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Northern Sentinel K I T I M A T Winterfest is returning ... page 3 Volume 60 No. 06 www.northernsentinel.com Wednesday, February 5, 2014 $ 1.30 INCLUDES TAX PM477761 Years est. 1954 Kitimat changes being watched Cameron Orr After three visits to our community, research- ers at the University of Northern British Colum- bia (UNBC) have released their second interim report, titled “Tracking the Social and Economic Transformation Process in Kitimat, BC.” Researchers Laura Ryser, Gerald Pinchbeck and Greg Halseth come to Kitimat at least once a year to ask a series of questions to local resi- dents, picked out of local government, commu- nity groups and others. “What we’re hoping to do is just track the changes as it’s going through all of these trans- formations,” Ryser told the Sentinel, noting that research will continue until the community is through the bulk of its changes and transforma- tion. The report itself doesn’t track local satisfac- tion with the community, but merely seeks to re- cord what changes are happening, such as chang- es to the retail sector or to community services. Among the report’s positive findings is that people are reporting that the town is giving atten- tion to temporary and long-term housing needs, businesses are expanding to fill need from indus- trial growth, and there’s ongoing continued efforts to renew relationships with industry, First Nations and community stakeholders. Service providers and community groups share 25 per cent each of the persons interviewed for these reports. The local government represents approximately 27 per cent of respondents, and businesses provide 11 per cent. The rest is shared among industry representatives and seniors. The report tracks positive changes as well as pressure points, but Ryser says it’s hard to pin- point any particular area as that of greatest need. “Even if you get a housing pressure, you can’t say that’s more than something else because often that will snowball into something else.” For instance she said the pressure could be- gin with more workers coming into the commu- nity, which then puts pressure on people without industry wages, which opens up needs for other services. “You really do need that comprehensive look at it.” But she said tracking these changes is help- ful to other groups and communities. For instance towns in the Northeast of B.C. are looking to see how Kitimat handles changes, just as Kitimat at times looks to them. Under retail changes from their latest report, a majority of people identified Tim Hortons’ ar- rival. The PTI Lodge proposal topped housing is- sues. Meanwhile under services the Food Bank took up the top three spots on that list. Traffic was also seen as a large issue for transportation. Tenan-sea? A converted ferry is en route to Kitimat to house workers for the Kitimat Modernization Project. See page 3 for the story. Wikimedia Commons photo credit Where hath our winter gone? Cameron Orr You’re not imagining it, it has been warmer and drier than usual for this time of year. Winter has hardly seemed to have materialized in this corner of the world, even as severe weather has at times rav- aged parts of the country out east, and in the United States. But in Kitimat we’ve enjoyed what seems like a prolonged spring. David Jones, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said a high pres- sure system is the culprit for keeping winter at bay. “The short term and the proximate reason is because we’ve had this mas- sive ridge of high pressure across the west coast of North America that just won’t go away,” he said. “It comes and goes and keeps re-establishing itself and it’s blocking all the storms from moving onto the coast, mostly to the south.” That same pressure front cuts down on precipitation as well. “It’s a pattern that we don’t have an explanation for at this point, it’s just one of the extremes that we can see here in the winter time.” That said, just the fact that it’s warm this season doesn’t mean that Kitimat is looking at a trend for future years. He said next year’s winter could easily be one of the region’s normal ones. “It’s unusual, it’s not frequent but it’s weather and it’s part of what weather is. Weather is the extremes, it is the unusual as well as the average,” he added. Using the data from a weather sta- tion in Prince Rupert, he noted that for the past 30 days as of January 30, the temperature had been four degrees more than the average. He said in Vancouver the tempera- tures have been 1.5 degrees more than the average for the past 30 days as well, while Whitehorse has been an astonish- ing nine degrees above the average. A small pile of snow hints to the weather we usually have. A high pressure ridge is keeping a true north winter out of reach.

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NorthernSentinelK I T I M A T

Winterfest is returning ... page 3

Volume 60 No. 06 www.northernsentinel.com Wednesday, February 5, 2014 $1.30 INCLUDESTAX

PM477761

Yearsest. 1954

Kitimat changes being watchedCameron Orr

After three visits to our community, research-ers at the University of Northern British Colum-bia (UNBC) have released their second interim report, titled “Tracking the Social and Economic Transformation Process in Kitimat, BC.”

Researchers Laura Ryser, Gerald Pinchbeck and Greg Halseth come to Kitimat at least once a year to ask a series of questions to local resi-dents, picked out of local government, commu-nity groups and others.

“What we’re hoping to do is just track the changes as it’s going through all of these trans-formations,” Ryser told the Sentinel, noting that research will continue until the community is through the bulk of its changes and transforma-tion.

The report itself doesn’t track local satisfac-tion with the community, but merely seeks to re-cord what changes are happening, such as chang-es to the retail sector or to community services.

Among the report’s positive � ndings is that people are reporting that the town is giving atten-tion to temporary and long-term housing needs, businesses are expanding to � ll need from indus-trial growth, and there’s ongoing continued efforts to renew relationships with industry, First Nations and community stakeholders.

Service providers and community groups share 25 per cent each of the persons interviewed for these reports. The local government represents approximately 27 per cent of respondents, and businesses provide 11 per cent. The rest is shared among industry representatives and seniors.

The report tracks positive changes as well as pressure points, but Ryser says it’s hard to pin-point any particular area as that of greatest need.

“Even if you get a housing pressure, you can’t say that’s more than something else because often that will snowball into something else.”

For instance she said the pressure could be-gin with more workers coming into the commu-nity, which then puts pressure on people without industry wages, which opens up needs for other services.

“You really do need that comprehensive look at it.”

