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Vanderhoof flies the flag with pride at the 2014 Canada Day celebrations in Riverside Park.

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Happy birthday Canada!

Jesse Cole Omineca Express Vanderhoof celebrated Canada’s 147 birthday with style this year. Live music, dancing, a full farmers market, train rides and even a fire hose shower were all on display.

Celebrations took place at Riverside Park from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Live music was performed by local musicians including a ukelele performance by Thomas Peren and a interpretive dance, done to music from the movie Frozen, by local Megan Hyde.

When the temperature started to soar, the Vanderhoof Fire Department arrived and firefighters Kevin Leslie and Jeremy Banham brought out the fire hose to help cool off. Leslie and Banham took turns helping youngsters man the fire hose and soak their peers.

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The weather, in combination with the celebrations drew hundreds of residents to the park.

A little bit of everything and something for everyone was available; parents perused the farmers market and competed in a game of Canadian trivia while children took rides around the park in a homemade barrel “train.”

The Saik’uz First Nation dancers made an appearance and performed a series of songs and dance in full traditional garb inviting members of the audience to join them.

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Imagine grant deadlines extended This is a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity for northern B.C. communities, schools, organizations and individuals of all ages to be inspired by the upcoming 2015 Canada Winter Games and apply for funding towards a health promotion or disease/injury-prevention project that will help improve health through physical activity. Apply now! As a reminder, here are the details: What are IMAGINE: Legacy Grants?

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to leverage the positive impact of the 2015 Canada Winter Games in fostering a sustainable legacy of increased health and wellness for northern communities and their residents, which will last beyond the twoweek event in Prince George and Northern B.C. – where they live, work, learn and play.

Types of IMAGINE: Legacy Grants available: In the spirit of the 2015 Canada Winter Games, we are asking for health promotion or disease or injury prevention projects with a focus on physical activity that may also include other key health promotion goals including: injury prevention, tobaccofree communities, healthy eating (HE), active living (AL), HEAL for Your Heart, prevention of problematic substance use, HIV prevention, harm reduction and chronic disease prevention.

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Council, residents meet at Village Inn to discuss future of community pool Jesse Cole Omineca Express Vanderhoof’s ongoing struggle to build a community pool received a much needed update at a meeting held at the Village Inn last week. Those in attendance were given updates on the current status of the project, including how much is still needed to make the facility a reality.

The meeting focused on serving as a forum for fundraising ideas to raise money for the project, as well as unveiling a investment package aimed at attracting potential donors.

Fundraising ideas ran the gamut from holding community barbecues to partnering with a prospective hotelier in exchange for their use of the facility.

Of the $12 million price tag associated with the pool facility, $4 million has been confirmed to be borrowed by the municipal government in accordance with the 2013 referendum that saw 78 per cent of voters support the decision. The remaining $8 million has been divided into sections with $500,000 slated to fundraise throughout the community, $3.5 million to be raised from local industry partnerships, although partnerships with companies like Rio Tinto Alcan, Newgold and Canfor have yet to be finalized.

The final $4 million is to come from government grants. Councillor Evan Parliament recognizes the sparseness of provincial grants these days. “It’s quite ambi-

Blueprint plans for the proposed community pool to be built by 2018.

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tious. the challenge we have is that there are a very limited amount of government grants right

now. There are a few, but they’re in the hundred’s of thousands, not millions,” he said. To rem-

edy this Council, along with two other partners has hired a third party company called Com-

munity Infrastructure Finance Fund (CIFF) to come up with alternate methods of fundrais-

ing. The cost of hiring CIFF, $30,000, was split between the three organizations, lowering the cost to $5,000 for Vanderhoof.

The town has a five year window from the time of the referendum to raise this money at which time the referendum dies and the $4 million pledged would need to be re-committed to. The window of opportunity comes to a close on April, 18, 2018.

Mayor Gerry Theissen and council said their goal is to raise half of the needed money, some $4 million, by the end of this year.

Aside from fundraising ideas, the meeting also outlined exactly what would be included in the project. “For the $12 million the facility will include a six-lane swimming pool, a leisure pool, a lazy river, a hot tub, change rooms and an administration office,” Parliament said.

Adding other facilities such as a fitness centre or meeting rooms would bring the projects expected cost closer to the $15 million mark.

Council has not ruled out future additions to the facility but at the present time has capped expenditures at $12 million.

Council members will be attending the 2014 Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) convention later this year in Whistler, B.C. to reach out to regional and provincial government as well as potential industry investors.

