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Pedestrian caution urged By JOSH MASSEY WHEN JUDITH Haizimsque was crossing the street at the four-way stop beside Husky gas station recently she had a close call with a vehicle that brought back bad memories for her. That’s because she’s been hit twice before while crossing the street, once in Prince George and another time in Terrace. “It’s extremely dangerous out there as a pedestrian,” she said. As someone who travels on foot a lot of the
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time, she has decided to give a shout out to driver and walker alike, that people take precautions, be alert, and avoid tragedy that could happen during what is supposed to be a festive time of year. “I was by Husky, by that four-way. I was crossing and the vehicle that was beside me on the same side of the road was turning left, and when I was halfway through the cross she cut in front of me. It was close enough for me to stare at her, and her at me.”
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NORTHWEST RESIDENTS and businesses will be paying more for natural gas as of Jan. 1, 2016 because of an interim rate increase approved by the BC Utilities Commission for Pacific Northern Gas (PNG). This is an interim increase for delivering natural gas and a final decision won’t be made until the spring when formal hearings are planned. While the interim delivery hike for residents is 1.8 per cent, from $11.755 a gigajoule to $11.987 a gigajoule, add-ons push the increase higher. Those add-ons allow PNG to charge more to recover overall delivery costs should not as much gas be consumed as forecast and more for the cost of the commodity itself should the gas price rise higher than forecast. In both cases, however, those costs can be refunded should delivery revenues be higher than forecast and should the price of the commodity itself not be as much as forecast. PNG does not add to the cost of gas it purchases for its consumers and that cost is adjusted to meet market prices throughout the year. In asking for increased rates, (PNG) says wage increases, increased inspections, general business costs and inflation are part of the reason its expenses are scheduled to rise by 14.5 per cent or $2.3 million. And it’s also not adding in any option payments made to it to hold space in its northwestern pipeline, as 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 – an additional estimated $2.4 million from natural gas sales to Rio Tinto Alcan now that it has completed its Kitimat smelter modernization project and is shifting to full production. When increased income is weighed against additional expenses and loss of other income, the utility is projecting a revenue deficit of nearly $600,000 should it not be given a rate increase.
Northwestern B.C. natural gas consumers pay more to have gas delivered here than elsewhere in the province because they shoulder more expenses to maintain the delivery system. That dates back to the loss to PNG of large industrial customers beginning in the last decade. Without those large customers and their revenue, the cost of maintaining the PNG pipeline has fallen to residents and remaining business and industrial customers. In past years delivery costs to PNG customers had been buffered by income from the sale of its interest in the planned Pacific Trails Pipeline which would provide natural gas to the proposed Kitimat LNG project at Kitimat. Those payments have now concluded. PNG customers had also benefitted from option payments paid to the utility to hold space in its pipeline for the planned Douglas Channel LNG project, also at Kitimat, in which PNG’s owner, AltaGas of Calgary, is a partner. But for 2016 PNG is holding off on applying option payments until, as it states in its rate increase application to the utilities commission, “there is greater clarity and certainty that the project will proceed.” That’s because Douglas Channel LNG’s partners had been expected to make a final decision by the end of 2015. When that is to be now made is not known, something made more complicated by a decision by federal customs officials to charge a duty of $100 million for the Asian-built floating platform on which the plant to liquefy natural gas would be placed. That decision is being appealed. The Douglas Channel LNG project is also the one great hope for reduced delivery charges for PNG’s other northwest customers. The plant would take up the remaining capacity in PNG’s pipeline, adding substantial operating revenues to the utility’s bottom line.
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pedestrians need to shield themselves against the potential of an incident. “During the daytime, I make sure to cross where the lights are. I encourage people who are walking to wear bright colours and if possible carry a flashlight during the evening,” said Haizimsque.
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■ In appreciation ART ERASMUS, a school trustee for Terrace on the board of the Coast Mountains School District, was given a gift of appreciation for his time as its chair. He’s now the vice chair and Hazelton/Kitwanga trustee Shar McCrory, shown here presenting the gift, was named chair at the board’s December meeting.
Company apologizes for eelgrass depiction THE COMPANY aiming to build a multibillion dollar liquefied natural gas plant on Lelu Island near Prince Rupert has issued an apology for an error made in how nearby eelgrass beds are depicted in a recent series of ads. Pacific NorthWest LNG had published the ads as part of its project information campaign and to calm concerns over the effects of their terminal on an eelgrass ecosystem adjacent to the island which is the central rearing ground for juvenile Skeena River salmon before they enter deeper waters. The project received a provincial environmental certificate in 2013 and is currently going through a federal review scheduled to wrap up early in the new year. The Skeena Watershed Conservation Trust said the company had not accurately represented the amount of eelgrass in a graphic contained in the ads, noting that there is not as much eelgrass depicted as in technical maps submitted to the federal review. Eelgrass is the plant in which the young salmon, or smolts, hide from the currents and find food in their formative stage, and the beds shift over the years, which makes drawing them a challenge, said Greg Knox, the director of Terrace-based SkeenaWild. “They know, they have been involved for several years doing this work, and it’s hard to understand why they would leave that off when they have been so involved in doing this work. They are stating to the public their expertise in this and yet they make such a major mistake in their ad,” he said of Pacific
NorthWest LNG. Knox said the impression left by the first ads is that there is less eelgrass than there actually is and that eelgrass is closer to the project site than depicted “Unfortunately due to a design error, the version of the figure used does not accurately identify areas where eelgrass was present in one year out of four,” said Pacific NorthWest LNG in its apology statement. Knox said that the misrepresentation of the landscape in illustrations for industrial projects in the area has happened before. He pointed out that Enbridge left out several small islands from a graphic representation of the proposed route oil tankers would take to and from the Douglas Channel area in environmental filings for its Northern Gateway project. He said the way the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal gets drawn and described in the recent ads leaves out some of the more risky aspects, such as the alteration of the shoreline, dredging for an underwater gas pipeline that would feed its project and the bridge beside Flora Banks, while highlighting the positive steps the company is taking. “This is huge infrastructure,” said Knox of the diagram of a trellis designed to skirt the edge of the sensitive area of Flora Bank into deeper water. “This is a suspension bridge similar in size to the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s about 88 feet wide and about 1.6 point kilometers long and then going to a jetty that is another one kilometer long, and 80 feet wide.”
Man jailed for poppy box theft A YOUNG man who’s spent time in jail on several charges while awaiting trial will spend another 14 days in jail. Darian Joseph Spencer, 20, was handed a 30 day sentence for one charge of stealing a poppy donation box at Safeway this past November. He was also sentenced to 60 days in jail for breaking a window at Blue Fin Sushi during a break
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2015 IN NEWS
The Year in Review BELOW IS THE TERRACE STANDARD’S annual year in review of significant news events of the past year. This issue contains events from the first six months of 2015. The next issue contains events from the last six months of 2015. Community and sports events are handled the same way.
January THE BC Assessment Office’s 2015 report shows Terrace and Kitimat experienced the highest jump in average property value in the entire province through 2014. The average value of a Terrace house rose 30 per cent, from $244,000 to $317,000. This made Kitimat number one and Terrace number two on the list of municipalities with highest property value rise for the 2015 assessments around the province. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ RIDING A wave of increased taxes from new business and home construction, city council drafts a preliminary budget with zero tax increase for residents, and later in the budget period announces a one per cent decrease in business tax. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ AFTER SIGNING an impact agreement with Pacific Northwest LNG in late December, the Kitselas First Nation and provincial government announce the Kitselas are to receive a portion of an annual $10 million payment from the province to be divided between all of the First Nations who have traditional territory over which the pipeline crosses. However, the dates for deciding dividing the money are pushed back into 2016. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ DEBATE OVER whether Thornhill should become part of Terrace advances as The Terrace & District Chamber of Commerce sends a letter addressed to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development as well as to the City of Terrace and the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine calling for the ministry to examine alternatives to incorporating, including boundary extension and amalgamation between Terrace and Thornhill. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE SUDDEN bankruptcy of Williams Moving and Storage of their Terrace outlet and closure of their Terrace operations on Kalum Lake Road leaves 17 employees scrambling to figure out what they will do next.
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YEAR OF THE HOTEL: The spring of 2015 saw three major hotels, all with just under 100 rooms each, begin construction in anticipation of a major flurry of industrial investment in the area. Here is a crew working on the Holiday Inn located in Thornhill. BELOW: the massive snowstorm in early February saw vehicles completely covered at the airport. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ BC STATS comes out with population count saying Terrace’s population dropped from 11,688 in 2011 to 11,265. With Terrace feeling busier than this new number suggests, the city finances its own population count in the fall showing a population of over $12,000 including the homeless population.
February THE RED Chris mine near Iskut receives a permit to begin filling a tailings facility at its Red Chris gold and copper project northeast of Terrace. This comes after much controversy because of the failure of another Imperial Metals tailing pond at Mount Polley in 2014, which Tahltan and other stakeholders say was too similar to the one designed for Red Chris.
◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CONFLICT COMES to a head between Kitimat-Stikine regional district directors and the Residents Advocating for a Sustainable Inclusive Environment (RafaSIE) with the RDKS seeking legal advice to stop what they say is a continual flow of harassment by a group questioning its long-standing plan to open a new landfill near Lakeslse Lake and charge residents for a recycling program they may not use. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ NEAR RECORD snowfall descends on the area Feb. 5-6, leaving 115 centimetres of snow, even so much snow that Shames Mountain is closed because the staff can’t make it to the hill. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CITY COUNCIL approves on Feb. 10 the offer by the two local Rotary Clubs to put in a splash park in George Little Park. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TRAGEDY STRIKES the Southside when a 16-year-old shoots a 15-year-old on Feb. 9. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ DIRECTORS OF the Kitimat-Stikine regional district vote to support a bid by Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen to ban bulk oil exports by tanker off the north coast. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A LETTER from the provincial Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development minister Coralee Oakes to the KitimatStikine regional district says incorporation might not be the best option and that amalgamation should be looked at too. An amount of $60,000 is given to help the regional district with a “study services, governance and planning in the Greater Terrace area.”
March THE CANADIAN Border Services Agency
(CBSA) says it has plans to close the border between Stewart, B.C. and Hyder, Alaska during overnight hours beginning in the spring – but residents and business owners from both communities say the move will have several negative effects. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A UNBC faculty strike starts March 5 to protest low salaries and other issues making attracting and retaining faculty difficult for the northern university. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CITY COUNCIL decides to use a portion of its surplus to hire a bylaw officer. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE MINISTRY of Transportation and Infrastructure announces that it will be investing in new traffic lights at the Sande Overpass and widening the south intersection in general, a project that is completed in the fall. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE UNION representing Alcan workers announces that it will be challenging the company’s plan to increase sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions in its modernized smelter, as the new smelter begins to ramp up its production. Alcan continues to assert that its overall reduction in emissions in other chemicals justifies the 30 per cent increase in SO2. Those who oppose say scrubbers should be installed. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A GRUESOME tale is revisited and murdered officer paid homage to when the city decides to follow an RCMP recommendation to name the public park in Mountain Vista after Constable Mike Buday. Buday’s death was chronicled in the 1985 book Descent into Madness about a psychologically unstable man who shot Buday when he and a team of RCMP approached his remote camp near Atlin Lake.
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THE HERITAGE Park Museum announces it will be seeking funding to publish a manuscript put together in the 1980s documenting the mutiny of Canadian soldiers positioned in Terrace during the Second World War. Later in the year the museum will find out it has been successful. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE FEDERAL government chooses not to appeal a ruling that sees the Kitselas First Nation awarded the rights, either through compensation or land, for a small piece of land (10.5) acres that Kitselas argued through a tribunal was wrongfully excluded from their original reserve land when it was given to them in 1891. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ SEVERE TRAFFIC congestion at the Southside Tim Horton’s leads to RCMP putting out a public warning that they are going to start ticketing drive-thru vehicles that are being unruly. Later in the year, the outlet announces it will be expanding its drive-thru. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE SECOND homeless count commissioned by the city in as many years finds that the number of homeless has once again spiked, up by 10, to 74, leading to much thought over what can be done. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE TAHLTAN First Nation votes in favour of a benefits agreement with Imperial Metals for the Red Chris gold and copper mine related to employment and contracts.
IMPERIAL METALS continues to take legal action against a group of Tahltan activists and others who twice last year blockaded access to the mine site. The legal action takes the form of being awarded more than $25,000 in court costs after successfully applying for a BC Supreme Court injunction ordering the group known as the Klabona Keepers to lift a blockade last October. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ AN ALLIANCE of northwestern municipalities formed in 2014 to push for a revenue sharing agreement with the provincial government for a cut of profits from resource development in the area has been turned down for $1 million to help them administer the alliance and its planning. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE PROVINCE buys back 61 licences from the Arctos Anthracite Joint Venture owned by Fortune Minerals of Ontario and POSCO Canada for $18 million in the Klappan or Sacred Headwaters, ending for now what has been more than a decade of controversy over development in the valley. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ NORTHWEST COMMUNITY College has announced spending cuts of $1.4 million, primarily affecting its university course credit program. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ WHILE NO university credit programs will be cancelled outright, where and how courses will be taught is to change.
◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE CITY surplus has continued to grow as the final budget was voted on in early May and shows it sitting at $1,329,964 up from previous figures around $900,000 earlier in the year. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A MAY 26 auditor general point concludes that while government hasn’t adequately implemented a system to look at combined effects of multiple projects through the environmental assessment process.
June CITY STAFF visit Qinhuangdao China along with local engineering firm AllNorth to work on the design for a Chinese-owned industrial park on city land. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A CEREMONY held May 29 sees the ceremonial opening of the new water system in the Kitselas First Nation’s Gitaus subdivision about 15 kilometres east of Terrace on Hwy16, three years after the sudden breakdown of their old water well. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Two Americans, Sandy and Gene Ralston, find the missing body of Jody Frocklage in Kalum Lake 7 months after she went missing while canoeing on Kalum Lake. The married couple owns a boat fitted with special sonar and have found many bodies around the world, called in to missing persons cases that have come up empty. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ MAJOR HOUSING project for 105 units with affordable housing component is put on hold by the developer Coast to Coast in response to market forces having changed since their plan was launched in 2014. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CANADA POST announces it is going to cut service to Terrace, however such plans are put
on hold after the federal elections. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ENVIRONMENT CANADA numbers are released in June showing May was the hottest on record ever in Terrace. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TRUTH AND Reconciliation commission releases its comprehensive record of testimony of thousands of residential school survivors, causing local First Nations and the whole community to reflect on current state of aboriginal relations.
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CLOCKWISE FROM top: LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Judith Guichon at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13 Feb. 23; Terrace’s striving for the top was personified by born, raised, but since departed resident Harjinder Atwal who won the Mister World Canada competition in May; Kitsumkalum village school students practise their guitars in preparation for a series of performances.
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What now THE new year about to begin places the northwest in a more uncertain economic situation than has been the case of the past several years. Heightened expectations of a liquefied natural gas industry in the region, while not completely dampened, have been tampered. This is very much the long game as companies work to the point they can make final investment decisions, balancing the reality of reduced revenues forecasts versus costs. Specific aboriginal issues on some projects are outstanding and for one, the Petronas-controlled Pacific NorthWest LNG project on Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, those for and against are disputing the scientific analysis each is using to determine environmental effects. Expectations that 2015 would see a mine under construction were sidelined when molybdenum prices tanked, ending for now Alloycorp’s plans to raise enough capital for its $1 billion Kitsault project, a direct loss for the Nisga’a of the Nass Valley and hopes Terrace would benefit from jobs and service industry income. But there is one mining project which is to ramp up in 2016 – the Brucejack gold mine belonging to Pretivm Resources. This is a project worth more than $800 million for a life of at least 18 years. Local government officials would be wise to promote Terrace and area vigorously for the job and business benefits this mine will bring.
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never expect government to fulfill my every wish, but voting out Harper’s government last October satisfied a biggy. Though I entertain no expectation from here on everything will work out to my satisfaction, I approved when the new government dropped Harper’s appeal of the Supreme Court’s niqab decision; reinstated the long census; and promised construction will begin next spring building an all-weather road linking Winnipeg to the Shoal Lake reserve after 100 years of isolation. In those years the reserve hauled bottled water by canoe or over a risky ice road. Still I was unprepared when Trudeau’s government announced December 18 it will cancel the First Nations Financial Transparency Act passed by Harper last summer requiring aboriginal bands to post their salaries for all to see. When some reserve residents got a look at what their chiefs were paying themselves, they were shocked. Angered. The posted amounts explained why their band chief might be living in a veritable
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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI palace while they were making do with a mobile home on blocks, no skirting to keep out winter cold, no hydro, not even running water or an indoor privy. Some chiefs’ salaries were so expanded they resembled misprints. The National Post in an article published December 2l gives these sample anomalies of chiefs who paid themselves more than mayors of nearby large cities: “The 80 or so members of the Kwikwetlem First Nation said they knew nothing of their chief’s $9l4,000 income. “Manitoba chief John
Thunder who ran a reserve of 40 people earned the equivalent of $l85,000. (Brandon’s mayor earned $95,000 for running a city with a population of 46,000.) The chief of the 226-member Scugog Island First Nation earned an off-reserve equivalent of $159,000 in 2013. Chief Sidney Peters of the Glooscap First Nation made the realworld equivalent of $187,000 for overseeing a band of 75 people.” And so it goes. The prime minister of Canada is paid $327,400 to run a country with a population of 35 million. Bands resisted making their financial accounts public when Harper brought in the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. They argued they had a right to keep their finances private, particularly if they ran private companies and thus had income independent of the government’s support. But in 2014 of 581 reserves, eventually 573 complied with the Act and put their band council and audited financial statements online. In a bid to force holdout reserves to comply, the gov-
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ernment took eight bands to court withholding their reserve funding while it did so. So far this year 543 bands have complied. Yet now Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, has announced her department will withdraw these court cases and release any withheld funds to the law-breaking bands. If I were chief of a band that complied, I would be hopping mad Bennett’s backing down, denying aboriginals the same right other citizens have to know how their council is spending their money. She’s knuckling under to a wave of criticism, far from the backbone needed to be minister of any department. The Transparency Act makes good sense not only for we taxpayers who provide the funding for aboriginal bands, but also to reserve residents who have every right to know how the money coming to their reserve is spent. Why should they live in the dark about their chief and band councils’ salaries? Both senators and band chiefs bear watching.
