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Alaskans could trim Rupert ferry serviceBy Martina PerryTHE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PRINCE RUPERT - One year af-ter BC Ferries reduced sailings on the North Coast, the Alaska government is proposing to cut the number of sailings to Prince Rupert in half.

The State of Alaska’s trans-portation department is propos-ing reductions to Alaska Marine Highway System service as part of an effort to cut costs.

The subject was brought up in a House Finance Committee overview of the department’s budget on Feb. 9.

It has been estimated that by reducing mainliner service to communities in southeast Alaska

and pushing back the start of ser-vice between Prince Rupert and Juneau, the Alaskan government could save $3 million a year.

“The department has pro-posed delaying the return to service date for the M/V Taku, which would effectively reduce the summer port calls to Prince Rupert from four sailings per week to two sailings per week,” explained Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facili-ties communications officer Jer-emy Woodrow.

“It’s important to note that the department has proposed ser-vice reductions, but that these are not final until the State of Alaska Operating Budget has been final-ized and passed by the legislature

this April,” said Woodrow. Tourism Prince Rupert chair

Scott Farwell said the group is al-ways concerned when transpor-tation to and from the commu-nity is reduced, but the group is remaining hopeful.

“I understand most of the cuts are resulting from the de-cline in the price of oil and the challenge that creates for the Alaskan economy. Hopefully it’s short-lived,” Farwell said.

“A low dollar and a low price of fuel should help with the visi-tors in our region as well, so it’s kind of a good/bad scenario.”

Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce president John Farrell said it’s too early to know how the cuts would impact

the business community. “The Alaskan Marine High-

way sees 15,000 passengers trav-el between our two nations every year. That’s an important connec-tor,” he said.

“I understand that the Alas-kan government is dealing with a projected multi-million dol-lar budget deficit and that cuts to services are a solution. These are choices that need to be made.”

Aside from potential service cuts, there’s been controversy over plans to rebuild the marine highway’s dock in Prince Ru-pert because of a federal Ameri-can law which would require the project to use American steel. The Canadian government isn’t happy with the requirement.

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KITIMAT - The intense level of snow Kitimat experienced in just one week-end resulted in a number of boats lost at MK Bay Marina.

Marina manager Kevin Guest said four boats were sunk due to snow, two boathouses, and one vessel was nearly fully submerged before it was recov-ered. Guest said staff went to work Fri-day morning but were sent away by the afternoon as the road was to be closed off. “We weren’t allowed back until Sunday,” he said.

Guest said the fact that boathous-es toppled over is unusual and he had been out inspecting damages and has some guesses for what happened.

“It’s very unusual for boathouses to go over. I’ve been out there in the boat to assess what it was and my es-timate is the boathouses that went over got heavy with snow and one side of the snow let go and then it becomes like a bobbing cork...they flip to the side,” he said.

“We’re just guessing because we don’t really know,” he added.

He said the next step is for the in-surance companies to get in touch with boat owners to figure out how to pro-ceed. The marina meanwhile is doing what it can to protect the environment in the area.

“Right now we have oil retention booms around the vessels to stop the

hydrocarbons being discharged in to the general marina,” he said.

“But the biggest problem is, we’re getting fuel [come in] from Minette Bay and from the Village, because they had vessels sunk in both locations too. Unfortunately the tide washes in towards us more than anything.”

One of the boats that sunk is break-ing up the sea dock, he said, because of how it came up under the walkway.

For boat owners whose boats didn’t sink, Guest says they should get down to the marina if they haven’t already and clear off snow to protect against future possible sinking.

Kitimat’s Marine Rescue Society had issues of their own getting to their boats so no efforts could have been made to save the other marina boats until it was too late.

Unit Leader Chris Peacock said the group had seen the photos of the damage on social media and began fearing for their own boathouse too, but they couldn’t get to it until Mon-day because the road was not cleared until then. “After shoveling off our boat and dock, I was relieved to see that no damage had occurred. At that point, attention was turned to MK Bay,” said Peacock. He took a salvage pump over to the marina but the only boat that could be saved was a 12 foot aluminum skiff that was nearly under.

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City of Prince Rupert forming committees to tackle housingBy Martina PerryTHE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PRINCE RUPERT - The City of Prince Rupert is one step closer to forming groups to address housing shortages within the community.

Council approved the creation of a Select Standing Committee on Housing at the Jan. 12 meeting, re-questing that staff come up with a terms of reference.

However instead of discussing the terms presented in the report

from city manager Robert Long, council considered framework cre-ated and presented by Coun. Joy Thorkelson.

Mayor Lee Brain explained that upon review of the terms of reference it was decided that Thorkelson’s suggestions were more in-line with the direction the city would like to go in to address housing issues.

Thorkelson suggested the city focus on identifying and ranking housing needs to prioritize its in-

volvement in finding solutions. She said this work could best be done by splitting the committee into two groups.

“One from the side of the peo-ple who are in need of housing and one from the side of people who are in charge of or have to deal with supplying housing,” Thorkel-son said.

The first committee would help the city prioritize its efforts by en-gaging all sectors of the communi-ty to identify the extent of critical

housing needs, urgent or looming housing needs, necessary but not urgent and future housing desires. This committee would also gather feedback on how these needs could be met.

The second committee’s pur-pose would be to determine rent-al availabilities by working with housing providers and realtors in Prince Rupert.

Thorkelson suggested both committees be obliged to report their findings to council at an April

meeting, at which point the city could decide on its next plan of ac-tion.

“The timeline is aggressive which is great. It gives us incentive to move the energy forward,” Brain said.

In the end, council agreed to table passing the framework un-til the Feb. 23 meeting to give members of council time for re-view and to brainstorm names of individuals to appoint to each committee.

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By Tom FletcherTHE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

VICTORIA - Aboriginal men gathered at the B.C. legislature Feb. 12 to urge personal responsi-bility to reduce violence against aboriginal wom-en and children.

The fourth annu-al Gathering of Men culminated with a cer-emony on the legisla-ture steps, where MLAs joined participants to ac-knowledge that violence against women and chil-dren is not traditional or acceptable.

MLAs joined the ceremony and affixed moose hide patches to their lapels to mark the day. Paul Lacerte, founder of the campaign and executive director of the B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, said the goal is to distribute one million

moose hide patches to spread the message.

Across Canada, ab-original women aged 15 and older are three times more likely to ex-perience violence and be assaulted by their part-ners than non-aboriginal women.

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the burden of abuse, but they also have to bear the burden of advoca-cy to affect change, and this is a man’s problem as much as it is a wom-an’s problem,” Lacerte said. “Violence towards women and children has never been a part of our culture.”

Aboriginal Rela-tions Minister John Rus-tad said the campaign is unique and has the gov-ernment’s support.

“Part of what per-petuates that violence is a culture of silence that suggests acceptance,” he said.

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KITIMAT - Come and enjoy an evening of folk music, and infor-mative discussion, Saturday Feb-ruary 21, at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall.

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ty last summer.Informal discussion will be

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Publication: Kitimat Northern Sentinel (BCNG)Size: 5.8125" x 89 linesDate: February 18 & 25, 2015

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PUBLIC FEEDBACK REQUESTEDCoast Mountains Board of Education School District 82 is seeking public feedback regarding the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Proposed School Calendars. An all-partner consultative School Calendar Committee was formed by the Board of Education in March 2014 with a mandate to guide the development of an ongoing plan for school calendars over the next three years.

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ON February 25 and 26, 2015 Gitga’at Leadership will host a “Gitga’at Members” only meeti ng to discuss the end results of the engagement process and subsequent negoti ati ons. The “Member Only” meeti ngs will be held on the following dates and places

The meeti ngs are opened to all registered Gitga’at Members ages 18 and over. Members are invited to parti cipate at either one or both meeti ngs

DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED AT BOTH VENUES.

