitimat already has to offer, just step up and make it happen.

Call Community Services and see if you can make the public market happen again, for example.

Or join a community group, they’re always planning fun events.

Remember what Gandhi said, be the change you want to see in the world.

If you think Kitimat is a slow dull town, it’s not that hard to do something to make it your own.

And if you do stand up to do something great, be sure to let me know so the newspaper can properly give you a little bit of fame.

Like I said, I love those kinds of stories.

Cameron Orr

Looking at Oilers’ slick future Under Miscellaneous

Writing a weekly column is easy, people tell me. And to some extent they are right. But when you’ve been doing it for a dozen years, most of them in retirement and to some extent out of the day-to-day working

by Allan Hewitson “goings on” in a community, I ahewitson@telus.net contend it’s not all that easy to keep it fresh. millennium, I chose my title “Under I do try to keep current with community issues. I have a lively Miscellaneous” because I did not want Facebook page and I contribute and to be too limited in subject matter. often get into one or two snarly dis- This has given me freedom to explore putes about Kitimat politics. At this some unusual subjects, and to indulge time of the year in 2015, the early start myself in some personal favourites.

I do get responses and I am as to the federal election combined with economic issues and the personality grateful for constructive criticism as I clashes of the party leaders always of- am for the odd congratulations.

Anyway, I used to travel to Edfers enticing opportunities. But deadlines of Friday for Wednesday publi- monton on a regular basis in the 80s cation tends to leave you vulnerable to visit relatives and to see the highly to being late to the party and behind successful Oilers on ice, led by the incomparable Wayne Gretzky. In fact, I fast-moving election developments.

When I started the column/opin- haven’t seen the Oilers live since 2001 ion piece not long after the turn of the but this is going to change and soon.

I want to see how Oilers first round draft pick, the talented Connor McDavid, fits in with the rest of the high recently-added young Oilers, guys like Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jordan Eberle, Nail Yakupov, and hopefully Darnell Nurse and Griffin Reinhart, as well as new goalie Cam Talbot.

I happen to be among those who watched McDavid on TV at every opportunity in junior hockey this past season and cheered him on noisily in the World Junior Championships.

Now I’m checking the Oilers preseason and early season schedule and planning to see a couple of games as well as check out progress at the newest NHL arena, Rogers Place, in the newly designated Ice District, the business, arena, and entertainment area in downtown Edmonton so called to help rejuvenate the downtown business area.

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Supplies to El Salvador Cameron Orr Kitimat’s Eva Speitelsbach will be disppearing from town for several weeks in September.

Starting September 10 she’ll be spending six weeks in El Salvador supporting charity operations there.

She is going to the country through Operation Mobilization, which is a Christian-based charity group that supports many areas of the world.

“They have lots of work going on in El Salvador,” said Eva. It was her friends who suggested she look in to OM which set her off on a research effort to learn about them.

“I have some friends who recommended OM,” she said.

The organization seemed to

Eva Speitelsbach match her interests closely.

“I’ve wanted to go to a South American country for a few years so I’m finally doing it,” she added.

Among the supplies she’ll be assisting OM with are first

aid kits and clothes.

While she’s in El Salvador she’ll also be helping with various children’s programs.

She said she still has room to collect clothes to take with her and people can give her a call at her work at Kitimat Valley Institute if they want to learn how to help.

Her number there is 250639-9199.

She is also looking for sponsors for the first aid kits, and wants to take basketballs as well for youth sports.

“I’m so thankful for the support of church and my employer because they stand behind me 100 per cent,” she added.

She attends the Kitimat Pentecostal Church.

Taking a closer look at the divine economy Philippians 3: 7: “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

Indeed, I count everything, as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.”

Now, I don’t pretend to be a financial expert but I know the most basic of market strategies, “Buy low, sell high equals profit.

Buy high and sell low equals loss.”

Profit and loss; it’s what makes economies tick and people’s portfolios grow or shrink.

We like profit and try to avoid loss like a bad cold. Well, today, the Apostle Paul tells us that in the heavenly realm, loss is considered to be gain. In fact, he says he considers all his worldly gain as rubbish in order to be found in Christ.

Jesus spoke about profit and loss in Mark 8: 36, “What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world, yet lose his soul?”

Profit and loss.

