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The wonderful, gross world of scienceStudents at Kitimat City High were given a hands-on lesson on aquatic life when the travelling AquaVan, a program of the Vancouver Aquarium, arrived in Kitimat. The program has various school events running through to October 11. Shown here are students participating in a dissection of a squid, some students a little more thrilled at the hands-on part than others. Cameron Orr
Confidence in BC Housing lackingCameron Orr
The proponent behind an affordable housing plan in Kitimat successfully received a council let-ter of support to help them secure funding through the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, but the conversation also pointed to rifts between a local housing society and BC Housing.
As per BC Housing’s website, they’re de-scribed as a Crown corporation which provides assistance to renters and emergency and subsi-dized housing for low income families and the disabled.
Mountain View Housing Society, which seeks to build affordable living units neighbouring the Mountain View Alliance Church, is working with the municipality and with local industrial propo-nents to develop housing in a way that opens af-fordable units to the community, but the group’s spokesperson, Pastor Don Read, said they’ve had little success with the B.C. Crown corporation.
“BC Housing is broken,” Read told Kitimat Council an a public meeting. “Working with BC Housing...there’s so much red tape and so much broken promises and so many meetings that are promised that they don’t show up to that I would be hard pressed to say [they’re] even a viable op-tion.”
He said it’s night an day for how BC Housing works versus CMHC.
“We spent eight months working with BC Housing and we received nothing. We � lled out a form for CMHC grant money and that was last week, and we’ll know within two weeks whether we have the grant money or not. That’s the differ-ence,” he said.
BC Housing was contacted for a response to these comments and the Sentinel was awaiting word by press deadline.
Continued on page 9 Time will tell if Kitimat gets piece of $75MWhen the Union of British Columbia
Municipalities came to the end of their week-long conference the Premier, as usual, issued a concluding speech.
The substance of the speech varies year to year but this time around Christy Clark made a promise to smaller commu-nities that they would share in $75 mil-lion to diversify their economies.
Clark emphasized the outsized con-tribution of small resource communities to the provincial economy, and said the extra help is made possible by the B.C. government’s spending control that has left three straight budget surpluses.
A $75 million “rural dividend” will be available over three years to commu-nities of fewer than 25,000 people that are outside urban areas. The fund is to diversify local economies, but details won’t be released until March 2016.
Kitimat Mayor Phil Germuth, who together with fellow councillors met with
the Premier and her ministers during the course of UBCM, said her speech to the delegates was the � rst time he was aware of the funding plan. Time will show how Kitimat, where the population currently hovers around 9,000, will bene� t from the rural dividend.
Even so, Germuth said his council had a notably large amount of time to spend in a meeting with the Premier as councillors spoke of programs in our community, and it’s a meeting he felt went very well.
One area of improvement for Kiti-mat, which he found speaking to a proj-ect proponent early in the week, was that there are still challenges in making Kiti-mat an attractive place to move for work.
“It seems once they get here they see how beautiful it is and then they don’t mind it,” said Germuth. “We just maybe need to do a better job of advertising Kit-imat out there.”
Infrastructure issues were a priority for Kitimat at the conference and Ger-muth says the community is still wait-ing for the West Side Corridor Study, due in approximately a month, that will take a solid look at transportation issues through Kitimat.
Germuth said he’s hoping the report will ultimately show there’s a pressing need for not just a repair of Haisla Bridge but a replacement for one as well.
A replacement would certainly need multiple levels of support, with a price tag that could be in the range of $35 mil-lion, he said, but the time is now to build.
“[The province] wants to wait un-til an FID [Final Investment Decision] maybe, however to be honest right now would be the time, when you have RTA ramping down big time and before you have an LNG FID then all of a sudden things are crazy busy again.”
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Police Beat
Gunshots were just a home-made potato gunSeptember 21Police picked up
and returned home a female who was spot-ted near the cemetery walking along the high-way. A caller was wor-ried about her safety due to the low light at the time and lack of re-� ective clothing.
September 24A mischief report
was called in regarding a trailer parked by the Giant Spruce. The trail-er had been unoccupied a few days, police say, and during that time someone had smashed three windows possibly with an axe, which was
found laying nearby. Nothing was taken from the trailer but sub-stantial damage was done. Police are con-tinuing to investigate.
September 25Police were alerted
to the sound of possible shots � red on Forest Avenue when a caller
reported hearing six shots from what was described to police as the sound of a “high powered ri� e.” Police responded immedi-ately and pulled over a vehicle leaving the area which had two youths. What police found however was sim-
ply a potato gun, and saw no damage to any nearby buildings. Po-lice warned the youth to ensure using caution in the future when us-ing their home-made device since people are clearly mistaking it for a real � rearm, which police will always
take seriously.September 26A local busi-
ness person reported a window in a com-pany truck was broken sometime overnight. The truck was left un-locked overnight as well but nothing was reported missing. The
vehicle was parked in a remote section of the Service Centre, police say, and the � le is under investigation. Police are taking the opportunity though to remind all motorists to lock their vehicles and to not leave valuables inside.
