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Transportation symposium

By Alicia Bridges and Xuyun Zeng Black Press

HOUSTON Light Up

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A crowd of people came out to enjoy the annual Houston Christmas Light-Up at Steelhead Park last Friday evening. Even Santa Claus made an appearance. He arrived on a flashing fire truck and handed out candy canes. Pictured above, he is sharing one with little Abby De La Mare. For more pictures of the event, turn to pages 6 and 11.

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Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Minister Todd Stone has promised to turn discussions into action after First Nations and government leaders met in Smithers today to consider transportation options to improve public safety along Highway 16.

About 90 people attended the day-long symposium co-hosted by the Ministry and the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA).

At least 18 women have been murdered or gone missing along the 700-kilometre stretch of road between Prince George and Prince Rupert.

Advocates say better public transportation is needed to connect small communities, which have limited access to services and amenities, and to reduce the need to hitchhike between

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“...turn discussions into action.”

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towns.

Houston Mayor Shane Brienen thought residents here could benefit most with transportation to medical appointments and with solutions that stopped the need for hitchhiking.

“I think it was good to see all the communities together in one room with the First Nations and the Regional District and the smaller villages there, and seeing that we’re all having a lot of common problems,” Brienen said. “I think one of the main things I got from the See TRANS on Page 3

Houston in finals for best snowmobiling destination

By Xuyun Zeng Houston Today

Houston has reached the finals in a vote that will crown the best snowmobiling destination in British Columbia.

In the past six weeks, Houston beat out Radium Hot Springs, Golden and

Sicamous, and is now competing against Valemount for the top place in SnoRiders West magazine’s Sledtown ShowDown.

“It looks like Houston is off to an early lead,” magazine publisher Keith Powell said.

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“You don’t see the kind of traffic like the places down south.”

Long, however, thinks Houston has much to offer.

“You’ve got a hill 10 minutes from your house. You’re at the parking lot, you hop on your snowmobile and you

ride about 10.5-12 kilometres, you’re up in the mountains,” Long said. “The possibilities are endless. The riding terrain in Houston is next to nothing.”

The magazine also holds the same competition in provinces west of Ontario.

Smithers also put themselves up

for voting but lost to Sicamous on the second round.

“It’s been good for us because people are finally getting to see where on the map Houston is and what Houston exactly has to offer,” Long said.

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Community-based transportation solution

TRANS from Page 1 symposium was the amount of people in the smaller – what we call rural – areas in the North, just having that trouble getting into the service centres such as Terrace, Smithers, Prince George.”

The Ministry had ruled out a shuttle bus service, which was recommended by the Highway of Tears Symposium report in 2006.

Instead, it says it is focused on “community-based” transportation solutions which are suited to individual communities along the highway.

Examples of what that might look like were presented at last Tuesday’s meeting in Smithers.

Northern Health’s medical transportation bus, a community-led service in Lake Babine, and the Seniors Helping Seniors program in Fort St. James were among the models discussed.

“They really didn’t go into any plans or models; I think that will come later, and I know that various organizations have looked at various models,” Brienen said.

Minister Stone, who was not at the meeting but issued a press statement last Tuesday afternoon, said it was an important step and promised to act on today’s discussions.

“We’re now going to turn the discussions into action and to work on a plan that provides an effective model for transportation along the highway as quickly as possible,” Stone said.

Mary Teegee from Carrier Sekani Family Services had hoped to see a financial commit-

ment to a better service today.

Her organization also runs the Highway of Tears initiative, which provides advocacy and support for vulnerable women and families of victims.

“We were there to ensure that the issue of the Highway of Tears and missing and murdered aboriginal women was not forgotten in this,” she said.

“The number one recommendation of course in the Highway

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“We were there to ensure...the Highway of Tears...was not forgotten in this.”

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of Tears recommendation is to have a shuttle bus and to develop a transportation system.

“I did bring that forward and I was hoping that there was going to be resources for that ... that hadn’t been identified or announced today.”

Although Teegee said she had seen numerous reports and discussions on the issue, she was cautiously optimistic that this meeting was a step towards seeing improvements.

“The government says that they are committed to dealing with this issue,” she said.

“I’m not going to hold my breath, but I am hopeful.”

Today’s meeting also considered the results of an FNHA survey on First Nations travel needs along the Highway 16 corridor.

FNHA engagement and coordination manager Mark Matthew told The Interior News his organization’s main interest in partnering with the Ministry was to improve public transportation for medical reasons.

However, he said there may be opportunities for his organization to help other groups with transportation measures that improve public safety overall.

“Anything that looks solution-based beyond the medical transportation work that we’re mandated to provide, we will have to have more discussions on how involved we actually would be on that,” Matthew said.

“By us supporting the process it may sort of provide us direction to pursue other external partnerships but it won’t necessarily mean us delivering a service.”

