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TimberWest to Earthquake rattles beds Moresby but fails to defer startleplans nerves logging By Stacey Marple

By Andrew Hudson Haida Haida Gwaii Gwaii Observer Observer

The early morning of Friday April TimberWest Forest Corporation will24, defer Haida Gwaii was hit by an Earthquake of 6.1 logging a forest area beside Mount Moresby magnitude.

No tsunami warnings were issued Adventure Camp. after the earthquake.

The epicentre of the Domenico Iannidinardo, chief forester and quake was approximately 167atkm south of the vice president of sustainability TimberWest, Village of Queen Charlotte. said on Monday that he was surprised when the Some residents of Haida Gwaiilast reported camp society opposed the logging week, objects shaking and windows rattling, but no given that the land serious damage or injuries were reported. has long been part of the islands of Haida Gwaii all have theAsworking forest, unique geological and because the qualities, the effects of an earthquake canalready vary from island to island. company had Every community agreed not to cut a reported feeling the quake in different ways.

Queen Charlotte Village which large portion closest has a rock base didn’t feel the quake as much to the camp. as “There the residents of the northern parts of Graham is obviously island.

Tlell and north is mostly a sand based something more we area and feels almost need to understand,” every quake that happens.

- Greig Bethel Shirley Wilson of Skidegate reported said Iannidinardo, feeling the earthquake.

“I was sitting in my adding that the probed when I heard the house creak.” After vincial government is the initial creak she felt her bed start rocking now looking for an alternative area. and noticed ornaments rocking.

“The The Mounther Moresby Adventure Camp Society ornaments rocked for a while after the voiced its concern last week that a cuttingquake permit stopped,” Ms. Wilson told at theany Observer.

“My could be issued for the area time, though son and brother who were also in the house a spokesperson for the Ministry of Forests, didn’t earthquake at Operations all.”

Lands,feel and the Natural Resource told the Barry Pages of Masset, director of the Observer a decision was not imminent.

Skeena-Queen Regional District By press timeCharlotte Monday, an online petition said he felt the quake but because it was fairly to save the camp’s “outdoor classroom” had short he wasn’t too concerned. he received over 700 signatures, andHowever, support from added, “This is a reminder to every one to be the Council of the Haida Nation. prepared.”

Toby Sanmiya, the society’s executive direcare 1,300 nothing newGwaii to Haida tor,Earthquakes says more than Haida students Gwaii.

The quake comes just weeks after a have stayed at the camp in the last 10 years, study identi Haida Gwaii as walks ground zero and many willedremember guided along for the next major seismic event on the west trails that criss-cross the area where logging is coast. proposed. The camp also hosts activities along a This recent earthquake doesn’t qualify as nearby salmon-bearing creek. theCamp big one scientists predict, astoit find wasasmaller instructors know where whole than even some of the aftershocks the 7.7 series of natural features in the area, after Sanmiya magnitude in 2012. added, fromearthquake bear dens and scratch marks to The same weekend that Gwaiishelters got monumental cedars and oldHaida wilderness hit by this 6.1 tremor, Nepal was devastated made by students years ago. It is where the camp by 7.8 magnitude event.programs. runsa nearly all its in-forest Earthquakes between a 6.0 and a 6.9 are SeeRichter CAMPscale. on Page 3 considered a strong on the

“A decision on the cutting permit is not imminent.”

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Tayler Adams uncoils a fiber-optic cable along Tow Hill Road Jan. 14 while Dean Mallet buries one of the ‘coffins’ that technicians will use as a kind of manhole to access the new line. Crews from DSG Communications started installing the cable from Masset to Tow Hill on Jan. 11, the first stretch in a $10 million, GwaiiTel-led project that will see a new fiberoptic mainline connect all Haida Gwaii communities from Masset to Queen Charlotte. The new network is expected to start carrying internet and digital TV signals by May. “Coming from the big city, it’s a nice change,” said Mallet, a machine Submitted photo operator from Vancouver who will be working on the project for several months. “The energy feels good here,” he said.

Committee members of the Pulling Together Haida Gwaii Event demonstrate their teamwork abilities at the carving shed in the Kay Centre. The group will be holding a fund raiser May 2. See full story on Page 3

Searchunderway and rescue suspended after Day 3 Talks on oil tanker ban

By Quinn Shannon Lough By Bender Haida Gwaii Observer The new Minister of Transport Marc Garneau conducted consultations on The search for Kumdis Ilsand resithe North Coast of British Columbia dent, Brent Hendren, was suspended Jan.weekend 14 as part of his one mandate to last following of Haida formalize a moratorium on crude-oil Gwaii’s largest search and rescue tankers in the area. than 25 years. operations in more Garneau made a stop Prince “I know for a fact that in if he was Rupert asthere part of nation wide tour alive out wehis would have found and met with a no variety of stakeholders him.

There’s chance we would on themissed issue. him. The community have “I’m here consulting because this should know we did everything we will affect the lives of people living on possibly could to find him,” said the North Coast of British Columbia Chris Ashurst, SAR manager with and it’s important that their voicesand be Archipelago Ground Search heard. Yes, beenunit mandated put Rescue andI’ve deputy leadertowith

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into place, formally, a moratorium on the shipment of crude-oil here on the North Coast. In order to do that I need Massett to talk toMarine people Rescue. who represent differHendren,groups.

27, was last seen entMr. stakeholder Some of them rowing to his Kumdis are fromout the shipping industry,Island some cabin with supplies Sunday of themrental are environmentalists and of

course first and ourdinner First morning, April 18.foremost He missed Nations whofriends are the later coastal people of plans with that night. this part of the country,” he said.

The following Tuesday Masset A moratorium crude-oilpersons tankers RCMP received on a missing has been debated before.

In 2010, report, which led to the discovery Liberal MP Joyce Murray introduced Mr. Hendren’s boat abandoned and a private member’s bill to legislate overturned south of Watun Rivera tankerPure ban Lake on theProvincial coast. Bulkley Valley near Park.

MP Cullen also that advocates “It Nathan is strongly believed Brent for a tanker banhisand in 2014 he put drowned when rowboat capsized forward a privateIsland,” member’s bill, the west of Kumdis Mr. Ashurst Act to“This Defend the Pacific Northwest, said. is based on information to prohibit oil the tankers in the Dixon from witnesses, location of the capEntrance, Hecate Strait and Queen sized vessel, and the distribution of his Charlotteeffects Sound.along The bill defeated personal thewas shoreline. in April 2015.

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Increase of ferry subsidies on radar, but no decisions made MORATORIUM from Page 1 A ban, however, might deny U.S. oil tankers access to the Alaskan Panhandle. In response to concerns about how the moratorium might affect foreign relations with the U.S. government, Garneau said, “Well it depends on how we proceed with it. When we talk about the North Coast of British Columbia it also includes the Dixon Entrance, and as you know for a very long time, that area is an area where our two countries, the United States and Canada, have not resolved who owns what. Obviously if one has a moratorium one has to con-

sult and that’s why Minister Stephan Dion, who is responsible for Global Affairs or Foreign Affairs, will also have to be consulted.”

