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Trailer park plan pitch for Riverbrook Cameron Orr The wheels are in motion to approve a 70-unit mobile home park in Kitimat. Leonard Kerkhoff of Kerkhoff Construction, who is behind the development of a number of properties in Kitimat, presented the plan to Kitimat Council on November 16. The plan would adjoin the existing proposal for a townhouse complex called Riverbrook Estates which will be in an area behind Nadina and Liard Streets. Council has so far accepted the application for discussion and it is also going to the Advisory Planning Commission for review. While any ultimate approvals lay in the future, Councillor Larry Walker did indicate his concern over traffic that would be generated in such a facility. He said using an average of 1.5 cars per household there would be 100 vehicles coming and going from the site each day, on top of the traffic from the Riverbrook development. All traffic would go through Nadina and Liard Streets. “I don’t think I’d want to live on either one of those streets because it will become a zoo,” said Walker. But Kerkhoff said he’s had the traffic carefully analyzed by a professional firm who say traffic will be very manageable with everything developed. “They say that all these roads are more than adequate,” he said. “That’s their professional opinion...I rely on them.” Continued on page 6

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be a problem. The pit’s first phase is at the property’s southernmost area which is a further distance than the landfill even. Existing haul roads will also be used to manage dust and there will be no more trucks operating with the pit than there is with today’s operations. Cable Car resident John Pozsgay, also owner of John’s Contracting, in turn presented council with a letter that included 131 signatures of Cable Car residents concerned with the project, and said that the impacts of traffic on the highway from the project should be a concern to anybody who uses Highway 37S. It wasn’t all opposition though. A resident of Chinook Street, Tim Algor, said he’s not worried about noise from the project as his property is quite close to the landfill and he rarely has trouble with noise from there. He also had confidence in the company itself to manage any issues. That support however was tempered by more opposition, from Cable Car resident Lucy Beattie who emphasized worry about road safety and limits to area recreation users. Continued on page 2

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Cameron Orr The Kitimat RCMP say they are reviewing camera footage and are still investigating the incident where a pedestrian was hit and seriously hurt near the Haisla/ Tsimshian Boulevard intersection. On November 12 a 47-year-old man crossing the road at around 7 a.m. was hit by a pick-up truck and was eventually flown

to Vancouver with life-threatening injuries. Police say that, as of Friday November 20, the person was still in critical condition. Police also explained that the driver of the pick-up, a 25-year-old, has been cooperating with their investigation too, and there has been no indication of intoxication.

With the investigation still ongoing, if anyone has information or saw the incident take place they are encouraged to contact the Kitimat RCMP at 250-632-7111. Police remind people to take caution with the shorter hours of the day and with the arrival of winter weather and snow.

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The idea of the rock quarry and borrow bit adjacent to Highway 37S has some specific concerns by area residents: 1) Traffic on the highway. With a 100km/h speed limit, will it impact safety having trucks entering the highway? (Speaking on behalf of the project, Jack Oviatt says the pit won’t mean any increase in traffic over what currently exists.) 2) Noise. Will the development and operation impact quality of life in Cable Car? (Oviatt says the area is far enough that noise won’t be an issue, plus the landscape will be used as a noise barrier too.) 3) Dust. Will air quality be impacted? (Oviatt says haul roads will be used with dust control management, including tarps on trucks. That said, John’s Contracting’s John Poszgay says tarping of trucks, including his, is very rarely enforced.) 4) Will this impact recreational access? (Oviatt says upgrades to haul roads will in fact improve access.)

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Continued from page 1 Poszgay said concerns over the pit remain even if the developer only opens the southernmost area. Later Mario Feldhoff, while debating what to do with the information, said that if the pit development was limited to just the south end’s phase one he’d be quicker to support it. Councillors voted to forward the community’s concerns off to the provincial government for consideration. While the Advisory Planning Commission had been forwarded the application for comment as well, the deadline for comment to the government was approaching before the APC could meet. The District of Kitimat already had the deadline extended to November 20 to allow the town to gather feedback. The District will get their chance again to review the project when it returns for a temporary commercial use permit. (TECUP)

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A report from the Fraser Institute says a court ruling earlier this year has the potential to put economic development at risk including existing operations in B.C., including the Rio Tinto aluminum smelter in Kitimat. File Photo

