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Blaze tears through two Cablecar homes Cameron Orr An 8:26 a.m. fire call, Aug. 21, had 15 Kitimat firefighters on scene to a property on Chinook Street in Cablecar. Fire Chief Trent Bossence said that the first fire crew arrived at the blaze at 8:37 a.m., where two homes, joined at the garage, were on fire. Bossence said there was extensive damage to the two garages which were further to the rear of the property. Both houses were also involved in flames and he adds that the structure as a whole — including both homes — had extensive fire damage.
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“Everybody got out of the residence of both properties…on their own,” he said. “No injuries reported to me or the hall.” The investigation into the fire will focus on the garages, he said, which seems to be where the most damage is, and is also where eyewitnesses say they saw flames early on. The garages were holding vehicles and Bossence said there was a “significant fuel load” that he presumes would have been a contributing factor to the intensity of the fire. Firefighters were back at the hall around 2:00 p.m.
Restoration project set to bring clay to Clio Bay Cameron Orr Following from discussion around town, councillor Phil Germuth has moved to have the Department of Fisheries and Oceans invited to council, to speak about the rumours of Clio Bay possibly being closed off due to it being used as a clay dumping ground. “Clio Bay has always been of significant value to local boaters for both recreational and safety reasons,” said Germuth. “As important as Clio Bay is for its recreational use, perhaps it’s most valuable asset is its safety aspect. In times of high winds, Clio Bay has always been used as a safety refuge for boaters to duck in out of the weather and wait out before returning to port.” He said with Kitimat having lost two marinas, he wants to ensure Clio Bay isn’t another benefit lost to locals and tourists. The motion, which passed unanimously, included amendments to invite representatives from Chevron and Apache, which was brought forward by Mario Feldhoff, as he believed they were the proponents behind these concerns. The Sentinel was told by Chevron spokesperson Gillian Riddell in the days following the council meeting that the company will be undertaking a project called the Clio Bay Restoration Project. “For the past several months,
Chevron has been working with the support of the Haisla First Nation and the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) on the Clio Bay Restoration Project,” she explained over e-mail. “[The] project work will be getting underway in January 2014.” The project, she said, involves taking marine clay from the Kitimat LNG site at Bish Cove to Clio Bay, “where it will be deposited at predetermined underwater locations in order to cover or ‘cap off’ accumulations of woody debris on the ocean bottom.” That debris, she explained, consists of thousands of partially decomposed logs and bark chips from past logging operations, which cover about 40 per cent of the bottom of the bay. “As a result, the ongoing decomposition of the logging debris has consumed much of the oxygen from the bay, and severely impacted its ecosystem, including fish and other marine life.” The marine clay taken from the Kitimat LNG site is, she said, identical to the clay already at the bottom of Clio Bay. The Restoration Project is expected to last about 16 months, and will involve the clay loaded onto barges at Bish Cove by a conveyor system. Continued on page 2
Fire fighters gather outside a home on Chinook Street on August 14, as a fire tears through two homes.
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Career criminal’s long record earns him a boot from Kitimat Cameron Orr One of Kitimat’s more recent and active criminal offenders has been given the boot from the community. While Cpl. Stu Egers of the Kitimat RCMP detachment briefed council on the latest monthly crime statistics, he said the man, who he didn’t name, was behind a number of vehicle thefts. “It seemed like the only business he had here was crime,” he said “He was not willing to contribute to society in Kitimat.” But it wasn’t just vehicle thefts. The person, said Egers, was active in the drug trade. “He was responsible for a lot more than just the thefts of vehicles, he was in the drug trade so he was a really good person for us to be getting out of our town. Hopefully we
won’t be seeing any more of him anytime soon.” Exclusion from Kitimat was one condition of the person’s bail set during a court appearance. As for crime files in general for July there were no big surprises. There were four reported assaults causing bodily harm for the month, which keeps us below 2012’s total so far, which was 24. Common assaults saw 31 cases, bringing the year total to 106. In 2012 there were 96. There was one sexual assault, bringing 2013’s total to seven files, versus 2012’s 12. There were two business break and enters, totalling 11 for the year. Residentially there were seven B&Es, bringing the year up to 34. That’s four
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Continued from page 1 The clay will be deposited at DFOapproved sites. As for public access, Riddell said that Chevron’s first priority is safety, and
“It seemed like the only business he had here was crime. He was not willing to contribute to society in Kitimat.” Cocaine trafficking has beat 2012’s numbers, with three files opened in July, bringing this year to five. There were four in 2012. Trafficking of other drugs, which are not described in the report, had two files opened in the month, the only two for the year so far. There was one file in 2012 in that category. As far as traffic goes, there were six tickets issues under the motor vehicle act, and 17 warnings given. There were also two immediate roadside prohibitions. There were 18 911 calls.
