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PROFESSIONAL PAPER shredder Keith Piper working at Do Your Part Recycling depot in Thornhill on March 26. The area depicted here will feature a number of bins set up for people to put in their glass, plastic bags and other recycled packaging.
Glass recycling shift to start
By JOSH MASSEY THE REGION’S recycling program continues to expand with glass, plastic bag and Styrofoam drop off to be available starting today at the Do Your Part depot for both those who live in Terrace as well as Thornhill and rural areas. For city residents, however, it also means an end to city garbage trucks picking up glass once a month, a feature that had been part of the city’s curbside collection program which began last spring. This week was the last glass pick up by city trucks. For Thornhill and rural residents, it means they’ll now have a place for their glass. The new Thornhill and rural
area pick up program had not been accepting glass. Neither the city program nor the regional district one had been accepting Styrofoam or plastic bags. The additions to area recycling follow the signing of a contract by Do Your Part, a private recycling company, with Multi-Material BC (MMBC), an agency run by companies who use packaging material for their products. City recyclables are being taken to Do Your Part in Thornhill but regional district collections are trucked to a depot in Prince Rupert. Do Your Part depot owner Kasey Lewis says her contract with MMBC now means any city, Thornhill or rural resident can
drop off all accepted recycling material at her establishment. “Yes, but we’re encouraging people to still use their curbside service,” she said last week. Both the city and the regional district pick up recyclables every two weeks. Those dropping off their regular recycling will also have to separate it themselves into different bins located inside the depot. The same applies for drop-offs of glass, plastic bags and Styrofoam. “People will be here on site to educate, because people will be sorting it themselves,” said Lewis. “There will be bins set up for people to throw their own stuff in. It will be a true kind of depot.” “There is no limit on how much
people can bring, but it will be for residential only,” she continued, adding that there is no cost for drop off. “It’s now a no-pay system for everybody,” she said. For now the drop off location will remain at the Do Your Part location in Thornhill, but Lewis hinted that expanded services means she will need more space soon. “Ideally we would like to find an end market for it here but people have been looking for that for eight years, so who knows,” said Lewis of the energy-intensive long distance trucking of uncrushed glass products to southern B.C. She hopes the service leads to less contamination in blue bags.
THE TERRACE RCMP detachment is to be the home of a pilot project to place officers on horseback. In an email sent to a select few members of the national police force, a copy of which has now fallen into the hands of local media, details of the project, dubbed E-SPURS, indicate a return to the force’s equestrian roots would be ideal in smaller towns the size of Terrace. “We already know of the success within the Terrace detachment of foot patrols in the downtown core,” the email memo states. “The local detachment has responded favourably to requests from the public for an increased presence in the downtown core of Terrace.” “By now placing officers on horseback, we will be able to extend the reach of these patrols without reducing the effectiveness of members in dealing with some of the base elements of crime,” it continues. There’s even a public relations aspect to the pilot project. “We’re aware that the public’s acceptance of the RCMP goes right back to its early beginnings when members on horseback patrolled the Prairies,” the memo said. “This puts the mounted back into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.” For now, two horses will be assigned to officers patrolling the downtown with the prospect of adding more as the pilot project is evaluated. And when not patrolling, officers on horseback will be available for more ceremonial duties. “It won’t exactly be the musical ride,” said one senior officer. “More of a mini-ride, but you’ll still get a sense of the pageantry.”
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Cubs are stars
Killer sentenced
Puck gentleman
Youths learn skills for home and community during weekend \COMMUNITY A10
Sentenced man eligible for parole due to young age at time of murder \NEWS A4
Terrace-born hockey player sets record for sportsmanship \SPORTS A21
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Terrace Standard Wednesday, April 1, 2015
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Ambulances busy at time of accident By JOSH MASSEY AND MARGARET SPEIRS AMBULANCES WERE delayed in responding to a Thornhill traffic accident last week because they were busy elsewhere, says the agency which manages the emergency medical service. And callers to the 9-1-1 dispatch centre from the scene of the March 24 collision between two vehicles indicated there were no serious injuries, said the BC Ambulance Service. The accident occurred during the early afternoon of March 24 when a 2005 Nissan Frontier traveling south on Clarke Ave. and a
2012 Chevrolet Malibu entering the intersection from Paquette Ave. collided, said Terrace RCMP. Two people were eventually taken to the hospital and were in “good condition,” indicated a statement from the BC Ambulance Service. According to two witnesses, people at the scene were distressed that it seemed to take a long time for the ambulance to show up. “The response times were slow,” said local observer Neil Maier, of how long it took the first responders from the fire department to arrive and then the ambulance. In response, a statement from the BC Am-
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THIS VEHICLE was one of two involved in a collision in Thornhill on March 24. Two people were injured in the accident. bulance Service sent by communications officer Preet Grewal said
the Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department was sent to assist with the
call at 1:21 p.m. after the call was received at 1:19 p.m.
However ambulances didn’t arrive until 19 minutes after the call, the statement continued. The reason for this was because the ambulances were being used to bring patients to the Northwest Regional Airport at the time, it said. All three ambulances available in Terrace were occupied at the time. Another factor was that those on the scene informed the dispatchers that there were no serious injuries, said the ambulance service. “Due to an unusually high number of high acuity patient transports at the airport at this time, the closest ambulance arrived on scene
in 19 minutes,” said BC Ambulance. “Based on the information provided by three callers who called 9-1-1 to report the accident, this was deemed a non-emergency call as the patients did not have serious injuries,” it said. Following up in the aftermath of the accident, the investigation continues, RCMP Inspector Dana Hart said last week. At that point, Hart couldn’t say if speed was a factor in the accident. The statement from BC Ambulance added that had the injuries been more serious dispatchers can reroute [ambulances] accordingly.”
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Terrace Standard
Early parole possible for convicted killer By MARGARET SPEIRS
A TERRACE man sentenced last week to life in prison for second degree murder without a chance of parole for 12 years could, however, be eligible for a limited release in as little as six years. Tyler Scott Eli, 22, who killed Kitimat resident Maria Rego in her home and who injured her husband, Gualter, has been in prison since his arrest immediately following the Oct. 9, 2011 crime and will have that time taken into account, reducing his potential incarceration to nine years. But based on federal criteria, he could be eligible for day parole with specific restrictions three years before any chance of full parole. “A lot is dependent on his progress through the system,” said Patrick Storey in describing a series of steps which could lead to various levels of parole for a convicted person.
Parole board members, in considering any application, will examine a person’s conduct and steps toward rehabilitation, he said. Escorted temporary absences are first under parole guidelines and that can move to work release. Unescorted absences follow if all goes well and are for very short times and take place over a maximum of 60 days, said Storey. Scott’s sentence was delivered by Mister Justice Robert Punnett in Terrace Supreme Court March 25. “I do not find that he is not remorseful but I am of the view that he requires counselling and assistance to properly understand what he has done,” said Punnett in his decision. Rego, 47 at the time of the crime, and her husband, Gualter, 46 at the time of the crime, were attacked by Eli who broke into their Kitimat home. Eli used a knife from the couple’s kitchen in the attack.
Kitimat RCMP at the time reported they were called to a residence in the Whitesail area for an alleged break and enter with assault, whereby officers found a man and woman, who had been assaulted and were in need of immediate medical help. Both were taken to hospital in Kitimat where Maria Rego died of her injuries and Gualter Rego had surgery. Eli, then 19, was arrested nearby without incident and subsequently charged with second degree murder and attempted murder and break and enter. A charge of aggravated assault was stayed by the court. During his trial, the defence’s argument was that Eli was in a delirium caused by alcohol or drug consumption but all the evidence shows he was not in a delirium, said Punnett in his decision. Crown prosecutors had asked for life with no chance of parole for 12 to 15 years, while the defence had asked that
Eli’s rehabilitation be taken into consideration because of his young age, said Punnett. Punnett acknowledged considering those factors and was satisfied that parole ineligibility for 12 years was appropriate. Often, parole ineligibility of 12 to 15 years would be given to someone who’s older, has a criminal record and used firearms in the offence, but Punnett was satisfied it was a good amount for Eli. Sentences for attempted murder and break and enter will be served concurrently with the second degree murder sentence.
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How it all works A SENTENCE of life in prison for murder is still a life sentence although the possibility of parole can come up quicker than the public may think. Without complications, such as being out on bail while waiting for trial, a life sentence is calculated from the time the person is arrested, says Patrick Storey, Parole Board of Canada spokesperson. In Tyler Eli’s case, since he has been in custody since his arrest, his 12 year ineligibility period for parole is calculated from his arrest in October 2011, meaning he will be eligible for full parole in about nine years from now. And that means his eligibility for day parole, which comes three years before the eligibility for full parole, is about six years away. However, when a person is on parole, conditions placed on him during sentencing must be followed or the parole can be revoked, the person goes back to jail and the process for parole starts all over again, said Storey. When sentenced to life, the person usually starts at maximum security for two years, and ideally he will move down over the years moves down to medium security and then to minimum security just before parole. “A lot is dependent on his progress through the system,” said Storey, adding if all goes well with the person going to his programming, behaving himself and cascading to the lower level of security, then he will slowly
work his way up to full parole. The parole board will make a decision on whether to give parole by reading all the information available about him and talk to him, said Storey. Escorted temporary absences are first and that can move to work release. Unescorted absences follow if all goes well and are for very short times and take place over a maximum of 60 days. Even during that 60 days, the person lives in the community under conditions, supervised by a parole officer and living at a substance abuse treatment program or a halfway house that’s staffed 24/7 so it’s not like the person is going out into the community unsupervised, said Storey. Day parole is the next step granted for a six month period at the end of which time it’s reviewed by the parole board. As long as the person is behaving under supervision by the parole officer and acting responsibly, it goes well, said Storey. If the parolee violates conditions, parole can be suspended on a moment’s notice and the person goes back to jail. “Full parole is a brass ring for a lifer,” said Storey. “It’s the closest they can get to a normal life but even so, they can only live in their own accommodation that has to be approved by a parole officer. And they have a parole officer until their dying day.”
