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due to what it consid-ered Rio Tinto’s com-prehensive approach to providing information on the permit and the opportunity given to the public to comment on it.

Basically, the com-pany followed all of their requirements to reach out to the public to receive their permit. Stannus said that there is disappointment that the emissions were ul-timately approved by the appeals board but she does remain happy that the decision did come with nine rec-ommendations mainly centered around health studies.

The recommenda-tions include that the Environmental Man-agement Act Director engage with the min-istry of environment to encourage a provin-cially-led Kitimat area health study.

As well, if the province does under-

take such a study that any of the findings be considered for any amendment to the environmental ef-fects monitoring plan (EEM).

Stannus says the conditions relating to health speak to the concerns she and fel-low appellant Toews had from the start.

“I’m happy about it,” said Stannus on the conditions in the decision.

“I’m hopeful the ministry of environ-ment will adopt those recommendations.”

She’s particularly happy the conditions pertain directly to health issues.

“That’s what we were saying all along in the appeal, that the impacts on health needed further investi-gation,” she said.

“Unfortunately it [the conditions] was done after the permit. Which seems odd to

me.” She said it would

be prudent to conduct health studies before issuing permits for things that could be harmful to people’s health.

She said she also remains concerned with statistics showing 12 per cent of Kitimat residents have a re-spiratory illness right now.

“I don’t think any increase is trivial when it has to do with health.”

As a school teach-er she says she sees a lot of children with re-spiratory issues.

“I’m always going to wonder if that respi-ratory issue is a result of the increase,” she said.

“That’s always go-ing to hang over me.”

The lawyer repre-senting Toews, Rich-ard Overstall, said the board’s ruling effec-tively endorsed the two main things the ap-pellants were arguing against, the first being the close relationship that the provincial reg-ulators have with the industries they’re sup-posed to be regulating.

Cont’d on page 2

The Environmen-tal Appeals Board has decided that Rio Tinto’s emissions per-mit, specifically in the allowances of sulphur dioxide (SO

2) is al-

lowed to stand.The permit was the

subject of a lengthy ap-

peals process pressed forward by Kitimat residents Emily Toews and Lis Stannus.

The Board deter-mined the emissions permit, which allows the SO

2 emissions to

rise from 27 tonnes a day to 42, could stand

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That’s referring to Rio Tinto payments to the salary of a ministry employee tasked with reviewing the smelter’s emissions application under a secondment agreement.

He said it also endorses the practice which is being estab-lished through the per-mit of testing health ef-fects on local residents.

“They also en-dorsed that it was okay to experiment with people’s health to see if, this case, air pollu-tion is harmful or not,” he said, referring to

recommendations for further health studies even with the permit’s approval.

He also finds it odd the board didn’t make orders relating to the health studies but rather made them as recommendations.

“Normally the board would either be silent on something like that or would make it an order,” he said,

calling it “different,” and “strange,” that they didn’t.”

“If you think the health studies are im-portant for people’s health then, in our view, you should order them,” he added.

No decision has been made as far as any possible appeals of the decision, however the option to do so is not off the table.

Mayor Phil Ger-muth said he was also disappointed that the government is not pushing to get the com-pany to install scrub-bers in their smelter, citing other countries have working scrub-bers on their smelters.

Germuth places that disappointment at the feet of the provin-cial government.

You would think we [B.C.] should be setting an example globally in that not only do we promote indus-try and development but we also, within rea-son, do the very best to

protect the health of our people and the environ-ment,” he said.

He said his posi-tion isn’t to be at odds with Rio Tinto to which he’s thankful for their modernization project that has secured the smelting industry and the Kitimat community for years to come now.

Rather he says it’s the government’s role to act as a safeguard to potential health effects.

“The government is the one who sets the standard,” he said.

Other indirect con-cerns about SO

2 also

includes the potential

of limiting industrial development in an air-shed that has a finite amount of SO

2 emis-

sions, Germuth said.Pointing to exam-

ples in Norway and Qa-tar which use scrubbers in their smelters.

“It is a disappoint-ment that if these other countries are doing it why is B.C. not doing it?”

