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Earthquake rattles beds but fails to startle nerves

By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii Observer

The early morning of Friday April 24, Haida Gwaii was hit by an Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude. No tsunami warnings were issued after the earthquake. The epicentre of the quake was approximately 167 km south of the Village of Queen Charlotte.

Some residents of Haida Gwaii reported objects shaking and windows rattling, but no serious damage or injuries were reported.

As the islands of Haida Gwaii all have unique geological qualities, the effects of an earthquake can vary from island to island.

Every community reported feeling the quake in different ways. Queen Charlotte Village which has a rock base didn’t feel the quake as much as the residents of the northern parts of Graham island. Tlell and north is mostly a sand based area and feels almost every quake that happens.

Shirley Wilson of Skidegate reported feeling the earthquake. “I was sitting in my bed when I heard the house creak.” After the initial creak she felt her bed start rocking Quinn Bender photo and noticed her ornaments rocking. “The Submitted photo Under moderate weather about 25 islanders plunged into the new year outside the Kay Centre in Queen Charlotte Jan. 1 during the annual Polar Bear Swim. ornaments rocked for a whileconditions, after the quake Committee members of the Pulling Together Haida Gwaii Event demonstrate their teamwork abilities at the carving shed in the stopped,” Ms. Wilson told the Observer. “My Kay Centre. The group will be holding a fund raiser May 2. See full story on Page 3 son and brother who were also in the house didn’t feel the earthquake at all.”

Barry Pages of Masset, director of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District said he felt the quake but because it was fairly short wasn’t too concerned. However, he Byhe Stacey Marple provisions for amorning, municipal name but dinner it was April 18. change He missed

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SQCRD from Page 1 “Should the Board decide to request that I recommend a name change to Cabinet, I would ask that you provide...as to the rational for the request and the process you have followed in developing it,” Minister Fassbender’s letter said.

The Ministry required information about how the

district reached an agreement on the proposed new name and proposed timelines and public consultation.

The regional district has come forward with the proposed name of the North Coast Regional District.

The level of public consultations and discussions will determine the timeline for the process.

A group of dedicated citizens, headed by Bruce Ives have reached out to Village council in order to gain more support for the attempt to sponsor Syrian refugees. While still in its early stages the group wishes to sponsor at least two families to come to Haida Gwaii.

During the Dec. 21 meeting, council was sympathetic towards the situation but required more information before they could

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become involved. Council asked village staff to gather more information and decided to form a committee of the whole.

Mr. Ives has organized a group of people to look at the best possible way for Haida Gwaii to sponsor Syrian refugees. The group had a public meeting and discussed the issues of funding, housing and integrating the refugees into Canadian lifestyles.

Over 20 people have joined Mr. Ives on this mission and will offer help in various ways.

The group would like to see two to three families in The Queen Charlotte and Tlell area and one or two families on Moresby island.

According to the United Nations there are 13 million people inside Syria in need of urgent help, including 6.5 million who are internally displaced.

To date Canada has committed over $969 million in humanitarian, development and security assistance in response to the Syrian crisis.

www.gwaiitrust.com The Major Contributions Grant provides funding for key priority areas, including but not limited to: basic infrastructure, economic development initiatives, recreational infrastructure, transportation, emergency planning and green energy initiatives. Full details on the program can be found at www.gwaiitrust. com.

Please contact one of the Gwaii Trust offices or your area director for more information on the program or if you require any assistance.

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Cullen calls for test run of national elections Parliament. What that system should look like has been a point of contention among voters and federal parties, but Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen believes there is a way to make sure the best system is chosen: try one out and see if we like it.

“I’ve nuanced it a bit and said, just in the experience in B.C., that we should try it for an election or two, and then give people a full vote: Do you like the new system we have, or do you want to revert back?” explained Cullen last week.

“There’s a lot of resistance to change when you don’t properly know what change is going to look like. I remember this when STV [single transferable vote] was being debated here, it was really hard for people to grasp in real terms.”

Concerns, such as having a local representative to connect with any concerns or issues was something Cullen said he heard when changing how British Columbians vote was being debated.

“There’s some experiences out there that says you test drive these things; you give it a shot and if it doesn’t work

“If we were to switch over for four to eight years, it’s just a moment in time.”

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out, you give people a sort of fail-safe where you say ‘We can go back to the old firstpast-the-post,” said Cullen.

