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Pipeline twinning Pacific Northern Gas (PNG) has entered the early stages of a public consultation process surrounding their proposal to twin, or loop, the existing natural gas pipeline.

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Business water rates Water and sewer rates for commercial clients in Burns Lake have been long-standing local issue. Aging infrastructure and the general feeling that pending capital costs are unavoidable regarding buried water and sewer lines.

Story on page 3 WALTER STRONG PHOTO

The new Lake District Hospital build is at early stages of construction, but PCL Contractors, the general contractor awarded the project, has had good success so far finding eager and trainable workers in Burns Lake and area for their site crew. Radley Contracting Ltd. and The Concrete Man, both of Burns Lake, were contracted to excavate and provide concrete for the foundation.

Local projects hiring locals WALTER STRONG

While local contractors may not have shown tremendous interest in bidding on tenders associated with the multi-use facility expansion of the Tom Forsyth Memorial Arena (see Lakes District News Sept. 25, 2013), the two other major construction projects in Burns Lake have had greater success in attracting Burns Lake contractor and worker interest.

The Babine Forest Products sawmill rebuild is being managed by Hampton Affiliates without the extra cost of general contractor. Steve Zika, Hampton Affiliates chief executive officer, reports that

they have been able to use local contractors for plumbing, small carpentry, and small electrical projects.

He said they’ve also been able to use local contractors for pouring concrete foundations, as well as six local drivers for excavation, but Hampton had to look elsewhere for the mechanical and electrical work.

“The biggest contractors came from Prince George and around the province due to their capacity and expertise,” Zika added.

Zika said it was difficult to track whether or not former employees found work with local contractors they’ve hired, but Hampton was able to hire 29 former Babine sawmill employees for work at either the Decker Lake sawmill or on the site of the Babine mill rebuild.

“The mill is still on schedule for early next

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Construction of the new Lakes District Hospital is being managed by PCL Contractors of Vancouver.

When awarded the contract to build the hospital last year, Sean Brock, PCL vice president and district manager for the west, assured residents of Burns Lake gathered at the Burns Lake Heritage Centre for the official unveiling of the hospital build plans, said PCL would strive to hire has much local labour as possible.

The hospital build is still in early stages of construction. The foundation is currently being poured, and most of the concrete-forming work is being handled by PCL’s own workforce.

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Cheslatta power project Another hydroelectric project is being proposed for northern British Columbia.

However, this one is being viewed as an environmental restoration project more than a power project.

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SENSELESS VANDALS A caribou totem representing one of the four traditional clans of the Burns Lake Band (Ts’il Kaz Koh First Nation) recently installed in downtown Burns Lake has had both of its antlers vandalized. On two separate occasions about two weeks apart, the intricately carved antlers were broken off one at a time. Another carving by the same artist, Ben Gerow, at the Rainbow Gas Station on the west end of Burns Lake was vandalized last winter. The chance of vandalism was discussed by Village of Burns Lake before the installation of the sculptures, and the decision was that the village would do repairs but only to the point of not replacing broken pieces. “The next time the carver is in town he will have a look and see if there is a way that he can repair to the original state,” said Village of Burns Lake Chief Administrative Officer Sheryl Worthing. “If not we will leave as is. The crew will repair to the point of re-staining as time permits.” Each carving represents a month of work to create the totems out of a single piece of red cedar. Burns Lake RCMP report no leads on who may have damaged the totems.

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Twin existing gas pipeline would mean reduced bill

Double down on pipeline for lower costs WALTER STRONG

Pacific Northern Gas (PNG) has entered the early stages of a public consultation process surrounding their proposal to twin, or loop, the existing natural gas pipeline running from Summit Lake B.C, 50 kms north of Prince George, to Kitimat.

The project, known as the PNG Looping Project, will also require upgrades to four existing compressor stations, and would have an initial capacity of approximately 600 million standard cubic feet (MMscf) of natural gas per day, up from the current single line capacity of 115 MMscf per day.

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The PNG twinning project was recently introduced by written submission to both the Village of Burns Lake and the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) during regularly scheduled council and board meetings.

The western transmission pipeline connects to northeastern B.C. through a Spectra Energy pipeline, and has compressor stations near Vanderhoof, Burns Lake, and Telkwa, although the stations in Telkwa and Vanderhoof were decommissioned, but maintained for future use, with the closure of the Methanex methanol/ammonia facility in Kitimat in 2005.

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Commercial water rates remain a concern

Rate increase may pack hidden punch if your business water consumption is tiered Walter Strong

Water and sewer rates for commercial clients in Burns Lake have been long-standing local issue.

Aging infrastructure and the general feeling that pending capital costs are unavoidable regarding buried water and sewer lines, coupled with the inevitable need for upgrades to the existing water tower if the town is to expand, have meant increases to tax-payer rates, both commercial and residential over the last two municipal budget cycles.

Some local merchants have been questioning the fairness of commercial water rates in town since 2010.

As reported in the Lakes District News, Nov. 10, 2010, then Village of Burns Lake (VBL) Mayor Bernice Magee, referring to a letter from local merchants, called attention to the inequality that exists between large businesses employing

many workers paying the same water usage rates as small businesses with, in some cases, only one employee.

By 2010, 30 businesses that had been identified as high volume users had been set up with water meters to allow the village measure water consumption and charge accordingly.

Since then, the village has required all new water connections at existing or new businesses be fit with water meters.

Metered businesses pay on a tiered system where the water rate increases as usage increases. According to Village of Burns Lake (VBL) Director of Public Works Rick Martin, this is done to encourage water conservation.

The implementation of the 22 per cent increase to water and sewer rates instituted during last year’s VBL budget deliberations as re-awakened the issue of water rate fairness with some business owners.

For metered businesses, this means an increase across all wateruse volumes, while non-metered businesses have an increase to their flat rate.

A business will trigger a higher water use charge when it consumes more than 135 cubic meters in a month.

The 22 per cent increase to water utility rates applies to each tiered rate increase as consumption in-

creases, so businesses with heavy water use will experience the 22 per cent hike on a rising scale.

Mulvaney’s Pub and Grill owner Reg Leith questions whether or not some businesses that use as much or more water than he does are exempt from a metered rate. His business is metered, he said.

Brenda Hiebert, owner of the Grapevine Pub and Bistro, has noticed that her utility bills sometimes reflect upwards of a tripling of previous invoices, once rate in-

creases are applied to water, sewer and garbage costs.

Hiebert is unaware of changes in her consumption to account for large the large rate increases over the same period last year. She questions the fairness of a system that may see some commercial water users paying lower rates because they are not metered.

Exactly which businesses in town are metered is considered confidential by the village, and so a list is not immediately available.

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Some large commercial properties in Burns Lake remain exempt from water metering.

The three buildings owned by Randy Hamp - the CIBC building, the Greyhound building, which also houses Purely H20 a water sales business, and Village Insurance - are not metered.

