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Resident seeks cleaner entrance to town Cameron Orr Kitimat Council has been encouraged by a resident to make sure the highway in to Kitimat from the Snowflake sign gets cleaned up. Such work, as the presenter acknowledged, is not done by the municipality but rather is the domain of the Ministry of Transportations contractor for the highway. Even so the resident, Ted Bergen, says the town can play a role in cleaning it up, in what Bergen says is the absence of action by the contractor. Bergen said he spoke with someone from the highway contractor last year and was told garbage is picked up every three to four months. “I don’t really think this is accurate,” wrote Bergen to Kitimat Council. A representative for the highway contractor Nechako Northcoast was not immediately available to comment. Bergen said he’d be willing to work with the town to “at least try to keep our city limits looking like something we are proud of.” Bergen also referred to the work of volunteer groups who had taken to the road to clean up trash on the highway up to Cablecar, saying that such clean-up events collected almost 200 bags of garbage from the Snowflake to the town site. Kitimat Council took in the letter for information and gave staff direction to send the letter also to
the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. The Council also did contemplate their potential role in cleaning up the highway. Mario Feldhoff recalled how the District pays for a person to help maintain cleanliness on the riverbank. “Whether or not we need to have somebody like that helping us with the entrance to town, it may be a solution there,” he said. Chief Administrative Officer Warren Waycheshen said that some communities do have regular volunteer groups doing clean up but cautioned that the town should talk to the contractor before the town looks to pursue that avenue. “The one thing I would somewhat caution with this one is we wouldn’t want to be having a downloading of provincial responsibilities, to us to be paying for that,” he said. Rob Goffinet added that the town could look at ways to cut down on garbage before it becomes litter, reacting to Mary Murphy’s recollection of an earlier attempt by council to create a bylaw on properly securing loads to the landfill. Feldhoff sided with the CAO on the matter though, saying he didn’t want council duplicating laws of other levels of government. “I for one don’t want to replicate what is already law,” he said.
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A Kitimat resident says there’s too much trash on the way in to town and wants the council to do something to clean up the entrance from the Snowflake sign onwards. The municipality maintains the roads only from Kitamaat Village Road onwards in to town. Cameron Orr
Things need addressing in new curriculum Cameron Orr The President of the Kitimat District Teachers Association says planned changes to the provincial kindergarten to grade nine curriculum are actually mostly good, however the main concerns are over its implementation. “I think there’s some really good elements in it...but I’m actually quite concerned about the resources that are going to be put in place to support the new curriculum,” said KDTA President Kim Meyer. “Honestly, I don’t see any resources being put in place to support the curriculum.” She said without an investment in resources to put the new curriculum in to service things like classroom textbooks will suddenly find themselves out of date of the material they’re teaching. The content itself doesn’t appear to
be a problem to her though. “What I think is fabulous is there is supposed to be First Nations studies throughout the K-12, as opposed to just a smattering here and there,” she said. But again, implementation will be key. “I think that’s really, really good news. But not being a First Nations person, where am I going to get that information? I have no way of teaching that which I don’t know.” She said teachers are working with the school board to set in-service plans and find ways to get the resourcs needed. “So far our school board appears to be on board in the implementation because it’s not being implemented this year,” she said. Some school district’s in the province have pushed to put it in effect this year but the new curriculum is
planned to be phased in over three years. The Sentinel sent a media inquiry to a Kitimat school board trustee but a response was prepared instead by the school district’s superintendent, Katherine McIntosh. “The new curriculum provides engaging opportunities for students to go deeper with their learning based on their passions and interests. Our schools and district will support our teachers with their implementation during the year. We are excited about the changes coming to all levels of our system,” she wrote. In response to follow-up questions about its implementation, she only said that “Implementation plans will be determined by our District Implementation Committee which is a partnership between the CMSD82 administration and CMTF.”
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Police Beat
Learner driver stopped for pot possession September 8 A lost wallet was turned in to officers at the RCMP detachment which had been found by a resident. The wallet had the owner’s identification and was returned to a happy and surprised person. September 9 An out-of-town resident called the RCMP on a report that their partner in Kitimat was potentially causing a disturbance and destroying their shared property. Police investigated and found no such thing taking place. The caller was apologetic to police for involving them in a false report.
