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Chief Councillor Ellis Ross of the Haisla Nation Council gives Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver his � rst look at the Douglas Channel, where he saw the proposed sites for lique� ed natural gas projects in the area. Cameron Orr

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Haisla host natural resources minister on tourCameron Orr

Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver saw the Douglas Channel for the � rst time on July 23 on a fact � nding mis-sion hosted by the Haisla.

It was also Oliver’s fourth opportunity to meet with Chief Councillor Ellis Ross.

“I wanted to meet him [Ross] again and some other members of the [Haisla], and to see the channel, just to get a sense of its size,” said Oliver at the end of his boat tour down the channel, which took him as far as the possible future site of the Kitimat LNG project.

Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross said the visit was de� nitely a kind of “getting to know each other” meeting, but some long-standing Haisla issues were included in the conversations.

“The number one issue we have with the federal government right now is their initiative to turn the Douglas Channel into a public port,” said Ross. “We don’t agree

with that, in fact the Haisla have been work-ing for the last � ve or six years on studying the rationale for this to be a private port.”

While he understands the federal gov-ernment’s role in terms of shipping traf� c, he believes it should be “the people on the ground” running the port, not the govern-ment.

While he doesn’t think the Haisla themselves would have a hand in running it, they have capable partners who could, he said.

“This all goes back to the Haisla want-ing to be part of the decision making that affects rights and title,” he said. “We’re looking at the Douglas Channel in general, and mainly what we’re looking at is Haisla territory.”

He adds, “We can be speci� c about what the Haisla want to see in terms of traf-� c coming into Douglas Channel.”

Additionally, Ross believes way too much attention has been paid to the En-

bridge Northern Gateway Pipelines pro-posal and that all levels of government need to move on to more achievable goals.

“There seems to be a lot of effort, a lot of anxiety about Enbridge’s project to get crude oil to Asia, but there doesn’t seem to be that amount of interest in getting natural gas to Asia from the federal government,” he said.

Ross notes the approval of a number of export permits already for the region.

“There’s just so much momentum now for the natural gas industry.”

He said more effort made to natural gas exports will be more bene� cial to the area and to the country at large.

“I think the Enbridge proposal has been mishandled from day one. So why keep beating a dead horse? Lets get the things we can get done right now.”

The potential is there, in this channel, to ship so much more as well, including minerals and pellets, said Ross.

All that being said though, he’s feeling good about the Haisla’s relationship with the federal government these days. They’re being more inclusive, and to Oliver’s cred-it, said Ross, he didn’t spend much time talking about Enbridge either.

“I think Joe Oliver’s trip down here...really opened his eyes to the potential we have here,” he said. “I think we’re taking small steps in the right direction in terms of the relationship with the federal govern-ment.”

Ross adds that the federal government has been spending more time looking at the area and gathering information and gener-ally “taking it a lot slower than they were.”

Oliver also re� ected on his visit during an interview following his boat tour on the Douglas Channel.

Oliver said that as LNG projects come online, it’s important that the prosperity is shared with the aboriginal community.

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June crime stats revealedCameron Orr

While Staff Ser-geant Phil Harrison wasn’t available to present the statistics in person at a regular council meeting, the numbers still made their way into coun-cil’s hands.

With June’s crime stats, it marks the half-way point for the year, and perhaps more than earlier months, an in-dication of how this year will compare to 2012.

Sexual assaults are at six for the year, with none reported for June. That means ex-actly half as many files

as occcured in 2012.There was one

aggravated assault, bringing the year total to three, up from one in 2012.

Assault with a weapon or an assault causing bodily harm is at six for the month, or 13 for the year.

That’s just over half of 2012’s 24 files.

There were two robberies in June, bringing the year total to three. There were two in 2012.

2013 has almost matched 2012’s total threats against person files. There were six in June, bringing the to-

tal to 52. In 2012 there were 53.

There has official-ly been more business break and enters this year, totalling nine af-ter two in June, beat-ing 2012’s eight.

We are three away from 2012’s total of residential break and enters, seven in June bringing the year total to 27.

There were nine vehicle thefts in June, bringing the total to 24, which also beats 2012’s total, of 14.

Shoplifting is down this year though, with no files in June, keeping the total at

two, against 2012’s 13 total.

