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A community barbecue supporting the Kitimat Youth Centre was held on July 31 at the Upper City Centre Mall. The event drew out many hungry supporters, along with volunteers from the RCMP, � re department and the Kitimat Council. Shown here is Blake Hawkins, Caroline Gonzalez, Lucy Borges and Matthew Holmes.

Directors want public input on MK Bay MarinaCameron Orr

If Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine Direc-tor Doug McLeod can convince the rest of the board of the same, voters will have a say in a refer-endum regarding MK Bay Marina this November.

McLeod gave a notice of motion last month for the next RDKS meeting which would tack a referendum question to the ballot when people vote for their rural area representative. The Dis-trict of Kitimat council appoints one of their own to the board to represent local interests.

The question, if passed, would be “Are you in favour of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine retaining ownership of the MK Bay Marina? Yes/No.”

The motion will be put on the � oor at the board’s August 8 meeting.

McLeod said he wanted public input because for over a decade most of the discussions around MK Bay Marina have happened in-camera, meaning not publicly.

“The public has never had the opportunity to be involved in most of the discussions with regard to the marina over the last 15 years,” said McLeod. “All the discussions with regard to partnerships have taken place behind closed doors in-camera.”

He said there’s other discussions still happening behind closed doors too that he’s not able to talk about.

“The question that’s never been asked of the people who are mooring their boats down there and the people who launch their boats there...is whether or not they want to retain ownership.”

He said he was spurred to make the motion — he has also put up other notice of motions for possible referendum questions for November, in-cluding Area C garbage collection and the pro-posed location for the Forceman Ridge land� ll — because he realized too much was happening in-camera during the July board meeting.

“The issue is we have a lot of people within the bureaucracy, including our administrator, who has told me outside of the in-camera situation that he doesn’t want to be in-volved in MK Bay Marina,” said McLeod. “There’s all kinds of things happening but at this stage there is no resolution passed by the regional district of Kitimat-Stikine to sell the MK Bay Marina. That I can say because there’s no in-camera references to that.”

He also says that no tax money goes towards subsidizing the marina operation.

“There’s been no taxpayers dollars in the MK Bay Marina since 1995,” he said. “The users have paid their own way, in-cluding the issues with WorksafeBC � nes, issues with the safe-ty authority � nes and other legal costs.”

Apache to back off from Kitimat LNGCameron Orr

Apache Corporation is going to drop the Kiti-mat LNG project entirely, leaving Chevron as the sole proponent of the project for the moment.

Apache didn’t in-dicate when the exit would occur in their second quarter � nancial report.

“Consistent with the company’s ongoing repositioning for prof-itable and repeatable North American on-shore growth, Apache intends to completely exit the Wheatstone and Kitimat LNG projects,” said their report.

Wheatstone LNG is an Australian-based liq-ue� ed natural gas project.

Kitimat LNG has all of its required permits but has been undergoing a lengthy front-end engi-neering and design study which would � nalize a price tag and move the company towards making a � nal investment decision.

Media reports had indicated Apache was un-der pressure by investors to leave Kitimat LNG, and the company had indicated they were inter-ested in reducing their 50 per cent stake in the Kitimat-based LNG project.

Apache spokesperson Paul Wyke said the company wasn’t providing more details other than what was included in their � nancial report.

Their � nancial reports show Apache has spent $339 million on Kitimat LNG so far in 2014, $183 million in the � rst quarter and $155 million in the second.

Between Kitimat LNG and Wheatstone the company has spent $894 million so far in the year.

We contacted Chevron for comment about this announcement however the company said they had no comment at that time about what it would mean for their operations.

Media report statements from Chevron Vice Chairman George Kirkland, from a conference call with analysts, who indicates the company is unconcerned with the Apache departure and that the company will move to � nd new partners in the project.

In a conference call to investors Apache CEO Steven Farris con� rmed the company’s earlier statement of its intention to fully leave the Kiti-mat LNG project.

He said they’re also evaluating their inter-national assets as the company focuses on their North American on-shore resources.

Later, Apache spokesperson Bill Mintz told the Sentinel the company would not speculate where current negotiations for their stake in the project sit.

“The public has never had

the opportunity to be involved in most of the discussions.”

“Apache intends to

completely exit the Wheatstone

and Kitimat LNG projects.”

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Age-friendly distinction goes to District of KitimatCameron Orr

The provincial government through the BC Healthy Com-munities Society and the Ministry of Health has named Kitimat, among seven other communities, an age-friendly one, earning $1,000 towards creat-ing a legacy project or celebration. The others were Anmore, Cobble Hill, Granisle, Kent, Telkwa, Vancou-

ver and Vanderhoof.To achieve Age-

friendly BC Recogni-tion, according to the government release, communities must complete four steps. including establish-ing an advisory com-mittee, passing a local government res-olution, conducting an age-friendly assess-ment and developing and publishing an ac-tion plan. The partici-

pation of local seniors also is required and is an integral part of this process.

Kitimat doesn’t have a single age-friendly action plan but the grant proposal from the District in-cluded references to a number of plans from over the years that dealt with being age-friendly.

That includes a 2001 Aging in Place

report, Kitimat’s Housing Needs As-sessment report and Better at Home assess-ment of the Kitimat

and Terrace area.The Age-friendly

BC Recognition pro-gram is a partner-ship between the BC

Healthy Communities Society and the Min-istry of Health and is

part of the provincial Age-friendly BC strat-egy.

Distracted driving puts lights outJuly 21Police were called

on a reported grizzly bear on Teal Street. The bear was attracted to garbage on a proper-ty. The bear was scared off and the homeowner was asked to clean up the refuse.

July 22Two bicycles were

reportedly stolen from a home on Kechika Street. The bikes were taken during the night.

One is a black Opus Sonar mountain bike with purple hand grips. The second was a blue and white child’s bike with flowers on the frame and seat.

At 5:45 p.m. the police were called to a single vehicle accident on Lahakas Boulevard at Eagle Street. A van struck a power pole and resulted in a pow-er loss for the evening in the area. The driver

told police that he went to pick something off the floor of the vehicle which caused him to drift. The driver was given a ticket for driv-ing without due care and attention.

July 24Police were called

to a fight outside a

home on Wren Street. Police found that a man had come to the home looking for a woman, and the male allegedly forced his way in to the home and allegedly assaulted two people. A 42-year-old resident of Kitimat was arrested outside the home and eventu-ally charged with two counts of assault, one of forcible entry and one count of posses-

sion of a controlled substance — in this case cocaine.

July 25A woman called

saying she was bitten by a dog inside a home on Columbia Avenue. RCMP worked with the Kitimat Humane Society however due to the incident taking place inside a home there was limited po-lice action available.

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Josh MasseyLast week marked

the signing of what is being heralded as a “monumental agree-ment” between munici-pal leaders throughout the northwest.

The Northwest BC Resource Benefits Al-liance (RBA) brings together mayors and other municipal leaders in a unified front to ne-gotiate a deal with the province that would see provincial dollars allo-cated for infrastructure and services needed due to pressures of in-dustrial expansion.

