Kitimat Northern Sentinel, November 11, 2015

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AltaGas has duty fee issue on planned Kitimat projectRod Link

A Calgary-based energy company expects to � nd out this month if it will be successful in appealing a decision by the federal government to impose a $100 million customs duty on a planned lique� ed natural gas (LNG) project at Kitimat.

The appeal was � led by AltaGas, a Canadian partner in the Douglas Chan-nel LNG project which would feature an LNG plant af� xed to a � oating platform to be built in Asia and ferried to Kitimat.

Because the federal Canada Border Services Agency is classifying the plat-form as a ship, it’s subjecting the barge-shaped platform to a 25 per cent duty fee.

AltaGas vice president John Lowe, in speaking to analysts during a confer-ence call held to discuss the company’s latest earnings, said it takes the opposite view.

“The � oating unit is incapable of navigation, it has no self-propulsion and

it’s going to be moored permanently,” he said.

And the equipment on the platform should not be subject to any duty which is the case for all equipment that lique� es air or gases”, Lowe said.

AltaGas and other members of the Douglas Channel consortium have been working making a � nal investment deci-sion on the $600 million project by the end of the year and appeal of the $100 million duty is necessary to make that decision, Lowe mentioned.

He noted that the Douglas Channel LNG project is not the only proposal in-volving a � oating platform.

“We feel that on a policy basis it’s not in Canada’s interest to impose this sort of a barrier to these developments, particularly when there really aren’t any shipyards in Canada that would be able to undertake this sort of a project,” said Lowe.

NDP MP Nathan Cullen says he’ll

be contacting AltaGas to � nd out more about the $100 million federal customs bill.

While Cullen acknowledged that the 25 per cent duty is meant to protect and encourage Canadian shipbuilders, he noted the importance of the project to the area.

“This is a situation where the com-pany is doing the right thing,” said Cul-len. “It has the support and the approval of the local First Nations.”

“I certainly feel AltaGas deserves a fair hearing.”

Cullen did wonder if the duty was an item AltaGas knew about in the planning of the project or whether it was some-thing just recently sprung by federal cus-toms of� cials.

In the meantime, provincial natural gas development minister Rich Coleman says he’s talking to the federal govern-ment about a duty remission.

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Zoning plan stirs debateCameron Orr

The zoning plan for a portion of land in the vicinity of LNG Canada’s property has stirred de-bate with one councillor concerned over a loss of land planned for ‘parks and recreation’.

The conversation effectively boiled down to one of what kind of tangible loss is it to lose over 70 hectares of land designated as parks and recre-ation in the Of� cial Community Plan, which is a separate entity versus how land is sometimes ac-tually zoned in the community.

Councillor Rob Gof� net was concerned that while there is a trade off on land zoned as envi-ronmentally sensitive around the planned LNG Canada facility (the town would get an increase of three hectares once it all passes), there was no trade off made for the parks and rec.

LNG Canada has pursued this application to unify the zoning around their planned facility.

Director of Community Planning and Devel-opment Gwen Sewell notes that most of the un-developed land in Kitimat, that’s not otherwise Crown land, is parks and recreation, as per the Of� cial Community Plan. Under this proposal more than 70 hectares would be shuf� ed in to an Industrial land plan, which is a marginal percent-age for the whole town.

Even with the concern expressed by Gof� net, the remainder of council endorsed the applica-tion moving forward to third reading. The Kitimat Valley Naturalists and Douglas Channel Watch, among others, were invited to provide comment and while the groups had some questions they ap-peared comfortable with the responses they had received from the company regarding environ-mental and animal concerns.

All hail the chiefSix year old Jessica Meyer of Kildala Elementary was this year’s selection for the Fire Chief for a Day, which bestows the privilege of leading Kitimat’s Fire Department for the morning of November 6. She’s posed here with some of her employees at the � re station, as well as Mayor Phil Germuth.

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Final investment decisions for various natural gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants may be some distance off, but preparations lead-ing up to those deci-sions continue.

The newest such example is at North-west Regional Airport where one project has leased vacant and cleared space for a parking lot.

The project pro-ponent isn't clearly identified but the logo on a newly-installed sign reading “private parking, authorized ve-hicles only,” is of three stylized mountains of an azure-blue colour.

That colour and styling match that of LNG Canada, one of

two large potential LNG projects at Kiti-mat.

“LNG Canada has made provisions for parking at the North-west Regional Airport in Terrace to function as a “park-and-ride” facility for LNG Cana-da staff and contractors who live in Terrace and the surrounding ar-eas,” a statement from the project's communi-cations office indicates in response to a query.

“Our staff would be transported from the airport to the LNG Canada site on a dedi-cated LNG Canada shuttle. This effort is part of our commit-ment to minimizing traffic on Highway 37 and through the Kiti-mat area.”

