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Yo wiksas? A few quick updates on the Elder’s Program: The Halloween party that was originally scheduled for Friday October 28 has been postponed to Monday October 31 starting at 11am. Out of respects to the family and the Elders travelling to Alert Bay for Kelly Matilpi’s funeral that day. We hope to have the Pre K’s join the Elders in some fun activities. Elder’s Wellness Day today from 1-2pm Come on in and get your blood pressure, blood sugar level and vitals done. There will be snack provided. Serves done by Selina Child, LPN. Walking club Tuesday & Thursday 10am meet at the bridge :) Elder’s Luncheons every Wednesday at 12pm- we have Carly & Selina, as well as Maggie Rufus attending to do little updates with the Elders. That’s all for now. Gilakasla, Silena George, Elder’s Program Administrator (250) 949-7406 silena1314@gmail.com 6
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Hey everyone! I hope you are all doing well. After everything that has been happening in our community, good and not good. I was thinking of doing a big sister’s club. I would be the big sister and we could meet once or twice a week at my house and just hang out. We could have snacks, watch a movie, play games or go for a run. I would just like to hear from all you females what day and times would work best? The ages would be 12-29 years and for females only. This is an opportunity to empower each other. Connect with your fellow relatives. Share stories, if you so chose. I want to set an example for our younger generations. There is hope. There are good things out there for you! with much love & respect, Silena George, Big sister/community role model (250) 949-0126
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BLACK BEARS Excerpts taken from www.wildsafebc.com BC boasts one of the highest populations of black bears in the world with their numbers being somewhere between 120 and 150 thousand animals. Pretty much all of BC is considered “bear country” with bears inhabiting everything from the coastal forests, through to the interior grasslands. From north to south and east to west in this province you’ll have a chance to see black bears. Since we typically locate our homes, city, ranches and farms in prime bear habitat, it stands to reason that there will be an opportunity for conflict with these animals. Calls to the Conservation Officer Reporting Line regarding bear conflicts and bear sightings can number anywhere from 14,000 to 25,000 calls in a year. To reduce the potential for conflicts with bears in general and black bears in particular, it is important that you learn as much as you can about this animal and to read and follow the information presented here:
The American Black bear (Ursusamericanus)
Adult males measure between 60-90 cm at shoulder height and weigh anywhere from 80-300 kilograms. While called a black bear, these animals come in a variety of colours– everything from the white Kermode bear through to their namesake black and most shades of brown in between. Bears have eyesight and hearing as good as or better than that of humans. The myth about bears having poor eyesight is due in part to the bears habit of standing and apparently looking around as if to get a better look at people. What is more likely the case is that the bear is standing to get a better smell of you. Adult black bears have few predators in the wild: grizzly bears and wolves are about the only animals that will attempt to kill a full grown black bear. Young black bears may be preyed upon by adult male black bears, grizzly bears, wolves, coyotes, and cougars. Black bears can live to be over thirty years of age in the wild but more commonly live to be about fifteen to twenty years of age. Black bears are extremely fast and can run equally as well uphill or down. Bears inhabit most ecosystems throughout BC and you should consider the entire province to be “bear country”. Bears are normally solitary animals apart from when sows are with their young and tend to only congregate when there is an abundance of food. While bears have a “home range” they do not have a territory that they defend as their own. Bears will tolerate other bears in their presence when there is an abundance of food such as a run of salmon.
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Bears are omnivorous animals with vegetation making up about 80% of their diet and the remainder coming from things like small rodents, fish, insects, carrion (dead animals) and sometimes young deer, elk or moose. Bears have an extremely good sense of smell and can smell food from over a kilometer away. Because bears need such great stores of fat to make it through the winter they are voracious eaters and can consume over 20,000 calories a day. This phase of intense eating is called hyperphagia. Bears go into a deep sleep or denning period, usually from November through to April. Some black bears, usually males, may not hibernate if the weather is good and food is still abundant. During the denning period, bears will not defecate or urinate. Bears lose approximately 30% of their weight over the winter. Bears mate in late June and embryos do not implant until the fall and only if the female has sufficient stores of fat to support the young through the nursing period in the den. Young black bears are called cubs. Black bears are born in the den and are from 250g to 500g in weight, eyes closed and relatively helpless. Cubs are between 2-5 kilograms in size when they leave the den in late April. Female bears tend to their young for almost two years and can give birth to as many as five young but twins are more the norm. Bears have a sense of smell far greater than that of dogs and it is this sense of smell that helps them locate food at great distances.
Since we share the same landscape with bears, it stands to reason that there are going to be times when bears will be in our living space (just as we are often in theirs). As long as a bear is moving through our community, is not lingering, and is not interacting with us or our property then there is no conflict. There are many situations when a bear moving through the community is to be expected: e.g. when they are trying to access a natural food source such as a fish bearing stream or trying to get to foraging opportunities on the other side of what was once their normal home range.