Another pool update meeting will be announced for the late summer or early fall.

Local hockey coach is recognized for work Jesse Cole Omineca Express Vanderhoof hockey enthusiast Marty Floris has been recognized for his outstanding service to hockey in British Columbia with the development award for his work in the male high performance program. Floris received the award at the 95 annual hockey awards banquet held on June 21 in Penticton, B.C. The high performance program is a B.C. Hockey initiative that aims to identify young players who

will one day play for Team Canada in the under 20 category or in the junior hockey championships.

Kids in the high performance program will also play for British Columbia’s team in the upcoming Canada Winter Games.

Floris has played numerous roles throughout his tenure volunteering with community hockey and with B.C. Hockey. “I’ve been a coach, assistant coach, manager, an evaluator,” Floris says of his work. He’s been involved in working with northern training camps as well as the B.C. Cups and provincial hockey training camps. B.C. Hockey called his

work “instrumental in the development of Northern players,” in a press release.

A lifelong hockey player, Floris says that he became involved in coaching and managing hockey 18 years ago. “I felt being a member of the town, I needed to give something back to the community,” he says. “So I decided to get involved.”

Floris says that receiving the award was truly an honour but noted that volunteering is not about receiving accolades. “It was nice and it’s an honour to be recognized, but you don’t go in a volunteer to get your name in the paper.”

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LEGEBOKOFF TRIAL: Blood stains, splatter evidence, dominates testimony Thursday.

Teresa Mallam Prince George Free Press Forensic specialist RCMP Sgt. Beverly Zaporozan, qualified by the court as an expert witness allowed to give opinion evidence about blood splatter analysis testified Thursday about how she took swabs to various stains to test for the presence of blood during a January 10 and 11, 2011 search of a Liard Drive apartment.

The apartment was previously identified by a landlord/ owner as one rented by accused killer Cody Alan Legebokoff.

Under direct examination, Zaporozan told Crown prosecutor Joseph Temple that she was also involved in police investigations respecting a search of a Carney Street residence and with a number of exhibits seized from Legebokoff’s vehicle. She described the steps she took to test for possible blood in stains found in the course of those investigations.

Legebokoff is standing trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Prince George charged with first degree murder of four area women, Natasha Montgomery, 24, Loren Leslie, 15, Jill Stuchenko, 35, and Cynthia Maas, 35. The remains of Leslie, Stuchenko and Mass were recovered but the body of Montgomery has never been found.

In providing background of her certification as a forensic specialist, Zaporozan revealed that she was on the Missing Women Task Force and in April 2003, had worked with investigators “on the farm” [belonging to serial killer Robert Pickton].

On Thursday, Zaporozan described for the court how she applied two different re-agents to stains she identified during the Liard search. She said that “Blue Star” reveals blood through a particularly fast chemical reaction known as chemifluorescence. She identified a series of photos in a

booklet that she testified depicts features of the apartment, its rooms and layout, and specifically stains found on multiple surfaces – walls, floors, dining room table, chair, carpet, box spring and mattress, bathtub, bathroom sink and back splash.

Zaporozan traced her actions, explaining for instance how she tested some samples on the scene to check for a “positive” blood spot or splatter pattern and also cut out samples of carpet or fabric for testing.

All her collected evidence including swabs was turned over to another investigating officer, she said.

On February 4, 2011, Zaporozan said she also tested items seized from a vehicle (under a search warrant) for the possible presence of blood using her “hemostick” on items such as a passenger side door panel and back seat fabric. Further, she identified areas on a seized white athletic sock, an athletic left shoe and a brown shirt all of which she tested

for the presence of blood and got a “positive” result.

The trial which began June 2 con-

tinues before B.C. Supreme Court Justice Glen Parrett. A 14-person jury is listening to the evidence.

Andreychuk representing North on ASTTBC Heather Andreychuk, AScT, will be representing the north for professional organization ASTTBC (Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC), as a council director for 2014-2015.

“After taking part in the design and project management of the Legislative Assembly Building, hotels, shopping centers, a casino, recreation facilities, community water supply stations, a residential subdivision, bridge replacements, and road design,” said Andreychuk, “I would have to say my greatest achievement is stepping into a leadership role and providing mentorship to the next generation of professionals in the applied science field.”

