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More trades training will be offering in Houston this fall.

Houston Secondary School is renovating their autoshop into a multi-use facility for trades, said HSS Principal Scott Jackson.

N o r t h w e s t Community College and HSS are partnering to offer Millwright Foundation Level One Training to both adults and high school students next September, Jackson said.

NWCC is also looking at other courses for the upcoming months, including Mineral Processing Operator, Heavy Equipment Operator, Class One driver training, and other short ticket courses that enhance employability, said NWCC Regional Director Regina Saimoto.

“Several HFP employees have been suc-

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Sarah Clark and Addie Chaffer show off some lamb triplets from the Windy Ridge ranch in Topley. Owned by Roxy Bullock, Windy Ridge has 72 ewes and is expecting 130 to 140 lambs this spring, up from the 92 lambs born in two weeks last year. Bullock says she sells breeding stock and meat sheep, and has American Barbados Blackbelly purebreds and several Blackbelly mixes.

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cessful in obtaining their adult dogwood since the announcement of the mill closure, and we continue to work with individuals to help them get their dogwood or to meet specific entry requirements for programs,” Saimoto said.

NWCC also continues to offer online and distance programs like Applied Business Technology, I n f o r m a t i o n Computer Technology, University Credit, and Business Administration. They also support learners taking distance courses from other institutions, Saimoto said.

“I feel we are in a good position to respond to the needs of the community during this time of transition.

The NWCC Learning Centre has an active and informed advisory committee to help us identify the training that is needed in the community.

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Over-harvesting is hitting the mid-term timber supply The Forest Practices Board says overcutting of green timber in beetle-hit pine areas is threatening the midterm timber supply in those areas. Board chair Tim Ryan said “The more live trees that are harvested now, the lower the sustainable harvest level will be after the 2007 FORD EXPEDITION

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“Amazed at the resiliance of Houston” TRADES from Page 1 “We are working very closely with School District 54 and industry to ensure that we can provide innovative and timely training.

“What is key for us is to have accurate information on what training people are looking for, if we have sufficient demand to bring the training to Houston, and what the timelines are,” Saimoto said.

NWCC can also offer mobile trades trailers, she said.

Buses will also be available for Houston students to access programs in Smithers, such as the Environmental Monitoring Assistant program at the Smithers NWCC campus in the fall.

“School District 54 is also planning to offer

a Foundations Level One Professional Cook program in Houston next February,” Jackson said.

The HSS autoshop renovations are beginning immediately, with completion scheduled for this summer.

The renovations include adding a shop entrance and shop washrooms, and are being done in partnership with NWCC and local industry.

“I continue to be amazed at the resilience of Houston. There are many people in this community with passion and drive to see the community weather this period of transition. The willingness to work together and find solutions is astounding. NWCC is committed to be part

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he B.C. government is again raising the issue of whether to give forest companies more control over B.C.’s forests via area-based forest tenures – essentially Tree Farm Licences -- a year after it abandoned such a plan due to public backlash.

Forest Minister Steve Thomson says public consultations will be held until May 30, and that conversions to area-based tenures would be approved only in areas where there is public approval.

Government wants feedback on social, economic and environmental benefits that should be sought from tenure-holders that apply, how to evaluate applications, and how to implement any tenure conversions.

Recommendations will be made to government by June 30.

Forest companies that gain areabased tenures will have more long-term management rights, which Thomson said “only gives them timber- harvesting rights to the area as they currently have with volumebased licences. This is not privatization and not transferring rights to that area to the land holder other than those harvesting rights.”

The public has the same access to hunting, fishing and other recreational activities as it has on other Crown land, and First Nations’ rights also apply to area-based tenures.

Other provinces typically grant harvesting rights through area-based tenures. For example, Alberta uses forest management agreements and Saskatchewan uses sustainable forest licences.

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Healthier addiction is my cup of tea I moved to the Okanagan over 13 years ago and, as a recovering coffee addict, reluctantly drank my very first Tim Horton’s “double double.” The two-cream-two-sugar combination instantly had me hooked for the next couple of years.

