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Supporters Earthquakedemand rattles end to Hooterville beds but fails to evictions startle nerves By Marple

By Stacey Stacey Marple Haida Haida Gwaii Gwaii Observer Observer

The early morning of Friday April 24, Haida hit by crowded an Earthquake of 6.1 MoreGwaii than was 10 people into the magnitude.

No tsunami warnings were issued Village of Queen Charlotte council chamafter the earthquake.

The epicentre of the bers Nov. 2 to voice their support of the quake was approximately kmimminent south of the two Hooterville residents 167 facing Village of Queen Charlotte. eviction from the area, and the demolition of Some residents of Haida Gwaii reported their homes. objects shaking Although the and windows rattling, but no serious decisiondamage to issueor injuries were reported.

As the islands trespass notices of Haida Gwaii all have unique to two geological of four qualities, the effects of an earthquake can vary from island to island. remaining resiEvery community dents, Alexander reported feeling the quake in different ways.

Queen Charlotte Village which MacDonald and has a rock base didn’t feel the quake as much Patrick Lemaire, as thea residents of the northern parts of Graham was provincial island.

Tlell and north is- mostly a sand Mary Lou Vonbased Niessen action, Mary Lou area and feels almost every quake that happens.

Von Niessen led the Shirleyprotest Wilsonfor of Skidegate reported citizens’ feeling the earthquake. the mayor and coun- “I was sitting in my bed I heard cil towhen at least lendthe house creak.” After the initial creak her bedon start their support to she the felt occupants therocking slim and noticed her ornaments rocking. chance the province will reverse its“The decision. ornaments for athat while the quake “Most ofrocked us believe oneafter or more of stopped,” Ms. Wilson told the Observer. the previous councils actively sought to“My son who were also in the house haveand thebrother Hooterville residents evicted,” she didn’t feel the earthquake at all.” said. “Let’s forget about past obsession with Barry Pages Masset, director of thewho penalizing the of less fortunate and those Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District choose to live simply in our community,” said he felt the quake but because it was fairly Ms. Von Niessen said during the public-comshort wasn’toftoo However, he mentsheportion theconcerned. regular council meeting. added, “This is a reminder to every one to Reading from a prepared statement, she be prepared.” continued: “Take a stand for what is right Earthquakes arethese nothing newlive to Haida and good and let people out their Gwaii.

The quake comes just weeks lives where they are, pay their taxesafter and atheir study identi ed Haida Gwaii as ground licence fees but let them be, please.” zero forInthe next major seismic on the response, Mayor Gregevent Martin saidwest coast. council simply does not have the authority recent “There earthquake qualify as toThis intervene. is a doesn’t very long history the big and one [it’s scientists predict, as it was smaller to this a] very interesting social than even some the aftershocks theare 7.7 experiment,” heofexplained.

“Thoseafter lands magnitude earthquake in 2012. not owned by the village. There has been same Iweekend that Gwaii noThe secrecy. don’t like tooHaida see any onegot lose hit by this 6.1 tremor, Nepal was devastated their homes and go to jail,” Mr. Martin said. by a 7.8 magnitude event.

Earthquakes between a 6.0 and a 6.9 are See Hooterville on Page 3 considered a strong on the Richter scale.

“Take a stand for what is right and good.”

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Submitted Months in the planning, the Queen Charlotte and Skidegate Volunteer Fire Departments participate in joint photo auto Committee members of the Pulling Together Haida Gwaii Event demonstrate their teamwork abilities at the carving shed in the extrication training Fri-Sat-Sun. A total of 20 members between the two departments had the opportunity to practice Kay Centre. The group will be holding a fund raiser May 2. See full story on Page 3 hands on extrication techniques delivered by a professional from the College of the Rockies.

Search and rescue suspended after Day 3 Funding pushes fibre-optic project to $10 M

By Quinn Bender Haida Gwaii Observer

By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii The search forObserver Kumdis Ilsand resident, Brent Hendren, was suspended Although prohibited byHaida their last weekendstill following one of funders to announce details of the Gwaii’s largest search and rescue new fibre optic line, information operations in more than 25 years. of GwaiiTel’s game-changing project “I know for a fact that if he was are filtering out nonetheless. alive out there we would have found LastThere’s week GwaiiTel announced him. no chance we woulda $2.3 million contribution from Gwaii have missed him. The community Trust for the new line stretching should know we did everythingfrom we Old Massett to Skidegate.

That seed possibly could to find him,” said moneyAshurst, was augmented with $140,000 Chris SAR manager with from Northern Development Initiative Archipelago Ground Search and Trust. and deputy unit leader with Rescue

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“I know for a fact “We hope thatalive over that if he was the thewould fibre out winter there we optic getshim.” in and haveline found the choke point get - Chris Ashurst cleared up.”

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It’s known theRescue. federal government Massett Marine is Mr. also Hendren, kicking in27, the was lion’slast share of seen the project funding, but from what rowing out to his Kumdis Island program and with whichsupplies ministrySunday is still cabin rental

morning, April 18. He missed dinner plans with friends later that night. underfollowing wraps until they make the The Tuesday Masset announcement, a move interrupted RCMP received a missing persons and delayed byled the to federal election. report, which the discovery However, last week Lite Access Mr. Hendren’s boat abandoned and Technologies issued a press overturned south of Watun release River answering the question of cost, at the near Pure Lake Provincial Park. same cementing belief “It istime strongly believed thatamong Brent islanders when the project will be propdrowned his rowboat capsized erly funded to bring in the essential west of Kumdis Island,” Mr. Ashurst foundation forbased reliable, high-speed said.

“This is on information Internet access to Haida Gwaii. from witnesses, the location of the capAccording to Lite Access GwaiiTel sized vessel, and the distribution of his has awarded them a conpersonal effects along$7-million the shoreline. tract to lay the fibre optic cable.

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This is the largest contract in Lite Access’ history. It will consist of the supply and construction of a 107 kilometre fibre optic network beginning near Old Massett and connecting to Skidegate. The network will be connected to five existing GwaiiTel points of presence (POPs) in Old Massett, Masset, Port Clements, Tlell and Skidegate.

