Chetwynd Echo November 9 2012

BY NAOMI LARSENChetwynd Echo Editor

––––––––––––––CHETWYND – The 49th Annual

Firefighters Ball took place Nov. 4 with one ofthe department’s newest firefighters LucasStewart accepting the evenings most presti-gious award: Firefighter of the Year.“This young man started out with so much

energy and this energy has just increaseddaily,” Fire Chief Leo Sabulsky said. “He hasattended two live burn courses, he’s becomeour chair of our MD campaign and he contin-ues to work endless hours in the ChetwyndFire Department – and we appreciate that.”Stewart accepted his award to a standing

ovation.“This is a huge honour to have my name

added to these outstanding firefighters alongwith many others who have been a part of thedepartment’s past,” he said. “It’s voted on bymy peers and my superior officers…so…

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thanks a lot.”Also handed out during

the evening were the longtime service awards.The five year service

award went to Brad Eddy.

Richard Little was hon-oured 10 years in serviceand the 20 year GovernorGeneral medal was award-ed to Dana Wilfur.Sabulsky and Dennis

Walker were given theExemplary Fire Service

Medal for their 35 years ofservice.Sabulsky has been serv-

ing the Chetwynd commu-nity for full 35 years whileWalker spent 32 years inChetwynd and the lastthree years in Pouce

Coupe.The Annual McNobb

award was also presented.The McNobb is a presti-gious award that is handedout to a firefighter (or two)that screwed up during theyear. It was created by past

fire Chief McNabb. Thisyear it was a three-way tiewith the honours beingdivided between LucasStewart, Chris Lirette andColin Girmshide.More than 100 people

attended the annual event,

which has been held everysingle year for 49 years.The evening included din-ner, dancing and a myriadof door prizes.This year the Chetwynd

Fire Department respond-ed to more than 100 calls.

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Annual McNobb award shared by trifecta of firefighters

Top and bottom right, the firefighters recieve theirlongtime service awards and their Exemplary FireService medals. Bottom left, Stewart, Lirette andGrimshide accept the McNobb award.

Photos by Naomi Larsen

BY MIKE CARTERChetwynd Echo Reporter

––––––––––––––CHETWYND – District

of Chetwynd councillorsvoted to approve a resolu-tion to amend theChetwynd Rural FireProtection Area Bylawduring Monday evening’sregular council meeting.The amendment will seethe addition of sevenproperties on or nearHighway 29 South.The request for amend-

ment was made by thePeace River RegionalDistrict on behalf of theresidents of the sevenproperties who put for-ward a petition.The changes will result

in a tax increase for theseresidents who may or maynot also receive a deduc-tion on their insurance.In an e-mail addressed

to Trish Morgan, Districtof Chetwynd Manager ofCommunity Services, LeoSabulsky Fire Chief andEmergency Coordinatorsaid, “the distance fromthe hall to the location is11.3 km… We did threetrips and the averagetime/speed was nine min-utes and 35 seconds with-out lights or siren. We areprepared to recommendthat the area receive fire

protection up to the [PineRiver] bridge.“…the area would

receive fire protection inthe way of the 3000 gallontanker assisted with a1000 gallon 1050 certifiedpumper as do all rural res-idents in the fire protec-tion area. Some of the

homes in the Wabi… andBrown subdivisions arefurther from the hall thanthese locations.”Sabulsky acknowledged

residents may or may notreceive an insurancereduction in addition tothe raise in taxes atMonday evening’s meet-ing.“They may not get an

insurance deductionthough because yourinsurance is determined

by the UnderwritersLaboratories of Canada,”he said. “They could sayyou are too far; the struc-ture of the building is suchthat we will not give it toyou, etc. But that’s thesame as the people onBrowns Road and in Wabiestates. Some of those peo-

ple do not have a deduc-tion from fire insur-ance…”Eileen and Jens

Bertelsen were part of thegroup of residents thatpassed on their petition tothe Peace River RegionalDistrict and are happythat the resolution passed.“Well it never did make

sense before,” Jens said. “Imean, when you look atthe additions put in at thetop of the Wabi… it’s a

hell of a lot further upthere than it is downhere.”In discussion at the

council meeting, Sabulskynoted that what is beingprovided to residents is“limited fire protection.”“It really depends on the

actual fire site,” he said.“It depends on…certain

conditions, time of the firereported, how long thefire has been burning andthe size of the fire. So, inthe case of home fires pos-sibly we could preventthose buildings fromburning or in the case ofother buildings burning,preventing the housesfrom burning.“In this area also there

are a fair number of treesso we could have a partic-ular case fire with treesburning towards a home.”Sabulsky at this time

does not predict a need foradditional fire trucks orresources on top of the taxincrease as a result of thisresolution.“It’s a shuttle service

and I don’t foresee that,”he said. “If other areasstart or if that area grows,yes we would look atexpansion. But right at thispoint it’s a group of peoplethat petitioned and I don’tforesee it at this time.”

