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Enbridge taking their timeCameron Orr

The CEO of Enbridge said in an inves-tor conference call that a decision on whether the company will move forward on a � nal investment decision to build the Northern Gateway pipeline could come in the late half of 2016.

Al Monaco said the company is putting their efforts on consulting with First Nations, adding there are 28 equity agreements signed with First Nations along the pipeline route.

Monaco also responded to questions on how the federal government’s planned crude oil tank-er ban will impact the project but he de� ected the concerns.

“We’ve heard the Prime Minister and the minister of natural resources are open to listen,” he said, which suggests wiggle room to gain support from the government, but Monaco said it is too early to speculate on the impacts of that but the company is “looking forward” to engag-ing the federal government.

“Hopefully we’ll have good discussions with all levels of government.”

Enbridge’s current pipeline capacity will keep the supplies at acceptable levels with lower commodity prices right now, he added.

“The timing isn’t too concerning to us,”Enbridge was given the government approv-

al to build the pipeline in June 2014, issued after the Joint Review Panel endorsed the conclusion. The National Energy Board gave the thumbs up subject to 209 conditions being met by the com-pany.

Ho ho ho!Santa was here! Saint Nick rode to the Light Up Kitimat festival in style, in a District of Kitimat � re truck. His arrival marked the beginning of the second Light Up festival, which includes choirs, free treats and plenty of festive lights.

Attention back on Radley erosionCameron Orr

Kitimat Council is going to spend $50,000 on a consultant that will spear-head the creation of an action plan to ad-dress erosion at Radley Park.

Radley Park has been an area of con-cern but has seen relatively little action relating to loss of land to the river, aside from a number of studies done over the years.

A river migration study was under-taken in 2007, then in 2011 a consultant was hired to prepare conceptual ideas to retro� t the park, according to staff’s report to council. In 2012 a hydraulic consultant reviewed the river’s migration again, then in 2014 there was a survey done at Radley Park.

In 2012, the report reminds the coun-

cil, there was approval to sue $800,000 in reserve funds to go towards riverbank armouring an site development.

That money has been earmarked for a number of projects, but none currently for riverbank armouring.

The council in 2008 had also set aside a $475,000 budget for park protec-tion.

Mario Feldhoff reminded the coun-cil at the November 30 meeting that the money set aside in 2008 was eventually dispersed to other projects, a result of the town losing revenues due to the closure of the Eurocan Pulp and Paper Mill.

Since 2005 staff say 15 campsites have been lost to the erosion at the park.

Mario Feldhoff endorsed the staff recommendation to hire a new consultant

to look at the park, but urged concrete ac-tion to take place at the park, saying it’s time to get work done.

Some on council didn’t want to rush in to hiring a consultant. Claire Rattée said that a better � rst step would be to seek comment from stakeholders such as the Haisla, to spare any con� icts on how to address the river in the future.

Other councillors agreed but it was determined that consultation with the Haisla and Department of Fisheries and Oceans would be an aspect of a consul-tant’s work.

Mary Murphy backed hiring the con-sultant, saying that waiting any longer is not the answer.

Edwin Empinado and Larry Walker were the two opposed.

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Margaret SpeirsTwo men charged with injuring a wild

animal outside of open hunting season have been � ned $13,000.

Andreas Ignaz Handl of Kitimat was ordered to pay a total of $7,000 to the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, a $1,000 � ne, $150 victim � ne surcharge and not to approach big game except as required by employment or in the course of employment for two years after plead-ing guilty to one charge harassing wild-life with a motor vehicle or device and one charge of hunting big game that was swimming contrary to two sections of the Wildlife Act of B.C.

Rodolfo Augusto Martins Lopes, from Portugal who was in Kitimat work-ing at the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter mod-ernization project, was ordered to pay

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Facebook and before it was taken down, several calls had been made to the BC Conservation Of� ce here.

After they were noti� ed, conserva-tion of� cers didn’t go to the scene so they don’t know if the deer survived, Gordon added.

Conservation of� cers made a couple of arrests and obtained a search warrant upon which they found the video, said Gordon.

Charges of hunting outside of the open season and wilfully causing unneces-sary pain, suffering or injury to an animal against Handl were stayed by the court.

