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LAKES DISTRICT NEWS Morice timber supply area under review Is the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations about to approve a transfer of timber supply licenses?
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Young Burns Lake skiers collected medals at the recent Northern Teck Race held in Smithers. Adrienne Bender and Kyle Nealis (clockwise from the bottom) took gold in their categories while Cole Bender took silver and Ava Nealis took bronze.
LDM crews make safety highest priority
No criminal charges against Babine Forest Products
Ministry of Justice and WorkSafe BC in Burns Lake for announcement WALTER STRONG
Representatives from the B.C. ministry of justice and WorkSafe BC were in Burns Lake on Jan. 10, 2014 to announce to workers and family members the long-awaited conclusion of Crown Council’s investigation into the 2012 mill explosion at Babine Forest Products (BFP) sawmill near Burns Lake. Criminal Justice Branch communications counsel Neil MacKenzie said, “The crown has concluded there will not be any charges approved against Babine Forest Products in relation to the explosion and fire in January 2012.” The Jan. 20, 2012 mill explosion killed two workers and injured many more. “The meeting today in Burns Lake was with affected workers and family members to inform them of the decision,” MacKenzie added. A written statement provided by the ministry of
justice said the ministry did not believe charges related to the violations identified by WorkSafe BC would lead to a criminal conviction. “Based on the evidence that would likely be available for presentation by Crown Counsel in court, the [Criminal Justice] branch has concluded that there is no substantial likelihood of conviction for any of the regulatory offences recommended by WorkSafe BC. The charge assessment analysis included consideration of a viable defence of due diligence.” WorkSafe BC had referred the case, along with the Prince George Lakeland Mill explosion investigation, to Crown Counsel for consideration on Nov. 29, 2012 (see Lakes District News WorkSafe BC investigation into mill explosions complete). At the time, the full report of the WorkSafe BC investigation into the explosion was kept confidential so as not to compromise the Crown Counsel investigation. Since then, the rebuild of the mill has almost been completed and it is expected to begin processing logs in February. All of the most modern dust mitigation systems have been put in place during the construction of the new mill. Dust from beetle-killed woods was
identified as one of the contributors to the mill explosions at BFP and Lakeland in Prince George. Lake Babine Nation (LBN) in Burns Lake lost one of their members that night, and LBN Chief Wilf Adam was concerned with crown’s decision. “It seems there will be no justice for them [the killed and injured workers],” Adam said. “Nobody is going to pay for what’s been lost.” “That’s the same feeling that I got from the workers I talked to last night. Last night they were anticipating charges, and it’s not going to happen.” Maureen Luggi lost her husband Robert Luggi in the mill explosion. She was disappointed with the decision, and disappointed in WorkSafe BC for being, she said, unable to provide evidence to the crown’s standards. “I think its sad that an enormous amount of time and effort was spent by WorkSafe BC only to have the process be unsuccessful in the courts,” Luggi said. “It would be good for WorkSafe BC to evaluate itself on such a major file,” she added. “They need to evaluate themselves and reconcile the differences between crown council standards [and their own].” “My initial response was a lot of hurt and anger… [but] really nothing has changed for the families ...see BABINE MILL ▼ P7
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Burns Lake neighbouring Morice timber supply area under review
Morice timber supply review underway, but is it in time? Walter Strong Is the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO) about to approve a transfer of timber supply licenses within the Morice timber supply area (TSA) between Canfor and West Fraser before it has completed its current timber supply review? This pressing question, along with the implication that timber supply management is chugging along with the cart before the horse, were concerns
raised around the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) board table in Burns Lake on Jan. 9, 2014 as members of the RDBN committee of the whole digested an update provided by MFLNRO Nadina resource district stewardship officer Agathe Bernard. A timber supply review is underway for the Morice TSA in the leadup to a new chief forester’s determination of the area’s allowable annual cut (AAC). The AAC sets the timber harvest level for a region, in effect determining the economic engine for the local forest industry. At least once every 10 years the province’s chief forester is mandated to provide a new AAC for every TSA in the province. The previous determination for the Morice TSA was made in 2008, when the AAC was set at 1.265 million cubic metres of harvest per year. That
AAC represented a continuation of the uplifts put in place throughout the B.C. interior ravaged by the mountain pine beetle epidemic. Uplifts were put in place to make the most of a sea of dead pine - 32 million cubic metres in the Morice TSA alone - left behind once the beetle had run its course. Salvaging that dead timber while it was still merchantable has been a priority since then. As of last August 2013, 11 million cubic metres of that dead pine in the Morice TSA has been harvested. What remains has a shelf-life, with estimates calling for it to lose its merchantability within the next five years or so. Stands of dead pine don’t exist in isolation from non-pine species, and mills can’t run on a diet of dead pine alone. So a partition system was put in place to preserve non-pine species from been scoured dur-
ing the uplift while at the same time respecting the industrial need for a mixed harvest. In 2008, the province assigned a portion of the AAC to non-pine species. In the Morice, of the 2.165 million AAC, only 550,000 million cubic metres was supposed to be taken from standing non-pine. “Has the non-pine designation been respected?” asked RDBN chair Bill Miller. The short answer is no. The last three years, Bernard reported, have seen an over-harvest of non-pine stock to the tune of 1.3 million cubic metres in total in the Morice. Percentage-wise, this means that since 2011, 40 per cent of timber harvested has been nonpine stock. “Why has there been such an over-harvest of non-pine,” asked Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach. Bernard explained
this harvest decision as one made at the corporate level by the license holders. The province monitors partition quotas after it’s been harvested, not prior to its harvest during the block layout process. Until 2011, Bernard reported, licensees had been very successful in maintaining the partition with harvest levels of non-pine stock coming in below the provincial target of 25 per cent. The province did take steps to address the over-haul of non-pine as soon as it was recognized in 2011. By early 2013 a partition order was put in place for the Morice TSA which included possible fines for over-harvest of nonpine stock, but by May 2013 the order was rescinded. Administrative difficulties associated with compliance made it impossible for, in this case West Fraser, to operate ...see MORICE t P8
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Don’t blame the messengers
Harper rapped for wrong reasons
This sentiment dates back to some of our earliest written histories. In ancient Greece, Sophocles observed, “No one loves the messenger who brings bad news.” The local Nadina forest district office recently conveyed some information about the state of forest management in our neighbouring Morice timber supply area (TSA) that wasn’t what people concerned with timber
supply wanted to hear. We don’t have the numbers on hand to say exactly how many Burns Lake area contractors work in the Morice TSA, but we know what happens there affects us here - ignoring the state of the logging and mill industry next door is to be the ostrich with its head in the sand. Over-harvesting of non-pine species, directors at a recent RDBN committee meeting learned, has been on the rise over the last few years. More disconcerting, attempts to deal with the over-harvest were stymied by an unworkable enforcement order which was lifted at a ministerial level. So why weren’t those responsible at a ministerial level on hand to deliver the news that over-harvest of non-pine species has risen and been tacitly approved as the new normal? Sure, we learned that licensees have put their own plan in place to deal with the over-harvesting, and time will tell how effective that plan is. But it’s not a mill owner’s job to manage the forest. It’s a mill owner’s job to keep the mill running and profitable. It also seems there is no ill-intent on the part of licensees when it comes to respecting the mandated partition of pine vs. non-pine species put in place to ensure large chunks of the region’s mid-term timber supply don’t vanish in the rush to harvest dead pine before it’s worthless. Prior 2011, licensees not only adhered to the partition, but were able to do a bit better. Something has changed since then, and unless you want to believe large forest license holders don’t care about the state of the forest, the natural conclusion is that it’s become impractical to harvest stands which meet partition criteria. Mills need timber volume the way businesses need cash-flow. When a business gets into trouble it will often make decisions for the sake of cash flow rather than for the sake of profitability or long term sustainability. In home construction, you’ll see contractors start to place bids that are well below going rates for the sake of paying immediate bills, even though the new money doesn’t cover the current cost of doing business. You’ll see home builders take deposits towards new projects and use the money to pay contractors money owing from previous jobs to avoid being sued. You can call it robbing Peter to pay Paul, or you can describe it as a construction bubble, but we’ve seen where it ends. Do we have a forestry bubble right here in the North Central Interior? If the Nadina district office is to forestry what a chartered accountant is to a business, then we need to really take notice of what they’re saying about forestry around here. If your accountant tells you that your business model isn’t sustainable or is otherwise broken, but you keep at it anyway, you’d better have a hell of a plan in place to deal with the outcome. And don’t blame your accountant. There are two things we need to hear, directly and frankly, from our elected leaders. First, how wide-spread is over-harvest throughout pine-beetle affected B.C. Second, if over-harvest is unavoidable, what is the plan for preserving mid-term timber supply? In other words, what is the plan for tomorrow’s forestry jobs?