Fraser Institute says a court ruling puts smelter at risk Cameron Orr The Fraser Institute has declared a bold prediction that a ruling in an appeals court earlier this year will put economic development at risk in B.C., and specifically cited the Kitimat smelter as a project that’s put on rocky ground. The ruling by the BC Court of Appeals grants permission to the Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Nations to level a lawsuit against Rio Tinto relating to allegations of environmental damage from their Kenney Dam near Vanderhoof. The author of the Fraser Institute’s report, Ravina Bains, says this ruling opens the gates for First Nations to sue private companies, where in the past First Nations could only take the government to court. It’s a ruling, they say, that risks current and future

projects in the province. Bains says in particular it can cause issues if cases drag out as others have for decades. “If you end up having these litigation cases on Aboriginal title between private companies and First Nations that go on for decades, that could put an impact on the project in question.” A survey by the Fraser Institute, she said, found that uncertainty over land claim was a big impediment in the mining sector. She adds that under the ruling First Nations have to prove Aboriginal title through the individual cases but it also creates questions as to whether the government will acknowledge the title established in the individual case or if First Nations would have to re-litigate against the government.

Bains’ report suggests that judges should also consider the economic impacts of their rulings as well, which she wrote would provide more clarity on title issues. Rio Tinto declined comment on the Fraser Institute’s publication due to it being a third-party independent report. We also sought comment from Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross, however Ross was unavailable for a statement last week. As reported in the October 21 Sentinel, the suit in issue here relates to the flow of water in the Nechako River, which is affected by the company’s Kenney dam. The Canadian Press had reported the nations said the dam breaches their rights to the waterway and were seeking damages for property-rights violations.

Refinery proposal looks to oil by rail Cameron Orr The proponent of the Kitimat Clean oil refinery David Black says he’s coming around on the idea of supplying his proposed refinery by rail. Black, who is also Chairman of Black Press and who owns this newspaper, said he’s been persuaded on the safety of oil by rail for two main reasons: the consistency of oil in a rail car is far different, and safer, than in a pipeline, and it reduces costs associated with providing a diluent. Bitumen oil, he said, is a fairly solid substance that requires diluent material to pump it in a pipeline. In a rail car it just has to be heated to be poured in and then reheated at the other end to enter the refinery. For the journey the material is so solid that he said in the case of any derailment of the train there’s a good chance the bitumen might not even leak out of the rail car. “As it cools a few

degrees it sets like wax,” he said. “That’s what you’re shipping. If there’s a derailment it’s not going to run out of the car.” Oil by rail was not always in his plans though. “I lived in Williams Lake for 10 years beside the rail line and I knew how many derailments there were continually. It’s just an ongoing fact of life in the rail business,” he said. “So I thought this could be a disaster.” But he said consultations have changed his mind. He said the bitumen has to be heated to 60C to be poured in to rail cars. When it arrives at the refinery, steam coils built in to the cars are connected to live steam to loosen it again allowing it to be poured out. “It could go by pipe too, but rail, in many ways, is simpler.” He told a gathering at a Rotary Club meeting in Surrey last

week that he expects six trains a day would run every four hours. As for the overall game plan for the refinery, he says he

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Tinker trailer, zoning try There’s a double whammy of community conversation at the moment, between the proposed rock quarry near the landfill and Cable Car, and a new zoning application to build a manufactured home park next to the Riverbrook development behind Liard and Nadina streets. For the rock pit plan it’s hard to take any concrete position since I don’t live in Cable Car, but the concern for traffic I think is the big one. I understand that traffic in general, especially speed, is a big concern along the highway in that area. Aside from the pit itself, this may be the time the ministry needs to really take a hard look at reducing the speed limit in the area. As much as I might side with some that going 100km/h as far as we can is nice, I can bite the bullet if it means better safety on the road. But hey, a new trailer park proposal. Lets talk about that. I asked our social media followers about the plan when I saw it coming up to council. Kerkhoff Construction is proposing the mobile home park next to their other development, Riverbrook Estates, behind Nadina and Liard Streets. Feelings were mixed, some saying if it means more affordable housing then great, others saying it’s just more oversupply in a market that needs no more development. I for one think a new trailer park is not a bad idea. Sure there’s a limit, but manufactured homes are an affordable way for people to have their own homes, and certainly there are people who are not comfortable in some of the existing locations. But even today rents remain quite high, even if they have tapered somewhat since last year. And owning detached homes comes with a high price tag too. The people who dedicate time to housing matters in Kitimat have consistently said that Kitimat doesn’t just need more housing, it needs more diversity of housing. We’ve seen townhouse complexes being built over the last few years, and apartment complexes are going up at Haisla Town Centre (even if they are, for now, leased out to specific companies.) Allowing a manufactured home park to be built seems to follow along with the housing needs of the community. The town may not necessarily need more of certain kinds of housing, but my sense is that a new development of a park will be welcome by those who’d use it. Cameron Orr

