Barriere Star Journal, May 12, 2016

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Simpcw First Nation signs Mutual Benefits Agreement with Kinder Morgan

Adios, El Nino; hola, La Nina ..... page 3

Distracted driving fines, points increase ..... page 6

By Jill Hayward North Thompson Star/Journal “The rights of the Simpcw people have been addressed,” stated Chief Nathan Matthew last Tuesday, as the Simpcw First Nation moved into a Mutual Benefits Agreement with Kinder Morgan Canada’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

“The rights and title of Simpcw are being recognized by the people who come into our traditional lands,” said Matthew. ...continued on page 18

Regional district bio-control program now has new partner ..... page 7

(L-r) Simpcw First Nation Chief Nathan Matthew shakes hands with Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada, after both parties signed a Mutual Benefits Agreement regarding the Trans Mountain pipeline.

Distracted driving fines, points increase

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

Officer’s initial polite warning unheeded by travelling trio of criminals results in charges

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RCMP

Dustin Pawloff named Top Operator ..... page 7

An exit–by choice–from the logging business ..... page 8

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Three Central Okanagan men are currently in custody and facing a multitude of charges, essentially as a result of failing to heed to an initial warning given by a Clearwater RCMP officer to slow down.

On Wednesday May 4, at 1:30 pm, a Clearwater RCMP officer was on patrol northbound on Hwy 5 south of Little Fort, B.C. The officer observed through his rear view mirror two vehicles also northbound that were speeding. The officer pulled over to the side of the road and in an attempt to simply slow the vehicles down and carry on with his other duties, he activated his rear emergency lights to get the drivers attention. The two vehicles then increased their speed and sped past him.

The officer quickly rethought his strategy and activated his lights and siren and attempted to stop the vehicles, however it quickly became apparent that the vehicles were not going to stop. As a result of the risk posed, the officer discontinued his attempts to stop the two vehicles. Extensive patrols conducted in the Little Fort area failed to locate the green Dodge Neon and blue VW Jetta.

An officer did note fresh skid marks on Hwy 24 turning off the highway onto a logging road, and came across a motorist who gave the typical nod and they went that a way, when asked if he had seen the suspect cars. The suspect vehicles were eventually located 4 Km up Blowdown Road with the three males sitting on the ground behind the vehicles.

Upon seeing police the suspects jumped back in there vehicles and tried to drive away, unfortunately for them the vehicles stuck. The three subjects then ran into the bush. The officer noted that the vehicles were left in gear with wheels spinning.

The antics of the trio were all caught on police dash cam video, stated Sgt. Kevin Podbisky of the Clearwater RCMP. Back up arrived from 100 Mile House and Barriere Detachments along with a Police Service Dog team from Kamloops and the RCMP Air Services helicopter.

A search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of ammunition and a total of two shotguns and an air gun pistol. One shotgun was found loaded with 4 shells.

The area was contained by the attending members and after a three hour dog track, the three sub-

jects were located and taken into custody without incident.

The three men who originate from the Central Okanagan area, currently remain in custody and are facing the following charges in addition to the three having numerous warrants for their arrest: Mark Pauls, 31 years old, facing charges for; flight from police, possession of stolen property - vehicle, possession of stolen property - licence plate, drive while prohibited C.C., possession of a weapon contrary, unauthorized possession of a firearm times two, possession of stolen property - firearm, careless storage of a firearm, breach of CSO, prohibited from possession of a firearm.

Andrew Shreenam, 34 years old, facing charges for; possession of stolen property - vehicle, possession of stolen property - licence plate, unauthorized possession of a firearm times two, possession of a firearm in a vehicle, possession of a stolen firearm, breech of probation.

William Hill, 26 years old, facing charges for; flight from police, drive while prohibited times two MVA, possession of ammunition while prohibited, unlicensed driver MVA, breach of probation times two.

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Adios, El Nino; B.C. to top up minimum wage by 40 cents hola, La Nina

By Dale Bass Kamloops This Week Thank the waning days of El Nino for the summer-like weather and splendid sunrises in April and into May. Environment Canada says El Nino will soon be replaced by La Nina, bringing normal temperatures

by June. Good news for snow fans — La Nina usually brings colder and wetter weather in the winter.

Allen Douglas/KTW These hot days of April and May could mean good news for skiers and snowboarders by the time winter rolls around again — and it’s all courtesy of El Nino and his weather opposite, La Nina.

The two are part of what is known as El Nino-Southern Oscillation, a scientific term that describes temperature fluctuations in the oceans along the equator.

El Nino (Spanish for “Christ child”) creates warming in sea surface temperatures and La Nina takes them into the colder temperatures.

Environment Canada meteorologist Lisa Coldwells said the current El Nino is coming to the end of its phase. It has brought the recordbreaking highs to Kamloops, for example, but it will begin to dissipate in coming months.

On Monday, the impact was one that broke a record set in 1937, when the Kamloops high was 30 C. This year, it edged up to 30.8 C. Coldwells said, however, that data is recorded at Kamloops Airport.

Other data collectors in the area showed higher temperatures on Monday that were breaking records set in the 1890s.

El Nino saw the southern part of the province setting some records last month and resulted in the third-warmest April ever recorded in Kamloops.

By June, Coldwells said, temperatures should be sliding back to normal, a condition that will continue through the summer.

Historically, she said, after a strong El Nino like has been experienced in the past few years, La Nina (Spanish for “the girl”) brings colder and wetter weather throughout the lower half of B.C.. That means more snow as 2016 ends and we move into the early months of 2017.

La Nina is likely to be around for at least a couple of years before El Nino makes a reappearance. It tends to make its presence known longer, lasting from three to seven years.

“But, right now, this is its last gasp,” Coldwells said.

Highway 5 North work to begin in June Kamloops This Week Construction of new passing lanes and commercial truck pullout will soon begin on Highway 5 north of Kamloops.

Just over two kilometres of Highway 5 will be widened to include a passing lane, south of McLure. In addition, a Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement (CVSE) pullout will be constructed, providing a safe place for commercial drivers to rest and for CVSE to conduct mobile inspections.

As well, the pullout will include toilet facilities.

Work is scheduled to begin in June, with completion anticipated in October of 2016.

Engineering work has begun at the second location for new passing lanes near Darfield between Barriere and Little Fort. A new, three-kilometre southbound passing lane will be added and the existing northbound passing lane will be extended by 2.7 kilometres.

