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Bulkley Valley students dash through the drizzle at Riverside Park last Thursday at the school district’s annual cross-country run. Story and results on A19 and A20.
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Election candidates on the Hwy 16 transport Trans-Pacific Partnership forum in Smithers By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News
On Monday, Canada’s 78-day election campaign comes to an end. In the final days leading up to the final vote, there have been plenty of issues for the candidates in Skeena-Bulkley Valley to chew on. The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal was finalized last week, but has to be ratified by the new Parliament to go into effect. The 12 Pacific nations involved in the deal make up 40 per cent of the world’s economy. The deal would have a large impact on industry in the Northwest. According to the federal government, $7.9 billion was the average annual value of B.C.’s exports of metals and minerals to TPP countries from 2012 to 2014. Tariffs on lumber exports to Australia and Brunei would be eliminated immediately, with
exports to Japan becoming tariff-free within 15 years. But that deal does not solve the problem of the expired softwood lumber agreement, which ended Monday. It also does not end log export restrictions on B.C. “Obviously we would like to see this agreement move forward, and I think industry on both sides of the border would, but for reasons that were not entirely clear, the American administration hasn’t seen it that way,” Harper said in an interview with Black Press. “In terms of forestry, what the TPP does do is provide new tariff-free access to many Asian countries, including enhanced access to the Japanese market.” Restrictions on log exports from B.C. are also not eased by the TPP, which includes Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand and Australia. See TRADE on A16
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News that Smithers will play host to a forum aimed at improving transportation along Highway 16 has been greeted with mixed reactions from advocates for the cause. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) announced Friday they were partnering to host a transportation symposium in Smithers on Tuesday, Nov. 24. According to a press statement from the ministry, the discussions would be attended
by representatives from 23 First Nations communities along with municipalities along the stretch of highway between Prince Rupert and Prince George. FNHA spokesperson Richard Jock said his organization hoped the forum would lead to safe and affordable medical transportation along the highway. “The FNHA assumed responsibility for medical transportation in 2013 and we look forward to working with First Nations, government and other partners to create new models which address transportation along the Highway 16 corridor in a more fundamental way,” said Jock. See MIXED on A2
TAYLOR MURDER TRIAL Damien Taylor takes the stand in his own defence for the murder of CJ Fowler.
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George. She said her organization, which works with families and friends of missing and murdered women along Highway 16, had wanted to be involved in running the symposium. Wilson, whose 16-year-old sister Ramona was murdered near Smithers in 1994, said the ministry should have collaborated with her organization. “I understand that they are trying to look for solutions but the consultation needs to be with the families and the organizations that are involved,” she said. “They have to be reaching out to the organizations that deal with the situation ... you have the Highway of Tears initiative that is on a daily basis working with the families and the different groups that these families are referred to. “It’s really disheartening when they don’t include us from the north when that’s where the situations are at.” Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson questioned why more consultation was needed. He said various provincially-funded investigations, including the Wally Oppal inquest and the 2006 symposium, had already recommended improving transportation along the highway. “It’s all fine and dandy to ask for public input but at some point that has to stop
Improving public transportation was one of the recommendations of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (MWCI), which was prepared by commissioner Wally Oppal in 2012, and a shuttle bus service was also recommended in the 2006 Highway of Tears Symposium Recommendations Report. The Ministry of Transportation last year ruled out the shuttle bus concept, calling it a “one-size-fits-all” approach that would not work. It said any expansion or alteration of public transit routes were the responsibility of local governments. Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the Smithers forum would aim to identify practical, affordable and sustainable transportation for communities along the highway. “I’m confident that, through our partnership with the First Nations Health Authority, and the information and ideas gathered at the symposium, we will be able to develop a vision for a community-based transportation model that is supported by First Nations and municipal communities along the Highway 16 corridor,” said Stone. Brenda Wilson is the coordinator of the Highway of Tears initiative run by Carrier-Sekani Family Services in Prince
and some actual concrete options have to be offered by the government,” he said. Donaldson said dedicating resources to link existing public transport services and improve scheduling could be options for making the highways safer. He said it was unfair to ask people in affected communities to share their stories again before offering solutions. “How many times does this government or this minister want to put people through that before some action is taken? So come back with options and a cost and plans and then we’ll have something to talk about,” he said. Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach said he hoped the symposium would shed light on the inadequacies of the current system. “Despite having a report that clearly calls for enhanced transit services we see a trend of declining passenger transportation so the trends are heading in the wrong direction,” said Bachrach. “We need to have a serious conversation about reversing that.” He wanted the forum to “focus on action”, such as finding ways to establish a more integrated regional service. “I see real potential in moving from the current fragmented, piecemeal approach to a more coordinated efficient approach that looks at the whole region as a system,” he said.
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N EWS Taylor takes the stand in murder trial By Cam Fortems Kamloops This Week
The 24-yearold man accused of murdering CJ Fowler is asking a jury to believe he awoke to see his girlfriend dead on the grass and that he fled in panic after seeing a red car approaching. However, the account Damien Taylor told the jury in his trial this week is the third version of events he has given since the body of the 16-yearold who grew up in Gitanmaax and was living in Terrace was found by dog walkers in the Kamloops Guerin Creek area on Dec. 5, 2012. Taylor is on trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops, charged with seconddegree murder in connection to Fowler’s death. Last Monday, he took the stand in his own defence. The first version told to police Taylor was treated as a witness by Prince George Mounties, who intercepted him at the Greyhound bus depot in the northern city hours after Fowler’s body was discovered. He told police he lost his girlfriend at Royal Inland Hospital. The pair had gone there after Fowler complained of chest pains she believed
were the result of using crystal meth, possibly tainted with another drug. It was at the hospital the couple was told the teenager was pregnant, news an emergency physician said Taylor and Fowler appeared to welcome. It was the second time she became pregnant as she had miscarried only three months before. Taylor told Prince George RCMP he became separated from Fowler at the hospital early on Dec. 5, 2012, and decided to go to the Greyhound depot in Kamloops, expecting she would arrive later. The second version told to police In another interview in Kelowna, where he was arrested 13 months after Fowler’s death, Taylor told RCMP he had killed Fowler by accident. That admission came following hours of questioning by police and after Fowler’s stepfather — whom Taylor called “poppa” — was brought into the interview room. In that police interview in January 2014, Taylor said he was trying to “scare her in a funny way” and cut her throat. “She was bleeding out of her throat,” he said in the police interview. Taylor also told
police he used “the boulders that were there” to end her suffering. But, that account — which Taylor now claims is false — doesn’t fit with the facts of her death. A pathologist testified Fowler died from asphyxiation, likely from a blow to her face and jaw from the concrete block found on her chest. Her throat was not slashed. “I was forced to make a false confession,” Taylor said on the witness stand. Taylor also admitted — after being shown video of the couple outside the hospital — that his first account to police, in which he said he lost Fowler at the hospital, was also a lie. He testified he lied to officers because he was worried they would know he was high on crystal meth and would search his backpack for drugs. Taylor testified during questioning from his lawyer, Don Campbell, and under crossexamination by Crown that the week before Fowler’s death was consumed by selling and taking drugs, including cocaine, crystal meth and heroin. He said the pair ate and slept little. During crossexamination, Taylor often responded, “I don’t remember.” At times, he took five seconds
or more before telling prosecutor Alexandra Janse he didn’t understand the question. When he was first intercepted by police in Prince George, Taylor wasn’t told by police his girlfriend was dead until he was in the interview room — news he responded to by sobbing and blurting out, “No way — what happened?” That video was played in court and watched by Taylor. On the witness stand, however, Taylor initially insisted police told him upon first intercepting him that Fowler was murdered. After that inconsistency with the video was pointed out by Janse, Taylor said police told him at the bus station that Fowler was dead.
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N EWS Candidates put forth plans for local forestry industry By Xuyun Zeng Smithers/Interior News
NDP candidate Nathan Cullen believes that the future for forestry lies in valueadded products rather than raw materials. “We want to start to reduce the number of raw log exports and increase the number of jobs we have in mills across British Columbia and Canada,” said Cullen. “It seems like the province and the federal government have become more addicted to raw exports.” Cullen said that raw-material exports gave the lowest value for our exports. “It’s actually not exclusive just to the forestry industry, we’re seeing that now with raw bitumen pipelines, mining and fishing,” said Cullen. “Just about every natural resource we have is increasingly exported raw and along with it goes the jobs.” “That’s a rip-and-ship mentality that leaves a lot of communities and families
without work.” According to their press release, the NDP has pledged $55 million in forest product manufacturing, $40 million in research and development and $10 million in marketing for the forestry industry. “What we offer up to both large and small operations is an innovation fund,” said Cullen. “So for those people who have ideas about how to add more value to the wood that we get from our forest, also help businesses that exist promote their products overseas with our international partners.” Cullen repeatedly criticized the Conservative party on their track record in the forestry industry. “The results speak for themselves. We’ve lost about 450,000 value-added jobs in Canada since Harper became prime minister,” he said. “The facts speak clearly that their policies have been an unmitigated disaster for a lot of resource communities.” Conservative candidate Tyler Nesbitt
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disagreed and defended the Conservatives. “We’ve cut taxes for every single person across this country,” said Nesbitt. “And we’re reducing the small business tax rate.” “It’s interesting he [Cullen] still cites the outcomes and the consequences of the 2008 financial crisis when it suits his argument, but he won’t cite those things when it doesn’t.” Nesbitt said the Conservative party supports value-added products, pointing to the $43-million investment for the forestry industry to adopt new technology and develop new products, a $100-million research and development fund and a capital investment allowance. He also points to the funds derived from the Economic Action Plan. “Year after year, in every single budget, there has been billions of dollars invested in protecting that industry,” said Nesbitt. “Of special interest here is that there’s been a great deal of money spent on helping preserve those industries and those singleindustry towns.”
