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Former Rupert residents escape Fort McMurray wildfire BY SHANNON LOUGH PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
Homes and buildings were ablaze on both sides of the road as Miguel Borges and his nine-year-old son evacuated Fort McMurray in line of slow-moving cars. Miguel and his family moved to Fort McMurray three years ago after spending 13 years in Prince Rupert where he worked as a teacher. Miguel said he couldn’t refuse taking the technical coordinator position at the school district in the oil town. He was working at a junior high school on Tuesday afternoon when the voluntary evacuation was announced. “We knew there was a fire south of town but it looked like it was getting really dark outside,” he said. He picked up his three kids, and with his wife Pam, he rushed home to pack up — until the evacuation became mandatory and they were told to get out of town as quickly as possible. Pam took four-yearold Maxi, seven-year-old Carmen and the family dog in her Dodge Caravan, which only had one-quarter tank of gas. Miguel and his oldest son, Xavier, jumped in his Ford Focus. The streets were gridlocked as everyone funnelled south out of the burning city. It took the family two-and-a-half hours to get out of the city, which normally takes 10 minutes.
“It happened very quickly. The fire was on one side of the river, it was largely contained until the wind shifted and it crossed the river, which was almost unthinkable. It’s a pretty wide river, not as wide as the Skeena, it’s maybe half as wide, and the next thing it does is race up to residential neighbourhoods,” he said. The Borges have a home on Thickwood Boulevard, one of the first neighbourhoods to be evacuated. “There was lots of fire. There was fire on both sides of us as we were driving down the highway and pretty close to the car freaking out my kid a little bit,” Miguel said. As they drove away from the fire, the family saw abandoned vehicles left on the side of the road. Pam’s car was getting low on gas. They planned on leaving the van if they needed to and pile into Miguel’s little car. “There was no gas left in Fort McMurray, which is kind of ironic,” Miguel said. When Pam’s gas light went on they came upon Wandering River, a small town 200-kilometres south of Fort McMurray along Highway 63 and saw a working gas station. They stopped at the station and joined the long line of cars, and after an hourand-a-half wait Pam fuelled up the van. While the Borges were in line, a woman came along and asked them if they needed a place to stay and pointed out that there
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Miguel Borges’ wife, Pam, with their children, Xavier, Carmen and Maxi at the work camp.
was a work camp on the other side of town that had been closed after the downturn in the oil industry. The work camp opened for the people fleeing Fort McMurray. Just before midnight, the Borges were set up in a camp room that Miguel described as a mini-hotel room with a private bathroom, television and Internet. “I think this is the situation up and down the highway. Work camps that were
emptied after the downturn are filling up with Fort McMurray refugees.” Miguel expected to stay in Wandering River for a few days, and may head further south to stay with friends in Edmonton. The Borges wait for when they can return and what is left for them to return to. Black Press is crowdfunding for individual families affected by the Fort McMurray wildfire. To learn more go to blackpress4good.com
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Clean up scheduled for Banks Island BY SHANNON LOUGH PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
The Gitxaala Nation have serious concerns about the contamination left behind after the Banks Island gold mine shut down and they want to know what is being done about it. The matter was brought up in the B.C. legislative assembly last week by MLA Jennifer Rice who cited a letter she saw from the Gitxaala Environmental Monitoring Group. “Almost nothing has been done by the government ministries to attempt to understand the seriousness of the spill as it relates to environmental contamination or human health effects,� stated James Witzke, the biologist from the environmental group, in the letter submitted to the Ministry of Energy and Mines on Feb. 26. The Banks Island gold mine was issued a shut down order by the Ministry of Environment in July 2015 due to numerous violations, including a tailings spill on the island. Witzke said in the letter that in the months after the spill almost nothing had been done by the government to understand the seriousness of the incident and the affect it may have on the environment or human health. The Ministry of Environment had ordered the company to implement clean-up activities, but Banks Island Gold filed for bankruptcy on December 31, 2015. The province took a $420,000 security bond from the proponent, which is meant for ongoing monitoring and to carry out reclamation of the site. “It’s taking way too long,� Rice said last week. “Almost a year has passed and now (the Gitxaala) have started seaweed harvesting. There is no telling if the people who normally harvest can safely go back.� But the Ministry of Energy and Mines had already responded to concerns highlighted in the letter from the Gitxaala. Between March 16 until April 1, the ministry collaborated with Banks Island Gold to remove explosives and dispose them offsite, said the ministry’s spokesperson Suntanu Dalal. The ministry has also sent its technical experts to Banks Island to assess hazardous materials there to prepare for a site clean-up, scheduled for May 9-11.
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The MV Marathassa is in the Prince Rupert harbour a year after it had a fuel oil spill in Vancouver.
MV Marathassa comes to Port BY SHANNON LOUGH PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
The MV Marathassa, known for leaking oil in Vancouver’s English Bay last spring, is currently docked in Prince Rupert. The bulk carrier cargo ship spilled approximately 2,800 litres of fuel oil in English Bay on April 8, 2015. An oil sheen reached many of the beaches around Vancouver and clean-up took 16 days. Following the spill, the Canadian Coast Guard issued a report on what happened and found 25 recommendations on how to deal with marine spills in the future, including improved coordination of communication between the
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Aboriginal equity partner stewards David MacPhee (far left), Elmer Ghostkeeper (second from left), and Bruce Dumont (far right) stand with Northern Gateway President John Carruthers in Vancouver on May 3, following their joint signing of Northern Gateway’s application to the National Energy Board.
