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Four Nechako Lakes candidates running in the May 14 provincial election shared their platforms and answered questions from local public at the all-candidates meeting in Houston April 30.

Nechako Lakes candidates John Rustad (B.C. Liberal), Dan Brooks (B.C. Conservative), Sussanne SkidmoreHewlett (B.C. NDP), and Colin Hamm (Green Party of B.C.) faced questions from the crowd of about 60 local people.

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Skidmore-Hewlett said the main Houston issues are lack of health care, lack of seniors care and a lack of available skills training.

She says issues differ in each community and she is dedicated to working with Houston people to address issues.

“I think it’s the MLA’s responsibility to work with communities, elected people and residents and voters in the constituency to address those issues as they come up and help them address those issues in Victoria,” she said.

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Candidates share platforms for provincial election

By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

About 60 people came out to the allcandidates forum in Houston April 30 to hear Nechako Lakes candidates vying to be MLA in the May 14 provincial election.

Hosted by the Houston Chamber of

Commerce and moderated by HSS teacher Ted Beck, the event gave each candidate a chance to share their platforms and opened the floor for questions from the local public.

Four candidates Sussanne SkidmoreHewlett (B.C. NDP), John Rustad (B.C. Liberal), Dan Brooks

(B.C. Conservative) and Colin Hamm (Green Party of B.C.) - opened the forum with short speeches summarizing their platform.

S u s s a n n e Skidmore-Hewlett, B.C. NDP, spoke first, saying that she is hearing that people are ready for change.

She says that under B.C. Liberals, the province has lost tens of thousands of good, family-supporting jobs in forestry and mining, has had cuts to postsecondary industry and skills training, and delayed work-permits.

She says NDP leader Adrian Dix will bring change for the

better and will be open about what they do, how much it will cost and how they will pay for it.

“There won’t be any surprises,” said Skidmore-Hewlett.

She says they will emphasize resource industries and they have a forest plan to get more value out of

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They will put resources back into skills training and make post-secondary education and training more affordable, she said.

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Election issue: agriculture policies

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Relief from carbon tax on farms and promotion of B.C.grown agricultural products are key promises in the campaign for the May 14 provincial election.

The B.C. Liberal Party and the B.C. NDP have argued for a decade about the best way to promote local food consumption.

The NDP platform promises to reinstate the “Buy B.C.” program that identifies products grown anywhere in the province.

The B.C. Liberal government ended that program, and in 2012 it committed $2 million to regional “Buy Local” promotions that they say are more adaptable to local needs. The party’s current platform promises to double that funding to “promote 50- and 100-mile diets.”

Neither party is specific about assistance for tree fruit growers. The

NDP pledges to “help orchardists with replanting and other costs,” while the B.C. Liberals offer to “begin work on a permanent and sustainable tree fruit replant program, to be implemented following the current three-year, $2 million program.”

In its pre-election budget, the B.C. Liberal government has offered $20 million in carbon tax relief for greenhouse and flower growers, in addition to an exemption for coloured gasoline and diesel used on farms.

The B.C. Green Party proposes major reforms, including phasing out synthetic chemical pesticides, banning genetically modified crops such as canola and removing taxes on value-added B.C. products such as juices and wines.

P l a t f o r m highlights: • The B.C. Liberals promise a new meat inspection system by 2014, including a new “Certified B.C. Beef ” brand. The party

also wants to create a “Centre of Excellence for Agriculture” at the University of the Fraser Valley.

• The B.C. NDP promises $8 million per year starting in 2014 for agriculture programs.

Plans include pilot programs to use B.C. produce in hospitals and long-term care facilities.

• The B.C. Conservative platform promises only to “introduce policies that support, farmers, ranchers and others.” The party emphasizes its pledge to phase out the carbon tax on all fossil fuels, citing its role in poor financial performance by B.C. agriculture relative to the rest of the country.

• The B.C. Green Party would prohibit further release of top-rated land from the Agricultural Land Reserve, and “provide small grants to support municipalities and school boards that wish to maintain and expand community gardens and urban agriculture.”

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he 2013 provincial election will be one of the most important in a generation. At a time when the economy is in slow motion, yet demands on the public purse are increasing, voters need to pay attention to who’s running.

Of course, we say this for every election - to no avail. Last time around, in the 2009 provincial election, only about 50 per cent of voters bothered to cast a vote.

Who is to blame and will things be any different this year?

It’s hard to say. Is it negative advertising that turns people off ? B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix says so and has promised a more positive campaign. But will that end indifference or will people turn away from boredom?

Is it helplessness and apathy that keeps people from the polls? Many simply don’t connect with government. B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark has tried to be a populist (pandering?) premier, appealing to the hockey mom, but has failed to attract women’s support, pundits say. Why? Perhaps B.C. voters simply distrust anything politicians say.

Clearly there is a disconnect and the media may have contributed to this malaise by blowing every little incident out of proportion. As in the story of the boy who cried wolf, many voters simply tune out after a while, yet, sadly, when there is a real issue, such as lack of funding for transit, many voters simply don’t see the connection between their vote and government policy.

Instead, they leave the field to hijack the results. Truth is, politicians will only be accountable if we hold them accountable.

We have a right to toss any of the them out if they don’t do what they promised so voters need to pay attention to what politicians say and find out who they are.

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Looking out while looking within I struggle with depression and anxiety.

Funny that someone with these issues would be writing a column called “On a Brighter Note,” right? Well, it’s ironic at least.

“What do you have to be depressed about?” I was asked in my youth. “Your life could be so much worse.”

Firstly, no kidding.

Secondly, that sentiment is probably a big reason why most of us struggling with bouts of depression, or other similar conditions, tend to suppress our feelings rather than discuss or deal with them headon.

