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Still fair ways to go, but golf green inching to black Robin Lapointe, but in comparison to past year’s deficits it’s a big step in the right direction.

In past years the amount has been up to $75,000.

Lapointe joined the club’s new General Manager Steve Hag-

Cameron Orr The president of the Hirsch Creek Golf and Winter Club board said the club is pleased to report that they were only in the hole $13,000 last year.

It’s not something that is typically celebrated though, said

gard for a community update, following the cumulative release of $100,000 to the club from the District of Kitimat.

The deal isn’t a straight grant however, but will eventually lead to the District’s acquisitions of golf course

lands in the area surrounding the club.

Talks for what lands the District would take are in the early stages and it’s not clear what will eventually change hands.

Lapointe says that following a soft opening event in November

for the club’s restaurant, they will be moving to offer evening dinner services starting sometime in January.

The club’s goal, beyond opening their restaurant again regularly, is perhaps naturally to grow its membership.

In 2015 the club

will prepare a five-year capital replacement plan as well.

Lapointe said that with the club’s situation to know all repairs were done as things broke down, so now they hope to being able to do preventative maintenance on

their equipment.

Such expenses, he notes, may require council and industry support still.

On the curling side of things, he said Friday night drop-in curling has been very successful in drawing in people.

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– Year in Review –

The ‘Delta Spirit’ docked in Kitimat. The ship arrived to house workers for the Kitimat Modernization Project.

The Sentinel’s top read story of the year When we took a look through the top read stories at northernsentinel.com, we were happy to see the top story wasn’t of crime or injury.

What apparently got most people’s attention in 2014 was a simple story about a re-fitted Estonian ferry being brought in by Rio Tinto Alcan to house workers during their peak construction period for the modernization project.

Certainly the story did attract readers, although it’s hard

to say exactly why.

The ship was re-dubbed the Delta Spirit, in honour of the Alcan ship Delta King, which in the 1950s was an accommodation ship for workers during the original construction.

That ship is now permanently docked in Sacramento as a hotel and restaurant.

Perhaps the story of this old ferry tugged at Kitimat’s mariner heartstrings.

Even though the town itself sits away from the waterfront,

the town still is home to many that rely on the ocean for work or play.

That puts anything that hap-

pens in our waters under a microscope of community interest.

Or maybe it’s simply just an indication of the work that has been happening at the RTA site, a visual cue that construction was to continue ramping up.

Regardless, from television news reports from its stop in Vancouver on the way here, to a packed-house ribbon cutting ceremony on board, the arrival of the Delta Spirit was anything but unnoticed.

The ship remains there as of

today, even though itws run was originally going to keep it just until October.

Now, Rio Tinto Alcan says there will be a bit more time for sightseers in Kitimat to see the ship.

While it has remained beyond it’s original timeline, the ship will stick around until probably March, as the need for housing of workers dwindles with the end of the project, and more workers are moved back on to the land-based camp.

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Smelter celebrated 60 years in Kitimat Since we’re already on the subject of Rio Tinto Alcan with our top story for the year being the Delta Spirit, it may as well be a good place to look back on the fact that RTA marked 60 years of operation in September.

Given the arrival of a floating ‘hotel’ for workers, it was fitting that the company’s sixth decade was marked with some throwbacks to its earlier days.

The celebration itself was big.

The Riverlodge was effectively taken over for an entire weekend, with the main events concluding with an outdoor concert by King Crow and the Ladies from Hell (at left) —a Terrace-based band —

and with an enormous fireworks display.

The anniversary also called for a look at the modernization project itself.

General Manager of BC Operations Gaby Poirier said in September that with

the Kitimat Modernization project 70 per cent complete, they were employing 3,600 people on their way to concluding the Project.

The first pour doesn’t have a firm announced date but he said they will do it be-

fore the end of the first half of 2015.

For Poirier, who has been involved in the KMP project for just over a year, it’s been a fascinating journey in to the long history of the company and Kitimat.

“They built Kitimat, transmission lines, the smelter, in less than five years. There were over 30,000 workers here,” said Gaby on the company history. “What they did 60 years ago is quite impressive.”

He said comparing that work to today’s activities, the challenges are different but there is a common thread which runs through then and now.

For instance the arrival of the Delta Spirit Lodge, which turns memories to the steamwheeler Delta King which once housed workers in the 1950s.

“It’s very much like what we did in the 50s.”

Of course not every thing is the same.

Poirier says he heard a lot of comments

– Year in Review –

Other industry news from 2014 In February this year it was announced that RTA had entered in to an agreement for LNG Canada to acquire their Terminal B, the former Eurocan wharf.

That project meant that

RTA would need to expand their Terminal A, and the regulatory process for doing that work has already begun.