Get tired for winter drivingCameron Orr
The police are ramping up for the winter season by ad-vising motorists of the winter tire require-ments for the region.
The Kitimat RCMP are remind-ing drivers that extra precautions are neces-sary in the winter with roads becoming slip-pery and icy.
Be sure to give yourself more time and space to stop your vehicle.
For highways, Oc-tober 1 is the date that you’re supposed to
have switched to win-ter tires. Commercial vehicles also require chains.
The Kitimat Mu-nicipal Code, the po-lice add, require win-ter tires or chains, or studded tires after No-vember 1.
Both the highway and in-town laws run until March 31.
Police note that tires marked with a snow� ake and moun-tain symbol on the side are the best for traction on snow and ice.
Tires marked sim-
ply with an M+S sym-bol offer better trac-tion that summer tires but are not the most
effective.ICBC notes on
their website that Transport Canada says
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There are signs the � u season may hit B.C. early and hard and public health of� cials are warning they expect the � u vaccine to again be less effec-tive than they’d like.
The most dan-gerous in� uenza type for vulnerable people is the H3N2 strain that was dom-inant in last year’s severe � u season.
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The Terrace RCMP are investigating a fatal car crash which hap-pened September 27.
“On September 27, 2015 at 5:18 p.m. the Terrace RCMP received a report of a single ve-hicle incident near the 1700 block of Kalum Lake Road (Highway 113 approximately 24 km north of Terrace),” the detachment wrote in a news release.
“Of� cers attended the scene and learned that a single vehicle with six occupants had left the road, entered the ditch and rolled. Four of the passengers were transported to hospital suffering from various injuries, none of which were believed to be life threatening. Unfortu-nately, one passenger, a 16 year old girl, suc-cumbed to her injuries at the scene.”
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Office space gets dev permitCameron Orr
A planned retail and of� ce space building for Kitimat’s downtown received a develop-ment permit.
The building, which would occupy what’s known as Lot B in Mountainview Square — the space neighbouring the Kiti-mat veterinary hospital — is planned to be one storey and would include seven of� ces and three retail spaces.
Following comment from the Downtown Design Panel and the Advisory Planning Co-mission, council approved the permit with four conditions: one is the submission and ap-
proval of a plan for the build-ing’s signage, lighting and exterior colours; also, a com-pletion of landscaping in one year of occupancy, including a landscaping bond of $2,000; and a $7,500 performance bond to guarantee walkway construction.
That requirement for the developer to build the walkway around the building did raise some eyebrows but town ad-ministration defended it saying it’s not unheard of.
“Generally commercial development has been in areas served by walkways already,” said Director of Community
Planning and Development Gwen Sewell, explaining why it might be unusual to see this particular request.
And with plans in the works for Wakashan, develop-ing walkways is an important part in improving pedestria ac-cess.
“We thought in this par-ticular case to put a timeline on that because we are working on plans for Wakashan redevelop-ment...This allows the devel-oper to tie in to the walkway system.”
As well it is, generally, common for developers to build walkways, she added.
Town has to bump budget for Cablecar reservoir repairs
LNG Canada takes out 10-year lease on apartments
The District of Kitimat may have to spend a bit more money to repair a water tower in Cablecar.
Council had previously ap-proved a $50,000 budget to conduct needed repairs to one of two water towers that supply water to the rural neighbourhood.
However when put to bid the estimates from contractors well ex-ceeded the given budget.
The closest tender was $63,397. The most expensive was $113,400, nearly double the townbudget.
The engineering depart-ment said they were surprised butcosts are a constant struggle in Kiti-mat, they say.
The town is already in discus-sions with the lowest bidder, how-ever the engineering department requested a $25,000 boost to the budget to bring the entire cost to $75,000.
While the option of not repair-ing the tower until next year was an option, doing so would limit water access in the event of any emer-gency.
As well, the department wor-ried that the cost for work in the new year could potentially be high-er than it is now.
With that in mind they felt it was important to get the work done soon. Repairs are expected to take place this month.
Cameron OrrPhase one of a resi-
dential development at the Haisla Town Centre in Kitimat’s downtown will have LNG Canada as its “anchor tenant.”
It was announced that LNG Canada and the Haisla Nation have � nalized a 10 year lease that will see the com-pany proposing a lique-� ed natural gas facility in Kitimat to lease 49 condos — a mix of one and two-bedroom units — which comprised the entirety of a single residential building.
The building is Haisla Town Centre’s � rst phase, out of a planned three residen-tial buildings, and will also be complemented in the future by a two-storey of� ce building, a hotel and restaurant.
The LNG Canada-
leased building is ex-pected to be � nished construction by late 2016.
