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Burns Lake anti-racism workshop

“My mom put me and my brothers into TaeKwan Do when we were young so that we’d be able to defend ourselves,” Carla Lewis recounted recently in Burns Lake.

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Cheslatta burial site exhumed

Two Vanderhoof fishermen, father and son Darrell and Marcus Pohls, recently found more than they were looking for while fishing on Cheslatta Lake, south of Burns Lake in the beginning of June

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Lake search yields tentative find

A specialized search team has discovered what is believed to be the body of a local man who went missing and is presumed drowned after a boating accident on Francois Lake on June 7, 2013.

Story on page 2WALTER STRONG

Young volunteers finally got to ride a trail they had been working on since last summer at the Boer Mountain bike park in Burns Lake, B.C.

On June 26, 2013, Kevin Eskelin, district recreation officer with the Min-istry of Forests, Lands and Natural Re-source Operations (MFLNRO) came to Burns Lake for the inaugural run of the new trail.

The mountain bike trail system at Boer Mountain in Burns Lake, B.C. continues to grow and serve as draw for keen mountain bikers as word gets out about what Burns Lake has to of-fer. After the completion and opening of the Kager Lake camping area last year, Burns Lake became a complete, one-stop destination for avid downhill and cross-country riders.

“Visitors from all over our region, province and even international visi-tors continue to provide very positive feedback regarding both the quality and quantity of trails available,” said Dawn Stronstad, a local forester and volunteer with the Burns Lake Moun-tain Biking Association (BLMBA). “Completion of the drive-in campsites has provided the last piece of the ‘hub puzzle’ in providing accommodation in close proximity to world-class trails.”

The newest trails, ‘Child Labour’ and ‘The Other Woman’, have been under construction since last summer. Child Labour includes a wood bridge and ramp which allows one trail to cross another.

Although much of the trail work labour was volunteered by BLMBA

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Lake search yields tentative findBelieved to be local resident lost in recent boating accidentWalter Strong

A specialized search team has discovered what is believed to be the body of a local man who went missing and is presumed drowned after a boating accident on Francois Lake on June 7, 2013. Efforts are now focused on recovery.

Burns Lake resident Syd Neville went miss-ing and was presumed drowned after a small boat he was in with his nephew was overturned in heavy weather on Francois Lake, 26 kilo-metres south of Burns Lake, on the evening of June 7. Efforts by local RCMP, the Lakes Dis-trict Search and Rescue, and many volunteers were unable to find Neville.

Gene and Sandy Ralston, Idaho citizens from the Boise Idaho area, arrived in Burns Lake last Monday with specialized underwater search equipment. They began their search the

next day, and by late Thursday afternoon, they were able to con-firm they had found what appears to be a body.

Their efforts were made possible by local residents seeking clo-sure for the Neville fam-ily. The Ralstons use ‘side-scan sonar’ and have been able to assist in more than 80 body recoveries throughout North America in the past 11 years.

Recently, they re-covered the bodies of two Langley teens who drowned in Nicola Lake near Merritt B.C.

Shortly after that recov-ery, they assisted in the recovery of the body of John Poole, who was lost in the waters of Shuswap Lake on April 30, 2013.

Their custom built so-nar equipment has been used to search in waters as deep as 850 feet. The sonar unit is suspended by a cable at the re-quired depth while their boat follows a search grid pattern guided by satellite global posi-tioning systems (GPS). They do not charge anything beyond travel and search expenses for their services.

Currently, the Ral-stons are waiting at the Beaver Point camp-ground south of Burns Lake for word from of-ficials on what the next course of action will be.

They have their own remotely operated vehi-cle (ROV) to assist with recovery. Tethered to a surface boat, it allows for unmanned body re-coveries.

“Normally we’re in-volved with the recov-ery,” said Gene. “But we haven’t yet heard back from the coroner’s office.”

Seated in their custom RV which also serves as

the boat tow-vehicle and mobile headquarters, Gene described a life on the road with Sandy.

Now retired, the cou-ple spend most of every year either on the road to assist with recov-ery efforts, or at home working on and main-taining their equipment, RV and boat.

It can be difficult to be called into sad situa-tion so often, but Gene said the couple focuses on the outcome.

“We look past that [sadness] to what it’s going to mean to the family when we bring someone home.”

Gene Ralston checks for an email from the B.C. Coroners office for further instructions at the Beaver Point Resort near Burns Lake, B.C. on June 28, 2013. Ralston, and his wife Sandy, discovered what appears to be a body in Francois Lake, near Burns Lake.

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“My mom put me and my brothers into TaeKwan Do when we were young so that we’d be able to defend ourselves,” Carla Lewis recounted recently in Burns Lake. “She knew what we would be up against when we head-ed into high school.”

It wasn’t long ago that relations in Burns Lake were manifestly strained between local First Nations and non First nations.

A lot has changed since then, but work re-mains.

Lewis, a young Burns Lake resident, Wet’suwet’en, and Col-lege of New Caledonia instructor, was speak-ing at a recent regional anti-racism workshop in Burns Lake.

Burns Lake anti-racism workshopRegional event makes debut in Burns Lake

Participants from across the region came to Burns Lake on June 18-19, 2013 for the first annual ‘We Are All In This Together: Building Inclusive Communities’ forum.

Held at the Mu-riel Mould commu-nity learning centre in Burns Lake, members and guests of Organiz-ing Against Racism and Hate (OARH) came from Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Burns Lake, Smithers, Terrace, Kiti-

mat, and Prince Rupert.The keynote speak-

er, Meharoona Ghani, formerly a provincial government director and founder of what has grown into the pro-vincially and federally funded EmbraceBC ini-tiative under the Minis-try of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, facili-tated discussions.

A diverse group of Northwest residents and frontline social workers came together to share and develop ideas sur-

rounding inclusivity, integration and anti-rac-ism throughout North-west B.C.

Although the work-shop included discus-sion of race and social issues surrounding dif-ferent ethnic and im-migrant groups, a lot of discussion surrounded the state of First Na-tions relations through-out the Northwest.

Taylor Bachrach, Town of Smithers may-or, spent most of the first day with the group

and presented his own thoughts on life in the North.

“The biggest oppor-tunity to work on inclu-sion is the relationship between First Nations and non First Nations,” Bachrach said. “In our part of the world, that is our biggest opportu-nity.”

Robert Charlie, mem-ber of Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation (Burns Lake Band) and pro-gram facilitator, spoke

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Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach speaks to participants at a recent anti-racism workshop Burns Lake, B.C. The first annual forum brought participants from across the Northwest region to The Muriel Mould centre for a two-day event.

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Call it the Beach Blan-ket Budget.

Despite having to cam-paign once again to win a seat in a byelection, Pre-mier Christy Clark has or-dered the legislature to sit without her through most of July to pass the budget that was tabled before the election.