There were 30 cas-es of mischief to prop-erty in June though, bringing the file total to 123. In 2012 there were 160.

There were 20 causing a disturbance files for June.

The year to date is 115, against 2012’s 165.

For drug offences, marijuana provided the only source for cases, with four pos-sessions bringing the year’s total to 17. There were 28 posses-sion files in 2012.


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Premier Christy Clark is pitching B.C.’s carbon tax to her fellow pre-miers, bolstered by a study that shows it is reducing fossil fuel use compared to other provinces.

As premiers gathered last Thurs-day in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. for a Council of the Federation meeting, B.C. Environment Minister Mary Po-lak said B.C. needs other provinces and U.S. states to get on board before mov-ing further on car-bon pricing.

Introduced in 2008, B.C.’s car-bon tax now adds about seven cents to the cost of a litre of gasoline, with comparable taxes on coal, fuel oil, propane and other fuels. Legislation requires that car-bon tax revenue be offset by reductions in business and per-sonal income tax, so it encourages fuel efficiency.

The study by University of Ot-tawa law professor Stewart Elgie found that per-capita use of fossil fuels has declined, while it has increased in the rest of Canada.

The B.C. govern-ment finished the last fiscal year with a defi-cit of $1.15 billion, according to the au-dited public accounts released Tuesday.

That’s up from $968 million that was projected as the deficit last year, an indication of the difficult task facing the government to balance the budget in the current year.

Finance Min-ister Mike de Jong said the government reduced its spend-ing $668 million in the fiscal year ended March, compared to what was budgeted. But resource rev-enues, mostly natural gas, were down $1.1 billion from the 2012 budget.

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Strata plan to protect rentalsCameron Orr

In a plan to ensure the town doesn’t lose too many rental units, staff is pitching a draft bylaw to councillors that would create a strata conver-sion policy.

In a report to councillors from planning staff, they were told that “with the current in-crease in housing prices there is a possibility that owners of rental housing will convert their buildings into strata-title properties.”

Not just that though, but the town’s planners are convinced that it’s unlikely that new rental units would ever be constructed here.

“Rental buildings were built at a time when rental unit construction was either less costly or supported by federal tax schemes,” the report goes on. “If all existing rental buildings were converted it is unlikely that they would be re-placed by other purpose-built rental housing, leaving Kitimat without an important source of affordable housing.”

Director of Planning and Community Devel-opment Gwen Sewell said at the July 22 Com-mittee of the Whole meeting that even in Van-couver, with such a high number of rental units, are only getting their first rental building built in decades this year.

In town, 262 rental units are currently being

renovated, according to the staff report.That includes apartment buildings like Hill-

crest Place and Kuldo Apartments, to townhous-es like on Nalabila, or Little Wedeene Street townhouses.

Planner Daniel Martin, who also presented at the Committee of the Whole with Sewell, said that a local agency which surveys rental avail-ability in town found that there were only two available rental units: a furnished and an unfur-nished unit.

A spring 2013 report from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corportation found that Kitimat’s rental vacancy rate was 4.7.

The proposal from staff is to set a vacancy rate benchmark of five per cent, the level at which no more strata conversions could take place.

Other communities use similar levels. In Smithers, a five per cent vacancy rate is also used in their strata-conversion bylaw, and in Terrace the level is three per cent.

The plan is to take this proposed bylaw to the August 6 regular council meeting for first two readings, but meanwhile councillor Phil Germuth did want to see information regarding towns like Dawson Creek, which he felt more closely match the conditions in Kitimat right now.

Continued from page 1“My vision here

is for a prosperous and secure Canada for generations to come based upon the responsible develop-ment of our natural resources.”

Oliver touted the safety precautions the federal Con-servatives have put in place, which in-cludes increasing the number of pipeline inspections by 50 per cent, doubling the number of compre-hensive audits and monetary penalties which could result up to $100,000 of fines per day.

“That’s in addi-tion to criminal pen-alties which could go up to a million dollars and five years in jail,” he said.

We asked him about LNG projects and if there’s a point where more projects have to be denied simply on a supply ba-sis, but he said the government will leave it to the private sec-tor to figure out if a project can be done.

“These are decisions made by the private sector, it’s not us telling them don’t do this proj-ect...they’re going to figure that out themselves,” he said.

The process to get an ex-port licence from the govern-ment includes a review on the actual supply of natural gas, and whether there’s enough

for everyone, including use in Canada.

