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SO2 hearings to continue in KitimatCameron Orr and Josh Massey
After May 15 there is a two week gap until hearings resume in Kitimat it-self regarding the SO
2 emissions from
the modernized Rio Tinto Alcan smelter.The next hearing dates will be June 1
to 5, with another set from June 8 to 12.The Northwest Institute has con-
tinued providing their own summaries of the hearing’s witnesses, saying on days six and seven the board heard from economist and cost-bene� t analyst Brian Scarfe from the University of Victoria.
According to the Institute, Scarfe’s cost-bene� t analysis considered the
physical and mental health impacts and environmental consequences of increas-ing pollution in this con� ned airshed and that according to his analysis, the health costs of the project would be externalized to local residents and would outweigh the costs of installing scrubbers. His tes-timony, says the Institute, concluded that if the province had analyzed the com-plete picture of cost-bene� ts from RTA’s Modernization Project, decision-makers would not have approved the permit to increase of SO
2.
According to the lawyer representing Emily Toews, Richard Overstall, install-
ing scrubbers would be the best case out-come for his client who suffers asthma but wants to continue living in Kitimat with a cleaner airshed.
Using a cleaner but more costly coke anode could be another option, said Overstall.
RTA spokesperson Kevin Dobbin said this option has been taken into con-sideration but that the company is con� -dent they can show sulfur emissions are manageable once the modernized plant opens later this year. The company has maintained that potential effects to those who suffer asthma would be minimal.
Unifor 2300 picketers at Nalabila, in response to line painting work being taken on the road which had work tasks overlapping with usual union work. Cameron Orr
Municipal strike continues after failed mediation
Line painting work draws out pickets to Nalabila Blvd.
Mediation? Arbitration? The only sure thing in all of this is frus-tration.
After a three-day long mediation marathon last week any hopes that a resolution would be found to the months-long municipal strike were dashed when the District of Kitimat announced there was no agreement to be had.
It was the District’s and Unifor 2300’s second go at mediation.
In light of correspondence re-leased in the week ahead of round two, when Unifor’s business agent Martin McIlwrath suggested the sides were “close” to an agreement, many were keen to hope that one second swing would get the sides together.
The District was brief in their announcement of a mediation break down last week.
“The District of Kitimat is dis-appointed that mediation ended to-day without reaching a new Collec-tive Agreement,” the town released to their website May 13. “The medi-
ator remains available to the parties although no further dates have been set at this time.”
The mayor said there were no further comments relating to nego-tiations to be made as of Friday, just ahead of our print deadline.
The union itself also had noth-ing to add at the time about negotia-tions.
Meanwhile, Unifor 2301 did successfully pass a motion that they will offer of an additional one hour’s dues assessment for two months af-ter an agreement is eventually made — formalizing a past offer from their executive. 2301 will also pro-vide two months worth of one hour extra dues to 2300 members right away, following votes which took place last Thursday and Friday.
“It’s a signi� cant � nancial sup-port,” said Unifor Business Agent Martin McIlwrath.
In an e-mail to the Sentinel he had also written, “This will enable them to get a fair Collective Agree-ment, no matter how long it takes.”
Picketers (shown above) raced to Nal-abila Boulevard last week in response to the line painting work by Yellowhead Pavement
Marking. While line painting itself is work that has been contract-ed out for years, the road cleaning to pre-pare for the work re-
mains unionized work at the District.
Members discov-ered that cleaning work was being undertaken, drawing them out.
Yellowhead man-ager Doug Russell said the company decided to step back for a little while in response to the pickets, the company having no appetite to cross paths with the
current labour dispute.“The guys, they
phoned me and I said ‘well, I think we bet-ter back off.’ It only seemed to be the sen-sible thing to do,” said Russell.
He added, “We’re not doing their work. This is a contract we’ve had for years with the city. So it’s not as if they’ve hired
us to come in to do city workers’ work.”
When asked about the matter of the road clean-up work normal-ly being done by Dis-trict workers, Russell just said they had been asked to come in for the painting due to the safety issues of faded street lines and cross-walks.
“We didn’t just
show up. We were asked to come and do it,” he said.
The efforts of the picketers weren’t uni-versally cheered. In the hours following the picket line, the Sentinelwas called by a motor-ist who drove through during the picketing and said she felt intimi-dated by the line, and that some of the picket-
ers were standing in the road and not allowing her to pass, even when asked.
Unifor’s Mar-tin McIlwrath said he wasn’t aware of this situation but noted the union is not intending to intimidate anyone and if a person has con-cerns about behaviour they can contact the union of� ce directly.
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Police report off-leash dog bites womanMay 4RCMP in Kitimat
assisted the Smithers detachment by arrest-ing a Kitimat youth who was wanted on an outstanding warrant for theft and fraud. The youth was released fol-lowing a bail hearing, and was expected back in court this month.
