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Lena Wright alleges RCMP Constable Kevin Mack used excessive force during an incident in Gitanmaax on the morning of Oct. 7, 2012, which led to her arrest.

Wright, walking home from a wedding dance at Gitanmaax Hall with a friend near John Field Elementary, claims she had a bright flashlight shone in her eyes and was immediately thrown to the ground.

“I put my hand up to block the light from my eyes and I was grabbed and slammed to the ground,” Wright, 5’3” and was wearing high heels and a mini-skirt, said.

“He didn’t say anything, not ‘I’m constable so-and-so’ or ‘you’re under arrest’, nothing.”

Wright, afraid and thinking she was being attacked, tried to break free from her assailant.

Carly Nabess, friend and classmate of Wright’s at the Terrace Northwest Community College, witnessed the incident.

“By the time he said ‘stop resisting arrest’, Lena was already on the ground,”

Nabess said.“He had his knee on her back and then he

punched her in the back of the head.”Wright claims one of her teeth was chipped

when it struck the road, as a result of the blow from Const. Mack.

Neither Wright or Nabess can recall Const. Mack reading Wright her rights before or during the arrest.

Nabess, stunned by the incident, wonders why she wasn’t also arrested.

The incident occurred on the decommissioned road next to John Field Elementary, where Const. Mack and another unidentified officer parked their vehicles, waiting for people walking home on the frequently used road from the wedding dance, according to a source already in Const. Mack’s custody.

See RCMP on p. A3

Incident leaves woman bruised and scraped

Smithers resists E. coli problemsBy Dan MesecSmithers/Interior News

B.C.’s new Agricultural Minister, Norm Letnick said he’s taking a look at meat regulations in the province and the possibility of making changes to better suit the growing desire for “closer-to-home” meat processing.

In light of the XL Foods recall, where thousands of E.

Coli contaminated products were recalled, the province is preparing their meat regulations systems to assume all responsibility for meat inspection once the federal Canadian Food Inspection Agency pulls out of B.C. in 2014.

“Over the last several month the Agricultural Ministry has consulted with all the key stakeholders,

including industry as to what we do once the federal government pulls out,” Letnick said.

After meeting with numerous experts on the subject, including agriculture delegates from other parties, Letnick felt the, “Food regulations in B.C. need a second look.”

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“I heard somebody tell [Mack] the dance was over and in-stead of taking me to the station he parked on the hill beside John Field,” said the witness, who could hear the radio from the backseat of Const. Mack’s vehicle.

Wright is being charged with being intoxicated in a public place and obstructing a police officer.

But Wright claims the RCMP refused to administer a Breatha-lyzer test despite several requests.

Wright was put in Const. Mack’s vehicle with the witness al-ready in custody.

“She was crying and had scrapes and bruises on her face and knees and I asked the officer why he did that,” the witness said.

Nabess told the officers. as they loaded Wright into the police vehicle, she didn’t know how to get to Wright’s house and would like a ride there, but the RCMP left her to find her own way.

Nabess later called 9-1-1 for assistance even though she was scared to call the police because of what she had just witnessed.

Meanwhile, Wright was processed in the New Hazelton de-tachment, where she alleges she was denied a phone call, access to a lawyer, laughed at by the officers, refused medical attention or pictures of her physical state.

“I asked to see a doctor because I was punched in the head and my tooth was chipped,” Wright said.

She went directly to Wrinch Memorial Hospital upon release in the morning.

“I asked for photos, Mack pulled out his cell phone and I didn’t want any pictures of me on his iPhone, so I was told I lost my chance,” Wright said.

She asked again for a Breathalyzer test and clarification on why she was under arrest and was told she resisted arrest and was rude, which is when she asked to call a lawyer.

“I was given a thick phone book and they said ‘Go ahead, see which lawyer answers the phone at this hour’,” Wright said, the time was approximately 4 a.m.

“I was crying and looking for a number and they took the phone book away.”

An officer checked on Wright at 9 a.m. and she requested to see a doctor because of a bump on the back of her head.

“I was told that I wasn’t dying and I was still breathing, so I didn’t need to see a doctor,” Wright said.

“They totally mocked me, made fun of me and laughed at me.”Wright is pursuing charges against Const. Mack under sec.

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Const. Mack declined to comment on the matter.

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My column on skills training a couple of weeks ago gave short shrift to the NDP position: tax the banks and hand out grants for women’s studies, sociology and other worthless pursuits, while skilled jobs go begging.

That’s a pretty crude caricature, so I sat down with NDP leader Adrian Dix in his legislature office last week to get a better sense of his thinking on the subject.

Dix has been devoting a lot of time lately to skills training, in trades particularly.

He meets frequently with business people

now, and his recent speeches emphasize that every one of them talks about the growing shortage of skilled employees.

Dix credits Premier Christy Clark and jobs minister Pat Bell with making some good moves recently, announcing equipment upgrades for vocational programs around the province.

He says it’s because the NDP have been “pounding away at them for eight months” about freezing advanced education spending in their March budget.

Dix calls that a crucial mistake and predicts the government will

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shortage,” he told me.In his speech to

the recent municipal convention, and again at an NDP provincial council meeting, Dix zeroed in on B.C.’s apprenticeship system.

Since the B.C. Liberals took it from trade unions and set up a Crown corporation called the Industry Training Authority in 2004, the completion rate for apprentices has fallen to 37 per cent, he said.

Dix assured me he isn’t proposing to “blow up” the ITA, or hand control back to unions. They will have “a voice,” along with business.

Dix agreed with me that the public school system has over-

emphasized university, to the detriment of not just industrial trades but lab techs, chefs and other skilled workers that are in short supply.

As B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair recently noted, tradesmen themselves often don’t encourage their kids, because they’ve been told all their lives that they are “tool monkeys” in a dead-end job.

And would NDP student grants be targeted to need?

Dix’s answer was a definite maybe.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and bclocalnews.com

The press releases keep flying into the editor’s inbox.

Updates on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline deliberations with the joint review panel, what’s on CTV this week and next week and what’s on MTV next week.

Add to that the constant flow of press releases from federal and provincial government ministries, agencies and opinion pieces there’s plenty of opportunity to get a sense of what is going on in government.

As you will no doubt conclude, most of the press releases from the government tout a recent achievement, or perceived achievement, which is followed closely by a press release from the opposition saying the achievement just wasn’t good enough, with few details on how things could have been done differently.

Some of the press releases come through newswire services such as Canadian Newswire and Marketwire.

I can tell just by the headline that a press release concerning the federal government comes from one of these agencies because the headline invariably says, “Harper government [insert achievement]…”

Whose government?Have they changed the way the Canadian

government and political system works?What happened to the federal government

or the Canadian government?Last time I checked my paycheque, the

money the government doles out is my money and your money.

At the very least the headlines should read, “Canadian government [insert cash payout]...”

I haven’t heard any complaints from the Conservative caucus, so I guess they’re alright with Harper taking all the credit.

He is the ruler, I mean point man afterall.Oddly, this same Harper government was

chastised for doling out money on publicity cheques with the Conservative party logo on them.

Does that mean the Conservative party is chipping in to save Canadian taxpayers money?

For those wondering, there has yet to be a press release with a headline, “Harper government cuts serve up E. coli.”

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Editor :(re: Double

Standard, Interior News, October 3, 2012).

To single out one of 91 MPs, ten of them Cabinet members, who had voted for the yea-side of a private member’s bill, is an unwarranted attack on the Minister for the Status of Women, Rona Ambrose.

True, re-examination of when human life begins, could lead to the criminalization of abortion.

But, has it not occurred to you that unlimited access to that procedure would also have to include sex-selection abortions that are becoming more prevalent.

There are many ardent pro-choice advocates who detest

the idea of killing unborn girls because their gender is not welcome.

Doesn’t that count as ‘fighting the good fight on women’s issues?”

Even if the majority of our lawmakers don’t like it, they will ultimately have to deal with that dilemma.

Walter HromatkaSmithers

Revolt against Ambrose

unwarrantedEditor:

(re: Double Standard, Interior News, October 3, 2012).

Only a week ago Mr. Hébert told us the number of things he holds important has been whittled down and the time to make a stand is before it’s too late.

This week one of his last important

issues is to encourage a revolt against Rona Ambrose and her defeat at the Polls. What did she do to cause such outrage?

Well it appears that she believes that human life is more important than that of the spotted owl.

Apparently she didn’t (as Minister of the Environment) move forward to protect this particular bird. Now, I have nothing against the owl, but he [Hébert] goes on to ask if she would do the same to people.

Her concern for humans was clearly exhibited when she, as minister of state for the status of women, voted in favour of a private member’s bill to re-examine at what point human life begins.

An obviously important issue for those of moral character to assure the protection of the most vulnerable.

However, the bullying tactics of the left called for her resignation.

Her crime was to vote her conscience

and stand for what she believes is right.

Wouldn’t these pro-choice people who want to control their own bodies want to know if it’s their own body they’re dealing with?

Jim McGregorTelkwa

Editor’s Note: The editorial supported Rona Ambrose’s choice to vote according to her conscious and decried the interest groups who berated Ambrose for exercising her choice.

Thank you

Editor: On the Sunday of

Fall Fair weekend I lost my wallet which contained bank cards and cash.

The wallet was also of sentimental value.

I reported the lost wallet to the police who to my relief phoned me a couple of days later to say that the wallet had

been returned.I offer my grateful

thanks to whoever returned my wallet.

I asked for the person’s name so I could personally thank them.

The RCMP informed me it was not possible, but did say it was a young girl.

So thank you very much, I shall never be able to thank in person but hopefully she will read this in your newspaper.

Elisabeth WyattEngland

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Khadr should be vili� ed

Editor:(re: Toews a tyrant,

Interior News, Oct. 10, 2012).

