Houston Today, October 24, 2012

By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today

Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., a subsid-iary of TransCanada PipeLines Ltd, is pro-posing a 700-km pipe-line to take natural gas from the Groundbirch area near Dawson Creek, to a proposed gas liquefaction facil-ity near Kitimat.

Construction is planned for 2015 and the primary purpose is to open new markets for B.C. and Canadian natural gas, said Bruce Wells, director of proj-ect planning and ex-ecution.

Coastal GasLink held an open house on Oct. 16 at the Houston Senior Citizens Association Centre

and collected resumes from a few people who came by asking about jobs.

Presenting the plans to the Houston council the same day, Wells said the project

will bene t Houston, paying about $17 mil-lion in annual tax pay-ments that will go to

regional districts, as well as doing business in Houston and pro-viding jobs for the two to three years of pipe-line construction.

Wells says the company will also invest in the community, do job fairs and engage people to nd out local interests that t with their investment

policies.The pipeline, which

will be completely underground except for valve sites, has an environmental protection plan in place, both during construction and after, to make sure they do it once and do it right, Wells said.

Council applies for water treatment grant

TransCanada open house about gas pipeline to Kitimat


Houston council is changing their funding application for a Houston water treatment plant, saying that they will hold a referendum if they get 70 per cent of the requested $4.3 million for the project.

In May 2012, the District applied to the Union of British Columbia M u n i c i p a l i t i e s (UBCM) under the Gas Tax General Strategies Priorities Fund for 100 per cent funding for a new water treatment facility.

But at the Sept. 24 to 28 UBCM convention, District staff talked to provincial ministers and got the impression that a request for 100 per cent funding would fail - they need to show some community commitment.

We have a better chance of getting

funding if we go in at a lower amount than 100 per cent, said Councillor Michalle Jolly at the Oct. 16 town council meeting.

Were just trying to sweeten the pot right now, she said.

Last year, on April 2, 2011, the District held a referendum and asked Houston residents if they wanted to borrow $4.3 million for a water treatment plant in Houston, but 85 per cent voted no.

Since then council has applied for funding for a water treatment plant, but the manganese in the water, though high, is not above safety levels, so the water is still

considered drinkable, said Councillor Shane Brienen.

Because its an aesethetic issue and not safety, nearly all the councillors agreed that they were not likely to get 100 per

cent of the funding.If they can get 70

per cent from UBCM, they would only have to borrow roughly $1 million, instead of $4 million, said District CAO Poznikoff.

The decision about the grant funding will be made at the end of November, and CAO Poznikoff says they will have another referendum if they have to borrow any money towards the project.

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Jackie Lieuwen/Houston TodayGAS PipesHosting an open house on Oct. 16, Coastal Gaslink employees Howard Backus, engineering manager, and Joe Van Hamme, land owner relations, show off the display that shows the sample size of the proposed gas pipeline - 48 inches in diameter.

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sweeten the pot right now. - Michalle Jolly

To date, I can say that we have not had

any opposition to the project. - Bruce Wells

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I want to share a few things with you about the crude oil pipeline industry. Despite what you have undoubtedly heard from various corners of the news media, pipelines are the safest, most economical, and most environmentally sensitive method of transporting petroleum on the planet.

Heres another thing I can tell you there are no absolutes in life, and that also applies to the pipeline industry. With the Gateway pipeline, we have gone to incredible lengths extensive geotechnical investigation, special pipe design, tunnels and deep burials to avoid any possibility of a spill.

At the end of the day, however, we cant guarantee zero spills. No one can. Thats why weve also mapped out detailed contingency plans in the areas of preparation and response in the very unlikely event of a spill along the pipeline route.

To start with, we announced in July that we will add nearly 100 remotely operated isolation valves along the Gateway twin pipelines, bringing the total to 264 and were continuously updating their locations to ensure optimal placement. That means our control-centre operations staff, and remote pump station employees all

along the line, can shut down and isolate sections of the pipeline at the first hint of a possible leak.

