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DAWSON CREEK - An aggressive house fire has left two houses on 97A Ave. uninhabitable. The Dawson Creek Fire Department was called out at 5:22p.m. on Sept. 30, and arrived approximately three minutes later. By the time of arrival, a fire that started in a rental duplex had spread to a neighbouring single family dwelling. A third house also suffered minimal exterior damage. Chief Gordon Smith said that it took approximately an hour to get the fire under control; the department was able to leave the scene around midnight. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Candidate 101: What does it take to sit on council?
chief executive officer, is to provide leadership and communicate information to council, establish standing committees, and to reflect the will of council to carry out other duties on behalf of the council. Despite the high level of responsibility required, and the respectability of the role, council members’ salary isn’t as rewarding as many are quick to assume. “One big misperception is council makes boatloads of money,” Presley said. That’s not the case. Councillors in Fort St. John make $23,300 annually. The mayor’s salary is $62,132. Extended health, dental, group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are the benefits council members can expect. But these perks aren’t easily earned. Another common misperception is how much time a member of council spends on civic duties. “It really depends on how active the council member actually is. Council can spend, on average, seven hours a day every second Monday in this room. But that’s only a small part of the duties and responsibilities that they have,” said Prestley. In addition to regular council meetings, which begin at 3 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of the month and can run as late as 8:30 p.m., or longer by resolution, closed council meetings follow regular meetings if required. There are also Committee of the Whole meetings, which are scheduled on an as needed basis. They can start as early as 1 p.m., depending on how much time is required in relation to the topics on the agenda. During budget season, which starts in October, there are usually Committee of the Whole meetings every Monday until the end of March. In addition to attending city meetings, functions, workshops, open houses and special events, each council member is allocated a portfolio of responsibilities. They’re appointed to represent the city on difIN FORT ST JOHN ferent outside boards and 20,000+ People in Fort St. John and commissions. surrounding Area DO NOT have a doctor! Depending on what Many other medical professionals are urgently board or commission each needed. Changes need to be made! Come out is appointed to, there are and show your support to alleviate the terrible professional staffing crisis in Fort St. John. meetings that can take place on any day of the United Voices Make A Difference! week. For example, an Sign our petition Airport Society meeting is at concernedcitizensforhealthcare.com on held in the morning, and facebook or sign the petition at HB Barber,
ernment election, on Tues., Sept. 30, at City Hall. It was a small turnout, with fewer than 10 people in attendance, but those who did got the lowdown on the roles and responsibilities of council members, as well as FORT ST. JOHN – Election candidates are keen to helpful information like time commitment requirements, steer their community into a strong and sustainable fu- and details on remuneration and benefits. “It can be extremely rewarding, and it’s also exciting. ture, but there’s considerable learning that has to take Candidates who are elected are guiding the city through place before they take the hot seat at city hall. To equip potential players with the tools they’ll need a variety of issues, and challenging ones at that,” said for a successful run, the City of Fort St. John hosted Janet Prestley, chief election officer with the city. Council’s policy initiatives direct the present and fuCandidate 101, a briefing session for the 2014 local govture operation of the municipality, which is done through such actions as Vold, Jones & Vold Auction Co. Ltd. adopting the budget, the Official Community Plan, DAWSON CREEK AUCTION ‘MILE ZERO CITY’ zoning bylaws and policy DawsoAve. Dawson Creek, British Columbia 301-116th resolutions. Administration Dawson Creek Office: 250-782-3766 VJV Main Office: 403-783-5561 Cattle Sales, Don 301-116th takes council’s direction Fessler: 250-719-5561 Fax: 250-782-6622 D C and puts it into action. Every council member has a number of responsibilities, which include, On October 6, 2014, 1575 head of cattle went through Vold Jones Vold Auction in Dawson Creek among other duties, conD1 - D2 Cows 116.00-129.00 tributing to the developD3 - D4 Cows 104.00-112.00 ment and evaluation of Holstein Cows N/A policies and programs of Heiferettes 125.00-145.00 the municipality, participatBologna Bulls 130.00-145.00 ing in regular council meetFeeder Bulls 130.00-150.00 ings and Committee of the Good Bred Cows N/A Whole meetings, and conGood Bred Heifers N/A sidering the well being and Cow/calf pairs younger N/A interests of the municipality Cow/calf pairs older N/A and its community. Older Cows N/A Some of the mayor’s obMilk Cows N/A ligations, as the head and
