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New community forest still hasn’t been issued

Financial statement The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) ended the financial year of 2013 in the red, with a deficit of nearly $540,000, according to the audited financial statement that was made public by the regional district earlier this month.

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Issuing the licence for the Chinook Community Forest has been a slow process

Legal support Back in June, the federal government gave approval to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline, subjected to the approximately 200 plus conditions set forth by the Joint Review Panel, and the five conditions set forth by the B.C. Provincial Government.

STEVEN MAISEY When stakeholders at Hampton Affiliates were deciding whether or not to move forward with the rebuilding of the Babine Forest Products sawmill after the explosion and fire in Jan. 2012 destroyed the mill, one of the main concerns was the amount of timber available to supply the mill.

The stakeholders stated that to justify a rebuild enough timber in the Lakes Timber Supply area (TSA) needed to be available in order to supply the new mill.

The need for enough timber to supply the mill led to officials in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, the Village of Burns Lake and most importantly the six First Nations groups in Burns Lake, which include the Burns Lake Band, Lake Babine Nation,the Cheslatta Carrier Nation, the Wet’suwet’en the Skin Tyee Nation and the Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band to propose to the provincial government that a second community forest be added to the Lakes TSA and to the Burns Lake community.

They proposed that the new community forest, named the Chinook Community Forest, would be run with the ...see CHINOOK

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Returning from China Two Lakes District Secondary School (LDSS) students have returned from their 10 day trip to Beijing, China, as part of an educational summer camp hosted by the Beijing International Education Exchange.

UNUSUAL HORNET’S HIVE

Southside Tena Weibe captured this photo of a very unusual hornet’s hive on her house. Hornet nests are made of a paper substance derived from saliva and wood pulp. The size of a hornet nest grows in proportion to the size of the colony. Nests may grow to be as large as basketballs. Nests are only used once; worker populations perish in winter, leaving only the fertilized females to begin new colonies in the coming warm seasons.

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The B.C. government is spending $3.5 million a day to fight forest fires around the province, with the total for the year past $106 million and headed higher.

The government is bracing for bills that could reach $250 million by the end of the summer, depending on weather and the number of fires that threaten homes. B.C. has brought in firefighters from Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick, and issued several evacuation orders by the mid-point of the summer season.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong asked for B.C. residents to take all possible precautions and observe campfire bans through August. About 40 per cent of B.C. forest fires are human caused, with most of the rest started by lightning strikes.

Forest fire spending is already approaching totals for the last two years. Highs in the past decade are $382 million in 2009 and $371 million in 2003, when fires damaged Kelowna and Barriere.

"The possibility of the fire season consuming a quarter billion tax dollars is real," de Jong said. "Whilst there is no issue about spending the money, it has to come from somewhere, so that's a cost item that's looking like it will be considerably more than what had been hoped for."

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Community forest expected to be issued in spring

CHINOOK from t P1 same legal structure as the Burns Lake Community Forest with an Annual Allowable Cut of 150,000 cubic metres per year.

However, the Babine Forest Products mill has been rebuilt and is again operational and the Chinook Community Forest has not only yet to harvest a single log, they have yet to have their community forest issued by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources.

Public affairs officer for the ministry, Greig Bethel says that the ministry hopes to issue the licence for the Chinook Community Forest sometime by the spring next year.

Frank Alec, the representative for Lake Babine Nation for the Burns Lake Native Development Corporation, which is working with the provincial government on this issue says that his group has been told that the best case scenario for the community forest to be issued would be in a little over a month.

“The ministry is telling us somewhere in the neighbourhood of about a month or so,” Alec said, “The process hasn’t been all that great. I don’t know why it has taken so long for the ministry to issue this community forest to us.”

John Rustad, MLA for Nechako Lakes says that when you’re trying to determine the land for an area based tenure, such as a community forest, it is not as simple as just placing it on a piece of land, other licensees in the area have to be considered as well.

“You have to try and find the right combo between high and low cost wood,” Rustad said, “While at the same time not favouring one licensee or another.”

The area that the provincial government has proposed as the area for the Chinook Community Forest is approximately 60,000 hectares, but the majority of it is located on the Southside, near Ootsa and Francois Lakes, with a sliver on the East side of Babine Lake.

The location of the area for the Chinook Community Forest to harvest timber from isn’t ideal, according to Alec because the cost to log, haul, maintain the roads and operate are too great for the community forest to see profit.

As well, the terrain is very tough to navigate.

“What we proposed and what they approached us with wouldn’t work out as planned,” Alec said, “We feel the value is going to be challenging meaning that when the time comes to harvest the timber and getting down to operations the cost would eventually be more than the value of the timber.”

The value of having this second community forest will be lost according to Alec.

The group was looking first and foremost at the economic benefits to the community from First Nations getting involved in the forestry sector of the B.C. economy, and determined that they would be able to create a number of jobs and start a number of new businesses.

