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NEWS BRIEFS RCMP Report Police received two separate breakand-entry reports April 2 from home shops on Necoslie Road. The thefts happened overnight and RCMP have considered the two incidents related given the time and location. About 5000-7000 worth of tools were taken from the properties. Police are still investigating and encourage people to lock their doors at night.

BC Northern Real Estate Board Update The BC Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB) reported 856 sales with a value of $213,161,426 through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in the first quarter of 2015. This compares with 1005 sales worth $248,635,086 to the end of March, 2014. As of March 31 there were 4023 properties of all types available for purchase through the MLS compared to 3625 at this time last year. Vanderhoof realtors reported 10 sales worth $1.9 million ($3 million) in the first quarter of 2015. At the end of March there were 125 (105) properties available for purchase through the MLS in the Vanderhoof area. Fort St. James reported in the first quarter of 2015 there were 13 (5) sales worth $3.9 million ($679,500) in the Fort St. James area. As of March 31 there were 70 (62) properties available on the MLS in the area.

CLAWS: Randy Rawluk shows off his war wounds after a surprise battle with a bear in Hazelton a few days ago.

Fort St. James man survives bear attack REBECCA WATSON Caledonia Courier

It was a beautiful day in Hazelton BC when Randy Rawluk, 64, of Fort St. James got the surprise of his life. Rawluk and his brother-in-law Ray Sturney and wife Maureen Sargent decided to go for a nature walk. The trail they hiked wraps around the Skeena River just before the Four Mile bridge - a known well-used trail in Hazelton. Little did they know that on this particular day on that particular trail awaited a near-death surprise. “My dog was up ahead on the trail and suddenly came running back full speed with a bear right on her butt. Ray let out a yell and I let out

a yell which did take the focus off the dog..but now the bear was just a meter away from me and went on its hind legs. He slapped me with his claws and then bit me on my arm,” Rawluk said, as he rolled up his sleeve to reveal large claw and teeth marks. The three screamed louder, frighting the bear which then took off quickly, Rawluk said. “It went from a predatory attack on Zoey to seeing us and becoming defensive. The one bite mark was pretty deep but the claw marks are the most painful because their big scratches. In Fort St. James I hike up Mount Pope about three days a week in the summer and this was still the closest encounter I’ve ever had with a bear,” Rawluk said. A trip to the hospital verified Rawluk did

not sustain any permanent injuries or need any stitches. No person or dog was injured from the incident. “I didn’t even have time to be scared, it happened so fast. When it was all over I had so much adrenaline,” Rawluk said. The next day a conservation officer questioned the group on where they saw the bear. After investigating the area, the conservationist found that the bear’s den was directly underneath a popular spot on the trail which has now been closed until authorities figure out what to do, Rawluk said. “He was an average size bear but looked big when he was chewing on my arm,” Rawluk joked.

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Plane hits moose at Fort St. James airport REBECCA WATSON Caledonia Courier

A Beach 1900 hit a moose, damage shown here on the plane that stopped 100 metres down the runway from point of contact. Photo submitted

On the morning of March 26 none could have foreseen the fatal collision between a Beach 1900 and a moose. The unsuspecting animal had run out of the bush and onto the run way at the Fort St. James airport just as a plane carrying possible Mt. Milligan investors was about to land. The Northern Thunderbird aircraft was in full reverse (slowing down) with no choice but to land, Svend Neilsen said, RCMP officer on scene. “The two pilots said they touched down and at the point the moose came up behind a snow bank it was too late to gun the engine again to go back up,” Neilsen said. The pilots told police the moose looked like it may have taken off but instead stopped right in the middle of the run way. The right side engine hit with such force the engine became unseeded and all the propellers were broken off. Tom Schaff, part owner of Interior Helicopter, said he was in the hanger and herd the thump. “We ran out right away and found out quickly they had hit a moose.” Shannon Beddow, office manager at the FSJ airport said, “There’s never been anything happened like this here before.” Clean up crews, RCMP and Work Place BC were on scene shortly after the incident but passengers were not questioned by Police. “In fact by the time we got there the investors had already taken off to Mt. Milligan,” Neilsen said. The plane managed to stop about 100 meters past the point of contact with the moose. Noone was injured in the incident besides the moose who inevitably lost its life, and bowels, all over the run way.

