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Citizen of the year
With recently completed roofing and wall sub-cladding, The new Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre is ready for interior work.
Nominations for Citizen of the Year 2013 are now open in the Lakes District. This prestigious award is presented annually to residents of the Lakes District who have dedicated themselves to volunteerism in their community.
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Village of Burns Lake prelim budget out
No tax hikes in balanced 2014 budget; town forum soon WALTER STRONG
It’s budget time in Burns Lake again. The provisional budget is out, but it will see some fine-tuning before being finalized. The preliminary 2014 budget is a balanced one with no municipal tax increases, but with only marginal additions to village reserve funds for eventual infrastructure upgrades. But the zero per cent increase does not mean that municipal tax payers won’t be paying a slightly larger tax bill. The recent 2014 property assessment shows increased property values, which translates into slightly
higher tax bills for property owners, despite the zero per cent increase. In total, the Village of Burns Lake projects a higher tax revenue to the tune of $41,000, thanks to the increased property assessments. The extra tax revenue is welcome in the face of increases the village will face in 2014 for substantial rises in electricity, fuel, and water treatment chemical costs. Those increased costs are supplyside increases, and not related to increased usage. They are essentially outside of VBL control. But they come at the same time as marginally decreased revenues in associated areas. Water and sewer rate revenue will drop by $15,925 following the 2013 decision to reclassify low-volume business users at residential water and sewer usage rates. This reclassification was done to
give a break to small business owners who don’t use anymore water than a residential household, and often less. Other increased costs the village will face are a 1.5 per cent increase to unionized staff wages as per labour agreements. The 1.5 per cent increase will be extended to non-unionized village employees as well. The total cost for VBL staff raises amounts to approximately $10,000 in total. Village councillors and mayor are expected to take a planned raise that had been postponed for two years. The total cost of that raise, for all councillors and mayor combined, is $1900 for the year. Wages will be looked at next week after department heads have laid out their portfolios in the next council budget meeting. Major public works projects being
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considered for inclusion in the 2014 budget include, the possible replacement of the small Government St. bridge, continued downtown revitalization work to the former Shell property, and required upgrades to the village sewage lagoon. On Jan. 27, 2013, VBL council was scheduled to consider departmental budgets in detail, as well as possible water and sewer frontage rate increases to allow for increased capital reserves. What to do with the $960,000 the village received from the Burns Lake Community Forest (BLComfor) is yet to be decided. None of it has so far been allocated for anything in the budget. On Feb. 4, 2014 the village will a hold a public town hall to discuss the budget, as well as BLComfor money, with area residents.
As part of ongoing restructuring, the Burns Lake Community Forest (BLComfor) has released its new and revised donation policy.
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Warm January; go fishing How ‘bout the weather, eh? That quintessentially Canadian question seems to be getting asked a lot around Burns Lake this winter.
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Adrian Dix, provincial NDP leader of the official opposition, was in Burns Lake on Jan. 21, 2014 at the invitation of Lake Babine Nation (LBN) for a specially convened LBN community meeting, including LBN chief and council. The closed door meeting was to give Dix an opportunity to meet with members of the LBN community not satisfied with Crown Counsel’s decision not to proceed with any charges, regulatory or criminal, against Babine Forest Products (BFP) in the wake of the January 2012 BFP mill explosion that left one of their band members dead and many injured. Lake Babine Nation is calling for a formal inquiry - independent of both WorkSafe BC and the province - into the circumstances leading up the mill’s explosion, and into the decision not to lay charges in the case. “I heard very strongly from some family members, the community and Lake Babine Nation that what
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Tug of war over transportation
B.C.’s natural gas industry is a real head scratcher, isn’t it? The development of the industry is torn between opportunity and fear, holding Northern prosperity in the balance. The degree of opportunity available, and level of caution required, depends entirely on who you ask and who you trust. The natural gas extraction, liquefaction, and export industry in BC - the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry - seems to provide little anyone can agree on. On the economic merits of getting behind LNG, there’s competing opinion. The Globe and Mail, certainly a reliable source of news, published two articles recently almost back-to-back. One elaborating on the industry’s potential to economically transform Northern B.C. into a powerhouse, the other throwing water on the province’s expectations for what the industry might provide. These are experts, on both sides, with very different appraisals of the situation at hand. Is it a matter of picking your expert? The problem with that is coming up with a principle for selecting the opinion you go with. Without a principle beyond your own preference, you’re being - literally - unsound in your selection. For the sake of argument let’s say LNG has great economic potential. The experts with that opinion have one thing on their side; a lot of real money is being invested in LNG. Call it skin in the game. I’ll take the economic opinion of someone with skin in the game over the opinion of sideline commentators most days, at least until I have some good reason to do otherwise. But even if the industry is economically sound, we’re left with environmental concerns. While natural gas pipelines don’t cause the gut-level reaction oil pipelines do, the extraction end of the industry provokes tremendous consternation. Along with the LNG industry, we have another highly-resourced industry: the LNG protest industry. Trading on fear, and funded in part by U.S. sources with ties to their own oil and gas industries (if you trust the accounting of B.C.’s own Vivian Krause, whose name you can google if you’re at all interested), it leverages the honest concerns of citizens against their own elected government. If you don’t trust her accounting, or think it doesn’t matter, you’re still left with sets of experts disagreeing with one another over the degree of risk inherent in the industry. If you turn to First Nations for some insight into the situation, things get even more confusing. Some First Nations, whose traditional territories natural gas pipelines are proposed to go through, are onboard provided the industry can pass certain financial and environmental tests. But some other First Nation organizations, whose traditional territories natural gas pipelines are slated to go through, are dead-set against any pipeline proposal whatsoever. The thing is, the traditional territories referred to are, in many cases, the same territories in either case. You have the Wet’suwet’en First Nation (WFN), to take an example close to home, and the Office of the Wet’suwet’en. Both share claims, to some degree, over the same traditional territories. But both disagree on the direction LNG should take. No matter where you turn, the LNG commentary industry is complicated. Every voice is laden with a particular interest, whether it’s economic, environmental, or political. It feels like a game of pick your expert, take your side, and settle in to your position. At some point we have to move past this Gordian Knot of conflicting, even if heartfelt, voices. The premier won the last election without being shy about the province’s plan for LNG. What more social license does she need to move forward?