When asked if this trial and error approach was risky, Cullen said the place to start is to consider if the current system is working properly.

“A lot of the evidence says that it’s not: people’s enthusiasm, voter participation, all those things,” said Cullen.

“We’ve had this system for 150 years. If we were to switch over for four to eight years, it’s just a moment in time, really.”

The NDP MP added that another way to avoid parties seeking the best system that would help them win is to come up with principles

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MP Nathan Cullen, right, addresses questions at the all-candidates meeting in Skidegate last October.

before specifics.

“I’m willing to say we have a preferred system, the NDP does, we think it’s a good one. But we’ll step back from that and say ‘come up

with the three to five most important tests that a new system must meet. Questions like proportionality or the vote being reflected in the House of Commons, direct

representation — that you have somebody there on your behalf directly, and then once those principles are set up, then you come up with the system,’ ” explained Cullen.

Year in review: LNG issues top MP’s focus going forward

By Chris Gareau Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen gave a year-end interview late December about what he sees as the future for his NDP party and the Northwest. For the full version, see the Opinion tab at interior-news.com.

Chris Gareau: What do you see as your biggest accomplishments this year?

Nathan Cullen: Considering the outcome of the last federal election for the party, my reelection up here and the team that we built was, I feel very — satisfied isn’t the right word, but extremely grateful ... We held off a bit of a red wave that was the trend.

Although, I don’t know, it feels strange to point to a reelection as the greatest accomplishment. I think not having Stephen Harper as our Prime Minister, I don’t take credit for it but I certainly feel better about the future and some things that matter to me.

CG: Turning back to B.C., the province and some businesses who are looking to invest in the North still see LNG as the economic driver for the next couple decades. Do you, and can that be balanced with the need to combat climate change?

NC: Well it’s interesting because I was just in Paris trying to play a helpful role with the new government because the new Minister is a rookie Minister and has never been to one of these things before, and I’ve been to several. Canada has just made some huge commitments in terms of reducing our carbon emissions, and that runs a bit counter to Premier Clark’s ambition to grow carbon emissions in B.C. How do you square the circle? That’ll happen in the next couple of months in a meeting between the

“LNG is not a silver bullet.”

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premiers and the Prime Minister.

LNG, first of all, the emissions coming out of it if you want to talk the carbon piece, you can’t imagine another atmosphere; you can’t exclude them. They are what they are; they add to the province’s output and that’s reality, otherwise you’re just dreaming in technicolour.

In terms of the economic side of your question, I think LNG is not a silver bullet. It cannot and will not answer the economic challenges that the province faces. The job numbers just aren’t there. I think the promises made — was it 100,000 jobs — it was just fanciful and not believable.

So if you look at the specifics, break it right down to what’s happening on the ground, I think PETRONAS, that project is in some significant trouble. And it’s always boiled to the same thing: location. I think they were strongly directed by Harper and Clark to pick that site. We changed federal law to enable that to go ahead, and I think they were sold a raw deal, actually. They’ve been trying to modify it, you’ve been seeing their very expensive changes.

They’re adding this and they’ve added that; they’re trying to get around what has always been a problematic location. Problematic for salmon, for First Nations environmentally. If you were to do it again, I don’t think they would have picked that spot, but the feds and the province pushed them pretty hard.

I’ve had meetings with them just recently and they’re still hopeful but understand the challenges.

And I’ve had meetings with the new Environment Minister, who wants a full understanding because she’s the next one — the EA [environmental assessment] is now sitting on her desk, and I think she has until February.

So that one’s challenging. Shell [LNG Canada’s planned Kitimat terminal, fed by Coastal GasLink that runs south of the Bulkley Valley], a lot more optimistic; just because they’ve got First Nations buy in, the location isn’t as problematic, the pipeline doesn’t seem to be as problematic either.

CG: There are lots on the drawing board though, not just Shell and PETRONAS. NC: That’s true; those are the two that have been getting the most attention because they’re the most advanced. So those will be the tests, in a sense, for what follows. I don’t know, does one lead to the other? This is the test; this is the test for the Premier’s whole economic plan, [it] rests particularly on PETRONAS, and that was always a high risk proposition.

And for Trudeau, if I could finish that circle, he’s made some strong commitments to First Nations: new relationship, new understanding, new way to work together.

