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BC Hydro contractors burning good timber

ICE BREAK

Next step for pipeline

With spring finally arriving Wren Gilgan capture this photo of the ice melting away. The weather for the next week looks promising with lots of sunshine in the forecast.

Two senior members for Chevron Canada on the Kitimat LNG project met with the Village of Burns Lake council during the council meeting April 22, to discuss the next step and possible future plans for the pipeline in Burns Lake.

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Timber cleared along the Northwest Transmission Line’s being burned

Takysie Lake upgrades its rec site

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A proposed adventure park that will be built near Takysie Lake will begin being constructed this summer.

Much of the merchantable timber cleared to make way for BC Hydro’s new Northwest Transmission Line (NTL) is not being sold to mills in Northern B.C., such as Burns Lake.

Instead, most of the cleared timber is being burnt, in a controlled burning, roadside along the new transmission line.

The Northwest Transmission Line, a new 344 kilometre, 287 kilovolt transmission line being built between the Skeena substation near Terrace, and a new substation being built near Bob Quinn Lake, is expected to be operational at the end of May. It is expected the transmission line will provide an interconnection point for industrial growth and clean power projects in Northwest B.C. To make way for the NTL, B.C. Hydro estimated that 495,000 cubic metres of merchantable timber needed to be cleared on the NTL right-of-way beginning in 2012.

Stumpage invoices received by B.C. Hydro show that roughly 110,000 cubic metres of timber, 22 per cent, have gone to market.

BC Hydro’s Bob Gammer, says it was the contractors responsibility to ...see BC HYDRO

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Food share program is helping the hungry A new food share program is, in part, helping local agencies to have enough food to give away to families in need.

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What’s next for the Kitimat LNG pipeline

Two of Chevron leaders meet with Burns Lake council to discuss the project further, and what it means for Burns Lake

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Two senior members for Chevron Canada on the Kitimat LNG project met with the Village of Burns Lake council during the council meeting April 22, to discuss the next step, and possible future plans for the pipeline in Burns Lake.

David Molinski, policy and external affairs lead for Chevron Canada on the Kitimat LNG and Marc Douglas, senior advisor at Chevron Canada met with Mayor Strimbold and the rest of council to present Chevron Canada's plan going forward for the pipeline.

Among the topics discussed were the building of the work camps around Burns Lake, as well as, how construction would affect the surrounding area and the people who use the area to hunt, as well as what the influx of people would mean for the community businesses in Burns Lake.

Currently, Chevron Canada is at the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) stage.

What this means, according to Gillian Robinson Riddell, external communications officer for Chevron Canada on the Kitimat LNG, is that Chevron is trying to increase certainty around the cost of the project.

"The FEED stage is the process where we are

looking closely at the design, construction and process of building the project in order to increase certainty around costs and execution schedules before we proceed to making a Final Investment Decision," Robinson Riddell said.

A firm date hasn't been set for a Final Investment Decision.

Chevron Canada is still waiting for a number of factors to fall into place, such as further fiscal framework details from the provincial government, securing further First Nations support and have firm LNG marketing agreements in place.

At this stage, Chevron has entered into a partnership with 15 different First Nations, including the Burns Lake Band, Wet'sunwet'en, Nee-Tahi-Buhn, Skin Tyee, Steilat’en First Nation and Nahleh Whut'en First Nation.

This partnership is a First Nations Limited Partnership agreement (FNLP), and it includes opportunities for job and skills training among other things.

"The FNLP is a commercial business agreement," Robinson Riddell said, "benefits for all 15 First Nations who have joined the FNLP agreement include jobs and skills training, direct access to the economic benefits of the project and financial benefits over the life of the project as a commercial partner in the proposed Pacific Trail Pipeline." ...see PIPELINE t P3

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Robinson Riddell also states that as partners, First Nations will have significant roles in design, operations, environment and cultural monitoring during construction and operation of the pipeline when it’s finished.

Molinski and Douglas met with council to answer questions about how this stage and the on going development of the pipeline would affect Burns Lake.

Specifically, Mayor Strimbold wanted to ensure that pipeline construction wouldn’t affect the hunting season that takes place in and around the area where the work camps and pipeline construction would be built and take place, as well as wanting to know how Burns Lake stands to benefit has a community.

Molinski was able to assure council that Chevron Canada would work with people that use the area for recreation and ensure that everyone was fully aware of the situation.

As it stands, Burns Lake stands to benefit substantially if the construction phase of the pipeline commences.

“Significant economic benefits from the pipeline are already being felt along the western portion of the pipeline route where early works, including rightof-way surveying, right-of-way clearing and access road construction have begun,” Robinson Riddell said, “employment opportunities, business contracts and sub-contracts are being realized, and those will be seen in Burns Lake when the project is able to begin early works in the area.”

At its peak construction, it is expected that there will be 4 500 jobs associated with the Kitimat LNG facility and Pacific Trail Pipeline, along with the federal and provincial governments investing in LNG sector specific jobs and skills training in Northern B.C. “British Columbia stands to be the largest beneficiary of the Kitimat LNG project for decades to come,” Robinson Riddell said, “benefits, such as employment, investment in skills training and revenues to First Nations, local, B.C. and Canadian businesses have already commenced.”

These benefits stand to increase once a positive Final Investment Decision is reach, according to Robinson Riddell.

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Cleared timber being burned

‘Vocational school’ back in style

B.C. Hydro’s new, Northwest Transmission Line (NTL) is scheduled to be operational at the end of this month.

The NTL is a 344 kilometre, 287 kilovolt transmission line that runs from the Skeena substation in Terrace to a newly built substation near Bob Quinn Lake.

The hope is that the project will provide three

The B.C. government has rolled out its ambitious overhaul of the public education system, from kindergarten to graduate school, much to the horror of its left-wing establishment.

The formal title is B.C.’s Skills For Jobs Blueprint: Re-engineering Education and Training. It’s designed to dovetail with the Harper regime’s Canada Job Grant that requires employers to co-sponsor training spaces so they will hire the students at the end.

Elementary and middle school curriculum is being revised to increase emphasis on hands-on experience. High school and post-secondary skilled trades programs are getting more money, but it’s going to be shifted from under-performing programs that don’t lead to jobs.

Premier Christy Clark took another swipe at the bias of B.C.’s system before heading to Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong on another liquefied natural gas sales trip. She noted that 20% of B.C. students, and nearly half of aboriginal students, don’t finish high school.“Not only are there kids who don’t graduate, there are kids who graduate, go out and get one or two credentials before they finally find their way into a skills training program,” said Clark, who had her own wander through university campuses before going into politics.

