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Hailey Lokken joins her sisters Sarah Opdendries and Amanda Stapleton, selling shoes and clothes at the Serendipity Sale last Saturday. The Houston mall was packed with home based business merchants, tables and racks of wares and eager Christmas shoppers taking advantage of the gathering of local businesses. See more photos on page 19.

D u n g a t e Community Forests plans to quadruple their harvest for the next five years, harvesting dead and dying pine of the pine beetle epidemic.

Jerry Veillette, a director of Dungate Community Forest gave a report to the District of Houston on the Nov. 22 town council meeting.

The report said that harvesting in the Heading Creek area is close to completion, delayed by a high fire hazard over the summer, and that a block of 5,000 - 7,000 cubic metres, area to be determined, will be harvested Jan. or Feb. to complete the five year cut control.

The report gave results of a fibre analysis, showing 85 per cent of pine was dead, but there’s approximately 10,000 hectares of harvestable land

base and 2,000,000 cubic metres of merchantable timber.

To manage the dead pine, Community Forests has applied to increase cut to 100,000 cubic metres for the next five years, followed by five years with a 30,000 cubic metre harvest.

The first five years, cuts would be done in strands with more than 50 per cent pine, followed by five years with clean-up in main pine stands.

At Houston council meeting, Veillette confirmed to Mayor Bill Holmberg that bids will remain open to small contractors.

The report notes two $500 scholarships given to Houston Christian School students Andrea Hansma and Lauren Vandenberg. The report notes Community Forests still accepts applications for support for non-profit organizations in the community.

Thieves steal over $100,000 worth of property

By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

A flat deck trailer and four snowmobiles were stolen from North Star Performance, towed away using a stolen vehicle from Monster Industries Ltd. during the night on Nov. 16.

RCMP Sgt. Rose

says they are still investigating the thefts, worth over $100,000, and there are an unknown number of suspects involved.

The Monster Industries vehicle was recovered on Nov. 19, found stripped and burned on a forest service road between Quesnel and Prince

George, Sgt. Rose said.

The snowmobiles and flat deck have not been found, he added.

The truck from Monster, towing the trailer and snowmobiles from North Star, were last seen heading east out of Houston on Highway 16, and anyone with information is asked to call

the Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. *** A 27 year old male was arrested, then charged on Nov. 19 for arguing with patrons at Idylwild Motor Inn while carrying a knife, said RCMP Sgt. Rose.

Sgt. Rose says he

was charged for weapon possession and breaching probation, and sentenced to four days in jail and one year probation. *** RCMP attended three single vehicle crashes, said Sgt. Rose.

Ten miles east of Houston on Highway 16, a vehicle was found

in the ditch on Nov. 17, said Sgt. Rose.

Occupants were gone when RCMP came but later located in Houston with minor injuries. They refused to say who the driver was, so the case is still being investigated, said Sgt. Rose.

On Nov. 20, a driver lost control and hit

the ditch on Highway 16 near Perow Loop, but there were no injuries or vehicle damage, Sgt. Rose said.

On Nov. 21 a vehicle was found on it’s roof in the ditch 30 kilometres west of Houston on Highway 16, reported to the Smithers RCMP, said Sgt. Rose.

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Janet Holder, Enbridge Inc. vice president responsible for the Northern Gateway pipeline project, was in Victoria Tuesday to give a speech to the Canadian Club.

Before the speech, she spoke with Black Press legislative reporter Tom Fletcher. Here is an edited transcript: TF: The International Energy Agency just released a report that says the United States expects to be self-sufficient in oil in five years because of increased shale oil production.

What does that mean for oil sands and the Northern Gateway proposal?

JH: It has been a few years that the U.S. has talked about be-

ing self-sufficient or self-contained in oil, and people have questioned whether that includes Canadian oil or not. If that is a reality, then that increases the need to for Canada to get to tidewater with its oil. Our number one export in Canada is oil, and 99 per cent of it is going to the U.S. right now.

TF: NDP leader Thomas Mulcair was just in town. He says pipe the oil to the east and refine it in Canada, absolutely no way to Northern Gateway. Your response?

JH: I think there is value to moving oil to the East Coast and there are a number of possibilities there. The value of the Northern Gateway project is that it’s the most economical access to the Pacific Rim.

TF: What about refining oil in B.C.?

JH: As a pipeline company we can move any oil product, refined or not refined.

So we’re indifferent. If it does make economic sense to refine oil in British Columbia, then we’re quite comfortable with that.

TF: A lot of the opposition relates to crude oil tankers. Is that the biggest obstacle, or is it the overland route?

