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■ Family matters A FAMILY of Trumpeter Swans relaxes on a frozen Lakelse Lake on Dec. 31, 2014. The five darker swans are juveniles (one parent isn’t pictured) and photographer Rebecca Sundberg said this is the first time she’s come across such a large family in the time she’s been photographing and watching the local swan population.

Property values skyrocket By JOSH MASSEY THE BC Assessment office’s 2015 report shows Terrace and Kitimat experienced the highest jump in average property value in the entire province, which has some residents whooping in joy while others cringe as they contemplate what the rise will mean come property tax time. Compared to last year’s assessments, the average value of a Terrace house has risen 30 per cent, from $244,000 to $317,000. The average home price in Kitimat rose even higher, up 39 per cent—from $227,000 to $316,000 on average for a house. This makes Kitimat number one and Terrace number two on the

list of municipalities with highest property value rise for the 2015 assessments around the province. Seven out of the top 10 in assessment rise are municipalities from the northwest, including New Hazelton which saw a 21 per cent increase, Port Edward (19.9 per cent), Prince Rupert (17.25 per cent) and Stewart (15.6 per cent). By comparison Vancouver, which is number eight on the list, had an average assessment rise of 11.5 per cent. For those wishing to sell their home, this rise may be a cause to celebrate, but Facebook comments indicate many homeowners not wishing to sell are worried about higher property taxes. The city’s corporate administrator Alisa Thompson said that

homeowners shouldn’t assume that they will have to pay more in property tax this year because of their higher assessment. “Until we have done the budget process, I wouldn’t assume that your rates are going up,” said Thompson. “First we have to see how much money we need to get to provide the services, and then we can figure out how much tax revenue we need.” Thompson said city council will be deciding on tax rates soon. The total value of both businesses and homes has risen even higher in percentage than the individual assessments. The total value of existing and new businesses has gone up by 31.25 per cent from $300,541,000

in 2014 to $394,469,000 in the 2015 assessments, and the total value of new and old houses has broken the billion mark valued at $1,250,769,000 compared to $952,417,000 for last year—a 31.33 per cent increase. The hot markets here may be running out of gas, however—the 2015 BC Assessment is based on information collected in July 2014, and recent local real estate stats show higher availability of homes and apartments compared to 2013. Local realtor John Evans noted that this fall the number of houses available in Terrace rose from 20 to 67 compared to last year and said the rise in housing prices will likely slow in the coming year. “Our available inventory has

more than tripled,” said Evans. “I am expecting them to level, though it’s too soon to say. But I don’t expect that they are going to be dropping.” Reaction to news of the increase in assessments varied on The Terrace Standard’s Facebook page. One commenter noted that “supply and demand [is] setting the tone for cost of housing. That’s the nature of the housing market. Anyone selling their house right now is more then happy with the current market and assessments.” And another commented that “as pensioners, we have limited options. I guess we’ll just spend less in some areas, give less to charity, and have one more thing to complain about.”

Bye 2014

LNG agreement

Sports review

One final look at the last six months’ highlights in the community \COMMUNITY A12

Kitselas and Pacific Northwest wrap up business arrangement \NEWS A9

The second instalment of our annual sports year in review for 2014 \SPORTS A17

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Until January 17, 2015. See in-store for details. ANNA KILLEN PHOTO

■■ Look VI TIMMERMAN, right, with great-granddaughter and granddaughter Claire and Molly Lambert, takes a peek at artist Chelsea Barg’s well-textured mixed media and acrylic piece “Eye into the Soul” at the Terrace Art Gallery Jan. 2. Barg’s show, Inner Struggle: Exploration of Self, has been extended until the end of the month, showing in the lower gallery. And this weekend is the last weekend of the extension of the gift shop in the upper gallery.

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We invite you to attend our Open Houses to learn more about our project, including some of our recent project milestones and proposed design mitigations. Your feedback is important to us. Light refreshments will be served. Open House Date & Location Tuesday, January 13, 2015 5 pm – 7 pm Terrace Sportsplex and Aquatic Centre, 3320 Kalum Street For more information please contact our Community Office at 250.622.2727 or visit PacificNorthWestLNG.com.

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Terrace Standard

2014 IN NEWS

The Year in Review BELOW IS THE TERRACE STANDARD’S annual year in review of significant news events of the past year. This issue contains events from the final six months of 2014. The Community and Sports pages are handled the same way. Enjoy!

July DETAILS EMERGE about a housing mega-complex planned for a section of land bounded by Kenney and Park in the horseshoe neighbourhood. Calgary-based Coast to Coast Holdings Inc. says it plans to build what could be more than 180 apartment and townhouse units. The company begins its construction with a small complex later in the summer. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ COUNCILLOR MARYLIN Davies, a Terrace resident of 51 years, announces she is moving to the city of Courtenay on Vancouver Island to seek relief from a nagging medical condition in the warmer climate, leaving a spot to be filled in the November 2014 municipal elections. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE CITY announces that the first of several factories to be developed by the Qinhuangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone out at the industrial park will be an alfalfa protein extraction plant to employ approximately 170 people. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE TAHLTAN Central Council elects a new president, Chad Norman Day, who has served as a Tahltan band councillor. He replaces Annita McPhee, council president over three two-year terms. Day received 404 votes to McPhee’s 251. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERRACE RCMP inspector Dana Hart orders an investigation into a steroid ring involving four former Terrace officers. The incidents happened more than two years before, and now that the disciplinary reports about them have been concluded and released, Hart talks about the situation for the first time. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ NORTHWEST LEADERS form the Northwest BC Resource Benefits Alliance (RBA) which brings together mayors and other municipal leaders in a unified front to negotiate a deal with the province that would see provincial money allocated for infrastructure and services needed due to pressures of industrial expansion. RBA is asking for $500 million to $3 billion over several years, similar to longterm deals forged in other districts.

August NISGA’A LISIMS Government inks one of

several major agreements of the year with aboriginal affairs minister John Rustad and NLG president Mitchell Stevens signing off on an agreement which will enable the NLG to collect property taxes from non-Nisga’a citizens who live on Nisga’a lands and have taxing authority over industrial installations. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERRACE FISHING guides and their clients receive a letter from the Gitxsan Treaty Society (GTS) saying that action would be taken to halt fishing and industry by nonGitxsan in their 33,000 square kilometre traditional territory because of overlapping land claims issues with Kitselas and Kitsumkalum. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ AFTER A construction effort that took over two years and hundreds of millions of dollars of government financing to finish, the 344 kilometre Northwest Transmission Line powers up. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ HEARTWARMING KIDNEY transplant story emerges with Palwinder Thandi receiving a new kidney from her friend Megan Hoole. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ REGIONAL DISTRICT Director Doug McLeod resigns after fighting for two years for his constituents, saying that decisions at the regional district are being made behind closed doors. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TAHLTAN ACTIVISTS, the Klabona Keep-

ers, block access to the Red Chris mine on Aug. 8 in light of the failure of the Mount Polley copper mine breach in the Cariboo. Later in August, the Tahltan block the highway to protest the over-hunting of moose.