A couple of weeks ago, Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter downplayed the “relatively small” skilled trades shortage for B.C. industry.

“We should not be engaged in a zero-sum kind of battle for dollars,” Petter protested. That’s exactly what he and other university executives are looking at, and it will be based on the latest graduate employment data and labour demand forecasts.

One of the key architects of this sweeping plan is Jessica McDonald, who shook up the public service while serving as Gordon Campbell’s deputy minister.

Her report on trades training confirms what Campbell’s critics in the labour movement have long said: the government’s 10-year experiment with the Industry Training Authority is a rudderless mess.

“Certain partners, particularly organized labour, feel marginalized,” McDonald wrote. “Others, particularly employers and employers’ associations, do not feel heard within the system. Over the recent past, several new directions have been introduced such as de-regulation of trades and modular training that have caused strain because they were not fully inclusive during development, were seen to benefit single interests, and they impacted the whole system.”

The ITA board is being replaced, with union representation restored, and advisory councils from industrial employers will update their hiring needs.

The B.C. Federation of Labour and the construction unions have all but abandoned the NDP after Adrian Dix’s disastrous pitch for urban anti-industry votes last year. B.C. Fed president Jim Sinclair was an early advocate for rescuing skilled trades from the second-class status they received in a culture fixated on university for two generations.

That culture has created glaring problems. There are too many institutions offering the same courses. As with health care, block funding is handed out without any serious effort to measure the results. For many students, university has become an extension of adolescence, finding one’s self through philosophy or film studies.

Employers get their share of blame from McDonald. Not only did they chop up trades training to make it cheaper to obtain, their preferred source of skilled workers has been to poach from other employers who paid to train them.

Skills-based employment data will be made public for students to make career choices. Finally, students coming out of high school will have a way to assess what they can expect after $50,000 or more is spent on higher education. It’s about time.

things to Northwest B.C. First, a reliable supply of clean power to potential industrial developments in the area.

Second, a secure interconnection point for clean generation projects.

Finally, to facilitate connecting the community of Iskut to the grid so it doesn’t rely on diesel generated power.

As stated before this transmission line runs 344 kilometres from Terrace to Bob Quinn Lake, that means that a 344 kilometre trail of forest needed to be cleared along the right-of-way of the transmission line.

Where did all this wood go?

The majority of this wood was burned roadside, in a controlled burn, instead of sold to local mills in Northern B.C., such as mills in Burns Lake.

The roadside burning of the cleared timber is perfectly allowable under the NTL environmental assessment certificate conditions.

And according to B.C. Hydro, once the contracts for the right-of-way clearing were handed out to the contractors, it became the responsibility of the contractors to dispose of the cleared materials.

The contractors took ownership of the cleared timber, free to sell any of the merchantable timber they saw fit, and received full compensation from those timber sales.

So why did only 22 per cent of the 495,000 cubic metres of cleared timber go to market?

When Allowable Annual Cuts (AAC) for companies with Tree Farm Licenses (TFL) are being reduced across B.C., how is it that only 110,000 of the 495,000 cubic metres of cleared, merchantable timber make it to market?

According to B.C. Hydro, one of the reasons for most of the timber being burned roadside is that the market for timber was depressed at the time the majority of the clearing of the right-of-way happened in 2012.

There just wasn’t enough money to be made to justify the hauling of the wood to the various mills near and around the project.

If the contractors assume full ownership of the cleared timber and are responsible for disposing of the clear material, why not negotiate into the contracts a clause, or stipulation that the majority of the merchantable timber cleared for the project is sold to mills.

Even if the money made for the contractors is next to nothing, they’re still being given ownership of an extraordinary amount of merchantable timber.

In comparison, Skeena Sawmill Ltd., TFL 41, which is located just 40 kilometres south of Terrace has an AAC of 128,000 cubic metres.

The merchantable timber that was cleared on the right-of-way of the NTL is nearly three times the amount that Skeena Sawmill Ltd. is allowed to clear per year.

If it is negotiated into the contracts that even 60 per cent of this timber (297,000 cubic metres) must be sold to market, that would have amounted to $14,962,860, if you use the Wtd. Average price from the October 2012 B.C. Interior Log Market Report.

Yet most of the merchantable timber was burned roadside.

Makes sense, doesn’t it?

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The statistics were reported by West Fraser Transition Coordinator Lori Saretsky at a recent worker transition pillar meeting.

Saretsky said 68 workers will be looking for work after HFP closes, preferring work in Houston or new industry.

Fifty-one workers accepted employment at other West Fraser mills. Saretsky says currently 16 will transfer to Smithers, 12 to Fraser Lake, eight to Quesnel, and the others to Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, Chasm, Chetwynd, Edmonton, and Edson, Alberta.

Twenty-seven workers will retire after the closure.

Ten of the sixteen workers that quit are staying in Houston and seven of the ten who found work in other companies are staying in Houston.

Sixty-six Houston Forest Products (HFP) employees are out of work Friday, half of whom have secured employment.

“It’s quiet around the mill. People seem quite somber. Nobody seems upset, they’re just very quiet,” said Tom Stringfellow, Steelworkers Union Transition Coordinator at HFP. Friday marks the beginning of the phased HFP shut down, that affects 217 employees.

Twenty-four workers signed on to work an extra week of mill clean up, and will finish May 16. Of those, two have secured positions or are retiring.

Eighty-three other workers will finish May 23 or shortly after when the planer shuts down. Of those, 29 have secured work or

Contractors took ownership of timber “Of the timber and wasted wood that was cleared, in addition to timber sales, some was used determine what to do with the cleared material. for firewood and a small amount was left in place as “The contracts to clear the right of-way were award- a habitat for small mammals,” Gammer said, “the ed to Nisga’a Nation, or First Nations nominated remainder could not be left on the right-of-way as companies, and it was the contractor’s responsibil- it would dry out and become a fire hazard, so controlled burning became the best way to dispose of it ity to determine how to do the clearing safely and and this was allowed under the NTL environmental according to their environmental management plan, assessment certificate conand how to dispose of the ditions.”

F THE TIMBER AND WASTED cleared materials,” GamGammer says the B.C. mer said.

