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Police assault suit probe widens By MARGARET SPEIRS AN ABORIGINAL man suing a former Terrace RCMP officer for his role in how he suffered a brain injury while in police custody wants to know more about how the officer did his job and, in particular, how he dealt with other aboriginal people. The demand by Robert Wright comes in the form of a filing in BC Supreme Court Dec. 8 for an order to be made against Constable

Brian Heideman. Wright is looking for documents from Heideman that would add to the testimony provided by the police officer and his former superior, Terrace RCMP detachment commander Inspector Dana Hart, in October. Wright is suing for damages, saying he suffered a brain injury which has affected his quality of life from an incident involving Heideman after he was arrested for drunk driving April 21, 2012.

In separate examinations for discovery, which are held to elicit information prior to the start of a formal trial, Hart outlined two previous incidents involving Heideman and aboriginal men in which force was used and his involvement in incidents where a small amount of cocaine was lost at the detachment. The two incidents involved an Alvin Clayton on April 30, 2012, just nine days after Heideman arrested Wright, and a William Watts

on May 15, 2012, just over three weeks after Heideman arrested Wright. Heideman, in his own examination for discovery, declined to speak about the two above-mentioned incidents but did admit to losing a small amount of cocaine and did admit to taking steroids while on duty. Heideman’s lawyer told Wright’s lawyer there would be no list of documents, which prompted the Dec. 8 filing.

Should there be no judgment against Heideman, Wright’s lawyer wants him ordered to provide that list of documents and undergo a further examination for discovery to answer a series of questions about steroid use, including the involvement of other RCMP officers, more information about how Heideman lost the cocaine from his work desk and more questions about the Watts and Clayton incidents.

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City shifting grant duties

MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO

■■ Lock it up RCMP AUXILIARY Constable Chris Gair was one of the auxiliary officers who was out last week placing notices on vehicles with tips on how to prevent thefts of goods and vehicles. The key tip? Make sure your vehicle is locked. RCMP also advise not leaving items of value in plain sight and using an anti-theft device.

THE CITY of Terrace is embarking upon a major shift in how it will provide grants to community groups. The 2016 budget year is the last in which council will hear direct pitches from groups and then decide who should get money, who should not and the reasons why or why not. Up until now, those requests have been juggled by council members as they contemplate overall spending for next year. But for 2017 onward, council is turning over the responsibility to the Terrace Community Foundation, which the city helped sponsor and found in 2011. The foundation has its own endowment fund, the interest from which it provides to successful applicants, but it also distributes money on behalf of businesses, groups or individuals who provide specific guidelines, says foundation chair Joyce Gibson. And it is within this context that the foundation will assume grant decision making on behalf of the city, she added. “The city will still help financially and it will provide us a list of those who ask for money,” said Gibson. This year the city has set aside approximately $60,000 for community group grants and the future contributions to the community foundation for distribution will be decided annually. The long-term plan, however, is for the city to wean community groups off of receiving money directly from city coffers in favour of having the community foundation be the direct provider of assistance. But mayor Carol Leclerc said that’s very much in the future and the city has undertaken a multiyear commitment to provide an annual sum to the community foundation.

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Traditional tastes

Inquiry launched

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Christmas recipes were popular with the pioneers of this area \COMMUNITY A15

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Caledonia senior girls earn fourth at provincials in Vernon \SPORTS A22

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Adopt-a-can pondered THE REGIONAL District of Kitimat-Stikine is looking to get old garbage cans from Terrace residents into the hands of those in Thornhill and area who might need or want one. It’s part of what will need to be a quick solution to the conundrum of thousands of cans made obsolete by the new fleet of carts being distributed to Terrace homes this month. The 7,300 new carts, half of which are for recycling and the other half for garbage, are specially fitted to be lifted and returned to the ground by mechanical arms on new city garbage disposal trucks. It means there will be countless thousands of old cans Terrace residents must either reuse or dispose of. City official Alisa Thompson said there are several uses, including storage, compost and rain barrels. They can be taken to the landfill as well and there is a swap shed there for materials that can be re-used, she said. Regional district en-

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Missing, murdered women inquiry, first steps taken THE FEDERAL government has announced an inquiry will be held into the continuing issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women. The announcement came Dec. 8 and was followed up by the BC government saying that, if needed, it will provide any of the findings from Wally Oppal’s province-wide search, which he did as part of his own inquiry into how authorities handled the investigation into the case of serial killer Robert Pickton. The announcement pleased Skeena NDP MLA Robin Austin. “I am completely in support of it,” he said. “It’s long past due. We’ve been calling for it here in the BC Legislature for a number of years and it matters a great deal in particular to the families,” said Austin. “But I think it matters more on a big scale to every woman in B.C. to appreciate that when you have people who are clearly attacked because of their gender

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Lana Derrick

and people who are vulnerable in the community without public transportation.” He said that the provincial government’s involvement is a good addition to it, as Oppal’s recommendation for improved public transport options along Hwy 16 has to be put into place. When the legislature reconvenes in February, Austin hopes to see a line item about that in the government’s budget with details what the money will be used for. It has to be a subsidy to the northern communities who cannot afford

it themselves, added Austin. Federal Justice Minister Jody WilsonRaybould said that over the next two months the government will speak with victims’ families and aboriginal leaders to gather their views on the design, scope and parameters of the full inquiry, expected to begin sometime next spring. Ministers met with the families of missing and murdered women in Ottawa last week to start to gather their views on how the inquiry should take shape. Family members of

missing and murdered aboriginal women along Hwy16 have called for an inquiry for years. And over those years the stretch of Hwy16 between Prince Rupert and Prince George became known as the Highway of Tears. The number of missing and murdered aboriginal and other women connected to the name Highway of Tears has grown over the years as police expanded their data base south of Prince George along Hwy 97. The last person who went missing from the Highway of Tears in this area was Terrace resident Tamara Chipman who was 22 when she was last seen hitchhiking outside of Prince Rupert in September 2005. She was not reported missing until that November. In October 1995, Lana Derrick, 19, was last seen in Thornhill getting into a vehicle with two men. No trace of either Chipman or Derrick has ever been found by investigators.

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PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT FOR THE BC TIMBER SALES SKEENA BUSINESS AREA COAST MOUNTAINS RESOURCE DISTRICT FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLAN AMENDMENT #2 2016-2021 Notice is hereby given that BC Timber Sales’ proposed Forest Stewardship Plan Amendment #2, for the Coast Mountains Resource District, is available for review and comment. The Forest Stewardship Plan describes: 1. The planned areas of interest (known as Forest Development Units or FDUs) that will contain harvesting and road activities. 2. Strategies and results for each FDU that are consistent with applicable legislation and objectives set by government. The objectives are described in the Forest and Range Practices Act and its associated regulations. The Plan will be for a five-year term and applies to operations within the Coast Mountains Resource District including areas in: • • • • •

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The Forest Stewardship Plan will be available for public review and comment from December 16, 2015 to February 13, 2016 during regular business hours at the following locations: BC Timber Sales Office, #200-5220 Keith Avenue, Terrace, B.C. Terrace Public Library, 4610 Park Avenue, Terrace, B.C. Prince Rupert Library, 101-6th Avenue West, Prince Rupert, B.C. The proposed Forest Stewardship Plan is also available on-line: https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/BCTS/areas/TSK/FSP-CMRD-Ext-No2.htm Please forward any comments, concerns or questions in writing, by February 13, 2016 to: Gail Campbell R.P.F., Planning Forester, BC Timber Sales, #200-5220 Keith Avenue, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1L1 E-mail: Gail.Campbell@gov.bc.ca Ph.: 250-638-5151 Fax: 250-638-5176

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The goal is to improve aboriginal educational success in public schools MORE THAN 30 parents, teachers, support workers, caregivers and Coast Mountains School District staff gathered here Dec. 9 to consider ways to improve the educational progress of aboriginal students. The forum at Suwilaawks Community School was one of several sessions the school district is holding. Others are taking place in Hazelton, Kitwanga, Kitimat, Kitselas and Kitsumkalum. District officials will also be speaking with aboriginal secondary students in January. Those at the forum, discussed three questions in

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small groups, focused on aboriginal learners: What do we want in terms of success for our learners? What do we need to do in our schools and district to achieve success? How will we know if we are achieving success? After sharing the discussion highlights, ideas were posted in the school hallway, and each person was given stickers to mark the top five answers to each question. Comments from the meetings will be used to aid the district in developing an Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement, which is a five-year commitment about how it will work toward success for all aboriginal students.