September THE CITY of Terrace loses a court battle to protect the Spirit Bear name from being used on a logo for a brand of alcohol. Kelownabased Urban Distilleries, which produces a line of Spirit Bear gin and vodka, wins battle and Terrace later drops the trademark. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERRACE COUNCIL reveals a new bylaw aimed at relieving the shortage of affordable housing in Terrace. The Affordable Housing Fund Bylaw lays out a framework for accumulating money in an account specifically allotted for housing-related projects. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ YELLOWKNIFE-BASED AIR Tindi announces a thrice-weekly flight service to Masset from the Northwest Regional Airport. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ STUDENTS RETURN to school after the teachers strike ends Sept. 22 after missing the first three weeks of classes in September and the last two weeks of classes in June. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ RURAL RESIDENTS outside of Terrace learn they will be on the hook for $200 a year for refuse collection which creates backlash from frustrated rural residents. FILE PHOTOS

CLOCKWISE FROM top: The annual cleaning and maintenance of the old Skeena Bridge on a sunny day; Nisga’a Nation President Mitchell Stevens signs a revenue sharing deal for a TransCanada LNG pipeline in November; the Klabona Keepers block Red Chris after the Mount Polley spill in August.

October ALLEGATIONS OF steroid use become a factor in a civil suit filed against RCMP officer Const. Brian Heideman who allegedly assaulted Robert Wright at the RCMP detachment. The case is amended to say that Heideman was ingesting steroids “which caused him to be unduly aggressive and violent with the plaintiff...” ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CITY COUNCIL votes unanimously to sink approximately $69,000 into the continued environmental rehabilitation of the former Terrace Co-op lands on Greig Ave in anticipation of a hotel being developed there. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ FAMILY AND friends of missing First Nations woman Lana Derrick organize a rally outside the Terrace RCMP detachment calling for a national inquiry into murdered and missing women. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A VIDEO of a Terrace RCMP striking a young man during an arrest spurs internal investigation at the detachment. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TAHLTAN PRESIDENT Chad Day comes under criticism for comments made about the Klabona Keepers who were blocking access to the nearly-completed Red Chris mine. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE BUILDING of five new units at the Tuck Ave. Seniors home is completed thanks to group effort between churches, the city, the a federal housing agency and volunteers.

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RDKS drops millions on building By JOSH MASSEY

THE REGIONAL District of Kitimat-Stikine (RDKS) is the new owner of its very own office building as it recently closed a deal to purchase the $2,600,000 four-storey building at the corner of Lazelle and Atwood in which it currently rents an office for its headquarters. The in-camera plans to close the deal considered several options, and although there was some opposition among regional district directors, nobody voted against the motion to purchase the building when it came time to vote, said RDKS spokesperson Robert Marcellin. Currently there are two other tenants in the building which has been the home of the RDKS for 27 years and who will now pay rent to the RDKS. They include the Ministry of Children and Family Development and the BC Assessment offices. According to Marcellin, the RDKS will focus on expanding its offices within the building to fit its own needs and only after that will it look to perhaps rent out the remaining space to other groups. “We looked at long-term lease agreements with the school board, looked at other private buildings to lease and purchase and after going through that exercise, we decid-

ed to look and see if we could purchase the building we are in,” said Marcellin. “Our five year lease agreement was coming up about two years ago, so about three years ago we started looking at options on whether or not we should continue renting, [or] should we purchase?” According to Marcellin, one of the main reasons for going ahead with the purchase was because the RDKS operations had outgrown the space it was currently leasing. Purchasing the building means having other floors to expand into and a number of parking lots. “We have outgrown the space we had. And we had to look at some additional space, so we are going to be looking at our special needs and making some adjustments before we make any other space available,” he said. The RDKS purchased the building from Dasilva Developments and has entered into a lease-to-own type agreement directly with the company on a short-term basis, he said. Dasilva Developments owns several buildings around town, including the one in which the BC Liquor Store is located. The RDKS spent $500,000 from an existing reserve fund, said Marcellin, with the balance “to be paid over five years under an agreement for sale with the owner and the interest set at prime rate.”

JOSH MASSEY PHOTO

THE REGIONAL District has purchased this building on Lazelle.

2014 IN NEWS

The Year in Review November THE NISGA’A Lisims Government finalizes a deal with the provincial government for a several million dollar payment related to the First Nation allowing the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line on Nisga’a Land. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TWO KITIMAT residents question the payment by Rio Tinto Alcan of the salary of a provincial environment employee involved in issuing permits for the company’s $4.3 billion Kitimat aluminum smelter modernization project which adds to their original claim that Alcan should install sulfur dioxide scrubbers. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CAROL LECLERC gets voted in as new mayor to replace outgoing mayor Dave Pernarowski. She wins by a comfortable margin with 1,456 votes compared to the 969 gathered by councillor Bruce Bidgood. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ STUDENT ENROLMENT is noted to have declined, with school officials citing the departure of families because of high housing costs as one reason. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A 50-PAGE report comes out on the tailings pond design of the not-yet opened Red Chris gold and copper mine owned by Imperial Metals which outlines 22 recommendations that should be followed before the mine goes into operation. It was paid for by Imperial Metals and commissioned independently by the Tahltan. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ COUNCILLOR LYNNE Christiansen makes case for limiting fireworks to Halloween day and not the full week which the current bylaw allows. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ FORMER MAYOR Jack Talstra is given the status of Freeman of the City. Talstra dies from pancreatic cancer in December.

FILE PHOTOS

LEFT TO Right: new mayor Carol Leclerc celebrates her win at the November local government elections; newspaper clipping from 1964 when City Hall was constructed, 50 years ago.

December

RED CHRIS mine owner Imperial Metals is granted an injunction preventing the Klabona Keepers from blocking access to the property off of Hwy37 North near Iskut. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ CITY COUNCIL votes to not interfere with Thornhill’s incorporation bid.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ LOCAL FIRST Nations negotiators argue that a single-minded focus on developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is getting in the way of treaty negotiations. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ SKEENA NDP MLA Robin Austin adds a political opponent to a defamation lawsuit stretching back to the May 2013 provincial

election campaign. Originally filed against Jim Lynch for comments made during the election, now Michael Brousseau is added to the defamation suit. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE REGIONAL District of KitimatStikine decides to sell the MK Bay Marina to the Haisla after years of operating the business.

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EDITORIAL

Connected NORTHERN LIVING is typically associated with isolation, be it long expensive drives, the delay of the big newspapers making it to one’s doorstep, or a lack of flight options. But today the small city of Terrace is more connected than ever before. With the recent addition of the Air Canada direct flight to Calgary from the Northwest Regional Airport, we now have multiple daily flight options to the major centres. One can even take the new Air Tindi flight to Masset for a fishing or surfing trip. And with the drop of gas prices, going on a road trip to Houston or Burns Lake just became even more appealing (seriously!). Combined with the connectivity offered by social media and the internet in general, north no longer means falling out of pace with urban trends. If one wants to keep up. For many, the feeling of mountains forming a pleasant barrier to mass society is exactly the refuge they cherish. And perhaps the desire to curb climate change might inspire others to jet-set and road-trip less and instead bike and hike locally. With the opening up of Terrace by increased transportation comes on one hand the promise of growth, but on the other the concern that this trend might erode the laid-back foundation of a coastal town. Strolling around Terrace, however, and seeing all the small businesses popping up run by people committed to maintaining the quality of life here, one’s concerns are put at ease. ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988

