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Burns Lake fire fighters trying to upgrade

Financial Statement There are three Village of Burns Lake employees that earned over $75,000 in annual salaries in 2013, according to the financial statement of information presented to village councillors in the agenda at last Tuesday’s village council meeting.

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New fire training society looking to build training centre

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STEVEN MAISEY The volunteers of the Burns Lake Fire Department are set to receive a major upgrade in their training over the next couple of years.

A new training ground and centre will be set up thanks to the Burns Lake Fire Training Society, which received its society status in April of this year.

The Burns Lake Fire Training Society, which consists of current members of the Burns Lake Fire Department, including its president, Brian Brinkhurst and its treasurer, Rob Krause, first applied to Burns Lake Community Forest (Comfor) for a land donation in lieu of a cash donation in April 2010, and received approval from Comfor to use the land, which is up Lake Babine Road, for its fire training centre.

This April, when it received its society status, the training society also entered into a 25-year lease with Comfor for the land up Lake Babine Road.

Three weeks ago, the Burns Lake Fire Department hosted its first accredited training exercise on the land, when it did auto extrication technique training on the land, June 13-15.

The Burns Lake Fire Training Society’s plan for the land is to develop and build a training site for its department’s volunteer firefighters, as well as have ...see FIREFIGHTER ▼ P2

If you would like to donate money to help Brian get a new washer and dryer stop in at the Sears store in Burns Lake.

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Reports of a lost python The Ministry of Environment in Burns Lake recently received a complaint regarding a lost python in Burns Lake.

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The fire training society has been looking at grants from the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako in order to receive money to fund the training centre. The training centre could offer economic impact to the Burns Lake community.

FIREFIGHTERS from ▼ P1 the ability to offer accredited fire training exercises, through the B.C. Justice Institute, for its volunteers, and volunteer firefighters from departments throughout Northwest B.C. At the auto extrication technique training, six different departments had firefighters there training that weekend.

“My wish list of stuff I’d like to get done up there is dynamic it changes on a daily basis,” Brinkhurst said.

As of now, the fire training society’s plan is to develop the training centre, so it could provide training excises for a number of training techniques.

The site would include a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) confidence training building, a live burn building, an auto extrication technique training site, an over embankment rescue training site and a propane and LNG training site.

The plan for an incidence command centre training site has been put on hold at the moment.

The site will allow firefighters to train on different techniques, but it would officially accredit them with have learned these techniques unless the department brought in instructors from the Justice Institute.

To that end Brinkhurst would like to focus on the auto extrication technique training, the reason being that Fort St. James and Smithers already offer an accredited live burn training course and Brinkhurst would rather not compete with those two communities on that issue.

“We want to do more auto extrication because that’s what the majority of our calls are for and there really isn’t a good

place here locally in the Northwest that does specific auto extrication training,” Brinkhurst said.

Another area that Brinkhurst would like to focus his accredited training on is over embankment rescue training techniques.

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WE’RE NOT LOOKING FOR CASH FROM THE VILLAGE...WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN THE FUTURE IS IN KIND WORK. –ROB KRAUSE This training would allow the firefighters to learn how to load an injured person, that has gone over a steep embankment, on to a stretcher, and how to use their systems of ropes to bring them bank up over the embankment.

“We had to do one recently out at Trout Lake, where the injured person went over an about 40 foot embankment, and we had to bring them up on a stretcher using our winch system,” Brinkhurst said.

At the Village of Burns Lake council meeting last Tuesday, the society gave a presentation to village council, and one of the pressing questions from council focused around the issue of money.

Brinkhurst assured village council the society is not looking for anything monetary related from the village council.

The society has been looking at grants from the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako in order to receive money to fund the training centre.

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Rob Krause, Deputy Fire Chief for the Burns Lake Fire Department, and treasurer of the society added that while the society wouldn’t be looking for money for the fire department’s budget from the village in 2015, they would still be looking for the village’s help.

“We’re not looking for cash from the village we’re not looking for a budget line in the fire departments budget for any of this we are looking for in the future is in kind work,” Krause said, “being able to use some of the village works crew to move dirt or move equipment around things we can capture as our in kind contributions towards grants.”

Krause added that this training centre could offer economic impact to the Burns Lake community, too.

When the department held its auto extrication technique training in June, five firefighters from outside communities stayed in Burns Lake for the weekend.

Those stays added up to 10 nights of hotel room stays, and two and a half days worth of meals for those five firefighters.

As well, other firefighters from neighbouring communities making the trip to Burns Lake also bought gas in the community, so the potential for economic impact is there.

While the training centre falls outside the village’s fire protection zone, it is still in the regional district’s fire protection area, which gives added benefits to the fire department.

“It gives us the ability to go up there and train, and if get a fire or get a call, we can still respond because we are still close enough to do that,” Brinkhurst said.

The fire training society has yet to determine a time line for when this centre would be fully equipped and running.

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Water line replacement on going

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The water line is near completion with little work left to be done. Re-establishing of the curb and sidewalks will be completed soon also. new section until June 25," Martin said.

Steven Maisey The excavation project by Husky Oil down to the water line in the public parking lot behind the Canada Post building is near completion, Rick Martin, Director of Public Work for the village announced at the meeting of village council last Tuesday.

As of the council meeting last Tuesday, the water line had been put into place, and the two valves had been installed, although Martin was not sure if the water line had been energized to where the valves had been installed, although that portion of the work wouldn't affect surrounding businesses.

"The water was shut off two times during the project to facilitate the installation of two valves and the line in between. Once the connections were made water was turned back on to businesses  and residents but remained off between the valves in the

There is a little work left to be done.

At this point the remediation work is nearly completed.

Nearly all of the toxic soils from around the water line, and surrounding area have been removed.

Once it's done the parking lot and area will be restored to its original condition.

"When that's done they'll put everything back to the original condition, that means paving the parking lot and sidewalks as they were before," Martin said.

The re-establishing of the curb and sidewalks, along with the street are expected to be completed within 10-12 days, depending on the paving company.

The project was estimated to take one to two weeks to complete. Excavation began June 12.

There are three Village of Burns Lake employees that earned over $75,000 in annual salaries in 2013, according to the financial statement of information presented to village councillors in the agenda at last Tuesday's village council meeting.

Sheryl Worthing, Chief Administrative Officer, Jim McBride, Director of Public Services, a job which includes duties as the Burns Lake Fire Department's Chief, duties as the bylaw enforcement officer and duties as the animal control officer and Richard Martin, Director of Public Works are the three village employees that earned an annual salary over $75,000 in 2013.

There are 53 staff members in total employed by the Village of Burns Lake, and excluding the three staff members earning over $75,000, the other 50 employees earned a total of $1,116,212.73 in 2013, according the financial report.

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Happy Canada Day, Burns Lake

The Tsilhqot’in: what’s next?