Northern Gateway asks for extension BY SHANNON LOUGH PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
The Northern Gateway project is asking for more time from the National Energy Board. The 1,177-km pipeline to bring crude oil from Edmonton to Kitimat was approved by the National Energy Board in 2014 as long as the proponent, Enbridge Inc., could meet 209 conditions. On Friday, Northern Gateway filed a request for a three-year extension from the National Energy Board. The project wants more time to get legal and regulatory certainty and to continue discussions with First Nations communities, as stated in the press release. Residents of Kitimat and along the North Coast have opposed the pipeline and some groups have even challenged the project in court. The proponent stated that it needs more time to “advance dialogue with coastal communities.” “Northern Gateway has changed. We are making progress and remain open to further changes. We believe this is the right course of action for Northern Gateway and the right thing to do as Canadians. We know this process requires time and we are committed to getting it right,” said John Carruthers, president of Northern Gateway. Carruthers also said the project needed to build relationships with First Nations communities on the West Coast of B.C. “While we had the right intentions, we should have done a better job of listening and fostering these critical relationships and developing our plans together as true partners,” he said in the press release. Some of the changes to the project, since it received approval, include work with Aboriginal Equity Partners, a collaboration of 31 First Nations and Métis communities who have part ownership to Northern Gateway. Ownership with First Nations and Métis has increased from 10 per cent to 33 per cent and enhanced benefits for their communities doubled from $1 billion to $2 billion. The project is also working on a design with coastal First Nations and governments to establish a “best practice spill response capacity that reflects the unique nature of British Columbia’s North Coast making it safer for all vessels,” as stated in the press release. The Aboriginal Equity Partner Stewards also commented on the project stating there is a misconception that there is no First Nation or Métis support for the pipeline. “This is not true. In fact, support for our project has grown from 26 to 31 communities over the past two years and is continuing to grow. “Our goal is for Northern Gateway to help our young people to have a future where they can stay in their communities with training and work opportunities,” the release stated. One of the opponents to the Northern Gateway Project, the Coastal First Nations, state that Enbridge’s request for an extension has made it clear that only one First Nation group in B.C. signed onto the project. The Coastal First Nations chair Kelly Rus said the three-year extension request should be rejected as the original application will be more than 10 years old. “They will no longer reflect the latest environmental conditions. This is unacceptable environmental assessment practice and the baseline studies must be redone and updated.” Rus also said he expects that the new federal government honours its commitment to impose a crude oil tanker ban on the North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii. “The risk of crude oil tankers on the North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii is unacceptable to our members and no one has yet demonstrated how to clean up a a spill of sinking bitumen.
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Vandalism near the Prince Rupert carving shed and long house has prevented the refurbishment of the area from being completed, including crediting signage for this carving and two more totem poles.
Vandalism preventing crediting signage BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
A long-running streak of vandalism sprees have forced the Museum of Northern B.C. to put a majority of its limited funds toward combatting the illegal behaviour, including delaying the instalment of accreditation signage for one rock sculpture and two totem carvings. Located in the vicinity of the long house and carving studio off of Market Place near the courthouse, the rock carving, designed and carved by Laurence Knowles (Haida Nation) and called ‘Mouldy Forehead and Very Old and Wise Half Man, Half Rock’, does not have an attributable sign designating the name or sculptor. As well, the two totem poles also in the vicinity – one outside the carving shed and one between the long house and shed on a wooden patio, sit with no acknowledging signage. A Rupert resident, Robb Rydde, verified Knowles as the sculptor of the rock carving and after some digging, found the patio long house totem to be carved by Prince Rupert-born George McKay (Geo) of the Nisga’a Nation and for the totem sitting in front of the double doors of the carving shed, Rydde knew it to be designed by Alvin Adkins of the Haida Nation. But what piqued Rydde’s curiosity was the lack of signage in the area for the three carvings. “It’s really sad when you see this kind of work go unnoticed, even for the locals, they go ‘Hmm, something’s not right with this picture’,” Rydde said, adding that he has come across a video of a woman claiming that she had sculpted Adkins’ totem pole. “Somebody can just come along and claim it. Who would know differently other than the people who already know?” he added. Through his interactions with Knowles, Rydde learned that the artist was commissioned to do the work by the Museum of Northern B.C. years ago and found that Knowles was a ‘bit disappointed that there was never any public recognition or signage’ for the piece, as he pointed out on a post of his carving on Facebook. Knowles did not respond for comment in time for publication. Susan Marsden, Museum of Northern B.C. director, said the problem with placing signage in the area for Knowles’ rock carving or for the
“It’s really sad when you see this kind of work go unnoticed.” - Robb Rydde totems is that it would very likely fall victim to vandalism – a trend that’s become too common in the area. “Everything we put up there gets ruined. The walls of the longhouse were spray-painted with graffiti and swear words and it’s costing us hundreds of dollars to have them removed carefully with a wired brush,” she said. Marsden added that vandals have been doing everything from climbing the studio roof, ripping off security cameras and ripping off eavestroughs. Years ago, vandals even set fire to the back of one of the main museum buildings, but that area has been taken care of through signage and cordoning off some access. “We don’t have the dollars for gates or to put up fences and I don’t think that’s what a community should have anyway,” Marsden said. The vandalism sprees, which have been going on for the past few years, peak every spring, said the director, and it’s costing the museum money. The Community Enhancement Grant awarded to the museum by the city isn’t used for “abnormal or crisis” projects like these, but as operational funds, Marsden said. The museum has applied for money for the security project, which will ramp up this year and involve a directaccess link from camera footage to the director’s phone, as well as immediate police response to vandalism as it happens. Those measures are to be announced later this year, said Marsden. For the totems and rock carving (created in the early 2000s as a commissioned project), signage crediting the artists will be installed as the area is restored. “As soon as we get that problem under control, we’ll definitely include some kind of signage for [Knowles] in the refurbishment of the area,” Marsden said, adding that the process will involve consulting the artists if they’d like their name, picture and carving name and description on the signage.
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May 11, 2016
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Macro and personal help needed
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he worst may have passed for the residents of Fort McMurray but it’s a long way from over. In the wake of the evacuation, this nation once again showed its compassion and is doing whatever we can to assist the evacuees. There is little posturing or politics, except for the “Karma Kreeps”, just plain and simple outpouring of support, no strings attached. We urge Prince Rupert to continue to do what they are financially able to do. The Red Cross and the matching funds of the federal government are absolutely needed at the macro-scale. Black Press is pleased to assist on a more personalized scale for individual families through our crowdfunding campaign. For more information on how you can set up a personal crowdfunding campaign for someone affected by the fire in Fort McMurray, please go to blackpress4good.com.