But she said tracking these changes is help-ful to other groups and communities. For instance towns in the Northeast of B.C. are looking to see how Kitimat handles changes, just as Kitimat at times looks to them.

Under retail changes from their latest report, a majority of people identi� ed Tim Hortons’ ar-rival. The PTI Lodge proposal topped housing is-sues.

Meanwhile under services the Food Bank took up the top three spots on that list. Traf� c was also seen as a large issue for transportation.

Tenan-sea? A converted ferry is en route to Kitimat to house workers for the Kitimat Modernization Project. See page 3 for the story. Wikimedia Commons photo credit

Where hath our winter gone?Cameron Orr

You’re not imagining it, it has been warmer and drier than usual for this time of year.

Winter has hardly seemed to have materialized in this corner of the world, even as severe weather has at times rav-aged parts of the country out east, and in the United States.

But in Kitimat we’ve enjoyed what seems like a prolonged spring.

David Jones, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said a high pres-sure system is the culprit for keeping winter at bay.

“The short term and the proximate reason is because we’ve had this mas-sive ridge of high pressure across the west coast of North America that just won’t go away,” he said. “It comes and goes and keeps re-establishing itself and it’s blocking all the storms from moving onto the coast, mostly to the south.”

That same pressure front cuts down on precipitation as well.

“It’s a pattern that we don’t have an explanation for at this point, it’s just one of the extremes that we can see here in

the winter time.”That said, just the fact that it’s warm

this season doesn’t mean that Kitimat is looking at a trend for future years. He said next year’s winter could easily be one of the region’s normal ones.

“It’s unusual, it’s not frequent but it’s weather and it’s part of what weather is. Weather is the extremes, it is the unusual as well as the average,” he added.

Using the data from a weather sta-tion in Prince Rupert, he noted that for the past 30 days as of January 30, the temperature had been four degrees more than the average.

He said in Vancouver the tempera-tures have been 1.5 degrees more than the average for the past 30 days as well, while Whitehorse has been an astonish-ing nine degrees above the average.

A small pile of snow hints to the weather we usually have. A high pressure ridge is keeping a true north winter out of reach.

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January 20A woman in the

hospital concerned with her husband’s well-being called po-lice to check in on their home after the husband did not visit her in the hospital or pick up his phone, which was uncharacteristic. The husband had known prior health issues. Po-lice entered their home with the woman’s per-mission and found the husband on the floor. He was transported to Kitimat General Hos-pital. His illness is said to be the result of the effect of several health issues.

January 21A tip through

Crime Stoppers in Port Coquitlam forwarded to the Kitimat RCMP pointed to a possible sighting of Kevin Ver-mette, the suspect in a triple-murder in Kiti-mat in 1997. RCMP in the Port Coquitlam area checked the busi-ness where he was pos-sibly seen, but no one recognized Vermette and there was no vid-eo surveillance at the business either. The information has been deem unsubstantiated.

January 23An apologetic driv-

er was contacted by the

Kitimat RCMP after the driver of a truck with a 53’ trailer re-ported being cut off at 3rd Avenue. The driver said if he had been carrying a full load he may not have been able to stop. The licence plate was recorded and police called the regis-tered owner, who told police he realized he had made a mistake, and was very apolo-getic. The truck driver was satisfied with the outcome.

A caller reported seeing two youths at-tempting to light a tree on fire, or at least playing with fire, near Nechako Centre. RCMP patrolled the

area but where unable to locate any suspects.

January 24An alarm at a busi-

ness near City Centre went off drawing in po-lice who found a set of doors were unlocked. The attending officer made sure the building was secure then phoned a property representa-tive who attended and confirmed the building seemed in order.

The police inves-tigated a report of a pick-up truck nearly hitting a pedestrian just after 7 p.m. The caller said the vehicle had al-legedly run a red light at the intersection near Tim Hortons. Police were unable to find ei-

ther the suspect vehicle or the pedestrian after patrols.

January 25Police had some is-

sues at a hockey game at the Kitimat Ice Rink, starting with two irate males who had no-con-tact conditions. Staff reported an intoxicated male causing issues at the game, and police spoke with both parties on that matter. Later, police had to remove two minors from the beer gardens, as well as two other intoxi-cated males who had been over served. Of-ficers spoke to the staff who were serving al-cohol about those mat-ters. Police believe a

late start to to the game due to a late arrival of the opposing team may have been the rea-son for more calls that night.

January 26Police had to stop

by all of Kitimat’s pubs when a caller alleged a fight was breaking out at “a pub” but didn’t specify before hanging

up. Officers eventu-ally found a person at the Ol’ Keg Pub with a bloody eyelid. The victim suggested he knew who his alleged attackers were howev-er he would not name them. He was eventu-ally transported to the hospital for treatment to his wounds. File concluded.

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Changes to the designation of High-way 16 are expected to cost the province between $2 million and $3 million a year, said the province’s transportation minister yesterday.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone announced last Tuesday that the high-way, from Prince Rupert to the B.C./Alberta border and Highway 97 north from Prince George, will be moved from a Class B designation to Class A, chang-ing how snow removal and maintenance

is conducted.“A Class A highway has more pa-

trols,” Stone said during a press confer-ence at the CN Intermodal facility in Prince George. “Patrols will take place every four hours as opposed to every eight hours. The maximum amount of snow accumulation that is permitted on the highway before it has to be removed is quite a bit less … four centimetres, as opposed to six centimetres. There will be more snow removal, more plowing, there will also be more salt and sand applica-

tions. All told, it represents a heightened level of winter road maintenance.”

It will also mean renegotiating con-tracts with the six highways mainte-nance contractors that are responsible for maintaining the stretches of high-ways.

