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Burns Lake’s Pinnacle Pellet fined
The wood pellet plant was ordered to pay an administrative penalty of $55,989.25 FLAVIO NIENOW
WorkSafeBC has completed its investigation into the incident at the Pinnacle Pellet plant in Burns Lake. On Oct. 9, 2014, during maintenance shutdown at the wood pellet plant, three workers were standing at the opening of a burner door when an explosion occurred in the dryer system. The three workers were knocked backwards by the force of the explosion and suffered burn injuries. WorkSafeBC has issued five orders to improve safety in the workplace, and Pinnacle Pellet was ordered to pay an administrative penalty of $55,989.25. According to WorkSafeBC, there were grounds for imposing an administrative penalty because the employer “has failed to take sufficient precautions for the prevention of work related injuries or illnesses.” According to the incident investigation report, the accumulation of flammable gases was the main cause of the explosion. “An accumulation of flammable gases in a contained dryer system was exposed to high temperatures and oxygen, leading to an explosion,” says the ...see PINNACLE ▼ P3
Happy New Year This amazing photo of Carla Lewis (C), her son (R) and a friend (L) was taken by photographer Tak Sakiyama. Remember there should be at least 15 cm - 5.9 inches for skating, walking or ice fishing and at least 20 cm - 7.87 inches for large skating groups.
Huckleberry Mine considers temporary suspension FLAVIO NIENOW 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.
Last week, Thompson said the company is now weighing its options to address the continuous decline in copper price, including the possibility of a temporary suspension for three months. However, Thompson did not provide a timeline of when the temporary suspension would likely take place. “Huckleberry Mine is focused on the safety of its employees especially during the holiday season,” said Thompson in a statement. “Slowdown may be structural rather than
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purely cyclical,” says UBC professor Copper prices have been falling for the last few years. In fact, on Nov. 23, 2015, copper traded below the $2 U.S. level on Canadian markets, a low not seen since 2009. Giovanni Gallipoli, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, explained that copper prices have been falling due to a general slowdown in aggregate demand around the world, and notably in China. ...see HUCKLEBERRY
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Burns Lake Mayor Luke Strimbold spoke at a press conference in Victoria last week after the announcement of the province’s $3 million transportation plan to improve safety on Hwy. 16. The province proposes three possible routes connecting communities along Hwy. 16: one connecting Burns Lake, Houston, Telkwa and Smithers; a second proposed route would connect Hazelton, Gitsegukla, Kitwanga and Terrace; and a third route would travel between Burns Lake, Fraser Lake, Vanderhoof and Prince George. Mayor Strimbold is part of an advisory committee that will oversee implementation of the action plan. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Rueben Buhler’s preliminary inquiry date close to being set, says Crown
Flavio Nienow In the story ‘Triple homicide case adjourned one more time’ published in the Lakes District News' Dec. 16, 2015 edition, the date for a preliminary inquiry in the case of Rueben Buhler - the man arrested in relation to a triple homicide in Burns Lake – was expected to be determined on Dec. 21, 2015. However, the decision to set a date for the preliminary inquiry was postponed one more time. This was the fourth time that this decision was postponed - Rueben Buhler had other three fixed dates on Sept. 9, Oct. 14 and Dec. 10, 2015. Buhler’s next court appearance will be at the Burns Lake Provincial Court on Jan. 13, 2016, where depending on a number of factors, a date for a preliminary hearing can finally be set. According to crown spokesperson Neil MacKenzie, crown counsel anticipates that dates for the preliminary inquiry will be set by the court on the next appearance. “The court has now been provided with dates that counsel are available, however the court must still confirm the dates are suitable,” explained MacKenzie. “If so, then the dates should be con-
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Pellet plant in Burns Lake has made great strides says Reitsma
PINNACLE from t P1 report. “A fire or hot spot was present in the system, and with the burner door open, an in-rush of oxygen occurred, resulting in an explosion that injured three workers.” The report also says one of the underlying factors of the explosion included not following procedures to permit adequate cooling time. “Pinnacle’s written procedure for burner cleanout was not followed. The combustion air fan was turned off before the burner outlet cooled to 80 C. Also, the burner manufacturer’s instructions were not followed; the instructions require the combustion air fan to remain on for three hours before the burner door is opened,” says the report. “By not incorporating the manufacturer’s instructions, Pinnacle’s procedures were not adequate to safely cool the dryer system. These two failures resulted in cleanup work being started in the combustion chamber while high temperatures were still present.” According to the report, another underlying factor was not having an operator in the control room. “The production superintendent told the day shift operator to assist with the cleanup, and the control room was left unattended,” says the report. “High temperatures developed within the system, and the day shift operator was not in a position to monitor or control them.” In addition, the report points out that there was a “lack of effective coordination.” “Lack of coordination between the production superintendent, the lead hand, and the welder were factors in this incident as well as the failure to effectively coordinate the control room operator’s duties,” says the report. Leroy Reitsma, President and Chief Operating Officer of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc., said the Burns Lake plan has made great strides in the past year in advancing a culture of “owning safety.” “All of our employees, contractors and management are proud
of the work that has been done, and continues to be done, to create and continuously improve the safety of our work environment,” said Reitsma. “The 2014 event brought to light a previously unknown risk associated with the use of rotary dryers that we have used as a catalyst to create positive change across our organization.” “While we are respectful of WorkSafeBC’s decision, we are proud of the progress we have made on safety and are appreciative of the efforts that all employees and contractors have made to achieve better results,” added Reitsma. The five orders issued by WorkSafeBC include that: - The employer must ensure that each tool, machine and piece of equipment in the workplace is capable of safely performing the functions for which it is used; - Unless otherwise specified by the occupational health and safety regulation, the installation, inspection, testing, repair and maintenance of a tool, machine or piece of equipment must be carried out: (a) in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and any standard the tool, machine or piece of equipment is required to meet; or (b) as specified by a professional engineer; - The occupational health and safety program must be designed to prevent injuries and occupational diseases, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the program must include appropriate written instructions, available for reference by all workers, to supplement this occupational health and safety regulation; - The prime contractor of a multiple-employer workplace must ensure that the activities of employers, workers and other persons at the workplace relating to occupational health and safety are coordinated; - An employer must provide to the employer’s workers the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure the health and safety of those workers in carrying out their work and to ensure the health and safety of other workers at the workplace. For more details about the incident investigation report, the orders and penalty issued by WorkSafeBC, visit http://worksafebc. com/news_room/default.asp
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WorkSafeBC last inspection at Pinnacle Pellet WorkSafeBC had last inspected the Pinnacle Pellet plan in Burns Lake on June 17, 2014, nearly four months before the explosion. At the time of the inspection, no infractions were reported and it was determined that "combustible dust issues were being managed." When asked if WorkSafeBC had a share a responsibility for the explosion, Scott McCloy, a WorkSafeBC Spokesperson, said it is not WorkSafeBC’s responsibility to create a safe and healthy work site – it’s the employer’s responsibility. “A fundamental principle of workplace health and safety is that the employer is primarily and legally responsible for health and safety of workers on its work site,” said McCloy. “The employer is in control of production, including all work processes.” McCloy explained that when WorkSafeBC does an inspection, they monitor the extent to which the work site, on that occasion, is in compliance with health and safety regulations. Unless an officer sees an infraction during an inspection, no infractions will be reported.
