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FLAVIO NIENOW

  In the story ‘Burns Lake explores cardboard recycling options’ published in the Lakes District News’ Nov. 4, 2015 issue, the village had been ex-ploring different options to offload both the commercial and residential cardboard after the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) cardboard ban is in effect.

Beginning July 1, 2016, cardboard will no longer be accepted for disposal as garbage at any RDBN solid waste management facility.

During a preliminary budget meet-ing last month, Burns Lake council de-cided to not implement a commercial cardboard recycling program in 2016. This means that starting July 1, 2016, the commercial sector will have to find their own means of disposal of card-board.

In order to make this decision, coun-cil took into account results of a public engagement process. The village held a series of community engagement events last November to seek public input on several issues including card-board recycling options.

When residents and businesses were asked what their preferences were for cardboard disposal options,  both resi-dents and businesses indicated they would prefer to dispose of cardboard by taking it to the depot themselves rather than hiring a contractor or pay-ing the village. However, disposing of

Burns Lake will not implement a commercial cardboard recycling program

Businesses get rid of your own  cardboard

FLAVIO NIENOW

The leak erupted on Oct. 23, 2015, at a storage well operated by SoCal Gas in Aliso Canyon, about 42 km from Los Angeles.

The ruptured storage facility has released over 77,000 metric tones of methane, the main com-ponent of natural gas – the equivalent of over six million metric tones of carbon dioxide, according to the Environmental Defense Fund, which has tracked the leak using infrared cameras.

The leak is still ongoing and the gas company estimates it will be spring of 2016 before it can be stopped.

Tim O’Connor, Oil and Gas Specialist for the Environmental Defence Fund, told CBC the leak

is “probably one of the largest volumes of gas ever recorded from a single leak.”

“Methane is a very potent greenhouse gas; over the first 20 years it’s released, it has a climate impact 84 times that of carbon dioxide,” said O’Connor. “There’s no telling what the far reaches of the over-all end results are going to be. Air quality, public health, ecological — it’s all on the table.”

According to The Guardian, the breach has forced the relocation of hundreds of families, who complained of headaches, nosebleeds and nausea from the rotten-egg smell of the odorant added to the gas to aid in leak detection.

The Environmental Defense Fund wrote the leak has “opened eyes across the world” to the problem

Natural gas leak in California

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Burns Lake home owners can expect increase

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In the next few days, owners of properties throughout Northern B.C. can expect to receive their 2016 assessment notices, which reflect market value as of July 1, 2015.

“The majority of residential home owners within the region can expect a slight increase, compared to last year’s assessment,” says Deputy Assessor David Keough. “Most home owners in the Northern B.C. region will see changes in the zero to 10 per cent range.”

Burns Lake home owners should expect to see an increase of one per cent in property values this year.

However, there are some home owners that will see an increase higher than 10 per cent while others will see a decrease, such as in the communities of Fraser Lake and Granisle.

Fraser Lake home owners will see a decrease of 19 per cent while home owners in Granisle will see a decrease of 30 per cent in property values compared to last years’ assessment.

Commercial and light industrial property owners in the region will see an increase in the range of zero to 10 per cent.

The summary below provides typical examples of average 2015 versus 2016 assessed values of residential single family homes for communities throughout the region:

Keough said property owners can find a lot of information on B.C. Assessment’s website - www.bcassessment.ca - including answers to many assessment-related questions. However, those who feel that their property assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2015 or see incorrect information on their no-tice, should contact B.C. Assessment as indicated on their notice as soon as possible in January.

“If a property owner is still concerned about their assessment after speaking to one of our appraisers, they may submit a notice of complaint (appeal) by Feb. 1, 2016, for an independent review by a property assessment review panel,” said Keough.

Changes in property assessments reflect movement in the local real estate market and can vary greatly from property to property. When estimating a property’s market value, B.C. Assessment’s professional appraisers analyze current sales in the area, as well as considering other characteristics such as size, age, quality, condition, view and location.

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Hydro, ICBC, MSP fees going up in 2016Tom FleTcher

Medical Services Plan premiums, electricity bills and vehicle insurance rates are up in 2016, reviving criticism of the B.C. gov-ernment's constant boast about keeping taxes low.

MSP premiums are up from $144 to $150 as of Jan. 1, for a family of three earning more than $30,000 a year. For a sin-gle person in the same income group, the rate goes from $72 to $75, with lower rates for lower incomes down to $22,000 a year, where premiums drop to zero.

B.C. is now the only province in Canada with a health care fee, and it has risen about 40 per cent since 2010. Premier Christy Clark has defended the fee as a signal to citizens about the enor-mous cost of providing health care.

BC Hydro rates have been politically dictated since Clark and Energy Minister Bill Bennett intervened to cap rate increases in 2013. Hydro rates jumped nine per cent in 2014, followed by an-nual increases of six, four, 3.5 and three per cent in the 10-year

rate plan. Insurance Corporation of B.C. basic vehicle insurance went up

by 5.5 per cent on Nov. 1, an increase still subject to review by the BCUC. That works out to an increase of $3.70 per month added for the average driver.

ICBC had proposed a 6.7 per cent increase to cover increasing costs of personal injury claims and fraud, but the province gave it permission for a one-time transfer of $450 million from its op-tional insurance business to subsidize the basic rate.

Trudeau vowed to reduce the federal income tax bracket be-tween $45,282 and $90,563 from 22 per cent to 20.5 per cent, and increase the rate for income over $200,000 from 29 to 33 per cent. The change would provide up to $2,000 in tax relief for middle-income earners, with dual-income households benefiting most, CTF federal director Aaron Wudrick says.

Municipal taxes are expected to increase across the province in 2016, with local councils preparing to set budgets for the new fiscal year that starts April 1.