May 5Police responded
to a report of a woman who was bitten by a dog on Hallman Street at 9:05 a.m. Police say
the woman reported being bit by the off-leash dog, resulting in treatment at Kitimat General Hospital. Po-lice say the owner of the dog was located and was very apolo-getic. The file has been referred to the Kitimat Humane Society.
May 6Police responded
to a complaint of a male laying down at Nalabila and Quail Street. Police found a 56-year-old man in-
toxicated and unable to care for himself. The person was lodged in police cells until so-ber, and given a ticket for public intoxication.
A person report-ed speeding vehicles on Blueberry Street around 6:30 p.m., the complainant saying some were driving up to 90 km/h. Police say there will be increased patrols in that area.
May 8Police tracked
down an impaired
driver in Kitamaat Vil-lage after receiving a report at 2:21 p.m. A woman was given a roadside screening test which resulted in a fail. The driver was given a driving prohi-bition and the vehicle was impounded.
May 9The RCMP as-
sisted the Kitimat Fire Department dur-ing a house fire on Wedeene Street. A small fire started in a bedroom in the home.
No injuries were re-ported. The fire is not deemed suspicious and the fire department is continuing that inves-tigation.
May 10Police attended to
a single vehicle colli-sion on Kitamaat Vil-lage Road. The driver was not on the scene upon arrival but in later contact told po-lice they had swerved to miss a deer. The ve-hicle was towed later that day.
RCMP were given a report of an impaired driver on Highway 37S, heading towards Kitimat. Po-lice found and pulledover the vehicle on Haisla Boulevard, and
was given a roadside screening which was failed by the driver. The driver. from Que-bec, received a driving prohibition and had the vehicle impounded for 30 days.
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Council offers playground supportThe Kildala PAC didn’t outright get
an up-to $20,000 grant from Kitimat Council to go towards their planned new school playground but council did com-mit to working with them to help move fundraising forward.
It wasn’t a matter of want but of policy. Some councillors weren’t sure offering money for projects like these followed the spirit of the town’s existing grant policies.
“I am all for helping them get a new playground...my concerns are that we don’t have any sort of policies in place at the moment to be contributing to something of this nature,” said Claire Rattée, adding that if they deviate from policy they may get stretched thin in their grants budget if others come call-ing.
Mary Murphy agreed that there re-ally isn’t any guiding policy on this
specific kind of project, although added that she personally really wants to sup-port it.
In supporting the motion Rob Gof-finet noted that council had, in recent years, contributed several thousand dol-lars to the rehabilitation of the tennis courts at Mount Elizabeth Middle Sec-ondary. Mario Feldhoff meanwhile was firmly in support of providing a grant.
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Vista Village resident disagrees with park perceptionCameron [email protected]
A Vista Village Trailer Park homeowner says she’s per-plexed by the negative attention the place has received and says it’s a small group of people ruining the park’s overall reputation.
Lori Kascak moved in to the park in December unaware of various concerns that some trailer owners had about the park’s owner and issues relating to evictions, but on her first day moved in she found a letter in her mailbox from the local park homeowner’s association outlining concerns.
From there she saw news reports (including those from the Northern Sentinel and CBC Radio) from one of Kitimat’s housing resource workers, reported on various problems which she said don’t even exist.
“They say there’s mass evictions happening. There’s no mass evictions happening in that park. A lot of people are leaving Kitimat because Kitimat is starting to slow down right now.
She adds, “It’s so untrue...there’s no crackdown on the rules.”
The formation of a park association was sparked by con-cern by some that a crack down on the rules in the park were overreaching and affecting trailer sales.
The pace of rule changes was another facet of concern among some residents.
Kascak says there have been revised rules but she person-ally welcomed them, in particular comparing the look of Vista Village with a neighbouring trailer park.
“Lets be honest. Look at the aesthetic view of each of
those trailer parks,” she said. “I’ve never had a problem with [the owner]. Her being the property owner and wanting to up-hold the integrity of the park and have healthy, reliable good tenants...I see nothing wrong with that.”
The media attention on the park, she feels, has been af-fecting resale potential.
Her trailer is for sale right now she says, but there’s been little interest and for sale postings of her trailer on social me-dia merely results in people posting about the park itself.
She knows a slowing economy in Kitimat at the moment would affect the listing price of her home, but she feels the park’s reputation is further hindering the value.
“It’s so unfortunate,” she said about the perspective of the park.
The bottom line is that Kascak, in her time at the park, hasn’t felt any threat of eviction or otherwise had any trouble with the park ownership or management.
Kitimat Housing Resource Worker Paul Lagace said the rate of files being generated from the park has definitely dropped off since last Fall, but points to a very full shelf of files as proof of the workload relating to the property, not to mention a list of 22 Residential Tenancy Branch decisions relating to hearings which all but one showed favour to the tenants over the landlord.
He also noted a turnout of 40 people to a tenant’s meeting last year, requested by residents to speak to a housing expert.
He recognizes there are many people who live in the park without any issues, but notes ap-proximately a quarter of the park’s population have been through arbi-tration.
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On May 26, Kiti-mat Understanding the Environment (KUTE) will find out if they can continue to exist.
