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North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice took B.C.’s Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick to task over the Canfisco salmon cannery operation closure announced last week saying 600 jobs will be lost. “As far as I understand right now, the company is in current review of how many jobs will actually be lost ... I understand that the issue of canned salmon is ... In this particular case, it’s because the market for canned salmon has come down. Hopefully the company can find other purposes, other uses for their employees,” said Min. Letnick. The minister then added that without his government saying yes to things like Site C, LNG and the expansion of agriculture and aquaculture, “where would we be in this province?” “The jobs at Canfisco are jobs that already exist, jobs that are already supporting real families. Tomorrow’s theoretical jobs will do nothing to pay today’s bills,” responded Rice. Earlier in November, Rice outlined the provincial jurisdiction and powers that Victoria holds in the Canfisco matter. “Interestingly enough, ocean fish and fishing is a federal jurisdiction when you’re talking about the ocean, but the processing
of fish is under provincial jurisdiction, so there is [sic] things that the province could do. The province could implement adjacency policies, so if you take a resource from an area, it needs to be processed or secondary manufacturing industry needs to occur in that area,” said Rice. “It’s really sad to see this unfold because it’s the same story that we have with the forestry industry. You look up and down Highway 16 and you see all these shuttered mills. Meanwhile we have logs going off to China to be processed ... So this is the same story, different resource.” On the federal side, Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen is looking over regulatory options to see if some of the cannery’s positions can be salvaged. “It was with extreme disappointment that I learned about the Canadian Fish Company’s (Canfisco) intention to shutter its canning operations in Prince Rupert ... I have already begun reviewing legislative and regulatory options for addressing systematic issues with the way fisheries are governed in British Columbia and on the North Coast. And over the coming days, I will be reaching out to Canfisco, the UFAWU, as well as the federal fisheries minister,” Cullen said. “In the long term I am committed to examining ways through which fishermen and fishing communities can exert greater
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control over this critical public resource.” In addition, UFAWU-Unifor is urging the federal government to revoke the Jim Pattison Group’s Canfisco fishing licence, since the company is unable to create good jobs with a majority control in the salmon industry. “Canadians own the resource, pure and simple,” Joie Warnock, UFAWU-Unifor’s
western director told CNW Group. “A corporate licence to fish Canadian waters is not a right, it is a privilege that comes with responsibilities to Canadians. If Jim Pattison Group is unwilling to create cannery jobs, these salmon licences can go to independent and First Nations fish harvesters, like most commercial fishing licences on the east coast.”
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A grand vision or just more dreams? “Lee Brain has incredible vision. Charles Hays, who died aboard the Titanic in 1912, had a vision too and that was to see Prince Rupert become a port city for the world. Lee has taken that vision up ... to ensure his community can achieve success.” - Premier Christy Clark in UBCM speech to delegates
City of Prince Rupert set to announce plans so massive they rival those of Charles Melville Hays BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
B.C. Premier Christy Clark provided the first hint that something was secretly going on behind closed doors at the City of Prince Rupert. Those paying close attention to Clark’s address to delegates at the Union of BC Municipalities conference in September may have picked up a hint of it with her glowing message of admiration of Prince Rupert’s
mayor and council. “Lee Brain has incredible vision. Charles Hays, who died aboard the Titanic in 1912, had a vision too and that was to see Prince Rupert become a port city for the world. Lee has taken that vision up ... to ensure his community can achieve success,” Premier Christy Clark said in her UBCM speech to delegates. However, the exact reason for the tribute was still thinly-veiled to what exactly Brain and city council have in mind for the North Coast city.
What they have planned for Prince Rupert, and what they pitched to Premier Clark, is the kind of think-big ideas reminscient of Charles Melville Hays in the late1800s and early-1900s. A Prince Rupert Northern View investigation led to an exclusive interview with Brain prior to the expected public announcement of Hays 2.0 on Thursday, Nov. 26. See HAYS 2.0 on Page A4
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“Prince Rupert is strategically positioned to be the next Panama Canal essentially, because you’ll be able to go atop the globe through the arctic ... It would make us nine days closer to Europe and that would open up a whole new opportunity of market that we haven’t possibly imagined for Prince Rupert,” -Mayor Lee Brain
PROLOGUE In what Mayor Brain is dubbing ‘Hays 2.0’, the City of Prince Rupert has been pitching a multi-faceted vision for the city that goes beyond even the recently-branded big-ticket ideas such as ‘Re:Build Rupert’ and ‘Re:Design Rupert’, though it involves those too. In fact, this vision reaches beyond restoring the muchmaligned waterfront access, a newer and more urban Third Avenue and downtown redesign, and it even reaches beyond the borders of Canada. Hays 2.0 is a 25-50 year vision that starts right now. At the crux of the multi-pronged vision for Prince Rupert is the opening up of the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea Route, due to receding glaciers and melting ice in the northern areas of the world. While not an entirely new concept, the City of Prince Rupert has compiled a number of projects together to position the idea, and the city’s strategic location in North America, as a central hub to global trade and the new routes that would create. Alaska plays a pivotal role in the plan, as does Re:Build Rupert (the City’s branded action plan to tackle its $288 million infrastructure deficit), Re:Design Rupert (the City’s branded action plan to engage the public as to what they’d want the city to look like in all areas of town with a potential industry boom in the area), 2030 Sustainable City (a yet-flushed out plan to balance burgeoning industry with environmentally sound practices and sustainable growth) and First Nations Partnerships. “Our question is that if 30 years from now both passages are more accessible and safe to use, would Prince Rupert be the ideal location to connect both these trading routes, since we are in the middle of both of them and are connected into the heartland of North America via rail and road?” Brain said. Many of the facets to the plan are exploratory ideas and simply connecting dots with Prince Rupert stakeholders to help switch the light bulb on in their heads, as opposed to solid, tangible plans just yet. THE NAME Hays 2.0 is of course a reference to Charles Hays, the former president of the Grand Trunk Railway and founder of Prince Rupert, who had a grand vision of making the city a part of a global trading network and a pivotal gateway to Canada. Hays died on the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, and with it, his vision for the city. Since then, Prince Rupert has experienced the rollercoaster of a resource-based economy, but Hays 2.0 is designed to tell the world that, in terms of investment, Prince Rupert is open for business. “Regardless of whether or not people buy into Hays [the man and vision] or not Hays, this is just about the upgrading of the original vision of Rupert as a community,” said
Mayor Brain. “This time it’s going to be more about inclusivity, economic diversity, sustainability and quality of life. So 2.0 is the modern spin of the upgraded version.” GLOBAL TRADE Prince Rupert’s port is well-known as North America’s deepest, natural ice-free harbour and the continent’s closest port to Asia by as many as three sailing days. Not only is the port closer to Asia than Vancouver or Los Angeles, but its connection to ship as well as rail and truck makes it an ideal strategic location for companies to ship reliably, efficiently
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and quickly. With a ‘Northern Sea Route’ (a passage north of Russia from Yokohama, Japan to Rotterdam in the Netherlands) and a ‘Northwest Passage’ (a passage from Rotterdam to North America’s west coast), Prince Rupert is geographically located smack dab in the middle of the two as a hub. The potential routes make a Prince Rupert hub nine days closer to Europe. “This is a huge, key piece with why Rupert is strategically located to be the Northern Passage hub. People say, ‘well, what about Alaska?’ They don’t have that rail connectivity like we do – that quick link-in. Over the next 20 years, we’re going to see a shift in how the global trading system works. “So, right now, you go all the way across the Atlantic, underneath and above, and around up to San Francisco [with the Northwest Passage alleviating that travel]. [On the second route] as ice recedes, you’re going to be able to go up through the Northern Sea Route, above Russia and then to Europe. Currently you’ve got to go all the way down and under the Panama Canal,” Brain explained. As ice-breaking ships become more common and cheaper to utilize, and the arctic glaciers begin to recede due to climate change, Prince Rupert becomes a major hub for trade activity. “One of the reasons that DP World has purchased the container facility is because they realize that we’re going to have to be the next Northern Passage gateway. So this is going to be a major game-changer globally. Prince Rupert is strategically positioned to be the next Panama Canal essentially, because you’ll be able to go atop the globe through the arctic ... It would make us nine days closer to
Europe and that would open up a whole new opportunity of market that we haven’t possibly imagined for Prince Rupert,” Mayor Brain continued. “[Efficient ice-breaking technology] is a couple decades away still, so this is looking way down the future, but what we’re trying to say to the world is ‘Look, because of these things, this is a place to come and invest in’ – because it’s gearing up for the later part of the 21st century – opportunities that people haven’t been able to see before.” While a record 30 ships made the trek across the Northwest Passage (NWP) in 2012 and 17 managed the feat in 2014 due to a short and cold summer, the science may still be out on the viability of the Northwest Passage. “The Global Climate Model’s predicting an ice-free Arctic by the middle of this century may lead many into a false sense of optimism regarding the ease of future shipping in the Canadian Arctic. Sea ice conditions are highly variable and there will still be summers of occasionally heavy ice conditions ... Future navigation in the NWP may see a blockage of the western NWP routes by the southern shift in pack ice and an increase in drifting [old ice] creating choke points in narrow channels PASSAGE and significant navigation hazards. It is important to remember that with our present imperfect ability to predict future impacts on Arctic sea ice, there are a number of plausible climate change scenarios,” reads “Shipping in the Canadian Arctic: Other Possible Climate Change Scenarios” by researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Meteorological Service of Canada and the Institute of Ocean Sciences.
