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Shaun Thomas As Enbridge continues to move for- ward with its plans for a pipeline to ship oil through Kitimat to Asia, David Black - the owner and president of Black Press which owns newspapers throughout BC including the Kitimat Northern Sentinel - announced this morning plans to con- struct a $13 billion oil refinery in the Kiti- mat area. Black incorporated a company called Kitimat Clean Ltd., which plans to build a refinery 25 kilometres north of Kitimat and 25 kilometres south of Terrace large enough to process all of the capacity from the Northern Gateway pipeline prior to it being shipped through the Douglas Chan- nel. The plant would process up to 550,000 barrels per day of dibit to be shipped back to Edmonton, 240,000 barrels per day of diesel, 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline and 50,000 barrels per day of kerosene. The product would then be shipped to a marine terminal site in Kitimat that is cur- rently planned to be used for the Enbridge crude oil shipping terminal. “The refinery will eliminate any chance of a crude oil spill from ship- ping through Kitimat. Gasoline, kerosene and diesel, which are the products from the refinery all float and are all evaporative,” explained Black. “We want it to be the cleanest and the greenest operating re- finery in the world...Because Canada has such stringent environmental regulations, it will likely be the cleanest refinery built in the world in the next 20 years.” According to Black, processing the oil before it is shipped out will remove the threat of offshore pollution from heavy cruise due to the evaporative properties of kerosene, gasoline and diesel. Construction plans call for ground- breaking in 2014, with the facility com- plete in 2020. During the five year con- struction period, an estimated 6,000 workers would be needed, while another 3,000 permanent jobs would be created during operation, with half of those being provided through private contractors. “I really believe all of these jobs are needed for the next generation and for those in communities where mills may be closing in the next few decades,” he said. With work on the Kitimat Moderniza- tion winding down at about the same time as the construction of this project gets un- derway, Black says there could be a large labour force here in the northwest. “If all the projects move ahead, the tem- porary construction jobs could move into full-time as people move from one proj- ect to another,” he said, noting the 2,100 people at the modern- ization camp would be available for this or the proposed LNG plants move ahead. “I don’t see Kitimat as a Fort McMur- ray. When kids need work they zip up to Fort McMurray and then back, whereas I can see people looking at Kitimat as a place they could move to and make a home.” So far, prior to the submission of the environmental assessment application ear- lier this morning, Kitimat Clean Ltd. has spoken to the different levels of govern- ment about the project, have reviewed the project with investment bankers and been told the revenues and profits are enough to enable equity and debt financing, have discussed the plans with Enbridge and other oil sands producers and brought on-board a refinery consultant. However, the $13 billion for the construction of the project has not been confirmed. “The money for the environmental assessment has been put up. It will take about two years for the assessment, and while we’re doing that we’ll be talking to industry and customers in Asia and get- ting the rest of the financing in place,” said Black, noting that not all of the part- ners in the Northern Gateway project are in favour of a refinery as opposed to ship- ping the oil. “If there is no Enbridge pipeline there is no refinery. And if we don’t believe the pipeline can be built in a way that en- sures any leaks will be immaterial then it shouldn’t be built.” However serious discussions with the Haisla and the Kitselas, on whose tradi- tional territories the terminal and refinery would be located respectively, have not taken place. Art Sterritt of the Coastal First Nations, however, says more work needs to be done with other groups along the shipping line. “The air pollution and impact from this refinery will have the same impact on the area, and removing the problem for the Skeena and the Nass is not solving half of the problem...You’re going to be polluting that area even more so,” said Art Sterrit of the Coastal First Nations. “If you’re serious about doing busi- ness in the north, you need to be out there talking to the First Nations in the region.” Black also said the refinery would help address concerns from the province about an economic benefit to BC from the pipeline. Northern Sentinel K I T I M A T Response to $13 billion refinery...page 3 Volume 57 No. 34 www.northernsentinel.com Wednesday, August 22, 2012 $ 1.34 INCLUDES TAX PM477761 Task force ferry feasability study Sean Glanville A feasibility study is now underway for a proposed ferry service based out of Kitimat. The proposed project would provide an inter-coastal ferry services from Kitimat to and from the remote villages of Hartley Bay, Klemtu and Bella Bella as destinations. A local task force has recently completed a feasibility study, which they have sent to various B.C. Ministries. Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan men- tions that the next step is bringing this pro- posal to the Ministries involved and getting their guidance. “We hope the government departments will be able to provide feedback on the pro- posed project as well as some funding,” said Monaghan. Monaghan feels access to ferry trans- portation would be a huge step forward for people living in the villages as it would put them in reach of necessary educational and employment opportunities along with basic amenities. “Ferry service would provide a means of reaching educational facilities in Kitimat and access to finding jobs in Kitimat as there is plenty of unemployment in the villages,” said Monaghan. Ferry service would also provide essen- tial medical treatment and allow seafood to reach market quicker. “Service would also allow access to hos- pital and medical supplies for places such as Klemtu, Bella Bella and Hartley Bay and additionally supply food for their crusta- cean farms and getting the product to market quickly.” Monaghan mentions that the task force that produced the study was funded through the Northern Development Initiative Trust and the feasibility study which was com- pleted last week suggests the ferry would run three days a week. At this stage, the main concern is getting the ferry service up and running and Mon- aghan mentions ideas such as incorporating industry or tourism are not a main concern at this point. “The service will have very little to do with tourism or industry at this stage. Perhaps down the road if the villages want to incorporate some type of cultural tourism that may work for them in the future,” ex- plained Monaghan. Monaghan also notes as far as industry is concerned, the ferry service could perhaps provide transportation of workers and goods to projects in the area at some point. Thirteen billion dollar oil refinery proposed for the Kitimat Valley ... a company called Kitimat Clean Ltd., which plans to build a renery 25 kilometres north of Kitimat ...

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Page 1: Kitimat Northern Sentinel, August 22, 2012

Shaun ThomasAs Enbridge continues to move for-

ward with its plans for a pipeline to ship oil through Kitimat to Asia, David Black - the owner and president of Black Press which owns newspapers throughout BC including the Kitimat Northern Sentinel - announced this morning plans to con-struct a $13 billion oil refi nery in the Kiti-mat area.

Black incorporated a company called Kitimat Clean Ltd., which plans to build a refi nery 25 kilometres north of Kitimat and 25 kilometres south of Terrace large enough to process all of the capacity from the Northern Gateway pipeline prior to it being shipped through the Douglas Chan-nel. The plant would process up to 550,000 barrels per day of dibit to be shipped back to Edmonton, 240,000 barrels per day of diesel, 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline and 50,000 barrels per day of kerosene. The product would then be shipped to a marine terminal site in Kitimat that is cur-rently planned to be used for the Enbridge crude oil shipping terminal.

“The refi nery will eliminate any chance of a crude oil spill from ship-ping through Kitimat. Gasoline, kerosene and diesel, which are the products from the refi nery all fl oat and are all evaporative,” explained Black.

“We want it to be the cleanest and the greenest operating re-fi nery in the world...Because Canada has such stringent environmental regulations, it will likely be the cleanest refi nery built in the world in the next 20 years.”

According to Black, processing the oil before it is shipped out will remove the threat of offshore pollution from heavy cruise due to the evaporative properties of kerosene, gasoline and diesel.

Construction plans call for ground-breaking in 2014, with the facility com-plete in 2020. During the fi ve year con-struction period, an estimated 6,000 workers would be needed, while another 3,000 permanent jobs would be created during operation, with half of those being provided through private contractors.

“I really believe all of these jobs are needed for the next generation and for those in communities where mills may be

closing in the next few decades,” he said.With work on the Kitimat Moderniza-

tion winding down at about the same time as the construction of this project gets un-derway, Black says there could be a large labour force here in the northwest.

“If all the projects move ahead, the tem-porary construction jobs could move into full-time as people move from one proj-ect to another,” he said, noting the 2,100 people at the modern-ization camp would be available for this or the

proposed LNG plants move ahead.“I don’t see Kitimat as a Fort McMur-

ray. When kids need work they zip up to Fort McMurray and then back, whereas I can see people looking at Kitimat as a place they could move to and make a home.”

