The Northern View, May 14, 2014

PRINCE RUPERT VOL. 9 NO. 20

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Full sailings results in loss of business

WELCOME TO THE SHOW Business

BY SHAUN THOMAS

Changes coming to small business Page A6

PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

A perfect storm of sorts on the BC Ferries system is costing Prince Rupert businesses thousands of dollars, but this one has nothing to do with the seas of Hecate Strait.

The combination of a major paving project between Masset and Port Clements and service reductions that took effect on April 28 has meant those wanting to ship goods to - Chris Bromley Haida Gwaii often find themselves without space on the ship.

Darin Gunette of BC Ferries confirmed that Adventure Paving, the company undertaking the paving job, has taken the majority of commercial reservations between May and the end of June to accommodate the movement of machinery to and from the island.

“We didn’t know it was coming until they started calling to make reservations,” he said.

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“We have trailers full of cargo that aren’t going anywhere.”

Feature Larry Hope finds a passion for teaching Page A11

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Prince Rupert’s Dance Unlimited performs “Magic To Do” during Saturday’s BC Annual Dance Competition gala. For more on the competition, see Page A7.

Trailer court tensions rise as fence comes down

Sports Runners excel in Crest Glory Days Page A15

Threats and litigation fly in Port Edward

BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Haida Gwaii Vigneault honoured for volunteer work Page B1

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The fence may be down, but the dispute between the residents of the Port Edward trailer court and owners Stonecliff Properties is far from over.

The fence surrounding the property, which restricted vehicle access and required residents to be accompanied to and from their trailers as work to replace failing water, sewer and road infrastructure begins, was up for approximately 24 hours. Stonecliff said it wasn’t anything to do with construction that caused the removal of the fence, but some of the language coming from tenants.

“It was moved because the tenants called the

“It was removed because the tenants called the employees and contractors Nazis.”

- Stonecliff Properties employees and the contractors Nazis and said they were being kept in a concentration camp.

That was never our intention as the fencing was put up to keep people safe ... it was simply moved because of the kinds of things the people at the trailer park were saying about the workers and the company,” said a spokesperson for Stonecliff,

noting Nazi references are not the only things coming from residents.

“We have had threats and had to remove our employee from the site for safety reasons.

Another woman threatened to start a fire inside the park and another resident threatened one of the contractors.”

While Port Edward Manufactured Home Association president Ed Day said the removal of the fence was something the group wanted in the first place, it doesn’t mean everything is okay in the park.

“We are working on a class-action suit to deal with everything that is coming out of here,” he said.

“People are pretty upset about what is happening.”

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Tenants warned Waitlist up to 40 vehicles per trip about behaviour TRAILERS from Page A1 One of the concerns of the residents is warning notices being distributed by Stonecliff. These include everything from not following safety procedures and driving through the work area to insulting contractor personnel and threatening to shut down the site down n with a call to the Worker’s Compensation Board to not having pets in the area controlled. Each of the notices includes threats of future legal action if the problem persists and the possibility of a Notice to - Alice Kruta End Tenancy.

“Everyone is getting written up for everything. The warning notices all have to be disputed and each dispute costs us $50.

They’re trying to wear us down,” said Alice Kruta.

“The stress is killing me.”

But the company said these notices are needed, and are not handed out lightly.

“Anybody who threatens an employee or a contractor, we are going to take immediate action against. It is not something that can be allowed to happen again,” said the spokesperson, noting the association has yet to include Stonecliff or have any communication directly with the company as it relates to their concerns.

“We’re going to continue to try and work with those who will work with us, but if people threaten employees on the site we will follow the letter of the law.”

“They’re trying to wear us down ... the stress is killing me.”

FERRIES from Page A1 “A lot of other commercial traffic is being put on standby.

We have had up to 40 vehicles per day on the waiting list ... it’s a big project, one that only happens once in a very long time,” added Gunette.

That has meant the flow of goods from Prince Rupert to Haida Gwaii is anything but a certainty. One business that has felt the impact of being unable to make a reservation between now and July is Tyee Building Supplies.

“We had an order come in for a Haida Gwaii customer that was about $7,500. We had it pulled and ready to go, but there was no certainty we could get it on the ferry until the end of next month ... there is the possibility of cancellations or space being available, but that was too much of an uncertainty and the customer pulled the order,” said manager Sharon Rothwell, adding she feels the ferry system should be treated no differently than the highway system.

Another business feeling the pinch is Bandstra Transportation, which regularly takes a variety of goods to the island.

“We have one trailer of food and one trailer of Canada Post that is certain to go over and that is all

Shaun Thomas / The Northern View

Commercial reservations between Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii are unavailable until late June.

“It’s really going sailing-by-sailing right now.”

- Darin Gunette we can do ... we are contractually obligated to send Canada Post to the island, so we can’t put that off if we need to take more food,” said manager Chris Bromley, noting it is not usually an issue getting an extra trailer on board.

“It’s absolutely chaotic. We have trailer loads of cargo that aren’t going anywhere.”

But Gunette said commercial entities looking to make it to Haida Gwaii should still make their way to the terminal.

“What I hear is most of those on the waiting list are getting on as our staff have been taking careful consideration and filling the vessel as efficiently as possible,” he said, noting some Adventure Paving reservations have been cancelled due to weather impacting their work.

“It’s really going sailing-bysailing right now.”

As for private vehicles, a call to BC Ferries reservations on May 9 indicates the next available reservation isn’t until May 22.

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Environmental group raises LNG red flag

BY MARTINA PERRY PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

The Prince Rupert Environmental Society believes the Pacific NorthWest LNG project would have significantly adverse effects on the Skeena River, it’s estuary and the species that depend on it.

Late last month, researchers shared their concerns on the project, based on analysis they conducted at a society meeting.

Dr. Barb Faggetter, a registered professional biologist with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry/biochemistry and a PhD in biological and chemical oceanography, has been an independent researcher in the area for 20 years specializing in ecosystems and the ocean. An issue Faggetter has with Pacific NorthWest LNG is its proximity to Flora Banks, a “very important site in the Skeena estuary”.

“Most of the salmon we are getting are coming out of the Skeena River and they’re coming out across Flora Banks. It’s not that it’s just a good habitat, it’s location is important,” she said.

Charmaine Carr-Harris, a masters student at Simon Fraser University, echoed the importance of the estuary for salmon.

“The estuary contains salmon from all parts of the Skeena Watershed, which contains hundred of different populations of six different species of salmon,” she said.

Carr-Harris was part of a field project looking at the temporal and geographic distribution of juvenile salmon species in the

Skeena estuary and the effect developments could have on fisheries.

The field project included genetic identification of salmon, showing the area slated for development supports smolts from at least 13 different sockeye stocks and four different chinook stocks.

Carr-Harris was disappointed the environmental assessment didn’t present data on juvenile salmon abundance.

Based on a recent study she conducted, Faggetter said the project’s creation would be detrimental to juvenile salmonid habitats. Faggetter said while the juvenile salmon habitat in most of Prince Rupert and Port Edward’s foreshore was destroyed by toxic material from the old pulp mill, Flora Banks is still an excellent habitat.

A concern is that dredging required for the project would expose Flora Banks to toxins, said society member Leanna Ruth, who has been researching dredging. She said this would damage eelgrass on Flora Banks, a source of food for juvenile salmon and many other species.

But Brian Clark, environmental advisor coordinating the environmental assessment for Pacific NorthWest LNG, said there is no worry of contamination.

“There are no toxins in the sediment, there are traces of dioxins from the old pulp mill. Those traces are throughout the area, but are well below any thresholds ... it’s not toxic,” he said, noting hundreds of samples from the top of the surface down to 12 metres deep have been taken.

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Taken last year, this photo shows a couple of the pink and coho salmon captured near the proposed dredge site of the Pacific NorthWest LNG facility.

While Pacific NorthWest LNG has habitat offsetting for eelgrass loss, Faggetter believes LNG surveyors underestimated the size of the eelgrass bed, particularly underneath where the trestle would be.

Clark said the company did aerial surveys of eelgrass beds, and used previously-conducted reports.

“Eighty-five per cent of the habitat remains the same. It’s been very stable for a number of years,” he said, adding surveyors also did a sub-tidal survey with underwater cameras to map habitat not visible in aerial photos, as well as having a biologist cataloging eelgrass beds during low tide.

“We’ve done an extensive study of eelgrass beds ... from the get go our project has been staying away from Flora Banks.

Where we come off Lelu Island we will be touching less than one per cent of eelgrass beds,” he said.

But around the same time the proponents

did its survey work last summer Faggetter also did an aerial survey of eelgrass and said she recorded 15 times more.

“They did not get anything near an accurate estimate,” she said, with CarrHarris claiming this also happened with fish surveying.

“It was unfortunate to find that our results in the estuary were the most comprehensive data set compared to the consultants doing these multi-million dollar environmental assessment studies, and our results were completely different.

With a first-year grad student project and a $20,000 budget we were able to catch fish easily,” Carr-Harris said.

According to Clark, the federal government requires industry to measure impact on habitat and the abundance of species, not populations because a variety of factors can affect marine species’ population.

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Hey Victoria, this is our highway!

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n less than two weeks, the service reductions put into effect by BC Ferries have cost businesses on the North Coast thousands of dollars.

If there had been a third Monday sailing, I don’t doubt the traffic associated with Adventure Paving and commercial traffic from companies like Bandstra and Rona. But alas there is not.

The scary thing about these thousands of dollars being lost is that there is no doubt this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the economic impact from ferry cuts.

While the next reservation available for commercial traffic is at the end of June, someone wanting to book travel for personal reasons is staring down a two week wait. A Shaun Thomas family planning their vacation last week for a trip to beautiful Haida Gwaii wouldn’t be able to travel until May 22.

That doesn’t bode well given that early May is far from peak tourism season.

While commercial losses may be large, the loss of revenue to tourism operators, hoteliers and businesses on Haida Gwaii will likely be immeasurable. Although it will be interesting to see what the numbers look like when October rolls around.

The problem with the cuts and this loss of revenue is that BC Ferries and the province seem to be of the mindset that it is perfectly acceptable for Haida Gwaii when it would not be acceptable pretty much anywhere else in British Columbia. You wouldn’t cut off access to Tofino for economic reasons, you wouldn’t tell people in Mackenzie they can’t leave town 52 days of the year and you certainly wouldn’t shut down the Alaska Highway leading to Fort Nelson.

Why is that? Because they considered to be part of the highway system.

What people in Victoria and the BC Ferries ivory towers need to get through their heads is that the route connecting Prince Rupert to Skidegate is no less a highway than the above examples.

Perhaps if they spent significant time on Haida Gwaii they would realize that.

Diluted bitumen too dangerous at sea

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n a letter to this paper Greg Stringham, on behalf of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, makes assertions about the behavior of diluted bitumen (dilbit) in salt water that are, at best, half-truths.

He states that dilbit floats on salt water and that it is no more dangerous at sea than other types of oil. That is wrong. It is more dangerous at sea, and infinitely more so than refined fuels like diesel and gasoline.

What Stringham doesn’t mention is that the same report from Environment Canada that he quotes from, goes on to say David that dilbit sinks in seawater when there is sediment present. Another study by a top U.S. environmental chemist, Jeff Short, says the same thing. It was filed by the Gitxaala Nation to the National Energy Board in March 2013, so Stringham is well aware of it. That study says animal and plant matter like plankton, as well as sediment, cause the dilbit to sink.

Our entire coast has sediment and plankton in abundance. All our rivers are glacial and full of silt.

Plankton is omnipresent, which is why the whales are here, and shallow seas like Hecate Strait throw up huge amounts of sediment from the bottom in storms.

Dilbit will sink in our waters if there is a spill and it will

harden up like caulking material on beaches and the intertidal zone. The intertidal zone includes large mud flats in the midcoast because the tidal range is more than 20 feet there.

How would we ever get them clean again?

Stringham also says our Canadian oil industry is interested in the Kitimat refinery idea. That is news to me. I have talked to all the companies and there is no interest whatsoever. That is why I am spearheading the project. It will keep dilbit out of tankers and provide an enormous value-add for B.C. Black Canada’s oil industry needs a west coast pipeline. Coastal First Nations, the Yinka Dene First Nations, Prince Rupert, Kitimat, Terrace, Smithers, the provincial and federal NDP, the federal Liberals, the provincial and federal Green Party, many blue collar unions and the majority of folks in B.C. are against Northern Gateway’s idea of putting dilbit in tankers.

A refinery is economically viable.

Why is it so hard for our oil industry to see that the way forward is to build a green refinery which will cut greenhouse gases by 50 per cent, create thousands of jobs, generate billions of new annual taxes, and gain acceptance for a safe pipeline?

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On the street

Is homelessness an issue in Prince Rupert?

With Martina Perry

MIKE HOOD

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“I don’t think so. I don’t see a lot of people staying on the streets.”