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Terrace Standard Wednesday, April 1, 2015
NEWS
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Lots of activities, socializing and having fun is regular day at downtown centre By MARGARET SPEIRS WHOEVER SAID the Golden Years were a slowing down of life with nothing to occupy their time, obviously didn’t live in Terrace. Thanks to the Happy Gang Centre and the BC Old Age Pensioners’ Association Branch 73, plenty of activities and socializing are there for the enjoyment of seniors. And if you want to keep busy, there’s activities for nearly every day and all times of the year. There’s whist and carpet bowling Mondays, glee club and cribbage on Tuesdays, quilting and contract bridge Thursdays, bingo Fridays and rummoli Sundays. Not to mention floor curling, darts and billiards. BC Seniors Games proves to be popular for the annual event allows seniors the chance to make new friends and then visit them every year they qualify for the games.
Homemade lunches are available on weekdays. For a small price, it includes soup, a variety of sandwiches, dessert and a beverage. The first Saturday of the month sees the public welcomed to pancake breakfasts. Birthdays are celebrated at the centre. And it all began in 1959 when a group of people who retired around the same time got together and wanted to have a place to meet and do activities. They met at the arena and made plans to get their own building. The seniors raised money and built the centre in 1980 and added to it as they could afford it. The name Happy Gang Centre was chosen as a group decision. All the activities are run by volunteers, who are always needed in the kitchen, to set up dinners, assist with special events and phone members about meetings. Those interested in meeting new people and getting involved can drop in or call the centre. MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTOS
SPENDING TIME at the Happy Gang Centre, clockwise from top: Susan Broughton talks with Mary Jane Hogg and Jim McKenzie before lunch, which is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday • Herb McKay draws the numbers for bingo Friday afternoon. Bingo is just one of the many activities at the centre • Bertha Watmough jokes with Bill McRae that if he’s going to come into the kitchen he has to wear an apron • Kitchen volunteer Alma gives back change for a lunch purchase. Lunch items are homemade • A list of activities shows a variety of chances to socialize.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Terrace Standard
EDITORIAL
Driving FOR many it’s an automatic action. Hop in a vehicle and go to a job interview. Better yet, hop in a vehicle and go to a job. But in countless conferences, workshops and job fairs held in the region for the past three years where the puzzle has been how to connect northwestern residents with the jobs that could come from potential large-scale industrial activity such as liquefied natural gas, one nagging reality kept emerging – the lack of a driver’s licence is a significant barrier to finding and keeping a job. It’s why a donation from pipeline builder TransCanada of $77,000 being funneled through Northwest Community College for the purchase of a vehicle, simulator and instruction so that people can obtain a licence is so important. Students in the first class to take place in Moricetown outside of Smithers this spring will go through 32 hours of class and driving time for an ‘L’ designation in the expectation of receiving an eventual ‘N’. The process of obtaining a licence in B.C. nowadays itself reveals the complexity of becoming part of a modern labour force. And to be sure, the TransCanada money is part of its ongoing campaign to obtain broad-based community support for the pipelines it’s been hired to build for two potential liquefied natural gas plants. But if employment is a ladder to be climbed, this program is a crucial first rung. ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988
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he only sports writer I read regularly was Jim Taylor before he retired from the Vancouver Province. Like many sports writers, his articles are well written and enjoyable to even someone like me who never participated in any sport or adopted any team. I own two collections of Taylor’s columns – “And to Think I Got in Free”, and “I Get Paid for Doing This?”. Despite the New Books shelves of the library sagging under non-fiction and memoirs few fit my subjects and criteria last spring. I read before I turn out the light at bedtime, therefore I want a book not too thick (this rules out novels and politicians’ books), not too heavy (glossy photos add considerable weight; some limit my reading to fifteen minutes without bicep building exercises); and with at least touches of humour. Dollops of humour are ideal. I tried a number of memoirs written by Hollywood notables with disappointing results. Often those with gripping lives failed for lifeless writing. That’s when a pocket
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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI sized book titled, “Lonely End of the Rink: The Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie” showed up. My attention was piqued not by the hockey angle, the cover illustration was of a young goalie, but by his experiences being bullied for his Coke bottle glasses and knee joints that would slip out of place at inopportune times unless he wore cumbersome braces. The author, Grant Lawrence, grew up in Vancouver. To compensate for his braces, he became a valuable team member as a goalie. Besides his singular history, he writes with humour,
sometimes as many as four rib-tickling comparisons on a single page. In other words, my kind of reading. He spent as much time inventing the hilarious comparisons as writing the remainder of the book, that’s how much effort he put into rewarding his readers. I was scanning the “Yorkton Review” newspaper from Saskatchewan when I read Frank Block, a sports announcer from Melville had recorded a two-hour CD of anecdotes told by NHL teammates of Metro Prystai, a player born in Yorkton. Prystai is now 85 years old. I ordered Block’s CD to listen to the part relating Prystai’s first trip to Chicago with the Blackhawks. The team stayed in the same hotel as Al Capone’s gang. Prystai met Capone’s brother as he and another Blackhawk practised puck handling in the hotel corridor outside Capone’s room. My latest hockey read was Jordin Tootoo’s memoir, “All the Way”. Picking up his book I knew only that he is an Inuk from Rankin Inlet, often mentioned in sports casts, and his older brother Terence committed suicide
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The Mail Bag Bill gives too much power to police, CSIS AN OPEN letter to: STEPHEN HARPER, PRIME MINISTER Dear Sir: Douglas Channel Watch was organized six years ago to oppose the Northern Gateway Pipeline. We realize that you do not sympathize with our position but please hear us out. It is every citizen’s right and responsibility to involve themselves in the governance of their country even if that only means voting once every four years. However, it would be a sad country where citizens could not legitimately organize, for example, to support the climate change views of the United Nations, 98 per cent of climate scientists, James Hansen of NASA, an increasing number of religious organizations, First Nations, Mark Carney of the Bank of England, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change without being suspected of terrorism. Yes, the issue is political but in a democracy, it is every citizen’s right and responsibility
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PRIME MINISTER Stephen Harper speaking in the House of Commons. to involve themselves in the governance of their country. We took time away from our jobs, friends and families so that we could oppose a project that we felt would be extremely harmful to our country while benefitting only a few large corporations with head offices outside of
Canada. We are ordinary people from all walks of life. We are parents and grandparents, we work in industry, health, education, public service and run our own businesses. We have exercised our right and responsibility to involve ourselves in the governance of our country.
And we have never been afraid. Until Bill C-51 was introduced. According to Professor Kent Roach of the University of Toronto, commenting on C-51, “The same dual concern about unintended adverse effects on both rights and security are in play with the advoca-
cy offence proposed to be added to the Criminal Code. It contains an overbroad reference to “terrorism offences in general” and no defences for legitimate expression of political or religious thought. This harms and chills freedom of expression…” No competently
written law should have unintended effects, adverse or otherwise. This bill would have benefited from the disallowed testimony to the Commons Standing Committee from the Federal Privacy Commissioner, four former Prime Ministers, and five former Supreme Court Judges for rigour and fairness.
Nothing should harm or chill freedom of expression. This freedom is what differentiates us from the terrorists. There is no political and/or civilian over sight for C-51 either. You are giving CSIS a free ticket to do whatever they want and not even have to check in with a judge on all occasions. This is an invitation for abuse. C-51 should mandate an oversight committee of knowledgeable politicians and academics who will know how to provide proper governance to a secret service. Mr. Harper, chilled we might be but silenced we are not. C-51 will turn CSIS into a de facto secret police and it is unconstitutional and contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. You should drop it or rewrite it altogether. It seems that once again, it is our right and our responsibility to involve ourselves in the governance of our country. Elizabeth Thorne, Douglas Channel Watch, Kitimat, B.C.
There’s money to be made in leaving oil and gas
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ow might a municipality such as Terrace usefully and profitably participate in the shift away from the old order of coal mining, oil and gas? Despite the inevitable squeals and groans of the old order (coal mining, and oil and gas industries), most global powers understand that long-term survival of a technically sophisticated, financially integrated, and socially productive society will demand a smooth but rapid transition away from carbon fuels and toward clean alternatives. That being said, the changes that are required will be massive even in Terrace. After all, we practice a local economy pretty much in step with the rest of the world. The world currently contains an automotive fleet worth about $20 trillion, and changing over from an oil driven fleet to one that is dominantly electric, hydrogen or fuel cell driven will be a huge challenge. Besides, cars are dramatically
underutilized assets, extremely wasteful, because about 95 per cent of the time they’re simply parked somewhere. We need to shrink our fleet without significantly reducing our transport efficiency, all while changing its energy base, to free capital for other more productive uses. Most Terrace families have between $20,000 and $100,000 invested in this money-losing asset. In European cities it is very easy to get around using their integrated rapid transit and bus systems, and according to Wikipedia many European nations have a lower density of private vehicles per thousand inhabitants than the United States, for example. In 2012 about 63 per cent of world electricity generation was powered by coal and gas, both significant greenhouse gas sources. Shifting away from these will be another huge task. Currently in the USA, buildings account for nearly 40 per cent of CO2 emissions. Given Terrace winters, the portion is probably higher here. Laudably,
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AL LEHMANN carbon footprint standards for new construction are continually being raised. In Terrace, the potential for an expanded, profitable retrofitting industry for current building stock is appealing. Terrace and its citizens can make improvements in transport, in power generation, and in buildings’ energy efficiency provided we are willing to make the investments. The question is how?
