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Lead testing Earthquake rattles beds but fails underway forto startle nerves HG schools By Stacey Marple

By Andrew Hudson Haida Haida Gwaii Gwaii Observer Observer

The early morning Friday April 24, Drinking water at of four Haida Gwaii Haida Gwaii was hit by an Earthquake schools is being tested after high leadof 6.1 magnitude. tsunami warnings were issued levels wereNo found at older schools in Prince after the earthquake.

The epicentre of the Rupert. quake wasWilson, approximately 167 km south Angus superintendent for theof the Village of Queen Charlotte.

Haida Gwaii school district, said last Friday Some residents that results will of Haida Gwaii reported objects shaking be posted once and windows rattling, but no serious damage they come backor injuries were reported.

As the islands from the lab. of Haida Gwaii all have unique qualities, the effects of an As a geological preearthquake can vary from island to island. caution, staff Every community reported feeling the quake in at Tahayghen, different ways.

Queen Charlotte Village which George M. has a rock Port base didn’t feel the quake as much Dawson, as the residents of the northern parts of Graham Clements island.

Tlell L. and north is mostly a sand based and Agnes area and feels Mathers are almost every quake that happens.

Shirley Wilson regularly flush- of Skidegate reported feeling the earthquake. “I was sitting in my ing the pipes, bed when I heard and everyone at the house creak.” After the initial creak the schools has she felt her bed start rocking and beennoticed asked her to ornaments rocking. “The ornaments rocked the quake -Jennifer Rice run any drink- for a while after stopped,” Ms. Wilson told the Observer.

“My ing water until son and brother who were also in the house it’s cold. didn’t feel Three ofthe theearthquake at all.”

Barry Pages four schools of Masset, director of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte District were built before 1989, Regional the year B.C. said he felt the quake but because it was fairly banned lead pipes, fixtures, and solder from short he wasn’tused too concerned.

However, any plumbing for drinking water. he added, is a reminder to every one to be Port “This Clements Elementary is a newer prepared.” school, built in 2008, but its gym predates Earthquakes the change. are nothing new to Haida Gwaii. quake comes just weeks after she a NorthThe Coast MLA Jennifer Rice says study identi ed Haida Gwaii as ground zero is glad to hear the Haida Gwaii school disfor major seismic event on the west trictthe is next acting quickly. coast.

“Even a little bit of lead is not good for This recent doesn’t qualify as anybody, andearthquake it’s particularly bad for young the big one said scientists as critic it wasfor smaller children,” Rice,predict, the NDP than evenand some of the aftershocks after the 7.7 northern rural health. magnitude earthquake in 2012.

As Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.’s public health The same weekend that HaidaisGwaii got officer, has said, the problem not acute hit by this 6.1 tremor, Nepal was devastated — no one at the Prince Rupert schools has by a 7.8any magnitude shown signs ofevent. lead poisoning.

Earthquakes between a 6.0 and a 6.9 are considered a strong on the Richter See LEADscale. on Page 2

“Even a little bit of lead is not good for anybody and it’s particularly bad for young children”

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Submitted photo Carl Coffey, right, and Bruce Ives with Operation Refugee Haida Gwaii celebrate with Parks Canada’s Ernie Gladstone, Committee members of the Pulling Together Haida Gwaii Event demonstrate their teamwork at the carving shed in the after touring a vacant four-bedroom house in Queen Charlotte, which Parks Canada abilities owns and has agreed to lease Kay Centre. will be holding refugees. a fund raiser May 2. See full story on Page 3 for one yearThe forgroup a family of Syrian

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Island smart metres not so smart

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By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii The search forObserver Kumdis Ilsand resident, Brent Hendren, was suspended How smartfollowing are Haida Gwaii’s last weekend one of Haida Smart meters?

That’s what Port Gwaii’s largest search and rescue Clements Council is trying to figure operations in more than 25 years. out.

“I know for a fact that if he was After residents alive outseveral there we would approached have found village staff about irregular spikes him. There’s no chance we would in their monthly hydro bills, council have missed him. The community is seeking from BC should knowclarification we did everything we Hydro on how the bills are possibly could to find him,”being said calculated.

Chris Ashurst, SAR manager with In a written reply Search BC Hydro Archipelago Ground and explained that residential Rescue and deputy unit leadermeter with

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“I know for a fact that if he was alive “We couldwe complain out there would but it doesn’t mean have found him.” they will change.”

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Mr. Hendren, 27, was last seen readings bi-monthly, rowing outare to taken his Kumdis Island which is the normal procedure cabin rental with supplies Sunday

morning, April 18. He missed dinner plans with friends later that night. province wide. This was explained The following Tuesday Masset to mean that half of Haida RCMP received a missing Gwaii’s persons metres which are readledeach month, while report, to the discovery the following month the other Mr. Hendren’s boat abandoned and half of the south islandsofare read.River “For overturned Watun meter reading on Haida Gwaii near Pure Lake Provincial Park. we travel the communities “It is to strongly believed that every Brent month on a Thursday overnight drowned when his rowboat capsized ferry,of returning on the west Kumdis Island,” Mr.followAshurst ing Thursday,” Dave Mosure, said. “This is based on information Community Relations Coordinator from witnesses, the location of the capfor BC Hydro’s Northern region, sized vessel, and the distribution of his wrote in the letter. personal effects along the shoreline.

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Rice calls for routine testing of school water LEAD from Page 1 But lead is toxic to the nervous system and, even in small doses, longterm exposure can cause harm.

Children are especially vulnerable.

Children’s exposure to lead is associated with lower IQ scores, increased attention-deficit disorders and anti-social behaviours.

Given the extra risk for children, Rice is calling for B.C. to adopt routine testing for lead in school drinking water, as Ontario already does.

Rice is frustrated that the issue isn’t taken more seriously, particularly on the north coast and Haida Gwaii, where the freshwater tends to be naturally acidic, meaning it is more likely to leach metals out of lead and copper plumbing.

“People knew there was an issue in the northwest for a long time, and no one did anything,” she said.

In fact, what triggered a public health official to do a recent test for lead in Prince Rupert schools was a similar Kitimat incident that dates back to 2012.

When a teacher in Kitimat noticed that the salmon eggs in her class aquarium kept dying, she asked a parent who works for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to test the water coming out of the classroom sink.

Tests showed lead and copper levels above Canada’s drinking-water guidelines.

After alerting the Northern Health Authority, public health officers did further tests and found metal leaching throughout that school and several others in town.

The amount of lead in the water varied from school to school, and also among different outlets.

All the school drinking fountains were covered up until the issue was resolved, and the schools switched to bottled water.

According to a 2014 report published in Environmental Health Review, testing showed the water was fine before it reached the schools.

The trouble is that drinking water sat in the schools’ old pipes overnight or for long periods during the day.

Without running the water first, anyone taking a first drink would be at higher risk of exposure.

At some taps, it took a full 10 minutes of flushing to bring the levels down.

The study authors urge the B.C. government to adopt routine testing and, given the daily time and effort that flushing the pipes requires, they recommend other long-term solutions.

Besides replacing plumbing materials, schools could install lead filters

on faucets and fountains — Rice said four Prince Rupert schools are doing that now.

Another option is to have municipalities lower the acidity of the source water.

Whatever the answer, Rice is hoping the issue will not fall off the radar again.

“There’s a lot of this, ‘Well, who’s going to pay for this problem?” she said.

In Prince Rupert, many residents are buying $30 test kits to check the lead levels of their water at home.

Rice found the levels were high in her own home, but the cost of tearing out her old plumbing was so high she installed a lead filter instead.

“There are so many people here that are living in old, war-time homes that do not have the means to change out their pipes,” she said.

Even the B.C. legislature has a leadin-the-water problem, she said, as MLA Vicki Huntington found out after ordering a test last week.

“It just goes to show that this is probably a much broader issue, but we don’t know if we don’t test,” she said, noting again that children are at the highest risk.

“When I ask why aren’t we testing the daycares or the mom-and-tot groups, you know, I just get a pause on the phone.”

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correction In the March 4 edition we incorrectly spelled Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay, the newly recognized name for Queen Charlotte Secondary School, which means Precious Children’s House. We appologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Community questions the smartness of smart meters METERS from Page 1 However, councillor Doug Daugert said he found it interesting that the meters causing the most discussion are in the rural subdivision. “These are farther from the road for [crews] to go read. And it seems that this might not be a coincidence; it might be geography related,” he said in council.

The letter from BC Hydro went on to explain that depending on ferry schedules and weather they don’t always get 100 per cent of the readings on the islands. “The meter readers are supposed to ensure they are reading ones that were estimated two months ago,” Mosure explained.