Another issue at hand in the North Coast involves a plea to increase federal ferry subsidies. Recently the Minister of Transport from British Columbia visited Garneau in Ottawa to state his case on increasing federal ferry subsidies for B.C. residents.

“Certainly the Minister of Transport from British Columbia came to Ottawa recently and we met and he stated his case. He’s put his case in front of us. No decisions have been made at this

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Participants of Resolution Fitness, run through Haida Gwaii Recreation, accomplish a physical task as part of a scavenger hunt described by program facilitator Genevieve Gay as Masset’s version of The Amazing Race. The 14-day program involves 10 days in the Tahayghen gym for one hour per day and fun outdoor activities, with prizes, over the weekends. The goal is to encourage people to keep fit and start the new year with healthy habits. This year saw between 25 and 40 people participating in each class.

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On behalf of my family, we want to say how thankful we all are to everyone in the On behalfofofSkidegate the family and that could not be there be there, we want to say community and those surrounding area. how thankful wecommunity all are to everyone in the Skidegate surrounding While in your to be with mycommunity brother andofhis wife andand their family as area. they dealt with the horrific tragedy of losing their son, Von, I was witness to this While in your community to be and his wife and as they community opening its arms to with caremy forbrother this family.

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The planning of theand funeral, which left nothing undone, was a group effort headed upThe by one amazing, tireless, very resourceful young woman. planning of the funeral,organized which leftand nothing undone, was a group effortThank you. up by one amazing, tireless, organized and very resourceful young headed woman.

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A funeral in this community is so very personal, traditional and loving. Everyone is Asofuneral involved.

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When it was time to leave my brother and his wife and witness family, I felt no fear, When it was time to leave my brother and his wife and family, I felt fear, because of each and everyone in this community. We know they are in yourno loving because of each and everyone in this community. hands.

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Proposed logging buffer insufficient: opponents CAMP from Page 1

“Students can see how the landscape changes, from the time they were in Grade 5 to the time they’re in Grade 11,” he said.

“That is essentially why it has so much importance to us — it’s because of this development, over a decade, with the students.”

Sanmiya noted that the camp has a good relationship with Taan Forest, a local Haidaowned logging company that collaborates on the forest stewardship program.

Regarding TimberWest, he said the society is not asking them to stop logging entirely, only to relocate the proposed cut.

According to the ministry, the cutting permit, if issued, would allow Teal Jones Group to log 14.1 hectares east of the Mosquito Lake camp on behalf of TimberWest.

The permit meets the land-use order for the area as well as Teal Jones’ forest stewardship plan, said spokesperson Greig Bethel in an email to the Observer, noting that the Moresby camp society understood as part of its original tenure that the area would be cut one day.

Forestry staff met with the companies, camp society, and Council of the Haida Nation to find a solution — a discussion that included potential land swaps and other areas the camp programs could run — but those options were rejected by one or more groups at the table.

Peter Lantin, president of the Council of the Haida Nation, said in a Jan. 15 release that the

“Logging a forest that is used to teach youth about the forest makes no sense at all.”

- Peter Lantin

CHN was directed by this fall’s House of Assembly to protect the area.

“This camp has been a part in the education of most of the children on Haida Gwaii,” Lantin said.

“Logging a forest that is used to teach youth about the forest makes no sense at all.”

Lantin noted that there have been few disagreements since the CHN and B.C. government signed a land-use agreement in 2007.

“Unfortunately, this one is serious.”

Angus Wilson, superintendent for the Haida Gwaii school district, said in a MMAC release that the camp has been an integral part of the curriculum for all Haida Gwaii students.

“To lose this safe, organized, and just plain fun resource would be a deathblow to Haida Gwaii students’ outdoor education opportunities,” Wilson said.

Besides the five-day camp sessions that run each spring and fall, MMAC instructors visit Grade 5 students at school to teach day-long outdoor education lessons — everything from

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Haida Gwaii youth enjoy a day on Mosquito Lake at Mount Moresby Adventure Camp.

food-gathering to orienteering and knife safety — which act as a primers for going to camp.

Marmi York, a Haida language educator, has spent several sessions at the camp with youth from Old Massett and Masset.

“We just spent the week on the land to learn about how to live with each other without an iPod, without the technology that’s distracting,” said York.

“We found ourselves in that opportunity.”

The forest area at issue is mostly second-growth hemlock — the original Sitka spruce was logged during the Second World War to make Mosquito bombers — and is bordered by Mosquito

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Lake, the Mosquito Main forest road, and Pallant Creek.

The proposed cut block would have an irregular shape, and a buffer of intact trees would be left to protect Mosquito Lake and Pallant Creek from run-off.

Leandre Vigneault, a local fish biologist, said Pallant Creek supports runs of coho, pink, and chum salmon as well as steelhead, cuthroat and Dolly Varden char.

Last year, about 7,000 chum and 3,000 coho swam up the creek to deposit eggs.

Vigneault said the chum tend to swim as far as a waterfall by the old fish hatchery south of the proposed cut block, while coho

make it up to a second, higher waterfall closer to the proposed logging area.

The Mount Moresby Adventure Camp Society first learned of plans to log the area, which is not a protected area under Haida Gwaii’s forest management plan, when camp instructors spotted flagging tape in the woods in May of 2014.

The society wrote a letter to Teal Jones foresters about the issue last spring.

The Moresby camp society is asking concerned parents and citizens to write their concerns B.C.’s Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations.

Village of Queen Charlotte Community Public Places Bylaw 88-2015 Community Dialogue

Queen Charlotte is inviting comment on the Community Public Places Bylaw 882015 which was given 1st reading on October 19, 2015. The purpose of this bylaw is to establish regulations governing the use of Community Public Places on property owned or held by the Village of Queen Charlotte for recreation or community/public uses.

The Bylaw is available for viewing on the Village website www.queencharlotte. ca or you can pick up a copy from the Village office, 903A Oceanview Drive.

Our regular office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30am to noon, 1:00pm to 4:30pm.

To facilitate receiving your comments, Lori Wiedeman, Chief Administrative Officer, and members of Council will host a dialogue on the bylaw on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 commencing at 7:00 pm at the Queen Charlotte Village Office, 903A Oceanview Drive, Queen Charlotte You may also ask questions or provide comment on our website, or by contacting Lori Wiedeman at cao@queencharlotte.ca or 250-559-4765.

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Blake Bamford, aka Big Fancy, plays old-time blues to a standing-room crowd that spilled out amongist the replica ship and beach-combed shell displays inside the Dixon Entrance Maritime Museum in Masset on Jan. 15. A Fort Fraser country and blues musician who plays banjo and steel guitar, Bamford got his stage name thanks to a fancy drink he mixed for friends in a coconut shell. Opening the Haida Gwaii Arts Council show was local accordion player Dominic Legault.

To have a listen, look up Big Fancy or Dominic Legault on bandcamp. com.

