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A rapid rise in the Kitimat River provided a dramatic scene, but also lead to a dirtier river which had the District of Kitimat issuing a boil water advisory. The town said the water’s turbidity led to their decision, even though they did continue to treat the water as normal. The river level peaked early last week and has been quickly lowering as the heavy, intense rains from a coastal storm subsided. Cameron Orr

Muddy river led to water advisory

It proved an enticing sideshow for Kitima-tians on their Thanksgiving long weekend, but an over� owing Kitimat River meant trouble for the town’s water treatment process.

The town continued to treat the town’s drink-ing water as normal, but the river’s turbidity — basically its level of dirtiness due to the � ooding — meant the town couldn’t guarantee the water’s safety as well as normal.

The town worked with Northern Health to establish a boil water advisory which kicked in to effect October 10.

The advisory last-ed the entire week as the District had to wait for two water samples to be returned from testing showing it was safe.

Boil water adviso-ries are not common in Kitimat.

In 2009 the Service Centre was issued a brief one due to a water supply issue tied in to a � re-� ghting effort.

In 1990 a broken water intake and � lter sys-tem resulted in a boil water advisory for the com-munity in May that year.

In February 1991, Cablecar underwent a boil water advisory, again due to issues with the wa-ter intake for the neighbourhood, an issue that was compounded that year too by a high river.

The District of Kitimat said during this most recent advisory that they didn’t believe contami-nation was actually occurring.

“There is nothing to suggest contamination is occurring; however, as a precautionary mea-sure please continue to boil water prior to use,” the town said last week.

Nations allowed suit against Rio TintoThe Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Na-

tions have been allowed to proceed with a lawsuit against Rio Tinto.

The Stellat’en First Nation re-leased a media advisory last week saying the Supreme Court of Cana-da has denied the company’s leave to appeal relating to an earlier casefrom April.

RT was appealing a decision by a lower court granted the First Nations ability to sue the company.

The issue relates to the � ow of wa-ter in the Nechako River, which is af-fected by the company’s Kenney dam.

According to the Canadian Press, the nations say the dam breaches their

rights to the waterway and are seeking damages for property-rights violations.

The Stellat’en news release states that “the case now con� rms that, in British Columbia, First Nations may sue an industry or private company for damaging lands or interfering with their use and occupancy of lands and rivers.”

Stellat’en Chief Archie Patrick is hailing the victory.

“Rio Tinto Alcan had claimed im-munity authorizing them to willfully continue to damage our lands until we proved aboriginal title,” he said.

“We’re pleased that the court rec-ognized that such rights are under Can-ada’s constitution...and that we have

rights to access the courts just as much as non-First Nation landowners.”

Former Saik’uz Chief, and a named plaintiff in the case, Jackie Thomas, said the dam is one of the largest “envi-ronmentally damaging” projects in the province’s history.

“First Nations’ interests were never considered nor were we ever consult-ed,” he said. “We’re pleased to � nally have a victory in front of the Canadian courts.”

Rio Tinto issued a statement that said they acknowledge the decision of the court, but will decline further com-ment as the matters involved are still before the courts.

“There is nothing

to suggest contamination is occurring.”

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Council to hire recycling consultant

October 5A vehicle was observed turning too sharply and hitting a

curb in Kitimat. The vehicle was stopped by police and the officer noted the odour of liquor on the driver’s breath, result-ing in a licence being revoked for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for 30.

October 7A vehicle on Kitamaat Village Road was found to be go-

ing “well in excess” of the speed limit. The driver was found to not hold a valid licence and is facing several violation tick-ets.

A driver was found to be under the influence of drugs dur-ing a traffic stop later that day. A small amount of drugs were seized from the vehicle during the stop.

October 9A compressor was turned in to the Kitimat RCMP by a

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October 10Several simultaneous reports were received of a fight at a

local bar. Police determined through investigation that several non-Kitimat residents had come to Kitimat for the purpose of intimidation and assaulting a local resident who was involved in the local drug scene. Several injured persons were taken to the hospital. The suspects were later arrested and released on strict conditions, including not to be found within Kitimat. A court date has been set for December.

Cameron OrrKitimat Council

has approved $25,000 towards the hiring of a recycling consultant to help guide the town in developing a Recy-cling Action Plan.

The council’s de-cision on October 8 follows a June 2015 presentation from a solid waste specialist, Maura Walker, who overviewed general recycling ideas used in various communities.

Councillors had various ideas on how such a consultant would engage the community.

Mario Feldhoff called for a council workshop with the eventual consultant before they go too far down the path, in or-der to formalize a plan for how to engage the community.

