The Northern View, March 07, 2012

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Early last week, over 100 teachers from School District 52 in Prince Rupert assembled in front of the courthouse holding signs condemning cuts to public education, and opposing the looming legislation that would prevent teachers from escalating job action.

◆ EDUCATION

Teachers strike as contract dispute continues

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Parents in Prince Rupert and across the province were asked to keep their children at home starting on Monday, as British Columbian teachers were allowed to escalate job action as part of on-going negotiations between the B.C. Teachers Federation (or BCTF) and the provincial government.

“This government continues to undermine the collective bargaining process,” said Joanna Larson, President of the Prince Rupert District Teachers’ Union.

“Teachers have spent 78 days at the bargaining table. In January we tabled a reduced package in hopes of moving things forward, but government keeps coming with empty hands, and demands to take more of our rights away.”

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Nearly 9.000 teachers did not vote, and more than 10 per cent, or 4,263, voted against strike action.

During the strike the board of education for the Prince Rupert School District asked parents to keep their children at home as schools were unable to provide students with instruction or appropriate supervision during the strike.

Any student who showed up at their school on Monday had their parents or guardians alerted to come pick them up immediately.

“It is the sincere hope of the Prince Rupert Board of Education that this dispute and disruption will be concluded in the near future,” said Superintendent Lynn Hauptman.

Under the Labour Relation Board’s order,

teachers will be back to work on Thursday, March 8.

The Provincial government is sticking to a two year ‘net zero’ mandate, to be followed by another two years with no new money increases for teachers.

“Teachers are facing a possible four years without even cost of living increases” says Larson, “and we are still waiting for the remedy to Bills 27 & 28.”

Recently, Education Minister George Abbott announced his plans to prepare legislation to end the ongoing labour dispute. The legislation, which the provincial government is debating, would extend the teachers’ current pay and benefits for another six months, while a mediator works with the BCTF and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association.

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◆ FIRST GROUP MEETING

A more political strategy for fighting Enbridge pipeline

By Alan S. Hale

three things: First, what are the goals of the new group?

A little over 65 people came to Fishermen’s Second, to do a “Social / Environment Hall in Prince Rupert on Tuesday night to Scan” into where various people, groups try to build the foundations of a much more and governments sit on the issue and political and media-focused movement what groups should they try to engage? to fight the Enbridge Northern Gateway Third, what issues should they bring pipeline. to the public’s attention that will engage The meeting was born from the as many people in Canada as possible? disappointment of local pipeline opponents After about an hour of discussion all with the Enbridge Joint Review Panel’s the groups came back together to share hearings in Prince Rupert about two weeks their ideas, which would then be given ago; hearings during which they felt to the new movement’s organizing criticism of the pipeline had been stifled by committee to consider. While there were procedural rules. Tuesday’s meeting was many, many different ideas there was arranged within an hour of them ending. some noticeable overlap between the The purpose of the meeting was to try brainstorming groups. to determine the most fundamental parts One of the most popular goals was of what a political movement needs to be to create some kind of united front to effective. The people who came were split fight the pipeline by bringing the various Alan S. Hale photo up into brainstorming groups to determine individual groups with a stake in halting the project in to work together. Pipeline opponents break off into small brainstorming groups to come up with goals and objectives of new anti-pipeline movement.

Another was to find a means to get their message out in a way that will resonate with the public and get people besides the usual Canadian NGOs and come on-side. to be engaged with the issue. environmental groups, there was a lot of There were also plenty of ideas on how Emboldened by the City of Prince talk of connecting with groups in the US the movement should get its message out.

Rupert’s decision the previous night to that successfully fought to have the Obama While over half of the night’s participants formally oppose the pipeline, there were administration delay another Canadian oil were over 40, there was plenty of talk about also suggestions of applying political pipeline, the Keystone XL. Not to mention using the Internet, social media and creating pressure to other municipal councils groups from Alaska with knowledge about interesting YouTube videos in the hopes that to get them to do the same. One group the fallout of the infamous Exxon-Valdez oil they could go viral. A national media strategy Call Dick 250-624-5834 pointed out the need to get the rest spill. was also high on the priority list.

Leave message and number of BC as engaged on the issue as the Many participants also stressed the need One suggestion was to create a northwest to try to get as many First Nations involved MythBusters-type website or videos that of the with them as possible and not just in BC, but would seek to debunk claims made by p r o v i n c e also in Alberta and across the country. pipeline proponents. Another was an easy is.

Some suggested that they should approach to read online database of information doing W h e n unions, even oil-sector unions, for support to much the same thing. it came to argue how exporting unprocessed bitumen There was talk of letter writing campaigns whom else would cost Canadian jobs. to Parliament, fighting to prevent Enbridge the so far There was also talk of working with sponsorship of events in the region, talking u n n a m e d the Occupy Movement or organizing in to Albertan sport fishers who frequent the movement communities through colleges and seniors’ north coast every season, have high-end s h o u l d centres. There was even a suggestion restaurants in Vancouver talk about the need 2004 Saturn VUE Stk # 21-1211B r e a c h that they approach the Prince Rupert Port for wild fish from the north to name only a Crossover SUV out to, Authority and BC Tourism to see if they will few of the ideas.

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◆ MANAGER RESPONDS

Broken de-icer results in missed flights at the airport

By Alan S. Hale The Northern View Many airport customers were more than a little frustrated last Sunday when the deicing machine used at the Prince Rupert Airport broke just in time for the snow that blanketed the town at the same time.

This caused three Air Canada Jazz flights to be cancelled before the aging de-icer could be repaired.

“It was done locally by the First Canada mechanics, and it appears to be operational so let’s keep our fingers crossed,” said airport manager Rick Reed.

The de-icer may have been fixed but not before flights were cancelled and the Airport Authority began receiving angry calls. That anger may have been misdirected since the airport does not actually own the de-icer truck, it’s owned by First Canada ULC (also known as Far West Bus Lines) who were hired as airport ground support staff, and it’s Air Canada and Hawk Air that hired them.

“Perhaps it isn’t well communicated to passengers...The people who drive the

busses are also the ground to Prince Rupert, but Canada handlers who takes the First’s mechanics fixed theirs baggage off the airplane before it could be moved. and put baggage on and What exactly went wrong de-ice the plane, etc,” said with the truck and how likely Reed. it is to fail again in the future “We were fielding calls are currently unknown. The through our board members Prince Rupert Northern View and also here at the airport made repeated attempts to about people who were talk to the manager of the quite upset and thought the Prince Rupert branch of equipment was ours. So we Canada First ULC about just wanted to make that it, but our calls were never YPR manager Rick Reed returned. point that we appreciate their concern, and that it As for the people who was of great concern to us had their flights cancelled, too – that’s lost revenue.” it’s not quite clear how First Canada’s de-icing they were compensated truck is quite old and prone to breaking down, for the lost flights. Inquiries on this point unlike the state-of-the-art machines found in to Air Canada were also not responded airports like Vancouver International. When to. it broke down early last week the Airport Melanie Frizzell, the manager of the Authority says it offered to pay for the Prince Rupert branch of HawkAir says transport of another de-icer if Air Canada her airline lucked out because the weather could find one. Air Canada found one in cooperated and they didn’t need the de-icer; Smithers and was set to have it transported so none of their flights were cancelled.

“We were fielding calls through our board members and also here at the airport about people who were quite upset...”

◆ ENBRIDGE RESPONDS

“But we had a backup plan anyway...If the weather had worsened we had the alternative to go to Terrace and the ability to bus people to Terrace,” says Frizzell.

“We heard about it first thing in the morning, we discussed it with dispatch and got on it right away to make the alternative plans.”

But, says Frizzell, there is little the airlines can do to prevent Week of March 7 it from Not for Navigational Purposes happening Wed., March 7 again.

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PRINCE RUPERT TIDES

Enbridge rep says city council should have waited

By Alan S. Hale

“The Northern Gateway is in the midst of an with Enbridge – have written letters of support The Northern View extensive federal review which will examine the for the project and filed them with the Joint project in detail and in public – as it should. Review Panel.”

Prince Rupert’s city We would hope that people will wait until “It is our view that the more people learn council decided to abandon they have an opportunity to hear the facts about the project, the more they tend to support its neutral position on the before making up their minds.”

Northern Gateway. A recent Ipsos Reid poll Northern Gateway Pipeline “Most of the communities along the found that, among British Columbians, those in after being asked to do corridor have taken a neutral position until the North are the most familiar with the project, so by the Prince Rupert this regulatory review has been completed. and they are also the most supportive.”

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“We would hope that people will wait until they have an opportunity to hear the facts before making up their minds.”

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◆ RCMP ACCOUNTABILITY

Nathan Cullen reintroduces his RCMP civilian oversight bill

By Alan S. Hale The Northern View Nathan Cullen reintroduced a bill to the House of Commons on Thursday that would create a nationwide civilian oversight mechanism for the RCMP. “This is something the RCMP needs as much as the public. When something goes wrong and someone gets hurt or killed by an officer, the investigation should be carried out by a team that is truly working on behalf of the public, not on behalf of the police association or the RCMP. It’s actually modelled in part on the systems BC, Ontario and Alberta already have in place. What we’re saying is that it has to be on a national scope...There’s no consistency across the country,” said Cullen during a media teleconference on Thursday.

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this bill, it was originally introduced in 2009 but never made it into law.

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If the director of the investigation service believes a crime has been committed they will have the power to refer the case to the Crown for prosecution, the results of all investigations will reported to the Attorney General.

Over the past several years, the national police force’s reputation has taken a hit country-wide because of sexual harassment scandals, the G20 fiasco, the Robert Dziekanski and Ian Bush deaths to name only a few of the headaches the force faces. As a result, some provinces, including BC, have begun to institute their own civilian oversight bodies. Cullen says his bill would work with those provincial organizations, not replace them.

“They’re going to have to work in harmony.

We’re getting a real patchwork quilt across the country as all the provinces in the absence of federal leadership have decided they need to do something about it,” he said.

According to the RCMP, the number of investigations of injury or death cause by Prince Rupert officers since 2007 has been a whopping: zero.

The Prince Rupert Northern View has asked the RCMP headquarters in Vancouver for their thoughts on the new bill, but they did not respond.

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◆ CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

African children’s choir in town this weekend

By Shaun Thomas The Northern View This weekend the Watoto Children’s Choir will once again be performing for people in Prince Rupert, with two days of shows scheduled.