Moricetown Band member Lorna Morris hoped any new service would help stop hitchhiking, which she said was a problem in her community.

“We have quite a few that are still on the road hitchhiking because of the rising cost of fuel and low-income – no jobs,” she said.

“It’s hard to say what can we do.

“There is a lot of options but it takes money to move a rock.”

She said communities and governments had to work together to find the solution.

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lip through the pages of any Canadian phone book and you’ll find it full of last names that aren’t really Canadian.

There’s Jones, a welsh name.

Jakubowski, Polish.

Tkachuk, Ukrainian. Wong, Chinese. Dosanjh, south Asian.

Behind each of these names there’s a story of someone’s parents or grandparents or great grandparents climbing on a ship back in the day or more recently times, a plane, and coming to Canada.

Whether by government designan example being the recruitment of Eastern Europeans to farm the Prairies through the inducement of land grants-or fleeing the ravages of wars or conflicts or oppression-Vietnam, the Balkans, Uganda, etc.-the point is that someone along the way stamped “approved” and opened the door to a new life.

It is in this context that the admittedly overly-enthusiastic plan of the federal government to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees must be viewed.

To overly connect this humanitarian effort with the attacks in Paris and the greater battle that must be waged against ISIS would be wrong.

What is really exposes is the immediate tendency of any group of people to judge others, saying, “I don’t like your colour, your religion, the way you dress.”

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Play-doh, an accidental toy icon

By Lori Welbourne On a brighter note

During a cleaning spree a few days ago I found some unopened Play-Doh in the back of a cupboard that had been in there for years. I immediately opened the lid and took a whiff. It still had that divine nostalgic smell I’ve loved for as long as I can remember. I took the familiar modelling compoud out of it’s container and smooshed it around with my hands, creating shapes and figures before putting the lid back on and placing it on our kitchen counter.

When my 12 year old daughter came home from school she saw it and reacted almost exactly the way I had. She opened it up, took a sniff and instinctively played with it as she told me about her day. When my 15 year old son got home he did the same thing.

Neither one of them asked me where it came from or why it was in the kitchen, they automati-

cally goofed around with it, molding it into different creations and letting their imaginations take over.

I asked them if they remembered playing with it when they were younger and of course they did. I also remembered it from when I was a kid.

“They had Play-Doh way back then?” Daisy asked.

“Yes,” I said. “We didn’t have the electronics you kids have nowadays, but we definitely had this.”

Sam went on the laptop to Google it.

“It’s been around since 1956,” he said amazed.

“Before you were even born, Mom.” That actually surprised me as well and we proceeded to read more.

It turned out it was originally a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s when homes were heated with coal and the messiness of soot was created. It wasn’t until the mid 50s that it became something kids played with - and

it was quite by accident that happened at all.

The product which was originally composed of flour, water, salt, boric acid, and mineral oil was first manufactured in Cincinnati by Kutol Soap Products and after many years of doing decent business their sales decreased drastically after World War II when oil and gas furnaces became popular, as well as the introduction of washable vinyl wallpaper, On the verge of bankruptcy the sister-in-law of one of the owners randomly read a magazine article in 1955 recommending wallpaper cleaner to make Christmas ornaments.

She took a big can of it to the community nursery school she ran and the children rolled out the doughish compound and cut it into shapes with cookie cutters to make festive decorations.

She then suggested a reworking of the substance to her brother-in-law so it could be marketed as

a toy. What a brilliant idea.

Adding the colours red, blue and yellow, the revamped product was originally named Kutol’s Rainbow Modeling Compound. That didn’t sound fun enough so they renamed it PlayDoh and introduced it to the Cincinatti Board of Education in 1956 where it was used in elementary schools for arts and crafts.

In 1957 it was shown on the popular children’s television show Captain Kangaroo. Bob Keeshan who played the Captain presented it for free, agreeing to take 2% of the profits in lieu of advertsing dollars since they couldn’t afford to pay for ads at the time.

After that it was seen on Ding Dong School and Romper Room and by 1958, the sales of PlayDoh had reached nearly $3 million.

The product the struggling owners had been barely selling for .34 cents per can was

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suddenly selling for $1.50 and they couldn’t keep up with the tremendous demand.

It started getting exported to other countries and the sales kept increasing.

General Mills eventually bought the company and then Hasbro. Their surprise hit product continued to evolve and sales continued to soar.

It’s been 60 years since Play-Doh was first introduced to children and the recipe has been tinkered with and improved upon several times. It’s now selling in over 75 countries, has been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, and the Toy Industry Association has it listed as one of the 100 most memorable and most creative toys of the twentieth century.

Many consider it one of the most beloved toy products ever created quite an extraordinary success for a nearly defunct substance once intended to wash walls.