“It’s not warm enough for there to be a lot of homeless people.”

“Yeah, it’s a problem.”

“Yes, it’s an issue.”

Photo courtesy Prince Rupert Port Authority FROM SHIP TO TRAIN TO TRUCK: Intermodal shipping containers move by rail to and from the Port of Prince Rupert. Standardized containers have revolutionized the shipping industry during the past half-century, increasing speed and efficiency of cargo movements.

Thinking inside the box Refinery makes a lot of sense transformed shipping

Letters to the editor

Editor: Re: Columns by David Black.

I read Mr. Black’s articles with a great deal of interest, since the idea of a refinery only makes sense in the long term.

The present clamor to get the resources of LNG and bitumen to an uncertain market seems like a huge gamble that we can ill-afford to take. Processing the product on Canadian shores would provide the marketplace with a finished product that would require very little if any further refinement. It would also ensure that some critical jobs required in the processing would stay on our shores where they belong.

If we take the logging industry as an example, we have long been exporting jobs to foreign

“Refinery... a voice of reason.”

- Frank Collison markets and are in the process of buying back products made from Canadian lumber. Find the logic in that if you can, because I certainly cannot.

I realize that market conditions are the economic driver in most cases, but what about a good, common sense approach?

A refinery, in my estimation makes a lot of sense; certainly a voice of reason in a volatile atmosphere.

Frank Collison Chief Stildha

System can handle bitumen Editor: Re: Columns by David Black.

Continued safe marine and pipeline transport of hydrocarbons is in everybody’s interest so Canadians can realize value for resources and oil producers can continue to deliver jobs and economic benefits. No one wants a spill of any product at any time.

The performance track record over the past 50 years is good, but even still, work is ongoing to improve prevention and ensure producers, transportation companies and spill-responders have the best information available to manage products safely and make the best plans possible for response, containment and clean-up in the event of an incident.

Black’s articles incorrectly suggested the Canadian oil industry is not interested in the proposed refinery project and that transporting diluted bitumen is more risky than transporting other types of oil because of its chemical properties.

Fact is, oil producers are seeking increased access to existing and new markets – in Canada, the United States and internationally – to satisfy market demand for increasing Canadian oil production. All options to achieve that goal are worthy of study.

And diluted bitumen – oil sands bitumen diluted with natural gas liquids that allow it to flow – is no more dangerous than other types of crude oil.

Chemically, there’s nothing about diluted bitumen the transportation system cannot

be prepared to manage. Whether it moves by pipelines or tankers, diluted bitumen meets all the same specifications and behaves the same as other crude oils.

Oil floats on water if it has an API gravity above water’s 10 degree API gravity. Diluted bitumen has an API gravity of 20-22 degrees. Any type of oil spilled in water, eventually “weathers” and can be driven below the surface by waves or currents.

Diluted bitumen behaves the same way.

There have been several scientific studies completed on diluted bitumen. Earlier this year, the federal government released a research study that demonstrated diluted bitumen floats on salt water – even after evaporation and exposure to light.

The study was commissioned by Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Natural Resources Canada as part of the government’s plan to implement a world-class prevention, preparedness and response regime for marine transportation. Results of the study will be used to inform spill responders and help guide more research.

Our industry is focused on responsible development of Canada’s resources. We welcome transparency on our safety and environmental performance, based on sound science.

As producers, we transport oil with care and attention at all times. We expect all transportation providers to deliver safe services in a responsible manner.

Greg Stringham Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

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RE:PORT

he system of transporting goods in standard-sized containers is a relatively recent innovation.

Prior to World War II, ports around the world shipped cargo as “break bulk.” The term refers to goods that must be loaded and unloaded individually. This form of shipping is still prevalent today, but declined dramatically with the introduction of standardized containers, as it is labour intensive, requires warehousing, and is generally much less efficient. However, break bulk shipping remains useful for accessing minimally-developed ports that lack modern infrastructure, and for transporting cargo that simply cannot be stuffed into containers.

The first purpose-built ships for transporting containers were introduced in the 1950s, after trucking company owner Malcom McLean developed the modern intermodal container in the United States.

The first purpose-built container ship was the Clifford J. Rodgers, which successfully completed its maiden voyage in 1955, carrying 600 containers between Vancouver and Skagway, Alaska.

This trip also marked the introduction of the first intermodal service using ships, trucks and railroad cars. A number of those containers were loaded to new, purpose-built rail cars and moved to the Yukon.

During the first two decades of containerized trade, a series of compromises between international shipping companies brought about the evolution of standard sizes, fittings and reinforcements for containers.

By 1970, the International Organization for Standardization had defined common terminology, dimensions and ratings for shipping containers that were adopted by trading nations around the world.

The introduction of large-scale container shipping dramatically changed the port landscape, both in North American and Europe.

The Port of San Francisco, which had functioned as a major commercial port for break bulk for decades, lost its status as a major commercial port to the neighbouring Port of Oakland, which was able to build new infrastructure and capitalize on the emergence of containerization.

In Europe, the ports of London and Liverpool declined in importance, while the Port of Felixstowe and the Netherlands’ Port of Rotterdam became two of the largest on the continent.

Today, approximately 90% of non-bulk cargo worldwide is moved by container ships.

The benefits of this form of shipping include dramatic reductions in the cost of international trade, and vastly increased speed in the movement of consumer goods and commodities. Containerization also improved cargo security, as goods are no longer readily visible and are locked inside the containers. The use of standardized container sizes has also lessened issues of incompatibility between rail networks in different countries, making transshipment between different trains much easier.

At the Port of Prince Rupert, the rise of containerization made possible the conversion of Fairview Terminal from an under-utilized breakbulk facility to one of the world’s fastest growing container terminals.

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Through our connection with the people who access our services we have come to learn that poverty is a huge issue in our community, region, province, country and the world. 2010 Canadian statistics states one in 10 Canadians live below the poverty line; on and off the reserve, one in four aboriginal people are living in poverty. Canada ranks forth on the United Nations Human Development Index. Statistics measuring aboriginal communities in Canada would rank Canada 78th on the Index; this status is currently held by Peru (a Third World country by all other measurements). 2010 statistics also state 770,000 Canadians use food banks on a monthly basis.

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals to End Poverty were established to cut poverty in half by 2015.

On September 25, 2013 World Leaders agreed to scale up action against extreme poverty, hunger and disease and called for a 2015 Summit to adopt the next set of goals to focus on continued efforts. In 1989 there was an all party resolution passed here in

Editor: Open Letter to all Citizens of British Columbia The current Kaien Anti Poverty Society became a reality in 2003 when a contract to provide after school recreational drop in programming for children, youth and families was signed with Ministry of Children and Family Development.

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Why? Why is B.C. not establishing a poverty reduction plan? Why are our politicians avoiding the issue? In this days and age there is absolutely no reason for people to be waking up hungry, going to work or school hungry and managing their day with hunger pangs interrupting their thinking or learning process. Wake up B.C.; get on board the anti-poverty train.

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May 14, 2014 • Northern View • A7

Cam headlines star gala performance

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Where in the world can you find a circus, 1920s newspaper boys, WalMart employees, hip-hop artists, native Americans, cross-dressers, statues that come to life, mental institution inmates, mad geishas and dissolute Love Shack teens?

Just one place and it was in Prince Rupert’s backyard on Saturday night at the Lester Centre as the 25th B.C. Annual Dance Competition wrapped up with Gala Night 2014.

As a packed audience found out, it takes all kinds of kinds to win the prestigious cash awards, totalling to over $50,000, donated by various associations to the top five dance studios across the Northwest participating in the gala.

“It’s amazing how far you’ve all come in a week,” said adjudicator and teacher at Canada’s National Ballet School Gerard McIsaac.

“That doesn’t happen every time.”

Dancers from Prince Rupert (Dance Unlimited, E-Motion), Terrace (Contemporary Collective), Prince George (Performers North), Surrey (A-Company), Sherwood Park, Smithers and even Australia took part in the festivities, and Prince Rupert’s E-Motion cleaned up with four first-place group finishes on the night.

E-Motion captured top spots in Jazz Group 13-and-up for “Run”, Acrobatic Group for “Fire Cracker”, Lyrical Group for “Sweet Dream” and Novelty Group 12-and-under for “Carrying the Banner”, their old-timey news-delivering number.

Hot on E-Motion’s heels was Performers North with first-places in Musical Theatre Group for “Matilda

Medley”, Classical Ballet Group for “Impromptu” and Song and Dance Group for “Love Shack”.

Surrey’s A-Company took bragging rights in Modern/Contemporary for “Experience”, Tap Group for “Putting on the Ritz”, and Hip-Hop Group for “A3G”.

Rounding out the winners were Dance Unlimited who took home top spot in Jazz Group 12-and-under with “Black and Gold”, and Novelty Group 13-and-up for “Spell Block Tango” while Contemporary Collective nabbed first place in Demi Character Group with their haunting “Child’s Play”.

Last year’s Junior and Senior Performers of the year, Lola Clare and Desiree Manning respectively, were on hand to pass the torch to 2014’s champions.

Prince George’s Brett Dobson claimed Junior Performer of the Year, with the dark-haired, pre-teen charmer taking home $1,000 in cash for his efforts.

Prince Rupert’s Hannah Cam was the highlight of the night from E-Motion and was a top-three finalist for Senior Performer of the Year, but fell to Surrey’s Natalie Smith. The gracious Rupertite applauded the nomination and wrapped both winner and fellow finalist in a giant embrace before Smith was announced winner. She’ll be off to the 2015 Australian Showcase with return airfare, hotel accommodations, entry fees and workshops like Manning before her.

Some memorable performances included E-Motion’s “Mad Geisha” with sorrowful melancholic elements like decaying make-up and slowly-unbridling hair for the dancers.

Cam led the way in “Turn mah Beat Up” in E-Motion’s enthusiastic and energetic foot-stomping rendition.

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Hannah Cam performs her hip-hop solo last Friday at the B.C. Dance Competition. Cam was a Senior Performer of the Year finalist.

“It’s amazing how far you’ve all come this week. That doesn’t happen every time.”

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Together, we’ve built Canada. Together, we’ll build Gateway.

When working people benefit, Canada benefits.

That’s why we support Northern Gateway.

Canada’s trade unions have always fought to ensure working people and their families benefit from economic growth.

That’s why the Pipe Line Contractors Association of Canada and four national unions—representing the most experienced construction workforce anywhere in the world—are proud to support the Northern Gateway Pipeline.

The Memorandum Of Understanding our unions signed with Northern Gateway ensures the project is built to the highest possible environmental and safety standards.

It supports Northern Gateway’s commitment to jobs and lasting social benefits for Aboriginal communities. And it helps ensure new training opportunities for young people— opportunities that will last them a lifetime.

Northern Gateway is a nation-building project that has the potential to secure long-term energy and economic security for the next 100 years. But only—and this is critical—if it is built right and for the benefit of average families and the communities in which we live.

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When working people and their communities benefit—as they do with Northern Gateway—then we all benefit with a stronger, fairer, and more prosperous country for every Canadian.

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May 14, 2014 • Northern View • A9

Small business changes coming

BY MARTINA PERRY PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

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Eagle Spirit Energy Holdings Ltd. feels oil shipping in B.C. is imminent so citizens should support a project that vows to do it safely.

The Haida Nation recently publicized its opposition to Eagle Spirit Energy’s proposed oil project, which would have oil refined in either northeastern B.C. or Alberta and moved via pipeline to one of three shipping points.

President and chairman Calvin Helin said the company respects the Haida Nation’s right to come to any decision, but said oil is already being shipped off of B.C.’s coast.

“Coming from Alaska, there are 300 tankers transiting right by Haida Gwaii every year, within about 70 miles of the island. They’re carrying the heavier forms of crude,” Helin said.

By accepting the fact that oil will be shipped from B.C.’s coast, First Nations can have a say about how it is done, said Helin.

“One of the reasons we are involved in looking for an alternative is because oil is so important to the Canadian economy. It’s going to be shipped at some point. To bury our head in the sand and pretend it’s not going to happen is to exclude yourself from shaping what is going to happen,” he said.

“It’s incumbent upon us to have a sensible and realistic attitude about it and also to ensure that citizens of the northwest coast and, particularly, First Nations are fairly compensated for the risk that is ultimately going to be there.”

There are big changes happening in Prince Rupert’s business community, with a few established businesses either closing down or switching owners.

Perhaps the most rooted business shutting its doors is Teddy’s Musical Instruments. After 27 years of business in Prince Rupert, the music store will be closing so owners Ted Keehn and John Glencross can retire.

“It’s just time; is all,” said Keehn, who gave thanks to everyone that’s supported Teddy’s over the years.

Originally opening as Teddy’s Records and Tapes in 1983, the business reopened in ‘87 after briefly closing.

“We were asked by a lot of people in town to get back into business after we closed,” Keehn said.

There’s a great deal of memories for Keehn, the days of albums being a hot item are his favourite.

