The Northern View, July 22, 2015

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Mayor outlines city’s Airport Master Plan

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL

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It might soon be possible to step off an inbound airplane from Calgary at Prince Rupert Airport and, minutes later, hop on a seaplane to reach Haida Gwaii..

That’s just onee of many scenarioss that the City off Prince Rupert’ss ambitious Airportt Master Plan would d enable through h creating one linked d transportation hub..

Plans for a comprehensive - Mayor Lee Brain revamp of thee entire Digby Island d airport site were revealed earlier this month when Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain offered details on the new plan, which is being developed in part with the provincial and federal governments and WSP Canada, the contractor awarded with developing the mapping and logistics of the plan.

“I envision ... every 30 minutes or every hour the ferry is coming back and forth.”

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Prince Rupert’s Navneet Nanan, third from left in the top row, stands proudly as Miss Northern B.C. 2015. Nanan is the first Prince Rupert entry into the pageant. For more on this story, see Page A10.

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way, said Northern Health northwest medical director Dr. Geoff Appleton last week.

A movement to open a cataract eye surgery centre in Prince Rupert, where more advanced eye operations take place, has been brewing in the medical minds of the North Coast city thanks to an 18-month wait for a routine eye appointment with Terrace ophthalmologist Dr. Thomas Nagy.

The wait times have recently been compounded by a leave of absence due to personal reasons from Dr. Nagy earlier this year and it’s expected that he will arrive back full-time at the Terrace location at the start of September. “[Dr. Nagy] sees people a lot faster than that if it’s urgent of course and the actual wait time for cataract surgery is only about three or four

“We’re going to beef up our services.”

-Dr. Geoff Appleton months once the decision has been made to go to surgery,” said Dr. Appleton.

“But because of that there was some concern that things might get worse. Dr. Nagy did bring in some locums here in Terrace that have helped out and will continue to help out.”

Terrace is the nearest centre for eye surgery for Prince Rupert residents, but a movement to open up a cataract surgery centre within Prince Rupert has been informally developed within optometrists and medical professionals in town.

“The [Prince Rupert Regional] Hospital needs $280,000 for cataract surgery equipment,” said Dr. Michael Barlow of Kaien Island Optometry.

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“If they don’t get a cataract surgery centre up here, the ophthalmologists don’t come [to work in Prince Rupert] because they’re true surgeons,” said Barlow, adding Drs. David, Michael and Andrea Butler make up the three locums that are filling in on a part-time basis for Dr. Nagy in Terrace while flying in from Vancouver.

Dr. Michael Butler saw 37 patients on July 4 at Kaien Island Optometry in a recent visit.

Rough estimates for the number of people requiring an ophthalmologist’s surgery services in Prince Rupert range from 70 to 80 per year, said Barlow.

But Terrace’s medical professionals have plans to relieve that strain by adding a second full-time resident ophthalmologist in Terrace next year.

“We’ve decided that we’re going to be looking at getting a second ophthalmologist here and that wasn’t known until fairly recently, so we’re going to beef up our service,” said Dr. Appleton.

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Wait-time Airport businesses part of plan currently at 18 months AIRPORT from Page A1 While a funding model has not been developed and is largely predicated on the final investment decisions of a number of industrial projects planned for the Prince Rupert area, chiefly in the LNG industry, the plan would address a plethora of issues at the current airport.

The 20-year forecast includes looking at things such as runway length, taxiways, apron, air terminal buildings for restaurants and businesses, hangars, seaplane water landing strips, helicopter landing pads, vehicle parking, air navigation facilities, utilities and services, airport maintenance hangars, fire support, a cargo business centre, noise management, environmental planning, airport security and airport access.

“In the immediate [term] we need to have the plan done basically by late fall, so in the fourth quarter. It’s an aggressive timeline. Usually you get more time to do master plans, but this is all depending on if LNG goes through, then we would have to get that sorted out a lot sooner than later,” said Mayor Brain last week, adding that actual construction of the site wouldn’t begin until later in 2016 should a funding model be approved.

Streamlining a more frequent ferry schedule for more frequent flights is one of the items on the plan and it’s part of a longer-term access point proposal.

“One of the things the province is working on now ... is building road

Cataracts from Page A1 “Terrace has the regional cataract surgery facility within our hospital.

It’s our own standalone facility and with two ophthalmologists coming on board, the wait times would be much less ... It won’t be this year but we’ll soon have a much-improved service here in Terrace because we obviously see all the Rupert and Smithers and Kitimat regional patients.”

For the community in Prince Rupert to formally request the cataract surgery centre within its own city, Prince Rupert administrators must submit a request for an impact analysis to be performed on the need for the services.

“When setting up a new service you’ve got to look at the costs involved - equipment, nursing, anesthesia - this kind of stuff before you can implement [the surgery centre] because sometimes the costs are significant. You’d have to look at [if it’s] needed if you’ve got an adequate service in another facility,” said Dr. Appleton.

“We haven’t been formally asked to do that.”

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Mayor Lee Brain would like to see more frequent trips from the Digby Island Ferry to the airport.

connectivity to Digby Island, but also around up towards Lax Kw’alaams and across to Metlakatla with a bridge to the airport. That’s something that’s a ... longer term vision, [but] in the immediate, the master plan is basically going to address how frequently the ferries are going to have to come. If we get more flights per day ... we’re going to need a ferry that can come to and from Rupert on a very regular schedule.

So, rather than people waiting for a bus, they can drive on a ferry themselves or walk on – kind of how the Ketchikan

system works ... I envision something like every 30 minutes or every hour, a ferry is coming back and forth, but that’s something for the master plan to figure out,” said Brain.

“We want to be able to enable business at the airport too. So, right now it’s really hard for a business to operate at the airport because there’s only two ferries per day and there’s only two amounts of traffic per day, whereas if there was a regular flight schedule and a regular ferry system going on, then business would be more viable.”

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Tsimshian form environmental monitoring body

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Five Tsimshian bands have come together to ensure the environment of their traditional territory is protected in the face of increasing industrial development proposals.

The Metlakatla, Gitxaala, Gitga’at, Kitselas and Kitsumkalum bands announced earlier this month the formation of the Tsimshian Environmental Stewardship Authority (TESA), which is designed to provide a way for all of the Nations to address common environmental stewardship issues such as project development proposals and cumulative impact considerations. TESA will help establish baseline monitoring programs, provide information to the communities about project impacts and potential mitigation measures, develop conditions to address environmental concerns for proposed projects in the territory, support the engagement of First Nations in the environmental assessment process and maintain a regional forum to discuss projects and mitigation measures.

“By coming together, we, as Tsimshian people, will speak with a stronger voice on all major projects and their cumulative impacts,” said Metlakatla Chief Harold Leighton.

“Bak Laansk – working together – is at the core of our Tsimshian culture. With the Tsimshian Environmental Stewardship Authority, we are working together to protect our most important resource: our environment,” added Gitxaala Chief Clarence Innis.

At the time of establishment, TESA did not include the Lax Kw’alaams band. However, the group did not rule out including Lax Kw’alaams as part of TESA in the future.

The company planning to build a new subdivision in Port Edward cleared its first hurdle on Tuesday night as council passed the first and second reading of a bylaw to rezone a large parcel of land from single family residential to multifamily residential.

But before construction starts on the land located behind current housing on Evergreen Drive, Alture Properties executive vice-president Stephen Duke recognizes there is still much work to be done.

“This is first and second reading, so we still have an open house that is being planned for Aug. 10, though that is subject to change. That is when we will provide some additional details about what it is we are wanting to build,” he said following the meeting.

“Once we get the rezoning we get the chance to finish off the plan in terms of how many bedrooms, what the parking will

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“How many are going to be there, I don’t know yet.”

