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Cameron OrrThe Ministry of Health

is warning the public about an epidemic of drug use and overdoses connected to fentanyl, a manufactured drug that is said to be up to 100-times more toxic than other opiod-type drugs.

In this case though it’s not just a city problem, and Kitimat has already been hit through suspected fentanyl overdoses over the past 12 months.

As recently as May this

year, the Kitimat RCMP were warning the public of fentanyl-laced “oxyco-tin” pills in the community, which resulted in an over-dose to a 39-year-old male on May 17.

That followed a report of two overdoses in one week in March, which then-staff sergeant Phil Harrison said were believed to be linked to fake oxycotin due to the presence of pills branded in a way common to fentanyl laced products at the time:

blue colour with the letters CDN pressed on one side and the number 80 on the other.

In one case the person who had overdosed was found near 45 such pills,

but the RCMP couldn’t con-clude at the time if there was intent to traf� c them.

Deputy Provincial Health Of� cer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the issue of this speci� c drug problem is challenging, noting that they’re trying to reach both habitual drug us-ers and people who are just casual, recreational users.

“Some of those people who may not be as aware of the source of their drugs,” said Henry.

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Cameron OrrThere are 21 memorial crosses

or plaques adorning the tree that marks the unof� cial “Squirrel Park” and Andy Burky has a story for each one of them.

The park’s origins go back to 1996 with the � rst cross, Burky’s � shing partner Bill Lowes.

Burky points to the others and quickly recalls memories of the others, such as Joan, who was one of a group of three women who came to Kitimat to � sh for years. Burky says it has been awhile since he’s seen the other two from the former trio.

From mornings � shing on the river to the sharing of volumes of rum, Burky remembers them all.

He’s put up most of the 21 me-morials, as well as the number of squirrel houses on the tree and oth-ers nearby.

He visits the park often too, feeding the animals. It has become a popular destination for many rea-sons.

For families it’s a place to bring kids to feed the squirrels, he said.

It’s also a place where people have brought the ashes of their loved ones, to spread at the tree’s base.

It began as a memorial site, but the abundance of squirrels who lived

in the area also brought in the angle of Squirrel Park, he said.

“As long as I’m around I’ll keep it up,” he said.

Burky, 81, had a career with Al-can before � nding employment at the District of Kitimat, his way of get-ting outdoors more often.

He still gets to the river to � sh some days, but he doesn’t have the zeal for that as much anymore. He says the river has also gotten quite busy over the past few years.

Even so he hasn’t given up Squirrel Park, coming frequently to check up on it or to feed the squirrels some granola bars. (The squirrels, though twitchy, seem to appreciate the gestures.)

Burky’s attachment to his an-gler friends goes far, and he says he keeps in touch with many of the families of the people whose names are permanently places on the tree.

He jokes that he sometimes checks to see if his own name has been put up on the tree when he comes by. Of course it never is, but were it to be he’d certainly be among many of the people who he has been close with over the years.

“I knew them all,” he said.Squirrel Park is near the Kitimat

Hatchery, on the side road leading to the handicap � shing spot.

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Cameron OrrTwenty-one local governments met over

the weekend to discuss the Northwest Resource Benefits Alliance.

The Alliance officially formed last year, which Mayor Phil Germuth said was a response from indications that the provincial government sought a unified voice in terms of revenue shar-ing from industrial developments.

The Alliance is calling for money from the province to deal with the financial impacts of the increased local government services that will be needed based on projected major industrial de-velopments in the region.

Some of those developments would take place outside of local government taxation boundaries, but the alliance wants a share of those revenues to cover their impacts within their jurisdictions.

Germuth says they’re not seeking any more taxes on projects than would already be collect-ed, they’re simply looking to ensure a dedicated amount of that revenue comes back to the com-munities which would be affected.

The revenue would be dispersed at a regional district level, he said.

“This was a way of having all communities as one voice getting together to go to the govern-ment,” said Germuth.

“The whole objective is take just a piece of that pie that goes to government from all the in-dustries...and having that go back to the commu-nities that are affected by it.”

He said Premier Christy Clark has said through speeches that communities need to get together on issues like this to have a unified voice.

“The Premier promised to negotiate and this was the way to go...but now we’ve been waiting two years for these negotiations that were prom-ised by the Premier,” said Germuth.

In a media release, Regional District of Kit-imat-Stikine Chair Stacey Tyers also pointed to a lack of engagement from the Premier’s office.

“This Summit will re-affirm our commitment

to seeking a revenue sharing agreement with the B.C. government,” said Tyers. “The province has demonstrated a willingness to be proactive in es-tablishing revenue sharing contingent on future revenue streams with individual industry, First Nation, and government players.

The province has committed to such negotia-tions, but so far after numerous attempts to ar-range a meeting with Premier Christy Clark and her staff, the RBA has yet to engage in discus-sion to begin negotiations.”

Germuth added that Alliance representatives did meet with some people in the government at last year’s Union of B.C. Municipalities confer-ence but “it didn’t go as well as we had hoped. We were hoping for [a] more positive outlook from the government on this.

The Sentinel sought comment from the Of-fice of the Premier.

No statement was received, but we did re-ceive a response which read, “Minister Fass-bender looks forward to meeting with many local governments and associated groups of lo-cal governments, in his new role as Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and Minister Responsible for TransLink.