WOOD THAT WAS CLEARED IN Hydro has no doubts that Under the contract, the contractors took owner- ADDITION TO TIMBER SALES SOME the contractors made their best efforts to get harvested ship of the cleared timber, WAS USED FOR FIREWOOD material to market, espemeaning they were free to OB AMMER cially since the contractors sell the merchantable timtook ownership of the maber and receive all the compensation from those sales. terials under their contracts, and stood to benefit the However, market conditions were poor in 2012, most from the sale of merchantable timber. when most of the timber was cleared from the right“Again, they received all compensation from any of-way, and the distances to available markets were timber sales, this means they had a definite intertoo great for the contractors to make money. est to get merchantable timber to market,” Gammer Gammer says that the cleared timber was then said, “B.C. Hydro believes they made their best efdisposed in a number of safe ways. forts.”

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More history before More Why buying renaming arena support for local art

Editor: This is the second part of my letter form last week.

In the mean time a lot of the equipment being used was donated and wouldn’t happen today BC Hydro truck operated by hydro employees such as John Gelz and all of the other employees all after hours and at night no scaffolding are safety belts - we had a couple of dare devils, I forget who they all were but one I remember really well was Ron Ruff. He was at the top of the beam to bolt the two beams together what a challenge and in the dark most of the time.

The beams were ready for the 2x10 and the roof after this things went a lot easier for the Kinsmen club. The beams were arriving and we still didn’t have the money to pay for them so the president of the club as all of the club were being taken to court to pay for there laminated beams so besides working at the arena we had to try and raise money to pay for these beams. We finally got the village to help pay for there beams with a promissory note that the Kinsmen pay the village back - we did get the money and did pay the village back this was all being done during the winter George Hamp and his crew worked on this project being paid a small amount during the day and volunteering at night.

I don’t know how all of these people were able to work so hard and such long day this went on all winter and come spring the plywood was on the walls and had to be painted again hydro bucket truck was used to paint the building all summer again evening work all with local help or Kinsmen.

I can pretty well guarantee there was always a kinsmen on site so this is the reason I think this new addition should be called the Kin Centre or something to commemorate the Kinsmen of Burns Lake.

Most residents don’t know the history of the Burns Lake Kinsmen club one of the founding members of the Kinsmen club of Canada from Hamilton Ontario was also the founding member of the Burns Lake Kinsmen club and lived in Burns Lake his name is Trevor Thompson. He and Hal Rogers started the Kinsmen club in Hamilton, Ont. Did you know that the Burns Lake Kinsmen club also built the library from the ground up all again the Kinsmen spearheaded the building of the library I could go on and on with the history of the Burns Lake Kinsmen club that’s why I feel the new addition to the civic centre should be called the Kin Memorial Centre I don’t think you could go wrong.

Hope all the residents of the area have a chance to name the new addition and you choose smoothing along the line to commemorate the work that the Burns Lake Kinsmen club has done for the community thank you for taking the time to read this and make your wishes be known to the Village of Burns Lake.

Paul H. Jean

Mr. Forsyth

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Editor: It is my understanding there is a contest out there to name our new recreation centre. Why? There is a reason it was called the Tom Forsyth Memorial Arena.

We would not have an arena if Mr. Forsyth had not spearheaded the project. It was built with many volunteers not government grants. What's next - rename McKenna Street, Carrol Street, Turner Drive etc.?

I believe the village council should reconsider their decision before making any changes.

Clare Anderson

Editor: A wonderful reminder to buy local art.

When buying from an artist/maker, you're buying more than just an object/painting. You are buying hundreds of hours of failures and experimentation.

You are buying days, weeks and months of frustration and moments of pure joy. You aren't just buying a thing, you're buying a piece of heart, part of a soul, a moment of someone's life. Most importantly, you're buying the artist more time to do something they are passionate about.

Paula Laurie, potter

Mine decision is wrong

Editor: How could the Federal Government have gotten it so wrong on the New Prosperity Mine? The environmental review of the mine that was conducted by Natural Resources Canada and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency did not accurately reflect the proposal that was actually put forward by the mine proponent, and nor was it based on a full and fair consideration of the facts. A reputable, independent, and fully regulated engineering firm, one that adheres to a strict professional code of conduct, has confirmed that the process was flawed and unfair to the proponent.

How can we as Canadians sit back and allow a major mistake such as this one to shut down a 1.5 billion dollar project? The mine proposal calls for the best environmental controls and standards the world has ever seen and would result in 700 construction and 500 operational jobs for more than 20 years.

How can the people of this province have any confidence in the objectivity and fairness of the environmental review process when a glaring mistake such as this can be been made? The Federal Government needs to get it right and allow this project to proceed.

Fred Reemeyer Coquitlam B.C. hugh neave

School days are the best days of your life

School days We were using slates no scribblers they came in later on. The hickory stick and the strap was still being used. Evesham school had three rooms but when the hard times hit they went to two. I had just turned six on my first day.

Dad put me on Dolly and made a deal with the high school boy to put me on her to go home.

There were seven in grade one and we stayed seven until grade 10 and I got hurt with a horse and had to drop out so it broke up the class. I never went back. There were no lights in the school so grade one’s sat on the floor so we could see the board.

My friend Bill Henry and I were on the floor together and for something to do I took his boots off. Every one thought it was funny but me as I was taken up to Ruth Schroeder’s desk and I remember her lecture she gave me. “Hugh I hate to do this but I am going to strap you. I do not like to do this but I want you to remember you are here to learn and not fool around and I am here to teach you.”

This was her first school and she was only about 19. As it was a two room school I had her for a number of years.

She was not only a good teacher but a good friend to me. As a small child she pulled a boiling tea kettle over her face and neck and shoulder, it left her scared for life. She was married that year and had a lovely family.

At an Evesham homecoming Ruth was there, after over 50 years. I asked her if she remember my strapping she did not but she said it must have been a good one

to remember for over 50 years. It’s interesting as I look back she took a special interest in me of which I well remember. When the party was over it was a sad parting for us as the time seemed just too short. But I never will forget her. My dad used to tell us “your school days are the best days of your life.”

Nice hymns On Sunday the Grassy Plains Gospel Church entertained the folks at the Tweedsmuir House with a hymn sing plus a nice visit which we all enjoyed. We had the pleasure to meet a new member of the choir. She is a very talented pianist and we enjoyed her playing.

Calving season The ranchers are right in the middle of calving.

The weather so far has been good but there has been some cool nights but the days are warming up. No matter how careful you are a few get lost and that takes what profit out of the cattle business.

It’s a pretty close margin.

