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Houston council unanimously voted to send a letter of support for TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline project. The letter, addressed to the president of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project, Rick Gateman. It highlighted that Houston “may be one of the biggest beneficiaries of local spending” during pipeline construction and praised TransCanada for being “open and honest”, and “transparency” with council and Houston residents. “We’re one of the later communities to sign on, but they’ve been asking for support from communities,” Mayor Shane

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Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and local MLA, John Rustad spoke and answered questions last Thursday, September 3 at the Houston Seniors Centre. Pictured above Rustad is taking a moment to speak with Gottlieb Binner about healthcare in Houston.

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Brienen told council Tuesday. “And they’ve had a number of open houses in our community, they’ve been, we felt, very transparent and honest, and we just wanted to give them our support with the project.” “I think it’s fairly See LETTER on Page 2

Council approves repaving of Houston roads and curbs By Xuyun Zeng Houston Today

Houston will see more construction work in the near future. The District’s council approved funding for repaving roads and replacing curbs at its regular meeting last Tuesday. The District will pay $405,639.66 dollars to LB Paving of Smithers to work on roads and curbs

on Butler Avenue, Copeland Avenue, Nadina Way, Tweedie Avenue, Mountainview Drive, 6th Street and Omineca Crescent. “The state of our roads, we’ve been continuously falling behind and we’re putting some more money in there now and I think that’s good for business and everyone in town,” Mayor Shane Brienen said. “The end will be

“We are putting some more money in[to the care of our roads] now and I think that’s good for business and everyone in town.”

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LETTER from Page 1 fair in the way it’s worded; pretty wellrounded. I don’t think it takes any shots at industry or their opponents,” Coun. Jonathan Van Barneveld said to council. “It’s pretty non-partisan.” “I don’t think we’ll be ruffling too many feathers by formally endorsing the project.” Speaking to council, Coun. Van Barneveld also talked about Houston benefitting from the project. Pipelines have

been a contentious issue with some First Nations and environmental groups opposing them. “We had opposed their pipeline route as it currently stands, and we’ve never supported it,” John Ridsdale, speaking as a Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief, said. “Coastal GasLink has to be more open and honest with their consultation with us.” But Houston’s mayor thinks otherwise. “We’ve had Pacific Northern Gas running through

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our community for a number of years, I think since 1969, somewhere in that area, with very few problems,” Mayor Brienen replied when asked about these issues. “If you look at what’s going on in the province and country as a whole with healthcare, you know, we have to find

revenues to support those and pay for those things.” “It’s a touchy subject and there’s pros and cons, but for sure to sustain northern communities with the state of the forest industry that I think these things are necessary.” The letter highlights the

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Paving projects in Houston should be completed by October and will focus on Copeland and Butler Avenues-between Highway 16 and 10th Street-where the most work is needed. PAVING from Page 1 “This is the additional monies that were charged to heavy industry starting in 2015 after final

assessment in the whole Canfor-West Fraser arrangement,” finance director William Wallace replied. “So this is the

first year to look at ways to applying that money. And as part of the financial plan, it’s arranged that these monies be lined

up for infrastructure refurbishment in the community.” A further $23,125 will come out of the funds for the water

treatment plant project and another $5,632 will come from the Houston Mall for roadworks around these two sites.

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Houston has gotten safer over the years, according to new Statistics Canada data. The latest data showed that last year’s crime rate and crime severity index have dropped when compared to the previous year. While the crime rate measures how many incidents have happened per 100,000 people, the crime severity index provides a qualitative analysis by assigning varying weights to offences, so a murder will cause a bigger fluctuation than a cannabis possession, for example. From 2013 to