Because all our remote pump stations are also staffed 24/7, response to a potential spill will begin immediately. With response equipment stored at those pump stations, our manager of engineering Ray Doering tells me that at least half a dozen local operations staff, joined by additional personnel and local trained response contractors, would be mobilized and attempt to establish containment of any potential leak as soon as possible, based on accessibility.

We have designed Gateway to the highest standards of pipeline safety and integrity. Our goal is zero spills. And well still be ready, just in case.

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Map of Coastal GasLinks proposed gas pipeline to Kitimat.

They will also monitor the pipeline 24 hours, seven days a week when it is running, and run programs in all the communities for public awareness and emergency response, he added.

When Councillor

Jonathan Van Barneveld expressed concern about the cumulative affect of pipelines, Wells said that they have done their best to fit their route alongside other proposed pipeline routes.

Right now, Coastal GasLink is educating

and getting feedback from communities, landowners and first nations that will be considered in the final plans, says Wells, adding that next year programs will focus more on environmental and engineering concerns.

They have contacted almost 600 landowners, over 400 face-to-face, and have talked to a total of 32 first nations, said Wells.

To date, I can say that we have not had any opposition to the project, he concluded.

Houston residents bring job rsums to open houseGAS from Page 1

Council discusses the dam at Irrigation LakeBy Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

Fears about the Irrigation Lake dam being ripped out can be put to rest for this year.

Following a dam inspection earlier this summer, it was found that the Irrigation Lake dam doesnt meet B.C. safety standards, and provincial officials said it would be dismantled if no one was willing to take control of it and bring it up to standard.

But the dams removal would lower the lake depth, damaging fish populations - a big recreational attraction and e n v i r o n m e n t a l concern - and would leave and Rock Nest Ranch and Rough

Acres Bible camps with stranded docks and 20 to 30 feet of mud between the beach and the water.

But Michael Glavin, Director of Engineering & Development Services, told town council on Oct. 16 that he doesnt think anything can happen this year because pulling out the dam would have to be a long, thought-out process.

Nothing is going to happen overnight. They cant tear that dam out on a whim, said Glavin.

One of the big

reasons is because both the Ministry of Environment and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans

(DFO) must be involved.

Lowering the lake two metres would cause habitat issues for the cutthroat trout stocked in Irrigation every two years.

A 1997 document also noted that there is a good chance of endangered plants in shallow, warm-water lakes like Irrigation, and a qualified botanist should survey the area before any major changes.

Glavin says

because of the environmental and fisheries concerns and the late time of year, nothing is going

to happen this year. A meeting on Oct.

17 was held to discuss who was interested taking the water licence - which would include liability and dam upgrades and maintenance, said Glavin.

No one took control of the water licence at the meeting, but investigation is being made into the costs that would come with it, said Houston District CAO Poznikoff.

Nothing is going to happen overnight.

They cant tear that dam out on a whim. - Michael Glavin

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A side of reward to go with that risk?The Northern Gateway hearings have been un-derway in Prince George for the past week.

Many towns and First Nations in northwest B.C. have already taken positions for or against the proposed pipeline (mostly against).

Notable exceptions are Burns Lake and Kitimat. Both towns are waiting until all the facts are in before making a decision. Its true, we need facts to make an informed decision, but what facts remain to be uncov-ered? What information, exactly, is not available that could sway a persons decision one way or the other?

The hearings themselves have become bogged down in their own remarkable blandness. Every days hear-ings mimic what we heard in Burns Lake when Enbridge visited last week. Whenever a perceived shortcoming or concern is raised about the pipeline, the response from Enbridge is something like, wed need the kind of engineering that comes after approval to answer a ques-tion like that.

Enbridge researchers are saying that all the facts are in. In their mind, they have given what can reasonably be expected and they do have a point. Research is ex-pensive, never complete and always open to new facts and technology.

It is unreasonable to expect Enbridge to have at hand every detail of every contingency that could arise over every metre of the pipeline from source to termi-nus.