In a recent interview from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, the CEO of the nonprofit Coalition for Green Capital argues that banks dedicated to green investments could be used to transform the energy sector within little more than a decade. It’s a brave forecast but he has compelling examples. The rapid electronics shift from analog to digital, a huge transformation, took a little less than twenty years. The incentive to change was the promise of better, more efficient products. His green bank will not make any loan “unless the net present value of the savings is greater than the amount of money invested.” They won’t lose money, and neither should we. He is critical of the moneylosing feed-in tariffs that have characterized Germany’s and Ontario’s green shifts (and huge subsidies like those going to run-ofriver projects here in BC), even though these shifts have achieved significant success at moving
away from fossil fuels. Given trends (e.g. an 80 per cent drop in the cost of solar panels over the past four years) consumers will find tremendous incentive to do building overhauls and change energy sources because it will be both cleaner and cheaper. Today distributed solar generation is about 1 per cent of the market share of energy production. With innovative financing models (for example, Solar City’s leasing out of rooftop solar panels – BC Hydro could offer this), this share could double annually. Terrace and its citizens could profit by moving toward these models. Imagine solar panels charging batteries on street lamp poles. Imagine three or four wind turbines on the industrial park. Imagine BC Hydro and Pacific Northern Gas funding building retrofits and home solar installations to be paid back through monthly billing (essentially green banking). Retired English teacher Al Lehmann lives in Terrace, B.C.
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Another gold project approved by province
THE PROVINCIAL government has given its blessing to another potential mine, this time the Brucejack gold project north of Stewart owned by Pretium Resources. In releasing the decision to grant an environmental assessment certificate, environment minister Mary Polak and mines minister Bill Bennett noted the company will store a portion of its waste tailings underground and won’t need a tailings storage facility and dam. Other tailings will be deposited into Brucejack Lake. But the ministers did add waters from the area do flow into the Unuk River. “This is an important river with fisheries values for British Columbia and Alaska and was the focus of the involvement and comments of US state and fed-
eral officials,” they said. For that reason, the two ministers said there would be conditions on the environmental permit. “The project will move forward only when, and if, regulators are satisfied proposed discharges will comply with provincial guidelines and therefore will not cause significant adverse effects to the receiving environment and the Unuk River,” they said. The ministers also said the Nisga’a Lisims Government and adjacent aboriginal groups had been involved in project planning and have approved of the proposal. They were satisfied that certificate conditions would balance any social and other effects on the Nisga’a, the Tahltan and the Skii km Lax Ha.
As with other existing and proposed projects in that region, Pretium will have to pay into a management program to finance efforts to maintain the moose population. The mine would draw power by constructing an extension to BC Hydro’s 148kV line which now serves Stewart. Pretium says it has enough mineable material for a mine lasting 18 years to produce an estimated 7.3 million ounces of gold. The estimated project cost is approximately (US) $750 million, which Pretium still needs to raise. Construction is expected to result in 500 jobs with 300 jobs mining jobs afterward. The project still requires the environmental approval of the federal government.
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Boilers boost efficiency TWO NEW natural gas-fired boilers being installed at a cost of $1.5 million at Northwest Community College’s Terrace campus will make heating buildings more efficient and save money. Heating distribution efficiency through pipes connecting college buildings to the boilers will rise from 80 per cent to 98 per cent, providing a savings of $40,000 a year, the college estimates. “The current boilers are 48-years-old and have required a lot of maintenance over the years. This investment in our infrastructure contributes to the long term viability of our campus,” said college official Kerry Clarke of the work. In addition to heat, the boilers provide hot water
for the college. The money comes to the college from the provincial government which each year considers applications to improve facilities at post secondary institutions. These two boilers were made by a company called Cleaver Brooks in Stratford, Ontario with the general contractor being Davidson Brothers from Burnaby. Clarke added that several local firms are also involved in the project. Work on the boiler project began in February and when completed will reduce the college’s C02 emissions by more than 200 tons a year.
Bench townhouses planned CITY COUNCIL has granted a development permit to a company planning a major new housing development on the bench. The 35-unit townhouse complex will be located on a 2.7 acre lot in the 5100 Block of McConnell. Cory Drive will be extended north to meet with McConnell to form one of the boundaries of the development while the closest street to the west will be Brooks. Franz Gehriger, CEO of Vancouver-based de-
velopment company SwissReal Group, spoke to council about his company’s project, which will offer 3-bedroom townhome units for $370,000 to $390,000 on the 2.7 acre area. “We want to plan with you, not against you,” Gehriger told councillors who all seemed thrilled at the idea of the new development on land which is already zoned for such housing.
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SPRING CLEAN-UP WEEK May 12 – 15, 2015 Extra refuse is collected from City residents, without charge, during clean-up week. Please have the extra waste material in plastic bags or containers to assist in the pickup, and set it out on your regular refuse collection day (but it may not get picked up until later in the week). All branches must be neatly bundled. This service does NOT include tires, propane tanks, or items normally charged for at the Terrace Landfill (such as commercial waste, car bodies, stumps, construction/demolition waste and major appliances), nor any items accepted at EPR Drop-Off locations (such as electronics, batteries, counter top appliances, paint, pesticides, and flammable liquids). For a full list of EPR locations, please see www.terrace.ca Curbside yard-waste and kitchen organics collection will start every Monday beginning April 13th, 2015. Effective April 1st, the Municipal Landfill is on summer hours: Open 10:00 am to 7:00 pm daily Closed every Tuesday & Wednesday. Public Works Enquiries - phone 250.615.4021
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THE LIST of planned and under construction motel and hotel developments continues to grow. The latest proposed development is planned for a strip of land beside Polly’s Cafe in the 4900 Block of Keith Ave. and the owner says wants to start building as soon as he lines up financing and has the property rezoned. In November, Saskatchewan developer Joseph Tesar purchased the section from NSD Development owner Garry Roth who also owns the 42 acres across Keith where the Skeena Cellulose mill once was. Tesar says he is finalizing money matters and myriad other considerations to begin building an 80-room, four-storey franchise motel. “This will cater to workers in the area and who are coming to the area over the next couple of years,” said Tesar. Describing it as a “no frills hotel” the developer says “it will have highly competitive rates, probably beating most of the other hotels by ten, twenty, thirty per cent in some cases.” “More than 25 per cent of the building will have kitchenettes, and allow short term, medium term duration stays,” he continued.
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A SASKATCHEWAN developer has plans to build a motel on a vacant piece of ground in the 4900 Block of Keith Ave. beside Polly’s Restaurant. Tesar must first have the light industrial zoning of the property changed. And while Tesar has his sights set on a spring construction starts, director of development services David Block said getting the appropriate permits will most likely take around five months. Block added that the development does fit in with the city’s own vision for primarily the former Skeena Sawmill location called the Keith Estates plan. It envisions turning that into a bustling urban centre of residential, commercial and light industrial usage. “It fits exactly in with the Keith Concept, it’s blended residential
commercial, so that’s a commercial property that incorporates short term housing. That’s what a hotel is. It fits exactly with the model,” said Tesar. “It doesn’t sound like a bad component for what might happen there,” said Block. “It seems unique,” he added. Tesar owns a Motel 6 franchise outlet in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, but said he doesn’t want to reveal yet which franchise he would be bringing to Terrace until a deal is secured. He said he plans to contract locally and include green energy aspects in the building design. He also said that the current forestry companies who lease
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Bench townhouses Mayor Carol Leclerc said such developments are a relief as “we are going through that transition time of growth.” “Town houses are more affordable,” said Gehriger. The bidding process will be underway soon to line up contractors and material for the construction to begin this year and wrap up in 2016. He described the townhouses as “not luxury” but on the higher end of the scale with a park area, two internal access roads and an emphasis on landscaping the divisions between properties as opposed to fencing, and 14 visitor parking spaces. Councillors Michael Prevost and Stacey Tyers were, however, concerned that the floor
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they said. The townhouse development would be the first of its kind on the bench which has seen a growth of single-family homes constructed in the area of Ecole Mountainview over the past several years.
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Cubs earn stars at weekend sleepover LOCAL CUBS had a one night sleepover at the Cadet Hall recently while working on their blue and black stars. Blue stars are for Home and Community. Blue Star activities provide basic knowledge and skills to ensure Cubs actively and positively contribute as members of their families and their local communities. Black stars are for the Natural World. Black Star activities develop a Cub’s knowledge and skills of the natural world and understanding how it works. Each year, leaders plan their program around the youths earning two stars. Cubs is a three year program and there are six stars to earn. Youths who earn six stars get recognition and a plaque. It takes commitment from the youths and the leaders. At this camp, they did first aid, map reading, an airport tour and of course, campfire songs/skits/cheers, wide games, and general play.
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CUBS LEARN first aid at weekend sleepover. Left, that’s Jason Kelly and Lexi Hugon. Above, Shyla Peden and Payton Connolly take care of victim Lexi Hugon.
April Fool’s carries on jokes from long ago APRIL FOOL’S Day is believed to have got its start thanks to a pope changing his selfnamed calendar around, leaving some people to celebrate the new year on the wrong day and being called fools. Seriously. The most common theory about the earliest April Fools’ celebrations goes like this: In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull decreeing a new standard calendar for Christian Europe that would take his name and centuries later become the international standard in the 21st century. Prior to the 15th century, Europe’s nations and city states operated using the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar moved the date of the new year from April 1 to January 1, among other changes. Catholic monarchies were naturally its earliest adopters, though Protestant nations later followed suit.