Next Tuesday’s an-nual general meeting for the society, set for 7 p.m. at the Kitimat Public Library, will see
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Even so, Maitland hasn’t convinced him-self it’s going to be a slam dunk.
“Everybody needs more information,” he said. “We have been trying to get the news out, trying to talk to people. All the board members have been talking to people.”
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“I think this is a good project, they’ve worked very diligently,” he said. “In theory the school should be doing all this but the reality is whether it’s hospitals, or schools or other fronts, it’s be-coming more and more difficult to get things done. It would be right for us to step up to the plate and help out.”
Part of what helped sway him is that even though it could set a precedent, this playground is in a central area of Kildala and would be acces-sible to the public after hours, serving a greater community purpose.
The overall will of council shifted to tabling the motion, and giving time for staff to work with the PAC on finding cost-saving measures.
Director of Leisure Services Martin Gould
suggested it was possible to investigate even just shipping costs savings by purchasing District playground equipment — planned, regular main-tenance purchases — together with the PAC’s or-ders.
Edwin Empinado moved the tabling, even though Goffinet and Feldhoff noted the wording of the grant being “up to” $20,000 still gave the town leeway.
Namely if the town and the PAC could work something out then the town wouldn’t ultimately have to pay out the entire $20,000.
Feldhoff voted against the tabling motion, against the remaining six.
The Kildala PAC is seeking to fundraise ap-proximately $76,000 to purchase and install a new playground at the school.
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The last couple of days, coin-cidentally, I’ve twice run across the same rather disgustingly shivery sub-ject: the never-ending battle to control rats world-wide.
And as I both watched a docu-mentary on the subject and read fur-ther, I was surprised by the overall extent of the problem, especially its ubiquitous invasive presence in places you might not expect.
First, I came on the subject while watching an episode of the BBC’s “People Planet,” the excellent docu-mentary follow-up to the acclaimed series, “Planet Earth.” The episode covered the 24-hour-a-day, seven days a week (losing) war with rats in New York city, a segment so harrowing and shocking that I needed to learn more.
John Hurt narrates the series it-self, which features how successfully man has adapted to successful living in both the best as well as the harshest and most challenging climatic condi-tions on earth; the arctic, the antarctic, the deserts, the mountains, the jungles and the many other austere and seem-ingly forbidding environments that make up our world.
However, wherever man has suc-ceeded in establishing a dominant
lifestyle, wild life in one form of an-other often remains his biggest chal-lenge, with rats (and insects) well to the fore.
There are many well-known sto-ries about rats, the two most famous likely being their role in spread-ing bubonic plaque in Europe in the Middle Ages, as well as the heritage fairy story of the Pied Piper of Hame-lin, the German folk tale about a piper who agreed lead rats out of the city with magic music.
It is undoubtedly familiar to most children around the world. When the city failed to pay him he led the chil-dren of Hamelin away with his music.
New York was dubbed the “world’s worst rat city” in 2014, and claims an estimated one rat per per-son, or more than nine million of them, teeming throughout and under the city.
Most of them are the brown Nor-
way rats, one of the most dif� cult of the species to control.
Here’s how they describe the problems, in part, on Wikipedia, “The problem of rats in New York City is a long-standing one.
In 1860, The New York Times re-ported on a newborn infant being mu-tilated by rats at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.
In 1921, the NYC Health Depart-ment engaged in an anti-rat campaign that required rat-infested areas in the city be rat-proofed, and the rats to be poisoned with barium concentrate mixed with � our, fumigated with cya-nide gas or trapped.”
Didn’t make a dent, and 95 years later the beat goes on.
Rats in New York have report-edly overrun restaurants after dark, crawled through sewers to enter apart-ments through toilets.
They’ve attacked homeless peo-ple, eaten cadavers in the city morgue, and bitten infants and young children to get food off their faces.
In 2011, a video of a rat climbing on a sleeping man’s face as he was on the New York subway went viral. Try to check out the BBC series.
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The wonderful wide world of rats
Darkest before dawnThere are two expressions that I’m thinking of
right now.The � rst is that it’s always darkest before the
dawn. The community as a whole was dealt a blow when the second round of mediation failed to secure a collective agreement, putting future projects at risk, perhaps one of the largest, the Bull-O-Rama.
Yet the whole “darkest before dawn” thing is a bit hopeful. Given how long this scenario has dragged on I’m willing to entertain a second expres-sion: Every dark cloud has a silver lining, and thou-sands are killed each year trying to � nd it.
I hope you realize I’m being facetious as a re-sponse to despair.
The hard part in dealing with the failed negotia-tions so far is that so little is known. Mediation is such a tight-lipped enterprise no one can say who said what, or how close anyone came.
We could be one crossed T away from a deal or we could be divided by a chasm.
I suggested this weeks back, when mediation failed a � rst time, but perhaps it’s time for arbitra-tion.
(I haven’t, at this point, seen an expected news release from the town, so perhaps we’ll learn what next steps they’re looking at.)
