Burns Lake Lakes District News, September 23, 2015

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Burns Lake’s downtown core will soon become more appealing since Skin Tyee First Nation (STFN) has pur-chased the Lakeland Hotel and plans “major renovations and upgrades.”

“The hotel was in rough shape and should have been renovated years ago,” said STFN Chief Rene Skin.

The building was purchased by Skin Tyee First Nation Resorts Inc., a com-pany owned by STFN. The hotel has already been closed while crews pre-pare the building for its renovations.

The Lakeland Hotel, first built in 1953, was once considered people’s favourite breakfast place. The STFN took this into consideration when they planned a new restaurant with a break-fast theme. The new hotel will also have a sports pub and grill with a stage for performances of local musicians.

Expected to reopen in the spring of 2016, the hotel will have a First Na-tions theme, including a gift shop for local First Nations artists to display and sell art.

The hotel will have its mechanical and electrical systems replaced and brought up to code. In addition, the downstairs lounge will be renovated

Skin Tyee First Nation has no plans to open it as a casino

Lakeland Hotel to reopen

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The petition will be sent along with a traffic road count FLAVIO NIENOW

In the story ‘Colleymount Road petition has gathered 600 signa-tures’ published in the Lakes District News’ Aug. 19, 2015 edition, Colleymount residents had hoped to collect 1000 signatures before the end of August for a petition to improve conditions of Colleymount Road.

The group of concerned residents, known as the Colleymount Road

working group, was close to reach their goal, gathering 929 signatures.A package is now being sent to Todd Stone, Minister of Transporta-

tion and Infrastructure, including the petition, letters of support from residents and photos of the road.

Eileen Benedict, Director of Electoral Area E for the Regional Dis-trict of Bulkley-Nechako, will personally deliver the package to min-ister Stone during a meeting this week in Prince George. The package will also be sent to John Rustad, MLA for Nechako Lakes, and Nathan Cullen, Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP.

In addition, the package will include the results of a traffic count conducted by the Colleymount Road working group earlier this month. According to the group, during a 12-hour road count, 281 vehicles

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During a committee of the whole meeting on Sept. 15, 2015, in Burns Lake, village council discussed details of the proposed Eighth Avenue/Center Street corridor project.

According to Sheryl Worthing, Chief Administrative Officer for the Village of Burns Lake, it could be late fall before the municipality learns if its grant application for phase one of the Eighth Avenue/Center Street corridor project is approved.

Earlier this spring, the municipality applied to the federal gov-ernment’s strategic priorities fund for $2.833 million to under-take phase one of the proposed project.

If that grant is approved, the design phase of the project would commence this winter, and construction would begin in the sum-mer of 2016. The grant’s approval would also mean that borrow-ing funds for the first portion of the project wouldn't be necessary.

If the municipality’s application is denied, however, Burns Lake residents may be asked to approve a 9.1 per cent tax in-crease. On Aug. 11, 2015, councillors approved a motion to bor-row $1.9 million and raise taxes by more than nine per cent if the grant to fund the project is not forthcoming.

If the village is required to borrow funds for the project, it must first pass a borrowing bylaw. Under the B.C.’s community char-

ter, that bylaw would require the ap-proval of Burns Lake voters.

During the committee of the whole meeting, village staff presented ad-ditional information about the pro-posed project and answered ques-tions from council.

One of the questions asked by

council was, “What is in our plan to make the streets last as long as possible?”

“We have engaged a crack sea sealing company to give us pric-ing for the spring of 2016 to try and get ahead of the cracks,” answered village staff. “Currently all of our budgets have gone to pothole repairs and paving patches as our asphalt deficit is large.”

Another question from council was, “With the amount of traf-fic that utilizes Eighth Avenue to Carroll Street and Center Street to the hospital, how much would life expectancy be reduced by simply re-surfacing the existing infrastructure?”

Village staff answered that, if base repairs and storm systems are not completed as part of the project, asphalt life could be re-duced as much as 50 per cent or 13 years from a life expectancy of 25 years.

Council was also curious about interest rate risks associated with borrowing funds.

Village staff explained that all borrowing is done through the municipal finance association (MFA).

“Each new issue is for a 10-year term, meaning the interest rate is locked in for 10 years. After 10 years, the rate is locked in for five-year terms until completion. The current rate for a 25-year term is 3.5 per cent and the MFA has a history of very stable rates.”

In addition, council asked staff if there had been precedents of a regional district helping pay for projects such as the Eighth Avenue/Center Street corridor.

Staff said there are no precedents regarding regional dis-trict residents paying towards municipal infrastructure projects.

“We have canvassed most of the regional districts in the prov-ince and have found no instances so far.”

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travelled the road carrying 371 individuals.“Looking at these numbers, over a five-day period from

Monday to Friday, there would be 1405 vehicles transport-ing 1855 individuals,” explained Rita Lavoie, member of the Colleymount Road working group.

The traffic count was conducted at the junction of Hwy. 35 and Colleymount Road from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 3; and from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 4.

This traffic count did not include logging trucks. A traf-fic count conducted earlier this year by the same group sug-gested that there could be up to 65 logging trucks per day travelling along the road.

“When you look at this road, there is no way that, with the number of logging trucks we see every day, we can keep the road in shape year after year,” said Lavoie.

The Colleymount Road working group is now starting a letter-writing campaign in the hope that politicians will start paying attention to their concerns.

“We will be asking people to give their mailing address in the letters and to request that Todd Stone respond to their concerns,” said Lavoie.

The group expects that the letter-writing campaign will take at least two to three months.

“So in the next few weeks we will move into the letter-writing initiative and await a response from minister Todd Stone.”

Colleymount Road extends from Francois Lake’s ferry landing to km 54 (west corner of Francois Lake). According to residents, safety issues include a major increase of com-mercial and non-commercial traffic; narrow, blind corners and sloughing on both road portions and embankments. In addition, there are maintenance concerns relating to snow removal, sanding, grading and brushing.

In the letter recently sent to minister Stone, the group ac-knowledges that Lakes District Maintenance (LDM) and ministry contractors have been trying to maintain the road to

a higher standard. However, the letter refers to the work done as “temporary” and “Band-Aid.”

According to Lavoie, the recent work done by the LDM to repair the road is already showing problems.

“One can see the potholes and rough spots showing through the seal coat and gravel,” she said.

“Next year will see a need to clean up the same areas, the same potholes, the same sloughing,” reads the letter sent to minister Stone. “And the issue of safety, beyond road main-tenance, continues to be ignored.”

Colleymount Road working group criticizes visitor centre

The Colleymount Road working group has criticized the

Burns Lake Visitor Centre for their promotion of Colley-mount Road.

The visitor centre has been encouraging visitors to do the so-called ‘Francois Lake circle tour,’ driving along Colley-mount Road.