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Hartley BayDate: February 25th, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Place: Cultural Center

Prince RupertDate: February 26th, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

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Pacific NorthWest LNG talks terminal futureBy Shaun ThomasTHE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PORT EDWARD - Paci� c NorthWest LNG may have delayed a � nal investment decision last year, but communi-ty relations advisor Derek Baker told Port Edward council work on the project is still very much alive.

“We deferred that decision for a number of different rea-sons, including not having reg-ulatory approval and other ap-provals from the government. There is a view that once we are done the environmental assess-ment process that is it, but re-ally there are a number of other permits through other agencies that we need to get as well,” he said at the Feb. 10 meeting, not-ing there is no de� nitive time-line for a decision.

“We really are hesitant to put a date on it because we are not in control of what the clock is, it’s to their [Canadian Environmental Assessment Of� ce’s] discretion. If there is an ad-ditional information request, that could stop. I don’t know what day we’re on, but we’re a good por-tion of the way through and we’re certainly hope-ful for a decision this year ... the early part of this year.”

Baker said a positive investment decision would begin the ramp up of a four or � ve year construc-tion window that would peak with 4,500 workers,

but the � rst step would be deciding which company and which design would move forward.

“Following an investment decision we would look at selecting our engineering, procurement and

construction contractor. There are three companies that we are currently reviewing bids from, which are Bechtel, Technip and KBR. We would anticipate an-nouncing which contractor we would be engaging following the � nal investment decision,” he said.

While some have expressed concerns about the lique� ed natural gas industry due to the drop in global oil prices, Baker said the company isn’t as con-cerned about what is happening at the moment.

“Oil prices are something that we have to take a look at, but the thing is that this is a long-term project. We an-ticipate being in operation in

2019, so we’re not really looking at what the oil price is doing today in a small window of time. We’re looking at what it is going to be doing in the years moving forward. With no regulatory ap-proval, we have been granted time to take our time and see what those scenarios could look like,” he said.

“While that does create a little bit more caution on mega-projects, if a project is eco-nomical in its own right then it is likely to proceed.”

“We’re not really looking at what the oil price is doing today.”

Derek Baker

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A final review on the Kitimat Christmas Hamper AppealSubmittedTHE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

KITIMAT - Way to go everyone, Kitimat and Kitamaat Village have come through once again donating to the 2014 Kitimat Christmas Hamper Appeal a grand total of $52,186.93.

This is about $6,000 less than 2013 (the com-munity dynamics have changed somewhat in the past year) and we are very pleased with the monetary donations, fabulous gifts and amaz-ing amounts of food that were brought in.

We delivered 225 hampers and have fund-ing to allow us to carry on for another year.

There are so many people to thank – es-

pecially the volunteers who man the Food Bank year round and do an ab-solutely fantastic job.

Thanks to all the churches, and to local stores for their ongo-ing support through the year.

For everyone who comes out and goes the extra mile to help make the annual Christmas Hamper Fund the suc-cess it is: this funding allows us to carry on through the year

Thank you to all those who helped sort and wrap gifts and food, packed hampers and de-livered hampers.

We would like to make note that for the unusual gifts such as the bicycles, the Lego table and chairs, rock-

ing horse and cradle with doll, the children’s names – in the appropri-ate age groups – are “put in a hat” and drawn for.

If a child has won one of these gifts pre-viously they are not in-cluded in the draw to give other children a chance at the larger gifts.

Thank you to the many individuals who dropped off donations of food and gifts and thank you to anyone I may have missed.

To paraphrase “it takes a village to care for the needy” and this “village” really came through in spades. Thank you all for car-ing and sharing. God bless and may 2015 be a wonderful year for all of you.

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KITIMAT — February 16 to 21 is Kin Week and Acting Mayor Mario Feldhoff signs the proclamation of such for Kitimat along with Kinsmen Sharole Bell, Marie Striker and Ron Skuggedal. The Kinsmen Club’s Founders Day is also today, February 20.


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TERRACEFEBRUARY 20 - 22 – BC’s Heritage Week continues to celebrate “Main Street: At the Heart of the Commu-nity.” If you have pho-tos of Lakelse Avenue throughout the years (es-pecially from the 1950s to 1990s), please share them with Heritage Park Museum for display in participating downtown storefronts and in so-cial media. If you like, photos can be scanned and the original copy re-turned to you.

FEBRUARY 20, 21 – POSTPONED: Hobiy-ee 2015 has been post-poned until March 13, 14 out of respect for grieving families in the community. There has been three deaths in two weeks there.

FEBRUARY 21 – The Heart and Stroke Foun-dation’s Living with Stroke program, de-signed to help stroke survivors and their fam-ilies improve their qual-ity of life, cope with challenges and connect with others, starts at 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Terrace Public Li-brary and continues with eight weekly sessions. Free. All stroke survi-vors and their primary caregiver are welcome to join. Registration is a must so please call 1-888-473-4636. For more on stroke resourc-es and the program, go to heartandstroke.bc.ca/livingwithstroke.

FEBRUARY 21 – Ter-race Regional Histori-cal Society welcomes the public to a Heritage Week celebration of

Main Street. Live music, refreshments and good company from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Bring your stories and photos about the history of Lakelse Ave. and the business-es, churches and people who lived and worked there. For more details, call Elaine at 250-635-1771.

FEBRUARY 25 – UNBC Public Presen-tation with Dr. David Bowering on Citizen or Consumer? Health vs. the Economy from noon to 1 p.m. at the UNBC Terrace campus. Free. Bowering has become increasingly interested in the relationship be-tween our current ob-session with the health of the economy and its effect on human health and well-being. Bower-ing hopes to help stim-ulate critical thinking about the economy in-formed by our current understanding of what makes people health. Session also avail-able via livestream at livestream.com.

FEBRUARY 28 – 30th anniversary Multicultur-al Potluck Dinner is at the Terrace Arena Ban-quet Room. Doors open 4 p.m., dinner at 5 p.m. Bring your favourite in-ternational dish, enough to feed a family of four, and your ticket. Bring your own plate, cup and cutlery (optional). A family-friendly event. Put on by the Terrace and District Multicultur-al Association and Skee-na Diversity Society. Tickets on sale at Misty River Books.

FEBRUARY 28 – Ter-

race Toastmasters in-vites you to its all ac-cess open house from 11:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the � reside room at the Terrace Pentecostal As-sembly. Meet the 2015 executive, get your questions answered and learn why toastmasters is #1 in communication and leadership training. Light snacks and re-freshments provided. To reserve your seat, please RSVP by February 26th to Janine Wilson, vice-president of public rela-tions at 250-615-8187.

FEBRUARY 28 – The BC Seniors Games So-ciety Zone 10 member-ship meeting at 1 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. New members always welcome.

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RELAY FOR Life half price early bird registra-tion ends March 1. After this date, registration re-turns to the full amount. Early registration also means an entry into a provincial draw for an iPad and a communi-ty draw for a Visa Gift Card. Registration dead-line May 15. Last year, participants raised more than $141,000. Relay for Life with the theme “Re-laying thru the Decades” goes from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 30 at Skeena Middle School track.

KITIMATMARCH 5 – Art Club of Kitimat meets at 7 p.m. in Room 113 at MEMSS. Drawing: Contours and Conti-nuity– Bring sketch-ing materials. Kitimat No supplies? We have some and we share. For more information con-

tact Katherine Johnsen at 250-632-6888.

MARCH 7 – The Kiti-mat Multicultural Soci-ety presents the Multi-cultural Potluck Dinner and Performance at the Luso Canadian Hall at 5:30 p.m. People asked to bring one main dish and one salad or des-sert. Tickets available at Kitimat Museum & Ar-chives or at the door.

MARCH 26 – The Kit-imat Food Bank will be holding its Annual Gen-eral Meeting on at 8:00 p.m. in the lounge at the Presbyterian Church (corner of Nalabila and Lahakas Blvds). Inter-ested persons are wel-come.

