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Anna Ziegler at the Main Street intersection where town council approved installing a rainbow crosswalk after she wrote them a letter to suggest it. Story, page 23.
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Northern leaders frustrated by Mother and daughter face B.C. ministers in Vancouver more animal abuse charges
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A group of chiefs and other aboriginal leaders from northern B.C. that included Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan representation left a meeting with provincial cabinet ministers frustrated. They were meeting at the second annual B.C. Cabinet and First Nations Leaders’ Gathering in Vancouver last week. About 500 aboriginal leaders attended. Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief John Ridsdale (Namoks) said a conversation with Aboriginal
Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad and Natural Gas Development Minister and Deputy Premier Rich Coleman was not very productive. “Their agenda was not the same as ours. They kept steering it back to pipelines, and I said we’re not here to talk about pipelines. That’s a separate issue from what we’re here for, and they really did not like that,” Ridsdale said between meetings at the gathering Thursday. “We told them you know our stance on that.” The Wet’suwet’en were given an hour to talk after the group of northern leaders was given a 15-minute meeting. See RECONCILIATION on A12
distress at their residence near the village of Cereal, which is about 300 kilometres northeast of Calgary. Oyen RCMP had gone to the property to arrest the women for allegedly failing to comply with the court-ordered conditions of the ongoing animal abuse case against them in Houston. Those conditions restricted the types of animals they could own and required them to stay in regular contact with a Ministry of Justice worker. See DUO on A3
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A mother and daughter accused of animal abuse crimes in Houston are facing new charges in Alberta, where police and the local SPCA last week seized 53 animals from a rural property they were renting. On Sept. 3, Karin Adams and her daughter Catherine were charged with animal cruelty after police allegedly found animals in
UNIST’OT’EN CAMP GROWS Activists travel from far and wide to help First Nations leaders stop pipelines.
CHANDLER PARK BID SURPRISE Field upgrade delayed after sole bid doubles budget estimate.
MISSING PERSON SEARCH Authorities ramp up search for missing Hazelton man Lester Sampson.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
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Smithers council gets a pay raise
By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News
Smithers town council voted to accept a recommendation by a remuneration committee to give itself a pay raise at last Tuesday’s council meeting. Starting next year, the mayor’s stipend will go up from $20,068 to $27,000. The deputy mayor’s will go up from $10,033 to $15,000. Other councillor’s will go up from $9,407 to 13,500. The per diem rate of $125 per day will stay the same. Mileage gets a slight bump to the Canada Revenue Agency recommended rate of 55 cents per kilometre. The total annual expense allowance of $15,000 for the mayor and $5,500 for councillors will increase in line with the Consumer Price Index. Before the raise, the committee made up of four members of the community found that compared to other B.C. towns with populations ranging from 4,000 to 9,999, stipends per capita and in total in Smithers were ranked near the bottom. When measured per capita, the mayor’s and councillors’ stipends were each ranked 18 out of 20. Deputy mayor stipends were not measured against other town, but the committee put it
at 55 per cent of the mayor’s to, “more properly reflect the deputy mayor’s responsibilities. The increases bring council remuneration up to about the average of the 20 towns used in the committee’s study. All of council voted for the committee’s recommendations except for Coun. Frank Wray, who said he will accept the raise. Past councils have rejected the committee’s recommendation for smaller raises, which led to Smithers falling behind other towns when it comes to how much local politicians get paid. “We were a little disappointed that somehow council remuneration had got out of line quite in this way. We would encourage the council to basically keep remuneration in line with the averages. There’s no reason why council should be disadvantaged in that way,” committee member Pastor Chris Kibble told council. The idea of a full-time mayor was also brought up. Prince Rupert made its mayor full time earlier this year to handle increased project loads, with a sunset clause of four years. “It’s really a question for the community. To date the mayor role has really been compensated as a part-time position, but that said it can take as much time as you’re willing to put into it,” said Mayor Taylor Bachrach.
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Duo face animal cruelty charges in Alberta and Houston, B.C.
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Police launched a new investigation into animal cruelty after they allegedly found 11 horses, 25 dogs and 17 birds in distress at the residence. With help from the Alberta SPCA, all of the animals were seized, relocated and looked at by a veterinarian. The accused have been charged with cruelty to animals, wilful neglect of animals, possession of stolen property and failing to comply with the conditions of an undertaking. The stolen property charge relates to allegations some of the animals were stolen. Oyen RCMP Corporal Jeff Clarke said police believe the animals were being kept for breeding purposes. He said speculation on social media the animals were used for fighting was incorrect. Their first court appearance on those charges will be at Hanna Provincial Court, Alta. on Oct. 28. One of the conditions of their release is that they do not own any animals. Both Karin and Catherine Adams are also scheduled to appear in Smithers Provincial Court on Nov. 18 to stand trial for two charges
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each of causing unnecessary pain to an animal and one charge each of causing or permitting an animal to be in distress. The charges relate to the alleged mistreatment of animals which were
seized from the Adams’ Houston residence by the B.C. SPCA on Aug. 28 last year. Horses, dogs, birds and cats were among the 53 animals removed by the animal welfare authority.
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N EWS Unist’ot’en camp becoming an activist’s rallying point
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Volunteers help build the healing centre, among other improvements, at the Unist’ot’en camp.
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For activists of indigenous land rights and environmental protection, the Unist’ot’en camp near Houston has become a rallying point. The camp is near routes of two environmentally approved LNG pipelines and the Northern Gateway oil pipeline. It draws in supporters far and wide, with help coming in the form of volunteer labour or funds. Over the years, this support has augmented the camp’s facilities and services. “When we were first there, it was just a log cabin. Just a small log cabin. And now, there’s a bunkhouse, permaculture garden, healing centre and there’s also a pit house that’s not finished yet and a root cellar and a smoke house,” said activist Zoe Blunt of Victoria. Blunt manages the website WildCoast.ca and helps with getting the word out, hosting ride shares, and with fundraising that pays for trips and supplies to the camp. She has a few volunteers that help her screen interested volunteers. “So it’s asking them, making sure they understand where they are going, what’s
happening there and that they’re on side with things like indigenous sovereignty and solidarity,” said Blunt. Blunt said while a lot of volunteers are local to the North, they have sponsored people from Six Nations, Alberta, and a youth group. “I think everybody is invested in clean water and clean air. Everybody wants to see that continue. So people have been really well-educated about the dangers of pipelines,” said Blunt. “And we see that all the time on the news, every day it seems like there’s another spill or another explosion.” “And once that happens, it’s too late.” One volunteer which Blunt recruited is Dave Ages, who volunteers as the general contractor. He sees the Unist’ot’en camp as a place where the issues of pipelines and indigenous land rights intersect. “I believe in both of those issues,” said Ages. “I believe both in the right of indigenous people to live peacefully on their land which they have never ceded to anyone else and I believe that the future of our country will be a much better one if it’s not tied to fossil fuels.”
As the general contractor, Ages designed the healing centre and organized the volunteers depending on their skill. “They come to the camp, whoever’s there who wants to help out, I try to give them a job to do,” said Ages. “They might be shovelling gravel, they might be framing, you know, all the different things that go on in a construction site.” He receives funding for materials through FundRazr, a crowdfunding website. At this point, the campaign has received 402 contributions since launching in March. They are currently about $900 short of the $40,000 goal. While many two-figure amounts made up the bulk of the donations, a single donor has pledged $2,000, while there were more donors putting in $1,000 or $500, according to FundRazr. Comments from donors made it clear that their motivations were the environment, opposing pipelines, and standing in solidarity with the Unist’ot’en. “It’s an amazing place to go. If you get a chance, you should experience it, and see what a beautiful, peaceful, positive, healing kind of place that it is,” said Ages of the camp.
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N EWS Telkwa improves fire safety
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Recent efforts to give Telkwa a fighting chance against forest fires are wrapping up for the year with the majority of the work being accomplished. Funding — to the tune of $1.2 million from the provincial government — has been granted to the community over the past four years to address urgent wildfire hazards around the village. But the plan has not come without controversy with some residents opposed to altering the forest landscape around their community. “There’s people who like it, people who put up with it, and then a couple people that really didn’t want it to be done at all, but the vast majority of the community supported it,” explained Telkwa councillor Brad Layton, who oversaw the work after the municipal contract was awarded to his employer Pro-Tech Forest Resources in 2011. “We’ve treated over 800 hectares around Telkwa, spacing and pruning — we are trying to have less fuel on the ground. There’s still probably about 300 hectares that we could still treat,” he said. Telkwa has contributed $266,000 to the project and does not single-handedly have the funds to carry out another year without significant provincial support. Last year, the percentage the municipality had to match dropped to 10 per cent meaning the project became more viable, but also more in demand. There is no clear direction on if the remaining work will get done as other communities apply for the adjusted grant in coming years, said Layton. The village has managed to fund their share without taxpayer money, drawing sources such as deals with forestry companies to pay profits to the municipality in exchange for use of the removed timber. There are still areas that his company would like to treat, explained Layton, but some pockets are designated sensitive areas that would require a scientific study be done first before they modify the environment. “There are certain things out there that we haven’t been able to do ... we’re still at risk,” he said. “A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR REGION” 37, 3RD Avenue, PH: 250-692-3195 PO Box 820, TF: 800-320-3339 Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 FX: 250-692-3305 www.rdbn.bc.ca E-MAIL:inquiries@rdbn.bc.ca
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Heeding fire expert recommendations, Telkwa chose to treat the forest for two kilometres around the municipal boundaries so that fires will not burn as hot or spread as fast near residences. The village started to look at their options after provincial money became available to under the Community Wildfire Protection Plan in the wake of the 2003 firestorm which destroyed hundreds of homes in the Interior. They, alongside other communities like Smithers, were then able to determine the seriousness of the risk they faced. The Smithers review came out with recommendations surrounding municipal efforts and removing debris, but nothing to the scale of what was undertaken by Telkwa. This review determined that the area outside municipal boundaries should be monitored by the regional district. However, for Telkwa moving outside of the boundaries was key as kilometres of recreation trails cut through deep bush on the outskirts of town. “There is a high recreation use on these trails,” noted Layton. “And so that can very quickly lead to human caused fires.” The radius around Telkwa has seen a number of small fires with the largest one in recent years growing to four hectares. The past ten years of human activity on the outskirts have also resulted in 20 fires. With the funding, the village has worked to remove pine beetle-killed trees, thin out tick stands of trees, and diversify the vegetation as pine is extremely conducive to forrest fire. They have also removed organic debris from the ground and created a fire break backing on to some of the properties surrounded by fuels. The hope is that the efforts will give residents a way out and firefighters a way in if a wildfire occurs. Lots of fuel also means a hotter fire which can drop burning chunks onto roofs and wood piles and quickly overwhelm firefighting resources. A ground fire can also use tree branches close to the ground to ladder up to the crown and then jump from one tree to the next with the breeze. “[Our efforts] will not stop a fire, it just gives us a fighting chance if one comes along,” explained Layton.