Really Percy? You support this man, and think he’s a helpless victim? You really should be ashamed of yourself for your latest editorial. I’m sure a lot of other people are angry with it and may be writing letters to your paper. But in true Interior News fashion, negative feedback to the paper or it’s editorials, or the editors political friends are never published.

Rick FuerstTelkwa

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Layla Drzimotta, Salesperson: “Not a ton. I usually get local beef.”

Angela Fraser, Server: “No. I don’t think it’s really af-fected this area.”

Scott Duke, Lawyer: “No. I don’t eat a lot of beef and get it from small businesses when I do.”

Taaron Gorbahn, Salesperson: “I eat a lot of steak, but I don’t love steak more than my life.”


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Nancy Treiber, Vice President of Hud-son Bay Mountain Adventures Inc, is pleased to announce new leadership in the resort. With the fol-lowing changes we are looking forward to an even better experience for our Guests and our Team Members in the months and years ahead.

Effective immediately the Resort Leadership Team, reporting to Nancy consists of:

Chrissy Driedger, Resort Services Manager, is taking on new responsibili-ties in addition to her role as the leader of the Food & Beverage Group. Chrissy is now responsible for group and partnership sales,

special events, Guest Services Office as well as Food and Beverage. She has been work-ing on Hudson Bay Mountain for over 15 years and has been the person responsible for our overall Food & Beverage business for the past 5 years. Chrissy’s commitment and enthusiasm for the mountain makes her one of our best assets.

Dan Klein, Resort As-set Maintenance Man-ager, is responsible for all maintenance in the Resort. He has been with the company for over 3 years during which time he has demonstrated his keen

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things the first time. Dan’s responsibilities include the mainte-nance of all rolling stock including snow machines and vehicles, lifts and buildings. His recent top of the class course accom-plishments coupled by his canny sense of all things mechanical make him the go to man for any repair and maintenance item.

Frank McBride, Hill and Trail Manager, is responsible for all aspects of lift op-erations, grooming, terrain park and snow patrol. Mr McBride

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Editor:I believe Ms.

Ambrose is one of the 91 politicians who actually handled the Motion 312 with intellectual honesty, and congratulate her wholeheartedly for that!

For the record, MP Stephen Woodworth tabled a private members motion, not a Bill of law, that would have had the government set up a committee to review scientific and medical evidence of when life begins.

That’s all. What to do with

the findings would be its own discussion/debate for a later time.

However, the other 203 politicians, including our own MP Nathan Cullen, turned this motion into something it wasn’t, a re-criminalizing of abortion.

Then they voted against the motion for the sake of their ‘pro-choice’ stance.

That intellectual dishonesty for political expediency is a disgrace for them and an insult to every other Canadian.

Consequently a

very common sense concept was defeated, and the political fiction that life begins after a baby is completely out of the mother’s body remains as the basis for Canadian laws.

The question, are you smarter than a fifth grader?, came to my mind as the vote was cast.

It now appears that 203 MPs ought to go back to elementary school to learn the basic scientific facts of life and get some training in the virtue of dealing honestly in life and with fellow human beings, especially if they hold leadership positions.

The uproar from pro-choice supporters against Ms Ambrose for her vote makes it clear that the pro-choice stance is not much about allowing women the freedom of choices, or respecting that there are differing views of what constitutes women’s best interests, it’s just about being pro-abortion.

How very sad that so many people believe that it is nobler to take away life than to nurture life!

H. VanderkwaakSmithers

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Agricultural Minister committed to local processing

“That’s what I’ve committed to do,” he said.

“To look at the meat inspection regulations in the province in light of CFIA leaving at the end of next year and see if there’s a way to, not only make sure people have safe, healthy food but also see if there’s a way to expand the number of farmers out there that are growing animals for meat.”

Since 2007 when strict regulations were implemented across the country from the Mad Cow outbreak, many cattle farmers simply closed up shop because of failing market prices.

However, because of a stable close-to-home trend that’s been building in the Bulkley Valley for almost 15 years, owner and operator of Smithers Sausage Factory, Fred Reitsma said the minister’s comments are no surprise. Noting people in the Bulkley Valley do have a desire to know where their food comes from.

“We’ve run the sausage factory since 1984 and definitely in the last 10-15 years there’s been a significant increase in buying local and to be more accountable,” he said.

“A customer can walk into the Sausage Factory, ask anyone on the floor, what’s in this product?, Where did it come from?, and we can give an explanation for our source,” Reitsma said.

Since the XL recall, Reitsma said the Sausage Factory phone has been ringing off

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He said having the ability to go to the source and see how the animals are raised ensures a quality product. Knowing where and how that beef was grown, finished and slaughtered has become very important for a lot of consumers in the valley.

“You can hear and see the story behind your food chain,” Reitsma said.

“It’s more fun when producers can come in and say that’s my lamb or beef in the fridge.”

But if the provincial government is looking into making changes to meat regulations in B.C., possibly supplying subsidies to smaller or medium sized operations then the Northwest Premium Meat Co-op abattoir, just outside Smithers, has the most to gain from such a change.

“It’s really important that the abattoir keeps going because it’s a clean, inspected facility and that’s really where the province should be focusing on, fully funding provincial inspections, and it would help consumers to better obtain clean healthy food close to home,” abattoir manager, Manfred Wittwer said.

Since the XL Foods Wittwer said there definitely has been more people contacting the abattoir interested in knowing how and where their meat was inspected.

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“That trend is huge,” he said.

“We started with chickens this past year and it’s gone berserk.”

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So much so that Wittwer is looking for more help in the abattoir to process animals.

“If there’s a desire in local areas to see closer-to-home processing then we’re definitely seeing it.”

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They may cost more, but in the long run using energy saving light bulbs and appliances will save you money and energy at the same time.

That’s the message BC Hydro is sharing this month as part of its Power Smart month campaign.

“If you upgrade all the lighting in your home to LEDs [light emitting diodes], you would see a 75 per cent decrease in your lighting costs,” BC Hydro’s Media Relations and Issues Management spokesperson Kevin Aquino said.

Energy savings as well as pocket book savings can also be had using Energy Star appliances and televisions, Aquino added.

“Energy Star televisions save customers 30 per cent on their electricity bill and Energy Star fridges and freezers will cut up to 20 per cent on electricity usage,” he said.

Getting retailers onside is not a difficult task, BC Hydro Business

Development Manager, Robert Lee said.

“In dealing with retailers and manufacturers, they’re always trying to differentiate themselves in the market place,” Lee, said.

“People are caring more and more about energy efficiency and conservation and being green in general.

“So by partnering with BC Hydro and Power Smart they can get a bit of an edge in the marketplace.”

The challenge, rather is to encourage consumers to spend a little extra for the energy saving bulbs, or to purchase Energy Star appliances which is the focus of the Power Smart program, Lee said.

For example, light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs can last about 25 times longer than your average incandescent light bulb, but they cost more than regular

light bulbs.“These are energy

star bulbs, they’ve been tested to meet Energy Star criteria,” Lee said.

“So we participate to help make customers aware these products are available, what the benefits are for them, their home utility bills and the province as a whole,” Lee said.

“Our incentive programs serve to help the consumer bridge the price gap and spur adoption of the energy saving products.”

The energy savings are good for the province as well, Aquino said, to the tune of about 3,400 GWH saved per year, enough to power more than 300,000 homes.

Retailers participating in the Power Smart program include Canadian Tire, Audio Video Unlimited, Home Hardware, Extra Foods and Sears.

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By Dan MesecSmithers/Interior News

Owners Sarah and Sean Wright of Heavenly Grinds and Little Treasures Café were having dinner

with friends once when they started to talk about a good place to get a coffee in Smithers.

With the number of coffee houses almost out numbering churches in Smithers, they quickly realized having a relaxing cup of cof-fee was not that easy, especially with young kids running around.

That’s when they came up with the idea of a coffee house geared, not only towards good quality coffee but for parents with little kids.

“The fact we can’t really go for coffee in Smithers with small kids was a bit of a chal-lenge,” Sean Wright said.

“So we thought it would be neat if there was a place you could go and have a coffee and the kids could actually be kids.”

Now after almost a year in operation they offer some of the best coffee in town and a large play area for kids, something that sets them apart from other coffee houses in Smithers.

Getting nominated as a finalist for the Regional District Bulkley-Nechako Start-up Business Contest is recognition of their inno-vative idea and a new spin on the traditional coffee shop.

“This is definitely something that’s really exciting,” Wright said.

“It’s been a good year for us and we’ve worked really hard this year.”

“It’s great for getting the business expo-sure. The prize for the winner is quite sub-stantial and can really help push our business to the next stage.”

Sarah, who has a background in early childhood development and Sean with a background in business, found the perfect fit to come up with Heavenly Grinds.

“We decided to go with the playroom and it’s really worked out so far,” he said.

“It’s definitely something that sets us part from everywhere else in town.”

Mayor Taylor Bachrach said, it’s business-es like Heavenly Grinds and Aspen Acres that are leading the way for new small businesses in Smithers.

“The fact that they’re finalists, I think is a wonderful thing,” Bachrach said.

“It’s a reflection of our strong entrepre-neurial spirit here in Smithers.”

In the past year Smithers council has tried to create an atmosphere that supports the growth of small businesses.

Recently, Smithers was names one of the most small business friendly communities in the province and with two local start-up businesses being recognized for their efforts, he hopes council can continue to help small businesses flourish in Smithers.

“Supporting small business in our com-munity is defiantly a priority,” he said.

“We need to find ways to recognize and provide incentives for innovative businesses like Heavenly Grinds and Aspen Acres. We are always looking to support entrepreneurs in our community and create the conditions for small business success.”

To find some Heavenly Grinds for your-self, check them out next to Gone Hollywood on Second Ave. Or contact them at 250-877-0176.