Revenue sharing is the term used for these arrangements. Similar alliances have been forged between municipalities and gov-ernment in the North-ern Rockies, Peace and Columbia Basin dis-tricts.

“It’s like signing a northwest Magna Car-ta, it’s of that kind of import for us who have lived through boom and bust for such a long pe-riod of time,” said Re-gional District of Kiti-mat-Stikine chair and Terrace city councillor Bruce Bidgood before making the announce-ment to a packed room at the Best Western this afternoon.

The list of signa-tories who attended the ceremony included Bruce Bidgood, Ter-race mayor Dave Per-narowski, Hazelton mayor Alice Maitland, RDKS directors Linda Pierre, Ted Ramsey and Dave Brockle-bank; New Hazelton mayor Gail Lowry, Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan and deputy mayor of Stewart Billie Ann Belcher.

The first order of business for the alli-ance is to present the provincial government with a detailed plan for how revenue sharing could work, including

formulas and timelines. The ongoing de-

velopment surrounding pipelines, LNG plants, numerous mines, the Rio Tinto Moderniza-tion Project and the ex-pansion of the port in Prince Rupert are cited as industries driving growth that threatens to outpace the regional in-frastructure’s capacity.

Bidgood said the RBA is gunning for a deal to land three per cent of the money that the government takes in from industry in the region, a figure from $500 million to $3 bil-lion over several years, similar to long-term deals forged in other districts.

Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan said from here negotiations must begin with the province.

She said discus-sions with Premier Christy Clark in the past has indicated that she will work with collaborative regional governments.

Monaghan said this new agreement falls in line with pre-existing agreements with Northeastern B.C. which has a “fair share” deal, which Monaghan saw come to existance when she was president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities.

Attempts at that time to get a similar deal for the Northwest fell through with a dwindling economy at that time.

Kitimat Council-lor Phil Germuth, who was involved in the groundwork to get the Alliance together, said it will not impact what companies themselves pay.

“What this whole agreement is about is taking a little piece of that pie that before it gets to government that an equitable, fair piece of it comes back to ben-

efit the communities from the geographical area where that wealth was created,” he said.

He said ‘early ac-cess’ parts of the agree-ment will help Kitimat a lot.

“As in being able to take care of infra-structure and policing needs. All these things that a community goes through that they have to spend on before you have any extra tax base coming in.”

The Alliance builds on recommendations the province has given regional governments, he said.

The alliance says that the partnership needs to happen soon to build on the $1 mil-lion already provided this year by the pro-vincial government for planning through the Northwest Readiness Project.

The money would go towards “things like repairs for the airport or sewer systems,” said Bidgood, items that could “prove an impediment to these new initiatives such as LNG and mines. What we want to do is be-come partners with the provincial government in helping grow the local economy to the benefit of all.”

By getting a rev-enue sharing deal with the province signed soon, the al-liance hopes to have infrastructure such as a new Haisla Bridge in Kitimat in place before construction of one or more LNG plants be-gins.

In an interview Bidgood said the RBA has attorneys working for it in a negotiations capacity, the same people who worked on other revenue shar-ing agreements in the Peace and North Rock-ies.

The alliance will

also be reaching out to other municipalities such as Prince Rupert and Port Edward, how-ever no officials from the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional district are part of the current grouping.

An emailed state-ment today from the Ministry of Sport, Cul-ture and Cultural De-velopment said it look forward to working with the RBA.

“The Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development welcomes the regional cooperation by local community leaders in the region, and looks forward to continued engagement with local governments,” said the statement.

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The province has adjusted its new minimum prices for alcohol in the wake of criticism over the rollout of new rules allowing “happy hour” discounts.

A new category for draft beer cre-ates a minimum charge of $12 for a 60-ounce pitcher – down from $15 pre-viously announced – or $0.20 per ounce for large volumes over 50 ounces instead of $0.25, which still applies to smaller glasses and pints.

“Upon review-ing B.C.’s minimum prices, we realized they weren’t on par with consumers’ expectations and we took action to find a fair compromise that still upholds B.C.’s high standards for health and safety,” said MLA John Yap, who heads the prov-ince’s liquor policy reforms.

The new regu-lations let bars and restaurants charge lower prices for se-lective times or oc-casions, but forced some low-price es-tablishments to raise prices to match the new minimums. That will still be the case for pints in some locales – bars that had charged less than $5 must raise their prices to that minimum for 20 ounces.

The province has also increased the minimum price for spirits from $2 to $3 per ounce.

Addictions ex-perts had called for higher minimum pricing to reduce health and safety risks to drinkers.

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Left to right, Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine (RDKS) directors David Brocklebank and Linda Pierre, Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan, New Hazelton Mayor Gail Lowry, RDKS director Ted Ramsey, Hazelton Mayor Alice Maitland, Terrace Mayor Dave Pernarowski, and chair and Terrace councillor Bruce Bidgood July 29. Josh Massey

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What can be said about the odious group of child kidnappers and Jihadist murderers, the Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group, which gleefully dis-tributes vivid video evidence of their complicity in the kidnapping of over 300 Nigerian school girls in April? April, yes.

Not much that could be inter-preted as positive, I suppose, except perhaps that they have been able to ludicrously continue to outwit world “leaders” such as Canadian Conserva-tive bigmouth, Foreign Minister John Baird, who swore to help the clearly incompetent Nigerian government and military, to return the girls to their parents.

Baird wasn’t the only one to pompously demonstrate his belief in his country’s technical sleuthing supe-riority over a rag-tag bunch of ruthless terror � ghters in the jungles of Nige-ria, Cameroon and Chad. The group’s main leader is Abubakar Shekau. Hu-man Rights watch says the group uses child soldiers.

President Barack Obama similarly offered the help of the United States’ best military and law enforcement minds, while the UK’s top representa-tive in Africa, Mark also stepped up to

the plate to help search for the missing girls and apprehend the evildoers.

The British government declared its team of security experts, sent to Nigeria, would consider “not just the recent incidents but also longer-term counter-terrorism solutions to prevent such attacks in the future and defeat Boko Haram.”

France also offered a specialist team and French President Francois Hollande chaired a summit in Paris with Nigeria and its neighbours to tackle the issue. Result; pretty well zip.

Boko Haram is believed respon-sible for more that 4,000 deaths in a campaign of bombings, massacres and mass kidnappings. Nigerian president Jonathan Goodluck puts the number closer to 12,000.

The group has brazenly aired videos in which they threaten to sell

the students into slavery and as child brides. It also showed a couple of the girls describing their “conversion” from Christianity to Islam. Nigeria’s police said more than 300 girls were abducted from their secondary school in the country’s remote northeast. Re-cent reports say of that number, 276 remain in captivity and 53 managed to escape. The name Boko Haram means “western education is forbidden.”

These are not Robin Hood and his merry men. They are ideologically-driven conscienceless killers of the ilk of Saddam Hussein, Mahmoud Abass, Mouamar Al-Gaddaf� and the Mau-Mau militants of the 1950s in Kenya.

Now Boko Haram has just com-pleted another brazen and bizarre kid-napping, seizing the wife of Camer-oon’s vice-prime minister in an attack that also resulted in multiple deaths. Cameroon Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said the attack occurred early last Sunday morning in the town of Kolofata, in the Far North Region.

