January 18 Prince Rupert Northern View by The Northern View

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◆ FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

City making plan for Waterfront By Alan S. Hale The Northern View Prince Rupert’s waterfront has been a point of contention over the past few months after Pinnacle Renewable Energy Group proposed a new wood pellet facility at Westview Terminal, and the push back by residents of the neighbourhood around the site has raised the question of what exactly the City’s plan for the waterfront is. After all, Prince Rupert’s Official Community Plan envision’s the waterfront as a multi-use area and accessible to the public, not a second industrial area which is what pellet facility opponents fear it is becoming. The City still doesn’t have a detailed plan, but now at least they have a starting point. City planner Zeno Krekic, presented his report on land use on Prince Rupert’s urban waterfront to council on Monday night. “The urban waterfront remains characterized by industrial uses, which create opportunities (as in the economy), conflicts ( as in access to water) and issues (as in adjoining land uses). At the same time historical context of the Urban Waterfront development is an important underpinning of any plans for future redevelopment,” reads Krekic’s report. The city planner points out that the way Prince Rupert’s waterfront has been designed is now a century out of date. The original idea was to have all trains and boats picking up

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and unloading cargo in one convenient place: Where the river meets the ocean. This may have worked well 100 years ago, but modern technology no longer makes it necessary to have everything crammed together anymore. This progress eventually allowed a large part of the waterfront to be redeveloped into something completely different than what it had been. “Approximately 20 years ago, CN gave up the right-of-way that led from the CN station to Seal Cove. That, combined with City and port cooperation to develop the cruise ship dock and Atlin Martina Perry photo Terminal, transformed Landon Armstrong and Kassidy Main-Cooper made the most the area into what we of last weekend’s snowfall, and with the help of relatives, now call Cow Bay,” created a large igloo. said Krekic. The report holds up Cow Bay as an example of what can be done if land owners and zoning areas. lands are already immune to any the City works with its partners Most of the space on the regulation imposed by the City to redevelop the waterfront. The waterfront doesn’t fall under and because CN’s properties report holds up the development the jurisdiction of the City or its all have train tracks on them, of Cow Bay as a big success bylaws, and even less is actually they also fall under federal which depended on cooperation owned by the City. jurisdiction. with the Port Authority and CN. “Essentially, the City owns The remaining 40 per cent The port is already looking into water-lots but very little land,” of the waterfront is owned making improvements to Cow said Krekic. privately, of which the City’s Bay and extending it eastward. According to the report, holdings make up a small part. The problem isn’t the east 60 per cent of the waterfront All this makes developing the side of the waterfront, the west is owned by wither CN Rail waterfront west of Rotary Park is. or the Federal Government for anything other than industrial The waterfront’s history has and controlled by the port use difficult. left it a patchwork of different authority. The government’s See Waterfront Page 2

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On January 10, 2012 at 4:45 a.m. Prince Rupert RCMP responded to yet another residential break and enter, this time in the 800 block of Ritchie St. The home owner awoke to find an unknown person inside their residence. Police were called and with the assistance of the Prince Rupert RCMP Police Dog

himself into police for the breach of curfew. Police believe that the two incidents are related and the investigation is continuing. A new charge of breach of probation was laid. The accused was held in custody overnight and appeared in Prince Rupert Provincial Court on January 11, 2012 and was later released by a Provincial Court Judge. If you have any information relating to this crime call 250-624-2136.

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Continued from page 1 “The CN Rail Yard and rail right of way are active with more active use foreseen in the near future...The context of future work in this area is at best murky and the only way out of the apparent land-use conflicts is interestbased negotiations between the main land holders in the area,” reads the report. To move forward on the waterfront issue, Krekic made three recommendations to council. The first is to have City staff join the Prince Rupert Port Authority in developing the land-use plan for “Cow Bay East”. Second, for council to begin high-level negotiations with the port authority and CN Rail to figure out what are the possible uses for the waterfront and what are off-the-table. And third, that any land use planning for the waterfront clearly identify the ownership and jurisdiction of the properties and “determine different authorities’ interest in abiding to the City’s land-use regulations.” Council members appeared to be enthusiastic about tackling the issue, which they see as having big implications for the community’s future. “We know that we’ve had people in front of us with regards to the proposed pellet facility at the waterfront. I think that with the future of Prince Rupert and the port expanding, chances are there are going to be more and more of those types of things coming before council. It makes sense for us to have some kind of guideline and some kind of master plan,” said Councillor Anna Ashley.

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◆ COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT

Community groups make their case to get a city grant By Alan S. Hale The Northern View This week, Prince Rupert community groups came out to city council to make their case for why the City should give them money. The council held three days of meetings to hear from 19 groups looking to receive one of the city’s 2012 Community Enhancement Grants. At the meetings at City Hall,each group was given 15 minutes to make their presentation to explain what they do for Prince Rupert and justify why council should give them taxpayer money to help keep their work going. Below is an outline of the groups seeking more than $10,000. Due to space constraints, the full list of groups and their requests can be found online at www.thenorthernview. com Prince Rupert SPCA - $60,000 Lindsay Vincent from the Prince Rupert SPCA came to council asking for a grant of $60,0000 to help the local branch. Vincent explains that the SPCA’s income – which consists largely of donations, fees from adoptions or surrendering of pets, and grants - doesn’t come even close to covering the SPCA’s costs. In 2011 the Prince Rupert SPCA lost $165,000 and is expected to lose $170,500 this year. The provincial SPCA, which is partly funded by the province, must then make up this shortfall. One of the reasons for this is because in communities like Prince Rupert and Port Edward, says Vincent, is that there is a lot of work for them to do. The SPCA is responsible for taking in people’s missing pets and strays brought in by people or the City’s bylaw officers, getting the animals fixed, educating the public and students about proper animal handling and welfare, investigating cruelty complaints, facilitating adoptions, putting down animals that can’t be adopted, kennelling animals of the sick, and shipping droves of animals by air to the Lower Mainland where there is more demand for adopting pets. The City used to pay for the cost of impounding animals the bylaw officer brought in, but that changed in

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2010 when the cost was deducted from their usual grant their office rent and $160,000 of anticipated hotel tax of $60,000 which then became $28,000. Then in 2011 the revenues. council gave them $28,000 again, which Vincent says is a This is the last year of the four-year tourism plan that clear message that the City didn’t intend to pay for animal came out in 2008 and so the plan will have to be revised impounding. sometime this year. Bruce Wishart from the organization Prince Rupert Hospice Society - $10,000 says that their estimates put tourism in Prince Rupert being The volunteer group dedicated to making the process of worth over $200-million; a big change from the 2007 dying easier on the patients and their families is asking for the evaluation of $52-million. And City to help replace a critical person in their organization. that was after the economic The Prince Rupert Hospice Society is asking for a collapse in 2009 caused grant to help pay for the training of a new Hospice Society tourism revenues here to fall coordinator. to their lowest point since the Part of the coordinator’s job is to train Hospice Society Queen of the North sank. Week of January 18 volunteers how to property attend to the dying patients in Wishart touted Tourism Not for Navigational Purposes the hospice, such as how to feed them or how to keep them Prince Rupert’s Internet Wed., January 18 company as they deal with fear and grief and even how to be and social media strategies. Low: 2:13 AM 9.04 ft the patient’s spokesman if need be. The organizer they have They’ve overhauled their High: 8:36 AM 20.17 ft at the moment is leaving and now they need a replacement. aging website complete with Low: 3:36 PM 5.52 ft The training is expensive and far away. The only qualified a business directory and High: 10:02 PM 16.77 ft person to do the training is in Prince George and they charge links to their twitter feed and Sunrise: 8:50 AM $1,000 a day for a 30-hour course. But without a trained Facebook groups, which they Sunset4:53 PM coordinator it would be hard to have a Hospice Society at use to interact with potential all. tourists. They also help train Thu., January 19 That would be a big loss for palliative care in Prince their member businesses in Low: 3:32 AM 9.22 ft Rupert. The society’s volunteers dedicate their time to those how to use social media to High: 9:48 AM 20.64 ft who don’t have much of it left and those they’re leaving their advantage. Low: 4:43 PM 4.41 ft behind; being everything from a friendly ear and more. High: 11:10 PM 17.81 ft Sometimes somebody has no family at all and, if they’re See Grants, page 4 Sunrise: 8:49 AM wanted, the society will have a volunteer Sunset: 4:55 PM with the patient around the clock so they don’t have to die alone. Fri., January 20 Tourism Prince Rupert Low: 4:43 AM 8.71 ft $237,000 High: 10:52 AM 21.38 ft Tourism Prince Rupert depends on Low: 5:40 PM 3.29 ft the City to fund its operations, which Sunrise: 8:48 AM are to promote the city as a destination Sunset: 4:57 PM for tourists, so the presentation was more like a progress report than a Sat., January 21 request for money. But Tourism Prince High: 12:05 AM 18.97 ft Rupert is asking for $65,000 to cover Call Dick 250-624-5834 operating expenses, $12,000 to cover Leave message and number Low: 5:43 AM 7.83 ft High: 11:48 AM 22.13 ft Low: 6:28 PM 2.40 ft Sunrise: 8:46 AM Sunset: 4:58 PM

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â&#x2014;&#x2020; GRANT MONEY

Grant requests for the City plentiful for the coming year that member newspapers will have attractive stock photos of Prince Rupert to go along with any news story that might mention us. While the industry held its own this year, says Wishart, there are some challenges the City is facing. Things like the strong Canadian dollar, increasingly expensive ferry fares and fallout from the halibut allocation fiasco from last year all have had a negative effect on different sections of Prince Rupertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tourism industry. Tourism Prince Rupertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission is Call today and I will get about external marketing so it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an ad working for you! have much to do with efforts to attract new cruise ships here, that is handled largely by the port authority. Wishart says they know that losing the weekly cruise ship has hit some businesses hard and will do what every they can Jeorge Pereira 250-624-8088 with the resources they have to help the situation. Sales Representative 225 Third St, Prince Rupert Prince Rupert Arts Council $10,000 SCHEDULED FLIGHTS â&#x20AC;˘ CHARTERS â&#x20AC;˘ TOURS The Arts Council is asking the City for $10,000 to help support the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many upcoming events. This year, the Arts Council is continuing its Thursday night movie, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also planning Arts & Culture Week with the theme: Postcards from the edge of the world. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bringing back the Creative Jam after FLIGHT SCHEDULE: WINTER 2011 (EFFECTIVE NOV. 1 2011) the success of the event last year. FLT# DEPART ARRIVE FREQUENCY There are plans to have students paint the boards covering the windows of the PRINCE RUPERT TO PORT SIMPSON