“Minister Fassbender is honouring the pre-vious commitment made by Minister Oakes to meet with the Northwest British Columbia Re-source Benefits Alliance.

This is expected to take place during the week of September 21-25 when municipal lead-ers will be in Vancouver for the annual UBCM convention.

Minister Fassbender’s schedule will be con-firmed in the weeks ahead.”

Germuth says the Alliance has particular benefit to Kitimat due to provisions within its

structure for “early access.”“If it’s a major LNG, once it’s up here and

running we’re actually going to be doing okay, then we’ll have the tax base. What we need is the help right now,” he said.

Early access would support infrastructure, such as Haisla Bridge for instance.

He said the best outcome from this past weekend’s summit would be to have the provin-cial government actively engaging with them.

The summit is comprised of a closed meeting portion where local governments would discuss infrastructure deficits in the region, and later will include a formal ratification of a Memorandum of Understanding for the Alliance.

Continued from page 1She also points out that “smaller

communities are not immune,” to the problem, even as the majority of overdoses have been in the Lower Mainland.”

The Harm Reduction Lead at the BC Centre for Disease Control Dr. Jane Buxton says that anonymous surveys of drug users have found traces of fentanyl in people who did not report having taken any, pointing to the risk of consuming illicit drugs which, of course, have no kinds of quality control.

“Many people are not aware they are taking fentanyl,” said Buxton.

Henry said there haven’t been any reported overdoses at work camp sites in northern B.C., responding to questioning if there is a problem in such facilities.

She said there are known social issues related to work camps but so far no reported overdoses in those facilities.

Henry says there are some tips people can follow that can minimize risk for people who do use illicit drugs.

That includes making a plan that

someone is able to contact 9-1-1 if there is an emergency, having ac-cess to sterile syringes if they’re injecting themselves, and to inject slowly in case there are unexpected reactions or if the dose itself turns out to be more potent than expect-ed.

Users can also learn about the Take Home Naloxone kits, which are anti-overdose kits designed to reverse the effects of an opiod overdose.

Those includes heroin and morphine. Information on that is online at towardtheheart.com/nal-oxone.

There are harm reduction cen-tres across the province as well, including at the health unit at the Kitimat General Hospital, where people can learn about the Take Home Naloxone program.

Underlying this drug problem is the need to discuss it. Having in the open will lead to solutions that can’t found by ignoring it.

“By ignoring it…the stigma that’s attached can make people use in a very unsafe manner,” said Buxton.

“I think the conversation needs to be started,” Buxton indicates, “and it’s finding someone in the

community who is respected but has perspective to share to get the con-versation going.”

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Writing a weekly column is easy, people tell me. And to some extent they are right. But when you’ve been doing it for a dozen years, most of them in retirement and to some extent out of the day-to-day working “goings on” in a community, I contend it’s not all that easy to keep it fresh.

I do try to keep current with community issues. I have a lively Facebook page and I contribute and often get into one or two snarly dis-putes about Kitimat politics. At this time of the year in 2015, the early start to the federal election combined with economic issues and the personality clashes of the party leaders always of-fers enticing opportunities. But dead-lines of Friday for Wednesday publi-cation tends to leave you vulnerable to being late to the party and behind fast-moving election developments.

When I started the column/opin-ion piece not long after the turn of the

millennium, I chose my title “Under Miscellaneous” because I did not want to be too limited in subject matter. This has given me freedom to explore some unusual subjects, and to indulge myself in some personal favourites.

I do get responses and I am as grateful for constructive criticism as I am for the odd congratulations.

Anyway, I used to travel to Ed-monton on a regular basis in the 80s to visit relatives and to see the highly successful Oilers on ice, led by the in-comparable Wayne Gretzky. In fact, I haven’t seen the Oilers live since 2001 but this is going to change and soon.

I want to see how Oilers � rst round draft pick, the talented Con-nor McDavid, � ts in with the rest of the high recently-added young Oilers, guys like Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jordan Eberle, Nail Yakupov, and hope-fully Darnell Nurse and Grif� n Re-inhart, as well as new goalie Cam Talbot.

I happen to be among those who watched McDavid on TV at every op-portunity in junior hockey this past season and cheered him on noisily in the World Junior Championships.

Now I’m checking the Oilers pre-season and early season schedule and planning to see a couple of games as well as check out progress at the new-est NHL arena, Rogers Place, in the newly designated Ice District, the business, arena, and entertainment area in downtown Edmonton so called to help rejuvenate the downtown busi-ness area.

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Looking at Oilers’ slick future

DIY communityYou know, I really love the kind of stories like

on our front page today.“Area man single-handedly creates local land-

mark” - an inspirational kind of tale if I’ve ever heard one.

It ties in to the expression that I’ve probably repeated more times than I’m aware, that in a small town the best excitement is the kind you make yourself.

For Burky, creating a memorial for all his � sh-ing friends is a touching tribute but one that has grown in to a landmark.

There’s other stories like that I’ve come across since working here. Like the volunteers who cre-ated the Community Supper Club, kids who donate birthday money to the animal shelter, or that group of volunteers who were out earlier this summer cleaning up the highway.

Community building isn’t accomplished through whining. On Twitter I see an occasional Kitimat reference, the latest by who I presume is a younger person lamenting the lifestyle of Kitimat.

“Kitimat [expletive] sucks,” read one recent one. (It was also in all capital letters but I couldn’t resist editing it to proper style.)

To repeat a quote I’ve heard in a movie before, “Well, that’s just, like, your opinion man.”