Tracking election promises online I’m not sure everything has been told about the Paris attacks and the other big evolving and complicated story on Canada’s efforts to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees from camps in Lebanon or Turkey. This happens a lot faster and more continuously than can be covered by a weekly column. But one thing is sure, writing this on November 19, exactly a month after the October election, as Rick Mercer pointed out in one of his famous rants, “the honeymoon is over for new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.” He has a lot of work to do and a lot of people are watching. Some are watching more closely than others. I came across a new website through Google called “Trudeaumetre.” Its author identifies himself as the administrator, Dom Bernard. “I started this website because I felt it was a great time to do it. After almost 10 years of Conservatives

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in Ottawa, we now have a brand new government in power. This is a big change, and on the campaign trail big changes were promised. Everyone pays close attention before voting day, but what about what happens after that? What about the next weeks, months, years?’ Bernard wonders. Trudeaumetre he insists is a nonpartisan collaborative citizen initiative that tracks his performance with regards to his electoral program. I like the look of it because it outlines each of the Liberal government promises emerging from the campaign, some 184 of them. Each

is broken down in segments - culture, economy, environment, government, immigration, indigenous people and security - and clearly each is connected in one way or another to all of the others. Reading the site, it indicates that in its first 16 days in office, the Liberal government has not started on 171 of its promises, but has made a start on 10 of them and has actually achieved three. Not bad, I suppose, considering the hectic state of the world in the same period of time and Mr. Trudeau’s intimidating travel schedule to date. The site says these have been achieved: revocation of rules and regulation to muzzle scientists allowing them to speak freely about their work, a return to the mandatory long form census, and to achieve a cabinet with an equal number of male and female representatives. Continued on page 5

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A person’s last words reflect themselves were, “How were the receipts at Madison square gardens today” Humphrey Bogart said, “I never should have switched from Scotch to Martinis,” and Winston Churchill said, “I’m bored with it all” and with that he died. Tw o - t h o u s a n d years ago, a man on a cross dying for the sins of the world said some words that reveals something about Himself and what was the most important thing to Him; What He said was, “Father forgive them, they know not what they do.”

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to simply whip someone. No, they embedded small bits of metal and glass into the leather to cause maximum damage. This is what they did to Jesus. Then they jammed a crown of thorns onto His head so that the thorns would embed in His scalp and cause blood to run down His face. And yet His last words were of forgiveness. So what do you think you or I would do in the hour of man’s worst treatment of us? Would we pray for their forgiveness?

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Pastor Clint Magnus The person we are speaking of is of course Jesus Christ and it shouldn’t surprise us that forgiveness was on His mind just before He died. It’s the reason He gave up His throne in heaven and came to this Earth, to pay the penalty that our sin demands so that we

might be forgiven, but it is still remarkable that He would say this as He died. To say Jesus was treated like a common criminal is an understatement. He was beaten with a cat o’ nine tails. The cat o’ nine tails was another lovely Roman invention. It wasn’t enough

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Rethink Canada’s Syrian refugee plan Dear Sir, The federal government should seriously reconsider the moratorium on oil tankers in the Northwest and instead look at a moratorium on the refugees from Syria. It is utter folly to allow 25,000 refugees into our country without strenuous vetting especially since it has been documented that sleepers are being infiltrated with the refugees.