September 10 Police and paramedics investigated a report of an intoxicated person. When RCMP arrived they say they recognized the person and the person was released to the police by paramedics and was taken to a home where a sober person was there to care for them. September 12 A landlord gave an unspecified complaint to RCMP regarding the payment of rent from a hire property manager. Police told the landlord this file would be a civil rather than criminal file and was advised to contact the Residential Tenancy Branch.
An officer on patrol noticed a vehicle that did not come to a complete stop at a stop sign and initiated a traffic stop. The Learners Class driver admitted to the officer to having recently consumed marijuana and was in possession of a medium-sized amount. The driver was given a 24-hour prohibition from driving and issued a ticket. The vehicle was towed and the drugs were seized for destruction. Anyone with information on these or other crimes in Kitimat are encouraged to call the RCMP at 250-732-7111, or call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Police are asking the public for information in regards to an incident where a dog was left to die in a diaper box in the woods near the Copper River east of Thornhill. “We estimate the dog had been left for at least two days. He was still alive, but barely. He had been left to die in the woods in a box,” says Cst Aaron Muzzerall of the RCMP’s West Pacific Traffic Services section based in Terrace, B.C. The dog was severely dehydrated and suffering from an eye infection. The vet also discovered other health complications. In the end, the decision was made to have the dog euthanized, said Terrace RCMP in a statement. “An animal should never be treated this badly and have to suffer like this. Owning a pet comes with it a responsibility to take care of it,” the statement continued. If you have information about this crime contact the Terrace RCMP at 250-638-7400.
Wage B.C.’s minimum wage has risen 20 cents to $10.45 an hour, the first annual increase since the provincial government tied it to the B.C. consumer price index. It’s the first increase since 2012, when the wage was increased to $10.25. For restaurant and pub servers, the minimum wage rises from $9 to $9.20. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond has said the discount from the general minimum wage will remain at $1.25 to account for tips. Meanwhile the NDP labour critic Shane Simpson called the increase “dismal” and “paltry.”
Town to look into Vista Village complaint Cameron Orr The District of Kitimat is treating the presentation at a recent council meeting regarding the condition of the property at Vista Village Trailer Park as an official complaint and will move forward on standard complaint investigation policies. Although the concerns were brought up in a public council meeting by a trailer park resident and a member of the Kitimat Housing Resource Project, Chief Administrative Officer Warren Waycheshen took an opportunity to tell councillors that in usual cases the town will not voluntarily disclose who made complaints against persons or homeowners as a matter of policy. As of the September 14 Committee of the Whole meeting staff had not yet conducted any investigation, as they were awaiting council’s review of the plan before moving ahead. That delay as well was due to the public nature of the
“Vista Village has no intention of closing the park.” complaint and otherwise complaints would not usually be shared at a public meeting for council’s review. The options of the District to investigate complaints can be to either refer to another agency (as an example the Ministry of Environment could be one), to issue a ticket under the Municipal Tickets program, court-ordered enforcement, or remedial action as outlined under the Community Charter. A report to council emphasizes that the fact that the town will investigate a complaint at Vista Village does not suggest that any violations have actually occurred, just that they will look in to it. The outline of the complaint is that the owner of Vista Village has been storing old oil tanks on Vista Village property which may be degrading the ground and could potentially
impact drinking water. Such assessment was made following a letter sent to residents from an environmental firm hired by the park, warning against oil leaking from vehicles. The representative for Vista Village Michael Gemmiti responded to the concerns put forward at the council meeting, saying the letters from the firm on oil leakages “were given to protect the park’s infrastructure, not as a precursor to evictions,” as was suggested by Paul Lagace at the September 8 meeting. “The assertion that the letters indicate an avenue for future eviction notices is actually just an avenue for Lagace to put himself in front of council, yet again,” said Gemmiti. “Could the letter result in eviction notices? Only in an extremely lengthy and unlikely process.”