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LEFT: FIRST Nations support worker substitute Roberta Quock marks what she believes are the key improvements needed in aboriginal education.

Looking to improve graduation rates By JACKIE LIEUWEN THE COAST Mountains School District is developing a plan to increase the success rate of aboriginal students in its schools. There are significant concerns, but data shows the district is headed in the right direction for what is a growing percentage of their students. Aboriginal students made up 43 per cent of the 2013/14 population in the school district, a proportion climbing since 2000 when they made up only 27 per cent. The shift is because consistent numbers

of aboriginal students are enrolling while enrolment from other populations are dropping. The school district reports some success over recent years with similar numbers of aboriginal and non-aboriginal students passing in some classes. Aboriginals were also on par with others in a specially designed English 10 / First Peoples course, but there are still key challenges for that population. Over the past five years, fewer than half of the aboriginal students in Grades 4 and 7 who took the provincial foundation skills assess-

ment tests have met or exceeded expectations in reading comprehension, writing, and numeracy. Over the same period, less than half of the aboriginal students who started Grade 8 completed secondary school in a six-year time frame. The school completion rate in the school district shows that the number of students overall who have stayed in school and graduated has averaged 69 per cent between 2010 and 2014. That average drops to 46 per cent for aboriginal learners for those years and in 2013/14, it was

44 per cent. For students who make it to Grade 12 fully eligible to graduate, an average of 88 per cent successfully did so between 2010 and 2014. For aboriginal learners, the average was 79 per cent. The school district also notes that over the past five years, the majority of aboriginal students in Grades 6 to 11 are continuing to stay in school and are successfully moving into the next grade. The school district can track successful transitions if students move to another school within the

public school system, but if they leave the province or move to another school system, they are not considered among those who successfully transitioned. Transition success for all students has stayed fairly stable for the past five years, but is increasing for students transitioning from Grade 11 to 12. For those students, the rate of success was 77 per cent in 2008/09, up to 86 per cent in 2012/13. The aboriginal rate is also rising but at a slower rate – from 65 per cent in 2008/09, up to 78 per cent in 2012/13.

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Secrecy TERRACE city council may be working hard to broaden the city’s economic base but it is hard to justify its decision to debate and accept in private what it is now calling a “friendly exchange agreement” with Qinhuangdao, China, the city in which is located the economic entity which now controls nearly 1,200 acres of the city’s Skeena Industrial Development Zone. Council falls back on a section of the Community Charter by which its governed as the reason to debate and decide in private. That section allows closed sessions if there are matters “that, in the view of council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interest of the municipality if they were held in public.” But there is nothing in the agreement which even hints at something so delicate that it needs discussing behind closed doors. Any business dealings the city has at the industrial park which might require some confidentiality are between the development zone which controls the land and not the Qinghuangdao government. Open debate and any resulting exchange of views and opinions is a hallmark of a western democracy. It is a principle that council had a chance to impress upon its overseas twin as to how things are done in Canada. This may be a friendly agreement between council and its twin, but council’s secrecy is decidely unfriendly to its own citizens.

Chowing down with Chilly

eeds are simply plants we haven’t yet found a use

for. Last summer using a blend of white vinegar, Epsom salts and blue Dawn liquid dishwashing soap, I set about killing dandelions blooming in front of my doorstep or along the house foundation. At the same time a whole field of yellow blossoms waited for bees that never showed up. Scarcely a bee – honey or bumble – flew about last summer. Occasionally I’d see one feebly crawling over grass before my dog stomped it still. Weeks of drought shrivelled the dandelions; a fall rain revived them. Neighbours mowed their yards spiffy before winter. Fortunately, as it turned out, my lawn mower died; vegetation grew 10 inches high. Dandelions flourished, especially under the saskatoon bushes, in a crop so lush I would have been restricted to cutting half a swath to not stall the mower. Now my dandelions are no longer weeds. They’re the favourite fodder of Chilly,

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THROUGH BIFOCALS

CLAUDETTE SANDECKI a pet chinchilla. And where I didn’t mow last fall, a thick layer of green dandelion leaves lies waiting to be gathered. For all Chilly is but a palmful of softest fluff weighing almost nothing, she has a voracious appetite as do all rodents. While rats and mice eat indiscriminately without tummy upsets, Chilly’s constitution is delicate. Certain foods would not be good for her. Even wood shavings for her cage bedding have to be free of harmful oils. These restrictions result in expenses out of proportion to her physical size.

Chinchillas also pick and choose what they like, and refuse to eat other brands or products. Pet stores have entire walls of packaged dried hays from Timothy to oats to combinations of grains. When fed a seed, or a combination of dried hay she doesn’t favour, she flings it out of her cage with enough noise and fervour to register her displeasure. As nocturnal animals, when people go to bed, the chinchilla awakes ready to settle on a person’s head and read along until lights out, chatter, exercise, houseclean, and otherwise make sleep disturbing noises. To watch a chinchilla take a dust bath in a tiny bowl of fine powder is fascinating. They spin so fast they become a grey blur, then climb out of the deep bowl, shake themselves like a dog, and thus refreshed, nonchalantly proceed to their nightly activities. Chinchillas insist upon routine – to be fed certain foods at certain times of the day. Chilly has come to expect a particular brand of treat at her peoples’ bedtime. No other treat will do. If she doesn’t get it, on time, she clicks the bars of her cage

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with her teeth. Like Sheldon of the Big Bang Theory, she expects the same menu served up day after day. During the summer dandelions became her favourite roughage. She looks for them still. December snowstorms and freezing temperatures make keeping her larder stocked more difficult and sporadic. Fortunately, dandelions are a hardy plant. Let the snow melt away and up they come. Each leaf may be only two inches long, a tedious bit of picking to gather a generous handful. If the temperature drops well below freezing, leaves crumble. I must grab a handful including grass and sometimes bits of frost or snow. The dandelions must be dried before serving. If Chilly’s thick fur gets wet, it will mould. (As a protective mechanism, if grabbed by an enemy these rodents can let their fur fall out.) By taking advantage of any weather breaks, I’m able to gather a week’s supply of dandelions either along the house foundation or under the saskatoon bushes, satisfying Chilly’s appetite and lowering her grocery bill.

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The Mail Bag Mystifying gas prices

VIA train service needs saving Dear Sir: I have been very disappointed and saddened by the deterioration of our train trip travelling between Prince George and Prince Rupert. For many years I have travelled on the train and met people from all over the world. They were very pleased with the trip and the beautiful scenery in our part of the country.

