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City keeps fluoride By JOSH MASSEY

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■■ It’s Coy Cup time HOCKEY MOM Ann Bandstra stands outside Xanders coffee shop with owner Alex Vogel, one of the local merchants helping promote next week’s Coy Cup tournament here. Terrace’s own River Kings are one of the four teams playing for the Coy Cup, the pinnacle of provincial senior men’s AA hockey. Tournament play begins March 22 at the Sportsplex and for more, see inside this issue.

Guides oppose LNG location By JOSH MASSEY THE SKEENA River is one of the last major intact salmon ecosystems in the world, providing more than $110 million annually in related economic benefits to northwest communities, says one of 47 fishing guides, fishing lodge owners and others connected to the angling industry here who do not want the federal government to approve Lelu Island as a site for a planned LNG plant and terminal. The group has made its point known in a letter submitted to

Local biologist adds to concerns. Page A3 the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) which is to submit a report to federal cabinet ministers for a decision on accepting or rejecting the Pacific NorthWest LNG proposal. Andrew Rushton, who has owned Kalum River Lodge for 28 years, says that long before Flora Banks and Lelu Island became common names in the debate over the Pacific NorthWest

LNG terminal location, he knew that the tidal area at the mouth of the Skeena is a crucial nexus of juvenile fish and other aquatic species and thus important to local economies and the greater ecosystem. “We were just surprised it went as far as it did,” he says of the environmental review already completed by the provincial government and nearing its end at the federal level.

“Really, we thought that would be shut down because Lelu Island has been closed for development [in the past]. This is really a jewel of the world, this marine area in front of Lelu Island should be protected.” The letter, released March 9, echoes another one signed by more than 130 aquatic and salmon scientists, also released March 9, stating the location has long been considered a poor spot for large industrial development because of the rare salmon habitat adjacent to it.

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FLUORIDE IN Terrace tap water is here to stay and a call for the city to hold a referendum on the matter has been rejected. Council’s decision was made following a Northern Health Authority presentation by chief medical health officer Dr. Raina Fumerton in which she applauded Terrace’s leadership in being one of just four municipalities still fluoridating water in the province. Fumerton presented fluoride as an indisputable good for public health based on its ability to prevent tooth decay, discounting what she said are emotion-based arguments of those who think that the risks of fluoride are outweighed by the dangers. “The benefits of chlorine or fluoride to our drinking water far outweigh the risk of any adverse affects because the levels are very, very strictly controlled by our water operators,” she said. Mayor Carol Leclerc said afterwards that the issue was settled. “I think the recommendation from our committee of the whole is pretty unanimous that council wishes to remain with fluoridation in the water based on the evidence that has been presented today,” she said. Councillor Stacey Tyers confirmed: “Our decision is to not send this back to referendum under this council,” she said. Tyers was referring to the request, backed by a petition signed by more than 400 local residents, 260 of whom were from Terrace itself, calling on the city to bring the issue back to referendum in light of other communities in Canada having stopped adding fluoride to water supplies in previous years. In particular, Fumerton was echoed by Tyers and fellow councillor Michael Prevost in saying that fluoride is an equity issue that brings increased dental health to the poorer segments of society. Terrace has a high poverty level, added Tyers. First Nations Health Authority representative Coco Miller accompanied Fumerton and added to her presentation. Not only did councillors make it clear they intend to continue the program, but there is also talk of taking a leadership role in the province to advocate for fluoridation.

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So you make a movie out of that, and we will all go to Hollywood,” Ed McFadden stated in a 2013 oral history, after recounting his experience of the Terrace mutiny. The story of the Terrace mutiny during the Second World War is indeed filled with drama, suspense, and cinematic themes. We’re not quite at the movie level, but Heritage Park Museum is working to update and publish a book on the Terrace mutiny, using generous funding from the World War Commemorations Project. The Terrace mutiny, while little-known and less-discussed, was the longest lasting mutiny in Canadian history. Reluctant soldiers had been drafted by the Canadian government to patrol our national borders. Several thousand were stationed in Terrace, marching fruitlessly and waiting to respond to a Japanese invasion that had become increasingly unlikely by late 1944 when the mutiny broke out. These men didn’t want to enlist because they were pacifists, or because they were French Canadian and didn’t want to fight an English war, or because they had watched their parents sacrifice their lives for a war that didn’t end all wars, or because they were bitter towards a government which hadn’t helped them when they were starving and desperate in the Great Depression and now wanted them to make the greatest sacrifice. Overall, there were as many reasons for not volunteering as there were soldiers in Terrace. After having been told by then-Prime Minister Mackenzie King that they would not be sent overseas, the soldiers heard on the radio that they were going to be shipped overseas after all. The men immediately began stockpiling ammunition. They refused all orders for about a week, instead marching with banners reading, “Down with Conscription” and turning back the trains of army officials sent in to talk them down. The threat of violence was ever present: local residents spoke carefully to the mutineers, terrified of how they might react. Air force men stationed at the airport trained a machine gun on the town, ready to shoot should the mutineers try to take the airport. Planes circled overhead, monitoring the movements of the men. Army doctors ran out of their supplies of

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Mutiny revived Do you have stories or photos about the 1944 Terrace mutiny? anti-psychotic medications for the nervous men who feared they would be shot or they would have to shoot someone. Then, everything paused. Mutineers cooperated with the army and agreed to lay down their weapons. Some escaped punishment by volunteering to go overseas after all. Others were sent to Ottawa on a train that slowed at every community. Most men jumped off and resumed their pre-war lives. Only a handful were ever punished. The government of the day wanted, first and foremost, to keep the incident quiet. The Terrace mutiny is of critical importance in understanding Canadians’ view of the Second World War. It allows us insight into the conscription crisis, changing ideas of duty, and the government’s curiously lethargic response. The World War Commemorations Fund, which has funded the project, was a onetime federal grant program for community-based projects commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War and the 75th anniversary of the Second World War. We felt it was a perfect fit for the manuscript about the mutiny which the then-District of Terrace commissioned in the 1980s. Karen Goetz (nee Kuechle), a summer student at the time, compiled a comprehensive record of the mutiny. She interviewed people who participated in the mutiny, found photos in people’s albums, posted ads in the Legion Magazine, researched in Library Archives Canada, and shaped everything she could find into a coherent narrative about what occurred in November 1944. Goetz was hired in response to queries to the city about the mutiny. City council and city staff fielded many inquiries after the 1972 publication of Nadine Asante’s The History of Terrace, which included a short chapter on the mutiny. These included interest from Hollywood filmmakers. Incidentally, this was before we had a

museum or archives to field such inquiries and collect relevant material. Goetz is now a vice-principal at Merritt Secondary School. When I emailed her to let her know about updating and publishing her manuscript, she was happy that the project was finally going to see the light of day. “I wondered if that document was just collecting dust in a city vault somewhere,” she said. We have hired Greer Kaiser as our mutiny research coordinator. She is compiling existing research, photos, and interviews in order to update Goetz’s manuscript. These include some very exciting photo collections, including photos from the Richardson family, the Chapman family, and the Nash family that depict life in Terrace from the perspective of soldiers as well as the community. Through our recent oral history project, we interviewed Ed McFadden about his experience of waiting, under extreme tension, for the mutineers to try to take the Terrace airport. After a long, fruitless search, the museum located a radio recording about the Terrace mutiny from 1974 (thanks to Ed McFadden!). We have received several donations of photos of the mutineers marching along the streets of Terrace. Kaiser has been sifting through this material, determining what will work well to expand Goetz’s manuscript. In addition, she will prepare lesson plans, coordinate the development of a website to share mutiny information and supervise publication of the book, which should be available in the fall. Responses to our project range greatly from enthusiasm to curiosity to disgust that we would glorify the mutineers. We are seeking to draw attention to an event of national importance that occurred in Terrace. We want people from Terrace to understand what occurred and why it was important. We want people from across the country, and perhaps across the world, to understand why Terrace was crucial in the

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TOP, MUTINEERS carried banners like this to protest being forced into service overseas. Above, marchers carry banner that says “Zombies Strike Back.” conscription crisis and in the Canadian experience of the Second World War. We want to take this small, anomalous incident and use it as a way to reflect who we are as Terrace residents and Canadians. The best history does this. It makes us see our place in the world through others’ experiences and points of view. Did you witness or participate in the Terrace mutiny? Was your father or grandfather one of the soldiers? Did your mother spend the war years dancing with the soldiers who descended upon Terrace? Is there a photo album in your attic of Terrace in the 1940s? Help us tell the story! Kelsey Wiebe is the curator at Heritage Park Museum. Please email any information about the mutiny to mutiny@heritageparkmuseum.com, or phone Greer Kaiser at 250-635-3807.