The thing about arbitration though is that no one will be happy with it.
The District will have to offer clauses it likely wouldn’t want to, and the union will have to accept a watered down document of their own demands.
There’s an upside to this whole thing though.If arbitration is the direction to go, both the Dis-
trict and Union will be at the mercy of a third party, but will also mean both sides are at a square one.
No winners or losers, just a result and a need to deal with it.
In some ways it could help relations, as back-wards as it sounds. Both may approach moving ahead from the same vantage point.
Neither could blame the other for the contract.It’s a last ditch effort though. It would have been
nice to have this sorted out long ago, but it’s hard to look back and cast stones on anyone. The Dis-trict could have accommodated the union’s concerns more, or the union could have presented the � nal of-fer as a vote to the membership.
Whatever. Turn around, move onward.We’ve long past the point where there’s any sav-
ing face.The District and union have held their ground,
and the only loser has been the community, split and divided by yet another issue.
Such is the small town life.Cameron Orr
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Concours winnerA grade 8 student
at Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School just placed sec-ond in the province in the grade 8 French Im-mersion competition Concours d’art ora-toire.
Sage Benet took the prize at the event in early May.
“I was really ner-vous but it was a great experience,” she said following her win.
She credited the Kitimat French Im-mersion program for her feeling of pre-paredness going in.
French Immersion is provided through Kildala Elementary up to grade 6 and then at Mount Elizabeth. Con-cours is an important part of the program which all students par-ticipate in, at least at the classroom level.
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“It’s an incredible feat to make it to the Provincial finals -- tak-ing home a medal is a real achievement. We congratulate everyone who participated; they are all winners. Félici-
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This year marked the 32nd anniversary of the Canadian Par-ents for French BC & Yukon sponsored Con-cours d’art oratoire. The provincial finals were hosted Saturday, May 2 at SFU Surrey campus.
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Kitimat is still considered affordable for owning a home, according to the BC Northern Real Estate Board in their annual housing affordability index.
The per cent of household income that needs to go towards home ownership in Kitimat is said to be 29.6. That’s up from 21.5 per cent in 2013, the year span of BC-NREB’s last report.
“Despite soaring house prices, Fort St. John and Kitimat re-main affordable for families working there because median in-comes are high,” ac-cording to the report, released May 4.
From 2010 to 2014, the report says
home ownership affordability had only dropped slightly.
Terrace’s affordability index says 33.7 per cent of household income needs to fi-nance home ownership.
Prince Rupert sits at 28.8 per cent of income for home financing in this report.
Even though affordability itself has only gone up slightly, the report notes that actual house prices have significantly in-creased, notably in Fort St. John, Prince Rupert, Terrace and Kitimat.
Fort St. John towers over the rest for the average single-family home cost, of
around $375,000. Kitimat is fairly level for the last two years, at just under $250,000.
Mackenzie is the most affordable com-munity listed in the report, with just 20.4 per cent of income to finance home own-ership, and with an average house price of around $150,000.
The Associated Press reported last week that Enbridge has been ordered to restore or create 120 hectares of wetlands, a result of the Kalamazoo River spill in Michigan.
The agreement between the company and the state amounts to $75 million, on top of the reportedly $1 billion or so spent so far by the company on clean-up efforts.
The spill in the Kalamazoo in 2010 is often pointed to as one of the cautionary tales of what could happen to the Kitimat River if the Northern Gateway pipeline were con-structed.
Enbridge in the past has said clean up efforts have been ex-tensive, while Kitima-tians who have seen that river first hand say it’s a lot calmer even than the Kitimat.
Enbridge two years ago flew selected Kitimat residents to Michigan to see clean up first hand.
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June 9David Suzuki is com-ing to Kitimat. We want to hear from coastal residents about the challenges facing your community and B.C.’s coastal waters, along with your hopes for the future. Starts at 7 p.m. at Mount Elizabeth Theatre.September 1Sport� sh Advisory Committee meeting, 7 p.m. at Kitimat Rod & Gun Club. Topics for discussion: Fish pos-session limits and trans-porting; and the Steel-head plan. For more info call Jack Riddle 250-888-8202.
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to answer though. For a three-person board, which it is now, and which is the bare mini-mum number as set out in the Society Act, it can be a lot of work.
Yet if there is, say, eight people, it’s that much less for each per-son, said Maitland.
Workload also de-pends on a number of things, such as stable employment at the de-pot, no new programs, and the coming and go-ings of businesses.
“There is enough interest that I think we have a good shot at electing a board,” he did say with cautious optimism.
“These are the ones that actually took it upon themselves to actually look us up and contact us. Then there’s a lot of other people that have been talking about it. So how many of those actually show up to the meeting? That’s anyone’s guess.”
The depot runs with a staff of about four employees.
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Written by local Kitimat students.
The Buzz MEMSSMount Elizabeth Middleand Secondary School
KCHKitimat
City High School
Volume 1 No. 04 Wednesday, May 20, 2015Sponsored by the KITIMAT NorthernSentinel
Eugene ChangThe MEMSS Student Council holds a num-
ber of events for charity, and one among them is known as Wakathon.