“It is hard to believe that at the same time we are trying to get Colleymount Road fixed, the visitor centre is promoting more traffic,” said Rita Lavoie, member of the Colleymount Road working group. “Disaster is on the horizon as recent visitors will tell you when they met a logging truck and had nowhere to go but in the ditch as the road was too narrow to pass.”

Susan Schienbein, Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Centre Manager, said tourism is an important contributor to the economy of the Lakes District.

“The Francois Lake circle tour has been a local asset mar-keted for many years,” she said. “This route allows us to keep many visitors to the Lakes District extending their stay in the community for an additional day.”

Schienbein said visitor centre staff has been on the Col-leymount Road this year to assess the road conditions to better advise visitors. She said all visitors are urged to use caution; advised that the road is used for industrial traffic; provided with a resource road guide pamphlet; and are en-couraged to do the circle route starting on the Southside and travelling along Colleymount Road in the same direction as loaded industrial vehicles back to Burns Lake.

Greg Brown, President of the Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber is also committed to lobbying for improvements to Colleymount Road. Brown said the chamber has already co-hosted a meeting with the ministry of transportation and Colleymount Road users. In addition, the chamber has held a lunch with minister Todd Stone and has written letters of support for the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako to assist them with their lob-bying efforts for increased funding.

“This road is critical for our members in multiple sectors of the economy and we’ll continue to support our mem-bers,” said Brown.

Road safety is being ignored says group

The Colleymount Road working group is starting a letter-writing campaign in the hope that politicians will start paying attention to the road.

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The federal election campaign has produced a jumble of conflicting claims about whether or not Canada has a balanced budget or a deficit, how it was determined, and whether it even matters.

The definitive word on this came out last week, with the release of the Government of Canada Annual Financial Report,

signed off by Auditor General Michael Ferguson.“The government posted a budgetary surplus of $1.9

billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, com-pared to a budgetary deficit of $5.2 billion in 2013-14,” the report says.

“Revenues increased by $10.7 billion, or 3.9 per cent, from 2013-14, reflecting increases across all ma-jor revenue streams. Program expenses increased by $5.2 billion, reflecting increases in major transfers to

persons and other levels of government, offset in part by a decrease in direct program expenses.”The Conservative government’s pre-election budget calculated that last year was in deficit, and

this year would be the first in the black since 2008. Ottawa pundits say this “surprise surplus” was engineered with intentionally pessimistic budget estimates, so Prime Minister Stephen Harper would get a boost right about now.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau claimed last year’s surplus was partly generated by cuts to Veterans’ Affairs and Aboriginal Affairs. Wrong and wrong. Veterans’ Affairs spending was up 13 per cent, and Aboriginal Affairs spending rose nearly 30 per cent.

Trudeau has also insisted Canada is in recession now, which helps his suddenly adopted position that a Liberal government would run deficits for the next three years to build infrastructure.

Harper ran the biggest deficits in Canadian history after the 2009 crash, bailing out auto makers and building lots of “shovel ready” infrastructure, as did the U.S. and other countries. The question raised by Trudeau’s plan is whether it’s a good idea to keep doing that without a financial crisis.

France, for example, has run operating deficits every year since the early 1970s, although the cur-rent Socialist government vows to balance the books by 2017. France’s operating debt is now equal to 91 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product.

Canada’s net debt-to-GDP ratio is currently around 30 per cent, down from frightening levels in the 1990s before the Chrétien government finally balanced the budget.

(Fun fact: then-finance minister Paul Martin not only cut transfers to provinces, unlike the cur-rent government, he inflicted the largest-ever cuts to the CBC. Harper’s CBC cuts were part of government-wide reductions, again due to that 2009 crisis.)

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has promised to balance the budget every year of his mandate, should he form Canada’s first-ever socialist government. He will spend the rest of the campaign try-ing to reconcile this promise with the grandiose spending plans he has piled up.

Meanwhile in B.C., Finance Minister Mike de Jong may have benefited from Harper’s lowball budget. In his first quarter update last week, de Jong reported that his February budget forecast is on track, with a $277 million surplus.

This is despite a $300 million bill for forest firefighting, thanks to personal and corporate income tax revenue expected to be $374 million higher than budgeted. B.C. bases its tax revenue figures on federal estimates, and the ones they got early this year were clearly low.

Understated or not, this is a nice problem to have. De Jong says that at the current pace, B.C. will pay off its accumulated operating debt by 2020.

The last time the province was free of operating debt was 1982. The big debt peak came during the NDP 1990s, with another spike from 2009 to 2013 under the B.C. Liberals.

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When I first went to university, I chose to study business manage-ment (don’t ask me why; even my lemonade stand had failed terribly).

During one of our classes, instead of learn-ing about calculous, marketing and business plans, our professor started talking about in-tuition (for several min-utes I thought I had en-

tered the wrong class). In fact, he devoted an entire class for the subject. I was a bit confused at first. I used to see business management as something en-tirely logical and pragmatic, based on numbers and market projections. I would never have imagined that it would have anything to do with intuition. Furthermore, I would never have imagined this topic being brought up to class. But there I was, learning about intuition during my business man-agement class. And guess what, it was fascinating!

To approach the subject, the professor quoted Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Apple Inc. who died in 2011. Jobs had learned about intuition while spending time in India. In his biography, written by Walter Isaacson, Jobs said coming back to America was much more of a cultural shock than going to India.

“The people in the Indian countryside don’t use their intellect like we do, they use their intuition instead, and their intuition is far more developed than in the rest of the world,” said Jobs. “Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect; that’s had a big impact on my work.”

Our professor explained that, when managing a business, intuition plays a vital role. Some-times market conditions and the advice of people we trust might point to a certain direction, but our gut feeling might be telling us to go on a different path. And more often than not, our intuition is right. In her magazine ‘O,’ Oprah describes intuition as a “whispery sensation that pulsates just beneath the surface of your being.”

Oprah says that learning to trust your instincts - using your intuitive sense of what’s best for you - is paramount for any lasting success (and if Oprah said it, it must be true).

“All animals have it [intuition]; we’re the only creatures that deny and ignore it,” she said. “I’ve trusted the still, small voice of intuition my entire life, and the only time I’ve made mistakes is when I didn’t listen.”

Even if you’re not as opened to the idea of intuition, you might have had glimpses of if when you first meet someone new - you’ve never seen this person in front of you before, but something tells you immediately if you will get along with this person or not.

We’ve all had to make difficult decisions in our lives - it might be deciding to end a long-term relationship, to quit a job you’ve had for several years, to move to a different city or to take a different direction in life. Making such decisions can add enormous amounts of stress to our lives and make us fearful that we might be making the wrong decision.

Jordan Bach, a young spiritual leader from New York, says that when faced with a difficult decision, a good strategy is to sense in your body which decision “feels like forward move-ment.”

