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Land based spill plan

Change coming to WorkSafe

Big Eutsuk fire ...page 2

The B.C. provincial government has promised to implement 43 new recommendations in the WorkSafeBC review and action plan conducted by Gordon Macatee.

Communities within the regional district deem plan for oil spills to be unreasonable

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Return-It program review

STEVEN MAISEY A June 25 letter sent to environment minister, Mary Polak from the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako’s board of directors expressed concerns about the plan for a land based spill and preparedness plan in regard to shipping bitumen west from Alberta to the pacific coast.

The letter cites that local government and First Nations communities don’t have the capacity to provide adequate services when it comes to land base spills.

The regional district takes it further noting that the local governments don’t have the resources to prepare for a respond to a hazardous material spill and that to expect communities to respond to these situations without compensation and funding for training and response is unreasonable.

The proposed shipping of oil west of Alberta by rail is expected to take centre stage if the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline doesn’t come to fruition.

Last month the federal government agreed to allow Enbridge to go ahead with proposed bitumen pipeline as long as they met the approximately 200 conditions set forth by the joint review panel and the five conditions set by the B.C. Provincial Government.

Burns Lake fire chief Jim McBride, whose firefighters would be part of the first responders in Burns Lake should there be a spill expressed his thoughts on the issue at the Village of Burns

Bottle return depots in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) have exceeded the minimum requirements of the recycling regulations in the stewardship plan signed by Encorp Pacific (Canada).

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Burns Lakers win medals The 2014 B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo came to a close this past Sunday, after four days of intense competition that saw over 3200 athletes, coaches and officials from across B.C. compete in 19 sports.

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Forest fires continue to burn in the Northwest as help is flown in

An additional 200 out of province firefighters flown in to help fight B.C.’s forest fires Steven Maisey The Northwest Fire Centre’s campfire ban may have been lifted due to cool, rainy weather, but firefighters in the region continue to battle to fires in the area.

The first is the ongoing battle with the forest fire seven kilometres south of the Chelaslie River.

The fire is burning directly north of the Entiako provincial park and protected area near Tweedsmuir Park and Ootsa Lake.

The forest fire, started by lightning, was discovered on July 8 and as of 9 a.m. on July 21 had burned approximately 50,000 hectares in total area.

There are currently 41 firefighters, five helicopters and 11 heavy equipment unit crews fighting the blaze, and a structural protection unit has been assigned to the fire due to the nearest structure being two kilometres away.

An evacuation notice issued by the Regional District of BulkleyNechako (RDBN) has been rescinded for the following areas: the Intata Reach at the confluence of the Uchu Reach at the Eastern boarder of the RDBN’s Electoral Area ‘E’ (Francois/ Ootsa Lake Rural), to Natalkuz Road in the North, to Kluskus Forest Service Road in the East to the boundary of the RDBN’s Electoral Area ‘E’ and Electoral Area ‘D’ (Fraser Lake Rural) in the South.

A new evacuation

notice has been issued by the RDBN for the area from the Southern boarder of the RDBN’s Electoral Area ‘D’ at Red Road to Erhorn Creek, north along Erhorn Creek to the Nechako Reservoir, including all land between the West and East banks of the Nechako Reservoir to Erhorn Creek and for the area from the Eastern boundary of Entiako Park to the Eastern boundary of the RDBN’s Electoral Area ‘E’, in the South to the Ootsa Forest Service Road along to the Malaput Forest Service Road to Entiako Park.

British Columbia Parks has also issued the closure of Entiako provincial park to all recreational users.

A second fire was discovered on July 14

by Eutsuk Lake. As of 9 a.m. on July 21 the fire had burned approximately 3600 hectares in the area.

Both forest fires are being fought at a modified response stage, which means that the fire is being closely monitored and allowed to burn only within set policies and management guidelines.

Firefighters are currently still patrolling the area near Takysie Lake that saw a forest fire burn approximately 43 hectares in total area at the beginning of July.

The Wildfire Management Branch requested the help of an additional 200 firefighters from outside of B.C. to help fight the fires in the province.

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The forest fire near the Chelaslie River continues to burn. As of Monday morning the fire had burned approximately 50,000 hectares. It is one of two forest fires currently burning in the Northwest Fire Centre. The second fire is burning out by Big Eutsuk Lake and has burned approximately 3600 hectares as of Monday morning. Local resident Sam Moroski captured all of of these photos.

On Saturday, 40 firefighters from Quebec, plus 20 each from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick arrived in B.C., with Ontario supplying 120 firefighters that arrived Sunday.

These firefighters join more than 1500 provincial staff, 800 B.C. contractors and 94 out-of-province fire-

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fighters already fighting blazes across the province.

Neither Chikamin Bay Portage or Pondosy Bay Portage resorts are in any danger from the wildfires.

Both are operating normally.

Check the Lakes District News for more information about forest fires.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

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Recommendations implemented at WorkSafe

Provincial government promises to implement all 43 new recommendations Steven Maisey

The B.C. provincial government has promised to implement 43 new recommendations in the WorkSafeBC review and action plan conducted by Gordon Macatee.

The recommendations in the report concern the events and conditions that lead to two fatal sawmill explosions, one at the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake on Jan. 20, 2012 and the second at the Lakeland mill in Prince George on April 23, 2012.

Two workers were killed and another 20 were injured in the explosion and subsequent fire that occurred at the Babine sawmill two years ago.

Minister of jobs, tourism and skills training and minister for responsible labour, Shirley Bond said that the all the recommendations have been accepted.

"Action will be taken immediately on key recommendations around worker safety," Bond said.

Key recommendations that will see immediate implementation include, moving forward with the development of occupational health and safety policies to specify reasonable steps for employers, workers and supervisors to take to address combustible dust hazards.

A report on those developments was presented to WorkSafeBC's board of directors on July 17 with a recommendation for approval.

In accordance with the combustible dust initiative, phase four of WorkSafeBC's inspection of sawmills saw an improvement in compliance rate from 58 per cent in phase three to 84 per cent in phase four in sawmills province wide.

However, other wood manufacturing operations, such as wood pellet plants, pressed board manufacturing and oriented strand board manufacturing plants didn't fare so well.