Nesbitt said he would push for greater marketing of Canada’s lumber worldwide, alongside developing new free trade agreements. Liberal candidate Brad Layton also believes fair trade deals are important to the forestry industry. “Part of the log exports ... are done under the [Softwood Lumber Agreement] to appease the Americans that we have an alternate system that wood can be bid on,” he said. “The problem with it is 97 per cent of log exports in all of Canada come from British Columbia.” “All the provinces that have forestry as an industry should be doing their share that’s required under it, not just left for B.C. to export our jobs and our future to make the deal for all of Canada.” He also believes that the federal government should help B.C. with forest rehabilitation in the aftermath of the mountain pine beetle infestation. “The province probably can’t afford to rehabilitate it all themselves,” he said.
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confess to being a lowly, “non-resident alien” angler (as defined by B.C. fishing regulations) who comes to B.C. twice a year to fly fish for steelhead, spending several thousands of dollars each year. If I were a Syrian refugee, I’d be welcomed and steered toward equality, at considerable expense to Canadian taxpayers, but as a fisherman from our close neighbour, Montana, I’m scorned and treated like an invasive species, even though I contribute significantly to the B.C. economy. I’ve often noted how proud Canadians are of their core values such as fairness, equality and non-discrimination. When it comes to fishing regulations,
however, those values seem hilarious, if not hypocritical. Here in Montana, we welcome all anglers to enjoy our world-famous trout fishing. B.C. resident anglers pay only US$70 per year, including unrestricted days on our “classified” rivers (called “blue ribbon rivers” here). All non-residents (from other U.S. states or foreign countries) can fish 365 days per year with no extra fees or restrictions. But when I, a despised “nonresident alien,” come to B.C. for steelhead, it costs me $540 to fish 20 days (about what I do each year) on Class II rivers ($400 more for Class I rivers), and I can only fish weekdays. If I were a B.C. resident 65 or older, which I am, I’d pay $45 annually to fish steelhead on classified rivers 365 days per year. But the money is not even
the biggest problem. I’m okay paying a reasonable premium over resident fees. Like most steelheaders, I fish from dawn to dusk. And I move from river to river based on water flow, visibility and fishing success. Yet, I have to buy daily, river-specific, classified permits in advance and have a printed, signed paper copy of the licence with me at all times. Note to B.C. residents — try to get a daily, classified licence at 9 p.m. in Small Town, B.C. or on Sunday. This process is unreasonably cumbersome and inconsiderate. And how unfair and discriminatory is it that I travel 1,800 kilometres (one way) from Montana for three or four weeks of steelhead fishing, but I have to sit around on the weekends and watch the locals fish? This is insulting, unprecedented discrimination,
and completely counter to those values Canadians hold so dear. The good news is this problem seems fairly easy to fix without hurting the “nonresident alien” revenue stream. 1. Allow “non-resident aliens” the option of buying an annual classified river licence for a reasonable cost, something like $100. This would apply to all classified rivers, so I wouldn’t have to choose which river to fish in advance. The $20-per-day fee can be remain an option for anglers who plan to fish only a few days per year, but the daily fee should also apply to all classified rivers. 2. If the annual classified licence is too big of a pill to swallow, at least stop requiring a signed paper copy of the daily, river-specific classified licences. This would allow me
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L ETTERS Canada is not a democracy Editor: Democracy is defined as majority rule, majority being greater than 50 per cent, so in Canada today when more than two political parties are running in an election where a “first-past-the-post” system is in place, a winning party only needs a minimum of 100 divided by the number of parties plus one per cent to win. In order to qualify these elections as democratic, a run-off is usually required to qualify a winner as a democratic choice. For an example of the “consequences” of a multiparty election without a run-off we only have to look at the results of the recent Alberta election. Rachel Notley’s NDP party “won” the election with only approximately 36 per cent of the vote, whereas the combined vote of the Wildrose and Conservative parties was approximately 64 per cent. It would be safe to predict that with a run-off vote, some form of conservative government would be in power instead of the NDP. Complicating this further is the practice in Parliament and provincial legislatures that requires a 50 per cent plus one to pass bills and so conduct government. The current election, considering how close the polls are, could result in a minority government, which will require another election. A run-off could be accomplished today aided by current technological advances. The initial choice
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would be made between all parties running, while further choices would be displayed based on all possible results of the initial vote. This secondary run-off vote would be between the top two in all possible permutations and combinations. For example if there are three parties A, B and C: The run-off options or combinations would be between A&B, A&C and B&C. Voters would choose their preferences in each of these three scenarios. The computer program would log only the appropriate combination that is the one involving the top two parties and if the margin of votes is a majority, a democratic winner is chosen without a costly separate run-off vote. Initiatives like proportional representation is a secondary issue. A further refinement, the priority being to democratize the Canadian electoral process and make Canada the democratic country most Canadians already erroneously feel it is. Chris LaSha Smithers
Northern Gateway will cooperate with First Nations Editor: After Northern Gateway received government approval last year, we were very clear in stating that we still had more work to do in achieving further First Nations and Métis support. Although this work is ongoing, we are already seeing tangible progress in additional equity,
environmental assessment, and employment and skillstraining agreements. We are also very pleased with the success of our First Nations and Métis Community Communications Representative Program that is building community dialogue through grassroots communications and feedback. As stewards of the land, First Nations and Métis communities have a direct role in the environmental protection of lands and waters along our pipeline corridor and in marine operations. The involvement of these communities will also include input into the design of land and coastal emergency response operations. We believe First Nations and Métis peoples should be owners of projects on their lands and territories and should benefit directly from such projects. That ownership will result in long-term financial dividends, jobs, educational and economic opportunities, and will ensure that First Nations and Métis communities can directly contribute their traditional knowledge to make projects better and safer. Despite this litigation hearing, we remain committed to working collaboratively with the applicant First Nations and would be very pleased to develop mutually beneficial solutions with them. Northern Gateway is open to change. We will continue to adapt and address First Nation and Métis concerns as they arise and seek opportunities for meaningful, respectful
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Election sign thefts Editor: One of the good things about an election is that it reminds us how fortunate we are to live in a society where everyone can express their opinions on how our country should be run. As my friends know, I love the opportunity to express my opinion and enjoy a passionate but respectful exchange. Let’s hope the day never comes when people aren’t allowed to express their opinions. Unfortunately, I’m starting to see signs of disrespect for an opposing opinion. This was manifested when somebody stole the election campaign sign from my lawn. I find it very sad to think that there are people in our town who think it’s okay to do something like that. It’s a criminal offense punishable by a $5,000 fine or up to two years in prison, by the way. Jim Senka Smithers
Rainbow crosswalk letters outrageous Editor: The letters in support of the rainbow crosswalk are getting more outrageous and inaccurate. I’d like to remind Vanessa Mueller that the paper is in fact acting in an unbiased manner by allowing both sides to be heard. I would also like to remind the mayor and council that according to the poll taken on the subject, twice as many citizens were in opposition to this symbol as supported it. Jim McGregor Telkwa
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Blurring facts not a solution I fully understand when a government has a different perspective on an issue from the opposition and decides to promote it through a media campaign. But when they knowingly mislead it demeans parliamentary institutions and decreases public trust. Such was the case exposed last week and it didn’t have anything to do with LNG, Site C, job numbers or the economy. Unfortunately it was about services to vulnerable kids in the province. The government began the fall sitting of the legislature with a news release Sept. 28 from Minister of Children and Family Development (MCFD) Stephanie Cadieux trumpeting the hiring of 110 new social workers. They knew after a series of horrible human tragedies in the last six months that some good news was needed. And it appeared to be good news indeed. We have an underresourced and overstretched child welfare system. Almost half the social workers at MCFD are carrying more than 30 cases a month when experts say best practices is 16-17. So 110 new hires would help kids right at the front line. Repeatedly in the legislature when we questioned the premier and minister during the last two weeks on the Sept. 18 death of Alex Gervais while in care, and other recent cases, their response would include the 110 new social workers hired. And, of course, the media reported this fact straight up. Last Thursday the
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independent children’s representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond released a wellresearched report on staffing levels in the ministry. She pointed out that we have 200 fewer social workers in MCFD than we did in 2002. The government shot back that the report was dated since it only went to January 2015 and the 110 new hires were put in place this year. Then the bombshell from the children’s representative. Sure 110 were hired but the Ministry lost 91 social workers during the same period meaning a net gain of only 19. The premier and minister must have known this was the case when they kept bringing the 110 number up in the legislature, yet said nothing. That is unbecoming of a minister and it demeans the office of the premier. Attempting to blur the fact that the front line is overstretched does nothing to help families, children and youth who need our support.