“Some of the best choices might make no sense, but they feel right in your body,” he ex-plains on his website (www.thebachbook.com).

Sometimes the choice that you have to make is not the most comfortable. In fact, you might forcefully wish that you didn’t have to make it. Nevertheless, your body is telling you that it is the right decision, and even though you don’t understand it, it is the best choice at that time.

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and reopened. Although there have been rumours of a casino being built in the hotel basement, Chief Skin told Lakes District News that those rumours are false.

“We do not intend to make a casino,” said Chief Skin. “We intend to improve the hotel and make the heart of downtown Burns Lake a destination place.”

The new owners also plan to renovate the hotel rooms to bring them up to standard.“We will have a high standard of cleanliness as well as a great staff trained in hospitality.”Furthermore, Chief Skin said STFN has dreams of a possible fitness centre and swimming pool in the

hotel.“There is lots of potential,” he said. “We believe the hotel will be brought to a standard that people will

approve for repeat business; possibly a good place for people to conduct business, relax, or watch their favourite sports.”

The STFN expects the new hotel will provide employment to their members and the surrounding First Nations, as well as Burns Lake residents. In fact, the STFN has already hired people from six different First Nations around the community to help prepare the building for contractors.

Greg Brown, President of the Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber was pleased to hear of the purchase of the Lakeland Hotel by the STFN.

“Chief Rene Skin and his team have been very proactive for their members and we look forward to the renovation and reopening of this facility,” said Brown. “Our board of directors and staff are always will-ing to help our members grow their business and to welcome new investors to the business community.”

According to Sheryl Worthing, Chief Administrative Officer for the Village of Burns Lake, the village has been assisting STFN on this renovation project. The village’s economic development officer has given the STFN information on the business façade grant program; the village’s building inspector is assisting with building permit information; and the village’s director of protective services is assisting with fire code regulation and safety information.

“With the improvements in the downtown core over the past three years, the renovations and upgrades to the Lakeland Hotel will help enhance the work that has already been done,” said Worthing. “We are very excited about this project and are looking forward to the finished product.”

Looking back at old hotel

Photo of the Lakeland Hotel around the time it first opened in 1953.Lakes District News fiLe photo

Minimum wage rises 20 cents

B.C.'s minimum wage has risen 20 cents to $10.45 an hour, the first annual increase since the provincial government tied it to the B.C. consumer price index.

It's the first increase since 2012, when the wage was increased to $10.25. For restaurant and pub servers, the minimum wage rises from $9 to $9.20. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond has said the discount from the general minimum wage will remain at $1.25 to account for income earned in tips.

NDP labour critic Shane Simpson called the increase "dismal" and "paltry." B.C. Federation of Labour president Irene Lanzinger said by the end of 2015, B.C. will have the second lowest minimum wage in Canada.

"Seattle will reach $15 an hour by 2017, Alberta by 2018," Lanzinger said. "B.C.'s minimum wage will reach $15 per hour by 2034."

B.C. marks Queen’s record reign

British Columbia is joining the rest of the Commonwealth to mark the occa-sion as Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Her Majesty surpasses the record of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria on Wednesday, Sept. 9, making her the longest-reigning female monarch in history. Born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21, 1926, Elizabeth II be-came head of the Commonwealth on Feb. 6, 1952 and is serving as Queen for her 63rd year.

Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon, the Queen’s representative in B.C., is hosting a garden party at Government House in Victoria on Saturday, Sept. 12 to celebrate the milestone. The free event is open to everyone and includes music, tea service and children’s entertainment.

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editor:Since the re-used shed is closed I am suggesting that any orga-

nization that depends on donations or garage sales or auctions to make their plans well known and in advance so that people can donate those items that would otherwise be put in the landfill.

If someone wants to raise funds for a good cause it is a good time to do so. A lot of good items went through the re-use, where will they go now?

Helene Brunette

editor:This letter will probably not be considered news, but I hope

you will be able to find room in your paper to print it.I was visiting your area recently, on a trip that had taken me up

into Yukon and Alaska by truck and camper. I stayed in a couple of places that were managed by the Lakes Outdoor Recreation Society and I wanted to thank the group for all their work.

The sites had been obviously cared for, and one in particular had extensive steep trails which had many, many downed trees that had been bucked up and moved off the trail. I appreciate that someone took on the responsibility for doing that challeng-ing work, on his/her own time, just so others could have a nice,

safe experience.Volunteers are a precious commodity, and often don't get ac-

knowledged enough. So, here is a big, public, job well d one to all the members and volunteers who do the work at the Lakes Outdoor Recreation Society, and who are such an asset to your communities. You are all so generous, we enjoyed our time in your outdoors because of you, and will pass on our stories to other travelers who may head your way.

Happy trails,Sylvia Allan

Comox Valley, BC

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Telkwa council proposes recall mechanism Recall legislation would allow B.C. residents to remove municipal politicians

Flavio NieNow

Telkwa council is proposing a resolution that would allow B.C. residents to remove municipal politicians whose perfor-mances have been undesirable or unacceptable.

Recall is a legal mechanism whereby a specified percent-age of voters can petition for an election to remove a particular elected official. If the vote is in favour of removal, then the seat of the official is declared vacant and a by-election is held to fill the vacancy.

“A recall mechanism would give the electorate a democratic avenue to remove a politician and elect a new representative whose policies are more in tune with the needs and wants of their community members,” said Telkwa Mayor Darcy Repen. “It is about municipal politicians being accountable for their actions to the people they are supposed to be serving.”

The idea is being presented at the 2015 Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention being held this week - Sept. 21 to 25 - in Vancouver.

“I hope that the UBCM membership sees this resolution as an opportunity to take the lead and demonstrate that they, too, believe in the right of citizens to hold their political representatives accountable for their perfor-mance,” said Repen.

According to Repen, extending the terms of office of elected municipal officials to four years provid-ed more opportunity for politicians to achieve their goals. However, if a politician takes a course that is not representative of their constituents’ best inter-ests, a lot of damage can be done in those four years, he said. If endorsed by the UBCM, this resolution will be referred to the provincial government, who would then decide whether to amend the commu-nity charter to include a recall mechanism. This new

amendment could impact all municipalities in B.C.

Recall legislation al-ready exists in British Columbia to remove members of the legisla-tive assembly (MLAs). In order to remove an MLA, a voter must col-lect signatures from more than 40 per cent of voters eligible to sign the petition in that electoral district. Applications for recall petitions cannot be submitted to Elec-tions B.C. during the 18 months after the MLA was elected.

In Canada, the recall process is unique to B.C. – no other province or territory has a system in place for removing elect-ed representatives from office between elections. In the United States, re-call laws exist in over half of the states.


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Two of this area’s six First Nations leaders were paid more last year than members of British Columbia’s Legislative Assembly, and a third earned more than the province’s Minister of Aborigi-nal Relations and Reconciliation.