Feldhoff was pri-marily speaking to his desire to see a speedier

process to have a com-munity recycling plan.

“It’s time to put together a strategy,” he said. “It’s got to move quicker.”

He also said that there must be some existing baseline data about recycling needs and desires in the community given work already done to date, including the work of a contrac-tor at the District of Kitimat who had been

tasked with recycling issues, as well as data from organizations such as Multi Mate-rial BC, the organi-zation which was incharge of a new pro-vincial recycling man-date which has con-tracted out the Kitimat bottle depot for an ex-panded recycling pro-gram.

A process under a consultant may in-clude a community survey, a cost report,

and a community workshop as well.

The specifics of how the consultant would approach the community and coun-cil would be worked out at a future time.

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Canada’s top court has upheld B.C.’s tough system of roadside penalties for impaired drivers, including vehicle impoundments, stiff fines and immediate licence suspensions of up to 90 days.

The Supreme Court of Canada handed down twin judgments that back key elements of the provincial govern-ment’s policy after it was challenged by motorists.

Justices said there was “no doubt” automatic roadside prohibi-tions are within the province’s jurisdic-tion and a valid reg-ulatory measure.

They rejected the argument of opponents that the penalties effectively create an offence that requires a right to a fair trial, not an instant decision by police after a failed blood-alcohol read-ing on a portable device.

The court found the province’s “pressing and sub-stantial” goal of en-acting the scheme “was not to oust the criminal law, but rather to prevent death and serious in-jury on public roads by removing drunk drivers and deterring impaired driving.”

Police still pur-sue criminal charges in cases of injury or death due to drunk driving.

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NEWS BRIEFS

LNG explains zoning plan

With an application given to the District of Kitimat to rezone portions of land surrounding LNG Canada’s site, the company has respond-ed to a request for comment on their plans.

An LNG Canada spokesperson responded to the Sentinel saying “The LNG Canada pro-posed facility footprint was planned to be al-most entirely within current Industrial Zoned land (M1), however the planned project foot-print overlaps with three irregular areas that are zoned as Environmentally Sensitive land (G6-A).

“Should the rezoning application be ap-proved by District of Kitimat, the benefit would be a net increase of approximately 3 hectares of environmentally sensitive (G6-A) land within the estuary.”

The application included lands owned by LNG Canada, Rio Tinto and Crown land.

The application seeks the rezoning of some land designated as Environmentally Sensitive to Industrial.

The District’s planning department said the sensitive land designations were made years ago and have no accounted for changes in water courses since.

The application has also been referred to a number of local nature groups.

A screen grab from a video posted by Jesse Soares from a camper rescue near the Giant Spruce.

Good samaritans rescue trailer from flood water

Decision has been reserved

Cameron OrrA trailer was rescued from

a potentially watery fate by a pair of good samaritans who had gone to see the blown out river.

“Me and my buddy [Dylan] were just out for a drive and came across the trailer. In an-other hour it would have been gone so we hooked up to it,” said Jesse Soares.

A video he shared on Face-book showed their truck work-ing their way through the flood-ed roadway to the Giant Spruce

with the trailer in tow, working slowing but steadily to make it through deep water. He said he would have been in trouble if he had stopped the truck at all.

Soares said the owner was trying to get to their trailer when they came out with it.

The two made sure to call the RCMP ahead of time to tell them their intentions to haul out the trailer and were given the blessing to do so.

He said the owners were quite thankful for their work.

“Their kid drew me a pic-

ture. It’s pretty cute.”The Kitimat River was up

over 4.8 metres, according to the Government of Canada’s Wateroffice, peaking at a flow of just under 2,200 cubic me-tres a second on October 10.

From there to October 12 it saw a steep decline returning to around two metres, and after a spike again October 13, has been dropping ever since.

Soares said the river was unusually high.

“I’ve never seen it that high,” he said.

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Three Federal Appeal Court judges have reserved their decision on whether to quash the federal government’s approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline, or let it stand.

Beginning Oct. 1, Haisla Nation Council and seven other First Nations, environmental groups and a labour union took their turns in a Vancou-ver courtroom to argue the government failed to get Aboriginal consent for the project and did not properly consider the impact it could have on the environment.

Proponents of Northern Gateway stressed overturning the environmental approval certifi-cates could kill the project all together.

The applicants set out 18 legal challenges detailed through more than 350 pages.

Among the arguments is a challenge of the approval based on future consulta-tions and spill mitigation plans yet to beestablished.

The arguments also lay out the Joint Review

Panel’s error of proceeding on the assumption the chances of a spill were low, and it was there-fore unnecessary to engage in a detailed exami-nation of the impacts of a large spill.