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Greyhound Canada says it is not terminating its service in northern B.C. despite meeting with municipal leaders to discuss declining passenger numbers. Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach was one of three mayors in northern B.C. who met with Greyhound representatives about a month ago to discuss the company’s steadily dropping ridership in the North. He said last week the company gave him the impression it was thinking about shutting down its northern service completely. “They came to town and we sat down and we had a chat about Greyhound’s service,” he said. “They indicated to me that the company is struggling. “At the meeting I was given the impression that they were struggling and that they were looking at all of their options.” Bachrach said those options included, “the possibility of whether they could keep operating in our region at all.” Responding to the mayor’s comments, Greyhound told The Interior News last week it had not pulled any services. Asked whether any service cuts were being considered, the company said it was currently evaluating all of its B.C. routes. One service from Calgary to Cranbrook will be cancelled on Oct. 15. “We regularly assess our routes and customer loads per trip of these routes to determine the demand in each location,” said Greyhound spokesperson Ashley Sears.
She said the company would not release passenger statistics for competitive reasons but confirmed it was reviewing its schedules due to slumping numbers. Sears said the meetings with mayors in Smithers, Prince George and Terrace were to alert local leaders of possible changes. “We addressed the decline in ridership and that we are looking at all options available to us, as well as how Mayor Bachrach and other municipal leaders envision a transportation model,” he said. “We wanted to ensure we had open conversations with the leaders of any affected communities and what their needs are.” Bachrach stood by his impressions of the meeting. He hoped the company would not have to pull northern routes because losing the service would compound an already chronic shortage of passenger transportation in the Northwest. Bachrach has been outspoken about his support for increasing public transport along Highway 16, which is also known as the Highway of Tears because of the high number of women who have gone missing or been murdered along the route. Bachrach told The Interior News last week he believes local governments will need to spearhead the push to improve public transportation in northern B.C. “In light of service reductions and things like Wally Oppal’s report, I think the case for sitting down as local governments and talking about what an adequate level of service would look like is becoming increasingly clear,” he said.
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The court chose a maximum figure of $100,000 as compensation for pain and suffering for “catastrophic” personal injuries (about $340,000 today when adjusted for inflation). Dickson explained this is meant to give the victim some solace. “Solace in this sense is taken to mean physical arrangements [that] can make his life more endurable rather than ‘solace’ in the sense of sympathy,” he added.
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Part of the reason for imposing an upper limit on pain and suffering compensation was to prevent runaway insurance premiums in Canada. If awards were too high, reasoned the court, no one but the very rich could own a car and pay the huge insurance premiums that insurance companies would have to charge. Some lawyers and legal scholars believe the cap isn’t fair or appropriate. But with the Supreme Court of Canada’s refusal to hear arguments about lifting the cap in the Ik Sang Lee case, it’s unlikely this will change soon.
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N EWS District consults BV citizens on re-use shed By Xuyun Zeng Smithers/Interior News
The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako recently met with residents of Telkwa and Smithers to talk about the re-use shed. In an earlier interview, RDBN Burns Lake rural director Bill Miller revealed that the eventual goal is to reopen the re-use shed, but they are looking for solutions with regards to safety and liability through these consultations. Telkwa Mayor Darcy Repen was at the meeting last Tuesday. “I hope that it changes soon,” Mayor Repen said. “My expectation is that we’ll be able to take those ideas as well as generally being able to address safety and liability issues. And get those facilities either reopen or have a parallel that allows the same usage in a different form.” Some suggestions derived from Houston’s meeting include placing camera surveillance, charging an access fee, and having people sign a form clearing the RDBN of liability. Mayor Repen sees the re-use
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N EWS Phone fraudsters go phishing Smithers RCMP are warning citizens about a telephone scam after receiving a number of complaints. Fraudsters are calling victims claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), and are advising of a recent audit which resulted in an outstanding tax bill. The fraudster aggressively informs victims that if monies are not paid immediately, police will attend the victim’s house to arrest them. In a number of instances, the fraudsters have personal information such as addresses, present and past employers, and some banking details and are phishing for more personal details. Often
the fraudulent caller has a foreign accent and will try to persuade victims to provide their credit card information or go to Western Union to have money wired to them. It has also been reported that a phone program has been utilized that displays the CRA telephone number on call display in an effort to further legitimize their scam. Protect yourself by not taking immediate action. Verify what you are being told is the truth. Contact the CRA to confirm that you in fact owe back taxes, or are entitled to a refund, before providing any personal or banking information. — Released by Smithers RCMP
The Smithers Snowmobile Association’s annual general meeting is Wednesday October 14, 2015 @ the Prestige Hudson Bay Lodge at 7:30pm. This is a very important meeting as a new President needs to be elected as well as a Board of Directors including Vice-President, Secretary, Membership Coordinator, Cabin Coordinator, Website Coordinator among others. If you’re interested in the presidency or another position or if you just have a question, please contact us at snowmobilesmithers@ gmail.com. If you want to see change, have a voice and improve the club come out and show your support. This should be a great snow year so let’s start it right by having a great turn out!
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N EWS Salvation Army suffering vandalism By Xuyun Zeng Smithers/Interior News
A recent rash of crimes has cost the Salvation Army over $3,000. Since last month, it has suffered a break-and-enter, two dumpster fires and damage to its heat management system. “Last month, we had a break-and-enter, and so, that individual did some damage to my office and to our back door,” said director Rick Apperson. “Apparently two individuals had gained access to our roof, and they did some damage to our heat management system, putting stuff inside of it, taking off a relay switch so it didn’t operate.” “They even tagged it with ‘Michael was here’ and ‘NWA’.” Apperson added that repairs and upgraded security had cost them more than $3,000. However, Apperson said that police have not found much to follow up on. “They’ve investigated all of these different incidents. I know with the break-and-enter they did investigate,” said Apperson. “I don’t think they have any
leads at this time.” Apperson added that with the dumpster fires, nobody has seen anything. “So there’s a lack of witnesses in any of these events.” Apperson could not figure out why these people targeted the Salvation Army. “This is very new, we’ve never had these kind of issues before. I don’t know if it’s just kids who are bored on a Sunday afternoon,” Apperson said. “Three of the events happened on Sunday. The two dumpster fires and the individuals on our roof were all on a Sunday evening.” The dumpster fires happened at 7 p.m. three Sundays ago and at 5 p.m. two Sundays ago. “I don’t know if people are just bored or if there’s more of a targeted thing behind that.” In a press release, Smithers RCMP said the Terrace Forensic Identification Section examined the break-and-enter. Stolen gift certificates were returned by an anonymous female, but $100 cash and donation cheques stolen from a locked safe were The Salvation Army suffered property damage that still missing. Anyone with information is includes two dumpster fires and damage to their heat asked to contact the RCMP or management system and a break-and-enter. Chris Gareau photo Crimestoppers.
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N EWS Levant links LNG with global security By Chris Gareau Smithers/Interior News
The message delivered to over 150 people at Hudson Bay Lodge Friday night was that expanding LNG and oil capacity is a matter of global security. That message was delivered by Canadian conservative commentator Ezra Levant, who was in Smithers as the keynote speaker of Building Northern B.C., an event organized by Houston businessman Kyle Thomson. $3,075 raised by the event is going to scholarships and bursaries for students at Northwest Community College, according to Thomson. “We just have to make sure we’re engaged enough politically, and we know that the Northwest Community College needs support,” said Thomson. The room was filled by many people from the Bulkley Valley business community, including event sponsors BV Electric, Hy-Tech Drilling and Sullivan Motor Products. “The majority of the people here were the small business people of the community … and the medium-sized business, the guys that employ five to 100 people. If you want to think of small business as being the backbone of your economy, it really shows you that they are interested in economic development,” said Thomson. Conservative federal election candidate Tyler Nesbitt told The Interior News after Levant’s speech that it was important to
have someone of Levant’s stature visit the Northwest. Nesbitt gave a short speech on the importance of resource development, including oil and gas, before Levant spoke. “I said it from day one when I started to run for this nomination, the reason why I’m doing this is to ensure that we have jobs for our young people to stay here,” said Nesbitt. Thomson also spoke glowingly of the keynote speaker, who founded media company Rebel Conservative candidate Tyler Nesbitt (left) listens to Ezra Levant’s presentation Friday in Smithers. Media earlier this year. Chris Gareau photo “Ezra is fantastic, the way he related everything to it’s more than (hydraulic fracturing for natural gas). He just Canada at play. There’s a lot more pretends, but we should realize he’s not going on with the industry.” against fracking. He loves fracking. He will In his hour-and-a-half presentation, probably soon be the biggest fracker in the Levant spoke of the risk posed by Russia world.” and OPEC countries who he said were Levant also tied Russia’s military trying — and he insisted were succeeding — involvement in eastern Ukraine and to influence the environmental movement European security around natural gas, of against the oil and gas industries. which Russia is the largest supplier to the “It’s not just red team, blue team, continent. He used clips of former NATO orange team. [Russian president] Vladimir Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Putin and Qatar and Iran have a bigger saying Russia was undermining Western stake than any of us, and they hate what environmental NGOs (non-government we’re doing. And they’re in a race, and organizations) to back up his claim that they’re signing deals with China,” said there was a global geo-politcal battle being Levant after his speech and slideshow. fought over oil and natural gas. “Don’t pretend Putin’s against fracking See ACTIVISTS on A13
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N EWS Environmental activists help Russia: Levant From LEVANT on A12 And while environmental activists were largely ignorant of the foreign involvement, according to Levant, they were playing into the game by attacking media outlets that were not friendly to their cause, using a protestor named Edgar in New Brunswick who only allowed APTN and Qatar-based Al Jazeera to cover the protest as an example. “He was, in [Soviet Union founder and early leader Vladimir] Lenin’s term, a useful idiot of the West,” said Levant. He connected that — along with local economic benefits — to his reasoning for encouraging oil and gas development in northern B.C. and Alberta. “It’s easy in politics to give in to conspiracy theories about who’s behind this or that. I try to limit my comments to real evidence,” said Levant. But B.C.’s LNG development and the Northern Gateway Pipeline oil, if they were to be completed, would be destined for east Asia and other Pacific Rim countries, not Europe. Levant suggested that if Canada, and northern B.C. in particular, did not move quickly on LNG development, Russia would become China’s source of natural gas.