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The Mail Bag God’s obituary? Think again
Recipes have a history Dear Sir: Thank you for the Christmas heritage recipes published in the Dec. 16, 2015 issue of The Terrace Standard and thank you to Kelsey Wiebe from the Heritage Park Musem Society for providing them. People were quite delighted to see them and I thought readers might want the background behind the recipes. In 1986 and 1987, the Terrace Regional Museum Society (now the Terrace Regional Historical Society), worked with Totem Press Ltd. to produce two calendars featuring recipes from women who were in Terrace in the period between 1910 and 1940. My mother, Mamie Kerby, either wrote to the families or phoned them, and had them submit their favourite family recipes. Mamie also researched and provided the information for each of the women featured
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in the calendars, and was largely involved in the design of the calendars. The photos either came from my mother’s collection, or the families lent the pictures,
which we copied. The calendars, titled Home Town Recipes, 1986 and More Home Town Recipes, 1987, were very popular. Many people saved the calendars for the
recipes. Our society did not produce further calendars, as they were only good for fund raising for a specific year. We put our efforts into producing books instead, though we have
discussed over the years of redoing the recipes into a booklet. Norma Kerby, Secretary/Treasurer, Terrace Regional Historical Society, Terrace, B.C.
Dear Sir: Dr. Heinimann’s letter of Dec. 2, 2015, accurately raises the central theological issue in any discussion about God: the seemingly irreducible irreconcilability between suffering/evil and the concept of a benevolent Deity. What is at issue is nothing short of the goodness of God. Let’s be clear: God exists or doesn’t exist, completely independent of our wishes, desires and pronouncements. It is the height of hubris to presume to write God’s obituary. Make no mistake, atheism is a faith. Dr. Heinimann claims there is no evidence for the existence of God (something very different from inducing God’s non-existence). Yet, if there is no evidence, why are avowed atheists so bothered by the picture of the universe that has emerged over the last 50 years? Evidently, the fine-tuning not only makes a theist posture propositionally tenable (defensible and coherent), it makes it plausible. As Fred Hoyle (an atheist astrophysicist) concluded: “a common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and... the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question.” Without an attentiveness to God’s silence (and He reveals in concealing) we are left with ourselves, merely, and our self-referential morality which, inevitably, leads to “corruption and abominable deeds” (Psalm 14:1). In a nutshell: to condemn the atrocities of Islamic State you need to evoke an objective standard, otherwise any distinction is merely a clash of codes of conduct, a clash of cultures. And if your moral framework is so inept you can’t morally condemn the beheading of Christian or Yazidi children, maybe your heart is trying to tell your head something.
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Take off those rose-coloured glasses
e have finally formally evicted a government that for years acted like a combination of ashamed children and a gang of bullies. Perhaps with the new government, we will finally get a clear look at the extent of the mismanagement that masqueraded as responsible government for so many recent years. One of the most distressing characteristics of the previous government was its fundamental dishonesty. Conservatives went to enormous lengths to disguise the damage they were willing to inflict on the public sphere. Lying and obfuscation were routine, and destructive policies were hidden within enormous legislative packages that were nearly impossible to critique. As American president Abraham Lincoln once asserted, “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” Finally Canadians refused to be
fooled. It remains to be seen whether or not the new government will eliminate all these flaws. However, the new prime minister’s first moves (open media scrums, commitments to gender equity, a new approach to international climate negotiations) appear promising. Coincident to these changes, we are also now getting a clearer understanding of the behavior the Conservatives’ staunch supporters, the similarly dishonest oil and gas industry. Might these companies change as well? It’s unlikely. In early November New York’s attorney general opened investigation into Exxon Mobil, alleging the company deliberately misled shareholders and citizens about the risks posed by climate change. Oil and gas companies have some of the most skilled research and development professionals on the planet. The idea that these companies would be unaware of the multiple threats of climate change and of their own organi-
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AL LEHMANN zations’ part in creating the damage is absurd. Oil and gas corporations have recently begun releasing pious statements regarding the importance of regulating greenhouse gases, proposing adoption of carbon pricing, and promoting new sources of energy. Good. Simultaneously, however, many of these same companies actively support lobbying organizations
that are devoted to subverting such efforts. An October 2015 report by Influence Map (an organization that identifies itself as “neutral and independent,” and whose purpose is “to map, analyze and score the extent to which corporations are influencing climate policy and legislation worldwide”) reveals the extraordinary extent to which these huge organizations are talking out of both sides of their mouths. (See http://influencemap.org/index.html.) Oil and gas corporations have one or more senior executives who serve as directors in lobbying organizations that fundamentally oppose proposed climate legislation. These lobbies include the American Legislative Exchange Council, the American Petroleum Institute, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the US Chamber of Commerce. Chief executives in these industrial giants are well paid to manage this duplicity, as long as the profits keep flowing.
According to a report entitled Take the Money and Burn: How CEO Pay Accelerates Climate Change (September, 2015), “over the last five years, the 30 largest US publicly held fossil fuel companies doled out compensation worth nearly $6 billion to 163 CEOs and top managers.” For that kind of reward, who wouldn’t be tempted to “smile and smile and be a villain?” It’s well known that cons work best when victims want to be conned! Canadians wanted to believe that Stephen Harper was a fair-minded and virtuous leader. Canadians want to believe that their mutual fund shares in Exxon Mobil are harmless investments. We’d likely all prefer it if climate change science was simply an elaborate hoax. But Stephen Harper wasn’t, they aren’t, and it isn’t. For years, Canadians have been both fooled and willfully ignorant. Have we finally taken off the rose-colored glasses? Retired English teacher Al Lehmann lives in Terrace, B.C.
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Academic medal given CALEDONIA SECONDARY School 2015 graduate Simran Jawanda now has a medal recognizing her academic achievements. Jawanda, now a student at the University of Northern British Columbia, was presented with the Governor-General’s Bronze Academic Medal for achieving an average of 97.53 per cent for the courses she took in Grades 11 and 12. The medal was presented by Caledonia awards and scholarships coordinator Robin MacLeod over the Christmas holidays. Seventy-seven Caledonia graduates were granted local scholarships with a total value of $67,675 this year, reports MacLeod. Nine students received external scholarships valued at $17,300 and 12 graduates accepted entrance scholarships to post secondary institutions valued at $99,900. As well, 45 Cal students received $1,000 provincial scholarships through the school district for their achievements in applied skills,
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Think again about God Correlatively, any discussion about human rights requires a special category for human beings which atheism, if it is rigorous, cannot concede. Such rights may be a convenient fiction pragmatically employed, but without some appeal to transcendence it is a sham (cf., atheist John Gray’s rebuttal of humanism). Paradoxically, the problem of evil not only implicates God, it logically entails His existence and His goodness to get the argument off the ground; something akin to using God’s good nature to convict Him of His bad. I suggest, however, there is too much joy, too much compassion, too much beauty, too much good to embrace the blind faith of atheism. Or, more succinctly, there is enough light to hope and enough darkness to know the light hasn’t originated in, nor is restricted to, us. (Incidentally, Dr Heinimann, whom I
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view as a compatriot in the theater of ideas, may have forgotten my name, but I hope, nev-
ertheless, he has not received any undue or undesired acceptance or legitimacy from the
faith community by my appellation of “friend”). Irwin Jeffrey, Terrace, B.C.
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NOTICE OF BY-ELECTION BY VOTING PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of Coast Mountains Board of Education School District 82 that a By-election by Voting for Trustee Electoral Area 3 (Thornhill) is necessary to elect one (1) School Trustee for the remainder of the four-year term commencing January 2016 and terminating December 2018. The persons nominated as candidates at the By-election by Voting and for whom the votes will be received are listed below. TO BE ELECTED - ONE: Trustee Electoral Area 3 (Thornhill) (Area E of Kitimat-Stikine Regional District and the South and East portion of Area C of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District including Copperside, Gossen, Kleanza, Usk, Jackpine Flats, Old Remo and Lakelse Lake). JOHNSON, Barbara A. #2-4717 Walsh Avenue
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ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITY: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Coast Mountains Board of Education Office, 3211 Kenney Street, Terrace (Building A)
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Bigfoot spotted in Nass Valley
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By MARGARET SPEIRS
FOR THOSE who don’t believe in bigfoot or sasquatch or aren’t sure, one skeptic has changed his mind after two recent sightings. “Believe it or not, I did see one. I was skeptical before this but I am not anymore,” said Cpl. Nathan Dame stationed at the Lisims/Nass Valley RCMP detachment. In late October, he was travelling from New Aiyansh to Greenville while on duty and in the middle of a long, straight stretch of road about halfway between the two communities saw “something leap across the entire highway and disappear into the trees.” “That’s what caught my attention. Seeing it leap across the entire highway. It took me a few seconds to process what I saw,” says Dame. “Pretty interesting stuff. It leapt across the highway landing on the other side on the shoulder of the road. It then walked slowly into the trees. It did not seem to care about me.” He arrived at that same location within three seconds, stopped and looked into the trees but didn’t see anything, he says. “It it were an animal, I would have been able to see it before it disappeared into the trees. I have no doubt of what I saw,” says Dame. He describes what he saw as approximately 10 feet tall, with dark chocolate brown hair, long arms that stretched past its waist and long legs. “It was not a moose or a bear standing up. I have nothing else to explain what I saw other than a sasquatch,” Dame says. “There are not other animals that come close to that description.” Then in early November, he stopped on the highway approximately 5 km past his first sighting. “I heard a noise and looked over into the trees. Twenty metres away I saw something large and brown duck behind a tree,” says Dame. He moved closer to investigate but could not find what he saw. “I do not know what
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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.
