The Northern View, December 09, 2015

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Jessica Bruce, playing Paula Abagnale in Charles Hays Secondary’s rendition of Catch Me If You Can: The Musical, delights audiences with her vocals and dance on Thursday night. Daelan Calder, playing Frank Abagnale Jr., looks on. To read a review of the play’s performance, see Page A18.

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make sense anymore.� The professor explained that if refining that fuel became more common in the future, then it may become more inexpensive, but until that time, in tterms of costs, it’s not feasible. The other pitfall a Hays 2.0 vvision might encounter is the already eestablished competition from ports like Singapore, the professor p eexplained. - David Gillen “Singapore, many years ago, decided it would be a transshipment d hub for containers. So 98 per cent of containers that go through there never stay there, but its geographic location is far superior to something like Prince Rupert,� said Gillen. The hub potential gap between Singapore and Prince Rupert is extremely large, he continued. Technological infrastructure, a high population base in the area and its established position in the “middle of the economic centre� makes Singapore hard to compete with in terms of becoming a global shipping hub.

“There’s no demand side in Prince Rupert.�

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As the City of Prince Rupert continues to detail its Hays 2.0 plan to the community and to the world, mixed reaction is pouring in on the feasibility of making Prince Rupert a global trading hub using the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea Route. David Gillen, PhD at University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Sauder School of Business and director of the Centre for Transportation Studies, YVR professor of Transportation Policy and professor in the Operations and Logistics division, said that while Prince Rupert’s current model is terrific in moving containers in and out of the port at exceptional speeds, changing that model to include a global hub may be ill-advised. “The charges that the Russians are levying [to travel through the Northern Sea Route], I guess are pretty crippling and that determines the economics of it. A lot of the modelling that’s been done [of the Northwest Passage and Northern Sea Route viability] makes the heroic assumption about fuel. Right now, fuel is about 40 – 42 per cent of [shippers’] costs ... The standard bunker fuel they use in the Pacific and Atlantic, for example ... is fuel you can’t really use at least in portions of the year in the arctic because of its freezing,� said Gillen, adding shippers would have to purchase fuel that costs 30 per cent more. “Once you get into that, the economics just don’t start to

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“The kind of model that Prince Rupert has now is just superb because it’s like a conveyor belt. The ship comes in, the containers get on the rail, the rail goes out – extraordinarily reliable into the major centres, particularly into the United States and it’s not clear to me why you would want to move to a different model ... or [it’s not clear how] having a ship coming from Shanghai into Prince Rupert, transshipping (shipping goods to an intermediate destination, then to its final destination) and then taking a portion of the cargo with four of 5,000 TEU ships through the Northwest Passage or the Northern Sea Route into Europe – how that’s better than just going directly to Europe out of Shanghai with five or 6,000 TEUs. The distances are substantially smaller,� said Gillen. He added that the transshipping distance between arriving at Rupert to travel to other North American ports such as Vancouver, Long Beach and Mexico and coming back again to head across the Northwest Passage or Northern Sea Route is also an unlikely scenario. “There’s no demand side in Prince Rupert ... You don’t know where source of the competitive advantage of being a hub lies. That’s the question I have,� said Gillen. Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen is encouraged by the City’s grand vision and sees it as part of northwest B.C. residents taking hold of their future at a time of jobs uncertainty. “Oftentimes development in the northwest

is very haphazard – it’s just whatever happens next, happens next. It’s really great to see a community that’s willing to put some plans down and say ‘This is where we want to be’ and recognize its natural advantages,� said the MP. “Shortening shipping times has been a big reason for the success of the container port in Prince Rupert. Having an even larger ambition to be a conduit – a gate to the world – I think will be very, very welcome. It’s part of changing the story as well. We’ve lost so many of our core jobs and our resource sectors in the northwest, having another way to create any opportunity is really important,� Cullen added. The Prince Rupert Port Authority’s manager of corporate communications Michael Gurney said that while the Port was not consulted in the plan, the City is welcome to discuss any long-term plans at any time, keeping in mind Canada’s east coast as a strategic location. “Since the City of Prince Rupert unveiled its Hays 2.0 vision, I have frequently been asked whether the Port Authority was consulted in its creation. We were not, but we are pleased that the City has chosen to recognize the fundamental importance of the shipping and trade industries to Prince Rupert’s fortunes and future. The City’s affirmation of the Port Authority’s Gateway 2020 growth strategy is particularly invigorating,� said Gurney last week. “The Port Authority has a strong track

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record of responding to new markets. Meanwhile we must recognize that Canada’s east coast ports are trading efficiently and profitably with markets that are hypothetically accessible through the Arctic.� While Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain signified the City’s backing of the Port’s Gateway 2020 strategy through Hays 2.0, Brain clarified that the City’s consideration of Lelu Island as a location for an LNG export facility, a part of 2020 Gateway, is still to be seen. “Right now, we’re actually still under negotiations with [proponent] Pacific NorthWest LNG and we’re still waiting to see what the CEAA (Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency) process is going to come back with ... and until we reach a place where we feel like the impacts will be mitigated socially into the community, we’re still going to follow along with the process. In general, the City supports the LNG industry and we want to make sure that things are done right and the science is sound,� said Brain. Fairview Container Terminal owner DP World’s manager of marketing and communications Angela Kirkham was also