When I was a child and I felt the black cloud of emotional gloom hovering over my head, I would try to shame myself out of those moods by

comparing my life to the lives of starving children in third world countries. I rarely talked about my feelings and I learned that a smile, even a fake smile, was what the world wanted to see.

When I grew older I started writing out my feelings, particularly my darkest ones, since that seemed to help me escape my funk. I can’t tell you how often I’ve typed away with tears streaming down my face. Sometimes I could even envision the black cloud above me start to dissipate.

The other thing I’d do is people-watch.

Who among us hasn’t felt joy and sorrow, love and loss, success and failure? Observing others and reminding myself of that fact has helped me to feel less alone in my own

troubles. Even the smiling, happy faces that look like they haven’t got a care in the world obviously do, or will in the future.

None of us gets out of this world unscathed.

I started writing this column because I wanted to share my experiences and life from a positive perspective. I believed that no matter what my circumstance, happiness is just a mindset, and I could either choose to be happy, or to be miserable, and it was a choice I’d have to make daily. I still believe that, and I’d like to be able to report that I’ve always chosen radiant sunshine, but I haven’t. On some days, I just let it rain.

Feelings are feelings and sometimes we can control them, and sometimes we can’t,

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even when we have loving friends and family to support us.

Recently I decided I needed some professional help.

Even as I write this I feel slightly ashamed that I couldn’t just figure it out by myself.

But I couldn’t, so I’m doing what I felt I needed to do. If that makes me seem weak, I’m okay with that.

When I first started writing this column four years ago, my mother-in-law asked my husband why anyone would want to read about my life.

She didn’t mean it in a negative way, she was genuinely perplexed as to why complete strangers would be interested.

But I guess it’s comparable to my affinity for peoplewatching. Most of us are naturally curious

On a brighter note Lori Welbourne about other people and that’s why we read, watch or listen to stories about others.

It can help us feel less alone in the world, it can help us figure out how to deal with the vast array of emotions we all have, and it can give us the courage to reach out for help when we need it.

On a brighter note, I’ll keep looking for the silver linings. All the clouds have them, as you know.

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One of my favourite things is how she is always there for me.”

“My favourite thing about my Mom is that she loves me. And she cooks for me, she washes my clothes and she does the things I don’t want to do.”

“My favourite thing about my Mom is how she always tries to organize everything so that me and my sister can do everything we want. She’s made a lot of sacrifices for us.”

Political parties want to export more lumber and fewer logs.

Election issue: forests and logging The B.C. Liberals and NDP agree on one thing when it comes to B.C.’s vast forest resource: marketing B.C. wood to Asian markets remains a high priority.

Their bitterest disagreement is over log exports, although neither party offers a clear strategy as the May 14 election approaches. The NDP election platform blasts the B.C. Liberals for presiding over a doubling of log exports to 5.7 million cubic metres between 2009 and 2012, with “no plan to curtail

the flow.

“We will work with stakeholders to reduce raw log exports and create more value-added forestry jobs in British Columbia,” says the NDP platform, repeating its 2009 campaign pledge.

The B.C. Liberals tout their success selling lumber to China and Hong Kong, whose share of B.C. lumber exports has grown from 6.6 per cent in 2006 to 32.6 per cent in 2011. The B.C. Liberals say their marketing partnership with Ottawa

and the forest industry has sold enough lumber to keep 16 mills operating.

“Banning exports of unprocessed logs won’t solve timber access issues for mills, especially coastal ones,” the B.C. Liberal platform says. “Our preference is to have logs milled here at home, but log exports are a key component to growing our coastal forest economy and keeping people employed in British Columbia.”

The Coastal Forest Products Association argues that each high-

grade log sold abroad supports harvest of two more logs that go to domestic sawmills.

Platform highlights: • The B.C. Liberals propose to increase the budget for planting and silviculture in pine beetle-affected forests by $10 million a year, starting in 2015. The wparty promises to consult with communities and industry to make a transition from volume-based harvest licences to area-based tenures, a plan that was withdrawn from

the legislature amid criticism earlier this year.

• The B.C. NDP promises a $100 million investment over five years to double the number of seedlings planted and update forest inventories. The party has revived a proposal for a “jobs protection commissioner” to help adapt to reduced timber supply due to pine beetle damage.

• The B.C. Conservatives propose to review Crown forest land tenures and “where appropriate,

modify or change forms of tenure to ensure wealth and employment generation.”

The party also wants to increase research, reforestation and marketing of forest exports abroad, but offers no specific plans or budget commitments.

• The B.C. Green Party proposes to offer low-interest start-up loans “to encourage small, labour-intensive ecoforestry.” It also wants to hold an inquiry into “stumpage manipulation,” and

B.C. Views Tom Fletcher “accelerate tenure reform to require no less than 50 per cent of public forest tenures be held by First Nations woodlots and communities by the year 2019.”

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Election

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Houston Today

Provincial Election 2013

Comparing candidates

Dan Brooks B.C. Conservative

Colin Hamm B.C. Green Party

John Rustad B.C. Liberal

Sussanne SkidmoreHewlett B.C. NDP

In the 1990s, British Columbia’s provincial debt doubled, growing from $17.3 billion to $33.8 billion.

Over the last decade, from 2001 to the present, B.C.’s debt again has doubled – this time from $33.8 billion to $62.7 billion.

The first run-up in the debt occurred under NDP governments, and according to those of us who believe in free-enterprise, was very bad.

The second run-up was under BC Liberal governments. This time, however, according to many people who profess to be free-enterprisers, it was a-okay.

According to these ‘part-time’ free-enterprisers, New Democratic Party debt is bad; BC Liberal debt, not-sobad.

In the most-recent BC Liberal Budget, brought in by Premier Christy Clark on February 19, taxes were raised on our province’s job-producers – companies and entrepreneurs. Many free-enterprisers – again, primarily those of the ‘part-time’ variety – called it a great plan.