He said the provin-

cial government should be offering incentive packages to industries to install these emis-sion reducing technolo-gies, which he says have been shown to be entirely safe for use in salt water environ-ments.

Rio Tinto was not immediately available for comment on this ruling.

“They...endorsed that it was okay to experiment with people’s health to see if, this case, air pollution is harmful

or not.”

All is calm and quiet for Christmas in KitimatCameron Orr

It was the night before Christmas and all through the city not a creature was stirring, not even viola-tors of Canada’s Criminal Code.

Sure that doesn’t rhyme, but the Kitimat RCMP have nothing to feel scroogey about with local residents as the police en-

joyed a quiet holiday week-end this year.

Sergeant Graham Morgan said the detach-ment didn’t have any-one in custody and saw no notable spikes ofother files, such as im-paired driving, over Christ-mas weekend.

The RCMP recently posted the successful re-

sults of a road block as well, which showed the vast majority of drivers were making arrangements if they had been drinking.

The holidays are tra-ditionally quiet for the RCMP, they say.

Last year was the same case with no jump in files at Christmas or atNew Years.

As of writing New Years has yet to pass but there’s not much expecta-tion of a busy weekend given past years.

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Skeena Mall opened the morning after an evening of smashed glass and broken doors when a vehicle was driven through the doors at one end of the mall and out the doors at the opposite end Dec. 28.

Terrace RCMP have not provided any details yet but reportedly the driver was in police cus-tody.

Skeena Mall staff put out a Face-book post about the incident afterward.

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“This evening, an individual drove a vehicle in one en-trance of the mall and out the other. This individual is in police custody. Thankfully, no one was hurt.

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Town wants to open a line to residents

Council pay raise sticks to policy

Cameron OrrThe District of Kitimat is looking for new

ways to reach residents and are considering a communications database for direct messaging.

The motion was brought forward by Mary Murphy, who said she wanted a means for citi-zens to receive information on what the town is doing directly to their homes whether by phone or some other means.

She says many communities have set up a communications database for citizens who want direct information, and says in particular she’s looking to reach seniors or persons with

other limitations. “I’m worried about accessing seniors and

persons with limitations because you can’t al-ways get to them,” she said.

The motion ties in to other ongoing Dis-trict initiatives including an under-development emergency alert system.

Chief Administrative Officer Warren Waycheshen says the work underway in the town will lead to a direct telephone or text mes-sage communication in the event of a local state of emergency.

That system is separate from what Murphy

is seeking and would be used sparingly.Mario Feldhoff said he was in favour of

Murphy’s motion but wanted to ensure that such an undertaking wouldn’t be onerously ex-pensive.

He was in principle very supportive of in-creasing communication with Kitimat residents.

Larry Walker was concerned regarding the proposed emergency alert system noting that in a lot of cases the messaging can be dependent on electricity but he was assured that telephone landlines and cellular signals regularly work during power outages.

Cameron OrrAs is the standard

practice, Kitimat Coun-cil will get a pay raise equal to the rise in the B.C. Consumer Price Index.

The raise means local councillors will go from $12,286 to $12,446.

The Mayor’s remu-neration will rise from $29,880 to $30,268.

There was no dis-cussion about any al-ternate pay increase but Mario Feldhoff did ask if the comparable communities used in staff’s report to coun-cil — which includes Terrace, Campbell River and Fort St. John among others — were the most accurate to use for comparisons.

He said if there is to be any discussion about

a potential change then he’d like to ensure an accurate sample.

He’d also want to see any changes in pay only put in place after the next election, which will be in 2018.

Walker also want-ed to see comparisons which are of communi-ties with similar popu-lations.

Warren Waychesh-en said the other com-munities are included as benchmarks but aren’t used to set Kiti-mat’s own pay.

Walker also high-lighted the discrepency between the 1.2 per cent raise and the 2.5 per cent pay increase given to the munici-pality’s employees this year, following the signing of a new col-lective agreement.

On being given the history on how council uses the CPI for their raises, Walker added “I suggest then very strongly that we use that argument with the union in our negotia-tions coming up in an-other 24 months.”