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The act of vandalism we keep paying for

f your windshield wipers swiped furiously to clear dime-sized splats of snow on your drive to the library, what would you think if you arrived to find both sets of double doors open wide, feel heat blasting your face, and hear the furnace labouring full tilt? That was the scene as I entered the Terrace library December 23 at noon. I couldn’t trust my senses. I was horrified to witness tax dollars so callously wasted. I pictured the library’s gas meter counting a blur of gigajoules. Was the city determined to supply warmth to anyone carousing about the band shell? Was the library actually heating with the doors wide open? My question to a staff member confirmed the doors had been constantly open that way for several days and could remain so for much of the rest of Tuesday. The library had reported the door problem to city maintenance several days earlier, but the city mechanic assigned to effect the required repair was not available. The library’s followup call to the city Tuesday

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THROUGH BIFOCALS

CLAUDETTE SANDECKI morning had spurred the city to phone All West Glass. Library staff was hoping an All West Glass electrician might show up later that day. Until then, some staff were wearing winter boots to keep their feet warm. What is the average daily cost for heating the library on a 32°F (0 C) winter day with the front doors closed? With doors open? Multiply that by steady furnace output from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. What is that broken door costing taxpayers for a single day? This has been the situation for several days. Unbelievable. Beyond comprehension. Now, I understand finding

a qualified repairman during the holiday season can be difficult. Maintenance staff, too, deserve a few days off with family. But at times of dire need – and being forced to heat the entire downtown including George Little Park qualifies in my book as a dire need – there are private companies one can call. And if no one is available locally, phone Smithers, Kitimat, Prince George. I’m betting bringing in someone from beyond city limits or paying someone to work through the night would be cheaper – and present far better optics to library patrons and taxpayers – than continuing to push heat out the front doors all day long for several days because the automatic doors are stuck open. A stopgap measure would have been to hire a doorman to manually open and close the doors to serve patrons. Or re-route patrons through the Art Gallery entrance. This door problem is longstanding. Years ago, I was told, someone got mad and kicked the door. It has never worked properly since despite numerous repair attempts. If the vandal who originally kicked and dam-

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aged the door was identified, and if that person was charged, and if that person appeared before a judge, in sentencing did the judge take into account the cost of repairing the damaged door? I’ll bet not. So the taxpayer is left paying staff time periodically for someone with a toolbox to have another go at permanently restoring the door to service. So far no repair has held for more than a few months, if my witnessing of a man with a toolbox every once in a while is any indication. Perhaps it’s time to replace the automatic doors with swinging doors from a decommissioned federal prison. Or contract a local welder to custom build swinging doors of solid steel. Would miffed locals try to crowbar them off their hinges? Patrons and taxpayers can be forgiven for questioning not only council’s sanity but their dedication to trimming the city’s budget so long as they put up with periodic makeshift repair of the library’s “automatic” front doors and heating of the great outdoors.

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The Mail Bag Look past the big talk

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THE NEW YEAR brought letters of prophesy evoking ancient paintings like this one by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen.

Turmoil predicted in new year Dear Sir: In the wicked infidel House of Babylon there lived a witch named Semiramis over 5,000 years ago until her more famous husband Nimrod [named after Orion the Hunter] was gored by a bull and died. Semiramis wanted to consolidate her power over Babylon before she did anything else. She had the temple harlots pray for her 40 days/ nights. She then announced she was pregnant with the reincar-

nation of Nimrod she named Tammuz, married the boy and ruled Babylon another 49 years. You’ll find accounts of her in Scripture including Isaiah 47; Revelation 17 and 18. In the ancient Jewish calendar, Tammuz is one of the months of the year; the Jews being confused with making cakes to the Queen of Heaven, which was believed to be the Roman Catholic Church and the Virgin Mary. This is akin to leaping over Niagara Falls and trying to walk back.

It’s not so far back that in Isaiah 47 her garments were white as the color of God but in Revelation 17/18 she is stained crimson from the blood of the saints. Remember the great Holocaust of WW2 when her garments were awash in Jewish blood. A lot of people are in thrall to her charms today, including ISIS which is killing both Jews and Christians. I would say that WW3 is not so far off. The Witch Goddess has been staring hungrily at

her next item on the menu: the United Nations under a banner of taking over the world. The son she bears will be earth’s greatest warrior; and the Jewish shaman known as the false prophet will only help her achieve what she wants, Her knife is of the sharpest steel in parting her birthday cake straight down the middle; and will shave off slice after slice of the tightening oligarchy to come. Brian Gregg, Terrace, B.C.

Dear Sir: In all the talk and headlines about Big Deals involving Big Money, Big Politics, Big Projects and Big Spin, it is important to remember what makes life worth living are the little deals. Carolina Der Ryk interviewed the head librarian in Prince Rupert on the CBC Daybreak show not too long ago. This fellow talked about how he and his staff try to provide what help and service they can to the homeless people who hang out in the library all day. He commented in a non judgmental way that many of the services these folks need had been cut and he was surprised by the question: “what do the people you are helping give back?” It seemed obvious to him that we should help people when we can. He offered the thought that people who are warm and dry and given learning opportunities are less of a danger to themselves and others than they might otherwise be. Of course he is right. Big Corporations and their Big Politicians don’t care about these little people and their little deals at all. They live in an world where Big Deals that harm the earth and the little people who live on it are what they call good for the Economy and by extension, good for everybody. If all there is to life is a job in an LNG plant trying not to think about what you are doing in relation to climate change or laying pipe through pristine wilderness knowing you are inevitably delivering toxic sludge to the coastlines and rivers that are your children’s birthright, there may be something to their Big Dreams. But most ordinary people live in a much more complex and interesting world than that. In our neighborhoods and in our families, the daily little deals and the struggle to have a healthy meaningful life matter a lot.

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LNG is a game of snakes and ladders

he plunge in oil prices in the last few months predictably brought out the Chicken Littles, all running around and squacking “The sky is falling, the sky is falling.” And nowhere was that more apparent than when it came to LNG. I read a story that even went so far as to pronounce it was the “death knell” of any liquefied natural industry in B.C. That is of course nonsense. Let’s deal with oil first. This dive in oil prices we have seen in the last few months is hardly anything new. In January of 2005, the price of a barrel of Brent oil – the global bench mark – was a touch under $50. By May of 2008, it had rocketed to $140/barrel. Four months later, it had crashed to under $50 again. But soon started a climb that

took it to $130/barrel by May of 2011. Then crashed again over the last half of last year. The world as we know it did not end in either of those two earlier low points and it will not this time either – as I write this, Brent oil appears to have stabilized at $57, above the last “crash” level. Now let’s shift focus to liquefied natural gas. True, LNG prices have predictably dived in the last six months in lock step with those of oil. Also true is that means Asian countries who bought into multiyear contracts tied to the price of oil are at this moment getting their LNG for a lot less than they were paying even six months ago. But they knew full well that this is a game of snakes and ladders so while the snakes are winning at this point, the ladders will soon take over. And that’s the whole point of

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MALCOLM BAXTER long-term contracts, to smooth out the bumps. Which takes us to Woodside, the company that just bought out Apache’s Australian LNG holdings and its half share in the proposed Kitimat LNG project for an

estimated $3.75 billion. These guys are no amateurs or speculators. While we may have never heard of them before, they are the number one energy producer Down Under. And they have about $2.5 billion free cash available, emphasizing they are no fools. So the purchase inevitably leads to the conclusion that they are convinced the price of oil will rebound at some point in the future to a level that makes KLNG viable over the long term, 30 or 40 years usually. Will that translate into a green light for the project this year? I am not convinced of that but I am convinced having Woodside involved in the project is a big plus. FOOTNOTE: The main factor in the decline of oil prices is a simple question of supply and demand. As in while demand eased

over the last half of last year, supply went significantly in the opposite direction thanks to the leap in shale oil poduction in the United States. So how does the market get back into balance? Easy, say the Americans, the Persian Gulf producers, primarily Saudia Arabia, should cut their production to articially force prices back up. The Saudi reaction was thanks, but no thanks, we are going to continue producing at our current level, the attitude being why should we have to correct a problem that was created by the US? And they can afford to be hard-nosed about this because of the billions upon billions of dollars they have put into a rainy day account. Retired Kitimat Northern Sentinel editor Malcolm Baxter now lives in Terrace and can be reached at msdbax@citywest.ca.