The event is annual and involves the members of student council staying up from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
In order to participate each student must bring a donation of at least $20 and are allowed to bring a guest with the same requirements.
This year, Wakathon was done in support of Student Council's sponsor child Abhay Jushwah Shivraj Kushwah, located in India.
Donations are made every month to this child and support from the group has been continuous for multiple years now.
The money is used to support these children with an education, shelter, food, clean water, medication, and in the long run, even running a business.
At the Wakathon itself there were many ac-tivities including things such as hide-and-go-seek in the dark using a large part of the school, board games and card games, video games in the Mount Elizabeth Theatre on the projector screen and a battle of the bands, however with a twist. Participants went on stage with a group or alone and performed their absolutely best and funniest accompanied by a song in the background, props and costumes, but nothing more.
During the night there was a James Bond game; lasers were set up along a hallway in which you could not touch them or you would be burned, or at least rope burned by the string that played the lasers if you so happened to fall on them oddly.
By the late hours of the night, if you hadn’t helped yourself to something to help you stay awake going into the deepest sleep imaginable became a very real temptation.
Precious sleep sacrificed for a good cause
KCH lunch program offers food for thought
Anything to stay awake. Students at MEMSS participated in Wakathon and occupied their sleepless night with activities, all for a good cause. Above, Twister kept the bodies moving, while a ‘laser’ obstacle course provided good distractions.Eugene Chang
MEMSS
KCH
Amy KuppersOne of the longest running programs
in Kitimat City High is its lunch program. Every day it serves a few dozen students who choose to sign up, but to some it of-fers much more than just a meal.
Three dollars gets you the daily spe-cial, be it hamburger soup, taco salad, or buffalo chicken pizza, but it isn't your ev-eryday cafeteria food.
"We make everything from scratch using healthy ingredients that are good for the body. With whole grains and veg-etables, it's a balanced meal,” said Alanna Unrau. “I always have a student working in the kitchen with me that gets hands on experience of planning the menu, writ-
ing the grocery list, shopping, prepping, then cooking the meal for the staff and students. The kids know they're getting a good square meal for three dollars or they can work for their lunch for free. The junk food is limited to instil a healthy life style and the kitchen work provides cooperation skills and credit for their Foods 11and 12 courses."
Alanna also said that the program brings out generosity and kindness in the students in that they often pay for each other's lunches.
The lunch room has the atmosphere of a family dining room. The table is set with cutlery and plates and a choice of drink and the students each get equal portions
(and the opportunity for seconds.)Over the decades, KCH has had sev-
eral different staff working in the kitchen. Up until this year, Allison Fokuhl had been KCH's cook, but she has since moved to another job.
"Every new cook has big shoes to � ll,” said Alanna about her job in the kitchen.
She added, "Of course, I'm no Alli-son."
Nevertheless, the students enjoy the meals provided. Quenton Parsons, a grad-uating student of this year told me: "eating here is like eating at home with family and friends."
I also interviewed staff member Kathy Bell for her thoughts.
"I think the lunch program is an inte-gral part of the school because some of the students don't have a lot of food at home so they rely on the lunches here.
“I also think it is an important aspect of our school because it provides an op-portunity for students to eat together as a family." She too spoke highly about the prospect of learning to cook and the ben-e� ts that go along with it.
As a student here at KCH I think I can speak for everyone when I say how valu-able this program is to us.
No matter who I spoke to, everyone had great things to say about the food, the people, and the atmosphere during lunch-time here at Kitimat City High.
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Coastal GasLinkPipeline Project
Committed to Environmental Protection and Safety
Through April 2015, TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project team hosted public question-and-answer sessions in nine northern B.C. communities. We’d like to thank everyone who attended, and take this opportunity to respond again to some of the questions that were asked.
What is Coastal GasLink doing to protect the environment?
• We have spent the past three years and over 300,000 person hours gathering information on terrain, vegetation, wildlife, fish and cultural features across the proposed route.
• In many cases, Aboriginal community members have shared traditional ecological knowledge as part of our environmental field studies program.
• Our project application to the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) presents detailed information on the environmental, social, heritage, health and economic values along the proposed route, along with our proposals for protecting those values. The application is posted on the EAO website at www.eao.gov.bc.ca.
• In October 2014, after a public review of the application, the EAO issued an Environmental Assessment Certificate to Coastal GasLink, specifying ongoing detailed reporting and engagement with the public and Aboriginal communities.
• Our proposed pipeline route and construction plans already incorporate public input, and we continue to listen to communities. For example, we are currently exploring an alternate route in Wet’suwet’en territory southwest of Houston to see if it would further accommodate concerns about the Morice River.
What will Coastal GasLink do to protect fish and wildlife?
• Residents of northern B.C. recognize the value of salmon habitat. Each watercourse crossing along the Coastal GasLink route will be carefully studied and designed to minimize potential effects on fish, water and stream banks. We will reclaim the land we touch including important streams and riparian areas.