Then try lambing out,

a hundred or so ewes, you sleep with eyes open and you just get so tired you walk around in your sleep. Lots of nights you sleep in the sheep pen rolled in some hay.

A sheep is the most helpless animal they make if they want to die they die. Once lambing is over you feel a big load has been taken away. The only good thing about it all they were a money maker.

Saved a pony This is a story that I am going to pass onto you. It’s true and this really happened to me.

I will call it a human interest story. It’s sad but it happened. This was maybe 60 years ago, give or take a few. If my memory is right it was a very late spring and cold.

A friend of mine stopped at the store and told me there is a little buckskin pony in a small field at the J.P. Ranch and it was starving could I do something for it. I knew the guy that was care taking the ranch so I said I would see what I could

do for it.

There she was almost dead. I had never seen anything so bad and still be alive. This really upset me and I was mad.

Fred the caretaker was wintering this pony for some folks in town and they had no money to pay Fred and Fred had no money to buy feed.

The cost was $35 for feeding her. We went into the house and I laid $35 on the table and gave Fred a pen and said give me a bill of sale and the pony is mine.

I was afraid to load her, she was so weak, so I walked her home.

A horse in this condition you must be very careful feeding them as they may choke for eating to fast or get colic so for a week we all worked on her. At last she was out the danger zone and was eating well.

Lots of grain and good hay, her ribs were filling out and she was over the hump. In a month she had filled out, she stopped throwing her head, she was not afraid. She had

been abused so badly. I got some story on her.

She was a twin and the Peebles family had her and she served them well for years. Now we had her sister. Peebles mare was called Midge and ours was Misty. Next day I was taking her up to the other horses for a while and then re-break her as she was so abused and scared.

Then the fun, if you call it that, had just began. There was some kids targeting in the pasture so I stopped that right now. Misty came down for her treat and she was lame in her off hind foot.

It got worse so I got Gin Saul to come out as he was very smart with lame horses but he was unable to figure it out.

Dr. Holmes came out twice and a number of friends came out, no cure.

Gin Saul came out again and said she is worse as her hip was swollen up so Gin said you had better put her down but be sure to cut off that hind foot and bring it into town.

This is a mystery and

I want to find out. I had got to love that little mare and it hurt to have to put her down. I shed some tears that day. I took her foot into Gin and he opened it up and right in the main joint was a 22 slug all festered up.

The target shooters were to blame, it was no an accident. Poor little Misty, she was just starting a new life. She would have been a lovely pony for my wife Jo. Good horses are hard to find, especially like this little buckskin mare was going to make and then to lose her.

Poem I wrote The ice is gone, the grass is green, two wild canary’s I have seen.

They flit around so wild and free, I hope they summer in our tree.

Some humming birds I’ve also seen with colors yellow, red and green.

So now my poem I must close, the smell of breakfast in my nose.

Have a nice safe week and always remember God loves you and so do I.

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Knowing your property rights

What the new matrimonial real property law means for on-reserve First Nations Steven Maisey

On Dec. 16, 2013, the first part of the Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act came into force by order in council.

The first part of this two part legislation, provides enactment of First Nation laws respecting on-reserve matrimonial

real property.

Matrimonial real property refers to immovable assets, such as a home and the land it sits on, owned by one or both spouses.

Before this legislation, there was no legal protection, for couples living on reserves, to ensure that the matrimonial real property assets were distributed equitably in the event of the breakdown of a marriage or common-law partnership, or death of a spouse or common law partner.

The first part of this act was to ensure that First Nations communities be given a 12 month transitional period, during which they would be able to enact their own matrimonial real property laws before provisional federal laws came into affect.

However, First Nation communities

Big LNG investors endorse B.C.’s plan Tom Fletcher The biggest players in B.C.'s liquefied natural gas export proposal are still more than a year away from final commitment, but their latest step forward is a vote of confidence, according to the CEO of LNG Canada.

Representatives of Shell Canada, Korea Gas, Mitsubishi and PetroChina announced signing of a joint venture agreement for the LNG Canada project in Vancouver last Wednesday, with Premier Christy Clark and Natural Gas Minister Rich Coleman on hand.

LNG Canada CEO Andy Calitz cautioned that a final investment decision depends on completion of

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may at any time enact their own matrimonial real property laws, regardless of whether or not they do so before the 12 month transitional period ends, or whether they choose to after the provisional federal laws are in place.

They're able to enact their own laws anytime, in regards to matrimonial real property assets.

The Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act applies to all first nations living on reserves under the Indian Act, with exception of those that live under the First Nations Land Management Act. For more information on the Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests of Rights Act please visit www. aandc-aadnc,gc,ca

reviews by B.C.'s Environmental Assessment Office and Oil and Gas Commission. The companies will now begin engineering work, and those steps will take another 18 to 24 months, Calitz said.

The partnership includes an increase in Shell's stake to 50 per cent, with PetroChina retaining 20 per cent and Mitsubishi and Korea Gas reducing their shares from 20 per cent to 15. Calitz said the companies have other projects in development in Africa, Australia, Russia and elsewhere, and the change does not reflect any loss of confidence in B.C. Calitz acknowledged the B.C. government's commitment to increase industrial skills training in the school and apprenticeship system, announced Tuesday.

Clark also announced she is leaving Friday for her fifth trade mission to Asia, with stops in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong, mainly to promote LNG development.

Calitz said there are international factors affecting the export price, but LNG Canada is looking beyond Asia to other world markets.

There are three key factors in deciding whether to commit to the Kitimat project, Calitz said. They are shifts in the gas price in Asia, the supply and cost of labour to build the plant and pipelines, and construction of gas pipelines through the Rocky Mountains.

The companies have an agreement with TransCanada to build a pipeline, and gas production underway in the Horn River, Montney, Cordova and Liard shale formations in northeastern B.C.

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NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS The dates and locations of the Regular Board Meetings of the Board of Education of School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) for the months of May and June 2014 are as follows: May 12, 2014 School Board Office, Vanderhoof, BC June 16, 2014 School Board Office, Vanderhoof, BC These meetings will commence at 6:00 p.m. Members of the public are invited to attend.

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The site for the new boat launch and dock at Takysie Lake. The Southside Economic Development Association is upgrading the recreation site around the lake, which includes not only the boat launch and dock, but upgrading and creating new hiking trails, building a barbecue structure.

New hiking trail, boat launch among amenities to be built to upgrade the Takysie rec site Steven Maisey A proposed adventure park that will be built near Takysie Lake will begin being constructed this summer.