Inspections of 15 these various plants yielded only a 40 per cent compliance rate.

"Their 40 per cent compliance rate was a disappointment, especially in the wake of all that's been said and done to this point," Bond said.

The accepted recommendations highlighted the need for continued inspections and penalties for sawmills and a separate investigative unit.

WorkSafeBC levelled Babine Forest Products with fines totalling more than $1 million as a result of the explosion, which the company is appealing.

Crown prosecutors declined to lay charges in the two explosions.

"This action plan addresses the pressing need to both restore confidence in WorkSafeBC investigations and to make sure workers and families never again face circumstances like those at Babine and Lakeland," Bond said.

Seven of the 43 recommendations will be implemented right away, including the sustained compliance plan for sawmills, as well as developing a plan for ongoing inspections of other wood product manufacturers and pellet mills with appropriate en...see WORKSAFEBC t P7

Big Char

Ray Hick from Smithers caught a big char on Tchesinkut last weekend. Fisherman are enjoy the month of July on the lake as it is the only time in the summer that you are allowed to keep char.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Lakes District News

t Editorial Steven Maisey

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Rail isn’t an option either

B.C. back in black, deep in debt

Last week Shirley Bond, both the Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and the Minister for Responsible Labour announced that the B.C. provincial government was accepting all 43 recommendations in the Gordon Macatee’s report in the WorkSafeBC review and action plan.

These recommendations will provide even further improvement in the control of combustible dust in sawmills and hope to provide improvement in many non-compliant wood manufacturing manufacturers.

The review and action plan is one of many initiatives that have taken place since the explosion and fire at the Babine Forest Products sawmill right here in Burns Lake and the Lakeland sawmill in Prince George two-years-ago.

Two workers died and 20 were injured in the explosion and fire in Burns Lake.

These recommendations will hopefully help provide improved working conditions and safer working conditions so a tragedy like this doesn’t happen again.

The mill explosion and fire devastated this community, yet through hard work, perseverance and extremely positive attitudes from community members the mill has been rebuilt and reopened.

Now, despite all that this community has been through we are being asked to once again assume all the risk on something that could potentially be even more devastating than the mill explosion was to this community.

Enbridge is trying to get their pipeline that will transport bitumen through our community and we all know the environmental concerns that surround this issue.

However, a second and just as harmful option sits there as a backup plan should the pipeline fail to be built.

This would see the oil transported by rail from Alberta to the pacific coast.

An additional 100 car train per hour would go through Burns Lake, which sees our rail road tracks travel right through the heart of our town, past our local businesses and by our high school.

Each car would have the capacity to hold 25,071 imperial gallons of combustible oil.

That equates to approximately two and a half million gallons of oil going through Burns Lake every hour.

What should happen if this train derails?

Look at what happened in a small Quebec town just over a year ago.

A train carrying oil derailed in the small town of Lac-Megnatic, Quebec and when the oil on the train explode it cost the lives of 47 people and destroyed more than half of the town’s downtown business centre.

Not only is this town being asked to allow these trains to pass through at very little advantage to us, but our volunteer firefighters, are being asked to be first responders and put themselves in incredible danger should a situation arise.

When is our community going stop being asked to assume all the risk so big industry can reap the benefits?

This community has been through so much and has proven to be so resilient, but can we really be expected to keep picking ourselves off the canvas when we’re consistently being knocked down?

Lac-Megnatic is still cleaning up from the derailment, let’s not allow that to happen to Burns Lake.

Last Week’s Question:

When the audited public accounts confirmed a $353 million surplus for the last fiscal year, B.C. Liberal political staff were quick to remind reporters of the NDP’s main theme from last year’s election campaign.

Pages of election quotes from almost every NDP MLA were waiting to be distributed. It was a “bogus budget,” one of the more polite tags applied to the government’s pre-election fiscal plan.

“It underestimates the costs in a whole bunch of ministries and we’re going to have to review that because all of the decisions that we propose in our platform will have to be implemented,” said thenleader Adrian Dix, describing the NDP’s plans to tax and spend more.

Skeena MLA Robin Austin targeted health care in the budget debate: “Our population is actually increasing, our population is aging, I think it’s very unrealistic to think we can actually limit health care expenditures to 2.7 per cent.”

As it turned out, health care spending grew by just over two per cent. It still went up by $360 million from the previous year, but after annual increases of six or seven per cent had become the norm, this is quite an achievement. New agreements remain to be negotiated with doctors and nurses, so we’re unlikely to see the same cost control results for the current year.

Ottawa’s health care transfer payment formula has changed, and increases are to be capped at three per cent a year by 2016, so this is the kind of spending restraint all provinces are expected to produce.

Education was the only other ministry to receive significant extra funding last year, up $299 million despite continuing enrolment decline. Like health, the education budget goes up every year, and these increases, along with strong student performance results, expose the rhetoric of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation about a cash-starved system for what it is.

But the biggest fabrication of last year’s election was the “debt free B.C.” slogan emblazoned on the side of Premier Christy Clark’s campaign bus.

The public accounts confirm that the province’s total debt rose to just over $60 billion, the latest of a series of increases since 2008. The much-touted balanced budget is on the operating side, while the province continues to pile up debt to pay for the Port Mann mega-project, hospitals, schools and other big infrastructure.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong emphasized the difference between capital and operating expenditures.

“We’re borrowing to build as opposed to paying for the groceries,” he said.

“Debt free B.C.” was not an outright misrepresentation, merely one of the most far-fetched promises ever delivered in the history of B.C. politics. The legislature is to convene in October so the B.C. Liberals can pass a taxation framework for the nascent liquefied natural gas industry, which the government hopes will generate the revenues to ultimately pay off the province’s $60 billion mortgage.

Meanwhile there is more capital debt ahead. The cabinet is expected to green-light the Site C dam on the Peace River this fall, a decade-long project estimated to cost $8 billion.

Along with the public accounts, the finance ministry released a list of surplus land sales.

The sale of 50 odd properties, some of them closed schools, netted the provincial treasury about $310 million, which accounts for most of the surplus.