“This is a busy corridor with more than a thousand trucks moving goods through this region every day,” said Transportation Minister and Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone.

Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake, in whose riding the improvements will be made, noted the volume of traffic on the stretch of highway has increased by about eight per cent since 2010.

“In the past few years, we’ve resurfaced sections of the highway, added new guardrails and constructed new passing lanes at Chappel Creek and Camp Creek,” Lake said.

Byy Tom Fletcher Black ack Press

The B.C. government is boosting its next ext scheduled increase in n the minimum wage to o 40 cents, bringing it to o $10.85 per hour on Sept. 15.

Premier Christy Clark said Wednesday the he increase is above the consumer onsumer price index formula ormula increase of 10 cents, ents, to share economic growth and “create a fairer, more just society.”

Another 30 cent boost to the formula is scheduled cheduled for September 2017. Assuming the he cost of living formula adds 10 cents, the minimum wage would be $11.25, which Clark said aid will make B.C.’s rate the third highest in the he country.

NDP labour critic Shane Simpson said this his year’s increase brings B.C.’s minimum wage to seventh place among Canadian provinces, nces, tied with Yukon.

“What the premier did id today was a response ponse to being embarrassed by the fact that we were last,” Simpson said. aid.

Clark acknowledged that the formula has seen een B.C.’s rate fall behind. ind. The first formula increase ncrease was 20 cents in September 2015.

The B.C. formula discounts the minimum wage by $1.25 for res-

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Premier Christy Clark and Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announce two-stage boost to minimum wage at the B.C. legislature Wednesday. taurant and pub servers, to reflect the income they receive from tips.

The B.C. Federation of Labour has been campaigning for a $15 minimum wage. It has estimated that based on the B.C. formula, it would take until 2034 to reach that level.

Simpson said the minimum wage will be an issue in the 2017 election, and the NDP will propose a wage higher than what Clark and Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announced Wednesday.

“I don’t necessarily want $15,” Simpson said. “What I want is an understanding of what it takes for somebody on minimum wage to be able to have a modest standard of living.”

Clark also an-

nounced an additional $2.88 million in training programs to respond to labour shortages. Most of the federal-provin-

cial program will go towards job training up to $15,000 for employers who hire an unemployed person.

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B.C. Views with Tom Fletcher

Growing trees for climate change Disagreements persist on the extent of humanity’s role in the current changes to B.C.’s climate, and our ability to influence it, as many readers have told me in the past week.

But almost everyone seems to agree that growing more and healthier forests is a good strategy. I would add that harvesting and building with wood preserves its captured carbon, a fact not much discussed in emotional appeals against logging.

The B.C. government is finally spending some money on community fuel load removal projects this year, after an initial flurry following the Kelowna fires of 2003 faded in hard times. But the effects of decades of fire suppression in a fire-dependent forest system remain, as northern B.C. and Alberta are showing us again.

There is some positive news here. A Victoria-based government research team has published a study that calculates B.C.’s pine beetle-damaged forests are regenerating more quickly than expected.

Warmer temperatures, increased precipitation and the “fertilizer effect” of more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are factors.

“By 2020, the enhanced growth due to climate change and increased CO2 more than compensates for the carbon loss from dead, rotting trees,” said lead researcher Vivek Arora of the Canadian Centre for Modeling and Analysis.

This recovery even overcomes the projected increase in forest fire loss that comes with gradually increasing temperatures and drier periods.

The federal government is still working on its plan to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets agreed to in Paris last year. But the forest industry has stepped up with its own goal.

I spoke last week with Derek Nighbor, president of the Forest Products Association of Canada, after he announced his industry’s “30 by 30 Climate Change Challenge.”

That’s a goal to reduce the industry’s net carbon emissions by 30 megatonnes a year by 2030. That would be 13 per cent of the Canadian govern-

ment emission target.

One of the main strategies is salvage harvesting and developing more products that use wood.

“It’s basically trying to use every part of the tree,” Nighbor said. “In forest operations right now, this is where we see a big part of the opportunity.

Instead of the residual branches and whatnot just being left aside and slashing and burning, bring more of that out and turn it into something.”

That something might be a console in a luxury car constructed with wood fibre, or an 18-storey wood student residence building planned for the University of B.C. The other is improving forest growth. Logging operations have long been required to replant areas they cut, not just in B.C. but across Canada.

Another way to improve forest carbon capture is with more productive species, with genetic techniques that increase resiliency as well as wood mass.

A background paper from the B.C. forests ministry responds to common misconceptions about forest carbon, including the idea that logging should be stopped to maximize storage.

“Maximizing carbon storage in the ecosystem would make sense only if society stopped building new homes, acquiring new furniture and consuming in general,” it says.

“If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products with higher greenhouse gas footprints, e.g. plastics, metal or concrete.

In addition, if harvesting stopped and we continued to suppress natural disturbances, there is increased potential for larger catastrophic disturbances in the future.”

If Canada wants to make a bigger contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, forests are a good area to focus on. At 348 million hectares from the B.C. coast to Newfoundland, they represent nine per cent of the world’s forests.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

Break free from fossil fuels To the editor; Break Free is a climate movement initiative to shut down the world’s most dangerous fossil fuel projects and support ambitious climate solutions.

In B.C., people are encouraged to “break free from fossil fuels” by taking action against the Kinder Morgan pipeline. This protest will happen May 14 as the National Energy Board announces its decision on the pipeline.

Why should we stand in the way of a good “corporate citizen” like Kinder Morgan? Because their job is to build pipelines. It is critical that there be no tar sands expansion, therefore no need for pipeline expansion, period, it’s that simple, it’s just not negotiable.

Our commitment is to meet the United Nations goal agreed on December 2015 at the Paris Climate Change Conference. That goal is to limit the rise in global temperatures to 2° degrees centigrade by 2100. This is deemed the safe limit if we are to pass on a world that is more or less recognizable.

There is a plethora of information about cli-

mate change, supported by 98 per cent of United Nations scientists. It’s impossible to deny the predicament we’ve put ourselves in. It’s time to embrace a future supported by clean renewable energy, a sector that is exploding with economic potential and has been outpacing the fossil fuel industry for two years.

A wonderful analogy, “the stone age didn’t end because we ran out of stones”, something better came along.