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That then goes into another submission for a development permit, which would go through the same process as the rezoning.”

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either townhouse and/or condominiums on the land, but work is still underway to determine exactly what that will look like in terms of population and density.

“How many are going to be there, I don’t know yet. We’re afforded a number of units based on the acreage and that actually allows us to build quite a few units,” he said, noting the area could create great opportunity for residents.

“The topography of the property rises to the back, so some will have a very nice view.”

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who is the incident commander for the fire, and he activated an emergency operations centre that included myself, staff and council.

This was a good test of our plan given that myself and the mayor were away. Generally when you do tabletop planning, you include this type of scenario.�

The blaze started at approximately 5:50 p.m. and suppression efforts included a number of water bombers and B.C. Wildfire Service personnel.

In addition to out of town help, Mayor Dave MacDonald said the response from those who call the North Coast home was key to managing the situation. “I want to thank council and our fire crew, but also the City of Prince Rupert had their fire crew on the scene as well and they all worked well together. They did an excellent job. Nobody was hurt, no residences were lost and, as far as I am concerned, they did a great job,� he said, noting an investigation into the cause of the blaze is ongoing.

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July 22, 2015• Northern View • A5

Heart of our City

Championing seniors’ causes in Rupert From home health care to multi-sport events, it’s never a dull moment for Marion Weir

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Communication is most certainly one of Marion Weir’s strong points.

It’s the reason why she’s taken on the positions of not only the president of the Prince Rupert Seniors’ Centre, but the president of Zone 10 of the BC Seniors Games, as well as having a seat on the boards of Better at Home and the Integration Hospital Board.

The busy Rupertite hadn’t actively sought out each role, but her ability to speak for others when they have a tough time of being heard has enabled her to get along as an ambassador of seniors’ causes in Prince Rupert, often as a natural leader.

“I like people,” she said last week at the Seniors’ Centre, just before a game of cards would break out that morning at the facility.

“I can talk to anybody. My grandkids used to say to me, ‘What’s that person’s name, Grandma?’ And I’d say John or Peter or Bill. I didn’t know them but I had talked to them.”

Weir was born in Swan River Valley, Manitoba and developed a strong work ethic right off the bat, growing up on a farm.

“You could never tell your parents you were bored because they always had another job for you,” she said.

“We had everything – cows, horses, pigs, goats, chickens, turkeys, geese – and a big garden.”

From there, Weir’s prairie and west coast adventure began.

After meeting her husband, Weir lived in Saskatoon and moved to B.C. in 1973.

There, the family reached places such as Dawson Creek, Mission, Houston, Prince Rupert and Fort St. James.

“We had gone through all of B.C. and [my husband] said ‘I want to go back to Rupert because that’s where good friends are’. So we came back to Rupert in ‘91 and I’ve been here ever since,” she said.

Within her role as president of the Seniors’ Centre, Weir encourages the

senior community of the city to visit and return if they like it.

“I come here everyday and I do something pretty well everyday. I make a pot of soup on Monday and get ready to play cards. Tuesday is my free day.

Wednesday, I work in the kitchen and call Bingo, Thursday I get ready for cards and Friday I normally call Bingo,” said Weir.

The president also organizes inhouse raffles, pancake breakfasts and tea fundraisers to collect money for the trip to the BC Seniors’ Games every year.

This summer, the games are in North Vancouver and it’s been tough organizing a dinner social at the conclusion of the event, but Weir is on the case.

“We’re sort of still looking for where we’re going to have it. It’s usually at the [Royal Canadian] Legion because they sponsored our medals [in the past], but in North Vancouver it’s too far away [from the games site]. It would be nice if we could charter a bus to get there, but we all fly down there [from the Northwest] and make our own way from home,” she said.

Despite being hesitant to take on the Zone 10 presidency, Weir was chosen by the seniors’ delegation from Haida Gwaii across to Kitimat and the Nass Valley.

“I know somebody had to do it, but I went into it very reluctantly. [Zone 10 Secretary and fellow Prince Rupert resident] Dawn Quast is excellent ...

She encouraged me and she’s been very helpful to me in our meetings in the three areas we have them (Kitimat, Terrace, Prince Rupert),” said Weir, adding Quast has also been the Seniors’ Centre coordinator for 12 years.

“She keeps saying she’s going to retire.

I hope I’m not the president when she does. I’ve got one more year [in the role].”

Weir has worked in a number of places while in Prince Rupert before retirement. From making salads at KFC (“I liked it. It was [from] 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. when my daughter was in kindergarden and I would pick her up right after.”), to managing KFC, to buying a “new

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little Pontiac” from her first paycheque after working 27 days straight at a fish cannery, to working at SEARS. “I was their floor salesman. Well holy smokes, I had to put barbecues together.

There were more pieces left over when I was done putting the barbecue together than in the barbecue itself,” she said.

But it was a bakery in Fort St. James that grew on Weir the most.

“I just loved the people I worked with. I went in at seven in the morning.

I cooked donuts, decorated them, sliced bread and then I went on cash and dealt with customers and was off work by two or three in the afternoon. It was the best job I had.”

Now, Weir’s energy is put towards helping seniors’ causes with Northern Health.

“When things don’t go right with Northern Health and a senior, I contact them and they usually try very hard to

get what I’m trying to ask for,” she said.

“For instance, they want a certain amount of home care and if they don’t make it fully understood, they don’t get what they’re looking for. Lots of times it’s a language barrier [issue]. Eventually [the senior who doesn’t speak English as a first language] might get fed up and tell them to just go away at that point ...

We’re trying to get seniors to register [at Better at Home] so they can get an hour’s worth of housework done every week.”

Weir misses the farm [which has recently been purchased back into the family through her great nephew], but she has opportunities in Prince Rupert to simulate the experience, despite some canine interference.

“I’d like to grow a garden – I have a patio garden and I couldn’t figure out why the carrots wouldn’t grow, and here my little dog was eating the tops off my carrots,” she said.

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Agreement is needed for LNG

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atching up after two weeks in Germany, it is interesting that the biggest story and the biggest point of contention here on the North Coast is emanating from the halls of the Legislature.

The ongoing debate in Victoria surrounding the project development agreement for Petronas’ planned terminal on Lelu Island in Port Edward has captured the attention of people throughout the region, the province and much of the country. The agreement, which is one of the conditions for the company to proceed with a positive final investment decision, has many saying the province is giving up too much to create an LNG industry and many others saying the benefits Shaun Thomas of passing the deal far outweigh the risks.

The project development agreement effectively offers certainty to a company looking to invest $36 billion into a project that will create billions in tax revenue and thousands of jobs.

The construction of the terminal will not only create up to 5,000 construction jobs and about 500 long-term and high paying jobs here on the North Coast, it will create thousands of construction jobs for pipeline workers and maintain work for thousands of people involved in the extraction of LNG in the Northeast.

While the NDP and others correctly point out that this agreement does not guarantee any local jobs, one would have to have their heads pretty deep in the sand to not think thousands of B.C. residents and countless local businesses would benefit through employment and contracting opportunities associated with LNG. Some out-of-country labour will undoubtedly be required for specialized parts of construction and operation, because nobody in B.C. has the experience working at or constructing an LNG terminal, but all companies involved have committed to hiring local and you simply can’t bring in the sheer number of foreign workers that would be needed on these projects.

This agreement creates opportunity and employment.

If people want a guarantee, here is one for you: If this project doesn’t proceed, there will be no new local LNG jobs and there will be no new tax revenue from LNG on the North Coast.