Was this “selling off the family silverware to try and balance the books,” as now NDP leader John Horgan termed it before the election? It’s certainly not a revenue source to be matched next year.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Response plan for spill is insufficient

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CN Rail’s train tracks travel through the heart of Burns Lake’s business centre. The tracks are approximately a mere 40 feet from post office and business located on Government Street, and are located close to Lakes District Secondary School. Each 100 car train would carry approximately 2.5 million Imperial gallons of oil.

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“It’s this community and the resources of it’s first responders that will have to hold down the fort until these other agencies can arrive,” McBride said, “I feel confident this department can hold the line, but unfortunately going back to the incident in Quebec the fire department couldn’t do anything, it took five days for the consumption of the product before they could get in there.”

As far as responsibility for cost of the cleanup the onus isn’t on CN Rail, but rather the shippers of the product.

The regional district was quick to point out in their letter to Polak that they feel cost of the emergency response should be fully borne by the industry, and that the cost should entail additional planning, training, exercises and debriefings that are required.

Lake council meeting last Tuesday.

“I’m of a firm belief that the Pan-Pacific Asian countries are looking to get our oil one way or another. I can assure you we aren’t going to fly it over to them. It’s going to go one of two ways, by pipeline or rail,” McBride said, “I can’t think of a community along CN rail that is in such close proximity to the railroad.”

The material aboard these rail cars would be consider hazardous should they spill, and first responders would have to have training and experience in hazardous materials and items (HAZMAT).

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Concerns over the possibility of a car derailment and the subsequent response has become prevalent in the past year.

There have been four serious train derailments in North America over the past year, including the derailment of an oil filled train last July 6 in LacMegantic, Quebec.

That derailment in the town of 6000, destroyed much of the town’s downtown business centre and claimed the lives of 47 people. is now open for young males If oil is shipped via rail it would see another 100 (ages 13-25). car train per hour travelling through Burns Lake.

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Invasive species in Burns Lake

What is being done to stop the spread of invasive plants in Burns Lake Steven Maisey The Village of Burns Lake is taking on the fight against unwanted, invasive plant species in the area through the Northwest Invasive Plant Council (NWIPC).

Burns Lake is one of 25 financial partners of the NWIPC, a non-profit society that is made up of a board of directors and general membership, approximately of which there is 700 members currently.

As well, there are two partnerships with First Nations communities, with more partnerships being developed for the future.

The NWIPC, per the provincial Weed Act, is the weed committee in Burns Lake, effectively meaning that the NWIPC is the committee that strives to prevent and control the spread of invasive plants in Burns Lake with the goals of preventing further damage to ecosystems and to rehabilitate ecosystems that have been degraded by invasive plants.

As previously noted in the Lakes District News the NWIPC covers the area from Valemount to Haida Gwaii going East to West and North to the Yukon boarder, excluding the Peace region.

Darrell Hill, 'Roots and Shoots' contractor, who is contracted by the NWIPC to provide eradication and control of invasive plants in the Burns Lake area, notes that environmental impacts stemming from invasive plant species can be severe.

"The spread of invasive species is the second biggest threat to biodiversity after urban expansion so other than putting a parking lot over something, invasive species are number two," Hill said, "Once infested many sites are beyond control."

Impacts to the environment caused by invasive species are lowering the economic production values in infected native grassland areas as it pertains to grazing, wild flowers and endangered species get pushed out as the invasive species invade the area and plants and herbs that were collected for herbal remedies are taken over by invasive species.

The number one invasive specie of concern in Burns Lake is

Mountain Bluet, a taprooted herb that prefers sun and dry to medium-wet conditions for optimal growth.

The flower petals can be blue or purple in colour and it blooms in late spring to early summer.

Mountain Bluet is of great concern because it creates a monoculture, once infested nothing besides Mountain Bluet will grow in the area.

Once treated though, native plant species will begin to sprout again.

"I treated a Mountain Bluet site up Moe Road just West of town and that was a monoculture and you could see the brown patches where the Mountain Bluet was gone," Hill said, "The good news is there are lots of other plants,even strawberries coming back up in the spots I sprayed."

So far this year, Hill, has treated one and a half hectares of land infested with Mountain Bluet, both mechanically by pulling plants, and chemically by spraying the plant with herbicide.

Hill uses herbicides that are very selective in nature, meaning that they will target only the invasive plant, leaving other plant growth in the area unharmed.

Despite the efforts, every year more and more Mountain Bluet infestation continue to pop up in Burns Lake as they spread through private properties, out along ditches and through green belts.

Besides actively controlling invasive species on the front lines, the NWIPC has also taken to the community to educate its members about the harms of these species.

Involvement in the community weed program, holding community weed pulls, such as the one that was held in connection with the Rotary Club of Burns Lake last year and generally educating the public about controlling these species in their own yards.

"We are going to continue to aggressively contain all known sites and continue to raise public awareness," Hill said, "We want to continue to do more public awareness to get the property owners to know what the situation is and why it's a problem if you're not controlling invasive species on their property."

Hill says a perfect example of community awareness was the infestation of Mountain Bluet up near Saul Creek.

He was notified of it by a community member and wouldn't have known about the infestation otherwise. ...see WEEDS t P20

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Lakes District News

Taking in the view

Local resident Helene Brunette caught this guy sitting on the bridge taking in the view of the smoky skies last week.

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Francois Lake is warm enough to swim in this year

It’s good news to have my old type writing machine working again. It’s like me, it’s hard to get parts anymore. Thanks to Spee Dee Stationery in Smithers and Burns Lake printers, they are very helpful to me. A big thanks.

Music fest We had a Grassy Plains music summer festival.

This is good news for all the music lovers. This will be great news and should be good. I just phoned Renay of the very popular June Bug singers from Calgary.

They are busy at the time doing more recordings.

They will miss Grassy Plains and hope next year they may come up. I sure

would like them to come up again.

Special day Yesterday was my late wife’s birthday. So as a family we went to our Burns Lake cemetery with flowers for Josephine Marie a wonderful wife and mother. The grounds are so well cared for it’s a pleasure to visit.

And all in all what a scenic location. It’s a pride to the town.