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enthusiastic about the Hays 2.0 vision. “Fairview Container Terminal offers the fastest access for vessels travelling between Asia and North America, as well as the highest productivity rates on the west coast and an efficient rail link to the hinterland. Furthermore, the addition of capacity to our portfolio will contribute to DP World’s continued growth. The City’s vision of positioning itself as a global trading and shipping hub is impressive. As the operators of Fairview terminal, we are delighted to hear about the city’s commitment to developing new markets,� said Kirkham. Rosa Miller, president of the Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce said that “the Chamber enthusiastically welcomes ideas both big and small that will enhance the growing business community�. “In 20 years time when the Prince Rupert to Rotterdam route is fully established, people will look back to today’s ability to dare to dream big with pride and thank those who helped to make those dreams a reality,� she said, adding it’s refreshing to see mayor and council thinking big in the same vein as Charles Hays once did.

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Last week and for the second year in a row, CityWest provided its sole shareholder, the City of Prince Rupert, with a distribution payment of $400,000 at a year-end shareholder event. The payment was largely attributed to ‘hard work and capital investments’, in particular expanding into new markets with “cutting-edge fibre-to-the-home” services in Gitanmaax (Old Hazelton) and Smithers, introducing new products like Hosted Voice Service and Optical TV and taking advantage of the tremendous demand for Internet services, including some big-bandwidth customers. “This payment would not be possible without all the hard work from our 80 employees who provide our customers with the best Internet, TV, phone and

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The bleak budgetary outlook for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) will stand to have minimal immediate impacts for its Prince Rupert ferry terminal. That’s the message parlayed by AMHS spokesperson Jeremy Woodrow last week when it was announced that the Alaska Marine Highway is experiencing major budget restraints. Reports that four of the AMHS’ 11 ferries will be laid up next summer, mixed with a drop in the 2017 fiscal year’s budget of $25.5 million from its 2014 budget ($162.6 million in 2014 to $137 million in 2017) have seen some ports on the AMHS’ routes receive reduced numbers of calls come the summer of 2016. “Last season, Prince Rupert saw ferry sailings effectively cut in half from four ports of call during the summer to two calls, and this next summer the proposal is to remain at two scheduled sailings per week,” said Woodrow. “For the summertime, [Prince Rupert] would have a Tuesday and Saturday ferry.” That’s welcome news for those in

Prince Rupert, including Tourism Prince Rupert’s Chair Scott Farwell. “If they’re committing to maintaining the service of two ships a week, that’s a positive sign. That’s maintaining the status quo because we don’t want to see any further reductions. Recently the commissioner and head of the AMHS were here and they were under some significant budget pressures to reduce the expenditures on that ferry system,” said Farwell. The news comes at a time where both AMHS and Prince Rupert-Alaskan ferry stakeholders are waiting to find out if any momentum is gained with revitalizing the Alaska Marine Highway terminal in Prince Rupert – a project that has stalled due to protectionist policies in place by the American federal government that enforces a Buy-American component for the iron and steel needed to upgrade the site. The Canadian federal government’s action in blocking that policy last year has led to a stalemate of inaction between both sides. The terminal is nearing the end of its lifecycle and is at risk of permanent closure if delays continue to mount. “From what I’ve heard and what I’ve been told there hasn’t been any new

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The Alaska Marine Highway System has confirmed that despite major budget cutbacks and laying up four of 11 ferries, Prince Rupert will still have two sailings per week next summer. This confirmation comes as American and Canadian governments continue to feud over a terminal revitalization project in Prince Rupert.

developments in it, but as far as I know the State of Alaska still intended at some point in the future to replace that dock,” said Woodrow.

“I don’t think there’s been any change, however we have a new government so maybe something will rise to the agenda here soon,” added Farwell.

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s reported in this issue of The Prince Rupert Northern View, the Alaskan Marine Highway System (AMHS) is facing some tough decisions following massive cutbacks to the tune of $25.5 million in 2017 from its 2014 fiscal budget. Four of AMHS’s 11 ferries are being laid up for the summer season and while they have committed to maintaining two scheduled sailings to Prince Rupert — down from four in previous years — there is absolutely no guarantee that might change. AMHS spokesperson Jeremy Woodrow prefaced his comment with one word that should worry Prince Rupert — proposal. “Last season, Prince Rupert saw ferry sailings effectively cut in half from four ports of call during the summer to two calls, and this next summer the proposal is to remain at two scheduled sailings per week,” said Woodrow. Given the drastic budget cutbacks and the stagnation of the AMHS terminal revitilization in Prince Rupert due to American and Canadian government bickering over who will provide the steel, Woodrow’s comments may not hold water in the upcoming months. Nick Bowman of the Ketchikan Daily News recently reported on a town hall meeting held in the Alaskan community where AMHS brass were asking whether they should increase fees, reduce the fleet or cut routes. Unfortunately for Prince Rupert, Bowman reported that Department of Transportation’s Michael Neussl, the deputy director overseeing the ferry system, made it clear who was on the chopping block. “It’s Prince Rupert or Bellingham,” Neussl is reported to have told the town hall. At that town hall meeting, Neussl made it clear that the terminal in Prince Rupert must be repaired and as long as that didn’t happen, the Canadian port call would most likely the one cut. Whatever one thinks of the protectionist Buy America program that seems to be the biggest stumbling block — the point is moot. There has to be a compromise. It’s their terminal and they want to use their material. So be it. This fight has to stop. There will be no winner. But there certainly could be a loser — Prince Rupert.