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Wish list PREMIER Christy Clark’s government has been quick to get in on the Next Big Thing when it comes to public sector spending. And that’s climate change, the catch phrase incorporating anything that has to do with reducing the use of fossil fuels. In this particular circumstance it’s the release of a four-page “green infrastructure” wish list amounting to billions of dollars. It was released just after the premiers met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a deliberate act of timing to note that if the federal government really wants climate change action, it’s going to have to cut some serious dollar figure cheques to the provinces. The wish list is impressive but heavily weighted to the Lower Mainland with calls for more mass transit to take more carbon emitting vehicles off the road and making it easier for those drivers who persist in using their vehicles to get around, a benefit that would also reduce emissions. This may not be a total surprise because climate change is about politics as much as anything else and provincial elections are won or lost on the Lower Mainland. Missing, however, was anything specific to northern and rural areas other than general measures for increased home and building energy efficiency, something that would apply right across the province. If climate change is a serious matter, Clark needs to expand her geographic scope.

No ifs, ands or butts about it

ar stories are not my usual fare, but this week I had reason to watch a Second World War movie after learning of Doolittle’s Raiders, a volunteer group of U.S. flyers who bombed Japan in 1942 in a suicide mission if ever there was one. Following the sneak bombing of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese in 1941 the American Air Force marshalled 16 B-25 bombers each manned by a crew of five volunteers to undertake a secret mission. For three months Doolittle’s Raiders, as they became known, practised takeoffs at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Never before had B-25 bombers loaded with bombs been asked to take off in 500 feet. Five hundred feet was the deck length of the aircraft carrier that would serve as their airfield during the mission; no friendly field was available close to Japan. Their mission was to bomb coastal munitions factories in Japan, then hightail it for a friendly field in China. Japan got wind of the impending raid forcing a

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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI change of plans at the last minute. They would be starting farther from Japan and therefore could expect to run out of fuel before reaching China. Pilots were instructed to fly their mission, drop their bombs, then fly as far as fuel lasted straight toward the sea and pray to survive a crash. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer recreated the events of that doomed Raiders’ mission in a movie titled Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. After reading that the 62 who survived the war met every year since to commemorate the event until now only four are still alive, I watched the two-hour black

and white movie. My attention was caught by the price of cigarettes in 1941. To be able to afford to buy his wife of six months a silk kimono when he reached China, and knowing cigarettes could be traded at a premium over there, before he took flight on the mission one pilot bought 12 cartons of cigarettes at the carrier’s PX. The dozen cartons cost him $7.20. Had I watched the movie a week earlier I’d not have noted the price of cigarettes. But in this week’s news the push is on to force cigarette manufacturers to collect, transport, process and safely dispose of cigarette butts, just as manufacturers of paints, electronics, light bulbs and other dangerous goods now must. A Simon Fraser professor, Kelley Lee, has been studying the down side of cigarette butts as part of a cigarette butt pollution project. She notes the harmful effects of butts to our oceans, waterways, wildlife. Animals eat the butts, think they are full, then die of starvation. Tar, nicotine, and pesticides leech from the butts, particularly from the filters, made from

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plastics which are virtually non-biodegradable in less than 30 years. In dry years such as 2015 the cost of extinguishing grass, roadside, and forest fires started by careless throwing away of burning butts reached budget bankrupting totals. In just over one week last summer Vancouver experienced 35 grass fires. Imagine the multiple callouts and expense of fighting needless fires. A company in New Jersey, Terra-Cycle, recycles butts into plastic lumber which can be used to build park benches. A fitting recycling since park benches often sit amidst a berm of butts. I wonder, though, how the collection process would unfold. Pay individuals to pick up and turn in butts much as we prairie kids did gopher tails in the 1940s for two cents a tail? Where would collection depots be? Would every seller have to take back butts, just as supermarkets accept plastic bottles? Surely not. Would every household be issued another recycling box specifically for butts? Collecting butts might encourage smokers to quit.

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The Mail Bag Making climate change pay off

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PROTEST CAMP on Lelu Island was first set up in August 2015.

Scientists urge Lelu rejection An open letter to: Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Ottawa, Ontario Re: Scientific flaws in assessment of environmental risks from the proposed Pacific NorthWest Liquid Natural Gas facility at Lelu Island, Skeena

River estuary. We conclude that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s (CEAA) draft report of the environmental risks of the Pacific NorthWest Liquid Natural Gas (PNW LNG) project, proposed for the Skeena River estuary at Lelu Island, is scientifically flawed and represents an insufficient base for decision-making. We

urge you to reject the CEAA draft report. Given that the PNW LNG project is proposed for the Flora Bank area of the Skeena River estuary, an area with economically, and culturally, important fishes, such as salmon, eulachon, and herring, we primarily focus our analyses on risks posed to these species.

We have identified five primary scientific flaws in the CEAA draft report: 1. Misrepresentation of the importance of the project area to fish populations, especially salmon. The CEAA draft report has not accurately characterized the importance of the project area, the Flora Bank region, for fish.

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Dear Sir: On April 13, 2015, Premier Christy Clark challenged other jurisdictions to meet or exceed BC actions on climate change. According to data from Environment Canada, National Inventory Report 2014, changes to provincial GHG emissions since 2005, BC ranks No. 7 out of 10 (our ten provinces). I am not a math expert, but if you are No. 7 out of 10 are you a leader? The B.C. carbon tax brings in $1.2 billion per year but almost all of its goes to reducing other taxes with only about $ 50 million per year to carbon reduction, like the Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program and that program covers only reductions by municipal government operations. Currently the province is looking for input from anybody, until noon March 25, 2016, on how to reduce emissions. On the province’s website it states: “To lessen the severity of climate change, we must reduce our emissions.” And “We can continue to transition to communities that use less energy and to an economy more reliant on clean energy sources.” How about expanding the Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program so that anybody who reduces their emission receives the same monetary benefit as the local governments and give the municipalities were the reduction occurs the same amount of money. Our local governments have to balance their budgets by law and sure could use a bit of extra money for looking after their citizens. Martin Holzbauer, Thornhill, B.C.

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This fund is a $100 million shell game

he art of being a good magician is to leave the audience wondering how on earth you produced that rabbit from an empty hat. Christy Clark’s Liberal government failed that test in its recent budget when it announced it was establishing the much trumpeted Prosperity Fund next year with an opening deposit of $100 million. Now that was a spectacular rabbit considering the money for the fund was supposed to come from taxes levied on operating LNG plants and there are none of those in BC nor will there be any in 2017. But they ruined the trick by explaining where the money, in the absence of taxable LNG plants, would come from - “the government’s strengthening economy, fiscal discipline and reduction in operating debt.” But full marks for being transparent on the source of the $100 million.

However, my immediate cynical reaction, given the fund is being kick started in 2017, an election year, was this was simply a slush fund the government would use to make feel good spending promises in the lead up to polling day. Not so, says a government backgounder on the fund. “Government has identified its lead priority for the BC Prosperity Fund as reducing taxpayer-supported debt. Government will allocate a minimum of 50 per cent of each year’s allocation to the fund to debt retirement, and a minimum of 25 per cent will be saved to accumulate earnings. The remainder will be available for core government priorities that provide long-term benefits to British Columbia.” So, if we are to take the government at its word, the most it would have available to fuel its pre-election giveaways will be no more than $25 million – which doesn’t go far these days. But looking ahead, the back-

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MALCOLM BAXTER grounder offers the promise of better things to come: “Future government surpluses including LNG revenues will help grow the fund over time.” I find those last two words very interesting. Essentially they mean “one day”, a sea change from when the government bravely laid out precise target dates and revenue forecasts. But then none of those predictions have ever come true.

It proved to be absolutely the right time to embrace reality given just a few days later AltaGas CEO David Cornhill announced it was shelving the Douglas Channel LNG project. In the last couple of years Kitimat LNG, LNG Canada (also in Kitimat) and Pacific NorthWest LNG (Prince Rupert) have all delayed a final investment decision but also gave a new target date. Not so with AltaGas. Noting Douglas Channel has been unable to get “meaningful” sales agreements for its product, Cornhill flat out said his company would not be spending any more money on the project. He offered no predictions as to when that may change beyond saying he expected the LNG market will balance “sometime”. He is correct of course, the market will eventually come about. But with oil prices stubbornly sticking in the mid $30 per barrel and no reason to think they will recover any time soon to the

$50 level – a figure many see as the take off point – it looks like we are going to have a long wait. And so will any significant boost to the provincial government’s Prosperity Fund. FOOT NOTE: One thing that puzzles me about the Liberal government’s details on the fund mentioned above is an apparent contradiction. On the one hand it says the $100 million comes in part from “reduction in operating debt”. Then says $50 million of the newly created fund will be dedicated to “debt retirement”. Now I know those are not quite the same animal but I cannot figure out why the government didn’t simply apply the money from the reduction in operating debt directly to debt retirement. Oh, wait a minute. That would have made the amount deposited into the new Prosperity Fund look even sillier than it does. Retired Northern Sentinel newspaper editor Malcolm Baxter now lives in Terrace, B.C.

