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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
City aims for zero tax hike By JOSH MASSEY
AFTER YEARS of rising property tax rates, the City of Terrace is poised to roll out a rate increasefree budget for 2015 if preliminary calculations hold up. An increase in property tax revenue from last year’s new construction of homes and commercial buildings is being credited as the main reason for this, however there are still budget items being looked at which could nudge up the tax rate. City councillors began looking
at projections this week with a provisional budget of just under $22 million under consideration compared to last year’s final budget of just over $20 million. Of this, they are expecting $11,800,000 in property tax from business and residences which is $750,000 more than last year. The BC Assessment Office looked at 32 more residential properties for 2015 than it did for 2014. The total assessed value from residential and commercial and other classes now stand at $1,722,636,000, an increase of
Municipal wages will increase
CITY OF Terrace workers have healthy wage increases to look forward to with the signing of a three-year contract. The agreement finalized last week with the Canadian Union of Public Employees is for two per cent a year in each of the next three years, meaning the city will pay $593,757 more in wages after the full increase is in effect. There's also a .6 per cent increase in benefits for employees but how much is actually spent will depend upon how employees draw from their benefits. The city is also raising the wages of staff who aren't union members by the same percentage as the union contract, a dollar value of $160,050 over the three-year period. Under the new contract, for example, a road foreman's wage will rise from $37 an hour to approximately $40 an hour over the three years while a labourer or refuse disposal attendant's hourly wage would rise from $25 to 26.50. There are also other factors adding to the city's wage bill – an additional planner was hired as was a full-time executive assistant last year. City council is contemplating hiring a full-time bylaw enforcement officer while the leisure services department has included an additional seasonal parks worker in its preliminary budget. According to city corporate administrator Alisa Thompson at an upcoming committee of the whole meeting council will look at what the implication of the bylaw enforcement officer and extended hours for a city gardener would be. One possible scenario would be council having to raise taxes, as opposed to the freeze in rates which the city is considering in its preliminary budget. “We could raise taxes,” said Thompson. “We have to have a balanced budget ... [but] they don't have to have a tax increase, they could cut services.”
$403,737,000 or 30 per cent over last year. Dollar gains will come from residential buildings constructed last year and from commercial construction on what was raw land with city corporate administrator Alisa Thompson citing the new Kondola’s building on Keith Ave. as an example of the latter. Overall, tax revenue from new construction is being channelled into general revenue, but some of it will cover the wage increases in the city’s new three-year contract with its unionized workers and
wage increases for its non-union employees. Homeowners worried the average 30 per cent assessment jump in single family home values this year compared to last year would mean an increase in taxes will be at least partially put at ease about the new budget. “If your house [assessment] went up by 30 per cent we adjusted your rate and you will pay the same as last year. If it went up less than 30 per cent you will pay less than last year and if it went up more than 30 per cent it will go up
more,” said Thompson. She noted that assessments are based on values of homes which is calculated by the B.C. Assessment Authority and independent of the city. The city raised its residential tax rate by two per cent in each of the past two years. According to Thompson, the proposed budget will “hold the line on services” and focus on not raising taxes. Still, residents can expect to pay more for specific city services.
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■■ You don’t want this view CONST. TREVOR Mack is one of the RCMP officers who will be out watching and ticketing drivers who speed through playground zones, fail to stop at stop signs or park along yellow curbs and other traffic violations for the month of January. Here he is in the Suwilaawks school zone.
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NEWS
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Fallen officer honoured in park name proposal THE PARK currently called Mountain Vista Park will be given a name change after city council voted Jan. 12 at its regular meeting to support a request by Inspector Dana Hart of the local RCMP detachment to honour a fallen officer on the 30th anniversary this year of his death. The park, located north of the Mountain Vista subdivision on the bench, is to be named “Constable Mike Buday Park” after the officer who specialized in police dog handling and emergency response and who was killed in the line of duty in 1985, according to Hart. “He was an avid outdoorsman and very well-known within the community,” said Hart. “I understand that some members of council or within the city recall Mike quite well.” A dedication event is to be held March 19 at the park to mark the anniversary of Buday’s death, an event which will be attended by his two brothers and sisters, as well as colleagues from the RCMP. In 1985 Buday was dispatched along with a RCMP emergency response team to Teslin Lake on the Yukon border to arrest a violent madman living in the bush. The killer, fugitive Michael Oros, was camped on an island. His diaries were later turned into a widely read 1993 non-fiction book called Descent into Madness, written by Terrace-based crown counsel Vernon Frolick. Buday was shot from behind when the suspect snuck up to their camp along a frozen lake. “Within 400 yards of the members the
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SEMI-ANNUAL PARENTS MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 27TH 7:00 PM - SPORTSPLEX
The Terrace Minor Hockey Association will be holding it’s semi-annual parents meeting on Tuesday, January 27th at 7:00 pm in the Rich McDaniel’s room at the Sportsplex. Discussion topics will include financial report, vacant Board positions, current issues, planning and changes for the 2015/16 season. Parent input is vital in planning and running a successful association. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
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CONSTABLE MIKE Buday and his police service dog Trooper. suspect broke from the shoreline, entered the bush and circled behind Constable Mike Buday,” says a letter to council from Hart. Oros was then shot by Buday’s fellow officers. Buday was only 27 at the time of his murder and had started his service in Terrace in 1978 and Hart said this was his only posting. He was accompanied by his police service dog Trooper at the time of his murder. Mayor Carol Leclerc, at the Jan. 12
council meeting, said she remembered “that sad time” when Buday was shot. Hart said that the dedication would also bring more attention to the park. “Not that many members of our community are aware of it,” said city official David Block, adding that there is a new subdivision planned north of the park which will make it more widely used. He described the park as well-maintained and featuring a path as well as kids play area.
Hart said the RCMP can pay for the sign which will display Buday’s name and possibly a description of his life. Councillor Stacey Tyers said Buday’s family has been working on a park dedication in Atlin, located on Teslin Lake, and hopes the dedication would still be pursued. Hart responded that the RCMP still support that dedication as well. A plaque bearing Buday’s name is located at the entrance to the Terrace RCMP detachment.
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NEWS
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Local societies pitch for city budget money FOUR OF Terrace’s key public institutions recently made pitches to city council and local directors of the Regional District of KitimatStikine for 2015 operating grants. The city will now consider their requests for the 2015 budget to be finalized in the early spring. The regional district also contributes to institutions according to a fee based on the population. In asking for the same amount received last year – $120,000 – Kermode Tourism Society manager Tyler Clarke said it will continue to support tourism, produce its annual travel guide, promote seasonal events such as December’s Festival of Lights and take part in out-of-town programs to promote the area. He also said the tourism society is currently looking to rent out space in their headquarters on Hwy16 that was once occupied by the Terrace & District Chamber of Commerce. The society once benefitted from a two per cent hotel room tax but Clarke said a survey of hotels and motels last year came up short of the 51 per cent participation needed for it to be revived. The Terrace Public
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Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13
60th Annual Curling Bonspiel Friday, January 30, 2015
Opening Ceremonies 6:00 pm at the Terrace Curling Rink Terrace Pipes and Drums First rock: The Sallenbeck Family Curling to begin at 7:00 pm
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Door Prizes & Dinner at the Legion 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Meat Draws start at 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Fireworks at 10:00 pm
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Breakfast 8:00 am – 10:30 am at the Legion Presentations and Prizes to follow after last rock thrown on Sunday
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THE TERRACE and District Museum Society, which operates Heritage Park Museum, pictured above, was one of four groups asking city council and the regional district last week for an annual grant. Library is asking for $615,173, a three per cent increase with head librarian David Tremblay saying part of the hike is to finance a wage boost for workers under their Canadian Union of Public Employees contract. Tremblay said book fines have been trailing off as has revenue from the sale of surplus books and other material while general expenses are on the rise. Tremblay illustrated the importance of the library by showing various figures including 127,119 visits in 2014 and 278,082 check-outs through online and hard copy circulations. The Terrace Eco-
nomic Development Authority is asking for $165,000, the same as last year. President Rob Dykman said the organization will continue to build connections with businesses interested in coming to the region and to print its annual business service directory. Annalee Davis, president of the Terrace and District Museum Society and curator Kelsey Wiebe rounded out the presentations, asking for $110,573, which is
an approximately 11 per cent rise from last year for the Heritage Park Museum. The money will partly go toward hiring an archiving assistant to keep up with rising demand for historical documents and also to provide the curator with a three per cent raise over the next two years. Heritage Park last year attracted 5,000 visitors to events, said Wiebe. It hosts Canada Day activities and Hallowe’en activities.
The Terrace Child Development Centre is pleased to announce that
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was raised during their 28th Annual “Tree of Lights” Fundraiser! Special thanks to everyone who made a donation and particularly to those who volunteered their time. We appreciate the following businesses for their continued support:
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NOTICE TO MEMBERSHIP
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club A notice to the membership of the Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club, an Annual General Meeting will take place
Saturday, January 24, 2015 7 pm at the Clubhouse 8 pm Appetizers after AGM The purpose of the meeting is the 1. Election Of Directors 2. Appointment Of Auditors 3. Question Period 4. Issue Of New Debenture Certificates
Aqua Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Brinkman Forest Ltd. Bryant Electric Ltd. Coast Tsimshian Resources LP Crampton Personal Law Corporation Dr. J.l. Dunfield Graydon Security Happy Gang Centre for Seniors Lakelse Financial Group McAlpine & Co. McDonald’s Minute Muffler Nechako North Coast Construction Northwest Inter-Nation Family & Community Services Society O.K. Tire Scott’s Janitorial Ltd. Dr. R. Tabata Terrace Builders Centre Terrace Interiors Ltd. Terrace Timber Ltd. Timber Baron Contracting (2013) Ltd. Twilight Spas & Pump Supply Warner Bandstra Brown West Point Rentals Ltd. Westland Resources Ltd. Thanks also to the Farmers’ Market Association, Volunteer Terrace, Cook’s Jewellers and the Skeena Mall for assisting us with our Tree of Lights Fundraiser.
Register your team at the Terrace Curling Rink $280 entry fee All levels of playing are Welcome
Deadline to Register - Monday, January 26, 2015 For further information please contact the Terrace Curling Club at 250-635-5583 or Benilde Gomes at 250-615-6862
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BUSINESS NEWS
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More LNG projects to need gas
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TESSA GILL was one of the Pacific NorthWest LNG officials on hand at the arena banquet room Jan. 13 as the development, planned for Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, continues to take shape.
Coastal LNG project planning continuing THE MAJORITY owner of one of several large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) plans for the Prince Rupert area may have announced last month it is delaying a final investment decision, but planning for the Pacific NorthWest LNG plant on Lelu Island continues. Petronas, owned by the Malaysian government, cited construction costs and the fall price of oil – which could affect the price of LNG – as prime reasons for delaying the final Pacific NorthWest LNG decision. Pacific NorthWest LNG, however, is continuing to assemble its business plan components and company representatives held an open house Jan. 13 at the arena banquet room. Company corporate affairs senior advisor Spencer Sproule said the open house, one of a series, is meant to provide
information on employment and other opportunities. The company wants to hire as many local people as possible and is taking resumes from people for construction and operations jobs, he added. After locals are hired and if any positions remain, the company will look to hire other B.C. residents and then look throughout Canada, added Sproule. The company has indicated that if positions could not be filled in that order, it would then look to hire internationally. Should the decision be made to begin construction, approximately 4,500 workers will be needed with about 330 direct jobs available once the plant is operating. The company expects a further 330 spinoff jobs to be created. Pacific NorthWest LNG received its provincial environ-
mental certification late last year and is now awaiting its federal environmental clearance. The provincial government also gave its environmental blessing to Prince Rupert Gas Transmission, the TransCanada pipeline that would pump natural gas from then northeast to the plant. At the same time, Pacific NorthWest LNG is working with a team of provincial and federal agencies, and getting close to choosing an engineering company for designing and constructing the Lelu Island buildings. Three engineering companies – Bechtel Ltd. out of Calgary, TSH Consortium out of Rome, Italy and KBR/JGC joint venture out of Middlesex, England – have submitted bids and the best will be chosen in the near future, said Sproule.