Lite Access, a subsidiary DSG Communications, calls the project the “most future proof and cost effective fibre connectivity solution available.”

“We are extremely pleased that the GwaiiTel Society has chosen Lite Access and DSG to provide their communities with a state-of-the-art fibre optic network.” Dylan Griffiths, CEO of DSG Communications said in the press release.

The $2.4 million in funding already announced by GwaiiTell has been earmarked for the installation of radio transmitters on the GwaiiTel tower on Mount Hays near Prince Rupert, which sends its signal to a tower in Old Massett, indicating the total cost of the project will near $10 million.

GwaiiTel is presently renting a line from Telus to supply Internet to Haida Gwaii, but this project will allow Haida Gwaii to have its own line and not be reliant on Telus.“We

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will now have our own line after it is built,” Board Chair of GwaiiTel Carol Kulesha said.

The installation will be beneficial by giving GwaiiTel the opportunity to supply local Internet service provider (ISPs), such as QC Islands Net, with a better Internet connection they would in turn sell to their customers. “We deliver it to the Internet Service Provider in different scenarios, then they deliver it to their clients,” Ms. Kulesha said, adding the project was spurred by demands and expectations of islanders.

“GwaiiTel is owned by all the communities. The community set out what is to be accomplished. They set the direction and we do it.”

However, she adds, the new fibre optic line will be a huge undertaking for the GwaiiTel Society and it will take some time to perfect.

“We now will have equipment worth more money and we will have to get money in the reserve.”

Reserve funds will be needed to ensure sure that maintenance and regular upgrades can be completed without too much of a delay.

“We hope that over the winter the fibre optic line gets in and the choke -oints get cleared up on the GwaiiTel side,” Ms. Kulesha said.

The second set of radio transmitters that will send a stronger single to Old Massett should be installed by the end of 2015.

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He also acknowledged the history of the area Ms. Von Niessen referred to, implying council is somewhat justified in keeping its distance from the occupants following incidents of violence in 2008.

At that time, when Mr. Martin was still a councillor, he said the village did in fact support the occupants of Hooterville and Frog Flats during the first round of eviction notices served by the province. However, frustrations fuelled by certain residents led to arson of one home followed by threats and violence directed at council, including Mr. Martin, over which the police and courts were necessarily involved.

The crowd of supporters at the recent council meeting assured Mr. Martin those responsible left the area years ago, but this did not persuade council to write a letter defending the occupants.

Queen Charlotte resident and business owner Mike Meegan urged council to reconsider in light of the established character of those residents remaining.

“The reason I came tonight is that I don’t like to see my neighbours evicted … When

“That is totally new information and contradicts what we have been told.”

- Greg Martin

I look at the news and see the Prime Minister saying we need to make room for 25,000 Syrians and fit them in somewhere, and we can’t even fit in two people into the tail end of our community. It’s almost a farce,” he told the crowd.

“The fact is, in principle, I don’t think we should be throwing our neighbours in the street. I am asking you to represent the two people with your voice and actions, even if it falls on deaf ears, at least you then stood up for your fellows,” Mr. Meegan concluded.

Following the violence of 2008, a lawyer advised council that, in his opinion, the Community Charter and Local Government Act, and other applicable legislation strips the village of land-use jurisdiction over Hooterville. The village would have jurisdiction over

the permitted land uses of the occupants only if the land were subject to a valid Crown licence or lease. In the absence of that, as in this case, the village has no jurisdiction or authority over the development, planning, construction, alteration, service, maintenance, or use of the land.

This didn’t sit well with resident Kevin Gibson, who was recently issued a license to stay in Hooterville. “We are concerned that the most important and valuable tradition of our community, of caring for and helping others, is being destroyed by this hostile action,” Mr. Gibson said. He added he was under the belief that according to statements from B.C. Lands officials, the choice of whether the province should evict or grant the license is, the decision of the municipal government. Mr. Martin said he looks forward to Mr. Gibson supplying him with evidence.

“Mr. Gibson’s information is contrary of my own,” Mr. Martin said. “That is totally new information and contradicts what we have been told by [provincial] government.

It would be a game changer.

I am an evidence-based thinker and I have to see the evidence.”

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Speed blamed in fatal accident

By Quinn Bender Haida Gwaii Observer Queen Charlotte RCMP have identified speed as the main factor of a tragic accident that claimed the life of a 40-year old Port Clements woman.

The single-car accident occurred on Oct. 28 around 6 p.m. when the driver was travelling northbound on Hwy 16. Near Wiggins Road in Tlell she lost control on a curve and struck a utility pole, shearing it off its base.

The vehicle’s air bags deployed and the driver was wearing her seatbelt.

Emergency responders from various agencies and passers-by quickly attended the scene, but despite their efforts the driver later succumbed to her injuries in hospital.

No other vehicles or individuals were involved in the collision. The RCMP found no indication to believe alcohol was a factor.

“We have been investigating in concert with BC Coroners service, and while road conditions were wet, speed appears to be the precipitating factor in the collision,” said Cst. Chris Kienzle of the Queen Charlotte RCMP. “It is tragic every time a life

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Teal Jones open to abandoning site near Moresby adventure camp Onus on islanders to find financial equal

By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii Observer

“It is tragic every time a life is cut short like this.”

- Cst. Chris Kienzle

is cut short like this. Out of respect for the family, the RCMP will not be releasing the name of the driver at this time.”

Funeral services for the woman were held last Saturday, Nov. 6.

The Queen Charlotte RCMP reminded the public that speed limits are posted based on ideal driving conditions and that drivers should reduce their speed based on the driving conditions present in the moment.

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The company planning to log the area around Mount Moresby Adventure Camp says if a location of equal value is offered, they are willing to leave the area alone.

“We don’t want to log the area if we don’t have to,” Haif Karmelly, CFO for Teal Jones told the Observer.