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Sarah Wright poses with some fresh goodies in front of the Heavenly Grinds and Little Treasures Café on Second Ave. next to Gone Hollywood movie rentals

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By Dan MesecSmithers/Interior News

The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) has recognized four start

up businesses that will be honoured this week at the RDBN Business Forum – Ride the Wave in Smithers.

Lori Koops’ Aspen Acres Culinaries & Eclectics and Sean Wright from Heavenly Grinds and Little Treasures Café are two local businesses that have been selected as finalists.

“It’s pretty exciting that’s for sure,” Koop said.

“It’s a little overwhelming right now because I have these little boys of mine.”

With two young boys at home Koop wanted to give them something that would be healthy but at the same time easy to handle and transport.

After her son gave her the thumbs up for the delicious snack, Koop decided to make a batch and sell them at the local market.

The bars were an instant hit and have been gaining ground in the past couple of years.

Now they’re about to finish a deal to sell their products at the Bulkley Valley Wholesale. A huge leap forward for Koop’s business.

“We finished negotiating and we’re just trying to get the whole ball rolling,” Koop said.

“I’m just waiting for the opportunity to get into the kitchen and start baking.”

“It’s nice to be recognized for the work we’ve done and it’s a great opportunity,” she said.

Koop has a few different products, but the most popular product are the energy bars, the first of several Aspen Archer’s business plans.

“Food, we love food,” Koop said. “We have an amazing garden and

we raise primarily poultry and have had a lot of success with that. But the energy bars stated because of the boys.”

Koop offers five varieties, two of which are gluten free. Each bar is a mixture of nuts and dried fruit. “Something for everyone,” Koop

said.Currently Koop is selling the

bars at the Farmers Market every weekend as well as Nature’s Pantry.

But soon you’ll be able to buy them in bulk and individually at the Bulkley Valley Wholesale with a biodegradable wrapping.

“Within a week or two these bars will be available at the wholesale,” she said.

“There are high hopes for this at the wholesale and they think we could be marketing these at all the Overwaitea Foods stores in the north within three years.”

Koop’s success is only growing and with the business about the evolve to the next level, Koop is happy to offer good wholesome food for the whole family.

To get more information about Aspen Acres or to inquire about their products, contact them at 250.846.5576.

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BV Folk Music Society AGM Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7-9 p.m. at NWCC, Smithers Campus. We are inviting new members and volunteers to help with our various programs. Val Goalder, [email protected], 250-847-5729.Skiing Around Hudson Bay Mountain from 1950-1980 in Safeway’s Café Area presented by the BV Museum now until January.Smithers Film Society presents Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Roi Theatre. This timely film is an essential portrait of a key contemporary figure, Ai Wiewei.6x6 Auction Fundraiser Oct. 23-26 at the Smithers Art Gallery. Grand Finale, frantic final bidding at 10 p.m.6x6 Auction Fundraiser Wine & Cheese Gala Evening

Friday, Oct. 26, 7-10:30 p.m. at the Smithers Art Gallery. Any unsold artwork can be purchased for a flat fee of $10 Saturday, Oct. 27 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Telkwa and District Seniors Harvest Dinner and Dance, Saturday, Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Live Music By Country “N” Stuff. For more info call 250-846-5346 or 250-846-5442.Glenwood WI Annual Craft Bazaar & Tea, Saturday, Oct. 27, 12-3 p.m. at the Historic Glenwood Hall. Admission includes light lunch and one ticket to the Harvest Basket draw. 250-847-9705 or 250-847-9539 for table rental.Hike to Onion Mt. Sunday, Oct. 28. Meet at 9 a.m. at Jct. Old Babine and Babine Roads. Moderate hike. Contact Jay for info. at 250-847-4794.

To list your nonprofit coming events please drop off your listings at The Interior News, 3764 Broadway Ave., fax us at 250-847-2995, or email [email protected]. Deadline for submissions is Fridays at noon. Maximum 25 words. Limited space is available. We regret we cannot accept items over the phone.


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Janze: Gitxsan voice in art

Phillip (Phil) Janze, a local Gitxsan artist, won a British Columbia First Nations’ Art award.Jerome Tunner photo

By Jerome TurnerSmithers/Interior News

Carl Phillip (Phil) Janze, a local Gitxsan artist, won a British Columbia First

Nations’ Art award and $5000 for creative excellence and cultural contributions, Premier Christy Clark announced last week.

Janze said he learned how to carve and make jewelry by watch-ing other artists work.

“It didn’t matter to me how big their name was, I learned some-thing new every time.”

He does commissioned work as well as pieces he’s inspired to do, but they all have a similar fate.

“As soon as they’re finished, they go out the door,” Janze said.

“But I’ve gotten a bit slower these days.”

His love of traditional West-coast art began in 1963 in Bella Bella, mostly out of necessity.

“If we needed a bunch of spoons for a feast, well, I’d carve a bunch of spoons,” he said.

Early on Janze studied his prede-cessors

“I watched a couple of the older guys doing engravings and I was pretty impressed with that, so I tried it myself and liked it.”

Janze sells mainly out of art gal-leries in B.C. and believes his art has made it around the world.

Janze traces his ancestry on his mother’s side to France, where there is a county bearing his surname.

He claims Hugenot descent, which was a group of Protestants who followed John Calvin’s teach-ings, but due to persecution had to relocate to other parts of Europe.

Janze is part of the Lax Se’el (Frog Clan) and holds the name Luu’gan’iix, which means ‘brings wood in’, but it’s not originally Gitxsan.

“It was given to a Gitxsan Ha’lyt from people in the east as payment for killing a lightning snake,” Janze said.

He was told the snakes were about 10 metres long and ate peo-ple, so the Gitxsan medicine man was hired to kill the animal.

“No one will ever know what it looks like because he killed the last one.”

Janze was going to be a business administrator were it not for an economic downturn when he grad-uated from BCIT in 1970.

“That was the year the grads, around the world, never got hired,”

Janze said.“By the time the economy was

better people had moved on to oth-er things.”

He started carving full-time in 1972 after making the decision to stop working on a tug boat, which was dangerous at times, to be close to his wife, who had just found out she was pregnant.

“I just about got killed five times in one day, which normally didn’t bother me,” Janze said.

“But suddenly, I realized I was to be a dad and it bothered me.”

Janze wandered through Van-couver searching for a new career and happened upon one of the first art shops to sell Northwest coast art.

He didn’t have anything to offer the manager to view, but swore he would be back in a week.

“I took him about ten pendants that I had been working on,” Janze explained.

“By the time I left he had bout them all.”

Times and prices have changed a lot since then.

“I used to work all week to make $60 and now, if you can’t make that in a week, you’re going broke,” he said.

Silver was about 50 cents an ounce when Janze started and is now over $34 an ounce, he says.

Janze has shared his knowledge with more than 200 artists through the years like Ron Sebastian (Gitx-san/Wet’suwet’en), Don Yeomans (Haida) and Henry Greene (Tsim-sian).

Janze was also part of helping another renowned Gitxsan art-ist, the late Walter Harris, Geel, to continue making art after Harris suffered from a stroke in the late seventies.

“I had to make tools that he could use, so he could engrave again,” he recalled.

“It was all new to him and he had to learn from scratch.”

Janze has had to fight off two strokes of his own.

One nearly blinded him, but the latest one had him in rehabilitation for over three months.

“I overcame the first one, but I had to lift weights for about eight hours a day for the last one,” Janze said.

“Plus I worked on a cabin in the Kispiox Valley, when I got home, that helped a lot.”

The cabin is on his family’s homestead near Pentz Lake, which he hopes to complete next year.

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Pain management seminar scheduled later this month

Camera Project Gala Award

Ceremony, Thursday, Oct. 18, 12 – 1 p.m., Art Gallery, hosted by Positive Living North, bagged lunch provided.

I was given a column by Arthur Black, Aging Jubilantly, which took a humorous turn on aging, calling those of us at a certain age jubilados, Spanish for jubilant ones.

He also noted a poem, When I Grow Old, I shall Wear Purple. Thanks Mr. Black and the jubilados in town who reaffirmed my feelings on aging!

Smithers Telkwa Rural Official Community Plan open house, Monday Oct. 22, 5 – 8 p.m., Town of Smithers Office.

Learn about the role of an OCP, the OCP review and development process and providing input

into the development of the new OCP.

Town Hall Budget Forum, budgeting for the future, Nov. 6, 6 p.m., Hudson Bay Lodge.

This is important as you can’t complain about not liking some things if you don’t

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to guide the future of Smithers.

If attending, RSVP 250-847-1600.

I have had arthritis sine my late 20s (a long time); know many people who suffer from it.

A miserable disease with many names.

Upcoming arthritis education events: Understand Arthritis, learn more about the disease, diagnosis, treatment options, how to live well with it, Oct. 23, 2 – 4 p.m..

Chronic Pain

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Both seminars are at the Healthy Living Centre.

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Found this neat book The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook listing a few things I hope to never have to use

such as land a plane, wrestle an alligator, escape quicksand, and how to survive an avalanche.

An entertaining little book. Closing with: An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.

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shorter and some cloud

takes away the sun we have enjoyed for so long.

Does it make you feel a little down in the dumps? A few more aches and pains? Well, here goes! I’m about to tell you about vitamin D.

We know we have to get enough sunshine to make vitamin D for our good health. Some foods like milk are fortified with the vitamin but is that enough?

I started reading after a friend was told he had a severe vitamin D deficiency. I was surprised, after reading much research on the in-ternet and two books, at how many benefits vitamin D provides.

Vitamin D plays a vital role in the health of muscles and bones and may prevent or treat muscle aches, bone pains, chronic fatigue and osteoporosis.

I’m told vitamin D plays a vital role in the normal functioning of the immune system and maybe play a role in fighting some cancers.

Vitamin D stimulates the pro-duction of insulin. It also reduces insulin resistance.

How about its positive affect on heart disease? I am also told it af-fects the health of our teeth.