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Province failed to consult First Nations on Enbridge: BC Supreme Court

By Andrew Hudson Haida Gwaii Observer The B.C. Supreme Court ruled last week the province failed to consult with the Haida and other members of the Coastal First Nations on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.

North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice called the ruling a big win for First Nations and the people of Haida Gwaii, adding that it reaffirms the government’s legal duty to consult.

“It astounds me that Christy Clark so readily handed over decision-making authority for the largest private sector industrial proposal the province of B.C. has ever seen,” she said in an email to the

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Observer. “At the time, I thought it was reckless and disrespectful not only to B.C. First Nations, but all British Columbians.

“I am glad that the courts have also agreed.”

The court found the B.C. government breached its own duty to consult with First Nations when it signed a 2010 agreement that handed the whole environmental review of the project to the federal National Energy Board.

“This ruling is an important victory for our communities and presents another hurdle to the Enbridge Northern Gateway

According to Coastal First Nations, the ruling means no permits can be issued for the project unless the province makes its own decision on Northern Gateway.

The CHN has not yet com- Jennifer Rice mented on the ruling, but Art Sterritt, a member of the Gitga’at First Nation, said the court’s decision means if the project is to move forward, the province would need pipeline,” said Chief Marilyn Slett, presito restart the consultation process dent of the Coastal First Nations, in a Jan. with the same rigorous standards it advo13 statement. cated for during the Joint Review Panel that “It means the province must now sit down advised the NEB. with First Nation communities across B.C. “We’ve said it before: the Enbridge and find ways to address the severe and Northern Gateway pipeline is dead,” he irreversible impacts of this project.” said.

“I thought it was reckless and disrespectful.”

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Danny Stewart, a Grade 9 student at George M. Dawson Secondary, looks for an open receiver during some after-school pick-up on Jan. 14 with Koyas Morrison, Daylon Bell, Kaden Andersen-Wood, and Jaden Reinhardt.

Mr. Bell said he would like to see GMD field a football team along with its popular basketball squad. With enough players, the team could play off-island games against high schools from Terrace and Vancouver, he said, giving players a chance to boost their skills before going on to college football.

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In Brief Maternity Tour North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice will start a province-wide “Maternity Matters” tour on Haida Gwaii later this month.

“Expectant mothers in rural B.C. often find themselves having to travel long distances to see doctors or for ultrasounds or other basic services that women in larger centres take for granted,” said Rice, the New Democrat critic for northern and rural health.

Rice said she wants to hear from local women and health providers, and to discuss practical ways of providing fair access to maternal care. Rice will visit Haida Gwaii communities from Jan. 25 to 27. Visit jenniferrice.ca for a list of scheduled stops..

Manual override The Village of Masset is seeking a Gwaii Trust grant to replace the manually-read water meters on local commercial buildings.

Councillors voted to apply for new digital meters that can be read remotely at their Jan. 11 council meeting.

“It’s very time-consuming for our staff to go around and manually read these,” said Masset mayor Andrew Merilees.

Medical relief When people retire to B.C. from Alberta and other provinces, they bring the majority of their health care needs with them, but some of the federal health care money stays behind. That’s the message B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake is taking to the first meeting between provincial ministers and the new Liberal government in Vancouver next week.

Lake said B.C.’s objection to the health care funding formula adopted by the former Conservative government in 2011 was that it was based on population, with no age component.

“As you age your health care costs become higher and higher,” Lake said. “So to have a pure per-capita transfer actually was a disadvantage for populations that were older, such as British Columbia, and much more of an advantage to populations like Alberta that are younger.”

Lake and Premier Christy Clark noted that B.C. is on track to double the number of hospice beds for terminally ill patients, to help keep up with the aging baby boom population and those who are moving west to retire.

Masset’s new library site chosen

By Andrew Hudson Haida Gwaii Observer A property just north of Main Street could be home to a new Masset library.

Only a short walk from the bank, post office, and Delmas Co-Op grocery, Masset councillors agreed with the majority of residents who said a new library on Hodges Avenue just north of Main Street would bring some welcome life to downtown.

“It’s the most central,” said Mayor Andrew Merilees, speaking before councillors voted unanimously for the Hodges property — formerly the site of a NaiKun Wind Energy office — during a Jan. 11 council meeting.

Masset does have available land somewhat closer to downtown, but the village would have to buy it.

“Money is tight enough,” one councillor said.

After touring the village last fall, a buildings manager with the Vancouver Island Regional Library had suggested the old hospital site for a new library, but Merilees said most people felt that was a little too far away.

“We’re a very small town as it is,” he said, so it’s better not to spread out.

Because the Hodges Avenue property is jointly owned by Old Massett and the Greater Masset Development Corporation, the choice requires approvals from all three.

The property will also need sub-dividing, since it is larger than the 1,800 square feet requested by the VIRL, which plans to build the new library at no cost to the

Andrew Hudson photo The existing Jessie Simpson Memorial Library has a lot of charm, but does not meet VIRL building standards. A lot on Hodges Avenue will be the site of a new building.

village. The 1,800 square feet includes space for parking.

Dozens of residents told council what they wanted in a library, either by writing on a board set up at the existing branch or by sending letters and emails to the village office.

Some said they want the village to restore the existing loghouse library at 2123 Collison Avenue, although council already voted to choose public land for a new library and put the loghouse to another use.

Hand-built by local college students using 2 x 10 cedar logs, the 36-year-old Jessie Simpson Memorial Library has a lot of charm.

Even the engineer who found it needed $137,000 in repairs in 2009 called it cozy and inviting.

But in his report, inspector Brian Fortier also found the building lacks wheelchair access, fire-proofing,

a staff area, natural light and a multi-purpose room.

The log repairs alone would cost $15,000, he said, and a further $12,000 would be needed to study and upgrade the floor, which is unlikely to bear the 150 lbs per square foot needed to meet library standards.

Still, some residents suggested a local expert should be hired to take a second look.

However, most residents told council they preferred a new library, and the Hodges Avenue site was the top pick.

“That’s too good a deal to let go,” said Jenny Nelson, writing about the VIRL’s offer of a new building.

Nelson also joined many other residents by calling for a say in how that new building might look.

“We have enough flat-roofed, plastic-sided buildings in town to do us for generations,” Nelson wrote.

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Jan. 20, 2011 B.C. Assessment notices took two weeks to arrive in islanders’ mail boxes. According to postmasters in Queen Charlotte and Sandspit, the assessments arrived on island Jan. 14. Sandspit’s postmaster had found a tag in a bag stating that the documents were processed in Vancouver Jan. 9.

BC Assessment said the assessments where put in the mail Dec. 31, through a central processing facility.

Jan. 19, 2006 Charges against a Port Clements man following some post-election hijinks were changed. Police originally recommended two criminal charges, unlawfully in a dwelling and trespassing at night. Crown council in Prince Rupert who actually lays the charges, came back with one criminal charge of mischief. The man was allegedly found in Gerry Johnson’s home yelling and swearing at the losing candidate in the Nov. 19 municipal election.