• Coastal GasLink is developing comprehensive plans to protect caribou and grizzly bears and their habitat during construction and operation of the proposed pipeline. We have also committed $1.5 million toward provincial caribou management programs and $500,000 toward provincial grizzly bear management programs.
What will Coastal GasLink do to ensure safe pipeline operation?
• Pipelines are the safest method of transporting natural gas. TransCanada has been in the pipeline business for over 60 years and is a leader in pipeline design and integrity management with one of the best pipeline safety and operating records in the industry.
• During operation, every pipeline is monitored 24 hours a day by highly trained TransCanada employees from a computerized control centre. From there, we are able to detect changes in pressure along our pipelines and ensure that facilities are operating properly. We conduct aerial inspections, on-the-ground inspections, and in-line inspections using mobile remote sensors. Our TransCanada operations specialists, who will live in northern B.C. communities, will maintain the pipeline system and conduct ongoing pipeline safety awareness programs.
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. is proposing to develop an approximately 670 kilometre pipeline to safely deliver natural gas from the Groundbirch area, near Dawson Creek, B.C., to the proposed LNG Canada gas liquefaction facility at Kitimat.
Coastal GasLink is committed to meeting or exceeding regulatory requirements, and to working with regulators through construction to achieve the highest standards of environmental protection. Once in operation, the proposed pipeline would be subject to ongoing regulatory monitoring by the BC Oil and Gas Commission.
Coastal GasLink will provide numerous benefits to B.C. including property taxes, local contracting and business stimulus, community investments and more.
For more information • Visit www.coastalgaslink.com• Contact us at [email protected] or
1.855.633.2011 (toll-free) • Check us out on Twitter: @CoastalGasLink
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Maria So� a Grilo passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Carewest Sarcee Hospice in Calgary at the age of 81, on May 12th, after a courageous battle with cancer.So� a was born on the island of Sao Miguel, Azores. She married Jose Cordeiro Grilo, the love of her life, in 1959. She travelled with her six month old son Luis to Kitimat, BC in 1960, where she raised her six children and lived until 2012.So� a, who was known as Vavo to her seven grandchildren, was a gentle and loving woman. She cherished the time she spent with her family and enjoyed spoiling them with her Portuguese cooking. She was very talented and would create beautiful needle point and crochet gifts for her loved ones.She was very dedicated to her faith and would take comfort in attending mass on a regular basis. She not only believed in her faith, she lived it and was an example and inspiration to others, especially her children.So� a is survived by � ve children Luis (Elizabeth), Maria Morra (Leonard), Joe (Silvana), Sophia Jacob (Henry) and Susan Minaker (Perry), and seven grandchildren (Sam, Sarah, Rebecca, Maggie, Genevieve, Donovan and Agatha), and two brothers (Joseph Rebello and Agnelo Rebelo). She is predeceased by her husband Jose Cordeiro Grilo, her daughter Margaret, her father Joao Da Ponte Rebelo, her mother Maria Adelina Melo, her sister Almerinda Carreiro and her brother Joao Rebelo.The funeral will be held in Kitimat at the Christ the King Church on Wednesday, May 20 at 11am.
In lieu of � owers, the family would appreciate donationsbeing made in So� a’s memory directly to theCanadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca.
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DISTRICT OF KITIMATDEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Deputy Director of Finance performs accounting duties; supervises four Finance Department employees engaged in a variety of activities such as Payroll, Reception, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable; manages revenue, including security and investment; assists in the preparation and control of annual budgets, audits, financial forecasting and Financial Statements; and assists the Director of Finance as required.
The successful candidate will have a recognized accounting designation (or be enrolled at a senior level); five years work experience in a computerized accounting environment, including two years of supervisory experience.
A recognized Municipal Administration Certificate would be an asset.
Salary range is $79,891 to $103,388 per annum plus a full benefit package.
Interested candidates should submit a detailed resume, including references, by June 1, 2015, 4:30 p.m., to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, B.C., V8C 2H7, Fax 250-632-4995 or e-mail [email protected].
Community information can be obtained from our website at www.kitimat.ca.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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SAWMILL MACHINEOPERATOR
✱(15 vacancies) NOC 9431Company operating name: Yaorun Wood Co. Ltd. Busi-ness and mailing address: 4032 12th Avenue, PO Box 148, New Hazelton, BC, V0J 2J0.JOB DUTIES: • Examine logs and rough
lumber to determine size, condition, quality and other characteristics to decide best lumber cuts to carry out.
• Operate automated lum-ber mill equipment from control rooms or equip-ment consoles to saw logs into rough lumber.
• Set up and adjust saw equipment and replace blades or bands using wrenches, gauges and other hand tools .
• Clean and lubricate saw-mill equipment.
Full time, permanent; $26.50 per hour. Location of work: New Hazelton, BC.Contact: Bealie Chen, [email protected]: 778- 919-2077.✱Minimum two years of work experience. Training will be provided. Education: not required.