Any way you colour it, Rice vote not surprising

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ennifer Rice is really taking it on the chin from the with the environmentalist movement within the NDP. anonymous Internet trolls lately for her refusal to And this is not just a provincial fight. support the deal between the Province of British NDP MP Nathan Cullen continues to tight-rope Columbia and Pacific NorthWest LNG. walk his way through the dilemma as well. Every time The consternation surrounding Rice’s vote to oppose he is asked a question about any northwestern B.C. the project is surprising and, frankly, unfair. resource development project or industry issue, he must Rice is doing exactly what she said she would do. choose his words extremely carefully so as not to upset Rice is doing exactly what she apparently was voted his base, whether that be green or brown.

Todd Hamilton in to do. Or did the blue-collars not understand that And let’s face facts, Cullen hasn’t exactly been during the last provincial election? passing around support for the LNG project in the The Internet trolls aside, the vitriol now being thrown her District of Port Edward, or any other LNG project for that way, even by longtime NDP supporters, is quite interesting. It’s matter. amazing that it has taken this long for many within the North While this may make many New Democrats cringe, what we Coast NDP rank and file to come to the realization that Rice are seeing take shape within their party is reminiscent of the just may not be on-side with many of their wishes. late ‘80s and early ‘90s fight within the conservative ranks and This latest industry rejection by Rice must now clearly a decade of in-fighting with the Reform Party and its iterations indicate to many within the North Coast NDP party faithful that handed the federal Liberals majority after majority that orange may no longer be the colour with which they can government. identify.

After years of playing second or third fiddle, the NDP wants The green orange has taken over from the brown orange in to govern. In order to do that, they must appeal to more voters the NDP. — cue the environmentalist agenda.

Unions (the brown orange) and the environmentalists (the Any way one may want to colour it, in order to win, the NDP green orange) have long had a precarious balancing act within orange turned green to appeal to the latté-swilling urban masses. the NDP. That leaves many hard-working rural brown oranges, who are The NDP’s founding principles were enacted by unionists wanting a good-paying union North Coast industry job, seeing and those of socialist ideals. Over the years, the party has seen a red and many others resigned to the fact that if they want the growing conflict of interest between the brown orange and the jobs and all the taxpayer-funded social services they have long green orange. The same high-paying union jobs are often at odds fought for, they’ll just have to hold their nose and turn blue.

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“I don’t think it is fair for us in the North, because that is a huge tax break.”

“Sure I do.”

“No, I don’t think that is a good thing.”

“I am not sure if I agree or not. It is a good thing for business and getting people here, but not good for taxes.”

Letters to the editor

Fletcher’s math doesn’t add up Editor: Old Tom Fletcher must be regularly sending out retriever pigeons to the pot and grog shops from to his privileged roost in the rafters of the Liberal section of the Legislature in order to come up with the baloney he dishes out in his columns!

In the July 15 edition of Prince Rupert’s Northern View he writes that “The finance ministry forecasts that once the Pacific Northwest LNG is up and running, it represents $9 billion in revenues to the province over 10 years”. Fletcher then goes on and editorializes, “That’s more than taxpayers can expect from the entire forest industry.”

A two minute search brings up a report recently commissioned by the Council of Forest Industries to have the International Consulting firms MNP

look at the BC Forest Industry’s Economic Impacts, the report was published Feb 5, 2015.

Rather than listening to politically-driven forecasts wrapped in Fletcher-spin that deliberately denigrates people working in the forest industry, let’s review a few facts from this recent independent assessment of BC’s sustainable forest industry: - B.C.’s Forest industry is the economic driver for 40 per cent of our communities, - the B.C. Forest industry contributes $12 billion annually to the provincial GDP, - there are 146,000 jobs in the BC Forest industry (all of them non-foreign worker jobs), - the BC forest industry sends $2.5 billion in revenues to three levels of government annually.

Peter Christensen, Oona River

First-past-the-post must go Editor: Another federal election is fast approaching.

As you decide who to vote for, you may well consider voting strategically; ie. if the candidate and/or party you support doesn’t have a chance of winning, you would choose another candidate and/or party that has a better chance of winning.

You would vote strategically because our current electoral system encourages it. The present system is called “first-past-the-post” and it’s designed to allow a party with a minority of voter support across the country to form a majority government. That’s what happened in the 2011 election. The Harper Conservatives formed a majority government by winning 53 per cent of the seats in parliament (166 seats). They got to exercise 100 per cent of the power with only 39.6 per cent of the popular vote. As a result, 61 per cent of Canadian voters effectively had no representation in government.

“First-past-the-post” not only leads to strategic voting; it also causes low voter turnout. Many, especially young people, feel “What’s the point of voting?” So they don’t show up at the polls. I lived for over 20 years in Alberta, and that’s how I felt every election. The current system also gives a government – even though it garnered a minority of the popular vote – the power to push through controversial legislation like Bill C-51 and Harper’s omnibus bills that a majority of Canadians would not likely support.

It’s time for a change. An organization called Fair Vote Canada (www.fairvote.ca) is actively encouraging Canadians to do what many democracies, such as New Zealand and

a number of European countries have done: adopt an electoral system based on Proportional Representation (PR). PR systems (and there are a few of them to choose from) operate on the principle that the number of seats a party gains in the legislature should closely match the percentage of voters who voted for it. For example, under a PR system, the results of the 2011 election would have had the Conservatives with 124 seats (rather than 166); the NDP with 94, the Liberals with 59, the Bloc with 19, and the Greens with 12 seats. Thus, PR tends to produce legislatures which better reflect the diversity of views in the Canadian population, including regional, ethnic and gender diversity.

PR would also necessitate parties to work together for common goals rather than operate in a totally adversarial way in the House of Commons, as they do at present. Those wretched “hate” ads might disappear as well.

Yes, under PR there will be minority governments, necessitating the forming of coalitions, but history has shown that great things have been achieved in minority situations, such as Universal Health Care, the Canada Pension Plan, the Family Allowance and the Charter Of Rights And Freedoms.

Fair Vote Canada’s goal is to get a majority of elected MPs to support a PR electoral system.

It is my hope, and Fair Vote Canada’s intention, that the 2015 election will be the last one to operate under a “first-past-the-post” system. If you share that hope, than let your vote count in October.

Murray Etty Campbell River

Library and Archives Canada C-046483 (public domain) ON TRACK: The “last spike” of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was driven at Fort Fraser on April 7, 2014, connecting northern British Columbia to a transcontinental rail system. The first locomotive pulled into Prince Rupert the next day.

Rail connection linked BC to trade networks

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RE:PORT

ne of the greatest achievements in Canadian history was connecting the vast country from coast to coast with a network of railroads.

Committing to build the world’s longest railway was a monumental task that began in Canada’s infancy as a nation, and was advanced by Prime Minister John A Macdonald as early as 1871.

By the turn of the century, railways had become a Canadian obsession.

They continued to be integral to the history and development of the territories they traversed.

For modern-day Prince Rupert, the formation of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1903, with its mandate to connect Winnipeg, Manitoba with the Pacific coast, was the single most important factor in the establishment of the city and its outlying districts.

Even at the beginning of the twentieth century, thanks to the vision of Grand Trunk Pacific General Manager Charles Hays and endorsement of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prince Rupert was already acknowledged for possessing a strategic deepwater location closer in proximity to Asia than established ports like Vancouver.

The sod-turning ceremony launching the construction of the GTPR was held in northern Ontario in late 1905, and it was several years before construction began in British Columbia in 1908.

The section of track across this province is regarded as one of the most difficult and expensive ever to be laid in North America.

As an example, the 300-kilometre portion of track from Prince Rupert to Hazelton took four years to complete due to difficult terrain, extreme weather, and the 5,400 tonnes of explosives needed to blast the routes three tunnels through solid rock.