The adventure park, which will include a five kilometre hiking trail, boat launch and dock, fencing to keep the free range cattle out, a barbecue structure and eventually, a bouldering park and climbing wall will break construction this July.

According to the Southside Economic Development Association's, Kelly Friesen this project has been in the works for about four years now, and will be reopened for public use, beginning this September.

Friesen says that the Southside Economic Development Association has been working very hard, along with Regional District of Buckley-Nechako (RDBN) regional directors Stephen Freeman, area E and Bill Miller, area B to ensure that this project moves forward.

Friesen says that moving forward with this project was an easy decision to make.

"The Takysie rec site is kind of central on the Southside, it's

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pretty much right in the middle of all the communities," Friesen contribute to the Burns Lake Mountain Biking said, "it's an excellent place for a barbecue, so we're doing this Association. They will be hosting a Babes in Balance camp from July 27th to 29th to introduce women for a day use area to get people out for the day and enjoy it." and girls to the sport, as well as improve the skills Friesen adds that the boat launch and dock will add an element of those already biking. A certified mountain bike of convenience for people. and yoga instructor from Canmore will coach and "Takysie Lake is a prime fishing lake, and without a good pub- facilitate the camp. lic launch and dock it's an inconvenience for people looking to The Donations Committee considers donations to individuals or groups towards: launch their boats there."

• Local Education including scholarships and bursaries in The project is well funded. resource management, environmental science or trade school.

The Southside Economic Development Association received • Service clubs in the local area $30,000 from the Nechako Kitamaat Development Fund, $30,000 • Outdoor recreation in the local area facilities in the local area from Northern Development Initiation Trust, $5 000 from RDBN •• Recreation Sporting teams and local events regional director for area E and roughly $5 000 from in-kind No formal applications. Requests should include the name of donations from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Re- organization or group, contact information, and the amount requested followed by a brief description of what the funds are source Operation.

Originally the plan was for the area to include a brand new intended for.

If you have any questions, please email: bouldering park and climbing wall. kerry.martin@blcomfor.com Friesen says that the climbing boulder was just too expensive For more info on the community forest, call BL ComFor (250) 692-7724 for the amount of funding they have at the moment.

She adds that when they receive more funds then the climbing boulder Instant Patronage Days will be built.

"It's more of an upgrade at this point," Friesen said, "when we get the rest of the funds we will put in the Only Sale bouldering park. Then it'll be a brand new project."

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Money for 4-Hers Partnering for a Healthier Community grant program presented a cheques for $300 to the 4-H, the money will be used for regional communications event.

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A few customers cling to theories that the meters present a health hazard, despite evidence that their signals are weaker than the natural background of radio frequency signals even in remote areas.

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their spokesmen were unqualified and in most cases repeating false or exaggerated claims in order to sell solutions to the purported hazards.

BC Hydro spent nearly $1 billion to upgrade its grid, forecasting savings from automatic meter reading to faster detection of outages and elimination of power theft from meter bypasses.

The commission also reduced fees for customers who move and request a radiooff meter at their new address. To switch from a mechanical meter to a radio-off meter will cost $77.60, reduced from the BC Hydro's proposed $100. Going from one radio-off meter to another will cost $132.60, down from the proposed $155 that includes activating the meter in the former residence.

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B.C. launches skills ‘re-engineering’

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The B.C. government has unveiled its plan to match up skills training with emerging jobs in resource development, by redirecting post-secondary funding and financial aid toward occupations in demand.

The plan emphasizes industrial skills such as welding, pipefitting, heavy equipment operation, truck driving and concrete finishing, but ministers and officials stressed that it also includes engineering, health care and other occupations where jobs are projected to increase.

The main shift for colleges and universities is that within four years, a quarter of their operating grants will be targeted to programs with identified demand from the job market.

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data will determine post-secondary funding, instead of the tradition of block grants to post-secondary schools.

Ministers avoided identifying areas that will lose funding, but have previously cited far more teaching graduates than there are jobs in the school system. Premier Christy Clark has lamented a system where students receive a bachelor's degree and then must take additional training to qualify for jobs.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender outlined a plan for K-12 schooling that aims to double the number of spaces for high school students taking industrial training in high school to 5,000 in two years. Students in these courses get college credits while still in high school, allowing them to go to work more quickly.

The ministry is also revamping its kindergarten to grade nine curriculum to give it more emphasis on "hands-on learning" and exposing students in earlier grades to the range of jobs they can expect when they graduate.

Jobs Minister Shirley Bond said the Industry Training Authority will soon get a new board of directors and industry advisory councils to provide up-to-date information on job market needs.

NDP leader Adrian Dix said the overhaul of the ITA to restore union representation on its board shows that the model set up 10 years ago has been a failure. He also questioned how the education system can be restructured without adding new resources.

"We need investment in skills training," Dix said. "Instead what we have is a ministry of reallocation, which will cause considerable problems in the system and will not, I think, cumulatively give young people what they need."

Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk said the student loan program will also be adjusted to market demand, with loans reduced or forgiven for students who graduate with in-demand skills and are willing to move to get work.

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1:00 pm at The Beacon Theatre Alexander Borodin’s defining Russian epic comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years.

Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop. Music from the opera became well known in the 1953 American musical Kismet, in particular the “Gliding Dance of the Maidens” from the Polovtsian Dances, which provided the melody for the popular song “Stranger in Paradise”. Star bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov takes on the monumental title role, with Mikhail Petrenko as Prince Galitsky, Oksana Dyka as Yaroslavna and Anita Rachvelishvili as Konchakovna.

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Met Orchestra.

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The senior girls' soccer team attended the Test of Mettle tournament in Merritt on April 25 and 26. They went down with only 10 players but luckily two student from Fraser Lake joined in. Their final placing in the tournament was fourth out of 12 teams. The girls are off to Clearwater from May 8 to 10 and then to the Zone Championships in Prince George on May 14 to 16. If the girls place first or second at zones, then they will be attending the Provincials in Vancouver at the end of May. (Back row L-R) - Molly Nicholas, Gracie Funk, Ashley Peters, Mikayla Fairley, Shaelyn Wiebe and Brooklyn Schroeder. Middle row – Gianna Ragsdale, Ashley Cassidy and Carrol Edmund. Front row – Elise Dubé with the honorary Lakers member, Jilleena Woolsey from Fraser Lake Elementary-Secondary.

