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The Interior News
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
year in review
Hazelton saw protests and art in 2012 From 2012 on B3 A Defend Our Coast rally was held in front of BCNDP MLA Doug Donaldson’s office, to show opposition to the proposed Northern Gateway bitumen pipeline.
scheduled well in advance of the 7.7 magnitude earhquake in souteastern Haida Gwaii. Local RCMP, paramedics, school principals and Gitxsan Health representatives attended the meetings.
NOVEMBER DECEMBER A Respect for All rally, sparked by an alleged wrongful use of force in the arrest of Lena Wilson, was held in New Hazelton. Several women at the rally shared their stories about difficult encounters with local RCMP for the first time in public. Lyn West, New Hazelton RCMP detachment office manager, won a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for 24 years of service. iCount, an alternate high school in Moricetown, found success in getting students excited about school. Nearly 100 per cent attendance was the most surprising outcome. iCount added several Wet’suwet’en cultural sessions to the curriculum to encourage retention of a traditional lifestyle. “I’ve never seen my boys so stoked for school,” Sarah Mitchell, mother of two iCount students, said. Several of the students arrive before staff every morning. The District of New Hazelton decided it was necessary to raise water fees for 2013. Residents can expect a $6 to $18 increase and commercial buildings will see as much as a $24 hike. Two emergency preparedness meetings were held at Wrinch Memorial Hospital to get everybody on the same page. The meetings were
K’yuuksxw Waking up to Hope, a celebration of women in the Hazelton area gathered a number of community members and displayed a plethora of local talent and personal stories. The event had booths with excerpts from interviews with local women sharing their stories. Doug Donaldson was acclaimed as the BC NDP Stikine constituency nominee for the upcoming provincial election. The Gitanyow Chiefs office, in co-operation with the B.C. Conservation Officers Service, now requires aboriginal hunters to apply for a permit to hunt moose within Gitanyow territory. The move comes after more than 60 per cent of the local moose population disappeared over the last decade. Also included is a ban on killing cow moose. A rally spurred by the Unist’ot’en, a group opposed to any pipeline development on Wet’suwet’en teritory, was held in front of the Royal Bank in Smithers. Rallies in support of the Unist’ot’en were also held in several locations accross North America The Gitxsan Governmnet Commission held its annual general meeting and a call to respond to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s omnibus Bill C-45. The Bill drew the ire of the
Wet’suwe’en performers do the Grouse dance at a rally in Smithers File photo
GCC as it includes several laws that change government responsibilitues guaranteed in the Indian Act. Presentations were also given for every sector of GGC operations including, social development, membership, lands and litigation. Michelle Stoney, a recent grad of Emily Carr University of Art and Design, had a banner she created displayed in various locations at the Vancouver International Airport. Bronwyn Henwood and Mabel Forsythe received Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee awards for community service. Both recipients were nominated through MLA Doug Donaldson’s office.
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