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LOCAL BIGFOOT seeker Larry Sommerfield with cast of a footprint in this 2008 photo. this was but again it was not a moose or a bear standing up and I should have been able to see something as the trees were not very thick in this spot,” he says. “I spoke with a couple of local Greenville ladies and they both saw what they think is a sasquatch as well in the area.” In the past, several area residents have reported seeing bigfoot or sasquatch or found evidence of them. In 2008, local sasquatch hunter Larry Sommerfield showed a cast of a 16-inch long footprint he said was made in mid-August of that year from a footprint found in a gravel pit just east of the Kitselas First Nation’s Gitaus subdivision east of Terrace on Hwy 16. The footprint was 10.5 inches wide and Sommerfield said it probably belonged to a creature weighing 1,000 pounds that stood at least 10 feet high. Some of the earliest and best footprints of sasquatch were found in the Skeena Valley in 1976. The tracks — about a dozen of them 15.5 inches long and 6.5 inches wide — were found by some children near a slough in the Terrace area. According to researchers, they had a walking stride of just over seven feet.
A sasquatch researcher named Bob Titmus lived in the area at the time and made plaster casts from the footprints that were left in the hard clay. In 2000 a New Aiyansh resident spotted something. At eight o’clock in the morning one day Mark (not his real name) was getting ready for work. As he looked out his back window toward a forested area Mark saw a man walking toward his house. The man was average height, maybe 5’5”, walking upright just like a normal person would. But when the man got closer Mark realized that what he saw was neither human or animal. The creature came into the clearing between his house and his neighbour’s and searched out for a branch on a tree. “I just thought it was a person. Its arm went down to the branch and pulled the branch down and I saw that his arm was hairy,” he said. “I saw the hair very clearly it was really kind of freaky.” Sasquatch creatures have different names among First Nations, The Haida call it Gogit, the Kwakiutl call it Bukwas and Bowis is the name given by Tsimshian.
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.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015 Terrace Standard
COMMUNITY 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW
MARGARET SPEIRS
One more look at the community’s highlights in the first six months of 2015.
January THE NEW Year’s baby shares a middle name with her two sisters, mom and great-grandmas – Mariah Rose Gurney is born at 8 p.m. Jan. 2, at nine pounds and three ounces, to mom Allison at Mills Memorial Hospital, seven days after her expected birth date of Dec. 26. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CHRISTINE’S COTTAGE is part of Suwilaawks Community School’s library renovations done with money left to the school by former staff member Christine Foster, who passed away two years ago, and was known for her passion for literacy. The money also goes paint the library a warm shade of red, Foster’s favourite colour, and to install shelves that can display books with their front covers facing out. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CALEDONIA GRADE 12 student Seamus Damstrom shares his passion for healthy living and eating by introducing healthier food choices at the school’s canteen. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ FIVE CALEDONIA Senior Secondary students – Thomas Christensen, Amee deViveiros, Ryan Kunar, Seth Scott and Theodoric Weicksel – go to youth parliament and sit in the legislature, experience politics first-hand, and return with a better knowledge of the system. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ SCIENTISTS CONDUCTING a winter study of bats ask for public help tracking bat movements in the region in winter, bats’ normal hibernation time, to collect data of their normal behaviour so scientists have this information in case White Nose Syndrome, a deadly parasitic fungus, comes here.
February THE PATH to realizing a lifelong dream of becoming a doctor is made a little smoother for UBC Okanagan student Kaisha Woods, 18, who receives a 2014 Irving K. Barber Aboriginal Student Award for $3,500.
March MACKENZIE MOHR advocates for her friend Jevon MacLellan, who has cerebral palsy, in a story telling people to look past his disability and hire him for a job: “You will see him as I do, as an intelligent and kind person...Open your minds to all individuals; it’s amazing what a little acceptance can do.” ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE REM Lee Theatre gets new stage drapes thanks to the nonprofit Theatre Alive, in its 30th
year of promoting the arts in the community and raising funds, which replaces the drapes at a cost of more than $9,000. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ PHOTOGRAPHER / curator Nancy Pratt encourages women to be happy with their bodies and base their self-esteem on what they look like at any age with the Celebrate Your Breasts Project, which includes photos of local women with a design painted on their bare chests. Also Pratt shares her own, and other women’s, experiences of the pain and problems breast implants can cause with photos. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ RAI READ, Melanie Abbott, Brent Webb and Jaco Strydom run as team Stigma Stompers in the BMO Marathon to raise money for the Canadian Mental Health Association. “We are running to raise awareness of the stigma that those with a mental illness face on daily basis. It’s an invisible illness, we have immense sympathy for someone with MS or cancer but as a society we often shun and are fearful of someone with schizophrenia. We hope to reduce that fear and stigma,” says Read. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ POLICE OFFICERS, City of Terrace officials and family and friends come together March 19 to honour Const. Mike Buday killed on that day 30 years ago. A large plaque with a photo and write-up about him is unveiled at a ceremony at the newly-named Constable Michael Buday Park behind the 5300 block of Mountain Vista.
April ANJA HANINGTON, Grade 10 Caledonia student, prepares to head to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York to learn from professionals for two weeks. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE PACIFIC Northwest Music Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TWO CALEDONIA Sr. Secondary students take part in the Skills Canada provincial competition. Sam Christiansen earns an impressive third place in welding after placing first in a regional Skills Canada competition earlier this year. Jake Blix demonstrates his carpentry skills at provincials after placing first in the regional event.
May THE EIGHT-WEEK Circle of Life knitting program, tailored for women and especially mothers to help them build confidence and self-esteem, is the first of its kind for the Kermode Friendship Centre. Aside from practical skills they are taught—which could translate into a means to make money by selling crafts and to self-sufficien-
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ABOVE, SEVERAL ladies involved in the Celebrate your Breasts Project, including curator Nancy Pratt, centre standing, take a break from installing the works at the art gallery. Below, Julia Little, daughter-in-law to George Little, the founder of Terrace, celebrates her 97th birthday with friends and family at the George Little House. With her is her great-grandson Alexander Auriat, 7. cy for the family—the leaders also encourage dialogue around birth control and cultural traditions. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ FOR EMERGENCY Preparedness Week, local emergency support services advise people that having a supply of food, water and enough provisions for each person and pets for 72 hours is only a minimum. One to two weeks is the new standard. And people should have a neighborhood team with each person doing specific functions. such as knowing the neighborhood’s hazards and resources. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CHARLIE HENRY, a student from Na Aksa Gila Kyaw, wins first place and the Canada History Award prize with his project about the Canadian Pacific Railway at the 2015 Heritage Fair at North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ AT THE Veterans Dinner at Branch # 13 here, Cde. Charlie Lindstrom, Branch Service Officer, presents pins and certificates on behalf of the Minister of Veterans Affairs to Cdes. Sandy Sandhals, Harold Wyatt and Fred Annett. Other recipients of the award unable to attend are Cdes. Lance Stephens, Bob Goodvin, Ed McFadden, Fern Gagnon, Bill McRae, Bud Hallock and Del Holtom. These pins and certificates mark the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Canada’s engagement in the Second World War and are issued in recognition of veterans’ service and sacrifice during the war in defense of Canada and our shared values of freedom, democracy and rule. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ LOWELL HOLMQUIST, senior pastor at the Terrace Pentecostal
Assembly leaves after 15 years to be a campus pastor for the Christian Life Assembly in Sooke, located west of Victoria, B.C. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CALEDONIA SR. Secondary Social Justice 12 students raise $717.48 to aid victims of the Nepal earthquake. With the federal government’s commitment to match dollar for dollar any money raised, that totals more than $1,400. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ WITH THE parting of founder Darlene Delorme-Reid this year, the You’ll Be There northwest charity service is now run by local Rosalee Morgan. It provides prom dresses to young women who might otherwise be unable to attend prom. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ SAMANTHA RAMSAY, a local seamstress, wins first prize in the Novice category at Prince George’s FanCon for her portrayal of Princess Peach from the Super Mario Brothers. It’s her first time making an elaborate costume.
June JESS DAFOE, children and youth
services librarian, is presented with the BC Library Association’s (BCLA) Young Adult and Children’s Services Section Award at the 2015 BCLA Conference. The annual award is given to individuals or teams who showcase exceptional service in the area of children’s or teen librarianship. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TO MARK the 25th anniversary of the University of Northern British Columbia, hundreds of people gather there to witness the planting of a western red cedar, one of 16,000 to be planted around the north in honour of the same number of people who signed a petition in the 1980s advocating for a university to serve the north. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ FATHER TERRY Brock of the Sacred Heart Parish, the longeststanding Catholic priest in the community, leaves for the Annunciation Parish in Prince Rupert after more than a decade in Terrace, at the request of the area’s bishop Stephen Jensen in Prince George. Brock’s replacement, Father Xavier, is from India, but has been a pastor in Canada for five years.