He said the that � ghters targeted the home of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali as well as a local tradi-tional chief.

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I was scooped, but that’s okayJust two days before last week’s paper came out

Mary Monteiro gave council an earful about the ac-cessibility issues in Kitimat.

Her concerns were enough for her family to consider leaving Kitimat altogether.

You may recall this spot seven days ago where I talk about accessibility in town as well. I was happy to see I wasn’t off base in my thoughts.

My overall conclusion, by the way, is that new developments should just be designed for accessi-bility from the get go instead of setting aside spe-ci� c units for that purpose.

And by the way, accessibility only has to mean wider doors, and other little things like raised power outlets. Things that can easily be a part of construc-tion.

The other thing that developed since I wrote my editorial is that Kitimat has been recognized as an “age-friendly community” by the province.

Given my perspective and Mary’s from last week I thought it was interesting and a little humor-ous that it was announced.

Looking through the release, I see the criteria for being an age-friendly town: Establish an advi-sory committee, passing a local government reso-lution, conducting an age-friendly assessment and developing and publishing an action plan.

“The participation of local seniors is required and is an integral part of this process.”

Not to suggest any of that is bad, but taking what is basically a collection of plans and perspec-tives and saying Kitimat is age-friendly is quite a leap.

Nothing in that criteria means a community has to actually be age-friendly, only to plan for them, from my perspective at least.

From what I heard from Mary at the committee of the whole meeting she may be inclined to agree with me, although I don’t mean to put words in her mouth.

If she’s losing the ability to live in a commu-nity that is accessible to her needs, and if people are losing the ability to afford the newer developments in town, can Kitimat really be called age-friendly? After all, people have to live in a town for it to be liveable.

This latest age-friendly honour is a positive but minor step in the role to actually being so.

The real challenge comes from actually build-ing an age-friendly, accessible community.

Kitimat can get there, and I think the work be-ing done is heading in that direction.

But we shouldn’t pop the champagne until we actually get there.

Cameron Orr

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Performance is a big dealDear Sir,

In response to Steve Connolly’s letter indicating that teacher perfor-mance does not matter, he has been misinformed and his assumptions are incorrect.

Regular performance evalua-tions are part of the teachers’ con-tract and teachers can be fired for unsatisfactory performance under this contract. The BCTF fully sup-ports regular teacher evaluations as per the collective agreement.

As for the teacher he spoke to who was unsure of the language in the contract regarding evaluation, not all workers in either the public sector or the private sector are fully familiar with the language in their contracts.

If teachers are not receiving regular evaluations, it is because their administrators do not feel the evaluations are necessary, not be-cause regular evaluations are not required.

Mr. Connolly thinks that a lack of evaluation attracts incompetent teachers to join the system.

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dergraduate degree, undergone a screening process to be accepted to a teaching program, and then par-ticipated in a strenuous practicum placement where evaluation is con-tinuous.

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If a teacher is struggling, his/her colleagues offer support in the form of resources, advice, and/or mentoring; they do not encourage the BCTF to ignore non-perfor-mance.

The BCTF also offers teachers who wish to improve their practice support in the form of resources, workshops, and mentoring pro-grams.

Teachers are concerned about the effects of large class size be-cause they are aware that their daily performance in the classroom counts.

It counts when students with learning difficulties cannot get the help they need. It counts when spe-cialist teachers such as librarians are not available for students who need to be challenged. It counts when a teacher is aware that a stu-dent is seriously struggling but the waiting list to get the student as-sessed in a year long and that stu-dent needs an intervention now. It counts when the day ends and all a teacher can think about are the stu-dents who did not get the attention that they needed that day.

Teachers are very aware that performance matters, which is why they are currently fighting to have class size and composition and spe-cialist teacher ratios restored.

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A roadblock on Haisla Boulevard just after midnight netted some peo-ple. A 23-year-old Kitimatian was arrested for driving while prohibited. A 62-year-old local man was given a roadside prohibition for failing a roadside screening device. So was a 29-year-old Kitimat man as well.

At 4 p.m. the RCMP responded to a case of possible road rage on Ko-nigus Street. The complainant said he was followed home from Terrace and confronted by a man who said the complainant had been drinking and driv-ing. The driver who followed him from Terrace also contacted the police, “upset that the complainant was endangering people by drinking and driv-ing.” Police say they found no evidence that the complainant was impaired.July 27

At 2 p.m. the police were called on a reported speeder on Dyke Road. The caller said the vehicle almost hit her and her dog. Police made patrols but could not locate the suspect vehicle.

A grizzly bear was reported near the boat launch at Radley Park at 9:30 p.m. Police found the bear which moved away from people on its own ac-cord.

If you have any information about these files call the local RCMP at 250-632-7111, or remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. If your information leads to an arrest or charges you may be eli-gible for a cash reward through Crime Stoppers.

Police beat

Under Misc.continued from page 4

So my question is how are John Baird, Barack Obama, the Nigerian Army Francois Holland, Mark Sim-monds and the boys doing in bring-ing Boka Haram to justice? Not re-ally well, I think, but nobody seems to know.

It appears Boko Haram terror-ism keeps rolling along despite all these promises of “help from the west.” Boko Haram’s long term ob-jective is to convert Nigeria into an Islamist state.

Of course the Ukraine conflict, Israeli aerial bombings into Gaza and Hamas rocket fire into Tev Aviv leading to - so far - about 1,500 deaths, and a host of other tragic news events have pushed the events

in Nigeria on to the back burners at the United Nations and with western, eastern and middle eastern govern-ments and various militant groups.

The horrific deaths of 4,000, 8,000 or 10,000-plus Africans, hun-dreds of them children, including girls whose only crime is attending school, also remains firmly on media back burners. Even the Ebola out-break with 700 deaths to date, has taken precedence on the news.

I certainly don’t expect any up-date on progress of the search for the missing girls from John Baird.

What’s to be said? There are pri-orities, and it’s evident where they lie.

But world attention needs to re-turn to Boko Haram - and soon.

Letters WeLcomeThe Northern Sentinel welcomes letters to the editor on relevant or topical matters. It reserves the right to edit submissions for clarity, brevity, legality and taste. All

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Humane society rescues pet ownersDear Sir,

On July 26 at 3:45 p.m a large dog took on our four pound Pomeranian and the result was her left eye hanging out of its socket.

Realising the time of day and where we live (in the north) by 4 p.m. we were frantically looking for medical assistance.

To our disappointment we found the following; local Kitimat vet message said they were not available for any emergency services that weekend. Second choice Terrace vet is on vacation until August 6th and third Terrace vet said no emergency service available until July 28th. Fourth attempt on the Internet where we were told how to push the eye back into the socket. At 4:25 p.m. our fifth choice, the Kitimat Hu-mane Society where we received immediate help in the form of “meet me at the shelter” where she put a neck cone on our little dog and had already made arrangements to transport to Prince Rupert where she already had a vet waiting the arrival of our dog. Time, 5:05 p.m., only half an hour and she was on her way to Rupert.