Bylaw officer pencilled in A FULL time bylaw officer’s position would cost more than $100,000, say city officials as council grapples with setting the 2015 municipal budget. “The amount that will be provided to council for their consid-
eration during the budget process is $88,000 per year for wages and benefits and one-time costs of $24,500 for a vehicle and office equipment,” said city administrator Heather Avison. Budget trimming years ago cut
the position back to half time but there have been renewed calls for more by-law enforcement. One issue is the lack of enforcement when it comes to people parking in spaces designated for those who have mobility problems.
AREA RESIDENTS can expect a renewed round of pipeline talk as plans advance for two more large liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects near Prince Rupert. Each would require a gascarrying pipeline from northeastern B.C. to pass through the area on the way to the coast. There’s a potential for a brand new pipeline proposal to surface for one of the LNG projects while another could use one of two pipelines which received environmental approval late last year. The project which could feed off a new pipeline proposal is Aurora LNG, majority owned by China’s CNOOC Ltd. through its Canadian arm called Nexen. It had two sites in mind, but shelved one at Grassy Point north of Prince Rupert and is now proceeding with plans for a site on Digby Island, the same island on which the Prince Rupert airport is located. The project envisioned by Aurora and for which it has filed a document with the provincial environmental assessment office to start the process to obtain environmental approval, would be on the larger side of LNG plants, costing up to $20 billion and employing nearly 5,000 workers at peak construction. But while Aurora is fleshing out its site proposal, pipeline plans have yet to reach that stage. “The pipeline route and ownership structure has not been finalized. Requests for proposal have been issued, and discussions with prospective pipeline builders are taking place,” said Nexen official Diane Kossman last week. Just who exactly Aurora is speaking with is confidential for the moment, she said. “The timing for making a decision on a builder will be contingent on a range of factors and business drivers, and has yet to be established,” Kossman added of pipeline plans. At full production, an Aurora LNG facility would need 3.7 billion cubic feet a day of gas to produce 24 million metric tonnes of super-cooled gas per year for export. Also now filing a beginning document is WCC LNG, a partnership owned by ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil, with an eye on a location just north of Prince Rupert on land owned by Prince Rupert on Tuck Inlet.
This would be slightly larger than Aurora LNG at 4 billion cubic fee a day and an annual production of 30 million metric tons. It could also include placing some production components on barges. It its filing, WCC LNG indicates gas will be carried to its facility “via a pipeline that will be built and operated by a third-party pipeline company to connect ... to an existing pipeline network in northeastern B.C. ...” And although it does not mention them by name, the filing does refer to two pipelines receiving provincial environmental approval last year. Those two pipelines are TransCanada’s Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project and Spectra Energy’s Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission project. “Both proposed pipeline projects are considered viable alternatives for WCC LNG’s gas supply,” the filing continues. “WCC LNG project will actively pursue industry sharing synergies through the thirdparty provider.” Both of the already-approved pipeline projects are already tied to other prospective LNG plants near Prince Rupert. Prince Rupert Gas Transmission is to be a single pipe of 48 inches in diameter which is for now destined for the planned Pacific NorthWest LNG plant near Prince Rupert which is majority-owned by Petronas. The Westcoast Connector is to have two pipes, each of 36 inches in diameter, and its prime client so far is the Prince Rupert LNG project owned by BG Group to be located on Ridley Island near Prince Rupert. Both of these pipeline projects would leave the northeast and run across the north, entering Nisga’a lands north of Terrace before turning south toward Prince Rupert. And both would run underwater on the last stretch to their respective final destinations. The Nisga’a Lisim Government has already signed a benefits agreement with TransCanada for the portion of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project that would pass through Nisga’a lands and it also now has the authority to tax industrial projects such as natural gas pipelines.
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OPINION
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Terrace Standard
EDITORIAL
Decisions NO ONE likes being told what to do whether it be a student being nagged about homework or a government being told how it should spend tax money. So congratulations are in order for the new Terrace city council for taking the first steps to involve local citizens in what goes on at city hall. The more citizens are informed about what’s going on and the more they are involved in decision making the better those decisions will be and the better the chance at continued wise use of tax money. Exactly how the council is going to accomplish greater citizen involvement remains to be seen and the challenges are many. One of the first challenges is converting the natural desire to complain and make quick observations to something more concrete. Consider the application for a liquor licence by the developers of the work camp at the city’s Skeena Industrial Development Park. There were numerous social media comments from acceptance to condemnation when the application was first published. But when the application came up for discussion prior to the Jan. 12 council meeting, nary a soul was there to speak either for it, against it or to simply ask questions. While social media may have a role to play in citizen involvement, getting people, somehow, face to face with council members is clearly a work in progress. ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988
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s an elementary school student each Monday morning teacher assigned 10 new words, words we probably had heard or even read, but could not define. Our task was to look up each word’s meaning in a dictionary, then compose a sentence using that word in a way to demonstrate its meaning. Completing the assignment to teacher’s satisfaction meant thumbing through a quality dictionary for a precise meaning that we ourselves understood, cudgeling our brains to come up with a sentence that clearly illustrated the meaning of the word to the most befuddled fellow student and recording that sentence with pencil or pen. All this writing we did in cursive before computers came along with the handy dandy Google feature. Making the meaning clear required more than a threeor four-word sentence. A sentence could easily extend to three hand-written lines. I burned a lot of coal oil studying by lamplight in my upstairs bedroom. I enjoyed the assignments. In adulthood, my favourite part
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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI of Reader’s Digest is The Power of Words. Out of 20 words with three choices of meanings for each, I might correctly identify 15. I gradually improved until I correctly identified all 20, though some might be lucky guesses. Teacher’s method was a slow way to expand our vocabulary and for the most part it worked well, simultaneously giving us writing practise. But her method lacked one key component – something memorable to help us recall the word and its meaning months later. Consequently certain words eluded me for years. Every
time I ran into them, I had to look up their meaning. Words like “reluctant”. Does a reluctant person want to do something or not? Or “desultory”. Took me forever to remember desultory meant skipping from this to that, for instance conversations that jump from one topic to another. Since those classroom days the best I can do at building vocabulary is to check the meaning of any new word in an article or story. Because today’s magazines – even the priciest – dumb down their language to rudimentary level, the most I can hope to meet is one new word in an entire New Yorker or New York Times article. Learning a new word is a high for me. News reports of winter recreational mishaps have boosted my vocabulary by two words: Around Christmas 2013 German Chancellor Merkel was holidaying in France when she broke her tailbone in a fall while skiing “off piste”. Off piste is skiing over ungroomed, off limits and possibly dangerous terrain. On piste refers to skiing
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The Mail Bag Anglers could suffer from overregulation
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PRIME MINISTER Stephen Harper chats with The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, and Deepak Chopra, President and CEO of Canada Post, following the unveiling of Canada Post’s commemorative stamp, honouring Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first Prime Minister, during a ceremony marking his 200th birthday.
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Dear Sir: Unless you’ve been dozing through the early skirmishes, you’ll by now be painfully aware that this fall the battle for leadership of Our Fair Nation will be raging to a climax. Prepare, then, to be bombarded with an intensifying
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storm of blather, as claims and exclamations about ‘transparency’ are exchanged between the contestants. Haven’t we learned yet? Or has senility (Canada turns 150 in 2017, after all) totally repressed the wisdom bound-up in the ‘Parable of the
Emperor’s New Robes’ of our younger days? Remember him? Parading about in his new Robes of Transparency, pressed on him by some slick spin-doctors? We certainly don’t want that featured on our dinner-hour
TV news now, do we, Mrs. Harper? Present-day ‘leadership’ seems more designed to blend into the background like some candy-coated chameleon… (“See?… I’m just like you guys,”)… rather than stick out like a sore thumb.
Dear Sir: After reading Jim Culp’s recent letter “Stop the brickbats,” I could see that both of us are on a similar path, which is to do as little harm as possible to our wild steelhead, as recreational anglers. Where our paths diverge is on overregulation. Rob Brown’s position on regulation change is that it’s simple. He stated, “…fly fishing should be mandatory for all steelhead fisheries. Bringing this about can be effected by simple regulatory changes.” (Counting Crowds, 2013) A case in point, of Rob’s simple regulatory change, was the trout regulation change of 2014. Rob, who represents the Northern Branch of the Steelhead Society (NBSS), put several proposals to the Skeena Fisheries Advisory Committee for regulation change for trout and char in Region 6 on the premise that trout stocks were in steep decline in the Skeena Region, even though this had no scientific backing. Most of these proposals I thought were fair and logical and would have no problem supporting, as laid out by the NBSS. Unfortunately, Fisheries disregarded NBSS’s proposals and came up with the new regulation that we have today. This is where it becomes a controversial issue. I think we all realize that Rob didn’t make the final decision, but to not agree that his involvement in this process, in whole or in part, led to this unforeseen outcome, would be short of delusional. The fisheries decision doesn’t surprise me. With budget and staff cuts, they don’t have the money or man power to scientifically investigate NBSS’s claims. What does surprise me though is how Jim, the chair of the NBSS, gives overwhelming support to a decision that virtually locks down areas of Region 6 that are barely touched by humans, when the NBSS had a viable solution.
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Muslim civil war drawing everyone in
fter Ahmed Merabet, a French policeman, was killed outside the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris two weeks ago, his brother Malek said: “My brother was Muslim and he was killed by two terrorists, by two false Muslims. Islam is a religion of peace and love.” It was moving, but to say that all Muslims who commit cruel and violent acts in God’s name are “false Muslims” is like saying that the Crusaders who devastated the Middle East nine hundred years ago were “false Christians”. The Crusaders were real Christians. They believed that they were doing God’s will in trying to reconquer the formerly Christian lands that had been lost to Islam centuries before, and they had the support of most people back home in Europe. Similarly, Said and Cherif Kouachi and Amedy Coulibaly believed they were true Muslims doing God’s will when they killed people in Paris and some people in Muslim-majority countries agree with them. But there
is an important difference from the Crusades: the supporters of the young French terrorists are a minority everywhere, and among Muslims living in Western countries they are only a tiny minority. This is not a “war of civilisations”. Seventeen innocent people killed in Paris is not the equivalent of the Crusades. For that matter, neither was 9/11. These are wicked and tragic events, but they are not a war. There is a war going on, but it is a civil war within the “House of Islam” that occasionally spills over into non-Muslim countries. The three killers in Paris probably did not fully understand their role but they were serving a quite sophisticated strategy. Two of these Muslim civil wars, in Afghanistan and Iraq, were ignited by US-led invasions in 2001 and 2003. Four others, in Syria, Libya, Yemen and the northern, mostly Muslim half of Nigeria, have begun since 2011. Others go back even further, like the war in Somalia, or have flared up and then become dormant
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GWYNNE DYER again, like Mali and Algeria. In every one of these wars the victims are overwhelmingly Muslims killed by other Muslims. From time to time non-Muslims in other countries are killed too, as in New York in 2001, in London in 2007, in Bombay in 2008 and in Paris, and these killings do have a strategic purpose, but it’s not to “terrify non-Muslims into submission.” Quite the contrary. The great Muslim civil war
is about the political, social and cultural modernisation of the Muslim world. Should it continue down much the same track that other major global cultures have followed, or should those changes be stopped and indeed reversed? The Islamists take the latter position. Some aspects of modernisation are very attractive to many Muslims, so stopping the changes would require a lot of violence, including the overthrow of most existing governments in Muslim countries. But that is the task that the Islamists in general, and the jihadi activists in particular, have undertaken. The Islamists’ hardest job is to mobilise popular support for their struggle. The best way is to convince Muslims that modernisation – democracy, equality, the whole cultural package – is a Western plot to undermine Islam. This will be a more credible claim if Western countries are actually attacking Muslim countries, so one of the main jihadi strategies is to carry out terrorist
atrocities that will trigger Western military attacks on Muslim countries. That was the real goal of 9/11, and it was spectacularly successful: it tricked the United States into invading not one but two Muslim countries. But smaller terrorist attacks that lead to the mistreatment of the Muslim minorities in nonMuslim countries also serve the cause. They can create a backlash that victimises the local Muslim minorities, thus generating yet more “proof” that there is a war against Islam. There will be more attacks like the ones in Paris, because lost young men seeking a cause abound in every community, including the Muslim communities of the West. We can’t arrest them all, so we will go on having to live with a certain amount of terrorism from both Muslim and non-Muslim extremist groups and trying not to over-react – just as we have been doing for many decades already. Gwynne Dyer is a Londonbased independent journalist.