He also defended natural gas’s environmental record, saying water tables were not contaminated and compared its environmental footprint to that of coal, wind turbines and hydro dams. “Fracking, you don’t even notice it. The rigs are there for a few months and then they’re gone,” said Levant, who pointed to gas extraction in the city of Los Angeles as an example of the small footprint. Visiting 10 days before the federal election was not lost on Levant, though he agreed that the main cause was to support college bursaries that would help train people for resource development industries. “I think the people in this room were generally prodevelopment to begin with. Even the Liberal fellow [candidate Brad Layton], who was quite friendly, told me he supports LNG. And I don’t think he was particularly hostile to oil sands either,” said Levant. “My goal … was to give people here some new facts or some arguments.” Piles of “yes to jobs” lawn signs and bumper stickers that can be seen around the Bulkley Valley were quickly grabbed up by those in attendance after the speech.
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N EWS Trade deal doesn’t fix U.S. lumber issue: Harper From ELECTION on Front B.C.’s control over Crown land log prices has been an irritant with the U.S. and Japan, while private and aboriginal land log producers are restricted by federal rules. “B.C. was able to ensure that both provincial and federal log export controls will not change as a result of the TPP, despite pressure from Japan to eliminate them,” B.C. International Trade Minister Teresa Wat said in a statement. “B.C.’s objectives for the forestry sector during the TPP negotiations were to gain market access for forestry products to important TPP markets ... while maintaining existing log export controls.” Premier Christy Clark said this week her first call to Ottawa after the election will be about continuing the U.S. softwood lumber talks. Harper expressed confidence that despite the history of U.S. legal and trade actions over the years, the existing deal can be extended. NDP SkeenaBulkley Valley incumbent candidate Nathan Cullen said he did not like how the trade deal was made. “Anybody can sign any deal, the question is the deal good for the country. To sign such a massive deal and keep it entirely secret doesn’t speak to their confidence about what’s in it,” said Cullen. A $4.3-billion subsidy over 15 years to protect current dairy, chicken and egg farm revenues has been promised. TPP countries would get duty-free access to 3.25 per cent of Canada’s dairy and 2.1 per cent of the poultry markets. “If it was so great a deal, why wouldn’t they release every detail in it? But instead they’ve just rolled out compensation which at least admits there’s going to be a lot of job losses in certain sectors,” said Cullen, who also did not like the deal being signed during an election. Liberal candidate Brad Layton also called the deal secretive, but said he could not say he supported it or not until
he saw the full text. He also said compensation hints at problems. “One thing that I’m adamant about
is we have to protect our supply system, our agriculture and food sources. That shouldn’t be traded away for a
number of reasons: I like my milk without hormones in it is one ... And we’ve been really trying to promote local
food sources. Well, if we open up our agriculture even more, we’re starting to get farther away from local,” said Layton.
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were directed to the ministry of jobs. Seven recommendations had already been made to the ministry of jobs following the Lakeland Mills inquest, concluded on May 14. The changes to Bill 9 included WorkSafeBC: Implementing a new investigation model that preserves the ability to conduct both cause and prosecution investigations; Implementing the sustained compliance plan for sawmills; Significantly shortening the timelines for issuing penalties and to develop a hierarchy of enforcement tools.
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The Evelyn 4H Club
leaders, members, and their families would like to thank everyone who came out to support the Bulkley Valley 4H Clubs at the 2015 Bulkley Valley Fair and 4H auction especially the buyers. In appreciation to our buyers for their support, the Evelyn club will be holding their annual Appreciation Dinner and Awards Night at the Paul Lychuk Hall on Saturday November 14, 2015. Please mark the date on your calendars.
Gabriel Barker would like to thank Chelsea & Jesse Forsyth for purchasing his market lamb
Zachariah Barker would like to thank BV Credit Union for purchasing his market lamb
Kaitlyn Bartlett would like to thank Panago Pizza for purchasing her market steer
Megan Bartlett would like to thank Alfred Aslin Contracting for purchasing her market steer
Thomas Glanz would like to thank the Sausage Factory for purchasing his market lamb
Miranda Huxtable would like to thank Sausage Factory for purchasing her market lamb
Rebecca Huxtable would like to thank Trails North for purchasing her market steer
Brandon Illes would like to thank the Trenterpries for purchasing his market hog
Janice Illes would like to thank Wolf Ridge Contracting & Frenzel Family for purchasing her market steer
Marissa Kearney would like to thank Lance Hoesing Logging for purchasing his market lamb
Dawsyn Remillard would like to thank Babine Animal Hospital for purchasing her market steer
Noah Remillard would like to thank Pacific Inland Resources for purchasing his market steer
Mikayla Schmid would like to thank Hoskins Ford for purchasing her market steer
Abigail Stavast would like to thank Willy Vandergaag for purchasing her market lamb
Adriana Stavast would like to thank Hammings Butcher for purchasing her market lamb
Emma Torunski would like to thank 6S Family Farm for purchasing her market lamb
The Evelyn 4H Club would also like to recognize members for their achievements in the following 2015 4H projects
POULTRY: Brandon Illes Dawsyn Remillard
CLOVERBUDS: Benjamine Glanz Emelia Huxtable Emily Benjamin Mattea Williams Michaiah Barker Roper & Wyatt Dejong Quinton Remillard
Sara Torunski would like to thank Sausage Factory for purchasing her market lamb
HORSE: Megan Bartlett Kaitlyn Bartlett Dawsyn Remillard Tieasha Pierre Marissa Kearney Hannah Benjamin
RABBIT: Gabrielle Barker Michaiah Barker Zachariah Barker Abigail Stavast Adriana Stavast Rebecca Huxtable 4H BC Ambassador: Chelsea Forsyth
All photos are courtesy of Stacey Price
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Schools run wet cross-country
Clifford Yuen pushes his daughter to the finish line. He wanted to ensure she participated in the run.
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Grade 2 to Grade 7 students ran at Riverside Park last Thursday at the school district’s annual cross-country run. The light drizzle did not dampen the spirits of the 287 runners. They gave it their all as they crossed the finish line with parents cheering them on from the sidelines. “Cross-country run is a district event, so it happens in the fall traditionally in the school sports cycle,” said St. Joseph’s School’s principal Rosemary McKenzie. “The run is not cancelled if it’s raining, even if it snowed the night before, it goes on.” One such runner is Clifford
Yuen, who pushed his daughter’s wheelchair all the way to the finish line. “The purpose of me running in the run is to make sure that my daughter, Hailey, who can’t run, still gets the opportunity to take part in events like this,” said Yuen. Yuen’s daughter’s wheelchair was modified to ensure it could go through “semi-rough country”. “It’s a little challenging, but it’s not too bad, really,” said Yuen. “Our family’s fairly active, and we like to bring Hailey with us.” For Yuen, the cross-country run is a family event. Yuen’s two other children, Benjamin and Bella, also participated in the run. His wife also came to the run.
St. Joseph’s School organized the run this year. “This year we have nine schools participating, the furthest west would be Moricetown, and then it goes right to Houston,” said McKenzie. “Depending on their age, the younger ones do … a kilometre and the older students have to run several kilometres through the trails.” This involved going through the trails to ensure participants can run safely, and marking the trails and marshalling. Other participating schools also contributed to the organizing of the event. McKenzie pointed out that Muheim Elementary managed the finish line while Walnut Park Elementary managed the start line.
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VOLLEYBALL MASTERCLASSES Paul Smith (right) coaches students on volleyball. Smithers Secondary School recently hosted two volleyball masterclasses with the help of Volleyball BC. Xuyun Zeng photo
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Cross-country run results 1st
Girls, 7&8 Gwen Mitchell (SJ)
2nd Michaiah B (WP) 3rd Kelcie Blackburn (SJ)
Boys, 7&8 Charles (MH)
Jules (MH) Carson (MH)
Girls, 9&10 Bryer (MH)
Boys, 9&10 Isaac D (TS)
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Overall school winners 1st: Muheim Elementary School 2nd: St Joseph’s School 3rd: Walnut Park Elementary/BVCS
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Boys, >=11 Salish (ST)
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The Wetzin’kwa Community Forest Corporation (WCFC) will be conducting fall slash pile burning operations at various times during the month of October. We do so to ensure we are in compliance with fire hazard abatement practices established for the Province of BC. Our preference of course is to utilize as much of the timber resource as possible when harvesting occurs in a given area. However with the lack of local markets for logging residue (e.g. tops, rot, defect, dead and dry heavily cracked material) there are often slash piles associated with harvesting operations. These slash piles if left on a forested landscape have the ability to accelerate the spread of any wildfire in the area and create conditions that can impose an undue risk of wildfire occurrence adjacent to the community interface. WCFC annually conducts slash burning operations in an effort to mitigate the wildfire risk to communities and to ensure compliance with established regulations that govern our operations. However this year we would like to advise the communities of the Bulkley Valley why we do so and to make everyone aware that a portion of this burning will occur within eyesight of town (e.g. ridges just above Seymour Lake). WCFC also invokes best management practices around our fall burning operations and will do so once again this year. We have acquired custom venting forecast through the Ministry of Environment and will have ensured piles are assembled in a fashion that will burn hot and relatively clean. We will wait to ignite piles until the risk of escape is low and we will light the piles early (~8:30am) when daytime venting is best suited to favourably disperse smoke. WCFC has signed on and endorsed the Bulkley Smoke Management Plan and is striving to ensure that this undesirable portion of our forest operations is done as well as it can be with as few affects as possible on the communities surrounding the community forest tenure. WCFC will continue to seek opportunities to find alternative methods to burning and to reduce the annual amount of burning needed within the community forest boundaries. Thank you to everyone involved with burning operations in the Bulkley Valley. We truly look forward to a low impact slash burning program and to the understanding of this operational requirement from the communities at large. Yours truly, Jay Baker, RFT General Manager Wetzin’kwa Community Forest Corporation.