For those of you who find the

shorter days a bit much, vitamin D, which is called the sunshine vi-tamin might help with mood disorders.

I’m not saying you should rush out and buy a bucket of the stuff but I am suggesting if you’re at all interested in the benefits you should ask your health care provider to order a blood test that will tell the story of your vitamin D levels. What do you have to lose?. Bet-ter yet what do you have

to gain?The two books I read are titled

Sunshine and Vitamin D by Frank Murray and Power of Vitamin D by Sarfraz Zaidi. Both books are load-ed with good information and well worth reading. Of course if you have a computer you can look up the health benefits of vitamin D. Who knows those of us living in the Bulkley Valley just might feel a little better this winter. By the way it’s not just those of us in the more northerly regions who might suffer from a deficiency. Anyone who lives a distance from the equator could have a problem.

Before I leave I have to tell you Vitamin D3 is very cheap to buy. How about that?

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Sr. boys volleyball spikes competition as teams ready for zone By Dan MesecSmithers / Interior News

The Smithers Sec-ondary school, Sr. boys Volleyball team held a playday last weekend as they pre-pare for the coming zone championships, next month in Prince Rupert.

Terrace, Kiti-mat, Prince Rupert, Hazleton, Bulkley Valley Christen School and Ebenezer Christian School all attended the one day playday at SSS, prompting a pre-zone match up that proved most of the teams this year are quite evenly matched.

“The team did very well today, every game was a close match,” Gryphons’ head coach, Martin Haovorsan said.

“Any team could have won today. There’s a lot of evenly distributed talent in this zone.”

Although this has been a rebuilding year, so to say for the Gryphons, fielding several new players to the sport, captain Travis Verbek felt the team is developing pretty well.

“Through the year, we’ve been get-ting better every time we play,” he said.

“We’re a new team, for a few guys it’s the first year they’ve played. But they’re doing ex-traordinarily well, and now we have a lot of our offensive game down. We just have to work on our defensive work, blocking, covering and getting passes to

our setter.” Verbek said the

long standing rivalry with BVCS has really made the competi-tion in Smithers that much stronger but still maintained the toughest challenge they face is against the other AA team in the zones, Prince Rupert.

“If we any chance of going to provin-cials we have to beat them.” Verbek said.

BVCS had a strong showing at the playday as well.

Despite having a less than productive start to the day, they ended up winning their final match and battling it out with their cross-town rivals.

“We had a rough start, the first three games didn’t go over so well,” captain Da-vid Bakker said.

“But we fought back though, in the fourth game our starters went in and we pulled it through and ended up win-ning the match.”

BVCS has always had a strong team, appearing at provin-cials twice in the last three seasons, which Bakker said with dedication and team work, BVCS might be able to do the same this year.

“A lot of team work, I think, is needed,” he said.

“A lot of com-municating, making sure all of our passes work and we work together as a team.”

“Once we got our passing going then we can work on our offence. We’re a big a

team we can use our big swing.”

Although it was a tight match against BVCS, the Gryphons know there is still a lot of work to be done if they plan on making it to provin-cials later this year.

“It was a really even match against BVCS, they took the first set we took the two other sets, but we only took them in the tie breaker by two points,” Haovor-san said.

“The training is going well, there’s a few things we haven’t covered yet, like our check-blocking and our coverage. But blocking position is what we really need to work on to beat Prince Rupert.”

The Gryphons and BVCS Royals head to Terrace next week for another playday, before zones in Prince Rupert Nov. 17th.

Sr. Boys Volleyball teams from across the Northwest battled it out at SSS last weekend, during a regional district playday as competitors get closer to zone championships Nov. 17th.

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Squash season kicks off with Rusty ElbowBy Dan MesecSmithers / Interior News

Shine up those rack-ets, the annual Rusty Elbow Squash tourna-ment will be serving up some great competition this weekend that is sure to attract some local rivalries to the court.

With one of the strongest clubs in the north, the Rusty Elbow has become the premier event to kick off an-other season of squash in the northwest, with players from Prince Ru-pert and Prince George winding up for the top prize.

“We’re really trying to encourage players to get out and start playing again for this winter,” tournament organizer, Mike Mehr said.

“Hopefully we see 30-40 people playing this weekend.”

Every year the club hosts three tourna-ments a year and sees the Rusty Elbow as the one to start it all and showcase what kind of talent is along the High-way 16 corridor.

With the strongest of the clubs here in Smithers, Mahir said the depth of competi-tion has been growing steadily over the last few years.

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here in Smithers in terms of total mem-bership. Some of the others communities are seeing some challenges right now,” he said.

Prince Rupert has always had top com-petitors, but with an aging facility it’s hard for them to attract new talent to battle those from Smithers. Howev-er, with newly acquired funds that might soon change, Mehr said.

Still despite the town rivalries, especially that of Mehr and Mark Edwards, two of the top players in Smith-ers, the Rusty Elbow is more about introducing new players to the sport and helping it to grow for an exciting season of squash.

“I do think with this tournament we’re going to have the most success

with our newer players,” Mehr said.

“I’ve heard a lot of interest from people who are new to squash. So we’ll probably see more enthusiasm than quality of skill maybe, but it’s really great to see the interest growing for squash.”

Mehr also said the women’s competi-tion has become some of the best squash anywhere, because of the technique and skill they’ve achieved in a short period of time and said if there’s great squash to be watched this weekend, it will be the women’s A division match ups.

“I’m also hope-ful that we have an excellent women’s competition,”he said.

“It sounds like we all ready have a couple

of the stronger women committed to play and if someone really wants to learn how to play squash, well that’s the group to watch,” he said.

“Some of the wom-en are really playing sound, technical games. Not the adrenaline of the guys, going out and smashing the ball, so if your you want to see how to play well watch that top women’s division they play really smart squash.”

The Rusty Elbow kicks off this Thursday evening with the round robin series, with the final match ups on Sunday afternoon.

Mike Mehr and Simon Franklin duke it out during a squash match at the BV Pool and Rec Centre in Smithers. Dan Mesec photo

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Smithers Shogun Dojo was represent-ing Canada again at the World Karate and Kickboxing World Championships last week in Montreal, Quebec to the tune of several medals in numerous events.

Shogun Dojo’s head coach, Marwan Abu Khadra said the team did extremely well overall but indi-vidually could have met expectations a little better despite bringing home eleven medals to the Bulkley Valley.

“Team Canada, like every year, did very, very well,” he said.

Abu Khadra said Canada has been leading at the WKC championships for almost a decade, in several events.

This year was no different, again

placing first overall, out of a field of 25 countries.

Although there were eight gold med-als won under Abu Khadra, he felt his team from Smithers didn’t reach their potential. Achieving 5 bronze and 5 silver along with one gold, won by Dave Percy.

“Percy I think could have done better, although he achieved the first gold medal for Canada, in the first fight of the day,” Abu Khadra said.

The Team Kata went to the finals and captured silver as the only trio team kata at the competition.

Lisa Ramos, a long time veteran of Shogun Dojo and the WKC championships, beat the former world champion to make it to the kata finals but missed the top mark by a small error dur-ing her performance.

With Abu Khadra’s philoso-phy of never having enough training, it defiantly paid off for his 10 fighters, espe-cially for Percy, who won the first gold medal for Canada at the competition.

“It was a really good tournament, lots of great talent there,” Percy said.

“I got off to a bit of a slow start even though I got a win in my first fight.”

“The first round was kind of tense and I wasn’t loose yet and second round I found it a bit better and stared executing my game plan much better.”

Although Percy lost the 18 plus gold medal round and had to settle for silver, he won a decisive match against an Italian opponent for a gold medal in the 35 plus division, becoming the first adult at Sho-

gun Dojo in Smithers to win a gold at the WKC World champi-onships.

“I was pretty pumped not only for myself but I wanted to bring one home for the dojo too,” Percy said.

Dave Percy celebrates after winning gold at the WKC World Champi-onships in Montreal, Quebec.

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Pacific Sport will be hosting a number of coaching clinics in the coming weeks and the appetite for better development of local athletes is growing in the Bulkley Valley.

Last year Pacific Sport issued a northern development innova-tive, how to improve coaching in the north. To increase opportuni-ties for athletes in the northwest to be able to compete at the provin-cial and national level.

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Now that he’s got a gold for continues fighting under his belt, Percy is looking forward to entering the point fighting competition next year, when the field of competitors will be much deeper, granted almost half of the usual teams didn’t show

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Next year the cham-pionships will be in Italy and the top European teams will be looking to knock Canada from the dominate position they now hold.

“I’m looking forward to training in some point fighting too,” Percy said.

“It looks fun and will help with my speed for continuous fighting as well.”

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Bulkley Valley Nordic team gets down to businessBy Dan MesecSmithers / Interior News

The Bulkley Valley Nordic team was burning rubber during last week at this year’s Tech North-west Regional Nordic Dryland training camp.

Several athletes were in attendance to shake off the summer dust and get back in shape for what could be a very competitive year.

“Today we’re working on a roller ski workout, which is a simulation of cross country skiing on pavement with these two wheeled roller skis,” head coach, Chris Werrell said.

“We’re working on balance, agility and ski simulations to prepare for the coming season.”

Every year Wer-rell hosts a northwest training camp for nordic athletes in the central interior. Although there were no out of town participants this time around, there were several athletes from the Bulkley Valley Nodic team.

“The aim here is to work on fitness,” Werrell explained.

“Basic fundamental skills to get the kids excited about the coming

ski season.”Last year the team

was hitting the track on Nov. 11 and with recent weather activity on Hud-son Bay Mountain, the team could be back on snow in no time at all.

But for now they’ll have to settle for the dry pavement of the Chris-tian Reformed Church parking lot.

“Just being on the skis is great for balance, they’re executing all the movements they would use on snow,” Werrell said.

“It helps work all their stabilizer mussels and helps them with tech-nique.”