On Tuesday, cities, towns and in our case a village came together to celebrate the birth of a nation, as millions of Canadians across the country celebrated Canada Day in some way.

But how much do Canadians actually know about their own country, and what exactly is Canadian culture?

Canada is a nation that stretches from the Pacific Ocean in the West, to the Atlantic Ocean in the East, from the 49 parallel on its southern boarder and northwards to the Arctic Ocean, at 9.98 million square kilometres, it is the second largest country in the world, behind Russia, by total area, and the common boarder it shares with the United States is the largest land boarder shared by the same two countries.

Its capital is Ottawa, its population is approximately 35 million, ‘O Canada’ was officially adopted as Canada’s national anthem in 1980 and Canada is officially a bilingual country with English and French being its two official languages.

Canada became an independent nation on July 1, 1867, with the signing of the British North America Act and it gained full independence after the Statute of Westminster in 1931.

Canada is considered a federal parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth the Second as the head of state.

What exactly is Canadian culture?

It has been said that Canada is a social mosaic, a melting pot of many different cultures, a nation steeped in multiculturalism.

There are however, some universal symbols of Canadian culture.

Let’s start with the obvious.

Hockey is Canada and Canada is hockey.

While that might be an oversimplification of things, it rings true.

During the 2010 Olympic Men’s Gold Medal game in ice, 26.5 million Canadians watch at least a part of that game, in Sochi, 15 million Canadians watched the entire gold medal game in men’s ice hockey, the sport unites the majority of Canadians, and whips them into a patriotic frenzy.

Secondly, there’s the notion that Canada is the little brother to the United States’ big brother, it is something that is a constant battle for Canadians to try and separate themselves from our American neighbours.

Canadian culture is continually protected by institutions, such as the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the Canadian RadioTelevision and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

For me, being Canadian is multi-faceted.

It is about being resilient, accommodating and welcoming, prideful and unique.

Burns Lake is a great representation of this.

The resiliency of the community after the mill explosion and the subsequent rebuild, how accommodating and welcoming this community is to its newcomers and the pride it feels for its community, which is something that is extremely prevalent amongst our First Nations communities, was something that was on full display at the Aboriginal Day festivities.

To end, Canadian culture is what each individual makes it out to be.

That is the glorious part about living in such a diverse nation, it allows you to be you.

So whether you identify being Canadian with being a hockey fan, with being overly polite or with eating large amounts of poutine, go out and celebrate what makes this country great.

Happy Canada Day to you, Burns Lake.

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The Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark decision on aboriginal title held by the Tsilhqot’in Nation leaves many questions to be answered.

Perhaps the biggest is this: Will British Columbia exist as we know it today by the end of this century?

Or will it devolve into dozens of semi-autonomous regions, through treaties or similar court actions, as the only Canadian province that never completed historic treaties?

The Tsilhqot’in decision appears to uphold the key finding of the 2007 trial, that 1,700 square kilometres of the Nemiah Valley west of Williams Lake are essentially owned by the people who occupied it hundreds if not thousands of years ago.

It’s not quite ownership. Federal and provincial jurisdiction still applies, and their authority varies with

the strength of the aboriginal title claim.

Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin ruled that the province overstepped its authority by issuing logging permits in the valley in 1983. McLachlin noted that lawyers for B.C. first argued that the logging was to control mountain pine beetle, then dropped that argument in its first appeal. She also upheld the decision of the trial judge, one-time NDP leadership contender David Vickers, who rejected B.C.’s position that the economic value of the timber to the province overrode the thenvaguely defined aboriginal title.

Here’s McLachlin’s definition: “The nature of aboriginal title is that it confers on the group that holds it the exclusive right to decide how land is used and the right to benefit from those uses, subject to the restriction that the uses must be consistent with the group nature of the interest and the enjoyment of the land by future generations.”

That’s not land ownership in the fee-simple sense of the term. It locks in communal ownership, which I and many others have argued is at the root of the poverty seen in many aboriginal communities.

Another big question: Is there any future for B.C.’s 20-year-old treaty process, or will this precedent-setting case send more First Nations to court, or to the barricades as the Tsilhqot’in did on a logging road in 1983?

One of the unique advantages that have emerged from the handful of modern treaties in B.C. is that aboriginal communities have more options in land ownership. By voluntary agreement, they can convert land to fee-simple ownership, making it available for mortgage or sale. Modern treaty holders also get out from under the federal Indian Act, which remains in force despite this latest decision.

One of the big questions asked in the days after the Tsilhqot’in decision was this: Is the Northern Gateway pipeline project dead?

None of the aboriginal communities along the pipeline route has this kind of declared aboriginal title. Few if any would have a similar strength of claim as the Tsilhqot’in, who fought a small war to defend their territory from a wave of gold seekers in the 1860s.

One that does is the Haida Nation, whose occupation of a beautiful group of islands was long defended militarily, and never challenged by any other aboriginal group.

Among others, the Haida Nation was represented in the Tsilhqot’in case as interveners. Council of the Haida Nation president Peter Lantin said after the decision that his team is preparing its own aboriginal title case for trial.

Few doubt that this assertion of title will be successful, either by negotiation or court ruling. But there is a unique aspect to the Haida claim that would set another precedent.

They claim title to the ocean around Haida Gwaii, a challenge to anyone wishing to sail tankers through.

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Fundraising for Brian Hanson Local resident Brian Hanson lost his wife Shelley unexpected in May. Since then the Burns Lake locals have rallied around Brian helping raise money for him.

This time around a fundraiser is in motion at the local Sears store. Jarret Anderson has kindly displayed a washer and dryer that the money is being raised for.

Unfortunately Brian is unable to use a traditional top loading washer as he is bound to a wheel chair. If you would like to donate money to this worthy cause stop in at the Sears store or for more information call Laura Blackwell at Lakes District News at 250-692-7526.

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25 members of the fire department who are volunteers.

The financial report also included remuneration and expenses payments to the village's elected officials.

Mayor Luke Strimbold was the highest compensated elected official, earning $15,000 in remuneration, along with $8,317.15 in expenses.

The village paid six separate councillors remuneration in 2013, according to the financial report, even though only four sit as members of council at a time.

Councillors Frank Varga and John Illes served as councillors for the full calendar year in 2013, both earning $7500 in remuneration for their services as councillors to the village.

Illes was also compensated for $3466.45 in expenses and Varga was compensated $1576.79 in expenses during 2013.

Councillor Susan Schienbein earned $4038 in remuneration and was compensated for $150.22 in expenses in 2013.

Schienbein resigned her post as councillor on July 2, 2013, to take a job with the Village of Clinton, although she no longer at that job.

Schienbein was replaced on council by Chris Beach, who was acclaimed as a village councillor on Sept.

27, 2013.

Beach earned $1125.03 in remuneration in 2013.

He had no expenses in 2013 as a village councillor.

Former councillor, Quinten Beach, earned $1730.76 as a village councillor in 2013, and had no expenses as a member of village council.