“The JRP acted beyond its mandate in con-cluding that the risk associated with a large ma-rine oil spill was ‘manageable’ and ‘acceptable,’ reads a summary of written arguments.

“Canada relied to the extent possible on the JRP to carry out consultation, but the JRP was an adversarial, quasi-judicial tribunal that functioned as a one-way information gathering process, which could not accommodate back-and-forth discussions between First nations and Canada.”

During the Vancouver proceedings, lawyers for the respondents asked the judges for cre-ative remedies to address First Nations concerns without quashing the environmental certificates and putting at risk the almost half-billion dollars spent on the project to date, according to the Ca-nadian Press.


There was a � urry of excitement in the B.C. legislature recently, as Delta South independent MLA Vicki Hun-tington released documents suggest-ing that a multinational manufacturing company continued to buy up B.C. farms for carbon offsets after they said last June they would stop.

False alarm, as it turns out. Agri-culture Minister Norm Letnick clari-� ed that three more farms in the Peace and Cariboo region had indeed been bought, but the company was merely following legal advice to close deals on farms that it had already agreed to purchase. The company, British-based cleaning product and pharmaceutical maker Reckitt Benckiser (RB) con-� rmed this. A company of� cial reiter-ated that its program to buy farms and replant them with trees is suspended.

By the time the B.C. government became aware of this global public re-lations scheme, thanks to the work of NDP MLA Lana Popham and others, about 10,000 hectares of farmland was already planted with seedlings. RB ini-tially said they were buying up aban-doned and unproductive farms, but lo-cal government of� cials disputed that.

RB soon realized that undermining already precarious farming communi-ties was going to provide the opposite of the green publicity they sought, at least in B.C. The company told me it is now looking to switch its carbon offset program to replanting forest areas de-pleted by pine beetle and � re.

I’ll believe that when I see it, but on the face of it, this sounds almost as questionable as converting farmland back to forests. Pine forests need � re to regenerate, so � res have been part of the regeneration of the ecosystem since the retreat of the last Ice Age.

Another situation that received lit-tle public attention was a report issued late this summer by the B.C. Forest Practices Board about forest steward-ship plans.

The board reviewed 43 steward-ship plans from all regions of B.C.

They are supposed to deal with things like where roads go and how streams are protected.

In came “results-based” forest management, where licence holders had to produce a plan showing stream protection and other values. The Forest Practices Board has found these plans often aren’t good for much, although results are generally good when they follow up with on-the-ground audits.

The investigation found that many of the plans cover “vast and overlapping areas of the province, and were written using legal language that makes them very dif� cult for public understanding or review.” Little has changed since a similar � nding in 2006.

During that time, the forests min-istry was turned into Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, with greatly increased responsibility over wildlife, mining, gas drilling and so on.

Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald, who traveled the province as NDP forests critic in re-cent years, says the problem now is there just aren’t enough people on the ground to assess what’s going on in our huge expanse of Crown land.

Seeing the forest for the trees

Call for recall?No, I’m not calling for any local representative

to be taken out of their position.The persons in local government around here

are doing well enough I wouldn’t want to cause any trouble.

What I am referring to is a Union of B.C. Mu-nicipalities motion from their recent conference, put forward by the Village of Telkwa, endorsing the idea of allowing recalls for local governments.

Turns out there is no procedure in place in the books in B.C. that allows a local mayor or council-lor to get the boot by voters if they’re not living up to expectations.

Now, a UBCM motion doesn’t mean it will happen, but it gives the province something to think about.

According to a report in our sister paper the Lakes District News in Burns Lake the recall would work if a speci� c percentage of voters petitioned to hold an election to remove a particular of� cial.

(MLA recalls, the article notes, it is possible un-der B.C. legislation.)

I don’t fully support the mechanism but I do support the idea.

Thinking about all the hubbub in Toronto with Rob Ford at the time he was mayor made me see the value in being able to get rid of an elected of� cial.

A petition to spark a recall seems a bit too at the whim of popular opinion though.

There must be some sort of process, maybe through courts or maybe through some B.C. ap-pointed local government of� cial, that can make a determination if an elected of� cial has acted con-trary to any sort of ethics or protocol required by them.

In short, if a mayor or councillor makes a deci-sion that ticks people off I don’t think that necessar-ily is a reason that they should be removed, which I think is a possibility under a petition system.

The MLA legislation allows for a petition of more than 40 per cent of eligible voters to remove them.

Perhaps in provincial ridings that makes more sense given the size and population.