A spokesperson for the company says the units at Haisla Town
Centre will be for se-nior staff on the proj-ect.
“The units will be occupied by LNG Canada senior staff and their families. Sub-
contractors and their workers will initially use housing at the Ci-veo Sitka Lodge, and then the LNG Canada Worker Accommoda-tion Village when com-pleted.”
As for how a 10-year deal should be interpreted by the com-munity, the company says they still need to secure a � nal invest-ment decision.
“Should LNG Canada make a posi-tive � nancial invest-ment, construction of the facility would take approximately � ve to six years and we are committed to develop-ing and operating our facility so we have a positive impact on the community. The num-ber of years the facil-ity would be in opera-tion is dependent on a
number of factors such as market demand, or license requirements.”
In a news release from the Haisla Na-tion Council, Chief
Councillor Ellis Ross says the agreement is a “strong next step” for the nation’s business plan and economic growth.
Haisla Town Centre will house LNG Canada employees under a lease deal.
4 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, October 7, 2015
There’s been a great deal of news coverage about Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper using the debate on the wearing of the niqab as a fear-mon-gering distraction from the economy in the current federal election.
It has been simmering also at a high level in Kitimat circles through social media - Facebook - where some heated debate has been raging among local posters loyal to various parties, causes and pet themes.
No doubt it’s the same in numer-ous communities in B.C. and across the country as ardent Facebookers and prospective voters try to persuade their neighbours and friends where to direct their support and their votes.
But of course the election is a temporary period of intensity and there’s lots of lobbying going on over numerous other local issues which will continue well beyond the vote.
I couldn’t help compare the accu-sations of “fear mongering” directed at Harper with media stories in the National Observer and the Vancouver Observer, a pair of virulent publica-tions, aimed primarily at the closing of Alberta’s vital oil and gas indus-tries and Canadian efforts to market
energy products via pipelines from either the west coast or the east coast.
They have other targets, but the ones I read through tend to focus on potential oil and gas pipeline projects (threats) in B.C. and in particular, Kitimat.
A particular headline and an ac-companying editorial in the Van-couver Observer caught my eye on Thursday, just as arguments against the approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline began hearings in Vancouver’s Federal Court of Appeal.
The headline that caught my eye was “All the oil pumped down En-bridge’s North B.C. pipeline will be spilled” and a vitriolic argument fol-lowed about the dangers to the B.C. environment.
Quote: “ Any crude that Enbridge doesn’t � rst spill into our B.C. lakes,
rivers, streams, Great Bear Rainfor-est and wild coastline, will instead become a gigantic burnt oil spill dumped into our destabilizing atmo-sphere and acidifying oceans. This spill will be so large that it will wipe out all efforts by all Canadians to cut climate pollution. Once spilled it will continue for centuries to turbo-charge our weather systems, over-acidify our oceans, harm people and damage the ecosystems we depend on. It takes nature thousands of years to remove burnt oil once it is spilled into our air and oceans.”
If this isn’t fear mongering, I just don’t what it is. It’s certainly not based on any commonsense argument. And it certainly does not acknowledge that oil and gas extraction are world-wide prosperous industries.
The proposed Northern Gateway, as far as I can see, goes nowhere near the imaginary Great Bear Rainforest or Great Bear Sea - another made up name.
Just to lend some perspective the US has 2.2 million kilometres of pipe-and Russia approximately 350,000 ki-lometres.
Continued on page 5
Frustrating fear mongering
Bureaucracy ahead, do not cross
Just like crime scene tape, red tape in the gov-ernment is an impediment to access.
However crime scene tape is designed to pre-serve the integrity of a place from tampering. Red tape can serve to deny services to those who should otherwise receive it.
Now there’s a new promise by the province that red tape will, ahem, be cut.
As of last week it was announced that the � rst Wednesday of March every year shall henceforth be known as Red Tape Reduction Day, “reinforcing its ongoing commitment to reduce red tape and admin-istrative burden for citizens and businesses.”
As if I didn’t have enough cards to buy for peo-ple in a year I have to add this to the growing list of birthdays and holidays.
Well, anyway, it’s a nice gesture, as much as I’m not convinced the existence of such a day will do much.
Even so it ties in, interestingly enough, with an actual problem some in Kitimat are having.
The Mountain View Housing Society is making great effort in trying to build an affordable housing building in Kitimat and have received support from various groups and companies.
But the provincial Crown corporation that is BC Housing has apparently been less than helpful for the society, as per the group’s spokesperson at a Kitimat Council meeting.
Red tape, it was cited speci� cally, was a big problem to receiving support.
By comparison dealing with a federal housing agency has been, by comparison, an utter breeze.
It’s disappointing to hear that a group that has plans for a real community bene� t are having such tough luck on the provincial level.
The government will be opening themselves up for feedback on reducing red tape this month, al-lowing people to weigh in on how to better access services.
