Burns Lake Lakes District News, February 19, 2014

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Granisle resident questions roads

Fat bike relay racing!

Ken Giesbrecht competes in the first annual Burnt Bikes and Burns Lake Mountain Bike Association Freezer Burnt fat bike relay on the Rod Reid trail last weekend. Story on page 9. MICHAEL RIIS-CHRISTENSON PHOTO

“Today members of my cabinet are reaching out to families in Burns Lake,” said Premier Christy Clark.

Lammi would like to see snow removed more quickly

Story on page 5

Recent Enbridge polling

WALTER STRONG With the recently announced reclassification of Hwy. 16 about to kick in before the end of this month, a reader in Granisle called in for some clarification on what it could mean for him and anyone else using Hwy. 118.

The 50 kilometre stretch of highway between Topley and Granisle has been Eric Lammi’s regular connection to Hwy. 16 since he moved there several years ago from Dease Lake. Lammi would like to see snow removed more quickly once its fallen - before it’s compacted - and he questions the use of serrated ice blades on compact snow.

For regular users of Hwy. 118, there won’t be an increase in the frequency of snow clearing that Hwy. 16 will see. Highway 118 isn’t included in the scope of the recently announced highway reclassifications.

Although highway contractors have no say in highway classification (it’s a provincial decision), Lakes District Maintenance’s (LDM) regional operations manager Carey Derksen offered some clarification.

“It [Hwy. 118] will remain a class B highway in the winter,” Derksen said.

“Classifications are based on traffic volumes and types of traffic utilizing the highway network. Granisle highway is a very low volume highway network thus the class remains the same.”

Winter storms are first cleared during early morning hours before LDM equipment takes to Hwy. 16 for snow removal. Trucks return to Hwy. 118 mid-morning if snowfall has been continuous. ...see HIGHWAYS ▼ P3

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Premier disappointed with BFP investigation

Has the positive recommendation of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel (JRP) resulted in a shift in public opinion in favour of the project?

Story on page 7

Babine Lake Community Forest visits Burns Lake

“It cost the tax payers of the province - one way or another - about $600,000 to put in the Granisle Park,” Said Frederick Clarke.

Story on page 12

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New chief for Burns Lake Band

Wesley Sam and Pauline Goertzen were nominated for the position of chief for the Burns Lake Band (BLB) in Burns Lake (Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation). And yesterday the official election was held with Wesley Sam winning with 45 votes to Goertzen's 32 votes.

Sam is a former elected band councillor, Village of Burns Lake councillor, BLB member, and local business owner.

All registered band members, both on and off reserve, were eligible to vote.

The position of chief for the Burns Lake Band was vacated on Dec. 31, 2013 when then Chief Albert Gerow resigned from his position citing the desire to pursue other opportunities.

Gerow was in his second term as chief when he resigned. His tenure was marked with controversy surrounding on-reserve band members who challenged his leadership. Burns Lake Band's bi-election for chief was held Feb. 11, 2014.

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at local banks, schools and businesses in Burns Lake, or you may write a letter which must include your name, signature and phone number. Entries should be mailed to: Citizen of the Year Committee, Box 961, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0 For more information, contact chairperson Doug Campbell at 250-692-7300.

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Wesley Sam is now the new chief of the Burns Lake Band.

Some inaccuracies

Local resident Mike Comeau has recorded Tchesinkut lake for the last 22 years and according to his calculations The last has froze later in the year the recorded in last week's issue of Lakes District News.

According to Comeau it has froze as late as Feb. 15, 2006 and once again a later freeze on Feb. 11, 2003. Comeau also stated that on average the lake is usually frozen the first weeks in January and that Francois Lake usually freezes a week to 10 days before Tchesinkut Lake.

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Maintaining Hwy.118 as compact HIGHWAYS from t P1

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Highway 118 to Granisle is maintained as compact to make it easier to keep it smooth and safe.

“Traffic volumes are a very important part of compact snow maintenance and removing slush and ice from highways,” Derksen added.

Low traffic volumes means ice melting products don’t get moved around enough for even distribution on the roadway, resulting in a rough frozen surface.

All told, the current approach to maintaining Hwy. 118 comes out of past experience, including driver feedback.

“We maintain Hwy. 118 as compact,” Derksen said. “It’s much easier to keep smooth and safe using graders to ice blade.”

Ice blades produce the deep scarring in compact ice everyone who lives around here is familiar with.

The scars trap winter sand and roughen the surface for better traction.

“We have tried many different combinations of winter blades on our trucks and graders over the years,” Derksen said.

Compact snow can’t be removed below certain surface temperatures (see Lakes District News, Jan. 15, 2014 Lakes District Maintenance crews make safety highest priority). Lakes District Maintenance uses three different blades to deal with compact snow: smooth carbide blades, carbide ‘ice’ blades, and a third specialized blade designed for the hardest compact snow.

“We do explore options for blades as new products come out to improve operations and provide a safe roadway for the travelling public,” Derksen added.

Lakes District Maintenance maintains a user call-in line, an important part of their mandate to keep posted road conditions current on the Drive BC website. Lakes District Maintenance can be reached toll-free at 888-255-8055.

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t Editorial Guest editorial

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B.C. Liberals putting themselves first, families last

Who provoked a school strike?

If you were given 200 days to make life better for B.C. families, what would you do first?

Maybe you would start by looking at ways to reduce child poverty in this province. Or maybe you would start to address the growing affordability challenges faced by families.

Regardless of your first priorities, chances are you would show up to work, roll up your sleeves, and get started.

That’s not how the B.C. Liberals see it. This year, Family Day marks 200 days since the B.C. legislature last met. That’s 200 days since the B.C. Liberal government showed up to work to address the challenges faced by B.C.’s families.

And in those 200 days, those challenges have only grown. Since the legislature last met, the Liberals have continued to mismanage key files and make life less affordable. Today, we are paying more, and getting less.

Unfortunately, the B.C. Liberals would rather play political games than sit down at the table and get to work.

The first thing the premier did after the election was sign a document that gave huge raises to their own political staffers.

The next thing they did was give plum appointments to failed Liberal candidates.

Then, they cancelled the fall sitting of the legislature, proving that they are willing to delay action on serious issues facing B.C. families when they feel it could help them politically.

Today, they are busy trying to explain a court ruling that showed they tried to provoke a strike and shut down B.C. schools – all because they thought they could get some political mileage from the chaos it would create for families across the province.

Since the May election, the B.C. Liberals have made their priorities clear: their political interest comes first, and B.C. families come last.

In those same 200 days since the legislature last got to work, life has become less affordable, while services that families depend on have declined.

Medical Services Plan premiums climbed while the Liberal government cut planned spending to health authorities, ignoring our overcrowded hospitals. Ferry fares have been increased, and will jump again in April, while the Liberal government announced cuts to ferry services up and down the coast.

And in the fall, just before the legislature should have returned to work, the Liberals announced a hike to hydro rates that will add $300 to the average family’s annual costs – all while allowing the hidden debt at B.C. Hydro to climb.

Meanwhile, the Liberal government has failed to manage our province’s economy, and we are seeing the effects. In the last 200 days, the province’s debt has increased by $2.5 billion – rising faster than under any other premier in B.C.’s history – and we are ninth in the country in private sector job growth. In fact B.C. has lost more than 21,000 full time jobs in the last 200 days.