So far, prior to the submission of the environmental assessment application ear-lier this morning, Kitimat Clean Ltd. has spoken to the different levels of govern-ment about the project, have reviewed the project with investment bankers and been told the revenues and profi ts are enough to enable equity and debt fi nancing, have discussed the plans with Enbridge and other oil sands producers and brought on-board a refi nery consultant. However, the $13 billion for the construction of the project has not been confi rmed.

“The money for the environmental assessment has been put up. It will take about two years for the assessment, and while we’re doing that we’ll be talking to industry and customers in Asia and get-ting the rest of the fi nancing in place,” said Black, noting that not all of the part-ners in the Northern Gateway project are in favour of a refi nery as opposed to ship-ping the oil.

“If there is no Enbridge pipeline there is no refi nery. And if we don’t believe the pipeline can be built in a way that en-sures any leaks will be immaterial then it shouldn’t be built.”

However serious discussions with the Haisla and the Kitselas, on whose tradi-tional territories the terminal and refi nery would be located respectively, have not taken place. Art Sterritt of the Coastal First Nations, however, says more work needs to be done with other groups along the shipping line.

“The air pollution and impact from this refi nery will have the same impact on the area, and removing the problem for the Skeena and the Nass is not solving half of the problem...You’re going to be polluting that area even more so,” said Art Sterrit of the Coastal First Nations.

“If you’re serious about doing busi-ness in the north, you need to be out there talking to the First Nations in the region.”

Black also said the refi nery would help address concerns from the province about an economic benefi t to BC from the pipeline.

NorthernSentinelK I T I M A T

Response to $13 billion refi nery...page 3

Volume 57 No. 34 www.northernsentinel.com Wednesday, August 22, 2012 $1.34 INCLUDESTAX

PM477761

Task force ferry feasability studySean Glanville

A feasibility study is now underway for a proposed ferry service based out of Kitimat.

The proposed project would provide an inter-coastal ferry services from Kitimat to and from the remote villages of Hartley Bay, Klemtu and Bella Bella as destinations.

A local task force has recently completed a feasibility study, which they have sent to various B.C. Ministries.

Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan men-tions that the next step is bringing this pro-posal to the Ministries involved and getting their guidance.

“We hope the government departments will be able to provide feedback on the pro-posed project as well as some funding,” said Monaghan.

Monaghan feels access to ferry trans-portation would be a huge step forward for people living in the villages as it would put them in reach of necessary educational and employment opportunities along with basic amenities.

“Ferry service would provide a means of reaching educational facilities in Kitimat and access to fi nding jobs in Kitimat as there is plenty of unemployment in the villages,” said Monaghan.

Ferry service would also provide essen-tial medical treatment and allow seafood to reach market quicker.

“Service would also allow access to hos-pital and medical supplies for places such as Klemtu, Bella Bella and Hartley Bay and additionally supply food for their crusta-cean farms and getting the product to market quickly.”

Monaghan mentions that the task force that produced the study was funded through the Northern Development Initiative Trust and the feasibility study which was com-pleted last week suggests the ferry would run three days a week.

At this stage, the main concern is getting the ferry service up and running and Mon-aghan mentions ideas such as incorporating industry or tourism are not a main concern at this point.

“The service will have very little to do with tourism or industry at this stage.

Perhaps down the road if the villages want to incorporate some type of cultural tourism that may work for them in the future,” ex-plained Monaghan.

Monaghan also notes as far as industry is concerned, the ferry service could perhaps provide transportation of workers and goods to projects in the area at some point.

Thirteen billion dollar oil refi nery

proposed for the Kitimat Valley

... a company called Kitimat Clean Ltd., which plans to build a refi nery 25 kilometres north of Kitimat ...

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The Kitimat RCMP with the assistance of the Quesnel RCMP laid charges in the November 11, 2011 robberies at the Shell Gas Station and Tony’s Grocery Story in Kiti-mat.

On November 11, 2011, just after midnight, a male wearing a mask and brandish-ing a knife robbed the Shell Gas Station.

Later on that day, Tony’s Grocery Store was also robbed at knife point.

A lengthy and thorough in-vestigation was conducted fol-lowing these incidents which resulted in a suspect being identifi ed.

On August 9, 2012, the Quesnel RCMP executed an

arrest warrant on 31-year-old Nicholas Flint Law.

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In other RCMP news, on August 13, 2012, at approxi-mately 4 a.m., the Kitimat RCMP made an arrest of a male on Haisla Boulevard near the overpass.

The male was found in pos-session of property believed to have been stolen from the Al-batross area.

The Kitimat RCMP are asking the public that if they have had their vehicle, garage or property entered and items taken, to contact the Kitimat RCMP to report this and to check if the RCMP have your property.

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VA N C O U V E R – A Victoria business-man is heading up a proposal to build a $13-billion oil refi nery in Kitimat.

David Black, chairman and owner of Black Press, an-nounced Friday he wants to build a world scale oil refi nery at Kitimat, B.C.

Black told a news confer-ence in Vancouver Friday he is submitting an environmental assessment application to build a “world scale” oil refi nery on behalf of Kitimat Clean Ltd., a company owned by Black. The application to the B.C. Envi-ronmental Assessment Offi ce is expected this fall.

The proposed refi nery would be big enough to process all the diluted bitumen carried by Enbridge’s proposed North-ern Gateway pipeline

Black said he has had ex-tensive discussions with En-bridge and other players in the Canadian oil industry, but none has so far offered to back the project.

Black said he will use his own money to fi nance the pro-posal through environmental assessment, which he expects to cost several million dollars.

After that, he said investors would be needed to complete it, assuming both the refi nery and the pipeline receive approval.

He has had preliminary meetings with Kitimat and Ter-race councils, as well as the

Haisla and Kitselas First Na-tions in the region.

The proposed site is a 3,000-hectare Crown industrial property between Terrace and Kitimat.

Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan spoke by phone to the news conference, offering encouragement for the propos-al. But Black acknowledged he does not yet have formal sup-port from communities or in-vestors.

“I see myself as a catalyst to make this happen,” said Black, who fi rst proposed the idea to the province and the industry seven years ago when he was chairman of the B.C. Progress Board.

Black is working with Glenn McGinnis, a consulting engineer and former manager of the Ioco oil refi nery in Port Moody.

“We want it [the Kitimat refi nery] to be the cleanest and greenest upgrading and refi n-ing site in the world,” McGin-nis said.

The refi nery would pro-duce 240,000 barrels per day of diesel, 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline and 50,000 barrels per day of kerosene or aviation

fuel, refi ned from heavy oil.

Among those attending the news conference was Art Sterritt, execu-tive director of the Coastal First Na-tions, a group in the Kitimat area that has strongly opposed

the pipeline proposal. Sterritt disputed Black’s assertion that a B.C. refi nery “solves half of the problem” with exported oil by shipping refi ned gasoline, jet fuel and diesel in tankers instead of heavy crude. Those products have their own risks, Sterritt said.

Black pointed out that without marine shipments of those fuels, the remote coastal communities Sterritt represents would not be able to function.

The lighter fuel products are still an environmental haz-ard, but they dissipate much more quickly and do not per-sist for many years like spilled heavy crude, he said.

NDP energy critic John Horgan was also skeptical.

“At this point, it’s a propos-al without business partners and without First Nations and local community support,” Horgan said. “It doesn’t change our po-sition [opposing] the Enbridge Northern Gateway project.”

Black said the refi nery will mean nearly 6,000 construction jobs over a fi ve-year period, 3,000 permanent jobs at the re-fi nery and tax revenue for vari-ous levels of government.

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than Cullen says he would “be very, very surprised” to seean oil refi nery in the Kitimat-Terrace area come to fruition.

“It’s another chapter in a story that is increasingly becoming more and more ridiculous. This wasn’t in Enbridge’s plans, it’s not in China’s plans, it’s not in the Prime Minis-ter’s plans so I don’t know where it came from...He’s making an an-nouncement with no money, no local support and no support from First Nations so it is very hard to take se-riously,” he said.

Black said he will use his own money to fi nance the proposal through the B.C. environmental as-sessment, which he expects to cost several million dollars. After that, he said investors would be needed to complete it, assuming both the refi n-ery and the Enbridge Northern Gate-way pipeline receive approval.