Yet for a town like Kitimat, or Telkwa where this all began, even 40 or 50 per cent, in a real num-ber is not necessarily that high.

In short though, it seems important to me that voters should get the say in who gets in as much as who gets out.

The procedure should be cumbersome to en-sure politicians aren’t at the whim of populist policies, but all-in-all I think Telkwa is on to some-thing.

The government, by the way, is expected to re-spond to the UBCM resolutions sometime in the spring.

Cameron Orr

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Rio Tinto answers to rally

Gov’t looks to further lumber exports

Rio Tinto has responded to a request for comment on labour issues, fol-lowing Unifor’s Global Day of Action reported on last week.

The union, represented at the rally in Kitimat by both local and national leaders, spoke out against ‘precarious’ work, work that is contracted and temporary, putting regular employees at risk both safety wise and employ-ment wise.

Kevin Dobbin, Manager of Communities and Media, BC Operations for Rio Tinto, said that “We have a constructive approach to labour relations and have successfully negotiated and renewed collective agreements all over the world.”

He continued that, “We have always negotiated with unions in good faith as we continue to look for fair solutions that...protect the rights of workers.

“We will continue to offer a full range of employment arrangements and union agreements across our sites”

SubmittedThe Kitimat Concert Asso-

ciation wondered: how do you celebrate 60 years of bringing live performing arts to the com-munity?

Their answer is two nights back-to-back of performances.

October 23 will start the weekend with the charismatic and gifted duo of Braithwaite & Whiteley. They pay homage to a bygone era of blues.

The blues have a long and honourable tradition dating back to its origins as the essential vec-tor of African American sensibil-ity and identity. Canadian blues artists, Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley honour the blues tradition by bringing us fully into the realm of 21st century

blues expressivity.Braithwaite was dubbed a

"national treasure" by Bluz FM radio host Danny Marks. A gifted and captivating performer, Diana was chosen by Sarah McLachlan to open Lilith Fair at the Molson Amphitheatre, before 18,000 people,

Multi-Instrumentalist Chris Whiteley was born in Kansas and moved to Toronto with his family. Whiteley has performed on over 200 recordings with the likes of Leon Redbone and Blind John Davis.

Then on October 24 will be Tom Lavin and the Legendary Powder Blues.

For over three decades Pow-der Blues has been Canada’s leading blues band. The sound

is a mix of swing, blues, jazz, rock and roll, and R&B, with an appeal so wide that people from seven to seventy often swing side by side at a Powder Blues con-cert.

Leader, Tom Lavin has written many of the band’s best-known songs includ-ing ‘Doin’ It Right’ [‘On the Wrong Side of Town’] and ‘Boppin With the Blues’.

Born in Chicago where he watched and worked with local bands and blues legends, Tom moved to Vancouver gigging nightly in the downtown nightclub scene.

This led to work as a studio musician, song writ-

er, band leader, record producer and � lm composer.

2015 is the band’s 37th An-niversary. Their more than dozen CD titles and DVD continue to

sell world-wide making Tom Lavin & the Legendary Powder Blues one of Canada’s longest-standing musical ambassadors.

Both shows start at 8 p.m.

Packed weekend to mark 60 years of shows

Important Notice to Resource Road Users

A province wide, safety-oriented project is underway to standardize two-way radio communications on forest service roads and some resource roads. This project includes standardized signage, new dedicated resource road radio channels and standardized call procedures.

The Coast Mountain Natural Resource District will begin implementing new resource road radio channels commencing on November 2, 2015. Other districts throughout the province have already transitioned or are currently transitioning.

Forest industry workers and other road users using mobile radios must have their radios reprogrammed to incorporate the new resource road channels.

It is recommended that road users retain current radio frequencies until they are sure they are no longer required.

New signs posted on local resource roads indicate which radio channel to use and the calling interval, with drivers required to indicate their direction of travel and their vehicle type. Drivers using mobile radios must call according to the posted channels and call protocols.

All road users are reminded that forest service roads are not radio-controlled, but radio assisted.

All users should drive safely and according to road and weather conditions.

It is strongly recommended that all resource road users exercise additional caution during this transition period.

Local resource road safety committees have worked together to implement these changes. More information (including radio communications protocols, radio channels, maps and standardized signs) is available online at:

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If you have questions about this project, please contact the Coast Mountain Natural Resource District office (Ministry of Forests,

Lands and Natural Resource Operations) at 250 638-5100, or Industry Canada at 1 800 667-3780.