Premier Christy Clark has set off a storm of protest by imposing a referendum on new Lower Mainland transportation improvements, timed with the province-wide municipal elections on Nov. 15. Even if you don’t live in Metro Vancouver, you’re not immune from this long-running saga. Provincial and federal governments use your tax dollars for the big stuff, including the SkyTrain Canada Line to Vancouver airport and the South Fraser Perimeter Road, a new truck route to port facilities at Tsawwassen. Clark has promised a bridge replacement for the George Massey tunnel under the Fraser River, which may or may not be tolled like the Port Mann bridge. The patchwork of Lower Mainland tolls is a growing political liability for the B.C. Liberal government, and if further tolls are avoided, major works elsewhere in the province may be delayed as the budget is eaten up by the big cities. Clark announced the Massey tunnel replacement in a September 2012 speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities. In the same speech, she also pledged to complete the four-laning of the last 240 km of the Trans-Canada Highway from Kamloops to the Alberta border. That’s one of the most mountainous stretches of highway in Canada, and the province’s cost was estimated at the time to be $650 million over 10 years. Time will tell if that promise is kept. Transportation Minister Todd Stone inherited the mess left behind by former minister Kevin Falcon, who took transit authority away from Metro Vancouver politicians. He appointed a board of experts and set up a toothless “mayors’ council” to rubber-stamp their decisions, after forcing through the Canada Line ahead of a long-promised transit extension to the east. Local politicians wrangled for years over that eastern extension. They finally settled on surface light rail, only to be overruled by the province, which wanted the vastly more expensive SkyTrain. The latest rebuke to the mayors’ council was when they decided not to proceed with a costly new electronic fare card system. Falcon reversed that one after taking a junket to London and falling in love with their “Oyster card” subway system. All the glitches from TransLink’s new “Compass card” program will be encountered this summer, just before those mayors go to the polls to face voter wrath. Speaking of reversals, Stone is now demanding the mayors come up with their list of priorities for new projects. They are expected to believe their choices won’t be overruled again. Stone correctly notes that Vancouver wants SkyTrain on Broadway, Surrey wants new surface light rail, and other Lower Mainland communities want new road and bridge works. Local governments have a long history of parochial squabbling, getting their pet projects done and then suddenly developing the urge to rein in spending once it’s time to dig deep for their neighbours. Lower Mainland taxpayers are weary and confused by all this reorganizing and in-fighting. Many likely believe that it is their regional government that has imposed the Port Mann bridge tolls, when in fact that is a provincial highway project over which they had no say. Clark has made it clear there is no going back from a November referendum on new regional transportation financing tools, a promise explicit in the B.C. Liberal election platform. She hopes it will increase the dismal voter turnout for local votes. If it does that, it may be worth it. Right now, civic elections are dismal affairs, with voter turnout and awareness of local issues drifting from bad to worse. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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ComFor donation policy finalized
Some funding available immediately with new policy Walter Strong
As part of ongoing restructuring, the Burns Lake Community Forest (BLComfor) has released its new and revised donation policy. Starting this year, grant money for requests larger than $2500 will be available annually, on March 31 and Sept. 30 of every year. Eligible grant applicants will
make their applications during intake periods prior to those dates. Funding requests for amounts less than $2500 will be considered on an ongoing basis. “I am very pleased to see this policy come out in time for the spring donation intake,” said BLComfor President Wes Sam. “There are many groups in the community that could benefit from these funds and we look forward to receiving their applications.” Under the new donation policy approved on Dec. 12, 2013, applications will be considered by a donation committee made up of the operations manager and two directors from the board. The direc-
tors will serve a six month term on the donation committee before being rotated out and replaced by two different directors. As previous to the new policy, funding will be available for local service clubs, outdoor recreation groups and facilities, sport teams and related events, as well as for local high school students proceeding on to a recognized post-secondary institution in resource management or environmental science or to a trades program. Small amounts of funding, up to $2500, will be considered by the donations committee on an ‘ad hoc first come, first ...see POLICY
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Highways to be reclassified soon Bill Phillips With a slew of fatal accidents on Hwy. 16 this winter and expected increased industrial traffic, the province is changing the highway’s designation. Transportation Minister Todd Stone announced Tuesday morning that the highway, from Prince Rupert to the B.C./Alberta border and Hwy. 97 north from Prince George, will be moved from a Class B designation to Class A, changing how snow removal and maintenance is conducted.
“A Class A highway has more patrols,” Stone said during a press conference at the CN Intermodal facility in Prince George. “Patrols will take place every four hours as opposed to every eight hours. The maximum amount of snow accumulation that is permitted on the highway before it has to be removed is quite a bit less … four centimetres, as opposed to six centimetres. There will be more snow removal, more plowing, there will also be more salt and sand applications. All tolled, it represents a heightened level of winter road
maintenance.” It will also mean renegotiating contracts with the six highways maintenance contractors that are responsible for maintaining the stretches of highways. Stone expects the changes will cost the province between $2 million and $3 million per year. “Those dollars I have found within our ministries,” he said. He said the province has looked at the number of accidents and fatalities along Hwy. 16, in addition to traffic volumes in making the decision to reclassify the highways.