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By Robin Vander Heide

Raise carbon tax, B.C. advisors recommend The B.C. government’s climate advisory panel wants to start increasing the province’s carbon tax with a 33 per cent jump in 2018, and says even with higher fuel tax the province won’t meet its current target to reduce greenhouse gases one third by 2020.

The carbon tax has been frozen at $30 a tonne since 2013, a rate that translates to about seven cents a litre on gasoline and similar taxes on diesel, natural gas and other carbonbased fuels.

The government’s advisory

team recommends increasing the carbon tax by $10 a tonne each year starting in 2018, with increased rebates for lowincome and rural B.C. residents.

Environment Minister Mary Polak released the panel’s recommendations Friday, as the B.C. delegation led by Premier Christy Clark prepares to attend the United Nations climate change meetings in Paris next week.

Polak was skeptical about one of the panel’s recommendations, to cut the provincial sales

tax from seven per cent to six and replace the revenues through higher carbon taxes in the years ahead.

“It is one of their recommendations, and so we’ll be looking at it along with the others, but I think at first blush, the numbers probably don’t work,” Polak said.

The panel, appointed in May with industry and environmental re p re s e n t at ive s, concluded that the 2020 reduction target isn’t going to be met.

It recommends a new target of a 40 per cent reduction by 2030, and

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says the original target of an 80 per cent cut can still be reached

she accepts that assessment, and will consult with industry

“The government’s advisory team recommends increasing the carbon tax by $10 tonne each year starting in 2018.” with “aggressive” carbon pricing and expansion of the tax to include industrial emissions.

Polak said

and B.C. residents before setting new policies next spring to meet the new 2030 target.

NDP leader John

Horgan said the Clark government has frozen the carbon tax and delayed progress on Metro Vancouver transit with a referendum they expected would fail.

“Rather than reduce emissions, they’ve gone up,” Horgan said. “And we’re not even counting liquefied natural gas.”

Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver said the recommendation to resume increases in the carbon tax is “bold,” but the report also shows Clark’s government gave up on the 2020 target that

B.C. Views Tom Fletcher is still in legislation.

“The key thing is that these recommendations are completely incompatible with the government’s LNG plan,” Weaver said.

Contractors picked for Site C construction

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

BC Hydro has selected its main contractor to construct the third dam on the Peace River, and is finalizing a $1.5 billion contract for a dam and river diversion that is the largest in the utility’s history.

The three members of Peace River Hydro Partners are Korean engineering and electronics giant Samsung, Spanish dam and infrastructure specialist ACCIONA and

Petrowest Corp., a Calgary-based company that has expanded from oil and gas construction to large infrastructure in northeast B.C. and Alberta.

Petrowest and ACCIONA worked on the recently completed Fort St. John hospital, and ACCIONA has built hydro dams in Spain and Chile.

Samsung has built hydro dams, roads, buildings, tunnels, bridges and airports.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett said the contract will be for

a fixed price to build the main “civil works,” which include excavation, river diversion tunnels, intake and outlet structures, a kilometre-long earthfilled dam, a 70-metrehigh concrete buttress and a road network.

Bennett said work can proceed in winter, and he is confident BC Hydro can stay within its estimated project cost of $8.3 billion.

When the decision to proceed was made a year ago, oil and gas activity was high and there were con-

“The contract will be for a fixed price to build the main ‘civil works’.”

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cerns about labour shortages. But with a continuing slump in oil, natural gas and mineral prices, there are idled workers and equipment in Fort McMurray and other sites in Western

Canada.

“Mining is really slow right now and LNG has not yet taken off, so you actually have almost a perfect circumstance for BC Hydro to be entering into its major

contracts on Site C,” Bennett said.

Petrowest CEO Rick Quigley said the project will hire locally first, from around B.C. second and elsewhere in Canada third before looking outside the country for skilled labour.

BC Hydro also identified Peace River Hydro Partners’ labour agreements with Christian Labour Association Canada and Construction Maintenance and Allied Workers’ Canada, which broke

away from the U.S. international carpenters’ union in 2007.

B.C. Building Trades executive director Tom Sigurdson issued a statement protesting the choice.

“Premier Clark has long said that B.C. workers should be the first in line for Site C work,” Sigurdson said. “This has not been the case so far under the first major contract, awarded to a large Alberta company which has one of four workers on site from out of province.”

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Christmas Light-Up Event Houston’s 2015 Christmas Light-Up Event took place last Friday evening in Steelhead Park. The event was hosted by the Houston & District Chamber of Commerce. Many Houston families came out to enjoy the lights, even in the cold weather.

Top Left: The Houston Search & Rescue was serving hot chocolate and showing off their new rescue truck.

They are very grateful to the many local sponsors who helped make this truck a reality.

Top Right: The RCMP Safety Bear was also out and about greeting the kids and enjoying the festivities.

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Middle Left: Miake Elliot and her canine companion took part in the Best Ugly Sweater Parade-even they were lit up.