Stone expects the changes will cost the province between $2 million and $3 million per year.

“Those dollars I have found within our ministries,” he said.

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Provincial Lib-eral candidate Carol Leclerc’s close fin-ish to NDP incum-bent Robin Austin in last May’s provin-cial election came thanks to a strong showing in Kitimat, indicate official poll results released last week.

Kitimat, tradi-tionally an NDP/labour stronghold, came close to turn-ing Liberal last May with just over 130 votes standing in the way of a Liberal win – a major shift from 2009 when NDP voters outnumbered Liberal voters near-ly two to one.

Austin would go on to win the Skeena region and his bid for re-election with 5,609 votes – just over 500 votes more than Liberal candi-date Carol Leclerc’s 5,087 votes. Con-servative candidate Mike Brousseau re-ceived 797 in total, with BC Party can-didate Trevor Hen-dry receiving 263 votes. Out of the 11,756 votes cast in the Skeena riding, 65 ballots were re-jected.

In Kitimat, the NDP took the now closely-contested area with 1,272 bal-lots compared to 1,141 for the Liber-als. The Conserva-tives saw 153 votes, with 67 going to Hendry.

Included in the Kitimat numbers is Kitamaat Village, which stayed deci-sively with the NDP – 126 votes for Aus-tin compared to 29 votes for Leclerc. This is a wider mar-gin than in 2009, where 129 votes went to the NDP, and 59 votes went to the Liberals.

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Food bank staying put for momentCameron Orr

The Kitimat Food Bank is not moving, or at least not yet.

Food Bank President Mar-jorie Phelps says they’re hang-ing on and will stay in their lo-cation in the lower City Centre Mall for right now.

And while their rent has increased, she said it’s still manageable for the short term. That’s partially thanks to the support of local industries who are in town for the projects.

That said the organization is open to alternative locations.

“Right now I think we’re

okay,” she said about being in their usual location.

Even if they suddenly had to leave she said there have been offers from people to store the food while they move.

A local church has offered their space to run a food bank as well but Phelps said they’re hoping to find a location that’s convenient for their clients.

The food bank is currently serving about 110 active fami-lies, she said, but their number of clients is actually down from early last fall.

“We are down, we’re down

from early last fall, but we still have our main core group, and we had four new people come in last week.”

One couple which recently came in were both working, she said, but had no place to stay.

But as for some of their former usual clients, she thinks many have moved on from Kiti-mat.

“I think what happened is many of our people have left or moved in with family,” she said. “We notice a few people that are not coming in anymore and I don’t see them around town.”

Cruise ship to house workersCameron Orr

Rio Tinto Alcan has announced an agreement to bring in a cruise ship to house workers for the Kiti-mat Modernization Project.

The final agree-ment was reached on January 27 with Bridgemans Haisla LP to house workers in the final construction year, the company said.

The ship, the Silja Festival, will be redubbed the Delta Spirit Lodge by RTA,

and is a converted Bal-tic Ferry.

The ship is expect-ed to be used for nine months.

The ship left port in Estonia earlier yes-terday and is expected in Kitimat by the end of February.

The ship is expect-ed to be stationed at the former Eurocan wharf, and will have a service staff of 110, will have 500 bedrooms, as well as dining and lounge facilities.

Rio Tinto Alcan

spokesperson Col-leen Nyce said that the company is still work-ing with the District of Kitimat to figure out technical details, such as how to handle any waste from the ship.

In addition to con-struction workers, she also said it will house company visitors, con-sultants, and business guests as needed.

She said this ship is a way not to bur-den Kitimat’s already crunched housing stock.

“We have a grow-ing workforce to com-plete our project and we will do our utmost to house them in Kiti-mat without undue im-pact to the town,” she said through e-mail.

The company is drawing memories of the Delta King steam roller which housed workers during the Kitimat smelter’s orig-inal construction.

The company points to this being the smelter’s 60th year in Kitimat, and that

they are “delighted that the ‘Delta Spirit Lodge’ historically parallels the alumi-num industry’s incep-tion in Kitimat with the prominence of the

‘Delta King’ as float-ing accommodations for construction work-ers during the original smelter’s construction period in the early 1950s.”

Read columnist Walter Thorne’s history on the Delta King online at www.northernsentinel.com/ourtown. Ron Whyte

Winterfest returning to Kitimat later this monthCameron Orr

The Association des francophones et franco-philes du Nord-Ouest (AFFNO) is bringing back a Kitimat tradition with the return of Winterfest.

The group, which at a time was based in Kiti-mat but is now in Prince Rupert, are eyeing the end of February as the time to host the fun events.

AFFNO executive director Patrick Witwicki says that they’re choosing a later date — Febru-ary 20 to 22 — because when they’ve held it be-fore it has always conflicted with the All Native Tournament in Prince Rupert, which draws a lot of Kitimat and Kitamaat Village people out, and they didn’t want to have anyone excluded.

There will be a number of events, but the pri-

mary one will be the Winterfest brunch at the Riv-erlodge on February 22.

“It’s a celebration with maple syrup and fran-cophone food,” he said.

The popular toffee on the snow will also return, but it remains to be seen if it will be the traditionally outdoor activity or if they’ll bring it indoors.

“We, by the looks of it, will have to import snow from somewhere as well. But it will take place,” he said.

AFFNO had been looking for a local Kitimat coordinator for the event however funding did not materialize from applied for grants.

He said their group is looking at rebuilding

the connections in the community, which aims to serve francophones and francophiles throughout the Northwest region. Venues are being organized still for other events, including live music from Barefoot Caravan.