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COMFOR MAKES A GENEROUS DONATION TO THE OUTDOOR SOCIETY ComFor Management Services Ltd. vice-president, Jim McCormack (C) , and board of director member Frank Varga present a cheque for $30,000 to Lynn Synotte of the Lakes Outdoor Recreation Society, last Thursday, April 24. The outdoor recreation society received the cheque to put towards the maintenance of 28 recreational sites and two provincial parks.

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If you lived in Burns Lake in the 1950s, you probably remember Miss Clara Preston, the matron at the old hospital. Miss Preston's fiancé died in the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, so she dedicated her life to healing, arriving in China in 1922. She is mentioned on many, many pages of the book Healing in Henan, which is an account of the United Church missionary nurses in that torn and suffering nation.

She was a huge presence there for 25 years.

Among her many harrowing experiences when she ran the women's hospital in Anyang, she experienced a howling anti-foreigner mob setting fire to the entrance, survived the Japanese occupation of her workplace and heard a bomb hit the roof of the compound. She was evacuated from the country four times because of war and civil insurrection, but she kept going back.

She had no choice but to leave for good when the ascendant Communists closed the foreign mission hospitals in 1947.

Burns Lake must have seemed pretty tame by contrast.

She died in 1959-she had been visiting the seniors at the old folks' home on Gerow Island and passed away th on the bridge while walking home. She was 68.

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The Burns Lake and District Senior’s Society held a carpet bowling tournament last April 28-29 at the Island Gospal Fellowship Hall. The tournament was held in lead up to the B.C. Senior Games, which will be held in Langley Sept. 9-13, where carpet bowling is an event. There were 10 teams competing at the tournament last week, including two teams from Burns Lake. The event was won by the team from Prince Rupert who finished the event with 18 points, beating second place Granisle by five. The Burns Lake teams finished fifth and last respectively.

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LUNCH HOUR FAT BLAST CLASSES from 12:10-12:45 on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the new multi-use facility.

The classes will run from June 9th – July 6th.

The cost is $77. Go to the Village Website and Click the Fat Blast link to register.

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Ootsa Lake Bible Camp - forms available around town or register online: www.ootsalakebiblecamp.com. For ore info call Marian 250-698-7356.

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Pet of the Week Arts council receives donation from comfor Comfor Management Services Ltd. vice-president, Jim McCormack (C), and board of director member Frank Varga present a cheque worth $7500 to Rita Lavoie and Lori White (L) of the Lakes District Arts Council last Thursday, April 24. The Lakes District Arts Council will put this money towards events for young people. steven maisey photo

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Contributed On Saturday, May 10 the Lakes District Community Choir spring concert: ‘Going Home, Gospel, Goodies and Festival Highlights’. Doors open at 7 p.m., at the First Mennonite Church. Admission is by donation, and refreshments will be served at intermission.

On Sunday, May 11, the final ‘Met: live in HD’ transmission of this season takes place at the Beacon Theatre at 1 p.m. sharp. Prince Igor, Alexander Borodin’s defining Russian epic comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop.

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er in Paradise’. Star bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov takes on the monumental title role, with Mikhail Petrenko as Prince Galitsky, Oksana Dyka as Yaroslavna and Anita Rachvelishvili as Konchakovna. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Met Orchestra.

All tickets for this performance are $12 and are available at the door. Free ‘Arts for Youth’ tickets are available at the door for students and guests. Please ask an Arts Council volunteer at the door. We hope you’ll give this performance a try if you’ve not yet seen a ‘Met HD’ opera production this season. Audience reviews so far have been rave reviews, and the Lake District Arts Council hopes to present Met operas in the 2014/15 season next year, in partnership with the Beacon Theatre.

On May 20 and May 21 the ‘Grace and Gratitude’, a guitar and dance show, takes place on the Lakes District Secondary School (LDSS) - main stage, each night at 7 p.m. A performance by the LDSS dance guitar classes, in a production by LDSS teachers Rayanne Charlie and Steve Wilejto. Prices are $10 for adults and $5 for youth 12 and under. Tickets will be available at the door.

On Tuesday, May 27 the LDSS annual ‘Alternative Arts Festival’ takes place on the LDSS main stage during school hours.

Performing arts presentations will include vocal and musical numbers, dances, skits and video. Visual arts exhibitions will include painting, drawing, mixed media and sculpture. Don’t miss this rocking event.

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Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 at the Museum at the Heritage Centre at 7:30 pm Steven Maisey photo

Some of the produce that Overwaitea Foods donates to the new food share program in Burns Lake. A number of different agencies have stepped up to partner with the program to pick up food everyday and donate it to those families and people in need.

New food share program is helping to feed local families in need

every day a certain agency will go to Overwaitea and pick up the food and then distribute it within their agency to people that need it.

For example, RCMP officers pick up food and deliver it to the food bank on distribution days.

The Burns Lake food share program began only two weeks ago on April 15, so Petersen doesn't have any numbers yet on how much food they distribute through the program, but says she has a great group of people around her that are excited moving forward.

"It's really wonderful because we are picking up pounds and pounds of food every single day, which was originally being thrown away," Petersen said, "I have a great group of people around the table that are excited to see the project going forward because we all know people that need extra help."

Joanna Carnie, volunteer coordinator for the Lakes District Food Bank says that Overwaitea has donated expiring food items before, but through this program they are now adding produce, and adds that every bit helps.

"Although the food bank receives generous donations from the community, every little bit helps," Carnie said.

Paul Eckersley, store manager of Overwaitea Foods in Burns Lake says this is a perfect opportunity to not waste food.

"This was a simple call. Why throw out good food, when we can donate it," Eckersley said.

Petersen says budgets can be tight, and this is a way for these agencies to distribute even more food.

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A new food share program is, in part, helping local agencies to have enough food to give away to families in need.

Literacy outreach coordinator and Burns Lake resident, Jennifer Petersen became inspired to start the new food share program in Burns Lake after speaking with a lady from Terrace who runs a similar program there.

It was after meeting with this women that Petersen began to collaborate with different agencies in Burns Lake to get the ball rolling.

Petersen partnered with Overwaitea Foods to take food that is near its expiration date, or doesn't look good enough to sell in the store, and donate it to agencies, such as the food bank, so that they can then in turn distribute it to those people that need it.

Petersen explains that before this food share program, Overwaitea would just throw this food out because they could no longer sell it in the store.

She adds that the program in Terrace recovers and distributes up to 8000 lbs. of food monthly.

Petersen says that most companies are hesitant to donate nearly expired food for fear of being held liable if someone becomes sick as a result of eating it.