Medical/DentalMEDICAL Transcriptionists are in huge demand! Train with the leading Medical Tran-scription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today. 1-800-466-1535 www.canscribe.com. or email: [email protected].
Trades, TechnicalLICENSED LOG Scaler re-quired. A well-established whole log chipping facility lo-cated in beautiful Kamloops, BC requires a full time certifi ed log scaler to complement our log yard staff. We offer com-petitive wages and a benefi ts package. Applicants applying for this Position must have a Scaler’s Licence. Please email resumes: [email protected] or fax to 250-374-9506.
Services
Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.
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Pets & Livestock
Feed & HayROUND HAY Bales, barn stored, for sale. 250-846-5855 or 250-882-3083.
Merchandise for Sale
AuctionsAUCTION SALE
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2015 @ 10:00 A.M.
Decker Lake Starland Storage site Hwy 16, 7km west of Burns
Lake8 x 12’ campshack - 6” walls - wired - metal clad - treated skids, Gooseneck stock trailer,Older Murray 2 horse trailer, motorcycle trailer, 1999 Chev Cavalier - 4 cyl auto, 1998 Chev Malibu - V6 auto, (4) 15” studded snow tires on rims, Kubota tractor - 18 hp/3pt. Ro-totiller, core cutting saw 14”, Craftsman 10 hp snowblower, Poulin & Homelite chainsaws, 10 sheets 20’ galv. roof metal (new), treated 4”x4”x10’ tim-bers, large roll chain link fenc-ing, large roll fi lter cloth, deep well pump, 2 cases pipe insu-lation, (2) 325 gal Turtle water tanks, (2) caged water tanks, 10 rolls fi re hose (new), small Generator, (2) shop vacs, va-riety of tools, (2) large com-mercial yard lights, Herman Nelson construction heater, oil fi lled heater & electric heaters, Geo stove (kerosene), fi re ex-tinguishers, large First Aid cabinets/supplies (2), new helicopter stretcher, large commercial ice cooler, (2) dog carriers, bicycles, snowshoes (3 sets), extension ladder & step ladders. HOUSEHOLD: Teak dining ta-ble/6 chairs, Teak coffee table, Inlaid Oak coffee & end table, (3) dining room suites, table/4 chairs, Pine buffet, (2) fold-up cots, futon, Kroehler loveseat, couch & loveseat, orthopedic bed (Queen size), bedroom suite, dressers, (12) padded folding chairs (new), electric stove & propane stove, (2) fridges. ANTIQUES: Beatty wash machine/copper tub, (2) Beatty galv tubs, Singer sew-ing machine, (2) cross-cut saws. TACK: English saddle with rigging, new saddle pads, blankets, halters, headstalls. Misc household items & more
For information call Richie at 250-698-7377or 250-698-7351
Sale conducted by Schmidt Auction
Misc. for Sale
KITIMATBOXES, BOXES, BOXES
You need them and we have them. Buy one bundle of 10
for $5.00 and we will give you a bundle for free.
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STEEL BUILDINGS. “Spring sales with hot savings!” All steel building models and siz-es are now on sale. Get your building deal while it’s hot. Pio-neer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca.
Misc. WantedPrivate Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antique Native Art, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030 in town.
Real Estate
For Sale By Owner2 BEDROOM BUNGALOWfor sale by owner 1150 Sq ft.
Newly renovated bathroom, new fl oors through out. New electric panel, ducting, plumb-ing, insulation, bonus room within attached garage. Some Doors and Windows replaced. New Roof, W/D and F/S. Snow blower and lawn mower included. ASKING $239,000
250-632-3912Serious Inquiries Only
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Houses For SaleMODULAR home 2BR/2BA Ready to move to your lot. Over $100K in renos in 2008. New roof, plumbing, wiring, gyproc, fi xtures, windows. [email protected] $75,000
Rentals
Apt/Condo for RentHILLCREST PLACE
APARTMENTSTotally Renovated
(ask for details)Security Entrance,
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Homes for Rent3 BEDROOM BUNGALOWFully furnished for rent in
Kitimat avail. middle of Maycall 250-632-5566 Bill
5 BEDROOM HOME FOR RENT IN KITIMAT
2 Bath, family rm, garage, large fenced backyard with covered deck on quiet pre-
ferred street (Whitesail). Pets neg. Avail. July 1st
$2300 Call 250.639.1234
Help Wanted
Transportation
Cars - Sports & Imports
CLASSIC/COLLECTOR1971 300SEL 3.5 Mercedes Benz. 75,000km. Very good condition, always garaged, never driven in winter. Well maintained. Maintenance records, service/parts book. Manuals. Some spare parts.
250-632-6755Serious inquiries only Please
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Transportation
Off Road VehiclesLOOKING for job in general labour, dispatching and logis-tics, send your resume [email protected]. Your re-sume will be screened and you will be contacted.