The Sentinel also asked Oliver about the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project, and what his response is to some beliefs that the gov-ernment will push the project through regardless of the re-view process.

“We have a very strong interest in seeing the markets diversify, and that includes moving oil to Asia,” he said. “However, we’re not going to stomp over the regulatory pro-cess.

“It’s subject to regulatory review, the joint review panel will be coming to its conclu-

sion this December. We’re waiting for what they have to say...I know people have a view of what our opinion is but we don’t offer an opinion before we hear from the regulator.”

He added that once the review is done, “At that point we’ll know more because they will have a done a comprehen-sive, scientific audit.”

“We don’t have a prefer-ence for one commercial proj-ect over another and we would only support projects that are going to be safe environmen-tally, and safe for the popula-tion. So we’re going to wait to hear on that.”

Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver (right) stands with Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross during a tour on the Douglas Channel last Tuesday, July 23.

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District of Kitimat270 City Centre, Kitimat BC

District of Kitimat270 City Centre, Kitimat BC

small community GrantIn 2012 the BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development provided to the District of Kitimat $606,775 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 to assist the District of Kitimat as follows:

• Bear Aware Project ($10,000) to ensure the on-going education and safety of our residents.

• Parks maintenance and improvements ($148,500) to ensure the maintenance and upkeep of the District’s green spaces.

• Maintenance on District roads ($448,275) to ensure accessibility throughout the community.

traffic fine revenue sharing GrantIn 2012 the BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development provided to the District of Kitimat $146,351 to defray the cost of local police enforcement.These funds were spent to assist the District of Kitimat as follows:

• $112,046 to assist with the cost of local police services.

• Renovation of cells ($34,305) to upgrade the housing of prisoners.

small community Grant

In 2013 the BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development will provide the District of Kitimat with $283,593 to assist the community in providing basic services.

These funds are planned to be spent as follows:• Bear Aware Project ($10,000) to ensure the on-

going education and safety of our residents.• Parks maintenance and improvements

($118,000) to ensure the maintenance and upkeep of the District’s green spaces.

• Maintenance on District roads ($155,593) to ensure accessibility throughout the community.

traffic fine revenue sharing Grant

In 2013 the BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development will provide the District of Kitimat $71,811 to defray the cost of local police enforcement.

These funds are planned to be spent as follows:

• Renovation of cells to upgrade the housing of prisoners.

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Is anyone else fed up with end-less talk about Senate reform or de-mands to disband/abolish the Senate?

If you are, too bad, because you can get ready for a whole lot more of the same.

There’s been no shortage of in-put on the best ways of “righting” this sinking ship, from erudite scrib-blers like Conrad Black, a former member of the British House of Lords (who explains why neither abolition or election is the right answer) to people like Preston Manning who has written an “open letter” to the Senate urging fast, “decisive actions rather than fur-ther discussion and half measures” to � nd the root causes of this demand to abolish the Senate, before it’s too late.

Columnists of all stripes have set out a range of solutions but clearly the Senate is on crumbling ground and may not be able to ignore or shrug off ac-countability for its miscreant appointed members who have demonstrated their casual level of concern for the anger of millions of taxpayers of Canada who shell out more than $100 million annu-ally to support the institution.

The subject was on the agenda of last week’s three-day summit meeting of provincial premiers in Niagara-on-the-Lake, but had been dismissed as in-solvable (by this mixed political group) before the meeting even started.

Many taxpayers have been quoted in comment sections of extensive me-

dia coverage of this most recent Sen-ate scandal, that jail time for fraud for Senators found guilty of cheating on expenses would quickly focus the at-tention of the remaining Senators on “cleaning house.”

Few, if any, feel that voluntary re-payment is suf� cient deterrent to greedy Senators scooping ineligible cash pay-ments from the loosely-ruled organi-zation which I think that demonstrated very clearly that there is absolutely no chance that the honour system will do the job.

Neither is it likely to be resolved by the Senate Standing Committee on In-ternal Economy, a politically weighted committee with little or no credibility, based on its secretive and ineffective decision process to date.

Meanwhile, the internal and RCMP “investigations” continue, as time pass-es and other distractions intrude. Still, it seems evident that a majority of Ca-nadians has this “bit” in between their teeth and won’t be satis� ed with any-thing but a clean slate and a new start that addresses the numerous failures of

this foolish system that has been per-mitted by successive governments to rip off the taxpayers for more than 140 years.