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Fire protection area expanded toinclude additional seven homes

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“In this area alsothere are a fair

number of treesso we could havea particular casewith trees burn-ing towards a

home.”

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Itwas a good night in theUSA Tuesday.

“O for anotha Fo’”.Yes, Barack Obama

saved his post as leader ofthe free world for anotherfour years defeating

Republican challenger MittRomney in a nail bitingrace for the leadership.And while news outlets

around the world andsocial media was overrunwith the announcement,there were a few otherthings that also took placein the US that same nightthat aren’t receiving thesame coverage just yet.The first is that gay mar-

riage was legalized inMaine and Maryland

which is awesome. As ofthis moment (Wednesday)the votes are still beingcounted in Washington.This makes them the sev-enth and eighth states toallow same-sex couples tomarry. As well, the firstopenly gay member of theUS Senate Tammy Baldwinwas elected. And In anoth-er gay-rights victory,Minnesota voters defeateda proposed constitutionalamendment that would

ban same-sex marriage inthe state, however samesex marriage is still illegalthere. Baby steps I guess.But even less talked

about is the factWashington and Coloradovoted 55 per cent in favourto legalize marijuana. Thenew laws would allow res-idents to possess up to anounce of weed if they areover the age of 21. The newinitiative also taxes andregulates the productionand sale of pot and makesit illegal to drive under itsinfluence.And of course now, the

push is on to make it hap-

pen in our province withpot advocates stating it’stime for a similar referen-dum here.Marc Emery, a long time

pot activist in BC – who iscurrently in jail for sellingpot seeds by mail order topeople in the US – believesthe legalizing and regulat-ing of weed would shutdown the billion dollar ille-

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am being harassed andbullied. Like most of thevery, very seniors ofChetwynd, (85, 95 yearsold or better) I am an avidrecycler.I dutifully clean, sort and

compact stuff I can’t use.This is the right thing to doand it is also a time con-suming chore. Becausecrows and magpies haveaccess to my balcony I

keep seven recycle binsinside my little place.There is scarcely enoughroom for a path throughthem to the narrow cot thatI sleep on. For balance Irely on my diamond wil-low cane. If I had to use awheelchair which wouldsolve the balance problem,I’d never be able to reachthe cot.It is when I do the card-

board and the paper recy-cle that this Big Bully

shows up. He leers at mefrom the paper that heldmy ‘carton’ of cigarettestogether. He is amorphous.I beg him to materializeand come close enough forme to bop him with mycane, But, like most of thethings I worry about, thisjust doesn’t happen. Yet, asI totter past him I cannotavoid this unnecessaryand lurid spectacle.Ninety percent of this

paper waste wraps up a

product that is legally soldin Canada. Most of theprice I pay for cigarettes istax money which benefitsthis community whichincludes me despite mysmelly and disgustinghabit.In the name of common

sense, either wrap it inplain paper like the con-doms and Kotex whichwere sold in our grocerystores and drug stores inthe 1940s, or make it illegal

contraband.Now if you think my

tirade is unreasonable. Iwill be quite happy to shutup, provide you will pub-lish a list of all the chemi-cals spewed into the airfrom the exhaust pipes ofthe internal combustionengines we will use intown and everywhere, thiscoming winter.

Bea KurjataChetwynd

Localseniorbeing

harassedand

bullied

gal pot industry and the gangs that prof-it from it. And I believe he’s right.At one time I was fully against legaliz-

ing pot. I don’t like it. I don’t smoke it.However, these laws weren’t aboutendorsing the use of marijuana, but creat-ing a better drug policy.If you look back over the years the

USA’s “War on Drugs” has been a costly,miserable failure. It’s always been mindboggling to me that the US (as well asmany drug education programs*coughDAREcough* ) put pot in the sameclass as heroin and pcp. It’s ridiculous –

especially when pot is less harmful thantobacco.And in a few years the USAand the rest

of the world will discover that lettingpeople smoke grass will not ruin society.I’m looking forward to the day that thosewho think legalization will have negativeeffects will be shown they are completelywrong.Now the question is: Will Canada (or

BC) follow suit?So far, both Prime Minister Harper and

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair have saidno to decriminalizing Marijuana, nevermind legalizing it.But I think the battle is coming.