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Making a difference, one piece of trash at a time BRONWYN SCOTT reporter@northeastnews.ca FORT NELSON – Litterbugs in Fort Nelson have another thing coming if they think they’re going to get away with dirtying up the town. Asia Mcguire, who just turned five years old, has launched a community cleanup campaign that’s spreading like wildfire, and reached as far north as Whitehorse and as far east as Ontario. Family, friends, and even the Northern Environmental Action Team have come on board to support her cause, picking up litter in their own neighbourhoods and spreading the word. It all started last year, when Asia was just three years old. “We were out in our yard, and she just saw some garbage and started picking it up, and she saw garbage down our street, and she wanted to clean it up,” said her mother, Laura Mcguire. “I thought, sure, we grabbed a bag and, well, that one bag led to another, and another, and eventually our whole street was cleaned,” she said. Asia was content with their accomplishment for a couple of days, but she soon noticed other streets around town that were strewn with litter. “She was just getting upset, she was actually crying because she didn’t understand why people were littering,” her mother said. They ended up cleaning eight streets that year, and decided to make it a yearly activity. But when they set out to do it all again this year, Asia decided to do things a little bit differently. “She remembered how hard it was to do all the streets last year, and she said, can we ask for help?” her mother recalled. Asia went on video explaining that they were going to clean up their street, and it would be great if others helped by cleaning their own streets. They put the footage on Facebook, and from there it took on a life of its own. “Next thing you know, our family was saying yes, and then our friends were saying yes, and they were sharing the video and more people were saying yes,” Mcguire said. Asia is a member of Earth Rangers, a Canada-wide group that sends out missions that kids can do to help animals and the environment, and before long, Earth Rangers, with more than 250,000 members, featured Asia’s clean up initiative on their blog. “I’m not sure how many streets have been done yet because I can’t keep track of who’s all done it, I just know of family and friends, so I know 30 streets have been done, and they have told me that their friends’ friends have done it, and their friends have done it, so I really have no idea how many have been done,” Mcguire said. The Fort Nelson Northern Environmental Action Team also helped, not only by picking up litter in their own neighbourhood, but they created the catch phrase Green Up Clean Up for Asia’s cause, and advertised it. Green Up Clean Up challenges people to clean up a street and post pictures of themselves in action on the Fort Nelson
NEAT’s Facebook page. “It was kind of a way that we could team up together, give it a name, and really get the word out there for people to remember,” said Jacquie Johnston, eco advisor at NEAT. At first, Johnston thought it was Asia’s mother that was behind the initiative, until she met Asia herself. I meet this little girl, and she’s kind of chit chatting away about how they’re going to clean all this stuff up, and then we get all these pictures and this feedback of all the stuff she’s been doing . . . it obviously really affects her,” Johnston said. “It was a really great initiative and we just wanted to get right behind her and welcome her to our team, and support
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the great cause.” Seeing the photos people have been taking of themselves picking up litter makes Asia’s day. It lets her know that she’s not the only one who cares about the planet. “We think it’s amazing what she did, and how she got involved . . . a lot of people were interested in helping out for that cause, so you know, getting people to clean up garbage isn’t the easiest task, and she did a fantastic job,” Johnston said. On top of their clean up campaign, Asia and her mother usually participate in the annual Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, but this year none of the regular co-ordinators were in town to organize it, which made for one unhappy little girl. She was so upset that she begged her mother to put it on, which she did. Asia was the boss, and Mom did the paperwork. There were 11 volunteers that helped to clean the bank of the Muskwa River, and afterwards the group made its way to Cordova Way, a badly littered street in town. They ended up picking up 165 lbs of garbage that day. Asia’s message to the world is simple. “Clean up garbage everywhere on earth,” she said.