This rare summer ses-sion ensures a couple of things. First, there will be

less time for real financial results to contradict the rosy predictions made by Finance Minister Mike de Jong in February.

Second, it ensures that there will be minimum pub-lic attention paid to the deliberations, as people focus on their summer vacations and put the business of run-ning the province aside again.

B.C. Liberal house leader Mike de Jong insists there has been no decision made on whether the legislature

will sit again in the fall. The standard schedule, put in place under former premier Gordon Camp-bell, calls for MLAs to assemble in October and November, to consider legislation, after a spring devoted to the budget and ministry spending.

This was a serious reform that went along with four-year scheduled elections. But Campbell soon abandoned this noble approach, with fall sessions dwindling to a few days to deal with urgent issues or disappearing altogether.

I expected Clark to reverse that after she led the party to victory in May and consigned the Camp-bell era to the history books. Open, accountable government and all that.

So why the summer session? I’m inclined to agree with NDP house leader John Horgan, who meets privately with de Jong in his role of government house leader to thrash out schedules. Here’s Horgan’s message to Clark and her government as he emerged from the latest meeting:

“You ran on a platform that you claimed you were ready to implement. And what we’re getting instead is, ‘let’s jam ’em in here while the media’s on holidays, while people are at the beach think-ing about other things. We’ll pass our bogus budget and then we’ll see you in February’.”

Is the budget accurate, or “bogus,” or somewhere in between? They’re always projections, so that can’t be determined until next year. But the proposal to keep the increase in overall spending to less than two per cent, with nearly all the increase going to health and education, is difficult to accept.

During his time, Campbell topped the Fraser Institute’s ranking of most fiscally responsible pre-miers, limiting spending growth to 4.4 per cent. During those same years, average provincial eco-nomic growth was only 4.1 per cent, meaning that under the supposedly tight-fisted, tax-cutting Campbell, government continued to grow to more than 20 per cent of gross domestic product.

Clark has indicated several times since her surprise election win that she intends to make govern-ment smaller. That’s the difference between her “core review” of government programs and the one conducted by Campbell in the painful first years of his mandate.

This is why I mentioned last week that one of the more significant instructions given to Clark’s cabinet ministers was to examine turning the Liquor Distribution Branch into a separate corporation with its own board of directors.

That in itself may slightly increases the size of government. But it could be a preliminary step to selling the whole thing off and reducing the government’s role to taxing and regulating booze sales.

You can imagine how that would go over with the NDP, with former liquor store union boss George Heyman among the loudest opposition MLAs.

This is the kind of change that should be debated in public, not by press release.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and [email protected]

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When I first travelled through Northwest B.C. I was struck by how few Alberta plates I saw in the region.

More southern towns, like Revelstoke or Fer-nie, are inundated with tourists during the sum-mer months. On any given weekend, easily half the license plates parked along those

downtown streets are out of province. It’s most-ly a proximity thing. Fernie is about three hours from Calgary and Revelstoke is four hours away.

Burns Lake, by contrast, is at least eleven hours away from the closest major Alberta me-tropolis, Edmonton. Clearly, it’s more of a com-mitment to make it to Burns Lake.

Has anyone else noticed more Alberta plates coming through town recently, or is it just me? Every tourist destination goes through a life cycle with a definable tipping point when an area has enough buzz that it starts to draw people based on word-of-mouth recom-mendations.

It’s like you need a critical mass of people to start to take an area seriously as a desti-nation. Once that happens, nothing can stop the influx of others who share the recreation and travel interests of that initial critical group.

It happens fast, and it’s usually the result of major investment by a community or business. Revelstoke always had the best backcountry skiing in B.C. in terms of quality, quantity, and access, but it was a sleepy little town really only known to a committed group of skiers until a new lift was built on the formerly under-utilized ski hill.

Boer Mountain mountain biking is Burns Lake’s best bet for a continuing draw. Burns Lake is a bona-fide mountain biking destination. Before you roll your eyes, don’t under-estimate the potential of something like this to help diversify a town.

As a group of enthusiasts, mountain bikers can be a little fanatical about good destina-tions. If you think that not a lot of people would want to make a 12 or 20 hour drive just to come here and ride, you’re wrong.

Google ‘Moab mountain biking’ for an idea of what can happen to a relatively isolated place once enough people decide that it’s a must-go-to destination.

We’re already drawing riders from across the region. There’s mountain biking in Smithers and Prince George, but you might not realize it when you look at the numbers up at Kager Lake.

The campground at Kager Lake is a large part of that draw. I’ve never seen a better campground at a biking destination, whether free or pay for use.

It took a lot of labour, some of it paid, but most of it volunteer, to get the trails at Boer to where they are now. The further expansion of trails or even of riding areas will con-tinue to keep Burns Lake on the map.

As it stands, I can easily tell friends in Calgary that making the drive to Burns Lake for a week - or even just a long-weekend - of riding is absolutely worth the effort. With phase one of downtown construction is almost complete, when they come to Burns Lake, they’ll find a town that looks like it respects itself as a place to stop, not just pass through.

Living here, it’s great to know that you can enjoy the best of something without hav-ing to leave town.

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Clark’s arroganceon display

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briefly before introducing Ba-chrach. He commented on the hope he sees today in relations between First Nations and non First Nations.

“The beauty of today is how recovery is happening,” Charlie said.

But he reminded participants that First Nations have strongly felt duty to the land that predates the arrival of European culture.

“Our role is to protect the terri-tories,” he said. “We are caretak-ers of them and of our culture.”

The recovery Charlie spoke of referred to injustices against First Nations, and current attempts to right past wrongs while navigat-ing present day challenges, in-cluding persisting racism against First Nation peoples.

“We’re making progress, but the progress is very slow,” Ba-chrach commented. “It’s not getting better very quickly. Part of it is that there still isn’t wide-spread acknowledgment of the atrocities that were committed in the past.”

Next year’s event is tentative-ly planned for Fort St. James.

“We achieved what we set out to do,” said Pauline Goertzen, Burns Lake resident and long time OARH organizer. “[We brought] regional folk together who do anti-racism work and became more established in what we do as a collective.”

The event was held in part-nership with EmbraceBC, the Skeena Diversity Society, the Good Neighbours Committee, the North Coast Immigrant and Multicultural Services Soci-ety, and the local Spruce Roots Community Development Coop.

Healing is a slow process

MEMORIAL SUN RUNSterling Sampson was the team leader for member of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation who joined in the recent Vancouver Sun Run. They ran in memory of Robert Luggi Sr., and in memory of the late Destiny Rae Tom. Standing: Chenara Tom, Sonny Sam, Jeremy Sampson, Sterling Sampson (Sun Run leader), Margaret Sampson, Vivian Tom, and Margie Tom. Kneeling: Andy Tom Sr., and Cassidy Rain Tom.