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LOCAL NEWSMayor digs mines and says workers here to stay

BY LIZ BROWNChetwynd Echo Reporter

––––––––––––––CHETWYND – A recent

municipal census of Chetwynd’sworking population revealedmining is Chetwynd’s singlelargest industry.Mayor Merlin Nichols was

surprised by the figures as a res-ident of more than 60 years whorecalls when Little Prairie wasdependant on saw mills onceupon a time.“In the census- the thing that

got my attention and I said ‘oh Ididn’t realize it was that big ofan industry’ – that mining haspassed all the others in numbersof people employed.”

The three highest numbers ofemployees were located in theService Sector with 349 employ-ees, Mining with 342 employeesand Forestry with 276 employ-ees. According to the data, morethan 1,300 people work fulltimein Chetwynd and many tempo-rary workers are travelling fromPrince George, the SouthernInterior, and some from Albertaand Asia.“This town started out with

forestry,” he said. “My dad had alittle sawmill in the bush andthere were dozens others justlike it in the bush. And they sortof – that period passed with theend of the 50s and by 1960,Canfor set up its mill here intown and has been here eversince. So forestry has been amajor industry.”The municipal census report-

ed, “nearly 1,600 people inChetwynd are engaged in somesort of workforce activity.”Between April and June 2012,

canvassers approached eachdwelling unit in Chetwynd andreturned with an 87 per centresponse rate. Of the 1,215 sur-veys distributed, 1,054 werecompleted.The population of Chetwynd

reported was 2,672, with 293temporary residents, 2,263 per-manent residents and 116 withan unknown residency. Thestudy showed a decline in per-manent residency at retirementage, asking whether workersstayed in Chetwynd for workand then moved away.Mayor Nichols saw no reason

for concern however and said asa long term resident there ismore than enough to attract and

hold a worker or family in thenorth Peace region.“I retired 12 years ago and I

haven’t even thought of leavingand I don’t have any intention ofleaving. I don’t know where I’dgo if I did leave. Every time I go,I come back,” said Nichols.The demographic profile

reported 202 females and 248males living in Chetwyndbetween ages 25 to 34 as thehighest age majority. Of the 440residents, 379 were permanentresidents and 66 had temporaryliving status. The number ofworking males living perma-nently in Chetwynd stayedroughly the same until retire-ment age – 54 to 65 and declinedearlier for females.“Work might draw them here,

but once they’re here, they findthat life here is good. And some

people say ‘I can’t wait to get outof here. I know those arearound, and they leave for vari-ous reasons. Maybe Wal-Mart’stoo far away I don’t know. Nowif they can’t find it in Chetwyndthen you probably don’t need ittoo badly.”As far as housing concerns,

attracting physicians and ensur-ing amenities such as local foodstores remain stocked, he sayswhile they are areas to improve,he does not lose sleep over it andis confident change for the betteris on its way and the presentisn’t so bad either.“Where else can you get an

acreage on a lake? I couldn’tafford it anywhere else. If I soldmine here, I couldn’t buy one inKelowna for sure.”To view the full report, visit

the District Office.

Local censusnails numbers


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Chetwynd EchoChetwynd EchoServing Chetwynd and area since 1959

In Flanders fieldsthe poppies blowBetween the cross-

es, row on row,That mark our

place: and in the skyThe larks still

bravely singing flyScarce heard amid

the guns below.

We are the dead:Short days ago,We lived, felt dawn,

saw sunset glow,Loved and were

loved: and now welieIn Flanders fields!

Take up our quarrelwith the foe

To you, from failinghands, we throwThe torch: be yours

to hold it highIf ye break faith

with us who die,

We shall not sleep,though poppies growIn Flanders fields

In Flander’s FieldsREMEMBRANCE DAY 2012


–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – Albert

Flett - decorated war heroand storyteller ofChetwynd’s heritage hasbeen featured in severalnewspapers and TV inter-views. At 98 years, Flett isthe oldest resident livingin Chetwynd. He is sharp,dynamic and lively.Spending an afternoonwith Flett is like accessingthe missing chapters inhistory and looking for-ward to the next visit. “Geez, I don’t know. I

can’t remember. I can’tremember…”Albert Flett’s first words

in an interview this weekwith the Chetwynd Echo.But once his 98-year-oldmemory unlocked, a reelof stories unfolded. “A long time. Too long.” With two days till