Even without a final investment de-cision, LNG Canada has applied for vari-ous permits to start site preparation work but adds it'll wait until re-ceiving those permits to release details as to what's involved.

“In the interim, our contractors are com-pleting safety induc-

tion training so they are ready to mobilize once permits have been received, and we have also made provi-sions for parking at the Northwest Regional Airport,” said the proj-ect's communication office.

“The parking spaces are available to any LNG Canada em-

ployee or contractor who live in Terrace and the surrounding areas. This includes employ-ees and contractors who may be visiting the site for meetings, community events, or for work at the site.”

The statement added that LNG Can-ada wants to start site preparation so it can begin construction in a timely fashion once an investment decision has been made.

No deadline date for a final decision has been set but the proj-ect's communications office anticipates it will occur sometime in 2016.

LNG Canada is 40 per cent owned by Shell with the Korea Gas Corporation, Mit-

subishi of Japan and PetroChina of China each owning 20 per cent.

If built, the LNG Canada plant would be

located in the indus-trial area of Kitimat, including the former Methanex site which was purchased in 2011.

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LNG Canada has leased parking spaces at Northwest Regional Airport.

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Police say the incident took place on October 27 at around 10 p.m. when a person mak-ing a delivery was robbed of their

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“Kitimat is a close knit commu-nity. We are all family here. We need to protect and stand up for one an-other. We are confident that someone out there has information that will as-

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Daudet Creek Contracting Ltd. has submitted an application to Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO) for permits needed to open and operate a 36.83ha quarry and borrow pit on lands described as parts of DL 6183, 6184 Range 5 Coast District. In addition to provincial approvals, this quarry and borrow pit will need a Temporary Use Permit from the District of Kitimat.Proposed location is on Provincial Crown land, east of Highway 37, between Hirsch Creek Park and Cable Car Neighbourhood. The northern most point of the application area is approximately 1.6km South of Oolichan Avenue.More information may be viewed on the MFLNRO website at: www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/viewpost.jsp?PostID=50093; or at www.kitimat.ca/pn. Comments will be received at the District of Kitimat until 4:30pm Monday, November 16, 2015 by mail (270 City Centre, Kitimat, V8C 2J3), fax (250-632-4995) or email ([email protected]). Office hours are 8:30am to Noon and 1:00 to 4:30pm, closed weekends and statutory holidays.Comments will be delivered to Council at 7:30pm on Monday, November 16, 2015 at Council Chambers,606 Mountainview Square. To add your name to the speakers list please call 250-632-8900.

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Application to open and operate a quarry and borrow pit submittedto Ministry of Forests, Lands and

Natural Resource Operations

Town to poll people on quarryCameron Orr

Councillor Ma-rio Feldhoff wants to know whether the town as a whole thinks we need another rock quarry.

Residents in Cable Car specifically are going to be surveyed on their opinion after the government min-istry that looks after lands matters sought comment on an appli-cation from the Dis-trict of Kitimat.

Kitimat, then, is going to the people for feedback.

The proposal is for

a quarry and borrow pit east of Highway 37 in the area between Hirsch Creek Park and Cable Car, and across the highway from the landfill.

Council wanted the chance to poll the neighbourhood resi-dents on the plan and a comment deadline for the request of a licence of occupa-tion by Daudet Creek Contracting for the Ministy of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources has been extended to Novem-ber 20.

Among the con-cerns already flagged by Kitimat staff is the potential for air qual-ity impacts on Cable Car (open burning is proposed as the means for wood waste) and what the noise levels will be for the neigh-bourhood.

While polling residents was the core of council’s original motion it was later amended to include a referral to the town’s Advisory Planning Commission for com-ment, and for advertis-ing in local media.

Feldhoff believed a new rock pit was a concern for the greater community.

“I think it’s very important to get input from Cable Car resi-dents from a noise per-spective...but this is a fairly large area on the entrance to our com-munity and I think that the Advisory Planning Commission should be given an opportu-nity to comment and the greater community should be made aware of it,” he said.

Claire Rattée, who moved the original

motion, was against the suggestion of ad-vertising, worried that it would duplicate ad-vertising that would be required later any-way, meaning the town would get low value from it.

“People are going to hear about it any-ways, we would just end up having to do advertisements twice.”

But Feldhoff maintained the impor-tance he felt there was. The amendment was eventually approved, and the overall motion passed unanimously.

House fireA homeowner’s home alarm system tipped off the Kitimat Fire Department of a fire in a home on Egret Street. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a vacant house but they did come to notice smoke and fire visible in the kitchen area. The homeowners arrived in time to give firefighters a key who then went in and extinguished the flame. There were no injuries, but there was damage to the interior of the home.

New baler to help KUTE keep upKitimat Understanding the Envi-

ronment (KUTE), working under their new board of directors for less than half a year, received a $25,000 financial grant from the District of Kitimat to go towards the purchase of a new baler at their depot on Railway Avenue.