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◆ MARINE TRANSPORTATION

City opposes plan for coastal communities BIG projects. to contribute to Ferries N O R T H W E S T

By Alan S. Hale The Northern View Since the city council seemed to be in the mood to take stands on issues at their meeting early last week, they also took one against proposed new policy of BC Ferries to allow municipalities to pay for ferry service above what they’re already getting.

That policy is a recommendation from a review of the Coastal Ferry Act by Gord Macatee, the BC Ferry Commissioner. His report was released on January 24 and is based consultations with 2000 people and over 40 meetings in 27 different communities.

In his report, Macatee says rising fare prices has lead BC Ferries to a point where they are preventing people from using the service. One of the 24 recommendations meant to better balance the interest of ferry users’ and the financial stability of BC Ferries in Macatee’s report was to let regional governments contribute funding to BC Ferries in exchange for fare reductions on their local routes or more sailings on those routes.

Many local governments whose communities depend on the ferry service, including Prince Rupert and the SQCRD, maintain that ferry service should be considered part of the provincial highway system and be run as a Public Good, not the quasi-privatized model it currently functions under.

In their report to the council, city staff conclude that this policy is another opening for the province to “continue its trend to offload provincial responsibilities onto municipalities and this establishes a precedent

of the municipality making a financial contribution to what we maintain is a provincial highway system”.

Staff recommended to council that they should write to BC Ferries to make their concern about the policy known.

Councillor Anna Ashley said she agreed with the recommendation and suggested that they should forward the letter to other affected municipalities as well.

“I’m thinking the regional district, the communities on the Haida Gwaii might be interested to know what we’re doing,” says Ashley.

The mayor, Jack Mussallem, suggested sending it to the Coastal Community Network (of which Prince Rupert is a member community).

It was decided that’s what they would do, as well as to send it to the provincial Transportation Minister.

“On what basis – besides needing more money – are they trying to show that it would be to the municipalities’ advantage having whatever would be called ‘enhanced ferry services’,” pondered Councillor Joy Thorkelson.

“To me it sounds like their saying ‘if you want to have ferry service more than once a week, cough up’.”

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More good news while I’m gone...

Wow, after catching up on the news it becomes apparent that I have to go on vacation more often.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Prince Rupert and my job, but it seems good things happen when I’m not here. A couple of years ago while I was out of the country Canpotex announced they were considering locating a shipping terminal on Ridley Island and last year while I was basking in some sun the Prince Rupert Port Authority signed an agreement with the Coast Tsimshian to end a lot of uncertainty that had been looming in the background of the city’s future.

Upon return from an undisclosed location this time around, I see that the federal government has committed $15 million to complete the funding needed for the rail and utility corridor on Ridley Island. That’s pretty huge news and is a major step towards the realization of the port authority’s Gateway 2020 vision. For anybody that was looking to locate a facility on Ridley Island, the question was how the goods could get to and from the terminal and how much it would cost to build that - that question has now potentially been resolved with funding in place for a rail corridor that could service potential developments in the future.

Now all that is needed is for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency to give the green light to the project currently under review and Ridley Island is essentially completely open and more appealing for business.

As it stands right now there is an LNG export company looking at the feasibility of developing a terminal on the

island and, of course, the previously mentioned Canpotex terminal that has been on the tongues of residents for over two years now. The jobs and impact that would come from the construction of those two facilities would be a huge boom for Prince Rupert, and no doubt the long term jobs would be

of the high-paying persuasion.

The Gateway 2020 vision outlined by the Port Authority is ambitious, to say the least, but it’s moving ahead slowly but surely. Now I can’t wait to see what happens when I leave next year... ~ Shaun Thomas

Understanding visitor spending while in Prince Rupert We are frequently asked to discuss the value of tourism in Prince Rupert. It’s vital to know how much the industry is worth to Prince Rupert, if we are to understand the return on investment for both Tourism Prince Rupert and for the individual businesses and attractions.

It is complicated, and expensive, to conduct meaningful research into tourism numbers. It was a real opportunity for us when Tourism BC chose to invest well in excess of $100,000 in a specific visitor study in Prince Rupert. We update this, and stay on top of developing trends, but we have very accurate knowledge from the 2007 Prince Rupert Visitor Study. This measured just three months, June through August of 2007, but analyzed our visitors in very great depth.

I’ve talked about this study in the column before, and have mentioned that just over $52 million was spent in Prince Rupert in JuneAugust 2007. I’d like to dig a little deeper into that total.

To begin with, spending is fairly evenly split between leisure and business travellers

– about 57 per cent of the Talking tourism It’s important to realize that even spending comes from leisure if the specific numbers fluctuate travellers, visitors who are here from year to year, the percentages on holidays and strictly for will remain more constant. That pleasure, and about 43 per cent helps us understand the industry. from business travellers. That This also holds true for the more means that in that three-month specific data in the Visitor Study. For period in 2007, $29.7 million example, drilling a little farther into BRUCE WISHART was spent by leisure travellers, the general business spending, we and about $22.5 million by know that in June-August 2007 the business travellers. average amount spent each day per Considering the leisure segment first, traveler is $396. But a business traveler from the most valuable groups for Prince Rupert BC will spend more than this, the traveler are the general overnight visitors, spending from other parts of Canada almost exactly about $8.6 million, and anglers, spending the average, and business travellers from the about $16.1 million. Cruise visitor spending US and other international destinations will totaled about $4.8 million, with two weekly spend considerably below the average. Once ships that year, and day trips by regional again, this knowledge helps us understand visitors accounted for just under $150,000. and convert on our business travellers.

Most of the business traveler spending is Now, who benefits from this spending? grouped under general business travel, with I’ve heard people speculate that this revenue an expenditure of about $22.5 million, but doesn’t stay in Prince Rupert. I find that the Visitor Study also broke out cruise ship mystifying. This is not an industry, such crew spending for those three months at $1.7 as the resource-based industries, where million. corporate profits are siphoned into distant

shareholders. This is a homegrown industry, and the beneficiaries are for the most part our neighbours.

Bear in mind that these studies measure spending in Prince Rupert. They’re not measuring the cost of the transportation to get here, just the dollars that are going into businesses owned by people who live here, supporting local employment and spinning off into all aspects of the local economy.

I’ve forgotten the exact detail, but many years before my time the Visitors’ Bureau faced a similar situation where residents didn’t perfectly understand how tourism money trickled through the community. They marked a small stack of $5 bills with “this money came from tourism,” and distributed the bills to arriving cruise ship passengers.

For months afterward the money circulated, showing up in the tills of businesses, and the pockets of residents, that didn’t see themselves as being in any way related to tourism. That’s the point in all this. Tourism money comes to Prince Rupert, stays and circulates here, and helps sustain our community.

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On The

Street Who do you feel is at fault for the current strike, the teachers or the government?

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“The government because no one should be bullied into doing their jobs.”

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They keep legislating people back to work, like they did with the nurses.”

◆ POLITICAL PRESSURE

City council decides on resolutions for NCLGA convention

By Alan S. Hale The Northern View At their meeting last week, Prince Rupert city council went over what resolutions they wanted to propose at this year’s convention of the North Central Local Governments Association (NCLGA), an interest group that many northern municipalities are members of.

The resolutions will be voted on by the member communities at the convention and if they pass, they become one of the policy positions the NCLGA will advocate for.

The first resolution approved for Prince Rupert to take to the NCLGA was an attempt to help address the infrastructure deficits of municipalities like Prince Rupert. Councillor Anna Ashley’s resolution would have the NCLGA petition the provincial government to create a fund for municipalities with infrastructure projects to apply to.

Councillor Ashley says it’s only fair if the federal and provincial

governments are delegating the responsibility of addressing BC’s infrastructure needs to a municipality, that they should help pay for it.

“What I’m looking for is them to start helping us. If they are telling us that we have to do things, then it’s time for them to start putting some money and some effort to helping us address this,” said Councillor Ashley.

The second resolution was a clear swipe at the energy company, Enbridge Inc. and the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline. The resolution – another of Councillor Ashley’s – would have the NCLGA petition the provincial and federal governments to extend dangerous goods liability to both the shipper and the manufacturer when something is being transported by ship.

The reason for this is that under the current law only the shipper is liable if there is an accident and the dangerous goods they are carrying get out. This means if there was an oil spill out at sea, it would

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be the shipping company and not communities to be locked out of be proposing at the NCLGA Enbridge who would be legally funding for their infrastructure convention deals with a issue liable for it. needs. farther away from home; a “I asked [Enbridge], once it’s The fifth resolution, yet another European Union trade treaty. on the ship, who is responsible? If of Ashley’s, would have the The resolution, proposed by there’s a spill, who is responsible? NCLGA petition the provincial councillor Thorkelson, would have They said it definitely wasn’t them and federal governments to ensure the NCLGA seek an exception and it was the shipper of the goods. that a portion of the taxes paid out for northern community from the That’s why I put the resolution the by a community to those levels of EU’s Comprehensive Economic way that I did,” said Councillor government is given back to local and Economic Trade Agreement, Ashley. governments to spend inside the which among other things, would The resolution would also community. require that municipal tenders have the government create an The last resolution that for projects be made available to emergency fund that shippers Prince Rupert city council will European contractors. and manufacturers would be required to pay into so that it could cover the cost cleaning up a spill.

On top of that the resolution would have the government include social and ecological damage in how damages and compensation are calculated.

The third resolution approved was proposed by Councillor Joy Thorkelson, MARCH 8 - MARCH 14 and would have the NCLGA French Steak inside round oppose a plan of the provincial government to create a auditor Regular or Pepper 6.99 lb 15.38 kg general for local governments.

Councillor Thorkelson says Fresh boneless that the budgeting process of municipalities is already very skinless chicken breast 4.99 lb 10.98 kg open and the establishment of a municipal auditor would just Beef Jerky further complicate an already complicated process. teriyaki or peppered 500 gr pkg 24.99 each “I do think we need to be reasonable and look for all Oymel Chicken Wings kinds of savings, but I don’t think this is going to help us. or Chicken Chunkies It is only going to hinder and 600-650 gr box 9.99 each interfere in what already is a delicately balanced and highly open and honest budgeting Pork Cutlet IQF 4.99 lb 10.98 kg process,” said councillor Thorkelson.