Personally, I think the sensible solution would be to use the money that would have been spent on supporting the refugees, on setting up refugee camps and setting up training facilities to arm and train the males to re-enter Syria and fight for their country. We expected nothing less from our fathers and grandfathers 76 years ago. Sincerely, Kenneth MacAulay

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Continued from page 4 There’s apparently a lot of public interest in the website with more than 2,000 public comments to date on the various elements of the Liberal program. As with regular media, which has been blitzed with similar comments, the immigration promise to bring 25,000 Syrian migrants to Canada, has attracted the most comment. As with day-to-day media the comments run the gamut rom objectionable to fawning, depending on your point of view on this issue. I’ve bookmarked this site and will return to it from time to time to see how it evaluates the government’s progress. Hopefully it will develop and expand into a deeper evaluation tool, but we shall see. However it has only been a month and public reaction to some of his “in progress” issues have been loud and often aggressive. Such as the promise to pull out of actively bombing ISIS in favour of a larger training role, which will put more Canadian military on the ground in the danger zone and has not been universally hailed by Canadians since the Paris terrorist attacks. Or the plan to reverse Canada Post’s objective of establishing community mail boxes across Canada, a sore point with many. Others started: cancel the Northen Gateway Pipeline, popular on some fronts but certainly not in struggling Alberta; reopen maritime rescue facilities in St. John’s and in Kitsilano, B.C.; end the process to buy F-35 aircraft to replace CF-18s; launch a national public hearing for missing and murdered aboriginal women; legalize marijuana and amend the criminal code and design a new system to sell and distribute marijuana; and follow recommendations of the Cohen Commission to restore sockeye salmon to the Fraser River. I will be watching this site to monitor government progress in conjunction with my usual political reading.

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Likely not. It really shows us that Jesus is who He says He is doesn’t it? Only God can love like that. The truth is, you and I are only here today because Jesus prayed that prayer 2,000 years ago and God is still honoring it; and so for a time, forgiveness is God’s free gift to every

repentant heart. The price is paid, the feast is prepared, and God calls each one of us into the light of His salvation. May God bless each one of you with humble and repentant hearts as you gaze upon His Son who gave His life that you might be forgiven and receive eternal life. Amen.

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Con’t from page 1 The final details of the plan could also change, given a suggestion from Mayor Phil Germuth to include long-term recreational vehicle parking as part of the site design. Kerkhoff said it was a suggestion he could take back to the project’s partners. Another lingering question for the proposal is the land structure, as in will it be stratified or rental pads. Kerkhoff said the current leaning is to have it as strata but nothing was settled on that. Building the trailer park would require the removal of a no-build flood covenant on the site as well, due to its proximity to the dyke. Even with that removed a covenant would still be needed to build trailer sites elevated from the ground in defence of potential flooding in that area. The Ministry of Environment would also have to approve the removal of any flood covenant on the site. The proposal also received the endorsement of Paul Lagace of the Kitimat Housing Resource. “If there are strata lots as part of the amendment it could provide some security for other folks at the other two existing trailer parks if they wanted to transport,” he said.

Town sets temporary worker policies Cameron Orr Kitimat Council has taken in a staff report that details the community’s position on temporary workers. The report outlines various existing policies which serve to discourage as much as possible the hiring of non-local workers for various projects. The staff’s report notes that the town can’t in general restrict how a business runs their operation but the municipal code and the Official Community Plan does have some outlets for this subject. Through the OCP the town has encouraged workers who may arrive through a construction

phase to be converted to an operations employee, allowing them and their family to remain. That comes with making Kitimat a desirable location through services and facilities. Density bonuses with temporary housing zoning also means contributions by proponents into Kitimat’s own housing fund, in effect adding to the permanent stock in the community. The report also highlights that the community can get better direct benefit from workers housed away from an industrial site, which would likely mean use of Civeo’s or Horizon North’s camp, or leasing buildings as LNG Canada has done for locations in town.

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Black Con’t from page 3 It’s a two year process to get permits, and he said he’ll be seeking financing during that time too. “While we’re doing that I have to raise $100-$200 million to do all the rest of the preliminary engineering. I’ve done the first part, but the second part is more money than I have in my bank account.” Once financing and the review is done he said it will take up to six years to construct the facility.