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Agencies ponder inquest report

THE CITY of Terrace and other public sector bodies are preparing to take the next steps after being asked to respond to recommendations from a coroner’s report into the 2013 death of a young woman. Alyssa George, 25, also known as Alyssa Oleksiuk, died in Vancouver General Hospital Sept. 10, 2013 after being found in medical distress while lodged in the Terrace RCMP detachment cells. The coroner’s inquest verdict noted George’s immediate cause of death was failure of multiple organ and systems due to metabolic acidosis and respiratory depression as a consequence of acute and prolonged ethanol and substance abuse. Her death was classified as natural. The inquest jury listed 16 recommendations addressed to the City of Terrace, the RCMP, the Northern Health Authority and other health care agencies. Once the recommendations and supporting

documentation from a provincial coroner are officially issued, the agencies have 60 days to respond and are in the middle of that period now. The recommendations cover everything from increased monitoring of people placed in police cells to more training for those who watch over people placed in police cells to investigate the possibility of opening a medical detox centre here. Jonathon Dyck from the Northern Health Authority said it and other agencies have already had discussions. “We have already met with other community agencies named in the recommendations to begin the conversation about how to better serve people with addictions,” said Dyck. “At the meeting there was a consensus to have a further meeting to engage the broader group of organizations in Terrace that provide service/care to this population. This will happen as soon as

it can be arranged, and more information will be provided as it becomes available.” A RCMP official said it takes coroner service recommendations seriously. “They are reviewed by our Criminal Operations Branch who research them thoroughly with all stakeholders and provide a full written response directly to the Coroner on each and every recommendation,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Rob Vermeulen. City of Terrace official Alisa Thompson acknowledged the city’s interest in responding to the recommendations. “Addictions treatment has been something that the city has been urging for years now,” she said. “We have been meeting with Northern Health at the staff level regarding access to addictions services and will continue to work with them.” Thompson said that since the city owns the RCMP detachment and leases it to the po-

Alyssa George lice force, any physical changes to the detachment stemming from the inquest recommendations would come under its watch. Cell block guards are also paid by the city. George was placed in cells here after being arrested on outstanding warrants – a warrant for theft and assault in Terrace and warrants for her arrest out of Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan. The arrest was Sept. 3, 2013 after police responded to a call about a civil dispute between landlord/tenant on Kalum Street.

About 14 hours after she had been taken into custody at the Terrace RCMP detachment, she was found in medical distress in cells, and was taken to Mills Memorial Hospital and later flown to Vancouver, reported police at that time. A coroner’s inquest was held into her death here in October 2015. During the threeday inquest, presiding coroner Donita Kuzma and a jury heard evidence from more than 15 witnesses under oath to determine the facts surrounding this death. After six hours of deliberation, the five-person jury made 16 recommendations – the jury’s role was not to find fault. Among those recommendations: To Northern Health/First Nations Health Authority/ Ministry of Health, City of Terrace - A committee / focus group should be established to investigate the construction of a proper medically

staffed substance abuse/ detox centre in the City of Terrace to service all outlying areas. This should include one or more substance abuse doctors and counsellors To the RCMP - The RCMP C13 form filled out on a person being booked by the police cells guard and arresting officer “requires additional space for initial medical info/questioning/survey/screening, such as when was last intake of alcohol or drugs; taking any medication/what/ dosage; pre-existing medical condition; and allergies - Consider all policies/procedures and standards as mandatory, not best practices - Ensure RCMP watch commander performs and is accountable for physical (in cell) checks every four hours of all prisoners in all cells To the RCMP and City of Terrace - Guards must follow/adhere to existing policies/procedures (in their operational manu-

al) concentrating on the four Rs of rousability, watch command fourhour prisoner check, guard “physical” check every 15 minutes - Use of closed-circuit TV should be used as a secondary backup to physical check RCMP/guards should use the cell check log appropriately - To assist the guards doing the physical cell checks, the hall lighting could be reduced, or a matte coating on cell door window to reduce the glare from the above lights - Consider reducing medical assessment time to eight hours - Discuss having a second guard on duty at all times - Investigate upgrading the closed-circuit TV system to include larger monitors with the ability to focus on one cell, ability to zoom and pan feed while maintaining the source feed for the recording, audio microphones at each end of the hallways free of background noise

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Search and Rescue locates teens TERRACE SEARCH and Rescue (SAR) had a busy weekend to start March with three calls about missing or stranded persons. Late in the evening of March 2, Terrace RCMP received a call from four teens, three boys and one girl, who were lost on Terrace Mountain. Police then contacted SAR and their general position was determined by obtaining coordinates through a cell phone being used by the group. “The group also gave a physical description of their location which alerted SAR to their general area,” said SAR president Dwayne

Sheppard. “The missing group had parked near the old bridge to hike to the Kermode Bear Lookout; they missed the route to the lookout and ended up on the other side of Terrace Mountain. It was dark, and the group would not travel further along the trail for fear of becoming more lost or injured.” After telling the group to stay at their location, 20 SAR members combed the area, quickly locating the four teens. “The group was cold but had no injuries,” said Sheppard, adding that they were escorted back to the their vehicle just over one hour after

SAR was called out. Sheppard did say the group was not prepared for an extended trip or a night on the mountain and that one teen was wearing only a T-shirt. “Their cell phone battery was depleted and the group had no flashlights. They did the right thing by staying put when advised, this allowed the SAR team to find them faster than if they kept moving to different locations,” he said. SAR was called out again March 5 after police asked for assistance to find and rescue two people stranded on China Bar, a gravel bar on the Skeena River approximately half-way

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Dwayne Sheppard between Terrace and Prince Rupert. The couple had parked near the highway and walked to the isolated lower end of China Bar but became stranded by the rising

tide, said Sheppard. The pair tried to leave but before their cell phone battery ran out, they called 911 for help, he said. Leaving Terrace just shortly after noon on March 5, the Water Rescue team arrived at the location in good time, said Sheppard. In their Zodiac inflatable craft and ready in their swiftwater gear, the team rescued the couple, who were wet and cold with mild hypothermia but otherwise okay, he said. “People often get stranded on China Bar when the tide rises,” Sheppard said. “A car and occupants can be completely sub-

merged on sections of China Bar; as a result, this can be a high priority call requiring an immediate response.” On March 7, search and rescue were called out again. This time to the Red Sands area alongside Red Sand Lake north of Terrace for a rescue there, but Sheppard could not provide any details by press time. Terrace RCMP reported that there was a woman called in late from a day trip between March 4 and 8, requiring another search and rescue callout. The woman returned a short time later but in the meantime, a family member had

gone to search for her in a vehicle unsuitable for the road conditions, said police. Search and rescue continued to look and found that person stuck on a forest service road, said police. At a minimum, Sheppard said people venturing outdoors should take food and water, waterproof matches or a lighter, a candle, warm clothing, and a charged cellphone. They should have and know how to use a first aid kit, carry a pocket knife and have a whistle or a mirror to make signals. If lost, says Sheppard, stay put and find shelter in place until rescued.

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Angling industry vital to region, says guide But the letter from the guides and fishing lodge owners and others in the angling industry also states the economic case for not allowing projects which could hurt the second largest salmon river in the country. “My big concern is to risk all those jobs up here that can go for perpetuity,” said Rushton. “Terrace and all these communities rely on tourism and all the ecosystems that are tied into the Skeena River.” “To jeopardize that would be a betrayal of trust to future generations.” The letter refers to a SkeenaWild Conservation Trust report that found the fishing and related industries brings in $110 million annually to the region, meaning that over years this equates to a billion dollar industry similar in economic scope to an LNG plant in the long term. “As a part of our tourism economy, these salmon bring in revenue through local hotels, grocery stores, gas stations, fishing and camping outfitters, restaurants, professional guiding services and lodges,” the letter states. “The CEAA environmental as-

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sessment does not address the potential economic risks posed to our fisheries. “We, the undersigned strongly disagree with the Lelu Island and Flora Bank location proposed to support the (Pacific NorthWest) facility.” A 30-day comment period on the CEAA environmental assessment concluded March 11 and the agency will now consider the comment submissions in preparing a report to be sent to federal cabinet ministers. They will use the report to make a final decision to reject or approve the project. They can also attach any number of conditions to an approval. In the meantime, Pacific NorthWest LNG, which is majority controlled by Petronas, a corporation owned by the Malaysian government, has denied that it will cancel the project unless it gets approved by the end of the month. “We are continuing to move that forward and we believe we are in the final stages to a final decision,” said Pacific NorthWest LNG president Michael Culbert of the project.