Middle Right: Perry Slaney, along with other volunteers from the Houston Fire Department, served hotdogs at the event. Here, he is handing one off to Peyton Onderwater.

Bottom: The crowd kept warm around fires awaiting the moment of light-up.

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Artist Rene Jaspers stands beside Western Financial Group branch manager Dustie Combes. The financial services company is hosting Jaspers’ first oil painting depicting the North Road bridge.

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A Burns Lake artist will paint a picture for every 25 kilometres from Prince George to Haida Gwaii to raise money for programs that will help people with low income.

In total, Rene Jaspers hopes to put out 40 paintings by next October that will fund her Highway of Hope Foundation which hopes to empower people with low income. Jaspers hopes to sell each painting for $1,200, and this money will go towards her three-step plan to help people with low income.

Jaspers first plans to use the money to fund workshops on preventing violence.

“The prevention part includes the [Northern] Society for Domestic Peace,” Jaspers said. “They’re in schools already, so they’re going to be doing the work for bringing the prevention message to [children as] young as Grade 3 on how to protect yourselves, whether in a vehicle or in a home, [and] how to deescalate anger.”

She also wants to fund driver’s education and vehicles so that people with low income can receive their full licence, and also to support people in rural communities to find affordable

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a lot of times [they] can’t afford it. A lot of families can’t afford [getting] their driver’s licence.”

C o m mu n i t y organizations are rallying around Jaspers. She recently

“Having a purpose is important. I’d like to say something with this too-to show people the beauty of our North, that there’s hope in our North.”

transportation so that they can get access to medical care and education.

“I want to include everybody, and that includes seniors — seniors who can’t get around normally with a vehicle or can’t drive a vehicle anymore, I’d like to be able to get them to medical centres,” Jaspers said.

“I’d like to be able to help young families that are also low income.”

“With teenagers,

- Rene Jaspers had her first painting of Houston’s North Road bridge on display at Western Financial Group’s mall office, and revealed that every Northwest Community College campus will put up an art show with her paintings.

“Having a purpose is important,” Jaspers said. “I’d like to say something with this too — to show people the beauty of our North, that there’s hope in our North.”

For every 25 kilometres from Prince George on Highway 16, she takes a photo within five paces of the vehicle and makes an oil painting out of the photo. She has currently photos of the highway all the way to Terrace, and will continue her project at a different time of the year so that her 40 paintings show the North in different seasons.

“I look to give everybody a better future. That’s my hope, and that’s where the Highway of Hope comes from,” Jaspers said. “Yes, it travels around the Highway of Tears. The Highway of Tears, I think, it’s very important, and we need to keep that in focus also.”

“The Highway of Tears has been around for 21 years and it’s a long time and people have been working at it very diligently — [Carrier Sekani Family Services Highway of Tears coordinator] Brenda Wilson with her crew.

And I think that’s very important and if I can help them too, I’m happy to.”

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They are training four-times-a-week in preparation for their individual and group performances at the Christmas Gala on Dec. 11. Registration for programs at the Club is now open.

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The Houston ACT committee convened last Thursday to chart out events for next year.

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chiefly but touched upon Harvest Festival and sports events in the summer in collaboration with the Morice Mountain Nordic Ski Club (MMNSC).

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confirmed that residents will get treated to free events during WinterFest such as movies, bowling and swimming and she is looking to have fireworks during the event.

“We’ll have to make sure that we follow all the permits and stuff, I’m going have to do that soon because I definitely want that as part of the advertising,” Potvin said.

The committee currently needs more volunteers to drive Class 4 passenger vans to drive people to the fishing derby and ski

trails.

“We have four vans, and two main events that require shuttle service out there,” Potvin said. “I would like to see at least two volunteers per vehicle.”

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“There will be an allday fishing derby out at Irrigation Lake so they’re going to need a ride out there.

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also talked about how she wanted to host an event in the summer by using the aforementioned trails.

“It also has to be accessible for everyone else. So I thought — summer event — that would be cool,” Potvin said to the committee.

“Because you can get a geocaching group, the Houston Hikers involved, and just have a Houston trail day where you can run it — there’s a race going on. There’s a hike going on; or a full day of something. I don’t know.”

She wants to start an activity that allows everyone from the most sedentary to the fittest to participate.

District council first heard of this idea when MMNSC’s president Greg Yeomans highlighted how expansion of the trail system could lend to more sporting events like races that will attract visitors and revenue.

Board member Marian Ells also talked about the Harvest Festival, which she estimated will be held in late September or early October.

She wants to host next year’s Festival with a multicultural theme that involves multicultural games and food.

She plans to apply for a grant from the provincial government that funds multiculturalism efforts due Dec. 13.