JH: We don’t believe tankers are the toughest challenge. It may be perceived by a lot of individuals that that is the issue, but we are creating a world-class marine system off the North Coast of B.C. that will set the standard for ports around the world. We look at all environmental aspects equally, and we want

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Kitimat: A safe option There’s no mistaking the importance of Kitimat, B.C., to the Gateway project.

It’s where the pipeline ends, and it’s where marine operations begin.

I’d like to set the record straight on why we chose Kitimat, at the head of the Douglas Channel, as the site for Gateway’s marine terminal. The answer took thousands of hours of research, planning, engineering, environmental science, oceanography consultation, weather monitoring, and simulation. But the simple reason is . . . safety, all the way.

The Douglas Channel is one of the widest and deepest inland waterways on North America’s west coast.

Government research had already determined Kitimat to be among the safest ports in B.C., and about 1,500 tankers carrying petrochemicals have docked safely at Kitimat over the past quarter-century.

Strategically speaking, Kitimat provides the lowest environmental risk for all aspects of Gateway operations. It offers a safer endpoint for the pipeline route, from a geotechnical perspective. The marine terminal at Kitimat also provides safe approaches for tanker traffic — with a suitable turning basin in Kitimat Arm, and natural deep-water berths that are sheltered

from open-water wave conditions.

At its very narrowest, the Douglas Channel is 1.4 kilometres wide — three times wider than Transport Canada’s recommended width for two-way tanker traffic. Water depths in the marine channels are up to several hundred metres.

As an added measure, full simulations of vessel traffic in the Douglas Channel were carried out at a world-leading facility in Denmark. It tested the largest proposed vessels in environmental conditions that tankers would experience in the marine channels. The result was a thumbs-up on the shipping route, endorsed by both government departments and the British Columbia Coast Pilots.

provided any more detail. There is a process here. We don’t

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TF: B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake has described Enbridge’s testimony at federal hearings in Prince George as “long on promises and short on solid evidence.” Your response?

JH: I was quite surprised with his comments. We could not have been more forthright in our answers that day, or

have all the answers today, and we don’t pretend to. If we were to get a positive recommendation from the Joint Review Panel at the end of next year, we would still have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend from today until we put a shovel in the ground.

We are continually evolving the project, and that’s how it works. You take

enough information to the JRP to prove it’s in the economic interest of Canadians and to prove that you can build this pipeline in an environmentally sustainable, safe way.

That being given, you refine that down more. We’re looking at a corridor that’s a kilometre wide right now, which is normal for the JRP process.

If you get approval, you narrow it down to a 25-metre corridor, do more engineering studies, more studies in the field, until we can say here is exactly where we’re going to go and how we’re going to build it.

TF: There has been discussion about the impact on caribou migration, one of many wildlife issues. Can you talk about that?

JH: We look at all species at risk, and caribou is one species where we have made a lot of effort, and hired experts to work with us. The majority of the pipeline is actually going along already

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What we will do where there are caribou migration areas is actually improve the land from where it is today, and make it more conducive to caribou.

TF: The issue wildlife biologists talk about is that all resource development opens up and changes the whole ecology of the area, increasing access for moose and predators like wolves.

JH: You don’t want to open up land, because the caribou are easier targets as prey.

More than 70 per cent of the pipeline route is actually along roadways used for taking down beetlekilled timber or other logging. Those clear rights-of-way already exist. We will berm, we will put trees in, we will actually create a friendlier environment for the caribou than what those roads and clearcuts have done.

TF: Can you give me an update on discussions with aboriginal communities?

JH: We had a 10 per cent equity offering out that ended just before Christmas, and we had 60 per cent of the First Nations, split evenly between British Columbia and Alberta, who have signed on to those equity agreements. We have not released any further equity, but have ongoing discussions with a number of First Nations with regard to potential procurement opportunities once we’re in construction mode.

There is about $800 million worth of goods and services along the pipeline construction in British Columbia alone, and we feel probably $300 million of that or more can be provided through First Nations communities.

We’re having ongoing discussions with regards to education and skills training.

We have already offered training to First Nations, and of course they will be trained well before we get approval and will be off doing something else. But we hope they will come back and work for us.

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An eagle feather was reportedly handed to surveyors working on behalf of Apache Canada to develop the Pacific Trails Pipeline, the first and only notice of trespass under Wet’suwet’en law.

The feather was handed over by Chief Toghestiy of the Unis’tot’en Clan, under their traditional law called Bi Kyi Wa’at’en, or “responsibility of a husband to respectfully use and

protect his wife’s territory.”