M r. K a r m e l l y i s c u r rently in discussions with the Council of the Haida Nation about a transfer of the licence for another cut block. “If they can offer us something of equal value then we will go for it,” he said. At this time there has been no official deal.

The 14.1 hectare proposed cut block would drastically impact the educational programs offered by the Mount Moresby Adventure Camp, says Ms. Joanne Hager. “We won’t shut down the camp but it would be devastating.

There really isn’t a better option. The quality of the programs would go down,” Ms. Hager said.

Ironically, amongst the

“We don’t want to log the area if we don’t have to.”

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camp’s many programs, part of the proposed logging area is used to teach youth and children about the logging industry.

The forest also features trails the camp uses to access streams and waterfalls to study fish and other nature in the area.

Teal Jones has offered to leave a buffer area around the camp in the proposal,

which Mr. Karmelly said is likely the reason the project was approved. The proposal is currently under review and there has been no final decision on the cutting permit which takes approximately 70 days.

The Council of the Haida Nation stated in the October edition of the Haida Laas, that the CHN continues to implement the 2009 Kunst’aa guu- Kunst’aayah Reconciliation Protocol Agreement. In 2011 the Haida House of Assembly a resolution titled ‘Forest Classrooms’ directed the CHN to protect the forests around the Mount Moresby Adventure Camp at Mosquito Lake. With the resolution in hand, CHN is working to protect the area throughout various means which may include a land swap with Teal Jones. It was stated that it is expected that the issue will be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.

“We will always be working with the Haida ,” Mr. Karmelly concluded.

Every year we have many businesses and people to thank for their continued support:

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Major funding sought for QC Harbour upgrades

By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii Observer The Queen Charlotte Village Council passed a resolution supporting the Harbour Modernization Project. The Harbour Society is applying to Northern Development initiative Trust for the 2016 Economic Diversification infrastructure Program.

The funds from this program will go towards a Modernization Project, which has changed its name to Queen Charlotte Harbour Authority Coastal and Marine Tourism Project. The new project will include several upgrades and additions to the existing facilities. “ We b e l i e v e t h a t t h e s e improvements to the current harbour facility will be beneficial to the community of Queen Charlotte and Haida Gwaii,” The letter stated.

It is believed that with this project the harbour would be able to encourage visitors to stay longer, which would lead to other businesses seeing economic benefits as well.

The harbour would like to take steps in the future to improve the overall safety of the dock.

Quinn Bender photo “The harbour welcomes and Norbert Froese ascends his sailboat mast at the QC Harbour to change a light. Proposed upgrades to the docks would offer essential encourages residents and vis- amenities, like public showers, to encourage longer stays amoung marine tourists. itors to visit the facility and mingle with the micro-community in the harbour. Taking steps to increase safety measures would be beneficial to all members of the community,” president Lori Weidman said in the letter.

If you are from Queen Charlotte and will be in need of a Christmas Food The Harbour is currently Hamper this year, please contact Carole or Bruce Ives at 559-8344 before looking at a budget of approxiNovember 30, 2015. All names must be submitted by this date. mately $125,000 and the NDIT grant could cover up to 70 per cent of the cost.

Donations for the Christmas Food Hamper can be mailed to: Upgrades for the harbour would include installation of Christmas Food Hampers a public-use coin-operated PO Box 454, Queen Charlotte, V0T 1S0 shower. It has become evident that the current bathroom facilOr ity do not meet the demand of the harbour users and general Directly deposited at Northern Savings Credit Union - Lori Weidman public. Presently there is no shower facility at the dock or within walking distance of the dock. Many visitors tend to leave the harbour and Queen Charlotte area soon after arriving to find these services elsewhere. installed to increase commuWith safety in mind the nity involvement and interacHarbour authority would also tion with local tour operators. like to see non-slip measures Wa t e r l i n e s w i l l a l s o b e on the dock surfaces, which installed along all portions of will involve installation of the dock. expanded aluminum walkways.

If the funding goes through Recycling bins, dollies and H a i d a G w a i i w i l l s e e t h e commercial grade wheelbar- improvements throughout the rows are all included in the winter and early spring. “We QCHA Coastal and marine want to have everything done tourism project. A brand new by tourist season, early June,” fish weighing station is to be Ms. Weidman said.

“We believe that these improvements to the current harbour facility will be beneficial to the community of Queen Charlotte and Haida Gwaii.”

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Nov. 4, 2010 Wi n d g u s t s reached hurricane force that battered the islands on October 31, 2010, taking out power lines, closing much of Highway 16 overnight and wreaking havoc with Halloween festivities. According to the Beaufort wind scale, winds of between 103 and 117 km/h are classified as a violent storm. Between 118 and 133 km/h is considered hurricane force.

Nov. 10, 2005 The British Museum was willing to give back human remains. The British Parliament passed section 47 of the Human Tissue Act, which then allowed the museum to move human remains believed to be under 1,000 years of age out of its collection. As the British Museum is one of the world’s oldest museums, that was big news for indigenous people.

Nov. 2, 1995 It was predicted that 190 local forestry jobs could be lost in 1996, unless there were changes in the timber supply situation here, said Ministry of Forests district manager Bob Brash. In each community meeting, Mr. Brash had warned of the impending timber shortage and job losses, and had invited interested groups to sit down and talk about possible solutions.

Nov. 7, 1985 On Lyell Island, on October 30, 1985, Frank Beban was angry, redfaced, hand-slapping angry. His equipment was idle, his loggers sent home, and his camp was a ghost town. Everything was stopped, but the bills for fuel to keep the camp alive, and the payment of the new equipment bought in anticipation of his company, Frank Beban Logging, to fulfill its cutting contract with Western Forest Products, kept coming.

Editorial Laying of fibre-optic line begins the high-speed race without a finish line The importance of fibre-optic Internet connectivity on Haida Gwaii can’t be understated.

Once the line is laid, the kinks ironed out and the digital dust allowed to settle, islanders may look back on today and recollect with laughter those crazy days before, those choke points and signal disruptions, much like many now speak of a not-so-distant time past without cell phones.