He continued to say that BC Hydro - Doug Daugert suggests anyone with concerns to contact the customer care team at 1-800-224-9376.

“If this shows a pattern indicating accounts are indeed being missed for more than one estimated billing we can review to see where it is happening and follow up accordingly,” Mosure said in the letter.

According to BC Hydro there is approximately 3,000 smart metres installed on Haida Gwaii and the vast majority (85 per cent) are communicating with their network.

The remaining smart meters that aren’t able to communicate with the network are in low density areas that have no cellular network coverage, like the Port Clements area . These remaining meters have to be continue to be read manually.

BC Hydro told the Observer that there are about 30 residential customers on Haida Gwaii that elected to keep an old meter and those meters will also continue to be manually read.

Village Council decided to receive and file the letter from BC Hydro. “We could complain but it doesn’t mean that they will change...The problem is that they used the smart meters to make the system worse,” Councilor Daugert said.

BC Hydro installed 1.9 million smart metres across the province between 2011 and 2013.

The smart meter system is intended to not require a meter reader once all is in place.

The meters are only part of the system and includes repeaters mounted on the utility poles to receive and pass the data along.

“The problem is, that they used smart metres to make the system worse”

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Bridge work to start at White Creek fishery has opened on North Beach.

On the Tow Hill Road Facebook page, a few residents reacted to the construction notice with mock outrage.

“Doncha know how busy we are up here on Tow Hill Road?” joked Stephen Reid.

“And what about rush hour during wash-ups?”

Fines to increase for passing school buses

By Quinn Bender Haida Gwaii Observer The B.C. government is preparing to increase penalties for drivers who pass school buses while children get on and off. “We’ve had 14 children injured, thankfully none killed, in the last five years,” said Transportation Minister Todd Stone. “There are still far too many motorists who are not getting the message of just how important it is to slow down in school zones and certainly not pass a school bus when the lights are flashing.”

Queen Charlotte RCMP’s Sgt. Scott Hromadnik says he’s not at all opposed to a penalty hike, as child safety is a top priority, but adds such offences are rare on Haida Gwaii.

“I do my patrols every morning as do my members and I have watched many school busses stop and load/ unload kids,” he said. “Note that no vehicle, in the three

other than a bit of speed here and there so I don’t feel an increase in fines for the community residents will really be an issue on island.”

According to the province school districts and local governments have been calling for these increased penalties. Across the province, police have issued 1,100 tickets for failing to stop - Sgt. Scott Hromadnik for a school bus for the past five years, with 14 injuries during that time.

The current B.C. penalty is $167 fine and three demerit points, the same as disobeying a school crossing guard.

In Ontario, a first offence of passing a school bus results in a fine of $400 to $2,000 and six demerit points, and a second within five years can result in a fine of up to $4,000 and up to six months in jail.

New Brunswick has a $1,000 fine and loss of drivyears I have been doing this, er’s licence for every school have went through the lights. bus offence.

“Overall the motorists -with files from Tom Fletcher on the island are very good

“Overall, the motorists on the islands are very good.”

Forest fire offenders face higher penalties carry a maximum penalty of $100,000 and one year in prison.

Thomson said there are “constitutional” issues with a proposal to seize vehicles from people who toss cigarette butts out the window while driving, but the province is still considering its options.

A proposal to ban people from B.C. parks if they violate campfire restrictions is also being considered, but is not included in the current changes.

Thomson said the legislation will redefine “interference” with firefighters so it doesn’t mean intentional interference. That would apply to boaters who blocked air tankers from fill-

ing with water on Okanagan Lake, as well as the drone pilot who caused aircraft to land as vineyards, homes and a school around Oliver were threatened by fire.

Oliver Mayor Ron Hovanes the battle against two fires threatening the community last August were likely due to a recreational drone flown because “somebody just wanted a closer look.

“It was very hard to drive by the airport and see helicopters quiet on the ground, no bombers in the air, all the while people were clinging to the hope that the fire wouldn’t reach their homes, their businesses,” Hovanes said.

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The pilot of a recreational drone that forced waterbombers from smoke-filled skies around Oliver last summer was never located, but future offenders who impede forest firefighters will face higher fines.

Fines for 19 offences under the Wildfire Act, including interfering with wildfire protection efforts, are being increased to among the highest in Canada, Forests Minister Steve Thomson said Thursday.

The fine for failing to comply with fire restrictions such as campfire bans will increase from $345 to $1,150. A new penalty of failing to comply with a stop-work order made because of fire risk will

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Crews are replacing the wood bridge supports with steel piles.

A temporary, single-lane detour bridge will keep the road open during the repairs, and that temporary bridge has a load limit of 4,000 kg.

Dennis Reindl, operations manager for O’Brien Road & Bridge Maintenance, said barring any delivery problems, the work should be done by early April.

Reindl also said notices will be posted once the temporary bridge is in place. The bridge is likely to see more traffic now that the commercial clam

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Students give lesson on good citizenry

By Quinn Bender Haida Gwaii Observer A group of proactive students from the Living and Learning School presented council with a proposition in hopes of lessening the need for bylaws governing activities at the Haydn Turner Park area.

Following an increase of youth parties at the campground earlier this year, council is in the midst of community consultations for the Public Places Bylaw, aimed at curbing - Living and Learning youth partying, and the dangers students that have arisen from it.

The Living and Learning students had their say on the matter last week, stating they would be willing to volunteer their time to clean the beach area near the graveyard one Friday per month until the end of the school year.

“Our class would like to provide this service to the community to prove all youth are not trouble makers who contribute to the mess,” they wrote.

“We would like to give back to society and be good citizens. We would like to keep the beach clean because it’s a fun place. We also hope this prevents the need for a bylaw. We would like the freedom to enjoy the beach without a whole bunch of rules.”

In return they asked only that council arrange to pick up the garbage the receiver from the beach.

The area in question falls outside municipal boundaries, but nonetheless Council unanimously accepted the students’ offer of good citizenry, and will arrange for the garbage pick ups.

In addition to the bylaw consultations, the village is also undertaking community dialogue sessions with stakeholders, through which a number of preventative programs targeting alcohol and substance abuse have been identified to potentially bring into island schools.

At the regular school board meeting Feb. 23 Queen Charlotte Mayor Greg Martin asked trustees for their support in bringing such early intervention and prevention programs into all schools. Billy Yovanovich, Chief Councillor for the Skidegate Band Council, spoke in support of the idea, for which the board passed a resolution to seek funding and work to identify the most suitable program.

“We would like to enjoy the beach without a whole bunch of rules.”

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Dr. Peter Ross, a marine toxicologist with the Vancouver Acquarium, talks about ocean contaminants at the Dixon Entrance Marine Museum in Masset on Sunday, March 13. Dr. Ross joined several other presenters at the seventh annual Coast Watch workshop hosted by the Haida Gwaii Marine Stewardship Group in Masset and Skidegate this weekend. Dr. Ross also gathered samples in Haida Gwaii waters for the acquarium’s ocean pollution research program.

RCMP release quarterly reports

By Quinn Bender and Andrew Hudson Haida Gwaii Observer

QUEEN CHARLOTTE The detachment reported a slight drop of 11 calls from the previous quarter.

Of the 204 calls for service between Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, police dealt with several high profile files where charges of domestic assault, dangerous use of a weapon, trafficking in cocaine and assault charges were laid in three unrelated cases, but noted all individuals charged have attended court and are currently in custody.

Traffic remains a priority with the detachment, which issued 66 warning and tickets this past quarter, compared to 87 in the first and 51 in the second.

Over the holidays police completed several roadblocks for drinking and driving and driving licence and insurance checks, issuing three 24-hour roadside suspensions, and four 30-day vehicle impounds and 90-day driving prohibitions.

The police continue to make community outreach a priority with elementary and high school students, assisting and participating in both regular school-related activities and other special events.

Of the 215 calls made to police 77 came from Queen Charlotte, 57 from Skidegate, 25 from Sandspit, 17 for administration and assistance and 28 from all other locations including highway and water.

In terms of offences, nine calls were received regarding liquor, and of those two individuals were charged and placed in cells for their well being, the report read. In four other offences the RCMP located the individuals and simply gave them a ride to their residencies.

A total of four files were created fro drug-related offices. In once case cocaine, methamphetamine, firearms and ammunition were seized. One man was arrested and transported to Prince George Correctional Centre and later released on several conditions, including a “no-go” order for Haida Gwaii.

MASSET A review of annual crime statistics by Masset RCMP shows a focus on repeat thieves is helping to keep property crime at bay.

Officers at the nine-member detachment responded to nearly 1,600 calls in 2015, 306 of which resulted in Criminal Code investigations — a nearly 10 per cent drop from 2014.