“It would create a monster of opportunity for the First Nations communities,” Alec said.

As well, the community firstly would look to supply the new Babine Forest Products sawmill and after that would look to expand possibly to the Canfor mill in Houston.

SUBMITTED Illustration “We’ve been ready to be a part of it but it has ended up going in the opposite di- The proposed area for the Chinook Community Forest. Most of the area for the community forest rection,” Alec said. “We know that busi- is proposed to be lo be located on the Southside surrounding Ootsa Lake, with a small section of ness takes a lot of work and it takes quite the land located North of Hwy. 16 near Babine Lake. a bit of time to get into the area of profit.” the way it has been carried out.”

Alec says that from his perspective that having the ChiRustad believes that aiming for the community forest to nook Community Forest be economically viable is that it be issued in the spring is ideal, as the rebuilt Babine Forest will not only help the economies of the First Nations groups Products mill is taking time to get back up to full gear and it involved, but also the economy of Burns Lake. will allow the ministry time to consult further.

“This will not only help Lake Babine Nation but the Burns “Spring is appropriate for the needs of the district,” Rustad Lake economy, as well and that was and is our intention,” said, “The mill is taking time to get into full gear, so aiming Alec said, “It hasn’t worked out that way so far because of for the community forest to be issued in the spring is ideal.”

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Three weeks ago at the Village of Burns Lake council meeting, representatives from the Nadina Forest District gave a presentation to the mayor and council regarding the future outlook for the timber supply in both the district which includes the Lakes Timber Supply Area and the Morice Timber Supply Area (TSA).

What was brought up during that presentation was rather alarming.

The two TSA’s in the Nadina Forest District support five sawmills, the West Fraser Mills Ltd. out of Smithers and Fraser Lake, the Canfor mill out of Houston and the Hampton Affiliates mills at Decker Lake and here in Burns Lake, and collectively those five mills need 3.6 million cubic metres of timber to operate at full capacity.

Those five mills would be able to remain open so long as they are operating at 60 per cent capacity, which would require there to be approximately 2.5 million cubic metres of harvested timber per year in the district.

As it stands the combine Annual Allowable Cuts (AAC) of both the Lakes TSA and Morice TSA total 4.5 million cubic metres, more than enough to allow the five mills to operate a full cost.

However, in the next three years the combine AAC for the two TSA in the area is expected to drop to 3.2 million cubic metres of harvested timber per year, which isn’t enough to operate all five mills to full capacity, and three years after that it is expected that the timber supply will drop to 2.1 million cubic metres of harvested timber per year, which isn’t even enough to operate the five mills collectively at 60 per cent.

In a region that economically relies so heavily on the forestry industry, we are looking at significant layoffs and possibly closures of sawmills just like the closure of the Houston Forest Products sawmill in Houston over a month ago, which saw 271 mill workers lose their jobs.

This all comes in the wake of the Babine Forest Products mill reopening.

So what can be done to ensure that our community remains economically strong?

Well, the effort to get the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources to issue a licence for a second community forest in Burns Lake, the Chinook Community Forest, with an AAC of 150,000 cubic metres per year has been underway since Hampton was debating whether or not to rebuild the mill.

The stakeholders, the First Nations communities in Burns Lake, have stated that the primary objective is to continue to supply the mill in Burns Lake.

The problem, the area for harvesting for this community forest is located on the Southside, and the cost of harvesting and transporting the logs that distance to the Babine mill outstrip the revenue the community forest will generate from selling the logs to the mill.

This community forest was initiated because it was supposed to help not only our First Nations communities economically, but also the entire Burns Lake community economically, and now it seems like it is destined to live in the red.

It is time for the provincial government to open its eyes to the future problems that this region will face if the logging industry continues this downward trend with its available timber supply.

It needs to be assured that these efforts not be in vain because if they fail to break even that directly affects the supply of logs to our mills and directly affects the economy of the region.

The B.C. government’s move to ease liquor restrictions is undergoing its hot summer test, and music festivals are only part of it.

Premier Christy Clark’s government loves its populist gestures, and as with increasing rural highway speed limits, the negative effects have yet to be quantified.

Free-range drinking, or removing fences from festival beer gardens, is one of the moves that will be undergoing a post-mortem as communities clean up after their big summer parties.

One of the biggest, the Squamish Valley Music Festival with headline acts Arcade Fire, Bruno Mars and Eminem, is still to come, Aug. 8 to 10. Country fans gathered over the long weekend for Sunfest in the Cowichan Valley, with the Rockin’ River Musicfest in Mission coming up next.

(Another big bash next weekend is Shambhala, the popular electronic music event on a farm near Nelson, but alcohol is officially banned there and their big issue is controlling the effects of “ecstasy” and other rave drugs.)

Early reviews of free-range festivals have been positive. Victoria’s Rock the Shores event went smoothly without a fenced-in area for alcohol sales. Festival organizers did create a fenced “dry” area, but I’m told hardly anyone used it.

