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Healing garden in the works

Tragedy strikes local family The misfortunes of Leah Reimer are a case in point. The 47-yearold Palling mother of three is unknown to most people.

Gardens have been found to offer some health benefits

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MICHAEL RIIS-CHRISTIANSON The new Lakes District Hospital & Health Centre will have a unique feature when it opens in 2015.

Local resident Bernice Magee and Marie Hunter, the hospital’s current health services administrator, are working with a number of stakeholders to develop a healing garden at the facility. Located near what is now the current hospital’s entrance, the garden will provide patients, staff, and visitors with a place for relaxation and quiet reflection.

The idea of creating a healing garden initially came from a landscape architect working on new hospital, says Hunter. Facilities of this type are not only proving popular in other communities, but have been found to offer some health benefits.

“They’re finding some of them very therapeutic for patients in hospital, and for people coming in for different procedures,” explained Hunter recently.

“It gives a spot that’s more relaxing for them to sit outside.”

While the idea to create a healing garden adjacent the hospital may have come from outside the community, Magee and Hunter have embraced the concept and given it a distinctly local focus. With help from an ad hoc committee, they’re working to ensure the garden reflects the community and its needs.

“The thing we’re both interested in is having community participation so ...see GARDEN ▼ P5

Ever seen someone berating an elderly person over a trivial matter?

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Boys behaving badly this week Between Apr. 7 and Apr. 13, 2014 Burns Lake RCMP responded to a total of 71 calls for service and lodged four prisoners..

Under the mango tree The final production of the arts council’s eight season was the onewoman drama production Under the Mango Tree, starring Veenesh Dubois last Saturday at the Lakes District Secondary School.

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Just outside Fraser Lake, the trip went terribly wrong.

“To be honest, I don’t have any actual memory of the incident,” she says.

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the road, which I have no memory of doing but the police said I did. Whoever stopped and looked after my sister and I shut the car off, I guess.”

Reimer, unconscious from a serious head injury, was transported first to the Lakes District Hospital in Burns Lake, and then to the University Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George. After stitching a massive cut on her forehead and doing a quick chest x-ray, doctors

Leah Reimer then transferred the Burns Lake woman to hospital in Vancouver.

She remained in Vancouver for several weeks, but has no recollection of her time there.

“I’d say probably the first three weeks in the hospital, I have no memory,” she says “I had friends come to visit me, family that came to visit me, and I don’t remember seeing any of them. I saw pictures afterwards, but they told me I was heavily medicated.”

Toward the end of the first week in January, Reimer recovered enough to call home. It was then that she learned her sister Thea had been killed in the accident.

“I phoned home to talk to my husband, and I also wanted to talk to sister,” she recalls. “My husband Carl said I couldn’t. I didn’t get why I couldn’t, so I asked him again, and he just said: ‘You can’t’. And then I got angry, and said: ‘Put my fricking sister on the phone, I want to talk to my sister.’

“He (Carl) was trying hard not to tell me. He was trying to wait until he could be with me to tell me, but sometimes you can’t do things the way you want to, so he ended up telling me (of Thea’s death) when I was in the hospital in Vancouver.”

The news devastated Reimer. “Thea was my sister, but she was also my best friend,” she says. “I feel guilty. If she hadn’t been with me, she’d still be here. I wanted her to come with me. But I’m in a bad situation now. I need her more now than I did then, and I don’t have her.”

Shortly after learning of her sister’s death, Reimer was deemed well enough to return home – but only on the condition that she stop in Prince George for another chest X-ray. The hospital was unable to accommodate her, so she returned to the facility a week later for the requisite scan.

That’s when doctors discovered a suspicious mass in her lung.

“I didn’t know anything about it until about two weeks later in Burns Lake, when my doctor said: ‘They think it’s cancer’,” she recalls. “I started crying.”

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Government restarts forest licence review

Former B.C. chief forester Jim Snetsinger is touring the province for the next two months to hear from citizens, local governments and forest industry representatives Tom Fletcher Former B.C. chief forester Jim Snetsinger is leading a public discussion this spring about converting volume-based logging licences to area-based tenures, a proposal the B.C. government backed away from before last spring’s election.

Forests Minister Steve Thomson announced the consultation this week and released a discussion paper for comment on a new website, engage.gov.bc.ca/foresttenures that will collect comments until May 30.

About 60 per cent of the logging on Crown land in B.C. is through volume-based 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. Areabased licences give the holder exclusive access, instead of competing with other logging companies, each licensed to take a set volume of wood from the same forest.

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 volume-based 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.

The consultation tour will have stops in Nanaimo, Kamloops, Prince George, Quesnel, Burns Lake, Williams Lake, Smithers, Dawson Creek, Cranbrook and Vancouver. Details will be posted on the consultation website when they are finalized.

Input sought

Members of the public are invited to review and comment on BC Timber Sales' proposed 2014-2019 Nadina District Forest Stewardship Plan until May 30, 2014.

This proposed forest stewardship plan describes the results and strategies for meeting government's objectives as set out in the Forest and Range Practices Act, which governs the activities of forest and range licensees in B.C. and sets requirements for planning, road building, logging, reforestation and grazing within a forest district.

The Nadina Forest District covers approximately 2.6 million hectares in north-central

British Columbia. It extends from Tweedsmuir Park in the south to the Babine Mountains in the north and from Hungry Hill in the west to the Endako River in the east. Communities in the district include Burns Lake, Houston and Granisle.

The legally required public review and comment period for forest stewardship plans allows members of the public to ask questions and express any concerns about specified areas of public lands to forest licensees and BC Timber Sales before the locations of roads and cutblocks are determined.

The proposed Nadina District Forest Stewardship Plan is available at the Nadina District office.

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Guest Editorial

LOL - Language of Letters

Farmland fight sheds little light

About 10 years ago I texted a joke to a work colleague on my phone. He texted back “hilarious lol” and I wondered how he knew my childhood nickname. Only my family and a few close friends called me Lol or Lolly. Later I found out that he wasn’t referring to my nickname at all, and that “lol” stood for “laugh out loud.” I felt so out of touch. Was I the only one who didn’t know this?

I asked some others if they knew what “lol” stood for and most were well aware. There were a few, though, that didn’t know, and a couple who thought it meant “lots of love” or “little old lady.”

Since then it’s become one of the most popular acronyms, and I’ve even heard people verbally saying “lol” when they think something’s funny.

With so many of us communicating with our mobile devices these days, it makes sense that abbreviations are being used more than ever. Wouldn’t most of us prefer to text a handful of letters rather than a bunch of full words if we could get the same message across fully and effectively in a shorter period of time? I, for one, would not.

I never type “lol” to express my amusement, and I rarely use cyber slang.

I can’t say why exactly. One friend suggested it’s because I’m a writer and so in love with words that I can’t bear to butcher the English language. But I don’t think that’s it, or it would probably bother me to read it, and it doesn’t - even when I have no idea what it says.