We should be promoting this tourist industry, but instead we may very well lose it because of the very long delays. I have friends in Prince Rupert that operate a bed and breakfast and they have to wait up for guests until one or two o’clock in the morningbecause the train has been delayed. The employees at the George Little House here in

Terrace also have to be available at all hours of the night. We have also sat within a couple of miles of the station (both in Prince Rupert and Prince George) for at least an hour or more. This is really not necessary. I realize that freight must be first priority – but I think there must be a way to compromise. We have lost some of our Greyhound bus service al-

ready. We do not want to lose the train! I hope you will seriously consider correcting this critical problem. Vi Timmerman, Terrace, B.C., cc: City of Terrace, Kermodei Tourism, Terrace and District Chamber Commerce

Dear Sir: On traveling from Terrace to Edmonton mid October 2015, gas prices along the route were $1.199 a litre in all places in B.C., somewhat lower in Alberta. On my return trip about October 19, 2015 prices had dropped in Alberta, Edmonton from $1.024 to 96.4 cents, Prince George $1.109 from $1.199, (even in Hazelton the price had dropped by about 5 cents a litre) but in Terrace the price was still $1.199. On November 8 leaving Terrace, price was $1.189, Prince George $1.09 and Edmonton 95.9 cents. Returning on November 20/21, prices in Edmonton had dropped to 82.9 cents, Prince George to 98.9/96.9 cents, Hazelton to $1.029, but in Terrace they were still $1.169 and prices were still $1.079 on November 28. They did not drop until November 30 to $1.049. I know prices have dropped again, to just over $1 a litre, but I still wonder why Terrace drivers were paying 10 cents a litre more than even New Hazelton where there is only one gas station. Martin Holzbauer, Terrace, B.C.

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Will there by an LNG plant under our tree?

s another year comes to a close, it is time to review what happened in the northwestern world of LNG over the past 12 months. The short answer is not a lot. Let’s start in Kitimat. AltaGas’ Douglas Channel Having repeatedly and confidently forecast a Final Investment Decision (FID) by the end of the year, it is disappointing that it has not come to pass. That is through no fault of AltaGas, rather the culprit in this unexpected delay is the Canada Revenue Agency. AltaGas intended its liquefaction plant to be mounted on a floating barge. Inexplicably Revenue Canada decided to classify that barge as a ship which in turn meant the foreign-built barge was subject to a 25 per cent import duty. Which would translate to an extra $100 million cost on a project AltaGas expected to run at $600 million - that’s a 16 percent cost hike. Company vice-president John Lowe hit the nail on the head when he pointed out, “the floating unit is incapable of navigation

(and) it has no self propulsion.” Show me one “ship” that is incapable of actually going anywhere under it’s own steam! Hopefully sanity will prevail and the AltaGas appeal will be upheld, in which case Douglas Channel will have a chance of being greenlighted in the first quarter of 2016. However there may be more wrinkles down the road which I will deal with in a minute. Kitimat LNG All’s quiet on this front but that is not surprising. As I pointed out in a column last year the partners in this enterprise, Chevron and Woodside, had made it clear their focus over 2015 and 2016 was to prove up their estimated gas reserves in their northeastern BC properties before making any decision on the project those gas fields are supposed to supply. LNG Canada (Shell) The project’s construction manager said earlier this month that activity on the site was about to pick up a bit as it continued its prep work. The company would go into full construction phase if the FID came through next year - note the

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MALCOLM BAXTER “if”. Pacific Northwest LNG (Petronas - Prince Rupert) I have never shared the provinces’s enthusiasm for describing this project as the leader of the LNG pack and that position has not changed despite the confident face put on by its officials. In an October 15 story in the Globe and Mail, the project’s president Michael Culbert was quoted as saying, “We’re shovel ready and ready to move on as soon as we’ve got the final federal government approvals and

final permits.” What he is saying is if the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency okays the project they are off and running. Now he said that in the wake of the Lax Kw’alaams filing a court claim for title of Lelu Island and Flora Bank, locations which are proposed to be home to critical aspects of the project and over which there are fisheries concerns. He was also somewhat dismissive of the impact of a court decision in favour of the First Nation. “At the end of the day we look at it and say, ‘There’s a question as to who the landlord might be.’ When that answer is clear we will then take our agreement that we have and pay the landlord appropriately.” But what if your new landlord says it doesn’t want your project on its land, at least not in its present configuration? We still have a long way to go on this one. Summary Now for those wrinkles which affect all four projects. Last year, in response to heavy lobbying by industry, the Conservative government significantly

changed the rules to allow LNG projects to depreciate their capital costs over a much shorter period, a tax break that was said to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Today we have a new federal government and one that has said it will end subsidies for fossil fuels. Which prompts the questions, does the Liberal government consider that tax break a subsidy and if so when will they reverse it? In the same vein, the new government has committed to reducing carbon emissions which will undoubtedly mean an extra cost for LNG projects. But how much? And when? FIDs are made based in part on having pretty solid numbers on the cost side of the equation. Without answers to the questions posed above, those numbers start to become squishy and that may give companies cause for pause before greenlighting their projects. We can only wait and see. FOOTNOTE: Just want to wish family, friends and readers in Terrace a very Merry Christmas and may you enjoy health and a bit of LNG happiness in the coming year.

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“Our goal is that the foundation is well-supported in its role,” she said. Leclerc said the city believes the foundation is the proper body to make grant decisions. “We set policy and direction but when we’re discussing grant applications, it’s like playing with trains,” said Leclerc of the detail council now goes into

in deciding who should receive grant. Having a separate body to make grant decisions removes any perception that there is politics involved, the mayor added. Still, Leclerc said the city will provide broad direction to the foundation in how the city’s annual grant to the foundation should be distributed.

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CONSULTANT RAMONA Materi has written a book on doing business in the north.

Tips and info on business success in northern B.C. AT FIRST it might seem odd that the author of a book on how to do business in the north was promoting it in the north. Not so, says Ramona Materi, West Vancouver consultant and author of the new book, British Columbia’s New North: How to Build Your Business, Respect Communities – and Prosper. She was in Terrace recently doing that very thing. People in the northwest may not be fully aware of what is going on in the northeast and vice versa, says Materi of snapshots of northern BC activity that are contained in the book. “Most people are aware of the large projects, LNG, if you will, and Site C, but there are also smaller ones,” she said listing a few like a gasoline processing plant near Chetwynd and the $800 million Brucejack gold mine being developed by Pretium Resources near Stewart. She says businesses need to consider all circumstances when making investment decisions. “To use a baseball analogy, you may not hit a homerun every time, but a single can be just as valuable,” Materi said of business investments. Aside from those snapshots of economic activity, Materi hopes other sections of the 222-page book offer insights for even well-established business people as well as people from other areas who might be drawn to the north because of its business opportunities. There are chapters on the north’s aboriginal

population, concentrating on their economic history and, crucially, the growing involvement of aboriginal people and companies in current economic development. There is also information on the use of temporary foreign workers. Materi is president of Ingenia Consulting, which offers advice on workforce and economic development, and has been coming to the north since 2011. Through her work with the company, which included providing some of the early-on human resource information for BC Hydro’s Northwest Transmission Line, Materi discovered there was no one single ‘how-to’ publication for businesspeople. “I saw gaps in the information out there for businesses,” said Materi of why she wrote her ‘how-to’ manual. “People told me there just wasn’t anything like that.” To fill that gap, Materi includes some up-close knowledge of specific issues, including sections based on input from a stable of northerners with the needed expertise. For readers who have never lived in the north, Materi offers advice on travelling and day-to-day activities, including 21 tips for first-timers to the north to absorb. The first tip – get going, says Materi in adding that land, for example, in Fort St. John is becoming increasingly expensive. The last tip – be adventurous and have fun at what you’re doing, Materi advises.