ONGOINGON MONDAYS: From 1 to 3 p.m. the Zone 10 of the BC Seniors Games Society will be taking memberships for 2015. Registration is at the Kitimat Seniors Cen-tre. For more informa-tion, call Bill Whitty at 250-632-2710, or call Margaret Ferns at 250-632-2862.

CONSIDER JOIN-ING the Friends of the Public Library. To do so contact Luce Gauthier at [email protected] or Virginia Charron @ [email protected] or call 250-632-8985.

KITIMAT QUILTERS Guild: If you are inter-ested in joining, please contact Aileen Ponter at 250-632-6225 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387.

EVERY THURSDAY, the Kitimat Pottery Guild meets in the Riverlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Interest-

ed in playing with clay? All experience levels welcome. For more, call Anne at 250-632-3318.

THE KITIMAT Pub-lic Library offers the highly engaging Moth-er Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers Mondays from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Free but please register.

HEALTHY BABIES drop-in is held every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Develop-ment Centre. Welcom-ing families thru preg-nancy and up to one year (older siblings wel-come). Come meet other parents and infants over light refreshments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more, call 250-632-3144.

CHILD DEVELOP-MENT Centre Fam-ily Fun Spot Drop-In Mondays and Wednes-days, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Fridays 1 to 3 p.m. Ages 0-5 welcome “A Great place for families to meet over coffee and toys!” Contact 250-632-3144 for more details.

KITIMAT FIBRE Arts Guild: Interested in knit-ting, spinning, weaving, or any other � bre? For more, phone Maureen 250-632-5444.

KITIMAT MULTI-PLE Sclerosis - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total con� -dentiality. For more, call Mary at 250-639-6016.

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CORNERSTONE MB Church: Sunday Cel-ebration every week @ 10:30 am, everyone welcome. Call 250-627-1033 for details.

THE PRINCE Rupert and District Hospice So-ciety sponsors a nine-week support group, “Journey through Grief” Wednesday evenings, 2 - 3 times per year ac-cording to need for adults who are grieving the death of a loved one. We believe that grief has no time limit so there-fore your loss need not be a recent one. We do, however, recommend that there be at least 3 months from the time of your loss to joining the group. Learn what to expect and gain skills to manage your grief while connecting with others who share a similar jour-ney. Pre-registration re-quired. For further info, to register, or for 1:1 support, call the Hospice Of� ce at 250-622-6204. Please leave your name and number and your call will be returned.

PRINCE RUPERT Se-niors Centre Bingo Fri-days 1- 3 p.m. Everyone 19 years+ welcome.

GENEALOGY CLUB meets every � rst Tues-day at the Family His-tory Centre on Pr. Ru-pert Blvd. Phone Josie at 250-624-3279.

THE PRINCE Rupert Breast Cancer Support Group invites any wom-an living with cancer to attend monthly lun-cheons every 3rd Satur-day each month at noon at the Crest Hotel.

PRINCE RUPERT Royal Canadian Legion

meets the third Monday of every month. Come visit the Military Mu-seum Thursday to Sun-day from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call 250-622-2917 for more.

RIVER AND Ocean Metis Society of Prince Rupert meets the third Monday of every month at 1702 Atlin Ave. New people welcome. Re-freshments provided. For more information call 250-627-4013.

THIS IS not church! No expectations of � nan-cial support or service. Join us in a celebration of faith in Jesus Christ, Sundays 7pm, for praise, prayer and proclamation at the Salvation Army, 25 Grenville Court.

CALLING ALL Mu-sicians! Prince Rupert Community Band and Choir seeks new mem-bers. No auditions nec-essary! Band meets Mon. 7:30 pm - 9 pm at PRMS (formerly PRSS) band room. Choir meets Wed. 7:30 - 9 pm at PRMS Band Room. Call Peter Witherly at 250-624-9634.

WOMEN IN Business breakfast meet on the 4th Wed. each month, 7:30 am Highliner Plaza. We offer women in business an opportunity to net-work with other wom-en in an informative and fairly informal environ-ment. Interested in at-tending? Call the Cham-ber Of� ce 250-624-2296.

THE PRINCE Rupert Hospital Auxiliary So-ciety is looking for new members. Meetings are held once a month, for more, please call Lila @250-627-1886.

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here are some of the local community organizations and events we’ve been proud to support:• AllNativeBasketballTournament

• AdventuresinIndustry

• BCLionsSkills4LifeSummitand“LionsintheHouse”

• CanadaDaycelebrations

• CowBayDay

• Juniorgolfprogram

• NorthPacificCanneryRestoration

• PrinceRupertSalvationArmy

• PrinceRupertSeamenRugbyClub

• PortEdwardLionsClubswimmingprogram

• PrinceRupertRampage

• PrinceRupertRegionalCommunityFoundation

• PrinceRupertWildlifeRehabShelter

• SeaFest

• ShamesMountainCo-op

• ShorelineCleanup

• TRICORPYouthConference

• Winterfest

Pacific NorthWest LNG wants to be a positive contributor to the community for decades to come. And while the decision to proceed with the project has not yet taken place, that hasn’t stopped us from investing in a variety of important community initiatives.

Port edward community office633SunsetDriveWed1–4pm

Prince rupert community officeSuite105,5153rdAvenueWestMon–Thurs9:30am–6pmFri8:30am–5pm

if you have any questions or would like to learn more about our project, we encourage you to visit our Prince rupert or Port edward office to meet our local team.

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TERRACE - North-west Community Col-lege (NWCC) has been given a reprieve of one year to � gure out how to deal with changes to how it offers high school equivalency courses.

The provincial gov-ernment announced Friday that it would give NWCC a one-time allocation of $494,000 for adult basic educa-tion (ABE) programs in 2015/2016, part of $6.9 million to be distributed to colleges around the province.

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PRINCE RUPERT - Never one to talk about himself to any great extent, it was refresh-ing and unique to see Hydaburg’s Sid Edenshaw speak at his All Native Basketball Tournament (ANBT) Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday night.

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(Happy Gang Centre)250.631.7825

2:00 pmSunday Worship

Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room

A New Testament Church

6:30 pm every Saturdayat Riverlodge

250-632-1146

First Sunday of Lent“Man does not live on bread alone, but by every word that

comes from the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4

“The journey to the cross begins.”

CatholicismJourney around the world and deep into the Faith

with Fr. Robert BarronBeginning Monday, February 23

7:30 pm in the Church Hall

3211 Kenney Street, Terrace, BC V8G 3E9Tel. (250) 635-4931 or 1-855-635-4931 - Fax 1-888-330-3467 - www.cmsd.bc.ca

Coast Mountains School District 82 is currently accepting applications for the following position:

Detailed information on this posting can be found on our website at http://cmsd.bc.ca/cmtf-job-postingsFor further information, please contact: Kiran Bath, Human Resources

f cer, at 250-638-4403 or email [email protected]

oast Mountains School District 82

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GLAZIERSAll-West Glass in Kitimat seeks a mature, self motivat-ed team member for Kitimat & the surrounding area.

Competitive Wages and benefi ts package

including health & dental plus discounts on product.

E-mail your resumes to:[email protected]

www.all-westglass.com

GPRC, FAIRVIEW Campus urgently requires a Power En-gineering Instructor! Please contact Brian Carreau at 780-835-6631 and/or visit our web-site: www.gprc.ab.ca/careers

Employment

Caretakers/Residential Managers

Maintenance PersonMaple Estates, a 36-unit

senior strata complex located in Terrace, BC is seeking an independent

contractor to perform routine seasonal exterior

maintenance under the direction of the Strata

Council on an as-required basis; e.g. cleaning gutter, staining fences, replacing

exterior light bulbs etc. Experience in building trades

or mechanical work is an asset for performing minor maintenance as required.