Continued from page 2He said the province has looked

at the number of accidents and fa-talities along Highway 16, in addi-tion to traffic volumes in making the decision to reclassify the highways.

“It is absolutely the right time to reclassify Highway 16 and Highway

97,” he said. “It will immediately improve

safety in those corridors.”The province has put $129 mil-

lion into Highway 16 improvements for past four years.The changes are expected to be in effect by mid-to-late February.

Highway 16

As highway 16 sees a classification upgrade, Kitimat’s Highway 37S recently saw the installation of an electronic sign just north of the Cablecar entrance.

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All across Canada and the United States recently, bad weather has been the story of the day.

Ice storms, heavy snow dumps, blowing snow banks, freezing wind chill numbers, blizzards, � oods, closed schools, frozen pipes, heating-related � res, power and natural gas failures, cancelled � ights, shut-down public transit, burst water mains and hundreds of weather men and women standing outside in the lousy weather reporting the bad news.

However, I really haven’t heard much about the big weather news for people like Kitimat, Terrace and Prince Rupert, where - to be honest - I can not remember it green at the end of Janu-ary since I came here in 1980.

I can remember, because it was exceptional, one non-white Christmas and one non-white Boxing Day, when I weeded my vegetable garden.

No snow is a big story that seems to pretty well remain uncovered in Kit-imat. I have no doubt Kitimat people are as amazed as I am and are talking about it amongst themselves, but some-what behind their hands, not wanting to jinx it or to possibly dare Mother Nature to remember again, we’re still here, and generally able to take care of it ourselves, if she does bring back snow and cold.

So, far be it from me to jinx it ei-ther, but it sure is � ne by me.

It’s cold in Ottawa too and Parlia-ment is back in action (or is Parliament inaction is back?)

Cold, yes, but is there a way to check the temperature deep in Veter-ans Affairs Minister, Julian Fontano’s heart?

Or the uncaring and � ippant at-titude of the Prime Minister to veter-ans’ problems, despite the eye-opening eight veteran suicides, servicemen who survived overseas action at physical and mental costs to themselves, but were unable to � nd suf� cient support and assistance from the federal govern-ment department charged with looking after their interests.

If the Minister is disinclined to listen fairly to the real concerns of the people he represents (under self-im-posed pressure to follow government economic objectives that impact these constituents) he should think hard

about whether he is in the right job. A Minister’s salary, however

makes a big difference on how an MP acts and with his personal intransigent history, few would expect Fantino to be moved, or the PM either.

I’ve said it before and I say it again, the “I apologise (for what I said or did) and now let’s move on” strat-egy is insulting and hypocritical in par-liamentarians. People at that level must be held accountable for their actions and words.

Incidentally, Newfoundlander Paul Davis, a spokesman for veterans, is also a Legion member and a Canadian senior.

In the face of refusal to change the decision to close of� ces, he has vowed to campaign against the Conservatives in the next election.

Few seniors today do not have someone who served or gave his life for Canada in numerous wars and ac-tions, so if they agree with the veter-ans point of view, well, that’s a lot of people (and votes.)

At least one veterans group had promised to campaign against the Harper Conservatives because of a stand taken by federal lawyers, who ar-gue the country holds no extraordinary social obligation to ex-soldiers.

Continued on page 5

Mild weather is a newsy item too

Worlds awayI was only gone for about nine days but my

adventure to what some dub the “centre of the uni-verse” (Ontario) took me out of the routine and here I am almost overwhelmed with what has transpired in my absence.

But hey, while I’m on the subject may I thank Kitimat for its lack of overpasses, sensible highway structure (we only have one), and, even though I’ve never been its cheerleader in the past, its horseshoe residential street design.

Living in this rural northwest town you quickly realize on these visits that it’s we who live in the real world, not those who exist in Canada’s dense, urban sprawls.

But I digress.Here, I � nd that after what was likely a tortur-

ous council meeting, councillors opted to stick to just one question on the April plebiscite on North-ern Gateway. It’s perhaps the most sensible thing to come out of the entire exercise. I applaud them in not bogging down the vote with extra questions, many of them which could have referred to hypothetical situations.

Of course I shake my head that the question re-mains largely intact from when I left. I see through the minutes of the meeting that they had a lot of vo-cal feedback on the question with many saying it was confusing and more concise questions would be pre-ferred.

Of course I wasn’t there to witness how the even-tual debate transpired but the result is clear, and those comments from the public (and editorials in your lo-cal paper, if you don’t mind me adding) led to no real change on this matter.

But one thing really being missed by council is that this is the best time there is to create an opportu-nity to take a position on the pipeline.

That’s because with this vote they can set a com-munity opinion while washing their hands of the whole matter.

All it would take is a promise that they’d create a motion after the vote to side with whichever side won.

I’ll help you out with the wording, “As per a community plebiscite held in April 2014, the com-munity of Kitimat has declared their (support)(op-position) to the Enbridge Northern Gateway project.”

Well, the actual question covers a bit more than that so maybe the wording should be re� ned, but if councillors in Kitimat hope to somehow temper this divisive issue, going this route may be the best op-portunity.

The town gets the vote, council truly lets the community decide, and if anyone whines it was the voters, not them, who set the policy.

Which would be true.Cameron Orr

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Continued from page 4The lawyers, fighting a class-

action lawsuit in B.C. asked a judge to dismiss the court action filed by injured Afghan veterans, saying Ot-tawa owes them nothing more than what they have already received un-der its controversial New Veterans Charter.

Mike Blais, president of Cana-dian Veterans Advocacy, speaking at a Parliament Hill news conference said that since the First World War, the federal government had recog-

nized it had a “sacred obligation” to veterans — and that notion was abandoned with the adoption of the veterans charter by the Conserva-tives.

