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By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

Houston’s speed reader board is being used for research, to show the effectiveness of the boards.

The speed reader board is powered up and has been recording vehicle speed for the past two weeks, however the board display is being turned on and off at different times, so that data can be collected to show the difference of having

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the board there, said Carl Lutz, Ministry of Transportation district manager for BulkleyStikine.

The Ministry of Transportation is working with ICBC and the RCMP to get solid data to prove that the boards are effective, said Lutz.

The data collection will continue for the rest of December and the speed reader board will be turned on full time for the new year, said Lutz.

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Silverthorne Elementary School kindergarten students sing their little hearts out for family and friends gathered at the Silverthorne Christmas concert last Wednesday night. The school students weaved songs together with a skit called “The best gift ever,” about how the best Christmas gift is the one that brings hope, peace and joy to all.

District billboard fee nearly doubles

By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

The District of Houston renewed their lease agreement for their sign west of Smithers.

At council last week Tuesday, the District agreed to a five year lease agree-

ment for $500, nearly double what they’ve paid for the last ten years.

Deputy Mayor Rick Lundrigan opposed the move, asking if the barn would even stay standing for the next five years.

Mayor Bill

Holmberg said that part of the agreement is that if the barn fell down or had to be removed, the agreement would terminate immediately.

But Lundrigan’s concern about the condition of the building was more

about the image of the Houston District.

“My concern here is, you got a sign on a derelict building, what kind of image does that portray?” he said.

“I think it goes into that antique look actually,” joked Mayor Holmberg.

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Director of Engineering & Development Services Michael Glavin says he looked at the sign three weeks ago and it seemed to be in okay condition.

Council decided to move ahead with the lease.

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holidays We wish you a joyous Holiday Season & a Happy New Year!

Salvation Army crew and volunteers packed 116 Christmas hampers last Thursday, Friday, 15 more than last year. Given out last Saturday, hampers were packed with Christmas dinner supplies, extra food for the holidays and angel gifts for children and youth. Top: Volunteer Hanna Apperson, Salvation Army Director Rick Apperson, Christmas hamper coordinator Rachel Chapman, and volunteer Geanne Kehler put together a Christmas hamper a needy Houston family. Middle: Volunteer Joanne Lecomte adds a box of cereal to her basket of items for a Christmas hamper. Bottom: Volunteer Colton Darling grabs a can of soup for the Christmas hamper he is putting together.

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On behalf of Canfor and Canfor Pulp, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy and Safe Holiday.

This Holiday Season, like all others, we will be making a donation to your local food bank.

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Celebrate responsibly H

ere it is. We are in the very bowels of the Christmas season. Like it or not, the next two weeks will have their expectations of your.

The season is unique in the sense that most of us will be doing things we don’t normally do throughout the year.

We will get less sleep, so of us who were traveling or entertaining house guests, we will be eating more than we normally do and some of us will be indulging in more ‘holiday cheer’ then at other times throughout the year.

It is indeed, a holiday that has some lofty expectations placed upon all of us. Please, don’t misunderstand me, I’m not humbug or by any means as I truly love this season.

But year after year, I see many of my patients come back after the holidays bloated, exhausted, lethargic and in need of another holiday. I have done it too.

Here’s a brief survival guide to get you through this holiday season, one that’ll bring you and your family back in one piece and with few regrets.

First and foremost, we are what we eat.

Garbage in garbage out.

For the office Christmas party and throughout the season, exercise moderation and pace yourself.

It’s a long road with Christmas and New Year’s eve so close together.

If you drink, don’t drive. Period. That kind of thing that ruins lives.

If your hosting or attending a Christmas party, take my advice, choose the small plate when up to the trough of Christmas delights.

I recommend people eat something healthy before going to a Christmas party so they don’t overindulge in butter tarts, Christmas cookies and a horrid thing we call Christmas cake.

We have all been in a situation where we’ve been invited to an event that we really don’t want to attend for various reasons.

Here’s what you say: “I am sorry, I would love to go, but I had a previous commitment I made to keep.”

This decline out their invitation makes you sound very Ghandi-esque as you are declining because you are keeping your word.

If you like your family and friends, spend as much time with them as possible and make them your priority. I say this very tongue-in-cheek because spending time with people is important but choose wisely how you decide to spend your time.

Let’s face it, there is always one person in your family or circle of friends that spending time with them is very much like passing a stone.

Obligation is important but remember, as Polonius said in Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “This above all: to thine own self be true.”

- Markus Thiel

Keep it simple Santa For the last several weeks people have been asking me if I’m ready for Christmas.