In other parts of the country, legislatures have been hard at work.

Last year, while B.C.’s legislature sat for just 36 days, every other province’s legislature sat longer – Alberta’s sat for 49 days, Manitoba’s sat for 103 days, Ontario’s 100 days, and Quebec’s sat for 84 days.

Even PEI’s legislature sat for four more days than the B.C. legislature, which represents more than 30 times more people.

The New Democrats are anxious to get back to work, and when we do we’ll be fighting for a province where people come first, not politics.

John Horgan, New Democrat house leader

Last Week’s Question:

I made an error in a column two weeks ago about the latest court ruling in favour of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation.

I referred to an “illegal” strike in 2012, and was quickly reminded that this teacher walkout was sanctioned by the Labour Relations Board.

After months of withholding report cards and refusing to meet with administrators, the union went to the LRB to seek permission for a full-scale strike.

They got their wish, with authorization under essential services rules for a three-day strike in the first week, and one day a week after that until the end of the school year or a settlement was reached.

For the record, the last illegal BCTF strike was in 2005, in defiance of a B.C. Supreme Court order that resulted in a $500,000 fine against the union. That was the same year BCTF lawyers won a split B.C. Court of Appeal ruling allowing teachers to bring political propaganda into classrooms. Two out of three judges decided this was appropriate to preserve their freedom of expression.

The authorized three-day strike went ahead in March 2012. Regular readers may recall my reports of students being indoctrinated in classrooms and in some cases sent out as union pickets, and of the strong-arming of unionized government office staff here in Victoria to make them join a rally on the legislature lawn.

This was the strike that, according to the current media and political narrative, the provincial cabinet conspired to bring about. This notion is central to the Jan. 27 ruling of Justice Susan Griffin that orders the B.C. government to attempt to reconstruct the world of 2001.

Government lawyers filed an application with the B.C. Court of Appeal on Friday to suspend parts of this ruling. Imposing Griffin’s terms would cause “irreparable harm to the public interest of unprecedented magnitude,” they said in arguments backed up by a series of affidavits from superintendents who have to keep B.C.’s war-weary public schools running.

In Surrey, returning to 2002 conditions would add $40 million to the district payroll in year one. That’s one of 60 school districts.

The government’s submission includes affidavits from superintendents around the province on its likely impact. Here’s a partial list: Cancellation of specialty programs for vulnerable youth, construction of portables to meet arbitrary class size restrictions, transfer of some students to other schools, closure of daycare and Strong Start preschool programs to free up space reallocated over the years, layoff of nonteaching staff, and cancellation of school participation in the international student program.

Premier Christy Clark and Education Minister Peter Fassbender have begun to push back against the conspiracy theory that has taken hold, pointing out that when the BCTF finally did get permission to strike, the cabinet of the day acted to prevent it.

Here’s a recap. In late February 2012, nearly 28,000 teachers (90 per cent) voted to go to the full strike allowed by the LRB. The government tabled legislation to impose a cooling-off period with provision for steep fines on the union for any further strike action, and appointed a mediator. This kept schools open, and eventually yielded a two-year deal.

In April 2012, the union voted to withdraw all volunteer work by teachers. By this time they had been ordered by the LRB to prepare second-term report cards, in part so students would know if they could apply for post-secondary studies.

Once again this mess is before the court of appeal. Perhaps there will be better recognition of the real world this time around.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Friendly visit from a fox Local resident JD Paulson captured this photo of a fox in the parking lot of the super store... maybe a little too close for comfort while this little guy scrounges for garbage left behind by y someone.

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Premier disappointed with handling of Burns Lake investigation Case closed but news received with shock and dismay Walter Strong "Today members of my cabinet are reaching out to families in Burns Lake," said Christy Clark on Feb. 15, 2014.

"I want them to know that their resilience and perseverance in the face of a terrible tragedy is an example to all of us.

It's an example that deserves to be honoured."

While the memory of those injured and killed in the January, 2012 Babine Forest Products (BFP) mill explosion may be honoured by the Premier's office, there will be no independent inquiry into B.C. Crown Counsel's decision not to lay charges related to the fatal accident.

When the B.C. ministry of justice announced on Jan. 10, 2014 that it would not be pursuing any charges related to the explosion, the news was received with shock and dismay by family of the two men who lost their lives, as well as by many former mill workers and their families.

Adding to the tension were aspects of the Crown's decision which highlighted the failure of WorkSafeBC to conduct its investigation to a standard that would hold in court.

The ministry of justice report concluded that charges would not be pursued based on two findings. First, evidence was not collected to required legal standards. Second, BFP would have had a strong defence of due diligence, based on the evidence collected.

On Jan. 16, 2014, Premier Christy Clark launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding

Crown Counsel's decision not to pursue charges. Deputy minister John Dyble was commissioned to produce the report.

Chief and council of Lake Babine Nation (LBN) in Burns Lake were so outraged by the perceived bungling of the case by WorkSafeBC investigators, they invited B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix to Burns Lake for a private meeting with LBN council and band members on Jan. 21, 2014.

Dix heeded LBN request that he support their call for an independent investigation into how the case was handled, but following

the Feb. 15, 2014 release of Dyble's report, it seems that LBN's call for an independent inquiry is not in the works.

Dyble concluded WorkSafeBC 'paid insufficient attention to important legal precedents ...see PREMIER t P7

Distracted driving crackdown

Put away your phone while driving or bust out your cheque book Walter Strong Behavioural research shows it takes 30 days to break a habit. If you start now to break your habit of talking or texting on your phone while driving, the 30 day countdown might save you some bucks and demerit points while you’re at it.

The RCMP have announced that this month will see a crackdown of distracted driving law enforcement.

“Don’t text your loved ones to death,” said RCMP Cpl. Robert McDonald.

“Last year, 27 per cent of collision fatalities in B.C. were caused by distracted or inattentive drivers, despite over 40,000 violation tickets being issued for use of electronic device or driving without due care and attention.”

The fine for using an electronic device without handsfree technology can net you a $167 fine, and three driver penalty points. If you’re violating dis-

tracted driving laws while breaking other motor vehicle act laws, you could face a ‘driving without due care and attention’ fine of $368.

New drivers need to remember the specific restrictions placed on their licenses.

“Drivers in the graduated licence program (GLP) are not permitted to use any electronic device, even hands-free devices,” McDonald said.

According to a survey conducted by CIBC and Telus released on Feb. 4, 2014, Canadians aged 18 to 24 years old check their phones on an average of 10.1 times per hour.

British Columbians check their phones the most often, with the average across all age groups at 8.9 times per hour.

That can mean over 100 glances at a cell phone or smartphone every day. If you’re stealing those glances while you’re driving, you may have an opportunity to add a photo of a hefty ticket to your social media accounts this month.

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Shop local... it pays Fletcher’s journalism is at and have your say best disingenuous with the village

Editor: I read Judy’s letter re: buying a car in Lakes District News dated Jan. 22, 2014. Well I bought a car locally and I bought it in April or May I didn’t drive it very much but started driving it a bit in September, the transmission was not right so I took back into Uptown Auto and told him about my problem and his just asked me to bring it in and he would look at it he did and he told me I needed a new transmission he said he would have it in the next day and he would put it.