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Quebec City— Jasmine Thomas of Sai’kuz First Nation opened Fort St. James Of¿ce (Fridays) speeches this weekend at what’s 169 Stuart Drive Fort St. James, BC being called the largest climate V0J 1P0 change march in Canadian hisTo schedule an appointment, please call tory. 1-800-976-7780 (toll-free) At the Act On Climate march tera@rhbcpa.ca Saturday, April 11 in Quebec www.rhbcpa.ca City, Thomas, Tantoo Cardinal, actress and activitist, and Serge Otsi Simon, grand chief of Kanesatake Mohawk Council, shared opening remarks about the Save the Fraser declaration - a document signed by more than 130 NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS indigenous nations from the arcRegular Board Meetings of the Board of Education of tic to the Unite States banning School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) for the months tar sands pipelines from crossing of April and May 2015 will be held as follows: their territories. The three maApril 20, 2015 jor proposed tar sands pipelines School Board OfÀce, Vanderhoof, BC are Northern Gateway, Kinder Morgan and Transcanada Energy Jasmine Thomas, with Sai’kuz First Nation talks at the Act On Climate protest in May 11, 2015 School Board OfÀce, Vanderhoof, BC East and Indigenous laws have Quebec April 11. More photos page 6 Photo courtesy of facebook declared these pipelines illegal, These meetings will commence at 6:00 p.m. Members Thomas said. of the public are invited to attend. “During the Joint review panel Darlene Turner recommendation last year there were over 4000 speakers that addressed the national energy board and only two people Secretary-Treasurer in over 4000 supported it, majority were in opposition. Canada is trying to move forward with the pipeline regardless of majority opposition, it’s not right,” she said. Police estimate more than 25,000 people came out to the Act On Climate protest against the Enbridge Northern Gateway tar sands pipelines. The focus being to put pressure on the premiers of Canada who met in Quebec Monday to discuss climate change - talks leading up to United Nations climate negotiations in Paris scheduled for December 2015. In December 2010 First Nations from across BC and Alberta came together to show their solidarity in the fight against Enbridge. Right now there are seven First Nations in BC (Gitxaala, Kitasoo/Xai’xais, Nak’azdli, Nadleh Whut’en, Haida, Heiltsuk and Gitga’at) that are taking the issue to court. The Pull Together Campaign was created to raise funds for the legal challenges and has since raised $350,760 to support First Nations but more is needed, Thomas said. We will be making electrical system improvements in your area. To ensure the “Canada has to reduce their emissions by 2020 but we won’t be able to do that if we keep approving pipelines,” she said. safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for For more information visit www.holdthewall.ca, www.pull-together. approximately six hours. ca and www.act-on-climate.ca. Where: All of Fort St James, Nak’azdli and Tl’azt’en

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• Letters Editor, Our “green” trip-of-a-lifetime from home on Vancouver Island to Europe means keeping our carbon emissions low - which means burning less fossil fuels. So Margaret and I bought passenger train tickets to the east coast of North America, then cargo freighter tickets to the west coast of Europe - avoiding airplanes which churn out huge amounts of greenhouse gases. But our plan to go by VIA Rail was derailed by crashed and burning oil tanker cars in northern Ontario - an excessive response of the fossil fuel industry, I thought, just to annoy two carbon busters. Undaunted, we got a refund from VIA and bus tickets to Seattle - the greenest way to travel short of bicycling. From there we boarded an Amtrak train to Buffalo. And since all that inconvenience was cheaper than VIA, maybe we had the last laugh. Train travel provides space and time for conversing with fellow travellers. On train holidays throughout the US, we have discussed Buddhism with Vietnam war vets, capitalism with Amish, science with hillbillies, and most dramatically - climate change with Texans. Oh my! Not to worry, Margaret kicks me in the shins if I get too boisterous. And I did get a tad agitated when an oil driller from the fracking area of North Dakota described his job with undiluted enthusiasm; but I listened quietly no screaming or kicking - and heard him say that humans had sure made a mess of the earth to extract it’s resources. So he kinda glimpsed the problem - well, maybe he glimpsed my Green Party button.