Toghestiy’s territory, he said in a media release, is located on Clore River, which is a short distance east from Terrace.

“We will be stopping all proposed pipelines,” he said.

The surveyors were apparently stopped at the bridge crossing for the Morice River.

After denying the surveyors access, the protesters say they have confiscated the equipment and will not release it until Apache and the Pacific Trails

Pipeline company agree to open up “appropriate lines of communication” with their clan and grassroots We t ’s u we t ’ e n members — neither group is affiliated with the Office of the Wet’suwet’en.

This clan, they say, are dead-set against all pipelines that are proposed or expected to cross their territories — that also includes the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline from Enbridge.

Freda Huson, who is the clan’s spokes-

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“You’ve received your warning. Don’t come back,” she also said through a media release.

M e a n w h i l e Apache’s communications spokesperson confirmed that surveyors were asked to leave traditional territory on Nov. 20.

“We understand that there are some members of the Unis’tot’en who have expressed some concerns and we continue

to consult with First Nations along the entire proposed pipeline right-of-way, including the Unis’tot’en,” said Paul Wyke with Apache.

He added, “The proposed Pacific Trail Pipeline project continues to benefit from strong First Nations’ involvement and support.”

Representatives of the Unis’hot’en have in the past handed the trespass feather to Enbridge officials attending a Smithers council meeting in August 2010.

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Drunk driving deaths down B

.C.’s toughened roadside penalties on drinking drivers are being credited for cutting alcohol-related crash deaths for a second straight year.

The province estimates 104 lives have been saved since the immediate roadside prohibition (IRP) system took effect in September 2010.

That’s based on a drop from an average of 114 impaired fatalities prior to the new rules to 66 in the first full year of the IRP program and 58 in the second year.

Provincial government officials say the initiative has drastically changed British Columbian attitudes to drinking and getting behind the wheel.

“As you drive home late at night, the car coming toward you is far less likely to be piloted by an impaired driver than at any time in recent years,” Justice Minister Shirley Bond said.

She said B.C. is so far averaging a 46 per cent drop in drunk driving fatalities – better than a target of 35 per cent set in 2010 in honour of impaired driving victim Alexa Middelaer.

The roadside penalties can result in licence suspensions, vehicle impoundments and can cost drivers $600 to $4,000 in administrative penalties and remedial program costs.

The new approach has also meant a major shift away from criminal prosecution of suspected impaired drivers, which consumes much police investigation and court time.

A June survey of drivers in five communities (Vancouver, Abbotsford, Kelowna, Prince George and Saanich) found the lowest levels of drinking and driving ever recorded in a series of similar surveys dating back to 1995.

Nearly 60 per cent fewer drivers who agreed to be tested for the survey were at or over the 0.08 criminal blood-alcohol level than in past years, and there was a 44 per cent drop in those who tested in the warn range above 0.05.

Drivers aged 25 to 54 were most likely to say their behaviour has changed due to the new sanctions and those under 25 were most likely to say they never drink and drive.

The tests found no drivers aged 16 to 18 who had been drinking, which is thought to be a benefit of B.C.’s graduated licensing system that restricts novice and learners to a zero blood alcohol content.

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Face your fears at Toastmasters At coffee a couple weeks ago I told my friend that I joined Toastmasters.

She laughed and said: “Wasn’t that a thing in the 80s?”

I don’t know - the 80s was a bit of blur for me. But I think it’s been a “thing” for a little longer than that, and I think it still is a “thing.”

Toastmasters is a non-profit organization originally founded in 1924 to help people improve their public speaking skills.

Currently there are clubs in 113 different countries with over 260,000 members. I am one of its newer members.

The first time I heard about Toastmasters was when I was a child back in the 70s. My Uncle Jack was a gregarious man who loved to be the center of attention delivering awardwinning speeches at Toastmaster competitions around North America.

My father, a shy man who flew under the radar for the most part, was invited by my uncle to join.

Reluctantly, my dad attended a meeting and immediately saw how beneficial becoming a member would be for him professionally and personally.

The same year he joined, my quiet, unassuming father surprised us all when he emceed his big company Christmas party.

I remember being in awe of him up on stage telling jokes, looking so happy and comfortable.

Being insecure and shy myself, I managed to avoid public speaking completely until I joined a business group called Okanagan Business Excellence seven years ago. Every Wednesday morning I would wake up ridden with anxiety as I anticipated that dreaded moment when all eyes would be on me and I’d have to say something.

I asked my dad for advice on getting rid of my nerves.

