Burns Lake Lakes District News, November 05, 2014

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Volume 94 - No. 45

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BURNS LAKE

LAKES DISTRICT NEWS Take Time to Remember - November 11

Candidates address public’s concerns

Burns Lake man sentenced A Burns Lake area man who murdered his 17 year-old sibling when he was 15 will be released from prison before his 20 birthday.

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Funding available for locals Northern Health, in partnership with local governments, created a program called Partnering for Healthier Communities.

(L-R) Deanna Brown, Luke Strimbold, Chris Beach and Kelly Holliday. Candidates prepare their answers during the 2014 Municipal Elections All Candidates Forum in Burns Lake.

Public forum allowed the community to ask their candidates a question FLAVIO NIENOW Candidates for mayor, village council and school board trustees had a chance to voice their opinions and answer questions from the public during the 2014 Municipal Elections All Candidates Forum in Burns Lake. The event, hosted by the Burns Lake Chamber of Commerce, took place on Oct. 30 at Lakes District Secondary School. Approximately 80 community members attended the event and had the option to submit a question to all candidates or to a specific person. In addition to writing down questions during the event, this year the community was encouraged to submit their questions online prior to the meeting. The moderator of the forum was Sandra Barth, com-

munity volunteer and former principal of Decker Lake Elementary School. The forum started with candidates for the School District 91 Nechako Lakes - Crystal Fisher, Lynda Maertz and Marnie Phair - making their opening statements. Candidates for school district trustees were the first group to answer questions. One of the questions was “What is your commitment to keep small schools in rural areas opened?” Maertz said children in small schools are important because children receive more “one-on-one attention.” “This is something we need to keep supporting,” she said. Phair said supporting small schools is a “necessary thing.” She said the experiences children have in small schools are unique. Fisher also said it’s important to support small schools far out of town. “There will always be a need to have them,” she said. Mayor Luke Strimbold, running for re-election, was sitting beside mayoral candidate Deanna

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Brown. Brown made her opening statement by saying she would like to see a “First Nations voice at every table,” as well as to invest in diversifying the local economy. Strimbold chose to make his opening remarks by saying that over the last three years, the community of Burns Lake faced “difficult tragedies” such as the Babine Forest Products sawmill’s incident. But since then, the community has shown that they can “come together to work on initiatives for a prosperous future.” After those opening statements, it was time for the opening remarks of the village council candidates - Christopher Beach, Kelly Holliday, John Illes, John Phair, Charles Rensby, Susan Schienbein, Frank Varga and Shelley Wall. After the opening remarks, the moderator addressed questions to all candidates. One of the first questions was “What is your position regarding the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal?” John Phair said there is “nothing he sees about the Northern Gateway project that would benefit the community in the long term.” ...see PUBLIC FORUM

CNC Lakes is offering some great courses in November: H2S Alive .......................................................................................Nov 10 Aboriginal Culture and Protocols..................................................Nov 14 Excel Level 2 .......................................................(Date change) Nov 20 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder 260 - Overview of FASD ........Nov 26

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$7.2 million upgrade Babine ElementarySecondary School is receiving new modular classrooms to replace part of the original building.

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