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Celebrating 90 years

Two honoured 90 year old Burns Lake residents were asked to cut the cake at last week’s Village of Burns Lake celebration dinner and dance. (L-R) Joe Comeau, who turns 90 this month, Alan Blackwell who is 90, Alan’s wife Marion and former resident Ellen Wiege also lent a hand. More on page 16.

Second Tahtsa tunnel near completion Rio Tinto Alcan has

completed an important tie-in section of a tunnel-twinning project.

Story on page 7

Local legion faces possible closure More than 10 years ago the Burns Lake Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 50, faced a crisis.

Story on page 9

Eighty seven years in business Greg and Jack Brown, owners of the landmark Burns Lake Home Hardware store, received a plaque from Village of Burns Lake.

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Hat trick Ken Jeppesen from the Southside found this unique yellow jacket nest this fall in his garage.

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Nathan Cullen’s tour may include Burns Lake Christy Clark difficult to pin down on Enbridge, Cullen says Walter Strong

After Christmas, he will take the tour east, with a possible stop in Burns Lake.

“We’re seeking to have a useful conversation and bring as much information as we can to the public about pipelines, shipping and the extraction - fracking - that goes on,” Cullen said. “It’s an effort to try to bring industry, environment groups and First Nations to the same table.”

B.C. First Nations have been the most vocal group to call into question the rush towards pipeline development through Northern B.C. Fifteen band councils along the proposed natural gas pipeline corridors between Northeast B.C. ...see CULLEN t P5

On Oct. 17, 2013, against the backdrop of violent anti-fracking protests in Eastern Canada, SkeenaBulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen discussed his own plans for his Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) tour of Northwestern B.C. with regional media during a regularly scheduled teleconference.

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Will conflict erupt here?

Oil spill study misinterpreted

The news coming out of New Brunswick last Thursday was headlinegrabbing: images of police vehicles on fire, tear gas sprayed, Molotov cocktails thrown, ‘bean-bag’ dispersion shots fired, more than 50 people detained, and stashes of weapons and explosives seized on display.

The conflict erupted as tensions boiled over during an attempt to serve an injunction against a group of natural gas-fracking protesters associated with an area First Nation.

The protesters had been occupying a camp along a highway since the summer to prevent a resource company from carrying out exploratory work for which it carried the required permits. Protesters and supporters describe the protest as an exercise of their right to protect traditional territories from development fundamentally incompatible with their views on respecting and preserving the land.

Does any of this sound familiar?

The question that naturally comes to mind is; will we avoid this kind of violent confrontation here when pipeline companies come to town to begin their own preparatory survey and geological work?

We are assured by political leaders (most recently, MP Nathan Cullen, see page two) that conversation and dialogue can avoid these kinds of eruptions.

It’s true, dialogue and conversation can avoid conflict, but only when all involved in the conversation feel they have a real say. Implicit to First Nation talk of ‘nation-to-nation’ dialogue over resource development is the concept of sovereignty.

A sovereign nation can say no to another sovereign nation. This is the heart of the issue when it comes to pipelines through traditional First Nations territories. Passions flare because it is not fundamentally an environmental debate but a debate concerning what the phrase ‘First Nation’ means.

When the province, the federal government or multinational corporations talk about First Nations consultation, it isn’t clear what proponents will do if they can’t ‘get to yes’.

Pipeline consultation with First Nations, at least as far as natural gas is concerned, seems to mean make the best of the inevitable pipelines coming through. Too much rides on the back of natural gas development, the construction of natural gas facilities on the west coast, and long-term contracts with Asian markets - none of which, incidentally, have appeared yet - for consultation to mean anything else.

For the federal perspective, just replace ‘natural gas’ with ‘diluted bitumen’ in the last paragraph.

But this isn’t what consultation means between two sovereign nations. That’s the impasse industry, government and First Nations face out here.

None of this lends itself to a simple solution as no clear and coherent concept of First Nation sovereignty is on offer. An person could be forgiven for believing that the majority of First Nations actually support natural gas pipelines, especially given the large number of First Nation councils that have signed on in one way or another.

Maybe the majority of First Nations do agree with natural gas pipeline development. It depends on who you take as your authority on the subject.

Do elected band councils represent the will of their people? They are, after all, responsible for the economic well-being of their citizens. Are they the voice of sovereign First Nations? How will band councils and those who claim to represent the will and interests of traditional First Nation clan structures resolve the disputed authority at stake?

Barring a last minute surprise, none of this will be resolved before pipeline companies start laying pipe.

The release of the B.C. government’s detailed study into oil spill response capability off the West Coast created the usual brief wave of media shock and horror.

This just in! If crude oil spilled in the Dixon Entrance, the storm-tossed sea lane north of Haida Gwaii, the combined resources of Canadian and U.S. containment and collection response could only recover an estimated four per cent of it. And that’s in the summer! The winter recovery rate would be more like three per cent.

Talk radio and website headlines set the narrative in minutes. How could anyone even consider running oil tankers through that pristine B.C. coastal area? It’s crazy!

Here’s the big fact clearly stated in the study by U.S.based Nuka Research and Planning Group, and ignored by most of the media and public. There are hundreds of tankers filled with crude oil sailing through these stormy seas every year. It’s been going on since Alaska North Slope crude was developed in the 1970s.

Six of the seven oil spill simulations run by Nuka are based on Alaska crude, because that’s overwhelmingly what has been shipped along B.C.’s North Coast for 40 years. This lack of crude oil spill response capability has existed the entire time, without a whisper of protest or media attention, even after the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster near the oil’s point of origin.

The current narrative, hammered home by U.S.-controlled environmental groups and their aboriginal partners in the “Great Bear Rainforest,” is that only Canadian oil is a threat.

How much Alaska crude is shipped down the B.C. coast? According to Nuka’s analysis, it’s currently about 38 million cubic metres each year. That’s enough to fill B.C. Place stadium to the roof – 15 times.

The Sierra-Greenpeace-ForestEthics-Dogwood gang, a sort of billionaire-bankrolled green Team America, has worked hard to promote the falsehood that “tar sands” oil is vastly worse than that nice fair-trade Alaska stuff. Their claims about acidity and abrasiveness of diluted bitumen didn’t hold up, and it’s still hotly contested whether the heavy oil in diluted bitumen would float, emulsify or sink in actual sea conditions.

When the federal government announced a study to determine what spilled bitumen would do in North Coast waters, that too was attacked by the Green Party as a secret scheme to prop up Enbridge’s pipeline proposal. So it’s a scandal when you don’t know the answers, and it’s a scandal when you try to find them.

Another question that gets little attention is whether it’s better for spilled oil to sink rather than wash up on beaches.

Crude oil is, if you’ll pardon the expression, organic. Spills produce a huge spike in oil-eating bacteria that leads to an increase in fish populations at a certain stage. This was documented in a 1994 book called Degrees of Disaster, written by an expert who stayed on in Valdez for four years, long after the TV cameras and grandstanding politicians went home.

Victoria-based Dogwood seized on a 2012 Nuka study done for the Haisla Nation at Kitimat, which found that in ocean conditions that are present more than half of the time, there would be no immediate way to respond to a spill at sea.

Dogwood’s “no tankers campaign director” hinted that this information was intentionally left out of the B.C. government study, and the media ate it up.

No tankers? Better check again.

Dogwood’s mission is clearly not to protect the B.C. coast from oil spills. If it were, they would be protesting the ongoing risk from Alaska tankers.

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

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Respect will prevent conflict

CULLEN from t P2 and proposed LNG plants in Kitimat have signed on to at least one natural gas pipeline project through their participation in the Pacific Trails Pipeline (PTP) First Nations limited partnership.