Think green, think concrete THE INDUSTRY association representing cement manufacturers says it has a way of reducing the amount of energy used in homes and other buildings and with that, cutting carbon emissions. Speaking to city councillors at a committee of the whole meeting Dec. 9, Ken Carrusca from the Cement Association of Canada said 25 per cent of overall carbon consumption comes through energy used by homes and buildings. Using more concrete as a building material would reduce that percentage because of its ability to insulate and thus regulate interior temperatures, which is superior to the insulation that is provided by wood. “B.C. is very much a wood province,” he told council. “We need to go beyond the building code,” Carrusca said in pushing council to find more ways to encourage efficient energy building models through the permitting process.

He said when he sees large wooden structures like the five-storey Sunshine Inn being built beside city hall, he wonders if reinforced concrete would have been a better choice because of its insulation value. Council was also encouraged to promote concrete for other reasons, including road works for its durability, though it is slightly harder to work with than asphalt. Mayor Carol Leclerc said that she worried about concrete structures in case of an earthquake. Carrusca replied that while he wasn’t a structures expert, he believes that reinforced concrete is just as durable as wood against an earthquake. He also admitted that making concrete is a very energy-intensive process, and that recent efforts have made some gains in reducing the footprint of making it.

Residential refuse is not collected on statutory holidays as City offices are closed. There will be NO refuse picked up on Friday, December 25th, 2015 and Friday, January 1st, 2016. If your regular refuse/recycling day is on the following statutory holidays: Friday, December 25th, 2015 – refuse pick up will be on Thursday, December 24th, 2015. Friday, January 1st, 2016 – recycling pick up will be on Thursday, December 31st, 2015. Schedule may vary due to seasonal weather conditions. Our refuse truck operators will be very busy on these days. Pickup times are likely to vary, so be sure to have your refuse at the curb by 8:00 am. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Public Works and Development Services

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Public school numbers continue to decline By JACKIE LIEUWEN

ENROLMENT CONTINUES its significant decline in the Coast Mountains School District and officials say it is largely due to families moving away. This year’s enrolment is down 289 students, with 4,385 enrolled this September compared to 4,766 last September. The drop is even more than the 208-student drop last year. At one time upwards of 10,000 students were enrolled in Coast Mountains schools. Alanna Cameron, secretary treasurer, said the enrolment decline was expected due to escalations in housing and rental costs, but officials were surprised at the new figures. “We believed the decline would continue, but not to the degree that we’re experiencing,” she said. Cameron says the drop is mostly in Terrace and Kitimat schools, with the Hazeltons remaining consistent. The drop has also been seen mostly from high school and middle schools. Comparing numbers now to when school ended in June, the biggest decline was in Mount Elizabeth Middle/Secondary in Kitimat with 466 students now, down 57 students from last June. Parkside Secondary in Terrace lost 38 students since last June, with 117 students this year. Skeena Middle School is down 30 students with 517. Caledonia Secondary School is actually up six this year with 570 compared to 564 last June. Thornhill Elementary is up 14 students at 159, and both Thornhill Primary and Uplands Elementary schools were down six, with 209 and 309 students. Cassie Hall is up one with 190, and Suwilaawks up five at 230. This is the first year for the new trades centre, which enrols 27 students in welding and hair dress‘15 SUPERDUTY 4X4 CREW

ing programs. Last year the school district also had a welding program which run in partnership with the college and enrolled six students. With students in distance learning, not necessarily in the district, last year there were 559 students enrolled, this October there were 181 students, and superintendent Katherine McIntosh says they anticipate another 300 to 350 in February 2016. The provincial statistics agency, BC Stats, shows that the population in the area of the school district is actually climbing, but the school-aged population under 19 is dropping parallel to the dropping enrolment. But that trend is expected to reverse in 2016, according to BC Stats. It expects school-age populations and overall populations to climb in this school district in the next 10 years, and is projecting enrolment increases for schools. A provincial ministry of technology spokesperson said the projections are based on fertility, mortality and migration. “BC Stats is projecting a population increase starting in 2016 due primarily to a slight increase of people moving to the area (migration), as a result of potential regional economic activity,” said the official. BC Stats estimates the population under age one, which gives an indication of birth rate in the school district area, to start climbing in 2016, which will affect enrolment starting in 2021. In contrast to BC Stats, the school district is projecting continued decline in enrolment. With 4,385 students this year, the school district projects 4,214 students in 2016, 4,096 in 2017 and 3,991 in 2018, based on current numbers and using an average of 290 kindergarten students entering Grade 1 each year (the average of the past five years). The projections do not factor in potential for increases due to large scale industrial expansion.

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HAZELTON MAYOR Alice Maitland, left, Kitimat councillor Mary Murphy and Terrace councillors Stacey Tyers and James Cordeiro were among those sworn in as directors for the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine at the meeting Dec. 11. Tyers was reelected chair and Nass Valley director Harry Nyce was re-elected vice-chair, both unopposed.

A TERRACE man who killed his pregnant teenaged girlfriend while visiting Kamloops in 2012 will learn his fate in the New Year. In October, a jury spent just five hours deliberating before finding Damien Taylor guilty of seconddegree murder in connection to the death of CJ Fowler, his 16-year-old girlfriend. At trial, court heard the pair was visiting friends in Kamloops in December 2012. The trial heard that Taylor, then 21, and Fowler were inseparable. Hours before Fowler’s death, the couple found out she was pregnant. Fowler’s body, with a concrete chunk on her chest, was found by a person walking their dog in Guerin Creek on Dec. 5, 2012. A pathologist testified she choked to death when her tongue became trapped in her airway, the result of at least one blow to her head and face. At trial, defence lawyer Don Campbell tried unsuccessfully to convince jurors Taylor was in the midst of a crystal meth-induced psychosis at the time of the murder. He said

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Suit broadens Hart, during his examination for discovery, said that Heideman repeatedly struck and used pepper spray against Clayton “already in RCMP custody and restrained”. “Constable Heideman was placed on limited administrative duties following this incident,” the filing continued. But on May 15, 2012, Heideman was involved in “ejecting Mr. Watts from an RCMP vehicle while Mr. Watts was already restrained in handcuffs.” The request for the order is scheduled to be heard Jan. 14, 2016 while the full trial against Heideman is to begin in February for 20 court days. Following his arrest in April 2012, Wright was taken by Heideman to Terrace RCMP

cells where his suit indicates “Heideman violently swung against the plaintiff taking him to the ground and causing him to strike his head on a bench and/or floor which resulted in a head wound and traumatic brain injury.” Wright was taken to hospital here several times to be seen by medical staff before the decision was made to fly him to Vancouver where he underwent extensive further treatment. Wright’s suit includes not only Heideman but also the provincial government which has the responsibility for the RCMP in B.C. In turn, Heideman and the RCMP have named Mills Memorial Hospital, a physician and a nurse as third parties for their involvement in dealing with Wright when he was

taken to the hospital for treatment. Following an investigation by the New Westiminster police into the incident, provincial government lawyers decided not to pursue charges against Heideman, saying “there is not a substantial likelihood of any conviction for a criminal charge.” “The available evidence does not establish that the force used by police in the incident went beyond what is legally permissible under the Criminal Code,” a statement from the provincial criminal justice branch of Nov. 2, 2012 continued. Provincial lawyers also declined to pursue charges in relation to the William Watts incident. “Crown counsel has concluded that the available evidence does

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ROBERT WRIGHT with spouse Heather Prisk who is acting as his advocate in a lawsuit against RCMP Const. Brian Heideman. not reliably establish the accuracy of allegations that the arresting officer repeatedly punched Mr. Watts in the head. Crown counsel has also concluded that it cannot prove unlawful force was used in pulling Mr. Watts from a police vehicle, resulting in an uncontrolled and unsupported drop to the ground,” the pro-

vincial government’s criminal justice branch said in a March 6, 2013 statement. Heideman is no longer at the Terrace RCMP detachment, having been moved in mid-2013 to the force’s Vernon detachment. He was one of two RCMP constables, along with a corporal, reprimanded and

docked pay for steroid use while here. A fourth RCMP officer, only known as “Const. C.” resigned from the force. The full Nov. 12, 2012 statement from the provincial criminal justice branch concerning Robert Wright can be read along with this story at www.terracestandard.com.