Although they haven’t been keeping up to speed all summer with training, Michael Wilford said since they’ve been on the roller skis training has been moving well.

“Chris is really good at getting us in shape, so that’s what were working on, getting back in shape so we have more experi-ence before the season starts,” Wilford said.

One of the most important things during dryland is getting their balance back.

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Wilford. “When your on skis

your way over the front of your ski, but because these are much shorter you can’t lean forward too much,” he said.

But once their on snow, Wilford said, the training will help for sure and hopefully help the team in being successful in the up coming season. Especially for nationals later in the season.

The BV nordic team will be keeping their eye on the weather, ready to hit the tracks as soon as possible.

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BV Nordic team members started dryland training this weekend, skate skiing in the Christian Reformed Church parking lot.

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ART GALLERY 6 X 6 AUCTION APPROACHING

The Smithers Art Gallery’s hosts the second annual 6” x 6” Auction Oct. 26.

Artwork will be exhibited at the Gallery for bidding by silent auction Oct. 23 to Oct. 26.

Bidding tickets are $5, available at the Gallery. Bidding begins from noon, Tuesday Oct. 23. ending with the Wine & Cheese Gala Evening at the Gallery Oct. 26, 7 p.m. − 10 p.m., at which time bidding is closed.

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The Northcoast Performance Society hosts The Eclectic Show, Thursday, Oct. 15 at the Old Church at ther corner of King and First Avenue.

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Some will say, did it have to be that way? Today in in 2012, some of us grew up

immersed with how we conduct elections and how we conduct ourselves according to the Indian act. Then there is the Hereditary/ feast system, where our house groups select their leaders. When a Hereditary leader dies we go through a certain process in accordance with Gitxsan protocol. The Hereditary Chiefs abandoned the Band led group of the early seventies, as we would be suing ourselves; in terms of land matters when they first decided to go to court concerning the land. The Band led group above says: one vote for one person. The Hereditary people say: we have selected leaders we have entrusted forever. As a result of the two conflicting ways of thinking we have certain problems. Art Wilson

I welcome your comments on this or any other article.

Those leaders in the early seventies saw the need to employ certain “white man’s way”, as they called it. Mainly because we have no choice but to live and work together. They struggled for days with the societies act and finally the Chiefs said, “We will accept it under duress, because it will cause problems.” Sure enough, twenty or so years later it comes back to haunt us. What they saw that would be troublesome was that it was not our law, and though Gitxsan and Canada

have similar laws, the practice is different. Sometime within the next month, the court will have something to say about the Band vs. Hereditary dilemma. In any Treaty talks, there are problems. We talk about that better life: what is it? Many will say that they are kept in the dark, our negotiators were all too glad to present what the Gitxsan stance was. Each time they were kicked out in the outset. What are needed are strong chair people so that a report can be made with no interruption. Feedback should be heard so our negotiators can measure how much opposition there is regarding certain aspects and what remedies can be sought. After the Court decides on the Spookw v. GTS case, we need to agree on a real way to communicate. Vehicles for communication can be wrestled with. Whether remaining true to our Gitxsan way is best is still up for debate.

Spectra pipeline would be high-risk, low returnBy Jerome TurnerHazelton/Interior News

An information session, hosted by the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition (SWCC), regarding a proposed liquid natural gas (LNG) pipeline crossing the Skeena River, was held in ‘Ksan village last Sunday.

Keynote speaker, Andrew Nikiforuk, journalist who critiques LNG operations, spoke to more than 60 people in ‘Ksan’s Eagle Building for nearly an hour about the economic, environmental and

social dangers he has uncovered regarding LNG projects.

“Being a lover of western landscapes, I see [LNG] projects as abuse,” Nikiforuk, who just had his first experience at the Skeena and Bulkley confluence, said.

Nikiforuk told the assembled audience the proposed LNG pipeline project is part of an international race with Australia and China to supply Asia’s markets with energy and the time is now to voice opposition.

“Once [Spectra’s] in the door they’ll go full-bore,” he said.

“They’re like a military operation.”

Spectra Energy, an international LNG corporation, is the company currently conducting research north of the Hazeltons to determine the impact of a LNG pipeline on salmon in the creeks and streams of the area.

Bill Blackwater Jr., Gitxsan Watershed Authority, is a

Gitxsan representative during the helicopter-based research.

He’s certain every Gitxsan person knows about the LNG project.

“You guys seem confused and I don’t know why,” Blackwater said when he, addressed the crowd, some of whom thought Spectra is mapping.

“Ask any Gitxsan,” Blackwater said.

“You guys are living on their territory, just ask them.”

To this, several Gitxsan in attendance proclaimed, “I am Gitxsan and I don’t know.”

They’re not alone.The SWCC

organized Sunday’s information session because more than 90 per cent of calls to their office, during the last month, have been asking about the helicopters constantly landing in New Hazelton or about Spectra.

“We had people coming in to our office non-stop, so we

decided to organize this event,” Brian Huntington, SWCC research and field worker, said.

“This would be the largest pipeline possible and the longest pipeline in B.C. when completed.”

The pipe would be about 14.5 m in diameter and would stretch from north of Prince George, head west and pass through Kisegas, a Gitanmaax fishing village, go through Nisga’a territory, where it would split and enter the ocean as marine pipelines, according to Spectra maps.

“It’s big enough for some cars to drive

through,” Shannon McPhail, SWCC executive director said.

The potential for Spectra’s proposal to affect the Hazeltons is evident, according to Nikiforuk.

Earthquakes, ground water and freshwater are all at risk from LNG pipelines and fracking activity.

Fracking is abbreviated from the term, hydraulic fracturing, which is how LNG is collected.

A mixture of water, sand and chemicals are pumped into shale, coal or sandstone to crack the rock, which releases methane gas.

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Studies have shown only 20 per cent of the methane released through fracking is collected, the remaining 80 per cent escapes through unintended, uncontrolled vents.

One alleged contamination of a water source is from Jessica Ernst, an Alberta oilpatch consultant, who is in the midst of a

$33 million law suit against Encana, one of the world’s largest LNG manufacturers, after she found, among other things, her drinking water could be lit on fire.

Some fracking fields are kilometres wide and have been held responsible for increased seismic activity, as near as Treaty 8 territory in northern Alberta, where at least

one earthquake is recorded over 4.0 on the Richter scale, according to Nikiforuk.

Northeastern B.C. is the area where most LNG projects are located and audience members questioned why they haven’t heard about protesting LNG pipelines from the Fort Nelson or Fort St. John areas.

Money is the reason.

“The revenue generated by the [LNG] industry has captured all the politicians, so they won’t say anything,” Nikiforuk said.

“Young guys are making $120,000 to $140,000 a year, but they are caught in a ‘gold rush’ mentality.”

There are also concerns about the economic longevity of LNG projects, according to David

Hughes, geoscientist with the Post Carbon Institute, who was referenced by Nikiforuk.

Hughes posits between a 63 to 85 per cent drop in available methane, compared to quantity projections of any LNG operation, within the first year of production.

Some of the crowd gasped as Nikiforuk brought to light some

startling observations including LNG pipelines can be easily converted to oil pipelines after a successful National Energy Board application, even though each requires different metals.

“We had a big leak in Alberta last summer that went into the Red Deer River from a line that was converted from [LNG] to oil,” Nikiforuk said.

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Hagwilget Bridge gets upgradeBy Jerome TurnerHazelton/Interior News

The Hagwilget Bridge is getting a final inspection of its supportive wires, before an as yet unscheduled major overhaul, to ensure safety throughout the replacement of the remaining old steel, some dating back to 1932.

Forbes Indus-trial Contractors Ltd. (FIC), a Prince George-based struc-tural contractor, began their work again yesterday, which involves peeling back the protective layer around the supportive suspension cables and welding, to determine the state of the wires.

“The suspension cables are in great shape,” Andrew Forbes, owner of FIC, said.

“The bridge is at the stage where there’s one last major component of rehab needed.”

FIC completed the last major phase of Hagwilget bridge rehabilitation in 2003 and their hiring strat-egy hasn’t changed.

“We’ve hired locals as much as possible,” Forbes said.

One of those locals is Richard Turner,

who heard through the Skeena Bakery in New Hazelton that FIC was recruiting workers with traffic control experience.

“I’m not too thrilled about heights, but it was the only job around so I took it,” Turner said.

“It’s not a job I ever thought I’d be doing.”

Several locals are working for FIC cur-rently holding weld-ing, traffic control and general labourer positions.

New staff is made to go through a safety meeting every morn-ing to voice any con-cerns and be reminded of the most glaring hazard, the 80-metre drop to the Bulkley River.

“We have a 100% tie-off policy. We pro-vide new workers with a lot of supervision and initial training about how to properly wear a harness and secure themselves safely,” Forbes said.

But, mistakes are difficult to avoid, es-pecially for new work-ers unaccustomed to fresh protocol.

Turner recalls the one potentially fatal gaffe, he can recall, when a co-worker forgetting to tie-off stumbled on a coiled rope.

“We were covered in graphite and all I can remember is see-ing the whites of his eyes stand out from his face,” Turner said.

“He told me later that he just tried to grab whatever was in reach.”

Despite the close-call the workers make light of a genuine risk, at times.

“We joke about what we would say on the way down,” a laughing Turner said.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoT) hired FIC based on the work provided previously, both on the Hagwilget bridge and other large proj-ects.

The bridge is nearing its 80-year anniversary and has had four rehabilitation contracts besides the 2003 work done by FIC.

Before the cur-rent version of the bridge a 3-metre wide wood and iron bridge spanned the canyon about 30 metres upstream, which was completed in 1914, according to the MoT website.

Before that a can-tilevered bridge that used no metal, but was fastened together with wooden pegs and cedar rope, crossed the

Bulkley that pre-dates 1866, MoT website.