ALASKAN CONNECTION – TSIMSHIAN ACCESS If Hays 2.0 is to be fully realized, an extremely close relationship will have to be cultivated and sustained with the state of Alaska. With a proposed Alaskan Trade Gateway linking a ferry and trade system with the American state and the Prince Rupert area, the City is pitching to the American and state governments that Prince Rupert is the ideal location to conduct international trade. “One of the things we’d love to be able to do is relocate the Alaskan Marine Highway system to Port Simpson, to be able to enable a much quicker link to the Alaskan peninsula. It’s a very costly situation right now for them to do that, plus we have federal trade barriers that don’t allow us to do business more efficiently with Alaskans,” Mayor Brain said. Currently Alaskan exports involve barging products all the way to Seattle, and sometimes back to Canada. “What’s the potential for the Alaskan economy, for example, to come and use Prince Rupert’s container facility and rail access to get their products out to market? See HAYS 2.0 on Page A5
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Northern View Exclusive Is there an opportunity for the Canadian and American governments to come and say, ‘Look, Prince Rupert could potentially be a zone for trade between America [and us]?’ What if they just go down to Rupert and go to rail and go out to market here. That would be quicker and easier for them, so we could potentially open up a whole gateway for the Alaskans that we never thought possible,” Mayor Brain continued. But that plan would be moot without the completion of the Tsimshian Access Project – a $250 - $300 million proposal that links Lax Kw’alaams, Metlakatla, the Prince Rupert airport and the city of Prince Rupert together through a road and ferry system. Phase One of the project is already underway with the road to Lax Kw’alaams (Tuck Inlet) being paved through an agreement between Lax Kw’alaams and the provincial government. Should Exxonmobil’s WCC LNG project come to fruition on Lot 444 on Tuck Inlet, Phase Two would involve a new road over the Tsimshian peninsula and a bridge connecting the airport and Digby Island to the peninsula. In all, the access road and ferry system would connect both Metlakatla and Lax Kw’alaams, Prince Rupert and the airport, while passing by three potential LNG facilities as well – Exxonmobil’s site, Woodside Energy’s project at Grassy Point and Nexen’s Aurora LNG proposal at Digby Island. “[The Tsimshian Access Project] would make it more economically feasible for an LNG company to invest here as well, plus fix our airport situation. That way, we can increase flights because you can come and go and drive on the ferry yourself [with one departing every 11 minutes] and you can get out there yourself without worrying about what a bus is doing or anything like that. We would fix the whole link issue,” Brain said. LAND OWNERSHIP, OPERATIONS The Prince Rupert Port Authority has a federal mandate to enable trade to occur through its gateway in Prince Rupert. And while some land is owned by the Port, other pieces are owned by the province, city or other industrial owners. In terms of an Alaskan trading gateway, with a potential ferry dock located at Port Simpson to enable the Alaskan Marine Highway relocation, these are conversations that the City of Prince Rupert have been conducting and aren’t necessarily visions that the Prince Rupert Port Authority share at this time. “This is the City’s view as a port community. As a City, we have these relationships with Alaska and other parts of the world and that we want to showcase the fact that, as a city, this is how we’re positioned ... We’re not saying it’s going to happen, we’re just saying if that Tsimshian access can happen, and we can have these discussions between our two federal governments, what is the potential of Alaska and Rupert becoming more of a trade network rather than just a tourism hub?” Brain said. Who owns what, where and who operates what is still up in the air. The City has engaged with Partnerships BC, a provincially-owned company which brings together private sector corporations, ministries and agencies to develop joint projects. Partnerships BC’s ‘P3’ setup sees the federal and provincial governments team up with a third party to fund the opportunity. “We’re still exploring that third payment and what that looks like, so whether it’s the City taking that on, or if we have regional partnerships between us, First Nations and the port or Port Edward to help pay for that [is not yet figured out],” he said. “We’ve left this in the hands of Partnerships BC and they’re coordinating with the Ministry of Transportation to get this whole thing sorted out. But in terms of costs and who’s paying and who’s in charge and all those things, those are still up in the air and that’s all going to be assessed [in 2016] on how this is going to look.” RE:BUILD, RE:DESIGN, 2030 SUSTAINABLE CITY In summary, Hays 2.0 encompasses a potential intercontinental NWP-Northern Sea Route hub, the Alaskan Trade Gateway and the Tsimshian Access Project. But these are the end goals and some are projects that won’t be fully realized until potentially a quarter of a decade
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“Hays 2.0 isn’t saying yes or no to any development. Really, what it’s saying is that something will emerge here regardless if LNG says yes now or doesn’t say yes,” - Mayor Lee Brain
passes by. What is the City of Prince Rupert doing right now and where will the money come from to support these costly initiatives? The foundation of the City’s ambitious plan is centred around branding. Re:Build Rupert symbolizes the city barely treading water when it needs to be racing to the finish line a la Michael Phelps. A massive infrastructure deficit, characterized by a yet-tobe-built $150 million Waste Water Treatment Plant, needs to be addressed. A grant to take care of the water dam already in place was received this past year to get the city’s water supply secured and repaired. Some of these internal infrastructure needs will have to be addressed before the city can turn its gaze globally. “We’re hoping to be able to look five years down the road because we have a capital budget where we can say ‘OK, this is how much money we’ve got and here is the list of things’. There are things that are falling apart to the point where they need to be repaired, so those things will need to go first versus the ‘nice-to-haves’,” Mayor Brain said. Re:Design Rupert is the second platform that will be supporting Hays 2.0 – an 18-month public engagement process set to start in the new year that sees Prince Rupert residents provide feedback to the City with how they want the layout of the city to look. Everything from the waterfront to downtown, to school zones to the outlying areas will be covered in Re:Design, often involving state-of-the-art public outreach techniques, that are to be centred around more than just town hall meetings. 2030 Sustainable City is the newest venture by the City. Not many details have been revealed of the plan, but along with Re:Build and Re:Design, 2030 Sustainable City is the third cog in developing sustainable practices for business development and ensuring Prince Rupert retains its pristine, outdoor environment in co-habitation with industry and business. PARTNERSHIPS The final, underlying theme for Hays 2.0 is First Nations partnerships. “I would say it’s [of top importance],” Brain said. “Without the partnerships we can’t enable the global trading situation. We want to have those partnerships in place so that we’re all on the same page. It’s the foundation of a vision like that, that requires the community and First Nations to come together and say ‘Look, we’re all on the same team. We all want the same things for our communities and that’s what we want to see happen.” The City has been approaching the Prince Rupert Port Authority, the Prince Rupert District School Board, the Prince Rupert Rotary Club, the Community Futures board, the Chamber of Commerce board and a few other organizations in pitching this vision. “The Port’s a major component of all this. The port facilities and attracting those investments to the port is a key piece to the equation ... DP World’s vision is to make us the Northern Passage hub and so I think the Port Authority’s focusing on the 2020 vision to get the immediate vision set up. We’re saying look at this next 50 to 100 years of potential ... [The Port is] the ones who would operate [any Hays 2.0 trade networks]. They’re given that federal mandate to operate, so we’re just here to help facilitate that vision,” he said. The provincial government was notified of the potential
of the area at the 2015 UBCM conference and mayor and council have ideas to get federal attention as well. “We’re sending some messages, as much as we can, because everybody wants [Trudeau’s] attention at the moment, but the message we’re trying to send is [that] there’s billions of dollars worth of investments coming to this area and it’s a Canadian vision. This isn’t just about Prince Rupert and B.C. This is a Canadian vision and First Nations are ready to partner and this is a place to come and take a look at,” he added. TIMELINE A website outlining further details of Hays 2.0 is expected to be launched sometime in January-February of 2016, as well as a public presentation. Re:Design Rupert is also aimed at ramping up at the beginning of 2016. The City will be boosting their communications presence with info-graphics detailing Re:Build Rupert projects, how much they cost, how long they will take and what’s coming next. While the speed and velocity of how quickly Hays 2.0 becomes a reality is obviously dependent on investment in the area. Each phase of Hays 2.0 is expected to be announced by the City. The Go Plan Survey and Housing Needs Questionnaire will also be presented to the public in an accessible format. MORE THAN JUST LNG “We’re going to need some big investments in order for this to happen. So we need everybody on the team: the provincial government, the federal government, First Nations – because we can go places if we can hit something like that. The City’s income base needs to be increased by a few million a year for us to be able to rebuild the town and not just maintain the town. We need new income [streams], other port investments, and for us, if one LNG [facility] were to locate here, that would be a massive investment for the community. But our message for LNG is we want it done right and we want to make sure it abides by the environmental assessment process ... and that it minimizes as much impact to residents as possible. Hays 2.0 isn’t saying yes or no to any development. Really, what it’s saying is that something will emerge here regardless if LNG says yes now or doesn’t say yes,” Brain said. “From the City’s perspective, since we’re going to be here for the next 100 years, we’re trying to say ‘OK. There are so many opportunities’. Regardless of which ones come or don’t come – the location that we’re in, the vision of a global trading network, we will be successful as a community regardless ... If LNG were to come and invest, that would be the seed funding that would enable this to happen quicker. However, if it’s not, it’s just going to take more time, that’s all. We need to balance development with revenue. I’m not a person that just says ‘Build it all’ without thinking of the costs. At the same time, the town also needs to understand that we have $300 million worth of problems and that we’re going to need some sort of balanced development approach to LNG,” he added. “[The City’s] role here is just to provide a vision. Regardless of who the mayor or council is, we’ve set a trajectory for the next 100 years for this town so that there’s no upheaval in terms of leadership. “Every council and mayor who comes into Prince Rupert will be able to just keep adding to the vision. There’s something here for everyone.”
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Time to modify DFO genetics
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he U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that geneticallymodified salmon are approved for human consumption. If genetically-modified salmon are now good to go, the question begs itself: What is wrong with wild salmon? Why do we approve genetically-modified anything that freely swims along our West Coast in the wild, but yet, cannot be harvested in sufficient numbers to sustain our workers, our canneries or our economy. No, this is just another example of why the government agency, seemingly in charge, (the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans) that must be re-sequenced. In fact, like this new Frankensalmon, their very organizational DNA needs to be altered. They have been, either through underfunding, under-education or inaction, asleep at the wheel while communities and fisheries along every damn coast in Canada goes over the cliff. They were responsible for the collapse of the cod fishery on the east coast and are quickly becoming the stewards of the eradication of a viable west coast salmon fishery. The recent salmon cannery closing in Prince Rupert falls on the doorstep of, not only the DFO, but also the federal and provincial governments. It’s not a lack of salmon, but a lack of political common sense. These are our North Coast fish, they are wild and they can be plentiful. Allow wild salmon ranching where egg mortality rates increase and fingerlings can be protected just long enough to increase stocks to the legendary status that Alaskan fisheries have found and stop allowing virtual monopolies, such as Jimmy Pattison’s group, to dictate where local fish are processed. And finally, get DFO staff out of their ivory tower chairs and into boats to do true scientific research, rather than squinting at monitors spewing out ridiculous and uninformed computer simulation models. It truly is as simple as this. Our fish, our processing, our stewardship. It’s in our DNA. Not with some bureaucrat who thinks salmon stocks can be better managed in a laboratory or an office building in Ottawa.