That process, he says, would be for a tenant having to ignore the warning letter, forcing Vista Village to apply to the Residential Tenancy Board for an order to force the tenant to fix the issue, then the tenant would have to ignore that order to fix the problem. At that point the park could issue a one-month eviction notice, he said. As for the oil tanks in question on the property owned by the park owner, he said “Vista Village informs me that there are old tanks but they have been empty for years with no oil. Vista Village has been trying to get the salvage people from Terrace to remove them but they have been too busy and that Vista Village’s tanks were too small of a load for them to take. It will continue to look into properly disposing the empty tanks.” As for if the park would welcome any review by the Ministry of Environment, which was an avenue suggested by Lagace at the council meet-
Traffic jams from paving just a reality of the work says manager Cameron Orr The manager of Terrace Paving, the contractor in charge of the road work that has been taking place in Kitimat over the past several weeks has said the lengthy delays for motorists is simply a fact of day-time work. He said the alternative would be nighttime paving which would come to a larger cost to the taxpayer. Terrace Paving Manager Mirko Rutar said the work was really a race against the weather given that such work is normally done earlier in the summer but the municipal strike caused delays through the season. “Normally it would be nice not to work in to the rush hour but if your timing is such that you have to get work done with the weather being a factor, so be it,” he said. He also noted the work is done far faster these days than in years passed due to a new asphalt plant in Kitimat, taking a job that would take two weeks worth of work and compressing it to under one week. The subject of traffic control emerged as Kitimatians had to deal with lengthy delays from Haisla Bridge to the City Centre. The community frustration effectively came to a head on Monday, September 14, as people waiting to leave the Service Centre had to wait upwards of an hour, some say. Among those who said their wait was an hour is city councillor Mario Feldhoff, who encouraged District of Kitimat staff at the September 14
Committee of the Whole meeting to speak to Terrace Paving to ensure the proper practices are in place to spare unnecessary waiting in the future. Rutar said based on conversations with his staff he’s not sure that an hour would have passed for Feldhoff waiting in traffic, but did support the traffic control plans that were in place. “Nothing is perfect from a traffic control point of view,” he said, saying the work involves coordinating a lot of people that are constantly moving, in this case, through three town intersections. Rutar also says motorists themselves need to shoulder some of the responsibility. “People don’t help,” he said. “People go through the site in the morning and they still go back at lunch. Why wouldn’t you take a bagged lunch that day? All my people did...Some common sense sometimes does not prevail.” The company was waiting for another day of good weather to wrap up the bulk of the remaining work, and would also work on some minor patching around town too. Rutar said he has spoken with the District of Kitimat and feels assured the staff don’t see problems. “I’ve had discussions with the District, they’re not overly concerned about it,” he said about traffic control. “They understand. Short term pain for long-term gain.” Traffic control is managed by Terrace Paving but the flaggers themselves belong to a subcontractor, he said.
ing, Gemmiti said they wouldn’t. “It is odd that Kitimat Council is taking steps to investigate this issue on the basis of some pictures and pure speculation without first contacting Vista Village,” he said. Finally, as to the suggestion that Vista Village may be intending to shut down, that is also not the case. “Vista Village has no intention of closing the park and has never made a single comment to the contrary. It appears to Vista Village that the only person making this assertion is Paul Lagace and his intentions for doing so are unknown,” he said. “It is distressing to many long term residents of Vista Village that this false accusation and many others
are being told to Kitimat Council and to the press.” He said that starting last year “a socalled homeowners’ association made up of a few tenants” has taken aggressive stances “to the detriment of other tenants.” “Some long term tenants now fear walking in what they thought was a safe park all these years because of a couple of tenants that do not want to follow the park rules or their tenancy agreements. The long term tenants complain to management that they have been living happily in the park for many years and never had a problem until the association started attacking the management of the park over the past year.”