A new girlfriend just sent me a message with “wbu” in it, and I had to look it up online.

Apparently it means “what about you?” Huh? Those initials would spell out “way” for goodness sake. Obviously I would not be the best person to come up with chat-speak because my initial guess for “wbu” was “we buy undies” and that didn’t fit with our exchange whatsoever.

I think a more plausible explanation for why I don’t like to shorten my words and phrases is because I don’t like being misunderstood. It also feels like something young people do, and something I did when I was in my teens and early 20s.

Back then I was inspired by the musical artist Prince. He was well known for using U instead of you; R instead of are; 2 instead of to, two or too; and a variety of other abbreviations I’d never seen used before I started buying his records and reading his lyrics.

“Maybe Prince invented text talk,” my 10-year-old daughter said when I told her that he was the first person I ever saw doing it over three decades ago.

Doubtful. But he definitely prompted my friends and me to come up with a fun code-like language long before we had computers - some of which never caught on. For example, “r u up 4 *$?” meant “do you want to go to Starbucks?” - yet I don’t see “*$” on any online jargon dictionaries. Oops, never mind, I just found it on NetLingo.com “This crap is the reason kids can’t spell anymore,” my older neighbor said recently. “If my children were young I wouldn’t allow them to abbreviate words. It’s lazy.”

I can understand that belief, but I don’t think it’s accurate. Although I’m no longer into it myself, I think cyber slang is just a modern day shorthand and is fine to use casually. It’s efficient and it can make you think. My 10-and-13-year-old kids use it so much that I’m frequently guessing what things mean, and if I can’t figure it out, I’ll ask them or look it up so I remember for next time.

And just because they’re proficient in it doesn’t mean they’re not also great at traditional spelling and grammar in school.

As Mark Twain once said: “Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.” The legendary humorist must be “loling” in his grave right now.

Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

Last Week’s Question:

Detailed debate on changes to the Agricultural Land Commission got underway in the legislature last week, while protesters played to urban voters outside.

A couple of West Kootenay NDP supporters brought a basket of homegrown veggies down to help East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett get through the winter on a 100-mile diet.

A group of mostly UBC scientists wrote to Premier Christy Clark, embracing the popular assumption that the changes will automatically mean more exclusions of agricultural land, as well as expanded secondary uses in the Cariboo, Kootenay and North zones. This “jeopardizes species at risk, threatens many common species, and will impact many species prized for hunting,” they wrote.

It makes me wonder if these university botanists and bird experts actually understand what farming is. You know, clear-cutting a forest and planting largely monoculture crops? Using big machinery, creating drainage, applying fertilizers, controlling diseases, pests and wild animals? Not backyard gardening, real farming of the sort that has fed more people than in all of human history?

Have they heard that the largest cause of deforestation in North America is farming?

Do they imagine habitat loss from subdivisions sprawling across the Cariboo?

Forests Minister Steve Thomson has been pinch-hitting for Fort St. John MLA Pat Pimm on the agriculture file as Pimm undergoes cancer treatment. Thomson took exception when NDP agriculture critic Nicolas Simons asked if he is aware people think the changes are to “neuter the chair of the Agricultural Land Commission.”

Thomson, a former executive director of the Kelowna-based B.C. Agriculture Association, replied that the changes do not reduce the independence of the chair.

Under further questioning from Simons, Thomson allowed that the current ALC chair, Richard Bullock, has provided no response to the government on the proposals.

Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick was appointed Friday to replace Pimm as agriculture minister. But this ALC project is Bennett’s initiative, so I asked him about his changes to the appointment process.

Bennett said the six regional panels, up to three people each, were set up by then-minister Stan Hagen in 2003 to provide local input. That worked well, he said, until Bullock came on the scene and began exercising his discretion not to appoint people recommended by cabinet.

“The chair doesn’t like the regional panels,” Bennett told me. “It’s a pain in the ass for the chair to have to deal with 18 farmers from all over the province in making decisions. It would be six farmers, because only one person from the regional panel actually sits on the provincial commission.

“He thinks that it’s unwieldy, and he’d rather have the decision-making centralized in Burnaby.

But we changed that. We decided as a duly elected government in 2003 that we wanted the regions to have a say on this stuff, so the intention of the legislation, we felt, was actually being defeated, because we hadn’t made it mandatory.”

It will be mandatory soon, and Bullock’s days as commission chair appear to be numbered.

“There’s no more discretion for any future chair to monkey with it,” Bennett added.

One of Bennett’s key issues is denial of secondary residence construction to keep families on the land in the Interior. The legislation also introduces social and economic factors in weighing decisions in the North, Cariboo and Kootenay regions, where in most cases development pressure is an urban myth.

The main ALC board will still have authority to revisit a local panel decision if the chair deems it inconsistent with the mandate to protect farmland.

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Marie Hunter and Bernice Magee display an artist’s rendition of the planned healing garden at the new Lakes District Hospital & Health Centre.

GARDEN from t P1 that there’s some community ownership of the project, and the pride that goes along with that,” explained Magee.

“We have all the experts doing the construction, but now, this is a place where we can bring in some local expertise and input… We have some experienced gardeners like Bev Olinyk, Linda Blackwell, Jeanette Derksen, and John Phair (involved). We have First Nations at the table, and we have, of course, the local maintenance staff. So there’s representation from Northern Health, the Village of Burn Lake, the First Nations, and the community at large.”

Hunter added there’s even a possibility that a unique totem – one that represents all First Nations in the Lakes District – could be added to the site.

While design work on the garden is ongoing, Magee and Hunter hope it will feature indigenous trees and plants, as well as benches and a gazebo manufactured from local forest products. They’d also like to see a walking trail created on the hillside southeast of the new facility, and an area set aside where residents could plant trees in memory of beloved friends and family.

Magee and Hunter are working closely

with the new hospital’s building contractor, PCL Construction and landscape architect Jay Lazzarin to finalize plans for the garden.

It isn’t yet known how much the project will cost, although Hunter suggests it could be $50,000 or more.

While the new hospital’s construction budget includes some money for landscaping, additional funding will have to come from local sources. Magee and Hunter have communicated their plans to the Stuart-Nechako Regional Hospital District, and hope in memoriam donations made to that organization can be used to construct the healing garden.

“My idea was that we could access some of the money that has being held by the hospital district for capital projects,” explained Magee.

“It’s about $60,000.

That money has come from donations in memory of various people, and the sale of Dick Nourse’s little house

that he donated to the village… If we could access the money from the regional hospital district for capital, and then invest the other money that had been willed to the village, we could use the return on that investment to go toward some of the maintenance for this par-

ticular project. It would help everybody.”

Donations toward the healing garden are still being accepted. Anyone wanting to contribute financially to the project can do so through the Village of Burns Lake, which will provide a receipt for income tax purposes.

