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City closing in on 12,000 people By JOSH MASSEY A POPULATION count commissioned by the City of Terrace shows almost 1,000 more people live here than estimated by the provincial government. The study by Hannes Edinger of Big River Analytics surveyed 295 residences and his final estimate based on the count was 11,948 people living in Terrace. This is in contrast to the provincial BC Stats agency figure of 11,265 generated for 2014.
Big River also gave an estimate of the transient population which, when included, put the number of residents at 12,494. That transient or shadow population is further divided into two categories – “soft” for those living here who have a residence elsewhere but have not worked for 30 days in the last year and “hard” for those who have worked here more than 30 days in the last year but who have a residence elsewhere. There are 244 of the soft and 302 of the hard shadow
members estimated to be living in Terrace. The higher numbers confirm the casual estimates of city staff and also residents who have noticed more activity in town. “They are just using a formula to state the population for the Terrace area,” said mayor Carol Leclerc of the BC Stats population count, after the Dec. 15 committee of the whole meeting where Edinger described the method. “It wasn’t surprising, it was more frustrating,”
Leclerc said. “Because, you know, people can’t find places to rent and we saw lineups at the four-way stop backed up onto the bridges.” “We’ve got evidence that it’s not correct,” Leclerc continued of the BC Stats estimate. “So we want to share that information with the government, especially when they keep saying we are not a growing area.” The city hopes this will translate into more accurate projections of growth and better decisions about how much money the province
should provide for social services and health care. The study also included complex projection for population growth. In the low development scenario, with no LNG and a single alfalfa protein extraction plant at the Skeena Industrial Development Park, the population of Terrace “increases to 13,079 people by 2020, and to 13,181 by 2025.” With a medium scenario, with LNG facilities in Rupert and Kitimat and 10 manufacturing plants at
the Skeena Industrial Development Park, Terrace’s population increases quickly to 17,899 people in 2020 before declining slightly to 17,714 people in 2021 as construction workers would leave. The medium development scenario sees the population of Terrace resume growth after 2022 to 19,363 people in 2025. In the high development scenario, Terrace’s population increases to 23,098 people in 2020, and reaches 27,889 people in 2025 based on maximum development.
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■■ Yum HUDSON WORTH samples his own cookie masterpiece the same night of the Festival of Lights event at George Little Park. The event was run in the Terrace Art Gallery portion of the Terrace Public Library building, where Hudson and others found shelter as events outside turned soggy. A sprinkling of rain at 6 p.m. when the Festival of Lights started, turned into a torrent by 7 p.m., and the library’s cookie decorating event became a safe shelter from the downpour. OUR COVERAGE of the 2015 Christmas season begins on Page A5 and then continues in one complete second section of today’s newspaper.
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More gaming still in the cards By JOSH MASSEY
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CHRIS FAIRCLOUGH from the BC Lottery Corporation, which is gauging reaction to a possible expansion of gaming here.
THE COMPANY which owns the Chances gaming centre here is still interested in an expanded facility at a new location within the city limits but it is also suggesting it might seek a home elsewhere in the area. A comment from Pomeroy Lodging public relations vice president Jackie Clayton refutes rumours that the Grande Prairie, Albertabased hotel conglomerate which purchased Chances here in 2014, had contemplated pulling out altogether. “There are other options in the area,” said Clayton. “We don’t necessarily have to be right in the city. We would prefer to be right in the city, but ultimately we want to operate in the area.” Pomeroy has its eye on a facility similar to that which it owns in Fort St. John where a gaming centre operates at the same location as accommodation and other amenities.
“At the end of the day we want to have a convention centre, a hotel, swimming pool and an enhanced gaming facility,” said Clayton. One property which interests Pomeroy is owned by the city and is a former portion of a log yard in the light industrial area along Keith Ave. which was once part of the Skeena Cellulose sawmill complex. But first the company and gambling regulator BC Lottery Corporation is gauging the public response to increasing the number of gaming machines, which currently stands at 74, in addition to 144 bingo seats at the Chances facility on Legion Ave. Officials from both the company and the lottery corporation have been making regular visits to the area as part of their examination into an expansion. But in order for both to move forward in that direction, they would need the approval of city council. “We will measure
when it goes before council what public sentiment is,” said lottery corporation official Chris Fairclough, adding that they are still in stage one of gathering information. City council last considered – and then rejected – a request in 2012 to add more gaming machines. The BC Lottery Corporation provides revenue to the City of Terrace through various streams because it operates within the municipality. For the 2014/2015 fiscal year Terrace Chances made $11,689,000 from its gaming machines and it also made $1,008,000
from bingo for a total of over $12 million, an amount almost exactly the same as the 2013/2014 fiscal year. It represented just over four per cent of the total provincial revenue of $308,759,000 from gaming. Of the $12 million in total profits, the City of Terrace received $705,000 in gaming revenue from Chances in 2014/2015 and $675,000 in 2013 as well as property taxes, according to the city’s annual report. Other grants are also given out to communities through a separate stream. These gaming grants of around $850,000 were given to
36 community groups in Terrace last year, said Fairclough. One other measure being considered by the lottery corporation, and separate from any plans to expand Chances, is having a person at the centre who would provide information on problem gambling. This person’s wages would be paid through the provincial government’s gaming policy enforcement branch and wouldn’t be unique to Terrace because a broader plan would have such staff on hand at smaller centres— whereas currently they are located more at larger gaming centres across B.C.
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Postage increase for 2016 put off CANADA POST is holding off on planned postage increases pending a review of its operations. The order for the review was contained in instructions given by the new federal Liberal government to public services and procurement minister Judy Foote, who is responsible for Canada Post. “As a result, the current rates for domestic letter mail, U.S. and international letter-post items (letters, cards and postcards destined for the
United States and other international destinations) and domestic registered mail will remain in effect for 2016,” a statement last week from Canada Post indicated. It means the price for a single stamp will remain at $1. The federal crown corporation has traditionally brought in rate increases the beginning of each calendar year. Rates, however, for other mail such as parcels will rise early in the new year.
SCHEDULE OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS
The following is the schedule of Regular Council Meetings for 2016. Meetings commence at 7:30 p.m. and are held in City Hall Council Chambers at 3215 Eby Street. To be included on the Council agenda, call 250-638-4724. Agendas are posted at City Hall and on the City website at www.terrace.ca
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WITH THE Rio Tinto Alcan smelter project now finished, Atco is dismantling a camp that held workers and is moving the trailers to the Northwest Regional Airport.
Hundreds of trailers bound for the airport WHAT’S GOING to resemble a small town is soon to take shape at Northwest Regional Airport. Nearly 400 trailers which served as accommodation units, kitchen units and other purposes supplied by Atco for Rio Tinto Alcan’s now-completed Kitimat smelter modernization project, are to be kept there awaiting their next use. “They’re going to be parked on one of the old runways,” said airport manager Carman Hendry of the arrangement. And because the
Carman Hendry runway is behind the airport’s fence which separates its runway area from the rest of the facility, they’ll be in a secure area, he said.
“The runway isn’t used in the winter,” said Hendry of exactly where the units will be parked. The units include a number which can also be used for storage. “I’m sure this is more efficient than if they were taken all the way to Prince George or elsewhere only to have them returned,” he said. Atco has signed a year-long lease with the airport and Hendry isn’t sure they will be there for that entire length of time. “This is just one way we can raise revenue for
the airport,” he said. The airport just recently became a service provider for another industrial player in the northwest. It’s leased out a portion of its parking area to LNG Canada, one of two prospective liquefied natural gas projects at Kitimat. The lot will at first be used as workers prepare the site for the proposed plant and become a very active place should there be a decision made to construct the plant and accompanying natural gas pipeline.
Young entrepreneur program set to resume A COMPETITION in which young entrepreneurs can receive cash based on their business ideas is back for a second year. ThriveNorth, financed by BG Canada, one of the companies hoping to build a LNG plant near Prince Rupert, and Futurpreneur Canada, a national agency aimed at developing young entrepreneurs, disbursed thousands of dollars in its first competition. Those hoping to win this time around will be making their business case pitches before a panel of judges over a two-day period in Prince Rupert next spring. “We look forward to supporting many more entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses throughout Northwest B.C.,” said Simon Nish from the BG Group of Thrive North.
Applications will be available in January 2016. In its first business pitch competition, three winners won $10,000 each and three runners-up won $2,500 each. Four other people took out loans through an equity match with TRICORP, an aboriginal lending corporation in the northwest and three took loans through Futurpreneur. ThriveNorth also has a mentoring program for young entrepreneurs and in its first year, nine mentors were also used – four from Prince Rupert, one from Terrace, one from Vancouver, two from Quesnel and one from Prince George. The initiative is run by Futurpreneur and BG Canada has made a five-year, $5 million overall commitment.
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Doing it right in Rosswood By CECILE FAVRON
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TAKE ONE on a 1973 Christmas greeting card from the Coast Mountains School District Collection at the Heritage Park Museum.