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hew, another year is almost behind us. Crazy. It feels like a week at most since I last sat down with my Year-At-A-Glance calendar and laid out what I wanted to accomplish in 2015, complete with a symbol key— but it’s time to do it again. And time to nag you to follow my lead, regarding whatever it is you want to do this year. Lucky you! I was talking to someone recently about my writing life. She commented on my “dedication” and “organization”—and added, “You are so disciplined.” Even reflecting on her words makes me want to duck my head and deflect the compliment. Dedicated and organized? Who me? Nah. Disciplined—ahahahahahahaha—good one. Except that it’s time—maybe past time, actually—that I face up to and accept this part of myself. I am dedicated to things I want to achieve and I love to work. I derive huge amounts of joy and satisfaction from what I do (whenever I’m not simultaneously overwhelmed by neuroses and insecurity, that is!), and I believe that whenever possible we should pursue those things in life that make us uniquely us and make us happy. I used to worry this was selfish of me—but now I don’t believe it is. I’ve spent a lot of time around deeply unhappy people and . . . it’s sad and awful and takes years to recover from. Hopefully, I’m modelling something worthwhile to my children and miscellaneous other people. You don’t have to live between the lines drawn by other people; you can create your own. And you don’t have to fly off the rails, quit your job and move to Mexico
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Wishing you... chutzpah! either. It really only takes small changes to start working on the secret dreams and passions that burn in your belly. The person also asked if I had any tips or “secrets” about accomplishing what I set out to. I do, in fact. Three of them—and they’re all you’ll ever need. (Well, plus a magic feather, but those are more difficult to come by.) 1) Permission. If you need a formal okay, look no further: I give you permission. In fact, I insist. Take that class, do that practice, write those words, join that club, plan that new business venture, do that thing, whatever it is. And don’t worry about what your spouse, parents, kids, or friends think. Even if they’re resistant or resentful at first,
they need you to be your most authentic self, too. They just don’t realize it yet. **Note: This permission bit is a trick. You really only need permission from yourself. Stop being so mean. Give it to yourself now.** 2) A 15-minute commitment at least three times a week. You can find 15 per day, no matter how busy you are. Yes, you can. (And if you won’t, you have to ask yourself if it’s really something you want to do or if it’s an old dream that you need to replace. It’s fine if it’s the latter. Don’t beat yourself up over changed goals. Embrace something new!) 3) Resiliency, or as my parents used to call it, bullheadedness. Someone, or a lot of people, will say you’re wasting your time or kidding yourself. Worse, your own fears, insecurities, and guilt complexes are going to try to shut you down. Don’t give in. Practice, run, write, draw, sing, play through it. Resistance is the strongest and the negative voices are the loudest before you start for the day. Once you settle into your task, they’ll shut up and slink off until next time. That’s it. No magic—but honestly, you don’t need magic. You just need desire, stubbornness, and the knowledge, hard as it is, that no one else cares if you do the thing you really want to do. Only you do. It’s not because they’re awful or because they don’t love or understand you. . . . It’s because some things are purely personal; no one else can truly know what you need to do. It’s up to you. Do it. Wishing you a wonderful New Year full of daydreams that shape reality, steps that become a path, and enough chutzpah that folks around say, Wow, what’s got into you?
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Clubs/pubs
■■ THORNHILL PUB: KARAOKE Thurs. 8 p.m. All day free pool Wed. and Sun. Texas hold ‘em poker Tues. 6 p.m. and Sun. 5 p.m. Showing all UFC events. Jam sessions Sat. 8 p.m. Shuttle service provided. ■■ LEGION BRANCH 13: Meat draws every Sat. – first draw at 4 p.m. Steak Night is the first Fri. of each month. ■■ GEORGE’S PUB: POOL tourney every Sun. starting 6 p.m. Poker Sun. 1 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m. Thurs. game night, DJ and open to 2 a.m. On Fri./Sat. is live entertainment. Karaoke Thurs./Sun. 8:30 p.m. Shuttle weekends. ■■ MT. LAYTON LOUNGE: Open daily 2 p.m.-10 p.m. Free pool. Located at Mt. Layton Hotsprings just off Hwy37 South between Terrace and Kitimat.
Art
■■ THE TERRACE ART Gallery presents Ice, Water, Snow, oil and acrylic paintings by Tara Irwin, showing now thru January 9. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday noon to 4 p.m.; Saturday noon to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Closed Monday. Free admission. Donations accepted.
■■ EVERYONE IS WELCOME to attend the ongoing series of free art workshops sponsored by the Terrace Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Committee as a part of “Random Acts of Mindfulness”. The next workshop, facilitated by Laura McGregor is “Creating A Spirit Animal Portrait,” a two-part workshop from 9 - 11:30 a.m. Jan. 5 and 7. To register, or for more information, please call 250-635-8206.
Music
■■ THE TERRACE CONCERT Society kicks off the new year with Northwest Spotlight featuring Rachelle van Zanten and Dr. Fishy at 8 p.m. Jan. 16 at the REM Lee Theatre. Tickets on sale at George Little House.
Comedy
■■ SNOWED IN COMEDY Tour is at 8 p.m. Jan. 6 at the REM Lee Theatre. Tickets on sale online. Use the passcode ‘snowedin’ and save money per ticket. ■■ JOIN THREE-TIME CANADIAN comedy award winners, Peter ‘n’ Chris as they perform this ‘extremely funny’ CBC comedy sketch show The Mystery
of the Hungry Heart Motel 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at the REM Lee. Using every trick in the comic book, these extremely inventive physical comedy experts leave no funny bone untickled in this fast paced spoof to the horror genre. Named the Just for Laughs Best Comedy Montreal Fringe 2012/2013. Tickets on sale at Terrace Sportsplex, Neid Enterprises and from the U16 Terrace Rage Team. Proceeds support Northwest Club Volleyball. peterNchris.com.
Hockey ■■ THE TERRACE RIVER Kings host Kitimat to kick off the new year here Jan. 2. Then they head to Prince Rupert to take on the Rampage Jan .9 and to Kitimat Jan. 16 to face off against the Kitimat Ice Demons.
Reading ■■ UNBC NORTHWEST PUBLIC Presentation is “Some New Work (Especially Poetry)” with presenter Janet Rogers, UNBC Writer-in-Residence from noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 13 at the UNBC campus. Free. For more details, contact Alma at 250-615-5578 or alma.avila@unbc.ca.
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FORMER TERRACE fire chief Cliff Best celebrated his 85th birthday recently. He’s shown here with wife Judy and current chief John Klie.
Happy 85th Chief Best By YVONNE MOEN
FRIENDS AND members from the Terrace and Thornhill fire departments, mayor Carol Leclerc, city councillor Lynne Christiansen and City Freeman Bill McRae and wife Helene gathered at the seniors social held at the Terrace Pentecostal Church Dec. 16 to help celebrate Clifford Best’s 85th birthday. The mayor presented him with a certificate to mark his birthday and to show the city’s appreciation for his years of service as its fire chief. A birthday cake was provided by the city. Best served the City of Terrace for more than 30 years, the last 17 as fire chief. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Dec. 16, 1930, Best was three when his family moved to a farm near MacDonald, Saskatchewan where he went to school. Best then moved to Terrace in the fall of 1948 at the age of 17 where he worked at the Pohle Lumber Five Mille Mill, Terrace Transfer, the Imperial Oil bulk plant and at Reum Motors before becoming a career firefighter. He fell in love and married Trudy (Erickson) September 2, 1953 at the Pentecostal church on Lazelle Avenue. They have four daughters, Wanda, Barbara, Betty and Cindy. Best joined the Terrace Volunteer Fire Department in February 1952. In 1957 Best became a career firefighter with the federal transport department, first undergoing training at a military firefighting school in Ontario and then more training, which included rescue training, with the navy in Victoria. Best returned to Terrace where he was put in charge of starting a fire and rescue department at the Terrace/Kitimat airport. From there Best returned to a job as a city firefighter in 1960, becoming chief in February 1974. In June 1974, the B.C. Fire Marshall’s Office appointed him Senior Fire Officer for the Prince Rupert Zone. When the provincial government took over the ambulance service in 1974, he was named unit chief for Terrace and area. He held that position until the new ambulance building was built in 1985. Up until then, the ambulance service was located in the fire hall and was a function of the fire department. As the city’s fire chief, he was appointed by the B.C. forest service as a fire prevention officer and he also held the position of deputy area co-ordinator for the Provincial Emergency Program for several years. Professionally, Best was a member or several provincial and national associations connected with his duties. In 1969 he was appointed local assistant to the provincial fire commissioner’s office, a position he held for 22 years. Best received the B.C. Government Service Medal for Years of Service and the Fire Service Exemplary Service Medal for 30 years of service to Canada from the Governor General of Canada. There’s mandatory retirement for fire personnel at the age of 60 so at the end of December 1990, Best ended a long and valuable career.