A notable and significant absence from the list of signatories to the PTP agreement is the Office of the Wet’suwet’en (OW).

The OW represents traditional First Nation clans in B.C.’s north central interior, whose traditional territories include a large part of the Skeena watershed and extend to include Burns Lake.

They have categorically rejected all proposed pipeline activity through their territories.

Every pipeline proposal on the books includes passage through Wet’suwet’en traditional territories.

Despite the apparent intransigence that any pipeline company will face in Northwest B.C., Cullen doesn’t believe that the violent confron-

tations in Eastern Canada are an inevitability in Northwest B.C. “If the government was to come to the table and be honest and respectful, it avoids that kind of conflict,” Cullen said. “Anybody who feels pushed to the wall can feel like that’s their last resort.”

Although the federal government will have a say in the proposed natural gas and oil pipelines through its own environmental assessment process and through export permitting, the biggest hurdle will be provincial approval and citizen consensus.

While the province is fully on board with natural gas development, it appears to be hedging its bets with the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project. Cullen describes the provincial attitude towards the Enbridge proposal as confusing.

“I find it very hard to understand what the premier’s view is,” Cullen said. “She [Christy Clark] blows hot and cold on the issue. One day she says there’s no

tanker support and if an oil spill were to happen it would be a disaster; the next day she puts together the tenets of an agreement with Alberta to ensure it will hap-

pen.”

Cullen was referring to the announcement of a ministerial joint working group announced on Oct. 16, 2013 between B.C. and Alberta, rec-

ognized as a warming of relations between the two provinces on the matter of transporting oil to the west coast, whether by pipeline or by rail.

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Citizens on patrol Burns Lake Citizens on Patrol (COPS) will have their patrol van up and running again soon with the help of $500 from Lakes District Maintenance (LDM). Steve Gailing, LDM operations manager, presents the cheque to Burns Lake RCMP const. Don Gunn and Ruby Matsko, COPS co-ordinator. Anyone interested in volunteering with COPS should contact Matsko at 250Walter Strong photo 692-7705.

Harvest debris is the leftover of what is not taken to the sawmill for the production of lumber. The requirement to dispose of harvest debris is to reduce the fire hazard and to increase the plantable spots for the reforestation of the harvested area. The 2 primary debris disposal options are burning or to grind the debris into a product that is brought to a value added facility.

When the decision is to burn the debris, it requires some effort to ensure that the debris is accumulated or piled such that it will more readily start to burn and then burn completely. The timing of when to burn is also important to minimize fire escape while, at the same time have good venting. This means that there needs to be sufficient winds to dissipate the smoke while not having the fire escape into the nearby standing timber.

This is why the fall, having good winds and a wet season, is a good time to burn. The on coming winter season also helps to reduce the likelihood of a “hang-over” fire in the spring. The second option is to grind the harvest debris and truck the product to Pinnacle Pellet located in Burns Lake. This option has allowed us to reduce burning in the closer proximities to Burns Lake thus avoiding some of the potential smoke accumulations.

Grinding has brought a whole new business to Burns Lake that supports direct and indirect jobs for the community. We currently employ a grinding contractor, from Burns Lake, to grind the harvest debris and truck it to Pinnacle Pellet.

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Burns Lake Band Chief Albert Gerow, and couns. Dan George, (couns. Ron Charlie who was present at the conference but not available at time of photo) presented Norihiro Okuda, Japanese Ambassador to Canada with gift from one of the First Nations bands who's traditional territory the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas pipelines are planned to go through to access Asian markets via Prince Rupert or Kitimat ports.

Japan's demand for LNG continues to grow ever since the country experienced a devastating natural disaster earthquake and tsunami. The Burns Lake Band continues to promote Burns Lake and the Lakes District in opportunities for positive economic growth. The BC First Nations Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Summit was organized and hosted by the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council held on Oct. 9, 2013 at the civic centre in Prince George. Presentations were made from the Japanese Ambassador, Minister for Natural Resources Joe Oliver, Minister for Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation SUBMITTED PHOTO John Rustad.

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Second Tahtsa tunnel near completion Increased capacity not intended to increase water use, for now WALTER STRONG RioTinto Alcan (RTA) has completed an important tie-in section of a tunnel-twinning project southwest of Burns Lake. Tahtsa Lake, at the western end of the Nechako Reservoir, flows into the Kemano hydropower plant south of Kitimat via an underground tunnel approximately 16 kms long.

The original plans called for two tunnels, and although two were begun, only one was completed.

Called the back-up tunnel project, construction will complete an unfinished extension of a second tunnel running from the west end of Tahtsa Lake to the existing penstocks. The penstocks are a steep sluice system that feeds and controls water flow into the turbines at Kemanos.

The back-up tunnel project was recently described to directors of the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) as a precautionary measure to ensure that a steady supply of water to the Kemano hydro-electric turbines would not be interrupted if the main tunnel were to collapse or require repair.

Colleen Nyce, RTA manager of corporate affairs and community relations, presented an update regarding the Kitimat modernization project and the back-up tunnel project on Oct. 10, 2013.

“The project completes the second tunnel and links it to the existing penstock,” Nyce explained. “This is not a resurrection of the old Kemano completion project. The Kemano completion project envisioned another powerhouse and more penstocks.”

The completion of the secondary tunnel was mandatory as far as RTA was concerned.

“RIoTinto was not willing to invest in our smelter modernization [project] without us de-risking this single source of power to the smelter,” Nyce said.

The Kitimat smelter modernization project will double the aluminum producing capacity of the aging smelter operation - originally built in 1952 - by replacing the old smelters with a modern system.

“The new smelter is sized to use all the firm power [from Kemano],” Nyce said. “The firm power is what we can rely on 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Anything more than that is not reliable; it’s contingent on conditions and weather.”

The original tunnel, which is 60 years old, had a collapse in the 1950s which shut down the Kitimat smelter for 10 months.

Rio Tinto Alcan doesn’t want that kind of risk associated with the new smelter.

“We are essentially putting another tap on the same faucet,” Nyce explained. “It allows us to use tunnel two if tunnel one goes down for maintenance or repairs. Or to use both tunnels at the same time. But we are not planning to use more water.”

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Water levels in the Nechako Reservoir now control the flow of the Nechako River. Conservationists have blamed the reduced flow of the Nechako - directly related to the construction of the reservoir - to the decline of the genetically unique Nechako River White Sturgeon.

RioTinto Alcan has a water license for 170 cubic metres per second (m3/sec), but only uses 140 m3/sec. in town!

“One-hundred-and-seventy m3/sec has always been a concern Full Service for us,” said Jerry Peterson, RDBN director of area E (Vanderhoof/Rural), “If Alcan ever went to that much it would dry up the Everyone Welcome Nechako river.”

Rob Newell, RDBN director area G (Houston Rural) suggested a reduction of the current license to the level that RTA actually with a range of everyday items such as needs to power their Kemano station.

“If you only intend to use a part of the water license, why don’t groceries, toiletries, pop, candy, tobacco you cap it off at what you use,” asked Newell. products, and newspapers.

The semantic distinction lay on the word ‘intend’.

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Hours: Monday - Friday 6am - 11pm “I can’t speak for the company that will come years after me Saturday: 8am - 11pm, Sunday 9am -9pm about we intend to do with the rest of that water license.”

Holidays: 9am - 9pm The Kitimat modernization project is valued at over $3 billion, Everyone welcome to purchase gas at our store. and according to Nyce is 50 per cent complete. The modernization project will inject $370 million directly into the Northern B.C. economy. The back-up tunnel construction will inject another $30 million, Nyce said.

