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ARCHIVING HISTORY Local archives hockey in Smithers.

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HEALING POWERS The story behind Alex Cuba’s new album.

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TABLETOP JUMPS OVER HUDSON BAY STANLEY IN SMITHERS Cup makes first-ever appearance in town.

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Thirty-one racers descended on the town to compete in the National Ski Cross Championships at Hudson Bay Mountain last week.

Montreal’s Chris Del Bosco and Cranbrook’s India Sherret took home the top prize in the men’s and women’s junior finals. For the full story and photos, see page B1.

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Highway of Tears film hits home

By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News

As one woman in the crowd said after the Highway of Tears documentary screened in Smithers last Thursday, this was an audience like no other.

Parents and siblings of the victims featured in the film, which is about the murders and disappearances of women along Highway 16, were among those watching.

Popcorn machines glowed as friends and relatives of victims embraced in the foyer before the

one-time screening.

The theatre was almost full when the lights dimmed and the faces of victims, including those of local women, appeared on the big screen.

The film began by outlining the history of Indian residential schools and negative stereotyping of First Nations women.

This undervaluing of women, and the long-term impacts of residential schools, was a theme that remained throughout the film.

Through interviews with family members and human rights advocates, the movie raised questions about systemic racism

and government inaction.

After the screening, director Matt Smiley joined victims’ family members Doug and Megan Leslie, Matilda Wilson and Lisa Hotte on stage to answer questions.

Smiley said he had made the film because he wanted to humanize the issue and reiterated his call for a national inquiry, an idea that has been rejected by the federal government.

Doug Leslie, whose daughter Loren was murdered in 2010, told the audience they could help by getting involved.

“Be heard, be seen and be aware of the things that are happening,”

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“Talk to people, talk to your government officials and be heard.”

One man in the audience said men must take more responsibility for violence against women.

“Whether it’s pushing or calling people down or murdering people, we need to take responsibility for men’s violence and reclaim masculinity as we see it because we were once a healthy population of people,” he said.

Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach spoke of the need to confront the issue.

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Matilda Wilson, whose daughter Ramona was murdered near Smithers in 1994, said the film would give people hope and understanding.

“The thing is, we were trying to get the government, provincial and federal, to get their attention on this documentary here but to no avail,” said Wilson.

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Higher-speed Internet coming to Bulkley Valley

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New Hazelton was hooked up last Wednesday, and fibre optic cables to beam the Internet to Old Hazelton and the Kispiox Valley will start going up in the next few weeks according to CityWest’s Donovan Dias.

“We’ve just been here for so long that if we don’t do it, we can’t see anyone else doing it,” said Dias.

High-speed Internet plans for Smithers and Telkwa as well as a new Smithers office were discussed at Thursday’s Smithers and District Workers run a fibre optic cable near Main Street Monday morning. Downtown Smithers will be the first area connected with high speed Internet.

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Chris Gareau photo The downtown store is expected to open April 7 and employ five people. are looking for, particularly if they move “Any support we can get from The fibre optic network will be hooked from a larger centre, is higher speed residents in the area, whether that letter up in phases in Telkwa and Smithers, internet.” comes through us and we send it on, or with downtown Smithers the first area to Holkestad said an upgrade to if you send it through political channels be connected this spring. the company’s networks across the through Industry Canada, those types of “I would use a year as a time line,” Northwest was happening because of things will certainly help the case.” said CEO Don Holkestad when asked at the huge jump in how much the meeting when he expects all the work bandwidth customers were to be done. using. He said in his presentation High-speed service will be available that network usage had gone up to anyone who is within the company’s 864 per cent since 2012. cable television service. Holkestad said “It’s growing exponentially he believed it would allow more people and it’s not going to slow down to consider Smithers as an option to anytime soon,” said Holkestad. move their business, a sentiment Mayor CityWest has applied to Taylor Bachrach echoed. the federal government’s $305 “The Internet has become such an million Connecting Canadians integral part of our economy and just fund meant to connect rural and our daily lives that smaller communities remote communities to highand remote areas are getting left behind. speed Internet.

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Social enterprise is focus of study

By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News

Ideas for businesses that would provide both income and social benefits for local aboriginal people were brainstormed at a public meeting in Smithers last Wednesday.

Hosted by the Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre, the workshop was one of three held in the Bulkley Valley as part of a wider survey to identify social enterprise concepts which could be implemented locally.

Sessions were also held in Telkwa and Moricetown and written surveys were collected in Smithers.

The feedback will be used by the Friendship Centre to identify three ideas to be explored in a feasibility study, which is being prepared in partnership with the Bulkley Valley Research Centre (BVRC).

An improved transportation service between Smithers and Moricetown and lowincome housing solutions were among the ideas raised at last week’s workshop in Smithers.

BVRC relations manager Kala Hooker said an idea

for a community temporary labour service had also been very popular.

“We do have Work B.C. but there’s a lot of barriers to low income or homeless people actually getting work through that because they have to have a bank card, a drivers’ licence, stuff that they’re not going to have,” she said.

“Having something that will address that gap and also create a gathering space where they can actually have breakfast, hang out and potentially get some work and maybe some mentorship.”

Friendship Centre student researcher Warren Wilson said an ethnic restaurant serving First Nations food was another idea that had a lot of support.

As a social enterprise, the restaurant would need to provide its workers with more than an income.

“They would get more than just learning to cook, they would get a lot more culture and spiritual elements from just spending time with an elder,” said Wilson.

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Mabel Forsyth indicates her support for a social enterprise idea at a community workshop this month.

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the kitchen in a workplace and work as a professional, hands on training.”

“It’s practical experience too.”

Ideas raised at the workshop were written on posters and displayed on a wall so people could put stickers on the concepts they liked the most.

Hooker said the viability

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of those concepts would be explored in the feasibility study, which will be completed this month.

“We’re going to be doing sector-based research to compare, looking at statistics in the Bulkley Valley and demographics to see if it’s something that is actually going to be like a viable possibility,” she said.

The Smithers Action Group Association (SAGA) hopes its new report about homelessness will generate conversation and interest from the general public when it is released publicly tomorrow.

As part of its push to build a supported living complex in Smithers, SAGA last year held a survey to count the number of homeless people on one day in Smithers.

The count, conducted on Nov. 28, is just one component of the report that will be released at the Old Church tomorrow.

It also includes information about the issues facing people in unstable housing situations and the types of services available locally.

The report was compiled in part to help SAGA’s push for funding to build a supported living complex to help combat homelessness in Smithers.

In order to secure financial support for the project the organization needed research to show the size of the town’s homeless community.

But project coordinator Nicole Oud said it was also hoped the report would help raise awareness about the issue of homelessness.

“It’s exciting to be able to not just talk about the count in vague terms but to be able to discuss with people the findings and hopefully get people discussing the issue and thinking about it a bit,” she said.

Tomorrow’s open house at the Old Church runs from 3:30-6:30 p.m. with presentations at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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decisions which support rural communities, while remaining within the government’s budget.

It was created by the government as part of a report entitled Supporting Rural Development: Creating a Voice for Rural British Columbia.

Meeting on a quarterly basis, its role is to provide input on rural economic development and capacity building in rural communities.

Dave Pernarowski served two terms as the City of Terrace mayor.

A former employee of the Kitsault Energy proposed LNG project, he currently works at P.R. Associates in

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Two former mayors representing northwest B.C. on the government’s new Rural Advisory Council say securing major resource projects will be a main focus for the council.

Dave Pernarowski of Terrace and Bill Holmberg of Houston, both former mayors of their respective communities, were among 14 members appointed to the new council announced earlier this month.

The Rural Advisory Council is mandated with providing input to government policy

Terrace.

He said the council would provide input to ensure the region was ready for major economic development.

“There’s a lot of potential economic development that’s coming into this region so it’s important that we are able to provide good on-the-ground input to the government as far as what our communities will need to be ready, and to make sure that we’re successful and that we can bring these major projects in,” said Pernarowski.

“That’s probably part of the mandate that we’ll be managing when we sit down at this table.”

Holmberg, who also served two terms as mayor,

runs a heavy-duty equipment business in Houston.

He said he thought the format would work as a tool for the regions to influence government policy.

“I think everything is going to be on the table from LNG projects, the effects on communities, what (does) the government need to get ready so they’re going to be looking for input all of those sorts of ideas,” he said.

“It’s not just a bunch of political rhetoric, we’re hoping to get some stuff done.”

The council will be chaired by parliamentary secretary Donna Barnett and a co-chair will be selected at the first meeting from March 26-27.

Bill C-51 opponents react to CSIS news

By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News

Local opponents to the federal government’s proposed anti-terror legislation, Bill C-51, have reacted to reports that Canada’s national spy agency advised the government on how to deal with Northern Gateway pipeline protestors.

The Canadian Press last week reported that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had advised the federal government on how to prepare for protests in response to its conditional approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline last year.

The news comes as concerns are being raised over the bill’s provision of increased police and security powers, including new information-gathering capabilities for CSIS. Some First Nations and environmental groups believe the bill could be used to target and investigate pipeline protestors and activists.