The village recently introduced a rate reduction for 22 of 86 local businesses which the village identified as low-volume water users based on three criteria: having five ...see WATER t P7

Cullen steps up criticism Is a turn to provincial politics next?

Walter Strong Skeena Bulkley Valley federal MP Nathan Cullen has been making headlines recently with his musings on the possibility that he would move from federal to provincial politics and take the helm of the B.C. NDP party.

Current NDP leader Adrian Dix announced that he would be stepping down as leader within the year.

Cullen, official house leader of the opposition, has been unabashed in his criticism of the federal government’s handling of Enbridge Northern Gateway, environmental protection, and the federal government’s lack of forthrightness in dealing with First Nations constitutionally guaranteed rights with regard to natural resource projects.

In a regular monthly conversation with Northwest media outlets, Cullen talked about federal policies as they relate to the Northwest and gave some insight into his future plans.

Regarding the recent federal initiative to visit Northwest B.C. in a thinly veiled attempt to sell

Enbridge Northern Gateway to a population divided on the pipeline proposal, Cullen sees little hope of a turnaround of public opinion.

“Harper and his cabinet were out in B.C. on a ‘charm offensive’, particularly focused at First Nations,” Cullen said. “I doubt it will be successful… there’s little hope for Mr. Harper’s plan to ram this thing through.”

Cullen sees the clamour surrounding Enbridge Northern Gateway ending up in the courts for a decision.

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Nathan Cullen as prospect

Science loses to superstition

With federal MP Nathan Cullen announcing he has warmed to the idea of running for leader of the provincial NDP, it gives one pause to reflect on politics and policy in Northern B.C. Cullen is very popular with voters who align themselves with an environment-and-society-first approach to resource development, which encompasses just about all current B.C. NDPers and more than just a few provincial Liberals.

For some, environmental caution trumps economic potential. For many others, it’s more a balanced risk approach to navigating between economic development and the protection of fragile resources.

The second approach is the norm, especially in Northern B.C., or at least it has been. Maybe that’s part of the reason why the hot opposition to Enbridge Northern Gateway has caught its proponents, including the federal government, flat-footed.

This has worked favourably for Cullen. He’s been cast as the federal face of opposition to Enbridge, helping to raise his profile. Cullen isn’t defined by the Enbridge question, but time and place have made it the most current issue on which he’s regularly asked to speak.

The biggest issue facing the North is how we’re going to strike a balance in the future between resource development and social license to set up shop and drill for gold, so to speak.

A subtle vein of disingenuous rhetoric runs through a lot of conversation surrounding resource development. Northern B.C. is economically defined by forestry, and forestry runs on a de facto model of risk management to strike a balance between the environment, jobs now, and jobs in the future.

It’s difficult to be a harsh critic of active forestry in the way some are of pipelines, or to call for a moratorium on all forestry until we ‘know’ that we’ve got reforestation dialled in to ensure a healthy industry in 10 or 20 years.

The economy would come crashing down. The economy of Northern B.C. is not going to crash if Enbridge fails with its proposal, so its easy to take an entrenched position in opposition to the project.

Cullen sits squarely in the tradition of striking a balance between economy, jobs, resources and the environment. He’s anti-Enbridge because Enbridge has, in his view, failed to put the pieces of risk management and social engagement together in a complete or convincing way.

His position on resource development in general is nuanced with consideration for social license and addressing the hopes and fears of those who live where resource development is proposed. But his position is still very practical. Without resource development, the northern economy would collapse.

Voters need jobs.

Without jobs or industry, Northern B.C. is something completely other than it is now. That may be the vision for some, but it will never be the vision for the majority.

So Cullen as provincial leader of the NDP? I’d peg him for a provincial liberal before provincial NDP. But that might only be because the provincial liberals seem to define their stance on resource development a little closer to Cullen’s model.

Would Cullen be NDP enough for Vancouver NDPers? What about island NDPers? I’ve never been either, but my impression is that Cullen may be too practical-minded.

Exactly where Cullen would fit into the political spectrum in B.C. - and then in Northern B.C. if he decided to run in the north - isn’t clear. We’d have to hear a lot more about what he has to say on forestry, mining, and balancing First Nation prerogatives with resource extraction.

Answering those questions is polarizing, but necessary. Cullen would be a great addition to that conversation. As party leader, he’d probably no longer be in the north, and that would be a shame.

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From Stockholm to Sydney to Sicamous, September was a bad month for science.

In Sweden, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finally issued its widely leaked update on human-caused global warming.

As expected, it downgraded predictions of temperature rise in the face of 15 years of measurements that show little or no average surface temperature increase.

The official spin also went as expected. The revelation that more than a dozen computer prediction models have all more or less agreed, and all have been wrong, was played down. The IPCC went from “very likely” to “extremely likely” to affirm its belief in human-caused warming, even as its own core evidence went the other way.

Again and again we are told that the vast majority of scientists believe in human-caused warming, and those who don’t are labeled “skeptics” or even “deniers” with hidden agendas. The problem is, science isn’t supposed to be done by polls or popularity contests, or assertions of faith like those that greeted Galileo’s wild claim that Earth is not the centre of the solar system.

Before the angry mail starts to arrive, let me hasten to add I am not arguing for or against the theory of human-caused climate change. You can label me a “skeptic” as I view the temperature readings and the shifting theories advanced to explain them.

Speaking of temperature data, David Suzuki had a problem with that at a TV town hall in Australia.

Polite, well-informed questions soon revealed that while Suzuki rails constantly about the horrors of global warming, he doesn’t actually know much about the latest science.

As I’ve written before regarding his CBC-funded attacks on Canada’s oil and gas industry, Suzuki is not only behind on his homework, he resorts to cheap, sensational tricks to exaggerate and misrepresent hazards. His tactics are identical to the U.S.-financed environment groups that obsessively target Canadian petroleum.

As for his appearance on Australia’s public broadcaster, don’t take my word for it. Just Google “An Audience with David Suzuki” and watch the show for yourself.

Back in B.C., local politicians gathered in Vancouver for their annual convention. One of the most intense debates was over a call to the provincial government to declare B.C. “genetic engineering free.”

The heart of this movement, which has resorted to vandalism in Europe, is hostility towards Monsanto’s “Roundup ready” seed. Speakers at the municipal convention warned of sinister “corporations” trying to contaminate and control our food supply for profit.

The debate pitted hobby farmers against professionals. Peace region grain farmers said such a ban would put them out of business. Others pointed out that the province has no jurisdiction and that scientific decisions shouldn’t be influenced by emotion.

The session ended with a classic pseudo-scientific claim. A woman who used to have a couple of bee boxes said someone’s bees died and there was a Roundup-ready canola field next door. Case closed. The misguided “G.E.-free B.C.” motion was supported by a narrow majority.