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Election 2014 Nominations due Friday JILL EARL news@northeastnews.ca DAWSON CREEK - November’s local election and school trustee hopefuls have until 4p.m. tomorrow to submit their nomination packages. In order to get their name on the Nov. 15 ballot, candidates must be 18 years of age or older on general voting day, be a Canadian citizen, have been a resident of B.C. for at least six months prior to filing their nomination documentation, or not be disqualified to run under the Local Government Act. Candidates must also be nominated by at least two eligible voters from the local government where they are seeking election. Those who have submitted nomination packages as of 3p.m. on Oct. 6 include:
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Peace resolutions mostly approved at UBCM convention
extension policies so that more residents and businesses in B.C. can take advantage of the economic and environmental benefits of natural gas.
JILL EARL news@northeastnews.ca DAWSON CREEK - Area representatives and approximately 200 other member municipality representatives considered nearly 150 resolutions from Sept. 24-26 during the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention in Whistler. Of the 10 resolutions put forward by municipalities in the North and South Peace, seven were endorsed. Both resolutions put forward from Hudson’s Hope, one resolution from Chetwynd, three resolutions from the Peace River Regional District and one resolution from Taylor were endorsed; one resolution from Taylor and one resolution from Fort St. John were not endorsed. Another resolution from Fort St. John was not considered for debate.
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Chetwynd Chetwynd’s only resolution was endorsed by UBCM. It called on the Government of B.C. to commit to ensuring stable, predictable and sustainable funding for small communities in the province, allowing them to continue to provide essential infrastructure and services to their residents and businesses. The resolution stated that many communities rely on small community grants in order to provide services.
Hudson’s Hope Hudson’s Hope recognized that many of the province’s resources, such as water and natural gas, are transported over long distances through pipeline and that residents of B.C. are sometimes unable to access those resources.
The Peace River Regional District’s resolution regarding worker camp permitting in the province advocated for the creation of a single approval process for all industries that would allow comments from any agency, regulator or local government that has an interest in the operation. They asked that an overarching authority be established to coordinate work camp development and monitor their Continued on Page 19. operations. Their original request was to allow agencies with interest in the location, operation, safety, health and socio-economic impacts associated with the camp be able to comment on its development; however, an amendment was endorsed that excluded parties interested in the location of the camp. Two other resolutions from the PRRD, both regarding natural gas, were also endorsed. One requested that the Premier develop priority policies to ensure that the domestic natural gas supply for citizens, business, manufacturing and institutional Includes Continental Breakfast & Kids Stay Free • Ask for the Shoppers Discount! needs will remain readily accessible and affordable. The 1-877-355-3500 • www.lakeviewhotels.com other supported that the British Columbia Utilities Commission, in consultation with Now Open! UBCM, review natural gas
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September 2014 – Cities, stop running rural areas and make better use of tax dollars MLA Mike Bernier
To the Editor: According to an article in a local newspaper, the mayor and council of Dawson Creek want to be consulted on any industrial activity within the whole Kiskatinaw watershed. As it stands now, industrial developers have to deal with a few provincial government departments, Firt Nations, (in most cases the taxpayers has to pay for consultants to advise the First Nations), the regional district wants a say in these matters, and now the mayor of Dawson Creek wants to be consulted. Mr. Bumstead, you were elected to govern what ever lies inside the boundaries of the city. No one in the Kiskatinaw watershed has a vote for Dawson Creek Council. I know the mayor likes to hear himself talk but this is pushing the envelope.