Another story I’ll have soon is about a guy who’s gathered up people to form a remote con-trolled vehicle club. Drones, cars, boats, hobby-ists of all stripes and ages are joining together and they’re putting together plans to install tracks in Kitimat and Terrace.

This Northwest R/C Club is another example of community building.

I’ve taken the time over the past couple of years to join a community club as well, and dipped my toes in organizing events for the community as well. It’s tough to make the time but it’s very re-warding.

Basically this is my occasional reminder that if you ever tire of what Kitimat already has to offer, just step up and make it happen.

Call Community Services and see if you can make the public market happen again, for example. Or join a community group, they’re always plan-ning fun events.

Remember what Gandhi said, be the change you want to see in the world.

If you think Kitimat is a slow dull town, it’s not that hard to do something to make it your own.

And if you do stand up to do something great, be sure to let me know so the newspaper can prop-erly give you a little bit of fame.

Like I said, I love those kinds of stories.

Cameron Orr

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Philippians 3: 7: “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count ev-erything, as loss be-cause of the surpass-ing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.”

Now, I don’t pre-tend to be a � nancial expert but I know the most basic of market strategies, “Buy low, sell high equals pro� t. Buy high and sell low equals loss.”

Pro� t and loss; it’s what makes economies tick and people’s port-folios grow or shrink. We like pro� t and try to avoid loss like a bad cold. Well, today, the Apostle Paul tells us that in the heavenly realm, loss is consid-ered to be gain. In fact, he says he considers all his worldly gain as rubbish in order to be found in Christ.

Jesus spoke about pro� t and loss in Mark 8: 36, “What does it pro� t a man if he gain the whole world, yet lose his soul?”

Pro� t and loss. One of the biggest stumbling blocks peo-ple have in coming to

faith in Christ today is the high standard of living we have. People see the things of this world (Money, leisure, etc.) as having greater value than following Christ. If they didn’t, then church's would be full every Sunday.

So why does knowing Christ far sur-pass the things of this world? Because the deepest longings of our soul aren’t physical, they are spiritual and you can't � x loneliness, depression heartbreak or rejection with ice cream, drugs or alco-hol. That just makes it worse.

The Apostle Paul spent much of his life in pursuit of the wrong things as well. It was only when he met the resurrected Christ on the road to Damas-cus that everything changed. Jesus blinded

him temporarily to worldly pursuits and gave him true spiri-tual sight to see that all these other things were blinding him to the truth in Christ. And so, because Jesus Christ was willing to suffer and die for him, so that he could have eternal life through simple re-pentance and faith in Him, he was now able to write, “To live is Christ, to die is gain.” Pro� t and loss. God's economy.

In this age of ma-terialism we live in, this is a passage we desperately need to hear. God’s plan of eternal salvation is simply receiving His Son in humble repen-tance and dying to self and the things of this world that would trap us and blind us to the truth of Christ’s sur-passing worth.

And in the end, through faith in Christ, the loss of this present life with all its trials, suffering and broken-ness, will result in the gain of eternal life in heaven where God will be with His people in perfect communion forever.

Amen.

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Supplies to El SalvadorCameron Orr

Kitimat’s Eva Speitelsbach will be disppearing from town for several weeks in Septem-ber.

Starting September 10 she’ll be spending six weeks in El Salvador supporting charity operations there.

She is going to the country through Operation Mobiliza-tion, which is a Christian-based charity group that supports many areas of the world.

“They have lots of work go-ing on in El Salvador,” said Eva.

It was her friends who sug-gested she look in to OM which set her off on a research effort to learn about them.

“I have some friends who recommended OM,” she said.

The organization seemed to

match her interests closely.“I’ve wanted to go to a

South American country for a few years so I’m � nally doing it,” she added.

Among the supplies she’ll be assisting OM with are � rst

aid kits and clothes.While she’s in El Salvador

she’ll also be helping with vari-ous children’s programs.

She said she still has room to collect clothes to take with her and people can give her a call at her work at Kitimat Val-ley Institute if they want to learn how to help.

Her number there is 250-639-9199.

She is also looking for sponsors for the � rst aid kits, and wants to take basketballs as well for youth sports.

“I’m so thankful for the sup-port of church and my employer because they stand behind me 100 per cent,” she added.

She attends the Kitimat Pentecostal Church. Speitelsbach will travel to El Salvador to bring supplies and also to

support children programs through Operation Mobilization.

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Explosion risk from LNG facilities very low, EAO documents showsCameron Orr

In light of a major explosion in a port community in China last week, the proponents behind Kiti-mat’s two major LNG projects — Kitimat LNG and LNG Canada — point to their comprehensive safety planning for their proposed Kitimat facilities.

Also, the chances of a similar type of catastrophic explosion in Kitimat is slim to none, according to environmental assessment docu-ments relating to the two projects.

The explosion in China in the town of Tianjin on August 12 is believed to be an industrial accident. Early reports suggested it was related to oil tankers although the BBC reports Chinese state media say a shipment of explosives blew up in the city.

Fire and explosion is an area that is addressed in LNG Canada and Kitimat LNG’s environmen-tal assessment reports.

Within the environmental assessment report for LNG Canada, the document the government prepared as it issued the company their environ-mental assessment certificate, it’s said that “the credible worst-case scenario for a fire or explo-sion is the uncontrolled released…of gas phase materials that are stored or used within high pres-sure systems.”