Christmases past By KELSEY WIEBE GEORGE LITTLE, an early settler who claimed the tract of land that became downtown Terrace, was well known in the early and mid-20th century for planting hundreds of trees around the community. Several of those trees are still standing, including a few red sugar maples in the Kitsumgallum Cemetery at the crest of the bench near Northwest Community College and on the 4600-block of Lakelse Avenue. Pat Beaton, a colourful Irish emigrant whose stories in our archive includes being a bodyguard for the King of Spain, remembered Little planting a row of evergreen trees along a fence on Keith Ave. In December, Terrace residents lopped the tops of the trees off and brought them back to their living rooms to serve as Christmas trees. In an isolated northern community, mail was often of critical importance in the Christmas season. Steve Tomecek recalled travelling from Rosswood to Terrace just before Christmas to pick up Christmas letters and parcels. After that, they wouldn’t get any mail again until the spring. George Spencer, who lived in Aiyansh, used to get mail by dogsled in the winter, once every month. “Christmas mail was the biggest load,” he told interviewers in 1978. “I remember lots of times there was 100 to 120 bags. Lots of times the river would freeze so it would be part open and part froze and [mail carriers] would have to take the canoe on the sled and take it over the ice and dump it back in the water again. Sometimes it would take them pretty near a month to bring that mail up.” In Terrace, mail delivery was much simpler, though it still required great effort. Sam and Lee Kirkaldy “used to give really good service, I can remember,” Lorraine Johnstone stated in a 1978 interview. “For instance, on Christmas Eve, if the train was late or something and parcels came in, they would always sort that Christmas mail. If somebody wasn’t there to pick up their parcel, then they would deliver it to them. That’s how small Terrace was.” Emil Jopp remembered a cooperative, celebratory spirit in Terrace in the 1910s and 1920s. “We, the whole people, got together in the Farmers’ Institute. We belonged to it and everybody chipped in for a few dollars and bought a phonograph.” This allowed for Christmas-time dances. Belle Watt (nee Frank) wrote poems about Terrace, including ‘Old Timer’s Christmas,’ which was published in Happy Times in Rhyme. “Our Christmas concert was the grandest thing,” she reminisced, many years later.
“We’d recite, put on plays, dance and sing. Our teachers were marvels, everyone agreed. The costumes and stage settings were wonders indeed.” Christmas was, of course, not the same for everyone who lived in the community. Pat Beaton remembered in 1978 how annoying Christmastime was, because of all the do-gooders who wanted to include bachelors like him in the holiday cheer. The wife of the man who ran the Terrace Hotel had a Christmas banquet for bachelors and old-timers, featuring her homemade wine. Beaton and his bachelor friend Charley Burkewhistle were strong-armed into going one year and Beaton remembers not being able to eat in peace. The women “would put a chunk of turkey and a couple of vegetable on a plate and this one would come along – ‘Oh you should try some of this’, and another come along, – ‘I know you would like some of this.’ And they wouldn’t let you go ahead and eat it. Trying to be helpful, you see. If they just sit down and behaved themselves and if there was something we would like we would ask for it. Charley and me, we looked like we would ask for it.” “Charley and me, we looked at each other and started for the door and one preacher came down to the door – ‘What’s the matter?’ I said, ‘If it is so good, eat it yourself.’ That’s why I don’t go to these kinds of things.” More seriously, Christmas for First Nations people was not always a celebration. Well into the 20th century, First Nations people were not allowed in any place serving liquor. They were also banned from sundry other restaurants and stores, due to prevailing notions of race. Addie Turner (nee Nelson) recalled in a 2004 oral history that her family was never invited to the staff Christmas parties for the sawmill where her father worked because there would be alcohol there. Through the paternalistic laws of the Indian Act, it was illegal to sell or give liquor to First Nations people from 1876 to 1970. Christmas tends to be a season of community and celebration, so we see the makeup of our early community reflected through the memories of Christmas. How, though, did Terrace residents who were Jewish, atheist, or Sikh – so, who traditionally did not celebrate the holiday – look upon Christmas celebrations? In what other ways did people celebrate? The preservation of voices other than those of the predominantly European pioneers is one of the major gaps in the museum’s collection, and is something we have been working to correct through oral history projects. Kelsey Wiebe is the curator of the Heritage Park Museum.
THE HOLIDAYS officially got underway in Rosswood where on Dec. 12 the traditional Christmas potluck brought the community out to share in the festive spirit. About 50 minutes north on the Nisga’a Highway, the 150 residents in Rosswood have gathered together to celebrate the holidays each year for as long as they can remember. “Once upon a time, back in the day,” remembers Betty Geier, longtime community member and a director of the local community association, “I can’t remember a year where we didn’t have a Christmas potluck dinner or some kind of an event like that.” Rosswoodians have consistently braved the deep snow and often unplowed roads to gather in the cosy log community hall and this year was no exception. Sharing homemade dinners, often with local ingredients, the guests were entertained by the choir made up of all ages and abilities singing some classic favourites. Songs were chosen by audience members from handmade song books that have been around at least 20 years. The audience, as always, was encouraged to join the singing. Those with musical instruments also got to show off their talent by accompanying the carolers and Geier on piano. “I really hope that someone who has musical expertise ends up moving out to Rosswood so I can just focus on helping with the singing,” Geier said of the concert. Santa always makes a trip out to the occasion, dressed in his Christmas best, which Mrs. Claus just keeps adding to each year. He makes an appearance on cue from the choir’s version of “Here Comes Santa”. He is tall and jolly in a long, dark red coat and hat. Shy and boisterous alike, the children climb on his knee to talk and
grasp the brown paper sacks of treats that Santa hands out to each child. After last year’s incident, when good ‘ol Father Christmas misplaced his sleigh and had to go running through the forest with a bunch of children on his tail, this time around everyone reminded him at which entrance he parked. The laughs and smiles are a great way to build community and have children get to know their neighbours, said Geier. “If the kids don’t attend all of these events, they don’t realize that that’s how they stay connected,” she explained. “It’s so that Rosswood doesn’t just end up becoming a bedroom community where people just stay home and watch videos and then go to [Terrace] for all their entertainment.” The efforts to keep a lively spirit even in this tiny community are very apparent. In preparation for the potluck, they undertook an ornament and decoration making workshop to adorn the building, the tree, and the tables. Weekly craft days were held to get the children together and make items that they might use as gifts or decorations in their own homes. The yearly cookie exchange which hasn’t missed a beat for 21 years also took place. And the excitement isn’t over for Rosswood; this year they plan to have a New Year’s bash. “We don’t always have a New Year’s party [at the hall] but we are going to, there will be Karaoke and dancing,” explained Geier. “We’ll have an evening buffet, potluck, it’s for whole families,” she said, stressing that everyone is welcome. For anyone looking to come out, the Rosswood New Year’s party (all-ages) will start at 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. Bring something to share! Cecile Favron is a Rosswood resident now attending Simon Fraser University.
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TOMAS AND Olivia Geier sit on Santa’s knee at the 2014 Rosswood Christmas potluck.
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Goodwill WHETHER it be those who formed the Field of Faith Foundation and who now dispense hot food and warm clothing once a week at George Little Park or the Terrace Sponsors Syrian Refugee Families, local residents once again demonstrate the concepts of compassion and sharing. The same is true of the Terrace Churches Food Bank’s extra distribution day this week and the Salvation Army’s recently introduced twice-weekly breakfast. There are other countless acts throughout the year of private and personal outreach demonstrating the simple principle – from those according to their ability to those according to their need. As we gather together this Christmas week, a week rooted in the Christian faith, the words of Tommy Douglas are appropriate. From his start as a Baptist minister, Mr. Douglas became the first-ever Cooperative Commonwealth Federation premier of Saskatchewan and introduced the country’s first Medicare program to that province. He later became the first leader of the federal New Democratic Party: “If Christmas means anything, it should mean that, like the shepherds of old, we catch a vision of the world as it ought to be and not as it is. This is the season where we should renew our determination to do what we can, each in our own way, to build a world founded on human brotherhood and concern for the needs of others.”