The current bridge supports over 50,000 tourists per year, ac-cording to Carl Lutz, MoT district manager.

“The rehabilitation work on Hagwilget Bridge ensures the bridge remains in good condition and can accommodate

legal loading,” Lutz said.

For more informa-tion about the project or a job inquiry call Andrew Forbes at 250-612-7675.

The Hagwilget Bridge received a much-needed facelift over the last several weeks.

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Norman Harold Hagen was born on February 20, 1931, the fifth child of Lars and Anna Hagen.

He grew up in the beautiful Kispiox Valley on a farm on Swan Lake Rd. with his 3 older brothers Arthur, Henry, and George, and his sister, Louise. The neighbors claim they were a bit of a boisterous lot and could be heard miles away when there was an altercation.

All the boys worked in the family cedar pole business at one time or another. The poles where harvested with real horse so Norman, along with the rest of his family, learned to skid poles with horses. Later on he had his own cedar pole business with partners Dal & Drew Wookey.

When he was 17, he went big game guiding with Jack and Frances Lee - also residents of Kispiox Valley. We (his children) loved to hear about those adventures. He had a deep respect for the Lees and always spoke of them with affection.

While helping with the concrete pouring of Marty & Dorothy Allen’s basement, he nearly fell off the ramp way with a wheelbarrow load of cement when he spotted the beautiful Betty Bigham for the first time. He and Betty married on September 15, 1953.

To this union were born Lars, Ruth (Carle), Jack, Calvin, & Betty Lou (Thomsen). Foster daughter, Kristine (Lang), came along some years later.

He worked as the manager of the Little, Haughland, and Kerr Pole Company, South Hazelton yard, for nine years until 1968 when he started his own logging company with one employee, Wilfred Gawa, of Kispiox. Wilf is remembered for the quote, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”. And it was often tough as all Hazelton loggers know. All that rotten hemlock in the valley........ He said he spent the day in bed with the covers over his head after he signed on the dotted line for his first bank loan. Many bank loans and employees later, he retired from logging in 1994.

He spent the next few years as a supervisor for Repap and also did landscaping and other jobs with his favorite machine - his 1965 cat.

He was a deeply spiritual man - On doubt due , At least in part, to the influence of his mother. He was baptized into the Adventist church in 1956 and was very involved in the church and church school for the rest of his life. He held many positions in the church, including elder, school board chairperson, and Sabbath school teacher for both adults and young people. He was known both within the church and without for his sense of fair play and integrity.

He was a loving father. A favorite memory for his children is that when he came home late from work, Mom would have saved a piece of dessert for his supper. We had already all had some dessert earlier but he would cut up his piece and share it with us anyway.

This brief sketch of his life would not be complete without a mention of his wit, wonderful sense of humor and fun-loving nature. He loved an evening of story telling and was a great raconteur. He was a good mimic and when telling a story about Ted Campbell for example, could sound more like Ted then Ted himself. We’re going to miss those stories.

A 6:300am on September 10, 2012, Norman Hagen passed away and is now awaiting the resurrection when we will be united with him again.

He was predeceased by his brother, George, his sister Louise Davidson and his eldest son Lars.

He leaves to mourn his brothers Henry and Arthur, his wife of 59 years, Betty, his children, Ruth, Rick, Jack, Giselle, Calvin, Linda Y, Betty Lou, Dennis, Linda J., and Kristine. He also leaves to mourn his 12 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, niece, nephews and many other relatives and friends.

Jean CormierDecember 13, 1933 – October 9, 2012

Jean passed away peacefully at home on October 9, 2012 with her family by her side.

Jean will be dearly missed by her husband of 55 years Ivan, sons Allan (Irene), Larry (Lucy), daughter Lynda (Dean), grandchildren Amanda, Heather, Dallen, Lescia and Christian.

Jean was predeceased by her son Paul and her granddaughter Eboney.

Our mother kept a gardenA garden of the heart

She planted all the good thingsThat gave our lives a start

She turned us to the sunshineAnd encouraged us to dream

Fostering and nurturingThe seeds of self-esteem

And when the winds and rain came,She protected us enough

But not too much because she knewWe’d need to stand up strong and tough,

Her constant good exampleAlways taught us right from wrong

Markers for our pathwayThat will last a lifetime long

We are our mother’s gardenWe are her legacy.

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ALICE BARTLETTOctober 6, 2012

Alice died peacefully on October 06, 2012. She is survived by her mother Grace; her sisters Hilda (Harry), Emma (Dave), Ruth (Ralph) and her brother John (Trudy). Also by her Husband Derek and Children Trevor (Gail) and Jo-Ann (Ian) and step children Jodi (Glen) and Lori (Glen); her grandchildren Sadie, Kenzie, Colten, Morgan and Riley and all her neices and nephews. She was pre-deceased by her father Tjebke and her brother Fred and sister-in-law Cecile. Alice lived a full life with a very positive outlook. Recycle was her self proclaimed middle name because of her passion for keeping the earth a green and friendly place, her message to everyone is to recycle and do your part. A celebration of life will take place in the spring. Thank you to her special friends, and thanks to Dr. Smith and all the nurses from Northern Health. In leiu of flowers a donation to the Canadian Cancer Foundation would be appreciated.

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Alice died peacefully on October 6, 2012. She is survived by her mother Grace; her sisters Hilda (Harry), Emma (Dave), Ruth (Ralph) and her brother John (Trudy). Also by her Husband Derek and Children Trevor (Gail) and Jo-Ann (Ian) and step children Jodi (Glen) and Lori (Glen); her grandchildren Sadie, Kenzie, Colten, Morgan and Riley and all her neices and nephews. She was pre-deceased by her father Tjebke and her brother Fred and sister-in-law Cecile. Alice lived a full life with a very positive outlook. Recycle was her self proclaimed middle name because of her passion for keeping the earth a green and friendly place, her message to everyone is to recycle and do your part. A celebration of life will take place in the spring. Thank you to her special friends, and thanks to Dr. Smith and all the nurses from Northern Health. In leiu of flowers a donation to the Canadian Cancer Foundation would be appreciated.

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Job Posting – Competition #296Janitor

Smithers Community Services Association is seeking an individual to provide janitorial and some grounds keeping services at a number of SCSA properties.Position summary: This is a permanent part-time position, approxi-mately12-15 hours per week.

Quali cations:The Janitor must have some janitorial and yard maintenance experience, the ability to work well independently, and to complete tasks competently and ef ciently. The Janitor must undergo an RCMP Criminal Record Search and sign a pledge con dentially.

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To begin with, the overall wall thickness of the oil pipeline will be increased by 19 per cent, and the condensate pipeline by 14 per cent. For water crossings such as major tributaries to the Fraser, Skeena, and Kitimat Rivers, that number will be bumped up by another 10 to 20 per cent. During the construction phase, we’ll ensure serious quality control during fabrication, ultrasonic or radiographic testing of every weld, hydrotesting and extra care in the backfi ll process.

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Mind Body Spirit

Blinds & Drapery

Cleaning Services

Eavestrough

Moving & Storage

Employment

Help WantedAn Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring Dozer and Exca-vator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodg-ing and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.

BUSY Lower Mainland tire shop is looking for an Experienced Service Truck Tire Technician. Your own Service Truck is preferable but not necessary. Top Wages Paid. Please send inquiries to [email protected]

EXPERIENCED Dangle Head Processor Operator needed for the Merritt area. Please call Mat at 250-280-0936 after 6:00 pm. Please fax your re-sume also to 250-378-6930

Mind Body Spirit

Blinds & Drapery

Cleaning Services

Eavestrough

Moving & Storage

Employment

Help Wanted

Direct To U Wholesale Ltd.Experienced industrial supply sales person

and counter person and a road sales person

needed in Burns Lake. Apply in person with

resume at D.T.U. Atten: Bob or email [email protected],

fax: 250-692-3026 or call 250-692-3031.

Home Care/SupportWE Care is hiring health careaides and home support work-ers. Qualifi cations include: 1. Health Care Aide Certifi cation for Health Care Aides only. 2. Employment, education and volunteer experience with sen-iors and the disabled. 3. Valid driver’s license and a vehicle. 4. Criminal record search. 5. Excellent communication skills. “ Join our growing home health care company”. For a hiring package or further infor-mation call 250-635-2274 ask for Linda or Cindy, or email [email protected]. Of-fi ce location is 106B 4741 La-kelse Ave. Terrace, BC V8G 4R9

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

ERNIE O’S Restaurant and Pub Edson, Alberta requires line cooks. $13 - $16 per hour. Subsidized housing available. Fax resume to 780-723-3603 [email protected]

Professional/Management

M’AKOLA Group of Societies Seek-ing Director of Operations for Vic-toria. Visit makola.bc.ca

Trades, TechnicalBETTS Electric Penticton re-quires an experienced Indus-trial Controls Tech for our CSA Panel shop. visit www.betts.bc.ca for details. send Resume to [email protected] or Fax 250-492-3343

COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT MECHANICS

Wanted forSurrey, Kamloops,

Calgary & Edmonton

Duties Include:• Maintenance & Repairs• Diagnostics of Trucks, Trailers, Forklifts and Hydraulics • Reporting• Inventory control

Qualifi cations:• Strong command of the English Language• 3rd or 4th year apprentices• Certifi ed journeymen• Driver’s licence• Self-starter

We Offer: • Industry Leading

Remuneration • FullBenefi ts & Pension Plan

Please e-mail resumes:[email protected] or Fax: (1)604.534.3811

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The Interior News www.interior-news.com C9Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Bulkley Valley Real Estate

Spacious rancher in quiet cul de sac location with large very private yard. Three bedrooms, ensuite bathroom, large open kitchen dining area, and private sundeck. Contact Sandra today for a viewing!

940 OAK CRES., TELKWA $259,500

Sandra HinchliffeAssociate Broker

NEWLISTING

Cell 250-847-0725

MLS N222809

2007 Suburban LT4x4, seats 8, DVD

entertainment system, leather 118,000 km, excellent condition.