Later in the year, RTA announced they were gifting 156 acres of waterfront land

at Minette Bay to the District of Kitimat.

The news was well received, and gives the DoK much needed waterfront for potential development.

It hasn’t been established

what will happen to the land but Kitimat Council has committed to undergoing a public process before finalizing any plans for that space, which is on the west end of the bay, near Minette Bay Lodge.

from former employees during their 60th celebrations at the Riverlodge on the September 13 weekend that it’s remarkable how much safety standards have changed.

“Many, many comments came out from the evolution of safety throughout the years,”

he said. In the Riverlodge gymnasium a line of historical photographs dotted the wall, and people saw first hand the differences of safety from then to now.

“Our safety resolve improved tremendously in the last 15 years,” said Poirier.

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A year in summary It’s New Year’s Eve. Given the occasion, first let me begin by thanking you for taking time out of your day to read the paper. I’m sure you have plans and we’re happy to be a part of them.

As the year comes to a close, it’s our usual time to look back at the headlines which made the news for the past year.

The year 2014 was another exciting year and to be honest I’m surprised it’s over already.

That said, there are stories that I also can’t believe are still from this year, given how much has happened.

To give me a sense of what news impacted readers this year I took a look at the report of what the top read news stories were for the year on our website, northernsentinel.com.

Now let me preface by saying that when it comes to writing the stories that go in the paper, I have a lot more fun with the happy ones. I’m not a bloodthirsty tabloid newspaper editor. In fact it gave me great happiness to see a story from 2012 I reposted this year near Halloween, the original story to Kitimat’s pumpkin wall on Kuldo Boulevard, ranked #7 overall for the year. I can credit everyone who ‘shared’ the story on Facebook.

But the stories about the ‘bad’ stuff did indeed top the ranking list. Well, mostly. The top story was actually about Rio Tinto Alcan bringing in a cruise ship. (Or re-fitted ferry if we’re going to bring semantics in to this) Right behind though was an article about a police drug investigation which resulted in an arrest of a Kitimat-area woman.

The following story in the list is the shocking story of a woman who was robbed while using a Kitimat ATM machine.

A stabbing investigation follows, as well as another police report about a woman who accidently fell off Haisla Bridge.

Oddly enough, even with the April plebiscite about the Northern Gateway project, only a story about spending during the ‘campaign’ made my top 50 stories report.

The story at the bottom of the list — again, out of the top 50 — was a story about how Chevron has no plans to convert the Pacific Trail Pipeline to an oil pipeline. That pipeline is what would supply the proposed Kitimat LNG project.

So there you have it, crime really tops the list of most-read stories for this newspaper’s website.

Don’t worry though. For as long as I have a better time writing happy stories than bad ones, you’ll still have plenty of good news to read.

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2015: the year of climate adaptation It’s time to look beyond the protests and political battles around climate change that dominated 2014, and look at the year and the decade ahead.

From the California drought to shifting forest patterns across B.C., there is evidence that our climate is changing more rapidly. Public debate consists mainly of squabbling about the significance of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, rather than what can be done to prepare.

A draft discussion paper from the B.C. forests ministry on wildfire control was released in December after an access to information request. “Climate Change Adaptation and Action Plan For Wildfire Management, 2014-2024” describes the progress made in the province’s community forest fire prevention plan, and its goal to create “wildfire resilient ecosystems and wildfire adapted communities” over the next 10 years.

The final discussion paper is to be released early in 2015, but the key research is in. It estimates that by 2017 there will be 788 million cubic metres of dead pine in B.C. forests. Fires in these areas spread 2.6 times faster than in healthy green stands, up to 66 metres per minute.

The report calls for fuel manage-

From the Legislature Tom Fletcher

ment beyond community boundaries to stop “mega-fires” by creating landscape-level fuel breaks, with targeted harvesting, prescribed burning and new silviculture practices.

It notes that bark beetle infestations and bigger, hotter fires are being seen across North America, with costs rising along with urban development. For example, the 2011 Slave Lake fire in northern Alberta generated the second largest insurance charge in Canadian history.

The costs of preparing are huge.

The costs of not preparing could be catastrophic.

Also in 2014, the B.C. government appointed an advisory committee to prepare for the renewal of the Columbia River Treaty with the United States.

While this 1964 treaty has no end date, its flood control mandate expires in 2024. I spoke with Deborah Harford

and Jon O’Riordan, members of the Simon Fraser University Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT), who, along with ACT senior policy author Robert Sandford, have written a provocative book on the treaty. They hope it will help lead to a renewed agreement that will be a model for a changing world.

“If you’re looking ahead 60 years from 2024, there’s a lot of climate change projected in that period, for British Columbia and the U.S.,” Harford said. “For the B.C. side, we’re looking at heavy precipitation and potential increase in snowmelt runoff, while in the States, you’re getting the opposite, much less snow.