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◆ RECOGNITION

Slubowski named Rookie of the Month

By Shaun Thomas The Northern View Prince Rupert Minor Hockey product Frank Slubowski continues to receive accolades competing for the University of Western Michigan Broncos in the NCAA. Slubowski, who is in his first year with the team after competing in the BCHL, was named the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) Rookie of the month for February. During that time he had a record of 4-3-1 with a

.917 save percentage and an impressive 1.87 goals against average. During the four wins, Slubowski allowed just four goals and allowed just seven even strength goals during the eight games.

So far this season Slubowski has logged over 1,500 minutes in net with a save percentage of .904 and a goals against average of 2.16. Slubowski finished third among goaltenders in the CCHA in terms of goals against average, eighth is save percentage and sixth in winning percentage.

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◆ BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

footwear, toys, petroleum, agriculture and chemicals industries, is opening on Fraser Street to test Coal, Grains and other bulk commodities.

As well, work is underway on an expanded Shoppers Drug Mart in the mall and work is underway for a Dollarama in the mall as well. Work on converting the Zellers location to a Walmart is also scheduled to get underway in the coming months.

“The City continues to generate interest concerning the sale of commercial buildings,

By Shaun Thomas The Northern View

Mayor says interest high in downtown

The City of Prince Rupert is pointing to the opening of two new businesses, plans for expansion of others, and an increase in inquiries from outside businesses, as a sign that there is a lot of interest in Prince Rupert and in the downtown core.

In the last month Rupert Meats has opened in Cow Bay while Intertek, a worldwide group of testing laboratories for textile,

the creation of additional food and beverage establishments and new retail opportunities,” said Mayor Jack Mussallem.

“Strong performance of the Port of Prince Rupert and related project announcements will continue to create additional business development opportunities in our City,.

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QCC crime report: Vehicle in the ocean after accident

By Sgt. Rob Knapton Queen Charlotte RCMP On February 26th, 2012, at 2:50 a.m., Queen Charlotte RCMP received a complaint of a motor vehicle accident in the 3600blk of Oceanview Dr. A vehicle had been driving east on Oceanview when it lost control on ice and went over the bank.

The single cab vehicle had seven occupants and came to a rest on it’s roof in the ocean.

All occupants were taken to the hospital for treatment.

An investigation into impaired driving was conducted resulting in the adult driver being issued a driving suspension under the

IRP legislation. Several tickets were also issued related to the accident.

During the week from February 27 to March 4th, 2012 Queen Charlotte RCMP responded to 17 call for service. Some of these were: - On February 29th at 3:35 a.m. Queen Charlotte RCMP attended to the 200blk of Front Street in Skidegate where an intoxicated male was causing a disturbance - On Feburary 29th at 9:20 a.m., Queen Charlotte RCMP received a complaint of an abandoned vehicle on the highway in Sandspit. The vehicle was removed by the owner.

- On March 1st at 7:30 a.m.,

Queen Charlotte RCMP received a complaint that someone had started a fire in the garbage cans at the mail kiosk in Skidegate.

- On March 1st at six p.m., Queen Charlotte RCMP received a complaint of theft from vehicle in the 100 blk of Front Street in Skidegate.

- On March 2nd at 10:40 p.m., Queen Charlotte RCMP conducted a curfew check on an Queen Charlotte resident on conditions.

The suspect was found in contact with another individual in violation of his condition. Charges are being forwarded.

- On March 2nd at 11 a.m., Queen Charlotte RCMP conducted a curfew check on a Queen Charlotte

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◆ FISHERIES

Halibut allocation decision is a mixed bag for sport anglers

By Malcolm Baxter Black Press It’s a good news, bad news story for recreational fishermen and charter operators when it comes to halibut fishing this year.

In late February federal Fisheries minister Keith Ashfield announced the recreational fishery’s share of Canada’s allowable catch (CAC) was being increased to 15 per cent from the 12 per cent limit that has been in force for close to a decade. While charter operations are commercial in nature, they are classified as recreational for the purpose of the federal Fisheries allocation.

However, that came in the wake of the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s decision at its annual meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, to cut the CAC by eight per cent - from 7.6 million pounds to 7.038 million.

In other words, the Canadian sport fishery will get a greater share of a smaller pie.

That said, its share will still increase by about 40,000 lbs. compared to last year to 981,000 lbs.

The catch limit remains one a day with two in possession.

First Nations have been allocated 500,000 lbs and the commercial fishery 5.6 million lbs.

But if the minister thought his decision was going to applauded by the recreational fishery, he quickly found out differently.

The Sport Fishing Institute of BC charged that the changes would ensure “recreational anglers will experience the shortest halibut season in living memory.”

President Rob Alcock pointed out that last year the fishery was closed September 5 and “caused extensive economic damage to the sport fishing industry.”

And now Ashfield had served notice the fishery could close in the first week of August “which will wreak havoc...and will not conserve a single fish.”

Alcock pointed out the allocation adjustment does not change the fact that Canada’s 436 commercial halibut quota holders will continue to take 85 per cent of the CAC and repeated the sports fishery charge that less than half of those quota holders actually fish for halibut.

Instead, they make money by leasing their quota to other commercial fishermen.

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Management Association - it Meanwhile the BC Wildlife solution to BC’s halibut allocation represents commercial fishermen - Federation (BCWF) said it issue in advance of the 2012 season had quite a different take. was “dismayed” by Ashfield’s that strikes a fair balance.”

“Allocating fisheries resources announcement.

Wiebe maintained giving 85 per based on who can lobby the hardest President Rod Wiebe said it was cent to a few hundred commercial is not in the best interests of the now clear prime minister Stephen halibut quota holders and only fish,” said manager Chris Sporer.

Harper was not prepared to live up 15 per cent to “the thousands of Kitimat’s Halibut Allocation to his pre-election promise made Canadians who fish for halibut” Task Force was one of many groups in Campbell River when he said, could not be considered a fair in BC that lobbied furiously for a “We remain committed to finding a balance. change in the allocation in the run up to last year’s federal Employment election. and Assistance Sporer added a stable Appeal Tribunal allocation framework “creates the proper incentive for all participants to act responsibly Member Positions Various Locations and invest in conservation Part-time and the long term health of Renumerated on a per appeal basis the resource.”

Initial term of 2 years Reappointment to a maximum of 6 yrs Sporer added that while commercial fishermen “are The Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal is seeking a number fully accountable for all catch, of individuals to serve as members. The Tribunal is independent of both retained and released”, government and hears appeals of most types of decisions made the recreational fishery “is by the Ministry of Social Development under the employment and poorly monitored and has assistance program. The Tribunal also hears appeals of decisions made by the Ministry of Children and Family Development under the overharvested in five of the child care subsidy program. last six years.

“Re-allocating fish from The Tribunal has developed a Candidate Training and Testing Package the well monitored fishery to enable members of the public to acquire and demonstrate the to a poorly monitored one prescribed knowledge and skills. undermines conservation For further information regarding member qualifications and application efforts and responsible details, visit http://www.gov.bc.ca/eaat or phone 1-877-557-0035. fisheries management,” Sporer maintained.

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◆ FUN FOR ALL

Scenes from Saturday’s 21st annual Children’s Festival

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We sincerely thank the Prince Rupert Rotary Club for their generous donation of books to give away at this event. We also thank Rupert Square Shopping Centre for their wonderful and continuing support for this event.

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Clockwise from top: With a bouncy castle, furry friends, balloons, exhibits like the RCMP finger printing station, an art wall, bouncy balls and cardboard castles, hammers and nails and plenty of crafts, the Children’s Fest hosted by the volunteers of the Prince Rupert Special Events Society was another hit with the youth and parents in Prince Rupert.

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SENDING A MESSAGE…

Wines that bridge the gap Sometimes you are looking for wines For the love of wine that are versatile – able to handle the entire meal and stand up from salad to dessert.

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For reds – lighter body or light style wines such as a Canadian Gamay Noir or French Beaujolais Nouveau can deliver ease and grace at the start of a meal, yet still have enough going on to keep it interesting though to the finish. Other red varietals that might work are Pinot Noir and simple White Zinfandel. When executed in a gentle style these varietals are great transition wines that won’t over power subtle flavours and can stand up to bold flavours and spices in kitchen cooking.

These wines are also all great picks for anyone looking to do a non-traditional wine pairing.

Traditional wine pairings would suggest that you pair white wine with fish and read wine with beef or red sauces. So a non-traditional pairing would be to do the opposite. Versatile red and white wines are also perfect contenders for these out of the norm pairings. Chardonnays made with oak can have lots of depth and deliver neat compliment flavours that can show off red meats and sauces, flavours like vanilla, butter, bread and sweet smoke. Lighter red wines have the potential to show nice fruity berry characteristics without a major compliment of dryness or tannin – by playing with the sweeter flavours, red wines like these won’t overpower mild flavours in cooking with creams, fish or chicken.

Finding out what really works for you and your tastebuds will only happen with a bit of experimentation, so have fun. Here are a couple of suggestions for a place to start.

Wines of the week Copper Moon Rose Mild strawberries and wild cherries come out on the nose in a delicate way. Flavours of sweet strawberries and red grapes. A good amount of residual sugar and sweetness in this wine. 76/100 (October 18th, 2011) Estancia Chardonnay 2003 Buttered bread, lime and a nice touch of oak that is quite pronounced on this wine. Easy to enjoy, this wine has nice round flavours that compliment both salty and savoury foods well. Medium bodied with a medium finish that leaves the taste of toasted corn. 82/100 (April 15th, 2011).

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The halls of Charles Hays Secondary were filled with Pink on February 29, Provincial Anti-Bullying Day. Student council encouraged the students to check their wardrobes for pink clothing to show support for students who sometimes fall victim to bullying. The day has been celebrated annually for several years to encourage students and staff to talk about the issue of bullying.

Congratulations!

94 athletes from the North West (Zone 7) competed at the 2012 BC Winter Games bringing home 11 medals.

Thank you to the coaches, officials, volunteers, and families who support these growing champions.

See photos, videos and results at www.bcgames.org

Weekly Seniors Center notes

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Cribbage Results: 1st-S. Helgason & D. Currie, 2nd-L. Martinson & J. Strand, 3rd-M. Arneson & J. Basso.