The Kemano power plant has a capacity of 1000 megawatts, although RTA targets 790 megawatts and relies on a consistent 700 to 710 megawatts.

RioTinto Alcan expects to sell little power back to the province once the modernized smelter is operational and using most of Kemano’s power-generating capacity.

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Marijuana petitioners remain well off target at 30-day mark

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Sensible BC predicts slow sign-up start will accelerate soon Jeff Nagel Pot reformers fell short of their sign-up target for the first third of their campaign to force a provincial referendum on marijuana enforcement.

Sensible BC spokesman Dana Larsen said the campaign had 65,000 signatures as of Oct. 9 – 15,000 less than their aim of 80,000 by the 30-day mark of the 90-day petition drive.

"We're a little bit behind the target we set," Larsen said, adding getting canvassers officially registered has proven more onerous than expected.

But he remains confident the campaign can succeed in getting the signatures of 10 per cent of eligible voters in every B.C. district.

That would take 300,000 signatures in total, but Larsen said the aim is for 450,000 or 15 per cent in each riding to provide a buffer against signatures that are declared invalid.

The campaign aims to pass legislation that would bar police from spending any time or resources enforcing the federal law against possessing small amounts of marijuana.

Its goal is to use that as a starting point to work towards broader legalization.

Defeat in any single district means the petition campaign fails.

And even if it succeeds, a referendum is not automatic – the Legislature could introduce the proposed Sensible Policing Act but not put it to a vote.

If it was sent to another referendum it could be non-binding – the HST referendum after a successful Fight HST petition was binding only because Premier Gordon Campbell declared it so.

Fight HST also had many more signatures at their 30-day mark

– more than 300,000 – and eventually got 705,000.

"They got a lot more than they actually needed," Larsen said.

"They could have done it with less."

Larsen said canvassers have already got nearly enough signatures in Vancouver districts like the West End and along False Creek. Most Interior and Northern districts are also doing well, with about a third of the signatures gathered, and campaigns are running ahead of schedule in Nelson, Kelowna and Kamloops.

Suburban ridings in Metro Vancouver, including Surrey and Coquitlam, have proven more challenging.

"Surrey is a bit of an issue. It's a lot of districts in one city and a lot of people that we need."

Canvassers from Vancouver will be sent to those areas as Vancouver ridings wrap up, Larsen said.

So far, Sensible BC has 3,000 canvassers registered, up from 1,600 when they launched.

Larsen expects the canvasser count will grow to 4,000 by the early December deadline, but that would be well short of Fight HST's 6,500 canvassers.

Petition locations are on the Sensible BC website at sensiblebc.ca.

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Score Board DECKER LAKE WHIST - October 16, 2013

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your support, through donations, purchases and volunteering, has assisted the Burns Lake Rotary Club in projects such as the Nurses’ Residence Renovations to help entice medical professionals to our community; the Skateboard Park and washrooms at Radley Beach, Burns Lake Playschool Upgrades and the Skills Park on Boer Mountain Bike Park. The Auction is the main fundraiser for the Rotary Club each year and the projects listed are just to name a few. Mark your calendars for November 13 & 14 and take part in your community radio auction fundraiser.

Have you taken a walk on the Rod Reid Trail this Fall? Burns Lake Rotary Club would like to thank LDM for partnering with us for the gravel needed to upgrade the trail, as well as recognize the work of the Burns Lake Unit Crew for their hard work to spread it. The Rod Reid Trail was an original Burns Lake Rotary project and we continue to support the efforts to ensure this great community asset remains a trail we are proud to use and share with visitors to the area.

Watch for our monthly “What’s Rotary up to?” for dates and details of Rotary programs, events, and projects.

Important Dates: Rotary Youth Exchange

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Hospital auxiliary toque day

Emiko Fukushima (L) picked her toque at the Burns Lake Hospital Auxiliary toque day at the Lakeview Mall on Oct. 19, 2013.

The hospital auxiliary was raising money with hand-knit toques, coffee, tea and deserts. Beside Fukushima are Carolyn Strimbold and Gwen Hemmerling.

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BURNS LAKE AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION will be holding their

Annual General Meeting on November 4th at 12:00pm at the Village Office.

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Approximately 1000 vehicles over a four hour time-frame went through a Checkstop in Burns Lake on Oct. 15, 2013. The joint effort between B.C. wildlife conservation officers and the Burns Lake RCMP netted four infractions: three under the fish and wildlife act and one minor alcohol violation that resulted in a brief, roadside driving suspension. Conservation and RCMP officers were checking for wildlife, firearm, and driving infractions. Only one breathalyzer test was conducted, which resulted in the sole alcohol infraction. No other drivers raised alarm bells during the Checkstop that would have resulted in a request for a Laura Blackwell photo blood alcohol test.

Local legion faces possible closure Executive committee nominees sought as elections approach; long-serving members to retire Walter Strong More than 10 years ago the Burns Lake Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 50, faced a crisis of filling out their executive leadership roster.

At the time, Joe Comeau, current branch legion president, wrote a letter to Lakes District News to alert the general legion membership and the community that the Legion Executive Committee might not form because too few people were putting their names forward for nomination.

Without a full executive committee, the Burns Lake Legion or any Legion - would be forced to close and lose its operating charter.

Now, Comeau is forced to repeat his warning of 10 years ago.

If the branch can’t fill its executive positions in upcoming elections, he’ll be forced to notify BC/Yukon Royal Canadian Legion

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Command, who will step in to temporarily take control of the branch.

We’re the largest FIREWORKS If the provincial command cannot pull an executive committee Supplier in the Northwest! together, the Burns Lake branch would lose its charter, and the OVER 8000 ITEMS... we dare you to come count them! legion building be put up for sale.

Open Monday to Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm Comeau will be stepping down this year as branch president.

He turns 90 in October and is ready to slow down his volunteer 7390 Highway 16, Decker Lake 250-698-7686 commitment to the legion. Comeau is a 68-year member of the legion, with 20 years of involvement on the executive committee, now in his fourth term as branch president.

With a membership base of about 150 members, it shouldn’t be hard to Beprepared. prepared. Learn Learn how how to drive in winter conditions.

Be conditions. fill the nine positions required for a full executive committee. But Comeau said volunteers are hard to come by.

“Out of 150 members, many only 5.

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Accelerategently, gently,turn turnslowly, slowly,and andbrake brakecarefully carefully Makesure sureyou’re you’reup uptotothe thetest. test.The The following following winter winter Make and early.

Avoid unexpected quick movements Last June, the local branch celebratand early.

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Through the coming weeks we’ll be burning piles throughout the Community Forest, in order to prevent these piles from potentially becoming a fire hazard in the drier seasons.

For more info on the community forest, call BL ComFor (250) 692-7724

longer to stop on a slippery road. Look ahead and keep plenty of distance between you and other keep plenty of distance between you and other cars (at least four seconds). cars (at least four seconds).

2. Drop your speed to match road conditions.

2. Drop your speed to match road conditions.

The posted speed is the maximum speed under The posted speed is the maximum speed under ideal conditions. In winter, it is safer to drive below ideal conditions. In winter, it is safer to drive below the posted speed. No matter how much the posted speed. No matter how much experience you have, the way your car will move experience you have, the way your car will move on snow or ice always has an element of on snow or ice always has an element of unpredictability. unpredictability.