2014, the crime rate dropped from 11,329 to 8,699 crimes per 100,000 persons, while the crime severity index dropped by 27.6 per cent. Statistics Canada only compiles criminal code offences that have a homogenous definition across the country. “It’s a way of comparing apples to apples,” Houston RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Stephen Rose said. “These numbers capture the more serious offences that are reportable.” Sgt. Rose sees Houston’s drop in crime stemming from their focused efforts to combat recidivism. “Of the crime types

that we’ve had, the severity has decreased.” Sgt. Rose said. “And I think a lot of that has to do with our targeted enforcement on prolific offenders. So after I moved here, we started to identify the top 12 offenders for the vast majority of our calls for service.” Sgt. Rose said the RCMP would monitor these people and place “court-enforceable conditions” on them while making sure they would abide by them. “They could either obey the law, go to jail or move out of town. And I think a combination of all three of those things have been the result.” Sgt. Rose warns

against concluding that the police have received fewer calls. Although the data show that incidents of crime have gone down from 462 to 357 from 2013 to 2014, he says the RCMP has received 1,435 calls for service this year and their calls for service has gone up by 14 per cent. “Our total calls for service has been consistently increasing since 2011,” Sgt. Rose said. According to Statistics Canada data, Houston has lower crime severity than Smithers, Vancouver and the British Columbia average. However, it scored higher than

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ith communicable diseases such as whooping cough, mumps and measles making a comeback, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall is reminding parents to make sure their children’s vaccines are up to date as they return to school. And Kendall has added his voice to that of the Canadian Medical Association, calling for mandatory declaration of vaccination when children enrol at school, as is done in Ontario and New Brunswick. The CMA voted at its annual meeting in late August for other provinces to follow suit, requiring immunization records but allowing exemptions for medical or religious reasons. Doctors also called for development of a national database to pull together records scattered between doctors’ offices and schools. “By the time a child reaches five or six years old, he or she should have received booster shots that protect against measles, polio, chicken pox, whooping cough and more, and kids in Grade 6 and 9 should receive follow-up vaccinations,” Kendall said. “This is all part of B.C.’s free, routine immunization program.” Kendall emphasized that vaccinations themselves would not be mandatory, but the information would give schools the ability to protect students when an outbreak happens. That means excluding unvaccinated children from school during an outbreak, and offering parents the chance to fill gaps in their protection. “Unvaccinated children are at risk themselves, but they also pose a risk to others because they create a gateway into the community,” Kendall told CKNW radio this week. “So we need the concept of herd immunity, where we get 95 per cent of the population of a cohort of children vaccinated, so it’s much harder for disease to spread in the community.” Vaccine records also give public health authorities a chance to counter misinformation that has proliferated in recent years, he said. “If we know who the parents of those children are, we can talk with them and tell them the facts and what is real and what is not real, and hopefully convince a good proportion of them that what they’re actually fearing is either unreal or not scientifically valid, or is in fact a misplaced fear,” Kendall said. “And we would hope that we would get some of those parents at least to get their children vaccinated.” Parents in B.C. can now sign up for free text message reminders at immunizebc.ca/reminders, and the website also offers a smartphone app to manage immunization records. -Tom Fletcher Black Press

Pit bull propaganda is deadly Lori Welbourne On a brighter note

The popular online news site The Huffington Post just published an irresponsible series of articles and images promoting pit bulls as safe family dogs for their second annual “Pit Bull Week.” During those seven days a 25 year old woman was killed by her own beloved pit bull of 10 years, a 48 year old woman was mauled to death by her neighbour’s pit bull on her way to the mailbox, a toddler was rushed to hospital in critical condition because of his family pit bull, and at least 10 other people were savagely attacked in the U.S. by pit bulls. None of these horrifying tragedies were covered by the Huffington Post. To be fair, many media outlets didn’t publish these gruesome accounts. Perhaps in part because of the ferocious backlash from the vocal minority every time a news item presents pit bulls as anything but a harmless dog full of waggles and licks. The reason pit bulls get a bad rap is because they’ve earned it. Contrary to what the well funded pit bull advocacy camp likes to declare,

the press is not to blame. They don’t make these wretched stories up. There are over 300 dog breeds worldwide and the American Kennel Club recognizes 167 of them, but the ones we hear about most in the media is by far the pit bulls, referring to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier and their mixes with predominant pit bull characteristics. The articles come from opposite ends of the spectrum: propaganda, such as what’s seen on the Huffington Post regularly, and factual, such as the severe and deadly mauling incidents that have become so disturbingly common you rarely see them circulating on social media. To clarify, I am a huge animal lover and I don’t blame these dogs for the problem they’ve become. They are also victims and this was entirely human caused. Pit bulls were bred to be exceptional fighter dogs, to bite down, clamp and shake, and to hold onto their victim while they are being inflicted with physical pain themselves. They were