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WWW.REMLEETHEATRE.CA COMMUNITY EVENTS JANUARY 5, 7 – Everyone is welcome to attend the ongoing series of free art workshops sponsored by the Terrace Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Committee as a part of “Random Acts of Mindfulness”. The next workshop, facilitated by Laura McGregor is “Creating A Spirit Animal Portrait,” a two-part workshop from 9 - 11:30 a.m. To register, or for more information, please call 250-635-8206. JANUARY 16 – Terrace Chapter Council of Canadians meets at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at UNBC room 103. For more details, contact Bruce at 250-641-0732 or bbidgood@telus.net.
PSAS MILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Auxiliary Thrift Shop will not be accepting clothing donations from the community until January 25 due to fire and safety regulations. Donations should not be left at the back door due to inclement weather and will be subject to ruin. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this situation. We would like to take this opportunity to thank and wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our donators and customers. TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE’S Criminal Hearts production is looking for the following items: one double or queen bed (no head board), silk bed sheets, pencils preferably yellow ones ( about 300 in total), 12-18 battery or electric pencil sharpeners (will not be returned), Walkman from early 1990s, empty cans of Dr. Pepper (several dozen), pizza boxes (we need up to 30), man’s tuxedo size large or XL. If you can help, please contact TLT at info@ mytlt.ca or call Marianne at 250-635-2942 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. FIELD OF FAITH Foundation Homeless Outreach provides coffee and sandwiches from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at George Little Park. Everyone welcome. Donations appreciated. Coats, boots, hats, gloves, socks, new underwear, toiletries for adults and children. For more, call Dan at 250-641-3665. TERRACE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT Strategy (TYES) is an informal youth hangout spot at 3219 Eby St. Free Wi-Fi, computers and video games. Soup served at 1 p.m. Monday to Friday. Coffee/juice and muffins all day. Not in school? No home to go back to? Stop by and rest a while! Put on by TDCSS. ROYAL PURPLE WELCOMES new members. For more details, call Sharon 635-6955. KIMMUNITY ANGELS SOCIETY works to promote quality of life for seriously ill individuals
and their families by providing financial assistance for medical treatment, medical expenses and equipment or supplies. All funds raised stay within our community. Get involved by volunteering at fundraisers, challenging family, friends and businesses to get involved or meet or exceed your donation, raising funds and spreading the word about us. For more, contact give@kimmunityangelssociety.ca. THE RED CROSS Health Equipment Loan Program urgently needs volunteers. The program loans equipment at no charge to those who need it. If you can spare two or more hours per month, please contact Norma at the Terrace Red Cross at 4450 Greig Ave., 250-631-4177. Office hours are Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. THE TERRACE CHAPTER of TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets once a week in the cafeteria in the basement of Mills Memorial Hospital. Weigh-in starts at 6 p.m., meeting at 7:15 p.m. For more information about this, call Joan at 250-635-0998 or Sandy 250-6354716. HELPING HANDS OF Terrace, a non-profit organization, recycles cans, bottles and scrap metal with proceeds going to help seniors, cancer patients and children get medications or assistance they can’t access or afford. Individuals and businesses who would like to be involved are asked to call 778-634-3844. Cash donations can also be made at the Northern Savings Credit Union. THE HOMELESS OUTREACH Program and the Living Room Project provide services at the Old Carpenters Hall on the corner of Davis Ave. and Sparks St. Open Mon. to Thurs. 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Fri. until 2 p.m. A PEER SUPPORT group for people living with a brain disorder meets from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. every Monday at the Terrace Public Library meeting room. Also meet us for a coffee at Cafenara on Friday nights at 7 p.m. For more details, call Ken or Sheila at 631-4176. CRISIS PREVENTION, INTERVENTION and Information Centre for Northern BC has a 24-hour crisis line 1-888-562-1214. Free. Confidential. No call display. VOLUNTEER TERRACE NEEDS volunteers for its programs. Consider spending an hour or so each week providing ‘friendly home visits’ for seniors: the Community Volunteer Service Program helps serve the community with your extra hands. Agencies that need help include the library, Heritage Park Museum, the Greater Terrace Beautification Society and more. For more details, call 638-1330 and talk to Tekah
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or Jessica. KERMODE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY’S Father’s Group would like to invite past, present and new participants to attend the weekly group meetings every Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the society satellite office (3242 Kalum St.). For more details, call 250-635-1476. HEALING TOUCH COMMUNITY Clinics continue to be offered by appointment. Call Julie for more details 250-849-5554. Donations accepted. HAS YOUR LIFE been affected by someone else’s drinking? Al-Anon can help. Meetings are Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Mills Memorial Hospital education room. For more information, call 250-635-7033. APPY GANG CENTRE hosts a pancake breakfast the first Saturday of every month from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Come one, come all, good eats, good laughs. THE TERRACE FREEMASONS, Kitselas Lodge No. 123 AF&AM invites all men of good character to coffee club, the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the banquet room of the Masonic Hall, 4915 Lazelle Ave. Bring your family. Coffee, juice and snacks. No admission charge. TERRACE NISGA’A SOCIETY invites all Terrace and area Nisga’a elders to attend meetings on the first Monday of the month at 6 p.m. Come have some fun. For more details or for a ride, call the society or Diana Guno at 250638-0311 or Margaret Nelson 250-638-8939. THE TERRACEVIEW FAMILY Council meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Terraceview Conference Room. This is a support group and place to voice concerns or ideas you may have. For more info, call Heather at 250-638-8552. THE GREATER TERRACE Seniors Advisory Committee (GTSAC) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Everyone welcome. THE SALVATION ARMY holds Toonie Wednesdays every first and third Wednesday of the month – all clothing is $2. All children’s clothing $2 or less is half price. GREATER TERRACE BEAUTIFICATION Society meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at the city council chambers. New members always welcome. TRIVIA CHALLENGES ARE held on the second Saturday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Legion.
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Look Who’s Dropped In! Baby’s Name: Blake Reginald McIsaac Date & Time of Birth: December 8, 2015 @ 6:50pm Weight: 6 lbs. 8 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Rebecca Pelletier & Todd McIsaac “New brother for Marshall”
Baby’s Name: Mia Avaline Madeline Mills Date & Time of Birth: November 27, 2015 @ 10:55pm Weight: 8 lbs. 12 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Jocelyn Mills “New sister for Dominic, Benjamin, David & Nelson”
Baby’s Name: Jana Joy Dasilva Date & Time of Birth: December 6, 2015 @ 10:33pm Weight: 8 lbs. 9 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Judy & Brian Dasilva “New sister for Peyton”
Baby’s Name: Alice Avis Fifield Date & Time of Birth: December 3, 2015 @ 7:45 Weight: 6 lbs. 6 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Melissa Matthews & Pierce Fifield
Baby’s Name: Davis Dean Douglas Morgan Date & Time of Birth: November 30, 2015 @ 11:02pm Weight: 8 lbs. 11 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Nadine & Jordan Morgan “New brother for Matteo”
Baby’s Name: Daelen Belle Netzel Date & Time of Birth: November 20, 2015 @ 4:58 Weight: 8 lbs. 5 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Sarah Crawley & Bryan Netzel “New sister for Jackson, Shaye, Hadlee & Quinn”
Congratulates the parents on the new additions to their families.
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N Number of years when eelgrass was present (from 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2015) 1 of 4 Years
2 of 4 Years
3 of 4 Years
4 of 4 Years
We apologize for a graphic error that was published in an advertisement and community mailer earlier this month. The figure illustrating eelgrass on Flora Bank did not accurately represent one year out of four. The image above has been corrected to provide the intended level of detail. Despite the error on the graphic, the nearest eelgrass beds observed in any year are still over 100 meters away from the proposed marine infrastructure.
As illustrated above, the support structures for the suspension bridge and trestle would be located on Agnew Bank. Our 3D modelling demonstrates there would be small changes to the seabed immediately around the structures.
Why did PNW LNG conduct 3D modelling of Flora Bank? We used computer modelling because it simulates the real world and tests how man-made structures would interact with the environment. The purpose of our modelling was to analyze and understand the natural processes occurring on and around Flora Bank, and how, or if, they might be affected by the marine infrastructure. The model we used is an accurate, computerized representation of the coastal features from Lelu Island to Haida Gwaii.
What did you learn from the modelling? We learned that Flora Bank would remain naturally stable and the eelgrass on Flora Bank would remain healthy with our proposed marine structures. The modelling demonstrated that there would be small changes to the seabed immediately around the structures, and with each progressive round of modelling, the predicted effects from the marine structures have been refined.
How accurate are the 3D modelling results? The results are very accurate. All model outputs were thoroughly compared to actual measurements of regional and local weather, ocean hydrodynamics and water qualities. Once the model was proven to realistically generate short and long-term natural conditions, our engineers used it to test how the marine structures would interact with the local environment.
Why has the modelling work taken so long? As a result of questions raised by local First Nations and community members, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) asked Pacific NorthWest LNG to conduct further rounds of modelling with the 3D modelling being the most recent and extensive round of modelling. As our modelling work has progressed, each round has increased the level of certainty in our predictions.
Will your marine infrastructure impact the eelgrass? No. Based on our modelling, the eelgrass, fish and fish habitat on and around Flora Bank would remain healthy. The modelling results show minimal erosion and deposition immediately around the marine structures, which would be hundreds of metres away from the nearest eelgrass beds.