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MP optimistic about diversified future CULLEN from Page 3 CG: A big barrier to LNG development are literal barriers put up by Unist’ot’en, Madii Lii – I’m sure there are others outside my coverage area – and they want to build another near Unist’ot’en’s.

My question is, how much input should clans and house groups have when the government is looking at approving projects, and should they have veto power when a hereditary chief says no pipelines ever?

NC: That is the – you name your price, $64 billion – it’s a huge question. It’s been ignored and the courts have made some ruling on this, but I think ultimately it’s going to come down to the government. This is the role the government shouldn’t just leave to the courts. I think this is the question: It’s about how you get from A to B; how you make decisions in Canada, and I don’t have an easy answer for you. Because some of this is very internal within the First Nation. You’ve got a lot of internal politics going on.

In the past, the government just used divide and conquer as a strategy. They’ll find one elected band councillor, or they’ll find one house group leader to say yes and they’ll say ‘well, that’s all we need.’ But it creates more conflict. My feeling is, if you show respect across the board, a lot of these individual challenges

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But it’s been an across-theboard refusal to deal with First Nations, and so someone very smart once said resistance is an unmet need. And I think that basic need of nationto-nation respect, that’s the elephant in the room: is that you’ve had successive governments that have failed to meet respectfully with First Nations, and so their frustrations manifest in sometimes the only way they can, which is in blockades or protests.

CG: By the end of your term, what is the [region] going to look like. What changes do you expect?

NC: I think we’re going to continue to diversify, both people and the economy. I

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think we’ll have deeper and better working relationships with [First Nations].

More and more people will choose to live in the [North] because of the incredible quality of life here, and that means you bring in talent and skills and the ability to have a strong community. It’s a treasure. The radio station I was just talking to in Ontario said ‘phoning is Mr. Cullen from God’s country.’ Why do you bother coming to Ottawa was his first question; why would you ever leave this incredible place you live? And I think we need to be continuing to promote it. I feel really optimistic about this community.

Everything from the way it looks, the efforts that are put into making the place interesting.

The more diverse we are, the less susceptible we are to what we were talking about earlier, the markets going up and down, the commodities; having all our eggs in one basket is always dangerous way to live in a place.

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Gwaii Trust announces major new funding initiative

By Quinn Bender Haida Gwaii Observer The Gwaii Trust is starting off 2016 with a new funding program that will allocate money more directly to communities and local governments on the islands.

The Vibrant Haida Gwaii Communities Initiative, designed in response to what we’ve heard from community representatives, will give communities a set annual amount of funding that they can use for a range of infrastructure projects, or save up for a larger, multi-year project.

This secure funding will allow local governments to leverage more grants from provincial and federal governments, or other agencies, potentially multiplying the impact and then allowing them to

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“We have also made some important changes to our Major Contributions Grant program. We have decreased the amount of equity required by nonprofit groups to 25 per cent (instead of the previous 50 - Gwaii Trust per cent) and increased the maximum project duration to two years, from one. We have also expanded the budget for this program to $750,000. The deadline to apply to the Major local governments to build Contributions Program is and maintain infrastruc- January 24.” ture such as clean water Full details about the and sewer systems, rec- Vi b r a n t C o m m u n i t i e s reation facilities, commu- and Major Contributions nity halls, and transporta- grants will soon be posted tion and communication on the Gwaii Trust websystems. site. The public is asked to “ T h e s e s y s t e m s a n d contact their local director buildings benefit every or chief operating officer, resident of Haida Gwaii, Carla Lutner, to discuss a and are vital to economic potential project or learn development and prosper- more details about our ity,”a Gwaii Trust spokes- programs.

“These systems and buildings benefit every resident of Haida Gwaii, and are vital to economic development and prosperity.”.”

undertake even bigger projects.

The Gwaii Trust has allocated $7 million over the next four years to this new initiative — a total of $1 million for each of the communities.

Communities will be able to apply for up to $250,000 a year, and this amount can be saved for future years. This substantial new funding will allow

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Jan. 6, 2011 The provincial government was looking for coastal photographers to snap pictures of the king tides that were to come to Masset on January 20, 2011 and January 20-21, 2011. The King Tides Photo Initiative Flickr site was to help researchers understand the potential impacts of sealevel rise due to climate change.

Jan. 5, 2006 If you felt the earth move Dec. 28, 2005, you were not alone. It was a very windy night and the next morning, Richard Clarmont in Masset was questioning his own experience, as no one else at his workplace had felt the shaking. But his teenage daughter had witnessed the chandelier and the Christmas tree shaking as well.