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HOPE forToday Obeying God

History records some horrendous ways that human beings have treated other human beings. One such incident occurred near the beginning of the earthly life of Jesus Christ. The magi or wise men were asked to reveal the location of the baby Jesus to the godless King Herod. Being threatened by this child who was born a King, Herod planned to secretly kill him. The magi, after finding Jesus, recognized who he was and bowed down and worshipped him.

Then, commanded by God, they purposely disobeyed the wicked king by not revealing where Jesus was (Matthew 2:1-12).

The War Crimes Court at Nuremberg Germany tried the Nazi leaders for horrific crimes against humanity. The court would not accept their defense of having simply obeyed the laws of their country. They said the Nazis should have obeyed a higher law, a higher morality, and disobeyed Hitler. These criminals were convicted on this basis.

Closer to home, the treatment of Afro-American, First Nations and other people of different ethnic origin has been a constant blight on our more recent history. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., when standing up for the basic rights of dignity and respect for every human being, regardless of origin, colour or creed, peacefully yet purposely disobeyed some of the unjust laws made by racist leaders of the day.

He drew attention to a higher law that God fearing people have known since the beginning.

Yes, governments are instituted by God and we are to submit to them (Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-17). But when governments step out from under their God given mandate and call us to disobey God by not allowing us to do what God has clearly called us to do, or when they order us to disobey the clear leading of God by doing what we should not, then we must obey God rather than men.

So how will we know when this time has come? How can we know this higher law? We should take a lesson from the magi, and bow in worship before Jesus Christ the King of kings, the Author of life, the Living Word of God (Acts 3:14,15; 1 Timothy 6:11-16) and then obey his will as he reveals it to us in his written word, the Bible.

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Local athlete brings back two bronzes

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Houston has one more person to be proud of.

Local athlete Salish MacDonald went to the World Karate and Kickboxing World Championship in Orlando, Fla., held Nov. 8-13, and returned with two bronze medals.

“Competition was intense, intense,” MacDonald said. “In the age category below me, I was watching people getting knocked out. It was nerve-wracking but I had to put that aside to do well and to focus on the competition.”

This marks the first time MacDonald has competed at the international level, where he earned a bronze in continuous fighting and team continuous fighting, which require athletes to show control and domination of the fight. He said he plans to do it again.

He went in with an open mind, not expecting much.

“You couldn’t really expect anything,”

MacDonald said.

“You had to know that you’ve trained hard but you also couldn’t expect that it would be easy.”

“I was hoping I’d get a medal, of course, but I got two. I didn’t expect that.”

One of his coaches, Tareq Abu Khadra, said he was impressed

by MacDonald’s performance.

“Salish did amazing, he fought the way he was supposed to.

Just like anyone else, he got tired the last 30 seconds but he pushed himself well until that point,” Abu Khadra said. “You train to achieve and perform a certain way, and he did that.”

His father, Darren MacDonald, said his son has achieved and learned a lot, in addition to making friends.

“The thing I’m most proud of Salish for is the training that he put in going there.

Four times a week, and two hours to three hours every time,” Darren said. “It was that I was most proud of. Never did I get arguing, never did I get,

‘I don’t want to.’ ” “Going into that, I knew Salish was as prepared as he could be and sometimes things go well on competition day and sometimes they don’t, and they went really well for him.”

The MacDonalds took a grueling flight from Prince George, with two transfers, before reaching Orlando.

Darren spectated and said he could feel the energy and bravado of the spectators of all nations.

“Basically, I was lucky enough to sit front row for the opening ceremony,” Darren said. “And, watching that all take place was truly spectacular. As soon as the opening ceremony was over, you knew it was a world-class event. There were thousands of athletes with unbelievable spirit.”

“The level of competition is unlike anything that I have seen.

Everyone was very prepared. Very, very good quality.”

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Salish MacDonald wears the Mexican team’s gi. He recently won two bronzes at the World Karate and Kickboxing World Championship where he made a lot of friends and traded uniforms with various countries. the British Columbia contingent to come from Houston. The other nine came from Smithers. Salish said his eventual goal is to go to the world championship again.

“I know the competition isn’t going to get any easier. So

letting off my training is definitely something that’s not going to happen,” Salish said. “Provincials is in March but to qualify for Worlds, I have to qualify at provincials, nationals and then worlds. I can never left off the training.”

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“Just hoping that everybody comes and supports the initiative, because again it’s not about us. We’re just trying to bring attention to the work that the Salvation Army does, and make sure that they have full shelves.”

The police hope to fill as many cruisers as possible. They filled four vehicles last year.

“We usually start off with the Crown Victoria, because that’s the one that receives the least amount of usage in the winter. But then we usually fill the Tahoes and last year we also needed the interior and the back of the pickup truck because we had so much.”

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Police said they learned from the complainant that an intoxicated female associate had been visiting the residence but got upset and thrashed the place.