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t’s only been a few days since I travelled 52 hours to cook Thai dishes; in India, I visited the Taj Mahal; in my car to reach your community but already and in Nepal, I did a six week yoga teacher training I’m grateful for the warm welcome I’ve received. course and followed it up with a trek through the My name is Shannon Lough, and as your new Himalayas. reporter I hope to meet many more of you, to hear I’ve lived, worked, and studied in many parts your stories and to learn about this rainy picturesque of the world. Some of my favourite places are island that some of you have called home for your Queenstown, New Zealand, London, England, entire lives or even for a few months. Krakow, Poland and all of Fiji. Your story is important to me, but first let me Most recently I travelled to northeastern India begin by introducing my story to you. along the disputed border with China where I Living by the ocean or near the mountains isn’t lived in a Tibetan refugee settlement as part of an Shannon Lough new to me, but it was something I missed while online journalism project to learn how resettlement Reporter completing my Masters of Journalism at Carleton programs work in Canada. This is the kind of University in Ottawa. For three years I lived in dedication to stories that I plan to bring to your Nagano, Japan as an assistant language teacher at a junior high community. school. In my spare time I also edited and wrote for an online My previous journalistic experience includes reporting for magazine, The Yomoyama. the Ottawa Citizen, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, I took advantage of Nagano’s mountains and spent most Global National and I produced for CTV’s Canada AM. I weekends either snowboarding, hiking, or long-distance also wrote and produced a documentary that was picked up by running. When the earthquake and tsunami hit in 2011, Nagano CBC Ottawa and received a nomination at the Yorkton film only felt the tremors and didn’t see any of the devastating festival. The short film “Secret War” is about how an equine effects along the east coast as many of you saw in the media. A therapy project in Pembroke is helping Canadian soldiers treat month later, I volunteered to help clean up the sludge that was symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). becoming toxic in some of the most affected communities. Prince Rupert is just as exciting a place to be as anywhere I left Japan in 2012 and backpacked around Asia for a few else I’ve been and I look forward to being your city’s newest months before returning to Canada. In Thailand, I learned how storyteller.

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Editor: When I was first elected to Haisla Nation council, I was generally opposed to industry. It didn’t take long before I was confronted with the harsh reality of what our communities have been facing — poverty, suicides, and the hopelessness. Government handouts from Ottawa were not helping our people. There had to be a better way, and we had to help ourselves. We had to find a way to dig ourselves out of grinding poverty. A gas company came knocking at our door in 2004 with an opportunity that we saw as something new that just might make a difference to the families in my community. We could get our people off welfare and into good-paying jobs. It was a risk, and I was as big a skeptic as there was but I also knew it was something we had a duty to consider. We have studied the LNG industry and its proposals for the last ten years. We have seen that natural gas is the cleanest of all fossil fuels, and that it can improve the global environment by offsetting dirtier fuels in Asia — after breathing the air in Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo I can appreciate the desire of those countries for cleaner energy. This last decade of careful research has convinced our community of the stringent environmental safeguards that are in place, as well as the safety and environmental records of natural gas pipelines and LNG transportation. We have also made some important gains. During the preparation activities anybody in Kitamaat Village who wanted to work was hired. This is a positive step, but believe me, there is much more work to be done. That’s because most of the jobs that are available consist of short-term labour or service jobs connected to nearby construction camps. For us to be truly successful, we need to see our people among the first in line for the permanent skilled jobs — pipefitters, electricians, millwrights — that will come if LNG projects move ahead. In Kitimat’s boom and bust economy, that will be the only way for us to make good on the promises we’ve been making to our youth – that if they get an education, they will get good jobs and build fulfilling careers. Doing this is not easy. It means negotiating with governments and major multinational corporations on everything from environmental protection to economic benefits. On this, First Nations across B.C. have taken different approaches. One that I have been watching recently is the Squamish Nation, which conducted

“We have to a duty to take these opportunities seriously.”

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its own environmental assessment on a proposal by Woodfibre LNG to build a modest sized export terminal near Squamish. Squamish has yet to make a final decision on that project, but it has already issued 25 tough conditions that would hold the project to account in key areas of environmental and cultural protection. If Woodfibre LNG does goes ahead, these conditions will make for a better project, and I think embody the kind of creative thinking we all need if we are to strike that key balance between economic benefits and stringent environmental protections. Other nations are also finding that balance, like those involved in the Pacific Trail Pipeline (PTP) from Summit Lake to Kitimat, where an unprecedented 16 First Nations – all of the nations along the proposed route – have joined a First Nations Limited Partnership to support the project. Other nations have concerns about the impacts of fracking or pipelines or LNG carriers. I understand these concerns and I believe every First Nation must satisfy themselves about environmental and safety considerations before they turn to the economic benefits that can come their way. We have done this work, and are keen to share it with those nations which do not have the benefit of our ten years of experience. As I discovered more than a decade ago, we have a duty to take these opportunities seriously. We must look at them carefully to understand if the benefits can outweigh the risks. Because services like healthcare, highways, water and sewer – ones enjoyed by First Nations and nonFirst Nations alike – come with a price tag. Without reliable revenues, cutbacks are inevitable. I began this journey as an opponent, but today I am firm in my conviction that we must work together to ensure these projects proceed while also protecting the environment. Too much is at stake. Ellis Ross, Chief Councillor, Haisla Nation, Kitamaat, B.C.