The education of Lee Brain
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ne hundred and three years ago, Prince Only about a year into his mayorship, that Rupert’s biggest advocate, the man with a seems to have mellowed. vision so large and so grandiose, the Prince Three years ago, he was railing against climate Rupert funding trip he embarked upon killed him. change. Now, he’s planning for it. At 2:20 a.m on April 15, 1912, the British ocean As Hays 2.0 plans are unveiled for all to see, liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic. On board note the ambition to position Prince Rupert as a the doomed ship was Charles Melville Hays, who major hub for the Northwest Passage — when and was returning from Jolly Old England where he if the ice cap melts. He has embraced industrial had been searching for funding to turn Prince development and realized jobs and growth Rupert into the world’s next great port city. are necessary as outlined in the Re:Build and Some time tomorrow morning, Prince Rupert Re:Design portion of the gamechanging plans. Todd Hamilton Mayor Lee Brain will be announcing his grand new Now, before anyone starts taking big swigs out Publisher/Editor vision for our little city perched on the edge of the of the jug of kool-aid being offered, Brain while Pacific Ocean. refreshingly proposing big ideas, is also being Only three short years ago, Brain was furiously tapping on pragmatic, another indication of his new education. a keyboard as an IT guy at School District No. 52. Money. It all comes down to money and he knows it. Tomorrow, he will be tapping out the gameplan for this Where will the coin come from to pay for these plans? city through the next several decades. Grandiose, forward-thinking plans all are well and good, What’s most interesting with this city’s young, vibrant, but without the finances to back them, they are just dreams, new mayor is his rapid education in real-world governance. not reality. It is apparent he has quickly realized the phrase Like Charles M. Hays, Mayor Lee Brain will need to “opposition is easy, governing is hard” is not only an axiom, secure funding sources before any of these big plans have but a reality. hope to come to fruition. Not so very long ago, as a staunch supporter of NDP So, as Mayor Brain embarks on finding that funding from North Coast MLA Jen Rice, Brain was fully part of the government and industry, let’s just hope he chooses better environmental idealogues. travel arrangements than Mr. Hays.
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Are there enough recreational opportunities in Prince Rupert?
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“There could be more advertising about what the options are. I’m from Masset and there isn’t enough recreation there.”
“There are quite a few opportunities. I’m a part of Harbour Theatre so that is a recreation opportunity that is open to everybody.”
“There are probably enough opportunities. My son, who’s six, plays soccer and my daughter is one, so she’s not ready yet.”
“It has a lot of restructuring to do. To me, recreation has to do with health and well-being and ... shoreline access.”
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Import container trade Inaction on wolves unacceptable proved terminal value “I would not want to be raising
Editor: I want to again, voice my concern about wolves in the city of Prince Rupert. I dropped by the RCMP offices and after I asked the lady at the desk if the RCMP were doing anything about the wolf problem, she said no, and asked if I wanted the phone number for the conservation office (in Terrace). I went to the City office and asked the ladies at the front desk the same question. Same response: “Call the conservation office in Terrace”. So, if no one locally is going to take our safety seriously, and they do not want us to take this situation into our own hands, what exactly do they think that we should do? I hope that I am voicing a concern for local parents. I would not want to be raising kids in a community where wolves chase us out of parks and playgrounds. Here’s a note of interest: every time (and I mean every time) I have mentioned the wolf situation with a local, that person responds with a recent story of a wolf incident such as someone fighting off a wolf attack, or a sighting near a school playground and/or a public place. Walking our dog, I’ve been chased out of a park and off of the highway by wolves four times — since July 2015, all within the city limits! From a financial standpoint, someone hurt by
kids in a community where wolves chase us out of parks and playgrounds.” - Les Zimmerman
a wolf attack would result in a lawsuit, no? Since all the departments who have our safety in their area of responsibility, have been warned about the issue and are doing little to nothing about it, wouldn’t there be a lawsuit and a lot of taxpayer money involved? If we don’t want to face the simple issue of personal safety, then perhaps the monetary end of things should awaken the folks who sit in high places. It seems to me that it would be wise for the city, the RCMP and the conservation officers to put their heads together and get it done. If I can in any way help with this, count me in. I take it as a serious problem. Les Zimmerman Prince Rupert
The five whoppers of LNG projects Editor: British Columbians have heard many “too good to be true” claims about the benefits of launching a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export industry. Our research has uncovered a pattern of misinformation about LNG – coming primarily from the BC government, which should be looking out for the public interest instead of blindly championing the industry. Let’s take a look: 1. 100,000 jobs! Regulatory filings made by LNG proponents show that job creation from new LNG terminals would be very small, around 100–300 permanent jobs per facility. There would be a few thousand more jobs during the construction phase, but these are only temporary. There would also be gains to the upstream gas sector, but adding it all up we don’t come anywhere close to 100,000 jobs. The claim of 100,000 jobs is based on a consultant’s report commissioned by the BC government in the lead-up to the 2013 (pre-election)
“So, it’s no surprise this was an exercise in exaggerating job prospects at every turn.” - Marc Lee Throne Speech. So it’s no surprise this was an exercise in exaggerating job prospects at every turn. 2. Debt-free B.C. (a.k.a.) $100 billion Prosperity Fund)! This claim is based on a fantasy world where (a) BC launches a massive LNG industry that is equivalent to one-third of all current world LNG exports; (b) those exports fetch top dollar in Asia; and (c) BC puts in place a tax and royalty regime that captures a fair share of those gains. See LNG on Page A8
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RE:PORT
hen Fairview Terminal was converted from a breakbulk facility to a container terminal in 2007, there was some skepticism among the shipping industry. Why would a small port on Canada’s northwest coast enter a fiercely competitive market at a time when world markets were suffering and other ports were seeing declining container traffic as a result? What those skeptics didn’t consider was the Port of Prince Rupert’s ability to make good on its geographic advantages. Prince Rupert’s geographic proximity to Asia and CN’s Class 1 railroad provided unprecedented time and cost savings in the trans-Pacific trade. For shippers targeting major distribution hubs like Toronto and Chicago, it means a supply chain that is shorter by one to six days compared to other west coast ports. Also, the Port’s purpose-built terminal employed industry-leading technology to give Prince Rupert new strategic advantages in efficiency and reliability, which modern shippers and logistics providers depend on as much as speed. Since its rebirth, Fairview Container Terminal has imported more cargo and containers than it has exported. Each year since 2008, approximately 56% of all container traffic at the terminal has been inbound, and nearly every one of those containers has been stuffed with manufactured products. They are the types of goods North American consumers use in their everyday lives—automobile engines, basketballs, video game consoles, and thousands of other products. With containerized trade accounting for roughly 90% of all non-bulk cargo worldwide, the range of items being transported in shipping containers around the world at any given moment is virtually limitless. The most common products imported through Prince Rupert fall under the category of textiles and accessories, and the majority of those goods come in the form of footwear and clothing. Furniture is also a common cargo, and includes items like sofas and recliners as well as bedroom and patio sets. In third place are automotive and transport products, which include everything from tires, brakes and wiper blades to generators and power transmissions. Building materials and components are the fourth most popular cargo, with items such as flooring, bricks, and lighting fixtures. Coming in at number five are household goods, which include duvets, picture frames, rugs and gardening supplies. Together, these five categories account for more than 70% of the containers imported through Fairview Container Terminal. More than 90% of the inbound container traffic through Prince Rupert originates in China, a country responsible for almost one-third of all container exports worldwide. On the other end of the supply chain are Canada and the United States. The U.S. dominates world consumption for a single nation; it is responsible for more than 17% of global containerized cargo imports. Over the last six years, Fairview Container Terminal has proven to be a leading gateway for many of the high value goods that North Americans depend on. Re:port is a collaborative promotional venture by the Prince Rupert Port Authority and The Northern View.