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I deserve an open house Editor: This letter concerns the Coastal GasLink Project proposal and the lack of information being provided to the public and landowners that live within the impact zone of TransCanada’s work activities, including their consultants’ field work this summer.

I live within 3km of the TransCanada Coastal GasLink ROW/right-of-way on the Buck Flats Road, south of Houston, B.C. And yet, I do not deserve an open house?

There has been a false criteria for the open house/s sponsored by the B.C. environmental assessment office (EAO)….that is, that this TransCanada Project proposal is not near Houston or for that matter, Smithers. The construction phase of this project will affect all communities in the vicinity, in a regional sense….and also in a very personal local aspect, my life and those lives of many of my neighbors. Industrial traffic, demands upon our health care systems, a 1,500-person work camp in close proximity to my home, immediately located upon Buck Flats Road/Parrott Trail forks…..all these and many other adverse impacts need to be discussed prior to the final design, legal description and EAO approvals for this project proposal.

And yet we now see that TransCanada has not held open houses so that we can provide what the

FRANCOIS TCHESINKUT LAKE RECREATION

Annual General Meeting Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 at 7:30 pm at Francois Lake Hall

company states is their desire for input and for consultation (that is a two-way-street). This is unacceptable and prevents the intent of the B.C. environmental assessment act from being completed.

How will we view proper maps? How will we provide local knowledge and our own concerns, to create a project that minimizes adverse impacts?

These LNG pipeline project are so huge and will impact so many aspects of our lives here…. and yet, if our private land does not fit into the arbitrary polygons of direct impact, we are ignored, we are invisible. We live here. Our roads will be used for pre-construction and construction phases; our backcountry roads will be closed, as needed; information will be provided to the regional district only even though these elected and appointed people have no expertise in even reviewing a major project proposal, and they/our regional district will share no information with any of us living here on Buck Flats Road.

We require an open house in Houston (and in Smithers) ….. one that is well advertised and accessible to all, including shift workers and their families. We require open lines of communication and methods that will respect our interests, our local knowledge and our lives here.

Signed, Glenda Ferris

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The weekend coming up and looks like it might be a good one.

There’s a nip in the wind reminding us spring is not here yet. I try to remember when we have had so many water fowl around the landing. The fields are clearing of snow and so the geese have moved where there will be some feed for them.

The geese look so small when you compare them with the swans. Our dad told us a story about a spring during the homesteading days on the prairie.

A big flock of Sandhill’s landed on the field and they were short of

meat so Dad shot one.

It was too big for the oven so they cut its legs off and cooked the rest of the crane. They were looking for a good dinner. Dad said it was so tough a knife would not cut it up so they tried the dog and it found it too tough. So once more they went back to eating Jack Rabbits. No more Sandhill Cranes for him.

Nice music Last night the Tweedsmuir House was treated to a hymn sing with the Decker Lake Mennonite choir.

Everyone takes a part in the singing from the very young to the not so young. It’s all enjoyed by the residents we always look forward to their coming.

Last week we had a violin rehearsal with so many young folk. What a group of violin players we had. To learn violin is not as easy as it looks. At one time I played violin for dances

but the only violin was my dad’s and it was very valuable to drag out to dances so I went back to guitar and stayed with it for my life. Hats off to these teachers, you are doing a good job, keep it up.

Bite out of your buck Dear old Canada Post is sure taking a bit bite of your buck again. It really did take a bite this time. Overseas is now $2.50 and Canada is 85 cents. Canadian in a book 85 cents, bought in single $1. U.S.A I have not got yet but it will be up there. Just heard $1.20 letter post for U.S.A. I well remember a Canadian stamp was three cents. This big hike will hit all overseas mailing.

Imagine $2.50 for a letter. So far I have a very good price rate on my phone for overseas so to compare $2.50 for a letter, maybe cheaper to phone after all.

Mostly good stories As I sit down by my

machine and I wonder what will I write about this week sometimes little stories come into my mind and I wonder if I have already sent them in for my readers. Burns and the Lakes District have been our home for over 73 years. So many changes have come about. Some good and some not so good. All in all it’s been a wonderful place to spend a lifetime.

I sometimes in my minds eye I see a little six year old kid riding across the open prairie heading for school all alone. Summer and winter never missing a day. Evesham school had a large barn for the horses and Dad had a stall for my horse.

He also made a deal with one of the big boys to put me on the horse and start me for home.

It was pretty soon and I could get on myself.

Some of the town folks would say to Dad that kids too little to send off

all alone, what if he got thrown how would you find him. Well here I am still upright and those early years made me a better rider of which I am proud of. Lots of prairie kids were in the same boat.

Tie making When we first came here logging and tie making were big time and as time went on it became much bigger.

There were little mills all over sawing ties. At one time it was reported there were over 100 mills banging away.

On the Southside there were still lots of tie hackers working away.

Every spring Jack Nicholson would boom ties down the lake to Fraser Lake. These big booms crossing the ferry channel would bug the ferry skipper and would lead to bad feelings.

There was also a siding in Burns Lake where ties were loaded. The ties were all hand loaded and it was

a hard back breaking job. I used to talk to the loaders and watch them work. It was kind of an art the way they would get them onto their shoulder and trot up the ramp into the box car.

This was not for me.

These tie loaders never seemed to stop, they had a system and a kind of a way of working.

Great entertainment On Saturday evening in the Lakes District Secondary School multipurpose room by our Lakes District Arts Council we were treated to one of the most delightful programs that I have ever seen.

The first was a program with the eagles wings of song and dance. This was a Fijian family group of the original song and dance.

This was followed by Veenesh Dubois Under the mango tree, this was a one woman show and what a show.

It was kind of a show

that you would wish could go on forever.

Both these shows were top of the line entertainment, what I would call spellbinding.

Thanks to our arts council for your wonderful choice we are so fortunate to have you.

Please watch the posters for the future shows they will be good.

A little joke or two Mother to her daughter. What kind of person is your boyfriend?

Is he respectable? Of course he is mom, he is thrifty, doesn’t drink or smoke, has a nice wife and three well behaved children.

Two fellows were at a party one said to the other your wife sure brightens the party. Her presence is electrifying. It ought to be, the other man replied, everything she is wearing is charged.

Take care, have a safe week, always remember God loves you and so do I.

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Butterfly Local resident Diane Killman captured this photo of this butterfly already April 6 at Saint Luke’s Church. She thought it was very early to see one out at this time of the year. This is a butterfly not a moth as a butterfly’s antennae are club-shaped with a long shaft and a bulb at the end. A moth’s antennae are feathery or saw-edged.

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Local family in need of a helping hand LEAH from t P2 family’s limited finances, she says. Although BC’s Ministry of Social Development has provided her with some money for medical travel, Reimer has frequently had to borrow from friends. She’s managed to make every one of her scheduled appointments, but was on the verge of cancelling a crucial medical trip to Kelowna last week until someone came through with fuel for the family vehicle.