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their own cardboard at the depot is not going to be an option for businesses as the local recycling depot will not be accepting commercial cardboard from individual businesses.

Business will now have to contract a private contractor that handles waste such as Waste Management Inc. Waste management currently charges businesses a one-time set up fee of $105 and a monthly fee of $65 ($780 per year) to pick up their bins twice a month.

According to a village staff report, if Burns Lake were to implement a com-mercial cardboard recycling program, the village could be risking a financial loss. According to the report, village staff estimates that at a price of $65 per month, large businesses would have no problem paying for the service. However, at $30 per month, there could be many small businesses that would opt out.

“If too many businesses opt out of the program, the municipality runs the risk of a loss and this would have to be subsidized by general revenue,” says the report.

Village staff also pointed out that some small businesses have noted the pos-sibility of renting a cardboard bin from Waste Management and sharing the cost between businesses as a group.

“If we [village] were to run the [commercial cardboard recycling] program, these businesses would then need to be charged a non-subscribing fee, which would be 50 per cent of the regular fee. This would mean they would be paying $21.94 per month for regular garbage pickup and an additional $15 per month for a cardboard pickup program in which they are not participants,” explains the report. “Businesses would be adversely affected by this situation.”

The report also points out that if Burns Lake were to implement a commercial cardboard recycling program, the village would miss the opportunity to sell its re-tiring garbage truck. It is estimated that the village could receive between $75,000 and $90,000 on disposal of the truck.

Currently, the Village of Burns Lake picks up the materials from both commer-cial and residential garbage streams and offloads the waste into a transfer station. After the ban, the village will no longer be able dispose of cardboard at the trans-fer station since the village will be fined if cardboard is found in the waste stream.

Village staff did not recommend any further action on disposal options for resi-dential customers until a full recycle program can be implemented.

Residential cardboard drop-off service will remain available at the Burns Lake Recycling Depot after the ban is in effect.

Cardboard ban only effect businesses

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The B.C. government's quit-smoking assis-tance program is now available to people who drop by a pharmacy to qualify for free nicotine replacement products.

As of Jan. 1, 2016, participants no longer have to register by calling 8-1-1 to reach the Health-LinkBC medical advice service. The program has also expanded its offerings to include nico-tine inhalers and lozenges as well as gum and patches.

Health Minister Terry Lake said the changes are to make it easier for smokers to quit, or to try again if they have relapsed after using the program before. It supplies 12 weeks' worth of nicotine replacement products in each calendar year to B.C. residents.

To qualify, people must have active Medical Services Plan coverage and be a tobacco smoker or chewer.

The program began in 2011 and the province has spent $38 million on it so far. A survey of 3,000 users in 2015 found that about one in four reported quitting smoking for some period, with half of those making it a month or more smoke free. Three quarters of survey participants re-ported smoking less after using nicotine replace-ment.

The program also covers 12 weeks of pre-scription drugs Zyban or Champix, with cost depending on coverage under the Pharmacare program. Details are available at www.gov.bc.ca/bcsmokingcessation or from your doctor.

I first met Stephen Harper when he was run-ning for the Canadian Alliance leadership in 2002.

Speaking to a group of Fraser Valley mem-bers concerned that the party had split over the leadership of Stockwell Day, Harper didn’t mince words because a local re-porter had showed up on a Saturday morning. He

explained his prediction that no matter who leads the conservative movement started by Preston Man-ning, the national media would work against it.

“The press is owned by big-L liberals and staffed by small-L liberals,” Harper said. “Preston was too cerebral; Stock was not cerebral enough. I’m not sure where I will be, but the media will always be on the other side.”

Harper’s cold war with national media is a theme that runs through his decade as prime minister, peaking in 2015 with the most slanted elec-tion coverage I’ve ever witnessed. The celebration continues over Justin Trudeau’s victory, with the supposedly non-partisan federal bureaucracy cheering along with much of the na-tional media. Harper’s assessment of major newspaper ownership is no longer accurate, ex-cept for the Toronto Star. But the dying tradition of owners looking up from their accounting ledgers to endorse a political party continued, with the Postmedia chain and the Globe and Mail pointing out that Trudeau’s rash promises didn’t add up. Endorsements were a brief interruption in the media assault on Harper’s record. His government’s plan to welcome 10,000 refugees, unveiled way back in January 2015, was portrayed as heartless and feeble, while Trudeau’s 25,000 by Christmas represented the generous character of the true Canada.

As it turns out, the Liberals have been hard pressed to reach even the 10,000 mark. But they’ve put out a rash new promise to make it 50,000 at some point in the future, so the me-dia’s new-found message of sunshine, hope and change continues.

Those modest $10 billion annual deficits that Trudeau promised, and Harper warned against? Borrowing and spending will far exceed that, but we’re assured that’s because they were based on inflated Conservative financial forecasts.

In fact, independent private sector forecasts are now the key reference for government bud-gets at the federal and provincial level. None of them predicted the further slump in energy prices that continued through 2015.

And cooking the books before an election isn’t really possible any more, thanks to the establishment of the Parliamentary Budget Office. That was a Harper innovation, along with scheduled elections. And that Trudeau pledge to raise taxes on the wealthiest Canadians and use the proceeds to finance a tax cut for the middle class? That one didn’t add up either. For one thing, wealthy people have a variety of legal ways to reduce their taxable income.

Here’s an actual front-page headline from the Globe and Mail, reporting this unfortunate fact, well after the election: “The way Liberals gauged response to new tax rate explains gap.” So it was just an understandable oversight, you see.

Trudeau’s star turn in Paris, where he pronounced that “Canada is back” in the battle to control the world’s weather? The official submission from his bloated delegation to the UN climate meetings was actually the existing Conservative plan, which includes phasing out coal-fired electricity generation. Harper generally represented a preference for the individual over the state, a concept that at one time was known as “liberalism.” This was illustrated by his preference for parents rather than a nanny state to administer child care.