Gwaii Trust’s commitment of $2.3 million to leverage an additional $7 million shouldn’t go unnoticed, and neither should GwaiiTel’s commitment to pushing this project through.

Stable, high speed Internet has the potential to affect almost every area of the Islands’ economy and community life.

We’ve reported on small businesses just waiting for the available Internet bandwidth to catch up to their ideas before they can launch. The fact is, expanded access to higher speeds generates the majority of today’s small business growth and job creation, paving the way for local innovations, rather than relying on and importing others’.

Library programs, live streaming of civic events and town forums, senior citizen engagement, distance learning and health care are but a few sectors that have historically been impacted by the introduction of sufficient Internet service. It’s not so we can cloister ourselves in cabins and disconnect socially, but to allow the world in at those times we are simply unable to step out the front door—due to illness, children, weather, or whatever.

But the key benefit here is local business.

According to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority Canada claims the number one spot in global online usage. Eighty per cent of the population spends an average of 45 hours every month on the Internet — nearly double the global average (clearly, Haida Gwaii is not within that 80 percentile).

What happens when you search for a company only to discover they don’t have a website? You probably question if the business is, in fact, in business. We say that only to underscore how integral digital connections have become to the success of even brick and

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mortar operations today. In an economy like Haida Gwaii’s, an economy struggling to distance itself from the resource sector, the fibre-optic line can’t be laid fast enough.

But yes, those kinks will be there. If the fibre-optic cable is a highway, we still need to build the overpasses and gas stations and other infrastructure to get that traffic flowing.

Once the line is laid, access points will still need to be made. We may then have the world at our fingertips, but with the current rates of usage, the media-rich environment of today’s Internet might simply be too costly for some (so long, Netflix binge watching).

As we go to press a series of meetings hosted by GwaiiTel are scheduled to take place across the islands.

We suspect a lot of people will be asking when and how they can access the fibre-optic line, and what it means for how their Internet will be delivered in the future.

We’ll be asking those questions too. But not without thanks for getting us to these very welcome questions.

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“I would be more productive at work.”

“I would Skype more.”

“Could I watch Movies? ”

Lexi Farkas Port Clements “It would make it easier to do research if the internet was faster.”

Letters to the Editor Not unfeeling on immigration Dear Editor, I am concerned where Canada is getting the money from to bring such a large number of refugees here, apparently the money for EI had been used to pay our deficit.

A lot of Canada’s elderly and people with disabilities are having trouble living on their pensions, no one seems concerned about them.

I hear these people are treated pretty good and are allowed a lot of benefits that we are not.

I think it is entirely wrong not looking after our own first. These refugees should be expected to act like Canadians and within a year if they can’t learn and speak our language they should be returned.

They should not be given the signing authority to sign other people over. How is the security clearance going to be handled with this many people—for all we know there could be terrorists disguised as refugees. They should be situated in a safe place near their own country and should be the responsibility of the United Nations. I haven’t heard of any of them being trained to defend their own country, why is that? If it had looked like they had been defending their own country right from the beginning and now they are fleeing for their life because they were unable to.

Don’t get me wrong. I am not an unfeeling person. I do feel concerned for these people and wouldn’t want to walk in their shoes but I don’t think being put in another country is the answer. How come other European countries haven’t opened their doors?

Marlene Metlowsky, Kelowna

War hellish for blameless bystanders Dear Editor, The Canadian government’s worst nightmare scenario would be the capture of one of the RCAF pilots currently bombing targets in Iraq and Syria.

After a Jordanian pilot was captured, ISIS released an elaborately staged propaganda video to show the pilot being burned to death.

The Western media used words like brutal, savage, horrific, and demonic to describe the event. ISIS succeeded in its objectives: intimidating its opponents and publicizing itself.

Vietnam proved the public can not handle the truth about war if they see vivid images of the oozing blood and disemboweled guts. But governments know their military operations depend on the tacit support of the public. Cue the spin doctors.

Coalition forces, including Canada, steadfastly maintain their pin-point precision bombing rarely harms civilians.

Meanwhile, independent investigators, who are not embedded in the armed forces, have found credible evidence that indicates hundreds of civilian deaths have already occurred.

The families and friends of innocent victims, who may have died in fiery explosions, must think the Western powers are also brutal, savage, horrific and demonic.

War is the most hellish for the blameless bystanders. The least we can do is insist on knowing the truth.

Lloyd Atkins Vernon

Please send your letters to the editor to editor@haidagwaiiobserver.com. We will always give preference to letters submitted by islands residents.

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hirty years ago this month, the Haida Nation took action to stop logging at Lyell Island, with dozens of elders and citizens blockading the logging road and continuing the line of defence in the face of a court injunction. The standoff at Athlii Gwaii came after years of Haida objections to provincial government and logging company plans for cutting old growth in South Moresby. Over the last two weeks of November 1985, a total of 72 Haida were arrested at Lyell Island; many were charged with contempt of court and mischief.

The dispute made news headlines across the country and brought global attention to land title and environmental issues on Haida Gwaii. When the Haida Nation suspended the blockade at the end of the month in order to meet with the provincial government, the outcome was far from clear. But over the next months, as the Haida Nation continued to make its case, the federal government became involved. Shortly after the Haida Nation formally designated Gwaii Haanas as a Haida Heritage site, the government of Canada followed suit, designating the area a National Park Reserve, and protecting it from industrial activity forever.

The Haida Nation’s unprecedented action at Athlii Gwaii had a wide range of effects. Along with the National Park Reserve designation, the government committed over $100 million, including $38 million for a “community development fund”, intended to create new economic opportunities and sustainable development on Haida Gwaii. While government representatives intended to spend this money in just a couple of years, islanders had other ideas. As Haida and non-Haida community representatives began to meet and talk, they agreed that their vision was to transform the money into a locally-controlled, perpetual trust fund for Haida Gwaii – a fund that would protect the original $38 million, and use the interest it produced in creative ways to benefit the people and environment of the islands. Eventually, they convinced the government and in 1994, the Gwaii Trust Society was officially established.