Penticton has had its share of experience with summer bashes gone bad. For B.C. Day it inherited the Boonstock Music and Arts festival, sent packing from a small community in Alberta after complaints of rowdy crowds and crime, so Penticton officials were understandably cautious.

Boonstock organizers were refused a provincial liquor licence after struggling to arrange security and emergency services. The festival licence process is likely getting renewed attention these days.

After attending the recent Calgary Folk Festival, where the beer garden was securely fenced and the capacity monitored, I’m wondering what is really achieved by these measures. Litter and empties were contained, but since under-aged festival visitors are allowed into the serving area, it’s not clear to me whether the fence was ever worth the effort.

It’s unlikely that there will be riots at farm markets as a result of allowing sales of locally made beer, wine and spirits, or from relaxing rules for operation of winery tasting rooms. But there are more reforms to come.

New regulations are on the way for the Agricultural Land Reserve. As it stands, farms are allowed to have a winery or cidery, but not a brewery or distillery. Expect that to be changed as B.C. and other provinces strive to develop their craft beer and spirits industry, trying to emulate the tourism benefits that have come from an expanding wine industry.

One area where the B.C. government has screwed up is its minimum pricing rules, introduced along with the overdue move to allow “happy hour” discounts in pubs.

The minimum price of 25 cents an ounce for beer, 60 cents an ounce for wine and $3 an ounce for hard liquor was an effort to balance business-friendly policy with legitimate public health concern about over-consumption.

But the minimum beer price prompted protests from a few watering holes that had been selling pints or jugs of beer for slightly less. Some media made a big deal of this, and the government overreacted to this tempest in a beer stein with an ill-thought-out cut in the minimum price to 20 cents an ounce – for beer in jugs only.

The pub industry was not impressed with this bit of knee-jerk populism. Encouraging beer jug sales makes it difficult to see if someone at a table of revelers is being over-served, drinking most of the jug himself.

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Regional District of BulkleyNechako 2013 financial statement

Revenue and spending are highlighted in the financial statement for 2013 Steven Maisey

The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) ended the financial year of 2013 in the red, with a deficit of nearly $540,000, according to the audited financial statement that was made public by the regional district earlier this month.

Total revenue actually increased for the RDBN in 2013, up to $11,367,915 compared to 2012 revenue, which came in at $11,208,830, yet despite the increase in revenue, albeit a small one, the RDBN still found itself in the hole $539,962 in 2013.

The regional district ended 2012 with a $45,907 surplus.

One of the biggest increases in revenue in 2013 was the increase in property tax requisition for electoral areas within the RDBN, which increased from $4,223,356 in 2012 to $4,629,158 in 2013, although property tax requisition in municipalities actually decreased from $3,076,001 in 2012 to $2,837,337 in 2013.

In total, combining revenues from both property taxes in electoral areas and property taxes in municipalities, total revenue increased in 2013 to $7,526,535 up from $7,299,357 in 2012.

Another significant increase to revenue in the RDBN in 2013 came from money collected from fees and permits, which increased to $872,754 in 2013 from $821,532 in 2012.

Other areas of revenue increase in the RDBN in 2013 include increases in municipal cost sharing, municipal debt payments, grants in lieu of taxes and other conditional grants.

Grant money from federal grants and money from provincial grants decreased significantly in 2013 compared to 2012, as the RDBN saw money from federal grants decrease $100,369 to a total of $543,334 and money from provincial grants decreased $139,522 to a total of $122,432 in 2013.

Revenue from property taxes and utility user fees is recognized in the period to which it relates and revenue from government and other grants is recognized in the year which it is approved by the funders.

While revenue brought in by the RDBN slightly increased, just over $150,000, the increase in spending far outstripped additional revenue brought in during 2013.

Expenses for the RDBN for 2013 totalled $11,907,877, more than a $700,000 increase from 2012 when expenses totalled

$11,162,923.

One of the biggest increases to expenses by the RDBN in 2013 came from environmental services, which includes liquid waste management, recycling, including the Encorp Pacific Return-It program, funding to the Northwest Invasive Plant Council, which the RDBN is a part of and the management of the waste site up Babine Lake Road.

In total spending on environmental services increased to $3,809,291 in 2013 up from $3,466,374 in 2012.

Increase spending on environmental services wasn't the only area of increase in the RDBN, as spending was increased across the board.

The regional district increased spending on recreation and culture, fire protection and emergency response, building inspection and numbering, planning and development services, street lighting and transportation and sewer and water.

The only area that saw a decrease in spending was for governmentgeneral, rural and local commission services, which saw a decrease of $117,029 from $2,737,011 in 2012 to $2,619,982 in 2013.

Staff renumeration also increased in 2013, from $2,932,256 in 2012 to $3,623,537, an increase of $91,281 in payments to staff at the RDBN. While staff renumeration increased, renumeration for RDBN's board of directors decreased in 2013 from $272,894 in 2012 to $257,687 a decrease of $15,207.