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hat to do with 3,700 used garbage cans? The City of Terrace is upgrading their garbage trucks to the kind with a mechanical arm that lifts and dumps each special can into the truck by itself. As with any upgrade whether to a household appliance or an outdoor piece of equipment, this will leave 3,700 obsolete garbage cans without a job. The regional district was concerned with recycling these obsolete but still useful garbage cans and is pondering ways to connect homeowners who have cans they can no longer use with others, perhaps in Thornhill, who might be happy to be offered a free can or two. On first reading the article in The Terrace Standard, I took it to mean it would be up to officials to find a home or substitute use for all 3,700 cans. That would be a headache. But that’s not what this is about. These cans belong to individual homeowners. On average, each property may have one or two cans. Most homeowners would be able to integrate one or two
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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI re-purposed cans into their backyard without hardship, I’m sure, thus eliminating the need to locate a new owner. When we closed our private campsite and moved to Thornhill years ago, we brought along eight metal garbage cans we had used to keep our campsite tidy. We set out several for our household garbage, two for sawdust sweepings in my husband’s carpentry shop, one to collect from the wood stove ashes handy to sprinkle on icy walkways, and another in my upholstery shop for sweepings and fabric scraps. As a city official suggested, water-tight garbage cans
make excellent storage bins for rain water. Those with lids serve well to store pellets or grains to feed pets, rabbits, chickens, pigs and more while keeping out rodents or insects that might contaminate or destroy the can’s contents. If the lids were welded on to the cans (assuming the cans are not plastic but made of material that would withstand welding) and the cans then cut in half with a torch, top to bottom, they could serve as feed troughs for pigs, calves, chickens, fowl of any type. Such a half can would also make a fine planter. Or an intact can, set upright, filled with soil and a one-inch diameter hole drilled randomly around the sides could be planted with one strawberry plant exiting from each hole; the berry crop would be out of reach of frogs and slugs. In Dad’s garage, he kept a wooden barrel where he stored shovels, axes, and crowbars upright, making them easy to sort through. A garbage can weighted with a couple of rocks or cement blocks could do a similar job in a shed, barn, or greenhouse.
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The Mail Bag Be informed about God
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WITH FAMILY roots in the Middle East, local businessman Gord Shaben is encouraging businesses and others to help those in need, regardless of their background.
Two groups deserve support Dear Sir: People in need are people in need regardless of their race, religion or location. None of these differences make their feet any warmer, their bellies any fuller or their spirits raised higher. There is no safety or security for homeless people no matter where
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they are, in our hometown or a foreign country. They are all in need of our help. A good way to be assured that your assistance goes directly to the people who need it most is to support local efforts involving our own friends and neighbours.
We have many homeless people on our streets right here in Terrace. Others needing our help will become our new neighbors from the Middle East. We have the privilege of choosing where we want our generosity to go. Two new local organiza-
tions have formed in the effort to help these unfortunate fellow human beings. There are also others doing great work not mentioned here. One group was featured in the November 25, 2015 issue of The Terrace Standard.
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Dear Sir: When I read the claim by letter to the editor writer David Heinimann in the Dec. 2, 2015 issue of The Terrace Standard: “Be clear: man made God. Further, and more tellingly, men made God make man. And gods, Satan, angels, and the rest of the panoply. No evidence exists otherwise. None,” I thought it might be appropriate to point the reader to some different claims on the matter. These are claims by very intelligent and educated academics who have spent their entire career asking questions of that kind. David seems to side with psychologist Sigmund Freud who uttered a number of statements questioning the intellect and reason of believers. Here is just one: “In the long run, nothing can withstand reason and experience, and the contradiction religion offers to both is palpable.” If one is to make an informed assessment on the existence of God, in particular the God of Christianity I am referring to here, one should look at the evidence first. It is either true or it is not, it can’t be both. I recommend the interested reader to have a look on what some brilliant minds have thought about this topic. Start with C.S. Lewis’ (Cambridge University) “Mere Christianity,” William Lane Craig (Prof. of Philosophy and Ethics at Talbot School of Theology in Los Angeles), N.T. Wright (Prof. of New Testament and Early Christianity at University of St. Andrews, Scotland), Peter Kreeft, (Prof. of Philosophy at Boston College), John Lennox (Prof. of Mathematics and Philosophy of Science, Oxford Univ.) and Francis Collins (MD, Ph.D. Director of the National Institute of Health, former Director of the Human Genome Project (completed 2003) and scientific advisor to the Vatican – author of “The Language of God”).
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‘Why’ is the key issue for inquiry mandate
ight up to the last federal election the Canadian government held firm to the position that an inquiry on the subject of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada was not needed. The government believed that the problem could be dealt with by way of criminal justice reforms. Criminal justice incorporates law enforcement, courts, corrections and punishment. The criminal justice system is set in motion after the fact, after the commission of a criminal act. The federal government’s policy would have been a reasonable one if it could have demonstrated a high rate of unsolved cases of missing and murdered persons for the population as a whole. If that were the evidence, reforms to the criminal justice system may well be what is required to bring about improvements. However, the rate of unresolved cases involves overwhelmingly indigenous women and girls. The criminal justice
system’s record of resolving cases of missing people among the non-indigenous population is, if not perfect, clearly superior to the record involving indigenous women. There are two aspects to this disparity: indigenous women and girls are exposed to a greater risk of harm than the general population is; and the rate of these cases remaining unresolved is also greater than what it is for the general population. The purpose of British Columbia’s Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, “to inquire into and report on the conduct of the missing women investigations,” falls short of what is required. As the Coalition on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls pointed out, the scope of that process was too narrowly focused on the criminal justice system. It is eminently understandable that the families of the 18 women and girls from the Highway 16 region who disappeared over the past 45 years want and deserve answers.
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ANDRE CARREL Where are these women? What happened to them? Who is responsible for their disappearance? Questions of this kind have been allowed to linger without answers for far too long. The more important question is “Why?” In the first instance, why is the criminal justice system’s record of bringing their case files to closure so dismal?
The inquiry cannot be allowed to disregard, neglect, or sidestep the likelihood of sexism and racism being pertinent factors. RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson has already admitted to racism within the national police force. That calls for the same determined action we would apply in confronting anti-Semitism. Racism within the criminal justice system is intolerable; equally reprehensible is the reality that indigenous women are exposed to a vastly greater risk of going missing and being murdered than are members of the general population. If the announced federal inquiry is to achieve a reduction in the risks to which indigenous women have been exposed over the decades, and remain so today, the terms of reference will have to place a strong emphasis on the political realities that framed the victims’ lives. Evidence revealed by the recently published Truth & Reconciliation Inquiry into the residential school reality experienced by
indigenous people points to that same political reality. We take pride in our democratic traditions and in Canada’s international role in support of democratic principles. However, from an indigenous perspective, our democracy appears to be guided by axioms more than principles. Neither free elections nor an independent judiciary and our treasured Charter of Rights and Freedoms were of much consequence to the victims. We cannot rely on politics as usual if we are determined to reduce the risk of victimization of future generations. We will have to build a network of intercultural/racial social relations to transform established social relationships. Only if statistics in the year 2036 show a marked decrease in the rate of indigenous women disappearing and being murdered will we know if the inquiry has fulfilled its mandate. Andre Carrel is a retired public sector administrator living in Terrace, B.C.
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Motorist assisted
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■■ Special delivery MEGHAN DUSDAL scans the barcodes on the new garbage and recycling carts being dropped off by the city. The scanner links the code with the address, forever tying that particular container to that particular house. More than 7,500 containers are being dropped off.
A PASSING motorist helped an elderly driver west of Terrace on Hwy16, one of a series of events which took place over the Dec. 1114 weekend, said Terrace RCMP last week. The elderly driver’s vehicle was stuck on the CN tracks where they cross Hwy16 about 60km west of Terrace. “A passing motorist pulled the car off the tracks, assisted with changing the flat tire, and then followed the elderly driver to a service station in Prince Rupert to ensure his safety,” said the RCMP report. But there was a slightly different response when a highway worker stopped to investigate a truck which went off of Hwy16 about 50km east of Terrace. The worker found the driver and a passenger sleeping in the truck. “When woken up, the driver attempted to punch the highway worker,” the RCMP report stated. “The driver had suffered a head wound and was transported to Mills Memorial Hospital via BC Ambulance,” continued the report. “The passenger had to be cut out of the vehicle and had suffered minor injuries as well. Alcohol was involved,” the report into the incident concluded.
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Groups deserve support They are the Field of Faith Foundation, assisted by a group of volunteers. They set up in George Little Park on Wednesday evenings and distribute clothing, food and care. They’re also having a Christmas dinner at The Salvation Army on Christmas Eve and one of its members, Kim, reminded me they need all the help and donations that they can get. They have an account set up at the Northern Savings Credit Union where you can donate money or just bring donations to the
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Be informed
I should add if you Google them you’ll find talks on YouTube especially when adding the search term Veritas Forum. You might be surprised how much historical, circumstantial and plain logic evidence there is on the historicity of the Judeo-Christian God. David’s letter was titled: “Choose your God wisely”. I would suggest: Choose your source of information wisely when making such fundamental decisions. What an appropriate topic in the advent season to kick around. I wish all the readers a Merry Christmas. John Krisinger, Terrace, B.C.
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park on Wednesday evenings between 5:30 and 8 p.m. Look for them on Facebook. The other group, with the help of The Skeena Diversity Society, has formed Terrace Sponsors Syrian Refugee Families. With their help, groups have formed, sponsoring at least one Syrian family so far. They held a successful spaghetti dinner fundraiser at Knox United Church on Dec. 12. One of the great attributes newcomers bring to Canada is their cuisine. I know I’d be the first steady patron in a much overdue new Mediterranean or Middle Eastern restaurant if ever one should open here. For more information on how to help Terrace Sponsors Syrian Refugee Families, contact Sasa Loggin at sasa@skeenadiversity.com or visit www. facebook.com/terracesponsorsrefugees. They also have a bank account at the Northern Savings Credit Union. Silvertip Promotions & Signs is donating to each of these local charitable groups and encourages other businesses to dig in and help. We have so much and others have so little. Let’s make a difference. We earn money to make a living; we share it to make a life. Season’s greetings and good health, hope and prosperity to all. Gord Shaben, Terrace, B.C.
