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Health records mis-sentBy Jackie Lieuwen
Houston Today
John VanVeldhuizen, owner of ARP Collision in Houston, is upset because another private medical record was mistakenly faxed to him Jan. 29.
VanVeldhuizen says he has gotten seven faxes over the past three years of people’s private medical information intended for the Houston Health Centre, and when he received the last fax in July 2012, he talked to Northern Health Authorities in Prince George and they assured him it wouldn’t happen again.
“I thought it was taken care of,” said V a n V e l d h u i z e n , adding that he was a little upset when another fax came in last Tuesday morning.
“That’s why I decided to make it public,” he said, adding that the same day he sent out an email about it to MLA John Rustad, MP Nathan Cullen and six media outlets, and spent the whole next day dealing with calls from media.
“I was hoping that the people in the right places would � nally hear about this and do something about it. It didn’t seem like it was reaching the right ears and it was being kind of covered up and quietly dealt with,” said VanVeldhuizen.
VanVeldhuizen says that last July when he
talked with Northern Health, he told them that if it happened again, he would go more public with it.
“I want something in place where there’s a blanket policy,” he said, adding that even in his business dealing with car insurance there are very strict rules through ICBC.
Northern Health spokeswoman Eryn Collins says that Northern Health has a similar policy in their system to protect med-ical information.
“When people’s personal health infor-mation is being han-dled by anyone… there is legislation that cov-ers how that informa-tion is to be handled,” she said.
Collins says outgo-ing information from Northern Health has protective measures in place, but these faxes are incoming informa-tion from other busi-nesses, that Northern Health has no control over.
“You are not in control of the process-es they have in place at that end… [we have] very little control when it comes to preven-tion, over what outside agencies are sending to us. We can only follow up on a case by case basis,” she said.
Collins also says when they followed up with last Tuesday’s mis-sent fax, they dis-covered that it was not even destined for the Houston Northern Health clinic.
“They are intended for a local physician
who doesn’t actually work out of the local health centre,” said Collins.
“It’s not only a matter of somebody having misdialed the health centre’s fax number, it’s a matter of them having been sent to the health cen-tre in error in the � rst place,” she said.
VanVeldhuizen says the faxes he has re-ceived have not come from one location, but from a wide vari-ety of health service providers, including local practitioners, other clinics, pharma-cies, and x-ray depart-ments.
“It’s not even Northern Health, but it’s like me - I’m a pri-vate practitioner,” said VanVeldhuizen.
“I’m an indepen-dent business but I do work for ICBC, which is a govern-ment corporation, so what’s the difference if it’s a medical or auto-body practitioner? I have very strict rules on how I communi-cate with ICBC about claims and informa-tion, so why do they not have the same rules in place?” he said.
“I’m constantly en-tering passwords just to submit pictures or information for a per-son’s vehicle so, they are that strict about that, but with medical information you can just write stuff out on a paper and then send it?” VanVeldhuizen asked.
“That’s my issue with it,” he said.
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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.
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Police enforce distracted driving lawsBy Jackie Lieuwen
Houston Today
This month, RCMP are targeting drivers using cell phones or handheld devices, said RCMP Sgt. Rose.
Police, along with Smithers and Terrace Traffic Services, are
part of a February traffic enforcement campaign along Highway 16 opposing distracted driving, said Sgt. Rose.
Preliminary statis-tics for 2012 suggest that distracted driving was the cause of 30 per cent of all motor vehicle fatalities and 30 per cent of all mo-tor vehicle collisions involving serious inju-ries, said Sgt. Rose.
He says studies show driving requires full attention and peo-ple are four times more likely to crash when talking on a cell phone while driving, and 23 times more likely to get in a crash when texting and driving.
Sgt. Rose encour-ages motoring pub-lic to not use mobile phones while driving, and warns of a poten-tial $167 fine if caught doing so.
He adds that there is exception for “hands-free devices,” which are devices mounted to a vehicle or secured on a person and oper-ated by one touch.
He reminds that if a person’s phone rings or they get a message while driving, they should simply pull over before answering the call.
Since Jan. 2010 when provincial legis-lation was put in place to ban cell phone use while driving, police in B.C. have issued over 63,000 violation tick-ets, said Sgt. Rose.
***RCMP arrested a
male at a loud party who allegedly as-saulted someone and damaged the windows of two vehicles on Hagman Crescent just after 1 a.m. Jan. 27, said Sgt. Rose.
He was arrested,
charged with assault and mischief and will appear in court March 18, Sgt. Rose said.
*** RCMP responded
to a disturbance just after 1 a.m. Jan. 29, and arrested a male for assault, releasing him with promise to appear in court March 18, Sgt. Rose said.
***RCMP got re-
port Jan. 29 of an at-tempted fraud, where someone got a call from an out-of-coun-try number, likely Florida, who claimed to be from Publishers Clearing House and said the person could claim a prize by send-ing a $250 cheque to the caller, said Sgt. Rose.
The person report-ed the call to scam busters, Publishers Clearing House and RCMP, and Sgt. Rose
reminds the public that calls for funds to be wired in advance of receiving a prize are extremely rare and should be considered a fraud and reported to RCMP.
***A pickup hit a
logging truck just after 10 a.m. Jan. 30, at the 25 kilometre mark on Equity Mine Road, and pickup truck driver was brought to the Smithers hospital for minor, non-life threatening injuries and the logging truck driver was uninjured, said Sgt. Rose.
Sgt. Rose says the pickup driver hit the logging truck which was parked while the driver was putting on chains.
The pickup driver reported he was blinded by the sun and did not see the parked logging truck, said Sgt. Rose.
***A minivan hit a deer
Jan. 25 on Highway 16 near Sullivan Motor Products, Sgt. Rose said.
Sgt. Rose says the deer died at the scene but the driver and pas-sengers was uninjured and the vehicle dam-age was insignificant.
***Houston RCMP
got a call from Smithers RCMP Jan. 26 warning them of a possible drunk driver headed into town, said Sgt. Rose.
Sgt. Rose says the driver was stopped on Highway 16 near 7-11, and after failing the roadside screen twice, got a 90-day driving prohibition and had their vehicle impound-ed for 30 days.
“System needs change”Asked why
Northern Health still uses faxes for sending information, Collins says they do so only when necessary.
“It’s a relatively secure manner of sending information, being that it goes direct from one destination to another,” said Collins.
“Fax machines are still utilized as a se-cure manner of send-
ing information with proper policies in place, but then there is always human er-ror,” said Collins, add-ing that they have also followed up to ensure that their fax number is correct and easy to read on all their forms and websites.
“We have no control over what outside agencies are sending to the Houston Health Centre, so really our role here is following
up on a case by case basis to make sure that it doesn’t happen again… We have done and continue to do that,” Collins said.
