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SLIDING into the New Year!
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Everybody is taking the opportunity over the holidays to get out and enjoy the beautiful winter weather. There are so many great winter activities to participate in and around Houston, like curling, skating, ice fishing, snow-shoeing, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, or like Caroline Thomson, Maris, and Sawyer (pictured above), you could try sledding right into the New Year!
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Houston has made it to the final round vying for the title of 2016 Sled Town Champion of Western Canada. The contest closes at midnight on December 31, 2015. At press time last Thursday, Houston had 52 percent of the vote and Yorkton, Sk had 48 percent. The Sled Town promo is sponsored by Sno Riders West magazine. Sno Riders West publisher Keith Powell said the winner “...gets bragging rights of being the number one sled destination according to the magazine poll. The winning destination gets a trophy and is featured in
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“Voting deadline is December 31, 2015.”
a magazine article in Sno Riders West magazine. H o u s t o n Snowmobile Club president Shea Long said the promotion “…has been good for us because people are finally getting to see where on the map Houston is and what Houston has to offer.” Long urged people to vote for Houston in the showdown finals at: http://snoriderswest. com/sledtown_showdown/2015_finals
Small communities hardest hit by commodity price plunge By Flavio Nienow Black Press
In the story ‘Huckleberry Mine lays off 20 employees’ published in the Lakes District News’ Dec. 2 issue, 20 workers were laid off through a restructuring of the Huckleberry Mine. According to
Randall Thompson, Chief Operating Officer at Huckleberry Mine, the company has been facing higher operating costs and a drop in copper prices. Copper prices have been falling for the last few years, trading below the $2 U.S. level on Canadian markets on Nov. 23, 2015, a low
“...the company has been facing higher operating costs and a drop in copper prices”
not seen since 2009. Giovanni Gallipoli,
- Randall Thompson, Huckleberry Mine COO Associate Professor at the University of
British Columbia, explains that copper
prices have been falling due to a general slowdown in aggregate demand around the world, and notably in China. “Simply put, the world economy is not growing as fast as it was, at least as compared to the period before 2008,” he said. “Prices are set inter-
nationally, so changes in the demand of large consumers such as China, the U.S., or Western Europe are immediately reflected in the price paid to producers.” Since copper is widely used in manufacturing, when manufacturing growth slows See COPPER on Page 2
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COPPER from Page 1 down or goes negative, metals such as copper are one of the first commodities to suffer. Gallipoli explained that when the price goes low enough, producers try to reduce their production costs and often this is reflected in reductions of the labor force. “This is unfortunately what is happening in many places in which copper is produced, not only in Canada but also in South America,” he explained. “The bad news is that small communities in Canada are suffering disproportionately from this commodity price plunge because they rely more heavily on extraction and processing of natural resources.” During an open house and presentation at the Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 26, 2015, Kyler Hardy, President of Equitas Resources Corp., said
Nasdaq chart shows the price of copper in U.S. dollars since January 2015. Copper prices have been Submitted graphic falling for the last few years due to a slowdown in global demand. the mining industry is “very much a boom and bust cycle industry” - with periods of extreme wealth creation and periods of extreme wealth destruction. However, Gallipoli
says the current slowdown has some features that may be called “structural” rather than purely “cyclical.” He explained that China is transiting from being an emerging economy
May the spirit of the season warm you and may you enjoy a prosperous new year.
to the stage of a more mature economy. “This transition is always painful and is usually accompanied by a sharp drop in growth rates,” said Gallipoli. “The U.S. economy might pick
up some of the slack in world growth, but this may take a year or two.” “While I hope things may stabilize and get better, I am not overly optimistic,” he added.