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Port Alberni ended a run of zero increas-es with a 26.95 per cent for councillors to $17,041. The mayor took at 14.54 per cent increase to $38,450.

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“The land of the free, and the home of the brave.”

We hear these words almost ev-ery day, especially as sporting fans watching hockey, football, basket-ball and baseball. It’s one of the best known national anthems in the world today.

But, I fear the words of the an-them are words that are no longer as revered and respected around the world as they once were for a myriad of reasons.

There are some very strange and peculiar things happening in America these days and the words freedom and justice are the ones which are being most maligned.

There was a very famous clip from a popular television show, in which actor Jeff Daniels, playing the anchor of a television newsroom in the HBO show, “Newsroom,” was asked by a student audience member, during a panel discussion, to explain why America is the “greatest country in the world.”

Tired of the rhetoric — so famous among US politicians — Daniels’ response shocked many in the panel audience and gave the world a great piece of theatre.

More like reality television, per-haps.

I dare suppose the Aaron Sorkin script is copyright, however Daniels’ answer as he explained why the Unit-ed States is not the greatest country in the world was revealing and, sad-ly, very true and reverberated virally around the world and online.

He tackled, “land of the free” with these words: “Canada has freedom, Japan has freedom, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, Bel-gium has freedom. Two hundred sev-

en sovereign states in the world, like 180 of them have freedom.”

He lit into the unfortunate student who presumably expected to hear him praise the USA - “And you, sorority girl - yeah - just in case you acciden-tally wander into a voting booth one day, there are some things you should know.

One of them is that there is ab-solutely no evidence to support the statement that we’re the greatest country in the world.

“We’re seventh in literacy, 27th in math, 2nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, third in median household income, number four in labour force, and number four in exports.

We lead the world in only three categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and de-fense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies.”

Continued on page 5

A few words on the downstairs neighbour

QuakesEarthquakes are an impressive reminder that you

can’t trust anyone, even the ground beneath you.Last week a relatively mild earthquake hit Van-

couver Island and the Lower Mainland.A lot of people are using the chance to high-

light the need to be prepared for emergencies such as earthquakes.

I’m reminded of the earthquake we had in Octo-ber 2012 which was a 7.7 centred out towards Haida Gwaii.

My wife and I were awaiting the start of a show put on by the Kitimat Concert Association when it hit. It was my � rst real earthquake so it was a confus-ing moment, and I truly thought I was having a medi-cal episode until I asked someone else if the room was moving and found out it was for everyone.

The funny part of it, to use the term “funny” loosely, was that it came just weeks after the Shake-OutBC drill, the province-wide earthquake drill held in schools and of� ces all over.

The routine of ducking under a desk was sud-denly very signi� cant when we were all forced to for real.

Thankfully little damage came out of that earth-quake, as is the case for last week’s tremor.

But it’s also sobering to be reminded that earth-quakes are not uncommon.

The “big one” may be rare but the earth moves all the time.

A geologist quoted in the CBC says that glob-ally there’s about 1,000 a month of light to moderate quakes.

And there’s growing evidence that natural gas fracking may be a cause of some other small quakes more inland.

So earthquakes are a reality, and they can hit home without warning.

The website for ShakeOutBC has some informa-tion handy for people looking to be more prepared.

Before an earthquake happens they encourage you to identify any hazards in your home, and decide with your family how you’ll communicate during an emergency.

Disaster supplies should be organized in conve-nient locations, and for important documents make sure they’re organized, protected and be sure to con-sider your insurance options.

As for during an earthquake, the � rst step is to drop, cover and hold on. Then if necessary evacuate and help anyone who might be injured.

The basic thread I see in that preparedness list is to be organized and know how you’ll act when an earthquake happens.

Even for the smallest events it’s easy to be dis-oriented and confused about what to do.

As the Scouts always say, be prepared.Cameron Orr

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Luke 2:29-30: “Lord now let your servant depart in peace according to your Word; for my eyes have seen your salvation.”

It is amazing how quickly people do away with Christmas after the big day is over.

By now the landfill is full of trees and the Christmas decorations are put away for an-other year.