At this time, the size of the GTPR construction project was second in scale only to the Panama Canal.

It took nearly nine years to reach completion. In the spring of 1914 a “Last Spike” celebration took place in Fort Fraser, BC, approximately 135 kilometres west of Prince George. Dignitaries from across the country converged for the historical moment in western Canadian history.

The majority of the GTPR is still in use as Canadian National’s (CN) main line from Winnipeg to Jasper, Alberta, and its northern main line from Jasper to Prince Rupert.

The routing and high construction standards of the GTPR are still being enjoyed today. The line represents the lowest elevation of any railway crossing the Rocky Mountains.

This advantage translates into a competitive advantage for CN and the Port of Prince Rupert.

A lower rail grade equates to fuel efficiency and the ability to operate longer unit trains for hauling a variety of cargos to and from overseas markets.

Today CN’s colossal rail network provides the greatest geographic reach of any North American railroad, and has been a primary factor in the rise of the Port of Prince Rupert as one of the fastest growing trade gateways on the planet.

Re:port is a collaborative promotional venture by the Prince Rupert Port Authority and The Northern View.

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A8 • Northern View • July 22, 2015

B.C. briefs

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Second group find Pathways to Success

BY TOM FLETCHER VICTORIA / The Northern View

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Fire-starter penalties The B.C. government is reviewing its penalties for those who start forest fires with campfires or discarded cigarette butts, as losses pile up from a severe early fire season.

Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Mike Morris has been assigned to the review, as the province’s forest fire crews continue to work flat-out to keep up with lightningcaused fires and those caused by human carelessness. Morris said he will examine what new penalties can be effectively enforced.

“For example, should we be banning those who break fire bans from attending our provincial parks?” Morris asked.

“Should we look at larger fines up to and including possibly the impoundment of vehicles for those who flick lit cigarette butts out of their windows?”

One tree faller has been killed as the B.C. Wildfire Service continues to work against 175 active wildfires, down from 200 since the start of the week due to cooler weather and showers. The service has tackled more than 1,000 forest fires so far this year, about one third of them human caused.

“There are some who have suggested you can’t legislate against stupidity,” Forests Minister Steve Thomson said.

“But if exploring the idea of increasing fines or acting on ideas that mean more people will get the message, I think we should be prepared to have a look at it.”

Witnesses can report careless smokers or breaches of the province-wide outdoor fire ban with the same phone numbers as to report wildfires, 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on a mobile phone.

Of the 14 new fires last Monday, two are suspected to have been human-caused.

About 375 of this season’s fires are listed as human-caused, burning 44,000 hectares.

Bus seatbelts

There were a couple tears, some ‘congratulations’ and ‘thank yous’ and even cake at the Pathways to Success graduation ceremony in Prince Rupert last week.

Approximately 15 Aboriginal students, who signed up for the 12week skills access and training program received various certifications ranging across categories such as construction, first aid, traffic control, dangerous goods transportation and fire safety at the Crest Hotel’s B.C. room last Thursday.

The students, who come from the Gitga’at, Metlakatla, Lax Kw’alaams and Gitxaala Bands, wrapped up their program as the second Prince Rupert cohort, surrounded by the Pathways to Success sponsors, BG Canada, LNG Canada, Pacific Northwest LNG, the provincial government and program partners Cedar Education.

“It’s far more than a training program, it’s about getting people into jobs,” said BG Canada’s community relations manager Herb Pond.

“It addresses a bunch of skills that they’ll need to find jobs, but it also helps them find a job placement.”

Cedar Education’s northwest regional manager Tom Harwood and job placement specialist William Gye helped find jobs so far for eight participants and interviews for the remaining students in the Prince Rupert area. To date, 50 students have found employment through Pathways to Success – all of whom have been either out of the work force for a long period of time or under-employed.

“I think a lot of it was just learning how to be organized and showing

up everyday and being committed – getting your work done, which they did,” said Lindsay Reeve, the English and Personal Development instructor in the program, operating out of the Coastal Training Centre.

“One of them was interested in environmental monitoring and she actually got a job in that [industry], so that was really great. I think a lot of them were not sure what they wanted, or they don’t know, so having people like [trades teacher] Steve [Welsh] or Tom to help them figure that out – the kinds of jobs that are there – I think is really helpful,” she said.

Pathways to Success, run by Brenda Leighton and organized by Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, just added a trades and industrial component after focusing more heavily on academia in years past.

Not only did the students gain skills needed to enter the workforce, but they also repaired their own self-confidence, a recurring theme in each of their

year-end statements to the class and teachers.

“This group of students did lots of laughing. It was so good to hear laughing during math class,” said Leighton.

“I know how scary it is to go back to school when you’ve been out for awhile and maybe things haven’t been going so great ... I want to thank you all for hanging in there and sticking it out and being courageous about that,” she told the graduating cohort.

Pathways to Success is one of several programs in Northwest B.C. designed to help Aboriginal residents become a part of the workforce.

The program’s goal is to add 15,000 such workers in the next 10 years.

It’s made possible through an initiative by the Aboriginal Skills Training and Development Program and B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint, designed by Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad.

Mobile trades trainer funded at NWCC

BY JOSH MASSEY TERRACE / Black Press

A recent tour bus crash on the Coquihalla Highway that injured 30 passengers and threw the driver out through the windshield has prompted a review of motor coach safety in B.C. One likely change is the requirement for seatbelts in motor coaches, which has been adopted south of the border. A 2013 survey of motor coach operators by the B.C. Trucking Association found that most B.C. companies support mandatory seatbelts, and many have already introduced them.

Doug Switzer, CEO of national industry group Motor Coach Canada, said most safety regulations are set by the federal government, and consistent from province to province. He said the Canadian industry supports introducing seatbelts.

“Whether or not people will wear them is another issue, but we would certainly support making seatbelts mandatory on all new coaches,” Switzer told CBC radio.

“That’s probably the biggest thing we can do to reduce the impact of collisions when they do occur.”

Kevin Campbell / The Northern View

Participants in the Pathways to Success program share a laugh before cutting the cake at the July 16 graduation ceremony.

A huge new mobile training unit has been introduced in the Northwest, capable of bringing skills training anywhere a semi-trailer truck can drive, according to instructors who were on hand at Northwest Community College (NWCC) today for the grand unveiling.

Officials from Northwest Community College said the investment will enable people in remote areas to access training closer to their families and offer an opportunity for First Nations who may face obstacles because of their distance from central towns.

And for the province of B.C. as a whole, the government says the trailer is part of a larger program to prepare for a shortfall of labour expected shortly.

“We’re expecting one million job openings in the next seven years in British Columbia, about two-thirds of that will be due to retirements,” said Minister of Advanced Education Andrew Wilkinson who attended the unveiling.

“About 15 per cent of that one million

will be in trades. That’s 150,000 trades people we are looking for in the next seven years.”

The training trailer expands electronically into a 1,000 square foot room designed to help educate about 100 people a year, and possibly more depending on which programs it is used for. The various trades it is designed to accommodate include carpentry, piping, welding, plumbing, hair styling and electrical.

The provincial government’s contribution to the trades training trailer is $598,500 of the total investment, $2.7 million for the trailer and the programming to run it, while the trailer itself is worth about $1 million.

A planned liquefied natural gas industry was also a big impetus behind the major investment, with LNG Canada contributing $200,000 and pipeline company TransCanada contributing $75,000.

“Before we make a final investment decision on this project you will see more than a million dollars just in training,” said Susannah Pierce, director of

external affairs for LNG Canada, one of several companies still waiting to finalize plans for liquefied natural gas plants in Kitimat.

“Our proposed B.C. projects would require thousands of skilled workers for the construction phase, if we reach a final investment decision,” said Rebecca McElhoes, manager of community relations for TransCanada.