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s latest visit to B.C. was portrayed as these things are today: besieged by protesters, hiding from an evervigilant media, cynically campaigning for the 2015 federal election. TV couldn’t get enough of the two “environmental activists” who dressed as waiters to slip onstage at a business breakfast in Vancouver. They’re not environmentalists, just all-purpose protesters using the flavour of the month. They are associated with a group calling itself “No One Is Illegal,” a collection of anarchist kooks that wants to do away with national borders, and of course capitalism. As their now-famous sign said, they want “climate justice now.” Organizer Brigette DePape explained to a co-operative CBC TV host that the recent typhoon in the Philippines that killed thousands of people was caused by global warming, which of course is caused mainly by the Alberta “tar sands.” I won’t dwell on this routine idiocy, except to say the number of hurricanes that struck North America in 2013 was zero, and that hasn’t happened since 1994. Also, “climate justice” is like “social justice,” in that both require confiscation of earned wealth. DePape is the former Senate page fired in 2011 for a similar sign stunt. She’s now a professional Harper hater, with support from the U.S.-based Tides Foundation among others. One of the issues Harper didn’t take questions on was the consolidation of 11 federal fisheries libraries into two, one of them in Sidney, B.C. This is portrayed as part of Harper’s so-called “war on science,” and has been compared with the Romans burning the library of Alexandria in ancient Egypt. Fisheries Minister Gail Shea defended the cost-cutting measure by pointing out that almost all access to these libraries is now digital, so maintaining 11 duplicated sets of printed reports is a waste of taxpayer dollars. An anonymous federal scientist fired back on his blog that the head of one of these libraries retired before the contents could even be catalogued, much less completely digitized for online access. So this material wasn’t even properly organized? Users were supposed to browse until they stumbled on something pertinent? The ministry reported that the average number of people other than federal fisheries staff who used these libraries averaged between five and 12 per year. That’s for all 11 facilities combined. And if anyone has even one example of information that was available and isn’t now, they should identify it. Harper’s got plenty to answer for, no question. To take one of many examples, spending our borrowed money on TV ads for a “Canada Job Grant” program that hasn’t even been introduced in Parliament, much less set up, isn’t just wasteful. It’s dishonest and cruelly misleading to the unemployed people the ads pretend to offer help. Harper’s visit to B.C. added a couple of scripted events, starting with softball questions at the Vancouver business breakfast. Then he was off to a photo op at the Kinsol trestle on Vancouver Island, where he announced three more years of funding for the Trans-Canada Trail. I’m as relieved as anyone that Harper is not killing this modest federal project that started in 1992, but this is not news. It was a fake public event to justify the cost of a trip so Harper could address a new Conservative riding association. And how is the federal deficit after eight years of tight-fisted Conservative rule? We’re only borrowing about $1 billion a month now, down from the Harper government all-time record deficit of $55 billion in 2009. Some cost cutting is in order all right.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Lakes District Maintenance crews make safety highest priority
Keeping winter area highways drivable a challenging scenario Walter Strong
Imagine it’s your job, 24 hours a day, seven days a week - during the very worst of winter conditions - to be out on the highways and secondary roads, monitoring conditions, clearing snow, spreading salt and sand, scraping hard and compact snow off road surfaces, updating DriveBC, all while fielding calls from area motorists and providing road-clearing and sanding to provincially mandated standards. What you’ve just imagined falls on the shoulders of Burns Lake’s own Lakes District Maintenance Ltd. (LDM). Lakes District Maintenance is responsible for clearing and maintaining the drivability of highways and many secondary roads from west of Houston (Wakefield Rd.) to east of Burns Lake at the top of Priestly Hill, north to Granisle, and south onto Southside. Lakes District Maintenance crews are our first line of defence against winter mayhem. Keeping more than 1000 kms (1033 to be exact) of roadway clear and safe for winter driving in Northern B.C. is a challenging proposition in itself. Doing that when conditions often combine to make your job almost impossible is exactly what LDM does every winter. With maintenance yards in Houston, Grassy Plains, and
Burns Lake, LDM keeps a ready fleet of sand trucks and graders for twenty-four hours a day service. On the roads, managers and equipment operators monitor conditions as they change on all the roads they’re responsible for. Back in the office, staff track developing weather trends by analyzing several different weather forecasting sources on an hourly basis. Prioritization of roadways is determined by provincially mandated guidelines. “Our motto is to attack, not react,” said
Steve Gailing, LDM service area operations manager. The highway to Granisle is travelled every day with a service vehicle making at least one round trip to check on remote road conditions regardless of whether it’s been snowing or not. Staff at LDM keep in contact with municipal public works contacts in Houston, Granisle and Burns Lake, as well as with the school district regarding bus routes, and local RCMP detachments. With four sanding trucks in Grassy Plains, four in Houston, several
in Burns Lake, as well as multiple graders in each location - and back-up vehicles in case any regular fleet vehicles are out of service - as well as the personnel to keep the equipment in service and on the roads 24 hours a day, LDM is a formidable outfit. Despite all that heavy equipment and dedicated crews, LDM still can’t do what mother nature won’t allow. Keeping roads open during and after winter storms or regular snowfalls is a complicated process. “It takes a lot of collaborative thought and
strategizing,” said Gailing. “It’s like a wartime scenario.” It’s not just a matter of sending out trucks when it snows. The highways and byways don’t sit unused as the snow is coming down. Snow, especially when it comes down wet and heavy, can quickly be transformed from a relatively easy to remove soft snow into a compact, hard surface that bonds strongly with pavement in cold weather. Heavy trucks, often equipped with tire chains, ...see ROADS t P9
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Wet’suwet’en First Nation would like to acknowledge the second anniversary of the Babine Forest Products tragedy.
We will continue to keep our families in our thoughts and prayers. We will try to find ways to support those who are still grieving their loss.