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UBCM chance for lobbying This week some of our council and top District of Kitimat administrators will be in the Lower Mainland for the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities conference. It’s perhaps not the most exciting of events to ever take place. But if it’ll grab your attention just think of it as the local government playoffs. For us in the north, we gather at the North Central Local Government Association, pass motions which we think are worthwhile for the big show in the south, UBCM, where among the various motions and policy directions by local governments, the provincial government makes a show too, and our mayors and councillors get a chance to, as it were, lobby our concerns to the top people. Long story short, it’s the chance for a community like Kitimat to speak to a government minister and say how the town’s been, and what needs improving. And more specifically how the province can help. I can think of some things that are worth a conversation at the moment. In fact I could imagine the minister of transportation and infrastructure could easily spend a few hours with Kitimat. To start off, because it’s the freshest subject, garbage collection on the highway. Is enough being done to keep the place clean by the ministry’s contractor? In the grand scheme of things that might take a second place though to things like bridge crossings. The recent road work in Kitimat proved that we’re always a few hold ups away from a traffic shut down. With one way in to town, something stopping traffic on the bridge can have big implications, safety wise and economically too. Then there’s the Resource Benefits Alliance, and a provincial government who, it appeared at least a few weeks ago, hadn’t really engaged them to forge a path. UBCM is the best place to finally corner whoever would be in charge of that. Get the minister in charge of LNG development at a table and figure out a plan for communities like Kitimat to prepare for a future of further construction.Which incidently includes a look at our bridge, I’m sure. And while we’re at it we should ask someone about that planned redesigned intersection that had been announced a month or two ago. Minister Todd Stone said the work would be done before the close of the year. But with the slow pace of work on just repaving our roads due to the season, I’m wondering if that Kitamaat Village intersection work was too optimistic for 2015? Cameron Orr
An interesting run against the courts Under Miscellaneous
The Stephen Harper government, since attaining its majority in the 2011 federal election, has pursued a fairly extreme small “c” conservative agenda with its lawmaking and numerous times that it has found itself in the Supreme Court of Canada defending its laws, mostly on the basis of constitutional legality and to its continued chagrin the courts have overturned laws with a certain amount of regularity. One wonders, with all the acclaimed talent on the government benches and in its legal support group, why this government can so frequently adopt laws unacceptable to the courts when challenged. It just doesn’t seem to make sense that the government continues to fight off opposition objections in the House, enact laws, have them passed by the Senate, only to find the courts blocking their objectives. It points to the regular failure of the government to listen to any other elected Canadians, or even the opinions of the public, despite millions of dollars spent in political polling. The most recent rejection came
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just last week when the Federal Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that struck down a ban on women wearing niqabs at citizenship ceremonies. Three justices on the Federal Court of Appeal, in a ruling from the bench, said they wanted to rule now so the woman at the centre of the case could take her citizenship oath and vote in the federal election on Oct. 19. For the feds this was the latest in a seemingly unending series of power-destroying negative rulings since 2013, when the court found Canada’s prostitution laws outdated and unconstitutional and ordered the Harper Government to draw up new ones. A few months later, the Tories’ response was a heavy duty package of
laws that effectively kept prostitution illegal anyway. The 9-0 court decision gave the government a year to enact a new statute, which resulted in Bill C-36 being enacted the following November. Many legal experts expect the new law will also face constitutional challenge. No one as yet has any idea of the overall final cost. In June last year the highest court determined that a federal ban on nondried marijuana extracts for medical use is also unconstitutional. The Supreme Court’s invalidation of medicinal marijuana regulations again emphasized the court’s refusal to uphold government legal measures which it believes reflect “a total disconnect between a law’s professed positive aims and its Charter-violating effects.” Yet Another example was Canada (Attorney General) v. PHS Community Services Society [2011] which invalidated the Harper government’s refusal to exempt a Vancouver safe injection site from drug possession laws.
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Meal planning for our spiritual nutrition John 6: 35, “Jesus said, ‘I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will not hunger and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” Most of us can’t imagine not having freezers and pantry’s full of food and yet we grumble and complain. We are so easily discontented. We can stand in front of a closet full of clothes and say, “I don’t have anything to wear.” We can stand in
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content, but it never works. The problem is that discontent isn’t a matter of the physical realm. Discontent stems from a spiritual vacuum. It is an insatiable emptiness that gnaws away at your insides when you don’t have the food that satisfies your soul. What we really need food for our soul, and that soul food is Jesus Christ. In the verse above, Jesus had just finished feeding the 5,000 with a boy’s small lunch From the Pulpit Redeemer Lutheran Church
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front of an open freezer and say, “I can’t think of anything to make for supper.” And so we try to satisfy this discontent by filling up our lives with more stuff. We think if we just have that new job or that new car, or if we have the right social circle then we will be happy and
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and stopped to explain something to the crowds that were following Him. They didn’t get it. They didn’t want to make Jesus their heavenly King, they wanted to make Him their Bread King. They had just seen Him perform a great miracle and they wanted more where that came from. And so Jesus said to them, “Truly I say unto you, the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. They said,
“Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me, shall not thirst.” This bread of life is Christ’s body given for you on Calvary’s cross. It is the Spiritual food we receive by being in God’s Word, reading His promise of forgiveness and salvation to us and then digesting what those promises mean to us. It is the sweet communion of prayer with our
Creator, and it is living in the forgiveness and eternal life won for us on the cross by Christ through simple repentant faith in Him. If you are ever tempted to question God’s faithfulness, just turn to Romans 8:32, “He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all…how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?” How could God not watch over those He has made His own dear children through
the blood of His own Son? How could God not provide for those who have become heirs of eternal life with His One and only Son? We have more than just our daily bread to convince us that God is gracious and faithful to us. We have Jesus. God provides both for our physical and our spiritual needs in His Son Jesus Christ and through Him, we are satisfied for this life and for all eternity. Amen.