“There is a reason nobody is backing this...For a newspaper baron to say how the oil industry should be running when nobody in the oil industry is doing this themselves is ridiculous,” added Cullen.

Skeena MLA Robin Austin says while the project is ambitious, it doesn’t change the risks associated with the Northern Gateway pipeline.

“There is nothing wrong with the principle of trying to add value or economic benefi t to the project, but the potential for disaster with the pipeline is unchanged,” said Austin.

“Northern communities know the risks are too great, and that’s why they oppose the project.”

Kitimat mayor Joanne Mon-aghan, who called in and was the only elected offi cial to participate in the announcement, said she was ex-cited to hear about the plan.

“This project will probably, if it goes ahead and we are hopeful it does, change the face of the north-west forever,” she said.

“I think this is a great day in his-tory.”

Terrace mayor Dave Pernarows-ki said he too was glad to hear of the proposal, but was waiting to hear more about it before taking a posi-tion.

“The City of Terrace is always open to new business and job creation opportunities. Mr. Black is a highly respected and successful business-man in B.C. and, as the owner of one of our key media outlets, the Terrace Standard, he is a valued member of our growing business community,” he said in an e-mail to Black Press.

“At this time, we don’t know enough about the project to com-ment one way or another about it, but we look forward to working with Mr. Black in the future and engaging with our citizens regarding any ma-jor investments that could create jobs and help grow our amazing city.”

Kitselas chief councillor Judy Gerow said the band would be tak-ing a wait-and-see approach on a project that would be located on their territory.

“We don’t want to make any kind of statement of endorsement. We are still conducting the indepen-dent study so I think it would be too soon,” she said, noting the Black did meet with her prior to the announce-ment.

“We didn’t talk about partner-ship...We don’t want to go there now.”

For its part, Enbridge was trying to keep a low profi le on the day and released a simple statement about the Northern Gateway pipeline project.

“Enbridge Northern Gateway remains committed to the regulatory process reviewing our application for the project. The Formal Hearings as part of the Joint Review Panel process are set to begin September 4 where issues related to the project are to be reviewed in public and in detail,” said company spokesperson Todd Nogier.

Response to plans for

13 billion dollar refi neryFrom theLegislature

Tom Fletcher

Proposal for Kitimat

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Prominent U.S.-based news website, the Huffington Post, has become the latest organization to cast doubts on the speed of progress on numerous northern B.C. LNG projects, expected to be based and up and running in Kitimat over the next seven years.

While the August 16 ar-ticle explores the Kitimat-B.C. LNG picture in a fairly lengthy and detailed manner, the website was unable to ex-tract from two major proponents, Kiti-mat LNG (Apache-EOG-Encana) or Royal Dutch Shell, any specific time line for a commitment of major capital or construction. Both have NEB per-mits to export LNG.

To support the case for doubt, Huff-ington Post writer, Rachel Mendleson, offers the opinions of Canadian Cen-ter for Policy Alternatives researcher, Ben Parfitt, who states, “ It is not at all clear to me that we’re actually going to end up with liquefied natural gas plants in Western Canada.”

Now, the CCPA claims to be “an independent, non-partisan research in-stitute concerned with issues of social and economic justice,” however its home page endorsement by Ed Broad-bent probably speaks volumes about the Center’s leanings. A meander through the website tends to reflect support for NDP policies and views.

Nevertheless, the Post article is disturbing. It points out, as has been done repeatedly, that B.C. comes late into the LNG game and trailing various other countries making faster progress or already in business shipping LNG to supposedly-hungry Asian markets.

It quotes Energy and Mines Min-ister Rich Coleman’s office, which re-fused an interview for the article, but e-mailed the ministry view that there are “currently no concerns” about the effect of other LNG projects around the world on the economic viability of those planned for B.C.

So let’s see this fall whether there is a reason for concern in Kitimat. Per-sonally I’ve been looking for similar commitments for some time.

On another matter, I cannot say how strongly I support the latest call, this time from the Canadian Taxpay-ers’ Federation, for the scrapping of B.C.’s pervasive carbon tax legisla-tion.

I would say it has been fairly ac-curately described as everything from

an abject failure to a blatant rip-off of the taxpayer – par-ticularly the individual B.C. vehicle driver.

Introduced with typical Gordon Campbell “green spin” in 2008, the carbon tax has become akin to a giant squid with its greedy tentacles suck-ing cash out of the citizenry of

B.C. through annual gas price increases at the pump, increases on domestic heating bills, on B.C. Ferry fares, public transportation fares, at grocery stores and really “across the board,” as shipping costs inevitably rose.

But it is at the gas pump that ev-eryday citizens see the impact of the carbon tax – now up to 6.67 cents per litre. Add the HST – it makes gas sev-en cents a litre more expensive in B.C. than anywhere else in Canada, not-withstanding local impacts on price.

That amounts to something around $3.50 extra on a regular car fill up or closer to $7 on the average truck fill-up, which makes it even more costly for many northern drivers who can’t just slip across to Bellingham and take advantage of U.S. gas prices or who can’t jump on the Skytrain to commute to work. The tax is also applied to die-sel and all oil-based fuels, as well as natural gas and coal, and has jumped every July 1 since 2008.

Continued on Page 5

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Canadian soccer

women fabulous I’m back in Williams Lake after a wonder-ful summer experience in Kitimat. Despite my short stint in the community it left a positive impression on me and I hope to return soon.During the London 2012 Olympics the moment that stands out for many Canadians was our women’s soccer team’s 4-3 loss to the USA in the semi-final. Christine Sinclair provided one of the greatest performances ever by a female soccer player. Not bad for a Burnaby girl. I’ve officiated hundreds of soccer games through the years, especially through university to help keep me in pocket money, so the one-sided officiating in the Canada vs USA game irked me more than the average fan.In the countless soccer games televised over the years I have never seen a goalie penalized for holding the ball for longer than six seconds. It’s in the rulebook but it’s a call officials don’t make. The punishment is so harsh, an indirect free kick from the spot of the infraction, which of course is always inside the 18-yard-box. Getting shafted once by the Norwegian official was bad enough but she compounded her error with another poor call. When a ball is kicked at a player and hit’s them in the hand the referee has to deem whether the player had sufficient time and distance to pull their hands away. In this case on the ensuing free kick the ball was blasted at the Canadian defender who had no time to get out of the away as it hit her hand and the ref placed the ball on the penalty spot, which led to the tying goal. I was apalled by the Americans lack of grace as post- game USA goalkeeper Hope Solo was asked about Sinclair’s performance. Instead of commending her she instead credited her goals on poor defending. Thus, managing to insult both Sinclair and her teammates. Perhaps the tackiest moment of the Olympics was after the USA defeated Japan for the gold medal they ran into their locker room and returned to the field wearing Nike t-shirts with the slogan ‘Greatness Has Been Found.’ The Twitter world erupted with comments like ‘no wonder nobody cheers for the USA’ and even major American media outlets like NBC had comments like ‘take those awful shirts off.’ Our Canadian girls could’ve took such a demoralizing loss as an excuse to fold in the bronze medal game, but hey showed tremen-dous courage to defeat France 1-0 for bronze. They were an inspiration to the entire country and spurred on the next generation of young girls playing soccer in Canada.

Sean Glanville

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From Page 4Government has defended the

carbon tax vehemently for several years – and B.C. Liberal finance minister Keven Falcon constantly responds to calls to cut the tax by quoting the various additional ac-tions the government has taken to ensure the much-acclaimed “rev-enue neutrality” of its carbon tax, including income tax cuts.

But the taxpayers’ group in-sists income tax cuts only cover $228 million of the $1.2 billion the carbon tax rakes in every year, and repeats its contention that the average citizen can’t get other compensating tax breaks such as venture capital and industrial property credits, or research and experimental development grants.

I have to agree also that the tax has failed in its efforts to drive motorists to alternative green transport options that would result

in lowered overall gasoline sales. Sales of gasoline are up, up, up -- along with the costs.

Seniors on fixed income have to consider the tax an extreme and onerous burden and given Fal-con’s point of view we can be sure there’s no relief in sight.

There’s probably little left for the B.C. Liberals to gain by giving in to the demand – and the ques-tion will likely come down to the perception of a new government, NDP or Conservative.

