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Young artists part of art walk Painting is serious business for Logan James during the Cariboo Chilcotin Child Development Centre (CDC) art event held in Spirit Square Thursday. An array of artwork created by local preschoolers was being auctioned and young artists like Logan were encouraged to participate in various arts activities. The event was part of the 2012 Art Walk and Sale in Williams Lake. Proceeds from the day will go toward funding new programs at the CDC. Monica Lamb-Yorski photo
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McDonald slams Liberals BILL PHILLIPS Even though NDP forest critic Norm MacDonald co-chaired the Special Committee on Timber Supply and was a signatory to the report, he used its release to slam Liberal forest policies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forests represent a trillion-dollar asset that the B.C. Liberals have been badly mismanaging for over a decade,â&#x20AC;? Macdonald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the Liberal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watch, more than 35,000 jobs in the forest sector have been lost and dozens of mills have closed forever.â&#x20AC;? The timber supply report, released Wednesday, makes 22 rec-
ommendations to government to try and mitigate an expected reduction of 10 million cubic metres of timber harvest in the interior over the next 20 years, as a result of the mountain pine beetle infestation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of the recommendations in the committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report could help reverse some of the damage caused by the failed Liberal forest policy,â&#x20AC;? MacDonald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They reflect many of the changes Adrian
Dix and the New Democrats have been advocating for years, and would help address forest health, protect jobs and Frank create better value Everitt out of our forest industry.â&#x20AC;? USW An impetus for Local the committee was 1-424 the January exploPresident sion and fire at the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, which killed two workers and closed the mill indefinitely as its owner, Hampton Affiliates, wants access to more fibre in order
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to re-open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people of Burns Lake should not have been forced to wait seven months for recommendations,â&#x20AC;? Macdonald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The crisis in Burns Lake brought into focus two clear failings. First, the B.C. Liberals have no mechanism to assist and support communities in transition due to a crisis within the industry. Macdonald said the recommendations must be accepted by government and their implementation must begin immediately. The United Steelworkers (USW) union is supporting the report. See USW, Page A2