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We need Donald Trump
Passages of 2015: Bill Bennett
I know what you’re thinking. Calm down. Don’t throw the paper away and delete me from Facebook just yet (especially now that I found these new hilarious cat videos to share). The headline was purposely provocative, and I’ll tell you why… We’ve all been watching what’s happening in America. While we just elected a prime minister who is promoting love and acceptance – welcoming Syrian refugees with warmth, appointing a diverse cabinet with an equal number of men and women and improving relations with First Nations – our neighbours down south have a presidential candidate proposing to ban all Muslims from their country and calling illegal immigrants from Mexico “rapists.” Not only that, Trump told Yahoo News that he would consider requiring Muslim-Americans to register with a government database, treating Muslim-Americans as second-class citizens. While we all thought Trump was funny and harmless at first, his ideals have become increasingly dangerous. Just last week, William Celli, a 55-year-old California man, was arrested after making explosives in his home and targeting a Muslim community. According to police, the man had posted messages on Facebook professing support for Trump and opposition to Muslims. While Trump’s ideas may sound ridiculous, archaic and even funny to most (normal) people, the truth is that his racist rhetoric resonates with a large number of American voters. This is the main reason we are all still incessantly hearing about Trump on the news (that and his hair, of course). Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from the country has actually helped his election campaign (sometimes I just wish Oprah would run for president). According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, a majority of Republicans support Trump’s call to temporarily block Muslims from entering the United States, even as a clear majority of the public overall rejects the idea. Nearly 60 per cent of Republicans support Trump’s proposal while 60 per cent of Americans think this is the wrong thing to do. While Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson has urged a developer to drop Trump’s name from a downtown tower project, saying Trump’s “hateful positions” have no place in the city, and a petition to ban Trump from the United Kingdom has had more than 300,000 signatures, Trump’s support in America only seems to be growing. So why do we need Donald Trump, you ask me? Simple. Because he’s helping expose an ugly mindset that still exists in America and in other parts of the world. He’s helping expose the racism, the prejudices, the hidden fears and intolerance that arises from them – things we all thought had diminished after Nazi Germany. And he is doing it in a brilliant way – he is being so absurd and theatrical that is almost shocking he would have a growing number of supporters. Author Stephen King summarized this perfectly, “Donald Trump is a carnival man, an entertainer, a buffon. His fans are white, scared and angry. He will never be elected, not so long as minorities, liberals and educated people vote, but he has certainly exposed the ugly underbelly of conservatives in America today.” We need Trump because he is helping pave the way for better leaders. By being ludicrous, he is reminding us of why we need to promote peace and acceptance among nations. I believe he’s a smart man, and he knows exactly how absurd he has been. As Trump himself has said it, “The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts.”
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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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Huckleberry Mines is an open pit copper/molybdenum mine located approximately 87 km west of Burns Lake. The mine started commercial production in October 1997. HUCKLEBERRY from t P1 “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 internationally, 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 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 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 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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On different note about Huckleberry Mine this year at the 39 Annual BC Mine Reclamation Symposium, the 2014 Metal Mining Reclamation Award was awarded to Huckleberry Mines Ltd. for their work to remediate a fishway in Creek M near the mine.
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has been the practice in past years, to feed a planned small liquefied natural gas plant near Kitimat. But the utility also has some good news for its balance sheet Northwest residents and businesses will be paying more for natural gas as of Jan. 1, 2016 because of an interim rate increase – an additional estimated $2.4 million from natural gas sales to approved by the BC Utilities Commission for Pacific Northern Rio Tinto Alcan now that it has completed its Kitimat smelter modernization project and is shifting to full production. Gas (PNG). When increased income is weighed against additional expensThis is an interim increase for delivering natural gas and a final es and loss of other income, the utility is projecting a revenue decision won’t be made until the spring when formal hearings We hope the past year was a great deficit of nearly $600,000 should it not be given a rate increase. are planned. one for you and that the new one Northwestern B.C. natural gas consumers pay more to have While the interim delivery hike for residents is 1.8 per cent, is even better! from $11.755 a gigajoule to $11.987 a gigajoule, add-ons push gas delivered here than elsewhere in the province because they shoulder more expenses to maintain the delivery system. That the increase higher. Thank you for your support, and we look Those add-ons allow PNG to charge more to recover overall dates back to the loss to PNG of large industrial customers beginforward to serving you in the future. delivery costs should not as much gas be consumed as forecast ning in the last decade. from all of us at Without those large customers and their revenue, the cost of and more for the cost of the commodity itself should the gas price maintaining the PNG pipeline has fallen to residents and remainMoonlight Auto Repairs Ltd. rise higher than forecast. In both cases, however, those costs can be refunded should de- ing business and industrial customers. 