Renos There are some more renovations at the Francois Lake Hall. There have always been extra chairs, tables, benches and other things taking up floor space so it was decided to put up an addition on the main building to safely store these things. It’s needed in the worst way. Now there will be more floor space.

The hall has come along way through the many years. A man stopped to visit today and he had just been in the hall and he said the whole interior is lovely, bright and what a pleasure to visit. Lots

of work has gone into it but it’s been well worth it. We are all very proud of it. This summer there is going to be a complete sound system installed in the hall. This will make it a lot easier for visiting bands and also music groups that may come through to entertain. Up to now they have had to supply their own sound system and this makes it more difficult to set up.

This had been needed for many years and now it’s coming. This will also make it much easier to rent the hall out.

Hay The ranchers need the hot weather for haying but sometimes it’s a little too hot. Last week some hay makers have had to work night shifts as the hay is just too dry to bale, it blows away.

There is not as heavy a hay crop as they had expected so every bale counts. Remember it’s their living. How well I think of those many years haying with horses.

It was hard work from

start to finish. Granted the cost was down but the hard work sure make up for it. Those 100 pound wire bales sure used to get heavy at the end of the day. Those big round bales have pretty well taken over.

Warm water This is something to record and that’s folks are swimming in Francois Lake. It’s been a long time since this came about. Years ago we always used to swim right beside the ferry dock.

They report the water is very comfortable once you get in.

Looking back in my memory bank a little story. We had a steal gray saddle horse, he was pretty as a picture.

Our daughter Marie used to ride him a lot and she found out Smoky liked to swim. So she would put on her bathing suit and jumped on him bare back and they would swim around the ferry dock.

I think Smoky would swim the lake if he had the chance. Marie’s

mother used to worry that Smoky just might take the bit in his mouth and swim the lake with Marie on him. That never happened thank heavens.

During the many years we were in the tourist trade we met some wonderful folks that remained our friends for many years.

A number of them came from Prince Rupert. The roads were far from good. Friends would still come year after year. We had boats and saddle horses for trail rides which went over big time.

I well remember a couple from Rupert who came up to the lake for many years. The lady wanted to swim the lake so one morning when the lake was calm she took off.

Her husband followed her in a row boat. She not only swam to the Southside she swam back to the landing. She said that in the middle of the lake there was a very strong current which made

swimming a bit difficult.

As far as I know this lady was the only one to swim Francois Lake. We always figured the lake as two and a third miles from dock to dock so over and back was a long swim.

Fire & smoke On Tuesday late afternoon some smoke drifted into town and then on Francois Lake they really had the smoke drift in. One lady from the Southside told me you could not see across the lake, the smoke was so heavy. My son Mark on the Brown Road said the ash from the park fire just covered his pickup. This park fire must be huge by all reports. It’s very distressing when you think of the terrible damage of a fire this huge. Not only the trees but the little animals that can’t get away.

A question what is the worst fires or floods? A good question.

I hope with my next weeks viewpoint we have some good news on the fires.

A little joke It was a labour day weekend and a guy was roasting a chicken on his rotisserie. He began to hand crank it to make sure it would be evenly done. It was getting golden brown on the juices had begun to run and some flames began to lick the chicken as he turned it. Just then a drunk stumbled into the yard and looked at the scene and explained “hey buddy not only is your music box not making any music but your monkey is on fire.”

A thought for the day To make this world a happy place to live you had better change yourself, your heart, not the world.

Take care, have a safe and happy day and remember always God loves you a lot and so do I. The highlight of my week was to watch the Calgary Stampede on the TV. Although we were not that far from Calgary we never got there to see it.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

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Review of Encorp Pacific’s Return-It new work

Encorp Pacific president gives presentation to the regional district regarding Encorp’s Return-It program in the area

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Burns Lake’s bottle depot is one of four facilities in the regional district that accepts both beverage containers and used electronics for recycling.

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them, so it has be persuasion from all sides and that's what we can continue to work with," Fraser said, "We've looked at every angle on it, there is no legal action we can take."

Likewise, the mayor of Smithers, Taylor Bachrach was concerned about the curb side pick up now being conducted in his community by Multi Materials B.C. Beverage containers that are thrown into the MMBC containers are considered contaminated and are unable to be picked out of the container.

It's causing the owner of the depot to lose money, while it allows MMBC to profit off of those losses.

"They've been taught that beverage containers are recyclables and we just gave them these huge recycling bins with a recycling symbol on the side and they're hulking their recyclable containers in the bin and then that counts against us because they're considered contamination [for MMBC recyclables] and we're not allowed to take them out," Bachrach said, "How are we going to fix that problem?"

Bachrach suggested that his community could attach a smaller container or bag to the larger MMBC ones where his community members could throw their beverage containers.

Fraser agreed that an idea like that would be practical.

"I really like that idea," Fraser said, "I would double check the contract but I believe MMBC takes control of the materials when it's in the blue box, so if there's a separate system for beverage containers as long as they're not in the blue box I don't believe there's an issue."

Bottle return depots in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) have exceeded the minimum requirements of the recycling regulations in the stewardship plan signed by Encorp Pacific (Canada).

According to president and chief operating executive of Encorp Pacific (Canada), Scott Fraser, who gave a presentation at the RDBN board of directors meeting last Thursday, the RDBN is on par with the average of the province, ahead of regions, such as Metro Vancouver.

There are six return depots in the regional district, located in Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Burns Lake, Houston and Smithers, and collectively the recov- WORKSAFEBC from t P3 ery rate for the six facilities is 80.1 per cent, above forcement to bring the sector into sustained compliance. the 75 per cent minimum requirement.

"While we have seen continued improvement, mill operators need to achieve The recovery rate is calculated from the percentage of returns of plastic, aluminum, glass, paper- better compliance and the action plan will ensure that occurs," Bond said.

Steve Zika, Chief Operating Executive for Hampton Affiliates says that the board and other recyclable materials from across industry has been working extensively with WorkSafeBC the last two years the region.

The Northern region, which includes the RDBN, to develop a regulations and inspect process that address key exposure areas.