I came back to pick it up - all he said it was good and he absorbed all the costs.

Now onto a more touchy subject and that’s the village not knowing what to do with their money from community forest. I at the forum last week and suggested the money should all go towards an operating room and nothing else so I want all who are interested in having a fully equipped operating room let the village and Northern Health know their wishes.

If we don’t get at it we will never have a full slate of doctors in Burns Lake because they have no place to work come on Burns Lake residents.

What are you all waiting for... to let Norther Health make all the decisions for us? They don’t care about Burns Lake.

Thank you, Paul Jean

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Editor: To weaken Winston Smith’s spirit and resolve, the antagonist O’Brien in George Orwell’s 1984 chillingly proclaims: “if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.”

This grisly imagery illustrates what an increasing number of your readers feel when they encounter Tom Fletcher’s writings.

The lines between journalism, opinion, and advocacy are elusive and hard to draw. Most journalists are professional and attempt to report news, issues, and events with a commendable degree of objectivity. Mr. Fletcher, however, blurs these lines in an utterly unprofessional manner.

The Northern Gateway Pipeline is one of the most ambitious and risky policy proposals in Canadian history. Mr. Fletcher’s "reporting" on the proposed pipeline routinely distorts the economic, social, and environmental concerns of a majority of British Columbians. These citizens are, for Mr. Fletcher, a mere handful of radical environmentalists and agitators.

Recent polls indicate the public’s views on the pipeline proposal are shifting: opposition by British Columbians has declined from roughly four-to-one to two-to-one. Yet polling experts have identified notable biases in some of them. The handful of polls that suggest British Columbians are “equally divided” excluded the word “bitumen” – the hazardous substance the pipeline would transmit – in the survey questions.

Even if British Columbians are equally divided over Northern Gateway, half the province’s population surely is not a minority. Mr. Fletcher is promoted by this newspaper as a “legislative reporter” in his opinion columns. Is he a reporter, or a columnist? Black Press readers wish to be sufficiently informed about important news and issues in our communities. Mr. Fletcher’s “wedge journalism” is at best disingenuous and at worst dishonest.

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Old man winter has given us a taste of winter again

It looks like old man winter gave us a little bit of real winter.

Some places came up with almost minus 40 but not for long.

The coldest was minus 34.5 and that was cold enough for me. Our lakes are now all frozen over and by all reports very good ice. Folks have their ling lines out and report some nice catches. Deep fried ling cod is top of the line for being very tasty.

One morning here at the Tweedsmuir House my gauge registered 32.5 below but it did warm up a bit during the day.

Good entertainment The coffee house on

Feb. 8 at the Francois Lake Hall was a great crowd pleaser with some top of the line entertainers. There was music and singing to please every one. The cold weather sure didn’t stop folks from turning out as it was a packed hall. We are very fortunate to have such a variety of musical talent in our Lakes District and I am including Burns Lake in this too.

Folks are already asking when is the next coffee house coming off. They are getting so popular with every one.

A big thanks to my family for bringing me out for such a great evening.

Horses and music One of the greatest things I miss by getting old is my horse and my music. I started guitar and fiddle when I was 15 in Saskatchewan. One of my songs that made a hit ‘The blackboard of my heart’ I sang it with a lovely girl Ruth Hargrave. She wanted to come to Francois Lake

and keep on singing but it fell through.

I also sang with Bernice Boylan, she made big time with guitar and fiddle. Brother Peter was very good on the accordion and had some records cut. We also played and sang together.

Now my niece Renay with her singers, the ever popular June Bugs carry on my love of music. My one hope is that our future generation will carry on the love of music as I have. Music opens to many doors of a wonderful future as it brings love from the heart.

Snow Our snow fall was a month late as it caught many country homes with frozen water lines.

It’s no fun when your water line freezes up.

With light snow fall the frost goes down and you are in trouble with frozen lines. During our first years living at the Landing water was a problem. In the summer

months we had a pump at the lake and during the winter months we hauled water.

One thing about that it never froze up. We used a 50 gallon barrel on the stone boat with the horse. We also had a big barrel in the back kitchen so we could transfer the water by pail from the outside to inside. What a job this was. Sure was a great thing when we got power and water pumps and water lines.

Block heaters As I look back to the old times and trying to keep a vehicle running in the winter. If you were fortunate enough to have a heated garage you were in luck. But having your vehicle parked outside it was a nightmare and big time.

Then some smart guy invented the block heater. It was cheap to buy and cheap to install and a godsend to the vehicle owner. Now it’s taken for granted to have a block heater installed.

It now gives both the owner and the vehicle longer life. Before the block heater came along to start a car or truck was a job and a half.

Two friends of mine had their vehicle catch fire and burnt up. They were using a blow torch in a stove pipe and were not aware there was a gas connection leaking.

These were vehicles in good shape and a case like this no insurance.

I almost lost my Dodge taxi and it was almost new. I had left it out over night and it dropped cold and so I got a friend to hit the starter while I took off the breather and poured in some gas and it backfired and in a second the whole motor was on fire but there was snow next to the car and we threw snow over the blazing motor and put it out. I sure was very fortunate, that was a good lesson.

I hope they will have a place in heaven for they guy who came up with the block heater,

he deserves it. Before automatic transmissions came in if a car would not start you could tow it, this worked well.

We had a little bay saddle horse and if the car would not start I would put on her harness and a single tree and she would give the car a good pull and as soon as the motor started she would stop.

I bet she was glad when the block heater came along.

This is an Evesham story but a good one In the early 30s most everyone had a Model T Ford. They were hard to start so you had to jack up a hind wheel to start it and leave it running until it warmed up.

Some friends ours left theirs up on the jack with the hind wheel turning while they got ready or church. The car was gone as it had fallen off the jack. They saw the back end of the Model T going across their wheat field. Their son had a saddle horse

handy and caught the car before any damage was done. This was the joke of the district for a while.

Here is a little story A mother calls in a 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she should take her kid to the doctor or an emergency room her kid had eaten a bunch of ants.

The dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and he will be fine. The mother says “I just gave him some ant killer.” Dispatcher says “Take him to emergency right away.”

Life is tough, it’s even tougher if you’re stupid.

Someone had to remind me so I’m reminding you too. Don’t laugh it is all true.

Advice from an old cowboy Always drink upstream from the herd and never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco and never kick a cow chip on a hot day.

Always remember God loves you and so do I.

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MOTHER MILLIE GARAGE SALE Last Saturday the Burns Lake Vet Clinic held their annual fund raiser. It was a busy day as they had a good turn out of people supporting their fund raiser. They raised approximately $4500. The sale will continue all week at the Lakeview Mall.

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Lake Babine wants independent inquiry what went wrong," Clark said. "[I am] determined to protect PREMIER from ▼ P5 workers and their families in the future."

The Premier has accepted the report's recommendations which that underpin the legitimate gathering of evidence for prosecution purposes, even though the criminal justice branch had previ- fall under four broad categories, including 'measures to improve interaction between investigating and prosecuting agencies.' ously shared its concerns on collection of evidence.'