That is referring to gas feed systems, refriger-ant loop systems and propane.

The report notes that a fire could result from an LNG vapour cloud, but such a scenario is actu-ally unlikely “because LNG is stored and pumped

under low pressure.”The report also notes that “the di-

rect effects of both scenarios would likely be contained within the LNG facility.”

Natural gas, while flammable, is actually interestingly difficult to ignite in many circumstances. It requires be-tween five and 15 per cent proportion of air to ignite. Too little oxygen and a flame can’t ignite, or too much and it basically snuffs out any chance of one too.

The environmental assessment re-port for Chevron’s Kitimat LNG proj-

ect addresses that fact too, and also notes that nat-ural gas in liquid form “cannot explode or burn.”

If there is a release the natural gas may be seen as a white cloud before being dispersed by wind, says the report.

“Over the past few years, LNG Canada has spent considerable time in the community to bet-ter understand concerns and identify opportuni-ties related to the LNG Canada project,” said Director of External Affairs Susannah Pierce in a media statement. “What we heard, more clearly than anything else, is how important safety is to the community. One of our core values, and a commitment we have made to the community, is to protect our neighbours, employees and contrac-tors, and we will consider their safety in every de-cision we make. LNG facilities and carriers have a proven safety record.”

She said the company continues to work with local authorities and governments to develop re-sponse plans for any emergency.

Haisla Town CentreTraffic was temporarily detoured at Tshimsian and Haisla Boulevard last week as construction and District of Kitimat crews connected the future property’s utilities to the municipal systems.

“What we heard, more clearly than

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Cameron OrrUnifor 2301 has

decided they want to distance themselves from Kitimat mayor and council.

It was revealed in the release of a letter, posted to councillor Mary Murphy’s politi-cal Facebook page, that the union’s executive passed a motion “to not allow Kitimat Mayor & Council to attend our 2015 Labour Day pic-nic event.”

The union holds the picnic each year on the Labour Day week-end which includes kids activities and a barbecue.

It’s typically a pub-lic event for anybody.

The letter also states that “To insure that our event is suc-cessful and to be pro-active we will inform the RCMP of our deci-sion.”

Mayor Phil Ger-muth says he is disap-pointed to learn of the union’s move.

“It’s unfortunate. Events like that are re-ally supposed to be an opportunity for all of us to get together and build relationships.

We were looking to move that relation-ship forward to the benefit of the District and all the staff and all our workers. That is what it is and we will respect their wishes,” he said.

Germuth didn’t at-tend last September’s picnic but did attend the year before that. He would have been a city councillor at the time.

He says that the council and the District are still committed to fostering a relationship between themselves and the union.

“That’s our com-mitment, to over time

build that relation-ship.”

That includes holding meetings with the union twice a year to hear concerns.

He said the first

meeting under the new Collective Agreement has not been scheduled yet.

The Sentinel could not reach Unifor 2301 Business Agent

Martin McIlwrath by our press deadline for comment on the union’s decision, but as reported through CBC the union did not intend to have the

letter be made public.Germuth says the

letter didn’t meet the criteria which would determine if a letter is made confidential.

“Any letter to

mayor and council is a public document. Un-less it is actually cov-ered by the provisions of a closed meeting...it’s out duty to make it public.”

Phil Germuth and Councillor Claire Rattée were the two muncipal election candidates who were formally endorsed by Unifor Local 2301.


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Jeff NagelGas prices remain stub-

bornly high in B.C. despite the slide in crude oil prices, and motorists are feeling gouged.

Gasoline is down only slightly from $1.40 a litre a year ago, while crude has plunged more than 50 per cent from around $98 a barrel to less than $44 in early August.

But petroleum industry analysts say it all boils down to supply and demand. Crude oil accounts for less than half of the end cost of a litre of gaso-line, with government taxes and re� ning charges the other big factors.

"I wish there was a simple explanation," said Jason Parent of the Kent Marketing Group. "There isn't much of a relation-ship on a day-to-day basis be-tween crude oil and retail gaso-line."

Expecting gas to move in lockstep with crude oil is some-what akin to expecting house prices to follow lumber prices, without recognizing scarce land or an in� ux of buyers might have an in� uence.

Parent said crude and gas prices can go in different direc-

tions for different reasons, and gas prices in B.C. can diverge from what other Canadians pay.

Most of the difference be-tween B.C. prices and the rest of the country is explained by the higher 17-cent-a-litre Trans-Link tax in Metro Vancouver as well as B.C.'s carbon tax.

Motorists are paying just over $1 in Alberta, a few cents more in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and $1.10 to $1.20 in most of Eastern Canada.

But even after taxes are fac-tored out, Vancouver prices in particular are � ve to 15 cents a litre higher than most other cit-ies across Canada.

The reason, Parent said, is that Vancouver-area prices fol-low those along the U.S. west coast, where the wholesale gas supply has been constricted by re� nery problems in California.

"Wholesale prices have been high there relative to the rest of the U.S. for a month now," Parent said.

Some gasoline comes to B.C. through the Kinder Mor-gan pipeline, but the rest comes from Washington State or other U.S. re� neries.

If prices were sharply

higher in Vancouver than cit-ies to the south, Parent said, gas would � ow back to the U.S. – resulting in shortages here – or wouldn't be shipped north in the � rst place.