Blaid said the veterans asked the government to stand down on this ridiculous position and to accept the obligation that successive gen-erations of Parliament have wilfully embraced.

Veterans of Afghanistan deserve the same commitment as those who fought in the world wars, he insisted.

Mild

No hope for courageous action in election yearYou have doubtless

heard the expression, “I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.”

That’s pretty much the way I have felt watching city coun-cil’s contortions over Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project.

When, back in the summer of 2010, coun-cil decided to adopt a position of neutrality pending the verdict of the Joint Review Panel, I did not think that an unreasonable stance.

After all Northern Gateway was a com-plex project and the JRP process would shed a lot of light on those complexities.

So rather than the knee jerk reaction of other councils up here, Kitimat had sensibly decided to keep its powder dry until it was better informed on the project and its implica-tions.

I anticipated a sce-nario in which, once the JRP report had been released, councillors would be given, say, a month to pore over the document and then they would vote on whether they supported the project or not.

But while the JRP hearings were still go-ing on council decided that whatever the report said, the city would

survey the people of Kitimat for their views before any such vote.

On the one side you could character-ise that as a cop out given council, elected to make decisions in the best interests of the community, intended to abdicate that responsi-bility.

On the other you could applaud the de-cision as essentially

democratic - as in let the people decide.

Except the people are not really going to decide since the re-sults of any such sur-vey - since upgraded to a $15,000 full blown plebiscite - would not be binding.

So what the heck is the point of it?

And now it has de-scended to the level of farce with hours of de-

bate over the wording of the question to be put to the people.

Let’s get realistic here.

Most councillors describe the project as divisive and in do-ing so appear to accept that the plebiscite result will be a close one. So let’s say the result is 40 per cent in favour, 40 per cent against and 20 percent undecided.

Now what do they do?

And even if it was a clear 60:40 result one way or the other, do you seriously think, for example, councillors Phil Germuth or Ma-rio Feldhoff are going

to toss their principles aside?

So here’s a sug-gestion: rescind all the motions that have been made to date and go straight to a council vote.

But that would be a courageous decision and courage is a com-modity that is in short supply in an election year.

Changing tack, readers will recall my January 1 column on Canada Post.

Space constraints did not allow me to mention a dark threat contained in the cor-poration’s grand action plan.

In the section that outlined its inten-tion to establish more sub-post offices in re-tail locations, it said the following: “Many corporate-run post of-fices do not generate enough revenue to sup-port their own costs, let alone cover the cost to sort, transport and deliver the mail to and from that low-traffic location.”

So not only will we lose our door step de-livery, it looks like we are eventually going to lose our post office as well.

All in the name of giving us better ser-vice. Not.

by Malcolm Baxter

BaxyardBanter

[email protected]

A re-election ploy?

It’s like a kind of torture to have to watch the show

Correction

Dear Sir,I truly expected more. The ac-

tion of the Kitimat council on the plebiscite question at the council meeting of Monday, January 20 speaks of continued political inac-tion and incompetence. The circus show that ensued demonstrated that the council remains entrenched in politics and saving face rather than working towards the best interests of the community.

A decision of council neutral-ity two years ago hamstrung this council into inaction during the en-tire JRP process with no interaction in the process in the interests of its citizens.

Now, after the JRP recommen-dation has been announced, council wants to ask what the public thinks about the recommendation with all its 209 conditions. Not a simple task.

People in the know, including Enbridge, are trying to figure it out. But Council, who I am sure must have read the document, want to know how it’s citizens think, so they can adjust their politics to possibly be re-elected in the next municipal elections.

Why else would they ask a con-voluted question, about a recom-mendation and conditions they can do nothing about, after the fact?

Sincerely, Cheryl Brown

Dear Sir,Listening and reading on the subject, a

week later I am still shaking my head in disbelief. I am not sure if many of you still remember old TV series of the Muppets and Laugh In?

Let us begin with the wording of the plebiscite, which in my opinion consists of two different subjects: Enbridge pipeline construction and the JRP report.

(How could the architects of the word-ing miss this?)

I thought the issue we have as a com-

munity is that we the people should be able to give a simple YES or NO answer on the simple and intelligent question: Do you support the Enbridge pipeline project? Not the JRP report which is a separate issue.

(I like to commend comments by Councillor Germuth and Sentinel Editor Mr. Orr on the subject.)

Is anyone surprised why our ‘Muppets’

choose plebiscite versus referendum? Referendum represents a process where

the people make decisions for inability and incompetence of governing bodies and the result is binding.

A plebiscite is not binding thus gives, in fact, an escape route to a governing body – confirming its inability and incompe-tence.

Those among the ‘Muppets’ that sug-gest to us reading of the JRP report, that community is split or that we should have more meetings on wording, etc., I am wor-

ried.I would like to find out what our new-

comers to our community think. Perhaps better not, as a pioneer in this community I might be ashamed.

For those less informed who wish to watch the local Laugh In series, the show is available on cable channel 10 every sec-ond Monday. Please attend/view regularly as there are some rumours that there could be a change in November 2014 for some ‘muppets’ and thus the name of the show. Hopefully.