Reviewing the numbers, Corporal Peter Dionne noted that in an area of roughly 2,500 people, crime statistics can be easily skewed by a few prolific offenders.

For example, said Dionne, the north end saw a single robbery in 2014, and none at all last year — a decrease of 100 per cent.

An enforcement blitz, such as the distracted-driving crackdown announced across B.C. last week, can also skew the numbers.

But there was one significant trend over the last two years: a few spikes in property crime.

The largest dates to a spree of burglaries in the fall of 2014, which quickly fell after police charged a small group of repeat offenders.

Police saw similar, but smaller risesand-falls in property crimes last year, with one blip in June and another in September.

“These offences were being committed by a very small group of people,” said Dionne.

“When they were identified and

addressed, the offences dropped off.”

Dionne noted that, for the most part, it is very rare for Haida Gwaii to see a true ‘break and enter,’ where windows and doors are damaged to gain access.

“They tend to be crimes of opportunity,” he added, advising home and business owners to lock their doors and otherwise secure their property to deter thieves.

The Masset RCMP, who cover Masset, Old Massett and Port Clements as well as northern coastal and marine areas, recently met with village councillors to review the trends and hear community concerns.

As always, persons offences, such as assault, sexual assault, or threats, are the top police concern.

“Property can be replaced or repaired,” said Dionne.

“Public safety is our primary focus, and other considerations are secondary.”

Besides a dip in overall reported crimes, the Masset RCMP saw another welcome change last year — new officers are now assigned to the detachment for a threeyear rather than a two-year term, as they are in Queen Charlotte.

Besides getting to know the community better, and having more experience when new officers join, the three-year rotation means the Masset detachment will have fewer vacancies, said Sergeant Stephan Drouin.

Four officers who were already at the detachment when the change came in last February were given the option of sticking with their original two-year posting, or increasing it to three. Most decided to take the extra year.

“It speaks positively about the level of morale for our members, and how much they’re enjoying working here,” said Drouin.

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Council Briefs Port Clements | By Stacey Marple

Camp support Port Clements Village Council released a letter on their position regarding the recent logging activities around Mount Moresby Adventure Camp. Councillors say in the letter that they support Mount Moresby Adventure Camp’s efforts to stop the logging in the vicinity of the camp. The Village feels that the value received from logging is not comparable to the value the camp offers in perpetuity for guests and residents of Haida Gwaii, especially the children who use it as part of the school curriculum. The letter also states that the village will be bringing their concerns to the attention of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

The village is also looking for a more robust reporting system that allows people to view logging plans more easily for the next three to five years, ensuring consultations and debates can occur in a timely manner, rather than as a last-minute reaction prior to the commencement of logging.

Playground upgrade Following a failed Gwaii Trust grant application to upgrade the village’s playground equipment, staff asked councillors how they would like to proceed. The village has managed to raise $14,000 for the equipment and was seeking another $14,000 from Gwaii Trust. Councillors felt the upgrade is worth pursuing, and decided to use $14,000 of the village’s own Vibrant Community fund to complete it.

Phone bill Village councillors raised questions last year about how much the village pays for telephone services. The village has 11 separate phone lines, each of which costs $105 per month. Staff found the rate comparable with what the islands’ other two municipalities are paying, and identified potential savings of $15 a month by changing two of the phone plans.

Lease renewed As the lease agreement for the ambulance bay in Port Clements is set to expire in May, Accommodation Management BC has asked that the village put forward a proposal for a five-year renewal. The lease for the medical clinic, also in the same building, was also recently renewed.

Village staff negotiated a 2.5 per cent increase on their lease and felt it was fair to raise the ambulance bay lease by the same amount, which council

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At a ceremony in Old Massett’s Elders Centre, Chief Allan Wilson adopted film producer Charles Wilkinson as his brother last Sunday afternoon. The ceremony included a feast and Haida dancing. Mr. Wilkinson, with his wife Tina Schliessler, produced the acclaimed film: Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World. Pictured left to right are Chief Lonnie Young,(Skidegate), Chief Frank Collinson, Film Producer Charles Wilkinson, Chief Allan Wilson, Chief Kenny Edgars, and Chief Allan Davidson.

Dozens of scientists say LNG report is ‘flawed’

By Andrew Hudson Haida Gwaii Observer Over 130 scientists have signed a letter calling a draft report on the Pacific NorthWest LNG project “scientifically flawed.”

Sent last week to Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the letter questions a draft environmental report that concluded the project proposed for Lelu Island would not severely impact fish in the Skeena River estuary.

The draft report was published Feb. 10 by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA).

Otto Langer, a long-time salmon biologist who signed the letter, said in a release that the CEAA report is “full of speculation and wishful thinking.”

Now retired, Langer is the former chief of habitat assessment for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), and the former director of marine science conservation for the David Suzuki Foundation.

In 1970, Langer assessed a proposed shipping port in the Skeena River estuary, and concluded then that the area was too important a fish habitat for such development.

If built, the current Pacific NorthWest LNG proposal would include a gas liquefaction plant, a storage facility and an on-site power plant on Lelu, a wooded island at the north end of the estuary and about 15 km south of Prince Rupert.

The facility would also include a shipping terminal connected by a 2.7-kilometre trestle bridge leading to deep water off Flora Bank.

Flora Bank is shallow, sandy area off the west shore of Lelu Island with about 40 acres of eelgrass beds — a nearshore habitat for salmon, herring, halibut and other fish, as well as invertebrates such as crab and shrimp.

“We must keep industry out of this area.”

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Langer said he is concerned that the Flora Bank eelgrass won’t survive the pile driving, dredging, light, noise, or possible spills associated with the LNG shipping terminal.

“We must keep industry out of this area,” he said.

In the letter, Langer and other scientists highlight five major issues they see in the CEAA report.

First, the scientists say the CEAA report downplays the unique value of Flora Bank as a nursery habitat for salmon and other fish.

Other issues listed by the scientists include a lack of local data on marine species such as eulachon, a downplaying of research from the Skein Fisheries Commission, a lack of study of cumulative effects, and an over-reliance on mitigation measures.

In a release, CEAA defended its draft report.

“The government of Canada is committed to conducting high-quality, thorough and science-based environmental assessments that are fair, transparent and that take into account the views of Canadians and indigenous

peoples,” the agency said.

Scientists from Fisheries and Oceans Canada advised that with a long-term monitoring program and mitigation measures, there would be “a low potential for significant adverse effects to fish and fish habitat resulting from the presence of the marine terminal.”

That mitigation plan includes using silt and bubble curtains during construction, as well as the planting of new eelgrass beds, as well as reefs and gravel benches for fish.

Given those mitigation measures, the CEAA also concludes the project is “not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects” to fish or fish habitat.

Regarding eulachon, the agency accepted a baseline study submitted

by Pacific NorthWest that found no adult eulachon in the area, adding that a one-year study to identify any larval eulachon is underway.

CEAA also noted that it did not rely on Pacific NorthWest’s own threshold for what constitutes a “significant” harm.

While CEAA is less concerned about potential impacts to fish habitat, the draft report concluded that Pacific NorthWest LNG is likely to harm harbour porpoises and to significantly increase Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions.

If built, the project would be the third-largest single source of GHGs in Canada’s whole oil and gas sector.

A copy of the draft report is available at the CEAA website, and over 10,000 public comments on the report have been received.

After taking the comments into account, a final CEAA report will be delivered to Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate, who will make the final decision on whether the LNG project is likely to cause significant environmental harm.

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March 24, 2011 The Canadian Coast Guard A u x i l i a r y received news that they would be one of the charitable organization that would receive money from donations accepted instead of gifts at the royal wedding. The Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary was one out of the chosen 26 charitable organizations and the only Canadian organization to be chosen to receive money.

March 16, 2006 The schools district’s decision to shuffle around four principals and teachers after approving a eave for Queen Charlotte Secondary principal Elizabeth Condrotte would have a negative effect on hundred of students, Masset parents said. Concerned parents met at a emergency meeting in response to the staff changes, which was said to be disruptive and was poorly communicated.

March 14, 1996 Queen Charlotte RCMP were warning residents that fuel tank valves should be secured with locks, after several fuel thefts were reported over two months.

“A couple have definitely been siphoning jobs,” said Sgt, Kerry Bennington. The thefts all occurred in the west end of Queen Charlotte in the Second and T h i r d Av e n u e areas. None of the reported fuel was properly secured.

March 13, 1986 The Wilderness A d v i s o r y Committee had recommended that most of South Moresby area to be turned into a national park, but that the logging continue on Lylee Island, with the exception of a strip along the west side, and around the ecologically-sensitive Windy Bay area on the island’s east coast. The report was handed over to the Ministry of Environment after several months of study.