I encourage you to take a stand of resistance to dangerous fossil fuel projects, endeavor to be informed on climate science, and take responsibility for achieving our 2° degrees C goal, or better yet 1.5°.

Some interesting online articles: • Industry’s slower growth plans may not require more mega-pipelines • Solar industry says 70,000 jobs knocking on Alberta’s door • Suncor to build multiple solar and wind projects in Alberta Kathy Karlstrom Little Fort, B.C.

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Walk for Alzheimer’s in Barriere supported by many communities

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Kathleen Pilatzke and Halle Smith from Yellowhead 4-H club competed and won at the District 4-H Demonstration Competition held at Rally on Saturday, May 7. They now move on to compete at the Regional competition which will be held at Rock Creek on May 14. Their 10 minute demonstration was on “How to make Maki Sushi”.

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My first Mother’s Day

By Andrea Onley I found out I was pregnant while I was at my annual physical.

My doctor wanted to run some tests and asked if I was pregnant.

I gave the old response “maybe, who knows” with a laugh; after all my husband and I were trying for a baby but it had only been a month.

When she told me it was positive I was in shock. I was so happy and I didn’t have my husband Jonathan there to celebrate with.

My doctor laughed at me as I stood up and sat down in my seat, unsure of what to do, and opened her arms for a hug.

On the ride home I stopped off at the store and bought a onesie, sized three months because after one look at my athletic hubby, I knew our baby would be big!

Six weeks later the doctors told me there was something wrong with my baby. There were developmental problems in the brain. They didn’t know how bad it was.

A week later they told me there was a problem with the heart too. My heart broke as they told me I would likely lose my baby, our little girl. They gave her a one per cent chance of being born alive, they were confident that I would miscarry.

When that didn’t happen, they were confident I would have a stillbirth. When that didn’t happen, they were confident that she wouldn’t survive the birth.

When I was in labour at the hospital, we turned the monitors off and prayed.

Sarah lived! Jonathan I spent seven glorious days with her. She was absolute perfection from her full head of hair, to her soft lips, to her long legs. We would have been twins, she was my double in every way. Except her eyes, she had her father’s eyes.

She never got to wear the onesie I bought her.

She never got to see the room that would have been hers. We got to take her outside once, we sat on the hospital bench with the sun streaming down and it was one of the happiest moments of my life.

This will be my first Mother’s Day. I don’t know what I will do on Sunday. I know Jonathan will plan something, a gift from Sarah to me.

I protected my little lady as best as I could. I fought for her. I argued with doctors and nurses and demanded the best treatment I could get.

And I am privileged to live in Canada, a country where I have access to the best health care for free.

The best gift I can give to honour my sweet Sarah this year is to help another mother protect her child.

That is why I am donating to effect:hope’s Protect a Child fund. It provides treatment and vitamin A supplements to kids and pregnant women in Kenya for hookworm, roundworm, and whipworm.

Plus, all donations are matched three times by the Government of Canada so for every $1 I give, $4 goes to the fund.

I hope you will join me in giving mother’s in Kenya a truly happy Mother’s Day. From one mother to another, Happy Mothers Day.

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To the editor; We would like to thank all the volunteers, donors, and walkers who helped make this year’s Walk For Alzheimer’s another great success.

Although the final figures are not in (people can donate up until May 15 for this year’s Walk), we’ve already passed $10,000 for the second time!

If you count in the value of all the donated items that were used in the raffle, silent auction and door prizes... well, it is amazing how much the business’ and residents of this valley have given to this special event.

This year, there were participants not only from Barriere and Clearwater, but also from Kamloops, Clinton, Louis Creek, Heffley Creek and Little Fort.

Thank you, everyone for supporting this important cause, hope to see you again next year.

Liz Gilbertson and Margaret Houben Co-Chairs of the Investors Group Walk For Alzheimer’s, Barriere Barrere, B.C.

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Boats intercepted with zebra mussels

Illegal hunters, ‘bear jams’ and fish rescues part of job for COS

By Jeff Nagel Black Press Authorities remain on high alert for invasive species after intercepting four boats in recent weeks that arrived in B.C. infested with live zebra mussels.

One contaminated boat was towed by a vehicle that failed to stop for inspectors on April 28 near Elko, where many vacationers arrive in B.C. from southwestern Alberta and northwestern Montana.

A conservation officer tracked down the vehicle and diverted it back to the inspection station, said Chris Doyle, deputy chief of

provincial operations for the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.

“The boat it was towing was found to have zebra mussels on it,” Doyle said. “That watercraft was detained and impounded and as well the driver was charged for failing to stop at the inspection station.”

Inspection teams have checked 1,200 boats so far this year.

Of those, 64 were flagged as coming from high-risk locations, resulting in 12 decontamination orders and seven 30-day quarantines.

Bears emerging from their dens and searching for food continue to be a prob-

lem, particularly when people fail to secure their food and garbage, Doyle said.

He said conservation officers are continuing to respond to reports of “bear jams” where vehicles are stopped on a highway where people are deliberately feeding bears or taking photos.

Even when the bears aren’t being fed there’s concern that people in close proximity may make the bears habituated.

There have also been multiple complaints in Kitimat of grizzly bears feeding on garbage, he added.

He urges people not to remove fawns or

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other wildlife babies but instead contact conservation officers if there’s reason to suspect they’re abandoned.

Animal rescues are a regular part of the job for conservation officers.

One of the latest operations saw Kamloops officers join forces with local volunteers to retrieve 1,000 rainbow trout that had become stranded in a field after Jacko Lake flooded on April 24.

“Those live rainbow trout were all returned to Jacko Lake.”

Hefty fines have been handed out in recent months against poachers who shot wildlife illegally.

About $2,500 in fines were issued to a group found hunting without licences April 29 in the Kispiox River area.

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Conservation officers have already intercepted several towed boats arriving in B.C. infested with invasive zebra mussels.

Another $5,800 in fines were handed out to two Lower Mainland men convicted of hunting deer in a closed season near Rose Prairie in 2013.

Conservation officers used DNA evidence to link the poachers

to the scene.

And a Burnaby woman was fined $5,200 on May 3 after pleading guilty to trafficking bear gall bladders following incidents in Merritt and Coquitlam in 2014 and 2015.

Trafficking in bear parts in B.C. is rare, Doyle said.