Jan. 18, 1996 The Ministry of Forests had once again delayed the announcement of a new annual allowable cut for islands timber supply area. The timber supply area covered about half of the islands, including all crown land not in tree farm licences, parks or protected areas.

A timber supply analysis produced by the ministry in 1994 suggested that the annual cut should gradually decline to a sustainable level of 248,000 cubic meters.

Jan. 16, 1986 Bad weather forced the Queen of the North to turn back from attempting to cross the Hecate Strait, resulting in the cancellation of that crossing. A BC Ferries spokesperson said high winds were the problem, with speeds above 55 knots being recorded. The vessel returned to Prince Rupert after attempting to sail, then tried once again without success. In effect, two sailings were combined into one, leaving six vehicles stranded.

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Decisions over Moresby camp an indicator of islands’ progress A slow and cautious approach is vital to any logging activities around the Mount Moresby Adventure Camp. From what we can ascertain this week, that is the formula being used with stakeholders on both sides of this divide.

With everyone interviewed in our front page story, none are saying the logging must necessarily take place. The camp, inclusive of its surrounding forest, is a jewel, a resource of education and a touchstone of children’s experiences linking one generation to the next. Its value is so much higher than the fetching price of its timber.

Before the camp was established, MFLNRO says the Mount Moresby Adventure Camp Society understood the company’s intention to one day log the area. If that assertion pans out, the society needs to accept a role in this dispute.

It makes us wonder if the society expected the

camp to mature into the phenomenal success it is today—aspirations are one thing, but expectations another.

Mature it did, and what it represents today is where the conversation needs to remain, because the camp’s longevity is the driving force of its success: “That is essentially why it has so much importance to us — it’s because of this development, over a decade, with the students,” says the society’s executive director.

More than 1,300 Haida Gwaii students have been using the camp as an educational tool for close to 15 years. Here at the Observer, one of our staff had the pleasure enjoying the camp in its early days and disparages the thought of the site being compromised.

The CHN have devoted a series of posts to their Facebook Page to save the camp, prompting pres-

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ident Peter Lantin to note that his and previous CHN governments have had few disagreements with the province over their land-use agreement, but “Unfortunately, this one is serious.”

We understand logging is still important to many peoples’ livelihoods and the economy of Haida Gwaii. We’re also sympathetic to the historic excess of the industry that took away habitats and beauty, and a significant element nation’s culture in the process.

If the trees are removed the camp will still be standing, albeit a lesser version of itself. The youth of the future will not have the same experience as those before them, and we wonder what they will then learn about the logging industry and our responsibility to balance our activities.

Maybe the kids will plant a new forest, but as they watch it grow they’ll wonder what used to be.

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FRIDAY Time M (ft) 00:22 5.9 19.4 06:04 2.3 7.5 12:09 6.8 22.3 18:46 0.7 2.3 SATURDAY Time M (ft) 01:06 6.2 20.3 06:50 2.1 6.9 12:54 6.9 22.6 19:27 0.6 2.0

SUNDAY Time M (ft) 01:46 6.3 20.7 07:32 2 6.6 13:36 6.9 22.6 20:05 0.6 2.0

MONDAY Time M (ft) 02:22 6.4 21.0 08:11 1.9 6.2 14:14 6.7 22.0 20:40 0.7 2.3 TUESDAY Time M (ft) 02:56 6.4 21.0 08:48 2 6.6 14:51 6.5 21.3 21:13 1 3.3 WEDNESDAY Time M (ft) 03:30 6.3 20.7 09:25 2 6.6 15:27 6.2 20.3 21:45 1.2 3.9

THURSDAY Time M (ft) 04:03 6.1 20.0 10:03 2.2 7.2 16:04 5.9 19.4 22:18 1.6 5.2

Friday Showers. High 7 Low plus 4.

Saturday Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers.

High 6 Low plus 5.

Sunday Rain. High 7.

January Average Temperature 8 C Record High: 10.4 C (2005) • Record Low -2.0 (2007)

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Question of the Week Have you received your BC Assessment, if so are you happy with it?

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Queen Charlotte boat launch improvements well underway

By Carla Lutner Chief operating officer

O Lance Barker Queen Charlotte “Yes. It hasn’t changed much.”

Sheila Scaife Queen Charlotte

“Yes. I own 2 houses on the same street one went down and the other went up. I am OK with it.”

Al Boyden Masset “Every year it’s different. It’s up, down, all over the place. I never know what to expect.”

Frank Smith Masset “My sister just got hers — it’s expensive”

Letters to the Editor Higher level planning processes completely ignored Dear Editor, The recent concerns surrounding Western Forest Products (WFP) proposed logging agenda on Mosquito Lake are a slap in the face to the many volunteers that sat for countless hours at multiple provincially sponsored Land Use Planning (LUP) processes!

In so doing, an enforceable “Higher Level Planning” process, one which would have identified the Mosquito Lake cut blocks as “special value,” was evolved.

This was either completely and purposefully ignored by the MoF, and the the WFP planners, or [unforgivably] not taken into consideration — don’t these HLP’s have the force of law to back them up? Someone it seems was asleep at the wheel, and it makes one wonder what other questionable activities are afoot, not only in the forests of Haida Gwaii but across the province.

It seems to me a Forest Practices Board investigation is in order.

Sincerely, Rolf Bettner Haida Gwaii

Province failed in their duty Dear Editor, The recent Supreme Court of B.C. ruling on the Enbridge Northern Gateway project shows that Christy Clark’s rush to hand decision-making power over to the Harper government was wrong and puts major developments in B.C. at risk.

This court decision sends a very clear message to Christy Clark’s government: despite the premier’s claims to be properly consulting First Nations, her government failed completely in their duty to consult with First Nations whose rights and title are impacted by resource projects.

The other very clear message that this court decision sends is that the efforts of the First Nations communities standing up against the premier were recognized, acknowledged, and successful. The Gitga’at First Nation and the Coastal First Nations – which includes the Haida Nation – should be lauded for their perseverance.

New Democrats have said that Christy Clark should not have signed over decision-making power for the Enbridge pipeline and Kinder Morgan expansion project to the federal government, and urged her to take back B.C.’s power to review them. The court ruling shows that the premier’s failure to do so left her government failing to properly consult, dealing yet another blow to this government’s relationships with First Nations.

Until Christy Clark learns this lesson, her government will continue to damage relations with First Nations and risk future development in B.C. Christy Clark’s government needs to accept this court decision and take a firm stand on both the Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan projects. These projects compromise respectful First Nations relations and threaten B.C.’s land, air and water. We must have a made-in-B.C. environmental assessment process..

Sincerely, Scott Fraser, NDP aboriginal relations spokesperson, Spencer Chandra Herbert, NDP environment spokesperson Jennifer Rice, MLA for North Coast

Please send your letters to the editor to editor@haidagwaiiobserver.com. We will always give preference to letters submitted by islands residents.