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When bears quit moving through the community and start using the community as a foraging area for human-provided foods then conflicts develop. Bears that start using human-provided foods (anthropogenic foods in the words of the biologists) can become food-conditioned. Once a bear starts equating humans with foods, they can lose their natural wariness of humans and become what is called human-habituated (often simply referred to as being habituated). An habituated bear tolerates humans in much closer proximity than what is safe for both bears and humans. This increases the potential for a dangerous interaction between the bears and us. Consider the following two scenarios: A person is walking alongside an habituated bear and something startles the bear – like a sudden noise or something falls besides the bear. The bear’s “fight or flight” instincts come into play immediately and seeing no safe way out of the situation the bear instinctively charges the human, fatally mauls him (or her) and escapes off into the surrounding forests. Now consider the same scenario, but because the bear has not yet been habituated to humans, he does not let the human get too close to him in the first place. Now when startled, the bear, has sufficient space between him and the human and can opt for flight instead of fight and safely retreats to the forest and no-one is injured. The bottom line is that habituated bears allow humans to get too close. It is our belief that the best way to avoid conflict is to: keep bears from becoming food-conditioned and from becoming human habituated. Please learn these ways you can keep your neighbourhood safe and share the following with your neighbours: Garbage (accounts for 55% of calls regarding bears *)
Store garbage in a secure building until collection day or consider purchasing a bear-resistant household container. Ensure bins are tightly closed. Regularly wash all recycling items and clean the bins that contain garbage or recycling. Do not leave garbage in the back of a truck, even if it has a canopy. If you cannot store garbage securely, freeze smelly items and add to the bin only on the morning of collection.
* 55% of the calls to the COS regarding black bears, when an attractant was noted, was garbage for the period of 2010-2013.
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Fruit Trees
Pick fruit and allow it to ripen indoors or pick daily as it ripens. Do not allow windfall to accumulate on the ground. If you do not want the fruit, prune the tree vigorously to prevent blossoms or spray spring blossoms with a garden hose to knock them off. If you would like to make the fruit available to others, contact a local fruit exchange program or food bank. Consider using electric fencing to protect your fruit trees. If you no longer want to manage your tree, consider replacement with a native, non-fruit bearing variety.
Berry Bushes
Berries should be picked as they ripen. Consider replacing your bushes with native, non-fruiting varieties if you do not want the fruit. Consider using electric fencing to protect your berry bushes.
Bird Feeders
Please note that birdseed is a very good source of calories for bears and other wildlife. A kilogram of sunflower seeds has approximately 8,000 calories – about 20 times the caloric reward a bear would get from grazing the same weight of wild clover. Use bird feeders only in the winter when bears are hibernating and natural bird food is limited. If you feed birds in bear season, consider the following steps to minimize your contribution to human-bear conflicts: Take bird feeders in at night Keep the ground underneath the feeders clean and free of bird seed Fill your feeders regularly with just a small amount of feed - this will decrease the reward a bear would receive if it does get to your feeder.
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Compost
The key to a healthy compost is ensuring equal amounts of brown materials. Layer your greens, such as kitchen scraps and fresh grass clippings more than 10 cm of browns, such as dried leaves, grasses, shredded and cardboard. Do not add fish, meat, fat, oils, un-rinsed eggshells or any cooked Add oxygen by turning regularly. Avoid overloading the compost in fruit season - freeze material and add gradually. Avoid adding cereals or grains.
and green with no newspaper food.
Pets and pet food
Feed pets indoors. If pets are fed outside, ensure all food is cleaned up. Store pet food in a secure location or in a bear-resistant bin.
Barbeques
Clean barbeques after use by burning off the grill entirely.
Remove and clean the grease trap after every use.
Cover and/or store indoors (do not take propane tank indoors).
Even more ways to prevent bears from gaining access to human food
Protect beehives with electric fencing.
Store freezers indoors if possible. If left outside, clean outside of freezer after every use to
remove food residue.
Food smokers and the preparation and curing of wild meat can be an attractant – consider
using electric fencing.
Store petroleum products in a secure enclosure.
Never leave a cooler outside unless it has been thoroughly cleaned.
Vegetable gardens may become an attractant if a bear has already gained other food rewards
on your property. Consider electric fencing.