never bred to be nanny dogs – that is an absolute myth that was debunked even by the pit bull advocacy group “BADRAP” which admitted promoting this belief was dangerous to children. That retraction has been highly publicized, yet it is still repeated by pit bull advocates constantly. Another alarming myth is that it’s all in how you raise them. Pit bulls that were reared from puppyhood by good, responsible people who trained them to be gentle have still suddenly attacked, unprovoked and without warning after showing no prior signs of aggression. It is genetics. Border Collies were bred to herd, Retrievers to fetch, Bloodhounds to be master smellers and pit bulls to be magnificent aggressors. This is why despicable lowlifes use these powerful animals for their horrendous dog fighting rings. They don’t have to train them. Hundreds of years of inbred dog aggression gives them that instinct, and with their powerful jaws and muscular bodies they’re a force to be reckoned with. I am not saying all pit bulls are going to attack, most won’t. And I am not

saying they are the only dangerous dog breeds, they aren’t. But the fact is, they only make up 6% of the dog population in the US, yet they are responsible for more fatal and disfiguring dog attacks on both humans and animals than all the other breeds combined. In the last seven years these pit bull attacks on people rose 773% with the number of child victims increasing from 30 to 264 and the number of adult victims increasing from 23 to 279. And those numbers don’t come close to the tens of thousands of fatal attacks on other dogs and cats every single year. I have written on this subject before, so I know what’s coming: an onslaught of hostility over my ignorance, and demands that I do my research. Believe me, I have. I’ve been reading up on this daily for the last four years and the more I learn, the more I support breed-specific legislation (BSL). Anyone who truly loves pit bulls should support it as well. Currently a million of them are euthanized every year in the U.S. If spaying and neutering is made mandatory

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and backyard breeding is outlawed, far less pit bulls would be born in the first place, leading to far less of them dying as a result. And despite the condemnation that BSL’s intent is to kill pit bulls and remove them from their homes to be euthanized, that is simply not true. These pets are grandfathered and can live out the rest of their natural lives as long as they don’t prove themselves to be a menace. The intention of BSL for pit bulls is to eliminate mauling injuries and deaths by the breed that inflicted the majority of severe and deadly attacks on humans and animals. It will require responsible dog ownership and hold these people accountable if they don’t abide by the reasonable laws implemented to keep the community safe. More than 40 countries restrict pit bulls, and no countries except Canada and the U.S. even allow their importation. How brutal must the bloodbath get, and how high must the death toll rise before we stop this insanity? Enforced BSL works, so let’s stop it now before we’re as bad off as our national neighbour.

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Forest fire season winding down in B.C. Campfire bans have been lifted for most of B.C. heading into the Labour Day weekend, and rain in most areas of the province has helped crews make progress on most of the 176 fires burning in B.C. as of Monday. Campfire bans are lifted in the Kamloops and Southeast fire centres, although restrictions continue on use of burn barrels and fireworks. No fire bans remain across northern B.C., and the only remaining campfire ban is in the

Cariboo fire centre for areas west of the Fraser River. Kevin Skrepnek, chief information officer for the B.C. Wildfire Service, cautioned that areas of high and extreme fire danger remain in the Chilcotin, South Thompson River valley and the southern part of the Prince George fire centre. But continued cool weather and showers this week offer some relief for communities and firefighters. “Just about all

“Just about all our major fires took at least a little bit of rain over the weekend, and this has certainly made some significant progress.”

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threatening fires have eased. Evacuation orders for the Testalinden Creek fire near Oliver were downgraded to alerts Monday, and alerts were lifted for Grand

Forks and Christina Lake as B.C. and U.S. crews made progress on the Stickpin fire burning near the border in Washington. The Regional District of Kootenay

Boundary lifted evacuation alerts Monday for the Rock Creek fire, which previously damaged or destroyed 30 homes. The B.C. Wildfire Service responded to seven new fires over the weekend, some suspected to be human caused. Total cost and damage for the 2015 forest fire season continues to track at a similar pace as last year, with 296,000 hectares burned and $255 million spent as

B.C. Views Tom Fletcher of Monday. That’s above the 10-year average for B.C. fires, but lower than the worst seasons in recent years, in 2003 and 2009.