It has been a busy two weeks, with the interminable Middle Eastern (Egypt/Syria) crises, the Lac Mégan-tic fallout, weird weather, � ooding, hailstorms, tornadoes, the Royal baby

frenzy, and much assorted murder, mayhem, plane crashes and all of the usual political, personality and celebrity mis-steps.

But one that caught my eye was the peculiar situation in Saskatoon where a court quickly threw out a seat belt ticket issued by police to a 55-year-old armless man, who drives a specially-equipped truck.

Stopped in a police traf� c check, Steve Simonar has been driving modi-� ed vehicles using his feet since he lost both of his arms in 1985, was issued a $175 ticket for not wearing a set belt.

Since he is unable to fasten a seat belt, Simonar says surprised of� cers who pulled him over in the past usually sent him on his way with “have a nice day.” Not this time. The police of� cer said a medical note was not suf� cient and a government permit was required. Subsequent meetings with police failed to get him anywhere so off he went to court to � ght the ticket, which was quickly withdrawn by the embarrassed prosecutor, but Simoner is still waiting, in vain, for an apology from police.


From one injustice to another

One more thing about the bridge

Hopefully no one minds if I bring up a second bridge for a moment, because I have more to say.

Well, I didn’t until I saw a provincial press re-lease announcing a contract being awarded to build a bridge on Highway 16.

The province announced a $2 million bid had been awarded to build a two-lane bridge over Corya Creek at Moricetown on the highway, or 36 km west of Smithers. According to the press release, High-way 16 is “the main east-west route in the North and is a key corridor for commercial traf� c and tourist travel,” and it would, by extension, service the port of Kitimat, it even reads.

A choice quote from the presser from the minis-ter of transportation Todd Stone, “We want to ensure the Northwest has safe, reliable infrastructure for residents, tourists and commercial traf� c. This new bridge at Corya Creek will provide safer, more ef-� cient travel along this portion of Highway 16.”

My attention was had from the explanation they wanted to ensure the Northwest had safe in-frastructure for commercial traf� c.

I could imagine the same words being used for a second bridge in Kitimat.

But I’m sure the difference here is that High-way 16 is, well, a highway, and Haisla Boulevard is not. And that’s not a new issue. As a reporter here in 2007 I knew that was one of the priorities of the council, or at least of the staff.

It does strike me a little strange it isn’t a high-way, and I’ve heard from some the fact it isn’t is a lingering legacy from the NDP’s government.

But regardless, if the province would sud-denly agree to take on Haisla Boulevard as an actual highway, perhaps we’d get a portion of the “nearly $1 billion in the Northwest in highway improvements” since 2001.

I’m no engineer but the cost doesn’t even seem so bad.

Two-million dollars for a two lane bridge on a major highway? I don’t know how its size would compare to what we’d need, but $2 million seems very reasonable.

Oh and one more thing from that press release: “The existing crossing at Corya Creek is almost 50 years old and has reached the end of its service life.”

Fifty years old does indeed sound like a long time. Maybe if we eventually � nd that a second bridge is needed, we can forward along the Haisla Bridge’s birth certi� cate.

Because if 50 years old is getting too old for Highway 16 it would stand to reason it’s getting too old for us.

Cameron Orr

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Dear Sir,Bylaw: a regulation made

by local authority or corpora-tion.

We have many bylaws in this community, some are good I guess and some are totally useless.

There is one for garbage to be in proper containers, an-other for pet owners to pick up their doggie poos and another to keep your grass cut.

None of these bylaws are enforced and now we have one for “escorts”.

I’m amazed at this last one. First they have to, according to a statement from a council member at a council meeting, register with their name, age, address and proof of name and age, and a description of every individual employed or en-gaged in this business.

There has to be a written record with the RCMP of every request to provide or furnish an escort or partner, giving name, address of individuals request-ing this service.

Well now I can see the “Johns and Janes,” - because we can’t think for a minute “es-corts” are only women - lining

up to let the RCMP know they plan to have a night out.

I’m sure the RCMP can hardly wait for that to happen.

Does that mean late at night the escort and partner have to phone Prince George for per-mission because after certain hours I believe all calls are an-swered there?