Given the nature of the reform, both in terms of communicating such a fundamental change to a large population and dealing with critics of the new calendar, some Europeans continued to celebrate the new year between March 25 and April 1. April fools were those who still celebrated the holiday in the spring, and were the subject of pranks and ridicule by those who observed the new year months ago. Jokes played on them included having paper fish placed on their backs and being called poisson d’avril, or April Fish, which was said to refer to a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person. It’s not unreasonable to suppose that the calendrical changes of the 16th and 17th centuries served more as an excuse to codify a general spirit of mirth already associated with the season than as the sole inspiration for a
pranksters’ holiday. In the 18th century in Scotland, April Fool’s Day became a two-day event, with “hunting the gowk,” in which people were sent on phony errands (gowk meaning cuckoo bird, a symbol for a fool) and followed by Tailie Day, in which fake tails or “kick me” signs were pinned on people’s backs. That’s just one theory for the origin of the holiday, however. H o w S t u f f Wo r k s . com says that other occasions resembling April Fools’ Day preceded the more contemporary incarnation by centuries. Ancient Romans held a festival known as Hilaria. The occasion was used to celebrate the resurrection of the god Attis. Hilaria was celebrated in Rome near the end of March where people dressed up in disguises. Hilaria, of course, resembles the word hilarity in English. The modern equiva-
lent of Hilaria is called Roman Laughing Day. Other non-Western cultures have their own traditions similar to April Fools’ Day as well. In India, Holi, a colorful Hindi festival that frequently entices non-Hindi participants to join in, often is celebrated by people playing jokes and throwing colorful dyes on each other. Persian culture also has a holiday with a similar theme, known as Sizdahbedar. On this day, which typically coincides with April Fools’ Day itself, Iranians play pranks on one another. The Jewish festival of Purim has a long history, as well. Coinciding with the advent of spring, it’s celebrated annually with costume-wearing, carnivals, and pranks. In the UK and countries to whom Brits have passed on their way of celebrating April Fool’s Day, the japes tradition-
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APRIL FOOL’S Day might’ve got its origins from Mother Nature fooling us with unpredictable weather in spring, not unlike the unexpected snowstorm earlier this winter that kept many people stuck at home for several days. ally cease at midday. According to tradition, if you prank someone after 12 p.m., then you become the fool. Or April Fool’s could
be tied to the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, when Mother Nature can fool us with changing, unpredictable weather,
which seems to be happening already in many places in Canada. With files from history.com, discovery.com, urbanlegends.com
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Calling all innovative ideas THE SKEENA-NASS Centre for Innovation in Resource Economics (SNCIRE) holds its Northwest Innovation Challenge again this year with $10,000 in cash prizes. Last year’s winner is working on making his product available for others. And many other winners used the contest as a springboard to further their ideas. “We actually followed up with all the winners to see what happened with their ideas, and while none have gone to commercial market, a few have progressed in different ways,” says Sarah Artis on behalf of SNCIRE. Brandon Greenall won first prize last year for his Pop Can Solar Heater project. When SNCIRE asked what he’d been up to since the contest, he had a lot to share. “Shortly after the competition, I was approached by a member of the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition who is responsible for teaching seminars and coming up with ideas for improving energy efficiency of people’s homes and the community,” said Greenall. “He was very interested in the pop can solar heater idea, and we have been working closely planning workshops and educational seminars in which community members can come learn, construct, and operate their own solar heaters for home usage (as well as
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producing some units for local non-profit & YEAR END SOCIAL with organizations). We hope to begin these AWARDS PRESENTATION early spring of 2015! Friday April 17, 2014 @ 7:00pm “As for the prize money, I plan on using it for my new energy efficiency project for Appies will be provided next year’s Canada Wide Science Fair or of the Terrace Curling Club even another Innovation Challenge? The The GREATER TERRACE BEAUTIFICATION SOCIETY is Upstairs pleased to announce 3210 School Street, the substantial remainder will be put away for my post project. completion of our BROLLY SQUARE Terrace, B.C. secondary education as it’s right around THANK YOU to all those who helped make it a reality: the corner! Once again, thank you so much for this awesome opportunity!” SPONSORS Don Highe and family Naomi and Carmen of Ms. Fitz Saddle Greater Terrace Rose and Henry Dreger Bags bought a 33 acre property in Smithers, T.D. Friends of the Environment Beautification Walmart Evergreen Fund where they hope to start a bed and breakfast All Seasons Source for Sports horse ranch business with a shop that will Terrace Kitimat Construction Association Society sell their leather work designs, said Artis. Annual General Meeting While Giuliana and Christine did not CONTRIBUTORS Allnorth Consultants Annette Desch Astral Media Brinkman Forest Ltd. Britney Charon Bruce Martindale pursue their Project Hlaana herbal water Thursday, April 2/2015 @ 7:00 pm Canadian Tire Cathy & Lego Guerin City of Terrace idea, they were both motivated to start Terrace Firefighters & friends Coast Inn of the West Cypress Contracting Council Chambers - Terrace City Hall Coast Tsimshian Resources LP Dalen Lamarche David Watson Photography their own businesses in other areas, she David Warner QC Dediluke Land Surveying Earl’s BobcatMEMBERS Service NEW WELCOME! SNCIRE.CA PHOTO said. Giuliana is opening a bakery and Elephant’s Ear Bistro First Line Security Gemma’s Gift Boutique th George Little House George Clark & Elan Travel Golder Associates Join us for the 30 Annual GARBATHON Christine is looking into starting a guided BRANDON GREENALL with hisEssoPop Hawkair Imperial Jack Talstra April 19, 2015 – noon to 4 p.m. JL Excavating Heighington John Malo boat tour business in Gwai Haanas Na- Can Solar Heater, whichJohn won first Ken Simons Trucking Kevin Goddard LA Fence tional Park, she said. place 2014 SNCIREMagnum Northwest Little at Hoe the Contracting Road Builders McElhanney Group Mike Sorochan Wood & Metal Misty River Books Mr. Mikes Mike Sorochan, who presented the Innovation Challenge. Northern Industrial Sales Ideas: Notable Designs (Sandra Stefanik) lightweight collapsible backcountry ski, Randy Kluss P.M.G. Sawmilling Robbie Larmour Rotoract is now working for himself, building and school for now, said Artis. Rona/Terrace Builders Royal Bank Safeway Save On Foods designing all sorts of stuff for local people Everyone in northwest B.C. is invited Sidewalkers Skeena Concrete Skeena Rent-a-Car Spring submisCreek Aggregates Tami Fur and businesses: signs, outbuildings, store to Spotted enter Horse this Nursery year’s contest. The TEDA Telecommunication Workers of BC Tanya Margerm TM Designs racks, etc, she said. Claire was only in sion deadline midnight April SeeLtd. Terrace & District is Medical Assn Terrace20. Redi-Mix Terrace Scouts Terrace Standard Terrace Steel Works Ltd. Totem Press Grade 9 when she competed and won, so sncire.ca for more details, including the Trim Time Signs Troy & Nadene Butler Uplands Nursery Val Gauvininformation – Dawne Solutions West Point Rentals she says she is focusing on finishing high applicant packageWanda andFriesen forms. WSI and staff
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Everyone who contributed names to our naming contest.
A huge THANK YOU to our Beautification members who worked so hard on this project, and to our family members who supported us and got “Voluntold” along the way. Our apologies if we have missed anyone. Please know that your contribution and support is so greatly appreciated.
We are especially indebted to our past president Chris Hansen, who took it upon her shoulders to push this project through its construction phase. We accomplished so much during her 15 years as president and this project stands as a testament to her passion for this community and the work of the Beautification Society.
We invite the community to come celebrate the substantial completion of BROLLY SQUARE on Saturday May 26th from 11 am to 12:30 pm – on site.
Fax your event to make the Scene at 250-638-8432. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday.
Clubs & pubs
■■ THORNHILL PUB: KARAOKE Thurs. 8 p.m. All day free pool Wed. and Sun. Free poker Tues. at 6 p.m. Sunday at 8 p.m. Showing all UFC events. Live music Fri. and Sat. Shuttle service provided. ■■ LEGION BRANCH 13: Meat draws every Sat. – first draw at 4:30 p.m. Steak Night is the first Fri. of each month. ■■ GEORGE’S PUB: POOL tournament every Sun. starting at 6 p.m. Poker, Sun. starting at 1 p.m. and Wed., starting at 7 p.m. Thurs. game night, DJ and open until 2 a.m. Fri. and Sat. live weekend entertainment. Karaoke Thurs. and Sun. 8:30 p.m. Shuttle services weekends. ■■ 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.
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show, book signing, snacks. When Millen began doing horse pack trips in western Canada, she had trouble deciding where to go, not because of the many options, but because information was so hard to come by. Riding the trails, she gained information about routes and shares her knowledge with readers and riders on 14 multi-day horse pack trips for experienced backcountry riders, inspired novice riders and avid hikers.
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ANASTASIA (MARY Ann Lawrence), Brangomar (Judy McCloskey) and Carolyn (Jo-Anne Voogd) are three of the evil ones in Wicked Women and One Lone Wolf, written and directed by Karla Hennig, playing April 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11 at the McColl Playhouse.
■■ TERRACE ART GALLERY presents two shows for the month of April: “Wild Nature” is Simone Klein’s paintings in gouache on canvas in the upper gallery and in the lower gallery, is Prince Rupert photographer Michael Ambach’s “Get Rich Slow,” a series of photos inspired by the ebb and flow of wealth in the resource-based north of B.C. exploring how the physical landscapes have been shaped by boom and bust and how the raw products of nature are transformed, decay or persist. Shows open at a reception April 2 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and run until April 25.
eral manager Karla Hennig wrote the play, a series of vignettes by women (and a wolf) who are considered historically “wicked.” Now they come to us to tell it like it really was. An evening of visual splendour, dramatics, comedy and twists on tales from the Bible, Torah, Shakespeare and the Brothers Grimm. Tickets on sale at Uniglobe Travel.
■■ TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE presents “Wicked Women and One Lone Wolf” at 8 p.m. April 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11 at the McColl Playhouse. Longtime resident, actor/ director and former REM Lee Theatre gen-
■■ TANIA MILLEN READS from her second book “Pack Em Up, Ride Em Out – Classic Horse Pack Trips in BC and Alberta” at 7 p.m. April 1 in the Ed Curell Reading Room at the Terrace Public Library. Slide
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■■ THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Music Festival kicks off with Dance April 16 to 20; Dance Workshop April 21; Choral Speaking April 22 and 23; Band April 24 and 25; Choral April 26; Orff April 27 and 28; Classroom Music April 29; Music Theatre April 29 and 30; Music Theatre Workshop May 1. Scholarship evening is May 1 and the Gala Evening May 2.