According to documents available through Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), Chief Rene Skin of the Skin Tyee First Nation was paid $128,530 in remuneration and honoraria in the 12 months ended March 31, 2015. His coun-terpart at the Lake Babine Nation, Wilf Adam, received salary and honoraria totalling $110,139 during the same period.

These incomes garnered both men the distinction of earning more than a B.C. Member of the Legislative Assembly. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, each of B.C.’s 85 MLAs was paid a base salary (excluding expenses) of $101,859.

Skin was also paid $58,852 in travel-related expenses last year, bringing his total First Nations related income to $187,382. Ad-ams’ total band-related income was $203,901, as he also posted travel expenses of $93,762.

As of July 2015, the Skin Tyee First Nation had a registered population of 179 members, while the Lake Babine Nation’s reg-istered population totalled 2462.

Adams and Skin weren’t the highest paid First Nations lead-ers in this area last year. Richard Peters, who served as chief of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation for the 12 months ended March 31, 2015, received remuneration totalling $166,169 – $23,566 more than John Rustad, B.C.’s Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, and only $9,028 less than Premier Christy Clark.

Peters also received $34,527 in travel-related expenses, for a combined band-related income of $200,696.

Several other local First Nations leaders also posted six-figure incomes last year.

Dan George, who served as councillor of the Burns Lake Band for seven months and its chief for five, received band-related re-muneration and expense payments totalling $132,185. Chief Ray Morris of the Nee Tahi Buhn Band was paid $91,405 in remu-neration and honoraria for the year ended March 31, 2015 and an additional $62,976 in expenses, for a total of $154,381.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada records show that as of July 2015, the Burns Lake Band had 130 regis-tered members, while the Nee Tahi Buhn Band had 147.

Deputy Chief Frank Alec of the Lake Babine Nation earned $68,500 in honoraria and an additional $56,000 in travel ex-penses, for a combined band-related income of $124,500. Fel-low LBN councillors Leonard Lawley and Fred William were paid $112,405 and 111,326 in honoraria and expenses last year, respectively.

Karen Ogen, chief of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation (which

AANDC states has 243 registered members) received band-relat-ed payments totalling $111,214 – $84,756 in remuneration and $26,458 in expenses.

Hazel Burt and Ted Jack, councillors for the Cheslatta Carrier Nation, had combined remuneration and expenses of $116,769 and $103,227, respectively, although these totals also reflect income they earned while serving the First Nation in other ca-pacities. According to documents filed with AANDC, Burt also acted as Cheslatta’s social development manager and education manager during the last fiscal year, while Councillor Jack was the First Nation’s land and natural resources manager, capital/in-frastructure manager, operations and maintenance manager, and field supervisor.

A dozen other First Nations elected officials each received pay-ments totalling more than $50,000 from their respective bands during the 2014-15 fiscal year. During that period, this area’s six First Nations – which according to AANDC have combined reg-istered populations of 3517 – paid $2,630,073 in total remunera-tion and expenses to 31 elected officials.

The federal First Nations Financial Transparency Act, which came into effect in 2013, requires that First Nations publish sev-eral financial related documents annually, including their audited consolidated financial statements and a schedule of remuneration and expenses paid to elected offi-cials. These documents must remain accessible to the public for a period of 10 years.

Like other federal, provincial, and municipal governments, First Nation governments are responsible for set-ting the remuneration paid to elected officials. On its website, AANDC indicates that it encourages First Na-tions to practice sound fiscal man-agement by setting remuneration at reasonable levels commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the position, while taking into consider-ation the “overall needs of the com-munity.”

According to AANDC, First Na-tions generally consider a number of factors when setting the remunera-tion of their elected officials, includ-ing the latter’s responsibilities and duties, the size of the community, the complexity of the community’s business operations, and the First Na-tion’s own-source revenue.

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John Rustad, MLA for Nechako Lakes, met with eight constituents during the Senior’s Tea on Sept. 18, 2015, at the Lakeside Multiplex in Burns Lake.

Participants were treated to an afternoon of tea and snacks and lively discussion on a number of topics in-cluding the condition of Colleymount Road.

Colleymount Road residents have been complaining about the road conditions for a number of years. They have recently gathered almost 1000 signatures for a petition that was sent to Todd Stone, Minister of Transporta-tion and Infrastructure.

Rustad agreed that a lot of work will have to be done on Col-leymount Road in order to make lasting improvements.

“The biggest challenge is the foundation of the road itself, there’s a continually sloughing going off into the lake there just isn’t a way to shore up the foundation,” he said.

Rustad said that the main goal is to keep the road maintained and safe until a long-term solution can be found.

“It’s not an easy fix,” he added.Rustad’s work as the Minister for Aboriginal Relations and

Reconciliations was also a major point of discussion, as he led a conversation on how incidents in B.C.’s past regarding First Na-tions have made reconciliation challenging.

Rustad explained how the first step to moving forward is by acknowledging past injustices. He referred to Prince George’s re-naming of the Fort George Park into Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park as an example of a symbolic move meant to acknowledge the past in a meaningful way. Rustad said he was surprised that some people were upset at the idea of changing the name of the park.

“I have to remind people that the park was actually a golf course [at one point], there’s lots of resistance if people don’t know the full history,” he said.

Rustad also shared with the group that he was not aware of a great deal of First Nation’s history in B.C. until he became a school trustee. He de-scribed how generations of British

Columbians have grown up unaware of the past, and how this contributes to resistance or lack of empathy by some people to any attempts at recognizing past injustices and reconciling with First Nations communities.

The group also discussed how it is important to celebrate posi-tive developments between the B.C. government and First Na-tions. Rustad agreed and referred to, as an example, the fact that of 350 agreements with First Nations in the last 10 years, 200 have been singed in the last year.

Rustad rounded off the afternoon with discussion on budgetary matters, mentioning that this year’s budget will be the province’s third balanced budget.

One participant was concerned about the issue of governments or municipalities borrowing money. Rustad argued that there are times when governments must borrow money for essential ser-vices and infrastructure.

“The issue is when you borrow money for your grocery bill, that’s when you’re in trouble,” he said.

Another participant referred to how Alberta is facing large def-icits due to the downturn and what they described as considerable government spending instead of saving. Rustad explained that B.C. is avoiding such issues by learning from Alberta’s choices and by keeping spending under control even if liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects are delivering additional revenues.

“Our budget today does not account for any LNG investment, in order to be safe, we can’t bank on it,” he said.

Rustad ended the afternoon by stating his intention to conduct a “tele-town hall” in the near future in order to provide his con-stituents with more face to face time to provide feedback. He also mentioned that he planned to hold another Senior’s Tea in Burns Lake within the next six months.