Remembrance Day, Flettwas the first stop for put-ting the 70-year-old mem-ories of World War II intoperspective. He had fondmemories mixed with thehorror, he said, but theseare the memories he choseto share. “When I joined the army,

I go to fight for my coun-try. I joined for theCanadian Scottish. Thirddivision,” he said.Originally from a small

town 100 kilometres northof Peace River, Alberta,Flett left his wife andhome at 26 years of ageand fought from 1941 to1943. Flett came from a family

of five girls and four boys.The oldest of nine, he hasone sister left who lives inCalgary.“I’m the oldest in the

family. All the other boysare gone. Except me, I’mstill hanging in there.”Flett joined the army

without any identificationand only a guess as to hisdate of birth.“My mom she don’t tell

us nothing. I wasborn…straight north fromPeace River. That’s whereI was born. But what yearI was born, I haven’t got aclue. My mom she don’ttell us nothing. “When I joined the

army…they said ‘whatyear were you born?’ I said‘I don’t know. I haven’t gota clue.’ What can I say? SoI told them, I said, ‘as faras I know I was born 1914

August 31. That’s what Itold them. That’s all Iknow. 1914 August 31.That’s all I know. That’s along time ago. So whatelse can I say?”Flett was stationed in

Aldershot, England andreturned home in 1943 tohis wife, Pauline, who

passed away just this year.

NOBODY CAMEHOME

“When the war was over,nobody come home. It’s inPeace River. That’s thehometown in Peace River.That’s where we wentwhen we came home.

There’s only one personwho came back with metoo. Bill Harris and BillHatcher. But they’re bothgone. All their girls aregone. They’re all gone.I’m the only one. I’m theonly one still going. I’m 98now. I’m 98 yeah.”Flett’s living room hosts

a slew of sports trophiesand war photos where he’sposing in uniform as ayoung man in his latetwenties. While viewingthe pictures he remem-bered his jacket bearing his


REMEMBRANCE DAY 2012

Flett, 98, fought in WWIIfrom 1941 to 1943. He wasstationed in Aldershot,England. His wife Paulinepassed away earlier this year.

Photo by Liz Brown

A proudVeteranreflects on life

and WWII

Please see "FLETT,"page 12



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stripes hung in his closetand insisted upon havingit brought out. After a hor-rible search, Flett deter-mined he would pull hisfrail body out of his chairand using his walker, drift-ed down the hallway tolocate the jacket himself.

Proudly sitting with hisjacket and beret, herecalled when his officerpromoted him to corporal.“I was a corporal then

when I was over there. Theofficer got me and he said‘I’ve decided to make acorporal out of you.’ I did-n’t know what to say. Isaid ‘ok.’ I told him ‘I’m

not good at making threat-s’ I told him. ‘I don’t needthat,’ he said. ‘Can youholler and talk?’ I said ‘Isure can.’ He said, ‘that’sall I need.’”

NATURAL LEADERFlett was a natural

leader earlier in his servicewhen he stood up to his

officer on behalf of his pla-toon.“We had nothing for

three days but the boyswere working’ eh. I wasthe number 1 platoon.That’s my group. Andnobody would step out tosay anything, so I juststepped out and I told theofficers, I said ‘the boysain’t gonna work out therebecause they didn’t havenothing to eat. They don’t

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feel like working’.”Their food was stuck on

a ship that was held up forthree days. “So we had to go with-

out for three days. Thecook in the kitchen, shetried her best. We hadnothing to cook anyway.”Only after Flett

approached his command-ing officer, did he discoverwhy there was no food. “I didn’t mind it. I did-

n’t mind it nope. It don’tbother me. You’re in awar, what do you expect?”At one point, Flett was

stuck at sea when theircaptain gave warning thatthere was something mov-ing in the water up ahead.“I crossed the ocean

twice. Coming back, wegot held up over night onthe sea. You know whathappened? What they call

them – the iceberg wasmoving, so we had to setdown overnight and letthat thing go by.”

RELIVING HISYOUTH

As far as feeling 98, itdepends on the day hesaid. Other days, it’s as ifhe’s re-living his youth.“I feel ok…Sometimes I

feel like going dancing. Ican’t even dance. I can’teven dance, how can I go

dancing? Why not?.”These days, Flett enjoys

visits from friends andcalls a cab when he needsto get to town.

“My eyesight is nottoo good right now. I gotto go see the eye special-ist.”

NO GIRLFRIENDSYvonne Tupper, a local

homecare worker, visitsFlett regularly from thehospital and rememberedthe doctor telling him aftera check up that it was okto have girlfriends.“I don’t need any girl-

friends, he said. I’m fineon my own.”While his romance life is

not in wanting, he ishappy when new and oldfriends stop by for a visitto chat.Flett will be at the

Remembrance Day serviceSunday November 11.