While the RDBN ran an annual deficit in 2013 the net surplus continues to be positive at $14,616,606.

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Go and explore the Southside A new sign has popped up along Hwy. 16 heading West into town. The ‘Come Visit the Southside’ sign was put up at the beginning of July. However, according to Kelly Friesen of the Southside Economic Development Association the signage isn’t quite finished yet. Two accent billboards will be put up saying ‘Lakeside, Hillside, Countryside’ for the top log of the sign and another says ‘Follow Hwy. 35 to the Free Ferry!’ for the bottom log. A life sized carved bear will also be attached to the roadside log, as well. Wayne Thompson is the one responsible for getting the sign up along the highway. Friesen says that the reason for the sign going up is to let drivers know that the Southside is there. “It feels like a work of art to us, but wait until you see it finished,” Friesen said. steven maisey photo

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Negotiators for school districts and the B.C. Teachers' Federation are getting together Aug. 8 to seek a settlement in their long-running dispute before school starts up in September.

A brief statement from the BCTF announced the resumption of talks Friday afternoon, a day after the B.C. government announced a contingency plan to pay strike savings to parents of younger students if the strike keeps schools shut in September.

The government saves an estimated $12 million a day when teachers go without paycheques, enough to pay parents $40 per missed school day for each child under 13 in public school.

Recreation centres are preparing to extend summer camp and activity programs into the fall.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced the contingency plan Thursday after several weeks without movement in the long-running dispute that shut schools for the last two weeks of June.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender has said the union's demands are far beyond settlements with other public sector unions, particularly on benefit improvements.

The B.C. Public School Employers' Association estimates the union's benefit demands alone represent an additional $225 million a year. Those include increases to preparation time, pregnancy and parental leave, extended health and dental and substitute teacher compensation.

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The federal government has responded to the strengthening of aboriginal title in B.C. by following the province's lead and focusing on resource use agreements rather than full-scale treaties that have been slow and expensive to negotiate.

A shift in federal John Rustad policy was announced Monday by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt, endorsing non-treaty and incremental treaty agreements such as B.C. has focused on in recent years.

Valcourt also appointed Vancouver lawyer Doug Eyford as a special advisor, to follow up on his advice to Ottawa last fall on developing West Coast oil and gas export projects.

B.C. Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad welcomed the change in federal approach, describing resource agreements as "stepping stones to reconciliation.”

"We had been hoping the federal government would come to the table with things like our nontreaty agreements and our incremental approach to treaty for quite a few years," Rustad said in an interview Tuesday. "That has been something they've resisted, but now they're going to come to the table with that, and we welcome that."

B.C. recently signed its first liquefied natural gas resource sharing agreement for facilities proposed near Prince Rupert. On July 11, B.C. reached its 150th forest resource sharing agreement with the Seabird Island Band in the Fraser Valley, and has developed similar revenue deals for mining and hydroelectric projects.

Ottawa is also promising to restart fisheries talks that have been on hold since the Cohen Commission reported in 2012 on the health of Fraser River sockeye salmon runs. The B.C. Treaty Commission has protested for years that Ottawa's foot-dragging has contributed to the slow pace of talks, with only four treaties completed since the three-way structure was set up in 1992.

Chief Commissioner Sophie Pierre has warned of over-emphasis on resource agreements, with Ottawa and B.C. focused on northern B.C. pipeline and energy projects. Rustad said there are resource projects all over the province that can benefit, adding there will be new agreements announced in the near future.

Valcourt's announcement mirrors the main recommendations of Eyford's report last fall. It called for "targeted efforts to build effective relationships, including refinements to Canada's current approach to consultation and engagement, to explore mutually beneficial initiatives that support reconciliation, and to encourage aboriginal communities to resolve shared territory issues."

Rustad said Ottawa is moving on Eyford's recommendations, not in response to the landmark aboriginal title case decided in favour of the Tsilhqot'in Nation in June. The Supreme Court of Canada upheld Tsilhqot'in title to the Nemiah Valley west of Williams Lake, striking down provincial logging permits issued without aboriginal consent.

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If the teacher strike isn't settled by September, the B.C. government will use the payroll savings to pay $40 per missed school day to parents of children under 13, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said Thursday.

Negotiations with the B.C. Teachers' Federation remain stalled after a two-week strike in June that cost the province's 40,000 public school teachers $12 million a day in salary. That's the estimated cost of the support program aimed to go to tutoring or daycare for younger children if they can't go to school.

De Jong said older children don't require as much supervision, and have online options to maintain their studies if the labour dispute takes more instructional time away. The amount was chosen to compensate families of 300,000 children up to age 12 in public school at no net cost to the provincial budget.

Parents would have to register online to be eligible for compensation, to be paid by October.

De Jong said there are five weeks remaining in the summer break for most public schools to reach a settlement with the BCTF, and he hopes the program won't be needed.