Andreychuk grew up in the East

Kootenay. She graduated from BCIT in 1985 with an economics major in building technology. In 1993, she moved to Prince George to work for L&M Engineering. She is currently an engineering supervisor for the City of Prince George, her employer since 2006.

“I am very pleased to have been chosen to represent my colleagues on the ASTTBC council,” she said.

“The association regulates and supports technology professionals across B.C. in a commitment to serve the public with a safe, healthy, and sustainable society and environment. With all of the opportunities in the northern half of the province, I am proud to bring a voice from the north to the council table.”

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by Progressive Employment Services supports both job seekers and employers in a new and innovative way. Workers On Call is an enhanced service designed to help connect employers with workers for short-term assignments.

Shelley Froese, Workers On Call coordinator, acts as a liaison between employers and clients saving employers time and money by giving them access to an existing database of workers. Clients submit their resume and sign a consent form allowing potential employers to view their information. When employers have a short-term employment need they simply submit a Worker Request Form giving details such as position,

duration, qualifications, pay, equipment required, etc.

The coordinator then shares resumes that meet the required qualifications with the employer and provides any assistance needed to help make the match. Finding an appropriate candidate, the employer may proceed to make the hire.

Once the short-term employment is finished, the coordinator follows up with the employer to gather feedback and continues to make periodic contact with the clients to ensure that they are still available for work and that their resumes are up to date.

Call 250-567-5785 (toll free at 866-567-7375) or stop into our office at 139 First Street East, Vanderhoof for more information or to see how the Worker’s on Call program could help you!

Workers On Call Project The Workers On Call project is an enhanced service offered by the Vanderhoof WorkBC Employment Services Center to help connect employers with workers for short-term employment. Participants benefit by having the opportunity to showcase their skills to employers through short-term work assignments.

For more information or to submit your resume, drop by our office Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We are located at 139 First Street East.

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Play ball! Beer leagues knock it out of the park There were more than a few home runs at the local baseball diamonds last week.

Vanderhoof independent “beer league” baseball teams gathered together on the evening of July 2 to play some ball.

Competing teams Hazardous Waste and I’d Hit That faced one another in athletic battle in the last games of their season before heading into their leagues playoff season.

The ball game started at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday night and ran until 8:30 p.m.

The game was lively with more than a couple home runs making it out of the park and a lot of friendly trash-talk.

At the end of the game Hazardous Waste took home the win with a crushing score of 33 to 11.

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With great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Mark Hurring at the age of 43 on June 29th, 2014.

He leaves to grieve: his parents Ron and Donna, his sisters: Joy Vasan (Srini), Lori Miller (Allan), Shirley Hurring, his niece: Cherri Reagh, his nephews: Jonathan Miller, Jan Sam, Darren Sam (Reanna) their children Caleb and Kylee.

He was fun-loving and generous. He enjoyed many outdoor activities, especially fishing.

Mark was creative with carpentry, metal work and cooking. He was a dedicated worker at the Vanderhoof Co-op. We will all miss him dearly.

THANK YOU Ron and Donna Hurring and family would like to express their appreciation: To the Vanderhoof Co-op, for their generosity, concern, and multiple acts of kindness.

To the Fraser Lake and Vanderhoof RCMP. To the Nechako Valley Search and Rescue.

To Chris Hooper of Grace Memorial, who went out of his way during our ordeal.

To the Coroner service for speeding up the autopsy.

To the staff at the Stuart Manor and the Hospital Kitchen staff.

To Dave and Bonnie Flegal for putting up our Grandchildren this past week.

To Keith and Barbra Campbell for picking our Daughter Joy up from PG Airport.

To Arlynn Klassen of Diadem for speedy service in creating the wonderful programs for Mark’s Celebration of Life.

To Rev. Steve Pilgrim and wife for delaying their trip to Edmonton to conduct the Celebration of Life for Mark.

To all my many friends, for their outpouring of heartfelt sympathy, kindness, offerings or food to us, and generous donations to the N.V.S.A.R. Thank you all - We will miss him.

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Write The Editor c/o Omineca Express, Box 1007, Vanderhoof, B.C. V0J 3A0 l Fax 250-567-2070 l newsroom@ominecaexpress.com

What a difference three years makes Dear Editor, In August 2011 Enbridge Northern Gateway conveyed a message that it had attained all the oil and condensate shipping agreements it needed in support of their pipelines project. Janet Holder, Enbridge’s Vice President Western Access and now Project Leader, said the shipping agreements were a “major step forward” for the project.