As it turns out, there are agricultural pesticides that may be harmful to bees. The David Suzuki Foundation is part of an effort to get one of them banned in Canada. The problem is, it’s not Roundup, and it’s got nothing to do with genetic engineering.

They’re called “neonicotinoids,” because they’re similar to nicotine. Old sheep farmers may recall using a crude version: tobacco soaked in water to kill insects on sheep.

It’s ironic that as the “information age” accelerates,a our society, overwhelmed by conflicting messages, slips back towards superstition.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com Twitter:@tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Fire starter targets playground Half the fun it used to be, one half of a slide on the William Konkin Elementary (WKE) school playground had to be cut off and boarded up. Last weekend someone set fire to new playground equipment at the Burns Lake school. The equipment was added to the WKE playground this past summer. Gwyndolyn Nicholas, chairperson of the Parent Association Committee (PAC), said that the PAC has been concerned for some time that the playground was susceptible to abuse like this. The PAC has been in talks with the school board to install fencing. The fire was called into 911 on Sept. 21 at 7:08 a.m. If anyone has any Walter Strong and submitted photos information, they should contact Burns Lake RCMP.

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PIPELINES from t P2 With current line capacity at approximately 20 per cent of maximum, this means that PNG customers carry the cost of transmission - the line charge - spread out over only 20 per cent of full volume.

“This keeps line charges in northwest B.C. up to three times higher than line charges in other areas,” said RDBN chair Bill Miller.

The proposal to twin the existing gas line is coupled with a proposal to expand gas flow to serve new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Kitimat. With added export facilities, PNG would increase line capacity and reduce transmission charges per unit of gas transported.

“This system expansion project would provide a major benefit to existing PNG customers, enabling PNG to provide a more secure supply of natural gas at a more competitive rate, leading to reduction in natural gas transportation costs for all existing customers in the project area,” said Greg Weeres, PNG president.

The proposed project involves laying 525 kms of 24 inch pipe between Summit Lake and Kitimat. The majority would follow the existing pipeline, but a detour would be made at the existing Telkwa compressor station, taking the line further northwest through a route described by PNG as being safer. “[The new section] will follow a new route designed to avoid geotechnically unstable terrain and mitigate potential water crossing impacts,” Weeres said.

The proposal is still in early stages and will trigger both provincial and federal environmental review processes. Public open houses in communities potentially impacted by the work are planned starting in November 2013.

Parallel discussions to the public stakeholder consultations will be held with affected First Nations along the pipeline route.

The potential economic impact of construction and increased natural gas capacity have not be disclosed. Neither has the specific impact to consumer gas rates been estimated.

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EMPLOYMENT from t P1 and The Concrete Man have been awarded contracts for the bulk excavation works and concrete supply respectively, and are currently working on the project,” Brock said.

Wayne Mardsen, the PCL field personnel advisor for the Burns Lake project, reports that they have been able to form their crew almost entirely from available workers in Burns Lake.

“About 30 people are working 14 days on, seven days off,” Mardsen explained. “That means 24 workers on site most days. The majority are local.”

Seventeen of those workers are from Burns Lake, ten from around the area, and few are long-term PCL employees.

A lot of the hiring was directly from training programs made possible through the co-operative efforts College of New Caledonia, Work BC, the

Burns Lake Native Development Corporation, and Thompson Rivers University.

“We don’t necessarily look for people already skilled,” Mardsen said. “We look for great energy, great spirit and great attitude.”

Local suppliers Grant Conlon Trucking is handling sanitation and Pine Ridge Modular Homes supplied the PCL site construction office.

Mechanical and electrical work where part of the original bid package and so are not up for tender, but much upcoming work will be available to bid on.

“Currently about half of the sub-contract work is out for tender or awarded,” Brock said. “These packages include the structure and the envelope components of the building. Tenders for finishing subcontracts and building equipment will begin in October.”

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Editor: Since this theme seems to have legs we thought we should offer our thoughts on the subject of downtown revitalization. As business owners downtown we want to say that we like the new look.

Yes it is a different look, and yes it is going to take effort to get used to new driving and parking requirements. Perhaps it may take more effort to get into some businesses in parts of downtown but the trade-off of having a more attractive village centre is well worth the change.

The beautification efforts are interesting, attractive, and green. It says to passersby that we love this place and care about its appearance. Why don't you stop in for lunch or take a walk around downtown?

Change is sometimes hard but it can also be good! Revitalization is exactly that - adding a new vitality to that which was old and tired. Our downtown was that and now promises to be something more.

Burns Lake is looking to the future. Businesses in the local community operate in an ever changing economic landscape with many challenges. To continue being a progressive and prosperous community we need to encourage tourists to stop and enjoy, encourage locals to take pride in their surroundings and encourage newcomers to stay and make this community their home. For that to happen we have to open to positive change.

So let the kinks get worked out. Let the naysayers have their say but be thankful we have people in this community that care and want to make Burns Lake an even better place to live and visit.

Respectfully, Ron and Tammy Zayac

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We homesteaded at Ootsa Lake 72 years ago

It’s hard to realized that fall is sneaking up on us. There is a little more bite to the breeze, makes us wonder where has summer gone. Wood, hay and the garden have to be taken up. It was a good summer but it still is a bit shorter than we like.

On the prairie we would be combining our threshing, a great time but a busy time. We always looked forward to threshing time. it’s now many years ago when we watched the first combine at work.

Our neighbour Volney York had it working. It was huge compared to the present ones. It was being pulled by 20 head of horses all pulling to-

gether. Six head on wagons hauling the grain.

Mrs. York was driving the horses and Volney was on the combine.

All the horses were well broke to work. It was very interesting. The combine would do away with the threshing machine, and they did.

Years later at a homecoming, a 35 year celebration, I bumped into one of the York boys and we talking about the combine and the 20 horses pulling it. He started to laugh as he said dad got a tractor, the horses were just too much work and I could understand that.

Our moving to B.C. was the best thing that ever could happen to our family. Although Saskatchewan was our home and it was hard to leave behind. Our box car landed in Burns Lake mid September 1941 so we pastured our horses and cow and calf in Mat Nourse’s pasture and stored all our furniture in his big feed store.

Mat Nourse and Andy

Anderson became our wonderful friends for as long as they lived. They more or less took our family under their wing.

They made things much easier for the situation we had got our selves into. Our destination was Marilla on the east end of Ootsa Lake. Dad made a deal to haul our furniture etc. to our new home.

Andy Anderson was in the trucking business and would haul it for us.

My dad and Andy talked it over and Andy told dad this was a bad deal something was not right, check things our before you move, thank heavens we did. Early the next morning we loaded the two wagons with the essentials.

Made the ferry the first day, Ootsa Lake the second day out on our journey to Marilla. Rested our horses at Grassy Plains and now on our way. Pulled horse killer hill which is now called Chicken Creek. Watered at Sumit Lake and took off.