Adrian Dix and the NDP recently unveiled their election platform, and in many respects it is identical to Christy Clark’s Budget insofar that it features tax hikes on businesses and business-owners.

Yet the BC Liberals and many in the business community declare that the 2013 general election is a stark choice between two polar-opposite points of view – the BC Liberals versus the NDP. In reality, there is little to distinguish those two parties – especially when it comes to taxation and debt. (Notably, both firmly support the Carbon Tax, which is especially unfair to northern and rural British Columbians.)

And that is why many people believe that it is time for a better option.

The BC Conservative platform calls for no new taxes, with annual balanced budgets.

We advocate a new plan called Spending Smarter, which has three components.

First, we will ensure greater examination of spending in each Spring’s Budget. Second, we will create a Legislative Budget Office to provide MLAs with independent fiscal and economic analyses.

And, third, we will fundamentally re-make the Fall sitting of the legislature so MLAs can grill those bureaucrats – deputy ministers, Crown corporation executives, and officials with hospitals, schools, colleges and universities – who actually spend taxpayers’ dollars.

No longer do British Columbians have to hold their noses and vote for the BC Liberals or NDP. The BC Conservatives represent a fundamental change in provincial politics – a change for the better.

What does it mean to be Green?

If I could explain the green movement in one word, it would be compassion; compassion for all forms of life, including humans. By that I mean that we want humans to be happy, healthy and prosperous too.

We want free enterprise, we want economic activity; we just want it to be sustainable and to keep the proceeds from that in the community.

“Change is inevitable – growth is optional” Other parties talk about change or talk about saving the environment and while that is good if it is genuine, we have to be on guard about empty slogans and a return to ‘business as usual’.

Being environmentally conscious is at the very heart of our platform but that doesn’t mean that we are a ‘one trick pony’.

We believe that protecting the planet, people’s health and economic prosperity are all inextricably connected. So much so that we believe that we have to change our accounting, our way of measuring economic success to reflect this three-way connection of people, planet and prosperity.

A brief run-down of where we stand on a few key issues: Forestry – First of all, the forest belongs to the people not corporations. It’s OK to cut some trees to benefit people but we have to make sure that there are enough left over for future generations. We have to do more with what we cut and that means more value added. We have to do more with what is left behind, which means making salvage licences more available.

Furthermore there is more to the forest’s value than just cutting trees we want to exploit the beauty of this resource as well and encourage eco-tourism.

Enbridge Pipeline – We want to stop the pipeline for both environmental and economic reasons. The people of our community are taking all the risk and getting none of the reward.

That isn’t good business and it certainly isn’t good conservation.

Agriculture – We need to preserve the value of the land and water system by reducing our dependency on chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. It’s not about ‘all or none’; we just have to return to more healthy farming practices for the benefit of everyone. It’s more profitable for the farmers too, if we count up all the real costs, including the damage to the land.

Health Care – “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. Currently we spend just about all of our public money on ‘sick care’ instead of practicing real health care. Prevention is a much bigger bang for our buck and good health is intrinsically valuable as well. Protecting the planet’s health and our own human habitat is good for our own health, which saves money, which means that there is money available for treatment when people need acute care.

We have a very detailed and extensive platform that you can explore more fully at www.greenparty.bc.ca

We’ve accomplished a lot in Northern BC and our riding of NechakoLakes. We’ve invested more than $170 million in road improvements for our riding. Projects like new passing lanes, intersection improvements, resurfacing, side road surfacing, safety improvements and more to improved traveling and strengthened our economy. We’ve invested more than $2.4 billion in healthcare facilities provincially including a new long term care facility in Houston, a new hospital in Burns Lake and much more.

Here in Houston we’ve worked together to deliver a new Water Treatment Facility, Spirit Square, funding for Senior’s Housing, school upgrades, playgrounds and more. But there’s still work to be done. Communities often find it difficult to fund improvements so we’ve proposed a new Rural Resource Dividend. This is designed to return some of the resource revenue to rural communities to help support the services we all want and to prepare for future growth.

The Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic has caused a mid-term timber supply problem. I chaired a committee last year that brought forward solutions to minimize this impact. We need to move forward with these recommendations to maximize the amount of timber available to support our sawmills and communities.

Provincially we’ve balanced the budget and maintained our AAA debt rating status. We’re controlling spending increases and projecting a surplus of $850 million over 3 years. We’re eliminating the carbon tax on colour fuel for our agriculture sector, freezing personal income taxes for 5 years, introducing an early childhood tax benefit, back-to-school tax credit, fitness equipment tax credit and we’ll be reducing small business taxes by 40%.

We have a once in a lifetime opportunity for BC to become Debt Free. There are currently 9 proposed Liquid Natural Gas plants for BC from the largest gas companies in the world. Combined with the significant increase in Natural Gas production required to support LNG, this new revenue means BC has a choice. Do we want to spend it expanding the size of government or do we want to have the discipline to use it to eliminate our debt? Our commitment is to eliminate BC’s debt in 15 years.

We’ve come a long way. I’ve worked hard to deliver on improvements for our communities. Today, we’re on the cusp of significant growth for Northern BC. I ask for your support to continue working on the projects that are important for Houston, Nechako-Lakes and for Northern BC.

I am running in this election to provide strong representation for Nechako Lakes in the legislature and in a New Democrat government.

I will be a strong advocate for the people of the North.

Our leader, Adrian Dix, has already shown that he is knowledgeable about our issues in the North, and has made commitments that are of special importance to the people of this area.

The NDP will generate jobs with a five-year plan to revitalize our forest industry after years of neglect by the BC Liberals. We will strengthen the mining industry with mine-related skills training and measures to reduce exploration permit backlogs.