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NEW WET’SUWET’EN COUNCILCouncillor Janice Nooski, Chief Karen Ogen, and Counc. Maureen Luggi on June 27, 2013, before being sworn in after having been elected to Wet’suwet’en First Nation band council the day before. This is Ogen’s second term as chief. WALTER STRONG PHOTO

Editor:There are some pay increases the government should support. Premier Christy Clark be-

lieved there was a good case for increasing salaries of some political staff. She changed her mind, based on the public’s reaction.

But there is a strong case to support pay increases for frontline workers in hard-pressed agencies delivering community social services, many of whom are literally not earning a living wage.

The government’s current approach to public sector wages is a “co-operative gains man-date.” Pay increases are acceptable, but only if the agency can come up with the funding with no decreases in service.

Perhaps that is workable in large ministries. It is not for the community sector.The sector has been finding efficiencies for a decade, cutting services and costs to the

bone. A large volunteer force helps us do more with the available funding.There are simply no new efficiencies to be found to allow even modest staff salary increas-

es. The community social services sector delivers a tremendous range of essential services across the province. The sector works with struggling youth, deals with substance abuse, helps seniors stay in their homes and families overcome problems.

About 74 per cent of British Columbians have used the services we provide, according to a poll earlier this year.

Community social services are delivered by agencies in every corner of the province - large and small, rural and urban, union and non-union. They work under contracts with government and this funding is critical.

Budget freezes and cuts have taken a toll. Waiting lists have grown and peo-ple aren’t getting help when they need it. That means greater costs for all of us in the future, as their problems become more serious.

Our skilled and educated employees face more and more demands and have received no pay increases for several years. Too many earn less than a living wage, calculated at $19.62 an hour for Vancouver.

That’s not fair. And it is bad for those we serve. The sector attracts people with a real interest in helping others. But, at some point, our employees have to consider themselves and their families. We lose valued staff, programs are

disrupted and clients are hurt.About 64,000 people work in the sector. We see their skill, experience and dedication

every day.And we know that the quality of services depends on fair compensation for those people

who do the frontline work every day. If we lose them, people and communities will suffer.These are, of course, times of tight

government budgets. However, com-munity social service agencies should not be forced to cut services to people who badly need them in order to pay for negotiated pay raises.

Government funding should include a reasonable provision for employee compensation increases. It is simply the right, smart thing to do.

Tim Agg Writing on behalf of the roundtable

of Provincial Social Services Organizations

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The Southside Wom-en’s Institute have had a very busy year I am writ-ing it in full. One of the special things I noticed and I know it will be a shock, Lois Bishop is retiring from her duties after so many years. She has been active through thick and thin. She will be missed big time.

The Southside Wom-en’s Institute has come to their fiscal year end. We had a successful year beginning with the raffle draw at Eagle Creek Fall Fair last fall, the proceeds later going to the Hospital Point Hall for upkeep.

This spring we won our district competition shield again. This is in cooking, sewing and speeches.

All this past winter and spring a few members served baked bread once a month to residents of the Pines.

They loved the smell of it cooking and the taste of course. It reminded them of days gone by. Thanks to a bequest from a for-mer Takysie Lake resi-dent, John Guenter, we made donations to the Southside Senior Hous-ing Society for their building fund, to the Southside 4-H Club for T-shirts for the Fall Fair, the L.D. Museum, and the Eagle Creek Fall Fair.

It is with regret that I’m leaving the Institute. I will miss the members and their activities as I have belonged for more than 50 years. As of now any enquiries concerning the women’s institute can be directed to President Geneva Wiseman at 250-694-3757 or Secretary Daphne Ewart at 250-694-3596. Thank you all for your past support. Lois Bishop, past president.

The women’s institute do a lot of good work in

our community and have been for many years. My late wife Jo also was a very active member for many years.

Good musicThe Grassy Plains Gos-

pel church choir dropped in last Sunday afternoon for a gospel hymn sing-a-long. We always enjoy their company. From the Tweedsmuir House they go along and sing at the Pines. Thanks a lot for giving us your time it makes the day.

FloodingI have just been watch-

ing the weather news and I feel so fortunate to live where we do. The flood-ing seems to be an on go-ing thing. Alberta seems to be hit the worst. The terrible mess and dam-age that is left behind will take years to get back to normal and the expense no one will really never know. I just heard a min-ute ago the costs in Al-berta alone will be in the billions of dollars.

Nice surpriseA pleasant surprise

yesterday to have Pas-

tor Herb Larsen and his grandson Spencer. They are staying in the family home east of the land-ing. This family summer home has been in the fam-ily for over 50 years. We have known this lovely family ever since they had started to spend their summers on the lake. It was sad to us to hear the passing of Herb’s beau-tiful Lorraine, a special lady. She left us March 4, 2013.

It will not be the same. Herb and I have both lost our wives, two wonderful and beautiful ladies. The loss takes a long time to heal. Herb’s grandson is going to the Loma Linda University in Califor-nia working on doctor in physiotherapy. Herb still makes his home in Ab-botsford, B.C.

Another pleasant sur-prise this morning to have Margaret Anderson and her son David stop in for a short visit. They were visiting old friends in the district and stopped to visit. It was great talking over old times.

Margaret and her late husband Bill used to ranch and live at what was called the Butte Ranch, Francois Lake. They lived there for 16 years. They travelled by boat and sad-dle horse as at that time and in those years that was the only way both in and out. Bill, her husband, died June 3, 1964.

Then the family moved to Breton, AB and Marga-ret with her family were there for 49 years. Marga-ret now lives in Wetasku-win, AB, David her son now lives in Sheridan, Wy., USA and has made his home there for many years.

Their ranch was 22 miles east of the landing so getting in and out was never easy and Francois Lake was never safe. It was a tough life but they were tough and they sur-vived and no doubt look back with good memories of those hard and forgiv-ing years. Margaret has a wonderful book she has written and it tells of their life on Francois lake, it’s well worth reading.

Another visitor dropped in this after-noon, Pete Knelsen, an-other long time resident of the south country. Pete worked in the bush drove truck and at one time owned the big store at Danskin, he said that was a money maker.

He then moved to La Crete AB. He has been pastor of the church there for many years. He told me that area is booming; oil, logging, big mills, and farming. He says that this was the best move he ever made. It was great to talk over old times.

The Hiebert family, the Knelsen family and our family came into the Lakes District in 1941, now 72 years ago, almost a lifetime. They have been good years for all three families. We have been friends for all these years. We had all come through the great depres-sion in Saskatchewan.