Must be able to climb ladders and move semi-heavy objects. This work would be well suited for a

retired or semi-retired individual. Hourly contract

rate will be dependent on the relevant skill set and duties performed. Closing date for applications Feb. 22, 2015.

Mail your expression of interest to Unit #15, 3404 Adam Street, Terrace B.C.

V8G0H2, or email to: [email protected]

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

OWNER OPERATORS $3500 SIGNING BONUS

Van Kam’s Group of Compa-nies requires Highway Own-er Operators for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving exp. / training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent

employee benefi ts package.To join our team of Profes-sional drivers, email a re-sume, current driver’s abstract & details of truck to:

[email protected] or call Bev at 604-968-5488

or Fax: 604-587-9889Van-Kam thanks you for your interest, however only those being considered will be con-tacted.

Van-Kam is committed toEmployment Equity and

Environmental Responsibility.

Help Wanted

JANITORIAL PERSONNELRequired immediately, for apartment complex.

Applicants must be physically fit, reliable and honest.Excellent renumeration

apply to:

250-305-2293or email [email protected]

CITY CENTRE MALLin Kitimat has an opening for a

BUILDING CUSTODIAN-JANITOR

PT/ 12-21 hrs/week approx.rotating schedule, evenings & weekends. Please fax: 250-

632-6784 or email resumes to [email protected]

Community Health Nursesought in Port Hardy, BC. Re-quest job description or apply to [email protected] by Feb 22. Competitive salary offered. Tel. 250-949-6625

GREAT West Equipment isseeking a Service Writer for a term position of approximately 1 year. Candidates must be self-starting, computer literate, and will thrive in a busy atmos-phere where superior custom-er service is a top priority. Please forward a cover letter and resume [email protected].

KITIMATDRIVERSWANTED

Full and Part time forCoastal TaxiSend resume

& driver’s abstract to PO Box 56

Kitimat, BC V8C 2G6 No phone calls


The Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC Branch 200-4940 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 4K6 1(800) 567-8112

Did you know?• Kidney Disease causes death in many people with diabetes and high blood pressure, and raises the risk of a heart attack? • Healthy kidneys reduce the risk of heart attacks and high blood pressure?If detected early, Chronic Kidney Disease can be treated, thereby reducing the risk of complications of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart attacks.

anada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 4K6 1(800)

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If you see a wildfi re, report it to

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250-624-8088 737 Fraser St, Prince Rupert

PRINCE RUPERT

CARRIERS WANTED

1st Ave W, 2nd Ave W, 3rd Ave W& Park Ave

2nd Ave West & Morseby Ave area

Alpine Ave, Graham Ave & Atlin Ave

Graham Ave, Atlin Ave, 17th St & 14th St.

Summit Ave & Omineca Ave

Cassiar Ave & Pillsbury Ave

Sloan Ave, Barrow Pl & Rudderham Pl

~ Blueberry, Strawberry, Cranberry (40)

~ Williscroft, Swannell (80)

PERMANENT CARRIER ROUTES

Contact the Northern Sentinel at 250-632-6144.

626 Enterprise Avenue, Kitimat

and

The NorthernConnectorNorthernSentinelKitimat

We need YOU!Looking for

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS!WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY DELIVERIES. Direct Deposit Pay!

AND

NEWSPAPER STUFFERSNeeded for THURSDAY AFTERNOONS

in theKitimat area.

PERFECT FORSTUDENTS, RETIREES, OR ANYONELOOKING TO EARN EXTRA CASH!!!

No Collecting!

Call to get your name on ourReplacement Routes List.

6846825

The Port of Prince Rupert, Canada’s leading edge port in trade growth, maritime safety, environmental stewardship and community partnerships, invites applications from highly-motivated individuals for the following:

Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) is currently seeking students interested in summer employment for four months commencing May 01, 2015 to August 31, 2015.

Students may have the opportunity to work in one of the following departments: Operations, Project Development & Maintenance, Trade Development & Public Affairs, Commercial & Regulatory Affairs (Legal) or Finance & Administration.

Applicants must be attending school, college or university during the last school term and returning to their studies in the subsequent academic year.

More details regarding these exciting positions are available at the Port’s website at: www.rupertport.com

Individuals of aboriginal descent are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants should submit a detailed resume with covering letter in confidence specifying which department they wish to be considered for by Monday, March 9, 2015, to:

Human Resources Prince Rupert Port Authority

200 – 215 Cow Bay Road Prince Rupert, B.C., V8J 1A2

Fax: (250) 627-8980 Email: [email protected]

No telephone inquiries please.

SUMMER STUDENT POSITIONS

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Help WantedSMALL ENG/SAW/OUTBOARD

MECHANIC WANTED. Exp required. Wage/benefi ts

negotiable. ShopRite Marine/Log-ging, Port McNeill, BC

Send resume to:[email protected]

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

• SERVERS• DISHWASHERS• PREP COOKS

Full-time and part-time re-quired at Galaxy Gardens.

Apply in person at:844 - 3rd Avenue West

Prince Rupert

No Phone calls please.

Medical/DentalMEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positionsavailable. Get the online train-ing you need from an employ-er-trusted program. Visit:CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career to-day!

Ofce SupportWCMRC is seeking a Casual Administrative Assistant inPrince Rupert B.C. (approx. 16 hrs. per week). The Adminis-trative Assistant will be re-sponsible for the accurate and timely completion of a variety of administrative tasks re-quired to support the Prince Rupert offi ce, area manager and staff. Requirements: 1 to 3 years of experience in an ad-ministrative role, post-secon-dary education in offi ce admin-istration, a team player able to prioritize, detailed oriented and profi cient with all MS Offi ce applications. To apply, send a cover letter and detailed re-sume by email to [email protected] or by fax to 604-293-3021. We thank you for your response and regret that only those who are select-ed for an interview will be con-tacted. Know more about us at www.wcmrc.com or on You-Tube @WCMRC.

Trades, TechnicalWCMRC is recruiting for a Spill Response Technician in Prince Rupert, B.C. Respon-sibilities: Provide safe, prompt and effi cient support to spill in-cidents, exercises and prepar-edness projects; maintain spill response equipment; and en-sue that all activities are car-ried out safely and in line with company policies and proce-dures. Requirements: A Mas-ter 150 Gross Tonnage Do-mestic certifi cate; a minimum of 3 years of experience with marine and small power equip-ment maintenance; working knowledge of local coastlines, and emergency response training and/or experience. To apply, send a cover letter and resume to:[email protected] or fax to 604-293-3021. We thank you for your response and regret that only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Visit us at www.wcmrc.com or @WCMRC on YouTube.

FightBack.Volunteeryour time,energy andskills today.

Pretium Resources Inc. (Pretivm) is the owner of the advanced-stage Brucejack Project, one of the largest and highest-grading undeveloped

gold projects in the World.

We are currently searching for experienced professionals to support the development of a new, exciting mining operation in Northwestern BC!

Current Employment Opportunities:

Working on a rotating schedule 16 days on/12 days off, two of your working days will be paid travel days.

Waste Water Treatment Plant Operators Apply at: www.applyfirst.ca/job6521

Heavy Duty Mechanic – Lead Hand Apply at: www.applyfirst.ca/job6385

Senior Production Baker Apply at: www.applyfirst.ca/job6483

Second Cook Apply at: www.applyfirst.ca/job6483

Enjoy working in a safety-conscious, team-oriented environment and take your career to the next level!

If you are a motivated and skilled self-starter, don’t miss this exciting opportunity – Apply Now!

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JOB OPPORTUNITYMaintenance Superintendent

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is seeking applications for Maintenance Superintendents at the Pinkut Creek Salmon Spawning Channel project and the Kitimat River Hatchery.

Applications can be made online at www.psc-cfp.gc.ca or contact Markus Feldhoff, Watershed Enhancement Manager, Kitimat River Hatchery, Box 197, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2G7 ph: 250-639-9888 / fax: 250-639-9220.