About a dozen people gathered outside the Smithers Curling Centre on March 13 to protest the proposed legislation, which is aimed at increasing the government’s power to reduce terrorism threats.

Sheila Peters attended the Smithers protest.

She said she was concerned but not surprised by reports that CSIS had assisted the government in its preparations for protests relating to Northern Gateway, which would transport diluted bitumen oil from Alberta to Kitimat in northern B.C. “It’s worrisome given the new proposed bill which will actually give them powers to take action within those groups and that is very worrisome,” she said.

“As Canadians we have a clear right to speak out and raise issues with our government and to take peaceful actions to initiate change for decisions or laws that we think are unjust.”

Peters said her opposition to the bill was more as a concerned citizen than as

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a dedicated activist.

Josette Wier, also from Smithers, has been an active opponent to Northern Gateway and Bill C-51.

She too said she was unsurprised by the reports, which were based on documents obtained under the Access to Information Act. Wier plans to continue to protest Bill C-51 because of the power she believes it gives CSIS. “I think it’s very important to stand up, to not cower, bend, be afraid and feel proud of the rights we have.”

Skeena-Bulkley Valley opposition MP Nathan Cullen took to Facebook to express his outrage at the news that CSIS had worked with the government on the Northern Gateway issue.

“With CSIS already spying on peaceful protesters demanding fairness and respect for communities and the environment, no wonder British Columbians and Canadians across the country are saying no to Harper’s C-51 spy bill,” he said.

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ebruary’s decision of the Supreme Court on assisted suicide fundamentally alters end-of-life for all Canadians.

The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) and the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) are profoundly disappointed by the ruling and extremely concerned about the implications of it.

An immensely important discussion must now begin with Canadians and politicians at all levels, with civil society, health professions and the legal community. We start from the premise that the lives of Canadians with disabilities are worthy of the utmost respect.

Such respect, regrettably, cannot be taken for granted.

To begin this critical discussion, we offer the following questions, reflections and commitments: 1. As we each near the end of our lives, at the time when we are likely to be most vulnerable to despair and fear, we have now lost the protection of the Criminal Code.

Where shall we now find that protection?

CCD and CACL caution that our collective response to this question must go far beyond the technical exercise of so-called

“safeguards”.

2. In the final stages of a terminal illness, at the time when grief and fear may be most powerfully present in our lives, Canadians must now decide for themselves whether life is worth living. Among them are the most vulnerable Canadians, those who are dependent on others, and who are relegated to the margins of social and economic participation. We must not allow them to be diminished again in the coming discussions about their own end of life options.

3. At the time when our physical powers fail us, every Canadian will now be obliged to calculate how much love and support is too much to ask of others. How shall we ensure that the needs of the dying are not by default secondary to the well-being of the living?

4. As we contemplate the changes about to unfold in the wake of this decision, our elected officials must take notice of the pressing questions that are of urgent concern to Canadians with disabilities. To what extent do conditions of poverty, exclusion and lack of support actually restrict autonomy, and erode the human will to

live among dependent Canadians? Will our governments stand firm in maintaining and expanding home care services and supports for community/independent living? Will our national commitment to suicide prevention extend to persons with disabilities and degenerative conditions? Most critically, will access to palliative care become a universally available health care service to provide needed support and choice at the end of life?

In the days ahead, members of CCD and CACL will review the judgment in detail, seeking to grasp its full implication and to comprehend the Court’s dramatic departure from a legal precedent established 22 years ago in Rodriguez v British Columbia. And in the months and years to come, we will redouble our efforts to secure conditions of equal respect and robust citizenship for all Canadians with disabilities. The stakes are higher now than ever before.

Debate leading up to this legal decision has too often been polarized and divisive.

CCD and CACL know that Canadians wish to be compassionate. CCD and CACL are resolved to work creatively and in good faith to build solidarity among justice seeking

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communities as we embark upon the journey invoked by the Court’s ruling.

There are difficult days ahead. The Canadian disability movement remains united in our claim that the lives of people with disabilities matter. We speak with one voice in our condemnation of all forms of discrimination and abuse. We affirm together our entitlement to live good lives in places and conditions of our choosing. Consistent with our long history of fearless and principled advocacy, we now join with fellow citizens across the full spectrum of views on end-of-life in an urgent call for universal, unencumbered access to the highest possible standard of palliative care in Canada.

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Off road registration a money grab Editor: British Columbia’s new ORV (Off Road Vehicle) registration becomes law June 1. After looking at all the B.C. government website information I have come to the conclusion it is another money grab from the hard working people of the province.

It will generate an additional $20 million just in registration and plate fees.

This does not include insurance revenue.

On top of that, with all the major oil and gas exploration and pipeline companies using ORVs to complete their projects, additional millions of dollars in revenue will be made.

Just accidently “good timing” on the part of the B.C. government.

ICBC brokers are already telling registrants that insurance will be required for use on Crown land, in other words more millions into government coffers at the expense of the working class B.C. residents.

Further, now if you buy an ORV privately, the B.C. government will charge PST on your purchase on what once was a private affair. That means more millions in B.C. government coffers. Yes that includes all those that do not have an official bill of sale including PST paid for your current machines.

I do agree it would help alleviate the theft and recovery of stolen ORVs, but that is possibly the only thing good that will come out of this legislation.

Once again individual freedom is being chipped away at from working class citizens to fill government coffers and more control by “Big Brother.”

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for helmets, but not in all activities. Have you ever hunted wearing a helmet? That should be a new experience. Now you climb

EBENEZER STUDENTS TAKE TEXT TEST Cody Berends tries to take a stroll through an obstacle course set up at Ebenezer Canadian Reformed School by ICBC as he texts while Shawn Barendregt and Hannah Slaa look on. ICBC visited schools in Smithers Friday to educate new and soon-to-be drivers on the dangers of distracted driving.

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off your machine, remove your mandated helmet and load your firearm.

By that time a snail running across a clearing would make the treeline.

I can see more accidents happening than good.

You also lose the peripheral vision and the ability to hear with a helmet, while slow cruising in bear and cougar country, looking for your family’s winter meat.

This is just another example of a greedy B.C. government, big city politicians, civilized quad clubs and whiners with nothing better to do than interfere with a country boy’s pleasures.

Gone are the days when you could quad down the street and help an elderly person, ailing neighbour or friend hang his meat, tow wood to the wood shed, or clear a driveway with your quad blade without chancing a $5,000 fine. Riding a horse can be more danger-

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ous than quadding. I can see it in the wind, mandated helmets for horseback riding. There’s money to be made there. When is enough, enough?

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Emotionally invested in animal abuse trial Editor: This letter is in regards to the most recent court

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appearance of Karin and Catherine Adams of Topley. I along with 13 other emotionally invested people attended the March 16 court appearance in Houston. We all entered with high hopes justice would be served for the over 100 animals that were in their “care” and seized in August by the SPCA. To our surprise, but not shock, court was adjourned to April 20.

They know what they are doing and I fully believe intend to drag this out until the courts throw it out. Conditions disputed: Not allowed to own any

animals, not permitted to have contact with any animal, not permitted to be in the presence of an animal (pet stores). Conditions changed to allowed possession/ ownership of the 18 dogs, eight parrots, and two cats. under the conditions she does not acquire any more.; permitted to have contact with animals, to work with animals (groomer, trainer, dog walker, etc.); Must comply with care conditions. Reasoning for appeal was the denied visitation of friends who have animals is unfair and it denies them access to potential job opportunities..

Karin is a certified dog and horse groomer. Catherine is a trainer and dog walker, and they both used to work at a thoroughbred race track in Calgary. It would be cruel to remove the animals again after six months and cause unnecessary stress on the animals.

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seized 56 at the time of the seizure on Aug. 28.

The animals were vetted, fostered and housed until mid-September when they were returned to Karin and Catherine. The animals could only be held without charge for an allotted time.

That time limit expired.

It was a great cost to the SPCA to continue to care for the animals. The horses were not returned.

The animals that were returned were dogs including one pregnant dog which gave birth to eight puppies shortly after return, two cats and eight parrots of various breeds.

As I take a deep breath, I beg that this gets media attention. I am also contacting Global BC News and intend to spread the word through social media. I personally saw many of the animals seized from them.

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International anti-euthanasia speaker visits Smithers

By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News

Alex Schadenberg’s stock in trade has been speaking out against euthanasia since 1999.

He was in Smithers Friday night to explain his concerns to about 100 people at the Canadian Reformed Church. The executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition based out of London, Ont. has travelled all over the world to speak on the subject.

Schadenberg started the coalition during the Robert Latimer trial, a case where the Saskatchewan father killed his daughter who was suffering from cerebral palsy.

“I have an autistic son, and I’ve been involved in this a very long time.

I got involved through the disability question.

“I was involved in other things, but why this issue is attitudes towards people with disabilities,” explained Schadenberg.

He pointed out that the Council of Canadians with Disabilities has also voiced its concerns on the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in February that said current laws against assisted suicide and euthanasia must be replaced within a year.

Betty Bandstra said she invited Schadenberg as the case was still before the B.C. Supreme Court last fall.

“We didn’t realize just how timely it would be,” said Bandstra, who found

the presentation informative.