But Vanveldhuizen says something more needs to be done.
“It’s not [Northern Health] per se, it’s their system and how they deal with their clients and practitioners and all that. That system needs to be changed,” VanVeldhuizen said.
ARP Collision owner John VanVeldhuizen goes public with concerns about health records being faxed to his autobody business.
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BC Wildlife opposes fish banBy Anna Killen
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The British Columbia Wildlife Federation (BCWF) has come out against the proposal to move trout and char to catch and release only in Skeena-region rivers and streams, citing the blanket nature of the proposal and the lack of money to properly manage the system.
“Part of our position is that this is a blanket prohibition and the system lacks funding for the good management of the resource,” said Bill Bosch, president of the body which says it represents roughly 40,000 British Columbians. “Funding’s been cut all across the province for all kinds of wildlife management issues. It is a provincial issue – you can’t do more of the same with less money.”
The proposal as posted on the forests, lands and natural resource operations website, states that the “Skeena Region requires a more precautionary approach to management of trout/char. The proposal change is to set regional angling harvest quotas of trout/char to zero. From this baseline, water-specific risks associated with harvest will be evaluated, with retention quotas re-applied where appropriate.”
If the proposal goes through, the changes would apply to the Kitimat, Skeena, Nass, Stikine, and Dease River drainages. Lakes in the region with wild trout
and char populations would not be affected and keeping fish would still be allowed in those waters. Similar regulations are in effect in other regions of the province.
A decision is set to be made on the regulation change by the end of March. A petition opposed to the change has been circulating around Terrace since early this year.
BCWF also takes issue with how the proposal came to fruition. Critics of the proposal say a small amount of anglers have an unfair proportion of the say on how these proposals are written.
“It’s very important to work with all of the stakeholders in a process that is fair, equitable and transparent,” Bosch said. “We’ll work with all stakeholders but the process has got to be fair.”
In its formal submission to the government, the regional branch of the BCWF, the Northwest Fish and Wildlife Conservation A s s o c i a t i o n (NWF&WCA), said the proposal was a “heavy-handed approach” that lacked scientific proof.
“The proposal in question lacks stream and regionally specific science foundation to justify its application,” states the letter, addressed to Steve Thomson, the minister responsible for Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations.
“The basis of support provided by your ministry for non-retention of trout
and char is that of speculation, anecdotal evidence, and scientific data from other jurisdictions that does not accurately reflect trout and char populations in our region,” it reads.
“Anecdotal claims should be the basis of where further science and data is required. It must not become the foundation your ministry bases decisions on.”
The letter also questions restricting resident anglers in order to off-set possible damage caused by industrial and commercial exploits.
“We strongly suggest looking at the habitat abuser, not the historic public angling user,” reads the letter. “How does restricting resident angling opportunities as a result of projected industrial and commercial exploitation in the Skeena address the real issue at hand?”
With regards to the blanket aspect of the proposal, NWF&WCA says a stream with little angling pressure cannot be treated in the same manner as one in a residential area, and that if there are areas believed to be in jeopardy, the focus should be on habitat restoration and augmentation.
If the ministry is going to ban keeping fish for conservation reasons, the ban “must be applied in conjunction with a recovery plan, proper science, enforcement, and funding commitment to follow through,” said NWF&WCA.
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What is that smell?My son’s room has
an odd odor. It doesn’t seem to matter if it’s clean – which is rare – or a pigsty, which is common. Whatever state I � nd it in, the unpleasant stench re-mains.
Strangely enough, I’m the only one who seems to notice. When I open his door I’m immediately assaulted by the stink, but when-ever I ask about it, no one else has a clue what I’m referring to.
“I don’t smell any-thing,” my 12-year-old son will say as he takes a whiff while playing video games with his friends.
“Yeah,” his pals will agree, looking at me with concerned expres-sions as though I’m a confused old lady. “We don’t either.”
Even my husband
barely notices it and will say it’s so subtle that it’s nothing. Yet for me and my keen sense of smell, it’s not nothing, and although I can’t pinpoint what it is exactly, I � nd it offensive. It’s like a weird mixture of stale air, sweaty socks and moldy something or other.
I’ve tried snif� ng it out, tearing his room apart, sweeping every-thing from under his bed and cleaning out his closets. But even after I’ve changed his sheets, washed his � oor, thrown out his garbage, opened the windows and put my eager nostrils to ev-erything I can � nd, I’m still left wondering what it is.
His backpack, thankfully, is far more obvious. Last week I
opened it and the reek was overwhelming.
“What in the world?” I asked as I pulled out a mashed banana and a rot-ting, half-eaten apple. “What else is in here?”
Dumping the con-tents of the bag on the � oor I also discovered a punctured orange, another bruised apple, an open tube of yo-gurt and a stack of wet homework that had disintegrated into pieces.
Revolted, I looked at him like I’d found a dead body.
“This is a brand new backpack,” I scolded. “This is ex-actly how the last one got ruined.”
Apologizing, and promising to put his leftover lunch in the fridge in the future, he meant well, but I knew
this would happen again. It’s not that he’s a bad kid, he’s actually a terri� c one – he just can’t seem to remem-ber to take care of his stuff. Apparently it’s not all that uncommon amongst his peers.
After he failed to � nd his missing ski jacket and the three hoodies he’s been looking for over the last couple months, I decided to check out the lost and found at Sam’s school. It was like a store in there.
Unclaimed shoes, jeans, shorts, t-shirts, sweaters, hats, gloves, hoodies, coats and bags � lled several large bins.
As I went through the huge piles, I won-dered if other parents knew about this crazy corner of the school where lovely presents
go to die. If their kids are anything like mine, maybe they’ll luck out and recover some of their valuable items in there.
I, unfortunately, did not. I’m still on the hunt for his misplaced jacket and hoodies.
The true mystery that I’d like to solve, though, is the culprit behind the nasty smell in his bedroom. Now that would satisfy my senses.
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Dave Jellett and Nell GroschSemi-retired and hair dresser
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them. Wouldn’t that have been good in the accident? Some of those kids got roughed up a bit. They may not like it, but I think they should. They should have little electronic
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“Catch and release is by no means a conservation answer”I recently read two
articles in your paper about a proposal to remove trout and char retention o p p o r t u n i t i e s throughout the entire Skeena region.
Such a proposal and the manner in which it was brought forward should be of concern to all residents, not just in the Skeena region. It aims to ban every man, woman or child from being able to catch and keep a trout or char on all Skeena streams.
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations propose allowing “catch and release” only, effectively excluding those who traditionally fish for food as well as the
ability of father and son to take home the odd trout or char.
What you may not know is that some commercial angling guides and elite-minded anglers continuously lobby the ministry to strip common residents of their heritage fishing rights based on false conservation concerns.