Editorial

Teh error in this headline was caused by sleep deprivation Like many islanders, we’re a little groggy this morning. We have been since Monday, and will likely still be for a full week, or longer. Intuitive logic may tell you losing that hour of sleep as we move our clocks forward for daylight savings time isn’t that big a deal. After all, it’s only an hour and it’s just a matter of getting to bed a little earlier on Saturday night. You won’t even feel the difference, right?

Not so, according to a series of studies that link our “spring forward” into daylight savings time with everything from increases in suicides to goofing off at work.

Dr. Colleen Carney, an associate professor and director of the Sleep Deprivation Laboratory at Ryerson University, said losing that hour of sleep is particularly tough on an already sleep-deprived

nation.

“We have clocks (throughout) our body…losing an hour of sleep compounds an already difficult situation for some,” she said.

And Dr. Stanley Coren, professor emeritus of UBC agrees: “Very bad things happen when sleep deprivation is an issue,” he said. He pointed to research that has shown a spike in traffic and workplace accidents in the three days following daylight savings time. Canadian statistics show an increase in accidents of about seven per cent. A sleep-deprived person will engage in what’s called micro-sleeps, periods of about 10 seconds where the brain reverts to sleep mode. Do that while driving a car, and it’s very serious. Moreover, sleep deprivation has been blamed for some of humanity’s greatest disasters, from the Exxon

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Valdez to the Challenger explosion.

The primary goal of Daylight Savings Time is to reduce energy consumption, but there are a number of studies that contradict whether this actually works. And so, a number of movements are underway in many of the roughly 75 participating countries to end this antiquated habit once and for all. In BC a petition on change.org is a few thousands signatures short of reaching its goal of 35,000. Its organizers claim BC’s health and transportation ministers are aware of the petition, and will accept it once they pass 30,000.

The call to end Daylight Savings is nothing new.

And, yes, there are bigger issues we can concern ourselves with, but why put up with anything so contrived as this, when it appears to affect us only negatively?

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Friday Cloudy. High 10 Low 6.

Saturday A mix of sun and cloud with 40 per cent chance of showers. High 9

Sunday Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers.

March Average Temperature 9C Record High: 12.4 C (2005) • Record Low -2.0 (2007)

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“Raspberries!

These two were transplanted from a friend’s garden.”

“I would say herbs.

I’ve got sage, chives, thyme, miny, parsley and cilantro.”

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Grant Lavoie Sewall

“Everything! We get “It depends, there are lots of potatoes, rad- microclimates, but root crops do well ishes, beets, carrots, if you balance your tomatoes, chives, soil.” walking onions — and deer.”

Letters to the Editor Expand climate action program

Many alternatives to pesticides

Dear Editor, 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 10 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.

Dear Editor, Pesticides have been around for 70 years, yet weeds, pests and diseases that attack plants have, if anything, become worse because they have become resistant to all these chemicals, much like the bacterial “super bugs” have become resistant to antibiotics. This means you have to spray more often, using more toxic chemicals every year.

Many pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are responsible for adding extra cause gene mutations or are neuro (brain) toxins.

Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, once touted as safe because it kills bacteria, not humans, has been shown to be anything but. As a killer of bacteria, it is deadly to the bacteria in the soil and in our gut.

Bacteria in the soil keeps it free of pathogens such as e-coli and are necessary for the uptake of minerals into crops.

The bacteria that live in our gut keep us free of pathogens and facilitate uptake of our nutrients.

When you put these chemicals on your lawn, everyone, including pets, neighbors gathered for a barbecue and little children running around are exposing themselves to serious toxins. All it takes are minute amounts to disrupt the delicate balance of the body.

There are many non-toxic alternatives to pesticides and herbicides available and myriads of websites, books and farmers in the community that can teach us about them.

Sincerely, Martin Holzbauer

Sincerely, Jo Phillips

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

Exciting times are ahead for the Queen Charlotte Thrift Shop Society. Its application for a Major Contributions grant was approved earlier this month, which means that after years of planning, the society is about to start work on a major expansion that will make the shop much more accessible, secure, and energy-efficient.

The Thrift Shop is located in one of the oldest buildings in Queen Charlotte, a 1909 schoolhouse that has been moved to its current location on 2nd Avenue, behind the former United Church building. The popular shop has been running since the early 1970s, making donated second-hand items available at low prices.

But as anyone who uses the shop can see, the building is deteriorating and is too small to properly display its goods.

The expansion project will see a 24’ x 26’ addition built onto the existing building, almost doubling the shop’s space. The addition will include a secure drop-off bin, a covered deck, and an enclosed storage space. But that’s not all. The existing heritage building will also be renovated, with a cement foundation, new roof, and new racks and shelves for display. The old and inefficient oil furnace will be taken out and replaced with a heat pump, which should reduce the society’s annual heating bills significantly and can also provide air conditioning on hot summer days. (We know they’re rare but it does happen!) All work will be done by local contractors.

Our directors were very impressed with the Society’s application. It was easy to see that this project meets several of our goals and objectives, including promoting the cultural and economic health of the community, fostering a spirit of cooperation, and making the islands a better place to live through infrastructure improvements. The Thrift Shop was also able to demonstrate that it has lots of community support: it has held successful fundraisers, and submitted several letters of support from groups like Northern Health’s Mental Health and Addictions Services, the Haida Gwaii Society for Community Peace and the Village of Queen Charlotte. In fact, the Society is contributing more than $60,000 of its own savings to help pay for the project, as well as volunteer hours. The Gwaii Trust grant of $166,426 will pay for about 70 percent of the total project cost.

The Thrift Shop Society is a non-profit group run entirely by volunteers, and the shop and its services have been an important part of our community for decades. The shop promotes the recycling of second-hand items and provides a source of affordable clothing, housewares, toys, books, furniture and small appliances. It turns discarded cotton into rags for resale, and has donated bedding and pet items to the local SPCA. The society covers all its operational expenses through sales of second-hand items, and also manages to donate to other community groups like the Mental Health program, the Teen Centre, food banks and Hospital Day. The expansion will allow it to offer even more items for sale, increasing its revenues and creating an attractive and accessible space for volunteers and shoppers. Congratulations to the Thrift Shop as it embarks on this exciting new project!

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

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A worker near Lawn Hill Road hauls the bright green and orange conduit with a cable of 96 fibre-optic strands inside. Behind him, a drill crew was preparing to route the line below a road crossing and nearby Haida archaeological site.

Haida Gwaii Internet grows some backbone

By Andrew Hudson Haida Gwaii Observer

After years of work by the GwaiiTel Society, a $10-million upgrade is underway to bring islanders faster, more reliable, more widely available Internet.

It’s an epic task.

For one thing, until the islands can tap into a marine cable — a hugely expensive job that starts with renting a submarine — every cat video, email, money transfer or Facebook ‘like’ that isn’t sent here by satellite has to zip 124.83 km over the Hecate Strait.

All that data is beamed precisely between a microwave radio tower on Mount Hayes and another above Old Massett.

“It’s got to go from dish to dish,” says Mark Halwa, project manager for the GwaiiTel upgrade.

“That’s a pretty small target over 125 kilometres.”

So far as Halwa knows, it’s the longest microwave shot in North America.

That wireless link remains the biggest bottleneck for the islands’ network, but the GwaiiTel upgrade is making it much less of a squeeze.

Thanks to a second set of radios, the amour of data travelling over the Hecate will double, going from 366 to 722 megabits per second.

And that’s the easy part.

Anyone driving the Graham Island highway these days can see what a challenge it is to install the backbone of the on-island network — a new fibre-optic line that stretches 114 km from Masset to Skidegate, with a connecting branch to the end of the paved section of Tow Hill Road.

Equipped with a micro-blade plow and a directional drill, crews have to be extremely careful as they go, drilling well below rivers, streams and Haida archae-

“People think it’s a new technology, but it really isn’t.”

- Dylan Griffiths

ological sites.

And inside each spool of green or orange conduit is a cable with 96 strands of fibre-optic glass inside.

It’s a big change. Until the new backbone lights up, likely in May, GwaiiTel’s only fibre-optic lines are the much shorter, 12-strand links connecting Queen Charlotte to Skidegate and Masset to Old Massett (Another set of microwave radios keeps Sandspit in the loop).

Haida Gwaii has two Internet service providers, or ISPs, who will get to access the new fibre-optic backbone and begin connecting individual homes and businesses to it.

“Really, all you need are two of the fibres in there to light up your whole island,” said Dylan Griffiths, president of DSG Communications, which is carrying out the work as part of Lite Access Technologies.