Another "huge" factor be-hind why Canadians in general aren't yet seeing much relief at the pumps is the drop in the loonie over the past year.

Crude and wholesale gas are priced in U.S. dollars, so Canadians are paying with a devalued currency that simply doesn't go as far as it did a year ago.

So who is pro� ting from the persistently high pump prices?

"Right now, re� ners are the big winners," Parent said.

They're running close to capacity, demand is up because of lower gas prices and there-fore re� ners can charge more than usual.

If crude oil prices get even cheaper – potentially as sanc-tions against Iran end and more oil pours onto the world market – there's no guarantee gas pric-es will follow because of the re� ning constraints in North America.

Anchor leaders Randy and Marlene Norman with Slade and Linda Compton.

Anchoring the message in Kitimat

Gas prices stubbornly high

Cameron OrrKitimat’s newest church is the North Coast Anchor Ministries, or more

often referred to as The Anchor.The congregation have only been meeting for about a year now, and was

founded by Slade Compton and his wife Linda. Slade, and Anchor co-leader Randy Norman, have a long history in Kitimat. Slade arrived in the 1950s and lived in the original Kitimat town-site, and Randy has lived here for over 30 years.

Slade has planted about four churches in his life, he said, including in Terrace and in Fort St. John.

In 2012, after being away from the Northwest, he felt the need to come back to Kitimat, he said.

The Anchor is a new testament church, he said, while noting they can be pretty liberal in some ways, although they do follow scripture quite closely.

“If it’s not in the scriptures we don’t do it,” said Slade.With a small church group at the moment, Slade said they look at ways

to support other churches, they’re not out to replace them.“None of us have all the truth,” he said.Randy said a lot of the inspiration for starting the church was due to their

connection to the community here, and more recently as a place to provide the spiritual community for people who might have been in Kitimat tempo-rarily working on construction projects.

The Anchor meets Fridays at 6:30 p.m. at the Riverlodge.

Foster caregivers needed for the regionCameron Orr

The Ministry of Children and Family Devel-opment is looking to up their bank of quali� ed foster homes in the area.

Michael Fetridge is the team lead for the MCFD in Terrace and says they’re always look-ing for more families to join the program.

“We need as many [families] as we can get,” said Fetridge.

It’s not, he emphasizes, that there’s an end-less � ood of children in the foster program, but he said the foster program works best when there’s a large pool of families to match a child’s need.

“We look at the caregiver skill set and then we look at the needs of the child or children, and do a best match. That’s how it’s supposed to work,” he said, adding that with the current size of the foster family pool they don’t have quite the � exibility they’d want.

For example a family may say they do bet-ter with toddler-aged children, or they may have done specialized training such as for fetal al-cohol syndrome. That helps MCFD match the child to the most appropriate home.

So how do people get involved?First, they call the area contact for this,

Ikinder Chohan, who can be reached at 250-638-2325, or e-mailed at [email protected].

After that a process called the Pre-Service Orientation begins.

“It’s a series of educational meetings,” said Fetridge.

Those meetings are delivered by Access Family Resources, a contracted service provider for MCFD.

It’s a way to just introduce people to the fos-ter program, and then to connect them with other families, all on the way to � guring out best how they can be involved.

Fetridge says they make people as aware as possible to what fostering is like, then the family can make a decision after that.

It’s a thorough process.“The screening process is much more thor-

ough than people remember it being. So many say ‘I remember my grandmother was a fos-ter parent. She just called up and the next day we had kids in our home.’ Maybe that was the case back then...but that’s de� nitely not the case now,” he said.

Parents have � exibility on their commitment too as far as time. Families can say they only want short term foster children, or can offer their home on a permanent basis.

Financially the program is not meant to be a burden on the foster family. Fetridge says fami-lies are provided support so being a foster parent doesn’t mean drained bank accounts.

“It should never cost foster parents to sup-port vulnerable children,” said Fetridge.

He says the way to look at being a foster par-ent is not to see it as a job but doing a volunteer service.

“You’re a volunteer parent,” he said.

“The screening process is much more thorough than people remember it being.”

Cameron OrrAs is the rule, the

District of Kitimat re-leased their 2014 Cli-mate Action Revenue Incentive (CARIP) public report.

The report tracks the District of Kiti-mat’s actions and strat-egies when it comes to reducing their carbon footprint.

Everything from fuel use to walkway development is includ-ed in the report, which sets out how much the DOK will receive for an annual grant.

Director of Plan-ning and Commu-nity Development Gwen Sewell says last year’s grant was about $42,000, and the re-porting includes the District of Kitimat it-self and the fuel use of its contractors too.

Planning Clerk Bryna Kaines is the primary author of this year’s CARIP report and says there are spe-cific formulas used to determine what the town’s emissions are.

The report also covers three distinct ar-eas, she said.

“One piece is your emissions, and the oth-er two pieces...is more around your strate-gies community-wide, within your corpora-tion as well,” she said.

The grant the Dis-trict receives for creat-

ing the reports primar-ily comes from the Carbon Tax Credit.

The District of Kit-imat committed itself to climate change ac-tion in December 2012 when they signed the B.C. Climate Action Charter.

“We were one of the largest communi-ties in B.C. that had not, at that point, al-ready signed,” said Sewell. “What the business case analy-sis demonstrated was there was merit in us signing in order to qualify for the grants that were available un-der the program.”

The town’s strat-egy for climate change items is mainly out-lined in the Official Community Plan, said Sewell.