They are quick to accolade the ministry for doing the right thing all under the flag of conservation as long as it does not hinder them.
Yet meanwhile back on the water these same individuals are sinking their barbless hooks deep and unabated into the very same fish they claim need protection.
Catch and release is by no means an effective conservation answer, and to say that fish are not harmed in a catch and release only fishery is clearly false and misleading. A
large number of fish that get hooked and played succumb to their injuries.
A n n u a l l y thousands of fish are mortally wounded being released belly up as a result of catch and release, regardless of angling method used. What a shameful waste!
U n f o r t u n a t e l y,
to the elitists and guide companies who continuously lobby government to exclude resident rights, it’s all about numbers not conservation.
Trout and char
within the Skeena region are defined by the ministry as being within a routine management zone. By definition this means that these stocks are not of conservation concern as some wrongfully tout. As such, removing conservative size and retention limits already in place only
serves to segregate and discriminate against the traditional resident angler.
Sensibly and ethically if scientific research data is sufficient to support such a heavy handed
direction to address a conservation concern, then catch and release needs to be banned as well. If a fishery is deemed unable to provide a retention opportunity as a result of a conservation concern, then it to can’t support mortalities resulting from catch and release. For the
ministry to ban any retention opportunity under the guise of conservation or precautionary approach, and not catch and release mortalities should be considered as a prejudice and hypocritical action.
The mandate of fisheries is to manage fish stocks based on sound scientific knowledge.
A complete trout and char retention ban arrived at from biased anecdotal evidence and self serving hearsay is clearly a failure of this mandate. Our fisheries should be managed to provide sustainable access to this public resource for generations to enjoy.
The new direction
of the fisheries branch is to base decisions on biased anecdotal claims to serve non-resident and minority angling interests, not conservation. As a public taxpayer of a generations old coastal angling family, I’ve today lost confidence in how the ministry’s regional office manages our fisheries and public angling opportunities.
I can’t help but feel segregated and discriminated against by the very ministry entrusted to represent the best interest of public and their opportunities revolving around this common property resource.
Mike LangeggerKitimat, B.C.
““A large number of fish that get hooked and played succumb to their injuries.”
Letters to the Editor
Editor:As we all start a new
year let us all resolve to build a better rela-tionship with our po-lice forces as there are
also many police offi-cers trying very hard to do the same with us in the civilian world.
Of late a lot of events have been ex-posed and magni-fied by social media and not all have been complementary. I do genuinely believe that
a good relationship is possible between police and the people they serve.
If we feed a good relationship then a good relationship is returned but it does take some continual work to achieve it. The first police offi-cer to see you wave a friendly wave may be taken aback a bit but
the next friendly wave they see will start to take effect, we all have to work at it.
When you pass a police officer say a friendly ‘thanks’. They may wonder at the first time they hear you but the next time you will prob-ably receive a smile back, keep the trend up and you are sure
to make them feel just a bit better each time in their quest to main-tain law and order for
all of us.I recently used mass
transit in Vancouver and was surprised to
hear passengers say a cheery ‘thank you’ as they exited the bus, this trend of good manners was sure to lighten the bus driver’s day just as it would to any person. It is never too late or too early to improve a relation-ship, thank you.
Bill BraamTerrace, B.C.
Say thanks to police ““If we feed a good
relationship then a good relationship is returned.”
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The HBP allows an eligible individual to borrow up to $25,000 interest-free and tax-free from his/her
RRSP to acquire an owner occupied principal residence in Canada. This means that each of two or more joint owners may use the HBP for the purchase of the same residence.Use of the HBP more than once is possible if you meet certain quali� cations. In general, you or your spouse can not have owned a principal residence in the four immediately preceding calendar years and the previous HBP withdrawal must have been repaid in full prior to the calendar year of the current withdrawal.A disabled person (someone eligible for the disability credit) or a supporting individual is able to access the HBP regardless of the above time limits, provided the other conditions are met.The “Statement of Account - Home Buyers’ Plan” (provided by the CRA), allows you to designate the appropriate portion of your current RRSP contribution as your Home Buyer’s Plan repayment for the year. The result is that your current RRSP contribution is reduced by the HBP repayments to determine the deductible RRSP contribution. In the event that no current contribution is made, or the current contribution is less than the required repayment, the difference is added to taxable income. In effect, it becomes a taxable RRSP withdrawal.
Do you want access to healthy, local food and products?
Do you try to practice the 3 R’s in your daily life? You are not alone!
Healthy Options for People and the Earth Society (HOPE) is a grassroots non-profit working towards a healthy, sustainable community. We operate and maintain the Pleasant Valley Community Market in Houston for the sale and purchase of locally grown produce and locally made products and encourage the practice of “reduce, re-use and recycle” through partnerships with businesses, agencies and government for recycling opportunities and education. If this sounds like something you would like to be involved in:
You are invited to HOPE’s
3rd Annual General Meeting Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 7:00 p.m.
Houston Public LibraryEveryone welcome!
This will be an evening to look back on what HOPE has done over the past year and a look forward to 2013. Board members will be elected at this time. Positions include President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and several Directors. If you know of anyone who might like to be involved in this way please send nominations
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Over $85,000 fines in large wildlife investigationsBy Percy N. Hébert
Black Press
Gerald Geraci, a guide out� tter from Smithers, won’t be guiding for a while fol-lowing convictions on several contraventions of the B. C. Wildlife Act.
Geraci, 66, a part owner in Upper Stikine River Adventures Ltd., was � ned $9,750, Conservation Of� cer Services, Omineca zone, Tracy Walbauer said.
Speci� cally, Geraci was convicted on sin-gle counts of hunting game without a hunt-ing license and know-ingly making a false statement in a book, record, certi� cate, re-port or return (guide declaration).
Geraci was also convicted on two counts of killing wild-life either by accident or for the protection of life or property and failed to promptly re-port to an of� cer.
In all six individu-
als, including Geraci as well as Upper Stikine River Adventures Ltd. were � ned $86,740 for close to 50 of-fences under the B. C. Wildlife Act.
“This is the larg-est wildlife case that I’ve seen,” Walbauer, a 13-year veteran of the Conservation Of� cer Services, said of the investiga-tion that involved 20 Conservation Of� cer Services staff as well as two U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff as some of the clients involved in the case were American citizens.
“The number of in-dividuals involved and obtaining information from all of them was a challenge,” Walbauer said.
The Habitat Conservation Trust Fund receives $16,000 of the total amount of � nes levied.
In the same inves-tigation, Wesley Allen Berge, 44, an associ-ate with Upper Stikine River Adventures
Ltd., was convicted of guiding without a licence and employing unlicensed guides.
Berge was � ned $34,500.