Closing date for applications is midnight, Applications by mail cannot be postmarked any later than .

Red Seal Auto Technician

Anchor / Kal Tire KitimatWe are presently seeking a Certified

Red Seal Automotive Technician.

Experience in alignments, shocks/struts, suspension and brakes is required. Full Time Position with benefits. Competitive wage and great working conditions.

Apply in person with resume to 236 Enterprise Avenue or by fax: (1)250-632-4436 or by

e-mail: [email protected] and get started on an exciting career with Canada’s largest

independent Tire Dealer.

Dental ReceptionistDr. Frank Pyde’s Dental Office is seeking a Dental Receptionist for 1 year Maternity Leave position (with possibility of extension).

Duties include:

Typed resumes, complete with reference contact information can be dropped off in person to Dr.

Pyde’s office at 117 3rd St, Prince Rupert BC or call us at 250-627-8400 for alternate submission information.

AQUA NORTH PLUMBING LTD.

Receptionist/Accounting ClerkThis position is a permanent part time position and its primary purpose is; to field incoming calls, data entry, and help process accounts payable and receivable for the company. This position requires work efficiency, the ability to multitask, friendly communication skills, and thoroughness.

(Business administration programs are an asset but not required)

capable of working as an effective team member; ability to interact professionally with the public on the phone and in person

Please drop resume off to Mitch at 3859 First Ave Smithers or email to [email protected]

All resumes submitted by Feb 27, 2015, only applicants who are being considered will be contacted.

Is your Team or organization

FUNDRAISING?Looking to Make Some EXTRA MONEY?

Call Today for more information about this great

opportunity

250-624-8088 737 Fraser St, Prince Rupert250 626244 88088 737 Fraser St

PRINCE RUPERT

LUBE TECHNICANPRINCE RUPERT

We are seeking a

Are you looking to work in a fun, fast paced environment, love cars and trucks, and want to make money? If that’s you or someone you know we have the job for you! We need a motivated individual with oil and lube experience to join our team. GM experience an asset but not required. We will provide training to the successful candidate.

Apply to John Cooper [email protected], or fax to 250.635.6915

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIALMOBILE HOMES • INDUSTRIAL

“CLEAN AIR & QUALITY SERVICE IS OUR PRIORITY”

250-847-4550“CALL TODAY FOR PEACE OF MIND”

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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

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Services

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

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LARGE FUNDBorrowers Wanted

Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

ContractorsETZERZA CONTRACTING

2 tandem axle dump trucks & 322 cat excavator hourly rate negotiable, no job too big or to small, now serving Terrace/Kitimat/Rupert area. If you can load it we can haul it... [email protected] Cell 250-981-7535, 250-635-0366

JOURNEYPERSON CAR-PENTER and fi nishing carpen-ter are available for new con-struction and renovation. 250-849-5289

DrywallDrywaller 30 years experi-ence. Available for boarding and taping jobs 778-631-2779

Pets & Livestock

PetsPurebred yellow & black lab puppies. Great family dogs. Dewormed & ready for loving homes. $650 250-975-0299

Merchandise for Sale

Garage Sales

BASEMENT SALESaturday February 21

1057 9th Ave East10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Ofce Support

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleSAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Really big sale!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Call Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit online: www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedPrivate Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antiques, Native Art, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030 Local

Real Estate

Houses For SalePURCHASING a rental invest-ment or starter home? We have a cozy three bedroom bungalow ready for you now. Brand new bathroom, freshly painted, large living room and plenty of parking outside. Call LYNN CHIVERS at SUNNUS PROPERTIES 250-627-4663.

Mobile Homes & Parks

FOR Sale 20 x 30 Pan Abode home. All interior walls are ce-dar. c/w doors, windows and 3 skylights. Standing seam steel roof. Must be moved. $9,500. Bruce 778-884-6251

Real EstateFURNISHED and Non Fur-nished accommodation available in Kitimat for Feb. Call Stan 780-974-3945 or email [email protected]

TownhousesTownhouse for sale in Maple Estates 21-3404 Adam St., 2 bdrm, 2 bath, garage, no stairs. Must be 55 years or older. $299.000 250-639-3800

Trades, Technical

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentBEST PLACE TO LIVENow taking applications for

1,2, & 3 bdrm suites.If you are looking for clean, quiet living in Terrace and

have good references, please call:

250-638-0799Walsh Avenue Apartments

CleanRenovated

1 & 2 bdrm SuitesFurnished

& Un-Furnished.Quiet Living.

On SiteManagement.Gym, Hot Tub

& Sauna.

ReferencesRequired.

250-627-5820www.oasisaparts.com

CLIFF SIDE APARTMENTS

1123-1137 Borden StreetAdult-oriented.

Quiet location with harbour view.

Heat and hot water included. Minutes walking to

downtown and hospital. References required.

1, 2, or 3 bedroom suites. Some furnished. Prince Rupert

250-624-9298

Cleaning Services

Trades, Technical

Services

Health ProductsLOOKING FOR motivated in-dividuals to join my team and become distributors of Jeu-nesse products. This is an amazing opportunity if you would like to make really good money from home with very small start up costs. Jeunesse is very new to Canada and has a high quality list of prod-ucts that are all very popular. Jeunesse sells the amazing product ‘instantly ageless’ that is so high demand that dis-tributors often sell out before even receiving their order. Simply go to Youtube and search ‘instantly ageless’ to watch real videos of the prod-uct at work. You’ll understand why you should join this team right away after viewing videos:) Please email me at:[email protected] orcall/text to 250-641-9531

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2008 Toyota Highlander Limited

#T319

4WD, Auto, 4Dr, Moonroof, Leather, Heated Seats, Loaded, 99,650 kms

$25,995

2009 Toyota Matrix XR

#4176A$13,995

4 Dr., Auto, C/C, A/C, Heated Mirrors, Traction Control, Key-less Entry, 78,094 kms

2011 Toyota 4 Runner SR5

#TMT188$30,995

4 Dr., 4x4, Auto, A/C, C/C, Aux In, Satellite Radio, 80,712 kms WAS $33,995 - NOW

CALL JOHN COOPER TODAY!

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Terrace

Your Northwest Distributor for

PREMIUM QUALITYTRUCK CANOPIES

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Apt/Condo for Rent

HILLCREST PLACEAPARTMENTS

Totally renovated (ask for details) Security Entrance, Dishwasher

No pets, No smoking250-632-7814 Kitimat

KITIMAT APTSBEST VALUE

• Starting at $725• Balconies• Security Entrances• Cameras for your safety• Now includes basic

cableVisit our Website

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Cars - Sports & Imports

Trucks & Vans

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KITIMAT

MIDTOWN APARTMENTS

Free heat & Free Hot WaterFurnished & Unfurnished

1 & 2 bedroomsSecurity Entrances

No Pets. No Smoking250.632.7179

Cars - Sports & Imports

Trucks & Vans

Apt/Condo for Rent

QUATSINO APTSKITIMAT

• Downtown location• Balconies• Security Entrances• Some furnished suites

Call for an appointment250.632.4511

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SANDPIPER APTSKITIMAT

Newer BuildingsElevators

Security EntrancesCovered Parking

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250.632.4254

Commercial/Industrial

For rent 1610sqft of commer-cial space workshop or retail next to Minute Muffl er on Greig Ave., $1800/mo., 250-635-7707 or 250-632-1649

Duplex / 4 Plex2 BDRM newly renovated low-er unit in the Horseshoe. F/s, shared new frnt ld w/d, plenty of wndws and ntrl light, close to down-town, n/s, non-party-ing, long term tenants, refer-ences req’d, taking applica-tions, $1,450/mth includes heat, hydro, wifi , satellite tv, 1yr lease min, 250-635-1971, [email protected]

TERRACE lower-duplex, incl., N/G heat, F/S, W/D. No par-ties, N/S, N/P. Empl. adult family, ref’s & deposit Req’d. $1500/mo. 250-798-9554

Misc for Rent

FOR RENT1 Bedroom

and Bachelor Suites

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY250-305-4970250-632-2822

Homes for RentAVAILABLE NOW. Executive House. Furnished 4 bed/ 2 full baths. $2500/mo. Absolutely NP/NS. 1 yr lease. 250-638-7747, leave message.