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Offers include a Manufacturer Rebate of $8,000/$5,500/$5,500, customer cash of $750, freight and air tax of $1,600/$1,500/$1,600 but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Manufacturer Rebates can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. **Choose 4.99%/5.99%/5.99% annual percentage rate (APR) purchase financing on a new 2012 F-150 XLT Super Cab 4X4 5.0L/2011 Ranger Super Cab Sport 4X2/2012 F-250 XLT Super Cab 4X4 Western Edition with power seats for a maximum of 72 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Purchase financing monthly payment is $423/$215/$604 (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $195/$99/$279 with a down payment of $3,200/$2,000/$4,550 or equivalent trade-in. Cost of borrowing is $4,187.36/$2,507.61/$7,031.31 or APR of 4.99%/5.99%/5.99% and total to be repaid is $30,486.36/$15,506.61/$43,480.31. Offers include a Manufacturer Rebate of $8,000/$5,500/$5,500, customer cash of $750 and freight and air tax of $1,600/$1,500/$1,600, but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Manufacturer Rebate deducted but before customer cash has been deducted. Bi-Weekly payments are only available using a customer initiated PC (Internet Banking) or Phone Pay system through the customer’s own bank (if offered by that financial institution). 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many, many years. I am too young to be a member of Zone 10 but I’ve been here long enough to see all the hours that Mary has put into the job.

Way to go Mary and way to go Dawn.

Speaking of which, anyone 55 years of age or over can join Zone 10, it is only $15.00 for the year and you are supporting senior athletes; maybe you want to become one yourself… visit www.seniorsgames.org for more information.

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Letters to the Editor

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Teacher discusses BC legislation and recent job action Editor: Let me begin by saying that I am a teacher, and have been teaching for 21 years.

I have found that the information reported in the media regarding what is taking place in the current dispute between the BCTF, BCPSEA and the Provincial Government, has been incomplete. The focus has been on wage increases, and many significant areas have been missed in the information given to the public, particularly with regards to Bill 22 and what it really means.

The public knows that it includes the net-zero mandate and that it introduces a government appointed mediator.

The public has been made aware that it increases class size limits and eliminates special needs provisions in terms of determining class size and composition. It is what they don’t know, and what has been missed that I would like to address.

The most significant part of the legislation, (Bill 22-2012-Education Improvement Act) that has not been given the scrutiny it deserves, is located in Section 6: Mediation, subsection (c), items (i) (ii) and (iii). These three items in the legislation, for which mediation has been called for, have been alluded to, but not given the amount of attention they deserve, because they seem fairly insignificant at first glance.

Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. These items are a fundamental attack on the basic principles for which unions were created, to protect the rights of workers from unfair dismissal, and to protect employment based on seniority. While on the surface these clauses may seem to be reasonable, one needs to know what they really mean, and how they relate to what the employer, and the government, is trying to get the teachers to agree to. Following

is a brief explanation of what these items entail.

6(i) effective feedback and evaluation of teachers to promote improvement The first item in this clause is about eliminating due process in dismissal of employees. In essence the employer wants to be able to dismiss an employee after a single unsatisfactory evaluation, without any due process. This means that a teacher could be fired, after only one evaluation, without any recourse to improve or grieve the situation. This is fundamentally wrong.

6(ii) alignment of professional development with teaching needs The second clause is about eliminating professional autonomy and the ability of teachers to decide what they need to work on in terms of their own professional development. The employer wants to be able to dictate to teachers what professional development they must take. It is important to point out here, that five professional development days were added into the school year, over 20 years ago, without additional pay, at the request of teachers in contract negotiations where concessions were made in order to add this to the contract. Now the employer wants to be able to dictate what teachers do on those days.

6(iii) scheduling and selection of teachers suited to student needs This third item is the most controversial. This clause is about eliminating seniority. The employer wants to be able to pick and choose whoever they think is the most “suitable” for the job, regardless of seniority. Instead, seniority would only be looked at as a tie-breaker.

So even if a senior teacher was qualified for a position, someone with less seniority could be given a job, if the employer felt they were more “suitable”. This opens up the door to subjective practices and

favouritism.

All public sector unions should be paying careful attention to the writing on the proverbial wall, carefully hidden within this legislation, and the rhetoric that is being used by both the education minister and the premier to hide the intent of these items.

This legislation is not simply an attack on teachers; it is an attack on unions. Concealed within the legislation are assaults on seniority provisions, professional autonomy and due process regarding fair dismissal. This is what the government doesn’t want you to know.

The second part of the legislation that has not been scrutinized enough is that of the mediation proposed. It is true that the BCTF and BCPSEA asked for mediation, and it is true that the government included mediation in this legislation. However, the fact is that labour mediation typically happens between two sides that are willing to negotiate fairly and in good faith. When one side agrees to mediation, but is not willing to negotiate certain items, and then dictates the items that will be negotiated, this is not good faith bargaining, making mediation meaningless.

Essentially the employer is offering nothing and still expecting teachers to make concessions within the contract.

This is fundamentally unfair and negotiating in bad faith. So while they may be appointing a mediator, it is a deceptive ploy to gain public support.

Another, smaller part of the legislation, that is being overlooked, is that even though they have a $165 million fund to compensate teachers through various means for classrooms, that require additional support, if the costs go above that amount, (and they will), school boards will again have to find the money to do so

within their current budgets. So yet again, this government is adding costs and requirements to our local school boards, without providing money to pay for them. This will result in a further reduction in resources available for schools and your children.

Another item that has also been overlooked by the media is the fact that teachers have been teaching all this time, despite our job action.

While formal report cards have not gone home, teachers around the province have been letting parents know how their children are doing. Parents have been and always will be able to contact their child’s teacher and find out how they are doing. Teaching hasn’t stopped just because formal report cards haven’t gone out. Grade 12 marks and report cards have in fact been done, due to the nature of what is necessary for their further education. It is not teacher’s intentions to hurt students or parents. Education is still going on. In addition, unlike in some previous disputes, teachers are still volunteering for extra-curricular activities, and spending countless hours providing activities for students, none of which they are compensated for. The way things are presented in the media would have people believe that teachers are doing nothing, and that is simply not true.

The fact is that most teachers are not looking for a 15% wage hike, even though that is what is being presented at the bargaining table. Everyone knows that our current bargaining system promotes extremes being proposed by both sides, in order to reach a compromise. A fair cost of living increase would be nice, but if you polled teachers in general, you would find that wages are not the key stumbling block in negotiating a fair settlement. Teachers know that there is only so much money

to go around and we get that things are tough in this economy. What we are really fighting against, what we have been fighting against for the last ten years is the stripping away of rights that were negotiated, fought for, and paid for by teachers in the past. Over the past 30+ years, teachers have given up wage hikes and other benefits in order to improve classroom size and composition for the benefit of students and their education. The government wants to remove these rights without acknowledging that concessions were already made to gain these rights in the first place.

It wants to erase history, and turn back time. They continue to act illegally and unconstitutionally, with no consequences. Even when their actions are proven to be illegal by the courts, they just change the law, and all without consequence.

This is what is so frustrating to teachers. We try to abide by the law and keep students out of the politics but the government doesn’t fight fair.

We want to be able to give children the attention they deserve in our classrooms. We want to be able to meet the individual needs of each and every student so that they can be successful when they leave school and enter the workforce. We don’t want to see some students left behind. This cannot be done in classes of 30+ students. This can’t be done when classes are full of students with specific special learning needs and inadequate resources. As always, teachers will teach, as best as they can, within the limits that they are subjected to, but in the end, it will be the children, and our future generations, that will ultimately pay for the lack of resources and underfunding of our education system, which is simply unacceptable.

Anna Ashley Prince Rupert District Teachers’ Union

Supporting the City’s opposition Thanks for the help in cleaning the town Editor: I would like to express my support to the members of Prince Rupert City Council who voted unanimously to keep our coastal waters free from increased oil tanker traffic.

It is becoming increasingly clear that notion of neutrality on the issue of the proposed Northern Gateway Twin Pipeline project is an illusion.

In a recent letter released from the Office of the Prime Minister, Salpie Stepanian, assistant to the Prime Minister, writes in reference

to the Northern Gateway project that: “We do not want projects that are deemed safe, generate thousands of new jobs and open up new export markets to die in the approval phase due to unnecessary delays” (Stepanian).

Besides showing an utter lack of faith in the review process, this statement clearly demonstrates that the federal government is not waiting until the Joint Review Panel is finished and “all the facts are known” before expressing its opinion on the project, so why should Prince Rupert City Council

be expected to wait? (Stanway) Someone whose views I value and respect recently suggested to me that it’s no accident that pressure has been put on town councils to withhold their opinions until the JRP process is finished.

This tactic has effectively silenced local governments when they could have had a valuable role to play as intervenors, provided, they would have been permitted to actually speak at the hearings, that is.

Sincerely, Kaeleen Foote

Editor, This is a belated thank-you to the “Fellowship Baptist Group” who picked up litter to help clean up the city – also to the “Girl Guides” who did a clean up last weekend. We really appreciate

these groups volunteering – and anyone who would like to do a clean up can call me as I have some gloves and bags!

Many thanks again, Charlotte Rowse Civic Pride

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◆ PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL

Looking at different supertanker routes around the world

By Alan S. Hale The Northern View These maps are from a presentation to city council last week by Dave Shannon, a Terrace resident.

Shannon says he wanted to show the council the difference between the proposed supertanker route for Kitimat and other rotes which supertankers are required to sail through inland chanels.

The white lines represent the supertanker routes, and all the map are at the same scale.

The top right are the routes leading out of Mongstad and Stura, Norway. The routes are about 20 miles long each before reaching open ocean.

The next picture open is from Hammerfest Norway, that route is about 30 miles long

before ships reach the open ocean.

The top right map is of the tanker route coming out of Valdez Alaska, which is the route the infamous Exxon-Valdez oil spill occured on. The spill occurred in the narrows on the way out of the gulf. That route runs about 90 miles.

The map on the bottom left is of the proposed route for supertankers transporting oil from Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline.

The northern route runs about 220 miles before reaching the open sea, and the southern route is a little shorter at about 215 miles.

It should be noted that despite the fact that the Kitimat route looks siginifcantly more complicated than the Nowegian routes, Transport Canada’s TURMPOL study determined the route has a low level of risk.

The Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce wishes to congratulate the winners in the 2011 Business Excellence awards.