“I miss the old album days. That was the best time. Every week was an event; every Wednesday when we got our shipment it was like kids going to a concert to see the new releases. People were at our door waiting to get in. It was pretty cool,” he reflected.

“We nicknamed one guy Loomis because he would always beat the Loomis guy, who did our deliveries,”

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Ted Keehn and John Glencross stand in front of Teddy’s Musical Instruments, which after 27 years of business will close its doors at the end of June.

Keehn laughed.

“We feel it’s time for us to fade out, and perhaps somebody new will take over the business. So far there’s been no one rushing in to buy, but maybe someone younger will want to take on what we’ve been doing,” said Keehn, adding he and Glencross plan to have the business’ doors closed by June 30.

Rainforest Books, Prince Rupert’s lone bookstore, was also displaying a closing down sign as owner Gordon Blumhagen has decided to make a change of direction in his life.

Blumhagen has run both Rainforest and his mobile repair business for a number of years and decided to put his focus on just one.

“It’s been a wonderful business that I’ve been passionate about for just about 12 years now, and it’s really sad to do it ... I can no longer devote myself to two companies,” he said.

But according to Blumhagen, Rainforest Books won’t be seeing its final days necessarily. While he declined to go into detail on the subject, Blumhagen said the store has been purchased by someone with the intention of keeping it open.

As well, Prince Rupert’s Hollywood Video quietly closed at the end of April, after reopening in October 2010. Owner Saied Rohani said there wasn’t enough business to remain open, with the closure affecting four employees.

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All Prince Rupert Port Authority terminals saw increases in April, with the exception of Ridley Terminal.

In April, a total of 48,442.75 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) went through Fairview, up nearly 11 per cent from April 2013 when 43,717 TEUs were moved.

So far this year, 176,811.50 TEUs were handled at Fairview, which is down slightly more than one per cent from this point of 2013.

Both imports and exports through Fairview were up last month.

In total 28,787.5 TEUs were imported through the operation last month, up slightly over 19.5 per cent from April 2013 when 24,074.25 TEUs came through. Year-to-date 106,120.25 TEUs have been imported through Fairview, which is up approximately 8.7 per cent from April’s end in 2013 when 97,656.5 TEUs were imported.

Exports were up last month, but by slightly more than 0.5 per cent: 19,655.25 TEUs were shipped out compared to 19,642.75 TEUs in April 2013. Of that, 13,895.25 TEUs were loaded, nearly one per cent less than last April, with empty TEUs increasing by approximately 2.6 per cent at 5,760.

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Fairview Terminal is down slightly through the end of April, but overall port numbers are up 7.4 per cent.

which is down approximately 12.8 per cent from end of April 2013’s total of 81,035.25 TEUs. By the end of April there were nearly 10.3 per cent more loaded TEUs leaving Prince Rupert, with a 44 per cent decline in the numberof empty TEUs being shipped out.

Last month, Harbour Terminal saw a 15 per cent increase in tonnage compared to April 2013, at 30,014 tonnes compared to 26,090. Yearto-date, 154,437 tonnes have been handled, up just over 91 per cent from 80,801 tonnes by the end of April 2013.

Prince Rupert Grain moved 723,422.23 tonnes last month, up nearly 24 per cent from April 2013’s monthly total of 584,718.58. By the start of May, 2,080,779.57 tonnes were moved through Prince Rupert Grain,

up 4.5 per cent from 1,991,167.6 tonnes by the end of April 2013.

While Ridley Terminal had over 39 per cent increase in tonnage monthover-month, the operation has still seen just under 22.4 less tonnes year-todate. Last month 869,216 tonnes were handled, compared to 624,175 in April 2013. By April’s end 2,911,761 tonnes had been moved at Ridley, down from 3,750,936 in 2013.

Westview Terminal moved 20,568 tonnes last month, for a year-to-date total of 131,897.

All Prince Rupert Port Authority terminals moved a total of 2,127,647.7 tonnes last month, up just over 27 per cent. By April’s end, a total of 7,050,101.54 tonnes had been moved, up 7.4 per cent from 7,613,220.62 in 2013.

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Heart of our City

Unexpected inspiration Larry Hope discovers his passion in the trenches

BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Larry Hope never expected to find his passion in life deep in the jungles of Vietnam, as the battle between U.S. troops and the Viet Cong raged on.

But what started out as an assignment from his military superior turned into a rewarding teaching career on the North Coast that lasted a quarter-century.

“When I was in Vietnam I was the oldest guy in my unit at 23. It was pretty old to get drafted in that era.

Quite a few of the fellas in the combat unit and artillery were not high school graduates, they were inner city and poor like the majority of people were then, so the captain asked me to help these guys get their high school diplomas,” explained Larry, who completed a year of teacher training after returning stateside.

“After my military service I was back looking for work in Washington and there was a Prince Rupert recruiting brochure while I was there, so I ended up moving up here. I always felt at heart I was a northwesterner, I’m just a little further north than I had envisioned.”

Larry’s arrival in Prince Rupert came at the end of a lengthy drive from the scorching heat of Arizona, where his parents were enjoying retirement following his dad’s career in nuclear research, and through the Okanagan. But, in true Prince Rupert fashion, it was not sunny skies and clear days that welcomed Larry to his new home.

“When I turned west from Prince George it was still hot until about Smithers when it started cooling down.

When I hit Terrace it was absolutely pouring rain and the road was quite bad back then so it was a rough ride,” he said with a smile, adding he met some friendly Americans who took a very different life path to Prince Rupert.

“It was interesting, when I arrived in Prince Rupert, there were a number of people who came here to avoid military service and they were all my age. I had a lot of students ask if I was draft-dodger. There were quite a few and I’ve gotten along well with a lot of them who came here to avoid the draft.”

Larry began teaching high school during the 19741975 school year. It was, he recalls, a very different atmosphere than the community that greets newcomers today.

“When I came the fishing industry was going flat out and everybody was making money. The kids were making more money than I was and taking trips to Europe after working in the herring industry for 10 days during spring break. It was amazing the money people were making and it was all cash. That was an interesting time in a very unique place,” he said.

“We were a very resource-based community here where the places I had been before had been more based on industry that require more academic background.

That was the difference. Here it was much more about the working man as opposed to the guy sitting behind a desk.”

It didn’t take long for Larry to realize he made

Although retired, Larry Hope continues to bring his love of teaching into Prince Rupert classrooms.

“It is very rewarding to see young people grow and find something they like.”

- Larry Hope the right decision by becoming a teacher, not only in the classroom but in any way he could to help Prince Rupert’s young people succeed.

“In any job, if you are enthusiastic and you like it the other people will be enthusiastic too. Part of being enthusiastic in this job is making sure that the students are enjoying it and it helps them on their journey. I get involved because I am interested in how they are doing and always have been. And a lot of teachers are, not just me,” he said.

“It’s very rewarding to see young people grow and find something they like. That’s the important thing.

For me, and I hope I’m not in the minority, I get paid for work I enjoy. For me it’s like being paid to have fun, although not every day at school is fun. Some days it’s not.”

Ironically, it was also overseas as the first Prince Rupert teacher to participate in an international teaching exchange that Larry would meet the love of his life, Sandy Jones.

“We actually met on my teacher exchange in Australia and got married in the early 1980s, so it’s been over 30 years. We both ended up in the desert at the same time,” he recalls.

Despite having been raised in the United States and meeting his wife in Australia, Larry said the sense of community in Prince Rupert left little doubt that this is where he and Sandy would call home for the next several decades.

“People always ask, ‘why don’t you go back to here or here or here’ and I always tell them that when I am down there and go to Safeway, I never see anybody that I know. If I go to Safeway or Overwaitea here, I can’t go without seeing somebody I know. I like that feeling of community where it takes an hour to go shopping because you are talking to people,” he said.

After 25 years in the classroom, Larry Hope formally retired in the fall of 2009. But that hasn’t kept him from continuing to make an impact in the school system.

“I put myself on the Teachers Teaching on Call list, though we were substitutes in my day. I just told them when they are short I don’t mind going in, but I don’t want to take some young person’s spot,” he said, noting this new round of teaching has presented some unique opportunities.

“It is kind of fun to go in and see the children of former students. There were a couple today I was laughing with saying ‘there’s some stories I have about your dad’. That’s really enjoyable. I have some coming in saying ‘do you remember my mom?’ or ‘you taught my dad and now he’s doing this’. It’s still fun.”

And if you talk to one of his former students, chances are people will remember Larry not only for his dedication but for some of his wardrobe choices.

“I have always had odd collections, and that is one thing about being in the schools. For years I always wore these really weird socks, but people couldn’t see them so I got this collection of weird ties. Now the kids always ask how many ties I have and I actually have people bring them to me,” he said.

“I think these off collections is what some of the young people know me for.”

Larry Hope’s love of teaching has spanned 25 years and extended around the world and one can only imagine the impact his students have made on the global stage.

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“I look at Northern Gateway and see a project that will build families and communities for generations.

That’s what I’m most proud of.”

- Catherine Pennington, Senior Manager, Community Benefits & Sustainability

Meet the expert: Catherine Pennington spearheads our community benefits and sustainability initiatives which include education and skills development.

For over 10 years, she has lived and worked in Northern B.C. with First Nation and Métis communities, creating partnerships and programs that focus on improving employment and social outcomes for the long term.

We at Northern Gateway are committed to ensuring that jobs and business opportunities will be available to people living near the Project’s right-of-way.

IT ALL ADDS UP TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT In Catherine’s experience, removing barriers to employment has a huge impact – not just on individual job seekers, but on their communities as well. When you connect someone to a job, you also build individual and social pride, enhanced connections, dignity and ultimately, stronger sustainable communities.

“As a trained social worker with experience in community development, I have found it very rewarding to work in Industry.

You have the opportunity to create really meaningful outcomes that are mutually beneficial. Our model of shared responsibility for working with communities is unique and is being emulated by other companies.”

DEDICATED TO MEANINGFUL ABORIGINAL INCLUSION Catherine connects willing job seekers with existing and emerging opportunities. She is focused on helping the Project meet its goal of having Aboriginal people comprise 15 per cent of the construction workforce.

“Many Northern communities are experiencing or have experienced desperate cycles of poverty, in part due to a lack of the necessary skills for the existing employment opportunities.

I believe people in Northern and North Western B.C. have yet to fully realize their enormous potential. By actively investing in better education and skills training, opportunities for advancement and connections to good, steady jobs, we know we can make a real difference.”

SUCCESS ACROSS THE NORTH We have held discussions with numerous training providers, colleges, universities and employment service providers in Northern B.C. to identify programming needs to help Aboriginal and local people take advantage of the surge in energy projects in the region. We have also worked to tailor programming to the needs of individual communities.

“Fundamentally, there’s nothing more powerful than helping someone make that connection to employment, because it leads to a larger, more positive and healthier social outcome.”

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Charles Hays takes hometown meet

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

For the past two weeks the Charles Hays track and field team had been hitting the road to Terrace and Prince George to show their wares, with Kevin Rioux dominating the Prince George meet for the Rainmakers.

Hosting their first meet of the season at Charles Hays, it was easy to see why.

Rioux’s explosive jump was on full display on Saturday and he credits coach Dighton Haynes with his newfound form.

“It helps a lot. I didn’t really know how to long jump until I actually got the form down, which is what he taught me,” said Rioux after posting a personal best long-jump record and easily claiming the event.

Rioux and the Rainmakers claimed their first overall win of the season on the strength of 220 points to secondplace Hazelton’s 204.

Prince Rupert Middle School students also took part in the competition with Emily Cavin notching first-place in shot

put and triple jump, second in 400m, 200m and long jump and third in 100m.

The school’s Tia Morgan posted first in 400m, second in 100m and third in 200m, Isobel Leblanc took top-spot in 100m and 200m and third-place in long jump and Zack Dixon notched first in shot put and triple jump and second in javelin and long jump.

Kody Deschamps also had a trio of second-place finishes including in the 200, 400 and 800m races.

Rioux, along with claiming the long jump crown posted first in high jump, triple jump and discus and second-place in the 100 and 200m races.

Jason Rioux claimed the 100m, 200m and high jump crowns, while finishing second in the 400m race.

Caile Kendal notched first in 400m and third in high jump while Natalie Repole claimed top spot in 100m, 200m, javelin, discus and long jump.

Rounding out the top performers for the Rainmakers were Quin Diep placing second in javelin and shot put, Truong Tran finding third-place in javelin and triple jump, Kory McSorley notching

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Kevin Rioux leaps during one of his long jump attempts at the CHSS track meet over the weekend.

third in discus and Saul Rudderheim claiming fourth in shot put.

Skeena Jr. Secondary finished in third-overall with 198 points while

Caledonia Secondary, PRMS, and Smithers Secondary School rounded out fourth-, fifth- and sixth-place respectively.

