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Volume 57 No. 26
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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Life jacket saves man on the Kitimat Kitimat Search & Rescue emphasize planning
The community in Kitamaat Village gathered at the soccer fields on June 8 in celebration of World Oceans Day. World Oceans Day is organized under The Ocean Project, a network of conservation organizations of which the Haisla Nation Council is a member. This year’s theme was Youth: the next wave for change. In the Village activities included a community barbecue and a beach cleaning competition. Photo submitted
Cameron Orr Kitimat Search and Rescue found a 51-yearold male on the Kitimat River after it was reported to them that the peson had gone missing early on June 20. The man was seen leaving by a canoe from the orange bridge over the Kitimat River on Tuesday afternoon. Four teams, a helicopter team, two river teams assisted by Kitimat Hatchery employees and the Terrace Swift Water Rescue Team, were called to assist. The helicopter found the man at around 4:45 a.m. the same morning on the Kitimat River just north of the air park. Search and Rescue (SAR) report that the man’s canoe had hit debris in the river and capsized on Tuesday. The man was submerged and hung up on a branch before freeing himself and making his way to shore where he spent the night. The man credits his life jacket for saving his life, he told SAR. He was taken to Kitimat General for treatment of some injuries and kept for observation. Continued on page 2
Farmer’s market coming to town At just over 180 days old, the Kitimat Food Share program is setting their sights on establishing a farmer’s market and community garden in Kitimat. Liz MacDonald presented their plan for stage two of the food share program while talking of the program’s success since it began last November. They’ve shared over 47,705 lbs of food, she said, and have fed close to 14,000 people from Kitimat and Kitamaat Village. Kitimat council has directed administration to accommodate plans for a farmer’s market at Mountainview Square’s parking lot, as well to come back to council on a report regarding the plans for a community garden in the same complex. MacDonald said that they already have approximately 25 vendors interested in selling in a Kitimat market.
“We’re hoping to have a public market every second Sunday in Kitimat and our goal, in the long run, is to have Mountainview Square become a public market place.” MacDonald envisioned a place where families could come and eat meals at picnic tables. “Kitimat needs a bright space, a sort of a picnic place in the downtown area, and in front of the mall is not going to be that.” The enclosed area of Mountainview Square is easy and central, she said, and will allow participation from mental health patients and multilevel care residents. Talk is also ongoing to have Kildala Elementary School participate in some fashion as well. The proposal was universally well received by councillors at last week’s meeting. Mary Murphy told MacDonald that she hopes it happens because there are a lot of older people in Kitimat who cannot look after their own gardens.
Mountainview Square is the spot of a planned farmer’s market as well as a community garden which will be operated under the banner of the Kitimat Food Share program.
Legion looks to a new generation ... page 8