He said the motive of the perpetrator was a traditional belief that the bear gall bladder bile can help relieve suffering from seizures.

Distracted driving fines, points increase

By Tom Fletcher Black Press A first offence for checking your phone while driving will cost B.C. drivers $543 when new penalties take effect June 1.

The fine for distracted driving goes up from $167 to $368, and drivers will also be assessed four penalty points, triggering another $175 charge. The combination results in a total penalty of $888 for a second offence within a year of the first.

Public Safety Minister Mike Morris said the new penalties put B.C. near the top of distracted driving fines for Canadian provinces. Two tickets in a year will also trigger an automatic review by the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles that could result in licence suspension.

Public consultation over the past year found support for a tougher approach.

“A lot of the input that we had indicated even higher penalties than that,” Morris said.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the public awareness campaigns have not convinced enough people of the dangers of trying to use mobile

B.C. government

Public Safety Minister Mike Morris uses a driving simulator to show the effect of texting and driving. phones or other devices without hands-free services.

“Imagine trying to drive the length of a football field while you’re blindfolded,” Stone said.

Central Saanich Police Chief Les Sylven, president of the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police, reminded drivers that being at a stop light or stuck in a traffic jam does not mean the distracted driving penalties don’t apply.

NDP public safety critic Mike Farnworth said the government didn’t need to take

a year to increase one of the lowest distracted driving penalty systems in the country, and giving the superintendent discretion over multiple repeat offenders doesn’t send a clear enough message.

“Frankly, I think that if you get more than three in the course of the year, there should be no ‘may’ about it, you will lose your licence,” Farnworth said.

Distracted and inattentive driving was a factor in the deaths of 66 people and injuries to 630 in B.C. in 2014.

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Regional district bio-control program now has new partner North Thompson Star/Journal The ThompsonNicola Regional District (TNRD) is partnering with Agrowest Consulting to continue to offer its free Bio-Control Program, which helps private landowners control weeds.

For more than 20 years, the TNRD has been releasing biocontrol insects for knapweed, hound’s-tongue, dalmatian toadflax, leafy spurge, and Canada thistle on private land.

The bio-control insects are “host specific” and will not attack native vegetation or even other weedy species.

The insects target different parts of an invasive plant — min-

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Barriere Secondary student, Dustin Pawloff (centre), is shown being presented with the School District 73 Heavy Metal Rocks Program Top Operator award from representatives award sponsor Douglas Lake Equipment.

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The Thompson Nicola Regional District is working with Dr. Catherine Tarasoff of Agrowest Consulting to continue to offer its free Bio-Control Program ing the roots, mining the stems, eating the seeds, or defoliating the leaves.

Bio-control is a long-term commitment and therefore ideal release sites are large infestations of a single species on uncropped (range) land.

The TNRD is working with Dr. Catherine Tarasoff of Agrowest Consulting to consult with private landowners regarding site suitability.

If you would like to receive insects, please contact the TNRD at 250-377-8673.

Check the TNRD website (tnrd.ca) for information about other programs to help property owners fight invasive plants, including a Cost-Share Program, Herbicide Rebates, a New Invader Program and a Sprayer Loan-Out Program.

Government actions to save endangered caribou Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations VICTORIA - Wolf removal activities to help save endangered caribou herds in the South Selkirk Mountains and South Peace have concluded for the second year of the five-year wolf removal project.

In the South Selkirks, nine wolves were removed. It is estimated that there are another four to six wolves in the area, but none of these wolves have been radio collared to track their movements. Approximately 108,000 hectares of core caribou habitat in the area has been protected from logging and roadbuilding.

In the South Peace, 154 wolves were removed. It is estimated that there are another

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25 wolves in the area.

Under the Peace Northern Caribou Plan, government’s goal is to protect 498,000 hectare of high-elevation winter range caribou habitat.

Both the South Selkirk and South Peace herds have experienced significant losses to wolf predation. The South Selkirk herd numbered 46 caribou

in 2009 declining to 12 in the most recent survey conducted in March 2016. This is a loss of six caribou since the 2014 census.

In the four caribou herds in the South Peace (Quintette, Moberly, Scott and Kennedy-Siding), populations are also decreasing and wolves are a key factor. At least 37 per cent of all

adult mortalities have been documented as wolf predation.

Hunting and trapping of wolves has not effectively reduced populations and may even split up packs and increase predation rates on caribou.

Habitat recovery continues to be an important part of caribou recovery, but cannot address the critical needs of these herds in the short term.

For information on the current program, including additional background on the Peace Northern Caribou Plan, the Mountain Caribou Recovery Implementation Plan and the Wolf Management Plan, visit: http://www.newsroom. g ov. b c . c a / 2 0 1 5 / 0 1 / government-acting-tosave-endangered-caribou.html

Dustin Pawloff named top operator at Heavy Metal Rocks Barriere Secondary School (BSS) was represented in the School District 73 Heavy Metal Rocks Program by five students chosen to participate; Tristan Brackman, Trayton Vesper, Jack Greenwell and Dustin Pawloff.

This trades orientated program provides the opportunity for students to gain work experience and exposure to operating a variety of heavy equipment; from excavators, bulldozers, forklifts and graders, to packers, rock trucks, aerial lifts and skid steer loaders. Another benefit of the program is the opportunity for students to meet and network with local business owners, managers and operators, which often leads to job offers and potential future employment.

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the Tk’emlups Indian Band gravel pit. During three days they rotated through 13 different stations, experiencing different types of heavy construction equipment, under the direction of experienced operators who also act as mentors. There was enough equipment loaned for all 26 participants to be operating their machines at the same time.

In lead up to the program, participants were required to undergo a series of safety training orientations, in addition to acquiring first aid tickets and WHIMIS certification.

This year, BSS students represented very well, with Dustin Pawloff receiving a $500 bursary for Top Operator, and the other four finishing in the top five of various time trials and skill challenges.

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An exit—by choice—from the logging business Long time logging contractor Derek Stamer recently exited the business—but he still believes there is opportunity in the industry, and he had a few words of advice for young loggers, following the final auction of his equipment.

By Jim Stirling Some days you don’t soon forget.

Thursday, November 19, 2015 in Prince George, British Columbia, was just such a bittersweet date and place for the Stamer Family. That day, about 70 pieces of Stamer Logging’s harvesting machinery, trucks and ancillary equipment went under the auctioneer’s hammer.