Tea time in Burns Lake with John Rustad Rustad says Colleymount Road needs “a lot of work”

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John Rustad, MLA for Nechako Lakes, was treated to an afternoon of tea and snacks and lively discussion with local seniors on a number of topics including the condition of Colleymount Road.

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Staff added that the process to ask the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako for funding would involve requesting a meeting with the directors of electoral areas B and E. If there is interest, council could direct staff to submit a grant-in-aid for a one-time contribution from both electoral areas B and E.

Another issue discussed at the meeting was that, according to village staff, proceeding with the cur-rent program of the Eighth Avenue/Center Street corridor project without full replacement of the water main could lead to “catastrophic failure,” either during or shortly after construction, putting the project in financial jeopardy.

“Any plan which does not include replacement of the water main and all connected appurtenances would be risky,” said staff in a report.

Council did not make any decisions regarding this issue and requested staff to bring additional informa-tion to the next council meeting.

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Provincial funding creates 16 health care assistant spaces in Burns Lake

Flavio NieNow

The B.C. government is providing $136,000 to the Lakes District campus of the College of New Caledonia (CNC).The funding will result in the creation of 16 health care assistant spaces at the Lakes District campus. Currently, there are zero

health care assistant spaces in Burns Lake.Matt Partyka, CNC’s Spokesperson, said receiving this funding was critical.“There is no base funding for these types of health programs and there is a growing need for health care assistants in the north,”

he said.Partyka added that Northern Health is an important partner and is working closely with the College of

New Caledonia to deliver the health care assistant program in Burns Lake.The provincial government says one-time funding for short-duration health-education programs helps

address the immediate needs of specific communities so that the supply of trained health-care profession-als is aligned with demand. The funding, which is targeted at programs running for one year or less, was awarded after public post-secondary institutions answered a call for proposals.

The B.C. government has provided one-time funding for additional education spaces in health programs annually since 2008, and funding to date totals $14.8 million, which has created more than 1800 student spaces throughout the province.

“Our government is focused on finding the most effective way of funding health education to ensure that the supply of health-care workers is aligned with demand for health services in Burns Lake,” Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad said.

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Health care assistance class will now be available at Lakes District campus of the College of New Caledonia.

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A visit with Christine...Christine Mcisaac (Jack) one of Cheslatta Carrier Nation’s oldest elders came to visit the community.

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How many people have lost their jobs at the College of New Caledonia?

Flavio NieNow

In the story ‘College of New Caledonia budget approved’ pub-lished in the Lakes District News' May 6 edition, the College of New Caledonia (CNC) had issued 39 layoff notices across all campuses. However, several of these notices were expected to be rescinded prior to their effective date of July 31, 2015.

At the Lakes District campus, a total of 10 employees were given layoff notices back in March 2015. Some of these employ-ees were hired back with reduced hours. At this point, four of the 10 employees actually lost their jobs, according to Matt Partyka, CNC’s Spokesperson.

Partyka said that, although operational (CUPE) employees can be laid off at any point throughout the year, no additional layoffs have occurred since March 2015.

In total, the college issued 39 layoff notices across all cam-puses this year - 21 for faculty members and 18 for CUPE em-ployees. However, 14 employees - eight faculty employees and six CUPE employees - actually ended up losing their jobs.

Partyka explained that out of the eight faculty members that lost their jobs, three chose to accept the layoffs even though there was opportunity for full-time work for two of them and part-time work for one. Two of these eight employees were from the Burns Lake region.

Out of the six CUPE employees that lost their jobs, four chose not to exercise their bumping rights into other positions, one was on a medical leave and one chose to retire, said Partyka. Two of the six CUPE employees laid off were from the Burns Lake region.

The college has been making a series of cutbacks to address a deficit of $2.8 million in its 2015/16 operational budget.

Back in April 2015, the college’s board of directors had agreed that the family programs offered at the Lakes District campus would be transitioned to other community agencies in Burns Lake such as the Elizabeth Fry Society and the Northern Health Authority.

The college has now confirmed that these contracts will be transitioning in March 2016.

The community social service and health-related programs such as healthier babies brighter futures and early intervention

services, known as family programs, have been delivered at the Lakes District campus for several years. These family programs are regarded by college employees and residents as one of the college’s most successful operations.

While the college may receive revenue from these programs, they are not part of the college's “core business,” explained Par-tyka.

“The college will focus on its core mandate of post-secondary education in the future,” he said.

The college is also in the process of transitioning from face-to-face instruction to video-conferencing, known as the digital delivery initiative (DDI). This model of distance delivery is based on synchronous, real-time, classroom-based and instructor-led programming, accessed in multiple sites at once.

The college is piloting its DDI in Prince George and Quesnel in 2015-16, while additional funding is sought to support the neces-sary equipment for the other campuses. The college expects to launch the DDI in Burns Lake and Fort St. James in 2016-17, and in Mackenzie and Vanderhoof in 2017-18.

“Currently our DDI program is in its pilot stages,” said Partyka. “We are offering business classes between Quesnel and Prince George; we hope to expand the DDI programs in the future.”

Partyka said not all programs will transition into the DDI as some programs and some parts of programs are clearly not suited for that sort of model.

Although a counsellor’s position was eliminated in Quesnel and Prince George, Partyka said Burns Lake still employs a counsellor.

The two full-time counsellor positions eliminated at the Prince George campus were replaced with a part-time counsellor (10 hours per week) along with a full-time student success advocate.

“The college will work hard to ensure that any students who need help outside of this availability will be directed to counsel-ling services within the community,” said Partyka.

When asked if the cutbacks were sufficient to address the $2.8 million deficit, Partyka said it is really too early in the fiscal year to answer that question.

“In short, the college always deals with financial challenges due to inflationary costs,” said Partyka. “Unfortunately this is a reality of post-secondary education.”

“We have just started classes for the semester and are still re-ceiving enrollments, so it’s nearly impossible to speculate as to what sort of costs the college will face in the next while,” he added.

Burns Lake Mayor Luke Strimbold is in Vancouver this week advocating on behalf of the Lakes District campus staff at the 2015 Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Check upcom-ing issues of Lakes District News for more information.


Kidney Walk Burns Lake: Sept. 27 at Spirit Square. Registration: 9:00 a.m., Walk: 10:00 a.m. Register: kidneywalkbc.ca.

Southside Health & Wellness Centre: Chair yoga every Tues. & Fri. 10:00-11:00 a.m. Foot care every Thursday by appt. More info: (250) 694-3270.

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Economic Development PlanThis year The Village of Burns Lake is undertaking an Economic Development Strategic Planning process that will create an Economic Development Action Plan from 2016-2018. The purpose of this plan is to establish a vision and goals for Burns Lake Economic Development that will continue to work towards strengthening our local economy. An important component of this plan is to gather feedback from our community to understand how Economic Development can support your goals.Please take a moment to complete the survey at the link listed below. We value your thoughts and comments throughout this process and are looking forward to creating a plan that will help support a vibrant economy and strong future for the Village of Burns Lake.The survey link can be found here: http://ecdev.burnslake.ca/economic-development-strategic-planning/

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Ice is in! Arena will be open on September 21st!