Oregon legalized assisted suicide in 1997. Assisted suicide allows for lethal amounts of drugs to be prescribed, versus euthanasia, which involves a medical professional injecting the lethal dose.

Schadenberg said concerns raised by reports from Belgium and the Netherlands, where euthanasia was legalized in 2002, that were ignored by the Supreme Court need to be taken into consideration.

“They say I’m just being alarmist. I don’t know how many deaths you have to have before alarmism is just being real,” said Schadenberg.

Facts presented at the Smithers meeting that got the audience’s attention included a high-profile case in Belgium of 45-year-old deaf twins who were going blind. Otherwise healthy, they opted for euthanasia. Belgium was also the first country to legalize euthanasia for children last February.

Schadenberg does not believe any legalized system should be allowed, and also advocates for better palliative care.

He said he would like to see a Royal Commission to at least investigate the ramifications of legalization.

He believes there is no time to pass a law because of the looming federal election. That would lead to decriminalization and pass control to the provinces as a health regulation.

“I don’t think you can call it medical treatment; I don’t think that would be right.”

RDBN director wants budget process changes

By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News

Mark Fisher voted for a Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako draft budget that includes a large tax increase of 15.5 per cent regionwide and 22.4 per cent for rural services, but he hopes there will be changes before the next budget.

“A couple reasons. One, there has been a tax decrease in the last three years, and nothing goes down in price. We need to make sure there’s an increase to cover costs,” said the director for Electoral Area A (Smithers rural) when explaining his vote at the district’s March 12 meeting.

Electoral Area A includes properties surrounding Smithers and Telkwa.

“I think what’s in the budget is justified, so I’d just like to focus on getting a bit more of a transparent and ongoing budgeting process,” added Fisher.

A concern raised by district

board members was the reliance on surpluses in previous years, which shrunk $452,000 in 2014 and could not be relied on to keep taxes down this year. Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach voted against the budget in his role as a district director.

“It sounded like there were many people at the table that were along the same page and just looking at that and what our long term strategy is going to be,” said Fisher.

Final budget approval is expected Thursday in Burns Lake.

Fisher believes the district has taken steps to save money in the long-term.

“One thing we’re going to do is actually take over the operations of the two landfill sites in the district, so that will save money. It was put out to bid to contract — to operate the landfill — they were extremely high so instead of going with those we did the numbers and are just going to take that on in-house,” explained Fisher, who added that waste management is the biggest part of the budget.

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ourts today have a better understanding of chronic pain. It’s not uncommon for an injured person with chronic pain to get over $100,000 in compensation for pain and suffering plus past and future income loss – the average chronic pain part ranges between $35,000 and $125,000.

Chronic pain is pain that lasts beyond the normal healing time and can’t be proved by objective medical findings. For example, in a typical whiplash involving small tears within the neck muscles and ligaments, the pain is usually better after a few weeks and gone within several months. But in about 10% of cases, you may develop a chronic pain syndrome. There may no longer be a physical cause, but the pain and resulting disability is very real and, understandably, often leads to depression.

The key to compensating chronic pain is your credibility. Your testimony, if accepted as true and reliable by the judge, is often the best “proof” of your claim.

Consider the case of Mr. S, 55. He was an energetic hardwood floor installer. Hurt in a rear-end crash, he suffered a mild to moderate soft tissue injury to the left side of his neck and shoulder. Four years later, he still had neck pain. He continued to work, but his jobs took longer. He couldn’t swim or canoe anymore, but he still hunted and hiked occasionally.

The judge referred to an earlier BC Court of Appeal case. This case confirmed that courts must be careful compensating an injured person when there is little or no objective evidence of the pain and the complaints continue longer than expected. But the case also reiterated that the plaintiff’s own evidence, “if consistent with the surrounding circumstances” is sufficient proof. In Mr. S’s case, the judge described him as a “stoic and determined person,” who tried to stay physically active despite his continuing pain. The judge awarded him total damages of $156,820, including $75,000 for his pain and suffering.

The evidence of doctors and other medical specialists often helps to support your claim of chronic pain.

For example, all the specialists who examined Ms. R had a “guarded prognosis for her complete recovery” from her soft-tissue injuries “despite her tremendous efforts to rehabilitate herself.” A 26-year-old graphic designer, she was rear-ended in two accidents which caused her chronic neck and back pain, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. A fun-loving active woman before the accidents, she afterward couldn’t sit comfortably for long periods and gave up activities she loved like horseback riding.

“There is no doubt that Ms. [R] has been in pain almost continuously since the accidents,” said the judge. “Neither her family physician nor the many specialists she has seen have found any exaggerated or non-organic symptoms. She is clearly not a malingerer.” Ms. R was given over $360,000 in total compensation, including $95,000 for her pain and suffering.

Chronic pain cases require a careful and thorough assessment to make a solid legal claim. Seek legal advice if you’re hurt in an accident.

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Smithers church helps people in ebola-stricken Sierra Leone

By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News

It has been one year since the first confirmed case of ebola in an outbreak that has since killed over 10,000 people in west Africa.

Rev. Istifanus Bahago of Nigeria was working with the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) in Sierra Leone last March when the deadly disease struck.

He assumed leadership of program development there in 2013.

As the disease quickly spread and people evacuated the region, Bahago and other missionaries stayed to help contain the virus.

Bahago was in Smithers last week to thank people here who sent funds to help battle the infection and to seek support for the work that still needs to be done.

“We had this outbreak and cried out. Smithers’ church was one of the first CRC churches in B.C. to send financial support so we could go into this community to sensitize it.

Rev. Istifanus Bahago from Nigeria visits Smithers last week to thank those who helped the effort to combat ebola in Sierra Leone, and to garner more support for the Canadian Reformed Church mission.

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“This came because of the support we got from Smithers...”

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“And that has really helped because the district where we are working, because of this sensitization, has one of the lowest infection rates in the whole country,” said Bahago.

Of the thousands who died and thousands more who were infected, Bahago said the total number infected in the region of Sierra Leone where the missionaries were working was 108.

Doctors Without Borders just released a report that said thousands of deaths from ebola were preventable, and that it was the slow international and internal response that made things worse.

“There was a lot of fear in the villages: ‘what is this, is this a plague?’ So the lack of understanding of it played a big part in complicating the spread of it,” explained Smithers Christian Reformed

Church elder Dave Mayer, who was in Sierra Leone last year but coincidently left just before the outbreak.

Bahago credits quick action on educating the local population of what was happening with saving lives.

“This came because of the support we got from Smithers where we were able to go into the community immediately and tell them ‘look, this virus is real, this virus kills, you have to avoid certain things: eating bush meat, body contact, you have to avoid all this’,” said Bahago.

As the spread of infection has slowed, there is a new battle to fight in west Africa.

“We are working [against] stigmatization,” said Bahago.

The reverend made a few stops during his three-week visit to Canada, including

Toronto, Vancouver, as well as Terrace and Smithers.

“First I came to thank the people... for their help... and also to create the awareness for others who have not participated,” said Bahago.

“There is need for continued support,

so that the support we are giving can be sustained.”

The Smithers church is also helping to do other work in Sierra Leone.

“We developed in conjunction with the Christian Reformed Church of North America what we describe as a holistic, fully integrated assistance program that includes building churches, helping to develop church leaders, helping with heath care, education, environmental protection, drilling wells for water, income assistance, and agriculture,” said Mayer.

The mission is also helping to build schools and an economy as it preaches its Christian beliefs in the region.

“The Smithers church is helping to build a school in the village of Nanfayie.

I supervise it to make sure the resources that come in are accounted for and are used for the purpose it was sent,” explained Bahago.

Donations can be made to the Christian Reformed Church at crcna.ca.

Donations to help areas struck by ebola can also be made at redcross.ca/ ebola and to Doctors Without Borders at msf.ca.

Bahago did manage to find time to enjoy his visit to Canada with some recreation. It was the first time he had seen snow, so while in the Bulkley Valley he tried snowshoeing.

“I did okay,” smiled Bahago.

Rev. Istifanus Bahago meets with local Christian business leaders during his visit to Smithers last week.

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LET IT GO Samantha Fallows plays Elsa in the Smithers Figure Skating Club’s Frozen carnival at the Smithers Civic Centre on March 13.

Hundreds of people showed up for the annual carnival, which included performances from all age groups.

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Locals climb Mt. Kilimanjaro for charity

By Kendra Wong Smithers/Interior News

Three generations of the MacKay family have accomplished a rare feat after they climbed nearly 20,000 feet to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, and it was all for charity.

Dennis, Laura and Katie MacKay returned from their seven-day climb of Africa’s highest peak late last year as part of Summits of Hope, an organization that fundraises for B.C. Children’s Hospital.

“It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said Laura. “I don’t know how often three generations from one family have stood at the summit.”

The cause was close to the family’s heart.

Three years ago, Laura’s daughter Emma required openheart surgery and was treated at the hospital.

“The care, compassion and support we received while she was in the hospital made it clear that this is a very special facility,” said Laura. “Emma will continue to require follow-up care provided

by B.C. Children’s Hospital as will so many children from around the province.”

In preparation, they did several hikes around town, but they could not prepare themselves for the altitude change.