“Wind doesn’t make the inside of the house move,” he said, and was later vindicated.

Jan. 4, 1996 Sixteen basketball teams gathered in Old Massett to compete in the 23rd annual Christmas Classic tournament. Twentyeight games were played, mainly to capacity crowds, as fans flocked to the hall to support their teams.

Organizer Dwight Russ said he was thrilled with the turnout, the quality of play, and the support of their community, all of which contributed to a very successful tournament.

Jan. 2, 1986 The hospital at Canadian Forces Station Masset had called on the community for volunteers to donate blood. Senior Nursing Officer Captain Sharon Mackinnon said it had been laziness on the Forces part not to do so before, because it was easier to call military personnel, some of whom had been available 24 hours a day.

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The Observer welcomes new Masset reporter, Andrew Hudson For a long time people in the north have been asking for more coverage of events in their communities—whether municipal officials, community leaders or your average reader, the message has been clear: we need a reporter in Masset.

We listened, and this week we’re very happy to welcome Andrew Hudson to our team.

Mr. Hudson got his start reporting for community newspapers in Smithers and Houston, B.C. — a far cry from his flat and marshy hometown of Stittsville, Ontario.

Most recently, Mr. Hudson comes to the Haida Gwaii Observer after nearly three years at the Beach Metro News, an independent, non-profit newspaper that is delivered door-to-door by some 200 volunteers in Toronto’s East End. Besides hard-news stories that included three elections, a condo boom and major changes in

Toronto public schools, working for a small community paper meant Mr. Hudson got to meet many people with stories that don’t always grab headlines — a quiet, 91-year-old painter who his neighbours named a street after, or a family who invited all their former sponsors to a thank-you dinner after fleeing Vietnam 30 years ago as refugees.

Despite a year of hands-on training with the working journalists who teach at Vancouver’s Langara College, never mind his degree in English literature and political science, Mr. Hudson was totally unprepared for his most memorable day as a reporter so far.

One cold day in February, a hot tip from a grocery clerk led Mr. Hudson to flag down an angry land owner and then ski through the bush to the site of a train wreck where 54 coal cars had overturned.

No one was injured, and the spill was found not to

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have harmed the nearby creek, but the crash and the $1 million-a-day hold-up it caused on the rail line was a Houston Today exclusive.

All his editor wanted to know when he got back was why he had neglected to get an aerial shot from a helicopter, as she had done 20 years before for the price of a bag of her garden-grown carrots.

Hudson was drawn to Haida Gwaii mainly by a series of excited text messages from his partner, who worked here for three months last summer as part of her training in healthcare.

“We are moving here,” read one text, sent between photos of Tlell goats, North Beach surf, and freshly picked chanterelles.

“Need better rain gear.”

Welcome to you both. Mr. Hudson will be based exclusively out of Masset. You can reach him by email at andrew.hudson@haidagwaiiobserver.com

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Question of the Week Would you be open to having Syrian refugees come to Haida Gwaii ?

Maranda Towes Queen Charlotte

John Fraser Queen Charlotte

Lance Lomax Queen Charlotte

Lindsay Seegmiller Queen Charlotte

“I am all for the refugees but ... Haida Gwaii is too small for more people.”

“Most of us come from refuges anyways.”

“As long as they spread out and don’t form their own urban community,”

“Absolutely!”

Letters to the Editor Bury the stereotypes: the challenge is ours to take Dear Editor, I spent 50 years in the newspaper business as a reporter, editor, and publisher at weeklies and dailies in all four western provinces.

Throughout my career I witnessed up close the disconnect between aboriginal people and the non-native society.

Becoming familiar with aboriginal history, culture and traditions will surely go a long way in helping to bridge the disconnect.

There has been mistrust, anger, suspicion, frustration and fear from both sides toward the other. Positive steps are being taken to narrow the gap but much more needs to be done.

For too long the aboriginal community has been stereotyped by negative stories carried in newspapers, TV, and social media. The stories often focus on protests, confrontations, alcohol and drug abuse, financial scandals, fires, gun violence, murders, thefts, assaults, and missing persons on First Nations’ reserves.

Other disturbing stories include poverty, unemployment, poor drinking water, dilapidated housing, terrible roads, lack of educational opportunities, truancy, child runaways, etc.