more than we had in 2012. There were four thefts of vehicles, bringing that total to 28, against 2012’s 14 files. Shoplifting remains quite low however, with no reported cases for July, and only two for the year. There were 13 files in 2012 on that. Twenty-three files were opened for people causing a disturbance, bringing the year total to 138, below 2012’s statistic of 165. Possessions of cocaine meant two files opened in July, but Kitimat has only half the files this year, four, as there were in 2012.
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Kildala corner needs walkways A Kildala-area resident has raised concerns about the lack of sidewalks near the intersection of Lahakas and Quatsino Boulevards. Amy Da Costa wrote to the Mayor and Council, frustrated over what she deems as a “huge oversight” that there are no pedestrian walkways down Quatsino from Lahakas, towards Columbia. “The majority of this high occupancy area already travel, albeit unsafely, Quatsino around the corner to Lahakas to access the hospital, grocery stores, library and recreational activities,” she wrote. “This is because there is no straight forward walkway route like exists in other areas around town.” She says that calls to the District on this matter only ended in history lessons about how sidewalks were never built to run along major routes, but behind homes for safety. “I understand the history, but what I am hearing is that decisions that were made 60 years ago regarding Kitimat’s infrastructure are still valid
today despite changes to populations, traffic, and neighbourhoods.” In response, council moved to have the letter referred to the Advisory Planning Commission for comment, and to be referred to the 2014 budget process for later discussion. “I think the letter we’ve received...it raises some good questions and I think that it is prudent that this be given significant thought and depending on what comes out of those discussions with the APC and where things fit in terms of our wishes for the 2014 budget, it is something that we should make sure we don’t forget,” said Mario Feldhoff, who put forward the motion. He later added he’d like input from the Kitimat Heritage Walkway Group. Further, Rob Goffinet said this issue of walkways is something he’d like to be included in any future discussions the town has regarding that portion of town, including with discussions regarding legacies with developer proponents.
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Saving lives an AED giveaway Cameron Orr The Kitimat Fire Department and its paramedics have assisted Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School in teaching CPR to grade 10 students. That training comes courtesy from the Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation, which provides CPR training and defibrillators to schools in Canada. This is the sixth year the organization has arranged training in the Coast Mountains School District. And now, a donation from a company called Iridia Medical has brought an AED unit (defibrillator) and other related items to MEMSS. Deputy fire chief Pete Bizarro said that he had been contacted by Iridia Medical’s president, saying he wanted to support the community of Kitimat in some way. That support eventually materialized into an AED unit for the high school, plus four training units, and eight mannequins. Teachers from Kitimat joined those in Terrace for the CPR training which was held in late June at Caledonia Secondary School. With teachers trained, all grade 10 students are set to get training for themselves. In all seven teachers were trained as CRP and AED instructors during the June sessions.