Summary, it’s very disappointing that the professionals in Kitimat and Terrace have no back up for a serious animal injury and thank goodness we have a very caring Humane Society. Kudos to Maryann and staff.

Jean Pearson


Rio Tinto Alcan invites you to join us for an open house on the proposed Terminal A Extension Project.

The Terminal A Extension Project is the extension of BC Operations’ existing deep sea marine terminal along with the accompanying construction of a barge ramp, tug dock, laydown facility and potentially a breakwater, located within Rio Tinto Alcan’s industrial footprint in the Port of Kitimat. The Project is necessary to replace facilities for the import and export of materials to and from the Kitimat smelter, as a result of the transfer of Terminal B to LNG Canada.

This open house is intended to offer an opportunity for the residents of Kitimat to �nd out more about this project and the Environmental Assessment process, engage in dialogue and to have questions answered.

When:Thursday, 7 August 2014From 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Where:Rio Tinto Alcan Community Of�ce254 City CentreKitimat

For more information or to make a comment, visit us at:www.riotintoalcaninbc.com or email us [email protected]

Open house invitation

Calgary company looks to geothermal at LakelseJosh Massey

Terrace city coun-cil recently received an update on what could be Canada’s first major geother-mal power plant con-structed somewhere in the Lakelse Lake area, where a plenitude of hot springs have alert-ed a Calgary-based company to the po-tential for low impact power generation.

C a l g a r y - b a s e d Borealis Geopower received the neces-sary permits to begin exploration on their Lakelse Geothermal Project back in Janu-ary for a 2,800 hect-are area in which to assess the possibility of building a 15-mega-watt power plant that works by converting the heat drawn from hot water into electric-ity and then cycling the water back under-ground.

A small Borealis crew began their work in early June within an area which extends from south of Lakelse Lake and up the east side of Hwy 37, with a couple small test sites located within the Skeena Industrial De-velopment Park.

“We’re looking for subsurface heat, subsurface water and subsurface rocks with permeability,” said Chief Executive Offi-cer Tim Thompson at the committee of the whole meeting June 20.

“We’re going to collect and collate thousands and thou-sands of data files. We’re going to have, I would suggest, the single most accurate map of Lakelse that you’ve ever seen.

“You’ll be able to spin this thing in 3D space, you’ll know ev-erything about eleva-tion change,” he said, adding that it will also show gas-level mea-surements.

Thompson said the permitting would have been impossible without the partner-ship of the Kitselas First Nation who is partnering on the proj-ect and in whose tra-ditional territory they are working.

The other partner, who is financing the project is Enbridge Inc.

During the ques-tion period, mayor Dave Pernarowski

asked about how the reception has been.

“Our partner is Enbridge so it runs hot and cold,” Thompson said. “They like the project but they don’t necessarily like the partner... the discus-sion gets visceral.”

Borealis chief ge-ologist Craig Dunn, who accompanied Thompson to council said that once people learn a bit more about the zero-emission po-tential and tiny foot-print geothermal proj-

ects he gets a positive response. Dunn and his crew have had to approach land owners to ask them for access to private land in some cases, and he has to ensure them that the exploration is non-invasive.

“When people hear about the project they tend to agree with it more,” he said.

Thompson, who oversees the business end of things, said there will be two de-cision points between

as they proceed with their exploration. Cur-rently they are in the first phase of surface exploration, which will be followed by the initial core hole sample drilling, and then deeper probing with slimholes to try to “touch” the reser-voir of hot water deep below the surface.

Thompson said that they will have hit the $5 million mark on investment by project-ed end date of their ex-ploration work which

is November 2015, so if they don’t see a promising configura-tion of land features and hot water reser-voirs then they will pull the plug on the project, possibly be-fore that time.

Borealis has with-drawn from other proj-ects in the past includ-ing one they started in the Liard reservoir north of Fort Nelson, but say they are gun-ning to start the first commercial geother-mal plant in Canada.

“People are shocked that we have zero megawatts in Canada,” said Dunn. “This project, given where it is in explora-tion, has a real shot at making it.”

The total amount of energy generated would be 15 mega-watts, with the possi-bility of increasing ca-pacity at a future date, said Thompson.

Whether this hap-pens or not depends on what the company sees through their studies.

$40 a day to parentsTom Fletcher

If the teacher strike isn’t settled by Septem-ber, the B.C. government will use the payroll sav-ings to pay $40 per missed school day to parents of children under 13, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said.

Negotiations with the B.C. Teachers’ Fed-eration remain stalled after a two-week strike in June that cost the province’s 40,000 public school teachers $12 million a day in salary. That’s the estimated cost of the support program aimed to go to tutoring or daycare for younger children if they can’t go to school.

De Jong said older children don’t require as much supervision, and have online options to maintain their studies if the labour dispute takes more instructional time away. The amount was chosen to compensate families of 300,000 chil-dren up to age 12 in public school at no net cost to the provincial budget.

Parents would have to register online to be eligible for compensation, to be paid by October.

BCTF president Jim Iker termed the move “a blatant and divisive attempt to prolong disruption in B.C. schools” and renewed his call for a me-diator to help bridge the differences between the government and the union.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender and school district negotiators say the BCTF’s con-tract demands are far out of step with other unions, particularly on increased classroom prep-aration time and other benefit improvements.


Kingfisher rezoning still lacks supportCameron Orr

A July 28 public hearing on the pro-posed density increase to land along Kingfish-er Avenue near the golf course still did not turn out any support from nearby residents.

In fact letters and petitions of opposition came out, along with a presentation from Mar-getts Street resident Leland Harris.

Harris spoke of the challenges of the land in that there’s only a small, 2.6 acre area that is buildable.

Previous council’s approvals of density increases weren’t well grounded as well, he said. In 1991 the site was rezoned to allow a 40-unit townhouse complex. Staff say in a report to council that historically applica-tions for up to 124 units have been received.

The current appli-cation would up the 40 allowed to 53 units on the land, which backs on to Margetts Street at its southern end.

A covenant is pro-posed for the land with the proponent that will allow 25 units to be im-mediately built, with the rest contingent of the completion of a sewer study, as only 25 units are proven able to be serviced with exist-ing sewer capacity.

“We feel it’s just

not going to fit in the neighbourhood and not fit in this valuable area,” said Harris.

There was a lot of other feedback re-ceived as well. There were four written sub-

missions included in Council’s information package from residents on Margetts and Cur-rie Street who were concerned or outright opposed to the proj-ect, and another letter

which set out a num-ber of questions for the town to reply to.

At the outset of the public hearing the deputy Chief Admin-istrative Officer read in newer submissions

received, as well as a petition from area resi-dents against the pro-posal. The petition was signed by 115 Kitimat residents, worded to say “we the under-signed are residents of

Kitimat and strongly oppose the proposed changes to the property at 1851 Kingfisher Av-enue...”

The four letters read in to the record on July 28 were also

generally opposed to the proposal, noting concerns about public timelines, worries over the density affect on street parking and the general aesthetic of the neighbourhood.