“I was going to cancel the appointment, but then I phoned somebody, and they got me enough gas to get there and home,” she says.

“They couldn’t do anything else. I was supposed to go and spend the night in a motel so that I was rested and not stressed out from the drive before all the testing, but I can’t keep asking these people to lend me money.”

So far, making every appointment hasn’t helped Reimer in her battle against cancer. Three months after being diagnosed, she’s still awaiting treatment.

“All I can think about in my head is that this frigging cancer is eating away at my lung,” she says, “and lung cancer doesn’t have a lot of survivors. It kills more people than survive. So I’m scared – petrified, really.

“Honestly, I just want them to treat me. I want to survive. I want to be with my family as long as I can be.

I know I’m disabled, I know I’m overweight. I know I’m poor. But help me survive.”

Despite all she’s been through, Reimer tries to maintain a positive outlook on life. She admits, though, that it’s often difficult. She spends a lot of time alone in the family’s rented home on Hutter Road.

“Some days are better than others,” she says quietly. “Some days I manage. They say to try and have a positive attitude. Some days I’m able to do that; I just don’t think about it (the cancer). But some days it’s hard. It’s on the radio, it’s on TV. “I was raised a good Catholic girl, but I’ve struggled with that,” she continues. “But I do believe in a higher power, the Creator, and I sometimes wonder what I’ve done wrong, because this feels like punishment.”

Friends recently suggested that Reimer use the internet to publicize her plight. Desperate for help, she agreed. A web page has been established in her name on the YouCaring.com site, but to date it’s proved only moderately successful and generated just $701 in donations. So locally a trust account has been set up at the Bulkley Valley Credit Union in the Lakeview Mall.

It seems that even in today’s technological world, it’s possible to remain anonymous – even when you don’t want to be.

Still, Reimer greatly appreciates the financial and emotional support she’s received so far.

“I’ve had friends post all kinds of stuff trying to get other people to help me,” she says. “Maybe I haven’t had all the help I’d like to have had, but I have had help. So obviously, some people think I’m worth helping.”

Colon cancer is the second leading cause of both male and female cancer-related deaths in Canada. In 2013, an estimated 23,900 Canadians were diagnosed with colon cancer. Although this is a startling statistic, more startling is the fact that almost half of those diagnosed died.

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The Donations Committee considers donations to individuals or groups towards: • Local Education including scholarships and bursaries in resource management, environmental science or trade school.

• Service clubs in the local area • Outdoor recreation in the local area • Recreation facilities in the local area • Sporting teams and local events No formal applications. Requests should include the name of organization or group, contact information, and the amount requested followed by a brief description of what the funds are intended for.

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

two years) in the sky to announce it. The last series of blood moons to fall on Jewish Festivals was 1967, when Israel regained control of the Temple Mount after the Six Day War. The time before that was 1949, the first Passover after surviving the Holocaust and becoming a nation. The time before that was 1493, after surviving the Spanish Inquisition, when a captain named “Columbus,” brought them to the shores of a new world. The time before that was 70 AD, when the Temple at Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans.

These signs tell us God is not finished with the nation he created to bless the world. How does Israel bless the world? Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who came to earth, clothed in humanity, to be the Passover Lamb - not just for Israel, but for the world.

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 Hwy 16, smithers comment period: this is Ford Country • 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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God said, “… The sun shall be turned into darkness (eclipse) and the moon into blood (Blood Moons), before that great and manifest Day of the Lord comes.”

What is the “Day of the Lord?” It is a time when God says he will judge the wickedness of the world, the same way He judged Egypt, during the Exodus. But the good news is this: “… And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord (Jesus) shall be saved from the wrath to come.”

The first blood moon will take place Tuesday, April 15. Given the historical significance of Blood Moons on Passover, we ought to understand the coming phenomenon as heavenly reminders from Almighty God, that He will never fail nor forsake those under the blood of the Lamb of God.

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ICBC glitch means refunds for some drivers

Cheques coming for 240,000 who overpaid Jeff Nagel

Affected drivers are to be notified and receive refund cheques by July.

ICBC expects to pay out $36 million in refunds plus interest of $3 million.

It estimates it lost $71 million in underpayments since 2008.

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GRANT FOR FOOD BANK The Lakes District Family Enhancement Society in Burns Lake will be receiving $66,300 through the B.C. Government’s Community Gaming Grants Program. These funds will go towards purchasing food to feed people in the community where approximately 250 children and adults use the food bank twice per month. The Lakes District Family Enhancement Society is a volunteer-run society that provides healthy, balanced food boxes for Burns Lake families.

(L-R) MLA John Rustad and Jessica Hart, Secretary of the Lakes District Family Enhancement Society.

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Adult abuse; it’s relevant in Burns Lake

MICHAEL RIISCHRISTIANSON

Ever seen someone berating an elderly person over a trivial matter?

Heard an older person being pressured to give their hard-earned savings to a close relative or newfound ‘friend’?

Watched a wheelchairbound adult left alone for hours in a crowded mall while his caregiver goes shopping?

If so, you’ve witnessed adult abuse, an emerging issue in today’s aging society.

While it’s difficult to determine the extent of the problem, BC’s Ministry of Health estimates that between four and 10 per cent of seniors will experience some form of physical, emotional, sexual, or financial abuse during their ‘golden’ years. People over the age of 19 with mental, physical, or emotional handicaps are equally vulnerable to similar mistreatment.

What makes these incidents even more heartbreaking, according to Burns Lake resident Kelly Turford, is that in most cases, they are perpetrated by family members or trusted friends.

Turford is executive director of Lakes District Community Services, an organization that provides a variety of amenities to residents of the area. It’s also the host agency for the Lakes District Community Response Network (LDCRN), a new initiative designed to tackle the problem of adult abuse here.

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LDCRN

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Wellness Centre, the Burns Lake Christian Supportive Society, and two local First Nations.

Turford admits that it’s difficult to ascertain how big a problem adult abuse may be in the Lakes District. Statistics on it aren’t readily available even at the provincial level, primarily because abuses of this type are rarely reported (and, in fact,

their reporting isn’t even mandatory under BC’s Adult Guardianship Act). Yet she stresses that even if the problem is a small one here, it has the potential to impact people in a big way – and for this reason, the LDCRN is committed to addressing it.

“One of the things that we’re actually here to do, first of all, is cre-

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BURNS LAKE MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION

Awards Night Sunday, April 27th, 2014 6:00pm at the LDSS Gymnasium

Lakes District Airport Society

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday, April 29th 7:00 pm at the Airport.

money for rec department Partnering for a Healthier Community grant program presented a cheque for $3000 to the Burns Lake recreation department. The money will be used for Laura Blackwell photo climbing wall equipment.

