PRINCE RUPERT VOL. 9 NO. 48
Feature Heart of our City: Vern Barker Page A8
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
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Dodge Cove ready to take on Nexen
NORTH COAST LION
Terminal plans worry residents BY SHAUN THOMAS DODGE COVE / The Northern View
“Many people are quite stressed in my community.”
Business LNG meets science at seminar Page A10
Kevin Campbell / The Northern View
The Lion Dance was one of the displays that helped to celebrate the diversity of the North Coast during a multicultural fair held at the Museum of Northern B.C. on Nov. 22. For more from the event, see Page 15.
Sports Full All Native Qualifying results Page A20-A22
Community Prince Rupert’s faces of Movember Page 30
Residents of Dodge Cove are preparing to take the fight to Nexen after they were informed the company is now looking solely at Digby Island for its potential LNG export terminal. Nexen had signed an agreement with the - Des Nobels Province of B.C. for a site at Grassy Point while looking at the coast of Digby Island as an alternative, but Skeena — Queen Charlotte Regional District director Des Nobels said the company told Dodge Cove residents that is now off the table at a meeting on Nov. 7.
See NEXEN on Page A2
Court rules Reece be returned as mayor Lax Kw’alaams removal process deemed invalid BY SHAUN THOMAS LAX KW’ALAAMS / The Northern View
A federal court judge has ruled that Garry Reece must be returned as Mayor of Lax Kw’alaams. Justice Michael D. Manson rendered a judgment on Nov. 20 which indicated the steps the band took to replace Reece did not follow the rules stipulated by the band. “The dismissal of the previous appeal board was unreasonable and contrary to the election regulations and invalid. The process for the appointment of the new appeal board was unfair and unreasonable. As such the new appeal board was not properly constituted and did not have jurisdiction to accept and decide the Band Council’s petition,” wrote Justice Manson.
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“The process taken for his removal was fatally flawed.” - Michael Manson “Given that the appointment of the new appeal board was invalid, the decision to remove Garry Reece as mayor is quashed and the appointment of John Helin is invalid. Garry Reece remains mayor.” The ruling — which lists Reece and councillors Andrew Tait, Lawrence Sankey, Barb Henry, Stan Dennis, Victor Kelly and Robbie Hughes as applicants and councillors Helen Johnson, Carl Sampson Jr., Russel Mather, Ted White, Geraldine
Alexcee, Chris Sankey, appointed Mayor John Helin and members of the newly-appointed appeals board as respondents — does not cast judgement on whether the alleged affair brought to the band by complainants in the community definitively filled the requirements of “failure to uphold the code of conduct, failure to remove himself from a conflict of interest situation and acting dishonestly in his role as mayor,” that were cited as cause for Reece’s removal. “There may have been sufficient grounds as alleged for Mayor Reece’s removal, but the process taken for his removal was fatally flawed,” wrote Justice Manson. Mayor Reece welcomed the judgment, thanked the court for its assistance and said he looks forward to getting back to important council business.
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