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Gallery hosting workshops, calling for submissions By Xuyun Zeng Smithers/Interior News
Hone your art skills at the Smithers Art Gallery’s workshops this fall. Participants can learn to paint stilllife, as well as learn to make wildlifethemed leather art or metal jewelry in the silversmithing course. There is also a general painting course. “The fall art workshops are geared towards anybody who wants to try a new art form that they haven’t done before,” said manager Caroline Bastable. “They’re really introductorylevel courses to encourage people to have a go and try their hand at something new.” Each course runs for about three or four hours a session, and cost $30 to $100 dollars depending on its length. The workshops will see local artists provide instruction to participants. “We always hire artists who have some kind of professional standing ... to give the workshop, so that
you’re getting a professional level of instruction,” said Bastable. Bastable added that the workshops are aimed at older youth and adults. “Teenagers who are serious about art and they’re interested in taking [the courses] are welcome,” she said. “But they’re not really children’s programs.” In addition, the Art Gallery is also hosting a weekly art group called Nature First, which focuses on naturethemed sketching. “That’s a new project that we’re collaborating on with a professional artist called Julie Askew,” said Bastable. Bastable said Askew is also an art instructor. She is from England and just moved to Canada, currently living in Prince George. “She is a colleague of Robert Bateman’s. They’ve worked on many wildlife projects together,” said Bastable. “She’s used to teaching kids and adults and people who have never picked up a pencil and paper before. “As well those who are already advanced sketchers and those who are
artists in their own right.” Each session costs $20 for a onehour session held Tuesday. Bastable said this is for all levels. Finally, the Gallery is also looking for submissions for exhibition from June 2016 through to May 2017. “I think it’s a really great opportunity for an artist to have an exhibition in a public gallery,” said Bastable. “You get your work out there, and seen by people.” “People get to appreciate what you do and of course you also have the opportunity to sell your work direct to the public.” An independent committee will judge the submissions that will go on display. “The committee is made up of artists from the community and is headed by the art director from the Gallery,” said Bastable. All art forms are welcome. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 16. Application forms are available at the Gallery, and application is free.
A participant paints at a past workshop.
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Halloween trick-or-treat and movie at Bovill Square By Xuyun Zeng Smithers/Interior News
Bovill Square will transform into an outdoor movie theatre this Halloween. Children can also enjoy trick-ortreating and a live DJ from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Oct. 31. Motivated by the success of the first SkyHi Outdoor Movie Night last month, Mark DeHoog has decided to organize another. “It’s a second version of the film [night] that we did on Sept. 11 at Bovill Square,” said organizer Mark DeHoog. “We had an overwhelming response from the community. I think there were close to 500 people that showed up.” DeHoog wants to host one more event
before the winter comes, and he is using this event to solve a perennial Halloween problem in the Bulkley Valley. “I grew up in the Valley,” he said. “I grew up in a rural area outside of town, and we commuted into town if we wanted to trick-or-treat, but what that did was it created certain spots that were really hit hard with millions of kids and the candy ran out.” “And so we thought, what if we could kind of create an area right down at Bovill Square where we could have kids that could come and trick-or-treat there, and get tons and tons of candy just from Treat City.” DeHoog revealed that the first half of the event will be trick-or-treating, and the second half will be for the movie.
“Treat City will start at 5 p.m., our goal is to kind of have it along Broadway,” said DeHoog. “We’ll block off the street there in that area by the Sausage Factory and right on the sidewalk of Bovill Square, we’ll have the Treat City.” “Simultaneously we’ll have the DJ dance party in the grass of Bovill Square and then at about 7 o’clock, Treat City will kind of shut down and we’ll transition to watch the movie in Bovill Square.” Several organizations have signed up to hosts the tents that will line Treat City. “We’ve approached businesses in the town and asked them if they would sponsor [them],” said DeHoog. “They could put up a tent. They would either provide a game for the kids or we would provide volunteers for the game on their
behalf. We would have candy to give to the kids.” DeHoog is still looking for a few more organizations to host tents. “Ideally, if they could show up, bring a tent, have a game, and boatloads of candy to give to kids from their tent. That’s an ideal thing,” he said. “If they want to just sponsor the event, obviously we’re looking to have a large amount of candy. So we’re purchasing candy.” “If they want to just make a donation and have their name mentioned on our Facebook page, on the posters and on the evening, they could do that.” DeHoog is also looking for volunteers to help out. Interested parties can find out more in a Facebook event titled “Halloween Party Outdoor Movie Night”.
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Young entrepreneur celebrates first year By Alicia Bridges Hazeltons/Interior News
The winner of a competition for young entrepreneurs in northern B.C. has wrapped up her first summer running the food truck she launched with her prize money. Hazelton area woman Ria Smith won $10,000 in the ThriveNorth Business Challenge with her pitch to set up a “farm to fender” food truck using ingredients from local producers and artisans. She was the youngest of four women shortlisted for the Best New Business Idea prize, along with runner-up Eleanor Stewart from Smithers. Smith used her winnings to set up the Hazeltons-based Fender Food Company food truck in time for summer. The mobile eatery serves a menu of comfort food from producers including The
Sausage Factory, Skeena Bakery, Mercedes Beans and Model Teas and Woodgrain Farms. Smith said the idea was to support local producers while keeping prices low enough for a community with a weak economy. “The economy in Hazelton isn’t the strongest but I wanted to both take advantage of both local producers and feed my community at the same time,” she said. “I sacrificed a bit of a profitmargin for that but in my first year I have no regrets.” Smith said support in the Hazeltons had been strong enough that she had not needed to travel with the truck, which she ran from locations including the Red Apple parking lot, Hazelton Farmers’ Market and Gitanmaax Food and Fuel. She plans to spend winter in Prince Rupert before returning to the Hazeltons to reopen the truck next summer.
Fender Food Company owner Ria Smith says strong community support helped make her first season running a food truck a success.
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Upset over school bus driver jobs By Alicia Bridges Hazeltons/Interior News
A group of longserving school bus drivers, who lost their jobs when the Coast Mountain School District changed contractors in June, say they will not reapply for their jobs because they believe they were being treated unfairly when the
contract changed. Mike Lawlor, Ben Dubeau and Shirley Stanley-Belisle were among a group of drivers who lost their jobs when the school district ended its seven-year contract with First Canada on June 30. The drivers, who were members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), were
notified in April that their jobs would be terminated at the end of the school year. New contractor Diversified Transportation advertised the new positions publicly and, according to the company, at least 50 per cent of its new Hazelton crew were previously employed by First Canada. The contractor still has
two vacancies for drivers but the former drivers say they will not apply because they believe the company should have approached them directly. Shirley Stanley-Belisle, who was a bus driver for the company for 19 years, said she decided not to apply for her past job despite losing a substantial chunk of her income. “I thought about it,
I struggled with it all summer, wondering if I should, if I shouldn’t, to give up the paycheque and stuff but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it,” said Stanley-Belisle. “To just not contact, to not even acknowledge that we had done this job for all these years, I just thought it was really disrespectful and I just couldn’t do it.” Ben Dubeau, a bus
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driver of more than 20 years who usually works as a guide outfitter during summer, said he had decided not to apply for a job at this time. “I’m a third generation bus driver. I planned on going back but I figured it’s in such a mess right now I’ll let them straighten it out before I go apply,” he said. See OPEN on A24
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for us’,” said Lawlor. As the local CUPE representative, he said the union was unable to intervene. Lawlor also believes the school district should have done more to protect drivers’ jobs. CMSD secretary treasurer Alanna Cameron said Diversified’s management assured the school district there would be opportunities for the drivers. “Concerns of past employees were most certainly expressed to our new provider during our deliberations, and we were assured that management of Diversified would provide opportunity for past drivers to apply for positions with their company,” said
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Cameron. “It is my understanding that several of our past drivers are now working for the new service provider.” Diversified operations manager Luis Gonzalez said the decision to advertise the vacancies was about fairness to the wider community. He said his company did not solicit for jobs. “We did not seek them but we did not turn away from them,” said Gonzalez. “We did not come and knock on the door saying here is a job, we just said to the community ‘we have runs to be covered, we need people who would like to be a part of our team’.” “The opportunity was there and I guess we were just
fair to the community.” Gonzalez said his company had not received any complaints from former drivers and it had not been contacted by the Union. He said the company was still looking for drivers, who would receive training regardless of their experience. “What we are obliged [to do] is to provide safe transportation with proper training and we did have an invitation to the community and we hope that more people either from the previous contractor or new people would like to be a part of our team,” he said. “I was still looking for more people for permanent rounds, we are looking for spare drivers.”