Usually I answer with a simple yes. The truth is, I don’t start getting ready for it until the day before.

I know - I sound like a guy. But it works for me.

Many years ago I wasn’t like this at all.

I used to gear up for the holiday season early, making and buying cards and gifts for almost everyone I knew. I also spent a fair amount of time and money decorating the house. I did that for decades and each year I’d feel pressured to outdo myself.

Eventually I realized how stressed I was over the selfimposed work I was inflicting and I stopped. Now I don’t

send cards at all, and I only buy presents for my kids. Everyone else gets a gift card, if anything. As far as decorating the house goes, my nine year old daughter now loves to do that and surprise us with the results.

Her and her 12 year old brother’s homemade decorations from years past are by far my favourite.

Even Christmas dinner is a piece of cake for me. If we stay home my husband likes to cook, but more often than not we travel to his parents where the whole family meets, and all I do is the dishes.

If it sounds like I’m bragging about being lazy, I’m sorry, but I just can’t help myself. I feel excited

about not being anxious and frazzled during the holiday season like I used to be. Over the last few Decembers I’ve been able to enjoy my time with friends and family in a way I couldn’t before, and I don’t feel guilty about it.

Why? Because I’m not burdening others with anything they don’t want to do, and that includes myself.

Fortunately for me, I lucked out in the mother-in-law department. I love all my in-laws, but my husband’s mother is really special and she’s also everything I’m not. At this time of year she cooks, bakes, decorates and goes all out with the presents. She seems to love every minute of it, and she makes

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Christmas day a lot of fun for our family.

The topper for me is how she doesn’t care that I’m so lame at what she does so exceptionally well, and she accepts me exactly as I am.

“You don’t need to do everything,” she told me many years ago when I expressed concern that I wasn’t cooking nearly as much as her son.

“You have enough to do. If someone else likes to cook and you don’t, let them do it.”

Always busy with a long list of things to accomplish, I loved the idea of not adding to it, and needed no further convincing.

I like to think that even if I didn’t have help, I’d still do my best to keep things at this time of year simple. After all, a

On a brighter note Lori Welbourne Charlie Brown tree, something yummy to eat and the wonderful company of people I love is all I could ever want or hope for.

A stressful holiday season is definitely no longer on my list for Santa. It might have taken me awhile to understand what I really wanted for Christmas, but now that I finally get it, there’s no turning back.

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Conservatives blind to F-35 fiasco Editor: The fiscal incompetence and complete mismanagement of Canada’s largest military procurement since World War II has now been

fully exposed. The Conservative Party needs to be held accountable for their total mishandling of the F-35.

Two years ago they told Canadians that the government would

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“Yeah, we’re giving to Christian School and to “Gospel for Asia,” where you send animals and things to needy families overseas.”

“Yes, lots! Heart and Stroke Foundation, Children’s Hospital, Lions Eastern Seale House and the Knowledge Network.”

“Yes, we contribute to the Salvation Army and help local families. I saw the angel tree in the mall and 15 more children still need gifts, so I’d love for other families to join in.”

“Oh yes, we’re giving to Salvation Army and we also sponsor two children overseas.”

Letters are welcomed up to a maximum of 250 words. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, brevity and legality. All letters must include the writer’s name, daytime telephone number and hometown for verification purposes. Anonymous, or pen names will not be permitted. Not all submissions will be published. Letters may be e-mailed to: editor@houstontoday.com, faxed to: 250-847-2995 or mailed to: P.O. Box 899, Houston B.C., V0J 1Z0.

replace our aging fleet of CF-18s with a sole-sourced contract for F-35s for only $9 billion—now thanks to an audit from KPMG we know the true cost of the F-35s will exceed $46 billion.

The government said the F-35 was the only plane that could meet our needs—now they admit that other planes could. They always maintained

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“They promised to replace our fleet for $9 billion, but cost will exceed $46 billion.”

that considering other options was irresponsible and they sole-sourced the contract—now they are looking at other planes. They said there was a contract— now they don’t.

This is how

an incompetent government turns a $13 billion Liberal surplus in 2006 into a $142 billion accumulated Conservative deficit by 2012.

The government lied, stonewalled,

broke all the rules of procurement, evaded every safeguard, and attacked the credibility and patriotism of all those who dared challenge it. It asked voters to re-elect it using fraudulent numbers.

The Conservatives need to stop the cheerleading and start asking serious questions about how the government is spending your hardearned tax dollars.

They can’t serve Canadians with blinders on.