2011 Business Excellence Awards

Rookie Business of the Year: POWER N PASSION FOR LIFE Sponsor: Hecate Strait Development Society

Excellence in Customer Service : HOMEWORK Sponsor: Macro Properties

Small Business of the Year: Trades/Industry/ Manufacturing/Transportation: THE ELECTRICIAN Sponsor: Prince Rupert Port Authority

Volunteer Organization of the Year: PRINCE RUPERT WILDLIFE SHELTER Sponsor: Prince Rupert Grain

Small Business of the Year: Retail: MACKENZIE FURNITURE Sponsor: TD Canada Trust Small Business of the Year: Hospitality/Tourism/Service: PAC 10 TUTORING Sponsor: Northern Savings Credit Union

Aboriginal Business of the Year: RAINFOREST BOOKS Sponsor: Classic Rock CFNR Chamber Member of the Year: COMMUNITY FUTURES PACIFIC NORTHWEST Sponsor: Ridley Terminals Newsmaker of the Year: GLEN SAUNDERS Sponsor: Prince Rupert Northern VIEW

Community Involvement Award: HAWK AIR Sponsor: CityWest Business of the Year: CREST HOTEL Sponsor: BDC Green Award: NEAT & TIDY ECO FRIENDLY CLEANING Sponsor: NWCC & Community Futures Excellence In Innovation: VALLEE I T SOLUTIONS Sponsor: Northwest Science and Innovation Society

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HOCKEY POOL

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These results are for the 2011/2012 Regular Season. Posted as of Jan. 11 , 2012. Listed by: Standings, Name, Points 1............. Bill Vermeeren Sr. ................... 1276 T2 .......... Duane Brown ........................... 1266 T2 .......... Michael S.B. Jay...................... 1266 4............. Jennifer Johnson ...................... 1262 5............. Calvert Brown ......................... 1261 6............. Michelle Prouty ....................... 1258 T7 .......... Larry King ............................... 1257 T7 .......... Arnold F. Scodane ................... 1257 9............. Vince Wesley ........................... 1256 T10 ........ Kenneth Gonu.......................... 1255 T10 ........ Melanie Hill............................. 1255 T12 ........ Tanya Gonu ............................. 1254 T12 ........ Dan Doyon .............................. 1254 14........... Pete Colussi ............................. 1253 T15 ........ Wade Robinson........................ 1252 T15 ........ Bruno Hoy ............................... 1252 17........... Carol Johnson .......................... 1251 18........... Cleo Moore .............................. 1250 T19 ........ Ryan Dudoward ....................... 1248 T19 ........ Phillip Harris ........................... 1248 21........... Raymond Greens ..................... 1247 22........... Nancy Rose Steward................ 1246 T23 ........ Kerry Mowatt .......................... 1244 T23 ........ David Magnusson .................... 1244 T25 ........ Peter Vogon.............................. 1242 T25 ........ Shiro Nagasawa ....................... 1242 T25 ........ Cliff Kelly ................................ 1242 28........... A.G. Parnell ............................. 1241 29........... Bernard Danes ......................... 1240 30........... Cassandra Cross ...................... 1238 31........... Godfrey Williams .................... 1237 32........... Gloria Westfall ......................... 1236 T33 ........ Rob VanKoughnett................... 1235 T33 ........ Corky Dudoward ..................... 1235 T33 ........ Alex Campbell Jr. .................... 1235 36........... Frank Goncalves ...................... 1234 T37 ........ Jeff Negru ................................ 1233 T37 ........ Pam Venn ................................. 1233 T37 ........ Nancy Clifton .......................... 1233 T40 ........ Bob Misko ............................... 1232 T40 ........ Ashley Wilson ......................... 1232 T40 ........ Hank Williams ......................... 1232 T40 ........ Christa & Ashley Robinson ..... 1232 T44 ........ Christopher Barralon ............... 1231 T44 ........ Shaun William Scodane........... 1231 T44 ........ Marty Denluck......................... 1231 T44 ........ Garner Moody ......................... 1231 T44 ........ Eva Spencer ............................. 1231 T49 ........ Shayna Collins......................... 1230 T49 ........ Ronald Martinson .................... 1230 51........... Natasha Barralon ..................... 1229 52........... Cole Cross ............................... 1228 T53 ........ Jordan Heal .............................. 1227 T53 ........ Darren Stevens......................... 1227 T53 ........ Neil Joseph .............................. 1227 T56 ........ Ted Vickers .............................. 1225 T56 ........ Adriann E Williams ................. 1225 T58 ........ Troy Jay ................................... 1223 T58 ........ Samantha Lincoln .................... 1223 T58 ........ Myrna Jay ................................ 1223 T61 ........ Sally Edgars ............................. 1222 T61 ........ Stephanie De-Lisa ................... 1222 T61 ........ Maria Niesh ............................. 1222 64........... Connie Watkinson.................... 1221 65........... Calvin Huskins ........................ 1219 T66 ........ Tyler Williams ......................... 1218 T66 ........ Lillian Sankey.......................... 1218 T66 ........ Mike Whitford ......................... 1218 T69 ........ Larry Eastwood ....................... 1217 T69 ........ Wayne Gurney ......................... 1217 T69 ........ Evangeline Nyce...................... 1217 T69 ........ Tara M. Campbell .................... 1217 T69 ........ John Schullmeister .................. 1217 74........... Tom Tanaka ............................. 1216 T75 ........ Jennifer Krezel ........................ 1215 T75 ........ Richard G. Lincoln .................. 1215 T77 ........ Ron Wilson .............................. 1214 T77 ........ Monique Brown ....................... 1214 T77 ........ Lawrence Heal ......................... 1214 T77 ........ J Blyth...................................... 1214 T77 ........ Brenda Lewis ........................... 1214 T82 ........ Ann K King ............................. 1213 T82 ........ Willie Davies ........................... 1213 T82 ........ Betty Snook ............................. 1213 T82 ........ Albert ....................................... 1213 T86 ........ Derek Baker ............................. 1212 T86 ........ Bea E. Bryant .......................... 1212 T86 ........ Richard Bryant ........................ 1212 T86 ........ Alicia Joseph ........................... 1212 T90 ........ Jared Carter.............................. 1211 T90 ........ Karan Gill ................................ 1211 T92 ........ Clearnce Thompson ................. 1208 T92 ........ Bobby Jay ................................ 1208 T92 ........ Kim Blackwater ....................... 1208 T92 ........ Neal Bryant.............................. 1208

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Thom Chow ............................. 1201 T111 ...... Joe Uppal ................................. 1201 T115 ...... Andrew Llewellyn ................... 1200 T115 ...... Tim Boyko ............................... 1200 T115 ...... Rhiannon Lynn ........................ 1200 T115 ...... Rich Aiken ............................... 1200 T115 ...... Ken Woods............................... 1200 T115 ...... Kelsie VanKoughnett ............... 1200 T115 ...... Alisha Kennedy ....................... 1200 T122 ...... Rose Price ................................ 1199 T122 ...... Brandon Lee Torio................... 1199 T124 ...... Krystal R. Green...................... 1197 T124 ...... Jay Tingle ................................ 1197 T126 ...... Marshall Vickers Sr. ................ 1196 T126 ...... Fred Lincoln ............................ 1196 T126 ...... Robby Price ............................. 1196 T126 ...... George Negru .......................... 1196 T126 ...... 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Yvette Lebedick ...................... 1155 T277 ...... Joe DeBlass ............................. 1154 T277 ...... Emsily Bolton .......................... 1154 T277 ...... Josh Shaw ................................ 1154 T280 ...... Barry Hale ............................... 1153 T280 ...... Ann Marie Negru..................... 1153 T282 ...... Mike Mitchell .......................... 1152 T282 ...... Robert W. McLeod .................. 1152 284......... Gloria C. Bolton ...................... 1151 285......... Arlene Cheer............................ 1150

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Dale....................... 1145 T299 ...... Marie Forman .......................... 1145 T305 ...... Wade Dudoward ...................... 1144 T305 ...... Joe Brown ................................ 1144 T307 ...... Freddie Torio ........................... 1143 T307 ...... Brett Kuntz .............................. 1143 T307 ...... Karl Hugenschmidt.................. 1143 T310 ...... Glen Irvine............................... 1142 T310 ...... Brian Morrison ........................ 1142 T310 ...... Jeremy Stevens ........................ 1142 T310 ...... Thomas Shaw .......................... 1142 T310 ...... Grant Moore ............................ 1142 T315 ...... Sonya Spencer ......................... 1141 T315 ...... Marilyn Bryant ........................ 1141 T317 ...... Emily Cavin ............................. 1140 T317 ...... Sylvia Scodane ........................ 1140 T317 ...... Bob Hays ................................. 1140 T317 ...... Nicholas Angus........................ 1140 321......... Roy Sankey .............................. 1139 322......... Robert Cross ............................ 1138 T323 ...... Clyde Green Jr. ........................ 1137 T323 ...... M Harris .................................. 1137 T323 ...... Barbara Spencer ...................... 1137 T323 ...... Sam Gladstone......................... 1137 T327 ...... Ivan Hubert Lincoln Jr............. 1136 T327 ...... Dwyer Cross ............................ 1136 T327 ...... Marshal Parnell........................ 1136 T327 ...... Tiffany Green........................... 1136 T327 ...... Brent Russ ............................... 1136 T327 ...... Ben Russ .................................. 1136 T333 ...... Amethyst Lewis ....................... 1135 T333 ...... Heather Blyth .......................... 1135 T333 ...... Lucky Bhandal ........................ 1135 T333 ...... Robert Hughes ......................... 1135 T333 ...... David B. Carlson ..................... 1135 T333 ...... Jennifer L Faithful ................... 1135 T339 ...... Alex G Campbell ..................... 1133 T339 ...... Wendy Wilson ......................... 1133 T341 ...... Rose Lincoln............................ 1132 T341 ...... Lori Wilson .............................. 1132 T343 ...... Ray Sankey .............................. 1131 T343 ...... Carol Robinson ........................ 1131 T343 ...... Brenda Lee Lewis.................... 1131 T343 ...... George Bryant ......................... 1131 T347 ...... Raymond Dudoward ................ 1130 T347 ...... James Blackwater .................... 1130 T347 ...... Tiffany Spencer ....................... 1130 T350 ...... Blossom Stevens ...................... 1129 T350 ...... Darrell Watson ......................... 1129 T350 ...... Jerry C. Stevens ....................... 1129 T353 ...... Jean Page ................................. 1128 T353 ...... Jean Paul Barralon ................... 1128 T355 ...... Bruce Watkinson...................... 1127 T355 ...... Jack Lyman .............................. 1127 T355 ...... Charles Hill.............................. 1127 T358 ...... Max Lincoln ............................ 1126 T358 ...... Tawny Johnson ........................ 1126 T358 ...... Peter Hall ................................. 1126 T361 ...... Erin Stewart ............................. 1125 T361 ...... Garrett Haley ........................... 1125 T361 ...... Patrick Latimer ........................ 1125 T361 ...... Craig Wyllie............................. 1125 T365 ...... Amanda Graham...................... 1124 T365 ...... Darrin Sargent ......................... 1124 T367 ...... Mike Cavin .............................. 1123 T367 ...... Ronald Gottke.......................... 1123 T369 ...... Marc Barralon.......................... 1122 T369 ...... Lavina Green ........................... 1122 T369 ...... 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T379 ...... Brandon J. Stevens .................. 1117 T382 ...... Charles Robinson .................... 1116 T382 ...... Rudy Urner .............................. 1116 T382 ...... Ernie Brown............................. 1116 T385 ...... Basil Snook.............................. 1115 T385 ...... Mike Archer ............................. 1115 T385 ...... Richard Mellis ......................... 1115 T388 ...... Jacob Astoria ........................... 1114 T388 ...... Albert Green ............................ 1114 T388 ...... Lorraine Woods ....................... 1114 T391 ...... Art Lincoln .............................. 1112 T391 ...... Marie-Anne Anderson ............. 1112 T391 ...... S Harris .................................... 1112 T394 ...... R. Huskins ............................... 1111 T394 ...... Kevin Torio .............................. 1111 T394 ...... Haley Parnell ........................... 1111 T394 ...... James McNeice........................ 1111 T394 ...... 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Johnson...................... 1098 T416 ...... Edward Lincoln ....................... 1097 T416 ...... Mike Humphries ...................... 1097 T418 ...... David Stephens ........................ 1096 T418 ...... Carmen Stevens ....................... 1096 T420 ...... Mike Bedard ............................ 1095 T420 ...... Sarah Bryant ............................ 1095 T422 ...... Beatrice B. Bryant ................... 1094 T422 ...... Tina R. Shaw ........................... 1094 T424 ...... Crystal-Rae Brown .................. 1092 T424 ...... Tanisha Calder ......................... 1092 426......... Steven Stepko .......................... 1090 427......... Marge Nylan ............................ 1089 428......... Tracy-Lee Calder ..................... 1088 T429 ...... Sharlain Brown ........................ 1087 T429 ...... Clarence Wing Jr. .................... 1087 431......... Andy Menzie ........................... 1086 T432 ...... 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In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Blackberry Cell Phone