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A8 • Northern View • November 25, 2015
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BC government telling tall tales on impact of LNG projects LNG from Page A7
None of this is happening. Market prices for LNG in Asia have crashed – at prevailing prices, a company exporting LNG from BC would lose money on every tanker load. Even if we assume prices for LNG in Asia go back up to profitable levels, BC government revenues will only inch upwards. The much-heralded Petronas deal would add about $0.2 billion per year, and possibly much less. Compare that to the BC budget’s $46 billion in revenues and total provincial debt of $43 billion. 3. Over 150 years of gas supply! BC’s Natural Gas minister Rich Coleman claims BC has 2,933 trillion cubic feet of gas in reserve. While there may be this much gas in the ground, most of it will never be profitable to extract. Typically no more than 10–20 per cent of what is called “in-place
resources” can be recovered from shale gas deposits. More realistic estimates come from the province’s own Oil and Gas Commission, which says proven gas reserves are only 42 trillion cubic feet, and the total “marketable resource” 416 trillion cubic feet. The latter is one-seventh the claim made by the minister. Based on numbers from the National Energy Board, a successful BC push for LNG would make Canada a net importer of gas, undermining our energy security. 4. Minimal impact on BC’s water! All of this new supply will come from fracking, where sand, water and chemicals are forced into wells, cracking open the shale beds containing the gas. Water used in fracking operations is so contaminated it must be kept in tailings ponds. Another risk is that drinking water supplies in northeast BC aquifers could also be contaminated by
fracking, as they have been in other parts of North America. The government argues water impacts from hydraulic fracturing will be minimal by averaging out withdrawals across all of northeast BC. In reality, impacts are highly localized. Peak water consumption for an LNG industry could be as much as 22,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools per year. 5. Reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions! Lower emissions from burning gas instead of coal only apply at the point of combustion. Methane, the principal component of natural gas, is 86 times more heat-trapping than carbon dioxide, so small leaks at points along the supply chain can wipe out any emissions advantage. In addition, LNG is very energy-intensive, requiring some 20 per cent of gas to be consumed in the liquefaction, transport and
regasification processes. Climate change is principally caused by extracting carbon from below ground and putting it into the atmosphere. When we add it all up, BC’s plans for LNG are equivalent to adding 24 million cars to the roads of the world (and not hybrid or electric ones). So why would the BC government tell such tall tales about the benefits of LNG? Because it’s a heist. The BC government’s plan will essentially privatize a finite, public resource worth hundreds of billions of dollars – the shale gas below ground – and lock up that supply for foreign corporations for decades into the future. Marc Lee Senior Economist with the BC office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and Co-Director of the Climate Justice Project
Join us The WCC LNG project is in the pre-application stage of the BC environmental assessment process and is required to file draft Application Information Requirements (AIR). The draft AIR specifies the studies to be conducted and the information needed for our application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate. We invite you to learn more about the draft AIR and to provide your comments and feedback on our studies. You are also invited to submit comments to the BC Environmental Assessment Office during a 45-day public comment period that runs from November 23, 2015 - January 6, 2016. Here’s how you can participate:
Attend an open house
Attend an open house
Prince Rupert - BC EAO hosted Tuesday, December 8, 2015 | 4 – 8 p.m. North Coast Convention Centre 240 1st Avenue West, Prince Rupert
Terrace - WCC LNG hosted Wednesday, December 9, 2015 | 5 – 8 p.m. Terrace Sportsplex 3320 Kalum Street, Terrace
Port Edward Municipal Office 770 Pacific Avenue Port Edward
Prince Rupert Public Library 101 6th Avenue West Prince Rupert
WCC LNG Office 111 101 1st Avenue East Prince Rupert
Port Interpretive Centre 200 215 Cow Bay Road Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert City Hall 424 3rd Avenue West Prince Rupert
Online www.eao.gov.bc.ca
Port Edward - WCC LNG hosted Monday, December 7, 2015 | 5 – 8 p.m. Community Centre 770 Pacific Avenue, Port Edward
Review the draft AIR
Connect with us: info@wcc-lng.ca | toll free line: 1 855 338 9931 | www.exxonmobil.com/wcclng
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About us WCC LNG project is a proposed project to develop and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the eastern shore of Tuck Inlet, within the city limits of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. WCC LNG Project Ltd., is a federal corporation with its current shareholder being WCC LNG Holdings Ltd., which is jointly owned by ExxonMobil Canada Ltd.Ǐ and Imperial Oil Resources Limited.
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Providing the Facts
Example: Patterns of significant wave heights over Flora and Agnew Bank during annual southerly storm event.
Over the past year, our team of experts have conducted thorough research related to Flora Bank and the local marine environment, totaling more than ten thousand hours of work to date. We recently submitted our findings to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), as part of our environmental assessment application. These findings can be found on the CEAA website at http://bit.ly/pnwlng. The study results show that there will be no significant adverse effects to the stability of Flora Bank, or fish and fish habitat on Flora Bank.
Why has CEAA asked PNW LNG for more information? Part of the regulatory process is gathering and responding to feedback from First Nations and the community, and the environmental review process is an ongoing dialogue with the regulators. The request for more information is a response to questions and comments that were raised by local First Nations, the community, and federal government scientists about the potential impacts on the marine environment near our proposed facility.
How would a major storm impact Flora Bank, once PNW LNG has built its facility? We modelled Flora Bank under a range of typical, seasonal, and extreme weather events, and even modelled a worst-case scenario storm (worse than anything that has ever been recorded in the area). The results indicate that our proposed marine structures would if anything, reduce waves during storms, meaning that Flora Bank would remain stable with our proposed marine infrastructure.
What did PNW LNG study in its most recent research?
What are the next steps in the CEAA process?
Our latest research included one year of detailed fish and fish habitat studies, as well as 3D modeling of wind, waves, currents, tides, water content, and sediment movement on and around Flora Bank. The model ran one full year of seasonal weather conditions.
CEAA is reviewing our findings to see if all of their questions have been answered. If they decide we have provided adequate information, they will write a draft report with conditions that will be available for public review and comment.
What did PNW LNG learn from its studies?
What is the next step for the Project?
The results showed that there would be small changes to the seabed immediately around the structures (which would be located on Agnew Bank), but not enough to affect Flora Bank stability, or fish and fish habitat on Flora Bank. These small changes around the structures are hundreds of meters away from the nearest eelgrass beds.
While CEAA reviews the additional research, we will continue to provide more information to the community, meet with community groups, share information with the local First Nations and provide presentations to Port Edward and Prince Rupert Councils. Once we receive a positive decision from the federal government, Pacific NorthWest LNG would plan to start construction. We would confirm our final investment decision, select our primary construction contractor, and begin pre-construction activities.
For more information, visit one of our community offices in Port Edward or Prince Rupert, PacificNorthWestLNG.com or call 250.622.2727.
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November 25, 2015 • Northern View • A11
News
Helin elected new mayor of Lax Kw’alaams Incumbent Gary Reece finishes third BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
John Barry Helin has been elected Mayor of Lax Kw’alaams. With 353 votes, Helin was elected by the community after the results were tabulated on Friday. Helin defeated incumbent candidate Garry Reece (274 votes), as well as challengers Carl Sampson (300 votes) and Robert Moraes (99 votes). “I would like to thank everyone that
supported me in the election ... I am one who will be open and transparent ... I am honoured you put your trust in me,” Helin said through a Facebook post. In order of most votes cast, the elected 12 councillors for the band include Chris Sankey, Geraldine Alexcee, Kelly Sampson, Theodore White, Braden Dudoward, Russell Reno Mather Jr., Stanley Dennis, Helen Johnson, Barbara Henry, Angela Green, Sharon Haldane and Harvey Russell Jr. Trustee candidate Elaine Miller was elected by acclamation.
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John Barry Helin defeated incumbent Garry Reece and challengers Carl Sampson and Robert Moraes to become the new mayor of Lax Kw’alaams on Friday.
Environmental Assessment of the Proposed WCC LNG Project
Open House and Invitation to Comment WCC LNG Project Ltd. (Proponent) is proposing to develop and operate the WCC LNG Project (proposed Project), a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility and marine terminal for the export of LNG. The proposed Project would be located on the eastern shore of Tuck Inlet on District Lot 444 within the city limits of Prince Rupert, BC. The proposed Project would export up to approximately 30 million tonnes per annum of LNG to international markets.
The intention of seeking public comments is to ensure that all potential effects – environmental, economic, social, heritage and health – that might result from the proposed Project are identified for consideration as part of the assessment process. At this stage of the process, the primary intent is to receive feedback about the studies or information required for a comprehensive environmental assessment.
The proposed Project is subject to review under British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act and is also undergoing a substituted environmental assessment under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.
After taking public comments into account, EAO will finalize the AIR and issue them to the Proponent.
The Proponent must obtain an environmental assessment certificate before any work can be undertaken on the proposed Project. However, prior to submission of an application (Application) for a certificate by the Proponent, the Environmental Assessment Office of British Columbia (EAO) must first approve the Application Information Requirements (AIR).
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The AIR will specify the studies to be conducted and the detailed information to be provided by the Proponent in its Application. The EAO invites public comments on the draft AIR which will be available for review starting on November 23, 2015. To provide information about the AIR, EAO invites the public to attend an Open House. The Open House is scheduled as follows: at: North Coast Meeting & Convention Centre 240 1st Avenue West, Prince Rupert on: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. There are 45 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the draft AIR. The comment period will begin on November 23, 2015 and end on January 6, 2016. All comments received during this comment period in relation to the AIR will be considered.
NOTE:
EAO accepts public comments through the following ways: http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca MAIL
Sean Moore Project Assessment Manager Environmental Assessment Office PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1
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The LMAC provides advice and recommendations to MGC and to the Metlakatla Lands Department as it develops a Land Code for ratification vote by the Metlakatla First Nation members. The land code will replace the existing sections of the Indian Act as they pertain to land management and transfer reserve land management and authority to the Metlakatla First Nation. Criteria for the position is available on http:// www.metlakatla.ca/landsdepartment or by contacting the Metlakatla Lands Department. Interested candidates are asked to forward a letter of interest and their resume to : Philip Clement Metlakatla First Nation, Director of Lands pclement@metlakatla.ca
An electronic copy of the draft AIR and information regarding the environmental assessment process will be available at www.eao.gov.bc.ca starting on November 23, 2015. Copies of the draft AIR will also be available for viewing starting on November 23, 2015 at these locations: Prince Rupert Public Library 101 6th Avenue West Prince Rupert, BC WCC LNG Office 111 101 1st Avenue East Prince Rupert, BC Port Interpretive Centre 200-215 Cow Bay Road Prince Rupert, BC
Metlakatla Governing Council is accepting applications for members of the Metlakatla First Nation to sit on our Lands Management Advisory Committee for a term ending November 2016.
Prince Rupert City Hall 424 3rd Avenue West Prince Rupert, BC Port Edward Municipal Office 770 Pacific Avenue Port Edward, BC
If you are unable to participate at this time, there will be an additional comment period during the Application Review stage when you will also be able to provide comments to EAO on the proposed Project.
All submissions received by EAO during the comment period in relation to the proposed Project are considered public and will be posted to the EAO website.