Trucks & Vans

Homes for RentAVAIL NOW. Furnished mi-crohomes for rent. 1-2 bdrm/ one bath. $1150./mo. inclds utils. Call (250)432-9690.

BUNGALOW for RENT in Kitimat 3BDRM, 1BATHRenovated, lg fenced back-

yard, garage and double driveway. Fully furnished $1800 + utilities ref. req.

Short+long term leases Neg.CALL-250-632-5956 aft 5pm

FULLY FURNISHED2 Bedroom home for rentIn Kitimat attached garage,

hot tub, large deck, gas bbq, w/d, f/s incl. N/S, no pets.

$1500 + utilities avail. immediately

Please call: 250-639-1641

House for rent. Available Mar. 1st. Call 250-627-1864 or text cell: 250-600-2415

Rental unit avail. by lease March 1, 2015. Single family dwelling Thornhill bench near

golf course $1,400/mo + damage deposit + utilities +

maintenance of yard & driveway. Quite neighborhood.

1.5 bath, full sundeck, N/G fi replace, F/S, W/D, garbage collection are incl. N/S, N/D, N/P. Professionals preferred.

Only applic. meeting the reqd. listed need apply to 250-635-

7575 leave a message.

Skyline Manor1200 Summit Ave.

Bachelor & 1 Bedroom Suites.Security Entrance, harbour views, balconies, storage,

laundry facilities, hot water & heat included.

Sorry no pets. Close to hospital,

bus stop & downtown. References required.

Contact our on site Manager at 250-624-6019

Worker accommodations, fully stocked & ready to go! Attn. workers looking for up-scale rentals. 2 bdrm base-ment suite in newly build home. Fully Furnished & stocked. Includes all utilities, internet & full satellite tv. Per-fect for management or execu-tives coming to town Excellent ref req $2,500 [email protected]

Offi ce/RetailTERRACE-OFFICE/RETAIL

4614 Gregg Ave. Currently We Care Home Health-for lease

1800 sq ft, air-conditionerAvailable immediately Shannon McAllister

250-635-9184 c-250-615-8993 Terrace Real Estate

Want to RentWomen Business Owner with 2 cats, looking for 1 or 2 bed-room unit to rent long term in PR. 250-600-6556.

Transportation

Antiques / Classics1974 Chrome Bumper MGB Rebuilt engine and carbs. New distributor, updated fuse box with relay’s, ready to drive now or take to the next level of res-toration. Asking $7500 or trade for a side by side quad of simi-lar or higher value. Text or call 250-615-9238.

Cars - Domestic

3026 Hwy 16 East, Terrace BC V8G 3N5

‘11 Honda CR-V EX-L

ALL PRICES PLUS $499 ADMIN

‘12 Toyota Rav4 AWD

‘13 Subaru Outback Touring

‘06 Mazda 6 GT-I4

‘08 Mazda B4000 4x4

‘13 Honda Civic LX

250-635-7286www.thornhillmotors.com

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Recreational/Sale

$22,00000

1997 ALUMAWELD JETBOAT 175 MERC SPORT JET

2010 KAWASAKI KX250F

$499500

$389500

2008 RMK DRAGON 800

2012 POLARIS PRO RMK 800

$7,99900

2006 POLARIS RMK 700 151”

$4,49500

2009 POLARIS RMK 800 155” TRACK

Tuesday - Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.www.kensmarine.ca

* Plus applicable taxes.

KEN’S MARINE4946 Greig Ave., Terrace250-635-2909

Pre-OwnedSpecials!

$3,99900

Trucks & Vans

1998 GMC 1 TON DUMP TRUCK

FLAT DECK,4 WHEEL DRIVEPlease call: 250-632-9935

Trucks & Vans2010 CHEV Silverado 85,700 Kms, 6.0 Liter Vortec - 6 speed automatic, tow package - brake controller, A/C, power windows/locks, Tonneau pack-age, security system/Onstar, extending heated mirrors, all vinyl fl oor - no carpet. Asking $27,000 OBO (250) 691-1641

Utility TrailersArgo box utility trailer, likenew, white 13ft x 6 x 6, double axle, year 2000. Ask. price $4000 plus tax 250-638-7792

Boat AccessoriesBOAT-TOPS and frames andboat top repairs , recovering of Snowmobile, ATV & H.D. equipment seats by Satellite Vinyl-Fabrics and Canvas works. 4520 John’s Rd Ter-race BC, Ph 250-635-4348

BoatsMARINE SURVEYSGeoff Gould, AMS

(250) 600-7630

HouseboatsPerfect live aboard for acouple or a single person. Home away from home.Fully renovated with fl ush toil-er and full shower. Diesel Dickinson stove, satellite T.V. Located in Prince Rupert. Low docking fees. $48,000. Call 250-600-2099

Legal

Legal NoticesI Sukhjinder Kaur daughter of Late Gurdev Singh Sekhon, holder of Indian Passport No E2085720, issue at Vancouver on 20-8-2003, permanent resi-dent of Vill Kaunke Khosa P.O. Dangian, Tehsil Jagraon, District Ludhiana, Punjab, In-dia and presently residing at 511 Pillsbury Avenue, Prince Rupert, BC V8J4A5 do hereby change my name from Sukh-jinder Kaur to Sukhjinder Kaur Sidhu, with immediate effect.

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TERRACE - The Terrace River Kings are one win away from the team’s � rst ever SMP cup following a 7-3 win over Williams Lake Stampeders Feb. 14 at home in the � rst game of the best of three series. The team is in Williams Lake this weekend for game two – and game three, if necessary. The win against Williams Lake meant the Kings � nished undefeated at home with an 11-0 record. When the Kings played the Stamps on their turf in November, the Kings won 9-6.

Rainmakers, Storm take zones titles By Kevin Campbell THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PRINCE RUPERT - A bye is a valu-able thing in sports.

And home court advantage isn’t something to be taken lightly either.

The Charles Hays Rainmakers junior girls’ team had both on Satur-day afternoon to propel them to the Northwest Zones championship, de-feating Smithers 48-22 in the semi� -nals and Caledonia 42-27 in the � nal match hours later.

“I think [our team] can take it but the girls are going to have to play re-ally smart, really hard and it’s going to come down to who comes to play,” said coach Anna Ashley before the games kicked off at noon.

The girls must have taken their coach’s words to heart as the team, led by Ruby Mason got off to a dom-inant 20-point run over Smithers and held off a pressing Terrace in the last quarter of the � nal.

Ruby Mason was named tourney MVP.

“Ruby’s going to make a differ-ence. Suttira has stepped up and she can take that point guard role too so that will make a difference. Brooke Andreesen is going to make a huge difference for us,” said Ashley.

The Prince Rupert Middle School Grade 8 Storm boys captured their zones banner as well, beating Hazelton 69-38.

Langley hosts CHSS and the ju-nior girls provincials March 4 - 7.

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Coach Anna Ashley’s crew defeated Smithers and Terrace for the zones title on Saturday.

Terrace Peaks gymnastics club seeks head coachBy Anna KillenTHE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

TERRACE - The Terrace Peaks Gymnastics Club’s growth has stunted as it searches for a new head coach and other staff after the departure of the club’s long term coach late last year.

Ambra Marak, who had been the club’s head coach for six years, left the Peaks in December and the club has been actively seeking her re-placement.

But in the meantime, the competitive team has for the most part disbanded, and there are not enough senior staff to run programs to ca-pacity.