In last week’s edition we ran a letter from Dumstrey-Soos, how-ever we caused a typing error in

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February 10/14 BC Family Day

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Life gets busy sometimes and spending time with loved ones can become di� cult. Family Day, taking place Feb. 10, is the

perfect reason to gather the family and take in some of British Columbia’s best attractions.Start with Big White Ski Resort, just outside of Kelowna.“� ere’s something for everyone here,” says Katie Balkwill, regional sales manager for Big White Ski Resort. “We’re Canada’s largest ski-in ski-out resort. Anywhere you wake up, you’ll be

on the slopes, and the quality of our snow is amazing.”Black Press readers can enter

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an ice-climbing tower, � reworks every Saturday night over the huge outdoor skating rink and many other activities for the whole family.On Feb. 10, B.C. residents will be able to purchase a single-day lift ticket for 50 per cent o� . If you’re looking for a weekend getaway, British Columbi-ans can book any two consecutive nights and two days of skiing, and Big White will give you the third night and third day of skiing at half-price, valid between Feb. 7 and Feb. 13.� e Lower Mainland is home to plenty of fam-ily-friendly outdoor spots, including Granville Island, numerous beaches and parks. If it’s indoor fun you’re looking for, attractions such as the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, the Museum of Vancouver, Science World at the Telus World of Science, the Vancouver Aquarium and the Van-couver Art Gallery should all be tops on your list.Outdoor activities are also plentiful in B.C. Capilano Suspension Bridge Park is one of Van-

couver’s most well-known attractions, with its famous suspension bridge, Treetops Adventure, Cli� walk and other places to explore. � e North Shore mountains all o� er a variety of activities, including skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and tobogganing, or you can go a bit farther a� eld to visit Whistler Blackcomb.On B.C. Family Day, lift tickets at many partici-pating ski areas will be o� ered to B.C. residents at 50 per cent o� . For more information and the list of participating resorts, visit www.skicanada.org.B.C. has more than 850 parks and natural areas to hike in, including Vancouver Island’s West Coast Trail. Provincial parks are often host to several hiking trails, or check out the Sunshine Coast Trail or Juan de Fuca Marine Trail.Budding equestrians or cowboys might

enjoy a trail ride at one of B.C.’s ranches, whether it’s a weekend trip in B.C.’s Interior or a day trip just outside of Metro Vancouver.In Northern B.C., climbing and caving can take place all year-round at one of the local mountain ranges. Guided tours are often available to show you some truly beautiful scenery, from glaciers to frozen waterfalls. Dog-sledding, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are also great pursuits to try.� e Southern and Northern Gulf Islands are just a ferry ride away from the mainland, and can open up a brand-new world of hiking, cycling and other outdoor activities.

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February 6ART CLUB of Kitimat meets at 7 p.m. in Room 403 at MESS. “Frigid Fruit”: Bring choice of medium and something interesting to contribute to a ‘potluck’ fruit still life composition.Feburary 711-12.15. THE KITI-MAT Public Library will be hosting a morn-ing of Valentine crafts for children four and older. Please call 250-632-8985 to register or see a staff member. Children under six re-quire caregiver atten-dance. February 1010.30 – 2.30 FAMILY DAY fun at the library. The Kitimat Public Library is pleased to offer free events for everyone. From 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Mother Goose StoryTime; CREATIVE LEGO CONTEST FROM 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. (LEGOs supplied); from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., learn how to download e-books, and from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.. Crazy Crafts (ages 4+). You may register for any or all of these free events. Call the library at 250-632-8985 to register or see a staff member.February 19Kitimat Community Services Society’s an-nual general meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the WorkBC Employment Centre, 562 Mounta-inview Square. Call 250-632-9107 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.February 19The Douglas Channel Watch is hosting their Annual General Meet-ing from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Riverlodge activ-ity room. There will be a showing of the � lm “Revolution” by Rob Stewart, an award

winning biologist, pho-tographer, conserva-tionist, and � lm maker. Everyone welcome, no membership required. Refreshments will be served.Ongoing

THE KITIMAT SE-NIORS CENTRE is hosting some new pro-grams this year. Chair yoga is on Wed., at 11 a.m. Mahjong on Wed. at 1 p.m. and chess is on Tues., at 6 p.m. Pro-grams are free. Please call the Centre in ad-vance to sign-up; 250-

632-3405.PICKLE BALL. Every Tues. and Thurs., from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Riverlodge. For ages 50+. Call the Kiti-mat Seniors’ Centre at 250-632-3475 for more info.THE KITIMAT QUIL-TERS Guild meetings

are the � rst Thurs. of every month, held at M.E.S.S. Sewing room. All experience levels welcome. (19+) Call Aileen at 250-632-6225 or Wanda at 250-632-4458.CHILD DEVELOP-MENT CENTRE Fam-ily Fun Spot Drop-In

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Over more than seven de-cades Sammy Robinson has distinguished himself. Not only has he ascended to the lofty post of hereditary chief of the Haisla Nation, but he has earned many accolades. Just last year (2013), a B.C. Creative Achievement Award was bestowed upon him for his many talents.

In addition to creating exquisite bracelets, masks and carvings, Sammy has a linguistic ability with Haisla - he grew up speaking the language - a knowledge and skill in teaching First Nations dances plus the knowledge and ability to guide fishermen and tell stories of his culture within the natural world of the Douglas Channel.

A proud member of the Beaver Clan, Chief Sammy has over the years shared his creativity and, indirectly, some of the Haisla stories world-wide. Amongst other things he was a dance troupe leader who was able to show-case First Nations drumming and dancing clear across the Pacific in Malaysia. In 1967 he was appointed as a spe-cial carving dignitary at the Montreal Expo world’s fair and he was a resident carver on site at the 1970 Olympic Games. Over the years he has accumulated a number of awards. Amongst his earliest were First Nations art awards at Vancouver’s PNE back in 1963. Some of his carvings are proudly displayed in the Place Bonaventure in down-town Montreal and hockey’s

ean B liveau and skiing’s Nancy Greene are among the many who have Sammy’s carvings.