Education/Trade Schools AIRLINES ARE Hiring- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified- Housing available.

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Strength for the day, comfort for the tears and a light for the way.

And for all who believe in his Kingdom above.

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From Sons, Daughters and Grandchildren

Employment

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

An earthmoving company based in Edson Alberta requires a full time Heavy Duty Mechanic for field and shop work. We require Cat Dozer/Deere excavator experience. You will work a set schedule for days on and off.

Call Lloyd @ 780-723-5051 DIRECT SALES REPRESENTATIVES. Canada’s premiere home automation and Security Company is NOW hiring AprilAugust. No experience necessary. Travel Required. E-mail resume: kkurtze@vivint.com Visit: www.vivint.ca Mature Reliable Person wanted for

DELIVERY PERSON Must have your own vehicle Apply in person to Theanne’s Greek Palace

Employment Income Opportunity

HHDI RECRUITING is hiring on behalf of Baker Hughes Baker Hughes Alberta based oilfield services company is currently hiring;

DRIVER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS & SERVICE SUPERVISORS Class 1 or 3 License required.

PR: Smile’s Cafe need energetic morning + Split Shift Server, 10-4 or 11:30-SplitEvening Shifts.

Completed Smile’s Application Required.

P. Scheck Industrial LTD requires a Certified Electric Motor Winder and a handy man (must have grade 12) apply with resume 205A Lear Rd. or email: pscheck@uniserve.com

Experienced Hoe Chuck Operator needed for Haida Gwaii. Please fax resume to 1-604-882-3775

Obituaries

Obituaries

Jean Merryweather passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012.

She will be sadly missed by her Friends and Family.

We would like to thank the Staff of the Prince Rupert Regional Hospital ICU and 3rd Floor There will be no service by request.

Donations can be made in Jean's name to the Prince Rupert Wildlife Rehab Shelter

EARN EXTRA Cash! - P/T, F/T Immediate openings. Easy computer work, others positions are available. Can be done from home. No experience needed. www.hwc-bc.com HOME BASED Business. We need serious and motivated people for expanding health & wellness industry. High speed internet and phone essential.

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Drivers

HD MECHANICS 3rd or 4th apprentice or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics with their Red Seal and CVIP License to work in Red Deer & Hinton.

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Lost & Found

DRIVER. Class 1 Drivers wanted. Offering top pay. Close to home. Home most weekends.

Family comes first! 1 year flat deck exp. & border crossing a must. Fax resume & driver abstract to 604-853-4179.

Employment

Please call 250-718-3330 or Fax: 1-888-679-0759 For more information or send your resume & current drivers abstract to: driverclass1@shaw.ca

Information

Professional/ Management HOLIDAY Retirement is seeking pairs of motivated managers for our Independent Senior Living communities. You’ll have the chance to work alongside your partner, receive a competitive salary and excellent benefits. The ideal duo is team-oriented, with sales experience. Please apply on-line at www.holidaytouch.com or send resumes for both to myfuture@holidaytouch.com.

Information

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT Canadian Cancer Society Annual Daffodil Campaign pre-order pre -order your daffodil blooms now $5.00 for a bundle of 10 blooms.

Phone order to Judy at 250 624-3913 before March 8. We will deliver the blooms to you on March 30.

Thank you!

Obituaries

Obituaries Obituary for the late Antoinette (Tona) Armstrong 1918 – 2012

After a long and ful¿lling life, our mother Tona Armstrong passed away on March 2, 2012 at Sunnybank Centre at the age of 93 years.

Tona was predeceased by her husband Bob in 2007. They are both lovingly remembered and missed by children Robert (Christine) Armstrong of Prince Rupert and Margo (Terry) Meade of Kamloops; grandchildren Kyla (Steve) Magnusson of Prince Rupert, Blain (Keiko) Armstrong of Japan and great-grandchildren Grace and Ryan.

Tona was born in Prince Rupert on November 15, 1918. It was here she met Bob, her childhood sweetheart. They were married in Victoria in 1941 while Bob was stationed there with the Navy. They returned to Prince Rupert following discharge from the Navy and lived there until 1967 when they moved to Oliver and became partners in Cherry Grove Golf Course.

Tona loved to have fun and could always make us laugh with her antics. She will be fondly remembered and missed by all who knew her.

A memorial mass will be celebrated by Fr. Gabriel at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday March 7, 2012 at Christ the King Catholic Church. A reception hosted by the Catholic Women’s League in the church lower hall will follow the mass.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Myslek and the staff at South Okanagan General Hospital and the staff of Sunnybank for their loving care.

Flowers are gratefully declined. Should friends desire, donations may be made to Sunnybank Centre.

Condolences and tributes may be directed to the family by visiting www.nunes-pottinger.com Arrangements entrusted to Nunes-Pottinger Funeral Service & Crematorium, Oliver & Osoyoos.

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Help Wanted

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Help Wanted

LICENSED HD Mechanic & Class 1 Drivers, required for full-time work with construction company in west-central Alberta. Wage based on experience. Fax resume 780-5393536.

WELDERS WANTED. Journeyman 2nd and 3rd year apprentices with tank manufacturing experience. Automated Tank Manufacturing Inc. Located in Kitscoty, Alberta. 20 km west of Lloydminster is looking for 15 individuals that want long term employment and a secure paycheque.

Journeyman wages $33$37.50/hour. Wages for apprentices based on hours and qualiďŹ cations. BeneďŹ ts, training programs, full insurance package 100% paid by company, proďŹ t sharing bonus.

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Employment Opportunity Prince Rupert Branch Northern Savings Credit Union has an opening for a Casual Member Services Representative for our Prince Rupert branch. This would appeal to an outgoing individual interested in providing excellent customer service and a career in sales. The successful applicant must have good time management and organizational skills.

Minimum QualiďŹ cations: Secondary school diploma, working knowledge of Microsoft OfďŹ ce is required.

Previous ďŹ nancial services, sales and customer service experience preferred.

Closing Date March 10, 2012 To receive an application to apply for this position contact: Santa Slubowski Manager, Human Resources Northern Savings Credit Union Fax 250.627.3602 santaslubowski@northsave.com Or apply online at www.northsave.com Only short listed applicants will be contacted for an interview.

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Duties include A/P, A/R, payroll, scaling trucks, contract invoicing, banking, meeting month end deadlines and all other general ofÀce duties. This is a permanent position and the successful candidate would be required to start work ASAP. Please email resume to lcameron@ycs.bc.ca or mail to PO Box 809, Prince Rupert, B.C. V8J 3Y1.

Resumes accepted to March 21, 2012

EMPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE LAX KW’ALAAMS, METLAK ATLA AND GITGA’AT FIRST NATIONS Community Hub Coordinator Program Services and Department: Metlakatla, Lax Kw’Alaams and Gitga’at Health Services The Hub Coordinator will work closely with community representatives to ensure that health and wellness plans are culturally appropriate, holistic, attainable, and link to other elements that impact First Nation’s health. Through the facilitation of meetings in the three communities, the incumbent will encourage and assist the communities to focus on an integrated approach to the development of health plans by identifying and prioritizing current and emerging health care needs and developing plans to meet those needs. The incumbent will be required to facilitate meetings with community members from the three communities, Governments and local leadership; assess community needs by conducting surveys, questionnaires, and community meetings and work with Health staff to evaluate and analyze existing health and wellness programs and services. This position requires travel between the three coastal communities and Prince Rupert.

Required Education and Experience

Employment Opportunity Head Office

Northern Savings Credit Union has an opening for a full time Executive Assistant located in Prince Rupert. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing an advanced level of administrative assistance to the Member Services division.

The successful applicant must have a minimum of 3 years of administrative assistance experience. This position requires an individual with strong organizational and time management skills. The applicant must have good interpersonal skills, written and verbal business English communication skills, and a strong Microsoft OfďŹ ce skill set. Previous ďŹ nancial services experience preferred.