A small developmental team will still be attending upcoming meets in Kitimat and Smithers – the Terrace meet was cancelled – and there are a handful of com-petitive gymnasts who still do conditioning training on their own.

And the club hasn’t been able to offer as many birth-day clubs as they would like – that’s a key source of rev-enue – and a number of pro-grams that proved popular, speci� cally the Wednesday programs, which included adult drop-in and a new acro class.

“It’s been busy,” said gym manager Keira Almas. “It’s not like we don’t have

the population there. All of the recreational classes that are running are full and there are wait-lists, so there is de-mand, we just don’t have the staff to open up more class-es.”

The club is working on

� nding more staff and con-tinuing to train and mentor the junior staff coaches. And they have hired someone to work in the of� ce so Almas can spend more time manag-ing the day-to-day operations at the gym.

She said the situation has been tough, but it’s been bet-ter than she’d anticipated, with parents for the most part understanding.

She’s focussed on trying to train up the junior staff, and attract a new head coach.

But � nding coaches for a semi-rural gymnastics club isn’t easy.

“It’s challenging be-cause the gymnastics � eld it-self, every club is looking for

coaches. So it’s really chal-lenging to � nd somebody,” she said “We’re a semi-iso-lated city, other than the head coach position, we’re not looking for a full-time staff member.”

The head coach position itself is challenging to � ll because “you want it to be a good � t.” In a big city, a head coach only needs to think of the competitive team – but in a community like Terrace, “you need that coach to be responsible for all of the pro-grams, to be able to coach in rec, to be able to do admin-istrative work, to liaise with members, the community. It takes different skills.”

The fact that the group

is a non-pro� t and can’t of-fer signing bonuses or other perks adds to the challenge.

But she’s hoping that potential coaches will sign up for a training session in Smithers in the coming weeks.

“You don’t have to have a background in gymnastics to teach gymnastics ... teaching someone how to teach gym-nastics, it’s easily taught,” she said. “Having someone with the personality to deal with kids, be good with kids, have fun with kids but still be responsible, that’s sort of more what you need when you’re looking for a coach because that’s a little bit harder to change.”

“There is demand, we

just don’t have the staff to

open up more classes.”

Keira Almas


56th All Native Basketball Tournament Review

Skidegate Saints win fourth consecutive Seniors bannerBy Kevin CampbellTHE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PRINCE RUPERT - They didn’t quite look like the same team that had won three straight All Native Basketball Tournament (ANBT) championships.

Not in the early going of Saturday’s All Native Basketball Tournament � nal did the Skidegate Saints Senior men’s team resemble any part of the dynasty who have become so loved by their Haida Gwaii community.

Taking on the Ahousat Suns, a team they had beaten by 15 points in the round robin, the Saints’ shots just weren’t falling in the � rst quarter and by the time the buzzer went, the Suns had stunned the crowd with a 25-11 lead.

But once the Saints’ comeback started, it was like trying to pull back a full-speed freight train with your teeth.

Skidegate woke up fast and dominated play the rest of the way, earning themselves the 87-76 win and their fourth-straight ANBT Seniors title in the process.

“Eventually [we were thinking] the shots we were missing are going to start to hit,” said Saints’ star Duane Alsop.

“We were a little too slow and lazy on de-fence to start but we got our energy up, a few shots started to fall and the momentum of the game switched. We had faith the whole time. We just knew it was a matter of time before it happened.”

Alsop’s four three-pointers in the sec-ond quarter were a huge part of that come-back. His hot hand got the Saints back within striking distance of taking the lead. With the game still in Ahousat’s control at 33-23 in the second quarter, Skidegate turned it on with a

14-6 run to pull within two points for the 39-37 de� cit at the half.

From there, it was game on for the island-ers.

A nine-point lead was never relinquished in the dominant third quarter. With the Suns trailing 60-51, they could never � nd their footing and ultimately fell to the powerhouse Saints in the end.

“We practice three times a week. We play every Friday just having fun and we weren’t having fun at the start but we started clicking and having fun and it felt like we were back home,” said Alsop who notched 22 points in the win.

“It’s a bit of a relief, really. We come here and it’s the last game of the tournament and the last thing you want to do is lose that game, so there’s a sense of relief that we were able to pull it off but we never once thought that we weren’t going to come out on top.”

Jason Alsop had 17 points for Skide-gate, while Seniors tourney MVP Darcy Pearson had 15. Jared Casey sank 11 points, Tyler York had 10 and last year’s Seniors MVP Desi Collinson had � ve points for the Saints.

Responding for Ahousat was Waylon Swan, an all-star and winner of Most Inspira-tional Senior player, with 27 points, Luke and Devin Robinson with 12 points and tourney bBest Defensive Player Travis Thomas with 16.

“There’s a lot of community support be-hind this whole event for us and we wouldn’t be here without [our fans] so we take that pride and representing our village and our na-tion and we want to make them proud. This is for them, not us,” said Duane.

Cole Edinger and Tyler York of Skide-

gate took home the Sixth Man and Mr. Hus-tle awards respectively and Kyle Cline of the Prince Rupert Chiefs was the tournament’s high scorer.

Tournament all-stars included Desi Collinson and Jason Alsop from Skidegate,

Luke Robinson and Waylon Swan from Ahousat, Justin Adams and Graham Watts from Kincolith, Charlie Leeson and Jor-dan Vickers from Kitkatla, Kyle Cline from the Prince Rupert Chiefs and Shawn Glad-stone from Bella Bella.


Luke Robinson of Ahousat gives it his all as he tries to get around Seniors Division MVP Duane Alsop of the Skidegate Saints.

Metlakatla, Alaska upsets defending champs from SkidegateBy Kevin CampbellTHE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PRINCE RUPERT - The big ticket of the All Native Basketball Tournament (ANBT) might have been the Senior’s division match at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night, but it was the game just before — the Intermediate division � nals — that stole the show and all the drama of the tourney’s � nal day.

Facing the defending champion interme-diate Skidegate Saints, a team that had not lost all week and one who plays together on Haida Gwaii almost every day, one could for-give the Metlakatla, Alaska crew from having a little stage fright, having once played them before in the round robin earlier in the week and losing 74-62.

And they were right to be hesitant about their chances in the early-going. Down 20-10 after the � rst quarter and with the Saints going almost Harlem Globetrotters on them, with quad-A high school star Jesse Barnes and fellow Saint Joel Richardson scoring 14 points between them in that quarter alone, Metlakatla was reeling.

But they dug deep and soon found the stuff they knew they were made of in the sec-ond frame.

The Taquan Chiefs went on an 11-0 run, fuelled by Todd Yliniemi, voted Best Defen-sive Player and Intermediate tourney MVP, Erik Hudson and Moses Nix, to catch up and even take the lead over their Skidegate rivals 21-20.

From there, it was a game of inches as

each team traded baskets up until the � nal minutes of the fourth quarter where the three key Chiefs outlasted the Saints and pulled away with the closest-won match of all the di-visional � nals in their 79-74 victory, toppling the defending champs.

“You know, we heard about [the Saints] coming into the tournament so we knew it was going to be tough. And that � rst loss to them made us come through the back door to win,” said Hudson, who was named a tourna-ment all-star and scored 16 points in the piv-otal third quarter.

“We got an idea of who their big guys were and we focused on those players and we just tried to shut them down. They ran out of gas in the fourth quarter.”

Hudson’s 29 points paced the Chiefs with Nix garnering 16 points and Yliniemi sinking 14 to lead the team in blue.

The heavily pro-Saints crowd was si-lenced when Hudson made both of his free throws to put the game out of reach with three seconds left and Barnes’ 27 points and Rich-ardson’s 23 came up short, as they paced the Saints offensively.

Grant Moody had 12 points and Kostan Levirs sank six for the Saints as well in the effort.

“We just found the guys that had hot hands and we gave them the ball. We just played intense basketball. We’ve done this all our lives and [told ourselves] let’s not forget what we know how to do,” said Hudson.