Beach resigned his seat as a Village of Burns Lake councillor on Feb. 26, 2013.

He was replaced on council by Wes Hart.

Hart was acclaimed as a village councillor on May 14, 2013.

Hart earned $4442 in remuneration as a village councillor in 2013, and like both Chris and Quinten Beach, Hart had no expenses as a village councillor in 2013.

The village reported paying over $25,000 to 25 different suppliers in 2013.

The total amount paid to those 25 was $4,483,758.72, including $1,813,350.78 to Venture Pacific Construction Management, the company that was hired to build the new Lakeside Multiplex.

The village received a $2.4 million grant from the provincial government to offset the cost of construction on the new multiplex.

The total amount spent on suppliers by the village in 2013 was $5,616,235.34.

The village's net financial assets at the end of the year were $10,515,077 compared to $10,108,481 at the end of 2012.

In accordance with the Financial Information Act, the Village of Burns Lake must report all elected officials' salaries, along with all employees making more than $75,000.

The full report can be found online at http://office.burnslake.ca/wp-content/uploads/Village-of-BurnsLake-Fin-Stmt-2013.pdf.

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Supporting the declaration of aboriginal title by the courts

Editor: Lake Babine Nation applauds the Supreme Court of Canada’s declaration of Aboriginal title for the Tsilhqot’in in the William case and the Tsilhqot’in’s hard fought victory.

The Supreme Court released this historic decision today, confirming that Aboriginal title is not just a theoretical possibility, but also a practical reality in British Columbia.

Lake Babine Nation is comprised of over 2400 members and is one of the largest First Nations in British Columbia. Lake Babine asserts title to a large territory in central British Columbia that is currently subject to a number of development applications,

including the previously-rejected Morrison Mine, as well as a number of proposed LNG pipelines.

Today’s declaration of Aboriginal title in the William case confirms that Aboriginal title is a reality in British Columbia, and that it extends well beyond our traditional village sites.

The Government of British Columbia, Canada, and proponents who seek to develop in Lake Babine’s territory must start acknowledging Lake Babine’s Aboriginal title claim by engaging with us respectfully and proposing meaningful accommodation for Lake Babine.

At a minimum, meaningful accommodation means that any development must be sustainable and safe for our land and resources, and that it must provide significant economic benefits to Lake Babine.

Today’s declaration of Aboriginal title for the Tsilhqot’in marks the beginning of a new chapter in the Tsilhqot’in’s relationship with the Crown, one focussed on implementing Aboriginal title.

I hope that the William ruling will also motivate the Crown to recognize and resolve the Aboriginal title and rights claims of other B.C. First Nations. For decades, Lake Babine has been pursuing a respectful rela-

tionship with the Crown that is founded on recognition of our Aboriginal title, our other Aboriginal rights, and our rights under the Barricade Treaty.

Today’s decision confirms the reality of Aboriginal title.

I urge Canada and British Columbia to work with Lake Babine in avoiding further litigation and implementing Lake Babine’s Aboriginal title, Aboriginal rights and Barricade Treaty rights through negotiations.

Let’s journey forward together, without further delay.

Chief Wilf Adam Lake Babine Nation

Possible resolution for Morrison upcoming Pay teachers Editor: Open letter to Mr. Tornquist,Chief Adam, Mr. Sebastian and Mr. Williams: With the receipt of Pacific Booker Minerals Inc.’s (Proponent) response materials, we have now received all the submissions in response to the Reasons and Recommendations of the Executive Director, dated September 20, 2012. I do not see a need for any further submissions or responses.

I am therefore writing to advise you regarding next steps, including the process and procedure for referral to the Minister of Environment (Honourable Mary Polak) and the Minister of Energy and Mines (Honourable Bill Bennett).

The next steps are as follows: the Environmental Assessment Office

will refer this application back to the Ministers for consideration pursuant to section 17(1) of the Environmental Assessment Act. We will advise the parties once the referral has occurred.

Ministers Polak and Bennett will be provided a referral package consisting of the following, the Assessment Report dated August 21, 2012, the Reasons and Recommendations of the Executive Director dated September 20, 2012 and the submissions of all parties received as part of this process.

As you recall, the court ordered that the proponent and other members of the Working Group should have an opportunity for further comment on, but did not quash, the Executive Director’s Reasons and Recommendations. That

opportunity has now been provided. As the September 20, 2012 Reasons and Recommendations remain in effect, I will not be issuing further reasons and recommendations.

Once referred, the 45 day timeline for a decision by Ministers, subject to any extensions, will continue to be applied.

I remind you that the conclusions in the Assessment Report and the Reasons and Recommendations of the Executive Director are not determinative of the application.

Under section 17(3) of the Act, the Ministers may issue an environmental assessment certificate, refuse to issue a certificate, or order further assessment.

Doug Caul Associate Deputy Minister

Editor: The teachers strike should be of concern to everyone because the children are the future and should be encouraged to develop to their fullest potential. It is already difficult for teachers to give their best but with the government demands it will be almost impossible. Other unions seem to win much larger settlements without much difficulty but teachers are even belittled through the media as glorified babysitters! Why? This government would like teachers to be an essential service, but they don’t have the same

life or death responsibility that health care workers or firemen have. If class sizes are increased and too many children with learning disabilities are in the mix, school boards may have to ‘insist’ that those children are drugged with Ritalin.

Disruptive children won’t develop without help but governments don’t want free thinking children, just obedient ones. And after graduation most of the special needs could be on medication for life, now who would that serve?

Gary Huntbatch Abbotsford B.C.

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There was a fox in the hen house but also the grouse nest

Here we are not too far for another month, July waiting to come in.

Let’s hope we get some more heat. Maybe it’s just waiting. One thing looks like a good hay crop coming along and that’s very important.

Trout fishing has been very good and so has the char. One thing I miss is trout fishing, that was my main sport. Boy would I like a trout feed. I think I enjoyed eating them more than catching them.

Back on the prairie we would fish for perch and they don’t hold a candle to a trout or char.

Grandchildren Just had a pleasant visit my two Irish granddaughters who just

stopped in this morning on the way to my Francois Lake family.

They came from Bangor, northern Ireland.

Both girls were born here and also went to school at Francois Lake so it’s like coming home, which it really is. Their mother Kathleen and the older sister will be coming from northern Ireland next month. So it will be wonderful to have the whole family once more at the lake. They have so many friends here to visit which will keep them busy talking over those old school days. Also our big family which will keep them busy too and we are great visitors.

A word of warning if you have chickens, the foxes are busy raiding chicken houses. Our family have really been hit hard. Last month Richard and Margaret Neave lost their whole flock.

All good layers. The fox dug under the gate and cleaned them out. Then last week Marie and Rick Hunter were cleaned

out. Another nice flock of heavy layers. If a fox wants to get into a chicken yard they will get in regardless. When we had chickens at the landing a skunk got into our chicken yard but I got rid of him and that solved that problem.