I have no doubt the local housing society will be preparing a few words.
It seems to me that the priority should be iden-tifying which programs and services have the most direct impact to local communities for good and starting there.
The province recently reformed a number of liquor laws, for instance. In a time when people in Kitimat were having trouble living due to out of con-trol lack of affordability, the priority really seems skewed.
I wish the government all the best if they’re seri-ous about reducing red tape and other impediments. In Kitimat it seems like unncessary burdens can be the difference between a home or no home.
Cameron Orr
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Continued from page 4Now I don’t want anyone to get the
idea that I am promoting the Northern Gateway or energy pipelines as such but if the people claiming fear mongering is a deliberate PC election strategy, then what is the objective of the kind of material in the Vancouver Observer, where of course their principal focus is really the Kinder Morgan pipeline, but it is not as dramatic as Northern Gateway and is somewhat protected by 50 years of successful op-eration.
Anyway with court arguments under-way, a revival of the pipeline debate on the Kitimat Politics thread of the Kitimat area Facebook can’t be far behind.
It was “attack northern B.C. pipeline projects day” again and again in this re-cent issue of the Vancouver Observer. Other headlines included: “Carbon tsu-nami lead by Enbridge Northern Gateway takes aim at B.C.” and “B.C.’s tar sands? Thirteen proposed LNG projects equiva-lent to 13 times current BC emissions.”
The LNG attack quotes: “Studies by Clean Energy Canada, the Pembina In-stitute, Navius Research and others all
point to the same conclusion - under cur-rent regulations producing LNG in B.C. will likely be twice as climate polluting as the world’s cleanest LNG projects are today.”
The word “likely” I suspect is in there because not even the Vancouver Observer necessarily believes this claim to be legitimate.
Anyway, despite all the confusing and con� icting reports on the “progress vs. protests” of LNG projects in the northwest and with the Rio Tinto camp largely clear of smelter modernization workers, it’s clearer we can expect a somewhat less-busy Kitimat this fall and winter.
I’d like to be wrong, but I’d guess the bloom is off the hous-ing rose for the time being.
Rentals are more available, and homes-for-sale listings are growing while prices are drop-ping.
Two new local hotels/motels are in the process of being completed and openedfor business.
At the same time the renovated North Star Inn is up for sale, as is the City Cen-tre Motel. I have not looked into all the reasons.
No � nal investment decisions have been made on any major LNG project, and as you read in the Northern Sentinellast week, the delays are costing B.C. “billions of dollars” in revenues.
That is why I continue to be frustrat-ed by the concerted efforts of that noisy group of environmental activists in other parts of B.C. whose backers and � nan-ciers are largely unknown.
Will an election make the situation in Alberta and B.C. any clearer? I sincerely doubt it.
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This is Kitimat’s chance to see the can-didates side-by-side presenting their vision for the riding as a po-tential member of par-liament.
It’s anticipated that all candidates ex-cept the Green Party’s will attend the event, which includes: Con-servative Tyler Nesbitt, Liberal Brad Layton, NDP Nathan Cullen, and Christian Heritage Party’s Don Spratt.
Green Party’s Jeannie Parnell had
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“I do support some of his platforms,” she said of Cullen.
She says she wants her own candidacy to become an encourage-ment to get more ab-original people vote.
At the time of his nomination Spratt was describe as being “a strong moral and fis-cal conservative who unapologetically plac-es historic Canadian
founding constitution-al principles above the political correctness of the progressive camp that make up the three major parties,” said party leader Rod Tay-lor in a release.
The Liberal’s Lay-ton has noted com-mitments made to resource planning. He said his party is committed to working closer with the prov-ince and First Nations on natural resource projects.
“We’ll develop plans that will not only make use of our marine resources, but give coastal commu-
nities much more say in the management of the resources,” said Layton.
Cullen has look to potential environ-mental harm from proposed oil pipelines and is more support-ive of LNG, noting growing First Nations support as well.
“The devil is in the details,” said Cullen of the billions involved in building pipelines that would feed the super-cooling plants. “It’s how you do it.”
Nesbitt looks to the economy as a fo-cus.
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Connecting with photographyCameron Orr
A photo project and youth forum seeks to give a voice to young people in Kitimat.
The Society for Children and Youth BC have been running a child rights awareness campaign for years and this year Kitimat is one of two com-munities the society is running this program in.
The photo program is called Photo Voice.“What we’ve decided to do is use a method
called Photo Voice which is basically using pho-tography to tell stories with young people. For them to be empowered to make this child rights campaign their own,” said Anique Ross, Child and Youth Friendly Communities Manager for the society.
Ross said photography gives the youth a ven-ue to show pride in their work, while also high-lighting the ways they see the world.
“I think it’s just an interesting way to see the world through youth’s perspective. I think it’s a very tangible way.”