The new trades training trailer has a metal interior with shiny antislip flooring. Inside is a satellite video conferencing module and power system that can run on an internal diesel generator.

While it is capable of going to remote communities, it will also be used in larger centres such as Kitimat, said NWCC director of communications Sarah Zimmerman.

Zimmerman added that programming provided by the Industrial Training Authority (ITA) represents about $300,000 of the total investment, and that another major donor who contributed will be named soon.

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A10 • Northern View • July 22, 2015

Gitxaala First Nation By-Election for Chief Councillor There will be a by-election on Wednesday August 5, 2015 between 9:00am and 8:00pm Voting stations Prince Rupert - Museum of Northern BC, Ceremonial Hall Gitxaala - Adult Education Building Should you have any questions or if you require a mail-in ballot, please contact: Elisa Penn, Chief Electoral Officer t FMJTB!CSMBX DB

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Nanan named Miss Northern B.C.

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL FORT LANGLEY / The Northern View

Prince Rupert is one-for-one in Miss Northern BC entries.

Rupert’s own Navneet Nanan, 18, won the 2015 title at the Miss, Mrs. and Miss Teen BC Pageant on July 5.

In the city’s first entry, Nanan won over the judges at the Fort Langley competition with her tales of travel, spanning the entire world.

Having visited the U.S., England, France, Switzerland, India, Greece and Italy, all by the age of 18, Nanan’s willingness to be open to new experiences and to try new things impressed her peers and judges. “Unlike self-styled beauty pageants, Miss BC is about finding role models for B.C. women. As a result, the judges are looking for well-spoken, well-rounded, intelligent and outgoing women,� said Darren Storsley, pageant director and Mr. World Canada 2007. “Navneet has travelled all over the world and has incredible experiences to share,� he said, adding he particularly liked her story about riding an elephant through a New Delhi freeway in rush hour. “You cannot underestimate your abilities before trying,� said Nanan. “Win or lose, there is always something you can take away from the experience.�

Participants, who were crowned in other such categories as Miss Teen BC, Miss Charity BC, Miss Lower Mainland, Miss Fraser Valley, Miss Vancouver Island, Miss BC Interior, Miss Greater Vancouver, People’s Choice and Heart and Soul, were judged based on personal expression in sports wear of their choosing, personal expression in an evening gown of their choosing, a private interview with the judging panel and a public, on-stage interview in the final showcase.

Nanan appreciates the quote, “We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are� by Max DePree, an American author and CEO.

Amoris Kuna Wedding / Special to The Northern View

Prince Rupert’s Navneet Nanan is Miss Northern B.C. 2015.

“To me, this quote means that, although it is comforting and feels safe not to stretch and risk trying new things [that] you may fail at, having this space frees you to try new and exciting things to fall in love with,� Nanan said. “If we cling to familiarity in our lives, we will never give ourselves the opportunity to grow.�

There are no height or weight requirements or restrictions against women who have had children in the pageant and the competition is accepting applications for 2016 at www.missbc. ca. The Miss BC Pageant contestants have raised over $225,000 throughout the years to Miss BC’s charity of choice, Cops for Cancer.

Paws for a Cause date set

BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

The Prince Rupert BC SPCA has set the date for its annual Paws for a Cause fundraising walk.

This year’s event is scheduled to take place on Sept. 13 at Mariner’s Park. Registration will get underway at 11 a.m. with the three kilometre walk scheduled to begin at noon.

Funds raised through the Scotiabank and

Barry Gerding Managing editor at the Kelowna Capital News. With 34 years of experience in B.C.

BC SPCA Paws for a Cause help the BC SPCA care for abused, injured and abandoned animals and work to prevent cruelty before it occurs. “By signing up and collecting donations, you’re not just helping thousands of animals in need of care throughout B.C.,� said SPCA fundraising manager Krista Constantineau. “You’ll also enjoy a fun-filled day with activities for the whole family, including your four-legged friends.�

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Sports In Brief Rampage scramble on horizon The sixth annual Rupert Rampage Charity Golf Scamble is set to take place this Saturday.

Tee-off times are between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. and all proceeds go to the Prince Rupert Wildlife Shelter, Kyle Flaten Fund and Prince Rupert Special Events.

Organizers ask that participants register as teams of four and each entry fee includes 18 holes of golf, dinner and prizes.To sign up, visit the Prince Rupert Golf Club’s Pro Shop.

Lees, McChesney arrive in Vegas The Basketball BC under-14 team follow up their Washington tournament with a quick turnaround in Las Vegas for the Jam On It 2015 Las Vegas Classic from July 21 - 23. The blue and white teams, featuring Rupertites Liam McChesney and Eric Lees, were placed in the Eighth Grade Level One bracket.

Their opponents turned out to be Jam On It, Orem Tigers, Laie Park and Alaska Gold.

The Jam On It Basketball Academy has hosted premier tournaments attracting teams from the U.S. and Canada since 1991.

PRFC to take on Riverboat Days Coming off a heartbreaking finals loss to the Hazelton Strikers at the Seafest Men’s Soccer Tournament, the Prince Rupert Football Club (PRFC) are getting ready to take on familiar opposition when Terrace’s Riverboat Days commence on July 31.

They’ll look to build on a season that has seen them win the annual Kitsegukla tournament this year to go with their second-place Seafest finish.

Last year, PRFC faltered in the final at Terrace and fell 2-1 to the Strikers.

Players should keep an eye on the team’s Facebook group for practice schedules and times.

Hot August Nites prep underway The 1/8 mile drag racing event returns to Terrace for the Terrace Drag Race Association’s (TDRA) Hot August Nites on July 31 and Aug. 2 and 3.

The event attracts the hottest motorcycles and drag racing cars from around the Northwest and the Sunday and Monday races count towards the TDRA points series. Located at the Northwest Regional Airport, food vendors will be on-site and the Prince Rupert Auto Club will be in attendance.

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Rampage headed back to the playoffs

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

The Prince Rupert Rampage are guaranteed to make the playoffs in the 2015-16 season.

After the Central Interior Hockey League (CIHL) held its annual general meeting (AGM) in May, the playoff format was changed to allow all seven CIHL teams to enter the playoffs, which is a change from last season, when the bottom two West Division teams and the bottom East Division team didn’t make the post-season.

File Photo / The Northern View The Rampage failed to qualify in 2014The Prince Rupert Rampage are headed back to the post-season after the 15 after a 2-13-1 season.

The top team in the east, out of CIHL has allowed all competing teams to reach the playoffs for 2015-16.

Williams Lake, Quesnel and Lac La president J.C. Brown.

Hache will receive a first-round bye and then face the “The vice-president is going to be Cliff Madsen from winner of the second and third seed in the second round.

Kitimat,” said German, adding the league is still looking In the west between Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat and for a treasurer and league sponsor.

Smithers, the first seed will play the fourth and the second The Williams Lake Stampeders will be recognized for its will play the third in the first round. The winning teams 80th season of existence and the number of regular season from those two matches then play each other and the games played will remain at 16. emerging two teams from the second round division finals All teams also now have the option of icing two referees will then face off in the CIHL final. and two linesmen.

“All the teams are coming back,” said Rampage general Two referees were usually iced at the Jim Ciccone Civic manager Ron German.

Centre last year in Prince Rupert.

“There are no new teams and the CIHL has a new The Rampage kick off their training camp schedule president – [Terrace River Kings manager] Ray Hallock.” during the Lou Lemire Hockey Skills Camp, starting Aug. Hallock takes over presidential duties from past17.

Liu more motivated than ever

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

There’s nothing quite like an athlete playing with the competitive fire of having a chip on his or her shoulder.