141 Hwy 35, Burns Lake In past years delivery costs to PNG customers had been bufflivery revenues be higher than forecast and should the price of the 250-692-3500 ered by income from the sale of its interest in the planned Pacific commodity itself not be as much as forecast. • Motor Vehicle Inspection Facility • Tune-Ups • Engine Overhauls • 4x4 Service • Complete Car Service PNG does not add to the cost of gas it purchases for its con- Trails Pipeline which would provide natural gas to the proposed • Vehicle Remote Starters • Tires • Mufflers sumers and that cost is adjusted to meet market prices throughout Kitimat LNG project at Kitimat. Those payments have now concluded. the year. PNG customers had also benefitted from option payments paid In asking for increased rates, (PNG) says wage increases, in- to the utility to hold space in its pipeline for the planned Douglas creased inspections, general business Channel LNG project, also at Kitimat, in which PNG’s owner, costs and inflation are part of the rea- AltaGas of Calgary, is a partner. But for 2016 PNG is holding off son its expenses are scheduled to rise on applying option payments until, as it states in its rate increase The Tweedsmuir Cavaliers Saddle Club would like to extend a application to the utilities commission, “there is greater clarity by 14.5 per cent or $2.3 million. heartfelt thank you to ALL of the volunteers and funding And it’s also not adding in any and certainty that the project will proceed.” agencies who assisted with our “Parking for Ponies and Pals” That’s because Douglas Channel LNG’s partners had been exoption payments made to it to hold project! We’ve expanded both spectator and horse trailer parking, space in its northwestern pipeline, as pected to make a final decision by the end of 2015. When that is to be now made is added a set of bleachers, and purchased panel pens and gates to not known, something house the horses overnight. made more compliSPECIAL THANKS TO OUR FUNDERS: cated by a decision by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako’s Federal Gas Tax federal customs offiprogram, the Nechako-Kitimaat Development Foundation, cials to charge a duty of $100 million for the the Burns Lake Community Forest, and the ...wishing all our customers and friends a memorable Asian-built floating Burns Lake & District Community Foundation. holiday season. We look forward to seeing you in 2016! platform on which the Without your support, this project never would have plant to liquefy natural been possible. gas would be placed. Also special recognition to Pam Meutzner, Project Manager, That decision is being and Kristi Rensby, Club Treasurer, for overseeing all aspects appealed. of this facility upgrade, and to June Stratichuk, The Douglas Channel LNG project is also the “Grant Writer Extraordinaire” for all of your help! one great hope for reStop in at one of the club events in 2016 duced delivery charges Come in & check out for PNG’s other northand check out the improvements! west customers. our New Menu! The plant would take up the remaining capacHOLIDAY HOURS: Tweedsmuir Cavaliers Saddle Club ity in PNG’s pipeline, WE WILL BE OPEN ON adding substantial opDEC. 27, 28, 29, 30 AND 31. erating revenues to the INCLUDING MON. DEC. 28. utility’s bottom line. CLOSED AGAIN ON JAN. 1/16.
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Entry deadline is January 31, 2016 All Entries must be postmarked by January 31, 2016 and mailed to:
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Tachet family Elizabeth Charlie and Elmer Joseph won a 2006 Dodge Caravan worth $6000 from Autobot Sales Inc. as part of their ‘Christmas giveway.” Joseph received the most nominations from the community for being “selfless, caring and hardworking.”
Burns Lake dealership gave away two cars to community members
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$4900. Wainwright said Autobot Sales has received a great deal of support from Lake Babine Nation and that’s why they decided to donate a car to the community as a token of their appreciation. Wainwright recently became the new manager at Autobot Sales. He left a lucrative career at Northland Dodge in Prince George to manage the dealership in Burns Lake, where he considers his home. Autobot Sales, which has the same owners of Industrial Transformers Inc, moved to its present location in June 2015. According to Wainwright, there will be many more cars donated to the community in the years to come. “Our goal is to give back as much as we possibly can to this community, and next year we hope to get more businesses in town involved with the Christmas giveaway.”
Autobot Sales Inc., a car dealership that’s been in Burns Lake for less than a year, has boosted the Christmas spirit in town, donating two cars worth over $10,000. The car dealership received 65 nominations for their first ‘Christmas giveway’ - where they give a car to a person or family in need. Out of those nominations, nine were for Tachet resident Elmer Joseph, and they all spoke highly of his character. “Elmer is selfless, caring and hardworking,” explained Clayton Wainwright, Manager at Autobot Sales. “Mr. Joseph’s lifestyle of continuously helping others is something we are honored to contribute to." “We wanted to help as many people as we could with the giveaway, and by choosing Elmer, through his generosity we knew that it would be helping more people Burns Lake, Granisle and Southbank than just his immediate family,” he added. Joseph and Elizabeth Charlie have three children, one of which has health issues. “Being able to safely get to their medical appointments is a constant concern of the family," The Early Childhood Development Committee explained Wainwright. "We were so happy to help (ECDC) is now accepting funding applications for local them.” initiatives that meet the following objectives: Autobot Sales is hoping life will be a little bit easier for the Tachet family now that they've won a • Increase community capacity • Increase service delivery effectiveness 2006 Dodge Caravan worth $6000. • Engage “hard to reach” families “But what it [the car] is truly worth can only be • Increase opportunities for early identification and measured by the impact it has on his family,” said screening, and improve outcomes for children and Wainwright. families According to Autobot Sales, the Christmas giveway was intended to make a difference is a family’s Info Session: life. Friday, Jan. 8 from 10-11am downstairs “We obviously know that one car isn’t going to change the entire community, but the impact this meeting room at the Burns Lake Library has had on Mr. Joseph’s family is what we believe Christmas is all about,” said Wainwright. Funds must be spent by March 31, 2016 Autobot Sales relied on the community to bring Deadline for submissions: forth the most deserving families through nominaFriday, January 29, 2016 tions. For more information please contact: “As we expected, the good people of the regionSamantha Gernhart, Coordinator ECD Committee al district came through,” said Wainwright. “The Phone: 778-669-0007 folks of Burns Lake and its surrounding areas are a Email: lakesdistrict.sx6@gmail.com caring and tight knit group of people.” www.burnslakefamilies.ca/ecdc The second giveaway was for Lake Babine Nation’s bingo event that took place at Margaret Patrick Memorial Centre on Dec. 18, 2015. The winner took home a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu valued at
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Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. Application for Approval of 2016-2017 Revenue Requirements for the PNG West Service Area On November 30, 2015, Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) filed its 2016-2017 Revenue Requirements Application (Application) with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission), pursuant to sections 58 to 61, 89 and 90 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) seeking Commission approval to, among other things, increase the 2016 delivery rates. The Application also seeks relief to allow PNG to amend its rates on an interim and refundable basis, effective January 1, 2016, pending the regulatory process for the review of the Application and orders subsequent to that process. PNG is requesting a delivery rate increase on an interim and refundable basis of 1.8 percent from $11.775/GJ to $11.987/GJ for residential service, a 1.7 percent increase from $9.941/GJ to $10.109/GJ for small commercial service, and a 2.2 percent increase from $6.678/GJ to $6.822/GJ for Granisle propane service. Based on the gas cost recovery and Gas Cost Variance Account (GCVA) rate riders effective April 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, the overall