But it hasn’t all been negative. There are many aboriginal success stories. Among them: pow wows, rodeo cowboys, accomplished athletes, entrepreneurs, business ventures, artists, lawyers, judges, journalists, musicians, craft makers, politicans, etc.

To improve the relationship between aboriginal people and non-natives, attitudes need to change.

Perry Bellgarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, called in June 2015 for people to “make room in your hearts and minds and your spirits. Rid yourself of those racial stereotypes of Indians and indigenous people being dumb and lazy and drunk on welfare. Rid yourself of those things, so new things can come in.”

Chief Bellegarde made the statement in response to the final report and recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The challenge is ours to take.

Sincerely, Clay Stacey

Black market a dark reality Dear Editor, Will Justin Trudeau please forward to Catherine McKenna: Did you know that the ozone layer when healthy, reflects 30 per cent of the suns energy back into outer space?

In 1987 the Montreal Protocol banned CFCs in developed countries. The problem is that the countries that are going to want help because of global warming are pumping out lots of CFCs and other chlorine chemicals and selling them world wide through the black market killing the ozone layer.

This is in my opinion more harmful than all of the carbon Canada is producing.

Sincerely, Ken Caldwell

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Substantial new funding announced for communities

By Carla Lutner Chief operating officer The Gwaii Trust is starting off 2016 with a new funding program that will allocate money more directly to communities and local governments on the islands.

The Vibrant Haida Gwaii Communities Initiative, designed in response to what we’ve heard from community representatives, will give communities a set annual amount of funding that they can use for their choice of infrastructure projects, or save up for a larger, multi-year project. This secure funding will also allow local governments to leverage more grants from the provincial and federal governments, or other agencies, potentially multiplying the impact and allowing them to undertake even bigger projects.

We know that this program is important to our communities, and that it will give them more flexibility to make long-term plans to build and repair infrastructure like clean water and sewer systems, recreation facilities, and transportation and communications systems. These systems and buildings benefit every resident of Haida Gwaii, and are vital to economic development and prosperity. And we believe that municipalities and band councils are in the best position to know which projects are most needed in their communities.

“This is really going to help us with our long-term planning,” Queen Charlotte mayor Greg Martin said at our most recent annual general meeting. “I am really, really happy to see the Trust going this way.”

Port Clements village administrator Kim Mushynsky said the announcement comes at just the right time of year, as councils will start planning their 2016 budgets within the next few weeks.

“It’s good for any municipality because it’s four years guaranteed. Now we can do some long-term planning,” she said. “I think it’s very exciting.”

The new initiative will deliver up to $7 million over the next four years - a total of $1 million for each of the communities (Old Massett, Masset, Port Clements/Tlell, Skidegate, Queen Charlotte, Sandspit and the Council of the Haida Nation). The program guidelines are similar to those for other Gwaii Trust grants. Communities will be able to apply for up to $250,000 a year, and this amount can be saved for future years. Unlike some of our other grants, communities can apply for 100 percent funding and will not have to provide any equity – although we certainly encourage them to apply for additional financial support. There is no deadline, as the board will consider applications throughout the year.

We have also made some important changes to our Major Contributions Grant program. We have decreased the amount of equity required by non-profit groups to 25% (instead of the previous 50%) and increased the project duration to two years, from one. We have also expanded the budget for this program to $750,000. The deadline for the Major Contributions Program is January 24. Full details about the Vibrant Communities and Major Contributions grants are available on our website at gwaiitrust.com, and we urge everyone interested in applying to these programs to contact their area director or one of our offices.

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

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B.C. makes quitting Hydro, ICBC, MSP fees going up in 2016 smoking easier The B.C. government’s quit-smoking assistance program is now available to people who drop by a pharmacy to qualify for free nicotine replacement products.

As of Jan. 1, 2016, participants no longer have to register by calling 8-1-1 to reach the HealthLinkBC medical advice service. The program has also expanded its offerings to include nicotine inhalers and lozenges as well as gum and patches.

Health Minister Terry Lake said the changes are to make it easier for smokers to quit, or to try again if they have relapsed after using the program before.

It supplies 12 weeks’ worth of nicotine replacement products in each calendar year to B.C. residents.

To qualify, people must have active Medical Services Plan coverage and be a tobacco smoker or chewer.

The program began in 2011 and the province has spent $38 million on it so far. A survey of 3,000 users in 2015 found that about one in four reported quitting smoking for some period, with half of those making it a month or more smoke free. Three quarters of survey participants reported smoking less after using nicotine replacement.