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Anti-fluoride advocate unhappy with decision That could start with a letter to health minister Terry Lake in support of fluoride and preparing a resolution in support of fluoride for the next meeting of the Union of B.C. Municipalities. “The leadership is happening at the council level in saying that we want to continue with the fluoridation,” Leclerc said. “We will be sending a letter to Mr. Lake, the Minister of Health, to let him know we are staying with this because we believe it is a good thing to do for our community.” The last time Terrace held a referendum on fluoridation was in 2005 as part of the municipal elections at the time. The vote came in at 1251 people wanting

to keep fluoridating and 717 wanting to stop the practice. Local resident and on-line radio talk show host Barry Prince, who spearheaded the most recent anti-fluoridation petition presented to city council last month, was incensed with the council decision. “There’s something not right there,” he said. “There are many people in the community saying the same thing. What, are they just turning their back on us?” “They are completely turning a blind eye to the effect of sodium fluoride on the body. They are going with a presentation by a health professional for northern health who promotes fluoridation,” he continued.

Councillor Lynne Christiansen, who previously expressed concern about water fluoridation, was not present at the meeting which was held March 11.

This was a committee of the whole meeting and the issue will come to an upcoming regular council meeting for a formal vote to reaffirm council’s stand.

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Lelu Island report all wrong of knowledge does not mean lack of risks. 3. Disregard for science that was not funded by the proponent. CEAA’s draft report is not a balanced consideration of the best-available science. On the contrary, CEAA relied upon conclusions presented in proponent-funded studies which have not been subjected to independent peer-review and disregarded a large and growing body of relevant independent scientific research, much of it peer-reviewed and published. For example, CEAA marginalized a published peer-reviewed study that revealed risks of widespread erosion of Flora Bank, a unique marine coastal landform and eelgrass habitat, due to disruption of water currents by the proposed trestle and suspension bridge. Instead, CEAA adopted the conclusions of a proponent-funded model that claimed “no harmful effects” of the PNW LNG project, even though external and professional analyses identified several critical errors in their methods. Similarly, CEAA did not adequately consider decades of scientific research on salmon in the Skeena River estuary, and instead relied on proponent-funded studies that were substantially more limited in scope and duration and that reached different conclusions compared to the larger body of available science. In these and similar cases, the CEAA draft assessment of the PNW LNG project presents an unbalanced assessment of the project’s environmental risks through the disregard of the larger body of independent science. 4. Inadequate consideration of multiple project impacts and their cumulative effects. The CEAA draft report did not adequately consider the multiple potential impacts of the project and their cumulative effects and thereby provided an unbalanced assessment of risks. The PNW

LNG project presents many different potential risks to the Skeena River estuary and its fish, including, but not limited to, destruction of shoreline habitat, acid rain, accidental spills of fuel and other contaminants, dispersal of contaminated sediments, chronic and acute sound, seafloor destruction by dredging the gas pipeline into the ocean floor, and the erosion and food-web disruption from the trestle structure. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and Natural Resources Canada provided detailed reviews on only one risk pathway – habitat erosion – while no such detailed reviews were conducted on other potential impacts or their cumulative effects. 5. Unsubstantiated reliance on mitigation. CEAA’s draft report concluded that the project posed moderate risks to marine fish but that these risks could be mitigated. However, the proponent has not fully developed their mitigation

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plans and the plans that they have outlined are scientifically dubious. For example, the draft assessment states that destroyed salmon habitat will be mitigated; the “proponent identified 90,000 m2 of lower productivity habitats within five potential offsetting sites that could be modified to increase the productivity of fisheries”, when in fact, the proponent did not present data on productivity of Skeena Estuary habitats for fish at any point in the CEAA process. Without understanding relationships between fish and habitat, the proposed mitigation could actually cause additional damage to fishes of the Skeena River estuary. Independent scientific analyses indicate that mitigation frequently fails to recover original levels of ecosystem function. For these stated reasons the CEAA draft report represents a flawed assessment of the environmental risks of the PNW LNG proposal.

While we are not decision-makers, we can assess when decisions would be made based on false premises. This is one of those instances. We urge you to reject this draft report. The CEAA draft report for the Pacific Northwest LNG project is a symbol of what is wrong with environmental decision-making in Canada. An obvious risk of a flawed assessment is that it will arrive at an incorrect conclusion. Indeed, scientific research from other estuaries has found industrial development, such as that proposed by the PNW LNG project, is associated with lasting damage to salmon populations. While our assessment finds that the CEAA draft report is scientifically flawed, the greater body of science also demonstrates that protection of the Lelu Island/Flora Bank area would benefit the second-largest salmon-producing watershed in Canada. Protection of the

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Victory rally Saturday! resents a riding with two teams in the tournament – the River Kings as well as the Smithers Steelheads. The provincial representative for Skeena, Robin Austin, will be out of town and not at the pep rally but has already sent his best wishes. “It is very exciting for Terrace to be hosting the Coy Cup this year and while we will all be rooting for our hometown favourites, the River Kings, we just hope for a terrific competition and thank all those who will attend - whether they be participants or spectators,” said Austin. Terrace mayor Carol Leclerc, was at last year’s rally and she will be there this year as well.

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“It’s exciting that the River Kings had such a strong team this year, she said. Leclec was particularly pleased with the the development of young players. “They become such good role models for the 12 and 13 year olds,” she said. Speaking on behalf of the Kitsumkalum First Nation will be Sharon Bryant. As a special treat for young fans, Lynne Nordstrom, who has been taking photos of the River Kings throughout the season, has prepared player cards for autographing. “Lots of the boys came up through Terrace minor hockey so this is a great way to make that connection with the community,” she said.

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THE COY Cup takes its name from B.C. businessman W.H. Coy who funded and first presented it to the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association in 1913. In that first year it was won by the Vancouver Rowing Club which also iced a hockey team. In its current format, the Coy Cup is presented through the BC Hockey Association to the province’s top senior men’s AA hockey team. The Central Interior Hockey League, where the River Kings play, has a key role in providing tournament teams. Three of the competing teams this year are the Terrace River Kings, the Smithers Steelheads and the Fort St. John Flyers. The Fort St. John Flyers defeated the River Kings last year and won the cup when the tournament was held in Fort Nelson. A fourth team through a play off series between the Powell River Regals and the Whitehorse Huskies took place after the deadline for this publication.

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These Kings are young TERRACE RIVER Kings are a young team this year, but the seven rookies on the roster have served the team well. “I expected them to be a little more timid out there,” said coach Rob Findlay. “That first game they were, but then they grasped it right away and they took off. One of our first year kids got two goals in the second game we played.” The seven rookies are Liam Albright, Colten Braid, Jarrett Harrison, Dawsen Leblond, Cole Motschilnig, Fred Mowatt, and Kenny Nordstrom. Findlay says they bring a really good attitude to the team, working hard, listening, and dedicated to practices. Team captain Steve Cullis said the rookies contribute well to the team, and it takes time to get used to the bigger, stronger competition. Usually ages 18-23, most rookies are “not used to playing against men, they’re used to playing against kids who are their size and age,” Cullis said. The CIHL is “a little more physical against some teams… I think it’s just getting used to the speed and some of the skill with some of the teams in our league.” Cullis said there are some rookies this year who are “quite talented” and all of them have stood out in their dedication. “Those guys are always at practice and that makes a huge difference for everyone,” Cullis said, adding that they have really improved because of it.

“You can see them way more confident and they’re making plays and it is good to see,” he said. Rookies Liam Albright, Cole Motschilnig, and Jarrett Harrison all played through the Terrace Minor Hockey Association. “I was really passionate about hockey,” said Harrison. “It was something that ran in the family.”

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Monday to Friday 8:00AM – 6:00PM Saturday 9:00AM – 1:00PM

Saturday, March 19th

• Full Audiology Clinic • Complete clinical DIAGNOSTIC hearing evaluation by Registered Audiologist • Hearing aid sales & services

River Kings! Terrace

Visit our website at: www.safeway.com

Eat Better, Feel Better, and Do Better

• Custom ear plugs

4550 Lakelse Ave Terrace, BC

11am to 3pm.