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A12 • Northern View • November 25, 2015
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Carlick-Pearson resigns By-election to be held in new year BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
The Prince Rupert School District (SD52) board of education will be looking for a new member after it was announced that school board trustee Judy CarlickPearson has resigned for personal reasons. A by-election in the new year has been called to fill her absence on the board of education. School Board Notes Final start-of-year enrolment numbers were tallied by SD52 director of human resources Kathy Gomez for Oct. 31, 2015 and the district is currently sitting at 2,089 students. That’s 16 more students than Oct. 10 of last year, when 2,073 students were enrolled. SD52 trustees were happy to hear at the Nov. 10 school board meeting that the district’s application for routine capital funding was confirmed in the amount of $458,000 for the Direct Digital Control Upgrade project at Charles Hays Secondary School (CHSS). The project is meant to contribute to extending the life of the school’s facilities and school-based assets. A BC Hydro PowerSmart grant is also expected to contribute to the project. SD52 director of operations Dave
Garcia was credited with his efforts in enabling the district to receive the additional capital funding. As well, thanks to an influx of new teachers starting their careers within the district, feedback on the collaboration time that teachers have been receiving was received by school board trustees. CHSS’ Anna Ashley told the board of education that CHSS collaboration time has taken place outside of instruction time and numerous teachers have chosen to participate on their own time due to the benefits that they’re receiving while working together. Roosevelt Park Community School’s Melissa Voth and Kim Nielsen appreciated school administrators for taking students for stretches of daily physical activity time while teachers hold collaboration time. “It is exciting to see the enthusiasm of our teachers to work together. Students clearly benefit as this enthusiasm finds its way into the classroom,” said board chair Tina Last. Two additional non-instructional days were added to the 2015-16 school year. Friday, Jan. 16 and Wednesday, March 30, 2016 were approved by the board of education to be added. The 2016-17 and 2017-18 school calendars will also receive two additional non-instructional days.
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Prince Rupert School District No. 52 board trustee Judy Carlick-Pearson announced her resignation at a school board meeting last week. Carlick-Pearson cited personal reasons for her resignation.
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November 25, 2015 • Northern View • A13
Whale of a living BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / Northern View
Saturna Island, located in the Southern Gulf Islands chain of B.C., shares a couple similarities with Kaien Island. For one, the marine life that tends to visit for residents lucky enough to catch a peek can be found out on the water almost all year-round – including whales (though less of the humpback variety and more of the killer). Secondly, both Saturna Island and Kaien Island have been called home by Caitlin Birdsall. And it’s likely because of the former that she has found herself in the latter as she continues her career with the Vancouver Aquarium’s North Coast Initiative since she started living in Prince Rupert since the outset of 2014. “[Saturna Island] is a place my family has owned property for well before I came into this world and my love of the ocean really comes from spending my summers here,” said Birdsall on the phone from Saturna earlier in November. “This part of the Gulf Islands is on the route that southern resident Killer Whales often take, so I first really fell in love with whales and the ocean spending time here, getting to play on the beaches. It just really sparked a lifelong curiosity and a lifelong interest. The more you know, the more you realize how much we need to protect these systems.” Birdsall, who was born and raised in New Westminster, B.C. first came to the north to follow her piqued curiosity as an undergraduate student at the University of Northern B.C. (UNBC) in Prince George in 1998. There, she worked towards graduating with her Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology. “I was just really looking forward to a bit of an adventure ... so sort of this idea of [being] 17-years-old and pioneering off to the north, which, of course Prince George is not a smaller town but it seemed like it at the time, really appealed to me. They were offering a degree in wildlife biology. It was a smaller school as well, so I thought it would be a great learning environment,” she said,
adding she also received a scholarship at UNBC. Through her schooling and passion for marine life and conservation, Birdsall found herself working on various projects both within the province and internationally and late in 2008, she arrived aboard the Vancouver Aquarium’s research program, taking over a project called the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network. “It’s sort of a citizen’s science project which uses observers – people who work or live or play on the water to help us gather data on whales and dolphins and porpoises and sea turtles all over the coast of B.C. In late 2013, an opportunity arose to establish a northern office and I thought it sounded great, so I came up to start that off,” Birdsall said. For the past two years, there has been no such thing as a typical day on the job for Birdsall. Her activities include coordinating outreach programs, training Coast Guard personnel and other mariners in marine mammal identification, running a speaker series, with scientists sometimes appearing at Northwest Community College to lecture on their research, coordinating shoreline cleanups and other conservation initiatives and even getting out on the water herself once per month. “In the summer we bring up our aquarium research vessel, called the Skana, and do a 10-day survey through Chatham Sound and Dixon Entrance and the various areas [with the Metlakatla Search Group],” she said. While research and analysis is extensive along the southern coast of B.C., that’s not the case for the North Coast, and Birdsall is pioneering all sorts of new research into B.C. cetaceans, including the Harbour Porpoise, Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, Dall’s Porpoise, Leatherback Sea Turtle, Killer Whale, Minke Whale, Grey Whale, Humpback Whale and Fin Whale. “In the north, for example, Humpback Whales and Fin Whales are most abundant ... in comparison to down south ... The north really had a lot less coverage and there was a lot less of a systematic science being done in the north on cetaceans. We
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Caitlin Birdsall is the sole coordinator of Vancouver Aquarium’s North Coast Initiative.
were just receiving less data and only a handful of observers in that area. Since coming up north, we’ve been able to form relationships and recruit new observers. We’ve really increased the amount of data in this region so it parallels a little more to ... down south,” she said. Among the many species the North Coast has to offer, one of her favourite cetaceans that Birdsall is studying is the Harbour Porpoise. While they make their home all across the coast of B.C., they seem especially partial to the North Coast, observed Birdsall. “They’re one of the smallest species of cetaceans in the world and definitely the smallest species we get in B.C. and there’s really very little known about them. They haven’t been a species that’s really been heavily studied so I’m really excited to record how often they’re in and around the Prince Rupert harbour. In 2016 we’re hoping to ... look at their distribution and seasonality. Sometimes they gather in really large groups which we’ve seen in the winter at the mouth of the harbour. They’re
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a species that can be really impacted by development, so I think learning about them, we can effectively conserve them and perhaps mitigate any threats from our busy harbour,” she said. All in all, Birdsall is happy as a clam living on the North Coast. “Right away it was somewhere where [my husband and I] decided we would stay for awhile. We bought a house last year and it’s just got a really warm community and that’s what we noticed right away. People were really welcoming and friendly. Things are always happening and its fun to get to know the culture of Prince Rupert,” she said. Birdsall would like anyone who spots any cetaceans on the water to contact her with information on the species, date and time, location, number of animals, behaviour and sea state and wind speed and visibility. You can report the sightings at www. wildwhales.org, emailing sightings@ vanaqua.org, calling 1-866-I.SAW.ONE (472-9663) or you can download the WhaleReport app on Apple and Android phone devices.
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Diversification main focus next year Krusel updates chamber on port’s status BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
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Prince Rupert Port Authority president and CEO Don Krusel addressed members of the Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon last week.
The comparison of a west coast port authority and a lengthy novel aren’t made too often, but on Nov. 18, Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon attendants were offered that simile when Prince Rupert Port Authority president and CEO Don Krusel took the mic to give an update on the business. “I find it very hard to contain a discussion on what’s happening with the port in a single year. It’s kind of like reading one chapter in a story in the middle of a story and expecting everybody to understand what the theme and ending is all about,” said Krusel. The CEO dived into the port’s activities with the business leaders of Prince Rupert and explored the impact of the port’s activities specifically on the community through its Community Investment Fund – a fund designed to raise money for community legacy projects and nonport related activities. $100 million has been invested in capital works in the community and over the next two to three years, the community can expect to see another $100 million invested in legacy projects, Krusel said. “We had a record year of $26.3 million in net income in profit [in 2014], so why is
that important to this community? Well, unlike most other commercial entities who have shareholders and have owners to draw on that profit, we do not have shareholders or owners. So, however much money is made by the port authority is reinvested into the community in one form or fashion,” he added. While 2014 was a record year for the port in many more ways than just net income, with records in grain and container shipments acquired, 2015 is shaping up to be a bit of a transition year as the port delves into probably its main focus heading into the next decade: diversification. In 2014, the Port of Prince Rupert’s cargo breakdown by volume saw three main areas of traffic: container, coal and grain. The direction of those three facets of the port are veering in different directions, which is one of the main arguments in favour of diversification. If global trends hit one industry hard, then the other port tenants can pick up the slack. 2014 container traffic (29 per cent of overall tonnage traffic), grain (30 per cent) and coal (37 per cent) make up a vast majority of the traffic seen through the port’s facilities. See KRUSEL on Page A15
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Exponential growth continues at port KRUSEL from Page A14
The coal industry in particular is taking a hard hit this year and the demand for the resource has been in decline for a couple years now. The Fairview Container Terminal on the other hand, is seeing exponential growth. As the fastest-growing container terminal in North America, the terminal’s traffic numbers are up 31 per cent compared to 2014 on a year-to-date basis, with still two months to go. In 2013, the port introduced the Westview Wood Pellet Terminal, adding another piece of the pie. The 2015 forecast for the Westview terminal is 788,000 tonnes, which is up 54 per cent, year-to-date. Those numbers make up two per cent of the port’s current cargo breakdown, and it will make up two per cent of the 2024 projected cargo breakdown, but it’s an early indicator of things to come. The port is calling their expansionary actions part of their 2020 Gateway vision. The anticipatory 2024 model of cargo traffic includes coal, LNG, container, break bulk/other bulk, potash, grain, pellets and project cargo. “The plan will bring more than just 100 million tonnes of cargo, but also diversification. No single commodity will make up more than 25 per cent of the pie. It ensures the economy will manage the ups and downs of individual sectors.