The ink had barely dried on the federal government’s approval of the pipelines project last week when the company submitted their first condition-related filing to the National Energy Board (NEB).

Requirements of Conditions 20 and 21 are that Enbridge Northern Gateway must file with the NEB the long-term, firm Transportation Service Agreements (TSAs), also known as shipping agreements, executed with shippers to demonstrate that it has secured sufficient commercial support for the Project.

In their filing the company stated “As of July 2014, Northern Gateway has not executed firm TSAs with its prospective shippers. While Northern Gateway is not in a position to provide a date upon which it anticipates TSAs will be executed, Northern Gateway will continue as required to update the NEB under conditions 20 and 21. ” You might be wondering why the company’s funding partners identified as oil producers haven’t signed TSAs. One reason was alluded to in their filing to the NEB; they are presently developing a Class 3 Cost Estimate of their pipelines project to be completed in late 2014 or early 2015. Considering the cost to build the pipelines has increased from an estimated $5.5 billion in 2010 to $7.9 billion in 2013, it might be understandable for the funding partners to not sign TSAs until they know what they are going to have to pay to ship their products.

In addition, four of the funding partners, Nexen, Suncor, Inpex Canada and Total E&P, are experiencing financial and operational challenges with some of their tar sands properties. Total E&P, in partnership with Suncor and Inpex, announced recently they are putting their Joslyn property on hold indefinitely citing that economics aren’t good enough to go ahead. Nexen is laying off staff and looking to cut costs by 21%, that is attributed to operational difficulties at their Long Lake flagship property.

A combination of Enbridge Northern Gateway’s escalating costs, their funding partners’ troubles in the tarsands, 209 federal conditions, 4 of 5 Province of B.C. conditions, numerous First Nations’ land title claims, several present and forthcoming law suits, and increasing public opposition are all undoubtedly having an influence.

The probability that this project will never be built is very, very real.

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Cleaning out the cobwebs Spring cleaning needed for Vanderhoof’s online directory Jesse Cole Omineca Express The world exists in a digital era, in the realm of technological necessity. You can find wifi in almost every corner of the globe, even here in Canada’s north.

Our online presence has become a point on which we define ourselves and our community, be it through Facebook or a municipal community guide, online resources can be a vital tool for attracting tourists, new residents and helping current residents feel involved in their community. Now more than ever our ability to navigate the digital realm has taken make-it-or-break-it importance.

Vanderhoofians are no luddites, they are fiercely active on social media making their opinions heard and providing services and resources to newcomers and lifelong residents alike.

Why then is the Vanderhoof district’s online resource guide so inadequate and incomplete?

Vandehoof’s resource guide is staggeringly well put together, there is quite literally a section listing every service, resource, activity and event.

However, anyone trying to actually use this online guide will quickly learn that while all-encompassing, the information provided is often out of date,

incorrect or even incomplete.

While sifting through the guide I encountered numbers that were missing the last four digits, numbers connecting to out of service numbers, contacts that no longer reside at that number and even some who had no longer lived in Vanderhoof.

Some of the information available was more than two years outdated.

This is not only frustrating for residents who may be trying to contact a local soccer team or the EMS chief (both of which had incorrect information in the online resource guide) but it is also a poor way to portray the town of vanderhoof to potential newcomers.

Prospective residents considering a move or visit to Vanderhoof, or recent residents trying to acquaint themselves with the town may be discouraged when for the fourth time in a row they turn up a wrong number.

These problems are minute. The fact that this is what I have to complain about is proof enough we’re in pretty good shape here in Vanderhoof.

However, poor inter-community communications does have ramifications beyond simply getting on our nerves. Ignoring our online presence or allowing it to decay makes us look lazy or apathetic; it turns people away and that is the last thing we want to do when we have so much to offer.

Have an opinion and a burning desire to express it? Write a letter.

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Lightning sparks 15 of 20 new fires

Prince George Fire Centre personnel have responded to 20 new fires in the past 48 hours, 15 of which were caused by lightning. One of the fires was caused by an abandoned campfire and the causes of four others are undetermined at this time.

One of the largest fires is 60 kilo-

metres northeast of Fort Nelson and has so far burned three hectares. Helicopters were used to bucket water onto the fire and two Initial Attack Crews were onsite fighting the blaze.

Airtankers were used to fight another fire south of Stuart Lake, followed by a helicopter bucketing additional water onto the fire.

Ground crews will be onsite today to fight the fire.