Rapids almost steal top spot on Kitimat turf

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

The Kitimat Marlins invited the Prince Rupert Amateur Swim Club (PRASC) Rapids to their annual Spring Regional Meet and the Rapids nearly took the crown in the Marlins’ own facility.

The Rapids scored 833 points, good enough for second-place out of the four teams that attended (Terrace and Bulkley Valley being the others), as Kitimat took the meet with 1,143 points earlier in May. The youngest representatives from the Rapids, Josh Leighton and Hyla McQuaid (9) swam an excellent meet, with Leighton posting a second-place finish in 50 backstroke and a third-place finish in 200 backstroke. McQuaid took third in 25 free and third in 25 back.

A slew of 10-year-olds represented the Rapids as well. Leading the way was Emma Movold and Isaac Mastroianni who both obtained gold aggregates in their division. Mastroianni had seven first-place races including 50, 100, 200,

500 and 800 free, and 100 and 200 back.

He also scored new “AA” times in 800 free and 400 free.

Movold scored first in 100, 200, 400 and 800 free, 100 and 200 back and 400 IM and had a first “AAA” time in 800 free.

Isaac Dolan took home the silver aggregate in 10-and-under boys with first-place in 200 IM and 100 backstroke, second in 50, 100 and 200 freestyle, 100 and 200 backstroke and a new “A” time in 100 breaststroke.

Fellow 10-year-old Jake Morse took the bronze aggregate with a first in 50 backstroke, a second in 50 butterfly, and a third in 50, 100 and 200 freestyle, 200 IM and 100 backstroke and a first “A” time in 100 backstroke.

Liam Pikola and Landen Franes rounded out the 10-year-old youngsters.

Franes scored third in 50 butterfly and 100 breaststroke and Pikola scored second in 50 breaststroke.

Marlee McDonald was the lone 11year old to make top-three and she took

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Zach Dolan had an outstanding day, winning the gold aggregate in 12-andunder boys with a first in 1500 freestyle, 200 and 400 IM, 100 and 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, a second in 100 breaststroke and a new “AA” time in 400 IM. Araya Bartlett, Kobi Franes and Kate Morse also competed in 12-and-under and they shone.

Bartlett took second in 50 and 200 breaststroke and third in 100 IM, Franes claimed first in 50 backstroke and second in 50 breaststroke and 100 backstroke, and Morse had second in 50 butterfly and third in 50 backstroke.

The teens also had a strong showing in Kitimat. Amy Leighton claimed the bronze aggregate for 13-and-under girls with second-places in 200 and 1500 free, 100 and 200 back, 100 breast, third in 50 free and had a new “AAA” time in 50 freestyle.

Raine Evans took third in 100 IM in his first regional swim meet.

The 14-year-olds didn’t forget to dazzle either as Avery Movold claimed another gold aggregate for the Rapids, taking first in 100 and 200 back, 50 and 100 fly and 100 breast, second in 50 and 100 free and had her first age group national times in 50 butterfly, 200 backstroke and club records in 50 and 100 fly, 50 free, and 100 and 200 back.

Following Avery was Trey Kish who had a silver aggregate in 14-and-under boys with a first-place finish in 50, 100 and 200 free, 50 breast and 100 back, second in 200 back and 100 breast and a new “AA” time in 100 breaststroke.

Robert Warren took first-place in 200 IM and third in 1500 free.

Brandan Hagen led the way with a silver-aggregate in 15-and-over boys scoring first in 50 and 100 freestyle, 50, 100 and 200 breaststroke, second-place in 50 and 100 butterfly and club records in 50 and 100 breaststroke.

Next up for the Rapids is a qualifying meet at Canyons Aquatic swim meet all the way in Santa Clarita, California.

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Horcoffs, Millers win Mr. and Mrs.

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Ron and Linda Miller thought they’d take advantage of the gorgeous weekend weather, participate in the Prince Rupert Golf Club’s Mr. and Mrs. tournament and have some fun.

But come Sunday morning, the duo were in strong position to claim the overall low net prize, and a surprising fifth hole shot vaulted them to the overall low net score of the weekend. “[Linda]’s a pretty new golfer, she’s only been golfing for three years so she hit a second shot about 140 yards and put it within about five feet of the pin and we were able to make the birdie on that hole,” said Ron on Sunday.

“For a fairly high handicap team that was exceptional.”

The couple’s first Mr. and Mrs. tournament in two years at the Prince Rupert course (last year’s was cancelled) brought them a crystal vase trophy as their prize and something a little more utilitarian.

“As our prize, we took a small microwave oven,” he said.

“It’s very opportune because our microwave is getting a little bit tired.”

Connor and Cathy Horcoff won the overall low gross title and tournament organizer Susan Mackenzie mentioned all kinds of duos came out, from married couples to fathers and daughters,

“For a fairly high handicap team that was exceptional.”

- Ron Miller adding that a total of 16 teams participated.

“We’ve played in a Mr. and Mrs. tournament up in Kitimat a couple times together,” said Ron, who frequently plays in the club’s men’s tournaments.

“We were in ‘B’ flight which means that our handicap is higher than the ones in ‘A’ flight,” said Ron, explaining the handicap comes from adding the two golfers’ handicaps together and dividing them by two.

Brian and Rose Holkestad won the first low gross in the “A’ flight, and Larry Hope and Andrea Ciccone took first low gross in ‘B’ flight.

The first low net in ‘A’ went to Terry Sawka and Susan Mackenzie, and the first low net in ‘B’ flight was awarded to Byron and Chris Gordon.

Guy Carignan and Jocelyn Benson took the second low gross in ‘A’ flight and George and Ann Marie Negru had second low gross in ‘B’ flight. Andrew and Carol Schaeffer grabbed second low net in ‘A’ and for ‘B’, it was John and Sammy Newton.

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The Charles Hays Rainmakers finished goalless at zones in Smithers.

Rainmakers in goal drought

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

In the end, the Charles Hays Rainmakers’ girls soccer team went down fighting.

At their 2014 zones championship, goaltender Harjyot Sidhu led the way once again in an effort to keep the team in their first game versus Smithers, but the Rainmakers fell in a 3-0 loss, and then again against Terrace in a 4-0 defeat.

Sidhu kept the squad in both games, as she knocked down shot after shot in a league the Rainmakers are still very new to.

In her first full season behind the bench as the team’s coach, Kyla Ragan made significant gains on the school’s soccer program and the team developed both on and off the field, hosting fundraisers and practices.

Penalties and lack of execution from their best scoring opportunities felled the team, but that’s something that will come with more years of development with the still-young program.

While soccer isn’t as big in Prince Rupert as

basketball or hockey at times, Ragan’s crew is a product of team chemistry (the girls share every weekday together at school and on the pitch) and hard work.

The growing pains were evident at zones, and Sidhu will be receiving team MVP honours for her work in goal.

Ragan’s other coach’s choice for impactful players include Riley McNeice for her positive energy and motivation and Tanveen Randhawa, who always played consistently well in the opposing team’s zone and whose ball possession sparked the scoring opportunities the team needed to find its game.

“Pauline Pelz is most improved as she had never played soccer before and became a really strong defence,” said Ragan.

“Norma Appollos is able to identify weaknesses with the team and come up with constructive criticism for them,” said Ragan in a report from zones.

“The girls played really well and controlled most of the play but just couldn’t finish it [on the weekend].”

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May 14, 2014 • Northern View • A15

Glory Days attracts 129 area runners Rupert runners excel in event

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

When Amber Sheasgreen was organizing the 2014 Crest Glory Days five and 10km runs, she never imagined the collection of Kitimat participants she’d receive on race day.

Twenty-three of the 129 runners came from the city to the East, including Laudo Furtado, the lone participant in the 40-49 age category for the 10km race. And it’s not the first race he’s completed.

“I’ve done the Skeena relay the last couple years,” said Furtado. “[Kitimat] has one, it’s a 10k, it’s more of a fundraiser for Jumpstart.”

Furtado runs two to three times per week, similar to the Rupert Runners and he and his fellow race mates received warm and sunny weather for the Crest Glory Days.

“I started running three years ago, I noticed I was getting a little out of shape,” he said. He’s been running ever since.

That’s how most of the participants found the Crest Hotel on Saturday.

Whether they were there to run competitively or to stay active, Saturday’s event went off without a hitch.

The race also served as graduation for the Rupert Runners’ Learn to Run program participants, who had been training three times per week for the past 13 weeks in preparation for this day.

Complete with Mother’s Day raffle prizes and awards for top finishers, the hotel hosted the crew in its B.C. conference room and gave out bananas, watermelon and peanut butter bagels to the runners after the race.

The big winners included Sheasgreen, who took first-place in the five km overall and 20-39 females with a time of 0:22:15 and David Magnusson who won the overall males’ five km race and males’ 40-49 category with 0:25:01.

Brooke Andreesen grabbed firstplace for under-15 females with 0:23:36 and Emma McDonald took top spot in five km 15-19 females with a time of 0:28:09. Signi Solmundson won the women’s 40-49 five km and Elin Scott claimed first-place in women’s 50+ five km.

The male five km winners included Kobi Franes (under-15), Jeffrey Pederson (20-39), Magnusson and Balvinder Sing Nanan (50+).

The 10 km main event attracted the most runners, and people came from Terrace, Port Edward, Port Simpson, Kitimat and even a couple from Vancouver and St. John’s, Newfoundland took part.

Winners from the 10km included Terrace’s Catherine Lund (20-39 and overall with 0:45:51) and Prince Rupert’s Marc Hrehirchek (20-39 and overall with 0:38:55). Avery Bailey claimed boys’ 19-and-under, Karen Cruz and Furtado claimed the 40-49 categories, while Gail Bennett and Dale Robinson won the 50+ 10km categories.

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David Magnusson poses with his trophy after winning the five km race at Crest Glory Days.

Justin McChesney represents Rupert on Team B.C. Ready to compete for national title

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

For Justin McChesney, free time is as foreign a concept as a sunny Rupert April evening.

These days, the Charles Hays student is either on a flight to Vancouver, on a court, or in a locker room in preparation for a busy summer, and it’s all for his third active season with Basketball BC as an under-16 provincial team member.

“I just met the team and it’s kind of the same as under-15, but this will be the first year where there’s a national [championships] held,” said the power forward.

McChesney, along with Terrace’s Marek Omerod and 10 other teammates from all over the province, will be traversing the West Coast along B.C., Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada and the summer training session will culminate with nationals in Edmonton on the last weekend in July.

McChesney has moved through the ranks and is one of only four returning

junior-age team members from last year’s under-15 squad.

“Under-15 was a big step up,” said McChesney, wiping the sweat from his brow in a practice session at Charles Hays last week. “[This year] we have a whole bunch of talent that haven’t played Basketball BC before, so it’s pretty cool.”

The team competes in elite-level tournaments and exhibition games and the six-foot-nine star’s trip to Spokane as a member of the under-14 team has stuck with him.

“That was a big trip,” he said.

“We played six games when we went to Gonzaga University. We saw Kelly Olynyk play and I look up to him. He’s from Kamloops.”

Another element to Basketball BC’s tournaments is the exposure McChesney and his team will receive.

The only time the student gets down to the Lower Mainland is when the Rainmakers play the southern schools in exhibition matches and in the playoffs.

The championships in Edmonton

“We’ve got skill, I think we can do very well.”

- Justin McChesney are sanctioned by the NCAA, and viewable by NCAA coaches. “[The program’s] always a new learning experience but it’s a good opportunity to get exposed down south and get interest in you,” said McChesney.

“I probably won’t be going down as much as I have been because of exams, but the coaches know. They’re teachers too.”

As for his competition, the usual suspects will be a threat in July, like under-15 defending champions Ontario.

“Ontario’s always going to be strong, Quebec’s going to be athletic as always but I think we’ve got a good group of guys this year. We’ve got skill, I think we can do very well.”

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After playing on the Senior Rainmakers this year, Grade 10 student Justin McChesney will be returning to national competition.

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Prince Rupert’s Under-15 Select Team is unbeaten at Terrace, winning both their games 3-1, and 2-1.

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

In their final tune-up before the 175-team Slurpee Cup in Kamloops this weekend, the Prince Rupert under-15 select girls’ team are in fine form.

The team defeated Terrace earlier in May 3-1, and then the practice squad topped Terrace 2-1. It’s all part of the developmental process from a team that came together approximately a month ago. “[They’ve improved] leaps and bounds, it’s been incredible,” said head coach Gordan Armstrong.

“We started the program last year since the soccer season was so short here in Prince Rupert, we wanted something so the kids could play competitive soccer [longer] ... their soccer season has about tripled in length [going into September].”

The Slurpee Cup hosts teams from all over B.C., Alberta and even the United States and it’s a terrific chance for the Prince Rupert teams to get some top-level competition that they may not get otherwise staying in the North.

“It’s the first time these girls will ever see competition this size,” said their coach.