This spring we seemed to of had lots of grouse but of late they have gone. The foxes are finding the nests and killing the young ones. Hence poor grouse hunting.

Gamblers My story a week or so ago when I talked about the gambling in Burns Lake, my brother Peter took me up as he drove taxi for Margaret and Ernest Carlson the same time I was in the taxi business. He looked after the Bucket of Blood and two big poker games in the old hotel. I did some Bucket of Blood and Jack Wilkinson on the Island and that kept me busy. Brother Peter did a lot of Pendelton Bay. This is interesting as I wonder if any old-timers

will remember. Some body put a lovely team of horse harness and all in the pot, the poker pot value was $1500.

They were hauled around a lot, even as far as Grassy Plains. Peter said they were loaded so much they would almost load themselves. They were black Belgians and very well broke. The Carlson’s bought Peter a new meter, put out by the Ford company, and it one year it fell apart. It was just junk. All this took place in the early 50s and at that time there were at least 10 cabs in the area and all busy. Lots of construction going on at that time.

The Ootsa Lake skins dam was pie in the sky for me as I just happened to be at the right place at the right time. At that time I was driving a Ford station wagon. I could let down the back seats and make room for light freight including dynamite and very often cases of hard liquor. These trips were good paying too. As

I look back these were good days and the nice people I worked with.

Grads I have at hand the graduation of the L.D.S.S. grads of 2014. How proud they must be. It’s another milestone passed in their lives. There are so many lovely young ladies and so many handsome young men. Burns Lake should be very proud also and I know they all are. They will all be passing out into a new world full of adventure, like opening the pages of a new book.

It’s now almost 60 years ago since my brother Peter went to high school in Burns Lake. There was no bus system available so dad rented a cottage from Mrs. Rush and shared it with some of his friends also taking high school from Francois Lake.

After a year or two bus service came to Francois Lake. Through the early years a number of high school students used to board at our home during

the school week. They were such nice young folks and were treated like our family. The first school at Francois Lake was St. Luke’s and I have a photo of the students on the front stop with their teacher. The year was 1918 or 1920. The new school was being built at the time. This was a one room building with wood heat, outside toilets and a small barn for the kids horses.

This is all history now.

Something of interest St. Luke’s on the lake will celebrate 100 years next year. It’s amazing that the old building still stands strong and tall and with care will last many more years. It’s now some years ago that our new school was built fully modern but St. Luke’s was once more used as a class room until the school was finished. History repeating itself so to speak. During those early years St. Luke’s was used to store Timothy Seed in as the plant was over full.

They filled it so full the

sides spread out and steel rods had to be put in to pull that building together again.

My dad, Joe Corbett and Clarence Corliss managed that job. Every time I go into the church I notice those rods. Through its many years there have been funerals, weddings and baptisms. All these ad a bit more history to the old building. I think the number of photos taken through the many years would fill lots of books.

Just ran into some dates, St. Luke’s was used as a school in 1920 with Dan O’Connell as teacher, then once again in 1939 and 1940 with Mr. Kennedy.

Makes it a bit more interesting to have the proper dates.

Thought for the day Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Have a safe week, enjoy the day, it’s special.

And always remember that God loves you and so do I.

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Coho to take bigger hit during sockeye fishery

DFO quadruples allowable kill of weak salmon runs Jeff Nagel

Conservationists say a federally approved fishing plan sacrifices too many endangered coho salmon so fishing companies can catch more of an expected massive run of Fraser River sockeye this summer.

The predicted bonanza of sockeye – 23 million with a chance it could be more than 70 million – means there's intense pressure for fishermen to capitalize on the huge run.

But if too many coho are caught in the nets along with sockeye, it could be a major setback for Interior coho runs that were nearly wiped out in the late 1990s and had been gradually rebuilding.

In past years, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has limited that unintentional bycatch to three per cent of the incoming coho run – once that many coho were caught sockeye fisheries were usually halted to protect weaker runs.

But DFO's newly released plan more than quadruples that limit to a maximum 16 per cent of the coho run that can be killed this year by Canadian fishermen, not counting any bycatch by Americans.

"It should be called an overfishing plan," said Watershed Watch Salmon Society biologist Aaron Hill, who accuses fishery managers of neglecting their duty to protect weak stocks.

"The main reason this is happening is because of heavy lobbying from the fishing interests who want to be able to catch more sockeye."

A DFO letter to stakeholders says the changes will only be in effect for the 2014 season and was informed by an internal scientific review.

But Hill contends there is no scientific consensus on the safety of the coho protection measures.

Gord Sterritt, executive director of the Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance, which represents 23 First Nations from Williams Lake to the Fraser's headwaters, said aboriginal stakeholders were prepared to accept some increase in allowed coho bycatch in recognition that this is "a unique year" but said DFO's decision goes too far.

"Basically they are opening the season on endangered species," Sterritt said. "We've been in conservation mode trying to protect these stocks since

Except for Canada Day - we will be open on Wednesday, July 2nd instead.

1998. We've seen some recovery in the last three years. But it's still iffy."

Conservationists argue more sockeye could be taken without putting coho at risk through increased use of selective in-river fisheries, which First Nations have practised for centuries.

DFO spokesperson Michelle Imbeau said the higher permitted bycatch should still allow enough coho upriver to spawn to meet conservation recovery targets, based on an estimated run size of 50,000 coho.

Hill singled out the Jim Pattison Group's Canadian Fishing Co. (Canfisco) as a main lobbyist for looser coho safeguards.

Canfisco vice-president Rob Morley said, "In our view, the scientific analysis the department has done themselves shows the harvest at these levels are sustainable and don't cause any conservation issues.”

The sockeye now migrating back to B.C. from the north Pacific are the spawn of the massive 2010 run when 30 million unexpectedly returned.

Last year's return of four million sockeye was more typical of recent years, although the numbers have improved since just 1.6 million sockeye returned in 2009, triggering the Cohen Inquiry.

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MONEY FOR SOUTHSIDE Recently Nechako Kitimatt Development Fund (NKDF) directors presented a cheque to the Grassy Plains Community Hall Association. The first installment, in the amount of $12,500 for the deck and siding project was presented. This project was approved for a total grant from NKDF in the amount of $25,000.

(Below) NKDF Directors also presented a cheque to the Southside Economic Development Association. The first installment, in the amount of $15,000 for the Takysie Lake Adventure site and nature trail was presented. The Takysie Lake Adventure site and nature trail was approved for a total grant from NKDF in the amount of $30,000. This project is a completely different area then Takysie Lake Resort - some confusion from a recent story Lakes District News ran has made some people think that the resort is under construction but it isn’t, Takysie Lake Resort is open for business as usually.

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Going through a

Legebokoff trial: Crime scene investigator details her findings TERESA MALLAM A B.C. Supreme Court jury heard Monday about various aspects of crime investigation through the testimony of RCMP Cpl. Kimberley Tremblay, a specialist with forensic investigation services.