“There will probably be no snowpack left down there, and they’re looking at the prospect of quite drastically lower flows in the summer.”

The treaty, sparked by devastating floods in 1948, led to construction of three dams on the B.C. side and one at Libby, Washington that backed up Kookanusa Lake into B.C. Between that reservoir and the Arrow Lakes, 110,000 hectares of B.C. land was flooded, including orchards, dairy farms and the homes of 2,000 people.

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NDP Leader Horgan reflects on 2014, looks ahead to 2015 Tom Fletcher Following are highlights from Tom Fletcher’s year-end interview with NDP leader John Horgan. For an extended version, see the Opinion section at www. northernsentinel.com.

Tom Fletcher: The B.C. Liberal government has given every indication they’re going to proceed with the Site C dam on the Peace River. What do you think?

John Horgan: I’ve always maintained that it’s a good project, but it’s a question of when to add another $8-9-10-12 billion onto the backs of ratepayers.

First of all, go to the B.C. Utilities Commission and find out if this is the power you need and if this is the time to build it.

The government refuses to do that, and I think that’s just an Achilles heel in this process.

TF: You voted for the liquefied natural gas income tax to provide certainty, and then you

immediately said you would work to increase the LNG tax in 2017, before any major project could be started. How is that certainty?

JH: I thought it was important that the investment community in this sector knew there was bipartisan support for LNG in British Columbia. But we went from a seven per cent [tax] to a 3.5 per cent because of a softening market.

If there is a decline in return to the province because of a softening market, then surely over a 25-year period – not just between now and 2017, but if the market conditions change and prices go up – I think British Columbians would want their government to make sure they were getting a fair share of that benefit.

TF: Why did you vote against the LNG environmental legislation?

JH: They said prior to the election that LNG would be the

John Horgan greenest in the world. And then when they tabled legislation they left out 70 per cent of the emissions from upstream activity.

TF: Gordon Campbell’s great goal for greenhouse gases, 33 per cent reduction by 2020, can that be reached assuming a substantial LNG development?

JH: I find it difficult to believe that they’re going to achieve those results. [Environment Minister] Mary Polak has a

One, not two, Hydro lines from Kitimat to Terrace BC Hydro has announced it will be building only one new 287kV power line from its Skeena Substation at Terrace to Kitimat.

It had been considering two lines in light of anticipated industrial expansion in Kitimat, including two large liquefied natural gas plants, and of the consequent need to provide reliable power to that area.

“BC Hydro’s load forecasts, which include information we have received from potential future industrial developers, indicate that a single 287kV transmission line will provide enough capacity to meet electricity needs in the area,” an email from the corporation indicated.

“To date, discussions with these potential developers have not indicated that a second line is needed for reliability,” it continued.

LNG developers have now said they will generate the majority of their own power needed to cool natural gas into a liquid form for export.

BC Hydro did say, however, that it will still have the flexibility to construct a second line if ever needed.

A new line is needed to replace the one now in service which is at the end of its service life.

The new line will be built down the west side of the Kitimat valley.

and then pulling that revenue in for budget purposes.

We’re going to have to use new technologies and means of communication to better explain to people what the government’s doing to them.

TF: What should happen with the agricultural land reserve?

JH: I don’t think there was a groundswell of opposition to the ALR, quite the opposite in fact, and the commission has in my opinion, infinite flexibility to meet the demands of development in northern areas as well as urban centres.

I’m going to make sure that [agriculture critic] Lana Popham, who as you know is fearless on this issue, is let loose on [Agriculture Minister] Norm Letnick, and we’re going to dog this issue up to the next election.

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different point of view, and our job as opposition is to hold them accountable to the numbers that they passed into law, and we’re going to do that.

One of the three sectors, housing, energy and transportation, where emission profiles can be managed downward is transportation. And the government has wasted 18 months talking about a referendum on [Metro Vancouver transit.]

TF: What’s your top priority for 2015?

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Banks Island and its mysterious Kiwi connection Banks Island is one of our largest coastal islands, lying just southeast of Hartley Bay. Recently it was the proposed location for a large wind farm and more than two centuries ago it was the site of a famous shipwreck at the aptly named Calamity Harbour.

According to all accounts the island was named for Sir Joseph Banks, patron of Britain’s esteemed Royal Society, worthy scientific group in pre-Victorian times.

The name was bestowed by James Colnett, captain of the Prince of Wales and the island earned its name as the result of a fascinating set of historical circumstances.

Banks was a wealthy associate of Sir James Cook, famous British navigator, and the gentleman botanist stationed on Cook’s ship Endeavour on its first voyage of discovery which reached New Zealand in 1769.

Banks headed up the scientific delegation which included astronomers, botanists and artists.