In my experience there’s little chance that the Liberals will con-cede in this are as we approach the 2013 election. There is so much distraction in the political future – LNG, Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan issues, health, education and jobs that this will simply join the HST under the carpet for the next few months.

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North West has highest

unemploymentShaun Thomas

Northwest BC has the highest unemploy-ment rate in the prov-ince, according to stats released on August 10 by the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and In-novation, and it is the only region in BC in double digits.

The unemploy-ment rate for the North Coast and Nechako re-gion, which covers just west of Vanderhoof to Haida Gwaii, was 11.9 per cent this July. That number was down slightly from the 12.2 per cent in June but is the third highest rate this year.

When compared to last July’s 7.7 per cent unemployment fi gure, the number is up 4.2 per cent. For the fi rst six months of 2012 the average unemploy-ment rate in the region was 11.9 per cent com-

pared to 8.2 per cent for the fi rst six months of 2011.

In terms of the number of people em-ployed, that fi gure has fallen from 44,300 last July to 38,400, a loss of 5,900 employed people in the north-west. So far this year the number of people employed in the region is down 7.9 per cent while provincially the fi gure has risen 1.9 per cent.

The next highest unemployment rate is in the Cariboo, which has an unemployment rate of 8.1 per cent, followed by the Koo-tenay region at 6.8 per cent. The lowest unemployment rate in the province was in the Northeast, with an unemployment rate of just 4.3 per cent, while the provincial number is 6.9 per cent.

Letters to the Editor

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I was delighted to see that council is pursuing the idea of using Section 226 of the Community Charter to create re-vitalisation zones that would give commer-cial property owners the opportunity to upgrade their prem-ises without being pe-nalised for doing so.

As any property owner well knows, upgrade your property and your assessed val-ue goes up.

Which means your tax bill, which is tied to your assessed value, goes up in lock step.

Invoking 226 gives the city the opportunity to give such property owners a “holiday” in as much as for whatev-er period of time coun-cil decides - usually fi ve years - the owner will pay taxes only on his pre-improvement assessed value until the expiry of that term.

In other words city tax revenue remains the same as before the improvement.

Back in 2005 the City of Quesnel used that device to secure a $100 million new West Fraser sawmill.

More recently Terrace has used it to encourage improve-ments in a section of its downtown core with some success.

In the case of Kiti-mat, better late than never.

But this, as I men-tioned in one of many editorials on the sub-ject, is only the carrot.

To achieve what I assume is council’s goal of repairing the image of the commu-nity, it also needs a stick - and that means having the intestinal fortitude to take action to remove hideous eye-

sores.Prime candidates

are, of the course, the rusted, boarded up di-saster on Enterprise Avenue and the one-time Shop Easy in the Nechako Centre.

In the case of the former, consider this: the owners of the Kiti-mat Hotel have spent Lord knows how many dollars to spruce their place up only to have their guests gaze out on an ugly hovel across the street.

Where is the logic in allowing that state of affairs to continue?

And don’t tell me it cannot be done.

Prince Rupert has been lowering the boom for at least three years and that included

nailing a busi-ness in its down-town area.

If, as I have asked before, they can do it, why can’t we?

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Last time my column revolved

around Fritz Vahren-holt, regarded as one of the fathers of the envi-ronmental movement in Germany who walked the talk by founding one of Europe’s largest renewable energy com-panies.

And how he was now having second thoughts about the as-sertion that man was wholly responsible for global warming.

In response, a read-er kindly referred me to an article in the Los Angeles Times about a similar conversion but in the opposite direc-tion.

Richard A. Muller is professor of physics at Berkeley, MacArthur Fellow and co-founder

of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project.

He is described as “a long-standing, colourful critic of pre-vailing climate sci-ence.”

The article also notes the Berkeley proj-ect was heavily funded by the Charles Koch Charitable Foundation which has “a consider-able history of backing groups that deny cli-mate change.”

But Muller has done a complete turn-about, declaring, “Hu-mans are almost entire-ly the cause.”

Predictably, the be-lievers of the Church of Climate Change prepared the fatted calf to honour the prodigal son.

While the so-call sceptics heaped scorn on his conclusions.

All of which sug-gests to me that things are not as clear cut as some would have us believe.

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Genesis 9:17, “God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all fl esh that is on the Earth.”

The Biblical account of Noah and the Ark is one of the most well known accounts in the world. But when most people think about Noah and the Ark, they focus on the furry animals marching two by two. What people don’t like to focus on is why God sent the fl ood in the 1st place. The question emerges, “Why would a loving God cause every living thing He had created to be destroyed?” This is the same question people ask when there are catastrophes or even when there is sickness and hardship in people’s lives. Well, the 1st thing we learn about God from Noah is this: “God’s holiness demands judgment.”

You see, God is 100% pure and holy, and as such, He cannot abide our sin. When He created the world He declared it “Very good”…perfect. But man in our pride re-belled against God’s perfect provisions for us, so that by

the time of Noah, we read “The Lord was sorry that He had made man upon the earth and it grieved Him to His heart.”

The fact that our sin breaks His heart is important, because it shows us that He is not mean and vengeful, but loving and compassionate. And so, the 2nd thing we learn from Noah is this: “When God’s holiness demands judgment, His love delivers grace.” And so God told Noah that He

would put His bow in the sky as a promise. So what is a bow? Well, a bow is a weapon, and

when we read the Bible, we see that God’s bow was drawn in Genesis, and the arrow was let fl y in the New Testament. That arrow is God’s Son Jesus Christ, who came to live a sinless life and give it freely on the cross as our sub-stitute…so that all who repent of their sin and believe on Him as their Savior will be forgiven and receive God’s free gift of eternal life. At the cross, God resolved the problem between His holiness that demands judgment, and His love that delivers grace. So, what kind of a God do you believe in? The truth is, if your God is not so holy and pure that your sin breaks His heart; then your God does not love you enough to send His Son to die for you. Jesus did not come to judge. He came so that, by believing in Him, when you stand before God one day you will not face the God of judgment, but rather the God of Grace. This is His gift of-fered freely to you and to me…amen.

Some lessons from Noah Genesis 9:17

From the PulpitRedeemer Lutheran Church

Pastor Clint Magnus

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(exclud

ing all c

hassis c

ab and c

utaway

body m

odels, F

-150 Rap

tor, Med

ium Tru

cks, Mu

stang Bo

ss 302,

and 201

3 Shelby

GT500)

. Employ

ee Pricin

g refers

to A-Pla

n pricin

g ordina

rily ava

ilable to

Ford of

Canada

employe

es (excl

uding an

y CAW-n

egotiat

ed progr

ams). Th

e new ve

hicle m

ust be d

elivered

or facto

ry-order

ed durin

g the Pr

ogram P

eriod fr

om you

r partici

pating

Ford Dea

ler. This

offer ca

n be use

d in con

junction

with m

ost reta

il consu

mer off

ers made

availab

le by Fo

rd at eit

her the

time of

factory

order o

r delive

ry, but n

ot both

. Employ

ee Pricin

g is not

combina

ble with

CPA, GP

C, CFIP, D

aily Ren

tal Allow

ance an

d A/X/Z

/D/F-Pl

an progr

ams. ‡‡

No purch

ase nec

essary. F

or full c

ontest

rules, el

igible ve

hicle cri

teria, a

nd to en

ter as a F

ord ow

ner, visi

t www.fo

rd.ca/sh

areourp

ridecon

test (fo

llow the

entry p

ath app

licable

to you,

complet

e all ma

ndatory

fi elds a

nd click

on ‘sub

mit’) or

visit yo

ur local F

ord Dea

ler for d

etails. O

pen onl

y to resi

dents o

f Canad

a who h

avereac

hed the

age of m

ajority,

possess

a valid g

raduated

level pro

vincially

issued d

river’s l

icense, a

nd are o

wners o

f Ford b

randed v

ehicles (

excludin

g fl eet c

ustomer

s and al

l Lincoln

and Mer

cury mo

dels). El

igible ve

hicle cri

teria in

cludes re

quireme

nt that

it be pr

operly r

egistere

d in Can

ada in t

he cont

est ent

rant’s na

me (ma

tching v

ehicle o

wnershi

p), and p

roperly

registe

red/plat

ed and i

nsured.