Although the report does not recommend an independent inDyble's recommendations also include the appointment of an quiry along the lines sought by LBN, Chief Wilf Adam said he is independent legal advisor to oversee the implementation of the recommendations. T S ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE FOR not content to let the matter end there.

"It's another slap in the face for the Vancouver lawyer, Len Doust, who families that are grieving," Adam said.

THE FAMILIES THAT ARE GRIEVING T S reviewed Dyble's report at the request "It's just another way of letting the of the Premier's office, confirmed DyJUST ANOTHER WAY OF LETTING THE company go scott-free." ble's conclusions regarding the advis"We are still asking for an indepenability of an independent inquiry into COMPANY GO SCOTT FREE dent inquiry. We need someone to be Crown Counsel's decision to not pursue accountable for the death of two workcharges in the case. ers and the 20 injured," he added.

"I can confirm… that there is very Chief Adam said that LBN council clear case law confirming that a deciwill be considering all options for bringing about an indepension of crown counsel to approve or not approve charges is not a dent inquiry, including the possibility of withdrawing LBN supproper subject for review in a public inquiry," Doust said.

Premier Clark, commenting on the report, said she was disap- port for harvesting timber within their traditional territories destined for the pointed with how the original investigation was handled.

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Not according to the most recent polling, says Dogwood Initiative executive director Will Horter.

The Justason Marketing Intelligence poll, commissioned by Victoria’s Dogwood Initiative and three other environmental groups, was released last week.

It is the first poll done since the completion of the federal JRP process last December.

Since the last Dogwood polling prior to the conclusion of the JRP, the number of B.C. residents opposed to the project has remained consistent, at 64 per cent. Only 32 per cent of respondents said they trusted the JRP

process.

In response to the question, “Do you support or oppose allowing crude oil supertankers through B.C.’s northern inside coastal waters?”, 50 per cent of respondents strongly opposed the prospect and further 14 per cent somewhat opposed the idea.

That makes 64 per cent of total respondents opposed to tankers through B.C.’s northern inside coastal waters. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents supported the proposition (with 12 per cent strongly in support and another 17 per cent somewhat in support).

That leaves seven per cent undecided, those respondents who had never heard of the project or weren’t sure if they had.

You may have noticed the Enbridge pipeline polling question was constructed without reference to the construction of the pipeline itself.

The question was posed this way, said Horter, to highlight the tanker traffic equation of the Enbridge proposal (awareness of the Enbridge proposal itself was measured in a prior question).

“Virtually all industry polling is in relation to a question that doesn’t fully describe the project,” Horter said. “Enbridge

sponsored polls don’t mention tankers, and that’s the most controversial part of this project. In our questions, we explain that it’s oil tankers [and] pipelines. Other polls in the past few months have only talked about pipelines with no mention of the crude oil supertankers that would inevitably come with them.”

Other recent polling has shown an increase in support for the Enbridge proposal.

A November 2013 Insight West poll showed a rise in support among B.C. residents for the Enbridge proposal. The poll question was focussed on the pipeline itself with a reference to offshore markets, but lacking specifics of how pipeline product would reach that market.

“The Insight West polling question was a biased question,” Horter said. “It didn’t mention the full impact of the project. It didn’t mention oil tankers.”

When the question is put in the context of increased coastal tanker traffic, “The numbers have remained consistent,” Horter said.

“We asked a very similar question two years ago… and essentially got the same response.”

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PARENT/STUDENT MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 5TH, 2014 LDSS will be handing out course description booklets to students on Wednesday, March 5th during grade meetings. The booklets facilitate student course choices for their next school year.

A parent and student meeting will take place in the library on Wednesday, March 5th at 6:00 pm for this year’s Grade 8 students and 6:30 pm for this year’s Grade 9, 10 and 11 students. It is important to know what each course is about, so we encourage parents to attend the evening meeting. It is important that students make informed course requests for the 2014/15 school year as changes will be made only for compelling reasons.

Students will be doing course selections online in our computer labs on March 13th and 14th.

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Saturday, February 22nd A series of fun races for the kids of School District 91 (and pre-schoolers). The event goes from 9:30am to 2:00pm.

Please see your school for sign-up information.

LAKES LOPPET & FAMILY MARATHON Sunday, February 23rd

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GO PEEWEES GO

Burns Lake Peewees took second place at their home tournament on Feb. 1 & 2. Six teams in total competed - two from Prince George , Terrace, Prince Rupert, and Houston.

Burns Lake lost to the PG tier 3 team in the finals. Zone are this weekend Feb. 22 & 23. If the team wins they will be off to provincials in the middle of March to Richmond. Come out this weekend and cheer the Peewees on to a victory.

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“If you ask a question that doesn’t include that, it’s not a surprise there would be additional support.”

“When you ask a question that doesn’t include tankers, then people think, ‘well I’d rather have pipelines than oil tankers,’ so they support the project in that way.”

While all applications will be considered, requests may The question of bias enters into any polling question. If Enbridge-sponsored be denied or the funding provided differently than polling is, as Horter suggests, slanted in favour of the project, then wouldn’t requested based on the merits of the proposal and the Dogwood Initiative polling be just as slanted against the project? financial position of Comfor Management Services Ltd. “We don’t have to bias our poll,” Horter said. “We know that in a straight up and subsidiaries. question that provides a fair explanation of what the project is, British ColumIf you have any questions, please email us at kerry. bians are opposed.” martin@blcomfor.com and we’ll be happy to answer.

The bias of the Dogwood poll was tested by including a final question that For more info on the community forest, call BL ComFor (250) 692-7724 asked if the poll-taker thought the sponsor of the survey were also a supporter of the Enbridge proposal.

Only 16 per cent of respondents thought the poll Need help with was designed by a group against Enbridge Northern government services Want to know your rights? for children, youth Gateway, and 34 per cent thought the poll was sponor young adults? sored by a group in favour of the project.

Moving from This, said Horter, showed the question to be neuyouth to tral.

Feel like you are being adult services? treated unfairly But Enbridges’s Ivan Giesbrecht questions that or not being heard? neutrality.

A New Mandate “I would say that it doesn’t accurately reflect what The Representative is now able In government Janet Holder and other members of our Northern to provide advocacy for young care or Gateway team are hearing in our conversations with adults (up to age 24) who have in custody? developmental disabilities and are British Columbians across the province,” Giesbrecht eligible for CLBC services. If we can said. “People in this province – including many Britassist you or someone you care for, ish Columbians like myself who work on this project contact the Rep: – value our unique natural environment and want to www.rcybc.ca 1-800-476-3933 protect it.”

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The Tweedsmuir Park Rod & Gun Club’s (TPRGC) annual wild game banquet is happening this Saturday. The doors open at 6 p.m with dinner starting at 7 p.m. There will also be live music to entertain you through the night.

Previous years the banquet has seen many different types of wild game prepared for people to taste and enjoy. These different types of wild game have been everything from cougar, beaver and lynx to ruffed grouse and rabbit to various types of fish. Today the banquet still offers an odd assortment of game, as well as fish, including caribou, elk, moose, deer, bear, buffalo, salmon, trout and char. Generously donated by our local hunters and anglers, one can always look forward to what may be served.