As for scenery, you have to admit that trains are closer to the ground than planes. It’s winter, March 16, and yet we saw flooding rivers in the Rockies, dry prairie grasslands in Montana, and a temperature of 22 C in Chicago - unusually early events, and a heads up on the climate change crisis. Train travel provides other unpleasant lessons for a climate change activist. Constant delays occur while we sit on sidings waiting for on-rushing oil tanker cars. Rail Freight companies in the US and Canada own the tracks, so passenger trains routinely get sidetracked - literally. Oil tankers are rushing to both coasts, replacing oil pipelines that activists have stalled - or so we like to think - and too often they burn like giant black turds. We must be accountable for our own wastes; if we demand fossil fuels, the drilling and fracking and mining will continue. We need to lead our fumbling politicians. For example, BC’s Premier Clark fantasizes, for political reasons, that natural gas LNG terminals will contribute to a sustainable future. They will not. Fracked gas looks clean, but it’s as dirty as those blackened oil tankers on a track hurtling towards climatic disaster. You and I can be leaders by minimizing our use of fossil fuels in all aspects of our lives. So when we travel, Margaret and I use fuel efficient trains - crossing rivers in Minnesota devastated by bitumen from Alberta.

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Editor, Volunteers rock! Each year, National Volunteer Week commemorates the efforts of volunteers across the country who make our society a better place. This year, the theme of National Volunteer Week (April 12 - 18) is “Volunteers are part of the ripple effect.” The theme reminds us that many of the services and the progress we take for granted today are built on the efforts of generous volunteers in the past. The work that volunteers are doing today ripples throughout our communities and into the future. I especially want to acknowledge the past and ongoing work of Canadian Cancer Society volunteers. Thanks to their efforts, over 60% of people will now survive a cancer diagnosis – compared to less than 25% in the 1940’s. If you’re a volunteer, you make an enormous contribution and save lives – thank you. Nancy Shelford Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Canadian Cancer Society, BC and Yukon Division Letters are welcomed up to a maximum of 250 words. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, brevity and legality. All letters must include the writer’s name, daytime telephone number and hometown for verification purposes. Anonymous, or pen names will not be permitted. Not all submissions will be published. Letter may be e-mailed to: newsroom@caledoniacourier.com

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CN officials address safety concerns in Nechako Lakes CN says the company has invested heavily in technology to avoid incidents FLAVIO NIENOW Black Press

Vanderhoof- After the train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Q.C., that killed approximately 50 people on July 6, 2013, the rail industry has taken a closer look at their safety procedures. Although the incident in Quebec was not a Canadian National Railway Company (CN) incident, the company has taken several steps to improve safety. Representatives of CN provided an update on the latest safety features of the company to the board of directors of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) on March 26, 2015. “We’ve invested heavily in technology that lets us see problems with our trains ahead of having an incident,” said Lee Nelson, Senior Dangerous Goods Officer for CN’s western region. Nelson explained that CN is run under a safety management system, which allows CN to ensure that the company has tools in place to identify deficiencies and even use them for their benefit. “This allows us to identify what the problems are, come up with a root cause analysis and take advantage of them [problems],” he said. “If it’s a technology issue, we can leverage that; if it’s a training

issue, we could bolster our employees’ knowledge.” According to Nelson, many safety features are not visible to the general public. “As the trains run along, we have detectors that are measuring bearing temperatures on all cars,” he said. These detectors notify crew in the event of a warm bearing in the train, allowing crew to slow down the train or stop immediately. Historically, failed bearings have been a direct cause of derailments. “We have other scanners out there known as wild sites, which are wheel impact load detector sites that we’ve put in place,” he added. These detectors find wheels that are not perfectly round, measuring the force applied by the wheels to that railway. The equipment is able to identify which wheels in the train have a defect. In addition, the company has added additional handbrakes in most locations. As a carrier, CN is under a common carrier obligation, which means that CN cannot refuse shipments of dangerous goods. So the company has been improving safety by incentivizing customers to use the “newer and safer cars,” in an effort to phase out as many of the older cars as possible. “If you ship with the newer and bet-