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ne of the largest grants the Gwaii Trust awarded last year was $120,000 to the Village of Queen Charlotte for major improvements to the Skidegate Inlet boat launch. We’re particularly enthusiastic about this project because the upgrades will affect so many people. Islanders from several communities, as well as tourists, make regular use of the boat launch for recreational fishing, food fishing, and sightseeing around Skidegate Inlet or out to the west coast.

The facility is an essential part of our economic infrastructure.

In its application, the village pointed to the fact that the launch ramp was constructed years ago and was originally intended for airplane use. It is now eroding and needs extensive repairs and upgrades so that people can continue to use it. The grant from the Gwaii Trust, combined with additional funding from the Northern Development Initiative Trust and the village, will allow the construction of a protective barrier, a floating walkway and an expanded parking area – improvements that will make the launch safer and more accessible.

The village started work on this major project in the spring of 2015. Queen Charlotte chief administrative officer Lori Wiedeman tells me that council selected an engineer, then held an open house so the community could review design options.

After that, they decided on a concrete lock block breakwater.

The concrete blocks and pre-cast panels were delivered by barge in December, and the village is now awaiting quotes for the installation phase. The installation contract, to be awarded by the end of this month, will include the provision of the blast rock, fill rock and geo-grid fabric.

Some of the lowest tides of the year are expected in May, and Lori says much of the construction will take place at that time. The village expects that the facility will have to be closed for up to three weeks at that point - a brief period of inconvenience that will be mitigated by the huge improvement that the breakwater and new launch surface will provide to the communities of Haida Gwaii for many years to come.

“This project is a great example of how Gwaii Trust funding is benefitting the communities of Haida Gwaii,” Lori says. “As the only boat launch facility on southern Graham Island, it has been deteriorating and in need of repair for many years.

With the addition of a breakwater and floating dock, this project will increase the safety and usability of the infrastructure while also providing critical transportation, tourism and recreational access to the waters that surround our home.

With the support of Gwaii Trust, the new and improved boat launch facility will contribute to increased economic activity for the islands.”

The village received funding for this project through our Major Contributions program, which helps local governments and non-profit organizations build infrastructure, prepare for emergencies and spur economic development. Full details about this grant and our other grants are available on our website at gwaiitrust.com.

The Gwaii Trust update is a collaborative promotional venture by the Gwaii Trust Society and the Haida Gwaii Observer.

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Linda Leitch says when she loads her pick-up full of tsunami debris, it looks like “a gypsy caravan packed by a drunk Dr. Seuss.”

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Tsunami debris cleanup hits funding crisis

By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii Observer With federal funding for tsunami debris removal drying up, a group of dedicated locals have taken the clean-up into their own hands.

Linda Leitch of Masset has been driving up and down the east side of Haida Gwaii picking up massive amounts of garbage and debris since 2013, and has since started a Go-Fund-Me page to which the public is welcome to donate. So far, Ms. Leitch has raised $4,500 through the page.

“We have our fingers crossed for further funding, but in the meantime we are deeply appreciative of any support we receive,” Ms. Leitch said.

Since she started her clean-up efforts Ms. Leitch has made 73 trips to the site, wearing down two trucks in the process of cleaning the section between Cape Ball and the Oeanda river.

Each trip has to be an overnight endeavour as tides determine where and when she can get to certain places on the beach. “The garbage comes in large, hitting those logs and gets ground down into tiny microplastic. It is a horrible

“We have our fingers crossed for further funding ... but we are deply appreciative of any support we receive from GoFundMe.” - Linda Leitch

mess. Getting to the garbage while it is in its big form is definitely essential,” Ms Leitch said. Sometimes the tides are missed or the debris is frozen to the beach and she is forced to turn around.

When she is able to reach the large pieces before they break down, she fills her truck and heads home looking like “a gypsy caravan packed by a drunk Dr. Seuss,” she said.

With all the garbage that Ms. Leitch picks up she has found a few great beach finds, which people routinely ask her about.

“I wish I could say it is cool stuff but most of it is junk.”

She says her personal favourite was a message in a bottle that actually turned out to be boat-registration papers from Japan. When a Japan Environmental Action Network representative came to Haida Gwaii in 2014, Ms. Leitch asked her to look into the registration papers. It turned out the owner of the papers had survived the 2011 tsunami but had lost his fishing boat (which the papers belonged to).

The 2011 Tsunami left an estimated 1.5 million tonnes of debris floating in the Pacific Ocean. It is estimated that 70 per cent has sunk to the ocean floor.

Clean-up efforts have been in effect for almost five years since the Japan disaster.

Ms. Leitch welcomes any donation to help her clean the debris. She recommends that people who go to the beach bring along a garbage bag and pick up any litter they may find.

Her efforts have to be solo due to the passenger capacity in her truck and the fact that people need to know the ins and outs of travelling remote beaches.

“People who help us out, have their own knowledge of the area and why they are doing it,” she said.

To donate, search for Ms. Leitch’s Tsunami and Debris Removal page on gofundme.com.

Improve mental wellness with small, achievable goals Jingles from Skidegate

by Rhonda McIsaac

The hot water from the tap filled the silver stainless steel sink. Bubbles shone iridescent white across the top of the water.

Steam rose in the air. The white, red, blue dishes beneath the bubbles sat soaking in the dishwater. I put silverware and cups in to soak. I threw in the dishcloth for good measure. Not wishing to scald my hands I let the dishes soak as I finished cooking

breakfast. My least favourite chore is dish washing.

There is something about a dish rack full of clean dishes that made today’s chore a beautiful work of art. It could have been the placement, the colours, the shine or simply that the chore was completed until the next round of dishes. But then I noted the beauty of the clean rack of dishes was a key to being aware of my reactions to my surroundings and the feelings associated with what I consider beautiful. It’s all subjective, so bear with me.

Why am I writing about clean dishes?

Why are you reading about washing dishes? The therapeutic effect of dish-

washing is minute to nil. I clean my house about 20 minutes each day because it’s not a favorite chore of mine. But when depression strikes even mundane household chores are neglected, and that you’re cleaning again is like the sun coming out after 30 days of darkness. So, enjoy the small things that give your life structure and meaning. Take the time to enjoy those mundane chores.

“I feel like every single problem in the world could be solved with proper mental wellness, and taking care of it, making sure sure (sic) everybody is safe, warm and fed,” Ian Campeau said. “Once that’s taken care of, we can start healing people’s

minds. That’s the key to fixing the planet in a nutshell.”

I read this quote in an article in the Ottawa Citizen and it summed up my feeling for 2016. If someone like musician and DJ Ian Campeau suffers from mental health issues and needs help, then it’s okay for the rest of us to own up and seek healing. I shared earlier last year about the importance of self-care. Health and healing will be a lifelong experience just like washing dishes. The Skidegate Health Centre can help with counseling, traditional medicines and healing, and other health care needs. Come see them if you’re needing some extra support.

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In defense of a special forest we will never see, would we agree to that?

There are horrific things happening in the name of money, or progress, or power, on planet earth. At the same time there are posiby Evelyn von Almassy tive things happening in many communities on the globe to fix what has been harmed.