Zika also notes that neither the Decker Lake or Babine mills has ever reof Encorp accounted for eight per cent of total volume collected in 2013, and the regional district it- ceived a stop work order from WorkSafeBC. "Ever since the Babine tragedy we have learned much about the explosive self accounted for one per cent of the total volume nature of pine beetle dust and have made major equipment and process changes collected in 2013.

Throughout the province in 2013, Encorp's 172 to mitigate the risk," Zika said.

Some of the other recommendations moving forward include, Memoranindependently owned depots, along with its locations in over 350 grocery stores and over 200 B.C. dums of Understanding (MOU) with police services and with the Criminal Justice Branch should be signed, WorkSafeBC should retain the ability to develop liquor stores collected over one billion containers.

That equates to a total of 95,000 metric tonnes and approve occupational health and safety regulations, implement a new inof beverage containers plus an additional 25,000 vestigation model that preserves the ability to conduct both cause investigations and prosecution investigations and Develop and implement performance tonnes of electronics.

Of the six depots in the RDBN, four,Fraser Lake, measures to assess the health and safety awareness levels among workers, the Burns Lake, Houston and Smithers, accept elec- health and safety culture of the business enterprise, the effective engagement of tronics for recycling at their depots, along with bev- WorkSafeBC officers and the effectiveness of compliance activities.

"I'm glad there are more safeguards in place for the workers safety," Wilf erage containers.

Locations in Vanderhoof and Fort St. James only Adam, Chief of Lake Babine Nation said, "I still request an independent inquiry to what happened at Babine Forest Products." accept beverage containers at the moment.

Encorp Pacific (Canada) is part of the Stewardship Agencies of B.C., a 16 member agency that works collectively to ensure B.C.'s Extended Producer Responsibility model is successful and cost effective.

Other members include, Multi Material B.C. (MMBC) and the Canadian Battery Association.

While Encorp's program has been successful in the regional district, there were concerns raised by a couple of directors.

Vanderhoof mayor, Gerry Thiessen was concerned that minimum standards at the return depot ur in his community weren't being met, specifically ck out o e h C hours of operation. le irresistib "I've been told when it comes to this contract that it's so tight you can't get out of it," Thiessen said, "Yet when it comes to minimum standards there doesn't seem to be a meeting spot."

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Are you ready for some fun activities at this year’s children’s festival?

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2014 Donations Update ComFor Management Services Ltd. is pleased to contribute to the Francois-Tchesinkut Lake Recreation Commission and Decker Lake Recreation Commission.

These donations will assist in funding an addition to the Francois Lake Community Hall and renovations to the Decker Lake Community Hall.

Thank you to all of the community hall volunteers!

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

• Service clubs in the local area • Outdoor recreation in the local area • Recreation facilities in the local area • Sporting teams and local events

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Pension scams

The Financial Institutions Commission of British Columbia is alerting members of the public to unscrupulous pitches promising immediate access to locked-in pension funds.

Unlocking scams often target people who are in financial distress and are hoping to get immediate access to their locked-in pension funds to meet their current financial needs. They may also be targeted at people trying to use locked-in pension funds for investment purposes.

Falling victim to one of these scams could have serious financial implications. It could result in the total loss of your pension funds and the reassessment of your tax return by the Canada Revenue Agency ending in significant financial penalties.

Some common characteristics of pension-unlocking scams, although the actual delivery may vary, these scams share several common characteristics, including: • In order to conceal the eventual unlocking transaction, you may be asked to transfer your fund to a self-directed RRSP. • Promising immediate access to your pension funds.

• Promising that you may access your lockedin funds without paying taxes.

The Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce • Claiming that you would like to thank everyone who helped to make can receive a loan equal Canada Day such a success…. to the value of your Heritage Canada locked-in funds without Lakes District Arts Council collateral or other considerations.

COMFOR Management In B.C., there are only donation for hot dogs, condiments and water four exceptions to the Babine Forest Products donation of BBQ locking-in requirement.

The volunteers who helped with the BBQ These exceptions are: • You have a very The Village of Burns Lake for all hard work small pension. setting up/take down for this event • You have reached a Lori White for organizing the vendors • You are facing an Beaver Point Resort for sponsoring the children’s events illness that will shorten your life expectancy.

Samantha, Carrie, Katie and crew • You are permanently for the awesome children’s events leaving the country.

Our set up and cleanup crew at Spirit Square For more information Bulkley Valley Credit Union, Remax, Investors Group speak with the financial and Village of Burns Lake for the use of their tents institution.

Thank you!

Royal Canadian Legion for the delicious pancake breakfast Royal Canadian Mounted Police for leading the parade and traffic control To all the parade participants WOW your floats were amazing!!

Without you we would not have had an awesome parade!!

Thank you to all the vendors, volunteers and spectators who made this day so wonderful!!!

If we have missed someone our apologies and thank you!

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Funding for Francois Lake

Francois Tchesinket Recreation Commission was presented with the first installment in the amount of $4823 on July 3 for the shelter and equipment project by the Nechako Kitamaat Development Fund (NKDF). An addition to the Francois Lake Community Hall will be constructed to provide adequate storage space for equipment and a new sound system will be purchased. Total NKDF funding for the project is $9645.73. (L-R) Mark Neave, Joan McFee, Shelley Wall, Laurie Neave and Dan Ash. Submitted photo

School is a go ahead for September

The B.C. Teachers' Federation had better not expect an imposed settlement to keep the beginning of the school year from being disrupted, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said Tuesday.

Every other sector of the public service has been able to find agreements within the government's balanced budget mandate, but the teachers' union might be expecting a legislated settlement as has taken place in the past, de Jong said as he presented the public accounts that show B.C.'s budget balanced as of this spring.

"You cannot send negotiators into a bargaining session with other public sector workers, hammer out agreements that include very modest settlements, and then because another group decides to make a little more noise, provide more, because you are taking from one group in order to satisfy the demands of another within the context of a balanced budget," de Jong said.

The BCTF strike for the last two weeks of June saved the provincial treasury about $12 million a day, while year-end studies and exams were disrupted. The two sides haven't communicated since early July, when B.C. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Kelleher said they are too far apart for mediation to be effective.

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Steven Maisey The 2014 B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo came to a close this past Sunday, after four days of intense competition that saw over 3200 athletes, coaches and officials from across B.C. compete in 19 sports.