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Information on living near a pellet plant wanted Editor: I am writing to you for information concerning the operation of Pinnacle Renewable Energy’s pellet manufacturing plant near Burns Lake, B.C. Mr. Leroy Reitsma, the chief operations officer of this company has proposed to build a pellet manufacturing facility at Chase, B.C. The size and scope of the operation appear to be similar to the existing facility near Burns Lake, estimated to produce approximately 500,000 metric tonnes of pellets per annum, require transport of between 28 and 30 B-train loads of biomass per day, and seven or eight train cars daily to handle the finished product. The plant would create 25 jobs and provide tax revenue for the Village. The Village of Chase is located
approximately 50 kms east of Kamloops, B.C., at the junction of the South Thompson River and Little Shuswap Lake. The village is a small community of about 3.05 square kms in area, and the plant would be located inside the village boundary adjacent to a residential subdivision. A number of residents feel they could potentially be impacted by establishing this plant, and although we are not necessarily opposed to this type of manufacturing, we certainly have concerns about its proposed location. The site is within 600 meters of more than 100 residences. Our concerns are over the emissions from a 24 hour per day operation (noise, lighting, fugitive dust and particulate matter) in such close proximity to residences. We feel our environment and health may
be seriously jeopardized if the company builds in this particular location. It would seem the meteorology and topography of this area closely resembles that of Burns Lake. Our objective therefore is to learn as much as possible about Pinnacle’s operation, in order to educate ourselves and prepare a factual and logical argument on this proposed location. We would be most interested in learning of the impact of the Burns Lake pellet plant on people who live nearby. We would be very appreciative to have feed-back on what we might anticipate in Chase, should this proposal go ahead. Len McLean Chase, BC Email: 4_mclean@telus.net
Harper should fight poverty
Editor: News articles and opinions will keep adding up over the weeks on the not-so-strong conservative leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. My only hope, in this saga for his succession, is that Harper will make a great move towards the people in need before leaving. The death of Nelson Mandela reminded us of Brian Mulroney's huge contribution to end apart-
heid in South Africa. Wouldn't it be great to also remember Stephen Harper for something huge, like maybe being the world leader in the fight against poverty, here in Canada and around the world? It would be quite a turnover, I must agree, but it was also quite a turnover for Mulroney to stand against apartheid over 20 years ago. Bruno Marquis Gatineau QC
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John Keefe, and oldtimer and I were talking this morning over coffee and we both do not remember Tchesinkut Lake not freezing over. Lots of time for it to freeze but it’s still open. I well remember one winter in the 50s we had a very mild winter and no snow. Our family went to the Christmas service wearing Oxford’s and no coats. Between Christmas and New Year’s it dropped to 40 below and stayed there well into the winter. It turned out to be a really tough winter. A little story This was in the 70s and it was a long winter, lots of snow and very
cold. We were running about 15 head of horses on the old J.P. Ranch on the east Francois Lake Road. There was good feed as they hay had not all been cut. It kept snowing and kept about 40 below. We had a couple of older mares I was concerned about. So I dressed warm, chaps and all, took my saddle horse and road all afternoon and no horses. Came home about froze. Dennis Remanda had a new snow machine he bought from Jack, a dealer in town. Dennis said let’s try my new machine and find your horses so away we went. It was just too cold to be safe but we went to the J.P Ranch an found the horses about two miles back. They were ok but the two mares were fading and I would have to get them home in a few days. As Dennis was turning his machine it quit dead. Due to the cold the plastic float had broken in half so we
headed for the truck on the main road on foot where we left it. There was about a foot or more of snow and we broke through every step and the cold and the deep snow played us out. We just made the truck and if it had been another half mile we would not have made it for sure. That two mile walk in those conditions was just too much. Next week it warmed up and I got the two mares back home and safe. Dennis and his brother got the machine next day. Big rigs Last week I was in the eye clinic, I was in his office maybe a half hour. As I was facing the main street I started to count the big transport trucks going east and in my 30 minute wait there were eight big rigs and a couple of smaller ones. There must be something booming some where. This heavy traffic they say by all reports will triple in three years, or is this an out
and out estimate. I guess we will all have to sit back and wait and see. Burns Lake is going to boom yet, just you hold tight. When the mills get going again that will also increase the truck traffic. That’s going to be good news. Quite a tale I spent all my growing up years in Evesham, Sask. Our home was the Eyehill Creek. Our uncle Will filed on a joining section joining our dad’s as they were partners. They also bordered a section of Hudson Bay land which we used for range for as long as I can remember. Uncle Will and his young wife Gulie died before Peter and I came along so our dad took over all the land. The Hudson Bay section was Sandhill, good range but that was all. Lots of wildlife in the Sandhill. Dad came to Canada in 1904 worked all over and the last place a big ranch in Cal-
gary. In about 1912 this rancher was shipping 22 car loads of three year old steers to England and asked if Dad would like to go with them so he and 10 other guys left Montreal with 22 car loads of steers. They had a terrible ocean trip. On arrival in Liverpool, England Dad went to visit his family and while hunting rabbits he fell with a 12 gauge shotgun and lost his left leg. He once more came back to Canada with one leg and a peg leg, that’s how I remember him all my life. What a man and what a life. He married my mother in 1921, I was born in 1922, Peter in 1928 so that’s the start of our family. In Evesham, Sask. living in the Eyehill Creek ranch and farm was a great life growing up there. Lots of stories some good and some not so good. The Great Depression for one and then the typhoid outbreak which
was a disaster which killed so many. And last but not least the sleeping sickness that killed hundreds of horses. We got caught up in that too and lost our share of good horses. We just seemed to have trouble and not the only ones either. Slow down The roads are icy and dangerous and everywhere you go it’s icy. Us old folks have to tread with ease as one fall could be curtains for us. Lots of bad car accidents causing death all the way along the Yellowhead. It’s been very hard for the road maintenance crews to keep the roads safe. I for one like the colder weather and more snow. It seems we have had our share of serious accidents so far this winter and it’s hard to believe. It came over the radio this morning reporting 14 deaths between Prince George and Prince Rupert. This is hard to believe but it’s true. Then the big
question comes up, is it drivers, weather conditions or road conditions? This is too serious to be passed up without an answer. This kind of thing scares a person from wanting to travel the highway. As I always say “Slow down and live as the life you save could be your own.” It’s Friday morning and the start of another beautiful day, sun shine and a lovely bright blue sky. Makes a body glad to be alive. Little Joke Three old retired pilots are walking down a ramp, first one says “Windy isn’t it?” Second one says “No, it’s Thursday.” Third one says “So am I, let’s go and get a beer.” The first thing about getting older is eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. Always remember God loves you a lot and so do I.
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New wood dust cyclone extractors at Babine Forest Products mill site will deliver the best available dust mitigation for sawmill processes. BABINE MILL from t P1 or me. We hoped this process would bring us peaceful closure and justice, but because it hasn’t, we need to move on.” “My family and I are not in agreement with the decision,” said Lucy Campbell, the late Carl Charlie’s sister. “Sitting through the meeting on Friday I heard a lot of statements from survivors and workers who were also in disbelief [at the decision].” Steve Zika, Chief Executive Officer for Hampton Affiliates, own-
ers of the Babine Forest Products mill, said, “While we are pleased no criminal or regulatory charges will be approved by Crown Counsel, we never will forget the terrible tragedy and the resulting effects on our employees, their families and the community of Burns Lake. We have done our best in the aftermath to care for our affected employees and their families and mitigate the impact on the community.” “We have fully cooperated with both WorkSafe BC and the B.C. Safety
Authority in their extensive investigations of the incident. While we have not seen their official investigation reports, we doubt the actual cause of the explosion will ever be known. We believe the cause was related to combustible pine beetle dust and have worked with the Forest Industry Task Force in conjunction with WorkSafe to develop new safety processes to dramatically reduce the risk of future such accidents. Consistent with industry research and BCSA recommendations, the new
Babine sawmill contains state-of-the art equipment and systems to collect sawdust at machine sources. It also has equipment, building and floor plans designed to facilitate clean-up and reduce areas where sawdust can accumulate.” “None of our efforts can make up for the tragedy that occurred in Burns Lake that night and the devastating effect it had on our employees, their families, and the community. We shall always share their sorrow and have heavy hearts when we think about Carl Charlie and Robert Luggi, who tragically perished in the accident. However, we and the industry have learned from this tragedy and we are more committed than ever to make the new Babine sawmill a safe place to work for many years to come.” Although WorkSafe BC was said to be in Burns Lake for a followup presentation to assembled invitees to the closed-door meeting, no statement has yet come from WorkSafe BC regarding their complete report.