In the 21 years since then, the Gwaii Trust has spent millions of dollars and changed life on Haida Gwaii in many ways, some obvious, some more subtle. New buildings, like the CHN offices in Skidegate and the multi-purpose complex in Port Clements, have been built, and community halls have been renovated. Our volunteer fire departments have been able to buy better vehicles and fire-fighting equipment. We’ve helped sports teams and school groups make hundreds of trips off-island, and we’ve provided a grant to almost every islander who undertakes post-secondary education. We helped bring broadband internet to Haida Gwaii in 2006 and this year, we’re helping fund a major upgrade to the network. None of this would have happened if not for the Haida Nation action at Athlii Gwaii back in 1985.

As the islands continue to grow and change and face new challenges, so does the Gwaii Trust. After interviewing candidates from across Canada, we have just hired a new chief operating officer, who will start work at the beginning of December. She’s local, with deep roots in our community, and we can’t wait to tell you all about her in our next column.

The Gwaii Trust update is a collaborative promotional venture by the Gwaii Trust Society and the Haida Gwaii Observer.

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School Board endorses parents’ anger over Moresby logging

By Quinn Bender Haida Gwaii Observer Parents are weighing in with their anger over proposed logging around the Mount Moresby Adventure Camp.

The Sk’aadgaa Naay Parent Advisory Committee and the District Parent Advisory Committee sent a letter to the school district asking for assurance the board will make their views known. The two committees pointed out the camp’s success is as much tied to its official boundaries as the area surrounding it, noting in modern society with ever-increasing use of electronic devices the camp offers youth the rare chance to unplug completely.

“The area surrounding the camp affords children many outdoor opportunities with forests, lakes and waterfalls in the area. This camp has the unique opportunity for students to be fully immersed in the outdoors,” reads the letter.

“As parents we are concerned that without a generous buffer zone between the camp and the proposed cut block, this experience will be diminished for future generations.”

Mount Moresby staff, in partnership with School District 50 has successfully offered the forest stewardship program to students from every school since 2005 in an immersive, experiential environment. Every student on Haida Gwaii has the opportunity to attend the Adventure Camp free of charge.

The PACs also raised safety concerns over the potential for blowdown around or within the camp boundaries.

The letter ended with parents seeking assurance from the

“Without a generous buffer zone ... this experience will be diminished for future generations.”

- Parent Advisory Committee

School Board that their children’s education and safety will not be compromised by the proposed logging.

Trustee Elizabeth Condrotte tabled a motion that the board write a letter to the Ministry of Forests supporting all the concerns outlined in the letter. The motion was approved unanimously.

Haida immersion The School Board is revisiting the possibilities of extending the Haida partial immersion program up to Grade 3, from it’s current offering of Kindergarden and Grade 1.

A couple years ago a survey was sent out to parents of affected children at Tahaygen and Sk’aadgaa Naay elementary schools, of which about 20 responded. Superintendent Angus Wilson said the number reflected a good response in terms of typical survey feedback, but the Board is readdressing the issue in the hopes of finding a higher participation rate.

Chairperson Kim Goetzinger suggested taking a more

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“After seeing such great attendance at [previous] meetings from the Haida community, I’m wondering if a community meeting would be better to schedule this around,” she said.

She added that securing that desired level of engagement in other communities will take a little more work.

Trustees however raised the issue that a more comprehensive curriculum be identified before a suitably meaningful conversation can take place with the public.

“That’s the first thing I wrote down,” said Old Massett’s new trustee, Wilson Brown. “How will this curriculum be presented? Because without that we’re kind of searching around in the dark. I’ve been involved with processes where [participants] have gone all over the place.

“I think what Elizabeth [Trustee Condrotte] is saying is we have to put the work in, to first see what it might look like…so there’s some reasoning behind taking it to the next level.”

Mr. Wilson said he would look into the concerns raised the next morning, and convene meetings to map out a better process of presenting partial immersion options to parents.

Employment equity Amendments to the Recruitment and Selection of Staff Policy raised questions with local teacher in attendance during the public comments portion of last week’s School Board meeting.

Although the amendments pertained to superintendents and trustees, the teacher asked why there wasn’t more effort put into recruitment from within the Haida Nation, saying they are still a disproportionately underrepresented.

“We have more Haida students than we have before, and we’re supposed to have more Haida teachers to meet those needs. I’ve never seen any changes in the school district’s Aboriginal [representation] … and I’m going to keep asking about this because now we only have three in the district teaching. I know there are more out there [outside Haida Gwaii], and I think if the door were more open we would have a lot of people come home.”

Superintendent Angus Wilson said a large portion of the questions asked in the interview process is focused on culturally responsive education, and that the district will always favour an applicant with knowledge of Haida culture in particular.

“An interesting phenomena now is we have schools with no Haida teachers in them, but we do have a number of First Nations teachers in the building—they’re just not Haida. It comes down to who applies; that has a huge impact on who we hire.”

With declining enrolment overall on Haida Gwaii, the district is also not receiving the volume of resumes they it would prefer. Addressing the teacher with these concerns, Chairperson Kim Goetinger welcomed any help to attract more Haida candidates.

“If you’re in contact with these teachers and have a means of persuading them to apply, by all means, please do,” she said.

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Council Briefs Masset

Police calls rise slightly

Sergeant Drouin of the Masset RCMP met with council for their bi-annual RCMP community report, which showed a small increase in calls for service over the same period in 2014. Over 500 calls for service were made for Masset which was up from the 445 calls in 2014. Out of the 521 calls for service, only 32 cases resulted in charges being laid, which was up from the 27 the previous year.

Sergeant Drouin felt the increase in breaches of bail conditions was a positive sign that the Masset RCMP have been working diligently with the community on repeat offenders. Village Council felt this was a positive direction the RCMP is taking in the community and thanked Mr. Drouin for assisting in a recent case where the village had to write a letter urging the courts to give a hefty sentence to one repeat offender in the community.