“It is absolutely the right time to reclassify Hwy. 16 and Highway 97,” he said. “It will immediately improve safety in those corridors.” The province has put $129 million into Hwy. 16 improvements for past four years. The changes are expected to be in effect by mid-to-late February. According to a Ministry of Transportation spokesperson, the ministry will meet with highway contractors soon to discuss the details of the pending reclassification. ...see ROADS t P17
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Regional district voting unfair? Editor: Re: Alternative Approval Process Bylaw #1682 Many of you have received information on this process in the mail lately, particularly if you live in region B and region E of the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako. Many electors (voters) may have thought this process to be unimportant and not worth the time and did not read or think about this issue. Maybe some simply threw their letters in the garbage. Like I said at the public hearing that I attended on Jan. 22/14 I am not opposed to victim services however I am opposed to the process known as "Alternative approval process" which is an end run around you the taxpayer. I believe that the alternative approval process is an outright undemocratic process and should be scrapped.
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It is a disgraceful, phony negative billing process that is outlawed for companies yet it is embraced by politicians, the very ones who make law. The whole thing leaves citizen volunteers to gather signatures of 10 per cent of the eligible voters at least in a referendum both sides have to get out to vote. The response form forces the electors to oppose the bylaw which limits the amount of people who will sign it and excludes the people who may support it. This alternative approval process is wrong now and will be wrong in the future. I think we should take the risk of democracy and have a referendum. What do you think? Jack Kortmeyer
Burns Lake shines for Chase Editor: Regarding my letter regarding Pinnacle’s proposal to build a pellet manufacturing plant here in Chase: The response from your citizens was greater than I had anticipated, and as late as this morning (Jan. 27), I received yet another message. The correspondence has been very fair and totally candid in its content. We are very pleased with what has come in, and will still welcome anything in the future. I am totally amazed that your citizens would take the time and effort they have to assist virtual strangers in another small community such as ours. This is a great example of the generosity of the human spirit, and in particular of the people of the Bulkley Valley. Len McLean Chase, B.C.
Lakes District Maintenance encourages parents of young inexperienced drivers to spend time reviewing winter driving skills with them. Make them aware of the increased dangers during winter driving such as: 1) Blowing snow conditions that can impair vision 2) Invisible black ice that can catch you off guard 3) Slush and snow on roads that can make you lose control 4) Moose and deer that feed on the road salt 5) Keep a minimum of 2 telephone pole lengths between vehicles. Teach inexperienced drivers preventative measures such as: 1) Good winter tires 2) Reduced driving speeds 3) Limit driving in storms 4) Avoid using cruise control. Your child has many years of travel ahead of them, ensure they have the skills and knowledge to bring them home safely.
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All of us in the Lakes District were saddened to hear of the passing of Daphne Moser. She was our minister of St. Luke’s Church Francois Lake for many years. She was loved and respected by all who had the pleasure of knowing her. She spent many years as minister of the Smithers parish. They also will miss her very much. She was such a special person. School days Every once in a while my school days pop up in my memory. They were of course on the prairie. Evesham had a big three room school but when hard times hit they closed down the
one room. So there were twelve grades and two teachers. The old song keeps coming up “School days, school days, dear old golden rule days. Reading and writing and arithmetic, taught to the tune of a hickory stick.” We had a strap and not the stick. One teacher had a pointer about two and a half feet long and he would sneak up behind you if you were not paying attention and lay it across your shoulders and what a wap that was. As there were no lights in the school and first graders, which included me, had to sit on the floor so we could see the board. There were seven of us and for fun I undid Bill Henry’s boots and got my first strapping and a good one. This was my first week. Mrs. Webb was my teacher, she was a good one. After my strapping she said and I quote “You are here to learn no fool around.” I was sent to the cloak room until I stopped
crying. I was just six years old. My first day of school Dad put me on one of his horses Dolly and I rode her for years. Dad got one of the big boys to take me off the horse in the morning and put me on to go home. In a day or so I could get on by myself as there was a big bank at the school. There were seven of us kids starting Grade 1 and we stayed together until Grade 10. I got hurt with a bad horse and had to stop half through grade 10. I never went back. I broke up our class of seven. I wished for many years I had gone back but I had been hurt and laid up too long. The school barn is gone, no more horses and like here at the lake school busses have taken over. Going to school with horses was fun but could not last. A little story that happened to me while going to school. It was icy and Dolly came down and trapped me, a neighbor was right there got me
up and took me home. I spent a week in the Macklin hospital, my first time ever away from home. I was just eight years old in a ward with seven guys and the only kid. My knee still hurts some times. The hospital had one big ward for men and one for women and kids had to share whatever. This was a Catholic hospital and the nurses were sisters, they are kind but strict, no fooling around, boy did I miss my mother. Dad was very angry at me for bringing down Dolly and made me walk to school right after my accident. And that’s why I ended up in hospital. He was very sorry afterwards. Memories of a friend The late Hoyt Burt was a great friend of mine and we used to visit a lot. Had a wonderful memory of his life and was so interesting to visit. He remembered Francois Lake staying open twice. He used to say if the lake didn’t freeze we
would have a dry summer and by all reports he was right. He also told me they had some very bad forest fires. I also remember the lake staying open one winter and we had a dry summer. Hoyt told me he saw the lake freeze over in March but the ice was very poor and went out very fast. Hoyt used to tell me of the huge fires they used to have in the park and they used to last all summer. They used to get 25 cents an hour for wages in those old days. Big fire In about 1943 there was big fire started on the east end of Tchesinkut Lake. It was in the fall and some First Nations had been smoking fish and the fire got away on them. The fire went as far as Tintagel and almost to Jeffrey Buttes on Francois Lake. Lots of us locals were called on to fight fire and I was one. Harvey Campbell was the ranger. Mr. Lord Sr. had a large boat and he took us down the east end
and set up a big camp but the lake blew up rough and the boat with the food could not make it so we were landed with no groceries and a bunch of angry guys. During the night the lake calmed and a boat came with food. Mr. Weldon from Southbank was the cook. We were there about two weeks and there was a crew that stayed until the snow came. There was one big cat lost and one life as well. While making trenches to slow down the fire, the fire got into the green timber and got behind us and that was scary. There was not a lick of rain and it was a very dry fall so it was a big fire and lots of damage. The names of some on the fire; John Belt, Bob Peebles, Pete and Hans Hamre, Earl Deeder, Slim Connor, Ken Olson and myself. Earl Deeder did not stay long as he was on the Vancouver freight
run for Fred Beach. There were more men but they were from town and the names have slipped my mind. Mr. Lord ran his boat steady that fall hauling men and supplies. Mr. Weldon’s special was rice and raisins for desert Sunday, Monday and always. Harvey Campbell was a good ranger and we all like him. I always remember his collie dog he called Haywire, he was like Harvey’s shadow. These are good memories for me, now over 70 years, almost a lifetime. I have to stop now as I am short of room. A few words of advice. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it in your pocket. Some people try to turn back their odometers, not me. I want people to know why I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved. Always remember God loves you and so do I.