FREE

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(Main event at noon sharp!) LEARN MORE AT

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STOP BY TO SEE US!

• ON-SITE minor repairs, no appointment necessary • Full hearing aid consultation & follow-up care • Tinnitus assessment & counselling

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Young River Kings add to team spirit “We used to always go outside and play me, my brother and my dad... I grew up watching [the River Kings] play.” Living in Terrace and wanting to stay in the sport, joining the River Kings was a natural step for them, they said. “It’s good, it’s higher intensity. The wins feel better and everybody is always in the game,” said Albright. Harrison said he feels he has improved a lot on the River Kings. “It’s a higher level of hockey from midget, so we have to step up our game and work hard,” he said. Kenny Nordstrom has played hockey since age five. “It’s pretty solid,” said Nordstrom of the

program. “We always had good years, we were always winning… you can’t say much more than that… I loved it. My dad put me on skates right away, so I just got right into it,” he said. After minor hockey, Nordstrom played junior on the Patriots in Regina in 2011-2012 with the Cariboo Cougars in Prince George and then in 2013-2014 with the 100 Mile House Wranglers. Nordstrom says those teams were very driven and focused completely on improving and advancing to the next level. While he enjoyed it and definitely improved his game, he decided last year to return home to Terrace. “My last year I played there I was 18, and I just decided to

come home,” he said. “I love it here. It’s way different. You’ve got your buddies here, your family.”

He joined the River Kings because it is the best hockey in town and a bunch of his buddies were on the team, and

he has enjoyed the season. Coach Findlay said the big thing for the River Kings is having

a strong line of young players for the future. “We’ve got a good mix so that when the older guys do leave,

there is a good strong group to come up and keep the team going,” he said. - by Jackie

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Pill warning issued by Terrace RCMP

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PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau with President Barack Obama at the White House March 10.

Stewart gets shout out STEWART MAYOR Galina Durant says she was thrilled her tiny community in northwestern B.C. received recognition when President Barack Obama welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House March 10. “It was so exciting. We’re going to send the Prime Minister and the President letters thanking them,” said Durant of Obama’s remarks. Stewart and neighbouring Hyder, Alaska, were the first two communities mentioned by Obama in citing the close ties between Canada and the United States. “Up in Hyder, Alaska folks head across the border to celebrate

Canada Day and folks in Stewart, British Columbia come across for the Fourth of July,” said Obama. “We affirm that Americans and Canadians will always be there for each other,” he added. “We’re very proud,” said Durant. “It’s good they did their research on our tiny communities. It feels really good.” Trudeau added to the occasion by thanking Obama for using his influence to bring warm weather for the welcome. “There is no relationship in the world like the Canada-United States relationship,” he said.

The two leaders also discussed business with both being confident of a renewed softwood lumber export agreement due to terminate this October. They also said their respective officials were working on ways to increase border access without compromising security, an important consideration given the $1.7 billion a day in trade between Canada and the United States. Stewart and Hyder were also in the news in early 2015 when the Canada Border Services Agency announced it would close the border between the two communities from midnight to 8 a.m. Regarded as a

cost-saving measure by not staffing its post overnight, the agency was heavily criticized by both people in Alaska and Canada. The agency struck a compromise, installing a phone so that people wishing to cross overnight could do so by speaking with border agents elsewhere. Durant said the service has been working well since introduced early last summer.

TERRACE RCMP are warning the public about the dangers of accepting or handling pills or any other type of drug from a person other than a pharmacist. “Members of the public should never accept or handle pills and other drugs handed to them by strangers or criminals,” says Constable Angela Rabut. “Some pills, specifically those produced by criminals, may contain very dangerous substances such as fentanyl that could have serious consequences if even handled without proper protective equipment,” she said. Fentanyl is a highly potent pain reliever, 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine and cited repeatedly in cases of recreational drug overdoses leading to death. In some forms it is absorbed through the skin. The warning followed complaints March 6 of a man offering pills to the public, said Rabut. “The man stated that the pill would really mess them up. He then went on to

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offer more of the pills via Facebook. The pill in this case was not necessarily dangerous, but you never know what a stranger is handing you.”

Currently enrolled in studies? Apply today for Seabridge Gold’s KSM Project Bursary Program! Available at http://ksmproject.com/new-student-bursary-program/ *Applications must be received by April 6th, 2016. For more information about the KSM Project please visit our website at www.ksmproject.com, email us at ksm_community@seabridgegold.net or call us at 1.250.847.4707.

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While construction has not yet started on the KSM Project, Seabridge Gold is committed to building a workforce in northwest BC and finds value in supporting local residents to further education and training. As a result, Seabridge Gold is implementing a Bursary Program to support student’s access to education and training.

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Helping seniors live at home longer BESSIE HAIZIMSQU, 73, and her caregiver Jackie Wann are still going strong after two years. That’s since Bessie signed up for the Better at Home Program when it debuted in January 2014, the first person on the list. “I’m grateful she comes around when she does and I look forward to Jackie coming,” says Bessie about her twice monthly visits with Jackie Wann, her housekeeper. Jackie does light housework for her, including vacuuming, washing the floor and laundry during her two hours there. She does not feed the cat though as Bessie can lean over from her wheelchair to feed him. Another important thing she does is make sure items are accessible for Bessie – that they are in a place where she can reach them. Jackie also takes time to have a visit with Bessie. With Jackie coming by on a consistent basis, Bessie is familiar with her and it develops a feeling of trust between them. They communicate a lot which is important especially if there is a change in either one’s schedule or if the weather is an issue and visit times need to be changed. The Terrace Better at Home Program helps seniors continue to live independently in their own homes by doing tasks like Jackie such as light housekeeping, transportation and

friendly visits. Volunteer Terrace runs the program and seniors program coordinator Jessica Gaus says it is important as it helps seniors to maintain social connectedness with others. “It benefits both individuals and communities as a whole and has been proven through research that belonging to a social group and networks is just as important [of a] predictor of health as diet and exercise,” she says. She believes that there are more seniors in Terrace who could benefit from the program but might not know about it or think they do not qualify or that they can not afford it. “I believe that while we are always getting requests, we’re not getting nearly as many as we should,” she says. Northern Home Care organizes the people who do the housework or other tasks and the client’s health determines how the house is cared for, says Linda Preston of Northern Home Care. They are trained and learn important things like making sure not to bring any noticeable odours into a person’s house as it can make a sick person feel worse, she says. There is a review every six months or sooner if needed so that any issues are taken care of before the next scheduled visit. For more on Better at Home, contact Volunteer Terrace.

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BESSIE HAIZIMSQU and Jackie Wann have known each other for two years, since Bessie signed up for the Better at Home Program with Volunteer Terrace.

Two receive awards for saving three lives

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ABOVE, HUGH Ormerod receives a Silver Medal for Bravery, which acknowledges water rescues involving significant acts of bravery, from the Lifesaving Society BC/Yukon branch. With him is Richard Lee, MLA for Burnaby North, and Suzanne Anton, Attorney General and Minister of Justice. Right, Holly Harris also received the award but could not make it to the ceremony.

Holly Harris

TWO AREA residents were awarded for saving three lives when a car’s brakes failed near Kitwanga last year. Hugh Ormerod and Holly Harris received Silver Medals for Bravery from the Lifesaving Society at an Honour and Rescue Award ceremony last week. Ormerod, a dental therapist at the Gitwangak Health Centre, and Harris, a home care nurse, reacted after a car’s brakes failed in the centre’s parking lot, sending it over the edge of an embankment. They found the Ford Explorer SUV had slammed front end first into the rocks and flipped over onto its roof in the Skeena River. One of two passengers had jumped out of the car and landed on the riverbank so, after seeing he was breathing fine and conscious, Ormerod went to rescue the other passenger whose body was partway out of the vehicle. Harris helped the driver who was seatbelted in and could not get out. The pair looked after the two injured people until the paramedics came and took them to hospital. “It was kind of a crazy situation but it was incredible how the community came together especially the first responders,” Ormerod said after the rescue last year, adding the first responders were “absolutely fantas-

tic.” At the time, it was reported that a 20-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman were both taken to Vancouver General Hospital and a 23-year-old man was treated at Mills Memorial Hospital. All three people were related. The ceremony information gave details about what happened afterward. Two days after the accident, Ormerod and Harris were back on the job at the health centre, when acting band chief Fred Johnson arrived and with a tear in his eye, expressed his appreciation for saving his nephew, who was in a coma in critical condition. The woman, Johnson’s niece, had fractured her spine in three places requiring surgery and pins to stabilize it. The other young man with the head wound and broken arm entered the clinic and, not wanting to cry, simply said “Thank you.” All three made a full recovery. The Lifesaving Society (also known as Royal Life Saving Society) is a not-for-profit organization whose mandate is to reduce water-related deaths and injuries. It has been educating the public and training lifesavers and lifeguards in B.C. since 1911.