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LOCAL JOB POSTING
Location: 8905 Granville Street
Cook - Full-Time Company: Mo's Restaurant Industry: Tourism/ Hospitality Wage: $12-$14 DOE Expiry Date: Monday, October 31, 2016 - 9am Details: FT permanent job - 40 hours/week but employer requires flexibility of scheduled hours of work. Some evening and weekend hours will be required. Shifts are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm and 3:00 pm 11 pm Monday to Saturday. Start date: ASAP Duties include: * Preparing and cooking full course meals * Planning menus * Ensuring high food quality and appropriate portion sizes * Estimating food requirements and costs * Inspecting kitchens and food service areas * Training staff in food prep, cooking and food handling * Ordering supplies and equipment * Supervising kitchen staff and helpers * Maintaining inventory of food, supplies and equipment * Working with specialized equipment (deep fryer, etc) * Washing dishes and cleaning kitchen and work areas Benefits: Uniform is supplied and a discount on food is available Qualifications & Experience: * 3 years experience OR post-secondary cooking certificate * High school graduation How to apply: Send resume to email address: mehsenbiah@hotmail.com Send resume through post office to: #8 - 7070 Market Street, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
Job Description: -Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff and cashiers -Assign sales workers to duties and prepare work schedules -Authorize payments by cheque and the return of merchandise -Sell merchandise to customers -Resolve problems that arise, such as customer complaints and supply shortages -Maintain specified inventory and order merchandise -Prepare reports regarding sales volumes, merchandising and personnel matters - Train or arrange for the training of new sales staff.
Assistant Manager - Full-Time Company: 0639503 BC Ltd Dba Port Hardy Town Pantry Industry: Retail & Wholesale Wage: $ 18/hr Expiry Date: Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 9am Details: 0639503 BC Ltd Dba Port Hardy Town Pantry Located at 8905 Granville Street is looking for an experienced and dynamic Retail Store Supervisor with good leadership skills to join its team at the earliest. Position: Retail Store Supervisor Positions Available: 1 Job type: Full Time and permanent Wage: $ 18.00 /hour for 40 hours/week Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
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Qualifications & Experience: Education: Completion of secondary school is required. Experience: 1-2 years of supervisory experience within the retail sector or at least 2 -3 years of previous experience as a retail salesperson or sales clerk, cashier, telemarketer etc. will be considered Essential Skills: Reading text, Problem solving, Decision making, Significant use of memory, Continuous learning. Other: Candidate should be willing to work on all shifts (evenings & weekend). Candidates legally entitled to work in Canada can apply How to apply: Email: balrajsunner@outlook.com Shelter Worker - Full-Time Company: Salvation Army Industry: Social Services Expiry Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 9am Details: The Sobering & Assessment Program & Extreme Weather Shelter worker (November–March) is a low-barrier 6 bed emergency facility (12 beds from November to March) open to street involved individuals. The Shelter Worker assists in ensuring a healthy and safe environment for clients/guests. The incumbent may provide emotional support and crisis intervention. The successful candidate will: Monitor the activities of guests and be available for personal, practical and moral support. Accurately record day-to-day happenings/incidents using established methods Assisting guests to access clean/dry clothing and laundry services Coordinate guest care as it relates to security issues Carry out inspections Prepare and serve meals/snacks/beverages Perform janitorial duties of the facility as required Perform other duties as assigned Consent to work a flexible schedule
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Please note: Due to the nature of a low-barrier shelter, applicants should be aware that they will be working with intoxicated individuals. Qualifications & Experience: Minimum Grade 12 education or equivalent, valid WHIMIS, Food Safe 1, First Aid Certificate, and Non-violent Crisis Intervention Certification. How to apply: Please submit resume to: michael_winter@can.salvationarmy.org or by fax to 250.949.7885 Esthetician - Full-Time Company: Shear Insanity Salon & Spa Industry: Retail & Wholesale Wage: TBD Expiry Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 9am Details: Looking for Esthetician for our salon & spa. Please phone Susan Emerson if you would like to arrange an interview or for any further information. How to apply: Phone Susan Emerson: 250.949.0783 for more info or to apply All conversations will be kept confidential. We look forward to hearing from you. Nail Technician - Full-Time Company: Shear Insanity Salon & Spa Industry: Retail & Wholesale Wage: TBD Expiry Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 9am Details: Looking for a Nail Technician for our salon & spa. Please phone Susan Emerson if you would like to arrange an interview or for any further information. How to apply: Phone Susan Emerson: 250.949.0783 for more info or to apply All conversations will be kept confidential. We look forward to hearing from you. Barber - Full-Time Company: Shear Insanity Salon & Spa Industry: Retail & Wholesale Wage: TBD Expiry Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 9am Details: Looking for a Barber for our salon & spa. Please phone Susan Emerson if you would like to arrange an interview or for any further information. How to apply: Phone Susan Emerson: 250.949.0783 for more info or to apply All conversations will be kept confidential. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Hairstylist - Full-Time Company: Shear Insanity Salon & Spa Industry: Retail & Wholesale Wage: TBD Expiry Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 9am Details: Looking for Hairstylists for our salon & spa. Please phone Susan Emerson if you would like to arrange an interview or for any further information. How to apply: Phone Susan Emerson: 250.949.0783 for more info or to apply All conversations will be kept confidential. We look forward to hearing from you. Deckhand - Full-Time Industry: Transportation Wage: DOE/TBD Expiry Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 9am Qualifications & Experience: Job Duties and Requirements: This is a clean and sober boat: No Smoking, No Drugs or Alcohol on Boat. Must be physically fit and able to preform job duties. Experience with navigation and related experience an asset. Boots and Raingear required. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!!!! How to apply: Drop resumes off at NIEFS, #129 - 8950 Granville Street, located inside the Thunderbird Mall. or Fax: 250.949.5797 or Email: phinfo@niefs.net Please put the Job ID number on the subject line. NIC Information Night Company: North Island College Industry: Education Expiry Date:Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 9am Details: NIC Information Night Information, answers and program advice from NIC faculty & staff • Ask NIC faculty all your program-related questions • Learn how to apply from NIC student services staff • Discover financial aid resources to help pay for college • Enter to win a $500 NIC tuition credit Thursday, October 13, 4-6 pm NIC Campus How to apply: For more information call 250.949.7912
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BIRTHDAY- REQUESTS Here iss sending "Birthday Wishes" to: my daughter Caroline J. Walkus (13th BD) & great nephew Darryl Coon Jr. (19th BD) who's birthdays are on Tuesday, November 1st. May you both have tremendously supreme day!! From: Lowena Walkus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tommy Hunt Jr. Just to ask about the big house project wondering when the blessing of the site will be also if chief or council members can contact me about my proposal for the master carver carver position thank you take care hugs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ethel King Wishing My Smiley Miley A Happy 8th Birthday October 28th. Love You ❤ Love Mama, Mathew & Lil Sis Mia ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Yo! News is prepared by Bernadine Clayton, Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Receptionist This newsletter is delivered to all houses on the Tsulquate Reserve every second week and posted to the Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw website. If you have questions or comments about this newsletter, contact Bernadine at (250) 949-8343. The purpose of this newsletter is to keep Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw community members informed about what is happening in the Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Band Office and the surrounding community. Anybody is welcome to make submissions to the newsletter, including announcements, lost-and-found, photographs, bakwam’kwala words, stories, legends, drawings, etc. etc. etc. Other ways to stay connected to the Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw community are: Website (www.gwanak.info) Facebook (User: GwasalaNakwaxdaxw) Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Nations Band Office PO Box 998, 154 Tsulquate Reserve Port Hardy, B.C. V0N 2P0
STAFF Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Band Office Phone: (250) 949-8343 / Fax: (250) 949-7402 Roger Nopper,Band Manager manager@gwanak.info / (250) 902-2309 Margaret Bernard/ Lorna Henderson, Finance margaretb@gwanak.info/ (250) 902-2308 Conrad Browne, Economic Development ecdev@gwanak.info Lucy Scow, Social Development lucyscow@gmail.com/ (250) 902-2307 Colleen Hemphill, Treaty collenh@gntreaty.org/ (250) 949-8424 Linda Paul, Administrative Assistance Kasalas4859/ (250) 949-8994 Leo Lawson, Capital Specialist Officer lhanslawson@msn.com/(250) 902-2306 Katrina Johnny/Wade Charlie, Communications (250) 902-2301 Chelsey Walkus, Food Security & Nutrition Coordinator chelseywalkus@gmail.com/ (250) 949-7406 David Schmit, Natural Resource Manager David.schmidt@snrc.ca / (250) 902-2310
COUNCIL Chief Paddy Walkus: (250) 949-1486 Sits on all committee / paddywalkus@gmail.com Ernie Henderson: (250) 230-3404 Lucy Scow: (250) 230-4275
Grace Smith, Education grace.smith176@gmail.com / (250) 902-2320 Bob Swain, Public Works bswain4@telus.net / Cell: (250) 230-0087 Bernadine Clayton, Receptionist/Membership Clerk (250) 949-8343 Native Courtworker Office (250) 902-2223 Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Elders Centre
Grace Smith (250) 230-5001 Leslie Walkus: (250) 230-0034 Gary Walkus: (250) 230-3852 Terry Walkus: (250) 230-2459
Silena George, Elders Program Administrator (250) 949-7406
Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Health & Family Services Front Desk: (250) 949-8131 / Fax: (250) 949-6811
Victor Walkus: (250) 230-1030
Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw School
Eddie Charlie: (250) 230-9251
Front Desk: (250) 949-7743 / Fax: (250) 949-7422 www.gwanak.bc.ca Eke Me-Xi School (250) 949-8332
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