Tremblay described her role in police investigations, including taking photographs, conducting tests and making comparison analyses of pieces of evidence seized in the case.

Cody Alan Legebokoff, 24, has been charged with killing four area women: Jill Stuchenko, Cynthia Mass, Natasha Montgomery and Loren Leslie. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Tremblay, a 10-year RCMP veteran, said she was present when Mass’ body was recovered and that she assisted another officer with the collection of insects (important in helping to determine time of death.) Oct. 9, 2010 she took aerial photographs of the area (L.C. Gunn Park.)

The officer testified she was also on scene Nov. 28, 2010 in the area off Hwy. 27 where the body of Leslie, 15, was found. Her role was to photograph and record the scene and any evidence found at the scene, she said.

Tremblay told the court she noticed a trail of blood and she found, at the entrance to the path leading to Leslie’s body, there was a tree with a freshly broken branch. There was a broken branch lying on the ground, at Leslie’s feet, she said. Later on in the investigation, she was able to compare the whole tree (it was cut down)

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break site with its jagged edges and the broken off branch and reunite them.

“All the pieces fit together,” she said, adding that the injury site to the tree was “fresh and green” when she first saw it.

The officer also described comparing footwear impressions in the snow with footwear seized in the police investigation, a USA size 11, one-piece, molded shoe, DVS brand, with two red circles and other shapes on the sole. In one of her tests, the officer said she put her foot into the “suspect” shoe and stepped into a styrofoam block to create a three-dimensional model to better show any “distinguishing features” or wear marks.

After looking at the various characteristics, Tremblay said she concluded that a shoe of “similar size and shape” could have created the shoe impression in the snow at the scene, therefore, she could not exclude it as being the “donor” shoe.

She also compared tire marks believed left by a front passenger (side) tire at the scene with ones left during her tests of a tire and rim turned over to her by another investigating officer for that purpose in 2011 – the tire and rim was from a vehicle first photographed and searched in November 2010.

Details like size of lugs (units of tread,) wear and tear are compared and other features are looked at, she said. Tremblay said she concluded that while the two tire marks were of similar size and shape (and therefore could not be excluded as “the source” of marks found at the scene) she did “not have enough to make a positive identification.”

The trial which began June 2 is expected to continue Tuesday with Tremblay still on the stand. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Glen Parrett is presiding in the case.

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Reports of a lost python sighted in Burns Lake area Steven Maisey The Ministry of Environment in Burns Lake recently received a complaint regarding a lost python in Burns Lake.

Phone calls from concerned Burns Lakers noted that a large snake had been seen lurking on Center Street, but no confirmed sightings have been reported yet.

Jeff Palm, Conservation Officer for the Ministry of Environment said that if the snake is a small specimen that the snake would pose very little risk to humans.

"Small pythons pose very little risk to humans, since they are not venomous," Palm said. "however, very large specimens can be dangerous."

According to Palm, all pythons are constrictors and typically eat rodents, capturing them by grasping, coiling and swallowing the animal whole.

British Columbia has enacted legislation restricting the possession of all pythons over three metres (nine feet) in length, for the reasons listed above.

Conservation officers responded to a similar complaint in Smithers approximately a month ago. The three foot long python was captured by conservation officers and transferred to protective custody.

Palm said that the public is encouraged to report any human wildlife conflict to the Conservation Officer Service hotline.

The hotline number is 1-866-9527277.

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The new Ronald McDonald House BC opens in June.

A home away from home for seriously ill children receiving treatment at BC Children’s Hospital, the new and bigger House has enough room to welcome 73 families every day, keeping 2,500 families per year together when it matters most.

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Burns Lake Flowers for all Occasions and Aksenz on Government St. received a face lift recently, thanks in part to support from the Village of Burns Lake’s Facade Improvement program. The program allowed a business to receive funding towards enhancements of business exteriors. Local contractor, Carl Neilson did a great job residing and painting the building. Flowers for all Occasions sells not only beautiful fresh flowers but a wide arrangement of other gifts.

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Provincial exams

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With schools behind picket lines still and little hope of a quick settlement, school districts are starting to notify parents that year-end report cards won't be produced.

School districts are running buses this week to get Grade 10-12 students to their provincial exams, which have been designated an essential service by the B.C. Labour Relations Board.

Tinney added that summer school plans are looking "very tenuous" in Surrey, and some districts have already canceled their summer instruction.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender has said the partial lockout imposed on teachers will be lifted after year-end administrative days so it does not interfere with summer school programs.

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Burns Lake Native Development Corporation, Board of Directors, Management, Staff and the six First Nations – Burns Lake Band, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Lake Babine Nation, Nee Tahi Buhn, Skin Tyee Band and Wet’suwet’en First Nation would like to thank the following for their donations, support and sponsorship of National Aboriginal Day festivities at the Spirit Square on June 21,2014.

It takes a lot of work and a lot of help to organize such a large event.

We’d like to say a really big THANK YOU to EVERYONE who helped with this year’s Aboriginal Day.

CARRIER SEKANI FAMILY SERVICES

For the fourth consecutive year, Carrier Sekani Family Service - Aboriginal Child & Youth Mental Health and Child & Family Departments co-hosted this event, much appreciation goes to their assistance!

The theme for this year’s celebration was “Aboriginal Day of Wellness” and with great appreciation the First Nations’ Health Authority provided funding to host this wellness event!

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This strange plant was given to local resident Delcy Shelford - the ripe strawberry, was so covered in frills that she wasn’t if she wanted to pop it in her mouth, but she did and reported that it did taste good, but she did have to pluck the frills off which went fairly deep into the flesh.

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Also a huge thank you to the volunteers from the following organizations: Carrier Sekani Family Service – ACYMH CSFS - Child and Family Services Burns Lake Native Logging Ltd.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (NECHAKO LAKES) NOTICE OF SUMMER OFFICE CLOSURE July 7, 2014 - August 15, 2014 The School District Administration Office at 153 E. Connaught Street in Vanderhoof will close to the public at 4:30 pm on Friday, July 4, 2014, and will re-open at 8:30 am on Monday, August 18, 2014.

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Contributed Thirty four women descended on the Boer Mountain Recreation Site June 2729 to attend Burns Lake Mountain Bike Association’s (BLMBA) first Babes In Balance Mountain Bike Retreat.

Beginner, intermediate and advanced level entrants enjoyed coaching from certified coaches, including Audrey Duval from Canmore, Alberta. Women were taught many skills, including proper body position for riding both upslope and downslope, cornering, riding berms, rid-

ing technical features and braking, as well as bike maintenance.

Comments such as ‘spectacular setting’, ‘amazing coaching’, ‘cool, great riders to play on the trails with’, ‘relaxing, fun weekend’, ‘awesome trails’ were heard throughout the weekend.