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local Chetwyndites ages20-something to 70-some-thing agreed to bare all (ormostly all) to help promotearts and culture inChetwynd.And on the evening of

Nov. 17, the Chetwynd ArtsCouncil’s nude calendar,themed ‘nudity meetswork’ will be unveiled.The calendar shots por-

tray Chetwynd residents inhis or her most naturalhabitat and pose giving theillusion of nudity. Themodels run the gamut ofage and profession, repre-senting Chetwynd’s broadrange of service, industry,and business sectors. Ifplanning to attend onSaturday night, be pre-pared to view a friend orneighbour from a new per-spective as the calendar’sMr. July or Miss February,for instance. “When the community

comes to our launch partyand gets to find out whodid actually man up andmodel, they’ll see thatthere’s some people thatyou wouldn’t really expect.It was so thrilling to seethem step completely out-side their comfort zone,“said Julia Nelson, ArtsCouncil treasurer.The idea came to fruition

over a leisurely lunch withfriends last winter when

Nelson said, ‘Ladies let’sdo this.’She had seen success

from a similar fund-raisingproject on VancouverIsland and was ready toput her arts background touse again.“I thought ‘what better

way than to get peoplenaked to make money,’“said Nelson.Not your typical land-

scape photography, theidea with using the humanbody as the calendar’s fore-

ground was to shock, aweand inspire, and it hasalready achieved thisbefore the official launch.“The human body is a

beautiful form and we’renot showing it all off,” saidNelson. “I thought it was a great

idea. I was all over thatone. I did wonder how itwould go over here inChetwynd becauseChetwynd’s culture’s a bitdifferent than culture onthe island, but we found 12

willing people to pose so Ithink that’s a success rightthere,” said Arts CouncilVice President Jen Slater.Success, however proved

to be a longer road thanexpected, marked withexciting photo shoots,models backing out and insome cases being laughedat by proposing the idea.“Although we had a lot

of really great models, I didget shot down and I evengot laughed out of a localheavy equipment shop and

I kind of walked away withmy head hanging and as Iclosed the door I could hearthe guys laughing. I’mthinking, ‘you know comeon guys, it’s for a non-prof-it society,” Nelson said.The fun began when

models were confirmedand photo shoots beganwith Nelson’s artistic direc-tion and local photogra-pher Naomi Larsen’s (ofNaomi Larsen Photography)skills.“Every shot was really

exciting. When we finishednumber 12, we were cele-brating,” said Nelson.“It was a good experi-

ence. I think just steppingoutside my comfort zone,”said Slater who was also amodel.The Arts Council mem-

bers were hesitant at firstabout introducing the con-troversial “Calendar in theBuff” to Chetwynd’s con-servative community, butthey boldly ran with it,deciding it was time to trysomething new.“People love controversy

and it gets people talking,”Slater said. “Whetherthey’re you know talkinggood or talking bad, they’restill talking about it. It gen-erates that interest I think.We wanted to kind of stirthings up a bit inChetwynd.”“The calendar is an art

piece. It’s something thatthe models and their fami-lies are going to be veryproud of. We have grand-mothers in this calendar,”said Nelson.“What is it? I just think

it’s fabulous.”Initially the calendar

began without knowingwhere to donate the money.“In turn with creating the

calendar, we re-created thearts council in Chetwyndas well which was allbecause we thought if we


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTChetwynd Arts Council “bares all”

“Nudity meets Work” theme of local fundraising calendar

From left, Chetwynd Arts Council treasurer Julia Nelson, secretaryNaomi Larsen and vice president Jen Slater take a gander at the Calendarin the Buff - hot off the presses. Photo by Liz Brown

Please see "PLANNING,"page 17

do this calendar, where’sall the money going togo?”The group of friends

learned about YvonneElden’s 30-year commit-ment with the Arts Counciland she was looking for agroup of competent,enthusiastic and creativemen and women to handover the reins. The timing was perfect.