If it had wheels or tracks on it, it went.

“Within that one day it was all gone,” recalls Derek Stamer, company principal.

The equipment was snapped up by other loggers eager to get their hands on logging equipment that had been meticulously maintained and much of it late model.

As the successful bidders went home to start anew, Stamer formally ended a 50year career as a log harvesting contractor in B.C. The complete dispersal was exactly the way Derek Stamer wanted it.

“Over the years we’ve had excess equipment to sell and it can be a tremendous hassle,” says Stamer.

“I wanted something clean and over with.”

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers obliged. “The

auction was very well run and organized,” he says.

Some loggers get up one morning and decide ‘I’m finished with this’. They walk away and it can work for them. Stamer took a much more planned approach. Indeed, the Ritchie Bros auction was in some ways just the final full stop on the process.

“I looked at retirement about three or four years ago,” he says. But the log harvesting sector wasn’t exactly booming then.

And in 50 years, you learn some things about the forest industry, and its peaks and valleys. “I wanted to make the decision nearer to the top of the cycle.”

Stamer Logging had accumulated accurate and detailed operating costs associated with most pieces of its equipment fleet.

The machine profiles provided useful information in many ways including when best to make a retirement decision. The 50 year factor entered the equation. Half-a-century working in any profession is a milestone achievement.

Stamer Logging had two evergreen harvesting contracts sold more than a year ago. Stamer retains part of another li-

cence. But the hardest part of the entire process was telling his employees they were laid off. “We had some 30-year-plus employees in trucking and harvesting. It really hurt,” says Stamer.

Some of those long term friends took the cue from Stamer to retire. Those that decided to carry on logging had no trouble finding new jobs with other regional logging contractors, he reports.

Stamer grew up in and around Lavington, in B.C.’s southern interior. His initial foray into the forest industry was in 1965, sub-contracting with a Cat in Lumby, B.C. Around the same time, Weyerhaeuser came into town and bought up the mill Stamer was working for, but the company offered him a contract to log for them.

He moved to Barriere, north of Kamloops, in 1971 and that was pretty much home base for the rest of his log harvesting career.

When that stretches for 50 years in an industry as dynamic as forestry has been in that time frame, the changes he’s experienced have been encyclopedic.

The highly mechanized equipment to harvest trees has become increasingly so-

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The rules and regulations binding logging activity and a land base with increasing no-go zones have become more complicated, time consuming and inconstant. Licencee requirements for the wood volumes they receive have become more stringent in terms of length and quality to meet a smorgasbord of marketing requirements.

Beetles have decimated the B.C. Interior’s pine forests, forcing forest companies and contractors into more expensive higher and tougher terrains in search of fibre. Large Canadian forest companies are increasingly investing in U.S. sawmills as timber costs rise.

Even the traditional weather patterns and seasons have changed.

The forest industry itself has restructured in other ways. The overall trend is toward fewer and larger licencees.

By illustration, the mill Stamer Logging delivered logs to in 1971 was acquired by Balco Forest Products in 1978. Ten years later, Tolko Industries was at the mill’s helm.

“We’ve always had a good relationship with our licencees,” reports Stamer. The one with Tolko, for example, lasted right up to Stamer’s retirement.

“We had a tremendous relationship with them. Their management team in the Thompson region was very innovative. They listened and demonstrated respect,” he expands. “Rates are one thing, working conditions are another. Their people were responsive to discussion.”

Stamer Logging similarly built lasting relationships with log harvesting equipment manufacturers, and their local dealership networks.

The principal equipment in the Ritchie Bros., auction was Tigercat feller bunchers from The Inland Group (formerly

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Derek Stamer, with his wife Val (left), are pictured accepting a recognition plaque from Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod when Stamer Logging received the Barriere and District Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award in 2015.

Parker Pacific), and John Deere equipment through Brandt Tractor supplying the other main functions, including road building machines. Western Star logging trucks from R James Western Star did the company’s hauling. Stamer Logging helped out with field testing several pieces of logging equipment through the years, with operators and mechanics contributing their input into new machine designs.

“When I started out in the log contracting business, I had no working capital to speak of,” he explains. “It took lots of hard work and a little bit of luck to get by.”

The latter parts of the formula still hold true today, he believes.

But if Stamer were handing out advice to a young person contemplating a career as a logging contractor, adequate sources of working capital and cash flow are the oxygen to success.

“I would explain the big thing is to understand the vagaries of the business, capital wise.” And then you need the hard work and the luck. “But I think there are opportunities for logging contractors.”

Stamer Logging discovered it needed to access wood outside traditional operating ground. That means going up: blocks with some conventional logging ground and areas for high lead or other specialist logging systems. A small, steep slope specialist contractor might flourish, for instance. “Don’t look at a production of 50 loads a day. More like eight or 10,” he says. Block sizes are scattered and shrinking and he believes there’s room for small, efficient operators.

The skilled labour shortage is a reality for all industries, not just the natural resource sector in B.C. “I was very fortunate and didn’t have to face that issue,” says Stamer. “Our young people usually had a connection to the industry. It came through a family member working in forestry or on the land in farms. Kids who knew where eggs come from.”

Now, however, there’s a major disconnect. “On the plus side for future forest industry recruitment: trees will be here forever.”

Stamer worked hard, too, on behalf of fellow loggers through years of involvement

with the Interior Logging Association (ILA). Stamer occupied several executive positions with the organization including as its president.

“I’ve always believed logging associations should help the logger, but not in negotiating rates,” he says.

Lobbying government is an association’s most fertile operating ground. The cost of doing business is constantly increasing. “Lobbying for things like changes in stumpage appraisal methods could be beneficial, maybe in concert with the licencees as a united voice.”

Changes have always been the logging contractor’s constant.

Since the Ritchie Bros auction everything has changed for Stamer and his family.

Now there’s a new and different page upon which to inscribe the future. And Stamer’s clearly making a successful transition.

Some mornings he can actually sleep in until 5:30.

This story originally appeared in the March/ April 2016 issue of Logging and Sawmilling Journal, Canada’s leading forest industry magazine(www.forestnet.com).

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Barriere Secondary Senior Girls Soccer Team with coach Bryn Leary. school is very excited to not only have a senior golf team this year but, we are also able to field a junior golf team as well. An extra special thank you goes out to Mr. Ken Rife for pulling double duty this sporting season to provide our golf teams with his expertise in the sport.