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Chatters Big Success Brings Big Changes
Chris Morsund owner of Chatters Food Inc.
The past couple of years have been ones of steady growth for Chatters Food Inc. So steady in fact that they have come to a decision, one that is both difficult and exciting. The excitement is the fact that they are increasing their manufacturing capacity; allowing them to manage the overwhelming demand from grocery and convenience stores all over Northern BC. Therefore to take the next step Chatters has made
a large capital investment in industrial grade work stations, mixers, coolers, dishwashers and other equipment and will be expanding into the vacant space next to the restaurant. The difficult part is Chatters will be closing the restaurant effective Monday, September 14th until further notice. “We are adapting to the current market and we are listening to where the market is taking us. Its hard to say
goodbye to the restaurant for now but focus during our expansion is necessary.” Chatters would like to thank the community for all the support over the years and in the years to come. For up to date information please follow us on facebook. On September 19th Chatters will be hosting a community appreciation day. Come on out for some great food and good company. submitted
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Rainbow crosswalk about love, respect and acceptance GUEST VIEW Anna Ziegler
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he following is about love, respect, and acceptance. My name is Anna and I wrote the proceeding letter to council to recommend Smithers get a rainbow sidewalk: I would like to propose to council the idea of a rainbow crosswalk in Smithers. Actually, I am surprised for one, we do not have one already and two, no one has brought it up yet. We would join a long list of communities, towns and cities to have one including Princeton, Kelowna, and most famously Vancouver. Prince Rupert and Terrace councils have both voted for them and are on their way to installation. I am not gay myself. Biology made me like men and I love my amazing husband. I do have gay family and gay friends but that is not entirely why I think we need
a rainbow crosswalk. I sincerely believe that you cannot control who you love. The world and law is slowly getting with the times and recognizing the basic human right — you should be able to love whomever you want. I just think a rainbow crosswalk would be so pretty! Who doesn’t love rainbows? Rainbows have come to represent pride for the LGBTQ community, but I think they can represent our town’s welcoming of all colours of humans; be it their sexual orientation, country of origin or whatever someone identifies as. I have lived in Smithers for 12 years and I love how I feel free to be whomever I want, to dress however I want, to dance however I want. I think having a rainbow crosswalk would show our visitors and locals alike that everyone, no matter who they are, will be greeted with respect, equality, and love; that they do not have to be afraid to be who they are. It can show them that we encourage people to be true to
themselves and show their genuine colours. I think a rainbow crosswalk would make our town even more welcoming. It would show that Smithers welcomes everyone no matter who you love, where you come from or who you are. It would add one more thing to our already vibrant community. I suspect there would be some people against this idea. What if my child asks why there’s a rainbow? I say what a perfect opportunity to start the talk for the inevitable conversation of our time. And the moral is treat others as you would like to be treated. Look at that. Mom was right. So please accept this letter to start the wheels turning for our admired, inclusive, passionate, town to get its very own rainbow sidewalk! I wanted to share my letter because I think it is important for everyone to know my reasons. This sidewalk is not for me; it is not my struggle. It may have taken
guts to send in my letter but it does not compare to the bravery and courage it takes someone to live every single day differently than the “norm”, living afraid to be who you really are. I am not an advocate by definition but because of this have become a bit of a spokesperson, but I do not mind as I think we should all speak up for what we believe. There is no doubt there will be people opposed to this plan. Personally I applaud our council for not being afraid to pass controversial plans that not everyone agrees with. I think our council is innovative, daring and commendable. First off I want to remind everyone else that you and only you are in control of your emotions. Remember that if seeing one of nature’s miracles makes you feel angry or annoyed, look inside and have a second thought. What if a loved one told you they were LGBTQ? What would you do?
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Hopefully you would continue to love them as you did the moment before they told you, or maybe even more for being courageous enough to tell you. Also take it as a compliment that they told you, that they thought you open and loving enough to entrust you with their intimidating secret. And you would want to help them feel safe and embraced in your community by spearheading your very own rainbow crosswalk! Yes, the rainbow may have been overused and commercialized but it’s meaning is simple: Pride. Smithers is a proud community. Proud of our nature, proud of our diversity and proud of all our Smithereens. Not only will this make an impact on all our visitors but we may even get provincial, national or global attention. Yay for advertising! You’re welcome Tourism Smithers. Now Smithereens should be able to vote — whether the lines will go vertical or horizontal.
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L ETTERS Consider long-term impacts Editor:
First Nation communities have different approaches to major project development, but share common goals and values. All First Nations want to increase economic opportunity for their communities. First Nation communities share a deep relationship to their lands and resources, including fish, wildlife, water and air. All First Nations share a deep commitment to the principle of sustainability as expressed by the ability of future generations to have choices remaining to them about the lands they will depend on. The cumulative impacts from developments in our territories threaten our values, our rights, and our future. The Crown’s current approach to cumulative impacts ignores our perspectives and denies our laws which the courts have affirmed. The Crown’s narrow approach to this serious problem leads to conflict and legal challenges, and often fails to result in good decisions about economic development. In the end, this approach may result in no development at all. Here are some reasons why the present approach is failing: 1. There is no “New Relationship”. First Nations have a consistent and continuing record of successful court challenges. We have won a series of legal decisions confirming our treaty rights, and rights and title to our lands and resources, as well as government’s responsibility to fully and fairly consult and accommodate our interests. But governments refuse to acknowledge the significance of those victories. They deny our role in managing our territories and attempt to minimize the effect of those legal decisions. Most recently this has occurred with the Tsilhqot’in decision. This short-sighted approach inevitably leads to more legal conflict and more uncertainty about investment in resource-based development in British Columbia. 2. The Crown is not serious about assessing or managing cumulative impacts. Cumulative impacts are the combined impacts to the environment from past, present and future activities. Despite countless meetings with government officials and consultants
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on the issue of cumulative impacts and extensive evidence and reports of their devastating consequences for our territories and traditional ways of life, there are few, if any, examples of a government decision maker refusing a request from a forestry, mining or oil and gas company on the grounds that the cumulative impacts to a landscape are simply too great. Governments are not taking our concerns about cumulative impacts seriously. Our lands, waters and, animals cannot sustain current and future generations absent of limits to the cumulative impacts of industrial development, which are mutually defined and implemented. In some cases, we have reached and exceeded those limits. Governments must acknowledge our capacity to manage our own lands sustainably and stop insisting on an approach that promotes industrial development at the expense of our constitutionally-protected rights. The Site C dam is a case in point. A number of Treaty 8 nations have sustained massive impacts to their territory from logging and oil and gas development. But the Crown has not properly considered the additional impacts of the Site C project and how those additional impacts will compound the damage already done to those landscapes and these communities. Future impacts are still considered in isolation from past and existing impacts, and it is First Nation communities who suffer the harm from that approach. The Crown needs to change the way it understands and manages cumulative impacts, and work with us in good faith, and commit to the development of long-term strategic plans to restore our territories. 3. Provincial and federal review processes for major projects and environmental assessment are broken. Existing processes do not protect the environment or lead to investment security. Too often, government allows industry to set the agenda for developments in our territories, and our issues, concerns, and rights are an afterthought. We are not properly consulted on the strategic decisions that define the future of our lands, waters, and other resources. The way in which the Pacific Northwest LNG project (Petronas/ Lelu Island) has proceeded is an
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example of the critical deficiencies of the current EA processes. Absent consultation with the First Nations who would be most impacted by a Lelu Island LNG facility, an independent agency of the federal government, the Prince Rupert Port Authority, advised a consortium of foreign oil and gas companies to site a huge LNG facility directly atop the most critically important wild salmon habitat on the Skeena River. This occurred despite the federal fisheries science that clearly states the area in question should never be subject to industrial development. It was only after this bad decision about siting the project had been made that attempts to consult First Nations were undertaken, and even then those attempts were ill conceived and inadequate. This deeply flawed project was allowed to enter into the EA process in spite of mounting evidence of these deficiencies. Due to these and other Crown failures, we now see increasing conflict, our communities torn apart, and significant and scarce human and financial resources spent fighting badly conceived projects, instead of supporting developments that are more rational, sustainable and informed by the best traditional knowledge and science. Consultation and accommodation, in order to be meaningful and able to meet the test of Canadian and international law, must take place on strategic matters, before major development and project siting decisions are made. Our territories cannot support any more major projects, from natural gas drilling programs and pipelines to mines and large forestry operations, until these matters are properly addressed and our place in this country is protected. The concept of “free, prior and informed consent” is not only a moral and legal imperative, it is now a logical and practical economic imperative. Signed by: Chief Na Moks, Wet’ su’ weten First Nation Chief Liz Logan, Fort Nelson First Nation Chief Nathan Parenteau, Saulteau First Nations Chief Lynette Tsakoza, Prophet River First Nation Chief Roland Willson, West Moberly First Nations Robert Davis, Councilor, Haida Gwaii Trevor Morrison, Gitxsan First Nation Verne Jackson, Niis-ooys, Vice President, Kaien Island Elders Donnie Wesley, Tsimpsian Hereditary Chief Glen Williams, Simogyet Malii, President, Gitanyow Hereditary Chief