Fletcher: Growing trees for climate change
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isagreements persist on the extent of humanity’s role in the current changes to B.C.’s climate, and our ability to influence it, as many readers have told me in the past week. But almost everyone seems to agree that growing more and healthier forests is a good strategy. I would add that harvesting and building with wood preserves its captured carbon, a fact not much discussed in emotional appeals against logging. The B.C. government is finally spending money on community fuel load removal projects this year, after an initial flurry following the Kelowna fires of 2003 faded in hard times. But the effects of decades of fire suppression in a fire-dependent forest system remain, as northern B.C. and Alberta are showing us again. There is some positive news here. A Victoria-based government research team has published a study that calculates B.C.’s pine beetle-damaged forests are regenerating more quickly than expected. Warmer temperatures, increased precipitation and the “fertilizer effect” of
more carbon dioxide in the 2030. That would be 13 per cent atmosphere are factors. of the Canadian government’s “By 2020, the enhanced emission target. growth due to climate change One of the main strategies and increased CO2 more than is salvage harvesting and compensates for the carbon loss developing more products that from dead, rotting trees,” said use wood. lead researcher Vivek Arora “It’s basically trying to use of the Canadian Centre for every part of the tree,” Nighbor Modeling and Analysis. said. This recovery even overcomes “In forest operations right Tom Fletcher the projected increase in forest fire now, this is where we see a big Black Press loss that comes with gradually part of the opportunity. Instead increasing temperatures and of the residual branches and drier periods. whatnot just being left aside and slashing The federal government is still working and burning, bring more of that out and on its plan to meet greenhouse gas reduction turn it into something.” targets agreed to in Paris last year. But the That something might be a console in forest industry has stepped up with its own a luxury car constructed with wood fibre, goal. or an 18-storey wood student residence I spoke with Derek Nighbor, president of building planned for the University of B.C. the Forest Products Association of Canada, The other is improving forest growth. after he announced his industry’s “30 by 30 Logging operations have long been required Climate Change Challenge.” to replant areas they cut, not just in B.C. but That’s a goal to reduce the industry’s net across Canada. carbon emissions by 30 megatonnes a year by Another way to improve forest carbon
capture is with more productive species, with genetic techniques that increase resiliency as well as wood mass. A background paper from the B.C. forests ministry responds to common misconceptions about forest carbon, including the idea that logging should be stopped to maximize storage. “Maximizing carbon storage in the ecosystem would make sense only if society stopped building new homes, acquiring new furniture and consuming in general,” it says. “If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products with higher greenhouse gas footprints, e.g. plastics, metal or concrete. In addition, if harvesting stopped and we continued to suppress natural disturbances, there is increased potential for larger catastrophic disturbances in the future.” If Canada wants to make a bigger contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, forests are a good area to focus on. At 348 million hectares from the B.C. coast to Newfoundland, they represent nine per cent of the world’s forests.
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Editor: Another incredibly successful Daffodil Month is behind us and we are able to continue making a meaningful impact in the fight against cancer because of communities like Prince Rupert. Thank you to the volunteers who distributed fresh cut daffodils and daffodil pins and arranged for pin donation boxes to be present in businesses around town. Thank you to the countless community members who generously gave money, proudly and compassionately wore their daffodil pins, and helped spread the word of Daffodil Month to their friends and family. You ensured that during the month of April, cancer patients knew they were not alone. Thank you to the businesses who encouraged their employees to get involved, displayed our daffodil pin donation boxes, or donated their own dollars to help us. Because of all of you, the Canadian Cancer Society is able to help support local cancer patients and their families living with more than
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“Thank you to the businesses who encouraged their employees to get involved.” - Margaret Jones-Bricker 200 different types of cancer. So, thank you. You have made a real, lasting difference. It’s not too late to show your support for Daffodil Month and the Canadian Cancer Society. Please visit cancer.ca/daffodil
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Golf clubs challenged to donate prize earnings to Fort McMurray Editor: During the afternoon of May 5, the Windermere Valley Men’s Club held its weekly competition. Our thoughts were not on golf, but rather on the families displaced by the fires raging in northern Alberta. At the conclusion of the event, our membership decided to donate the prize money that would normally have gone to the afternoon’s winners to the disaster relief efforts currently being undertaken. Al Wittke, a longstanding member of our club, also donated $2,000 to the Salvation Army. Al lived in Fort McMurray in the Beacon Hill subdivision. His former residence has burned to the ground. The Windermere Valley Men’s Club is
“The Windermere Valley Men’s Club is challenging men’s and women’s golf clubs across B.C. and Alberta to [donate].” - Dean Midyette challenging men’s and women’s golf clubs across B.C. and Alberta to do the same. Take the prize money from one afternoon of golf to assist our friends and neighbours in the Fort McMurray area. Dean Midyette President, Windermere Valley Men’s Club Windermere
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he Prince Rupert Port Authority is working to make its operations sustainable. This means committing to keeping our marine and foreshore environments safe and healthy for future generations. An important part of that commitment is the rigorous environmental assessments that designated proposed projects in PRPA’s jurisdiction must undertake. The process begins when a company presents a regulator, which for a federr ally-regulated EA is the Canadian Environmental Assessment Authority, with a project description for a development on port property. The project description is usually drafted after a feasibility study’s initial groundwork is completed. It can include a site examination, engineering surveys, ecological studies, and more. Depending on the scope of the project, the description may trigger the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012). CEAA 2012 uses criteria to identify so-called “designated” projects. Projects such as the liquid natural gas export facilities proposed for Ridley and Lelu Islands are designated projects under the CEAA 2012. These new developments need to be thoroughly examined using a rigorous review process to address any environmental impacts. The detailed project description is provided to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency which distributes it to interested groups. These include federal government agencies likely to have a regulatory responsibility or a special interest in the project—like Environment Canada, Transport Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Prince Rupert Port Authority. The Agency asks these organizations whether their respective federal legislation is invoked by the project, and whether they have a particular interest. Once all potential stakeholders have responded, a “working group” is formed that includes the interested participants and the company. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Authority coordinates the assessment. The working group defines the roles of each participant, establishes a schedule, and deterr mines all the factors that should be considered. This may include requirements for additional technical studies or analysis. The group works to ensure that it has gathered all relevant and available environmental and socio-cultural data about the project. After each meeting of the working group, the company takes away the information the group has collected and works to answer outstanding questions and provide missing information. The working group continues its review of the project and gathers more information until all its questions and concerns are properly addressed. When the working group is satisfied that a determination can be made, a report is submitted to the Minister of the Environment for review. If the minister approves the project it proceeds to the permitting phase. This involves the acquisition of the necessary permits from all the agencies whose permission is required to proceed. The permitting agencies may require additional studies or data prior to issuance of permits. For example, Transport Canada could authorize the construction of a new dock if it is satisfied that the dock will not adversely impact navigation. Once the EA is complete and permits are issued, the Port Authority as landlord may authorize the project to proceed and the project begins—shaped by the input and requirements of the many stakeholders who participated in the Environmental Assessment. Re:port is a collaborative promotional venture by the Prince Rupert Port Authority and The Northern View.