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Heard of horse camping? Book details how to go on overnight trips with your horse FOR THOSE who like horses, or camping, or both, there is a book on its way which details another fun way to spend time with your horse. Go Horse Camping: A (funny) Illustrated Guide to Camping With Your Horse is a new book by local authors Tania Millen and Julia Nieckarz that provides all the information horseback riders need to take their horses on overnight trips. It is well-researched and fun to read, with lots of comical illustrations. The book covers how to find campsites, advantages and disadvantages of different trailers, how to hold your horses (corrals, panels, electric fencing, highlines), tricks for feeding and watering, plus camping gear and skills needed by horses and riders. Author Tania Millen and illustrator Julia Nieckarz decided to create the book while horse camping together last summer in Barkerville, B.C. “Julia and I were at this great horse campsite and nobody else was there,” says Millen. “It seems everyone is keen to go horse camping but they’re often intimidated by what’s involved. So we started chatting about how to get more riders out, and the book grew from there.” The book lays out the steps to take to go horse camping and is for everyone. Here is an example of the text: “Maybe you’re a camping greenhorn and as soon as you start thinking about going horse camping, anxiety puts the brakes on any action. Or maybe you already go horse camping but are looking for information about alternative gear and skills such as living quarter trailers or how to highline. “Regardless, this book is for all riders – those who have never camped with their horses, those with years of experience,

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ONE OF the illustrations in two local women’s pending book Go Horse Camping: A (funny) Illustrated Guide to Camping With Your Horse. and every rider in between.” Millen’s been horsing around for 30 years, and has ridden more than 3,000 km of trails in the last five years. She is also the author of two other books, including Pack ‘em Up, Ride ‘em Out: Classic Horse Pack Trips in British Columbia and Alberta. Nieckarz has a master’s degree in education and is the principal of a local elementary school. She returned to riding as an adult after buying property with a barn, and has been drawing her whole life. To publish the book, Millen and Nieckarz are running a crowd-funding campaign

on Kickstarter. “It’s all-or-nothing,” explains Nieckarz. “We have until April 2 to reach our funding goal otherwise the book will not be published. So anyone who wants the book must order it now.” To help Go Horse Camping get published, make a donation towards its printing or buy a book go to Kickstarter.com. Depending on donation amount, a person can receive items such as a paperback and/or digital copy, and/or an illustration, and a few site visitors will get to name a character, skype with the authors and more.

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March 25, 26, 31, April 1, 2 & 7, 8, 9, 2016 8:00 pm McColl Playhouse 3625 Kalum Street Terrace, B.C. Tickets $18 at Uniglobe Courtesy Travel

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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 on Sun. 1 p.m. and Wed. 7 p.m. Thurs. game night, DJ and open to 2 a.m. On Fri./Sat. is live entertainment. Karaoke Thurs./Sun. 8:30 p.m. Shuttle weekends. ■ MT. LAYTON LOUNGE: Open daily 2 p.m.-10 p.m. Play pool for free. Located at Mt. Layton Hot springs just off Hwy37 South between Terrace and Kitimat.

Drama

■ TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE presents “Out of Time” an original historical play written and directed by Karla Hennig about the people who shaped the Northwest. Pithy, funny and poignant, this play, based on interviews with more than 25 pioneers, captures the drama and the

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joys of life in BC’s northwest. A poignant collection of experiences will take the audience through some emotional highs and lows with some unexpected humour thrown in for good measure. Show runs March 25, 26, 31 and April 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, starting at 8 p.m. each night at the McColl Playhouse. Tickets available at Uniglobe Travel.

Haeussler at noon March 30 at the UNBC campus. For more details, contact Alma at 250-615-5578 or alma.avila@unbc.ca.

Fundraiser

Presentation

■ ALL FOLKED UP plays at 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. April 8 at the REM Lee Theatre to raise money for Relay for Life. New this year, Skeena Skiffle brings its high energy skiffle brand of folk to the stage, reviving the popular craze from the 1950s when British bands played American folk songs on improvised instruments with a shuffle feel that had all the hip teens twisting and jiving. Copper Mountain has promised a John Prine tribute set including their ever-popular rendition of “In Spite of Ourselves” and Late Night on Air will deliver its folky groove and powerful harmonies. Tickets at Misty River Books.

■ UNBC NORTHWEST PUBLIC Presentation will be “Resilience and Restoration Success of Skeena River Floodplain Forests” with presenter Sybille

■ DOG RUNNING SERVICE is being offered by Stigma Stompers, who are training for the BMO Vancouver Marathon on May 1 and are raising money for the BC Schizophrenia Society. Does your dog need a run? Stigma Stompers will take your canine for a 5-15 km run by donation. To request a Stomper, see their Facebook page Dog Running Service. Their online auction fundraiser is accepting bids until 9 p.m. April 1.

Art

■ TERRACE ART GALLERY presents Captured Colour of Trees & Bark, a beautiful exhibition of painting and prints by local artist and long-time gallery member Dawn Germyn, in the upper and lower galleries until March 26.

■ UNBC NORTHWEST PUBLIC Presentation will be “The Science and History of the Alcoholic Beverage” with presenter Dr. John Krisinger of NWCC at noon March 16 at the UNBC campus. For more details, contact Alma at 250-6155578 or alma.avila@unbc.ca.

THANK YOU!

The Terrace Thornhill Parents for Music Society would like to thank the following for their help & support of the 22nd Annual School Band Telethon held March 6. More than $7,600 was raised to support school music programs!

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Devin Wall and CityWest Cable Mike Nagle

Nancy Stone-Archer and School District 82

GOLD SPONSORS:

CFNR Network Terrace Standard Terrace and District Arts Your Décor Council

SILVER SPONSORS: Kinsmen Club of Terrace Dulux Paints Kalum Ventures

BRONZE SPONSORS: All Star Shoes Cook’s Jewellers Flying Fish Fusion Eyecare Doctors of Optometry (Formerly Terrace Vision Care & Park Optometry)

SUPPORTERS: Amy Scott Bank of Montreal Cafenara Hot House Janitor’s Warehouse Misty River Books Mountainside Gallery and Framing

Graydon Group Northwest Community College Pacific Northern Gas Skeena Mall Terry’s Lock & Security Staples

Royal Bank Save-On-Foods Silvertip Promotions & Signs Skeena Landing – Blackstone’s Restaurant Spirit Stones Terrace Bowling Lanes

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The Terrace Standard offers the Community Calendar as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit organizations and events without an admission charge. Space permitting, items will run two weeks before each event. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays. Fax your event or PSA to 250-638-8432. For complete listings, visit www.terracestandard.com

COMMUNITY EVENTS MARCH 17 – Social Work Week event celebrates from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Terrace Health Unit Auditorium. Come out and celebrate all the work we do! Local community members speaking to this year’s theme “A profession dedicated to an inclusive society.” Networking, team building. Bake sale to raise money for NWCC student bursaries. Lunch, refreshments, door prizes, 50/50 draw. Hosted by the Northwest BCASW Branch. MARCH 17 – The Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce Luncheon is an opportunity to network with the business community of Terrace, featuring a guest speaker from Pacific NorthWest LNG, who will give an overview of the proposed project, update on the regulatory process, next steps for the project and provide some background on vendor preparedness. Contact the Terrace Chamber to register 250635-2063. MARCH 19 – Greater Terrace Food Association Seed Swap will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Health Unit Auditorium. People who have seeds to exchange should be there at 11 a.m. sharp. Plans also include Seeds of Diversity, Kids Corner, Communities in Bloom, information on pesticide use and the protection of bees, Northern BC Seed and Plant Swap online, Terrace and Area Farm Fresh buy and sell online, Community Supported Agriculture, GFTA membership, and more. For more information, email Agatha at agathajed@gmail. com or call Judy Chrysler at 250-798-2535. MARCH 19 – The third annual Spring Affair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second floor of the Skeena Landing (above the Flying Fish). Arts, crafts and home businesses with 35+ vendors from the northwest. The perfect time to stock up on Easter, Mother’s Day, Graduation, Birthday and other gifts. For more details, spring.affair.terrace@gmail.com. MARCH 22 – World Water Day is 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at UNBC room 103. Dive into the discussion about how to preserve our most valuable natural resource: water. For more details, contact Bruce at 250-641-0732 or bbidgood@telus.net. MARCH 26 – Heritage Park Museum hosts its fourth annual Easter Egg Hunt at 2 p.m. Hunt for Easter eggs amongst the historic buildings. Toddler-safe zone in the back of the park. Candy exchange, egg dyeing, face painting, and refreshments. Bring your own basket. Everyone welcome. Admission free or by donation. MARCH 26 – 55+ BC Games Zone 10 (BC

Seniors Games) meeting is at 1:30 p.m. at Riverlodge Seniors Centre in Kitimat. MARCH 27 – Free Easter Dinner at 2 p.m. at the Salvation Army. Put on by the Field of Faith Foundation. Volunteers and food donations needed for the dinner. For more details, call 250-641-3665 or the Field of Faith Foundation Facebook page. MARCH 27 – Free Pancake Breakfast and Egg Hunt at Zion Baptist Church (beside All West Glass). Breakfast from 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Egg hunt for kids with more than 1,000 eggs! Easter egg decorating and prizes for kids. As well, please feel free to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection with us during our Celebration Service at 10:15 a.m. Bring your family and friends – we want to serve you! Everyone welcome.