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ne of the greatest achievements in Canadian history was connecting the vast country from coast to coast with a network of railroads. Committing to build the world’s longest railway was a monumental task that began in Canada’s infancy as a nation, and was advanced by Prime Minister John A Macdonald as early as 1871. By the turn of the century, railways had become a Canadian obsession. They continued to be integral to the history and development of the territories they traversed. For modern-day Prince Rupert, the formation of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1903, with its mandate to connect Winnipeg, Manitoba with the Pacific coast, was the single most important factor in the establishment of the city and its outlying districts. Even at the beginning of the twentieth century, thanks to the vision of Grand Trunk Pacific General Manager Charles Hays and endorsement of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prince Rupert was already acknowledged for possessing a strategic deepwater location closer in proximity to Asia than established ports like Vancouver. The sod-turning ceremony launching the construction of the GTPR was held in northern Ontario in late 1905, and it was several years before construction began in British Columbia in 1908. The section of track across this province is regarded as one of the most difficult and expensive ever to be laid in North America. As an example, the 300-kilometre portion of track from Prince Rupert to Hazelton took four years to complete due to difficult terrain, extreme weather, and the 5,400 tonnes of explosives needed to blast the routes three tunnels through solid rock. At this time, the size of the GTPR construction project was second in scale only to the Panama Canal. It took nearly nine years to reach completion. In the spring of 1914 a “Last Spike” celebration took place in Fort Fraser, BC, approximately 135 kilometres west of Prince George. Dignitaries from across the country converged for the historical moment in western Canadian history. The majority of the GTPR is still in use as Canadian National’s (CN) main line from Winnipeg to Jasper, Alberta, and its northern main line from Jasper to Prince Rupert. The routing and high construction standards of the GTPR are still being enjoyed today. The line represents the lowest elevation of any railway crossing the Rocky Mountains. This advantage translates into a competitive advantage for CN and the Port of Prince Rupert. A lower rail grade equates to fuel efficiency and the ability to operate longer unit trains for hauling a variety of cargos to and from overseas markets. Today CN’s colossal rail network provides the greatest geographic reach of any North American railroad, and has been a primary factor in the rise of the Port of Prince Rupert as one of the fastest growing trade gateways on the planet. Re:port is a collaborative promotional venture by the Prince Rupert Port Authority and The Northern View.

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A lot of marine shipping know-how is already firmly rooted in Prince Rupert, but a visit from one of the province’s foremost experts on the subject provided Rupert community and business leaders with some new ideas to chew on as the industry evolves along the North Coast. Dr. Richard Wiefelspuett presented an introduction to the Clear Seas initiative at a Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce event in late November at the Port Interpretive Centre. Clear Seas, a fairly new, not-for-profit organization that provides unbiased research that informs the public and policy makers about marine shipping in Canada, is just taking its first steps in becoming one of the country’s premier think-tanks on the topic of safe and responsible marine shipping – on B.C.’s North Coast, Canada’s waterways, the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence seaway and the east coast. “Originally it was planned to be a centre of excellence for B.C. ... [but after] an engagement process with a number of stakeholders in the industry – First Nations, local coastal communities – the concept was expanded to be national and to look at all types of shipping,� Dr. Wiefelspuett, Clear Seas executive director explained last Thursday. Clear Seas’ mission as described on its website, “to be the leading source of credible, fact-based information to bring clarity to decision-making for safe and sustainable marine in Canada�, is already well underway. With an approximate $1 million research budget per year, a board that was nominated in 2014 and its executive director, Wiefelspuett, starting in April 2015, Clear Seas is already working to get two research projects off the ground – the first, entitled “Characterization of Risk of Marine Shipping in Canadian Waters�, will establish a consensus for stakeholders involved in the marine shipping industry about the risks involved in marine shipping as it pertains to a wide range of ship types and cargoes.

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The second research project is titled “The Value of Canadian Commercial Shipping�. The project will examine the social impacts that Canadian marine shipping have on the average Canadian’s life. The report will outline the economic impacts to Canada but also the impacts in the day-to-day livelihoods of the country’s citizens. “The research is ongoing, questionnaires have gone out and expert meetings are being held right now,� said Dr. Wiefelspuett, adding that the risk study is anticipated to be published in March 2016 and the value study in 2017. “It takes a long time – the process involved and the peer review process, but we also try to pitch smaller projects in smaller circles ... for example a first line of defence toward spills of bunkering [fuel],� he said. “When we have a research outcome, we want to create a policy proposal about implementing what we discuss and define as best practices to the various jurisdictions.� Many national and more regional and localized organizations both input and receive feedback to Clear Seas’ studies, including in the Prince Rupert area, the Port of Prince Rupert, coastal First Nations (including Metlakatla, who Dr. Wiefelspuett met with in late November – with all First Nation stakeholders to be contacted once Clear Seas hires its director of communications and engagement) and many more. “The Port [of Prince Rupert] is very important to us. Ports are the interface between the general public and the shipping industry. They have a good safety culture and vision. Sustainability is