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Wes Sam, Burns Lake Subway proprietor, presents a $1100 cheque to Carolyn Buhler, Jean Goodwin, and Betty Johnson of the Burns Lake District Hospital walter strong photo Ladies Auxiliary on Jan. 24, 2014. The money was raised at the local Subway during its first annual Christmas cookie campaign.
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Negotiate, not litigate LNG plans CHIEF from t P2 “First Nations have waited far too long to be a part of our economy, and we want to make sure they are included and benefitting from economic development,” Clark said. “So, that’s part of what we are trying to do in the engagement across the north, but we still have more to do.” Nechako Lakes MLA and Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, John Rustad met with Ogen on Jan. 23, 2014. While Ogen acknowledged it was a step in the right direction, she still hasn’t personally heard from Clark. “We’re hoping to negotiate, not litigate,” Ogen said. “She’s acknowledged our message and had minister Rustad meet with us… We’re going to have ongoing dialogue and discussion.” While WFN, located just west of Burns Lake, is ready to discuss economic partnership with the province over natural gas ‘royalty, taxation and regulatory legislation,’ not all Wet’suwet’en share her willingness to negotiate. The Office of the Wet’suwet’en (OW), which represents clans of the traditional Wet’suwet’en hereditary structure and whose
traditional territories encompass WFN reserve lands, does not share Ogen’s willingness to discuss pipeline proposals. The OW has adamantly denied the pos-
sibility of approval for any pipeline proposal, whether natural gas or oil, through their traditional territories - all 22,000 square kilometres of them. “I respect their de-
cision and what they choose for their members,” Ogen said. “But I oversee the 241 Wet’suwet’en here. I’m responsible for our members and our nation, so I work on our
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Bulkley Stikine Load Restrictions
Pursuant to Section 66 of the Transportation Act, and to provisions of the Commercial Transport Act, notice is hereby given that load restrictions may be placed on short notice in the near future on all highways within the Bulkley Stikine District, including areas from Burns Lake west to Kitwanga and north to the Yukon Border, including Atlin. The restrictions will limit vehicles to 100 per cent, 70 per cent or 50 per cent legal axle loading. Overweight permits will not be granted and all term overweight permits are invalid for the duration of the restrictions. Trucking and transportation companies, as well as the general public, should govern themselves accordingly. If you normally receive bulk deliveries of water, fuel, livestock feed or other produce, please plan ahead so interruption to your deliveries will be minimized. Your cooperation in adhering to the above regulations is appreciated. Dated in Smithers, British Columbia, this 23rd day of January, 2014. Carl Lutz, District Manager Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Bulkley Stikine District
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Premier Christy can act, says Dix
INQUIRY from tP3 Although a coroners inquest is welcomed, it will not satisfy the concerns Dix heard while in Burns Lake. “There’s a coroners inquest, but the inquest doesn’t address any issues concerning the investigation,” Dix said. “It will address issues leading up to and including the explosion and make recommendations, but it won’t address issues of accountability or the investigation of other Crown agencies.” It is too early to say what the complete mandate of the called-for independent investigation would be. But it would include an investigation of why WorkSafe BC and the ministry of justice apparently don’t share the same standards of evidence collection for an investigation as serious as this. It would also address the question of why WorkSafe BC requested charges against the company only, and not against any individuals. Another question Dix wants answer is why charges outside of the regulatory scope of the Workers Compensation Act were not considered. Criminal Code charges were not recommended, and Dix wants the inquiry to be uncover why that deci-
sion was made. “Given the seriousness of what happened, that should have been on the table from the beginning,” Dix said. “All sides should have acted consistently with that. In any investigation you follow the evidence, but in this case much of the evidence they gathered, they’re not able to use.” “People here want an inquiry and they should get one… The premier can and should act because it’s the right thing to do.” On Jan. 10, 2014, the Ministry of Justice released its decision not to proceed with charges under the Workers Compensation Act against BFP as a result of its review of the WorkSafe BC investigation into the incident, as well as its review of a third-party investigation of the causes. The WorkSafe BC report was released less than a week later. Although both reports cited violations under the Workers Compensation Act, the BC ministry of justice decided not to proceed with charges under the act because of what the ministry described as deficiencies with WorkSafe BC evidence collection, as well as because of the availability of a defence of due diligence on the part of Babine Forest Products.
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Sullivan Motors Products (SMP) celebrated 40 years in business this year and part of their celebration was a $40,000 give-away. In December the last $20,000 was given away. (L-R) Murray Sullivan presents a cheque for $20,000 to Danielle Gnoyke along with sale representative Ryan Stumborg. (Bottom) As their Movember fundraiser SMP in November donated $50 from every purchase of a vehicle to the Kordyban Lodge in Prince George. Louise and Bill Sullivan presented a cheque in the amount of $4050 to Marjo Vanhelvoirt-Koop from the Cancer Society.