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Before the students’ eyes the chameleon ate a live cricket for its lunch. Watch the Northern View VIDEO for slow motion effects.
Students were able to gently pet the black and white Tegu after the presentation while carefully avoiding its active tail and tongue.
Snake and lizard day for students at Lax Kxeen BY SHANNON LOUGH PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
For a second year, students from Lax Kxeen Elementary School were privy to a snake and lizard show. The scaly creatures were presented one by one to a library full of wide eyes. There was a ball python, a
leopard gecko, a chameleon and a black and white Tegu with an active forked tongue. The presenters were Tiffany Hutchings, from Leanne’s Pet Shop, along with Sean Offutt from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and 12-year-old junior presenter, Gwen MacDonald.
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Snake Day is the initiative of teacher-librarian Kate Lyon. “It’s been my goal to revitalize the library and turn it into a multipurpose learning and communication space — not just a place to read.� “Having guests (human or otherwise) visit our library provides hands-on learning that immediately
engages students and allows for a far more rich and meaningful learning experience,� she said. Students were given time to ask well-thought out questions and they were allowed to pet the black and white Tegu before heading back to class. Check out the video at www. thenorthernview.com.
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PNW LNG names new president BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
Pacific NorthWest LNG has a new president at the helm. Petronas, the Malaysian-based leader of the LNG consortium, which proposes to build an $11.4 billion LNG export facility on Lelu Island off of Port Edward, named Adnan Zainal Abidin the new president of the project. Replacing Michael Culbert, who returned to Progress Energy Canada Ltd. as full-time president and CEO, Abidin now moves from his role as vice-president of global LNG projects to Pacific NorthWest (PNW) LNG president. “Michael Culbert returned to Progress Energy Canada Ltd. as a full-time president and CEO to focus on the significant activities in the northeast necessary to supply natural gas to Pacific NorthWest LNG,” said Spencer Sproule, senior advisors of corporate affairs for PNW. Progress Energy is another Petronas-owned entity and produces natural gas. “Adnan brings over 30 years of experience with Petronas to Pacific NorthWest LNG. Adnan was responsible for numerous Petronas LNG projects, including Floating LNG, expansion at the Petronas LNG Complex and represented Petronas’ interests for the Gladstone LNG project in Australia,” Sproule added. “Adnan has been involved in the Pacific NorthWest LNG proposal since its inception in 2012 and has the project and leadership experience to see the project through to the next stage.” Sproule mentioned that with the change in leadership, there is no switch in focus for the project or change in direction. The company still awaits word from the federal regulator on its response to the latest Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s request for more information. “While the environmental assessment process has been timeconsuming and rigorous, we anticipate a decision by the Government of Canada on our project soon after the final report is provided to the Minister of Environment,” Sproule said.
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Andrea Pollock, centre, is presented with her certificate and $2,500 for her business, Island Sugar.
Pollock ThriveNorth runner-up BY SHANNON LOUGH PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
The annual ThriveNorth Business Challenge for young entrepreneurs was in Terrace this year, and the city also claimed most of the awards. Up for grabs was $10,000 in each of the three categories and an audience award for $2,500. Andrea Pollock was the only winner from Prince Rupert. She was runner up in the best new social enterprise category for her ice cream and popsicle business, Island Sugar. Pollock has an old-fashioned bicycle with a
freezer attached to the front to sell cold treats around the city in the warmer months. She said the money will go toward a motor for the bike to help with the hills. The other pitches from Prince Rupert were by Jason Hakki, Tyler Meers, Jordan Leask, David Tan and Hanna Bryant. All of the competitors delivered wellformulated five-minute pitches to a panel of three judges. Then the judges had five-minutes to ask questions about the business. The Prince Rupert LNG sponsored competition is for ages 18-39 and Saturday night was the cream of the crop of finalists.
Northern Savings swallows $2.5 million loss in 2015 BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
It was a difficult bottom line for Northern Savings Credit Union to swallow. But it has been a difficult year. At its annual general meeting (AGM) last Wednesday, May 4, the credit union announced to members and staff at the B.C. Room in the Crest Hotel, a total loss of approximately $2.5 million for 2015, and no dividend declared for members. Northern Savings’ consolidated total assets at the end of 2015 stood at $895 million, a decrease of 9.2 per cent of 2014’s $986 million, which was due to major restructuring and selling of assets. Deposit balances decreased $71.9 million from approximately $859 million to $788 million and operating expenses grew from approximately $24.5 million to $30.6 million. In addition to selling assets in southern B.C., the credit union laid off 12 employees last October as a result of the lost revenue, making the total number of employees at the Prince Rupert-based head office 32 after the layoffs. “These decisions were not easy to make and were not made without deliberation and analysis,” said board chair Flora D’Angelo. “The reason for the major decisions was that the final financial results for 2015 did not meet required metrics to
“These decisions were not easy to make and were not made without deliberation.” - Flora D’Angelo
indicate financial stability.” In addition to the layoffs, selling off of its technology subsidiary and reducing its mortgage portfolio in Victoria, exiting its southern B.C. wholesale lending and deposit business, Northern Savings experienced multiple transitions at the CEO position, with Ken Doleman at the helm from January to March and two interim CEOs, Sharon Stromdahl and Barry Delaney holding the position until the end of December. Most recently, Geoff Grodecki was chosen to lead the organization and holds the CEO position as of May 2, 2016. “I feel very thrilled for the opportunity to be able to work with the team here at Northern Savings, where employees do some really great things,” said Grodecki at the meeting. The CEO was previously chief executive officer of Macklin Credit Union in Macklin, SK and manager of lending at Midale Credit Union in
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Northern Savings Credit Union new CEO Geoff Grodecki addressed members during his third day on the job at the organization’s annual general meeting held May 4.