Mornings started with a session of yoga to get the muscles and mind ready, a skills session, and the afternoons were filled with both cross-country and downhill rides to put the new skills into practice.

Women conquered sections of the trail they have never been able to ride before,

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Team #3 Dirt Bags vs Team #2 Blues 7:30 p.m. • July 8 - Team #1 Crue vs #2 Blues: 6:00p.m. Team #4 Nation vs #3 Dirt Bags: 7:30 p.m.

and it was very rewarding for both the coaches, riders and organizers to see the women having so much fun learning and applying mountain bike skills so quickly.

Coach Lynda Foreman summed up the weekend, “The best part of coaching is watching people accomplish something they did not think they could do, or have not been able to do in the past, and everyone of you did that this weekend.”

For more information on upcoming events email Susan at burnslakemountainbiking@gmail.com

There will be a 15+ BEGINNER’S SQUASH CLINIC Friday July 4th and Saturday July 5th at the Lakeside Multiplex. The cost is $18.90 per participant.

There is an option to participate in either the 9am-10:30am session or the 10:45am- 12:15pm session.

FREE Summer Program!! The WOW-BUS is back for the summer.

This free program is for children 6 years old and under and includes crafts and physical literacy programming. Starting July 8th, it will run every Tuesday from 10am-12pm at the Spirit Square.

The Indoor Playspace is back! This is a great activity for families and their children ages 1-6 to be active over the summer. There will be games, equipment and more for the kids to enjoy. Please bring your indoor shoes!

• If you are a member at the Lakeside Multiplex, you will receive 10% off of these programs. Please call the Lakeside Multiplex at (250) 692-3817 or email villagerecreation@burnslake.ca for more information.

• Lakeside Multiplex will be open on July 1st. There will be a children’s free drop in play area all day in Babine and Decker Room. Come and enjoy the fun toys!

For more information, please contact: Village of Burns Lake 15 3rd Ave / P.O. Box 570, Burns Lake BC, V0J 1E0 Phone: 250-692-3817 • Email: villagerecreation@burnslake.ca www.burnslake.ca or Facebook /VillageRecreation.com

Grand Opening of the Razorback Trail Burns Lake Bike Park parking lot July 2 at 6:30 p.m.

Join us in recognizing our amazing sponsors and celebrating an awesome trail!

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Lakes District Film Appreciation Society (Beacon Theatre): Members of the Burns Lake and District Community Foundation present a cheque to Sharon Marr, Jason Llewellyn and Jason Berlin of the Lakes District Film Appreciation Society for $1000. The money will be used to offset the costs of putting on a free show, such as a concert or opera, at the Beacon Theatre.

Burns Lake & District Rebroadcasting Society elected a new Board of Directors for the 2014/2015 year at the Annual General Meeting on June 18, 2014.

The new board would like to thank retiring Director Jim Howett for his many years of dedicated service; we wish him best of luck and many healthy years to enjoy his retirement with Millie, the children and grandchildren.

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Pinnacle Pellet undergoes quarterly emissions stack test Steven Maisey Last week Pinnacle Pellet underwent its quarterly emissions stack test, administered by the Ministry of Environment.

Pinnacle Pellet's Burns Lake plant has routinely failed to pass in Ministry of Environment's emissions test, which led to the company investing $5 million in a new wet electrostatic precipi-

Burns Lakers attending the 2014 B.C. Summer Games this July Steven Maisey There will be six athletes from Burns Lake participating this summer at the 2014 B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo.

Nisa Hofer and Braden Puglas, Jonathan Gooding, Jayden Larson, Irvin Michell and Otto Umstatter will be competing at the games for Burns Lake as part of the Northwest Zone team.

Hofer and Puglas will be competing in the women's and men's canoe and kayak events respectively.

The canoe and kayak events are split into three categories each, depending on the type of boat and the number of athletes in each boat.

For the canoe events there are the C1, C2 and C4 races, which allow one, two or four athletes, respectively, per boat.

It is the same for the kayak events, with three categories of races, the K1, K2 and K4, races being held at the games.

Gooding, Larson, Michell and Umstatter will compete as part of the Northwest Zone's men's rugby team.

The rugby event at the summer games this year is not the traditional game of rugby, where teams play 15 players aside, but rather the game of rugby sevens.

Rugby sevens is a game played on a shorter field and with less time on the game clock.

It is a fast, seven aside game, and will be included in the 2016 Olympic Games for the first time.

The 2014 B.C. Summer Games will be held July 17-20.

Check back to upcoming issues of the Lakes District News for further updates on our summer games athletes.

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The results of this emissions stack test won't be available for four weeks.

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Regional district hands out money Deborah Jones-Middleton (L) from the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako hosted a Grade 5 essay contest during Emergency Preparedness Week. Kyle Nealis, a Grade 5 student at William Konkin Elementary School, won with his essay Are You Prepared For A Fire.

(Below) William Konkin Elementary School Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) was given $1,000 grant in aid monies from Electoral Area “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and $500 from Electoral Area “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural) toward the purchase and installation of playground equipment.

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The bargaining agency for B.C.'s 60 school districts has put a price tag on what its chief negotiator called "a truckload of benefit provisions" sought by the B.C. Teachers' Federation.

The cost estimate was released by the B.C. Public School Employers' Association after negotiations broke down Monday and the BCTF proceeded with a full-scale strike that could continue to the end of the school year.

BCPSEA calculates that with increased class preparation time and other benefits, the latest offer from the BCTF adds up to a 12.5 per cent increase in total compensation over the five-year term proposed by the union.

BCPSEA has proposed a seven per cent pay increase over six years, plus a $1200 signing bonus for an agreement ratified by the end of the year.

BCPSEA chief negotiator Peter Cameron said the union has dis-

agreed with some of the calculations.

BCPSEA calculates the added costs of union's proposals for year five as follows: • Wages and benefits: $211.1 million • Dropping the bottom two teacher wage classifications: $16.9 million • Expanded preparation time, elementary grades: $86.2 million • Expanded preparation time, secondary grades: $5.9 million • Pregnancy and parental leave: $22.1 million • Extended health and dental benefits: $11 million • Substitute teacher pay increase: $8.8 million BCPSEA has also calculated the cost of the union's position on class size and composition at $1.67 billion.

That dispute has been the subject of a series of court actions and the B.C. Court of Appeal is expected to rule on it in the fall.

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The public can still have their say on how to develop this economic action plan.

Individual interviews can be requested and set up until the July 11 deadline.

As well, the deadline to fill out the public online survey has been extended until July 4.

The survey can be filled out by going to www.rdbn.bc.ca/econ o m i c d eve l o p m e n t / e c o n o m i c - d ev e l o p ment-projects/actionplan.

The report outlines the regional district's strategies for the threeyear economic development action plan is expected to be posted on the regional districts website on Sept. 18, after the draft report has been reviewed by the RDBN board.

The Lakes District News will provide further updates in the future.