“There are only four lighting up all of Vancouver.”

Having a 96-strand backbone will help ‘future-proof’ the system — leaving plenty of dark fibre to light up.

Also, a few major customers might pay for a dedicated line of their own.

But with so many scattered locations, especially mid-island where access is weakest today, it takes planning to avoid using up even 96 strands as the network branches.

Griffiths recently gave a tour to several GwaiiTel directors and the Observer to show how the upgrade is going.

“We’ve been using this product for 30 years, believe it or not,” he said at the outset.

“People think it’s new technology, but it really isn’t.”

Born in Wales, Griffiths spliced copper phone lines for his father, who he followed into a decades-long career at British Telecom before he and his brothers struck out on their own.

Griffiths has installed fibre-optics in London, England and across the West Kootenays, but he has never had a job quite like the one on Haida Gwaii.

In big cities, the task is usually to pull copper out of existing conduit and replace it with fibre-optics.

What Griffiths does differently is “micro-trenching,” which means digging an unusually narrow channel and using thinner conduit, all to lessen the disturbance when new lines are needed. His company is among the first to lay fibre-optic lines right inside city streets.

Micro-trenching is also proving useful here on Haida Gwaii.

Standard lines trap so much air that they slowly float to the surface wherever there is a high water table, Griffiths said, which it is on all but 20 km of the Masset to Skidegate route.

And as any gardener knows, earth tends to close naturally over a narrower trench.

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INTERNET from Page 8 By late February, Griffith’s crew had buried just over half the main line, and laser-tested 40 km.

“It’s all testing perfectly,” he said.

Stepping into a work trailer south of Masset, Griffiths showed one thing installers have to avoid.

“Watch this now,” he said, bending a short strand of fibre-optic glass in his fingers.

At the open end, the red laser light went dim.

“That’s a big loss,” he said, noting that the light should still be visible 7 or 8 km down the line, and is usually strong enough to carry data for 50 or 60 km.

Because it’s impossible to build or ship a single 114-km roll of fibre-optic cable, and because the main line needs several access boxes along the way, Griffith’s crew has to build the main line by splicing several sections together.

At each splice, all 96 glass fibres have to be perfectly fused.

Surprisingly, Griffiths said that’s not where signal losses happen — the biggest risk of signal loss comes from how the fibres are curved in each splice case.

Just across the Chown River bridge, Griffiths caught up with his son Cai, who was splicing together glass fibres and tucking them into one of those cases.

Each time Cai welded the glass ends together, his fusing machine measured the likely signal loss — on one strand it was just 0.01 per cent.

Working with such fine materials makes it easy to pinpoint problems down the line.

“On 114 kilometres, I can find

A division of

“It’s a unique place to do this” - Dylan Griffiths

a fault to about 10 millimetres,” said Griffiths.

Farther south, close to Lawn Hill, Griffiths checked on the drilling crew, who were just then routing conduit about three metres deep for a distance of 300 metres in order to clear a Haida archaeological site.

Owen Jones was there on behalf of the Haida Nation to monitor the work and alert the crew to other protected sites or plants along the way, a job he said was going well so far.

Along with those sites and watercourses, the drilling crew has had to negotiate tree roots, solid rock, and buried timbers leftover from the old plank road between Tlell and Port Clements.

In a few wet spots, his plow crew had to float planks just to keep the machine moving.

A short video Griffiths put together of the work so far has a booming orchestral backing track — think fibre-optic installers working in a Haida Gwaii downpour, all to Ride of the Valkyries.But Griffiths was cheerful about the challenge.

“It’s a unique place to do this,” he said, smiling.

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Dylan Griffiths, president of DSG Communications, shows how the laser light at the open end of a fibre-optic line dims when the line is bent too much.

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A worker on a directional drill signals to a colleague using an above-ground locator to track it.

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Haida Gwaii’s one-of-a-kind educational experience

Every year university exchange students come to Haida Gwaii for a one-of-a-kind educational experience. This, many islanders know. But what are the lessons they’re learning, and who are the students learning from? The Observer takes a closer look.

By Andrew Hudson On a bright Thursday morning at the Kay Centre, semester students Danika Hammond and Connor Cepella were in a class called Diversifying ResourceDependent Communities.

Down the hall, the Council of the Haida Nation happened to be hosting its Winter Sessions, setting the agenda for the new year.

It’s no coincidence that one of the big lessons taught in Hammond and Cepella’s class that morning was about how today’s community leaders help small places thrive.

“It’s not a question of who has coal or lumber or fish — it used to be, we used to speak of ‘comparative advantage’ in only those

terms,” says David Douglas, a professor of rural planning and development who was teaching the students’ class.

“Increasingly, we’re seeing that it’s ‘This community’s got the vision, got the leadership, got the champions.’”

Douglas’ class is one of five natural resource studies courses the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society is offering to visiting third-year university students this winter.

But speaking with Hammond and Cepella, it seems they learn as much or more outside the classroom.

“A huge part of the value of this program is living somewhere remote and new,” said Cepella, who came to Haida Gwaii from Halifax, where he studies sustainability and environmental science at Dalhousie University.

At 20, Cepella has spent time in small northern Ontario and Arctic towns as a tree planter and canoe guide, but this winter marks the Ottawa-born student’s first chance to really connect with people in a small place.

“I’ve had that rural experience, but it’s mostly been romanticized and I wasn’t really immersed in the community,” he said.

A day before they spoke with the Observer, Cepella and

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A truly unique Haida Gwaii style of education SCHOOL from Page 11 They meet several local guest speakers in their classes, some of which are taught by local instructors such as Chief Satsan (Herb George).

At home, thanks to their landlady in Skidegate, the two are nearly done weaving their first cedar baskets.

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Hammond has joined a ‘Ukul-ladies’ music group (Cepella wants to start the ‘Ukul-laddies’), and both made it up to Masset to take in this year’s Valentino Cabaret (“A pretty crazy event,” says Hammond).

Compared with her life at UBC — a campus of 60,000 students that feels like a small city full of young people — Hammond said she is struck by how easy it is on Haida Gwaii to connect with people older or younger than her.

It’s one of the reasons Hammond hopes to find a career that will return her to a place like New Denver/Silverton — the twin West Kootenay towns on Slocan Lake where she grew up.

Haida Gwaii, where she actually lived for a year at age seven, is the first place besides the Kootenays where she can imagine her future.

In class, Hammond said she learns a lot about the economic struggles faced by small places like Haida Gwaii — resource dependence, lack of services, an ageing population and youth who move away.

But there is a flip side, too.

“When I’m in a small town, all I see is the strength that comes from it — organizing strength and how committed, how involved people are.”

Asked what makes Haida Gwaii stand out from other small B.C. communities, Hammond was quick to answer.

“The Haida,” she said. “I think in other communities I’ve been in, the First Nations presence is just not as strong.”

“There’s so much more cross-cultural sharing, more respect and willingness here,” she said.

Part of that shows in the formal links Hammond and Cepella learned about in Chief Satsan’s class on First Nations governance — things like the Gwaii Haanas agreement, or the Kunst’aa guu–Kunst’aayah protocol — but it also shows in day-to-day life.

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“The future in what we call the Canadian federation is changing,” he said, speaking of the many successes achieved here by island communities and the Council of the Haida Nation.

Now in his third year of teaching courses for the Haida Gwaii Semester in Natural Resource Studies, Douglas said despite its size, Haida Gwaii is increasingly looked to as a role model.

“It’s not well known,” he said. “But through conferences, through newsletters and websites and so on, it is increasingly being known.”

“I’m hoping that Haida Gwaii itself will be increasingly involved in international conversations about development.”

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Have we come a long way? women?

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by Evelyn von Almassy cents on the dollar compared with men.

I was shocked because for so long, it was 69 cents. That is only 3 cents more recently took an online quiz about than it what it was for about 30 years. identifying the most iconic women Women are often still seen as objects. in history. You can probably still Take a look at any Victoria’s Secret ad find it if you Google the words. or fashion show. Yet if a woman dares I received 15 out of 15, and was little von to breastfeed byaEvelyn Almassy in public, there is often surprised that I aced the quiz, as I have outrage. never taken a women’s studies course, Why should women have to cover or a women’s history course. up when they wish to feed their child?

What I have done is read many books, What is inappropriate about that? Kids and kept up with current events, and have to eat. of course there are photos, and shows That is normal. What is not normal about famous people. is the obsession with women’s breasts.

After I completed the quiz, I received No one appears to be obsessed by the the message: “You’re a true feminist breasts of men, as far as I know. who understands the meaning of girl Progress is sometimes slow in our power.” society. I was surprised to hear that Ms. That may or may not be true, but it Melanie Mark was the first First Nations made me think, as we recently cele- woman to be elected to the provincial brated International Women’s Day on legislature.