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■■ ADULT AUTISM INITIATIVE: Lunch and Launch is a free event to bring people together to create a group of concerned parents and individuals from across northern B.C. to work together to improve services for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 24 in room 5-123 (The Gathering Place) at the UNBC campus in Prince George (333 University Way). Adults with ASD (diagnosis not required), parents, caregivers and professionals welcome. Guest speakers, breakout sessions, follow-up events to be planned for future. To attend, RSVP by April 10 to Corey Walker at cwalker@autismbc.ca or 250961-7620. Put on by The Autism Society of BC, UNBC, Sources BC, AIMHI, Northern Health and other stakeholders.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS APRIL 4 – Annual Easter Egg Hunt at 2 p.m. at Heritage Park Museum. There will be egg hunting amongst the historic buildings, egg dyeing, face painting, refreshments, and a photo booth. Everyone welcome. Admission free or by donation. APRIL 5 – Free Pancake Breakfast and Egg Hunt at Zion Baptist Church (beside All West Glass). Breakfast from 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Egg hunt for kids with more than 1,000 eggs! Easter egg decorating and prizes for kids. As well, please feel free to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection with us during our Celebration Service at 10:15 a.m. Bring your family and friends – we want to serve you! Everyone welcome. APRIL 6-12 – The Terrace Public Library is holding a fundraising book sale from Monday at 5 p.m. to Sunday at 5 p.m. Please drop by and support your library. Great books! Great prices! All proceeds are used to support library programs and services. APRIL 7 – Pacific Northwest Music Festival Committee meeting is at 7:30 p.m. in the upstairs board room of Knox United Church. The meeting is one week early this month due to the festival being held April 16 to May 2. Programs available at Misty River Books after March 31. For more details, contact Fiona at 250-635-9089 or fisphere@telus.net. APRIL 11 – Terrace Hospice Society and RBC Royal Bank hosts their fourth annual Afternoon Informational Tea from noon to 4 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Free. The tea is to give back to the community and share information on services offered by the Terrace Hospice Society. Margaret McDaniel, palliative care consultant with Northern Health, will speak on the Palliative Approach to Care, Advance Care Planning and Community Supports. Live entertainment provided by Fiona Robertson. APRIL 11 – Le Louvre Community Dance is at Skeena Middle School. Gallery of children’s art inspired by French artists opens at 5:30 p.m., family dance from 6 to 8 p.m. French food, art exhibition, silent auction and live DJ. Entrance by donation. A fundraising event for the 2015 French graduation class events. Sponsored by Canadian Parents for French with support from Terrace and District Arts Council and BC Gaming Grants. For more details, call Lisa Hanna at 250-635-0762. APRIL 17 – City of Terrace Volunteer Appreciation Tea is from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at city hall. Free. If you volunteer, you’re invited for coffee, tea, cake and other goodies in appreciation for all that you do to make Terrace a better place to live. For more details, contact
Kristine at 250-638-4724 or kkofoed@terrace. ca.
PSAS MILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Auxiliary is looking for new volunteers! As an active auxiliary member, you can volunteer in either our gift shop (2 p.m. to 4 p.m. or 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily) or Thrift Shop (Monday to Saturday) and do many other things within this worthwhile organization. Come in to the gift shop in the hospital lobby or the thrift shop (4544 Lazelle Ave.) to ask questions and fill in an application form. INCOME TAX CLINIC Tuesdays only 10 a.m. to noon until April 28 at the Happy Gang Centre. Floor curlers and carpet bowlers are wanted at the Happy Gang Centre. Floor curling is at 1 p.m. Thursdays and carpet bowling is at 1 p.m. Mondays. TERRACE HORSESHOE CLUB invites seniors 55 and over to come have fun Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m. at the horseshoe courts behind Heritage Park. Call Bud or Rose at 250-635-6760 or Bob or Alfreda at 250-6357602. ANY CARPET BOWLERS interested in attending the BC Senior Games in North Vancouver from August 25 to 29 as part of Zone 10 is asked to enter the team and names prior to April 1 (in view of playoffs if necessary). Sign up sheet is at the Happy Gang Centre. For more details, call Frank Jackson at 250-624-2502. THE HAPPY GANG Centre is looking for donations of bone china cups and saucers for its teas. They would be much appreciated. TERRACE PUBLIC LIBRARY offers several activities for children for spring break: March 25-27 Movie Makers Film Camp from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library. Free with a refundable deposit to hold your spot. Learn about acting, costumes, script writing, filming and editing. Ages eight and up. Invite your family and friends to watch your film on Friday night in the library’s lounge on the big screen! For more details about any of these programs, contact Carolyn at 250-638-8177 or carolyn@terracelibrary.ca. TERRACE HOSPICE SOCIETY is offering a Grief Support Group for adults, age 19 and older, working thru their grief. To maximize the benefits of the group, it is recommended that it has been more than three months since their loss. The group will meet in a comfortable, safe and confidential setting, with a trained and experienced facilitator. Group runs from April 14 to June 16, 10 weeks, on Tuesday evenings 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the hospice office (#2074650 Lazelle Ave.) with facilitators Susan Viveiros BSW, MED, RSW, CCC and hospice
volunteer Ina Nelson. For more details or to register, please call 250-635-4811. RELAY FOR LIFE registration deadline is May 15. Register on line at www.relayforlife. ca/terrace Last year, participants raised more than $141,000. Relay for Life with the theme “Relaying thru the Decades” goes from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 30 at Skeena Middle School track. QI GONG: IMPROVE your balance and reduce stress with Xi Gong Yoga and instructor Cheri Reidy. Half-hour of yoga then light healthy refreshments Mondays at 10 a.m. at Ksan Place (101-2812 Hall Street, southside). Dropin fee, everyone welcome. For more info or to register, call Darlene Westerman at 250-6352654 or email darlene@ksansociety.ca. 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. FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP for the families, friends and caregivers of people living with any mental illness is held from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the last Wednesday of every month, excluding December, July and August at Suite 210 – 4546 Park Ave. (above Trigo’s Shoe Store). Free. For more details, call Noreen at 250-635-8206 or terrace@bcss.org. THE GREATER TERRACE Seniors Advisory Committee (GTSAC) meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Everyone welcome. THE SALVATION ARMY holds Toonie Wednesdays every first and third Wednesday of the month – all clothing is $2. All children’s clothing $2 or less is half price. GREATER TERRACE BEAUTIFICATION Society meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at the city council chambers. New members always welcome. 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. TERRACE NISGA’A SOCIETY invites all Terrace and area Nisga’a elders to attend meetings on the first Monday of the month at 6 p.m. Come have some fun. For more details or for a ride, call the society or Diana Guno at 250638-0311 or Margaret Nelson 250-638-8939.
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Terrace Community Foundation seeks volunteer board members We are a philanthropic organization whose purpose is to build an endowment fund to benefit our community for years to come. The funds we raise allow us to provide grants to community groups and organizations to cover a broad spectrum of needs that include recreation, health, arts, environment, and education. STAFF PHOTO
■■ Lights, camera ... GRACE LUKASSER, Jaden Eisner, Henessy Parnell, Finn Ignas, Hannah Link, Emma Keswick, Farrah DeFreitas and Jemilla DeFreitas were among a group taking part in a threeday movie making camp held at the Terrace Public Library. Three productions came out of the camp and were shown the evening of March 27.
RCMP position moved to Prince George THE AREA will now have one less forensic police officer but won’t be short as far as the RCMP is concerned. A forensics specialist position that had been vacant here for awhile in any event has been
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“Correct, we keep the two and no, we won’t lose one of our current specialists,” said Hart. “A study was undertaken and determined that two positions were appropriate for Terrace and area.”
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Police require community help, says Inspector By JOSH MASSEY A TERRACE and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon held March 18 saw guest speaker Terrace RCMP detachment commander Inspector Dana Hart highlight the importance of the community’s involvement with policing. “In the first article I did back when I first got here I said that I firmly believe the police service is only as good as the community who is willing to participate and help the police,” said Hart. “The RCMP is only as committed as the community is.” Despite the fact that the crime rate has remained the same over the years since he arrived isn’t the fault of police, but rather that crime evolves from “outside influences,” said the inspector. Crime reduction involves police visibility within the community and working together with residents and business owners, doctors who provide legal documentation in mental health situations, Mills Memorial Hospital, the Ksan Society’s various shelters and programs, the City of Terrace and other community groups, he said. Hart spoke to efforts to reduce property crimes in terms of theft, as well as domestic violence, both priorities, and, in the case of property crime, particularly meaningful to the owners of retail outlets present at the chamber luncheon. “We are responsible to keep the complainant or victim up to date, and if we have not done that on a regular basis I will remind my officers,” said Hart. “I strongly encourage people to follow up with Crown counsel [pros-
ecutors],” he also said when asked about business owners helping crack down on repeat thieves. One element where working together is necessary is related to the preventative measures that the community can make to ensure that history does not repeat itself in terms of aboriginal and other women going missing on northern highways one of which, Hwy16, is referred to as the Highway of Tears, he said afterward. Hart said the Terrace detachment looks to E-PANA, the RCMP task force created to solve the cases of missing and murdered women to take the lead on these issues. Hart did say that a report of a missing person is a priority and gets the full attention of officers here. “We have a program where we have signs on the highway for no hitchhiking, and our highway patrol members, if they see somebody hitchhiking they will pull over and talk to them and see if they will arrange some other way. We had packages for a while that we were handing out, educational packages about the dangers of hitchhiking and the alternatives,” he added. “As far as the preventive side, I really want to emphasize community participation, communities to get involved help in arranging transportation for instance, and I know the First Nations up in the Nass Valley have buses and do regular trips back and forth.” In terms of helping at-risk women, Hart said officers are told to make contact, and then the next step is help through agencies such as the Ksan House Society which has a women’s shelter and other shelters.
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RCMP INSPECTOR Dana Hart speaks with city councillor Brian Downie, school board chair Art Erasmus and city councillor Sean Bujtas at a recent Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Hart was the guest speaker.