3. Watch for black ice. Slow down when 3. Watch for black ice. Slow down when approaching icy areas such as shaded areas, approaching icy areas such as shaded areas, bridges and overpasses as these sections of road bridges and overpasses as in these road freeze sooner than others coldsections weather.ofWatch freeze sooner coldwith weather. for “black ice”,than areasothers of theinroad a thin,Watch almost for “black coating ice”, areas invisible of of ice,the as road it canwith causea thin, your almost vehicle invisible coating ice, as itbraking can cause vehicle to suddenly loseoftraction, andyour cornering tocontrol. suddenly lose traction, braking and cornering control.

4. Accelerate and brake slowly. When starting 4. Accelerate andslick brake slowly.

Whenand starting from a stop on roads, start slowly from a stop gradually on slick roads, start slowly andand accelerate to maintain traction accelerate gradually maintain traction andplan avoid spinning your to wheels.

When stopping, avoid wheels.

Whengently stopping, well inspinning advance,your apply the brakes and plan well in advance, applyrather the brakes gently suddenly. and slowly add pressure than braking slowly add pressure rather than braking suddenly.

6. Know how to handle a skid. A skid happens 6. Know how to handle a skid. A skid happens when your wheels slide out of control on a slippery when your wheels slide out of control on a slippery surface and is a result of driving too fast for road surface and is a result of driving too fast for road conditions. If you start to skid, ease off the brake or conditions. If you start to skid, ease off the brake or accelerator, look and steer smoothly in the direction accelerator, look and steer smoothly in the direction you want to go. Be careful not to oversteer. If you you want to go. Be careful not to oversteer. If you are on ice and skidding in a straight line, step on the are on ice and skidding in a straight line, step on the clutch or shift to neutral. clutch or shift to neutral.

7. See and be seen. It is critical for drivers to see and 7. See and be seen. It is critical for drivers to see and be seen in low light conditions, and when blowing be seen in low light conditions, and when blowing snow impairs visibility. Always drive with your snow impairs headlights on. visibility. Always drive with your headlights on.

8. Be extremely cautious when approaching 8. highway Be extremely cautiousvehicles when approaching maintenance such as snow highway vehiclesMaintain such asa safe snow plows andmaintenance salt or sand trucks. plows and salt or sand trucks.

Maintain a safe following distance. These vehicles throw up snow following vehicles and spray, distance. making itThese difficult to see. throw up snow and spray, making it difficult to see.

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Eighty-five year charter membership at stake Province-wide , the Royal Canadian Legion is a strong advocate for Veterans, and runs several important programs, like the Veterans Transition Program treating veterans with trauma or PTSD, the Military Skills Conversion Program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, the Cockrell House for homeless veterans near Victoria, B.C., professional training programs for geriatric physicians and nurses, as well as education funding for rural doctors.

LEGION from t P9 Jeanne Parkinson holds two positions with branch 50, secretary and treasurer.

As a bookkeeper, she also does the branch’s books, tax and corporate filings, saving the local branch money from having to farm out the work.

She may be stepping down this year as well.

Every year, the entire executive needs to be re-elected. Any standing members need to put their names forward for renomination, as well as any new nominees who are interested in volunteering. Executive positions are filled from the top down, and in order.

If one of the first four positions are not filled on voting night, then the executive is considered unable to be formed.

This means that president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer must be filled before the remaining five positions can be filled.

“I understand why people are reluctant to commit,” Parkinson said. “Older people don’t want to be tied down to meetings every month, and younger people are busy with kids and involvement in their kids activities.”

But without an ex-

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The Burns Lake Royal Canadian Legion Branch 50 has held its charter from BC/Yukon command for more than 85 years. Upcoming executive committee elections in November will determine the future of the Burns Lake institution. New volunteers are needed to fill expected vacancies. The legion will have to close if the executive committee cannot be formed. ecutive, the Burns Lake Legion Branch 50 will fold.

Any member in goodstanding of the Legion can hold an executive position. Other positions on the executive committee involving oversight of different programs with varying degrees of time commitment.

“The high school poster and essay campaign only runs in the fall,” Parkinson said.

“Once submissions are collected from the

high school and judged, there’s not much left to do for the rest of the year.”

Other positions, like treasurer, service officer, and sick and visiting officer require a more steady commitment year round. All positions call for regular attendance at twicemonthly meetings.

Food sales have been slow this year since regular kitchen service ended. Currently, the legion is only able to offer its dinner service on

Friday evenings. That drives down the number of people coming out for dinner, which makes it more difficult to entice someone to take over the kitchen on a more regular basis.

Bar sales and food sales are the primary source of income for the branch’s day-to-day expenses.

“People think the annual Poppy campaign raises money for the branch, but it doesn’t,” Comeau said. “We don’t use poppy funds

to run the Legion. All money raised through poppy sales is placed in trust to serve veterans or seniors.”

Locally, the branch donates proceeds from the poppy fund to Meals on Wheels for seniors and to the Pines care home in Burns Lake.

The local legion also maintains a high school bursary, donates to the cadets, and to the Burns Lake Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, and the Southside Volunteer Fire Department.

The provincial and nation-wide activities of the legion depend on local memberships.

“It would be great to have new volunteers step up,” Comeau said.

“Burn-out is an issue for some of our longserving volunteers.”

Nominations and elections of the executive will take place on Nov. 18, 2013, during the regularly scheduled general legion membership meeting.

People interested in having their names put forward should be there that evening.

Pet of the Week

PEPPE “Peppe is the last one left of his litter looking for a home.

His nickname is Skunk, as he has a thin line of white hair running atop his tail. Peppe is ~14 wks. old, male neutered and vaccinated, and has a shy disposition, but being a tad lonely has caused him to come out of his seclusion and seek human affection. If you are interested in Peppe/Skunk please call us @ 250-692-7476.”

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Community Information Session We invite you to meet members of the team and find out more about the Project at an upcoming information session.

Date: Time: Location:

October 24, 2013 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Heritage Centre 540 Highway 16 West Burns Lake, B.C.

Project representatives will be available to answer questions and share information. Light refreshments will be provided.

If you are unable to attend, but would like more information you can contact us by email (coastalgaslink@transcanada.com) or by phone at 1.855.633.2011 (toll-free).

A Year of Careful Study In June 2012, TransCanada PipeLines announced the Coastal GasLink Project, to safely deliver natural gas from the Groundbirch area, near Dawson Creek, B.C., to the proposed LNG Canada gas liquefaction facility to be developed by Shell Canada Ltd. and its partners near Kitimat, B.C. We began with a “conceptual corridor” based on aerial inspection, available maps and renderings. We then met with First Nations, landowners, local government officials and northern B.C. residents to find opportunities to improve our plan and avoid social and environmental areas of concern.

We made significant adjustments to the corridor based on this input and narrowed our focus to a two-kilometre-wide “study corridor.”

During 2013, we have sent hundreds of scientists, engineers and technicians into the field to travel along the corridor, test rocks and soils, study rivers and streams, and gather information about plant and animal life. First Nations community members have shared traditional ecological knowledge through many of our field studies.

Using the information we have gathered, we are developing a proposed pipeline route. Our route proposal will be part of our application to the BC Environmental Assessment Office, and our application to the BC Oil and Gas Commission. We are grateful to the communities of northern B.C. for their constructive contributions to this process.

TransCanada is Canada’s largest builder and operator of natural gas pipelines. We have been in business in B.C. for 50 years. We are proud of our track record of working with communities and operating safely.

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David Black wants to submit for environmental review of refinery

CAMERON ORR David Black hopes to submit an environmental review for his proposed Kitimat Clean refinery this fall.

His plans continue to move ahead as other players in B.C. and Alberta have their eyes on refineries of their own.