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Look past the big talk, to the bigger picture This is especially true for the growing underclass who will never inhabit the world portrayed for them in the glossy corporate ads. My Big Dream would be a country and a community run by people like the Prince Rupert Librarian. What if our leaders reflected his wisdom and values? What choices could we make to get from here to there? Or is it

enough to drift along numbed by TV, drugs and alcohol and gas burning toys? The heartwarming interview with the librarian reminded me of what a truly rich resource ordinary people are, and by contrast, what poverty of the human spirit dwells in the corporate heart of the multinational Big Deals. David Bowering, Terrace, B.C.

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This month the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Canadian Minister for the Environment, approved Seabridge Gold’s KSM Project, a goldcopper-silver-molybdenum mine located 65 kilometres northwest of Stewart, BC. The approval was granted after the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s (CEAA) comprehensive science-based review determined that, through mitigation measures and the conditions of the environmental assessment, no significant adverse effects are expected. This decision is consistent with the Province of B.C’s approval, which was received on July 30, 2014. “We are very pleased,” said Brent Murphy, Seabridge Vice President of Environmental Affairs. “By issuing the certificate, Minister Aglukkaq and the Government of Canada have recognized that KSM is a well-designed, environmentally responsible project which is technically feasible and offers significant economic benefits to both British Columbia and Canada. There is still much road left to travel before construction, but this is a big milestone.” The process of receiving approval has taken more than seven years, with the environmental assessment document totalling more than 35,000 pages. Along the way, Seabridge has held dozens of meetings with the Nisga’a Nation, First Nations, local communities and government officials. The design of the KSM facility, created by hundreds of people from more than 20 worldclass firms, has been updated based on input from local (and international) citizens, government regulators, as well as from Treaty and First Nations. As the KSM Project Environmental Manager, Elizabeth Miller has toured extensively in BC’s Northwest to inform residents about the project. “Seabridge would like to thank every person who

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has worked to ensure this project is environmentally and socially responsible, sustainable and economically viable,” she said. “From those who came and commented at our local meetings, to those who wrote letters offering suggestions, to the Federal employees and elected ofﬁcials who worked tirelessly to ensure the project met the strict environmental standards required here in Canada.” The receipt of the Government of Canada’s environmental approval is a key step in the permitting process, however there is still much work to be done. Seabridge is now focused on continuing the relationships with the communities, Nisga’a Nation and First Nations, obtaining the remaining approximately 100 additional operating permits, and attracting the strategic partnerships and project ﬁnancing necessary to build and operate the KSM Project. “We look forward to initiating the next phase in our deepening relationship with BC’s northwest, in which we strive to ensure that KSM meets the legitimate expectations of the local communities,” Miller said.

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Kitselas signs benefits agreement A MAJOR energy company may be delaying its decision on whether or not to spend billions on a liquefied natural gas plant near Port Edward but that hasn't stopped it from wrapping up business arrangements with local governments and First Nations. The Kitselas First Nation and Pacific NorthWest LNG announced Dec. 22 an impact management benefits agreement term sheet has been signed. It's been described as an “integral step toward concluding negotiations and finalizing an agreement between the two parties.” “Our agreement with Pacific NorthWest LNG addresses the environmental and social safeguards we require in negotiations, as well as the delivery of economic, employment and educational benefits for our community,” said Kitselas Chief Councillor Joe Bevan. “These core components mean substantial benefits for our community – now and in years to come.” Pacific NorthWest LNG concluded negotiations for a term sheet with the Metlakatla First Nation last month and has also reached a taxation agreement with Port Edward. Pacific NorthWest official Krissy Van Loon anticipated the company signing up to six benefits agreements with First Nations who have interests in and around Lelu Island where the company wants to build its LNG plant. “The Kitselas First Nation was identified as one of the First Nations with traditional fishing access in the Skeena River and near the Skeena estuary and it's one of the groups we are working closely with,” she said. There will be annual payments made to the Kitselas, Van Loon added, as well as a payment upon signing the term sheet. The Kitselas have also agreed to provide a letter of support for the project which has drawn worries from environmental and other groups because of potential impacts on Skeena River fish populations. Pacific NorthWest

LNG, which is majority-owned by Petronas, the Malaysian stateowned energy giant, wants to build a LNG plant of two parts, each able to produce six mil-

lion tonnes per annum of the super-cooled product. A third part, also to produce six million tonnes per year, could also be built.

A final investment decision had been expected by now but the company in early December 2014 said that decision was on hold. Company officials

were generally happy with taxation arrangements worked out with the provincial government but cited declining energy prices and construction costs as

reasons to delay its decision. In an emailed statement, Pacific NorthWest LNG president Michael Culbert said, “Our project represents

a generational opportunity that will provide economic benefits, as well as education and business opportunities for the Kitselas First Nation.”

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Lawyer recognized A LOCAL defence lawyer has been recognized with the Queen's Counsel (Q.C.) designation. Karen Lisa Whonnock, a member of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation, is a sole practitioner and family mediator with Whonnock Law Firm, where her specific interests include gender and racial issues, and promoting Aboriginal courts in B.C., according to a government press release. The Q.C. designation is an honour conferred annually on members of the legal profession to recognize exceptional merit and contribution and who have been members of the B.C. bar for at least five years. The appointments were made by cabinet through an order-incouncil.

Whonnock has served on the executive of the Canadian Bar Association of BC Aboriginal lawyers forum, and on the executive of the Canadian Bar Association national Aboriginal law committee. She is an instructor at Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Washington and is a former instructor at the

Justice Institute of BC. Among the 32 lawyers who were given the Q.C. designation are those who have prosecuted high-profile criminal cases, family, civil and commercial law cases. Many of the appointees have also advocated for seniors and the disabled, and have given back to their communities through a

Karen Whonnock wide variety of charitable causes.

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itamin C is arguably the single most important water soluble antioxidant in the human body. Antioxidants play a key role in protecting cells against free radicals, which can cause damage and play a role in heart disease, cancer and other diseases. It’s tragic that researchers are unaware that high doses of vitamin C and lysine cannot only prevent, but reverse atherosclerosis in coronary and other arteries in the body. Vitamin C is needed for the manufacture of collagen, the glue that holds cells together. A lack of vitamin C means poor collagen, resulting in cracks appearing between coronary cells thus setting the stage for fatal blood clot.

Search called off RCMP CALLED off the search for a woman missing on a lake north of Terrace, B.C. Dec. 24 after three days of searching. "We have exhausted all search options," said Terrace RCMP Constable Angela Rabut of a search of Kalum Lake which began after the woman, 43, was reported missing Dec. 21. The report came in at 9 p.m. that day and police then found the woman's truck that evening, parked at the Kalum Lake boat launch. “Search and rescue found her canoe on Kalum Lake in the early hours of the morning of Dec. 22,” said Rabut. Search efforts included using a local helicopter, a police service dog and members of Terrace Search and Rescue.