And we know that health care is a big issue in this part of the province. So the NDP will invest $45 million to improve rural acute care and emergency services Our NDP platform represents change for the better in British Columbia, one practical step at a time. That means our platform contains only fully costed commitments, and it sets out our plans for taxes. There will be no surprises like the HST. We believe that British Columbians should make decisions about major projects such as the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, rather than leaving them to Ottawa, as the BC Liberals have done.

New Democrats know that we need a diversified, sustainable economy that provides jobs and opportunities to build a strong middle class. That includes restoring mining, forestry, and agriculture.

British Columbians need skills training and postsecondary education to match up with the jobs of today and tomorrow, and make it easier for students to access that training with a $100 million grant program and by opening up more training spaces. We will bring new resources into the classrooms of our schools.

We want to make life more affordable with our Family Budget Bonus and other measures to fight poverty.

The NDP will improve home care, community care and residential care for seniors as part of its work to restore our health care system.

We will revitalize the Treaty process and support economic development for First Nations.

And an NDP government will work to restore faith in our political system by ending union and corporate donations to political parties, and ending taxpayerfunded partisan advertising.

Our full platform is online athttp://www.bcndp.ca/ plan

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ipping down a slope of knee deep powder is one thing that keeps DebiLyn Smith feeling strong and grateful that she’s alive.

Another has been writing a book called “Running From Cancer”, a testament of her recent experience with breast cancer.

“You have to have something in life that makes you want to keep going” she says after her ordeal with surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation. “I have my family, my friends and a zest for life that has really been put to the test over the past 18 months, but I’m still swinging. I’ve learned to quit running from cancer; to stand up and fight back.”

When asked what her biopsy diagnosis was, either good or bad, Debi replied, “Depends on how you look at it. It was bad news that I was about to face a gruelling journey in a battle for my life. But it was good news that they found the cancer in the first place. I’m told they didn’t have the technology to find the macro size of metastasis in my lymph node as early as one year ago. That’s about the point where I became very thankful to the cancer organizations of the world.”

The Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay For Life fundraises for research projects that strive to overcome cancers.

There’s a hot line you can call and talk to another survivor who has gone through what you are facing, compliments of fundraising dollars. Going through chemotherapy alone can be scary

but the Canadian Cancer Society hosts group meetings where a room full of survivors together with new cancer patients talk about their experiences and what worked for them. “There is a list of things the Canadian Cancer Society does to give the fallen hope. To raise the spirits and keep us going,” Debi says.

“It’s all about attitude and refusing to give in. Some days it’s harder than others to keep your chin up. It’s been a year and a half now. I’ve been cut up, poisoned and nuked and I’ve had to look in the mirror and figure out who was now looking back at me. I’m definitely not the same person I was, but I’m thankful for every day that I get to wake up. And I hope to keep waking up for many years to come.”

Today cancer patients do have a good chance of living years after their diagnosis, especially when caught at an early stage like Debi’s was. She adds, “The key is information and prevention; understanding that cancer is like a lottery. We’re all born with tickets. Everyone has cancer cells inside them lying dormant, waiting for something to kick them off and multiply into tumors that can take your life from you. The key is to reduce the amount of tickets you’re playing with. If you smoke, give yourself another ticket. Are you overweight? Get another ticket.

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have of winning the cancer lottery; whether cancer runs in your family or not.”

“The secret is not to help cancer grow in the first place because having cancer sucks. You lose the person you were to someone always wondering if this is their last day/week/month on earth; to a person always trying to stay one step ahead of the cancer cells with drug regimes that are hard on you, with positive thinking that sometimes eludes you. If it wasn’t for the friends and family that kept cheering me on, of lifting me up when I started to sink, of the gifts of humor, encouragement and lies that I was looking well even when I wasn’t, I wouldn’t have made it as far as I have.”

“The biggest thing is the hope and love that we cancer survivors feel when people like you support the Canadian Cancer Society in any way.”

Debi’s book will be launching in Houston May 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Brewstirs and 1 to 6 p.m. at Countrywide Printing.

She will be giving a reading of Running From Cancer: a tilted memoir at the Library on Thursday May 16 from 7 to 9 p.m.

A donation from each book sale goes to the Bulkley Valley Health Care and Hospital Foundation.

Running From Cancer: a tilted memoir is available in book or Kindle form through amazon.ca or amazon.com. Debi has a well-attended website with Alphabetical Cancer Prevention blogs, healthy recipes and samples from all three of her books.

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“Instead of shipping timber off, we want to do more here”

VOTE from Page 1 Skidmore-Hewlett says that with a fullycosted platform, NDP is offering change for the better one step at a time, in things like health care, forestry and the environment.

John Rustad, B.C. Liberals, spoke next, highlighting some of what he’s done for local communities, such as supporting Houston’s water treatment plant and the Granisle school.

He adds that during his time as MLA, $200 million was spent on road improvements throughout the area, including in community work, like adding passing lanes, turning lanes and sidewalks.

Rustad says Liberals are implementing a rural resource dividend, to help rural communities get revenue back for projects in their area.

But the number one issue B.C. is facing is the pine beetle epidemic and the midterm timber

supply, said Rustad.

“In the Morice timber supply area, we cut about 2 million cubic metres per year and that is scheduled to drop by about half. We need to be developing strategies to try to minimize what that impact is,” Rustad said.

Last year, B.C. Liberals developed timber supply committee, came up with strategies like looking at marginal economic status, engaging with bioeconomy and engaging with new management laws.

“Through those things I believe that we can actually mitigate almost all of the pine beetle epidemic,” he said.

Colin Hamm, B.C. Green Party, spoke third, saying that environmental protection is at the core of the Green values because it protects health, happiness and prosperity.

With increasing environmental

support, Hamm says “we have to be careful it’s not just business as usual with a little bit of green window dressing.”

Hamm says B.C. Greens want to change how government works, and build partnerships to replace long-standing feuds.

If he could boil down what it means to be green, Hamm says it means having compassion for all forms of life.