At Poverty Bay in New Zealand he and Cook were fascinated by the Maori people and much of their elaborate culture. In particular Banks was quite taken

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by a Maori stone weapon called a patu, a paddle shaped skull-splitter of about nine pounds which appeared to be made of jade.

It was attached to a lanyard and could be hung around the neck.

On his return to England he commissioned metal workers to produce 40 smaller, five-pound replicas. These were forged from brass and stamped with the Royal Society’s seal and Banks’ name.

His goal was to use them as gifts or trade items on future voyages so he distributed them to a number of departing captains prior to their various voyages to lands afar. Captains Cook and Clerke are two who are known to have been recipients with most of the patus being doled out to chieftains across the Pacific.

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The year’s biggest forgotten story Does anyone remember when Strawberry Meadows almost burned down in July?

If you’re like us, you might have almost overlooked the story as the year comes to a close.

Thankfully nothing is really forgotten in print, and we were reminded of this story from July 17 when a wildfire broke out in the depths of the Strawberry Meadows area.

It was a notable fire in a dry part of the year. Water bombers and helicopters swarmed in to Kitimat to drop water and keep the fire contained.

The air support was called in from Smithers’ Northwest Fire Centre.

The lower dyke was even evacuated of people as a precaution in case the fire bolted that direction.

In all there were about seven

air drops with water tankers, while helicopters continued to drop water throughout the evening.

Heavy machinery in the area was also used to create fire breaks.

The culprit of the blaze, which grew to about one hectare, would turn out to be an unattended campfire, the fire department said.

One little campfire resulted in all that work, a minor injury to a fire fighter (One Kitimat Firefighter injured his ankle during the event and was treated at hospital and released.) and a smoky haze all over downtown Kitimat. Forest fire firefighters moved in the morning after to take care of remaining hot spots.

It was a moment of alert for our small town, and for 2014 it’s one of the year’s ‘forgotten’ stories.

But at least one was given away in the Western Atlantic in the vicinity of Labrador.

Another patron of the Royal Society was Archibald Menzies. He was a disciple of Banks who, almost a generation later, was entrusted with almost identical duties.

Menzies was doctor and exploring botanist on Captain Colnett’s 1787 voyage.

Now imagine Menzies’ surprise when he saw a Tsimshian chief carrying a brass patu on the as-yet-unnamed island September 16, 1788.

He wasn’t sure when he noticed the weapon secured by a lanyard around the chief’s neck, but on closer inspection he was able to discern the almost worn away Royal Society insignia and Joseph Banks’ name.

Both Colnett and Menzies realized the historical implications as they were the first European traders on the island - therefore decided that it just had to be named Banks Island.

Speculation continues to this day as to how that Tsimshian chief obtained the patu.

It is known they were presented to or traded with chiefs at Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island. So could they have been traded further up the coast, ending up a full 400 kilometres north at Banks Island on Nepean Sound?

Or did Cook trade one to the Tlingits of Alaska while his second boat, the Chatham, was getting its hull rehabilitated after long months at sea?

Today there is a mint-condition patu exhibited in London’s British Museum and curiously there is also one in America’s Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. The latter was discovered in a First Nation’s burial ground 400 kilometres up the Columbia River.

No doubt a lot of trading went on for that to have occurred and obviously there was a lot of status in having the strange weapon.

As author Richard Wells said in his book Calamity Harbour, the fate of the patu possessed by the Tsimshian chief may never be known.

But perhaps it is buried with its chieftain somewhere down channel near Banks Island.

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Kitimat City High story came and closed, for now, in 2014 It’s not a forgotten story, and in fact the story, in the long-term, may not even be ‘over’, but for now the contemplated relocation of Kitimat City High has come and gone in 2014.

The original plan which came out from the school district was to take the students at KCH and place them in to a school which would be operated within the building of the existing Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School.

For many parents of KCH students, the

move would have destroyed what KCH was for its youth.

Among the parents at a school board meeting following release of the plans were Karen Jonkman, whose son is a recent graduate of KCH and she’s certain her son would never have succeeded at the mainstream high school.

“He was in Mount Elizabeth and it wasn’t a good fit for him.

There’s no way he would have been able to do it without a program such as what they have [at KCH]. And

that’s his words, not mine,” said Jonkman at the time.

It didn’t take long for the school district to rethink their approach.

Where it stands now, after a June 2014 school board meeting, the relocation plan was reviewed by the business and education committees, and both recommended the relocation program be revisited, and that further decisions be made through a “collaborative public consultation process with all partner groups.”

One of those crazy mornings It was just one of those crazy moments in the year.

Kitimat woke up the September 25 morning without power. Of all things, the culprit was a pick-up truck smacking a power pole near the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter at 3 a.m.

The event backed traffic up for kilometres, on top of

causing a town-wide power outage.