Fifteen abandoned campfires were reported in the Prince George Fire Zone over the extended Canada Day long weekend. Anyone who lights a campfire must completely extinguish it before leaving the area for any length of time, making A recent fire at the Nadleh Reserve a few weeks ago sure that the ashresulted in a water bomber dropping fire retardant on es are cool to the the fire. The white lettering above the cliffs spells touch.

“NADLEH” the reserve is north of Fort Fraser.

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ger rating is currently “moderate” to “high” throughout the Prince George Fire Centre, with a few areas rated “extreme” near Vanderhoof, Fort St. John and northeast of Fort Nelson.

Numerous phone reports received from the public over the long weekend allowed the Wildfire Management Branch to respond to fires quickly and efficiently. The Prince George Fire Centre thanks everyone who took the time to call about these fires.

To report a wildfire or unattended campfire, call *5555 on your cellphone or call 1 800 6635555 toll-free.

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Eating Healthy on a Budget A continuation from last week regarding some strategies for healthy eating on a budget. Healthy doesn’t have to be hard. Its just a matter of implementing some small changes in to your routine that become habit, and soon you’ll notice it will be easier and easier to make those healthy choices.

1. Buy in bulk – if you can buy in bulk and divide it into PORTIONS (This is important.. portions tends to be overlooked when eating, and rather than a box of chicken lasting a month it goes in less than a week) you can usually get deals from you store manager if you plan on buying things by the case or bulk, so use that buying power to stock up on the stockables or freezables. Buying bulk is also an option if you and some friends eat the same thing, then costs can be divided up. (like when you want to buy that amazing local meat and produce) 2. Stick to the outside of the store, stay around the border it tends to have most fresh foods while the processed, not so healthy things tend to be in the centre aisles… they keep for a long time on a shelf .. so think about what that does to your body, you may think oh wow its going to preserve me and I will live forever… but NO… that’s not what it does.. though I have heard that more and more corpses are so well preserved by the additives in our foods, that they are not breaking down as they should.

3. If you can’t produce it yourself (and I’m assuming nobody here reading is a food physicists /alchemist) then don’t buy it. You CAN raised chicken but you choose not to.. you CAN grow food but you might not have time.. you CAN’T really produce Yellow number 5 or Monosodium Glutamate….I think you catch my drift (TIP: herbs are easy to grow and often available at the farmers markets, stock up or grow your own all year for that added flavor) 4. When preparing food its great to also prep the foods you can, peel the carrots and keep them in water, peel the garlic, oranges, cut up the meats, season them. Whatever works. This means making meals is simple, healthy and fast any day afterwards. It does take time to prep so plan the day to be for prep, and relax if nothing else gets done, maybe have a friend help and divide the bounty! (prepackaging snacks is a very very smart things to do, little zip lock bags filled with seeds, nuts, fruit, or even little snack frozen that will thaw or you can eat chilled like banana breads that you can top with peanut butter.. having snacks ready and prepped helps you to eat well.

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Celebrating Canada Day 2014 Fraser Lake

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Celebrating Celebrating Canada Day 2014 Vanderhoof

Left to right, top to bottom: Kevin Banham, Thomas Peren, Saik’uz First Nation Dancers.

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New forest fire air tankers in service Tom Fletcher Black Press

B.C.’s new amphibious waterscooping aircraft have been sent to a forest fire near Hay River in the Northwest Territories.

Four Air Tractor “Fire Boss” planes and one Cessna

Grand Caravan command aircraft went into service this spring. They are based in Revelstoke, but can be moved to other locations in B.C. as conditions dictate.

Their first mission of the 2014 forest fire season was supporting ground crews at

a fire near Kaslo on June 9. The planes delivered 222,361 litres of water and foam in 75 minutes.

The Fire Boss group replaces two Martin Mars water bombers that were contracted by the B.C. Forest Service from the Coulson Group of Companies,

based at Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island.

Forests Minister Steve Thomson said the smaller aircraft can be deployed more quickly, operate from more than 1,700 bodies of water in B.C. and can be split up as needed to assist with multiple fires.

New air-tanker planes.

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B.C. Views: A brief history of treaty talks VICTORIA – A few weeks before the landmark decision declaring aboriginal title proven by the Tsilhqot’in Nation, I picked up a used university textbook that looked like a handy reference.

Geography in British Columbia: People and Landscapes in Transition, by Brett McGillivray (UBC Press, Second Edition) is a good reference, except where it strays from geography into politics.