Charges of hunting outside of the open season, wilfully causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal and hunting big game while it is swimming against Lopes were stayed by the court.

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The Haisla Nation are celebrating the ac-quisition of the land re-ferred to as Lot 98.

The land, which Chief Councillor Ellis Ross had been owned by Rio Tinto.

Ross says that while the company had been ready to transfer ownership to the Hais-la years ago there had been hold-ups at the re-gional district level.

However all that

has been worked out and was marked with a celebratory dinner at the Haisla Recreation Centre December 1, with Rio Tinto, regional district, and District of Kitimat officials in at-tendance to mark the occasion.

Ross says the Hais-la council have no im-mediate plans on how they want to develop Lot 98.

The lot is mainly

located across the high-way from MK Bay Ma-rina — which the Haisla also recently acquired — and does include some water frontage.

Early ideas include developments that could complement the marina.

The Haisla have been on a roll in ac-quiring land in recent months, from acquir-ing the marina to Lots 305 from the provincial

government and now Lot 98.

Ross is quick to point out the workload on getting to now had been taken up by past councils, but he credits far improved relations between First Nations and the provincial gov-ernment as a key reason for these recent suc-cesses.

“The climate of attitude towards First Nations in our area has

changed dramatically.”Gaby Poirier,

General Manager, Rio Tinto Aluminium, said the company “is very happy to be able to fi-nally transfer Lot 98 to the Haisla Nation after many years. The deci-sion to transfer the 33 acres is an illustration of our long-term agree-ment with the Haisla community as it sup-ports Haisla business development.”

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Site preparations underway at LNG Canada siteIt’s not a final in-

vestment decision but LNG Canada is em-barking on early site preparation at their proposed liquefaction plant site which will pave the way towards a smoother construction phase, the company says.

Marc Maeseele, LNG Canada’s con-struction project man-ager, said the town may see a bit of extra activity generated from the site but the amount of work and people

will fluctuate as timegoes on.

He said as of right now there are approxi-mately 120 people working on site.

As well there is a flow of trucks and heavy equipment arriv-ing to their site too, at the former Methanex property.

What the town may see mostly outside of the work site itself is an increase in shuttles moving the workers around.

In particular work-ers will be shuttled between the site and the LNG Canada-leased bed spaces at Civeo’s Sitka Lodge in the Strawberry

Meadows area.Maeseele said

works to take place at the site will include de-veloping access roads, removing topsoil, and clearing trees, among others.

Essentially the work gets the ground ready for the company if the partners of LNG Canada do decide to proceed after a final in-vestment decision.

If a positive FID is made in 2016 the com-pany would then shift to construction of per-

manent facilities on the property.

On the issue of transportation Mae-seele says the company has made a plan to en-sure at least 90 per cent of the people involved in the project use shut-tle service in an effort to take private vehicles off the road. The con-cern is with a project as large as theirs it provides a safety risk having people driving themselves and con-tributes to community traffic.

Maeseele said the company spoke at length with the District of Kitimat and through community members with their Community Advisory Group to know how to best op-erate a shuttle and even develop its route and schedule.

The company, through their camp and lease agreements in town, are also com-mitting to develop housing for its workers

that will mean avoiding potential renovictions which plagued the community through the Rio Tinto Alcan con-struction. That is when landlords were report-edly evicting tenants to renovate the units and rent them out at far higher costs.

LNG Canada’s am-bition is that no project employees will seek housing on their own but will use company provided housing.

Haisla Nation Council, the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine and the District of Kitimat gathered for a celebration in Kitamaat Village to mark the transfer of Lot 98 to the Haisla.

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The Canadian economy is in a bit of a mess and of course to explore the reasons you can go anywhere; listen to a politician, an environmentalist, a friend, or the analysts on TV. Even read editorials.

I like to take a hint from maybe just the one story on Thursday morn-ing (Dec. 3) that informs me that Canada’s six largest banks — Royal Bank, TD Bank, Scotiabank, the Bank of Montreal, CIBC and National Bank — earned $34.88 billion in net income during � scal 2015, up almost � ve per cent from $33.27 billion last year.