However, there are laws in place that prevent companies from "Budgets are tight, for them to be purbeing held responsible in these situations. chasing food is tough," Petersen said, "to The Food Donor Encouragement Act relieves a person, or per- be able to give food away is fantastic." sons, who donates food or distributes donated food, from being held liable for damages in the event of injury or death caused by consumption.

Petersen says that a number of agencies have jumped on board.

"We have the Elizabeth Fry Society, the food bank, the Lakes District Community Services Society, the will be held on Health and Wellness Centre, the B.C. Schizophrenia th Society and the Words on Wheels bus, which goes to the Southside on Mondays and works with the beginning at 12:30 pm.

Southside Economic Development Association, to name a few," Petersen said.

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The Martens family would like to thank all of the doctors, nurses and staff of the Lakes District Hospital for the incredible care and attention given to our mom, Lena.

Your kindness, patience and understanding will never be forgotten.

Heartfelt thanks from Dave Martens and family.

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Pitch-In Day: Friday, May 9: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Meet at the Chamber of Commerce. Please help clean up our beautiful community!

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Island Gospel Fellowship Gerow Island, Highway 35

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

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

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Burns Lake MS Support Group. Muriel Mould Learning Centre at 11am, every fourth Thursday. Contact Trish Fitzpatrick at (250) 692-4841 between 8am - 8pm.

Canada Day. Volunteer help is needed for this community event. Calling all businesses, churches, and organizations, calling everyone! Start thinking about putting together a float for Canada Day parade.

Granisle Purina® Walk for Dog Guides on May 25, 2014. This five kilometre walk is taking place at Tourist Information Centre and begins at 10:30 a.m.

There is no registration fee and 100% of funds raised go towards providing Dog Guides. For more information, to register, or donate, please visit www. purinawalkfordogguides.com.

Tweedsmuir Cavaliers Saddle Club general Meeting 6 pm, May 13, Forestry Office, Contact Kristi (250) 692-5721.

Southside Health & Wellness Centre: May 2014. Chair yoga every Tues. & Fri. 10-11am (drop-in basis - come by and try it out). Foot Care, all day by appt., May. 8, 13 & 22. More info (250) 694-3270.

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Is your child currently 3 years old? If so, you are welcome to join us at the Muriel Mould Neighbourhood Learning Centre on Friday May 16, 2014 for our 3 year old screening event. Drop in any time between 9-3 pm to have your child participate in various centres that focus on early child development and school readiness. Further information can be found by contacting lakesdistrict.sx6@gmail.com

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

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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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.

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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.

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Helmut Richard Hummel Mar. 24, 1930 - Mar. 22, 2014 Ever since dad was a young boy he wanted to live in Canada. it was his dream to have a farm in the land of the unknown. Growing up on a small farm in the Black Forest region in Germany, inspired dad, in his early 20s, to further his education in agriculture. Soon after he packed his trunk, stuffed $50 in his pocket and sailed to the Canadian shores with five of his classmates, arriving on March 21, 1954.

Finding his first job in Saskatchewan on a farm kept dad busy for his first six months in Canada. Moving on he ventured to Vancouver where he worked at several sawmills and on any days off he washed windows on tall buildings. Soon after mom arrived by ship, holding in her arms the carving dad made in his image, for her before he left Germany. They were married a week later in Vancouver in a small church surrounded by their close friends.

Dad’s dream continued to unfold as he took his new wife to the land he wished to live and share. It was a true pioneering lifestyle, one which dad eagerly looked forward to. Nestling on their first little farm on Tatalrose Road for the first 10 years was a taste of what dad wanted. His dream grew bigger when he spotted an area of land further down the road. They relocated with six kids in tow, to this new area where he built up his farm, naming it Bear Hill Ranch.

Involvement in the community was important to dad. He was at one time the president of The Cattleman’s Association, a leader in forestry management, involved with the Agricultural Land Reserve, then dabbled in our local Artisan Art Society, where he displayed and sold some of his wood carvings. Dad’s love of reading, gardening, cooking (and burning mom’s pots), hunting, fishing, bee keeping, wild mushroom and berry picking, and carving kept him busy before and during his retirement years.

Dad/Opa loved life and he was so blessed to have shared 60 years with mom, raising six children; Ursula (Danny), Hubert (Snezana), Wolfram (Lianne), Sylvia (Robert), Richard (Colette) and Monika.

Sharing his wisdom and stories of the past, Opa leaves behind 24 grand children and 19 great grandchildren.

Close to our hearts, we will always remember dad/Opa for his gentle nature, easy smile and inner strength. We love you.

A memorial for Helmut will be at a later date for family and close friends.

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It is with sadness in our hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of Lena (Helena) Martens on April 27, 2014. Lena was born on Oct. 9, 1936 in Carrot River, Sask., one of 13 children.

She married Dave Martens Oct. 20, 1957 residing in Tisdale, Sask. until 1965 when they moved their family to Burns Lake.

After their five children were in school Lena worked outside the home; chamber maiding and janitorial nick named Mrs. Clean by some.

Lena loved to play guitar, sing and dance, especially with Dave her partner of 57 years. She was a very giving person, always there to lend a hand and help those in need. She was an active member of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary and loved volunteering with the girls on Wednesdays at the thrift shop.

Lena thoroughly enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, camping, playing slow pitch, gardening and a good game of Bocchi. She had quite a competitive spirit especially at hockey games, be it her grandchildren’s hockey games or the NHL on T.V. Her support and voice were always heard.

Lena was battling health issues but after a stroke in 2003 her energetic and active life changed drastically.

She struggled with her kidneys, complications of C.O.P.D. and Dementia.

Devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Left behind to grieve are her husband Dave; children Rose and John Ruffell, Laura Mihalyi, Rick Martens, Karen Olson and Sandy Waugh, Bev Jubinville. Grandchildren: Dustin and Tansy Ruffell, Jason Ruffell and Ginnie Disher, Ryan Ruffell and Kelsey Rolheiser, Brandon and Rosel Mihalyi, Travis Mihalyi and Madysen Mouw, Stacey Skibo, Jeremy Jubinville, Alysha Jubinville. Great grandchildren: Ryese Wall, Shelby Scheel, Natalie Scheel, Dylan Ruffell, Alexandra Mihalyi.

She will be dearly missed by us all.