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Grants for public safety Submitted
Five Nechako Lakes organizations will benefit from $105,000 thanks to the B.C. government’s Community Gaming Grant program. The organizations receiving funding are: -Burns Lake Search and Rescue Society - $38,000 -Topley Fire Protection Society $22,500 -Houston Search and Rescue - $19,500 - H o u s t o n Volunteer Fire Fighters Association - $22,000 -Burns Lake Citizens on Patrol Society - $3,000 “Search and rescue responders, firefighters and citizens on patrol provide a critical service to people,” Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad said. “Public safety is a top priority for our government and
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this funding will help communities throughout our region continue their work.”
Sport and Cultural Development. Gaming grants are also awarded in the categories of Human
“Among organizations receiving funding from B.C. government’s Community Gaming Grant program are Houston Search and Rescue- $19,500 and Houston Volunteer Fire Fighters Association$22,000.”
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ike most people I know, I always start feeling optimistic around this time of year about what the next year has in store for me. While I know that, strictly speaking, the turning of the calendar means about as much in the grand scheme of things as a piece of gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe, because we’re always exactly one year away from this day one year from now, the end of December still becomes a time of reflection, introspection and goal-setting for me, as it does for many others. While I also think this kind of reflection should be done more frequently, I’ll leave that thought for another time. For right now, I’ll just say this: Next year will be better than this year. Yeah, yeah, I know. That’s what everyone says. But do you know why I’m feeling that way? Because I’m choosing to. I’m not dwelling one what went wrong this year – although I’m generally one who looks at things going wrong as an opportunity to learn something, anyway – but more importantly, I’m making a conscious attempt to see the good in the world. I’ll be trying even harder to see opportunities for improvement instead of possibilities of failure. I won’t be letting fear drive my decisions. I’ll be looking at what “could be” rather than worrying about what “might happen if…” I’m celebrating those who do good things rather than lament that some people do bad things. I’m deciding to focus on (or rather, reaffirming my commitment to focussing on) the positives in the world. For example, while I will not trivialize the reasons we’ve lost people from our streets this year, or fail to lament their passing, or recognize that there are others in danger of having the same thing occur, I will focus my attention on celebrating those who work tirelessly to try and prevent that from happening, and do what I can myself, to help. I will focus on my appreciation for the people in our community who hold the doors for those approaching the store behind them and those who wait patiently at the intersection for a big enough gap in traffic that won’t force others to slam on their brakes when they pull out rather than lamenting that there are those among us who are all about “me first.” I will continue to realize that even seemingly-bad things happening are opportunities to grow and learn and improve. I will continue to consider time with my friends and family integral to my state of mind – instead of an interruption of things I could be “accomplishing.” Maybe I’ll find time to read some of the backlog of books on my shelves that I haven’t gotten to. Wait… I’m being optimistic, so I should say, “I will find some time to read some of the books that are waiting patiently on my shelves for me to explore them.” I will see more people play live music in 2016 than I did in 2015. I will paint more. I will sing more. Because I’m choosing to see the good in the world. I hope you will, too. -Mike Davies
The magic of Christmas I remember what Christmas felt like when I was a little girl: it felt magical. This was in large part because of the big, jolly guy in the bright red suit. You know the fella - Santa Claus. He was as old as my grandparents, maybe even older. And while I loved my grandparents with all my heart, this mythical man I saw once a year had a significant impact on my childhood as well. I didn’t start out loving him. As a baby and a toddler I was terrified to go anywhere near him and there are pictures to prove it. But he was an effective role model during my formative years, despite our somewhat rocky start. It wasn’t just at Christmas that I thought of him. For some reason I had it in my head that
Santa and God were best friends and were watching me throughout the year, keeping tabs on whether I’d been bad or good. I imagined they had a tally sheet with two columns: naughty and nice, and they would make check marks accordingly. One year when Christmas rolled around I wondered if I’d get any presents at all. I was a good kid and usually did what I was told, but sometimes I messed up. What if I got extra points under the naughty heading for that time I scared my younger cousin by pouring a bucket of cold water over him? Or what about the day I dropped my younger brother on his head? I agonized over my crimes and expected to get nothing except a lump of coal in my stocking.