No decision works that way. Even systems that work very well arent scrutinized like that and dont op-erate like that. If we waited for all the information to be in before we did anything, wed never actually get started on anything. Its disingenuous to expect abso-lute completeness from Enbridge.

For communities that have already taken a stand on the pipeline it seems that risk of ecological harm, any ecological harm, is not worth the potential bene t of the pipeline. The reasoning is that no risk is accept-able, and seeing that risk cant be engineered out of the system completely, then they give an emphatic no to the pipeline.

This isnt risk mitigation, its risk rejection.Premier Christy Clark has been providing a side-

show suggesting that the province wants to drop a bag of money on one side of the scale and see if it out-weighs the risks involved. If B.C. gets its fair share of Albertas oil revenue, then maybe well go along.

Theres nothing about the opposition in Northern B.C. to the pipeline that suggests that a bigger piece of the pie is what protesters are after.

Her position will galvanize those already opposed, but her posturing is probably irrelevant anyway as her conditions for provincial approval include community and First Nations support and there doesnt seem to be much of that going around.

For many people, the hearings were over before they started. It never was a question of whether or not Enbridge had a good plan in place for moving bitumen and distillate to Kitimat. It has always been a question of whether risk equalled reward and many individuals and communities were clear from the start that no level of risk is acceptable.

If the communities of Burns Lake and Kitimat are waiting for the conclusion of the hearing before mak-ing a decision, they still face a nal unenviable decision.

Does that mean that they are prepared to go along with the recommendations of the panel even if it con-tradicts the will of the people?

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rst started writing my column, a fellow columnist and I were discussing some of the hateful emails he received from people who didnt like what he wrote.

At the time, I couldnt imagine get-ting some of the ma-licious attacks he did and I told him I was glad I wouldnt have to deal with that since I was writing a positive slice-of-life column and not the kind of controversial articles he penned. He laughed and said it didnt mat-ter.

You put yourself out there and some people are going to spew hatred your way, he said. I dont care if youre writing about sunshine and moonbeams, there are some who will hate you because youre too happy.

Honestly, I thought he was wrong. He was a cynical, edgy jour-

nalist who fearlessly stoked the res over hot topics and did so knowing the responses hed receive. And while I loved his topics and writing style, my ap-proach was the po-lar opposite. No one would be taking time out to object to any-thing I had to share.

Turns out I was the one who was wrong.

Initially I was astonished by some of the venomous emails that were anonymously sent to me. I wasnt used to attracting such hostility. But John was right, you put yourself out there and youre going to get some of that no matter what.

I had to decide to accept that fact and learn not to let it upset me, or stop doing what I was doing altogether. As a woman in my for-ties who was able to grow a thick skin rath-er quickly, the decision was easy.

But how can we expect a kid who isnt

even making a choice to put themselves out there have that same reaction to cyberbul-lies? Especially when the attacks are so much worse?

Amanda Todd was a beautiful 15-year-old girl from Port Coquitlam, BC who recently committed suicide due to the relentless and hor-ri c cyberbullying she was subjected to for years. Last week I posted a comment on Facebook that stated I hoped the police would be successful in tracking down her cyberbullies and that their acts would one day be considered a criminal offense.

Within minutes a woman posted her own video under mine with the message that we shouldnt be bully-ing the bullies because that only feeds into the problem and doesnt prevent it. I have to re-spectfully disagree.

People should be

held responsible for spewing hatred over the internet in the same way they would be held responsible for doing so in person. I am not sure how to actually enforce this idea, but in a perfect world, it would hap-pen.

The internet has been a gift to us in so many ways its remark-able. But it has also had an extremely negative impact on humanity and it has taken bul-lying to a frightening new level. The ability to anonymously com-ment in a vicious or harmful way has given people free license to say whatever horren-dous thing they want without consequence. It has sparked a dan-gerous trend of insen-sitivity and I wish the people who were do-ing it would stop and think for a second be-fore hitting that send button.