In the Prince Rupert area, Eagle Spirit Energy presented a proposal to the Lax Kw’alaams community of their idea for an oil refinery at an area called Grassy Point.

For Black, the idea of competition on the north coast doesn’t sway him, and he remains solid that Kitimat is the right place for him.

“It might work,” said Black, but added, “I don’t see a big advantage over the Kitimat site. You need a lot of land to put

in a refinery. There’s a big advantage to have railway, hydro, highway and all the infrastructure there. We have that in the Kitimat Valley. It’s not yet in that Grassy Plains area.”

That said, he did admit that tankers leaving the Grassy Point area would have the marine advantage, given Kitimat’s distinction as an “in-land” coast.

But even if that proposal sees light, he won’t see it cramping his style. He said that the capacity for his refinery could be doubled and it’d still see demand, so a second refinery near Lax Kw’alaams would just fill further need that Kitimat Clean couldn’t fill.

Black’s proposed refinery would process 550,000 barrels per day of diluted bitumen from Alberta.

Meanwhile he plans to submit for an environmental review of the refinery to the government this fall, now that he’s settled on a Fischer-Tropsch technology for the refinery, versus his initial plan to use cokers.

He said using Fischer-Tropsch will actually reduce the emisssions of the refinery by a half, from seven million tonnes of emissions to three million.

And there are other efficiencies to be had with that technology.

“Also the process is exo-thermic, it actually generates the power and the water we need to run the refinery as well,” he said.

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Burns Lake visit of party faithful

Vanderhoof guide seeks leadership of B.C. Conservatives WALTER STRONG

Representing the B.C. Conservative party, Dan Brooks was the Nechako-Lakes everyman candidate during last year’s provincial election. A hunting outfitter and business owner hailing from Vanderhoof, Brooks arrives ready to discuss politics or the most recent hunting season, whichever you prefer.

He was through Burns Lake last week to promote his bid for leadership of the B.C. Conservative party. So far, it’s a two-horse race between Brooks and Vancouver-based Rick Peterson.

Born in Vanderhoof, Brooks remains involved with running his family’s business, Crystal Lake Resort, although he’s currently working out of a Kamloops office to run his leadership campaign.

The April 11, 2014 leadership election date leaves a lot of time for the campaign to get off the ground, so that might explain the under-the-radar approach Brooks is taking during this whirlwind Northern B.C. tour. In less than a week, he made stops in Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat, Prince Rupert, and Burns Lake.

“Primarily I’ve been meeting with the membership of the party,” Brooks said. “The membership isn’t very large in the Northwest. I think the majority of the members are the ones I signed up in Nechako-Lakes during the election run.”

Brooks took 12.6 per cent of the popular vote in Nechako-Lakes last year. This proved him to be more popular in this riding than his party was province-wide. Provincially, the B.C. Conservative party took only 4.78 per cent of the popular vote, while failing

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to capture a single seat despite running more than 50 candidates.

“I’d say [Nechako-Lakes] is a strong conservative riding that votes Liberal,” Brooks said. “Those folks are conservative and they voted Liberal because they don’t like the NDP. They will continue voting that way as long as they don’t have an option.

That’s what I’m trying to provide.”

Brooks has promised to move the headquarters of the B.C. Conservative party to Kamloops if he’s elected as party leader, to better represent the importance of Northern B.C. in provincial politics and economics.

“British Columbia's great natural resource wealth is in the interior, northern and rural parts of the province,” Brooks said. “I believe that elected representatives and decision-makers must devote more time and attention to the W opportunities and challenges facing residents living in these parts of B.C.” “We played an important role in the last election,” he added. “I realize that we didn’t win a single seat, but without the Conservative party, this would have been a choice between NDP and NDP light [the BC Liberal Party].”

“We pulled the entire political spectrum towards the right, towards free enterprise, towards a debt-free B.C., towards those kinds of conservative concepts.”

Although this tour of the Northwest was focussed on those already committed to the party, Brooks wants to reach out to those who may have never considered becoming card-carrying members of a political party.

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Basic Food Preparation for Catering.

All non-profit groups in the Burns Lake area are invited to send a “young” representative to a 6 week training course on Basic Food Preparation for Catering. Food Safe will also be offered to those who are not presently qualified.

Class size is limited, so register early.

Classes will be held at

Island Gospel Fellowship every Thursday evening beginning November 7th, 2013.

Questions and to register call Marian at 698-7356.

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u o Y k n a Th • For supporting our Anniversary Sale • For generously supporting the ‘Garage Sale’ we were able to raise $3,684.90 which will be donated to the Pines Family Council

Congratulations to our lucky $500 shopping spree winners: Will Crandell, Jeanette Froese, Brent Peterson

Saturday 10 am - 4 pm & Sunday 11 am - 3 pm Need ideas for Christmas gift selections...

Come and check out the variety of items.

Lunch available both days.

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Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 4:00-8:00 pm

Sunday Morning Worship Service begins @ 10:30 am

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To book a rental: please contact Joan & Jeff Ragsdale 250-692-0093

Join us for Dinner at the Legion... Crib at the Legion Friday October 25th Friday November 1st

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Support your local Legion.

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Parent-child Mother Goose. Children between 0-5 yrs. Circle time, snack time & free play 10am-11:30am Wed. & Fri. at Muriel Mould learning Centre.

Indoor playspace for families & children 1-5 yrs. Contact Village of Burns Lake for

Sunday Service: 10:45 am 250-694-3329 (Church)

IMMACULATACatholic Church 248 - 3rd Avenue, Phone: 250-692-3568

Saturday 7:30 p.m.

Sunday 10:00 a.m. ~ Everyone Welcome ~

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39. Seed of the legume family 40. Drove in golf 41. Without difficulty 43. Without (French) 45. Politicians (informal) 46. Not happy 47. Spiritual being 49. Male child 50. The cry made by sheep 53. Handheld image enlarger 57. Inventiveness 58. Column style 59. Impudence 60. 33 1/3 records 61. Berkeley’s sister city CLUES DOWN 1. Lymph node plague swelling 2. Freshwater duck genus 3. Dog attacks 4. Eilat Airport 5. Visualize 6. A young pig

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7. Wyatt __, OK Corral 8. Point one point S of due E 9. Those who give freely 10. Small slice of meat, especially veal 11. Dislike intensely 12. Egyptian sun God 13. Animal lair 16. Dutch flowers 18. A Greek harp 22. O. Twist’s author’s initials 23. Periods of time 24. __ Claus 25. Actress Lupino 27. Green regions of desert 28. Any competition 29. Salem, MA, teachers college 30. Container for display 31. Ink writing implement 33. Hogshead (abbr.)

35. As much as one can eat 36. Puts in a horizontal position 37. Cotangent (abbr.)

39. Vitamin H 42. Book hinges 43. Voiced musical sounds 44. In the year of Our Lord 46. Japanese entertainment firm 47. Comedian Carvey 48. Bird reproductive bodies 49. Rests on a chair 50. River border 51. Largest continent 52. Plural of ascus 53. Prefix for ill 54. Small bark 55. Geographic Information System 56. Mauna __, Hawaiian volcano

OUR TOWN 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.

Prenatal Classes Thurs. 6-8pm Burns Lake Health Unit - located in the hospital.

(250) 692-2460 to register.

Story Time at the library. Register your pre-school child (250) 692-3192. Starting Oct. 17.

Southside Health & Wellness Centre: October 2013. Chair yoga every Tues. & Fri. 10-11am. Foot Care, by appt., Oct. 24. More info: (250) 694-3270.