This 2005 edition came out not long before the B.C. Treaty Commission started producing agreements, notably with the Tsawwassen First Nation. It recounts the establishment of the Ministry of Native Affairs by the Bill Vander Zalm government in 1990, and the election the next year of Mike Harcourt’s NDP, who reversed the province’s historical legal position and tried to accept the existence of aboriginal title.

At this point the textbook departs from the facts and leads its freshman pupils into left-wing dogma.

McGillivray writes: “When the Liberal Party won the 2001 election (with all but two seats), it launched a province-wide referendum on treaty negotiations, prompting commentators to suggest the government was ‘trying to impose 19th century ideas on a 21st century problem’.”

“Commentators” in the above quote is of course only one commentator, veteran lefty Vancouver columnist Stephen Hume.

This quote was indeed representative of the media consensus at the time. On TV, aboriginal leaders burned their ballots while denouncing the referendum as racist and divisive. The public, and later university students, were taught that Gordon Campbell’s government was exploiting racism for political gain.

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dum was one of a long series of efforts to untangle the legal knot left by Canada and B.C.’s failure to complete historical treaties after 1900.

Seven of the eight questions in the 2002 referendum were simply to confirm the existing position of B.C. treaty negotiators. The purpose, then as now, was to settle treaties.

The first question asked if private land should be exempt from expropriation for treaty settlements.

Private property rights are not so much a 19th century idea as a 17th century one, defined in 1690 by John Locke.

What remains true today is that no society has made significant social and environmental progress without individual property rights. See the woeful state of most of Canada’s communally owned aboriginal reserves, where individually owned property isn’t permitted.

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erty held by non-aboriginal residents from their appeal to the highest court, a wise move considering that pushing people from their homes would lead to violent confrontations.

Other referendum questions related to preserving public access to Crown land for hunting, fishing and park use. All were endorsed.

The only new question asked if aboriginal self-government “should have the characteristics of local government, with powers delegated from Canada and British Columbia.”

Arguably, that’s what has emerged from the Tsilhqot’in case, which upholds provincial jurisdiction over public forest policy on environmental and fire protection on aboriginal title lands.

By 2009, frustrated with a lack of progress, due to Ottawa’s inaction as well as inconsistent leadership

from aboriginal communities, the Campbell government tried to cut the knot. Its proposed Recognition Act would have accepted a form of aboriginal title across the province, based on 30 historical “indigenous nations.”

That idea originated not with the province but with the First Nations Leadership Council. It was rejected by a broader group of aboriginal leaders later that year.

The best way forward, also endorsed in the 2002 referendum, is sharing land use planning. B.C. has also begun sharing resource revenues.

The most likely path, however, is back to court for years to come.

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Reservoir Elevation: 851.63 m (2794.07 ft.)

SLS Discharge: 48.93 m3/s On 10 July Skins Lake Spillway discharge will be increased to 170m3/s in preparation for the Summer Temperature Management Program (STMP). The STMP is operated each year to minimize occurrences of water temperatures over 20 degrees Celsius in the Nechako River upstream of the confluence with the Stuart River between 20 July - 20 August. The STMP is operated for the benefit of sockeye salmon migrating through the Nechako River.

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Due to the very dry spring and summer Nechako Reservoir will not reach the expected elevation of 2795 feet as was forcasted in the Spring. Reservoir elevation is expected to begin dropping when the STMP preparation flows begin.

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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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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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Jack Brow track meet draws Vanderhoof runners Local track and field athletes took home first place titles at the annual Jack Brow track meet

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Jesse Cole Omineca Express Vanderhoof locals made quite the impression on the weekend of June, 27 at the annual Jack Brow track and field meet in Kelowna, B.C. Brian Nemethy as well as his sons Simon and Alexander Nemethy and Emma Floris all took part in the track meet, setting new personal bests and taking home some first place medals The Jack Brow track meet draws track and field athletes from across western Canada and includes athletes from British Columba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Simon, 13, took home three first place titles in the 800m, 1200m and 2000m races as well as a second place title in the discus competition with a distance of 20.21 metres.

Alexander, 17, came second in the 3000m race with a time of 9:09 as well as the 2000m steeple chase with a time of 6:14.

Brian Nemethy competed in the B.C. Masters Championship and came in first place in the 3000m race with a time of 8:15 and second in the 1500m race with a time of 4:49.

Emma Floris, 16, came in seventh place in the 100m race and the 200m race.

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