I’m not knowledgable about what all that means, but someone did the math and � gured out that this rep-resented nearly $4 million in pro� t for every hour of every day — $3.98 million per hour, to be precise. Bank revenue combined came to $129.79 billion during the past year, up from $124.72 billion in 2014.

To me this somehow � ies in the face of oft-repeated bank “fears” that the precipitous drop in oil revenues

could lead to higher loan losses for banks as oil patch companies and laid-off workers struggle to repay their debts.

Ah, the banks moan that lend-ing growth will slow down as hard-pressed Canadians balk at taking on more debt.

But no, despite the appeals not to add to debt, Canadians continue, inadvertently or through necessity, to support the banks and, as usual, when that rubber hits the road yes, the banks continue essentially unfazed. And again report stratospheric pro� ts and (surprise!) often record results.

Why, in the Royal Bank’s fourth-quarter, according to CEO David McKay, the bank’s $10.03 billion in net income for the year marks a new

record for Canadian companies.You’d expect to think that the

sluggish economy, combined with sea-level interest rates would put a bit of a crimp in bank pro� ts.

Lower-level staff layoffs, or the boost in lower-paid temporary for-eign workers certainly help the bot-tom line, but nothing seems to oc-cur that would actually affect CEObonuses.

I suppose it’s hard to complain about the banks because we all know who pays when things aren’t going so well on that branch of the economy, but it is dif� cult to listen to the groan-ing and warnings about debt levels among the customers.

Especially so when you throw out the hypocritical almost daily offers for new and better credit cards or you read about mortgage levels in our big cities like Vancouver and Toronto and understand that banks are the biggest bene� ciaries.

Not to mention the endless fees to use your own money.

Continued on page 7

Taking an interest in banking matters

Legacies not all good

I had a call recently. You don’t get to know who it was with but the end result was I began thinking about one of Kitimat’s darker legacies from the last big construction boom. It’s that loaded phrase: re-novictions.

That phrase, and the associated issues, was a huge deal in 2013 and 2014. Huge.

Renovictions was the term used to describe the feeling that residents paying lower rents in Kitimat were being kicked out for a property owner to do renovations, and then would re-rent the units for a far higher mark-up.

Renovations to bring a building in to better con-dition is not bad. I lived in an apartment in town when I � rst moved here and there was de� nitely work required to the building, and by comparison ours was nice.

Kitimat was an old town without much invest-ment into its housing at the time.

So an in� ux of workers to Kitimat provided the chance to use that money for good in bringing units back to snuff. I agree higher rents is a factor in that.

But lots of people were put in a bind.The council of the day had meetings where lo-

cal residents poured in to the chambers to talk about their problems. People were evicted, relocated to new buildings, and given the option to pay more.

It wasn’t just apartments though. All properties rented for far higher costs than they had in the past. I even wonder if my family and I could have afforded to move back to Kitimat if I had been given this op-portunity any later than I did.

Today the mega project LNG Canada is trying to apply lessons to how they may build their project, and that means housing construction workers them-selves in company-leased spaces.

Or to put another way, not using apartment buildings that are already in use today, and which actually have a vacancy rate as of now.

Is there no room for the project to put people in those housing units? The LNG Canada construction project manager even cited renovictions as an issue they want to avoid for their project.

But I sympathize that if apartment owners can’t house people who need to live in town, how does that provide any bene� t to them, who are business operators in our community?

This was one of those moments where social is-sues clash with economics. I know no one wants to go through those issues again, but it’s a fair question to ask if feelings have swung so far as to exclude apartment owners today. If anyone wants to weigh in, letters are welcome.

Cameron Orr

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Joanne’s Evangelical United Breth-ren upbringing in Minnesota prepared her for a decade of learning experiences beyond high school in Hector.

Her � rst taste of post-secondary life was in the early 60s when she attended North Western College in Minneapolis, an hour to the east.

This religious institution - founded by Billy Graham, the famed television evangelist - was her � rst bit of indepen-dence and the beginning of a world of opportunity.

Money for college didn’t come eas-ily. Joanne’s parents couldn’t afford it and student loans weren’t an option, but Joanne had a belief in destiny and trusted the Lord would provide.

But she also knew she would have to work to supplement her funds.

Joanne was resourceful and wasn’t about to starve. During those years of study she earned the needed money by ironing clothes for folks, modelling for independent designers and designing windows for Penny’s Department Store.