The Green Party is about protecting forests, it supports private enterprise and wants economic activity with benefits staying in communities, said Hamm.

They believe in strong decentralized government, no party whip system, with MLAs voting based on conscience, he said.

“What that really means for the people here is that instead of Victoria telling us what to do, we can actually represent the people here and deliver that

message to Victoria,” he said.

Responding to the talk about the drop backs in the timber industry, Hamm said the Green Party plans to do more with timber B.C. has, like Quebec who has three times as many jobs for the same amount of timber cut.

“If we lost half our cut, we can make that up by doing more with what we have. Instead of shipping our timber off to other places, we want to do more with it here before we ship it off,” he said.

Hamm stated the Greens want to stop the Enbridge pipeline.

Dan Brooks, B.C. Conservative, spoke last, saying that northern B.C. has suffered under the B.C. Liberals and been neglected because the seat of power is down south.

Brooks says the north has had ineffectual MLAs, whipped by the party system, who have been silent on issues that matter most.

This is shown by policies introduced in the last decade, like the Carbon Tax, which is unfair to northerners who drive further and need to heat homes longer, Brooks said.

“I’m asking you to ask yourself, of the four candidates that sit up here, who is going to be the strongest voice?” asked Brooks, adding that he can be that voice.

“I believe in fiscal conservatism, which means I believe in responsible management of our provinces finances,” said Brooks, adding that it’s about taking care of the next generation.

Brooks said he has a threefold vision for the north and the first aspect is having a positive business environment.

His vision includes scrapping the Carbon Tax, which has penalized the energyintensive northern economy, and it means engaging in land-use planning, said Brooks.

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Police on patrol saw a female walking with open liquor in her hand near Poulton Avenue and Tenth Street at 1:15 a.m.

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RCMP Sgt. Rose says RCMP issued her a ticket for consuming liquor in a public place and destroyed the open liquor at the scene. *** Police on foot patrol at 4:30 a.m. April

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vehicle owner and issued a warning. *** Police got a report of three males in the Ambassador trailer court believed to be trying to break into the complainants home at 11:45 p.m. April 26.

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She was released and will face two breach charges June 17 in Houston, he said. *** The main entrance door of the 2035 Sullivan Way apartments was reported April 27 to have been damaged overnight.

Sgt. Rose says police have no suspects or witnesses and anyone with information is asked to contact Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477. *** Police got a report of a drunk male causing disturbance at a home on Hagman Crescent at 2:30 a.m.

April 28.

Sgt. Rose says police arrested the male and lodged him in cells until sober; no charges.

While in custody, the male complained of shortness of breath and was brought to the Smithers hospital by Ambulance, said Sgt. Rose. *** Police stopped a vehicle on Highway 16 near Tweedie Avenue because a passenger was not wearing a seatbelt.

Sgt. Rose says police found that the driver was impaired by drug-use, issued them a 24-hour driving prohibition and towed their vehicle. *** Police were called about a break and

enter at 2035 Sullivan Way at 9 p.m. April 28.

Sgt. Rose says the caller said someone had broken into her apartment and stole an x-box game console.

Police talked to neighbours and identified a suspect but the caller did not want police to proceed with investigation or charges, said Rose. *** On April 29, police got a report of an assault that had happened in a home on Hagman Crescent April 27.

Sgt. Rose says police interviewed the complainant and witness and are working to find and arrest the assault suspect. *** Police got a report April 29 of mischief at a Nadina Way apartment, where someone had smashed a window with a two by six.

Sgt. Rose says it was believed to have happened in the prior 48 hours and talks with neighbours did not turn up any suspects. *** At 1 p.m. April 29, police got a report of a shoplifter at a local business.

Sgt. Rose says the person was gone when police arrived, but they have identified the person responsible.

Investigation is ongoing but charges of theft under $5,000 are anticipated, said Sgt. Rose. *** At 3 p.m. April 29, police got a report of a stolen TD 15 Cat winch that had been sitting on a pullout near 18 km on Buck Flats Road.

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250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477. *** Police got a report of a break and enter at a home in the Houston trailer court at 3 p.m.

April 29.

Sgt. Rose says someone had pried open the front door and stole a Playstation 3 controller, several games, and five boxes of laminate flooring.

Police contacted the Forensic Identification Section in Terrace who attended and examined the home, said Rose.

Sgt. Rose says investigation is ongoing and police have identified a subject of interest, but no arrests have yet been made. *** A male bound by court conditions turned himself in at 5:30 p.m. April 29, after breaching probation conditions.

Sgt. Rose says the male was arrested and later released and will face charges June 17 in Houston. *** Police were asked to help the Fire Department just before 7 p.m. April 29.

Sgt. Rose says a tree had fallen on the power line 2 km east of Houston and caused a small fire, which had extinguished itself.

B.C. Hydro was called to deal with the damaged power lines, said Rose. *** Police were called at 2:15 p.m. April 30 about four youth on the train track near Drive In Road and CR Matthews Road.

Sgt. Rose says the youth were not found and reminds people that walking along the CN is dangerous and is trespassing on CN property.

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Sgt. Rose says police found that the vehicle had expired insurance, issued the driver a ticket and let the vehicle where it was parked at the store. *** At 12:15 p.m. April 30, police got a report of a wallet on Highway 16 at the east end of town.

Sgt. Rose says police didn’t find the wallet, but it was turned in an hour later and then returned to it’s owner.

The owner extends thanks to those who found and turned in the wallet. *** Police got a report at 10:45 a.m. May 1 of a vehicle in the ditch on Highway 16 near Barrett Hat Road.

Sgt. Rose says police determined that the driver was under the influence of alcohol and demanded a roadside screen which he failed.

Police issued him a 90-day driving prohibition and impounded the vehicle for 30 days, said Rose. *** At 1:40 a.m. May 2, police were asked by ambulance to help them with a hypothermic male on Buck Flats Road.