Lakes District Recreation Map Cover Photo Contest
As some of you may know, Burns Lake Community Forest Ltd. is helping to update the Lakes District Rec. Map, and we’re taking this opportunity to have a photo contest! The winning photo will become the cover for the new Rec Map, and will feature the photographers name at the bottom of the photo on all 2,500 maps, as well as exclusive bragging rights to friends and family. All entered photos must be taken within the Lakes District, and the contest is open to everybody. This contest closes Feb 14, 2014. To submit an entry, either email your photo to info@ blcomfor.com or drop off a hard copy at the Burns Lake Community Forest Office. Have no fear, all hardcopy photos can be returned upon request, once we have a chance to scan them. If you have any questions, please email us at info@ blcomfor.com and we’ll be happy to answer. For more info on the community forest, call BL ComFor (250) 692-7724
Hired Equipment Registration Bulkley Stikine District
The Bulkley Stikine District of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is creating its list of registered Equipment for Hire for the 2014/2015 fiscal year, which begins April 1, 2014. All individuals or companies registered this past year through the District Office in Smithers will receive invitations to re-register their equipment for the coming fiscal year by mail. Any individuals who were not registered in 2013, but wish to have to their equipment listed, are hereby invited to contact the District Office to obtain the appropriate registration forms. Note that while you do not need to have Commercial (Comprehensive) General Liability Insurance or up to date WorkSafeBC coverage to register, you will have to meet these requirements prior to working on any ministry projects. Only owned or lease-to-own equipment is eligible for registration. Equipment can only be registered in one area in any given year. Seniority is not transferable from area to area. Full details of equipment, including serial number and proof of ownership, are required for registration. The deadline for new registrations is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 28, 2014. Late registrations will be accepted, but will be put at the bottom of the open list. Note that there is no charge for registering new equipment or for changing or removing equipment information already listed.
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in resource management or environmental science or to a trades program. Small amounts of funding, up to $2500, will be considered by the donations committee on an ‘ad hoc first come, first served basis’ based on the donation criteria. The funding available for donations less than $2500 will be determined annually by the board based on operating budgets. Larger grant request will be financed through interest earned on BLComfor investments, at up to one per cent of the value of those
funds annually. These grant requests larger than $2500 will be awarded twice annually on March 31, and Sept. 30. Grant proposals for those requests will be received on an ongoing basis as well. The decision last year to pay the Village of Burns Lake a dividend of close to $1 million was a one-time departure from previous BLComfor practise of distributing funds directly to community groups. “At this point it was a one-time payment,” said BLComfor general manager Kerry Martin. “There is no dividend policy planned at this
time.” Requests for a grant under $2500 can begin immediately, Kerry said. The Village of Burns Lake has yet to determine how it will use the BLComfor money it received just before Christmas last year. The upcoming Feb. 4, 2014 public town hall will give VBL councillors and staff an opportunity to consider direction from the community regarding the best way to use the money. The date for next public meeting, which will also be the annual general meeting, is set for this spring but with no specific date.
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Presenting the
Beautiful Babies of 2013...
Scarlet Amendt
Born: November 26, 2013 Parents: Randi & Brad
Joseph Wiebe
Tyson Mackereth
Born: April 26, 2013 Parents: Shirley & Brian
Born: March 9, 2013 Parents: Crystal & David
Karsyn Levi Miller
Born: September 20, 2013 Parents: Amanda & RenĂŠ
AND THE WINNER IS...
Grayson Schneider
Alyson Sensenig
Born: April 2, 2013
Parents: Wendy & Willy
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Born: February 21, 2013 Parents: Jen & Derek
Kate Grace Mielken
Born: July 27, 2013
Torin Bell
Gustus Edgar Blackwell
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Nora Penner
Born: September 19, 2013 Parents: Shirlene & Philip Sensenig. Alyson’s name was drawn at random from all the entries we received. As you can see, it was impossible to pick the most beautiful baby of 2013... all the babies are so adorable!
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WALTER STRONG How ‘bout the weather, eh? That quintessentially Canadian question seems to be getting asked a lot around Burns Lake this winter. Locals are fishing from the shores of Francois Lake - not ice-fishing but casting a line. Bikers are still riding the trails up at Boer Mountain, and it’s been not unusual to have nighttime temperatures hover around zero degrees. This past December seemed pretty warm. According to Environment Canada, 13 days this past December were above zero, with a high on Dec. 14 of 6.5 degrees Celsius. The coldest day was Dec. 6, 2013 when we hit a night-time low of minus 28.9 degrees Celsius. But January, so far, has been a warm one,
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Burns Lake’s Harold Wulf took advantage this year’s mild winter weather to cast a line from the shores of Francois Lake. This year’s January has been one for the record books.
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The Burns Lake Snowmobile Club presents the
Race Site is 5.5km on Babine Road BURNS LAKE ROTARY CLUB - Concession
4 1 0 2
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DINNER & DANCE
Saturday Night February 1st, 2014
Family - 1day (2 adults & 2 kids): $25.00
at the
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Pit Pass (1 day): $25.00
Dinner: 6:30pm - Dance to follow
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Tickets $20 each available at Lino’s Sales & Outdoor Adventures
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Brennan Noth teaches a group of Burns Lake combat engineer cadets to use a multi-fuel cook stove. Twenty young men and women in the Burns Lake area form local cadet ranks. They meet every Wednesday at the Tweedsmuir Rod and Gun Club at 6 p.m.