Employees for the companies down Haisla Boulevard, from the LNG offices to the smelter, had to either stay home or were redirected on haul roads while emergency crews dealt with the situation.

Police spent the morn-

ing tracking down the driver of the truck, who had fled after the accident — otherwise known as ‘not a smart plan when downed power lines are involved.’

About a day later police said they confirmed the registered owner of the vehicle was in fact the driver.

Kitimat, the album Luke Wallace came to Kitimat last July, and here he found music.

The Vancouverbased jack of all trades (he’s a student, a musician and a filmmaker) set his eyes on Kitimat in order to receive a first hand local experience.

He needed it as he, like many, is a supporter of environmental conservation and is a vocal supporter of ecosystems and preserving natural beauty.

As someone who speaks for environmental conservation, he felt he really needed to see first hand the environment he seeks to protect.

Armed with a camera, he came to Kitimat in pursuit of a documentary about the area.

His efforts also led to music, and he recently released the Kitimat LP, a collection of folk-style music inspired by the town of the album’s namesake.

He said he began writing the music for the Kitimat LP in December, before he planned to even come to Kitimat that following summer.

“I’m a musician first and foremost,” he said.

Once he settled on making a documentary, he said he knew it would be from a musician’s perspective.

Wallace, who studies environmental geography at UBC, said his documentary will premier on campus, before beginning a provincial tour.

He said he will be returning to Kitimat, partnerned with Friends of Wild Salmon, to show the film in Kitimat.

He said his days in Kitimat were always full of adventure and getting up close to the area wildlife at times.

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Seabridge gets federal environmental approval The federal government has given its environmental approval to a proposed $5.3 billion gold mine north of Terrace.

But proponent Seabridge Gold will also have to undertake a series of environmental protection and other measures for its Kerr-SulphuretsMitchell open pit and underground copper, gold,

silver and molybdendum project which would process up to 130,000 tonnes a day of material and have a life span of more than 50 years.

Federal environment minister Leona Aglukkaq, in giving her approval, also signed off under the Nisga’a Final Agreement because of the project’s impacts on the Nisga’a lands and people.

Provincial approval for the project was provided by the provincial government in the summer.

“The project is not likely to result in significant adverse environmental effects,” said Aglukkaq in a statement, provided mitigation steps outlined in a study of the project are followed.

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8 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, December 31, 2014 – Year in Review –

Kitimat’sTOP2014 story Editor’s pick There would honestly be no other choice, would there?

It was a moment that put Kitimat on the map in more ways than one. It caught provincial attention, it caught national attention, it caught international attention.

Editorials would be written on it, and plays would be made from it.

The editor’s pick

for the year’s top story is none other than the Northern Gateway plebiscite.

It was a long time coming. Two whole town councils ago, they decided that they would wait until the Joint Review Panel process concluded before they would seek community feedback on what to do with the Northern

Gateway project.

Support it or not?

When the Joint Review Panel concluded their findings they leaned in favour of the project, which came as no surprise to some people.

That however put the ball in our council’s court to decide what they wanted to do.

After much debate and discussion

the town settled on a plebiscite — versus, say, polling — to get the community opinion.

What happened next was an intense political campaign from energy transporter Enbridge and grassroots environmental groups.

Regardless of the result, Kitimat’s own Douglas Channel Watch proved a pow-

erhouse of activism.

Always vigilant locally, they made waves beyond the boundaries of Kitimat, and pooled together resources to take Enbridge headon.

Spending was high, nerves were on high, leading up to April 15.

In some ways the vote was just the start.

Our 60th birthday There is one other ‘top’ story that we feel we should mention, even if it’s about us.

In April this year, the Northern Sentinel turned 60 years old.

On April 16, 2014, 60 years plus a day since the first issue hit the streets, we ran a special commemorative issue with a look back on the newspaper world between the 50s and now.

“From the outset and doubtless throughout its whole career, Kitimat will be chiefly a metallurgical centre. It is destined to become one of the world’s great aluminum smelting and distributing centres of an era that is turning dramatically to light metals...

No other development is necessary to make Kitimat British Columbia’s third largest centre outside of the Greater Vancouver and Greater Victoria communities,” wrote the Sentinel’s editor in 1954, in the paper’s “Commencement.”

Douglas Channel Watch protesters in the wake of the federal government’s decision to approve Northern Gateway Pipeline’s environmental certificate.

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Kitimat says ‘no’ to NGP – Year in Review –

Nothing about the entire process was easy.

Even beginning with the choice of question itself.

The question decided on was: Do you support the final report recommendation of the Joint Review Panel of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Authority and National Energy Board, that the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project be approved, subject to 209 conditions set out in Volume 2 of the JRP’s final report?

A mouthful, and I don’t even think you

could tweet a question that long.