She also worked in the college main of� ce as a casual secretary and switch-board operator.

There she came to know Billy Gra-ham and met her � rst husband, Don, who was training to be a minister. Joanne too was training to serve the Lord as a youth pastor.

After a taste of city life in Minneap-olis, Joanne and Don turned their sights west to the Rocky Mountains. They at-tended the Denver Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary where she distin-guished herself as a trail-blazer, being the � rst woman to attend the seminary.

During the college summer breaks they got their introduction to Canada as summer relief missionaries in remote villages on BC’s coast including Bella

Bella, Klemtu and Kitkatla where they conducted Bible studies and even buri-als.

Money was scarce and over a couple of summers they supported themselves with supplementary work on a � sh pack-er named Wamega. It was a good life but they didn’t have much. In fact they were so poor that in travelling back to Hector from BC all they had was canned salm-on and diet pills for sustenance and just enough money to keep fuel in the car.

In addition to journeys north to Canada, Joanne and Don landed scholar-ships which took them to Israel. Joanne’s scholarship was in archaeologi-cal research through the Insti-tute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem.

Joanne began to question the direction she was headed and it wasn’t long before she and her husband had other plans. Don had landed a job as an army chaplin in Texas, so their focus shifted southward.

No doubt, Joanne’s par-ents wondered if their daughter would ever tire of the gypsy life. Would she ever serve the Lord and would she ever settle down?

With other opportunities beckoning, Joanne abandoned her theological pursuits. This time she enrolled in the Uni-versity of Texas in a program of archaeological studies and communications.

Joanne’s southern life in El Paso was truly a roller-coaster. In addition to archaeology she began work in broadcasting, working on air with KVOF campus radio.

There wasn’t much Joanne wouldn’t take on. She wasn’t

meant to be a by-stander, she was a doer and when an opportunity presented it-self, she seized it.

While she studied in Texas, Don headed off with the forces to Korea. Un-fortunately their long distance relation-ship did not survive.

In 1967 Joanne again set her sights on Canada. She landed in Smithers where she had various jobs. She worked for a while at CN Railway and Northern Interior Forest Products, the Ministry of Mines and she worked again in broad-casting at BVLD radio.

Continued on page 7

Coffee houseThe ladies of this ukulele band had a lot of laughs as they entertained at Kitimat General Hospital. They were part of the entertainment line-up of the Kitimat General Hospital Foundation’s Coffee House event December 2. Cameron Orr

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New committee to spawn from business roundtableMore than 30 peo-

ple attended a business roundtable hosted by the Kitimat Economic Development Of� ce on November 26.

The roundtable was the conclusion of an effort in Novem-ber to gather business community feedbackabout operating in Kiti-mat.

A group of vol-unteers had been dis-patched to businesses around town in early November with a sur-vey.

Interested business members were invited to the later roundtable to speak directly about the issues of doing business locally.

The resolution of

this meeting was to put into work a proposed Business Revitaliza-tion Committee.

That committee will tackle various goals yet to be estab-lished but could in-clude shop local initia-tives or even marketing programs.

Economic Devel-opment Director Rose

Klukas said her depart-ment could potentially offer seed money to hire a consultant to set a terms of reference for the group.

She emphasizes that while her depart-ment may spearhead the idea it will only work with the partici-pation of business vol-unteers.

“People were pas-sionate about their opinion and expressed positives and nega-tives,” she said about the roundtable discus-sion.

People had con-cerns that generally centred around the sub-ject of people shopping out of town, and also for the desire to encour-

age people to come to Kitimat to shop.

Klukas said de-cades ago there was a Downtown Revital-ization Committee, and this extends that group’s work under a banner that’s more in-clusive to all of Kiti-mat’s businesses.

“We’re serious about supporting local

business. This is the start. We’ll do what we can but it’s de� nitely dependent on the busi-ness community also participating,” said Klukas.

Volunteers who have said they’d join this new committee will regroup in the coming weeks to plan out their work.

Give a nod to an achiever

The BC Achieve-ment Awards are ac-cepting nominations for their annual award.

The prize recog-nizes the work people do in their local com-munities.