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Claymotion It’s one of those ‘hey, wait a minute...’ moments. At council last week, Phil Germuth puts forward the motion to get the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to come in and explain what’s going on with Clio Bay, because of murmurs he’s heard in the community that it might get closed down to the public due to clay dumping. So once that’s meeting’s over, I ring up a Chevron representative to ask what’s going on, since all this likely refers to the Kitimat LNG project. And we hear back there is this whole thing, the Clio Bay Restoration Project, in the works that’ll start in January. The plan, to review, is to take marine clay from the proposed Kitimat LNG site at Bish Cove and move it into Clio Bay and dump it into preapproved sites. This plan, they say, is to improve the ocean floor which is right now littered with debris from logging activities over the years. Chevron said they’ve also worked with the Haisla on this project. So all in all, doesn’t sound like too bad of a project, although it may mean some limited access into the bay for boaters. There’s no details yet on how that’ll work. But my ‘wait a second’ moment came after I put all this down, and realized that the Haisla, Chevron and the DFO are all working together in the District of Kitimat’s blind spot. I’m assuming that if Germuth had to make this motion that the council, if not even the District, were unaware of all these activities being planned. My memory of what our municipal boundary is is hazy, but I do believe that all this activity is, in fairness, taking place outside our zone of direct influence. However work on the Douglas Channel absolutely affects the District of Kitimat community, with recreational and commercial boating coming to and from. It’s another example of the worry I’ve had for awhile now, that despite intense interest in Kitimat for energy exports the town may be left out of some crucial decision making. It’s not bothersome to me that the Clio Bay project is happening (but if you have an opinion on that, write a Letter to the Editor.) but what is bothersome is that council didn’t seem to know what it was. Things such as the DFO should be making government communication outreach just part of the routine. Cameron Orr
Food challenges are gastronomical Occasionally I watched New York-born gastronomic expert Anthony Bourdain’s former television show “No Reservations,” where the chef, author and personality visited restaurants and food providers in by Allan Hewitson various parts of the world, experiencing many unusual foods ahewitson@telus.net along the way. I was intrigued to see him added to the “menu” of personof bacon-flavoured jam. alities at CNN as that stumbling network More than 30 CNE patrons became tries to stall plunging ratings. His show, violently ill after eating the big burger “Parts Unknown” is very similar to his last Tuesday afternoon, with a numearlier shows, so again I tune in to watch ber of them admitted to hospital with from time to time. Thus, I was curious gastro-intestinal problems. The Cronut to see Bourdain taste testing (with the burger had been selling by the hunaudience’s help) originator Dominique dreds since the CNE opened. It costs Ansel’s Cronut pastry, while standing in $10. Health authorities were investigatfor Piers Morgan a few days ago. ing, but the CNE shut down the Cronut Days later, I was fascinated to hear burger stand. about the subsequent closing of CaIt’s one of dozens of what I might nadian National Exhibition’s offshoot call food or eating challenges (often at Cronut burger stand after some patrons, annual fairs like the PNE and the CNE.) all consumers of the Ex’s hit Cronut I’m not talking about pie-eating or burger, wound up in hospital with food hot-dog guzzling contests. A better expoisoning. ample is the challenge by the Brandt Luckily, Bourdain’s audience stuck restaurant in the Monte Carlo Casino with the pastry and did not try the cro- in Las Vegas, where there’s a free meal nut in burger form. It’s a heavy duty waiting for the group of six customers hybrid combination of croissant-donut- that can (completely) down a 125 oz. cheeseburger served with a healthy dose steak - yes, that’s an ounce under eight
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pounds of steak. Otherwise, it’s a $250 bill for the main course. Or two people can try to take on the Carnivore pizza challenge at Big Pie in the Sky, in Kennesaw, Georgia. Here the challenge is to eat an 11-pound pizza in one hour. If you follow the rules and succeed, you’ll receive $250 (or $200, since the entry fee is $50). At the Seiad Valley Store and Café, in Seiad Valley, California, a challenger can tackle eating all five-pounds of a pile of pancakes, with syrup and butter. Do it in two hours, your meal is free. If that sounds more manageable for someone with a big appetite in the morning, currently only seven people have managed to get through this amazing amount of pancakes in 15 years. Canada has its own food challenges; Toronto’s uniquely-named Philthy McNasty’s sports bar looks for “sports” interested in taking on their “Showdown Burger.” It is one and a half pounds of pure beef, topped with cheese and bacon on a big bun. Challengers must eat the entire burger plus a side of fries in under seven minutes to win the meal for free. Otherwise it’s $18.99. Continued on page 5