average bundled rate increase for a typical residential customer consuming 70.5 GJ per year is 4.3 percent, an increase of $56 per year. Similarly, the overall bundled rate increase for a typical small commercial customer consuming 316.4 GJ per year is 4.7 percent or $235 per year and for Granisle residential propane customers consuming 38.8 GJ per year the overall average bundled rate increase is 0.7 percent, an increase of $6 per year. PNG is also requesting an increase in the Revenue Stabilization Adjustment Mechanism (RSAM) rate rider on an interim and refundable basis applicable to residential and small commercial customers of $0.608/GJ from $0.243/GJ to $0.851/GJ. REGULATORY PROCESS The Commission wishes to hear from affected parties before determining the public process necessary for the disposition of the Application. Commission Order G-207-15 establishes a preliminary Regulatory Timetable and a Procedural Conference on Friday, January 29, 2016. HOW TO GET INVOLVED Persons wishing to actively participate in the proceeding must register as an intervener through the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com or in writing by Friday, January 15, 2016. Registrants must identify the issues they intend to pursue and indicate the extent of their anticipated involvement in the review process. Interveners will each receive a copy of all non-confidential correspondence and filed documentation, and must provide an email address if available. Persons not expecting to actively participate, but who have an interest in the proceeding, should register as an interested party through the Commission’s website or in writing, by Friday, January 15, 2016, identifying their interest in the proceeding. Interested parties receive a copy of the decision when it is released. Please note that only those parties who register on the Commission’s website will receive electronic notice of submissions. Letters of comment may also be submitted. All submissions and/or correspondence received relating to the Application are provided to the panel and all participants in the proceeding. Submissions are placed on the public record and posted to the Commission’s website. By participating and/or providing comment on the application, you agree that all submissions will be placed on the public record and posted on the Commission’s website. If you wish to attend the Procedural Conference please register with the Commission Secretary using the contact information provided at the end of this notice. Procedural Conference The Commission will consider the regulatory process to be followed, the scope of the review and the contents of the Updated Application. Date: Time: Location:
Friday, January 29, 2016 9:00 a.m. Commission Hearing Room, 12th Floor, 1125 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC
VIEW THE APPLICATION The Application and all supporting documentation are available on the Commission’s website on the “Current Applications” page. If you would like to review the material in hard copy, it is available to be viewed at the locations below: Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. British Columbia Utilities Commission Suite 950, 1185 West Georgia Street Sixth Floor, 900 Howe Street Vancouver, BC V6E 4E6 Vancouver, BC V6Z 2N3 Phone: 604-691-5680 Phone: 604-660-4700 Toll Free: 1-800-667-2297 Toll Free: 1-800-663-1385 www.png.ca www.bcuc.com PUBLIC LIBRARIES Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Houston, Smithers, Burns Lake, Vanderhoof and Fort St. James FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER For more information or to register please visit www.bcuc.com or contact the Commission Secretary at commission.secretary@bcuc.com or Philip Nakoneshny, Director, Rates, as listed above.
Premier Christy Clark has appointed Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Mike Morris, a long-time RCMP officer, to the cabinet as public safety minister. Morris was sworn in Friday at the cabinet office in Vancouver, returning the B.C. government to a system where the public safety minister is responsible for police and prisons, while the justice minister is responsible for courts and Crown prosecutors. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton has performed both roles since Public Safety Minister Mike Morris her election as MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview in 2013. Clark merged the two roles in 2012, appointing veteran cabinet minister Shirley Bond to the combined role to review the efficiency of the court system. "Mike Morris brings strong experience to the executive council as a 32-year veteran of he RCMP and a former North District superintendent," Clark said in a statement. "Suzanne Anton will continue to spearhead the work to accelerate access to justice, continue justice innovation and will be British Columbia's lead on the federal government's Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women." Morris, elected in 2013, was assigned last July to make recommendations for new penalties for distracted driving and careless smoking that ignites forest fires.
This holiday season give the gift of life As families and friends gather together this holiday season, the B.C. government is encouraging everyone to take the simple step of registering their decision to become an organ donor, because there is no gift more precious than the gift of life. It only takes a moment to join the 34,197 British Columbians who have answered the call since Service BC and BC Transplant launched their unique awareness partnership this past April. Friendly staff at all 62 Service BC centres in communities throughout the province now provide information on organ donation and help residents register their decision on-site. Those with online access can also register at: www. transplant.bc.ca The process is simple, confidential and registering may well be the reason someone waiting for an organ transplant can celebrate the holidays with their family this time next year. Quick Facts: • More than 95 per cent of British Columbians support organ donation but currently, only 20 per cent have registered their decision to be a donor. • Close to 550 British Columbians are currently waiting for a life-saving transplant. • Nearly 450 of the people on the list are waiting for a kidney while 29 are waiting for a liver transplant. •A decal on your driver's licence is no longer enough; a potential donor can check their status or register using a BC Services Card or CareCard at: www. transplant.bc.ca • You can register no matter how old you are. Canada's oldest organ donor on record was 93. • BC Transplant, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, provides provincial oversight for all organ donation and transplantation activities in B.C.
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Dancing doesn't have to stop when the clock strikes 12 Restaurants with a liquor licence and an entertainment endorsement can now offer their customers an even happier New Year's Eve celebration, thanks to a small but welcome change to entertainment rules for liquor primaries. Effective immediately, eligible restaurants that have lined up music and dancing or karaoke to ring in the New Year can now keep the party going a little longer - until 1 a.m. - as long as their local municipality is onside. Prior to this change, dancing and other activities that involved customer participation were only allowed until midnight. This latest change is part of a larger move by government to modernize B.C.'s liquor laws, increase convenience and let businesses focus on creating an even better customer experience.