Courts Continued from page 4 When Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to appoint a Federal Court of Canada judge, Marc Nadon, to fill a Quebec seat on the Supreme Court of Canada, this too was deemed unconstitutional, this time creating serious public embarrassment for the Government. Similarly the Supreme Court struck down mandatory minimum sentence legislation as well as Canada’s ban on doctor-assisted death, a practice opposed by the Conservative government. In another case, the court ruled that a Conservative government law taking away early parole from nonviolent, first-time offenders could not be imposed retroactively. Anyway, as you can see, it goes on and on. For reasons that have recently become increasingly clear, Mr. Harper also set his sights in limiting Senate power through measures such as elections or term limits for senators. Once again the Supreme Court intervened with government
plans in November, last year when it opined that the Prime Minister couldn’t do anything to the Senate without the assent of all provinces. The eventual aim of banishing the Senate outright, the court said, would require a vote of unanimity from the provinces, deemed highly unlikely by most Canadians. With a firm election date looming there was not time for anything this complicated to be started. However, this could be interesting if Mr. Mulcair becomes PM, because he has promised to eliminate the Senate, so we could expect this to come up again in this eventuality. How long Mr. Harper’s government will continue to spat on a regular basis with the Supreme Court will of course be determined by the results of the Oct. 19 general election, but some of Mr. Mulcair’s plans can be expected equally to involve a process with the SCC so this kind of non-TV entertainment can be expected to continue for some time, no matter what the result.
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ROI pushing ahead on LNG housing Cameron Orr ROI Land Investments is pressing ahead in developing their townhouse and apartment complex in Kitimat. ROI is the company behind the planned redevelopment at what was the Alexander Townhouses. The site was cleared of buildings over the summer as they anticipate construction to begin in earnest next year. The company acquired the 170,000 square feet land at the end of 2014 and will consist of 84 apartments and nine townhouses. In a letter to shareholders, ROI President Philippe Germain said the development ties in well to Kitimat potentially facing a housing shortage. “Similar to Terrace, the area around Kitimat is facing a noteworthy housing shortage due to the tremendous economic and population growth related to the construction of a number of LNG facilities in British Columbia,” he wrote. The ROI development has an agreement with LNG Canada to provide 35 apartments. That agreement
was made in May. “LNG Canada intends to lease these units for its workforce over a five year period,” continued Germain.
“The first phase of the project, which calls for 36 apartments and nine townhouses, is expected to be completed in May 2016.” LNG Canada has
also entered an agreement for beds at the Civeo accomodation in the Strawberry Meadows area. LNG Canada didn’t have any spe-
cific comment about their housing needs over the next year but the company has said that if there is a positive final investment decision for the proj-
ect that the non-local construction workforce would be housed in a dedicated worker accomodation village, located in the industrial part of Kitimat.
“LNG Canada intends to lease these units for its workforce over a five year period”
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Area photographer Allan Colton was kind enough to let us print this photo he took — and shared on his Facebook page Allan’s Photos — of two bears who he cheekily referred to as kissing, although the bears’ true activities were likely not engaging in a smooch. Colton said the picture was taken in the Kitimat region.