KUTE Vice President Michelle Mar-tins says that the planned purchase of a new baler will increase not only the rate which the depot employees can bale pa-per and cardboard but will also increase their ability to process other materials.

She said their limitations were a rea-son KUTE didn’t pursue a contract with Multi-Material BC last year, a contract which covers an assortment of paper and packaging materials and the contract for which went to the Kitimat Bottle Depot.

Other materials they could process include tin cans and styrofoam. Styro-foam itself would be very valuable to KUTE, she says, because that’s a mate-

rial they could potentially make a profit on recycling.

While they make money off of paper and cardboard, it’s not enough to cover the expenses of processing it.

Martins said everyone benefits if they can increase their own sustainabil-ity if even a bit.

“If we can have an alternative source of income where the city doesn’t have to subsidize us as much that’s great for us, it’s great for the city as well,” she said.

A new baler will also reduce the em-ployee hours to do that work, which lets them work on other things. Martins said baling right now is quite “tedious and time consuming.”

They’ve been looking at their books to sort out possible ways they can reduce how much of the $25,000 they even end up taking from the District’s offer.

The baler itself they’re looking to buy is about $95,000, and is a used unit

from the United States.KUTE will also keep looking for

other fundraising opportunities to pay for the baler as well.

She said the District seemed keen to support them as, from her perspective, it seems they want to take a responsibility as they have set policies about no card-board going to the landfill.

But Martins also notes that a large per cent of cardboard comes from indus-trial sources.

There was a discussion at the Oc-tober 19 council meeting to bump up the funding provided even further to $55,000, however the two supporters of that boost, Edwin Empinado and Mary Murphy, were outnumbered to the re-mainder of the council.

Rob Goffinet was excused on a con-flict of interest during the discussion as he has relatives involved with or work-ing for KUTE.

Microtel eligible for tax break

Kitimat’s newest hotel, the Microtel on Dadook Avenue, meets the criteria for a tax break program by the District of Kitimat.

In 2013 the council approved a revitaliza-tion tax exemption for improvements made either through upgrades or new construction.

The Microtel development saw the demo-lition of the derelict Aluminum City Motel and the construction of their new facility.

The tax exemption doesn’t scratch off all taxes, but rather forgives what would be the increase in taxes for a property due to the new construction.

For 2016 the town estimates that means they will give a break of $42,400 to the hotel.

The break lasts for five years.


One of the things I despise in media, particularly murky media like MoneySense Magazine which describes itself as “Canada’s top per-sonal � nance magazine, packed with smart features, practical advice and easy-to-follow � nancial tips on ev-erything from investing and RRSPs to home buying and real estate,” are top 10 lists.

To me they are something that should have been copyrighted, then retired by David Letterman. Worse, when it comes down to reverse 10-worst lists.

Following up on its list of the 10 best places to live in Canada, Mon-eySense has the brass to release a list of the 10 worst – and six of them are small communities in British Colum-bia.

No, Kitimat is not one of the communities selected for trashing by editors/writers on MoneySense, ap-parently scienti� cally based on data gathered from a wide array of sources, including Statistics Canada, Environ-ment Canada and real estate boards to

compare criteria such as cultural of-ferings, schools, year-round weather, employment and crime.

But that does not mean much to me or the residents of communities like Williams Lake, which was ranked second worst, followed closely by Quesnel, Port Alberni, Campbell Riv-er, Prince Rupert and Terrace, which took the number 10 spot.

Presumably the armpit of Cana-da according to MoneySense is Bay Roberts, Newfoundland.

When I � rst read this I quickly tried to remember that this publica-tion and its website is a product of...you know who? Yes, dead on, the highly admirable Rogers Media, and its happy digital partner, Rogers Digi-tal Media.

Now Rogers do an awful lot of things wrong. The company is lauded as recipient of the most annual reports of complaints to the CRTC although Bell and Telus are not far behind. More people are irritated by their ser-vices than virtually any other business across Canada.

For that reason I � nd it’s almost mind-boggling that such companies run media that have the gall to trash communities in Canada (where their corporate owners make oodles of money) so in fact they criticize their own customers’ communities.

Recently, CTV News follow-ing up with a why question got this answer from MoneySense as to the criteria it uses to beat down small re-source communities across Canada: “We care about: how much money can you make? What kind of job can you get? How much does it cost to buy a house? How many doctors are available? What kind of infrastructureis there? How much pollution is there?”

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And the #1 thing I hate about lists...

This dayHistorically when I re� ect on Remembrance

Day each year here I think to my grandparents. I best knew my grandfather on my mom’s side, who was in the Canadian navy during World War II.

But as of this year I no longer have any of my grandparents left, and so passes my personal fam-ily’s living history of perhaps the single de� ning mo-ment of modern history.