“We are a commu-nity that’s demonstrat-ing progress towards reducing our carbon emissions,” she adds.

She says even though the CARIP re-

port shows increases in energy use, a large part of that reporting is a reflection on how much better the town is at tracking it.

The town has also been fairly busy over the year which contrib-utes to that as well.

That means facili-ties like the pool might see more fuel use, but Kaines points to the Tamitik heat recovery system as a notable way the town is reduc-ing its footprint. The ice plant for the arena captures a lot of heat and when the swim-ming pool was rebuilt that heat was routed to heat the water in the swimming pool.

Meanwhile she said the town’s pur-chasing department has spent two years laying the groundwork for a paperless, elec-tric purchasing system which will also reduce the town’s environ-mental footprint.

“In 2015 we’ll hopefully see that come to fruition,” said Kaines. “We also have put in place some plans to do an OCP and Rec-reation Master Plan up-date.”

Sewell also notes that CARIP grant mon-ey was used to improve the town’s cycling and pathway infrastructure, including paying 10 per cent of last year’s

downtown walkway improvement budget.

“We’ve just been continuing to make improvements to how we report and as an or-ganization just collec-tively coming on board and creating holistic strategies for [climate strategies],” said Kai-nes.


Continued from page 4I have to say I’m looking

forward to seeing the renovation as much as I am the hockey in-novation of Connor McDavid, who I predict will have an im-mediate impact on Oilers on-ice success, with the help of new coach Todd McLelland and gen-eral manager Peter Chiarelli.

The Edmonton Oilers have suffered a few downturns in hockey fortune in recent years and their long-suffering fans, who have always remained sup-portive, deserve to have a more promising immediate future and I certainly hope the reality matches up to the potential.

From chatting with hockey fanatic friends, I won’t be the only one from Kitimat not going to Vancouver to see hockey this fall and winter. See you there?

On a more vicarious note,

across the border, I have been much entertained and amused by the antics of Donald Trump, the leading contender (at the moment) for the Republican Party in the upcoming Novem-ber, 2016, U.S. federal election, still some 14 months away.

The nominations for both parties are still anybody’s guess with Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders on the Demo-cratic side and Donald Trump making daily headlines as he leaves another 16, or is it 18 (who knows?) in his dust, with an aggressive in-your-face style, which many Americans seem to believe can “make a differ-ence” and change Republican fortunes.

Trump is blunt, bellicose, belligerent even, but because most of his headline grabbers came mostly from short appear-

ances at the microphone and answering leading questions from aggressive journalists, I took the time to listen to some longer Trump-alone speeches on his thoughts for the future of the US and found myself not unimpressed overall. He did not get to where he is without per-sistence and imagination.

Although I’m not sure Trump can continue to walk away from some of his more outrageous comments, it seems to me if actors like Ronald Rea-gan and Arnold Schwarzeneg-ger can make the jump from the screen to success in politics as a President and a governor, it doesn’t beggar belief that a suc-cessful billionaire businessman with strong opinions can’t win a presidential election in these United States in today’s incred-ible circumstances.


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Museum AssistantThe Kitimat Museum & Archives has an employment opportunity available for a Saturday Student. The successful candidate would work Saturdays starting Aug. 29. Training provided.If you are in Grade 10, 11 or 12 and would like to apply, please bring a resume and cover letter to:

Kitimat Museum & Archives at 293 CityCentre or email us at

[email protected] Louise Avery,

Curator.Deadline: August 24

Plant Protection Offi cerF/T, 12hr shifts, rotational shift work including week-ends & nights. OT required.Requires: OFA 3, Class 4 D/L, Security License, ICS 100 & 200, Fire and Marine Security experience needed. Full benefi ts and uniform.

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or call 250-635-0212

Medical/DentalMEDICAL Transcriptionists are in huge demand! Train with Canada’s top Medical Transcription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today! 1-800-466-1535 www.canscribe.com or [email protected].

Services

Alternative Health

Art/Music/Dancing

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Classes for ages 4-18Registration Forms @ the Kitimat Museum! Sign up:

Aug 24th 5pm-7pmat the Presbyterian [email protected]

Health ProductsRESTLESS LEG Syndrome & Leg Cramps? Fast relief in one hour. Sleep at night. Proven for over 32 years. Online: www.allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660

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Services

Home ImprovementsFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

Merchandise for Sale

AuctionsONLINE AUCTION COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT- OPENS WED AUG 12 - CLOSES WED AUG 19......... COMMISSARY BAKERY & STEAM EQUIPMENT incl. Doyon Bakery & Cleveland Steam Equipment, Pizza Oven, Electric Convection Ovens, Dish-washers, Canopies, Freezers, Cool-ers, Fryers, Ranges, sinks AND MORE!!!!! View Weekdays 9am to 4pm @Active Auction Mart - Unit 295 - 19358 96th Ave, Surrey, BC--- view ONLINE & REGISTER to BID @www.activeauction-mart.com --- Tel: 604-371-1190 - email: [email protected]

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BOXES, BOXES, BOXESYou need them and we have them. Buy one bundle of 10

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Real Estate

For Sale By Owner2 BEDROOM BUNGALOWfor sale by owner 1150 Sq ft.