Midale, SK. The branches supported the corporate restructuring and the focus on strictly northern B.C. priorities and focus on the organization’s home communities, said D’Angelo. “We did sense at membership meetings an understanding amongst the membership of what has occurred and it seems to have been beneficial to the
credit union. At each of the [branch] meetings the message was the same: Our focus is our branches. Our focus is our core business and that’s what we want to go back to,” said D’Angelo. The organization developed new vision and mission statements in 2015, celebrated 75 years of business and contributed $100,000 to community involvement programs.
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From one mile to ultramarathons BY SHANNON LOUGH PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
With less than a month until the Skeena River Relay, where 30 teams with five to 10 members lace up and run the 142 km stretch from Prince Rupert to Terrace, one of the men who started the competition admits he wasn’t a fan of running when he was younger. “Running any kind of distance was uncomfortable and I never saw any reason to do it,” said Ray Leonard in his heavy northern English accent and with a smile at the memory. The retired teacher, skiffle musician and ultramarathoner moved to Prince Rupert in 1987 and over the years he’s been spotted running long-distances along Highway 16. Leonard, with his passion and competitive soul, has inspired generations of runners in the city after he took over Rupert Runners. His own introduction to the endurance sport was at 33-years-old when he was living in England. He had just moved to the countryside when he met some new friends who convinced him to run the Great North Run, a half marathon in the northeast m of England. o “We started from sscratch. I’d never run aanything before. I rremember starting with one mile and seeing if I o ccould do that,” Leonard ssaid. He was pumped tthe first time he ran 10 kilometres and he enjoyed k cchatting about training over a beer with his o rrunning buddies. In his first race he placed in the 8,000s out of p 30,000 runners and didn’t enjoy the experience at all. It was wall to wall people and he couldn’t find his rhythm. He put the shoes away and said he was done. But he was talked into continuing when his friends decided they would do the Newcastle City Marathon a mere 10 weeks later. Leonard took that first marathon slow, steady and ran both halves (21km) faster than he ran the Great North Run. That was it, he was hooked. He joined a running club in northeast England and continued running marathons with the goal of breaking the three hour time. Just before he immigrated to Canada with his wife, he ran the Woodhall Spa marathon in Lincolnshire in 2:44:00. When Leonard arrived in B.C. he got a job tree planting in the Kootenays. A few months later he found a teaching gig at the Prince Rupert Secondary School. That was where he met Chuck McTaverish, a colleague — and a runner. The two teamed up with another man and they formed Rupert Runners. They organized the Glory Days race, the half marathon and the Skeena River Relay and gave runners a reason to train. The challenge with the North Coast was the lack of races. Leonard travelled to do marathons in Vancouver, Calgary and Seattle, where he nailed a personal best of 2:42:00. “After Seattle in ‘91, I knew I would never run any faster. Everything had just come together perfectly,” he
“I’d never run anything before. I remember starting with one mile and seeing if I could do that. ”
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Ray Leonard helped start the Rupert Runners club when he moved to Prince Rupert. He coordinated the Skeena River Relay to be the success it is today and he was on Canada’s national ultramarathon team for years.
said and he laid his competitive edge in marathons to rest. As one goal was achieved, another was born. One of Leonard’s friends who used to join him for Sunday morning runs, talked him into trying an ultra. An ultramarathon is a race longer than the traditional 42km distance. The races are usually anywhere between 50km and 160km. In 1995, Leonard ran the 50km in the Elk/Beaver race in Victoria. The race course is a 10km loop around Elk Beaver Lake on a trail. He finished third and then watched the people in the 100km finish their race. “The 50km was pretty hard, the thought of doing it twice just didn’t compute,” he said. He heard that the winner of the 100km was named to the Canadian national team for the ultramarathon world championships. “I wondered if I could do that. I didn’t really think that I could.” He began training to accomplish the loosely fathomable feat. His Sunday morning runs extended out to the North Pacific Cannery and back. The next year, he won an 80km race in Burnaby. Another six weeks later he ran the 100km in Victoria and placed second. Leonard was named one of six on the Canadian national team and he travelled to Holland for his first world championship. The race was a 10km loop around a flat town called Winschoten with uneven cobblestone
streets. The residents broke out their barbeques and cheered on the runners with a special cheer for the Canadians, who they have a fondness for after Canadian troops liberated their nation in World War Two. “That really helped get you through,” he said. He came second in the Canadian team with a time of 8:10.56 and he qualified for the next world championship in Japan. He went on to compete in France and Belgium over the next few years. Leonard’s passion for running carried over into his job. At the Prince Rupert Middle School he used to coach the cross-country team. Their practices involved runs up Mount Hays. For beginning runners, his advice is to find a running partner. “It can get you out of the house even if it’s pouring with rain you have much more chance of doing it if you’ve arranged to meet somebody to go running with,” he said. At 67-years-old Leonard still runs. He has passed the Rupert Runners off to a young energetic executive and feels that it’s in “good hands.” He won’t be running this year in the relay, he’s spending his summer with his family in the Kootenays. But, his new goal is to run the half marathon in Suderland, North England, on his 70th Birthday. “You have to have a goal,” he said.
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North Pacific Cannery restoration project BY SHANNON LOUGH PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
Visitors who travel to Port Edward to explore coast’s history at The North Pacific Cannery may also witness the efforts it takes to preserve a heritage site. The cannery offers more than a blast from the past and mountains-meet-ocean scenery, it has also become a site where job seekers can get hands-on training. The province announced in late April more than $233,900 in new funding to support 16 apprentices in a 38 week work experience program known as the Job Creation Partnership. The apprentices are training to be construction craft workers, bridgemen pile w drivers, or carpenters under d tthe mentorship of four jjourneymen carpenters. Prince Rupert The cannery has had 48 WEB participants go through the p JJob Creation Partnership VIDEO www.thenorthernview.com over the past three years o - Steve Milum w with $335,668 in funding ffrom the province. Shannon Lough / The Northern View Conservation manager Conservation manager Steve Milum gives back to the community through work training and heritage preservation. Steve Milum said the province’s funding covers the cost of the journeymen trainers and the cost of Through Milum’s efforts he’s found more partner buildings, and to the workers — that accumulate into personal protective equipment and transportation for funders to provide materials and to cover additional large changes to the site and to the individuals over the workers — the cannery is a 22 km drive from Prince costs for the work program. several months,” Milum said. Rupert. “I see subtle changes on a weekly basis — to the Continued on Page A13...