And that’s right where Prince Rupert’s Adrian Liu finds himself, after a clerical error by Badminton Canada knocked him and his men’s doubles partner, Derrick Ng, out of the 2015 Pan Am Games.

“We were both quite devastated and speechless when we had found out that we were taken out of the tournament,” said Liu last week.

“Definitely more so disappointed at the fact that we wouldn’t be able to play alongside our teammates and also in front of our home crowd and country. Not being able to have a chance to win a medal for our country, friends and family is the most upsetting part of it all.”

Now, all the former Rupertite can do is fight from behind, having lost the chance to earn Badminton

World Federation points at the Pan Am Games for the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Training in Richmond, Liu and Ng are preparing for a year of hard-fought tournaments all over the world. This past year alone, they’ve played in the Commonwealth Games in Scotland and in other badminton tourneys in New York, China, Calgary and Denmark, among other places.

The pair are so intent on training to make it to Rio, they chose to forego travelling to Toronto for the Pan Am festivities.

“Our accreditation was no longer valid due to the situation. We were offered to be flown there and have tickets to the event, but chose to stay in Vancouver and prepare for the upcoming World Championships in Jakarta [Indonesia] on Aug. 10,” said Liu. “But [I’ve] definitely wished my friends/teammates/ second family the best of luck in the event and would be supporting them from here.”

“I’d like to give a big thank you to everybody who supported us through this. We will fight every step of the way to make everybody proud.”

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MOSS sailing camp returns to North Coast

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Little ‘Popeye’ sailors-in-training took over the waterways in Prince Rupert and Terrace through the past three weeks in July in a sailing camp.

Organized by BC Sailing Association and sponsored

by Paul Bull and Big Blue Sailing School, the non-profit Mobile Optimist Sailing School (MOSS) is a camp designed for kids aged six to 14, with no previous sailing experience necessary.

“The feedback has been almost 100 per cent positive,” said Bull last week.

“The nice thing about the program is that the kids are masters of their own vessels. There’s no adult steering for them or looking over their shoulder. They learn everything all by themselves and they just get a huge [level of] satisfaction from it.”

Two BC Sailing instructors from the Vancouver area brought kayaks and Optimist dinghys – seven foot sailboats designed for youth training to the Prince Rupert camp at Diana Lake from July 6 – 10 and to Lakelse Lake in Terrace from July 13 – 24.

Theme days like Pirate Day are also part of the camp, where kids can dress up and act like sea scoundrels for the afternoon – typically the final day of the camp.

This is Bull’s fourth year sponsoring the MOSS camp and he operates his own two-year-old business on the North Coast, Big Blue Sailing School, where he teaches Sail Canada-approved and licensed five-day “Cruise

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A BC Sailing instructor gives MOSS camp participants direction in a dinghy. BC Sailing visited Prince Rupert and Terrace and host camps on the south coast as well.

and Learn” packages, on his boat, the “Credo III”, a Catalina 36.

He also offers “Basic Crew” and “Basic Cruising Standard” courses or standard afternoon one-off lessons.

His other smaller boat, the “Sixpence”, was purchased

last year and is used for shorter, in-harbour outings and for teaching students.

For more information on how to get involved with MOSS, visit www.bcsailing.bc.ca or Bull’s Big Blue Sailing School website at www.bigbluesailing.ca or on Facebook at: Big Blue Sailing School.

Five-year, transparent rec fees to be outlined Recreation director takes proactive approach to corporate donations,

BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Prince Rupert Recreation is going big picture.

A new, transparent five-year plan for fees and rate increases is being developed by the City of Prince Rupert and its recreation commission.

The changes will be a drastic departure from the past four years when the city didn’t increase recreation field, court and arena rental fees or program charges.

“We’re exploring a five-year fees and charges bylaw [and] the goal is that the whole community will understand that for the next coming five years, so in this case 2016 – 2020, [the amount] they’re going to pay for any admissions, any rentals, any fees, so there’s no surprises. Everyone will understand right out of the gate what those percentage increases might look like,” said director of recreation Willa Thorpe.

This past year, Prince Rupert recreation increased fees by 10 per cent, a larger than normal jump to recoup some of the revenue that was lost over the past four years when there were no jumps in charges or fees.

Typically, recreational charges jump two to five per cent every year on average to adjust for inflation and cost of living, said Thorpe.

“We hadn’t explored our rates at all in over four years ... so that 10 per cent, that’s in that two to five range (over the four years),” said the director.

“As a corporate citizen, obviously it’s a lot nicer to have one conversation instead of being continually hounded for additional funds.”

- Willa Thorpe What the new plan will accomplish is centralizing corporate sponsorship, enabling communication with the public and recreational organizations and preparing properly for asset management and emergency funding on a timely basis.

“Proper financial management ... and asset management [includes] looking at capital replacement pieces, or when you look at the roof or when we need to replace structural items. When you build in a proper financial plan, you can do that instead of continually going back to the community, saying ‘Well we didn’t plan properly for this, so now we need to ask you for that,” said Thorpe.

“There are times of emergencies where we need to adapt, but the goal being that if we’re managing our

finances properly ... the community knows what to expect.

No surprises is the goal.”

Prince Rupert Recreation is working with various city councillors who also sit on the recreation commission, to present the five-year plan before city council in December, to be enacted in January 2016.

Along with transparency for the public, having a more efficient relationship with corporate partners is another goal for the recreation commission and the city.

Streamlining the process of collecting corporate fundraising, Thorpe and the commission are planning to implement approaching businesses for one set of donations to create a pool of funds instead of continually coming back to them to appeal for funds every time a special event comes up or an asset needs to be fixed/built.

“We’re saying ‘how much, as an organization, are you prepared to invest’ and then we can take that pool of funds and then associate them with a variety of events. As a corporate citizen, obviously it’s a lot nicer to have one conversation instead of being continually hounded for additional funds,” said the director, adding the commission is quickly becoming an action-oriented one.

“The commission’s great. It’s very well put together and now it’s a highly functioning committee,” said Thorpe.

Commission meetings are open to the public and anyone looking to watch their proceedings can attend their next meeting scheduled for Sept. 23. For more information, call Prince Rupert Recreation at 250-624-6707.

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Preparing for end-of-life

BY SHAUN THOMAS PORT EDWARD / The Northern View

The Prince Rupert and District Hospice Society is hoping to get the majority of people on the North Coast prepared to deal with their end-of-life care.

Hospice society president Judy Riddell and member Louisa Sanchez were in Port Edward on July 14 to outline the group’s 75-20 initiative, with the goal being to have 75 per cent of the population prepared with an end-of-life plan by the year 2020.

“It means that you get the type of care that you would like at the end of your life if you are not able to communicate yourself because of an accident or a medical condition. It also means that your family and loved ones know what your desires are and it is much better to have spoken about it before you are in a hospital in a crisis situation. It also means that our medical system can best take care of people – they have a protocol they will follow because they are interested in people and what they want,” said Riddell.

“A lot of resources are invested during the last few months of people’s lives and perhaps that is not necessary. The babyboomer population is aging and over the next 20 years we will be putting a lot of demand on our already stretched healthcare system and that is why it is important to look at being end-of-life prepared.”

Sanchez said having a plan for endof-life care is important not only for the

“I have seen too many times ... families fight about this care.”

- Louisa Sanchez person facing death, but for their loved ones as well.

“Make sure you get your family together and get this done because I have seen too many times where families fight about this care,” she said.

“When you have this, there is no way anyone can change your plan because it was made when you were of sound mind.

We are trying to get everyone to have this done before it gets to a point where dementia is an issue.”

To help people create a plan, the hospice society has partnered with Northern Health on a project entitled My Voice, which includes a booklet to walk people through all planning that may be required.