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Cultural Event Coordinator The Burns Lake Native Development Corporation is seeking an experienced summer student for a 12 week position. • Plan, coordinate and execute large community event with multiple sub-events • Assist the Community Advisory Committee in developing and executing contests, promotions and events. • Work alongside Community Advisory Committee to carry out programming agenda. • Proficient in all office duties, task and computer programs (MS Word, Excel, Publisher, etc) • Highly efficient while working unattended, self motivated and goal/task orientated • Class 5 license with reliable vehicle an asset • Must be registered as full-time students in the previous academic year and intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year.

Qualified Applicants can drop off, fax, or email a cover letter and resume to: John Nooski, Small Business Development Officer Only successful candidates will be contacted.

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Bylaw Enforcement Officer The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako provides local government services to a large area of more than 77,000 square kilometers of scenic mountains, rolling hills and lakes.

The office is located in Burns Lake, a dynamic community that is known for its hospitality and as the Gateway to Tweedsmuir Provincial Park. The region offers affordable housing, stunning scenery, world class fishing, and incomparable recreation opportunities.

The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako is looking for a Bylaw Enforcement Officer to play a key role in the Regional District’s bylaw enforcement efforts in a team oriented work environment.

The work involves the full range of bylaw enforcement activities including undertaking investigations, responding to the public, record keeping, and enforcement action. The position requires a motivated and solutions oriented individual with exceptional communications skills.

Preference will be given to candidates that have: • Knowledge of local government bylaw, regulations, policies, and enforcement procedures. • The ability to attend training and take related courses. • The ability to investigate complaints, deal with the public, and enforce bylaws with tact, impartiality, and sound judgement. • A combination of education, training and practical experience related to the above may be considered. • Valid BC Driver’s License (mandatory).

Applications should include a cover letter and resume containing three references. This is a permanent, full time (35 hr/week) position offering a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. Applications will be received by Jason Llewellyn, Director of Planning, at 37 3rd Avenue, Box 820, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0, until 4:30 p.m. on May 31, 2014 at the above address or be e-mailed to Inquiries@rdbn.bc.ca

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Saturday May 31st, 2014 at 10am For Mr. Mrs. Menno Amendt Across Francois Lake, 3km south of ferry landing on Keefe’s Landing Road Tools & shop items: Post pounder, Yamaha generator, 500 gal fuel tank w/ stand, 300 gal fuel tan w/ stand, 285 Husky power saw, car top carrier, Ford pickup rack, tool chests, misc. tools, Max air nailer, table saw, Dewalt 12” chop saw (like new), shop saw (metal), small B&D chop saw, Ariens garden tiller, ice auger, 2 shop carts, 2 air compressors, 5th wheel ball 2pc rails, tap & die set, pressure tank, 1991 Suburban, 17ft fiberglass boat on trailer, 12ft fiberglass boat w/ 9hp mercury on trailer, small electric welder (like new), gas welding torch w/ tank, Delta drill press self standing w/ bits, Craftsman radial arm saw, log splitter 13h Honda on trailer, orchard ladder 8ft. Livestock: Horses - 2 mares, 1 w/ Apr. 10th foal.

Farm Supplies: Baler twine, 2 bags calcium, livestock mineral, 4 wheeler & wagon, cattle oiler, pig crates, buggy shavs, horse sleigh, calving supplies, round hay bales, saddle, hay tarps, 2 electric fencers, 499 N.H. Swather, 144 N.H. Windrow inverter, N.H. round baler. Household items: Wooden benches, 2 sets quilt frame legs (new), end tables, small crib, 2 doors - windows, 2 cream separators, small antique tables, 9 grey metal chairs, child’s desk, child’s hutch cupboard, tables, little fridges, wooden clothes dryers (new), book shelves, ironing board, recliner, couch & love seat, hida bed, muck buckets, small electric meat grinder, hand crocheted rugs (new), wooden cabinet, books, gallon jars, canning jars, lasered wooden shelves, single bed, deep freezer, grandfather clock (cherry), antique swivel oak chair.

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Misc. Wanted Collectors Currently Buying: Coin Collections, Antiques, Native Art, Old Silver, Paintings, Jewellery etc. We Deal with Estates 778-281-0030

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Rentals Homes for Rent 4 BEDROOM home, with den off newly remodeled kitchen, 2 bathrooms, laundry facilities available, large deck off of dining room, home has lots of character, and is well maintained. Large lot which backs onto nature trails. Heat and hydro are included in the rent.

Available immediately. Rent $1350 a month. Call 250-6921805 or 250-692-9390.

Suites, Lower 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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Over the last decade we have been carefully planning this project. It is the most advanced pipeline proposal under consideration that is responding to these challenges. The project has undergone the intense scrutiny of the Joint Review Panel of the National Energy Board–the most extensive scientific review of its kind in Canadian history–and received its endorsement for approval.

By moving ahead, Northern Gateway will safely open new markets for Canadian oil much sooner than any other project under consideration.

While this provides a huge economic benefit for Canadians, it is not the only opportunity Northern Gateway has to offer.

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Most important, no matter what product we are moving, Northern Gateway will always ensure that ours is a safer, better project.

That’s because Northern Gateway is already incorporating numerous measures specifically designed for British Columbia’s environment and landscape, and is already setting a new standard in Canada for safety and environmental responsibility.

For example, every tanker carrying Canadian oil to new markets will be double-hulled and guided to open ocean by B.C. coast pilots. All loaded tankers will be escorted by two tugs, and every tanker coming into our terminal will be fully vetted for safety.

At Northern Gateway we are working every day to build a project that will serve our country for generations to come. That passionate commitment is at the heart of our proposal.

It drives us in everything we do.

It has resulted in a project that measures up to its original promise of a safer, better pipeline that benefits every British Columbian and every Canadian.

Escort tugs will respond immediately in the case of an emergency, and one of the two escort tugs will be tethered at all times.

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This is the main reason why Northern Gateway is urgently needed. Northern Gateway will open new markets for Canadian oil in Asia, creating thousands of good-paying jobs in British Columbia and generating much-needed revenues for taxpayers.

All tankers calling on our terminal must be vetted by a third-party prior to leaving their port of origin.

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If, in the years ahead, a new refinery is built in Kitimat that offers the same benefits as international markets, Northern Gateway will be able to deliver product for that as well.

Or, if a facility is built in Alberta, Northern Gateway will be able to move refined product to new markets.

In fact, Northern Gateway can provide a safe means of transport from Alberta to Kitimat for oil wherever it is needed most, at home or abroad, always ensuring that Canadians get the value we rightly expect from our most valuable commodity.

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