BoatsWANTED Red Urchin lease. Also 37’ Salmon to lease/buy/trade for C. 250-218-9947 [email protected]
Transportation
Boats
32’ FIBERGLASS FERRELL BOAT
2300hrs on New 370H.P. Fresh Water cooled 8.1L Diesel Engine, Trolling
valve, Bow Thruster, 3 Stage Steering, 2 Hydraulic Deep
lines and Trap Puller, Sounder, Radar, 2 Radios,
Com-Dev Auto Pilot,Spare Prop, 8’ Dinghy. Assessed at $84,400
Can be seen at MK Bay Marina. Includes slip
Best offer over $55,000 Contact Warren Poff at
250-632-6119
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Continued from page 4Are there no places on earth where rats are
not an issue? There are a few, the Antarctic being one. It’s too cold. But there are believed to also be no rats in the Canadian province of Alberta, at least not the animal kind.
The province has claimed to be rat free for 50 years and whether it actually is or not depends on when you check it out. It has been a long fight and Alberta has lost the odd skirmish but still claims to be, essentially, rat free. There’s even a rat hotline where you can rat out any rat you find in Alberta. The toll-free number is 310-RATS. The public is asked to report any sightings of the pest. Sightings of Jim Prentice are not eligible.
The province is so serious about preventing the rodents from getting established in Alberta that it is illegal to have any types of pet rats. Al-berta Agriculture’s provincial rat specialist, Phil Merrill, says there were 16 confirmed reports in 2014, including some pet rats. The yearly average is about 10 single rat sightings and up to three infestations, generally an extensive rat-control zone around the province.
Reaction is swift and deadly. Rats are hunt-ed ferociously, trapped, poisoned, killed and dis-posed of.
Rats
Coming Eventscontinued from page 7 OngoingHOSPICE: Do you have a couple of hours a month to make phone calls, plant flowers, share memories, play cards, etc.? Hospice can provide you with excellent training. Call us now at 250-632-2278.KITIMAT LADIES AUXILIARY Branch 250 hold regular meetings every second Thursday of the month. More information by calling Nancy at 250-632-4051, or Lyn at 250-632-2351KITIMAT QUILTERS GUILD: If you are in-terested in joining the Kitimat Quilters Guild please contact Aileen Ponter at 250-632-6225 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387 for further information.THE KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY offers the highly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 am. Please register for this free program.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thurs-day from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Center. They welcome fami-lies throughout pregnancy 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.AGLOW OF KITIMAT - All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For in-formation phone Brenda at 250-632-1616.
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If not, start the process today by emailing [email protected] for potential upcoming contracting opportunities.
LNG Canada is proposing to design, build and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia.
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Sports & Leisure
Kitimat ladies golf started their 2015 season last night on a lovely sunny evening. Twenty-seven ladies were out, and a grizzly mom and her cub on #3 which resulted in some groups ending their round midway when they were not allowed to play through.
Results of the May 12 ladies golf play:A Flight1st low gross - Anita Vahanikkila - 48 on a
countback2nd low gross - Carol Cresswell - 501st low net - Charlotte Nicholson - 36 on a
countback
2nd low net - Sue Jay - 36B Flight1st low gross - Helen O’Neill - 512nd low gross - Heather Masch - 57 on a
countback1st low net - Fatima Reynolds - 332nd low net - Mary Murphy - 38.5Long drive winners - Charlotte Nicholson and
Tanya AllenClosest to pin winners - Carol Cresswell and
Heather Masch.Two players recorded a deuce, Helen O’Neill
and Fatima Reynolds split the deuce pot of $78.
Ladies golf results
Marlins do well in Rupert even in tough training timesJason Cathers
The Kitimat Mar-lins attended the Prince Rupert regional swim meet recently.
The Kitimat pool is now entering its third month being closed from the strike. Less than 20 swimmers of the 65 Marlins who started the year are still training but at a reduced amount in the Terrace pool. That being said the swimmers who are
training are doing great all things considered.
Although the Mar-lins only sent 12 swim-mers to the swim meet they all did extremely well and helped the Marlins to a second place overall � nish.
Prince Rupert � n-ished � rst, Terrace third and Smithers fourth re-spectively.
Adrianna Florit, 10, became the sixth Marlin this season to
qualify for AAA pro-vincials. (The highest provincial meet.) Florit achieved the two quali-fying times needed in the 11 and under 50 meter backstroke and 50 meter butter� y. Flo-rit earned the gold med-al for overall points in the 10 and under girls division.
Also in the division younger sister Alexis Florit, 9, took home the bronze medal.
Other medalist for the Marlins - Jayden Johnston (10) won the gold medal for 10 and under boys, Charlotte Collier took the gold in 11-12 girls divi-sion while teammate Leah Desousa tookthe silver.
Alex Van Horne won the bronze medal in the 11-12 boys and Zachary Dumas earned the silver medal in the 15 and over boys.
Achieving the tough task of swim-ming personal best
times in all seven in-dividual races were Angus Bathe, Emilie
Krabes, Alexis Florit, Jayden Johnston and Marianne Trembley.