Grassy Plains Gospel Church

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CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS 1. 1st, 2nd & 3rd in baseball 6. Sew up a hawk’s eyes 10. N’Djamena is the capital 14. Be a connector 15. To accustom 17. Cornflower 19. Former CIA 20. Bark sharply 21. Actress Barkin 22. Cathode-ray tube 23. Shallowest Great Lake 24. Surface of a plane figure 26. Bird of prey 29. A large number 31. Chums 32. Express pleasure 34. Capital of Yemen 35. Sanctify 37. Hyperbolic cosecant 38. Central Standard Time

Pastor Ed Peters Phone: 250-692-7551

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Kerr Road, Burns Lake Sunday School for all ages begins at 9:15am. Worship Service at 10:30am.

Pastor Steve Swires 250-692-3259

Gerow Island, Highway 35

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Island Gospel Fellowship

Colonel’s Snacker $ 49

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Church Directory FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH

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The newly renovated

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start-up date: (250) 692-7587.

Strongstart Preschool program for children and caregivers/parents. Crafts, circle time & snacks. Mon. - Fri. 9am-12pm. Muriel Mould Learning Centre.

Southside Strongstart outreach. Learning program for children and caregivers/ parents. Tues. 10am-2pm, Wed. 12:15-3:15pm. Rita: (250) 694-3396.

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CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP At Muriel Mould Primary School

SUNDAY, 10:30 AM Contact: Roland & Lisa Cataford 250-692-9196 ~Everyone Welcome ~

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

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80 people. As a result, they were invited to this WE Day Vancouver on Oct. 18. The event was an amazing experience for 12 students in the Interact Club. Speakers such as; Kofi Annan, Romeo Dallaire, Martin Luther King III, Marc and Craig Kielburger (co-founders of Free the Children) and many more. Artists such as Hedley, Down with Webster and Avril Lavigne with Chad Kroeger aslo appeared.

This years theme for Free the Children is “Education”. The students will be out their again this year with their containers collecting change. Every $20 collected equals one brick. It takes 500 Submitted photo bricks to build a school Twelve students from the Interact Club were invited to this WE Day Vancouver on Oct. 18. The event was amazing for all. in a developing country.

Contributed Also the students will be out at Halloween for We Scare Hunger. Instead of collecting candy the students will be going door The Lakes District Secondary School Rotary Interact Club to door for non-perishable food items that will be donated to our started six years ago trying to make a change not only in the com- local food bank. munity but abroad. The students have helped raise money for Other ideas the students wish to pursue are: Selling Rafiki shelter boxes, food drives, penny drives and the rotary auction.

Friend Chains (made by a Masaai mamain Kenya) and We are Si Last year, the students collected pennies , with the help of lent on April 17 the students will be silent so others can be heard the community, and raised $2000 that meant water for life for - whether it be bullying, hunger, access to education.

Feasibility study REFINERY from tP11 next steps in preliminary design,” he said. “I think we’ve got it nailed down pretty well so we hope to proceed with the environmental application this fall now that we know which way we’re going to go.”

He said they’re also in the midst of putting together a feasibility study on the plan.

Also, discussions with First Nations communities has been a priority over the past month or so, he said, and he’s been happy with their reception so far, with no one outright turning him away.

“We’ve had a nice reception from the chiefs,” said Black. “We’ve had civil discourse. Lots more talking to do... no one is saying ‘I don’t want to talk to you anymore, I’ve made up my mind.’ Everyone is saying we need more information here. I’m saying modern day pipelines are safe and of course we have to gather the evidence to show that.”

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All members are encouraged to attend. Elections for the 2014 Board of Directors will be held, but rest assured, there are nominees for all positions so you will not be asked to put your name forward unless, of course, you want to in which case you are encouraged to do so. See you there.

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Eighty-seven years in Burns Lake Greg (L) and Jack Brown, owners of the landmark Burns Lake Home Hardware store, received a plaque from Village of Burns Lake Mayor Luke Strimbold (R) commemorating 87 years serving Burns Lake and area. The Brown family store is the oldest, continually running family-owned business in Burns Lake. The award was presented during the Burns Lake 90 year Walter Strong photo anniversary gala on Oct. 19, 2013 at the Tweedsmuir Park Rod & Gun Club.

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Happy 8th Birthday Dorion Love your family BULKLEY VALLEY CREDIT UNION SERVES UP PIE

On Oct. 17, 2013 the Burns Lake Bulkley Valley Credit Union served up pie and coffee to celebrate their membership. Bob Minger, with regal hat, was the day’s honourary king of pies. Sandy Dore, branch manager, and two employees joined Minger in welcoming guests for a treat.

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Man caught with pants down by P.G. RCMP CONTRIBUTED The Burns Lake RCMP have received reports of vehicle tires being slashed while parked in residential neighbourhoods. On Oct. 13 unknown person/persons believed to be travelling on foot slashed two vehicle tires in the 400 block of 8 Avenue. On Oct. 14 in the 400 block of Third Avenue and Mckenna Street two more vehicles had their tires slashed by an unknown person/persons. Cst. Watkins in requesting the public's assistance in identifying the suspect(s) responsible for the damage. If you have any information please call Crimestoppers or Cst. Watkins at the Burns Lake RCMP detachment at (250) 692-7171. At this time it appears that the vehicles targeted were parked in dimly lit areas. A reminder to all community members; please lock your doors and fully secure your vehicle.

Park your vehicle in a well lit area and remove all valuables.

Prince George RCMP witnessed more than they bargained for when they investigated a report of a male breaking into vehicles in the city earlier this week. Just before 2 a.m. on Oct. 17, officers attended the scene of the report, a parking lot on Ahbau Street, and observed a vehicle with a broken side window. Upon approach to the vehicle, officers located a male with his pants down performing a lewd act in the back seat of the vehicle.

The adult male was arrested and ordered to keep his hands up. He complied and was taken into custody. The man was found in possession of knives, flash lights and tools, as well as electronic devices believed to have been stolen. He was also found to be breaching a number of conditions, including a curfew, from previous court appearances.

Other vehicles in close proximity to the arrest were also found to be damaged.

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Free education for BC entrepreneurs to celebrate Small Business Month To encourage B.C.’s entrepreneurs to develop, grow and improve their businesses during Small Business Month, a series of free seminars and webinars will be offered

by Small Business BC. Throughout the month of October, Small Business BC will provide free business seminars and webinars on workplace safety, financing, business strategy, marketing and more. Seminars will be offered live in Vancouver and by interactive webinar across BC, so all business owners will have access.

“Small Business Month is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn about the many great resources that exist to help them succeed. At Small Business BC we want to ensure that they not only know about those resources, but also use them, so we’re pleased to offer complimentary business education throughout October,” said George Hunter, CEO of Small Business BC. “We feel that having the knowledge and skills to back a business idea will only lead to stronger and more successful entrepreneurs in this province.”

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istration is encouraged at www.smallbusinessbc.ca For entrepreneurs interested in attending other Small Business Month activities, Small Business BC also hosts an online events calendar featuring networking, education and business events across BC for the month of October.

Small Business BC aims to be the hub for all Small Business Month activities over the next five weeks. Organizations and businesses hosting events are encouraged to publish details on the Small Business Month Events Calendar at www.smallbusinessbc.ca/events and promote their events through Twitter using #smallbizmonth.

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The heart and soul of communities

Naomi Yamamoto Minister of State for Tourism and Small Business

TIP: Form an alliance with other businesses. Rather than diversifying their product offerings, some business owners have found it's easier and more profitable to form an alliance with other businesses who already sell complementary products.

Such an alliance can be good for both businesses, as each can expand its customer base without the kind of effort it takes to open a new location or the cost of producing new products.