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VIEW FROM THE LEGISLATURE MLA Doug Donaldson
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t the Cabinet-First Nations Leadership Gathering in Vancouver last week, the B.C. Liberals announced the appointment of Grand Chief Ed John as a senior advisor to the Ministry of Children and Family Development to improve adoptions and other permanent care solutions for First Nations kids-in-care. He has six months to get the job done. How his appointment squares with the call by the First Nations Summit in August for Child and Family Minister Stephanie Cadieux to be fired remains to be determined. The Summit made that call in response to the decision by Cadieux to appeal a judge’s verdict in midJuly that found her ministry at fault for defying a court order and returning children to their abusive father where the youngest was then sexually abused by him. John has some valuable experience and if he can do anything to prod the B.C. Liberals into demonstrating
leadership and taking real action then the appointment is positive. With more than half the kids-in-care of aboriginal descent, while only five per cent of the population of B.C. is of aboriginal ancestry, there is a disparity that obviously needs addressing. Just one example of a lack of leadership by the B.C. Liberals that could make a real difference has been ongoing for eight years. For that period every other province in Western Canada received millions in prevention dollars from the federal government for programs and activities to help keep kids living on reserve united with their families, rather than coming into care. B.C. has received zero dollars from the Enhanced Prevention Focused Approach fund. That’s a real lack of leadership in bringing together groups in the province and making the pitch in a unified way in Ottawa by the B.C. Liberals, and the Minister in particular. It also takes leadership at the cabinet table to make the case that frontline resources are critical in rural communities like ours where many families and children need some support to remain united. Instead, $100 million was lost to the Ministry budget from 2008-2013. The inability of the Minister to hold on to what her Ministry has is a real problem for vulnerable children. Let’s hope for the kid’s sake special advisor John can prod Premier Clark into action on this topic. Doug Donaldson is the Opposition Critic for Children and Family Development and the NDP MLA for Stikine.
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Nexen water license for fracking reversed
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The Environmental Appeal Board (EAB) has reversed a long-term water license granted to Nexen in 2012 for shale natural gas extraction in northeast B.C. The company had been working in the area since being granted a conditional water license in 2009. The long-term license was to expire at the end of 2017. The EAB found in favour of Fort Nelson First Nation’s argument that it was not properly consulted. But it also said in the report that this appeal raised technical and legal issues for the provincial government, industry, and the first nation: “Although the Panel has found that the Crown failed to uphold the honour of the Crown in its consultation with the First Nation, the Panel has found that the First Nation failed to disclose information that was within the knowledge of its members and that would have assisted the Crown in its consultations.” The EAB also reviewed government emails and found that it had made a decision on the water licence before attempts at consultations with Fort Nelson were followed through with. The report said, “The internal Ministry correspondence reveals that the Ministry intended to issue the Licence regardless of the promises to meet with the First Nation. This is evident in the correspondence on April 3 and 4, 2012.” Fort Nelson falls under Treaty 8, which allows the Crown to use land for resource development, as long as
it does not affect aboriginals’ way of life negatively. Fort Nelson Chief Liz Logan said fracking using water from North Tsea Lake did exactly that. “Our people need to make a living like everybody else, but we will not sacrifice the lands and the waters and our treaty rights that we inherited from our ancestors,” said Logan, who added that she saw lake effects early. “It’s drained the river by a third of its volume which has affected the ecosystem around the lake.” A Nexen spokesperson wrote in an email to The Interior News that the decision does not affect its operations or its Aurora LNG project proposed for Digby Island of Prince Rupert’s coast because it had already, “significantly slowed the pace of exploration and development in the region due to depressed commodity prices.” The company is examining its options with respect to securing water rights in the area, and defended its record in the emailed statement. “Specifically, in northeast BC, we’ve emphasized the development and implementation of new processes and technologies to reduce our water use and our impact, and protect water sources. Nexen has also implemented an extensive water monitoring and management program in NEBC to ensure protection of water resources.” Aurora LNG is a joint venture in the early stages of environmental approval between Nexen and INPEX Gas British Columbia Ltd. A decision on a third-party pipeline through northern B.C. has not been made. Nexen is a subsidiary of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation based in Hong Kong. Inpex is a Japanese oil company.
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Airport upgrade could reduce fog cancellations
By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News
Flight cancellations due to fog could be reduced if the Smithers Regional Airport can get a permit from Transport Canada allowing planes to land from a lower height. Depending on the type of runway and equipment they have, airports have limits on the lowest height from which planes can land. When landing limits are higher, fog or bad weather can cause flight cancellations because it is harder for pilots to see the runway when they can’t fly any lower. The Smithers Regional Airport runway is currently designated as being “non-instrument”, which prevents planes from landing from lower than 500 feet. Airport management has commissioned a survey to find out whether its runway can be reclassified to “nonprecision”, which would
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lower the landing limit to below 500 feet. Airport manager Rob Blackburn said the change would help prevent cancellations caused by fog, which are more common in fall. He said the change would be significant but it would not eliminate cancellations in some conditions, such as the heavy fog that grounded flights to Smithers last fall. “Everywhere in the province was missing flights last fall, that was a province-wide phenomena that we had this really thick, heavy, socked-in fog including airports like Vancouver which have fullinstrument landing,” said Blackburn. “There’s a misconception that because you have a full-instrument landing you can land in complete whiteout, complete darkness type situations.” To change its designation and lower the landing limit, the airport would need
to ensure it had more “clearway”, meaning less obstacles along the sides and ends of the runway. Engineering company SNC-Lavalin has been contracted to do an Obstacle Limitation Survey to see if the new designation can be obtained without any major works. If the results are negative the data will be used as documentation to show the airport meets existing layout regulations. The survey starts on Sept. 22 and Blackburn expects it will take about one month to get results. He said the possible upgrade was not an attempt to lure Hawkair back to Smithers after it stopped flying to the airport in July. The company had been running one return flight from Smithers to Vancouver daily. It attributed the closure to low passenger numbers, caused by significant downturns in the Canadian economy and resources sectors.
Central Mountain Air president Doug McCrea said the upgrade would give pilots more tools to land in fog. “Some days it won’t help and other days it’s just that little bit of extra instrumentation and you’ll get in,” said McCrea. He said it was difficult to quantify how often a lower height limit would prevent flight cancellations but “the lower you can get down the better”. Air Canada Jazz corporate communications manager Debra Williams said overall the changes could increase accessibility for its planes but it would depend on the type of aircraft.
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A suspected prank set off an extensive search and rescue effort last week when police found a stolen boat unoccupied in the middle of the Bulkley River. Smithers RCMP were called to the Fort Telkwa campground about 2 a.m. on Sept. 8 after a complaint that a 14-foot aluminium boat had been stolen. When they arrived the boat was empty and anchored in the middle of the river. Witnesses told police three men who appeared heavily intoxicated had taken the boat. Fearing the men had been swept away, Smithers RCMP launched a land, air and water search with 13 volunteers from Bulkley Valley Search and Rescue (BVSAR). Volunteers in two jet boats and a helicopter failed to find any sign of the three people and the search was cancelled later that day. Police also appealed to the public for
information and assured the people involved they would not be charged if they came forward. Smithers Staff Sergeant Rob Mitchell said police had come to the conclusion the incident was probably a prank. “We suspect this was nothing more than a foolish prank, that three intoxicated men decided to take the boat, anchor it in the middle of the river and then swam to shore,” he said. “Because we could not confirm that with absolute certainty we had to consider the possibility they were swept downstream.” He said the search had been expensive and urged people to consider the consequences of pulling pranks. “Please consider that it ties up a considerable amount of both police officers and search and rescue personnel that could be more appropriately used elsewhere,” he said. “I would also ask that they consider the expense of this sort of operation.”
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Pursuant to Section 403 of the Local Government Act, the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction to be held at the Council Chambers, Municipal Office, 3026 Bowser Street, New Hazelton, BC at 10:00 am, Monday, September 28, 2015 unless the delinquent taxes and accrued interest is paid by cash or certified cheque prior to the tax sale.