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part of their mandate,� said the executive director. With B.C.’s North Coast potentially on the verge of an LNG boom, Dr. Wiefelspuett, who holds more than 30 years experience in the maritime sector and has been a marine campus associate dean at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), a marine equipment supplier director and holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Mechanical, Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering, explained the past history of the LNG shipping industry and how it might affect Prince Rupert. “There is an established safety record ... When we quote the safety record of the LNG shipping industry, we must also understand how it was achieved and it was achieved by creating a very deep safety culture. So from the officers in the company to the deckhands, everybody is part of the safety culture. So, as we introduce these cargoes to our coastline, that is where we also need to be aware of how do we create that safety culture – it’s 24/7 awareness, explained Dr. Wiflespuett. “LNG is statistically a safe gas, but it’s also very volatile. It has to be [handled] properly. When people understand it, it’s done well.� Clear Seas uses individual case studies such as current events (like the drifting cargo ship, MV North Star last week) to identify them as part of larger phenomena. “We cannot always respond to them, but we can identify them as a phenomenon. Drifting ships are not unusual. Coincidentally a ship is drifting off the coast of Scotland ... The coastline industry makes mistakes and we want to capture recurring phenomena that constitute risks that could have devastating environmental impacts, for example, and create something so we have something in place beforehand so we get ahead of the curve, rather than being reactive. We want to be proactive,� said Dr. Wiflespuett. “The shipping industry is a safe industry – it’s regulated – but also a lot of things can be improved and I think that’s why it’s exciting times for us to be doing this and I think we can make a difference.�

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Aurora LNG years away from final decisions Company holds open houses on Digby site BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Following an environmentally focused public comment session in late September, Aurora LNG hosted two comprehensive open houses to the Prince Rupert and Port Edward public last week. While the earlier submissions from the public were mainly around the environmental concerns that Aurora LNG’s project raised – a joint venture between Nexen Energy and INPEX Gas British Columbia Ltd. proposing to construct an LNG export terminal on the tip of Digby Island – last week’s open houses were an input free-for-all for residents of nearby communities to voice their concerns or support around all aspects of the proposed project. Unlike the Lelu Island-based Pacific NorthWest LNG project’s timeline of expecting a final investment decision (FID) in the coming months, Aurora LNG is years from an FID and is in the information-gathering stages at this point in time. The company expects to submit its environmental assessment application in the spring or summer of 2016, with construction on the terminal beginning in 2020 and first shipment occurring in 2024.

Many Dodge Cove residents were in attendance at Thursday’s Prince Rupert open house, including Sarah Brown, who noted that the facility’s placement is very close to the community of Dodge Cove. “It’s about a half-kilometre away and [residents of] Dodge Cove have been very clear that this is too close ... They’re going to remove the entire forest down to bedrock and replace it with a gas plant, so we’re going to have emissions. It will affect our air and water, it will affect our watershed and the plants and animals and birds and everyone who uses the island, but also it’s only three kilometres from Prince Rupert, so Prince Rupert’s going to see noise, light, emissions, you name it,” Brown said. Andrew Hamilton, Aurora LNG general manager of site development stated that all feedback will be taken during these open houses and thoroughly studied. “We’ll talk about the type of role we see playing in the community, what we understand the marine and shipping aspects to be – and this is really more to give the public a chance to come and tell us what they’re expecting from a development in their community. “[We want to know] what’s important to them because we can sit and guess as

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Members of the public and Dodge Cove residents examine the maps laid out by Aurora LNG staff at last week’s open house in Prince Rupert. Aurora LNG was receiving public comment regarding their proposed site on Digby Island. much as we want, we’re going to guess wrong,” said Hamilton. “When we chose the Digby Island site after a site selection process and began to look a little more closely at it, Dodge Cove raised concerns and they’re very close – anyone who looks at a map can see that ... so we’ve been having conversations with them. “We really don’t have any answers at this point in time. We’re working to understand what’s really important to them. It’s hard to say where those

conversations will go,” he added. “The reality is we’re still in the early stages of this project and we haven’t sanctioned this project. We haven’t made our FID and so we’ve got a lot of years of planning left to go ... and we’re hoping, during that time period, to work with the entire community, not just Dodge Cove but Port Edward, Prince Rupert, Metlakatla and Lax Kw’alaams – everybody in the region to find a way that we can become a valued part of the community.”

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Our investigative work is being conducted in a safe and environmentallysensitive manner, with no adverse effects to marine life. No work is being conducted on Flora Bank and no eelgrass is being disturbed.

Is Pacific NorthWest LNG still doing investigative work near Lelu Island? Yes. Pacific NorthWest LNG is currently doing investigative work in the marine environment around Lelu Island. This includes the collection of borehole samples where our marine infrastructure is proposed to be located. We have engaged with area First Nations, the Prince Rupert Port Authority and local stakeholders about the investigative work.

Why is this work happening? This work is a continuation of the investigative work we completed in 2013 to obtain additional information to optimize our engineering design. Environmental monitors are observing the work and the Prince Rupert Port Authority has authorized the work.