New ‘hands-on’ curriculum for B.C. schools By Tom Fletcher Black Press

The new school year in B.C. is the start of a three-year transition to a new curriculum that Education Minister Mike Bernier says will emphasize “hands-on” learning. The new curriculum is being phased in this year for Kindergarten to Grade 9, with higher grades still in development. Bernier said this year it will be up to local school districts and teachers to begin implementing it before it be-

comes mandatory in the fall of 2016. Grade 1012 curriculum is to be mandatory in 2017. Bernier, the Peace River South MLA appointed education minister this summer, said he’s heard from teachers who are looking forward to a curriculum that allows more flexibility and individual learning. He stressed that basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic will remain, but students will also be taught life skills, communication, collaboration and critical thinking.

“Basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic will remain, but students will also be taught life skills, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking.”

Two areas of emphasis for the new curriculum are environmental education and an aboriginal perspective, which Bernier said will be present in “every single component in the curriculum.” Local schools are encouraged

to work with aboriginal communities across the province to represent the full diversity of aboriginal experience, he said. Hands-on learning is already in place in schools, and Bernier used the example of

a shop teacher in his home town of Dawson Creek who encouraged students at risk of dropping out to take his course. They learned mathematics and physics through taking motors apart and reassembling them, he said.

Bernier invited parents to look for themselves at grade-by-grade documents posted at curriculum.gov.bc.ca, listing learning standards and areas of emphasis. In the science curriculum, for example, students are to be taught “big ideas” that in grade one include “observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape.” By Grade 8, they are to learn at “Earth and its climate have changed over geological time.” Science competen-

cies required by grade seven include the ability to “exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings for their own investigations to evaluate claims in secondary sources” such as media reports. By that time they should be able to identify possible sources of error in their investigations, understand qualitative and quantitative evidence and “demonstrate an an awareness of assumptions … and bias in their own work and secondary sources.”

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HOPE forToday One Race

Having just read a story of a young fellow who narrowly escaped with his life while being cruelly persecuted in the Hutu Tutsi conflict in Rwanda, I was reminded of the prevalence of racism in the world today. It raises its ugly head just like a plague. The conflict mentioned above cost over a million human lives. Among many other examples of racism there was the “ethnic cleansing” in Serbia and Bosnia, where many more were killed. More recently the tensions between the Russians and the Ukrainians have been in the headlines. Closer to home, racism against minority groups is often highlighted in the news. Yet, the Bible reveals that we are all equally human beings, descendants of a couple, named Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:26-28; Acts 17:26). They were created in the image of God. He breathed the very breath of life into Adam. At the close of the day, God pronounced their creation with the declaration “very good.” This is what gives every human being dignity, worth and very great value, much more than any of the animals. (Matthew 10:29-31) So we should recognise the image of God in every human being that we meet, whatever culture or people group that they are from. God has made each person in his image, and is intimately acquainted with each one. That makes them very special in His sight and so should they be to us. Racism is evil, and has cost the human race untold horror and grief. If we lived our lives surrendered to God and in light of his word, the world would be a much better place to live. There is only one race and that is the human race. “Owe nothing to anyone – except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbour, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.” Romans 13:8 NLT Submitted by Ken Penner

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corner of a re-use shed. “Unfortunately, the manner in which the re-use sheds are currently being operated is not working and is posing serious health and safety risks for RDBN staff,” says RDBN. According to the RDBN, investigations are being conducted regarding alternative re-use programs and economically viable solutions to address the health and safety concerns associated with operation of the re-use sheds. Further, the board of directors has directed staff to develop bylaws that would ban salvaging activities at solid waste facilities. The RDBN says that although signage and barriers have been utilized to try to stop people from accessing the stacked wood and metal piles, some members of the public continue to place themselves and others at risk by climbing the piles to salvage materials. According to the RDBN, the incidents occurring at the re-use sheds and ongoing salvaging activities have serious legal liability implications to the RDBN taxpayer. The RDBN plans to hold public meetings in the next few months to provide additional information about the closure.