October 23 and 24 will also be a youth forum hosted in Kitimat that will target youth 14 to 18 years old.
The forum will talk about grassroots activ-ism, and will also talk about photography topics, such as the ethics of photo taking, said Ross.
The youth will also develop activism plans for their photos.
“That could include things like using social media to draw attention to whatever concerns or
issues they wanted to bring up.”Ross says she hopes there will be a public art
show that coincides closely with National Child Day on November 20, although details of any show haven’t been set.
People wanting to get involved in this pro-gram can send an e-mail to [email protected] for further information.
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Cameron OrrHe’s braved
the frontiers of Nunavut, he’s trained police in Kosovo, but Kitimat’s new-est staff sergeant at the RCMP detachment is already feeling quite at home in our coastal com-munity.
Edmon ton -born McLaren has spent 22 years in the RCMP, and aside from Kosovo and far north Canada he’s also had stints in Saskatchewan and Alberta too.
While Kosovo was a time he enjoyed immensely, he said Nunavut was the real highlight of his career so far.
“There experience there was just phenomenal,” he said.
His perspective is a clue to the community-minded ap-proach he’s taking to policing.
“The thing I liked the best about Nunavut is the work we
were doing in the communi-ties. You could see the results come back re-ally quick,” he said.
The com-munity needs were essentially the same as any-where else, he said.
“They want to have a po-lice force that they can trust,
that they can rely on, that they can feel safe and secure with. That’s just foundation, basic building blocks.”
Since being a constable he’s held a very community-minded approach to policing in any community he’s been.
“We’re here for the com-munity, we’re not here because of the community. I’ve taken that philosophy ever since I was a constable on my � rst post.”
He’ll also draw on his ex-
periences working in other re-source towns that see the boom cycles like Kitimat.
“I have experienced re-source town booms and all the problems that brings with it. I’m going to pull a little on that. But [Kitimat’s] gone through it before,” he said.
“There’s a lot of people preparing for it.”
While the learning curve to working in a boom cycle town is high he’s looking forward to the challenge. And so far he’s found Kitimat a very comfort-able town compared to others he’s policed, especially as far as the call volume.
He said there’s been posts where he’s getting calls mul-tiple times a week for serious incidents.
So far there’s been nothing like that in Kitimat.
“It’s a really good team here,” he said of his of� cers, noting the local detachment’s engagement with the commu-nity.
“I want to keep that � re burning.”
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Haisla Health Centre adopts grassroots approach to mental health servicesCameron Orr
When a member of the community died, volunteers with the Haisla Health Centre opened up Kitamaat Village’s recreation centre and welcomed affected persons inside where they were host-ed through all hours of the night.
It is at once a great demonstration of com-munity members tak-ing the lead in sup-porting others in need, yet it’s also a sign of how health workers in Kitamaat Village are closing the gap between government funded services and the true needs of the community.
Health Manager Eric Bottah says they had to figure out a way to reach people who otherwise would fall through the cracks of the established health
system.For instance, the
office closes each day at 4:30 p.m., and there are no workers on dur-ing the weekends.
Late last year they held a survey to find out what people in the community want-ed as far as services so the Health Centre could gear their efforts where they’d be most effective.
The result is the Haisla Community Crises Response Com-mittee, is a key group which provides out-reach to the commu-nity to combat sui-cides and give support to people in times of crisis.
The committee, which so far consists of a core group of 15 who are trained in sui-cide prevention. The training is a key com-ponent; members have
been provided special skills to deal with the issues.
The people on the committee, he said, are in a sense gate-keepers to mental health services in the community.
There are a lot of reasons why grass-roots approaches to crises is important.
Kitamaat Village is a community of ap-proximately 700 peo-ple.
A single incident can affect the entire community, he said.
For suicides spe-cifically, there has been three suicides in the Village over the past three years, one as recently as September.
In British Colum-bia as a whole, the suicide rates in Ab-original communities are as much as five to six times the rate as non-Aboriginal com-munities.
Bottah says there’s a reality in First Nation communities when it comes to services. That is, there is often a shortfall of some kind.
For one, there are usually not enough mental health counsel-lors.
For those that are working they are pri-marily concentrated in the Lower Mainland, which makes access-ing their services, or even affording them, a challenge.
(Bringing up a counsellor means pro-viding food, lodging, and other expenses.)
Meanwhile for the people living in the communities, they are often dealing with a variety of issues, such as the boredom that comes with living in a rural area, poor living conditions, and addic-tions, said Bottah.
When the health centre conducted their survey in December, the results showed there was a keen inter-est in offering services which related very closely with suicide.
Forty-eight per cent even named sui-cide prevention as a priority. Forty-seven per cent also priori-tized alcohol and drug education, and 38 per cent wanted focus on treatment aftercare.
Bottah says the strategy to use com-munity resources includes using com-munity networks, the experience of com-munity elders and other programs such as North West Coun-selling.