John McKay, MP Liberal Party of Canada Defence Critic

Premier ponders black ink and oil

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remier Christy Clark has completed the traditional round of year-end interviews with legislative press gallery reporters. Here are excerpts from my discussion with her, dealing with the Enbridge oil pipeline proposal and the balanced budget her government has promised to present in February.

TF: On the Enbridge project, are you getting the answers you want on safety?

PCC: No, we’re not. We’ve set out our position. The five conditions need to be met, period.

[B.C.’s conditions

are “world-class” land and marine spill prevention and response, meeting legal obligations for aboriginal consultation, passing f e d e r a l - p rov i n c i a l environmental assessment and a “fair share” of financial benefits.]

PCC: We need the oilpatch producers, the Alberta government and the federal government to come to the table.

We’ve been crossexamining Enbridge.

We have not been getting any of the answers that we hoped to get. We haven’t gained a lot of comfort from that process. And none of

the other conditions are even close to being met.

We are doing our own study of marine traffic. We want to understand the total number of ships that are out there plying our coast right now.

Because all of them have fuel in them, and some are cargo ships that are big enough to have enough [bunker] fuel as a mini-tanker would.

Part of this is trying to understand where our level of Coast Guard protection needs to be today, in order to protect us should there be a spill from the existing traffic.

TF: Balancing the

budget: the finance ministry’s current projections call for an upturn in natural gas royalties in the coming year. With the current glut of gas, isn’t that kind of far-fetched?

PCC: It is going to be difficult to present a balanced budget, but I think, because we’re going to build in some [forecast] allowance, as we always do, and because we’re going to be completely transparent about the assumptions that have led us there, and because we aren’t going to fiddle with any of the assumptions that we receive from the experts in the Ministry of Finance, it’s going to be quite

clear that we have done it. We have come by a balanced budget honestly.

So when it comes to natural gas, you know that the assumption we use in the budget is based on a fairly complex formula that the Ministry of Finance has relied on for probably a decade now. We don’t fiddle with that.

There are those who would say we should artificially lower the [revenue projection] number that we use.

But if you artificially lower it, what’s to stand in the way of artificially raising it?

You either accept the advice of your experts or you don’t. And

they’re the experts, not the politicians.

TF: Right now we have a deficit gap of more than a billion dollars.

Can that be closed without significant spending cuts, or tax increases, or both?

PCC: You will see when we get to the budget. And it will be absolutely transparent how we got there.

[Laughs] Nice try.

TF: If the B.C. Liberals form a government in May, will the election date be changed so we don’t have to have this discussion about questionable spring election budgets?

PCC: It’s not part of the plan today, but I’m

B.C. Views Tom Fletcher sure it’s a discussion we’ll have in the next four years. I know that people have talked about it. I’m open to it. I’m not wedded to this particular date.

Next week I’ll have highlights from my year-end interview with NDP leader Adrian Dix.

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NOTICE OF REVENUE REQUIREMENTS APPLICATION

THE APPLICATION On November 30, 2012, Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) filed its 2013 Revenue Requirements Application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission), pursuant to sections 58 to 61, 89 and 90 of the Utilities Commission Act (Act) seeking Commission approval to, among other things, increase delivery rates as a result of increases in cost of service and decreased deliveries to some customer classes (Application). The Application also seeks interim relief to allow PNG to amend its rates on an interim and refundable basis, effective January 1, 2013, pending the hearing of the Application and orders subsequent to that hearing.

The delivery rate increase is estimated to be approximately $0.256 per GJ for a residential customer.

This represents an increase of 2.2 percent compared to the 2012 delivery rate. The delivery rate increase for a small commercial customer is estimated to be $0.203 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 2.1 percent compared to the 2012 delivery rate. The Granisle propane delivery rate increase for a residential customer is estimated to be $0.167 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 2.6 percent compared to the 2012 delivery rate.

Based on the gas cost recovery and GCVA rate riders effective November 1, 2012 thru December 31, 2012 the overall average bundled rate increase for a typical residential customer consuming 68.2 GJ per year, is 4.4 percent, an increase of $54 per year. Similarly, for a small commercial customer consuming 314.0 GJ per year, the increase is 4.8 percent or $230 per year, and for Granisle propane customers consuming 56.0 GJ per year the overall average bundled rate increase is 0.7 percent, an increase of $9 per year.

THE REGULATORY PROCESS The Commission wishes to hear from affected parties before determining the public process necessary for the disposition of the Application.

Commission Order G-192-12 establishes a Preliminary Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application. The detailed Preliminary Regulatory Timetable can be reviewed on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com under Current Applications.

PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE APPLICATION The Application and supporting material will be made available for inspection at public libraries in Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Houston, Smithers, Burns Lake, Vanderhoof and Fort St. James, and at the Head Office of PNG at Suite 950, 1185 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 4E6, and at the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Sixth Floor, 900 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2N3.

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Twain Sullivan students Maurisa, 11, and Paige, 7, enjoy some cross country skiing at the seventh annual Twain Sullivan Winter Carnival.

Council applies for economic development grant

By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

The District of Houston is applying for $35,000 grant to pay for the economic development officer.

Received last year, the grant from the Northern Development

Initiative Trust under the Economic Development Capacity Building Funding Program, covers half of the annual$60,000 the District pays for the economic development officer.

The economic development officer,

Maureen Czirfusz, gives economic development services, giving information to potential investors, lobbying to protect Houston business and promoting Houston business such as mining, said District CAO Linda Poznikoff.

The Application will also be available for viewing on the PNG website at www.png.ca (http://www. png.ca/regulatory-applications), and on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com. The Commission’s website also contains detailed materials related to the Application including Commission Orders and Intervener materials (http://www.bcuc.com/Proceeding.aspx?ApplicationType=Current).

REGISTERING TO PARTICIPATE Persons who expect to actively participate in the review process should register as Interveners. Interveners will receive copies of the Application, all correspondence and filed documents. Persons not expecting to actively participate should register with the Commission as Interested Parties and will receive a copy of the Application’s Executive Summary, all Orders issued, as well as the Commission’s Decision.

Interveners and Interested Parties must inform the Commission Secretary, in writing or by online web registration, by Friday, January 18, 2013 of their intention to become Interveners or Interested Parties with respect to the Application.

All submissions and/or correspondence received from active participants or the general public relating to the Application will be placed on the public record and posted to the Commission’s web site.

FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, please contact Erica Hamilton, Commission Secretary, or Philip Nakoneshny, Director, Rates, as follows: Telephone: (604) 660-4700 or (B.C. Toll Free) 1-800-663-1385 Facsimile: (604) 660-1102 E-mail: commission.secretary@bcuc.com

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) would like to advise the public that active logging and log hauling activities are occurring in the vicinity of

Foxy Creek, Hanna Lake Trail and the Equity Mine Road.

If you are using this area we encourage you to do so safely. The logging and hauling activities in this area are estimated to take place until the end of January 2013.

If you have any comments please call Jill Macaulay at 250-845-5281 or Andrew Leffers at 250-845-5239.

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Invasive fish fines will bite wallet

By Tom Fletcher

Black Press

Releasing a snakehead fish into B.C. waters could cost you up to $250,000.

The B.C. government has amended its controlled alien species regulation to impose steep fines for releasing invasive fish such as the snakehead, a Chinese import with a voracious appetite and the ability to wiggle across land to get to new waterways.

A snakehead fish discovered in a pond in Burnaby Central Park in June forced environment ministry biologists to pump the lake level down so it could be captured.

The toothy beasts were being imported and sold alive in Asian specialty food stores.

The new regulations also aim to stop the spread of zebra or quagga mussels that can attach themselves to boats and equipment and infest lakes. Failure to remove those mussels, alive or dead, can trigger a fine of up to $100,000.

“The impact of the snakehead and zebra mussel in other jurisdictions has been devastating to those local ecosystems,” Environment Minister Terry Lake said Thursday, announcing the latest changes.

The regulations also prohibit possession and breeding of identified high-risk aquatic species. They expand

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B.C.’s restrictions for private zoos were passed after a woman was killed by a Bengal tiger kept in a cage at an exotic animal attraction on a farm near 100 Mile House in 2007.

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Top: Brian Semeschuk gives a group of Twain Sullivan students a sleigh ride around the duck pond near the school. A sleigh ride was one of the many activities students enjoyed before Christmas holidays.

Above: Students Alley, 7, Ryder, 7, and Laney, 8, whip down the hill together on a saucer sled.

Left: Teacher Linda Kusleika races Matthew, 12, Erin, 7, and Charles and Brandon down the hill on their cross country skis.

Bottom left: Julia, 8, Jennifer, 8, and Brooke-Lynn, 8, shake up a bag of milk and sugar inside a bag of snow and salt to make home-made ice cream.

Bottom right: Kade asks Mr. Rode about what he’s using to make the igloo, which students helped build behind the Twain Sullivan school.