Other businesses already have lists of prospective customers who may need your products, and vice versa. Alliances can be the most effective and quickest ways to grow a business, not to mention the least expensive and time-consuming.

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This month, join me in thanking small businesses in your community.

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In fact, you can nominate your favourite for a Small Business BC Award between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30: http://sbbcawards.ca/ Together, we can make sure the smallbusiness heart of our communities beats a little stronger.

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October is Small Business Month - our chance to recognize the tremendous contributions that small businesses make. Across B.C., 98 per cent of businesses are small businesses and more than a million British Columbians work for them.

It takes courage, energy and dedication to run a small business. I know the challenges from running my own business for 21 years and from my time with the BC Chamber of Commerce and the North Vancouver Chamber. That’s why, as Minister of State, I am working hard to make B.C. the most smallbusiness friendly jurisdiction in Canada. It’s why we’re continuing to cut red tape and

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About Small Business BC Small Business BC provides entrepreneurs with the information and guidance necessary to build a solid foundation for their business. Through a wide range of products, services, education and resources there’s a piece that fits with every business. No matter what stage or what skill level, when an entrepreneur finds themselves asking “How do I…?” Small Business BC is the one to call.

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Developing a small business So much more than flowers... check out our Kitchen & Gift Selection budget for big or small Budgeting is important for businesses big and small. But while corporations or larger organizations might be able to stretch their budgets when necessary, small businesses often don't have the luxury of such leeway.

Because small businesses are often less financially flexible than their larger competitors and counterparts, small business owners tend to agonize over their budgets when starting out. Part of that struggle may stem from small business owners who specialize in their trade but have little experience at running a business. But determining a small business budget is essential to a business' success, as it helps owners determine if they have enough money to fund the business and its potential expansion while also providing owners with a steady income.

Each industry is different, and budgets that work for one business will not necessarily work for another.

• Understand your industry. Understanding your industry and knowing your product are two different things. When establishing a budget for a new business, small business owners should familiarize themselves with the industry they will be joining. Calculate the cost of machinery and materials. The prices of materials can fluctuate depending on supply and demand, but small business owners developing a budget can research how such costs fluctuated in the past or speak with current business owners to determine how much of their initial cash supply and future revenue will need to be allocated to production costs.

Another thing to learn about the industry is if there are certain trends that may dictate your revenue stream. For example, a surf shop likely won't bring in as much revenue in the winter as it will in the summertime. Such trends are not exclusive to seasonal businesses, and business owners need to take them into consideration when developing a budget for their businesses.

• Know what to do with your revenue. Developing a budget for a startup can be tricky, as it's hard to know how to allocate your revenue when you don't know how much revenue your business is going to generate. But that doesn't mean you can't allocate that yet-to-beearned revenue. In fact, doing just that is entirely necessary. Knowing the percentage of revenue that needs to go toward your operating costs can help you develop a realistic budget that gets you through the first few months when it's hard to determine just how much revenue the business is likely to generate.

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Continuing tips on small business budgets • Give yourself some breathing room. When developing a budget for your small business, it's important to build some breathing room into that budget. This can provide some leeway should your estimated revenue fall short of your actual revenue or your business takes off and you suddenly find yourself in need of money in order to meet customer demand and/or expand the business and its staff.

• Develop a secondary emergency budget. Figures regarding the survival rates of new small businesses vary significantly. Conventional wisdom has long suggested such businesses fail far more often than they succeed, and many go up in flames rather quickly. However, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly half of all new businesses survive five years or more, and about one-third survive a decade or more. But surviving five years is not necessarily a 50-50 proposition, as small business owners who plan ahead for emergencies are likely in better positions to make it to 10 years than those that don't.

When developing a secondary emergency budget, include cost-cutting measures, which can make it easier to make tough decisions if money becomes tight but bills still need to be paid. Adversity is to be expected, so having a plan in place should you need to make changes makes it easier to manage that adversity.

• Review the budget regularly. Once the business has opened, owners should review their budgets to determine if money is being spent as wisely as possible. You may have overestimated certain costs, which can free up money to grow the business. Larger businesses can afford to establish yearly budgets because they have more financial flexibility. But small businesses are more vulnerable to volatile markets or unexpected costs, so small business owners should review their budgets more frequently and make changes they feel are necessary. CB13A601

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How to market your startup and keep it successful

Competition has always played a significant role in the business world, and today's business owners know that the competition for customers is a never-ending battle. For startup owners, that competition can prove even more challenging.

Successful startups often credit their initial marketing efforts as a linchpin of their evolution from startup to successful business. Marketing a startup involves careful consideration of a host of factors, and what's proven successful for one company will not necessarily produce similar results for another. * Keep your initial focus narrow. Successful startups often start with a small target customer base and go from there. * Use local media to your advantage. Local media can be a friend to startups if the owners of those startups allow them to be. Contact the local newspaper and local radio station to let them know your business is opening. Let local newspaper reporters try your product and write a review which should include some type of incentive (free food, product raffles, etc.) to attract potential customers. Local media benefits when local businesses thrive, so developing a partnership with local media early on can prove beneficial to your startup for years to come. * Use social media to your advantage. Traditional media isn't the only media startup owners can use to their advantage. Social media is another way to engage customers; just be sure to use your social media platform for more than just promotion. . For example, Instagram is a great way to share photos of new products or in-store events, while Facebook can be a great tool to share the story of your business and how it came to be. * Reward loyal customers. Customers love to know their loyalty is being rewarded, and incentivizing that loyalty is a great way for startups to establish a customer base and keep a customer base. * Don't shy away from recognition. Recognition of your efforts is a great way to build a strong reputation, so don't be afraid to participate when communities are doling out awards to local businesses. You may or may not need to apply for such awards, but don't feel sheepish if you must apply. Awards make for great (and often free) publicity, and awards are earned on merit, so they're nothing to be embarrassed about.

Building a startup can be as challenging as it can be rewarding. Marketing plays a significant role in many successful startups, and there are many steps startup owners can take to market their business effectively.

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In Canada ~ October 20-26, 2013

Does your company have a BBB Business Review?

If you’re the owners of a BC-based company, there is a good chance the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has a review for your company. Have you seen it? It easy to search -- simple go to www.mbc.bbb. org. The Better Business Bureaus serving Mainland British Columbia has more than 85,000 local BC businesses listed in our freely accessible database.

It is Small Business Month, and your BBB would like to remind you that our organization is here to help consumers find your business. Each Business Review we have should have an assigned rating, based on an A-plus through F scale. Just like school, an A-plus would be the highest possible grade, while F would be the lowest.

However, you might discover the BBB has no business review of your company at all, or we have rated your company NR, which means “no rating.” What this means is we do not have enough information from your company to issue a rating. But, that is easy to fix.

Simply go to your Business Review on our website and provide us your business information. Remember, if your business is required to have licensing for your industry and you register your company, BBB will verify whether you are properly licensed.

Lack of licensing can result in a low rating.

Often times, businesses think they must

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Statistics on Small Business in Canada

Small businesses are the backbone of Canada's economy. Startup Canada has compiled some of the big numbers behind small businesses in Canada.

What is the definition of a small business in Canada?

• 1 to 4 employees: Micro-­‐enterprise • 5 to 100: Small business • 101 to 499: Medium-­‐sized business • 500-­‐plus: Large business (Source: Industry Canada)

How many small businesses are there in Canada?

• As of December 2012, there are nearly 1.2 million small businesses in Canada (businesses with at least one employee on payroll).

• Between 2002 and 2007, an average of 104,000 new small businesses were created in Canada each year.