Ootsa Lake came into view and what a sight. It was a picture book sight especially to a prairie boy and although he is now over 90 that sight is still in this mind. This was long before the flooding.

Dad and I stopped at the Bennette house, what nice folk.

The third day we made the place we were to make our new home. This was a home, a trading post and a small ranch, of course this was before the flooding of Ootsa Lake and it was a beautiful lake, no fooling about that. Mother and brother Peter were already there and met us.

Two tired people and five tired horses. It was already dark. The road was a disaster could not have been worse.

The horses were beat.

As Andy Anderson had told dad this place was not for us. The owners of the property did not honour their end of the deal so after resting the teams for two days we left with bad feelings. We were told after we were not

the only ones who had been mislead. On the way down we left our milk cow and calf at VanTine’s as the road was just too rough.

On the way out we stayed at VanTine’s, they made us so welcome.

Then at Bergen’s for a week and then Francois Lake that was to be our home. For our lifetime, and it’s been a wonderful lifetime a story book, Mat Nourse and Andy Anderson never told us “We told you so.” But they did say we are glad to see you back home.

We took over the Francois Lake store and post office October the first 1941 and I started a taxi service in 1946.

On that trip we had many trials and tribulations and maybe some day in the near future I will write it up. It ended up a trip of a lifetime as I look back over my life.

How well I remember my first sight of Ootsa Lake, it’s now 72 years in September with almost a lifetime of living.

A three day wagon trip from Burns Lake to Marilla behind a team of horses.

Our dear friend We had some sad news last week with the passing of one member of our pioneer families, Jimmy Tourond. He leaves his loving wife and family.

Jimmy was a guide that had spent his whole life in the Nadina and the head of Francois Lake country.

He was a man who was so well known for his guiding ability. He knew his guiding area like the palm of his hand. Our thoughts go out to his family at this very sad time. May you have happy hunting from your old friend Hugh.

Grand opening On Saturday last there was called a major face lift to the Trout Creek Hall. There was a large crowd gathered to celebrate the renovation of the Trout Creek Hall. It’s just like new, no doubt the Trout Creek folks will be very proud as it’s had

a complete new lease on life for many more years.

There is so much history to this should I say landmark. The hall was built in 1932 so that makes the original building over 80 years young.

What stories it could tell.

It was built by the members of the finish settlement who made their homes here. They were a great people, so friendly.

There were lots of dances held and Christmas concerts and well known for its New Years Eve dances and parties.

I well remember playing for many dances now so long ago but remain fresh in my memory. The folks were so friendly and a pleasure to be with.

Some times I would join up with the Cowan brothers and play for their dances. They were great guys to be with.

Always keep in mind whatever the future holds for you.

God loves you and so do I. This is something that is always with us no matter what.

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Metered business list confidential WATER from t P3 questions the fairness of a system that may see some commercial water users paying lower rates because they are not metered.

Exactly which businesses in town are metered is considered confidential by the village, and so a list is not immediately available. Lakes District News welcomes any information from utility rate payers in town.

Some large commercial properties in Burns Lake remain exempt from water metering.

The three buildings owned by Randy Hamp - the CIBC building, the Greyhound building, which also houses Purely H20 a water sales business, and Village Insurance - are not metered.

The village recently introduced a rate reduction for 22 of 86 local businesses which the village identified as low-volume water users based on three criteria: having five or fewer employees; a bathroom and/or shower primarily for employee use only; and business water usage not tied to any services (as in a car wash or laundromat).

While the rate reduction would be a relief to some, it also arrived at the Walter Strong photo same time as some property owners in town received multiple utility bills in Some Burns Lake Business owners are finding the recent rate hike to their utilities onerous, especially if they place of former single bills for prem- happen to have a metered water supply. Twenty-two per cent increases at every tiered level of consumption ises with multiple businesses present. can add up to unexpected bill shock.

Local business owner Kelly Holliday While the village strives to fulfil this mandate, Worthing acwent on the record during the July 16, 2013 regular VBL council knowledged that water usage is not necessarily straight-forward meeting to raise the question of fairness in that regard. Her business is in a building that used to share utilities with two other and may be influenced by other issues.

Regarding what appear to be irregular bills, Worthing said, businesses. The property owner was assigned utilities bills for each business individually when the owner used to receive only “There are different factors that could cause this. The business may have consumed over the minimum amount of water for the one individual bill for the property.

The unexpected cost is an additional burden to business own- first time, triggering a different rate for a different tier. There ers, as property owners will most likely pass the costs directly on could be a problem/error on [the] utility bill. There could be a to the business owner. leak in the line causing a different rate for a different tier because The reduction to some commercial rates also meant a small of excess water usage.” increase to residential rates across the board.

Worthing recommends that any concerned business owner During 2013 council budget deliberations, VBL Chief Admin- should contact the village to discuss their concerns or for a reistrative Officer Sheryl Worthing commented in a report that, view of their utility bill.

Business owners are invited to contact the Lakes District News “Local governments have a duty to ensure that users are treated to let us know if they are water metered or not. fairly and equitably based on usage.”

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Hunting Season Serving up back to school burgers The Lakes District Secondary School held its annual community barbecue on Sept. 24, 2013. The Burns Lake high school has a new vice principal this year. Phil Johnston (above centre) comes to Burns Lake after a six year stint in 100 Mile House as a math and physical education teacher. The community barbecue was well-attended by students, teachers, and parents.

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Coroner probes youth suicides Tom Fletcher Despite the media and political focus on bullying, an analysis of recent youth suicides in B.C. has found that bullying was a factor in only one in four cases.

The B.C. Coroners Service released the report of a death review panel Thursday, looking at 91 youth suicides between 2008 and 2012.

It recommends better coordination between schools, hospitals and mental health services to identify teens at risk of suicide, and followup after suicides to determine drug use, sexual orientation and other possible risk factors.

More than 60 per cent of young people studied had previous or current contact with the mental health system, the largest common factor. But 27 per cent of the cases were teens who took their lives without any previous warning signs identified by family, school or people in the community.

Almost half of the teens in the study were 17 and 18, and two out of three successful suicides were boys. Of the 91 cases, 18 were aboriginal, a rate about twice as high as the general population.

Michael Egilson, who chaired the B.C. Coroners Service Child

Death Review Panel, said the next step is to meet with young people to get their input into how best to reach vulnerable teens before they harm themselves.

NDP children and family development critic Carole James said more awareness and study of the problem is helpful, but the recommendations have been made in other studies by coroners and Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.'s independent children's advocate.

James said parents often describe a "revolving door" where teens with mental illness go to emergency, get medication and are told to return to the hospital or call police if they have another crisis.

Meanwhile they go on a waiting list for counselling or residential treatment, which can take several months.

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The majority of logging roads in the Community Forest are radio assisted roads, which means that radio use is encouraged but not required. As such, drive with caution when on them, because some motorists may not have radios. Just because you don’t hear anyone, doesn’t mean they aren’t there!