BCTF president Jim Iker termed the move "a blatant and divisive attempt to prolong disruption in B.C. schools" and renewed his call for a mediator to help bridge the differences between the government and the union.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender and school district negotiators say the BCTF's contract demands are far out of step with other unions, particularly on increased classroom preparation time and other benefit improvements.

The long-running dispute over class size and special needs support is headed back to court this fall.

De Jong reiterated that there is no plan to recall the B.C. legislature before a fall session scheduled to begin Oct. 6. He said the history of imposed of settlements on the BCTF may have contributed to the chronic failure to negotiate agreements with the union.

NDP education critic Rob Fleming called the announcement a "trial balloon" that suggests the dispute may be months away from resolution.

"I think parents are going to look at this and say, 'you know what, school is not daycare'," Fleming said.

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Dinner and Dance to follow prize give away, non derby registrants welcome to attend. Trout creek Hall, km 40 on the Colleymount Rd. 5:00pm.

0-5 registration fee: free 6-12 registration fee: $10 13-16 registration fee: $15 Adult registration fee: $30 Dinner/ Dance only $12 for adults $6 for kids 7·16 Kids 6 & under eat free

Rock climbing fun Local resident Alex, tests out his skills at the rock climbing wall at the Lakeside Multiplex.

The rock climbing wall is approximately 18-20 feet in height. Anyone who wants to climb the wall may do so at anytime provided they have a belay ticket or are with someone that has a belay ticket. There are also assisted climbing hours, which are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the mornings and 4-6 p.m. in the evenings. laura Blackwell photo

You can register at the Colleymount Campsite km 32 on the Colleymount Rd, or Noralee Resort, on Friday August 15th from 4pm-8pm or take advantage of our early registration rates, by contacting Jenifer Lawrence (250) 695 6777 or Naomi Hanson (250) 695 6909.

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Steve Gailing (L) of Lakes District Maintenance presents a cheque to Lakes District Fall Fair Association’s Karen Hutton, Kathy Walker, Tom Shelford, Joan McFee, Gordon McFee and Richard Cannon for $1000. The money will be used to fund a portion of this years Lakes District Fall Fair, which will be held Sept. 6-8. steven maisey photo

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The proposed Seabridge Gold Inc. KSM mine has received an environmental assessment certificate. The mine is located near Stewart in Northwestern B.C. and Seabridge expects the life of the mine to last 50 years creating 1000 jobs.

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One of the biggest copper and gold ore deposits in the world has received an environmental assessment certificate to begin development of a mine near Stewart in northwestern B.C. Seabridge Gold's KSM mine property includes four ore bodies that contain silver and molybdenum as well as gold and copper.

The company plans a combination of open-pit and underground mining to extract ore and a pair of tunnels to transport up to 120,000 tonnes a day to a processing area 23 km away.

Seabridge expects a construction period spanning 20 years and a mine life of 50 years, with 1800 construction jobs and more than 1000 employees to operate the mine.

Seabridge CEO Rudi Fronk said the company's next step is to secure a financing partner, an effort buoyed by the permit and discovery last year of a new ore body with higher copper content. He said it will take at least two years for a partner to reach a final Over $70,000 has been donated to service clubs, sports investment decision. teams and events in the Lakes District since February Seabridge has a benefits agreement with the Nisga'a Nation, whose territory was defined by a treaty in 2000, and the province has For more info on the community forest, call BL ComFor (250) 692-7724 agreed to a 37.5 per cent share of provincial mineral royalties to be paid to the Nisga'a.

Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett said the recent completion of the Northwest Transmission Line to extend the BC Hydro electricity grid to the region made this mine possible, as well as a molybdenum mine at Kitsault and the Red Chris coppergold project near Dease Lake.

"This is one of the biggest mines that's ever been permitted in the province," Bennett said. "It's on a scale with Highland Valley copper [near Kamloops], with Fording River or Elkview coal mines in the southeast, major mines that will really make a difference in our economy."

The KSM project still requires federal approval, a expected

by October. Fronk said the federal review g n i Br has agreed with the province that the mine would r i a h lawn c not pose a significant environmental risk.

The site is near the border with the Alaska pan(Six churches are cancelling handle. Bennett said during the provincial review, the company changed its design to move the tailings their services in order to participate.) and processing facility away from the mine site to address concerns by the fishing and tourism industry in Alaska.

Fronk said the tunnel component represents about 10 per cent of the capital cost, but it reduces the length of road required to truck concentrate to port Advertising partially donated by LD News facilities at Stewart.