“It has been researched and designed by the Ministry of Health in British Columbia and many other provinces have a version of this. We have started by doing training for our volunteers and we will be hosting workshops in the fall at the Seniors Centre to help seniors prepare,” said Riddell, noting the booklet includes working through medical, financial, legal and social considerations related to end of life care.

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Training women leaders The Minerva Foundation for B.C. Women’s “Combining Our Strength” initiative is offering a free leadership development program for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women living in Prince Rupert and surrounding communities.

The Community Leadership Program is designed to encourage women to take their seat at the table and affect change in their own spheres of influence. It is a 10-session, projectbased program made up of a series of workshops.

“This initiative was a gift to me,” says Holly Hanson, past participant.

“A gift that allowed me to grow out

of my shell into an empowered woman who loves what she does.”

This unique, tuition-free opportunity is made possible by sponsors BG Canada and Spectra Energy.

“We’ve heard from local women that there is a lack of leadership development opportunities in the Prince Rupert area,” said Simon Nish, vice-president of sustainability at BG Canada.

“We believe leadership development is important to help prepare women who want to participate in future LNG opportunities.

To learn more, please contact NicoleAnn Poitrasat 604-683-7635 ext. 224 or nicolep@theminervafoundation.com.

Seniors Centre notes

BY DONNA PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Whist Monday: 1st — Ron and Della, 2nd — Sharron and Merle, 3rd — Alex and Marion.

Dates to put on your calendar: Prince Rupert Garden Club Tea and Tour on Sunday, July 26. For more info call 623-3666

Foot Care on Wednesday, July 29 at 11 a.m. Jaspal will be in attendance.

Hospice Society Tea at the Seniors’ Centre on Saturday, Sept 12.

Seniors’ Centre Fall Tea and Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

If you are not vacationing anywhere this summer, just hanging around Rupert, drop by to see us. We have the coffee on from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Thank you to Rachael and Rachel who created amazing works of art on all the wonderful little faces running about the park. Monica and Richard, Monica creating wonderful balloon animals and Susan for assisting with the balloons. Richard doing some amazing magic, people were so happy that Joe the puppet came to the event!

The wonderful volunteers that kept the craft tent replenished and showcased the inspiring work created by the kids in the workshops on Thursday and Friday! The great volunteers that staffed the “welcome” booth and got survey’s filled out and handed out bubbles, Louisa, Len and Pat! Thank you to Karen Turner Cruz for doing some fun “wild” yoga with the children.

Thank you to Alrita Leask for opening the day for us, Jennifer Rice our MLA for talking about the children in our region. Thank you Mayor Brain and council for not only signing the Proclamation that states we are a Child Friendly Community but in working collaboratively with Success by 6 to see some policies in place next year in regards to our Child Friendly Community!

Thank you to Barefoot Caravan for the wonderful workshops that you created for our children to partake in!! Thank you Mike and Arianne for your amazing workshops and Tara from Happy Little Clouds, not only did you create the beautiful fish lanterns in your workshops but you also created a lot of fun in the craft tent. I hear the children loved all the workshops and are already looking forward to next year! Thank you to Westview Childcare Centre for taking care of all the registrations.

Barefoot Caravan and the Kerplunks on the main stage rocking out for all the kids and their families. Thank you for making the trip and having so much fun with all of our families!!

Thank you to all the amazing sponsors, without you we wouldn’t have the wonderful celebration that Children’s Day in the Park is!!

Northwest Community College, The Museum of Northern BC both donated space to make the workshops happen. Financial contributions were made by Prince Rupert Arts Council, McHappy Day, RTI Employee Community Fund, Prince Rupert Rotary, Northern Savings Credit Union, Citywest, Prince Rupert Early Years, and the Port of Prince Rupert, not only for their financial contribution but for offering so much people power for putting up all the equipment to create the day volunteering through out the day and for assisting with taking it all down! Thank you to the Prince Rupert Firefighters for helping set up and take down the tents.

Thank you, Thank you!

And most importantly thank you to all the children, for the magic that childhood brings to our community, for the wonder and joy that is inside of you and for the uniqueness and importance that each of you are to our community right now, today!! Thank you for coming out to dance in the rain, have fun and celebrate children in our community!

Be sure to put July 9, 2016 on your calendar for the 4th Annual Children’s Day in the Park with workshops at various venues about town on the 7th and 8th of July.

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Realty sales decline Fairview traffic climbs

BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

While the eyes of the province turn to potential industrial activity in Prince Rupert, realty sales in the community are experiencing a sharp decline during the first half of the year.

Figures from the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board show there were 109 properties worth $24.5 million sold through the first half of 2015 compared to 197 properties worth $40.3 million through to the end of June 2014 — a difference of 88 properties and $15.8 million.

The number of single family homes sold during the first

half of the year fell from 141 last year to 80 this year, but the average selling price of the homes increased from $206,496 to $241,503. On average, the houses took 109 days to sell while there were 186 properties still listed on the Multiple Listing Service at the end of June.

The number of homes sold in Terrace and Kitimat also dropped off this year compared to last. In Terrace there were 144 properties worth $35.7 million sold in 2015 compared to 201 properties worth $48.4 million in 2014, while Kitimat realty sales fell from 94 properties worth $26 million to just 40 properties worth $11 million.

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& Regional Archives Then - When Annunciation ScCity hool opened on

the corner of Fifth Avenue and Fulton Stree t on August 28, 1916, the re were 64 pupils that were taught by the Sisters of St. Josep h, according to The Evening Empire newspa per. Annunciation Scho ol also offered high school classes wit h three graduating classe s during the years 1958 to 1960. The origin al Catholic Church was on the corner at the end of the block tha t was purchased by Bis hop Bunoz in 1909.

The priest’s manse and a small house stood be tween the church and the school. The wo oden streets of Fifth Av enue lead into Borden Street which graces many fine homes.

RTI, Grain below 2014 tonnage

BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Fairview Terminal continues to see increased traffic, but tonnage through the Port of Prince Rupert remains below the numbers from last year.

Fairview Terminal saw a 25.11 per cent increase in June compared to last June, rising from 52,843.25 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to 66,111.75 TEUs, with imports up 16.77 per cent and exports up 36.32 per cent.

The terminal is up almost 40 per cent through the first half of the year, with total tonnage climbing from 281,070.75 TEUs to 392,075 TEUs. Imports are up 31.64 per cent through to the end of June to sit at 218,382.25 TEUs and exports are up 50.81 per cent, despite the number of loaded containers being exported being up only 3.41 per cent.

Westview Terminal is also having a strong year, moving 329,447 tonnes of pellets so far in 2015 compared to 205,327 tonnes through the first six months of 2014. In June the terminal experienced at 245.55 per cent increase in tonnage, jumping from 22,287 tonnes last year to 77,012.47 tonnes.

Exports through the Prince Rupert Harbour were up 27.65 per cent in June compared to last June, with log exports up 25.81 per cent. So far this year shipments from the harbour are up 33.47 per cent, increasing from 185,345.35 tonnes to 247,376.88 tonnes.

The two terminals on Ridley Island, however, are both experiencing year-over-year declines in tonnage.

Shaun Thomas / The Northern View

The number of TEUs moving through Fairview Terminal is up almost 40 per cent in 2015.

Prince Rupert Grain saw its June tonnage fall from 563,445.3 last year to 527,775.81, a drop of 6.33 per cent. So far this year Prince Rupert Grain has moved 3.08 million tonnes compared to 3.33. million tonnes last year, a drop of 7.47 per cent.

Ridley Terminals continues to experience double-digit declines. In June the terminal shipped 316,045 tonnes compared to 385,486 tonnes last June, a drop of 18.01 per cent.