HOLIDAY REFUSE/ RECYCLING COLLECTION SCHEDULE 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
oast Mountains Board of Education School District 82
NOTICE OF BY-ELECTION BY VOTING PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of Coast Mountains Board of Education School District 82 that a By-election by Voting for Trustee Electoral Area 3 (Thornhill) is necessary to elect one (1) School Trustee for the remainder of the four-year term commencing January 2016 and terminating December 2018. The persons nominated as candidates at the By-election by Voting and for whom the votes will be received are listed below. TO BE ELECTED - ONE: Trustee Electoral Area 3 (Thornhill) (Area E of Kitimat-Stikine Regional District and the South and East portion of Area C of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District including Copperside, Gossen, Kleanza, Usk, Jackpine Flats, Old Remo and Lakelse Lake). JOHNSON, Barbara A. #2-4717 Walsh Avenue
Terrace
PENNER, Diana
5418 Hepple Avenue
Terrace
WATSON, Sandy
5221 Skeena Drive
Terrace
ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITY: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Coast Mountains Board of Education Office, 3211 Kenney Street, Terrace (Building A)
GENERAL VOTING DAY: Saturday, January 9, 2016 - 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Northwest Trades & Employment Training Centre (former Thornhill Junior Secondary School), 3120 Highway 16 East, Terrace MAIL BALLOT VOTING:
Mail ballot voting will be available for those electors of the Coast Mountains Board of Education School District 82 who are unable to vote at other voting opportunities. Any person requiring information on mail ballot voting, please contact Carole Gagnon, Executive Assistant at the Board of Education Office at (250) 638-4401 or toll free 1-855-635-4931, Local 4401. Note - It is the responsibility of the voter to ensure they contact the Executive Assistant in sufficient time to receive a mail ballot package and return the ballots. ELECTOR REGISTRATION:
If you are not on the list of electors, you may register at the time of voting. To register you must meet the following qualifications: • 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election • Canadian citizen • Resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day • Resident of OR registered owner of real property in Trustee Electoral Area 3 for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day, and • Not otherwise disqualified by law from voting. Resident electors seeking to register will be required to produce 2 pieces of identification, at least one with a signature and one with address, proving both residency and identity. Non-resident property electors must produce satisfactory proof that they are entitled to register and vote in relation to their real property, and if applicable, written consent from a majority of other registered owners of the real property that you are permitted to register and vote for that property. For further information contact: Cathy Jackson, Chief Election Officer (Tel. 250-635-1907) for: Coast Mountains Board of Education School District 82 3211 Kenney Street, Terrace, B.C. V8G 3E9 Tel. (250) 635-4931 or 1-855-635-4931 Local 4401 . Fax 1-888-290-4786 . www.cmsd.bc.ca
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The Terrace Standard offers the Community Calendar as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit organizations and events without an admission charge. Space permitting, items will run two weeks before each event. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays. Fax your event or PSA to 250-638-8432. For complete listings, visit www.terracestandard.com
WWW.REMLEETHEATRE.CA COMMUNITY EVENTS 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/ DECEMBER 24 – Zion Baptist Church hosts Silent Night, Holy Night Christmas Eve service from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Zion Baptist (2911 Sparks St.). Join us for a service of music, stories, reflections on Christmas and more. 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@ telus.net. JANUARY 5, 7 – 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 is “Creating A Spirit Animal Portrait,” a two-part workshop from 9 - 11:30 a.m. To register, or for more information, please call 250-635-8206. JANUARY 16 – Terrace Chapter Council of Canadians meets at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at UNBC room 103. For more details, contact Bruce at 250-641-0732 or bbidgood@telus.net.
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.
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. 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. 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 250-641-3665. 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. ROYAL PURPLE WELCOMES new members. For more details, call Sharon 635-6955. KIMMUNITY ANGELS SOCIETY works to promote quality of life for seriously ill individuals and their families by providing financial assistance for medical treatment, medical expenses and equipment or supplies. All funds raised stay within our community. Get involved by volunteering at fundraisers, challenging family, friends and businesses to get involved or meet or exceed your donation, raising funds and spreading the word about us. For more, contact give@kimmunityangelssociety.ca. THE RED CROSS Health Equipment Loan Program urgently needs volunteers. The program loans equipment at no charge to those
who need it. If you can spare two or more hours per month, please contact Norma at the Terrace Red Cross at 4450 Greig Ave., 250-631-4177. Office hours are Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. THE TERRACE CHAPTER of TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets once a week in the cafeteria in the basement of Mills Memorial Hospital. Weigh-in starts at 6 p.m., meeting at 7:15 p.m. For more information about this, call Joan at 250-635-0998 or Sandy 250-6354716. HELPING HANDS OF Terrace, a non-profit organization, recycles cans, bottles and scrap metal with proceeds going to help seniors, cancer patients and children get medications or assistance they can’t access or afford. Individuals and businesses who would like to be involved are asked to call 778-634-3844. Cash donations can also be made at the Northern Savings Credit Union. THE HOMELESS OUTREACH Program and the Living Room Project provide services at the Old Carpenters Hall on the corner of Davis Ave. and Sparks St. Open Mon. to Thurs. 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Fri. until 2 p.m. A PEER SUPPORT group for people living with a brain disorder meets from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. every Monday at the Terrace Public Library meeting room. Also meet us for a coffee at Cafenara on Friday nights at 7 p.m. For more details, call Ken or Sheila at 631-4176. CRISIS PREVENTION, INTERVENTION and Information Centre for Northern BC has a 24-hour crisis line 1-888-562-1214. Free. Confidential. No call display. VOLUNTEER TERRACE NEEDS volunteers for its programs. Consider spending an hour or so each week providing ‘friendly home visits’ for seniors: the Community Volunteer Service Program helps serve the community with your extra hands. Agencies that need help include the library, Heritage Park Museum, the Greater Terrace Beautification Society and more. For more details, call 638-1330 and talk to Tekah or Jessica. KERMODE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY’S Father’s Group would like to invite past, present and new participants to attend the weekly group meetings every Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the society satellite office (3242 Kalum St.). For more details, call 250-635-1476. HEALING TOUCH COMMUNITY Clinics continue to be offered by appointment. Call Julie for more details 250-849-5554. Donations accepted.
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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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MARGARET SPEIRS
(250) 638-7283
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■■ Advent in Action EVERY YEAR, Veritas Catholic School takes on a focus during the season of Advent to help others and to remember the true reason of Christmas. This year, the theme was “Advent in Action.” Animal toques were sold as a visual sign that students are participating in Advent in Action. Some examples of actions that the students were encouraged to do included individual or family prayer, attending mass each week, helping with chores, baking cookies for others, donating to the food bank or shoveling snow for someone in need. More than 230 hats were purchased, which raised more than $2,000 for less fortunate families in our community during the Christmas season. Here is a crowd of students and school staff showing off their animal hats.
Local student wins pageant THE WINNER of this year’s Miss Chinese Vancouver pageant is a 21-year-old half-Chinese and halfBelgian Canadian from Terrace. Jennifer Ling Coosemans is also a trombone- and piano-playing student from the University of Northern British Columbia. Prior to the pageant, she declared that if she were to win, she would want to draw attention to environmental research. Among her goals are to learn to speak more Cantonese and Mandarin and to visit Shanghai to reconnect with her grandparents. Coosemans now gets a chance to compete in the Miss Chinese International pageant, which will be held in Hong Kong in January. Six winners have gone on to become Miss Chinese International. Approximately 1,000 people attended the gala at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The event raised $428,000 toward the purchase of an ultrasound machine in the newborn intensive-care unit at BC Women’s Hospital. The first runner-up was Letittia Lai and the second runner-up was Karen Ku.
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ALANNAH VETTERI takes a break from exam week to visit with Therapy Dog Jetta, a three-anda-half-year-old golden retriever in the NWCC bookstore cafe Dec. 16.
Exam week goes to the dogs Jennifer Ling Coosemans
IT’S FAIRLY common knowledge that petting a dog can help lower people’s blood pressure, heart rate and help them relax, especially if the dog is calm. With that in mind, St. John Ambulance began a therapy dog program more than 20 years ago and recently expanded it beyond visiting patients in seniors facilities and improving a child’s reading
skills, to having dogs in schools. Northwest Community College offered therapy dogs to visit with students for the second time during Final Exam Week Dec. 14 to 17. Dogs came by campus to hang out three times a day for an hour each time in the bookstore cafe.
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TERRACE GIRL Guides, Brownies and Sparks sing carols for residents of Terraceview Lodge Dec. 16.