Ironically, I had no idea what a lump of coal even was, I just knew I didn’t want one. What a nice surprise to get real presents instead. Could it be that the good things I did and nice thoughts I had outweighed the bad? Questioning my parents, they told me that it was okay to make mistakes, it just wasn’t okay to not always try my best. So I tried to get more check marks under the “nice” column after that. It was important that Santa and his best friend were proud of me. Getting to play with my cousins added to the enchantment of Christmas. Even though they didn’t live far from us, we didn’t spend a ton of time with them except on special occasions. And every Christmas afternoon
we’d get to see them and spend the rest of the day and night playing. We would excitedly tell each other all about our eventful mornings and what Santa brought. We’d play games, eat goodies and listen to our little cousin tell joke after smutty joke. Even at the kids’ table with the grown-ups nearby, David would continue to make us giggle uncontrollably with his off-colour humour that was far beyond his years. Now that I’m a mother, I feel fortunate to have experienced the magic of Christmas through the eyes of my own children. I found it interesting how delighted our kids got about the exact same things that I did: Santa Claus and playing with their cousins primarily. Now that they’re 12 and 15 we don’t visit
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Tim Anderson Houston Councillor
Shane Brienen Houston Mayor
“2016, I want to see some projects come to fruition. I want to see the town’s infrastructure improved — sidewalks, roads, and parks and trails.”
“We’ve been in a state of transition in the district with the mill swap. So just to get back on track with our infrastructure and moving forward with our official community plan and all the plans that go along with that — our highway transportation plan and Jamie Baxter Park plan and just all those things within the OCP.”
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Rick Lundrigan Houston Councillor
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“My goals for 2016 are help Houston move forward in a responsible manner, while continuing to be cognoscente of our budget constraints.”
“My goals for 2016 are to continue to listen and respond to our community’s thoughts and concerns. To be proactive in efforts to strive as a community to achieve the increase in services in Houston - transportation, health and social services and education opportunities should continue to be at the forefront.”
“Number one is I’m going to continue to learn the ropes of working on council and secondly, continue to work to make Houston a nice safe and better place to live. That’s my goals for 2016.”
“To increase the tourism profile of Houston and to always promote the positive stories of our community.”
Passages of 2015: Bill Bennett, former B.C. premier By Tom Fletcher Black Press
The death of former B.C. premier Bill Bennett on Dec. 4 prompted the traditional round of polite tributes. He was the man from Kelowna who remade Vancouver, with SkyTrain, BC Place stadium and Expo 86 to put the city on the world map. He won three majority governments before handing over the steering wheel of a smoothly running Social Credit Party to Bill Vander Zalm. Outside B.C., the wire service obituaries ran to a few paragraphs, defining
Bennett first as the “architect of financial restraint in the province.” It seems an ordinary notion today, but when Bennett unleashed his “restraint program” on the B.C. government in 1983, it was presented as a right-wing coup on a socialist utopia. I was in journalism school in Vancouver when unions organized a general strike and mass street demonstrations under the banner of Operation Solidarity, appropriated from the struggle against Poland’s communist dictators. Their goal was to bring the recently re-elected government to its knees. The newly tabloid
Vancouver Province, itself largely controlled by some of B.C.’s most militant unions, was a screeching banshee of the big-labour left. “Socred hitmen swoop on rights workers,” its front page declared after 400 layoff notices were issued to provincial staff. This propaganda was the public’s guide and my professional role model. A bit of background: the B.C. economy was in the grip of an international recession, hitting resource industries and government revenues hard. Bennett had ousted the Dave Barrett NDP government in 1975,
but the legacy lived on. During its three-year reign, for example, education spending increased 13 per cent in the first year and 23 per cent in each of the next two. The blitz of restraint legislation reasserted government’s authority to control the size and wages of provincial staff, reinstated the province’s ability to pay, eliminated various boards, and increased the provincial sales tax to seven per cent to pay the bills. Another Bill Bennett legacy was dismantling the monopoly chokehold of big international unions
on public heavy construction. Growing up in northeastern B.C., I had seen the impressive pay for jobs on highway construction, about twice what I earned labouring for a non-union contractor doing city work. A couple of friends discovered the inside track to securing labouring jobs on a provincially-funded highway project. After joining the union, those in the know could visit a business agent and hand over $500 cash. Within days, the lucky winner would be “name requested” to join the crew, vaulting over
those who thought paying dues and working their way up the seniority list would be enough. This struggle over public construction continues today, with BC Hydro’s decision to make the Site C dam an open shop. The main contract was awarded to a consortium working with the Christian Labour Association of Canada, an alternative union known by more colourful names among old-line building trades. After graduating from journalism school, I landed my first full-time job as a reporter for the Kelowna Capital
News, shortly before Bennett announced his retirement from the premier’s office to finish his term as a backbench MLA. Bennett and I would sometimes arrive for work together, parking our rusty 1976 Chevrolets on Bernard Avenue, where he kept an office above the family furniture store. I found out later that Bennett’s modest old sedan was the government-issue car he had used during his entire 10 years as premier. The party bought it for him as a humourous retirement gift, and he continued to drive it to work. No frills. That was Bill Bennett.