“Don’t worry about trying to get rid of them,” he said. “Being nervous just means you care.”

It wasn’t exactly the quick fix I was looking for, so I asked the chairperson of our group, a lawyer named Paul Hergott. He was as gregarious and entertaining as my Uncle Jack, so surely he would tell me what I was looking for.

He didn’t. Paul claimed he could barely say his own name the first time he had to present in court and it was just a matter of facing his fear and doing it anyway, over and over again.

I figured if he and my father were able to make such impressive strides in their public speaking skills, there might be hope for me yet.

Four years ago I finally went to my first Toastmasters meeting. I really wanted to

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join, but I didn’t. Why? Because I was intimidated by the phenomenal speakers I heard that night, and I was scared I’d look and sound like a bumbling fool. I also decided that I didn’t have the time. Well, I wish I had made the time.

What I didn’t realize then was that the meetings aren’t mandatory and the program is self paced. I also didn’t grasp how supportive and non-threatening the environment truly is. Luckily that sunk in this summer and I faced my fears, became a member and am now loving the experience.

Toastmasters is designed to improve skills not just in speaking, but in leadership, communication, storytelling, grammar, time management, and overall self confidence. There is no instructor and there are no lectures. Instead, members evaluate one another’s presentations, offering encouragement as well as

On a brighter note Lori Welbourne constructive critiques called “gifts.” Even the most accomplished presenters are given gifts and welcome them because they are essential to improving.

I encourage everyone, shy or gregarious, to check out a Toastmasters meeting. They are all over the world and being a member will enable you to visit other clubs whenever you wish. To find one that suits you, visit Toastmasters.org Toastmasters truly is the best and least expensive personal improvement “thing” you can imagine. It also serves coffee. And cookies too.

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Replace the Indian Act

Editor: Hundreds of thousands First Nations people live in Canada and they deserve better than to be shackled by the failed colonial and paternalistic policies of the Indian Act, which has helped

deny them their rights, fair share in resources, and fostered mistrust and created systemic barriers to selfdetermination and success. First Nations have been adamant that we need to move beyond it, yet the government has so far refused to get the ball rolling.

The Indian Act is more than 136 years

old and touches every aspect of life of First Nations.

First Nations need the approval of the Minister to pass bylaws.

It puts so much red tape around economic development that it often doesn’t happen. The Act is so intrusive on reserve residents’ lives that they cannot even write a will without the minister’s approval.

Yet, as Prime

Minister Stephen Harper has rightly said, the Act has deep roots and cannot simply be abolished.

For decades governments of all stripes have allowed this problem to fester.

Now all parties have a chance to take real leadership on the problem. I have a motion before the House of Commons compelling the federal government to work with First

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“Replace the Indian Act with modern agreements.”

-Liberal Party Leader Bob Rae

Nations on a nationto-nation basis on a plan to replace the Indian Act with modern agreements based on rights, responsibilities of the Crown, and the original Treaty relationship.

With

a deadline and a process, we can finally begin to resolve the many long-standing economic and social inequities that plague First Nations communities in Canada.

Yet the

Conservatives said they would vote against this progress by opposing the motion. They say they want to change the status quo, but once again, this is just words.

We cannot continue to put this off. Please tell the Conservatives to vote for change.

Yours sincerely, Bob Rae Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

Environment debate heats up in B.C. P

r o m i n e n t voices in the e nv i ro n m e n t and petroleum debate are speaking out this week, with a federal by-election in Victoria set for Nov. 26.

The seat vacated when MP Denise Savoie retired for health reasons in August has been considered safe NDP territory in recent years. But the Green Party of Canada is making an extra effort to add to its 2011 breakthrough when Green leader Elizabeth May won the party’s first-ever

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federal seat, Saanich North and the Islands.

The Green Party arranged a fundraiser Monday night for candidate Donald Galloway, a University of Victoria law professor who has been advising May on policy. The event features broadcaster David Suzuki, UVic climate scientist Andrew Weaver and musician Dan Mangan.

The NDP has nominated lawyer Murray Rankin, who has been advising the provincial NDP on opposition to the

“Enbridge has faced strong opposition as federal environment hearings continue.”

Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal. NDP leader Thomas Mulcair visited Victoria last week, where he declared that neither the Enbridge pipeline nor the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby should be considered until Ottawa’s environmental

approval process is strengthened.

The Liberal Party candidate, economist Paul Summerville, stirred up local debate by opposing the Capital Regional District’s proposed land-based sewage treatment.

Conservative candidate Dale Gann, president of Vancouver Island Technology Park,

initially backed the project that has onethird funding from provincial and federal governments.