Year-over-year, the terminal has experienced a 47.24 per cent drop in tonnage, falling from 4.13 million tonnes in 2014 to 2.18 million tonnes this year.

In total, traffic through the Port of Prince Rupert was up 6.12 per cent in June compared to last year. However, the overall tonnage number dropped 8.44 per cent year-over-year, from 10.66 million tonnes during the first six months of 2014 to 9.76 million tonnes through to the end of June this year.

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We think of you in silence, We often speak your name.

Now all we have is memories, And your picture in a frame.

Your memory is our keepsake, With which we’ll never part.

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August 22, 1924 to July 16, 2015 Jack passed away peacefully, at Prince Rupert Regional Hospital, on July 16, 2015.

He would have been 91 years of age in August.

A perfectionist at his trade, Jack was a wellknown Blacksmith for many years, having worked alongside his father Johnny in their Blacksmith shop, where Broadwater Welding stands today. Items from the Blacksmith Shop are on display at North Pacific Cannery. Jack was an ardent reader and a man of few words. He was kind and compassionate and loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing. He was predeceased by his Mother, Mary; Father Johnny and sisters Anne and Helen.

He is survived by his Sister Gwyneth Murray, nieces Tina, Shirley and Betty ; Nephews Rick, Allen and David .

At his request, there will be no service.

Donations could be made to the Salvation Army, in Jack’s name.

Arleen Pamela 7072165 Nyden April 13, 1939 – May 22, 2015

On Friday, May 22, 2015, Mrs. Arleen Pamela Nyden of Vancouver passed away surrounded by family at St. Paul’s Hospital at the age of 76 years.

She was predeceased by her father Albert William Danvers; her mother Joan Danvers and brother Malcolm Danvers.

Arleen will be fondly remembered by her loving family including devoted husband Robert Allen Nyden; son Robert T. Nyden (Janet); daughter Pamela Jane Ramsey (Steve); daughter Linda Gale Nyden (Greg); grandchildren Robert Arvid Nyden, Leif Nyden, Victoria Peterson, Rebecca Ramsey, Layton Ramsey, Lee Ramsey, Alexa Tucker, Jocelyn Tucker and Caroline Tucker as well as great-grandchildren Emily and Axel.

Over the years Arleen worked for the Prince Rupert School Board, Prince Rupert Telephone and Ormes Drugs.

Arleen’s favourite vacation was a trip to Maui in 2011. She enjoyed travelling with Bob in their RV, knitting, spending time with family and music.

Arleen loved children and volunteered as a parent helper at the pool.

Donations gratefully accepted for the Canadian Cancer Society.

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BY REBECCA WATSON PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Whales, sea lions and bears, oh my.

I’ve never been so close to coastal wildlife as I was earlier in July after boarding the big yellow Adventure Tours boat, Inside Passage.

The boat itself is a rare beast in Prince Rupert waters, able to carry 100 passengers and a fairly new addition to West Coast Launch’s fleet of marine transporters.

Camera in hand, I chose a seat near the front

and listened intently as the tour guide shared some background history.

Metlakatla Pass means salt-water pass, and Lax Kw’alaams means island of the wild roses.

The captain then announced to ‘hold on’ as we came upon a rough patch of water.

“You get the westerly swell at Dickson Entrance east and it mixes with water from Portland Inlet and the open Pacific and it gets rough, really rough. It’s 2,000 feet deep in some spots where they meet just outside of the work channel so you get high tides and rough water,”

said tour guide Elaine Oborne.

Moving past the rough terrain and up Chatham Sound, we saw a large rock seating some playful sea lions. It was such a memorable sight to see them slip into the sea so gracefully as the boat slowed to watch.

Not too far ahead of the rocks someone noticed orcas bobbing their heads to catch a breath. As we got closer to the legendary giants, I realized the magnitude of their sheer size. It was magical, like a symphony.

Moving up the Khutzymateen Inlet, the guide reminded us of the bear sanctuary’s significance we were visiting. More than 3,000 kilometers of protected land, home to the famous B.C. Grizzly bears.

We followed seven bears that day, all different shapes and sizes, but the most memorable was the last bear.

The salmon were jumping and you could tell she wanted one. Roaming the beautiful landscape, we saw her dive into the waters and swim in and around the curves of the shoreline.

She came up emptyhanded every time, got 100% effort. It’s what Canadians expect from us. frustrated, and took In fact, in 2013 alone, more than $1.4 billion was spent notice of some tall grass along the beach. on pipeline safety across Canada. As we move our energy It was so surreal to new markets we will never stop working to protect our to witness the bears environment, our people and our communities. in their natural habitat. Surrounded by mountains and Think oil and natural gas developed the Canadian way is good pristine primal for Canada? Then now is the time to say so at environment, you just wanted to reach out and grab ahold of those fuzzy, curious creatures, although that might end badly, unlike the trip that ended on a high note while viewing some of the local eagles.

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Mount Hays August 16, 2015

Gear up for wilderness adventure by taking a layered approach “Just as packing food, water, and safety equipment are crucial when adventuring in the outdoors, so is wearing proper clothing and shoes.”

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But finding the most suitable gear to wear may not always come easy.

It’s a common occurrence in this climate to be out on a hike on a sunny day only to find ourselves stuck in a downpour while water seeps through our sneakers. We discover too late that the jacket we brought is not waterproof.

Living in a rainforest, we often begin our adventures wearing plenty of layers because it was raining when we left the house. But as our hike progresses the sun comes out and we find ourselves carrying an extra few pounds from the layers we had to remove.

Just as packing food, water, and safety equipment is crucial when adventuring in the outdoors, so is wearing proper clothing and shoes.

Iain Cullen is the owner of Farwest Sport & Cycle, a local, family-owned and operated business in Prince Rupert.

Cullen recognizes the importance of having high quality sporting goods and clothing for outdoor activities.

“Good quality clothing,” he says, “such as an Icebreaker, will keep you warm and dry and will ‘wick away’ moisture.”

If you are considering taking part in a race, particularly up a mountain, such as the Mount Hays Quickclimb, Cullen recommends you wear good quality trail-type shoes and a “wick away” top and pant.

These “wick away” clothing articles absorb moisture from the skin, allowing bodies to remain drier and cooler than if we were wearing other materials.

He also advises using Body Glide, a skin protector that prevents what Cullen delicately calls “chafing,” which is irritation of the skin caused by constant friction.

Cullen says there are not any notable differences in the types of shoes you should wear when going on a run or walk up a mountain when compared to one on flat ground.

Also, when training for a race, Cullen says that separate gear for training and separate gear for the day of the race are not necessary.

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From his back office perch at Farwest Sport & Cycle, owner Iain Cullen readies the store’s inventory for an onslaught of Quickclimb competitors.

When asked to pick a few items that people who are new to outdoor activities should purchase, Cullen advises that they invest in “a good quality trail shoe and appropriate clothing and socks.”

As for brand recommendations, Cullen says that for shoes, he urges customers to consider Merrell, New Balance, and Asics. For clothing, he highly recommends Icebreaker.

Cullen explains that the most important aspects and features to look for when purchasing any gear for outdoor activities are articles that are waterproof and breathable.

By wearing a light, breathable, and waterproof jacket, you will not have to worry about the carrying any extra weight on your adventures and have will additional protection from any wind or rain.

If you are in need of some new gear for your outdoor explorations—such as some new trail shoes for the Mount Hays Quickclimb—stop by Farwest Sport & Cycle to receive more expert advice from Iain and his team.

We’ll see you in your new gear on Sunday, August 16th at the base of Mount Hays. Registration opens at 8:00 a.m.,

with the race times starting between 8:30 and 10:00 a.m.

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