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the most difficult of all mediums since it is highly detailed and time consuming. According to Hannett, small pieces may take a day or two to be completed while bigger pieces could take up to three months. Scratchboard artists draw by scratching using a sharp tool such as a scratchboard nib held in a pen holder - to expose a layer of white clay under black ink. The more lines they draw, the brighter the pictures become. Flavio Nienow Scratchboard pieces may also be coloured. For Hannett, it all starts with a photoLorna Hannett, a Burns Lake resident graph. who has garnered international recognition In order to decide what her next scratchfor her scratchboard art pieces, said living board art piece will be, Hannett goes out in the Lakes District has provided her plenty taking photos. After she has gathered of inspiration. enough images, she plays around with them “Living in a rural setting, I am surrounded in her computer to decide which image will and inspired every day, in all seasons,” she be used for her next scratchboard art piece. said. “I have always had a fascination for the Hannett had been living in Calgary with beauty of nature and its many moods and her husband when they decided to come the elements,” she said. “I also love to study Lakes District for a camping trip in 2003. people, adults and children alike, and try to They fell in love with the area, and three capture each individual’s expressive nature years later, they moved to Burns Lake. in the portraits I do.” The self-taught master scratchboard artAlthough she uses her photography skills ist now works in her home studio about to capture images for her scratchboard work, five minutes south of Burns Lake. She has Hannett said photography itself is an added won several awards - both nationally and bonus. She explained that lighting and how internationally - and had her work featured it affects the subjects is the most important in several magazines including the Internaelement of her photos. tional Artists Magazine. The Burns Lake artist said she feels priviOnce you see her work - highly detailed leged to be able to express her love of nature and full of depth and passion – it’s easy to and people through her artwork. assume that she’s being doing it all her life. “I hope in some small measure that it will However, Hannett didn’t take art all that sebring a certain amount of pleasure to those riously until later in life. who view it,” she said. Although she’s always had an artistic Hannett’s artwork can be viewed at the flair - doing ceramic, drawing and painting, Submitted photo Lakes Artisan Centre in Burns Lake (she’s when she was younger she decided to put her family first, dedicating herself to raising Self-portrait of Burns Lake master scratchboard artist Lorna Hannett. She has won several awards usually there on Thursdays). You can also her children. Once her kids were all grown - both nationally and internationally - and had her work featured in several magazines including the go online and check her Facebook page: ‘Scratchboard Art of Lorna Hannett.’ up, Hannett felt it was time to further ex- International Artists Magazine. Hannett is one of the founders and presiplore her talent. dent of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists. In addition, she has shown “It’s the old cliché, I was trying to find myself after my kids left,” said Hannett. In 2003, while browsing online, Hannett came across a scratchboard art piece. with and won a number of awards with the Federation of Canadian Artists, the AlShe was intrigued by its beauty and the amount of detail in the piece. She decided to berta Society of Artists and the Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists. e-mail the artist, who later provided her with instructions on how to make her own Most recently, her piece called ‘Coloured pencils’ was featured in Strokes of gepiece. nius seven: depth, dimension and space, published by North Light Books. In 2014, While scratchboard art has been around for many years, it has never been highly she was awarded ‘best in show gold,’ master category, for her artwork “Orchids” at popular. This form of direct engraving is considered by many artists to be one of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists exhibition in the U.S.
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Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Larson prepared and directed William Konkin Elementary’s production of The Grinch. There was standing room only. The students were involved in all aspects of the production: the set, the music, the main and supporting characters and the set up/take down crew. The lead role (The Grinch) was played by Adrienne Bender, Kiara Watson and Wyatt Holliday. The concert also included a number of beautiful songs sung by the early primary classes. This was a whole school effort and the students did an mazing job.
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The Burns Lake Mountain Biking Association (BLMBA) plans to build a new shelter near the east end of the Kager Lake parking lot. “The shelter will be a 20 by 24 feet open building with a cookstove and fire ring,” described Guy Epkens-Shafer, BLMBA President. “There will be fire proof counter tops for mini barbecues to sit on so families can get out of the rain to cook or just hang out.”
The new shelter will cost approximately $25,000 and will be built in 2016. Guy talked about the new shelter during a BLMBA presentation to village council on Dec. 8, 2015. During the presentation, BLMBA asked the Village of Burns Lake for financial support for its membership with Mountain Biking B.C. Each year, BLMBA pays $1500 to have Burns Lake advertised on the Mountain Biking B.C. website http://mountainbikingbc.ca/community/burns-lake, which promotes communities as mountain biking destinations. The $1500 covers advertisement costs and the ability to provide content to the Burns Lake portal to attract more visitors to the Lakes District. According to Guy, all money invested in advertisement and the Burns Lake trails goes right back into the community. In 2015, seven kilometres of new trail were built. “More and better trails means more visitors and more money spent,” Guy pointed out during his presentation to council.
“These visitors utilize hotels, restaurants and other local establishments, and tell their friends about Burns Lake who come and utilize hotels.” Guy also said the trails help attract professionals to move to the area, and new businesses such as Burnt Bikes. In addition, the trails have given Burns Lake international recognition - Burns Lake was the first community in Canada to receive the ‘ride centre’ designation from the International Mountain Bicycling Association. Furthermore, Guy said the trails are not only being used for mountain bikers - many residents use the trails for walking, running, snowshoeing, walking their dogs and cross-country skiing. Exercise and close contact with nature not only contributes to mental and physical wellbeing of local residents, but it also has a long-term economic benefit, he explained. Council has agreed to consider the BLMBA request during budget deliberations that will take place in early 2016.