One of the biggest stumbling blocks people have in coming to

From the Pulpit Redeemer Lutheran Church

And in the end, through faith in Christ, the loss of this present life with all its trials, suffering and brokenness, will result in the gain of eternal life in heaven where God will be with His people in perfect communion forever.

Amen.

From the Pulpit Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pastor Clint Magnus faith in Christ today is the high standard of living we have. People see the things of this world (Money, leisure, etc.) as having greater value than following Christ. If they didn’t, then church's would be full every Sunday.

So why does knowing Christ far surpass the things of this world? Because the deepest longings of our soul aren’t physical, they are spiritual and you can't fix loneliness, depression heartbreak or rejection with ice cream, drugs or alcohol. That just makes it worse.

The Apostle Paul spent much of his life in pursuit of the wrong things as well. It was only when he met the resurrected Christ on the road to Damascus that everything changed. Jesus blinded

him temporarily to worldly pursuits and gave him true spiritual sight to see that all these other things were blinding him to the truth in Christ. And so, because Jesus Christ was willing to suffer and die for him, so that he could have eternal life through simple repentance and faith in Him, he was now able to write, “To live is Christ, to die is gain.”

Profit and loss. God's economy.

In this age of materialism we live in, this is a passage we desperately need to hear. God’s plan of eternal salvation is simply receiving His Son in humble repentance and dying to self and the things of this world that would trap us and blind us to the truth of Christ’s surpassing worth.

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Speitelsbach will travel to El Salvador to bring supplies and also to support children programs through Operation Mobilization.

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Explosion risk from LNG facilities very low, EAO documents shows Cameron Orr under low pressure.”

In light of a major explosion The report also notes that “the di“What we in a port community in China last rect effects of both scenarios would heard, more likely be contained within the LNG week, the proponents behind Kitimat’s two major LNG projects — clearly than facility.”

Natural gas, while flammable, is Kitimat LNG and LNG Canada — anything actually interestingly difficult to ignite point to their comprehensive safety else, is how in many circumstances. It requires beplanning for their proposed Kitimat facilities. tween five and 15 per cent proportion important Also, the chances of a similar of air to ignite. Too little oxygen and a safety is to the type of catastrophic explosion in flame can’t ignite, or too much and it Kitimat is slim to none, according community.” basically snuffs out any chance of one to environmental assessment docutoo.

The environmental assessment rements relating to the two projects.

The explosion in China in the port for Chevron’s Kitimat LNG projtown of Tianjin on August 12 is believed to be an ect addresses that fact too, and also notes that natindustrial accident. Early reports suggested it was ural gas in liquid form “cannot explode or burn.” related to oil tankers although the BBC reports If there is a release the natural gas may be Chinese state media say a shipment of explosives seen as a white cloud before being dispersed by blew up in the city. wind, says the report.

Fire and explosion is an area that is addressed “Over the past few years, LNG Canada has in LNG Canada and Kitimat LNG’s environmen- spent considerable time in the community to bettal assessment reports. ter understand concerns and identify opportuniWithin the environmental assessment report ties related to the LNG Canada project,” said for LNG Canada, the document the government Director of External Affairs Susannah Pierce in a prepared as it issued the company their environ- media statement. “What we heard, more clearly mental assessment certificate, it’s said that “the than anything else, is how important safety is to credible worst-case scenario for a fire or explo- the community. One of our core values, and a sion is the uncontrolled released…of gas phase commitment we have made to the community, is materials that are stored or used within high pres- to protect our neighbours, employees and contracsure systems.” tors, and we will consider their safety in every deThat is referring to gas feed systems, refriger- cision we make. LNG facilities and carriers have a proven safety record.” ant loop systems and propane.

She said the company continues to work with The report notes that a fire could result from an LNG vapour cloud, but such a scenario is actu- local authorities and governments to develop really unlikely “because LNG is stored and pumped sponse plans for any emergency.

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No bread to be broke at Unifor picnic Cameron Orr Unifor 2301 has decided they want to distance themselves from Kitimat mayor and council.

It was revealed in the release of a letter, posted to councillor Mary Murphy’s political Facebook page, that the union’s executive passed a motion “to not allow Kitimat Mayor & Council to attend our 2015 Labour Day picnic event.”

The union holds the picnic each year on the Labour Day weekend which includes kids activities and a barbecue.

It’s typically a public event for anybody.

The letter also states that “To insure that our event is successful and to be proactive we will inform the RCMP of our decision.”