The under-12 boys team will be heading to Kamloops as well, and Armstrong thinks they’ve got a fighting chance to do as well as any of the other squads participating.

“They’re very consistent. They’re dedicated as soccer players and they come out to everything. Then there’s probably about 15 other boys that come out on occasion because it’s developmental, it’s open to everybody and it’s just about keeping kids interested in improving in soccer.”

The coach added the same rule applies for the girls’ under-15 team, which is made up of mostly 13-year-olds with a few 14-year-olds and 12-year-olds mixed in. The younger ones practice with the team so they can help make a smooth transition when the older members graduate from the program in the years to come.

Hurricanes back in the win column

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

After falling to Caledonia two weeks ago 15-0, the Charles Hays Hurricanes rugby squad got back on track with two victories over Lakes District Secondary School from Burns Lake and Fort St. James at Northern BC regional zones in Smithers.

The ‘Canes lost their first game of the tourney, 25-10 against Houston but followed that up with a decisive 32-0 blitz over Lakes District, then a 15-10 victory over Fort St. James.

The team does not have another game scheduled for the season as of press time.

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Jordan Truong and Phat Tran compete in the men’s doubles ‘A’ finals at the city-wide badminton tournament on Saturday.

Badminton Club raises racquet in tournament

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Jordan Truong was a little shorter than the other three doubles finalists at the Prince Rupert Badminton Club’s first-ever city-wide tournament. But there’s a good reason.

He’s more than 10 years younger than his partner, and more than 20 years younger than his opponents.

“I don’t know, it’s usually like that,” said Truong, who competes every Sunday and Wednesday nights with the club, and sometimes Thursdays to help with the juniors at the civic centre.

The youngster, who’s in his teens, hit the winning shot Saturday in the men’s doubles championship.

Truong and Phat Tran claimed the title in the all-day competition that had categories including men’s and women’s singles and youth buddies and singles.

“I do drills and I play almost every day,” he said, adding he likes having Tran as a partner because “he can run”.

“I weight-train sometimes at home for the wrist.”

Tournament organizer Kathy Liu pulled out all the stops including having a licensed referee supervise the matches, awarding certificates and posters to the winners and hosting a potluck dinner at the end of it all.

She even had her son, Adrian Liu attend the festivities, before he sets on his way to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland

“I do drills and I play almost every day.”

- Jordan Truong come July.

The auditorium was filled with the heavenly aroma of home-cooked dinners as the day winded down and the tournament organizers started setting up tables for the plentiful wealth of food waiting the hungry combatants.

Jonathan Barton and Tam Tran won the ‘B’ men’s doubles division and David Tran and Nigel Bozman claimed the ‘C’.

Phat took home the men’s singles’ top honour while Thai Pham and Tam won the men’s singles ‘B’ and ‘C’ divisions respectively.

Leona Truong took home first-place in women’s singles ‘A’ division and Cathy Young won the ‘B’.

Kathy Liu and Young teamed up to win women’s doubles, with Jean Page and Amy Dopson taking the ‘B’ throne. Salvy Callangan and Molly Mah won the ‘C’ women’s doubles division.

Simon and Andrew Bellis took the youth buddies’ championship and Carsen Vibert, Brendon Eshom and Simon Bellis won the ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C ‘youth singles titles respectively.

Vibert and Eshom won youth doubles.

Kathy Liu hopes to repeat the event next year and thanks her sponsors for the support.

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BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

In just 10 days, hundreds of Rupertites will take to the track in support of the fight against cancer.

The Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life takes place at the Prince Rupert Middle School field from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on May 24 and organizers are expecting another banner year for the event.

“Right now we have 29 teams and more than 200 people signed up, but we expect more to come ... last year we had 26 teams and 223 people, but this year we have had some individuals sign up a team with other members signing up later so we expect to surpass the number of participants from last year,” said Sheila Seideman, one of Prince Rupert’s event organizers.

“Our goal this year is to raise $75,000 and we already have more than $17,000 pledged on the site. It is a great start since we still have two weeks to go.”

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Ladies of all ages took over Good Times Games for an all-female Kaijudo night.

Ladies take to Kaijudo table Royal LePage Prince Rupert and Good Times Games teamed up to bring Prince Rupert two freeto-play Kaijudo Community events last weekend.

Friday night was the scene of the second ever Ladies Night Kaijudo event and the turnout was great as female gamers as young as six all the way up to moms came out to learn the game and enjoy matches in a fun social setting. The night was sponsored by Royal LePage and had prizes for everyone who came to play. Naomi Vandermeer and Olivia Godin ran the event with Good Times owner Rob Gruber on hand as the only male permitted.

“We had a lot of fun, it is a great opportunity for some of our regular kid’s moms to learn to play, a good way to connect with something important in their children’s lives and be a part of it,” said Gruber.

“It was popular, and certainly won’t be the last time we host Ladies Night.”

Following the successful Ladies Night, Saturday offered a free to play event with lunch and prizes all provided at the Community Duel

Day. Players were welcome to come play in either a beginners or competitive division and enjoy the entire afternoon playing Kaijudo with kids and adults of all ages.

“We had 54 players turn up to play and Thai, Emily and Keith from Royal LePage were all on hand to join us for the afternoon festivities,” said Gruber, noting he was happy with community response to the event.

“Even with big Kaijudo events taking place in some major cities this weekend, we were still the largest event taking place this weekend.”

Kaijudo is one of the popular collectable card games being played at Good Times on a regular basis, anyone can learn and it is fast paced and exciting.

“Good Times is the global leader for Kaijudo in North America,” said Gruber.

“We host events larger here in Prince Rupert than anywhere else in the world and two of our young players, Kevin and Tyler Winther, will be representing our town and shop at World Championships in Seattle this summer.”

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Music studio honours the work of Peter Witherly

BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Music was in the air on May 7 as the Prince Rupert and Region Music Society officially opened the Peter Witherly Community Music Studio at Charles Hays Secondary School.

The first notes in the new building, which were played by the CHSS concert band, were more than three years in the making.

“In the spring of 2011, the Prince Rupert School District came to us with a proposal for a way to build our music studio at Charles Hays. I’m not going to say we jumped at the chance, but after careful deliberation we accepted this opportunity,” said society president Zoe Zentner, noting it was then that the hard work began.

“In the summer of 2011 we started fundraising for our studio. We have negotiated, lobbied, played, sung, danced, written letters, written grant proposals.

We’ve busked, we’ve begged, we’ve challenged, we’ve cooked, we’ve auction

and we worried, but in late February of 2013 the contract was awarded ... and here we are. There is still some work to do, but we have our community music studio and it is a wonderful example of how the community comes together to do something truly wonderful.”

Along with the school district, industry like Ridley Terminals stepped forward with major contributions, including a $250,000 donation from the Prince Rupert Port Authority.

“Aside from port development projects such as Fairview Terminal, we want to ensure this community thrives in other ways. One of those ways is the continued movement ahead of what has been a community of excellence in the arts. This building represents a continuation of Prince Rupert’s legacy in that area,” said Prince Rupert Port Authority president and CEO Don Krusel.

“When I look at our new music studio, I believe it is the epitome of Prince Rupert community spirit,” added school district board chair Tina Last.

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The Charles Hays Jazz Band performs at the start of the opening ceremony.

The facility was named in honour of Peter Witherly, a mainstay in Prince Rupert’s music community since the early 1970s, who continues to be an active part of community band and music today.

“It was his vision that encouraged the development of the society and the whole idea of having a community music studio,” said society secretary Dawn Quast.

“There needed to be something in the

community named after Peter, it was just a matter of what and when,” added board member John Turner.

The opening of the studio also market the debut performance of March of the Rainmakers, an original piece composed

by Charles Hays Secondary School teacher Jeff Saunders that was commissioned for the event by the Prince Rupert Port Authority.

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BY CPL. GLEN BRECKON MASSET / Masset RCMP

Between April 29 and May 5, Masset RCMP responded to a total of 33 calls for service.

It was a busy week for alcohol-related calls in Masset. There were 14 calls for service involving people being intoxicated in public. This included eight calls in a row over the past weekend which saw Masset RCMP dealing with people in various states of intoxication in the downtown Masset area.

Some of these people were sent on their way, some were arrested and placed in cells until safe and sober and others were transported to the hospital to receive medical attention.

The increase in numbers was unusual and was likely brought on by the good weather over the weekend.

The RCMP would like to discourage drinking in public as it is illegal to have open alcohol in a public place. If you see someone drinking in public and believe they may be intoxicated, please contact Masset RCMP at 250-626-3991.

On the evening of April 29, Masset RCMP were called to Port Clements after a vehicle was reported in the ditch. A member attended and located a male who stated he had missed his driveway due to heavy rain and darkness.

Upon talking with the man further, the member determined that the males’ ability to drive a motor vehicle was likely impaired by alcohol. A roadside screening device was administered and the male failed two tests.

The male was given an immediate 90 day roadside prohibition and his vehicle had been impounded.

On the afternoon of April 30, someone stole a Dewalt 18 volt cordless drill in a black and yellow case from the parking lot of the Old Masset Youth Centre. The owner has provided the RCMP with a serial number.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the RCMP. On May 5, Masset RCMP yet again were involved in the arrest of an off island youth for breaching his bail conditions. The Massett RCMP have been dealing with this youth on a consistent basis since his arrival to Haida Gwaii recently.

Dealing with prolific offenders has been incorporated into the Masset RCMP’s 2014/2015 Annual Performance Plan and as such offenders can expect to be held accountable to their bail conditions.

Please remember, it takes a community to police a community.

Any suspicious activity can be reported to the Masset RCMP at 250-626-3991 or anonymously to Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online at www. bccrimestoppers.com.

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Vigneault was recognized for representing “the finest in community spirit”.

Regional district seeks alternate ferry service to Sandspit Misty Isles asked to investigate

BY MARTINA PERRY HAIDA GWAII / The Northern View

The Skeena — Queen Charlotte Regional District (SQCRD) wants the Misty Isles Economic Development Society to investigate the possibility of an alternate service delivery model to the BC Ferries route between Skidegate and Alliford Bay. Evan Putteril, director for Sandspit, brought up the idea at the last regional district meeting held in the Village of Queen Charlotte at the end of April. The idea was supported by all board members.

Chair Barry Pages said the regional district board agreed the BC Ferries schedule reduction causes economic

“From the regional district’s perspective, it would take a lot of staff time and resources.”

- Barry Pages hardship for Sandspit and Haida Gwaii.

“We recognize that from the regional district’s perspective it would take a lot of staff time and resources to look at all of the issues and put together a business case,” said Pages.

“The board thought it would be a good decision to ask Misty Isle Development Society to look at options in respect to alternative service provision, to see if it looks like there’s some options to put a business case together around it.”

As of May 9 the SQCRD had yet to receive a response from the Misty Isles Development Society.

The reduction in ferry service between Skidegate and Sandspit has had a significant impact on both communities, including necessitating a shift in the daily schedule of buses and schools in southern Haida Gwaii to accommodate teacher and student travel.

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Several agricultural businesses are vowing to defy Multi Material BC (MMBC) and refuse to pay into the new package recycling system.

Kelvin McCulloch, CEO of the Buckerfield’s chain of farm supply stores, said his firm and other mainly garden suppliers will try to develop their own stewardship program to collect and recycle their packaging in compliance with provincial government regulation.

He said he’s abandoned hope the government might freeze the MMBC system, set to take effect May 19, and added a court challenge is one option if setting up a separate program proves unworkable.

Several letters sent by firms including Eddi’s Wholesale Garden Supplies, Cinnabar Valley Farms and Cobs Breads have gone to government serving notice they won’t comply.

McCulloch maintains MMBC is an illegitimate, unaccountable “monopoly� that businesses have been “coerced� by the province to join because there’s no real alternative.

Higher fees than are charged by a similar package-and-paper recycling scheme in Ontario is a key complaint.

But Environment Minister Mary Polak said misinformation about the program is rampant in the business community and much of it is coming from McCulloch. “He refuses to listen to the information provided him,� she said, adding Buckerfield’s is likely largely exempt from MMBC fees because most of its products go to farms, not consumers.

Likewise, she said, many other businesses wrongly believe their fees will be much higher than is the case, due to either low flat fees or exemptions for all but the largest generators of packaging.

The decision to make companies whose packaging enters the waste stream responsible for the costs of handling it was a national agreement with other environment ministers, she said.

Those who want to go their own way can still pursue an alternative stewardship system, Polak said, adding breweries are advancing their own system and talks are also underway with the

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Polak said MMBC can’t be subject to provincial audits – as McCulloch has demanded – because it is not an arm of government, but is regulated and accountable as a non-profit.

She said organizations representing dairy farms, landscaping and nursery firms, as well as the B.C. Agriculture Council, are now part of an MMBC advisory council.

As for demands for a freeze on the program, Polak said that’s not possible. “We are way too far down the road to be pausing it,� she said.