Even a parade of residents opposed to the wording did nothing to sway council from their choice.

Even with such a questionable choice (we argued against it in editorials at the time) the community still knew the bottom line.

The vote wasn’t just a vote on the JRP conditions but whether or not the community wanted to endorse the Northern Gateway Project.

And they couldn’t.

The ‘No’ vote topped out at 1,793, while there were 1,278

votes cast under ‘Yes’, leaving opponents with a 58.4 per cent victory.

Not necessarily a landslide, but a comfortable margin over the 41.6 per cent in favour.

Kitimat Council didn’t waste much time afterwards to formerly oppose the project, given the perspective of the community through the plebiscite.

After over an hour of debate and discussion on April 21, Kitimat Council settled on officially opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines proposal.

The motion reads

“That Mayor and Council support the results of the April 12th plebiscite by adopting a position of being opposed to the Enbridge Northern Gateway project.”

Just Edwin Empinado voted against the motion, although in this case that shouldn’t be read into as an endorsement of the project.

Rather, Empinado was concerned about the community’s future ability to deal with Enbridge if the project does eventually proceed, and Kitimat is left with a formal op-

position to the project.

Empinado said at the time that he wants the town to take a position that will allow them to protect the environment while still giving them the ability to work with the company to protect their interests.

Speaking to his motion, then-councillor Phil Germuth emphasized Kitimat’s ongoing and past support of industrial development.

“Kitimat has always supported industry. “This [project] just crossed the line in that risk and benefit was

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Federal government says ‘yes’ to NGP Meanwhile, the federal government in June opted, as may have been expected, to approve the Joint Review Panel’s recommendations and gave Northern Gateway its environmental certificate, with 209 conditions attached.

“After carefully reviewing the report, the Government accepts the independent Panel’s recommendation to impose 209 conditions on Northern Gateway Pipelines’ proposal,” said Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford in a news release.

The decision will certainly lead to court challenges. Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross, who leads the First Nations community at the head of the Douglas Channel where Northern Gateway would flow diluted bitumen to, said court is the next step.

“We actually made the decision back in 2009 that if our Rights and Title case law principles aren’t abided by then we have no choice but to go to court,” he said, saying the experience so far is that Canada has not been following rights and

title case law. “Not only on our own but in partnership with other First Nations.”

On the possibility of consultation at this point, he said it would be too late.

The government had been warned on the implications, he said.

“Every mistake they’ve made we actually pointed out to them and said ‘this is not following case law principles.

You’re making a mistake, you shouldn’t do this.’ But they went ahead and did it,” he said. “It is going to be court. It has to be court.”

weighted to be way too much on the risk side,” he said.

The motion, he added, won’t close the door to speaking to proponents in the future, including even with Enbridge themselves.

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The best good news Totem pole goes up at MEMSS As you may have read on page 4, there’s nothing better to write than the happy stories.

Each year there are always a lot. The Fire Chief for a Day is one, and it’s always fun to see how kids react to their roles.

(Some are more ‘bossy’ than others, which is a blast to see.)

Then there’s the ‘good news’ moments, like RTA gifting land to the District of Kitimat. One-hundred and fifty-six acres of waterfront. What could be better?

But when it comes to the top ‘happy story’ I saw no reason to not put the conclusion of the totem pole raising at Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School as the top story.

Nathan Wilson spent the better part of the year chiseling, shaving, and carving out a raw log to make the school’s first totem pole, which was erected

in the school’s lobby to great fanfare, music, dancing and speech.

There are a number of things which make this event the top in our books. Firstly, it was, at its core, just a good story. Wilson had not carved a totem pole before, and this task was certainly a defining moment for the Haisla-artist who will no doubt have a great career in front of him. From the human interest aspect it was just a solid story of rising to a challenge.

On a larger scale, it was a peak event for relationship building and bridging between the school and its Haisla students. The event works towards the ongoing inclusion and recognition of First Nations culture in the region, and the totem pole is a beacon of that relationship which will certainly be

a visual reminder that no matter your culture or background, the school is an inclusive place that seeks to exclude nobody.

To top off everything else that made it a great story, the ceremony of raising the pole itself was spectacular. Spirit of Kitlope dancers, singing, and ceremony filled the high school all morning on November 20.

With Haisla dignitaries in traditional regalia, it was without a doubt an important moment in the school’s history, and in Haisla history too.

As the dust cleared, it’s apparent that the students who saw this event unfold will remember it for the rest of their lives.

Wilson himself said during the event that the whole process was humbling for him.

No doubt it should be a humbling event for us all.