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Preserving his own history Continued from Page A12... There are four main components to the restoration project including rebuilding the working dock, a 1923 addition beside the dock and the reduction plant wall along the water side of the building, as well as white washing the net loft and machine shop. Milum said they have worked with a heritage consultant to find a stain that replicates white wash but with better durability. Two of the funding partners are from the Prince Rupert area and have h donated materials m for tthe restoration. B ro a dwat e r IIndustries has ggiven 60 piles for ffixing the dock. Aluma A Systems donated scaffolding d ggear. Participants being trained at b tthe cannery will be a shoe-in for b - Kirkland Gladstone tthe company after ggetting hands-on work with their gear. Another layer to the project is that some project participants have their own history intertwined with the cannery. Kirkland Gladstone is one of them. He’s preserving the cannery where his father once worked. When he was born, his parents lived in a place called Sunnyside, in between the North Pacific Cannery and Cassiar Cannery. “My father started working here when he was 13-years-old and later on he started taking fish to this
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plant after collecting them from the small gillnetters,” Gladstone said. A couple weeks ago, he brought his father to the cannery to show him the work he’s been doing. “We’re making scaffolding to take off these old beams and put up new beams. I’m doing stuff I haven’t really done before. I’ve been a fisherman most of my life. I’ve worked for construction companies but I’ve never done this. This is amazing,” he said. The Job Creation Partnership program started in
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The steadfast supporter Relay for Life series BY SHANNON LOUGH PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
This is the fifth story in a series by the Northern View on those affected by cancer and who are participating in the Relay For Life walk on May 28. To add your story, email newsroom@thenorthernview.com
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Kathy Dann is the principal of Lax Kxeen Elementary School and she has been an ardent supporter of the Relay For Life for the past 15 years.
-Kathy Dann for the school district, and both women are steadfast in seeking only the light in the day. “It is what it is. You can’t let it cloud your world. You have to get on with it,” she said. Kathy has become her own warrior in the battle against cancer with all that she’s been through with her husband, her mother passed away from cancer, her father is fighting cancer right now and so is her best friend. While Kathy is sound of body, she is determined to stay sound of mind for those around her. She dwells in the good and refuses to get bogged down. “I can be there to be the compass and to move you
forward and find the good and talk to you about the future because we are going to have a future, we are going to have a life, we are going to do all those things we talked about,” she said in her role as supportive wife, daughter and friend. After 15 years of participating in the Relay For Life, Kathy said the one thing she’s noticed that has changed over time is the luminaries at the end. She has seen more and more each year remembering those who passed from cancer. “That to me is the more heartbreaking part that even though we’re doing all of this there’s still people dying,” she said. But she won’t break down, she’ll stay strong and move forward. For this year’s relay she challenges everyone in the community to come forward and participate in any way to the cause. “Do one lap. If you know someone, don’t know someone, it’s never touched your life, you’ve raised money, you haven’t raised money, just come and support everybody. That is what I would challenge the community to do.”
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For the past 15 years cancer has been a daily part of Kathy Dann’s life and she has been relaying every year since. Kathy considers herself a cancer survivor even though she’s never had the disease. But she was with her husband, Rod, when he suffered from a seizure out of the blue. “That started the ball rolling,” Kathy said. The healthy young family suddenly had their world turned upside down. Her husband was whisked down to Vancouver where doctors found a tumour in the motorcortext area of his brain. “An operation later, doctors said it’s inoperable, and you just have to live with it,” she said. That’s what they’ve been doing. Rod had chemotherapy and radiation 10 years ago and Kathy and their two boys have been living with the knowledge that the tumour is still there. “It’s gone dormant but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not doing something,” she said. As parents, Kathy and Rod haven’t sheltered their children. The kids know what their father went through and as a family “they’ve learned to live every day for every day.” Every year, the family joins other people’s teams for the relay and the two boys will do the survivor lap with their dad. One year, the boys grew their hair to their shoulders and raised money to shave their heads at the relay. They raised $1,000 in donations between the two of them. “They were pretty proud of themselves because it was for their father,” Kathy said. This year, she is on the Too Tired To Be Inspired relay team for one of her best friends, Sheryl SadorskiGordon. (Last week’s article focused on Emily Gordon, Sheryl’s stepdaughter.) Both women work
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Sports In Brief McChesney nominated to HoF Prince Rupert basketball phenom Justin McChesney has been nominated to be inducted into the Basketball BC Hall of Fame this weekend as a high school player. Taking place this Saturday night in Richmond, McChesney will be in the running along with a couple other players for the spot at the awards ceremony. The Rupert athlete has played on the B.C. provincial team for the duration of his early career and he won a national championship with the under-16 team in 2014. Last year, McChesney brought home fourth-place at the national boys’ under-17 championships. The hometown six-foot-ten baller has been a force on Charles Hays Rainmakers teams for the past four years and will graduate this upcoming June.
Liu makes appearance in Tahiti Prince Rupert badminton product Adrian Liu was in Tahiti for the Phone International Challenge on April 22. He competed in the doubles event, with fellow Canadian Derrick Ng. The two are currently ranked 42nd in the world in men’s doubles. The Canadians’ first match was against Jeremy Lemaitre of New Caledonia and his partner Shane Masinipeni from New Zealand, which resulted in a walkover for Liu and Ng. The two then played against eventual tournament champions, Adam Cwalina and Przemyslaw Wacha in the quarterfinals. The Polish duo, ranked 27th in the world, gave the Canadians a close match, but Cwalina and Wacha topped the Canadian entrants two sets to none 21-17, 21-18 to move on.
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Crest Glory Days participants take off on Saturday morning despite wet and dreary weather conditions.
Mutrie, Robin big Glory Day winners BY WILLIAM GYE
Lac La Hache bows out
PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
The Lac La Hache Tomahawks have officially pulled out of the Central Interior Hockey League’s 2016-17 season. Citing the uncertain status of the team’s hockey rink, a lack of player commitment and a demanding schedule, Tomahawks president and goaltender Willie Sellars said that the team couldn’t ice a competitive team this season. The team’s folding leaves the CIHL’s east division with two teams - Smithers and Williams Lake, and the west division with four. - With files from Greg Sabatino
Erin Mutrie (51:58) and Luke Robin (41:43) sped their way through the damp North Coast conditions Saturday to win the female and male 10 km race, at the 31st Annual Crest Glory Days. The five km walk and five/10 km run event went off without a hitch this weekend, thanks to all participants and event organizers, Jamie Wessel and Crystal Sawatzky. In addition to Mutrie, the top female for the five km run was Leigh Anne Magnusson (23:59) and the top male in the five km run was Lindsay Smith (21:22). Everyone’s eyes were also on Gregory Malcolm who finished strong with a time of 26:02.