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who won by-elections in February. (Ms. Carole James of the NDP is Metis.)

Ms. Mark’s heritage is Nisga’a, Gitxsan, Cree and Scottish. Women won the right to vote and run for office in B.C. in 1917, and since that time 102 women have been in the provincial legislature.

Laura Sample, of Sandspit, posted a beautiful shot of a Kermode, or Spirit bear, on Facebook that she entered into the BC Ferries West Coast Wildlife photo contest. Laura took the photo in the Great Bear Rainforest on the mainland, and she has been honing her photography skills for years.

Cohen Isberg and his mom Waneeta Richardson of Skidegate were at the Vancouver Outdoor Adventure Travel Trade Show, partnering with the Misty Isles Economic Development Society and Gwaii Haanas to represent Haida Gwaii.

It was great to see Cohen. I wasn’t in the big smoke, but saw a wonderful photo of both of them. Cohen is a young man now.

The big date to put on your calendar (besides the Seniors’ Winter games, now running more than fifty years, in Old Massett on April 19), is July 16.

Yes, that is the date for this year’s Totem to Totem race, from the Haida Heritage Centre to St. Mary’s Spring.

This increasingly popular marathon is a qualifier for the Boston marathon.

I did the shorter walk last year, and if I ever resume my training with my neighbour Eliza, I may even try to run (very slowly) the 10k part of the event.

Have a great Easter, with Palm Sunday this Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter Monday after that.

For the students and school staff, spring break is happening as well, so everyone enjoy your vacation whether you are staying home or going off island.

In less than two weeks, it will be April. Time really does go faster the older you get.

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A wonderful start to a productive year best yet with produce, crafts, baking, seeds, bedding plants and garden supplies (there were even containers of earthworms) for sale from all over the islands. The vendors tell me that they did well and there was a steady stream of happy customers. A full

by Elizabeth Condrotte table of free seeds and plants for exchanging took up the center of the hall and there were more than ever before. Ten new members signed up to join the The AGMs which were held in February have Institute. Everyone there enjoyed the lunch provided elected a number of Tlellians to various positions. by the Port Clements grade 7 class to raise money Peter Vogen is now the secretary of the Port/Tlell for their grad trip.

Seniors. Ralph Leach has traded his presidency of This was a wonderful start to what should prove the Graham Island East Coast farmers Institute for to be a very productive year for local food. The the vice presidency, Marylynn Hunt is treasurer, Mennonite families’ displays were an inspirational while Tammy Abbot, Dan Abbot, Veronika byHiglister, Elizabethexample Condrotte of what can be grown here. They even had Stevie-Lyn DeGroot and I volunteered as directors. frozen strawberries and blueberries from their last Adolf Bitterlich was acclaimed as an auditor and the summer’s crops. other auditor is Dominic Legault from Masset. The Jason Shafto’s mother, Margaret has moved away new president is Doug Louis from Queen Charlotte, to take care of her own mother. She will be missed. while his wife Linda continues as secretary. The Jason himself was away for a vacation trip in the AGM considered a name change for the institute and States but has returned. Dutes has also come back formed a committee to bring forth recommendations from his trip there with new treasures for the Crystal for a new one. If you have any ideas, let me know Cabin. The Crows Nest has reopened since Jason as I’m on the committee.

Fox, Anne Barnes and their family have all returned One of the major events sponsored by the Farmers from Mexico. The store has been reconfigured and institute is Sara’s Seedy Saturday, which was held the coffee, sweets and savories are still available in the Port Clements hall on March 12. It was the for snacks. The brunch crowd has followed Andre

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to TheYakoun in Port along with the open Mic’s and dinners. I was there last Sunday for brunch with Mike and Kim and joined the birthday breakfast for Manzanita. Different ambience, same delicious fare.

Scout is back from the Yukon. She visited Riverworks where she worked last summer. There was a joyful reunion with Percy the farm dog but she is moving to Queen Charlotte and looking for a puppy of her own.

Miranda has taken over the farming for this season.

Wendy has returned to a renovated house and will resume instructing Tai Chi at the regular time.

March Madness is progressing with the annual cutting one end off the day and attaching it to the other end to make it longer, aka Daylight Savings. The school district budget meetings were held in all communities this past week encompassing Pi Day, the Ides of March and ending on St Patricks Day, when Spring Break started. Easter falls during the break so back to school on the day after Easter Monday. If you think there was a short spring break this year, contact the school board to have some input on next year’s calendar.

The March lion and lamb continue to battle it out with ferry-stopping windstorms and beautiful sunny days bringing the earliest spring ever. My lawn needs mowing, in March! By the time you read this I hope to have kid goats to join all the Tlellian lambs and calves already here. That would be March happiness.

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Spanokopita A La Haida Gwaii Cooking on the Rising Tide

by Kris Leach

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promised a friend that I would deliver a recipe concerning the remaining berries left in the freezer from last summer....but my yearning for fresh greens right now will have to take precedence this week. For those of you lucky to still have berries in your freezer, use them straight out of the freezer with your oatmeal in the morning, make some jam, or let them thaw, adding a little bit of sweetener using them for pancakes or a plain white cake (angel food is nice) with whipped cream. How about a Pavlova?

Meringue and frozen thawed berries is decadent, different, and delightful!

Stewed Rhubarb with a touch of cream added when serving helps mellow out the tartness of the rhubarb without overdoing it with the sugar.

These are nice things to have on your table on the blustery days of February.... but my body and soul are craving fresh greens right now. This is the time of year to begin harvesting local wild greens. The chickweed is already starting to flower which makes it not quite as desirable because of the seeds, but is still a tasty free green which is prolific in my garden.

Also the dandelion greens, nettles and the sour grass are up and ready for picking. I have written about wild harvesting before, and if you keep an open mind, and are mindful of washing the sand and salt off your food before you use it, these wild offerings are available for all of us to use even when the ferry doesn’t arrive with our fresh spinach aboard!

Even better, they are healthier because they are fresher (read more nutrients) just picked, and they are free. If you have a friend who has a garden, they would be delighted to have you pick any of their “extra” weeds, and nettles if you don’t already have a favorite patch to pick your own, and are sometimes available at the farmers markets. When picking wild greens, try to find an area away from highway traffic, as the roadside tends to

be dusty and laden with chemicals from vehicles and salt.

Spanakopita a la Haida Gwaii 2c. Feta cheese, crumbled 5 eggs 2 T. flour 2 c. cottage cheese 1 tsp. oregano 1 tsp. basil Salt and pepper to taste 4 cups fresh wild greens (dandelion, stinging nettles, chickweed, sour grass) 1c. fresh spinach, chard or kale 1 onion, chopped 6 garlic cloves chopped 3 T. butter 1 box Phyllo pastry, thawed 1 c. butter (or a mixture of butter and olive oil) melted Begin by thoroughly washing the greens, stemming and chopping then sautéing over medium heat for about five minutes until everything is nicely wilted. I don’t add any extra water, as

there is enough juice in the greens to keep from sticking to the pan. Add to the greens the feta, eggs, flour, cottage cheese and spices, set aside. Saute the garlic and onion in 1 T. butter until soft, add to feta and greens and mix well.

Assembling the pie you can use a buttered 9x13 pan, placing a Phyllo leaf in the pan brushing generously with the melted butter or butter olive oil combo until you have 8 layers.

Spread with half the filling. Continue with another stack of 8 layers, spread on the other half of the filling. Place the remaining Phyllo in buttered layers. Bake uncovered at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or until golden.

I also like to make Spanakopita triangles, they are a bit more work, but are really nice for appetizers. Begin by cutting the entire stack of Phyllo layers in 3 strips lengthwise (they’ll be approximately 3inches wide by S11 inches long). Cover the other

two stacks with a damp towel so they don’t dry out while you’re working with the first stack of strips. Brush one strip with melted butter down the entire length. Place a Tbsp. of filling at the bottom of the first strip then fold into a triangular shape,(like folding a flag) placing the completed Spanakopita triangles onto a baking sheet. Continue shaping until all of the filling and Phyllo is used up. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 20 – 25 minutes.

These can be frozen unbaked for later use by layering them between sheets of parchment or waxed paper and wrapped well before placing in the freezer. To bake, place frozen in a single layer at 350 degrees and add about 10 minutes longer to the baking time.

And there you have it...when the frost burns off this morning I’ll be heading out to shop local; as in heads down, bums up picking for my dinner!

Spring cleaning on your mind? Hire a student!