At those estimates the refinery could potentially be running by 2023. Black also told the Surrey Rotary Club that the federal Liberal government’s move to formally ban crude

oil tankers from B.C.’s north coast means the Northern Gateway pipeline plan is “pretty much dead” but that shouldn’t block tanker exports of refined fuel, which would be less damaging than a spill

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Refugee status B.C. has been asked to take in 3,500 refugees from civil war and terrorist attacks in Syria and Iraq and is ready to do so, Premier Christy Clark says. “The federal government has asked us to welcome 3,500 refugees as part of this, and we’ve said yes, we think we can do that,” Clark said Wednesday. “We’ve set a million dollars aside and the federal government has also said they’re going to restore the resettlement funding that was cut not that long ago. “We are going to fund their children when they go to school, of course, and support them in finding the counselling services, the housing and general settlement services that they need.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stuck to his election commitment to bring 25,000 refugees into Canada by the end of December. But as logistical issues and security concerns have arisen, the deadline may be altered.

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Report shows local business perspectives Cameron Orr A report which formally breaks down the results of the District of Kitimat’s Business Walk has been released. Sixty-four businesses were surveyed on a number of questions which included if the business was growing, shrinking or holding steady, what their challenges are and what can be done to help businesses do better. An equal per cent of business owners say their business was growing or shrinking (34 per cent each) while 32 per cent say their business is holding steady. “Several respondents linked their outlook to major industrial projects such as the Rio Tinto modernization and liquefied natural gas early works,” the report states. Kitimat’s location easily took the top spot for the question of “what do you

“The District of Kitiwas to encourage local per cent also had interest in hand the District of in a community calendar Kitimat will be holding a mat intends to conduct shopping initiatives. Just nine per cent said to know in advance when Business Round Table dis- another Business Walk in that continued industrial community events were cussion this week to further 2016 to measure changes in follow up with interested the local business climate.” growth would “have a sig- taking place. the report concludes.” With these answers parties. nificantly positive impact on their business.” Five per Kitimat Concert Association cent of busipresents nesses said skills training initiatives would benefit them too. at 8:00 pm Tw e n t y per cent of reThrough dramatic dance, captivating narrative, intricately carved masks and elaborate regalia the sponses given Dancers of Damelahamid transform time and space, and on what inforbridge the ancient with a living tradition. mation business would UPCOMING CONCERTS like access to Sat., Apr. 9: Fri., Jan. 22: Fri., Feb. 12: Sat., Feb. 20: Fri., Mar. 4: say they want Seabrooke Peter N’ Chris - Christine Tassan and Les Ballet Jörgen: Sleeping Patricia Cano more inforPrepare for an Imposteurs - A four-woman Beauty - See the enchanting She will leave you Entertainment: The Eva Cassidy evening of riotous band playing gypsy jazz. story of Aurora and her breathless mation on Show humour. prince unfold on stage. construction projects, new Sponsored in part by: businesses and growth prospects. www.kitimatconcerts.ca E i g h t Performances at Mount Elizabeth Theatre, 1491 Kingfisher, Ave., Kitimat

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A return of census ability Cameron Orr Kitimat Council will pen a letter to the federal government thanking them for coming to their census. That is, the government has committed to returning the mandatory long-form census to Canada, which planners say is a crucial piece of data gathering. Kitimat’s own planning department, in past meetings, has reflected on how the loss of the long-form census has impacted their own data collection abilities. Director of Planning and Community Development Gwen Sewell told the Sentinel that losing the mandatory long-form meant the town lost data on people at the higher and lower ends of the socio-economic spectrum, which is a huge part of the community. It creates a response bias which makes planning issues challenging. For instance what are the incomes of these homes so the town can better understand what affordable housing

means in Kitimat, or what kind of housing may be most needed. It’s not just planning information either. Sewell says businesses rely on the information too, such as decisions on what stores to bring to Kitimat. Company’s may just see our 8,000-ish population but not know it’s full of highearning people. Even more, Sewell says “It’s not the quality of the data,” but the consistency. After 2011 when the format changed it made tracking trends very challenging. Mario Feldhoff did vote against dealing with anything long-form, including writing a letter, because he feels its a misplaced priority. “What upsets me is we have many...outstanding motions but have chosen to prioritize this,” noting that he had voted against past motions encouraging retention of the long-form census. “I personally believe our reliance on the data is overstated,” he said, saying it would not have helped