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Rod Reid trail upgrades Recent trail work on the Rod Reid Nature Trail in Burns Lake makes it easier for walkers to enjoy the changing scenery along the pathway as summer gives way to winter. The pathway has been levelled and repacked with 10 loads of gravel donated by Lakes District Maintenance (LDM). Labour for the trail work was donated by LDM and the Burns Lake Rotary Club. The path surface has been packed to stand slightly elevated in areas prone to flooding. The work is ongoing, but the two-and-a-half kilometre scenic trail loop remains Walter Strong photo open for all to enjoy.

The B.C. government's consultation on liquor reform has begun with a debate about allowing alcoholic beverage sales in grocery stores.

"Washington state is the model I favour," a Lower Mainland resident wrote on the B.C. government's new consultation website. "No government involvement in retailing – period. Just enforce the legal drinking age."

The B.C. government's point man on liquor reform, Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap, posted his own comments on the subject Monday. Yap warned that while opening up alcohol sales is a popular suggestion, "it certainly isn't as straightforward as it may seem."

Yap noted that beer, wine and spirits are already sold in rural grocery stores that are licensed because their service area isn't big enough to warrant a government retail store. In urban areas, he questioned whether alcoholic beverages should be sold from convenience stores and gas stations, larger grocery stores, or big-box retailers.

"When this topic comes up in my meetings with health, safety and law-and-order advocates, the question will surely become that already we see 30 per cent of late-night attendees at a typical B.C. emergency department report alcohol consumption in the six hours prior to their injury or illness," Yap said. "If we make it more available for the sake of convenience, will we see rates like this rise?"

The government is inviting public comments until Oct. 31 at the website, www.gov.bc.ca/liquorpolicyreview. The site also lists submissions from health care, police and alcoholic beverage industry representatives.

The current review continues a remake of B.C. liquor policy that began in 2002, when cold beer and wine stores were allowed to sell spirits, and a 10-year moratorium on new private store licences was lifted.

When the consultation was launched in August, Yap said licenses for serving craft beer or local wine at farmers' markets would be considered.

Pubs also want to allow under-aged children in with their parents for lunch, putting them on a level playing field with licensed restaurants.

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Hydro rates FIRE PREVENTION WEEK OCTOBER 6-12, 2013 You are invited to our going up, Open House & Fire Practice ‘but not 26 Monday, October 6th per cent’ Stop by and seeathow6:00we pmtrain and operate.

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Energy Minister Bill Bennett has denied reports that BC Hydro rates are poised to go up more than 26 per cent in the next two years.

Bennett was peppered with questions Wednesday after one of BC Hydro’s unions released an internal BC Hydro document suggesting a 19 per cent rate increase next year and another six per cent the following year. The compounding effect would produce an increase of 26.4 per cent over two years.

Bennett said the document was prepared for a ministry committee working with BC Hydro on electricity rates, and has been revised three times since the leaked version was created in August. He said the committee has found ways to reduce the rate increases needed to cover extensive construction and other costs for the utility, but he wouldn’t put a number on the prospective rate increases.

The work includes identifying 19 independent power projects whose power purchase agreements are to either be cancelled or deferred.

NDP energy critic John Horgan said BC Liberal interference has led to the current situation.

“Expensive private power contracts, billions in Hydro debt hidden in deferral accounts, a sidelining of the independent B.C. Utilities Commission, an 84 per cent cost overrun on the Northwest Transmission Line,” Horgan said. “There is no question that the Liberal government has mismanaged BC Hydro.”

Bennett acknowledged that the government’s 2011 intervention to cap rate increases below four per cent for two years has increased the pressure on today’s rates. BC Hydro had been proposing rate hikes of more than nine per cent for 2012 and 2013.

“I think we are feeling the impact of decades of difficult decisions by successive governments, Socreds, NDP, BC Liberal,” Bennett said. “All of us have difficulty looking the ratepayer directly in the eye and saying, by the way, we’re going to increase your rates by X.”

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For tickets contact: Ray Maher 250-692-7766 Brenda Hiebert 250-695-6519

There will be valuable information and literature on this year’s theme:

“Prevent Kitchen Fires” Fire department members will be available to answer any and all enquires on any subject pertaining to fire and life safety.

Snacks and light refreshments served.

Burns Lake fire chief Jim McBride cannot stress the importance of fire safety in your home, especially your kitchen. Never leave anything cooking on the stove unattended.

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• Sleep was a factor in one-third of the home smoking material fire deaths.

• Possible alcohol impairment was a factor in one in five of home smoking fire deaths.

• In recent years, Canada and the United States have required that all cigarettes sold must be “fire safe,” that is have reduced ignition strength and less likely to start fires.

• On average, seven people die in home fires per day.

• Cooking is the leading cause home fires and home fire injuries, followed heating equipment.

• Smoking is a leading cause of civilian home fire deaths.

• Most fatal fires kill one or two people.

• Two of every five home fires start in the kitchen.

• Unattended cooking was a factor in 34% of reported home cooking fires.

• Two-thirds of home cooking fires started with ignition of food or other cooking materials.

• Ranges accounted for the 58% of home cooking fire incidents. Ovens accounted for 16%.

• Children under five face a higher risk of non-fire burns associated with cooking than being burned in a cooking fire.

• Microwave ovens are one of the leading home products associated with scald burn injuries not related to fires. Nearly half (44%) of the microwave oven injuries seen at emergency rooms were scald burns.

• Clothing was the item first ignited in less than 1% of home cooking fires, but these incidents accounted for 16% of the cooking fire deaths.

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• The leading factor contributing to heating equipment fires was failure to clean, principally creosote from solid fueled heating equipment, primarily chimneys.

• Portable or fixed space heaters, including wood stoves, were involved in one-third (32%) of home heating fires and four out of five (80%) home heating deaths.

• Half of home heating fire deaths resulted from fires caused by heating equipment too close to things that can burn, such as upholstered furniture, clothing, mattresses or bedding.

• In most years, heating is the second leading cause of home fires, fire deaths, and fire injuries. Fixed or portable space heaters are involved in about 4 out of 5 heating fire deaths.

Electrical • About half (49%) of home electrical fires involved electrical distribution or lighting equipment.

Other leading types of equipment were washer or dryer, fan, portable or stationary space heater, air conditioning equipment water heater and range.

• Electrical failure or malfunctions caused an average of almost 50,000 home fires per year, resulting in roughly 450 deaths and $1.5 billion in direct property damage.

Candles • On average, there are 32 home candle fires reported per day.

• Roughly one-third of these fires started in the bedroom; however, the candle industry found that only 13% of candle users burn candles in the bedroom most often.

• More than half of all candle fires start when things that can burn are too close to the candle.

Smoke Alarms • Almost two-thirds (62%) of reported home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.

• Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in reported home fires in half.

• In fires considered large enough to activate the smoke alarm, hardwired alarms operated 92% of the time, while battery powered alarms operated only 77% of the time.