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QCSS students spearhead eco-friendly kayak project

By Evelyn von Almassy Haida Gwaii Observer The idea of a cardboard boat might be followed by thoughts of imminent disaster, but cardboard boats are exactly what 18-yearold QCSS student Kelsey Gross is offering to her peers.

Parents need not worry. This revolutionary class of water vessel might be made of discarded paper products, but they’re highly durable. If all goes as planned, Ms. Gross and her fellow students will use a special construction technique to build a fleet of kayaks for student use at both QCSS and GM Dawson.

The idea was inspired by The Cardboard Boat Book: How to Build Environmentally-Friendly Boats with Recyclable Resources.

In 2010, QCSS teacher Norman Wagner attended the Seattle boat show where he met the author David W. Friant. In college back in the 1960s, Mr. Friant built his first cardboard boat as a physics project to demonstrate buoyancy and stability of floating objects.

The kayak will be held together with contact cement, with a silicone paint coating that protects it in the water. After the QCSS students construct the boats, they will go up to Masset and teach the students there how to make them.

The boats fold up from quarter-

“I am ecstatic. I can’t wait for it to happen.”

- Kelsey Gross

inch-thick cardboard and obtain their strength from the geometry of the component parts. The boats are eight-feet long, weighing only 25 pounds and can accommodate a 250 pound person without structural damage.

When Mr. Wagner returned to his sustainable resource class and told his students about the boats, they immediately got excited about the idea of cardboard kayaks. Ms. Gross stepped up to apply for a Youth Grant from Gwaii Trust to partially fund the project, for which the youth would be required to cover 25 per cent of the cost and at least 10 per cent of sweat equity; in this case the students would be designing, cutting and assembling the boats. The class is looking for $20,000 from Gwaii Trust. The total cost of the

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QCSS students plan to build a flotilla of cardboard kayaks like these, pictured here with cardboard boat pioneer David Friant..

project is around $40,000.

“I am ecstatic. I can’t wait for it to happen,” Ms. Gross says.

“The [boats] are awesome. So far in class, we are all pretty excited. The Principal of G.M.D. [Bernadette Marie] is also very excited.”

If their youth grant is approved (they are the only group that has applied for this grant) the kayaks would remain school property, and would be

used by all students in Grades 8 to 12.

Ms. Gross hopes the high school arts students will create decorations for the kayaks.

Cardboard boats have been built in at least 180 countries, according to Mr. Friant. “To this day, this design is unique and better than anything that’s come out.” The University of Washington has cardboard kayaks that they use. On his

website there is a photograph of a 23 year old kayak.

The boats can also be outfitted with a 12-volt electric fishing motor, though they are usually propelled with traditional kayak paddles. The students would also be creating wooden paddles, and decorating those as well. Ms. Gross hopes to see the cardboard flotilla on the water by the spring of 2016.

Public suggestions sought for naming of new hospital Northern Health is starting the process to collect potential names for the hospital replacement project in the Village of Queen Charlotte, Haida Gwaii, B.C. The current legal name of the hospital, the Queen Charlotte Islands General Hospital, will be replaced based on local feedback. Northern Health has formed a local engagement committee to collect and shortlist potential replacement names that will more accurately reflect the identity of Haida Gwaii and the communities it will serve.

People interested in submitting names must fill out an application form available on northernhealth.ca or at the hospital. Northern Health says the naming requires important consideration, and therefore the entire form must be completed and

submitted to Michael Melia, Northern Health Haida Gwaii/Prince Rupert Health Services Administrator

by Nov. 30, 2015. They can be emailed to Michael or brought to the Queen Charlotte Islands General Hospital administration office.

“The local engagement committee is an important component to help select a name for the new hospital as we want to ensure residents of Haida Gwaii have an opportunity to submit their choices,” said Mr. Melia. “We look forward to seeing the submissions that come forward and working on finding an appropriate name for the beautiful new facility.”

The name used to date for the building project, Queen Charlotte/Haida Gwaii Hospital replacement project is a place holder until the formal naming

process has been carried out and a new name selected.

“The design of the new hospital is beautiful, and the functionality will be exceptional,” said Percy Crosby, Council of the Haida Nation representative on the local engagement committee. “The name of this facility also has to be able to reflect the benefits it will have to the community it will serve.”

Construction crews are further developing the inside of the new Queen Charlotte/Haida Gwaii Hospital project. In June the exterior wall and roof were completed on the new building. It is expected the facility will be completed in spring 2016, which will be followed by commissioning and training preceding the move-in.

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Our new Cabinet is the face of Canada, and more Minister chose means greater things are coming. So read through this and see what you think: We have a Minister of Environment

by Evelyn von Almassy and CLIMATE CHANGE. We have a Minister of Immigration, Citizenship, and REFUGEES. Our Prime Minister is a sci-fi have not used Facebook much in the geek. Our Minister of Health is an actual past, but I am beginning to catch on. Doctor. Our Minister of Families, Children (Slow learner, what?) and Social Development is a poverty econBut I have seen something on FB that I omist. Our Minister of Science is an actual must share with you, because it is brilliant. Scientist (oh, and she has a Nobel Prize).

by Evelyn Almassy It was put together by Alana Phillips; all I von Our Minister of Status of Women is an know is that she is Canadian. I don’t know actual woman! Our Minister of Veterans her, or where she lives. Here it goes. “For Affairs is a quadriplegic because he was once, Canadians are proud (and perhaps shot in a drive-by shooting. Our Minister a bit smug). We ran the data: (the capitals of Employment, Workforce Development below were in the original post).” and Labour is a Professional Geologist.

I am including this in my column, as I Our Minister of Democratic Institutions is a have been talking with people on Haida Muslim refugee. Our Minister of Sport and Gwaii about Prime Minister Justine Trudeau Persons with Disabilities is a Paralympic and his new cabinet, and everyone I spoke Athlete. Our Minister of Defence is a with is thrilled with the new face of the badass war hero, Afghanistan combat vet, Canadian government. I may be naive, but and police officer. OUR MINISTER OF I believe that the cabinet that the Prime TRANSPORT IS AN ASTRONAUT. Half

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of our Ministers are women. Half of our Ministers are men! Two of our Ministers are people of First Nations (Kwakwaka’wakw, Inuit). Two of our Ministers were born outside of Canada (India, Afghanistan).