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Featuring the spirit of the local people Bulkley Streamkeepers raise over 6,000 coho salmon
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Volunteer Kathy Ismond and project coordinator Cindy Verbeek [black toque] pick out dead salmon eggs. The group hopes to raise 6,000 coho salmon. By Xuyun Zeng Houston Today
The Upper Bulkley River Streamkeepers have an elaborate setup in a Tweedie Avenue backyard that they hope will raise 6,000 coho salmon. With the help of the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), a group of
volunteers have been involved in the community stewardship hatchery funded and supported by various sponsors around the community. “It’s a very small pilot project,” said project coordinator Cindy Verbeek. “This project, there’s two things that come out of it. One is, of course, that there’s more
fish. There’s more salmon in the river system.” Verbeek said that a hatchery yields a 90 per cent survival rate over the 50 per cent that salmon have in the wild. To date, they have 5,776 live eggs and a survival rate of 89.2 per cent. “The other thing is that it’s a way of getting the community engaged. So,
getting the community learning about salmon, being able to interact with salmon closely,” said Verbeek. “And it’s an avenue for school groups, environmental education, tourism, all those kinds of things. A volunteer comes daily to monitor the hatchery system, which includes a cooler to keep the water
at an optimal temperature for growing salmon, a UV light that sterilizes the water and a water aeration system. Every week, volunteers come to pick dead eggs because fungus could grow on them. They do this by examining eggs by eye to see if the embryo is still intact, and picking out ones that are not. “We have about six or seven core volunteers right now. We have about 40 people that are hovering around in the background on our Facebook page. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans have been training us, so teaching us, at every step,” said Verbeek. The Streamkeepers estimate that it takes about 420 accumulated temperature units before the eggs become fry. ATU is measured by adding up the temperature of the water every day. Verbeek said they are currently at 290 ATU. “We’re expecting possibly that they’ll hatch out of their eggs in the new year,” said Verbeek. They will feed off their yolk sacs which provides nutrients. Once the sac is depleted, they will then be considered fry. The volunteers will release them into the river a few weeks after that point. The DFO helps groups like the Streamkeepers through by providing professional oversight,
seed funding and paperwork assistance, under the salmon enhancement program. “This group, they are now doing [salmon] enhancement,” said DFO community advisor Brenda Donas. “Since the mid-90s, there have been maybe two years of good returns while we were running a strategic stock enhancement program specifically for Upper Bulkley coho. “Since after about 2005, the coho has been low again.” She added that a similar program has been in Hazelton for about 20 years. The 6,000 coho that the Streamkeepers hope to raise would not significantly help the low rate of salmon returns, which have fallen to about half the expected returns due to a warm Pacific ocean this year. “It’s really not a lot, but what it does is it creates a great learning experience for people and it’s an eyeopener for people,” said Donas. “And education goes a long way, because then you have more people trying to take care of a river system that really needs some help right now.” The Upper Bulkley River Streamkeepers is a project of A Rocha, a Christian group dedicated to the environment.