Interest in the Burns Lake and area army cadets has been on the upswing over the past four years. From as few as three local cadets just four years ago, the Burns Lake army cadet corps - army ground engineers to be exact − has grown to 20 young men and women, from 12 to 18 years old. Captain Margaret Murphy of Houston has been involved with the cadets for more than 15 years. She divides her time between Burns Lake and a smaller cadre in Houston. “We emphasize leadership and physical fitness,” Murphy said. “We do promote an interest in the armed forces, but we don’t see the cadets as a channel into the armed forces. We’re a separate entity.” Meeting every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Burns Lake at the Rod and Gun club, the cadets practise rifle marksmanship, play sports, learn map reading and orienteering, take hiking and camping trips, learn first aid and wilderness survival skills. “There’s lots of opportunity to go further,” Murphy said. “For the seniors, there are exchanges where they get to travel if they are willing to put in the work. We’ve had kids go to England, Scotland,
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Holland, Italy, and even Belize for an international scuba diving certificate. There’s also an international shooting competition in Bisley, England that some have qualified for.” Although the Department of National Defence pays for most of the associated costs with the annual exchanges and expeditions, the Burns Lake cadets take on the responsibility of funding local activities, hall and office rental at the Rod and Gun club, and insurance. Area businesses support the cadets in their hands-on approach to fundraising. Lakes District Maintenance donates sand to the cadets, who then pack sandbags for sale at local gas stations. LMR Enterprises donates logs, which the cadets and parents cut, spilt, deliver and stack for area residents. The Lake District Fall Fair Committee hires the cadets to handle parking at the annual weekend-long fall fair. The cadets are most visible in the public eye during the annual poppy drive leading up to Remembrance Day, when they distribute poppies on behalf of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 50, and participate in the Remembrance Day ceremony in Burns Lake . The money raised during the poppy drive is strictly for veteran-related services.
Burns Lake’s Brennan Noth was a local cadet from 2001 to 2008. An outstanding cadet, he qualified, to train with the regular armed forces even before going on to join the forces in 2010. Noth spent three years with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, stationed near Brandon Manitoba. While with the armed forces he helped with flood relief during the major flooding of 2009, and spent six weeks with the U.S. marines in Hawaii. “It was a great experience, but it’s good to be back in Burns Lake,” Noth said. “I missed the outdoors here.” He’s been volunteering with the local cadets, bringing back real-life experience of having stood to serve his country. “The cadets form a strong bond, and it’s not unusual for them to return as volunteers once they’ve aged-out of the cadets,” Murphy said. “We’re always looking for more youth to join, and parents as well,” Murphy said. Parents who want to volunteer with the corps can join the parents committee, or if they’re keen, they can get training with the Albert Head B.C. Cadet Instructors Cadre at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt.
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The Burns Lake Bruins Midget A2s hosted Houston and Hazelton for a tournament last week in Burns Lake. Houston came out on top by the end of the one day tournament, but no one was disappointed with the great play all around. Bruins pee wees will host a tournament this weekend at the Tom Forsyth Memorial Arena in Burns Lake. Come out and support the players, the pee wees are on a roll this season.
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on the same day. “We’re doing a different format this year,” Lana Miller, BLSC treasurer. “There won’t be as many heats, so it will be more like a ball tournament where you don’t necessarily race every other racer.” The ladies and gentlemen categories may be removed as well to save time. “Women can and do compete in the regular heats,” Miller said. “We were trying to promote more local and first-timers to come out, but we were only getting one or two entries in those categories.” The club decided to go to a one day format to make it easier on the many out of
town racers who travel from as far as Kitimat for the event. It’s also a little easier on the club volunteers. The new one-day format should give an exciting edge to the day, with all placings being determined before the day is out. Crowds will still enjoy a warming tent and a fantastic BBQ provided by the Burns Lake Rotary Club, with proceeds going to local charitable projects. Although Burns Lake hasn’t had the heavy snowfall it had last year, Miller is confident there will be enough snow on hand for racers, even if it doesn’t snow between ...see RACES t P16
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Get ready for an exciting day at Cold Smoke a fun, family ride,” Miller said. “We don’t do anything up there you need to be a good rider to do. It’s a great opportunity to learn sledding skills.” The Cold Smoke drag races start at 9:30 a.m. sharp, Feb. 1, 2014. For more information and a schedule of events, see page 12 & 13 of this issue.
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Lake covering from 1953 to the present, but each packet was collected at a different location. Each packet is assigned a different climate station ID number indicating, according to Environment Canada, the data shouldn’t be combined. But there are a few things we can still say, staying within the confines of available data sets. This January has been the warmest January in 23 years. Not only in terms of the average daily temperature of just minus 4.8 degrees, but in terms of the coldest night time low of minus 17.8 degrees. Since 1991, 2006 was the only year besides this one where extreme lows didn’t break minus 20 degrees. The average extreme low, since 1991, has been minus 31 degrees. The average daily temperature since 1991 has been minus 10.2 degrees. There were three Januaries warmer than this; January 1983 measured minus 4.2, January 1958 averaged minus 4.3 degrees, and January 1986 measured an average of minus 4.4 degrees. But this data was collected at a different location, so you really can’t pick a winner for the warmest January on record. But here’s an interesting thing. Although there are two data sets
covering 1953 to 1990, there are four years where the data overlaps. So we can compare the consistency of the two data sets, at least to some degree. Over those four overlapping years, the difference in average daily temperatures as measured at the two different locations differ by less than one degree Celsius. The data collection locations given by Environment Canada show the two locations to be only 2.8 kilometres apart, at virtually the same elevation. Assuming then - and
it may be quite an assumption - that those two data sets can be combined to generate some interesting statistical average, what do we have? For Januaries from 1953 to 1990, the average daily temperature was minus 11.9 degrees. The average maximum low was minus 33.7 degrees. Around Burns Lake, people will tell you the current Burns Lake/ Decker Lake Environment Canada weather station located at the Baker Airport about 20 kilometres west of
town, gives a colder reading than Burns Lake weather in town. If that’s so, we’ve probably had one of the warmest Januaries on record, going back to 1953. If that’s not true, then we’ve at least had the warmest January since 1991. But don’t get your hopes up. Whatever you want to make of these disparate weather data sets, one fact stands out; a warm January one year doesn’t necessarily mean a warm one the next year. The record warm
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Hwy. 16 to receive more frequent snow plowing ROADS from t P5 Improved snow removal and sanding standards may mean increased demands on personnel and equipment levels for local highway contractors. Maintenance contracts already contain clauses to address the possibility of classification changes and associated costs, the ministry spokesperson said. According to B.C. Ministry of Transportation maintenance specifications for highway maintenance contracts, specific changes in the reclassification include: highway snow removal must begin within 90 minutes of an accumulation of four centimetres of snow (previous standard was two hours after six centimetres of snow); application of winter abrasive and chemical snow and ice control must begin within five hours after snowfall (previous standard was eight hours after snowfall). Loose snow and slush must be removed from highway travel lanes within two days of the conclusion of the last snowfall and related snow removal operations. The previous standard was three days. In this case, the ministry standards acknowledge that temperatures may not allow for the complete removal of compacted snow and ice. The schedule for the application of abrasive or chemical traction control to icy surfaces as the result of freezing rain or black ice is also increased under the reclassification. Sanding must occur within two hours of when deficiencies are noted by, or re-
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ported to, the highway contractor. Previously, the standard was three hours. “I am aware of the classification change and have been in meetings with the Minister in regard to this change,” said Lakes District Maintenance Ltd. chief executive officer Wendy Benyk. “This will certainly present some challenges for Lakes District Maintenance which we are currently working on.” With files from Lakes District News.