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Overregulation not the answer for anglers This regulation change process seems to be a bit of a crapshoot and anything but “simple”. You really don’t know what you’ll get after submitting a proposal. I believe this process should be the last resort, after all other avenues have been exhausted, not the first. However, Jim has informed us that the NBSS has put forward a regulation proposal which says, “…do not hold a fish out of the water” and goes as far as to call it a “…motherhood regulation”. Then without skipping a beat he says, “… it would be impossible
to enforce such a regulation”. Wouldn’t this be a colossal waste of time and money putting this through the regulation change process, and if implemented, arming our conservation officers with a regulation they can’t enforce? This is a motherhood concept that has numerous benefits for steelhead, but should be tackled with education not regulation. Jim is also in favour of regulating a daily limit on the number of steelhead anglers catch and release. This is another concept that would be impossible to enforce and would
be better off achieved through education. To fund these videos, I would recommend the NBSS, because of its considerable influence, apply for a grant from the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation. Jim also stated in his letter on steelhead abundance, “My understanding is that the Skeena steelhead total stock abundance is down from those earlier decades…”, which I would agree with, but the Tyee Test Fishery numbers don’t reflect “total stock abundance”. It’s an index number that represents the minimum steel-
head escapement that is available upstream to recreational fisheries and other user groups. There is really no way of knowing what the “total stock abundance” of steelhead was back in the late ‘50s, unless the canneries kept track of the steelhead they processed. So the fact remains, there’s more steelhead available today for fishermen, than what was available in the 1950’s. In addition, over the past two decades, the Tyee Test Fishery steelhead escapement has been consistently above average but not necessarily reaching historic
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Thumb gets hammered Perhaps that explains the disgruntled mumblings: “Politicians, they’re all the same!” Yes, Malvina: it’s true. They are all made of tickey-tackey, and they all sound just the same. In our current realm of talking-point-spouting, double-plus-good duckpeakers, there’s no effective antidote to the Robes of Transparency, or Cloaks of Invisibility, or Teflon makeup now descending over
our political figureheads. Each is designed to cover up marked abnormalities or deformities that might distinguish one from another. And they do work – more or less. So, to heck with Transparency, I say; give me the Integrity of the well-hammered thumb any day. Especially election day. John How, Terrace, B.C.
peak returns. If this trend is to remain stable or even improve in the future, then we need to tackle the bigger issues. An unenforceable regulation by and of itself does not make fishermen behave respon-
sibly, what’s needed is a culture change. Using today’s Social Media, that allows people to share information, ideas, pictures and videos in a blink of an eye, a difficult to enforce concept can be quickly
adopted, improving angling ethics. Maybe it’s time for the old guard to get out of the Stone Age and into the Twenty-First Century. Dennis Therrien, Terrace, B.C.
CITY OF TERRACE HOUSING COMMITTEE IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS The City’s Housing Committee is seeking volunteers to serve on the Committee to promote and develop new ideas to enhance the quality of living in the community. To apply; simply have an interest and desire to discuss housing needs and challenges residents face in finding affordable, adequate and accessible housing. The Committee will address the most critical housing priorities and explore options for developing new housing projects. The Committee will address specific issues related to housing at Council’s request and will provide recommendations to Council. Those interested in this volunteer opportunity are asked to contact the City of Terrace for further details. If you are interested in being a part of this Committee working to help make Terrace an even better community, please submit your application to the undersigned by January 30, 2015. City of Terrace Housing Committee c/o City of Terrace 3215 Eby Street Terrace, BC V8G 2X8 Attn: Briana Pellegrino 250.638.4723 (phone) 250.638.4777 (fax) bpellegrino@terrace.ca
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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News In Brief Tax rate freeze is possible Property rezoned
CITY COUNCIL Jan. 12 approved the rezoning of the old Kerby property at the top of Lanfear Hill from a rural residential and R1 designation to one which allows multi-family residential construction. A numbered company from Vancouver purchased the property of 5.28 acres last fall for $1.28 million, not far off the original asking price of $1.5 million. The company has plans to build up to 70 housing units on the property. At the same time, council is considering asking for a vehicle and pedestrian flow study on Lanfear Hill as part of the development permit process.
One service expense that might rise is the cost of garbage pick up because the city is buying new toter bins for distribution to residents to coincide with the purchase of new garbage trucks possibly later this year. The new trucks will have automated arms that will extend out to pick up the wheeled garbage toters which will then be raised up and emptied. This will mean the cost for
pick-up and disposal per can (there’s a limit of two cans per household) will rise from $2 to $4.75 as the toters cost $525,000. In terms of specific expenditures, the provisional budget calls for spending in general administration to increase from $788,150 to $1,023,539, a 23 per cent increase, to cover wages, travel and rising legal fees. The city’s portion of local RCMP spending is rising to
$3,771,148 from $3,690,176 which is a 2.2 per cent rise, and the leisure services department’s spending on recreation is forecast to rise to $2,667,514 from $2,615,143, a two per cent rise. The spending of public works is rising four per cent to $3,091,462, up from $2,957,745, while development services spending is to increase about six per cent to $1,175,504 up from $1,102,091.
Correction A local lawyer awarded a Queen’s Counsel designation is not currently teaching at Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Washington as indicated in a Jan. 7, 2015 story. Karen Whonnock is also not a defence lawyer but is the directors’s counsel for the children and family development ministry.
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Thornhill clarification A PREVIOUS council resolution to have the city not interfere as the rural community of Thornhill decides how it wants to be governed surfaced Jan. 12. Councillors Brian Downie and Sean Bujtas, who voted against the motion when it was introduced last month over worries it would prevent the city from determining how any change in how Thornhill is governed would affect Terrace, asked for clarification on what the word “interfere” as contained in the resolution actually means. Council and staff decided that some participation was okay if requested. Thornhill now comes under the jurisdiction of the Kitimat-Stikine regional district and incorporation is now being considered.
Participation COUNCILLOR Stacey Tyers said she will introduce a plan later this year for residents to have a greater say in setting city budgets. She wants the plan in place in time for the 2016 budget deliberations.
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Our area Landfills are scheduled to close soon! This means positive changes to our local waste management systems and facilities. It also means that the Terrace area public have an opportunity to be involved.
Wondering what this means for you? Join us at an event to find out! UPCOMING EVENTS: “Hockey Night” Dialogue Location: Terrace Sportsplex Multipurpose Room Date: January 27th, 2015 Times: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm Drop in for a conversation about the new Terrace Area Waste Management program while your children are on the ice. Coffee House Dialogue Location: Elephant’s Ear Coffee Shop Date: January 28th, 2015 Times: 10:00 am-11:00 am Drop in for a conversation about the new Terrace Area Waste Management program. Coffee House Dialogue Location: Xanders Coffee Date: January 29th, 2015 Times: 10:00 am-11:00 am Drop in for a conversation about the new Terrace Area Waste Management program.
Community Dialogue Location: Terrace Sportsplex – Banquet Room Date: January 29th, 2015 Times: 4:30 pm-5:35 pm or 6:00 pm-7:05 pm or 7:30 pm-8:35 pm The agenda will be the same for each 65 minute session. Please pre-register for the session you would like to attend via email at info@rdks.ca or call (250) 615-6100. Registration at the door will still be possible. Please arrive early to register and grab a coffee! SESSION AGENDA: Opening Presentation: What have we learned about Waste Management from other districts in BC and what is planned for the Terrace Area’s new Waste Management Program? Presented by Maura Walker – Solid Waste Management Specialist, Principal and Environmental Planner at Maura Walker and Associates Environmental Consultants and Linda Zurkirchen – Principal and Project Manager at Stantec on behalf of Tony Sperling – Landfill Design Specialist and President at Sperling Hansen Associates Concurrent Facilitated Dialogues: Topic 1: Organics Management Program Participate in an open dialogue to learn about the TAISWMP Organics Program, provide feedback, and work through challenges to come up with possible solutions. • Residential Curbside Collection • Commercial/Institutional Organics Separation • Progressive Implementation Options Topic 2: Waste Management & Stewardship Participate in a creative dialogue session to come up with methods of engaging the community in caring for the local environment and community. • Increasing their support and participation for recycling and composting • Mitigation of illegal dumping • Education tools available Topic 3: Recycling Management Program Participate in an open dialogue to learn about Waste Diversion, provide feedback, and work through challenges to come up with possible solutions. • Existing and new EPR Programs (Extended Producer Responsibility) • TAISWM Program Recycling Options • Education tools available
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Terrace Standard
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Suwilaawks pays tribute to former staff member with lasting legacy By MARGARET SPEIRS A FORMER staff member at Suwilaawks Community School will be remembered and known for her passion for literacy by students for years to come. The school library was renovated to be a warm welcoming place for students, parents and the community thanks to money left to the school from former teacher Christine Foster, who passed away nearly two years ago. Christine’s Cottage is located just inside the library doors and is open for students to use for a quiet place to read. The money was also used to install shelves on one wall so books could be displayed with their front covers facing out and the library was painted a warm shade of red, which staff found out later was Foster’s favourite colour. “We knew her passion was engaging early learners in reading and we brainstormed and made the library a warm place to cuddle up and read,” says principal Pam Kawinsky. “Everybody loves it all the way to Grade 6.” Foster was principal at the school from 2000 to 2003 and taught at the school as well before moving on to be assistant superintendent in the school board office here. Her focus was always on lit-
eracy. The idea was to make the library a more welcoming place where students, and adults too, can curl up and read a book and to become the hub of the school. The library and Christine’s Cottage were unveiled at a mini grand opening December 1 with the school’s drummers drumming it in, and some of Christine’s closest friends and her husband were there too. Classes from kindergarten to Grade 6 get their own special times to enjoy the cottage, sit inside it and talk or read. The library was also opened up to make more space by removing some tables. So now students who like to read in a closed area can sit in the cottage to read and those who like to be out in the open can sit on a couch or the floor and read, says Clarke. “Yesterday at lunch, one child was over on a chair and another was on the stands sitting in the corner by a stack of books,” says Clarke, adding it was so quiet in there you could hear a pin drop. Another child was laying upside down and reading, she adds. Also with the addition of a few risers, a story pit can be formed for storytelling, says Kawinsky. The school’s Christmas concerts were held in the library plus
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SUWILAAWKS COMMUNITY School drummers, Doug Foster, Kate Spangl and leadership students take a minute to pose with the new Christine’s Cottage in the school library. choir practice and music programs have moved in too. Strong Start, a program for kids from birth to age five, also takes place in the library now. And some girls asked if they could start a Polly Pocket club after several of the toys were donated to the school. The Lego Lab right off the library is a big hit with girls and
boys too. It’s been placed in what was a prep room and then a storage room before being cleaned out for the lab. Students’ literacy skills are improved just by following instructions and talking about what they’re putting together in the lab, says Kawinsky. In the future, a mural will be
added on a wall and more of these bookshelves will be added in future so more books can be displayed by their front covers. “We hope we captured the spirit of Christine. She was an amazing lady and will be remembered every time a child flips through the pages of a book in the warmth and comfort of Christine’s Cottage,” says Kawinsky.