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Boys behaving badly this week Police Report Between Apr. 7 and Apr. 13, 2014 Burns Lake RCMP responded to a total of 71 calls for service and lodged four prisoners. A summary of some of the calls for service include Over the week a total of three check stops were conducted in various locations. A total of 98 motor vehicles were stopped and verbal warnings being issued to several drivers for equipment and administrative deficiencies.

Over the week Burns Lake detachment responded to a total of three animal related calls for service. Two of the files involved disputes between nieghbours while one was in relation to a moose posing a traffic hazard on Hwy. 16 east. The responding member located the moose and effectively moved the moose from the roadway.

Impaired driver At approximately 5:15 a.m. on Apr. 12, 2014 police observed a traffic violation in the 200 block of 7 Avenue in Burns Lake.

In stopping the driver the investigating member noted the driver to display signs of impairment. The driver, an adult male from Burns Lake, failed the roadside screening device and was issued a 90 day driving prohibition, the motor vehicle impounded for 30 days and the drivers licensed seized. Police remind the public that if you plan to drink - don't drive.

Break and enter At approximately 5:57 a.m. on Apr. 12, 2014 police received a call for service for a break and enter in progress at a residence on Uncha Lake Road, Southbank. Police responded and found an adult male unlawfully inside a residence. The suspect was arrested for Break, Enter with Intent and returned to the detachment for processing. The suspect was released on court process for appearance in Provincial court in Burns Lake in June 2014.

Fight club At approximately 2:49 a.m. on Apr. 13, 2014 police received a call for service to a residence in the 100 block of Chaz Avenue in Burns Lake in relation to an intoxicated adult male attempting to fight people inside the residence. Upon police arrival the suspect was located outside the residence and arrest for being drunk in a public place. The suspect was transported to the detachment, lodged in cells until sober and released unconditionally.

Assault At approximately 10:00 p.m. on Apr. 13, 2014 police received a call for service to a residence in the 900 block of Babine Crescent in Burns Lake in relation to an assault. Police investigation determined an intoxicated adult male had assaulted another adult male. Police arrested the suspect for assault, lodged in cells until sober and at the wish of the victim did not pursue a charge of assault.

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Lakes District Kennel Club Dog Show. Tom Forsyth Arena May 3, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

May 4, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Admission is free - everyone is welcome.

You Are Invited Don’t miss the Burns Lake Easter Egg Hunt at Spirit Square on April 19th, 10 am to 12pm. Bring your kids to hunt for some eggs!

Activities: Most Creative Easter Egg Basket Contest, Face Painting, Prizes

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For more information, please contact: Village of Burns Lake 15 3rd Ave / P.O. Box 570, Burns Lake BC, V0J 1E0 Phone: 250-692-7587 • Email: village@burnslake.ca www.burnslake.ca or Facebook /VillageRecreation.com

Tweedsmuir Cavaliers Saddle Club Round Robin Cattle Sorting - May 31 at Eagle Creek Grounds. Please call (250) 692-4182 for more information.

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The 57 Annual Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts was held all last week. The gala honours concert is Thursday at 7 p.m. - every welcome.

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thursday, april 24: 5pm at the Heritage Centre All Members welcome

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This is part two of our last workshop “Create and Setup a Twitter Account”.

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Business owner suCCession strategies workshop: Think of selling your business in the next few years? Get the information you need to plan and prepare for your desired succession.

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Canada day If you would like to help organize this year’s Canada Day please call the Chamber of Commerce.

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1st Annual Easter Eggstravaganza For all ages. April 19 at the Trout Creek Community Hall km 40 on the Colleymount Road. 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Tachet Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday, April 20. Starting at 1:00 p.m. at the Water Treatment Plant. Everyone Welcome.

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Raising awareness about adult abuse

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The LDCRN’s public education campaign, says Turford, could take many forms. Initially, the organization will use the funding it has received from the BC Association of Community Response Networks (the umbrella organization for the province’s 107 CRNs) to raise its public profile and improve local residents’ awareness of adult abuse.

“At the last meeting, we had sat down as a group and discussed where we would like to see this go over the next 12 months,” she said.

“One of the first things we identified was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEADD), June 15, so in conjunction with National Seniors Week, June 1-7, we’ll be doing quite a campaign throughout the month of June to bring awareness to the community of the WEAAD event, and the creation of the CRN... National Seniors Day is in October, and so that’s something we also identified as a possible fall event for the organization.”

In addition to delivering general information about adult abuse and the LDCRN, the group hopes to offer more specialized ‘gatekeeper’ training that will instruct local service providers on how to recognize and report adult abuse. The LDCRN is also working on a brochure that will outline what people can do if they encounter incidents of adult abuse.

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chure is crucial, says Turford, because the LDCRN doesn’t handle or investigate complaints of this type.

“We’re working on the brochure as we speak,” she stressed.

“Our next meeting is April 23, and I expect the group will be reviewing that brochure, ensuring its accuracy, and then printing it.”

While there may not be local guidelines in place yet for reporting adult abuse, Turford noted that some organizations within BC have a mandate to deal with incidents of this type. BC’s five health authorities, Community Living BC, and the Providence Health Care Society are all “designated agencies” under the Adult Guardianship Act, and as such, are legally required to report adult abuse to appropriate authorities. The act also provides them with

a number of legal tools to protect adults.

Turford acknowledges that preventing adult abuse won’t be an easy task, regardless of the scope of the problem.

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Members of the public are invited to review and provide comments on a new public discussion paper, as part of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Timber Supply Review in the Morice Timber Supply Area (TSA).

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Comments will be accepted until June 20, 2014.

If you have any questions or would like further information, contact stewardship officer Agathe Bernard, RPF at 250 692 2259 or Agathe.Bernard@gov.bc.ca

Burns Lake 750 Highway 16 Phone: 250-692-3744

The Lakes District Museum is open for the season: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Monday to Friday. Wheelchair access at the back. Phone (250) 692-7450.

Lakes District Fall Fair meeting on May 1 at 7:00 p.m., at the Cancer Society Office on the Main Street.

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SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22: Certain personalities don’t always click, Scorpio.

Don’t feel the need to overcompensate for a strained relationship. Spend more time with those with whom you connect.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21: Flexible thinking is key, Sagittarius, especially as you face a few new challenges this week. There are some opportunities to reconnect with family later in the week.

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Tachet Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday, April 20. Starting at 1pm at the Water Treatment Plant. Everyone Welcome.

Lakes District Fall Fair meeting on May. 1/14 at 7pm, Held at the Cancer Society Office on the Main Street Lakes District Kennel Club Dog Show. Tom Forsyth Arena, Burns Lake. May 3, 8am – 5pm. May 4, 8am – 4pm. Admission is free - Everyone is welcome.

