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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Recycling to start in rural areas KITIMAT-STIKINE REGIONAL district residents will be introduced to a new program for garbage collection early next month with the introduction of curbside pick up and recycling. The program, several years in the making and approved by regional district directors last month, goes into effect as of Oct. 6 for residences in the communities of Chimdemash, Usk, Gossan, Kleanza, Copperside Estates, New Remo, Old Remo, North Terrace, Thornhill, Jackpine Flats and the Lakelse Lake highway accessible areas.
Residents in the affected areas will also be charged $200 a year for the service. That fee will take in the hiring of contract collectors and running the program and processing the material that will be collected for recycling. Residents are being asked to use a garbage container that is no more than 121 litres in size so that it should hold two large garbage bags but be no more than 23 kilograms in weight when fully loaded. On pick up days, all bins are to be put within six feet of the roadway before 8 a.m.
Recyclables are to be stowed away in durable bags in the bin with lids fastened. Bins are to be brought back inside before 10 p.m. The pick up service is somewhat similar to that introduced by the City of Terrace this year except that garbage is being picked up every week instead of every two weeks as is the case with the city program. That’s because of food scraps. One big difference between the two systems is that city taxpayers aren’t being charged extra because the city has signed a contract with a provincial recycling
agency called Multi-Material B.C. for the latter to pay the city $134,000 for the recyclables it collects. There is no similar arrangement between MultiMaterial B.C. and the regional district. And although the city is having its recyclables processed at the Do Your Part recycling facility in Thornhill, the regional district will be trucking its material to a depot in Prince Rupert run by the Skeena – Queen Charlottes Regional District. The regional district does, however, plan to have its own processing facility
eventually. The introduction of curbside garbage pick up and recycling has not been without its controversy. Doug McLeod, elected in 2011 as the regional district director for the area to come under the new garbage pickup and recycling system, resigned at the end of August saying residents should have the choice of going to a referendum. McLeod said he wasn’t convinced a majority of the residents wanted the service as being set up. In general, McLeod said there was too much secrecy
surrounding regional district decisions. Gordon Gillam, who lives at Lakelse Lake, is one of the residents who doesn’t like that compulsory garbage collection is coming to residents with the added cost of $200. He said residents didn’t get a chance to participate in that decision. “I resent that the regional district doesn’t want to listen to anyone in the community,” said Gillam. And he says his neighbours are also “totally frustrated.”
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Trades students avoid strike complications LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL students in a program intended to take them on to skilled trades apprenticeship training aren’t yet affected by the public school teachers strike. That’s because they’re now in classes at the Northwest Community College campus, says college trades dean Brent Speidel. Instruction began Sept. 2 and depending upon the trade, will continue for anywhere from 20 to 28 weeks, he said. The ACE IT (Accelerated Credit Enrolment in Industry Training) provides secondary school students with both high school credits and the opportunity to receive credit for the first level of the technical training in a program run by the provincial Industry Training Authority (ITA) or apprenticeship. “So for now they aren’t affected,” said Speidel of the Grade 11 and 12 students at the Terrace campus. The situation is a little different in Prince Rupert and in Houston as the college normally rents shop space in public schools. “What we did, in anticipation of events, was to delay the program for two weeks,” said Speidel. Students will then go through two weeks of classroom instruction at the Prince Rupert and Houston campuses. “They’ll be going over such things as safety certifications,” he said. “What we’ve done is bought ourselves about a month’s time,” Speidel added.
A lost cause The city’s fight to protect the Kermode name lost in federal court \NEWS A3
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■■ Bonding with furry and feathered friends THE SKEENA Valley Fall Fair held in Thornhill on Sept. 6 featured all kinds of fun activities for both kids and adults. And kids even helped run some of the activities. Pictured here from left to right are petting zoo volunteers Zyah Healey, Kason Hewko and Thayna Healey.
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Concussion talk Free clinic aims to teach people about head issues \SPORTS B1