He’s sharing his passion for healthy living A GRADE 12 student with a passion for healthy living and eating is spearheading changes at Caledonia Senior Secondary along with a new club. Seamus Damstrom has slowly introduced healthier food choices at the school’s canteen in an effort to add more nutrition to the variety of items that students have to choose from and enjoy. It all began when he became part of the Healthy Living Youth Council, a oneyear program put on by the Directorate of Agencies for School Health BC. He had to start a project to promote health and wellness in his school so after giving it some thought, he realized his passion is food and helping others get to optimal health through food. So he looked at the school canteen and noticed a few healthy options but most of the foods being purchased were nachos and pizza. “I then decided that I would try to use our school canteen to start a food revolution – introducing health food options and trying to change students’ eating habits,” he said. He knew that dictating changes wouldn’t work so he talked with the
canteen teacher and together they found healthy recipes that the canteen could sell. He asked students to rank food items, rate the price and say how often they would buy them as part of a survey. After analyzing the results, he found the top three health items students had ranked and added them to the menu once a week. Added to the menu was hummus and pita, homemade soup and homemade chili and samples were offered before students bought them to increase interest. Instead of removing nachos from the menu, he worked with the canteen teacher and local dietitians to add more vegetables to them and kept the price higher than healthier food items. Their popularity dropped off and this year, they were removed from the menu without anyone seeming to notice. He has since started a Healthy Living Club and wrapped up a second student survey on Healthy Living, he said. The survey will be presented at the teachers’ staff meeting next month. Some of the survey results that came back included many students saying they’d like to see a youth recreational cen-
tre here. “They feel that would be something that would be accepted with open arms in our community,” said Damstrom. “There were a lot of people I talked to who thought it was a cool idea because sometimes on Saturdays or Fridays or weekends they don’t want to go swimming or there’s some sort of barrier that hinders them from going to that location and they thought a rec centre would be a cool place so if they’re bored one night they can go there instead of getting into bad habits or bad influences.” Another idea of the club members is to do a cooking show with Skeena Diversity and show some simple recipes that young people or anybody could make, he said. And plans are underway for a mental health board and a healthy eating board with a recipe of the week, tips and nutrition facts. For the school canteen, he spoke to a dietitian, who suggested putting more dishes in with more food groups in them. Damstrom is heading toward a career as a dietitian too to continue his passion for healthy living with the community. with files from Northern Health
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SEAMUS DAMSTROM is helping his Caledonia schoolmates live healthier lives.
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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: Jan. 23, 24 Ride On. 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.
Art
■■ INNER STRUGGLE: EXPLORATION of Self - artwork by Chelsea Barg shows in the lower gallery through Jan. 31 at the Terrace Art Gallery. ■■ GOUACHE PAINTING ON Linen workshop will teach students about watersoluble gouache paint, linen as a medium and how to effectively transfer images without use of solvents from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 1 at the art gallery. Students will be provided with the materials to complete their very own stretched linen work of art during the workshop. All supplies included. There is a cost to take part. Beginners welcome. For more details, contact Laura 250-615-8193 or the gallery at 250-6388884 or laura.c.mcgregor@gmail.com. ■■ THE TERRACE ART Gallery pres-
ents the annual Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art first and second year students’ exhibition Feb. 6 to 28. Free admission. Show begin with gala evening event at 7 p.m. Feb. 6. Artists will be in attendance. ■■ COLOUR THEORY: USING Paint session two Colour Making Techniques is on from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 15 at the art gallery. Each student will learn the importance of colour creation and complete a colour-matching exercise. The afternoon will be spent using these newly created colours on a provided stretched linen canvas. All supplies included. Beginners welcome. There is a cost to take part. For more details, contact Laura 250615-8193 or the gallery at 250-638-8884 or laura.c.mcgregor@gmail.com.
Drama
■■ TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE presents its annual dinner theatre with a production of Marc Camoletti’s Boeing Boeing, directed by Alan Weston, Feb. 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28, March 6 and 7 at the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club. Doors open for cocktails at 6:30 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m. and show starts at 8 p.m. No late seating after show starts. Tickets on sale at Uniglobe Courtesy Travel.
Film
■■ NORTHERN BRAIN INJURY Association presents Aware Fair and Film Screening at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at the sportsplex. Free. Refreshments, door prizes, helmet demos and information fair at 7:30 p.m. and film screening of The Crash Reel at 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. For more details, contact Margo at 250-6414673 or margaret.peill@nbia.ca. ■■ NORTH WEST WATCH Society is hosting a Film Night at Knox United Church at 7 p.m. Jan. 23. Admission is a set amount or by donation. The feature
film is The Future of Energy, an awardwinning documentary that captures the movement to transition to renewable energy, a love story about the countless individuals and communities that are re-imagining their relationships with the planet and with each other. You can watch the trailer at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ futureofenergy. As well, there will be four very short films that won the “People on the Pipeline” film contest.
Fundraiser
■■ VALENTINE’S DAY MASQUERADE Ball raises money to help people who can’t afford to travel to other areas for medical treatment at 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Feb. 14 at the Terrace Arena Banquet Room. Door prizes! Buy a balloon for a chance to win more great prizes! Must be 19 years or older. Tickets on sale at Misty River Books. Hosted by Kimmunity Angels Society. For more details or if you have questions, contact Donna at 250641-3044, email give@kimmunityangelssociety.ca, go to kimmunityangelssociety. ca or see the facebook page. ■■ AN EVENING OF Fine Dining is a student bursary fundraiser at Waap Haawk, the Northwest College Community cafeteria Feb. 14. Drinks at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Four-course dinner, cash bar, silent auction, entertainment, semiformal attire. To purchase tickets or for more details contact Lynne Nordstrom at 250-635-6511 ext. 5219, 250-631-7765 or lnordstrom@nwcc.bc.ca. Tax deductible receipts available.
Robbie Burns
■■ JOIN THE TERRACE Pipes and Drums to celebrate the birth of Robbie Burns at 6 p.m. Jan. 31 at the arena banquet room. Tickets on sale at Terrace Toyota. For more details or if you have questions, call 250-635-2456.
BOEING BOEING Directed by Alan Weston
Friday & Saturday February 13, 14 20, 21, 27, 28 March 6 & 7 2015 At the Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club, Thornhill, B.C. Starring
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WHAT’S THE SCORE! Building Skills of BC Young Composers Turning Point Ensemble, a group of professional musicians from the lower mainland, and Canadian composer Jeffrey Ryan are looking for aspiring musicians, ages 14 and older, and with a basic understanding of music theory,who would like the opportunity of learning to compose original works. This project is sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Music Festival, and there is no cost to participate or audit the sessions.
SCHEDULE: SESSION 1 - February 21, 2015 Score reading and listening- what is a score, how does it work? SESSION 2 - February 22, 2015 Instrumentalists demonstrate their instruments and read assignment from session one SESSION 3 - March 14, 2015 Private lesson with composer on new composition SESSION 4 - April 4, 2015 Workshop of composition, working with ensemble and composer on ways to revise and make more effective SESSION 5 - April 28, 2015 Dress rehearsal of finished composition and performance during the Pacific Northwest Music Festival For further information, and to enroll in this exciting project, please call BONNIE JUNIPER at
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Community Calendar
The Terrace Standard offers the Community Calendar as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit organizations and events without an admission charge. Space permitting, items will run two weeks before each event. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays. Fax your event or PSA to 250-638-8432. For complete listings, visit www.terracestandard.com
COMMUNITY EVENTS JANUARY 21 – Terrace Photography Club will elect its executive, welcome new and returning photography enthusiasts, get into its challenge for the month, review the website, plan its next field trip and more at its 7 p.m. meeting at the art gallery. Open to all types of photographers from beginners to professionals and nearly all age groups. Meetings are every third Tuesday of the month or visit the website to learn more and see some of the members’ work at northernlensescameraclub.ca. JANUARY 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. To sign up, call Kelsey at 250-6354546. 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. FEBRUARY 7 – Happy Gang Centre hosts a pancake breakfast the first Saturday of every month from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Come one, come all, good eats, good laughs.
PSAS READING WITH OLLIE in 2015: Interested in having your young reader, ages five and up, practise in a low-stress and super fun environment? Sign up for Wednesday sessions with Ollie – Terrace Public Library’s Reading Education Assistance Dog, (R.E.A.D.)! Program begins Jan 21 to Feb 11 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.. Please register in advance, in person or by phone, 250-635-8177. KIMMUNITY ANGELS SOCIETY works to promote quality of life for seriously ill individuals and their families by providing financial assistance for medical treatment, medical expenses and equipment or supplies. All funds raised stay within our community. Getting involved can be volunteering at fundraisers, challenging family, friends and businesses to get involved or meet or exceed your donation, raising funds and spreading the word about what we do. For more details, contact give@ kimmunityangelssociety.ca. REGISTER TODAY FOR the next set of Early
Literacy Storytimes at the Terrace Public Library. Free classes for babies up to age 5. Tuesdays 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. (ages 13 months to 2+ years); 1 p.m. - 1:30 (ages birth to 13 months). Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Preschool Storytime (ages 3-5). Classes begin the 3rd week in January and run for six weeks. Call the library for information or to register 250-638-8177. Check our website www. terracelibrary.ca for details. THE BRIDGE CLUB meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the art gallery. For more details, contact Al at 250-635-3788. 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. 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. TERRACE TOASTMASTERS MEETS the second and fourth Wednesday of each month in Room #404 of the Terrace Pentecostal Assembly with meetings beginning at 7 p.m. If you’d like to build self-confidence and improve your leadership and communication skills in a fun and interactive setting with like-minded individuals, consider joining Toastmasters for the 2014-2015 season. For more information, please call Ralph at 250-638-1905, Janine at 250-615-8187 or find us online at www. terracetoastmasters.com. THE ALZHEIMER SOCIETY of BC offers a Family Caregiver Support Group in Terrace, a free monthly group providing education, information, sharing common experiences, practical tips, strategies and emotional support, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the month at Northwest Integrative Healthcare Centre (4724 Lazelle Ave.). To register, call Lana 635-0980. 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 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. Participants must attend all workshops and the performance. For more details, call the Terrace Academy of Music 250638-1183. For details on the What’s The Score program, see turningpointensemble.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. THE TERRACE CHAPTER of TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets once a week in the cafeteria in the basement of Mills Memorial Hospital. Weigh-in starts at 6 p.m., meeting at 7:15 p.m. For more information about this, call Joan at 250-635-0998 or Sandy 250-635-4716. TERRACE NISGA’A ELDERS and volunteer group hold craft night Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Terrace Nisga’a Society community room (located across from Gold Diggers).
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Look Who’s Dropped In! Baby’s Name: Eli Akira Koga Date & Time of Birth: Jan. 7, 2015 @ 4:35 a.m. Weight: 8 lbs. 4 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Julie Fortin Koga & Luciano Koga “New brother for Sophie” Baby’s Name: Cyndy Rose Wesley-Woods Date & Time of Birth: Dec. 14, 2014 @ 3:05 a.m. Weight: 8 lbs. 2 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Justice Woods-Theodorou & Randal Wesley Baby’s Name: Ajaypal Singh Gill Date & Time of Birth: Dec. 11, 2014 @ 8:20 p.m. Weight: 7 lbs. 7 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Gagan & Harry Gill “New brother for Jp and Aven”
Baby’s Name: Isobela Dorthy Emma Calder Date & Time of Birth: Dec. 8, 2014 @ 5:56 a.m. Weight: 7 lbs. 3 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Marlayna & Simon Calder “New sister for Alycia, Elecktra & Declan” Baby’s Name: Jacob Ronald Earl Date & Time of Birth: Dec. 3, 2014 @ 6:50 a.m. Weight: 6 lbs. 6 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Katelyn & Thomas Earl Baby’s Name: Vincenzo Giovanni Prinz Date & Time of Birth: Dec. 1, 2014 @ 9:20 p.m. Weight: 8 lbs. 8 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Laura & Randy Prinz
Congratulates the parents on the new additions to their families.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
NEWS
WITH NO one speaking to a request by a work camp company for a liquor licence to operate a lounge at its facility, city council members will be relying on three written submissions as it considers the request. Although there was social media debate about the request, council members found no one in attendance at their Jan. 12 meeting who wanted to speak to the issue. Prince George-based Falcon Camp Services has been building a 200-400 person camp at the city’s Skeena Industrial Development Park
■ No to LNG BRENDA WESLEY and Christie Brown protest across from the arena where Pacific NorthWest LNG was holding its open house Jan. 13. Wesley said the company, one of several potential liquefied natural gas developers, shouldn’t be allowed on Lelu Island near Prince Rupert for fear of harming eelgrass there.