Doing so would stop the rollout of curbside blue box pickup to smaller communities that haven’t had it before, throw into chaos collection arrangements in cities where MMBC is set to take over and block the flow of MMBC payments to most municipalities that will continue as contractors under the new system, she said. “If suddenly you told the Capital Regional District they’re going to have to find $4.8 million, I don’t think anyone would find that very acceptable.�

Asked if businesses that don’t pay into MMBC will soon face provincially imposed fines, Polak said enforcement may vary according to how much waste is generated. “Tim Horton’s is part of the program,� she said. “If they hadn’t signed on maybe there’s a more serious discussion about penalties than if you’re dealing with a medium-sized flower grower or something like that.�

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Discovering beautiful B.C. in a classic car adventure We donned many layers of clothing, Only mad dogs and Englishmen drive including leather aviator jackets and open top cars in the extremely chilly fetching, matching yellow helmets, then B.C. high country at this time of year. strapped in in. George at the wheel wheel, me But taking part in the three-day Hagerty by his side as his nagivator. We pulled Spring Thaw rally, staged by Classic Car Adventures, certainly turned on this out on the Sea to Sky highway and that Limey to the idea of a B.C. summer journey to Whistler brought tears to my ‘staycation’ on roads that show natural eyes, as did the rushing wind. The twisty beauty at its awe inspiring best.

Duffey Lake Road beyond Pemberton Since my old U.K. friend, George Holt, The rally certainly was no challenge for the mighty Jag. It moved to Gabriola Island a few years stuck like glue to the hairiest hairpins turned on this Limey down to Seton Lake. A rest stop at that ago, he’s pestered me to join him on a rally. Wild tales of his racing exploits watery stretch of tranquility brought the to the idea of a BC persuaded me that my participation sounds of silence to our ears. summer ‘staycation’ might make it the last wish on my buckGeorge broke the silence: “It goes like on roads that show et list. Literally. stink, Sid.” I completed his sentence.

When Hagerty Insurance invited me to natural beauty at its “And stops eventually.” Recalling a take part in the non-competitive rally recent bit of hard braking that had me awe inspiring best. for pre-1979 touring and sports cars, worried for a while. covering almost 1,100 kilometres, I fig- Keith Morgan It was then on to Cache Creek and desured this was the time to invite George. ert country before climbing to the snow “I’m up for it, Sid, and I have the line towards Logan Lake where my face perfect car,” George responded. You get froze. The shower at the Kamloops hotel used to him calling every male, Sid, and female, Doris. brought back some colour to my cheeks.

He worked day and night to ready his 1954 XK 120 The second day would take us by Monte Lake and Jaguar roadster – it rolled off the production line in Falkland and on to Vernon – in the pouring, icy rain. the same year I did. It cranks out 200 horses from The rains stopped as we stopped to look at a ‘car an inline straight-six cylinder 3.4-litre engine housed graveyard’ where rusty examples of steel steeds past under that long hood. caught George’s eye. “Look, Sid, my first car – a Ford The gleaming blue roadster with a large number 54 Prefect.” emblazoned on each side drew much attention at the I then misdirected us to a second graveyard near Armrally start point in Squamish. The warming sun showed strong, populated by Sunbeams, Hillman and even old off the almost 80 other classics to their best, too.

Zodiacs. He took careful note of the location so that There were Alfa Romeos, many Minis circa mid-1960s, he might return for his next restoration project.

Porsches, Jags, MGs, Aston Martins – including a The sun peeped out as we were welcomed by the rugstunning 1934 Mk II owned by a gentleman from the ged northern end of the Okanagan Valley. We buzzed same neck of the woods as George and me – plus a along the Lake Country lanes that run alongside rare Noble M400.

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Then we bypassed Kelowna and headed for Beaverdell, admiring the evidence of the now defunct historic Kettle Valley railway. Then the chilling hail hit but a single glass of beer at Rock Creek restored us us. We weaved our way north along the valley, through wine country, to Penticton.

“Piece of cake,” said George the next day as he looked at the route to Hope. The winding back road trail to Princeton was a joy but the last stretch home was not.

First, we were hit by snow, then hail that numbed our faces as we descended from Manning Park. I thought I had made a significant anatomical discovery when it appeared that the icy wind blasting up my right nostril seemed to exit through my left ear. Of course, it could have been the hole in the left side of my helmet.

There was one other little challenge. The panel failed so I had to peer at my handheld GPS to figure out what speed we were doing then shout at the top of my voice when George exceeded the posted limit.

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Budget Establishing a budget is probably the most Establishing a budget important thing to outline when it comes is probably the most important thing to to your new ride. If you’re buying used, outline when it comes this is particularly to your new ride. important. You might be tempted to spend Alexandra Straub an extra couple of thousand on the bike of your dreams. But if the dream bike just happens to be a nightmare and costs you an unanticipated fortune on repairs, you might find yourself in a pickle.

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There are differing benefits to buying new or used.

New bikes have warranties, but a used bike that might not be too old could still have one. Is buying either way better than the other? Not necessarily.

Buying used you could get a more upscale model for your budget.

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Speaking from experience, buying through a private sale can be a good way to go, especially on a budget. I found my bike on Craigslist. But if you can’t

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pay cash up front, dealers generally have financing or payment plan options. Private sales don’t. Dealers also have most likely done a tune-up or some service in preparing the bike for the sale.

Check the VIN through ICBC or a Trusted Database It might cost you a few extra dollars to run a bike’s VIN through a trusted database but can save you multiple headaches in the end.

It will show if the bike has been in any reported accidents and detail the damage. It’ll also show if there is money owing on the bike or if it was reported stolen. Keep in mind, if the bike is from out of the country, the record likely won’t show.

When I went to buy my first bike, I had my heart set on a beautiful Yamaha R6. It looked brand new and perfect. The seller said it had never been in any accidents and had all original parts. I left thinking that the next day I’d be riding this beauty home.

However, I paid my $20 (at the time) and found out the bike had been in two accidents with damage costs of more than $3,000. If you’re buying through a dealership, they might even have the bike’s history on hand for you. It never hurts to double check.

The Myth of Displacements Many new riders like to set a cap on the cc displacement they’re willing to get for their first bike. I had a reader write me asking what he should get. He’s 6’2”, 220 pounds and had long limbs. He didn’t want anything higher than a 250cc though. I asked him why. He said he wanted something manageable for his first bike. With long arms and legs, a 250cc bike wasn’t going to fit him or vice versa. I told him to look at cruisers, like the Harley-Davidson Sportster, Honda Shadow, Suzuki Boulevard S40, Yamaha Bolt. They might have a higher displacement but they’re going to be easy to manage and work much

Arriving with a budget in mind is key when buying a new bike. better with his body. What did he buy? A used 2006 Honda Shadow 750cc. And he loves it.

I recommend buying a bike that you are comfortable on, both physically and mentally.

Test Rides Private sellers won’t generally let you test ride, but ask. Dealers are more open to this, especially with newer models because they have demo fleets.

Mechanical Inspection If you’re buying used, and you are this close to making the decision, before you go to the bank and

The 335GT a real stretch Audi is one of the luxury brands under the massive Volkswagen Group, which includes Lamborghini, Bugatti and Porsche.

By sharing engineering knowledge, platforms and engines across several different brands, (including The engine is a the mainstream Volkswafuel-sipping diesel gen brand) enables VW to that saves roughly reduce costs and develop more products. One area of 25-30 percent over a importance, in Canada, is conventional gasoline the introduction of more and engine. more diesel, or TDI engines, into the marketplace.

Zack Spencer The 2014 Audi A7 TDI is a perfect example of what the VW Group is doing right. The engine is a fuel-sipping diesel that saves roughly 25 to 30 per cent over a conventional gasoline engine, yet still supplies the dynamic ride Audi owners look.

Looks The body of the A7 TDI is the same as the gasoline versions and it could be one of the best-looking four-door luxury vehicles on the road. Actually, the A7 could be considered a five-door model, as the rear cargo rear is accessed through a massive hatch. This, is in combination with the sleek coupe-like silhouette, is what makes this car different than much of the competition. Buyers who like the idea of a big luxury car but also want something a bit sportier will enjoy the dynamic stance, especially combined with the oversized sports wheels. Oversized is also a good way to describe the A7s grille, which is framed by an aggressive set of headlamps and deep front spoiler. The back is much more subdued and the rear lights look almost Aston Martin-inspired.

Inside The downside to the swept roofline and large hatchback is the amount of headroom for rear seat passengers. Taller passengers might find it a bit snug and big items might not fit in the cargo area. This is why Porsche produced the Panamera sport-back, with a much higher roof for full-sized

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The 2014 Audi A7 TDI is an example of how the BVW group has it right. adult passengers. The reality is that many professions who can afford this car will more than likely have a family SUV for those times when larger adults or cargo needs to be moved. The front seats enjoy a view to a sumptuous dashboard and luxury filled experience. The best material are used and I find Audi’s computer controller to be one of the easiest on the market.

Drive Audi uses a variation of its 3.0L direct injection turbo diesel in five of its models from the practical Q5 and Q7 SUVs to the A6, A7 and A8 sedans. This A7, along with the Q5 and A6 get the newest version of this engine sporting a bump in torque from 406 lb.-ft. to 428 lb.-ft. Torque is what it is all about with diesel engines. The ability to get away from a traffic light and cruise along at highway speeds makes a diesel engine a rewarding vehicle to drive. Put the throttle down and this big luxury sedan just rockets away, the way a huge V8 would have in years past. The up side is that the driver gets all that power but also impressive fuel economy,

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something that had eluded luxury buyers in the past. The A7 is rated at 8.7L/100km in the city and stingy 5.3L on the highway. In comparison, a 2014 Honda Civic is rated at 5.0L/100km on the highway. For fuel savings and power the diesel is the way to go.

Verdict The Audi A7 is a lovely car; filled with sex appeal, performance, luxury and prestige but it all comes at a price.

Starting at $72,900, the diesel is a $2,500 premium over the base A7. The owner could recapture that additional money over several years of driving thanks to the improved fuel economy. This technology is also available in other, less expensive models, so don’t be too shocked by the starting price. One thing Audi does not have is a four-cylinder diesel for the smaller and less expensive models, something both BMW and Mercedes offer. I suspect there will be one coming in short order, but for now the A7 is a prime example of Audi’s expansion into diesel transportation. zack.spencer@drivewaybc.ca

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Canada versus U.S.: During a recent short stay in Los Angeles, I drove a Mazda3i Grand Touring.

It’s a trim level that’s not available in Canada, even though Mazda3 is more popular (comparatively) in Canada than in the U.S. And price, well, that also turned out to Our American be a surprisingly interestfriends have a choice ing comparison.

It’s easy to understand of six Mazda3 why so many Canadians trim levels, while already love Mazda3.

Canadians have only The 2014 edition is an improved all-new gener- three. ation car that’s already Bob McHugh been voted Canada’s Best New Small Car, by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC).

Softer, more flowing body styling lines cover a new SkyActiv structure that’s lighter yet, according to Mazda, offers a 30 per cent improvement in torsional rigidity. The 3’s wheelbase has also been stretched by 6 cm, yet it’s a tad shorter in overall length. Inside the cabin there’s more room, especially leg and head room for the rear passengers.

Mazda3i GT Sedan: A top-line GT (Grand Touring) edition of Mazda3 is available in Canada, but only with a larger 2.5-litre SkyActiv engine and an automatic transmission. The 3i GT that I drove in L.A. came with the smaller 2.0-litre SkyActiv engine and a 6-speed manual transmission. An automatic is an option in the US and there’s also a 3s GT edition with the 2.5-litre

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The 2.0-litre engine was available last year in Mazda3, but the new body allows a larger exhaust manifold and this improves its mid-range torque output. It’s definitely better, but still not great. That said, overall I really like this engine and crisp-shifting manual transmission combination and the fuel economy was outstanding.

There was 312 miles (502 km) on the trip meter when I pulled into a gas station, for the first time, at the end of my stay. It took less than nine gallons ($35) to fill the tank. That’s 34.8 mpg (US), or 41.8 mpg (Imp gal) or 6.9 L/100 km, if you prefer metric and brilliant by any measure. My driving was a mix of city/highway and usual traffic hold-ups that are commonplace in the LA area. The EPA official combined fuel economy rating for this vehicle is 33 mpg.

Canada vs U.S.: Small cars are number one in Canada and we bought over 40,000 Mazda3 models last year, making it the fourth most popular small car. Mid-size cars traditionally out-sell small cars in the U.S., and Mazda3 was only the tenth best seller in the small car segment, however, that’s still 100,000 plus sales.

A no-frills, stripped base model is also the norm in the US., but not in Canada (got to have those seat heaters). In fact, our American friends have a choice of six Mazda3 trim levels, while Canadians have only three.