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MLA weighs in on Unist’ot’en debate
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Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson says the B.C. government needs approval from First Nations hereditary chiefs, not just elected band councils, before allowing LNG pipeline companies to move ahead with projects in the Northwest. Earlier this month, the NDP member called on the provincial government to play a bigger role in finding a peaceful resolution to the dispute over access to land surrounding the Unist’ot’en Camp. Members of the camp have been blocking pipeline workers, who have government-issued fieldwork permits, from accessing Wet’suwet’en land south of Houston. They believe proposed LNG pipeline routes which cross near the camp threaten the environment. In late August, tensions rose amid rumours of a police raid at the camp and encounters between pipeline workers and camp members. Donaldson said the
government should work collaboratively with camp leaders to help resolve the dispute. “The Unist’ot’en camp is located in Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad’s constituency, and British Columbians expect him to show leadership by engaging in respectful dialogue with those involved and bring calm to the situation,” he said. But Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad said the Unist’ot’en does not represent the majority position of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. “What some people may not be aware of, is that nearly every First Nation on proposed natural gas pipeline routes has benefits agreements with the Province, including four Wet’suwet’en bands,” said in response to Donaldson’s statement. “It’s clear that the Wet’suwet’en leadership has a different position than those at the Unist’ot’en camp.” Since 2014, the B.C. Government has signed more than 15 agreements with First
Nations bands across northern B.C. to provide financial support and benefits in exchange for support of pipeline projects. Deals have been made in connection to the Coastal GasLink ( Tr a n s C a n a d a ) , Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (TransCanada) and WestCoast Connector Gas Transmission (Spectra Energy) projects. The Moricetown Band, Lake Babine Nation, Nee-Tahi Buhn, Skin Tyee and Wet’suwet’en First Nation are among the elected Wet’suwet’en band councils that signed benefits deals. “These local, elected First Nations leaders who support LNG development are advocating for discussion rather than confrontation and it’s important their voices be heard,” said Minister Rustad. “Community members are already seeing the benefits through employment with the natural gas pipeline companies.” The deals have caused division in some sections
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of the Wet’suwet’en Nation because they do not need input from hereditary chiefs, whose leadership covers land along the proposed pipeline routes. Donaldson accused the B.C. government of deliberately ignoring the difference between the jurisdiction of elected and hereditary chiefs. “I believe they are either being wilfully ignorant or purposely deceitful when they are mixing elected officials’ jurisdiction (band councils) with hereditary chiefs’ jurisdiction, as outlined in the Tsilhqot’in decision,” he said. See WORK on A12
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Ridsdale said the province needs to build trust for consultations on projects to be successful. “It was frustrating. It was the same message over and over again, that we have to work together, and yet they’re not making that extra effort. They have their own agenda and they’re going to stick to it,” said Ridsdale. The province announced a series of initiatives including the appointment of Grand Chief Ed John as senior advisor on Aboriginal child welfare to the Minister of Children and Family Development. In his closing speech at the Gathering, John reflected on his
own time at a residential school, and described a new generation of young people that is emerging from the social upheaval of that policy. “I couldn’t even see my sister on the other side of the building, even though she was in the same residential school as I was,” said John. “That disconnect became the norm for us.” Premier Christy Clark also announced the establishment of a $2 million fund for scholarships for aboriginal students pursuing postgraduate degrees, and a new set of awards for aboriginal youth athletic achievement. With files from Black Press’s Tom Fletcher.
Work with hereditary chiefs: MLA From CHIEFS on A11 The Supreme Court of Canada outlined the meaning of aboriginal land title in its ruling on a matter involving the Tsilhqot’in First Nation in June last year. Donaldson said the government should be working with hereditary
leaders to try to establish broader, more comprehensive agreements, such as treaties. “You could be talking about jointjurisdictional arrangements over the land base, you could be talking about mutually agreed-upon areas that are open to certain types of development and others that aren’t,” he said.
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To list your nonprofit coming events please drop off your listing at The Interior News, 3764 Broadway Ave., fax us at 250-847-2995, or email laura@interior-news.com. More information is available through our Online Community Calendar at www.interior-news.com. Deadline for submissions is Fridays at noon. Maximum 25 words. Limited space is available. We regret we cannot accept items over the phone. Scotiabank AIDS Walks for Life. Wednesday, Sep 16, Moricetown, registration 10:30 a.m., walk 11 a.m. Thursday, Sep 17, Smithers, registration 11:30 a.m., walk 2 p.m. Positive Living North for info: 250-877-0042. Smithers Tai Chi Players. New season starts Tuesday, Sep 15 and/or Thursday Sep 17. Come learn Yang-style tai chi and qigong. smitherstaichi@gmail.com or 250-847-5091. 35th Annual Terry Fox Run. Sunday, Sep 20, Central Park Building. Registration 12 noon, run 1 p.m. Run or walk. Dogs, strollers or blades welcome. More info: www.terryfox. org. Terry Fox Run in Quick. Sunday, Sep 20, Starts 1 p.m. at the Old Church, registration 12:30 p.m. Run, walk, bike, familyfriendly. Contact for info 250-847-4789. BodyTalk for pets and other domestic animals Monday, Sept 21, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Smithers Public Library. Kim Hunter, BodyTalk practioner and veterinarian of 34 years, shares insights and knowledge. Talk and slideshow with video footage. Kidney Walk 2015 Sunday, Sep 27, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Allen Park New Hazelton. Come out and volunteer. Barbara Valentine 604-736-9775 ext. 228, barbarav@kidney.bc.ca.
BV Toastmasters Club meets every second and fourth Monday, 7-8:55 p.m., Smithers NWCC campus, Room 109. linden_buhr@hotmail.com. BV Farmer’s Market New Hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at the Corner of Main St. and Hwy 16. May 9 to Sep 26. Locally grown produce, live music, coffee. Brain Fitness habits for adults and seniors: We are now taking names for our February 2016 course. Stay sharp; stay fit! 250-877-7723 or email tanya@bvbia.ca to register. BV Museum Summer Exhibit 100 Years of Photography in the Valley. 250-847-5322. www.bvmuseum.com. Admission by donation. Legion Meat Draws every Friday 6-7 p.m. and Saturday 3-4:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. BV Roller Derby New Recruits. Free Roller Skating Adult (19+) and Junior Ages (10-18). Every Tuesday at Davidson Hall 6:45-9 p.m. denise.dilny@gmail.com. Ground 2 Griddle Neighbourhood Kitchen Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. James Anglican Church Hall. SCSA 250-847-9515 to join this free life skills literacy program. Childcare provided.
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Mrs. M, 51, knew that from bitter personal experience. She had injured the soft tissues of her neck and shoulder in a rear-end accident. Some 3-1/2 years after the accident, she still had pain and couldn’t return to work as a seamstress. She had received over 300 physiotherapy treatments and seen multiple medical specialists. None could find any physical cause for her continuing symptoms. But none suggested she was malingering or intentionally hanging on to her problems. The B.C. Court of Appeal gave her about $134,000 in compensation. The court said that where accident victims continue to suffer after their physical injuries have healed, an obvious question arises: Is such pain “real”? But, the court said, even if psychologically-caused, such pain is still compensable if you can prove two things: first, that the psychological pain was caused by the accident and not by a desire for care, sympathy, relaxation or compensation, and second, that you cannot overcome the problems through your own “will-power.” In another case, Mrs. Y also fought to prove her chronic neck and shoulder pain wasn’t imagined and should be compensated. She should have recovered from her soft tissue injuries within a few weeks or, at most, a few months after her car accident. But she didn’t. Before her accident, she ran the family home, played tennis and volleyball, taught her daughter dancing, singing and music, and was involved in her church. After, however, she was depressed, couldn’t sleep, and was in constant pain and discomfort. She spent most of her time in a wheelchair and wouldn’t leave the home alone. (Her husband even quit his job to look after her.) The B.C. Court of Appeal awarded her $75,000 for her chronic pain and suffering and over $150,000 for loss of homemaking and other losses. In general, then, B.C.’s highest court has confirmed that chronic pain following an injury is compensable – even if there’s no physical reason to explain it – if the pain was triggered by your accident and you can’t overcome it through your own will-power.
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S PORTS Chandler Park soccer field bid double budget
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The only bid to upgrade the Chandler Park soccer fields came in at over double the approved budget, forcing Smithers council to delay choosing a contractor until next year. The approved budget after paying the $50,000 consultant fee to Prince George’s Jay Lazzarin Landscape Architect was $258,765. Most of the money is from a $250,000 gas tax funding grant from the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako. The Town of Smithers and soccer clubs are paying the rest. The plan calls for reconfiguration of the area into three soccer pitches, with most of the work being done on one side where
irrigation is poor. Jobs to be done include tilling, levelling, adding new soil and top dressing, seeding, fertilizing, removing the Lombardy trees to avoid damage from roots, taking out the running track and adding less chemicallyreliant herbicide. The consulting company has experience reviewing construction of soccer fields in Prince George. Council had cited its northern experience as part of the reason why it was chosen. Council questioned why the company’s cost estimate was so different than the bid from Canyon Contracting Company. The question of having the contractor being on the hook for weeds was brought up as a possible reason, but council and staff came to the conclusion that more bids would likely
come in early next year. Chandler Park field upgrades advisory committee member Coun. Greg Brown said that while there is speculation as to why there was only one bid that came in so high, other Town infrastructure projects have also come in over budget recently. The fire department and airport storage sheds tendered earlier this year came in at over twice their budgets. “In context, this isn’t surprising,” said Brown, who expects the Town will try again to get a contractor sometime between January and March. Brown said he was not sure if the retendering would mean a year’s delay on completion of the work, but added that if there were problems getting a contractor in budget next year, phasing in construction
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could be an option. The attempt to figure out subsidization rates of soccer versus other recreation options like the ice surfaces would be difficult according to Brown, who said Chandler Park was open 24 hours and used by more than just paying soccer players. Bill Price of the local men’s league wants to see the committee meet again to assist staff any way it can. “It’s going to be like renovating an old building, and it’s an organic building, so it’s not as straightforward,” said Price. Some construction was expected in the spring, so the more than 1,000 soccer players who use the fields are not expected to notice more disruption by the delay. New equipment purchased this summer will be used on current fields.