For their part, Upper Stikine River Adventures Ltd. was � ned $39,600 for 17 infractions of the Wildlife Act, including � ve counts of knowingly making a false statement in a book, record, certi� cate, report or return, four counts of acting as a guide without holding an assistant guide license, hunting without a license, unlawful possession of wildlife, two counts killing wildlife either by accident or for the protection of life or
property and failed to promptly report to an of� cer, and four counts of employing unlicensed guiding assistants.
Four assistant guides were charged by violation ticket.
Their names could not be released because it is not part of public knowledge, Walbauer explained.
The assistant guides were � ned for hunting during a closed season, hunting big game without a license, killing wildlife during no open season and failing to remove edible portions of wildlife.
The latter means, moose were hunted simply for their antlers and the carcass was left behind, Walbauer explained.
The guide assis-tants caught with just the antlers were also charged with unlawful possession of wildlife.
The four assistant guides were levied a little less than $3,000 in � nes.
The convic-tions stem from a
tip received by the Conservation Of� cer Services from a First Nations group north of McKenzie in the fall of 2010.
“It’s likely these violations would have gone undetected if they were not reported, this highlights the importance that members of the public play in protecting our wildlife resources.”
Although the clients were not charged with any offences, most of the 20 animals seized during the investigation, including stone sheep, caribou, moose and grizzly bear, will not be returned.
“I don’t believe most of them knew they were hiring illegal guides,” Walbauer said.
If and when Berge and Geraci as well as the guide assistants can return to guiding in the future is up to the Director of Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Management Branch, Walbauer said.
“He reviews the matter and then he makes a decision as to whether they are al-lowed to guide in the province again,” he said.
“The report we submitted to Crown counsel for review was almost 1,400 pages long.”
““Over 20 C.O.s involved in the investigation.”
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■ Try something new this Family Day. It might be as simple as agreeing that everyone observe a no-technology or TV day. If you � nd your gather-ings often involve all the adults sitting around visiting while the youngsters play among themselves and the teens segregate away from both you and the little ones, you’re probably not alone. A family gathering can be a wonderful oppor-tunity for family to hear the latest on jobs, trips, hobbies and health, but if you � nd your gatherings following the same tedious patterns where one or two family members dominate with the same old stories, this is the year to change it up. Consider adding new experiences to the plans, and making a new and fun tradition out of them. Here are some ideas to get started:Get out and enjoy our beautiful out-doors – no matter what your weather. If you live in a snowy region of B.C., organize a hayride, snowshoe trek, sledding time or ice skating at a com-munity rink. If you don’t have snow in your area, you can travel to � nd it or consider planning a bike ride, a hike or even hitting a mini-golf course or a driving range. The idea is to bring everyone to-gether in a family activity you’ve never done before. Plan a meal away from the house – Instead of cooking for the gather-ing, plan a formal brunch or dinner at a new restaurant. Not only do you experience a new menu together but
everyone in your group can sit together and enjoy the meal. B.C. has a widely diverse cultural make up and ethnic restaurants are part of that.
Make your Family Day gathering a retreat for all – consider getting your family out of the house and turn your gathering into a festive retreat. Many venues have activities for all ages to enjoy, from winter outdoor fun to refreshing spa services. Think of how much fun it would be for your whole family group to take a yoga class together. Host a family talent show – Everyone has a special talent in your family, so encourage them to bring their talent to your gathering. If you’re really ambi-tious set up an area to be used as a stage and arrange chairs for audience members. Many living rooms have dimmer switches so play with lighting and lamps so the performance area is in the spotlight. You might want to rent a popcorn machine or ask family members to bring along some treats and snacks. By bringing new activities to your family gathering this year, you’ll be creating many new memories to share in the future, as well as making the event much more enjoyable.
FAMILY DAY 2013Experience as a Family
Play together
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It’s our first BC Family Day
Monday, February 11, 2013
Celebrate!Enjoy time with your family
See what’s happening around BC, visit: www.bcfamilyday.ca
KINDERGARTENKindergarten registrations will be accepted during the week of February 18-22, 2013 at SD#54’s elementary schools for children who will be five (5) years old on or before December 31, 2013 for entry into school in September 2013. Registration during this time is required to assist for planning and organizing of our local schools.Proof of age (original birth certificate) and BC Care Card must be pre-sented at the time of registration. Registration in regular school programs should take place at a resident’s neighbourhood school (see list below).If you have any other questions, please call your neighbourhoodelementary school.• A French Immersion information night will be held at Muheim School on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Or contact Kevin Bird, Principal Muheim Memorial Elementary School at 250-847-2688 •
SCHOOLS Lake Kathlyn Elementary, 7620 Highway 16 West, Smithers, BC, 250-847-9427BVEC, 7620 Highway 16 West, Smithers, BC, 250-847-9427Muheim Memorial Elementary, 3659-3rd Avenue, Smithers, BC, 250-847-2688Walnut Park Elementary, 4092 Mountainview Drive, Smithers, BC, 250-847-4464Telkwa Elementary, 1000 Hankin Avenue, Telkwa, BC, 250-846-5851Silverthorne Elementary, 3455-13th Avenue, Houston, BC, 250-845-2228Twain Sullivan Elementary, 1771 Hungerford Drive, Houston, BC, 250-845-2227
REGISTER EARLY FOR SCHOOL 2013
SCHOOL DISTRICT #54 (BULKLEY VALLEY)
KINDERGARTEN
Kindergarten registrations will be accepted during the week of February 18-22, 2013 at SD#54ʼs elementary schools for children who will be five (5) years old on or before December 31, 2013 for entry into school in September 2013. Registration during this time is required to assist for planning and organizing of our local schools.
Proof of age (original birth certificate) and BC Care Card must be presented at the time of registration.
Registration in regular school programs should take place at a residentʼs neighbourhood school (see list at right).
If you have any other questions, please call your neighbourhood elementary school.