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

Pastor Steve Swires 250-692-3259

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Sunday Morning Worship Service begins @ 10:30 am Pastor Ed Peters Phone: 250-692-7551

Grassy Plains Gospel Church Sunday Service: 10:45 am IMMACULATACatholic Church 248 - 3rd Avenue, Phone: 250-692-3568

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CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP At Muriel Mould Primary School

CLUES DOWN 1. Henry’s last wife Catherine 2. Wings 3. College army 4. Myth (Spanish) 5. Hungarian word for mum 6. Old World lizard genus 7. Dinner jackets 8. Last possible moment 9. Jewish spiritual leaders 10. Central Florida city 11. Any watery animal fluid 12. 198 L Egyptian dry measure unit 20. Prophylactic 24. Before 26. Drench 27. ___ River 28. Disorderly crowd 29. Heat unit 30. Medieval capital of Flanders

32. Fencing swords 37. Weekday (abbr.)

38. Vietnamese offensive 39. Point midway between E and SE 40. Father 42. Disjointed 43. Yearly tonnage (abbr.)

44. Lowest male singing voices 46. Jacobs, Ribot & Gasol 47. Athens’ marketplace 48. Contests 50. Gathered fall leaves 54. Three banded armadillo 55. A cord necktie 56. Spot on a radar screen 57. Components considered individually 58. Elm, maple or oak

OUR TOWN The 1st annual Easter Eggstravaganza! For all ages. April 19. Festivies to take place at the Trout Creek Community Hall km 40 on the Colleymount road. 11am - 2pm. Concession lunch, games, bunny shop, bake table, raffles and egg hunt.

FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH

THE CHURCH OF

▼ COFFEE CORNER CROSSWORD

The L.D. Museum opening their doors for the season on April 7. 9am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday. Wheelchair access at the back. Phone (250) 692-7450.

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Southside Health & Wellness Centre: April 2014. Chair yoga every Tues. & Fri. 10-11am (drop-in basis - come by and try it out). Foot Care, all day by appt., Apr. 24. Earth Day clean up Apr. 22. More info (250) 694-3270.

Canadian Cancer Society - Lakes District Community Office - Extended office hours for April are Tues., Wed., Thurs. and Fri. from 10 am to 4 pm. Meetings are the third Wednesday of every month. New volunteers are always welcome!

Southside Community Greenhouse and raised garden beds: Lots of space in our greenhouse - feel free to stop in & have a look at the space available to grow your own fresh veggies. Contact Danielle (250) 694-3270.

Clean up at Southside Health & Wellness Centre: Need your help in clearing out the flower beds of weeds, loosening the soil and trimming. Come join us Apr. 22 from 3-4:30pm at the health centre.

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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Burns Lake Community Church Lakes Learning Centre 10:30 am Pastor John Neufeld 250-692-7949

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PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 724 Babine Lake Road

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

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FOOD BANK INFORMATION Distribution days will be the first and the third Tuesday of each month. As of May “sign up” will be at the food bank on 3rd Ave. across from the theatre; the winter “sign up office” is now closed. 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

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HWY 16 REGIONAL ADS

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LOST CAT

GEORGE WILLIAM SMITH

June 3, 1920 - Mar. 27, 2014 George passed away in the morning of March 27, 2014 at the Polson Residential Care Home in Vernon, B.C. as a result of a respiratory infection.

He is survived by 3 children, 5 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and long time companion Beryl Cowan. George lived in the Lakes District from 1971 to 1987 and often referred to his time working on the Francois Lake ferry and owning the Takysie Lake Resort as the most enjoyable time of his life. The memories from his crew mates and many friends through the Takysie Lake Resort stayed with him through his final days. The family would like to thank the caregivers at the Polson Residential Care Home in Vernon where George spend his last year. The Cantebury Court in Vernon where George enjoyed the previous 9 years with many friends. Also thank you to Beryl Cowan and her family for the companionship and help over the last 9 years. We would also like to thank the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for their support. A small private family service will be held later this summer.

In Memoriam Gifts ALL FUNDS DONATED

to the Burns Lake Health Care Auxiliary are used to provide financial support, equipment plus comfort and care for patients in our hospital, the Pines and all other community healthcare services.

Mail a donation on behalf of yourself or a loved one to: B.L. Health Care Aux. Box 812 Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 A tax deductible receipt will be issued

Information ANYONE NEEDING information on Alzheimer’s please call 1-866-564-7533

Help Wanted

We are still looking for Tenzie, 7 yr old cat. Black Himalayan with yellow eyes. Lost at the scene of a motor vehicle accident near Rose Lake/Aspen Rd. Sept. 2/13. Contact Burns Lake Vet Clinic if you find her. (250) 6927476 or (250) 692-7243 immediately.

REWARD $500

Information ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to keep drinking that’s your business - if you want to quit drinking that’s our business. Burns Lake Meetings: Tuesday 7:30 pm Catholic Church, Saturday 7:30 pm Catholic Church. For information or transportation call (250) 692-9104 / (250) 6958363 Only requirement for AA is a desire to stop drinking.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Southside Meetings: Mondays and Thursdays 6:30pm 7:30pm at Grassy Plains Gospel Church. For more information: (250) 694-3682 BURNS LAKE RCMP Victim/Witness Assistance Program. 201 Hwy. 35, Box 759 Burns Lake. Open Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm (250) 692-3010 CRISIS PREVENTION. You are not alone. Support is just a phone call away. 1.800.SUICIDE (1.800.784.2433) is a confidential, toll-free service that is available to anyone, anywhere, any time in B.C. The youth support line is 1.888.564.8336 (TEEN). The 24 hour crisis line for northern BC is 250.563.1214 and 1.888.563.1214. In addition, several crisis lines also provide support through online chat services so young people have a web-based way to reach out. These services can be reached through www.northernyouthonline.ca.

(4:00 to 10:00 p.m. daily) or www.youthinbc.ca.

PLANNING a wedding or anniversary party? Looking for plastic flowers for decorations.

Call OPTIONS at Nourse House 9am- 3pm Mon. to Fri. Francois Lake Drive. Operated by residents of 8th Avenue Group Home. (250) 692-7845

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Cloud Nine Esthetics is seeking part time Registered Massage Therapist.

Please drop your resume off in person at 3830 Second Ave or email them to jgroves@citywest.ca attention Jo Ann.

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

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9 April 2014

Reservoir Elevation: 850.13 m (2789.15 ft.)

SLS Discharge: 34.75 m3/s Total snowpack: 77.7%long term average Visit website www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca for up to date real-time flow information for the Nechako River.

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

THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY B.C. and Yukon division is your primary source and resource of the latest print and electronic information, programs and services about arthritis. No matter where you live, you can access us at the touch of a button. Toll free 1-800-321-1433 or visit www.arthritis.ca/bc THE CHRONIC DISEASE Education Clinic at the Lakes District Hospital is open Tue. & Wed. from 8:30am - 4pm. The clinic provides information and teaching on various chronic illnesses such as Diabetes & Heart Disease. A doctors referral is not needed. To speak with the nurse call (250) 6922440

Lost & Found FOUND ON Babine Lake reserve a young cat. Call (250) 692-7243, give description to claim.