Council backs GasLink pipe Kitimat Council has already endorsed the LNG Canada project, and now they have added their support to the pipeline which would supply it. TransCanada had asked the District of Kitimat for a letter of support for the Coastal GasLink pipeline, as part of the company’s process as they work towards a final investment decision, says a report to council from District staff. “There is very limited opposition to the project, and many Aboriginal communities, local businesses, other local governments, and individuals support this project,” continue the report, prepared by the District’s Economic Development Office. “This project, along with other proposed LNG projects, will bring significant benefits to Kitimat.” The natural gas pipeline has worked out a number of project agreements along its route with Aboriginal communities, but still faces opposition from the Unis’tot’en clan. The group has blocked attempts by company officials to enter the territory, and has held up work enough that the company has actually altered their proposed route. GasLink is a proposed 48-inch pipe that runs 670km from the Dawson Creek area. In Terrace the city voted to withhold their own letter of support until after they could meet with the provincial government over revenue sharing agreements. Terrace Mayor Carol Leclerc called it a tactical move: “This is a strategic move to hold the province’s feet to the fire,” she told the Terrace Standard paper.
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September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Sometimes it takes a personal touch to set someone off on a path to do good. For Michel Voyer, it was his grandfather.
family’s experience, and wouldn’t be able to fund the research She also encourages people to seek helps get the message out and support programs that have made out the support they need. to people who might not a difference to so many,” said Berry. “While the prognosis for prostate know. Berry also points out the things to cancer is quite good, many men will celebrate in cancer research. That message being struggle with the short and long term you should be sure to “There’s a lot of good news to effects of both treatment and the have yourself checked celebrate when it comes to prostate disease itself. The Canadian Cancer out. Colorectal cancer cancer. Thanks to continued Society’s support programs allow and prostate are the two advancements in both detection patients and their loved ones to talk leading cancer types for and treatment, the survival rate to an informed specialist or to even men, and it’s worth while is extremely high. Despite these speak with a volunteer that’s gone to get checked out when successes, prostate cancer remains through a similar experience with Voyer has, for the past two you hit 40. Even earlier the most common cancer among cancer. If you or someone you care years, been Kitimat’s Relay Michel Voyer still if you have a family Canadian men, which is why the about is facing a recent diagnosis, I’d for Life head organizer. The history. Voyer says there Canadian Cancer Society and the encourage you to learn more about the Relay for Life is the annual are indicators that there’s a Relay for Life will continue to fund ways we can help by calling 1-888fundraiser, in Kitimat held on the better chance you can develop cancer research into this disease,” she said. 939-3333 or visiting us at cancer.ca.” track field of Mount Elizabeth Middle like this if it’s in your family line. Secondary School. As for the future of Kitimat’s Relay, the The annual event raises hundreds of Canadian Cancer Society is keeping thousands of dollars for the Canadian their eyes open for a new person to » There will be an estimated 24,000 diagnoses of prostate cancer in Cancer Society. carry the torch. Voyer has found a lot of of positives Canada in 2015 – about 24% of all new cancer cases in men. The Community Giving Coordinator from his time heading the event, but » Prostate cancer usually grows slowly and can often be completely based in Terrace, Amanda Berry, is the his time has run out. key local contact, and anyone with an removed or managed successfully. He’s attached to the Rio Tinto Alcan interest in signing up for the task can » Over 95% of men will survive at least 5 years beyond a diagnosis of modernization project, and with his job give her a call at 250-631-9227, or prostate cancer, which is much higher than the overall cancer survival in Kitimat ending he’ll be heading back email aberry@bc.cancer.ca. rate of 63%. home to Quebec. Voyer said the role actually isn’t as » Catching it early is the key to success. As you approach 50, talk to He found it was a good way to meet time-intensive as it may suggest, and your doctor about testing. people and organizing events was the rewards might give back more » If you notice changes or pain in urination or ejaculation, see your rewarding for him. Not to mention just than the role takes. doctor. the overall good personal experience Berry herself is quick to point to you get from doing these things. » Risk increases with age and family history of prostate cancer. Given the value of volunteers like Voyer in He might never have had gotten Canada’s aging and growing population, we expect to see a large building on successes in the cancer involved if it wasn’t for his grandfather field. increase in prostate cancer cases over the next 15 years. developing colorectal cancer. “Without volunteers like Michel, we His grandfather eventually died Help create ...donate. We proudly support from complications relating to it but the experience brought S ATE National Prostate Cancer PROST CANCERAWARENES NATIONAL to the forefront the Awareness Month PROSTATE CANCER value of giving back Month AWARENESS MONTH to the community. Heavy Transport Voyer said being Commercial & Residential involved in cancer 322 - 323 City Centre RV & Boat Storage Serving Kitimat and Terrace tel 250.632.3200 • Kitimat@McElhanney.com fundraising also www.dialnorder.ca 202-4644 Lazelle Ave • Terrace • Fax 250-638-0054 www.McElhanney.com builds off of his own 2131 Forest Ave. Kitimat Construction • Commercial • Residential