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Recently, Dr. Sydney Bush, an English researcher, made this monumental discovery. He took photos of the retinal arteries and then gave patients 6,000 milligrams of vitamin C and 5,000 of lysine (lysine adds strength to coronary arteries just like steel rods increase the strength of concrete). A year later he repeated the pictures. To his surprise, he found atherosclerosis fading away.

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Millions of North Americans also suffer from osteoarthritis. Without sufficient vitamin C to produce collagen, a major component of cartilage, bone eventually grinds on bone. There would be fewer joint replacements if more vitamin C were available to produce healthy collagen. Rheumatoid arthritis, the inflammatory type, also requires large doses of vitamin C. Every moment of the day our bodies are using oxygen to keep us alive. But oxidation results in metabolic ash, known as “free radicals”, which are believed to trigger an inflammatory reaction in joints. Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that helps to reduce damaging free-radicals.

Patients often appear surprised when I tell them that vitamin C will help them keep their teeth a lifetime. By age 65 one in five North Americans has lost all their teeth and many of their teeth were normal. Rather, it was the gums that could no longer hold teeth firmly in place in part due to inadequate amounts of vitamin C. This vitamin is needed in large amounts to produce healthy collagen, the glue that holds cells together and keeps gums healthy. Without good mortar bricks fall apart and the same happens when gums lacking collagen lose their grip on teeth. The essential amino acid lysine is probably best known for its use in those with herpes simplex infections but several other benefits have been ascribed to the molecule, including favourable effects on blood pressure and stroke prevention but also a positive influence on mood and anxiety. In addition to providing healthy collagen production and a healthy cardiovascular system, vitamin C and lysine supplementation helps support: • Immune system health • Vision • Teeth and gums • Wound healing • Bones and cartilage • Recovery from shingles • Recovery from herpes outbreaks This is why I’ve been taking high doses of vitamin C and lysine for the last 16 years following a heart attack. I believe it saved my life. Medi-C Plus™, containing high doses of vitamin C and lysine, is available in powder and capsules.

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King Crow closes Coldsnap fest TERRACE’S OWN King Crow and the Ladies From Hell will be the closing headliner for the 2015 Canada Winter Games Coldsnap Music Festival in Prince George. King Crow and the Ladies From Hell, who fuse Celtic folk music with gypsy punk and loud Irish drinking songs, play Feb. 28 at the Artspace at 8 p.m. and then at the mainstage downtown Prince George on March 1 for the closing event.

“The band has had nothing but great experiences playing in Prince George, both at the Coldsnap Festival (2013) and other venues,” says Jeff Chapman, guitarist and vocalist for King Crow and the Ladies From Hell. “So, of course, we are very excited and honoured to be invited to join in celebrations for the 2015 Canada Winter Games; also for the opportunity to share our music on stage in front of a community of ath-

letes, their families and people from all over the country.” The closing party ends off two weeks of competition for young athletes from across Canada competing in 19 different winter sports. The annual Coldsnap Festival has joined forces with the 2015 Canada Winter Games to bring an unbelievable line up of talented musicians to Prince George February 13-March 1.

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Fax your event to make the Scene at 250-638-8432. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday.

Clubs & pubs ■ THORNHILL PUB: KARAOKE Thursdays starting at 8 p.m. Free pool Wednesday and Sunday. Showing all UFC on 80” TV. Live music Fridays and Saturdays. Shuttle service provided. ■ LEGION BRANCH 13: Meat draws every Saturday – first draw at 4:30 p.m. Steak Night is the first Friday of each month, except for January when it will be Jan. 9. ■ GEORGE’S PUB: POOL tournament every Sunday starting at 6 p.m. Poker, Sunday starting at 1 p.m. and Wednesday, starting at 7 p.m. Thursday game

night, dj and open until 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday live weekend entertainment: New Year’s Eve Playback. Tickets on sale now. Bar open 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Prizes to be won, food. Karaoke Sundays 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Shuttle services every weekend. ■ MT. LAYTON LOUNGE: Open daily 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Free pool. Located at Mt. Layton Hotsprings just off Hwy37 South between Terrace and Kitimat. ■ BEASLEYS MIX: KARAOKE every Friday night in the Best Western hotel lounge.

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COMMUNITY 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW

MARGARET SPEIRS

Once more relive the biggest moments in the community from the second half of 2014.

July THE QUESTION: “How do you pronounce Gruchy’s Beach? Gruhchy’s or Grouch-y’s or something else?” receives 39 comments on The Terrace Standard Facebook page. Opinion is heavily weighted toward Grouch-y’s with 26 comments compared to Gruh-chy’s with five comments. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ HEAD LIBRARIAN Margo Schiller leaves after six years to become branch head at the same library in Kamloops where she worked for three-and-a-half years before moving here to take over as head librarian from Ed Curell, who retired after 29 years at the library in 2008. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ FLOCKS OF pink plastic flamingos take over many front lawns as part of Speden’s Army Flocking Fundraiser to help Shannon Peden’s family pay for huge medical bills from an emergency while on a vacation to the U.S. this past spring. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ FRED GLOVER makes headlines in his hometown of Banbridge, Northern Ireland when he books a pub there to host a party for the year 2054 to mark the 100th anniversary of Glover moving to Canada and, although he more than likely won’t be at the party, the Downshire Arms Hotel books rooms for Glover’s family 40 years from now. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE VILLAGE of Gitwinksihlkw welcomes a new fire truck with a hands-on blessing from the elders and people and, according to firefighter tradition, is washed down and pushed by hand into its holding bay.

August MAMIE KERBY’S last project, The Ferries of Ferry Island that details the history of the island and the ferries that ran in the Skeena in words and photos, is unveiled by the Terrace Regional Historical Society. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ RAEANNE COLVILLE, 23, travels to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and gives children there 180 unused jerseys from the Terrace Youth Soccer Association, which meant a lot to the children, who don’t have much. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ PARAMEDIC CHERYL Spencer celebrates her silver anniversary with the British Columbia Ambulance Service. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ LOCAL WRITER Ev Bishop

releases her first novel, Bigger Things, under her own name and her own publishing house after years of having the story in her mind. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ FORMER TERRACE resident and dancer Rebekah Asselstine, 24, releases her first music video, A Night to Forget, online and at a release party at the Venue Nightclub in Vancouver after nine months of hard work. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE SALVATION Army welcomes Majors Warrick and Lucy Pilgrim who take over for Majors Dave and Rosa Moulton, who retired at the end of June. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ FLIGHT SGT. Johnathan Haynes, 18, of the 747 Unicorn Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron here receives his private pilot’s licence after seven weeks at the Regional Gliding School (Pacific) in the Air Cadet Private Pilot Scholarship Course at 19 Wing Comox this summer.