Police arrested the woman the next day and released her on a promise to appear in court to answer to a charge of mischief below $5,000. *** Police received a report of a threats complaint on Nov.

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Police added that the person has lost a significant amount of money. Police would like to remind the public to be cautious when sending wire transfers, and to be mindful of people they’ve only interacted with online, as they might not be who they claim to be.

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HOUSTON & AREA CHURCH DIRECTORY Houston United Church 2106 Butler Ave

SERVICES: Sundays at 11a.m.

(Kids Sunday School during the service) To contact the church or for pastoral care: Morgan Ryder (250-698-7612 -H) or 250-692-9576 -C) or Marianne Dekker 250-845-2282

Houston Fellowship Baptist Church 3790 C.R. Matthews Rd. Pastor: Larry Ballantyne

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Houston Christian Reformed Church 1959 Goold St., Box 6, Houston 250-845-7578

~ Everyone Welcome! ~ Services: 10:00 am & 3:00 pm HOUSTON PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 2024 Riverbank Drive, Box 597, Houston Phone: 250-845-2678 Pastor: Mike McIntyre Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Sunday Prayer Meeting: 7:00 pm Sunday School: During the Service

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Rev. Jacob Worley Phone: 250-845-4940

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37, 3RD Avenue, PH: 250-692-3195 PO Box 820, TF: 800-320-3339 Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 FX: 250-692-3305 www.rdbn.bc.ca E-MAIL:inquiries@rdbn.bc.ca

JOB POSTING – Environmental Services Assistant The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako is seeking applicants for the position of Environmental Services Assistant. The position is permanent, full-time, and situated in Burns Lake, BC. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako is a non-union organization.

Responsibilities of the Environmental Services Assistant include: • Assisting in the development, implementation and evaluation of waste reduction initiatives; • Assisting in the development and implementation of public education programs; • Contract administration, maintaining and developing databases, clerical work and report preparation; • Reporting on the RDBN’s Corporate Energy and Emissions Plan and other sustainability initiatives as required.

The successful applicant must have a positive attitude and be willing to be challenged. Although this position is an essential part of a team, it will be important for the successful applicant to work independently and take on a high level of responsibility for assigned tasks. The position offers a competitive salary range and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

Applicants for the Environmental Services Assistant position will ideally possess the following: • A minimum of two years job related experience; • Education and training related to solid waste management including waste reduction initiatives and policies; • General knowledge of local government operations as well as environmental legislation; • Experience in the development of public education materials including the use of social media; • Knowledge of procurement processes, contract administration; • Superior ability to communicate, both orally and in writing; • Proficient in the use of computers, desktop software, spreadsheets; • Excellent attention to detail and strong administrative skills; • Good time management and priority assessment as well as good organizational skills; • Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, complete assignments in an effective manner; • Ability to maintain effective relationships with public, staff, officials and outside agencies; • A valid BC Driver’s Licence must be maintained.

Applications for the Environmental Services Assistant position will be accepted by fax (250-692-3305), e-mail (inquiries@rdbn. bc.ca) or at 37-3rd Avenue, PO Box 820, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0 until 4:00 p.m., Friday, December 11, 2015 and should be addressed to Janine Dougall, Director of Environmental Services.

DZE L K’ANT FRIENDSHIP CENTRE SOCIETY The Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre – Houston Program Office is seeking qualified applicants for the position of:

35 hours per week

The Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre - Houston Program Office is an thriving Urban Aboriginal Organization, offering quality supportive services to community families.

St. Anthony’s Catholic Church Sunday Service: 11:30 AM

POWELL RIVER & Region Transition House Society has a job posting for a Stopping the Violence Counselor, closing on Dec. 30, 2015.

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BAND Mgr. sought by Kwakiutl Band in Pt. Hardy. Deadline to send cover letter, resume and salary expectation is 4 PM on Dec. 7 to manager@kwakiutl.bc.ca or fax 250949-6066. Pls request & review job description before applying.

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Please address all resumes to: Annette Morgan, Executive Director Drop off: 3383 11th st Houston, or 1188 Main St Smithers, Fax: 250-845-2136 Email: morgan_mayner@hotmail.com Closing Date: until fiiled Pursuant to section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code, preference may be given to applicants of Aboriginal ancestry. Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted.

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COUNTRY SOPHISTICATION! Well kept, recently updated 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom split level home on nearly 5.5 acres minutes from town on the popular Lund Road! Custom kitchen features oak cabinets, large island and heated tile floors. Spacious dining room with a bay window. Large cozy living room with a gas fireplace and dark hardwood flooring. Main bath and en-suite just recently updated with beautiful tile. Outside basement entry with a large mudroom. 32x35 barn, detached 26x30 wired, insulated and heated garage with 2 automatic doors. Huge 5 stall RV storage pole barn, wired as well. Nicely landscaped.

Seasonal Creek. Lots of parking. All appliances & window coverings included. Call Lia to view 250-845-1147.