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new six-unit building promises to ease the shortfall of seniors housing in Houston. Specially constructed to foster a community among seniors and built specifically with a senior’s needs in mind, rent will cost $625 for the two-bedroom and $590 for the one-bedroom, hydro excluded. The project cost about $700,000. “Most of the money came from the credit union loan, but because we have two [buildings] already, we can afford to take a risk and borrow it,” general contractor and board of directors president Arnold Amonson said. “We can pay easily the payments from the rent.” The new building contains four twobedroom and two one-bedroom units and it started construction in June and the builders hope to have it done by the end of the year, and even before construction concludes, a wait list of over 20 interested applicants has built up. “Now we’ve got a list of people wanting to move in, that’s way more than we have room for. So we’ll be going from the top of the list down,” Amonson said. In order to apply for a unit, one applicant in the household must be at least 60 years old. Volunteers also make up a good portion

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the way including framing, flooring and insulation. In the past, Amonson and his wife have helped out on the flooring on an older building. Contractors complement volunteers. “They do all the plumbing and all

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the electrical, and all the drywalling,” Amonson said. “But everything else is done by the carpenter and the volunteers.” In order to complete the project, Amonson believes more volunteer assistance will help greatly. “We could always use more volunteers,” Amonson said. “Volunteers will be doing insulation, vapour barrier and siding, and later on we will be doing flooring and all those steps that we need to finish.” “We could use any skill level, if they’d like to volunteer, they’ll call me and talk about it.” Amonson can be reached at 250845-2132.

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The Smithers Celebrity Golf Tournament & Hockey Game committee delivered a $120,000 cheque to the Bulkley Valley Health Care & Hospital Foundation for a revamped maternity ward. By Chris Gareau Black Press

The huge effort from the Celebrity Golf Tournament & Hockey Game committee paid off Thursday when they delivered a $120,000 cheque to the Bulkley Valley Health Care &

Hospital Foundation for a revamped maternity ward in Smithers. “It’s nice to deliver the cheque and see some of the eyes widen when you give them the amount, and to see the money actually go to use and hopefully see the

construction start pretty soon – that’s what it’s all about,” said tournament cochair Kent Delwisch. “That’s what we put all our time and effort for.” It takes about nine months for volunteers to organize the event said Delwisch.

“You can’t say enough about the individuals,” said foundation chair Ted Bobb. The business community and foundation also brought in volunteers to help with the events of Aug. 1315, including the live

auction that brought in much of the funds. H o m e t o w n hockey star Dan Hamhuis was on hand for the cheque presentation. He said he had been taking part in the event since he was a kid as it evolved through the years.

“I was a 10-yearold kid, I was participating in this as a caddy … I kind of became a bit of a celebrity when I was playing junior hockey in Prince George. The tournament then kind of transitioned into a smaller kind of community

fundraiser that the Rotary group put on,” said Hamhuis. “Now it’s transitioned to a big event in Smithers with out-of-town celebrities coming up. This is as good as it ever has been these last few years.” H a m h u i s explained why it was so important to take part in the fundraiser. “It’s unfortunate when families have health scares. To be able to provide the equipment and services that northerners need, that people from Smithers need to be able to stay local is huge. Instead of travelling to Prince George or Vancouver for those services, if we could provide more here it’s going to make things easier for everybody,” said Hamhuis. The money raised is going towards a new four-suite maternity ward at the Bulkley Valley District Hospital estimated to cost $270,000.

Election candidates discuss oil refinery options to increase fuel supplies Terrace Standard Black Press

Adding refining capacity to increase fuel supplies might bring down the price of gas, say Skeena – Bulkley Valley federal election candidates, but where or if a refinery might be built remains an open question. The issue arose last week with NDP candidate Nathan Cullen promising that a NDP government would aggressively pursue lower pump prices, fining gas companies found to be overcharging. But he also said high prices are often blamed on the global market conditions, wondering why that’s so because Canada has the third largest supply of oil in the world yet imports the product.