The new Arts Council wasformed, with long timeChetwynd resident andpast District of Chetwyndcouncilor Brenda Maiseybecoming president andshortly after a board wasformed. “We are just so excited

and so keen. We just startthinking about other proj-ects we’re going to do,”said Nelson.The funds

from the cal-endars aregoing to thearts councilto supportlocal arts inChetwynd.Nov. 17 is the Chetwynd

arts council’s first of fouryearly events, with aspring art show and sum-mer music and arts in thepark event already in theworks. The council is looking for

artists of any kind to joinand help plan and prepareupcoming projects. And with the success of

the calendar, the council isalready on the hunt fornext year’s models,

encouraginganyone whois interestedto visit theCh e twyndArts CouncilF a c e b o o kpage.“It would

be really great to haveeveryone come togetherand that’s kind of thedirection we’re looking at,”said Nelson.The only criteria for

being a model is beingbrave, said Slater.“We were looking for a

diverse cross section ofChetwynd.”Saturday Nov. 17’s com-

plimentary wine andcheese calendar launchparty will provide anopportunity to meet themodels and purchase cal-endars or larger framedimages during the silentauction. The free eventtakes place at the PineValley Seniors Hall from7pm to 9 pm.“It’s different. It’s some-

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ing has risen to the top ofthe public agenda in theeyes of BC residents— andfor the first time ever, wehave a read on its preva-lence in society — theresults show that it is a sig-nificant concern in thisprovince," said SteveMossop, President ofInsights West. "The num-ber of teens who have beencyber-bullied has reached afrightening level. It shouldserve as a collective wake-up call for parents andteens alike, to step upaction to counter this prob-lem.Cyber-bullying is not a

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have classified as "heavy"social media users (thosewho use Facebook orTwitter at least once a day).Those in the 18-34 year oldcategory are also substan-tially more likely to reportbeing cyber-bullied (15 percent) than those in otherage groups (7 per cent for35-54 year olds, and 4 percent among 55+)."Cyber-bullying has

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The relatively new socialphenomenon of cyber-bul-lying is driven by the rela-tively large number ofBritish Columbiansengaged in social mediaactivities. Currently, 46per cent of adults useFacebook on a daily basis,a figure that increases to 64per cent among 18-34 yearolds, and 50 per cent of 35-44 year olds (dailyFacebook use is reportedby 29 per cent of the 55+age group). DailyFacebook use is also dis-proportionately higheramong BC adults withteens living in the house-hold (58 per cent) vs. thosewithout teens (43 per cent).On average, 11 per cent ofBritish Columbians use

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Chetwynd has another newRCMP Constable. Asif Kahn(pronounced Aw-ziff) andhis family join manyEastern Canadians who aremaking the move to thewest for work. Kahn is from Greenwood,

Nova Scotia, a place that isknown for its CanadianForces Base where Kahnhad worked with the 14

Wing, Royal Canadian AirForce Fire Departmentbefore entering the RCMPAcademy. Greenwood is a small

town relatively similar insize to Chetwynd, with atotal population of 4,500.For Kahn, his wife

Lyndsey and their baby boy,coming from one close-knitcommunity to another hasmade for a relatively seam-less move – aside from the5,597km between the twotowns.

“It’s very similar,” hesaid. “So far my wife andour young guy, he's only 7months old… we've beenenjoying it a lot, really weare quite thrilled to behere. People in the com-munity seem friendly. It’snice to have a real close-knit community which isawesome; I love to have asmall town.”Kahn graduated from

RCMP Academy’s“Depot” Division inRegina, Saskatchewan onSept. 17. This is his firstposting. “The good thing about

coming to a place likeChetwynd is you doeverything. Becausethere are only so manymembers [of the force]here, everyone here hasto do everything.”As a new-comers to the

region, Khan has a fasci-nation with the scenery inthe area provided by thefoothills of the RockyMountains.“It's beautiful... I was

driving up to PrinceGeorge. I still can't getover it because on theEast Coast we get a lot ofwater but you don't getthe mountains like here,it's just beautiful.”Each RCMP Constable

is assigned to a school inthe community. Parents ofchildren attending theDon Titus ElementarySchool can rest assuredthat with Constable Kahnon the case, their school issafe. Assigning each

Constable to a school inthe town makes theRCMP visible outside oftheir role as police.Members of the forceactively participate with-in the community, inter-acting with the teachersand the kids allowingthem to know and helpthe community while also

letting the community getto know them as a humanbeing, and not just a uni-form.“Today was my first time

[at Don Titus]. Getting a lit-tle busy here getting used tothis new detachment. Ihaven't been here thatlong… we didn’t get to gointo much of the classroomsbut as time moves on wewill definitely make ourway in there… see what'salready available to theyouth and might be able tohelp out with some coach-ing or just get out there andsee if we can assist withwhatever is already inplay,” Kahn said. “We alsoput out all sorts of aware-ness programs where wecan go out in classroomsand speak to them aboutdrugs and alcohol, bullyingand even now dating [and]relationships.”Kahn hopes to be able to

help youth outside of hisassigned school as well. “I've talked with some of

my colleagues too and someof the teachers about getting

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Underground coalmine will have no longterm economic benefitsfor Tumbler Ridge