Terraceview’s traditional Christmas CHRISTMAS AT Terraceview Lodge is celebrated with activities for residents throughout December. Lots of different community groups come in and share their time with the seniors, says Bonnie Casault from the recreation department. The Terrace Community Band plays for residents, a choir performs its Christmas concert, several school groups put on their concerts and sing carols with the residents, including the Girl Guides and Brownies. An annual visit from the air cadets sees the cadets taking seniors out in buses to look at the Christmas lights around the community. “We’re trying to draw on lots of past
remembrances and things familiar to the residents,” says Casault, adding that it includes baking, putting together gingerbread houses and having Christmas tea parties. It’s about having the sights, sounds and tastes of Christmas, she says. Part of recreation includes Christmas traditions such as making handicrafts, stringing up popcorn and making paper chain garland. They also do trimming on the many Christmas trees around the residence. “We have, I think, about nine Christmas trees around the facility and each one is decorated in a different theme,” she says. That includes a woodland themed tree,
a kitchen gadget tree, and a tree decked out in a red and white snowflake theme. “We’re trying to bring in as many home-like touches as we can,” she says. Of course, that also includes a traditional Christmas dinner with all the fixings. The turkey is roasted in the oven at Terraceview, letting the smell waft throughout the building. Families are invited to share Christmas dinner with residents for a small fee which includes the full dinner plus dessert. That also means no dishes to wash afterward. “We do have Santa coming to visit,” she adds. Santa picks up the little teddy bears that the liquor store gives out and hands out one to every resident.
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Fax your event to make the Scene at 250-638-8432. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday.
Clubs/pubs
■■ 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. Sat. 8 p.m. Jam sessions. 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. at 6 p.m. Poker Sun. 1 p.m. and 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 2-10 p.m. Free pool. Located at Mt. Layton Hotsprings just off Hwy37 South between Terrace and Kitimat.
Art
■■ THE TERRACE ART Gallery presents Ice, Water, Snow, oil and acrylic paintings by Tara Irwin, showing now through Jan. 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.
■■ 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 is “Creating A Spirit Animal Portrait,” a two-part workshop from 9 - 11:30 a.m. Jan. 5 and 7. To register, or for more information, please call 250-635-8206.
Music
■■ 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 Lee Theatre. Tickets on sale at George Little House.
Comedy
■■ SNOWED IN COMEDY Tour is at 8 p.m. Jan. 6 at the REM Lee Theatre. Tickets on sale online. Use the passcode ‘snowedin’ and save money per ticket. ■■ JOIN THREE-TIME CANADIAN comedy award winners, Peter ‘n’ Chris as they perform this ‘extremely funny’ CBC comedy sketch show The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel 7:30 to 9:30
p.m. Jan. 23 at the REM Lee. Using every trick in the comic book, these extremely inventive physical comedy experts leave no funny bone untickled in this fast paced spoof to the horror genre. Named the Just for Laughs Best Comedy Montreal Fringe 2012/2013. Tickets on sale at Terrace Sportsplex, Neid Enterprises and from the U16 Terrace Rage Team. Proceeds support Northwest Club Volleyball. For more see peterNchris.com.
Hockey ■■ THE TERRACE RIVER Kings host Kitimat to kick off the new year here Jan. 2. Then they head to Prince Rupert to take on the Rampage Jan. 9 and to Kitimat Jan. 16 to face off against the Kitimat Ice Demons.
Reading ■■ UNBC NORTHWEST PUBLIC Presentation is “Some New Work (Especially Poetry)” with presenter Janet Rogers, UNBC Writer-in-Residence from noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 13 at the UNBC campus. Free. For more details, contact Alma at 250-615-5578 or alma.avila@ unbc.ca.
Hannah Niemi helped organize the event, which began in April 2015 and will be back next April. Eight therapy dogs are here in the community, including three golden retrievers, a pug, and a corgi. Often times, small dogs aren’t thought of as being calm and easy going but Niemi says the therapy dogs are all pretty mellow. Niemi took some training in 2014 and said dogs go through an evaluation to see how they react to wheelchairs, loud noises etc. If the dog is scared, then the owner could be asked to work with it to get it over any fear of noises or items and see how that goes. A dog who has an “accident” is automatically out of the program. When the dogs return next spring, Niemi is thinking of having them on campus for two weeks, the week before exams and exam week.
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Private schools growing By JACKIE LIEUWEN PUBLIC SCHOOL enrolment may be declining in Terrace and area but student numbers at independent schools are growing. Both Veritas Catholic School and Centennial Christian School report healthy enrolments in the lower grades, a sign that overall numbers will grow as those students move up through the grades. Veritas principal Dave Crawley says the school had a fall enrolment of 242 students in the K-9 school, an increase of six over last year. “We have a lot of pressure at the bottom of our school. We have a waiting list for kindergarten and our primary classes are very full,” said Crawley. “We anticipate as the birth rate has increased in the area over the last five or six years that we will get more students.” Crawley says that expected growth in the economy might add
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VERITAS GRADE 2 students Gregory Webb and Valentina Protheroe. even more pressure on enrolment, and as Veritas nears 250 students, it is reaching capacity. Veritas is “giving consideration to expan-
sion because we anticipate the demand will be there,” said Crawley. Once a school of K-7, Veritas added Grade 8 and Grade 9
several years ago. Centennial Christian School is up 13 students this year, with 167 students K-12 and 17 children in pre-school. Principal Edgar Veldman said Centennial has a large kindergarten class of 19 this year (compared to the average 12-13), more than enough to replace its 2015 grad class of five students. “That’s a huge reason for the difference right there,” he said of the overall increase. Long term, Veldman says Centennial expects to match the provincial trend which forecasts continued increases for independent schools. One local independent school which did experience a drop in students is Mountainview Christian Academy, whose enrolment compared to last year is down nine students to 41. “Our loss was primarily due to being uncertain about our facility until August,” said board chair Roger
Ewald. The lease of the Anglican church had run out and there was uncertainty all summer as to where its new home might be. “Now that we are settled into our own newly renovated facility, we hope to gain a few [more students],” said Ewald of new space at the Skeena Valley Baptist Church. “We have also established a pre-K program that has three learners enrolled and three more serious inquiries,” he said. The Ministry of Education reports of enrolment from the last ten years in BC schools indicate that the proportion of students in independent schools is climbing. In 2005, the BC public school system enrolled 90 percent of BC students and independent schools enrolled 10 percent. In 2014, public schools enrolled 87 percent, and independent enrolled 13 percent of students.
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April 7, 1938 - November 22, 2015 It is with great sadness that we share the loss of our father, grandpa, brother and friend, Richard Allen McCarron. Richard passed away suddenly on November 22, 2015. Richard was born and raised in Terrace, B.C. April 7, 1938, Electrician by trade. He is predeceased by his Father and Mother (John and Dolores). Richard is survived by his sons Steven (Rosie) and Brent (Darlene), grandchildren Joshua and Ashley, siblings Alma (Doug), Len (Sue), Jim, Darrel (Janice), Eugene, Judy, Chance (Brenda).
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Elaine Mildred Shauer (Hoskins) March 4, 1948 - December 1, 2015
After a courageous battle with cancer, passed away at home with husband Russ and son Bobby at her side. She was 67. Elaine leaves husband Russ, son Bobby (Andrea) grandchildren Kyana and Quinn and many extended family members which she was able to visit prior to her death. Elaine was born in Castor Alberta to Leona and Jim Hoskins the only girl with 3 older and 3 younger brothers. She grew up in Stettler Alberta until she married Russ February 21, 1964. They moved to Terrace B.C. April 30,1965 then to Prince Rupert B.C. in August 1974 Elaine found a hobby doing ceramics while she lived there. They moved back to Terrace April 2008 and spent most of their time developing their campground on Kalum Lake and enjoying the many friends visiting around the campfire. Elaine also enjoyed travelling and camping. Thank you to Dr. de Bruin and Dr. Fourie and staff and a very special thank you to the Home Care nurses.
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Terrace gym seeking Guinness World Record for new challenge By JACKIE LIEUWEN
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THE BEETLE VS. The Beast is the grand finale match of the Squat Challenge Dec. 27 at the North Coast Health & Fitness gym. Gym owner Ashley Wittington, super heavyweight bodybuilding champion and Mr. BC for 2015, faces Bryce Thomson, a national-level power lifter, squatting with their body weight for 10 minutes.