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The Prince Rupert Gymnastics Association (PRGA) has found and hired a full-time coach to start on July 1. Bill Tyrwhitt has transitioned from a club in Kitimat to now lead PRGA classes, training and camps.
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Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Kemess Underground Project
Invitation to Comment AuRico Metals Inc. (Proponent) is proposing to develop and operate the Kemess Underground Project (proposed Project), an underground copper-gold mine, located approximately 250 kilometres north of Smithers in north-central British Columbia. The proposed Project would process approximately 24,650 tonnes of ore per day over a 13-year mine life. The proposed Project is subject to review under the BC Environmental Assessment Act (2002) and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (2012). BCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Environmental Assessment process will be substituted for the federal process, meeting both federal and provincial requirements for environmental assessment. Provincial and Federal ministers will each make their own decision on whether or not to approve the project. More information on Substitution is available at: http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca/substitution.html The Proponent has now submitted its application (Application) to obtain an environmental assessment certificate which is required before any work can be undertaken on the proposed Project. In order to receive comments from the public, the Environmental Assessment Office of British Columbia (EAO) invites the public to submit comments on the Application. There are 30 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the Application. The comment period will begin on May 18, 2016 and end on June 17, 2016.
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After two years of hard work starting the organization from scratch, the Prince Rupert Gymnastics Association (PRGA) is primed to hire its very first full-time head coach this July. Coming over from the Kitimat Dynamics Gymnastics Club, Bill Tyrwhitt has approximately 25 years of gymnastics experience working with clubs in Ontario, B.C. and elsewhere. Tyrwhitt has also previously worked with ski and diving teams and even offers dryland training to athletic teams and clubs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He really likes the area and he likes what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing and how weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re growing our club, so he is going to be starting July 1,â&#x20AC;? said PRGA president Jackie Touchet. The club will be offering summer camps throughout July and the first two weeks of August with Tyrwhitt and in September, a full Monday to Saturday schedule will be offered for ages starting from tots to young adults, including after-school programming for kids in elementary or secondary school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they choose, kids will be able to go two or three times per week if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be running from beginners all the way up to pre-competitive in the fall,â&#x20AC;? said the president. Plans to train teens or adults aged 15 or over are also in the works so they can volunteer to lead the summer camps for at least a week at a time, while more formal gymnastics certification training for anyone interested is in the works for later on as well. The club is also always on the lookout for people with prior gymnastics experience to join. Operating out of the Museum of Northern B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centennial Room since the early spring, the club has grown exponentially with increasing interest from parents and athletes weekly. Touchet expects to be able to grow with the demand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The final piece of the puzzle is weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking to fundraise $60,000 to bring in a new, gym-full set of equipment,â&#x20AC;? Touchet. The club also bought new mats at the beginning of the year for $10,000. The club operated out of the civic centre before finding the museum and now they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to constantly set up and take down equipment. Open registration to join PRGA will be held on May 15 and May 29 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the club (the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centennial Room). More information can be found by emailing Touchet at portgym@gmail.com or through Facebook at the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s page: Prince Rupert Gymnastics.
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Receivables / Cash Receipting The Regional District is seeking the services of a skilled and talented assistant to prepare accounts receivable invoices and issue statements; reconciling various accounts including the bank statement; prepare and deposit bank deposits; respond to billing inquiries both verbal and written; act as back up to accounts payable and payroll functions; and carried out other duties as assigned. For a more complete job description go to www.sqcrd.bc.ca. This is a union position that currently pays $28.17 per hour for a 35 hour work week. Send your resume to: Doug Chapman, CPA, CGA Chief Administrative Officer cao@sqcrd.bc.ca or Fax 250-627-8493
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Take notice that Banks Island Gold Ltd., 1502 – 701 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V7Y 1C6, free miner certificate client number 276665, has applied to the Chief Gold Commissioner for the Province of British Columbia, for a mining lease of minerals identified by the mineral claims listed below. The mineral claims have been surveyed by Mark Rossmann, BCLS, whose field notes and plans will be approved by the Surveyor General. The following mineral claims, located on Banks Island, are subject to the mining lease application: · Title Numbers 514646 and 1037603 - 1037605 · Mineral Titles Map Number 103G.040 · Plan Number EPC1368 · Range 5 Coast District Posted at the Chief Gold Commissioner’s office in Vancouver, British Columbia, this 3 Day of May, 2016.
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OF AN ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR PARK DEDICATION REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL BYLAW NO. 3379, 2015
The Proposed Bylaw Pursuant to Section 86 of the Community Charter, the City hereby gives notice that at Council’s Regular meeting on Monday, June 13th, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. Council will consider 1st, 2nd, 3rd Readings of proposed Bylaw No. 3379, 2015 for the purpose of removing dedication of a portion of unnamed park shown as hatched in the plan below, forming part of this notice, and having an approximate size of 850sqm, to allow disposition of the subject lands, following publication of the required notice, to the adjoining property owner (Bryton Group Oceanview Condominiums Ltd. (Inc. No. BC1039709) for consolidation purposes with Lot 4 (PID 019-074-271) and Lot 5 (PID 019-074-280) in exchange for payment to the City of the appraised value of the subject lands of $21,000.00 to be deposited by the City into its parkland acquisition reserve fund for future acquisition of park lands. A copy of the proposed bylaw is available for viewing at City Hall, the Recreation Centre, and Public Library, and copies may be provided on request.
Alternative Approval Process An alternative approval process presents an opportunity for public input regarding the proposed bylaw. Council may proceed with the proposed bylaw unless, by the deadline specified below, 10% of eligible electors in Prince Rupert submit elector response forms requiring Council to obtain the assent of the electors before adopting the bylaw. If this happens, Council may not proceed with the proposed bylaw unless it is approved by the electors in an assent referendum. If you support the bylaw, you do not need to submit a response.
Affected Area The area to which the alternative approval process for the proposed bylaw applies is the whole of the City.