I believe as many say that the freedoms that we have today came from the � ghts of years passed, but with the continual loss of that generation who learned those lessons � rst hand it’s going to be hard-er to understand as years pass.

My son comes to this world in an interesting time. He’ll get the bene� t of the Canadian standard of living without the direct context of a grandfather who was part of making that.

Yet he is here for the emergence of new threats, perhaps most notably with ISIS. (I was stunned when a Second World War veteran, in a feature from last year, actually said ISIS is far, far worse than Hitler was, quite a stunning declaration to me.)

Not only that terrorist group themselves, but the landscape of war. As noted in our feature on page 12 this week, the World Wars were marked by a clearly de� ned enemy with their own uniforms.

For veterans of modern con� icts, as noted by Sean Dwyer in that same piece, the enemy isn’t a man with a uniform and a ri� e but sometimes com-mon citizens strapped with explosives.

The purpose is also sometimes less than clear, and operations can appear like political maneuvers rather than actions done for national or global safety.

Dwyer tells the Sentinel he lost his faith in being in the Forces.

That feels to me that it will be a major issue of the Forces for many years to come; not only selling the public on what the Forces are doing but selling it to the members themselves.

The goal has changed. Canadians aren’t allying themselves for a march towards Berlin to take Ad-olf Hitler from power. There’s a history in modern con� icts that are long and complex and confusing. They’re not based on national country lines.

In the United States for instance they don’t de-clare wars on governments anymore. They declare war on ‘Terrorism’ (or for another example, ‘drugs.’)

But as I was reading in a book on analogies by John Pollack, those terms come with dangers. For terrorism, is the war on those who commit terror-ism, or the causes of terrorism? Is the war on drugs against the products? The users? The suppliers?

It’s a wild and confusing world out there. It may be arguably safer than in years passed in general, but the threats that remain are harder to see.

So lest we forget the many thousands who died to get us to now, and to not forget ourselves by not forgetting them.

Cameron Orr

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Hebrews 4:15; “Therefore brothers, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and High Priest whom we confess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sym-pathise with our weak-nesses.”

These are truly beautiful and comfort-ing words.

They tell us of the love that Jesus has for us is coming to this Earth and becoming one of us. He was al-ready in heaven with all the beauty and peace that are there,

and yet He came to this earth and took on our human form in or-der to fix the problem that needed to be fixed.

What problem? The problem of sin and how it separates us from God. We cannot fix this problem our-selves, so God came

across that chasm to us by sending His one and only Son Jesus Christ into this world to become one of us. To live as we live; to suffer as we suffer; to be tempted, as we are tempted and to die as we all must die. But there is one big dif-

ference between Jesus and us. He is God.

And so the grave could not hold Him in its grasp.

He rose again from the dead after three days and is now our High Priest in heaven.

And because he became one of us, He is able to sympathize as the verse above said. And because He defeated death, we too through faith in Jesus Christ as our Saviour will defeat death and live forever in heaven with Jesus.

In an election sea-

son like we were in you often see politi-cians putting on hard hats and going into a place of industry like the smelter.

The idea is that they want to act as if they are just one of the people there.

There is one prob-lem with this though, just putting on a hard hat does not make you one of the workers. The factory workers know that when the politician leaves the factory, and the TV crews leave to file their reports for the supper

newscast, the politi-cian will take off the hard hat, get into his idling limousine, and go to his cushy office.

But friends, we have a saviour who loves us so much; He came to us to walk our roads, to feel our needs, to take our pain and ultimately, to give Himself up to death on a cross to pay for our sins.

Almighty God came to this Earth to walk with us, to love us, to take upon Him-self our sins, to die in our place on a cross

and to rise again so that we might receive forgiveness and heav-en through simple faith in Him.

Jesus came to us so that we could be-lieve that the Healer knows our hurts and therefore you will go to Him and let Him and receive the heal-ing that only He can bring.

You can all take comfort that Jesus knows how you feel. Trust Him, He will not let you down; not now, not ever.

Amen.

Continued from page 4That explains it.No criteria about personal

quality of life, what unique elements attract residents of these communities to make their homes there, recreational opportunities, hunting, fish-ing, hiking, boating, swim-ming scenic majesty, diversity or even local resources which provide well paid, reward-ing jobs, mining, forestry, fish farming, exports.

Can you invest, make mon-ey? Housing costs?

It has to be a great deal easier to buy and own a home in Williams Lake, Terrace or Prince Rupert than the two “best places to live” in the pre-

vious top 10 list that named both Vancouver and Victoria, but saw them drop a little be-cause of home unaffordability. By the way Ottawa was ranked the best place to live in Canada for the third time in four years Ho hum.

Anyway that’s not really the basis of my contempt for this sort of phony best/worst list: it’s simply the source and their reasoning.

It is so Toronto: so big city and so elitist.