Odds ‘n’ Sods

by Elaine Nyeholt

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pring time is clean-up time. Clean the house and gutters, clean the yard and ditches—oh yeah, and the greenhouse too. Perhaps it’s time to take down that old dog house, or shed and clean away the debris! So, the Landfill hours are

useful to be know: - Monday to Friday 11am-3pm & - The first Saturday of the month 11am - 3pm.

There are students around who are willing to do yard work during spring break, if you watch for posters around town you will get their info.

The closing of the Credit Unions on Saturdays is seriously inconvenient to the working people who live outside of the major communities. As of March 21st the Credit Unions will be open on Mondays (which is not useful to working people) and closed on Saturdays. How is an 8-5’r supposed to get any banking done.

We understand that there are many things that

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can be processed on-line, but with NO ATM and no service on Saturdays, or Statuary holidays, what is the benefit to banking on-Island? The Mission Statement of the Credit Union ‘used to’ say that their purpose is to provide service to the members… they must have changed it. Okay, I am ranting again.

Sorry, a little bit. The staff are happy, but that’s all.

There will be a Village Council Meeting on Monday the 21st at 7pm.

Another Canadian Firearms Safety Course will begin on March 21st. This course is needed to buy or handle any firearms in B.C. Phone Ron Haralson to register - 250 557-4255.

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Keeping the Willows Golf Course alive Sandspit’s Shingle

by Gaetano Sit back and watch the grass grow— not on our watch!

This was the plea last November that resounded loud and clear in our small community (and island wide) via word-of -mouth, fliers and bulletins: save the Willows!

Under a lease agreement with an island individual set to expire December 31, the future of the Willows Golf Course was uncertain for 2016. With no ‘off-island/off-shore buyers’ waiting to tee off, the rumour was the course was destined to revert back to a sheep farm, or a dairy farm, or even a potato farm!

Yep, a potato farm.

The empty paddock with its mobile trailers and junk equipment across from the golf course was once row upon row of russet potatoes, stretching from the boundary of the Sandspit Airfield down to as far as the No. 3 hole and the Coast Guard Towers. Those organic spuds served up at the tea table and local markets survived roaming deer because of their toxic leaves but did not survive progress. Willows was born.

On November 3 we saw approximately 30 community members rally at a ‘13th hour town hall’ meeting

under the guidance of MIMC to find out, firstly, what the potential loss of the Willows would mean to our small logging community who, like every other small single-resource community in British Columbia, has suffered high rates of attrition.

And secondly, we wanted to find out if there were enough community members in our small town willing to commit volunteering to yet another group. Do we as a community value Willows and its infrastructure enough to incorporate it into our community infrastructure?

Can we as a community alone afford to keep the Willows open? Should we call upon Haida Gwaii to join together and support our juniors, our teenagers, our golden agers and of course our mainstream golfers through programs both on the course and in the schools?

This is not only for the love of game, but for the love of health, fitness and all other recreational, economic possibilities open to us.

Yes, we should and we are! How do we do this? Volunteer, get our hands dirty, ask for support from local and off-island organizations, apply for funding available on and off island and share with and support the many groups that have sprouted up with similar goals!

At its February meetings Moresby Island Management Committee (MIMC) presented the Vibrant Haida Gwaii Communities Initiatives, a program established for the purpose of provid-

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School is out for Spring Break and Easter from March 18th-28th. Watch out for children biking, roller blading or just being children...even more diligently please, during this period.

The Annual Rec Commission Easter Egg Activities and Hunt is on at the Community Park on March 26th from 10:30am to 11:30am. The Teen Youth group, sponsored by Conch and Ryan are eager to flesh out this Easter Celebration, so we will see what they come up with for fun.

‘It’s a Spring Thing’ is the name of the Flea Market at the Port Clements Community Hall, on Saturday, March 26th from 11am-4pm. The Grade 7 Class is fund raising with the lunch counter, and will appreciate your support. Tables are to be booked

by March 22nd.

The Gwaii Tel AGM on Saturday the 26th of March in the Council Chambers, from 6pm-9, will help if you are wondering what’s going on there.

The Book Club meets for literary discussion on the 28th

of March from 7-9pm in the Sr. Room. This is a lively group of readers to join in with.

There is a Movie Night for the youngsters on April 1st at 7pm. The name of the movie is “Hotel Transylvania 2”, watch for the posters around town.

The children always know what is playing, and at least one child usually will tell us what is going to happen during the movie! I often ponder- why is it that they remember TV and Movies so well, but they cannot find their coat?

Old Massett is hosting the S e n i o r s A l l - I s l a n d - Wi n t e rGames, in the gym, on April 9th.

They are requesting a donation to the Food Bank for our registration, which strikes me as a great idea. We all have a little we can share! Games and Lunch will be from 9 until 2pm and the Loonie Auction and Awards will be from 2-4pm. More help is needed, please call Chris (250626-7517). You do not have to be a Senior Citizens Group member to attend, you only need to be 50 years old!

A Happy Birthday goes out to Ann Mintenko in April.

I wish you all a Happy Easter.

We will be back refreshed and

ing Gwaii Trust Funds to community projects that support the creation, development, maintenance and support of necessary community infrastructure as determined by each individual community on Haida Gwaii. The Gwaii Trust defines “infrastructure” as: The basic physical systems of a community. Clean water, sewers, transportation, communication, waste management, recreation facilities and community safety initiatives; in essence all systems that are vital to a community’s economic development and prosperity.

Updates on the newly-formed Sandspit Golf Course Society has seen its board members hard at work, along with the enthusiasm of all gofers over the past three months getting the golf course back into shape. If you are one of those diehards, there are new score cards in the honesty box at the entrance along with a notice of golfing fees—we thank those who have braved wind and rain to golf, leaving their fees inside the honest box.

Greens fee memberships and day passes can be purchased at Supervalu. Keep golf alive and the course open. Sunday April 10 sees the first scheduled tournament at the Willows. This tournament is one of 12 planned for the 2016 Second Anniversary of the Haida Gwaii Golf Tour. The Sandspit Golf Course Society welcomes the donation of 400 litres of fuel for each tour date from Fast Fuels.

According to last year’s organizer the

greatest thing that happened with the 2015 tour was that the organisers were able to get golfers from the north to play at the Willows. There were golfers that had played for years at their own courses and had never golfed at the other until this tour. This year will see the junior division play free of charge, thus getting our youth out in the fresh ocean air with the potential of becoming one of Canada’s great golfers of the future!

Plans are underway to have training sessions before each tour event, if you would like to hold your own company golf tournaments as weekends are filling fast. Send your details to the Sandspit Golf Course Society email: golf@haidagwaii.ca.

Is it true about global warming? Will the winds and rain ever quit! Many stranded ferry passengers here and in Rupert were not happy being kept prisoner because of gusting winds —great for the local Rupert economy but not great for the prisoners’ pocket books!

Long faces and tearful kids are not the norm at ALM Elementary Sandspit but was the case for the remaining kids of the ALM School who had planned a ski trip to Smithers and Shames in Terrace last week. The winds huffed and puffed and kept that ferry docked in Rupert. Only the seventh graders made it across the Hecate – the lucky few enjoyed the both ski hills immensely.

Funding from this edition to be donated to Sandspit Salmon Enhancement Society.

Power outage notice: planned maintenance Queen Charlotte City

We need to switch off power in your area for about three hours while we conduct system maintenance. To keep our crews and the public safe, power must be switched off while we complete this important work.

Where:

All of Queen Charlotte City - Skidgate to Tlell, including Alliford Bay. This includes all side roads between these locations.

When:

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Time:

6 a.m. to 9 a.m.

To protect your equipment from damage during the outage, please turn off all lights, electrical heaters, major appliances and unplug all electronics. We’ll restore power as soon as we can.

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Oct. 9, itors Drop in dodge ball, 8 Tues. p.m., and 1 a.m., the BC Ferries crewWed. is not • Canadian citizen; and Trevor Jarvis, Chief Election Officer onto the islands.

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INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by like a yo-yo allby month.

Weather sys•• FURTHER not disqualified by any other enactment from voting in an election ortoday otherwise disquali Yoga Art Coast Guard has agreed transport emerThurs., 7 pm, 637-5463.

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Jo-Ann Brown, Deputy Chief Election Officer • the Bering Strait and into the huge with the written consent ofresident the majority of theand owners, register aSat. non-resident property 5, 3 p.m. rm your coming events for ele is considered a “life death situaMasset 7:00-9:00 Thurs.

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Darin Guenette said the Kwuna crew will at Univer Gwaii Emergency preparedness, Wed. Oct Oct. 7, Wed. Oct. 8.

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Memorial for Kurt Carey, Sat. Sept ••pm; resident British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained byacontacting: with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as non-resident property ele 557-4336 26, Election Comm. hall.