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Northwest is suddenly the belle of the ball Here’s what’s happening in Northwest BC right now. We (residents) are suddenly the belle of the natural resource ball. Many suitors (LNG, mining and oil companies) are vying for our hand (social license and support). We’re interested in being courted because relationships come with many benefits (jobs, skills training, tax revenue, etc.). But we are overwhelmed by the attention and don’t know exactly how to deal with it. First, it’s really hard to get to know each suitor and understand what they are all about - especially when many look the same from the outside. Then, when we start to talk to the suitors and get to know them, we aren’t sure whether to believe what they say. We’re slow to trust because we know from previous relationships that people can make big promises and fail to deliver. We’re also a little un-
want to have our say. This is our life and our Sarah Artis future we are talking about. comfortable with the suitLike ors wooing techniques, anyone in the beginning of which are a little different a relationship, we want to from what us small town be heard and understood. girls are used to. While We want suitors to see us as they are trying to impress real people, not just prizes us with shiny gifts (swags to be won. And we defiand sponsorships), catered nitely don’t want them to parties (open houses) and tell us not to worry, they’ve fancy clothes (literally got it all figured out. That dressing up for business only makes us worry more meetings), we’d prefer to and trust less. have them over for a homeEveryone in our region cooked meal and simple seems to understand we are conversation so we can get now in the dating game. to know them better. Some are excited about Also, instead of talking the prospects. Others are to us directly, many are go- afraid. Many are simply ing through our guardians overwhelmed - and com(councils and economic mon reactions to feeling development offices). Sure, overwhelmed are procrastithese people are our family nation and tuning out. and know us pretty well, So instead of enjoying but they don’t know exactly all the attention we are getwhat we want. Anyway, we ting, many of us are reluc-
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tant to engage with these suitors, let along enter into a serious relationship with them. It’s risky and much easier to turn the other way. Even worse is when you do take that risk and then feel in over your head because you don’t know all the rules of the game (details about each project, how the projects fit together, government policies surrounding natural resource development, environmental assessment process, etc.) Realistically though, no one has a complete picture right now. The amount of development proposed for Northwest BC right now is unprecedented. Combine that with hundreds of residents with different thoughts, feelings and opinions about the situation as a whole and each project, and it’s even more complicated. Something needs to change so that interested regional residents can and are encouraged to take an active role in this dating
game. Maybe all the suitors from the same industry need to look beyond competition, present their information together, and aim for a well-suited match instead simply winning. Or maybe a higher power (provincial government?), with or without industry’s help, should fund and facilitate a process, body or person that allows Northwest BCers to scope out a vision for the region’s future, decide what kind of suitors we want, and assess suitors accordingly. Or maybe it’s simply up to regional residents and communities to overcome their differences, and talk and listen to each other – no matter their stance – and figure out what would benefit the region as a whole. Then we could approach industry and government with our demands as a powerful united front. Either way, we all know that healthy relationships are built on certain foundations: honesty, a willing-
Captain says crew forced to stay onboard Dear Sir, Shame on those responsible I was recently aboard the ship Copenhagen after it departed Kitimat on its way back to Europe and was angered and embarrassed as the Captain confided in me the treatment that he and his crew were subjected to at the hands of security while delivering the new cranes to Rio Tinto Alcan last month. After spending 34 days at sea sailing from Europe to Kitimat upon arrival instead of being welcomed they were abused by being refused clearance to spend a few precious hours ashore visiting
READER’S WRITE shops and the community. The Captain described a policy so restrictive that he and the crew were forced to remain aboard the ship because of the overwhelming documentation requiring extraneous amounts of paperwork in what the Captain believed was a roadblock purposely put in place to discourage shore leave. It should be noted that the ship, its crew and cargo were already
cleared by Canada Customs and Immigration for entry into Canada. Perhaps local business should throw their weight in before Kitimat becomes known as ‘a not friendly place to go ashore’. Even if you have a month salary in new crisp US dollars in your pocket and a little precious time to search out souvenirs, games, magazines, DVDs, clothes, work gear, the message is being sent,
Gastro Continued from page 4 At the The Big Texan Steak Ranch, in Amarillo, Texas, the food challenge is a whole lot stiffer. The Texas King is a 72-ounce steak (over four pounds) with buttered roll, shrimp cocktail, salad, beans and potato. If you succeed, unbelievable to me, you join some 7,000 other guzzlers who have completed the challenge in the past 50 years. Again, the meal is free if you’re able to finish, but you’ll be out $72 if you leave
anything on your plate. Fancy something off the barbecue, instead? At Papa Bob’s in Bonner Springs, Kansas, if you manage to finish the Ultimate Destroyer — a giant 12-inch sandwich with a halfpound pulled pork, half-pound hickory-smoked sliced pork, and two slices of bread — Papa Bob’s will refund your $45 entry fee. Not for me, I guess. I’ve dropped a few pounds and I’ve got more to lose.