We know that Mt. Moresby Adventure he Christmas trees and menorahs are Camp is a one-in-a-million place, and it put away, the Christmas gifts have should be left pristine, so that others can be been returned or are being worn touched by its magic. and used and the thank you letters for the Haida Gwaii is a place that is beautiful, gifts are written. And yes, Valentines Day but there seems to be a tipping point right

by Evelyn Almassy is coming up on Feb. 14. Connected with von that “Hallmark card day” is the fact that now, seemingly powered by greed. As I this year is a Leap Year, which comes every drive up and down Graham Island there are four years. It means that one day is added to new raw, ugly gashes in the forests, beside give February 29 days. If we did not do this, the highway. The people who own these we would lose six hours off our Gregorian lands are clear- cutting the forest, while the logging trucks take the trees, torn from calendar every year.

Some history texts tell us that Valentine their homes.

It is 2016. Surely we have learned enough was a Christian priest in Rome, under the Emperor Claudius, in about 269 A.D. He to know that there is a better way of hargot into a spot of trouble, as the Emperor vesting the forests! There is a petition being had an edict that young men and women circulated to protect MMAC. There are could not marry. (The rule was to prevent demonstrations planned. Perhaps someone soldiers of the huge Roman emperor from will come to their senses and show Haida becoming too soft and not wanting to fight Gwaii, and the world, that the slashes hapin treacherous wars as they wanted to be pening in plain sight must stop.

Don’t forget the coffee house next Friday, alive to return home to their wives.) So apparently Priest Valentine married them January 29th, at 7 p.m. at the Charlotte in secret. For carrying out the values of the Legion. It is a fundraiser to support giving Christian church, St. Valentine was beaten, Syrian refugees a home on Haida Gwaii.

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Before his death, one of the judges who carried out this law of the Emperor, had a blind daughter, who prayed with Valentine, and became sighted. Because of this apparent miracle, the girl’s father, Asterius became a Christian. It is said that before Valentine died, he sent a note to the girl, signing it, you guessed it, “from your Valentine.”

What was very interesting at Kiki van der Heiden’s Sun Studio was the packed “wet felting technique workshop”, where the participants created amazing wool felt vessel’s.

This is only the latest offering that Kiki has offered to the islands. Planned for March 4th, 5th, and 6th is the first Yoga Teacher Training in the studio, by teacher Sue Ducros, who is based in Ottawa. It involves 30 hours of training, with 50 per cent lecture and activities, and 50 per cent practice and serious fun. Contact Kiki at voorkiki@ hotmail.com for more information.

The Mt. Moresby Adventure Camp is a magical place that I have been to a couple of times. Not with students, (though I know it is an incredible educational spot for them to have a wilderness experience) but with other adults. It was a few years ago, and we were in kayaks, discovering some areas which had Devil’s Club bushes which were only accessible by water. It is a memory that will always stay with me. What is beyond my understanding is why anyone would say it is a good idea to even think of logging near the area. The special places on this planet are finite; the quest for the “bottom line” appears as one of human beings decidedly ugly characteristics. It would be easy to blame “big companies”, but I think that we need to look at our own individual lives.

What would we personally give up, in order to allow some other sentient being to survive?

If we were to promise never to have another latte in our entire life, in order that a tiny salamander would live in a jungle

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Port Clements/Tlell community. That announcement and some questions from other Tlellians got me to wondering who will represent Tlell in the deliberations? Port Clements has a village council while Tlell has what may be the only working system of anarchy in the world. If something needs to be done, like the Christmas dinner, an ad hoc committee appears and then disappears when the job is done. Past attempts to create something more formal have invariably failed due to non-attendance at organization meetings. Even the proposed emergency response committee failed to materialize.

We all assume someone is taking care of business and I assume the firefighters must be our go-to if there is an emergency? There is however a little-known Republic of Tlell.

I’ve seen the T-shirts. Perhaps the last brunch day at the Crows Nest this month could elect a president of the republic to represent us in Port Clements. If you let me know who that is, I’ll feature her or him in my next column.

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The Tlellian musical evenings at the Ravens Roost will be ended with a bang as our own Out of the Blue will entertain us this Saturday at 11 P.M. It will be a bittersweet evening as the last of anything often is but it will always be fun and the food delicious.

Sabrina is off-island for a month taking upgrading for her practice and then a yoga instructors course. That means we have the granddog Jack who delights in intimidating visitors with his loud bark and encouraging our dogs to join the chorus. Tlellian dogs often have more than one family. Lola is back home with Janet and Roland who have returned from Hawaii.

While they were away Lola enjoyed Jack’s company with Sabrina and spent her weekends here with them.

It’s a good thing all the dogs are friends as I sometimes felt we were running a kennel.

Two weeks ago there were announcements in the Observer about Gwaii Trust community funding of some $250,000 per year per community.

Tlell has been named as part of a

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perfectly-acceptable excuse. I hope you will as well and that some of you will be enjoying the antics of the offspring if you come to visit my Farm or Dominic’s in Masset later this year.

by Elizabeth Condrotte Now that I am once again chair of the Board of Trustees of SD 50 Haida Apologies for the missing column Gwaii, I am hoping Tlell won’t mind last week. On deadline day a strong the insertion of some school district southeast wind was a detrimental related items from time to time. This background for a number of tasks. one is an invitation to attend the first board meeting of 2016 in The day started with a sick goat and school

by Elizabeth Condrotte a visit from Dr. Don, immediately Skaadganaay Elementary School in followed by the arrival of two goat Skidegate on January 26 at 7:00 P.M. does from Masset who came to visit Community input is important to me Pongo. Taking advantage of help and and your thoughts and concerns are an empty truck motivated moving welcome.

Tlell is going to see a change next seven bales of hay from one barn to another and then one happy doe got month. The usual February closure of back in the truck to return home. The The Crows Nest is almost upon us but other doe was not so happy and had for the Ravens Roost, the closure is permanent. This is sad news for us but to stay for a longer visit.

The sick goat recovered, the visiting good for Port Clements as Andre will goat continued to express her displea- be found there making his magic in the sure and the wind continued to blast kitchen and although I can no longer sand into all the regular chores and I just walk over, the Yakoun Inn is not missed the deadline for writing the so far away. We will also miss the column. Thankfully Quinn forgave musical events but hopefully Andre its absence, citing goat breeding as a may organize the same entertainment

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Set aside bottles and cans for ALM ski trip Sandspit’s Shingle

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p, up and away to Victoria on a “last-minute notice trip” Tuesday morning via Air Jazz.

Up to 100K gusting winds don’t stop flights in and out of Sandspit but fivepassengers-or-less flights do, as was the case on last Saturday’s flight – “that has never ever happened before where a flight has been canceled to lack of passengers,” according to the girls on the counter. Luckily our flight had more than 13 souls on board and I managed to jump on the next flight into Victoria otherwise it would have been a six-hour layover to catch the 11 p.m. flight.

Thank you to the Air Jazz customer service staff, you guys rock, ‘twas my lucky night. Should have bought a ticket to the billion-dollar PowerBall.