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proposed Murray Riverunderground coal minewill have no long termeconomic benefit forTumbler Ridge and its sur-rounding communitiesaccording to StephenHunt, director of theUnited Steelworkers west-ern district. Hunt joins others in

their concern about theuse of temporary foreignworkers instead of work-ers from the Peace areaand other regions ofCanada.The project plans to

bring approximately 180temporary foreign work-ers to the Tumbler Ridgearea according to NaishunLiu, President of CanadianDehua InternationalMines Group (CDIMG). Liu’s numbers contrast

previous reports on thenumber of foreign work-ers expected. The federalgovernment’s TemporaryForeign Worker Programhas approved 200 appli-cants according to the CBCand the Vancouver Sun,while industry officialsreport anywhere between1600 to just under 2000Chinese workers areexpected in four projectsbeing proposed in theregion for the comingyears.

CDIMG says temporaryforeign workers will beused to make up for a lackof skilled undergroundcoal mine workers inCanada.“We made dedicated

recruitment effort[s] byrunning recruitment adsin various media such as[the] Tumbler Ridge localpapers, local employmentcentre, BC Provincialpapers, National Job Bank,Canadian NationalMining magazine, [and]worldwide mining web-sites which allowed us torecruit from all overCanada and NorthAmerica,” Liu said. “We cannot find skilled

Canadian undergroundcoal mining workers,though we interviewedsome heavy equipmentoperators with potential tobe trained to work inunderground coal mine[s].We require a minimum of

three years working expe-rience in undergroundcoal mining because min-ers need not only theadvanced technology andequipment operation, butalso the capability to senseand react to any unexpect-ed situation happening inthe underground coalmining environment.”The type of “longwall”

mining proposed at theMurray River project is aform of undergroundmining where a sophisti-cated machine with arotating drum called a“longwall shearer” movesback and forth across anunderground seamretrieving coal in a long,thin slice.“Longwall is an

advanced mining technol-ogy with more mechanicalautomation and less

Please see "IT," page 27

HUNT

“The entireindustry hascollapsed in

Cape Breton so ifyou want people

that have experience...its

there.”


There’s no mistaking the importance of Kitimat, B.C., to the Gateway project. It’s where the pipeline ends, and it’s where marine operations begin.

I’d like to set the record straight on why we chose Kitimat, at the head of the Douglas Channel, as the site for Gateway’s marine terminal. The answer took thousands of hours of research, planning, engineering, environmental science, oceanography consultation, weather monitoring, and simulation. But the simple reason is . . . safety, all the way.

The Douglas Channel is one of the widest and deepest inland waterways on North America’s west coast. Government research had already determined Kitimat to be among the safest ports in B.C., and about 1,500 tankers carrying petrochemicals have docked safely at Kitimat over the past quarter-century.

Strategically speaking, Kitimat provides the lowest environmental risk for all aspects of Gateway operations. It offers a safer endpoint for the pipeline route, from a geotechnical perspective. The marine terminal at Kitimat also provides safe approaches for tanker traffi c — with a suitable turning basin in Kitimat Arm, and natural deep-water

berths that are sheltered from open-water wave conditions.

At its very narrowest, the Douglas Channel is 1.4 kilometres wide — three times wider than Transport Canada’s recommended width for two-way tanker traffi c. Water depths in the marine channels are up to several hundred metres.

As an added measure, full simulations of vessel traffi c in the Douglas Channel were carried out at a world-leading facility in Denmark. It tested the largest proposed vessels in environmental conditions that tankers would experience in the marine channels. The result was a thumbs-up on the shipping route, endorsed by both government departments and the British Columbia Coast Pilots.

Why Kitimat? Why the Douglas Channel? It’s the safe option for Gateway.

Janet HolderExecutive Vice PresidentWestern AccessEnbridge Inc.

Kitimat: A safe option

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sports. After graduatingfrom high school, he wasoffered a scholarship toplay basketball at St.Thomas University inFredericton, NewBrunswick. Although hisbasketball career hasbeen put on the backburner, both he and hiswife enjoy staying activeand plan to take advan-tage of the outdoor activ-ities available to them inChetwynd and the sur-rounding areas. “You will always see

me down at the beautifulChetwynd Recreationcenter. It’s amazing…I've got a pair of skates,it's been quite a whilesince I put them to gooduse but I hear Chetwyndis huge for hockey…Boththe wife and I we do afair bit of skiing andsnowshoeing too.”Kahn hopes to get to

Powder King, “but prob-ably not this year withthe little guy… I am surein the next few years tocome we will definitelytake advantage [ofwhat’s available].”