Juniors and seniors play together at golf tournament By Xuyun Zeng Smithers/Interior News
Young golfers teamed up with more seasoned golfers at the Junior – Senior Tournament last Saturday at the Smithers Golf Club. The tournament featured 34 golfers in 17 teams of varying handicaps and ages. Both team members had to tee off, and then they would shoot the ball towards the green alternatively. Once on the green, both players would putt. The 18-hole tournament was narrowly won by Finn Rourke and Steve Kerbrat, with a score of 68.2, winning with 0.8 score lead over Joel Veenstra and Tim Veenstra, who scored 69. Although the latter team had the lowest gross score at 72. “I think Finn hit all the good shots and I just followed him around,” Kerbrat said. This is the second year Rourke
and Kerbrat have teamed up. They attribute their success to spending time on the driving range and on the course. “I’d like to thank Finn for putting up with me,” Kerbrat said joking. “I’d like to thank Steve for putting up with me and coming out here with me and my dad for putting me in golf,” Rourke said. Such a sentiment was echoed by the event’s co-organizer, Charlie Northrup. “I think the game was a lot of fun, the juniors really had a good time and grandparents or the parents had a tough time keeping up with the juniors,” Northrup said. Most participants played with a relative, although competitive players could pick higher calibre teammates. Northrup hopes that this tournament can spur interest in young golfers. “I think the real key is to make sure
we encourage juniors to come out and play. Bring a parent or grandparent or member from the course and just have fun and learn the game,” Northrup said. “The tournament today is to really encourage and strengthen our junior program and juniors in the club.” Northrup played with his grandson Soren Brawdy. He says playing in an alternative-shot format has a different dynamic. “You’re obviously reliant on your partner to hit the ball and every time you get your shots put in different places,” Northrup said. “You know, I might hit my shots in particular locations on a regular basis, whereas if I’m playing with a junior his distance might be different, which means I’m going to be making shots I’ve never made before.” Northrup and Brawdy had a net Junior - Senior golf tournament winners Finn Rourke and score of 82.6. Steve Kerbrat won with a net score of 68.2. “It was fun,” Brawdy said. Xuyun Zeng photo
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Pool on reduced hours
By Alicia Bridges
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Staff shortages have forced the Bulkley Valley Regional Pool to reduce its opening hours after Sept. 21. The facility is expected to reduce its current schedule by about 20 hours when it reopens later this month after a planned closure for maintenance. The pool needs a team of about 18 people to operate normally in the fall. Pool manager Tamara Gillis said the facility had only managed to hire a crew of 11 despite a recruitment push at schools and jobs fairs in 2014. “We feel like we’ve been really pushing it so it’s kind of strange and who knows what the shift is but there’s a shift there and it might just be a lull year,” she said. Gillis said the pool always experienced high staff turnover because it included a lot of high school students who often left to attend university. However, she said this would be the first time in the ten years she has worked at the pool that hours had been reduced. “We’ve never faced this, it always just seems to work out,” said Gillis. “There have been times and periods of where we were very short-staffed and on occasion you
would have to close early one night or something because you just couldn’t get anyone in to work but … this is sort of unprecedented.” A board meeting was scheduled for Monday, after this newspaper’s deadline, to discuss exactly how much to reduce the pool hours. Gillis said the new schedule would be arranged to minimize impacts on programs and clubs, such as the Bulkley Valley Otters Swim Club. She emphasized the reduced hours were intended to be temporary. In the meantime, Gillis is encouraging local people to apply for a job at the pool. “It’s just a fun place to work because you are around people and people are generally happy when they are here because they are recreating, they’re having fun,” she said. Gillis said flexible working hours and parttime shifts made the job well-suited to students or parents. A recertification course for ex-lifeguards will be held in the last week of September and there will be opportunities for first-time lifeguards to become certified before Christmas. A Red Cross Water Safety Instructors course will also be held in January for people interested in teaching swimming lessons. The pool’s new opening hours will be posted on their website at www.bvpool.com by Sept. 19. For more information about becoming a lifeguard contact the BV Regional Pool at 250847-4244.
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Bulkley Valley Kinette Club presents… The Smithers Mountain Bike Association (SMBA) is planning upgrades to draw even more people to the popular new bike park off Pacific Street. The first thing to be added would be a pavilion on the gravel lot. Construction is expected either this fall or in the spring. “The structure will be in place for people to have picnics, for families to have some shade or to get out of the rain, and it will serve as a place for events as well,” said SMBA communications director Danielle Smyth. The SMBA also approached town council with a request to expand water service to the park. The estimated cost is $10,600. The volunteer-run SMBA said it was willing to pay for an undetermined portion. Council will bring it up during budget discussions for next year. The water would be used to maintain jumps and provide a bottle fill station for the SMBA’s 300 members and other park visitors. “It’s really meant to be a skills development park; so it gives people, whether you’re a young person or a person new to the sport, a chance to try out some of the features ... It lets you develop those skills before you get out on the trails,” said Smyth. FEATURING: RYAN GUNTHER began his comedy career in Victoria, before moving to Vancouver to pursue it more seriously. He's shared the stage with some of the top comedians. He's performed at the Northwest Comedy Festival and recently finished second in the Punchline Comedy Competition in Seattle.
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Disc golfers converged at Ranger Park last Sunday to play the final tournament of the season. The 11th Ranger Park Disc Golf Tournament saw Jamie Cramer emerge as the winner of the Championship division with a score of 76, playing against the most seasoned disc golfers. Byron Turner took second with a score of 78, while Bulkley Valley Disc Golf Association president Ben Anderson took third with 89. “The game was OK, just keeping it steady was the key to victory, I think,” said Cramer. Cramer has participated in several tournaments and has won many of them.
Ken White won in the Amateur division after winning a tiebreaker against Steven Tworow, while Ari Rath Jenne, 9, won in the Youth division. The Women’s division saw the largest number of participants, with Melissa Storie winning in it. “The turnout here is about average. One of the big things that was different from last year is the amount of female competitors we had this year,” said Anderson. “We’ve got a total of nine women play[ing] 12 holes here at Ranger Park today.” Different divisions were challenged differently to suit the varying ability levels. While the Championship division played two rounds of 12 holes, Women’s and Youth divisions played just one round of 12 holes each, while Junior’s
played only nine holes. “It’s a more fair tournament. For one, then you have people playing in the same ability levels and so it also makes it so it’s easy for people to get started in a tournament like this,” BVDRA vice president Glen said Ingram. “It’s also an opportunity to spread out the prizes to more people and we do have a lot of prizes this year.” The tournament has been going on ever since Ranger Park became a disc golf course. “It’s basically sort of a celebration of the course,” said Ingram. “So this was the first tournament that was ever held when the current course was first set up.” “People of all different levels come out to play and it’s an opportunity for people to meet other people who play.”
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S PORTS Men’s Northern Open golf scores The Men’s Northern Open saw 142 golfers from all over the province.
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Chip Run drives $14,000 to hospital By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News
Riders went all in again for this year’s Chip Run in memory of Bob Spooner, raising $5,000 for cancer services at Bulkley Valley District Hospital. “It feels amazing to know we’ve upped their comfort level a little bit,” said Bob’s sister Lainie Waterhouse after delivering the cheques to the hospital Thursday with mom Nora David. The motorcycle poker derby rode from Smithers to New Hazelton, Seeley Lake, Kitwanga and back. T-shirts, patches, and a dance and silent auction at the Smithers Legion also helped raise funds. The event was inspired by Houston’s Spooner, who was know as the “chip guy” throughout the Bulkley Valley while he delivered potato chips for work. After only four years, the Chip Run has raised $14,000 for local cancer services.
Bulkley Valley District Hospital cancer services nurses Cindy Cockle and Shelley Goble accept the $5,000 raised by the Chip Run (pictured right) from Lainie Waterhouse and Nora David.
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30th Quick Terry Fox Run this Sunday This year will mark the 30th year that Quick has hosted the Terry Fox Run. On Sunday, Sept. 20, dozens of participants will gather at the Old Anglican Church in Quick for the 35th Annual Terry Fox Run. While the rural run is smaller than many runs of its kind, it draws locals from Smithers and surrounding areas to enjoy the scenic countryside run that caters to all ages, sizes and abilities. While the draw may be the beautiful countryside, families and friends out for a leisurely afternoon and competitive runners are all regular participants at this fundraising event. Many of the younger children prefer to ride bikes or be pushed in strollers with wheels made for the gravel road. Other participants prefer to walk and talk in groups or even walk their dogs on a leash. And still many others enjoy the challenge of a jog or run. We regularly have both novice runners and hardcore marathon runners who come out annually. The event usually draws 50-70 people each year. It really is a one-of-a-kind
The Terry Fox Run is taking place for the thirtieth time in Quick this Sunday. The rural run draws people from elsewhere in the Bulkley Valley to raise funds for a good cause in the scenic countryside.