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As per section 403 of the Local Government Act, unless the Delinquent Taxes and interest thereon are paid before September 25, 2015, a Tax Sale will be held in the Municipal Council Chambers, Northwest Community College 606 Mountainview Square, Kitimat, BC, at 10:00 am, September 28, 2015, for the disposition of the following property: RANGE 5, COAST DISTRICT, KITIMAT, BC ROLL NUMBER BLOCK LOT PLAN CIVIC ADDRESS 410.130 41 13 3393 1415 Albatross Ave 690.130 69 13 3496 47 Finch St 1110.010 111 1 3615 80 White. St 1140.040 114 4 3637 90 Whittlesey St 1800.563 180 63 10032 18 Hallman St 2270.160 227 16 3593 65 Kechika St 2567.016 16 SP 3 7-486 Quatsino Blvd As per section 252 of the Community Charter, unless the outstanding property taxes are paid by September 28, 2015, taxes accruing to the following manufactured homes may be subject to levy by legal remedy of distress: ROLL NUMBER 2200.030 2200.110 2200.310 2200.321 2200.440 2200.450 2200.460 2200.481 70000.390 70000.530 70001.010 70001.100 70001.240 70001.570
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September 21 Christ the King Parish Bereavement Ministry Committee will be sponsoring “Connecting Each Other With Hope�, a six-week grief support group for adults. Sessions run 7 to 9 p.m. Open to all, regardless of religious affiliation. To register or find out more call Lidia at 250-632-6292 or Susana at 250-632-2215. Ongoing PRAYER CANADA. We meet each week on Tuesdays 12 noon to 1 p.m. For location and further information please call 250-632-4554. Or email lesleykitimat@hotmail.com. Do you or someone you know have bladder cancer? You’re not alone. It’s the 5th most common cancer in Canada. Bladder Cancer Canada is here to help... or just to talk. In Kitimat, call Glen Sevigny at 250-632-3486. Or emailglensevigny@ gmail.com. HOSPICE: Do you have a couple of hours a month to make phone calls, plant flowers, share memories, play cards, etc.? Hospice can provide you with excellent training. Call us now at 250632-2278. KITIMAT LADIES AUXILIARY, Branch 250 hold regular meetings every second Thursday of the month. More information by calling Nancy at 250-632-4051, or Lyn at 250-632-2351. FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY To join, contact Luce Gauthier at lucegauthier10@gmail. com or Virginia Charron @ vcharron@kitimatpubliclibrary.org or call 250-632-8985. KITIMAT QUILTERS GUILD: If you are interested in joining the Kitimat Quilters Guild please contact Aileen Ponter at 250-632-6225 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387 for further information. THE KITIMAT POTTERY GUILD meets every Thursday in the Riverlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Interested in playing with clay? All experience levels welcome. For more information call Anne at 250-632-3318. THE KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY offers the highly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Please register for this free program. HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Center. They welcome families throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older siblings welcome). Come meet other parents and infants over light refreshments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more information call 250-632-3144. CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FunSpot drop-in for children aged birth to 5 years with caregivers. Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays 10 am- 12 pm. Fridays are now a combined drop-in/ multicultural playgroup. All are welcome to attend. Contact 250-632-3144 for more information. KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other fibre? For more information phone Maureen 250-6325444. KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total confidentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016. AGLOW of Kitimat - All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For information phone Brenda at 250-632-1616. DO YOU HAVE DIABETES? Individual and group counseling. For more info call 250-6328313 during operating hours - Wednesdays 8:00 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - or leave message on our voice mail. We are located on the second floor of the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support offices.
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Kitimat ladies golf results 53 on a countback 1st low net - Barb Thomas - 38.5 2nd low net - Esther Pretulac - 39 B Flight 1st low gross Cheri Seppala - 57 2nd low gross -
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