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Find out which section of Hwy. 16 will have four lanes

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Work is underway to double the capacity of Hwy. 16 starting at the Bunce Road intersection, just west of Prince George, for approximately 3.4 km.

As part of B.C. on the Move, the province’s 10-year transportation plan, the ministry of transportation and infrastructure proposes to widen a section of Hwy. 16 to four lanes from the Bunce/Gauthier Rd. in-tersection to the east of Jensen Rd.

This upgrade will improve the safety and capacity of Hwy. 16 for those travelling to and from B.C.’s northwest and for those living in communities just west of Prince George.

A drop-in information session about proposed improvements was held on Sept. 17, 2015, in Prince George. If you were unable to attend the open house, please send your comments or questions to the proj-ect manager, Brent Davies, at [email protected]

Construction is anticipated for the summer of 2017.

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Several community members attended the three-day memo-rial pow-wow for Kyle Daniels that started Sept. 18, 2015.

Daniels was a young local man who passed away four years ago while visiting his biological fa-ther in Saskatchewan, two days before he was set to come home.

The pow-wow aimed at bring-ing family and community mem-bers together to participate in the Pow-wow circle, which included dancing and drumming. The idea was to remember Daniels in a positive way and show young people an alternative to alcohol and drugs.

One participant encapsulated the idea that drives the family to continue on with the memorial Pow-wows, saying, “If we can change or influence one person’s life for the positive, it is well worth it.”

This pow-wow, set at the end of the traditional harvest season, was to be the last of four, each one honouring the four directions - north, east, south, and west. However, Violet Findlay, Dan-iels’ mother, has announced that the pow-wows will continue.

“This was supposed to be our last final farewell, but we decided to keep it going and have it every year,” she said. “I’m just happy we’re having it because it brings healing to our family.”

Pow-wows for Kyle Daniels will continue

This was suppose to be a farewell pow-wow, but it has now been decided they will continue. AndreA Currie photos

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Province and First Nations leaders agree on framework for reconciliation

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Premier Christy Clark and B.C. cabinet minis-ters met with about 500 First Nations leaders from across the province during the B.C. cabinet-First Nations leaders' gathering in Vancouver.

A framework document agreed to at the meet-ing commits the province and First Nations leader-ship council members to keep working on a recon-ciliation agreement that would settle historic land claims across the province.

In a recent press release, the government of B.C. said it recognizes that Aboriginal title in British

Columbia exists “without question and dispute.”

“The challenge and opportunity is how to implement title across British Columbia given that a diversity of views exists on how best to achieve this in the most collaborative and timely way,” said the press release.

The proposed commitment docu-ment sets out a draft agenda that will seek to close economic and social gaps, provide for collaboration on land and resource decisions, and sup-port First Nations being full partners in the B.C. economy.

The proposed commitment docu-ment also acknowledges that recon-ciliation is “a journey, not an end,” and means different things for in-dividual First Nation communities. The proposed plan highlights the importance of working collabora-tively with First Nation communities throughout B.C. as well as seeking input from business, industry and ad-vocacy groups.

Lake Babine Nation (LBN) Chief

Wilf Adam said he had the opportunity to discuss LBN’s rights and titles issues directly with ministers and the premier during the gathering. Chief Adam said the proposed commitment docu-ment is a positive move forward.

“We’ll see what kind of results it will produce throughout the year,” he said.

Grand Chief Ed John of the First Nations Summit said the first two years of these province-wide meetings have gotten off to a rocky start, but expressed the hope that "by year 10 we'll have paved the road."

In his closing speech, John reflected on his own time at a resi-dential school, and described a new generation of young people that is emerging from the social upheaval of that policy.

"I couldn't even see my sister on the other side of the building, even though she was in the same residential school as I was," John said. "That disconnect became the norm for us."

Chief Shane Gottfriedson, Regional Representative of the As-sembly of First Nations, echoed John's call for a resolution to land issues that started in 1859 when colonial governor James Douglas proclaimed that all lands and resources in B.C. belong to Crown.

The province and the First Nations leadership council will now review the proposed commitment document and report out in ac-cordance with an agreed engagement and reporting structure.

The First Nations leadership council is comprised of the politi-cal executives of the First Nations Summit, the B.C. Assembly of First Nations and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs.

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Working toward reconciliation

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Premier Christy Clark and members of the B.C. cabinet joined First Nations leaders from around the province to work on strengthening partnerships and to discuss transforming Crown-First Nations relations in B.C. (L-R) Lake Babine Nation councillor Melvin Joseph, Premier Christy Clark and Chief Wilf Adam.

Controlled burns plannedSmoke may be visible from Burns Lake

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Smoke may be visible from Houston, Topley and Burns Lake as the B.C. Wildfire Service is plan-ning a series of controlled burns in the Nadina Fire

Zone.A project of the Forests for Tomorrow program,

these controlled burns will remove slash and dead trees at four sites in the Nadina Fire Zone and pre-pare them for reforestation:

- Within the boundaries of the 2014 China Nose wildfire;

- On the Equity Mine road in the vicinity of Klo Creek;

- On the Morice Owen forest service road in the vicinity of Duck Lake; and

- In the vicinity of the Augier Co-op forest ser-vice road.

The controlled burning will take place between Sept. 17 and Oct. 15, 2015, weather permitting.

According to the B.C. Wildfire Service, trained wildfire personnel will carefully monitor the burn-ing. These projects will proceed only if fire behav-iour conditions are suitable and allow for quick smoke dissipation and low to moderate fire inten-sity. As well, the venting index, temperature, hu-midity and forecasted wind activity are considered.

For the latest information on fire activity, condi-tions and prohibitions, visit: www.bcwildfire.ca


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“Live Concert” with Juno Award Nominated Fraser Campbell will take place at: Island Gospel Fellowship Church on Oct. 1 starting at 7pm. The concert is youth oriented, but open to everyone! A love offering will be taken. More info. contact John at (250) 692-7553.

A free workshop for new dads. Oct. 24, 9:30am - 3pm, Burns Lake Heritage Centre. More info. (250) 692.9235. No registration required - just show up, lunch provided at no charge.

Lakes District Community Choir resumes the 2015/16 season Sept. 8 at 7pm at the First Mennonite Church on Kerr Road. New voices welcome. For more info: Boni (250) 692-3648.

The Lakes District Community Initia-tives Office of the Canadian Cancer Soci-ety is once again open Tuesdays, Wednes-days & Fridays from 10am to 2pm. We are planning a Women’s Wellness Day on Oc-tober 17. Watch for posters or check our window display for more information. Drop in and browse through our on-going ga-rage sale items and our arts & crafts tables (donations gratefully accepted). Contact us at (250) 692-7203 or email us at [email protected] and inquire about join-ing our group as a volunteer! For Cancer Information or Cancer Connect: 1-888-939-3333. Website: www.cancer.ca.