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Youth ambassadors from B.C. Used Oil Ambassadors stop in Burns Lake two weeks ago to promote recycling in Northern B.C. The group promotes awareness of the fact that products such as, used oil cans, used tires, used electronics and even old medicine can be recycled. As well as promoting recycling the group stops in to various recycling depots in each town, including the Burns Lake bottle depot. steven maisey photo

Cheslatta Carrier Nation camp out

The Cheslatta Carrier Nation held its annual camp out July 21-25 this year. This camp out has occurred every year since 1992. There are various activities conducted during the five day camp out, including a fishing derby, a bannock making contest, a baking contest, as well as the handing out of educational awards. There are usually fireworks, but this year, due to the fire ban, there weren’t any. Mike Robertson of Cheslatta Carrier Nation said that the camp out is a great opportunity for the people to reconnect with the land and share stories. There were 11 baptisms held this year, the first time since 1952.

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Money to battle agianst Enbridge Fundraising events to help with the legal costs in the battle against Enbridge Steven Maisey

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Already the North West Watch, a community group based out of Terrace has raised $2000 for the cause through a community dinner and bottle drive and the Friends of Morice-Bulkley group, based out of Smithers, raised $985 by hosting a fundraiser film and movie night.

"People know what's at stake and want to support First Nations," Lori Merril of the North West Watch said, "We are already raising funds for First Nations' legal challenges and we challenge other communities to meet and exceed our contributions."

The website offers people a number of ways to contribute, including donating directly, fundraising online among their network of friends and neighbours or by organizing fundraising events in the community.

The Sierra Club B.C. will be offering training and support for individuals and communities interested in hosting fundraising events.

"We very much appreciate the support being expressed by the people of B.C.," Clarence Innis, Acting Chief of the Gitxaala said, "We would rather not go to court but despite the significant effort and resources expended to participate in the joint review process our concerns have been ignored."

"The government has placed this matter into the courts.”

Back in June, the federal government gave approval to Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline, subjected to the approximately 200 plus conditions set forth by the Joint Review Panel, and the five conditions set forth by the B.C. Provincial Government.

That decision by the federal government immediately led to a number of First Nations groups, including the Wet'suwet'en First Nation, the Gitxaala and the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council to take legal action against the ruling.

Now a month after the decision by the federal government was made, and a number of legal challenges to the pipeline have been filed in the Federal Court of Appeals, communities in Northern B.C. are stepping forward to join with non-governmental organizations to help to fundraise money to help these various First Nations communities pay their legal bills.

The Sierra Club B.C. in partnership with a Victoria based legal defence fund RAVEN Trust has established www.Pull-Together. ca to enable people in B.C. and throughout Canada to donate money towards helping pay the legal bills associated with battling the Enbridge pipeline in court.

It was initiated by people living in the Northern communities along the pipeline's 1147 km route.

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The beautiful game takes hold in Burns Lake

World Cup soccer camps brings their elite level of coaching to Burns Lake for the week Steven Maisey The World Cup might have been over for nearly a month now, after Germany defeated Argentina in extra time on July 13, but Burns Lake still has World Cup fever.

The first annual World Cup soccer camp is being held in Burns Lake this week, the camp started yesterday and will run until this Friday, Aug. 8.

Simultaneous soccer camps are being held in the communities of Houston and Smithers this week over the same days, and the camps will culminate on Saturday with a World Cup style tournament being held in Smithers.

The soccer camp in Burns Lake will be ran by a group called World Cup and is headed by head coach, Brett Hyslop, a former National Training Centre coach.

Hyslop has brought with him Emmanual Gomez and Trevor Stiles as a guest coaches for the camp.

Gomez has played soccer professionally over in Europe and currently plays for a club team in Argentina.

Along with his experience at the club level Gomez has also played internationally for Canada.

Bacon & Eggs, Omelettes, Stiles was a former goalkeeper for Skillet Breakfast, Waffles, the Vancouver Whitecaps.

"These guys are full time soccer, French Toast & they are full time coaches or playmuch more! ers, they don't have other jobs. Brett coaches exclusively. He was a coach with the National Training Centre so he had excellent credentials," Donna We’re Open Monday to Saturday: 8:00am-4:00pm Franz, who helped to organize the Hwy 16 • 250-692-3800 camp said, "The population isn't what it is down south but they are willing work with small groups of kids.

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"They do come to Smithers every year this is their first time in Burns Lake, and I hope we can get a good number of people to come out because the more people we can get out they'll keep coming back," Franz said, "This is a great opportunity to meet people that participate in soccer year round and it's their life style."

Most kids in Northern B.C. don't have the access to the provincial and national programs like kids playing down in the Vancouver area do.

One of the reasons that Franz is so excited for the camp is not only because of the skills training that players in Burns Lake will encounter, but also because these are people that can provide links to provincial teams and programs.

"If you're a soccer keener and want to get on a provincial team these are the guys to talk to because they can tell you how the system works and what you need to do and how to improve your skills and how to take it to the next, and if you don't want that they'll just teach you how to be a better player," Franz said.

As of press time there were 28 kids signed up for the camp.

Franz hoped that number would reach 30 kids who had signed up for the camp.

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Burns Lakers participate in last years soccer camp. While the Village of Burns Lake has conducted soccer camps before this is the first year that Brett Hyslop and World Cup soccer camps have come here to coach and instruct.