The members of the TPRGC encourage everyone to join in this event to help make it memorable.

Insights West Enbridge polling question published on Nov. 21, 2013: • How familiar are you with the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project?

• Given what you know about the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project, do you support or oppose the project?

Justason Market Intelligence polling question published on Feb. 5, 2014: • Up until now, crude oil supertankers have not entered B.C.’s inside passage because of concerns about oil spills. The federal government is now considering allowing crude oil supertankers through these waters. Do you support or oppose allowing crude oil supertankers through B.C.’s northern inside coastal waters? Is that strongly or somewhat?

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Freezer Burnt Fat Tire Relay winners were (L-R) Guy Epkens-Shaffer, Ken Giesbrecht, Kai Epkens and Matt Moore. brecht, Guy Epkens-Shaffer, Matt Moore, and Kai Epkens.

Michael Riis-Christenson The Rod Reid Trail hosted British Columbia’s first ‘Fat Tire’ bicycle relay on Saturday, Feb. 15.

Held under sunny skies, the first annual Freezer Burnt Fat Tire Relay saw four teams and 21 participants, one from as far away as Prince George, ride the 2.1 km trail on ‘fat bikes’ – speciallydesigned hard-tail mountain bicycles with wide, knobby balloon tires. Each team completed 12 laps of the snow-packed trail.

While organizers placed the emphasis on participation and not performance, the event was won by the -119.4 Team of Ken Gies-

All three of the remaining teams also finished the race, which was organized by Burnt Bikes.

“I would like to thank everyone who helped with, and competed in, this great event,” said Dave Sandsmark of Burnt Bikes.

“We look forward to making it an annual event.”

‘Fat’ bikes were first developed in Alaska by cyclists who wanted to pursue their passion year-round. They are now a fixture in the Iditabike snow race, a grueling 1,600-kilometer endurance event held on the world-famous Iditarod trail.

Busy times for local RCMP

Police Report

Between Feb. 3 and Feb. 9, 2014 Burns Lake RCMP responded to 44 calls for service and lodged two prisoners.

No winter clothes: at 1:40 a.m. on Feb. 5, 2014 police observed an adult female exit a Greyhound bus in Burns Lake. Police noted the female to be under dressed for the existing weather conditions and the female indicted to police that she had no where to stay until the next day. Police assisted the female in finding suitable temporary accommodations utilizing a local service provider.

Hit & Run: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2014 a resident of Southbank attended the RCMP detachment to report a hit and run which occurred earlier in the day while parked in the parking lot near Canada Post. Damage to the motor vehicle is estimated over $1000. Police ask anyone who may have information pertaining to this incident to call the Burns Lake RCMP. Unexpected death: At approximately 2:15 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2014 police assisted the BC Coroner Service by responding to a sudden death involving a 55 year old male inside a residence on Eakin Settlement Rd. The death was deemed non criminal in nature.

Dynamite found: At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, 2014 a local citizen reported finding two sticks of dynamite along the railway tracks some time ago and had the items stored locally. After consultation with the Explosive Disposal Unit out of RCMP headquarters in the lower mainland, police seized what was deemed to be two flares which accompany dynamite blasting kits. These flares will be disposed of by the Explosive Disposal Unit in the future when they come to Burns Lake.

Impaired driver: At approximately 2:38 a.m. on

Feb. 8, 2014 while on general patrol in the area of a local hotel police observed the driver of a truck fail to stop at a stop sign. Upon stopping the driver for the traffic violation the investigating member noted signs of impairment of the driver. The driver was arrested for impaired driving and returned to the detachment where samples of 150 mgs per cent and 160 mgs per cent were obtained. Charges of impaired driving are being recommended against the driver with a court date in April 2014.

B: At approximately 4:00 a.m. on Feb. 8, 2014 while on general patrol in the area of Tsa Street in Burns Lake a member observed an individual attempting to get a truck which was stuck in the ditch, out. Upon dealing with the adult male driver signs of impairment were noted and the driver was detained for impaired driving. The driver provided two samples of breath on an approved screening device which resulted in readings of fail. The driver was issued an immediate roadside prohibition for 90 days and the motor vehicle was impounded for 30 days. On 2014-02-12 at 09:35hrs a sedan headed northbound on Highway 35 two km south of burns lake lost control on a right hand curve and departed the roadway to the right, rolling over in the process and coming to a rest on the passenger side facing the wrong direction. The driver and sole occupant suffered minor injuries and was transported to hospital by BC Ambulance. Drivers are reminded to adjust their speed for icy and snowy highway conditions.

Foot race: On 2014-02-14 at 12:25hrs a 25 year old male entered the College of New Caledonia and started assaulting a student. When staff at the college stepped in to help the male also assaulted them. Upon the police arriving the male fled on foot and was arrested after a brief foot chase. Police are forwarding charges of assault.

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Aside from the cost of residence (which is not, in any case, deductible or creditable for tax purposes), the largest single expense for most students is tuition fees, which can range from around $5,000 to over $15,000, depending on the school and the program. No matter what the amount, students are entitled to a federal tax credit (which reduces their tax otherwise payable) equal to 15% of their tuition bill. Each province also provides a non-refundable tax credit for tuition paid, with the percentage amount ranging from 5% to 11%.

Both full-time and part-time university students can also claim the “education tax credit”, which is calculated as a fixed amount for every month of full-time or part-time attendance during the tax year. For 2012, the full-time amount to be claimed on the federal tax return is $400 per month, while the part-time amount is $120 per month. The total amount claimed is then multiplied by 15%, to arrive at the credit claimed on the federal tax return. As with the tuition tax credit, the provinces all offer an education tax credit, with both the amount and the conversion percentage varying by province.

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Burns Lake Midgets shut out Hazelton This picture says it all...The Midget A1 team. won both their games against Hazelton last weekend - winning both games 14-0 and 11-0. The Zones happen at the end of league play and will determine who goes to the provincial championships. The Midget A1 team will play again this weekend vs Terrace best two out of three and the winner go to Clearwater in March.

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ACTIVITIES & EVENTS: UPCOMING COMMUNITY Parents and Tots:

February 19th @ 11:00am Public Skating: February 21th @ 7:30pm

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Fe y, da tur Sa Lakes Loppet & Family Marathon Sunday, Feb. 23rd

trails Come on out and ski the t our ou For more details check new website at www.ominecaskiclub.ca

Increase your business exposure by advertising in the arena. Contact the Village for how your business can support community recreation programs and facilities by advertising at the arena.

The Tom Forsyth Arena and the curling rink are under construction please take care when near or inside the facilities.

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Hi Everyone Whether it is hockey or skiing ...this weekend is fun filled with two big events. The Peewees will be playing at the arena Saturday and Sunday and the ski club will be busy both days too.

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Omineca Ski Club - Feb. 22: Racing Rocks start time 10:00 a.m. Feb. 23: Lakes Loppet (various distance events for all levels) start time: 10:00 a.m. Visit ominecaskiclub.com.

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It was an evening of jazz, blues and Celtic tunes for the fifth performance of the Lakes District Arts Council performing arts season. With Lizzy Hoyt on fiddle and Jesse Peters on piano, the crowd was instantly won over.

Hoyt and Peters meet with appreciative fans in Burns Lake after the show, like this young fan pictured left.