Police buy meals TERRACE RCMP ended up buying a meal for the children of a family after being called to a domestic dispute in a Lazelle Ave. parking lot Jan. 14. After speaking to the family of two adults and four children, officers learned that they were unable to find accommodation, which led to the officers buying the meals at McDonald’s for the children. Police also requested the assistance of the Ministry of Children and Families. This week’s feature:
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to house workers who would build the Pacific Trails Pipeline that would carry natural gas to the planned Kitimat LNG plant at Kitimat. Falcon is applying for the work camp liquor licence on behalf of Chevron, which owns half of the LNG project and the pipeline project. Development services director David Block said the three written submissions will be taken into account when council next meets to consider and vote on the request. B.C.’s liquor control branch has the final say, and the public consultation was only necessary because of a Terrace bylaw requiring it, Block told council.
Council can also choose not to make a statement at all. Falcon business manager Alex Reed said the proposed 65-seat lounge will be part of a self-contained design that will include a gym and cafeteria. He says Terrace should still expect an influx in demand for services that local businesses will benefit from despite the all-inclusive philosophy of the camp. Reed said that whether a work camp is dry or not depends on the client’s needs, and that any drinking in the camp would be regulated by the company in a similar way to how it is done in Fort McMurray.
“We don’t know what it’s going to look like other than it’s going to be a two- to threedrink type thing,” he said of the drinking lounge. “They’ve done it for years in Fort Mac and all those facilities are fenced, they’re secured, they have private security firms, all of that,” he continued. Kitselas Nation owns the land where the camp is being built, but since it falls within the municipal boundaries Falcon must follow Terrace municipal laws. A final decision by the liquor branch is expected by summer and the 90-day input period is ongoing.
We Built This City, In Fact We Built This Province On Rock And Coal!
Since the days when coal was first discovered on Vancouver Island, copper was first traded along the coast and the first flashes of gold were seen in the Fraser River, the Province of British Columbia has been built by many generations through successful mineral exploration and development. The spectacular geological treasures that characterize every region in BC are also the driving force of much of its development. These natural riches have drawn the finest in the world to our province and its mineral exploration and development industry. In fact, British Columbia has the largest concentration of exploration companies and geoscientists in the world, and in 2013 companies based in BC raised $2.6 billion for exploration both at home and around the world. There are also more than 2,000 exploration and development service and supply companies, including legal and accounting firms, that call this province home. And perhaps not widely known, but BC is home to global leaders in academic research in exploration technology and geoscience and it is renowned as the assaying capital of the world. This extensive business cluster means that the industry is at the forward edge of exploration practices allowing for smarter, more efficient, cost-effective and environmentally conscientious projects. Gavin C. Dirom, President and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC), is from a proud pioneering family of explorers, engineers, scientists and miners. Born in Smithers, with degrees from the University of Victoria and Royal Roads University, Gavin is the third generation to have forged a career in the BC industry. And yet he believes that the full potential of this province is still to be realized. “This stunningly impressive province of ours is vast and under explored. It can reward those mineral explorers and developers who have the perseverance and the skill to identify and develop opportunities.” Gavin is also a strong and vocal advocate for a safe, economically strong and environmentally sound mineral exploration and development sector. “The global expertise present in BC means that the industry is open to new ideas and approaches and therefore constantly evolving and improving its practices based on science, economics and experience.” A very good example of this approach to mineral exploration and development can be found at Amarc Resources. This BC-based company is currently focused on ad-
Gavin C. Dirom, President and CEO, AME BC
Amarc Resources’ Ike project
vancing their IKE project, a major copper discovery located in the heartland of BC’s copper mining district, and doing so in a way that lives up to the vision AME BC has of the future of this industry. Dr. Diane Nicolson, President of Amarc Resources, is leading the company’s focus on achieving socially, environmentally and economically responsible mineral exploration programs. Diane has lived and worked all over the globe, from Latin America to Central Asia, and has called BC home since 2007. “Amarc is just one example of the resiliency of our remarkable industry. There may be challenges in our industry, but thanks to the high calibre of people and mineral development potential, BC remains one of the best places on Earth to explore for the metals, like copper and zinc, that the world needs.” AME BC members, like Diane Nicolson and Amarc Resources, have a proven track record of finding new mineral deposits here in BC, and providing our economy with the resources it needs to continue to grow. In fact, mineral exploration and development has been woven in to the fabric of our economy since the first discoveries and use of coal, copper and gold, by both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. Together, we proudly built this province on rock and coal. And with the continued involvement and support of many communities and First Nations, BC will continue to top the list of places to responsibly explore for the mineral riches that the world needs. In doing so, every family in BC will benefit and prosper for multiple generations.
Dr. Diane Nicolson, President, Amarc Resources
To find out more about Mineral Exploration Roundup 2015 go to www.amebc.ca
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Terrace Standard
FAMILY LITERACY DAY: January 27, 2015
To celebrate Family Literacy Week, Terrace Community Literacy Committee invites families to enjoy an exciting variety of free activities and a light lunch:
Learning for Life:
Activities for the Whole Family
Sat., Jan. 31, 11am – 2 pm, Suwilaaks School, 3430 Sparks St
Community partners include the School District, literacy programs of both Kermode Friendship Centre and Literacy Terrace, the Terrace Public Library, the University of Northern BC, Kalum Community School Society, Northern Health, Northwest Community College, ‘Na Aksa Gila Kyew Learning Centre, Success by 6, Skeena Child Care Resource & Referral, Terrace Community Literacy and more.
Raising the bar on school food programs
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After a birthday, collect the wrapping paper from your presents and turn it into a scrapbook. Now you have a journal for you and your family to keep a record of the fun you have all year!
Exaggeration Competition:
Road Trip Word Scramble
Good-Better-Best
When out in your community, in a car, on the bus, or just walking around town, keep your eye out for letters on license plates. Call out as many things as you can see that start with each letter. Work as a team to create the biggest list you can!
Start praising or complaining about something. The next person tries to out-do the first. The winner is the funniest, silliest or cleverest! You vote to decide the winner. Example: “I’m tired.” “I’m exhausted.” “I’m actually sleeping!”
Kalum Community School Society 101-282 Hall Sreet, Terrace, B.C. Ph: 250-641-3663 and 250-631-9790
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250-638-1863 Celebrate Family Literacy Week!
Build Your Dream Home! Do you dream about the perfect home for you and your family? Is it on a tropical island, in a big city or in the country? With your family, discuss what would be your ideal home, and then design it together. You can draw it, build it with blocks, or create a model using recycling from your home. Share a picture of your dream home online using #FamilyLiteracyDay
For more information, call 250-638-1863
READ, SING,
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Decorate four jars with glue and scrap pieces of tissue and wrapping paper. Label each jar separately: “Saving.” “Spending.” “Giving.” “Emergency.” Start sorting your money into the jars, and have fun saving and spending!
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Celebrate Family Literacy Day Together
Murray George Executive Director • Adult Literacy Program • English-as-a Second Language Instruction 4620 Loen Ave. (former E.T. Kenney School) Terrace BC V8G 1Z5 Phone: 778-634-2446 Email: literacyterrace@citywest.ca
Literacy Terrace Society operates in partnership with Northwest Community College with funding from the Province of BC and Government of Canada.
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Terrace Standard Wednesday, January 21, 2015
News In Brief New scam TWO angry phone calls to a local resident from a man claiming his vehicle was scratched in an accident were likely a telemarketing scam, say RCMP. Police traced the originating phone number to a discontinued local number and to a business number. One call was cut short when the person phoned suggested the police should be involved. “Police suspect this was a telemarketing scam using spoof software and if the phone call continued, the caller would have asked for some monetary compensation,” said the RCMP release.
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Haisla officially take hold of marina THE REGIONAL District of Kitimat-Stikine has officially bowed out of the waterfront business, with the sale of MK Bay Marina to the Haisla. The ink on that deal dried late last year, but
it became real with a gift-giving and dance ceremony at the Haisla Recreation Centre in Kitamaat Village Jan. 14. Speaking to all who attended the event, Haisla chief council-
lor Ellis Ross said that while LNG may provide a big opportunities, he pointed to other opportunities the Haisla also need to get a handle on. Acquiring the marina is a major step for the
community’s economic independence, he said. “I do not want my kids or my grandkids to continue begging for money from Ottawa. I don’t want our people to exist under the Indian Act forever or think
that treaty is the answer. We’ve got to start looking at ways to sustain ourselves,” said Ross. He said he hopes that the regional district understands the significance of this deal to the Haisla, which brings
in to their ownership land that for decades had existed just on the other side of their community but which didn’t belong to them. The deal is worth $875,000, a figure that includes a Crown water lease.
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Officer dies A RCMP officer who spent her early career in Terrace passed away Jan. 12 after suffering from a stroke. Kim Hall, a constable here in the early 1990s, was a sergeant with the Revelstoke detachment. She was a founding member of the British Columbia Youth Police Network, a group that works to reduce youth crime.
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NICHOLSON, MERLE November 13th 1958 - December 30th 2014 Merle Nicholson (née MacCarthy) passed away at Shuswap Lake General Hospital Dec 30, 2014 surrounded by family and friends, after a courageous battle with cancer. Merle was a loving wife, devoted mother and amazing grandma. She enjoyed participating in her Relay for Life team and was a dedicated member of the Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband of 32 yrs, Ken, children; Jill (Matt), Chelsea (James), Dane, grandchildren; Rylee & Brooklynne. As well as her mother Irene, siblings; Joann (Ricky), Lynn (Larry), Robert (Jackie), Mark (Muriel), Allan (Celina), Shelley (Daniel). She is predeceased by son, Ryan (Feb 7, 1997), and father, Luke (Jun 5, 1997). A Memorial Mass was held from the Church of Our Lady Of The Lake, Blind Bay, BC on January 3rd. In lieu of flower please donate to the BC Cancer Society. The family would like to thank all of her doctors and wonderful hospital staff. Online condolences can be sent through Merle’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com Arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Home and Crematorium, Salmon Arm.
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He leaves to mourn his Mother Cheryl, his Pops Henry, his sister Kerry (Kenny, Aaron & Ryan) Auntie Wanda, Uncle Gord and Cousin Brandi. He has many extended family and friends. He was predeceased by his nephew Cory. No one can ever take away our bond with one another, for I’ll always be your precious child as you will always be my mother. If there ever comes a day where we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.
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Gisela Woeste peacefully passed away in her home in Terrace, BC at the age of 84. She was predeceased by her father, mother, ex-husband Eugen, and her son Peter. Mom will be forever loved, treasured and missed by daughters Petra (Brian) and Karla (Robert). In keeping with Mom’s wishes, cremation has taken place and there will be no formal service held. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Helping Hands of Terrace Society (778-634-3844).