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he Burns Lake Band would like to take this opportunity to express our thoughts and prayers to the victims and families on the second anniversary of the Babine Forest Products sawmill explosion. Over the past two years we have seen our communities throughout the Lakes District come together. From the first aid attendants, fire fighters, ambulance attendants, doctors, nurses, hospital maintenance staff to retired staff, counsellors, mayors, regional districts, federal & provincial governments, first nations and everyone in between “all” came together to help one another. As we move forward we would like to say we are grateful and give thanks to each and everyone of you. May the Creator bless and give comfort to the families that lost love ones, give peace to the survivors. Bless each and everyone. Chief & Council Burns Lake Band
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MORICE from t P3 under the order while bringing in enough volume to keep their Houston mill running. The decision to rescind the order was, Bernard explained, a ministerial one. Whatever the reasons for the inability of licensees to abide by the non-pine partition since 2011, one thing is certain. The commercial viability of what now remains standing is in question, a fact highlighted by the recent announcement of mill closures in Houston and Quesnel. The current timber supply analysis, Bernard said, continues with a priority on harvesting dead pine for the next five years. The ministry expects to provide a public information package regarding the current analysis within six weeks. This second public information package - the first was available last September - will allow for sixty days of important public input and consultation. Although the RDBN board welcomed an indepth analysis of the Morice, there was concern around the table that major timber supply decisions were already being made without the benefit of the information the current analysis would provide. “My concern,” said Houston Mayor Bill Holmberg, “is that you are in the middle of a timber supply review and you’re allowing license holders to move large amounts of wood around. It seems to me you’re putting the cart before the horse.” “If this timber supply review comes out and it’s determined that we’re going to have a downturn in our AAC, why are we allowing these mills to take the standing timber they have now and move it around?” That question, Bernard said, would be better directed to the ministers responsible for those decisions. Holmberg will have the opportunity to raise those matters again with the minister of forests, Steve Thomson, when he visits Houston on Feb. 3, 2014.
Holmberg is opposed to the planned timber swap between Canfor and West Fraser that will see volume from the Morice TSA transferred to West Fraser’s remaining mill in Smithers, outside of the Morice TSA. But he was not alone with his concern regarding the state of forest management. “The fear is that decisions are being made without the proper inventory numbers,” Vanderhoof Mayor Jerry Thiessen said. “The viability of our communities over the next 15 or 30 years depends upon how much non-pine species we have left to harvest.” It behoves the province, Thiessen added, “to develop legislation that will protect the interests of the communities that rely on sound forest management legislation.” The current timber supply review for the Morice is not as extensive as the one almost complete for the Lakes
TSA. A complete typefour silviculture analysis, which includes comprehensive aerial photography of the entire TSA, has begun in the Morice, but it will not be complete for at least another two or three years. The current timber
supply review is based on field audits of onhand timber supply numbers. Those audits have confirmed that the current review is based on sound data. “We can not wait until 2015 or 2016 for a new AAC determination,” Bernard said.
“But if we find [then] that the old inventory was inaccurate, then we will make a new [AAC] determination.” The Morice TSA neighbours the Lakes TSA, and many Burns Lake based contractors operate within that area.
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t is with sadness and respect that we take time to remember those who lost their lives on the night of January 20, 2012 during the tragic fire at the Babine sawmill . Their presence will be missed, their influence will always be apparent and their contributions will be remembered. We continue to express our sadness to all the families, employees and community members who have been affected by this tragedy. We also wish to extend our gratitude to all the employees, community members and community groups who have provided help, support and aid to all who were impacted.
On behalf of Babine Forest Products, our thoughts are with you on this day.
How is it that trees can just take a “rest” for the winter? Trees hibernate or go dormant during harsh weather when temperatures are colder and there is less sunlight. Without this deep dormancy, woody plants would never survive harsh winter conditions. The main environmental signal which triggers the onset of dormancy is daylight. The “provenance” refers to the specified area in which plants that produced seed are located or were derived. If a person tries to grow a tree that originated too far south of Burns Lake, for example, the tree would not shut down or harden off soon enough in the fall and would be damaged by frost. BLCF plants seedlings grown from seed that are of the correct provenance and hope that other environmental factors (disease and drought for example) will let them be and grow into healthy, well-formed trees in the future! For more info on the community forest, call BL ComFor (250) 692-7724
Memorial Mass Father Tom of Immaculata Parish will be conducting a
Memorial Mass on Monday, January 20th, 2014 at 12:00 noon at the NEW Community Hall of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation in Palling, BC.
Lunch is being provided after the service, compliments of Babine Forest Products and Wet’suwet’en First Nation. Gaylene Neary has been asked to facilitate a candlelight vigil and releasing of balloons. We welcome the general public as well as the former and current employees of Babine Forest Products/Hampton Affiliates as we take this time to remember the late
Carl Charlie and Robert F. Luggi Jr who died so tragically in the BFP mill explosion.
For more information or to make a contribution of any kind, please contact Penny Perlotto, General Manager of Wet’suwet’en First Nation (250) 698-7307. We thank Penny for her compassion, support and understanding as we approach the 2nd anniversary of this tragedy.
We realize not everyone can attend, so we respectfully ask for your thoughts and prayers of healing for the families involved and for the BFP employees who are still not recovered from their injuries that night. We pray that weather will be favorable for our travellers. Thank you for all the love and support in the past two years towards all the families. We hope you are able to join us on this day.
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In the article ‘Morrison mine decision rethink’ published in the Lakes District News Dec. 18, 2013 issue, it should have read that the proposed Morrison mine copper/gold project would have one tailings pond located approximately two kilometres from Morrison Lake. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.
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Keeping area highways black and bare isn’t as simple as firing up the plough truck and heading out. A host of variable conditions outside of the control of road crews mean drivers always need to be ready for adverse winter driving. LDM from t P1
equipped with tire chains, further transform that compact snow into a heavily rutted and broken surface which often can’t immediately be removed with a grader. LDM is equipped and staffed to clear and grade the highways to ‘bare and black’ standards quickly and efficiently, but only when temperature conditions allow it. “If it’s too cold, the grader will have little effect on hard, compact snow,” Gailing said. “It’s not like in March when it warms up enough that we can just 87654321 blast through it.” Surface temperature is a key variable when it comes to highway maintenance. Air temperature might hover at a relatively mild winter temperature, but the roads could be several degrees colder, especially in areas that don’t get a lot of sun. This creates all sorts of challenges. Spreading salt is essentially useless once surface road temperatures drop below minus six. It won’t have any melting effect. Even when surface temperatures allow it, spreading salt to melt ice can still be a weighty judgement call. If a deep freeze is expected, that melted snow will transform back into icy, compact snow quickly.