Newly renovated bathroom, new fl oors through out. New electric panel, ducting, plumb-ing, insulation, bonus room within attached garage. Some Doors and Windows replaced. New Roof, W/D and F/S. Snow blower and lawn mower included. ASKING $239,000

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Houses For SaleDON’T OVERPAY! Website: www.rtmihomes.com “Your Smart Housing Solution” Canada’s largest provider of manufactured housing. Text or call (844-334-2960). In stock 16’/20’/22’ Homes on sale now!

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentHILLCREST PLACE

APARTMENTSTotally Renovated

(ask for details)Security Entrance,

Dishwasher, No Pets, No Smoking

250-632-7814 KITIMAT

KITIMAT APTSBEST VALUE

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• Downtown location• Balconies• Security Entrances• Some furnished suites

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Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

SANDPIPER APTSKITIMAT

Newer BuildingsElevators

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250.632.4254

Homes for Rent3 Bedroom Bungalow

For Rent in Kitimat with gar-age, fully reno’d with F/S, W/D,

D/W and fully fenced back yard. Pets Negotiable

avail: Sept 1st $1600/m call: 1-250-266-4536 Adam

KitimatPet Friendly, 4 Bdrm, 2 Bath, F/S, W/D. $1600/mnth- call

1.604.760.4418 for more info

Transportation

Cars - Sports & Imports

2006 Honda Civic196,550 km, one owner, dealership maintained.

C/w set of snow tires on rims, 17”profi le summer tires

on “sweet” rims.Manual transmission.

Asking $4500250.632.1467 or

250.632.3908 Kitimat

CLASSIC/COLLECTOR1971 300SEL 3.5 Mercedes Benz. 75,000km. Very good condition, always garaged, never driven in winter. Well maintained. Maintenance records, service/parts book. Manuals. Some spare parts.

250-632-6755Serious Inquiries Only Please

Recreational/Sale

2006 8ft AdventureCAMPER

3 burner stove, 2-way fridge (gas & electric), washroom. Sleeps 4. Excellent cond.

Asking $9,000.Ph. 250-632-2781 Kitimat

Boats

32’ FIBERGLASS FERRELL BOAT

2300hrs on New 370H.P. Fresh Water cooled 8.1L Diesel Engine, Trolling

valve, Bow Thruster, 3 Stage Steering, 2 Hydraulic Deep

lines and Trap Puller, Sounder, Radar, 2 Radios,

Com-Dev Auto Pilot,Spare Prop, 8’ Dinghy. Assessed at $84,400

Can be seen at MK Bay Marina. Includes slip

Best offer over $55,000 Contact Warren Poff at

250-632-6119

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Coming EventsSeptember 1Sportfish Advisory Committee meeting, 7 p.m. at Kitimat Rod & Gun Club. Top-ics for discussion: Fish possession limits and transporting; and Steelhead plan. For more info call Jack Riddle 250-888-8202.September 14The next Unifor Re-tired Workers Chapter Social at 1:00 p.m. at the Unifor Union Hall 235 Enterprise Ave. Kitimat. All Uni-for Retired Workers in Northern B.C. are welcome to attend. Contact Raymond Raj at [email protected] or 250-632-4006 for more information.OngoingDo you or someone you know have blad-der cancer? You’re not alone. It’s the 5th most common cancer in Canada. Bladder Can-cer Canada is here to help... or just to talk. In Kitimat, call Glen Sevigny at 250-632-3486. Or [email protected] Toast-masters meet the first and third Thursdays of the month in the Kiti-mat General Hospital multi-purpose room. Meetings start at 7 p.m. The new season will begin September 10.HOSPICE: Do you have a couple of hours a month to make phone calls, plant flowers, share memories, play cards, etc.? Hospice can provide you with excellent training. Call us now at 250-632-2278.Branch 250 of the Kiti-mat Ladies Auxiliary hold regular meetings every second Thursday of the month. More information by call-ing Nancy at 250-632-4051, or Lyn at 250-632-2351.Consider joining the Friends of the Pub-lic Library. To do so contact Luce Gauthier at [email protected] or Virginia Charron @ [email protected] or call 250-632-8985.KITIMAT QUILTERS GUILD: If you are in-terested in joining the

Kitimat Quilters Guild please contact Aileen Ponter at 250-632-6225 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387 for further information.EVERY THURSDAY, the Kitimat Pottery Guild meets in the Riv-erlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Interested in playing with clay? All experi-ence levels welcome. For more information call Anne at 250-632-3318.THE KITIMAT Public Library offers the high-ly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Please register for this free program.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Devel-opment Center. They welcome families throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older siblings wel-come). Come meet other parents and in-fants over light refresh-ments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more information

call 250-632-3144.CHILD DEVELOP-MENT CENTRE Fun-Spot drop-in for chil-dren aged birth to 5 years with caregivers. Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays 10 am- 12 pm. Fridays are now a combined drop-in/mul-ticultural playgroup. All are welcome to at-tend. Contact 250-632-3144 for more informa-tion.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Inter-ested in knitting, spin-ning, weaving, or any other fibre? For more information 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 fe-male, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. To-tal confidentiality. For more information con-tact 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 infor-mation phone Brenda

at 250-632-1616. DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Literacy Pro-gram provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in im-proving their reading, writing, math, commu-nication, and informa-tion technology skills. Is English NOT your first language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group Eng-lish as a Second Lan-guage (ESL) classes. For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Community Corner check us out at www.kitimatcommunityser-vices.ca/KALP.html or find us on facebook. DO YOU HAVE DIA-BETES? Individual and group counsel-ing. For more info call 250-632-8313 dur-ing 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 floor of the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support offices.