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Story of Kitimat reaches to Italy Cameron Orr The story of Kitimat is reaching far. Last year a group of students from Italy spent a week exploring and learning about our community first hand. The lesson continued with presentations in October about Kitimat to students in Italy itself. The presentation was led by John Allsop, who lived in

Kitimat for a time and is a key organizer to the cultural exchange program underway. A translation of an Italian newspaper’s article, written by di Maddalena Di tolla, describes the Italian students’ visit to Kitimat in 2014 through the Marie Curie Institute, a trip which focused largely on the issues that surround the Northern

Gateway project. Allsop liaised information on this region on behalf of some members of the Haisla. Haisla member Gerald Amos is expected to arrive to Pergine, Italy himself next Spring, along with a number of students from Kitimat. Allsop had presented a Haisla drum to the school in Italy.

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Rio Tinto wharf expansion still on Cameron Orr While the Kitimat Modernization Project may be all but done, it's not the end of Rio Tinto's plans in Kitimat. The company is still working their way through an environmental review process to extend their Terminal A, their shipping terminal for the aluminum smelter. It's a process that began June 2014 and the company is now awaiting final word from the BC Environmental Assessment Office "It's just a matter of when everything's complete and the BCEAO makes their decision," said Kevin Dobbin, Manager Communities and Media, BC Operations. Rio Tinto has held a series of open houses on the project

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which will increase the capacity of Terminal A, a result of a lease arrangement for LNG Canada with the company's other wharf, Terminal B, in Kitimat. As it is now, Terminal B is used for shipping out the smelter's metals but when an extended terminal is built, the company will use that single terminal for import and export purposes. The Ministry of Environment says the application is going through themselves and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for a decision. Once the application has been referred to the ministries there is a 45-day window for the ministers to make a decision.

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Umberto (Bert) Santucci September 09, 1944 – November 11, 2015

Bert passed away peacefully, with family members by his side, on November 11, 2015 at Kitimat General Hospital, after a very long and courageous battle with carcinoid syndrome (a rare form of cancer). Left to mourn him are his wife of 45 years, Karen; sons Zefferino and Neeno (Lisa); daughter Nika (Mike Sorensen); and grandchildren Trinity, Tristan, and Tiah. Bert was predeceased by his parents Zefferino and Guilia, brothers Domenico and Sebastiano, and sister Antonia Massari. He is survived by his brother Vincenzo, sisters Rosa Colangeli and Maria Genzale, and many nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews. Bert, at the age of 12, with his mother and sister Maria, emigrated from Navelli, Italy on November 09, 1956 aboard the “Conte Bianca Mano” heading to Canada to join his father in Kitimat. They arrived in Halifax on November 18 then traveled by train to Kitimat, arriving on November 23, 1956. He attended school in Kitimat and then went to Vancouver to become an Ironworker and Welder. Bert was a very proud and dedicated member of the Ironworkers Local 97 for 49 years and was still working at the age of 69. The family would like to thank Bert’s doctors: Dr. Huang, Dr. Johal, and Dr. Au, and the nurses at Kitimat General Hospital; Home Care Nurses: Aynsley, Ashley, Gloria, Debbie, and Sabine, and other caregivers over the past eight years. Thank you to friends and neighbours who sent cards, flowers, food, and their kind words of sympathy and support. A Celebration of Bert’s Life will heldNovember November21, 21,2015 2015 wasbeheld at 2pm in the Kitimat Legion Hall. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shrine Children’s Hospital, c/o Gizeh Shrine Center 3550 Wayburn Drive, Burnaby BC, V5G 3K9 or online at: www.bcshriners.com

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4 OUT OF 5 PEOPLE WITH DIABETES DIE OF HEART DISEASE.

First Canada, our nation's largest provider of bus passenger transportation, has openings in Kitimat for casual, on call, bus drivers. The outlook for increased working opportunities is favourable. Successful applicants will hold a Class 2 licence with Air, or higher, and will have previous professional driving experience. Drivers may need to drive transit or school buses and highway coaches. A clean Driver’s Abstract, background checks and drug testing are required. Current First Aid certification will be considered an asset. We offer a friendly, safe, respectful work environment. Retirees are welcome to apply.