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Fitness Programs • HIIT it with Melody Saul: Monday 6:30-7:30, starts Jan 11th ($99) • Women’s Self Defence: Thursday 6-7, starts Jan.21st ($80) • Aikido: Tues & Thurs 7-8:30, starts Jan. 19th ($160) • Vinyasa Flow: Weds 7-8, starts Jan 20th ($90) • Family yoga: Weds 6-7, starts Jan 20th ($90) • Teen yoga: Weds 5-6, starts Jan 20th ($45) • Zumba: Tues 5:45-6:45, starts Jan 19th ($90) Lakeside Multiplex - 103 Flogum Dr., Burns Lake • Phone: 250-692-3817 Email: villagerecreation@burnslake.ca or Facebook /VillageRecreation.com Village of Burns Lake - 15 3rd Ave, Burns Lake BC • Phone: 250-692-7587 Email: village@burnslake.ca • www.burnslake.ca
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Public safety organizations in Burns Lake receive provincial funding Flavio Nienow Two Burns Lake organizations will benefit from the B.C. government’s community gaming grant program. The Burns Lake Search and Rescue Society will receive funding of $38,000 and the Burns Lake Citizens on Patrol Society will receive $3000. Other three Nechako Lakes organizations will benefit from the grant program, including the Topley Fire Protection Society - $22,500; the Houston Search and Rescue - $19,500; and the Houston Volunteer Fire Fighters Association - $22,000. “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 gov-
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Flavio Nienow In the story ‘Carrier Sekani Family Services supports decision to transfer family programs’ published in the Lakes District News’ Dec. 16, 2015 issue, Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) had issued a press release saying they were supportive of the decision of the College of New Caledonia
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(CNC) to transfer the family programs offered at the Lakes District campus. According to CSFS, the hub model at the Lakes District campus is not the most effective model of service delivery. “We applaud CNC for concentrating on its education mandate,” said Warner Adam, CEO of Carrier Sekani Family Services. “CSFS believes in order to improve access, services should be delivered where people reside rather than a hub that people must travel to.” However, according to Bernice Magee, member of the Lakes District Post-Secondary Education Committee, the hub model of service delivery does not necessarily require people to travel to the campus. In fact, CNC staff has been reaching out to clients in areas such as Granisle, Tachet and Southside. “All programs reach out to clients in their homes, or wherever the client feels most comfortable,” said Magee. “The family support workers and the therapists have home visiting as a regular, and in many cases, a daily requirement for their jobs.” Magee explained that CNC staff travels every Tuesday to Tachet to deliver the healthy babies brighter futures program; the family centred program runs every Thursday at Grassy Plains School; and the early intervention services team is involved in different daycares and goes to Granisle twice a month and Southside once a week. In addition, transportation is often supplied to healthy babies brighter futures clients for appointments, trips to the food bank, and sometimes even a ride home. “Working in a hub does not limit outreach,” said Magee. “Outreach is a critical part of the hub model.” The hub model of service delivery, which took over 25 years to develop, is an integrated approach to multiple issues that affect many of the clients including poverty, mental health issues, domestic violence, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and alcohol/drug dependency. Earlier this year, the CNC board of directors decided to transfer all family programs offered at the Lakes District campus before March 2016, sparking concerns from many community members. The family programs have been funded through contracts
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with government agencies such as the ministry of children and family development. On Nov. 20, 2015, the ministry issued requests for proposals for early intervention and school age therapies, and protective family support services. The ministry also issued a notice of intent to work with a specific service provider that is already familiar with providing quality services to children and youth with special needs. While many community members are still concerned that some programs and services might be lost in the transition, the ministry has said it is working to ensure that services will not be interrupted as a result of these changes.
Contradictory information about the request for proposals Information provided by the ministry of children and family development (MCFD) contradicts the information on the request for proposals (RFPs) that have already been issued for the family programs. Although the MCFD claims that there will be no cutbacks to the family programs, they have not explained why last year’s RFPs were worth approximately $1 million, but this year they are worth $866,000 - a reduction of $114,000. In addition, the RFP for Healthier Babies Brighter Futures (now associated with the ministry’s ‘building blocks’ contract) does not state it will provide FASD prevention to atrisk mothers and children zero to three, which is a vital part of the FASD program. Furthermore, according to the RFP for complex developmental behavioural conditions, there will no longer be diagnostic support available. The MCFD has not responded to any of these questions by press time.
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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20: Think about ideas for the future if what you are doing right now does not seem very exciting to you, Aries. A new plan of attack can reinvigorate your motivation.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23: Somehow you always manage to pull through even with a ton of things on your plate, Libra. Even though you are successful, remember to schedule some downtime once in awhile.
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TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21: Taurus, focus your energy on home-related projects. Procrastination is your enemy in these circumstances and can staunch any productivity you may have achieved.
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GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21: Gemini, there is a way out of every situation, even if it seems like all exits are blocked. Swallow your pride if need be and accept the help of others when it’s offered.
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Our town Southside Health & Wellness Centre: December 2015. Chair yoga every Tues. & Fri. 10-11am. New Year’s Eve 8am - 12pm. Closed Dec. 28 in lieu of Boxing Day. December is dental varnishing month for all children 5 years of age and under. More info (250) 6943270. Carrier Sekani Family Services Burns Lake Women’s Group gets together each Tues. at 10am to share success stories and support each other on our journey to creating fulfillment and wellness. Burns Lake Band Office. More info: Bonnie or Wanda (250) 692-1800. The syllabus for the 2016 Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts is now is now available at LD News, BL Public Library, Western Financial
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Group, Artisan Centre, SEDA and online at ldfestival.com. Festival dates: Mar. 8-19. The entry deadline is Feb. 1. So get busy and plan your entries now. Canadian Cancer Society is open Tue., Wed. & Fri., 10am to 2pm. Drop in and browse through our on-going garage sale items and our arts & crafts tables (donations gratefully accepted). Contact us at (250) 692-7203 or email us at burnslake@bccancer.ca and inquire about joining our group as a volunteer! For Cancer Information or Cancer Connect: 1-888-939-3333. Website: www.cancer.ca. Will you be celebrating your 90th or 100th birthday this year? If so please contact Lakes District News - we would love to do a story on you and take your picture.