QualiďŹ cations: Secondary school diploma, working knowledge of Microsoft OfďŹ ce is required. 3-5 years related work experience is an asset.

Closing Date March 15, 2012 To receive an application to apply for this position contact: Santa Slubowski Manager, Human Resources Northern Savings Credit Union Fax 250.627.3602 santaslubowski@northsave.com Or apply online at www.northsave.com Only short listed applicants will be contacted for an interview.

PRINCE RUPERT

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- Degree in Health, Education or Social Services or a Diploma in Health Administration, Communications, Administration or equivalent educational experience.

- Two to Àve years of practical professional work experience in health including writing professional reports and communicating.

- CertiÀcation in dispute and conà ict resolution is an asset.

- Demonstrated successful experience in facilitation and public speaking.

- Successful experience in proposal writing, budgets and funding sources - Experience in networking with a variety of people, communities and organizations is an asset.

- Demonstrated skills in group facilitation, communications, planning and coordination.

- Knowledge of the three Tsimshian Hub communities and their culture and practices.

- Knowledge of and experience with research methods and practices.

- Demonstrated ability in computer literacy on Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and other computer software and website maintenance.

- Excellent oral, interpersonal and written communication skills.

The incumbent will be required to sign an Oath of ConÀdentiality.

The successful candidate must pass a Criminal record check and possess a Class 5 Driver’s License.

Please send a cover letter, your resume, three current written letters of reference and your degree(s) or diploma(s) to: Linda Simon, Executive Director, Metlakatla First Nation, PO Box 459, Prince Rupert BCV8J 3R2 or email to: lsimon@metlakatla.ca on or before March 12 at 4:30 p.m.

Only candidates who meet the required qualiÀcations will be contacted for an interview. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted

The Jim Ciccone Civic Centre is seeking an enthusiastic person (age 19 +) To lead Summer Day Camps during July and August.

The person must be motivated, have proven experience working with children, and have a strong sense of responsibility and safety awareness. Must hold a current Level 1 First Aid CertiÀcate and have a criminal record check done prior to beginning work.

Resumes should be dropped off to the Civic Centre front ofÀce at 1100 McBride Street, Att. Ann King. Deadline: 4pm, April 2, 2012.

Must be willing to provide references.

Only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

FABRICATOR/WELDER This position is full time. Broadwater’s fabrication shop operates under a collective agreement with I.W. 712.

Wages and full beneÀts including medical, dental, extended care, and pension are provided.

Broadwater is a growing company servicing the Northwest Region of B.C. If you would like to be part of our fabrication team, send resume to: Broadwater Industries (2011) Ltd Fax: 250-624-5668 Email: bw@citytel.net

Have you heard?

GREAT FIRST JOB

Chief Administrative Officer POSITION SUMMARY Reporting to the Tahltan Central Council Government Executive, primarily the President, the CAO is responsible for the day-to-day management of TCC’s operations. The CAO is responsible for the financial management and support to the Council, its committees and agencies. The CAO is responsible for coordinating the activities of all employees to ensure efficient delivery of public services approved by the Council.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES t Manages the day to day affairs of the councils, based on approved policies and bylaws of the Council. t Coordinates the development of policies and bylaws of the Council. t Prepares agendas and attends meetings of the Council and Council Committees. t Provides advice as required to the Council on matters of policy and finance. t Coordinates activities of TCC solicitor and other hired experts. t Ensures that risks are properly insured through the insurance provider. t Prepares and maintains current policies dealing with Council governance and management, e.g., finance, human resources, workplace safety, etc. t Coordinates information technology required by the operations. t Posts entries on a timely basis to the ledger. t Prepares monthly bank reconciliation for all bank accounts. t Prepares regular financial reports for the Council and staff. t Prepares working papers for the auditor as required. t Prepares and presents draft budgets to the Council. t Monitors budgets regularly and takes action on variances. t Prepares applications and claims for all grants available to the TCC. t Prepares and submits the annual reports to government agencies as required. t Administers employee benefit program. t Performs all other assigned duties.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS t University degree with studies in Public or Business Administration; and t Two or more years in a senior public sector management position.

The position will be based in Dease Lake, British Columbia at the TCC office. Dease Lake is located in the Northwest Region of British Columbia, approximately 600km north of Terrace and Smithers, BC via Highway 37.

Please visit our website at www.tahltan.org for more information on the Tahltan Central Council Please submit your Resume and Cover Letter, or CV to the address below: Attention: Annita Mcphee, President Email: annitamcphee@gmail.com Or info@tahltan.org Fax: 250-771-3020 Tahltan Central Council PO Box #69 Dease Lake, BC VOC 1LO Phone: 250-771-3274 Deadline is March 19, 2012

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295 1st Ave. E, Prince Rupert

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Sales or a marine back ground beneÀcial but not necessary.

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Houses For Sale

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Real Estate

Rentals

Rentals

Real Estate

Apt/Condo for Rent

Apt/Condo for Rent

Pt Ed: Ocean view, 3 bdrm, elec. heat not incl, avail now for sale $95,000 or for rent $800/mo. Call Lynn Chivers at Randall North Real Estate Services 250-627-1414 or visit www.prince-rupert-real-estate.com

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2 bdrm - $1,000m, 3 bdrm $1,200m & shared from $650-$850m. Shared acc. perfect for retiree or working person. Walking distance to downtown.

Gardening allowed, large yards with adjoining Children’s playground, small pet negotiable.

For more information.

Call cell 1-778-316-6764

Four Winds Apartments 1741 Kootenay Ave Prince Rupert, BC V8J 4A3 Contact Property Manager - Ron Morgan Telelphone: 250-627-1407 or Apt #202

Oasis

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Apartments

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316 Sherbrook Ave (Lower Duplex) $725/mo. + Utilities

Mobile Homes & Parks FACTORY DIRECT WHOLESALE modular homes, manufactured homes, and park models. New homes starting as low as $37,209, 16 wides $49,183, and double wides $70,829. www.hbmodular.com or 877976-3737 The Home Boys.

Call 250-627-5087 or 250622-9418 or 250-627-6736

Pt Ed: 50’ x 10’ Trailer on wheels, some furniture @ 24 Kurplies Trailer Park, Pt Ed. $3000 OBO, 250-624-6117 after 6pm, or lv msg at 250-6245363

Pet Services

Pet Services

Ref’s & Damage Dep req’d.

Renovated 1 & 2 bdrm Suites Furnished & Un-Furnished.

Quiet Tenants.

On Site Management.

Gym, Hot Tub & Sauna.

1123-1137 Borden Street Adult-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

250-624-5800

Real Estate

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No smoking. No pets $730 per month.

FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

References required.

1-800-222-TIPS

Phone 250-627-8123

Tenders

Tenders

Tenders

Respondents are invited for Request for Proposal #1070-1112/116 for Grounds Maintenance Services for BC Housing Properties in Prince Rupert BC. Downloadable Request for Proposal documents will be available for Respondents after 2:00 pm, Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at the following websites: www.bchousing.org/contractors/bid/current or www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca/open.dll/welcome.

Submissions must be received at BC Housing – 1701 – 4555 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC only up until 2:00 p.m. (BC Housing clock time), Wednesday, March 28, 2012.

Please direct all enquiries to Doug Thiessen, Procurement Specialist, Supply Chain Management, via email only to purchasing@bchousing.org no later than Wednesday, March 14, 2012 @ 4:00 p.m.

Real Estate

Real Estate

Property Management • 3 & 4 bedroom homes; • 1, 2 & 3 bedroom suites and apartments

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3 bedroom apartments.

Heat and hot water included.

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Houses For Sale

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Suite 5 - 342 3 Ave. West, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1L5

Houses For Sale

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Real Estate

250-627-5820

Office: (250) 624-5800

or find us on Facebook

Apt/Condo for Rent

BC Housing reserves the right to reject all responses and to accept any submission it considers advantageous.

References Required.

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Apt/Condo for Rent PR: Quiet,clean 2 bdrm Apt. avail now for working persons.

Ground floor entry, Sauna, Basic TV and WIFI is incl w/ rent.

Hydro heat is not included.

Parking for one, close to CHSS. Call Randall North Real Estate Services at 250-627-1414.

Or visit

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES At Various Locations in Prince Rupert, BC SEALED RESPONSES

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Rentals

1 and 2 bedrooms (No Pets)

Rentals

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K&C APARTMENTS 423-3rd Ave. West. in Pr. Rupert. 2 blocks from college. One bedroom apartments. Hardwood floors.

Laundry services, heat incl.

Security entrance.

Rent $550/mo..

Phone 250-624-6746

Rentals

Melanie Erickson

PRINCE RUPERT 250-627-9463

Make a move this Fall to these great buys

Address

1438 Overlook 800 McBride Spero’s 120 8th Ave West 1326 Pigott Ave 241 9th Ave East 1533 Moresby Ave 1512 6th East Land only 310 6th Ave West 1507 8th Ave East 245 3rd Ave West 519 3rd Ave West #3-101 1st Ave West 1600 8th Ave 1833 5th Ave 128 Montgomery St 1001 PR Blvd 666 4th Ave East 606 Donald St 1643 Atlin Ave 102 Raven 108 Collart 1823 Sloan Ave

MLS #

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Drop by or call us Jeff Clarke 250-627-6116

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Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

Townhouses

GATEWAY APARTMENTS

TOWNHOUSES

McBride & 8th Prince Rupert Unfurnished - Furnished (Furnished short Term Rentals Available) Close to downtown Adult-oriented No Pets

627-7137 Duplex / 4 Plex

Prince Rupert 3 bdrms. 1 ½ bath From $500/mth.

Call Mgr. 624-3546

Transportation

North Coast

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CROSSWORD

COMING EVENTS MAR 7 - Prostate and Bladder Cancer Support Group - at 7:30pm in Room 430 at Prince Rupert Regional Hospital – Contact Judy 250 622-6533

Auto Financing YOU’RE APPROVED Poor, Good, OR No Credit at AUTO CREDIT NOW Details and APPLY online autocreditwithbarrie.com OR TOLL FREE 1-877-356-0743

AVAILABLE FOR RENT 2 Bdrm, S/S Duplex, $600/mo.