Do you not think the RCMP have enough to do with more important things?

Now they have to babysit consenting adults. Give me a break!

Is the bylaw officer going to be working night shift?

Because that’s when most of this activity takes place I be-lieve.

Anyway this activity is an-cient so I doubt if a silly bylaw is going to make any difference.

This is happening now and I doubt if someone is going to pay $2,000 for a business li-cense.

Back on the prairies we had a saying: “why buy the cow when you can get the milk

through the fence?”Municipal bylaws, like

criminal laws and civil laws should serve the public good and be enforceable.

Otherwise they are useless and a waste of time,

Makes about as much sense as asking drug dealers to phone the RCMP before they phone their dealer and tell them which business they are going to rob to pay for their drugs.

Well enough on this sub-ject.

My next little rant is about the continued unsightly resi-dential premises.

Took a drive around many streets a few days ago and it really is amazing what some properties look like.

It must be a joy for neigh-bours to wake up in the morn-ing and look at grass up to your knees, broken down old vehi-cles, garbage, etc.

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder some people need their eyes checked.

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Councillors were seemingly caught off guard when they dis-covered through a reg-ular statement of ac-counts released that the Hirsch Creek Golf and Winter Club received the second half of their requested $100,000 from this year’s bud-get.

Members of the golf club’s ex-ecutive requested the $100,000, and coun-cil pre-approved them for the first half, with the expectation they’d work with Kitimat staff on developing a business plan to ad-dress their revenue and costs issues.

However council-lors were expecting an-other chance to discuss the situation before the golf club received the second $50,000.

The second pay-ment was processed in June.

In response staff compiled a list of mo-tions that council had made, which explained the process leading up

to the additional pay-ment.

On November 19, 2012, council agreed to write a letter of com-fort to the golf club, which itself didn’t commit the town to any payments.

However a budget request later did come to council on Novem-ber 26, and councillors then decided to refer the request to the 2013 budget process. Staff were also directed to meet with the execu-tive and bring back in-formation to council.

On December 12, during a special bud-get meeting, council-lors decided to give the $50,000, with a review for further funding between staff and the club, to develop a new operational plan.

The total $100,000 request was included in 2013’s proposed budget from staff.

That line item was not struck from the budget by council for the five year financial plan.

On April 22, a new presentation was made by golf club executive members Art Emmer-son and Derek De-goeij, which included a five-year business plan.

According to staff, the rationale for the ad-ditional $50,000 being released was because a business plan for the club was brought forward, and the total grant was approved through the budget process. Councillor Corinne Scott said at the July 22 Commit-tee of the Whole meet-ing where this report was given that she had expected further meet-ings with the Director


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“I thought we were actually waiting to en-

sure they were on a good financial track before we issued them a final cheque,” she said.

Mary Murphy said she still wants to see more detailed finan-cials.

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was happy with the report and said they should work closely to find new options for the club for 2014.

A bake sale outside Shoppers Drug Mart on July 20 raised approximately $1,100, money to go towards the oncology department at Kitimat General Hospital. Shoppers is running a number of fundraising activities here, part of the company’s Tree of Life Fund, which supports an entirely local organization. Shown above is (left to right) Mike Johnson, Rola Zein and Leanna Taylor.

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A little-noticed federal ocean monitoring pro-gram around Kitimat is the clearest signal yet that the federal government is preparing the region for crude oil tanker traf� c, Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver says.

Weaver was catching up on his scienti� c read-ing after the B.C. election when he stumbled on a line – “almost a throwaway” – in the April issue of Canadian Ocean Science Newsletter.

“A major initiative in planning is the comple-mentary measures project for the area surround-ing Kitimat British Columbia to support planned oil traf� c,” it says.

Government scientists who developed the system in the Gulf of St. Lawrence say it is to help “search and rescue, oil spill response and to ensure safe and navigable waterways.”

Weaver said the project goes well beyond research, and represents a major ongoing budget commitment by Environment Canada and Fisher-ies and Oceans Canada to forecast ocean condi-tions for oil tanker traf� c.

“My conclusion is, come hell or high water, the intention of the feds right now is to ship bitu-men to Asia through Kitimat,” Weaver said in an interview. “Whether it be through rail or through pipeline, it’s going to happen, and I don’t think that British Columbians are getting the whole pic-ture here.”