Non-For

d owners

can ent

er by m

ailing an

original

100 wo

rd essay

on “wh

at they

like abo

ut Ford

”, with t

heir full

name, fu

ll mailin

g addres

s, email,

daytim

e phone

number

(with a

rea cod

e) to: V

anessa

Richard,

Pareto

Corp., 1 C

oncord

e Gate, S

uite 200

, Toront

o, ON, M

3C 4G4.

Contest

closes a

t 11:59p

m (PST

) on the

last day

of the 2

012 Ford

Employ

ee Pricin

g camp

aign wh

ichwill

be no e

arlier th

an Augu

st 31, 20

12. Limit

of 1 ent

ry per p

erson. U

p to 8 p

rizes av

ailable

to be w

on in Ca

nada in

3 possib

le prize

catego

ries, ea

ch worth

up to C

AD$50,0

00. Cha

nces of

winning

are dep

endent

on the

total n

umber

of entri

es receiv

ed up to

each 10

,000 inte

rval of u

nit sales

under th

e Employ

ee Pricin

g camp

aign (“D

raw Trig

ger”). O

dds of w

inning d

ecrease

as the c

ontest p

rogresse

s, more

entries

are ma

de into

the con

test, an

d oppor

tunities

for Dra

w Trigge

rs lessen

. Skill te

sting qu

estion r

equired

. ▲Offe

r only va

lid from

August

1, 2012 to

August

31, 2012

(the “Pr

ogram P

eriod”)

to Cana

dian resi

dent cu

stomers w

ho own

or are cu

rrently l

easing (

during

the Pro

gram Per

iod) a Fo

rd Rang

er, Explo

rer Spor

t Trac, or

F-150 to

F-550 (

each a “Q

ualifyin

gLoy

alty Mo

del”), or

any com

petitive

pickup t

ruck wit

h a pick

up bed (

each a “Q

ualifyin

g Conqu

est Mod

el”) and

purcha

se, lease

, or fact

ory ord

er (durin

g the Pr

ogram P

eriod) a

new 201

2/2013

Ford F-15

0 to F-5

50 (excl

uding Ra

ptor) (e

ach an

“Eligibl

e Vehicl

e”). Qua

lifying c

ustomer

s will re

ceive CA

D$1,000

(the “In

centive

”) towa

rds the

purcha

se or lea

se of th

e Eligib

le Vehic

le, which

must b

e delive

red and

/or fact

ory-ord

ered fro

m your

particip

ating Fo

rd deale

r during

the Pro

gram Per

iod. Lim

it one (1

) Incen

tive per

Eligible

Vehicle

sale, up

to a ma

ximum

of two

(2) sep

arate El

igible V

ehicle sa

les, per

Qualifyi

ng Conq

uest/Lo

yalty Mo

del. Eac

h custom

er will b

e requir

ed to pr

ovide pr

oof of o

wnershi

p/regist

ration o

f the ap

plicable

Qualifyi

ng Conq

uest/Lo

yalty Mo

deland

the ow

nership/

registra

tion add

ress mu

st match

the add

ress on

the new

Buyer’s

Agreem

ent or L

ease Agr

eement

for the

Eligible

Vehicle

sale. Th

e offer i

s transfe

rable on

ly to per

sons liv

ing with

in the sa

me hou

sehold

as the e

ligible cu

stomer. T

his offe

r can be

used in

conjunc

tion wit

h most

retail co

nsumer

offers

made av

ailable

by Ford

of Cana

da at th

e time of

factory

-order o

r delive

ry (but

not bot

h). This

offer is

not com

binable

with CPA

, GPC, D

aily Ren

tal Allow

ances, o

r any ot

her Targ

eted Loy

alty Pro

grams. Ta

xes pay

able bef

ore Ince

ntive is

deducte

d. Deale

r may s

ell or lea

se for le

ss. This

offer is s

ubject to

vehicle

availab

ility and

may be

cancell

ed at an

y time w

ithout n

otice. Se

e dealer

for det

ails. *P

urchase

a new

2013 Esc

ape SE F

WD wit

h autom

atictran

smissio

n/2012

F-150 XL

T Super

Cab 4x4

with 5.

0L engin

e/2013

Edge SE

L FWD w

ith auto

matic tr

ansmis

sion/20

12 F-250

XLT Sup

er Cab 4

X4 Weste

rn Editi

on with p

ower se

ats/2012

F-150 Pl

atinum

Super C

rew 4x4

for $26

,030/$2

8,783/$

32,379/

$39,714

/$46,41

3 aft er T

otal Eli

gible Pr

ice Adjus

tment o

f $2,519

/$11,316

/$3,770

/$9,485

/$14,186

(Total E

ligible P

rice Adj

ustment

is a com

bination

of Emp

loyee Pr

ice Adjus

tment o

f $2,019

/$4,316

/$2,770

/$5,485

/$7,186

and del

ivery al

lowanc

e of $50

0/$7,00

0/$1,00

0/$4,00

0/$7,00

0) is de

ducted.

Taxes p

ayable

on full a

mount

of purch

ase pric

e aft er T

otal Eli

gible Pr

ice Adjus

tment h

as been

deducte

d. Offer

s includ

e fr eight

and air

tax of $

1,650/$

1,700/$

1,650/$

1,700/$

1,700 bu

t exclud

e variab

le charge

s of lice

nse, fue

l fi l lcha

rge, ins

urance, d

ealer PD

I (if app

licable)

, registra

tion, PP

SA, adm

inistrat

ion fees

and cha

rges, an

y enviro

nment

al charg

es or fee

s, and al

l applic

able tax

es. Deliv

ery Allo

wances

can be u

sed in c

onjuncti

on with m

ost reta

il consu

mer off

ers mad

e availa

ble by F

ord of C

anada a

t either

the tim

e of fac

tory ord

er or de

livery, b

ut not b

oth. De

livery A

llowanc

es are n

ot com

binable

with any

fl eet co

nsumer

incentiv

es. Emp

loyee Pr

icing is

not com

binable

with CPA

, GPC, CF

IP, Daily

Rental A

llowanc

e and A/

X/Z/D/

F-Plan p

rogram

s. ±Unt

il Augus

t 31, 201

2, lease

a new

2012 F-15

0 XLT Su

per Cab

4X4 5.0

L and ge

t 4.99%

lease a

nnual p

ercenta

ge rate

(LAPR) fi

nancing

for up

to 36 m

onths o

n appro

ved cred

it (OAC)

from F

ord Cre

dit. Not

all buy

ers will

qualify

for the

lowest

LAPR pa

yment. L

ease a ve

hicle w

ith a val

ue of $4

0,099 at

4.99%

APR for

up to 3

6 mont

hs with $

1,600 do

wn or e

quivalen

t trade i

n, mont

hly pay

ment is

$399, to

tal lease

obligat

ion is $1

5,964 an

d option

al buyo

ut is $16

,040. Off

er includ

es Tota

l Price A

djustme

nt of $1

1,316. Ta

xes pay

able on

full am

ount of

lease fi

nancing

price aft

er Tota

l Price A

djustme

nt is ded

ucted. O

ffer inc

ludes fre

ight and

air tax

of $1,70

0, but e

xclude v

ariable

charges

of licen

se, fuel

fi ll char

ge, insu

rance, d

ealer PD

I (if app

licable)

, registra

tion, PP

SA, adm

inistrat

ion fees

and cha

rges, an

y enviro

nment

al charg

es or fee

s, and al

l applic

able tax

es. Addit

ional pa

yments

required

for PPS

A, regist

ration,

security

deposit

, NSF fe

es (whe

re appl

icable),

excess w

ear and

tear, an

d late fe

es. Som

econ

ditions

and mil

eage re

striction

s of 60,

000 km

over 36

month

s apply.