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Cross, Pentecostal, wax candles, made by gained wax candles, made by gained his his expertise expertise When asked why Vanderhoof them there was a truck being and Reformed church organizathrough through books, books, exexmelting down honey melting down honey does so well, Plugboer says unloaded with food and suptions, said Plugboer, and they do perience, perience, a six-week and pouring combs and that pouring big stickers said it’s because of the generous plies withcombs all kinds of things from drilling bees-master bees-master certificacertificathe wax into moulds, the wax into moulds, “Foodgrains Bank,” Plugboer Mennonites there. water wells, to disaster relief, to tion tion course course at at Simon Simon said. hesmile. said.

Plugboer says that the said with ahe supplying seed and farm equipFraser Fraser University University and and Dana Dana Giesbrecht Giesbrecht and 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 never Ludditt has never “And I said, ‘Shirley,has it’s workFoodgrains Bank was started ment to needy places, mostly talking combs so so the the bees bees keep keep producing producing and and don’t don’t swarm. swarm. Giesbrecht Giesbrecht bought bought the the bees bees from from Ludditt Ludditt and and came came with with him him turned talking with with experiexperi- combs a profit for his turned a profit for his

by Alberta Mennonites almost ing! It’s working!’ The reporter Africa, South America and Asia. several times 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 enced beekeepers, beekeepers, he he several products, but makes products, but makes 30 years ago, so the Mennonites never even noticed it… but they Only seven per cent of the says. says. candles the candles and and lolobackground, handing know what the Foodgrains Bank were in thethe Foodgrains Bank money goes to Through Through his his course course tions for his own entions for his own enis about and support it generous- out food and water bottles to the administration all the monand at years and attendance attendance and 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, he joyment,said. he says. says. ly - with baskets that sell for $15 people,” Plugboer ey that goes to food projects is 1999 1999 Vancouver Vancouver Apimondia, Apimondia, the the world world he he says, says, which which is is one one of of the the reasons reasons he he at at $3 $3 per per container, container, he he said. said.

But Ludditt has sold his But Ludditt has sold his bees this That is what keepsbees him this go$35 inwith Williams Lake, going matched by beekeepers, the government four met council Ludditt He lotions beeswax, council of of beekeepers, Ludditt met exex- believes believes his his honey honey helps helps with with allergies. allergies.

He makes makes the the to lotions with beeswax, spring because of medical reasons, planspring because of medical reasons, planing, he said, adding that with for $150 to $200 in Vanderhoof. times, said Plugboer. perienced He perienced beekeepers beekeepers that that he he has 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 Giesning to be a consultant for Dana Giesthe items in Vanderhoof. that basket!” Plugboer said, addPlugboer saysbath he oil and Plugboer says contact with, said. value adding contact with, he he said.that until value for for those those with with allergies allergies to to airborne airborne aa little little Borax, Borax, sometimes sometimes adding bath oil Shirley only seven per cent of the money brecht Michael Rourke, two brecht- and and Michael Rourke, the two amaamaThey started with just live- ing that since then they’ve been organize all three auctions raised going to the the organization tenFor years ago the only B.C. to For the the first first few few years years he he lost lost 40 40 per per pollen pollen and and the the like. like. to give give aa scent, scent, he he says. says. teur beekeepers who his teur Houston Houston beekeepersand whoallbought bought his stock and animal donations - buying baskets every year and he does the leg work, running administration, the monFoodgrains fund-raising came cent “About Ludditt cent of of his his bees bees each each winter, winter, said said Ludditt, Ludditt, “About a tablespoon a day will reduce Ludditt reports reports that that people people have have found found from cows and horses, to sheep getting all kinds of donations bees, he said. bees, he said. ey for food projects is matched around collecting donations, and from an auction in Abbotsford, which his which is is on on the the higher higher end end of of the the average average your your allergic allergic reactions,” reactions,” he he says. says. his creams creams help help with with skin skin rashes rashes such such as as to ducks billyago as world saddles, eczema, chaps, asaid mir-Ludditt, Giesbrecht Rourke Giesbrecht and Rourke will will carry -on on by theand government four carry times it Shirley does the paperwork - and but when loss, Plugboer expected 40 per cent. though years at adding that he expected loss, 25 25 to toand 40 his perfriend cent. and lamas,And And thoughand years agosuch at the the world eczema, said Ludditt, adding that he is is goats until one year at the ror from All West Glass, a tire the Houston beekeeping along with John the Houston beekeeping along with John makes a huge difference. they also have a few people in Gerrit Keegstra heard about it, But But now now he he has has brought brought itit down down to to only only council council of of beekeepers, beekeepers, his his honey honey was was rere- sending sending six six containers containers to to family family friends friends Burns fair, by Tracy change from an oilIsland Siebenga and Siebenga and Devon McKilligan, two “WeDevon are so McKilligan, blessed here. two We other communities who help out they andcent their agreed to five lost each he quested ton, himself says Vancouver who asked five per per cent lostwives each winter, winter, because because he Lake quested by the theHushard ton, Ludditt Ludditt himself saysKalon onTire, Vancouver Island who asked for for more more donated a $100 gift basket, change from Western Pacific, etc. other local beekeepers, said Ludditt. other local beekeepers, said Ludditt. have way more than we could and collect donations. start fund-raising in the stopped buying and instead after stopped buying bees bees andBulkley instead raised raised he he doesn’t doesn’t eat eat the the stuff. stuff. after seeing seeing the the affect affect on on their their grandson’s grandson’s Plugboer said. here as aa consultant, “I’ll be here as sort sort ofhas consultant, ever need…