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Valley Food & Farm Update Submitted by the Smithers Farmers’ Institute
It’s time for some of your favourite farmers’ markets to go inside! Both the Bulkley Valley Farmers’ Market and the Pleasant Valley Farmers’ Market are hosting indoor markets. Bulkley Valley Farmers’ Market – Indoor markets will be every Saturday until Christmas at the Smithers Curling Club from 9:00am until noon. Pleasant Valley Community Market – Indoor markets will be held at the Houston Public Library between 2:00pm and 6:00pm on October 8th and 22nd, November 5th and 19th and December 3rd. Interested in local food? There is an app for that! The BC We Heart Local program has a map on their website and a mobile phone app that features farms, markets and other sources of locally grown food. Go to http://www.weheartlocalbc.ca/findlocal/ for more info. Notes for Producers: The BC Forage Council is hosting a Field Day on Tuesday, October 20th at Whispering Winds Ranch to showcase some of the new project activities in the Vanderhoof area, including extending the forage season using forage kale, performance of several alfalfa varieties, seeding rates and mixes for alfalfa establishment and more. Field day starts at noon and is free, but you must register to attend by October 13; to register contact Nancy Portman at nancy. portman@gov.bc.ca or phone 1-800-3343011. The BC Outstanding Young Farmers’ Program is accepting nominations for 2016. The deadline is October 13, 2015. More info at: http://www.oyfbc.com/nominations. html. The draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Hatching Eggs, Breeders, Chickens and Turkeys has been released and is available for public comment until December 4, 2015. The code and comment system are available at www.nfacc. ca/codes-of-practice/chickens-turkeys-andbreeders. Charlie McClary The BC Cattlemen’s Association is hostRe/Max Bulkley Valley - Smithers ing a workshop and847-5999 field Fax day with a focus Office (250) (250) 847-9039 (250)877-1770 Cellular on ‘Maximizing your forage’. It will be held at Bar K Ranch in Prince George on Friday, October 23 2015 from 9:00am-4:00pm. There is a $10 registration fee to cover the cost of lunch.
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NWCC anthropology and sociology students make the Skeena their classroom with a field trip to an ancient village site on Oct. 3. NWCC photo
River rafting a unique experience for students Northwest Community College students explored Gitxsan territory from a unique point-of-view when they rafted the Skeena River on Oct. 3. The sociology and anthropology classes launched from Guxts’eliksit, a Lax Skiik (Eagle Clan) fishing site and culture camp, before floating down the river with a view of the spectacular fall palette. College professor Chris Gee said the trip gave students unique experiences, such as engaging directly with
a wild salmon ecosystem. “Visiting a vibrant and working fishing camp and then travelling on the Skeena River to an ancient village site allows NWCC students the rare opportunity to connect academics to the water level realities of our region’s history and culture,� said Gee. A press statement from the college said outdoor classes were held as often as possible. “Our region’s cultural history and diversity and the benefits of local
First Nations knowledge, combined with the geography of this northwest B.C. and the wildness of the environment, make our outside-the-classroom learning opportunities appealing to University Credit students,� said college spokesperson Heather Kirk. She said many of the college’s field studies were developed and delivered in collaboration with First Nations communities, something that could not be replicated outside the Northwest.
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Dream reader shares skills with workshop By Alicia Bridges Hazeltons/Interior News
A Hazelton man who has spent decades learning to decipher the hidden messages in his dreams will teach a workshop on the topic in Smithers this weekend. Philip Ponchet wants to share his dream interpretation techniques with the public because he believes they can help people deal with problems such as stress and anxiety. At his upcoming workshop at the Northwest Community College, he plans to share techniques to help people understand the symbolism of their dreams. “People will be guided through a process of learning to better interpret the message of their dreams, so helping them to explore the meaning of why they dream and why it’s important to listen to those messages,” said Ponchet. The Hazelton resident said when it comes to interpreting dreams people have a tendency to analyze them instead of trusting their instincts. Students in Ponchet’s class will be asked to interpret each others’ dreams to help them hone their skills and learn to recognize their messages. He said learning to interpret symbols and messages could help people identify or deal with problems in their lives. “When we feel that we are struggling with something in our life, dreams have a way of highlighting what is going on, what’s behind that anxiety or
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stress that we are feeling,” he said. “It also points us in a direction to find solutions and answers to that situation that we may not be aware of.” Ponchet has written a workbook entitled Dreaming with Angels, which has chapters on the purpose of dreaming, types of dreams, remembering dreams, decoding symbolism, and deciphering the message. The book also provides examples and techniques to use dreams as a tool for selfdiscovery. Ponchet’s class runs this Friday to Saturday and costs $49. For more information contact NWCC on 1-877-277-2288.
CMSD saddened by trustee’s death The Coast Mountains School District was last week mourning the sudden death of trustee Gary Turner, who had been a member of the board for more than 15 years. Turner was in his sixth term as trustee when he died suddenly on Oct. 2 in Terrace. A statement from school board chair Art Erasmus said Turner approached his role with passion and devotion. “Gary made regular visits to his liaison schools and served on the business and budget working committees for the board of education,” said Erasmus. “He made a difference in our school district communities and played an essential role in the lives of thousands of students.” Erasmus extended condolences and prayers to Turner’s family, saying his friends and acquaintances at the school district share their loss and sadness. A celebration of life was scheduled to take place at the Knox United Church in Terrace yesterday afternoon. Schools closed early to allow students and staff to attend the service. “The void left by Gary’s passing will be filled with the legacy of his service, the memory of his smile and passion for the children,” said Erasmus.
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Two Mile resident angered by voting complications By Alicia Bridges Hazeltons/Interior News
A Two Mile resident whose voting information was changed unexpectedly after 30 years is worried Elections Canada’s registration system will diminish turnout at the polls on Oct. 19. Bonnie J. McCreery called Elections Canada last Thursday because she had not received a voter’s card, but the person who answered her call was unable find her registration. She was redirected to the regional office which managed to find her details, however her voting information had changed. For 30 years McCreery had been registered at the Gitxsan Wet’suwet’en Education Society (GWES) in Hazelton, which is where she works, but this time she was signed up to vote at the Kispiox Valley Hall. The Kispiox polling station is about half an hour’s drive from the GWES building, meaning she would
need to take an hour off from work to drive there. McCreery said a manager at Elections Canada’s regional office eventually changed her registration and agreed to send her a new voter card. Although her situation was resolved, she is worried about the impact that registration problems could have on voter turnout. “I’m very angry, I’m angry that there are all kinds of people out there who won’t spend an hour, half an hour here and a half an hour there, trying to sort it out,” she said. “It’s extremely difficult to vote.” McCreery, who is an adult education instructor at GWES, said two of her colleagues were also waiting for voter’s cards. She questioned why changes to Elections Canada’s system were not postponed until after the election. Registration problems have been reported in other Canadian communities, including Cedarvale in north-
western B.C. Residents there were told they had to drive about 50 kilometres to vote in Hazelton instead of Kitwanga, which is about 19 kilometres away and where they voted in the last election. Elections Canada is now sending those voters new information cards which list Kitwanga as their polling station. Elections Canada
spokesperson Dorothy Sitek said there was nothing unusual about McCreery’s experience. “This is to be expected, it happens every election year,” she said. “So this is a normal period of adjustment that occurs and returning officers locally may proceed to change some [polling] locations based on internal reviews, feedback received
from electors.” Sitek said people need to check their cards to ensure they have the correct polling location and contact Elections Canada if they have concerns. She said she did not know how many people in the Two Mile area had been directed to a different polling location in 2015. “I don’t have local numbers, it’s 26.5 million voter
information cards that have gone out,” she said. “In the 41st general election which was 2011, returning officers sent out approximately 312,000 replacement cards which is what you get when your polling station has been moved ... and as of now approximately 200,000 voters have received a replacement card due to a polling change.” Sitek also said
there had not been any major changes to the voter registration system in 2015. She said there were other voting options for people who did not want to go to their designated polling location, such as casting a special ballot at an Elections Canada office. For more information about voter registration visit electionscanada.ca.