“One of the clear solutions to shielding ourselves from that overseas volatility is to be refining more of that resource, and creating more jobs, right here in Canada,” said Cullen in a statement. But speaking later Cullen would not broaden that statement out to supporting either one of two proposals for a refinery on the north coast. “I think first you need a real [environmental] assessment process and I would argue that doesn’t exist,” said Cullen. “You would need to address [aboriginal] rights and title and get local communities onside and public support.” Cullen said the NDP have consistently opposed

moves by the federal Conservative government to weaken the way environmental reviews are conducted and federal agencies charged with overseeing industrial activity. In any event, Cullen continued, neither the Kitimat Clean project proposed for Kitimat nor the Pacific Future Energy project proposed for near Prince Rupert are anywhere close to beginning an environmental review. Both would also require a pipeline to carry crude from Alberta to the coast, a concept Cullen vigorously opposes when it comes to the Northern Gateway proposal sought by Enbridge. That involves pumping Alberta crude to a planned export terminal at

Kitimat to Asian refineries. Liberal candidate Brad Layton said he’d support construction in one or the other of the two locations “if it could be done in a responsible, safe and environmentally sound way.” “I would most definitely like to see us refine more of our raw resources here in Canada including crude oil. This would boost jobs and contribute to a healthy economy,” he said. But, Layton added, he hasn’t seen any environmental assessments connected to the projects nor any details. The Liberal candidate did “caution people that with the way our current gas prices are determined I suspect this will not im-

pact our prices in any significant way” he said of an increased supply of fuel. The Christian Heritage Party’s Don Spratt also supported the construction of a new refinery while emphasizing the need for environmental safeguards. “We should wean ourselves off foreign oil, have a domestic free market pricing system, like other oil producing countries. That should lower prices at the pump, while we sell our surplus oil and gas at world market prices,” said Spratt. He was more leery of the NDP’s ability to manage prices. “Even if they could somehow force lower prices at the pump, they would eventually raise the price up in

higher gas taxes,” said Spratt of an NDP government. Cullen’s position on gas pricing included a promise that a NDP government would create a gas ombudsman position. Information provided by his campaign indicated the position’s job description and responsibilities would be similar, but not exactly the same, as to those called for in a private member’s bill introduced in 2012 by a now-former NDP MP. In that bill, the ombudsman would take in complaints about the business practices of oil and gas suppliers and, if warranted, investigate those complaints. If the complaint is, to use the bill’s wording, “well-founded,”

the ombudsman would send recommendations for action to the oil or gas suppliers. And if the ombudsman is not satisfied with the response by the supplier, a report is then sent to the federal industry minister. The private member’s bill was, however, silent as to what the minister could or would then do. Cullen also said a NDP government would follow through on Conservative legislation which called for the fining of those whose gas pumps pumps aren’t calibrated and so pump out less than what is indicated on the meter. The legislation came into force in 2014 but no fines have yet been issued.

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Houston Public Library Events: ADULT BOOK CLUB is back again. Come pick up September’s choice “The Light Between Oceans” by M. L. Stedman. Take the month to enjoy it, then come out to the library on Thursday, Sept. 24 @ 7:00PM for a great discussion. Questions? Stop by or phone (845-2256) and ask us all about it.

Houston and District Chamber of Commerce will host a Federal Election All-Candidates meeting All bikes are welcome to take part in the third on Monday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Houston annual Houston Toy Run Sat. Sept. 12. Meet at July 2007 Community Hall. 10 a.m. at Houston A & W and ride to Granisle for Seniors Happy Gang Entertainment Fund is lunch with the Toy Drop at 2 p.m. at the Houston accepting donations for Silent Auction Fundraiser. Salvation Army. All donations go to the Salvation Call: 250-845-7537 or 250-845-9615. Army Christmas Hamper Campaign.