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Tom FletcherThe Trans-Paci� c Partner-

ship agreement doesn't resolve Canada's long-running dispute with the United States over softwood lumber, or remove restrictions on log exports from B.C.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said earlier in the month that the Canadian government would like to renew the Canada-U.S. softwood agreement, ex-pired as of Thanksgiving Day. It's a side deal outside the North American Free Trade Agree-ment, and it won't be covered by the Paci� c Rim trade either.

"Obviously we would like

to see this agreement move for-ward, and I think industry on both sides of the border would, but for reasons that were not entirely clear, the American ad-ministration hasn't seen it that way," Harper said in an inter-view with Black Press.

"In terms of forestry, what the TPP does do is provide new tariff-free access to many Asian countries, including enhanced access to the Japanese market."

Restrictions on log exports from B.C. are also not eased by the TPP, which includes Ja-pan, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand and Australia. B.C.'s control over Crown land log

prices has long been an irritant with the U.S. and Japan, while private and aboriginal land log producers are restricted by fed-eral rules.

Premier Christy Clark said her � rst call to Ottawa after the Oct. 19 federal election would be about continuing the U.S. softwood lumber talks. Harper expressed con� dence that despite the history of U.S. legal and trade actions over the years, the existing deal can be extended.

"We've managed to export a lot of lumber over the years and I'm con� dent we will con-tinue to," Harper said.

Leanne Stinson has endured two kinds of cancer.It began with colorectal cancer, which was treated with a surgery and other follow-up treatment. Just as all of her follow-up treatment was concluding, she received news of her next challenge: breast cancer."It really blew me, I wasn't prepared for that," she said.Going through colorectal treatment was a relatively solitary experience, in that she didn't know anything about the Canadian Cancer Society or the programs they offer.Her experience with breast cancer

changed that. The turning point, of all things, was the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.She had to get to Vancouver to see an oncologist, but in the centre of Olympics activity she couldn't � nd a place to stay. Someone recommended the Cancer Lodge to her, a place she hadn't heard of before.Just days before her appointment she was given a room. A nurse at the facility then � lled her in on all the Canadian Cancer Society programs that she hadn't heard of before.The support she received proved invaluable, and today Stinson continues to pay it forward by supporting the programs which supported her.It was through Kitimat's local representative of the Cancer society, Marg Ferns, that Stinson discovered the CancerConnection program.Connection is in a sense a help line for people going through treatment. People who have gone through their own treatment volunteer to connect with others currently going through their own, and provide a place to give support and encouragement.Stinson said it took her two weeks from being given the number for

CancerConnection and making the call. She was connected with a woman in Saskatchewan.Stinson says the people you are paired with are screened to make a best match, people with similar experiences to what the person is going through.That connection proves valuable. One of the tips she learned was to wet a bandana and wear it under a baseball cap when a wig becomes too hot. It's a little detail that can be a big help, and comes from people's experiences.She also learned, through her connection, to not be so judgemental for any of her friends who may not be supporting her as much as she'd like."Who's to say they have to be?" said Stinson, repeating the lesson that had been given to her.Stinson says she shares her own knowledge through the program but she's continually learning things herself. She's connected to people from B.C., the Yukon, Alberta and Saskatchewan."It takes a lot of pressure off the caregiver," she says of the

program's value.It's not just through CancerConnection that she gives back though. Noting a lack of services always available in the north she's established a sort of wig bank in Kitimat.She's brought in a number of wigs from Vancouver and she said people can set up appointments to come see them and try them on. It's a service paid for through Canadian

Cancer Society, she said.The appointments also include tips on how to use wigs, and even when to use them. (Not best for during cooking, she says.)She said about 50 per cent of people who can use wigs actually wear them but it's a highly valuable service for those who do."What it does it helps relieve the anxiety," she said.People wanting to learn about the wig program can call Stinson at 250-632-5039. People who want to know more about CancerConnection can call 1-888-939-3333.

Facts and Figures• Number one diagnosed cancer in

women in Canada• Women have a 1 in 9 chance of

developing breast cancer in their lifetime

• Breast cancer mostly occurs in women age 50 - 69

• Your risk is higher if your family has a history of breast cancer

• The most reliable way to � nd breast cancer early is regular mammograms

★ You may wonder about antiperspirants, deodorants, abortion, breast implants and bras. There is signi� cant evidence showing there is NO ASSOCIATION between these factors and breast cancer. ★

Changes to discuss with your Doctor• A lump or swelling in the breast or

armpit• Change in breast

size or shape• Dimpling,

puckering or thickening of the skin

• Redness, swelling or increased warmth in the breast

• Nipple turning inward or discharge from the nipple

• Unusual breast tenderness or pain

Reduce your risk• Reduce the fat in your diet

(especially animal fat)• Limit red or processed

meats as well as milk and dairy products

• Eat more vegetables and maintain a healthy body weight through diet and exercise

• Limit exposure to pesticides and occupational exposures (such as cadmium or rubber)

• Know your family history and talk to your doctor about any changes

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Advance voting turnout high in ridingWhile readers can

go online to www.northernsentinel.com to see right now who the winner is in the federal election (elec-tion day did not jive with the press sched-ule), the advance poll-ing numbers did show a rise in advanced vot-er turnout.