He advocated free trade, small government and low taxes. We’ll see how that legacy sur-vives the new government and its media cheering section.

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Passages of 2015: Stephen Harper

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I hope you had a fan-tastic New Year’s Eve celebration, but most likely you didn’t, ac-cording to Emma Teitel, a National Columnist for the Toronto Star.

On Dec. 31, Teitel boldly advised people to stay home on New Years’ Eve (this was a hilarious thing to read while I was worrying about my party plans).

“You could be ruler of an empire, feared and revered by men and women across the land, and New Year’s would still be a bust. In fact, New Year’s Eve is almost always a bust,” she said.

Teitel called New Year’s Eve “the king of party pressure” and “the king of party discontent.”

Why? She says that despite all the hype and anxiety around the event, the reason for celebrat-ing is a hollow one.

Well, I certainly don’t have such a pessimistic view of New Years’ Eve, but I do agree that the pressure to have a great time on New Years’ Eve often leads to disappointment.

The expectation around New Years’ Eve is even more intense if you live in South America.In Brazil, for example, people start releasing fireworks many hours before midnight. Ev-

eryone wears white; you see people making passionate promises for the new year; and everyone seems very emotional – hugging each other, calling their friends and some even crying.

And that’s not all. Phone lines get jammed hours - and sometimes days - before New Year’s Eve. Literally everyone is out on the street celebrating, popping champagne bottles, hugging each other dramatically and shouting ‘happy new year.’ Parties then continue all night long.

The next day you can trace the destruction of New Year’s Eve celebrations as garbage piles up everywhere and cities are deserted because everyone is asleep (or hungover).

Since this was my experience growing up, I simply assumed that New Year’s Eve was a huge celebration all over the world.

I was so confused after my first New Years’ Eve in Canada. Of course, people still popped champagne bottles; there was still a countdown; and people still wished each other a happy new year (and I think there were about two minutes of fireworks somewhere). But people went home shortly after the countdown, and it felt as any other day of the year.

Last year I was in Vancouver for New Years’ Eve and I swear I saw people sitting by themselves at cafes downtown reading a book around 10 p.m., as if it was just another night.

While I was in Vancouver, I convinced a friend of mine to go to a pub for the countdown (maybe I should also mention that before I invited him, he had plans to stay home and do nothing; what kind of world are we living in?). We had a glass of champagne at this pub, but then again, people went home shortly after the countdown.

While cities such as Dubai, Rio and Sydney try to impress visitors with hundreds of thousands of fireworks, Vancouver had no fireworks whatsoever on Jan. 1, 2015 (maybe I should stress this again: No fireworks) (I don’t know about you, but I refuse to live in a world with no fireworks).

This year I was at a little beach town in south Brazil with my family and they had a beauti-ful fire show that lasted approximately 15 minutes (I assume they spent half of the town’s budget on it).

I guess that, in the end, it doesn’t really matter if your New Years’ Eve was a great one or not. There are 360 days left in 2016 and you can still make the most of them.

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of oil and gas methane pollution.“The Aliso Canyon incident is an exam-

ple of the type of risks we face as natural gas infrastructure ages, and is a sobering reminder of how important it is to have rules that ensure gas stays in the pipeline — not in our air.”

As several natural gas pipelines are be-ing proposed in Northern B.C. - including TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink Pipeline project, the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) announced in Novem-ber 2015 it was taking a careful approach to liquefied natural gas development in the region.

According to the RDBN, there are too many unanswered questions regarding the location, operation, and servicing of the large work camps to be built in the rural area. In addition, there is inadequate com-mitment to utilize wood fibre cut from the pipeline routes, and there is no long-term commitment to support invasive plant management. Furthermore, the RDBN points out that emergency management “remains uncoordinated.”  

Shela Shapiro, a Coastal GasLink Spokesperson, said it would not be appro-priate or responsible for Coastal GasLink to speak to an incident involving another company, as Coastal GasLink does not have access to the full slate of information. However, she pointed out that the Cali-fornia incident involves an underground storage reservoir. Coastal GasLink, on the other hand, is a proposed long-distance pipeline and is not planning or developing an underground storage facility for B.C.

“Pipelines like the proposed Coastal GasLink project are heavily regulated and are required to be routinely inspected for leaks and to assess the condition of the pipelines through comprehensive integ-rity management programs,” said Shap-iro. “Gas transmission pipes have shut off valves every 20 to 25 miles allowing the flow of gas to be quickly turned off in the event of a leak.”

Shapiro added that safety of the public, employees and the environment is a top priority at TransCanada.

“Over the past three years, we have in-vested an average of $900 million per year in our proactive pipeline maintenance and integrity,” she said. “In the over 60 years TransCanada has operated pipelines, there have been no injuries to members of the public as a result of operation of our as-sets.”

Shapiro also pointed out that Trans-Canada has developed technologies and processes to limit greenhouse gases at its facilities, including methane management programs such as ‘mobile pull-down com-pression’ to capture methane that may be released during maintenance and fugitive emissions management.

“Our programs have received govern-ment recognition,” added Shapiro.

Coastal GasLink is proposing to con-struct and operate a 670-km natural gas pipeline from the Groundbirch area near Dawson Creek, B.C. to the proposed LNG Canada liquefied natural gas ex-port facility near Kitimat, B.C. Coastal GasLink says the project will create over 2000 jobs during construction and generate over

$20 million in annual property tax pay-ments.

The Burns Lake Band has recently signed a long-term project agreement with Coastal GasLink. However, details of this agreement remain confidential.