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Share Terrace history at the table during the upcoming holiday season CHRISTMAS IS rooted in tradition and back when Terrace was founded, the women who moved here with their husbands brought their traditions. One of those traditions was Christmas recipes, handed down from mother to daughter over the years. Although it has been more than 100 years since settlement began, the traditions, and recipes, live on. Clara Little, wife of George Little, founder of Terrace, married her husband in her hometown of Seattle and moved up here with him. She brought with her a recipe for a traditional white Christmas cake and likely made it for the couple’s four children many times over the years. Margaret Little, who married George Little’s brother Will, and came here with her husband to help George with some carpentry work, also brought her own recipes, including one for homemade mincemeat. Kriena King, wife of Claude King, brought her recipe for half-hour pudding. PHOTO COURTESY OF HERITAGE PARK MUSEUM

CLARA BESTE, who became the wife of Terrace founder George Little, in 1911.

Our thanks to the Heritage Park Museum Society for making these recipes available this holiday season.

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TOP AND above, a few of the traditional Christmas recipes made by some of the early pioneers in Terrace.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS DECEMBER 16 – Seniors Social is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Terrace Pentecostal Assembly. Enjoy complementary coffee, tea and refreshments. Come socialize with other seniors. Entertainment and more! All seniors and mature adults welcome! DECEMBER 18 – Arts and Crafts, Bake Sale, Loonie Auction takes place at Elks Hall. Food sale during the day, the evening winds off with a Chrimstas Dance. Wear your ugly sweater and win a prize. For more details, contact Marlene Robinson at 250-638-8696 or 1noxsmaee@ gmail.com. DECEMBER 18 – Join the Terrace Community Band for Christmas tunes at 7 p.m. in the Skeena Mall. DECEMBER 18-24 – The BC Seniors Games Zone 10 offers gift wrapping in the Skeena Mall. Cost is by donation. All proceeds will go toward the cost of transportation and accommodations to the 2016 games to be held in Coquitlam September 20-24, 2016. DECEMBER 20 – Family Christmas Party for children of all ages will be on from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Terrace Public Library. Bring your adult and join us for Christmas games, crafts and fun! We’ll have a puppet show tooLimited spaces so register your family in person or by calling 638-8177. DECEMBER 24 – Christmas Eve Service is from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Terrace Alliance Church. Free. Join us for our Christmas Eve celebration, filled with joy and music! Followed by fellowship and hot apple cider. For more, contact Susan at 250-635-7727, office@ cmaterrace.ca or https://www.facebook.com/ events/430020660524899/ DECEMBER 24 – Free Community Dinner at 5 p.m. at the Salvation Army. Call 250-631-7968 to donate a Christmas stocking with snacks, gloves, socks and trinkets to be handed out that same night. Put on by Field of Faith Foundation. Anyone who wishes to volunteer can call the number above. For more details, see www.facebook.com/fieldoffaithfoundation/

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PSAS MILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Auxiliary Thrift Shop will not be accepting clothing donations from the community until January 25 due to fire and safety regulations. Donations should not be left at the back door due to inclement weather and will be subject to ruin. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this situation. We would like to take this opportunity to thank and wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our donators and customers. NORTHERN FUSION U17 Community Girls Volleyball Team is taking orders for its pakora fundraiser until 4 p.m. Dec. 18. Pakoras freeze well and are gluten-free, made with chickpea flour. (Chutney will be provided with every order) To order, indicate number of bags you want to buy and your contact details so you can be notified with a time for pickup Dec. 20 at Casa Masala (Hot House). To order, email kam. siemens@investorsgroup.com or 250-6157926 / text. Payments can be cash or cheque only and can be dropped off at Investors Group, or you can make arrangements with Kam. If paying by cheque, make it out to Community Girls Volleyball. TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE’S Criminal Hearts production is looking for the following items: one double or queen bed (no head board), silk bed sheets, pencils preferably yellow ones ( about 300 in total), 12-18 battery or electric pencil sharpeners (will not be returned), Walkman from early 1990s, empty cans of Dr. Pepper (several dozen), pizza boxes (we need up to 30), man’s tuxedo size large or XL. If you can help, please contact TLT at info@ mytlt.ca or call Marianne at 250-635-2942 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

DECEMBER 24 – Zion Baptist Church holds a Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME to attend the ongoing series of free art workshops sponsored by the Terrace Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Committee as a part of “Random Acts of Mindfulness”. The next workshop, facilitated by Laura McGregor -“Creating A Spirit Animal Portrait” - is a two part workshop to be held on January 5th and 7th from 9-11:30 a.m. To register, or for more information, please call 250-635-8206.

DECEMBER 27 – Christmas Bird Count in the Terrace area. Count is done on single day between Dec. 14 and Jan 5, within a 24-km diametre circle that’s the same year to year. Organized often by a local birding club or naturalist organization. The link to the count circle is birdscanada.org. For more details, contact Diane at 250-635-6984 or dweismiller@

FIELD OF FAITH Foundation Homeless Outreach provides coffee and sandwiches from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at George Little Park. Everyone welcome. Donations appreciated. Coats, boots, hats, gloves, socks, new underwear, toiletries for adults and children. For more, call Dan at 250-6413665.

PLEASE HELP MAKE Christmas Eve special and fill up a purse with snacks and toiletries to donate to one of our homeless women on Christmas Eve. For more details, call Kim 250631-7968. TERRACE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT Strategy (TYES) is an informal youth hangout spot at 3219 Eby St. Free Wi-Fi, computers and video games. Soup served at 1 p.m. Monday to Friday. Coffee/juice and muffins all day. Not in school? No home to go back to? Stop by and rest a while! Put on by TDCSS. NORTHWEST BC METIS meet the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. room 306, 4536 Park Ave. Everyone welcome. For more details call 638-1199 or Beverly at 635-6864 or terracemetis@ymail.com. THE SALVATION ARMY holds Toonie Wednesdays every first and third Wednesday of the month – all clothing is $2. All children’s clothing $2 or less is half price. NORTHERN BRAIN INJURY Support Group meets at 4:40 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of the month in the boardroom at the Terrace and District Community Services Society. For more, call Tanya 250-641-4673. TERRACE TOASTMASTERS MEETS the second and fourth Wednesday of each month in Room #404 of the Terrace Pentecostal Assembly, meetings begin at 7 p.m. If you’d like to build self-confidence and improve your leadership and communication skills in a fun, interactive setting with like-minded individuals, consider joining Toastmasters. For more information, please call Ralph at 250-638-1905, Janine at 250-615-8187 or online at www. terracetoastmasters.com. DIABETES EDUCATION CLASSES run every Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Park Avenue Medical Clinic second floor. 19+. Free. Group classes for people living with diabetes. For more details, call Alanna at 250615-5533. THE TERRACE MULTIPLE Sclerosis Support Group meets every other Wednesday of the month. It’s a very informal group who meets every two weeks for coffee and have a few laughs. Those with MS, family members and anyone interested in MS are welcome. We have current information on new treatments, drugs and clinical trials in progress. Meetings are at one of the members’ homes. We’re always open to new members so feel free to phone. To find out when our next meeting is: Doug 250635-4809 or Val 250-635-3415. ROYAL PURPLE WELCOMES new members. For more details, call Sharon 635-6955.