Environment Canada spokesman Mark John-son issued a statement con� rming the program was funded in the 2012 federal budget, under the government’s “responsible resource develop-ment” initiative.

Its purpose is to “to improve the scienti� c understanding of diluted bitumen products and to improve operational capabilities to provide timely scienti� c assessment in the event of an oil spill.

“The Government of Canada is increasing re-search into non-conventional petroleum products to fortify Canada’s marine prevention, prepared-ness and response capabilities.

“In terms of ocean forecasting, Environment Canada Meteorological Service of Canada will bring speci� c contributions to this overall goal in the provision of high-resolution surface winds forecasts along the complex waterways from Kiti-mat to Hecate Strait area, as winds play an im-portant role as input to oil spill modelling assess-ment.”

A federal assessment panel is preparing rec-ommendations for the federal cabinet on the En-bridge Northern Gateway pipeline project, which would deliver diluted bitumen from Alberta to the Kitimat port.

Weaver said Ottawa’s apparent rush to export heavy crude increases the pollution risk on land and ocean, and also works against development of a petrochemical industry in Canada.

A boom is laid out by a boating crew along the Douglas Channel during spill response training last week.

Licence of Occupation grantedCameron Orr

Mr. Mike’s Restaurant re-ceived their licence of occupa-tion for a canopy and outdoor refuse storage on public land.

The proponents of the fu-ture restaurant were required to submit the application for the canopy, as well as the garbage enclosure as both would abut or be built over public land.

Staff believed the canopy would be � ne, noting the Down-town Design guidelines encour-age such design elements.

As for the garbage enclo-sure, the proponent agreed to close off three sides of the area, and add landscaping on Wakashan Boulevard which would conceal the enclosure from the road.

Also, due to further con-cerns by staff, the proponent agreed not to store waste cook-ing oil barrels in the enclosure.

No comments were re-ceived regarding their licence of occupation permit.

Other terms added include that the restaurant will be in charge of snow clearing and maintenance on the sidewalk.

Meanwhile, Haisla chief councillor Ellis Ross isn’t con-vinced this program is paving the way for oil transport neces-sarily.

“I’m not sure how that can be characterized for crude oil,” he said. “I didn’t see anything that said this is for crude oil tanker traf� c.”

Rather, he believes this is Transport Canada recognizing that tanker traf� c — not just

for crude oil but for anything, including an expected start to lique� ed natural gas shipments — needs to be managed.

“I haven’t seen anything that says that [it’s for oil]. In fact I do see the need for Trans-port Canada to come in here to do some of that baseline work,” he said.

Meanwhile he said the Haisla Nation is preparing to talk to a newly created federal

three-member expert panel on pipeline and shipping safety, and that they’ve just heard that they should be expecting consultations regarding issues around Kitimat’s port within the year. It was recently an-nounced that the Port of Kiti-mat would be changing to a public port.

“But none of that talks about all this put in place for crude oil.”

Not all agree program is paving way for oil transport


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The cost of our councilTo date this year councillors have claimed few expenses

Between January 1 and March 31, 2013, the mayor earned $7,470.

Mayor and council are given their remunera-tion equally each month for the year, and staff just released their quarterly report.

Councillors all earned $3,071.49 for the same period in remuneration.

For the period Rob Gof� net was the only councillor to incur expenses, of which he claimed $72.68 for the Local Government Leadership Academy Forum, which took place this past Feb-ruary.

The total remuneration for a mayor in Kitimat is currently $29,584.

Each councillor receives $12,164, as per the bylaw.

In 2012, $18,675 was paid out in total for ex-penses among mayor and council.

The mayor’s yearly expenses over the re-muneration was $218.23. Edwin Empinado had $3,446.51, Mario Feldhoff’s expenses were $32.95, Phil Germuth’s was $2,309.37, Rob Gof� net’s was $2,094.33, Mary Murphy’s was $6,322.19, and Corinne Scott’s was $4,251.96.

For comparison, not including expenses, councillors in Terrace earn $11,983.

The Terrace mayor earns $31,202, according to a news report in the Terrace Standard.

In 2012, Terrace’s mayor spent $5,764.30 on expenses.

The average councillor expenses for 2012 in Terrace was $4,301.

Kitimat’s average for 2012 is approximately $3,075.