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abandoned train station, have a fish-themed public art contest where sculptures must be made of recycled materials, and more. The Arts Council says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that it get a grant from the City because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only Arts Council in town and represents many other groups who use the money. A grant form the City can be used in applying for different arts grants where that money will be matched by another organization. Prince Rupert Special Events Society $20,000 The people who have managed to put on four different festivals in Prince Rupert every year on a shoestring-budget came to ask for the shoestring. The Prince Rupert Special Events Society are asking the City for a grant of $20,000 to cover their operations for another year. The grant form the City is important because the society has a hard time finding other ones. They seem to â&#x20AC;&#x153;fall between the cracksâ&#x20AC;? on the requirements for most other grants and havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to register as a charity. The grant from the City is a good investment because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re run by volunteers, says Joy Sundin from Special Events, if the City put on these events itself it would have to use paid workers and it would cost over $100,000. Northern British Columbia Museum Association â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $244,500 Those in charge of running the Museum of Northern British Columbia are asking the City for $160,000 for the operation of that

museum, $70,000 for the operating expenses of the Prince Rupert Visitors Centre and $14,500 for the operations of the Kwinitsa Railways Station Museum. The Museum Association says that they are exploring new ways to try to get more engagement with the rest of the community. They are planning events and establishing relationships with many different community groups such as AFFNO, the Legion, the Special Events Society and the Port Authority. This cooperation, they say, helps strengthen the social fabric of Prince Rupert. The association says that the Museum is an anchor of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tourism industry and a focal point of focal pride. Having a respected cultural institution like the museum makes the city more attractive to businesses they claim. The association also argues that Museum is important as a preserver of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultural heritage. Performing Arts Centre Society $110,000 The Lester Centre of the Arts is now 25-years-old and those who run it says that while money continues to be tight in the economy, they have lots planned for the upcoming year such as the musical, Fiddler on the Roof, featuring a cast with an age range of 12 to 76 . They are still looking for more payers, especially male chorus members. The show is expected to need 15,000 volunteer hours to get off the ground. See â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Grantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Page 14

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Budget change is a welcome one... While I didn’t actually attend and watched online, I must say that this week’s meeting of Prince Rupert City Council seems like a step in the right direction in terms of opening the doors to the residents of the community with the change to a more open budget process. In years past the budget from the City of Prince Rupert came as pretty much a completed document that people were then invited to comment on within a certain period and at a public comment meeting. And all the years that I covered those types of budgets I would read in our sister paper The Northern Sentinel a play-by-play account of what decisions were made relating to certain line items and, in some cases, who voted for what. This seemed like a much more open and transparent way of conducting business and made the elected officials that much more accountable in regards to how they spend the money taxpayers give them for services. Just to be clear though, in reading these budget accounts at no point did I get the sense that public involvement was encouraged or allowed. I suspect, and I could be wrong, that the budget meetings now open to the public will take place in much the same way the council meetings take place - which is the business of council is conducted by council and the public is there as spectators. And, to be honest, I have no problem with that. Council was elected to make decisions and the budget decisions are theirs to make based on what they feel is best, the info they have and feedback they hear.

As such the turnout at these meetings is often low in Kitimat, and I expect the same will happen here. As you can read on pages three, four and 14, there are going to be some tough decisions ahead for the council

related to community and infrastructure in the years ahead. To me, it’s just nice to think that residents and groups will be able to hear who is saying what and why. ~ Shaun Thomas

Will China provide tourism opportunities for Prince Rupert? The question sometimes arises about the potential for Chinese tourism to Prince Rupert. I don’t think that this is a realistic short-term goal. Well-known industry analysts Chemistry Consulting touched on Chinese tourism during a presentation I attended back in October. According to the UN’s World Tourism Organization, “China has shown by far the fastest growth with regard to expenditure on international tourism in the last decade.” There was an 85 per cent increase in Chinese overseas travel 20052010, and the 2010 number will almost double by 2020. Canada finally received Approved Destination Status (ADS) in June 2010. Even without ADS Canada saw a 66 per cent increase during that same 2005-2010 period, and BC saw a 42 per cent increase. However, during that period the proportion of total Chinese outbound tourists coming to Canada declined from .38 per cent to .34 per cent meaning that Canada is losing market share to other countries. And in the percentage of total Chinese visitors coming to Canada, BC

activity. declined from 71 per cent to Talking tourism marketing As an aside to this discussion, 61 per cent in 2005-2010. I question this move. I don’t So while the Chinese personally believe that it is market offers a massive necessarily wise to boost our opportunity, Canada has a efforts in China at the expense lot of work to do. We have of proven markets. In the face work to do in expanding our of economic crises, airline and air capacity and direct flights, border security issues, and so on, in building relationships with our vital American, European, tour operators, and especially and other markets are dwindling in effective marketing. And BRUCE WISHART and we need to step up our from our perspective, BC also efforts in those markets. The has to work to regain market BC government has dropped its investment share lost to the rest of Canada. Now consider the nature of the Chinese in tourism by 42 per cent since absorbing market as it stands today. It is essentially Tourism BC, so the decision to pour resources a mass tourism market – “Canada and into a new market at the expense of proven America in 13 days,” “Canada in 12 days,” markets seems more political than anything and so on. Iconic attractions feature high on else. these itineraries. Vancouver, Whistler, even Still, if one wished to build a new market, Butchart Gardens benefit from large groups this is the right approach. Only the province moving through on brief visits. Increasing has the budget to create awareness of BC in this traffic will of course bring tremendous China. Once that awareness begins to build, benefits to British Columbia, and the the large cities, and eventually even smaller provincial government has announced its communities such as Prince Rupert, can intention to dramatically step up Chinese begin to find unique opportunities and use

limited resources to wisely capitalize on those opportunities. Yet where will Prince Rupert’s opportunities lie in the case of the Chinese market? Clearly mass tourism is not our opportunity (nor is it likely to be an opportunity for any part of the province outside the Golden Triangle). Our wilderness destination offers unique Northwest Coast cultures, sport fishing and wildlife watching. If there were a large awareness of BC in China, and a large desire to visit, we might be able to develop a very lucrative business in high-end, independent travelers wishing to experience these things. Yet there are intimidating “what-ifs” involved in this. To jump into an untested market that at this point offers no foreseeable benefit to rural British Columbia, and build the amount of visitation that would allow us develop this high-end niche market, seems a pretty long shot. I do think that we need to grab whatever opportunity exists in the Chinese market, but Prince Rupert’s very limited resources must be devoted to rebuilding our proven markets.

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Should the City spend money to create a dog park in the community? By Martina Perry

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“No, there’s already lots of open space for dogs, and better uses for the money.”

“Yes! Because the dogs deserve it!”

“Yes, there’s so many ﬁelds that people are already using for their dogs in town. The City should convert one of them into a dog park.”

“Yes, people are already using many ﬁelds for their dogs, one should be designated for them.”

Weekly update from the Prince Rupert Seniors Centre Contributed by Donna The Northern View Whist Results: Ladies’ 1st-A. Stott, 2ndE. Page, Pool-S. Paulson & E. Page. Men’s 1st-J. Stott, 2nd-Lynne M., Pool-Lynne M. & J. Strand. Way to Go. Darts: We have a group of people coming to play darts on Monday mornings at 10:30am. This is a drop-in event and more players are welcome. There are currently

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Irony and oil pipelines Editor: I don’t know whether to laugh or cry about the latest ad campaign on behalf of the Enbridge pipeline. “EthicalOil.org” Now there’s irony. I guess it’s ethical to take millions of gallons of fresh water from the Athabasca River, and render it toxic forever in order to extract bitumen from the boreal forest. I guess it’s ethical to dump this toxic soup in containment ponds, so big they can be seen from outer space. I guess it’s ethical not to test the Athabasca river downstream to see if the water is contaminated until forced to by public opinion. I guess it’s ethical to run the local doctor who was investigating strange cases of cancer in the Dene people living downstream of the tar sands, right out of the province. Ourdecision.ca. Another irony. Yes

around here often enough as he calls Bingo. The new yoga session has started and there is room for drop-ins.

we are going to have an environmental review into the northern gateway pipeline. But do we really have a choice about whether it’s going through or not? Who’s decision is this to put a pipeline across Northern BC and invite Oil Supertankers to ply BC’s coastal waters? I suppose it was those “ethical” oil companies and our “ethical” Prime Minister. We don’t have a choice. This pipeline will get rammed down our throats, because those ethical oil companies and the ethical government of communist China want it. The environmental review is just a show. The one meaningful choice we have right now is to let Prime Minister Harper and Premier Clark know loud and clear, what we really feel about their twisted ethics. Charles Justice

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◆ TRANSPARENCY

Council opens doors on municipal budgeting process By Alan S. Hale

Councillor Anna Ashley spearheaded the They’re interested and I think they have a to do about a emergency services building,” push to make the budgeting process more right to know,” said Ashley after she made asked Ashley. Having more people knowledgeable transparent, even going so far as giving the motion in council. Councillor Ashley says that the council interested people concerned with the City’s City council is making is making a notice in the previous council meeting that big change to the way it she would be making the motion at will have to make some very hard decisions finances, says the councillor, will only be an during to crate this budget. advantage. plans out Prince Rupert’s the next one. “What are we going to support in terms Whether opening up the meetings will be municipal budget, this year “My biggest reason for doing the public will be able to be this is that a lot of people during of grants? What are we going to put money as simple as letting people sit in the gallery there while it’s happening. the last budget had a lot of concerns towards? How are we going to deal with our and watch them on television, or a more about not having the budget early infrastructure projects? What are we going participatory set up needs to be worked out. In the name of enough so they could encouraging public interest ask questions. Some and participation in the people weren’t sure ◆ FINANCES budgeting process, council about what was has decided to open Councillor Anna Ashley going on. It’s not that once closed-door budget anybody’s been trying workshops to the public. to hide anything, but The basic framework of there are some people what the public will do other in town who would than to watch the meeting, if anything, still has to be worked out by City like to know about more about the financial state our city is in. staff. meeting. Additionally, the same day the online By Martina Perry survey will be launched on the district’s website, The Northern View www.sd52.bc.ca, for people to share their thoughts AUTO • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL School District 52 will soon be starting the with the board. annual budget consultation process at the beginning The deadline for public submissions to the of February, announcing the dates of public Board Office will be on Friday, February 17 at four meetings and a new way for people to contribute p.m., before the board reports back to the public Glass Ltd. their responses. on the submissions received on Thursday, March Over 35 Years Experience “The board has responded to some comments 1 at seven p.m. in the CHSS Multi-Purpose Room. Windshield received from its partner groups and the public. The At this public meeting, there may be a possible Repairs proposed Annual Budget Consultation process will presentation from partner groups. go back to three public meetings and will, for the Then, on Monday, March 12, at seven p.m. $25 first time, include an option for online responses in the CHSS Multi-Purpose Room there will be The fastest & most on [the district’s] website,” said Bart Kuntz, Vice- information on Ministry Funding given out, as convenient installation chair of the school board. well as questions being answered from the March The first budget consultation meeting will be 1 meeting. on all makes & models. held on Thursday, February 2, in the Charles Hays The board is expecting the budget to be ALL FULLY GUARANTEED Secondary School Multi-Purpose room at 7:30 completed and approved at the regularly scheduled p.m. This gathering will be a public information Board meeting on Thursday, April 10, 2012. The Northern View

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◆ ROAD SAFETY

Port Edward unsatisfied with maintenance of highway By Shaun Thomas The Northern View The District of Port Edward lashed out at the job of highway maintenance being done by Nechako Northcoast, the company responsible for snow clearing and highway care from Terrace to around Kasiks, and will be taking their complaints via a strongly worded letter to not only the Minister of Transportation but the Premier. “I’ve driven to Terrace about 10 times this winter and any time there is even a bit of snow or icey conditions the roads are deplorable....There’s zero sand and zero salt,” said councillor Murray Kristoff, who brought the issue forward. “I can see it being a problem during a heavy snowfall or something, but that section of road is all but abandoned. The snow turns to compact snow and it is white as a sheet.” Councillor Kristoff, however, was not alone in his assessment that the highway past the boundary of the O’Brien Road and Bridge Maintenance contract is sorely lacking in maintenance. “I drove 1,700 kilometres around BC this December, including the Coquihalla, Highways 1 through the Fraser canyon and Highway 97 and 16 , and the worst stretch by far was the 60 or so kilometres from Terrace heading to Prince Rupert...If this company worked for me they’d be gone by now,” said councillor Knut Bjorndal.