Kitimat has had two recipients in recent years. In 2009 the pres-ident of the Kitimat Food Bank Marjorie Phelps took the award, and then in 2015 Mary-ann Ouellet, the man-ager of the Kitimat Community Humane Society, won.

The Foundation re-ceives applications for the award until January 15, 2016.

According to the Foundation, “The Brit-ish Columbia Com-munity Achievement Awards celebrate Brit-ish Columbians who go above and beyond in their dedication and service to others and who devote time and energy to mak-ing their communities more caring, dynamic, beautiful, healthy, and unique. They inspire by their example.”

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You just couldn’t stop her.

It was in Smithers that she met and mar-ried Paul Monaghan. The couple moved to Kitimat soon after and Joanne headed in new directions.

She became CN Rail’s � rst female bill-ing agent and she and Paul purchased La-hakas Shell and OK Tire.

Joanne was work-ing several jobs and doing the books, soon establishing her own gift shop in the City Centre mall, calling it Ye Wise Owl.

Little could she have suspected that she was about to em-bark on more than three decades of public service.

But that will have to wait for next time.

Joanne

Con’t from page 4Low interest rates

do put a squeeze on banks but I have a feeling they are well capable of innova-tion and � exibility to ensure that year-end numbers look good to shareholders, and of course none of us wants to have money in banks that are not doing well. That’s the good old Catch 22 for all.

However earlier this year a new JD Power study reported Canadians were grow-ing increasingly dis-satis� ed with their banks and rising fees were among the main reasons why.

“Record prof-its for retail banks

in Canada are being achieved at the ex-pense of customer sat-isfaction as customers report increased fees and reduced levels of service in the branch and on the phone,” warned JD Power.

That summer survey followed a wave of announce-ments by major lend-ers of banking fee hikes for most custom-ers. Average monthly maintenance fees paid by customers of the

big banks climbed to $13.15 this year, from $12.13 a year ear-lier, the survey noted. Among customers of mid-sized banks, the average fee rose to $10.21 from $9.70 in 2014.

All that being said, banks rely on customer loyalty in the long run. Hopefully, there will be some reciprocal “loyalty” for the long term account holders in the face of all these record pro� ts.

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Also, a special thank you to Layne Smashnuk and Jim Zhang – Layne, who developed the online Rotary auction program andJim, who volunteered his time and technical support. The Rotary Club of Kitimat and community, couldn’t have done it without you.

LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYONE’S SUPPORT AGAIN AT NEXT YEAR’S ONLINE ROTARY AUCTION!

We would like to THANK all those who supported and participated in

the Kitimat Online Rotary Auction 2015 and making it such a huge success!

Hawkair is closing its Terrace-based reservations office in favour of blending that function with that of its sister airline, Central Moun-tain Airlines, in Smithers.

Each is now using the same booking software, making the tran-sition easier and more efficient so that passengers can deal smoothly with both airlines, Hawkair presi-dent Jay Dilley said today.

But it also means the loss in Ter-race of jobs for two full-time em-ployees, six part-time ones and two casual workers.

Dilley said the decision reflects a general downturn in passenger traffic this year.

“Traffic has been down gener-ally 10 per cent this year but in the last three months it's accelerated – 12, 13, 14 per cent,” he said.

Dilley noted that Hawkair is not alone as the other two airlines serv-ing Terrace – Air Canada and West-Jet – have also experienced a drop in traffic.

“That's why Air Canada isn't flying to Calgary anymore,” he said of a decision made by that airline in the fall after starting the service in late spring.

This is the third move made by Hawkair this year to control ex-penses – it pulled out of Smithers in the summer and just last week announced it was suspending its Prince Rupert service for at least the winter.

If Central Mountain and Hawkair are combining more ser-vices internally, they are also com-bining flight offerings.

That's because Central Moun-tain will be using a Hawkair Dash 8 on its Terrace-Prince George-Kelowna route.

Dilley said it was hard for Cen-tral Mountain to meet demand on that route with its 19-seat Beech-craft aircraft.

“The Dash 8 is just larger,” said Dilley of Central Mountain needing a way to carry more passengers.

He said the Terrace-Prince George-Kelowna route is popular for people interested in leisure activ-ities, visiting family or on business.