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Look Who’s Dropped In! Baby’s Name: Blake Reginald McIsaac Date & Time of Birth: December 8, 2015 @ 6:50pm Weight: 6 lbs. 8 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Rebecca Pelletier & Todd McIsaac “New brother for Marshall”

Baby’s Name: Mia Avaline Madeline Mills Date & Time of Birth: November 27, 2015 @ 10:55pm Weight: 8 lbs. 12 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Jocelyn Mills “New sister for Dominic, Benjamin, David & Nelson”

Baby’s Name: Jana Joy Dasilva Date & Time of Birth: December 6, 2015 @ 10:33pm Weight: 8 lbs. 9 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Judy & Brian Dasilva “New sister for Peyton”

Baby’s Name: Leslie Louie Garnett Gray Date & Time of Birth: November 23, 2015 @ 2:03 a.m. Weight: 8 lbs. 2 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Carla & Pietro Gray Sr. “New brother for Carmello, Pietro Jr., Milaynah, Colton, Antonio & Diego” Baby’s Name: Paisley Rose Hogue Date & Time of Birth: November 20, 2015 @ 5:43 Weight: 8 lbs. 9 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Danielle Seymour & Frank Hogue “New sister for Mariah & Abigale”

Baby’s Name: Davis Dean Douglas Morgan Date & Time of Birth: November 30, 2015 @ 11:02pm Weight: 8 lbs. 11 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Nadine & Jordan Morgan “New brother for Matteo”

Congratulates the parents on the new additions to their families.

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Dinner kicks off fundraisers for Syrian refugee families A COMMUNITY SPAGHETTI dinner Dec. 12 at Knox United Church continued local efforts to raise money to bring in at least one Syrian refugee family. There were two sittings using volunteers to prepare the meal. For private sponsorship, the federal government requires groups to raise $27,000 – that’s $7,000 for immediate expenses once a family arrives in Canada and $20,000 to support it for at least one year. Sasa Loggin, who speaks for the local Terrace Sponsors Syrian Refugee Families, says cash requirements could be reduced by offers of housing, clothing and basic household goods and items. “We are receiving offers of free and affordable accommodation, clothing, monetary donations which is fantastic,” said Loggin. But first, says Loggin, an official sponsor group, called The Group of 5, the offi-

cial title used by federal immigration officials to identify such sponsor groups, must file an application for a family. A Group of 5 can also have more than five members. “It asks who the Group of 5 is and the resources available,” she said. Once the group is accepted, it must then submit a more detailed application in which a settlement plan for the family must be outlined. “It’s pretty exciting within the group. We’re coming together,” said Loggin. She described the Terrace Sponsors Syrian Refugee Families group as the community-based one raising money while the Group of 5 exists because it is the officially-designated group that will deal with immigration officials and sponsorship matters. The Terrace Group of Five is actually nine people, five individuals and two couples and three of the group are immigrants themselves, Loggin continued.

“There is a teacher, a lawyer, forester, a healthcare worker, social worker, some of them are retired. They have never done anything like this before. Not all members of the group know each other,” she said. Loggin attended a one-day session in Vancouver last week sponsored by the federal government at which more information was provided about the plan to bring in 25,000 Syrians between now and the end of next February. The first of 10,000 Syrians to arrive by the end of the year began landing last week at major airports in Canada. At first the federal government said it would bring in all 25,000 by year’s end but then reduced that figure to 10,000. The 25,000 people will be a mixture of privately-sponsored Syrians as well as ones directly sponsored by the federal government, another change from the federal government’s original plan.

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■■ THORNHILL PUB: KARAOKE Thurs. 8 p.m. All day free pool Wed. and Sun. Texas hold ‘em poker Tues. 6 p.m. and Sun. 5 p.m. Showing all UFC events. Jam sessions Sat. 8 p.m. Shuttle service provided. ■■ LEGION BRANCH 13: Meat draws every Sat. – first draw at 4 p.m. Steak Night is the first Fri. of each month. ■■ GEORGE’S PUB: POOL tourney every Sun. starting 6 p.m. Poker Sun. 1 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m. Thurs. game night, DJ and open to 2 a.m. On Fri./Sat. is live entertainment. Karaoke Thurs./Sun. 8:30 p.m. Shuttle weekends. ■■ MT. LAYTON LOUNGE: Open daily 2 p.m.-10 p.m. Free pool. Located at Mt. Layton Hotsprings just off Hwy37 South between Terrace and Kitimat.

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■■ THE TERRACE ART Gallery presents Ice, Water, Snow, oil and acrylic paintings by Tara Irwin, showing now thru January 9. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday noon to 4 p.m.; Saturday noon to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Closed Monday. Free admission. Donations accepted.

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ICE, WATER, Snow by Tara Irwin is showing thru the new year to Jan. 9 at the Terrace Art Gallery. ■■ SKEENA DIVERSITY SOCIETY displays original watercolour and coffee paintings by ReBecca Art by Georges thru Dec. 24.

By using curbside collection for your recyclable materials, you help shape a responsible and livable future for our community. The Regional District is here to help with information you need to keep these products out of the landfill; visit http://www.rdks.bc.ca/news/christmas-waste-diversion

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TERRACE CONCERT Society starts the new year with its Northwest Spotlight with musicians Dr. Fishy and Rachelle van Zanten.

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■■ ECOLE MOUNTAINVIEW CHRISTMAS Concert is at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 at the REM Lee Theatre. ■■ SKEENA WINTER CELEBRATION is at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 17 at the REM Lee Theatre. ■■ VERITAS CHRISTMAS CERT is at 7 p.m. Dec. 17.