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Oct. 24, 1946 - Dec. 28, 2014 Born on Oct. 24 in Alfeld Germany. Came to Canada in 1953 to Saskatchewan. Moved to Terrace in 1962. The eldest of 6 children. Lea relocated to the lower mainland after her husband Russ Smith passed away in 2001. She lost her 4 year battle with cancer, passing away peacefully in Terrace surrounded by loved ones on Sunday, December 28. The family would like to take this opportunity to thank the following people who helped Lea come back to Terrace for her remaining days with her family, the ground crews in Vancouver and Terrace and flight attendant Monica from Hawkair, Janis and Vicky from Homecare Nursing and Dr. Warbeck. Thank you for your gentle care of our mom. Andy Bahr Valene Harlow LeahAnn Rogers Laurie Hawman
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Department: Kitselas First Nation Administration Reporting to: Director of Finance Term: Full-time Temporary Start Date: Immediately Deadline: February 4, 2015 JOB SUMMARY Reporting to the Director of Finance the Finance Officer is responsible for the management of the overall day-to-day accounting functions, cash management and financial reporting needs of the Kitselas First Nation (KFN). The Finance Officer is expected to take a lead role in the financial operations including preparation of financial statements. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Reconciling and preparing financial statements • Prepare monthly variance reports for Directors • Maintain computerized accounting system under the direction of the Director of Finance • Maintain and reconcile general ledger and all subledgers • Cash management, all treasury functions including bank reconciliations • Prepares and completes all month end posting, reconciliations and transactions • Overseeing timely preparation of payroll • Work with Human Resources Officer to ensure timely and accurate payroll and employee information is entered • Reconciling AANDC, MTSA, project funding and revenue streams • Oversee purchasing systems, accounts payable and accounts receivable, reconciliation of project funding and revenues • Assists the Director of Finance with all year-end audit preparation including working papers • In puts and maintains all budget data within accounting system • Maintain and reconcile general ledger • Ensure all data is entered into the accounting system in a timely and accurate manner • Assist with the management and reconciliation of corporate credit cards • Manage, reconcile and control Petty Cash disbursements • Receive housing payments, issues receipts and post payments to Accounts Receivable system • Follow and comply with Kitselas Finance Administrative Law • Assist the Director of Finance with other related financial duties • Acting Director as needed QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE • At a mid-level accounting designation • Five (5) years of experience in working with First Nations government organizations; • Proficiency with accounting and project management software • Experienced with working with auditors and the auditing process • Understand federal funding agreements and reporting requirements • Proficient with all Microsoft Office suite applications • High level and respectful communications skills and the ability to communicate effectively in order to build constructive relationships • Be able to function well in a fast-paced growing organization with multiple deadlines and priorities; • Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills • High standards of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information HOW TO APPLY A competitive salary and benefits package is offered. Further information can be obtained at www.kitselas.com. Interested applicants should apply no later than February 4, 2015 with a resume and cover letter to the attention of the Finance Clerk. Please reference “Finance Officerâ€? and indicate clearly in your cover letter how your experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the position. Attn: Karla Frank, Finance Clerk Kitselas First Nation Tel: (250) 635-5084 Fax: (250) 635-5335 Email: finance@kitselas.com
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MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Human Resource Responsibilities • Provide strategic recommendations to the senior management team in the area of human resources; • Oversee all human resource operations and administration within the KFN government; • Assist managers and directors with the implementation and administration of KFN Human Resource Policies and Procedures Manual, in addition to any other policies and procedures that may be applicable; • Lead and manage the delivery of all full-cycle recruitment, selection and retention process; • Manage and monitor the performance evaluation system and process; • Develop and maintain a comprehensive system for organizational charts, job descriptions, employment contracts, and employee records; • Develop, implement and maintain a system to record and manage all benefit administration, leave requests, status changes and pay increases; • Oversee the compilation and management of staff attendance and leave reports for CEO and • Directors; • Identify, plan, organize and implement training initiatives for both employees and workforce development clients; • Prepare and present reports to the CEO and Council as required; • Develop, implement, educate, train and enforce Human Resource policies; • Develop succession plans for all key position within the government structure; • Maintain and manage a comparative salary grid; • Assist with inventories and survey of skills and training plans for workforce development initiatives; • Liaise with the Workforce Development Coordinators to support training and educational initiatives for community members; and • Other related duties as required for the sound management of human resources. Health & Safety Representative Responsibilities • Participate in Safety Committee meetings; • Participate in the development of health and safety policies and programs; • Deal with matters raised by members of the committee or referred to by a workplace committee; • Participate in the development and monitoring of a program in the prevention of workplace hazards; • Provide health and safety education to employees; • Participate in inquiries, studies, investigations and inspections as needed; • Consider and expeditiously dispose of health and safety complaints; • Ensure that adequate records of work accidents, health hazards and the disposition of health and safety complaints are kept and regularly monitor this data; • Meet with senior management as necessary to address health and safety issues; • Participate in the implementation planning of changes that may affect occupational health and safety, including work processes and procedures, and, with the Safety Committee, participate in the implementation of these changes; • Inspect all or part of the workplace on a monthly basis, so that every part of the workplace is inspected at least once per year; and • Performs other related health and safety duties as required. QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE • University Degree or College Diploma in Human Resource Management or related field; • Minimum of five (5) years of progressive Human Resources experience; • Experience in developing and organizing training programs; • Certified Human Resource Practitioner (CHRP) or willingness to obtain CHRP designation; • Extension knowledge in the principles and practices of Human Resource Management including: compensation, statistical concepts, job evaluation, performance evaluations, training and development, organizational development, recruitment and retention; • Knowledge of the BC Employment Standards Act, BC Human Rights Code, Canada Labour Code • and any other applicable federal and provincial labour laws in effect; • Must be able to function well in a fast-paced growing organization with multiple deadlines and priorities; • Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills; • High standards of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information with an understanding of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; • Relationship building skills with internal and external stakeholders; • Must possess cultural awareness and sensitivity; • Must be flexible and patient; • Valid driver’s license; • Leadership and supervisory experience an asset; • An understating of the north coast BC cultural and political environment; and • Previous experience working in a First Nations community and/or organization is preferred. 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EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Department: Kitselas First Nation Administration Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer Term: Full-time Permanent Start Date: Immediately Deadline: February 4, 2015 JOB SUMMARY The Executive Assistant provides administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Co-ordinate the Chief Executive Officer’s schedule, appointments, reservations and travel arrangements • Organize meetings for senior management team • Plan, organize and co-ordinate functions and special events for the CEO • Assist with the preparation of business presentations including text, overheads and electronic presentations • Prepare and/or edit internal and external letters, faxes, memos and mass emails • Ensure all the reports and data files are organized and stored properly and in accordance with the KFN Privacy Policy • Prepare and edit correspondence, communications, presentations and other documents • Design and maintain databases • File and retrieve documents and reference materials • Conduct research, collect and analyze data to prepare reports and documents • Arrange and co-ordinate meetings and events • Record, transcribe and distribute minutes from senior management team, staff and community meetings • Monitor, screen, respond to and distribute incoming communications • Answer and manage incoming calls • Receive and interact with incoming visitors • Liaise with internal staff at all levels • Interact with external clients • Co-ordinate project-based work • Other additional duties as assigned by CEO. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE • A Certificate in Business Administration or the completion of courses in the area or related field • Minimum of 3 years of administrative experience, preferably in a high level administrative position. SKILLS AND ABILITIES • Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills • Ability to exercise good judgment, show initiative and be proactive • High standards of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PPT and Adobe PDF • Relationship building skills with internal and external stakeholders • Results oriented • Attention to detail • Ability to effectively prioritize workflow • Ability to manage stress and flexible hours • Must be able to deal professionally with the public • Must be able to respect confidentiality and privacy • Ability to deal with difficult people • Teamwork. HOW TO APPLY A competitive salary and benefits package is offered. Further information can be obtained at www.kitselas.com. Interested applicants should apply no later than February 4, 2015 with a resume and cover letter to the attention of the Finance Clerk. Please reference “Executive Assistant” and indicate clearly in your cover letter how your experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the position. Attn: Karla Frank, Finance Clerk Kitselas First Nation Tel: (250) 635-5084 Fax: (250) 635-5335 Email: finance@kitselas.com
APPRENTICE PARTSPERSON 3 (RED SEAL) Smithers/Terrace, BC
Dunoon Contracting Ltd. is accepting applications for an apprentice partsperson. Typical duties involve all functions associated with the operations of a warehouse, including ordering, receiving, maintaining inventory, and keeping records. Qualifications: • Completion of pre-apprenticeship. • Basic computer skills. • Knowledge of the practices involved in both the purchasing and maintenance of a large inventory. • Mechanical aptitude. • Ability to follow directions promptly and efficiently. • Must be willing to travel.
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Please fax or email resume with driver’s abstract to: Fax: (250) 638-8409 Email: hr@nechako-northcoast.com
HEAVY DUTY JOURNEYMAN MECHANIC MEZIADIN AREA
Dunoon Contracting Ltd. is currently looking to fill the position of Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic. The work will involve diagnosis, overhaul, services, and repairs of equipment. This position will entail shift work and work outside in all types of weather, and may include the operation of snow removal equipment in storm situations. Qualifications: • Heavy duty mechanic trade certification. • Minimum class 3 driver’s license with air brake endorsement. • 3-5 years of related experience. • Knowledge of techniques, tools, equipment, and safety precautions pertaining to the maintenance of trucks and heavy equipment. • Should hold or be able to obtain a CVIP license. Preferred qualifications: • Applicants with welding experience will be preferred. • Experience in the repair and maintenance of highway maintenance equipment will be preferred. Please Fax or email your resume and drivers abstract to: Email: hr@nechako-northcoast.com Fax: 250-638-8409 Only those short listed will be contacted
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A career at Terrace Toyota means joining the world’s most respected automotive brand and Canada’s Oldest Toyota Dealership. With opportunities available now for a
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You now have the chance to join us in a truly vibrant rewarding and fast-paced exceptional work environment. The Toyota lineup is the strongest in automotive history. From the renowned Corolla to the incredibly eco-friendly Prius to the definitive Sequoia. Our craftsmanship and safety are without compromise. A career with Terrace Toyota means working with only the best people and working with the best vehicles every day: don’t miss your opportunity. Please drop off resume and hand written cover letter to: Chris Gair Fixed Operations Manager Terrace Toyota 4912 Highway 16 West Terrace BC Or email to hiring.only.the.best@terraceautomall.com
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Established in 1900, E.B. Horsman & Son is the only independently owned and operated electrical wholesaler in BC and Alberta. We currently have an opening in our Kitimat Branch for a:
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MATERIALS HANDLER
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Qualified applicants must hold a Heavy Duty TQ and possess strong electrical and hydraulic diagnostic skills.
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN
Qualified applicants must hold a Red Seal Ticket.
Strategically situated on the great circle route from Asia, Prince Rupert is also North America’s deepest natural harbor. As such, the Prince Rupert Container Terminal is able to comfortably handle the world’s largest container vessels in a highly productive and efficient manner.
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Senior Road Foreman
Qualifications: • Hold a requisite valid driver’s license for the equipment normally operated. • Must hold and maintain flagging certification, WHMIS certification and Level 1 First Aid certification. • Must have a good working knowledge of highway maintenance standards. • Must have an awareness of environmental issues as it related to highways and bridge maintenance. Abilities and skills: • Effectively supervise work projects and / or activities involving combined resources of manpower, equipment, materials, and supplies. • Ability to meet defined production standards, quotas and costs through organization, scheduling and utilization of available resources. • Ability to communicate with and direct employees in the designated work group, particularly for work and / or job assignments. • Ability to deal effectively with other employees, supervisors, administrators, management personnel and the general public and suppliers regarding work projects and / or requirements. • Ability to carry out related supervisory functions proficiently. Please Fax or email your resume and driver’s abstract to: Debbie Russell, Manager of Human Resources drussell@nechako-northcoast.com Fax: 250-638-8409 Only those short listed will be contacted
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QUALIFICATIONS:
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CONSIDERED AN ASSET:
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APPLY TODAY!
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Western Forest Products Inc. is a margin focused integrated company safely producing lumber from coastal forests. If you believe that you have the skills and qualifications that we are looking for, please reply in confidence:
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Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611 Email: resumes@westernforest.com As only short listed candidates will be contacted, WFP thanks you in advance for your interest in our Company. Please visit us at www.westernforest.com
We currently have an opening at our Hazelton, BC location for a
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If you are looking for a challenging position with growth opportunities and would like to work for the “Electrical Distributor of Choice”, please visit www.ebhorsman.com for more information.