But Gann changed his position after getting an earful from voters about property tax increases and the need to replace sewage outfalls to the ocean.

While the politicians knock on doors, Enbridge vice-president Janet

Holder is scheduled to speak to the Canadian Club of Victoria on Tuesday.

Enbridge has faced strong opposition as federal environment hearings continue into its proposed heavy oil pipeline to Kitimat.

Suzuki has also endorsed Weaver, one of Canada’s leading experts in climate change, who is running as a Green Party of B.C. candidate in the provincial election scheduled for May. Weaver and other climate scientists argue that the

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hands, hands, he he said, said, adding adding that that several several people people Houston Houston Today Today reported reported to to him him that that the the beeswax beeswax cream cream Organized almost 60 years ago, the volNatural Natural honey honey and and worked worked wonders, wonders, and and unteer Ladies Auxiliary to the Houston beeswax products beeswax products all the prescription all the prescription Legion keeps the Legion going by fund could could develop develop aa new new ointments ointments they’d they’d tried tried raising and catering for local events. medical medical branch branch to to didn’t didn’t do do much much good. good.

With a total of 30 members, some of help help with with skin skin probprob“I “I think think part part of of the the whom are not actively involved but suplems lems and and allergies. allergies. reason reason is is that that the the beesbeesport the group financially, the volunteers Certified Certified beemasbeemaswax wax has has no no chemicals, chemicals, of Ladies Auxiliary (LA) cater for meetter beekeepter and and local local beekeepnothing nothing is is in in there there that that ings, parties, funerals and weddings, as well er, er, Harold Harold Ludditt Ludditt has has doesn’t belong there,” doesn’t belong there,” as holding garage sales, golf tournaments owned owned bees bees for for 23 23 or or said said Ludditt.

Ludditt. and bake and saleshas - allharto support the Legion 24 24 years years and has harLudditt hopes Ludditt hopes to to services and building, said Dawn Szydlik, vested vested and and sold sold honey, honey, President of the LA. make make aa cream cream with with made and just made candles candles and just “It would be amakbig loss for Houston to wintergreen, wintergreen, because because recently started recently started maklose [the Legion] building,” said Szydlik, wintergreen causes wintergreen causes ing ing hand hand cream with explaining that it is one of the few buildings the skin to warm up the skin to warm up beeswax beeswax and and honey, honey, available to host large groups of people for which could be good which could be good he he said. said. parties, weddings funerals. for for arthritis, arthritis, he he said. said.

Having gotten Having gottenorinto into “So basically we work to support the Besides Besides hand hand cream cream beekeeping through beekeeping through that raised it’s available for the comand and honey, honey, Ludditt Ludditt abuilding a friend friendsowho who raised munity,” said. has has also also sold sold beesbeesbees boy, Ludditt bees as as aashe boy, Ludditt Catering is the biggest source of revwax gained wax candles, candles, made made by by gained his his expertise expertise enue for the LA and through books, exthrough books, ex-they spend about 10 melting melting down down honey honey three-day a year catering events, perience, aa six-week perience, weekends six-week combs combs and and pouring pouring said Szydlik. certificabees-master bees-master certificathe the wax wax into into moulds, moulds, ladiesat try to make extra food tion course Simon tionThe course atalso Simon he he said. said. for many of these and events, and bring take- and Fraser University Fraser University and Dana Giesbrecht Dana Giesbrecht and Harold Harold Ludditt Ludditt check check the the bees bees on on Sept Sept 13, 13, to to make make sure sure that that there there is is enough enough room room on on the the honey honey Ludditt Ludditt has has never never out lunches local seniors andso combs the talking with combs sopeople the bees bees keep keep producing producing and don’t swarm. Giesbrecht bought the bees from Ludditt and came with him turned talking withto experiexperiturned aa profit profit for for his his who shut-in, saidhe Bergstresser, several times several times over over the the summer summer to to visit visit the the bees bees and and learn learn all all she she could could about about beekeeping. beekeeping. enced encedarebeekeepers, beekeepers, heDebbie products, products, but but makes makes seven says. says. year member, LA treasurer and past the the candles candles and and loloLAThrough president. his Through his course course tions tions for for his his own own enenand attendance at catering for Christmas parties, years andBesides attendance at the the years and and he he doesn’t doesn’t use use any any antibiotics, antibiotics, making making and and selling selling his his own own hand hand creams creams joyment, says. joyment, he he says.