Is bore hole sampling occurring on Flora Bank? No, because we do not have any structures proposed on Flora Bank. Most of the sampling is occurring where the suspension bridge, trestle and LNG carrier berths would be located.

How long is the investigative work going to continue? Our investigative work will continue into the new year and is helping to further refine our engineering design.

Have you started construction? No. This is surveying and borehole sampling to support our proposed design.

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Medicine meets art in Prince Rupert Riaan Van Der Wart is helping the Anglican Church fix its roof through an art auction/exhibit BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Riaan Van Der Wart is used to seeing his patients through a medical lens, but every so often, something catches his eye that makes the Prince Rupert doctor dive a little deeper in his understanding of the human body and soul. Here in Rupert that’s usually a sense of community. Countless times Rupertites will tell you that it’s the sense of belonging, or of being a part of a social network that is just so inviting here in the city that makes them want to return or make Rupert their home. So it was for Riaan and his patient Doreen Ridsdale. “We bonded quite quickly,” said Riaan last week. “We started chatting and we just had a friendly relationship ... We’ve gone out for coffee at least once a month to keep up with each other.” Doreen wears a lot of hats at the Anglican Church. She’s a member of the congregation, organ player, fundraiser and much more. She’s done quite a bit of work fundraising to help the Anglican Church get its leaky roof fixed, but she needs help. “[The fund’s] doing well, but they’re not where they need to be to get it fixed, so they’re getting quite desperate,” said Riaan. Through listening to her stories about relatives in World War II and gaining a social connection with Doreen, Riaan wanted to help. “She’s very big on keeping a safe place for the community, so that was my inspiration – to see somebody you don’t normally. Because you see a lot of patients, [you have] a lot of interactions. I think the small bit of giving a bit of time to get to know people better - it’s just a wonderful thing to see how rich a person’s life can be if you just open

yourself up and listen a bit,” Riaan said. The Rupert doctor, who came to the North Coast in 2007 from London, England, has quite an artistic background. Interested in painting ever since he was younger, Riaan has dabbled in and even participated in New York art exhibitions, where he’s sold his work in the past. On Saturday, Dec. 19, Riaan will be Riaan Van Der Wart / Contributed auctioning off some of his works with 100 per Riaan painted this image of the Anglican Church and can be cent of the proceeds seen at the auction and exhibition on Dec. 19. going towards the Anglican Church’s roof for inspiration and I almost neglected fund at the Raise the Church Roof Art looking right around me and opening Exhibition & Auction. my eyes and I must say Prince Rupert “I started [painting] more aggressively has inspired me in a way that I’ve never at the beginning of last year ... and been inspired before to do these sort of I’ve rented a studio at the Museum [of things,” said Riaan, who has published Northern B.C.], so through the year I’ve children’s book illustrations in the past been working on paintings,” said Riaan. as well. “I actually did a painting of the Riaan’s abstract works are inspired church itself just to get some marketing locally and he specifically likes the style out – that’s one of the pieces, and the due to the interactive element it demands pieces will probably have a reserve on from its viewers. them just to cover the costs and if there’s “If you paint abstract, you allow the an interest in any of the pieces (while not viewer to create a picture for themselves, putting them all up for auction), we’ll so that’s why abstract art, if you get it just tag it and put it up for auction.” right, you can engage a person so that Riaan’s painting of the church can they complete the picture in their own be found on the promotional card minds. They see what they see without advertising the exhibition and auction, you guiding them. In that way it allows but the doctor especially likes to paint them to look at the painting longer ... If abstract pieces more than anything. it’s successful, I’m asking your opinion “This is probably the most realistic as well instead of offering what I did painting I’ve done ... a lot of paintings or what I see and giving you a finished are inspired by patients that I see ... product,” he said. when I was younger I always thought Riaan’s experience attending medical you had to go to France for inspiration conferences has increasingly moved to or you’ve got to see the beautiful things embracing humanity as part of human

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Riaan Van Der Wart previously sold his works and has had illustrations published in children’s books.

science. Mentioning that dancing is often a treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease, Riaan said that feeling better may not always come in a pill bottle. “It’s so important to do something that makes you feel great because we prescribe medication and hope that it makes you feel great, but if I say ‘Well, maybe you should go dance three times a week’, that is a legitimate prescription because it will make you feel better,” he said. “Medicine should be an art and we’ve lost the art of it unfortunately. We do a lot of diagnostic work, but we don’t always remember that it’s an art to see each individual differently.” The art exhibition begins at noon on Dec. 19 at the Ceremonial Room in the downstairs area of the Museum of Northern B.C. The actual auction and Riaan and Doreen’s presentation of the painter’s inspiration behind some of his pieces will begin at 7 p.m. The auction will last until 9 p.m.

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Sports In Brief Liu returns from Brazil Placed in Group C with Ukrainian, Brazilian and Mexican teams, ex-Rupertite Adrian Liu and his badminton men’s doubles partner Derrick Ng ran the table in the round robin stages of the Yonex Brazil Open 2015 from Nov. 24 – 29. Winning two games in two straight sets each (defeating the Ukraine’s Valery Famin and Artem Pochtarev 21-9, 21-2 and Mexico’s Job Castillo and Lino Munoz 21-16, 21-12) and one by walkover over a forfeit Brazilian duo, Liu and Ng were on their way to the elimination round come Friday, Nov. 27. But in the quarterfinals, the 47th-ranked Canadian duo ran into a hot German team, 29th-ranked Michael Fuchs and Johannes Schoettler, who bested Liu and Ng in three sets, 21-14, 20-22, 21-18. The Germans went on to lose in the semifinals and Chinese duo Huang Kaixiang and Zheng Siwei won the overall tournament.