PSAS IN CASE YOU didn’t know, the Happy Gang Centre isn’t just for seniors. Memberships are available to anyone 19 and older. And the centre is open Monday to Friday. MILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Auxiliary Thrift Store renovations are done. Store is open regular hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. THE SKEENA-NASS CENTRE for Innovation in Resource Economics (SNCIRE) 2016 Northwest Innovation Challenge applications are now available at sncire.ca. Everyone in northwest B.C. is invited to submit an idea. Application form includes information package with contest rules, prizes, prize criteria and sponsors. Deadline to submit ideas is midnight April 18. SNCIRE will choose approximately 12 finalists to compete at the final event in May. $10,000 in prize money to be awarded. THERE’S LOTS TO do at the Terrace Public Library during Spring Break! Week 1 program registration has begun: On March 16 – children 8-11 years old are playing with electric playdough, “Squishy Circuits” and then make terrariums downstairs at the Terrace Art Gallery, 1:00-4:00. March 17 – kids 6-11 years old enjoy Lego free-play and design challenges and do St. Patrick’s Day crafts at the Terrace Art Gallery, 1:00-4:00. Week 2 program registration begins March 9: March 22 – Petland returns with animals that “Creep, crawl and slither...” to show and tell, this is an all ages family program from 1:00-2:00. March 23 – children 8-11 years old explore “LittleBits” electrical components and then do “Sculpture creations” at the Terrace Art Gallery, 1:00-4:00. March 24 kids 8-11 make “Seed bombs” for spring planting and then create handmade paper at the Terrace Art Gallery, 1:00-4:00. Please register for each

day separately in advance for these FREE programs with limited spaces. Come in to the library or phone 250-638-8177. THE TERRACE CHURCHES’ Food Bank will continue to be open for distribution from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. from March 16-17 in the Dairy Queen basement. If your last name begins with the letters Q to Z come on Wednesday. Anyone missed can come on Thursday. Please bring identification for yourself and your dependants, who must be living at your address. ID must show picture on it, preferably BC Care Card, driver’s licence, BCID, birth certificate, status card. You will need proof of address with current street address on it, such as rent receipt, hydro, gas or utility bill, phone or cable bill. TAI CHI IS a gentle form of exercise that can help maintain strength, flexibility and balance and could be the perfect activity for you! We have Tai Chi classes at the Happy Gang Centre, 3226 Kalum St. Sessions are held Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:45 to 9:45 a.m. There is a small fee for classes and everyone is welcome. COMMUNITY SENIORS’ SOCIAL invites all seniors and mature adults for complementary coffee, tea and refreshments, socializing with other seniors, entertainment and music from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month at the Terrace Pentecostal Assembly. Free. This time together includes a coffee/tea/ snack time and singing.

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Jean Ona May Hamilton left this world peacefully surrounded by family, friends and Bunnie (little mommy) on Mar 6, 2016 after a battle with cancer. Jean was predeceased by son Ricky and parents Ken and Ona. She will be dearly remembered by her husband Jack and lovingly missed by her daughter Laurie (Rene) and grandchildren (Jordan (Priscilla), Alyssa, Sarah, Richard (Sherry),Kaylie and Amanda) and great-grandchildren. She will be dearly remembered by sisters Karen, Julie and brothers Roy, Colin. Jean will be missed by her sister-in laws Hazel and Donna and many neices and nephews. A special time for Jean was getting reacquainted with her long time friend Carol. Jean will be remembered for her love of flowers in her wonderful garden and travelling in their motorhome to their favorite fishing hole. Jean was all about family but was also willing to help someone she didn't even know. Another event that was dear to her heart was the annual Thornhill Volunteer Firefighter Christmas Parade of Lights and Food drive. Our family would like to thank Dr Brown and Dr Fourie and the great nurses in Mills Memorial hospital for their compassionate and loving care. Would also like acknowledge Northern Health Home Support their compassion, care and understanding through Jean's difficult time. A special Thank you to Robert, Liz and Heidi for all their continuing support through our family's struggle. To honor Mom's wishes there will not be service. Though Jean fought cancer bravely she could not accept losing her eyesight therefore In Lieu of flowers please donate in Jean's memory to CNIB. Thanks Ernie Anaka for everything. Please send all condolences to MacKay's Funeral services.

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Location: Position based in Gitanyow, BC. Terrace, Kitwanga and Hazelton are all reasonable home base locations. Term: Full-time seasonal (7-8 months). Potential for extensions subject to project funding. Wage: Competitive remuneration based on education, experience and qualifications. The Gitanyow Fisheries Authority (GFA) is one of the largest aboriginal fisheries organizations in northwestern BC. Established in 1994, it fosters ethical conservation, protection and management of fish and fish habitat within and around the Gitanyow traditional territory. The Gitanyow territory encompasses 6,200 km, spanning sections of both the Skeena and Nass Rivers. GFA is the technica arm of the Gitanyow Chiefs Office, and provides fisheries, wildlife and overall environmental expertise and services. GFA conducts a wide range of environmental stewardship activities including but not limited to: fish and wildlife management, harvest monitoring, salmonid stock assessment, fish and fish habitat assessments, environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring, planning and research. To find out more about GFA please visit our website: www.gitanyowfisheries.com The successful candidate will act as a crew leader and be able to implement and report on fisheries related projects under minimal supervision. This position requires excellent field skills, communication skills, leadership and problem solving abilities. Applicants should be energetic and willing to work in the field under adverse weather conditions and around fast moving water. Skills and Qualifications - Applicants should have a BSc. in applied biology (or equivalent) or a technologist diploma in a field related to fisheries biology and qualify for registered professional status in BC (College of Applied Biology). The successful candidate must have a valid BC Driver’s License (minimum class 5), good technical writing skills and be proficient in MS Office programing. Ideal candidate will also have at least 2 years of hands-on experience identifying and biologically sampling both juvenile and adult salmon. How to apply: Email cover letter / resume to: gfa99@telus.net • Closing Date: March 25, 2016

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Local skater wins sixth in nationals By JACKIE LIEUWEN

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TERRACE’S SPECIAL Olympic skater won sixth in the Canadian National Figure Skating Competition early this month. Competing in Corner Brook, Newfoundland on March 1-6, Laura Dale joined 11 other skaters from across Canada in the Singles level 3 division. They started with a skate off, where they were split into A and B categories. Dale earned a place in the A-group with five others, and then performed a few days later on national ice, where she finished sixth. “I was thrilled to skate at the competition, but it was hard to wait all day to go on the ice,” Dale said in an email last week. “I wish I hadn’t fallen in the beginning but I got up and tried my best. I really wanted a medal but I am happy with my certificate.” Beyond the performance itself, Dale said going to nationals

LAURA DALE holds up her sixth place national certificate.

was huge for her. “The Opening Ceremonies were fantastic. Each team had their own song and were led in by young kids who were from a gymnastics club. They did cartwheels and hand springs like cheerleaders. There were so many athletes from everywhere,” she said. Dale said she enjoyed her two Team B.C. coaches and the event, despite the unfamiliar surroundings and faces. “I had lots of texts from family and friends and that helped me not be so lonely,” she said. “I made some new friends and am glad I am skating with Special Olympics.” Dale was considering hanging up her skates after nationals this year. “She’s been skating for a long time,” said her mom Jody Kelly, adding that the hype and pressure of nationals have affected her enjoyment of the sport. Some dynamics in Dale’s life have also changed to contribute to the waning excitement for skating,

however some changes in the Special Olympics may put more thrill back into the sport. “Laura was excited to find out that Special Olympics will [is moving to] include the Interpretive event, her favourite event where she gets to be creative on the ice,” said coach Jennifer Kuehne. “With the news of the Interpretive event being added in, Laura will be taking the spring/summer to regroup and decide if she will return to figure skating competition next season.” No time frame has been set for when the interpretive skating will be incorporated into Special Olympics, but it would be best to start in the first year of a Special Olympics winter cycle, said a communications officer from Special Olympics BC. That cycle is finishing in 2017 with the worlds championship for the top national skaters, and will start again in 2018 with regional qualifiers. Then there will be provincials in 2019, nationals 2020, and worlds again in 2021.