September COUPONS FOR those who have trouble affording produce help people get these items at the farmers market under the guidance of Ksan House Society’s Agatha Jedrzejczyk and farmers market vice-president Lynne Christiansen. To get coupons, people first have to take a cooking seminar with Agatha to learn how to cook vegetables properly. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A 560 square foot mural depicting Sleeping Beauty Mountain and several local wildlife, including an eagle and Kermode bear, and painted by local carver JJ Jung beautifies the side of the Gemma’s building continuing the work of the Terrace Downtown Improvement Association to update the exteriors of buildings. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE TERRACE Scout Troop, 12 boys and seven girls aged 10 to 16 and five leaders, go for a six-day adventure to the Spatsizi Wilderness Park and take several hikes and see a variety of wildlife. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ AILEEN FRANK, who started her teaching career in the old Kitsumgallum school here in 1934 passes away at age 100 in Port Coquitlam. She lived in Terrace for 72 years before moving to the Lower Mainland about a decade ago. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE 34TH annual Terry Fox Run welcomes a record number of participants with 112 and raises a record amount of money $2,561.10 on one of the nicest weather days for the event. That high total comes thanks to Roxanne Woods and family, who raised $904.10, giving them the distinction of raising the highest amount of money for a

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October A ONE day food drive by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints results in 3,500 pounds of food being collected for the Terrace Churches Food Bank. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ LOCAL DIVERSITY advocate Sasa Loggin receives the Service Recognition Staff Award in recognition of going above and beyond her role of Project Director at Skeena Diversity Society from the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC as part of its 2014 Diversity Awards at the society’s annual general meeting Sept. 19 at the VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ LOCAL HONEY producer Rudi Peters, who’s been at beekeeping for about six years now, places second for his golden honey in a competition at the annual Honey Producers Convention in Richmond. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ KSAN HOUSE Society’s longtime executive director Carol Sabo retires after 15 years with Ksan as executive director, and says she’ll take some time for herself, might be involved with the Happy Gang Centre and will be a farmer along with her husband and sons in Old Remo. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ WITH A smile on her face, Sandy Pringle, a front counter staff member at the Terrace RCMP detachment, gets her head shaved as promised after the police officers managed to raise $10,000 for Cops for Cancer Tour de North. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ KATHLEEN LINDSETH celebrates her 100th birthday with friends and family in the Sunshine Centre at Terraceview Lodge. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERI MEYER takes over the pulpit as Knox United Church’s new reverend.

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ABOVE: DR. Kwadwo Asante cuts the cake at an afternoon tea at the Terrace Child Development Centre to begin a year of festivities to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Asante, local pediatrician back then, was actively involved in establishing, promoting and supporting intervention programs in Terrace and Kitimat. Below: Nisga’a elder Norma Morgan and volunteer firefighter Simon Calder wash down Gitwinksihlkw’s new fire truck as part of a ceremony that also included a Nisga’a hands-on blessing.

November COMMUNITY historian Yvonne Moen turns 80 with a party at the Happy Gang Centre. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE FOUR marching bands of the Nass Valley team up into a supergroup of 75 to play in the Grey Cup parade. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THREE LOCAL veterans Sandy Sandhals, Bill McRae and Bob Goodvin are recognized for their role in the landings at Normandy in France on June 6, 1944 and for the period after which marked the beginning of the end of the war in Europe with medals struck by the French government. A fourth recipient, Rowly Purmal, also received the award but had moved away.

December BETTY CAMPBELL celebrates her 93rd birthday with friends and family at Terraceview Lodge. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THANKS TO the overwhelming generosity of individuals and organizations, the Terrace Churches Food Bank has such a large surplus that it opens for an extra day for its

clients Dec. 20. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A NEW not-for-profit Kimmunity Angels Society seeks to help individuals and their families with needed finances that arise with someone gets seriously ill and holds its first fundraiser, a scavenger hunt that includes finding a police officer and singing a Christmas carol to that person.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS JANUARY 8, 15, 22, 29 – Historical Detectives, a free afterschool program at Ksan Place, is open to all school-aged children and youths from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Follow the lives of Second World War soldiers and home-front workers from Terrace around the world, or vice versa. Dig into old letters, photos, maps and interviews. Create posters or short films about your chosen soldier or worker, and they will be featured online. Snacks provided. Program runs every Thursday in January, except New Year’s Day. To sign up, call Kelsey at 250-6354546. JANUARY 13 – Ksan Place’s Community Dinner is from 4 - 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. For more info, or to volunteer, please call Char at 250-635-2654, or email char@ksansociety. ca. JANUARY 14 – Do you want to record your life story? Do you want to know about Advance Care Planning? Let us help you! Terrace Hospice Society will be hosting an informal Coffee House gathering from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Information on our programs and services will be provided along with refreshments. Everyone is welcome! JANUARY 15 – Seats are still available for Seniors S-T-R-E-T-C-H starting today at 10 a.m. at Ksan Place. People 55+ will enjoy a different half-hour demo lesson every week. Food Skills for Families (Seniors Edition) follows. Sign up for either or both! Interested in participating? Call or email Char at 250635-2654 or char@ksansociety.ca. Willing to provide a half-hour lesson in dance, exercise or sport? Please contact Char! JANUARY 27 – Free watercolour flowers workshop from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Stepping Stone Centre at 102-4450 Greig Ave. Learn a unique art technique using paint, salt and plastic wrap. Materials provided, must preregister. Maximum 10 participants. Call 250635-8206.

PSAS THE GREATER TERRACE Seniors Advisory Committee (GTSAC) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Everyone welcome. THE SALVATION ARMY holds Toonie Wednesdays every first and third Wednesday of the month – all clothing is $2. All children’s clothing $2 or less is half price. NORTHERN BRAIN INJURY Support Group meets at 4 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of the month in the boardroom at the Terrace and District Community Services

Society (3219 Eby St.). For more details, call Deb 1-866-979-4673. PACIFIC NORTHWEST MUSIC festival committee regular monthly meeting to plan the music festival is the second Tuesday of every month at the Terrace Academy of Music. If intersted in helping out, come to the meeting or call Fiona at 635-9089 for more details. CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY meets noon – 1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at 207-4650 Lazelle Ave. We’re looking for volunteers to help in our office, outreach programs, fundraising campaigns (Daffodils or Relay For Life). Call Mary at 638-8583 or 6353048. THE TERRACE ART Association meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the gallery. Call 638-8884 for details. THE TERRACE PARKINSON’S support group meets the second Tuesday of each month. Persons with Parkinsons, family, friends and support people are welcome. For more information, call Therese at 250-638-1869. THE TERRACE MULTIPLE Sclerosis Support Group meets every second Wednesday of the month. To find out the location of the next meeting, call Doug 635-4809 or Val 635-3415. TERRACE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Terrace Art Gallery. Want to enjoy photography more? Open the aperture of your mind and come and see us. Two field trips a month and much more. Contact information thru our website northernlensescameraclub.ca. NORTHWEST BC METIS meet the third Wednesday of the month (except July and August) at 7 p.m. room 306, 4536 Park Ave. Everyone welcome. For more details call 6381199 or Beverly at 635-6864 or terracemetis@ ymail.com. AS PART OF its 50th anniversary celebration, the Pacific Northwest Music Festival is offering anyone interested in writing a music composition a free opportunity to work with some very fine composers and musicians from the Lower Mainland. What’s the Score: Building Skills of B.C. Young Composers invites those interested to join Canadian composer Jeffrey Ryan, members of Vancouver’s Turning Point Ensemble and local musicians in an educational exploration of musical composition and other skills in workshops scheduled for dates in February to April, 2015. Participants must attend all workshops and the performance. For more details, contact the Terrace Academy of Music 250-638-1183. For details on the What’s The Score program, see turningpointensemble.