More musicThe Lakes District

Community Choir gath-ered in the dining room of the Tweedsmuir House to

entertain us with some to their most popular songs.

This was a dedica-tion for a long time choir member Eileen Hewett. She sang in the choir from the very start. She has since retired from singing. She is moving to the lower mainland to be near her family. The sing-ing was out of this world, it left us all with so many wonderful memories.

Eileen must also have many of her memories too. We are so fortunate to have so much wonder-ful talent in our Lakes District, I am so proud of them all.

My good friend Ron Meadows took me in to visit the old home again, so many wonderful mem-ories are stored away in those walls.

Time to close up for another week. Always remember God loves you and so do I.

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“[The] BLMBA commits to regular inspection of the features and maintaining them to standard,” explained Stronstad. “Installation of such features requires trailhead signage (including level of difficul-ty), [and] risk management signage at key locations.”

With the completion of these new trails, Boer Mountain is now home to 11 downhill trails totalling more than 20 kilometres of riding, and 17 cross-country trails comb-ing to give more than 30 kilometres of riding.

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A third is expected to be com-pleted later this Fall. Called the ‘epic’ for now, the trail will be 13.5 kilometres of single track connect-ing the bike park to the top of Boer Mountain.

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and a host of others co-star. Horror fans will be treated to ‘Insidious Chapter 2’, while Ron Howard directs Chris Hemsworth on the Grand Prix racetracks in the true story ‘Rush’. Robert DeNiro revisits his mob roots with co-stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones in ‘The Family’.

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In November, Har-rison Ford, Ben King-sley and Hailee Stein-feld headline ‘Ender’s Game’, based on the popular novel about a futuristic war with an alien race. Rachel McAdams and Domh-nall Gleeson star in the romantic-drama ‘About

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Last stage pLay of the yearOn June 18, 2013, grade nine and ten students of the Lakes District Secondary School (LDSS) in Burns Lake performed a highly stylized version of the Brother Grimm fairytales. Their two night performance proved two things: talent runs deep at LDSS, and the drama program will remain strong for years to come.

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Two Vanderhoof fishermen, father and son Darrell and Marcus Pohls, recently found more than they were looking for while fish-ing on Cheslatta Lake, south of Burns Lake in the beginning of June. They noticed what ap-peared to be human bones sticking out of the soil along the shore-line.

They immediately contacted the offices of the Cheslatta Car-rier Nation (CCN) on Southside.

Mike Robertson, Southside resident and senior policy advisor with CCN quickly or-ganized a recovery ef-fort.

“If we didn’t recover them now, they would have flooded again,” said Robertson. “Every year that lake floods like clockwork.”

Water levels of Cheslatta Lake and the Cheslatta River sys-tem are controlled by the Nechako Reservoir Spillway, which in turn controls the level of the Nechako Reservoir. The constant influx and retreat of water lev-els means that buried graves are occasionally exposed as fresh lay-ers of soil are removed each time flooding rises and then retreats.

The grave was found near the site of the since destroyed village of Belgatse, near Knapp Creek. The village and its church were razed to the ground and its 50 inhabitants forced to relocate in the early 1950s as engineers and Alcan (now Rio Tinto Alcan) company work-ers cleared the way for rising water levels.

“This grave yielded some unexpected items including a ring, rosary beads and a necklace containing over 30 very large glass beads,” Rob-

ertson said. “Archaeolo-gists were surprised at the large 7/8" glass beads, saying in all their years of experience, they had never seen these particular beads. The person is estimated to be an older woman, buried in the early to mid 1800s.”

The remains were re-moved by two Cheslat-ta-commissioned arche-ologists who took the bones and artifacts to the University of North-ern British Columbia for further analysis.

“Usually we just find one or two bones,” Rob-ertson said of the find. “We’ve never had to do a full grave removal like this since the 1950s.”

But the research won’t be cheap.

“Just to hire an arche-ologist team is in the area of $10,000,” Rob-ertson said. “Then we’ll still have to pay for the

analysis at UNBC.”Cheslatta Carrier Na-

tion Chief Richard Pe-ters said his people are tired of disturbing their ancestors and he called on the provincial gov-ernment to work with them on the Kenney Dam Freshwater Re-lease Facility.

“We’re confounded by the government and their lack of interest in this issue,” explained Robertson. “They’re the ones that caused this issue by their lack of foresight in the 50s.”

The Kenny Dam was built in 1952 to cre-ate a water reservoir to supply downstream hydro-electric turbines to power the Rio Tinto Alcan aluminum smelt-ers. More than 120,000 acres of land were flooded, creating the modern Nechako Res-ervoir.

During the original

flooding of the lake and river system, many graves were exposed. Coffins were seen float-ing on Cheslatta Lake and bones washed up along the shoreline. Since then, Cheslatta gravesites have fre-quently been disturbed by the regular flooding of the Cheslatta Lake waterway system.

The proposed Kenny Dam Water Release Fa-cility would eliminate the need to flood the Cheslatta Lake system. The Cheslatta Carrier Nation is currently in negotiations to estab-lish an energy purchase agreement with BC Hydro.

“The Kenny Dam water release facility would entirely elimi-nate the potential for any kind of flooding,” Roberston said. “We could carry on with the environmental re-

Cheslatta burial site exhumed; analysis follows

habilitation of the river system and the social rehabilitation of the community.”

Uncovering the site revealed more than expected

The skeletal remains of what is believed to be the body of a long-deceased member of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation were uncovered recently by rising and ebbing flood waters along Cheslatta Lake. Initially, only portions of the femurs were exposed, but an archeological dig uncovered more remains as well as beads and a rosary. The remains and artifacts have been transported to the University of British Columbia for analysis.

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Poetry contest - cash prizes. Closing date July 31, 2013. Any poet previ-ously published or not, may enter this contest and be a winner. The contest is open to all poets of any age. Any subject or style of poetry or prose poetry is acceptable and there is no entry fee. The poem should be original and consist of 24 lines or less. Please send one original poem only to: Open Ages Poetry Contest (N), Box 44169 - RPO Gorge, Victoria, BC, V9A 7K1 or email: [email protected].

The Lakes District Of� ce of the Canadian Cancer Society regular hours 11 a.m to 2 p.m on Tue., Wed. and Fri. Local phone number is 250-692-7203. For Cancer Information Service and Cancerconnection, toll free number is 1-888-939-3333. We collect used postage stamps and Campbell’s soup la-bels. New volunteers are always welcome!

Burns Lake Show & Shine. Spirit Square - 10 am to 1 pm July 14, 2013. Contact Kristi (250) 692-5721, [email protected] and www.burnslakeclassiccars.webs.com.