NOW HIRING Maher Terminals Holding Corp, has an immediate opening for a
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Thompson Community Services
Service, Commitment, Leadership
MANAGEMENT POSITIONS in Community Living Services, Terrace BC
At Thompson Community Services we offer highly individualized, solution-focused services for individuals with developmental disabilities, families and funders. Fundamental to our purpose is the selection and support of committed staff members. We are seeking skilled, experienced and self-directed individuals to fill management positions. As a TCS Manager, you will have extensive experience as a Community Service Worker in a variety of settings and supervisory experience. You must have a sincere commitment to providing quality services to individuals with developmental disabilities and challenging behaviours. As a team player you must be able to build relationships, be an excellent interpersonal communicator and be able to maintain a flexible schedule as necessary. This position is based in Terrace. We offer competitive salary with an excellent benefit package. The closing date to apply is January 23rd, 2015. Please submit resumes to Randi Pritchard at rpritchard@tcsinfo.ca or Terry Watkinson at twatkinson@tcsinfo.ca or you may fax to fax 250-624-9631.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)
FOR LOG HAULING SERVICES Tolko Industries Ltd. is a private, Canadian-owned forest products company based in Vernon, BC which manufactures and markets forest products to world Since its beginnings in 1956, Tolko has grown from a small sawmill to become a company diversified by geography and products, with over 3,000 employees in operations across Western Canada. Tolko’s manufacturing operations produce lumber, unbleached speciality kraft papers, panel products, co-products, biomass power and a number of specialty wood products. For more information, please visit our website at www.tolko.com. Tolko is interested in seeking individual proposals for a non-replaceable Log Hauling Contract with an annual volume of up to 300,000 tonnes. The work will be based out of Vernon, BC with the majority of the work taking place within the Southern Interior of BC. Prior to obtaining a Request for Proposal (RFP) package, contractors must provide a prospectus with the following information: 1. Company name and contact information, including a phone number and an email address. 2. Brief description of your company and services offered. 3. Previous work history with dates that would pertain to this RFP. Once we have received your prospectus, a package will be sent to you with instructions on how to submit a complete proposal. Tolko reserves the right to reject in whole or in part, any or all proposals for any reason. Completed proposals must be submitted by 5:00pm (PST) on Friday, January 30th. Until a formal purchase order or other contractual document is finalized, signed and accepted by Tolko, Tolko does not intend to create any contractual relationship (either express or implied) with any entity submitting a proposal or other response to the Tolko request for quotation. As a result, those who submit a proposal are free to modify or withdraw their proposal as they deem appropriate. The successful recipient will be considered an independent contractor. Company Prospectus and Contractor Proposal(s) can be faxed or emailed to: Attn: Travis Kiel Fax: 250 547 1274 Email: travis.kiel@tolko.com All proposals will be kept confidential.
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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Water Act: Application to Apply for a Water Licence Take notice that Stewart World Port Services Ltd. from Fort St. John, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for the following: • Land Act application for a Licence of Occupation for Light Industrial purposes situated on Provincial Crown Land covering ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF BITTER CREEK TOGETHER WITH THOSE PARTS OF DISTRICT LOT 794 AND 1070, CASSIAR DISTRICT, CONTAINING 50.791 HECTARES MORE OR LESS, by Stewart BC. The Lands file number that has been established for this application is 6408760 and • Land Act application for a Licence of Occupation for Light Industrial purposes situated on Provincial Crown Land ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF STEWART TOGETHER WITH THOSE PARTS OF DISTRICT LOTS 432 AND 5563, CASSIAR DISTRICT, CONTAINING 36.89 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS. The Lands file number that has been established for this application is 6408761 and • Forest Act application for an Occupant Licence to Cut. The Forest file number that has been established for this application is TBD. Written comments concerning this Project should be directed to the Coast Mountains Land Officer, MFLNRO, at Suite 200-5220 Keith Ave. Terrace, BC V8G 1L1. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to January 28, 2015. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Office in Smithers.
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older (1971) 2bdrm mobile home, newer roof, hot water tank, etc., $35.000, 250-6388300
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Mini-racers brave cold, wind for year’s first race COLD AND windy conditions on the weekend of the first set of Shames Mountain Ski and Snowboard Club’s annual Mini Races deterred competitors, but eight determined kids still came out and raced Saturday, Jan. 3. On Saturday, the fastest time went to Charles-Emile Guay with a time of 15.88 seconds, with Thayna Healey clocking the fastest time for the girls at 19.59 seconds. On Sunday, only two competitors had registered before the hill was closed down due to high winds. The Mini Races are free races open to all skiers and snowboarders who want to come out and participate in a fun race series. It’s a six race series with a champion named for each category at the end of the season during the club’s year end banquet. Senior athletes were in Smithers last weekend for the Face Off event there, and Kitimat will be holding the annual Kitimat Rail Jam, a downtown event Friday, Jan. 23 in the evening – a great spectator event. And now, the results: Girls 5 & under 1. Rowan Last 2. Arielle Guay 3. Zyah Healey Girls 7 & Under 1. Thayna Healey 2. Emily Kenny 3. Eloise Guay Boys 10 & Under 1. Charles-Emile Guay Girls 10 & Under 1. Hanna Schibli The next sets of races are slated for February 14 & 15, and after that on March 28 & 29. And Free “Try Freestyle” days are scheduled for Feb 6 & 9th at the hill. For more info, email northwestfreeriders@telus.net as participants must be registered. And for info on the club: www. shamesmountainskiandsnowboardclub.ca.
Sports Scope A LOOK ahead at what’s on the sports horizon. To have your sporting or athletic event included, email sports@terracestandard.com.
Curling THE TERRACE Legion Bonspiel is January 30 – February 1, 2015. This is an open bonspiel for any combination of curlers. It is also the 60th Anniversary this year. This bonspiel is an excellent mix of competitive and recreational curlers. And the Ladies’ Valentines Bonspiel is February 13-15, 2015. This is Terrace’s Ladies Bonspiel which features a host of fun events including a diamond ring raffle, Friday evening social, Saturday banquet and dance, and 4 events (with sufficient numbers). Register early as this bonspiel can fill up quickly. To register for either or both of these events, call the club at (250)635-5583, fax to (250) 635-4360, or email: info@ terracecurling.ca.
Soccer INDOOR YOUTH soccer clinic with Nick Kollias is back again this year, taking place at Caledonia over spring break (March 16-20) with sessions for boys and girls five through 16 years old. The camp – which has been going on for over 25 years – focusses on fundamental skills like dribbling, shooting and ball control. Pick up a form at the Sportsplex or call Nick at 250-635-9231.
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Best season in years at Onion Lake cross country ski trails A clear contrast from the last two years, the skiing at Onion Lake has been “fantastic” this January, says Snow Valley Nordics president Dan McElheron. “We’re in really good shape right now, the snow is the best we’ve had for the last three Januaries,” he said last week. “The two previous years we basically ended up having pretty rough Januaries, and then the three previous years we were buried in snow, tons of snow.” But a solid dump of snow two weeks ago means the club was able to get the trails groomed up and ready for a busy couple of weekends. “Skiing’s been excellent, a little bit of
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rain doesn’t hurt either,” he said. “We can certainly tolerate a little bit of rain right now, we’ve got enough snow up there and that actually makes the skiing good because it’s not icy.” “We had big crowds out Saturday morning,” he said, noting that Saturday mornings are when the club holds lessons, for both kids and adults, and the rental shack and cafe is open. The hut is also open Sunday afternoon. “When I left on Sunday, almost 4:30 there was still 25 cars in the parking lot. Lots of new people too, first time at the club.” First-time skiers are invited to visit the club members at the rental hut for advice
or help signing up for lessons. “Come up and see us on the weekend when the rental ski is open,” he said. “I’d recommend our doggy trail because there are basically no hills.” Night skiing is popular, with lights along the trails. McElheron said the club is considering a series of night lessons, as well. “We’ve done that in the past, it just depends on the demand,” he said. The club’s open house – tentatively scheduled for mid-February – is another good time to check out the trails. And the club is hosting its Northern Tech #2 race – a sanctioned race for the northern clubs, on Jan. 31, anticipating about 70-80 racers.
THE TERRACE Minor Hockey Association will be holding it’s semi-annual parents meeting on Tuesday, January 27th at 7:00 pm in the Rich McDaniel’s room at the Sportsplex. Discussion topics will include financial report, vacant Board positions, current issues, planning and changes for the 2015/16 season. Parent input is vital in planning and running a successful association, meaning the association wants to hear from you.
Cal Sr. girls keep winning CALEDONIA’S SR. Girls Volleyball team came second in the Vanderhoof Vikequeens tournament two weekends ago. The team’s first win was 73-41 against Kelly Road, from Prince George. High scores went to Khali Pelletier, Anke de Witt, and Carly Davis, all with 16. Next, Cal beat Bulkley Valley Christian School, from Smithers, 63-18. High scores to Pelletier with 25 points, and de Witt with 11 points. In the finals, Cal lost to the Vanderhoof Vikequeens in a back and forth battle that ultimately went 50-38 for the hometeam. Pelletier nabbed high scorer with 25 points (for the season she is averaging five three pointers a game) Pelletier and Faith Nisyok received 1st All Stars.
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Jr. Boys ready to pounce
CALEDONIA’S JR. Boys basketball team is showing promise this season, knocking back a number of wins already and some close calls to boot. “The teams are a bit closer this year,” said coach Mike Johnson. “We played Centennial Christian School once over the Christmas break and they beat us in overtime – they’re decent as well.” Prince Rupert is typically the team’s main rival. “I’ve done this group for the last couple of years and its been us and Prince Rupert – Prince Rupert’s unfortunately usually won but I think now the tide might have turned a bit.” At the time of this writing, the team, made up of Grade 9s and 10s from Skeena Junior and Caledonia, had played tournaments in Smithers, Kitimat, and Prince George – and is hosting northwest teams here this weekend. The Duchess Park Condor Classic in Prince George was “good”, with the team winning one game and losCONTRIBUTED PHOTO ing two close calls. The team has had several close JALEN HOLLAND looks to pass to Sol Johnson with Elijah Azak (top) and Harvir Dhesi (bottom corner #8), games this year, which made Johnson Josh Grant (top left) and our bench watching. tell his players that it’s now “time for us to get to the next step.” So far in this season the three Grade 10 boys, Jalen Holland (“He played last year, his game’s really improving”), Dylan King and Harvir GAME 1; Caledonia 53 vs NechaThe game was tied with under Caledonia fell behind by 20 pts Dhesi have played well along with ko Valley (Vanderhoof) 43. three minutes to play. at half time and played the secSol Johnson in Grade 9. Cal scorers: Cal scorers: ond half even. College Heights Elijah Azak, a Grade 9 as well, has Jalen Holland (Gr 10) – 20 Harvir Dhesi – 21 is ranked in the top 15 for Junior also been showing promise as point Dylan King (Gr 10) – 15 Jalen Holland – 12 boys basketball in B.C. guard. And the team’s Grade 10 interHarvir Dhesi (Gr 10) – 11 Sol Johnson (Gr 9) – 5 Cal scorers: national student from China, Weihou ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Jalen Holland – 15 Zhou has also played well so far. GAME 2: Caledonia 42 vs Duch- GAME 3: Caledonia 44 vs ColSol Johnson – 13 “We have a few interesting guys,” ess Park (Prince George) 53. lege Heights (Prince George) 65. Harvir Dhesi – 8 he said. “We’ve got a couple of kids who are really coming along.”