Sgt. Rose says the male was seen walking across the small creek, not realizing how deep it was and fell in, and got hypothermia from the cold water.

Police helped get the male out from the creek, on the spine board and into the ambulance where he was taken to the Smithers hospital, said Sgt. Rose.

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ELECT from Page 1 Conservative Dan Brooks says two Houston issues are skills shortages and services, adding that B.C. Conservatives can pledge money to deal with skill shortages.

“What I’m going to do as your MLA is go into the high schools and elementary schools and talk to the kids about looking for jobs in the trades,” he said, adding that most students have a glamorous idea of going to university, but many times they get degrees that have no relevant job skills.

Liberal John Rustad said one Houston issue is an upcoming capital project, the waterstorage facility replacement.

“But the one issue I hear most about is that there’s been more people moving into town that need

social assistance,” said Rustad, adding that we need to bring social assistance offices from Smithers to Houston.

“I’ve been working with various ministers to figure out how we can adjust that,” said Rustad, adding that he thinks it’s important for the future of the community.

Timber supply One question, asked of Conservative candidate Dan Brooks, was “What is your policy on investing in our midterm timber supply?”

Brooks says the only way to get anywhere with any resource development is to engage in community landuse management and establish clear expectations on issues like midterm timber.

“It needs to be driven by communities

and not by industry, so our communities need to make a decision on what we want to do about midterm timber supply,” said Brooks.

“I have an initiative that I want each community to engage in comprehensive land-use planning that’s going to set those expectations,” he said.

Liberal candidate John Rustad said that to keep mills open, they have to make sure they have access to fibre.

“We have land resource management plans in place here in the Morice timber supply area,” said Rustad.

Rustad noted that the NDP platform has no mention of bioenergy and how they can use those standards to access timber.

“Forestry is 43 percent of our economic activity,”

said Rustad. “It’s critical that we make sure that we have a healthy industry for the future.”

Rustad says B.C. Liberals are looking to expand the timber supply by looking at a new manager model of the land base.

Rustad says Duncan Lumber is a great example, because after taking out all their dead pine, they got a 25 to 30 percent increase in the amount of fibre available.

“It’s those types of solutions we need to be thinking about if we want to make sure that we’ve got enough fibre available to supply our mills,” he said.

Conservative candidate Brooks says B.C. Liberals have done nothing with land use planning, have ignored and minimized land resource divisions,

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and had ten years to deal with the mountain pine beetle, doing nothing until last year.

“Yes, we have a crisis in mid-term timber… we are going to have to cut back on how much we cut and look at industries like bioenergy and tourism,” Brooks said. “ L a n d - u s e planning is how we are going to decide where we are going to set those boundaries, because if you diversify in tourism, you may have to make sacrifices somewhere else on your land base,” he said.

“Communities need to make that decision, not government,” he added.

NDP candidate Skidmore-Hewlett said B.C. NDP has a five-point plan and one of the big priorities is looking at different ways to use our timber supply, looking at different resources and better ways to use trees.

Another priority is working with rural communities and coming up with plans that work for them, she said.

“We’re committed to doing that,” she said.

Green Colin Hamm says the B.C. Green Party has a plan to deal with the mid-term gap, to do more value-added (more with the same cut), and have smaller management units so they can know forests more and manage

better.

Hamm says they also want to increase access to salvage licenses.

“There is thousands of tons of good fibre out there that’s not being used… we want to open that up to go back in,” he said.

Health care One person asked Liberal candidate Rustad, “Can you commit to funding a full-time duty nurse at the Houston Health Centre for after hour emergencies?”

Rustad said that in order to have an evening nurse on shift, doctors need to be on call, and if there are not enough doctors, there is risk of doctor burn out.

But he says what he hopes to do is find a way for patients to be able to get treatment from a nurse, without a doctor having to come in.

“It would be able to free up a tremendous amount of resources in the health care system and it would be able to provide that kind of open, 24-hour care that we’d like to see in the community,” he said.

Diversify economy Green candidate Hamm was asked to give concrete examples of how he and the Green Party of B.C. would work to move away from forestry-dependant communities to a more

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Hamm said they want to do more value-added and they want to increase the salvage licenses so they can use the fibre already in the forests for things such as oriented strand board, plywood, sprinkles and stairways.

“There’s a hundred different products that are out there being made from our wood, and we can just do that in our community more effectively,” Hamm said.

Liberal candidate Rustad says he believes new product development and new opportunities are critical.

B.C. Liberals have committed to working with industry and federal government on cellulose filaments, which could be very positive and could revolutionize the pulp industry, he said.

He adds that they have a plan are are working with MP innovations because with the strength of some filaments, it could be a negative on pulp industry.

“We’re working on all these new types of product lines, and we are trying to make sure that we develop them so that we have those additional industries coming into the province in our forest industry to work with our existing industry to be able to make sure that our forest industry is strong for the future,” said Rustad.

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For more information on equipment needs and registration requirements, please visit the RDBN office or www.rdbn.bc.ca/hiredequipment.

The deadline for registrations is 4:30pm on Monday, May 13, 2013.

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As Superintendent, you will manage on site construction workers and enforce required safety and work regulations, policies and procedures. You will ensure the efficient use of labour, machines and materials on site and will administer planning and scheduling of work, records maintenance and job progress reporting, including costs and safety.

Although mainly a supervisory and construction site management role, the Superintendent may be required to assist in the construction on an occasional basis and must be familiar with contracts and procedures. Preference will be given to Gold Seal Certified Superintendents.

Please forward your resume by May 17, 2013 to: Babine Forest Products Limited, Human Resources By email hrcanada@hamptonaffiliates.com By fax 503-291-5590 Babine offers competitive compensation and benefits, the potential for career advancement and is an equal opportunity employer. We wish to thank all those who apply; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Please submit resume to 2005 Nadina Avenue, Houston or mail to Shannon Clarke, CGA, Box 1558, Houston, BC V0J 1Z0.