It was a nice diver-sion to have the house brightly lit with the smell of roast turkey in the air, but once it

passes it's on to other stuff.

Well, the verse above describes some-thing that happened 40 days after the first Christmas when Mary and Joseph car-ried baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem to perform the sac-rifices prescribed by

their law. It was a dark time

in the world but this little Christ brought real light and gladness to some people who met Him that day. Like us, old Simeon under-stood what it felt like to live in a society that was drifting away from the Lord, but God had

let Simeon know that he wouldn’t die until he had seen the prom-ised Savior, and he had been waiting a long, long time.

Then it happened. One day he saw a young father and mother holding their baby boy, and when Simeon saw that baby he knew his wait was over.

“Sovereign Lord,” he sang, “As you have promised, now let your servant depart in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation.”

God sent His gift right through the door

that day. A gift that was born in a town you can still find on the map, laid on straw, at-tended to by shepherds and lowing cattle. That baby boy grew up liv-ing with His parents, learning to work with wood, feeling happi-ness and pain. And when He was a man, in the prime of His life, His hands were stretched out wide and nailed to a cross, where He died for the sins of the world.

God’s rescue came right through the door to the world where we are even though we

didn’t deserve it. He came in unex-

pectedly in a time and place people were not paying attention to.

Yet, when Simeon saw Him, he knew whose presence he was in. Now with his own eyes he was look-ing at God’s rescue with arms and legs on it. Seeing Christ was everything Simeon had been waiting for, and now he was ready to go and be with the Lord.

So, don’t be too quick to pack Christ-mas away. Our Lord is still trying to nudge

you over to that little child, the same one who brought eternal salvation to Simeon long ago.

He has come even if we don’t deserve His coming, even if you have ignored Him for a long time and wasted too many Christmases in years gone by.

It’s never too late to believe in that small child as your Savior. And it is in knowing that your sins are for-given and your eternal salvation is secure, that you will have a glad New Year in 2016

Amen.

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Con’t from page 4I won’t copy any

more of the ringing harangue but everyone understands the US is very off kilter right now and has been for some very long time.

This week, we are again seeing a new word in day-to-day American news lexicon, “afflu-enza,” in the case of a teenage Texan, Ethan Couch, who, at age 16, was sentenced to 10 years of probation for causing a 2013 drunk driving car crash thatkilled four innocent people.

The sentence shocked many people, particularly after a de-fense witness testified that Couch had suf-fered from too much privilege — an afflic-tion the witness called

“affluenza.” But Tarrant County

Sheriff Dee Anderson’s reaction when Couch and his mother were found to have left the country, violating his probation earlier in De-cember, was “I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.”

That was when authorities announced that Couch, now 18, had disappeared with his mother days before a hearing that could have transferred his case to adult court.

Anderson issued warrants and the dis-guised teen and his wealthy mother were soon found “on vaca-tion” in Puerto Vallarta and were promptly de-ported back to Texas to face “justice.” Then in stepped the lawyers

and for the moment Couch has been per-mitted to stay in Mex-ico.

His mother was flown back to L.A. in handcuffs by US Mar-shalls and her future is unclear, but it seems she will face court ac-tion.

But once again, for Ethan, the poor “vic-tim of affluenza” the eventual consequence for breaking parole and fleeing the coun-try is a justice that few will like, because, as a juvenile, breach of pro-bation is punishable by incarceration in a ju-venile facility until he turns 19.

It’s one small ex-ample among so many including the recent decision by a grand jury in Cleveland

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The fact that it took 13 months to reach this decision tells a great deal about America to-day.

Again, just one of a long string of examples where America may not beconsidered the greatest country in anybody’s world.

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Horizon North wants to rise even higher

Horizon North is seeking a by-law amendment that will increase the maximum building height for their developments in the Cross-roads property up to three storeys.

Crossroads is the development which will see an up to 1,000 bed work camp constructed in property adjacent to Forest Avenue near the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce.

An 89-room hotel will also be constructed as a condition of the de-velopment.

A public hearing on this pro-posed bylaw change is set for Janu-ary 18.