“For me, the altitude was hard,

but I was thinking about my sister.

I’m a nurse, so I see sick kids sometimes and that was something that helped motivate me,” said daughter Katie, who noted that roughly 60 support staff helped her through the journey.

“There were a couple of times where I wanted to sit down and cry, but our guide sensed that and gave me his hand and was like ‘come on, Katie’.”

They had to take medication for the altitude change as well.

During the last few days of the climb to the summit, they had to do rest steps — taking a breath and taking a step due to lack of oxygen.

“I remember thinking ‘I can’t do this. I hurt, I want to throw up’. But every step that I took I thought of Emma when she had open-heart surgery. How did she feel the day of her surgery and the days of recovery?” said Laura.

“Every step it was like, if she can do it, I can. That’s what kept me going, thinking about her and all those kids who battle non-stop at B.C. Children’s Hospital.”

They also raised more than $33,000, which will be donated to the hospital.

“We want to thank the individuals and businesses who helped us raise the money for the B.C. Children’s Hospital because to me, that’s what it’s all about,” said Laura, noting that a large majority of children who travel to the hospital for care come from rural B.C.

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COMMUNITY MAKES YOU. YOU MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY. Smithers pianists from Broadway Music Studio show off the ribbons they brought home from the Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts.

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By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News

All the young piano players from Smithers’ Broadway Music Studio who took part in the Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts brought home a souvenir: a silver or gold ribbon.

The festival, which has been around for 58 years, was held in Burns Lake. Instructor Alana Butler and her 13 prodigies made the trip for the piano portion of the festival on March 13.

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“It’s really about celebrating their experience, not the ribbons; and most importantly the fact they stepped out of their comfort zone and performed in an unfamiliar setting,” said Butler.

“I’m so proud of them.”

Pictured above with their ribbons: Front row: Clara Pesch, Lillica Paquette, and Ronya Hug. Second row: Jaymie Klaver, Lauren Clausen, Kayley Pereira, Elka DesHarnais, Solange Stewart-Hansen, Melissa Pesch, and instructor Alana Butler. Back row: Emily Hobley-McCosker, Andrea McFee, Olivia Davey, and Shaelyn Radu.

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The Smithers Public Library had introduced iPads to its collection to help offer technology that may not be available to all families in town.

Earlier this year, the library received a $3,000 grant as part of Spectra Energy’s Community Connector Grant, which they put towards the purchase of three iPads, headphones and an Apple TV. According to library director Wendy Wright, there are two reasons why it is important for the library to offer such technology.

“So that kids whose families want to familiarize themselves with this technology before they get to school will have the opportunity even if they don’t have it at home,” said Wright, noting that each iPad that they purchased has a price tag of $500.

“Not everyone has access to this and the library is about providing access to everyone and it kind of levels the playing field.”

The second reason that Wright decided to introduce iPads is because she has seen firsthand how engaging some of the high-quality education apps can be.

Wright uses an iPad with her daughter who is currently in kindergarten.

“She’s too independent and she refused to let me teach her to read. She taught herself how to read using apps on our iPad and just listening to her sister practice,” said Wright.

“I got to see how enthusiastic she was about practicing letter recognition, practicing phonetics and just progressing in that way through the use of educational games.”

Each iPad is loaded with 50 apps in eight different categories including those that teach children about animals sounds, colours, shapes, sizes, handwriting, math, hang-man, nursery rhymes and early-literacy book apps.

There is an app that allows children to create their own stop motion movies as well.

All three iPads have two sets of headphones so that both children and parents can listen at the same time.

“Some people are concerned that when you introduce technology that you’re trying to replace books with technology, but this is a very different thing. This is a tool that supports early literacy,” said Wright.

She noted that they may not be for everyone, but that if parents are interested in introducing their children to new technology that they are now available at the library.

Most of the apps are suitable for children between the ages of two to seven, but there are some that are suitable for youth as well.

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Groot archives history of Smithers hockey

By Kendra Wong Smithers/Interior News

Nestled in the corner of the Smithers Civic Centre sits a wealth of historical hockey treasures.

Countless trophies from when teams in Smithers have made it to provincials sit neatly on shelves, while two autographed sticks hang in the window from when Joe and Jim Watson won the Stanley Cup with the Philadelphia Flyers in 197374.

The walls are lined with signed photos of NHLers Dan Hamhuis, former Anaheim Ducks netminder Mike Wall, and Rob Flockhart who played for the then-Minnesota Stars and his brother Ron Flockhart who played with the Flyers and St. Louis Blues.

The appropriately-named trophy room is also home to the oldest trophy in town which dates back to 1928.

Despite the fact that there are invaluable trophies, autographed photos and other hockey memorabilia carefully displayed, many of these items are not openly accessible to the public.

These items represent a large part of Smithers’ long and storied hockey past and are part of an on-going project that Tracey Groot has taken on to help preserve Smithers’ hockey past.

Over the past eight years, Groot has single-handedly archived most major hockey events in the town dating as far back as the 1950s up until 2013.

The archives include a variety of newspaper

Tracey Groot in the trophy room of the Smithers Civic Centre. She has spent the last two month digitizing six decades worth of hockey in Smithers.

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articles including the raising of the first trusses during the construction of the civic centre in 1958, the Smithers’ Mighty Midgets winning the northern B.C. championships in 1960, photos from the bilingual hockey game between a Smithers bantam team and a team from Quebec, and the Smithers Storm capturing their first provincial banner.

“Ever since the ‘60s, we’ve been well known for our hockey,” said Groot, who currently sits under the umbrella of the B.C. Historical Federation.

“If you look up in the

trophy room, we’ve won x amounts of provincial banners, but we also have a

the way the kids played on the ice, but the way they acted off the ice. We’ve always been

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lot of trophies — I can’t even tell you off-hand how many trophies were awarded to minor hockey for not only

really well known for that.”

She noted that Smithers was also the first town in the surrounding area to allow

girls to play on the boys teams.

The project began in 2007 leading up to the 50th anniversary of the civic centre.

“I knew it was going to be a really big job. At the time, I had basically gone through all the micro-films and had just under 4,000 articles . . .

I really tried to keep the first of every big event that went on,” said Groot.

She went through years worth of The Interior News, cutting out clippings, indexing them according to date of publication and forming a detailed timeline.

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According to Groot, one of the most defining moments that put Smithers on the map as a hockey town was in the early 1960s when the first NHL scout came to town.

“That’s kind of how Joe Watson ended up getting picked up,” she said. “From then on, we had one boy who was quite involved with hockey and he climbed the ranks into junior and it didn’t matter where you went, the minute you said you were from Smithers, they knew exactly what Smithers had produced.”

It has been a true labour of love for the volunteer, who has put thousands of hours into the project, archiving roughly 5,000 articles from the past six decades.

Over the last two months, her time has been dedicated to digitizing the archives, scanning them and putting them onto a USB drive.

But there are a few things she believes are still missing from the collection.

“The one thing I am missing and I’m hoping to get is the very first provincial banner that Smithers Minor Hockey won. I’d really like to get the photographs and the names and pictures of all those players at the time,” she said.

Groot also hopes that she can put the archives online for the public to view.

“It would be nice if our local museums such as Smithers, Terrace, Prince Rupert, Kitimat, places where we have at least played hockey can have copies of it,” she said. “It would be nice to have it online to have the public look at it.”

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VIEW FROM THE PORCH Lorraine Doiron Come out to a House Concert hosted

by George and Norma on Wednesday, March 25 from 7:30 p.m.– 10:30 p.m. at 3744 14th Avenue.

Sean Hogan will provide the music.

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It will be $20 to enjoy the mid-week evening concert.

Seen on a pickup: “Hug a logger, you’ll never go back to trees.”

The Spring Break Art Camp is on from April 9-10.

There is a lot planned for the event, including making mosaics, needle felting, acrylic painting, silk painting, clay or papermaking and fabric glue gun art.

There may even be time to get the bikes out.

It is for kids aged seven–11 and runs from 9–3 p.m. The camp costs $95 and prepayment required.

To register for the event at the Central Park Building, Studio 8, contact instructor Lori Knorr on 250847-9969.

At the library there is a Mother Goose Wrap-up Party. This is the group’s last get-together for the season. The entire Mother Goose crowd, from newborns to three-year-olds with their adults, are invited to a “come together” for cookies and visiting.

It happens on Thursday, March 26 from 10–11 a.m.

Interested in the results of the recent homeless count? A report will be released on Thursday, March 26 at the Old Church.

Presentations (both the same) will be held at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., with an open house running from 3:306:30 p.m.

A one-hour webinar entitled Is Your Workplace Prepared to Respond to Domestic Violence? will be hosted by Margaret MacPherson.

The same webinar will be offered on April 7 and April 14.

It is a 45 minute presentation and a 15 minute question and answer session.

Register for either date at http:// makeitourbusiness. com/content/webinarapril for no charge.

Domestic violence is not a private matter.

We all have a role to play.

People who should attend include administrators, supervisors, managers, human resources, personnel, health and safety represtatives, security staff, union leaders, labour represtentatives and business owners.