So crews need more than good temperatures; they need a break in the weather long enough for them to spread salt and remove the resulting softened slop before another temperature drop arrives. “If we had the window for salt this morning [for example], we’d have to be able to get back out there and slush it off before the temperature drops,” Gailing said. “If it freezes over you’ve really got issues. You’ve got compact snow you can’t knock off with a hammer and chisel.” “Until you get good temperature conditions, there are limits to what a grader can do,” he added. Burns Lake experienced a bit of that recently when a heavy, wet snowfall was quickly compacted by highway traffic, and
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then froze over before it could be cleared. Graders are still sent out to do the best they can, but they won’t be able to deliver a clear surface unless temperatures allow it. If the temperature window doesn’t allow for salt, a mixture of sand and calcium chloride is spread. The calcium chloride, added to the gravel, helps it stick to the roads. Even when roads have been cleared, there’s still the ever present danger of black ice. “When the dew point and surface temperature meet, you’ve got black ice forming and you might not even know it,” Gailing said. When and where those conditions will meet are not really predictable, affected as they are by sunlight, air temperature, and
changes in elevation. Even though LDM does everything conditions will allow to keep the roads clear, individual drivers have to keep in mind that even a bare and black winter road doesn’t mean summer driving conditions. There have been 20 traffic fatalities on Northern B.C. highways so far this winter. North District RCMP have noted that it’s been a challenging year regarding winter weather patterns. Drivers, RCMP say, must adjust to road conditions and allow more time to get to their destinations safely. Fatalities on the roads local crews maintain are always a terrible blow to morale, when despite their best efforts, accidents still happen. “We’re doing everything we can,” Gailing said. “Having a fatality in the area is a very
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Burns Lake mountain biking on a roll; stay tuned
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‘Keep the ball rolling’ could be the mantra for the Burns Lake Mountain Bike Association (BLMBA) as it readies itself for more seasons of growth. Since 2005, the local bike park and mountain bike trail system at Boer Mountain has grown from an ambitious idea to an internationally recognized mountain biking destination. Guy Epkens-Shaffer, BLMBA president, made a presentation last week during Tuesday’s Village of Burns Lake (VBL) council meeting. According to trail-use counters put in place for 2013, there were more than 12,000 individual user visits to the Boer Mountain recreation trail system between May and November. “The trails aren’t used just by mountain bikers.” Epkens-Shaffer said. Those visits represent a diverse group of users including mountain bikers, hikers, dog walkers, trail runners, as well as snowshoers and crosscountry skiers in the winter. Last year also marked
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With user numbers increasing every year, the Boer Mountain recreation site has become a real draw for Burns Lake. the new high-water mark for registered members of BLMBA. One-hundred-eightyfive paid members give the club a strong membership base, up from 79 in 2011. The marquee event at Boer Mountain is the annual Big Pig mountain bike festival. Last year’s event - the seventh annual - brought more than 150 riders to the mountain for two-and-a-half days of competition for all ages and skill levels. Epkins-Shaffer said that statistics collected during last year’s event show that more than half the participants came from outside Burns Lake. While many riders came in from Terrace, Smith-
ers, Prince George and points in between, competitors also came from as far away as the Yukon, Alaska, and Calgary. It’s not that there isn’t good riding in those other locations, but the profile of riding in Burns Lake has grown to the point where it has become a destination biking area. And it’s not just BLMBA saying that. The International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) last year awarded Burns Lake with a Bronze designation as Canada’s first destination ride centre, a designation that includes not just the trail system but Burns Lake as a great community to visit that supports the
local biking scene. Explore magazine also placed Burns Lake biking as number three in a list of the top 25 outdoor adventures to have in Canada. It’s hoped these new accolades encourage even more visits from travelling mountain bikers. Burns Lake is now in an elite category alongside Whistler as an internationally recognized mountain biking destination. But all the praise came before the longest downhill trail on Boer Mountain was completed last year - Razorback - an approximately 25 km trail that runs from the top of Boer mountain, connecting to what used to be called the Stearns Creek
Trail before ending up at the lower Bike Park parking lot where it can connect with more trail networks. “We’ll never be finished developing trails up at Boer Mountain… there’s so much potential,” Epkins-Schaffer said. This seven year story of the growth of mountain biking in Burns Lake has come through tremendous support to the tune of $1.2 million from supporters like the Burns Lake Community Forest, the NechakoKitamaat Development Fund, Northern Development Initiative Trust, the Job Opportunity Program, Community Recreation, the Regional ...see BIKING t P12
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Measuring and Scoring Day at the Tweedsmuir Park Rod & Gun clubhouse: Saturday, January 25: 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.. For more info call Karla Matson at 250-698-7340.
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The fourth performance in the Arts Council’s eight season, Pieces of Eight, takes place on Jan. 19 at 4 p.m. at the First Mennonite Church in Burns Lake. The Fung-Chiu Duo will perform in the ‘four hands, one piano’ format. Janelle Fung and Philip Chiu are a young, hip musical team. You will hear thrilling music and come away from the concert having had a great time. Their original transcriptions will include Bernstein’s West Side Story and Stravinsky’s Petrouchka. Fung and Chiu are young, articulate, stylish - and love showing off. They interact with audience members with intelligence and humour. Be ready to
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Philip Patrick of Burns Lake signs copies of his first book, Kingdom Guardians: the Silver Key, during his Jan. 10, 2014 book signing at the Burns Lake Public Lbrary. The book was a five-year project that found form during a 2007 writing class at the College of New Caledonia Lakes District Campus. The book is available on Amazon.com and will soon be available at Overwaitea in Burns Lake. walter strong photo
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Kitamaat Development Fund, Northern Development Initiative Trust, the Job Opportunity Program, Community Recreation, the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, the Village of Burns Lake, and the province of B.C. through Recreation Trails and Sites branch. Thousands of volunteer hours have also gone into the trail network, from both members and nonmembers of the club, the Nadina Fire Zone crew, and Lakes District Secondary School. The next step for BLMBA is to continue with the success they’ve built upon so far. The three-year plan for Boer Mountain is to develop more than 20 kms of new trails, at an expected cost of around $450,000. Approximately half of that is what BLMBA will put into the project through work-in-kind, the rest is cash that will need to be raised. With a current yearly overhead of $5300 for insurance, property taxes, and membership in the western Canada mountain bike tourism association, BLMBA has also committed $5000 per year for the next three years towards the project. The club also has $5000 from B.C. recreation
sites and trails, so that puts BLMBA at $20,000 towards its cash goal. Some funds, like NKDF, will take into account the value of the work-in-kind provided by BLMBA. Others will require cash for leverage. Epkins-Shaffer is optimistic that BLMBA is well on its way to financing the next three year plan.
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More than 150 articles of warm winter clothing were collected during the Burns Lake Tsi’yanne Buts’udilhti Friendship Centre Society warm clothing drive. Last Friday, the clothing was distributed at the College of New Caledonia, Lakes District campus. Deanna Nolan, society director, said the community response was great. Any items left over will be distributed through local agencies.