“It’s exciting. We haven’t been to this tournament since 2008. We haven’t won it

since 2005 so it’s been quite a few years. Our community’s probably going nuts at home. They’re streaming the games right now and they’re watching ... It means so much to our community.

“We fundraise for it coming up to it – we’ve put in a lot of practice, a lot of work. It feels good to have that � nal result.”

Moses Nix was named Mr. Hustle. Jes-se Barnes of Skidegate was Tournament High Scorer and teammate Joel Richard-son was named Most Inspirational. Ja-

kob Henry from the Sons of Kincolith was named Most Inspirational and Thomas Ryan of Lax Kw’alaams took the Sixth Man award.

Tournament all-stars included Erik Hud-son and Moses Nix of Metlakatla, Alaska, Jesse Barnes and Brandon Gibbard of Ski-degate, Colton Murrell and Shane Stewart of Gitxsan, John Sampson and Kyle Alexcee of Lax Kw’alaams, Perry Terrell and Jakob Henry of Kincolith and Damon Reece of Old Massett.


Metlakatla MVP Todd Yliniemi takes the ball down the court against the Saints.


56th All Native Basketball Tournament Review

Haisla ladies fall short against Bella Bella in Women’s finalBy Kevin CampbellTHE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PRINCE RUPERT - It’s been a long road for the Bella Bella Women’s All Native 2015 team.

They came through the qualifying tourna-ment in November last year, impressing fans who got an early taste of what was to come in their convincing victory over New Aiyansh.

And it was a duo who hadn’t even played together before the All Native Basketball Tournament (ANBT) kicked off last week who vaulted the unexpected Heiltsuk ladies to the throne, beating Kitamaat 71-59.

Jasmine Reid and Shayla Schooner, close in number, 15 and 13 on the court respective-ly, dazzled the Saturday afternoon crowd with their innate ability to � nd each other on the court and hook up for more than a few reverse layups and shots from inside the box.

“We’ve never played together,” said Schooner, with � owers in hand after the game.

“We’ve just been mentally talking. And she’s like ‘Shay, you’ve got to do this. I’ll give it right back to you and I’ll be there. I’ll be wide open’, and it just worked. It clicked.”

Reid was named Player of the Game and Schooner tournament MVP.

The duo combined for 36 points, with Reid collecting 29, including 12 in the fourth quarter.

“She killed it. She really did,” said Schooner.

Bella Bella defeated Old Massett, New Aiyansh, Kitamaat again and Hazelton to give them the semi� nals bye and the right to

meet Kitamaat in the � nal.Through two quarters, Kitamaat matched

the women in red basket for basket, as there was no bigger lead than the four-point cush-ion Kitamaat had at the halftime buzzer, 31-27.

A big three-pointer by Bella Bella’s Lisa Grant pulled them to within one point of the Haisla ladies starting the third and it wasn’t until Denise White and Yvonne Campbell hit back-to-back shots inside the box that the Heiltsuk team really started to pull away.

Reid dominated the fourth quarter and Kitamaat couldn’t � nd an answer to the Play-er of the Game’s relentless attack with dead-ly-accurate shots and a tenacity to � nd her own rebounds.

Grant � nished with 12 points for Bel-la Bella while White and Campbell scored eight. Schooner notched seven of her own. Kailee Gardnier had 19 points for Kitamaat and Kierra Stevens sank 15.

“Bella Bella has never won a champion-ship. This is the � rst time they’ve been to the � nal for 23 years, so it’s huge,” said Schooner.

Along with being named tourney MVP, Schooner also earned the Ms. Hustle award. Her Bella Bella teammate Reid was named Best Defensive Player.

The Most Inspirational Player was Kita-maat’s Marlayna Amos and the Most Prom-ising Award was handed to New Aiyansh’s Faith Nisyok.

Hazelton’s Kylie Johnson took home the Sixth Woman honour and the tourna-ment high-scorer was Mariah Charleson from Hesquiaht, which was also named the Most Sportsmanlike Team.

All-stars were Bella Bella’s Reid and Grant, Kitamaat’s Stevens and Amos, Hazel-ton’s Brooke and Brittany Simpson, Hesqui-

aht’s Charleson and Shaneal Ignace, Prince Rupert’s Natalie Harris and Kayla Vickers from New Aiyansh.


Jasmine Reid of Bella Bella pushes past the Haisla’s Marlayna Amos.

Hydaburg Masters win title in return to All Native TournamentBy Kevin CampbellTHE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

PRINCE RUPERT - It wasn’t only entirely � tting that Sid Edenshaw’s Hydaburg team made it to the All Native Basketball Tourna-ment’s (ANBT) � nals on Saturday afternoon in the Master’s division, it was almost neces-sary. That is, if you ask any of the Alaskan Haida squad’s members.

“That’s the goal,” said the legendary and still active Edenshaw after his team pulled out a 90-68 win over their two-time defend-ing champion Haida brethren from Old Mas-sett to win the Masters team’s � rst title since 2009.

“We always expect to win ... sometimes guys get caught up in hoping to win. We ex-pect it,” he said.

It’s a tough task for any team in the hy-per-competitive ANBT, but the Hydaburg squad is well-known for picking apart their opponents thanks to having played together all over North America for years and years in various invitationals.

The team went undefeated all week, se-curing wins over Port Simpson, Kitamaat, Bella Bella and, of course, the Haida Watch-men in the � nal – no slouches of their own, carrying such studs as last year’s Masters MVP Abe Brown, and Trevor and Eddie Russ.

“You always want to win at the end of the tournament,” said tourney all-star Matt Carle.

“You want to be the team standing with the trophy ... we’ve played against [the Watchmen] for 20-plus years so we know that they’re always going to compete. They’re al-

ways going to come out with a lot of heart. They’re Haida, so it’s in the DNA to compete and play hard so we knew they weren’t going to quit.”

Hydaburg came out like gangbusters and before the Watchmen could blink, they were 20 points behind before the � rst quarter had even ended. Edenshaw’s group clogged up the passing lanes and took away any sort of breakout and offensive zone planning that the Watchmen wanted to run.

But to Old Massett’s credit, the team switched gears and preyed on a vulnera-ble Hydaburg side that may have gotten too caught up in their sizable lead as they made it a six-point game by the time the second quarter came around with a 19-5 run to put the score at 31-25.

“I think we got a little complacent after [our big lead]. We were up 20 at one point ear-ly and you expect your shots to keep falling, but they made a good adjustment. They went zone on us and they took away our shooters,” said Carle.

Brown � nished the day with 17 points while teammate Trevor had 18 and Eddie notched 13 for the Watchmen.

Edenshaw, while slowed a little due to Father Time (he played in the 25th annual ANBT as an Intermediate 31 years ago), still sank 13 points. Carle scored 18, including 12 in the � rst quarter alone and Joe Young, tour-nament MVP, scored an incredible 41 points by game’s end.

“It’s always good the day you win a championship,” said Edenshaw.

“It’s been exciting for me since day one, but this is big for us because we haven’t been

back here in a few years.”Along with being named tournament

MVP, Young was also chosen as the Masters’ Best Defensive Player as well as Mr. Hustle. His teammate John Carle was awarded the Sixth Man distinction.

Old Massett’s Brown won the coveted tournament high-scorer award and was also named the Most Inspirational Master.

The Most Sportsmanlike Team from the

division was Hydaburg, AK.The plethora of all-stars from the

competitive conference included Matt Car-le and Anthony Lindoff from Hydaburg, AK, Abe Brown and Trevor Russ from Old Massett, Bella Bella’s Daryl Easterbrook and Burt Gladstone and Prince Rupert’s Will Sheppard and Dan Walter, Alex Stevens from Greenville and Ellis Ross from Kita-maat.


Hydaburg’s Joe Young blows by Trevor Russ, left, in the Alaskan team’s 90-68 win.


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