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Inspite of the cold outside temperature, the Francois Lake Hall was warm and inviting as the Tweedsmuir Fiddlers hosted their 12th Annual Coffeehouse last Saturday. The evening began with the beautiful voices of the Southside Chambermaids, including young guest vocalist Sarah Vanderwolf. They were followed by the Tweedsmuir Fiddlers. Just for Fun (the Bowerbank family) took to the stage next (photo) and The Barkers rounded out the evening with a musical nod to love and romance. The Tweedsmuir Fiddlers feel strongly that all children should have access to musical experiences. Proceeds from the coffee houses help to put instruments in youthful hands as well as support ongoing musical instruction. Thanks to Wren Gilgan for the photo.

“It cost the tax payers of the province - one way or another about $600,000 to put in the Granisle Park,” Said Frederick Clarke, Babine Lake Community Forest director.

“There’s a little more than 300 people in Granisle. That comes out to about $1700 per person.

Walter Strong photo If you give industrial development the same Sonia and Frederick Clarke representing the Babine Lake priority in the region, Community Forest were in Burns Lake on Jan. 21, 2014 to invite and there's about 38,000 the Village of Burns Lake to participate in a planned innovation people in the region, that forum. would mean the governis based on - energy and fuel-related ment should be quite happy to give us costs. $68 million dollars.”

“What will happen as the price of Clarke and the Babine Lake Comenergy increases?” Clarke asked. munity Forest are spear-heading a “Rural communities are at a pardrive to generate interest in the poticular risk to rising fuel costs. In the tential for an industrial innovation long run, fuel prices will only go up. centre right in Topley, just west of We need to look at adding small scale, Burns Lake. local, value-added industries. Smaller While $68 million in provincial communities will have to be broader funding may just be Clarke’s way of and much more well-developed.” pegging a value to the project relaPossibilities for the proposed Toptive to other investments in the region ley innovation centre include a wood- he’s not banking on $68 million in drying kiln to dry lumber to furniture funding - his point is that innovation grade for local use, computer numerishould be funded and promoted as cal controlled (CNC) machinery, 3D aggressively as other economic diver- printing technology, and resources to sification projects, like boosting tour- help inventors make their ideas into reality. ism or building trails.

“There’s no one to help take ideas Clarke was in Burns Lake late last January to invite the Village of Burns from concept to reality,” he added.

“If someone comes up with a good Lake to participate in a planned innovation centre forum. Clarke, and his idea that could be financially rewardwife Sonia, have been visiting region- ing, and it could be anybody in the al municipalities to garner support community, the innovation centre is for an innovation centre at the now where you model these things and make a trial market.” closed Topley elementary school.

“There are many opportunities, but Clarke has already approached School District 91 to see if they were nobody is taking them up,” Clarke interested in selling the school. The said. “We need to raise the profile of school board was receptive to the innovation.”

“I'm asking [local governments] to idea, Clarke said.

“We’ve had much interest shown make a resolution or motion to attend in the project,” Clarke said. “People a formative meeting to take a look at want to know more of the proposal the idea. We need meetings to allow details. Feedback has been positive.” people to talk and give guidance. EvOne of Clarke’s core arguments ery community has to see something for regional participation in the proj- in it for themselves.”

Village of Burns Lake council ect centres on what he describes as a deep flaw in the current resource agreed to give the subject more conexport model Northern B.C. forestry sideration at a later council meeting.

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2014 Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts: April 8 - 17. Entry syllabus now available. For info phone Jacqui Graham (250) 692-3971.

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New face Corporal Terry Gillespie is Burns Lake RCMP’s another new addition to the team. Gillespie has just relocated here from Squamish with his fiancé. He arrived a couple weeks ago, just in time to experience our minus 30 weather. Gillespie has been with the RCMP for seven years and took this recent in post in Burns Lake as it promoted him to a corporal rank. He is here with his fiancé and says so far he has found Burns Lake residents to be friendly.

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Special Olympics Burns Lake snowshoe coach Tina Giesbrecht leads local athletes Danny Tress, Braedon MacLean and Vanessa Redwood, through their warm up prior to competing in the Special Olympics Snow Festival held in Kelowna on Feb. 8, 2014. Each athlete achieved personal bests in each of the races they competed in. This competition was a qualifier for Special Olympics Provincial Winter Games being held in Kamloops in February 2015.

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Southside 4-H club news The Southside 4-H Club will be collecting Ivomec boxes again this year. They do have to be Ivomec brand made by Merial. If you have any we can have please let us know at 250-694-3811 and we can arrange for pickup. As an ongoing fund raiser the Southside 4-H Club will be selling magazine subscriptions. To order visit the website at anytime of the year. www.efundraisingonline.com/Southside4HClub On Jan. 24, 2014 the Southside 4-H Club had its first meeting of the year. During the meeting the new Officers were elected: President-Colton Lambert, Vice-President-Aiden Martens, SecretaryMitchell Lagomodiere, Treasurer-Cobie Martens, Press Reporter-Lukas Willner, Safety Officer-Garrett Lambert.

There are currently 29 members Registered. The Leaders of the Southside 4-H Club are: Deanna Lambert-A Leader and Rabbit, Tonia LambertSwine Leader, Lianne Hummel-Sheep Leader, Élan Reynolds-Beef/Diary Leader, Miranda MorganCloverbud’s Leader , August Meutzner-Small Engines Leader, Margaret Meutzner-Clothing Leader.

The upcoming Events are Feb. 1 Southside 4-H member enrollment deadline, Feb. 5 Clothing and Small Engines project meeting, Feb. 11 Cloverbud’s @ Miranda’s house, after school until 5p.m., Feb. 19 Clothing and Small Engines project meeting, Feb. 20 Deadline to Register for District Communication Event to Deanna, Feb. 21 Beef and Di-

ary project meeting, Feb. 28 Club business meeting.

March 3 Clothing and Small Engines project meeting, March 11 Cloverbud’s @ Miranda’s house, after school until 5 p.m., March 15 District Communication Event, March 24 leader workshop deadline for application.

Pet of the Week Blossom is a beautiful very sweet all white spayed female.

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She has BLOSSOM been with us for quite awhile and has stayed in foster homes proving she gets along well with other cats and dogs as well as enjoying going outside. If you would be interested in giving Blossom a home please call The Burns Lake Vet Clinic at 250-692-7476.

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Members: $15 | Non-Members: $20 (beverages are included) For both events please RSVP: (250) 692-3773 or email shelley@burnslakechamber.com Anyone interested in either of these workshops during the evening, please let us know and we’ll put your name aside on a list. Once we have enough people we will set a day and time for an evening workshop.

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Heritage Room: Election of Officers, changes of the Bylaw and Constitution Guest Speaker: David Black

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Lakes District Kennel Club Meeting: March 1 at Lee’s Garden in Houston, 1:00 p.m.

All interested in confirmation, obedience, and agility are welcome.

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OUR TOWN Lakes District Kennel Club Meeting March 1/14 at Lee’s Garden in Houston, 1pm. All interested in confirmation, obedience, and agility are welcome.