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Kitimat has some of the world’s best fly fishing for trophy salmon and steelhead in the pristine Kitimat wilderness. You can fish the easily accessible Kitimat River, or the many remote fly-in areas that provide amazing scenery and great fishing. There are many rivers and lakes that flow through a majestic coastal mountain range and into the Douglas Channel. Fishing opportunities include halibut, fresh Dungeness crab and prawns. Outdoor recreational opportunities include hiking, fishing, kayaking, golf, and snowmobiling and cross country skiing.

Kitamaat Village sits at the head of the Douglas Channel in British Columbia. Living and working on the water has always been important to the Haisla–and it still is. The Haisla people have lived off the land and water resources of the Douglas Channel and our traditional territory for hundreds of years. It will continue to be the heart of everything we do. The Haisla people are centered on Kitamaat Village which is about 10 kms from Kitimat and about 45 kms from the airport at Terrace.

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DUTIES: The Communications Coordinator will be responsible for aiding in the development and implementation of all Haisla Nation Council communications strategies. This person is responsible for ensuring consistent and cohesive messaging that speaks to the community at large. She/ he will coordinate with both the marketing and communications team in their management of various projects within deadlines and budget constraints. She/he will be responsible for completing various internal communications and providing guidance to the Board of Directors on various communications issues. She/he will have frequent interactions with external and internal clients.

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• 3 years of work experience in the private sector to including the handling of corporate communications, original writing and editing and some public relations.

• Direct experience working with First Nations.

• Exceptional command of the English language, including grammar, punctuation and spelling.

• Highly effective project management, prioritization, multi-tasking, and time management skills to meet deadlines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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• Willingness to travel, if required.

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• Strong morals and ethics, along with a commitment to privacy.

• Possess a valid BC Driver’s license and own vehicle is an asset.

• Willing to provide a criminal record check.

Interested individuals should submit a cover letter and resume which must include names of three (3) references and the express permission for HNC to contact these references, to: Stephanie McClure, Human Resources Manager Haisla Nation Council Haisla PO Box 1101 Kitamaat Village, BC V0T 2B0 Phone (250) 639-9361, ext. 204 Fax (250) 632-2840 Email: humanresources@haisla.ca No later than 4 pm on Friday, January 16, 2015.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those short-listed will be contacted for interviews.

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Free heat & Free Hot Water Furnished & Unfurnished 1 & 2 bedrooms Security Entrances No Pets. No Smoking

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Haisla Nation Council Haisla Nation Council has an immediate opening for:

COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER

JOB SUMMARY: Organizes and implements social, recreational, educational and life skills activities and programs designed to meet the individual needs and interests of people being supported.

Activities may take place within the individual’s home or in community settings.

DUTIES: • Assisting person being supported with cleaning and housekeeping duties, including but not limited to, meal preparation, meal clean-up; laundry; vacuuming, mopping and sweeping floors; cleaning counter tops, appliances, sinks, toilet bowls; garbage disposal and recycling; keeping grounds tidy and litter-free.

• Participates in the development and implementation of personalized plans for health and safety, social, recreational, educational and life skills activities/programs to meet the individual needs of people being supported.

• Transport clients as necessary with approval of Health Director • Maintains an awareness of any problems (medical, behavioural, or other) experienced by clients and informs manager in person or through written communication.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Grade 10 completion; • First Aid, Level One, preferred • Community Support Worker certificate or equivalent • At least 12 months relevant experience is required for this position.

• BC Drivers license and own vehicle is an asset; • Good communication and interpersonal skills; • Willing to provide a criminal record check.

Interested individuals should submit a cover letter and resume which must include names of three (3) references and the express permission for HNC to contact these references, to: Stephanie McClure, Human Resources Manager Haisla Nation Council Haisla PO Box 1101 Kitamaat Village, BC V0T 2B0 Phone (250) 639-9361, ext. 204 Fax (250) 632-2840 Email: humanresources@haisla.ca No later than 4 pm on Friday, January 16, 2015.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those short-listed will be contacted for interviews.

value of hydroelectric power generated by the many downstream U.S. dams such as the Grand Coulee, but it pays B.C. nothing for agricultural benefits that were achieved at the cost of B.C. farms and aboriginal territories.

call Glen at 250-632-3486.

Ongoing Consider joining the Friends of the Public Library. To do so contact Luce Gauthier at lucegauthier10@ gmail.com or Virginia Charron @ vcharron@kitimatpubliclibrary.org or call 250-632-8985.

KITIMAT QUILTERS GUILD: If you are interested in joining the Kitimat Quilters Guild please contact Aileen Ponter at 250-632-6223 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387 for further information.

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O’Riordan notes that climate shifts create a strategic benefit for B.C. The U.S. has no more dam capacity to exploit, and needs us more than ever, for flood protection and water supply.

EVERY THURSDAY, the Kitimat Pottery Guild meets in the Riverlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Interested in playing with clay?

All experience levels welcome. For more information call Anne at 250632-3318.