Among the concerns council asked staff to look in to was wheth-

er the increased height limit will impact the sightlines for residents along Kitamaat Village Road.

The planning department said at the December 14 council meeting it wasn’t expected to impact visuals due to the nature of the geography in that area.

Horizon North said that it’s con-fident enough in the Kitimat market to plan for the opening of an initial 240 beds at their property by the end of 2016.

“We believe there’s enough in-terest we could put up to 240 rooms in stage one of our permanent camp,” Horizon North CEO Rod Graham told the Sentinel.

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TF: At the UN climate conference in Paris, did you speak about natural gas as a transition fuel, and did you find support for that idea?

PCC: Yes and yes. The new govern-ment in Ottawa is a big supporter of our LNG plan, and part of the reason for that is that they also see it as a way forward for Canada to make a huge contribution to fighting global climate change.

There are 150 coal plants on the books in China today. The only way that those plants and the ones that come after will be stopped is if they have a transi-tional fuel to move to.

TF: B.C.’s 2020 greenhouse gas target, reduction of emissions by a third, is another target that isn’t going to be met. Why?

PCC: When the government brought in the carbon tax, it was based on the assump-tion that other jurisdic-tions around us were going to eventually catch up. And none of them have.

There comes a point where the car-bon tax can only get so high before we start chasing all those jobs.

TF: Your advisory committee says the carbon tax needs to go higher starting in 2018 if it’s going to have an effect. Do you have any other choice?

PCC: Let’s figure out what the national goal is going to be, which we don’t know yet.

TF: On LNG, oil and natural gas prices continue to go down, and supply continues to go up around the world. Did you see any positive signs this year?

PCC: What I saw this year was develop-ing countries, espe-cially China, making a firm commitment to

reduce their emissions. The only way for them to do that is to move to a greater degree to natural gas, and the bulk of their industry is still located on the east

coast of their country.TF: Are we go-

ing to see some policy action on high hous-ing costs in 2016, and will there be some re-lief from the property

transfer tax?PCC: You’ll see in

the February budget, but we are looking for ways to provide some relief for home buyers.

TF: We’re starting

to see government ad-vertising ramp up. We saw a lot of Jobs Plan advertising before the 2013 election, we saw the federal government do it with their Eco-

nomic Action Plan...Is that what we’re going to see in the next year and a half?

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Busy first full year for mayor and council

Cullen considers nation’s future in 2016

MLA Austin looks in to 2016 priorities

As the current municipal council’s first full year comes to a close, Mayor Phil Germuth reflects on what he says is a par-ticularly busy year for a Kitimat mayor, and an as-usual busy year for the councillors.

In all he said 195 meetings were at-tended by himself and councillors through 2015, between com-mittee gatherings or major conferences.

Germuth himself has attended a number of out-of-town confer-

ences, which he says have been quite suc-cessful in raising the

profile of Kitimat on a larger stage, and have also helped in bringing in potential investors wanting to learn more about the community.

Just a small sam-pling of events the mayor’s attending in-clude the Premier’s Natural Resources Forum in January, a Canadian LNG Export conference, the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, and the 55 North Conference in Grand Prairie.

The list of events both local and out of

area is extensive, and he says it was definite-ly a bigger demand on the position than has been in the past and was largely brought on by the prospect of liquefied natural gas development.

He says 2016 may be a little quieter with fewer conferences so far scheduled for the year.

Germuth says he’s had extensive support from the District’s Economic Develop-ment Office in prepar-ing for these confer-

ences, and is indebted to Bev Gibaldi at the District too for keep-ing his travel arrange-ments organized.

With a full year under the council’s belt Germuth says he’s very happy with the council he gets to work with who he says have all gotten along and bring a di-verse number of view-points to discussions. He says all have great respect for each other.

Germuth was hesitant to offer any specific predictions

for the new year, espe-cially on the industrial construction front. He says LNG Canada, as far as he knows, is still shooting for a 2016 final investment deci-sion but the company may not make their initial target of the first half of the year for that as they had hoped.