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Grizzly killed at river campsite ... page 7

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Kitimat � re� ghters blast water on a Lillooet Street house which burned down on July 14. The home is

effectively gutted but the family of � ve managed to get out safely. The community meanwhile has rallied

behind the home owners in their time of need. See page 3. Cameron Orr

Kitimat Airshed Assessment released

Anyone holding their breath over

ever seeing the Kitimat Airshed Assess-

ment can breath easier now with its re-

lease on Friday.

The Government of B.C. commis-

sioned for the study of the impacts of

industrial developments to the Kitimat

area, but since it � nished the government

had held on to the document claiming it

as Crown privilege.

Speaking to reporters Friday En-

vironment Minister Mary Polak said it

was always meant to eventually be re-

leased publicly.

An overview of the report shows

that “The airshed can accommodate in-

dustrial growth without signi� cantly af-

fecting the health of residents or the en-

vironment,” a government Powerpoint

presentation says.

The study focused primarily on Sul-

phur Dioxide (SO2) and Nitrgen Diox-

ide (NO2).

SO2 is the subject of an environ-

mental permit appeal by two Kitimat

residents who feel Rio Tinto Alcan’s

post-modernization SO2 emissions are

too high.

The government study included the

possibility of four lique� ed natural gas

terminals, a proposed oil re� nery, gas-

turbine powered electricity generating

facilities, predicted increased shipping

along the Douglas Channel, and future

expected increases in road and rail traf-

� c.“We want to ensure any potential

impacts from industrial air emissions

are clearly understood before new proj-

ects are approved,” said Polak.

As for RTA’s existing permit, the

government has no plans to revisit it

save for possibilities from the appeal.

“We intend to see RTA operate un-

der its existing permit. The appeal will

be what the appeal will be and of course

we will look to the results of that if there

are any changes that need to be made,”

she said. “Our intent at this stage is for

RTA to operate under their existing per-

mit requirements.”

Lis Stannus, one of two Kitimat

appellants against the RTA permit, is

pleased to see the study � nally released,

but at over 300 pages she said she’d

need time to go over the details.

Graphs from the government do

show the potential for signi� cant SO2

reductions in the event SO2 scrubbers

are used by the smelter.

SO2 health risks showed minor (pos-

sibly) increases in respiratory incidents

of between .5 and two per cent, and risk

directly related to proximity to indus-

trial area. Continued on page 12

Campfire culprit

in Kitimat wildfire

The Kitimat Fire Department says an unat-

tended camp� re is the likely cause of a one hect-

are wild� re which put at risk the developments

at Strawberry Meadows and left downtown blan-

keted in smoke July 17.

The blaze was in challenging geography for

the local � re depart-

ment to reach and after

an intial assessment

they called the North-

west Fire Centre, based

in Smithers, for aerial

support.

Water tankers and

helicopters were im-

mediately dispatched

to get the � re under

control.Meanwhile heavy

machinery was put to use to create � re breaks, to

contain the � re if it managed to spread.

A � re break is essentially knocking down

trees and leaving a � re-fuel free buffer.

“We weren’t allowing any members to go in,

of our members or their [forest � re] members to

go in, just due to certain hazards. The condition

of the � re and the speed it was progressing,” said

Deputy Fire Chief Pete Bizarro.

In all there were about seven air drops with

water tankers, while helicopters continued to drop

water throughout the evening.

Once air support � nished ground forest � re

� ghters went in and took care of hot spots.

“Jack [Oviatt] was on site, obviously had

lots of equipment. We had a number of excava-

tors working to make these � re guards,” added

Bizarro.

The � re was also the � rst activation of Kiti-

mat’s new Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)

since they set up in the Public Safety Building in

the former council chambers.

“Equipment and personnel all gelled really

well, and we’re very pleased with the outcome of

the EOC,” said Bizarro, saying their new set up

proved very useful.

As for evacuations, the Lower Dyke area was

evacuated but he said there was no imminent dan-

ger to campers in the area.

“The only reason I initiated that is because of

the direction of the wind and the fact it would take

some time for those campers to leave,” he said.

If an evacuation was needed emergency

services, including the � re department and the

RCMP, would do a combination door-to-door

knocking, loudspeaker service and using local

media to alert people of the need to leave, and

would establish a place for evacuees to gather.

One Kitimat Fire� ghter did injure his ankle

during the event and was treated at hospital and

released.

“Equipment and

personnel all

gelled really well,

and we’re very

pleased with the

outcome of the

EOC.”


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Kitimat � re� ghters blast water on a Lillooet Street house which burned down on July 14. The home is

effectively gutted but the family of � ve managed to get out safely. The community meanwhile has rallied

behind the home owners in their time of need. See page 3. Cameron Orr

Kitimat Airshed Assessment released

Anyone holding their breath over

ever seeing the Kitimat Airshed Assess-

ment can breath easier now with its re-

lease on Friday.

The Government of B.C. commis-

sioned for the study of the impacts of

industrial developments to the Kitimat

area, but since it � nished the government

had held on to the document claiming it

as Crown privilege.

Speaking to reporters Friday En-

vironment Minister Mary Polak said it

was always meant to eventually be re-

leased publicly.

An overview of the report shows

that “The airshed can accommodate in-

dustrial growth without signi� cantly af-

fecting the health of residents or the en-

vironment,” a government Powerpoint

presentation says.

The study focused primarily on Sul-

phur Dioxide (SO2) and Nitrgen Diox-

ide (NO2).

SO2 is the subject of an environ-

mental permit appeal by two Kitimat

residents who feel Rio Tinto Alcan’s

post-modernization SO2 emissions are

too high.

The government study included the

possibility of four lique� ed natural gas

terminals, a proposed oil re� nery, gas-

turbine powered electricity generating

facilities, predicted increased shipping

along the Douglas Channel, and future

expected increases in road and rail traf-

� c.“We want to ensure any potential

impacts from industrial air emissions

are clearly understood before new proj-

ects are approved,” said Polak.

As for RTA’s existing permit, the

government has no plans to revisit it

save for possibilities from the appeal.

“We intend to see RTA operate un-

der its existing permit. The appeal will

be what the appeal will be and of course

we will look to the results of that if there

are any changes that need to be made,”

she said. “Our intent at this stage is for

RTA to operate under their existing per-

mit requirements.”

Lis Stannus, one of two Kitimat

appellants against the RTA permit, is

pleased to see the study � nally released,

but at over 300 pages she said she’d

need time to go over the details.

Graphs from the government do

show the potential for signi� cant SO2

reductions in the event SO2 scrubbers

are used by the smelter.

SO2 health risks showed minor (pos-

sibly) increases in respiratory incidents

of between .5 and two per cent, and risk

directly related to proximity to indus-

trial area. Continued on page 12

Campfire culprit

in Kitimat wildfire

The Kitimat Fire Department says an unat-

tended camp� re is the likely cause of a one hect-

are wild� re which put at risk the developments

at Strawberry Meadows and left downtown blan-

keted in smoke July 17.

The blaze was in challenging geography for

the local � re depart-

ment to reach and after

an intial assessment

they called the North-

west Fire Centre, based

in Smithers, for aerial

support.