We are at MARSEC level 1. Folks encourage don’t discourage the seamen to go ashore, it’s proven each one will leave $100+ in the community. Sincerely, Captain E.J. Goudy
you are not welcome in the community. We all understand the need for security, but when small minded individuals go rogue it becomes an abuse of human rights not security.
ness to understand the other party and their needs, try to meet those needs, and at times, put their needs before our own. We shouldn’t expect a fairytale ending where everyone lives happily ever after. However, if we and our suitors are willing to work within the confines of these foundations, we may just be able to get to know and understand each other, work together, and develop meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships. Because we all know relationships can be a lot of work, but if done right, they are worth it in the end. Sarah Artis lives in Terrace, BC. She works for SNCIRE, a non-profit that identifies, develops and promotes opportunities to build a resilient and sustainable natural resource economy in the Skeena-Nass region. She feels excited, afraid and overwhelmed by the development happening in Northwest BC.
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Conversations no small talk Simon Fraser University, under the banner of SFU Public Square, included Kitimat on their 100 Community Conversations tour, talking about what the economy will look like up to 2030. The event, held on August 19, was designed as a dialogue to gather opinions on the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of the economy in B.C., with each community weighing in on their own perspectives. “We aim to be the go-to convener of conversations of issues of public concern,” said Marissa Lawrence, the provincial outreach coordinator of SFU Public Square. Public Square does a similar project each year, which culminates in a community summit, which will be held in the Lower Mainland in early October. In B.C., there were eight communities on the tour, Kitimat’s being the only stop west after Prince George. “What we’re trying to do is gather citizen voice from across the province,” said Lawrence. She said through earlier conversations with the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, the issues of growth and what to expect from future projects
Mark Friesen and Marissa Lawrence talk strengths and opportunities on the B.C. economy to a group at the Northwest Community College campus in Kitimat, August 19. Cameron Orr was an area of great interest locally. Approximately a dozen people came out for the talk, with people representing several sides to the economic question. “I think it’s a great time to have that conversation in the region,” said Lawrence on the issue of growth. “I feel there was a really diverse group of voices at the table.”
According to information from the 100 Conversations discussion guide, SFU sees wealth creation, social equity and environmental protection as the “key ingredients” for a vibrant future economy. Once all of the results of the 100 Conversations collected, they will be presented in a future document called Citizens Agenda for BC’s Economic Future.
Alexander Pietralla (left) from KTIDS, and Geoff Stevens, Chair of the B.C. Natural Gas Workforce Strategy Committee.
Preparing Kitimat for the arrival of immigrant workers Cameron Orr In some ways the town of Kitimat is returning to its 1950s roots: immigrant workers will be a needed reality to build the mega-projects proposed for the region. But, says Kelly Pollack, executive director of the Immigrant Employment Council of BC, the labour landscape is entirely different this time around. “It’s a competition, you’ve got to get out there and compete a little harder than back in the day when people were just looking for a good job and a good place to live,” said Pollack. “I think people expect more and the reality is, it’s a national issue of trying to attract people, and it’s an international issue. Many immigrants will feel that if it doesn’t work here...somebody else will want me.” Which brings us to last Wednesday’s forum, which was designed together with the Northwest Community College and the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, which sought to look at the challenges of
getting immigrant workers to Kitimat. “All of the numbers say...that eventually there’s just not going to be enough people,” she said. “If you had every man, woman and child working there still won’t be enough people.” The challenges to attracting workers can include things such as not even knowing the community exists, to not knowing how to access resources like knowing which schools or churches the town has. But whatever the town promises, it has to deliver. “Whatever you brand, whatever you say, it has to be real,” said Pollack. A lack of local skilled workers is a reality the Northwest Community College has also come to terms with. “If we even were trained up and had career ready individuals that were currently unemployed throughout the entire north, it still would not meet the needs of the workforce for the future for the next 20 years.”
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Making town safe one house at a time Cameron Orr The summer season has wrapped up for the Emergency Awareness Program coordinators, Jennifer Brousseau and Brayden Marleau. As of last Friday, the pair had inspected their last home, and did their last minute efforts to make the town just a little bit safer. You may have seen the two at your door, a clipboard in hand, ready to check out your readiness for a disaster. In all, the pair canvassed 1,600 homes, handled 52 streets, and conducted 79 home assessments. “I think 79 home assessments is pretty good,” said Marleau, reflecting on their summer. Brousseau agrees, saying it was a good year. The process was simple; if they knocked on your door and you were home, they’d ask if they could check out a few safety things in your home. That includes working smoke alarms (of which they’ll give you one if you didn’t) checking your fire extinguisher, and seeing if there was any clutter around your furnance or hot water tank. In all the checklist took about 10 minutes to get through. Since 2011, the Emergency Awareness Program has been methodically working their way around town. In 2011 they did some of Kildala, and in 2012 — Brousseau’s first year in the program — they finished canvassing Kildala and started on Whitesail. This year they finished Whitesail and completed all of Nechako. On average they hit about two streets a day.