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“If we are successful ... and we bring all those pieces of infrastructure to the community, the revenue to our municipality would go to $60 million a year ... It’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” - Don Krusel
If we are successful of full build-out [of the diversification model] and we bring all those pieces of infrastructure to the community, the revenue to our municipality would go to $60 million a year ... It’s a light at the end of the tunnel and something to focus our collective energies toward building a strong community,” said Krusel. Another main thesis by Krusel in the presentation was the emphasis on keeping the port’s competition at bay; namely the Ports of Vancouver, Seattle, Los Angeles and Los Angeles’ adjoining
port, Long Beach. “One of the big risks that we have is that some of our traffic is discretionary traffic, meaning they don’t have to come to Prince Rupert. They could go to [any of the above listed] ports. There will always be container ships going to those ports. The reason we’re growing and expanding so rapidly right now is because we have a competitive advantage. But the competition is breathing down our necks,” said Krusel. There are two long-term challenges the Port of Prince Rupert faces, with
their effects already being seen today, said the president. One is the sheer amount of time and resources that are needed in order to establish a facility in order to respond to market trends. While it takes only a couple years for drastic changes to occur in the oil industry or coal markets, or topically for Prince Rupert, the LNG market, it often takes a decade or longer to capitalize on those opportunities in order to properly plan, design, develop, get environmental approval, construct and raise the hundreds of millions of dollars of infrastructure required to build for these opportunities. The second continual challenge the port faces is “finding a path forward while having a vibrant economy and at the same time, having a vibrant environment,” Krusel said. “We want to be able to walk down a pathway where both those important aspects of the community can be met. I have to believe that if we can put people on the moon and back; if we can explore the outer reaches of the solar system, that we surely can have faith in the science and technology where we won’t have to be put in a position where we choose one or the other. We don’t have to choose industry or environment. We don’t have to choose berthing structures over fish habitat. I believe we can have those side by side,” said the president.
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Aurora LNG, the proponents behind a prospective facility on Digby Island, will be holding a pair of community information open houses in early December. “Feedback received during this Community Information Open House will be considered by the project team, along with environmental, technical and socio-economic considerations,” the
company stated in an invitation release issued last week. The company is exploring the viability of operating a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility and a marine terminal on Digby Island. The drop-in community information open houses will be held Dec. 2 at the Prince Rupert North Coast Meeting and Convention Centre and Dec. 3 at the Port Edward Community Hall. Both of the Aurora LNG open houses run from 4-7 p.m.
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The Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce is currently surveying businesses to guage economic health in the area. “This survey is being conducted in cooperation with the Baker Strategy Group, a consulting firm focused on supporting business growth,” Simone Clark, communications manager, said. Questions in the survey run the gambit between general and business-specific. One particular question being asked of Prince Rupert business owners and managers was: “How much do you agree with the
following regarding your economic region in British Columbia?” The question has a multiple-choice rating system ranging from 1-10 from strongly agree to strongly disagree. “My region has: Has an unquestionable identity as a vibrant technology hub; Has an educational system that is second to none; Has a forward-looking culture that embraces entrepreneurialism; Collaborates well to minimize divisions and facilitate progress; Has an unparalleled quality of life; Is unified in its pursuit of economic development; Has a large pool of skilled, educated talent available for hire.” The survey is ongoing from Nov. 10 to Dec. 4 with the results expected to be released Jan. 7, 2016.
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Black touts safer ‘oil-by-rail’ option Dead Enbridge pipeline prompts Plan B to move bitumen BY JEFF NAGEL
“The LNG dream is now fading.�
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B.C. oil refinery proponent David Black says his $22-billion proposal won’t die with the apparently thwarted Northern Gateway pipeline – he aims to bring oil sands bitumen across northern B.C. by train instead. The Victoria businessman, who is majority owner of Black Press and this newspaper, spoke Wednesday at a Rotary Club meeting in South Surrey. Black’s Kitimat Clean proposal calls for a refinery between Terrace and Kitimat that would process bitumen into gasoline, diesel and other refined fuels for Asian markets. He said 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 of crude or bitumen at sea. Black said his plan to carry oil by rail will be far safer than the crude oil trains that have been vulnerable to fiery disasters elsewhere. He said he’s in talks with CN Rail to load rail cars with undiluted bitumen, which would be much thicker – virtually solid – compared to the diluted bitumen that moves through pipelines or the light oil that’s often carried by train. The bitumen would be heated at the beginning and end of each rail trip to make it flow for loading and unloading from tanker cars. Black argues it would be unlikely to leak or burn if a train derailed. “It’s safer and way easier,� he said,
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estimating six trains a day would run every four hours. Black continues to pursue environmental approvals, and believes that with green lights from regulators and first nations, oil shippers and financiers will come on board. But his is not the only such proposal. Pacific Future Energy, led by a Mexican conglomerate, initially tried to buy Black out and has since proposed a similar refinery with the same technology. Its backers include SNC Lavalin and prominent aboriginal advisors. Pacific Future initially proposed a site in Prince Rupert but Black said that firm is trying to strike a deal with the Kitselas band for the same site Kitimat Clean had chosen. There are other potential sites with different first nations, he said, but they’re less suitable. Black also criticized the provincial government’s focus on liquefied natural gas projects. He said his refinery would generate more permanent jobs and taxes for governments than even an optimistic number of LNG plants. See BLACK on Page A18
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Likely Enbridge death knell not killing Black refinery proposal BLACK from Page A17
“Government really dove at this,” he said, adding the province “rolled over” in guaranteeing generous tax treatment to get the industry on board, leaving little future revenue to government. Too many LNG plants are already being built in Australia
and the U.S., he said, while Japan’s shift back towards nuclear power will cut demand. “I just don’t think there’s much chance,” Black said. “The LNG dream is now fading.” Black is not concerned that low oil prices will also doom his refinery dream. He said he believes
low prices as well as the U.S. rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast will make his option for reaching lucrative Pacific markets increasingly attractive to oil firms grappling with narrowing margins, particularly in Alberta’s oil sands. Black maintains
a refinery can’t be built in Alberta itself because of opposition from multinational oil firms that own Texas refineries, and because the large prefabricated modules that can be assembled on the B.C. coast can’t be hauled inland. His proposal would use an unusual
technology – adding $5 billion to the costs – that slashes the carbon emissions to less than one third of a conventional refinery. Black argues the “greenest refinery in the world” would largely offset the higher emissions of oil sands bitumen and forge a political solution for
Canada’s energy policy makers. “It cleans the whole industry up,” Black said. “We’re not in the dirty oil business any more. We get huge value add. And it takes away the issue of a heavy oil spill at sea.” Bitumen oil, he said, is a fairly solid substance that requires diluent
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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.” As for the overall game plan for the refinery, he says he had some questions regarding the site to work out before he could submit his environmental description with the government, but said that description, the first step in an environmental review, would go in before Christmas. It’s a two-year process to get permits, and he said he’ll be seeking financing during that time too. 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.
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Sports In Brief ANBT Qualifiers this week The All Native Basketball (ANBT) Qualifying Tournament is set to kick off this week, starting on Thursday. All games will be played at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre. The teams battling for a spot this week in the 2016 ANBT Senior Men’s Division include Bella Coola, Old Massett, Hartley Bay, Gitanyow and Hazelton. Women’s Division squads competing for a spot include Kitkatla, Gitsegukla, Ahousat, Bella Coola, Greenville and Vancouver. The Senior Men’s final will be played at the Jim on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 6:30 p.m. and for the Women’s Draw final, tip-off is set for 5 p.m. The brackets for both draws can be found through the ANBT’s Facebook page: All Native Basketball Tournament.
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The Charles Hays senior boys’ volleyball team beat the Smithers Gryphons to take the 2015-16 Northwest zones title.
Rainmakers take zones final Senior boys find revenge in Smithers
Peewees host Smithers The Prince Rupert Minor Hockey Peewee Seawolves will welcome Smithers for their second home weekend of the season. The Smithers Storm will roll into the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre this weekend for their first date with the Seawolves on Saturday with a game at 4:30 p.m. They’ll hook up a second time on Sunday for a match starting at 9:30 a.m. The Seawolves are currently 1-3 on the year, after splitting two home games with Kitimat in early October and falling to Terrace twice earlier in November.
Rapids return from P.G. meet Approximately 20 Prince Rupert Amateur Swim Club members made the trek to Prince George this past weekend to compete at the Prince George Barracudas Fall Invitational. Results from the meet will be available in next week’s edition of the Northern View. The Rapids’ next engagement is the Terrace Winter Invitational, taking place from Dec. 11 – 13.
Rampage head east The Prince Rupert Rampage will take to Highway 16 for a pair of games this weekend. First, they’ll take on Williams Lake Saturday night at 7:30 p.m., then the team will travel to Quesnel for a 1 p.m. game vs. the Kangaroos.
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The Charles Hays senior boys’ volleyball team competed at the zone championships this past weekend in Smithers and didn’t disappoint. The squad earned a spot at provincials after winning the Northwest regional title - a feat they came oh, so close to doing in 2014, but fell just short in a marathon finals match against the Smithers Secondary Gryphons. This year, the opponent was the same, but the end result was much different. The Rainmakers started the tournament against the hosts, Smithers Secondary School with a straight sets win 25-14, 25-16. With a quick turnaround in this one day event, the next match up would see Prince Rupert play Caledonia Secondary School. The ’Makers made quick work in another straight sets win over the Terrace team 25-18, 25-11. The athletes had to deal with a compressed schedule during this one day event. “It wasn’t easy for the boys to play so quickly, but the boys carried a very high level of emotional intensity throughout the tournament, and were well-organized,” said head coach Stefan Delloch. The final was a rematch of the first game of the day for the Rainmakers as well as last year’s finals, pitting them against Smithers once again. It was a tightly played contest, but the Rupert athletes were able to continue their high intensity and strong play, winning the final 25-13, 25-19, and 25-15.
The Rainmakers didn’t lose a set. It was an amazing result for the team and losing in the fifth set of the zone finals (15-13) last year, that experience definitely helped the team succeed this year, and no doubt was a big moment for the group. The Rainmakers will lose all nine players to graduation at the end of this year. All-stars for the tournament from the team were Tyler Duffy, Justin McChesney and John Nelson. The tournament MVP went to Justin McChesney. “From the start of the season until now they are a completely different team, they did a phenomenal job,” Delloch added. The solid attacking balance of the team and their overall structure was a big contributor to the team’s success. Coach Delloch elaborated on that. “The biggest reason we won was having balance throughout the line-up. We were able to have five legitimate attacking options on the court at all times, with two very dominant hitters in Justin and Tyler. We also had great height blocking with Aiden Bull and Cole Marogna. It’s not very often in Prince Rupert you get that kind of balance. It is a special team and group of athletes,” Delloch said. “The Rainmakers were able to overwhelm the other teams. Rupert player Jon Nelson did a great job of mixing things up and keeping the attack unpredictable,” the coach added. The athletes and the staff will now represent the Northwest at the AA volleyball provincials. The top 16 teams compete at this event in Langley from Dec. 3 - 5.