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Tahtsa Timber Ltd. is looking for

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minimum 1 1/2 - 3 years experience Job duties: operate and maintain a harvester and train other people on that machine $28/hr, life, AD & D insurance, extended medical & dental.

FULL TIME FORWARDER OPERATORS

Cloud Nine is seeking a full or part time Esthetician. Please drop resume off in person at 3830 Second Ave or email jgroves@citywest.ca attention Jo Ann

Unique Opportunity

Black Press has a very unique opportunity for the right person.

We currently have an opening for a sales person to help us with our paid distribution newspapers across B.C. This position means getting out in the community and talking to subscribers about our newspapers and working to build stronger relationships with existing readers of our newspapers.

It also includes finding new subscribers for our newspapers and helping introduce them our award winning host of community newspapers. This is not a year-around position and will run from March to October each year.

We offer a spectacular compensation package and bonus incentives. Your own vehicle is required, but we cover all travel expenses. This is really a great opportunity for the right person. It is a different type of job, but definitely has different types of rewards. If you feel this position would be the perfect fit for you, then we would love to hear from you.

Please email all enquiries to Michelle Bedford at circulation@trailtimes.ca.

minimum 1 1/2 - 2 years experience Job duties: operate and maintain a forwarder $28/hr, life, AD & D insurance, extended medical & dental.

60 hours/week per position in Burns Lake & Houston area.

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Lakes District Maintenance Ltd. has an

IMMEDIATE OPENING for a

TRADE LEADHAND HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC in Burns Lake, BC

You will lead a team of mechanics maintaining a medium sized fleet of trucks and equipment. You will work closely with the Operations Manager to determine shop and equipment priorities, and manage shop and inventory schedules to meet those priorities. A CVI ticket or ability and qualifications to get one are required. You are a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic and preferably hold a welding ticket.

You have previous experience in a similar role, and are able to manage and plan effectively with tight deadlines and under pressure.

This position offers excellent remuneration, benefits and pension.

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Employment Career Opportunities Building Inspector I District of Kitimat, full time permanent bargaining unit position wage range $36.33/hr - $43.63/hr, over 2 years. Duties include plan checking reviews, inspections and enforcement functions related to building construction to ensure conformance with legislation, regulations and standards, and explaining and enforcing municipal bylaws. Preferred applicants will have a Technology Certificate related to building construction or equivalent; BOABC level 2 certification and a Class 5 driver’s license. Submit applications by April 30, 2014, 4:30 p.m., to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat B.C. V8C 2H7, Tel 250-632-8900, Fax 250632-4995, or by e-mail at dok@kitimat.ca. Community information can be obtained from our website at www.kitimat.ca. Only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake • Guaranteed 40hr. Work Week & Overtime • Paid Travel & Lodging • Meal Allowance • 4 Weeks Vacation • Excellent Benefits Package

Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.

Apply at:www.sperryrail.com, careers & then choose the FastTRACK Application.

Help Wanted L.D. MUSEUM summer job opening for four months. Starting in May. College or University student. Drop resume at the museum.

Phone: (250) 692-7450

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Garage Sales SPRING GARAGE sale: Topley Community Hall: Sat. May 3rd, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Indoor & Outdoor. Tables are $10. (or bring your own setups). Concession on site. For info call: Patty: (250) 696-3130

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Misc. for Sale HEAVY DUTY sled deck, power tilt, hook to truck battery $2000 obo. Burns Lake call (250) 649- 8004

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple.

Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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Call a Tax Attorney First! 1855-668-8089 (Monday-Friday 9-6 ET).

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Auctions UPCOMING AUCTION for Menno Amendt. May 31/14, start time 10am. Danskin area, follow the signs. (250) 6943371. Watch future papers for complete listing.

KILL ROACHES! Buy Harris Roach Tablets.

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Available at Ace Hardware & The Home Depot.

Misc. Wanted Collectors Currently Buying: Coin Collections, Antiques, Native Art, Old Silver, Paintings, Jewellery etc. We Deal with Estates 778-281-0030 STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

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Mi-tec Millwork & Cabinetry has an opportunity for a qualified Shop Foreman.

Minimum 5 years’ experience supervising a team of 5 or more cabinet makers.

Please email shop@mi-tec.com for further details See us at www.mi-tec.com

CNC MAZAK MACHINISTS. Live, work & play in sunny Shuswap. ISO Certified, Excellent Safety record, Spotless shop. New machines & Brand new building on the way 50K-80K+ /yr + OT and bonuses.

Multiple positions available for the RIGHT people. 4+ Axis experience an asset. Apply by: mattm@accessprecision.com Fax: 250-832-8950

CONCRETE FINISHERS & Form Setters.

Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete finishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and Northern Alberta.

Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; Fax 780-444-9165.

Jobs@RaidersConcrete.com.

#3828 Tchesinkut East Rd 1995 built, 4 bdrm, 1150 sqft home on 7 acres. Full bsmt, 2 baths, newly constructed dining room. Heat: elec. w/ wood backup. Water: drilled 160’ w/ 80 gallons per minute. Septic 800 gallon holding tank w/ lagoon. 24’ x 36’ wired garage, 16’ x 16’ insulated/wired work shop.

Fenced in animal pen with pond, 2 greenhouses/fenced in garden spot, 15km south of Burns Lake.

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excellent condition, 60,000 kms, fully loaded with a set of winter tires. Manual, front wheel drive. $9800

Participants must meet the following eligibility criteria: • • • • •

Unemployed (non E.I. Clients) Must be 18 years of age or older Be legally entitled to work in Canada Not a Student Lack skills required for successful integration into new employment • Be ready and committed to returning to work

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Participants may be eligible to receive: • Class-based skill development - including job searching and career planning • Funding to access training at local educational institutions/trainers • Wage subsidy for on-the-job training

Livestock

$2500 each

Travel trailer 26’6” Excellent condition With slide $13,750.00 Ph: (250) 695-6962 or (250) 692-6013

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

YOUTH COUNSELLOR DEADLINE: FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014 The Youth Counsellor will be working with children and young adults. Youth Counsellor will report to the Health Director will undertake the planning, development and implementation of support services.

Youth Counsellor will work from the Woyenne office and make regular trips to the communities of Tachet and Ft. Babine.

JOB DUTIES are as follows, but not limited to: • • • •

Support individual and group counseling sessions.