There were two athletes from Burns Lake that competed in the summer games this year for the Northwest region.

Nisa Hofer and Braden Puglas competed in the canoe and kayak events.

Puglas won a silver medal in the Boys C-1 2000m open event

and placed sixth in both the Boys Slalom C-1 open event and in the Boys C-1 200m learn to train event.

Hofer won a bronze medal in the Girls C-1 2000m open event and place fifth in the Girls Slalom C-1 open event and seventh in the Girls C-1 200m learn to train event.

Hofer and Puglas also competed in the four team events for the Northwest Region.

In those team events the Northwest region finished eighth in the Boys C-2 500m learn to train event, fourth in the Boys C-2 2000m open event, sixth in the Girls K-4 500m open event and fifth in the Boys and Girls K-4 500m open event.

Riding to fight cancer Bike riders from Texas passed through Burns Lake on July 17 as they made their way up to Alaska.

The 79 riders, all of them students at the University of Texas in Austin, are part of the Texas 4000 for cancer group which cycles from Texas to Alaska each year. This is the first year that the rides granting has gone to a Canadian organization, as the ride is funding Young Adult Cancer Canada.

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Reg. district issues an evacuation notice Steven Maisey An evacuation notice issued by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) has been rescinded for the following areas: the Intata Reach at the confluence of the Uchu Reach at the Eastern boarder of the RDBN's Electoral Area 'E' (Francois/ Ootsa Lake Rural), to Natalkuz Road in the North, to Kluskus Forest Service Road in the East to the boundary of the RDBN's Electoral Area 'E' and Electoral Area 'D' (Fraser Lake Rural) in the South.

A new evacuation notice has been issued by the RDBN for the area from the Southern boarder of the RDBN's Electoral Area 'D' at Red Road to Erhorn Creek, north along Erhorn Creek to the Nechako Reservoir, including all land between the West and East banks of the Nechako Reservoir to Erhorn Creek and for the

area from the Eastern boundary of Entiako Park to the Eastern boundary of the RDBN's Electoral Area 'E' and in the South to the Ootsa Forest Service Road along to the Malaput Forest Service Road to Entiako Park.

The evacuation has been ordered due to the danger of life safety due to the wildfire in the area.

Those order to evacuate must leave the area immediately and are recommended to close all windows are doors, shut off all gas and electrical appliances except for refrigerators and freezers and take only critical items, such as medicine, purses and wallets with them.

It is also recommended that pets be brought in kennels or on leashes.

Evacuees need to contact the RDBN at 250-692-3195 or at 250-692-9411 to be registered once they have evacuated the area.

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FREE Summer Program!! WOW-BUS and INDOOR PLAYSPACE. These free programs are for children 6 years old and under and includes crafts and physical literacy programming. WOW-BUS runs every Tuesday from 10am-12pm at the Spirit Square and Indoor Playspace runs every Thursday at 10am-11:30am. There is a SUNDAY FREE KIDS (AGES UP TO 12) DROP IN during 10am to 1pm. Bring your children and enjoy the fun equipment.

• If you want to register online, please visit the village website and click the Rec folder.

Lakeside Multiplex 103 Flogum Dr. P.O. Box 570, Burns Lake BC, V0J 1E0 Phone: 250-692-3817 • Email: villagerecreation@burnslake.ca www.burnslake.ca or Facebook /VillageRecreation.com

Burns Lake Big Pig Bike Fest August 15, 16 & 17. Check out: http://www.burnslaketrails.ca/ index.php/big-pig-bike-fest for more details.

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The fifth annual Grassy Plains summer festival was held this past weekend at the Grassy Plains Community Hall. The festival was well attended despite the rain and the cool weather. There were vendors set up and activities for kids over the two days.

Local Southsider Heidi Piltz captured these photos.

Legion Special Event: Friday, July 25 7:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Entertainment: Paul James & Black Spruce Bog. For info call: 250-692-3232.

Southside community garage sale July 26, Health Centre, 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p m.

Tables and tailgating by donation. Contact Danielle (250) 694-3270.

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The 71st Annual Lakes District

Fall Fair & Music Festival September 5th,6th & 7th, 2014

AAC for both the Lakes and Morice TSA aren't promising.

BOOTH RENTALS: If you would like to rent a booth Projections for 2016-2017 see the estimated timber supply fall to showcase and sell your goods please contact Bev Olinyk to 3.2 million cubic metres and the projections see the timber @ 250-698-7685. If you would like a booth to sell food, please contact Richard Cannon @ 250-699-8697. supply drop to an estimated 2.1 million cubic metres by 2021, a number that wouldn't be able to sustain the needed harvest for the BuS SERvicE: There will be bus service again this year mills to operate at 60 per cent capacity. from Burns Lake to the Fair grounds and back again to "There's definitely concern," Pressey said, "That's why you see Burns Lake. Watch for complete details at a later date. some of the mills going through what they call 'right sizing' it is “It’s A Family A-Fair” Find us at www.ldfallfair.ca something the community needs to be aware of and prepare for it."

In corporate business terms 'right-sizing' is a company restructuring or reorganizing their business through cost-cutting, reduction of work force or reorganizing upper management.

It is typically used instead of down-sizing.

ALFIE So, what is the outlook for the recently reopened Babine mill?

Fortunately for Babine, the mill that was built is the newest and most efficient mill in the area.

When it was built it was set up to handle a smaller timber supply if need be, which certainly leaves it at an advantage compared to other mills in the area.

As well, the Nadina Forest District has strategies in place to combat the projected shrinking timber supply.

These strategies include low volume harvesting, an aggressive Alfie is a 5 year old female, who has not silviculture plan that includes increased fertilization, and planthad much interaction, so will be classified ing broader species of trees, such as spruce and Douglas fir. as a potential barn cat. She has started to "We're making sure our inventory of the trees that are out there meouw instead of hiss when you approach are the most up to date and the best possible, so when we have to her kennel, but she cannot yet be handled. make those really difficulty decisions the inventory is there and If you are looking for a good mouser, please the inventory is correct," Pressey said. give us a call at 250-692-7476.