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August 11th -15th Village Recreation is hosting a work week worth of Drop-in Kids Camp programming. The drop-in program will run Monday-Friday from 9:00am-4:00pm. Prices are $10 for a half day and $20 for a full day. Programming includes lots of fun sports, culture and art programming and has something for everyone from ages 6-13.

Bring your child to the Lakeside Multiplex to attend these fun drop-in programs!

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Finally, to finish off a summer of fun, we are hosting The Future You camp from August 18th- 22nd from 9:00am-4:00pm. The price for this camp is $90. The age group is 7-13. The camp will include sporting activities in the morning, and exploring various careers in the afternoon. The camp will include many field trips to local businesses to explore different occupations. At the end of the camp, we will record a presentation of your child describing what they want to be when they grow up. Each parent will get a copy of the presentations!

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Until August 31, 2014, amateur photographers and nature enthusiasts can enter their best nature photos for a chance to win a variety of prizes ranging from an unlimited National Parks season pass to Vancouver Aquarium tickets to bungee jumping. The grand prize is an impressive multi-day hike from Copper Cayuse Outfitters. A panel of celebrities including Olympian Michael Tayler; award-winning photographer Michelle Valberg; and Les Stroud, better known as TV's Survivorman, have generously agreed to judge the contest.

The contest is a simple way for youth and families to explore nature whether nearby in their NatureHood, at their cottage or during their summer vacation.

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Two Lakes District Secondary School students reflect on their 10 day trip educational trip Steven Maisey Two Lakes District Secondary School (LDSS) students have returned from their 10 day trip to Beijing, China, as part of an educational summer camp hosted by the Beijing International Education Exchange.

Emma Conlon and Ryan Skinner, both who will be entering Grade 11 this September at LDSS travelled to Beijing on July 11 for the week long camp, July 13-21, where they learned about Chinese culture and history.

Both Conlon and Skinner were joined by other students from the Nechako Lakes school district and other high school students from across Canada.

In total there were more than 800 students and teachers from 24 different countries, including Spain, Finland, Australia and Kazakhstan that attended the week long camp this year.

For Conlon and Skinner their introduction to Chinese culture started from the moment they stepped off of the airplane in the airport in Beijing.

"When you step off the airport in Beijing you experience the cultural difference right away, there is Chinese art everywhere and the second you step off the plane to get a huge gust of hot air in your face," Skinner said.

"Stepping of the airplane it was pretty surreal. It doesn't set in that you're somewhere completely different and on another continent. It probably didn't set in for a couple hours.

Plus there are so many more people there, I think Beijing has 23 million people living in the city," Conlon said.

Conlon applied and was accepted for the trip by late April, early May. She made a powerpoint presentation about why she wanted to go that was reviewed by representatives from the school district.

Skinner originally wasn't attending the camp, but there was a last minute dropout from another school in the province and he was selected to go a little under month before the group departed from Vancouver.

Both Conlon and Skinner found the camp to be a really enjoyable experience, noting that there was a really friendly atmosphere amongst everyone attending.

And while the airport experience was the first bit of Chinese culture both experienced, the camp was where both were absorbed into the culture.

"We met many people from different countries and you experience so much Chinese culture because there are Chinese students there with you," Conlon said, "We got to visit one of their other high schools the third day we were there. So it was just really cool to get to experience their culture when it comes to education. The high school in Beijing was really big, their outdoor gym area is the size of our gym and their classroom sizes are smaller than ours."

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Ryan Skinner and Emma Conlon were the two students from Lakes District Secondary who attended the summer camp in Beijing China. Skinner and Conlon were among more than 800 students and teachers from 24 countries that attended the week long camp hosted by the Beijing International Education Exchange. planned career of choice.

The camp wasn't as strictly run as traditional Chinese school, but was still packed with activities each day.

The students had from 7-8 a.m. each morning to eat breakfast, and were in classrooms by 8:30 a.m. where they focused on learning about different aspects of Chinese culture, including Chinese calligraphy, Kung Fu lessons and about the history behind different Chinese celebrations, such as those for Chinese New Year.

Lunch was held at 11:30 a.m. and the afternoon was spent touring historic spots in and outside the city.

Conlon and Skinner got to walk on the Great Wall and were taken to the Forbidden City, although unfortunately the famous Terracotta Warriors weren't there for the group to see.

Both Conlon and Skinner wish that the camp would've been an additional week solely because they just didn't get to meet as many people as they would've liked.

"You really didn't get to know many of the people that well just because there is so many of them," Conlon said, "I maybe met half, maybe. And still that is meeting 400 people so I mean that's a lot of people to meet in 10 days."

"I met probably 100 people and talked to a bunch of others just saying hi," Skinner said.

They both spent each day with the same group of students, Conlon with students from Spain and Kazakhstan and Skinner with students from Australia.

If they ever get the opportunity to go back to the camp each would make an even greater effort to reach out to students from more countries.