He admits that it was of-ten difficult to part with some of his carvings. For it is pas-sion, not money, that drives Sammy. The spirits and crea-tures hidden within the knots and wood grain swirls call out to him. Sometimes the inspi-rations are insistent and he just can’t put his tools down. He concedes favouring the beaver in his art but insists it has not restricted him. The beaver is at the bottom of the pole, the eagle at the top, and the raven is commonly in the middle. And of course they tell Haisla stories. In his early years work was usually in wood, especially yellow cedar, and Argilite stone was used from time to time. But in recent years Sammy has pre-dominantly worked in gold and silver.

As a channel guide he saw oh so many clients, although it was often about more than fish as they travelled water-ways throughout Haisla terri-tory and beyond.

One of Sammy’s fondest memories was guiding a client in landing a 76-pound spring salmon in Fraser Reach near Butedale. He claims that cli-ent nearly had a heart-attack

in his excitement.Sammy’s life as a child

was not easy. Unlike most of his Haisla brethren, he did not attend residential school - this was at great risk to his parents. He spent most of his youth, in fact 27 years, living and working in Butedale, the cannery village on Princess Royal Island 85 miles south of Kitamaat.

At Butedale, he was able to fish much of his time. He still fondly remembers the visits of the various ships on their way up the Inside Pas-sage to Alaska. Often they stopped long enough to en-able Sammy and his friends to make on-board purchases of chocolate bars and the like.

He was even able to sell some of his early carvings. His nephew, Lyle Wilson, also a carver, was actually born at Butedale during those years. Sammy’s grandmother was a great support in encouraging his art and inspiring him to do his best: she always said, “You’re going to be chief one day.”

Sammy still remembers his early struggles and can well remember the times when First Nations people could not vote or even take out a mortgage, although he does point out that later he was one of the first to get a loan for a new boat purchase.

He has had a succes-sion of boats over the years, all adding to the memories. His current aluminum boat is Four Rose, named in honour of his wife, best friend and

long-time partner Rose. Sam-my can clearly remember the days when Maggie Cordella lived in a cabin near Maggie Point, the current site of the gazebo on the TzeMotsa trail.

Even in his retirement years Sammy often puts in an eight-hour day, a significant reduction from fourteen. But he admits that he can’t do the dance moves he could years ago.

He knows that someday a successor will fill his shoes, appointed in an age-old ances-tral tradition secretly known to Haisla elders. And while he can foresee a prosperous future for his people, he does wonder how many will carry on the Haisla language. He does hope and expect that someday more Haisla materi-als will be repatriated to Kita-maat, perhaps even the Raley collection could be back home.

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Provinces seek improved energy literacyTom Fletcher

A B.C.-Alberta government working group on energy de-velopment has issued its first report, recom-mending efforts to “increase the public’s energy literacy on oil transportation, produc-tion and impacts on daily life.”

The group was set up by B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Al-berta Premier Alison Redford last summer, after they agreed to co-operate on ways to increase oil and gas development and ex-port. Headed by deputy ministers from both provinces, the working group released its first report this week.

The report notes a “disconnect between

public perception and the reality” of the im-portance of oil and gas to the Canadian econ-omy. The industry is the largest contributor to Canada’s balance of trade, and investment of $55 billion in new capital projects in 2012 alone.

It also records that Canada is losing an estimated $50 mil-lion a day in potential revenue due to lack of access to oil custom-ers outside the United States, and acknowl-edges that without ad-ditional pipeline ca-pacity, crude oil will increasingly be shipped by rail.

To respond to “misinformation on numerous fronts” on technology, economic

benefits, environmental issues and regulatory practices, the report suggests increased ef-fort in communities, First Nations and schools.

One program cited as an example is the Canadian Geographic Energy IQ Program, a partnership between the magazine and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Produc-ers to “provide an in-teractive educational experience for students in the classroom on the prevalence of energy.”

Redford and Clark agreed last year to sup-port B.C.’s five condi-tions for new heavy oil pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific coast, and Alberta’s proposal for a national energy

strategy to improve ac-cess to markets for Ca-nadian energy. B.C.’s conditions include “world class” spill pre-vention on land and at sea, which the report describes as an evolv-ing target.

The report paints a rosy picture of oil spill response off the coast, despite a study done for the B.C. government last year that found lit-tle capacity to recover crude oil spilled off the North Coast.

The report also describes the need for better movement of goods from B.C. ports to Alberta’s industrial areas, an effort called “Project Cargo.”

It calls for im-provements to high-ways, airports and

ports at Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Vancouver.

The extraordinary life of Sammy RobinsonIt’s Our

HeritageWalter thorne

Sammy Robinson receiving a Creative Achievement award in 2013. British Columbia Achievement Foundation

An oil tanker is surrounded by a spill containment boom as it loads at Westridge Terminal in Burnaby. Kinder Morgan Canada

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weather kept all the playing fields snow-free which proved to be helpful in yielding a count record.

Winter days around Christmas are always a bit tempestu-ous. The weather can be advantageous or be adversarial. If your memory is such that you keep track of worst weather days, then you will perhaps recall that December 14 came close to being one of those days. Unfortu-nately, once the date is set, the count goes forward.

In the first few hours of light, only few birds seemed will-ing or able to shake off the drenching from the

seemingly continuous rain. Previous days of rain, fog, and cool tem-peratures appeared to have all winged crea-tures grounded.

So, rather than fly over town, a substan-tial flock of Canada Geese seemed will-ing to forage on the Kildala soccer fields. With them was a lone Snow Goose, a bird that usually winters far to the south. It was a new winter record for Kitimat. The only other white birds were 24 Trumpeter Swans along the river course and about 2,000 gulls winging their way over town or scavenging on numerous school fields. While estimat-

ing the number of gulls at the Kitimat land-fill, it was obvious the numbers of eagles and ravens were low. Was it the rain or have Bald Eagles moved to more favourable winter food sources? Hopefully we will see a return to higher numbers next year.