around the corner, Houston Secondary School is looking for coaches at both the junior and senior levels. Please contact the office for more details @ 845-7217. Annual Helen Sullivan Memorial Fun Run/ Walk Sept. 19, 2015 - 10:00am. Whether you go it alone or as a team, make a pledge to raise your heart rate as well as funds! All proceeds go to the Houston Retirement Housing Society. Pledge sheets can be picked up at the Houston Chamber Colour of Commerce Monday to Friday 9-5 & the Logo Houston Leisure Facility. Community Calendar proudly sponsored by

Coffee Break - an Interactive Women’s Bible Study meet every Wed. morning from 9:30-11:00 at the Houston Christian Reformed Church, 1959 Goold Road. Childcare is provided. For more info call Margaret: 845-2348, Darlene 845-7438, Evelyn 696-3229. Houston’s “Love by the Bowl” Soup Kitchen serving healthy homemade soups in two different seatings, 11-12 and 12 -1 on Wednesdays. The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Monday of the month is Executive, 4th Monday is General Meeting. Buck Flats Community Development Society, File meets every 3rd Sat. evening at 6pm at Andy Pollack’s house (17642) on Buck Flats Rd. All Buck Flats residents are welcome to attend, we discuss

Bulkley Valley CREDIT UNION N Since May 1941, Bulkley Valley Credit Union has been building a solid financial institution that members from Burns Lake to the Hazeltons have grown to rely on. People helping people is how we began and we strive to remain people-oriented, both in our financial services and through direct involvement with our communities. We are dedicated to local decision-making and local control, key factors in providing the kinds of services that meet the financial needs of individuals and business members alike.

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TOPLEY Structural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a Fire Practice Thurs @ 19:00 hrs (7pm). Topley Fire Protection Society meetings every second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm.

GRANISLE The Granisle and District Senior Citizens meet every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Centre. Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fire practices every Tues., 7:00pm at the Fire Hall. Granisle Church of the Way services are Sundays at 11:00am. Please keep your announcements as brief as possible. Deadline (faxed or mailed or delivered) is 4 p.m. Thursday. Items are printed or alternated as space permits. Items will be accepted via fax, email or dropped at the office. No phone calls please. More calendar items are listed online and can be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com

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September 15 6:30-8:30pm at the College Figure Skating Programs are starting September 28/2015 & Canskate starts October 05/2015 • Canskate: Monday 4:00-4:45 and Thursday 3:00- 3:45 (Ready/Set/Skate or “Pre Canskate” program is now integrated into the Canskate program!)

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Royal Gala Apples /lb

4 for

Freybe Sliced Meats Assorted

Plus Deposit, Plus Eco-Fee, 5x200 ml

.99

/lb

Western Family Sliced Bacon

Assorted Varieties, 907 g

907 g

Western Family Marinated Pork Tenderloin

Kraft Dinner

BC Bartlette Pears

M E AT

F E ATU R E D

Varieties, 125-175 g

G R E AT BA R G A I N S Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Bars Variety Pack, 1.26 kg

999

Dole Fruit Bowls 2 Varieties, 20x107 ml

Western Family English Muffins or Bagels, 6’s

2 for

500

Cheemo Perogies 2 Varieties, 2 kg

Kellogg’s Rice Krispie Squares 54 count, 1.18 kg

Quaker Chewy Granola Assorted Varieties 156-175 g

5 for

with Chocolate Chips 1.8 kg

999 3

Western Family Lasagna

Purex Bathroom Tissue

Dad’s Oatmeal Cookies

Resinite Food Wrap

Kraft Miracle Whip

2 Varieties 6x184 g

11”x2500’

2 Varieties, 16x3pk

Oceans Albacore Tuna

2 Varieties 2.27 kg

Sezme Snaps

Double Roll, 12 roll

2 Varieties 890 ml

Pillsbury Pizzapops or Mini Pizzas 800-1.1 kg

Ivory Bodywash

Assorted Varieties, 621 ml

Tree Top Fruit Snacks 80x26 g

1399

Western Family Flakes of Ham or Turkey or Chicken 156 g

2 for

400

Source Variety Pack Yogurts 2 Varieties, 16x100 g

599

Reser’s Burrtios Assorted Varieties 12x142 g

Garnier Fructis Shampoo or Conditioner, 750 ml

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