Mayor Phil Germuth says he is disappointed to learn of the union’s move.

“It’s unfortunate.

Events like that are really supposed to be an opportunity for all of us to get together and build relationships.

We were looking to move that relationship forward to the benefit of the District and all the staff and all our workers. That is what it is and we will respect their wishes,” he said.

Germuth didn’t attend last September’s picnic but did attend the year before that. He would have been a city councillor at the time.

He says that the council and the District are still committed to fostering a relationship between themselves and the union.

“That’s our commitment, to over time

build that relationship.”

That includes holding meetings with the union twice a year to hear concerns.

He said the first

meeting under the new Collective Agreement has not been scheduled yet.

The Sentinel could not reach Unifor 2301 Business Agent

Martin McIlwrath by our press deadline for comment on the union’s decision, but as reported through CBC the union did not intend to have the

letter be made public.

Germuth says the letter didn’t meet the criteria which would determine if a letter is made confidential.

“Any letter to

mayor and council is a public document. Unless it is actually covered by the provisions of a closed meeting... it’s out duty to make it public.”

Phil Germuth and Councillor Claire Rattée were the two muncipal election candidates who were formally endorsed by Unifor Local 2301.

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Foster caregivers needed for the region Cameron Orr The Ministry of Children and Family Development is looking to up their bank of qualified foster homes in the area.

Michael Fetridge is the team lead for the MCFD in Terrace and says they’re always looking for more families to join the program.

“We need as many [families] as we can get,” said Fetridge.

It’s not, he emphasizes, that there’s an endless flood of children in the foster program, but he said the foster program works best when there’s a large pool of families to match a child’s need.

“We look at the caregiver skill set and then we look at the needs of the child or children, and do a best match. That’s how it’s supposed to work,” he said, adding that with the current size of the foster family pool they don’t have quite the flexibility they’d want.

For example a family may say they do better with toddler-aged children, or they may have done specialized training such as for fetal alcohol syndrome. That helps MCFD match the child to the most appropriate home.

So how do people get involved?

First, they call the area contact for this, Ikinder Chohan, who can be reached at 250-6382325, or e-mailed at Ikinder.Chohan@gov.bc.ca.

After that a process called the Pre-Service Orientation begins.

“It’s a series of educational meetings,” said Fetridge.

Those meetings are delivered by Access Family Resources, a contracted service provider for MCFD.

“The screening process is much more thorough than people remember it being.”

It’s a way to just introduce people to the foster program, and then to connect them with other families, all on the way to figuring out best how they can be involved.

Fetridge says they make people as aware as possible to what fostering is like, then the family can make a decision after that.

It’s a thorough process.

“The screening process is much more thorough than people remember it being. So many say ‘I remember my grandmother was a foster parent. She just called up and the next day we had kids in our home.’ Maybe that was the case back then...but that’s definitely not the case now,” he said.

Parents have flexibility on their commitment too as far as time. Families can say they only want short term foster children, or can offer their home on a permanent basis.

Financially the program is not meant to be a burden on the foster family. Fetridge says families are provided support so being a foster parent doesn’t mean drained bank accounts.

“It should never cost foster parents to support vulnerable children,” said Fetridge.

He says the way to look at being a foster parent is not to see it as a job but doing a volunteer service.

“You’re a volunteer parent,” he said.

Anchor leaders Randy and Marlene Norman with Slade and Linda Compton.

Anchoring the message in Kitimat Cameron Orr Kitimat’s newest church is the North Coast Anchor Ministries, or more often referred to as The Anchor.

The congregation have only been meeting for about a year now, and was founded by Slade Compton and his wife Linda. Slade, and Anchor co-leader Randy Norman, have a long history in Kitimat. Slade arrived in the 1950s and lived in the original Kitimat town-site, and Randy has lived here for over 30 years.

Slade has planted about four churches in his life, he said, including in Terrace and in Fort St. John.

In 2012, after being away from the Northwest, he felt the need to come back to Kitimat, he said.

The Anchor is a new testament church, he said, while noting they can be pretty liberal in some ways, although they do follow scripture quite closely.

“If it’s not in the scriptures we don’t do it,” said Slade.

With a small church group at the moment, Slade said they look at ways to support other churches, they’re not out to replace them.

“None of us have all the truth,” he said.