$19,500 250-846-5557

1968 Dodge Dart GTS340, 4 speed manual.Car #480 on Dodge Dart GTS registry

www.gtsregistry.com

$19,000 250-846-5557

2012 KTM 250 SX

Used about 7 hours.

$6,400 250-846-5557

Dodge 3500 Crewcabs

Shawn BradfordBus: 250-877-7769

3046 Highway 16 WestSmithers, BC

Email • [email protected]

2007 Pontiac Grand Prix

135,000 km, new tires & battery,

good condition.

$5,200 250-847-2897

Real Estate Real Estate

Cars - Domestic

VehicleLease / Rent

Off Road Vehicles

Services

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Snowclearing

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Commercial, Rural, Residential

Call Gerry Norton250- 847-3322

Merchandise for Sale

Building SuppliesLOG SHELL for sale, 20 x 30 ft. Short log construc-tion(piece-in-Piece). Can be moved by pick up truck. $5000.846-5838

$100 & UnderSTUDENT DESKS, 2, $20 ea. Wooden futon frame, mattress avail., $50 obo. Manual tread-mill, $40. 250-846-5742.

Firewood/Fuel$140/CORD, split $165. $270 2 cords, split $320. Delivered in Telkwa/Smithers area. 250-847-0566

Heavy Duty Machinery

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /

Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Real Estate

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

STEEL BUILDINGS - Cana-dian made! - Reduced prices now! 20X22 $4,455. 25X26 $4,995. 30X38 $7,275. 32X50 $9,800. 40X54 $13,995. 47X80 $19,600. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

Real Estate

Acreage for SaleACREAGES at the end of Jackpine Rd, Telkwa, B.C. Nice view and exc. water sup-ply. Power to property line. For info. please call 250-846-5354 or fax 250-846-5394

Real Estate

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner3 BDRM house on 5 acres, close to town, lg heated shop. (250)847-4936.

Houses For Sale5 BDRM, 2.5 bath, 2 level, 16 year old, quiet neighbourhood, 1918 Princess St. Asking $295,000. (250)877-1817 [email protected]

Rentals

Cottages / CabinsFURNISHED CABIN ON TYH-EE LAKE. Quiet location, sce-nic view. Satellite TV. Appro-priate for single person. N/P, N/S. 250-846-9636.

Real Estate

Rentals

Homes for Rent2BDRM CLEAN Mobile home on 5 acres with south aspect, large yard , Driftwood side of valley, 6km on pavement to town. NS, W/D/F/S/DW Ref’s req’d. 877-9230

TWO HOUSING OPTIONS! 2 BDRM Log House w/ loft, new-ly reno’d, nice kitchen, wood burner, two blocks from Main St. Smithers. DW, W, D. 1000 per month plus utils. Available Nov. 1st. No Smokers, No Pets Ph. 250-877-7081 2 BDRM APARTMENT, upstairs unit, spacious, new bathroom, new fl oors, new deck, great view. DW, W,D. 1000 per month ALL INCLUDED. Available Nov. 1st No Smok-ers, No Pets. Ph. 250-877-7081

Cars - Domestic

VehicleLease / Rent

Off Road Vehicles

Rentals

Rooms for RentROOM FOR STUDENT STILL AVAILABLE! Quiet, safe, clean, friendly furnished home to share with female student. $450. Close to Carmel Res-taurant on Ford Ave. On bus route, own bedroom, share rest of house, Internet includ-ed. Room and board can be negotiated. Will be sharing house with older working woman. References required. Contact Lorraine at [email protected]

Suites, UpperBILLETER LOFT, Short term stay, 10 min from Smithers; bright, fully furnished, private suite in a country setting, “home away from home.” Daily, weekly, monthly rates. (250)847-5528www.bulkleyriver.com

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

4 sale, 4 used studded winter truck tires 17” 5 stud on steel black rims, asking $400, 250-847-5771

Sport Utility Vehicle

Transportation

Vehicle WantedWE BUY All Cars! Running or Not, we will buy it! Cars/Trucks/Vans. Sell Any Car today with One Free Phone call to: 1-800-551-8647.

Sport Utility Vehicle

Garage Sales Garage Sales

Multi Family:Fall Clean-Out3219 Turner Way

8 to 11 a.m.Housewares, Electronics,

Kids Stuff,Quality Women’s Clothing

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Spacious rancher in quiet cul de sac location with large very private yard. Three bedrooms, ensuite bathroom, large open kitchen dining area, and private sundeck. Contact Sandra today for a viewing!

940 OAK CRES., TELKWA $259,500

Sandra HinchliffeAssociate BrokerSandra Hinchliffe

NEWLISTING

Cell 250-847-0725

250-847-5999

MLS N222809


Action No. S-123722Vancouver Registry

In the supreme court of British ColumbiaBETWEEN:

BANK OF MONTREALPETITIONER

AND:GEFFREY GORDON GRANT

RESPONDENTNOTICE

TO: Stacey Lea Dupuis

A Petition to the Court pursuant to the Court Order Enforcement Act of the Supreme Court Civil Rules has been issued by Bank of Montreal naming you as a person named;

By reason of your whereabouts being unknown, Master Baker, has ordered that you may be served substi-tutionally by three publications of this Notice on any day other than a Sunday. You may inspect the Petition to the Court at the offi ce of the Registrar at the Supreme Court of British Columbia, 800 Smithe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. If you wish to defend the action, you must give notice of your intention by fi ling a Response in the above Registry within twenty-one (21) days of the publication of this Notice. In default of a Response, you will not be entitled to notice of any further proceedings. A copy of the Petition to the Court will be mailed to you upon receipt of a written request to the court.

Robert J. EllisELLIS, ROADBURG

Barristers and Solicitors200-853 Richards Street,

Vancouver, B.C., V6B 3B4

Cassiar Forest Corp.Invitation to review and provide comment on the

Forest Stewardship Plan Amendment # 2 for Forest Licence A64561

A draft Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) Amendment #2 has been prepared by Cassiar Forest Corp., covering lands within Forest License A64561 in the Bob Quinn Lake and Iskut areas, Cassiar Timber Supply Area (TSA).

This FSP Amendment describes the general location of operations and the strategies and results that will be applied on these areas to ensure consistency with the objectives set by government for critical forest values. The objectives are described in the Forest and Range Practices Act and its associated regulations.

The strategies and results described in the FSP Amendment will apply to the forest operations of Cassiar Forest Corp. under Forest License A64561, and the term of the FSP Amendment will be 5 years.

The FSP Amendment will be available for review and comment from September 3, 2012 to December 3, 2012 during regular operating hours at the following locations:

Terrace Public Library4610 Park Avenue, Terrace, BC

Smithers Public Library3817 Alfred Avenue, Smithers, BC

Comments regarding the FSP should be in writing, and can be sent to the attention of:

Bernie Banovic, RPF2914 Eby Street

Terrace, BC V8G 2X5Email: [email protected]

We ask that you provide these comments to us no later than December 3, 2012. All written input received during the review period will be forwarded to the Skeena Stikine Forest District Manager of the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.“Home of a Million Parts”

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• Save valuable land ll• Provide tested OEM repair parts

at a fraction of the priceHARRIS AUTO WRECKERS LTD

3471 Old Babine Lake Road Smithers, BC V0J 2N6

Phone: 847-2114 Fax: 847-1445Email: [email protected]

Will

1994 Ford F250 4x4351 auto, headache rack, 4 summer and winter tires on rims.

Rose Taylor

$3,500 obo 250-847-8912

2004 Chev Silverado 4x4Super Cab with

canopy, 90,000 kms, exc. cond., well

maintained.

$14,500 obo 250-847-1037

Boats27 US gal. Mueller marine fuel tank. New $250(250)847-5498

Transportation

Off Road VehiclesQUAD AND EQUIPMENT 2009 Suzuki King Quad 400, Only 245km, Dealer installed Warn winch, Warn snow blade, Utility cart, Transport ramps, Tire chains. Original owner, Immaculate condition. $6000 (250)877-3669

Trucks & Vans

Wrecker/Used Parts

Transportation

Trucks & Vans2007 Dodge RAM 1500 95k gas quad cab new brakes good tires. Exc cond. $18,500. 250-846-5455

Wrecker/Used Parts

Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices

CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Sunday Worship ServicesSunday Morning Worship 10 a.m.6 p.m. Services 1st & 3rd Sunday

1471 Columbia [email protected]

Sunday School - Ages 3-6Junior Reflection - Ages 7-8

during morning worship services.Phone 250-847-2333 • Pastor Dan Hoogland

“Back to God Hour”on The Peak at 9:30 am Sundays

on CJFW at 9:30Visitors Welcome

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCHRev. Dwayne GoertzenPastor Trevor Brawdy

250-847-2929Email: [email protected]

Website: www.smithersefc.orgFirst Service 9

Sunday School 10:15-11Second Service 11:15

1838 Main St.

Come worship with us at

FAITH REFORMED CHURCH OF TELKWA

Pastor James Folkerts(URC-NA)

1170 Hwy 16, Telkwa

Services at 10 am & 2:30 pm

Listen to “Whitehorse Inn program”

Sundays at 9 am on The Peak 870 am

FELLOWSHIPBAPTIST CHURCH

on the corner of Queen St. and 7th Ave.

Morning Worship 10:45 am with Junior Church

and Nursery

Pastor Chris Kibblewww.smithersbaptist.ca

250-847-3725

Bahá’í Faith250-877-6099

For informationwww.bahai.org

Saturday Service• New Members Welcome •

Seventh Day AdventistContact 250-847-5983

3696 4th Avenue

SMITHERS UNITED CHURCH

250-847-3333

Rev. Alyssa AndersonSunday 10:00 AM

Worship & Children’s Program

At the corner of Queen St. & 8th

CANADIANREFORMED CHURCH

Pastor James Slaa2788 Upper Viewmount Rd.