In fact approxi-mately 84 per cent more people voted in the advance polls for the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding than they had in the 2011 federal election.

By pure numbers that’s 8,332 people voting in the advance polls.

In 2011 it was 4,508 votes.

These numbers

are based on prelimi-nary Elections Canada figures.

While the extra day of advance voting in this election likely helped boost numbers,

it’s a trend that’s been seen all over Canada.

Elections Canada noted in a news re-lease that preliminary numbers for this elec-tion shows 3.6 million

advanced votes.That represents a

71 per cent increase from the 2.2 million advanced votes in the last election.

“This increase

was due in part to an additional advance voting day on Sun-day, offered for the first time,” Elections Canada says in theirreport.

“Over 850,000 Canadians voted on Friday and over 1.2 million on Monday, representing the two busiest days of ad-vance voting ever.”

October 22ART CLUB OF KITIMAT. ‘Oodles of Zoodles’ – Bring fine tip felt pens/sharpies, paper, suit-able for Zentangle doodling. Kitimat Art Club meets in Rm 113 at MEMSS. No sup-plies? We have some and we share. For more information con-tact Katherine John-sen at 250-632-6888.October 23SPOOK-TACULAR Crafts. Come down to the Kitimat Public Library on your day off of school for some spooky crafts. (Dress up is optional)October 24JOIN DOUGLAS CHANNEL WATCH in welcoming Dr. Eoin Finn who will tell us what results his two years of research on LNG in BC have yielded. 7 p.m. at Riv-erlodge.

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District of Kitimat Councillor Edwin Empinado donned the � re gear for a Fire Ops training session hosted by the British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters Asssociation in Vancouver.

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Councillor Edwin Empinado participated in a Fire Ops session put on by the British Columbia Pro-fessional Fire Fighters Association at the Vancouver Fire and Rescue training ground.

The purpose of Fire Ops was to allow elected public of� cials or mu-nicipal administrators the chance to see the challenges � re � ghters face on a daily basis.

Councillor Empinado was suit-ed up in � re � ghter protective cloth-ing and donned a self-contained breathing apparatus for some of his different � re � ghting evolutions. Edwin entered inside the Vancou-ver Fire Department burn building where they had a real � re, smoke and heat in a controlled environment

to experience � rsthand the condi-tions � re � ghters have to work.

Some of the other evolutions Empinado participated in were extinguishing a training ground vehicle � re, breathing ap-paratus obstacle course, and an auto extrication simulation of a car acci-dent where he used the Jaws of Life to open a damaged door and remove the vehicles roof to gain access to a patient. He also helped rescue a person up and onto a ladder from a window. Lastly Edwin performed a rope rescue where he was lowered on a harness into a con� ned space to perform a rescue.

The Kitimat Fire� ghters Association is thankful to Edwin Empinado for his enthusiastic par-ticipation the events.

DISTRICT OF KITIMAT

WHAT:A public hearing will be held on Monday, October 26 at 7:30pm at Council Chambers, 606 Mountainview Square to consider ‘LNG Canada Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1872, 2015’.

WHAT IS IT?The proposed bylaw changes the Zoning Bylaw and Official Community Plan.

WHAT CHANGES?LNG Canada wishes to rezone several areas that are currently zoned G6-A – Environmetally Sensitive or M1 - Manufacturing to align zone boundaries with the LNG Canada project site. Eight areas now zoned G6-A would become M1 (17.05 ha), and six areas now zoned M1 would become G6-A (20.15 ha). There is a net gain of 3.1 ha of protected land. LNG Canada also requests Official Community Plan schedules be amended to reflect any approved zoning changes. Kitimat Council is considering a Zoning and OCP amendment and is seeking public input.

WHEN CAN I SPEAK?Anyone wishing to comment on this issue may provide written comment to Mayor and Council c/o 270 City Centre, V8C 2H7; fax 250-632-4995; or email [email protected]. Comments must be received before 8:30am on Thursday, October 22, 2015 to be included in the report to Mayor and Council. Submissions received by email after this deadline but before 4:30pm on Monday, October 26, 2015 will be read before Council at the Public Hearing. You may also speak in person, or deliver written comment, at the Public Hearing: Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7:30pm at Council Chambers, Northwest Community College,606 Mountainview Square.