The first ‘Building a better you’ health expo in Burns Lake on Jan. 25 (above) showcased area health and wellness services. Burns Lake’s Teena Gudjonson (L) was their with copies of her new book: ‘Feel Like a Fitness Model’, a healthy eating cookbook and walter strong photos guide.
What is Rotary up to? Providing a ‘Lifeline’
Imagine you were alone in your own home and you slipped and you fell. In most cases, you can pick yourself up with not a single injury or bruise in sight. However, for seniors, this is not always the case. A simple fall can have devastating consequences. And that’s why the Burns Lake Rotary Club is working together with Northern Health and Bulkley Valley Credit Union, Lakes District branch to give peace of mind for seniors or those living at risk while living independently in their own homes. Lifeline is a service which provides immediate assistance to seniors in emergencies, with just one touch of a button, seniors are connected to emergency personnel instantly. In order to obtain this service, seniors are referred to either by a home support worker, their doctor, or word of mouth. Local resident Jim Everett on behalf of the Burns Lake Rotary club, installs the unit. Currently, 82 seniors use this valuable service in the Burns Lake and Houston area. While seniors are responsible for the cost of the unit and service, veterans receive a discount. “Seniors can connect with Lifeline anywhere in their home or in their yard,” explains Anna Marie Racicot of Northern Health. “With a push of a button….help is on the way.” For more information about this valuable service, contact Northern Health at 1-800-851-0184 or call Rotarian president Sandy Dore at 250-692-7761.
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Despite the impending April end of service date looming over Windows XP, it looks like Microsoft may still be providing a minor bit of security protection for computers running the soon to be discontinued operating system. The Microsoft Software Removal Tool, a free software program designed to combat malware that has already snuck onto your computer, will still be updated for Windows XP through to July 14th of 2015. This will allow Microsoft to push out updates for MSRT that could clean up serious infections in what will undoubtedly be millions of computers still running XP after the April deadline. However, the MSRT is not an antivirus program, so those planning to continue running XP should seriously consider upgrading to a strong antivirus or Internet security suite, especially if you plan to continue doing online banking.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22: It may take a while to convince someone to go along with your idea, Virgo. Yet once you have this person’s support, they will be fully on board. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23: You may have been bouncing around aimlessly for some time, Libra. But now is the week to get all of your affairs together and put your plan for the future in motion.
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Lakes District Fall Fair meeting on Feb. 6/14, 7pm at the Cancer Society Office.
Grassy Plains Gospel Church Sunday Service: 10:45 am 250-694-3329 (Church)
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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: Feburary 2014. Chair yoga every Tues. & Fri. 10-11am. Feb. 3, 17, 24 “Eat for Life” weight loss program support group 2:30pm. Feb. 12 Good Food box pick up at Grassy Store. Feb. 27 Dental varnishing all day for children 6 yrs old and under. Feb. 28 Reminder last day to pay for you Good Food box.More info: (250) 694-3270.
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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) 6923971. Entry deadline: Feb. 14, 2014 W.O.W. Bus Schedule ~ January 2014. 29 StrongStart Outreach SEDA Centre, 12:15 to 3:15p.m. This is a free service for all ages. Omineca Ski Club will be hosting the following events in the near future. Feb. 2 Teck Northern Cup #4 and Omineca Open Race start time: 11am. Feb. 22 Racing Rocks start time: 10 am. Feb. 23 Lakes Loppet (various distance events for all levels of skiers) start time: 10 am. Visit ominecaskiclub.com for updated notices.
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ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH 136 - 4th Avenue, Burns Lake
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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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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 Chronic Disease Education Clinic at the Lakes District Hospital is open Tuesday & Wednesday from 8:30am4pm. The clinic provides information and teaching on various chronic illnesses such as Diabetes & Heart Disease. A doctors referral is not needed. To speak with the nurse call (250) 692-2440
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Reservoir Elevation: 850.81 m (2791.37 ft.) SLS Discharge: 33.04 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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SAWMILL PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Dunkley Lumber Ltd. operates a modern and efficient SPF dimension Sawmill and Planermill facility at Strathnaver, 75 km south of Prince George, BC. Our quality lumber products are sold across North America and in overseas markets. To find out more about us, please visit our website at www. dunkleylumber.com. We currently have an opening for a Sawmill Production Supervisor. We are looking for someone who is motivated, takes pride helping others achieve their best and is very safety conscious. The ideal applicant will have supervisory experience in a sawmill environment, outstanding leadership and problem-solving skills, exceptional communication abilities and strong mechanical and technical capabilities. This position offers a highly competitive wage and benefits program. If you possess the noted qualifications and are interested in joining Dunkley Lumber, please submit your resume via fax or email to the attention of: Personnel Coordinator Fax: (250) 998-4513 Email: hr@dunkleylumber.com We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR / PLANNER Dunkley Lumber Ltd. operates a modern and efficient SPF dimension Sawmill and Planermill facility at Strathnaver, 75 km south of Prince George, BC. Our quality lumber products are sold across North America and in overseas markets. To find out more about us, please visit our website at www.dunkleylumber.com. We currently have an opening for a Sawmill Maintenance Supervisor/Planner. Key responsibilities include contingency planning, working closely with the Purchaser to maintain operational and mechanical supplies and spare parts, establishing and maintaining corrective, reparative and preventative maintenance programs, as well as supervising maintenance employees. Weekend work will be required. The successful candidate will possess the following technical skills and experience: • Journeyman certification as a Millwright or relevant experience • substantial supervisory and/or maintenance planning experience • effective leadership skills with the ability to manage a team • exceptional inter-personal and communication skills • outstanding problem solving and root cause analysis skills • strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to work on projects concurrently and under time constraints • a strong commitment to safety. This position offers a highly competitive wage and benefits program. If you possess the noted qualifications and are interested in joining Dunkley Lumber, please submit your resume via fax or email to the attention of: Personnel Coordinator
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APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF 2014 REVENUE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PNG-WEST SERVICE AREA
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PLEASE NOTE: The information contained below was initially scheduled to be published on December 18, 2013. Due to a publication error it is being printed today, Wednesday, January 29, 2014.