Provide intervention and prevention services Promote healthy lifestyles and relationships for youths Assist in the coordination of community development and educational services • Document daily activities, and submit detailed reports on a regular basis REQUIREMENTS: • Post Secondary Counselling Training in Psychology • Minimum two (2) years’ experience working with children/youth • Possess a valid class five (5) Driver’s License and reliable vehicle • Criminal Record Check (Child, Family & Community Services Act) For access / print of Consent to Criminal Record Check form (Schedule Type A – cost will be at the expense of applicants): http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/criminal-recordsreview/shareddocs/consent-form.pdf SUBMIT COVER LETTER & 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

Funding provided through the Canada - British Columbia Labour Market Agreement

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Trades, Technical CABINETRY/ MILLWORK FOREMAN

Rentals LARGE BRIGHT 2 bedroom suites in a safe and secure building. Close to school and hospital. Large patio, in-suite storage and storage lockers available. On site management. Heat, hot water and cable included for $700 per month. Call (250) 692-3959 and leave message.

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Lake Babine Nation EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

REGISTERED NURSE DEADLINE: FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014 WAGE: Commensurate with education and experience Registered Nurse (RN) assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and documents all nursing care of patients in accordance with policies and professional nursing standards. RN oversees the quality of departmental nursing services. RN develops day-to-day nursing care plans and for care after discharge from hospitals.

Act as a primary point of contact between patients, families and healthcare professionals. Follows the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation and performs all other duties as assigned.

Registered Nurse will work from the Woyenne office and make regular trips to the communities of Tachet and Ft. Babine.

• Assess the patient; collect and document the current health status and medical history of the patient.

• Prepare patients and administer physical examinations.

• Provide bedside care for patients released from the hospital or require care as a result of illness / injury identified during assessment or consultation.

• Demonstrate the ability to handle emergency situations in a prompt, precise, and professional manner.

• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.

• Administer treatment and give medications to patients under the direction of physicians and according to policy and procedure.

• Perform frequent and accurate patient evaluations, including monitoring and tracking vital signs and respond appropriately.

• Develop, manage and revise nursing care plans and maintain medical records.

• Other related duties of Registered Nurse

REQUIREMENTS • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing • Registered with College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC) • Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) • Minimum TWO (2) year of supervised experience as an RN • Current CPR Certification • Class 5 Driver’s License; reliable vehicle, considered an asset

Criminal Record Check clearance document must be submitted to Human Resources prior to interviews.

SUBMIT COVER LETTER & 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

Only those short listed will be contacted for an interview.

Only those short listed will be contacted for an interview.

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Lakes Outdoor Recreation Society (LORS)

Notice to all Contractors –

Request for Expression of Interest The Lakes Outdoor Recreation Society is seeking qualified contractors to provide maintenance of 28 Recreation Sites and 2 Parks within the Nadina Forest District from May 12th, 2014 to September 15, 2014.

Interested contractors must pick up bid packages with required contractor qualifications and information on services to be performed from the Community Forest Building, 153 Francois Lake Drive, Burns Lake, B.C. Completed applications can be sent to President, Lakes Outdoor Recreation Society, P.O. Box 788, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0. Deadline for submission is April 25, 2014.

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The Extension of Babine Forest Products Ltd. Lakes Timber Supply Area (TSA) Forest Stewardship Plan This is a mid-process reminder that Babine Forest Products Limited. (Babine) is undergoing a public review and comment period for the extension of our Lakes TSA Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP).

Please be advised that Babine has formally requested the Minister’s approval to extend the term of Babine’s Lakes TSA FSP for a period of up to 5 years starting August 7th, 2014. The licences included are A16823, A16825, A83075, A82283, A83728. This extension includes revised stocking standards. This public review and comment is in accordance with FPPR section 20 (1).

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PRIME RIB our Friday Night special!

Babine’s proposed Lakes TSA FSP extension will be referred for a period of 60 days starting March 12th, 2014 and will be available for review at the Babine administration office, Monday through Friday during normal business hours of 7:00 am to 4:30 pm. A representative from Babine will be available to answer any questions, address concerns and provide additional information in regards to our Lakes TSA, FSP and FSP extension request. Comments arising from this referral will be considered in the extension approval of Babine’s Lakes FSP.

PASTA NIGHT: Tuesdays WING NIGHT: Wednesdays PRAWN NIGHT (45¢/each) is back: Thursdays PRIME RIB NIGHT: Fridays Free STEAK NIGHT: Saturdays WIF

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We have a relaxed atmosphere with great service!

If you have any questions, or would like to meet and discuss the proposed FSP extension, we encourage you to call Daniella Oake, Planning Supervisor at Babine Forest Products Limited, 250 692–4603.

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The deadline for receiving written comments is May 12th, 2014. If you wish to provide written comments, please address them to: Babine Forest Products Limited Box 4000, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 Attention: Daniella Oake

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“Northern Gateway’s Habitat Restoration Plan will ensure that caribou ranges are left in better condition than they were found.”

- Paul Anderson, President of RPS HMA and Northern Gateway’s Director of Environment

Meet the expert:

Northern Gateway understands and respects the important northern environments. The caribou ranges present a set of challenges that we will meet with world-class solutions and sensitivity.

WE TURNED TO LEADING EXPERTS FOR ADVICE Northern Gateway consulted with experts like Paul Anderson to help us develop caribou habitat plans. Paul has more than 25 years of experience supporting major projects and has extensive knowledge of regulatory and stakeholder engagement practices in Canada.

Over the past five years, Paul has been responsible for developing the environmental and socio-economic impact assessment for the Project.

“There have been a multitude of industrial projects over the course of the last few decades that have put tremendous pressure on caribou habitat and populations.”

Based on the experts’ recommendations, Northern Gateway has committed to detailed caribou habitat assessment and restoration

CONDITIONS FOR THE BETTER Northern Gateway’s voluntary commitments to undertake specific mitigation for the protection of caribou and caribou habitat were endorsed by the Joint Review Panel. They are now reflected in 16 of the 209 conditions that we must meet for Project approval.

Paul adds, “Northern Gateway’s Habitat Restoration Plan will ensure that caribou ranges are left in better condition than they were found.” This is another example of how Northern Gateway is doing everything possible in order to build a safer, better project.

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Paul Anderson is a partner at Sunexo Solutions, President of RPS HMA and Director of Environment for the Northern Gateway Project.

He appeared as a witness for the Project during the Joint Review Panel process.

plans that go beyond requirements. One of our commitments in British Columbia is to build the pipeline on or adjacent to previously disturbed lands, where possible, in the ranges of the Narraway, Quintette, Hart and Telkwa caribou herds.

Overall approximately 70 per cent of the proposed pipeline route utilizes previous disturbances. Furthermore, Northern Gateway has committed to reclaiming these areas of previously disturbed land by planting trees, creating berms and otherwise restricting access for predators and hunters along the right-of-way.

Our goals for habitat renewal will be accomplished through close consultation and communications with federal and provincial regulatory agencies, local stakeholders and Aboriginal communities.