TERRACE’S NORTH Coast Health & Fitness gym is hosting what could possibly be the firstever weightlifting competition of its kind. The 18 local competitors will go head-to-head for a gruelling 10 minutes straight of squats, lifting a bar with their body weight and tallying as many squats as they can. “It’s never been done like this before,” said event organizer Adam Yawrenko. “I’ve never heard of an event like this before, where people actually sign up to squat for 10 minutes.” They plan to video tape the challenge and send it into Guinness World Records, “just for bragging rights,” Yawrenko said. He challenged several gyms in Abbotsford, Kelowna and Kamloops to the same competition, and they are taking it on for the same date, Dec. 27. “The scope of the contest is growing and attracting a lot of attention,” said Yawrenko. Called the squat challenge, the local event matches up sev-
eral intense rivalries, including two brothers going head-to-head, in order to make for a great competition and spur competitors to really push to their limit. “If you want to put your bar away and you look over and buddy’s not putting his bar away, are you gonna?” Yawrenko asked. He says squats are among the most taxing exercises to do, and judges will be there to ensure competitors squat low enough. If they don’t, they will get a warning the first time, and the second time the squat won’t count. “You don’t walk away from this one. They are going to die… there will be buckets,” Yawrenko said. The opening match is called the Grudge Match, with Fritz Lotz “The Fritzel” and Vaughan Robinson “Noodles,” who have trained together with local gym owner Ashley Wittington, super heavyweight bodybuilding champion and Mr. BC provincial champion for 2015. The Fritzel is a natural bodybuilding competitor and Noodles is also very competitive, and it will be a fierce rivalry, Yawrenko
said. “It’s just the testosterone level that is in the gym, it’s the oneupmanship. They are different body weights, but oh yeah, they are going to die to try and beat the other guy by one, just to say they won.” Next up is Young Guns, with Jack Lofroth facing Terrence O’Brien, and then Guts & Glory, with Elizabeth Esau and Adele Marshall squatting off. Then the Chapman brothers, Nathan and Nolan, will go head to head in the Sibling Squat Battle. Both brothers, one in university and one in high school, have lifted competitively in power lifting meets. Next is the Gentleman’s Challenge with IT manager Ben Davidson competing against chiropractor Davis Lindsay. Then Cynthia Leighton, who holds four provincial records, will face gym co-owner Charis Wittington, a physique award winner, in Power & The Pixie. Then is Buddy Braggin Rights, with Austin Legros facing Dawson Kluss.
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New groomer at ski club to pack the track By JACKIE LIEUWEN THE SNOW Valley Nordic Ski Club opened its Onion Lake trails last week at the same time as it welcomed a new $291,188 Prinoth groomer. Called Snow-Kiti after the District of Kitimat, which donated $85,000 toward the purchase, the new groomer is expected to last 20-30 years and replaces an older PistenBully 2000 which has now been auctioned off. Club president Dan McElheron said there was some last minute fundraising to cap off a four-year effort to raise money for the new groomer, but the club “made it with a week to go.” While the trails opened with nine inches of snow, the groomer won’t be used until the snow gets to two feet deep. McElheron says there are “a bunch of excited groomers who can’t wait to get out there and groom.” “That’s the other plus about having this new machine – they might be arm wrestling to see who gets to drive it,” he laughed. Snow-Kiti has a slightly wider plow than the old PistenBully, and
McElheron said it had to be modified slightly so it would fit along the 35-kilometres of trail at Onion Lake and in the shop where it will be stored. Besides improving the experience of groomers, the new SnowKiti will also lower club costs and it can deal with up to 14 inches of ice and turn it into a groomed track. McElheron said the club is grateful for all the support, particularly significant contributors like the District of Kitimat, Terrace Community Forest, the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, and Northern Development Initiative Trust. The club celebrated the arrival of the Snow-Kiti, as well as the season opening and Christmas, allin-one at a public potluck dinner last Friday. Last year’s bizarre weather, with January’s mild temperatures and snow-melting rain followed by February’s dump of snow, makes it hard to guess how this season will shape up. “There’s just no predicting what kind of year we are going to have,” McElheron said. Preparing to launch into the sea-
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SKI CLUB volunteers check out their new groomer, which arrived on opening day last Wednesday. son, ski coaches took training and the young Jackrabbit class had a ski fitting Dec. 12. The re-invigorated volunteer groomers are also anticipating another new machine by the end of January. While big groomers clear the trails after there’s over two feet of snow, a snowmobile pulls a small
Ginzu groomer to clear trails when there are a few inches of snow and for touch ups. But the 1992 Alpine twin track snowmobile is done, broken down with old parts that are no longer produced or available, McElheron said. The club is replacing it with a brand new Bearcat XT Groomer Special, a 2016 Arctic Cat snow-
mobile that will pull the Ginzu groomer. It has already applied for a grant towards the $17,000 machine and will cover the other costs from the club budget. McElheron says the machines will benefit the club for the next 20 years, and the cost is worth it. “Better grooming equals better skiing!” he said.
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Kermodes earn 2nd
CALEDONIA SENIOR boys Kermode basketball team earned second place at a Smithers tournament Dec. 12. The tournament drew eight teams, four from Prince George and Vanderhoof. The first game lined Kermodes up against Bulkley Valley Christian School from Smithers, who is ranked #10 ‘A’ school in B.C. The game was close at first, but Kermodes pulled into the lead partway through the first quarter, and won the game 7649. Lead scorers were Gabe Johnson with 25 points and Trysten Derrick with 18. Kermodes faced Kelly Road Roadrunners from Prince George in the semi-final game, keeping a strong lead and outscoring them 71-46. “Kermode defense stifled the Roadrunner offense from start to finish,” said coach Cam McKay. The leading point scorers that game were Gabe Johnson with 14, Trysten Derrick with 12, Gavin Anderson with 11, and Jalen Holland with 10. The finals pitted Kermodes against Prince George Secondary Polars. McKay says Kermodes were down by 24
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at half, and tried to launch a come back but could not overcome the strong “run and gun offence” of the Polars. “The Kermodes were out gunned and got lost in transition as the Polars’ elite point guard, Tyrell Laing, put on a show scoring 45 points and assisted on 30 other points on route to a 91-60 win,” said McKay. But MaKay says the game
was an entertaining one despite the point difference, with the Kermodes’ attempted come backs quickly shut down by a flurry of scoring from the Polars. Kermode Ryan Kunar was named the defensive player of the tournament. Kermodes will compete in Vancouver and Maple Ridge still this month.
■■ Young champs THE GRADE 8 girls from Skeena Middle School won zones in Smithers in Nov. 14. They beat Smithers and Prince Rupert first, and then faced Prince Rupert again in finals, beating them in three sets. L-R back is Clare O’Reilly, Yaeva Skog, Kaira McChesney, Mackenzie Walker, Madison McKay, Angelina Filtziakis (All star), Ashely Monsen, Maya Grier. Front is Kaylee Barron, Courteney Alvey, Amber Underwood, Macey Pranco, Haley Dhaliwal.
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Terrace weight lifters pushed to the limit The grand finale is the Beetle verses the Beast, where Bryce Thomson will face Ashley Wittington. Thomson is a national-level power lifter weighing 160 pounds, and Wittington is a heavyweight champion weighing 250 pounds.
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Though lifting very different amounts of weight, Yawrenko says it will be evenly matched, as both are outstanding athletes and neither are used to that many repetitions. But despite the great rivalries, Yawreko says the great thing about
f you have just recently embraced the craft of fly fishing, you should consider learning how to tie your own flies concurrently. If you already fly fish and don’t dress your own patterns, you are missing out on a fascinating and enjoyable part of the sport. I still vividly recall the thrill of catching my first fish on a fly of my own devising. It was a steelhead, a female just a hair over 32 inches long. I killed it, because you could kill steelhead back then, and at that point, I didn’t know enough about the species and hadn’t yet caught enough of them. The fly that hen took was a product of a six session crash course on building flies conducted by Roy Chapplow in the basement of his home on the South Side. There were half a dozen of us enrolled at a cost of ten dollars each. Roy was a skilled and practical fly tier. He showed our cohort how to efficiently and cleanly mount fur, feathers, wool, and tinsel and finish our creations with a series of half hitches by hand in a quick way that I use to this day. Like all good teachers, Roy began with the basic moves and ensured that we all left the session with a dead simple fly pattern. On subsequent nights, he built on that template, introducing more complicated techniques. He also urged us to keep an Exacto knife on our benches that was to be used
weight lifting competitions is the camaraderie and individuality of it. The main goal for weight lifters is beating their personal records, and everyone cheers and supports. Yawrenko’s nick name is “The Gym Troll” and he offers a gym
troll’s most improved award for those who work out hard but are not top competitors. Yawrenko says his inspiration for the event was the return of The Fritzel and Noodles for Christmas. He wanted to organize a challenge
to strip the materials off knowing that attendance the hook in the event would suffer during fly that our finished product fishing season, which, didn’t pass muster after in those days ran from the last half hitch. March to the end of NoAfter that first sesvember. When we were sion I came home done, I set up a fly typleased as punch with ing corner in my living my version of a Carey room to the chagrin of Special, the dressing of my wife who kept findwhich taught me how ing bits of feather on the to wind wool over a floor, and the occasional hook shank, and wind barbed hook embeda hackle and then tie it ded in the wall to wall SKEENA ANGLER off just behind the eye. carpeting. I practised Roy cleverly had us assiduously on those ROB BROWN dress our first flies on basic patterns, attemptlarge hooks so that we ing to hone my skills, could use a large pheasand eager to show them ant flank feather for a to unsuspecting trout the hackle, knowing that following spring. our digital skills would One night, I sat at my not be up to the task of dressing the small bench with a cup of coffee, filled my pipe creations necessary to trout fishers. with Balkan Sobranie, lit it and stared at Over the course of his course, Roy the patterns on the desk through the blue showed us how build a Sack Fly, a Mud- smoke I’d just exhaled. There was a Burdler Minnow, a Silver Minnow, a Coach- lap, a standby for trout, and surprisingly, man Dry Fly and a Pheasant Tail Nymph. for coho when dressed on bigger hooks. Armed with a box containing just those There was a crude Muddler Minnow, the patterns, I would venture forth confidently most difficult fly Roy had taught us, and to fish the rivers and lakes in any part of one whose construction I was still strugthis province knowing that I would do well. gling to master. And, there was a Carey Roy conducted his course in the winter, Special, the simple pattern invented by
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for them, and leg exercises are the most difficult. The competition just grew from there. The public is welcome to come watch the challenge at the North Coast Health & Fitness gym at 1 p.m. until about 3 p.m. on Dec. 27.