For more information, please call Shannon at (250) 845-3221.

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Terms: Items are “As Is� condition. Cash or cheque with I.D. Concession on grounds.

2005 Nadina Avenue Phone: 250-845-3221 Fax: 250-845-3250 email: denommee@telus.net

For more information: Richie at (250) 698-7377 or (250) 698-7351

Bulkley Valley Home Centre in Houston requires

TWO YARD EMPLOYEES. Duties include customer service, delivery truck driving and clean up.

Must have Driver’s License. Self-starter with commitment to customer service a must.

Competitive wage and benefit package.

Please fax resume to Amanda at 250-845-7608 or email Amanda@bvhome.ca

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Continuous Aluminum Gutters 250-846-5509

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Sale conducted on behalf several estates.

SALE 1 May 25, 2013 Saturday @ 10:00 am. Topley, BC. Topley Garage, Intersection of Hwy 16 & Hwy 118 to Granisle.

Industrial & Milling: 2000 Case Excavator 9020B, Cat EL 300H Button Top, Caterpillar D8K (1980) w/ 3Shank ripper, blade, brush piling rake, 22 ft cutting Edge portable band saw sawmill, Alaskan sawmill. Farm: JD 466 square baler, new idea round baler, Hesston #7 9ft mower conditioner, 6 wheel Vicon Rake, 10’ drag, Cattle squeeze (calf table), 3 bottom plow. Vehicles, Trailers & Marine: 93 & 95 F250 Ford xcab diesel 4x4, international dump truck, 95 Chevy Blazer, Pontiac car, 94 Nissan v6 4x4 pickup, 04 Chevy xcab v6 pickup, 1/2 ton Dodge 4x4 pickup, Ford 600 truck, single axel Ford F800 truck w/ snowplow, sander attachment for snowplow truck, tandem axel car trailer, Danchuck tandem axel trailer, lg shop trailer, 1000 gallon Enviro water tank on trailer, 2x approx. 500 gallon water tanks all on trailers, RV tow dolly, 19’ sailboat w/trailer, 12’ day sailer sailboat, 9hp Merc, 14’ Bowrider w/ trailer & 90hp Merc, Zodiac, rubber singy Seagull antique outboard motor. Tools & Equipment: CNC controller complete unit milling m/c lathe & one controller Mitotoyo, 14kw diesel generator, multiple stick welders, 5 wire feed welders, welding helmets, welding rod in wood drawer cabinet, Honda genset, multiple air compressors + Kottler Magnum 10 M10S shop compressor, Coleman Powermate 3500 psi 4.0 gpm, Makita cut off saw, floor & bench type drill presses, 2x Acetylene & cutting torch, fuel tanks, misc. tools, 2x pressure washers, mechanic tools, antique 100 yr old tools, portable tool boxes, tool chests, rolling tool boxes w/ & w/o tools varied sizes, Nusteel 26� professional 2 drawer chest tool box, 1/2�, 3/4�, 1� drive sockets, various size open end wrenches, bore drill bits, carpentry tools, routers, band/table saws, Makita drill, Wayjax fire pump, Honda GX110 water pump, 2.66hp water pumps, 2x hydraulic hose press + Dayco hydraulic press w/ chucks, small socket set. Supplies: Cables & wires, steel shelving & plastic draw bins, nuts & bolts, bolt bin w/ bolts, welding rod in wood cabinet, hydraulic fittings, ratchet straps, new & used steel, 20 ton hydraulic jack, binders, handyman jacks, tow chains, industrial hydraulic rams, ear protection, spill kits & first aid equipment, new culverts, logging truck & vehicle chains. Farm & House Misc: Wooden dog house, lg folding wire dog kennel, lg tandem wheel barrel, chicken feeders & waters, plastic & metal water trough, lg wall tent used & brand new in box canvas wall tent both w/ stoves, parachute, old fashioned push reel lawn mower, Tcchumsen TCII mini rototiller, zodiac air pump, water hoses, mineral samples, 10 new 4x8 sheets of copper.

Livestock & Tack: 3 saddle horses, bareback pad, parelli carrot sticks, bridles, halters, breast collars, blankets, leads, reins, horse boot, western saddle, endurance saddle, saddle blankets. Horse gear & antique items such as spreaders, scotch tops. More items, too numerous to list. Household: Propane fridge & freezer, ele. fridges & freezers, misc. household furniture & antique furniture.

SALE 2 June 8, 2013 @ 10:00 am.

Dawson Creek, BC. The George Dawson Inn on 8th Street. Consignments welcome!

Condition of Sale. Terms: cash & Cheque with I.D., sorry no credit cards. Items are sold As is / Where is condition. Not responsible for accidents. Any question please contact:

Mike Steinebach @ (250) 694-3497 or Cell (250) 692-6107 or Egon Steinebach @ (250) 694-3319 or Cell (250) 570- 2055 E-Mail: mike@mikesauction.net & Website www.mikesauction.net

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For Sale By Owner

Mobile Homes & Parks

Homes for Rent

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RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Affordable Housing. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Keremeos, BC. Spec home on site to view. Please call 250-4627055. www.copperridge.ca

CHIMNEY Lake waterfront near Williams Lake in the Cariboo. 3BR with geothermal and rental cabin.