Skaters shine in super series star final ALL SEVEN of the Terrace competitors earned top ten placings and personal bests in the provincial-level “Super Series Star Skate Final” competition in Kelowna earlier this month. Competing in categories with as many as 38 skaters, the Terrace skaters earned nine medals in the 17 categories they competed in. Halle Classen won a medal in all three of her events. She earned gold the Star Four Freeskate under 13 group one and in the Junior Bronze Dance, as well as bronze in the Bronze Interpretive group one. Maya Lecuyer won two gold medals, one in Pre-Juvenile Freeskate under 13 and another in Senior Bronze Dance. She also got fourth in Sliver Interpretive. Makayla Forrest got a gold evaluation (placed in the top provincial category) in Star Three Freeskate and a silver evaluation in the Intro Interpretive group one. Camryn Monsen won gold in the Bronze Interpretive group two and bronze in the Star Four Freeskate under 13, and sixth in Senior Bronze Dance. Tristen Morgan earned a silver evaluation in the Intro Interpretive group four, and won a bronze medal in Star Four Freeskate 13 & over. She also finished fifth in Junior Bronze Dance. Brianne Monsen earned a silver medal in Junior Bronze Dance, fourth place in Star Five Freeskate under 13, and sixth place in Bronze

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SEVEN TERRACE skaters competed in Kelowna at the Super Series Star Skate Final on March 5. In the photo from the left are Kaytlin Gingles, Maya Lecuyer, Tristen Morgan, Camryn Monsen, Brianne Monsen, Halle Classen, Makayla Forrest. Interpretive group one. Kaytlin Gingles earned fourth in Star Four Freeskate under 13, fifth in Senior Bronze Dance, and ninth in Bronze Interpretive group three.

“All the skaters had personal bests this weekend,” added coach Jennifer Kuehne. For Brianne Monsen, ranking fourth out of 38 skaters was a personal best, Kuehne said.

Kaytlin Gingles also landed her axel for the first time in competition. The regular skating season wrapped up last week with a final fun event last Thursday, but Kueh-

ne said skaters will continue to train in Terrace over the spring break and then when the Terrace arena closes, they will travel to Kitimat to continue training until mid-May.

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TERRACE BLUEBACKS competed in a regional meet in Smithers Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 27-28. Bluebacks finished second, climbing from fourth/last previous years. Medals were earned by the three athletes above, from left Chloe Meek, bronze, Emma Kuirinlahti, gold, and Avery Back, gold. Top points went to Avery Back (42 pts), Emma Kuirinlahti (40), Chloe Meek (31), Renzo Zanardo (28), and Madelin Berschaminski (27).

■■ Provincial competitors CALEDONIA SENIOR girls basketball team won one, lost three games at provincials, finishing 15th. The coach said it was tough and exhausting competing against teams with much more experience. Despite the challenges, the senior players really stepped up to help those who had not been to provincials before.

City tentatively planning to improve sport facilities IF THE City of Terrace approves their provisional budget later this spring, then Terrace athletes can look forward to a series of improvements to sports facilities around town. The city plans to renovate the female dressing room (number 6) of the old rink at the Sportsplex. They will add washrooms and showers at an estimated $30,000 cost for the city, as they expect to have to replace a lot of flooring and copper piping as well. Second, the city aims to level and reseed one of the soccer fields at Christie Park, paid for through a $30,000 grant from the Northern Development Initiative Trust.

fficialdom has spring arriving March 20, save for leap years when it arrives on the 21st. To arrive at this conclusion, calendar mavens postulated an imaginary line around the widest part of the earth’s waist, imagined a plane extending from it, and determined when the sun crossed that plane, making night and day of equal length all over the earth. Maven is accurate. The slick word comes from the 1960s and is a corruption of the Yiddish term “meyvn,” which, in turn, was a twist on the Hebrew “mebhin,” which to ancient Jews meant a mensch who combined the qualities of a connoisseur and an expert. The ancient Hebrews were among the first to make these astronomical calculations. They weren’t alone. The ancient Babylonians, the Inca, the ancient Indians were among the many cultures who calculated the time when the equatorial plane passed through the centre of the sun with a stunning accuracy. They did their math without the benefit of pocket calculators let alone silicone circuitry. Determining the vernal equinox with this kind of precision is astounding, but I find it too precise and too broad for determining when spring is approaching. Seasons have flex so I prefer the natural calendar. It’s never precise but always accurate. By my crude calculations, the first

The field that has been slated for maintenance this year will be chosen at the end of March by the Terrace Youth Soccer Association, likely the big centre field or the northwest one. TYSA director Warren Copeland said they have a plan with the city to fix all four fields and bring them back up to provincial standards. They started last year with the field most in need of repair, and Copeland says by the end of the summer last year it looked really nice. “It makes for a better, safer facility for everybody and it

isn’t just soccer players, the field is very widely used by the public in general as well. It’s a great thing that we are getting this done,” he said. “Hopefully we can progress forward and in a few short years we should have a top notch facility again.” The third recreation project in the city’s provisional budget is to fix and resurface the tennis courts on Halliwell Avenue. Due to the wait for final budget approval, the timelines of these projects are yet to be determined, but are tentatively planned for this year.

flickers of spring are seals and sea lions to the when the Candle fish point that they would enter the Skeena’s tidal shoot one, increases as reaches. Some years one nears the coast. the Eulachon arrive late Things don’t get in February, and some moving on the Skeena years much later. Numuntil after the Oolicbers vary but suddenly, han are done, Finlay the eagle convocation observed as we drove begins. Gulls swirl, dip, homeward that day. and dive, pointing to the By the way of proof, the schools of fat-filled no more than a week skinny smelt. Black later, we walked into heads of seals pop out of Esker Bar where we SKEENA ANGLER the brackish water, and, hooked a dozen char and most impressively, Stela couple of steelhead ROB BROWN lar’s Sea Lions, head where we had found and shoulders above nothing a few weeks the surrounding marine earlier. That was the day denizens, cruise, breach, I switched to the Natural splash, and snort. Calendar. One March day twenty years ago, The Eulachon are in, said Karen, lookFinlay Ferguson and I were exploring the ing up from her tablet where she had been beach fronting the NIHO property a few Facebooking. It was Saturday. Perfect. clicks below Polymar at low tide, when we “Let’s go to Rupert tomorrow and get came across a dead sea lion. It was a foot some fish and chips at Dollies,” I said, longer than the typical propane tanks that craving the food as well as confirmation. are nestled alongside mobile homes and The next day we were on the road just as wide around. mid-morning. With dark skies over mounWe marvelled at how impressive the tain tops obscured by snow storms, rembeast was even in death. How it died re- nant ice slabs on the Skeena’s shores, low mains a mystery, though Finlay pointed clear water in her tributary streams, and not out that the number of people who despise a hint of fresh greens, nothing seemed to

Signs of spring

suggest spring. But, open sloughs at Exchamsiks and Salvus were welcome and promising. Two bends downstream of a wintry Kasiks there were wheeling gulls. Minutes downstream of there were more. Cars and trucks were all over Polymar Bar, lines of vehicles were hastily, and in some cases, dangerously, parked alongside the highway. Near the lines of cars and trucks and SUVs there were people – families, individuals, First Nations fishers, and photographers – looking out over the river at herring gulls overhead and sea lions gorging below them. We’d seen kayakers in the river before, but today there were more than I have seen on any of my previous eulachon viewing trips. We were also seeing more sea lions. “That’s three pods we’ve seen so far,” I said as we neared the first rest stop. “Do you call them pods?” Karen wondered. “I dunno,” I said. “Whales travel in pods. I always thought sea lions did too.” “Maybe they’re prides, being sea lions,” she said. Later at Dolly’s, I googled it to find out. “They’re rafts when they’re in water,” I read. Whatever you call them, like the Eulachon they’re harbingers of spring, and most welcome.

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