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High School soccer The Lakes District Secondary School (LDSS) Lakers played to a 1 -1 tie with Fraser Lake in a home soccer game on Sept. 24, 2013. Last weekend LDSS finished second to Trail, B.C. in a soccer tournament in Nakusp after tieing the regulation game but losing in a shoot-out.

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Natural gas pipeline tour soon Cullen from ▼ P3 accommodated,” Cullen said. “There is no real bulldozer that you can take to the supreme court justices. They’re going to defend the constitution.”

“The constitutional lawyers I’ve talked to about this - which have just been a few because it’s still a ways off - have said that this is a slam dunk… pre-informed consent has not been met and [there’s] little likelihood that it would be.”

Cullen also rampedup his direct criticism of the provincial liber-

als and their handling of Fortune Minerals current attempt to develop a coal mine in the Mount Klappan area, approximately 320 kms north of Terrace.

“My hope for the area is that it becomes a traditional use area and that it becomes protected,” Cullen said.

The provincial Liberals, Cullen said, had promised as much to the Tahltan First Nation, which explains the entrenched response protesters have made to preliminary field work in the area.

“To envision that a

protected area could also include an openpit coal mine is a pretty impoverished view of what protection looks like,” Cullen said. “For the premier to think she can just wink and nod to industry while making promises to First Nations doesn’t bode well for [other] relationships across the province.”

Cullen announced that he would be undertaking an LNG tour throughout the Northwest, without mentioning specifics.

“We’re looking to bring industry, environmental groups, and

First Nations onto the same stage so that people can have a sense of what projects are being proposed and also have a more full view of the pros and cons of pipelines and specific projects,” he said.

As for the chances that Cullen will exit the federal arena and turn to provincial politics, only time will tell.

“I’m still somewhat cool to the idea, although it has been warming up to me based on the kinds and number of calls and interactions I’ve had from people,” he said.

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However, this one is being viewed as an environmental restoration project more than a power project. And, it will go a long way towards righting a First Nation injustice.

On Monday, Cheslatta Carrier Nation Chief Richard Peters handed over a water licence application to FrontCounterBC manager Tim Mergen.

The application is the start of Nechako River Legacy Project, a $280 million project that would see water directed from the Kenney Dam reservoir back into the old Nechako River and the construction of a 45-megawatt hydroelectric project.

“Submitting this application formally starts the process of getting back the water that was taken from us 62 years ago when the government issued a private company license to all of the water in Cheslatta Traditional Territory,” said Peters.

That occurred when the Kenney Dam

flooding of a large portion of the Cheslatta territory, including cemeteries.

Even though it was 62 years ago, remains are still being discovered in Cheslatta Lake, the latest being last week.

“Until the Cheslatta is back to a state it was formerly at, we will continue to find bones,” said Peters. “It’s a very painstaking event to go and find human remains and try to find out who they belong to.

People can’t relate to that idea of us finding our ancestors in the lake.”

Water release from the Skins Lake Spillway causes water fluctuations in Cheslatta Lake, which then erodes the shoreline uncovering the human remains. The Nechako River Legacy Project is designed to stop the flooding of Cheslatta Lake and release the reservoir water directly into the old Nechako River. That would result in water flowing through a five-mile long course in the Nechako canyon that has been dry since 1952.

The work now for the Cheslatta is twofold – get all the permits and approvals in

the project.

The permits and approvals include securing a electricity purchase agreement with BC Hydro and an agreement with Rio Tinto Alcan, which currently holds the water licence for 100 per cent of the water in the Nechako.

“Once we get an energy purchase in place, then we’re going to seek private investors to finance the project,” said Mike Robertson, senior policy advisor for the Cheslatta. “There possibly could be some federal and provincial funding, but we’re not counting on that.”

The key discussions will be with Rio Tinto Alcan.

“The same water is going to be coming downstream, we just need to hold the licence ourselves in order to finance and get the approvals,” said Peters. “But, of course, Alcan also owns the Kenney Dam so we have to come to arrangements on access and some property out there.”

The project will be adjacent to the Kenney Dam, basically another spillway.

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ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH 136 - 4th Avenue, Burns Lake

No Worship Services during July & August Ministry led by lay leaders Phone 250-692-7202

DECKER LAKE MENNONITE CHURCH Sunday Morning Services: Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

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Pastors - Ken Dyck 250-698-7629 David S. Burkholder 250-692-7057 Everyone Welcome Hwy 16, Decker Lake

Seventh Day Adventist Church Group Meets Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. at the United Church on Centre Street.

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Kidney Walk date has been changed. Nov. 10/13. Lake District Secondary School, Registration 10am and Kidney Walk 11am. More info: Deborah Tucker (604) 736-9775 x 230 or deboraht@kidney.bc.ca.

Burns Lake & District Seniors Meeting on October 7 at 1 pm at the Regional District Meeting Room, upstairs. All 50+ seniors welcome.

Burns Lake Scouts regular meeting nights are Mon., starting Sept. 16, at WKE 5:30pm - 6:30pm Beavers, 6:30 - 7:30 Cubs. Volunteers needed. More info: Alex Bergen (250) 692.3913.

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Burns Lake & District Seniors Luncheon starts on Oct. 1. Every second Tues. at noon at the Immaculata.

AA meetings every Wednesday at the Youth Centre, 12pm - 1pm. Centre Street beside Margaret Patrick Memorial Hall.

Operation Christmas Child, fill a shoe box for a needy child. Pick up shoe boxes at a local church, The Loonie Bin, Wholesale Club, Dollar Store. Contact: John Neufeld (250) 692-7949. More info: samaritanspurse.ca Drivers Needed! The Lakes District Literacy Outreach Program is in need of volunteer W.O.W. Bus Drivers. No special license is required to drive the bus, other than a Class 5. Call Jennifer at (250) 695-6778.

The L.D. Museum has closed their doors on Sept. 27/13 for the season. To leave a message call (250) 692-7450

Burns Lake Community Church Lakes Learning Centre 10:30 am Pastor John Neufeld 250-692-7949

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Mail a donation on behalf of yourself or a loved one to: B.L. Health Care Aux. Box 812 Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 A tax deductible receipt will be issued

Coming Events GROW MARIJUANA Commercially. Canadian Commercial Production Licensing Convention October 26th & 27th.