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Population growth By Tom Fletcher Black Press
B.C.’s population reached 4.7 million by Oct. 1, a gain of less than one per cent from the same time last year. The province’s population growth rate was down to 0.8 per cent by the third quarter of 2015, Central 1 Credit Union reports in its latest B.C. Economic Briefing. Net international migration was the main reason for the slowdown, with 11,100 international arrivals during what is usually the highest period of the year for immigration gains. Within Canada, interprovincial migration climbed to nearly 5,000 in the third quarter of 2015, as people returned home to a relatively buoyant B.C. economy from provinces hit by slumping oil prices, notably Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. While permanent international resident arrivals were slower, international tourism demand climbed to more than 400,000 people by October, due mainly to U.S. visitors taking advantage of a lower Canadian dollar. Site C dam contract commits $1.75 billion BC Hydro has signed its main civil works contract for the Site C dam on the Peace River, for an eight-year project expected to cost $1.75
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billion and generate 8,000 person-years of employment. The contract is with Peace River Hydro Partners, made up of Petrowest Corp. of Calgary, ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada, a division of a Spanish construction firm, and Samsung C&T Canada Ltd., a division of the Korean engineering and electronics company. The contract covers construction of the earth-fill dam, two diversion tunnels and a concrete foundation for the generating station and spillways. Site preparation work is underway for the third dam on the Peace River near Fort St. John, and a work camp capable of hosting up to 1,500 workers is under construction. NDP leader John Horgan and B.C. Federation of Labour president Irene Lanzinger both denounced the lack of job guarantees for B.C. workers in the contract. BC Hydro says three quarters of the workers currently on the site are from B.C. BC Ferries, union reach five-year deal BC Ferries and the BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union have ratified a five-year agreement that provides for wage increases of 8.55 per cent by its expiry in October 2020. BC Ferries CEO
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Mike Corrigan described the wage and benefit provisions of the new contract as “fair and modest,” noting that the latest agreement means the coastal
ferry service will have gone 17 years without a labour dispute affecting its operations. The agreement, ratified by members after it was endorsed by
the union executive in October, provides average pay increases of 1.71 per cent per year. There are about 3,500 union members working for BC Ferries.
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Quads need licence plates as of Nov. 1 By Tom Fletcher Black Press
The B.C. government is making licence plates mandatory for quads, dirt bikes and other off-road vehicles starting Nov. 1, requiring helmets and restricting use by children under 16. The B.C. legislation imposes a $230 fine for
driving an unlicensed off-road vehicle, and a $368 fine for careless operation. For some offences under the Off-Road Vehicle Act related to reckless use or environmental damage, penalties can go as high as a $5,000 fine and six months in jail. Forests Minister Steve Thomson said the $48 licence fee ap-
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Jeff Mohr, past president of the Quad Riders Association of B.C., said his members are pleased to have a licence system that allows safety and environmental enforcement, and gives police a way to track stolen off-road vehicles
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plies only once when a vehicle is purchased, and was set to recover the costs of the program administered by ICBC. Once startup costs are paid for, a portion of the licence revenue will go to offroad clubs to use for trail improvements, Thomson said. The province estimates there are 200,000 off-road vehicles that require licensing, including snowmobiles that have been licensed since the 1970s. About 35,000 of those have
registered voluntarily since the new licences were offered a year ago. Jeff Mohr, past president of the Quad Riders Association of B.C., said his members are most of the voluntary registrants so far, and they are pleased B.C. has a system to control the few users who ride recklessly or damage the environment. “We want to get more people out on the trails, sharing and enjoying the outdoors,” Mohr said.