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The Lakes Animal Friendship Society's annual community animal care event was a rousing success again this year.

The event is held by the society in partnership with the Canadian Animal Assistant Team, whose team consists entirely of volunteers, to offer free veterinary care to animals from lower income families.

This year between the main clinic at the Burns Lake Band gathering place and the cat clinic at the Burns Lake Veterinary Clinic, the society spayed and neutered 95 dogs and cats over the three day animal care event.

In addition to the 95 dogs and cats that were spayed and neutered over the weekend, the clinic helped in the checkups, vaccinations and de-worming of another 113 animals, bringing the total number of animals helped by the community care event to 208.

As well, the society was able to build, paint and distribute 10 dog houses to various families.

Compared to last year's event the number of animals spayed or neutered is staggeringly low.

At last year's event the society managed to treat 582 animals for vaccinations, health checks and de-worming, with 293 of those animals being spayed or neutered in the process.

Alistair Schroff of the Lakes Animal Friendship Society said that this was the first year that the event didn't have to turn anyone away.

"This confirms what we expected, that the local overpopulation of companion animals has been brought under a measure of control."

The next step for the society is now maintain the control over the pet population.

That will require ongoing programs and a commitment from local governments, including the Village of Burns Lake and First Nations groups.

For the society's part they will continue to work on projects to help with the health of the animals, specifically within the education about proper animal care, compassion and bite safety.

"Education is the best long term solution," Schroff said.

The society will continue to work with the Canadian Animal Assistance Team as it looks to address needs in other communities in Northwest B.C., including Terrace, Kitimat and Prince George.

"The project here in Burns Lake has shown that while it may be a big job, it's possible, and the results are tremendously worthwhile," Schroff said.

Burns Lake Unit Crew Car Wash & BBQ: July 5: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Husky Gas Station. All donations go to the Live it, Love it Foundation.

The community forum process in regard to the economic development action plan came to a close a couple of weeks ago, as consultants from Miller Dickenson & Blais Inc. gave a verbal report to the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako's (RDBN) board on the information gathered at the forums June 19.

It is expected that a draft report will be submitted by the consultation group in August to RDBN for adoption by the RDBN board sometime in September.

The purpose of the verbal report to the RDBN board was to make clear what the research showed, what the target sectors within the RDBN should be and what the regional district's competitive advantages are as a region.

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Lakes District Fall Fair meeting on July 3/14 at 7pm held at the Cancer Society Office on the Main Street Southside Health & Wellness Centre: July 2014. Chair yoga every Tues. & Fri. 10-11am. Community garden social club July 7, 9am. Foot care, all day by appt., July 10 & 15. Yoghurt making, bring milk and 500 ml canning jars, July 17 at 3pm.

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Grassy Plains Gospel Church Sunday Service: 10:45 am 250-694-3756 (Church)

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OUR TOWN Struggling with the challenges of providing care to someone with dementia from a distance? Local family caregivers can get help from a free tele-workshop offered by the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. Called Long Distance Caregiving, July 15, 7pm. Phone toll-free 1-866-994-7745, enter pass code 1122333 when prompted, or visit momentum.adobeconnect.com/alzheimerbc and entering as a Guest to listen to and view the presentation online at the same time.

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Southside community garage sale will be on July 26, Health Centre, 9:30am 2pm. Tables and tailgating by donation. Contact Danielle (250) 694-3270.

Burns Lake Show & Shine - Spirit Square - 10am to 1pm July 6, 2014. Contact Kristi (250) 692-5721, burnslakeclassiccars@hotmail.com and www.burnslakeclassiccars.webs.com Burns Lake Big Pig Bike Fest Aug. 15, 16 & 17 - Volunteers needed. Help at the Northwest Invasive Plant Council booth & bike wash station at the Big Pig Bike Fest call 1-866-44WEEDS. We’ll need your contact information and your shirt size.

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SUNDAY, 10:30 AM Contact: Roland & Lisa Cataford 250-692-9196 ~Everyone Welcome ~

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH 136 - 4th Avenue, Burns Lake

Worship Service at 10 am Sunday mornings Ministry led by lay leaders Phone 250-692-7202

DECKER LAKE MENNONITE CHURCH Sunday Morning Services: Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

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Pastors - Ken Dyck 250-698-7629 David S. Burkholder 250-692-7057 Everyone Welcome Hwy 16, Decker Lake

Seventh Day Adventist Church Group Meets Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. at the United Church on Centre Street.

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

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

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LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23: Leo, share your emotions with a friend, especially if the friendship does not seem to be going in the direction you had hoped. Keep the lines of communication open at all times.

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LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23: Take the high road, Libra. Leading by example has always been your forte, and taking the high road now is a great example to set for those around you.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22: It can be quite difficult to keep your cool when you are feeling emotional, Scorpio. Channel any nervous energy you have into a productive project this week.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21: Sagittarius, you are on a quest for a deep connection. You will not be content with mere friendship, but desire something that is more intimate and meaningful.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20: You are in high demand this week, Capricorn.

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AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18: Aquarius, you just may find yourself on shaky ground while juggling multiple responsibilities this week. Don’t let the stress of this juggling act get the better of you.

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Information ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to keep drinking that’s your business - if you want to quit drinking that’s our business. Burns Lake meetings: Tue. & Sat. 7:30pm Immaculatta Church. Women’s group meets Wed., 108 - 2nd avenue at 7:30pm. For info. or transportation call (250) 6929104 / (250) 692-3024 / (250) 698-7325 Only requirement for AA is a desire to stop drinking.

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FOOD BANK INFORMATION Distribution days will be the first and the third Tuesday of each month. As of May “sign up� will be at the food bank on 3rd Ave. across from the theatre; the winter “sign up office� is now closed. The Lakes District Food bank continues to operate due to the outstanding generosity of the community. If you would like to make a donation and receive a tax deductible receipt, please mail your donation to: Lakes District Food Bank, P.O. Box 777, Burns Lake, BC. V0J 1E0 LOCAL HOSPICE Services are available by contacting the Hospice Coordinator at (250) 692-2448. The Hospice office, located in the Lakes District Hospital, is open every Thurs. from 10am - 4pm. A lending library of videos, books and information on bereavement is available. Please make donations to the local hospice and palliative care program payable to the Burns Lake Hospice Program, Box 7500, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1EO

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John grew up Victoria, moved to BC Molley on Alice Arm and on a trip to Terrace at age 19; he met his future wife of 43 years, Beverly McClellan. They moved to Prince Rupert where John worked first for Lindsay Transport and then the Department of Highways driving truck. Always wanting to be a boss, John moved to Terrace when promoted to Foreman 1. At 20 Mile John and Bev raised their four children, forever fishing, camping and hunting. In 1987, he took a Foreman 2 position in South Side Francois Lake and in one year he made Foreman 3 in Houston. After privatization, John worked for LDM in Smithers for 8 years and 1 year with McElhanney. In 2007 John retired to homestead on the family’s property on Buck Flats Road, gardening, preserving, cooking and cleaning house for his wife who owns The Pleasant Valley Restaurant. 2014 was supposed to be a year of fishing every lake in the area with dear friends Ric and Marilyn Berglund.