What an insane amount of money to win.

Speaking of money if you have any to spare the ALM Grade 4’s and up are planning a ski trip to Terrace, and are

consequently planning many fundraisers from now until then.

Why don’t we all gather our empty cans and bottles and either deposit them in the wooden crate on the side of the school parking lot or put aside until a bottle drive is organized – every little bit helps and I hear they have lots of cool events planned to raise money for the ski trip. I still shake my head when I remember how big the school was when we first arrived on these shores.

So glad to see ALM kids returning with their own kids.

Welcome to Robert P and his young family and Te Arakau H and his young family.

Consider this as a mini, mini introduction to Sandspit’s Welcome Wagon. If you have family returning, or friends who have fallen in love with the Sandspit, drop me a line and together we can welcome them into our fold. I know of families who have come to our community to live, to work and to raise their young children.

Their love of Haida Gwaii has also attracted both sets of grandparents who have chosen Sandspit to spend their twilight years.

One young family who has chosen to

remain after spending their formative years at ALM are definitely giving back to the community. Their hard work and determination makes for excellent role models for the kids of ALM. Have you seen that shiny new yellow grader around town? Probably not! I hear it’s been busy grading our back roads to Copper Bay and beyond, round the Loop and into Moresby. Take care if you’re driving our roads. Besides the now dirty Yellow Grader on our roads, logging crews and other users are out are traveling the roads.

Does it seem like the days are getting longer?

Runners and walkers are out running the spit. Badminton is up and running along with the Circuit training in ALM gym. Above the gym on the mezzanine floor you’ll find the Weight Room available 24 hours if your game. Call Amber Faktor, instructor or the Haida Gwaii Rec Commission at (888) 5574418, if you need strength training to get you through day to day chores, recovering from illness or medical If you’ve got aim and a steady arm the Darts Club offer a fun time at the Inn at Sandspit on Sunday nights.

Junior Rangers offer the younger set

excellent camaraderie while learning important life skills as well what it takes to help keep our country safe.

Grateful thanks to Mijiam Prudhome and the few dedicated Rangers of Sandspit.

Water board meeting tonight, too bad I’ll miss it but I will get the gears when I return. MIMC and Regional District representatives will also be in attendance.

Golf memberships, passes and sponsorships out in the community, see Supervalu or Bill Quass.

Was hoping to have spiel about the newly formed Sandspit Salmon Enhancement Society in this week, will table till next column. New members and volunteers are gratefully welcome so come join, get out in the fresh air be one with nature, help preserve recreation fishing and at the same preserve our pristine environment, this column is being donated to the Salmon Enhancement Society Writer’s fees for this week’s column will be donated to whomever needs the help.

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Pizza and hockey—a simple yet profound combination Cooking on the Rising Tide

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hen I asked my youngest son Arthur what I should write about this week—something to do with food and hockey—he replied, “well, you just eat it and watch hockey”!

I love the way his brain works, so simple yet profound ....so pizza it is this week! To date, the Canucks are doing pretty good according to our resident stats follower..... “they are the doing pretty good, I hope they win the Stanley Cup this year!” A quick check on the numbers reveals that they are currently holding in 10th position in the Western conference. Hockey’s a big thing in our house, the mood of the day can go from zero to sixty by the time the second period is played out, and vice versa...we’re waiting for Taro to come home, I get to listen to the latest tunes he practices on the piano during break at half time, and he likes pizza too!

Arthur when asked says he prefers a thin crust, huh ...who knew? The recipe for thin crust pizza dough is really very simple, you can make it and use it right away, as soon as you walk in the door from work! No need to let it rise like regular pizza dough. You’ll find recipes galore on the internet, or I just use some bread dough if I’m making bread that day. The flavour and crispiness will improve if you make it a day ahead and refrigerate the dough overnight or even a few hours ahead, but it’s totally not necessary for making this simple pizza.

Prepare your toppings; don’t overload

your thin crust pizza or it will get soggy and the crust won’t support your venture, and then there may be pizza sauce on the new couch...which is not a good outcome in my house! Then it’s just a matter of assembling the pizzas and cooking them.

Thin crust pizza dough- makes one 10 – 12 inch pizza ¾ c. lukewarm water 1 tsp. yeast 2c. flour- all purpose or a combination using some whole wheat, barley or spelt 2 Tbsp. olive oil 1 ½ tsp. sea salt Mix the water and yeast together and set aside until foamy. Add the flour, salt and oil and mix until you have a shaggy dough. Turn out and knead for 5 minutes or so until smooth and slightly elastic. If you need more flour add a Tbsp. at a time until it no longer sticks to your hands and counter top. You can use right away, or let rise until doubled and then use, or refrigerate wrapped well and use it the next day. This dough can be refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen wrapped well, then thawed to be used another day within the next 2 months. For ease of use, parchment paper is handy to stretch and roll out your pizza crust on, it is also easy to remove halfway through the cooking time so that the bottom crisps up nicely. I’ve heard a pizza stone is the best way to cook this pizza, but necessity is the mother of invention, and I don’t own a pizza stone, so sliding your pizza directly onto the rack with the parchment paper under it then removing it half way is a good alternative. You’ll need a pair of tongs to remove it from the oven back onto a baking sheet when it’s done tho!

I have cooked pizzas on the grill which

is really wonderful as it just takes it to another level. I’ve also used a convection oven (which is how the bakery pizzas became legend) and sometimes just the regular oven. If you’re cooking thin crust pizza, make sure your oven or grill is super hot, like 500 degrees hot, then watch it like a hawk. Except if you’re making regular crust pizza, you’ll want it around 350 until it’s cooked after 20 -25 minutes. Pizza is very forgiving in that even if it doesn’t turn out exactly as planned it is always an anticipated dinner at our house. There are seldom leftovers and if there is, well, pizza for breakfast or lunch the next day is where it’s at!

Some decadent toppings: Roasted chicken and marinated artichoke with crumbled feta and a scattering of mozzarella, just to hold it all together.

Use cooked leftover roast chicken about a cupful, shredded not chopped. You can chop the artichokes and drain them well. I would combine the chicken with the artichokes and add a bit of basil fresh if summer time, plus a clove of minced garlic, spread this ontop of whatever sauce or not you decide to put on first. A couple of Tbsp. of the crumbled feta, then last the mozzarella , cheddar or whatever you have, it’ll help to hold the toppings in place as you gnosh the pie!

A nice béchamel sauce or just a painting of olive oil on the crust before the toppings is all that’s needed here folks!

Tomato sauce is the usual base for most pizza’s, and if you don’t happen to have the canned variety, then you’re in for a treat! Take a can of diced tomatoes, drain well, add a glug of olive oil, some dried basil, a pinch of oregano, and cook until reduced and thick, about 10 minutes. Salt

and pepper to taste. Cool before using.