Legion Ladies Auxiliary helpers served turkey to veterans and friends at the Legion following Remembrance Day Services 1999 Apimondia, the says, which is of reasons he at container, he 1999 Vancouver Vancouver Apimondia, the world world he says, which is one oneand of the the reasons hea hot at $3 $3 per per lunch container, he said. said. weddings and funerals, the LA group also he But Ludditt has sold his bees But Ludditt has sold his bees this on November 11.

L.A. members Debbie, Linda, Delores and Marilyn along with HSS community service volunteers Brian, Lisa, Chris, Ali this and council beekeepers, Ludditt met exHe councila of of beekeepers, Day Ludditt metevery ex- believes believes his his honey honey helps helps with with allergies. allergies.

He makes makes the the lotions lotions with with beeswax, beeswax, spring holds Remembrance lunch because of medical reasons, planspring because of medical reasons, planAmalia helped cook and serve the turkey lunch.

Staff photo/Houston Today perienced has He perienced beekeepers that hecommunity. has kept kept in in He believes believes the the honey honey has has medical medical honey, honey, natural natural oils, oils, glycerine, glycerine, water water and and ning to be a consultant for Dana Giesyear, open beekeepers to everyone that in thehe ning to be a consultant for Dana Giescontact with, those to sometimes oil contact with, he he said. said. Day lunch this year value value for for that those with allergies to airborne airborne a little little Borax, Borax, sometimes adding bath oil over age 50 and many who can no lonThe Remembrance events such as the adding dinner bath theatre, freedoms wewith haveallergies today,” Szydlik said. aschool brecht brecht and and Michael Michael Rourke, Rourke, the the two two amaamathe few years per like. aa scent, For the first first fewenjoyed years he he lost 40 per pollen pollen and the like. support also includes to to give give scent, he he says. says. wasFor a great success, bylost 193 40 people said Bergstresser. ger be active in the group,who the bought LA would The and LA the Legion teur Houston beekeepers his teur Houston beekeepers who bought his cent of said Ludditt, “About day will reduce Ludditt reports that people cent bringing of his his bees bees each winter, winter, said Ludditt, donations “About atotablespoon Ludditt reports to that people have found found eagerly welcome any new members, said and in each some generous donations, “It’s a pleasure serve the have community the Legionasports team, vetbees, he said. bees, he said. which is reactions,” he help with rashes as which is on on the the higher higher end end of of the the average average your your allergic allergic reactions,” he says. says. his creams creams helpgroup; with skin skin rashes such as Szydlik, adding that the recent help from said Bergstresser. and it’s a good we all seemsuch to get erans Christmas fund, and the George his Giesbrecht Giesbrecht and and Rourke Rourke will will carry carry on on expected loss, 40 cent.

And though ago the said Ludditt, adding expected loss, 25 to 40 per per cent.

And House thoughforyears years ago at at the world world eczema, said Ludditt, adding that that he he is is high “It’s our way25 ofto paying back the respect Derby school beekeeping volunteers along has been really along really good,” she added. wounded soldiers, said eczema, the Houston with John the Houston beekeeping along with John now six containers family But veterans now he he has has brought down to only council of of beekeepers, beekeepers, his his honey honey was was rere- sending sending six the containers tomembers family friends friends to But the thatbrought served,ititsodown that to weonly can council great.

Five of 30 LA to - Jule Siebenga Szydlik. and and Devon Devon McKilligan, McKilligan, two two five lost he by Island asked for more Siebenga five per per cent lost each each winter, because he quested quested by the the ton, ton, Ludditt Ludditt himself says on Vancouver VancouverBunny Island who who enjoy thecent freedoms thatwinter, we havebecause today, be“We need somebody with feet younger Anderson, Timms, Margret Besides supporting the himself Legion says and on other local beekeepers, said Ludditt. other local beekeepers, said Ludditt. stopped buying bees and eat the the on stopped buyingthose beesveterans and instead instead raised he doesn’t doesn’t eatRemembrance the stuff. stuff. after seeing seeingEileen the affect affect on their their grandson’s than ours,” she said, laughing. cause without none raised of us he Galbraith, Stanyer and grandson’s Mary-Rose holding the Day lunch, after “I’ll “I’ll be be here here as as sort sort of of aa consultant, consultant, new colonies from the bees that had sur“I’d rather have peanut butter and eczema. new colonies from the bees that had sur“I’d rather have peanut butter and eczema. would be attending a Remembrance Day they also co-fund a high school scholar- Tailleur - have been with the group for over Anyone interested in helping or joining and they’ll be carrying on the beekeepand they’ll be carrying on the beekeepvived winter, he said. he vived the the winter, hecommitment said. jam,”with he says. says.