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’Makers battle to silver finish in Terrace Senior girls claim second at zones, three athletes named all-stars BY WILLIAM GYE TERRACE / The Northern View
“Our team improved our skill-set from last year. We lost three straight sets at zones last year and scored [fewer] points.” - Krista Johnson zones, and scored [fewer] points,” Johnson said of her hard-working group. Grade 12 graduates on the team include Tanveen Sahdra, Jenny Huynh, Charlotte Kobza, Medelana Jardim, and Henzle Masocol. A number of the athletes will review their postsecondary options and may continue on in volleyball.
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The Charles Hays Secondary School (CHSS) Rainmakers senior girls’ volleyball team was in action over the weekend in Terrace. The squad played a winner-take-all, best-of-five set match against the Caledonia Secondary School (CSS) Kermodes. Unfortunately, the Rainmakers lost in four sets to Caledonia (12-25, 14-25, 25-22, and 18-25). Brittany Waite, Suttira Johansen and Charlotte Kobza were named to the tournament all-star team. According to assistant coach Krista Johnson, “this was still a great result for the team, and definitely was the best they have played this year”. Coach Johnson talked about Rainmaker standout Tanveen Sahdra on the weekend. “She had some really big blocks for us, and was one of our best at the net. Our team improved our skill set from last year. We lost three straight sets last year at
Head coach Jacqueline Jackson was also immensely impressed with her squad, who began their season attending a tournament in Hawaii. “Playing against teams from such a strong community program is sometimes very intimidating. We went into the match emphasizing ‘one ball at a time’ and not to get caught up in the last play or match outcome,” said Jackson. “Caledonia’s hard serves were difficult to return in the first two sets, but with strong serves from Suttira Johansen, some key blocks by Tanveen Sahdra and explosive attacks from Charlotte Kobza, we were able to take the third set. I am very proud of the players for working hard and staying together throughout the match.” It was a tight-knit team, and with such an excellent coaching staff, great experience was gained playing highcalibre teams like Caledonia. With strong, motivated athletes coming up the ranks from the junior girls’ team, the future seems bright for the Rainmakers senior girls’ volleyball team.
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Seawolves go 1-3-1 in tough P.G. tourney Rupert tops Kitimat in Game 5 BY WILLIAM GYE PRINCE GEORGE / The Northern View
The Prince Rupert midget rep Seawolves were in action this past weekend in Prince George at a tier 2 tournament. The Seawolves faced a tough task in their first game, playing the Prince George midget rep team. “It was a hard hitting game. Drew Fudger scored our lone goal as he was hooked and hauled down on a breakaway, and was able to score the penalty shot,’ said head coach Rick Fudger on the weekend. The Seawolves dropped the game 4-1, and looked to have a better result in their second game. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The Seawolves were up against the Kelowna midget rep team. The score was lopsided, but for good reason. Coach Fudger explained why. “The boys were exhausted, as we only had an hour and 45 minutes rest between games,” said Rick. The final tally was 10-3 Kelowna. Drew Fudger buried one again, and Mitch Cook and Keenan Maragona added the other markers. Game No. 3 of the tournament yielded a better result. The athletes were able to pull together and showed a ton of grit against a rival team that they play often, Kitimat. Teryn Archer, Keiden Archer, Drew Fudger, and Jared Carter scored for the good guys. But it wasn’t quite enough,
as Kitimat proved to be resilient and the game ended tied 4-4 - still a good result for the team and definitely something to build upon as they continue the season. Game No. 4 saw the Seawolves come out strong in the first period, gaining a 3-1 lead thanks to goals from Tyler Matalone, Mitch Cook and Brett Fudger (second-year bantam player). The team came out slow in the second period and Smithers capitalized, scoring five unanswered goals. The game finished 6-3 for Smithers. The final match up of the tournament for the athletes was against Kitimat. This time the scoreline was different. Two goals from Drew Fudger, then single markers from Manreet Deol, Keiden Archer, and Mitch Cook, put the Seawolves ahead for good, and the game concluded 5-1 for Rupert - a great way to finish the tournament. A good time was had by all at the event. Fast play, hard hits and organized breakouts were a common theme for the athletes during the games. This bodes well for the development of the players who will stick with the team next year, as well as the bantam players that were called up. The midget rep team won’t be back in action until the new year, when they take on rival Smithers on Jan. 16 and 17.
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Receipts must be from a participating merchant and dated between November 11, 2015 to December 18, 2015 before noon to qualify. No purchase necessary. Pick up a entry form at the Prince Rupert Northern View, maximum one “no purchase neccessary”entry form per person, per day. Employees of the participating merchants are eligible to win, but are unable to submit receipts for entry forms from their place of employment. Employees of Prince Rupert Northern View are not eligible to win. Contest runs from November 11, 2015 to noon on December 18, 2015. $1,000 in cash plus all other prizes will be drawn at 1 p.m. Friday, December 19, 2015 at Prince Rupert Northern View. Entrants can only win one prize. If a name is chosen twice, a redraw will occur immediately. Prizes must be accepted as awarded. The Prince Rupert Northern View reserves the right make changes if deemed necessary and will make all final judgements in any discrepancy or dispute.
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Find Your Fit finds the North Coast WorkBC visits CHSS in effort to teach students about potential careers BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
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WorkBC’s Find Your Fit tour arrived at Charles Hays Secondary School last Thursday. The team helped elementary students and high school students (and parents) find a career to work toward.
“We send them home with a booklet as well as a little promotional card and it has all our resources and tools that we told them about. They can go home and continue to do further research on the same resources and links ... including a five-minute video of “A Day in the Life” for that job,” said Ellement. “I think it’s important for kids of this generation to see what’s going on as opposed to being told by your parents. Technology has changed a lot of things.” Find Your Fit has visited Terrace, Kitimat, Williams Lake, the Interior, Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island with Prince Rupert being its 15th stop this fall. To learn more about Find Your Fit, visit www. findyourfittour.ca.
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salaries, they can get very interested, said Ellement. “We like to showcase what’s prominent in the area. There are tons of opportunities out there, hundreds of thousands of opportunities and careers. [It’s] not just your police officer, not just your fireman or lawyer anymore, there’s tons of options,” he added. Some of the interactive modules included simulated driver training and spatial awareness for truck drivers, a simulated conversation at the social worker station, electric wiring practice for potential electricians and many more. Once the students (or adults) are interested in a certain career, Find Your Fit gives them more information to take home.
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Northwest B.C. has always been a diverse hub for all kinds of different jobs and these days, kids are learning quicker than ever not only finding what’s available, but how to get involved in their chosen field. Last Thursday, WorkBC’s ‘Find Your Fit’ interactive showcase came to Charles Hays Secondary School (CHSS) and through interactive module stations and technology, elementary school students, high-school students and even adults were able to learn about getting involved in in-demand industries here on the North Coast. “For the younger kids, it’s about finding out which occupations are available and giving them a springboard into the future of their careers, and for the older kids it’s about setting goals to help them use our resources and our tools to navigate the labour market,” said Find Your Fit tour manager Ryley Ellement. What used to be only available through in-depth research and asking around can now be found right here – with everything from salaries, employment rates, unemployment rates and everything in between. Here in the Prince Rupert area, millwrights, welders, heavy equipment operators, electricians, framers and carpenters are in-demand jobs. The most asked about careers in northwest B.C. are millwrights, nursing, nurse’s aide, firefighting and truck driving. Once students see some of the base salaries and what further education, trade certificates or apprenticeship can boost to those
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Applicants must be a registered society or charity. Applications can be found online at www.prfoundation.ca/macro-grant.php Applications close December 18, 2015. Applications may be submitted online at www.prfoundation.ca/macrogrant.php, emailed to norbreez@citytel.net or mailed to Prince Rupert Regional Community Foundation, P.O. Box 66, Prince Rupert BC V8J 3P4
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Eric Venus, second from left, celebrates at the NW-ACE fifth cohort graduation ceremony on Friday, Nov. 13. Venus specializes in equipment operations.
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For six months starting last May, a group of eager First Nations entrepreneurs started their journey to becoming successful business owners involving everything from candy stores to roofpreserving spray technology. They came together on the evening of Nov. 13 to celebrate their graduation as the fifth cohort of the Northwest Aboriginal Canadian Entrepreneurs Program (NW-ACE). “It went by really fast,” said grad Eric Venus. “[We learned] so much that you think four months would be enough time, but it was really compressed. We had people coming in [to talk to us] specialized in a field [we were interested in]. They just did a wonderful job.” The first four months of the intensive sixmonth schooling program where the NWACE students were together, they took in-class courses on their specializations. The latter two months, they were able to go out in the field and learn on-the-job training. The classwork consists of interactive and practical learning components while in Prince Rupert and the business mentorship and coaching aspect comes as some of the students return to their home communities in the northwest in the later part of the year. “We’re looking for people who have demonstrated a real stick-with-it-ness in their
resumes. We’re also looking for people who have worn their teeth a little bit in building skills and experiences ... If you’ve got a concept, you describe [it] and you’re also highlighting what your actual skills are. If there’s a really good alignment between your skills and experiences with the concept you’re proposing, that’s a really strong factor in you getting in the program,” said Cory Stephens, programs manager for NWACE, mid-way through this year’s program. NW-ACE, a collaborative initiative made possible by TRICORP, the University of Victoria Gustavson School of Business and Service Canada among other organizations, has another cohort class set for the new year. One of the most important things as the students move along in the program is the relationships they build not only with their business contacts, but with each other. “[You’re] just grabbing 20 strangers and just bonding. You’re sharing a lot of fears and different cultures, but it’s just how we came together as a group and backed each other up,” said Venus, who is specializing in equipment operations. North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice also took in the evening’s ceremonies. “[The program] really mentors people ... We’ve seen some successful businesses coming from the program and every year I listen to the presentation and I always learn something new,” she said.