’Makers head to Invitational The provincially-ranked No. 5 Charles Hays Rainmakers senior boys’ basketball team are down south this week to play in the No Regrets Basketball Tournament at North Vancouver from Dec. 10 – 12. Their first competition comes in the form of exhibition play today against Kitsilano Secondary School. Then, the ‘Makers will face off against Surrey’s Queen Elizabeth Secondary School in the first game of No Regrets on Thursday at 5:15 p.m. The winner will go on to face the winner of the game between Carson Graham Secondary and Lord Tweedsmuir in the tournament’s ‘B’ bracket. Altogether, 16 teams are taking part in the event, hoping to capture gold.

PRASC in Terrace The Prince Rupert Amateur Swim Club (PRASC) are in Terrace this weekend, competing at the Terrace Winter Invitational from Dec. 11 – 13. The club’s entries report can be found on its website at www.prasc.net and in all, 18 Rupert athletes will be attending. Results can be found in a later edition of the Northern View.

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Rupertites faced Nanaimo, Creston, Kamloops BY WILLIAM GYE LANGLEY / The Northern View

The Charles Hays Secondary School (CHSS) senior boys’ volleyball team took part in the Big Kahuna BC Volleyball Provincial Championships this weekend in Langley and ended up finishing 15th in a challenging tourney. The Rainmakers opened the tournament up against Woodlands Secondary School from Nanaimo. With the long travel, it was normal for teams to come out a bit slow, as the Rainmakers unfortunately dropped the first set 12-25. All of the matches were best-of-three sets. With this, the athletes knew they were in tough and showed a lot of heart, but couldn’t come back, losing the second set 21-25. In their next match, the Rainmakers matched up against Prince Charles Secondary from Creston. After dropping the first set 19-25, the Rainmakers rebounded, winning the second set 25-19. The match went down to the wire with the final set being played first-to-15, but having to win by two points. After intense play, the ‘Makers couldn’t quite finish the rally and lost 16-14. Still a very strong showing from the team, the squad showed integrity and grit all over the court by the athletes - a real testament to the athletes’ will to win. The final match-up for the Rainmakers was against SaHali High, from Kamloops. The players from Prince Rupert, knowing their hopes of advancing to the knockout round was over, still put up a great fight. After dropping the first set 14-25, and there was very little room for error and when the pressure is on, that’s when mistakes are made. Prince Rupert lost the second set 17-25, and the match. This is okay, as the experience from playing in a high pressure tournament will no doubt help the athletes in all facets of life in the future. The Rainmakers finished 15th in the tournament, losing all 3 games. That being said, it was still an impressive display of teamsmanship. The quality teams and players the Rainmakers met gave the athletes a taste of the level of competition that each individual will have to be at if they hope to go forward with

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Josh from Prince Rupert Grain lets go with a free throw from the top of the key in the final day of Prince Rupert Minor Basketball Association (PRMBA) action at the civic centre on Sunday. PR Grain’s Gavin, Kole, Pylan, Kai, Jacob, Josh, Gwen and Malcolm took on Galaxy Gardens in the play day.

volleyball at the post-secondary level. There is a lot of potential from these young men to do big things on an even bigger stage. They should be grateful for this opportunity, and for the memories that these tournaments create. As well, the lifelong friendships that come out of playing in team sport is just another excellent biproduct of being able to play for the Rainmakers. This wouldn’t be possible without the countless hours from the coaches, teachers and parents that volunteer their time. The team is set to lose the majority of their players through graduation, as most of the athletes on the squad are in Grade 12 and in their last year of eligibility. The high school schedule now transitions into the winter season, with basketball taking the main spotlight in the coming weeks.

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The Charles Hays Secondary School’s (CHSS) junior boys’ basketball squad found success in a big way to kick off their season last weekend. The Rainmakers swept all their competition from Friday to Saturday, starting out with four wins from their ‘A’ squad, including victories over Prince George’s Dutchess Park 70-56, Prince George Secondary 50-32, DP Todd Secondary 59-37 and Dutchess Park once again 56-24. The ‘B’ team also took two wins against Dutchess Park’s ‘B’ squad 6623 and again in a rematch the next day 69-40. High scorers from each game were Christian Clifton (twice), Eric Tubb (twice), Colby Stephens and Dorian Robinson. The junior boys’ team’s home opener is set for Friday, Dec. 11 at 5:30 p.m. at CHSS vs. Dutchess Park and again on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.

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The 15th edition in a series of annual collectible angel decorations are up for grabs at the Prince Rupert Cook’s Jewellers location. “We sell them for $25 and all the proceeds go to the Salvation Army and to date we’ve managed to - Rick raise, with our customers’ McChesney support, over $67,000. The quicker we get them sold the quicker we can get [Capt.] Gary [Sheils] the money [for the program],” said Rick McChesney of Cook’s Jewellers. “They hang on Christmas trees, I’ve seen some customers put them in their stockings.” The angel decoration is not only sold at the Rupert location, but also in Terrace and Kitimat.