Notice of Application for a Disposition of Crown Land
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Notice of Application for a New Permit Approving the Mine Plan and Reclamation Program for REDDOG Aggregate. Take notice that REDDOG Logging Ltd. has filed with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO) Smithers and the Chief Inspector of Mines, pursuant to Part 10.2.1 of the Health and Safety Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia, a proposed mine plan together with a program for the protection and reclamation of the land and water courses related to the proposed REDDOG Aggregate located 1 km on Wrights Bay FSR (THAT PART OF DISTRICT LOT 5007, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 1.504 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS). The Lands File for this application is 6408639 and the Mines File is 1650804. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Inspector of Mines, Ministry of Energy and Mines, at PO Box 5000 - 3726 Alfred Ave, Smithers BC V0J 2N0 Comments will be received by MEM up to March 1, 2014. MEM may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca /ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Office in Smithers.
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NOTICE OF REVENUE REQUIREMENTS APPLICATION THE APPLICATION On November 29, 2013, Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) filed its 2014 Revenue Requirements Application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission), pursuant to sections 58 to 61, 89 and 90 of the Utilities Commission Act (Act), seeking Commission approval to, among other things, increase delivery rates as a result of increases in cost of service and decreased deliveries to some customer classes (Application). The Application also seeks interim relief to allow PNG to amend its rates on an interim and refundable basis, effective January 1, 2014, pending the hearing of the Application and orders subsequent to that hearing.
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The delivery rate increase is estimated to be approximately $0.348 per GJ for a residential customer. This represents an increase of 3.0 percent compared to the 2013 delivery rate. The delivery rate increase for a small commercial customer is estimated to be $0.270 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 2.7 percent compared to the 2013 delivery rate. The Granisle propane delivery rate increase for a residential customer is estimated to be $0.247 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 3.8 percent compared to the 2013 delivery rate. Based on the gas cost recovery and Gas Cost Variance Account rate riders effective October 1, 2013 thru December 31, 2013, the overall average bundled rate increase for a typical residential customer consuming 68.7 GJ per year is 3.8 percent, an increase of $48 per year. Similarly, for a small commercial customer consuming 302.4 GJ per year, the increase is 4.0 percent or $189 per year and for Granisle propane customers consuming 53.5 GJ per year the overall average bundled rate increase is 1.0 percent, an increase of $13 per year. THE REGULATORY PROCESSES The Commission wishes to hear from affected parties before determining the public process necessary for the disposition of the Application. Commission Order G-208-13 establishes a Preliminary Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application. The detailed Preliminary Regulatory Timetable can be reviewed on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com under Current Applications. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE APPLICATION The Application and supporting material will be made available for inspection at public libraries in Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Houston, Smithers, Burns Lake, Vanderhoof and Fort St. James, and at the Head Office of PNG at Suite 950, 1185 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4E6, and at the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Sixth Floor, 900 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2N3. The Application will also be available for viewing on the PNG website at www.png.ca, (www.png. ca/ir_utilities.cfm) and on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com, which also contains detailed materials related to the Application including Commission Orders and Intervener materials.
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MINING LEASE APPLICATION Take notice that Thompson Creek Mining Ltd., Bag 4001, Fraser Lake, British Columbia, V0J 1S0, free miner certificate client number 140102, has applied to the Chief Gold Commissioner for the Province of British Columbia, for a mining lease of minerals identified by the mineral claims listed below. The mineral claims will be surveyed and approved by the Surveyor General. The following mineral claims are subject to the mining lease application: O Tenure Numbers 243774-243775, 243832, 244930-244931, 245329, 307068, 307089, 507168-507170, 507227, 507230, 507232, 507252, 532729, 1017548, 1017550, 1017552, 1017559, 1017561, 1017563 and 1017566-1017567 O Mineral Titles Map Number 093K005 Posted at the Chief Gold Commissioner’s office in Victoria, British Columbia, this 17th Day of January, 2014.
REGISTERING TO PARTICIPATE Persons who expect to actively participate in the review process should register as Interveners. Interveners will receive copies of the Application, all correspondence and filed documents. Persons not expecting to actively participate should register with the Commission as Interested Parties and will receive the Commission’s Decision. Interveners and Interested Parties must inform the Commission Secretary, in writing or by online web registration, by Tuesday, December 31, 2013 of their intention to become Interveners or Interested Parties with respect to the Application. All submissions and/or correspondence received from active participants or the general public relating to the Application will be placed on the public record and posted to the Commission’s website. FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, please contact Erica Hamilton, Commission Secretary, or Philip Nakoneshny, Director, Rates, as follows: Telephone: Facsimile: E-mail:
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Wednesday, January 29, 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.