But in order to serve that route, Hawkair is trimming its Terrace to Vancouver service.

On some days, Hawkair will be flying to Vancouver just once a day, down from two flights a day.

Hawkair making changes to reservation systemAirline blending system to Central Mountain Air

No Frills opens with a flourishThe ceremonial ribbon cutting marks the opening of the No Frills grocery store on December 4, with local store owner Kyle MacGillivray front and centre with his wife Vanessa MacGillivray. The store takes over the space from the SuperValu grocery store, also under the Loblaws family of store brands. The Kitimat Food Bank benefited from the store’s opening as well, receiving a $1,000 donation.


Recalling Laurie White’s story on anniversary of shootingMark GaillardExecutive Of� cer and Secretary, RCMP Veter-ans’ Association

Seventeen years ago Constable Laurie Anne White was grave-ly wounded while on duty and nearly died. Today, Sergeant Laurie Anne White is the Fed-eral Criminal Opera-tions Media Relations Of� cer in “E” Division in British Columbia.

Her comeback from injury and adver-sity and return to full duty is truly inspira-tional.

Growing up in Brockville, Ontario, and before joining the Force, she earned a Bachelor degree in Physical Education as well as a Master of Arts in Sports Administra-tion. In 1996 she joined

the RCMP and after basic training she was posted to the northern British Columbia town of Kitimat.

On November 27, 1998, Constable Laurie White, along with Con-stables Michael Mac-Donald and Del Byron, attended the residence

of a suspected sex of-fender to execute a search warrant for sus-pected possession of child pornography.

As Constable White attempted to open the door, the sus-pect � red his ri� e twice through the door.

The � rst shot

shattered Constable White’s right shin, the second nearly hit Constable Byron. As Constable White lay wounded, her two part-ners risked their lives to pull her to safety. Both afterwards would receive the Commis-sioner’s Commenda-tion for Bravery.

The suspect com-mitted suicide rather than surrendering to police.

She was later transported to Vancou-ver by air ambulance, where after eight hours of surgery she awoke to discover that the lower part of her right leg had been amputated.

Constable Lau-rie White did not al-low the loss of her leg to end her career in the force. Fitted with

a prosthesis, she en-dured several months of rehabilitation and became the � rst mem-ber of the RCMP to return to active duty with a prosthetic limb. She returned to Kitimat Detachment in October 1999 on a graduated return-to-work pro-gram and, after three months, she resumed full-duty status.

A year after she was wounded, she was back.

Laurie White has gone on to be an in-

spirational speaker and her positive atti-tude and courage has been an inspiration for many, resulting her being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General of Canada in September 2000 and a Medal of Valour from the International As-sociation of Women in Policing.

In 2008, Corporal Laurie White became a security planner in the RCMP-led Integrated Security Unit for the

2010 Vancouver Win-ter Olympic Games, and was the lead po-lice coordinator for the 2010 Paralympic Games.

That same year, on November 8, 2008, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the students at Thou-sand Islands Secondary School in Brockville, her alma mater, and the school where she had once been a student teacher before decid-ing on a career in the RCMP.

oast Mountains Board of EducationSchool District 82

NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETINGS

Coast Mountains Board of Education School District 82 is holding a series of public consultation meetings to discuss student learning in our Terrace and Kitimat schools. Of particular focus will be the success of our Aboriginal learners. The Public Consultation Meetings will take place as follows:

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 – 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Suwilaawks Community School (Library) - Terrace

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 – 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Haisla Community School (Community Room) - Kitamaat Village All members of the public are invited to attend. A summary of feedback received from the Public Consultation Meetings will be provided to the District Aboriginal Education Committee for their consideration and review for the Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement. For further information or to provide a written submission prior to the meeting, please contact:

Carole Gagnon, Executive Assistant at the Board of Education OfficeTel: (250) 638-4401 or 1-855-635-4931, Ext. 4401

Email: [email protected]

Enbridge rally

Douglas Channel Watch didn’t want Enbridge to forget about them and held a small rally across from City Centre Mall where the company has their Northern Gateway of� ce. In a media statement to the Sentinel Murray Minchin says the company is successful in bringing “so many disparate groups together” in an “environmentalist force.”