The two Peace Country cities receive millions of dollars from the fair share program, money generated in the rural areas, and are already trying to run the rural areas with their representation on the Regional District board. It seems they are not satisfied spending the city’s poor; they want to control the whole area. Right now they are at one of their annual meetings trying to wring more taxpayers dollars out of Victoria. They should spend some time figuring out how to make better use of the dollars they already have. Respectfully, Roger Brandl Fort St. John
Re: Oink Oink Dear Editor, Re. Jim Ross’s letter in your Oct. 2/14 edition. I agree with his depiction of B.C. Hydro and associates as greedy, fat pigs. But,what everyone that is not in total “denial” should know by now is that the socalled “need” for massive power generation is nothing but an enormous taxpayer funded subsidy for the oil and gas industries. Also, since NAFTA, every major Canadian industry exists for one purpose only, that is
to funnel rivers of revenue into the U.S. Treasury. For every “Oink, Oink” in B.C. Hydro there are thousands more “Oink, Oinks” in the U.S. and the American multinational oil and gas industries. The U.S. has long been the biggest pig at the global trough and the biggest polluter as well. Thank you. Ed Pitt Dawson Creek
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The month of September was another extremely busy month so I will just touch on some of the highlights. If you want to keep up to date on my activities please join my Facebook page or feel free to contact me any time. On September 21st I was pleased to participate in the celebrations for the International Day of Peace. Many of us gathered in Peace Park in Dawson Creek for the celebrations and the official opening of the new human sun dial made in memory of Edna McPhail who was one of the founding members of the beautification committee. Sadly, after 23 years of hard work and dedication, the Dawson Creek Beautification Committee has discontinued. Thanks to all the volunteers who have spent so many years working around the City keeping gardens and green spaces looking so nice for everyone to enjoy. On September 22nd the District of Tumbler Ridge became North America’s second UNESCO Geopark. A Geopark is an area with geological significance and conservation, education and sustainable economic development programs, and Tumbler Ridge now joins roughly 100 such sites around the world that are overseen by UNESCO. The Tumbler Ridge Geopark spans nearly 8,000 square kilometres and will showcase attractions such as dinosaur tracks, mountain trails, canyon falls and wetlands. Congratulations to the Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation, Mayor & Council, and everyone else that worked so hard to bring this dream to fruition. Until Sunday, November 16th, the independent and non-partisan BC Electoral Boundaries Commission is requesting input on how northern ridings should look for the next two elections. Please visit their website at http://www.bc-ebc.ca/speak to
express your opinion about the importance of our region and having fair representation for rural BC. Prior to his passing in December 2013, I was honoured to meet with my friend the late Larry Fynn, former Mayor of the Village of Pouce Coupe. Larry came to meet with me regarding the installation of speed reader signs near the Pouce Coupe Elementary School. He was concerned about the children having to cross the highway and the issues with speeding drivers in this area. I was extremely happy to see the two new speed reader boards have now been installed on Highway 2 near the Pouce Coupe Elementary School. This project is thanks to a partnership between the B.C. government and the Larry Fynn Foundation from donations made in memory of Larry. I want to thank the Larry Fynn Foundation for providing funding toward this project and making Larry’s wish come true. Enhancing traffic safety is always a wise investment, and these speed reader boards will be part of Larry Fynn’s legacy. For the months of October and November I will once again be in session in Victoria. I invite you to watch debates of the Legislative Assembly of BC online at www.leg.bc.ca. Although I will be away at session I make every effort to ensure I am available for constituents via telephone, email or Facebook. Please be sure to contact Cindy at the office (250-782-3430) if you need any assistance, to arrange a time to meet with me, or have me attend any function you are holding. Thanks again for the opportunity to represent you. Mike Bernier MLA – Peace River South
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Candidate 101 Continued from Page 2. a Peace River Regional District meeting is held all day on every second Thursday. Most P.R.R.D. meetings are held in Dawson Creek. In short, the time commitment varies depending on the council portfolios that are assigned, the number of special projects the city has underway, and the time of year. To prepare for meetings, council members are given agenda packages. Sometimes you can have up to four agendas in a meeting, Prestley said. The last meeting agenda package, which was printed for staff, was four inches thick, she said. If potential candidates aren’t off put by the workload and decide to run, the first step is to open a separate election campaign bank account. Once that’s done, the candidate can fill out and submit his or her nomination package. Nominations started on Tues., Sept. 30, and candidates have until Fri., Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. to submit those documents. To qualify, a candidate must be 18 years or older, have been a resident of B.C. for six months, and must not be disqualified by the Local Government Act. Candidate binders are available at City Hall, and they’re also available online. It’s 429 pages, according to Prestley. Those who run and are successful will receive numerous full day training sessions, which will provide an in depth look at local government and what the candidate’s role is.