“I think we should CC the Premier because, from my own personal experience, we don’t want this contractor working on the highway when the current contract expires,” said chief administrative officer Ron Bedard. “When you’re out there for hockey or whatever and you have your family in the truck, it’s the sh**s...It’s like night and day when you go from the area of one contractor to the other,” said councillor Dan Franzen. The Ministry of Transportation reviews Nechako Northcoast for its services and Ramsay said the company is paid $7,940,000 a year to maintain its roads. They have had this contract since 1991. Ramsay said the Ministry of Transportation has been receiving calls of complaint, but this is commonplace after heavy snowfalls. He explained there is a diligent monitoring system to ensure Nechako is fulfilling its contract. “We have a set of specifications which basically outline our expectations in terms of snowfall, how it is to be treated, and the maximum accumulation that is allowed,” Ramsay said. “We make many, many hundreds of observations and record them over the course of a year, and we provide them to the contractor so they know what we are seeing.” Ramsay explained the review process on Nechako’s maintenance goes beyond

local monitoring. Twice a year, it is reviewed from an outside team of Ministry of Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n staff. The ministry also meets with stakeholder groups, such as trucking companies and the RCMP, to hear input on the road conditions. A combination of these three methods leads to a biannual score. For the 2010/2011 Lisa Letnes photo winter, Nechako The maintenance of Highway 16 just east of Terrace has come under scored 88.7 per fire from Port Edward council. cent. “That means that they are generally fulfilling the contract, Call today and I will get and they are generally getting satisfactory an ad working for you! results,” Ramsay said. He adds that while people have a right to complain, allowances have to be made for extreme weather. “If you think about the work that these guys do, they make a huge contribution to the community in keeping the roads open,” Ramsay pointed out. Ed Evans 250-624-8088 Sales Manager 225 Third St, Prince Rupert ~With files from the Terrace Standard

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◆ LABOUR

WINTER WONDERLAND…

BCGEU begins negotiations By Tom Fletcher The Northern View

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Along with creating some great scenery around town, the snowfall this weekend provided Prince Rupert youth with the rare chance to break out their sleds and snowboards and take to the hills around town - including the Rotary Centennial Park, the golf course and school yards - for some winter fun.

◆ COAT OF ARMS

Port Edward getting a new logo By Shaun Thomas The Northern View After more than 35 years of the familiar picture of a man carrying a net riding a porpoise, the District of Port Edward voted on January 10 to change the official logo for the municipality. Taking the place of the old logo will be the Coat of Arms for the community, which features two porpoises on either side of a shield with an Eagle on top and the words “Working together as one” below it. The logo will be changed on the pins of Port Edward and on the letterhead the municipality uses to write other governments. According to mayor Dave MacDonald, the change is being made to better reflect the position of the community. “The Coat of Arms was done during Ed [Wampler’s] term and I Contributed photo think that it would be a good logo with Pictured above is the District of Port Edward’s new official the eagles and the porpoises...I also logo, which the council voted for on January 10. think ‘Working together as one’ is a great saying, The Prince Rupert Aboriginal Skills Employment particularly where we Partnership Society (PR ASEP) and R.K Pro Driving are working together School are pleased to be accepting applications for with our neighbours and Class 1 Drivers training. in the Community-toCommunity forums,” Applicants must: he said of meetings that • Submit a current resume include Prince Rupert, Port Edward, Lax • hold a valid Class 5 Drivers license Kw’alaams, Metlakatla, • Have experience in driving Kitkatla and others. According to chief • Have knowledge of the local labour market administrative officer • Provide a drivers abstract Ron Bedard, the logo may also appear All information above should be submitted with references and better. contact numbers by fax or email. “Personally I think Send all information to: it’s a great idea. Nothing Email: prasepadmin@citywest.ca against what we have Fax: 250-622-2533 no, it’s the logo we have had since 1966, but Closing Date is January 20th 2012 at 4:30pm sometimes it is difficult Only those selected will be contacted. to reproduce on clothing or documents,” he said.

The B.C. government begins contract talks with one of its largest unions this week, and the union wants a raise as most of its members come off a two-year wage freeze. The B.C. Government and Service Employees Union represents 25,000 direct provincial employees, including prison guards, deputy sheriffs, liquor store staff, social workers, probation officers, biologists, lab workers and nursing and other staff at facilities including Riverview Hospital and Forensic Psychiatric Hospital. Another group of BCGEU workers in health, community social service and other jobs with contracted agencies are set to begin talks in February. About 85 per cent of all union members have contracts expiring in 2012. “We’ll be going to every table determined to get wage improvements,” BCGEU president Darryl Walker said. In bargaining conferences held with union members in December, members also want improvements to

benefits and job security. As the union and the provincial bargaining agency exchange opening proposals, the B.C. government is looking at a $3.1 billion operating deficit for this year. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon has repeatedly indicated that there will be no budget increases to pay higher wages. In its October throne speech, the government said any raises would have to be funded by “cooperative gains” that create savings elsewhere. That declaration is similar to the “net zero” mandate in effect for the last two years. Most provincial unions accepted the two-year freeze, but the B.C. Teachers’ Federation has refused and withdrawn non-essential services since September. Walker has suggested that opening more government liquor stores on Sundays could generate additional revenues to fund a raise for BCGEU staff. And he isn’t ruling out strike action. “We have a tough road ahead... But we’re prepared for any action we have to take to get you the improved contracts you’ve earned,” wrote Walker on the union website.

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◆ PIPELINE HEARINGS

Enbridge panel hears from First Nations at Terrace stop By Lauren Benn Terrace Standard The area’s two Tsimshian First Nations voiced concern about aspects of the planned Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline during an environmental approval hearing here Jan. 12. Speaking to several hundred people gathered at the Terrace sportsplex, members of the Kitsleas First Nation’s resource management department and its policy advisor laid out problems they said are associated with the intended pipeline route. As now planned, the Northern Gateway pipeline would go through 110km of traditional Kitselas territory, about 10 per cent of the entire pipeline length from Alberta to a Kitimat marine export terminal. In accordance with Kitselas policy, an independent technical and scientific study on the project is currently underway, set to be finished by year’s end. “The Kitselas are not convinced at this stage of our assessment that project-related and potential cumulative impacts to this area... can be adequately mitigated,” said Chris Knight, a senior policy advisor to the Kitselas. “It’s clear that the inherent extremes of terrain and weather... represent a risky development.” He said that after reviewing materials from Enbridge, the Kitselas are not yet satisfied that sufficient planning has gone into project details specific to the region, noting that not only does this “small corner of the world” have the top-quality fish, water and natural resources, but also unique geological factors. These include the highest density of stream crossings, highest precipitation and highest stream and peak discharges of a region prone to floods and landslides – with delicate eco-balances that are hard to restore, said Knight. “It may be the most challenging area of

the entire pipeline,” added Knight. “(Should a leak happen) it can take centuries or millenniums to recover.” Impacts other than spills, like road upgrades and tunnel construction, were listed as concerns with damage to wildlife habitat and impacts of waste rock sites cited as examples. “Tunnels and implications of the tunnels have never been fully engaged,” said Terry Collins from the Kitselas resource management department. Kitsumkalum chief councillor Don Roberts concentrated on the impact of resource development on the environment and on humans. Using a visual presentation, he sketched out the natural resources resident in the area. Potential impacts on resources and wildlife from the Northwest coastal region as well as from the Skeena River and area were listed in detail: salmon, berries, bears, crab, herrings, herring eggs, halibut, cod, seaweed, sea cucumber, shrimp and prawns, eagles, killer whales, and more. Special attention was give to the eulachon, a small oily fish sensitive to mere degree or sand-texture fluctuations in water, that Roberts used to connect the presentation. “It’s the main part of our culture,” said Roberts. “It’s used in everything.” Maps of river systems were used, depicting how quickly spilled oil could travel into river systems within Kitsumkalum territory – showing impact isn’t specific to pipeline or tanker routes. Should a spill happen, not only would it damage resources that provide food, cultural and economic benefits but expensive equipment like fishing boats would be unusable, said Roberts. The presentation also brought with it a human element, showing fishermen, feasts, young adults curing fish, and other cultural cornerstones

which would be affected should a spill occur. Roberts said the coastal Tsimshian nations all have territories that “will never be surrendered.” “The government is bordering on infringement on our aboriginal title and rights,” said Roberts. “We are not saying no to industry, we are saying no to Enbridge crude oil.” Last to present was the Metis Nation of BC, representing its Terrace community, which said that potential spill-damage to resources is of top concern. “Our well-being is so connected,” Janine Workman photo said Metis Nation of BC director Gary Members of the Northern Gateway Project’s Ducommun. Joint Review Panel Sheila Leggett and Ken“If we lose access to our resources, neth Bateman listen as Don Roberts from the which our culture depends on, it will Kitsumkalum First Nation gives a presentation damage our spiritual health which Jan. 12 at the Terrace sportsplex. will damage our physical and mental health.” The three-member panel includes Sheila “If the government was going to come Leggett, a vice-chair of the National Energy along and lead the cultural genocide of an Board, Kenneth Bateman, an energy lawyer aboriginal people ... no one in Canada would and former executive in the energy sector support that.” and Hans Matthews who is a geologist Ducommun said that Metis people prefer with a background in mining, minerals and hunting and trapping to the grocery store – resource management. and acknowledged geotechnical challenges The Jan. 12 hearing was the first of two brought forth in Kitselas’ presentation. community hearings in Terrace which will He said a traditional land usage study collect information. would be complete in March and only then “We’re here to listen,” said Leggett at will the Metis people say if they are on board Terrace’s first hearing. with the project. Final hearings are tentatively slated for Of the three presenters, only the September, and will involve questioning and Kitsumkalum declared a firm and immediate cross examination. “no” to the Enbridge project. The Joint Review Panel is an independent Terrace was just the second location for body tasked with the approval of Enbridge’s the federal environmental hearings which Northern Gateway Pipeline Project based on are scheduled to last as long as 18 months. whether or not it is in the public interest.