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Strategic Community Investment Funds 2014270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC

Strategic Community Investment Plan for 2015

Small Community GrantIn 2014 the BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development provided to the District of Kitimat $281,827 to assist the community in providing basic services. Grant amounts are based on a formula that factors in a base amount, population and assessment values. These grants generally apply to municipalities with populations under 19,000.These funds were spent as follows:• Bear Aware Project ($21,241) to ensure the on-going education and safety of our residents• New Entrance ($40,213) to the Public Safety Building• New Public Library outside steps ($12,000)• Riverlodge Recreation Centre pillar repairs ($44,593)• Cenotaph reconstruction ($13,565)• Maintenance on District walkways ($136,397) to ensure accessibility throughout the

community• Imaging equipment for fire department ($13,818) to assist the fire department in their

duties related to fire rescue Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing GrantIn 2014 the BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development provided to the District of Kitimat $71,752 to defray the cost of local police enforcement.These funds were spent as follows:• Wages related to guards, administration and staffing to ensure manning levels to meet

community needs

Small Community Grant

In 2015 the BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development provided the District of Kitimat with $431,543 to assist the community in providing basic services.

These funds are planned to be spent as follows:

• Identification and removal of invasive plants ($10,000)• Radley Park washroom construction ($70,000)• New septic field and lift station at Radley Park ($146,539)• New Traffic Controller ($120,000) to ensure efficient and safe transportation• Maintenance on District roads ($85,004) to ensure accessibility throughout the

communityTraffic Fine Revenue Sharing Grant

In 2015 the BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development provided to the District of Kitimat $112,171 to defray the cost of local police enforcement.

These funds are planned to be spent as follows:

• Installation of closed circuit video system to facilitate the transportation and housing of prisoners ($110,000)

• Wages related to guards, administration and staffing to ensure manning levels to meet community needs ($2,171)

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December 21LEGGO’ MY LEGOCome on down to the Library and play with some Lego. Candy Canes for every-one! Register for this event by coming in or calling the library at 250-632-8985OngoingROYAL CANADIAN Legion Branch 250 in Kitimat holds membership meet-ings the third Tuesday of each month.. Meat draws every Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. Members and bona fide guests are welcome.PRAYER CANADA. We meet each week on Tuesdays 12 noon to 1 p.m. For location and further information please call 250-632-4554. Or e-mail [email protected] YOU OR SOMEONE you know have bladder cancer? You’re not alone. It’s the 5th most common cancer in Canada. Bladder Cancer Canada is here to help... or just to talk. In Kitimat, call Glen Sevigny at 250-632-3486. Or [email protected]: 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 ex-cellent training. Call us now at 250-632-2278.BRANCH 250 OF THE KITIMAT LADIES AUXILIARY hold regular meetings every second Thursday of the month. More information by calling Nancy at 250-632-4051, or Lyn at 250-632-2351.Consider joining the Friends of the Public 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 interested 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 Pot-tery Guild meets in the Riverlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Interested in playing with clay? All experience lev-els welcome. For more information call Anne at 250-632-3318.THE KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY of-fers the highly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers Mon-day mornings from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Please register for this free program.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held ev-ery Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Cen-ter. They welcome families throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older sib-lings welcome). Come meet other par-ents and infants over light refreshments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more informa-tion call 250-632-3144.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FunSpot drop-in for children 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 attend. Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: In-

terested in knitting, spinning, 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 female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total confidentiality. For more information 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, Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For information phone Brenda at 250-632-1616. DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Literacy Program provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in improving their reading, writing, math, communication, and information tech-nology skills. Is English NOT your first language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. For more in-formation please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Community Corner check us out at www.kitimatcommunityservices.ca/KALP.html or find us on facebook. DO YOU HAVE DIABETES? Indi-vidual and group counseling. 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. Located on the second floor of theKitimat Hospital in the Home Support offices.

Coming Events

Find your fitWorkBC’s Fit Your Fit skills information fair came through Kitimat on November 17 to give students a hands-on look at in demand job skills in the province. Above is Ryley Ellement, Rachel Udy and Jordan Foxall.

Premier rejects senate planTom Fletcher

Premier Christy Clark wasted no time rejecting Prime Min-ister Justin Trudeau’s plan to reform the Ca-nadian Senate through an independent panel

to appoint new sena-tors.