“And you might get some more binders,” Prestley added. Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman, who was in attendance, wanted to stress how important regular attendance at meetings is. “This is not a choice. You make the choice now, not a choice later,” she said. Despite the significant time investment, some council members, like Coun. Larry Evans, find being a city councillor extremely rewarding. “I just like to be involved, and I like to make sure that Fort St. John continues going down the path that it is, because I think we can keep up with everything, it’s a balancing act, and for me it’s a lifetime passion, Fort St. John,” he said. “I’ve lived here all my life, my family lives here, I have children here, it’s my home, and whatever I can do to further Fort St. John in making it a great place to live, that’s my idea.” With the current and anticipated growth of the city, it’s a
prime time to be involved in civic affairs. “I’ve never seen Fort St. John like it is today. I mean, you call it a boom, that implies a bust, but all the activity around here, and just being on council, you know just how much it is, because it’s always coming at you,” said Evans. At the end of this term, he will have completed nine years. He fully intends to serve again.
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97 Knights find funds for Community Living JILL EARL news@northeastnews.ca
DAWSON CREEK - The faces of those gathered at the Dawson Creek Society for Community Living’s Opportunity Centre lit up as the loud roar of a motorcycle approached them in the afternoon of Sept. 29. The motorcycle belonged to Gordon ‘Sluggy’ Parker, who was making his way over to the Centre to donate $700 on behalf of the 97 Knights Motorcycle Association. The small crowd swarmed Parker soon after he pulled into the driveway. They shook his hand and asked him questions about his bike, obviously impressed by the immaculate condition in which it is kept. The 97 Knights Motorcycle Association, a newer club with members as far as Mackenzie, hosted a Show and Shine and swap meet on Sept. 7 as a fundraiser. Fourteen people attended and one made it to the Rolla Pub, where the event was held, on his bike; it snowed later that day. “It was a Show and Shine and a swap meet, so anybody from the club that sells anything donates it to a worthy cause, and then we pass the hat around in the crowd and beg people to donate,” Parker said. The suggestion to donate the funds to Community Living was brought up during a meeting by the Association’s road captain, Charlie Flowers. “We like to spread the wealth in the community, that’s what we are all about, the community,” said Parker. Though Parker said that the Association
would have donated the money regardless, he hopes to change people’s perspectives on the stereotypical ‘biker’. “Just cause a guy’s wearing a vest with a patch on it...I hope the public doesn’t perceive them to be like they are on TV; they are all bad guys, and we’re not. Not all bikers with patches are bad guys, but some of the general public seems to think that,” he said. The Association hopes to make the Show and Shine and swap meet an annual event, so that they can keep raising money for local charitable causes. Parker said that next year they hope to have prizes and trophies for attendees, as well as better weather. The Dawson Creek Society for Community Living provides services and support programs to adults with developmental disabilities. The Opportunity Centre is a hub for those individuals who are Community Living B.C. eligible and 19 years of
age and older. Stacy Scriven, director of community inclusion and employment services for the Society, said that the Centre offers opportunities for participation in recreation activities, field trips and skills workshops. “They do so many things in the community and for a lot of them, money is tight, so we subsidize a lot of the programs. This will definitely help towards that,” said Scriven, thanking the 97 Knights for their generous donation. She said that they are funded through Community Living B.C., and that receiving individual donations is not a common occurrence, but that it is happening a little
more often the more they are raising their public profile. “We are trying to raise awareness, there are a lot of people in town who don’t even know we exist. As our name gets out there, we are starting to see more and more new faces all the time,” Scriven said, adding that the Centre is used by approximately 100 people. October is Community Living month in B.C. and the Society will be hosting a variety of events throughout the month. “We’re just getting started, you know. This is our first year, we haven’t even had our anniversary yet, and already we are putting smiles on peoples faces,” Parker said.