Between all the remuneration and expenses paid for Kitimat Council in 2012, they cost the town $121,243.02.

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Kitimat Horse Club hosts poker rideSubmitted

On July 8 the Kitimat Valley Horse Club put on a Poker Ride open to both ATVers and Horse Riders.

The main purpose of the ride was to not only have fun, but to educate ATV riders about horses on the trails and what to do if they encounter them.

The day was made successful by all of the KVHC’s hard-working volunteers who worked tirelessly, and all of the local stores who donated prizes.

The winning poker hand went to Jamie Sussbauer, who pocketed $140 and the second and third place went to John Denholm and Monika Schuster, respectively.

Cameron OrrTransit ridership in Kitimat is on the

rise, according to a news rlease from BC Transit.

The company said that ridership is up 6.1 per cent, as recorded in the com-pany’s annual report for the 2012/13 year.

That works out to 144,125 passen-gers, compared to 135,890 in 2011/12.

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A photo from the July 8 Poker Ride, hosted by the Kitimat Valley Horse Club. Photo submitted by Cathryn Kozak

Continued from page 5The person who thinks the new Telus tower is an eyesore

obviously needs to tour around some streets and have a look at the houses and apartments with plywood over broken win-dows, etc.

The tower isn’t really beautiful but it’s useful.Now on another topic, the money to the golf club.I don’t agree that poor management should be rewarded

but the only thing I can say is at least the money is staying in the community.

When the “power sales” was going on there were millions of our dollars given to lawyers and who knows who else and none of this money stayed in the community.

The lawyers didn’t even come here to play golf!

One last comment; the vehicle counter requested at the en-trance to town to provide proof that another bridge is needed. Would it not make more sense to put the counter by the exist-ing bridge? Then we would know how many vehicles actually go across it.

To count how many times people go to CableCar, the dump, the airport, the lake, or to Terrace doesn’t seem to make much sense to me. You don’t have to use the bridge for those trips.

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Duplex / 4 PlexKitimat: 31 Gannet Cresc. Immed. or 1st of Aug. 3 bdrm, 1.5 baths, F/S, D/W, W/D; new water heater & furnace. Newly painted. Detached/fully insul. 27 x 17 garage/workshop wired for 220 volt. $1650/mo. Ref. req. Call 250-627-1968. Lv msg.

Homes for Rent4 - 3 and 2 Bedroom Homes and Town Houses for rent in Kitimat. Starting August 1st - Go 2 www.rentboard.ca click on BC click on Kitimat or call Stan 780 974 3945

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2004 Mazda Miata60,000km $9,700

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

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Motorcycles

2007 Suzuki Burgman650cc Executive. Cherry Red. Like new condition. $9,500 obo. Estate sale.

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Recreational/Sale1999 Damon Challenger Class A Motorhome, Ford V10, 33’, one slide, 92,000 km, new tires, brakes & batteries, $27,500 obo. (250)365-7152 Castlegar

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Trucks & Vans1997 Yukon 4 Dr Full load. 252k km. No Rust. $7,500

2002 Monte Carlo SS143k km. 3.8. Leather.

$8,9002004 Chevy Optra

104k km. New head gas-ket/timing belt/brakes.4 cyl, 5 speed. $3,500

1984 Pontiac Paresienne143,000k km. 4-dr. $3,900

2010 Ram 1500 Sport Hemi11,000k km. Warranty.

$26,0002002 Caravan

209k km. Runs/drives good.1980 Malibu Race Car

BBC/Glide, parts/ whole.$2,500

1983 Regal Wagon305 Headers, Posi mags.

$3,8001996 Impala SS $9,900

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Boats

17 ft. Alum. Canoe “Spring Bok” very stable, perfect of family / hunting canoe. $500. ----------------------------------13 ft. Alum. Canoe “Sports Pal” very stable & very light, 2 seats. $500.

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1990 Bayliner29.5ft. $26,000 or trade for newer 5th Wheel or two newer quads with trailer.