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Information Anyone needing information on Alzheimer’s please call 1866-564-7533 BURNS LAKE RCMP Victim/Witness Assistance Program. 201 Hwy. 35, Box 759 Burns Lake. Open Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm (250) 692-3010 FOOD BANK INFORMATION Distribution days will be the first and the third Tuesday of each month. Clients should come at 11 am. The Lakes District Food bank continues to operate due to the outstanding generosity o the community. If you would like to make a donation and receive a tax deductible receipt, please mail your donation to: Lakes District Food Bank, P.O. Box 777, Burns Lake, BC. V0J 1E0

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LOCAL HOSPICE Services are available by contacting the Hospice Coordinator at (250) 692-2448. The Hospice office, located in the Lakes District Hospital, is open every Thurs. from 10am - 4pm. A lending library of videos, books and information on bereavement is available. Please make donations to the local hospice and palliative care program payable to the Burns Lake Hospice Program, Box 7500, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1EO

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Obituaries Tony (Teunis) VandenBrink

Obituaries

It is with great sadness, yet joy, that we announce the sudden passing of our husband, dad, grandfather & friend, Tony (Teunis) VandenBrink. It is joyous as he went to be with his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ peacefully in his sleep September 7 in McBride, B.C. Born in Holland his family immigrated to southern Alberta in 1955. He came up to northern B.C. in the late 1960’s eventually settling in Houston. He met the love of his life in Burns Lake and they were married there in March 1968. In October 1970 he started working at Bulkley Valley Forest Industries which is now Canfor for 32 ½ years retiring in May 2003.

Upon his retirement you could see him at A&W with any number of fellow retirees trying as he put it “to solve the world’s problems” or just getting together. If he wasn’t there he was either driving vehicles for Sullivan Motor Products to many different destinations or spending time with family.

In his last 15 years he had some fairly serious medical issues such as diabetes and open heart surgery, but he rarely complained. He was a wonderful family man who will be sorely missed.

Left here on earth to remember him are: his loving wife of 45 years, Mary Ann, his 3 sons; Jonathan(Erica), Mark (Christine) both of Houston and Randy (Sarah) of Decker Lake and their families which include 9 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

Also left are 2 sisters and one brother in Alberta and one brother in Kelowna along with many nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life was held on Saturday September 14th.

The family would also; at this time; like to thank all those who very graciously gave of their time to bless us with much gifts of food and other items both for the service and for the family. Thank you also for the many offers of condolence. A very special thank you to Pastor McIntyre of the Pentecostal church. What a blessed community we live in. May God bless each and every one of you.

The Chronic Disease Education Clinic at the Lakes District Hospital is open Tuesday & Wednesday from 8:30am4pm. The clinic provides information and teaching on various chronic illnesses such as Diabetes & Heart Disease. A doctors referral is not needed.

To speak with the nurse call (250) 692-2440

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Reservoir Elevation: 851.84 m (2794.78ft) SLS Discharge: 31.68 m3/s Visit website www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca for up to date real-time flow information for the Nechako River.

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LOCATED 150KM NORTHWEST OF PRINCE GEORGE BC

Located 150km northwest of Prince George BC, Mount Milligan will be British Columbia’s first major metal mine of this century. The processing plant at the Mount Milligan copper/ gold mine will throughput 60,000 tonnes per day. The SAG mill is one of only three mills of its kind in the world, and the largest in North America. Powered by a 23.5 MW gearless motor drive, it is capable of handling 2717 tonnes per hour at 92% availability. Fine grinding is done using an IsaMill™ -- the most energy efficient, highest intensity large scale grinding machine on the market.

MILL TRAINING SUPERVISOR Mt. Milligan is currently seeking a Mill Trainer to join our growing Operations Team. Reporting to the Mill Operations Superintendent, the Mill Trainer will be responsible for assisting in the development, implementation, and maintenance of a successful training program. The successful candidate must have a strong focus on employee development to help achieve increased safety, productivity and availability.

Duties / Responsibilities • Keep detailed and accurate training records, programs offered, certificates, etc • Actively participate in the delivery of various safety, environmental and operational training programs • Assess the need and coordinate the delivery of operations and maintenance training • Ensure that training delivered is accurate and meaningful to the workforce • Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives • Provide detailed and meaningful feedback to management as required • Estimate budget and resource requirements Skills / Experience • 10 years of Mill Operations experience specifically with crushing, grinding, flotation, dewatering, gravity separation and tailings experience.

• Strong commitment to internal customer service, workforce development and problem solving • Excellent facilitation, presentation, public speaking, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills are essential • Proficient in Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel and Outlook • Knowledge of database software is an asset • Self motivated, team player with a positive attitude and the ability to work with minimal supervision Work Schedule The schedule for this position will be 7 days on and 7 days rest, 12-hour shifts.

Who is this for?

Participants must meet the following eligibility criteria: • • • • •

Unemployed (non E.I. Clients) Must be 18 years of age or older Be legally entitled to work in Canada Not a Student Lack skills required for successful integration into new employment • Be ready and committed to returning to work

What will you get?

Participants may be eligible to receive: • Class-based skill development - including job searching and career planning • Funding to access training at local educational institutions/trainers • Wage subsidy for on-the-job training

Funding provided through the Canada - British Columbia Labour Market Agreement

Please submit your resume to www.mtmilligan.com/careers We thank all interested candidates; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We’re on the net at www.bcclassified.com

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LINO’S SALES & SERVICE located in beautiful Burns Lake, has an immediate opening for a Marine / Snowmobile Technician. Competitive wages & relocating allowance.

Forward resume to attention Marco. Call: (250) 692-7045, (250) 251-7204 or Fax: (250) 692-7693 Norms Auto Refinishing, Terrace, BC. High production, ICBC Accredited body shop requires a LICENSED AUTOMOTIVE PAINTER Competitive wages, Excellent Benefits. fax 250-635-3081 email: mel@normsautorefinishing.ca attn: Mel Rundell, Manager POSITION AVAILABLE for Mobile Home Park manager.

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The Grapevine Pub & Bistro Is currently looking for experienced wait staff needed immediately Hours: 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and/or 5:00 p.m. - Close Monday - Friday Occasional weekends Will need to have Serving it Right, bartending experience would be great.

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ELECTRICIAN Tolko Industries Ltd. is currently seeking a Certified Electrician to join our team at our Lavington Planer Division in the Okanagan Region of BC. POSITION OVERVIEW: Reporting to the operation’s Maintenance Supervisor and working with tradesman, and other team members, the candidate will carry out maintenance programs and projects at the division. This is a challenging position and an opportunity to work in an innovative environment.

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MILLWRIGHT Tolko Industries Ltd. currently seeks Certified Millwright to join our teams located in the Okanagan region of BC. POSITION OVERVIEW: Responsible for the preventive maintenance repair, installation and modification of equipment.

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Is currently looking for full time Equipment operators, Heavy Duty Mechanic, Road Builder, Feller Buncher Operator and Owner/Operator Logging trucks to work in the Vanderhoof and Fraser Lake areas.

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Burns Lake Lakeshore Property for sale Pioneer Way • 1.37 Acres; 200 ft of lakeshore x 577 ft.

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Cars - Domestic

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“A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR REGION” 37, 3RD Avenue, PH: 250-692-3195 PO Box 820, TF: 800-320-3339 Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 FX: 250-692-3305 www.rdbn.bc.ca E-MAIL:inquiries@rdbn.bc.ca

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

LAKE LOT FOR SALE

100 ft. by 280 ft. lot on Burns Lake, 12km east of town. Partly fenced, small beach, large grassed area, 40x60 metal Quonset w/ cement floor.