Its very likely that these bullies are deeply

troubled and may have been a victim of bullying themselves, but its important to remember the power of words and their ability to torment and destroy.

To the cyberbullies: If you cant stand by your words by attach-ing your own name, you arent just being a bully, but a pathetic coward as well.

To the victims: Dont let your tormen-tors win. Expose their attacks and stay strong you have way more supporters than you can imagine.

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Premier offers olive branch to teachersPr e m i e r Christy Clark a n n o u n c e d a review of teacher bargaining Wednesday, with a goal of reaching a 10-year agreement that would put an end to decades of battles with the B.C. Teachers Federation.

Clark and Education Minister Don McRae acknowledged at a Vancouver news conference that changing the culture of confrontation between the B.C. government and teachers wont be easy, and vowed to put even

the most contentious issues on the table for discussion. That includes class size and special needs support, key issues in contract disputes and court actions in recent years.

Our rst goal is long-term labour stability with teachers in British Columbia, Clark said. Our second goal is to improve how government interacts and works with the BCTF.These two goals will require compromise on all sides of the table, including ours.

BCTF president

Susan Lambert said she welcomes the review of the bargaining structure, but is skeptical about the latest promise of meaningful consultation.

It seems to me that talk of a 10-year contract is putting the cart before the horse, Lambert said. There seem to be conclusions drawn that would be

properly a product of the bargaining table and not a product of a discussion on the bargaining structure.

The offer comes as the BCTF continued a court challenge to a two-year wage freeze that extends until June 2013. After a year of fruitless negotiations and work-to-rule by teachers, the union membership endorsed

the two-year contract extension reached in June with government-imposed mediator Charles Jago.

McRae said the re-view will take advan-tage of work currently being done by a task force of school trust-ees, and two previous reviews completed by independent media-tors.

In his 2007 re-

port, mediator Vince Ready said the union and the provinces bargaining agent, the B.C. Public School Employers Association, need a system for agreeing on the nancial costs of various proposals before they can hope to settle contracts.

McRae said he has talked with Lambert about the proposal, and he wants to have consultations with teachers, trustees, parent advisory councils and administrators complete by the end of November.

If there are policy changes or legislative amendments that we need to make, we want to get this work done before bargaining resumes next spring, McRae said.

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Taser changes working, judge tells MLABlack Press

Retired judge Thomas Braidwood is very pleased with the response to his r e c o m m e n d at i o n s on the use of Taser stun guns by police in the wake of Robert Dziekanskis death in 2007.

Braidwood testi ed Tuesday before a legislature committee, after a senior RCMP of cial reported on training and procedure changes that led to an 87 per cent reduction in use of Tasers to subdue people.

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emphasized that he stands by the core nding of his inquiry, which is that police in B.C. should continue to use them with new training and strict new rules. Those province-wide rules include requiring police to determine that the subject is causing bodily harm or is about to, and mandate that de-escalation or crisis intervention techniques be taught and used before a Taser is.

He described a basic technique that could have been used when four Richmond RCMP

of cers approached a distraught Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport. If one of those of cers had simply pulled up a chair and sat down, Braidwood said, Dziekanski would likely be alive today.

Similar techniques can defuse even violent domestic disputes, rightly considered by police to be their most dangerous calls, said Braidwood, a former prosecutor who went on to serve as a B.C. Supreme Court and Court of Appeal justice.

The Taser rules also require police to

have an automated de brillator in the car, or in a supervisors vehicle in communities of 5,000 people or less. Independent testing of the stun guns is also required, and the rules apply to all municipal police in B.C. as well.

On Monday, RCMP Assistant C o m m i s s i o n e r Randy Beck told

the committee that new training began in 2011. By then the fallout from the Dziekanski case had led to a steep decrease in use of Tasers.

Braidwood noted that so far there has not been a corre-sponding increase in police use of guns.