Chronic Pain Self-Management Program in Burns Lake from March 3rd to April 7th 2014, from 6pm to 8:30pm at Immaculata Catholic Church at 248 3rd Avenue for more info call Kimberly at 1-866-902-3767 Lakes District Fall Fair meeting on Mar. 6/14 at 7 p.m. at the Cancer Society Office on Main Street BC Seniors Games Zone #11 members: BC Seniors Games Langley 2014 website is http://www.2014bcseniorsgames.org. The theme this year is Everyone Wins! Check out the possibilities for participating in the 55+ Games.

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

Pastor Steve Swires 250-692-3259

Island Gospel Fellowship Gerow Island, Highway 35

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

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

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6. Filament container 10. Amounts of time 14. Double curves 15. Clumsiness 17. Incapable of compromise 19. Mekong River people 20. Chinese broadsword 21. Rescue squad 22. Cablegram (abbr.)

23. Mold-ripened French cheese 25. Don’t know when yet 27. Rivulet 30. Wild Himalayan goat 32. Astronaut’s OJ 33. Scientific workplace 35. Xenophane’s colony 36. Exchange 38. Semitic fertility

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College 6. Twofold 7. Unusually (Scot.)

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10. Tooth covering 11. Confederate soldiers 12. Signing 13. Point midway between S and SE 16. Ground where each golf hole begins 18. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms 22. Atomic #73 23. Thin wire nail 24. Ancient Germanic alphabet character 25. Jupiter’s 4th satellite 26. Woman’s undergarment 28. African antelope 29. Afrikaans 30. Vietnamese offensive 31. Expression of sorrow or pity

32. Scot word for toe 34. Journalist Nellie 36. Compress 37. Whiskies 38. Feathery scarf 40. White clay for porcelain 43. Keeps in reserve 44. Infectious lung disease 46. Draws off 47. Chinese chess piece 48. Parrot’s nostril opening 49. Once more 50. One from Serbia 51. Fleshy, bright seed appendage 52. Plural of os 53. The horned viper 54. Japanese apricot tree 55. Taxi 56. Bustle 57. Feline 58. Malaysian Isthmus

Southside Health & Wellness Centre: February 2014. Chair yoga every Tues. & Fri. 10-11am. Feb. 24 “Eat for Life” weight loss program support group 2:30pm. 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.

Omineca Lakes Mental Health & Addictions Advisory Committee meetings are held via video-conference on the second Thursday of the month, 1-3 pm at the following: Fraser Lake Community Health Center - Library. Conference Room Lakes District Hospital - Conference Room 1. Granisle Community Health Center boardroom. Grassy Plains- Southside Health & Wellness Center. Anyone affected in any way by mental health and/or addictions issues welcome to attend. Phone Doris at (250) 699-6976 for more information.

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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Sunday Services: 10:30 am Celebrating the Love of God Pastor Henry Washington 250-692-7464

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20: Aries, there is more to you than meets the eye. You enjoy letting others get small glimpses of your true self, but this week they will get a lot of information all at once.

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CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22: Cancer, now is the time to introduce your family to a special friend of yours. This person will be received graciously, so there is no need to fret about the meeting.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23: Leo, when you want to get something done, it is probably best if you do it yourself this week. This way you can bring your own unique approach to the task at hand.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22: Cash seems to be flowing out of your pockets this week, Virgo. You may want to sit down and make some adjustments to your spending habits so you can get your finances in order.

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GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21: Others may have trouble reading you this week, Gemini. That’s because you are putting forth a few different faces. It is better for all involved if you remain consistent.

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Despite an earlier delay, Intel has announced its upcoming 5th Generation Broadwell processor line is on schedule for a 2014 release.

The new Broadwell processors incorporate many of the features of the previous Intel Haswell Generation 4 processors in a smaller 14nm architecture. Not only will these new processors be more compact, they are also expected to be more energy efficient. Further benchmarking is required, but at a tech demonstrated last year the new Broadwells showed approximately 30% less energy consumption over a comparable Intel Haswell performing the same tests. What does this mean to your average consumer? Well, if you’re in the market for a notebook or tablet and battery life is one of your primary concerns, you might want to hold out until later this year when the Broadwell systems hit the market. If you’re more of a desktop or all in one person and energy isn’t much of an object for you, then the current Haswell systems should do just fine.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23: Libra, your patience is wearing thin, but you need to keep your cool or you could end up in a sticky situation at work. Ride things out until the weekend arrives.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22: It isn’t in your makeup to be meek, Scorpio. If something needs to be discussed, speak up and let others know your perspective on the situation.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21: Sagittarius, a lucky streak has you excited to test your good fortune. Ride this wave, but do not go through all of your money in one fell swoop. That can spell trouble.

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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 MOTHERS OF 6-10 year olds needed for internet study about parenting. Receive $15.

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Trades, Technical ELECTRICAL COMPANY requires Journeymen & Apprentices for a new hospital project in Burns Lake. Email resume to: birk@keldonelectric.com

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Civil Technologist diploma required. Duties include infrastructure investigations, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspection and material testing on projects related to the municipality’s water, sewer, drainage and transportation systems. Candidates should be proficient in using electronic survey equipment, computer assisted design using AutoCad 3D. and MS Office. Valid BC driver’s license required.

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School District No.91 (Nechako Lakes) is seeking a highly motivated, progressive individual who would be interested in working as a Journeyman Carpenter – Trades Qualified in the Vanderhoof Area. This individual would provide carpentry and maintenance services to the repair, alteration and construction of District buildings, fixtures and equipment.

The ideal candidate should demonstrate or meet the following criteria: KNOWLEDGE O completion of Grade 12 (Dogwood Certificate) O valid BC Trade Certification as a Carpenter O valid Class 5, B.C. Driver’s License with an exemplary driving record as demonstrated by a current driver’s abstract EXPERIENCE O Experience gained through Trades Qualification apprenticeship program inclusive of 1 year industry related experience O Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate and Familiarity with Work Safe BC safety procedures SKILLS & ABILITIES ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications O good basic knowledge of painting and finishing O ability to perform a variety of skilled carpentry tasks in the construction and maintenance of school district facilities O thorough and current knowledge of the standards, practices, regulations, methods, tools and equipment of the trade O ability to communicate effectively using courtesy, tact and discretion in dealing with requests, complaints and clarification of information O ability to use judgment to interpret, analyze and modify methods and procedures O physical capability to perform the job duties O basic working knowledge of computers O

FIELD SCHEDULER AND RECRUITER We are currently seeking a full time Field Scheduler and Recruiter to work out of our head office located in Smithers, BC. Some travel is required.

Key responsibilities include: • Managing full cycle recruitment activities for all field positions (Driller’s Helpers, Drillers and Foremen) • Ensuring there is an adequate number of staff at all drill sites by scheduling crew and arranging their travel.

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Pacific Northern Gas is an integrated transmission and distribution company serving approximately 40,000 customers in Northern and Northeastern BC. PNG has offices in 9 communities throughout the North with corporate headquarters located in Vancouver. Please visit our website at www.png.ca to learn more about PNG. Reporting to the Smithers Area Manager, the successful applicant will perform all aspects of installation, repair and maintenance of commercial and residential natural gas equipment on and off customer premises, read meters, promote the sale of natural gas, and respond to emergencies on the company’s distribution system as required.