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HOCKEY POOL

These results are for the 2011/2012 Regular Season. Posted as of Jan. 11 , 2012. Listed by: Standings, Name, Points 1............. Bruno Hoy ................................. 874 2............. Wade Robinson.......................... 868 3............. Rob VanKoughnett..................... 866 4............. Arnold F. Scodane ..................... 857 5............. Jordan Heal ................................ 855 6............. Marty Denluck........................... 853 7............. Larry King ................................. 852 8............. Pete Colussi ............................... 850 9............. Bill Vermeeren Sr. ..................... 849 T10 ........ Vince Wesley ............................. 847 T10 ........ Cliff Kelly .................................. 847 T12 ........ Dan Doyon ................................ 845 T12 ........ Jacqueline Bob .......................... 845 14........... Jeff Negru .................................. 842 15........... Alex Campbell Jr. ...................... 841 T16 ........ Edith Blackwater ....................... 840 T16 ........ Darren Stevens........................... 840 T16 ........ Christopher Barralon ................. 840 T19 ........ Godfrey Williams ...................... 839 T19 ........ Ryan Dudoward ......................... 839 21........... Shayna Collins........................... 837 T22 ........ A. Vamvakas .............................. 836 T22 ........ Cassandra Cross ........................ 836 T22 ........ A.G. Parnell ............................... 836 T22 ........ Willie Davies ............................. 836 T26 ........ Myrna Jay .................................. 835 T26 ........ Ambrose J. Wilson .................... 835 28........... Neal Bryant................................ 834 T29 ........ Tanya Gonu ............................... 833 T29 ........ Tony Basso ................................ 833 T29 ........ Hondo Arendt ............................ 833 T32 ........ Bernard Danes ........................... 831 T32 ........ Michael S.B. Jay........................ 831 T32 ........ Wayne Gurney ........................... 831 T35 ........ Leah North................................. 830 T35 ........ Rhiannon Lynn .......................... 830 T37 ........ Linda Bob .................................. 829 T37 ........ Tom Tanaka ............................... 829 T37 ........ Cole Cross ................................. 829 T40 ........ Phillip Harris ............................. 828 T40 ........ David Magnusson ...................... 828 T40 ........ John Graham.............................. 828 T40 ........ Adolfo Paolinelli ....................... 828 T40 ........ Kenneth Gonu............................ 828 T45 ........ Calvin Huskins .......................... 827 T45 ........ Eva Spencer ............................... 827 T45 ........ Raymond Greens ....................... 827 T48 ........ Shiro Nagasawa ......................... 826 T48 ........ Ron Wilson ................................ 826 T50 ........ Karan Gill .................................. 825 T50 ........ Neil Joseph ................................ 825 T50 ........ Adriann E Williams ................... 825 T50 ........ Corky Dudoward ....................... 825 T54 ........ Nancy Rose Steward.................. 824 T54 ........ Melanie Hill............................... 824 T56 ........ M. Robinson .............................. 823 T56 ........ Duane Brown ............................. 823 T56 ........ Calvert Brown ........................... 823 T56 ........ Ken Woods................................. 823 T60 ........ Andrew Llewellyn ..................... 822 T60 ........ Matthew Stewart ........................ 822 62........... Jenny Cross................................ 821 T63 ........ Juliana Bryson ........................... 820 T63 ........ Jeff Wolfenden ........................... 820 T63 ........ Hank Vermeeren ........................ 820 T66 ........ Ju-lyn Jordan ............................. 819 T66 ........ Carol Johnson ............................ 819 T66 ........ Hank Williams ........................... 819 T66 ........ Kyla Tingstad............................. 819 T66 ........ Margaret E. Green ..................... 819 T71 ........ Shaun William Scodane............. 818 T71 ........ Garner Moody ........................... 818 T71 ........ Cleo Moore ................................ 818 T71 ........ Natasha Barralon ....................... 818 T71 ........ Jared Carter................................ 818 T71 ........ Matthew Bryant ......................... 818 T77 ........ Andrew Starr ............................. 817 T77 ........ Samantha Lincoln ...................... 817 T77 ........ Carol Cross Adams .................... 817 T77 ........ Evangeline Nyce........................ 817 T77 ........ Bobby Jay .................................. 817 T77 ........ John Stuart ................................. 817 T77 ........ Rich Aiken ................................. 817 T84 ........ Dayle V. AlexCee ...................... 816 T84 ........ Jennifer Johnson ........................ 816 T84 ........ John Schullmeister .................... 816 T84 ........ Brett Stava ................................. 816 T84 ........ Ronald Martinson ...................... 816 T84 ........ Kim Blackwater ......................... 816 T90 ........ Ann K King ............................... 815 T90 ........ Michelle Prouty ......................... 815 T90 ........ Charlotte Haley.......................... 815 T90 ........ Christa & Ashley Robinson ....... 815 T90 ........ Lillian Sankey............................ 815 T90 ........ Gary Nelson............................... 815

T96 ........ Derek Baker ............................... 814 T96 ........ Marty Tingstad .......................... 814 T96 ........ Marshall Vickers Sr. .................. 814 T96 ........ Mike Whitford ........................... 814 T96 ........ Julie Yeomans ............................ 814 T96 ........ Percy Lincoln ............................ 814 T96 ........ Wilma Allen............................... 814 T103 ...... Barrie Girbav ............................. 813 T103 ...... Sam Robinson............................ 813 T103 ...... Alena Helin................................ 813 T106 ...... Jimmy White ............................. 812 T106 ...... G. Berton ................................... 812 T106 ...... Brandon Russ ............................ 812 T106 ...... Joe Uppal ................................... 812 T110 ...... Larry Eastwood ......................... 811 T110 ...... Tyler Williams ........................... 811 T110 ...... Krystal R. Green........................ 811 T110 ...... Monique Brown ......................... 811 T110 ...... Tom Gilfoy ................................ 811 T115 ...... Christian Johnson ...................... 810 T115 ...... Andrea Stephens ........................ 810 T115 ...... Ashley Wilson ........................... 810 T118 ...... Connie Watkinson...................... 809 T118 ...... Brenda Lewis ............................. 809 T118 ...... Barbara Greene .......................... 809 T118 ...... Greg Girbav ............................... 809 T118 ...... Peter Vogon................................ 809 T118 ...... Midori Nagasawa....................... 809 T124 ...... Marcy VanKoughnett ................. 808 T124 ...... Arn T Johansen.......................... 808 T124 ...... Betty Snook ............................... 808 T124 ...... Sally Edgars ............................... 808 T124 ...... Tanu Lusignan ........................... 808 T129 ...... Eugene Williams........................ 807 T129 ...... Pam Venn ................................... 807 T129 ...... Calvin Russ................................ 807 T129 ...... Emma Nelson ............................ 807 T129 ...... Laura Alexander ........................ 807 T129 ...... Frank Alger ................................ 807 T129 ...... Anita H. Lewis .......................... 807 T136 ...... Frank Goncalves ........................ 806 T136 ...... Lawrence Heal ........................... 806 T136 ...... Kerry Mowatt ............................ 806 T136 ...... Ethan Hill (Bolton) .................... 806 T140 ...... Tiffany Green............................. 805 T140 ...... Delbert Brooks .......................... 805 T140 ...... Mel Scramstad ........................... 805 T140 ...... Shelby Irvine ............................. 805 T140 ...... Kevin Carpenter......................... 805 T140 ...... John Johansen ............................ 805 T140 ...... William Yeomans ....................... 805 T147 ...... Ellen Denluck ............................ 804 T147 ...... A. E. Sankey .............................. 804 T147 ...... Scott VanKoughnett ................... 804 T147 ...... Devin Denluck ........................... 804 T147 ...... Richard G. Lincoln .................... 804 T152 ...... Gloria Westfall ........................... 803 T152 ...... Bob Taylor ................................. 803 T152 ...... Matthew Hill.............................. 803 T155 ...... Kelsie VanKoughnett ................. 802 T155 ...... Brandon Lee Torio..................... 802 T155 ...... Alicia Joseph ............................. 802 T158 ...... Harold Wesley ........................... 801 T158 ...... Kristen Hill ................................ 801 T158 ...... Darrel Angus.............................. 801 T158 ...... Troy Jay ..................................... 801 T158 ...... Tim Boyko ................................. 801 T158 ...... Maria Niesh ............................... 801 T158 ...... Bea E. Bryant ............................ 801 T165 ...... Bianca L Barton ........................ 800 T165 ...... Bernie Alexander ....................... 800 T165 ...... Leslie Wilson ............................. 800 T165 ...... Delana Calder ............................ 800 T165 ...... Jack Lyman ................................ 800 T170 ...... Marshall Vickers Jr. ................... 799 T170 ...... Sheena Sampare ........................ 799 T170 ...... Sampson Bryant Sr. ................... 799 T173 ...... Bruce Brown.............................. 798 T173 ...... Shawn & Steve Vermeeren ........ 798 T173 ...... Bob Misko ................................. 798 T173 ...... Ted Vickers ................................ 798 T173 ...... Stevie Jay ................................... 798 T173 ...... Donna Jackson........................... 798 T173 ...... Carey Cooper ............................. 798 T173 ...... Albert ......................................... 798 T181 ...... Rose Ciotoli ............................... 797 T181 ...... Ann Marie Negru....................... 797 T181 ...... Bill MacLeod............................. 797 T181 ...... Kevin R. Woods ......................... 797 T181 ...... Luc Barton ................................. 797 T186 ...... Larry Thompson ........................ 796 T186 ...... R. Brent Phillips ........................ 796 T186 ...... Renaud Larose ........................... 796 T186 ...... Dianne Blyth.............................. 796 T186 ...... Thom Chow ............................... 796