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November 25, 2015 • Northern View • B7 Left: Prince Rupert French immersion students swarmed the popcorn stand. Right: A French movie night was held in the multipurpose room at the Prince Rupert Secondary School. Donated baked goods were sold to raise bursaries for the immersion graduates.
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You are invited to participate in a Community Information Open House regarding the proposed Aurora LNG Project. Aurora LNG is currently studying the viability of constructing and operating a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility and marine terminal near Prince Rupert, on Digby Island. Feedback received during this Open House will be considered by the Project team, along with environmental, technical and socio-economic considerations.
DETAILS: Prince Rupert, December 2, 2015 4:00-7:00 p.m, Grizzly Room – North Coast Convention Centre 240 1st Ave W, Prince Rupert Port Edward, December 3, 2015 4:00-7:00 p.m, Community Hall – District of Port Edward 770 Pacific Avenue, Port Edward
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Left, Melissa Boutilier of the Northern View presents Wendy Wilson with over $100 worth of gift certificates from participating 2015 Shop Prince Rupert merchants. At right, Ed Evans presents Tom Reece with certificates on behalf of his wife, the real winner, Jennifer Reece.
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Saturday December 5th 8am Breakfast & Photos with Santa 9am Living at the Edge: Canada’s Northwest Coast 9am Art Fair - North Coast Artists’ Cooperative 10am Craft & Gift Fair 11am Santa Claus Parade 1130am Hot Chocolate after the Parade 12pm Force of Will - Twilight Wanderer Pre-release 12pm Photos with Santa - PRPA 1230pm Free Ice Skate 1pm Christmas Bella Arts, Family Crafts & Arts 2pm Free Swim 2pm Fire in the Wheelhouse Chili Cook Off 6pm Celebrate Ugly Sweater Party - Chances 630pm Sailpast - 34th Annual Christmas Carol Boats 730pm CHSS Student Musical, Catch Me If You Can
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issues and security concerns have arisen, the deadline may be altered. In his mandate letter to Immigration Minister John McCallum, Trudeau said a top priority is to “lead government-wide efforts to resettle 25,000 refugees from Syria in the coming months.” Clark said the number, timing and security screening of refugee claimants is up to Ottawa. ‘I accept their assurances that they can do a very rigorous screening
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Alfred William Dyer June 12, 1920- November 17, 2015 A beautiful pure light has gone out with the passing of Alfred William Dyer on November 17th in Prince Rupert. He was 95. Alf will be remembered for the kindness and respect that he gave to everyone he came into contact with. Alf was born in Mission BC and moved to Prince Rupert in 1947. He began driving taxi and later was a foreman for Skeena River Timber. He completed his working life as chief engineer on the Prince Rupert Pacific Pilot 4. After he retired, he developed an interest in woodworking. For the next nearly 30 years he built furniture for his children, his grandchildren, his family, friends and friends of friends. Family was always very important to Alf. His wife Eileen pre deceased him in 1992 but he is lovingly remembered by his son Doug (Shelley Stafford), and daughters Robyn and Beverley (Chad Boyle). Pop was a wonderful grandfather for his 7 grandchildren Melissa (Cedar Dodd), Camille (James Cowan), Carley (Antoine Powers Perraudin), Deanna, Kaylem, Brenna and Todd. He was a special Great-Pop for Hailey, Bella and Hunter. He is also survived by his sister Ev (Perry Ford), numerous nieces and nephews, many friends and his long time companion Kay Deinstadt. Alf was an angel on earth who now has his wings. A special word of thanks goes to the Prince Rupert nursing staff and Dr. Tania DeKlerk. In lieu of flowers donations may be made at the Wildlife shelter A Celebration of Life will be held at the Crest Hotel on Sunday November 29, from 1 - 4 pm.
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The Port of Prince Rupert, Canada’s leading edge port in trade growth, maritime safety, environmental stewardship and community partnerships, invites applications from highly-motivated individuals for the following new position:
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Reporting to the Manager, Corporate Communications, the Graphic Communications Coordinator is responsible for designing, creating and coordinating dynamic print, online, video and interactive content and experiences that engage specific audiences of the Prince Rupert Port Authority and inspires them to acquire and retain accurate knowledge about the Port’s values and activities. Working collaboratively with members of the Communications and Trade Development teams, the Graphic Communications Coordinator will develop-or liaise with contractors to develop-assets supporting messaging campaigns and ad hoc internal and external initiatives. The ideal candidate would possess a University or College degree in Commerce, Communications, Journalism, or Commercial Art and Design and a minimum of three to five years’ of related experience. In addition, the ideal candidate would also possess: t Expert skills in Adobe CS6 or Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign; t Competency in web coding and design, including HTML, JavaScript, JQuery and SQL skills; t Strong spoken and written communication skills; and t Perform well individually in a team environment. The Port offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits program. More details regarding this career opportunity are available at the Port’s website at: www.rupertport.com. Individuals of aboriginal descent are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Individuals of aboriginal descent are strongly encouraged to apply. Interested candidates are requested to submit their application in confidence by December 01, 2015, to: Director, Human Resources Prince Rupert Port Authority 200 – 215 Cow Bay Road Prince Rupert, B.C., V8J 1A2 Fax: (250) 627-8980 Email: careers@rupertport.com
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Take up the opportunity to help shape and grow Northern Savings Credit Union. We are looking for an individual who knows financial services, the credit union difference and who excels at creating a dynamic team.
The Port offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits program. More details regarding this career opportunity are available at the Port’s website at: www.rupertport.com.
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In addition, the ideal candidate would also possess one to three years’ industry experience, strong spoken and written communication skills, perform well individually in a team environment, and maintenance/project planning experience. Previous experience with tracking maintenance and capital costs is an asset.
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Northern Savings is strengthening its ability to focus on our members and the long term future of the Credit Union. We are seeking a Chief Executive Officer who can inspire our staff and can engage our customerowners and our communities to identify our credit union as their primary financial institution. The CEO will provide vision and leadership to Northern Savings while remaining accountable to our members, staff, and communities.
Reporting to the Manager, Asset Maintenance, and as a member of the Maintenance Team, the Maintenance and Project Coordinator assists the Manager, Asset Maintenance with maintenance project administration as well as all aspects of maintenance planning and implementation which includes, but is not limited to: maintenance work orders, scheduling, tracking and documentation, spare parts, inventory and stock room, maintenance costs and charges as well as initial project development and implementation.
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No. 1547331 PRINCE GEORGE REGISTRY IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
BETWEEN GABRIEL ROBERT DUMONT and KELSEY MARGARET DUMONT AND
PLAINTIFFS THE ESTATE OF BARRY GERALD LECUYER, deceased, by its PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ANGEL BARRIE-ANNE LECUYER, and THE ESTATE OF TERRI JANNA LECUYER, a.k.a. TERRI JANNA WRIGHT, a.k.a. TERRI JANNA BASSO, deceased, by its PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, MICHELLE THERESA CONAT DEFENDANTS ADVERTISEMENT To: The Estate of Barry Gerald Lecuyer, deceased, by its Personal Representative, Angel Barrie-Anne Lecuyer TAKE NOTICE THAT on November 9, 2015 an order was made for service on you of an Amended Notice of Civil Claim issued from the Prince George Registry of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in proceeding number 1547331 by way of this advertisement. In the proceeding, the Plaintiffs claim the following relief against you: a) Non-pecuniary damages; b) Past and future wage loss/loss of opportunity; c) Future care costs; d) In Trust claims; e) Homemaking capacity; f) Special damages; g) Costs; h) Interest. You must file a responding pleading/response to the Amended Notice of Civil Claim within the period required under the Supreme Court Civil Rules failing which further proceedings, including judgment, may be taken against you without notice to you. You may obtain, from the Prince George Registry, at 250 George Street, Prince George, BC, a copy of the Amended Notice of Civil Claim and the order providing for service by this advertisement. This advertisement is placed by the lawyer for the Plaintiffs, A. Harris G. Johnsen, Heather Sadler Jenkins LLP whose address for service is #204, 1302 - 7th Avenue, Prince George, BC V2L 3P1. Fax No. 250-565-8001, or email: Johnsen@HSJlawyers.com
CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT
Public Notice NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSURE BYLAW NO. 3380, 2015 Pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter The City of Prince Rupert hereby gives notice that it will consider Road Closure and Removal of Road Dedication Bylaw No. 3380, 2015 (the “Road Closure Bylaw”) at the December 7th, 2015 Regular Council Meeting at 7:00 p.m. The Road and Lane Closure Bylaw will operate to close and remove the road dedication from that property marked “1” (approx.416.4m2) abutting Lots 1 and 34, Plan923A (land in the direction of Pr. Rupert Blvd); and that property marked “2” (approx.324.3m2) abutting Lot 3, Plan 923A (land in the parking lot); and that property marked “3” (approx.240 m2) abutting Parcel B, Plan 923A (land that is the extension of Albert Avenue) portions of unused Road and Laneway shown outlined and marked “1”, “2” and “3” respectively on the reference map (the “Closed Road Lands”) which is set out below and forms part of this notice. Furthermore, the City of Prince Rupert also gives Notice, pursuant to Section 26 of the Community Charter, of its intention to sell the City owned Closed Road Lands to Macro Properties (the “Purchaser”). The Closed Road Lands will be consolidated with the Purchaser’s lands. In consideration of the land sale between the City of Prince Rupert and the Purchaser, the combined monetary value of all 3 properties is $73,000.00. The City of Prince Rupert invites anyone who considers themselves affected by the Road Closure Bylaw or land sale, to submit written comments prior to the December 7th, 2015 Regular Council Meeting or make presentation at the meeting on this specific agenda item. Any inquiries concerning the proposed disposition of lands should be addressed to Rory Mandryk, Corporate Administrator, or sent via email to rory.mandryk@princerupert.ca or fax 250-627-0999 no later than 4:30 p.m. Friday, December 4th, 2015.
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