Have more police of cers been injured while restraining vio-lent subjects, or have

of cers discovered that other tools in their arsenal, such as training in crisis in-tervention techniques, have resolved many of these potentially dangerous confronta-tions without resort-ing to use of conduct-ed energy weapons? he asked. It would appear to be a fruit-ful area for more re-search.

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inquiry led not only to new Taser procedures, but also the establishment of B.C.s new I n d e p e n d e n t Investigations Of ce, the civilian-led agency that began work this summer to take control of all police-involved incidents that result in death or serious bodily harm.

Braidwood said the steps taken since his inquiry have lled a gap in the civilian oversight of police that is a fundamental tenet that distinguishes Canada from totalitarian or dictatorial states.

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The panel of Enbridge experts explained the process that would ensue if there was a full-bore rupture starting into the Burnie River and flowing into the Clore.

C h r i s t o p h e r Jones, a lawyer representing the Province of B.C., set up the conditions during the hypothetical spill. He said it was a full-bore rupture, assuming closure of the valves within the 13-minute time frame Northern Gateway has established.

It happens late in the evening or during the night in late fall or winter with deep snow covering at the site of the spill along the path but no ice on the river.

Kevin Underhill, Enbridge expert witness, said safety would be the first

priority. He added it would be a tier-3 event and Enbridge would over-respond to it.

It is Enbridges practice to over-respond in any type of release, he said. We can always send people home if theyre not required.

In conjunction with the tactical response, he said the incident command structure would be directing with the first priority, being safety.

Dr. Elliot Taylor continued with the response.

Just to let you know, this is exactly the sort of thing you do in consultation when you develop the response plans, the detailed response plans. You sit down with a situation like this, you talk to the community, the province, the other parties that are going to be part of an emergency response should the situation arise and to talk through these exact type of examples, Taylor said.

He added the scenario Jones set up was the most difficult along the pipeline.

This is probably the most challenging example we have along the route in terms of access and river characteristics. So, you have chosen the worst case, he said.

Early detection and valve closure, something set up in Jones scenario, was paramount, Taylor said.

We want to minimize what is going to come out of

the line, he added.The next step is

assessment, the first task of the personnel who are mobilized.

In a release like this, the indications early on would give the control room a heads-up that this is a major event.

The company, he said, would begin not only mobilizing its own personnel (tier one) but send an alert to the tier two group as well because of the large scope of the rupture.

Teams would potentially be coming out of Terrace since there will be access maintained to the tunnel portal, and the other route is via the tunnel out of the Kitimat side.

So potentially responders would come from both points.

A first assessment would find out where the rupture happened and assess exactly where the oil

is found, if its been contained by natural depressions, if a lot of it has been caught up in snow.

Snow, he said, acts as an absorbent, and the cold temperatures slow

down the movement of the oil.

The local terrain at the point of the rupture would be very important in terms of what would be collected naturally and what might be moving towards the river itself.

Those teams that are deployed to the site would be doing the assessments and they would be tackling containment at the spill source, he said.

He added you would divert drain-down to catchment rather than let it go into the soil and river.

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He said they are concerned about access to river control points, response to incidents in the winter.

We feel this should be addressed at the approval stage, rather than later, Lake said.

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Citing continuing losses, Greyhound wants to cut its northwest bus service frequency.

The company now runs 11 buses eastbound and 11 westbound each week for a total of 22 along Hwy16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert but should its reduction application be accepted, that frequency could drop to just one each way each day or 14 a week.

In its application to the provincial P a s s e n g e r T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Board, the bus company said it could reduce its BC losses by approximately $6.75 million if it was able to eliminate one route and cut service on 15 others.

People who wish to comment on Greyhounds plans have until Oct. 24 to contact the transportation board.

Greyhound has been cutting service on routes elsewhere in Canada in the face of rising costs and dropping passenger numbers.

The two routes Greyhound wants eliminated run overnight one west from Prince Rupert to Prince George and

the other east from Prince George to Prince Rupert.