The licence system also allows police to track stolen vehicles, even if they are taken out of the province. B.C. is the last Canadian province to implement a licensing system. The Quad Riders and B.C.’s 72 snowmobile clubs are prepared to publicize the new regulations to their members, and Thomson said they will act as “eyes and ears” for conservation and natural resource enforcement officers.
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My grandmother never drove a car or rode a bicycle. My parents informed me that when she was young, she got on the bicycle, fell and never tried again. Later on she tried to drive a vehicle and on her first attempt forgot where the brake pedal was and ran over her rose bush. She never tried driving again. Maybe it was fear of being embarrassed, maybe fear of crashing and getting hurt but I am quite sure it was fear that kept her from trying again. I can understand how she felt as my first attempt at driving was similar. I could not even find first gear and kept stalling the old Austin Healey. It was embarrassing and the temptation was to give up and quit. After many more attempts and God’s help, I was able to learn to drive. We have many fears. Fear of being failing, fear of being alone, fear of heights, fear of being embarrassed, fear of darkness…the list is endless, especially if we think we must live this life out on our own. We are often paralysed or at least limited by fear. God’s word, the Bible, is very clear that he has a purpose for all who trust in Him. When the Israelites were in captivity, he promised his people “For I know the plans I have for you….They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope…when you pray I will listen...if you look to me wholeheartedly, you will find me.” Jeremiah 29:11,12 NLT As we surrender in faith to God and allow him to control our lives; as we grow in our personal relationship with him that is available in Christ Jesus, his love and care for us becomes more and more evident. We can then proclaim, “I am in the hands of the Almighty Creator, he is my God, there is none other. Surely he can handle whatever I am facing right now!” With him in the driver’s seat there is no reason to be immobilized by fear. As we approach another New Year, may you and I face our fears as we find our confidence in the Almighty God. “Such love has no fear; because perfect love expels all fear.” 1John 4:18 NLT Submitted by Ken Penner
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The Culture of Peace Project will build community capacity to prevent, and respond to domestic violence through frontline staff training, community research/consultation, and community education/leadership development. Key Responsibilities Include: t Planning and coordinating training events & conference t Community research and consultation t Planning & facilitation of family culture camps Qualifications Preferred education, training and experience t Diploma or degree in social work, counselling, or related discipline or a combination of education and experience t Recent, related experience and education/training in work responding to/addressing domestic violence t Related experience in community consultation and knowledge of existing resources t Knowledge of local First Nations culture t Valid Drivers License & reliable vehicle a must Please address all resumes to: Annette Morgan, Executive Director Drop off after January 4th: 3383 11th st Houston, or 1188 Main St Smithers, Fax: 250-845-2136 Email: morgan_mayner@hotmail.com Closing Date: January 8, 2016 Pursuant to section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code, preference may be given to applicants of Aboriginal ancestry. Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted.
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LAND ACT Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Glenna Daniels from Granisle, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for a Crown Land Direct Sale - Residential situated on Provincial Crown land located LOT 12, OF BLOCK 7, DISTRICT LOT 2625, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, PLAN 1466, LOT 13, OF BLOCK 7, DISTRICT LOT 2625, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, PLAN 1466, located on Railway Avenue, Topley, BC. The Lands File for this application is 6408872. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Skeena Stikine Land Officer, MFLNRO, at Bag 6000, 3333 Tatlow Rd., Smithers BC V0J 2N0. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to January 13, 2016. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations’ Office in Smithers.
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84
MONTHS^ ON SELECT 2015 MODELS.
+ $5,000 IN FINANCE CREDIT‡‡
OR
10,380
MINIMUM
$ SIERRA 1500 DOUBLE CAB 1SA MODEL SHOWN
2015 GMC TERRAIN SLE-1 AWD
CASH CREDIT †† ON OTHER MODELS
INCLUDES $1,000 CONNECT & WIN BONUS AND $750 PACKAGE DISCOUNT
0
%
PURCHASE FINANCING
FOR UP TO
84
MONTHS^ ON SELECT 2015 MODELS.