$399,900

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Legal Notices

Legal Notices

“A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR REGION” 37, 3RD Avenue, PH: 250-692-3195 PO Box 820, TF: 800-320-3339 Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 FX: 250-692-3305 www.rdbn.bc.ca E-MAIL:inquiries@rdbn.bc.ca

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing affecting “Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 7:00 P.M in the Topley Community Hall located at 11591 Chester Street in Topley, BC.

Bulkley Valley Credit Union Bulkley-Nechako Zoning Bylaw EPS“Regional LogosDistrict to beof supplied to Newspapers No. 700, 1993” is proposed to be amended by Bylaw No. 1756 which rezones the subject property from the General Commercial (C1) Zone to the Public/Institutional (P1) Zone to allow the relocation of the Topley Fire Hall and other uses permitted in the P1 Zone.

Pantone colours:

HOUSTON COMMUNITY CALENDAR Houston Houston Ladies Ladies Auxiliary Auxiliary to to the the Legion Legion is holding Turkey Lunch Fri., Dec. 11am4:holding a aHotHot Turkey Lunch Fri.,4:Dec. to 1pm.-Price is $12/plate takeout is&available.

11am to 1pm.

Price is &$12/plate takeout Also, a Bake Sale willabeBake held. Sale Everyone is available.

Also, will welcome. be held.

Everyone welcome.

Activities for Seniors in Houston at the Seniors Centre: Dec.5: Pancake Breakfastat8 AM Activities for Seniors in Houston the to 10:00 Centre: AM • Dec. 17thPancake LuncheonBreakfast 11:00 AM8 Seniors Dec.5: to PM --AM meeting followLuncheon at 1:30 •11:00 New AM1:00 to 10:00 • Dec.to17th Horizons FREE swim for Seniors (60+) Dec. 15th AM to 1:00 PM -- meeting to follow at 1:30 to Feb. 23 every Tuesday 9 AM 10 AM(60+) All • New Horizons FREE swim for toSeniors Seniors invited.

Reason: Expanding opportunities Dec. 15th to Feb. 23 every Tuesday 9 AM to for becomeinvited. active. Reason: Expanding 10 Seniors AM AlltoSeniors Houston Ringette u16 to and u14 teams opportunities for Seniors become active. are

Dec 5 and 6. All are invited Pantone 287 hosting Bluea tournament Houston Public Library to come watch.

Tickets for rafflevents: e baskets Stories will be with Santa: Thurs., Dec. 10: 3-5pm toAdult Pantone 356 sold Green during the tournament for a chance win The subject property is located at 21628 Topley Post Gamegreat Night: some prizes.Thurs., Dec. 10 starting Pantone Office Road, at the intersection of Highway 118 and 139 Harvest at 7pm Adults 19+ only. Mark Zagwyn Highway 16 E in the community of Topley, BC and is legally described as “Lot 2, District Lot 2623, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 10310”. The subject property is shown cross-hatched and labelled “Application Area” on the map below.

LOCATION MAP FOR BYLAW NO. 1756

Black/Grey Logo file

the Canadian Cancer Shannon Clarke’s CGASociety. office. Cheques can be dropped off at the BV Credit Union or at Shannon TOPS 1901 meets Clarke’s CGA offi ce. every Tues.: 8-9:30 a.m. at the Houston United Church. Come join other TOPS meets every Tues.: 8-9:30 women1901 who are Taking Off Pounds Sensiblya.m. and at the Houston United lifestyle.

Church. Come join other encouraging a healthy women who are Taking Off Pounds Sensibly and Seniors Happy Ganglifestyle.

Entertainment Fund is encouraging a healthy accepting donations for Silent Auction Fundraiser.

Seniors Happy Gangor Entertainment Call: 250-845-7537 250-845-9615.Fund is accepting donations for Silent Auction Fundraiser.

July 2007 Coffee Break - anorInteractive Women’s Bible Call: 250-845-7537 250-845-9615.

Study meet every Tuesday morning from Coffee Break - an Interactive Women’s Bible 9:30-11:00 at the Houston Christian Reformed Study meet every Tuesday morning from 9:30Church, 1959 Goold Road. Childcare is provided.

11:00 at the Houston Christian Reformed Church, For more info call Margaret: 845-2348, Darlene 1959 Goold Road. Childcare is provided. For more 845-7438, Evelyn 696-3229. info call Margaret: 845-2348, Darlene 845-7438, The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: Evelyn 696-3229.

2nd Monday of the month is Executive, 4th The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Monday is General Meeting.

Monday of the month is Executive, 4th Monday is Buck Meeting.