WANT A GARDEN bed next year at the Kitimat Community Garden?

Call Denise at 250-632-9107 for more information.

THE KITIMAT Public Library offers the highly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-school-

ers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Please register for this free program.

HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Center. They welcome families throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older siblings welcome). Come meet other parents and infants over light refreshments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more information call 250-632-3144.

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QUATSINO APTS KITIMAT Downtown location Balconies Security Entrances Some furnished suites Call for an appointment 250.632.4511

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Homes for Rent 3 BEDROOM BUNGALOW With Garage in Kitimat F/S, W/D, $1500 a month avail. Jan 1st. 250-639-0568 FULLY FURNISHED 2 Bedroom home for rent In Kitimat attached garage, hot tub, large deck, gas bbq, wifi and cable, w/d, f/s incl.

N/s, no pets.$2100 + heat and hydro avail. immediately Please call: 250-639-1641 Kitimat HOUSE FOR RENT/Sale 63 Chilko St. - 3 bdr, 1 bath in excellent neighbourhood.

This house has a big fenced backyard, including two sheds and flower beds.

Comes with F/S and W/D. Call (250)279-8888

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1998 GMC 1 TON DUMP TRUCK

FLAT DECK,4 WHEEL DRIVE Please call: 250-632-9935

Sex and the Kitty A single unspayed cat can produce 470,000 offspring in just seven years.

Be responsible don’t litter! www.spca.bc.ca

Sports & Leisure

12 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Marlins manage Rapids Submitted The Kitimat Marlins hosted the first regional swim meet of the season recently with 103 swimmers from Terrace, Smithers, and Prince Rupert.

The Marlins had some excellent results with pool records set, new time standards met and many swimmers winning medals for overall points. With their strong results the Marlins were able to win the meet, over second place Prince Rupert Rapids by a whopping 322 points.

Kleanza Cathers (15) in her first regional swim meet in the 15 and over girls division broke two pool records in the division. In the 100 IM she posted a time of 1:08.97 which

the previous records of 27.75 and 1:02.20 by Brett Zollen of Smithers from 2012. Zollen is now swimming for University of Victoria and swimming extremely fast. Pacheco took the silver medal for overall points in the division.

Alivia Soares (14) became the fourth Kitimat Marlin to achieve the tough Western National qualifying time in the 1500 meter freestyle. She is now welcome to attend Western Nationals in February in Edmonton. Soares took the silver medal for overall points in the divison.

Achieving his first AAA Provincial qualifying time was Hayden Dobbin (15). Dobbin achieved the time in

broke the old record of 1:09.27 set by Stephanie Nicholls from Prince Rupert in 2002.

Stephanie Nicholls went on to swim for University of British Columbia and break BC and Canadian records.

Cathers also broke the 50 backstroke record while leading off the Marlins medley relay. Her time of 32.34 eclipsed the old record of 32.96 set

by Laura Woodman of Prince Rupert from 2004. Cathers took the gold medal for overall points in the division.

Brander Pacheco (16) broke two pool records in the 15 and over boys division. Pacheco posted times of 27.41 in the 50 meter butterfly and 1:01.01 in the 100 butterfly breaking

the 14-15 year old 1500 meter freestyle.

Achieving their first AA Provincial times were Alex Van Horne (11) in the 11 and under boys 100 backstroke and Nolan Striker (13) in the 1213 boys 100, 200 back, 100 fly and 400 freestyle. Van Horne also took the Bronze medal in the 11-12 boys category.

Zachary Dumas

(15) took the bronze medal in the 15 and over boys division.

Dumas also broke the pool record in the 15 and over boys 400 IM but was narrowly out touched by less than a second by Bailey Esperson (16) from Smithers who took the record.

Ethan Velho (14) took the silver medal in the 13-14 boys divison.

Velho also had the larg-

est one swim improvement with a 91 second improvement in his 1500 meter freestyle.

In the 10 and under girls division the Marlins swept the medals.

Alexis Florit (9) took the bronze medal, Olivia Pearson (10) took the silver medal and Adrianna Florit (10) took the gold medal.

Other medalist for the Marlins were Ewan Thomopoulos (10) gold

in the 10 and under boys. Jadyn Johnston (10) bronze medal in the 10 and under boys.

Hannah Pearson (12) took the gold medal in the 11-12 girls division.

Leah Desousa (12) took the silver medal in the divison. Laurence Boucher (14) took the bronze medal in the 1314 girls division. Paige Collier (16) took the bronze medal in the 15 and over girls division.

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• Please observe all safety rules • Keep your distance from the impaired driver • Wear your seatbelt • Use extreme caution when using a cellphone to call 911; if you are driving, pull over first if you can safely do so • Police officers are trained specialists, let them do their job • Never try to apprehend the impaired driver yourself

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