I was a new mother at the time, so this silly passion wasn’t the most convenient, but I still managed to get my fix on a daily basis.

And then one day, when I was pregnant with our second child, and not yet aware that I was, I took a sip of the warm comforting beverage that I loved so much and it tasted awful. I sipped it a few more times trying to figure out what was wrong with it, but there was nothing different about the drink, just that I no longer liked its taste.

I poured it out and never ordered another one again.

Once I realized I

was expecting, I figured our unborn child must have had something to do with my sudden dislike for double doubles and I started to cater to different cravings, none of which included coffee. But after Daisy was born I picked up my coffee habit again – this time from Starbucks.

My “grande non-fat mild coffee misto with two pumps of sugarfree vanilla, extra hot” took longer to say and was a little more expensive, but I ordered it once or twice a day for several years until I no longer wanted to.

“This tastes awful,” I said to my co-worker one morning after taking a sip. “I hope this doesn’t mean I’m pregnant.” It didn’t. My body was just rejecting another long-time craving, and while I didn’t know the reason for it, I was relieved to see it go.

Much like the time

I gave up double doubles, I had headaches for the first few days and then I was fine. I started drinking more water, and for the warm comfort I was looking for, I turned to tea. I tried several types and finally settled on peppermint as my favourite. I never craved it the way I did coffee, but it was still an enjoyable treat.

I can’t remember how long my java drought lasted that time, but it ended one day when I drank the most delicious cup of joe I’d ever had. It was Irish coffee, with Baileys added, sugar around the rim, a dollop of fresh whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles on top. This, unfortunately, became my new daily craving and one that I gave into despite the fact that even though I never felt a buzz, I was technically boozing every day of the week - and in the morning

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no less.

By far, this was the coffee obsession I liked least, and I was constantly trying to end it. I didn’t include the sugar, whipped cream or sprinkles, but still added Baileys, making the drink fattening even without the extras. After countless unsuccessful attempts to give it up, and a noticeable unwanted weight gain, my cravings persisted until the day I was introduced to organic coffee lattes and I started drinking those instead.

My new addiction wasn’t one that I minded at all. It had some health benefits and was conveniently available in my cupboard at all times. But even that didn’t last forever. One day after years of drinking it daily, it too lost its deliciousness.

I no longer question why these intense cravings abruptly vanish, I just try to

On a brighter note Lori Welbourne pay attention to my body, and if it’s no longer reacting well to something, I’ll eliminate it.

Now tea is back on the agenda and I’m looking forward to trying more varieties.

I can’t imagine I’ll ever become addicted to it like I have with coffee so many times, but you never know, I’ve heard there’s a chocolate one I’ll love.

Sounds promising.

Maybe I’ll steep a pot and mull it over.

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What is your favourite aspect of spring?

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Marilyn Berglund Business owner

“The spring flowers and the sunshine. We miss the flowers in the winter. And with spring comes some warmer weather.”

“The flowers. They make everything look so much better. It brightens everything and adds colour.”

“Getting outside. In the winter you’re stuck in the house for so long, so I like getting outside with the sun and vitamin D. And I like tax time, because I run my own income tax business and I get to see my clients again.”

“The energy.

Everybody is happy!”

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Letters to the Criticizing federal action on Prosperity Mine

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Editor: The New Prosperity mine literally got the shaft from Prime Minister Harper and his cabinet. How could this happen to such a well-planned project, one that was thoroughly reviewed and fully approved by the Province of B.C.?

This is one of the largest gold and copper deposits in the world and it’s sitting right here in our backyard.

With modern mining practices, this is a mineral resource that can safely be harvested for the benefit of every person in the province without harming the environment.

Why have B.C.’s

conservative MP’s been silent on this matter? The Prime Minister and his B.C. MP’s need to explain why they rejected 750 B.C. construction jobs and 500 permanent B.C. jobs and the economic wealth the mine would bring to our province.

Pam Gardner Burnaby, BC *** Editor: Why have we not learned the painful lessons of the past?

The B.C. NDP government in the 1970s foolishly shut down the entire B.C. mining industry and it has taken several generations to recover. Now,

just as things were looking bright, the federal conservative government – which should know better – has sent an equally chilling message of negativity to the investment community by saying “no” to the Prosperity mine.