In December 2014, Wet’suwet’en First Nation signed an agreement with the prov-ince to support the Coastal GasLink Pipe-line project. After the deal was signed, Chief Karen Ogen faced opposition from some hereditary chiefs.

According to the Los Angeles Times, an amended lawsuit filed against SoCal Gas on Dec. 29, 2015, cited failure by the company to follow laws protecting the community and the removal of the safety valve, which would have been at the base of the well about 8500 feet below the sur-face.

More than two months after SoCalGas discovered the leak in California, the company says it still doesn’t know what caused it.

“We won’t be able to determine that de-finitively until we actually complete the relief well process,” SoCalGas Spokes-man Michael Mizrahi told CBC. “SoCal-Gas has observed all of the safety proto-cols. These wells are inspected every day. They have an in-depth annual inspection once a year, in fact this well was due for its next annual inspection just before the leak happened.”

TransCanada has invested $900 million in proactive pipeline maintenance

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Skin Tyee Nation is holding a contest to rename the Lakeland Hotel.We are looking for names for the following;

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editor:I spent 50 years in the newspaper busi-

ness as a reporter, editor, and publisher at weeklies and dailies in all four western provinces.

Throughout my career I witnessed up close the disconnect between aboriginal people and the non-native society.

Becoming familiar with aboriginal his-tory, culture and traditions will surely go a long way in helping to bridge the discon-nect.

There has been mistrust, anger, suspi-cion, frustration and fear from both sides toward the other. Positive steps are being taken to narrow the gap but much more needs to be done.

For too long the aboriginal community

has been stereotyped by negative stories carried in newspapers, TV, and social me-dia. The stories often focus on protests, confrontations, alcohol and drug abuse, fi-nancial scandals, fires, gun violence, mur-ders, thefts, assaults, and missing persons on First Nations’ reserves.

Other disturbing stories include pov-erty, unemployment, poor drinking water, dilapidated housing, terrible roads, lack of educational opportunities, truancy, child runaways, etc.

But it hasn’t all been negative. There are many aboriginal success stories. Among them: pow wows, rodeo cowboys, accom-plished athletes, entrepreneurs, business ventures, artists, lawyers, judges, journalists, musicians, craft makers, politicians, etc.

To improve the relationship between ab-original people and non-natives, attitudes need to change.

Perry Bellgarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, called in June 2015 for people to ‘make room in your hearts and minds and your spirits. Rid yourself of those racial stereotypes of In-dians and indigenous people being dumb and lazy and drunk on welfare. Rid your-self of those things, so new things can come in.’

Chief Bellgarde made the statement in response to the final report and recom-mendations of the Truth and Reconcilia-tion Commission. The challenge is ours to take.

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E-Comm, the largest 9-1-1 call centre in B.C., has released a list of the top calls that shouldn’t have been placed to 9-1-1 in 2015.

This year’s top reason not to call 9-1-1? Re-questing the number for a local tire dealership.

The recipient of this year’s top nuisance call, Harrison Kwan, said his job is to treat every call as an emergency, no matter how illogical it may seem on the surface.

“We are trained to ask questions in case a caller is in distress and can’t speak freely,” said Kwan. “It’s only when I’m completely satisfied that the call is not a real emergency that I can disconnect and go back to answering other 9-1-1 calls; and that takes time.”

Almost 3400 calls flow through E-Comm every

day. E-Comm’s idea to release a top 10 list was to help raise awareness about the impact that non-emergency calls have on emergency services.

The 2015 top 10 reasons to not call 9-1-1 were:1. Requesting the number for a local tire dealer-

ship;2. Reporting an issue with a vending machine;3. Asking for the non-emergency line;4. Because a car parked too close to theirs;5. "My son won’t put his seatbelt on;”6. Coffee shop is refusing to refill coffee;7. Asking if it’s okay to park on the street;8. “My roommate used my toothbrush;”9. Asking for help getting a basketball out of a

tree;10. Reporting that their building’s air system is

too loud and they can’t sleep.“We hope that our message that 9-1-1 call-takers

can’t answer questions or manage non-emer-gency situations on 9-1-1 lifelines will en-courage people to learn more about 9-1-1,” said Robertson.

Among the sev-eral tips offered on E-Comm’s website - ecomm911.ca – is to call 9-1-1 if you have an emergency that requires immediate action from the police, ambulance, or fire: if someone's health, safety, or prop-erty is in jeopardy or if a crime is in progress.

E-Comm is the pri-mary 9-1-1 public safety answer point for 24 regional districts and other communities spanning from Vancou-ver Island to north of Prince George.

editor: Are we really that kind of people in Burns Lake refusing to

help refugees into our small town. I cant believe we would do this. We are bigger than this, we were there when it came time to help the boat people and today we have no heart what changed us? Poverty is it? What did it? We are a have community and always there when there is someone in need. In our community, well we don’t know this family that may be coming to Burns Lake but I know for sure they want a home, friendship and ev-erything that we all have and they have the same needs let’s get behind a fund raising program to see if we can find a house, fur-niture and all that is required to get a family in Burns Lake and a

group of people who would like to help get the fund raising and a committee off the ground these people are looking for love I’m sure we can provide this will you please help I’m going to the credit union and start a fund raising account also at the Royal Bank in case you don’t know who I am, I was mayor of Burns Lake for six years and stayed out of community activities.

I’m a member of the Burns Lake Knights of Columbus as well there motto is helping people in need. If you or anyone can help or wants to get involved please call me at 250 692 7417 ask for me Paul H. Jean.

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Top stories for Burns Lake in 2015JANUARY

Hereditary chiefs unhappy with Wet’suwet’en’s pipeline agreement

In December 2014, the Wet’suwet’en First Nation signed an agreement with the province for the proposed Coastal Gas-Link pipeline project. With approximately 240 members, the Wet’suwet’en First Nation will receive approximately $2.8 mil-lion from the province out of the agreement. However, not every-one is happy about this decision, nor with the way the decision was made.