Members of the community Crises Response Committee are screened through background and crimi-
nal record checks and they’re all bound by confidentiality agree-ments.
“If trust goes away the whole program falls apart,” said Bot-tah.
He also said they want to reduce the barriers people have to addressing their prob-lems.
“By raising aware-ness of mental health, drugs and addiction we can help people to talk about their prob-lems,” he said.
Breaking down the stigma will help the committee reach more people.
The Crises Re-sponse Committee will get a formal in-troduction to Kita-maat Village when the Haisla Health Centres hosts a community fo-rum on October 21.
Eric Bottah
District of Kitimat
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“By raising awareness of
mental health, drugs and
addition, we can help people to
talk about their problems.”
Local resources for suicide preventionThere are signs a person is
on a path to suicide.Withdrawn, acting de-
pressed, even giving away their possessions.
All are potential signs a per-son may be preparing to harm themselves.
Team Leader for Mental Health and Addiction Services Rai Read, who is based in Ter-race and comes to Kitimat at times, says the reason a person may feel hopelessness is wide and varied.
“It’s really hard to say what may trigger an individual who is in a depressive state to start thinking about suicide,” she said.
“Some of the con-tributing factors could be they lost their job, a relationship has bro-ken down, substance abuse, things like that.”
She said in many cases a person close to someone who may be suicidal will be giv-en clear indications something is wrong.
“Quite often an individual who is con-templating suicide will disclose to some-body, at some point. They may not say
they’re thinking of killing them-selves but it may be that they’re feeling hopeless, or they want things to end. They can be the early signs that they are strug-gling,” she said, adding, “They may not be ready to fully open up and really say how they’re feeling.”
The good news for people facing this possibility — wheth-er for themselves or people they know — is there is a number of resources and many are availableeasily online.
One is called Here to Help BC. Found online at www.here-tohelp.bc.ca, the site offers a number of resources, including
printable brochures for people needing some information. Read says it’s a good stop for people dealing with the issue for the first time.
There is of course the local mental health teams.
Kitimat has a mental health office in the public health of-fice in Kitimat General Hospital. There is an office in Terrace too.
There’s also crisis hotlines, family doctors, and if it comes to such a point, 9-1-1 or the emer-gency room.
A rule of thumb when talking to someone who is suicidal though is the con-versation needs to be direct,
says Read.“One of the things with sui-
cide is that you have to be quite direct. Actually asking ‘I’ve no-ticed you’ve been quite down lately. Have you thought about hurting yourself, ending your life?’ It can be really challeng-ing questions for people to bring up,” she said.
Even health care profession-als can have trouble broaching the subject she says.
The common theme in deal-
ing with suicides or mental ill-nesses as well is that it’s better to deal with the issue when it’s in the open.
That means being supportive and not trying to hide the subject.
“One of the big things is getting it out there and talking about it, reducing the stigma ofmental illness as a whole,” said Read.
When people start listening they’ll find the support is out there.
Help lines and statisticsThere are phone numbers people can use if they need help.The suicide distress line, for people who may be planning to immediately harm themselves, is 1-888-784-2433. There is also a crisis line at 1-888-562-1214.
Numbers aren’t provided when there were fewer than 5 suicides in a community to maintain privacy, but based on the report in Kitimat there were at least three suicides in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2009.
* Statistics from the BC Coroners Service, 2002-2011
46.5Average number
of suicides a year in Northern
B.C.
123.3Average
number of B.C. women who commit
suicide a year.
378.1Average number of B.C.
men who commit
suicide a year.
18Average
number of youth who
commit suicide
each year.
40-49Age
demographic with the
most suicides on
average.
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Continued from page 1Mayor Germuth does, however, believe the
province agrees in principle that a new bridge may be what’s best for Kitimat.
“We’re pretty sure [the government] sees it too,” he said.
Meanwhile Germuth was also working with members of the Resource Bene� ts Alliance, the coalition of local regional governments seeking to direct future revenues from major industries back to the communities.
The Alliance had in the past been concerned over a lack of government willingness to do real negotiations, but Germuth said depending on who you asked within the Alliance, meetings at the UBCM were either hopeful or discouraging.
“To be honest I’m not 100 per cent sure where it’s going,” said Germuth about when real negoti-ations would start, but he says others in the group said they felt better about meetings than he did.
The group did lobby the BC LNG Alliance for support in a meeting that did go well though.
“They seemed to received it fairly well,” he said. “They fully understand that the whole point of this Resource Bene� ts Alliance is not to tax them one extra penny, it’s just to take a piece that goes to government and be able to have the re-gional district’s divide it up among the communi-ties.”
While the LNG Alliance wouldn’t be a deci-sion maker on this subject, Germuth said it was important to have them as an ally in their push, for the province to ultimately see it as a plan that would endorsement from not only the local gov-ernments but from the industry too.