But the town is looking to diversify and not wait just for LNG. He says the council would be happy for value-add-ed industries, which include the proposal

for an oil refinery in the valley and even a return of a methanol facility was mentioned but Germuth does point out the many hurdles it would take to develop a new one in Kitimat.

Even so Kitimat, he said, will enjoy new construction such as the Haisla Town Cen-tre, the Horizon North site with the Pomeroy hotel, and the MStar Hotel at City Centre Mall, all expected to be completed by the end of the year.

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Valley MP Nathan Cul-len says 2015 had been a huge year for Canada.

“It was a huge year politically for the country and for the northwest.”

That’s in no small part to the federal elec-tion which saw the governing Conserva-tive party knocked down to Official Oppo-sition status and raising the Liberal party up to the helm.

Cullen said the election was a mixed bag of being good to him in the northwest but not so good nation-ally for the NDP.

“Really great turn-out rate across the country, here in the Skeena as well. Had

a lot of debates... Was personally very satis-fied with the results we had in the northwest. Obviously disappoint-ed with the results for us as a party,” he said.

Cullen has given no indication he would seek another shot at the leadership position of the NDP party to

replace Tom Mulcair. Cullen took a shot at the leadership position the same time Mulcair did when former leader Jack Layton died.

As for working with this new gov-ernment, Cullen said they’ve definitely been easier to work with than the past govern-ment but he says the government must work urgently to meet many issues that had gone ignored under the Conservatives, includ-ing action on climate change.

“Canada needs Plan B in terms of what drives our economy and no longer have all of our eggs in one bas-ket,” he said, referring to oil.

Cullen is also

hoping to continue drawing infrastruc-ture spending to the riding. Increased in-frastructure spending was a major point of the Liberals’ campaign and Cullen will hold information sessions throughout the month to gather input about what people want to see.

Cullen said it won’t be about what he wants and early in-dications show it could be basic transportation and telecommunica-tions spending which will make up a big part of the wishlists.

He’s also working with the government on developing the finer details on a proposed crude oil tanker ban off the north coast.

Skeena MLA Rob-in Austin looks back at 2015 as the year the provincial government did very little.

In terms of any major legislation he says there was nothing to show from the prov-ince.

The BC Liber-als meanwhile lost a lot of time focusing nearly entirely on the liquefied natural gas industry, which has not resulted in a final in-vestment decision.

So what will 2016 hold for the province?

For one he expects to see a funding boost to the Ministry of Chil-dren and Family De-velopment.

That ministry has been the target of a number of reports, the latest by Bob Plecas who issued a number of recommendations for the ministry in-cluding more funding and more accountabil-ity.

Austin sees the ministry as a major fo-cus for the Liberals in

the year ahead.Austin is also hop-

ing to see a provincial government less fo-cused on development LNG industries in the province.

He sees that as po-litical meddling in de-cisions that are never up to the government in the first place.

Austin has always said he hopes for an LNG industry for the region and sees Kiti-mat as the most vi-able location, but it’s

not a political decision when and where one gets built.

Austin wants to see the government jump off the LNG bandwagon in favour of other topics. For one he wants to see progress made in the licencing rules for

motorcycle operators.He’s hoping legis-

lation will make mo-torcycles safer, which is also a focus of a coalition of people led by Kitimat’s Denise Lodge whose son was killed in a motorcycle accident.

The provincial

government did intro-duce some new legis-lation in 2012 regard-ing motorcycle safety.

Austin also wants to see amendments made to off-road vehi-cle regulations to pro-vide operators more flexibility in how they run their vehicles.

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AltaGas has appealed a federal gov-ernment decision to impose a $100 mil-lion customs duty on a floating natural gas liquefaction plant for Kitimat

The appeal was filed by AltaGas, a Canadian partner in the Douglas Chan-nel LNG project which would feature an LNG plant affixed to a floating plat-form to be built in Asia and ferried to Kitimat.

Because the federal Canada Border Services Agency is classifying the plat-

form as a ship, it’s subjecting the barge-shaped platform to a 25 per cent duty fee.

AltaGas vice president John Lowe, in speaking to analysts during a confer-ence call held to discuss the company’s earnings, said it takes the opposite view.