+ $3,000 IN FINANCE CREDIT‡‡
6,200
MINIMUM
$ TERRAIN SLE-1 AWD SHOWN
OR
CASH CREDIT ‡ ON OTHER MODELS
INCLUDES $1,000 CONNECT & WIN BONUS AND $1,000 HOLIDAY BONUS**
ENDS JAN. 4TH.
BCGMCDEALERS.CA
ON NOW AT YOUR BC GMC DEALERS. BCGMCDealers.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the finance of a 2015 Sierra 2500HD/3500HD, Sierra 1500 Double Cab 2WD 1SA, Terrain SLE-1 AWD. License, insurance, registration, administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer trade may be required. * No purchase necessary. Open to Canadian residents with a valid driver’s licence who have reached the age of majority in their province of residence. Contest closes January 4, 2016. Credit Awards up to $10,000 include applicable taxes and must be applied to the purchase or lease of a new 2015 or 2016 MY GMC vehicle delivered on or before January 4, 2016. Thirty Vehicle Awards available to be won, each consisting of winner’s choice of a vehicle with an MSRP of $35,000 CAD or less. The customer is responsible for any other taxes, license, insurance, registration, or other fees. Vehicle Awards are not transferable and no cash substitutes are permitted. Not all awards have the same odds of winning. For full rules and program details, visit your GM dealer or gm.ca. Correct answer to mathematical skill-testing question required. See your GM dealer or gm.ca for full contest rules and program details. ^ Offer available to qualified retail customers in Canada for vehicles delivered between December 4th, 2015 and January 4th, 2016. 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, Scotiabank® or RBC Royal Bank for 84 months on select new or demonstrator 2015 GMC vehicles excluding Yukon, Yukon XL, Sierra 2500 HD Diesel, Savana, Canyon 2SA and Canyon 4x4. Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $45,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $535.71 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $45,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight, air tax ($100, if applicable) included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA/movable property registry fees, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers may sell for less. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. GM Canada may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ®Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. † $12,000 is a combined total credit consisting of a $11,000 Cash Credit (tax exclusive) available on 2015 GMC Sierra HD Gas models (excluding HD Gas Double Cab 1SA 4x2), $1,000 Connect & Win Bonus (tax inclusive), which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $11,000 credit, which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. †† $10,380 is a combined total credit consisting of a $3,000 manufacturer-to-dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive) $5,195 Cash Credit (tax exclusive) available on 2015 GMC Sierra Double Cab 1SA 4WD models, $1,000 Owner Cash (tax inclusive), $750 manufacturer-to-dealer Elevation Package Discount Credit (tax exclusive) for 2015 Sierra 1SA Elevation Edition with 5.3L Engine and a $435 manufacturer-to-dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) on any 2015 GMC Sierra Elevation double cab all-wheel drive with a 5.3L engine, which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $5,630 credit, which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. ‡‡ 5,000/3,000 is a combined credit consisting of a $1,000 Connect & Win Bonus (tax inclusive), $0/$1,000 Holiday Bonus (tax inclusive), $3,000 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive) for 2015 Sierra Light Duty Double Cab, and a $1,000/$1,000 manufacturer to dealer finance cash (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Sierra 1500/Terrain, which is available for finance offers only and cannot be combined with special lease rates and cash purchase. ‡ $6,200 is a combined total credit consisting of $1,000 Connect & Win Bonus (tax inclusive), $1,000 Holiday bonus (tax inclusive), and a $4,200 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Terrain SLE-1 FWD, which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $4,200 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model and cash credit excludes Terrain SLE-1 AWD.** Offer available to retail customers in Canada only on new 2015 & 2016 GMC Terrain delivered between December 18, 2015 and January 4, 2016. $1,000 Holiday Bonus includes HST/GST/QST/PST as applicable by province. Limited time offers, which may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GM Canada may modify, extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. See dealer for details.
Call Sullivan Motor Products at 250-845-2244, or visit us at 2760 Yellowhead Highway, Houston. [License #5631]