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rung in its big 50th on Thurs., Oct. 2, and the whole community was invited for tours, demonstrations and even cake. The informal afternoon event, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., gave the public the chance to meet the medical professionals behind the scenes, and bear witness to 50-year-old technology and how it compares to state of the art medical equipment. Northern Health officials were in attendance as well. “People can come in and go to the lab, and the lab has some demonstrations . . . we’re hoping it will be an interactive day for the public,” said Chris Morey, health services administrator at the Fort Nelson Photo Credit Mark Herandez General Hospital, before the big event. The Fort Nelson General Hospital celebrated its 50th anniversary on Thus., Oct. 2. “They can go to the lab, they can go to our X-ray department, go down and BRONWYN SCOTT see where our telehealth is located from . . . we’re going to reporter@northeastnews.ca have tours of the nursing department, and showing some of the things that we do today, and so people get an opporFORT NELSON – The Fort Nelson General Hospital tunity to talk to the staff, find out what they do,” she said.
Blood pressure checks were being offered to those who wanted them, and tidbits of information were shared, like how many x-rays hospital staff did last year, how many blood tests, and how much laundry they did. Once the hospital tour finished, attendees went to the multi level care unit, a long term care unit attached to the hospital, and met with the residents, and together they enjoyed coffee, tea and cupcakes. “It’s a huge milestone, a lot has happened over 50 years,” Morey said. “It’s to focus on the services that we provide now, and for the community to come in and get a chance to, if they don’t know the staff already, to meet them, and have a chat with them, and it gives the staff a chance to talk to the community to let them know what they do every day, and I think that’s so important.” The Fort Nelson General Hospital replaced the Airport Hospital, which was built and maintained by the U.S. military during the construction of the Alaska Highway, Morey said.
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Northern Health is rooting for a third live-in care house BRONWYN SCOTT reporter@northeastnews.ca FORT ST. JOHN – Peace Villa Residential Care in Fort St. John could be getting a third house, if Northern Health gets what it’s asking for. They’ve put House C, a 60-bed live in care home, on their prioritization list for amalgamation into their capital plan. Peace Villa’s existing two houses, A and B, have 124 beds combined, but more are needed. “The seniors population is growing disproportionate to the rest of the population growth,” said Michael Hoefer, regional director of capital planning and support services with Northern Health. It’s an increase he attributes in part to the fact that people are staying in their home communities longer, rather than moving elsewhere to retire. The capital plan needs to be reviewed and approved by the Northern Health Board, the Ministry of health, and the Peace River Regional Hospital District in terms of funding,
but the fact that it’s on the plan as a proposed project is a reasonably good sign, he said. “Northern Health understands it is a priority, but it has to go into all the other priorities and be matched up against what funding we actually have, and what funding we’re asking for from the Ministry,” he said. The news came as a welcome relief to Jean Leahy, chairperson of Save Our Northern Seniors, a group with the sole mission of lobbying for more long term care beds. “About a year ago we were told that on a per capita basis, North Peace had more seniors over the age of 65 than any other community in the province,” she said. “It just tells you how serious it is.” A third house would mean that beds within the hospital would be freed up for patients with acute care needs, said Leahy. The timeline from approval of funding to opening the doors is in the two to three year range, depending on when the project starts, taking winters into consideration.