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Gov’t criticized for treaty decision By ANNA KILLEN THE CHIEF negotiator for Kitselas and Kitsumkalum, two First Nations deep in the treaty process, is criticizing the provincial government’s decision to withdraw its support for the appointment of former provincial cabinet minister George Abbott as the new chief commissioner for the BC Treaty Commission. “It’s disappointing and disheartening that the province of British Columbia has taken such unilateral action
that can impact so many First Nations, including our local efforts,” said Gerald Wesley. Although Abbott was hand-picked by the province and was within days of taking over as chief commissioner for the commission which acts as an independent overseer of the many potential treaties being negotiated, the province suddenly withdrew its support late last month. Premier Christy Clark said the province wanted to take a different direction, citing $600 million spent over
22 years to produce just four treaties. “There are a number of important treaty tables that are reaching milestones that will bring long-term reconciliation with the Crown to their communities. However, I have also heard from many First Nations that the treaty process, mandates and negotiations take far too long and they are looking for a better way,” added aboriginal affairs minister John Rustad. But Kitselas chief councillor Joe Bevan said it and other First
Nations were not contacted about the province’s change of heart. “The province is demonstrating a total lack of commitment to the treaty process, if they are to come out with a new policy on treaty making wouldn’t you think it right to inform the First Nations of what that may look like so that we too can adjust our approach?” he said. This isn’t the first time Wesley has criticized the government with regards to its commitment to treaty ne-
gotiations. Last year he said the province was too focussed on LNG to properly engage in its treaty commitments. Meanwhile, Skeena NDP MLA Robin Austin said he felt sorry for Liberal aboriginal relations minister John Rustad who told Abbott at the last minute he wouldn’t be the new chief commissioner. “Of all the cabinet ministers, he’s done the most traveling. I think he’s been living out of a suitcase these last two years,” said Austin of Rustad’s contact with
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Dorothy (Dee) Barton We are so proud of our mum, Dorothy Elizabeth (Dee) Barton, and all she accomplished in her life. Born in Calgary on January 4, 1929, she was raised on her parents’ orchard in Creston, B.C. There, she nurtured a love of gardening and orchard-keeping—notwithstanding the disagreements she had with her dad about how high she should climb on the fruit-picking ladder – and how hard she always fell. Mum always had a keen sense of adventure. In 1955, she and dad (Stan Barton) drove from Trail to Kitimat, travelling as a convoy with dad’s work crew, heavy equipment, trucks and trailers. Early into the journey, they unloaded one of their Caterpillar tractors to pull their own, and other vehicles, through the door-deep mud of Highway 16 West. Upon arrival in Kitimat (by train from Terrace), mum and dad took up temporary residence in a very basic plywood shack in Alcan’s construction camp (now Riverlodge): over time, they built a succession of new homes, schools and commercial buildings. Later, they did similar work in Kemano (the site of Alcan’s power station). In early 1960, they moved their operations to nearby Terrace. Once settled, mum and dad continued their construction activities, which by now included the manufacture and erection of pre-fabricated homes. Their companies were Barton Construction, Sav-Mor Builders Centre and Nor-Pine Homes. Mum was in charge of sales and also wore many other hats, both in the business and out. She taught secretarial skills at the vocational school in Terrace (now Northwest Community College) and worked with new immigrants on their English language abilities. We fondly remember lively gatherings with them at our house in Terrace Winter family trips to Hawaii were a highlight. Our parents moved to Sidney on Vancouver Island in 1975. After dad died in 1984, mum continued to design and build homes in Victoria. Always very social and wanting to learn, she graduated from the University of Victoria with a degree in sociology at age 70. In 1997, she designed and daughter, Betty and her construction crew, built yet another new home in Victoria: from there, mum operated a successful B&B for 12 years. She made all her own jams and wines, prepared spectacular breakfasts, researched all of Victoria’s tea houses, and kept up with the various happenings around town to best advise her B&B guests. In fact, “Dee’s B&B” was touted on the Israeli Tourism web site as, “…the only place to stay when you are in Victoria”. Mum loved sailing in the Gulf Islands with friends, and later, with son Doug and family. She was an avid hiker and angler. A long-standing Sunday tradition of mum’s at our cabin on Lakelse Lake near Terrace was taking the boat and fishing rod out to catch a breakfast of trout to complement dad’s famous crepes. Mum was an expert pie-maker, particularly known for her blackberry/apple pies from her own apple trees, and blackberries picked personally along the golf course path across from her house in Saanich. She frequently did flower arrangements for her church, neighbours and friends; volunteered for many years as an ESL instructor at UVic, and was active in her neighbourhood association. In recent times, she served as secretary at her Abbeyfield home monthly member meetings. Mum selflessly died on February 25, 2015 with her daughter, Susan (who had battled with terminal Multiple Systems Atrophy for a number of years) in Victoria. Mum is survived by her loving son, Doug McClary (Denise); enthusiastic, smart grandsons Stephen (Alexa), Paul (Emily); Mark and Andrew, and devoted daughter, Betty Barton (Grant Piffer).
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We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our adored sister, ‘Judy’ Judith Bernice Jackson, age 64, at Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, B.C. on March 17th, following a sudden illness. Predeceased by parents Peggy and Ford Jackson, Terrace, B.C. and survived by siblings Eveline Flint, John (Ethel) Jackson, Doreen Byng, Bob Jackson, Eva Stock, Bill Jackson (Karen Knox), and Donna (Tex Tessmer) Jackson, several nieces and nephews, and dear friends, Sharon and Eugene Leveque. A remarkable life: Born with Down’s Syndrome, the family was advised survival would at most be a year, she would never walk (highly energetic by age 3), a life expectancy of 46. A shrewd observer and outspoken commenter, Judy (the Queen) amused us throughout her life – loved music (an ardent Elvis fan), dancing, Halloween, red shoes, presents and chocolate -‘family’ was her touchword. She will be missed daily and fondly remembered forever by family and friends, a life enjoyed with sparkle and exuberance despite challenges. Private arrangements in the care of First Memorial Funeral Services Kamloops, 8 -177 Tranquille Rd, Kamloops, B.C. V2B 3E8. Tel.250-554-2429.
Sept. 10, 1947 - Mar. 4, 2015 Beloved husband, father, son, brother and grandfather departed suddenly on March 4, 2015 in Yuma, AZ. Wayne was born in Avonlea, SK, to Lee & Eileen Miller. He grew up in Drinkwater & Moose Jaw, SK. Wayne lived a short time in the Calgary Area then in 1974 he moved to Terrace B.C. later he starting spending his winters in Yuma Arizona. Wayne loved to work with his hands which led him to the carpentry and bridge building industry. Wayne is survived by his mother Eileen, his wife Bev of 35 years, his children Shane, Shannon (Ben), Robert, Connie (Dan) & Terri (Allan) and his grandchildren: Darrah, Emily, Paige, Dakota, Keanna, Damien, Taylor & Kyla. The family will hold a Celebration of Wayne’s life on May 17th at 2:00 P.M. at 774 Kalum Lake Dr. Please join us in sharing your Memories with the family.
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We are saddened to announce the passing of our brother Brian Floyd Drake, at his residence in Terrace BC, on March 21, 2015, at age 71. A long time resident of Terrace BC, Brian arrived from New Brunswick in 1970 with other family members. He was predeceased by his mother Joan, father Floyd an brother Jonathan. He will be missed by those he left behind, – Brother Terrence (Jeanne) Wilton, Eric (Teri) Gary (Ethel), Nathan and sister Stephanie (Mike). He has many nieces, nephews an cousins living through BC, Alberta and NB. His remains will be interned in McAdam N.B. at a later date. You had a big heart Brian and we will all miss you. Rest now. The family thanks the Coroners Office, RCMP, MacKay’s Funeral Services and the tenants and workers where Brian resided. “I walked the streets of Terrace from dawn to dust visiting my favourite places. To the people of Terrace, I thank you for your kindness.”
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Vi passed away on Thursday night March 19, 2015 at Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace, BC, surrounded by her loving friends. Predeceased by her husband Donald and her brother Vic, Vi is survived by nieces and nephews. After months of discomfort, her health deteriorated quite rapidly. Vi is leaving a big empty space in her large circle of friends in the northwest of BC and the rest of the province. Vi will also be greatly missed by her many cousins in Alberta, BC and the rest of Canada. In keeping with Vi’s wishes, there won’t be a service. Her ashes will be scattered in a private ceremony. At a later date there will be a gathering of family and friends to honour and celebrate the beautiful and much loved person Viola was. Vi very much appreciated the excellent and compassionate care she received from the staff at Mills Memorial Hospital. In lieu of flowers, donations in Viola’s memory can be made to the S.P.C.A.
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Tread lightly, She is near under the snow. Speak gently, She can hear the daisies grow. Oscar Wilde Maybe one day, Before the last sunset I will see your loving face for the first time. Zelijko Sitar The family of the late Ana Devcic wish to express gratitude and say “Thank You� to Sandy Norman of Terrace, BC for your invaluable dedication, compassion & kindness during this past year. When many were absent, you really and truly have been there for us. We are blessed.