(Source: Industry Canada calculations using data from Statistics Canada)

How many Canadians work for small businesses?

• 5.1 million (48.3 per cent of Canada's total workforce) • In 2005, 41 per cent of employed Canadians worked for businesses with fewer than 20 employees.

(Source: Industry Canada calculations using data from Statistics Canada)

How many Canadians are self-­‐employed?

• In 2010, 2.7 million Canadians were self-­‐employed.

• 31 per cent of self-­‐employed Canadians reported working more than 50 hours per week in 2010, while 4 per cent of employees worked past that threshold in the same year.

(Source: Statistics Canada)

How active are small business owners online?

• In 2007 (the more recent statistics available)… o 85 per cent of small businesses had Internet access (compared to 99 per cent of large businesses). o 36 per cent of small businesses had their own websites (compared to 91 per cent of large businesses) o 7 per cent of small businesses sold goods/services online (compared to 22 per cent of large businesses) (Source: Industry Canada calculations using data from Statistics Canada)

What is the success rate for small businesses and entrepreneurs?

• Current survival rates for small and medium-­‐sized businesses in Canada decline over time. About 85 per cent of businesses that enter the marketplace survive one full year, 70 per cent survive for two years and 51 per cent survive for five years.

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How do small businesses contribute to Canada’s total exports?

• In 2009, 86 per cent of Canadian exporters were small businesses and small businesses accounted for $68 billion in exports (25 per cent of Canada's total export value).

(Source: Industry Canada calculations using data from Statistics Canada)

How much do small businesses contribute to Canada’s GDP? • Small businesses contribute slightly more than 30 per cent to Canada’s GDP. (Industry Canada)

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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

Information ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to keep drinking that’s your business - if you want to quit drinking that’s our business. Burns Lake Meetings: Tuesday 7:30 pm Catholic Church, Saturday 7:30 pm Catholic Church. For information or transportation call (250) 692-6867 / (250) 6987325 / (778) 669-0070 Only requirement for AA is a desire to stop drinking.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Southside Meetings: Mondays and Thursdays 6:30pm 7:30pm at Grassy Plains Gospel Church. For more information: (250) 694-3682 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 CRISIS PREVENTION. You are not alone. Support is just a phone call away. 1.800.SUICIDE (1.800.784.2433) is a confidential, toll-free service that is available to anyone, anywhere, any time in B.C. The youth support line is 1.888.564.8336 (TEEN). The 24 hour crisis line for northern BC is 250.563.1214 and 1.888.562.1214. In addition, several crisis lines also provide support through online chat services so young people have a web-based way to reach out. These services can be reached through www.nor thernyouthonline.ca (4:00 to 11:00 pm daily) or www.youthinbc.ca.

FOOD BANK INFORMATION Distribution days will be the first and the third Tuesday of each month, clients should come at 11 a.m. Sign up is at BLNDC at 10:45 a.m. The Lakes District Food bank continues to operate due to the outstanding generosity of 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 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 The Arthritis Society B.C. and Yukon division is your primary source and resource of the latest print and electronic information, programs and services about arthritis. No matter where you live, you can access us at the touch of a button. Toll free 1-800-321-1433 or visit www.arthritis.ca/bc

As one of our primary goals, fostering Remembrance is a part of everything we do.

Thanks to the longstanding tradition of the Annual Literary and Poster Contest, we have been able to involve Canadian school children in helping us to promote not only the National Remembrance Day Service, but also the act of honouring our military heritage. The information packages for this years Poster & Essay Contest have been delivered to your schools. Contestants are challenged to exercise their creativity and write an essay or poem or submit a poster on Remembrance. The posters, essays and poems are judged at the local Branch level. Winners are submitted to the Zone level and winners from Zone are submitted to the Provincial Command. Winners at the Provincial level are submitted to Ottawa for judging at the National Level. This year your local Legion is offering cash prizes. 1st prize is $50, 2nd prize is $30 and 3rd prize is $20. The first place winner at the National level for grades 10, 11 & 12 will be invited to Ottawa accompanied by a parent, relative or guardian at the expense of the Royal Canadian Legion to represent Canada’s youth at the National Remembrance Day Ceremony. Cash awards at the National level for first place for essay /poems and posters (either colour or black & white) for grades 10, 11 & 12 is $1,000. Grades 7, 8 & 9 is $500. Grades 4, 5 & 6 is $250 and Kindergarten, 1 & 2 is $200. (There is not a category for Kindergarten, grade 1 & 2 for essay or poems). Contact your school for more information or your local Legion at 250-692-3232.

NECHAKO RESERVOIR UPDATE 16 October 2013

Reservoir Elevation: 851.72 m

(2794.36ft)

SLS Discharge: 31.44 m3/s

Visit website www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca for up to date real-time flow information for the Nechako River.

Contact Rio Tinto Alcan at 250-5675105 for more information. A recording of this notice is available 24-hours in Vanderhoof at 250567-5812

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.

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Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) is looking for a Delegated Social Worker to join the Child and Family Service Program in Burns Lake. This is an exciting opportunity to engage aboriginal children, youth and families in building a healthy and positive future.

In this newly created position you will be responsible for providing delegated child welfare services to Carrier Sekani members in the Burns Lake area. You work closely with other agency staff, community partners and MCFD to deliver culturally appropriate, holistic and integrated supports under the Child Family and Community Services Act to children and youth, families, and foster parents.

The successful applicant will be required to attend and complete Caring for First Nations Society Delegation Training.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE • Degree in Social Work or other related discipline KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES • Provides support and guardianship service to aboriginal children and youth in care • Collaboratively plans for children in care with families, band members and other community partners • Recruits, screens, studies and trains foster parent applicants; manages residential resource contracts • Supports approved foster parents to meet the needs of children and youth in care • Liaises with community wellness teams and MCFD to support planning and provision of voluntary support services to families • Works in partnership with other agency staff and programs to coordinate service delivery Travel is required, access to a personal vehicle adequate for business use is necessary. Proof of education, other credentials, a valid Drivers’ License, and a clear Criminal Record Check will be requested from the successful applicant.

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JOB COACH (VARIOUS LOCATIONS) Qualifications: • At least three (5) years of experience working with First Nations at the Band and Community level.

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6216283 LOADER OPERATOR NEEDED FOR SNOW REMOVAL 6216283 Flintstone Concrete Ltd. is looking to hire a dependable experienced loader operator for the winter snow removal season for the Balmoral Plaza in Burns Lake.

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Qualifications: • College Diploma: Psychology or Social Work License preferred • 2 years or more experience with acceptable work reference • Experience in one of the following theoretical orientations: psycho dynamic – analytical; existential – humanistic; social – community • Knowledge of First Nations culture and socioeconomic conditions • Case conceptualization and report writing skills • Individual, group and family therapy skills Submit cover letter and resume to: beatrice MacDonald Human Resources P.o. box 879, burns Lake, b.C., V0J 1E0 Fax: 250-692-4790 Email: beatrice.macdonald@lakebabine.com DEADLinE: november 1, 2013 Only thOse shOrtlisted Will be COntaCted.

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All parties having claims against the said Estate of Reginald Charles Fortin, formerly of Granisle, BC, are required to forward particulars of same to the undersigned Executor: Beverly Stone, PO Box 115, Granisle, BC on or before November 8, 2013 after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF REGINALD CHARLES FORTIN, Deceased, formerly of Granisle BC

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Please return proposal to Tweedsmuir House #53 - 9th Ave., Burns Lake.

Closing date: October 25, 2013.

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Operated by

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Next to Rexall

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Dealer

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