Ludditt also makes makes aa lotion lotion with with lanolano- the Ladies Auxiliary is asked to call lunch.

And it’s their and their jam,” Dawn years. also ship the local Legion and donate the 25 Ludditt ing,” he said. ing,” he said.

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Houston Christian School co-ed volleyball team is the first co-ed team to go to the Senior Boys ‘A’ Provincials. HCS got special permission from the province for a co-ed team because the school is so small and there was no senior girls team, said Coach Ed Kronemeyer. With 100 students, HCS will be playing school teams with grad classes larger than the whole HCS school, said Kronemeyer. Qualifying for provincials by getting third place in the Northwest Zone and beating the second place team of the North Central Zone last Tuesday, the team left for the Kelowna provincials on Monday and will be playing hard all week. Back row: Jason Lieuwen, Owen Delege, Derek Kronemeyer, Daniel Vandenbrink, Evan Vandenbrink, and Coach Ed Kronemeyer. Front row: Lee Groot, Krystal Jaarsma, Lindsey Meints, Kelly Ewald and Max Leffers.

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Ladies from Houston Link to Learning, Northern Health and Northwest Community College each make a quilt square to express their ideas about what they can do to help protect indigenous women in Houston.

By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

Twenty-five people gathered at the Houston Friendship Centre last week to learn about abuse and marginalization of indigenous women and talk about ways to bring safety and

healing.

The Indigenous Communities’ Safety Project was a three day workshop to open up the dialogue and seek to understand perspectives, challenges and abuses of indigenous women, said Belinda Lacombe, coordinator of the workshop and

stopping-the-violence counselor at Northern Society for Domestic Peace.

A partnership between the Northern Society for Domestic Peace and the Ending Violence Association of B.C., and funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario, the purpose

of the workshop is “to facilitate more partnerships and hopefully some protocols within our community and a really solid safety plan that everyone has a say in,” Lacombe said.

Within the already marginalized i n d i g e n o u s population there is

a subpopulation of indigenous women, who have been impacted differently than men by things like colonization and legislation, said Barbara Barker, chair of the Northern Society of Domestic Peace.

For example, the Indian Act, federal legislation regulating who is a status indian, was created with a gender bias: if an indigenous man got married to a non-indigenous woman, their wife became a status indian, but if an indigenous woman married a non-indigenous man, she lost her indian status, Barker said.

And with the women who have gone missing along the Highway of Tears, the history of colonization isn’t separate from understanding where and why those women have been taken, Barker added.

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Marylyn George did research in Houston and Hazelton, asking indigenous women about their level of safety and what they felt could help them, then they wrote the curriculum with Beverly Jacobs, overall project coordinator, said Lacombe.

The project is being tested in 14 communities across B.C. and it is based on the idea that everyone can offer something unique and important, said Lacombe.

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“Nobody’s voice is any more important than anyone else’s.”

The group, including indigenous women leaders and hereditary chiefs, as well as service workers from Northern Health, Houston Link to Learning and other community services, and systems people from the RCMP, started the workshop on Monday, Nov. 19, with discussion on the history and impacts of colonization, said Lacombe.

Tuesday’s topics were legislation and “the right to be safe,” and “breaking the silence,” about

what violence against women looks like, and Wednesday they discussed healing, with each person developing and sharing their own ideas about how they would take responsibility within their positions and roles in the community - be it mother, counselor, teacher or friend.

“It went way better than I thought it would, it was fabulous… people were open… it created an understanding of why indigenous women are way more at risk in our community and it created an empathy and compassion,” said Lacombe.

“Houston is a pretty awesome place to live when it comes to that and there’s a lot of capacity here when people come together around a table,” she added.

The community action plan came together as a quilt, with each person in the workshop making and contributing one square to show what they can do to help indigenous women in this community.

Lacombe says she hopes to hang the quilt in a public place, where people can see it, get a feel for the issue and maybe see where they can get involved to help.

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Top left: Grade 7 Twain Sullivan Elementary volleyball team cheers excitedly as they wait for their next game at the School District 54 Intermediate Volleyball Tournament last Thursday. L-R, Abby Jansma, Heidi Sullivan, Pittu Minhas, Brooklyn Bowes, Lacey Giesbrecht, Sophie Hamer, McKenzie Chudyk and Hailey Lokken. Top Right: Tanner Bueckert, grade 7 Twain Sullivan student, makes a nice pass while teammates Clayton Bassani and Tristan Williams stand ready.