Nadina is also ensuring that land use planning is done properly with all broad objectives in place, including temporary land use.

Advertising donated by LD News " I think we've done that fairly well," Pressey said.

Burns Lake Veterinary Clinic Ltd. Chief operating executive of Hampton Affiliates, Steve Zika Fountain Road, Burns Lake • Phone: 250-692-7476 says that timber supply is and will continue to be the biggest risk to the future of the two sawmills in Burns Lake.

"The future of these operations is partly dependent on the community and our First Nations partners helping in securing as much timber supply as practical," Zika said, "We continue to encourage the government to be flexible in looking at mid-term timber supply and to not drop the Lakes TSA annual allowable cut too dramatically in the next few years, especially if there Gordon Douglas – President is dead pine left which still has value."

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The Babine Forest Products mill is the newest and most efficient mill in the Nadina Forest District. Timber supply is projected to drop in the next seven years.

What the current and future timber supply means for Northwest B.C.’s sawmills Steven Maisey

What is Rotary up to?

Two weeks ago the Houston Forest Products sawmill in Houston shipped its last load of timber and shut down with 271 sawmill workers losing their jobs.

The closure of the sawmill was in part due to a shortage in timber supply that was seeing the mill unable to sustain a capacity to justify keeping the mill open.

How does the low timber supply currently affect the recently reopened Babine Forest Products mill, as well as the second Hampton mill at Decker Lake, and what is On behalf of the Quaw the future outlook for the timber supply in the area? family, we would like District manager for the Nadina Forest District, to thank the Cheslatta Josh Pressey was present at the Village of Burns Chief & Council and staff members Lake council meeting last Tuesday to provide an for the assistance outlook for the future timber supply in the forest they provided to our district and the numbers are slightly alarming. family during the time The Nadina Forest District is part of the Skeena of grief and loss of region and stretches from Endako in the West to the Baby Psy’rius Quaw.

Additionally we base of Hunger Hill in the East, North to the top would like to extend Babine Lake and South to the base of Ootsa Lake. our gratitude to those There are two Timber Supply Areas (TSA) within family and friends who the Nadina Forest District, the Lakes TSA and the were with Maroco and Makayla at the Morice TSA, both support the harvesting for the hospital during the sawmills within the district. passing of baby Pys’rius and gave them nothing but love and The five sawmills the district supports is the West support; thank you to Virginia Gagnon,Cheryl Boyd, Bonnie Fraser Mills Ltd. out of Smithers and Fraser Lake, Jack, Ted Jack, Janet Whitford, Lana Cahoose, Julie Charlie the Canfor mill out of Houston, the Hampton Affiliand others. Your support, compassion, and love helped them get through this tough time. A special thank you to Councillor ates mills at Decker Lake and Burns Lake.

Ted Jack, Councillor Hazel Burt, Corrina Leween and Leon Collectively those five mills require roughly 3.6 Leween for the considerable and generous amount of help they million cubic metres of harvested timber to support unconditionally provided to ensuring all the arrangements were all the mills to full capacity. done efficiently. We greatly appreciate those who supported the family during the wake; Oriville Peters, Shaun Peters, Terrance It has also been identified by the district that these Jack, Terry Jack and others. We are very grateful to Lana Hunt, mills could sustain themselves and continue operatKaleela Peters, Terri-Lynn, and Minnie Peters for helping out ing at 60 per cent capacity, so roughly 2.5 million with the loonie auction, booklet and plaques. We appreciate cubic metres of harvested timber collectively for the everyone’s presence and assistance throughout this entire five mills. ordeal. A special acknowledgment to those who showed respect towards our family and your presence The Annual Allowable Cuts (AAC) for both the during the service meant a lot to all of us. If we have Lakes TSA and Morice TSA total approximately 4.5 forgotten anyone please accept our apologies. million cubic metres of timber available for indusRespectfully; Mavis Benson(Quaw), try, enough timber to keep the mills running at full Gloria Alexis, Leonard Quaw, Peter Quaw, capacity.

Tara Quaw, Maroco Quaw.

However, three and seven year projections of the

Lakes District Fall Fair meeting on July 24 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cancer Society Office on the Main Street.

Introducing Burns Lake Rotary 2014/2015 Executive:

Haley Finch – Treasurer Lianne Olson – Secretary Jon Boss – Director Garth Schienbien – Director Angelika Posselt – Director Leone McHugh – Director Darrell Hill – Director The Executive and membership of the Burns Lake Rotary Club believe in Service Above Self and work hard in the community to make a difference.

Along with our membership working on behalf of our community, we have many partners, supporters, family and friends that get involved financially and physically on our projects. Together we continue to work on community projects to help improve our community in areas such as trails, beautification, recreation, and health to name a few.

One of our newest projects will happen sometime over the next couple weeks.

Resurfacing the tennis courts is one more project Rotary is working on in our community. We hope you get an opportunity to enjoy some of the projects Rotary has participated in and supported over the years.

Rotary Club of Burns Lake

www.rotaryburnslake.org Watch for our monthly “What’s Rotary Up To?” for dates and details of Rotary programs, events, and projects.

Burns Lake Terry Fox Run - Sept. 14 at the Francois Lake Hall. Always looking for donations for the Fall Harvest Auction. More info (250) 692-7438.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 TALOK FISHERIES LTD.

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CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20: Capricorn, express yourself when asked for your honest opinion this week. Keeping things close to the vest is not what people want to see, so don’t hesitate to offer your insight.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18: Trust your intuition in a sticky situation, Aquarius.

Panicking will only make the situation more complicated, so allow your instincts to take over.

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PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20: The time has come for you make your move, Pisces.

You’re fully capable of making this transition and more than ready to do so.

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20: Aries, you have had little luck regarding relationships of late. Rather than focus on what hasn’t gone your way, change your perspective and focus on the good things.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21: Taurus, you can be pretty stubborn when it comes to something that matters dearly to you. No matter your feelings, try to behave in a diplomatic manner.

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If you love your freedom, thank a Veteran.

Support your local Legion.

Lakes District Fall Fair meeting on July 24/14 at 7pm and will be held at the Cancer Society Office on the Main Street.