At UBCM, Premier Clark also announced a $90 million extension to the infrastructure fund for small communities, which started last year and is funded 50-50 by the federal and provin-cial governments. It’s available to commu-nities under 100,000 people, covering up to two thirds of eligible projects, with applica-tions accepted starting Oct. 30.
Continued from page 1Meanwhile Read said the proj-
ect may see a 2017 start date as they still move through preliminary work.
This fall they’ll present their case to the Christian Missionary Alliance, who own title on the land proposed to be built on.
And with a successful grant from CMHC he said they will make a feasiblity study and complete pre-liminary design work on the project.
The plan is to build up to 30 units.
In order to make it economi-cally viable they may lease up to eight units to private industry which would give them about $1.7 million, he said.
The project has already come at a high cost. Read said they’ve spent $40,000 on studies to date and to � n-ish the feasibility and design portion will take up to another $20,000.
The group will look for more support as they progress.
“We will come back to council once we have a feasibility study and drawings put together,” he said.
The housing units are geared to-wards seniors and people with dis-abilities.
Councillors supported their ef-forts saying to come back whenever they need help.
They also added that improv-ing funding and support for afford-able housing was a topic which local governments dealt with at the recent UBCM conference and the govern-ment was encouraged to provide bet-ter support.
So far the group has � nished stage two of their environmental study, and geo-technical reports as well.
The Mountain View Housing Society includes a membership of Mountain View Alliance Church, Hatch-Lapointe, and Oviatt Con-tracting.
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BC Housing
“We will come back to council once we have a feasibility study.”
Rock onIt’s unclear how this tradition started here but on the Bish Forest Service Road, which leads to the proposed site of the Kitimat LNG project, a number of small inukshuk-type structures have been assembled. The one above is a particular engineering marvel.
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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Urcelina DeMedeiros.Urcelina passed away peacefully with her two sons by her side.She is survived by her loving husband of 62 years, Danny, children Tony (Debbie), Lana (Peter) and Harry (Linda); grandchildren Michelle (Mark), Lisa (Roman), Devon (Andrea), Megan (Le), Riley, Marc (Crystal), Robert and Kevin; great grandchildren Austin, Brandon, Steven, Rebecca, Haileigh, Trenton, Dylan, Sheldon and Wyatt.She is also survived by her brother Antonio (Melania) and sisters Julia (Antonio) and Armenia.We would like to express our thanks and gratitude to all the nurses, caregivers at the Mountainview Lodge, along with Dr. Huang, who took wonderful care of Urcelina during the last four and a half years. We would also like to thank all our family and friends for their generous love and support.
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The family of Luc Casgrain are sad to announce his passing in his home on the evening of September 15, 2015 in Kitimat, BC.Luc Joseph Casgrain was born May 10, 1957 and spent his childhood in Granby, Quebec. He moved to BC in 1990 with his wife Agnes and thereafter became ill and since then has endured long years of sickness and being homebound.Luc is survived by his wife Agnes, sister Linda, and brother-in-law Daniel. He was predeceased by his parents Jeanette Tardif and Maurice Casgrain.Luc was a great lover of antique vehicles and animals. His pets were a great comfort to him during his illness. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the Kitimat Humane Society.
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The Kitimat Fire Depart-ment is encouraging Kitimat residents to think � re safety this week.
October 4 to 10 is Fire Pre-vention Week, and the theme be-ing promoted this year is “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep.”
The Kitimat department, as in past years, will spend seven days sharing information about � re prevention.
In some jurisdictions hav-ing a working smoke alarm near your bedroom areas and at each level of a residence is required by law.
There are also now new types of smoke alarms that can be electronically interconnected wirelessly.
For example, if smoke activates a smoke alarm in the basement of a house, all the home’s smoke alarms will sound simultaneously regard-
less of how far away they are from the smoke’s source.
Deputy Fire Chief of Prevention Pete Bizar-ro says the � re hall will do outreach to students throughout this week.
They also had an information station at City Centre Mall yesterday.