Flats Community Development General Society, meets every 3rdDevelopment Sat. evening atSociety, 6pm at Buck Flats Community Andy Pollack’s house (17642) on Buck Flats Rd. meets every 3rd Sat. evening at 6pm at Andy All Buck Flats residents are welcome to attend, Pollack’s house (17642) on Buck Flats Rd. All Buck we discuss concerning the we Buck flats Flats residentsissues are welcome to attend, discuss area.

Please call Chris Newell at 250-845-3564 issues concerning the Buck flats area. Please call for more info.at 250-845-3564 for more info.

Chris Newell

Houston Public Library events: Stories with Photography: Fri, Dec. 18: noon to 4:30pm.

Santa: Thurs., Dec. 10: 3-5pm Adult Game Night: The library will be closed for the Holidays Thurs., Dec. 10 starting at 7pm Adults 19+ only.

December 20th through 28th inclusive.

Mark Zagwyn Photography: Fri, Dec. 18: noon to The Houston Cancer Society is sponsoring 4:30pm.

The library will be closed for the Holidays a Christmas of 28th memories and hope.

December 20thtree through inclusive.

Donations are $5/bulb. First lighting was The Houston Cancer Society is sponsoring Nov. 27 at the Houston Light-up ceremony in a Christmas tree of memories and hope.

Steelhead Park. The goal is to light up 1500 Donations are $5/bulb. First lighting was bulbs by Christmas Day and all proceeds go File Houston’s “Love “Love by by the the Bowl” Colour Logo Nov. 27 at the Houston Light-up ceremony in Houston’s Bowl” Soup Soup Kitchen Kitchen to the Canadian Cancer Society. Cheques can serving healthy homemade soups in two different Steelhead Park. The goal is to light up 1500 serving healthy homemade soups in two different be dropped off at the BV Credit Union or at seatings, 11-12 and 12 -1 on Wednesdays. bulbs by Christmas Day and all proceeds go to seatings, 11-12 and 12 -1 on Wednesdays.

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CREDIT UNION

At the Public Hearing all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present a written submission respecting matters contained in the bylaw that is the subject of the Public Hearing.

Written submissions sent by mail to P.O. Box 820, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0; by fax to (250) 692-1220; or by e-mail to inquiries@rdbn.bc.ca must be received by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako no later than December 8, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. to be ensured of consideration at the Public Hearing.

Bulkley Valley

The Public Hearing on Bylaw No. 1756 will be chaired by the Director or Alternate Director for Electoral Area G as a delegate of the Board. A copy of the Board resolution making the delegation, copies of the proposed bylaws and other relevant information may be inspected at the office of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako between the hours of 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, November 23, 2015 through December 8, 2015 inclusive. A copy of the proposed bylaws and other relevant information will also be made available at the Houston Public Library.

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For further information please call the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Planning Department at 250-6923195 or 1-800-320-3339.

FINANCIAL SERVICES This is the second of two publications.

Lia Long 250-845-1147

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TOPLEY Topley Topley Fire Fire Protection Protection Society Society meetings meetings every second Tuesday of the every second Tuesday of the month month at at 7:30 7:30 pm. pm.

Structural Firefi Rescue.

Structural Firefighting/Hwy ghting/Hwy Rescue.

Interested?

Interested? Topley Topley Volunteer Volunteer Fire Fire Dept.

Dept. is is accepting accepting applications. applications. No No experience experience necessary necessary please please contact contact Byron Byron -- F/C F/C 250250696-3348 696-3348 or or come come to to aa Fire Fire Practice Practice Thurs Thurs @ @ 19:00 19:00 hrs hrs (7pm).

(7pm).

GRANISLE The The Granisle Granisle and and District District Senior Senior Citizens Citizens meet every second and fourth meet every second and fourth Thursday Thursday of of the the month month at at 1:30 1:30 p.m. p.m. at at the the Seniors Seniors Centre.

Centre.

Granisle Granisle Volunteer Volunteer Fire Fire Department Department meetings meetings & & fifire re practices practices every every Tues., Tues., 7:00pm 7:00pm at at the the Fire Fire Hall.

Hall.

Granisle Granisle Church Church of of the the Way Way services services are are Sundays Sundays at at 11:00am.

11:00am.

Please Please keep keep your your announcements announcements as as brief brief as as possible. possible. Deadline Deadline (faxed (faxed or or mailed mailed or or delivered) delivered) is is 44 p.m.

Thursday.

Items are printed or alternated as p.m. Thursday. Items are printed or alternated as space permits.

Items will be accepted via fax, email space permits. Items will be accepted via fax, email or or dropped dropped at at the the offi office. ce. No No phone phone calls calls please. please.

More More calendar calendar items items are are listed listed online online and and can can be be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com

HOUSTON HOUSTON & & DISTRICT DISTRICT BRANCH BRANCH 2365 Copeland 2365 Copeland Ave. Ave. P.O. P.O. Box Box 1480, 1480, Houston Houston Phone: 250-845-7117 Phone: 250-845-7117

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