"I would apply and go back again absolutely," Skinner said, "If I had to do it over again I'd meet more people from other places and I'd try to learn the language a little better even before I went."

Conlon said there just wasn't enough time to meet everyone, but adds she'd go back in a heartbeat.

"I'd definitely go back to China in a heartbeat, especially with that program," Conlon said.

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Fire Camp Catering We are seeking skilled, personable, and motivated Head Cooks, Second Cooks, Bakers, Prep Cooks and Janitorial Apply online: www.summitcamps.ca Email: cateringjobs@summitcamps.ca Fax: 250-847-2702

Front Desk Receptionist/ Optometric Assistant Busy Optometrist Clinic seeking a part-time Front Desk Receptionist/Optometric Assistant for 4 days per week. The successful applicant must be open to learning new tasks and gaining knowledge of Optometry including dispensing and eyewear repairs.

Skills Required • Good Team Player • Excellent Computer Skills • Ability to Multi-Task • Excellent Communications Skills If this position is of interest to you, please submit your resume with references to: Burns Lake Eye Care P.O. Box 269, Burns Lake, B.C. V0J 1E0 or Fax to: (250) 692-3424

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RECREATION DIRECTOR The Village of Burns Lake is seeking a full time Recreation Director to oversee Village Recreation and the new Lakeside Multiplex.

Please visit www.burnslake.ca for more information, or call 250-692-7587.

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1995 2300 Classic Malibu Sunbridge $20,500 includes trailer. Full load. Immaculate.

830hrs. For details & photos call: (1)250.826.4332 or e-mail: randymartin@shaw.ca

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HOME FOR SALE ON BEAUTIFUL TCHESINKUT LAKE

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Real Estate ONLINE AUCTION: 60 acre idyllic Mountain Ranch with buildings located on Foghorn Creek, Clearwater, British Columbia. View at www.mcdougallauction.com. Call Mike: 1250-833-1400 or 1-800-2634193. DL#319916.

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Rentals Suites, Lower LARGE BRIGHT 2 bedroom suites in a safe and secure building. Close to school and hospital. Large patio, in-suite storage and storage lockers available. On site management. Heat, hot water and cable included for $700 per month. Call (250) 692-3959 and leave message.

Notice is given, pursuant to s.17 of the Woodlot Planning & Practices Regulation that Woodlot License Plan (2014 to 2024) for Woodlot License 1764, held by Lake Babine Nation (LBN) has been prepared. Crown land is located south of the Granisle Cutoff and private land is located at Old Fort. The plan will be available for public viewing from Aug. 6, 2014 to Sept. 6, 2014 at the LBN Admin office, 225 Sus Ave., Burns Lake BC. For an appointment to view contact: Evelyn George @ 250 692 4700 or Gary Page RPF @ 250 961 1140. The plan provides strategies and performance requirements for managing resources and conserving and protecting non-timber resource values and features. Written Comments can be submitted to Gary Page, 4321 Grouse Rd. Prince George B.C., V2N 6J5 or to gdpforestry@gmail.com. All comments will be reviewed and may be included in the final approved plan.

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by Sept. 4, 2014.

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Cheslatta Carrier Nation Chief & Council would like to thank the following people for making the Cheslatta annual camp out -

“RETURNING TO THE LAND� a success...

Cheslatta Carrier Nation Membership Cheslatta Carrier Nation Staff Baptism - 1st Baptism at Skatchola since 1952 Father Tom Shymko, Immaculata Parish Father Mick, Visiting from Ireland 2 Franciscan Brothers Janice Babych for making the program

All the babies and their families for participating.

BC Government Representatives: Geoff Recknell Katie Von Gaza

Chris Trumpy Roger McMillan

Bannock Contest Judges: Father Tom, Immaculatta Parish Father Mick, Ireland Geoff Recknell Sadie Donovan, TransCanada Brittannia Harold, TransCanada Lianne Olson - Rio Tinto Alcan Horizon North CONGRATULATIONS TO TARA QUAW - REIGNING CHAMPION!!

Bob Murray - donations of our potatoes Huckleberry Mines Fred and Mary Gruen Carrier Sekani Family Service Southside Health and Wellness team Ministry for Children and Family Services - BIG thank you to the ladies who helped in the kitchen Enbridge - Northern Gateway Pipelines Allister Schroff & Ben Wilson Abe & Eva Fehr

Foster parents - a special thank you to Bonnie Moroski for all your help!

Summer students who helped prepare for the camp out Kitchen staff - Cheslatta members and Staff and Hilda Jack and all volunteers If we missed thanking anyone please accept our apologies.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ZANE QUAW WHO WON THREE OF THE FOUR FISHING DERBY PRIZES!!!

Thank you to all who attended and to all those who kindly donated to this worthwhile event!

All Cheslatta members who attended and who helped cooking; cleaning; setting up and disassembling the camp; Your participation is appreciated and it is all of you who attend that make the camp a huge success!

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