Even CTV went on to com-ment, “The worst are largely situated along Canada’s coasts, something the magazine attri-butes in part to poor weather.” I suppose it is possible to make

some sense out of the jumble of words but I doubt Prince Ru-pert located where it is because it was looking for a place with poor weather?

Much as I hate to give them the publicity, here are the 10, backwards, listed by Money-Sense: Terrace, B.C., La Tuque, Que., Summerside, P.E.I., Prince Rupert, B.C., Campbell River, B.C., Port Alberni, B.C., Quesnel, B.C., New Glasgow, N.S., Williams Lake, B.C. and Bay Roberts, Nfld.

I don’t think the Money-Sense listings either went down well, or much bothered the res-idents of these communities.

Well, anyway, that was my gripe for today.

Lists

From the PulpitRedeemer Lutheran Church

Pastor Clint MagnusFrom the Pulpit

Redeemer Lutheran Church

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Amazing, affectionate, attentive: It’s ArloCity High’s pooch is students’ best friendMaxwell Kuppers

Dogs these days are being given special jobs among people. Some pull sleds, some accompany the blind and some are trained to sniff out drugs.

Kitimat City High has an extra special ca-nine whose function is to relieve tension and stress.

Two year old Arlo, a wirehaired pointing griffon, has been work-ing at Kitimat City High since he was a puppy.

Every day he comes to school and offers love and atten-tion to anyone that wants it.

He goes by many nicknames, includ-ing Carlos, Monster, and Legs (in reference to his long, deer-like legs.) But he will an-swer to anything you shout at him.

“I thought having a dog would benefit the students”, said Kris Lewis, Arlo’s owner and a staff member at KCH. “They teach re-

sponsibility and help people feel calm and relaxed. There are stu-dents who enjoy his company, and he’s always happy to see them. Often I’ll look over and there will be someone taking a break and giving him a cuddle, allowing him to be a calming influence. It makes the school a more positive place.”

The general con-sensus throughout the school is that Arlo is a treasured member of the KCH family.

I interviewed a variety of students to hear their thoughts on our mascot. Not one had anything negative to say.

Morgan Johnson is a new student here this year and she comment-ed that “he provides peace to this school and has become a safe place for students to go if they’re stressed or distracted.”

Others claimed he made the classroom setting more comfort-

able and even brought a homey atmosphere to an otherwise pressue-filled setting.

Kathy Bell has been a teacher at KCH for over a year and she has seen the impact this dog has had on the entire facility.

“When I first saw Arlo in the school I was surprised because I’ve never seen a dog attending school daily,” she said. “Over the last year I have learned the value of having Arlo around by watching him with the students. For kids who are afraid of dogs he has been great at getting them to warm up and for stu-dents who are upset or angry he will often go to calm them down and improve their mood. For our ADHD kids it’s been amazing because they get to run outside with him at break and come back with more energy to work. I think Arlo is vital to our school in the fact that he provides attention to those that don’t usu-

If only you could give a hug through a newspaper page. Arlo is Kitimat City High’s full-time dog, giving attention to the students and scraps of food alike.

ally receive it. He loves students uncondition-ally and never asks questions when they’re upset. He’s just there.”

There are times when Arlo is not so well behaved. His an-tics brighten every-one’s day, from stick-ing his head in the rubbish bin to sprawl-ing out on the floor as if he were doing

snow angels.“Arlo is a food

thief,” Kathy also aded. “If there is food on the table, you may find his head nearby or un-der your arm and he’ll slowly inch closer to try to take your lunch.”

He is said to roam around where he’s not supposed to be until he’s roped back into his classroom to

continue his rounds. The day-to-day life of Arlo includes con-stant snuggles, games of fetch, searching for hidden relics of food, and gobbling pieces of banana tossed at him as a treat.

I’ve known Arlo since I first came to KCH and since then every morning I come to give him a back rub

and a kiss on the snout. We love him when he’s here and we no-tice when he’s not. He represents the solidar-ity we strive for and he offers escape for the times when we melt away.

KCH is lucky to have him around and we hope for many more years of tail-wag-ging to come.

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From World Wars to peacekeepersTwo generations of Canadian Forces reflect on its roleCameron Orr

The landscape of which the Canadian Armed Forces oper-ates has shifted over the decades.

It’s not the same world that it was when it was consumed by the Second World War, the conflict which is well known by one of Kitimat’s very last vet-erans from that time, Ken Minifie.

The shift in how the world operates and the role of the Cana-dian Forces within it was clear. Across the table from him was Sean Dwyer, who re-tired from the Cana-dian Forces in 2008, after having served as a Naval Combat In-formation Operator, and being involved in operations connected to Haiti blockades and the Persian Gulf, among others.

In World War II, Minifie, who served in the air force, was shot down just seven opera-tions in to his tour and spent the remainder of the war as a Prisoner of War.