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TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE is looking to borrow a sofa for its upcoming dinner theatre. Preferred style is mid-century modern as in 1950s, teak and upholstery, and smallish in size. It will be used from mid-January through the beginning of March 2015. If you can help, please contact Marianne at 250-635-2942 or at mbrorup@citywest.ca THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY Pacific Northwest Music Festival will be from April 16 – May 2. If you would like to participate, you need to pick up a syllabus, which are now available, from Terrace Sight and Sound. Entry forms are available upon request or you can photocopy two copies per entry from the back of the syllabus. The entry deadline is Jan. 15, 2015. Entries must be postmarked on or before this date to be accepted. For more information or to see the syllabus online, see www.pnmf.ca. SNOW ANGELS ARE back! And more are needed! Are you looking for a very gratifying community volunteer opportunity? If you are not afraid of the cold and would enjoy some morning exercise this winter, this is a great opportunity for you! We welcome families, students and businesses alike! The Snow Angels Program is part of the Helping Handyman Program – we need volunteers to faithfully shovel a safe path to the street throughout the winter season. This service is available to seniors 65 years and older and persons with physical disabilities. Fore more information, contact Jessica or Tracey at 250-638-1330, at senior6@telus.net or on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ volunteer.terrace THE TERRACE HOSPICE Society is looking for new board members to assist in running this worthwhile organization. The time commitment is minimal, rewards are huge and the work is guaranteed to warm your heart. Come join us with fresh new ideas. For more information, call Diana Wood at 250-615-8582 or email dianawood@live.ca. DO YOU HAVE a desire to be a part of a nonprofit? Terrace Child Care Society has been providing quality child care options to Terrace and Thornhill families for 40+ years. If you can commit to a meeting, plus a few hours a month, then we need you! Email tdc_centre @hotmail. com with your information and plan to attend our next meeting. A PEER SUPPORT group for people living with a brain disorder meets from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. every Monday at the Terrace Public Library meeting room. Also meet us for a coffee at Cafenara on Friday nights at 7 p.m. For more details, call Ken or Sheila at 631-4176.

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TERRACE STANDARD

ANNA KILLEN

2014 YEAR IN REVIEW Happy 2015! Here’s the second instalment of our sports year in review, just some of the moments that caught our attention over the last six months of 2014.

July

TERRACE’S HANNAH Dale travelled to the Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games in Vancouver competing in 5-pin bowling as a single and as a member of the Powell River Alley Cats for Team BC. The only player to travel from Terrace, Dale’s week consisted of competition and celebratory ceremonies and she placed 7th in her singles division. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE TERRACE Northmen finished the official 2014 northwest rugby season second in league play, with 81 points overall, besting the Prince George Gnats. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ SEVEN TERRACE teams got competitive at BC Soccer provincials July 5 and 6, with the U16 girls team bringing home bronze. The U16 team was one of two girls teams competing in Chilliwack, while the boys teams headed to Richmond. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TABATHA KIRKEGAARD might be the latest bodybuilder to make Terrace proud on the national stage – she brought home the bronze in the Masters Bikini category at the 2014 Canadian Bodybuilding Federation Nationals in Edmonton July 5. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERRACE HAS entered a competition with other northwest cities to host a regional 2015 Canada Winter Games torch celebration here during the lead up to the games. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A TERRACE shortstop played a big role in a Williams Lake fastball team’s recent provincial gold medal. Mason Richey travelled to U-14 rep fastball provincial championships in Surrey July 11 - 13 with the Williams Lake Prospects, and coach Brad Alexander said Richey – picked up to play because the team was short on players – was one of the team’s top players and a key part of the A division championship win. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A NUMBER of Terrace teen athletes take flight to the 2014 BC Summer Games in Nanaimo to compete as Northwest zone 7. Terrace track star Tyler Dozzi brings home gold in the 2,000 metre (5:57.46) and bronze in the 1,200 metre (3:23.62).

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TWO NORTHWEST boys soccer teams finished strong at the North American Indigenous Games 2014 in Regina July 20-27, with the U16 boys team breaking team records and claiming gold, and the U18 boys team grabbing silver. Team BC broke records, winning the closest medal count matches and slightly beating second place finisher and hosts Team Saskatchewan by one medal – B.C. with 160 medals and Saskatchewan with 159 medals. Team BC also won both the Overall Team Title and the John Fletcher Spirit Award.

August THE NORTH Coast Nightmares said goodbye to their head coach Beny Bones in July, but they have opened their hearts to new head coach Chris Thomas or, as he is better known, Skimo. The former assistant coach has taken the reins and he said he is looking forward to the upcoming season. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ BLAME IT on the rain. A rainy Sunday morning may have had something to do with less than stellar numbers at the annual Terrace Gran Fondo, which toured from Northwest Community College up Hwy37 alongside the Nisga’a lava beds and Kalum Lake Aug. 10. But those who participated in the 20 kilometre, 80 kilometre, or 160 kilometre rides saw the weather clear up as the day went along, enough to enjoy an afternoon ice cream break at the Rosswood General Store. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERRACE’S OWN Marek Omerod proved he was a good pick for Team BC’s U16 basketball roster as they took home the gold in the 2014 Western Canadian Championships after taking down Manitoba 58 to 41.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

CLOCKWISE FROM above, members of the boys soccer team strike a pose at the Terrace Kitimat Regional Airport before heading to the BC Summer Games in Nanaimo; Terrace’s U16 Girls soccer team snaps a selfie after their bronze finish at provincials; Team northwest B.C.’s Clark Mathews Jr. against Team Ontario at the 2014 North American Indigenous Games; Hannah Dale competes in 5-pin bowling.

September LOCAL SKATER Heather Hanna is achieving her dream of skating with Disney on Ice with the announcement that she’s been accepted into the show. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A COUPLE of young karatekickboxing kids held their own at a boot camp with older karatekickboxing athletes and several River Kings players. Shawn, 7, and Farren, 9, Devcic worked out with Terrace River Kings Derek Jurista, Cameron Kerr and Jeremy Vandenbroek at a recent five-week-long boot camp put on by Amber Pipe and Rajan Sangha of Shogun Dojo where the kids normally train. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE LOSS of a team, shorter sea-

son and fewer playoff spots in the CIHL this season is going to make the play much more competitive among the seven teams remaining. That’s the word from Ray Hallock, Terrace River Kings team manager. The schedule has dropped from 18 games last year to 16 this year and only four playoff spots to battle for in the regular season and Houston’s Luckies won’t be playing this season. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERRACE HAS talent – half of the motocross riders who competed in the Printwerx Championship Cup in Prince George over the Labour Day weekend finished in the top five, and all of them finished in the top 10.