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The cast of Charles Hays Secondary School’s Catch Me If You Can: The Musical didn’t include their theatrical film’s counterpart A-List star Leonardo Di Caprio, but it sure didn’t have to. The hutzpah, pizzazz and pure energy shown by the youngsters tackling such an enormous project shone through from the moment the curtain rose and the characters were introduced through airport gun-slinging action, all the way to when the final note was belted out to the packed Lester Centre of the Arts. The musical play, based on the 2002 motion picture and book by playwright Terrence McNally was masterfully executed on three straight nights last Thursday to Saturday. Creativity bled through every aspect

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that Calder portrayed had the audience rooting for the con artist the whole way through. Kevin Winther, who played the everobsessive FBI agent Carl Hanratty, stole the show with his slick choreographed dance numbers, spastic movements and spot-on 1960s FBI accent. Winther had audiences in stitches on more than one occasion and was definitely a highlight of the main cast. Frank’s parents – Frank Sr. (played by Ryan Wightman) and Paula Abagnale (Jessica Bruce) were excellent as a duo and their crumbling relationship was convincingly performed, along with their complicated and often selfish relationship with son, Frank. Alex Russ, a force in the second act, left audiences in a trance with her phenomenal “Fly, Fly Away” number. Playing Frank’s love interest Brenda Strong, Russ more than made everyone wish the musically-gifted Brenda had a larger first act presence in McNally’s storyline, but Russ stood out equally well in the countless ensemble dance numbers. Steven Helin (Roger Strong) and Angel Hoffe (Carol Strong) were a terrific

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PRMS Grade 8 Social Studies classes recently raced their homemade Viking boats down McClymont Creek. This project was part of their unit on exploration. Justin Young won for fastest boat, Xander Gerritsen and Lauren Fontaine for most artistic, Sarah Pham for most unique, Christine Wesley for best design, and Andy Chugh for most historically accurate.

Morgan Clayton of the Friendship House preschool hangs her Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ornament on a Christmas tree in the Rupert Square Mall last Friday. The preschool won second place for their decorations on the day.

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Whist Monday:1stJohn & Mary, 2nd-Bill & Gerda, 3rd-Alex & Marion. Thurs: 1st-Ron & His Dummy, 2nd-Ed & Della, 3rd-Jane & Marie. I write these notes before we get our election results so no news there, but I do want to acknowledge those who sit on boards. We couldn’t run our seniors’ centre without your support. Thank you! Tuesday, Dec. 15Christmas Potluck Luncheon. All members and their guests are welcome. We usually start eating around 12 p.m - noon. Carols and entertainment to follow! We usually ask for finger foods only so there isn’t a lot of labour needed... our volunteers like to party also! Wednesday, Dec. 16 - Seniors’ Bingo Christmas Party. We will start Bingo a little earlier so don’t be late! Refreshments are on the house! Santa will be there I’m pretty sure. Merry Christmas All!

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Wise customers read the fine print: *, †, Ω, 9 The Be Your Own Santa Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after December 1, 2015. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,745) and excludes licence, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select new 2016 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. †0% purchase financing available on select new 2016 Ram 1500 and Ram Heavy Duty models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Example: 2016 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SXT 4x4 (25A+AGR) with a Purchase Price of $29,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 0% for 60 months equals 130 bi-weekly payments of $231 with a cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $29,998. Ω$10,000 in total discounts includes $7,500 Consumer Cash, $1,500 Loyalty/Conquest Bonus Cash and $1,000 Holiday Bonus Cash. Consumer Cash Discounts are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. $1,500 Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest/Skilled Trades Bonus Cash is available on the retail purchase/lease of 2015/2016 Ram 1500 (excludes Reg. Cab), 2014/2015/2016 Ram 2500/3500, 2014/2015/2016 Ram Cab & Chassis or 2015 Ram Cargo Van and is deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Eligible customers include: 1. Current owners/lessees of a Dodge or Ram Pickup Truck or Large Van or any other manufacturer’s Pickup Truck or Large Van. The vehicle must have been owned/leased by the eligible customer and registered in their name on or before December 1, 2015. Proof of ownership/Lease agreement will be required. 2. Customers who are skilled tradesmen or are acquiring a skilled trade. This includes Licensed Tradesmen, Certified Journeymen or customers who have completed an Apprenticeship Certification. A copy of the Trade Licence/Certification required. 3. Customers who are Baeumler Approved service providers. Proof of membership is required. Limit one $1,500 bonus cash offer per eligible transaction. Some conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. 9Holiday Bonus Cash of up to $1,000 is available until December 31, 2015, on most new 2016 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and FIAT models excluding the following: 2016 Chrysler 200, Dodge Grand Caravan CVP, Journey CVP/SE Plus, Durango, Charger SRT Hellcat, Challenger SRT Hellcat, Viper and Jeep Grand Cherokee models. Bonus Cash will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. See your dealer for complete details. )Based on 3500/F-350 full-size pickups and competitive information available at time of publication. Based on max towing comparison between 2016 Ram 3500 - up to 31,210 lb, 2015 Chevrolet 3500 - up to 23,200 lb and 2016 Ford F-350 - up to 26,500 lb. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc.

A24 • Northern View • December 9, 2015

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