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Making progress where it matters By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News
Identifying what matters in Smithers and developing a “report card” to measure progress in those areas is the focus of a strategic planning project launched last week. Community Vitality: How Do We Measure Progress? is a joint initiative between the Town of Smithers, Northern Health and the Bulkley Valley Social Planning Society (BVSPS). The concept aims to identify the community’s priorities, then develop an index which can be used to measure progress based on a combination of statistics and public feedback. The project got underway last Wednesday with a public presentation by University
of Victoria public health and social policy professor Trevor Hancock, who is a pioneer of the Healthy Communities movement. Hancock began by emphasizing his belief that gross domestic product (GDP) is a poor measure of a country’s progress. He outlined other examples of models which put more focus on quality of life, saying enacting change was most effective at a local level. “It’s about what people talk about as people-centred or human-centred development, in a sense it’s about us,” said Hancock. “It’s about how are we both as individuals and more importantly as a community; how are we doing as people?” He said developing a “report card” for an individual community such as Smithers
helped to ensure time and resources were invested in areas where they were needed. The first step to achieving that was to identify what was important locally, said Hancock. “If you know what matters, then you can measure what matters and then you can manage what matters, and that is going to make a difference,” he said. Identifying those community priorities and developing an index to measure them was the focus of a workshop held the next day. About 70 representatives from local organizations including the RCMP, Smithers Fire Department and Northern Health took part in the brainstorm last University of Victoria professor Dr. Trevor Hancock, Bulkley Valley Social Planning Thursday. Society member Dawn Hanson, Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach and Northern See SUCCESS on B2 Health Bulkley Valley Health Services administrator Cormac Hikisch. Alicia Bridges photo
Telkwa chooses rec upgrades By Xuyun Zeng Telkwa/Interior News
The Village of Telkwa is currently looking for quotes for upgrades to the Dockrill Rink and ball diamonds. Village staff will prepare a report for council with the quotations, and councillors will discuss how to spend the $100,000 grant from the Regional District at its Oct. 13 council meeting. “In terms of the ice rink, we’re going to get quotes on resurfacing, painting, boards and netting,” said Mayor Darcy Repen. “We determined that we want to move towards a roof, but we need to make the rink be in excellent shape first.” Village staff is also looking for quotes on resurfacing the ball diamonds. “The hope is that we can direct some [funding] to both,
but it will depend on what those quotes are coming back as, cost-wise. And what it looks like what we can move forward with,” said Mayor Repen. “The input that we got from the community was that there was strong support for both facilities.” “So one way or the other, we would like to make sure we’re keeping the focus on both and not one or the other.” The latest online survey taken by the Village in September saw 45 per cent of those polled supporting funds going to both facilities. 37 per cent supported all funds going to the Dockrill Rink while only 19 per cent wanted all the money to go to the Ball Diamonds. Other surveys have shown greater support for putting the full funding behind the rink. A June survey had eight people supporting putting a
roof over the rink, while only four people supported levelling the ball diamonds. This survey did not have the option to split the funding. Another survey on Facebook had 19 people supporting funding going fully to the rink, while five people supported the ball diamonds, and only two supported splitting the funding. Paper surveys showed 16 people supporting funds going to the rink, seven supported splitting the funds and only three to the ball diamonds. Mayor Repen added that this $100,000 grant could be used as a means to apply for further grant funding. “The expectation was that we would leverage that grant to actually get more grant funding, so we’re definitely going to try,” Mayor Repen said. “We’re not in a rush. We want to make sure to maximize the value out of that grant funding.”
ADVANCE VOTING Advance voting has its highest turnout in Canada on Thanksgiving weekend. It was no different in Smithers, where people lined up outside the Elections Canada office to cast their ballot early. The last chance to vote is election day, Oct. 19. Chris Gareau photo
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Finding a way to measure success From PROGRESS on B1 BVSPS member Dawn Hanson said the project aligned with her organization’s goals of improving planning from a social aspect or, “the softer sides that don’t get measured in terms of the number of business licences or gross domestic product.” Hanson said community report cards had been developed in the past, including a project in 2007-2008, but the indicators were always changing. She said the index would be a tool to help planners and leaders ask more informed questions about the future. “If we don’t have some way at looking comprehensively at this then we might think we need to put resources here, but actually that’s not really where they need to go,” she said. “By having a community report card or indicators or taking this snapshot, it can reveal trends and make us ask critical questions and hopefully dig down deeper.” Northern Health’s Bulkley Valley Health Services administrator Cormac Hikisch said the health authority was cofunding the project because it moved the approach to improving community health “upstream”. “We need to move away from the more typical thought in health services around making sure our hospitals are working effectively
and we have enough doctors in the community and move beyond that ... what we call upstream, and think about the factors that are affecting how healthy we are as a community,” he said. Hikisch said community engagement was an important part of the process. “What’s most important is that from that better view and stronger strategic grounding, it allows us as a community to make decisions on how to move forward and how to improve on where we’re at,” he said. Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach hopes the project will help the community develop a common language to talk about its successes. “Smithers is a diverse community and residents from different walks of life see the community differently,” he said. “At the same time I think there is so much that we hold in common when it comes to what we value, and so really the goal of the indicators’ work is to get us out of those silos and to build a common language so that we have a bit of a sense over time as to whether we are getting better as a community.” Information from last week’s workshop will be compiled in a report that will be available to the public. Bachrach said he expects the project will be completed within a year.
Inner Peace Movement of Canada Welcomes National Speaker Philip Ponchet
Tuesday, Oct. 20th 1pm & 7pm • Hudson Bay Lodge, Smithers Philip speaks on how peace of mind comes from acknowledging the good, kind, loving , understanding part of us , our true self. You are a soul, You are energy, the eternal part of each person. Explore the psychic gifts of clairaudience, clairvoyance, hunches, dreams and feelings and how to make them practical. The seven year cycles of life, guardian angels and life purpose. Community members contribute ideas at last week’s presentation by Trevor Hancock.
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To list your nonprofit coming events please drop off your listing at The Interior News, 3764 Broadway Ave., fax us at 250-847-2995, or email laura@interior-news.com. More information is available through our Online Community Calendar at www.interior-news.com. Deadline for submissions is Fridays at noon. Maximum 25 words. Limited space is available. We regret we cannot accept items over the phone. Living with Stroke Wednesdays 1-3 p.m., Healthy Living Centre, Oct. 7 to Nov. 25. Course by the Heart & Stroke Foundation for those who have had a stroke and their caregiver. Register 1-888473-4636 ext. 8002. DIY: Seashell Dream Catcher Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre. Join us to make your own Seashell Dream Catcher. All craft ideas are welcome. Light snack provided. Smithers Snowmobile Assoc. AGM, Wednesday, Oct. 14, Prestige Hudson Bay Lodge, 7:30 p.m. If you are interested in a position on the executive, snowmobilesmithers@gmail.com. Seniors Line Danicing starts Thursday, Oct. 15, 10 a.m., Pioneer Place Seniors Activity Centre. Newcomers welcome. Shirley 250847-2528, Justina 250-847-2591. SKEENA Book Launch, Award-winning author Sarah de Leeuw launches her latest book of poetry, Skeena, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m. at Smithers Public Library. Dementia Dialogue: Warning Signs and Diagnosis Monday, Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to noon, Bulkley Lodge. Each session is an opportunity to learn about a different caregiving topic followed by a guided discussion. BVD Auxiliary Monthly Meeting Tuesday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m.,
Healthy Living Centre. Sharon Dempsey will give an overview of Home and Community Care, including how to access it. Glenwood Women’s Institute Annual Bazaar Saturday, Oct. 24, 12-3 p.m. Baked goods, crafts, home-based businesses and much more. Entry $5 inlcudes light lunch. Reloading Open House Saturday, Oct. 24, 1-3 p.m. BV Rod & Gun Clubhouse. There will be reloading stations for most disciplines and varied experience on hand to set you on the right path. Smithers Film Society Dukhtar Sunday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m., Roi Theatre. Vivacious in colour, heart-aching in scope, stunning in size and full of beautiful shots of Pakistan. Regular admission. BV Museum Cemetery Walk Saturday, Oct. 31, 1 p.m. Smithers Municipal Cemetery. Learn about the history of the Smithers Cemetery and some of the town’s earliest residents. Dress warmly and prepare to walk over uneven ground. Learn to play Bridge with Dennis Lee. Lessons start Tuesday, Nov. 3, every Tuesday and Thursday 7-9 p.m. during November, Room #504 at Smithers Secondary School. Use Della Herman entrance. Jane 847-3738 or Jeannette 847-9713. Fourth Annual Bat Box Workshop Saturday, Nov. 7. Learn to build bat boxes. $20 includes one bat box. Space is limited. Register by Oct. 31 at skeena@bcbats.ca.
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Steelheads vs Lac La Hache TOMAHAWKS Sun., Oct. 18 Lac La Hache Arena Puck Drop 1:30 pm
ORANGE HARVEST Nathan Cullen supporters fill the Old Church in Smithers and hear some tunes from local musician Rachelle Van Zanten. The Saturday night event dubbed Orange Harvest was the NDP candidate’s last event before the Oct. 19 federal election. Chris Gareau photo
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RECYCLED FUN About 20 children create various costumes and toys out of cardboard at the libraryhosted Global Cardboard Challenge. The event was inspired by Caine’s Arcade, which featured a boy who built a functional arcade out of cardboard in his dad’s shop.
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The Service BC office in Smithers received a community leadership award last week for its work registering people on the province’s organ transplant donor list. Government agent Stewart Dickson said the community helped the local office have a registration rate of 544 per cent when measured with total transactions — such as driver’s licences. That is compared to Service BC’s provincial goal of 85 per cent.
Dickson said it was important for everyone to sign up on the provincial database, whether they wish to donate for transplant or science. He added that many people do not realize that the process has changed, and people need to be on that database. According to the province, 95 per cent of British Columbians support the idea of donating a kidney to someone in need. Of those polled, 51 per cent thought they were a registered donor, but in fact, only 19 per cent of B.C. residents are actually registered on B.C.’s official organ donor registry. To register, visit the Service BC office or sign up online at transplant.bc.ca.