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picked up the phone. It was Mike. He said: I want to get a picture of a steelhead rising to a free floating dry fly, and I know just the place to do it, and just the guy to get it done. You in? I’m in, I said. I hadn’t spoken to my old friend since Robin Hollett and I had played for his wife’s funeral a year earlier. I knew he wasn’t close to upright after losing Lynn. Hearing his voice gave me hope. Mike was at my door the next morning wearing the same kind of clothes he wore three decades earlier. They were a tighter fit. I’m ready, I said as if only a day had elapsed since the last day we fished together a quarter of a century ago. We climbed the road to the upper floors of the Zymoetz. The leaves on the hardwoods were fading and falling. The year was dying, We passed Nogold then drove to Treasure Creek, ten kilometres past the spot where we brought steelhead to the top 30 years earlier. From there, we made our way under deep green moss under old trees toward the sweet spots we were sure would still be there after so many years. Mike was now chasing me. Hearing heavy breathing, I stopped and turned. The front of his sweater was dark with sweat. You want to stop? Yeah. We did. I looked at Mike, the man I chased through the bush when we were young and driven. He looked at me. I
smiled. He smiled in a admitted, I rushed to the way that acknowledged hospital to find him in that much had changed the room where Pop had since then. died. I reminded him You good? I asked that I knew Pop well and when his breathing that I knew Lynn too and seemed steady and contold him that based on fident. what I knew, neither of He nodded. them would approve of It was easier from the way he was neglectthere. We dropped down ing his health. a pair of terraces then A year later his leg ducked below slide albecame infected then ders to the river. turned black. The docSKEENA ANGLER Mike sorted out his tors talked of amputacamera gear. I began tion. After that came ROB BROWN fishing. By the time he months in the hospital, was finished, I’d respigots and stents and leased the last of three dialysis, then, last fall, steelhead. there he was, taking picI’m guessing you tures of the sunset from could catch them here the pull-out at the top all day, he said, in a way of Kalum Hill. I pulled that gently but firmly reover. minded me of our mission. I’m through with dialysis, he told me. We moved upstream. Mike positioned Gonna let nature take its course. his camera high above the tail of the pool. I I was chasing steelhead and trout on the made drag free floats, dozens of them, over Skeena that fall. Instead of going straight the places where fish should have been, but home, I made a point of visiting Mike at no fish rose. Basaraba’s rental units, where, ironically, It’s OK, said Mike. And, where years he’d begun his stay in Terrace 40 years earbefore, it wouldn’t have been, it was. It lier. wasn’t to be, not on that day and, as it I’d give him a fishing report and we’d turned out, not ever. reminisce about the trips we’d made. After that, Mike’s health began to unThen one day I stopped by and the door ravel like a cheap suit. Lynn’s absurd, trag- was locked. He’s gone to Terraceview said ic death wrecked him. Hearing he had been his hirsute neighbour. I thanked him and
Travels with Mike: The Last Chapter
Long road to Coy Cup
It’s going to be a bit of a road trip for northwest teams who make the CIHL’s annual Coy Cup, with the 2015 Senior Male AA BC Hockey Championship to be held in Fort Nelson March 24-28. “The Fort Nelson Yeti are very excited to be hosting the 2014 - 2015 Coy Cup,” said Fort Nelson Yeti President, Dean Larson. “We have tremendous community support, our fans and sponsors are second to none. Fort Nelson and the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality has a long history of being great event hosts. We can guarantee a tremendous tournament for all participating teams.” The Coy Cup, first awarded in the 19221923 season, was donated to BC Hockey by Colonel Coy of the 50th Gordon Highlanders (now the 16th Scottish) of Victoria, B.C. Last year’s hosts, the Williams Lake Stampeders, were also the 2014 Champions.
made my way there where I found Mike in a darkened room. There was a lady tending to him. Who’s she? I asked, when she had gone. The bread lady, he said. Mike was in agony despite being jacked up on morphine. He was trying his best to conceal the pain, but couldn’t. I noticed a copy of that week’s Terrace Standard on the table near his bed. It was open to the first installment of ‘Travels With Mike’. Did you read this? I asked. No, he said. It was dark. The curtains were drawn because Mike couldn’t tolerate the light. Just a minute, I said before running out to get a flashlight from the nurses. I came back, sat down, then turned on the light. This won’t be easy, I said, then I began: Pioneers like Herman Buschmann, George Kofoed, and Kolbjorn Eide were running the rocky riffles of the river in wooden boats powered by prop driven outboards two decades before him, but for me the mention of the Gitnadoix will always be associated with Mike Whelpley…. It was hard reading. When I was done I looked at Mike. You’re a good man, he said, his voice soft and rough around the edges because of the pain and morphine. I’ll be back tomorrow with the next installment, I said, you rest. I was back at 4 in the afternoon with the next chapter in my pocket. I opened the door to Mike’s room. There was nobody there and the bed had been stripped.
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Chevy Traverse is a doggy delight – ahem – found it easy to load up with lots of luggage, bags, boxes, blankets, pillows and doggy beds – all It’s a challenge to find the right vehicle the necessary accoutrements of car to take two dogs on an annual holiday travel, plus the added advantage of still trip to Tacoma to visit family, friends having room to bring home a souvenir and doggy cousins. or three. On the highway, as in the city, Rental vehicles are out of sight pricethe Traverse offered wise and some compagreat visibility and nies are a little sniffy The cargo area of we felt snug, safe and about the ‘passengers’ the Traverse offered secure – sorry about the (at least I think it was alliteration, but it’s true. both dogs plenty of the dogs they objected Our doggy travelling to). Therefore, the offer space for each to do companions are at of an extended test drive their own thing; stretch each end of the age of the 2015 Chevrolet spectrum. Sullivan the Traverse was a welcome out, curl up, look out Jack Russell Terrier is opportunity. the window, chew little, young and bouncy, From a human’s perquietly on toys. while Desi the Shepherd spective, the Traverse Cross is a large dog of was pleasurable to drive, noble lineage and a senior citizen. In extremely comfortable, the cabin roomy short, she enjoys her comfort. The cargo and very classy, a nice quiet ride, the area of the Traverse offered both dogs dashboard controls very user friendly plenty of space for each to do their and easy to interpret with everything own thing: stretch out, curl up, look out close to hand. the window, and chew quietly on toys, The seats (seven in all for bipeds) are while contemplating the phenomenon gorgeously adjustable with heated of black holes or, in the case of Miss lumbar support up front, which is a Desi, perhaps where the next carrot soothing relief for those of us with was coming from. Given the layout of back problems. From the outside, the the interior, with the walk through back car seems like a big beast best for seats, a barrier was needed to discourthe backcountry but it is surprisingly age the cargo passengers from walking wonderful to drive in the city, more like through into the first-class front cabin. a luxury sedan than a lumbering SUV. It should be noted there are ten cup It was easy to manoeuvre on narrow holders for those in need of regular streets, a dream to nip in and out of caffeinating. We did receive barked parking lots and spots. And even the vertically challenged complaints from the back that not one By Morva Gowans
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yellow lab. Everyone knows labs are eternal puppies who enjoy good times no matter where they land. This happy boy landed in the cargo area with the other two and still there was plenty of room for all three dogs with nary a complaint about someone’s paw being on someone’s side. It all made for a fun Christmas celebration with lots of treats, even for my backup navigator Patricia and myself. Next year, the ‘kids’ are holding out for a Cadillac! 2015 Chevrolet Traverse AWD LT Power: 2.6-litre V6, 281 horsepower, six-speed auto transmission. Base price: $43,460 (as tested, $53,285)
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ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the lease of a 2015 Chevrolet Cruze LS/LT (1LS/1LT) and Sonic LS/LT (1LS/1LT). Freight ($1,600) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and applicable taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. *Offer valid to eligible retail lessees in Canada who have obtained credit approval by and entered into a lease agreement with GM Financial, and who accept delivery from January 12 through February 2, 2015 of any new or demonstrator 2015 model year Chevrolet (except 2015MY Chevrolet Colorado 2SA). City Express excluded at outset of program; will be eligible once residuals become available. General Motors of Canada will pay the first two bi-weekly lease payments as defined on the lease agreement (inclusive of taxes). After the first two bi-weekly payments, lessee will be required to make all remaining scheduled payments over the remaining term of the lease agreement. PPSA/RDPRM is not due. Consumer may be required to pay dealer fees. Insurance, license, and applicable taxes not included. Additional conditions and limitations apply. GM reserves the right to modify or terminate this offer at any time without prior notice. See dealer for details. †† Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer car that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year Chevrolet car, SUV, crossover and pickup models delivered in Canada between January 12 and February 2, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $750 credit available on eligible Chevrolet vehicle (except Colorado 2SA, Corvette, Camaro Z28, Malibu LS, Silverado 1500 and HD). Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any Pontiac/Saturn/SAAB/Hummer/Oldsmobile model year 1999 or newer car or Chevrolet Cobalt or HHR that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year Chevrolet car, SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between January 12 and February 2, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive): $1,500 credit available on eligible Chevrolet vehicles (except Colorado 2SA, Corvette, Camaro Z28, and Malibu LS). Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GMCL dealer for details. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice † Based on GM Testing in accordance with approved Transport Canada test methods. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. > Based on WardsAuto.com 2012 Upper Small segment, excluding Hybrid and Diesel powertrains. Standard 10 airbags, ABS, traction control and StabiliTrak. *^ Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). ~ Requires compatible mobile device, active OnStar service and data plan. Visit onstar.ca for coverage maps, details and system limitations. Services and connectivity may vary by model and conditions. OnStar with 4G LTE connectivity is available on certain vehicles and in select markets. Customers will be able to access this service only if they accept the OnStar User Terms and Privacy Statement (including software terms). ¥ Lease based on a purchase price of $16,705/$21,000 (including $0/$1,500 lease credit and a $750 Winter Cash) for a 2015 Cruze LS (1SA) and Cruze LT (1SA/MH8/R7T). Bi-weekly payment is $79/$99 for 48 months at 0.5% APR and includes Freight and Air Tax, on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometers limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $1,450/$1,450 down payment required. Payment may vary depending on down payment trade. Total obligation is $9,729/$11,803, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $7,214/$9,499.70. ¥¥ Lease based on a purchase price of $15,225/$19,300 (including 0/$1,200 lease credit and a $750 Winter Cash) for a 2015 Sonic LS (1SA/M26) and Sonic LT (1SD/MH9/C60). Bi-weekly payment is $75/$89 for 48 months at 0.5% APR and includes Freight and Air Tax, on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometers limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $1,600/$1,600 down payment required. Payment may vary depending on down payment trade. Total obligation is $9,396/$10,888, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $6,040/$8,690. ¥/¥¥ Price and total obligation excludes license, insurance, registration, taxes, dealer fees, optional equipment. 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Acura RDX breaks with automotive tradition roof, push button start and a multi angle rearview camera. The Tech package adds an 8-inch centre screen with voice activated navigation, a power tailgate, duel climate control and an upgraded stereo system, for just $3000 more. Try and find these features in one of the competitive German of Japanese vehicles for just over $44,000. It doesn’t exist. Acura and Honda are moving towards a two-screen centre console, the RDX is still sold with a single screen and this makes the operation much simpler. The new systems are eye catching but simplicity continued on page A28
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Acura RDX breaks with automotive tradition over flash has a place. Drive With manufacturers racing to include smaller turbocharged engines with eight and nine speed automatics, the RDX is still sold with a trusty 3.5L V6 and a proven 6-speed automatic. Take notice, this might not be the case with the next model so buying this simpler RDX might be a good buy. The 273hp engine is very quick off the line; it cruises with ease and passes without hesitation. In real world highway and city driving the RDX returned 13L/100km just slightly worse than the 12L used in the CR-V. All wheel drive (AWD) comes standard on all models but it is a simpler system than the previous model. The suspension is less aggressive than the past model too. This has all been done to produce a ride that will appeal to a wide range of buyers. In everyday driving, the laid-back approach is welcome but the powerful engine always makes the commute fun.
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Verdict Some good news, the rumour mill is grinding out potential new updates for the 2016 model year including a refreshed front end and interior tweaks. Stay tuned. As it stands, the RDX is a bargain in the small luxury SUV space but this Acura model almost needs an edge because the brand doesn’t have the same badge-appeal as the German makers and even Lexus. This RDX competes in the luxury space but many potential buyers don’t perceive Acura to be true luxury, more premium than luxury. This is the same battle Lincoln is facing. If you are in the market for a fantastic, very well equipped small SUV with plenty of luxury touches then the RDX should be on your list. Get past the badge-appeal and find out for yourself what this vehicle has to offer. zack.spencer@drivewaybc.ca The Lowdown Power: 3.5L V6 with 273hp Fill-up: 12.1L/8.7L/100km (city/highway) Sticker price: $$41,390-$44,390
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