Randy said a lot of the inspiration for starting the church was due to their connection to the community here, and more recently as a place to provide the spiritual community for people who might have been in Kitimat temporarily working on construction projects.

The Anchor meets Fridays at 6:30 p.m. at the Riverlodge.

Gas prices stubbornly high Jeff Nagel Gas prices remain stubbornly high in B.C. despite the slide in crude oil prices, and motorists are feeling gouged.

Gasoline is down only slightly from $1.40 a litre a year ago, while crude has plunged more than 50 per cent from around $98 a barrel to less than $44 in early August.

But petroleum industry analysts say it all boils down to supply and demand. Crude oil accounts for less than half of the end cost of a litre of gasoline, with government taxes and refining charges the other big factors.

"I wish there was a simple explanation," said Jason Parent of the Kent Marketing Group.

"There isn't much of a relationship on a day-to-day basis between crude oil and retail gasoline."

Expecting gas to move in lockstep with crude oil is somewhat akin to expecting house prices to follow lumber prices, without recognizing scarce land or an influx of buyers might have an influence.

Parent said crude and gas prices can go in different direc-

tions for different reasons, and gas prices in B.C. can diverge from what other Canadians pay.

Most of the difference between B.C. prices and the rest of the country is explained by the higher 17-cent-a-litre TransLink tax in Metro Vancouver as well as B.C.'s carbon tax.

Motorists are paying just over $1 in Alberta, a few cents more in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and $1.10 to $1.20 in most of Eastern Canada.

But even after taxes are factored out, Vancouver prices in particular are five to 15 cents a litre higher than most other cities across Canada.

The reason, Parent said, is that Vancouver-area prices follow those along the U.S. west coast, where the wholesale gas supply has been constricted by refinery problems in California.

"Wholesale prices have been high there relative to the rest of the U.S. for a month now," Parent said.

Some gasoline comes to B.C. through the Kinder Morgan pipeline, but the rest comes from Washington State or other U.S. refineries.

If prices were sharply

higher in Vancouver than cities to the south, Parent said, gas would flow back to the U.S. – resulting in shortages here – or wouldn't be shipped north in the first place.

Another "huge" factor behind why Canadians in general aren't yet seeing much relief at the pumps is the drop in the loonie over the past year.

Crude and wholesale gas are priced in U.S. dollars, so Canadians are paying with a devalued currency that simply doesn't go as far as it did a year ago.

So who is profiting from the persistently high pump prices?

"Right now, refiners are the big winners," Parent said.

They're running close to capacity, demand is up because of lower gas prices and therefore refiners can charge more than usual.

If crude oil prices get even cheaper – potentially as sanctions against Iran end and more oil pours onto the world market – there's no guarantee gas prices will follow because of the refining constraints in North America.

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Town continues down path of climate change action Cameron Orr As is the rule, the District of Kitimat released their 2014 Climate Action Revenue Incentive (CARIP) public report.

The report tracks the District of Kitimat’s actions and strategies when it comes to reducing their carbon footprint.

Everything from fuel use to walkway development is included in the report, which sets out how much the DOK will receive for an annual grant.

Director of Planning and Community Development Gwen Sewell says last year’s grant was about $42,000, and the reporting includes the District of Kitimat itself and the fuel use of its contractors too.

Planning Clerk Bryna Kaines is the primary author of this year’s CARIP report and says there are specific formulas used to determine what the town’s emissions are.

The report also covers three distinct areas, she said.

“One piece is your emissions, and the other two pieces...is more around your strategies community-wide, within your corporation as well,” she said.

The grant the District receives for creat-

“As an organization [we’re] just collectively coming on board and creating holistic strategies.” ing the reports primarily comes from the Carbon Tax Credit.

The District of Kitimat committed itself to climate change action in December 2012 when they signed the B.C. Climate Action Charter.

“We were one of the largest communities in B.C. that had not, at that point, already signed,” said Sewell. “What the business case analysis demonstrated was there was merit in us signing in order to qualify for the grants that were available under the program.”

The town’s strategy for climate change items is mainly outlined in the Official Community Plan, said Sewell.

“We are a community that’s demonstrating progress towards reducing our carbon emissions,” she adds.

She says even though the CARIP re-

port shows increases in energy use, a large part of that reporting is a reflection on how much better the town is at tracking it.

The town has also been fairly busy over the year which contributes to that as well.