Creative writing contest - cash prizes. Short stories, essays, anecdotes. Writing is limited to 850 words. Send to: Adult Short Story Contest (N), Box 44169 - RPO Gorge, Victoria, BC, V9A 7K1 or email: [email protected].

Skateboard Park Grand Opening July 10, 2013 at 1pm in Fraser Lake. Park on Mouse Mtn. Drive, turn right off Carrier Crescent. Free hot dogs be-hind ball � elds and demos by Rayz Boardshop

To list your nonpro� t coming events, please drop off your list-ings at the Lakes District News of� ce by Friday 3:00 pm. (We re-gret we cannot take items over the phone). Listings as space permits. There is no guarantee any particular item will run on aspeci� c date.

Will you be celebrating your 90th or 100th birthday this year? If so please contact Lakes District News - we would love to do a story on you and take your picture.

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ChurchDirectory

Lakes District& Area

Grassy Plains Gospel Church

Sunday Service:10:45 am

250-694-3329 (Church)

IMMACULATA-Catholic Church

248 - 3rd Avenue,Phone: 250-692-3568Saturday 7:30 p.m.Sunday 10:00 a.m.

~ Everyone Welcome ~

FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH

Kerr Road, Burns Lake

Sunday School for all ages begins at 9:15. Worship Service at 10:30

includes Children’s Church

250-692-3259

Sunday 10:00AMPresident Lambert 694-3748

Hwy 35 & Francois Lake 250-695-6316 Everyone Welcome

THE CHURCH OF

JESUS CHRISTOF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

DECKER LAKE MENNONITE CHURCH

Sunday Morning Services:Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Worship Services: 10:30 a.m.Pastors - Ken Dyck 250-698-7629David S. Burkholder 250-692-7057

Everyone Welcome Hwy 16, Decker Lake

Seventh Day Adventist Church GroupMeets Saturdays at

10:00 a.m. at the United Church on Centre Street.

250-695-6586

Burns LakeCommunity Church

Pastor John Neufeld250-692-7949

OLD LANDMARKSCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

At Muriel Mould Primary School

SUNDAY, 10:30 AMContact: Roland & Lisa Cataford

250-692-9196 ~Everyone Welcome ~

Burns LakePENTECOSTAL CHURCH

724 Babine Lake Road

Sunday Services: 10:30 amCelebrating the Love of GodPastor Henry Washington

250-692-7464

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Branch #50

Island GospelFellowship

Gerow Island, Highway 35

Sunday Morning Worship Service begins @ 10:30 am

Pastor Ed Peters Phone: 250-692-7551

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The newly renovated

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ST. PAUL’SUNITED CHURCH

136 - 4th Avenue, Burns Lake

No Worship Servicesduring July & AugustMinistry led by lay leaders

Phone 250-692-7202


In Memoriam Gifts

ALL FUNDS DONATEDto the

Burns Lake Health Care Auxiliary

are used to provide fi nancial support, equipment plus

comfort and care for patients in our hospital, the

Pines and all other community healthcare

services.Mail a donation on behalf of yourself or a loved one to:

B.L. Health Care Aux.Box 812

Burns Lake, BCV0J 1E0

A tax deductible receipt will be issued

Obituaries

Marguerite Jean StantonJune 25, 1922 - May 3, 2013

Marguerite Jean Stanton was born June 25, 1922 in Kinisti-no, Sask. and passed away May 3, 2013 at The Pines in Burns Lake, B.C. Jean’s child-hood and school years were spent in Kinistino and later Shellbrook, Sask. During the hard years of drought and de-pression on the prairie the family moved to Francois Lake, B.C. where they had a farm on the Brown Road and eventually took up a home-stead on Walker Road. Jean helped on the farm for several years, then moved to town where she had assorted jobs including cooking at the hospi-tal, restaurant work and sales clerk in the local hardware store. On December 8, 1948 Jean married Cornie Stanton. They lived and worked in vari-ous places in the Burns Lake area until 1959 when they moved to Southbank with their three children. That was the last move for Jean for over 40 years, until she moved back to Burns Lake and eventually into The Pines in 2009. During the years at Southbank she worked hard at raising her family, canning and freezing the produce of a large vegeta-ble garden and especially en-joyed summer evenings spent poking about her precious fl ower gardens. Jean was a devoted supporter of the Ca-nadian Cancer Society, spend-ing many days canvassing the Southside. She also held sev-eral positions on the Recrea-tion Commission and worked to help build and then maintain the Southbank Hall.Jean will be lovingly remem-bered and missed by her three children, Doris, Tom and Gord, step-daughters Bea and Peg-gy, many grand children, great-grand children, nieces and nephews, her sisters-in-law Frances and Bernadette and long time friends. Pre-de-ceasing Jean were her hus-band Cornie, her parents, Pe-ter and Elsie Peebles, her brothers Don, Bob and Arnie and sister Pat (Charlie) Nourse, step-son Joe and grandson Dustin. Jean’s family would like to ex-tend many thanks to the staff at The Pines for their loving care and compassion making her last years more enjoyable and comfortable.

A Celebration of Jean’s Life will be held on July 6th, 2013 at 2:00 PM at the

Francois Lake Hall.

Ronnice (Roni) Gelz

Roni passed away unexpectedly on June 21, 2013 having just recently celebrated her 81st

birthday on June 8.

She is survived and will be deeply missed by her loving husband John; her 4 children Des (Nuala), Mick (Jane), Kris (Ron) and Brad; her 8 grandchildren Erin (Trevor), Jennifer, Doug (Haleh), Christy (Gerry), Mike (Gwen), David (Allison), Justin (Val), Michelle (Jason); her 12 great grandchildren Connor, Dylan, Leila, Rowan, Hanna, Michael, Griffi n, Harrison, John, Isabel, Emily and Jane; her sister Francis and so many friends and extended family in the Vancouver and Burns Lake area.

Roni was born on June 8, 1931 to Frank and Doreen Rich in Vancouver B.C. She lived almost the fi rst half of her life in the Vancouver area, other than a brief stint in the Queen Charlottes during WWII where her father was stationed with the Air Force.

Her early life was very active as family, sports and music were primary interests in her life. The neighborhood (Lancaster Street) that she grew up in was full of fun, action and adventure…establishing a pattern she lived all of her life. Roni attended John Oliver high school, loved all types of sport and was a member of the JO track and fi eld team and participated in basketball, grass hockey and baseball. She was surrounded by a group of likeminded girlfriends that she stay connected with throughout her life. From those early days Roni was always known for her spunk …..and her full and free, fun loving spirit.

She was a good student and graduated from John Oliver in 1949. Shortly thereafter she married John Gelz on September 21, 1951. Roni and John had 4 children within a short time span. She was a very busy Mom with 3 active boys and a girl, while trying to maintain a connection with her bridge friends and extended family.