$120,000.00 (250) 692-3292 Rentals

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing affecting “Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 7:00 P.M at the Trout Creek Community Hall 39630 Colleymount Rd, Francois Lake, B.C. “Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” is proposed to be amended by Bylaw No. 1678 which rezones part of the subject property from Rural Resource (RR1) to Large Holdings (H2) to allow the subdivision of the property into two parcels.

The subject property is located at 46745 Colleymount Road, in the Noralee area, approximately 45 km southwest of the Village of Burns Lake, and is legally described as “Fractional W 1/2 of the Fractional W 1/2 of District Lot 701, Range 4, Coast District, Except the Most Northerly 20 Chains & Except Plan 12440”. The part of the subject property that is under application is shown cross-hatched and labelled “Application Area” on the map below.

LOCATION MAP FOR BYLAW NO. 1678

Apt/Condo for Rent LARGE BRIGHT 2 bedroom suites in a safe and secure building. Close to school and hospital. Large patio, in-suite storage and storage lockers available. On site management. Heat, hot water and cable included for $700 per month. Call (250) 692-3959 and leave message.

Puzzle Answers

New Gold Inc. (Proponent) is proposing to develop the Blackwater Gold Project, located approximately 110 km south of Vanderhoof (proposed Project). The proposed Project would be an open pit gold and silver mine with a production capacity of 60,000 tonnes per day.

The proposed Project is subject to review under British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012.

The Proponent must obtain an environmental assessment certificate before any work can be undertaken on the proposed Project. However, prior to submission of an application for a certificate by the Proponent, the Environmental Assessment Office of British Columbia (EAO) must first approve Application Information Requirements.

The Application Information Requirements will specify the studies to be conducted and the detailed information to be provided by the Proponent in its application. EAO has now received draft Application Information Requirements from the Proponent and invites comments on this draft.

In order to provide information about the Application Information Requirements EAO invites the public to attend an Open House. There will be 2 Open Houses, to be held as follows: at: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No 274 165 Chowsunket St., Fraser Lake, BC on: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 from: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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Open House and Invitation to Comment

At the Public Hearing all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present a written submission respecting matters contained in the bylaw that is the subject of the Public Hearing.

Written submissions sent by mail to P.O. Box 820, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0; by fax to (250) 692-1220; or by e-mail to inquiries@rdbn.bc.ca must be received by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako no later than October 17, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. to be ensured of consideration at the Public Hearing.

The Public Hearing on Bylaw No. 1678 will be chaired by the Director or Alternate Director for Electoral Area E as a delegate of the Board. A copy of the Board resolution making the delegation, copies of the proposed bylaws and other relevant information may be inspected at the office of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako between the hours of 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, October 3 through October 17, 2013 inclusive. A copy of the proposed bylaw and other relevant information will also be made available at the Burns Lake Public Library.

For further information please call the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Planning Department at 250-6923195 or 1-800-320-3339.

This is the first of two publications.

at:

Nechako Senior Friendship Centre 219 Victoria St. E, Vanderhoof, BC on: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 from: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00p.m.

There are 30 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the draft Application Information Requirements. The comment period will begin on October 9, 2013, and end on November 8, 2013. All comments received during this comment period in relation to the Application Information Requirements will be considered.

Note:

The intention of seeking public comments is to ensure that all potential effects – environmental, economic, social, heritage and health – that might result from the proposed Project are identified for consideration as part of the assessment process. At this stage of the process, the primary intent is to receive feedback about the studies or information required for a comprehensive environmental assessment.

After taking public comments into account, EAO will finalize the Application Information Requirements and issue them to the Proponent.

EAO accepts public comments through the following ways: • By Online Form at http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca • By Mail: Shelley Murphy, Executive Project Director Environmental Assessment Office PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1 • By Fax: Fax: 250-387-2208 An electronic copy of the Application Information Requirements and information regarding the environmental assessment process are available at www.eao.gov.bc.ca. Copies of the Application Information Requirements are also available for viewing at these locations: • Burns Lake Public Library - 585 Government St. • Cariboo Regional District Library - Quesnel Branch 101-410 Kinchant St. • Fraser Lake Public Library - 228 Endako Ave. • Fort St. James Public Library - 425 Manson St. • Prince George Public Library - 887 Dominion St. • Vanderhoof Public Library - 230 Stewart St. E If you are unable to participate at this time, there will be an additional comment period during the Application Review stage when you will also be able to provide comments to EAO on the proposed Project.

All submissions received by EAO during the comment period in relation to the proposed Project are considered public and will be posted to the EAO website.

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NOTICE TO REMOVE PRIVATE LAND FROM WOODLOT LICENCE W1539

Please be advised that Kathy and Merle Hoesing is proposing to remove 135.7 hectares of private land from Woodlot Licence W1539 located in the Wisteria area. Inquiries and/or comments must be submitted to The Forstdale Canyon Adventure Ltd. (Alison Patch, RPF) at 7296 Colleymount Road, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E2 by October 18, 2013. Only written inquiries received by this date will be responded to. Information about this proposal can be obtained by contacting the above-mentioned at (250) 695-6340.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (Nechako Lakes) P.O. Box 129, Vanderhoof, B.C. V0J 3A0 Phone: (250) 567-2284 Fax: (250) 567-4639

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Snow Removal

LAND ACT: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land

School District No.91 (Nechako Lakes) invites proposals for the Driveway, Parking Lot and Sidewalk Sanding and Snow Removal Contracts for the winter season of 2013-14 for the following communities:

Take notice that Jack Hooper & Lloyd Hooper from Smithers, B.C. have applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for an Amendment to current Adventure Tourism Licence of Occupation situated on Provincial Crown land located ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND SOUTHWEST OF SADDLE HILL, CASSIAR DISTRICT, CONTAINING 0.03 HECTARE, MORE OR LESS. The Lands File for this application is 6401071. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Skeena Stikine Land Officer, MFLNRO, at PO Box 6000 – 3333 Tatlow Rd, Smithers, BC, V0J 2N0. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to November 6, 2013.

MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arfd.gov. bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ office in Smithers.

Snow Removal Proposal Specifications and Site Information is posted on our Website: http://www.sd91.bc.ca/ or packages may be picked up at the Vanderhoof or Burns Lake Maintenance Facilities. Viewing of the site(s) prior to submission of proposals, along with the Maintenance Area Coordinator, is mandatory.

Proposals must specify a lump sum for each site and service. The successful contractor will be responsible to contact WorkSafeBC to determine their coverage eligibility and have the appropriate insurance and licenses. Each site will be awarded separately.

Please return proposals, marked clearly “Sanding, Snow Removal and Site#” to:

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