T186 ...... Shawn Leask.............................. 796 T186 ...... Sharon Rothwell ........................ 796 T186 ...... Andrew Grandison..................... 796 T194 ...... Chad Dudoward ......................... 795 T194 ...... Barry Hale ................................. 795 T194 ...... Richard Connington .................. 795 T194 ...... Joe DeBlass ............................... 795 T194 ...... Stan Thomas .............................. 795 T194 ...... Ray Krause ................................ 795 T194 ...... Alisha Kennedy ......................... 795 T194 ...... Clearnce Thompson ................... 795 T194 ...... David S. Gladstone .................... 795 T194 ...... Blossom Stevens ........................ 795 T204 ...... Raymond Dudoward .................. 794 T204 ...... Mitchell Nelson ......................... 794 T204 ...... Fred Stewart............................... 794 T204 ...... Trevor Girbav ............................ 794 T204 ...... Douglas McLeod ....................... 794 T209 ...... Ivan M. Lincoln ......................... 793 T209 ...... Alice Edgars .............................. 793 T209 ...... Curtis Watts ............................... 793 T209 ...... Jacob Astoria Sr. ........................ 793 T209 ...... Nancy Clifton ............................ 793 T209 ...... Marshal Parnell.......................... 793 T209 ...... Paul S. Lebedick ........................ 793 T216 ...... Tara M. Campbell ...................... 792 T216 ...... Jennifer Krezel .......................... 792 T216 ...... Jenna Tingstad ........................... 792 219......... Brenda Gray .............................. 791 T220 ...... Melita Stuart .............................. 790 T220 ...... Charles Wakefield Clifton ......... 790 T220 ...... Lori Wilson ................................ 790 T220 ...... Wade Dudoward ........................ 790 T220 ...... Shyla Cross ................................ 790 T220 ...... Joanne Hill................................. 790 T226 ...... Diane Hill .................................. 789 T226 ...... Brent Russ ................................. 789 T226 ...... Jordyn Carter ............................. 789 T226 ...... Stephanie De-Lisa ..................... 789 T226 ...... Brian Gilmour............................ 789 T231 ...... Dawn Matthews ......................... 788 T231 ...... M Harris .................................... 788 T231 ...... George Negru ............................ 788 T231 ...... Wade Niesh................................ 788 T231 ...... Gates Robin ............................... 788 T236 ...... Barbara Spencer ........................ 787 T236 ...... Amethyst Lewis ......................... 787 T238 ...... Romy Torio ................................ 786 T238 ...... Jay Tingle .................................. 786 T238 ...... Denver Cross ............................. 786 T238 ...... Nicholas Angus.......................... 786 T238 ...... Miranda Shaw............................ 786 T238 ...... Gerry Johnson............................ 786 T244 ...... J Blyth........................................ 785 T244 ...... William R. Bray ........................ 785 T244 ...... Quentin Delaney Young............. 785 T244 ...... Alberta Robinson....................... 785 T244 ...... Darrell Watson ........................... 785 T244 ...... Tom Bob .................................... 785 T250 ...... Donald Price .............................. 784 T250 ...... Rose Price .................................. 784 T250 ...... Virginia Azak ............................. 784 T250 ...... Robert Russ ............................... 784 T250 ...... Fred Lincoln .............................. 784 T255 ...... Robert Hughes ........................... 783 T255 ...... George Kuntz............................. 783 T255 ...... Keith Thomas ............................ 783 T255 ...... Patty McCann ............................ 783 T255 ...... Logan Bryson ............................ 783 T255 ...... Bruce M. Brown ........................ 783 T255 ...... Robby Price ............................... 783 T262 ...... Bob Hays ................................... 782 T262 ...... Bruce Watkinson........................ 782 T262 ...... Clyde Green Jr. .......................... 782 T262 ...... Francisco Baniqued ................... 782 T262 ...... Derek Nelson ............................. 782 T267 ...... Nancy Kirkbright ....................... 781 T267 ...... Marc Barralon............................ 781 T267 ...... Melissa Angus ........................... 781 T267 ...... Alessandra Cross ....................... 781 T267 ...... Alberta Schulmeister ................. 781 T267 ...... Janet L. Stevens ......................... 781 T267 ...... Daniel Page................................ 781 T267 ...... Ronald Gottke............................ 781 T275 ...... Ronnie Haldane ......................... 780 T275 ...... Richard Bryant .......................... 780 T275 ...... Marshal Nelson.......................... 780 T275 ...... Brian Morrison .......................... 780 T275 ...... Brenda Lee Lewis...................... 780 T275 ...... Marie Forman ............................ 780 T275 ...... Len Lovering ............................. 780 T275 ...... Matt Anderson ........................... 780 T283 ...... Larissa McKay .......................... 779 T283 ...... Lorraine Woods ......................... 779 T283 ...... Mary (Niki) Snook .................... 779

T283 ...... Ivan Hubert Lincoln Jr............... 779 T283 ...... Noah Wesley .............................. 779 T283 ...... Sonya Spencer ........................... 779 T283 ...... Camilla Barton .......................... 779 T290 ...... Robert Cross .............................. 778 T290 ...... Lynn Calder ............................... 778 T290 ...... Fred Oddson .............................. 778 T290 ...... Renae Jami-Lee Scodane .......... 778 T290 ...... Bruce Hill Jr. ............................. 778 T290 ...... Jerry C. Stevens ......................... 778 T290 ...... Karen Stevens ............................ 778 T297 ...... Jennifer L Faithful ..................... 777 T297 ...... Ben Russ .................................... 777 T297 ...... Karen Stepko ............................. 777 T297 ...... Jean Paul Barralon ..................... 777 T297 ...... David B. Carlson ....................... 777 T297 ...... Ira Shaw ..................................... 777 T297 ...... Jeremy Stevens .......................... 777 T304 ...... David Dias ................................. 776 T304 ...... James Blackwater ...................... 776 T304 ...... Colleen Davidson ...................... 776 T307 ...... Carol Robinson .......................... 775 T307 ...... Robert W McKay ...................... 775 T307 ...... Charles Robinson ...................... 775 T307 ...... Peter Hall ................................... 775 T307 ...... Barb Krause ............................... 775 T312 ...... Joe Brown .................................. 774 T312 ...... Ed Alexcee ................................. 774 T312 ...... Amanda Graham........................ 774 T312 ...... Cyril K. Johnson........................ 774 T312 ...... Tawny Johnson .......................... 774 T312 ...... Patrick Latimer .......................... 774 T312 ...... James Barton ............................. 774 T312 ...... Gloria C. Bolton ........................ 774 T320 ...... Nelson Cross.............................. 773 T320 ...... Lisa Russ ................................... 773 T320 ...... Cedric Scodane .......................... 773 T323 ...... Stephen Watkinson .................... 772 T323 ...... Dustin Cross .............................. 772 T323 ...... Lisa Greer .................................. 772 T323 ...... Basil Snook................................ 772 T323 ...... Thomas Shaw ............................ 772 T323 ...... Darrin Sargent ........................... 772 T329 ...... Grant Moore .............................. 771 T329 ...... Albert Green .............................. 771 T331 ...... Lucky Bhandal .......................... 770 T331 ...... Willard Lincoln Sr. .................... 770 T331 ...... Caile Kendel .............................. 770 T331 ...... Ivan Watts .................................. 770 T331 ...... Tanisha Calder ........................... 770 T336 ...... David Stephens .......................... 769 T336 ...... Sylvia Scodane .......................... 769 T338 ...... Michael Vermeeren .................... 768 T338 ...... Kerby Watt ................................. 768 T338 ...... Harvey Price .............................. 768 T338 ...... Mike Mitchell ............................ 768 T342 ...... Emsily Bolton ............................ 767 T342 ...... Mike Cavin ................................ 767 T342 ...... Tiffany Spencer ......................... 767 T342 ...... Lorraine Nelson ......................... 767 T342 ...... Owen Kennedy Robinson.......... 767 T342 ...... Scott Frank Johnston ................. 767 T348 ...... S Harris ...................................... 766 T348 ...... Steven Watkins .......................... 766 T348 ...... Max Lincoln .............................. 766 T348 ...... Yvette Lebedick ........................ 766 T348 ...... Heather Blyth ............................ 766 T353 ...... Nancy Kainth Bhandal .............. 765 T353 ...... Garrett Haley ............................. 765 T353 ...... Arthur J. Russ ............................ 765 T353 ...... Callum Vetter ............................. 765 T353 ...... James McNeice.......................... 765 T358 ...... Roy Sankey ................................ 764 T358 ...... Dwyer Cross .............................. 764 T358 ...... Felice Ciotoli ............................. 764 T361 ...... Dale Alexcee.............................. 763 T361 ...... Roberta Brown........................... 763 T361 ...... Sharon Watts .............................. 763 T361 ...... Charles Hill................................ 763 T361 ...... L. C. Stewart .............................. 763 T361 ...... Art Lincoln ................................ 763 367......... Shane J.W. Dale......................... 762 368......... 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T381 ...... Cody Wesley .............................. 755 T381 ...... Betty Martinson ......................... 755 T381 ...... Marilyn Bryant .......................... 755 T384 ...... Derek Ridgeway ........................ 754 T384 ...... Rose Lincoln.............................. 754 T386 ...... Zachary McKay ......................... 753 T386 ...... Jordan Robinson ........................ 753 T386 ...... Clarence Wing Jr. ...................... 753 T389 ...... Ronnie Kuntz ............................. 752 T389 ...... Melody Johnson ........................ 752 T389 ...... Heather Ann Dudoward ............. 752 T389 ...... Tracy-Lee Calder ....................... 752 T389 ...... Freddie Torio ............................. 752 T389 ...... Alex G Campbell ....................... 752 T389 ...... Sophie Parnell............................ 752 T396 ...... Crystal Bird ............................... 751 T396 ...... Valerie Sankey ........................... 751 T396 ...... Brandon J. Stevens .................... 751 T399 ...... Josh Shaw .................................. 749 T399 ...... Robert W. McLeod .................... 749 T399 ...... Jean Page ................................... 749 T399 ...... Mike Bedard .............................. 749 T399 ...... Ernie Brown............................... 749 T404 ...... Marie-Anne Anderson ............... 748 T404 ...... Rudy Urner ................................ 748 T404 ...... Karl Hugenschmidt.................... 748 T404 ...... Marge Nylan .............................. 748 T404 ...... Grace P. Brown .......................... 748 T409 ...... Billy Joe A Brown ..................... 747 T409 ...... Paul Cavin ................................. 747 T409 ...... Don R. Johnson ......................... 747 T412 ...... Mitch Truscott ........................... 746 T412 ...... Beatrice B. Bryant ..................... 746 T412 ...... Richard Mellis ........................... 746 T412 ...... 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Reginald Huskins ...................... 738 T432 ...... Brett Kuntz ................................ 737 T432 ...... Andy Menzie ............................. 737 T434 ...... R. Huskins ................................. 736 T434 ...... Don White ................................. 736 T434 ...... Wendy Wilson ........................... 736 437......... Gail Watkinson .......................... 734 438......... James Hadland........................... 731 T439 ...... David Beil.................................. 730 T439 ...... George Bryant ........................... 730 441......... Tina R. Shaw ............................. 726 442......... Thelma Torio ............................. 723 T443 ...... Doran Angus .............................. 722 T443 ...... Winnifred Green ........................ 722 T445 ...... William Robinson ...................... 721 T445 ...... Haley Parnell ............................. 721 447......... 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◆ FINALIZING THE BUDGET