“All hereditary chiefs are opposed to this [pipeline agree-ment],” said Jeff Brown, Hereditary Chief of the Gitdumden Clan of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation.

The hereditary chiefs are not the only ones unhappy with Wet’suwet’en’s pipeline agreement. According to Carla Lewis, a member of the Gitdumden Clan of the Wet’suwet’en First Na-tion and a registered band member of Wet’suwet’en First Nation, many band members, especially off-reserve, heard about the pipeline agreement for the first time through a press release.

Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre completed ahead of schedule

With the completion of a major project - the new Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre - which was completed months ahead of schedule.

Mayor Luke Strimbold said the opening of the new hospital and health centre is a significant moment in time for Burns Lake.

“I look at it as a community success,” he said. “The community has worked together over the last decade to advocating and lob-bying for this new hospital.”

The grand opening of the new facility took place on Jan. 22, 2015.

Granisle hunting guide finedGranisle hunting guide outfitter Stewart Berg is facing a total

of $20,425 fine for hunting violations. Sentenced in Smithers court Jan. 6, 2014 Berg was found guilty

for guiding a client to shoot a grizzly in the wrong management area in the fall of 2011.

“He received a number of letters from the Wildlife Branch say-ing his quota had changed, indicating that he was no longer able to harvest grizzly bears in a particular management unit,” said Kevin Nixon, conservation sergeant for the Bulkley-Stikine zone. 

“For whatever reason, he continued to hunt there and had a cli-ent harvest a grizzly bear in an area where he was told he could not harvest a grizzly bear anymore.” 

The grizzly was shot by a Mexican client on the east side of Babine Lake, part of region seven near the border to region six, said Sgt. Nixon. 

Berg was sentenced guilty for three violations by judge Chris-tine Birnie. 

With two years to pay, Berg was fined $15,000 for the grizzly shot outside his management area, as well as $2000 for incom-plete guide declarations and $2000 for late guide submissions. 

The courts directed Berg to pay half of his $19,000 fine to the Grizzly Bear Trust Fund. He also pays $1425 to the courts as a 15 per cent victims surcharge. 

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Burns Lake will have a separate inquest

A separate inquest will be held in Burns Lake to examine the deaths of the two workers in the explosion at the Babine Forest Products sawmill in 2012. While a single inquest was previously announced to examine the deaths of both fatal incidents in Burns Lake and Prince George in 2012, the B.C. Coroners Service will now be proceeding with two separate inquests.

The inquest into the Babine Forest Products mill deaths will be-gin on July 13, 2015, at the Island Gospel Fellowship Hall in Burns Lake. The inquest into the Lakeland Mills deaths will proceed as scheduled at the Prince George courthouse on March 2, 2015.

Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe noted in a press release that the B.C. Coroners Service hold inquests to assure communities that the deaths of their members will not be concealed, overlooked or ignored.

“The Burns Lake community has argued eloquently that it has a powerful interest in hearing first-hand the information about the explosion that took place in their community,” said Lapointe in a press release. “Those community needs outweigh what ad-vantages there might be in combining the two inquests.”

Steven Zika, Chief Executive Officer of Hampton Affiliates, said he would have preferred to have one inquest instead of two.

“We think both cases are very simi-lar; it would have made it a lot more efficient for everybody to have one inquest,” he said.

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The new Babine sawmill: safe, modern and efficient

Babine Forest Products was officially reopened in April 2014. The new sawmill not only offers a safer and more welcoming environment for workers, but it is also much more efficient than

the old one.The reopening of the sawmill,

however, was not an easy process.Ian Gray, plant manager of Babine

Forest Products, recognizes that when the mill started operations again, there was some obvious "ner-vousness" among employees.

On Jan. 20, 2012, an explosion at the mill cost the lives of two work-ers, and 20 others were injured. The fire spread throughout the premises and completely destroyed the mill, leaving approximately 230 direct em-ployees without a job.

"When the mill was reopened, there was some apprehension be-cause of what happened, but when we talked to people they were posi-tive," said Gray. "People were happy that the mill was being rebuilt, and glad to come back to work."

The reopening of the mill started with two weeks of training. Council-lors were on site assisting employees who may have been experiencing heighten anxiety during the first few

weeks. Employees were also encouraged to notify management if they were experiencing any personal difficulties.

The design of the new mill was intended to provide a safer and more welcoming space for workers. The interior cladding and much of the conveyor chuting was painted white. This, combined with energy efficient lighting, improved visibility and created a brighter and safer work environment.

"It looks like an office building," said Steven Zika, Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of Hampton Affiliates.

Production during the first few months was intentionally slow, according to Zika. Supervisors prioritized making sure that em-ployees were feeling comfortable in new facility, as opposed to worrying about production numbers. Employees, as well as man-agement, needed that time to get accustomed to the new equip-ment and the new system, he said.

Coastal GasLink to build camp by Burns Lake

The preliminary construction plan of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project has identified a potential pioneer camp location approximately 10 kilometres south of Burns Lake.

A pioneer camp is a smaller, more mobile camp that is used for early construction activities. Its primary purpose will be to house workers during the right-of-way clearing stage.

“The pioneer camp would be a smaller scale operation, with capacity for up to 200 people,” explained Jaime Croft, TransCan-ada’s Spokesperson.

The property sits along the proposed pipeline route, approxi-mately a kilometre east of Hwy. 35, with access via Seven Mile Road.

The work camp will offer catering and housekeeping services including daily facility and room cleaning and access to washers and dryers.