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■■ COME CELEBRATE THE season with Inveraray music, harp, flute and vocal ensembles under the direction of Robin Hollett. Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church. Tickets available from Inveraray members or at Misty River Books. The snowed in Comedy Tour returns at 8 p.m. January 6 at the REM Lee Theatre. Featuring Paul Myrehaug, Craig Campbell, Dan Quinn and Pete Zedlacher. For details, tickets and savings go to snowedincomedytour.com. ■■ THE TERRACE CONCERT Society kicks off the new year with Northwest Spotlight featuring Rachelle van Zanten and Dr. Fishy at 8 p.m. Jan. 16 at the REM

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■■ KNOX UNITED CHURCH Christmas Eve Services: a family carol service with candlelight at 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Dec. 24. Carols, Communion and Candles. ■■ TERRACE ALLIANCE CHURCH holds a Christmas Eve Service from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 24. Free. Join us for our Christmas Eve celebration, filled with joy and music! Followed by fellowship and hot apple cider. For more, contact Susan at 250-635-7727, office@cmaterrace.ca or https://www.facebook.com/ events/430020660524899/ ■■ FREE COMMUNITY DINNER at 5 p.m. Dec. 24 at the Salvation Army. To donate a Christmas stocking with snacks, gloves, socks and trinkets to be handed out that same night call 250-631-7968. Put on by Field of Faith Foundation. Anyone who wishes to volunteer can call the number above. For more details, see www.facebook.com/fieldoffaithfoundation/

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Edgar Willms October 11, 1928 – November 28, 2015 Edgar Willms passed away peacefully at home with his wife and five children around him on November 28, 2015. Edgar Willms died at the age of 87. Eddie was born in Winnipeg on Oct 11, 1928 to Jacob and Louise Willms (Nee Dick). Eddie was born fifth of eight children. Dad was raised in Blackdale and Stonewall Manitoba after his family moved to Leamington, Pelee Is and then to Kingsville, Ontario, where Dad met and married the love of his life Patricia Black in 1953. Dad and Mom moved to Winnipeg where Dad started his career with Fairbanks Morris as a heavy duty Mechanic. A 1960 move to Grand Rapids Manitoba had Dad working on the hydro dam project. This was also where they started their family with 2 sons Mark and Keith. In 1965 the family moved to Mica Creek, B.C. where Dad worked 7 years on the Mica Dam. Three more children joined the family, Scot, Candice and Paul. In 1973 the next move brought them to Terrace, BC where Dad worked at Eurocan until retirement in 1993. Dad spent 30 years with the Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department. Terrace Road Runners Club took Dad and Mom on many motorcycle adventures. Dad and Mom were also members of the Alliance Church. Dads largest source of joy was his family, and coffee with the old boys club at Tim Hortons. Dad and Mom moved to Port McNeill in 2007 to be closer to family and after six years moved along with family to Black Creek. Dad enjoyed his new church, friends and coffee at the Black Creek Diner in the last few years. Dad will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 62 years Patricia, children Mark (Audrey), Keith (Peggy), Scot (Caren), Candice (Ron), and Paul (Lana), two brothers Fred and Eric (Dorothy), as well as 20 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held in the spring. For those wishing, in lieu of flowers, donations made to the MCC would be greatly appreciated.

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Take notice that ALTAGAS RENEWABLE ENERGY INC from VANCOUVER BC have applied to the Ministry of Forests, lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for a License of Occupation - Light Industrial situated on Provincial Crown land located Site 1: ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF THE ISKUT AND VERRETT RIVER CASSIAR DISTRICT, CONTAINING .01 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS; and Site 2: ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND SITUATED APPROXlMATELY 3.1 KM WEST OF TUMEKA LAKE, CASSIAR DISTRICT. CONTAINING 0.01 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS and Site 3: ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF THE ISKUT RIVER, CASSIAR DISTRICT CONTAINING 0.01 HECTARES MORE OR LESS and Hydrometric Site: ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF FORREST KERR CREEK, CONTAINING .01 HECTARES MORE OR LESS, Iskut, BC. The lands File for this application is 6408878. Writtten comments concerning this application should be directed to the Land Officer, MFLNRO, at PO Box 5000 - 3726 Alfred Ave, Smithers BC VOJ 2NO. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to January 6, 2016. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arfd.gov. bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Office in Smithers.

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Caledonia girls win provincial fourth By JACKIE LIEUWEN CALEDONIA’S SENIOR girl’s volleyball team won fourth at provincials in Vernon last weekend, climbing significantly from their 10th place rank last year. “We are pretty happy with that placing. It was a really good way to finish the season… the girls played really well,” said coach Carmen Didier. She says that with most of the players in Grade 11, they expected more of a development year for the team, but “they ended up being quite competitive.” The tournament started with Caledonia facing Vernon, the home team, and the bleachers were packed with up to 500 people, horns blared, and drums and Vernon cheers reverberated through the gym. Caledonia beat Vernon in the first set 25-18, but Vernon came back and beat them in the next two, 28-26 and 15-12. “That was a really intense game, a really tough match… the girls played really well… we had them three times at match point,” said Didier. “I don’t think the girls have ever played in that large of a crowd or that loud of a crowd.” Next, Caledonia played Hugh McRoberts from Richmond, where Carmen says the girls were a bit deflated from the tight loss to Vernon. Caledonia lost that game in two sets, 14-25 and 23-25,

but started stepping up their game at the end, which helped them in the next back-to-back game against LV Rogers from Nelson. They beat Nelson in three sets, losing the first 19-25 and winning the next two 25-17 and 15-10, ranking them third of four in their pool. “We weren’t hanging our heads, we felt like we had some good matches,” Didier said. The next day they faced Duchess Park, the number one ranked team in AAA, but Didier said the Caledonia girls came out confident and strong, knowing what to do from playing the team last year. “When we were doing warmup I just had a feeling, I thought “Yeah, I think these girls are ready to fight,” and that’s exactly what they did. They came out and beat Duchess Park pretty solid the first two sets,” Didier said. Caledonia beat them 25-17 and 26-24 in the first two sets, but lost the third set 17-25. In the fourth set, Caledonia won the game 25-19. “It was a really exciting game. We just rallied really hard,” said Didier, adding that they had a lot of long, strong rallies. Next in the single knockout championship, Caledonia faced Windsor, coming out strong again and beating them in the first two sets 29-27 and 25-14.

Windsor came back and beat Caledonia in the third set 15-25, but Caledonia finished them in the fourth 25-20. That put Caledonia in the quarter finals against Sahali, a very dominant team from Kamloops who had won all their previous games and ended up winning gold. Caledonia played well but lost the game in three sets 2512, 25-18 and 25-14. “We were playing the best that we could, but they were just a better team,” Didier said. “The scores don’t reflect the rallies and the effort that our team put in.” The loss dropped Caledonia into the bronze medal match where they faced College Heights from Prince George. The match was only best out of three sets and Didier says that hurt Caledonia, who started out rough due to nerves and lost 13-25. In the second, they started really building momentum again, playing really hard and climbing neck-in-neck; but they lost 25-27. Despite the final loss, Didier says the girls felt good about how they played and the weekend was still a success, with the team climbing from 10th place to 4th. “That’s the best-ever finish for Cal,” Didier said, adding that upsetting the first place team was a huge success. “I just feel really proud of them.”

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Ringette girls competing internationally By JACKIE LIEUWEN THREE TERRACE athletes are travelling with the U16 girls ringette Northern Lights team to compete in Sweden and Finland this month. The team flies to Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 28 where they play an exhibition game and tour the area, getting a chance to see the Stockholm Icebar and Globen Skyview. Then they travel to Helsinki, Finland, Dec. 31, to compete in the rest of the tournament and to watch the World Ringette Championship and the Ice Hockey World Junior Championships. They will also celebrate New Year’s at senate square in Finland. Terrace’s Jessica Dahl,

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TERRACE RINGETTE players Jessica Dahl, Sarah McLeod and Cassidy Pavao are competing in Sweden and Finland Dec. 28-Jan. 6, 2016. Cassidy Pavao and Sarah McLeod are joining the Prince George-based Northern Lights team along with a

few girls from Quesnel, Vancouver and Finland. They will face off against 12 teams from Finland and

Canada in the high-level Helsinki Ringette Festival. “I can’t wait,” said Pavao. “There was so many different touristy things that they said we could do.” McLeod said she is most excited for the sightseeing, especially seeing the ice hotel. They said they are also looking forward to the competition, and seeing the different ways people from these other countries play. “Even in Alberta they play differently, everyone has different strategies,” said Dahl. The girls have played on the AA Northern Lights team before, which opened the door to this opportunity. Dahl says she was invited to play as goalie on the U14 team in 2012, and has played

ever since. Pavao tried out and made the team that year as well, and McLeod has played since 2013. The team does not hold practices, as it would require players to do too much travel, but the players simply play in their regular ringette season and have one tournament with the AA Northern Lights team every year. Pavao said they know all the girls on the team and how they play because they play against them with their Terrace team throughout the year. Northern Lights coach Keith Sullivan said that was part of why he invited the girls to come with them to Sweden and Finland, and also because of their abilities. “Jessica Dahl is one of

the best U16 goalies in the province,” said Sullivan. “Cassidy Pavao and Sarah McLeod are both very hard workers and very easy to coach as you generally only have to explain to them once and they catch on to what you want.” This is the first time for the Northern Lights team to travel internationally, and Sullivan said they simply jumped on an invitation from Ringette Canada to come to the tournament. “The chance to see both the world ringette and the world junior championships and to play in a tournament was too good to pass up,” Sullivan said. “These players are going to remember this for the rest of their lives.”