In 1962 the second half of Roni’s life began in Burns Lake when the family moved north for John’s work with BC Hydro. In short it was a new adventure for Roni…full of new friends, new interests, new adventures and a new work career. The “city folks” were quickly adopted by the Radley’s, Rensby’s and others and the transition to her new way of life began. Roni quickly became involved in the Music and Drama Festivals as a volunteer, fundraiser and cheerleader and maintained her passion for the arts all her life. Her community interest and contribution saw her deeply involved with the local Cancer Society and the Museum. Roni was also very active in the local Kinette and Eastern Star in connection with John’s involvement in Kinsmen and the Masonic Lodge. Roni received numerous community service awards including the Governor General’s Award for Community Service and in 1987 she was duly recognized as “Citizen of the Year.”

In the latter part of the 1960’s as her children progressed through school she went to work for the provincial government in “Agriculture and Lands” and by the late 70’s had shifted her interests to legal work eventually becoming a Registrar-Court Clerk and Justice of the Peace.

Despite her busy community and social involvements, Roni stimulated the interests of her children and grandchildren for the arts, sports, wildlife, and travel. She also encouraged everyone’s different interests but wanted them to keep their “family focus” high on their priorities. She loved nature and therefore loved everything that the family “cabin” at Francois Lake offered…especially the wildlife, wild fl owers and her love of swimming and the water.

In the past 10 years, as numerous great grandchildren arrived, she took great joy in seeing the cycle of life repeat itself…passing on the same passions and interests she enjoyed all her life.

Roni was truly a loving, kind and generous person who was welcoming to all by nature. She remained very active in the United Church throughout her life in Burns Lake and truly looked for the good in all. She will be deeply missed by her family, friends and her community. Donations to the local Cancer Society in lieu of fl owers would be appreciated.

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Pinnacle Renewable Energy in Burns Lake has openings for Journeyman Millwrights and utility labourers.

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Announcements

InformationALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

If you want to keep drinking that’s your business - if you want to quit drinking that’s our business. Burns Lake Meet-ings: Tuesday 7:30 pm Catho-lic Church, Saturday 7:30 pm - Catholic Church. For informa-tion or transportation call (250) 692-6867 / (250) 698-7325 / (778) 669-0070

Only requirement for AA is a desire to stop drinking.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSSouthside Meetings: Mondays and Thursdays 6:30pm - 7:30pm at Grassy Plains Gos-pel Church. For more informa-tion: (250) 694-3682

Anyone needing information on Alzheimer’s please call 1-866-564-7533

BURNS LAKE RCMP Vic-tim/Witness Assistance Pro-gram. 201 Hwy. 35, Box 759 Burns Lake. Open Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm (250) 692-3010

CRISIS PREVENTION. You are not alone. Support is just a phone call away. 1.800.SUI-CIDE (1.800.784.2433) is a confi dential, toll-free service that is available to anyone, anywhere, any time in B.C. The youth support line is 1.888.564.8336 (TEEN). The 24 hour crisis line for northern BC is 250.563.1214 and 1.888.562.1214. In addition, several crisis lines also pro-vide support through online chat services so young people have a web-based way to reach out. These services can be reached through www.nor thernyouthonline.ca (4:00 to 11:00 pm daily) or www.youthinbc.ca.

LEGION BUSINESSThe Legion Foundation is the giving arm of the Royal Cana-dian Legion. Donations made to the Legion Foundation can receive a charitable donation receipt and an individual can specify where that money is used. The Legion Foundation is supported by Legion branches, Ladies Auxiliaries and the Legion Poppy Funds. The Legion Foundation sup-ports:• Critically important programs for veterans and seniors.• Medical equipment in your lo-cal hospital.• Sporting events for your chil-dren.• Buildings, programs, much needed services.The list goes on. And the need is great.

LOCAL HOSPICE Services are available by contacting the Hospice Coordinator at (250) 692-2448. The Hospice offi ce, located in the Lakes District Hospital, is open every Thurs. from 10am - 4pm. A lending library of videos, books and information on be-reavement is available. Please make donations to the local hospice and palliative care program payable to the Burns Lake Hospice Program, Box 7500, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1EO

PLANNING a wedding or an-niversary party? Looking for plastic fl owers for decorations. Call OPTIONS at Nourse House 9am- 3pm Mon. to Fri. Francois Lake Drive. Operated by residents of 8th Avenue Group Home. (250) 692-7845

The Arthritis Society B.C. and Yukon division is your pri-mary source and resource of the latest print and electronic information, programs and ser-vices about arthritis. No matter where you live, you can ac-cess us at the touch of a but-ton. Toll free 1-800-321-1433 or visit www.arthritis.ca/bc

Announcements

InformationNECHAKO RESERVOIR

UPDATE FLOW FACTS 26 June 2013

Reservoir Elevation: 852.22 m (2796.00 ft)SLS Discharge: 49.73 m3/s

Visit website www.wateroffi ce.ec.gc.ca for up to date real-time fl ow information for the Nechako River.

Skins Lake Spillway discharge will be increased to 170 m3/s on 10 July in preparation for the Summer Tem-perature Management Program (STMP). During the STMP period (20 July to 20 August) spillway dis-charge can fl uctuate rapidly and daily between 14.2 m3/s and 453.1 m3/s. Flow in the Nechako River at Cheslatta Falls can fl uctuate be-tween 170 m3/s and 300 m3/s or more during that period.

Contact Rio Tinto Alcan at 250-567-5105 for more information. A re-cording of this notice is available 24-hours in Vanderhoof at 250- 567-5812

The Chronic Disease Educa-tion Clinic at the Lakes Dis-trict Hospital is open Tuesday & Wednesday from 8:30am-4pm. The clinic provides infor-mation and teaching on vari-ous chronic illnesses such as Diabetes & Heart Disease. A doctors referral is not needed. To speak with the nurse call (250) 692-2440THE FOOD BANK will be closed for the month of July 2013. It will open again on August 6th. Distribution days will be the fi rst and the third Tuesday of each month. Cli-ents should come at 11 am. The Lakes District Food bank continues to operate due to the outstanding generosity o the community. If you would like to make a donation and receive a tax deductible re-ceipt, please mail your dona-tion to: Lakes District Food Bank, P.O. Box 777, Burns Lake, BC.V0J 1E0

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Obituaries

Lakes District News250-692-7526

Employment

Help WantedEXPANDING PIPELINE Com-pany in Central Alberta re-quires Class 1 Winch Truck Operators and Heavy Equip-ment Technicians experienced in truck, trailer and off road equipment repair. Fax resume to: 403-507-2766. Attention: Phil Dunn.FOREST FIRE MEDICS & CLASS 4 DRIVERS. Min. 2 years remote camp experi-ence req. for OFA3 Medics. Email resume to [email protected] or fax to 250.785.1896. $16/hr www.al-phasafety.net