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run that is family friendly, quiet and scenic, and has the same people coming back year after year. This year there will be a slight change in the course. The course will follow the same route as it always had along the riverside but there will be turn around points along the road so that participants will be able to choose to run anywhere from a two-kilometre to 10-kilometre distance. This will also
allow walkers, runners and bikers to enjoy the view from both perspectives, and allows for the same start and finish points. Upon completion, children may receive diplomas and stickers which they can collect for each year they participate, as well as tasty refreshments for everyone afterwards. This year’s event will start and finish at the Old Church, on Quick Road
West, at 1 p.m. Registration is at 12:30 p.m. Event organizer Kori Cybulsky can be reached by emailing kcybulsky@ telus.net. The Terry Fox Foundation is marking its 35th year anniversary this year, and to date Canadians have raised over $700,000 for Cancer Research this year. Submitted by event organizer Kori Cybulsky.
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C ommunity Concert season starts
View from the Porch Lorraine Doiron Remember these sayings? Got it on tape; hang up the phone; roll down the window; you sound like a broken record; hold your horses; that’s a Kodak moment; it’s a carbon copy. I used to use carbon paper to make a copy of a letter. Sometimes with a messy result. The other thing is to hang up the phone. Can’t slam down the phone for emphasis when angry with someone, it just hasn’t the same effect as hitting the off button. Hold your horses has been around forever, along with roll down your window. Now they just slide down when you push a button, and most people I know do not have horses anymore. I think this modern age has taken some of the fun out of life. A new 2015/2016 season starts for
the Bulkley Valley Concert Association. Season tickets are available until Oct. 1 at Mountain Eagle Books for $80. Individual tickets on sale Sept. 25: adult $25, senior $20 and youth $16. All performances are at the Della Herman Theatre. The first performance is Quartetto Gelato, blending classical music with their trademark theatrical flair. Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. Seen on a very distinctive camper van with Arizona plates, “this is not a slow moving van; this is a fast moving house”. The Glenwood Women’s Institute has begun planning for their annual Bazaar. It will be at the newly renovated Glenwood Hall on the Telkwa High Road. We have many small business people who have signed on: It Works Global, Mary Kay, Origami Owl, Kreativ Jewellery, Steeped Tea, Discovery Toys, Scentsy, Jewellery and Accessories, to name a few. Entry fee is $5 and that includes lunch. Oct. 24 from noon to 3 p.m. Recently read in a magazine a discussion about hemlines. One fact, woman are supposed to abandon mini-dresses after the age of 35. A second
advice columnist said 45. The numbers are from another time, like being once told by nuns (I won’t say how many years ago) that if you were going to sit on a boy’s lap you needed to place seven thicknesses of newspaper on his lap before you sat there. Not sure what that would do, perhaps tons of laughter as you find the newspapers and then count out the sheets. The 2015 Fall Smithers Film Series is arriving 7 p.m. every second Sunday at the Roi Theatre. The first one will have already played on Sept. 13 but the second one is Sept. 27: Mr. Holmes (UK). As described, Mr. Holmes focuses on the man behind the mysteries, and while it may lack Baker Street thrills, it more than compensates with tenderly wrought, well-acted drama. McKellen excels, switching effortlessly between the reclusive beekeeper with a faltering memory and the elegant younger detective at the height of his powers. Closing with: “Just don’t give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” — Ella Fitzgerald
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Yong Zhao is one of the world’s leading thinkers regarding globalization and the transformation of education systems. His critical examination of education will provoke varied responses from the audience, but all will be captivated by his belief in the talents of every child. Photo submitted
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THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE
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The annual drive for the Smithers Salvation Army Food Bank is this Saturday. Volunteers are collecting unopened, non-perishable food items left in bags on doorsteps with flyers handed out by volunteers in Smithers and Telkwa this week. Volunteers ask that the bags be on the doorsteps by 9:30 a.m. They will not be ringing doorbells. They also do not solicit financial donations. The food drive is sponsored by High Road Services Society, Safeway, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and GPAR Inc.
Council mulls Blue Dot declaration By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News
Council will vote on whether it should adopt the eight points laid out by the David Suzuki Foundation’s Blue Dot Project. A delegation at last Tuesday’s council urged council to adopt the Rights to a Healthy Environment points. They said it was the project’s goal to enshrine them in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The local group supporting the project had collected 155 pledges as of last week. The delegation also encouraged council to support the proposal at the Union of B.C. Municipalities meeting next week. Wording of the declaration came after consultation
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with Chief John Ridsdale (Namoks) from the Office of the Wet’suwet’en, a level of aboriginal participation the delegation described as unique. “We can’t live without clean air, water and soil. What about our children and grandchildren? What’s more important than that?” implored delegate Cindy Savage, pointing out to council that Vanderhoof is already on board. Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach said he would be supporting the declaration. “I don’t believe a statement of values like the resolution we’ve been presented with precludes tough decisions that involve trade-offs,” said Bachrach when asked about how it would affect decisions like the approval of the NewPro pellet plant that members of the Blue Dot Project opposed. “In many ways I think it’s a no-brainer,” said Bachrach.
SMALL BUSINESS TASK FORCE (Member Vacancy) The Town of Smithers is looking to fill five member vacancy positions on the newly created Small Business Task Force. The purpose of the Small Business Task Force is to review the Town of Smithers’ current processes and regulations affecting small business development and to recommend to Town Council changes that would improve the overall business environment and support the objectives of the Town’s Official Community Plan. Special emphasis will be placed on the following topic areas: • Processes • Standards • Evaluation The Small Business Task Force is to be made up of five members of the local business community selected from different sectors of the local economy (retail, financial services, property development, hospitality, etc.); as well as the Mayor and one Councillor, a representative from the Smithers District Chamber of Commerce, and Town of Smithers Staff. If you are interested in participating on the Small Business Task Force, please complete an application available at the Town Office (1027 Aldous Street) or online (www.smithers.ca) to Susan Bassett, Acting Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Smithers, Box 879, 1027 Aldous Street, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0. A complete Terms of Reference is available from the Town Office or online. All applications must be received no later than 4:30 pm on Friday, October 2, 2015.
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An apple a day ... with the peel on of course
SPICE OF LIFE Brenda Mallory I’m a bit rough in many ways. I won’t give you all the sordid details but I can tell you how it goes as far as cooking is concerned. First off, I seldom cook. I just don’t like it. This of course has to bring me to apples. Are you following this? Those of us who have apple trees have been loaded down with a lot of fruit. I prefer to just eat apples from the trees but since there were so many and no bear to share with I decided to make some chutney. I looked up a few recipes. All told me I had to peel all those apples then dice them. I don’t know if I have ever peeled an apple. Why would I? We all know that the peel of the apple contains a good portion of the nutrients. The peel has lots of fibre, vitamin
C, antioxidants, vitamin A and much more. So what do we do? Take off the peel and discard it. The peel has cancer prevention benefits, helps with breathing problems. That is of course if you eat the skin. Eating the peel also helps protect the memory. So I ask are you still peeling an apple? So there you have it, this old gal with too much apple preparing to make a chutney. I chopped up a big heap of apples, threw it in a big pot. Found some rhubarb in the freezer- threw that in. Big chunks of onion were added, some ginger, cinnamon, apple cider vinegar, raisins, nutmeg and pepper. Next comes the sugar. The recipe called for a lot of it. White and brown if I pleased. I added enough brown sugar to make the chutney a bit sweeter. Enough water to keep things fluid while on the boil. And boil it did. By the end of the process I had a few containers of cherry red chutney. Not too sweet, a bit chunky — just right. Chutney goes well in a meat or cheese sandwich. I had some that very day with brown rice. Thinking about apple peels being
discarded reminded me of my mother who would take peel or carrot tops, potato peel and other vegetable stuff not for the dinner table, boil it all and there you have it: vegetable broth for the next day’s soup. Back to apples for a minute. I notice the grocery store had a good price on orchard run apples. Perfect time to consider all those apple recipes. Apple sauce, apple butter, jelly etc. If you are
overwhelmed with too many apples, give them away, or make something easy for you to do. Don’t peel the apples! Unless of course you are making something where a bit of peel might look out of place. So, from this lady who is rough and living the same way I thank you for your idea suggestions this past week. Some came to 250-8465095 and others came by email to mallory@ bulkley.net.