Spoke to a young fellow at Tim Horton’s. Liam Gallagher is from Washington and had just returned from a visit to Stewart.

He and some snowboarder friends were checking out the snow there for a snowboarder magazine.

He was on his way home but looked interested when told of the ski cross championships happening on the mountain.

I have his email and will check to see if he did stop to have a look.

Elder College will be coming back to NWCC in the fall.

They are looking for people who may be interested in presenting a course or who would like to attend a course or two.

Plans for possible courses include fly fishing, community radio, genealogy, financial advice, nutrition.

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Two Old Ladies at the Kitchen Table have a tour to Victoria planned for June 10– 18.

The days are packed with events including a dinner and theatre in Chemainus, seeing the famous Buchart Gardens, a tour of parliament buildings and lunch in the basement

cafeteria.

The total cost $1,375 including bus, ferry and motel costs, plus some meals and theatre tickets. There are three spaces left.

Contact Alice on 250-847-3139 or Nancy on 250847-2724 for more information on or before April 15.

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The spring is here and so are the birds

FOR THE BIRDS Brenda Mallory There now, don’t you feel better now that spring is here?

Even if the season had not arrived you can tell from the bird activity that it is time for all things spring-like.

Yesterday after I had groomed the new pooch I threw the hair on the ground. Right away a chickadee came along and scooped the hair and took off. Must have been nesting material or it had a real thing for an old sheltie dog.

Not only can you use animal hair be used for nesting but some birds will take bits of yarn or string.

When the swallows are back in full swing they like to have feathers for nesting material.

Having said that, I will have to get a younger person to go up a ladder to get the swallow boxes off the house so they can be cleaned. A mild bleach solution might help.

I know the squirrels are busy with family matters. I went to the outhouse this morning and some dirty beggar had taken my role of toilet paper. I was sure I had put it back under the flower pot. Maybe not.

Gray jays and blue jays in the northeast have already presented their young. They do nest quite early.

First report today of the mountain bluebirds in this region.

Also a few robins out and about. Just a few minutes ago I heard

a varied thrush in my forest.

Remember they do look a little like a robin. They have a grayish blue nape and an orange eyebrow. They make a single note call.

Great numbers of trumpeter swans and Canada geese in the Vanderhoof area I am told. I have seen a few geese coming over here as well as small flocks of swans.

Gray owls and others are now on nests. Not sure if eggs have been laid but it should be by the time you read this. One thing I do know is that the ravens are nesting.

My resident pair have not been here for food for a week or so. They don’t come around much once they have nesting stuff to do.

Male red-winged blackbirds in this area.

I just put out some peanut butter in a log feeder. Within seconds the pileated woodpecker was here packing big gobs off somewhere.

Lots of evening grosbeaks here today.

They do eat a lot of seed which means I will have to rake up all the discarded shells before the sparrows and other ground feeding birds come around. Already the juncos are here.

Redpolls in Dawson Creek. None here that I know of.

What should I be ready to see, I was asked by a Fort Nelson reader? Snow buntings will move through in March and early April.

Canada geese in April.

Tundra and trumpeter swans in April. Robinsearly April, Killdeer mid-April.

Redwinged blackbirds-late April along with the tree swallows.

Enjoy these early days of spring.

When you have time call me at 250846-5095 to tell me about the birds. You can email a note and pictures to mallory@ bulkley.net.

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One of over 30 students who competed in the annual Frenchspeaking competition Concours d’arts oratoire shares a speech she wrote with judges at Muheim Elementary Thursday night.

The competition has been organized for more than 25 years

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The many hours of care are greatly appreciated by local families and individuals.

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It has allowed many children and youth to attend many local winter sport programs.

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Elders share skills at pouch-making classes

By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News

A Wet’suwet’en elder handed down a cultural tradition to a diverse group of Smithers residents when she taught them how to make medicine pouches at the Northwest Community College last week.

Mabel Forsythe, an elder in residence at the college, guided about 25 people as they cut, bound and beaded medicine pouches made of moose and elk leather.

A Wet’suwet’en tradition, the pouches are made to carry an item that has meaning to its owner.

A gift from a special person or an object connected to an important place are among the items that might be kept inside.

Sometimes, only the person who owns the pouch is allowed to touch the items inside.

Tobacco, which symbolized good luck, was also traditionally carried inside medicine pouches.

“When you are picking

berries, lift the earth a little bit and put in the tobacco to thank the earth and berry bushes,” she said.

“Same as for when you take an animal, where you are going to skin it, lift the earth and put down some tobacco to thank it for giving its life so you can eat.”

She said a medicinal plant now known as Indian Hellbore root was sometimes kept in the leather pouch for good luck.

Leather-working kits with scissors and other tools handed down from relatives are also treasured.

Forsythe has a kit which is more than 100 years old and belonged to her mother, from whom she learnt to make and bead pouches, mukluks, moccasins and gloves.

Jeff Charlie, who also attended the workshop, brought a leather-working kit he made with carefullysewn embroidery to carry cherished tools given to him by family members.

NWCC First Nations access co-ordinator

Katie Humphrey said the workshop was held at the suggestion of elders.

“We had tea and we asked the elders what they would like to see happen at the college and this was one of the activities,” she said.

Humphrey keeps rocks from a meaningful place inside her medicine pouch.

She said the college was lucky to have the opportunity to learn from Forsythe as an elder in residence.

“She has so much skill and experience in working with leather,” said Humphrey.

“She has a wealth of knowledge that we are privileged to have access to.

“We can learn so much from our Elders.”

The college plans to hold more workshops, including a moccasin-making lesson, in the future.

For more information about upcoming workshops contact Humphrey at on 250-847-4461, ext. 5806, or email khumphrey@nwcc. bc.ca.

QUITTING NOW Joey Utz (right) of Smithers receives his $2,500 prize from Northern Health’s Cormac Hikisch at the Bulkley Valley and District Hospital for taking part in the B.C. Lung Association’s QuitNow campaign. Utz was one of two men from northern B.C. selected from over 850 men who took the Cold Turkey No More challenge to quit smoking for the first week of February. QuitNowMen.ca is specifically developed to help men quit.

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Smithers-based musician Alex Cuba will launch his new album, Healer, with a concert at the Della Herman Theatre on March 31.

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Cuba finds healing in musical freedom on new album

By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News

Alex Cuba’s island heritage has always been central to his identity as a musician.

More than just a namesake, Cuba is his birthplace and the source of the sound that has earned him three Latin Grammys and two Juno Awards for World Music.

But Cuba, whose real last name is Puentes, is also a Canadian.

For the past 12 years the artist has lived in Smithers, where he is raising three children with his wife Sarah Goodacre-Puentes.

Striking a balance between his Canadian home and his Cuban roots has always been complicated for the musician.

At times, the desire to stay true

to both homes has been limiting to his creativity.

But on his upcoming album, set for release on March 31, Cuba said he had broken free of those limitations.

“I went for years a little bit trapped into that, how do people see me and what people expect from me, how different I go with my music and the best I can say about it is I’ve done it and I feel proud of it,” he said.

“Now after I’ve done it, this album sees me healing myself from all that ... from all the thinking and arriving at a place where I’m now like to hell with it.

“It’s not that I’ve been lying, musically, it’s just that I’ve been thoughtful, thinking too much about what palette I should get my colours from.”

This “healing”, he said, was

behind the title of the new album.

The directional change Cuba is referring to relates in part to the pop sound of songs such as 1,2,3,4, the first single from the album.

It was originally written to offer to the Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin, who was looking for songs, but in the end Cuba decided to record it himself.

To test it out, he started playing the song around the house when he got back to Smithers. They liked it, and Sarah suggested recording a Spanish and English duet with David Myles.

The musician said although the song had a new sound, it was still unique to him.

“It is one of the most pop songs I’ve ever written,” he said.

“I have written other people, for other singers, but with me I look at

music in a different way.

“If I’m going to do something very poppy it has to also be unique so it sets me apart.”

The album also differs from others in that it was recorded in New York City.

Usually the musician, who sings in both Spanish and English, returns to Cuba to record certain instruments on each of his albums.

This time around, when he listened to the recording it was missing some of its usual Cuban sounds, he decided that was okay.

Nevertheless, he said the album still retains his original sound, and the sounds of his homeland.

“I didn’t have to travel back to my country in order to portray better who I am which is the way maybe some people see it,” he said.

“Funnily enough, I find this album, even though I didn’t go to

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Cuba, I find it very Cuban going back to my roots in a clever way.

“In a catchy, universal way.”

Despite some directional shifts, on the whole Healer maintains the smooth, delicate sounds that Cuba’s fans are accustomed to.

He said the title of Healer also referred to his relationship with his adopted home of Canada.

“This album finds me more centred, more at peace with myself, more confident of who I am and how to deliver to the country where I live, the country that has adopted me as a new child because I feel very Canadian,” he said.

“I feel comfortable here, I love this country.”

Alex Cuba plays an album launch show at the Della Herman Theatre at 7 p.m. on March 31.

Tickets are $20 from Mountain Eagle Books.

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Smithers Art Gallery members of all experience levels submitted 100 works to be displayed at the gallery and town hall as part of the Members’ Show.