The average passenger load on one is 10.5 and the other is 11, with both generating barely $2.30 of revenue per passenger mile.

Greyhound BC passenger service manager Grant Odsen did note that the cuts requests would establish minimum levels of service and that the number of runs could increase.

We can just schedule more. We dont have to apply, he said.

But Odsen did note that any increase in service depends upon an increase in the number of passengers and revenue.

He did say that while the regional economy may be picking up, we havent seen a big change in ridership up there.

Greyhound also said the number of people taking the Northern Health Authoritys Northern Health Connections bus service has also cut into its passenger base.

That service, which runs from Prince Rupert to Prince George, into northeastern BC and down to Vancouver,

is heavily subsidized by the provincial government via a grant to the health authority.

The round trip rate of $40 between Prince George and Terrace is for a service that runs each way four days a week.

The one good thing about the Northern Health Authority service is that you have to have a bona fide medical appointment, Odsen acknowledged.

Odsen said he realized the G r e y h o u n d application would affect people.

I do feel for the smaller communities to some extent and know they will feel cutoff. But were seeing a shift in demographics among a number of other things. Unfortunately, we need to make a business case, he said.

Skeena NDP MLA Robin Austin said he hoped people and groups will make comments to the Passenger T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Board by the Oct. 24 deadline.

The board can, if it wishes, hold hearings into applications.

Clearly its a service we need in the north, said Austin of Greyhound. And

we are trying to stop women from hitchhiking. That can be very dangerous.

Terrace city councillor Stacey Tyers said shell be asking for council support in sending a letter advocating that Greyhound not reduce its service.

We are the Highway of Tears, said Tyers in noting that without bus service, the only method of t r a n s p o r t a t i o n between locations along Hwy16 for

some people is to hitchhike.

Greyhound was last given permission by the Passenger Transportation Board to cut service in 2006.

It had asked, based on low ridership numbers, to reduce its service to once each way each day, or 14 trips a week, the same reduction it is now requesting.

But after hearings were held in Terrace, Greyhound amended its cut request to the current level of service.

Greyhound wants to trim service to Northern B.C.


The District of Houston is writing a letter to Greyhound opposing their appli-cation to reduce ser-vice between Prince Rupert and Prince George.

Linda Poznikoff, Houston District Chief Administrative Officer, says they are reducing service all

over the province, but here its a con-cern here because of the safety issues along the Highway of Tears.

If they reduce services it puts peo-ple in danger and at risk, she said.

Council will write a letter expressing their safety concerns as well as their con-cerns about reduced parcel delivery.

Council concerned about Greyhound services

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SportS12 www.houston-today.com Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Houston Today

For many years as a registered guide, I took hunters, shermen and persons who wanted to holiday and take pictures in real wilderness areas.

Two young married couples from USA I had come to know phoned me. Eddy they said We want to come for ten days to sh and take pictures where we might see bear, moose and mountain goat.

I knew the perfect place for this would be at the western end of Morice Lake. Hardly anyone went there at that time, but here was the bite - the couples wanted to come in ve days and I would need a small cabin to accommodate them.

I needed help. Who would come help build a cabin?

I had a sawmill and all the necessary tools to hurry and prefabricate a structure, but who would come with me to the western end of Morice Lake to assemble it, make an outside toilet, a rock circle for evening re place and so forth?

Just who could I get? Suddenly it came to me, from every angle of my speculation, I knew the perfect choice of my consideration was one of my best young friends, Jack Sullivan. I had hunted big game with Jack

we had prospected for mineral, gone on shing trips, holidayed and done business deals.

In every respect of pleasure and business you couldnt nd a better person.

With high hopes, I went to see Jack and told him my story. He thought for a few minutes then said Ed, Ill come and help you.

We put the whole prefab cabin in my 21 foot crew cab, wide bottomed boat with a ll barrel of gas on top. The lake got rough and we both agreed if it got only a little worse, we would dump the full gas barrel out. We never did that and were both glad when we got to the beach at Atna Bay.