Two of our Ministers are Sikh. At least one of our Ministers is Muslim. At least two of our Ministers are Atheists. One of our Ministers is battling breast cancer. One of our Ministers is in a wheelchair. One of our Ministers is blind. One of our Ministers is openly gay. One of our Ministers is openly ginger. Also, Hon. Navdeep Bains has a perfect twirly moustache.

On Saturday, Nov. 21, the Coho Derby Awards Dinner (6 p.m.) and Dance (9 p.m.) happens at the Sandspit Community Hall.

Tickets will be on sale at the Super-Valu Store. Everyone is invited to buy a ticket and come to this event.

Same venue, but different date, Carole Bower let us know that there is a Christmas Craft Fair & Swap Meet on Sunday, November 22nd in the Sandspit Community Hall, which begins at 10 a.m. Thanks for the

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o you feel lucky today or do you have paraskevidekatriaohobia, which is the fear of Friday the 13th? For people for whom the phobia is very real, it may become a self-fulfilling prophesy, brought about by the tension and stress that accompany fear.

Of course there is no scientific evidence that the day is more unfortunate than any other. In fact among all the superstitions we inherited from the Dark and Middle Ages, this one is relatively new and only became widespread in the late 1800’s although it has been credited with having roots in Christianity; Good Friday, 13 disciples. In fact, if you were Italian, Friday 17th would not be a good day. So just toss some salt over your left shoulder, put your rabbit’s foot, four-leaf clover or even Devil’s Club in your pocket and you should be just fine.

We a r e n o w h a l f - w a y through my least favorite month which is a feeling shared by several poets.

Wi l l i a m C u l l e n B r y a n t observed that “The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, of wailing winds, and naked woods and meadows brown and sear”.

Unless it snows of course which is also on the horizon ,and is settled on the ground already in many places to the east of us. Have you got your winter tires on?

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news Carole; it would be great if everyone on Haida Gwaii went to this event. With the cutbacks in ferry service, (perhaps Minister Marc Garneau could help with this), the community of Sandspit has been hit hard, so it would be wonderful to see what’s offered at this craft fair.

Be sure to mark your date for the renown author Susan Musgrave’s book launch at the Kay Centre on Friday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. This is the A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and Feasting at the Edge of the World, a collection of stories and recipes based on 40 years of living and being connected to Haida Gwaii. The recipes look amazing and based on her other works, the stories will be funny and pure Haida Gwaii.

Nov. 28 is the Christmas Fair at the hall in Charlotte and the Artisan’s Fair at the Visitor Centre.

Enjoy your shopping days.

Please send your news to evelyn.vonalmassy@haidagwaiiobserver.com by Thursday at 2 p.m.

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Yourbrook Energy Systems Ltd would like to invite the Nov.19, is the regular meeting day for the Graham Island East Coast Farmers’ public to an open house to Institute. Guests and potential members are encouraged view the prototype for the to attend and check it out Tlellagraph at 7:30 p.m. in the Tlell Firehall. Is there interJuskatla Narrows Power byany Elizabeth Condrotte est in a November Swap ‘n Shop at the Tlell Farmers’ Project for Tidal Energy Market? Call me.

by Elizabeth Condrotte Su-San has taken a cruise south and will miss most of November here, well, not that far south and the ship was the Northern Expedition. She is off to her other job in Parksville as a secondment to the library there.

This gives her the opportunity to spend time with her southern family.

She’ll be back in mid-December and Mark will be looking after her place while she’s away.

Another canine Tlellian has left us. Mark’s dog Emmy lived a long and happy life in Tlell and Wells but sadly, dogs have a much shorter lifespan than we do and her time had come after a debilitating illness.

We are so fortunate to have Dr. Don and Dane to help our old pets pass painlessly and peacefully and to help their owners cope with the grief.

Young Tlellian, Taro Oike is recovering after a soccer injury at an off-island tournament left him with some trauma to his kidney. We all wish him back to health as soon as possible and send our best wishes to his family.

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Now that Remembrance Day is over, the commercial Christmas season is in full swing. I don’t know about you, but by the time Christmas is really here much of the magic has dissipated for me and I’m actually happy to see it all end.

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O d d l y, m y C h r i s t m a s cactus has turned into a Remembrance Day cactus and all the blooms are gone in early December.

I’ll be in Vancouver at the end of this month for the School Trustees Annual Academy so I’ll get my fill of city lights and decorations and celebrate having gotten through November for another year.

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How to plan and host a cookie exchange Cooking on the Rising Tide

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caught myself singing along to a Christmas song the other day, mildly shocked, I stopped immediately telling myself that it’s way too early for that! But after thinking about it, I realized Christmas is just around the corner.

Each year I look forward to the special traditions we take part in to celebrate this season of our year. I especially like coloured Christmas lights, baking and listening to Christmas music. I have to watch it though, if I get caught up in it too early I am so thoroughly sick of Christmas by the time it rolls around that I am usually glad to be rid of everything that even hints of it! I actually collect Christmas cookie recipes, keeping the magazines they’ve come in from over the years, but it’s time to glean them for the favorites, and scan them into the computer, or paste them into a recipe book. Either way, one tradition that I’ve been a part of since my boys were small is the Christmas Cookie exchange.

This is where you invite 11 other people (12 if you include yourself), to make a dozen dozen cookies, package them beautifully and exchange them with 11 other people. Try to communicate to your fellow bakers that this is where their favorite COOKIE recipes will shine, not their favorite squares, or other types of baking! Be clear, or there can sometimes be misunderstandings. You end up going home with 12 different kinds of Christmas cookies, and voila your Christmas baking is done! Many of these can by frozen easily in containers to be brought out when company arrives, making you feel like the queen of organization and forethought! Or you can give them away as gifts for folks in your community who would appreciate your thoughtfulness!