The show is held every two years, and with 55 artists signing up, the available space was quickly filled up according to gallery manager Caroline Bastable.

The exhibit started last week and runs until April 25.

It has already proved popular with audiences.

“We’ve had a lot of people come through. People are really interested in seeing art work by people who they didn’t know actually did art at all,” said Bastable.

The variety of art includes paintings, but also fabric art, stained glass, ceramics, and plenty of woodwork.

“We’ve got a few pieces by people who are still in high school or just out of high school, right up to people who are retired and who are doing painting now as a hobby, and everybody in between.

“There are people who

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are more or less professional painters; there are people who are very amateur and who have only just started painting, and that’s the great thing: everybody gets the chance to have two pieces,” said Bastable, who pointed out that the number of pieces

allowed to be submitted had to be brought down from three because of the influx of local artists who wanted to show off their talents with the brush or saw.

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Closure could aid campaign for new arena

By Alicia Bridges Hazeltons/Interior News

SHARING TRADITION Hazelton artist Roy Henry Vickers was reluctant to put the oral traditions of the Tsimshian Nation in print until he realized its power to reach a wider audience. The books, which he wrote in partnership with Victoria-based Robert Budd, are now attracting recognition. Cloudwalker has been shortlisted for an award at the 31st Annual B.C. Book Prizes in April. Story, page A26.

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The sudden closure of the Hazelton ice arena this month could help fast-track the campaign to build a new one, according to the president of the organization charged with making it happen.

Upper Skeena Recreation Centre (USRC) Owners’ Committee president Peter Newbery said losing the 44-year-old Ken Trombley Memorial Arena, which was shut indefinitely for safety reasons on March 12, would add a sense of urgency to the campaign to build a new recreation centre.

“It will certainly add a level of urgency to finding a way to replace the old building and I’m hoping that it will lead people locally to recognize how important this service or this resource is in the community and come forward with contributions,” he said.

“I’m hoping that it will also underline for the federal and

provincial governments the role that they have in providing this kind of infrastructure support for small communities.”

The USRC committee has been fundraising to build a new arena since a Structural Condition Report, commissioned in 2007, recommended the existing building be decommissioned within three to five years.

The committee has already secured $4 million of the $12 million it needs for the project, which consists of a new ice arena and a recreation centre.

The latter would be built on the site of the Trombley arena, using some aspects of the existing infrastructure to build a facility for yearround recreation.

An indoor soccer arena and walking track for elders are some of the concepts slated for the site.

The arena was still being used until an engineer found a loose beam in the roof which was at risk of falling on the ice.

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The Village of Hazelton council adopted its first new Official Community Plan since 1997 after a public hearing last week.

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Hazelton adopts new official community plan for land-use

By Alicia Bridges Hazeltons/Interior News

The Village of Hazelton adopted its first new Official Community Plan since 1997 at its March council meeting last Tuesday.

The official planning document, which outlines policies to guide land use decisions, was voted in without opposition after a public hearing at the Riverboat Building in Hazelton.

The plan had been under review for two years since it was identified as a council priority in 2013.

Although only a handful of people attended last week’s public hearing, Mayor Alice Maitland said the Village had already consulted the community at two information sessions last year.

Open house meetings were held at Northwest Community College in September and at the Anglican Church Hall in November.

“We had a very good turnout at two public information meetings and lots of discussion and generally addressed all the things that were topical,” said Maitland.

The OCP was also informed by a “local survey

and inventory”, including a questionnaire conducted in July.

Village consulting planner Zeno Krekic said the village had been transparent throughout the process.

“It kind of says that we did a good job because if we didn’t shine a light on the project then

social impacts of the economic downturn and the declining forest industry as reasons to focus on building a more sustainable economy.

It says the village is currently relying on health and education institutes to provide essential services and employment to buoy the local economy.

“We had a very good turnout at two public information meetings,” -Mayor Alice Maitland Village of Hazelton we would have 17, 18, 19 people wanting to know what we were doing,” he said.

Krekic said the new OCP had simplified land-use categories.

Maitland added that council had not made any drastic changes to the new OCP because the 1997 document was still relevant.

Policies outlined in the OCP include protecting Hazelton from the impacts of a boom and bust cycle by approaching the resources industry with caution.

Sustainable development is also a prominent theme throughout the document.

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Other goals outlined in the OCP include advocating for the new Upper Skeena Recreation Centre, a facility whose management would be shared with other communities in the Hazeltons.

The new arena and recreation centre would replace the 44-year-old Ken Trombley Memorial Arena, which was closed suddenly for safety reasons last week.

The OCP also lists a second road crossing and a separate foot bridge over the Bulkley River as priorities.

One of its goals is to “recognize local needs and changes to socio-economic attitudes”.

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Breaking tradition to share ancient stories

By Alicia Bridges Hazeltons/Interior News

For a long time, Roy Henry Vickers resisted the idea of putting down on paper the traditional stories passed down to him as a child.

For the Tsimshian storyteller, who is renowned across Canada for his work as a painter, the stories were oral traditions that should be bound in hearts and minds but not books.

“I was more than reluctant, I was just adamant that I’m a storyteller, these stories are not meant to be written in books,” he said.

“They are meant to be told by mouth to people.”

But his reservations were eventually overcome by a desire to extend the reach of the powerful messages of those stories, which speak of stewardship and respect for the land.

In partnership with his friend and archivist Robert “Lucky” Budd, the Hazelton-based artist has now published three books.

Raven Brings the Light, Cloudwalker and Orca Chief pair Vickers’ traditional stories with his paintings, which depict scenes from northern B.C. in his bold artistic style.

One of them, Cloudwalker, has been shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award at the upcoming 31st Annual B.C. Book Prizes.

“The story is about a young man who winds up being carried above the clouds by a flock of swans and then they drop him on the clouds and he walks the clouds looking for a way down,” said Vickers.

“He finds a bentbox full of water and he realizes as a hunter and a fisherman that he needs this water so he carries the water with him and when he gets tired and falls he spills some of the water out and then he picks it up and after resting for a while continues on his way.

“The places where he spilt the water became the headwaters of the Nass, the Skeena and the Stikine Rivers.”

Before the story was published, Vickers had already told it to thousands of people.

Growing up in a culture of oral tradition, stories were a big part of his childhood, but the artist only realized he had the gift of storytelling after a powerful experience with an eagle.

“I whistled to this eagle that was flying overhead and the eagle turned very sharply on a hard bank like an aeroplane and as it did it dropped a feather,” he said.

“After some jockeying around with my boat on the ocean I got under the feather and it landed on my chest.

“A few days later in my evening time I’m asking ‘why is this feather given to me like this’?”

When the answer came, it was clear.

“Feathers are used in talking circles and it’s time for you to speak,” he said.

When he spoke to The Interior News last week, Vickers had just told the story from his new book, Orca Chief, to a crowd of more than 100 at his gallery in Tofino.

He said despite his initial reluctance to publish the stories in print, the message needed to reach a wider audience now more than ever.

“I go to the west coast of some of the islands where I spent my time as a child gathering wood with my grandfather,” he said.

“You go there now and there’s broken old pieces of styrofoam and plastic bottles and plastic ropes.

“It’s unbelievable what people throw into the ocean.

“This is another reason why I’ve agreed to have it put into a book ... the message is more important today that the world hears it than it was when I was a child.”

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Plans revisited due to site problems From ARENA on A24 Although Newbery said the sudden closure of the arena could help the campaign, it has also forced the USRC committee to revisit its designs for the recreation building.

The same engineering inspection that led to the evacuation this month identified problems with the foundations of the Trombley site, including water under the foundations and the fact that some of the building is on clay.

“Basically it becomes economically prohibitive to do anything with that site in its present form, it would have to be reworked for a recreational site.”

With an $8-million funding application looming, Newbery met with an architect in Vancouver last week to discuss new plans.

Although the committee wasn’t expecting to be dealing with changes to the design at this late stage, the USRC committee president said the application for gas tax funding would be ready

before the April 15 deadline.

“The building is absolutely necessary and we will have something for the application,” said Newbery.

“It may not be worked out in as much detail as we would like but we will get as much detail in there and commit to the rest.

“The community needs to know that we are determined to see this through and we’re determined that the facility that is produced will be a year-round facility in some way to serve the community.”

Personally, Newbery believes the Ken Trombley arena, which was built by volunteers in the 1970s, should be celebrated for its service to the community.

“It represents an incredible strength of volunteerism and community dedication in this community that was present about 40 years ago,” he said.

“There are some wonderful stories about that old building and I think we need to find a way to celebrate it and its contribution to the community.

“We can’t simply walk away from the old building,

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Young Hazelton Skating Club members celebrate their achievements outside the closed arena this month.

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I know it has a kind of a quirky character and in some ways became emblematic of the can-do spirit of this community.”

Skeena Ice Arena Association president Vivienne Spooner said the arena had just been starting to experience financial growth and increased club memberships when it had to be closed.

“We were very, very happy that we had so many different

events that were going to happen this summer too,” she said.

“It is too, too bad.

“There were just so many things that were going in a positive direction.”

She hoped a solution could be found before the clubs started to lose momentum.