Now let me tell you why Jack Sullivan and I were able to

assemble the cabin so fast, it was because my wonderful wife Edna came with us and dragged most of the structure up the beach as we nailed it together. Before dark it was up, two beds, a table, some shelves. We lit the propane lantern, ate our prepared lunch, drank coffee, cooked on a campers gas propane stove, and slept where we felt happy and safe from the Grizzly bears that were common in that area.

My young couples from USA came and stayed in the cabin for ten days, shed, saw a grizzly bear, many mountain goat and had a beautiful holiday, thanks to Jack Sullivan who was such a good friend.

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Senior girls volleyball tournament at Houston Secondary School

Houston Secondary Senior girls, from left to right, Jamie Beck, Taylor McEwen, Lainey Larocque, Taylor Hladun, Chaelle Margerm, Rarneet Manhas, Raman Toor and Melissa Dawson.

Taylor McEwen spikes a great kill in the 9:30 game against Lakes District Secondary School.

The senior HSS girls hosted a tournament last Saturday, with teams from Burns Lake, Smithers and Terrace.

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Submitted photoStudents from the Houston Secondary School gather for a group photo at the end of the golf season.

By Ted BeckSubmitted

Twelve students at Houston Secondary School spent many af-ternoons this autumn learning, practicing, and playing golf.

They had en-rolled in Houston Secondarys new Active Living: Golf Component for stu-dents in grades 9-12.

Two to three times a week they travelled to Willow Grove Golf Course to re-ceive instruction in essential parts of the game; these included basic swing mechan-ics, practice routines, chipping, putting, bunker-play, and ap-propriate golf course

etiquette. When not prac-

ticing on the driv-ing range or putting green they played the golf course, rotat-ing through different playing partners each session.

The golfers were blessed with the great-est autumn weather in recent memory and Willow Grove re-mained in great shape right through their last trip to the course on October 16.

Special thanks go out to Bonnie and Ray Edgar, owners and operators of the course, who helped facilitate the second-ary school use of the Willow Grove Golf and Country Club.

For some, a dream job would be a vacation planner for them-selves! Vacationing in B.C. can take so many forms that it would in-deed be a full-time job.

The tourism and hospitality industry is an extremely diverse industry with over 400 different occupations including occupations that lead to longer-term careers, as well as those that fit well for those seeking part-time work, like students or older workers who are not yet ready to retire.

British Columbias

tourism industry will be a leader in provincial job growth as business-es look to fill 101,000 new job openings by 2020, according to a study of labour demand and supply by go2, the BC tourism industrys human resource asso-ciation.

The Tourism Labour Market Strategy, re-leased in the spring of 2012 by go2, sets out the plan to recruit, retain and train the workers needed to keep pace with the growth projected for the indus-try. Nearly half of the

101,000 openings will be new jobs created by the tourism industry across the province, adding 44,220 more jobs to the provincial workforce by 2020. The other approx-imately 57,000 openings are due to replacements (i.e. retirements).

The labour strategy co-ordinated by go2 is a key pillar of industry growth in the province. Without it, we sim-ply wouldnt have the skilled workers in place to deliver the visitor experience throughout BC, says Lana Denoni, Chair of TIABC, the

Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia.

British Columbias location, bordered by the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west, makes it unique within Canada. Its mountain and coastal scenery, opportunities for summer sailing, winter skiing, and other activities such as fishing or sightseeing in coastal or inland waters or ex-periencing our vibrant cities all make us a world-class destination.

Tourism helps to

diversify our economy and also brings new community services to permanent residents.

BCs tourism and hospitality industry is now the single largest primary resource in-dustry in the province, generating an annual real GDP ($2002) of more than $6.4 billion in 2010, ahead of for-estry, mining, oil and gas extraction, and ag-riculture.

Tourism and hospi-tality generated $13.4 billion in annual rev-enue in 2010. Overall, between 2004 and 2010,

industry revenues grew by a total of 25.5 per cent, representing an average annual growth rate of 4.2 per cent.