Propertyguys.com # 702896 (250)305-6627 $499,000

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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-5666899 Ext:400OT. STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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Lots

Apt/Condo for Rent

FIVE ACRE view lots off Buck Flats Road. Hydro, telephone, water available. No building permit required. Owners will consider carrying mortgage. $48,000. Call: 778-884-1948 or email: westdm@yahoo.com

NICEST APARTMENTS: Crest Villa seeks mature, responsible tenants for large, modern, clean, one and two bedroom apartments. Near arena and pool. Downtown Location. Call: (250) 845-4037

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HOUSE FOR SALE

2930 Nadina Way, Houston BC • • • • •

1200 square feet 3 bedrooms upstairs 1 bedroom down Large rec room 1 ½ bathrooms

• All appliances updated • Paved driveway • New flooring & paint • Vinyl siding main floor & basement • & more • Chain link fence • Front & rear decks Selling price $179,900

Phone 250-845-2498 or 250-845-7419 evenings

True Coin Collector Looking to Purchase Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold and Silver coins, Bills + Not melting down, Serious Collector. Call: Coin Couple 1-778-281-0030

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Plants /Nursery SPRUCE tree SALE! Starting @ $69.-6’ft, Larger sizes available, 50 tree minimum order. Perfect for front yard, wind or privacy hedge.

Call 1-778-436-8776 or email mk1786@telus.net

Four bedroom 2 bathroom house located close to elementary and high school. Numerous upgrades include kitchen, bathrooms, windows, and vinyl siding over two inches of blue Styrofoam insulation. Open floor plan and good room sizes, attached garage. Back yard has plenty of play room. Large outside shed to store your toys in. Must be viewed to be appreciated.

For appointment to view 1- 250-845-2613

HOUSE FOR rent in Houston.

2911 Pearson Road. 3 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, full Basement, large deck, no pets. $700 a month. References required. Available after May 15th. Call: 250-845-1234 or 1250-632-2280

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Houston COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Please keep your announcements as brief as possible. Deadline (faxed or mailed or delivered) is 4 p.m. Thursday. Items are printed or alternated as space permits. Items will be accepted via fax, email or dropped at the office. No phone calls please. More calendar items are listed online and can be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com

The Story Of The Métis - Dinner Theatre presentation

by Silverthorne’s Division Two Class - a walk through history called, “Up Where We Belong” on Thurs., May 9, 6:00 pm at Silverthorne Elementary Gym. Spaghetti Dinner will include Caesar salad, garlic bread, dessert & beverage. Tickets $15 per person.

Please contact Amy by email at am-slaney@sd54. bc.ca or by phone at (250) 845-0028.

Houston Public Library - Mark Zagwyn will be taking passport photos at the Library on May 9 from 12 to 6 pm. Introduction to Digital Photography Workshop with Simon Jeffrey. May 14 and 21 from 6-8pm at the Houston Public Library. $25.00 for both sessions. Please register for this workshop. After School Game Day - May 21: 3:30pm to 5pm for children ages 8 to 12. Admission by donation. Book Sale on May 23, 24 and 25th during library hours. For more info or to register for the above events please call 250-845-2256.

Houston Pro-Life has invited Tia MacDougall to speak to parents and grandparents on how to communicate to their children about sexuality.The evening is guaranteed to be eye opening and empowering. Thursday May

Well kept 3 bedroom older home an a beautiful 0.78 acre lot!

Bright spacious living room, oak cabinets in country kitchen.

Heat pump heating system and air conditioning in the summer.

24’ x 32’ completely finished, heated shop with 9 foot door.

16 x 20 storage shed, 12 x 12 gazebo ready for a hot tub.

New cedar deck, nicely landscaped.

9, 2013 at 7:00pm in the basement of the Christian ages. Come and check it out!

Reform Church. Coffee and dessert will be served.

The Houston Retirement Housing Society is asking Rhianna Malkinson Benefit Fund - Benefit Dinner interested parties to provide their names for future vacancies Dance & Auction - Sat, May 11, 2013 at the Houston at our Pleasant Valley Village apartments. Please call Community Hall. Doors open 6:00pm dinner at 6:30pm. Roberta@250-845-2257.

Pleasant Valley Restaurant is catering the dinner.

DJ services provided by Sound Xplosion. Tickets: $25 per person - advance ticket only. Must be 19 years or over. Tickets available from: First Choice Fashions & Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd Tues.

Countrywide Printing & Stationery. of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire practices every Thurs.

Pancake Breakfast By Donation Sat. May 18 - 7-11am at at 7:30 pm. the Fire Hall. Bring your family and join your neighbours.

Structural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? TopProceeds to Muscular Dystrophy. Sponsored by Bulkley ley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No Valley Credit Union and Houston Volunteer Fire Fighters. experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250Houston Dart League is Sat. evenings at 7:30 pm. upstairs 696-3348 or come to a fire practice: Thurs. @ 1930 at the Houston Curling Club. Blind doubles games. hrs (7:30 pm) Seniors Bingo is every Tues. at 7pm at Cottonwood Manor. Entry is $1. Come out & enjoy a fun prize filled evening. Lots of prizes!

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Potential in-law suite with second kitchen in above ground basement.

209,900

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The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Mon. of Granisle and District Seniors meetings are the 2nd the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is General Meeting. 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. Baby Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., clothing; women’s and mens as well as children of all 11 a.m. Bible study is Thurs. at 7 p.m.

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Opened in 1967, The B.C. govern- Babine Elementary$5.28 enrols 33 ment is investing new Secondary million for five students kindergarden modular classrooms to grade 12. of to replace part With declining enBabine Elementary- rolment and a deterionewly Secondary.

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By Jackie Lieuwen run because of hold a referendum. are (1) the water sawmills here that doctors. plant, Houston Today That is still being 24 hours a day, and if attract treatment says will Holmberg health care determined and any serious to council (2) 24/7 maintaining said we have Houston they are talking be decided soon, to and (3) Health injuries then they’ve Northern level of adopted a 2012 - Mayor Bill Holmberg Mayor Holmberg. plan the current without got to be shipped 2014 “Strategic The second priority off to Smithers right about it. at services 24/7 health progress report” taxpayers. construction costs.

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