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Smithers shows pride with rainbow crosswalk By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News
Smithers will wear new stripes as a town that accepts and supports the LGBT community after council voted to paint a rainbow crosswalk on Main Street last week. Council voted to paint the intersection of Main Street and Second Avenue with the iconic rainbow, which symbolizes pride and diversity in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities (LGBTQ). Smithers is the latest northern community to adopt the symbol, with Terrace and Prince Rupert having already voted in favour of installing them. Kelowna and Victoria already have them. Canada’s first permanent rainbow crosswalks were painted at the corner of Davie and Bute Streets in Vancouver in 2013. Last week’s decision to bring the concept to Smithers was made at the suggestion of local woman Anna Zeigler. In a letter to council, she
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suggested a rainbow crosswalk would make the town more welcoming. “I think having a rainbow crosswalk would show our visitors and local alike that everyone, no matter who they are, will be greeted with respect, equality and love; that they do not have to be afraid to be who they are,” she wrote in the letter. Zeigler told The Interior News she hoped the rainbow would symbolize more than just acceptance and diversity of the LGBTQ community. “I think the rainbow should be more of a symbol of all colours of humans, be it where you are from, what you identify as, as well as sexual orientation,” she said. “I think having the rainbow there shows that Smithers, here you are free to be whoever you are.” Zeigler praised town council for adopting the idea despite the potential for backlash. She hoped anyone opposed to the crosswalk would adopt her motto to “treat others who you would like to be treated”.
“I just think it’s brave for people who are different from the “norm” to live every day in a predominantly heterosexual world,” said Zeigler. “It may have taken guts for me to write this letter but it has nothing on the amount of courage and bravery it takes for someone to live every day as their true self.” Mayor Taylor Bachrach said putting a rainbow crosswalk in the heart of the town showed Smithers was serious about its message. “The rainbow crosswalk has come to symbolize a community that embraces diversity particularly when it comes to LGBTQ people and I can’t think of a more important message to send the world than one that says Smithers is a place where people can feel safe and included,” he said. Councillors Frank Wray and Shelley Browne, who voted against the crosswalk, raised questions about the cost of maintenance and whether the crosswalk put too much emphasis on one cause. Bachrach said the cost would depend on the type of paint and design but he believes the cost will
be reasonable. “Local government is about making decisions about where you invest resources and the other night at council, this is the area we chose to invest a fairly modest amount of resources, just like we invest in other aspects of making our town attractive and safe,” he said. Perry Rath is the teacher support for the Gender Sexuality Alliance at Smithers Secondary School. Created locally in 2007, the GSA is a social, support and advocacy group for students who are questioning their sexuality or gender identity. Rath said members of the group had also been planning to write to council suggesting they install a rainbow crosswalk. “Seeing that even Terrace over the summer accepted that they would have a rainbow crosswalk, that was like, ‘Okay, we’ve got to make one happen here’,” said Rath. He said students were excited about having a visual symbol of
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acceptance of diversity in their town, although there were some concerns. “Some alumni who were part of the GSA years ago who have since graduated have wondered whether our town is ready for it,” said Rath. “They are just worried about people understanding it and respecting it but I think to have it is important as a visual symbol.” Ray Lam is the executive director of the Vancouver Pride Society, which created the original rainbow crosswalk in partnership with the City of Vancouver. He believes the idea is gaining popularity across Canada because it a quick way of showing support. Lam said the crosswalk was a form of public art which could raise awareness about what the rainbow symbolizes. “That’s kind of one of the reasons we put the intersection in, to remind people that the flag has meaning, the colours have different meanings and it is a symbol for the LGBT community and equality and not just a logo,” he said.
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Blast from the past with Back to the Future By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News
A big crowd turned Bovill Square into a makeshift cinema during the SkyHi Outdoor Movie Night on Friday.
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About 500 people were transported to the past by the 1985 classic Back to the Future at the SkyHi Outdoor Movie Night on Friday. A cool evening wasn’t enough to deter movie-goers embracing the chance to watch a film under the stars. Using their own chairs, the crowd made a makeshift cinema which filled Bovill Square. Mayor Taylor Bachrach used his Facebook page to thank the sponsors and organizers of the event. He credited Mark deHoog and Steve Taylor for the picture and sound and Sharon Carrington for the popcorn. BV Credit Union, BV Insurance, BV Museum, Edmison Mehr, Investors Group, Nature’s Pantry, Smithers District Chamber of Commerce, FCM Financial (Sunlife), Tourism Smithers, Rayz and Valhalla Pure were among the event sponsors. Mayor Bachrach also thanked Art Buchanan for providing movies and letting the event use the name SkyHi, which belonged to Smithers’ former outdoor cinema. The next movie night is expected to be held during spring but the film has not been chosen.
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INVITATION TO TENDER
LED Street Light Changeover Contract # 2015-11 Tenders for the "LED Street Light Changeover - Contract #2015-11" will be received by the Town of Smithers up to 2:00 p.m. Tuesday September 29, 2015. The general scope of work for this contract is the removal of existing high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlight luminaries and supply and installation of new LED streetlight luminaries on all existing ornamental light standards. Works include the following: • • • •
Remove and dispose of existing ornamental streetlight luminaries; Complete lighting design of all streets/roadways with ornamental light standards to Town standards; Supply and install of new LED luminaries on ornamental light standards, including rewiring and bonding/grounding; All work to be in accordance with Canadian Electrical Code, Part 2 (CSA/A22.1 latest addition).
Tender documents are available at the Town Office or electronically on the Town's website or BC Bid at no charge but with the requirement to register. A pre-tender meeting will be held at 10:30am on September 22, 2015 at the Town office. The meeting is non-mandatory, but all interested contractors are encouraged to attend. All Tenders must be submitted to the Director of Development Services in an envelope, sealed and clearly marked "LED Street Light Changeover - Contract #2015-11”. Bidders shall sign the Declaration and attach it to the outside of the envelope. Tenders shall be accompanied by a Tender Security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Total Tender Price, payable to the Town of Smithers. Tenders will be publicly opened at the above stated time in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Office. All materially compliant Tenders will be examined as to their sufficiency and submitted to Town Council for consideration. The Town of Smithers reserves the right to waive informalities in or reject any or all Tenders or to accept the tender deemed most favourable in the interest of the Town. The Town's Purchasing Policy shall apply. The lowest or any Tender may not necessarily be accepted. Questions with regard to the tender documents shall be directed to: Development Services Town of Smithers 1027 Aldous Street, P.O. Box 879 Smithers, B.C. V0J 2N0 Phone (250) 847-1600 Fax (250) 847-1601
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C OMMUNITY RDBN to hold cardboard ban education campaign By Andrea Currie Black Press
Janine Dougall, director of environmental services for the Regional District of Buckley-Nechako, discussed the recently announced plan to ban cardboard from all waste regional transfer stations last week. Dougall reiterated the reasoning behind the decision: to promote waste reduction, and to create demand for local recycling and waste management businesses. The
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official launch date for the ban has been changed to July 1, adjusted from Jan. 1, which was altered due to unforeseen challenges. Dougall wanted to reassure the business sector that there are already multiple providers of cardboard recycling, both regionally and locally, and the next step for the regional district is to create a list of these services in order to make local businesses aware of their options. Smithers and Area Recycling Society president Earnie Harding said when the
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ban was first announced he was worried about the strain it would put on the recycling depot. According to Dougall, the bottom line is that the taxpayer will have to pay for it “through either recycling or landfill development.” Dougall believes that the longer the district can prolong the life of the landfills, the better it is for all taxpayers. “If we see less garbage going into landfills we see cost savings directly,” she said. Dougall added in response during a Burns Lake council meeting last week
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that any cost savings would be passed on to the taxpayer or allocated to additional services. Burns Lake council also brought up the issue of enforcement. Dougall said that still needs to be worked out. “Potentially there will be a fine or you’ll be turned around or something of that nature,” she said. However, Dougall wants to conduct a positive education/awareness campaign that helps create an arrangement residents are happy to participate in. “We don’t want to be nasty about it.”