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October 8THE KITIMAT ART CLUBmeets in Room 113 at the Mount Elizabeth Middle Sec-ondary School No supplies? We have some, and we share! For more information contact Katherine Johnsen 250-632-6888. ‘Pilfered or Plucked ’ – Still life of � owers, foliage, leaves, organic autumn objects. Bring materials of your choice;charcoal, pastel, or paint, and something to contribute to the composition.OngoingPRAYER CANADA. We meet each week on Tuesdays 12 noon to 1 p.m. For location and fur-ther information please call 250-632-4554. Or e-mail [email protected] YOU OR SOMEONE you know have bladder cancer? You’re not alone. It’s the 5th most common cancer in Cana-da. Bladder Cancer Canada is here to help... or just to talk. In Kitimat, call Glen Sevigny at 250-632-3486. Or [email protected]: Do you have a cou-ple of hours a month to make phone calls, plant � owers, share memories, play cards, etc.? Hospice can provide you with excellent training. Call us now at 250-632-2278.KITIMAT LADIES AUXIL-IARY, Branch 250 hold regular meetings every second Thurs-day of the month. More infor-mation by calling Nancy at 250-632-4051, or Lyn at 250-632-2351.FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY To join contact Luce Gauthier at [email protected] or Virginia Charron
@ [email protected] or call 250-632-8985.KITIMAT QUILTERS GUILD: If you are interested in join-ing the Kitimat Quilters Guild please contact Aileen Ponter at 250-632-6225 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387 for further in-formation.THE KITIMAT POTTERY GUILD meets every Thursday in the Riverlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Inter-ested in playing with clay? All experience levels welcome. For more information call Anne at 250-632-3318.THE KITIMAT PUBLIC LI-BRARY offers the highly en-gaging 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 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 infor-mation call 250-632-3144.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FunSpot drop-in for children aged birth to 5 years with caregivers. Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays 10 am- 12 pm. Fridays are now a combined drop-in/multicultural playgroup. All are welcome to attend. Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.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 female, 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.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. DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Lit-eracy Program provides FREE tutoring services for adult in-terested in improving their reading, writing, math, com-munication, and information technology skills. Is English NOT your � rst language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group English as a Sec-ond Language (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.kitimatcommunity-services.ca/KALP.html or � nd us on facebook. DO YOU HAVE DIABETES?Individual and group counsel-ing. For more info call 250-632-8313 during operating hours - Wednesdays 8:00 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - or leave message on our voice mail. We are lo-cated on the second � oor of the Kitimat Hospital in the HomeSupport of� ces.
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They also had an information station at City
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Kitimat
Please join us for a fun, free, family event to celebrate our independent local business
community and the launch of Love Kitimat.
At this event you can meet our member businesses, shop at their tables, sample local
food, enter to win prizes, and more!
Thursday, October 85:00-8:00 pm
Riverlodge Recreation Centre654 Columbia Ave
Launch Celebration
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A Mount Elizabeth Secondary School alumnus, Adam Ryder, has been enjoying a rise in the world of wrestling. Susan Vellios
Kitimat alumnus is rising wrestling star Vern May
A wreslting match at the Cloverdale fair-grounds gave fans a glimpse of Kitimat’s contribution to the ring and one of the top rated wrestlers in the world today.
The main event showdown between Adam Ryder, who at-tended Mount Eliza-beth Secondary school, and the All Star Wres-tling champion (and World Wrestling En-tertainment alumnus) Gangrel marked Ry-der’s � rst appearance since being ranked in Pro Wrestling Illustrat-ed magazine as one of the top 500 wrestlers in the world.
He’s not at all what you’d expect when en-visioning a main event professional wrestler. Dressed sharply in a suit, Ryder looks like he’s headed to a fancy dinner in an upscale hot spot - his shoes shined and collar starched.
The last place you’d expect to � nd him is among the rabid working class ticket buyers sitting ringside at the wrestling match-es. Yet, this will be a
typical Friday night for the 27 year old who has been on a campaign to dominate the sport of pro wrestling for most of his adult life.
Ryder, who was born in Prince Rupert and also moved to Smithers at age four in 1992, started his jour-ney toward grappling greatness in 2008, training in a Calgary training class of four-teen hopefuls under the tutelage of WWE alumnus, Lance Storm. Of his classmates, only one other aspirant is still pursuing a ring career in the game — Australia’s Tenille Dashwood, who is seen on WWE television un-der the name Emma.
Upon his gradu-ation from the Storm school, Adam hit the road in 2009, paying his dues in matches from Vancouver Island to Hudson Bay, over-coming the odds as a lithe 215 pounder in an industry dominated by heavyweights. From good natured ribbing from locker room vets dubbing him solely as “the new guy” for his entire rookie year, to
brutal hazing by inse-cure peers who were threatened by his po-tential from the outset.
Though dedicated to his goals between the ropes, Ryder wise-ly assessed the risk in-volved through a career in sport and the impor-tance of a diversi� ed portfolio. He enrolled in the business admin-istration program at Thompson Rivers Uni-versity and has suc-cessfully juggled both pursuits for the past three years. Often, Ryder could be found poring over textbooks in the drafty back halls of arenas, clad in spandex and ready to switch gears at the sound of the ring bell. He is slated to gradu-ate from the university in December.
His hard work is starting to pay off with international me-dia attention and an elevation to the top of the marquee. Secur-ing a ranking of 477 in his � rst listing in Pro Wrestling Illus-trated, the magazine describes Ryder as a “quick footed com-petitor is a superb
counter-wrestler with good instincts.” Less than � ve per cent of all Canadian wrestlers secure a listing in the magazine over their entire career; for Ryder to be listed with just under 200 matches to his credit is an impres-sive feat.
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