Water tankers and

helicopters were im-

mediately dispatched

to get the � re under

control.Meanwhile heavy

machinery was put to use to create � re breaks, to

contain the � re if it managed to spread.

A � re break is essentially knocking down

trees and leaving a � re-fuel free buffer.

“We weren’t allowing any members to go in,

of our members or their [forest � re] members to

go in, just due to certain hazards. The condition

of the � re and the speed it was progressing,” said

Deputy Fire Chief Pete Bizarro.

In all there were about seven air drops with

water tankers, while helicopters continued to drop

water throughout the evening.

Once air support � nished ground forest � re

� ghters went in and took care of hot spots.

“Jack [Oviatt] was on site, obviously had

lots of equipment. We had a number of excava-

tors working to make these � re guards,” added

Bizarro.

The � re was also the � rst activation of Kiti-

mat’s new Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)

since they set up in the Public Safety Building in

the former council chambers.

“Equipment and personnel all gelled really

well, and we’re very pleased with the outcome of

the EOC,” said Bizarro, saying their new set up

proved very useful.

As for evacuations, the Lower Dyke area was

evacuated but he said there was no imminent dan-

ger to campers in the area.

“The only reason I initiated that is because of

the direction of the wind and the fact it would take

some time for those campers to leave,” he said.

If an evacuation was needed emergency

services, including the � re department and the

RCMP, would do a combination door-to-door

knocking, loudspeaker service and using local

media to alert people of the need to leave, and

would establish a place for evacuees to gather.

One Kitimat Fire� ghter did injure his ankle

during the event and was treated at hospital and

released.

“Equipment and

personnel all

gelled really well,

and we’re very

pleased with the

outcome of the

EOC.”

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Staff deal with loitering campersCameron Orr

A resident wrote to council on a concern that campground rules at Hirsch Creek Camp-ground were not being enforced.

Turns out he is right, but Kitimat staff say they have their rea-sons.

A bylaw in Kitimat only allows 14 consec-utive days of camping and 28 days total in a calendar year.

But there are campers in Kitimat not subjected to those rules.

“Right now the

District of Kitimat is not enforcing this by-law. The reason for that...is that the parks have not been full for essentially the whole season,” said Direc-tor of Leisure Services Martin Gould.

Recently parks in Kitimat have been full, while last year parks were only full for four nights.

“There are some consequences if the bylaw was followed through. You could be sending people out of the campground and creating empty sites

that would just be sit-ting there empty.”

Alternately, people may lose their site and opt to camp along the riverbank instead.

The letter to coun-cillors also concerned with concentration of people on a campsite, saying he had heard of delinquent in payment campers with 10 tents on a site.

Gould said at last check there were two campsites with seven tents among them and park attendants had been ordered to inves-tigate why there were

so many.Campers not pay-

ing fees hasn’t been a big issue but Gould said there are always instances of non-pay-ment. Usually it’s a camper missing the at-tendant coming to col-lect fees due to being out fishing or even at work. This year for the first time as the Lei-sure Services director Gould said one camper did have to be forced out.

“That person sim-ply had refused to pay. We gave him three warnings over about a

two week period,” he said.

The camper’s items were eventually removed by park staff and the person paid his outstanding fees on collection.

Gould meanwhile told councillors that staff will soon be com-municating with the province to expand Hirsch Creek camp-ground sites (Hirsch Creek is on Crown land) and work is still expected at Radley Park in the fall to build a new road to allow more camp sites.

Low accessibility has people looking awayCameron Orr

Kitimat resident Mary Monteiro says she and her husband are close to packing up and moving out of town due to dwindling accessible housing op-tions.

Monteiro spoke to housing problems at the July 28 committee of the whole meeting.

Monteiro, who has Multiple Sclerosis, said she had recently sold her home and is currently living in an apartment building serviced by an elevator but it took two years on a waiting list to get it.

“As much as we try to facilitate the ag-ing and the handicap, Kitimat is failing this community very, very much,” she said. “We have failed miserably in trying to facilitate not only the handicap but the aging in at-tempting to finding housing and apart-ments.”

She said the town falling behind in this is making her consider leaving.

“I’m not speaking just for myself.

“I’m speaking for many, many oth-ers,” she said. “For the first time in my over 30 years of marriage my husband actually stated ‘I think it’s time to look elsewhere, be-cause this is a com-munity I don’t believe is going to be in our best interest.’ I was

stunned, I was shocked that he made that com-ment, but that’s what Kitimat is starting to become, it’s for the rich and famous.”

Mario Feldhoff noted housing in Strawberry Meadows and other proposed de-velopments are aimed for more access.

Monteiro said in the case of Strawberry Meadows, the active-living units are still at least $300,000.

“For a pensioner or someone on LTD (long term disability) I’m afraid that is out of the question,” she replied.

Councillor Mary

Murphy said the fact the Strawberry Mead-ows units hadn’t in-creased in price was remarkable in itself.

“I know it’s expen-sive for some people but others may want to sell their homes and move in to something like that.”

Edwin Empinado

said that to the coun-cil’s credit they’ve come up with a num-ber of plans including developing affordable housing for Kitimat.

What: A public hearing will be held on Monday, August 18 at 7:30pm at Council Chambers, 606 Mountainview Square to consider ‘Riverbrook Estates, Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1854, 2014.’

What changes? Riverbrook Estates Ltd. has submitted an application for Council to rezone two portions of the R1-B Zone to R3-A – Multi-Family Residential to allow the construction of two townhouse complexes. This application would also see decreased minimum lot area and frontage, and increased lot coverage in the R3-A Zone to allow up to 101 townhouse units in the two complexes. Riverbrook Estates Ltd. has also asked to rezone two portions of the R1-B Zone to a new R3-C – Apartment Zone to allow the construction of two apartment buildings, each containing up to 50 units. Sixteen single-family homes make up the balance of this proposed development, for a total of up to 217 housing units. Council is considering ‘Riverbrook Estates, Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1854, 2014’ and is seeking your input on these proposed changes.

Where is it?

PUBLIC HEARING AUG 18, 2014Riverbrook Estates Zoning Amendment

Bylaw No. 1854, 2014

When can I speak? Anyone wishing to comment on this issue may provide written comment to Mayor and Council c/o 270 City Centre, V8C 2H7; fax 250-632-4995; or email to [email protected]. Comments regarding the proposed rezoning must be received before 8:30 am on August 14, 2014 to be included in the report to Mayor and Council. Submissions received by email after this deadline but before 4:30pm on Monday, August 28, 2014 will be read before Council at the Public Hearing. You may also speak in person, or deliver written comment, at the Public Hearing held Monday, August 28, 2014 at 7:30pm at Council Chambers, 606 Mountainview Square.

Need more info?A Public Information Meeting will be held at Riverloge from 6:30 to 8:00pm Wednesday, August 6. The bylaw, Council resolution, staff report, submitted application, and other background material are available for review at www.kitimat.ca/pn and at the District of Kitimat reception desk, 270 City Centre, 8:30 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, excluding holidays. Further inquiries should be directed to Community Planning and Development at 250-632-8910.