Please mail, email or fax resume and Driver’s abstract to Mr. Philip Malnis, First Canada ULC, 780 Lahakas Blvd., Kitimat, BC V8C 1T9. Fax: 250-632-2154, email: Phil.Malnis@firstgroup.com An equal opportunity employer that values diversity.

Demons have a split weekend

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The Kitimat Ice Demons fell 7-3 to the Terrace River Kings in this November 13 match up on home ice. The Demons weren’t fazed going to the next day’s match against the Smithers Steelheads and took a 2-1 win. The Demons are in a three-way tie for standings with the Steelheads, and River Kings all with eight points. The Prince Rupert Rampage stands with nine points to top the West Division.

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Sports & Leisure

Kitimat’s Dumas selected to prospects camp Jason Cathers Sixteen-year-old Kitimat Marlin Swim Club swimmer Zachary Dumas has qualified and will be attending the 2015 Swim BC prospects camp in Kelowna. The camp is designed for the top 1416 year old boys and girls in the province to further their development in the sport towards national and international levels. Over the two days the swimmers will work on improving

their swim technique through world level coaching and videotaping. They will also have presentations in mental skills, nutrition and have a moti-

vational presentation from Canadian Olympic medalist swimmer Brett Hayden. Dumas qualified for the camp by being one of the top eight 16-year-old boys in the province. The camp selects the fastest sprint freestyle, distance freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke and individual medley 16-year-old swimmers in the province. It also selects two wild card swimmers for the next two fastest

16-year-olds regardless of stroke. With Dumas taking a bronze medal in the 400 meter individual medley and a top eight finish in the 200 meter IM at last summers BC provincial swim champs Dumas obtained one of the wildcard spots. Swim BC will provide $500 to help Dumas travel to the camp. Dumas had a breakthrough season in his swimming last season with many pool and regional records as well as many top eight

finishes at provincial champs and top 16 finishes at western nationals. Dumas is training hard this season and

for overall points at the first regional swim meet in the season in Prince Rupert last month.

looks to continue on his success from last season. He has already taken the gold medal

Business Roundtable JOIN US

Thursday, November 26 6:30 to 8:00 pm

Kitimat General Hospital Multipurpose Room RSVP: Economic Development, 250-632-8900, or email: rklukas@kitimat.ca As a follow-up to the 2015 Business Walk, the District of Kitimat Economic Development Department invites business owners to participate in a roundtable discussion on the findings from the walk and potential actionable items. Attendees are asked to review the Business Walk Report available at www.kitimat.ca prior to the meeting.

Big win for PeeWees

The Kitimat Midget Winterhawks put up a valiant effort against Prince Rupert’s Sealwolves the November 14 weekend in Kitimat. The Winterhawks made the Seawolves work for their victory in game one, with Prince Rupert barely taking it with a 5-4 victory. Game 2 was played on Sunday morning in Kitimat, and

it featured another tight game. Game two ended with 4-2 for the Seawolves as well. Prince Rupert was itching for this win as the Winterhawks handed Prince Rupert doublelosses earlier in October. - Files from William Gye, Northern View

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Chevron and Woodside are committed to protecting people, the environment and to being a good neighbour in communities where we work. We’d like to hear from you. Please join us for information on the proposed Kitimat LNG project and to share your thoughts and ideas with us. For more information please email KitimatLNGfeedback@chevron.com chevron.ca/KitimatLNG

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The Kitimat Winterhawks PeeWee rep team played in the Cliff Sharples Memorial tournament in Terrace October 23-25, and were victorious in the final game to win the tournament. Kitimat played Terrace in the first game and lost 8-4. In their second game Kitimat played Smithers and won the game 6-3. In their third game Kitimat beat Prince Rupert 6-2. This set up Kitimat to play Terrace again in the final game. Terrace scored in the first minute of the game to take an early lead, but Kitimat would come back and win the game 8-5. Goal scorers in that final game were, Phillip Tremblay with five, Chase Pacheco with two and Jack Poznikoff with one and Lucas Aiken with three assists. It was a total team effort with the kids taking care of their defensive zone first. The coaches were very proud of the kids for their dedication and work ethic throughout the tournament. Submitted