Barriere Senior girls soccer is still a very young squad with most of our players in Grades 8 and 9, however, they have had a much better start to the season than they did last year.

The girl’s squad is currently being lead by goal scorer Taylynn Estache so far this season with Ivanna Villenuve, and Kathleen Janis providing some

strength up the middle.

Special thanks goes out to Mr. Bryn Leary and Mr. Aaron Cousins for coaching the team this season. Barriere girls soccer keeps getting better each game they play and are looking to make some waves heading into playoffs.

Barriere Track and Field athletes had a chance to show their stuff May 10 at Hillside stadium in Kamloops at the West Zone qualifying meet. Barriere is again excited to send the number of competitors this year to the West Zone and hope to have a large portion of the Track and Field team qualify for the Okanagan and Provincial Championships.

Do you have a sports story or event picture to share?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

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Barriere Secondary Honour Roll 2015-16 • Semester 1 Term 3 Geri-Lee Genier GRADE 8

U13 plays soccer in Ashcroft Barriere Youth Soccer U13 team are shown with the participation medals they earned at the Ashcroft Invitational Tournament.

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New online service now available for hunters North Thompson Star/Journal A new online portal is now up and running that makes it easy for hunters to access a range of e-services, including hunting licences and applications for limited entry hunting (LEH) draws.

The B.C. hunting portal gives hunters instant access to apply for their resident hunting credentials and the new Fish and Wildlife ID, which replaces the old hunter identification number.

Meanwhile, the new online LEH system offers interactive maps and a simple interface that instantly gives hunters infor-

mation on upcoming hunting opportunities across the province.

With the move online, the Province is no longer issuing paper LEH applications and will not accept paper LEH applications after 2016.

Hunters without Internet access can still visit Service BC, FrontCounter BC or an authorized vendor to apply in person for the Fish and Wildlife ID or an LEH draw.

Over time, the Province says they plan to add other e-services like licences, compulsory reporting forms, guide licences and reporting, and applications to accompany a non-resident hunter.

Ladies enjoy Tuesday night golf

By Leslie Stirling What a week I have had. I got hit by a miserable spring cold; sore throat, hacking cough. I am a bit of a wimp so really felt sorry for myself. But at least it didn’t hit me until after Ladies Night Golf. I was able to play my normal round along with 42 other ladies on May 3.

The weather was good except for a few strong gusts of wind that just about blew me off the #1 Fairway.

It was an exciting night for Doreen Landry who scored her first Ladies Night birdie to take home the birdie pot. Flight winners were Carol Hindle (Flight 1 low gross), Trudy Forsythe (Flight 1 low net), Deb Legaree (Flight 2 low gross), Cathy Theriault (Flight 2 low net), Babes Shanko (Flight

Chinook Cove

Ladies Golf Report 3 low gross), Jean Webber (Flight 3 low net) and Myrna Dundas (Flight 4 low net).

Flight Sponsors were Interior Savings Credit Union, Hub International and Stamer Logging.

Deb Rainer has once again done a marvelous job of lining up sponsors for our pin placements and the ladies do appreciate the support.

Long drive in 2 prizes went to Babes Shanko (Armour Mountain Office Supplies), Susan Newberry (Barriere Timber Mart), Debbie Rainer (Barriere A & W) and an unnamed person won the Crystlee’s Hair Design certificate. My huge

apologies for not writing down the name.

Now I guess everyone knows that I am not perfect. Bob has known for years.

Long Putts earned prizes for Fiona Clare (Country Store Antiques), Myrna Dundas (Estylo Hair Design), Deb Legaree (Knight’s Inn), Deb Winiski (Pottery by Ramona), Babes Shanko (Station House Restaurant) and Brenda Carl (Blue Jar Coffee Bar & Bistro).

KPs (Closest to the pin on the Par 3s) went to Susan Newberry (Carl’s Market Garden), Ilke Marais (Campbell & Co.), Carol Willox (EBL Ventures), Donna Salle (Ron Wallace Trucking), Debbie Rainer (Royal LePage/Westwin Realtor Cindy Liebel), and Sharon Spooner (MJB Law-

yers).

Carol Hindle had a KP in 2 on Hole 7 (Rainer Custom Cutting).

Val Alyward came closest to the tree on the same hole (Sam’s Pizza). Brenda Oakland and Christina LeCerf had long drives on Hole 9 to win certificates from Val Bella Studio and AG Foods.

Quite a number of ladies drove their balls into the gully on Hole 7 and were compensated with a ball and tees courtesy of Barb and Carman Smith of HM Ranches.

We have a number of other fine sponsors who don’t get recognized every week. Deb Rainer and I would like to thank Barriere Auto Parts, Alpine Meadow Resort and Bob Stirling (water colour painting) for providing hole in one prizes.

At the end of the year if the prizes haven’t been won they are distributed through door prizes.

Chinook Cove Golf provides us with a door prize every week.

The Star/Journal graciously runs our weekly column. Our newest sponsor is Deb Loucks of Bob’s Barriere Glass who provided the signs for our new sponsors.

If you have wondered what all the laughter coming from the golf course on a Tuesday afternoon or evening is about you might like to come out and join us. Golfers of all abilities are most welcome.

If you want more information call the club house, Deb Rainer (250-672-9704) or Leslie Stirling (250672-5706).

The more the merrier!

EFFORT HONOUR ROLL Desiree Anderson Melody Baird Meghan Balatti Christopher Buholzer Brendon Chrystall Maggie Dana Ashley Docherty Jonathon Fennell Jorden Genier Julie Hendriks Cameron Kerslake Taylor Johnson Monica Lee Hayden Loewen Hunter Loewen Kash Sigouin Kaylee Nelson MacKenzie Ransome Tyson Schilling Halle Smith Amber Soiland Summer Stonehouse Aaron VanSickle Bryce Welz

Dawson Huber Kathleen Janis Madison Kerslake Braeden Krause Tyra Noble Katelyn Palmer Andre Parent Tyler Schilling Lauren Tremblay Sheldon VanSickle MERIT HONOUR ROLL Isaiah Ducharme Geri-Lee Genier Kathleen Janis Katelyn Palmer