The program also covers 12 weeks of prescription drugs Zyban or Champix, with cost depending on coverage under the Pharmacare program. Details are available at www.gov.bc.ca/bcsmokingcessation or from your doctor.

Medical Services Plan premiums, electricity bills and vehicle insurance rates are up in 2016, reviving criticism of the B.C. government’s constant boast about keeping taxes low.

MSP premiums are up from $144 to $150 as of Jan. 1, for a family of three earning more than $30,000 a year. For a single person in the same income group, the rate goes from $72 to $75, with lower rates for lower incomes down to $22,000 a year, where premiums drop to zero.

B.C. is now the only province in Canada with a health care fee, and it has risen about 40 per cent since 2010. Premier Christy Clark has defended the fee as a signal to citizens about the enormous cost of providing health care.

BC Hydro rates have been politically dictated since Clark and Energy Minister Bill Bennett intervened to cap rate increases in 2013. Hydro rates jumped nine per cent in 2014, followed by annual increases of six, four, 3.5 and three per cent in the 10-year rate plan. Starting with the proposed four per cent increase in 2016,

the independent B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) is reviewing if rate increases can be lower than what is capped in the rate plan.

Insurance Corporation of B.C. basic vehicle insurance went up by 5.5 per cent on Nov. 1, an increase still subject to review by the BCUC. That works out to an increase of $3.70 per month added for the average driver.

ICBC had proposed a 6.7 per cent increase to cover increasing costs of personal injury claims and fraud, but the province gave it permission for a one-time transfer of $450 million from its optional insurance business to subsidize the basic rate.

In a year-end interview, NDP leader John Horgan stopped short of promising to eliminate MSP premiums, but he called it a “regressive tax” that would be part of a broad review of B.C. taxation fairness if he wins the 2017 election.

The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation says the people who benefit from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promised middle-class tax cut will see most of those

savings eaten up by provincial and municipal tax increases.

Trudeau vowed to reduce the federal income tax bracket between $45,282 and $90,563 from 22 per cent to 20.5 per cent, and increase the rate for income over $200,000 from 29 to 33 per cent. The change would provide up to $2,000 in tax relief for middle-income earners, with dual-income households benefiting most, CTF federal director Aaron Wudrick says.

Municipal taxes are expected to increase across the province in 2016, with local councils preparing to set budgets for the new fiscal year that starts April 1. Port Alberni has proposed a seven per cent increase, and the CTF says it hasn’t found any B.C. municipalities yet that propose to freeze or lower property tax rates.

With the rapid rise in property prices continuing in parts of the Lower Mainland, the B.C. Assessment Authority sent out 37,000 letters in December, warning single-family homeowners to brace for a big jump in their assessed value.

INVITATION TO TENDER DELMAS CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INVITES: All Qualified Contractors to tender quotes for the demolition/salvage of buildings located at 1514 Main Street, Masset B.C. Contract to include removal of buildings and preparation of lots for parking area. Full information package available at the Administration Offices of Delmas Co-op in Masset.

Tenders accepted up to 6:00 p.m. January 22, 2016 Contact: General Manager at 250-626-3933 ext 228, or Building Committee Chair at 250-626-7250

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Tiffany Scholey photo Four-year old Jackson Scholey enjoys the show as Masett and Old Massett firefighters fight a controlled blaze. The property owner offered the derelict house to local fire departments for this specific training purpose.

Valuable experience gained from planned, controlled blaze

By Andrew Hudson Haida Gwaii Observer Firefighters intentionally burned down a derelict house in Masset on Sunday to clear the property and get some valuable training.

“It was pretty intense,” says Sylvan Daugert, chief of the Masset Volunteer Fire Department.

At one point, the fire grew so hot the flames spiraled at its core. One firefighter got what felt like a sunburn just from resting nearby without a mask.

Daugert said the house at 1262 McBride Street was vacant for at least 15 years before the current owner asked the Masset village council if firefighters could torch it as a training exercise.

After a safety inspection of the site, which is bordered

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“It was pretty intense ... I think everybody learned a lot.”

- Sylvan Daugert

by empty lots on either side, firefighters okayed it for a controlled burn once the owner had cut back some of the surrounding salmonberry bushes and other brush.