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Country living, log home, 5 acres Self-contained 1 bdrm inlaw suite Covered deck, garden, creek View of Round Lake & mountains
Ron & Charlie
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2.31 acres just 13 min from town 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom log home Many outbuildings, landscaped/treed Unlimited hiking trails
Sandra Hinchliffe
$192,500
mls n248269
Excellent location In hill section of Smithers Very well maintained Big 99x125 lot
Sandra Hinchliffe
$389,000
mls n248468
Solid 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom home New roof shingles & windows View of Babine Lake Garage, storage shed, greenhouse
Jantina Meints
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Brand new ranch style home Wheel chair friendly 2 bdrm, 2 bathroom, open floor plan Opportunity exists to covert to office
Peter Lund
$287,000
mls n244412
Rare opportunity Bulkley Riverfront property 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home Many upgrades
Kiesha Matthews
$459,000
mls n247122
$270,900
#8 - 3278 Park Place
3245 Turner Way
1971 Dominion Street
1314 Main Street
18634 Kerr Rd (Old Quick School)
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3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms Double paved drive, covered carport New roof 2012, stainless appliances Wheel chair ramp, fenced yard
Donna & Peter
mls n247002
4/5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Floors above ground, concrete dw 10 years young, Willowvale Sub. Fenced backyard, perimeter trail
Donna Grudgfield
$299,900
D L O
mls n247381
3326 sq ft, 5 level split 4 bdrms, 3 bathrooms, gas fireplace New carpets, slate tool table incl Double garage, RV parking
Donna Grudgfield
$379,900
mls n243369
Thriving Restaurant & Steakhouse 86 seat capacity Prime Main Street location Well maintained. Lease available
Donna & Leo
$398,500
mls n4507517
7123 square foot, one level building 5 acres, level and landscaped Would make a good residence 4 classrooms, 3 bathrooms, gym
Donna & Leo
$259,900
mls n4507311
Attractive 5 bdrm + den, 3 bathroom Master on main, big games room up Large fenced yard, space for RV www.smithershomes.com
Ron Lapadat
$89,000-109,000
mls n244411
$347,000
11846 Old Babine Lake Road
7800 Fir Road, Telkwa
224 Viewmount Road
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Whistler Road
3763 First Avenue
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Cute 3 bdrm, 2 bathroom log home Location on private 5 acres 18x46 heated shop with office area www.smithershomes.com
Ron Lapadat
mls n242384
Neat & tidy 3 bdrm, 2 bath home Sunny 5 acre view location Fenced lawn, gardens, fruit trees www.smithershomes.com
Ron Lapadat
$379,000
mls n247379
7.5 acres, fenced & x-fenced, view Drilled well, outbuildings 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, large rooms www.realestatesmithers.com
Leo Lubbers
$349,500
mls n246359
2 bedrooms, 2 bathroom condo Walk-in closet, ensuite, n/g fireplace Low strata fee, close to mail/shops www.realestatesmithers.com
Leo Lubbers
$349,500
mls n247697
Last 3 lots on Whistler Road Close to town and wilderness Great access to biking & skiing 5.06-8.92 acres in size
Sandra Hinchliffe
$284,500
Great business opportunity Turn key Owner will train the new buyer C.O.B. Bike Shop
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$399,000
8652 Nouch Frontage Road
Lot 2 Hwy 16, South Hazelton
21286 Walcott Road, Telkwa
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3843 Fourth Avenue
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5 acre view location, close to town Solid 4 bdrm log home, big sundeck Double garage, shop, Quonset, barn Great family home/hobby farm
Ron & Charlie
mls n246920
Spectacular 104 acre view property Treed, nature trails, large creek 2800 sq ft home built to lock-up Totally private setting
Ron & Charlie
$329,900
mls n227137
Perfect 37 acre horse property Hand hewn log ranch house Main home 1775 sf, 2nd home 988 sf Horse arena, barn, shop
Ron & Charlie
$285,000
mls n245151
Country home, 1080 sf, 2 bedroom Pristine setting, 5 min to town Vaulted ceilings, rock fireplace Open design ,detached sauna
Charlie McClary
$364,900
mls n248159
Industrial M-2 bare land site Great location on 2.41 acres Water at site line, septic required Access off Victoria/Fulton Drive
Charlie McClary
$229,000
mls n236530
4000 sf, zoned C-1A Ground level, separate meters Central downtown location 2 leased spaces
Karen & Leo
$139,900
mls n4507509
$354,000
2712 Tatlow Road
5716 Morris Road
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7060 Cedar Road
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Karen Benson
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Peter Lund Res. 847-3435
10.68 acres, fenced/x-fenced Updated mobile with addition Drilled well, new appliances Gardens, greenhouse, shop
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Donna Grudgfield Cell. 847-1228
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Leo Lubbers Cell. 847-1292
4 bdrm, 3 bath custom built home Large lot, partially fenced 3,162 s.f. garage, sundeck Fam&rec room, great neighborhood
Karen Benson
Ron Lapadat Cell. 847-0335
mls n246602
900 sq ft well-built and clean home 2.23 acres, 8 minutes from town 2 bedrooms, full basement Quick possession
Jantina Meints
Sandra Hinchliffe Cell. 847-0725
mls n247645
Charlie McClary Cell. 877-1770
Affordable country living, 4.6 acres 1995 2 bdrm mobile, mud room Close to town, trail to river Partially fenced, vaulted ceilings
Jantina Meints
Karen Benson Cell. 847-0548
Great family home on 5 acres 4 bdrm, 3 bath, office,large rec room Double garage, large sundeck, osbe Beautiful view of Hudson Bay Mtn
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Kiesha Matthews Cell. 876-8420
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Search yields no trace of Lester Sampson By Chris Gareau Hazeltons/Interior News
Search and rescue teams from Houston, Smithers, Terrace and Kitimat, Hazelton RCMP, and family and friends have yet to locate missing Glen Vowell man Lester Sampson. RCMP said the 57-year-old was last seen at the Hazelton Area Visitor Centre near Highway 16 on Aug. 25 between 10 a.m. and noon. Police and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans searched by helicopter and boat in the days after he was reported missing but found no trace of him. Bulkley Valley Search and Rescue out of Smithers was joined by Houston Search and Rescue Friday to help local police and friends and relatives search the areas around the visitor centre and Old Hazelton. “We started our meeting at 9 this morning with the RCMP to get all our facts in a row,” said friend Robert Austin. Search and rescue teams from Smithers and Houston were out all day to no avail. A team from Kitimat was also called in to help. The official search ended Saturday
Lester Sampson
evening after two intense days of looking and mapping all the areas already walked through by searchers.. Houston RCMP Staff Sgt. Antonio Hernandez said police are following up on any leads they can get. “If you had any encounters with Lester prior to him going missing, if there’s
Robert Austin, Pearl Dominic, Darrien Austin-Dominic, Merle Green, Lester Sampson’s brother Lloyd Sampson and brother-in-law Mel Azar have been searching for Lester since Aug. 25. Chris Gareau photo anything that kind of stood out, anything out of the ordinary that you may not have thought of being pertinent at the time, call our office. We’ll action every tip that we have as best as we can,” said Hernandez. The public in the Hazelton area is being urged to search their land and any outbuildings on their property.
Family are worried because they said Sampson has never disappeared for such a long time without letting anyone know where he was. “We’ve searched the Hazeltons and checked all the trails. We’re just going over it again,” said concerned brother-in-law Mel Azar.
Madii Lii plans legal action By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News
Gitxsan hereditary chiefs from the Luutkudziiwus house group are fundraising to take the provincial government to court for approving the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline. Luutkudziiwus leaders have set up a cabin at the road entrance to Madii Lii territory, which is northeast of Hazelton, to block crews working on the PRGT pipeline. The TransCanada structure would carry natural gas 900 kilometres from northeast B.C. to Prince Rupert, where it would be processed at the proposed Pacific North West LNG terminal run by Progress Energy Canada. The project has already been approved by the B.C. government but it still needs federal environmental approval to proceed.
Luutkudziiwus spokesperson Richard Wright said the judicial review was a strategic move aimed at cancelling permits. “We are taking the government to court over the lack of consultation, the inadequate baseline information presented, the weak and subjective impact assessment, the current cumulative effects from past development, and the massive infringement of our Aboriginal rights,” he said. The fundraising campaign has collected $18,000 of the $60,000 they need to cover the legal costs of filing a judicial review. Members of the house group travelled to Prince Rupert on the weekend to join Lax Kw’alaams hereditary chiefs, who are occupying land on the proposed site of the Pacific North West LNG terminal. “Our Madii Lii territory is on the pipeline route, and their Lelu Island territory is on the terminal site,” said Gitxsan hereditary chief Luutkudziiwus, Members of the Gitxsan Luutkudziiwus house travelled to Prince Rupert last weekend to show to support for members of the Lax Kw’alaams band who are whose English name is Charlie Wright. occupying the proposed site for the Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal. “We have both said no.”
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By Alicia Bridges Hazeltons/Interior News
The Hazeltons will have more full-time paramedics with a wider range of skills when BC Emergency Health Service launches a new pilot program aimed at filling gaps in local health care. Earlier this year the BCEHS announced it was launching the community paramedicine program, which expands the role of paramedics to include basic, non-urgent medical care. Based on a model which has been successful in other provinces and internationally, the program gives paramedics the skills to work in clinics or provide home visits for regular health monitoring. Hazelton is one of three communities where the program is being piloted, along with Fort St. James and Chetwynd. Hazelton chief paramedic Patti Thompson is working with Northern Health and other services to get the program started locally. Thompson is currently the only fulltime paramedic in the Hazeltons, where she manages a team of about 20 part-time workers. She said one of the program goals was to help retain more staff by offering more fulltime jobs. “It’s so hard to retain paramedics in the rural and remote areas so with this kind of training, yes, there will be full-time positions put out,” she said. Thompson was not sure how many new positions would be created but said local paramedics were excited about the change. She has been consulting with First Nations health services, the RCMP and Northern Health to ensure the program does not overlap existing services. So far, she has received
positive feedback about the program. Thompson has high hopes for what it can bring to the Hazeltons. “This is so exciting for me because it’s a proactive approach to our job and instead of just reacting to going to that 911 call we are actually getting out there,” she said. “We’re looking to find the gaps in our health care system and we are trying to bridge the gaps that are identified in a patient’s health care plan.” Vulnerable people such as the elderly and chronically sick will benefit most from the program, said Thompson. She said it would help stop those people slipping through gaps in the system by providing more regular care. It will also target people who are “familiar faces” in hospital emergency rooms. “These are the people that are coming into emergency on a regular basis and quite often what they need is not necessarily an emergency room setting but they need something,” she said. “It’s just one more little thing we can put in to the health care plan to sort of bridge that gap and hopefully alleviate a little bit of weight on the emergency rooms.” Northern Health, which runs Hazelton’s Wrinch Memorial Hospital in partnership with the United Church Health Services, said it was still in discussions with BCEHS about how the program could help improve local health care. “We understand they are in the planning process and beginning to hire staff for the program,” said spokesperson Jonathon Dyck. “We continue to engage in discussion about how the community paramedicine program can help enhance health care services in the first three communities it will be implemented, including Hazelton.”
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