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What you’re made of at Golder There are excellent reasons why Golder is among the most respected ground engineering and environmental sciences teams in the world. Our strong values and commitment to sustainable development attract dedicated professionals. As an employee-owned company, we recognize excellence and reward innovation. Which is why we support our people’s personal and professional growth throughout their careers. Any wonder our celebrated work culture wins awards? Golder. Discover what your career can be. We have immediate openings in Northern British Columbia for: Senior/Intermediate Geotechnical Engineer (Terrace) Job # 2015-11329 Senior/Intermediate Environmental Consultant (Terrace) Job # 2015-11152 Junior Environmental Scientist (Terrace) Job # 2015-11221
Huckleberry Mines Ltd. is an 18,000 TPD open pit copper molybdenum mine located 120 km south of Houston in west central British Columbia. We are currently recruiting for the following position to join our mine site team:
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Applicants require a minimum two years of experience in expediting, procurement or related Ĺľelds. :orking knowledge of *uardian, :ord, and Excel software would be considered an asset. Excellent organizational, planning, and computer skills are required as is an attention to detail. Huckleberry Mines is located approximately two hours driving time from Houston, British Columbia. Employees live in a camp environment on their days of work, and the schedule for this position is 4 days on, 3 days off (Monday to Thursday). Transportation to and from the mine site is provided from Houston and while at the mine site all meals and accommodations are provided free of charge to employees. Houston and Smithers are located in the scenic Bulkley Valley on TransCanada Highway 16, an excellent area to raise a family and has exceptional outdoor recreational activities. More information on the area is available at www.smithers.ca, www.houston.ca and www.rdbn.bc.ca Huckleberry Mines is a remote mine where its employees live in a camp environment on their days of work. Huckleberry Mines Ltd. offers a competitive salary and a full range of beneĹľts including medical, life, disability income and RRSP savings plan. :e thank all applicants for their interest in Huckleberry Mines Ltd., but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 4XDOLĹľHG DSSOLFDQWV FDQ VXEPLW WKHLU UHVXPHV LQ FRQĹľGHQFH WR +XPDQ 5HVRXUFHV 'HSDUWPHQW +XFNOHEHUU\ 0LQHV /WG 3 2 %R[ +RXVWRQ % & 9 - = )D[ (PDLO +5#+XFNOHEHUU\PLQHV FRP
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Huckleberry Mines is seeking an assayer. Reporting to the Senior Metallurgist, this position is responsible for the analysis of samples from the mill and pit using atomic absorption, a spectrophotometer and Leco analyzer. Methods to be trained on include acid digestion with an AA žnish on low grade pulps and a wide range of ABA analytical methods. The successful applicant’s primary focus will be on ABA testing which is done on a daily basis due to requirements of our current mining plan. The Assayer will also be required to be well versed in the bucking duties in order to provide coverage for the bucker. The successful candidate will hold a BC Assayer’s Certižcate or a diploma in analytical chemistry or, a minimum of žve year assay experience and computer experience with Microsoft Excel and Access. Good interpersonal and communication skills are a must. QA/QC knowledge and supervisory experience will be considered an asset. Huckleberry Mines is located approximately two hours driving time from Houston, British Columbia. Employees live in a camp environment on their days of work, and the schedule for this position is either 7 x 7 (seven days on, seven days off) or 4 days on, 3 days off (Monday to Thursday). Transportation to and from the mine site is provided from Houston and while at the mine site all meals and accommodations are provided free of charge to employees. Houston and Smithers are located in the scenic Bulkley Valley on TransCanada Highway 16, an excellent area to raise a family and has exceptional outdoor recreational activities. More information on the area is available at www.smithers.ca, www.houston.ca and www.rdbn.bc.ca Huckleberry Mines Ltd. offers a competitive salary and a full range of benežts including medical, life, disability income and RRSP savings plan. We thank all applicants for their interest in Huckleberry Mines Ltd., but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 4XDOLžHG DSSOLFDQWV FDQ VXEPLW WKHLU UHVXPHV LQ FRQžGHQFH WR +XPDQ 5HVRXUFHV 'HSDUWPHQW +XFNOHEHUU\ 0LQHV /WG 3 2 %R[ +RXVWRQ % & 9 - = )D[ (PDLO +5#+XFNOHEHUU\PLQHV FRP
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Kentron Construction, part of the YCS Holdings Ltd. group, is seeking a Project Manager / Estimator. YCS Holdings Ltd. is a division of Terus Construction Ltd., a leader in the construction industry in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. This person will play a key role in Ĺľnding business opportunities and in the development of new market for Kentron Construction. The incumbent will be responsible for all aspects of the project management life cycle, including startup, obtaining building permits, preparing tenders, allocation of adequate resources, scheduling, documentation, budgets, estimates and close out documentation. The incumbent will work with in house and external construction personnel to ensure project construction is executed in a timely and efĹľcient manner while maintaining integrity of design, and will work closely with the organization to ensure feasibility and costing of projects. Employment Requirements: Ĺ˜ P. Eng or CET in Civil Construction with years in Ĺľeld experience or Ĺ˜ A minimum of 10 years of experience in Project Supervision Ĺ˜ Relevant experience in the construction industry Ĺ˜ Ability to read and understand engineered plans and contract documents Ĺ˜ Establish strong liaison with the customer base Ĺ˜ To be able to work well with others, “people skillsâ€? Ĺ˜ Good communication skills both verbal and written Ĺ˜ Valid class 5 driver’s license and clean current drivers abstract Ĺ˜ Surveying skills is an asset Ĺ˜ Computer skills: Excel, Word, Project and engineering programs We offer a competitive compensation package with a comprehensive EeneĹľt plan anG a pension plan ,n aGGition the &ompany offers many Gevelopment opportunities through tailoreG training programs For a full job description please visit our website: www terusconstruction ca Please send your resume stating position to the Human Resources department: hr#terusconstruction ca or by fax: 604 575-3691 We would like to thank all applicants for submitting their resume. However, only applicants selected to be interviewed will be contacted.
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Required based on projects Full-Time, 21 days in and 7 days out for Axis Mountain Technical Inc. 4512 Cedar Crescent Terrace B.C. V8G 1X6. Wage $20/hr. + OT min. 160 hrs./mo. Working in remote locations - Terrace & North. Transportation, food & housing provided. Duties include; brush cutting, construction & driller helper and general labour support. Heavy lifting & powertool operation and working in outdoor conditions required. Saw operation certification an asset / training provided. Call : (1)250-240-3983 Email: mtnsafe@telus.net LOOKING FOR both F/T and P/T servers. Pls send your resume to Shan Yan Restaurant at 4606 Greig Ave Terrace. No Phone calls pls THE LEMARE Group is accepting applications for experienced gradermen. Candidates will have a minimum of 5 years coastal logging road experience as well as public road works. Resumes to be submitted with covering letter via email at office@lemare.ca or via fax: 250956-4888. We thank all candidates in advance for their interest, but only those shortlisted will be contacted.
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River Kings snag silver THEY NEEDED one more comeback. But after a thrilling week of hockey that saw the Terrace River Kings come from behind to win all three round robin games to gain a bye to the Coy Cup championship final Saturday, March 28, the team fell short, losing 6-1 to the Fort St. John Flyers in Fort Nelson to take silver at the AA senior men’s championship for the second year in a row. “I think that they watched us play all week and figured out what they had to do to win. They’re a good team, there’s no question about it,” said River Kings general manager Ray Hallock Sunday. “We beat them fair and square in the first game, and they just came out a little stronger,” he said, referencing the Kings’ 4-3 OT win against the AAA Flyers in game one of the tournament. River Kings captain Steve Cullis said the team went in expecting a close championship game, and for the most part, it was. At the end of the first period the Flyers were up 1-0, with the Kings tying it up in the second on the power play. But Fort St. John scored two late second period goals to make it 3-1 after 40 minutes, and managed to keep the momentum going in the third. “We kept it close ‘til late in the second, they got a power play goal and a bit of a break to make it 3-1 and then we still felt good about the game going into the third, but they got a quick one right at the start of the third and kind of just laid it up,” he said. “We gave them a couple of
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THE TERRACE River Kings took silver at the 2015 Coy Cup championship in Fort St. John.
breaks and they capitalized and then we just couldn’t recover after that one at the start of the third,” he continued. Taking second place to the Flyers was a bittersweet end to a phenomenal season that saw the Kings win the league championship for the first time ever and a tournament that showcased a number of standout moments for the River Kings. “It’s the first time we’ve ever won our league, so that’s something that everyone on this team should be proud about,” said Cullis. “Obviously when you win three
games and lose one, it’s a good week, we just lost the wrong one, for whatever reason it wasn’t our best game and that’s just the way it went,” said Cullis, of the tournament. Terrace’s Chapen Leblond “had a good week, Ben Reinbolt had a good week, and our goalie [Patrick Leal] had a good week to name a few, and then (goalie) Josh Murray had a great game in the finals even though we lost.” Game one against Fort St. John jumped back and forth before being forced into overtime where Chapen Leblond snuck one past
the Flyers’ goalie to get the 4-3 win. And that OT moment must have sparked something in Leblond – game two against the Powell River Regals saw him score four goals in the second period to close the 3-0 deficit the Regals had gained in the first and ignite the Kings’ momentum towards a 7-4 win. Leblond was given the MVP in game two, and River Kings general manager Ray Hallock said goaltender Patrick Leal “stood on his head” that game and was welldeserving of MVP in game three, a 5-3 win over the hometown Fort
Nelson Yeti – another game that saw the Kings climb back from a 3-0 hole after the first. That win gave the team a bye into the championship, and a day of rest on Friday. But heading into the championship against the Flyers – who earned their spot with a 10-3 win over the Yeti in the semi-finals on Friday – the Kings knew they’d have a tough competitor. “I can’t say I’m not disappointed but I’m not disappointed in my guys or the level of play or their intensity,” said Hallock. “The reality is we still had the winning-est season in the history of the team. We only lost five games all year including in the league championships and the Coy Cup – we only lost one game in the Coy Cup, unfortunately it was the most important one.” And for the young team – there isn’t a player over 30 – there’s plenty of prime years left. “We’ve got a great team. You can’t expect them to be super in one year – you’ve got to build up over a few years,” said Hallock. “I can’t take anything away from these boys, I think they’ve done the city of Terrace proud. “This is the best bunch of guys that I’ve seen in a long time,” he said. “Nobody’s blaming everybody, everybody’s still teammates and friends, I’m sure that’ll continue into next year.” “This team will be good for as long as these guys want to keep playing,” said Cullis. “Hopefully we get another chance at it.” “Two years silver, three times lucky,” added Hallock.