For more information, visit one of our community offices in Port Edward or Prince Rupert, PacificNorthWestLNG.com or call 250.622.2727.
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Whether you are going to a fancy work party, or a casual or traditional family get together, it is important to plan ahead and designate a driver for the day/evening. There are plenty of alternative beverages for the designated driver including non-alcoholic beers, for those who still enjoy the real taste of beer without the alcohol. Often party planners will make arrangements for guests to sleep over so that there is no risk whatsoever of people driving while under the influence of alcohol. If your host has organized a lift home for you either with a friend or by running you home themselves, accept graciously - remember if
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they didn’t want to do it they wouldn’t have offered. Please be advised that this year, motorists can expect to see increased traffic enforcement in a number of locations, in particular Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Terrace. Motorist and passengers are reminded to make arrangements for a safe ride home if they plan to consume liquor. Also wear their seatbelts at all times, as they are less likely to be injured or killed in a motor vehicle collision if they are wearing their seatbelts. Traffic Services will be working in partnership with your local detachment and other agencies to address Road Safety.
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Elaine Mildred Shauer (Hoskins) March 4, 1948 - December 1, 2015
After a courageous battle with cancer, passed away at home with husband Russ and son Bobby at her side. She was 67. Elaine leaves husband Russ, son Bobby (Andrea) grandchildren Kyana and Quinn and many extended family members which she was able to visit prior to her death. Elaine was born in Castor Alberta to Leona and Jim Hoskins the only girl with 3 older and 3 younger brothers. She grew up in Stettler Alberta until she married Russ February 21, 1964. They moved to Terrace B.C. April 30,1965 then to Prince Rupert B.C. in August 1974 Elaine found a hobby doing ceramics while she lived there. They moved back to Terrace April 2008 and spent most of their time developing their campground on Kalum Lake and enjoying the many friends visiting around the campfire. Elaine also enjoyed travelling and camping. Thank you to Dr. de Bruin and Dr. Fourie and staff and a very special thank you to the Home Care nurses.
A celebration of her life will be held at a later date (to be announced) There will be no service and please no flowers at Elaine's request.
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Greta Quartermaine (1925- 2015) Greta Quartermaine born November 11th, 1925, sadly passed on December 12th, 2015. She is survived by her loving husband, Bert Quartermaine. Greta lived every moment to its fullest. She loved meeting new people, learning new things and most of all travelling the world with Bert. Greta felt most comfortable outdoors whether she was gardening, playing, badminton or practicing her golf swing while being captain of the ladies golf club. When she wasn’t outdoors she enjoyed reading, trying her luck at the slot machines or playing crib with Bert. The one thing that everyone will remember of Greta was her beautiful smile, for the longest word in the English language is smile. It’s one mile from beginning to end. We will miss you Greta, you are at peace now.
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It is with heartfelt sadness that the children of Doris Rosemary Chaval announce that our beloved Mother passed away suddenly on October 14, 2015 at the age of 72 at mills memorial hospital. We loved our Mother to the moon and back and will miss her terribly ... life will never be the same without you Mom. Mother was fortunate enough to have found Jesus and we know that she is in his loving arms. This thought sustains us as we go through the grieving process. Christmas was Mother's favorite time of the year and she was the master of decorating, baking and celebrating the birth of Christ whole heartedly. She made Christmas magical for all of her family members and we are blessed to have these memories as we celebrate the season with her always in our hearts and mind.
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FOR SALE John Deer Garden Tractor with a 48�-power lift deck and a power flow rear bagging system. 20 H.P. engine differencial lock. $3800 Ph: 250-624-5964
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JUNIOR SALES CONSULTANT The Terrace Standard has a position open for a junior sales consultant. The ideal candidate must be motivated and be able to work within a team environment in a fast-paced setting where meeting deadlines is important. A car is necessary and previous sales experience is an asset and we offer a comprehensive benefits package. Please forward resume and cover letter to: Rod Link, Publisher, The Terrace Standard, 3210 Clinton St., Terrace B.C. V8G 5R2 Email: jobs@terracestandard.com
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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.
TO Lease 2,128 Square feet of Prime Commercial Space at 4641 Lazelle Ave, down town Terrace. Email: sherryanderson@telus.net or call 250-6355988 (day) or 250-638-0303 (evenings) for further information.
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2 bdrm townhouse in fourplex, on large private lot, clean quiet, 1.5 baths, F/S, W/D N/P, N/S no exceptions $1000/mo + util, refs reqd 250-635-5587 3 bdrm, 1 bath house on Southside. Good references required. $1,350/mo. + utilities. N/P, N/S. Call: 250-638-8639 3 BDRM condo, newly renovated, avail. now, N/P, N/S, nice location, close to schools & town, all appl. incl. $1,300/mo. 250-615-9555 or 250-615-6932
For rent: 2 apartments summit square, 2 bdrm dublex in Thornhill and 2 bdrm modular home to rent within 1 month in downtown. Good refs. reqd. 250-635-3354
Suites, Upper 1 BDRM upper unit in town Heat/hydro incl. Good references req. $850/month 250638-8639
Townhouses 3 BDRM, 2 bath townhouse. Avail now. Horseshoe area. NS/NP. 5 appl. $1350./month. 250-638-7747 leave message.
Commercial Properties for Lease Offices, Warehouses and Retail Spaces 4635 Lakelse Ave – 2900 sq. ft. Prime location store front in the Safeway Mall 5412 Hwy 16 W – 2200 Sq Ft Single bay shop with 3 offices and reception on 2.2 acres of prime highway frontage
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Townhouse for sale #10 Kenney Estates, Terrace, BC. 1285 sq/ft, 3 bdrm, 2-1/2 bath, full bsmt partially finished. New hardwood floors, lino and freshly painted. Private back yard. Ready for immediate occupancy. 55 plus complex $325,000. Call 250-635-6992, 250-615-2153.
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Summit Square APARTMENTS 1 & 2 Bedroom Units
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TAKE NOTICE THAT, in accordance with the Community Charter, the Council of the City of Terrace intends to lease the following lands: To lease to My Recreational Mountain Cooperative, for an amount of Five Hundred and Twenty-Five Dollars ($525.00) per month for a 3-year term to December 31, 2018, a 645 square foot portion of Kwinitsa Foreman’s Residence building, legally described as District Lot 362, Range 5, Coast District, Plan BCP17919 and more particularly known and described as #101 4805 Highway 16 West in the City of Terrace, Province of British Columbia. THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 26 OF THE COMMUNITY CHARTER, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO. Alisa Thompson, Corporate Administrator
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2000 HONDA CIVIC SI STK #U15-054 WAS $7,495 NOW
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JACKIE LIEUWEN
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2015 YEAR IN REVIEW January TERRACE’S RED Peewee House team, Dediluke Land Surveying, goes undefeated in a Terrace tournament, upsetting Northwest Fuels in the championship final 6-2. Turning around from a slim two-win season, the team earns five straight victories that weekend. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERRACE’S BANTAM Reps earn themselves a B championship title at the Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament, which draws over 30 teams from as far as Seattle and Alaska. The title shows the team that Terrace is able to compete well at a high level in the province.
February TWELVE FIGURE skaters ages 6-17 from Terrace Skating Club (TSC) come home well-decorated from the Cariboo North Central Regional Championships. Together the girls earn 13 medals in a variety of age categories. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ MIDGET REP Terrace Kermodes win the Battle of the Ice in Prince Rupert Feb. 1. They dominate Prince Rupert in the final game with a 10-0 victory that earns them the gold. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE REGIONAL Championship Swim Meet in Terrace early February hosts 115 athletes and breaks 31 pool records. Two Terrace swimmers win their first medals at the meet, Mackenzie Bannister wins bronze and Renzo Zanardo wins silver. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ FOR THE first time ever, Terrace Skating Club hosts the Northwest Jamboree Feb. 28 and March 1, a mixer for northwest skaters that also gives them a positive way to be evaluated by judges outside of their own club. The fun competition draws skaters from Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Hazelton, Smithers and Houston who perform their figure skating solos and elements. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE CALEDONIA junior boys basketball team wins northwest zones for the first time in four years with a 4-1 record at the home zone championship Feb. 14. They defeat
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ABOVE: KAREN Carter gets some air on Shames closing weekend April 6. Top right: The Northcoast Nightmares roller derby team celebrates their first home win May 9. Middle right: Laura Dale during Special Olympics competition Feb. 21 in Kamloops. Bottom left: Terrace Midget Reps win the provincial banner in Dawson Creek March 18. both Prince Rupert Rainmakers and Nighthawks from Aiyansh who they’d struggled to beat all season, and qualify for provincials in Langley. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERRACE FIGURE skater Laura Dale wins gold at the Special Olympics B.C. Winter Games in Kamloops Feb. 20 - 21. The win in the level 3 ladies figure skating, the largest of all the competitive groups, qualifies her to represent B.C. at nationals in Newfoundland on February 19-22, 2016.