* A French Immersion information night will be held at Muheim School on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Or contact Kevin Bird, Principal Muheim Memorial Elementary School at 250-847-2688 *
SCHOOLS Lake Kathlyn Elementary 7620 Highway 16 West Smithers, BC 250-847-9427
Bulkley Valley Education Connection 7620 Highway 16 West Smithers, BC 250-847-9427
Muheim Memorial Elementary 3659 – 3rd Avenue Smithers, BC 250-847-2688
Walnut Park Elementary 4092 Mountainview Drive Smithers, BC 250-847-4464
Telkwa Elementary 1000 Hankin Avenue Telkwa, BC 250-846-5851
Silverthorne Elementary 3455 – 13th Avenue Houston, BC 250-845-2228
Twain Sullivan Elementary 1771 Hungerford Drive Houston, BC 250-845-2227
■ There is nothing like the fun and innocence of childhood. Whether it’s a game of kick-the-can with the neighbourhood children or building a tree fort in the backyard, some of our best memories are playful.Board games are a great indoor activity, and Family Day is a great
time to dig out some of your old favourites like Monopoly and Clue, and maybe try out a few new ones that are geared towards family fun. Your local toy store will have a wide range of options, along with other family-friendly entertainment such as puzzles and books. Set up a card
table, get your favou-rite puzzle out and spend hours putting together the pieces. Finishing a compli-cated puzzle will also give your kids a sense of accomplishment.If you’re looking for something a bit more high-tech, your game console or computer is a good place to start. Video games have come a long way from the classic Super Mario and Donkey Kong, and you may discover that your kids have a much larger technical knowledge than you do. They might beat you at Wii Sports but it will make for a great story!Getting outside for a
game of tag or basketball will check off two things on your list: play and exercise. Taking a trip to a local play-ground or � eld will give you hours of entertainment for a low cost. Pack a picnic as well for an entire day of fun. Practicing your batting or pitching will also get you ready for the upcoming sports seasons, or maybe compete to see who can run the fastest to the swings.This year, Family Day is a time to make memories, spend time together and maybe learn a thing or two. Whatever the weather is like outside, you have plenty of options for having fun at all ages.
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give your kids a sense of accomplishment.If you’re looking for something a bit more high-tech, your game console or computer is a good place to start. Video games have
Donkey Kong, and you may discover
have a much larger technical knowledge than you do. They might beat you at
will make for a great
Getting outside for a
or two. Whatever the weather is like outside, you have plenty of options for having fun at all ages.
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Andrew Hudson
Her crown came from New Mexico, but when Houston’s own Rebecca Dallaire won the fi rst-ever Smithers Rodeo Queen contest, the moment was totally Bulkley Valley.
When a stubborn sash worn by one of her fellow rodeo royalties needed a pin, it came courtesy of a spectator who happened to have a spare in his arm sling.
And high among the diamond driller’s caps and Western art given out as door prizes at the Aug.18 coronation was an egg carton fi lled with home-made fi re-starter and a bag of garden-fresh potatoes.
If that sounds too homespun a prize for such a regal event, the three girls who competed this year had plenty of sparkle on their crowns, belt buckles and metallic blue riding chaps to out-shine it.
Dallaire’s mother Bibs says the sparkling side of the contest, which combines fashion, speaking and horsemanship events, is some-thing best left to her daughter.
“She likes shiny things,” she says with a laugh. “She’s like a magpie.”
Dallaire’s father Marcel also more toward rodeo than royalty.
“I think they should all have to ride a bull,” he joked. “The one who’s under 8.2 seconds gets to keep the crown!”
But speaking with Dallaire and her fel-low rodeo princesses Amber Gregorowich and Adele Murray, it’s clear that for them too, being rodeo royalties means more than a smile and a slow wave.
Now 22 years old, Dallaire has been riding horses since before she could walk.
And while she likes to show horses, Dallaire says her biggest thrill is barrel racing.
“Your heart gets racing as soon as you come through the gate,” she says. “Everything hap-pens incredibly fast—you don’t have time to make mistakes.”
“If you mess up in your pattern and lose half or even a tenth of a second, that could change your position from fi rst to fi fth and your payout might not even happen.”
Dallaire watches rodeo and racetrack events all over North America, keeping a sharp eye on
how different horse breeds and bloodlines are doing.
Paint and quarter horses are favourites for barrel racing, she says.
“They’re built to take off from a standstill into high speed, and they handle corners really well also.”
Of the two, her mother Bibs says she likes paint horses best.
“They say on the fi fth day, God created the horse and on the sixth day he painted all the good ones.”
Rodeo princess Amber Gregorowich agrees.A confi dent speaker who won this year’s
award for speech craft, Gregorowich warns that she could talk about paints forever.
“Paint horses are my favourite breed because there one of the most versatile horses, and no two look the same,” she says.
“You can do jumping, you can do barrel rac-ing, Western pleasure, they make amazing kids’ horses, they drive, and they’re not as skittish or spooky as some other breeds.”
At 23, Gregorowich has plenty of Smithers and Terrace horse shows under her belt already, but in the next two years she hopes to scout out the world show for paint horses in Fort Worth, Texas.
“It’s the best of the best,” she says, adding that she would like nothing better than to win at Fort Worth with a Bulkley Valley-bred horse.
“If you go down to worlds with a horse that
was bred in a small town and you beat some of these big shots, it’s a great feeling,” she said.
Three months ago, her well-named horse Crayola had a foal that Gregorowich plans to train up in Alberta and Oklahoma.
“I’m hoping she can be my world contend-er,” she says.
The youngest of this year’s rodeo royals, Adele Murray says the contest was her fi rst time giving a public speech, let alone a TV in-terview.
Murray did great, says organizer Andi Houl-den, picking up the award for Most Improved Public Speaker.
At home, Murray keeps eight fi sh and a cat named Chevy along with her one and only horse, Chip.
“I was on a riding lesson and I ended up rid-ing her and fell in love,” Murray said.
“I said ‘I want this one—I don’t care about any of the others.”
Murray bugged her dad about Chip for years until one fi ne December day in 2008.
“I woke up that Christmas morning and she was standing outside,” she says.
Chip is a fast horse, Murray said, a thorough-bred and quarter-horse cross who is more into gymkhanas and barrel racing than showing.
Murray also came to the contest without a lot of show experience, but her confi dence grew after a practice session she held at her house in the weeks before.
“We had good times,” she says. Each of the girls took a practice spin down a pretend “run-way” that stretched from her kitchen to the liv-ing room, she added, with coaching from former Williams Lake rodeo queen Savannah Davies.
As for who fi nally won the queen’s crown or the princess tiaras, Murray said the three friends agreed it was no big deal.
“We’re all good,” she said, smiling.Smithereens got their fi rst chance to meet
their rodeo royals during the fall fair last week-end and Rodeo Queen Rebecca Dallaire will be riding a paint horse made for celebrity.
“He’ll defi nitely be the prettiest horse there,” says Rebecca’s mother. “He’s the Ashton Kutch-er of the horse world.”
“He thinks he’s a male model, he really does.”
Houston girls crowned rodeo royaltyFeaturing the spirit of the local people
183 First StreetVanderhoof
Tel: 250-567-6820Fax: 250-567-6822
Toll Free: 1-877-964-5650
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.johnrustadmla.bc.ca
John Rustad, MLANechako Lakes
2500 Butler AvenueHouston
Tel: 250-845-7770Fax: 250-845-7780
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Rebecca Dallaire, front, rides in the Bulkley Valley Fall Fair on Aug. 22 with Am-ber Gregorowich, left, and Adele Murray, right.
Photo by Grant Harris
Andrew Hudson
Her crown came from New Mexico, but when Houston’s own Rebecca Dallaire won the fi rst-ever Smithers Rodeo Queen contest, the moment was totally Bulkley Valley.