“We have a less complicated trim level strategy,” countered Sandra Lemaitre (National Manager, Public Relations at Mazda Canada). “One, to make it less complicated for consumers and two, to allow our dealers carry inventory that consumers want. We also offer more option packages that allow consumers to add on, rather than making them commit to a specific trim” Pricing: You’ve probably read (on the inter-web) or heard of people saving thousands of dollars by

Acura MDX The 2014 Acura MDX is a perfect example of how technology can change your driving experience.

There is no mistaking an Acura, be it a car, cross-over or an SUV, the front end gives It is a powerful it away. The front and very luxurious air dam coming to a point, the large grille vehicle; a real treat to featuring the Acura drive. logo and the swept Ian Harwood back sweeping lines set it apart. The available 19” aluminum alloy wheels on the MDX fills the wheel well very nicely.

When you first open the door of the Acura MDX Elite you immediately notice the refinements and how everything flows together very well. The driver’s seat is an eight-way power adjustable with a two-way way power lumbar support, and the passenger front seat is an eight-way power adjustable. The second row is a 60/40 split folding and the third row is a 50/50 split flat folding. With the third row, folded flat there is plenty of room for cargo. The available Navigation system has voice recognition and a rear back up camera built in. The stereo is a 546-watt ELS surround sound system with DVD/AM/FM/ SiriusXM/MP3/WMA tuner with your choice of 10

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The Mazda3i GT provides a good example of Canadian vs. U.S. automobiles. buying a vehicle in the U.S. That may be true for some high-end luxury or specialty products, but not so in the price-competitive lower end of the market.

Dollar for dollar a Canadian pays about the same, or less, than a U.S. buyer, for a similar new Mazda3. So, you will definitely save money by buying a new Mazda3 in Canada, when you also factor in the current 10 to 12 per cent difference in currency exchange rates and importation costs.

The base Mazda3 GX, with a start price of $15,995 in Canada, is a real bargain. That’s $950 below the lowest priced Mazda3 sold in the U.S., the SV (stripped edition), at $16,945. At the top end, a Mazda3 Sky GT is $25,855 in Canada. The equivalent U.S. model is a

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Mazda3s GT (automatic) at $25,995.

“When we price our vehicles in Canada we look primarily at the competition and then at exchange rates with Japan. Our top priority is making it competitively priced within our market,” added Lemaitre.

Looking ahead: The bad news is that there won’t be a direct equivalent to the Mada3i GT (2.0-litre) in Canada next year (for the 2015 model year). However, I did learn that a manual transmission will be available with the GT (2.5-litre) sold in Canada, in 2015. It’s anybody’s guess where prices will be next year, but one thing is for sure, the Mazda3 is great little car and a great value in Canada right now. bob.mchugh@drivewaybc.ca

comes with all of the bells and whistles

to 12 speakers including a subwoofer. The available DVD entertainment system features a 16.2 inch split screen display with HDMI compatibility, no more kids fighting over the remote.

There is an available Collision Mitigation Braking system (CBMS), standard equipment on the Elite, which is constantly monitoring the road for you. If it detects you are approaching another vehicle too quickly it will warn you with a flashing “brake” sign on the instrument panel and if the accident is unavoidable it will tighten up the seatbelts and apply the brakes for you to reduce the severity of the impact. Another safety feature is the blind spot information system.

This warns when a vehicle is in your blind spot and flashes an amber light on the inside of each side mirror warning you. Dual stage, dual threshold front airbags, front side airbags, three row side curtain airbags with roll over sensor, engine immobilizer theft deterrent system are some of the many safety features in this vehicle. I like the power folding, body colored side mirrors with intergraded turn signals.

Power is delivered by a 290 hp, 3.5 Litre, i-VTEC V6 engine with a six-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters. The super handling all wheel drive (SH-AWD) suspension gives you the best ride while maintaining just enough control to keep you safely on the road.

My tester was the MDX Elite that comes fully loaded.

After driving around in this vehicle for a week, I started to get used to the technology and how the safety features start to perform, it became natural

For an SUV that has it all, look no further than the Acura MDX. and helped me relax and enjoy the drive. It is a powerful and very luxurious vehicle, a real treat to drive. I would like to see a little more headroom and the six-speed transmission seemed to have a mind of its own.

Lots of competition in this segment, from Lincoln

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MKT, Volvo XC90, Buick Enclave, and the Infiniti JX, so if Acura wants to win you over, they have to keep delivering a great product with as many standard features as they can while keeping the price in check. ian.harwood@drivewaybc.ca

The five most commonly replicated cars

By Rob Sass 1. 1967 Shelby Cobra 427: The Cobra might just be the most desirable sports car on the planet. Not coincidentally, it’s also the most replicated. With bulging, macho good looks; a big block Ford V-8; side pipes; shattering performance; and only around 300 originals made, it was a certainty from almost the beginning that supply and demand would never be equal.

2. 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder: The 550 Spyder (of James Dean death car fame) and the more common bathtub-like Porsche 356 Speedster have a long history of being replicated. Vancouver company Intermeccanica makes very high quality Speedster replicas, while Beck in the U.S. has a great reputation for making 550 Spyder replicas.

3. 1961 250 GT Ferrari California Spyder: Before Ferrari got serious about cracking down on violations

of its intellectual property rights, its products were among the most commonly knocked-off cars on the planet. A very bogus California Spyder built by a company called Modena Industries shot to fame as the hero car in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” 4. Ferrari 308 GTS: After the “Ferris Bueller” car, the Ferrari with the most screen exposure was the red Ferrari 308 GTS that Tom Selleck drove on “Magnum P.I.” Conveniently, as the 308 reached the apex of

its fame via the TV show, Pontiac came out with the mid-engine Fiero, whose space frame design combined with non-stressed removable plastic body panels made it the ideal platform for conversions designed to simulate far more expensive mid-engine exotics.

5. 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster: Pre-war cars are seldom faked. But the Iconic Indiana-built Auburn Speedster is an exception.

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Sullivan Motor Products & SMP-RV are currently looking for a full time Sales Person. No experince necessary.

Overview: This posiƟon provides high-level Įnancial support to the CEO and Management team. The Accountant is primarily responsible for compleƟng full cycle accounƟng funcƟons, preparing Įnancial reports, preparing and Įling period reports in a Ɵmely fashion and administering payroll.

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222 West First Avenue, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1A8 tel 250.624.6771 fax 250.627.7666 info@cresthotel.bc.ca www.cresthotel.bc.ca an organization. Truly a champion for higher and First Nations education, the new President & CEO brings a passion for student learning and will build on the College’s tenet that the student is the ultimate focus and beneficiary of the College’s academic activities. He/she cares about learning in a community college setting, and is effective at building partnerships with other post-secondary institutions and community organizations. Active in public life, the new President & CEO will understand the bond that exists between community and college.

NWCC plays a unique role in the social and rapidly growing economic success of the Northwest region of BC. With the expansion of a variety of industries, the College has the opportunity to have a significant impact on the success of the development of communities in the region. This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, passionate, and strategic leader to enhance NWCC’s impact on the broader communities it serves.

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To explore this opportunity or submit nominations, please contact Alex Verdecchia, Kathryn Young, or Craig Hemer in our Vancouver office at 604-685-0261, or submit your resume and related information to averdecchia@boyden.com.

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PORT EDWARD HARBOUR AUTHORITY PO Box 1820 Port Edward BC 250-622-9220

Seasonal Full Time Opening Harbour / Oĸce AƩendant Must be organized, self moƟvated and reliable. Responsible for maintaining accurate and current records, this will involve receiving payments, entering informaƟon into the Vessel Inventory System and the AccounƟng System • Customer Service and computer background. (excel spreadsheet experience) • Must be able to work independently with liƩle supervision and work weekends • Will be required to undertake outside operaƟonal duƟes.

• Pleasant personality and ability to get along with customers, co workers and Harbour oĸcers.

• Small vessel and marina dock experience preferred.

• Ability to work outside in all weather condiƟons.

• Ability to carry out physically demanding work such as carrying and liŌing loads, moving vessels and physical labour.

• Knowledge of the Commercial Fishing industry.

• `Valid Drivers Licence & Pleasure CraŌ Operators Card Please send resumes to Keri Weick, General Manager Port Edward Harbour Authority PO Box 1820 Port Edward, BC V0V 1G0 Fax 250-628-9233 or email kweick@peharbour.ca Closes May 15, 2014

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J.O. Thomas and Associates is now accepting resumes for At-Sea Observers/ Dockside Monitors for the upcoming Salmon season. Knowledge of the Salmon fishery and Salmon ID preferred.

Also looking for a general office admin with basic knowledge of Quickbooks and Excel required.

Please fax resume to 250624-4029 or email to jothomas@citywest.ca

PART TIME OPPORTUNITYANDERSON MERCHANDISERS-CANADA INC.” requires a Merchandiser to service and maintain various product lines in Prince Rupert retail outlets.

Reliable transportation, computer with internet and printer, access to digital camera and able to lift up to 50lbs.is required.

Approximately 3-5 hours per week. Salary is negotiable based on experience.

Email resume to: hrcanada@amerch.com or fax to 905-763-6785

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needs Servers & Food Prep, 12 month min. exp. with “Food Safe” and “Serving it Right”; Buss boy/girl & Dishwashers.

Smile’s application forms avail.

Vernon Service Company requires Journeyman Service Plumbers/Gasfitters, $36.00/hr Call (250)549-4444 or fax 250-549-4416

CAREER RESOURCES DIRECTOR The Metlakatla Development CorporaƟon is looking to employ a Career Resources Director. The successful candidate will manage Human Resource services, and the recruitment and ongoing development of a skilled workforce.

An example of the management roles will include: • Advising on Human Resources issues • Liaison with Industry Partners, Funding agencies and other relevant agencies • Networking and community relaƟonship building • Developing individual educaƟon & training learning plans • SupporƟng employee safety, health and wellness • Developing employee retenƟon strategies Applicants for this posiƟon must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in one or more of the following disciplines: Human Resource Management, EducaƟon, Psychology or Business Management. Successful experience in community planning or employment counseling would be an excellent asset. Salary will be commensurate to skills and experience.

The deadline for applicaƟons is 3:00 p.m. on May 30, 2014.

Please send resumes that include copies of your degree(s) to: Harold Leighton PO Box 224 Prince Rupert, BC V8J 2P3 or email to: hleighton@metlakatla.ca

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CARRIERS WANTED 8th and 9th Ave West & Dunsmuir St 8th and 9th Ave West & Lotbinier St Sloan Ave, Barrow Place & Rudderham Place Kootenay Ave & Smithers Street Area

PRINCE RUPERT

250-624-8088 737 Fraser St, Prince Rupert

Civil Engineering Technologist II District of Kitimat, full time permanent, wage range $37.94 - $45.90, over two years.

Civil Technologist diploma required. Duties include infrastructure investigations, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspection and material testing on projects related to the municipality’s water, sewer, drainage and transportation systems. Proficiency with electronic survey equipment and AutoCad 3D, plus a valid BC driver’s license a must. Submit resumes by May 30, 2014, 4:30 pm, to: Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7, fax 250-632-4995, or email dok@kitimat.ca.

Further information can be obtained from our website at www.kitimat.ca STUCCO APPLICATORS to start immediately for a busy stucco company located in West Kelowna area. Position starts at $29.00/hr. Contact Kevin @ 250-862-7418 or email acestuccoltd@gmail.com

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WE are currently looking for a motivated assertive Maintenance person for a growing Fish Processing Facility. Applicants must be capable of working in a physically demanding, fast paced environment. Applicants with knowledge/ experience in refrigeration and Millwright Level 4 Steam Ticket for pressure Vessels (minimum) would be an asset. Successful candidate will have hands-on experience in construction, electrical and general maintenance.

Please apply in person with resume to: William Postulo Aero Trading Co Ltd. 1080 Skeena Drive Port Edward BC 250628-3227 WE are currently looking Skilled Hiab/Winch operators/ Wet pump operators/ and Certified Forklift Drivers for a growing Fish Processing facility Applicants must be capable of working in a physically demanding, fast paced environment. apply in person to: Aero Trading Co Ltd 1080 Skeena Drive, Port Edward BC 252-628-3227

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SLATE EXECUTIVE SEARCH GROUP APAC – Prince Rupert, BC RESEARCH ANALYST Based in Prince Rupert, BC the successful candidates will be part of a global team supporting Slate’s well established executive search businesses in Asian cities such as Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Specifically, the successful candidates will perform internet and phone research to source and screen candidates for senior job placements into multinational companies situated in Asia.

Desirable job skills include: - good people skills - out of the box thinking - good work ethic - management mentality - the ability to work independently - attention to details - professionalism The successful candidate will be trained in all aspects of the job leading to a well-paying career as a consultant working the top fortune 500 companies.

Please submit resume and cover letter to ray@slate-ghc. com. Slate Executive Search thanks all applicants, only successful applicants will be contacted.

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10 min. walk from downtown and Civic. W/D, off-street parking, N/S, N/P. Suitable for working couple or single person. $900/mon. Call 624-6314.