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Employment

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Drivers/Courier/Trucking

Employment

Help WantedMAINTENANCE/LOADER OPERA-TOR NEEDED This is a fulltime, permanent position starting immedi-ately at our plant in Princeton, BC. Minimum of 10 years maintenance experience required on a variety of production and mobile equipment. Experience in a post mill, or small to medium size sawmill preferred. Must be able to handle a variety of tasks, work well with minimum su-pervision and be part of the team. Please submit resumes by fax 250-295-7912 or email [email protected]

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Huckleberry Mines Ltd., an 17,000 TPD open pit copper/molybdenum mine located 121 kilometers south of Houston in west central British Columbia, commenced operation in September 1997; a recent expansion has extended the mine life to 2021. We are currently recruiting for the following positions:

Mine SupervisorHuckleberry Mines is seeking a Mine Supervisor. Reporting to the Mine General Foreman, this position is responsible for the direction supervision of an operation team to meet daily production targets and accomplish assigned tasks in a safe and ef cient manner. his position currently works a 4 x 4 schedule (4 days in, 4 days out) but an application is being made to change to a x rotation. he Mine Supervisor s duties include• Safely manage the daily operations of a pit operating crew. • Ensure employee compliance to safety work procedures and company policies and procedures. • Conduct daily tool box meetings and monthly safety meetings. • n coordination with the Mine rainer and Mine General Foremen, the development and training of operators to meet current and future job requirements. • imely completion and submission of paperwork. • Display a high level of professional and lead crew by example.

pplicants require a current .C. Shiftboss Certi cate with a current rst aid ticket and a minimum of ve years experience as a Mine Supervisor. A B.C. Mine Rescue ticket and Surface Blasting ticket would be considered an asset. he successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills as direction must be clearing understood by team members. his position also requires excellent time management and organizational skills, competent computer skills and familiarization with Microsoft Word and Excel.Huckleberry Mines is located approximately two hours driving time from Houston, British Columbia. Employees live in a camp environment on their days of work. ransportation to and from the mine site is provided from Houston and Smithers by bus 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 alley on ransCanada 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.caHuckleberry Mines Ltd. offers a competitive salary and a full range of bene ts 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. uali ed candidates may submit their resumes in con dence to

Human Resources Department Huckleberry Mines Ltd.

P.O. Box 3000, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0 Fax: (604) 517-4701

Email: [email protected]

Huckleberry Mines Ltd., an 17,000 TPD open pit copper/molybdenum mine located 121 kilometers south of Houston in west central British Columbia, commenced operation in September 1997; a recent expansion has extended the mine life to 2021. We are currently recruiting for the following position:

Assay Lab ManagerHuckleberry Mines is seeking an Assay Lab Manager. Reporting to the Mill Manager, this position is responsible for supervising our Assay Technical team consisting of 3 assayers, 2 sample buckers and 1 summer student. This team is responsible for the preparation and analysis of high and low grade copper and molybdenum samples from the mill and pit using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer and Leco analyzer. The Assay Lab also analyses samples using the modi ed Sobek method of acid base accounting (ABA’s) in order to determine the acidic potential of certain samples. The Assay Lab Manager’s duties include:• Supervision of laboratory analysis and testing of various samples. • Planning, directing and managing the work group on a daily and weekly basis. • Ensuring the safe and ef cient operation of the lab resources and making recommendations for improvements to upper management to optimize processes. • Team member hiring, scheduling, performance management and coaching. • Short and long term budgeting, forecasting and procurement of critical and consumable materials and equipment. • Project coordination between Mine Operations, Mill Operations, Geology and Environmental departments. • Weekly, monthly and quarterly report writing and analyses. • Maintaining the daily QA/QC program for the assay lab with monthly reporting. • Maintain the assay database computer program. • Work schedule is Monday to Thursday (4 x 3).The successful candidate will have 5-10 years of assaying experience in a base metal production laboratory, a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry or training in a related discipline, experience in managerial or supervisory roles, strong analytical and problem solving skills. Good interpersonal and communication skills are a must. A B.C. Assayer’s Certi cate and experience operating and maintaining an AA spectrophotometer would be 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. Transportation to and from the mine site is provided from Houston and Smithers by bus 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.caHuckleberry Mines Ltd. offers a competitive salary and a full range of bene ts 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. Quali ed applicants can submit their resumes in con dence to:


P.O. Box 3000, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0 Fax: (604) 517-4701

Email: [email protected]

5855 Lake Kathlyn Rd, 4km west of Smithers: 5 bedroom house, 2 bedroom bungalow and 4000 sq ft heated warehouse with 3 phase power on 1.59 acres, fully gated compound, fantastic mountain and lake view, for an appointment to view - call 250-877-2434, serious inquiries only

For Sale by Owner $689,000.00

Huckleberry Mines Ltd., an 17,000 TPD open pit copper/molybdenum mine located 121 kilometers south of Houston in west central British Columbia, commenced operation in September 1997; a recent expansion has extended the mine life to 2021. We are currently recruiting for the following position:

Site Services Maintenance Worker

Reporting to the Site Services Supervisor, the successful candidate will be part of the Site Services Team which is responsible for the repair and upkeep of a 250 and 100 person camps and mine site buildings and infrastructure. Duties include assisting skilled tradespersons with repairs to all buildings and associated equipment, operation of excavators and scheduled maintenance checks.Applicants require experience in building and mechanical equipment maintenance and repair, ability to use power and hand tools and follow safe work practices. Trades training in building maintenance, carpentry or welding is considered an asset. Good interpersonal and communication skills are essential for this position.Huckleberry Mine is a remote mine where its employees live in a camp environment on their days of work. This position works a 7 x 7 schedule (7 days in, 7 days out). While at the mine site all meals and accommodations are provided free of charge to employees. Transportation is provided from Houston.Huckleberry Mines Ltd. offers a competitive salary and a full range of bene ts 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. Quali ed candidates can submit their resumes in con dence to:


P.O. Box 3000, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0

Fax: (604) 517-4701 Email: [email protected]

HOUSE FOR SALEExcellent View

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Large lot with room to store RV. Landscaped fenced back yard.