Godof blessed me Asked why he does what“I’ll he be Valley - collecting livestock do- had new from sur“I’d butter and eczema. new colonies colonies from the the bees bees that that had sur“I’d rather rather have have peanut peanut The butterwhole and process eczema. is fed “That goofy basket went for with donations: one guy trucks and they’ll be carrying on the beekeepwith so much for so long, that I does, Plugboer said he feels and they’ll be carrying on the beekeepnations in Houston, Smithers vived jam,” Ludditt vived the the winter, he said. said. jam,” he he says. says.

Ludditt also also makes makes aa lotion lotion with with lanolano$600 like everybody wanted the donations to Vanderhoof think I have to share,” he said. blessed to help somebody he has ing,” he said. ing,” he said. and Burns Lake and auctioning Ludditt Last Ludditt has has not not bought bought bees bees for for 15 15 Last October, October, Ludditt Ludditt also also started started lin lin that that helps helps heal heal cracked cracked and and dry dry feet feet or or Jackie Jackie Lieuwen Lieuwen

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Northern Health and Partnerships British Columbia where in Burns Lake on Dec. 4, 2012 and held a public community meeting to discuss where the new hospital project was in its lifecycle.

The $55 million Burns Lake hospital project has moved into the procurement stage of construction.

Eleven construction and design teams had submitted proposals to build the new hospital according to guidelines developed

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mation for local contractors that want to be involved in the bid process.

A member of the public in attendance at the meeting raised concern that the talk of three individual and distinct design plans could mean that the work done by local planning groups might be left on the drawing room floor.

Steele explained that the results of that community input formed part of the 24 Unit design guidelines that

Northern Health presented to interested builders.

“We took the existing work and floor plans and said that these are the minimum requirements,” said Steele. “We listed all the rooms, room uses and area [square footage] that were on the plans and they formed the base specifications.”

“What we’re looking for them [the designers] to do is to make the plans more efficient,” Steele said.

“Before any work starts, we’ll still have a full user consultation process.”

Paul Rudecki, Northern Health Project Manager, elaborated on how the design process will work.

Each bid must meet the detailed requirements and design guidelines already described by Northern Health in their initial call for proposals.

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“And any Hans Berndorff asked changes will represent how local contractors an improvement on could get connected current designs, not a with the potential subtraction.” builders.

Mayor “Whatever you see Luke Strimbold as a finished product recommended that will be better than contractors contact what [designs] we the village office to already have in hand,” get put on a list and he said. that the village would “The majority of eventually have a link the decisions to be online to register in a made are technical contractor database. in nature,” he said.

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General Manager Burns Lake Native Development Corporation is a First Nations owned and driven organization.

With a strong working relationship with its Board of Directors the organization is committed to promoting entrepreneurship and economic growth development within its six member first nations.

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the ideal candidate for this half-time position (moving to full time pending resources) will demonstrate - financial management skills - good written and oral skills - strong management skills and project management experience - experience working with a board of directors - hands-on HR management skills - familiarity with lending principles - experience in community economic development - experience in a non- profit organization - must have experience in proposal writing, forestry, logging and value added operations - good understanding of dealing with first nation communities Responsibilities: - co-ordinating meetings of, and reporting to, Board and its committees - assisting Board formulate policies and programs - overseeing administration - planning, developing and monitoring budgets and performance targets - developing and maintaining HR policies; recruiting, training, supervising staff - leading economic development initiatives Applicants ideally will have several years management experience, post secondary education in a business related field, familiarity with log harvesting, small business lending and an ability to work with diverse client and partnership groups. Aboriginal ancestry is an asset.

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JOB POSTING – Plant Accountant Pinnacle Pellet is seeking an experienced Accountant to fill a full-time accounting position at its Burns Lake, BC Plant location.