Spooner said the committee was taking action behind the scenes to prepare for its next meeting on April 8.

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Thirty-one racers competed in this year’s National Ski Cross Championships at Hudson Bay Mountain last week. The three-day competition, which was originally slated to take place at Tabor Mountain in Prince George, was moved to Smithers due to poor weather conditions. It is being hailed a success by athletes.

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After only six days notice, the Smithers Ski and Snowboard Club, along with countless volunteers, managed to pull off one of the most successful National Ski Cross Championships that coaches and athletes said they had been a part of.

“The event went really well, we had lots of support from local volunteers and local sponsorship,” said Gary Huxtable, co-chair of the event.

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coaches, athletes the out-of-town volunteers, it was one of the best Canadian national finals that they’ve ever had.”

The first day of racing kicked off on Tuesday and consisted of qualifiers and FIS races for 25 male racers and six female racers.

On day two, after two nailbiting races, Cranbrook’s India Sherret and Ontario’s Kevin Drury took home the junior ski cross championship titles.

“I messed up at the end and [Abby McEwen] caught up to me near the finish, but I still had just enough of a lead to hold her off.

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“I’m pretty pumped, it’s been a tough season for me. We’re all pretty fast on the World Cup. So anytime you beat these boys, it’s a good day,” said Del Bosco.

“Brady was set up inside of me in the inside gate and he got a good start out front. I knew if I just stayed on him, there were some opportunities down here at the bottom. If I could set the right amount of draft to get pulled into the finish and it just worked out that way and I snuck around him.

“They did a great job and it was super great to have all the kids out there yelling. I’m glad that we could be a part of that and bring

the nationals here. Hopefully it’s just the first of many.”

Jason Oliemans, who was the only local athlete to compete in nationals, did not find the podium but found the experience of racing with national athletes more rewarding.

“I’d say I learned a lot, just having so many really experienced athletes up here in Smithers and having a bigger course built up, lots of people to race and going up on the lift with the national team members and picking up little tips here and there. It was quite the experience,” said Oliemans.

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Photos top, clockwise: Former Philadelphia Flyer Joe Watson snaps a photo with locals Isaiah, Kai and Glenn Mcleod. A fan shows off his autographed photo. Students from Muheim Elementary School meet Waton up-close and personal.

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Thousands of people lined up outside the new arena for the rare opportunity to take a photo and touch Lord Stanley’s Cup during its firstever appearance in Smithers last Tuesday.

For hours, Joe Watson, who won the Cup in 1973-74 and 1974-75 playing with the Broadstreet Bully Philadelphia Flyers, signed autographs and took photos with locals alongside the coveted Stanley Cup. “There’s nothing like it in the world. It’s the most renowned trophy in the world and to have it up in Smithers, it’s very gratifying for myself and I think all the people,” he said. “People treasure the Cup, it’s like magic.”

And like magic it was for many parents who brought their children to see the chalice.

“It was awesome, they had a nice set up with all the memorabilia for him,” said Dave Aslin, who brought his 10-year-old daughter Kiera to see the Cup for the first time.

“It was unreal, and to have that here with her [my daughter], it was exciting.”

For Jim Britton, seeing the Cup up close and meeting Watson brought back fond childhood memories.

“When I was a kid, I played in the Watson’s hockey camp that they used to do [in Smithers] in the summer, so it was fun to see him again and it was fun to see my son enjoy it so much,” said Britton.

He said his nine-yearold son Miguel specifically asked the family to postpone a vacation for the chance to touch the Cup. “We had a vacation planned, but he asked that they delay the vacation so he could see the Stanley Cup. That’s how important it was for him,” said Britton.

And it paid off.

Watson also let Miguel, a Flyers fan, try on his championship ring.

“It was cool,” said Miguel.

“He’s a good hockey player.”

Some classes at Muheim Elementary School were allowed to skip class to see the chalice.

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Brookes enjoyed seeing it in person, rather than on TV. “I’ve seen it before on TV. I wondered how many teams have won it,” said Brookes.

According to Kent Delwisch, co-chair of the Smithers Celebrity Golf Tournament, between 1,500 to 2,000 people showed up for the event.

“I can’t believe how many people came out. We weren’t expecting these kinds of numbers,” said Delwisch, noting that Watson signed 1,100 autographs alone.

“It was really nice to see this many kids come out. I think every kid in Smithers is here today,” he laughed.

“That’s what it’s all about.

You see their eyes light up when they see the Cup. Kids are hugging it and kissing it.

That’s something that all kids in Canada someday aspire to lift above their head.”

The Cup was in town to kick off this year’s Smithers Celebrity Golf Tournament in August. During the Cup’s visit, organizers raised roughly $10,000 which will go towards the Bulkley Valley Health Care and Hospital Foundation.

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“I’d say I learned a lot, just having so many experienced athletes up here in the Smithers and having a bigger course built up . . . and going up on the lift with the national team members,” he said.

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Club hopes to host future events From CLUB on Front Most racers agreed, the track was well put together (Hudson Bay Mountain brought in a driver from Tabor Mountain in Prince George to help set it), but more challenging than what they normally compete on.

“Just the turns were pretty tough here, you had to do them well to carry your speed throughout the rest of the course,” said Leman.

“It’s nice that it works well for all the

different ability levels out here so that was cool, it was fun for us.”

The club was also awarded the race organizing committee of the year by Alpine Canada Ski Cross. “[The award] says that we’re able to put things together in a short period of time and everything was successful. We’re hoping that this bodes well for the future and that we can hold NorAm-level races or Canadian national final races here again in the future,” said Huxtable.

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Les and Chris Yates bought the somewhat dilapidated farm in 1993 and moved onto it 1998 with their youngest son Ian who finished high school in Smithers.

Like Eric Lemieux, they had the will and the dream but not much farming experience.

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“Because we are selling directly to customers we do everything we can to make sure they’re happy with the product and the farm it came from,” says Les. “We’re a birth to slaughter operation and we’re trying to do it as sustainably as possible.”

After fully retiring last year from off-farm jobs, they decided to get with the times and invest in a website to help market the beef. The result was good so they had Spark Design in Smithers update and renovate the website this winter. “It’s becoming a necessity to be online as more people are looking for 100% grass finished beef but don’t know where to find it. And it’s a great way to connect with people, to explain what you’re doing and why and to get feedback on your efforts,” says Les. Anyone interested in knowing more about Lemieux Creek Ranch and what’s on offer can read all about it at www. lemieuxcreekranch.com or call 846-5138.

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Notice of Memorial/Celebration of Life in Honour of Rocky (Bernard) Rokstad March 20, 1924 – February 16, 2015

Rocky was born in Tromso, Norway moving to the City of Vancouver, B.C. with his parents Halfdan and Anna at three years of age. His family later moved to property on Otter Road, Aldergrove where he attended school at the South Otter School. Rocky was born with music in his blood, at a young age he would visit neighbours and listened to music on the radio, returning home to practice playing the harmonica and later the accordion, he eventually played up to seven instruments. The band leader with his first professional musician’s job bought him a Hohner piano style accordion. Rocky was a proficient musician who developed his own unique accordion style, he later formed a band called Rocky’s Rhythm Ramblers. This band played for many of the numerous small hall dances in the Fraser Valley and later in communities throughout B.C. where he lived.

Rocky had an adventurous spirit. As a teenager he worked as a deckhand on a fishing trawler where he travelled from Vancouver to the QC Islands, he later tried his hand as a logger on Vancouver Island. He landed a job with the Boundary Commission surveying the International boundary between Canada and the US. He travelled to Alaska aboard the ocean liner SS Princess Louise, playing in the lounge along the way. His stint in Alaska was spent in Haines where he played in the local music hall.

Upon returning to Aldergrove, Rocky met the love of his life, Lillian, they married in 1948. Their 61 years together brought many life adventures in the Cariboo area of B.C. where most of their nine children were born. They made their way up the Fraser Canyon where Rocky worked as a construction worker building the railway tunnels. Once in the Cariboo, Rocky logged with horses and ran a small sawmill for many years until he began his career as a faller with BC Hydro survey department falling “right of way” on most major transmission lines in B.C. as well as constructing some of the hydro stations. When you look at seemingly impossible sites for transmission power lines Rocky has traversed most of them multiple times. Hydro re-located him to Smithers where his family lived for many years while Rocky continued to work around B.C. Rocky was blessed with a long healthy life and clear mind, passing one month short of his 91st birthday. Predeceased by his wife Lillian, April 2010, Rocky is survived by his family Barb (Wilf), Gloria (Randy), Donna (Tom), Bernie (Jeanne), Vicky, Sherry (Rob), Colleen (Stubbs), Chuck (Lori) and Bonnie (Rick), 19 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at the Clinton Community Hall on April 4, 2015 at 2 p.m. followed by an afternoon gathering and later a Celebration of Life to include both live and recorded music as a fitting family tribute to Rocky in honor of his love of music. For further information please visit the Facebook event “Rocky’s Celebration of Life.”