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For complete duties and responsibilities of this position, please contact Lynn Maksymchak at 250-567-2284 or lmaksymchak@sd91.bc.ca Applications will be accepted for the following position until 12:00 noon, Wednesday February 26, 2014 by: LYNN MAKSYMCHAK DISTRICT PRINCIPAL – HUMAN RESOURCES/ LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (NECHAKO LAKES) PO BOX 129 VANDERHOOF BC V0J 3A0

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Qualifications: Grade 12 education. Valid Class GBEE BC Gas Fitters Licence. Competence in technical aspects related to public safety, customer relations, and welfare of the Company’s property. Experience in appliance repair and trouble shooting. Must be familiar with basic computer software programs and email. Must have good written and verbal communication skills.

Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Please e-mail all applications to Tony Harmel, Manager of Customer Service at tharmel@png.ca Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) LIMITED DURATION MAINTENANCE III VANDERHOOF MAINTENANCE DEPT. HOURS OF WORK: 8 hours per day, 5 days per week DUTIES TO COMMENCE: March 3, 2014 – August 31, 2014 RATE OF PAY: $23.70 per hour as per the current Collective Agreement School District No.91 (Nechako Lakes) is seeking a highly motivated, progressive individual who would be interested in working as a Maintenance III in the Vanderhoof Area. This individual would provide carpentry and maintenance services to the repair, alteration and construction of District buildings, fixtures and equipment.

The ideal candidate should demonstrate or meet the following criteria: KNOWLEDGE • completion of Grade 12 (Dogwood Certificate) • BC Driver’s License - Class 5 Full Privileged with an exemplary driving record as demonstrated by a current driver’s abstract EXPERIENCE • four years of current relevant experience with an understanding of the various trades • WHMIS Certificate and familiarity with Work Safe BC (WCB) safety procedures SKILLS & ABILITIES • maintains the confidentiality of sensitive information seen or heard • competent in the use and care of tools and equipment common to this position • ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications • ability to use courtesy, tact and discretion to deal with or settle requests, complaints or clarification of information • ability to work independently and use judgement to determine which of many methods are applicable in any given situation • physical capability to perform the job duties • performs all duties with a level of interpersonal skills appropriate to the position • basic ability to use computers For complete duties and responsibilities of this position, please contact Lynn Maksymchak at 250-567-2284 or lmaksymchak@sd91.bc.ca

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DEADLINE: MARCH 7, 2014 The Economic Development Director shall be responsible for planning, managing and providing oversight for the activities and operations of Lake Babine Nation’s Economic Development programs and initiatives for business retention, promotion, marketing, and expansion. Responsibilities shall include the coordination of assigned activities with other departments and outside agencies, maintaining regular contact with the Community Economic Development Officers and the public in situations that require tact and judgment, representing the Lake Babine Nation in negotiations and mediations; and providing general assistance and support to the Economic Development Officers.

The Economic Development Director will work from Burns Lake, B.C. from the main office of Lake Babine Nation on Woyenne Reserve. Travel will be required to the other Communities of Lake Babine Nation: Tachet, Ft. Babine, Old Fort and Pinkut / Donald’s Landing.

Commensurate upon experience, education, accounting designation and a desire to live and work in Burns Lake. Pending qualifications flexibility and negotiations for professional development and other benefits will be considered.

REQUIREMENTS: • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in planning, business administration, marketing, or a related field.

• Minimum four (4) years responsible experience in economic development, tourism, marketing or a closely related field, focusing on the attraction of retail and sales generating businesses.

• Strong working knowledge of pertinent Federal, provincial and local laws, codes and regulations.

• Skills in Negotiations, Decision-Making, Effective Communication, Computers & Microsoft Program, Time Management • Familiar with Babine Carrier Traditions & Cultures • Class 5 Driver’s License and reliable vehicle • Criminal Record Check PLEASE PROVIDE COVER LETTER, RESUME & REFERENCES TO:

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SNE C’AL YEGH STORE MANAGER Reports to: Executive Director Deadline: March 7, 2014 The Sne C’al Yegh Store Manager will be tasked with driving Sne C’al Yegh Gas Bar & Convenience Store sales and marketing initiatives, revenue growth and client retention strategies. Daily operations include staff management, customer satisfaction, neat product presentation, inventory management and carrying out seasonal changes and promotional activities.

Commensurate upon experience, education, and a desire to live and work in Burns Lake. Pending qualifications flexibility and negotiations for professional development and other benefits will be considered.

REQUIREMENTS: • Degree in Business Administration; equivalencies will be considered • Minimum: four (4) years’ work experience in the retail industry • Minimum: two (2) years’ experience in a supervisory role in a retail environment • Strong knowledge of budget, accounting, and fiscal management • Computer skills including the ability to operate spreadsheets and word processing programs at a highly proficient level, ability to operate a cash register and Wiztec program • Effective written communication skills including the ability to prepare reports, policies and by-laws • Effective public relations and public speaking skills • Analytical and problem solving skills • Decision making skills • Criminal Record Check must be provided (at own expense)

Beatrice MacDonald, Human Resources P.O. Box 879, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0 Fax: 250-692-4790 Email: beatrice.macdonald@lakebabine.com

Please provide a cover letter and resume to: Beatrice MacDonald, Human Resources P.O. Box 879, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0 Fax: 250-692-4790 Email: beatrice.macdonald@lakebabine.com

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Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Matthew & Jennifer Muller from Ingersoll. ON, have applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for a Crown Grant of existing Lease - Recreational Residential purposes situated on Provincial Crown land located THAT PART OF BLOCK D OF DISTRICT LOT 1711, RANGE 4.

COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 0.212 HECTARES. MORE OR LESS. Uncha Lake.

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Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Nadina Land Officer, MFLNRO, at P.O. Bag 6000, 3333 Tallow Rd., Smithers, BC VOJ 2NO. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to Thursday, March 20, 2014. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arid.gov.be.ca/ Application Posting/index.jsp for more information.

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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.

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Requirements: • Strong computer skills. • Minimum one year experience with retail. • Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment. • Demonstrated interpersonal and communications skills. • Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion with confidential information. • Strong customer service. • Ability to work with flexible scheduling and on short notice.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Lakes District News

“As a proud

British Columbian, protecting our coast is one of our greatest priorities.”

This endorsement came with 209 conditions that we must meet before we start operations. These conditions reflect the input of thousands of British Columbians and Canadians, and include many of the commitments we made in our submission. We are working towards meeting these conditions in the same way we’ve been working hard to meet the tough conditions put forward by the Province.

Many of these conditions centre around the preservation and protection of the diverse marine life that populate the coast of B.C. In the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing the details behind a number of these conditions with you – like detailed emergency response and mammal protection plans.

We’ve consulted with experts from around the world to make sure that we’re doing everything possible to protect B.C.’s coastline.

We’re doing all this hard work because we are committed to building a safer, better pipeline.

Sincerely,

Janet Holder Leader of Northern Gateway

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I’m Janet Holder, leader of Northern Gateway. This past December, my team came one step closer towards our goal of building a better pipeline.

After the most comprehensive, scientific review in Canadian pipeline history, the independent Joint Review Panel concluded that Canadians would be better off with Northern Gateway, than without it.