“Our camps will reflect current construction workforce stan-dards, including separate quarters for men and women, games rooms and exercise facilities,” explained Croft.

Coastal GasLink will also establish clear guidelines for behav-iour that will be enforced by camp management and construc-tion employers. This code of conduct will apply to employees in camp and out of camp.

“These guidelines are for the benefit of everyone on the project and in nearby communities,” said Croft.

Coastal GasLink expects to begin construction of the proposed pipeline in 2016, lasting three to four years. However, the pioneer camp in Burns Lake should be in operation for a few months only. Further use of the facility will depend on the needs of the prime construction contractors.

Potential sites for larger camps have been identified northeast of Fraser Lake and south of Houston.

Coastal GasLink Pipeline Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransCanada PipeLines Limited,  is proposing to develop a natural gas pipeline from northeast B.C., near Dawson Creek, to the west coast of B.C., near Kitimat, passing south of Burns Lake.

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The Spud Mountain trail system,  lo-cated directly above the Omineca Ski Club,  allows skiers to  enjoy  views  at about 1500 feet above a cloud blanketed valley. With an elevation of approximate-ly 3000 feet above Burns Lake, the top

of the mountain is  only eight kilometres from the club's lodge. According to the ski club, with the addition of the Spud Moun-tain trail system the ski club rivals the best cross country areas in B.C., including Ver-non’s Silver Star Mountain, which sees thousands of skiers each year. 

The 2015/16 ski season at Omineca

Ski Club has already begun. According to the club, lots of grooming was done last week, and although skiers are still advised to avoid the more advanced trails, almost all of the trails are rolled and ready to ski. It’s time to get outside and make the most of winter. And mark it on your calendar World Snow Day is Jan. 17, 2016.

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The syllabus for the 2016 Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts is now available around town. Festival dates: March 8-19. Entry deadline is February 1.

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More than just bears hibernate... Did you know that trees

“hibernate” as well?How is it that trees can just take a “rest” for the winter? Trees hibernate or go dormant during harsh weather when temperatures are colder and there is less sunlight. Without this deep dormancy, woody plants would never survive harsh winter conditions. The main environmental signal which triggers the onset of dormancy is daylight. The “provenance” refers to the specified area in which plants that produced seed are located or were derived. If a person tries to grow a tree that originated too far south of Burns Lake, for example, the tree would not shut down or harden off soon enough in the fall and would be damaged by frost. BLCF plants seedlings grown from seed that are of the correct provenance and hope that other environmental factors (disease and drought for example) will let them be and grow into healthy, well-formed trees in the future!

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Survey to monitor moose tickMembers of the public are now being asked to help document

moose winter tick infestations by completing and submitting an online moose winter tick survey be-fore April 30, 2015.

The survey will help B.C.’s Wild-life Health Program staff monitor the number of moose affected with these common ticks, and the extent to which they are affected around the province.

Mike Bridger, Project Coordinator for the provincial moose winter tick surveillance program, said that cur-rently there is “very little data” for tick infestations around the province.

“Most of the information on tick distribution and severity is anecdotal at this point,” he said. “We’re hoping by developing this program that we can acquire some baseline data to ob-serve changes in the distribution and severity of tick infestations from year to year.”

This year’s pilot project will moni-tor the number of animals with hair loss and the extent of hair loss to es-timate winter tick prevalence and dis-tribution.

“The extent of hair loss on a moose is a rough indicator of how many ticks are present,” he explained.

Survey participants are being asked to observe the amount of hair loss occurring on moose and check the survey box which most describes the animal ranging from “no loss” to “ghost” (hair loss over most of the body).

Winter tick infestations are gener-ally observed on moose during the months of February through April. This type of tick spends the winter on one moose and there can be as many as tens of thousands on one animal at a time.

As the ticks mature, they feed on the animal’s blood. In late winter, the irritation results in moose scratching

and grooming themselves excessively, resulting in hair loss and less foraging.

“This behaviour takes valuable time away from feeding, rest-ing, or being vigilant for predators,” explained Bridger. “This can often result in death by starvation or predation.”

There is no widely used treatment for tick infested moose.“There are medications called acaricides that are commonly

used to treat domestic livestock for tick infestations. However, the application of such medications to our wild moose popula-tions at a large scale would be very difficult logistically,” he said.

In a period of three years, the moose population in B.C. de-clined over 14 per cent. The 2014 estimate for B.C.’s moose population was from 120,000 to 205,000 with an average range of 162,500. In 2011, the estimate was from 145,000 to 235,000 with an average range of 190,000.

Burns Lake special Olympics athletes return home winners

Burns Lake brought back some hardware from the 2015 Spe-cial Olympics B.C. Winter Games held in Kamloops from Feb. 19 to 22. Danny Tress and Vanessa Redwood, from Burns Lake, won five medals between the two after competing in snowshoe events.

Tress earned a gold medal in the 50 metre sprint, a silver medal in the 100 metre sprint, and had a personal best time in the 100 metre sprint.

Redwood earned a gold medal in the 50 metre sprint, a gold medal in the 200 metre sprint (personal best time) plus a silver in team relay event.

Tress and Redwood travelled to Kamloops with their coach Tina Giesbrecht, who is a teacher at Lakes District Secondary School in Burns Lake. Giesbrecht said both athletes gave their best performance at the winter games.

Tress and Redwood participated in regional qualifiers last sea-son to earn coveted spots in these provincial games. They are now waiting to hear if they will qualify for the nationals in Cor-ner Brook, N.L., in 2016.

Regional rural services tax rate to increase

According to the 2015 budget approved by the board of di-rectors of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) on March 12, 2015, taxation on region-wide services will increase by 15.5 per cent, and taxation on regional rural services will in-crease by 22.4 per cent.