WELCOME HOME! FULLY FURNISHED HOUSE FOR RENT JUST BRING YOUR SUITCASE. 3 BED/BATH SPACIOUS, NICELY RENOVATED. NEW FLOORS, NEW CARPETS, NEW APPLIANCES. PERSONAL PARKING OFF STREET. WASHER/DRYER INCLUDED. UTILITIES ARE NOT INCLUDED. OUT OF TOWN AND PROFESSIONALS WELCOME. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY N/S, N/P REFERENCES REQUIRED $2600 PER MONTH. CALL 250 615-7810 OR 250 635-5485

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NEW 10 HP Brigges & Straron Intek OHV Engine 6 hrs running time $150.

Kersoun Kerosene heater with 20 liters fuel. $40.

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Ocean view on large corner lot 3 bdrm, 1 bath upstairs Partially ďŹ nished basement w/ 2 pc bath 2 car carport Rebuilt inside Engineered foundation Includes all appliances

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3300 sq ft, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom house on 7.4 acres, 3 minutes east of Burns Lake. Large kitchen with 2 islands and Jenn-Air cooktop stove. French doors leading to deck. Sunken living room and family room with ďŹ replace and sliding doors to deck. Maple and tile oors throughout. 30’x40’ shop, 2 car garage attached to the house. Paved driveway. Minutes from world class mountain biking trails, incredible lakes and the most beautiful outdoor recreation area.

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5yr old roof. $394,000 250-627-1139 inform140@hotmail.com PR: 2 Bdrm Oasis Condo. $90,000. Call 778-884-6499 for info and viewings

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â&#x20AC;˘ Responsible for performing all aspects of accounts receivable/payable/payroll and general ledger funcĆ&#x;ons, including bank reconciliaĆ&#x;ons and administraĆ&#x;on of employee beneÄŽt plans. â&#x20AC;˘ YualiÄŽcaĆ&#x;ons include experience with Adagio or AccPac, Sage (Simply) AccounĆ&#x;ng, and Excel, and with computerized payroll.

This 35 hours per week posiĆ&#x;on includes a compeĆ&#x;Ć&#x;ve salary and beneÄŽt package.

YualiÄŽed applicants may fax or email their cover leĆŠer and resume to: 250-622-2893 or pracss@citywest.ca Closing date: May 30th.

EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Prince Rupert Grain Ltd. operates a world-class, high-speed grain export terminal situated in Prince Rupert on the scenic north coast of British Columbia. The Maintenance department is currently seeking qualified qualified applicants for the following position.

Millwright (Industrial Mechanic) The ideal candidate should have a high degree of troubleshooting experience and possess the ability to resolve hydraulic system faults.

Experience in fabrication would be a definite definite asset. You will be able to demonstrate a superior technical background and have the desire to work in industrial maintenance. Ideally the successful candidate will bring 10 years of experience performing general Millwright duties, with a proven safety and health record. You must hold a valid drivers license and an Interprovincial Red Seal Millwright ticket. Shift work will be required.

Currently the position is paid $40.30/hr, in addition, PRG offers a comprehensive hourly employee benefit benefit program. A pre-employment medical is required. Interested individuals who want to join a great team are invited to submit their resumes in confidence confidence to us by May 23, 2014: Human Resources Department Prince Rupert Grain Ltd. PO Box 877 Prince Rupert, BC V8J 3Y1 or Fax: (250) 624-8541 or email hr@prgrain.bc.ca Prince Rupert Grain Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer

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1123-1137 Borden Street Adult-oriented.

Quiet location with harbour view.

Heat and hot water included.

Minutes walking to downtown and hospital.

References required.

1, 2, or 3 bedroom suites.

Some furnished.

Prince Rupert

No smoking. No pets $850 per month.

References required.

Phone between 9am - 6pm 250-627-8123

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PR: 2 Bdrm Aprt. for rent. N/P, N/S, no pets. Suitable for a couple. Also 1 single room for rent. Call 250-627-7001 for more info and viewings.

HOUSE FOR RENT 2100 SQ FT HOUSE, AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. N/S, N/P, 3 BED 2 BATH, W/D INCLUDED, OFF STREET PARKING OUT OF TOWN AND PROFESSIONALS WELCOME REFERENCES REQUIRED $2000 PER MONTH CALL 250 6157810 OR 250 635-5485

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PR 3 Bedroom House, recently renovated, waterview, N/P, N/S, 4th Ave East, Electric Heat, $1500/month, available June 1 (250)627-9307

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Land Act: NoĆ&#x;ce of IntenĆ&#x;on to Apply for a DisposiĆ&#x;on of Crown Land Take noĆ&#x;ce that Sequoia Energy Inc. from Winnipeg, MB, have applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource OperaĆ&#x;ons (MFLNRO) Smithers, for an Amendment to their exisĆ&#x;ng InvesĆ&#x;gaĆ&#x;ve Licence situated on Provincial Crown Land located ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF QUOTTOON INLET TOGETHER WITH THOSE PARTS OF DISTRICT LOTS 130, 131, 189, 195, 197, 645, 687, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 3,244.209 HECTARES MORE OR LESS. (northeast of Prince Rupert, BC) The Lands File for this applicaĆ&#x;on is 6408064. WriĆŠen comments concerning this applicaĆ&#x;on should be directed to the Land Oĸcer, MFLNRO, at PO Box 5000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3726 Alfred Ave, Smithers BC V0J 2N0 Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to June 21, 2014 MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received aĹ&#x152;er this date. Please visit the website at hĆŠp://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ApplicaĆ&#x;onPosĆ&#x;ng/index.jsp for more informaĆ&#x;on.

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Land Act: NoĆ&#x;ce of IntenĆ&#x;on to Apply for a DisposiĆ&#x;on of Crown Land Take noĆ&#x;ce that Northern Interior Aggregates Inc, from PRINCE GEORGE, BC, have applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource OperaĆ&#x;ons (MFLNRO) Smithers, for an InvesĆ&#x;gaĆ&#x;ve Permit for the purpose of a Quarry situated on Provincial Crown Land located on THAT PART OF DISTRICT LOT 251, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 10.525 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS. The Lands File for this applicaĆ&#x;on is 6408659. WriĆŠen comments concerning this applicaĆ&#x;on should be directed to the Land Oĸcer, MFLNRO, at PO Box 5000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3726 Alfred Ave, Smithers BC V0J 2N0 Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to June 22, 2014 MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received aĹ&#x152;er this date. Please visit the website at hĆŠp://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ApplicaĆ&#x;onPosĆ&#x;ng/index.jsp for more informaĆ&#x;on.

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PINE CREST 3 Bdrm. 2 Level T/H 1 ½ bath No pets Call Jenn 622-4304 PRINCE RUPERT Harbourview Apts.

2 & 3 Bdrm, 1 bath, Start at $600 No pets 627-6697 or 622-2699

2007 Jayco Eagle 29Ft. Travel Trailer. Many options, new cond. Must see. $22,000 OBO Call 250-600-7629 or 250-6246102

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MAY 23 - 7 pm The Ice House Gallery in Atlin Terminal will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary and will be holding an Art Show titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;North Coastâ&#x20AC;?. The public is invited to come and help celebrate the anniversary by attending the opening of the event. Refreshments and appetizers will be served.

JUNE 9 - 1 - 2 pm Diabetes Support group is meeting in Room 429 in the Prince Rupert Regional Hospital.

JUNE 15 - 7 pm The Rupert Off-Road Cycling Club will be meeting at Cowpuccinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee House. For more information contact rupertmtbclub@gmail.com

BC Metis Federation of Prince Rupert meets the third Monday of every month at 1702 Atlin Ave. New people welcome. Refreshments provided. For more information call 250-627-4013 Prince Rupert Alcoholics Anonymous If you want to drink, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your business. If you want to stop, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ours. Prince Rupert A.A, 250627-1119 Al-Anon Meetings: First Presbyterian Church, 233 4th Ave. E in basement. Tues. 8pm. All are welcome. Call 250-627-4899 Narcotics Anonymous DRUG PROBLEM? We Can Help Mondays 8-9 pm, 223 4th Ave East, Presbyterian Church (side door).

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1996 Northern Lite 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122;6â&#x20AC;? camper. Excellent condition. Asking $10,000 call 250-624-6827 or 250-600-7040.

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Prince Rupertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 36th annual SEAFEST community festival will be held Friday June 13th to Sunday June 15th 2014. The theme is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrating North Pacific Canneryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 125th Anniversaryâ&#x20AC;? and parade entry forms are now available at www.prsecialevents.com. To organize an event or vendor service, please contact the Seafest Office. This event is coordinated by the volunteers of the Prince Rupert Special Events Society. For more information or to volunteer, please call Special Events at 250-624-9118 or email prspecialevents@citytel.net.

The Prince Rupert & District Hospice Society is once again sponsoring their 9 week support group â&#x20AC;&#x153;Journey though Griefâ&#x20AC;?, Wednesday evenings from April 2nd-June 4th. This group is for adults 19+, who are grieving the death of a loved one. Learn what to expect and gain skills to manage your grief while connecting with others who share a similar journey. Pre-registration is required. For more information, to register, or for 1:1 support, please call the Hospice office @ 250-622-6204. Please leave your name and number and your call will be returned.

The Prince Rupert Regional Community Foundation is accepting applications for the 2014 Granting Process and the deadline for submissions is Midnight on March 31st. The grant criteria and grant applications can be downloaded at www.prfoundations.ca and then the applications can be mailed to Box 66, Prince Rupert, B.C. V8J3P4 or dropped off to the attention of Karen Basso at Quadra Travel in the Rupert Square Mall. Applications can also be emailed to prfoundation@citytel.net.

The Prince Rupert & District Hospice Society is dedicated to â&#x20AC;&#x153;The care and support of those experiencing the dying and grieving processâ&#x20AC;?

For more information, support or to become a volunteer please call 250-622-6204 Prince Rupert Seniors Centre Bingo Fridays 13pm. Everyone 19 years and older welcome.

General Meeting Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;association des Francophones et Francophiles du Nord-Ouest will host its Annual General Meeting SUNDAY June 1st @ 10 a.m. in Prince Rupert, Hecate Strait ofÂżce (top Ă&#x20AC;oor, enter next to Courthouse). All Executive and PAID members are expected to participate in person, or via teleconference. AFFNO is also looking for more members. Please call 250-627-1313 or email affno@citywest for info and the teleconference number.

Join the YWCA for a 2 day FREE-Train-theTrainer course on taking action against abuse of older adults. For more info. contact Project Co-ordinator Renu at rchaudhry@ywcavan.org or 604-895-5790 The Prince Rupert Breast Cancer Support Group invites any woman living with cancer to attend our monthly luncheons every 3rd Saturday each month at 12 noon at the Crest Hotel.

Friendship House of Prince Rupert Hosts: AamaGoot Power Puff Girlz Club (ages 7-12) Tues. 3- 5pm, 3rd floor meeting rm. AamaGoot Ladyz Club (18yrs +) Learn new artistic designs through sewing, beading, etc. Fridays 1- 4pm, 3rd floor meeting room. Call Carol Doolan at the Friendship House 250-627-1717, ext. 64 for more info.

P.R. Royal Canadian Legion meets the 3rd Monday of every month. Come visit the Military Museum Thursday - Sunday from 1:30 pm 4:30 pm. Call 250-622-2917 for more information.

School District 52 Band Program is looking for donations of band instruments! Help us bring music to all students by donating that trumpet you have in your basement or the saxophone in your coat closet! If you have an instrument no one is playing, please call School District office @ 250-627-6717 for pick up.

Calling all Musicians! Prince Rupert Community Band and Choir are seeking new members No Auditions necessary! PR Community Band meets Mon. 7:30- 9pm at PRMS (formerly PRSS) Band Room. PR Comm. Choir meets Wed. 7:30-9pm at PRMS Band Room. Contact Peter Witherly at 250-624-9634 Meals on Wheels program needs volunteers to deliver hot meals to people in Prince Rupert on Mon. Wed. and Fri. from 11am- 12noon. Call Andrea Vogt 250-622-6375 for further info.

Girl Guide Leaders needed immediately! Did you have a great experience with Girl Guides Canada? Are you available Thurs. evenings from 6:15 - 8:15? We need you. Adult females of any age are welcome, no experience needed, training provided, meet new friends, being a leader looks good on your resume. Contact Dawn 250-624-6450 or dquast@citywest.ca Scouts Canada - Scouting in Pr. Rupert. Meetings held at Pineridge school in the gym. Beavers aged 5-7 meet on Tues. 6:30-7:30pm Cubs aged 8-11 meet on Wed. 7:00-8:30pm Contact C. Green @ 250-624-3370 Geneology Club meets every first Tuesday at the Family History Centre on Pr. Rupert Blvd Phone Josie at 250-624-3279

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