“The floating unit is incapable of navigation, it has no self-propulsion and it’s going to be moored permanently,” he said.

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should not be subject to any duty which is the case for all equipment that lique-fies air or gases”, Lowe said.

AltaGas and other members of the Douglas Channel consortium have been working making a final investment de-cision on the $600 million project by the end of the year and appeal of the $100 million duty is necessary to make that decision, Lowe mentioned.

- November 11, 2015 Northern Sentinel


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First pour at RT smelter marks end of long project

Custom fee looms over LNG plant plans

Reward for Vermette file closes at end of year

The company held a special celebration in July inside the site’s new cafeteria, dubbed Hen-ning Hall in honour of company executive Paul Henning. The company is hailing the milestone while also noting that they still have work to do to reach the ‘inauguration’, which will be the formal conclusion of all construction work, expected in 2016.

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Even so, they say the final two per cent of the project will be a long one still.

“The last couple per cent on anything is al-ways the longest ones,” he said.

The smelter will conclude with a final price tag of $4.8 billion.

The workforce, as of July 7, sat at just over one thousand people, but Charron said the work-force would dwindle rapidly by the end of that month and in to September.

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The reward had gone as high as $25,000.

Kevin Vermette was and remains the sole suspect in the grizzly triple murder which shook the community

of Kitimat in July 1997.Michael Mauro, David

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- December 2, 2015

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Personally victorious with just over 51 per cent of the vote in the Skee-na-Bulkley Valley riding, re-elected MP Nathan Cullen was pleased with the local riding’s federal election but did express disappointment at his party’s showing.

From official opposition with hopes of forming the next federal govern-ment when the votes were counted Oct. 19, the NDP instead is in third place.

“We’re very disappointed we were not able to form the government as we hoped to do a number of weeks ago,” said Cullen.

The party fell from 95 seats at the beginning of the election to 44 when the counting was done.

Its share of the popular vote dropped from 30 per cent to 19 per cent.Still, he said he has no intentions of running for the leadership of the

NDP should Thomas Mulcair step down after this week’s disappointment for the party.

“It’s the furthest thought from my mind tonight,” said Cullen who placed third the last time the NDP held a leadership race.

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Vice President Human ResourcesNorthern Savings Credit Union is seeking a Vice President Human Resources. This is an exciting opportunity to exhibit leadership in developing a culture of engagement and accountability to our members, employees and communities in support of the credit union vision, “Neighbours helping neighbours to build sustainable communities”.

Northern Savings operates four branch locations, insurance and wealth management divisions and a head office located in Prince Rupert, BC with over 160 talented employees.

A recent re-structuring affords the successful candidate the ability to design and lead in the implementation of compensation and performance management programs, and to foster an employee brand that supports our vision and mission.

Ideally, the Human Resources professional should have 10 years’ experience in a senior human resources role and possess or be working toward their CHRP designation.

For more information about Northern Savings Credit Union, the VP Human Resources opportunity, or to

apply visit www.northsave.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYThe award winning Black Press newspaper,

the Kitimat Northern Sentinelhas a new opening for a full time

EDITORKitimat BC - a small community of approximately 9,000 is nestled at the head of the scenic Douglas Channel. The community has a strong industrial base with an operating aluminum smelter and is buzzing with excitement over the prospect of a booming liquefied natural gas industry. The community is extremely well serviced with leisure facilities, with access to nature providing no shortage of outdoor exploration. This position is ideal for a hard working, self-starting individual who wants a hand in the entire process of news production. Working in a tight-knit office, the successful candidate will use their strong writing, sharp photography, and capable page design skills to produce the weekly Northern Sentinel. They will also have a hand in producing the weekend Northern Connector advertiser, provide content for the monthly N2K Industrial News Magazine, and other off-sets published by the Northern Sentinel.Key qualifications include:

- A strong work ethic, self motivated, keen reporter and investigating skills- Experience with Adobe Indesign and Photoshop on Mac platform- Ability to work independently to produce high quality content- A valid driver’s licence with a reliable vehicle- Journalism background preferred