A charge

of 16 ce

nts per

km ove

r mileag

e restric

tions ap

plies, pl

us appl

icable ta

xes. Del

ivery Al

lowanc

es can b

e used i

n conjun

ction w

ith most

retail co

nsumer

offers m

ade ava

ilable b

y Ford o

f Canad

a at eith

er the tim

e of fac

tory ord

er or de

livery, b

ut not b

oth. De

livery A

llowanc

es are n

ot com

binable

with any

fl eet co

nsumer

incentiv

es. Emp

loyee Pr

icing is

not com

binable

with CPA

, GPC, CF

IP, Daily

Rental A

llowanc

e and A/

X/Z/D/

F-Plan p

rograms

. ***Est

imated

fuel con

sumptio

n rating

s for mo

del sho

wn: 201

3 Escap

e 1.6L Ec

oBoost

FWD: [9

.1L/100

km (31M

PG) City

, 6.0L/10

0km (47

MPG) Hw

y / 2013

Edge 3.5

L V6 FW

D 6-spe

ed Auto

matic tr

ansmis

sion: [11

.1L/100

km (25M

PG) City

, 7.2L/10

0km(39

MPG) Hw

y / 2012

F-150 4X

4 5.0L V

8: [14.9

L/100km

(19MPG

) City, 10

.5L/100

km (27M

PG) Hw

y]. Fuel

consum

ption ra

tings ba

sed on

Transpo

rt Canad

a appro

ved test

metho

ds. Actua

l fuel con

sumptio

n will v

ary bas

ed on ro

ad cond

itions, v

ehicle lo

ading, ve

hicle eq

uipment

, and dr

iving ha

bits. †W

hen pro

perly eq

uipped.

Max. tow

ing of 1

1,300 lb

s with 3

.5L EcoB

oost an

d 6.2L 2

valve 4

X2 V8 en

gines. M

ax. paylo

ad of 3,1

20 lbs w

ith 5.0L

Ti-VCT V

8 engine

s. Class

is Full-Si

ze Picku

ps unde

r 8,500 l

bs GVW

R, non-

hybrid.

††Class

is Full–

Size Pick

ups und

er 8,500

lbs GVW

R, non-

hybrid v

s. comp

arable co

mpetit

or engin

es. Max. h

orsepow

er of 41

1 on F-15

0 6.2L V

8 engine

. Estima

ted fue

l consum

ption ra

tings fo

r the 20

12 F-150

4X2 3.7L

V6 SST:

12.7L/10

0km city

and 8.9

L/100km

hwy bas

ed on En

vironm

ent Can

ada app

roved te

st meth

ods. Act

ual fuel

consum

ption w

ill vary

based o

n road c

onditio

ns, vehic

le loadin

g and dr

iving ha

bits. ◆

◆Pro

jected b

est in cl

ass fuel

econom

y based

on com

petitive

data av

ailable

at the t

ime of t

esting u

sing For

d drive-

cycle te

sts (in a

ccordan

ce with t

he guide

lines of

the Soc

iety of A

utomo

tive Eng

ineers’ S

tandar

d J1321)

of com

parably

equippe

d 2011 Fo

rd vs. 20

10 com

petitive

models

. Class is

Full-Siz

e Picku

ps over

8,500 lb

s. GVWR.

◆Som

e mobil

e phone

s and so

me digi

tal media

players

may no

t be full

y comp

atible –

check w

ww.syn

cmyride

.com for

a listin

g of mo

bile pho

nes, me

dia play

ers, and

feature

s suppo

rted. Dri

ving wh

ile distra

cted can

result in

loss of v

ehicle co

ntrol, ac

cident a

nd injur

y. Ford

recomm

ends th

at drive

rs use c

aution

when us

ing mo

bile pho

nes, eve

n with v

oice com

mands. O

nly use

mobile

phones

and oth

er devic

es, even

with vo

ice com

mands, n

ot essen

tial to d

riving w

hen it is

safe to

do so. S

YNC is o

ptional

on most

new For

d vehicl

es. †††

©2012 S

irius Can

ada Inc

. “Sirius

XM”, the

SiriusX

M logo,

channe

l names

and log

os are tr

ademar

ks of Sir

iusXM R

adio Inc

. and ar

e used u

nder lic

ence. ©

2012 For

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any of C

anada,

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ed.

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pre-paid subscription

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$1,000 F-SERIESLOYALTY & CONQUEST CUSTOMER CASH▲

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Western Edition package includes:• Reverse Camera • Tailgate Step • Sync®◆ • Foglamps • Black Platform Running Boards • 18" Bright Machined Aluminum Wheels

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Total Eligible Price Adjustments ...$9,485

Share our Employee Price

$39,714*

Offer includes $1,700 freight and air tax and all rebates.

2012 F-250 XLT SUPER CAB 4X4 WESTERN EDITION2012 F-150 XLT SUPER CAB 4X4 5.0L

Employee Price Adjustment ...........$4,316Delivery Allowance .............................$7,000

Total Eligible Price Adjustments ....$11,316

Share our Employee Price

$28,783*

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2012 F-150 XLT SUPER CAB 4X4 5.0L

•PAYLOAD †

•TOWING †

• FUEL ECONOMY & POWER ††

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Employee Price Adjustment ...........$2,770Delivery Allowance .............................$1,000

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Share our Employee Price

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8 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, August 22, 2012

KITIMAT

MINISTORAGE

HEATEDSELF SERVE

STORAGE UNITS

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Sizes from8’x8’x10’ to12’x27’x10’

The Northwest Fire Centre has responded to 18 fi res this week, all of which were caused by lightning.

The majority of these fi res are small in size, with very few of them larger than a hectare in size.

The largest fi re has reached a size of approxi-

mately 7.5 hectares and the smoke may be visible from Good Hope Lake.

A wildfi re burning near Copper River Road east of Terrace is currently being monitored. This fi re is burn-ing in steep, inaccessible terrain that would be too dangerous for fi refi ghters

to work in. The fi re will be continuously monitored and if it expands into a more ac-cessible area, crews then will actively work on the fi re. Smoke from this fi re will be visible to those travelling along Copper River Road.

The Northwest Fire Centre would like to thank

everyone who reported wild-fi res this week. Early report-ing is an important step in ensuring our success in ex-tinguishing fi res while they are still small.

We anticipate that other fi res have started as a result of the recent lightning, but have not been detected yet.

To report a wildfi re or unat-tended campfi re, please call *5555 on your cell phone or call 1-800-663-5555 toll-free.

For the latest informa-tion on fi re activity, condi-tions and prohibitions, visit our website www.bcwildfi re.ca.

Lightning to blame for 18 area fi res

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ters.comEXPERIENCED PARTS per-son and an Inventory Clerk are required for a progressive au-to/industrial supplier. Hired ap-plicant will receive top wages, full benefi ts and RRSP bonus-es plus moving allowances. Our 26,000ft2 store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Edmonton, Alberta. See our community at L a c L a B i c h e R e g i o n . c o m . Send resume to: Sapphire Au-to, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: [email protected].

KITIMAT DRIVERS WANTED

Full and Part time for Coastal Taxi.

We are also hiring part time dispatchers.

Send resume & drivers abstract to

PO Box 56 Kitimat, BC V8C 2G6

No phone calls

KITIMAT - P/T WAITRESS wanted. Food Safe & Serving it Right preferred. Drop off re-sume in person at Chop Suey Kitchen 424 Enterprise Ave. after 4 p.m.

PIZZARAMA in Kitimat is now hiring Cooks & Drivers. Must be able to multi task, have good communication skills & work well in a fast paced environment.

Bring resume to PIZZARAMA

171 Nechako Centre after 2pm.

No phone calls please

Required for an Alberta Truck-ing Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430

Employment

Help WantedSHOPPERS DRUG MART

Kitimat - Is looking to fi ll the following positions:• Merchandiser• Cashier• Pharmacy Assistant• BookkeeperPlease drop off your resume at 120 City Centre, Kitimat.

The Kitimat Hotel is looking for part-time help in the follow-ing positions: waitress, bounc-er, DJ, chambermaid and cashier. Drop of resume with the owner Mark or email [email protected]

T-MAR INDUSTRIES located in Campbell River is hiring for the position of Heavy Duty Me-chanic. Position comes with a competitive benefi t package and applicant must possess a valid driver’s license. For de-tails visit www.t-mar.com Contact Tyson Lambert by Fax: 250-286-9502 or by Email:[email protected]

Wonderful Opportunity in a busy restaurant.