That means facilities like the pool might see more fuel use, but Kaines points to the Tamitik heat recovery system as a notable way the town is reducing its footprint. The ice plant for the arena captures a lot of heat and when the swimming pool was rebuilt that heat was routed to heat the water in the swimming pool.

Meanwhile she said the town’s purchasing department has spent two years laying the groundwork for a paperless, electric purchasing system which will also reduce the town’s environmental footprint.

“In 2015 we’ll hopefully see that come to fruition,” said Kaines. “We also have put in place some plans to do an OCP and Recreation Master Plan update.”

Sewell also notes that CARIP grant money was used to improve the town’s cycling and pathway infrastructure, including paying 10 per cent of last year’s

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“We’ve just been continuing to make improvements to how we report and as an organization just collectively coming on board and creating holistic strategies for [climate strategies],” said Kaines.

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Oilers Continued from page 4 I have to say I’m looking forward to seeing the renovation as much as I am the hockey innovation of Connor McDavid, who I predict will have an immediate impact on Oilers on-ice success, with the help of new coach Todd McLelland and general manager Peter Chiarelli.

The Edmonton Oilers have suffered a few downturns in hockey fortune in recent years and their long-suffering fans, who have always remained supportive, deserve to have a more promising immediate future and I certainly hope the reality matches up to the potential.

From chatting with hockey fanatic friends, I won’t be the only one from Kitimat not going to Vancouver to see hockey this fall and winter. See you there?

On a more vicarious note,

across the border, I have been much entertained and amused by the antics of Donald Trump, the leading contender (at the moment) for the Republican Party in the upcoming November, 2016, U.S. federal election, still some 14 months away.

The nominations for both parties are still anybody’s guess with Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side and Donald Trump making daily headlines as he leaves another 16, or is it 18 (who knows?) in his dust, with an aggressive in-your-face style, which many Americans seem to believe can “make a difference” and change Republican fortunes.

Trump is blunt, bellicose, belligerent even, but because most of his headline grabbers came mostly from short appear-

ances at the microphone and answering leading questions from aggressive journalists, I took the time to listen to some longer Trump-alone speeches on his thoughts for the future of the US and found myself not unimpressed overall. He did not get to where he is without persistence and imagination.

Although I’m not sure Trump can continue to walk away from some of his more outrageous comments, it seems to me if actors like Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger can make the jump from the screen to success in politics as a President and a governor, it doesn’t beggar belief that a successful billionaire businessman with strong opinions can’t win a presidential election in these United States in today’s incredible circumstances.

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It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of our brother John Edgeworth (Edgy).

John passed away at the Extended Care Unit of the Saanich Peninsula Hospital after his long struggles with complications from diabetes.

He was born second son to Thomas George Edgeworth and Beatrice Eva (Winter) Edgeworth in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec June 27, 1949. The family moved to Montreal in 1957 where John grew up until he left to attend the University of New Brunswick in 1968. In 1969 John came to Kitimat for a summer job.

John and his brother Dave had several stints in Kitimat during the early seventies, with John being the first to settle in Kitimat in 1976. He became a millwright at the Alcan smelter and made many close friends both in and outside the plant.

John loved skiing, sailing and the warmth of the sun. He greatly cherished the many trips to Hudson Bay Mountain both on the Alcan ski bus and on trips with friends. He also had very fond memories of the sailing trips up and down the Pacific coast with his good friend Paul and his family.

John left Kitimat and moved to Sydney BC on Vancouver Island in 1997, as the health care he needed was not available in the north.

He loved living on the peninsula and spent many hours enjoying the spectacular scenery and island waters.

John was predeceased by his parents and is survived by his brothers David (Marilys), Kitchener, ON, and James (Doe), Kitimat, BC; and his sister Janet (Ray), Dartmouth, NS. John will be missed by his family, all his nephews and nieces and by his many friends and coworkers. The family wishes to thank the many health care workers who have helped John over the years.

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Museum Assistant

The Kitimat Museum & Archives has an employment opportunity available for a Saturday Student. The successful candidate would work Saturdays starting Aug. 29. Training provided.

If you are in Grade 10, 11 or 12 and would like to apply, please bring a resume and cover letter to:

Kitimat Museum & Archives at 293 City Centre or email us at info@kitimatmuseum.ca Attention Louise Avery, Curator.