MERIT HONOUR ROLL Brendon Chrystall Ashley Docherty Jorden Genier Amber Soiland

HONOURS WITH DISTINCTION Madison Kerslake Tyler Schilling

ACHIEVEMENT HONOUR ROLL Desiree Anderson Meghan Balatti Maggie Dana Jonathan Fennell Julie Hendriks Taylor Johnson Cameron Kerslake Monica Lee Kash Siguoin Kaylee Nelson MacKenzie Ransome Tyson Schilling Halle Smith Summer Stonehouse Aaron VanSickle Bryce Welz

GRADE 9

EFFORT HONOUR ROLL Seanna Armstrong Irene Beeton Matlock Brown Kamryn Cousins Brayden DeFelice Taylynn Eustache Emma Hamblin Brooke Hartman Dane Hawkings Sami Jones Pamela LeFeuvre Gerald Loring Katie McInnes Zarina Mitchell Caden Nickel Casaundra Pedersen Rebecca Quiding Lane Robinson Natalie Shearsmith Daniel Stonehouse MERIT HONOUR ROLL Gerald Loring ACHIEVEMENT HONOUR ROLL Irene Beeton Matlock Brown Brooke Hartman Pamela LeFeuvre Katie McInnes Caden Nickel Casaundra Pedersen Lane Robinson Natalie Shearsmith HONOURS WITH DISTINCTION Kamryn Cousins Taylynn Eustache Sami Jones Zarina Mitchell Rebecca Quiding Daniel Stonehouse

GRADE 10

EFFORT HONOUR ROLL Chant Copley Will Dana Isaiah Ducharme Sakwuwa Dunstan-Stanyer Lauren Ficke

ACHIEVEMENT HONOUR ROLL Chant Copley Will Dana Sakwuwa Dunstan-Stanyer Lauren Ficke Tyra Noble Andre Parent Tyler Schilling Sheldon VanSickle

GRADE 11

EFFORT HONOUR ROLL Megan English Ally Dunn Kiera Eustache Dean Graves Felecia Huffman Matthew Lee Nicholas McInnes Lyric McLeish-Brown Kathleen Pilatzke Danny Purcha Serena Steel MERIT HONOUR ROLL Ally Dunn Felecia Huffman Matthew Lee Lyric McLeish-Brown Dustin Pawloff ACHIEVEMENT HONOUR ROLL Megan English Kiera Eustache Dean Graves Nicholas McInnes Danny Purcha Serena Steel HONOURS WITH DISTINCTION Kathleen Pilatzke

GRADE 12

EFFORT HONOUR ROLL Vanessa Balatti Kobe Ewashina Hannah Feller Breann Fischer Riley Haws Jenessa Jones Owen Magrath Jillian McInnes Kathleen Newton Jacob Peterson Kieran Semrick Will Sheldrick MERIT HONOUR ROLL Jillian McInnes Emillie Nystoruk ACHIEVEMENT HONOUR ROLL Vanessa Balatti Hannah Feller Breann Fischer Riley Haws Jenessa Jones Jacob Peterson Kieran Semrick HONOURS WITH DISTINCTION Kobe Ewashina Kathleen Newton

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A rainy day in Hope - photographing with infrared After leaving the Vancouver Camera Show and Swap Meet last Sunday I decided that rather than make the long drive all the way back to Kamloops and then Pritchard, I would make a stop for the night in Hope along the way.

Hope, British Columbia, is usually just a location to make a quick pull off at a fast food restaurant, or coffee shop, as I drive between Vancouver and Kamloops.

I have always liked the appearance of the picturesque little town just off the highway along the Fraser River, that was first settled when explorer, Simon Fraser, arrived there in 1808. The Hudson’s Bay Company started a trading post there in 1848. In more recent history Hope received acclaim when it was the location for the Sylvester Stallone Rambo movie, First Blood, and then, Shoot to Kill,

staring Sidney Poitier and Kirstie Alley.

The area’s mountains also stood in for the Himalayas in the movie K2.

However, in spite of all that, the main reason for my stop was I knew I’d be tired after my long day at the swap meet, and, in addition, I thought it would be fun to wander around town with my camera the next morning.

I chose to bring the camera I had converted to infrared. I thought shooting infrared would bring a fresh and very different visual interpretation to the heavily forested setting.

There is a poem by Robert Burns wherein he writes, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”.

I thought of his prophetic words as I checked out of my motel room the next morning under a pouring rain.

little town nestled in the Fraser Canyon.

It’s not that far from my home and a nice easy drive, and I’ll take Linda with me.

However, we’ll wait for a sunny, dry day and I definitely will try infrared again.

Infrared is such a fun change from normal digital shooting.

And similar to purchasing another lens, the cost of having an old camera converted is well worth it.

These are my thoughts for this week.

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But as I sat in my car sipping on my coffee texting my wife that I was heading out, the rain lightened up and I decided that in spite of the cloudy overcast I would try my infrared camera anyway.

I thought, what the heck, any photography is fun and the worst that can happen is I’ll have wet hair for the trip back.

I meandered down to the riverfront and zigzagged back through town.

I discovered that at some point town resi-

dents began erecting large chain saw carvings everywhere.

So I took pictures of them, along with those of the city streets until the rain picked up again and my glasses got too wet to see.

The best time to shoot infrared is on sunny days, so the rainy, heavily overcast environment wasn’t all that exciting. But I was intent on the pictures by this time.

I must say that I wasn’t really successful, but there were a few images, that with some post production help worked out reasonably well.

The rain won this time, but I think I might go back to that scenic

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SScorpio, even though g yyou nor-m mally think cooly and d collectedly, ll dl this w week you may be at the end of yyour rope. p B k some time Book f a little R&R to for trecharge your b batteries. i

SSagittarius, positive encounters,, includl ding an unexpected d meeting with an old ld f k friend, could make f an interesting for k Your social week.

N November 22–– life is booming..

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CAREGIVERS Dengarry Professional Services Ltd.

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CHURCH DIRECTORY

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Worship Sunday 11:00 A worshipping community of Anglicans, United & Lutherans

All Are Welcome

the Rev. Brian Krushel

Office: 250 672-5653 www.norththompsonpc.ca CHRISTIAN LIFE ASSEMBLY 4818 Annesty Rd. (Across from High School) Bible perspectives Sunday 7am on 93.1 Radio 10:30am - Sunday Service and Children’s Sunday School Pastor: Lance Naylor 250-672-0111 www.clabarriere.org

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Children of the Neqweyqwelsten School in Chu Chua drummed a welcome song to open the Simpcw First Nation and Kinder Morgan Canada Mutual Benefits Agreement Signing Ceremony that took place in the Chu Chua community hall on Tuesday, May. 10.