High winds forced the firefighters to cancel an earlier attempt in December, but when the burn went ahead on Jan. 3, the exercise drew a total of 17 firefighters and two pumper trucks from both the Masset and Old Massett volunteer fire departments.

“The biggest thing is communication,” said Daugert,

especially when multiple fire departments answer a single call.

For this exercise, firefighters took the opportunity to route water from a hydrant through both the Masset and Old Massett pumper trucks — an unusual, but sometimes necessary move that requires close attention to keep up the water pressure in the hoses.

“I think everybody learned a lot,” said Daugert, adding that they all worked closely to fight the fire defensively, meaning they kept hoses trained on the surrounding trees at all times to prevent the fire from spreading.

After a similar controlled burn and a real trailer fire in the last two years, Daugert said the majority of volunteers in the department now have firsthand experience of what it’s like to suit up and fight a real house fire.

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Still plenty going on in the post-holiday season these days, and as there is no public transport (a train or bus would be great) I still need to drive my car to my Masset employment.

by Evelyn von Almassy There are others who live in one village and drive to work in another, so I he New York Times Newspaper know that I am not alone in this travel has some great photos. My that uses gas. Perhaps Gwaii Trust favourite photograph of the might look at getting this infrastructure New Year’s Eve celebrations around into place.

The Christmas/Hannukah/Solstice/ the world online was of an Egyptian

by Evelyn Almassycelebrations are over. One of Kwanza police officer, guarding the Great von Pyramid, on a camel, during the cele- my Charlotte friends begins her shopbrations in Giza, Egypt. The Parisians ping for the 2016 season on boxing celebrating on the Champs-Elysees, day. Talk about organized and thinkwith the Arc de Triomphe all lit up in ing about the future. Some folks have blue, white and red was pretty stunning taken down their tree, recycled their as well. I hope that all your celebra- wrapping paper, and are wondering tions were fun, peaceful and full of joy. what to do, now that the big dinners I know that some of you made New and parties are over. Here are some Year Resolutions. I don’t make them suggestions.

On any given day in the Village of anymore, but rather think about my intentions. This year I intend to impact Queen Charlotte there is lots to do. If the earth a little less. My biggest you haven’t joined any group yet, give a carbon footprint is the driving that I read to these activities that happen in our do from the south to the north coast little village. The Gwaii Singers Choir of Haida Gwaii. I am living bi-coastal have a practice every Tuesday, and they

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are a very welcoming group; call 250559-8418 for more information. Pickle ball is a game that I have not checked out yet, but I have friends who swear by this game, and it happens every Monday and Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Queen Charlotte Secondary School gym. If table tennis is your preferred game, there is a group of serious players in the Charlotte Hall on Tuesdays and Thursday, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The local Taoist Tai Chi group meets in the Charlotte Community Hall on Mondays at noon, Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at 9 a.m. Call 250559-8252 for more information. If you are musical, or want to learn how to be, check out the Ukulele Jam on Wednesdays, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Senior’s Room in the Community Hall.

For kids there is the Pioneer Delta Kids Club, which happens every Tuesday from 3:30 pm. to 5 p.m. at the Legion Hall. As for A.A. meetings, there are none in Charlotte, but there is a weekly one at the Skidegate Firehall every Friday evening at 8 p.m. Everyone is

welcome.

So many of us on Haida Gwaii wear those great shoes without any laces; yes, I am talking about Blundstone shoes/boots. Check out their website; the 26th of January is Australia Day, and if you order a pair of shoes that day, you receive a free pair of merino wool socks. How cool is that? Perhaps we could begin a Blundstone boot day in Charlotte in March, and all meet at Spirit Square?

This is a reminder that everyone who purchased Judy Hilgemann’s art at her recent show, are asked to come into Queen B’s and pick up your art as the show has been taken down. Stay tuned for the next show coming soon.

Please note that the address to send your news has changed to almassy@ qcislands.net The deadline to send your news to is still 2 p.m. on Thursdays.

Enjoy the month of January 2016; a new year of hope for peace in the world. Let’s do our part on Haida Gwaii. January 18th is Martin Luther King Day.

Taking a proactive look forward in the new year all the lightbulbs in our bedroom, the only room with a vaulted ceiling…that’s where the cob webs were found. O my !