John’s diabetes did not allow this.

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Call OPTIONS at Nourse House 9am- 3pm Mon. to Fri. Francois Lake Drive. Operated by residents of 8th Avenue Group Home. (250) 692-7845 THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY B.C. and Yukon division is your primary source and resource of the latest print and electronic information, programs and services about arthritis. No matter where you live, you can access us at the touch of a button. Toll free 1-800-321-1433 or visit www.arthritis.ca/bc THE CHRONIC DISEASE Education Clinic at the Lakes District Hospital is open Tue. & Wed. from 8:30am - 4pm. The clinic provides information and teaching on various chronic illnesses such as Diabetes & Heart Disease. A doctors referral is not needed. To speak with the nurse call (250) 6922440

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July 5, 1949 - June 8, 2014

Predeceased by father Pat and mother Sylvia.

Left to mourn and deeply missed by his family: Wife Beverly, Daughters - Tracy (Ian) and Lori, Sons - John and Tom. Grandchildren - Trent, Troy, Sydney, Jailene, Mackenzie, Brook, Mariah, Brianna, John Conner and Emily. Brothers - Steve (Regina), David and Sister - Patty (Roy) and his special friends - Tanner Wiley, Hunter and Sam. John was soon to be a Great Grandpa - besides his family and friends, fishing and hunting were his great loves. Fish On John. We will miss you.

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For more information about Interfor, visit our website at www.interfor.com.

To express interest in this opportunity, please apply online at www.interfor.com/careers by July 31, 2014.

We appreciate the interest of all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

All applicants offered a position must successfully complete a pre-employment background check.

Help Wanted

Publisher/ Editor The Princeton Similkameen Spotlight is looking for the right person to be the Publisher/Editor.

Princeton is located in the Similkameen Valley‌.truly an outdoor lover’s dream with world-class hunting, fishing, hiking and snowmobiling.

In addition to having a strong understanding of news gathering and meeting deadlines, the successful candidate will represent the Spotlight at social and client functions. They will also have strong organizational skills and be able to work without direct supervision.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: •Work closely with the sales consultant to develop new sources of revenue •Create a newspaper that represents the community •Account for all business activities in a prompt manner •Manage all expenses and wages •Produce 10-15 stories per week, plus photos as necessary •Allocate print space for story, text and photos according to space parameters and copy significance. •Plan the contents for the Spotlight according to the publication’s style, editorial policy and publishing requirements. •Verify facts, dates and statistics using standard reference sources •Develop story and feature ideas •Read, evaluate and edit press releases, Letters to the Editor and other materials submitted for publication. •Upload stories to the website •Participate in community events Please e-mail resume by July 8, 2014 to: Don Kendall, Regional Publisher, South Okanagan Email: dkendall@blackpress.ca

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Help Wanted

Administrative Assistant – Burns Lake Pinnacle Renewable Energy is currently seeking anAdministrative Assistant for the Burns Lake plant. Successful candidates must be able to work in a dynamic environment, provide support and be resourceful, proactive and flexible. Effective communication is an essential part of this role.

Responsibilities to include but not limited to: • Gather and produce production data input, daily • Assist Purchasing Manager with orders and subsequent coordination • Assist with setting up with new hire packages, HR/Safety administration and filing • Coordinate and liaise with the Burns Lake Plant Accountant • Create Purchase Orders, attached quotes, requisitions and packing slips to approved PO’s.

• Assist with A/P data entry • Assist and/or organize meetings, training, gatherings, etc.

• Prepare and/or edit internal and external letters, faxes, memos and mass emails.

• Input payroll time sheets • Incoming/outgoing mail and parcels Ideal Skills and Qualifications: • A College diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience • Previous experience in an administrative position • Strong PC skills i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point and MS Outlook • Extremely detailed oriented • Proven ability to effectively prioritize work flow • Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills • Ability to exercise good judgement, show initiative and be proactive • High standards of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information Resumes must be sent to hr@pinnaclepellet.com. Questions can be directed to Kate Iverson 250-562-5562 ext 2214

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TUG SKIPPER Full time senior & junior positions available. Minimum Limited Master <60GT Certificate required. Apply via email: alertbaytowing@cablerocket.com or by fax: (250) 974-5216

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Trades, Technical MACHINIST WANTED Vancouver Island Company requires a machinist immediately. Must be proficient in the operation of boring mills and lathes.

Union position with comparable wages and excellent benefit package.

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Huckleberry Mines Ltd., an 19,000 TPD open pit copper/ molybdenum mine located 121 kilometers south of Houston in west central British Columbia, commenced operation in September 1997; a recent expansion has extended the mine life to 2021. We are currently recruiting for the following position:

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Reporting to the Site Services Supervisor, the successful candidate will be part of the Site Services Team which is responsible for the repair and upkeep of a 310 person camp and mine site buildings and infrastructure. Duties include plumbing and gas repairs, scheduled maintenance checks and some carpentry work.

Applicants require experience in building and mechanical equipment maintenance and repair, ability to use power and hand tools and follow safe work practices. A journeyman plumber’s ticket and a minimum class % gas Àtter’s ticket with electrical endorsement are required and should be submitted with resume.

Huckleberry Mine is a remote mine where its employees live in a camp environment on their days of work. This position works a 7 x 7 schedule (7 days in, 7 days out). While at the mine site all meals and accommodations are provided free of charge to employees. Transportation is provided from Houston.

We thank all applicants for their interest in Huckleberry Mines Ltd., but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 4ualiÀed candidates can submit their resumes in conÀdence to Human Resources Department Huckleberry Mines Ltd. P.O. Box 3000, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0 Fax: (604) 517-4701 Email: HR@Huckleberrymines.com

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Burns Lake Mountain bike camp for kids wind up

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Burns Lake Mountain Bike Association held a kids bike camp every Wednesday. This Wednesday there will be a grand opening of the new trail Razorback. Everyone is invited to join them at 6:30 p.m. at the bike park parking lot. For more info look at their ad on page 7 of this issue.

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Francois Lake Facts Surface Area: 63,700 acres Volume: 18,717,700 acre-feet Mean Depth: 284 feet Maximum Depth: 802 feet Watershed Area: 1500 square miles Mean Elevation: 2345 feet Surveyed: July 1950

Francois Lake is located south of Burns Lake, and can be accessed by Highway 35. At 120 km (75 miles) long, it’s one of the largest, deepest, and purest lakes in British Columbia. Francois produces trophy class rainbow trout, kokanee, dolly varden, and char. To reach the eastern end, follow Highway 16, just before you reach the Stellako River, you will find the Francois Lake Road on your right. Turn here and follow until you get to the lake.

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