School board has some options for $641,576 surplus By Martina Perry The Northern View School District 52 has some options on what to spend over $600,000 of surplus funds after the amount was confirmed when the board finalized the numbers in their 2011/2012 budget last week. On Tuesday, January 9, the board passed the first two readings of the Amended Annual Budget Bylaw, with the third and final reading scheduled to take place at next month’s school board meeting being held on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. According to the School Act, each district must submit its approved budget for the next fiscal

year before June 30, and amend it again after the fiscal year starts, to confirm the numbers. “This surplus at this point arises partly from a small increase from the forecast revenue that we had from the Ministry…And net savings from a few other areas in the budget,” explained treasurer Cam McIntyre. The board now must decide what $641,576 of forecasted unallocated surplus in the current fiscal year’s budget will go towards, with there being options for education projects, capital projects, or future reserves. Some education projects suggested for the surplus funds are Soundfield Systems, a sound amplifying system, in kindergarten

to grade three classrooms in the district that would cost $60,000 in total to install, putting $50,000 towards the Project Based Learning Budget to reserve for future projects, putting $50,000 towards IUOE staff training to better support the group, or to put $20,000 towards advance IT purchases to ensure new IT items are set up prior to September, something that would become the norm in subsequent years. Some options for capital projects include an estimated $200,000 for the CHSS auto shop, an estimated $250,000 for the CHSS field, unknown costs towards the consolidated board office, and $400,000 towards the CHSS band room. With an

◆ ANNUAL GUNS N’ HOSES

RCMP and Firefighters play for charity on Friday evening By Martina Perry The Northern View Members of the Prince Rupert RCMP and Fire Rescue crew will be hitting the ice on Friday, January 20, to compete against one another for the fourth annual Guns N’ Hose Charity hockey game being held in the arena at thee Civic Centre. “We wanted to keep the community in mind when we were picking a charity [to play for],” said Prince Rupert Fire Rescue secretary Remo Pomponi. The two emergency response organizations agreed to play against one another in order to raise money for Everybody Gets to Play, a program offered in Prince Rupert that focuses on ensuring kids from economically disadvantaged families can have access to recreational experiences. The RCMP team will have 13 to 16 players on their team, and according to Cpl. Jagder Uppal, the Guns have been preparing for the game by playing various teams from town. The Hoses have been preparing themselves in a less physical, and more mental way. “We’ve been watching a lot of hockey,” joked Pomponi. Perhaps the Hoses confidence comes from the fact that they have won the game two of the past three years, and are currently in possession of the inaugural trophy, something that the

Guns hope to change this year. The puck will drop at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, with the game running until around 9:30 p.m. Entrance for the game will be by donation.

Additionally, there will be a 50/50 draw taking place at the charity game, as well as prizes to be won, including a BC Ferries one-way trip.

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Have you received your 2012 property assessment notice? If it has not arrived in the mail by January 20, call toll free 1-800-668-0086. If so, review it carefully. Visit www.bcassessment.ca to compare other property assessments using the free e-valueBC TM service on our website. Questions? Call the ofﬁce listed on your notice. Don’t forget...if you disagree with your assessment, you must ﬁle a Notice of Complaint (appeal) by January 31, 2012.

exception to the CHSS band room, can be spent in the current school the capital projects could be in year. The board will then review partially funded by the Annual Facility Grant (AFG), however the input when it considers and McIntyre still admits all of these approves any changes to the projects could not be done in the amended annual budget bylaw for the 2011/2012 fiscal year same year. Another option would be to at February’s school board put around $250,000 to $300,000 meeting. away for future reserves, to reduce the impact of the upcoming r e d u c t i o n in funding protection. To help with the decision, Craft items, bakedgoods, the board has Specialty Coffee, Holy C#@$ Cereal, approved an AdDream Cream, Yard Sale Items Hoc Committee and Home Businesses. that will meet Something For Everyone! up before next For Table rental call month’s meeting to receive input Rosa 250-624-4787 or from the Board’s Kathleen 250-624-5652 partner groups on Coffee is always on! possible uses for Table Proceeds go to the Moose surplus funds that

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◆ GRANT MONEY

City told many grants are needed for survival of group Continued from page 4 In 2011, the theatre had 46,000 patrons which is down a bit from last year. The Lester Centre’s space is being used by other groups,

including a local church that has decided to rent the theatre on Sunday mornings this year. The Performing Arts Society is asking for this year’s annual

contribution from the City to be $110,000, a contribution that Crystal Lorette from the society says is essential to the survival of the theatre. Lorette says they’ve

COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND Call for Project Proposals The Prince Rupert Port Authority’s (PRPA) Community Investment Fund (Fund) provides financial support for projects or initiatives in the Prince Rupert area that enhance quality of life or contribute to a lasting legacy to the community. Only Projects or Initiatives that are broad community-based and have a meaningful and wide reaching impact in the Prince Rupert and regional communities will be considered. Projects or initiatives leveraging other funding sources will be considered on a preferential basis. All Projects must: - Provide tangible longterm benefits to the community; - Have broad, demonstrated community support; - Leverage other private and/or public funding; and - Be environmentally sound. Contributions will not be made: - to the operating costs of a Project or Initiative; - to individuals; - to partisan political projecs/ initiatives; - to projects or initiatives that are restricted to the use or benefit of specific individuals or organizations within the community; - where activities related to or resulting from are in violation of any federal or provincial law, regulation or policy; - to refinancing of all or any part of any term debt obligations of the funding recipient. __________________________________ Applicants submitting a request for financial support can be non-profit entities, , locally-based forms of government such as municipalities; Districts and First Nation Band Councils and nonprofit coorperatives. Priority will be given to projects, initiatives or events which provide the greatest funding leverage from other sources. Community support could include written support by local community groups. Normally the Fund will not contribute more than 90% toward project costs, however, priority will be given to those seeking 50% or less for a project, initiative or event. All submissions will also include a budget and other funders of the project or initiative. Applications may be submitted to the Prince Rupert Port Authority either by regular mail or electronically by 4:00 PM, Friday, February 17, 2012. Mailed applications shall be sent to: Prince Rupert Port Authority 200 – 215 Cow Bay Road Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1A2 Attention: Mr. Maynard Angus - Manager, Public Affairs

Proposals sent by electronic mail shall be sent to: mangus@rupertport.com For additional information on the Community Investment Fund, go to: www.rupertport.com __________________________________________________________________________

budgeted 2012 to be an average year despite the fact that they sunk a large amount of grant money from the Port Authority and credit union into getting a new stage, something that is underway right no. All the flooring and carpeting also being replaced. The Prince Rupert Library - $596,072 Members of the Prince Rupert Library board came to council to say something they knew no municipal government wants to hear: They need a big increase in money from the city. Back in 2010, budget cuts forced the library to not open on Mondays in order to save money. This, the library board says, has caused circulation to fall 12 per cent each year since then. The closure on Mondays has inconvenienced many library users, from those who use it every day to those who want to book the multipurpose room the use of which has almost tripled in recent years. The library building itself is in bad need of repairs. The issues range from the disintegrating plumbing to the ceiling tiles and damaged elevator control panels. The board says its not trying to complain, but to get council to

understand that there are issues that need to be address. Its not just the condition of the building either, staff will find hypodermic needles abandoned in the library bathroom and are sometimes threatened by unstable people. The library is asking for a 19 per cent increase in the City’s contribution to its budget, making the grant a total of $596,072. The extra money would go towards increasing the hours the library is open, to make what repairs and maintenance of the building as they can and to address what they see as a wage disparity between the library assistants and the City workers; something they say was supposed to be dealt with years ago. There’s some good news too. The library is well used by residents and the library board believes that its job will become more important, not less, in the Internet age. The library, they say, allows anyone from any financial background to come in and improve themselves with knowledge which will make the population more employable as the down develops. - It’s now up top the city council to decide who gets the grant money and how much.

The 2011 2012 Sugar Shack Festival d’Hiver L’Association des Francophones et Francophiles du Nord-Ouest (AFFNO) invites everyone to experience a taste of Quebec January 28 at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre. Francophone culture, food, and family fun in a festival you’ll never forget!

Sugar Shack Brunch, Sat. Jan. 28 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre.

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

at Cooks Jewellers and the Affno Office (inside the Hecate Strait Building)

Saturday, Jan. 28: THE SUGAR SHACK BRUNCH at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre @ 11:00 am. Tickets are $15.00 per adult, and $10.00 per child (12-and-under). GRAND PRIZE trip for 4 with VIA Rail return Rupert to Jasper Call 250-627-1313 or email affnow@citywest.ca for more information. The festival runs Jan 25- 28

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Become a Psychiatric Nurse - train locally via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements and some regional classroom delivery. Wages start at $30.79/hr to $40.42/hr. This 23 month program is recognized by the CRPNBC. Gov’t funding may be available. Toll-free 1-87-STENBERG www.stenbergcollege.com MEDICAL TRAINEES needed now! Hospitals & Doctors need well trained staff. No experience needed! Local training & job placement available. Call for more info! 1-888-7484126. TRAIN TO be an Apartment/Condominium Manager at home! We have jobs across Canada. Thousands of graduates working. 31 years of success! Government certiﬁed. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-6658339, 604-681-5456.

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1–866-506-6806 Alberta earthmoving company requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. You will work in a modern shop and also have mechanics truck for ﬁeld work. The job is at Edson, Alberta. We require that you have experience on Cat crawlers and or Deere excavators. Call Lloyd at (780)723-5051.

is hiring on behalf of Baker Hughes Baker Hughes Alberta based oilﬁeld services company is currently hiring;

EQUIPMENT OPERATORS Class 1 or 3 License required.

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HD MECHANICS 3rd or 4th apprentice or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics with their Red Seal and CVIP License to work in Red Deer & Hinton. Please call 250-718-3330 or Fax: 1-888-679-0759 For more information or send your resume & current drivers abstract to: driverclass1@shaw.ca Inwood Trucking Ltd. Quesnel, BC has an immediate opening for a Truck and Trailer Mechanic. Must be able to work on logging trucks and work afternoon shift. Competitive wage and beneﬁt package. Experience an asset. Please reply via fax to (250)992-6853 or email at inwoodtrucking@telus.net PORT HARDY BC- Journeyman GM Technician required. Full-time competitive pay, bonuses, beneﬁts. Aval. immediately. Send resume to klassengm@gmail.com or fax (250)949-7440 Attention Cory Klassen.

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Daycare Spaces available for Bili ng 2-5 year olds

ual ams Progr Contact Louise/Kirsten 250-624-2273 daecan@citywest.ca

We are also looking for Owner / Operator Logging Truck Drivers for work in the Fraser Valley area. Interested parties can forward a resume or contact April Choquette Phone: 604-587-8700 Fax: 604-581-4104 Email: achoquette @tealjones.com Website: www.tealjones.com

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We require a journeyman automotive technician. Excellent working environment with competitive wage and benefit package. GM experience an asset but not required. Apply in person, fax or email resume to nicole@coastmountaingm.com 250-847-2171 fax 250-847-2214 phone

Shop from home! Obituaries

Obituaries

Donald Kenneth

Scherk

December 6, 1930 November 30, 2011

Our beloved father Don passed away peacefully on November 30, just shy of his 81st birthday in Courtney, BC. Predeceased by our mother Lee in 2007, Dad will be lovingly remembered by his children Sandra (Al), Dayle (Frank), Donna (Jim). Ken (Connie), his grandchildren Robyn, Emma, Kate, Dylan, Nico, Julie & Luca and longtime friend and recent companion Donna Y. Many people will remember Dad from his years selling life insurance for Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada, a job he loved. After he retired Dad started “Sea-Pet Charters” and began his 2nd career as a charter operator, returning to school to get his captain’s papers of which he was very proud.