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Canad ing a the same day as the local government FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained bydrellis@qcislands.net contacting: sites 28,Emergency Comm. hall.

Doors 6:45 pm, perDjwa , Legion, Sat. Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. preparedness, Wed. Oct first o Oct. 7, Wed. Oct. 8.

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SKEENA-QUEEN CHARLOTTE REGIONAL DISTRICT NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS Proposed Municipal Name Change to the North Coast Regional District NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, pursuant to Part 2 Division 6 of the Local Government Act, the Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District proposes to request that the Minister responsible recommend to the Lieutenant Governor in Council a municipal name change from the SkeenaQueen Charlotte Regional District to the “North Coast Regional District”.

The purpose of the proposed municipal name change is to better align the Regional District’s name to its geography.

Further information on this matter can be viewed at the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District office, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, at 14-342 3rd Avenue West, Prince Rupert, BC, or on the website at www.sqcrd.ca.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, pursuant to the Local Government Act and the Community Charter, the Board of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District may request the MinisterLegal responsible to recommend a name change if, after the deadline, elector response forms are Legal Legal Legal certified by the Corporate Officer as having been signed by less than 10% of the eligible electors Legal Noticesof the regional Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices in the boundary district which is the whole of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District. If, after the deadline, elector response forms are certified by the Corporate Officer as having SKEENA-QUEEN CHARLOTTE REGIONAL DISTRICT been signed by at least 10% of the eligible electors in the Regional District (calculated to be 1,226), NOTICE OF request ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL the Board may not proceed with the for a municipal namePROCESS change and may not proceed with the process unless the matter receives assent of North the electors a voting District proceeding.

Proposed Municipal Name Change to the Coastin Regional NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, pursuant to Part 2 Division 6 of the Local Government Act, Elector Response Forms the Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District proposes to request that the Minister responsible The response of the electors must be in the form established by the Skeena-Queen Charlotte recommend to the Lieutenant Governor in Council a municipal name change from the SkeenaRegional District.Regional Forms are available at the Regional office (14-342 3rd Avenue West, Prince Queen Charlotte District to the “North CoastDistrict Regional District”.

Rupert).

Blank forms can be municipal mailed, faxed, e-mailed, upon request.

An accurate copy name of the The purpose of the proposed name or change is to better align the Regional District’s to its geography. elector response form may be utilized, provided that it is made of the form prior to any electors

Further onthat thisonly matter can response be viewed at the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District signing information such form, so elector forms with original signatures are submitted.

For an office, a.m. to p.m. Monday Friday, Statutory Holidays, at 14-342 3rd Avenue elector8:30 response to 4:30 be accepted it musttomeet the except following conditions: West, Prince Rupert, BC, or on the website at www.sqcrd.ca.

• only eligible electors of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District are entitled to sign an

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, pursuant to the Local Government Act and the elector response form; Community Charter, the Board of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District may request the • theresponsible full name oftothe elector must be stated; Minister recommend a name change if, after the deadline, elector response forms are certified the Corporate Officer havingmust been • theby residential address of theaselector besigned stated;by less than 10% of the eligible electors in the the regional district response which is the whole of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional • boundary the electorofmust sign the elector form; District. If, after the deadline, elector response forms are certified by the Corporate Officer as having • if applicable, the address of the property in relation to which the person is entitled to vote as a been signed by at least 10% of the eligible electors in the Regional District (calculated to be 1,226), non-resident must be stated; and, the Board may notproperty proceedelector with the request for a municipal name change and may not proceed with the process unless the matter receives assent of theto electors in a voting proceeding.

• the elector response form must be submitted the Corporate Officer before the deadline.

Elector Response Formsin person or by mail to be received by the Corporate Officer at the SkeenaForms may be submitted The response of Regional the electors must be located in the form established by the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Queen Charlotte District office at 14-342 3rd Avenue West, Prince Rupert, BC V8J Regional District. Forms are available at the Regional District office (14-342 3rd Avenue West, Prince 1L5 NO LATER THAN 4:30 P.M. ON Friday, April 29, 2016.

Elector response forms must be in the the Rupert). Blank forms can be mailed, faxed, or e-mailed, upon request. An accurate copy of possession of theform Corporate Officer by this time, that as postmarks NOT beprior accepted aselectors date of elector response may be utilized, provided it is madeWILL of the form to any signing such FORMS form, so MAY that only response forms with original signatures are submitted. For an submission.

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BY FAX. elector response to be accepted it must meet the following conditions: • only eligible electors of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District are entitled to sign an Eligible Elector elector elector response An eligible for form; the purpose of this Alternative Approval Process is a resident who meets the • the full name of the elector must be stated; following criteria: • the residential address of the elector must be stated; is age eighteen older; •• the elector mustor sign the elector response form; •• ifisapplicable, address of the property in relation to which the person is entitled to vote as a a Canadianthe citizen; non-resident property elector must be stated; and, • has been a resident of British Columbia for at least six months; • the elector response form must be submitted to the Corporate Officer before the deadline.

• has a residentinofperson the Regional District at leastby thirty days; and, Officer at the SkeenaForms maybeen be submitted or by mail to befor received the Corporate Queen Regional District office located 14-342 3rd Act Avenue West, Prince • isCharlotte not disqualified from voting by the Localat Government or any other act. Rupert, BC V8J 1L5 NO LATER property THAN 4:30 P.M.who ON meets Friday,the April 29, 2016.

Elector response forms must be in the A non-resident elector following criteria is also an eligible elector: possession of the Corporate Officer by this time, as postmarks WILL NOT be accepted as date of • is not entitled to register as a resident elector for the Regional District; submission. FORMS MAY NOT BE RETURNED BY FAX.

• is age eighteen or older;

Eligible Elector • is a Canadian An eligible elector forcitizen; the purpose of this Alternative Approval Process is a resident who meets the following • hascriteria: been a resident of British Columbia for at least six months; •• is age eighteen or older; has been a registered owner of the real property within the Regional District for at least thirty • is a Canadian citizen; days; and, • has been a resident of British Columbia for at least six months; is not disqualified from voting by theDistrict Local Government Act or any and, other act.

•• has been a resident of the Regional for at least thirty days; • is not disqualified from voting the Localname Government Act or any otherIn act.

Note: Corporations or land held in aby corporate are not entitled to vote. the case of multiple A non-resident property who (with meets the following is also eligiblemay elector: owners of a parcel, only elector one person the consent of criteria the majority ofan owners) vote as a non• is not entitled to register as a resident elector for the Regional District; resident property elector.

• is age eighteen or older; • is a Canadian citizen; What is an Alternative Approval Process?

• has been a resident of British Columbia for at least six months; On January 1st,a2004 the Community Charter came intowithin forcethe andRegional prescribes two methods bythirty which • has been registered owner of the real property District for at least days; and, a local government may seek approval of the electors. These are Assent of the Electors (which is • is not from voting by the Local Government Act a orBoard any other act. approval by disqualified voting) or Alternative Approval Process which allows to proceed with an action Note: Corporations or land held in a corporate name are not entitled to vote. In the case of multiple unless at least 10% of the electors state their opposition within a prescribed period.

In as thisa case, owners of a parcel, only one person (with the consent of the majority of owners) may vote nonthe Board has opted for the latter process. If at least 10% of the electors state their opposition to resident property elector.

the proposed action, theApproval matter requires the Assent of the Electors if the Board wishes to proceed.

What is an Alternative Process?

On 1st, 2004 the Community Charter into forceCharter and prescribes which TheJanuary Alternative Approval Process under thecame Community replacestwo themethods CounterbyPetition a local government may seek approval ofAct thethat electors. are been Assent of thewith.

Electors (which is Opportunity under the Local Government some These may have familiar approval by voting) or Alternative Approval Process which allows a Board to proceed with an action unless at least 10% of the their opposition prescribed period.Officer In this at case, More information may be electors obtainedstate by contacting Danielwithin Fish, aDeputy Corporate the the Board has opted for the latter process. If at least 10% of the electors state their opposition to Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District office at 14-342 3rd Avenue West, Prince Rupert, BC or the proposed action, the matter requires the Assent of the Electors if the Board wishes to proceed. by telephone at 250-624-2002.

The Alternative Approval Process under the Community Charter replaces the Counter Petition Opportunity under the Local Government Act that some may have been familiar with.

Daniel Fish, Deputy Corporate Officer More information may be obtained by contacting Daniel Fish, Deputy Corporate Officer at the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District office at 14-342 3rd Avenue West, Prince Rupert, BC or by telephone at 250-624-2002.

Daniel Fish, Deputy Corporate Officer

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