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We put the whole prefab cabin in my 21 foot crew cab, wide bottomed boat with a fill barrel of gas on top. The lake got rough and we both agreed if it got only a little worse, we would dump the full gas barrel out. We never did that and were both glad when we got to the beach at Atna Bay. Now let me tell you why Jack Sullivan and I were able to

came with us and dragged most of the structure up the beach as we nailed it together. Before dark it was up, two beds, a table, some shelves. We lit the propane lantern, ate our prepared lunch, drank coffee, cooked on a campers gas propane stove, and slept where we felt happy and safe from the Grizzly bears that were common in that area.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

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BOXING DAY BLOWOUT 3459 9TH STREET,

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26TH 3459 9TH STREET, 250-845-2004 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM 250-845-2004 HOUSTON HOUSTON

ELECTRONICS Sharp 1080p 80” LED

CHEST FREEZERS 249 329 499 649

FURNITURE

UP TO 70-80% OFF

UPRIGHT FREEZERS 429 549 599

Leather/Fabric Combination Sofa/Love $ Seat Set (only 4 Sets) 3999 Reg. $1099 cu.ft. - Reg. $399 14 cu.ft.

- Reg.- BOXING $599DAY ........................................ $499 8 Pcs Complete Bedroom Suite Sharp LED Reg. cu.ft. - Reg. $499 $ 17 cu.ft.$1999 - Reg.- BOXING $899DAY ..................................... $1199 Solid Wood 5 Drawer Chest 70”......... 2299 Reg. - BOXING DAY .......................................... $279 5 cu.ft. - Reg. 21 cu.ft.$499 - Reg. $999 $ 60”$699 ......... 1299 Twin/Twin Bunk Bed $ Reg. $499 - BOXING DAY ..........................................

298 0 cu.ft. - Reg. $799 ALL FREEZERS REBATE $75 2 Pcs Leather Sectional OR Sofa/Love Sharp Seat (Your Choice) 52” LED FRIDGIDAIRE Reg. $1799 - BOXING DAY ........................................ $949 $ Silvermist 1099 5 Pcs Solid Wood Dining Set FRIDGE 18 CUFT Reg. $499 - BOXING DAY .......................................... $298 STOVE Leather Power Reclining Chair Samsung 1080p DISHWASHER Reg. $1199 - BOXING DAY ........................................ $698

APPLIANCES

INGLIS TOP LOAD WASHER DRYER PAIR

Frigidaire 5 cu.ft. Chest Freezer

Reg. $299 - BOXING DAY .......................................... $209

18 HOUR

8 Pcs Frigidaire 7 cu.ft. Chest Freezer $ Bedroom Suite Reg. $369 - BOXING DAY ..........................................

229

648 SAMSUNG 50” PLASM

$

SAMSUNG TOP720 LOAD P

1279

$ Frigidaire 21 cu.ft. White Fridge $ Reg. $1099 - BOXING DAY ........................................

698 $ Sale $ 1298 set Whirlpool 19 cu.ft. Bottom Mount Fridge WF350 SAMSUNG with Ice Maker 4.3 cuft WASHER Reg. $1399 - BOXING DAY ........................................ $899 TOSHIBA 40” LCD 7.3 cuft DRYER Whirlpool Self-Clean Smooth Top Range $ 1498 set $ 1080 Reg. $1199 - BOXING DAY ........................................ $699 60”- Sale Plasma Reg. $2199 MAYTAG BRAVO TOPLOAD $ $ LG 23 cu.ft. French Door White Fridge 5.3 cuft 898 1679 WASHER Reg. $1799 - BOXING DAY ..................................... $1199 7.4 cuft UP TO 80% OFF LG Fully Integrated White Dishwasher DRYER Samsung 1080p PORTABLE AC $ 51” Plasma 1588 set $ $ Stainless Steel Interior 12,000 BTU598 - Sale MAXIMA Simmons Queen 1008 Pocket Reg. $998 - BOXING DAY .......................................... $698 MAYTAG 5.0 cuft SALE STARTS 10 A.M. - 6 P.M. WASHER Coil Beautyrest mattress set Samsung $ 14,000 BTU - Sale Maytag 4.0/7.3 cu.ft. Frontload 7.4 cuft 32” LED reg $1699.............SALE $798 DRYER $ Washer/Dryer Pair .................................. $1198 $ 298 1758 set ACCESSORIES OBSESSION Maytag S.Steel Smooth Top Self Clean LG WM2650 STEAM Panasonic 55” APPLIANCES FURNITURE 4.1 cuft UP TO 3D Plasma ................................................................ $698 Range WASHER $ a & Love Seat,$Reg. $1499 - SALE 899 Inglis 18 cuft Fridge, 7.3 cuft $ 1098 Reg. $869 - SALE ............................. 569 DRYER Maytag Stainless Steel Convection ther Sofa/Love, $ 800 Pocketcoil Mattress Set $ Inglis 30” Stove, Reg. $499 SALE ...