ter cars we will give you a reduced rate,” explained Nelson. In order to be better prepared for an incident, CN had a closed meeting with first responders and RDBN representatives on March 25, 2015. During the meeting, CN covered in depth what the response would be in case of a rail accident in the region. Although CN has the duty to respond to an accident, if the incident takes place within a municipality, CN has to work with the municipality and its first responders. Nelson said all CN trains carrying dangerous goods have information available to the emergency responders including what’s in the containers, who shipped the product, where the product is going and the volume being carried. Should the crew not be able to get to the emergency responders, all this information is available digitally. Dangerous goods transported through northern BC include gasoline, diesel fuel and propane. On July 30, 2014, a CN train derailed near Decker Lake Forest Products in Burns Lake due to a collision with a loaded logging truck. The crash and derailment saw the involvement of 22 intermodal cars and two locomotives, but not the entire train. There were no life threatening injuries but the driver of the logging truck was taken to the hospital.

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Tantoo Cardinal, Geraldine Flurer, Jasmine Thomas and Melina Laboucan-Massimo at the Act on Climate protest march April 11 in Quebec. Photos courtesy of facebook

Crowd at the Act on Climate march April 11 in Quebec City

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RDBN to change its budgeting process Flavio Nienow Black Press During a regular meeting of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako on March 26, 2015, the board of directors carried a motion to make some changes in its budgeting process. One of these changes includes the creation of a finance committee that would provide guidance to the board of directors during the budgeting process. The committee would have the purpose of helping the board of directors understand how their decisions affect the budget and the overall tax rates. According to the 2015 budget â€“ which received final approval on March 26, 2015 - taxation on regionwide services increased by 15.5 per cent, and taxation on regional rural services increased by 22.4 per cent. Some directors have pointed out that the increase in taxation came as a surprise to them, and realized the need to have a different approach to the budgeting process to avoid unexpected surprises. â€œWe had people in our last meeting [March 12,

2015] that even after something passed our agenda three times, they were still surprised to see it,â€? said Mark Fisher, Director of Electoral Area A. â€œThere are obviously some improvements that we need to make in our budgeting process, said Taylor Bachrach,â€? Smithers Mayor. â€œWe donâ€™t have an angle on this thing [the budget]; we need to make sure that weâ€™re following the ball and that weâ€™re making conscientious decisions along the way.â€? Although the budget is discussed in different meetings, the RDBN does not hold meetings specifically to discuss the budget. The board of directors agreed that there should be separate meetings to discuss the budget. Fisher said that the more the board discusses the budget, the better it will be for constituents.â€œIf we have to go through things twice, so be it,â€? he said. â€œMaybe we should go through it [the budget] even more.â€? Details of the new budgeting process are still not defined. The board of directors asked RDBN staff to create a report outlining â€œthe new and improved budgeting processâ€? for the next RDBN meeting.

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April is Cancer Awareness Month

April is the month to fight back! Wear a daffodil to show your support for Canadians living with cancer and let them know that no one has to face cancer alone.

affodil Month, held every April, is a national fundraising campaign of the Canadian Cancer Society. During the month, Society volunteers are involved with numerous activities to raise vital funds for the fight against cancer. Depending on location, activities include selling fresh daffodils; asking people to make a donation and wear a daffodil pin throughout the month to show their support for people living with cancer; and canvassing neighbourhoods for donations door to door. As part of its annual Daffodil Month

activities the Canadian Cancer Society has designated April 27 as Daffodil Day. This is a special day when Canadians can show their support for those living with cancer and to remember those who have died. Funds raised throughout the month help the Ca-

nadian Cancer Society prevent cancer, fund research to outsmart cancer, empower, inform and support Canadians living with cancer and advocate for public policies to improve the health of Canadians. The Canadian Cancer Society is