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A condition of the sale is that the parcel beconsolidated with the adjoining Lot 16, DistrictLot 1809, Peace River District, PlanPGP38224.

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labour involved. Canadadoes not have this tech-nology up to this day,”Liu says.Hunt disagrees with this

assessment. “They uselongwall mining inAlberta; they used toextensively longwall mineon Cape Breton Island,”he said. “That entireindustry has collapsed inCape Breton so if youwant people that haveexperience with longwallmining, its there.“The technology is

slightly different but it’snot space shuttle technolo-gy, its mining technology.It’s been around for yearsand training people tolongwall is not difficult,”he said. “We used to doquite a bit of it at one timein Canada… it’s a ‘red her-ring’ in this case, it's notdifficult to teach peoplehow to longwall mine.”Carlos Smith, a Tumbler

Ridge resident for the past12 years agrees.“I think they should be

able to find lots of coalminers in Canada. Out onthe east coast they havemined coal down there foryears. I don’t see whythey have to bring themover from China."

Hunt firmly believes theuse of temporary foreignworkers who will con-tribute very little to thelocal economy makes nosense when these workersshould be available inCanada.“The whole plan is to

bring in guest workersfrom China that will livein a camp and be paidunder [market] value,” hesaid. “I don’t fault those

workers and for them, it’slike winning the lottery.You make a dollar a day inChina; suddenly youmake $18 an hour…theyare going to send everypenny home to their fami-lies to try and improve thelives in China, which youwould expect them to do.”Using temporary for-

eign workers to do workthat Canadian workerscould do will result in the

mine bringing no longterm benefit to TumblerRidge or its surroundingcommunities aside fromsome support and supplyjobs, Hunt believes. “Miners buy cars, they

buy houses, they buy gro-ceries, they really con-tribute to the economiesof all the communitiessurrounding TumblerRidge, includingChetwynd…It’s massive.You lock people up in acamp where they willsend every cent home;there is no benefit in thelong term for the commu-nities around. It just does-n’t make any sense.”Tumbler Ridge Mayor

Darwin Wren says he hasnot heard a lot of negativelocal commentary on theissue. “What I have heard has

for the most part been pos-itive and many in the com-munity want to welcomethese individuals as wewelcome all new residentsinto the community,regardless of their place oforigin,” he said. “The issue of whether or

not Dehua has a necessityto use foreign workers isdetermined by the FederalGovernment, I have confi-dence in our FederalGovernment.”


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©2012 Northern Gateway Pipelines Inc.

It’s more than a pipeline. It’s a path to delivering energy safely.

Tankers will reduce speeds in the channels…Tankers travel slowly, but to make sure that marine species and their habitats are respected, tankers will be required to reduce speed as they pass through certain sections of the channels. Even their escort tugboats will have quieter engines to reduce underwater noise.

Additional radar and navigational aids will improve safety for all vessels…

For increased safety and sure guidance, additional radar systems and navigational aids, such as beacons, buoys and lights, will be installed throughout the routes. This will not only improve safety for tankers, but for

all marine traffi c on the north coast.

Discover more about our rigorous marine safety plan and join the conversation at marine.northerngateway.ca.

Although tankers have been safely navigating the north coast and its channels for decades, marine safety remains a top priority for British Columbians. We have been planning the Northern Gateway Project for over a decade, with a particular focus on protecting the environment. We have added specifi c safety requirements to our marine operations plan to help

make the waters of the north coast safer not just for tankers serving the project, but for all marine vessels.

Qualifi ed BC Coast Pilots will board and guide all tankers… To prevent spills, all tankers serving

the project will be modern and double-hulled, and will be vetted by independent, third

party agencies before entering Canadian waters. Once strict safety and environmental

standards are met, they will be guided through the

Douglas and Principe Channels by qualifi ed BC Coast Pilots.

Powerful tugboats will escort tankers…Tugboats have been shown to signifi cantly reduce tanker incidents worldwide. Powerful tugboats that have been

specially commissioned for Northern Gateway will assist in the safe arrival

and departure of tankers. All tankers will be attended by a close escort tug. In the channels, laden tankers will have two tugs–one tethered at all times. These

tugboats will have emergency response equipment on board and will be capable of assisting any marine vessel.

Strict marine safety standards will ensure we respectour neighbours above, around and below us.

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