There is good nostalgia however, that puts our lives in perspective and makes us smile. Years ago, (like about 40) we lived in a log cabin Richard had

by Elaine Nyeholt built for us on the Chown River out of Masset. The wood stove was always going and I used to keep a pot of home-made soup on it- simmering for lunch he quiet month of homemade soup, reading, and pre-dinner warm-ups. We relished the scent and junking-out corners is upon us. We of a meat bone simmering with barley and lots of settled into a New Year graciously with veggies etc. It seems a different life-time. A time promises to ourselves; firm intentions to do good when we had running cold water (from a high up deeds, be thrifty, and take more fun-time with little rain-barrel), and walking hot water (from the woodones. That is about as excited as I get about a New stove). Many of you remember these times also, Elaine and INyeholt feel there is value in re-visiting our early Year… boring life some may say, but it’s mineby and years settling here. Especially in January, to reflect I like it. Keep it simple.

A proactive attitude is healthier (to me) than a on the days when our children were tiny, our bank retrospective look back. What’s behind me is done, account was very fragile, and life was very full. I like dinner. Every January has cob-webs of its own! am smiling.

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a New Years’ party. The family portion from 7-9 was thoroughly enjoyed by the youngsters, with strobe lights reflecting to the beat of the music and balloons plentifully loose on the big hall floor.

Children enjoy the space to run and be free to act out their feelings in a safe environment. It’s a pleasure to watch them interact. The adult party was also well received and lasted until about 2:30am, with the interlude of a walk down the dock to watch fireworks, at midnight. Kudos to the PCCHS for another excellent event, and thank you!

The Minions Movie is showing at 7pm January 8th (that’s tonight!), in the Sr. Room. Our Port Rec Commission has taken this project on for now, as the Island Wide Rec Commission is not offering movie nights. The rules are the same (adults need to supervise their children).

Please take time to appreciate all the volunteers that make our little town so very pleasant!

Here’s to a productive 2016.

Happy New Year all!

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Sun. Oct. 2 pm, comm. hall. $10.

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American Coots fed in a pond near friends along the way.

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They are large hawks, mostly dark NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: emergency transport after 1 a.m.

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Marbled Murrelets swam in the silent other raptors here.

A Merlin showed Marg, Carey, Martin, Robert, ••FURTHER resident of British Columbia for at least 6+ months immediately before the day ofbut registration; Jo-Ann Brown, Deputy Chief Election Officer INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting: • not disqualified by any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disquali Yoga Art Coast Guard has agreed to transport emerThurs., 7 pm, 637-5463.

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Oct. 8. Doors 5:30 films by law; and with Michael Pond, Mon. Oct. 6,Wed. 7-9 Thurs.

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Memorial for Kurt Carey, Sat. Sept ••pm; resident British Columbia forthe at least 6 months immediately before the FURTHER INFORMATION on foregoing may be obtained byacontacting: with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as non-resident property ele 557-4336 26, Election Comm. hall.

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Canad ing a the same day as the local government FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained bydrellis@qcislands.net contacting: sites 28,Emergency Comm. hall.

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HAIDA GWAII VISITORS GUIDE WIDEST DISTRIBUTION EVER • UNPARALLELED DEMAND • NO AD-RATE INCREASES

BOOK YOUR AD NOW! It’s time again to start preparing for the summer tourism season. As visitors begin arriving in just a couple months, we’re putting together the 2016 Haida Gwaii Visitors Guide with new content, updated photography and a fresh new look. The guide is proven to be the best method for island businesses to reach new customers when they plan their trip, and when they arrive.

In 2015 new delivery channels allowed wider distribution opportunities than ever before. All 13,000 copies were shipped to visitor centres province wide— from Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland to the Interior, the Kootenays, the Peace and beyond. We also began shipping to several key markets in Alberta, and retained our strongest distribution numbers aboard BC Ferries.

While demand for the glossy, paper-bound guide is unparalleled, requests for electronic editions and downloadable copies has grown rapidly. Last year we partnered with gohaidagwaii.com to reach their established online readership base. We’re happy to say this partnership will carry forward in 2016. This means your advertisement, exactly as it appears in the physical guide, will get the maximum number of views from anywhere in the world, at any time of the year.

And thanks to high interest in the Visitors Guide from both readers and businesses, we’re able to keep your advertising costs at the same low rate for the third consecutive year.

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BOOKING DEADLINE: JAN 31 AD COPY DEADLINE: FEB 20 Contact Quinn for ad rates observer@haidagwaii.ca Tel: 250-559-4680