dedicated to the goal of controlling and eventually conquering cancer. Each year, the Canadian Cancer Society commits a percentage of the money we raise to support leadingedge cancer research. The Society allocates the money through a strict national review process that involves scientific experts and lay people, who are often cancer survivors. This process ensures that the money is directed only to excellent cancer research across Canada. Some history In 1947, the former National Cancer Institute of Canada was formed through a joint ini-

tiative of the Canadian Cancer Society and the Department of National Health and Welfare. In the 1940s, there was little knowledge of how to prevent cancer. There were no tools for early detection of cancer, and the only treatments available for cancer patients were surgery and a crude form of radiation therapy. During the more than 60 years that the former NCIC and Canadian Cancer Society worked in partnership, many of cancer’s mysteries have slowly been solved as research has led to increased knowledge about the disease. Since the beginning of this partner-

ship, the Canadian Cancer Society has invested more than $1 billion to cancer research. This funding has contributed to a revolution in our understanding of cancer, which has set the stage for a new era in cancer detection, therapy and prevention. The challenge now is to continue to expand and exploit existing knowledge to develop even better treatments, detection and prevention strategies. In February 2009, the Canadian Cancer Society and the former National Cancer Institute of Canada integrated into a single organization. Research continues to be an

integral part of the Canadian Cancer Society’s mission. The grant application and review process is managed by the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute. The Canadian Cancer Society hosts a variety of special event fundraising activities in communities across Canada. Participating in one of our special events is a great way to have fun, build community spirit and join the fight against cancer. Thanks to the work of our volunteers and staff, and the generosity of our donors, we’re leading the fight against cancer.

Basic cancer research

asic research is the cornerstone of cancer research and usually takes place in a laboratory, where scientists seek to understand the disease at its deepest levels. Using sophisticated tools and technologies, scientists peer inside single cells, observing and describing complicated biochemical and genetic processes to answer our most fundamental questions about cancer: O How does the disease start? O How do tumours grow and spread

to other parts of the body? O Can this growth be stopped? Research has already yielded many answers to such questions, and our understanding of cancer has never been greater than it is today. In fact, many of the milestones achieved in cancer research over the last 50 years have been thanks to basic research. The range of basic cancer research funded by the Canadian Cancer Society is vast and sets the stage for a new era of advances in our fight against the disease. Today, basic researchers are:

O hunting for substances or markers that can be detected in the bodies of people with different kinds of cancer O trying to find out why certain cancer cells and tumours become resistant to chemotherapy or other treatments O looking at the genetic basis of different cancers – for example, how certain genes make us more vulnerable to cancer or make us more resistant to anti-cancer drugs O testing and analyzing various substances – either for their ability to fight cancer or for their potential

to cause it O developing specialized animal models and cell lines to help scientists carry out their cancer research studies The goal of basic cancer research is twofold – find a breakthrough discovery that will help prevent, control or even cure cancer and contribute a small but significant bit of knowledge that will help other scientists as they work on their own piece of the cancer puzzle.

Breast cancer continues to be the most common cancer among Canadian women (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers). In 2014, it was estimated that 5,000 women and 60 men would die from breast cancer in Canada. On average, 67 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every day.

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here are many known risk factors for cancer. It has been estimated that smoking is responsible for 30% of all cancer deaths and that one-third of cancers can be linked to diet, obesity and lack of exercise. Risk reduction is taking action to lower one’s risk of developing cancer. Risk can be increased or decreased by lifestyle choices and the kind of environment a person lives and works in. About half of all cancers can be prevented through healthy living and policies that protect the public. Reducing your risk To help reduce your risk of developing cancer, follow these general steps: O Live well. Make healthy choices. O Be a non-smoker and avoid second-hand smoke.

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Be aware. Look after yourself. Know your body and watch for signs of cancer. O Report any changes in your health to your doctor. O Get screened and help find cancer early. O Check your family’s cancer history. O Understand how hormones and infections affect your cancer risk. O Get rid of harmful substances at work and at home. O

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