Yet as gruesome as the war was it did have one thing that modern conflicts don’t; a well defined enemy.

“It was basically

Germans versus the world, at that stage,” said Minifie.

Dwyer has a dif-ferent outlook on how the modern times are. It’s not enemies in a uniform he had to look out for.

“I picture World War II being more black and white than the gray we play in now,” he said. “I’d say the only differ-ence between how the way we operate now and then is our enemy doesn’t always wear uniforms...The tactics are a lot different.”

The sheer scope of loss is different too. Minifie notes the mil-lion involved in the world war, and up-wards of 50,000 Cana-dian soldiers dying in particular.

Dwyer points out that amount of loss would, even more so today, devastate the country.

“That’d be like us losing almost every-body,” he said. The

armed forces today is about 75,000 he said.

“There were a lot of people grieving like you’d never believe,” added Minifie.

Dwyer joined the Forces in 1990. He was born in Toronto but was raised in Kiti-mat from 1980, at age 10, to 1989.

Dwyer said after just over a decade in service he began to question the work he was really doing for the country.

“I wanted to help people,” he said, re-calling the reputation of Canada at the time as respected peace-keepers.

The year he joined he said was also a good year as far as sta-bility in the world.

“It really was not a horrible time to join up.”

He chose to pur-sue the navy because, to the logic of his late-teen self, casuality sta-tistics for that branch showed a clear divide: dead or alive. The oth-er branches included more potential prob-lems for its members such as lost limbs.

Around year 13 of his service he said he began questioning his role as a peacekeeper.

A division of

Second World War veteran Ken Minifie and retired Canadian Forces member Sean Dwyer stand side by side.

“I didn’t think that was our role any-more.”

His mental health suffered through his work as well.

There are pro-grams that help vet-erans, a notable one called the Veterans Transition Program. For Dwyer that pro-gram means some medical support, as well as skills training. He said in February he’ll be re-training as an electrician at Northwest Commu-nity College.

Minifie said dur-ing his time as a POW he received a boost to his pension contri-bution from the gov-

ernment, and he was given a pass to enrol in a university as well, where he took engi-neering.

He said there were other options such as land for people who didn’t go to school af-ter their service.

It’s clear though that Canadian Forces members are asking different questions of themselves today than they would during World War II.

Minifie said each day, regardless of what the briefings of the day would tell him about the last day’s casual-ties, was a task to be done towards the ul-timate goal of ending

the war.But for Dwyer

there’s more questions for life in the modern Forces.

“It can be a great job if you believe in

what you’re doing. And when you lose your faith it becomes the most difficult job in the world. So I de-cided that was enough for me.”

“There were a lot of people grieving like you’d never

believe.”

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2014 ANNUAL REPORTTAKE NOTICE THAT the District of Kitimat will consider the 2014 Annual Report at the Public Meeting of Council on Monday, November 23, 2015 at 7:30pm in the Council Chambers.Any person wishing to provide comment on the 2014 Annual Report may do so by attending the Council Meeting on November 23, 2015.This report is open for public inspection at the District of Kitimat office during regular business hours.

Cameron OrrImproving inter-

sections on Highway 37 in Kitimat is the council’s top priori-ties for the Ministry of Transportation.

The provincial transport ministry had asked the District of Kitimat for their input to the community’s top priorities for up-grades to the road or junctions within the District’s boundaries.

The Ministry of Transportation and In-frastructure is respon-sible for the highway up to the intersection of Haisla Boulevard and Kitamaat Village Road.

In particular the top point of priority is the intersection in to Cable Car.

Kitimat, through this motion, will lobby for a separate turning lane in to the subdivi-sion for southbound traffic.

As it is some people have been con-cerned that while the speed limit remains 100 km/h in that area, traffic slowing to turn pose a hazard on the road.

Staff’s report and recommendations to council also calls for a northbound traffic turning lane in to the landfill.

The third priority is a turning lane in to the cemetery for traffic heading north — just before the road veers down the hill — and

fourth the intersection at Forest Avenue made the cut.

“This intersection has generated interest in the past, but with

the Horizon North pro-posal underway, staff expect this area to look significantly different once construction con-cludes.

The Ministry of Transportation still has a plan in the works to upgrade the Haisla/Kitamaat Village Road intersection this year,

following a commit-tment made by B.C. late in the summer. That upgrade will in-clude a traffic island and better sightlines.

Council endorsed the priorities listed in the report, being ap-proved with just Coun-cillor Larry Walker op-posed.


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Kitimat Valley Institute takes safe path with new officeCameron Orr

The Kitimat Valley Institute has its reputation in technical skills training, but the training centre is branching out to tackle an important facet of work life: safety.

KVI has recently opened a new facility, their Safety Division, in an office space downtown next to People’s Pharmacy.

KVI’s Sherrie Little says the facility, through its staff, will provide medical assessments, audio-metric testing and drug testing as well, through a partnership with L&L Mobile, the company which has traditionally performed them in Kiti-mat.