Childcare Available

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The Teal Jones Group is looking for Stump to Dump Logging Contractors to work in the Fraser Valley area. The total cut is 150,000m3/year.

Career Opportunities

Annunciation School is accepting applications for the September 2012 - 2013 Kindergarten class.

“Relick” loved being on the ocean and with mom, and us kids spent most weekends picnicking on Kitson, Carr and Tugwell Islands along with the Curries & Strands and a host of other families. He never tired of taking us to the beach where we cooked Butch’s crabs and ate moms chocolate cake, his favorite.

Children must be 5 years of age before December 31, 2012.

A gifted athlete Dad played basketball, baseball and curling with his younger brother and best friend Sid, before Sid’s untimely death at age 42. After mom died Dad became a Àxture on the golf course and told us he loved it because it was the one game he could never master. Donna and Dad managed to get in a little traveling in his camper van the last couple of years and Dad was content and a happy camper.

Applications can pe picked up at the school office (627 5th Ave West) or download from www.annunciationpr.ca. Deadline for application is January 31, 2012

Help us celebrate Dad’s life and remember his stories, Àne wit and intelligence on Saturday, January 21, from 1pm – 3pm at the Prince Rupert Golf Club.

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EARN EXTRA Cash! - P/T, F/T Immediate openings. Easy computer work, others positions are available. Can be done from home. No experience needed. www.hwc-bc.com

M.I.C.s GROUP of Health Services, Matheson - Iroquois Falls - Cochrane. (View job ad at www.micsgroup.com.) Fax: 705-258-2645. resumes@micsgroup.com DIETITIAN (Full-time position). This position will be based at Bingham Memorial Hospital (Matheson, ON), and will provide Clinical Nutrition services and Diabetes Program and long-term care services. Must hold a Bachelor Degree in Dietetics, have successfully completed an accredited internship program and be eligible for membership in the College of Dietitians of Ontario. Excellent salary, employee beneﬁts. Traveling compensation package and a signing bonus is available.

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GPRC, FAIRVIEW Campus (located in the heart of Alberta’s Peace Country in northwestern Alberta) requires an Animal Health Instructor (DVM) to commence immediately. Visit our website at www.gprc.ab.ca/careers.

Help Wanted

Trades, Technical

Prince Rupert Grain Ltd. operates a world-class, high-speed grain export terminal situated in Prince Rupert on the scenic north coast of British Columbia. The Maintenance department is currently seeking qualiÀed applicants for the following position.

Journeyman

Millwright

Central Alberta Automotive Dealership requires a Journeyman or 3rd year + apprentice Auto Body Technician. Competitive wages and Beneﬁts. Moving allowance negotiable. Send your resume to info@lambford.com

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The ideal candidate should have a high degree of troubleshooting experience and possess the ability to resolve hydraulic system faults. Experience in fabrication would be a definite asset. You will be able to demonstrate a superior technical background and have the desire to work in industrial maintenance. Ideally the successful candidate will bring 10 years of experience performing general Millwright duties, with a proven safety and health record. You must hold a valid drivers license and an Interprovincial Red Seal Millwright ticket. Shift work will be required. Prince Rupert Grain Ltd. offers a very competitive compensation package that includes a comprehensive unionized employee benefit program. A preemployment medical is required. Interested individuals who want to join a great team are invited to submit their resumes in confidence to us by February 3, 2012: Human Resources Department Prince Rupert Grain Ltd. PO Box 877 Prince Rupert, BC V8J 3Y1 or Fax: (250) 624-4664 or email hr@prgrain.bc.ca Prince Rupert Grain Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer

Until there's a cure, there's us. Job Title: Position Type: Reports To: Subordinate Staff: Level/Salary Range:

Chief Administrative Ofﬁcer (CAO) Full-time TCC-Executive All Tahltan Central Council (TCC) Employees To Commensurate with Education and Experience

Please Drop Off Resumes

Chief Administrative Ofﬁcer

346 Stiles Place, Prince Rupert. BC

POSITION SUMMARY Reporting to the Tahltan Central Council Government Executive, primarily the President, the CAO is responsible for the day-to-day management of TCC’s operations. The CAO is responsible for the ﬁnancial management and support to the Council, its committees and agencies. The CAO is responsible for coordinating the activities of all employees to ensure efﬁcient delivery of public services approved by the Council.

or fax resumes to 250-638-0500

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250-627-4992 Business Opportunities

Business Opportunities

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES t Manages the day to day affairs of the councils, based on approved policies and bylaws of the Council. t Coordinates the development of policies and bylaws of the Council. t Prepares agendas and attends meetings of the Council and Council Committees. t Provides advice as required to the Council on matters of policy and finance. t Coordinates activities of TCC solicitor and other hired experts. t Ensures that risks are properly insured through the insurance provider. t Prepares and maintains current policies dealing with Council governance and management, e.g., finance, human resources, workplace safety, etc. t Coordinates information technology required by the operations. t Posts entries on a timely basis to the ledger. t Prepares monthly bank reconciliation for all bank accounts. t Prepares regular financial reports for the Council and staff. t Prepares working papers for the auditor as required. t Prepares and presents draft budgets to the Council. t Monitors budgets regularly and takes action on variances. t Prepares applications and claims for all grants available to the TCC. t Prepares and submits the annual reports to government agencies as required. t Administers employee benefit program. t Performs all other assigned duties. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS t University degree with studies in Public or Business Administration; and t Two or more years in a senior public sector management position. The position will be based in Dease Lake, British Columbia at the TCC office. Dease Lake is located in the Northwest Region of British Columbia, approximately 600km north of Terrace and Smithers, BC via Highway 37. Please visit our website at www.tahltan.org for more information on the Tahltan Central Council Please submit your Resume and Cover Letter, or CV to the address below: Attention: Annita Mcphee, President Email: annitamcphee@gmail.com Or info@tahltan.org Fax: 250-771-3020 Tahltan Central Council PO Box #69 Dease Lake, BC VOC 1LO Phone: 250-771-3274 Deadline is January 31st, 2012

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Employment Trades, Technical

A world-class strand board (OSB) facility near Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan is in full operation and is actively seeking a qualiﬁed

Mechanical Team Leader Responsible for the direction and supervision of the activities of the mechanical maintenance team with the objective of maximizing equipment avail. and uptime at minimum cost. In addition this position will focus on continuous improvement initiatives to optimize maintenance functions. QUALIFICATIONS: ·Millwright cert. with a provincial or inter-provincial ticket or equivalent training ·Experience working with hydraulic systems. ·Extensive supervisory exp. in an industrial production environment. ·Exc. interpersonal skills. ·Familiar with computerized maintenance systems. ·Good working knowledge of OSB manufacturing, continuous process operations, large industrial machinery, and 24-hour operations.

If you are interested in being a member of our team, please go to

www.tolko.com and submit your resume by January 25, 2012.

Volunteers PR: Meals on Wheels Volunteer drivers needed immediately. 3x/week, 11:15am12:30pm. Please call 250-6226315 for Info.

Services

Health Products $10 CASH Back for every pound you lose. Herbal Magic. Lose Weight Guaranteed! Call Herbal Magic now at 1-800827-8975 for more information. Limited time offer.

Services

Merchandise for Sale

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

K&C APARTMENTS 423-3rd Ave. West. in Pr. Rupert. 2 blocks from college. One bedroom apartments. Hardwood ﬂoors. Laundry services, heat incl. Security entrance. Rent $550/mo.. Phone 250-624-6746

ROOSEVELT HEIGHTS APARTMENTS

Misc. for Sale

Real Estate Investing? Buying your ﬁrst home in 2012? Visit http://www.prince-rupert-realestate.com call Lynn Chivers at RNRES 250-627-1414

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161. M O N E Y P R OV I D E R . C O M . $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877-776-1660. PAWN SHOP Online: Get cash fast! Sell or get a loan for your watch, jewelry, gold, diamonds, art or collectibles from home! Toll-Free: 1-888435-7870. Online: www.pawnup.com

Legal Services CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certiﬁcation, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

CAN’T GET Up your stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help! No obligation consultation. Comprehensive warranty. Can be installed in less than 1 hour. Call now 1-866-981-6591. **HOME PHONE Reconnect** Call 1-866-287-1348. Prepaid Long Distance Specials! Feature Package Specials! Referral Program! Don’t be without a home phone! Call to Connect! 1-866-287-1348. NEED YOUR PRE-ENGINEERED STEEL BUILDING ERECTED? Professional crews available. We service Western Canada. All Brands. Excl references. Call MSC at 1-800-979-2993 PR: Blue Velvet Sofa Bed, 1 Oil Filled Heater, & 6 inch Planer. Call 250-624-3847

CRIMINAL RECORD?

PR: Catering Business Closing Down. Everything Must Go! All Prices Negotiable. Call 250-624-6969 or 250-6224476

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com

STEEL BUILDINGS For all uses! Beat the 2012 steel increase. Make an offer on selloff models at factory and save thousands now! Call for free brochure 1-800-668-5111 ext 170

Pets & Livestock

Misc. Wanted

Feed & Hay

I Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic Gold Silver Change + Chad: 250-863-3082 in Town

ROUND HAY Bales for sale. Call 250-846-5855

Top Price for Silver Coins & Gold. More than Roadshows. Local, 1-800-948-8816

Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Conﬁdential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET

Pets

Musical Instruments

Belgian Shepherd pups. Imported lines, bred for temperament,structure. (250)392-5531 GOLDEN RETRIEVER puppies for sale, 7 male, 4 females, medium copper, vaccinated, dewormed, vet checked, health guaranteed, ready Jan. 21. $450 ea. (250)697-6826.

PIANO For Sale Yamaha P22 for sale ideal for students or teachers alike. This Piano is in pristine condition and still has four years on the warranty There is also a Damp Chaser System installed. Asking $5000.00 ﬁrm. Please call 250-627-7383 or email at montage@citytel.net

Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate

Heavy Duty Machinery

Houses For Sale

Pet Services

DON’T Let This One Get Away! Fabulous two story Character Brick House for sale. Harbor, city and mountain views. Three bedrooms, newly renovated kitchen and bath. Original ﬁr ﬂoors, coved ceilings, large, new windows. Lots of natural light. Large front and back yard. Full basement. 316 4th Avenue East, Prince Rupert. Asking $245,000. For more information: 250-627-5080 or kruithof@citytel.net.

Best Wishes for 2012!

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent

Oasis

Apartments Clean & Renovated 1 & 2 bdrm Suites

Furnished & Un-Furnished. Quiet Tenants. On Site Management.

SVOP March 12 - 16 MED - A1 Feb 13 - 17 MED - A2 Feb 13 -21 MED - A3 Mar 19 - 21

Four Winds Apartments 1741 Kootenay Ave Prince Rupert, BC V8J 4A3 Contact Property Manager - Ron Morgan Telelphone: 250-627-1407 or Apt #202

Feb 22 - 24 & Mar 26 -28 Simulated Electronic Navigation - Limited Feb 27 - Mar 9

References Required.