NEED MORE INFO?The bylaw, Council resolution(s), staff report, completed application, and other background information is available for review at the District of Kitimat reception desk, 270 City Centre, 8:30am to noonand 1:00-4:30pm, Monday to Friday excluding holidays. Further inquiries should be directed to Community Planning and Development at 250-632-8900, or [email protected].

PUBLIC HEARINGLNG CANADA ZONING AMENDMENT

BYLAW NO. 1872, 2015

Drill shakes it upKildala Elementary School students, shown above, joined Kitimat’s other schools (Mount Elizabeth, Kitimat City High, Nechako Elementary, and St. Anthony’s) in a province-wide earthquake drill called ShakeOut BC. A recording over the school’s loudspeaker gave instruction and advice for students during the drill’s 60 seconds.

Government tightens WorkSafe legislationTom Fletcher

The B.C. government has introduced changes to WorkSafeBC legislation in the wake of fatal dust explosions at two northern B.C. sawmills in 2012.

MLAs are debating a bill that requires employers to report all workplace � res or explosions that had the potential to cause se-rious injury to a worker, require employer investigation reports to be posted or reported to employ-

ees, and allows WorkSafeBC to help workplace health and safety committees to resolve disagree-ments over health and safety is-sues.

Two mill workers died and 20 others were injured when an

explosion and � re tore through the Babine Forest Products saw-mill on Jan. 20, 2012. On April 23, 2012 a similar explosion killed two workers and injured 22 more employees at Lakeland Mills in Prince George.

No criminal charges were laid in either event, and the B.C, government earlier changed WorkSafe investigation pro-cedures to protect evidence in cases that could lead to prosecution.


Northwest British Columbia is perhaps as far away from the landscape of Mexico as you can get, but there are some simi-larities, at least when it comes to building natural gas pipelines.

For instance, the challenges of running a pipe up the side of a mountain is the same in Canada as it is in Mexico.

TransCanada has faced the challenge by devising a specialized way to move material.

To do so they fol-low a process that winter sport enthusi-asts might recognize: a sort of ski lift-type contraption.

Of course it's not actually a ski lift.

The company uses a tower-based hoist system that can bring materials and pipe up the side of a steep

mountain, and such a process not only saves time but potentially saves lives.

Coastal GasLink Project Director Greg Cano says the process of using tower hoists is not new to the pipe-line industry.

T r a n s C a n a d a used the system when it built the Tama-

zunchale Extension Pipeline Project in Mexico.

It's a process that's used in Europe too, said Cano.

"We have identi-fied at least one place on Coastal GasLink that we will be using this cable-crane sys-tem,” said Cano.

"Depending on

which contractor we select, some of them have actually iden-tified up to five ad-ditional areas where we could use a cable crane."

The one sure place they plan to use this crane hoist system is the area where the pipeline comes back up out of the Kitimat

River valley.Using the crane

system not only makes the process safer but is better for the environ-ment, he said.

"What that al-lows us to do is keep the right of way very narrow going up that steep slope down to the river valley. Very minimal disturbance on that long slope up out of the valley,” he said.

While the system in Mexico used three towers, Cano says Kit-imat's may be a five-tower system.

He said using the process in Mexico was a great template for other projects.

“It really showed its worth down there in increasing the safety and reducing the envi-ronmental footprint in these large, long hills. We intend to investi-

gate it on all our proj-ects where it makes sense.”

He added that "They do provide us a real advantage in safe-ty and for us that is absolute focus on this project. Especially in the steep slopes on the mountain."

The company is

still eyeing a con-struction start date for 2016, should the LNG Canada project in Kiti-mat get the green light.

“Obviously it does rely on the final invest-ment decision coming from our client, but our planning is stillon that schedule,” he said.

Coastal GasLink may use a similar system to this one, from a Mexico project, that uses tower cranes to raise materials up a mountain. TransCanada photo

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Administrative costs coming to RCMP officeCameron Orr

Accessing documents at the Kitimat RCMP may mean dipping in to your wallet if proposed changes are made.

Council has tabled a discussion of the plan until a more comprehensive report, but it has been pitched by Dis-trict of Kitimat administration that the RCMP should start charging for docu-ments such as criminal record checks, documents relating to accident reports and other information which is listed in the Municipal Code.

(Criminal record checks under the bylaw are free when it allows a person to do volunteer service.)