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TRYSTEN DERRICK lands a layup for the Kermodes at a league game at Caledonia Secondary School Dec. 4. Kermodes won all three of their games to start their season off strong.

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■ League champs THE TERRACE basketball league wrapped up Dec. 10 at Skeena Middle School; with an intense men’s final. The season was Oct to Dec. this year. Ladies opted out of playoffs and champion of four teams was New Aiyansh Thunder. The men’s champion of eight teams was Terrace WAKS. Ladies from back: coach Toni Nisyok, Jessica Azak, Janelle Robinson, Chandra Barton, Kayla Vickers, Grace Clayton, manager Marianne Gonu, Felicia Davis, Cherie Mercer, Chantelle Elliott, Auzia Gonu and Connie Johnson. Men from back: Dustin Eaton, Alvin Tremblay, Basil Morgan, coach Terry Monture, Curtis Young-Mercer, Kenneth Monture, Tyler Moore, Randall Marks, Andrew Nyce, Steven Vickers and Daniel Young-Mercer.

ndrew Williams was back in Nova Scotia after a lengthy fishing trip to Northern BC. On the first leg he and Art Lingren reprised the couple of junkets they’d made to the grayling streams and rainbow lakes on the Stewart-Cassiar Highway. After that the pair spent a few days chasing steelhead on the Zymoetz and Kispiox, then Andrew joined his longtime friend, Len Vanderstar, for a drift on the Morice. It had been a pleasant trip, hunting fish and catching up with his many friends in the Skeena Valley, but Andrew was happy to be back from the province on whose highways he’d dodged more than a few bullets. It was a pleasant day. Susan was away, so Andrew set out alone to explore the area around the quaint and historic community of Liverpool, where the River Mersey meets the sea on Nova Scotia’s south shore. As he was driving along Hwy 103 through Eagle Head, Andrew felt as if someone had stabbed a knife into his chest. He pulled over, opened the car door, and dragged himself out. Getting out of the car sapped Andrew’s strength, and all he could do was rest his head on the car roof. Seeing a driveway near by, he crawled back into the car and drove into it. Inside the house the owner, Ryan Potter, noticed the unusual sight of a man with his

THE CALEDONIA Kermodes launched into their first games of the basketball season with three strong games at Caledonia Dec. 4-5. The team of 13 won all three games, upsetting #5 provincially ranked Charles Hays Rainmakers from Prince Rupert. The games started Friday with Smithers Gryphons facing Mt. Elizabeth Eagles, an intense game going into overtime, with Smithers edging out on top 68-64. Kermodes then fought a tough battle against the Charles Hays Rainmakers. Rainmakers started out strong and held the lead for the first three quarters. But Kermodes refused to let up and came back in the final quarter, outscoring the Rainmakers 20-6, and winning the game 55-49. Coach Cameron MacKay said the Kermodes lost big man Gabe Johnson early in the Rainmaker match to foul trouble and injury, “but the Kermodes defence and timely shooting prevailed.”

head resting on the roof it was highly likely that of his car. He watched, Andrew wasn’t suffernot knowing what to ing from a myocardial make of it, as the man infarction but an abdomgot back into the car and inal aortic aneurysm pulled into the driveway. (AAA). The aortic tear Potter rushed out, is deadly serious. asking if he could help. The aorta is shaped “I think I’m having like an old fashioned a heart attack,” Andrew walking cane, and is our gasped. largest artery, extending The pair agreed an from chest to lower abambulance would take domen. It sends blood too long. Potter took the to all parts of the body. SKEENA ANGLER keys and slid behind the An abnormal bulge in wheel, then drove like the weakened wall of ROB BROWN a rally driver to a rusthe aorta can lead to life tic red brick building threatening complicathat looked more like a tions. Normally AAAs school than a hospital. are asymptomatic. The The staff in the ER cardiologist at South at Queen’s General assumed Andrew was Shore knew when an aortic tear was caushaving a heart attack and took the usual ing symptoms like those Andrew was exmeasures, including giving him antico- periencing, surgery was necessary and it agulants, then, suspecting things might had to happen fast. be more complex than they first appeared, Soon Andrew was in a helicopter bound chose to send him to South Shore Regional for Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Hospital in nearby Bridgewater, since they Centre in Halifax where, after an agonizwere a larger facility better equipped to ing wait for his body to rid itself of the deal with such emergencies. contraindicated anticoagulants, he was This proved to be a good move. The taken to surgery, where an experienced cardiologist at South Shore examined his thoracic surgical team operated on him for newly arrived patient and determined that nine hours.

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Kermodes were led by senior students Trysten Derrick with 17 points, Gavin Anderson with 12 points and 9 steals, and Grade 11s Jalen Holland and Harvir Dhesi with 9 and 8 respectively, said MacKay. “The undersized Kermodes gritty team defensive performance was the difference in the game,” he said. On Saturday, the Kermodes faced Smithers Gryphons, earning a 59-30 victory. Eleven Kermode players chalked up points on the score board, with Trysten Derrick leading with 10 points. Later that afternoon, Kermodes hit the court against Mt. Elizabeth, beating them 76-29 and switching up their players to give a few others the chance to play. Scoring was led by Jalen Holland with 16 points, and Claudio Quiroga and Trysten Derrick with 11 points each. Kermodes played in Smithers last weekend and will head to Vancouver and Maple Ridge for an exhibition game and a tournament prior to Christmas break.

Five out every ten people who find themselves in Andrew’s condition don’t make it to the hospital. Thanks to the modest lobster and scallop fisher, Ryan Potter, Andrew beat those odds. Approximately 3 out of ten of those unfortunates who have to undergo the complex surgery Andrew did, don’t make it. Thanks to the hawkeyed cardiologist at South Shore and the surgical crew at QE II, Andrew beat those odds and cheated death again. After a long stay in the hospital, where he developed an infection that the medical staff managed to tame with antibiotics, Andrew is back home mending. When I spoke to him last week he told me the shortness of breath he’d been experiencing was cured by draining fluid from his lungs and his prognosis looks good. Determined to find the young man who saved his life, and not knowing Ryan Potter’s name, Andrew told his story to the Liverpool Advance. After it appeared on the paper’s website, Potter was deluged with calls. Hero? No, said Potter when asked by a reporter, more like a good Samaritan. Whatever he thinks he was, I join Andrew’s many friends in offering him sincere thanks that extends to all the medical personnel who ensured that Andrew will return to Skeena. When he does, we will go fishing, but I think I’ll drive.

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