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Liability may exist to take parkland giftKitimat Council

will seek out a legal opinion from District lawyers about the risks of the municipality ac-cepting a gift of park-land from the King-fisher Development Corporation.

The company is the proponent behind a townhouse proposal on Kingfisher Boulevard. The company has pur-chased a plot of land however only a cer-tain portion is build-able, the rest a steeply sloped area with low potential for build.

The company is offering that land back to the town, however councillors are con-cerned that accepting the sloped area could potentially open them up to liability from fu-ture erosion.

Councillors had asked for a report from staff on the matter and the subsequent docu-ment, from the engi-neering department, concludes that “own-ership of the lands as park would increase the municipality’s exposure to claims,

whether founded or not, should a future slope failure result in damages.”

The report also says that further work is still needed regard-ing building siting and drainage that will con-sider slope stability.

“These will be worked out in the normal design review which will include communication with the geotechnical engi-neer,” states the report.

“From my point there is a liability in that we would be in-

volved if there hap-pened to be a slide that affected abutting properties. The ques-tion is whether that’s a liability that coun-cil is willing to accept because of some ben-efit in owning the park lands,” Director of En-gineering Tim Gleig said during debate at the July 28 committee of the whole.

Director of Plan-ning and Community Development Gwen Sewell said the mu-nicipality already has parkland in a similar

situation to what’s be-ing offered, includ-ing in the green space around Margetts Street now. The park land could provide a con-tinuation of Margetts’ green space and may provide space for a walkway to the golf course in the future.

To deal with liabil-ity confusion Germuth moved for a report from the town’s law-yers to answer ques-tions on the liability.

Feldhoff in sup-porting the motion asked for it to come to

them soon.“I would hope

that the legal opinion comes back to us soon-er rather than later so that we can take that as

input prior to comple-tion of the public hear-ing,” he said.

It is expected to come to council by August 5.

Ottawa follows B.C.’s treaty ‘stepping stones’

Northwest gold mine gets B.C. approval

Tom FletcherThe federal government has responded to the

strengthening of aboriginal title in B.C. by follow-ing the province’s lead and focusing on resource use agreements rather than full-scale treaties that have been slow and expensive to negotiate.

A shift in federal policy was announced Mon-day by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Develop-ment Minister Bernard Valcourt, endorsing non-treaty and incremental treaty agreements such as B.C. has focused on in recent years.

Valcourt also appointed Vancouver lawyer Doug Eyford as a special advisor, to follow up on his advice to Ottawa last fall on developing West Coast oil and gas export projects.

B.C. Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rus-tad welcomed the change in federal approach, de-scribing resource agreements as “stepping stones to reconciliation.

“We had been hoping the federal government would come to the table with things like our non-treaty agreements and our incremental approach to treaty for quite a few years,” Rustad said in an interview Tuesday. “That has been something they’ve resisted, but now they’re going to come to the table with that, and we welcome that.”

B.C. recently signed its first liquefied natu-ral gas resource sharing agreement for facilities proposed near Prince Rupert. On July 11, B.C. reached its 150th forest resource sharing agree-ment with the Seabird Island Band in the Fraser Valley, and has developed similar revenue deals for mining and hydroelectric projects.

Ottawa is also promising to restart fisher-ies talks that have been on hold since the Co-hen Commission reported in 2012 on the health of Fraser River sockeye salmon runs. The B.C. Treaty Commission has protested for years that Ottawa’s foot-dragging has contributed to the slow pace of talks, with only four treaties com-pleted since the three-way structure was set up in 1992.

Chief Commissioner Sophie Pierre has warned of over-emphasis on resource agree-ments, with Ottawa and B.C. focused on northern B.C. pipeline and energy projects.

Rustad said there are resource projects all over the province that can benefit, adding there will be new agreements announced in the near future.

Valcourt’s announcement mirrors the main recommendations of Eyford’s report last fall. It called for “targeted efforts to build effective rela-tionships, including refinements to Canada’s cur-rent approach to consultation and engagement, to explore mutually beneficial initiatives that sup-port reconciliation, and to encourage aboriginal communities to resolve shared territory issues.”

Rustad said Ottawa is moving on Eyford’s recommendations, not in response to the land-mark aboriginal title case decided in favour of the Tsilhqot’in Nation in June. The Supreme Court of Canada upheld Tsilhqot’in title to the Nemiah Valley west of Williams Lake, striking down provincial logging permits issued without aboriginal consent.

Tom FletcherOne of the biggest

copper and gold ore deposits in the world has received an envi-ronmental assessment certificate to begin de-velopment of a mine near Stewart in north-western B.C.

Seabridge Gold’s KSM mine property in-cludes four ore bodies that contain silver and molybdenum as well as gold and copper. The company plans a combination of open-pit and underground mining to extract ore

and a pair of tunnels to transport up to 120,000 tonnes a day to a pro-cessing area 23 km away.

Seabridge expects a construction period spanning 20 years and a mine life of 50 years, with 1,800 construc-tion jobs and more than 1,000 employees to op-erate the mine.

Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett said the recent comple-tion of the Northwest Transmission Line to extend the BC Hydro electricity grid to the

region made this mine possible, as well as a molybdenum mine at Kitsault and the Red Chris copper-gold proj-ect near Dease Lake.

Seabridge has a benefits agreement with the Nisga’a Na-tion, whose territory was defined by a treaty in 2000, and the prov-ince has agreed to a 37.5 per cent share of provincial mineral roy-alties to be paid to the Nisga’a.

“This is one of the biggest mines that’s ever been permitted in

the province,” Bennett said. “It’s on a scale with Highland Valley copper [near Kam-loops], with Fording River or Elkview coal mines in the southeast, major mines that will really make a differ-ence in our economy.”

The KSM project still requires federal approval, expected by this fall. The company says the federal review has also determined it will meet environ-mental standards and is completing a public comment period be-

fore issuing its permit.The site is near

the border with the Alaska panhandle. Bennett said during the provincial review, the company changed its design to move the tailings and processing facility away from the mine site to address concerns by the fishing and tourism industry in Alaska.

Date and time: Tuesday, October 8th, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Location: Riverlodge Rec Centre, 654 Columbia Ave West

Kitimat

Chevron Canada invites you to attend a Community Open House on the Clio Bay Restoration Project

Chevron invites you to learn more about the proposed Clio Bay Marine Life Restoration Project.

This proposed project would see Chevron excavate marine clay from the Kitimat LNG construction site at Bish Cove and work closely with the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans to deposit this natural material in specifi c locations in Clio Bay. The clay will cap-off decaying wood debris left by historic log booming operations that has accumulated on the bottom of Clio Bay, damaging the Bay’s natural ecosystem. A key goal of the project is to restore natural marine life populations in Clio Bay.

Come and share your thoughts and ideas with us and learn more about this innovative restoration project.

Questions? Email [email protected]

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The Kitimat LNG Community Office at 369 City Centre in Kitimat will begin summer hours to allow Community Office staff to take annual leave.

Jul. 2 – Aug. 3, 2014: Closed

Aug. 4 – Aug. 31, 2014: Open 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday – Friday

To contact the Kitimat LNG project team during the closure, email [email protected] call 1-844-800-0900.