The Topley Fire Protection Society is inviting the community to attend the Pub-lic Meeting on September 24, 2015 at 7pm at the Fire Hall.

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NATURAL RESOURCESNEGOTIATOR/TEAM LEAD

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Wet’suwet’en First Nation (WFN) is looking for a Natural Resources Negotiator to join our team. The incumbent will be responsible for providing information, support and advice to Chief and Council, the Natural Resources Team and the community in regards to the benefits and implications of natural resources development and partnerships in Our Traditional Territories. WFN provides leadership to its membership and community through all aspects of program administration most notably in the area of economic development. Over the next decade, our goals are to bridge the social and economic gaps that many of our members face through developing strategic, sound partnerships with government and industry.

The Negotiator participates in negotiations of non-treaty agreements on behalf of WFN with the province and industry. The Negotiator leads substantive negotiations, provides strategic planning advice and approaches to negotiations and formulates negotiation strategies through consultation with Chief, Councilors and the Natural Resources Team. The incumbent leads the development of resilient relationships with the Province and industry and develops innovative reconciliation and engagement strategies with them to advance WFN’s economy, job creation, economic diversification, and revenue to WFN. The Negotiator is accountable for leading the initiation, negotiation and implementation of cross-ministry agreements with the Province and industry and collaboration with stakeholders and natural resource ministries/agencies. The incumbent leads and recommends to the Natural Resources team, as assigned and may be required to travel and work from the territories and where representation of the Province and industry may be required.

In order for applicants to be considered for this position, their resume must clearly demonstrate that they have the following education and experience:

Master’s degree in a relevant area and 3 years related and progressively more responsible experience; ORUniversity degree in a relevant area and 5 years related and progressively more responsible experience; ORTechnical diploma in a relevant area and 7 years related and progressively more responsible experience; OROther relevant combination of the education and related experience may be considered

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications Required:Knowledge of First Nations culture and traditions (preferably knowledge of Wet’suwet’en)Understanding of current First Nation rights and title issues and opportunitiesExperience leading professional multi-disciplinary team in a high paced work environmentExperience providing strategic advice to the Chief and Council, Natural Resources and Economic Development Team and Community members on project/negotiation status and benefitsExperience in multi-party negotiationsExperience in program management, including planning, development and organizingExperience managing concurrent projects with multiple, competing priorities and rigid deadlinesFamiliarity with northern and rural communities as well as the communities to be served

Provide proof of qualifications and 3 letters of reference.

TO APPLY: Send a cover letter and resume to: Reg Ogen

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CLOSING DATE: September 30, 2015

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Pamela FowlerWe are saddened to announce the passing of our mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Pamela Fowler. Pam was born in Aldershot, England February 24th 1925 to Reginald and Ruby (JoJo) Naylor and passed away at the Brantford General Hospital, Brantford, ON on September 16th, 2015. Pam is survived by her children Lynn Synotte (Norm) of Burns

Lake, BC; Jim (Helen) of Paris, ON; grandchildren Barbara (Paul) of London, England, Nikki (Dave) of Burns Lake, BC, Matthew (Nathania) of Quesnel, BC, Danielle, (Jamie) of Abbotsford, BC, Justin (Kim) of Campbell, ON, Kelly (Rob), Scotland, ON, Jennifer (Todd), Mount Pleasant, ON, Ryan (Jenny) Cambridge, ON; great grandchildren Jessica, Jordan, Tristan, Sophia, Max, Kayden, Hope, Stella, Warren, Keyan and many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and cousins in Canada, England, Scotland, Spain and Africa. She will be fondly remembered by all of her many family members and friends. Pam is predeceased by her parents, her brother John Naylor of Aldershot England; sisters Pauline McCcClelland of South Africa, and Joyce (Jiff y) Girdlestone, of Fort Erie, ON. Pam served during the war, in the army, in the FANYS - Signals division. Although she grew up in England Pam moved to Canada in 1946 when she married Lloyd Fowler. During her time in Canada, she spent almost 50 years in Paris Ontario, the rest in Hamilton and Brantford. Th roughout her working career, Pam was a welcome addition to the staff of Mary Maxim, Best Western Hotels and Beckett-Glaves Family Funeral Centre. Please join the family for a visitation today, Wednesday Sept. 23rd from 1 - 2 pm at the Beckett-Glaves Family Funeral Centre, 88 Brant Avenue, Brantford, Ontario. A Celebration of Pam’s life will follow, in the chapel, on Wednesday at 2 pm. At Pam’s request, cremation has already taken place. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Online condolences, donations, service details and live memorial webcast will be available at www.beckettglaves.com.

A tree will be planted in memory of Pamin the Beckett-Glaves Memorial Forest.

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CASIMEL JACKOn the early morning of Sept. 18/05 Casimel Jack went out hunting. After failing to return home, family members started shouting out for him. As it got dark the RCMP were called. A missing person was reported on Sept. 19. Search and Res-cue, along with many volun-teers, searched for Casimel for one month. The snowfall came and only a few members of the family continued to search.April 10, 2005 we celebrated our wedding anniversary, 5 months before his disappear-ance. I miss my husband very much. Casimel had one broth-er and a sister, Christine, who miss him dearly. All the grand-children are very sad and miss him dearly also. I would like to have a memori-al but losing my home recently to a house fi re has set things back.Casimel was a rodeo cowboy riding saddle bronc, he was al-ways out hunting - bringing home moose meat. Casimel was a great provider for his family.

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In Memoriam GiftsBurns Lake Health Care Auxiliary are used to provide fi nancial support, equipment plus comfort and care for pa-tients in our hospital, the Pines and all other community healthcare services. Mail a do-nation on behalf of yourself or a loved one to: B.L. Health Care Aux. Box 812, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0A tax deductible receipt will be issued

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If you want to keep drinking that’s your business - if you want to quit drinking that’s our business. Burns Lake meet-ings: Tue. & Sat. 7:30pm Im-maculatta Church. Women’s group meets Wed., 108 - 2nd avenue at 7:30pm. For info. or transportation call (250) 692-9104 / (250) 692-3024 / (250) 698-7325

Only requirement for AA is a desire to stop drinking.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSSouthside Meetings: Mondays and Thursdays 6:30pm - 7:30pm at Grassy Plains Gos-pel Church. For more informa-tion: (250) 694-3682

ANYONE NEEDING informa-tion on Alzheimer’s please call 1-866-564-7533

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LOCAL HOSPICE (250) 692-2448. The Hospice offi ce, lo-cated in the Lakes District Hospital, open every Thurs. from 10am - 4pm. A lending li-brary is available. Please make donations to Burns Lake Hospice Program, Box 7500, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1EO

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Make a gift in honour or in memory of a loved one im-pacted by cancer. Please in-clude the honouree name as well as the name and address of the person you would like notifi ed. To donate please call or mail Box 1301 Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0, (250) 692-7203.