How many other well planned mining projects in B.C. are now on uncertain ground because of the negative signal that’s been sent? The Prosperity mine was a beacon of hope to thousands of people and their families in the Cariboo region and beyond. This foolish, ill-informed decision must be reconsidered and approval given to this mine. Every possible environmental precaution is in place. There is no reason on earth to

say “no” to it.

Donald Leung Burnaby, B.C. *** Editor: No one likes to have the goalposts moved on them in the middle of a game.

But that’s exactly what the feds did to Taseko when they changed the terms of reference for the new Prosperity mine project in the middle of the environmental review process. It goes against every sense of fair play.

With the goalposts moved, important information about the mine project was ignored by the federal review panel, and it led to the project being unfairly rejected.

Instead of pushing

forward with this project, and creating hundreds of new jobs, the court will now have to sort things out and hopefully bring about a better outcome.

Bruce Sanderson North Vancouver *** Editor: Please add me to the list of people who feel Taseko’s New Prosperity mine got a raw deal from the federal government.

It makes me want to shake my head. They seem to forget that virtually every dollar created in British Columbia starts with the extraction of natural resources such as gold and copper.

They also seem to forget that British

Columbia’s Pacific Rim economy lifts and carries a huge, and often d i s p r o p o r t i o n a t e, share of the entire country’s economy.

Perhaps Stephen Harper and his conservatives should spend more time in

places like Williams Lake, Prince George, Quesnel, and the Cariboo-Chilcotin generally to see where the Canadian economy really starts.

Jesse McClinton Victoria, B.C.

Pool praises Dear Editor: Hi, may daughter and I were in Houston on Sunday and went for a swim at your Aquatic Centre.

What a wonderful facility you have in your community.

The children’s pool separate from the adult pool is great and the kids seem to really enjoy it with all the interesting

things for them to do.

The hot tub and sauna was great for the sore muscles.

The mural on the wall was one of the best I have ever seen. Thank you so much and protect it at all costs as it is so important especially in the north to have such a healthy centre to people to go to.

Jane and Alisha Skelton

“How will Chevron design this pipeline to reflect our concerns?”

This letter is a heads-up to all local people. During the construction phase of the Chevron PTP/ Pacific Trail Pipelines Project, there will be dangerous increases in industrial traffic along our road systems, even residential roads such as Buck Flats. *please

note the same issues apply to Francois Lake Road and many other areas along the PTP ROR/right-ofway.

Buck Flats Road is a Class 6 Highway all the way out to the Parrott Trail fork @28km. There are alternate road-routes,

such as Morice River Road and Parrott Main Road for PTPtraffic, but Chevron does not recognize or understand that their truck-traffic during Construction Phase of their Project represents a danger to all people, including local residents.

In addition, there will be many access restrictions along our roadways and road closures within our back-country road systems. These include: Carrier Road, Parrott Trail, BuckGoosly Road, Parrott Main and others….. closures due not only

to work-camp locations but to the trenchconstruction and pipe installation along the pipeline ROW. These closures will be ineffect for two or three full-summer-seasons of the Chevron construction plan.

There has been no information about

these adverse impacts to our local lives, no mechanism for communication of our concerns and now we see that Chevron is getting ready to apply for Permitting, with no consultation with the folks who live here…. the people most directly affected by this

Chevron PTP Project have no voice, no right to be heard regarding our interests and our lives.

How will Chevron design this pipeline project to reflect our concerns?

Glenda Ferris, Houston, B.C.

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Monday, April 28, 2014 Time: Meeting: 7:00PM, Supper: 5:45 PM Location: Nechako Senior Citizens Friendship Center To Consider: ➤ Review 2013 financial statement. Sales increased 8.6% to $219.4 million and net savings increased by $385,000 to over $14.4 million or 6.6% of sales. ➤ Directors recommendation of a patronage allocation of $9.4 million or 4.45% of 2013 purchases. ➤ Election of 2 Directors for the Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Fort Fraser, Fraser Lake, Burns Lake, Prince George areas and 1 director for Terrace. ➤ Co-op Gift Certificates, Hampers and Door Prizes valued at $500.