This is a full time, 40 hr/week, position. Due to the nature of the position, some flexibility is required.Black Press offers a comprehensive benefits package.To be considered for this position, please send cover letter, resume and work samples, complete with at least three work related references, to:Louisa Genzale, PublisherKitimat Northern Sentinel, 626 Enterprise Avenue, Kitimat, BC V8C 2E4or by e-mail: [email protected] thank you in advance for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Continued from page 7THE KITIMAT PUB-LIC LIBRARY offers the highly engaging Mother Goose Story-Time for pre-schoolers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Please register for this free program.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Devel-opment Center. They welcome families throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older siblings wel-come). Come meet other parents and in-fants over light refresh-ments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more information call 250-632-3144.CHILD DEVELOP-MENT CENTRE Fun-Spot drop-in for chil-dren aged birth to 5 years with caregivers. Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays 10 am- 12 pm. Fridays are now a combined drop-in/mul-ticultural playgroup. All are welcome to attend. Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Inter-ested in knitting, spin-ning, weaving, or any other fibre? For more information phone Maureen 250-632-5444.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total con-fidentiality. For more information contact

Mary at 250-639-6016.AGLOW OF KITI-MAT - All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For informa-tion phone Brenda at 250-632-1616. DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Literacy Pro-gram provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in im-proving their reading, writing, math, commu-nication, and informa-tion technology skills. Is English NOT your first language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group Eng-lish as a Second Lan-guage (ESL) classes. For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Community Corner check us out at www.kitimatcommunityser-

vices.ca/KALP.html or find us on facebook. DO YOU HAVE DIA-BETES? Individual and group counseling. For more info call 250-632-8313 during oper-ating hours - Wednes-days 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 the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support offices.

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The Rotary Club’s Robin Lapointe says this year’s Rotary Auction, a first for the community to use online bidding, went very well.

"It was a huge success,” he said. "I think it surpassed everybody's ex-pectations."

Lapointe handed credit to the Rotary Club’s programmer who came in to assist with the digital sys-tem, to the Kitimat Valley Institute who provided their facility for the event, and to the businesses which gave to the event.

"[The] only apologies we have there is we missed some businesses.”

It was a learning curve for the auction bidders as well who were just learning how to use the online system which included the ability to make watch lists and maximum bids.

With about $30,000 worth in merchandise donations Lapointe says the club took in $18,000, which is a good ratio, he says.

Part of that money goes to the Rotary Youth Leadership program Ryla, and another portion goes to the club’s annual scholarships.

The remainder of the money is up to the discretion of the club presi-dent on how the club can spend it.

Successful Rotary auction


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The Kitimat Ban-tam Winterhawks boys attended a hockey tournament in Hous-ton, B.C., the David Brieztke Memorial Tournament, and de-spite a rocky start against rivals Burns Lake, the Kitimat team rallied hard to remain undefeated from then

on out and topped out as tournament champi-ons.

“From a coaching standpoint we were really happy with the team,” said Assistant Coach Glen Robinson. “I think the kids got better as the tourna-ment went on.”

- January 28, 2015

Year in Sports

Winterhawks win

Curlers win big in Creston

Thorne makes it big in Beijing

All Native TournamentThe Kitamaat Ladies team came close to a top finish but still walked away with a respectable silver in the finals at the All Native Tournament in Prince Rupert in February. February 25, 2015

The Mount Elizabeth Girls team consisting of Taylor Re-ese-Hansen, Micaela Steven-son, Leah Anthony, Emma Bak-er, Jordan Zanella and Coach

Laurel DeGoeij ended the long drought of Kitimat champion-ship wins for curling.

The team competed in Cres-ton, February 19-21 at the 2014-

15 championships finishing with a six win and one loss record to win the school’s first provincial curling title in 36 years.

- March 4, 2015

Smart training, be-ing in shape, and “of course luck” played a factor in Ben Thorne’s finish at the World

Athletic Champion-ships in Beijing in Au-gust.

The Kitimat-raised athlete, who

now calls Vancouver his home base, earned a bronze medal in the 20km race walk event, simultaneously earn-

ing Canada a world re-cord. Thorne also has ambitions for a future Olympics too.

- September 2, 2015

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