Little said KVI wanted to ensure it provided easy access to occupational test-ing, and they also worked to ensure they didn’t negatively over-lap with any existing businesses in Kitimat, such as any local phys-iotherapists.

The facility has two full-time employ-ees, one half-time per-son, and four others who are called in as-needed.

KVI found that opening this separate facility was a better choice than trying to incorporate the ser-vices in to their ex-isting campus, partly because audiometric testing in particular requires a low baseline of noise, and KVI’s

campus would have needed extensive work to bring the ambient noise down.

KVI has also moved their employment ser-vices agency to this new location as well.

And even though Kitimat is relatively quieter now than it was a year ago, Little says the compa-nies that operate in Kitimat all need the kinds of services offered, and with the potential for more industry in the coming years she sees their servic-es actually being more in demand as time passes.

KVI is getting their facility ready for a public grand opening set to take place tomorrow, which includes new signage outside of their facility.

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some lighter movements.Moving their fingers, rubbing their

hands together like they’re warming up at a campfire.

From there they move onwards to larger motions, but nothing strenuous or damaging.

What’s going on is called Chair Yoga, and it’s led by Frank Da Silveira.

Or as he insists, “just Frank.”He said the goal is to focus on gen-

tle exercises that involve a chair and a ball.

He hopes that by leading the class, which is open to all and run Wednes-day mornings at the Snowflake Seniors Centre, he can ensure those who partici-pate can continue to live independently as long as possible.

The guiding principle to his class

is that each joint gets a gentle work out. It’s an effective ac-tivity against conditions such as arthritis.

Frank insists he’s not ‘leading’ the group in the tra-ditional sense of the word, but rather just giving sugges-tions and letting people do the workout in ways comfortable to them.

It’s clear that he’s mainly having fun with the group as he softly explains each new exercise to the group.

Frank is 75 years old and he’s happy that he’s as active and independent as he is, and credits that to his philosophy of just moving as much as possible.

He says health, ultimately, is the most important thing to people.

More important than money or pos-sessions.

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Fifty-two people made it to what would in Ontario be called the sunshine list.

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The District of Kitimat is delayed in releasing their state-ment of financial infor-mation, which includes more than just the list

of salaries, due to back-log from the municipal strike earlier in the year.

The salaries reflect those paid in 2014, and Kitimat’s ex-Chief Administrative Of-ficer Ron Poole not-surprisingly tops the list, with $188,579.39 in pay, plus another $25,569.61 in expens-es, totalling $214,149 in total payment.

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received a total pay of $158,830.

The District’s long-time director of engi-neering was third on the list at $157,914 paid.

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One odd stand out is the inclusion of Walter McLellan, who was Kitimat’s Munici-pal Clerk. However McLellan retired in 2013, incidentally tak-

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He was listed at receiving for $128,793 according to the file.

Waycheshen ex-plains that McLellan was running out his de-ferred vacation, which employees are eligible to do towards their re-tirement bank. Last year was the last time he received payments, said Waycheshen.

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Of course they are free to support or op-pose gas pipelines or LNG projects.

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vironmental issues, but they are in no po-sition to preach to anyone, especially First Nation leaders about the need to resolve land claims and treaties.

We have been working to do this for the past 30 years. And to think that a treaty, if it came about, would resolve our issues of poverty, suicides, unemployment, addic-tion, and other First Nations problems is condescending and ignorant.

It is these social problems that our people have to deal with every day and this what today’s leaders are trying to focus on with real alternatives as opposed to empty speeches or political promises.

Many First Nations, including the Hais-la, believe that the economic opportunity brought about through sensible develop-ments, such as the LNG projects proposed for our territory, is the surest and fastest

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Feet on the ground included people from the Kitimat Cham-ber of Commerce, the

Advisory Planning Com-mission, the District’s Chief Administrative Officer and a couple of town council-lors.

“We’re going to tabu-late the results of the sur-vey in to a database and produce a report...that we’ll publish,” she said.

“We hope to do that in speedy time so that peo-ple don’t think their time

was wasted.”If there’s common

themes or concerns they’ll develop action plans as best as they can.

“We can’t fix every problem in the world,” she said.

“But there might be some things we can do to help local businesses.”

While they’re still pro-cessing the results, she said

the only overarching theme or question was to do with the conclusion of the Kiti-mat Modernization Project and the prospect for LNG industries.

“When will [LNG] happen? Is it going to happen? And how will it affect my business?” she said. “That’s the big-gest prevailing theme atthis point.”

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Continued from page 1“We are working with our industry partners,

stakeholders and other levels of government to ensure British Columbia is a competitive place to do business,” said Coleman.

“We believe providing duty remission for Douglas Channel LNG, consistent with other LNG facilities, will make Canada more attractive for companies considering establishing projects here.”