The Kitimat LNG Project will be conducting tests in your area.

What:Geotechnical sampling as part of ongoing testing for the Clio Bay Restoration Project

Where:Multiple sites in Clio Bay

When:Beginning in early August 2014 for 20 consecutive days, 24 hours a day.

For more informationvisit www.chevron.ca/KitimatLNG oremail: [email protected]

Community Notice

The District of Kitimat (DOK) announces intention to sell approximately 3912 square metres of land to Dr. Howard J.P. Mills (or Dr. Mills’ nominee). The subject parcel will be subdivided from vacant land adjacent Northwest Community College (NWCC) at 606 Mountainview Square.Terms of sale are $332,000 plus costs incurred by DOK for land survey, appraisal, newspaper advertising, Land Title Office fees and other costs to create this parcel. The Purchaser has also accepted a Section 219 Covenant that prohibits building within 12m of the northeastern edge of the NWCC lot, and an Option to Purchase that allows DOK to buy back this parcel if there has been no commercial development within three years of the original transfer date. Purchase price to exercise this Option shall equal that paid on initial transfer date, excluding GST.A copy of this Offer to Purchase and Contract of Purchase and Sale is available for review at the District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC V8C 2H7. If you have any questions or comment please write the Community Planning and Development at [email protected] or phone 250-632-8910.Comment must be received by noon Monday, August 18, 2014.

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Boats1995 2300 Classic Malibu Sunbridge $20,500 includes trailer. Full load. Immaculate. 830hrs. For details & photos call: (1)250.826.4332 or e-mail: [email protected]

For Sale11’ QuickSilver infl atable

Both soft and hard fl oor. Comes with electric motor and battery. Asking $1700 obo. Call 250-632-4589

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32’ FIBERGLASS FERRELL BOAT

New 370hp John Deere 8.1L Diesel, 2000hrs on engine. Trolling valve, Bow Thruster,

3 Stage Steering. 2 Hydraulic Deep lines,

Hydraulic Trap Puller, 3 Sounders, Radar, 2 Radios.

Com-Dev Auto Pilot, Spare Prop. 8’ Dinghy.

Can be seen at MK Bay Marina.

$65,000.Contact Warren Poff at

250.632-6119

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August 13-14On Cue Players are running auditions for their November dinner theatre production, Death By Golf, a comedy ‘who-dun-it’. Held at the CAW Hall, 235 Enterprise Avenue, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.OngoingTHE KITIMAT Public Market is looking for ven-dors and performers. Contact Willow at 250-632-9107 for more information.WANT A GARDEN bed next year at the Kitimat Community Garden? Call Denise at 250-632-9107 for more information.THE SUMMER Reading Club happens at the Kitimat Public Library Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and at the Haisla Community School on Fridays. This program is loads of fun, free of charge and a great way for children to build on their reading skills throughout the holidays. For more information, call Mia at the library at 250 632 8985.THE KITIMAT Public Library offers the highly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Please register for this free program.THE BC SENIORS Games will be held in Lang-ley from September 9-13. If you’re interested in joining or would like info call 250-632-2710.PICKLE BALL. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m, Riverlodge Gym, for the months of July and August, starting July 3rd. Call the Kitimat Se-

niors’ Centre at 250-632-3475 for further info.KITIMAT PUBLIC Library offers one-on-one reading help for all ages. Contact Mia Craft at the library at 250-632-8985 to schedule your 30 min-ute appointment.THE KITIMAT QUILTERS Guild meetings are the � rst Thursday of every month, held at M.E.S.S. Sewing room. All experience levels welcome. (19+) Call Aileen at 250-632-6225 or Wanda at 250-632-4458.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thurs-day from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Center. They welcome fami-lies throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older siblings welcome). Come meet other parents and infants over light refreshments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more info call 250-632-3144.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Family Fun Spot Drop-In Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Fridays 1 to 3 p.m. Ages 0-5 welcome “A Great place for families to meet over coffee and toys!” Contact 250-632-3144 for more info.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other � bre? For more info phone Maureen 250-632-5444.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total con� dentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016.AGLOW OF KITIMAT - All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursday at 7:00 P.M. For

info phone Brenda at 250-632-1616. DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Literacy Program provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in improving their reading, writ-ing, math, communication, and information tech-nology skills. Is English NOT your � rst language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group Eng-lish as a Second Language (ESL) classes. For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Communi-ty Corner check us out at www.kitimatcommuni-tyservices.ca/KALP.html or � nd us on facebook. DO YOU HAVE DIABETES? We offer individ-ual and group counseling. Certi� cation for blood glucose strips is available. Make an appointment and bring your meter. The Good Food Box is part of our program. Forms for this can be picked up at the Living Well Program or at the hospital main desk. Donations for this worthwhile program are always accepted. For more info call 250-632-8313 during operating hours - Wednesdays 8:00 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - or leave message on our voice mail. We are located on the second � oor of the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support of� ces.PRAYER CANADA KITIMAT meets at the Northwest Community College Kitimat campus, from noon - 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. Enter at main entrance and turn left, meeting room will be on the right. Wheelchair accessible. All are welcome to pray for those in positions of authority in Kiti-mat, for the government of BC and of Canada.. For info call Lesley at 250-632-4554.

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Back row: Richard Velho (Head Coach), Jarred McMeekin (Prince Rupert), Everett Poole (Terrace), Izaak Velho (Kitimat), Brendan Eshom (Prince Rupert), Chris Hill (Kitwanga), Carson Golder (Smithers), Jackson Bowles (Terrace), Danica Meier (Assistant Coach). Middle Row: Jake McCulley (Kitimat), Chanse Kennedy (Terrace), Antoine Bergeron (Kitimat), Noah Arlt-Dufresne (Kitimat), Sherangad Sahai (Prince Rupert), Kaito Zatylny (Prince Rupert). Front Row: Adam Ferreira (Kitimat) Submitted

Soccer boys return from BC GamesSubmitted

Northwest soccer skills were well repre-sented at the 2014 BC Summer Games held recently in Nanaimo.

Fourteen boys from around the North-west were chosen to participate in this once in a lifetime event.

The boys played against teams from Vancouver-Squamish, Cariboo, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island.

Although the boys did not � nish the soc-cer tournament as well as they had hoped, the boys were great am-bassadors for North-west B.C. and had a wonderful experience that they won’t soon forget.

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Kevin CampbellThe Central Interior Hockey League (CIHL)

has made some changes to its 2014-15 season and there are no more free passes to the playoffs.

Because of the Houston Luckies' departure from the league in the upcoming campaign, teams will compete in a four-team West division vying for only two playoff spots.

After the league's annual general meeting in late May, the now seven-team league will play in one overall division for the regular season but for the purposes of the playoffs, two spots are up for grabs between Rupert, the Terrace River Kings, the Smithers Steelheads and the Kitimat Ice De-mons.

Two spots can be taken between the east-ern teams of the Williams Lake Stampeders, the Quesnel Kangaroos and the Lac La Hache Tomahawks.

Houston loss means changes in CIHL

kitimat northern sentinel, august 06, 2014

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