Rosario’sRestaurant

has openings for full time SERVERS

Days and Evenings. Please email [email protected] or bring resume to Rosario’s in

Kitimat. No phone calls please

Medical/DentalCERTIFIED DENTAL Assist-ant wanted for 4 days a week. Minimum 2 years experience. E-mail Resume or inquiries to [email protected]

Professional/Management

CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR. Chwk Bridge Const Co has an im-mediate opening for an exp and en-ergetic estimator. The successful candidate will be able to analyze and prepare estimates for bridges, precast products and earthworks. This is a full time position. Wages TBD with experience. Must be self-motivated and able to work inde-pendently. Email resume with a handwritten cover letter to [email protected] or fax to 604-702-0620. No phone calls.

Trades, TechnicalALBERTA BASED Company looking for qualifi ed & experi-enced: Equipment Operators, Mulcher, Feller Buncher & Processor Operators. Out of town & camp work. Safety tickets & drivers abstract re-quired. Email resume: [email protected] Fax 780-488-3002.

CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experi-enced concrete fi nishers and form setters for work in Ed-monton and northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommoda-tions provided for out of town work; [email protected] Cell 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-7103.

QUALITY CONTROL person experienced with Piping & Structural Welding needed for a growing Northern Company. Competitive wages & benefi ts. Please email resume to: [email protected] Fax 250-775-6227 or apply online: www.torqueindustrial.com

SHINGLE SAWYER needed in Gold River. Pendragon For-est Products Ltd. Apply to: Box 1100 Gold River B.C., V0P 1G0. Call 250-283-2111 or 604-369-3045. Or Email: [email protected]

Services

Health ProductsCASH BACK - $10 for every pound you lose. Lose weight quickly and safely and keep it off, results guaranteed! Call Herbal Magic today! 1-800-854-5176.

GET PAID to lose weight. $5,000 For Your Success Sto-ry. Personal Image TV Show. Call to Qualify: 1.888.771.7607. [email protected]

Financial ServicesDROWNING IN debts? Help-ing Canadians 25 years. Low-er payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. Avoid bankruptcy! Free con-sultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.comIF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

INCOME TAX PROBLEMS? Have you been audited, reas-sessed or disallowed certain claims by Canada Revenue Agency? Call Bob Allen @ 250-542-0295 35yrs. Income Tax experience, 8.5yrs. with Revenue Canada. Email: [email protected]

M O N E Y P R OV I D E R . C O M $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877-776-1660.

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Pets & Livestock

EquestrianGLENN STEW ART Natural Horsemanship Clinics (Stage 1 & Stage 3/4 and Extreme

Horsemanship Competition in Smithers. Aug. 29 thru Sept.

2,2012. Call Anika at 250-846-5494 or email gattiker@te-

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HORSE FOR SALE 19 year old sorrel gelding, well trained, not a beginners horse. Used for penning at one time. $2500 obo. (250) 695-6972

Feed & HayROUND HAY Bales for sale. Call 250-846-5855

PetsKITIMAT - FREE Two beauti-ful indoor spayed cats desper-ately seeking a new home with lots of love. 250-632-5004

Merchandise for Sale

Heavy Duty Machinery

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /

Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

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Kitimat - 2004 Craftsman Snowblower. 9.5hp, 27”, 2 stage thrower, electric start. $700obo. Woods Upright Freezer. 17.7cu ft. Frost free, excellent condition. $300obo. 250-632-7247

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?Kitimat - Bedroom Suite, in-cludes headboard and foot-board with frame, Dresser with mirror, 2 side tables and chest of drawers $600. Coffee table and 2 end tables $99 each. 250-632-4872

Kitimat - Set of two Blizzak P235/75 R15 tires on rims. $200 250-632-4872.

STEEL BUILDING - Huge clearance sale! 20X24 $4,658. 25X28 $5,295. 30X40 $7,790. 32X54 $10,600. 40X58 $14,895. 47X78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector BuyingCollections, Silver Coins etc.Available now: 250-863-3082

Real Estate

For Sale By OwnerFOR sale by owner - no agents please Well located 3 bedroom rancher style home on a quite street. Cozy and pri-vate, ready to move in, this 3 bedroom rancher offers many updates twin seal windows, laminate fl ooring, updated kitchen cabinets. All that and plenty of storage space in at-tached garage, outbuilding, wine cellar and greenhouse, plus you can enjoy the private fenced back yard. Hot water tank replaced 2010, furnace fully serviced in 2011. $139,900 obo For an appoint-ment to view call 250 632 5056

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COMING EVENTSAug. 17-Sept. 15 REFLECTIONS - WHERE I AMThe Kitimat Museum & Archives presents an exhibition of art pieces created in a variety of media and subject matter - where the artist from the Northwest region of British Co-lumbia is at this moment, in his or her life, community, and world. Visit to vote for the “People’s Choice Award.” Museum Hours Monday to Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pmThursday, August 23-30KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY – Intro to Guitar workshops with Bill Vollrath. Every Thursday in August from 3:00 – 4:30 pm. These work-shops are for youth aged 12 to 17. Age 18+ can register to a wait list. Registration is a must, and a valid Library membership card is re-quired. Please bring your own guitar. Call 250 632 8985.Sept 15-Nov 17STRENGTHENING FAMILIES TOGETHER A FREE education course for the families, friends and caregivers of people living with mental illness. Gain knowledge, support, and practical tools to man-age and restore balance in your life. Kitimat, Sept 15-Nov 17, 10am – 12:30pm. Limited seating. Registra-tion required.250-635-8206 toll free: 1-866-326-7877September 13THE KITIMAT SENIORS, Branch 129 will hold their monthly meeting September 13 at 1 pm in the Senior Center.Ongoing

KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY – Digital magazines and recorded books now available online through Zinio, the world’s largest newsstand. Find and read popular magazines at home or on a mobile device anytime, anywhere. Registration is quick and easy! To get started, visit us online at www.kitimatpubliclibrary.org and click the Zinio banner. For informa-tion contact the Library at 250 632 8985.SILLY YAKS (CELIAC) SUPPORT GROUP supporting gluten free eat-ing and helping people with celiac disease feel well and healthy. Par-ticipate in discussions around safe foods, foods to avoid, cross contam-ination, recipe ideas, etc. The fi rst meeting will be held Aug. 23 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the Kitimat General Hospital. The group is open to anyone interested in learning about celiac disease. For more information please call 250-632-3063KITIMAT SENIORS BAND is look-ing for new members. If you have time in the day and would love an opportunity to play music with oth-ers, you need us and we need you. Call Lisa Frazer at 250-632-3475 for more info.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CEN-TRE Family Fun Spot Drop-In Mon-day and Friday afternoons 1-3 p.m., Wednesday mornings 10:30 a.m. to

12:30 p.m. Ages 0-5 welcome “A Great place for families to meet over coffee and toys!” Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD:Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other fi bre? For more information phone Maureen 250-632-5444.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLERO-SIS - 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 confi dentiality. For more informa-tion contact Mary at 250-639-6016.AGLOW OF KITIMAT: All are wel-come at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursdays at 7 p.m. For in-formation phone Brenda at 250-632-5771 or Wendi at 250-632-5673.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, writing, math, communi-cation, and information technology skills. Is English NOT your fi rst lan-guage? We provide FREE tutoring and small group English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s hap-pening at the Community Corner check us out at www.kitimatcom-munityservices.ca/KALP.html or fi nd us on facebook. DO YOU HAVE DIABETES? We offer individual and group counsel-ing. Certifi cation for blood glucose strips is available. Make an appoint-ment and bring your meter. The Good Food Box is part of our pro-gram. Forms for this can be picked up at the Living Well Program or at the hospital main desk. Dona-tions for this worthwhile program are always accepted. For more info call 250-632-8313 during operat-ing 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 fl oor of the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support offi ces.PRAYER CANADA KITIMATmeets upstairs at the fi re hall Tues-days, from noon - 1:00 p.m. All are welcome to pray for our city coun-cil and those in positions of authori-ty in Kitimat, for the government of BC and of Canada. For information call Lesley at 250-632-4554.