“Regional district budgets have not even been a whisper in my community, but it certainly is this year,” said Vanderhoof mayor Gerry Thiessen.

Tax rates for $100,000 residential properties went from 1.03 in 2014 to 1.23 in 2015 for rural taxpayers; and from 0.8 in 2014 to 0.92 in 2015 for municipal taxpayers.

Hans Berndorff, Financial Administrator for the RDBN, ex-plained that the reason tax rates have been kept relatively low over the past years is because the regional district has been rely-ing on surpluses from previous years to lower taxation.

In 2014, the RDBN had a reduction of $452,000 in their sur-plus, and as a result, taxpayers are paying the price.

Smithers mayor Taylor Bachrach said he struggles to accept that the RDBN relies on previous years’ surpluses to fund their current budgets.

Proposed cutbacks to affect Burns Lake

The Lakes District campus of the College of New Caledonia (CNC) will have cutbacks due to an effort to balance the college’s budget.

Henry Reiser, CNC President, said the college is facing a $2.8 million deficit in 2015/16. Reiser said the deficit is partially due to an increase in fixed costs such as utilities and regularization costs.

“Out of the 10 employees being laid off at the Lakes District campus, six of them are members of the Canadian Union of Pub-lic Employees and four of them are represented by the Confed-eration of University Faculty Associations of B.C.

Honouring Alan BlackwellWar veteran Alan Blackwell was honoured by the Lieutenant

Governor of B.C. Judith Guichon and Burns Lake Mayor Luke Strimbold for receiving the congressional gold medal. The event took place in Burns Lake on Feb. 26, 2015.

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Canadian Cancer Society Office Hours are Tues., Wed. & Fri. from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Phone (250) 692-7203 e-mail: burnslake@bc.cancer.ca.

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This NEW program provides seniors with an opportunity to make new friends and enjoy a friendly visit while participating in a variety of activities. Afternoons will be filled with games and crafting as well as “Lunch & Learn” sessions providing information on topics relevant to seniors. The program is FREE to anyone 65 years or older. If you are 65 or older and would like more information on the program or are interested in volunteering, please contact: Kelly Turford, Executive Director @ 250 692 7577

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Burns Lake rallies in Prince George at CNC

On entourage of approximately 15 people headed to Prince George last Friday to voice their concerns at the College of New Caledonia (CNC) public forum. The forum gave community members a chance to voice their opinions about the proposed changes. The forum was held on March 27.

Mayor Luke Strimbold took time to attend the public forum to stress to the board the importance of the local CNC.

He said, “Standardization and centralization - these are words going around in our community. And you as a board and your senior executive are pushing a different philosophy. I believe the people of Burns Lake will support me when I say that we want to work with you to define what education looks like in our com-munity.”

Good-bye to the old Burns Lake hospital

Work to deconstruct the old Lakes District Hospital in Burns Lake has already begun, but the actual demolition of the building is expected to take place in early May, 2015.

“The old Lakes District Hospital served the community very well for over 50 years and definitely leaves behind a great leg-acy in the Lakes District,” said John Rustad, MLA for Nechako Lakes.

Most of the work to take down the old hospital will include ex-cavators that will safely break down the structure, and then clear the debris.

The process of hazardous material remediation, decommis-sioning of equipment not transferred to the new facility, and dis-posal of other items inside the hospital has already occurred.

The old Lakes District Hospital was built in 1960. Over the last 10 years the old hospital has had over 47,000 inpatients and 103,268 visits. In the last decade, there have been over 48,000 x-rays and over one million lab tests.

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Triple homicide in Burns Lake shakes community

On April 27, 2015, at 8:25 a.m., the Burns Lake RCMP attended a residence in the 200 block of Fifth Avenue in Burns Lake after receiving a report of potential foul play. Neighbours said they heard gun shots ring out around 6 a.m.

Officers entered the residence and found three people, one woman and two men, deceased inside. The identities of all three victims are not being re-leased at this time.

Burns Lake resident Reuben Buhler, 54, has been arrested in connection with the homicides and has been charged with three counts of second degree murder.

Buhler appeared in the Burns Lake Provincial Court on April 29, 2015. His next court date is scheduled for June 15, 2015, at 10 a.m. in Smith-ers. He will remain in custody until his next court

date.The investigation is still in its very early stages and no other

information can be released at this time in order to protect the integrity of the investigation and the upcoming court process.

The North District Major Crime Unit, the Prince George Fo-rensic Identification Unit and members from the North District General Investigative Unit are assisting the Burns lake RCMP in their investigation.

Police believes this to be an isolated incident and there is no further risk to the public.

The North District Major Crime Unit is reaching out to the public looking for information to solidify a time line they have established regarding Reuben Buhler’s actions and whereabouts from noon on Sunday April 26 until 9 a.m. on Monday April 27.

Buhler owns two vehicles that he may have used during his travels – a 1998 red and silver dodge ram 2500, and a 1992 teal green ford mustang convertible.

“No information is too minor in nature,” said Cpl. D.J. (Dave) Tyreman, Spokesperson for the RCMP.

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Mushroom picking marked with assaults and head on collision

The RCMP responded to two reports of serious aggravated as-saults and one head on collision last week near the Chelaslie Riv-er, where hundreds of people have been picking up mushrooms.

The first assault occurred in the evening hours of May 28, leav-ing one male seriously injured. The male was transported to the Lakes District Hospital and Health Centre, and then flown to Vancouver for medical attention.

The second assault occurred on May 29, leaving one male se-riously injured. The male was air evacuated (via helicopter) to the Prince George Hospital. Two men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

On May 26, the RCMP received a call regarding a motor ve-hicle collision. Two vehicles collided in a head on collision on the Forest Service Road accessing the Chelaslie River. One male suffered serious injuries.