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FOOD BANK INFORMATIONDistribution days will be the fi rst and the third Tuesday of each month. LD Food Bank will provide a warm waiting room at the Beacon Theatre. Clients will go fi rst to the thea-tre. Doors open at 10:45am. This is available until the end of April. The food bank closes at 1pm. The Lakes District Food bank continues to oper-ate due to the outstanding generosity of the community. If you would like to make a do-nation and receive a tax de-ductible receipt, please mail your donation to: Lakes Dis-trict Food Bank, P.O. Box 777, Burns Lake, BC. V0J 1E0

PLANNING a wedding or an-niversary party? Looking for plastic fl owers for decorations. Call OPTIONS at Nourse House 9am- 3pm Mon. to Fri. Francois Lake Drive. Operated by residents of 8th Avenue Group Home. (250) 692-7845

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THE CHRONIC DISEASEEducation Clinic at the Lakes District Hospital is open Tue. & Wed. from 8:30am - 4pm. The clinic provides information and teaching on various chronic ill-nesses such as Diabetes & Heart Disease. A doctors re-ferral is not needed. To speak with the nurse call (250) 692-2440

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Home Care/Support6 Care Aide Positions available in Prince George. Currently offering guaranteed hour agreement of 35 hrs/week. Relocation option and bo-nus. DL/Vehicle required. Email [email protected] or fax 1-250-717-7538. RNs and LPNs also needed for Prince George and Quesnel area.

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Viewing of the site(s) prior to submission of proposals, along with the Maintenance Coordinator, Manager of Facilities and Transportation is mandatory. You will meet at the bus garage in Vanderhoof at 1:00 pm in Vanderhoof and in Burns Lake at Lakes District Secondary School October 1st.

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SELECT LIST INVITATIONBurns Lake Community Forest Ltd. is establishing a Select List of pre-qualified contractors who will be invited to participate in subsequent Invitations to Tender for harvesting, silviculture, and forestry consulting contracts during the term from October 2, 2015 to October 31, 2018.

Pre-qualification mandatory requirements for all contractors are:

1) Satisfactory completion of a similar contract prior to the pre-qualification deadline, and,

2) Contractors must have a postal or physical address, prior to the date of this invitation, within the Lakes Timber Supply Area, or,

3) The portion of the Morice Timber Supply Area directly serviced by the Colleymount or Ootsa- Nadina Roads (as identified by the attached map), or

4) A First Nation’s Contractor located within the Lakes Timber Supply Area.

Harvesting contracts: The work will include, but not be limited to the following activities: road construction, road maintenance, road deactivation, full phase right-of-way and block harvesting, including hauling.

Silviculture contracts: The work will include, but not be limited to the following activities: planting of seedlings, brushing and weeding, juvenile spacing, silviculture surveys, site preparation, and supervision of projects (quality control plots).

Forestry consulting: The work will include, but not be limited to the following activities: road and block layout, site plan data collection, assessments, timber cruising, GPS traversing, mapping and other related activities.

Applications will be received until the pre-qualification deadline of 4:00 p.m. on October 2, 2015 at 153 Francois Lake Drive, Burns Lake, B.C. or Box 788, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0.

Submissions must include: 1. resume(s) of principal(s) or a corporate resume. 2. list of contracts completed. 3. two references.

Inclusion on the Select List will be determined by October 5, 2015. No further advertising will take place.

Submission of an application does not guarantee inclusion on a resulting short list of pre-qualified contractors. Burns Lake Community Forest Ltd. reserves the right to limit the number of pre-qualified contractors invited to compete on a subsequent contract.

Application Forms are available at the Burns Lake Community Forest Ltd. office located at 153 Francois Lake Drive, Burns Lake B.C., Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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LOCATION: Mapes Elementary /Mouse Mountain Elementary HOURS OF WORK: 20 hours per week (hours of work to be determined by Principals) DUTIES TO COMMENCE: ImmediatelyRATE OF PAY: $21.70 per hour as per the current Collective Agreement

Together with parents and caregivers, the facilitator will be responsible for operating the pro-gram. The intention of the program is that parents and caregivers will participate alongside their children in a purposeful, play-base environment. The program will concentrate on key aspects of family literacy, numeracy, parent support and education, stages of early childhood development and community resource sharing.

The Facilitator will:establish and post a daily schedule for the program with participant involvementensure that the activities available for the children reflect the stages of child development and encourage creativity and language developmentplan and prepare participant-orientated activities and daily circle times that involve stories, songs, movement, etcmake connections with service providers in the community and facilitate referrals for families where necessarymake connections with the school personnel to facilitate a smooth transition for families into the formal school system; and,attend training sessions as offered by district or local organizations

Qualifications:a certificate, preferably a diploma in Early Childhood Educationtraining and/or experience working with children in the 0-5 age rangetraining and/or experience working with parents/adults in a facilitative rolepersonal qualities including excellent interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to be culturally sensitive, reactive, collaborative and resourcefultraining and/or experience working with families experiencing multiple challenges (poverty, abuse, addiction, cognitive challenges such as FASD); and,a clear Criminal Record Review prior to hiring

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Basic Requirements:Significant understanding of First Nation’s and community organizations;Experience with Board responsibilities and development;Excellent written and oral presentation skills;In-depth knowledge of research and proposal development; Communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to establish trust, maintain confidence, understand/influence behaviour in diverse situations and negotiate acceptable solutionsWorking knowledge of Band administration and Aboriginal and Northern Development Canada program guidelinesKnowledge of external and internal business environment, laws, political and social climateCertification in Communications, Political Science or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience is an asset;Knowledge of Gitksan culture and language is an assetMust possess a valid driver’s licenseCriminal Record check must accompany your application

Pay rate is negotiable depending on experience and qualifications3 days per week (possibility of future expansion)

Should you possess the necessary skills and qualifications to fill this position please submit a covering letter, resume and three (3) references to the:

Gitksan Government Commission P.O. Box 335, HAZELTON, B.C. V0J 1Y0

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Deadline for receipt of applications is 4:00 pm October 9, 2015ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.

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PART-TIME JANITOROverviewThe Part-time Janitor is responsible for cleaning the Village Office. The janitor must be available in the evenings, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. They are responsible for general cleaning duties around the entire office, ordering cleaning supplies, and properly disposing of waste and recycling.

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Attn: Chief Administrative Officer Village of Burns Lake PO Box 570, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0

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The Village of Burns Lake is seeking two members of the community to sit on the Economic Development Plan Steering Committee from October 2015 to March 2015.

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