Terrace’s Turner makes KIJHL history By GAVEN CRITES
A 100 Mile House Wranglers forward – and Terrace minor hockey graduate – did something this season no other player has ever done in the 46-year history of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Austin Turner went 50 games, two games shy of a full regular season, without a single penalty. So many big, hard minutes, and not one in the box. And it must be said here that Turner, the 19-year-old rookie from Terrace, did in fact play big minutes for the Wranglers. Turner tallied 15 goals and 21 assists in the regular season. He's on the power play and the penalty kill. He plays both ends of the rink as much and as hard as anyone. He's not a big guy, but he plays
like a big guy. He's no stranger to the corner, or the front of the net, where a lot of punishing, rulebending hockey gets played. Which is what makes his record so unbelievable, says captain Devan Suidy, who has probably shared more ice on the wing alongside Turner than any other Wrangler this season. “He'll still hit, he'll still battle hard in the corners. It's crazy he had zero penalties. I've never heard of that before.” Coach Dale Hladun says the record is shocking because Turner is always showing hustle. “He plays hard, he battles on the boards, and to not even get a trip [penalty]? Or a little hook? Or a hold? Or something goofy?” Hladun laughs. “Yea, it's pretty unique.” Michael Lynch is another for-
ward who played alongside Turner much this season. “He's a really smart player,” says Lynch. “He holds on to the puck well. All his stick lifts are smart. Everything he does is smart.” Which seems to be the key to having this incredible sort of year: being smart, alert, and in the right place at the right time. Turner says not getting a penalty is not something he thinks about heading into a game. But he does talk about being aware and knowing where his stick is and being in the right place when he's checking someone – “making sure you have the right position on a guy, so you're not in a position where you need to trip a guy to get him away from the puck. Little things like that you have to pay attention to.” The previous record for least
Austin Turner penalty minutes in a season, according to the KIJHL website, was two minutes. It was held by two players: Brian Hoodikoff of the Grand Forks Border Bruins
(42 games in 1982-83) and Carson Cartwright of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats (51 games in 201314). Being in the KIJHL record book is pretty special to Turner, he says. Speaking before Game 4 on Feb. 24, when the Wranglers were going head-to-head with the Chase Heat in Round 1, Turner had yet to earn a penalty in the playoffs. He said he'd like to keep it that way. In the end, Turner notched three goals and five assists in 11 playoff games before the Wranglers were eliminated in Round 2 by the Kamloops Storm on March 7. Count playoffs and Turner had a penalty-free run of 56 games. But he finally did take one on March 2. He shot the puck over the glass in Kamloops. Two minutes for delay of game. What a goon.
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Terraceborn Bowal bags gold at provincials
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BACK ROW, left to right: Faith Nisyok, Cally Gladstone, Ashley Nisyok, Maya Spence-Angus, Briana Greer. Front row, left to right, manager Gillian Leeson, Carly Cochrane, Mickey Barton, Billie Leeson, Brittany Peden and caoch Toni Nisyok.
North Coast Ballers, indeed JUST OVER a month ago, Terrace basketball coach Toni Nisyok found out that her four girls, Faith Nisyok, Ashley Nisyok, Briana Greer and Brittany Peden had no team to play with for the 2015 Jr. All Native Tournament to be held in Nanaimo over spring break. Determined to see her daughters play, she made a few phone calls and discovered that Prince Rupert coach Gillian Leeson had three players – Billie Leeson, Carly Cochrane and Cally Gladstone – in the same boat.
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After picking up another solo player from Vancouver and now encompassing players from three official zones, the newly formed North Coast Ballers signed up for the 1st Annual VanCity U17 Boys Basketball Tourney March 15-20, an alternative to the Jr. All Native which some teams were unable to attend this year because of conflicting spring break schedules. And although the team was freshly formed, they completely gelled and ended up finish-
inlay held the hexagonal bobbin up to the light and closer to his face to better read the label, then he turned it slightly to examine the line wrapped around the axle. That’s what you’ll need to catch more coho, I told him. The line was a Teeny 200, designed by and named after Jim Teeny, an innovative Oregonian fly guy with a reputation for catching lots of steelhead with his custom line and a large version of the Pheasant Tail nymph, which, despite being a fixture in the boxes and wallets of British flyfishermen for over a century since G.E.M. Skues tied the original for use on the River Test, Teeny claimed to have invented. In fact, he was so convinced this was the case that each Pheasant Tailed Nymph tied under his auspices for sale later carried a little plastic tag tied to its throat with “pat pend” embossed on it. This was the year of Big Brother on the fictional horoscope and Jim Teeny’s lines were a great leap forward as well as a great plunge to the river bottom for those who fished flies for salmonids. Here, for the first time, was a tan coloured floating line with 24 feet of grey sinking line smoothly integrated at the tip, that actually sank stone like at a rate hitherto unimagined. Up to that point, Finlay had fished a double tapered floating fly line exclusively. He had no trouble catching steelhead,
ing third out of the nine teams at the tournament. “I had hopes for them of course because I knew my players, most of them, had played for the Charles Hays and the Caledonia team,” said Nisyok. “So we just rounded up teams and took them down there. We were happy with the outcome.” The only two teams that the Ballers lost two were Vancouver and Greenville, the teams that placed first and second in the tournament respectively.
“They weren't blowouts,” said Nisyok of the games, which ended with the North Coast team down by only 11 and 10 points. “We were right there.” Faith Nisyok and Billie Leeson received All-Stars at the end of the tournament. But coach Nisyok said she “would like to thank each and every girl that played on the North Coast Ballers team – you were all a part of the team and we wouldn’t have done as well without your help.”
char, and trout (and lots sweater and pulled out of them) with it, but, the Teeny Line. He slid though he’d hooked a it across the table. few over the years, he’d You can have it back, never done well on coho he said. If I had to cast and chinook, and had with this thing, I’d give never hooked a sockeye. up fly fishing. When he suggested that My old friend had he might like to kill a put his finger on the couple for the table, I problem with all sinking was prompted to buy the lines, namely they are Teeny line for him. generally not pleasant What do you want to cast. Where a floating for it? he asked me. line can be plucked from SKEENA ANGLER I had an extra, I rethe surface of the river plied, knowing that a and recast with grace ROB BROWN sixty buck fly line made and minimal effort, pulla big divot in an old age ing a length of dense, pension cheque. Just heavier line that is emwind it on a spare spool bedded deeply in flow and give it a go. Let me and recasting it, tends to know how you do. be more work than recI went to work the next day. Finlay did reation. True, it is easier to cast the latest as I suggested and went to the Skeena at iterations of sinking lines (even those that Shames. The bar fished well in those days sink at eight inches per second) with some before the floods of the late ‘80s compro- grace and less effort than their forebears, mised it. The trees were yellow. The coho but sinking lines are simply less pleasant were moving upriver in good numbers. to fish with. When the weekend arrived I met Finlay To that end, can an angler fish year in the coffee shop. The talk quickly turned round with a floating line? Thanks to a few to fishing. recent innovations, and after years of exHowdja do with the coho? I asked. perimentation, I believe an angler can. No good, said Finlay, and with that he Winter fisheries are steelhead fisherdug around in the pocket of his Cowichan ies. Steelhead are close to the bottom and
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EVEN BEFORE winning the provincial championships, Terrace’s Myah Bowal boasted a standout first year with the Richmond Ravens Bantam A girls’ hockey team. Myah Bowal The team went undefeated for the better part of three months in the regular season, eventually winning the Pacific Coast playoff banner and earning a spot in this months’s provincial tournament in Castlegar. And all the while, Bowal, who also attended the South Delta Hockey Academy for the first time this year, part of her quest to eventually play hockey on a national stage, was part of high-scoring line that saw her contribute generously to the team’s success. At Tier 1 provincials in Castlegar, the team first beat Kelowna 6-1 in game one, then lost a close one to South Island Royals in game two. They then met up with longstanding rivals and defending B.C. champions the Surrey Falcons in a must-win game that came down to the final seconds. The Ravens came back from a 3-2 deficit to pull off the 4-3 win with Bowal scoring a hatrick – her second of the tournament. After beating Williams Lake 11-0 it was then on to the championship game, a rematch against Surrey. But this one wasn’t even close – Bowal’s team took the game 6-0, and the provincial title.
reluctant to move to a fly on most winter days. In these conditions it was formerly assumed a sinking line, preferably a fast sinking one, was essential, but now with the advent of two handed rods and tungsten beads and the fact that winter rivers are shrunken rivers, this is no longer the case. The late Montanan fly fisherman, Charles Brooks, who spent his retirement studying entomology and perfecting the use of deeply sunk stonefly nymphs to catch rainbow trout in the rough and tumble rivers of Yellowstone National Park, detailed the results of his studies and the techniques they led to in his excellent book Nymph Fishing for Larger Trout, which was published by Nick Lyons in the late 1980s and is available on-line at ridiculously low prices. I’m greatly simplifying here—and suggest you get a copy of the book and study it if your interest is piqued by reading this— but essentially, Brooks quickly discovered that the largest trout had an appetite for the largest of aquatic insects, the giant stonefly Pteronarcys Californica, and that while they enjoyed preying on the adult form of the insect, the bugs were available in this form in any numbers only once a year, and then only for a short period of time. In contrast, the subaqueous nymphal form was available to foraging trout year round. Continued next week…
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incidents.” Those who attended the workshop, including health care, social workers and city officials, had the chance to explore issues of discrimination and abuse against old people. “With financial manipulation it can also involve emotional, psychological and physical abuse,” said Chen. “Abusers see the opportunity to take advantage and present themselves as a helping hand to seniors to take advantage of them at a later time.” Like much abuse, that suffered by seniors is frequently carried out by persons the victim knows. A common example might be an elder who is “related to an abuser, a spouse or partner, who has men-
tal health or substance abuse issues and takes it out on their partner,” says Chen. “An adult child might lose their job and asks to stay in the basement. They might end up just hanging around and putting on more pressure, not helping out, inviting friends over who [ruin] the place.” Even neglect, not providing care or assistance to dependent person is also a form of abuse, Chen noted. By offering a help line, her organization exists to mediate, provide advice, educate. She said this can be the form of advice to an elder to help them solve the problem themselves or providing legal op-
tions, possible laying criminal charges. Jessica Gaus, who works for Volunteer Terrace and who helped host the workshop said that elder abuse can frequently go unnoticed. “Most often abuse stems from spousal relationships and financial abuse,” said Gaus. The workshop also noted that sometimes elders are ignored.
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Mounties take to horseback Residents should also not be worried about droppings left behind. They’ll be collected in special collection bags at the rear of each horse and used along with other compost generated by the City of Terrace for its gardens. The official announcement of the pilot project will take place today, which is April 1, April Fools’ Day, at the RCMP detachment.
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