Complimentary tickets for supper must be picked up prior to April 18th at the Co-op General Office.

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Directors participate jointly, with a total of nine Directors in planning and controlling the affairs of the co-operative, guided by Association Bylaws and Policies, so that it effectively moves toward achieving the objectives of the Co-operative. Nomination packages can be picked up at the Admin Office, Prince George, Quesnel Agro-C-Store, Houston or Terrace Branches. The form should be dropped off at the office prior to April 18, 2014.

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RCMP to increase patrols on Buck Flats Road

By Jackie Lieuwen

Notice of the 69th Annual General Meeting

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Police got a report of a vehicle speeding on Buck Flats Road at 10 a.m. March 28. Constable Mike Thom said the complainant reported concern about speeding and beer cans on the road at 1 p.m. March 27. In response, police will be doing extra patrols on Buck Flats Road in the next few weeks, said Cst. Thom. *** A vehicle hit the ditch on Highway 118 ten kilometres up from Highway 16 at 6:56 a.m. March 29. Cst. Thom said the driver lost control on the icy road, went off into the ditch and rolled over. The Ambulance brought the driver to the Burns Lake Hospital with minor injuries, and the vehicle was totalled.

*** Police got a report of a possible impaired driver coming from Granisle at 11:40 a.m. March 29. Cst. Thom said police found and stopped the vehicle, which had an “N” driver with four passengers.

The driver failed the roadside screen, and was served a 90-day driving prohibition.

The vehicle was impounded for 30 days. *** Police got a report of a domestic disturbance at a home on Park Lane at 9 a.m. March 30.

Cst. Thom said police attended and calmed a verbal dispute. No criminal offence was committed. *** At 11:55 a.m.

March 27, police got a report of a noise disturbance at an apartment on Mountainview

Drive and Hagman Crescent. Cst. Mike Thom said police told the person to turn the music down. No further complaints were made. *** Police got a report of an injured deer on Highway 16 near Nadina Road at 6:30 a.m. March 28. Cst. Mike Thom said the deer was dead by the time police arrived. *** Police got a report of a domestic disturbance at a home on Pearson Road at 7:30 a.m. March 31.

Cst. Thom said police talked to a male and female involved in an argument, but no offence was committed. Because there were children in the home, police advised the Ministry of Children and Family Development. *** Police got a report of a possible impaired

driver on 11th Street at 11:50 a.m. March 31. Cst. Thom said the driver has physical issues which caused the report. *** Police got a report of a male speeding by the overpass east of Houston at 4 p.m. March 31. Cst. Thom said police stopped the driver and found he was was to be served a driving prohibition.

They issued the prohibition. *** Police served a truck driver an immediate roadside prohibition on Highway 16 near the Morice River Road at 8:45 p.m. March 31.

Cst. Mike Thom said police stopped the driver of the tractor truck for speeding, and saw symptoms of impairment. The driver failed the roadside screening test and was served

a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition.

The tractor truck was impounded 30 days. *** A vehicle lost control, drove over the bank and rolled over on Mountainview Drive near the ball field at 5:40 a.m. April 1.

Cst. Thom said the driver was allegedly driving the 40 km/hr speed limit, but lost control on the ice.

Ambulance attended and the driver had no injuries, but the vehicle damage was estimated at $35,000. *** Police got a report of a semi truck driving aggressively west of Houston at 1 p.m April 1. Cst. Thom said police stopped the semi, warned the driver about aggressive driving and served him a ticket for having an incorrect log book.

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There is a 60-day review and comment period from March 31 to May 30, 2014. This plan is also being referred to First Nations claiming traditional territory in the area covered by the plan, as specified by the district manager.

Notification letters are being sent to licenced tenure holders in the area covered by the plan.

The proposed forest stewardship plan is available for review by members of the public and other stakeholders at the following locations (Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays) for the duration of the review and comment period: • Nadina District office: 185 Yellowhead Highway, Burns Lake, B.C., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.)