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OUR TOWN The Lakes District Office of the Canadian Cancer Society is open the following hours: Tues., Thurs. & Fri. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. We are located at 332 Hwy. 16 (Main Street). Check out our craft table and garage sale items. New volunteers are welcome. Ph: (250) 692-7203. For Cancer Information Service and Cancerconnection, the toll free number is 1-888-939-3333. Southside Health & Wellness Centre: January 2014. Chair yoga every Tues. & Fri. 10-11am. Good Food Box pick up at Grassy Story Jan. 15. More info: (250) 694-3270. 2014 Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts. April 8 - 17. Entry syllabus now available at: Burns Lake Public Library, Artisan Centre, Western Financial Group, Burns Lake and Smithers or phone Jacqui Graham, (250) 692-3971. Entry deadline: February 14, 2014
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Sunday Morning Worship Service begins @ 10:30 am Pastor Ed Peters Phone: 250-692-7551
Grassy Plains Gospel Church Sunday Service: 10:45 am IMMACULATACatholic Church 248 - 3rd Avenue, Phone: 250-692-3568
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“Eat for Life” weight loss program. Southside Health & Wellness Centre on Tuesdays at 2:30pm, starting Jan 7, 2014. W.O.W. Bus Schedule ~ January 2014. Jan. 15 StrongStart Outreach, SEDA Centre 12:15 to 3:15pm. Jan. 21 Tachet Youth Centre 3pm to 4pm. StrongStart Outreach (No Bus) Grassy Plains School 3pm to 4pm. Jan. 22 StrongStart Outreach SEDA Centre 12:15 to 3:15p.m. Jan. 28 Wet’suwet’en First Nation 2:30 to 4:30 pm. StrongStart Outreach (No Bus) Grassy Plains School 10am to 2pm. Jan. 29 StrongStart Outreach SEDA Centre, 12:15 to 3:15p.m. This is a free service for all ages - adults and children alike! Houston Curling Club. Men’s/Ladies Bonspiel, Jan. 17-19. Join us for a fun time curling in Houston! To enter call Arnold at (250) 845-2132 or Email- Ken at houstoncurlingclub@yahoo.ca
SUNDAY, 10:30 AM Contact: Roland & Lisa Cataford 250-692-9196 ~Everyone Welcome ~
ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH 136 - 4th Avenue, Burns Lake
Worship Service at 10 am Sunday mornings Ministry led by lay leaders Phone 250-692-7202
DECKER LAKE MENNONITE CHURCH Sunday Morning Services: Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Worship Services: 10:30 a.m.
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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Saturday, January 25th from 12 to 5 PM. All are invited to bring in their hunted animals, pictures and information for fish caught in the area. Coffee will be provided at the clubhouse. For further information, call Karla Matson at 250 698 7340.
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AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18: Aquarius, take a breather and stop to give some careful thought to your recent experiences and your expectations going forward. You will benefit from this reflection in the long run.
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PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20:Pisces, expect some valuable insight on your future to arrive in the next few days. It won’t be difficult to set plans in motion. ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20: Aries, though you are eager to plow through your to-do list, certain plans may have to be postponed due to circumstances beyond your control. Go with the flow. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21: Taurus, uncover the source of a disagreement with a friend and try to come to a resolution before the disagreement escalates. Handling things promptly will pay off. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21: Gemini, attention to detail this week will prevent delays down the road. Keep this mind when tending to personal as well as professional matters. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22: You may find your mind wandering this week, Cancer. You cannot seem to focus on the tasks at hand, but work hard to limit distractions and get your work done.
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LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23: Leo, respect a loved one’s decision to keep a certain matter private. There’s not much you can do other than offer your support and respect. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22: Virgo, carefully schedule your time this week. You cannot afford to get behind in work or miss any important appointments. Stay focused and leave some time free for the unexpected.
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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 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 NECHAKO RESERVOIR UPDATE
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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CHASSIDY CHARLIE Sunrise Jan. 11, 1994 Sunset Jan. 23, 2011
Sad are the hearts that love you, silent the tears that fall. Living my life without you is the hardest part of all. Missing you is the heartache, that will never go away. Not only now, but at every single day. Love Geraldine Charlie, knees bent head bowed.
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KENNETH MONTEITH MILLAR June 3, 1928 - Jan. 3, 2014
Sadly missed by his wife Marjorie of 63 years. His brother Jim, daughter Glenda (Jeffrey), Naida (Lance), Marilynne (Gordon), Lorilynne and son Jamie (Jeanette). He was the proud Papa of ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. He is sadly missed by his little Pomeranian Foxy. Memorial service was held January 6, 2014 in Burns Lake, BC. Donations to Vancouver Children’s Hospital in Ken’s name are gratefully accepted, in lieu of flowers.
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Reservoir Elevation: 850.88 m (2791.63 ft.) SLS Discharge: 33.21 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
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August 18th, 1924 December 20th, 2013 It is with the deepest of sorrow that we announce the passing of our Dad on December 20th with all of his children, some of his grandchildren and brother at his side. Glen Ernest Anderson was born in Biggar, Saskatchewan on August 18, 1924 to Ernie and Charlotte Anderson. He had 5 siblings, Stan (deceased), Eileen Toombes, Barbara Wilson, Gordon (deceased) and Bob. The Anderson family moved to BC in 1937 and Dad spent his childhood in Giscome and Hansard. Glen left home at the age of 13 beginning his working career as a dishwasher in a logging camp. He flunkied in camps with brother Gordon, hacked ties, loaded ties into boxcars and later on fell many trees in the area either for his own sawmill or working for other employers. He often worked alongside his brother Gordon and later on his brother Bob. Dad went on to work for BC Hydro, completing his working career with the School District as Maintenance Supervisor until his retirement at age 65. On July 1947 Glen married Doris (Mould) in Burns Lake – the exact same day his brother Gordon married his bride, Betty. Glen and Doris soon started a family. Son Tom was born, closely followed by Lynne (Sketchley), Louise (Fisher) and the baby, Jackie (Anderson). Doris passed away in 2003. Glen on guitar, Doris on accordion and brother Gordon on banjo played for many dances in the area and music continued to be a large part of our family life. Glen and Doris loved the outdoors and made many canoe trips down various rivers and lake chains, many of them for days at a time. Dad didn’t need or want a lot and for to him less definitely was more. Camping and fishing with their family was just simply…… the best. Dad was still trapping with his snowmobile this winter, skinning out his last martin the end of November. Our father was an excellent role model as we watched him make soup or beans, taught us how to knit, darn a sock, construct a building or taught us the intricacies of how a motor should go back together. Dad had an uncanny 6th sense for any motor that was not running exactly as it should for he could hear problems far before anyone else could and he had a lack of tolerance for anything not working well. “Grease it, store it under cover, and go easy on it” was the mantra we all learned at a very young age. One of Dad’s doctors said that he must have been a very good man because of the amount of family he had around him as he was passing. Our family received this as a complement not on us, but a true testament to Dad – he was a kind man, great father and taught us well. Glen is also survived by his 11 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, 1 great great grandchild, sisters-in-law Betty and Peggy, and sons-in-law Larry and Dan. Dad was predeceased by his daughter-in-law Elaine (Tom), brothers-in-law Stan Toombes, Len Wilson, Ted Mould and sisters-in-law Ann and Evelyn (Bob).
Our Dad, Our Angel
Your battle is now over, no more tears flowing down your cheek No more pain, no more suffering, now you are no longer weak We still do not understand why this had to happen to you But we are proud to say you are our dad, the greatest man we ever knew Although you will not be there for us we walk down our own aisle When that day comes we know you will be by our side with a smile You were always there for us and not once made us cry Until the day you closed your eyes and had to say goodbye Now you are our angel, so spread your wings out wide Please wrap them around us whenever you see us cry Our time together was memorable and God took you way too fast But the most precious thing to us was you being there for our first breath and us being there for your last. Rest in peace Dad, we love and miss you much.