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Arabian capital 5. Nickname 6. One seeded fruit (alt. sp.) 8. Fiddler crabs 9. Troughs of bricks 11. Exploiter 14. Atomic #104 15. Italian icecream 18. Algerian dinar 19. Consume 20. Macaws 22. Insignificantly small 23. Tooth caregiver 24. Direct toward 27. Bluish green 28. Caliph 29. Faucet 31. The bill in a restaurant 32. Capital of Tocantins, Brazil 33. Explosive 34. The most abundant of the rare-earth group 35. Japanese sock 36. Kampala is the capital 37. Raged 38. Provides with property 39. Miniature racing vehicle 40. Signs 44. Express pleasure 47. Bridgebuilding degree
Burger Night
January 15th: Ham Dinner January 22 : Beef Dip nd
Meat Draw
to resume January 8 with all proceeds going to th
OLD LANDMARKS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP At Muriel Mould Primary School
SUNDAY, 10:30 AM Contact: Roland & Lisa Cataford 250-692-9196 ~Everyone Welcome ~
ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH 136 - 4th Avenue, Burns Lake
Worship Service at 10 am Sunday mornings Ministry led by lay leaders Phone 250-692-7202
DECKER LAKE MENNONITE CHURCH Sunday Morning Services: Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Worship Services: 10:30 a.m.
Burns Lake Search and Rescue
Pastors - Ken Dyck 250-698-7629 David S. Burkholder 250-692-7057 Everyone Welcome Hwy 16, Decker Lake
Regular Hours: Tues-Thurs: 4-8pm Friday & Saturday 2-8pm
Seventh Day Adventist Church Group
If you love your freedom, thank a Veteran. Support your local Legion. “Members and bona fide guests welcome”
email: rcl50@live.ca Phone: 250-692-3232
Oldtimers Hockey Fridays 8:30-10:00 Sundays 6:30-8:00 350 - 2 nights/week 200 - 1 night/week $ 15 drop in Season has started - ask about Late Start Discounts $
Meets Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. at the United Church on Centre Street.
250-695-6586
Burns Lake Community Church New location: Burns Lake Band (old highschool): 10:30 am
Pastor John Neufeld 250-692-7949
Lakes Fellowship 724 Babine Lake Road
Sunday Services: 10:30 am Celebrating the Love of God www.lakesfellowship.ca Pastor Matthew Westergard 250-692-7464
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NO AGE LIMIT Contact Chris at 250-692-4824 or Blue Jay Sports
LIVING WATERS CHURCH 766 Mulvaney Crescent, Burns Lake
Please come and fellowship with us on:
Sunday at 11:00am Tuesday at 7:00 pm Saturday at 7:00 pm
email: Jameskt@telus.net • James Kim 250-692-0031 PAOC
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In Memoriam Gifts
Information
Help Wanted
Medical/Dental
Medical/Dental
Burns Lake Health Care Auxiliary are used to provide financial support, equipment plus comfort and care for patients in our hospital, the Pines and all other community healthcare services. Mail a donation on behalf of yourself or a loved one to: B.L. Health Care Aux. Box 812, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 A tax deductible receipt will be issued
FOOD BANK INFORMATION Distribution days will be the first and the third Tuesday of each month. LD Food Bank will provide a warm waiting room at the Beacon Theatre. Clients will go first to the theatre. Doors open at 10:45am. This is available until the end of April. The food bank closes at 1pm. The Lakes District Food bank continues to operate due to the outstanding generosity of the community. If you would like to make a donation and receive a tax deductible receipt, please mail your donation to: Lakes District Food Bank, P.O. Box 777, Burns Lake, BC. V0J 1E0
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to keep drinking that’s your business - if you want to quit drinking that’s our business. Burns Lake meetings: Tue. & Sat. 7:30pm Immaculatta Church. Women’s group meets Wed., 108 - 2nd avenue at 7:30pm. For info. or transportation call (250) 6929104 / (250) 692-3024 / (250) 698-7325 Only requirement for AA is a desire to stop drinking. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Southside Meetings: Mondays and Thursdays 6:30pm 7:30pm at Grassy Plains Gospel Church. For more information: (250) 694-3682 ANYONE NEEDING information on Alzheimer’s please call 1-866-564-7533 BURNS LAKE RCMP Victim/Witness Assistance Program. 201 Hwy. 35, Box 759 Burns Lake. Open Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm (250) 692-3010 CANADA BENEFIT Group Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888511-2250 or www.canada benefit.ca/free-assessment CANADA BENEFIT Group Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888511-2250 or www.canada benefit.ca/free-assessment
Canadian Cancer Society
Make a gift in honour or in memory of a loved one impacted by cancer. Please include the honouree name as well as the name and address of the person you would like notified. To donate please call or mail Box 1301 Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0, (250) 6927203.
CRISIS PREVENTION Call 1.800.SUICIDE or 1.800.784.2433 is a confidential, toll-free service that is available to anyone, anywhere, any time in B.C. Youth support line 1.888.564.8336 (TEEN). 24 hour crisis line for northern BC 1.888.563.1214. In addition, several crisis lines also provide support through online chat services so young people have a web-based way to reach out. These services can be reached through www.northernyouthonline.ca. 4-10pm. daily or www.youthinbc.ca.
LOCAL HOSPICE
The Hospice office, located in the Lakes District Hospital, has a lending library available. Please phone before dropping by. All donations to the Burns Lake Hospice Program are greatly appreciated! Box 7500, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 (250) 692-2448
PLANNING a wedding or anniversary party? Looking for plastic flowers for decorations. Call OPTIONS at Nourse House 9am- 3pm Mon. to Fri. Francois Lake Drive. Operated by residents of 8th Avenue Group Home. (250) 692-7845 THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY B.C. and Yukon division is your primary source and resource of the latest print and electronic information, programs and services about arthritis. 1-800321-1433 or visit www.arthritis.ca/bc THE CHRONIC DISEASE Education Clinic at the Lakes District Hospital is open Tue. & Wed. from 8:30am - 4pm. The clinic provides information and teaching on various chronic illnesses such as Diabetes & Heart Disease. A doctors referral is not needed. To speak with the nurse call (250) 6922440
WITH A PUSH OF A BUTTON….HELP IS ON THE WAY Lifeline, the #1 medical alert service, with the touch of a button, provides immediate assistance to seniors in emergency situations, 24 hours a day 365 days a year. This service helps you live more independently in the comfort of your own home while providing peace of mind for you and your family. For more information on this valuable service, contact Northern Health at 1800-851-0184 or call Rotary Representative Sandy Dore at 250-692-7761 at the Bulkley Valley Credit Union - Lakes District Branch.