When I host an exchange party it’s important to make it fun and special.

Little party gifts for door prizes can be given out if you get everyone to sign their name on a piece of paper when they arrive, put them into a hat then draw the names, making sure everyone leaves with some little thing. Or do what is called a Ukrainian (apologies, not very politically correct) gift exchange, where

you wrap up gifts, assign everyone a number and put the numbers into a hat.

When your number is called you get to pick a gift and open it, but the fun thing is, that the next persons’ number that is called either gets to pick a new gift or take a gift from someone who already has one sitting in their lap. It gets really hilarious when the coveted gift ends up being passed around several times.... you think it is yours, then alas it’s not to be! We tell a little bit about our recipes, where they originated from, why they are special to us, what are our special Christmas memories that involve these cookies. I always find it nice to share recipes, although I’ve come across bakers who are not as comfortable sharing Grandmas’ secret shortbread recipe!

Some food and drink, as it’s always nice to have a few nibbles out and about, just remember to not leave the cat food bowl on the counter where your guests may absentmindedly try to nibble on those savory little morsels! (true story) It’s usually a girl party at my house, (which should read, “I’m the party girl in this house!”) but this year I would like to invite any guys who are interested in joining this festive event (like any of my guys!) to come on over to partake & participate. You like cookies right?

Here are two of my favorite Christmas cookie recipes; I only make these at Christmas time, and even then not every year, but I think this is the year!

Almond Shortbread 2c. unsalted butter –room temperature 1 ¾ c. sugar 2 eggs 4c. pastry flour ¼ tsp. baking soda ¼ tsp. salt 2c. Blanched finely ground almonds 1 tsp. almond extract 1 c. marzipan or almond paste – grated Cream the butter and sugar together to the consistency of whipped cream.

Add eggs and beat again for a few minutes. Sift flour with baking soda and salt, add to creamed mixture and mix until smooth. Add ground almonds, almond extract, grated marzipan. Blend well. Place a sheet of parchment or wax paper onto a jelly roll pan (cookie sheet), place another piece of parchment or wax paper over

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top, then roll out till even and smooth.

You can also roll this into a 2 inch diameter “log”, wrapping well and place in the refrigerator overnight.

The next day take out and cut into cookie sized pieces with a cutter or with a knife cut into ¼ inch slices and bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes.

Chocolate Peppermint Patties 2c. unsalted butter – room temperature 3c. brown sugar 4 eggs 5c. pastry flour 4 tsp. vanilla 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1c. cocoa – I use a good quality chocolate powder like Bensdorp Dutch process cocoa, found here on -island at Bayview Market and Isabel Creek Store.

Cream butter and sugar until whipped cream consistency. Add eggs, beating after each addition. Add vanilla and continue beating for a couple of minutes. Sift together or whisk together in a bowl, the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder. Add to creamed mixture and mix well. Roll into a narrow “log”, wrap well and refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until firm.

With a knife, cut into ¼ inch slices

and bake on parchment lined sheets for 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees.

When cooled, place about a tsp. or so of the peppermint filling in the center of one cookie, place the other one on top and squish together until filling is evenly smooshed between them. If you’re doing this in your own home, licking your fingers is permitted and encouraged!

Peppermint Icing 6c. icing sugar ½ c. soft butter 2Tbsp. peppermint flavouring Green food coloring Some cream or milk Combine all ingredients and mix well.

Piping a small candy cane with icing on top, some silver stars or some green leaves and red berries lends a festive touch, making them not only tasty, but pretty too!

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas cookie exchange with your community, family and friends. Start organizing it now so you have time put your baking in the freezer. Enjoy the season by not feeling pressured to do this as just one more last minute thing to cross off your list, by sharing the Christmas baking joys with others.

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The Contracted Aboriginal Family Support Worker will: Job Posting • Meet contract specific goals CONTRACTED Support Worker • Have proven skills and be available Aboriginal to work with Family Crisis Intervention •Haida Support youth and or their families to learn life skills Child and Family Services Society are seeking contractors to provide short term work • Support youth supportive to participate in life skills and recreational that can provide services for children, youth andopportunities their families on Haida Gwaii. • Have a respectful awareness of the Haida culture,school community, age. and Ph#beliefs 250-559-8889 The Contracted Aboriginal Family Support Worker will: partners • Liaise knowledgeably and collaboratively with valued community Masset Meet contract specific goals • •Possess the ability to work independently and as a part of the team Skidegate Firehall, 8 Have proven skills and be available work with Crisismeeting, Intervention • •Maintain confidential records, submittoreports as A.A. directed by team leader Support youth and or their families to learn life skills  ••Must p.m., every Friday. clear the criminal record check and criminal record review to work with children and • vulnerable Support youth to participate adults Masset Christmas Concertin life skills and recreational opportunities Havehave a respectful awareness the Haida culture, community, and beliefs • •Must a clear 4valid driver’sof Friday, December at 7p.m. atlicense the Howknowledgeably collaboratively with valued community partners • •ALiaise personal vehicle is anand asset ard••Be Phillips Community Hall. AdmisPossess thetoability work hours independently and as a part of theQueen team Charlotte available work to flexible • Maintain confidential records, submit reports as directed by team leader sion is by donation. • Sign an Oath of Confidentiality Musta clear the criminal record check and criminal record review to work with children and Standards of Conduct  ••Sign vulnerable adults Masset Rollergirls Open Skate QCI/Haida Gwaii Sport Fishing Qualification: • Must have a clear valid driver’s license ••AACommunity Social Service Diploma /or equivalent in SocialCommittee or Human Studies Wednesdays 5-7:30 p.m.

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Gwaii Tel and the Federal Government are responding to the Islandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; need for faster, more reliable internet service. Gwaii Trust seed money helped make it happen! Gwaii Trustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $2.3 million commitment enabled Gwaii Tel to leverage the rest of the funding for a $10 million internet upgrade for Haida Gwaii residents.

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