Deadline: August 24

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HILLCREST PLACE APARTMENTS Totally Renovated (ask for details) Security Entrance, Dishwasher, No Pets, No Smoking 250-632-7814 KITIMAT

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Homes for Rent 3 Bedroom Bungalow For Rent in Kitimat with garage, fully reno’d with F/S, W/D, D/W and fully fenced back yard. Pets Negotiable avail: Sept 1st $1600/m call: 1-250-266-4536 Adam Kitimat Pet Friendly, 4 Bdrm, 2 Bath, F/S, W/D. $1600/mnth- call 1.604.760.4418 for more info

Transportation

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2006 Honda Civic

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C/w set of snow tires on rims, 17”profile summer tires on “sweet” rims.

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Asking $4500 250.632.1467 or 250.632.3908 Kitimat

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DANCE KITIMAT Ballet, Jazz & Contemporary Classes for ages 4-18 Registration Forms @ the Kitimat Museum! Sign up: Aug 24th 5pm-7pm at the Presbyterian Church. dancekitimat@outook.com

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CLASSIC/COLLECTOR 1971 300SEL 3.5 Mercedes Benz. 75,000km. Very good condition, always garaged, never driven in winter. Well maintained.

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2006 8ft Adventure CAMPER

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Coming Events September 1 Sportfish Advisory Committee meeting, 7 p.m. at Kitimat Rod & Gun Club. Topics for discussion: Fish possession limits and transporting; and Steelhead plan. For more info call Jack Riddle 250-888-8202.

September 14 The next Unifor Retired Workers Chapter Social at 1:00 p.m. at the Unifor Union Hall 235 Enterprise Ave. Kitimat. All Unifor Retired Workers in Northern B.C. are welcome to attend.

Contact Raymond Raj at rayrraj@gmail.com or 250-632-4006 for more information.

Ongoing Do you or someone you know have bladder cancer? You’re not alone. It’s the 5th most common cancer in Canada. Bladder Cancer Canada is here to help... or just to talk.

In Kitimat, call Glen Sevigny at 250-6323486. Or emailglensevigny@gmail.com.

NECHAKO Toastmasters meet the first and third Thursdays of the month in the Kitimat General Hospital multi-purpose room.

Meetings start at 7 p.m. The new season will begin September 10.

HOSPICE: Do you have a couple of hours a month to make phone calls, plant flowers, share memories, play cards, etc.? Hospice can provide you with excellent training. Call us now at 250-6322278.

Branch 250 of the Kitimat Ladies Auxiliary hold regular meetings every second Thursday of the month. More information by calling Nancy at 250-6324051, or Lyn at 250632-2351.

Consider joining the Friends of the Public Library. To do so contact Luce Gauthier at lucegauthier10@ gmail.com or Virginia Charron @ vcharron@ kitimatpubliclibrary. org or call 250-6328985.

KITIMAT QUILTERS GUILD: If you are interested in joining the

Kitimat Quilters Guild please contact Aileen Ponter at 250-6326225 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387 for further information.

EVERY THURSDAY, the Kitimat Pottery Guild meets in the Riverlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Interested in playing with clay? All experience levels welcome.

For more information call Anne at 250-6323318.

THE KITIMAT Public Library offers the highly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Please register for this free program.

HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Center. They welcome families throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older siblings welcome). Come meet other parents and infants over light refreshments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse.

For more information

call 250-632-3144.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FunSpot drop-in for children aged birth to 5 years with caregivers.

Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays 10 am- 12 pm. Fridays are now a combined drop-in/multicultural playgroup.

All are welcome to attend. Contact 250-6323144 for more information.

KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other fibre? For more information phone Maureen 250-6325444.

KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total confidentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-6396016.

AGLOW of Kitimat - All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For information phone Brenda

at 250-632-1616.

DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Literacy Program provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in improving their reading, writing, math, communication, and information technology skills.

Is English NOT your first language?

We provide FREE tutoring and small group English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.

For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Community Corner check us out at www. kitimatcommunityservices.ca/KALP.html or find us on facebook.

DO YOU HAVE DIABETES? Individual and group counseling. For more info call 250-632-8313 during operating hours Wednesdays 8:00 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

- or leave message on our voice mail. We are located on the second floor of the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support offices.

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RENEWAL NOTIFICATION FOR LICENSE OF OCCUPATION Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Weather Station, Kitimat Airpark.