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by Keith Morgan Ride and Drive is at The new incentive allows the only entrance purchasers of a qualifying new at Thurlow. You can try out one of electric vehicle, who scrap their 2000 or 14 green vehicles from hybrids to older vehicle, to receive a $3,000 rebate. This pure electrics and see what makes program is separate from the BC Government’s them tick.” eco-car incentive scheme, the details of which Inside a wide array of green vehicles will be announced at next week’s show. are parked on Electric Avenue. But “This is a fantastic program whose ultimate there’s lots more to feast your eyes upon this goal is to remove older high polluting vehicles year. from our roads,” said SCRAP-IT Program CEO “Anyone can add space to a show but we feel Dennis Rogoza. “Vehicles model 2000 or older we have filled it with new content to deliver emit up to 60 times more emissions than later a much more rounded experience. The show models and electric vehicles have even much is about new cars but it has to entertain, be lower emissions.” exciting and make you wanting more year Qualifying electric vehicles are listed on the after year.”

SCRAP-IT.ca website. As part of this program’s The Super Cars and Exotics are back. On launch, SCRAP-IT has supplied a contest prize opening night, there will be super cars valued car in the shape of a new all-electric Nissan at $15 million on the plaza. Every kid will LEAF (see Plug-in to Win contest details right). want to eyeball the 100 per cent electric Big The LEAF will be on display at the SCRAP-IT Foot Monster Truck. There are also some sharp auto show booth in the Vancouver Convention looking concepts, such as the Cadillac Elmiraj Centre West (March 24-29). (pictured above).

While eco-cars aren’t the central theme this

This year’s showstopper could well be a 1963 Lincoln Convertible, supplied by Abbotsford’s 360 Fabrication, which is now applying the final touches to the $1 million dollar restoration (pictured above).

Heard is excited about a new display called Car Culture, which focuses on the vehicles and the lifestyles that drive them. Feature vehicles are displayed in themed settings, featuring accessories and backdrops.

Classic Alley offers a stroll back through time while Hollywood North pays tribute to the cars we see on movie sets around town. Just a sample of what’s up at the show. The rest of our Driveway crew (drivewaybc.ca) looks new cars on display at keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

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Driveway’s Alexandra Straub will pilot an all-electric Nissan LEAF in the annual AJAC Eco-Run next week.

The all-electric sedan, which is also the prize car provided by the Scrap-It program for our Plug-In to Win contest, will glide silently from the Vancouver International Auto Show in downtown Vancouver next Wednesday.

The route, devised by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, will then take the participating 19 eco-friendly vehicles to Victoria via the Nanaimo ferry. On Thursday, the vehicles will be put through their paces on a handling course in Langford to see how versatile they are.

The EcoRun concludes that evening in Vancouver.

In addition to pure electric vehicles, the Eco-Run

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There’s no limit to the size of vehicle showcased, as they range from subcompacts to pickup trucks.

The participants include the 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell, 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel, 2015 Kia Soul EV, 2015 Ford Focus 1.0-litre, 2015 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid and the 2015 Chevy Volt.

The purpose of the event is to inform consumers of these alternative options. These new vehicles are driven in real-world road conditions in order to fully test for fuel efficiency and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.

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By Kendra Wong Smithers/Interior News

Travis Pete and Hamish Woods closed out an excellent season at the 2015 Haywood Ski Nationals in Thunder Bay, Ontario last weekend.

During his first appearance at nationals, Pete competed in the 1.3-kilometre sprint, as well as the 7.5-km classic and 5-km free where he finished in the top 15 in his age category in both races.

On Saturday, Pete also competed in the 10-km free where he finished 14th of 75 racers, one of the best results he had all weekend.

“My performance was really good,” said the 16-year-old, adding that he was able to keep a steady pace throughout most of the race.

According to Alex Woods, head coach of the senior boys’ team with the Bulkley Valley Nordics, the final race was by far the most challenging.

“It was a really challenging race and there were broken skis and broken poles and Travis made it through all of that,” said Woods, noting that on the first lap of the race there were three broken skis and four broken poles.

By the end, Pete said the long distance was the most difficult.

“The ending was really challenging, by the end my legs were screaming,” he said.

“I knew it was my last race. There was a person ahead of me, and he came up behind me and I stuck with him until the end.”

Hamish Woods, 16, made his second appearance at nationals after competing in Whistler two years ago.

He raced in the 7.5km where he finished seventh in his age category.

“I was really happy with it, I think I did pretty well.

“I had really good coaching this year, my skis were well prepared and just having sup-

port from the club to get us over here was a big help,” said Woods.

The team had a couple of bake sales to help fundraise for their trip.

On the third day of competition, Hamish said he was able to re-

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The Interior News

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

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Public Notice

Lancaster, Tweedie return from biathlon nationals with medals

By Kendra Wong Smithers/Interior News

Callie Lancaster and Angus Tweedie can call themselves some of the best biathletes in Canada after bringing home a handful of medals from the Canadian/ North American Biathlon Championships in Alberta two weeks ago.

Roughly 165 racers battled warm weather conditions in Hinton, Alberta that most cross-country skiers are not used to competing it.

“It was very warm so the skiing was slow because it was hard to wax for,” said Tweedie, who made his third appearance at nationals.

“Being from the North, I’m not used to that.”

In the afternoon, temperatures warmed up to seven degrees Celcius, turning the snow into slush for the masters races.

“The snow, as you can imagine, was more like slush,” laughed Lancaster.

“Those don’t sound like long distances, but the slushy conditions made it feel like you’re doing double-time because it’s a lot of work.”

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Smithers’ Callie Lancaster crosses the finish line during the Canadian National Biathlon Championships in Hinton, Alberta in March.

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Despite the conditions, Lancaster, who was the only masters woman from B.C. to compete at nationals, brought home three medals — gold in her individual race, bronze for the 6-kilometre sprint race and silver in the 7.5km pursuit race.

“We were really happy about that.

We went there and competed and did well,” said Lancaster, who made her first appearance at nationals.

But it was Lancaster’s silvermedal pursuit race where she was pitted

against a familiar competitor that made for an exciting finish.

She went neck and neck with Team Alberta competitor Julia Keenliside, who she raced during nationals in Prince George last year.

“I was right behind her, we were in the range at the same time every time,” said Lancaster. “It was just on the last lap, I took a little bit longer in my shooting and she got one penalty lap ahead of me and I couldn’t catch her in the slusher.”

“It’s just that little bit of extra time [on

the range]. It’s about one target that can make or break a gold or silver and that’s what’s exciting about it,” she said.

After the close race, Lancaster tweaked her strategy going into the individual race the next day.

“I was going to be as fast and efficient as I could in the range and I was,” she said.

“I knew I was skiing well on the course and that’s what I did and it paid off and I got gold.”

Angus Tweedie also picked up bronze in the youth relay.

“I was the starter

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Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition AGM Tuesday, April 7, 5 p.m. at SWCC office, 1535 Omineca St., Old Hazelton. All welcome.

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Rodeo Dance Saturday, April 11, 9 p.m. at Evelyn Hall. Live Country Band, snack at midnight.

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Smithers Film Series Wild Tales Sunday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. at the Roi Theatre. An anthology of six stories.

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for my team and it was pretty much a rat race to get to the range,” said Tweedie, noting that the senior, junior and youth men’s groups all started at the same time.

“I hit three targets right off the bat and I used two of my three spares to clean my target. Then I came back in from my standing and hit all five right away.”

Though Tweedie performed well on the range, he hopes to continue working on his skiing for next season.

“I’m going to be increasing my ski speed and work on my shooting a lot more,” he said.

In total, Team B.C. walked away with eight gold medals, four silver medals and four bronze medals.

The championships mark the end of the season for Lancaster and Tweedie.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

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Olympic Otters find podium in Terrace meet

By Kendra Wong Smithers/Interior News

Five swimmers from the Olympic Otters team returned from their first out-of-town competition in Terrace with seven first place ribbons earlier this month.

“The meet went really well for us . . . It was the first time that they were competing with peers,” said head coach Gale Jones, adding that they normally swim with the Otters.

“It was an awesome experience.”

Leona Barengredt walked away with an impressive four first place finishes and one second place finish.

“She did well in all of her strokes. She did breast, back and frees and she placed in all those events,” said Jones.

“Overall she did well, she had a good day.”

Brooke Karrer finished with three first place finishes and two second place finishes.

Jesse Clegg finished with two second and third place finishes, while Torben Schuffert snagged one first place finish and another third.

Madison Zacharias picked up two third place finishes.

Jones noted that they have been getting ready for swim meets.

“They had good starts, they had good turns, their strokes were good and strong,” said Jones.

But she noted the swimmers did have trouble adjusting to Terrace’s pool at first.

The Bulkley Valley Regional Pool’s gutters are on the deck, where swimmers normally practice. But in Terrace, the deck is about three to four inches higher than their water level because the gutters are under the deck.

“That threw us for a loop a little bit when we first got there. It’s totally different diving four inches lower than you’re used to,” said Jones.

Jones also hopes to work with teams in surrounding areas to

host future swim meets.

Next year is the qual-

ifying year in regions for the Special Olym-

pics summer program.

“We’re really hoping to

host regional qualifications here in Smithers

next year,” said Gail.

The Olympic Otters’

season run from September until June.

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