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A18 www.terracestandard.com THIS YEAR’S King of the Moun- tion for the Northwest as part of tain trail race proved to be a fam- the torch relay. ily affair, with twins Krista and Andrew Johnstone finishing first in their prospective categories. And SHAMES MY Mountain Co-op reigning champion Chris Hamp- reveals it will be open five days a ton continued his rule, taking first week in February and pre-season overall for the second year in a row maintenance is well underway at at the 37th annual 10 kilometre the ski hill. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ race Sept. 7. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ RENOVATIONS AT the pool are SCHOOL SPORTS officials at two taking longer than usual, so the Terrace public schools are optimis- Terrace Bluebacks swim club gets tic the fall sports season can be sal- in some dryland training on Tervaged so long as the labour dispute race Mountain to prepare for the between the province and teach- swim season. ers’ union is solved soon. Coaches ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ and administrators are laying the THE TERRACE River Kings groundwork to make sure sports kicked off the 2014/2015 CIHL are ready to start as soon as school season in style, beating both the is back in session. Kitimat Ice Demons and the re◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ turning champions Smithers’ MARTIAL ARTS athletes from Steelheads over opening weekend. Terrace’s Shogun Dojo say they ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ faced off against some of the stiff- AN EARLY season playday at est competition they’ve come Caledonia Secondary School saw across yet at worlds in Richmond Terrace’s junior volleyball teams earlier this month where they com- rise above the rest. Both Caledopeted as part of Team Canada at the nia’s Grade 10 team and Skeena Richmond Olympic Oval. But that Middle School’s Grade 9 team didn’t stop them from fighting their proved to be teams to watch this way to the top of the podium. year, with Cal going undefeated ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ and Skeena losing only one game TERRACE OFF Road Cycling As- – to Cal. sociation wrapped up the season ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ with its annual Flathead Flatout race A PARTICULARLY scrappy Sept. 14, marking new race records matchup between the River Kings for the men and women while cel- and the Steelheads in Smithers ebrating Terrace’s bike community. ended with 10 game misconducts It was also the first year to boast a – five a piece – and the Steelheads downhill only section. breaking the Kings’ win streak. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Smithers took the game 5-3. MORE THAN 100 participants ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ and non-participants from the THE TERRACE Bluebacks learn northwest Zone 10 headed to the some Olympic-sized lessons, in BC Seniors’ games, participating and out of the pool, from 2012 in 16 of the 26 events and returning Olympic Medalist Brent Hayden with a total of 41 medals – 15 gold, at the Swim BC regional camp in 13 silver, and 13 bronze. Kitimat. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE CITY will get to be a part of TERRACE’S HENRY Hart starts the 2015 Canada Winter Games with the University of Victoria Vikes with the announcement that Ter- in the British Columbia Intercollerace won the rights to host the Re- giate Hockey League. At 18, he’s the gional Community Torch Celebra- youngest player on the team.

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shouldered my pack and started up the shore. My feet slipped with each step, forcing me to walk slowly and deliberately. There was an option. I could walk farther up the bank where there was snow, but I doubted whether its crust was strong enough to support me. If I chose that route, I would have to drop my pack, lace on the snowshoes, shoulder the pack once more, then tramp upstream. I stopped for a minute to consider this possibility but decided that travelling over the ice coated rocks, as annoying as it was, was less exertion. After the hike down to the Pool Table Run, the hike back over and down to the tail of the MiniCanyon Pool, and the hike to the Heart Attack Hole, energy conservation was a priority. Before resuming my trek, I glanced downstream at the place where Mike and I had split up. There was no sign of him. He had made the climb up the steep snow covered bank and disappeared into the dark woods presiding over it. The snow seemed brighter, the river darker and louder. The contours of the landscape were less defined in the fading light. I looked at my watch. The glowing hands confirmed that the light was failing. It was five to four. I wondered if Mike’s raincoat would be difficult to locate in the decaying light. It had to have been at least thirty minutes

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Terrace Standard Rainmakers at the northwest AAA senior girls zones championship. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ TERRACE HAS a new sport – pickleball picks up at the Thornhill Jr. gym every Tuesday and Thursday. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ IF THERE was any doubt they were on top of the league, the Terrace River Kings are back from a decisive road trip to the east that saw them extend their win streak and hand Williams Lake its first loss of the season. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ THE TERRACE Totem Ford Midget Reps finished first in Prince George after getting a second chance to beat the only team able to hand them a loss at the annual Tier 2 round robin tournament. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ IN A Terrace vs. Terrace final, Caledonia’s Jr. Girls win the zone finals over Skeena Middle School in Smithers. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ A SEASON of dedication by the Centennial Christian School’s Sr. Boys volleyball team led to the school’s best finish at ‘A’ provincials ever. The team returned from Abbotsford with silver medals around their necks, besting their third place finish at provincials last BC SENIORS’ GAMES PHOTO year and making it to the tournament’s final for the first time. MAXINE SMALLWOOD took home an impressive amount of medals in Track and Field at the 2014 BC Seniors’ Games in Langley over the summer. THE FEISTY Terrace River Kings enter the Christmas break fixed on the top of the CIHL standings follevels rock out at the community lowing two early December wins funspiel, kicking off the 2014/2015 on home ice that increased their A TERRACE transplant has been curling season. win streak to seven – the only game named BC Hockey’s Female they’ve lost was back in October – ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Midget AAA Player of the Month and overall record to 10-1. for October. Sage Desjardins, RANKED THE highest they’ve ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ who grew up playing Terrace Mi- seen in years, Caledonia’s senior THERE WASN’T enough snow nor Hockey, has been playing for girls’ volleyball team is en route to for Shames Mountain to open Dec. the Northern Cougars in Prince AAA provincials in Parksville to 13 as scheduled, but area skiers go head-to-head with the best high and snowboarders received a nice George since last year. school teams in the province. That’s early Christmas present in the form ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ LOCAL CURLERS of all skill after defeating the Charles Hays of a Dec. 23 opening day.

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since Mike and I had way up on a 45 degree parted company at the angle. In the trees there Heart Attack Hole and I was even less light. The found his Helly Hansen sound of the distant raprain coat sprawled on a ids spilling into the canpatch of snow like a giyon confirmed I was still ant dead bat. on the trail. I thought I let the Trapper about how much easier Nelson slump from my the climb to the truck shoulders and kneeled would have been if I’d down. thought to throw a flashFolding the rubberlight in my pack, and ized piece of canvas into how careless I’d been SKEENA ANGLER a small package proved not to. an annoyingly difficult When I looked down ROB BROWN and time-consuming I couldn’t make out any task, especially since I tracks. There was little couldn’t manage it withsnow on the ground on out shedding my mitts. the tree sheltered part of I wished I’d had a short the trail. I felt a twinge length of rope or a small of panic. I was warm Bungee cord, but as I didn’t there was no from the exertion of the climb, but time choice but to wedge Mike’s slicker into the was of the essence. At any other time of pocket of my pack. By the time I pulled my year I could take comfort from the fact that mitts on once more, my hands were sting- it would be possible to hunker down until ing. I stood up, jerked the pack on again morning and resume the climb in daylight and surveyed my amorphous surroundings, when finding the trail would be easy. That concerned that finding the trail head might option was not available in the bitter cold. be a problem. It would have been if I’d had some matches With some difficulty I located our or a lighter, but those items were safe at tracks and followed them to the start of the home along with the flashlight. I had to trail then began the climb up the steep bank move. I couldn’t afford to get lost. to the first terrace. Once there, I made my I walked what I hoped was the trail for

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about ten minutes. Just when I’d convinced myself I’d left the trail and was about to turn back, I ducked under a low bow and saw a bit of pink flagging on the ground in a boot mark that must have been mine or Mike’s. I began to move more quickly and soon reached the next level where I stopped to put on my snow shoes, begrudging the time it took. It was almost dark as I tramped up toward the truck. Ten minutes later I reached a dead end. I didn’t know there was a fork. I did now. Fighting off panic, I descended, careful to follow the tracks I’d recently laid down. There was enough light to pick up the original trail. I started up and came to another fork. It was dark now, but it was a clear night. I hoped Mike had made it back to the truck so that he could grab a flashlight and come looking if I made the wrong decision and became hopelessly lost. I decided to take the second fork. In an agonizing quarter of an hour I was out from under the forest canopy and out of the woods. Moonlight lit the snow. There was a glimmer of light ahead. I mustered the little strength I had left and quickened my pace. There were headlights ahead. I walked into their illumination. MIke was in the cab drinking coffee. He rolled down the window. I was about to send out a search party, he said. I got your rain coat, I replied.

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