Lloyd A. Day of Kelowna to imitate the large sedges and dragon fly larvae that inhabit the lakes of the Okanagan. A creative urge took hold. I embarked on what today might be called a mash up. After clamping the jaws of my vice on a size 4 hook with 2x long shank, I tied in a strand of hemp plucked from an old potato bag that once contained potatoes I’d bought at the Co-op. I wound it forward and tied it off. After snipping the excess, I took the large pheasant feather we’d used on the Carey Special, stripped off the left side and tied it in by the tip, as Roy had shown us. Once the hackle feather was tied off and clipped, I spun some deer hair round the hook shank then trimmed it into the bullet shape of head required for Muddler Minnows. I took my ungainly brainchild out of the jaws and held it up to the light. The hairy segmented body of burlap, the legs of pheasant at its abdomen, and the bulbous deer hair head made my creation look for all the world like the big stonefly nymphs I’d seen on river bottoms. I tied half a dozen more and took it to the lower reaches of the Kalum River on the 20th of March, a day before my 30th birthday. In the tail of the Upper Dump Run, I tied on my newly christened “Mudflap” and fooled the aforementioned steelhead.
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App promoted as safety measure By ALICIA BRIDGES MOTORISTS OR hitchhikers travelling the northern highways could register to have their safe passage monitored by “eyes in the sky” if a Gitxsan-run satellite service can get government support to expand its coverage. BC SafetyLink is a new Gitxsan Development Corporation business which provides live safety monitoring from its Hazelton office. Companies pay the service to monitor their workers, who can use their smartphones or GPS devices to check in at regular intervals. If a worker fails to check in, the BC SafetyLink call centre follows a protocol of contacting delegated supervisors who can decide how to proceed. The GDC wants to open up the service to the public so they can check in while travelling on Highway 16, which is also known as the Highway of Tears because of the high number of women who have disappeared or been murdered along it. GDC president Rick Connors said the BC SafetyLink system does not need cellphone reception, making it easier for people to call for help in dead zones along the highway. He said people who were driving alone or hitchhiking could register with the call centre to follow up with a family member or with emergency services if they did not check in before a certain time. “We could have an app that we could give to anybody with a cellphone,” he said. “A one button push means you are in trouble and we’ve got you, we track you, we pinpoint you. “If there is an incident we know who it was and we send the police out, RCMP, whoever it is in the area. “We’ve got all the assets, the eyes in the sky.” Safety monitor centre coordinator Lynzee West is one of two employees currently working for the company. She said the service could also be set up so people who were hitch-
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Fire truck procession an annual tradition By JOSH MASSEY THE RED colour of fire trucks and their bright lights are put to good use each year during the parade of lights and charitable food collection put on by the Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department. For three nights, Dec. 13, Dec. 14 and Dec. 15, the department mobilized seven of nine full-size trucks from its three locations in Thornhill, Gitaus and Lakelse Lake. In blinking processions with carols playing from sound systems, fire trucks wound their way through Thornhill and the rest of the fire protection area which takes in Lakelse Lake and all the way east on Hwy16 to Gitaus. They covered almost every street in the area, collecting non-perishable food donations from residents. As many as 20 cadets from the 747 Royal Air Cadet Squadron jumped off of the trucks, relaying donations from the residents to a pick-up truck at the back of the procession. A Santa with long beard straddled one of the fire trucks, ho-ho-hoing. Candy canes flew right and left in a minty toss up. Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department chief Rick Boehm says the annual event, which last year amassed 4,000 pounds of food for the Salvation Army food bank, has been mastered over many years even before
the food drive component which is only three years in. He says that veteran organizer and volunteer firefighter Ken Isaak of the department has been taking the lead for 15 years. “A lot of our former chiefs have passed on so there is nobody to really tap into for history,” says Boehm in reflecting upon the early days of the Christmas procession. “We opened up [the department] in 1973, [and I’m] pretty sure not long after that,” he added of how many years it has been underway. “It’s like float,” Boehm says of the concept. The chief did say that not many of the department’s members are expert singers but that recorded new and old Christmas carols and music more than make up for that. With the major vehicles out, Boehm says that responding to an emergency call wouldn’t be an issue because the Christmas lights and other accessories on the vehicles do not prohibit mobility. “Knock on wood, we have been lucky,” he said. Last year, firefighters did have to respond to a call for medical assistance. This year the firefighters were also helped by volunteers from the regional district’s emergency social services program. It offers assistance in the case of natural and other disasters.
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Searching for Christmas cheer THE FOLLOWING was contributed by the counselling and support services section of the Terrace and District Community Services Society.
FOR MANY the holidays mean increased personal obligations, financial stress and reminders of loss. Many of us are not able to be with loved ones. Others have childhood memories that don’t reflect the warm, closeknit families we see on TV. In the north we can expect cold, dark days and long nights, which can be a trigger for seasonal depression. For many the Christmas season is the
hardest and loneliest time of year. Believing that everyone else is having a wonderful time just deepens the feeling of isolation. What can you do if you are dealing with any of these challenges? Think positively and focus on the present; your body, by eating healthy foods, sleeping enough and avoiding alcohol or other substances; and your spirit by making connections outside yourself through relationships, recreation and the community. Having realistic expectations about family dynamics and relationships will also help.
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■■ Warm spirits THAIS AND Linteris Valyn and Taj Spencer enjoy a warm bonfire amidst the pouring rain at the Festival of Lights in George Little Park Dec. 5. There were also rides in a wagon pulled by heavy horses, a choir singing Christmas carols, and hot chocolate and free refreshments. A rain may have dampened the ground, but not the spirits of those who attended.
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Finding light to cheer Here are some specific suggestions. Write down a list of things that you are grateful for. It may be just that you are alive. Be grateful that you can walk, see and/ or talk. Be grateful if you have a friend, children or a family. Remember those who are worse off than yourself. Pray to get through today, and worry less about tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, or the rest of your life. Choose one thing that you can do today – then do it. Think of something that you can do that would make someone else feel better
– a phone call, a smile, a “Thank You”. Go somewhere you feel comfortable – a church, a show or a good friend’s house. Volunteer for an afternoon. It really helps to help others. Do something kind for yourself. Take a hot bath; cuddle your pet, read a good book. Remember that pain is unavoidable, but suffering is optional. The main thing is to not get stuck. You might even find that you are actually enjoying the season a little more than you thought. Reach out to others. Maybe become a big sister or brother, or adopt a grandparent in a retirement home. Remember that others need love and comfort, too.
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Student recalls a Mexican Christmas By JACKIE LIEUWEN WHILE SOME travel to warmer countries to experience a different type of Christmas, many others do not have that luxury. But talking to international exchange students like Claudio Quiroga-Gonzalez, from Piedras Negras, Mexico, reveals a unique flavour of Christmas which emerges from that culture. Claudio, who is studying at Caledonia this year, says the Christmas season in Mexico is built around traditions from the Catholic church and involves a lot of celebrations and parties. Nativity scenes are the most popular decoration in Mexico, which is over 80 per cent Catholic, but they also have Christmas trees, poinsettia flowers, and wreaths with candles symbolizing advent. The Christmas season starts on Dec. 12, where nearly everyone attends church to celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary. Then they return to school, Claudio said. In the weeks between then and Christmas, Mexicans celebrate several “posadas,” a tradition about Joseph and Mary looking for lodging in Bethlehem. Children take candles and do a procession from home to home of friends and neighbours. They sing back and forth with the people in each home, turned away by those inside who sing that they have no room. Eventually, at one of the homes they are welcomed inside and have food and a party. Traditionally there are nine of these events between Dec. 12 and Dec. 24. Claudio says he has one posada with either side of his family, and they do not do a procession, but just split
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CLAUDIO QUIROGA-GONZALEZ outlines some of his native Mexico’s Christmas activities and traditions. in half, with half going outside and half staying in for the singing tradition. With his friends and classmates, they skip the singing altogether, and just enjoy a party. Claudio says parties in Mexico involve music, a DJ, dancing and food and drinks, and they are not centred on alcohol like many Canadian parties. Sometimes people will play group games and for the children they always have a star-shaped pinata, circular with seven cones around it symbolizing the seven deadly sins. Also during the Christmas season, school children often do public plays about the story of the shepherds who are told by the angels about baby Jesus. Claudio says people gather to watch the plays and sing Christmas carols – the same ones sung in Canada only in Spanish. On Christmas Eve, nearly everyone goes to church, and then people gather with their immediate families and
enjoy a dinner, usually turkey and mashed potatoes, and exchange gifts. Claudio says his family also has alfredo pasta for the children. On Christmas Day, Dec. 25, most families go to church and then gather and celebrate with extended family. Because he has a lot of young cousins right now, Claudio says his grandparents hire Santa Claus to visit the gathering and distribute a small gift to all the children. The evening includes fireworks and Claudio says his family gives thanks for 10 specific things each year. “On that day, everybody is in family, nobody misses,” said Claudio. Though he will miss Christmas Day with his family, Claudio did travel back to Mexico this month to catch another significant cultural celebration – his sister’s 15th birthday.