A very brief safety checklist: — Check your smoke alarms — Have working extinguisher — Have an exit plan They also spent one evening delivering pizzas to lucky diners, who would earn a free pizza if they could prove their smoke alarms worked. Out of eight calls, Brousseau said only one home didn’t qualify for the free food. While the free pizza was advertised ahead of time, they said many people were surprised to see them arrive in the fire truck for the surprise inspection. Meanwhile, what’s the one thing people in Kitimat overlook in their home safety? The fire extinguisher. “They get one and figure ‘I have one, I’m good,’” said Marleau. Except it’s not. Brousseau said they saw fire extinguishers which were 30 or 40 years old. They say household extinguishers should be inspected every six years, and recharged every 12. Or, they say, it’s probably cheaper and easier to just buy a new one.
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Numbers in showing election expenses The expense reports are in on the provincial election and despite losing the contest to incumbent Robin Austin, the BC Liberals’ Carol Leclerc handily outspent the MLA. Leclerc’s total expenditures hit $67,472.87. Of that, just shy of $30,000 was for advertising and other promotional costs, between a 60 day pre-campaign period and the campaign period itself. Her campaign itself, however, took in $81,625 of income, and she had nine individual donors who gave at least $250 each, listed in the documents, which gave her a total of $5,500. The BC Liberal Party then kicked in $72,625.38 from its own pockets. Meanwhile, successful candidate Robin Austin with the NDP spent far less on the campaign, which is understandable given he was already the serving MLA. On promotional expenses his costs were just shy of $20,000 between the pre-campaign and the campaign period. He has one political contribution worth over $250 listed, which gave him $3,937. The BC NDP transferred $37,038 towards the campaign. Austin meanwhile spent most of what he took in. His income for the election shows $41,232, not far off the expenditures of $40,633. Meanwhile, the BC Liberals as a whole spent $11.75 million this year on their way to a comefrom-behind provincial election victory. The governing party, which listed $8.5 million in donations, out-spent the NDP, which listed spending of $9.4 million and received $9.7 million.
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Marine rescue gets a welcome boost Cameron Orr The Kitimat Marine Rescue Society (KMRS) is benefitting from a donation of $8,500 for each of three years. The money comes at an opportune time for KMRS, which is currently fundraising to purchase a new rescue boat to replace their current, vessel. The funding was announced by Seaspan, speaking on behalf of the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation. The Foundation is the “philanthropic arm” of the Washington Companies, and Seaspan is associated with that group. The yearly $8,500 is part of a total $1.1 million commitment to three B.C. marine organizations; Sail and Life Training Society (SALTS), Vancouver Maritime Museum, and the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue, which Kitimat’s rescue society falls under. Seaspan CEO Jonathan Whitworth was in Kitimat recently to meet with KMRS and get an idea of the operation they run. “We like to support any entity that is water related and has an affect on our own communities,” he said, referring to the fact Seaspan has a number of employees working around Kitimat and the
Douglas Channel. Meanwhile he said the marine situation in Kitimat isn’t peaking just yet, but once some of the area projects get approvals the traffic on the water will pick up. “Once that goes ahead we can start looking at building new boats, be it escort tugs or docking vessels or additional vessels.” He said that Seaspan already has a boat and some barges in the area already. The donation of $8,500 a year for three years to KMRS means a sudden infusion of the equivalent of a third of their operating budget, said Duncan Peacock. “Generally our operating budget for the year is under $30,000,” he said. “That’s as long as we’re not buying any capital equipment.” “It takes quite a bit of pressure off as far as trying to raise funds,” he adds. “We can concentrate more on the training and the service we provide.” Not just that, but it will help as KMRS works towards a fundraising goal of purchasing a new Snowflake Responder rescue vehicle. The new boat, which is currently being built for them, is a Falkins class vessel, and comes with a $600,000 price tag.
It will be an enclosed boat, and will eventually phase out their current responder, an open-air boat. The group have already raised about $450,000 While the $8,500 a year boost might not directly go to purchasing the new boat, the money will certainly support it in some ways, added Peacock.