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DAWSON CREEK - While the Oktoberfest celebrations in Munich, Germany ended on Sunday, Dawson Creek’s Kiwanis Band hope to pick up where they left off, giving residents another opportunity to prost on Oct. 18. Their annual fundraiser has been going strong for approximately 10 years, and will once again feature traditional music, beer and bratwurst. Few changes are due for this year, starting with the location. President of the band, Brigitte Shields, said that the event outgrew their previous venue, the now-closed Kiwanis Performing Arts Centre, years ago; this year it will be held at the Encana Events Centre. “We’ve had Oktoberfests where people are literally climbing over each other to get to their seats,” she said. Shields said that with a bigger venue, the Band will also
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Continued from Page 5. Their resolution called for UBCM to work with the Province to develop a system that enables B.C. residents to costeffectively access resources which are being transported through their areas. Their second resolution requested that the Government of B.C. and B.C. Emergency Health Services research the Community Paramedicine Model of healthcare for use in all rural and remote B.C. communities. Community Paramedicine represents the intersection of health care, public health and public safety; they maintain that the model has the potential to reduce the high cost of medical treatment. Both resolutions were endorsed.
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be able to offer more activities, including horse racing and other games. A polka and waltz competition, a German costume competition, and a King and Queen of Oktoberfest competition will be held. The event has also been condensed into one night instead of two. Attendees will be able to enjoy an Oompah band (music provided by the Kiwanis Band), traditional Bavarian food and novelty sized pretzels between 6-9pm, and local band Flees From Bears for the Rocktoberfest portion of the evening afterwards. Take-home beer steins will be given to everyone who attends. “We are still keeping the heart and soul of the event, it’s still the Kiwanis Band running the event, it’s still our music, it’s the same event, we’re just elevating it. We are trying to offer more activities, more fun and more atmosphere,” Shields said. Funds raised will help support the Band’s operational costs and help sponsor music lessons for kids.
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Huckleberry Mines Ltd., an 19,000 TPD open pit copper/molybdenum mine located 121 kilometers south of Houston in west central British Columbia, commenced operation in September 1997; a recent expansion has extended the mine life to 2021. We are currently recruiting for the following position:
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SITE SERVICES TEAM
Reporting to the Site Services Supervisor, the successful candidate will be part of the Site Services Team which is responsible for the repair and upkeep of a 300 person camp and mine site buildings and infrastructure. Duties include camp maintenance, industrial piping including HDPE process lines and pump maintenance, welding and fabricating and some equipment operating (loaders and excavators). The successful candidate must possess a journeyman’s trade qualication and have a minimum of ve years experience in an industrial environment. Preference will be given to applicants with mining experience and individuals who are also licensed or experienced in welding. Good interpersonal and communication skills are essential for this position. Huckleberry Mines is a remote mine where its employees live in a camp environment on their days of work. The work schedule for these position 7 x 7 (7 days on, 7 days off). Transportation to and from the mine site is provided and while at the mine site all meals and accommodations are provided free of charge to employees. More information on Huckleberry Mines can be found at www.infomine.com, click on Careers and then on Employers of Choice. Huckleberry Mines Ltd. offers a competitive salary and a full range of benets including medical, life, disability income and RRSP savings plan. We thank all applicants for their interest in Huckleberry Mines Ltd., but only those in consideration will be contacted. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada. Interested candidates can forward a completed resume to: Human Resources Department Huckleberry Mines Ltd. P.O. Box 3000 Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0 Email: HR@Huckleberrymines.com
HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC
Busy commercial transport truck dealership in Kamloops has immediate opening for a Heavy Duty Mechanic. 4 year apprentice or ticketed mechanic with strong electrical knowledge. This position is permanent full time with competitive wage and benefit package. Resumes to Attn: HR Dept 2072 Falcon Rd., Kamloops BC V2C 4J3 Fax: 250-374-7790 Email: jobapplication@jamesws.com Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
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