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ALSO CELEBRATING a Terrace Christmas, along with Mexican international exchange student Claudio Quiroga-Gonzalez, far right, are, from the left, Amadeus Gollmann, Jeremias Birkle, both from Germany, and Mamora Nabeshima from Japan. Like Claudio, the other students are attending Caledonia.
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Mexican Christmas It is called Quinceañera, “Quince means 15,” and it is an event which marks a girl’s transition into womanhood, celebrated in December the year the girl turns 15. “Here in Canada and the States, they celebrate sweet 16. Well, in Mexico it is like 15,” said Claudio. “It’s a big party and it’s very important in my culture.” New Year’s Day is also a big party, with fireworks and dancing. January 6, known as “Dia de los Reyes magos,” marks the end of the season, celebrating the three kings who visited Jesus with gifts. One traditional treat on Jan. 6 is a special circular cake called the “Rosca de reyes,” or three kings fruitcake, which is baked with a
baby Jesus icon inside. Traditionally the one who gets the piece of cake with the baby Jesus is the ‘godparent of Jesus’ for that year. Claudio says the tradition isn’t big in his circles, but he does eat the cake with friends and whoever gets the icon has to buy tamales for everyone! Christmas in Germany is quite similar to Canada, with big family dinners, parties, gift exchanges and Christmas trees. Jeremias Birkle, another exchange student at Caledonia, says Christmas is special for him as all his family travels back to his hometown of Weilbach, Germany. They have a tradition of giving each other prank gifts, such as a bag of dog food labeled as a special treat.
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KATHRYN GOODWIN, assistant solid waste services coordinator for the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, stands with Christmas packaging and other things divided into what is considered acceptable or unacceptable to put out for curbside pickup in the regional district.
Don’t be a naughty Christmas recycler By MARGARET SPEIRS WITH CHRISTMAS comes a lot of packaging that quickly loses its appeal once packages are unwrapped and boxes opened, but a lot of what’s generated can be recycled and saved from the landfill. That also goes for the many and varied types of packaging and containers holding the increased amount of food and beverages purchased over the Christmas entertaining season. When it comes to sorting out the garbage and recycling at Christmas, the Kitimat-Stikine regional district would like to see residents use the curbside collection to its full potential with recyclables and garbage put in the right places. Most can be recycled and not need to go to the landfill, says regional district environmental services coordinator Margaret Kujat. There are many places to take items for recycling rather than just throwing them out, says Kujat. “The beauty is you have options rather than the landfill,” she says. Kathryn Goodwin, assistant solid waste
services coordinator for the regional district, says recyclables include egg nog containers, milk cartons and jugs, including soy milk and other milk alternate containers, which need to be rinsed out first. Liquor bottles and beer cans can be taken back to a number of places and you get your deposit back. When you get a take-out coffee, those paper cups can be rinsed out and recycled. Shampoo bottles, laundry detergent, bleach containers can all be rinsed out and recycled. Aerosol containers that don’t contain toxic material can be recycled, such as nonstick cooking spray cans. And paper envelopes with windows are recyclable and the windows don’t have to be cut out. If you don’t re-use them, metal cookie and candy tins are also recyclable. Wrapping paper that’s just paper can be recycled too. Glass is an important one to recycle and if it’s broken, make sure it’s wrapped so workers don’t get cut.
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Be a nice recycler Electronic toys go with recyclables along with small appliances. Non-waxed, clean cardboard can be recycled. If you flatten boxes they should fit nicely into the blue bag used for recycling in the curbside program. Same goes for flattening cans and gable top milk or eggnog containers. Natural Christmas trees can go into the compost or be burned for a weiner roast. Christmas lights can go to the bottle depot for recycling. Some items are mixed so parts can be recycled and parts can’t be. That includes frappucino coffee bottles made of glass. The glass can be recycled, but not the lids because although they’re metal, they have heavy rubber rings in them. Pump or spray bottles that contain liquid
soap or window cleaner can be taken apart and the pump recycled. says Goodwin. Bows and ribbons on presents must be removed because they’re not recyclable. Wrapping paper or gift bags that are lined with foil or have plastic, which makes them look shiny, have to be trashed. Styrofoam is garbage. Toys can be placed in the garbage if they don’t have any electronic parts. Fake trees cannot be burned so also place those in the garbage. Waxed cardboard or cardboard has any residue in it from its contents is garbage. Padded envelopes or plastic courier envelopes go in the garbage. Kujat also said people should take statutory holidays into account before taking out their garbage or recyclables.
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Stay Safe This Holiday Season! Whether you are going to a fancy work party, or a casual or traditional family get together, it is important to plan ahead and designate a driver for the day/evening. There are plenty of alternative beverages for the designated driver including nonalcoholic beers, for those who still enjoy the real taste of beer without the alcohol. Often party planners will make arrangements for guests to sleep over so that there is no risk whatsoever of people driving while under the influence of alcohol. If your host has organized a lift home for you either with a friend or by running you home themselves, accept graciously - remember if they didn’t want to do it they wouldn’t have offered. Please be advised that this year, motorists can expect to see increased traffic enforcement in a number of locations, in particular Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Terrace. Motorist and passengers are reminded to make arrangements for a safe ride home if they plan to consume liquor. Also wear their seatbelts at all times, as they are less likely to be injured or killed in a motor vehicle collision if they are wearing their seatbelts. Traffic Services will be working in partnership with your local detachment and other agencies to address Road Safety.
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Here’s how to spice up some of those Christmas leftovers By JOSH MASSEY
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MYLES GLOVER, a Northwest Community College student in the Professional Cook 1 apprenticeship program at the Terrace campus shows off some truffles while his instructor Brad Vennard looks on.
WHEN IT comes to leftovers – of turkey, stuffing, vegetables, and even rum – what should you do if you can’t eat it all yourself? Northwest Community College professional cook student Myles Glover and culinary program instructor Brad Vennard have some ideas to help you out this season. “The philosophy is to do something a little bit different with the turkey other than just the plain old hot turkey sandwich or turkey soup,” says Vennard. “To make something with a bit of a twist on it and a little bit of extra kick that is creative, fun and seasonal.” Myles says that one recipe to consider is turkey enchiladas with black beans, salsa, cheese, and incorporating the leftover vegetables as well. Another student, Peter Woods, even suggested a Christmas leftovers pizza that would have its crust made of mashed potatoes and stuffing, topped with squash, brussels sprouts, cheese, turkey skin, turkey meat and cranberry sauce. As for some of his recommendations, Vennard said a great way to repurpose turkey meat is making a pâté out of the festive season bird using mayonnaise and other ingredients ground up and then spread on a baguette. But Myles warns to watch out, you should use up the leftover meat before three
days expires. If pâté’s a little bit ritzy, you could also go with an oriental twist, making a turkey chow mein, said Vennard. And if you are stuck with extra eggnog, why not try a fancy dessert. “If they have some eggnog they could make an eggnog crème brûlée,” said Vennard.
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Perk up Christmas leftovers
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■■ On display DARLENE MCARRON shows off her hand-crafted goods at the Christmas craft sale held at the Sportsplex on Nov. 28. A large crowd shopped – and admired the handiwork – of many local artisans during the course of the day. The fair was sponsored by the Skeena Valley Farmers Market.
“That would go over really good, with cinnamon, sugar and whipped cream,” continued Vennard. “If they have a bunch of leftover fruitcake, they can turn that into a bread pudding, make a sticky toffee bread pudding and with some of the leftover rum they could make a nice rum sauce.” Vennard said that in the restaurant, business reusing food is an important bookkeeping consideration. “It’s a key in the industry in order to make money because if you have leftovers, anything that is left over is really money straight out of your pocket, it’s like taking twenty dollar bills and throwing it away in the garbage.” He uses a number of websites to find the recipes, with the Jamie Oliver website being one and recipe.com being another one. The price of all meat is on the rise, Vennard notes, making no-meat options more attractive for holiday hosting. Having vegetarian and gluten-free options for dinner guests is also important for hosting a large dinner party. Cooking with tofu and using miso gravy is one way to satisfy these dietary restrictions. One final way to deal with leftovers is to donate them to local housing shelters. Many of the leftovers from the college’s catering program are taken directly to local shelters, Vennard said.
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