March THE TERRACE River Kings win first place in the 2015 Central Interior Hockey League. The River Kings beat the Williams Lake
Stampeders, the defending CIHL champions, in a three game series. They win game one on home ice Feb. 14, are defeated 3-2 in game two in Williams Lake, but rally to capture a 4-3 overtime win on Feb. 22. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CALEDONIA SENIOR girls basketball team earns victory at the ‘AAA’ zone championships in Smithers Feb. 21 and plays in provincials in Langley the first week of March. This is the second year in a row Terrace senior girls take the top spot in the northwest. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE TERRACE Midget Kermodes earn the title as Skeena Valley League champions and clinch a berth in the Midget Tier 3 provincial championship in Dawson Creek with two wins against the Vanderhoof Bears in the zone finals on Feb. 28-29. After beating Vanderhoof in a lopsided 10-1 win, they play a tight, strong second game in the finals, winning 8-7, and taking them one step closer to provincials for the second year in a row. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERRACE’S NORTHWEST U18 elite volleyball team crushes the competition at Volleyball BC’s 17/18U A Girls Super Series Feb. 21 and 22 in Langley. The team goes undefeated, beating Sky Cody (25-5/25-13), Air Attack Gold (25-20/25-22), and Mill Bay Shock (25-19/21-25/15-5) in the final to claim gold in the Tier 1 tournament. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TWELVE SENIOR athletes from the Shames Mountain Ski and Snowboard Club, Northwest Freeriders, come home from a Smithers “Face Off” with a few minor injuries and five medals. Deirdre Lind wins first in 14-16 female ski, Michaela Yeo wins first in 11-13 female ski, Jared Thornton wins
first and Trevor Flegel wins third in 14-16 men’s ski, and Tom Yasinchuk wins second in 11-13 men’s ski. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE TERRACE Midget Rep Kermodes win first at provincial championships for the second year in a row, after defeating Quesnel 3-1 in an epic northern B.C. final March 18 in Dawson Creek. The team fights hard to get to the final match after losing their first game to Sooke, but they play hard and beat Cranbrook, South Okanagan, and Coquitlam to make it into the final. Coach Rory Reinbolt calls the last game a squealer, with the final moments being “fast, furious and frantic.” ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE NORTHWEST B.C. U16 Northern Fusion Team comes home with silver from the Northern Invitational in Prince George. It is the first official tournament for the elite volleyball team, giving them a good start to their season.
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The River Kings win silver at the Coy Cup in Fort Nelson March 28. It is the second year in a row the River Kings make the Coy Cup, and they lose the final 6-1 to the Fort St. John Flyers. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
Austin Turner, a Terrace minor hockey graduate and forward on 100 Mile House Wranglers is credited for playing 50 games without a single penalty. It is something no other player has ever done in the 46-year history of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, and Turner played some big minutes in the league. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
A mixed northern team called the Atom Gitxsan Chiefs earns silver at the annual Prince George Aboriginal Youth Hockey Championships over Easter weekend. It is quite a feat for the mixed team, with players from Hazelton, Terrace, Fort St. John and a goalie from Calgary, who had never practised as a full squad before. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
Terrace’s Joe Pelletier is the second fastest Canadian at an April race in New Orleans, Louisiana and contributes to a good cause along the way. A local charity runner, Pelletier runs the international 10km Crescent City Classic race in 45:54 and raises $1,870 for the
Canadian Institute for the Blind. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
Lisa Nicholson from the Terrace Badminton Club goes to the 2015 North Central Badminton Tournament in Prince George and comes home with top honours. She places first in the youth singles category, which includes both female and male players, and second for the mixed youth doubles.
May The combined Skeena and Caledonia track and field team places second of 12 teams with 222 points at the Prince George track meet early May. Coach Megan Reid says quite a few of the athletes also
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Nearly 300 Terrace roller derby fans celebrate with the Northcoast Nightmares at their first home win May 9, after a 12189 take-down of Quesnel Gold Pain City in the last of a three game series. It is a year of first for the Nightmares, who also win their first game against the same team in Quesnel on April 29. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
Terrace’s U17 girls soccer team earns a big win at the Slurpee Cup in Kamloops over the long weekend, despite a small roster. This team has come close before, but this year they finally clock the most points overall, winning every match and tying for first in the final with Vernon.
June Terrace’s Northern Fusion club volleyball team has yet another bright season – cleaning up at nationals and taking gold in their division. The U16 team starts off the season with silver in a Prince George tournament, and then place 9th at a challenging Super Series tournament in Burnaby. At provincials in Abbotsford in May the girls earn bronze in their division. Then, in the 2015 Volleyball Canada Championships in Calgary, the girls play strong, go undefeated in the first day, ranking
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inters should be cold and they should be filled with snow. Those who cringe in fear at the thought of a snow shovel can have their dreary, sodden days. I’ll take the beauty of a winter when the boughs are burdened with snow, when foxes and wolves leave impressions of their hunts on the white ground, and when the calls of eagles, the chortling of ravens, and the rush of rapids and riffles echo in the spare landscape. Angling in winter has challenges that amplify its rewards and sharpen its experiences. So few fish are contacted that when one is, the achievement seems monumental. Angling with a fly for steelhead in winter was unheard of until Doug Webb and I began doing it on the Kitsumkalum over 30 years ago. Our only competitors were bait fishermen, most of whom tramped in to the Kalum on snow shoes, baited their hooks with salmon eggs, and cast into a promising pool. They propped their rods on a forked stick, built a fire, and sat next to it as the scent of the roe carried downstream by cold currents to fish with noses as keen as blood hounds that would then travel long distances even in cold water to swallow it. If your object was to kill a fish, this method was eminently practical. Since the metabolisms of steelhead are damped down in water a degree or two warmer
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ABOVE: THE Terrace Northmen rugby team opens their season with a win against Williams Lake on May 23. Bottom left: The Terrace U17 soccer team wins the Slurpee Cup in Kamloops on May long weekend.
first in their pool, and win the tournament. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
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The Terrace Peaks Gymnastics Club picks up a new, 32-year veteran coach from the Lower Mainland, Karl McPherson, after nearly six months without a competitive coach. McPherson has produced provincial champions, coached kids to nationals and American National Collegiate Athletic Association teams, been named coach of the year, and acted as a judge and coaching evaluator. Moving from White Rock, he is looking for a change
The Terrace Northmen open the regular rugby season with a win at home against the Williams Lake Rustlers May 23. It is a solid 27-19 win and the first time they had beat the Rustlers in years.
than ice, they don’t fight to reveal the core of the with the same ferocity line. We then inserted they do when their surthe core in the eye of a roundings are warmer, needle, coated it epoxy and since the hooks in resin, then stuck the use then were barbed, needle back into the end once hooked deeply, as of the line and worked fish who swallow roe it a few inches up the are, they almost never centre of the fly line escaped. ultimately pushing it Doug and I weren’t out of its side. Once the looking to kill fish. We needle was removed, wanted to stalk them, we trimmed the excess and since killing one core. When the glue was SKEENA ANGLER meant an end to the dry we were left a tight hunt, we voluntarily little loop like the ones ROB BROWN pressed down the barbs changeable tip fly lines on our hooks to facilicome with nowadays. tate letting our prey go. Monsanto’s division There being no chumScientific Anglers made ming with a fly, we knew a 30-foot grey shooting we had to get our patterns close enough, head that was intended to be fastened to and moving slow enough, to provoke a monofilament running line then shot great hit. We had to cover a lot of water, or at distances. The stuff sank faster than anythe very least, cover those places we knew thing else on the market at the time. We cut from past experience held fish thoroughly. it up into one 5, one 10, and one 15 foot This necessitated deeply penetrating those length, gave each the epoxy needle treatlies, an impossibility with fly lines that ment and created a trio of sinking heads were primitive by today’s standards. that handily met our winter needs. To solve this last problem we butchered There were a grand total of four two the tailer-made tapers. Next we dipped handed Spey rods in the Skeena Valley their ends in nail polish remover. After the then. One belonged to Mike Maxwell, who PVC softened, we stripped it from the tip lived in Telkwa. Mike Whelpley had one,
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Grade 10 student Tyler Dozzi wins two gold medals at the provincial championship track and field meet, recovering from a fall in one race. He secures first place in the Jr. Boys 1,500 and 3,000 m races.
though he almost never used it. Doug and I had the other two, bought as a solution to the problem of iced guides that made the use of our single handed rods in those cold winters impossible. Doug came up with an orange and black leech like dressing whose Hallowe’enish hues led to me dubbing it “Trick or Treat.” I concocted a pink pattern with rubber legs fore and aft that looked like a cooked prawn that was christened “Seafood.” They worked well enough that they were the only flies we used. Stocking foot waders meant frozen feet. Doug solved that issue by bonding skookum boots we bought from Mr. Trigo onto neoprene waders with stocking feet removed. A couple of pairs of fingerless wool gloves with a mitten attachments, kept our hands warm along with pocket warmers lined with glass wool. Sometimes we tramped in on snowshoes, other times we loaded waders and vests into back packs and skied into the rivers. As a result of warmer winters and superb fly gear suitable for winter steelheading, I see more anglers out in the cold than I ever imagined and most of them are wielding two handed fly rods. These anglers have an easier time than we did. Still, I fondly remember those gruelling pioneer days, when the fishing was tough and filled with new discoveries.
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