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2001 PONTIAC GRAND AMKitimat - 230,000 km. Good condition. Asking $3,800 obo.250-632-3456.2004 Honda Civic 105,000km, 4 door, A/C, 2 sets of tires w/ rims, 5 spd, remote entry. Great running condition. Very clean, well maintained. $9500Ph:250-632-2897

2006 Buick AllureKitimat - 82,000km. Air condi-tioning, dual airbags, keyless entry, power steering, power seat/windows/door locks, CD, AM/FM stereo and more. Mounted summer and winter tires. New front brakes in Feb. Was $10,500, now $9,500. 250-632-5639

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‘67 Pontiac ParisienneThis beautiful restored Eme-rald Turquoise Convertible is ready to Drive, Show and Enjoy! Insurance with col-lector plates $234 yearly. $19,900.Terrace 250-635-6128

Motorcycles

2006 SOFTAIL STANDARD FXTL CUSTOM

Kitimat - Silver and black with chrome all over. 9000 miles on odometer. 14” Ape hangers with brand new lines. $15,900 obo. Call Cole or Amanda 250-639-9711 for more infor-mation and to view. Email: [email protected]

2008 SUZUKI GSX650F

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2006 CITATION 26 RKSESupreme interior plus may more options. 12 foot slide w/awning. Air cond. etc. Come and view the best RV built. Excellent condition. $24,900. 250-635-6128.

2010 Travel TrailerKitimat - 26’ Forest River. $18,000 obo. 250-632-4210

Kitimat - 1994 Ford Travelaire 24’, 120,000km. Generator. Large fridge/freezer, micro-wave, stove with oven. A/C. Lots of storage. Must be seen. $7,900 obo. 250-279-8005.

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1989 TRAVELAIR 19’ 5th WHEEL

Sleeps 4, washroom and shower $3700 obo Must Sell

Falcon 125 CCnew condition $900 obo

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1993 FORD AEROSTARKitimat - 3 litre, 4 cyl. good running condition. Winter tires on rims. 125,000km $1,000 obo. 250-632-7247

1995 FORD 4x4Kitimat - Eddie Bauer extend-ed cab. 5.8 litre, power win-dows, air conditioning. 193,000km. Very clean, some rust. Needs rear brakes. En-gine in good running condition. Comes with winter tires on rims and canopy. $1,500. 250-632-5715 or 250-639-4534

2000 Econoline 150 series1989 Econoline 150 series with raised roof. Both run well, good work trucks. $1500 oboPh: TI-MAT Ent. 250-632-7272

Boats

14’ ZODIACKitimat - Aluminum fl oor-boards, 40HP Mariner and 15HP Mariner. Trailer. $5,500. 250-632-6797

21’ Fibreform CabincruiserKitimat - 5.7L - V8 Mercruiser with Alpha 1 leg. Great run-ning condition. Brand new ex-haust manifolds, batteries and starter (over $2000 spent). Stringers and fl oor replaced. 40 gal alum gas tank. Sleeps 3 comfortably. Heavy duty dou-ble axle trailer included. Priced for quick sale @ $6,900Ph: 250-632-5673

SYLVAN EXPEDITION 1600Kitimat - Single console, 50hp fuel injected Johnson, electric trolling motor. Live well. Shorelander trailer. And much more. Excellent condition. 250-632-5922

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28’ CALGAN FIBREGLASS CRUISER

180hp Cat V8 diesel enginewith twin disk clutch and re-duction gear. Enclosed bridge.2 station controls. 2 vhf radios,chart plotter. Electric anchorwinch, 2 anchors, chain andline. 9 ft infl atable with 5hpMerc. Washroom/toilet/show-er. Fridge, 4 burner stove.Electric downriggers/trap pull-er. Cleats, fenders and moor-ing lines. Much more. Locatedin Ladysmith, BC. $35,000.250-245-4942(eves) or [email protected]

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&Sports LeisureMoran takes Kitimat Men’s Open

Jamie Moran, the pro at Hirsch Creek Golf Club in Kitimat captured the men’s open title with a two-day score of 137.

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Jamie Moran fi red a 137 over the weekend to win this year’s Kitimat Men’s Open Golf tournament.

The pro at the Hirsch Creek course fi nished three strokes ahead of A-fl ight winner Scott Rigler.

The overall low net winner was John Parsons, who ended up with a 132, fi nishing nine strokes better than Clay-ton Harris who had the low net score in the A-Flight after a countback.

66 men from Prince Rupert, Ter-race, Smithers and Kitimat played in this year’s Open.

In other news from the weekend in Kitimat, there was a couple of holes-in-one registered Monday.

Bob Reid aced Hole Number Two while fellow Kitimat golfer Garrett Whittle turned the trick on Hole 17.

Here are the complete results of the Kitimat Men’s Open: Overall low gross winner was Jamie Moran with a score of 137 and overall low net win-ner was John Parsons with a score of 132.

Winners by fl ight were; A Flight low gross winners: 1st

low gross - Scott Rigler (Terr) with a score of 140, 2nd low gross - Steve Venman – 148, 3rd low gross - Harold Fedderson - 148 (Terr).

A Flight low net winners: 1st low net - Clayton Harris - 141 (on a count-back), 2nd low net - Nelson Almeida – 141, 3rd low net - Ron Venman- 142.

B Flight low gross winners: 1st low gross - Grant Frater – 163, 2nd low gross - Bill Blair – 170, 3rd low gross - Jeremy Morden – 171.

B Flight low net winners: 1st low net - Tern Yamamoto - 135 (Pr. Rup), 2nd low net - Jean Guy Gaudet – 139, 3rd low net - Colin Zenuk – 142.

C Flight low gross winners: 1st low gross - Ed Martin – 179, 2nd low gross - Greg Saunders – 182, 3rd low gross - Frank Thomas – 185.

C Flight low net winners: 1st low net - Tonie Readman – 139, 2nd low net - Paul Zenuk – 145, 3rd low net - Pat Gallagher - 148 (Smithers).

Closest to the pin on winners Satur-day included Scott Rigler (Terr), Robin Cloutier and Joe Bruno, Steve Venman, John Parsons and Cliff Yoland.

Closest to the pin winners on Sun-day were Nelson Almeida, Denys Bal-dock, Frank Thomas, Bob Reid, Colin Zenuk and James Horne (Terr).

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Kitimat Public Market opening a successSean Glanville

Around 500 people dropped by the Kitimat Public Market during its trial opening Sunday. It was a major success as 35 vendors from across the North West sold their goods.

“We were thrilled with the turnout, it was so successful many of the vendors actually ran out of food,” said Kitimat Food-share and Community Services Coordinator Elizabeth Botz.

“It was a really carnival-like atmosphere and we had a number of people sitting on the grass eating their lunch. People were coming down in droves and we got a lot of the after-church crowd.”

Local dignitaries including Mayor Joanne Monaghan and Councilor Rob Goffi net were on hand for the event.

“I thought it went well, thanks to the organizers and hopefully this can continue. It’s a great addition to Kitimat,” said Monaghan.

The public market is scheduled for every second Sunday from 11am – 3pm at Mountainview Square. The offi cial grand opening event will be held at the next public market in two weeks. They hope to run this summer and fall up until Sunday, October 7 weather permitting. Next year they hope to open some time in April as insurance and liability is-sues caused them to delay the open-ing this year until Sunday.

There have been farmers mar-kets in Kitimat in the past unable to be sustained primarily due to be-ing entirely volunteer-based. With the current public market there are a number of organizations involved and funding from the community to

help ensure long-term success.“In the past the public market

was completely volunteer-based and this time with the Kitimat Commu-nity Services (KCS) and food-share programs the organization aspect is much easier since it’s not all volun-teer,” said Botz.

The KCS is working with the District of Kitimat on the foodshare program, public market, and are in the organizational stages of build-ing a community garden.

“This three step strategy is all part of our goal to help end poverty in Kitimat,” said Botz.

“When we presented to Coun-cil they gave us their full support to work with their planners.”

Botz mentioned she hopes the new community garden will also be located near Mountainview Square with its ideal location.

“We like the idea of having it at Mountainview Square as it’s so central and near the hospital so we could have some raised garden beds for the patients to enjoy.”

Some of the vendors included Happy Pick Organic Farm from Smithers, Vegan Fibres of Terrace, Missy-Lou Handbags and Accesso-ries, Woolcraft and Jewelry, Adrian Glass, as well as plenty of canned and homemade goods.

There were also plenty of activ-ities on hand for youth including a bouncy castle and a table set up for painting ceramics.

Organizers also mentioned they had numerous requests for East Indian food at the market and wel-come any potential vendors. They are always looking for fresh fruit and vegetables regionally grown.

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