The provincial gov-ernments Gaining the Edge: A Five-year Strategy for Tourism in British Columbia targets revenue growth of five per cent a year that will top $18 billion in tourism spending by 2016.

The fastest growing sectors for tourism job growth over the next decade are expected to be recreation and en-tertainment and travel

services. There are an esti-

mated 17,943 tour-ism-related businesses across the province, em-ploying about 260,000 workers, or 10.8 per cent of B.C.s total la-bour force of 2.4 mil-lion people.

More than 80 per cent of tourisms new job openings are pro-jected to come in Food and Beverage Services (43,410 open-ings), Recreation and Entertainment (20,530 openings) and the Accommodation sector (18,920 openings).

Jobs in the growing BC tourism and hospitality industry

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Helpful tips:- Write down

your questions before you start.

- When the interview starts, tell the person briefly about your interests and skills so he/she can offer you relevant information.

- Take notes if you can.

Question ideas: Choose any of the

following questions that would best suit your purposes.

O c c u p a t i o n -specific questions:

- On a typical day in this position, what do you do?

- What training or education is required for this type of work?

- What personal qualities or abilities are important to being successful in

this job?- What are the

ideal qualifications for someone in this job?

- What kind of education/training is needed for this position?

- What part of this job do you find most satisfying? Most challenging?

- How did you get your job?

- How do you see

jobs in this field changing in the future?

- Is there a demand for people in this occupation?

- With the information you have about my education, skills, and experience, what other fields or jobs would you suggest I research further before I make a final

decision?Career questions:- What

opportunities for advancement are there in this field?

- What are the salary ranges for various levels in this field?

- What are the basic education/t r a i n i n g /e x p e r i e n c e prerequisites for jobs in this field?

- What special advice would you give a person entering this field?

- What types of training do companies offer persons entering this field?

- Which p r o f e s s i o n a l journals and o r g a n i z a t i o n s would help me learn more about this field?

- What do you think of the experience Ive had so far in terms of entering this field?

- From your perspective, what are the problems you see working in this field?

- If you could do things all over again, would you choose the same path for yourself ? Why?

Hints about questions to ask in a job interview

1. Dress for success. Professional business clothes are always appropriate, regardless of the type of job you are interviewing for. Proper hygiene and a tidy appearance are important. Iron your clothes if you can, and avoid strong perfumes or colognes.

2. Be there on time. Try to arrive 5 or 10 minutes early to be safe. Find out

ahead of time where youre going and how long it will take to get there. Drive or travel the route a day or two ahead, at the same time of day as you will on the day of the interview. Confirm how often the buses run. Have a back-up plan.

3. Let your personality shine. If youre excited about the job, dont be afraid to show it. Employers

want passionate employees, so be yourself. Just remember to always keep it professional.

4. Be confident. Feeling nervous in an interview is perfectly normal; just dont let your nerves overpower your interview. Eye contact and a calm, clear speaking voice are excellent ways to show your confidence.

5. Watch your

body language. During your interview, relax and sit naturally, but dont slouch in your chair or lean on the interviewers desk. Avoid chewing gum, or fidgeting with jewelry or your hair.

6. Be professional. This begins with a smile and a firm handshake. Remember, this is your first introduction to the organization, so be

polite to everyone you meet and turn off your cell phone.

7. Listen and ask for clarification, if you need it. Remember to listen carefully to the interview questions so that you actually answer the question, and never interrupt. If you dont understand something, dont be afraid to ask for clarification.

8. Let them

know what you have to offer. When answering the questions, let the employer see what you have to offer their organization. Talk about your past experiences and a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s without bragging, and tie those experiences to how they can help you contribute to their organization.

9. Think before you speak. Although

you want to be open and honest in your interview, avoid talking about your personal or financial problems.

10. Dont linger. Leave as soon as the interview is over, making sure you dont linger. Shake the interviewers hand again, restate your interest in working for the organization, and thank them for the interview.

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