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Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Weather Station, Kitimat Airpark.

Take notice that Kitimat Council intends to renew a License of Occupation which authorizes the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to operate an automated weather station at the Kitimat Airpark, 1403 Highway 37. Data from this station supports regional fire suppression activities, forest protection and climate change monitoring programs in the Kitimat area. Proposed terms include five-year license period and payment of $1000. The permit may be renewed for a further five years without notice.

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Sports & Leisure

SubmittedThe Capitals are excited and proud to an-

nounce Skylar Pacheco has committed to play for the University of Brock Badgers to begin his CIS university career this fall.

"It's an honour to be heading to not only a great hockey program but a great school as well," said Pacheco.

"I feel it's the right decision athletically and academically. I'd like to thank the entire Capitals organization and my family for all the support."

A veteran of more than 200 BCHL games, the Kitimat, B.C. native finished his junior career with a personal best season putting up 12 goals and 32 assists for 44 points leading all Capitals defenceman in scoring and finishing second in overall team points.

Through his four-year BCHL career, the blue liner compiled 23 goals and 92 assists for 115 points in 221 games with both Prince George and Cowichan.

"Skylar is a tremendous offensive defence-man that can skate the puck and make plays," said

Capitals Head Coach and General Manager Bob Beatty.

"He is capable of putting up good numbers stepping into a strong CIS conference. Skylar was a popular player here in Cowichan with fans, players, and coaching staff. We all wish him and the Badgers plenty of success going forward."

The Badgers compete in the Ontario Univer-sity Athletics Conference's western division and Pacheco will play under long-time Brock Head Coach Murray Nystrom.

Pacheco will certainly bring the same pas-sion and leadership he exhibited in Cowichan to the CIS. Finishing the season as an Alternate Captain with the Capitals, Pacheco was also a key role model for several younger defencemen get-ting their start in the league.

The Capitals wish Skylar a big congratula-tions and all the best as he begins his university hockey career!

Pacheco lines up for a shot, from Free Press file photo at right, from Pacheco’s days on the Spruce Kings.

Pacheco for Brock Badgers

Soccer enthusiast has ambition for new league

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Jackie LieuwenA northwest soc-

cer enthusiast wants to start a professional development soccer league in the area.

Lawrence Shanoss, from Gitsegukla and now living in Terrace, wants 10 adult men's and 10 women's soc-cer teams from Prince Rupert to Smithers, in-cluding Kitimat, to be part of the new league.

The league would be a northern division of the Pacific Coast Soccer League, an outdoor adult league based in southern B.C. that develops players for provincial, national and major league soc-cer teams.

“This is my dream. I've always been a sports enthusiast,” Sha-noss said.

“I just love the young people, and that's who I am doing this for... we have so much talent in this re-gion.”

Shanoss wants to meet this September with community lead-ers and soccer-program heads in the region, and then kick off the league in April 2016.

League president David Collard says the league is eager to

expand into the north, but needs teams to offi-cially apply by Decem-ber in order to move forward.

“We are in a po-sition to move really quickly once we have this commitment from the northern region,” Collard said.

He says the league needs a minimum of six committed men's and six women's teams of players between the ages of 18 and 23 in order to launch a north-ern division.

Blaine Kluss, di-rector of the Terrace Youth Soccer Asso-ciation (TYSA), says starting this up is “a brilliant idea.”

There are no high-ly competitive leagues like it and the only adult soccer league is moderately competi-tive, he said.

Kluss said he has no doubt there would be enough players for a Terrace team.

“Terrace has enough soccer players in that age range to put a competitive team to-gether,” he said.

Still, it might be difficult to assemble six men's and six wom-en's teams in the north by December simply

because communities are small, he added.

“It is all about leadership. You need to have strong individu-als in each community to put those teams to-gether.”

Danu Craig, the Haisla Nation's recre-ation coordinator and a Terrace resident, says a northern division of the southern soc-cer league would give TYSA players a chance to further develop their skills.

“I feel there is definitely enough men to put a team together for this league... I'd play for it. My friends would,” Craig said, adding that soccer has been growing in popu-larity here.

If organized, northern division teams would play 18 games from April to August. Then the top three men's and wom-en's teams would travel south to play top south-ern teams for respec-tive league cups.

Shanoss says that long-term, he hopes to use the league as a platform to apply for grants for improved playing fields in the re-gion.

His ultimate goal is

to raise enough money to build a 2,600-seat soccer stadium in Ter-race.

Collard said the Pacific Coast Soccer League would help promote the sport if a northern division is launched.

“It would be won-derful for that region,” he said.

Girl Guides of Canada isNow Accepting Online Registration

for: Sparks, Brownies, Guides and Path� nders.To register your daughter in Kitimat, go to:

www.girlguides.caQuick, easy and no paperwork.

Financial assistance is available if required.

Girl Guidesof CanadaGuidesdu Canada

For more information, contactAnna Marie at 250-632-6967 or Lois at 250-632-3446

in Kitimat

Kitimat Girl Guidesare looking for leaders for all units.

Monday 6-7pmTuesday 6-7:30pmThursday 6-8pm

Help GirlsTake the Lead

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Skylar Pacheco in this Prince George Free Press file photo from Pacheco’s days on the Spruce Kings.

kitimat northern sentinel, august 19, 2015

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