MAR 8 - “Indigenous Gardens – How & Why? Presented by University Credit faculty Judy Thompson & Nancy Makin. At Northwest Community College we have a passion for educational leadership. We foster excellence in instruction and learning in a unique and spectacular environment. Open to the Public. 7:00p – 8:30p

1 Bdrm Suite References required!

Call for details 250-627-1715 or 250-624-5955

Homes for Rent LAKELSE LAKE home for lease, Hwy side on property with water features & scenic beach view. 3bdrm (2+1), 2bath, separate garage/storage, sauna, recently renovated. Avail. April 1st $1600/mo + utilities. Minimum 1yr lease Ref’s Req’d.

Call (250)542-0409 in Vernon.

SECT. 2 five bedroom home, newly renovated, mountain & harbour views Tinker Realty 250-624-4331

Rooms for Rent

Scrap Car Removal SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equipment. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

Sport Utility Vehicle

MAR 10 - Celebrating Literacy 2012, hosted

by North Coast Literacy Now, 11:00 am – 2:30 pm at the Rupert Square Shopping Centre. Come and join many community organizations for displays, door prizes, activities, storytelling, refreshments, face painting, and more! For information, call Elizabeth at 250-627-5626.

MAR 11 - Watoto Children’s Choir, 10:00am Sunday Mar 11, 2012 at the Lester Centre for the Performing Arts.

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$6500 OBO

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In Good Condition

Rooms starting at $39/daily, $199/weekly, $599/monthly, Students $499/monthly.

All-inclusive. 250-600-1680

(250) 627-4140

Trucks & Vans

MAR 31 - Prince Rupert Skating Club Presents Ice Gala 2012 “Artist Medleys”. Jim Ciccone Civic Center Arena. Showtime at 7pm, Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets will be available at Oceanside Sports or at the door.

Suites, Lower Luxury One Bedroom Suite New house/bright suite. 5 new appliances incl. DW, ensuite laundry W/D, central vac, gas f/p, elec. heat.

Lovely area/Beautiful 10 min. commute to Prince Rupert. $600/mo. plus utilities.

250-628-9433 PR: 1 bdrm Suite. W/D Incl., 738 7th Ave West, Avail.

Immediately. 250-624-2725 PR: New, beautiful, bright spacious, 1 bdrm Suite. Off street parking. Utilities Incl. Non Smoking, Suitable for single wrking person. Small dog or cat okay. $550/mo. Call 250624-6047

Suites, Upper PR: 2 BDRM SUITE, Avail.

Immediately, very bright. Like new. n/s, n/p. $600/mo. Call 778-884-1324

Townhouses

2 & 3 Bedroom Clean & well managed.

From $550/mth.

1996 DODGE MOBILE Lunch Truck $31,000 OBO Fire suppression system upto-date. New front end; New tires; Engine tuned; new battery; 12 extra inserts for condiments; complete stainless steel interior.

All items in excellent & immaculate condition.

Contact 250-627-1363 or 250-624-1813

Boat Charters WANTING to share cost of a barge we have booked from Kitimat to Hartley Bay on March 15th. Returning from Hartley Bay to Kitimat approx.

March 26th. Please contact Isabelle @250-765-9656 if interested.

HARBOURVIEW APTS Call Clayton 627-6697

Boats

NEWLY renovated townhouse, 2 or 3 bedrm, avail. in Rupert Garden’s. 1-888-2838386 to view.

PR: Optimax 2 stroke performance marine oil~125 litres including pump & barrel deposit. $600 obo. 250-600-0389 txt/ph

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APR 10 - “Language Revitalization: How Can We Keep Aboriginal Languages Alive?”

Presented by University Credit faculty Judy Thompson. At Northwest Community College we have a passion for educational leadership. We foster excellence in instruction and learning in a unique and spectacular environment. Open to the Public. 7:00p

ONGOING

Please join us at the Diabetes Support Group Prince Rupert Hospital Room 430; 1: 00 pm – 2:00 pm. Dates: March 12th – Medications Prescribed and Over the Counter- Tracy Moraes Pharmacist. April 16th – Annual Exams- Prevent Complications- Find out How. May 14th – Carb Counting Basics. June 11th – Foot Care – Protect Your Feet

The Heritage Advisory Committee is looking for new members, if interested please drop a note to: Heritage Advisory Committe, PO Box 181, Prince Rupert, BC, V8J 3P6

Canadian Cancer Society annual Daffodil campaign – looking for volunteers to help with phoning for preordering daffodil blooms (early March), bundling and delivering Daffodil blooms (Mar 30), sitting at a table to collect donations for daffodil pins (throughout April). Contact Judy Rea 250 624-3913 in evening.

ACROSS 1. Shark features 5. Elapse 9. Altercation 12. Place to rejuvenate 15. Favorite 16. Nanking nanny 17. Arab garment 18. Demure 19. Moreover 20. On the ____ of the moment 21. Forbid 22. Lemon quaff 23. Giggle 25. Finalizing legal word 27. Slip 29. Tilted 32. Pastoral 35. Young hellion 38. Small whale 39. Small barrels 42. VHS alternative 43. Animal enclosure 46. ____ deck 48. ____ point 49. Berg 50. Motive 52. Colorful fish 54. Annually 57. Seurat trademark 59. Plates on fish 63. Ocular orbs

65. Dollop 67. Lifted with effort 68. In-between 71. Jug 73. Thin, light fabric 76. Pasture measure 78. Stevedores do it 80. Narrow inlet 81. «____ You Experienced?»

82. River dams 84. Fourscore and ten 86. Varnish ingredient 87. Bail 88. Vision 93. The whole shebang 95. Make ____ of 97. Bring home the bacon 100. Astonished 101. Gambling cube 102. ____ constrictor 103. Covered walk 104. Beat with a stick 105. Eton letter 106. Tot up 107. He and she 108. Wriggly DOWN

1. Official decree 2. Tarry 3. Eat 4. Flavoring berry 5. Dads 6. Band’s need 7. Finnish bathhouse 8. Recoil 9. Hindu queen 10. Sash 11. Auto polisher 12. Maimed 13. Whale group 14. Sure, matey!

24. Chair or street 26. «____ Lively» (Sinatra film) 28. Abrade 30. Black or Coral 31. Turkish coin 33. Eroded 34. «L.A. ____» 35. Doubtful 36. Patriarch, e.g.

37. Malayan boat 40. Sentimentality 41. Morsels for dipping 44. Paltry 45. Acted 47. Inner shoe 51. Up-to-date 53. Sunken fence 55. Ash product 56. Coniferous shrubs

58. License plate 60. Type of hill 61. «____ in My Heart» 62. Moistureless 64. Thickened, as pudding 66. Weary by dullness 68. Animal’s throat 69. Hot diamonds 70. Trained, as soldiers 72. Author Jaffe 74. Occupy a rocker 75. Expresses in words 77. Geologic period 79. Roomiest 83. Underwater aid 85. Below, to a poet 87. Put out the first card 89. Eatery 90. Gawk at 91. Swimming place 92. Like an omelet 93. Shaping tool 94. Taradiddle 96. Surface a lawn 98. Future fish 99. Senate negative

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◆ INFRASTRUCTURE

Council has first meeting on emergency building issue

By Alan S. Hale The Northern View On Monday night, the city council held the first in a series of public meetings to determine what the council should do about Prince Rupert’s aging RCMP headquarters and Fire Hall.

The meeting itself happened after this edition had to go to press, for more information on what was said at the meeting go to: www. thenorthernview.com Monday night’s meeting had presentations from City staff who were to explain in detail why the council should be considering this issue, even as the City has

many other infrastructure projects that need to be addressed. After their presentation, staff answered questions on this subject from the council and the public.

During the usual council meeting last week, City staff presented to the councillors with the format the meetings will take over the next several months.

The meetings will technically be sittings of the Committee of the Whole, which is special council meeting where members of the public can ask the council questions, but in this case they will be able to question the presenters.

The mayor will start the

meetings and council will approve the agenda, then the night’s presentations will begin. After they finish, council gets to ask their questions to the presenters first, then the floor will be opened for the public’s questions.

City Hall has had CityWest reprogram several phones which staff will be monitoring during the meeting to take questions from those who are watching the meeting from home on television or the internet.

Those who call-in won’t be able to ask their questions themselves, but staff will relay them to the council chamber. Staff estimate the cost of having the phone bank “will not be significant.” Questions that

are emailed in will be read out as well.

The rules for asking the presenters questions are fairly simple. People are allowed to ask pretty much anything about the project and staff will attempt to answer the questions, with a couple caveats: Each meeting will be pertaining to a different aspect of the issue, so if someone asks a question that will be addressed in a future meeting, then the question will be recorded and saved until then.

If someone asks a question about something that has already been addressed in a past meeting, then they will be given a summary

answer and pointed in the direction where they can get more information. All of the information presented during the hearings will be made available online.

If someone asks question that can’t be answered without doing some research, then the question will be responded to after the research is done.

After all the questions are answered the meeting will dismiss until next one.

The next one after Monday night’s meeting is scheduled for April 2 where they will discuss the pros and cons of various ways to solve the emergency building issue.

◆ CRIME NEWS

RCMP seizes drugs and a tazer from 6th Ave. house

By Alan S. Hale The Northern View The Prince Rupert RCMP seized 85 grams of Magic Mushrooms, 83 grams of Marijuana, $1070.00 and a taser from a house on 6th Avenue East during a drug bust late last month.

Police showed up at the house on the 1300 block of the street with a search warrant on February 24 at 1:41 in the morning and arrested all three people in the house.

“The RCMP”s overriding goal is to ensure safe homes and safe communities for Canadians,” says Cst. Matthew Ericson with the Prince Rupert RCMP. “We believe that the sale and use of illicit drugs and its inherent criminality harms individuals and communities.”

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facing weapons charges on top of drug offences but none of these charges have been forwarded to Crown prosecutors yet.

In other police news, the RCMP is asking for witnesses to come forward after a woman had to be admitted to hospital with head injuries after a house party.

In the wee hours of the morning on February 12, the police received a call from the Prince Rupert Regional Hospital that a woman had been bright in with serious head lacerations.

investigation it appears as though this assault was unprovoked,” says Cst. Ericson.

The victim was treated for her injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.

The police are having a much harder time investigating the assault however and currently have no witnesses to the attack and are asking for anyone attending the party

that night who saw what happened to come forward.

“At this time we are looking to identify any potential witnesses that attended the party and may have seen the assault take place,” said Cst. Ericson.

Anyone with any information about this or any other crime can call the RCMP at 250627-0700 or call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)

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