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Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada (KMC), addressed those in attendance, saying, “Kinder Morgan is looking forward to working with everyone as we move into the coming years.” He thanked those who participated in the negotiation of the Mutual Benefits Agreement and noted that Simpcw’s Keith Matthew was an integral part of these negotiations. He also thanked the KMC negotiating team of Regan Schlecker, Peter Forester and Jeff Smith for their work.

“We started in this area in 1952,” said Anderson in his address to the Band. We’ve been here for a very long time, but it is only the last 10 years that we have gotten to know each other in a deeper way, to know your community, and what is important to you. We’ve learned a lot together with Keith in those early days. We didn’t always agree on everything, but we found a way.

“We are excited about the project. And we will do everything in our power to leave the land, the water and the animals in better shape than we found it. That is our commitment to you.”

Chief Matthew thanked those who served on the Simpcw negotiating team, Keith Matthew, Jennifer Hill, Sam Phillips and James Foster.

“These people were chosen by Band Council, and they did a very good job of negotiating for us,” said Matthew, “The rights of the Simpcw people have been addressed.”

Matthew went on to talk about the disruption that installation of a pipeline can do to the land.

“Building a pipeline truly is a disturbance to the land,” he said, “We really had a lot to talk about.

Our interests are laid out in a cultural policy.”

He noted that the environmental aspects to be considered were immense. “There are a 100 different streams crossing the area that run along the Upper Fraser and into the North Thompson. This affects the land, the air, life...We have attended to all of those, and the agreement that we have signed addresses this.

“We will be able to constantly monitor all of the activities taking place in our lands and will have direct access to Trans Mountain on any issue that we may have.”

He noted that all of the invasive construction to the land area will be repaired.

“Our First Nation has the greatest amount of land that the pipeline will pass,” said Matthew “We also do communicate with the other First Nations in its path.

“The Simpcw are organized and stick together, and we take seriously the negotiation that has gone into the agreement. We will protect and respect the interests of our people and other people in putting in this pipeline.”

“We didn’t get all we wanted, and they didn’t get all they wanted,” said the Chief, “Our parents and grandparents would say “good”, that we have negotiated to protect the land and our people.”

Anderson stated the project should start to get underway in the area by fall 2017 or into 2018.

“There will be lots of jobs and lots of work. Your community can share in the prosperity that will come from this project. This project will create a lasting relationship for decades.”

Simpcw presented Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson an engraved mirror, and KMC in turn presented a ceremonial paddle and plaque to Simpcw. Pictured (l-r) are Simpcw Council members Tom Eustache, Tina Donald, Chief Nathan Matthew, Council member George Lampreau and Kinder Morgan president Ian Anderson.

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A little bit of the Irish Irish dance students Tessa Salle, Paige Arcand, Teagan Allan, Lexy Kerslake, Tahlia Clarke, Charloette Crossman, Halyna Wilms and Eva Stephens with instructor Catherine Reim perform an Irish dance version of the Macarena at their year end recital in the Barriere Bandshell on April 26. Classes will start back up in the community in September.

Submitted photo: Ashley Salle

OBITUARY In Loving Memory

Joseph Norman Charbonneau October 22, 1942 – May 6, 2016

We are deeply saddened to say we lost our beloved Norm in the early morning of May 6, 2016. He left our world surrounded by the love and warmth of his closest family, and knowing as he began his journey beyond, that he will live in our hearts forever.

A Service to commemorate Norm’s life will be held at the North Thompson Fall Fair Hall , 677 Dunn Lake Road, Barriere, B.C., on Saturday, May 21, at 2 p.m., followed by a tea and social at the hall.

In recognition of Norm’s passionate love for the Fall Fair Rodeo, the family will host a ‘friends and cowboys” shindig at his home on Barriere Lakes Road during the Labour Day Weekend. We will keep you posted for a date and details at a later time.

In the meantime, we will carry on as we know he would want us to, remembering him for his huge laugh, his giving heart, and his unconditional love and pride for his family.

There have been so many wonderful friends who have offered help and support through this difficult time, and we thank

Keep you and your family safe around farm/garden tractors Free workshop at Barriere fairgrounds North Thompson Star/Journal The North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association (NTFFRA) will be hosting a workshop on tractor safety for all ages Sunday, June 5, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the North Thompson Agriplex.

The workshop will be facilitated

by Chad Stewart from AgSafe, a subsidiary of the Farm and Ranch Safety and Health Association.

There is no cost for the workshop.

Event vent organizer Jane Milburn says,

you all. We will surely need you to help us find our way in a world without Norm.

As a post script – Norm loved receiving cards. He kept all of them for every occasion. Please feel free to send Norm a card – he would love that; Box 1099, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0.

If you subscribe, no matter where you are, you can catch up on all your community news simply by going to:

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“Everyone can benefit from taking a few hours out of their busy schedule to learn how to keep themselves and their loved ones, or workers, safe while operating or working with a tractor. What you learn could save a life – or even your own!”

Milburn says youth clubs, 4-H, businesses, individuals – everyone is welcome to participate.

For more info please call Jane Milburn at 250-672-9391. It would also be appreciated if you could advise her if you are planning to attend.

BABIES OF 2015 PARTY

Success by 6 and Yellowhead Community Services would like to extend our sincerest thanks to all of the very generous individuals, businesses and organizations that supported the Babies of 2015 Party that was held at the Barriere and District Seniors Society this April 26th. Your generous contributions, volunteer time and efforts made it possible for all the families of babies born in 2015 to come together, enjoy a wonderful lunch, and leave with some great gift bags, door prizes and information about the services available in our community.

The event would not have been possible without your generous support. Our most heartfelt thanks go out to; The Barriere and District Seniors Society, Barriere I.D.A. Pharmacy, Barriere Interior Savings and Credit Union, AG Foods, Aboriginal Engagement Success by 6, Barriere and Area Literacy, Healthy Beginnings, The North Thompson Star/Journal, Interior Health Lift the Lip, and all of the amazing volunteers who helped make this event possible.

Sincerely, Success by 6, Yellowhead Community Services

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