398 $ . $1999 - SALE ........................ 1169 1498 set Panasonic 60” KING Inglis Reg. $1299 - BOXING DAY .....................$$699 Oven Range Dishwasher, Reg. $399 SALE .

269 cs Sectional/ $ QUEEN Reg. $1099 - BOXING DAY ..................... 549 Reg. LG WM3070 PAIR 3D Plasma ELECTRONICS $1499 - BOXING DAY ........................................ $898 oman, Reg. $2299 - SALE ......... $1469 Inglis Top Load Pair $ $ $ 4.3 cuft DOUBLE Reg. $1049 - Reg. BOXING DAY .....................

499 Washer/Dryer, $899 - SALE ...... 699 1298 MATTRESSES ser 100% Leather Recliner $ WASHER Samsung 18 cu.ft.

White or Black Sharp 32” LCD TV, TWIN Reg. $949 BOXING DAY .....................

399 $ $ a/Love, Reg. $3699 - SALE ...... 2599 White Westinghouse 18 cuft Fridge, $$ 7.3 cuft Reg. $699 - SALE ......................... 599 Sealy Posturepedic Reg. $599 - SALE ............................. 449 TWIN BUNK MATTRESS ..........................................

129 DRYER Bottom Mount Fridge Swing Door Toshiba 46” ker Recliner Chair, $ Samsung 42” Plasma, $ $ Queen City Pearl III Unit, $ DOUBLE MATTRESSStove, ONLY ......................................

179 Reg. $ Matching Reg. $499 - SALE ... 349 Reg. $1099 $1299 - BOXING DAY ........................................

979 $1699 $ . $499 - SALE1080p .............................

299 LED - SALE ....................... 899 Reg. $999 - SALE ......................... 69 $ $ $699 - SALE .. 399 Matching Dishwasher, cs Dining Set, Reg. $ FRIGIDAIRE SIDE BY SIDE 679 50”Dishwasher Plasma, FREE BED IN A BAG Samsung Queen Hewitt Mattress/Box, ...............................

569 Samsung $ Reg. $399 - SALE ............................. $298 $ Reg. $1499 - SALE ................... 1279 Reg. $1499 - SALE ....................... 84 cs Pub Table Set, 23 cuft WITH KING OR QUEEN $ . $799 - SALE .............................

369 Frigidaire Front Load Washer/Dryer, $ .................. $749 Samsung Clean Range Samsung 50”Self Plasma 1080p, Toshiba 32” Queen City Diamond Unit, $ Reg. $1699 SALE ........................

1349 $ Stainless $229 MATTRESSES SET! VALUE Reg. $1999 - SALE ................... 1599$ Reg. $1799 cs Pub Table Set, LCD $ - SALE ....................... 99 REBATE 150 $ Samsung OTR Microwave...................... 248 Steel . $1399 - SALE ...........................

699 $ Blu Ray Player, $ Reg $1999

1169

HE WASHER 5.2 cuft DRYER 7.3 cuft

LIQUIDATION

P

899

MATTRESSES

499 549

Fri., June 19 & Sat., June 20 in Houston LAMPS

70% OFF

269

on Frame with Mattress, Reg. $499 - SALE......... $299

Panasonic 1000w

d Pine Bunk Bed,Theater in a Home $ $ . $599 - SALE .............................

Box...........

299 399

d Pine 5 Drawer sser, Reg. $399 - SALE................ $298

& NO PST On Washer Bottom Price

MORE SPECIALS IN STORE ONLY!

1249

Large 4.5 cuft capacity Steam Washer/ Dryer Pair, Reg. $3699 - SALE ....... $2599 Whirlpool Duet Sport Front Load Washer/ Dryer Pair, Reg. $1799 - SALE ....... $1399

299 Panasonic 42” Plasma, $ Reg. $1199 - SALE ....................... 949 Panasonic 50” Plasma, $ Reg. $2299 - SALE ................... 1899 Reg. $369 - SALE .........................

$

3459 9TH STREET, HOUSTON 4519 Lakelse Ave., Terrace, 250.638.0555 COFFEE TABLE 250-845-2004 3 PCS

$249

123 456 789

50% OFF

Restwell Mattress Queen Unit, $ Reg. $799 - SALE .........................

Fridge

49

Restwell Mattress $ Twin Mattress Only, $ Reg. $349 - SALE .........................

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998

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