Deadline Elector response forms must be signed and delivered to the Corporate Administrator, City Hall, 424 West 3rd Avenue, Prince Rupert, B.C. V8J 1L7 not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 3rd, 2016. Facsimile or e-mail copies of this form will not be accepted. Photocopies of the form are acceptable so long as they contain an original signature.
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Elector response forms must be in the form established by Council. Copies of the form are available from the office of the Corporate Officer at City Hall, the Recreation Centre, and the Public Library on request, or can be downloaded from the website. All original signed copies must be returned to the Administration Office at City Hall by the June 3rd, 2016 deadline.
Sufficiency of Elector Response It is estimated that 866 Electors (representing 10% of total eligible voters) within the affected area (Prince Rupert) must sign and deliver an elector response form to prevent Council from proceeding without the assent of the electors. The elector response form may only be signed by persons who are qualified under the Local Government Act to be resident electors or non-resident property electors in the affected area referred to above.
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North Coast Baseball season opens BY SHANNON LOUGH PORT EDWARD / The Northern View
Baseball is back for kids on the North Coast. The season opener was held last Monday, after the District of Port Edward prepped McKeown Sports Field for play. There were 130 kids between the ages of three to nine on the field with parent spectators close by. After the drills and basics of the games were laid out there was a hot dog and a bag of chips for all kids, provided by Save-On-Foods. “Today we’re just starting with some drills because we haven’t had baseball in Prince Rupert for so long that a lot of kids don’t know anything about the game. Everybody is starting as beginners from square one,” said President of the North Coast Minor Baseball League Emily
Kawaguchi. In the back corner, six teams with players aged three to five-years-old learned how to play Blastball, a modified version of Tee-ball. Basically, as explained by Mimmo Ciccone, the director of the Blastball division, the player has to hit the ball off the tee beyond a yellow strip about two metres away from the plate. The players on defence stand behind the yellow strip and field the ball. “Once the player hits the ball they run to one base and as soon as they touch that base there’s a honking sound that goes off,” Ciccone said, adding that they don’t keep score it’s just to teach the rookie baseball players how to hit and catch the ball. The games officially begin on May 19. For more details visit www.northcoastball.ca
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Coach Ken Veldman teaches kids how to swing last week in Port Edward.
’Makers face off in rugby BY WILLIAM GYE PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
The Charles Hays Secondary School (CHSS) girls’ rugby Rainmakers were in action hosting Smithers and Houston this weekend. Though there were no official scores, there were a lot of great tackles, individual efforts and great team spirit, said assistant coach Chelsey Ellis on Sunday. The Rainmakers are playing in their second full season and have learned much under the tutelage of head coach Amanda Barney and Ellis. The athletes will be hosting games again soon during Seafest, where scores will be kept.
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The Charles Hays Rainmakers attempt to take down their opposition during last Sunday’s play day at Patullo Field.
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Prince Rupert hockey product Brady Ward, right, holds the Keystone Cup (Western Canadian Junior B Championship) after his 100 Mile House Wranglers beat the AGI Insurance Quakers of Saskatoon 3-2 on April 17.
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CHSS wins track meet BY WILLIAM GYE PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
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The Charles Hays Rainmakers hosted its annual track and field meet this past Saturday.
The Charles Hays Secondary track team sprinted to the podium this weekend, with their sights set firmly on provincials. They were competing in the Annual 2016 Prince Rupert Track and Field Meet. Charles Hays coach Dighton Haynes explained how the breakdown of team members works this year. “There are 22 athletes on the team. Cody Schaeffer, Jason Rioux, Maddie Abrahams, and
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Jessica Nguyen are the returnees. Most of the team are boys, with 18 boys and 4 girls. We have an even split between junior and senior. There is only one Grade 8, Shawn, who is from Annunciation school.” The day started with the Steeplechase, and ended with the 4X100M Relay. After a strong showing this past weekend at the meet, Haynes commented about the teams schedule and expectations. “We travel to Kamloops next weekend, the zones in Smithers is May 20 - 21 and provincials in Langley are from June 2 4. We could have a small number who qualify for provincials or a large number of athletes, it’s difficult to say so early in the season. We practice four times a week, Monday to Thursday, from 3:30 until 5 p.m.” First-place finishers at the meet included Jessica Nguyen in the Junior Girls High Jump, 80 Meter Hurdles and 100 Meter Dash, Kohen Chan in the Junior Boys 100 Meter Dash and Jason Rioux won the Senior Boys High and Long Jump and 100 and 200 Meter Dash. Luis Martin-Hurtado won the Senior Boys 1500 Meter Race, Maddie Abrahams won the Junior Girls 200 Meter Dash, Seji Sahdra took first in the Junior Boys 200 Meter Dash and Avery Taylor won the Senior Boys 800 Meter Race. Shawn Sahai won Grade 8 Boys Discus and Javelin, Dominic Irvine won Senior Boys Discus, Shot Put and Javelin, Ashton Ryan won Junior Boys Shot Put, Eric Lees won Junior Boys High Jump, Henry Vo won the Junior Boys Long Jump, Ezekial Appollos won the Junior Boys Discus, and Angel Hoff won Senior Girls Discus. “We had 40 volunteers, about half were students and the rest parents and teachers running the events,” said coach Haynes. “Without all the volunteers the meet would not have been successful.” Centennial School, Skeena Middle School and Coast Tsimshian Academy also took part in the track meet held at Charles Hays Secondary.
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Notes from the Seniors’ Centre BY DONNA PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
Whist: Monday 1st - Jane & Chris, 2nd - Bea & Margaret, 3rd - Ed & Marion. Thursday 1st - Ron & Lynne, 2nd-Sharron& Paul/Bea & Mary S. Our spring tea and bazaar is this weekend, Saturday, May 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thank you so much Josie for putting on our teas year after year. It is a huge undertaking and you do it with aplomb! Foot Care: Wednesday, May 25 at 11 a.m. Sing-a-long is set for 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25 at the centre. We are inviting everyone to attend our last singing session, to sing and enjoy refreshments with us. And help us with our group’s name. Last day for Monday Chair Exercises is May 30. We really owe a great big thank you to Caitlin and her students. The seniors who attended these sessions had a ball! (The students like us enough that they are willing to come back in the fall.) See you then.
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