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30ft Farrel BoatVolvo diesel, Borg Warner gear, V-drive, VHF radar, auto pilot, sounder, fully equipped for fi shing or cruising. $30,000

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Until August 14The Library’s Annual Summer Reading Club started on July 2 and ends with its � nal wrap up party on August 14. Children aged 6-12 are invited to join in the summer fun held Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1 – 2:30 p.m. Pre-schoolers meet Friday mornings from 10:30 – 11:10 a.m. on Fridays. Program is free. Consider the Library for outdoor game fun, circle stories, postcard diaries and building cool crafts at this year’s UP, UP, AND AWAY themed club.You may register for one, two or three days.For more info or to register please call Blake at 250-632-8985.August 7Free Kitimat Latin Dance Work-shop. Workshop is from 6 to 8 p.m., with a free dance practice following. People who are inter-est in this latin dance workshop need to register at the Riverlodge, phone: 250-632-8970.

Each workshop limited to 20 couples.OngoingTHE KITIMAT MUSEUM & ARCHIVES are calling for en-tries for this year’s Re� ections: Where I Am exhibit. All mediums are welcome from all artisans in the northwest. Entries must be re-ceived by August 16. More infor-mation, call 250-632-8950.PICKLE BALL has start in Kiti-mat. If you are 50-plus you are welcome to join. This is a rac-quet sport which combines ten-nis, badminton, and table tennis. Mondays and Fridays at 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the Riverlodge gym. No cost. For more informa-tion call 250-632-3475.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Center. They wel-come families throughout preg-nancy and up to one year (older siblings welcome). Come meet other parents and infants over

light refreshments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more information call 250-632-3144.The Kitimat Public Library’s Friday morning StoryTime! for pre-schoolers has ended for the summer. It will resume in early September.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CEN-TRE Family Fun Spot Drop-In Monday 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 fami-lies to meet over coffee and toys!” Contact 250-632-3144.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other � bre? For more information phone Maureen 250-632-5444.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLE-ROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me.You are not alone, male or fe-male, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total con� dentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016.

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Marlins join up with Points North teamSubmitted

The Kitimat Marlins had � ve swimmers who quali� ed and attended the AAA Provincial Long Course (50 meter pool) swim championships over the weekend of July 13.

The Marlins swimmers competed as part of Points North swim association, an association made up of swimmers from Prince Rupert, Kiti-mat, Terrace and Smithers.

The AAA Provincials is the highest Provin-cial level swim meet with the best swimmers aged 10 through until their mid-twenties in attendance.

This year’s championship was held at UBC and was the largest swim meet in BC history with over 690 swimmers in attendance.

Brander Pacheco (14) joined forces with Tan-ner and Bailey Espersen from Smithers and Trey Kish from Prince Rupert to take a Silver medal for Points North in the 13-14 boys 4 X 100 meter Medley Relay.

All swimmers on the team were well below their personal best times and narrowly out touched the bronze medal team Canadian Dolphins from Vancouver by a mere 2/100ths of a second.

Pacheco also � nished fourth in the 14 year old boy 400 meter Individual medley, eight in the 100 butter� y and 200 backstroke.

Kleanza Cathers (13) had her best result in the 13 year old girls 800 meter freestyle placing � fth. Her time was her third qualifying time for the Far Western Championships, USA’s biggest age group swim meet, in San Jose California allowing her to compete in the competition which was to be held at the end of the month.

Alivia Salema (13) also made the � nals (top 8) for the 13 year old girl 200 breaststroke with a whopping 27 second improvement. She � nished seventh in the event.

Ben Anker (14) competing in his � rst ever AAA Provincials had his highest placing in the 14 year old boy 200 meter backstroke a 10th place � nish. Anker swam 100 per cent long course per-sonal best times at the meet.

Kyler Corderio (18) competing in his last Pro-vincial Championship as a Marlin as he has just graduated had his best result in the 16 and over 1500 meter freestyle, a 13th place � nish.

Kitimat Marlins recently competed at UBC as part of the Points North team. Points North is comprised of swimmers from Prince Rupert, Kitimat, Terrace and Smithers. Photo submitted

Westjet lands at YXTOn Monday, July 22 the Northwest Re-

gional Airport in conjunction with WestJet announced that for the � rst time WestJet will be offering � ights between Vancouver and the Terrace-Kitimat airport beginning late Novem-ber.

Twice daily � ights on WestJet’s newest Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft will be offered as of November 25, 2013.

According to WestJet, the company is pleased to be bringing this service to the Skee-na Valley, given the diverse economic projects around the region.

The growth of natural resources in the re-gion has driven the decision to bring this ad-ditional service.

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