Lake Babine Nation election

More than 90 people have been nominated as candidates in this year’s Lake Babine Nation elections.

Twenty-three people were nomi-nated for the position of chief, includ-ing incumbent Wilf Adam and former chief Emma Palmantier.

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Canadian Cancer Society is open Tue., Wed. & Fri., 10am to 2pm. Drop in and browse through our on-going garage sale items and our arts & crafts tables (donations gratefully ac-cepted). Contact us at (250) 692-7203 or email us at burnslake@bccancer.ca and inquire about joining our group as a volunteer! For Cancer Information or Cancer Connect: 1-888-939-3333. Website: www.cancer.ca.

Carrier Sekani Family Services Burns Lake Women’s Group gets to-gether each Tues. at 10am to share success stories and support each other on our journey to creating ful� ll-ment and wellness. Burns Lake Band Of� ce. More info: Bonnie or Wanda (250) 692-1800.

The syllabus for the 2016 Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts is now is now available at LD News, BL Public Library, Western Financial Group, Artisan Centre, SEDA and on-line at ldfestival.com. Festival dates: Mar. 8-19. The entry deadline is Feb. 1. So get busy and plan your entries now.

Will you be celebrating your 90th or 100th birthday this year? If so please contact Lakes District News - we would love to do a story on you and take your picture.

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DECKER LAKE MENNONITE CHURCH

Sunday Morning Services:Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Worship Services: 10:30 a.m.Pastors - Ken Dyck 250-698-7629 David S. Burkholder 250-692-7057

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Seventh Day Adventist Church Group

Meets Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. at the United Church on Centre Street.

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Lakes Fellowship724 Babine Lake Road

Sunday Services: 10:30 amCelebrating the Love of God

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Royal Canadian Legion

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Pastor John Neufeld 250-692-7949

New location: Burns Lake Band (old highschool): 10:30 am

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Grassy Plains Gospel ChurchSunday Service: 10:45 am

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Do you have a passion for helping others? If you are the type of individual who wants to help adults with disabilities reach their goals & lead their lives then we have just the opportunity for you!

As a Support Worker you will:Assist with day-to-day living skillsHelp enhance quality of life, to ensure that physical, medical, recreational, social & cultural needs are metProvide a safe and clean environment

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Forestry PositionsDWB Consulting Services Ltd. (DWB) is an integrated British Columbia consulting firm that specializes in offering clients a variety of forestry, environmental and engineering services. DWB is currently accepting resumes for Forestry Technicians and layout staff members for their Burns Lake location. The successful applicants will be responsible for layout of roads and cutblock boundaries, gps traversing, timber cruising, site plan data collection, riparian assessment, other field related duties, and office reporting. Positions are considered full time and are primarily field based with a minor component of office related duties. Camp work will be required.DWB offers a competitive salary, benefits package, and living-out-allowance.Please submit Cover Letter and Resume (with notified references), by email to: Youenn Wilson, RPF, Operations Manager DWB Consulting Services Ltd. E-Mail: ywilson@dwbconsulting.ca Website: www.dwbconsulting.caApplications will be accepted until positions are filled.

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Southside Health & Wellness Centre seeks an RN or LPN for casual employment in community health. The Centre endeavors to increase wellness through a system of education, health promotion, disease prevention and treatment that empowers people to make healthy lifestyle choices. Salary commensurate with experience. Willing to train the right person.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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EMPLOYMENT

BUSINESS SERVICES

PETS & LIVESTOCK

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

AUTOMOTIVE

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

LEGAL NOTICES

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Inspire.Perspire.Participate in an event to help the 4 millionCanadians living with arthritis.

Skin Tyee Nation is holding a contest to rename the Lakeland Hotel.We are looking for names for the following;

➜ Hotel ➜ Restaurant ➜ Pub and Grill ➜ Bar/CabaretThe contest is open to everyone.Cash prizes will be awarded for names chosen.

Entry deadline is January 31, 2016All Entries must be postmarked byJanuary 31, 2016 and mailed to:

Name the Hotel Contest PO Box 290, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0

In the event that more than one person enters the same winning name, we reserve the right to award prizes accordingly.

NAME THE HOTELHOTELContest

Winners will be announced in the LD News

Your InvitedJoin David Keane

President of the BC LNG Alliance as he provides an

update to Chamber members and the public on what's new

with the BC LNG Alliance.

Monday, January 1812 pm

Limited seatingRSVP required to Susan at the

Burns Lake & District Chamber of Commerce 250-692-3773

Support Burns Lake. Shop Local.

The National Newspaper Association has done research on how people read and what they think about their local

newspapers:The local community newspaper is the

primary source of information about the local community at 49.3%

The next best source is friends and relatives at 18%

TV 16%

Internet 7.7%

Less than 6% is radio

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Burns Lake Recycling Depot

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10:30am to 4:30pm

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PHONE: 250-692-7948

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For the third consecutive year, Olivia is the top name for girls born in B.C., according to the Vital Statistics Agency.

Ethan was the top name for boys in 2014, edging out last year's number one name, Liam. Ethan has been in the number one or number two spot each year since 2002 in British Columbia.

Rounding out the top five names for girls born in the province in 2014 were Emma, Sophia, Emily and Chloe.

For baby boys, other names in the top five were Liam, Lucas, Oliver and Mason. There were 44,500 babies born in B.C. in 2014, consisting of 22,957 boys and 21,543 girls.

As for 2015, it could be the year of the Olive. Preliminary sta-tistics from Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 1, 2015, show Olivia still run-ning strong and Oliver so far edging out Liam and Ethan for first place. Final statistics will not be available until later in 2016.

Most popular baby names in B.C.

CooL photoPaul-Aaron Buch - 12-years-old captured this photo of Ootsa Lake just before the new year.