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Employment Business Opportunities HIP OR Knee replacement? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply Today For Assistance: 1-844-453-5372.
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FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.
GARDEN COORDINATOR The Senden Centre actively engages youth & community members in gardening and greenhouse production, food preservation and other land based activities. As part of a strategy to address health and wellness, the Senden Centre is piloting a new model of program delivery in 2016. The Garden Coordinator will plan, manage and supervise the gardening operations, while actively participating in on site agriculture centered education activities for youth and their families. You must be physically fit, have experience coaching youth, and enjoy working in cultural diversity. This position is four days per week throughout the period January 18, 2016 to December 2, 2016. Apply by January 12, 2016 to: Executive Director of USDC at 250-842-6110 or asmith@usdc.bc.ca
Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities
TRAIN TO be an apartment/condo manager. Many jobs registered with us. Good wages and benefits. Government Certified online course. 35 Years of success! www.RMTI.ca/enq
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Residential & Community Support Worker Do you have a passion for helping others? If you are the type of individual who wants to help adults with disabilities reach their goals & lead their lives then we have just the opportunity for you! As a Support Worker you will: t Assist with day-to-day living skills t Help enhance quality of life, to ensure that physical, medical, recreational, social & cultural needs are met t Provide a safe and clean environment Requirements: t Class 5 Drivers License t Clean Criminal Record Applicants must be willing to obtain Level One First Aid, Class 4 Drivers License and Food Safe within first three months of employment. Please send your resume by email or drop off in person. Burns Lake Christian Supportive Society 210- 8th Avenue, Burns Lake, BC Email: kathy.janzen@blcss.ca
Help Wanted
Southside Centre seeks anan RN or SouthsideHealth Health& &Wellness Wellness Centre seeks LPN forLPN casual employment in community RN or for part time employment as ahealth. The Centre endeavors to increase wellness through a system Community Health Nurse. The Centre provides a ofrange education, health promotion, disease prevention of acute and primary care services in the and treatment that empowers people to make healthy lifestyle southside Community. Salary will commensurate choices. Salary commensurate with experience. Willing to withthe experience. Willing to train the right person. train right person. Email your cover letter & resume to aileen.serle@northernhealth.ca, or FAX to 250-694-3290, ATTN: Aileen Serle.
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ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK/RECEPTIONIST (Part Time)
The Village of Burns Lake is currently seeking an Administrative Clerk/Receptionist to be part of a dynamic and fast paced local government organization. This position is temporary to cover a maternity leave, and is part time (20 hrs/week).
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Please submit a detailed resume, with cover letter, no later than January 4, 2016 at 10:00 am. For a full job description please visit the Village website at www.burnslake.ca. We thank you for your interest in employment with the Village of Burns Lake and advise that only those shortlisted for an interview will be contacted. By Mail: Subject Line: Administrative Clerk/ Receptionist Village of Burns Lake, PO Box 570 Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 In Person: #15 3rd Avenue, Burns Lake, BC By E-mail: bcrossman@burnslake.ca
Snow Blade Attachments
Phone:
250 692-FARM (3276) www.habitat.ca Located beside Sunshine Inn at the west end of town, Burns Lake
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FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.
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Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land
to all our valued customers!
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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LARGE BRIGHT 2 bedroom suites in a safe and secure building. Close to school and hospital. Large patio, in-suite storage and storage lockers available. On site management. Heat, hot water and cable included for $725 per month. Ask about our Seniors discount. Call (250) 692-3959 and leave message.
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374 Hwy. 16 between the Royal Bank and Rexall
Happy Hour! 3:30-4:30PM & 6-8PM Monday - Saturday: Drinks & Appy Specials NEW WINTER HOURS:
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Cat Truck Engine and Truck Repairs
Payne Septic Service (2010) 250-698-7964
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West Highway 16, Houston 250-845-2213 • www.finning.ca
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Keith Wilson
900 Miller Rd. North Bums Lake, BC V0J 1E1
Burns Lake Recycling Depot
The Comfort Zone Flying Dutchman Service
We are open December 29, 30 & January 2 During the holidays for your convenience.
Happy New Year! Located across from Multiplex, 113 Park St., Burns Lake PHONE:
250-692-7948 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10:30am to 4:30pm
WOOD STOVES For Appliance and Heating Parts & Service Call 250-692-3337 or email: comfortzone@ thecomfortzone.ca
Pleasant Valley Cleaners B’s Free Enterprises Ltd. So much more than your local commercial laundry service
FULL LINE OF WORK WEAR!
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ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the finance of a 2015 Cruze LS 1SA, Trax, Silverado 2500HD/3500HD WT 2WD with gas engines. 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 Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer trade may be required. * No purchase necessary. Open to Canadian residents with a valid driver’s license 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 Chevrolet vehicle delivered on or before January 4, 2016. 30 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 all new or demonstrator 2015 Spark, Sonic, Cruze LS 1SA, Malibu (except LS), Volt, Impala, Camaro, Trax, Equinox LS AWD, Traverse, Colorado 2WD, Silverado 1500 Double Cab 2WD WT / Crew Cab 2WD WT and Silverado HD’s WT 2WD with gas engine. 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: $40,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $476.19 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $40,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight and air tax ($100, if applicable) included. Licence, insurance, registration, PPSA, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. 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. ‡ $3,000/$3,500 is a combined credit consisting of $1,000 Connect & Win Bonus (tax inclusive), $1,000 Holiday bonus (tax inclusive), and $1,000/$1,500 manufacturer to dealer finance cash (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Cruze/Trax which is available for finance offers only and cannot be combined with special lease rates and cash purchase. † $5,000/$5,000/$12,000 is a combined credit consisting of $1,000 Connect & Win Bonus (tax inclusive), $1,000/$1,000/$0 Holiday bonus (tax inclusive), and a $3,000/$3,000/$11,000 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Cruze/Trax/Silverado Heavy Duty Double Cab with gas engine (except WT 2WD), 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 $3,000/$3,000/$11,000 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. †† Offer available to retail customers in Canada only on new 2015 & 2016 Chevrolet Cruze, Equinox and Trax delivered between December 18, 2015 and January 4, 2016. $1,000 bonus cash 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. ** The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased or leased a new eligible 2015 MY Chevrolet (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelco® oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. 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