“The province has contacted the federal government to support duty remission for the proposed Douglas Channel LNG facility. We look forward to continuing these discussions,”

Coleman said.Provided there is an investment decision made

by the end of this year, the Douglas Channel proj-ect would be the first LNG facility off the mark.

At $600 million it would also be the smallest compared to others, such as Chevron-back Kiti-mat LNG and Shell-backed LNG Canada, also in Kitimat, that would cost more than $10 billion.

And unlike other projects which would re-quire pipelines to deliver natural gas, Douglas Channel LNG would be fed by the existing natu-ral gas pipeline servicing the northwest.

It’s owned by Pacific Northern Gas, an Alta-Gas subsidiary.

The other members of the consortium are Belgian-based LNG shipper called Exmar, which would supply the floating LNG platform, In-demitsu Kosan of Japan and EDF Trading Ltd., a subsidiary of Electricite de France S.A.

The AltaGas investment in Douglas Channel LNG is $100 million and the Haisla First Nation is an equity participant as well.


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November 10 & 12AUDITIONS FOR ON CUE PLAY-ERS’ Sweet Bits production. Auditions held at Unifor’s Union Hall, from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information call Tina Wa-tchorn at 250-632-6033November 19UNIFOR 2301 Retired Workers’ Chap-ter social at 1 p.m. at the Unifor union hall, 235 Enterprise Avenue. All retired workers are welcome to attend. We’ll discuss the formation of “Unifor North-ern BC Retired Workers’ Council.” Call Raymond Raj at [email protected] or 250-632-4006 for more information.November 20THE KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY is calling all children 4 years old and up to craft a device that will cross the finish line. You could make a plane, helicopter, bus, train, or bike – the sky is the limit! This activity is happening 11 a.m. until noon. To register for this activity please contact the library at 250 632 8985.OngoingPRAYER CANADA. We meet each week on Tuesdays 12 noon to 1 p.m. For location and further information please call 250-632-4554. Or e-mail [email protected] you or someone you know have blad-der cancer? You’re not alone. It’s the 5th most common cancer in Canada. Bladder Cancer Canada is here to help... or just to talk. In Kitimat, call Glen Sevigny at 250-632-3486. Or [email protected]: Do you have a couple of hours a month to make phone calls, plant

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tion call 250-632-3144.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FunSpot drop-in for children aged birth to 5 years with caregivers. Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays 10 am- 12 pm. Fridays are now a combined drop-in/multicultural playgroup. All are wel-come to attend. Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: In-terested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other fibre? For more information phone Maureen 250-632-5444.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total confidentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016.AGLOW OF KITIMAT - All are wel-come at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For information phone Brenda at 250-632-1616. DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Literacy Program provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in improving their reading, writing, math, communication, and information tech-nology skills. Is English NOT your first language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. For more in-formation please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Community Corner check us out at www.kitimatcommunityservices.ca/KALP.html or find us on facebook.

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Disability assistance

The Snow Val-ley Nordic Ski Club has asked the District of Kitimat for help in reaching their � nancial goal to buy a new trail groomer.

In response, the District of Kitimat has kicked $10,000 their way for the pur-chase.

Representatives of the club told council-lors their current snow

groomer is 30 years old and has 10,000 hours on it.

They’ve already entered an agree-ment to purchase a used groomer that has just 3,400 hours, and they’re hoping they can buy the groomer by December this year.

The entirety of the purchase will be $291,000, and the club has managed to fun-

draise effectively just $20,000 shy of the goal.

The club has been working towards buy-ing a new groomer for � ve years now, begin-ning in 2011.

The District of Kitimat has provided funds over the course of those � ve years and this latest $10,000 boost means the town has offered $85,000.

Parents, advo-cates for the disabled and even the opposi-tion critic applauded the B.C. government's move to increase � -nancial independence for people receiving disability assistance payments.

Social Develop-ment Minister Mi-chelle Stilwell has announced that effec-tive Dec. 1, recipients will be able to receive � nancial gifts and in-heritances of up to $100,000 without af-fecting their monthly payments.

The current life-time limit is $5,000 per person, after which assistance payments are reduced.

Stilwell said the change affects 96,000 people in B.C. who receive disability as-sistance.

"It's available to all those individu-als, and of course it would depend on their personal situations, their family support, friend support, wheth-er they're working or not working," Stilwell said. "And those are de� nitely changes that we're trying to encour-age as well, to help individuals to get into the workforce, so they can create opportuni-ties for themselves to earn and to save."

The government previously raised the earned income ex-emption so people can earn up to $9,600 a year without reduc-tion of their disability assistance, and has en-couraged B.C. busi-nesses to hire disabled people.

A photo of the Prinoth/Bombardier BR350 from the ski club’s presentation to council. This machine is expected to replace their existing Piston Bully groomer.

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