According to a staff report to coun-cil the practice at the detachment is generally not to charge for access to the records. The primary reason is that the process as it is, is cumbersome to the customer. A person has to make a re-quest at the detachment, pay at the Dis-trict of Kitimat office, then return to the

RCMP to receive the record.“The Detachment wishes to begin

charging for production of records, since requests for records have increased in number,” the District report stated.

It’s not expected that paying for the records will recoup the costs of doing so it will at least defray costs, the report continues.

The detachment, if this re-quest is approved, would install a payment system at their office.

The District staff also rec-ommend that time is due to review the costs to retrieve re-cords.

The fees have not been changed for six years.

Reports people can pay for include those associated with crime and accident documents, such as field diagrams, scale drawings, mechanical inspec-tions and accident report forms.

There are also fees associated with the printing of photographs, and dupli-cation of “VHS” tapes.

The District report notes the value in modernizing the list of services as well.

Coming EventsContinued from page 7OngoingPRAYER CANADA. We meet each week on Tuesdays 12 noon to 1 p.m. For location and further information please call 250-632-4554. Or e-mail [email protected] you or someone you know have bladder cancer? You’re not alone. It’s the 5th most common cancer in Canada. Bladder Cancer Canada is here to help... or just to talk. In Kitimat, call Glen Sevigny at 250-632-3486. Or [email protected]: Do you have a couple of hours a month to make phone calls, plant flowers, share memories, play cards, etc.? Hospice can provide you with excellent training. Call us now at 250-632-2278.Branch 250 of the Kitimat Ladies Auxiliary hold regular meetings every second Thursday of the month. More information by calling Nancy at 250-632-4051, or Lyn at 250-632-2351.

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Employment OpportunityCompetition # 15-406

School District No. 92 (Nisga’a) is accepting applications for Certified Teachers on Call for the school term September 2015 to June 2016. Certified Teachers on call will be required to produce active BCTF membership with Teacher Regulation Branch certification. TTOC will be placed on district call out for all schools. Travel will be required from time to time. This position will be a member of the Local Nisga’a Teachers Union.

Successful applicants will support our children by: Being committed to the education of our childrenBeing committed to the needs our children in a classroom settingBe a strong support to teacher on delivery of classroom designBe a strong team player

Responsibilities: You will be responsible to meet with teacher you are subbing for to receive classroom orientationWill support the education plan that is in place for classroomWill respect confidentiality of Students and School District 92 (Nisga’a) information

Basic Qualifications:Ability to promote our Nisga’a Culture through exampleExcellent organizational and communication skills would be an assetWill hold an active membership with BCTF / Teacher Regulation Branch

Please include copies of credentials with Resume. Applications will be accepted until 4:00pm October 30, 2015.

Job Posting #15-406Human Resource Department

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Police Based Victim Services Part time Support Worker

The Kitimat Victim Services Program is seeking a Part-time Police-Based Victim Services Support Worker (approx. 0.5 FTE). The Worker will be located in the RCMP Detachment and will report to the RCMP Liaison. This is a contract position and is dependent on Provincial Funding. Contract Wage: start $20.00/hr, increased to $22.50 after 3 month probation periodCurrent contract expires March 31/16Hours: 20-25 hours weekly, may include weekends/eveningsStart date: upon passing of RCMP Enhanced Reliability ClearanceDuties:

Provide direct support services to crime and trauma victims and witnesses, including crisis intervention support, emotional support, information and referralsProvide information on the criminal justice system and liaison services with criminal justice system representatives and social services agenciesMake referrals to other community agenciesPrepare and deliver reports and statistics as requiredMaintain and secure client files and documentation Be available for emergency call-out two weekends each month

Requirements:Victim Services training and/or One year’s experience in victim services work and/orThree years’ experience in a similar fieldKnowledge of and experience in crisis intervention and follow-up supportA good working knowledge of court and police procedures as they relate to the work performedAbility to function well in high stress and emotionally charged situationsCurrent computer skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsA valid BC driver’s licenseAbility to respond to 24-hour emergency call outs

Please forward a recent resume and references by Tuesday, October 27, 2015, attention Denise Yagelnesky, Executive

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Turning the page and starting a new chapter

15 October 2015 marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new one for our aluminium smelter in Kitimat.

Ken Minifie was there in 1954 when the power to our original smelter was first turned on. We couldn’t have been prouder to bring him back 62 years later to turn off the power to the last potline of that same smelter, which has been a second home to as many as four generations of employees.

Our brand new state-of-the-art aluminium smelter will be here for decades to come, offering employment for future generations.

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