“B.C. will not par-ticipate in the process outlined today to ap-point senators,” Clark said in a statement released last week.

“Our position has not changed; the Sen-ate should be fixed or folded but we should not be distracted by it.”

Trudeau delivered this week on a promise

to fill the 22 current Senate vacancies via a five-member indepen-dent advisory board, starting with five ap-pointments in the new year. Three of the five panel members are to

be chosen by Ottawa, with two temporary provincial or territo-rial members named for each appointment.

B.C.’s objection is that it has always been under-represented.


Sports & Leisure

Marlins take to PG short courseJason Cathers

The Kitimat Marlins Swim Club was in Prince George for their annual short course (25 meter pool) invitational swim meet.

Nine teams from all across northern BC were in attendance making for very strong competition.

Zachary Dumas, 16, broke the Northwest BC Record in the boys 15 and over 200 meter butter-� y. Dumas already holds the regional record for the 200 meter � y for long course (50 meter pool) Dumas shaved .18 of a second off the record made in 1997 by Garth Coxford from Terrace. Dumas took the silver medal for overall points in the 16 and over boys division.

Other medalist in overall points for the Mar-lins were Kleanza Cathers, 16, gold in the 16 and over girls, Jadyen Johnston, 11, gold in the 11 year old boy, Leah Desousa, 13, bronze in the 12-13 girls, Emilie Krabes, 11, Bronze in the 11 year old girls.

Krabes was also one of two swimmers for the Marlins that swam to 100 per cent personal best times in all eight of their individual races. Megan Forrest, 8, also swam to all personal best times.

To enter for your chance to win a turkey:Count the elves hidden throughout the Northern Sentinel newspaper in each of the following editions - *Nov. 25, Dec. 2 and Dec. 9. Fill out the entry form and submit your entry by 4:30pm, Monday, Dec.14, 2015, at the Northern Sentinel of� ce, 626 Enterprise Ave., Kitimat, BC V8C 2E4 or drop it off at the Kitimat Overwaitea Customer Service counter entry box. *Entry forms available in the Nov. 25, Dec. 2 and Dec. 9 Northern Sentinels. A draw will be made from all eligible entries received by 4:30pm, Dec.14.Four lucky winners will be contacted by phone to pick up one frozen Grade A turkey each at Overwaitea Foods in Kitimat. Turkey must be picked up by December 18, 2015, for best availability. (No substitutes or rainchecks.) Decision of judges is � nal.

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Trading PostLove a treasure hunt?

Then check out our Trading Post, an area for exchange of

materials by swap or donation. Check often, selection varies.

Redecorating?Our Product Care Depot has

leftover paint; check outour selection today!

THINK GLOBALLY...ACT LOCALLY

KITIMAT UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT

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“Aluminum in� nitely recyclable”

READ ANDRECYCLE

Chemical de-icers can present a danger to the

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Alternatives include clean clay cat litter, ash from

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Green De-icers

Robin Austin [email protected]

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Friday, Dec. 18th, 3-5 pm 244A City Centre(Constituency Office)

Donations for the food bank appreciated

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Christmas Open House Please join Nathan, Robin,

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Kitimat’s Marlin Swimmers who attended the Prince George invitational swim meet. Submitted

Coy Cup goes to Terrace hostsThe Terrace Riv-

er Kings will be the host for the Coy Cup Championship to be held in March next year.

The host team gets an automatic berth in the tournament.

The Coy Cup is given to the champion of the Senior Male AAA Championship, which includes four top teams in northern B.C., one being the

host team.The other three

teams are top north-ern teams, and could be teams from Fort St. John, Fort Nel-son, Powell River or even Whitehorse, said coach Rob Findlay.

Terrace last host-ed the tournament in 2009, and the past two years, have come in second in the cup � -nals.

As of Friday the

Kitimat Ice Demons were tied with the Smithers Steelheads in season standings with eight points.

The Prince Rupert Rampage has nine points and the Terrace River Kings have 12.

The Ice Demons

have won four games and lost � ve The Wil-liams Lake Stamped-ers top the East Divi-sion with 18 points.

kitimat northern sentinel, december 09, 2015

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