Tex-Mex pizza A cup of browned venison, pork or beef, to which I add ½ c. sautéed onions, 1 clove minced garlic, 2-3 pickled pepperoncini peppers seeded and diced, a jalapeno pepper seeded and minced, If I have some marinated red peppers in the fridge I’ll throw those in too, oh and some olives either green or black, sliced, just a couple of Tbsp. Mix this all together, then top with a small amount of whatever cheese you have, although some old cheddar is pretty much guaranteed to make this one memorable and I would use the tomato base for this one.

Roasted Beet-Feta-garlic-onion This is the one I make to use up the leftover Roasted beet, feta, onion and garlic salad that I used to make...and now I see everywhere! I used to put walnuts in this salad, until I had a customer order a piece of pizza and unfortunately is very allergic to nuts...BEWARE! Sorry Sophie....

Never again...cured me. Anyways, you don’t need nuts on a pizza, just tomato sauce, a thin layer of the beet concoction, mozzarella, and because I love them, slice black olives or some pitted kalamatas.

Divine!

So this should be enough to get you started! No more excuses guys, there is no reason why you can-not make your own pizzas, save your money and make your own and use better ingredients to make a healthier tastier pizza. Use whatever you have leftover in your fridge, and challenge yourself to use what you have and create your own family favorites. So say good bye to Dr. Oetker, I think you’ll never regret it!

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7hank you Marina for the Eeautiful serYice and choir Thank you Marina for the beautiful service and choir. +aawa to the M&, 'iane, and *uuMaaw at the tea Haawa to the MC, Diane, and Guujaaw at the tea.

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Ruth Emma Turner was born in Saskatoon, SK on February 11, 1921. She passed away January 3, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Hillside Village Care Complex in Salmon Arm, BC at the age of 94. Her daughters Donna and Barb were at her side.

Ruth is survived by her sister Dorothy, Tony Robinson (Gloria Nicolson), and John Saunders and families; her eldest son from her first family Ernie (Cookie) Peters, Cheri and Audra family, Elsie; and from her second family, sons Jim Hillyard and Don Hillyard; her daughters Doreen Hillyard: Kellie, Rory, Lisa; Joan’s children: Craig, Kerri, Corinna, Scott, Calvin, Patch, Cheryl, Donna Wood (Nathan, Shaun); and Barb (Larry) Hazard: Melissa (Lyman) Jaakkola, Adam (Jackie) Hazard, Amanda (Alvin) Eichhorst, Dustin (Alyssa) Hazard; and her many great grandchildren. Ruth will be fondly missed by Syd Munson and family, by her countless friends she made over the years in Chase, Terrace, Burns Lake, QCI, Vancouver Island, and by her travelling partners in Hawaii and Yuma.

Ruth is predeceased by her parents, and husbands Harry Peters, Jim Hillyard, and Phil Turner; her siblings George, Lawrence and Arnold Jackson; and her children Jim Peters, Joan McGillis and Betsy Hillyard.

Ruth will be remembered as a fun-loving sister, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, and a friend who had a wonderful sense of humour. She was a wonderful cook, ‘Ruth’s Café’ in Port Clements, loved walking the beaches, hunting and fishing. In her later years she made many trips including Yuma, Hawaii and Italy. Her favorite place was her cabin at Babine Lake where they spent spring to fall with family and friends.

At Ruth’s request, there is no service. Her ashes will be laid to rest at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations to CNIB or Heart and Stroke would be appreciated.

Our family would like to thank everyone for their love, prayers and support at this time, especially the staff and caregivers at Hillside Village.

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The Contracted Aboriginal Family Support Worker will: Job Posting • Meet contract specific goals CONTRACTED Support Worker • Have proven skills and be available Aboriginal to work with Family Crisis Intervention •Haida Support youth and or their families to learn life skills Child and Family Services Society are seeking contractors to provide short term work • Support youth supportive to participate in life skills and recreational that can provide services for children, youth andopportunities their families on Haida Gwaii. • Have a respectful awareness of the Haida culture, community, and beliefs The Contracted Aboriginal Family Support Worker will: partners • Liaise knowledgeably community Massetand collaboratively with valued AA meeting, Skidegate Firehall, 8 Meet contract specific goals • •Possess the ability to work independently and as a part of the team Have proven skills and be available work with Crisisevery Intervention p.m., Friday. • •Maintain confidential records, submittoreports as directed by team leader Support and or their families to learn life skills The••Masset Lectures. Every other Must clearyouth the criminal record check and criminal record review to work with children and • vulnerable Support youth to participate in life skills and recreational opportunities adults Monday, from 7-9 p.m. NWCC Queen Charlotte Havehave a respectful awareness the Haida culture, community, and beliefs • •Must a clear valid driver’soflicense Campus at Tahayghen Elementary. • Liaise knowledgeably collaboratively with valued community partners • A personal vehicle is anand asset •Be Possess thetovisit ability to work hours independently and as a part of the team available work Masset flexible For •more info Lec•Sign Maintain confidential records, submit reports Canadian as directed by Firearms team leader Safety Course • an Oath of Confidentiality tures• Must on facebook.

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Starts Qualification: • Must have a clear valid driver’s license Masset Roller girls Open Skate ••AACommunity Social Service Diploma /or equivalent in Social or Human Studies Wednesday, Feb. 10 at Queen personal vehicle is an asset or5-7:30 atocombination experience, education and training.

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Centre.  The meeting will be WageChild will be dependent upon Society experience and employee Box 86 services, Sundays 11 a.m. regular Please send your resume by Jan 26, 2015 to: open to the public and the Society 247 Eagle Road Attention: Old Massett, BC will be accepting new membership. jennifer.russ@hcfss.bc.ca Fax: 250-626-5287 Phone: 250 626-5257 Alternate Fitnessor (Sr. Room), free Human Resource Officer 1-2 Haida p.m.Child Thurs.  Services Society Gwaii Singers Choir practice & Family Box 86 every Tuesday, new members wel247 Eagle Road Sr. Yoga (Sr. Room), free 1-2 p.m. come, info 250-559-8418 Old Massett, BC Tues.

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Tuesdays and Thursdays Nation (SHN ) Stewardship Director is seeking an experienced Administrative Gwaii Management Council and theTaoist Secretariat of theMon. Haidanoon, Nation PortHaida Clements Historical Society Tai Chi, Assistant to join their team in Old Massett, FLK Haida Gwaii, BC. Posting & Museum will beAssistant havingreports 2016Job The Administrative to the Stewardship Director and supports the Wed. 7 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.. Call 559Administrative Assistant Haida Gwaii Management and is responsible for coordinating Annual General MeetingCouncil on operations 8252 agendas, and development all aspects of HGMC meetings including minutes, Tuesday Feb 9 The Haida Gwaii Management Council (HGMC) and theAssistant Secretariat the Haida of outputs for HGMC review. The HGMC Administrative willof provide Nation (SHN ) Stewardship Director an experienced Administrative at the Port Museum at 7administrative PM. Ev- is seeking project management and support to all of the HGMC members Ukulele Jam, Wednesday’s, for Assistant to join meetings their teamand in Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, BC. regular quarterly teleconferences and is accountable for all aspects eryone welcome!

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