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More than 600 people and businesses have already signed up to an Enbridge Northern Gateway online database in anticipation of working on the planned pipeline to pump Alberta crude oil to a marine export terminal at Kitimat.

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Texting is the new drunk driving

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

More people are dying from distracted driving than drinking and driving, and that has caused Attorney General Suzanne Anton to reconsider whether B.C.’s penalties for using smart phones behind the wheel are tough enough.

Anton said the latest statistics from 2012 show 81 deaths from distracted driving in the year, compared to 55 related to impaired driving.

“People seem to know that they must not drink and drive, but distracted driving, people don’t seem to have the same level of awareness,” Anton said Wednesday.

B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act currently sets a $167 fine for talking on a handheld mobile phone, and $167 plus three demerit points for emailing or texting while driving. Ontario recently raised its fine from $155 to $280, with a maximum of $500 for those who contest the fine and are convicted.

A few weeks ago Anton wasn’t

convinced higher penalties would help change driver behaviour, but she said Wednesday she was disturbed to discover that B.C. has more distracted driving deaths than Ontario, which has three times the population.

“Should there be points attached to holding the handheld device and talking?

Probably,” Anton said. “Should the fines be higher? Probably, so I’m having a look at both of those.”

Another statistic that caught Anton’s attention was the 51,000 distracted driving tickets handed out in B.C. in 2013.

She said that’s a “huge number” that suggests the message of distracted driving

is not getting through, and a reminder that seatbelt use and impaired driving also took time to impress on the public.

T h e Superintendent of Motor Vehicles is analyzing B.C. driving habits and will report to Anton, who is considering changing penalties later this year.

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I have a friend who has a genetic disorder. She has Downs Syndrome. She is a wonderful person. I have not visited her for some time now, but when I do, I often get a friendly hug from her and a magnificent smile. She loves to watch hockey games with her Dad and cheers for both teams! She does not have a job but prays a lot and her Mom told me that she prays for me every day! By the definition of success mentioned above, is there any chance that she might have success in life?

One day when Jesus was standing by the temple watching people giving their offerings, he observed some who had great wealth give lots of money. He also observed a widow give a couple small coins. He said to his disciples “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has given more than all the others who are making contributions. For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has to live on.” Mark 12:41-44 NLT Who had success here? Jesus makes it clear, the poor widow was the successful one, by giving her all, she gave more than all the others combined! Amazing!

Sometimes I think we get life all messed up by thinking it’s all about us. If I am doing well, if things are going my way maybe I can give to God and others from my excess. Yet God knows exactly how much we have really given. I believe, my friend could very well be much more successful than I, maybe she is more successful than all of the community combined. It’s not so much what we have that counts with God, but what we do with what we have that really can make us successful.

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Government restarts forest licence review

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About 60 per cent of the logging on Crown land in B.C. is through volumebased forest licences, which give companies permission to cut a specified volume in the licence area. Thomson said the proposed change to area-based licences is to encourage companies to make longer-term investment in planting and silviculture to increase future productivity on Crown land.

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Thomson said the proposal is to help deal with the widespread damage left behind by the mountain pine beetle infestation that is causing a decline in timber supply for decades to come.

NDP forests critic Norm Macdonald said the experience with existing area-based tenures, called tree farm licences, is that they have not improved forest stewardship. About 15 per cent of B.C. lumber production is from tree farm licences, and the ministry can’t show evidence that they are better managed, he said.

Many of the existing tree farm licences are on the B.C. coast, where log exports have increased.

Macdonald said B.C.’s big forest companies have lobbied Premier

Christy Clark for the change, which effectively privatizes large tracts of Crown forest, and now the forests ministry is being directed to implement the change.

Snetsinger said he worked with volumebased and area-based licences as B.C.’s chief forester, where he was responsible for setting annual allowable cut from 2004 to 2012. They have their supporters and detractors, and Snetsinger said he will hear from them all.

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Granisle and District Seniors meetings are the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1:00pm in the Seniors Centre.

Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fire practices every Tues., 7:00pm at the Fire Hall.

Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., 11:00am Bible study is Thurs. at 7:00pm.

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