When a stubborn sash worn by one of her fellow rodeo royalties needed a pin, it came courtesy of a spectator who happened to have a spare in his arm sling.
And high among the diamond driller’s caps and Western art given out as door prizes at the Aug.18 coronation was an egg carton fi lled with home-made fi re-starter and a bag of garden-fresh potatoes.
If that sounds too homespun a prize for such a regal event, the three girls who competed this year had plenty of sparkle on their crowns, belt buckles and metallic blue riding chaps to out-shine it.
Dallaire’s mother Bibs says the sparkling side of the contest, which combines fashion, speaking and horsemanship events, is some-thing best left to her daughter.
“She likes shiny things,” she says with a laugh. “She’s like a magpie.”
Dallaire’s father Marcel also more toward rodeo than royalty.
“I think they should all have to ride a bull,” he joked. “The one who’s under 8.2 seconds gets to keep the crown!”
But speaking with Dallaire and her fel-low rodeo princesses Amber Gregorowich and Adele Murray, it’s clear that for them too, being rodeo royalties means more than a smile and a slow wave.
Now 22 years old, Dallaire has been riding horses since before she could walk.
And while she likes to show horses, Dallaire says her biggest thrill is barrel racing.
“Your heart gets racing as soon as you come through the gate,” she says. “Everything hap-pens incredibly fast—you don’t have time to make mistakes.”
“If you mess up in your pattern and lose half or even a tenth of a second, that could change your position from fi rst to fi fth and your payout might not even happen.”
Dallaire watches rodeo and racetrack events all over North America, keeping a sharp eye on
how different horse breeds and bloodlines are doing.
Paint and quarter horses are favourites for barrel racing, she says.
“They’re built to take off from a standstill into high speed, and they handle corners really well also.”
Of the two, her mother Bibs says she likes paint horses best.
“They say on the fi fth day, God created the horse and on the sixth day he painted all the good ones.”
Rodeo princess Amber Gregorowich agrees.A confi dent speaker who won this year’s
award for speech craft, Gregorowich warns that she could talk about paints forever.
“Paint horses are my favourite breed because there one of the most versatile horses, and no two look the same,” she says.
“You can do jumping, you can do barrel rac-ing, Western pleasure, they make amazing kids’ horses, they drive, and they’re not as skittish or spooky as some other breeds.”
At 23, Gregorowich has plenty of Smithers and Terrace horse shows under her belt already, but in the next two years she hopes to scout out the world show for paint horses in Fort Worth, Texas.
“It’s the best of the best,” she says, adding that she would like nothing better than to win at Fort Worth with a Bulkley Valley-bred horse.
“If you go down to worlds with a horse that
was bred in a small town and you beat some of these big shots, it’s a great feeling,” she said.
Three months ago, her well-named horse Crayola had a foal that Gregorowich plans to train up in Alberta and Oklahoma.
“I’m hoping she can be my world contend-er,” she says.
The youngest of this year’s rodeo royals, Adele Murray says the contest was her fi rst time giving a public speech, let alone a TV in-terview.
Murray did great, says organizer Andi Houl-den, picking up the award for Most Improved Public Speaker.
At home, Murray keeps eight fi sh and a cat named Chevy along with her one and only horse, Chip.
“I was on a riding lesson and I ended up rid-ing her and fell in love,” Murray said.
“I said ‘I want this one—I don’t care about any of the others.”
Murray bugged her dad about Chip for years until one fi ne December day in 2008.
“I woke up that Christmas morning and she was standing outside,” she says.
Chip is a fast horse, Murray said, a thorough-bred and quarter-horse cross who is more into gymkhanas and barrel racing than showing.
Murray also came to the contest without a lot of show experience, but her confi dence grew after a practice session she held at her house in the weeks before.
“We had good times,” she says. Each of the girls took a practice spin down a pretend “run-way” that stretched from her kitchen to the liv-ing room, she added, with coaching from former Williams Lake rodeo queen Savannah Davies.
As for who fi nally won the queen’s crown or the princess tiaras, Murray said the three friends agreed it was no big deal.
“We’re all good,” she said, smiling.Smithereens got their fi rst chance to meet
their rodeo royals during the fall fair last week-end and Rodeo Queen Rebecca Dallaire will be riding a paint horse made for celebrity.
“He’ll defi nitely be the prettiest horse there,” says Rebecca’s mother. “He’s the Ashton Kutch-er of the horse world.”
“He thinks he’s a male model, he really does.”
Houston girls crowned rodeo royaltyFeaturing the spirit of the local people
183 First StreetVanderhoof
Tel: 250-567-6820Fax: 250-567-6822
Toll Free: 1-877-964-5650
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.johnrustadmla.bc.ca
John Rustad, MLANechako Lakes
2500 Butler AvenueHouston
Tel: 250-845-7770Fax: 250-845-7780
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Rebecca Dallaire, front, rides in the Bulkley Valley Fall Fair on Aug. 22 with Am-ber Gregorowich, left, and Adele Murray, right.
Photo by Grant Harris
Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
Houston Secondary School student Jamie Beck is one of the players on the first ever B.C. U18 women’s sevens provincial rugby team, which will compete in the Las Vegas Invitational Sevens Feb. 7-10.
Jamie, grade 11 HSS stu-dent, was invited to a try out in Burnaby Dec. 9 2012, and earned one of the 12 spots on the team out of 45 competing grade 11 and 12 athletes from across B.C.
“I went down kind of think-ing I wouldn’t be selected and it would just be a really cool expe-rience and I would learn some stuff at the tryout and know what I have to work on,” said Jamie.
“Then I got a call a week later saying I got selected to the team and I was - I almost cried I was so happy - it was actually unreal to think that I was selected for a B.C. team,” Jamie said.
“I felt honoured to think that they felt like I could compete at that level, and that I’d be able to learn and catch up with the skill of these girls that play all the time. It was just a huge honour and I just felt really good,” she said.
Since then, Jamie says she has been cross training with basket-ball and doing personal training in the mornings before school - a modified version of the team’s training program, changed to work with Houston’s long win-ter season.
She also went to a train-ing weekend in Vancouver and
trained with the team almost all day Jan. 19 to 20, she said.
“I learned so much, it was in-credible,” Jamie said.
“And to play with these girls who are amazing at rugby was really cool,” she said, adding that some of the girls on the team get to play rugby year-round, which is much different from Houston’s 15s and sevens six-week seasons, shortened by the long winter.
Jamie started playing HSS rugby is grade 8, four years ago, and says she signed up just be-cause it was another sport to play and she loves sports and has played nearly everything in-cluding ringette, hockey, soccer, track, basketball, volleyball.
She also played on the Northwest team at the 2012 B.C. Summer Games in White
Rock July 19 to 22, competing against teams from Vancouver Island, Burnaby and Vancouver.