Interested in quitting smoking? If you are having trouble quitting smoking please call 8-1-1, look online at quitnow.ca, or talk with your primary health practitioner.

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

Island Gospel Fellowship Gerow Island, Highway 35

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

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

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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. Check out the Big Pig Bike Fest page for more details: http://www.burnslaketrails.ca/index.php/big-pig-bike-fest

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

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

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

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

Worship Services: 10:30 a.m.

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

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

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

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The next food bank distribution is August 5th 2014. The food bank emergency phone number is: (250) 692-3029.

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Calling all weedwackers! The Burns Lake Mountain Bike Association will be having our community workbee on July 26, 10am - 2pm. All helpers are welcome. The Wednesday workbees are ongoing throughout the summer at 6:30 at Kager Lake for trail work and a ride after.

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FOOD BANK INFORMATION Distribution days will be the first and the third Tuesday of each month. As of May “sign up” will be at the food bank on 3rd Ave. across from the theatre; the winter “sign up office” is now closed. The Lakes District Food bank continues to operate due to the outstanding generosity of the community. If you would like to make a donation and receive a tax deductible receipt, please mail your donation to: Lakes District Food Bank, P.O. Box 777, Burns Lake, BC. V0J 1E0

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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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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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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 NECHAKO RESERVOIR UPDATE 16 July 2014

Reservoir Elevation: 851.63 m (2794.07 ft.)

SLS Discharge: 225.38 m3/s Nechako River at Vanderhoof: 102m3/s On 13 July Skins Lake Spillway discharge was increased to 226 m3/s on 13 July in response to a warm weather forecast.

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Lakes District Maintenance Ltd. is seeking an individual for the excluded manager position in Burns Lake, BC, of:

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Waste Haul Driver The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako is seeking applicants to fill a permanent Waste Haul Driver position within the Environmental Services Department, situated in Burns Lake, BC. The Regional District owns and operates three Kenworth tractor units and seven 53 foot walking floor trailer units to complete municipal solid waste and wood waste hauling services across the region.

The Waste Haul Driver will be responsible for the hauling of municipal solid waste, wood waste and providing sick and holiday relief. Municipal waste hauling will be required 2 days per week, Monday and Tuesday (two 10 hour days for an annual total of approximately 1040 hours). Wood waste hauling will occur on an as needed basis (estimated, but not guaranteed, at a total of 600 hours annually) primarily between the months of May – October). Therefore flexibility in work schedule is a requirement of the position. The successful applicant will be required to work under a general averaging agreement.

A competitive wage range is offered with the position and following the successful completion of a six (6) month probationary period benefits will be provided. Benefits will be prorated based on the given number of hours worked per month.

Qualifications and Required Experience: • Be physically fit, team player; • Ability to work independently; • Good communication skills; • Ability to fill out log books and maintain records; • Experience performing general maintenance on truck and trailer units; • Class 1 driver’s licence with air; • Minimum of 5 years professional driving experience in northern climates; • Experience operating and maintaining walking floor technology is preferred.

Applications, which clearly outline experience, including a driver’s abstract will be accepted at 37-3rd Ave., Box 820, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0, until 4:00 p.m., Friday, July 25, 2014 and should be addressed to Janine Dougall, Director of Environmental Services. Applications may also be faxed to 250-692-3305.

LOCATION: Vanderhoof School Board Office POSITION: Payroll Clerk II HOURS OF WORK: 7 hours per day, 5 days per week DUTIES TO COMMENCE: Immediately RATE OF PAY: $23.62 per hour as per the current Collective Agreement Preference will be given to qualified members of CUPE 4177 SUMMARY O performs a variety of duties pertaining to payroll DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES performs functions necessary to run payrolls, including editing and balancing batches, running payroll processing programs, updating payroll system history, balancing payroll to control figures, system backups and Electronic Funds Transfer O inputs and retrieves data including those related to new employees, changes in employee status, assignments O collects codes and ensures accuracy of timesheets and absentee reports and follows up on errors as required O maintains records/reports & makes necessary adjustments for vacation, sick leave, increments, absentees, WCB, etc.

O assists in the development and maintenance of the general ledger codes and payroll systems as required O prepares payroll journal entries as necessary and processes retroactive pay when necessary O updates and maintains master files pertaining to payroll processing O answers inquiries from staff and the public by letter, e-mail, telephone or in person, and relays messages O answers queries and prepares reports as required by the management team O issues records of employment and termination documents as required O provides employment verifications as requested O performs all duties with a level of interpersonal skills appropriate to the position O maintains the confidentiality of sensitive information seen or heard O

QUALIFICATIONS KNOWLEDGE completion of Grade 12 (Dogwood Certificate) O certified Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) by the Canadian Payroll Assoc. and completion of a recognized 1 year accounting program O

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PLEASE DIRECT QUESTIONS RELATED SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE POSITION TO:

LYNN MAKSYMCHAK DISTRICT PRINCIPAL – HUMAN RESOURCES/ LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (NECHAKO LAKES) PO BOX 129 VANDERHOOF BC V0J 3A0 To apply: Please send a detailed resume to Lynn Maksymchak at lmaksymchak@sd91.bc.ca

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Look out for mountain bluet invasive weed

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As previously stated, the NWIPC is funded by 25 financial partners with Burns Lake being one of them.

Of the funds that are contributed by each partner, 15 per cent is taken off for administrative fees for the program, with the rest of the money being spent controlling invasive plant species in the community. The problem that Burns Lake is now facing is that the budget for invasive plant species control has already been spent for the year even though there are an additional six sites that have yet to be treated.

If left untreated these infestations will continue to grow in size and therefore become even more costly in the future to manage.

The NWIPC has requested that the Village of Burns Lake contribute an additional $3000 towards the control of invasive plant species.

That amount would bring the total contribution of Burns Lake up to $4500 per annum for the management of these species.

This was something that village council was unwilling to consider at the last council meeting Steven Maisey photo on July 15 saying that this was a topic that would be brought up during budget discussions in Mountain bluet is a taprooted herb. It prefers full sun and dry to medium wet conditions. The petals are typically the fall. purple in colour.

However, the village will remain an active partner of the NWIPC in the meantime.

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