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Upstairs at the Legion Loft from 11-1:00pm There is also a Christmas Craft and Bake Sale.

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Houston Midget Girls Hockey Team During their home tournament at the Claude Parish Memorial Arena

Saturday, December 8th Game times are: 7:30 am Houston vs. Burns Lake 9:15 am Houston vs. Vanderhoof 4:15 pm Houston vs. Fraser Lake

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Houston ACT Committee - Houston - Action Changes Things - Join us for our 1st meeting on Wed. Nov. 28 7pm at Municipal Office - Council Chambers “Leading Houston towards a happier, active and healthier lifestyle.” Everyone welcome!

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• Recently renovated, cute, 2 bedroom cabin on Legion Ladies Auxiliary is holding a Hot Turkey Dinner scenic 10 acre lot east of Topley.

Friday, Dec. 7th upstairs from 11 to 1 p.m. Legion • Tile floors in kitchen and bath, fresh paint.

Loft. There is also a Christmas Craft and bake sale.

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The Houston Figure Skating Club will be taking orders

for Cultured Pantone 287 Blue Christmas Trees. The 5-7’ Douglas Fir Trees from Moose Meadows Farm in Quesnel, BC will Pantone 356 Green arrive in Houston on Dec. 8. $35/tree. Please contact Pantone 139 Harvest

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Sleepover at the Bethlehem Inn - Fri. Dec. 14 & Sat. Dec. 15 @ 5:30pm at the Christian School.

Tickets available at Countrywide Printing, 1st Choice Fashions & Houston Christian School. This program is not recommended for children under 5. A free-will File offering will be taken at theColour end of Logo the program.

The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Mon. of the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is General Meeting (we have not been able to get a quorum in months, members please attend).

Seniors Bingo is every Tues. at 7pm at Cottonwood Manor. Entry is $1. Come out & enjoy a fun prize filled evening. Lots of prizes!

The Morice Mountain Nordic Ski Club Membership Pick up your registration package from Countrywide Sports or download from www.xcskimoricemtn.com.

of all ages. Come and check it out!

The Houston Retirement Housing Society is asking interested parties to provide their names for future vacancies at our Pleasant Valley Village apartments.

Please call Roberta@250-845-2257.

Topley

Structural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications.

No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a fire practice: Thurs. @ 1930 hrs (7:30 pm) Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd Tues. of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire practices every Thurs. at 7:30 pm.

Topley Victory Church services: 10:30 a.m.

HouSToN PuBLIC LIBRARy EVENTS... Fri., Nov. 30: “Sleepover at the Houston Public Library” at 7pm.

Games, crafts, stories, movies, snacks and a Pancake Breakfast on Saturday morning will be included. Bring your air mattress and a sleeping bag. A parent must accompany their child. Pre-registration is required for this event, no drop-ins will be permitted. Please call 250-845-2256 for more information and to register.

Houston Public Library Story Time for children ages 3 to 5 will run every Wed. until Dec. 12 from 1:30-2:30 pm.

To register or for more information please call the library Granisle and District Seniors meetings are the 2nd at 250-845-2256. and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1pm in the Seniors Houston Secondary School webpage: http://hssweb. Centre. sd54.bc.ca Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fire Houston Community Services is open Mon. thru Fri. practices every Tues., 7 p.m. at the Fire Hall. from 9am to 4pm We have clothing to give away. Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., 11 Baby clothing; women’s and mens as well as children a.m. Bible study is Thurs. at 7 p.m.

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Ambulance Society of Houston – is fundraising for a CAREstream Vital Sign Monitor.

This will generate a higher level of care for patients in need of medical attention. Paramedics will be able to record vital signs while in the care of the back of the ambulance.

The Society is seeking support from the local business community and Bulkley Valley Credit Union was happy to donate $500 in March to assist in their cause.

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Serendipity Sale

Top left: Debbie Berg is joined by two toqued friends, Shawna Williams and grandmother Judy Meerdink, as she sells Christmas wreaths and centrepieces at the Houston mall last Saturday.

Top right: Dawn Szydlik and Karen Flynn sell Christmas cakes to raise money for the Legion Ladies Auxiliary.

Left: Old friends, Gerry Vanderwijk and Lucy Lieuwen catch up briefly between shopping at the local Serendipity sale.

Bottom left: Carla Johnson sells bundles of hand-knit dish clothes to local Christmas shoppers.

Bottom right: Friends Nevada Hardy, 8, Rebecca Sketchley, 9, and Sydney Jolly, 8, check out the knitted scarves and toques at one of the many booths that filled the Houston mall last Saturday.

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