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displayed in an exhibit, and that is not always a question that we can answer! We stress to all of our donors that there are many reasons to consider donating an item to the Museum, including for research, or simply for posterity and preservation of the past. Just because we can’t immediately integrate an item into an exhibit display does not mean that it’s considered insignificant, or that it won’t be used for exhibits, programming, or research in the future. Most recently we put our policy into practice while evaluating a hand crocheted baby jacket and hat offered to us by a local resident. After careful evaluation against the criteria listed above, the items were selected to become part of our collection for the following reasons: • The items fit closely with our Mission Statement to collect and preserve items of historical and cultural interest from Smithers and the Valley, as they were made in Smithers in 1914, and were worn and used by individuals who were born in and lived in Smithers • The items were in excellent physical condition • The items could be easily and safely stored by the Museum To collect or not to collect – this will always be a question that curators face. And with every artifact that we evaluate we remember that our decision today affects not just us, but future generations who will look to the Museum to learn about the past. Have questions? Think you have something that belongs in the Museum? Drop by and visit us, or email us at info@bvmuseum. com. from the Sponsored by The Interior News
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REFUGE ... At the time I was annoyed. This past August, I stepped on the leg of some squatter at the Keleti station in Budapest. I was trying to read the information sign, and she was parked right in front of it. As I left the station, however, it dawned on me that something tragic was happening. In sleeping bags and tents, eating dinner and holding small children, hundreds of people were packed together like unsheltered winter campers on a cold day. “Migrants” are simply on the way to finding a new home. Others accurately call them refugees, as they’re coming from Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Fear-filled leaders have declared them an “infestation.” (Sounds like Nazi language justifying genocide by referring to victims as “vermin.”)
is my church family now in a new home that, I pray, serves more than our needs, but also this community’s! Coming home again, I realized how easy it is in Smithers to side-step folks looking for refuge in our town. Jesus was a refugee. In the Bible we’re told that, when toddler boys of His ethnicity were targeted by a tyrant, his parents took Him and fled to Egypt. Already at birth there was no room for Him. Later we find out that He had “no place to lay his head.” Dare I bar the door to my house? my church? my country? Though a son of immigrants, I’m still tempted to believe that foreigners “threaten” our society, as they don’t always share our values. Seems to me, no one ought to understand that better than our First Nations hosts.
Everyone needs refuge - not just refuSorry if I’m stepgees. How blessed ping on toes. But not I and my family are as bad as a leg. to have a home that meets more than our needs! How blessed Submitted by the Smithers Ministerial Association
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PRO LIFE MARCH A pro life march on Saturday morning makes its way to Bulkley Valley District Hospital after winding through Smithers. The annual march draws scores of people from several churches who are calling on the federal government to create a law addressing abortion. The Knights of Columbus marshalled traffic crossings for the group. Chris Gareau photo
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Brenda Mallory This is it! Time to make up your mind. The 78-day election cycle will end on the 19th of October. If you were to ask me the whole process seemed a little flat. There is more excitement when turkeys come on sale or a hockey game is happening. Blue Jays fans are all a twitter. But do you vote? As I write to you today the
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will have to look at the folks running in this region as well as taking a listen to the leaders of the parties. Let’s face it, I want to be inspired. A little fire in the belly would sway me one way or the other. I say to you in all honesty that I normally vote the same way most elections. This time I am in a quandary. Should I vote as I always do? Should I vote strategically — whatever that means? Environmental issues, the new Pan Pacific trade deal, first nation issues and so on. At this point I will have to be careful not to have you skip this voting. Yours is just one vote but it could be the one that will make a difference. I am told by some that every time there is an election we don’t get anything up here. If
that is your problem then vote. If you have trouble getting to the polls contact one of the political party offices and I am sure a ride will come your way. I just hope whoever carries the MP banner for this
region does very well for all of us. Good luck to all the candidates and thank you for your commitment to the folks in this area. Give me a call to 250-846-5095 or just email to mallory@ bulkley.net.
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TO ALL NOT-FOR- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Bulkley Valley Community Foundation Call for Grant Applications 2016 Grant Funding The Bulkley Valley Community Foundation serves local community needs for Topley, Granisle, Houston, Telkwa, Smithers, The Hazeltons and Kitwanga areas. Grant Applications are now being accepted from October 1 to November 30, 2015, from Not For Profit Organizations within the service area. Projects must be commenced & completed in 2016. Special Funding is also being granted to organizations providing Education Services in Houston & Area and Special Needs in Smithers & Telkwa. NOTE: Applications will only be accepted via email. For further information contact: BV Community Foundation P.O.Box 4584, Smithers, B.C. VOJ 2N0 Phone: 250- 847-3310 e.mail - bvfoundation@bulkey.net Houston – Dee McRae 250-845-2550 The Hazeltons –Colleen Burns 250-842-6842 The application forms and Information/Policies packages are available in digital format from our web site www.bvcf.ca
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big issue for trying to gain poll points comes about with the issue of the niqab. The number of women who wear the face covering is very small. Is this really the big problem in our country? How about a bit of help for seniors? Does child care or child poverty ring a bell? Guess not. The stump speeches go on and on. Those words come to us in monotone clips read from a teleprompter. Stick to the script at this point. I have to ask you — is that working? As of today the Liberals are in the lead, the NDP have slipped in popularity. Conservatives? Steady down the middle. When it comes time for me to decide for whom to vote I
The Town of Smithers has a vacancy to fill on the Smithers Public Library Board. The Library Board is made up of volunteers from the community who make operating and financial decisions regarding the Library. If you are interested in volunteering as a Library Board member please complete the application form that is on the Town’s website at http:// www.smithers.ca/municipal-hall/committees. Application forms are also available at the Town Office and at the Smithers Public Library. You must live within the Town municipal boundaries or in the rural Electoral Area “A” Fire Protection/Recreation & Cultural Benefitting Service Area to qualify. General information about Smithers Public Library Board member responsibilities can be found on the Town of Smithers website at www. smithers.ca and on the Smithers Public Library website at http://smithers.bclibrary.ca/ Please submit your completed application by October 23, 2015 to the Town of Smithers, Box 879, Smithers, B.C. V0J 2N0 or drop it off at the Town Office located at 1027 Aldous Street, Smithers B.C. Please feel free to contact the Town of Smithers at 847-1600 if you would like more information regarding this opportunity on the Board.
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Attended a meeting regarding the closure of all the re-use sheds in the Bulkley Nechako Regional District. Check out their document at rdbn. bc.ca: “Salvaging and Re-Use Shed B a c k g r o u n d Document”. Submit your ideas to the Village of Telkwa, the Town of Smithers and the Regional District on how to keep the sheds open without the misuse that has been building up over the years. The idea is to keep stuff out of the landfill. A n o t h e r informative meeting “ C o m mu n i t y Vitality — How Do We Measure Progress?” The presenter was Dr. Trevor Hancock from the University of Victoria. What things do we love about Smithers today and would never want to lose?
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Broadway shelter opens doors to public By Alicia Bridges Smithers/Interior News
People first. That’s the approach that workers at the Broadway Place Emergency Shelter take to caring for people who find themselves homeless and in need of a place to sleep. In the seven years since the facility opened in its current location in downtown Smithers, it has facilitated 22,995 individual stays and served 88,500 meals. Its nine beds give people who are homeless a safe place to sleep for up to 15 days, protecting them from dangers on the street or the extremes of winter. Once they are inside, visitors to the shelter can access meals, showers, a laundry room and, of course, a bed in which to rest. Last Friday the facility, which is run by the Smithers Community Services Association (SCSA), opened its doors to the public. SCSA executive director Cathryn Olmstead said the open day gave the community a chance to become more informed about the role of the shelter. “I think there are a lot of preconceptions about the purpose of the shelter, what happens in the shelter and who accesses the services, so this offers us a nice way to introduce people to some of the work that we do and that they get a chance to meet some of the staff,” she
Smithers Broadway Place Emergency Shelter worker Mary Aldrich, Smithers Community Services Association executive director Cathryn Olmstead and shelter manager Candis Crump.
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said. The facility attracted controversy in September when it was blamed for bad behaviour and panhandling in the downtown area. Some business owners at the time called for the
facility to relocated into an industrial area. Olmstead, who defended the shelter at the time, said the open day was not held in response to criticism. She said similar events had been held in the past
and last week’s open day was more about about highlighting what the facility does. Olmstead said it provided people in crisis with much more than a place to sleep. “It’s like a springboard,
it’s a safe place where people can come and identify what needs to be in place for them to be the master of their own life and then we play a role in helping facilitate that,” she said. “What does that is the
consistency of staff and the relationships that are built over time, and the safety component that comes with having your basic needs met.” As an emergency shelter, people can only access it for a limited time so staff help patrons find avenues to a better situation. The facility has its own housing liaison officer whose job is to help people find a more permanent place to stay. Staff also help people with needs such as accessing mental health services, obtaining ID or applying for income support. Although the shelter acts as a sanctuary, it is not without its rules. People who want to stay there must check in before 10 p.m. and cannot re-enter if they leave and try to return. Drugs and alcohol are not permitted and visitors to the centre must empty their pockets, purses and bags to show they are not carrying any weapons. Worker Mary Aldrich, who has been at the shelter for two years, said patrons were generally respectful of the rules. Often when they arrive, she said, the best way to help them is just to listen. “Sometimes they come and they are pretty upset and they just want a listening ear for a half an hour,” “We just sit and we listen and that becomes our main focus regardless of other things that we need to do. “It’s people first.”
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