Dark-eyed Juncos were, as always, the most numerous back-yard feeder bird. Ob-servers noted a total

of 404 of these small birds. Over 600 have been noted in previous years. Our waterfowl species seemed to be the only bird group un-affected by the weath-er. Good numbers of scaups, Ring-necked Ducks, mallards, geese and grebes gave some normality to overall numbers.

The one abnormal sighting was an Anna’s Hummingbird. Any hummingbird seen this

far north at this time of year is highly un-usual. What motivated it to stay here past its normal migratory time is not known. This species has not been seen in December for more than a decade. By the day’s end, 14 soggy observers tallied 46 species and about 3,000 individual birds. Given the poor quality of the day, this was a reasonably good result.

Besides the an-

nual bird count, there are much less rigorous monthly surveys and backyard bird counts taking place on a regu-lar basis. If you would like to sharpen your birding skills or have a good excuse to be out of doors during the coming months, then you would be wel-come to join the field observers. Inquire at the museum for more information or call me at 250-632-2004.

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Kitimat bird count beaks new recordsDecember 14

marked the 114th an-nual Kitimat Christmas Bird Count. Kitimat was part of this North America wide event involving hundreds of communities and many thousands of partici-pants. On one day during the two week period surrounding Christmas, everyone involved counted birds in their yard, neighbor-hood, and community within a 24 km wide circle. Our count as always, yielded some interesting results.

There are a few places around town where birds predict-ably hang out during the winter months. The Kildala drainage ditch, Minette Bay and the estuary foreshore generally harbor many birds in the colder months. The landfill and pollution control centre also have favor-able numbers of some bird species. This Christmas’ milder

A lone Snow Goose was recorded on the count day which was a new winter record for Kitimat. Dennis Horwood

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2014-2015 SCHOOL CALENDARPUBLIC FEEDBACK REQUESTED

Coast Mountains Board of Education School District 82 is seeking public feedback regarding the proposed 2014-2015 School Calendar.

Details regarding the proposed 2014-2015 School Calendar are available on the school district web site at www.cmsd.bc.ca.

Public feedback is welcomed by February 28, 2014, by completing the 2014-2015 School Calendar Survey (link available on the school district web site) or by forwarding your comments by email to [email protected], by fax to 1-888-290-4786, or drop off/mail to:

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A summary of all responses and feedback received will be reviewed by the Board of Education. The 2014-2015 School Calendar will then be considered at the Regular (Public) Meeting of the Board to be held on March 12, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. at the Board of Education Office.

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Also breaking pool records for the Marlins was Brander Pacheco. Pacheco in the 15 and over boys division. Pacheco broke the records in the 50 meter and 200 meter butterfly. His time of 28.27 in the 50 meter fly broke the old mark of 28.41 held by Paul Scholz of Smithers from 2005. In the 200 fly Pacheco’s time of 2:19.35 broke the old record held by Garth Coxford of Terrace from 1998 of 2:19.71.

Pacheco took the silver medal for overall points in the 15 and over boys division.

Two more swimmers punched their tickets to the upcoming AA Provincial championships in March in Chilliwack by reaching two AA qualify-ing times. Morgan Winterburn reached the time standards in the 13 and under 100 and 200 back-stroke while Robyn Alderman achieved the stan-dards in the 16 and over girls 100 and 200 meter breaststroke. Alderman also took the silver medal for overall points in the 15 and over girls division.

Zachary Dumas reached his first AAA pro-vincial time (the highest provincial level) in the 15 and under boys 200 meter butterfly. Dumas also took the bronze medal for overall points in the 13-14 boys division.

Also reaching her first AA provincial stan-dard was Vanessa Lamarre in the 13 and under girls 200 meter backstroke.

Other medalist for the Marlins for overall points were Adrianna Florit silver in the 10 and under girls division, Leah Desousa bronze medal in the girls 11-12 division, Alivia Soares bronze in the 13-14 girls division and Paige Collier bronze in the 15 and over girls division.

Ethan Velho had the largest one swim im-provement for the Marlins a three minutes and 44 second improvement in his 1500 Meter freestyle.

Swimmers who achieved the tough task of swimming personal best times in all their races were Charlotte Collier, Leah Desousa, Vanessa Lamarre, Marianne Tremblay and Ethan Velho.

At the January 20 council meeting, a zoning amendment which would allow the construction of a 36-unit townhouse complex at 110 Baxter was approved, as was a development permit, subject to some conditions, such as mandatory bear-proof garbage containers and a minimum two metre tall hedge on the east edge of the lot.

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Leading the way Kleanza Cathers placed � rst in all sev-en of her races taking the gold medal for overall points in the

13-14 girls age division. She broke three pool records in the 13-14 girls 100 meter individual medley, the 50 butter� y and the 50 backstroke. In the 100 m she clocked a time of 1:11.66. The old record was held by Kitimat swimmer Sheena Bar-tel 1:12.83. Bartel at one point was ranked � rst in Canada for her age group as a swimmer in 50 freestyle. Cathers clocked a time of 31.98 in the 50 butter� y eclipsing the old mark of Jenni-fer Horwood of Kitimat’s 32.61.

Horwood went on to swim with Simon Fraser University. In the 50 backstroke two swimmers went under the pool record as Cassandra Hornit Wandler from Smithers also went un-der the old record. Cathers out touched her though by 8/10 of a second and clocked a time of 32.62 breaking the old record of 33.52 set by Maria Checkley of Terrace. All three of the previ-ous records had been set in the late 1990s.

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