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Are you interested in excelling in a fast paced, challenging environment? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you. A well established Prince George truck & equipment dealer is currently seeking EQUIPMENT PARTS PERSON to join our team. • This position pays $30.92 per hour for a Journeyman; all other Overtime is paid at double time. • Full dental and medical packages as well as an RRSP plan in place. • Long term commitment, including a training and career development program. If you are a team player with a good work ethic, please forward resume to:
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The Early Childhood Development Committee (ECDC) is accepting proposals from interested applicants to coordinate the development of a
Early Child Development Strategic Plan for Burns Lake and Area. A strategic plan would need to be completed by March 31st, 2014.
Interested applicants with a background in strategic planning, early child development and an awareness of the early services for children and their families within the Burns Lake and surrounding communities, please contact: Katie Blackwell, Lakes District Success By 6/ Children First Coordinator, at lakesdistrict.sx6@gmail.com Closing date: January 24, 2014 at 4:00PM.
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WosiƟon͗ LocaƟon͗ Burns Lake The successful candidate will coordinate all Lakes District Family Enhancement Society funded programs which includes the Lakes District Foodbank (7 to 15 hours per week). Skills ReƋƵireĚ InclƵĚe͗ • One year post-secondary training in business, communicaƟons or oĸceͬcomputer skills. • Two years of comprehensiǀe program coordinaƟon or administraƟǀe assistantͬedžperience • wareness of cultural issues, consultaƟon and the need for boriginal representaƟon • Competency in word processing and database management • Strong organinjaƟonal, interpersonal and communicaƟon skills (both wriƩen and ǀerbal) • wareness of the realiƟes faced by marginalinjed populaƟons and a commitment to clients͛ saƟsfacƟon and preserǀaƟon of dignity. For a complete descripƟon of this posiƟon and skills reƋuired please contact Anne at 250 692 1717. Zesumes must be submiƩed by January 31st, 2014, at 4:30pm. Contact inĨormaƟon͗ • Emailed to guarascia@cnc.bc.ca • Mailed to the Lakes District Family Enhancement Society, cͬo College of Eew Caledonia, Bodž 5000, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0; or • Deliǀered to the Front Oĸce at the College of Eew Caledonia, 545 ,ighway 16, Burns Lake.
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Competitive Wages Please Fax resume to 250-692-0043 Or Deliver in Person at: 135 Roumieu Dr. Burns Lake (In the Industrial Site)
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Huckleberry Mines Ltd. is a 19,000 TPD open pit copper molybdenum mine located 120 kilometers south of Houston in west central British Columbia. The mine has been in operation since in September 1997 and closure is planned for 2021. We are currently recruiting for the following position:
MILLWRIGHT Reporting to the Mill Maintenance Supervisor and working closely with other tradesmen and the operating department, the successful applicant will be responsible for maintenance work in the mill, crusher and other areas of the mine. Duties will include planned and preventative maintenance on the SAG mill, ball mills, crusher, conveyor belts, pumps and other equipment. The successful candidate must possess a journeyman’s trade qualiÀcation and have a minimum of Àve years experience in an industrial environment. Preference will be given to applicants with mining experience and individuals who are also licensed or experienced in welding. Good interpersonal and communication skills are essential for this position. Possession of a &raneSafe &ertiÀcate would be considered an asset. Huckleberry Mines is located approximately two hours driving time from Houston, British Columbia. Employees live in a camp environment on their days of work. The work schedule for this position is 7 days on followed by 7 days off. Transportation to and from the mine site is provided from Houston by bus and while at the mine site all meals and accommodations are provided free of charge to employees. Houston and Smithers are located in the scenic Bulkley Valley on TransCanada Highway 16, an excellent area to raise a family and has exceptional outdoor recreational activities. More information on the area is available at www.smithers.ca, www.houston.ca and www.rdbn.bc.ca. Huckleberry Mines Ltd. offers a competitive salary and a full range of beneÀts including medical, life, disability income and RRSP savings plan. We thank all applicants for their interest in Huckleberry Mines Ltd., but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 4ualiÀed applicants can submit their resumes in conÀdence to
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The Village of Burns Lake wishes to notify residents about upcoming burning work in the Eagle Creek, Osatuik Road, and Burns Lake Heights area. The burning of woody debris piles is necessary to complete the wildfire fuel management contracts in the subject treatment area’s. There are approximately 485 piles to be burnt and some minor clearing of windfall in treatment area’s 1 and 2. The tender package for the project will be available at the Village of Burns Office, and The Village of Lake Burns Lake on the Village wishes of Burns Lake website residents (burnslake. to notify ca) beginning 8:00am January 16th, 2014. work about upcoming burning the Complete bidsinare dueEagle at theCreek, VillageOsatuik of Burns Lake Office byRoad, January at Lake 10:00am, either and24th, Burns Heights in person or byarea. email to jragsdale@burnslake.ca Thank you for your cooperation work to The burning of woody debris pilesasis we necessary our community wildfire toreduce complete the wildfire fuelrisk. management If you in have any questions contracts the subject treatmentplease area’s. contact: There Jeff Ragsdale at the Office. are approximately 485Village piles to be burnt and some minor clearing of windfall in treatment area’s 1 and 2. Burns Lake, Granisle and Southbank The tender package for the project will be available at the Village of Burns Lake Office, and on the Village of Burns Lake website (burnslake. ca) beginning 8:00am January 16th, 2014. Complete bids are due at the Village of Burns Lake Office by January 24th, at 10:00am, either EarlyorChildhood Committee inThe person by email toDevelopment jragsdale@burnslake.ca (ECDC) is now accepting funding applications for local Thank you for your cooperation as we work to initiatives that meet the following Children First Objectives: reduce our community wildfire risk. • Increase capacity please contact: If you have community any questions Increaseatservice delivery effectiveness Jeff•Ragsdale the Village Office.