All welcome to attend!Contact number 250-847-5879

www.smitherscanrc.org

Sunday WorshipServices

10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Affi liated with the PAOC

Welcomes You!Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.

Classes for all agesSunday Morning Worship – 11:00 a.m.

Pastor Jim RaddatzCorner of Viewmount Rd South & Hwy 16

250-847-2466www.mvaonline.org

Join us for Services. Renew your FAITH! We welcome visitors

and new members.

FAITH ALIVE

Upper floor Fitness Northwest Centre, Broadway Ave.

10-12 noon SundaysYouth meeting Fridays at 7 pm

Rev. Don Mott,Phone 250-847-3864

Christian Fellowship

ST. JAMESANGLICAN CHURCH

Sunday10:00 am - Service and Sunday School

4th Sunday2:00 pm service at St. John the Divine, Quick

250-847-6155 • Quick250-847-9881 • Smithers250-847-5625 • Fax phone

1636 Princess StreetRev. Daphne MoserWelcomes you to worship with us

10 am & 4 pm every Sunday

3115 Gould PlaceSmithers

Pastor Lou Slagter

250-847-2080

BETHELREFORMEDCHURCH

Meeting in the Historic St. Stephen’s Church

1620 Highway 16 in Telkwa

Sunday Morning Worship 10 am

For information e.mail [email protected]

Phone 250-643-1586

Mount ZionLutheran Church

The eyes have it

Fetch a Friend from the SPCA today!

spca.bc.caReturn all your empty beverage containers

to a Return-It Depot for recycling.Find locations at encorp.ca/locations


Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate

250-847-5999 Located in the Log Office at 3568 Hwy. 16Each Office Independently Owned & Operated


$299,000

1089 Queen Street• 1920’s Heritage Home• 4 bedrooms, 1-3 pc bath, hedged yd• Large 75x125 yard, 2 sun rooms• Scenic views of Hudson Bay Mtn

Peter Lund mls n222904

$249,000

4398 Whistler Road• 5 acres, 1 bedroom, 2 bath, carport• Guest house, deck• Just off Ski Hill Road• www.realestatesmithers.com

Leo Lubbers mls n222869

$950,000

4148 Highway 16, Smithers• 4 bay carwash & laundry• 30x000 sf commercially zoned C-3• Highway exposure, est. 1989• www.realestatesmithers.com


$118,500

Passby Drive, Smithers• 5.8 acres in Silvern Estates• Driveway and building site done• Nice mountain views• Private from road

Donna Grudgfield mls n218111

$262,000

11209 Highway 16• Bulkley riverfront• 1.2 acres, high bank• Modern cabin• Exclusive steelhead hole out front

Sandra Hinchliffe mls n219256

$159,000

Old Babine Lake Road• +/- 84 acre parcel• 18 Km east of Smithers• Great mountain views• Seasonal creek


$333,500

6195 Lake Kathlyn Road• One of a kind property• Excellent view, 6.4 acres• 4 bedroom, close to town• Ranch style with garage

Peter Lund mls n221886

$374,500

5200 Aspen Road• 3 bedroom, quality rancher, 5 acres• Year round creek, fenced for horses• 24x28 shop, 32x32 pole barn• Close to town, mtn view, greenhouse


$269,500

1036 Toronto Street• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms• Fireplace, laminate flooring• Roomy kitchen, huge rec room• Fully fenced back yard, deck


$249,500

3960 Broadway Avenue• 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom• Double garage/workshop• New roof on house and shop• New back deck and front fence


$98,500

Lot B Sixteenth Avenue• 49x122 building lot• Prime hill section location• Cleared, view• Build before winter


$179,000

Lot 2 Lake Kathlyn Road• 3.48 acres waterfront• Established driveway• Cleared building site, view• www.realestatesmithers.com


$1,720,000

Chapman Road• 1300 acres, 8 titles• Fencing, gravity water• Equipment shop, river frontage• www.realestatesmithers.com


$499,000

5041 Hidber Road• 2.17 acres, 2 storey home• Fenced, private, quiet• 28x32 heated shop• www.realestatesmithers.com


$195,000

Bourgan Road, Telkwa• 19 acres, riverfront of the Bulkley• Great salmon/steelhead fishing• 5 acres of hay land, great views• www.smithershomes.com

Ron Lapadat mls n222252

$329,500

21872 Hwy 16 W, Smithers• Great Evelyn location, 9.9 acres• Beautiful Mtn views, lots of sun• Renovated 3 bdrm basement home• Fenced pasture, 5 acres in hay

Ron & Charlie mls n222404

$223,500

21925 Kitseguecla Loop• Fenced 4.28 acres, beautiful yard• 2 bdrm, den, cozy wood elec heat• Bright and airy, vaulted ceilings• www.smithershomes.com


$448,000

7468 Boundary Rd, Telkwa• Sunny 80 acre view property• 2,900 sf architecturally designed• Fencing, timber, spring, guest cabin• www.smithershomes.com


$279,000

4250 Railway Avenue• Super updated 4 bdrm, 2 bath• New flooring, furnace and windows• Private, landscaped deck & yard• Visual tour @ www.askmel.ca

Dave & Sonia mls n222574

$749,000

2481 Carr Rd, Seymour Lake• Custom built, 4300 square feet• Semi detached office space• 5 bathrooms, 1 acre, close to town• Visual tour @ www.askmel.ca


$374,900

5361 Slack Road• 3 bdrm, 3 level split, hardwood, tile• Private 5 acres• Garage and double carport, creek• Visual tour @ www.askmel.ca


$319,900

4248 Mountainview Cres• 5 bedroom, immaculate gas fireplace• 3 bathroom, extensive hardwood• 2 decks, freshly painted• Visual tour @ www.askmel.ca


$390,000

1220 Hunter Ave, Telkwa• Great Bulkley River frontage• Custom log 1½ storey home• Birch floors, fir cabinetry• Visual tour @ www.askmel.ca


$331,000

3891 Broadway Avenue• 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom• 10 foot ceilings• Original fir floors, doors, trim• Well maintained


$143,500

321 Prairie Road• Deeded lot near Green T• Sleeps 6 comfortably• Great location, easy access• Power line out front and paid for


$260,000

12805 Telkwa Coalmine Rd• Beautiful crafted log home, 3/4 bdrm• 2500sf living space, 744sf basement• Fenced property, 30x24 workshop• Private, 30 min to Smithers,1.17 acre

Charlie McClary mls n219253

$389,900

7942 Highway 16, Smithers• Modern 3 bdrm, 3 bathroom home• Property fenced and cross fenced• Mainly treed, some timber• Ready for family and livestock

Charlie & Ron mls n221902

$769,000

38198 Telkwa High Road• Beautiful 2652sf log home• High end finish, fixtures, hot tub• Great view of Bulkley Valley• 320 acres with second home


$884,500

22909 Telkwa High Road• Spectacular 116 acre river property• 1760sf home and guest home• 70acres treed, 40acres open meadow• Terraced ½mile riverfront w/ cottage


$348,900

3675 Snake Road• 2400sf family home on 1.78 acres• Bordering Canyon Creek, views• Hardwood, spacious rooms, 2 decks• OSBE, newer shingles, apps incl

Karen Benson mls n222648

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Peter LundRes. 847-3435

Leo LubbersCell. 847-1292

Ron LapadatCell. 847-0335

Dave BarclayCell. 847-0365

Sonia ApostoliukCell. 847-0937

Sandra HinchliffeCell. 847-0725

Charlie McClaryCell. 877-1770

Alida KyleCell. 877-2802

Karen BensonCell. 847-0548

Jeff BillingsleyCell. 877-0838

Donna Grudgfi eldCell. 847-1228

Jantina MeintsCell. 847-3144

Kiesha MatthewsCell. 876-8420

Pick up your FREE copy of our map of the Bulkley Valley. View extra colour photos of our listings on the internet at www.remaxsmithersbc.ca or EMAIL US at [email protected]

Spookw plaintiffs meet to determine way forwardBy Jerome Turner Hazelton/Interior News

The dispute between the Gitxsan Trea-ty Society (GTS) and the United Gitxsan Chiefs (Spookw plaintiffs) over the legal-ity of the GTS was discussed again in Ha-zelton last Sunday.

With no set date for a decision by B.C. Supreme Court Judge Mark McEwan, the UGC met to discuss a Sept. 24 GTS pe-tition to be recognized as a legal society with a total of 46 members, one from each

house that wishes to become a member.Under section 85 of the B.C. Society

Act a Judge can intervene and determine if a society is operating legally or what remedies are required.

The Spookw plaintiffs and UGC re-main steadfast that the membership of the GTS is insufficient to represent the Gitxsan people as a whole, according to a recent Spookw letter.

The letter also claimed the GTS held membership meetings in January, June and July of 2012, where only certain peo-ple received proper notice to attend.

That would contravene a March 27, 2012 decision by Judge McEwan order-ing the GTS to allow all Gitxsan people to participate in a new membership process.

The GTS wrote, as part of their peti-tion, “None of the materials filed in this Petition (sic) suggest any Wilp was ex-cluded, although some chose not to par-ticipate.”

Thirty-seven new Wilp (House) mem-bers are being added to the original nine in the petition and all were said to appoint a representative in the July membership meeting.

But the Spookw plaintiffs and UGC show different numbers altogether.

They claim 45 of the 65 Gitxsan He-reditary Chiefs formally withdrew support for the GTS and some of the Wilp mem-bers being forwarded as new members can’t speak for their House group.

The exclusion of Gixtsan band mem-bers who only have a father of Gitxsan heritage is also a point of contention for Spookw plaintiffs and UGC, as nearly 100 band members are reported to have no voice in GTS proceedings because of this, according to the Spookw letter.

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