“It was probably the most amazing rugby experience for me… I just started to realize that I really, really loved playing it and it was a lot of fun,” Jamie said.
Summer Games assistant coach Cobus Jonker says Jamie’s best attributes are her physical strength, speed and fitness, as well as her eager learning and outstanding commitment.
HSS girls rugby coach Scott Jackson agrees.
“Her speed is the one thing that sets her apart from every-body else, but she’s also sports smart… she picks up things quickly, doesn’t have to be taught more than one time, and is able to take a skill learned in
the gym and apply it to a game situation,” said Jackson.
Jackson says it has been very rewarding for him to watch Jamie develop into the player she has become.
Her natural talent and speed allowed her to dominate right from grade 8 on, but now she has developed into a much more complete player who can do a lot of things and make things happen on the field, and she embraces the defensive side of rugby and the tackling which she first didn’t enjoy, said Jackson.
“I think the future is really bright for Jamie,” Jackson said.
Jamie says she loves playing rugby and plans to pursue it in university, and with rugby now an Olympic sport, Jamie says she dreams of playing in the Olympics.
“I don’t think it’s unrealistic to talk about Rio in 2016, or maybe 2020,” said Jackson, and Jonker agrees.
“Keep tabs on this one; don’t be surprised is she makes the Canadian team,” Jonker said.
Jamie left Feb. 5 for Vancouver and trained that night with the team. Today, Feb. 6, the teams flies to Las Vegas for the Las Vegas Invitational High School Girls Sevens tour-nament where they will com-pete against teams from across U.S. and Canada.
Jamie says she wants to thank Mr. Jackson and her coach-es from the Summer Games, Cobus Jonker, Ben Harris and Kayla Hooker, for helping her learn and develop and for being really supportive.
Jamie dreams of playing in the Olympics
Jamie takes the ball and goes for a run, playing with the Houston Secondary Wolverines against Elgin Park (Surrey) Secondary School. Submitted photo
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NDP House leader Nathan Cullen, MP Skeena-Bulkley Valley,
wants to put an end to the tomfoolery, the unparliamentarian-like behaviour in the House of Commons, particularly during
question period and he’s looking to the Speaker of the House of Commons to hand out the penalties.
“We’re trying to
tackle civility and de-corum in the House,” Cullen said during a teleconference.
“We’ve watched a drop off in civility and decency with one an-other and when that happens it becomes impossible to have a good conversation and to govern the country.”
To that end, Cullen launched The Civility Project.
“I want people in elected office to behave a little better,” Cullen explained. “It’s a sim-ple thing to say, but much harder to do.”
The civility proj-ect has a number of rules and rule changes governing MP con-duct, and provides the Speaker with greater authority to impose penalties for inappro-priate behaviour.
Some of the sug-gested penalties in the proposal include strip-ping MPs of ques-tion privileges dur-ing Question Period and suspending MPs without pay for the more serious offences
against civility in the House of Commons.
“We think hitting people in the pock-etbook might grab the attention of the dozen or two-dozen MPs that seem ad-dicted to the idea of acting like goons when they’re in the House of Commons,” Cullen said.
Cullen said it is an issue that cuts across the partisan divides as Liberal MPs and Independent MPs have expressed interest in the Civility Project.
Cullen says the Conservatives have a different take on the project. “The Conservatives seem to think everything is fine,” he said.
To help promote the Civility Project, Cullen launched a Facebook page, www.facebook.com/thecivilityproject, and a Twitter hashtag, #projciv. “We’re en-couraging people to write their MPs and ask them to behave better,” Cullen said.
“Certainly we wouldn’t want any of
our kids in a classroom to behave the way the House of Commons does even on the best of days.”
During his telecon-ference, Cullen also spoke to a proposed change in the bound-ary of the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding, a change that would see all of the Bella Coola Valley, and all of Hagensborg, in-cluded in the current Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding. Currently, Hagensborg is di-vided between the Skeena-Bulkley Valley and Prince George-Cariboo ridings.
Cullens says it would also rename the riding, which has been a topic of discussion for some time as many feel the name does not adequately reflect the area which stretches from Stewart to Bella Coola and from Haida Gwaii to Vanderhoof.
“We’re looking around, casting about, because this is a once-in-a-decade opportu-nity,” Cullen said.
Another topic of
discussion was the various pipelines pro-posed to cross the northwest of B.C.
Referring to the grassroots opposition to pipeline projects among First Nations in northwest B.C., Cullen indicated the Wet’suwet’en may be one of the First Nations bands dis-cussing potential solu-tions.
“I wouldn’t cast the Wet’suwet’en with the broad brush of being opposed,” Cullen said.
“I met with them last week and I think there’s an internal conversation going on within the community as to their approach to resource development and what they’re going to do about it.”
The solution, Cullen suggested, would come through discussions among elders, although he did admit the process could be turbulent.
“I think they have a tough job,” Cullen said of the task ahead of the Wet’suwet’en to find a solution.
MP Nathan Cullen promotes civil behaviour in the House of Commons
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A Saturday in Houston....
Top left: Telkwa ranchers Rob and Doug Brook talk with Houston rancher and Pleasant Valley Cattlemen’s director Lia Long at the Cattlemen’s meeting about the bulls she sells in Vanderhoof every March. Top right: Gord Colliar, territory manager for Zoetis (animal health company), and Al Smith, B.C. Livestock representative were two of many people that came to talk to local ranchers at the Skeena Regional Cattlemen’s Association meeting last Saturday. The Skeena Regional Cattlemen’s includes ranchers from Houston, Burns Lake, Smithers and Hazelton. See Feb. 13 Houston Today for a story on the Skeena Regional Cattlemen’s Association meeting.
Right: Little Luckies player Carson Stumpf takes the puck towards the net for a shot against the Burns Lake Bruins in their tournament game in Houston last Saturday.
Left: Houston Secondary Coach Scott Jackson gives his junior basketball girls a pep talk and some timeout tips during their final game against Smithers Secondary. Above: Little Luckies player Landon Coombes whips the puck away from Burns Lake forwards who are trying to advance the puck towards the net.
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Clark touts growth at mining conferenceBy Tom Fletcher
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Premier Christy Clark welcomed delegates to an in-ternational mining exploration confer-ence Monday with a prediction of record investment in the B.C. industry this year.
“Last year, as you know, was a record-breaking year for min-ing exploration, $462 million,” Clark said in a speech that previews the coming election campaign. “Compare that to the 1990s, when $26 million a year in exploration was un-derway. We’ve come a long way in 12 years, and it’s pretty tough to beat those record-breaking years.”
She predicted that mark will be shattered with another 47 per cent increase, mostly due to a few large proj-ects underway now.
While exploration is up, five mining ex-pansions are permit-ted to proceed in the province.