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(ECDC) is now accepting funding applications for local initiatives thatfunds meetmust the following Children First Objectives: Awards be spent by March 31, 2014 • Increase community capacity Deadline for submissions: • Increase service delivery effectiveness January 30, 2013 • EngageThursday “hard to reach” families •
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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of Electoral Areas “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural) of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako that approval is being sought for “Burns Lake and Area Victims’ Services Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1682, 2013” by use of the Alternative Approval Process. Bylaw No. 1682 will establish a service within the Village of Burns Lake and Electoral Areas “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake “A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN Rural) of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako to contribute funds to the Burns Lake and Area OURservices REGION” Victims’ Services to provide counselling and other to victims of crime and other trauma. RD 37, 3service Avenue, PObe Boxrecovered 820, BurnsbyLake, BC V0J 1E0 The annual costs of providing this shall a requisition of money to be PHONE: 250-692-3195 • FAX: 250-692-3305 • TF: 800-320-3339 collected by a property tax value in accordance with Section 803(1)(a) of the Local Government E-MAIL: inquiries@rdbn.bc.ca • www.rdbn.bc.ca Act on the net taxable value of improvements only in the participating areas. The cost of providing the service shall be apportioned among the participants on the basis of 60% (SIXTY PERCENT) to the Village of Burns Lake, 20% (TWENTY PERCENT) to Electoral Area “B”, and 20% (TWENTY PERCENT) to Electoral Area “E”. The maximum amount that may be requisitioned annually for the costs of this service shall be $20,000 (TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS). Burns Lake and Area Victims’ Services Service Establishment Approval to proceed with adoption of this bylaw is being sought from the electors of Electoral Bylaw No. 1682, 2013 Areas “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural) of the Regional District of PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of Electoral Areas “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and Bulkley-Nechako. “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural) of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako that approval is being The Regional District Bulkley-Nechako Board ofService Directors may proceed with No. adoption Bylaw sought for “Burns Lakeofand Area Victims’ Services Establishment Bylaw 1682,of2013” unless at leastApproval 10% of the electorsBylaw of either Electoral “B” (Burns Lake Rural) byNo. use1682 of the Alternative Process. 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The cost of providing 37, 3rdshall Avenue the service be apportioned among the participants on the basis of 60% (SIXTY PERCENT) B.C. Lake, V0J 1E0 to theBurns VillageLake, of Burns 20% (TWENTY PERCENT) to Electoral Area “B”, and 20% (TWENTY PERCENT) to Electoral AreaAlternative “E”. The maximum may annuallyhas for been the For the purpose of this Approval amount Process,that 10% ofbe therequisitioned qualified electors costs of this service $20,000 (TWENTY Area THOUSAND DOLLARS). determined to be shall 146 be persons in Electoral “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and 109 persons in ElectoraltoArea “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Approval proceed with adoption of thisRural). bylaw is being sought from the electors of Electoral Areas “B”Lake (Burns and Services “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural) of the Regional District “Burns andLake AreaRural) Victims’ Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1682, 2013”ofis Bulkley-Nechako. available for public inspection at the following locations: The•Regional of 37-3rd Directors may proceed with adoption of Bylaw RegionalDistrict DistrictofofBulkley-Nechako Bulkley-NechakoBoard Office, Avenue, Burns Lake, B.C. between the No. 1682 atAM least 10% the Monday electors to of Friday either (except ElectoralStatutory Area “B”Holidays); (Burns Lake Rural) or hoursunless of 8:30 and 4:30ofPM, “E”•(Francois/Ootsa Rural) of the Regional of Bulkley-Nechako submit a signed Regional DistrictLake of Bulkley-Nechako websiteDistrict at www.rdbn.bc.ca Elector Response Form indicating their opposition to adoption of the bylaw by 4:30 PM on ElectorFEBRUARY Response 14, Forms must be inaddress the form established the Regional District BulkleyFriday, 2014 to the below. ElectorbyResponse Forms MAYofNOT be Nechako by and onlyorthose persons who qualify as electors of Electoral Areas “B” (Burns Lake submitted email facsimile. Rural) and “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural) are entitled to sign an Elector Response Form. Regional DistrictForms of Bulkley-Nechako Elector Response are available at the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Office and the Box 820District of Bulkley-Nechako website at the addresses above. Those persons eligible to Regional 37, 3rd Avenue sign the Elector Response Form may qualify as either resident electors or non-resident electors Lake, B.C. V0J 1E0 asBurns follows: For the purpose of this Alternative Approval Process, 10% of the qualified electors has been Resident Elector determined to be 146 persons in Electoral Area “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and 109 persons in • 18 years of age or older; Electoral Area “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural). • Canadian citizen; “Burns Lake and Area Victims’ Services Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1682, 2013” is • resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding February 14, 2014; available for public atElectoral the following • resident of realinspection property in Area locations: “B” (Burns Lake Rural) or “E” (Francois/Ootsa • Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Office, 37-3rd Avenue, B.C. immediately between the Lake Rural) of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako for Burns at leastLake, 30 days hours AM and PM, Monday to Friday (except Statutory Holidays); priorof to8:30 February 14,4:30 2014; not otherwise by law from voting. •• Regional Districtdisqualified of Bulkley-Nechako website at www.rdbn.bc.ca Non-Resident Property Elector Response Forms Elector: must be in the form established by the Regional District of BulkleyNechako and only those persons who qualify as electors of Electoral Areas “B” (Burns Lake • 18 years of age or older; Rural) and “E”citizen; (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural) are entitled to sign an Elector Response Form. • Canadian Elector Response Forms available at the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Office and the • resident of BC for atare least 6 months immediately preceding February 14, 2014; Regional Districtowner of Bulkley-Nechako at theArea addresses above. eligible to registered of real propertywebsite in Electoral “B” (Burns LakeThose Rural)persons or “E” (Francois/ sign the Elector Form may qualify asofeither resident electors non-resident Ootsa LakeResponse Rural) of the Regional District Bulkley-Nechako for atorleast 30 days electors as follows: immediately prior to February 14, 2014. If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one individual may sign an Elector Response Form with the written consent Resident Elector the majority of older; owners (see attached form). • 18ofyears of age or not otherwise • • Canadian citizen;disqualified by law from voting. person of must notatsign thanimmediately one electorpreceding responseFebruary form in 14, relation • A resident BC for leastmore 6 months 2014; to the same Process. • Alternative resident ofApproval real property in Electoral Area “B” (Burns Lake Rural) or “E” (Francois/Ootsa Rural) of the Regional Districtmay of Bulkley-Nechako at leastresponse 30 days immediately A Lake Non-Resident Property elector only submit onefor elector form, regardless to February 14, 2014; owned. ofprior the number of properties • Fornot otherwise disqualified from voting. additional information onby thelaw Alternative Approval Process, please contact: Non-Resident Property Elector:of Administrative Services/Chief Election Officer Cheryl Anderson, Manager • 18Regional years ofDistrict age or of older; Bulkley-Nechako • Canadian citizen; Phone: 250-692-3195 • resident of 1-800-320-3339 BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding February 14, 2014; Toll-free: registered owner of real property in Electoral Area “B” (Burns Lake Rural) or “E” (Francois/ Email: cheryl.anderson@rdbn.bc.ca Ootsa Lake Rural) of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako for at least 30 days immediately prior to February 14, 2014. If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one individual may sign an Elector Response Form with the written consent of the majority of owners (see attached form). • not otherwise disqualified by law from voting. A person must not sign more than one elector response form in relation to the same Alternative Approval Process. A Non-Resident Property elector may only submit one elector response form, regardless of the number of properties owned. For additional information on the Alternative Approval Process, please contact: Cheryl Anderson, Manager of Administrative Services/Chief Election Officer Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Phone: 250-692-3195 Toll-free: 1-800-320-3339 Email: cheryl.anderson@rdbn.bc.ca
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Lakes District News
“ The Joint Review Panel’s recommendation is an important step toward building a better pipeline.”
My name is Janet Holder and I am the leader of the Northern Gateway Project. This past December, my team came one step closer towards our goal of building a better pipeline. After weighing the evidence in the most comprehensive, scientific review in Canadian pipeline history, the Joint Review Panel of the National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency provided its recommendation.
From the beginning, Northern Gateway has committed to building a safer and better pipeline. The Panel’s conditions are an important step towards that goal. They reflect the input of thousands of British Columbians and Canadians, and include many of the commitments we made in our submission. But our work is far from done. As a proud British Columbian, I assure you that my team will continue to work hard towards meeting all of the final conditions set out by the Joint Review Panel, just as we’re working hard to meet the Province’s tough conditions. Building a better pipeline isn’t easy. It takes hard work and complete dedication to meeting the highest standards possible. The Joint Review Panel’s recommendation is an important step toward building a better pipeline.
Sincerely,
Janet Holder Leader of Northern Gateway
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The Panel concluded that Canada and Canadians would be better off with the Northern Gateway Project than without it. They also provided 209 conditions we must meet before we build the project or before we start operations.