Take notice that Kitimat Council intends to renew a License of Occupation which authorizes the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to operate an automated weather station at the Kitimat Airpark, 1403 Highway 37. Data from this station supports regional fire suppression activities, forest protection and climate change monitoring programs in the Kitimat area. Proposed terms include five-year license period and payment of $1000. The permit may be renewed for a further five years without notice.

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Pacheco for Brock Badgers Submitted The Capitals are excited and proud to announce Skylar Pacheco has committed to play for the University of Brock Badgers to begin his CIS university career this fall.

"It's an honour to be heading to not only a great hockey program but a great school as well," said Pacheco.

"I feel it's the right decision athletically and academically. I'd like to thank the entire Capitals organization and my family for all the support."

A veteran of more than 200 BCHL games, the Kitimat, B.C. native finished his junior career with a personal best season putting up 12 goals and 32 assists for 44 points leading all Capitals defenceman in scoring and finishing second in overall team points.

Through his four-year BCHL career, the blue liner compiled 23 goals and 92 assists for 115 points in 221 games with both Prince George and Cowichan.

"Skylar is a tremendous offensive defenceman that can skate the puck and make plays," said

Capitals Head Coach and General Manager Bob Beatty.

"He is capable of putting up good numbers stepping into a strong CIS conference. Skylar was a popular player here in Cowichan with fans, players, and coaching staff. We all wish him and the Badgers plenty of success going forward."

The Badgers compete in the Ontario University Athletics Conference's western division and Pacheco will play under long-time Brock Head Coach Murray Nystrom.

Pacheco will certainly bring the same passion and leadership he exhibited in Cowichan to the CIS. Finishing the season as an Alternate Captain with the Capitals, Pacheco was also a key role model for several younger defencemen getting their start in the league.

The Capitals wish Skylar a big congratulations and all the best as he begins his university hockey career!

Pacheco lines up for a shot, from Free Press file photo at right, from Pacheco’s days on the Spruce Kings.

Skylar Pacheco in this Prince George Free Press file photo from Pacheco’s days on the Spruce Kings.

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Soccer enthusiast has ambition for new league Jackie Lieuwen A northwest soccer enthusiast wants to start a professional development soccer league in the area.

Lawrence Shanoss, from Gitsegukla and now living in Terrace, wants 10 adult men's and 10 women's soccer teams from Prince Rupert to Smithers, including Kitimat, to be part of the new league.

The league would be a northern division of the Pacific Coast Soccer League, an outdoor adult league based in southern B.C. that develops players for provincial, national and major league soccer teams.

“This is my dream.

I've always been a sports enthusiast,” Shanoss said.

“I just love the young people, and that's who I am doing this for... we have so much talent in this region.”

Shanoss wants to meet this September with community leaders and soccer-program heads in the region, and then kick off the league in April 2016.

League president David Collard says the league is eager to

expand into the north, but needs teams to officially apply by December in order to move forward.

“We are in a position to move really quickly once we have this commitment from the northern region,” Collard said.

He says the league needs a minimum of six committed men's and six women's teams of players between the ages of 18 and 23 in order to launch a northern division.

Blaine Kluss, director of the Terrace Youth Soccer Association (TYSA), says starting this up is “a brilliant idea.”

There are no highly competitive leagues like it and the only adult soccer league is moderately competitive, he said.

Kluss said he has no doubt there would be enough players for a Terrace team.

“Terrace has enough soccer players in that age range to put a competitive team together,” he said.

Still, it might be difficult to assemble six men's and six women's teams in the north

by December simply

because communities are small, he added.

“It is all about leadership. You need to have strong individuals in each community to put those teams together.”

Danu Craig, the Haisla Nation's recreation coordinator and a Terrace resident, says a northern division of the southern soccer league would give TYSA players a chance to further develop their skills.

“I feel there is definitely enough men to put a team together for this league... I'd play for it. My friends would,” Craig said, adding that soccer has been growing in popularity here.

If organized, northern division teams would play 18 games from April to August. Then the top three men's and women's teams would travel south to play top southern teams for respective league cups.

Shanoss says that long-term, he hopes to use the league as a platform to apply for grants for improved playing fields in the region.

His ultimate goal is

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Collard said the Pacific Coast Soccer League would help promote the sport if a northern division is launched.

“It would be wonderful for that region,” he said.

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