CLIFFSIDE APARTMENTS

250-627-5820 www.oasisaparts.com

GATEWAY APARTMENTS McBride & 8th Prince Rupert Unfurnished - Furnished (Furnished short Term Rentals Available) Close to downtown Adult-oriented No Pets

1123-1137 Borden Street Adult-oriented. Quiet location with harbour view. Heat and hot water included. Minutes walking to downtown and hospital. References required. 1, 2, or 3 bedroom suites. Some furnished. Prince Rupert

250-624-5800

627-7137

1-800-222-TIPS

Real Estate

Property Management • 3 & 4 bedroom homes; • 1, 2 & 3 bedroom suites and apartments

RENTALS AVAILABLE

Ofﬁce: (250) 624-5800 Suite 5 - 342 3 Ave. West, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1L5

Address Address

Kenn Long Certified Professional Dog Grooming

luvofdog@citytel.net or find us on Facebook

Houses For Sale

Buying or Selling Real Estate?

www.cappsmarine.com 410-309 2nd Ave West Prince Rupert, BC (250) 627-1265

Call Gordon today Ofﬁce and Cell: (250) 624-9298 Email: info@gordonkobza.com www.gordonkobza.com Suite 6 - 342 3rd Ave W. - Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1L5

No smoking. No pets $730 per month.

Community Newspapers We’re at the heart of things™

References required.

Phone 250-627-8123

1 and 2 bedrooms (No Pets)

PRINCE RUPERT 250-627-9463 250-627-9463

Make a move this Fall to these great buys

Radio Operator ROCM or ROCMC

3 bedroom apartments. Heat and hot water included.

Gym, Hot Tub & Sauna.

Melanie Erickson

Transport Canada Certiﬁcations

Financial Services

Rentals

BIG BUILDING Sale. Clearance sale you don’t want to miss! 20X26 $4995. 25X34 $6460. 30X44 $9640. 40X70 $17,945. 47X90 $22,600. One end included. Pioneer Steel 1800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

Education/Tutoring

DROWNING IN Debts? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation. Toll Free 1 877-5563500, www.mydebtsolution.com

Rentals

Financial Services

LOOKING TO Expand Your Horizons? Gulf Islands Film School Camps SPRING BREAK Learn from a pro! 1 and 2 week March 11, 18 & 25 Save$$ Earlybird Special til Jan 31 www.giftsﬁlms.com 1800.813.9993.

Capp’s Marine Education

Real Estate

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

A-STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges 20’40’45’53’ Used / Damaged 40’ insulated makes great shop. Only $2300! Needs door and 40’HC $2800 No Rust! Semi Trailers for Hiway & storage. Delivery BC and AB Call 24 hrs 1-866-528-7108 www.rtccontainer.com

Workshops & Events

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1438 Overlook 102 Raven St 800 McBride Spero’s 322 322 7th 7th West West 120 120 8th 8th Ave Ave West West 1326 Pigott Ave 1326 Pigott Ave 228 8th Ave East 228 241 8th 9th Ave Ave East East 241 9th 1480 6thAve AveEast 1480 Moresby 6th Ave Ave 1533 1512 East Land 1533 6th Moresby Ave only 310 15126th 6thAve EastWest Land only 1507 8thAve AveWest East 310 6th 245 3rd Ave West 1507 8th Ave East 519 3rd Ave West 245 3rd1st AveAve West #3-101 West 519 3rd Ave 1600 8th AveWest #3-1015th1stAve Ave West 1833 128 St 1600Montgomery 8th Ave 1001 1833 PR 5th Blvd Ave 666 Ave East St 128 4th Montgomery 606 Donald St

MLS MLS ##

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Price Price

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250-627-7551 • www.rupertrealty.ca

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Rentals

Transportation

Duplex / 4 Plex

Suites, Lower

Boat Accessories

AVAILABLE FOR RENT

PR: 1 bdrm Suite. W/D Incl., 738 7th Ave West, Avail. Feb 1/12. 250-624-2725

2 Bdrm, S/S Duplex, $600/mo.

Townhouses

1 Bdrm Suite

FOR RENT IN RUPERT

Rentals

References required!

Call for details 250-627-1715 or 250-624-5955

3 bdrm, 1 Â˝ bath twnhse.

Families & Seniors Quiet, some w/ heat incl. From $500/mth.

Call Chris 624-3546

Boat Trailer 9500lb capacity With interchanging aluminum box. For Quads or Car Hauler

Homes for Rent

HARBOURVIEW

Bunks for boat trailer also

AVAILABLE FOR RENT

Large 2 & 3 bedrooms

Asking $7500.00 CDN

2012 Seal Cove Circle 3 Bdrm, 1 Bath F/S, W/D Hook-ups Gas/Electric Heat $700/mo. 1400 11 Ave East 2 Bdrm, 1 Bath F/S, W/D Hook-ups Elec Heat $650/mo. No Pets/No Smoking Working Couples References Required

250-624-3780 ONE bedroom suite for rent. $500.00 per month. N/S, N/P. W/D included. 250-624-6044

Rooms for Rent www.princerupertrooms.com

Rooms starting at $39/daily, $199/weekly, $599/monthly, Students $499/monthly. All-inclusive. 250-600-1680

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Clean, safe & secure. From $550/mth

included Phone 250-624-6827 or Cell 250-627-9040

Call Clayton 627-6697 NEWLY renovated townhouse, 2 bedrm, avail. in Rupert Gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. 1-888-283-8386 to view.

Shop from home! Transportation

Lets You Live Life. Boats 37â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fiberglass Hull

Auto Financing YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RE APPROVED Poor, Good, OR No Credit at AUTO CREDIT NOW Details and APPLY online autocreditwithbarrie.com OR TOLL FREE 1-877-356-0743

Built by Canoe Carver in 1978 Powered by Twin 3208 Diesel Engines. Vessel had sunk and engines were drained and reďŹ lled with oil.

Scrap Car Removal

Sold As Is /Where Is

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equipment. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

Sealed Bids will be accepted up to Jan 30, 2012

Legal Notices

For more info call George 250-600-1626

RE: LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING ACT APPLICATION FOR A LIQUOR PRIMARY (LP) LICENCE An application for a new liquor primary has been received by the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch from Prince Rupert Golf Club. The proposed location for the licence is 523 9th Avenue, West, Prince Rupert. Proposed licensed hours are between 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM from Monday to Sunday. Person capacity will be limited to 126 persons inside with a 26 person patio (taken from the interior capacity). There will be 1 kiosk and 2 beverage carts on the golf course. Residents and owners of businesses located within a 0.5 mile (0.8 km) radius of the proposed site may comment on this proposal by 1) Writing to: The General Manager C/O Senior Licensing Analyst Liquor Control and Licensing Branch PO BOX 9292 Victoria, BC V8W 9J8 2) by email: lclb.lclb@gov.bc.ca PETITIONS AND FORM LETTERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED To ensure the consideration of your views, your comments, name and address must be received on or before February 20, 2012. Please note that your comments may be made available to the applicant or local government ofĂ&#x20AC;cials where disclosure is necessary to administer the licensing process.

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SPORTS

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◆ CIHL PLAYOFFS

Rupert Rampage secure spot in playoffs by beating Kitimat By Shaun Thomas The Northern View The Prince Rupert Rampage secured their spot in the CIHL playoffs on Saturday night, beating the Kitimat Ice Demons in a game that required a shootout to resolve. After some good back and forth action, Prince Rupert opened the scoring with 5:12 to go when Jared Andreesen went high on Jamie Moran with a shot from the circle, which was followed by another Rampage goal just under three minutes later by Jared Meers that was from a similar spot to the first goal. That was all the scoring in the first, giving the Rampage the 2-0 lead going into the second. In the second the Ice Demons found their game and came out firing. Ian Coleman put one past Keith Movold with 12:41 to go to pull the Demons to within one, and Chris Vilness tied things up with 4:32 to play. Craig Hewitson gave Kitimat their first lead with 51 seconds left to play and, while

it looked like Kitimat would take that lead into the final frame, a turnover resulted in a Jacob Santurbano goal with just six seconds to play to tie things up at three headed into the third. In the third Kitimat would regain their lead with Derek Wakita beating Movold 4:27 into the period. Johnny Hunt would even things up at four with 11:11 to play, and that would be all the scoring in the game, leading to a shootout to determine whether or not the Rampage would see the postseason. In the shootout, Craig Hewitson scored on his first attempt followed by a goal by Brett Stava. From there Movold shut the door on Wade Masch, Andreesen beat Moran and Movold stopped Chris Vilness

to secure the two points needed to make the

playoffs.

THE REALLY, REALLY,

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BIG SALE ENTIRE STORE ON SALE OR CLEARANCE PRICED

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OUR TICKET PRICE

EXCLUDES ITEMS ALREADY MARKED DOWN

PLUS Alan S. Hale photos

Jamie Moran flashes the leather to make this in-close save.

5 DAYS ONLY 1/ 2 PRICE JANUARY 18TH TO 22ND

O CANADA…

ON WINTER JACKETS AND SELECT WINTER BOOTS EXCLUDES ITEMS ALREADY MARKED DOWN. CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER.

Alan S. Hale photo

Members of the Prince Rupert Seamen Rugby Club and other local groups were on hand at the Prince Rupert Rampage game on Saturday night to sing the national anthem.

Prince Rupert Minor Basketball

Annual General Meeting Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 7:00pm

Civic Center Judo Room

Everyone welcome FOR INFORMATION CALL 250-627-4280

RUPERT SQUARE 500 2nd Avenue West 250-627-5588 This 7 day event starts January 18, 2012. Prices in this advertisement are in effect January 18, 2012 to January 24, 2012. Quantities and selection (styles, colours, sizes and models) may be limited. Entire stores discount does not apply to gift cards or previously purchased items. Discount taken at cash. Promotion available at this location only. Details in store.

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THE BOSS IS AWAY

SALE 50 PRE-OWNED VEHICLES TO CHOOSE FROM - ALL RECONDITIONED

BEST SELECTION EVER 15 TRUCKS - AS LOW AS $9,995* 1997 Ford F250 Crew Cab 4x4 Diesel #P944A

13 MINIVANS - AS LOW AS $4,995* 1998 Dodge Caravan SE #P907

11 SUVs - AS LOW AS $5,995* 1998 GMC Jimmy 4x4 #P937A

11 CARS - AS LOW AS $4,495* 2001 Chrysler Intrepid #2714A

WHERE REASONABLE OFFERS ARE ACCEPTED & UNREASONABLE OFFERS ARE CONSIDERED

Rainbow Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ltd 250-624-8200 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1-877-624-8207 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Email: info@rainbowchrysler.ca 1105 Chamberlin Ave Prince Rupert DL #24707â&#x20AC;&#x201C; FREE Nights Accommodation For All Out-of-town Purchasers* * See dealer for details - net of incentives. $399 Administration fee & all taxes are additional. SALE ENDS JANUARY 31, 2012.

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