Seaspan CEO Jonathan Whitworth, third from left, meets with volunteers for the Kitimat Marine Rescue Society at their boathouse on the Douglas Channel.
Annual Fish Derby is this weekend Submitted The District of Kitimat and the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 26th Kitimat Fish Derby on the Labour Day weekend. Preceding the events is a scavenger hunt, which is already underway, and is designed so participants can learn a bit more about Kitimat. Entries get entered into a contest for fishing gear. Then, on September 1, the FishFest will be held at Heritage Park, in front of the Chamber of Commerce on Highway 37S, and it begins at 2 p.m. There will be a free shuttle from the Upper City Centre to the park. One change this year is that it will just be coho that will be weighed at scales at the Chamber of Commerce visitor centre.
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12 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Sports & Leisure
‘It’s never too late’ Al Marleau describes his win at 53
Submitted On August 4th at Elk Lake by Victoria, Al Marleau competed in the 34th annual Self Transcendence Triathlon/Duathlon. The event was the provincial championships for the duathlon. The duathlon is first off a 5km run followed by a 40km bike ride, and finishing off with a 10km run. The event was also a qualifier for the 2014 international Triathlon Unions World Duathlon championships in Pontevedra, Spain from May 28 to June 2, 2014. The course was a beautiful trail run around Elk Lake and a very undulating bike ride From Elk Lake through the back roads in Saanich to the Victoria airport and back. A challenging ride to say the least. There was one slot to qualify for the world championships in each age group, and the age groups were in five year increments. Marleau raced in the 50-54
year category and finished first in his age group, winning the provincial championship that age group and finishing 7th overall in the race with a time of 2:12:05. Marleau said he’s not sure how many athletes from the northwest have competed in a world championship sanctioned event, but he was very pleased with his result and said he will be very proud to be wearing the maple leaf representing Canada next May. “It is very difficult around our small communities to train, as there are few people who are avid triathlete/duathlete types, so almost 100 per cent of my training is done solo, unlike in the Lower Mainland where most of the athletes who compete in these events belong to clubs and train with coaches and fellow athletes,” said Marleau through e-mail. “I am lucky though as I work with a coach out of New Zealand, his name is Chris Willett and his company is
What will you be doing on September 2? Watching football? Whatever your plans, be sure to take a moment to reflect on the history behind this wonderful day of late summer freedom. If you’re not familiar with the story, you may be surprised to learn that Canada is responsible for this much anticipated long weekend. That’s right; Labour Day may be celebrated around the globe today, but it’s origins are distinctly Canadian. On April 15, 1872, the Toronto Trades Assembly organized a pioneering worker's rights demonstration. The demonstration's
That first Labour Day parade in Toronto sent a clear message regarding the importance of trade unions in Canada. Public support was huge, and within a few months a similar parade was held in Ottawa. The Ottawa parade route passed a significant residence - that of Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald. Within hours, Prime Minister MacDonald spoke before
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goal was to bring about the release of 24 leaders of the Toronto Typographical Union who had been imprisoned for striking in support of a nine-hour working day. In 1872, trade unions and labour strikes were against the law in Canada; despite that, the Toronto Trade Assembly continued with their important work and under their encouragement trade unions continued, signaling the end to accepted worker mistreatment, and the dawning of workers rights.
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Perimeter Coaching. He coaches many Canadian athletes, as he once resided in Kelowna for a few years and continues to work with the athletes that he coached there.” He said it will be an exciting trip in May, as his wife and a few friends will make it a European vacation. His hope is to finish in the top 10 in his age group worldwide, and he says if he works extremely hard he may possibly finish in the top five. “To do this my cycling will have to improve by five to 10 per cent over the next eight months, and my coach believes it can happen,” he said. People, he said, often ask why he does what he does, and “the plain answer is we all have dreams and goals in life and I like to specifically challenge myself to try and achieve those goals. It is never too late as I will be 54 in a few months, Al Marleau receives his medal and belt buckle after placing so it is never to late.” first in his age group in Victoria. Submitted
er 2 b m e t Sep the gathering and made a promise to the assembled workers to abolish laws against labour unions in Canada.
Enjoy your well-deserved Labour Day holiday, and remember those early activists who risked so much for the rights we enjoy today!
Robin Austin MLA Kitimat Constituency 244A City Centre Ph. 250-632-9886 Terrace Constituency Office 104-4710 Lazelle Ave. Ph. 250-638-7906
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