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Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

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[email protected] or fax (250) 964-0222

Services

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Merchandise for Sale

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Real Estate

Business for SaleOPA Franchise for Sale. In Prince George BC. Great Mall location. Call for info. 1(250)524-0183

Houses For Sale

Investment OpportunityBurns Lake

Asking price $249,000Cape Cod designed house with 3 rental units, each residence has it’s own en-trance, and their own drive-ways. New kitchen and bathrooms. Main house has 4 bedrooms plus a den. Large deck off of din-ing overlooking double lot backed onto green belt. Quality metal shingle pat-terned roof (value $30,000). For more infor-mation and/or pictures please contact Scott or Shirley at 250-692-1805 or 250-692-0153 or email: [email protected]

For Sale By Owner

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Located on Francois Lake Drive, Burns Lake Pub: 250-692-0068 • Liquor store: 250-692-0067

We have a relaxed atmospherewith great service! New Pub Hours: Monday to Saturday 11:00am - 11:00pm • Sunday 4:00 - 10:00pm • Liquor Store closed at 10:00 pm on Sundays

Night

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WING NITEon Wednesdays

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250-692-7887

Next to Rexall

Serving Burns Lake since 1988

FLYERS • BROCHURES • FORMS • CHEQUES

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TROPHIES • MUGS • T-Shirts

PRINTING

&

250-692-6019

PumpsWater Treatment

Plumbing Repairs

Payne Septic Service (2010)

250-698-7964 Still serving the Lakes District

Operated by

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For more info see: KamloopsDesign.com Or contact Thao Douglas

by email at [email protected] am a Digital Art & Design graduate from TRU in Kamloops

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Starting a Business?Expanding Your Business?

The Comfor/CFDCDevelopmental Lending Program

can help!For more information, call 1-800-556-5539

Advertise your Business or Service here for $2225 per week.

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On average it costs aperson $56.00 to drive toPrince George and back.Save your gas money -

SHOP LOCAL

B’s Free Enterprises Ltd.

Box 420, 28540 Colleymount Rd., Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E2Phone: (250) 692-4353

Cell: (250) 692-6569 • email: [email protected]

Bill & Wendy ImusCertifi ed Appliance Repair& Computer Technicians

Computer Training, Sales & Service

Personalized In Home Service

Delivery of Ink & Computer Supplies

Sullivan Motor Products Ltd. Highway 16, Houston

1-800-665-3151 • www.sullivangm.com

Family expanding & you need a van?

Let me help you withyour next purchase

Loren NeilsonPhone: 250-845-8785

The Comfort ZoneFlying Dutchman Service

101-1st Avenue, Burns Lake 250-692-3337

Wood and Gas Stovesand fi replaces

1996 Chevrolet CavalierSL 2 dr convert, average condition.

250-847-7928 Cell 250-877-2434

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Legal NoticesHouses For Sale

HOUSE ON ACREAGEClose to town, 2300 sq ft home on 4.78 acres. 3 bdrms + den. Master bdrm has walk in closet and 1/2 bath. 1 four pc and 1 three pc bthrm. Newly reno’d kitchen / huge island / lots of cabinets. Natural gas heat, laminate / tile fl oors. Up-dates throughout the house. Built in surround sound sys-tem in family room, large ex-terior wrap around sun deck, single car carport, large mud room with entrance from car-port, 26 x 28 insulated shop complete with power. Raised garden beds, fi re pit, outside covered storage space for boats, rv’s. Lots of room for kids and pets. Access to walking, ski trails and off road vehicles. Included: fridge, Jenn-Air stove, dish-washer, garbage disposal, washer & dryer, custom blinds.

Asking Price $243,800For more information or to make an appointment to

view contact: 250-692-3057 or 250-692-6365 or email at

[email protected]

Other AreasLARGE Log House +84 acr, Sussex NB, $199,000. 506-653-1374 [email protected]

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentHouston: 3 and 4 bedroom renovated townhouses. $700. a month. One and two bed-room apartments. $474 to $575. a month. Granisle: One and two bedroom apartments, utilities included: $450 to $600 a month. Call: Kathy at 250-845-2448 or 250-845-4505

LARGE BRIGHT 2 bedroom suites in a safe and secure building. Close to school and hospital. Large patio, in-suite storage and storage lockers available. On site manage-ment. Heat, hot water and cable included for $700 per month. Call (250) 692-3959 and leave message.

Cottages / CabinsNEW LOG CABIN for sale. 30’ x 24’, full loft. For details please call (250) 694-3535 or (250) 694-3308.

Homes for RentTHREE BEDROOM house, basement, 2 baths, fenced yard, shop for rent in Granisle, BC. Call: (250) 615-8457. Available September 2013.

Cars - Domestic98 CHEV Cavalier, some rust, well maintained, studded win-ter and summer tires. $700 obo (250) 698 - 7533.

Boats

17 ft. Alum. Canoe “Spring bok” very stable, perfect of family / hunting canoe. $600. ----------------------------------13 ft. Alum. Canoe “Sports pal” very stable & very light, 2 seats. $600.

Call (250) 692-2372

Legal

Puzzle Answers

NOTICETO

CREDITORSlN THE MATTER OF

THE ESTATE OFGARRY RICHARDTAYLOR, Deceased

Formerly ofBurns Lake, BC

All parties having claims against the said Estate are required to forward particulars of same to the law fi rm of WINGHAM LAW CORPORATION, Solicitor for the Personal Representative, at P.O. Box 1489, Vanderhoof, British Columbia, VOJ 3A0, on or before the 26th day of July, 2013 af-ter which date the claims fi led maybe paid without reference to any claims of which the Personal Representative then has no knowledge.

Personal Representative, by:

Christopher K. Wingham,Solicitor

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YearNiNg for YarNiNg?Burns Lake’s newest store ‘Yarn and Sew On’ celebrated their grand opening on June 22, 2013. Owner Linda Uchacz (L), and Sybille Broten, the store’s first employee, welcomed a good turn-out of locals happy to finally have a yarn and fabric store open again in Burns Lake. Walter Strong photo

Burns Lake detachment RCMP have collected a number of firearms during B.C.’s gun amnesty month. The amnesty provides an opportunity to reduce the number of firearms in our community, enhancing public and police officer safety. Unwanted weapons are a potential hazard. If not properly secured, they could be used by children, for example, leading to devastating consequences. The province-wide gun amnesty ran from June 1st to June 30th, 2013. If you would like to surrender unwanted firearms, weapons or ammunition, call (250) 692-7171 and request an officer attend your residence to pick them up. Do not bring them to the detachment.

BurNs Lake guN rouND-up

Submitted photo

Friends and family of the late Kyle Daniels gathered in Burns Lake on June 22, 2013 for the third annual Kyle Daniels Memorial pow wow. The three-day event was held at the Burns Lake Band Gathering Place.

kYLe DaNieLs memoriaL pow wow

Walter Strong photo

LocaL coNtractor Digs siteThe first excavator on site at the new Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre is operated by a local contractor. Tyson Radley of Radley Contracting Inc. based in Burns Lake, B.C. began work on site on Monday, June 17, 2013. It is expected the project will create 200 direct construction jobs. Submitted photo

burns lake lakes district news, july 03, 2013

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