They are: Endako Mines’ molybdenum mine at Fraser Lake in Central B.C.; Teck’s Highland Valley cop-per mine at Logan Lake in the Okanagan; Huckleberry Mine, an open-pit copper and molybdenum mine near Dease Lake in northwestern B.C.; Quinsam Coal, an underground ther-mal coal mine on Vancouver Island; and Elkview, a Teck met-allurgical coal mine near Sparwood in the Kootenays.
Conference del-egates applauded another recent de-velopment, the first mineral royalty shar-ing agreements with aboriginal people for Huckleberry Mine and New Afton, an expansion of a Kamloops-area cop-per mine.
Clark also touted an improvement in permit approval times for land and water use as well as “notice of work” permits. The waiting time has been
reduced from 110 days to 80 days, and anoth-er $7 million will be spent to get it down to 60 days, she said.
NDP mining critic Doug Donaldson said
the B.C. Liberal gov-ernment is still work-ing to fix a problem it created, when min-ing permit time went from 55 days in 2007 to 110 days by 2011.
The 60-day target for notice-of-work per-mits was supposed to be met in November, Donaldson added.
Clark also took aim at another promi-nent election issue, the need for skilled trades training. She said the public school system is making a mistake when it spends 13 years and billions of dollars, then tells stu-dents they need a de-gree before they can work.
High schools and post-secondary insti-tutions are getting new equipment and more access to instructors so they can enter the workforce sooner, she said.
“Let’s cut comple-tion time for trades training in half, and let’s stop training peo-ple for jobs that don’t exist,” Clark said.
A major part of the NDP campaign for the May election will be focused on overall cuts to post-secondary funding in recent B.C. Liberal budgets.
Tom Fletcher/Black PressPremier Christy Clark speaks to Association of Mineral Exploration B.C. conference in Vancouver Jan. 28.
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HoustonCommunity CalendarThe Houston Retirement Housing Society is asking interested parties to provide their names for future vacancies at our Pleasant Valley Village apartments. Please call Roberta@250-845-2257.
TopleyTopley Victory Church services: 10:30 a.m.Structural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Top-ley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a fire practice: Thurs. @ 1930 hrs (7:30 pm) Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd Tues. of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire practices every Thurs. at 7:30 pm. GranisleGranisle and District Seniors meetings are the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1pm in the Seniors Centre. Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fire practices every Tues., 7 p.m. at the Fire Hall.Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., 11 a.m. Bible study is Thurs. at 7 p.m.
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The HSS Senior Girls Rugby team has qualified for provincials in Vancouver in April. They are fundraising for their trip with Horse Drawn Sleigh Rides. Location: Margerm Farm. Buck Flats. Date: Feb 15th. Times are 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. The rides will be 45 minutes long with a 15 minute break between rides. The cost is $20 per person and there is room for 10 people per ride. If you are interested in booking a seat (or the entire sleigh), please call Tanya Margerm at 845-3324.
Houston Dart League is Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm. upstairs at the Houston Curling Club. Blind doubles games.
Houston Snowmobile Club Events: Regular Club Meeting: Feb. 17 @ 7PM Idylwild Motor Inn. Poker Ride: Feb. 23: Dungate Meadows. All snowmobilers welcome.
Seniors Bingo is every Tues. at 7pm at Cottonwood Manor. Entry is $1. Come out & enjoy a fun prize filled evening. Lots of prizes!
The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Mon. of the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is General Meeting.
HouSTon PuBLiC LiBRaRy EVEnTS... February is Fine-Free Month at HPL. Any overdue items that are returned between Feb. 1 & 28 will have all associated fines waived. Book Club – Feb. 6 at 7pm. Reviewing the current book “Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell. We will be reading the #1 Best Seller “The Bishop’s Man” by Linden MacIntyre for Feb. Peace in israel - Cathedral Hotels and Military Checkpoints Thurs., Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Canfor Room at the Houston Public Library. Tony Mondia spent his Christmas holidays going through the lands of Israel/Palestine where he interviewed dozens of individuals and businesses. Tony will attempt to share with you their stories and the most important lesson he learned. Tween Pizza and a Movie night – Feb. 14 from 5:30-7:30 pm for kids ages 8 to 13. $2/person. “Men In Black 3”, rated PG13. Sponsored by Enbridge, Northern Gateway Pipelines. non-instructional Day Matinee – Feb. 15 from 2-4 pm. Join us for a family friendly movie and popcorn. “Hotel Transylvania”. Admission is by a $2 min. donation. Children 6 & under must be accompanied by an adult.For more info on any of the above events, please call the library at 250-845-2256.
Houston Community Services is open Mon. thru Fri. from 9am to 4pm We have clothing to give away. Baby clothing; women’s and mens as well as children of all ages. Come and check it out!
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Houston Secondary School – X-Block drop in music program: Request of $700.00 which was utilized towards the purchase of a second electric guitar and amp enabling more students to familiarize themselves with this instrument on a more frequent basis. This purchase was facilitated with other funding opportunities; HSS PAC request, community donations and in school fundraisers.
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from For
d Credi
t. Taxes
payabl
e on ful
l amoun
t of pu
rchase
price.
‡Until
Februa
ry 28, 2
013, rec
eive $50
0/ $1,00
0/ $2,00
0/ $2,50
0/ $3,50
0/ $5,00
0/ $6,50
0/ $7,00
0/$7,50
0/$8,0
00 in M
anufact
urer Re
bates w
ith the
purch
ase or
lease of
a new
2013 Fo
cus (ex
cluding
S, ST, B
EV), Fie
sta, F-1
50 Regu
lar Cab
XL 4x2
(Value
Leader
)/ Focu
s S, Mu
stang V6
Coupe,
Taurus
SE, Edg
e FWD (e
xcludin
g SE), E
-Series/
Transit
Connec
t (exclu
ding el
ectric),
F-350 t
o F-550
Chassis
Cabs / M
ustang
V6 Pre
mium/
Mustan
g GT/ F-
250 to
F-450 g
as engi
ne (exc
luding
Chassis
Cabs)/
F-150 R
egular
Cab (ex
cluding
XL 4x2
) non 5.
0L /F-15
0 Regu
lar Cab
(exclud
ing XL
4x2) 5.
0L, F-25
0 to F-4
50 (exc
luding
Chassis
Cabs) D
iesel en
gine/ F
-150 Sup
er Cab a
nd Sup
er Crew
non 5.
0L/ F-1
50 Supe
r Cab an
d Super
Crew 5
.0L – a
ll Rapt
or, GT50
0, BOSS
302, Tra
nsit Con
nect EV
and Me
dium T
ruck m
odels e
xcluded
. This o
ffer can
be use
d in con
junctio
n with
most r
etail co
nsume
r offers
made a
vailabl
e by For
d of Can
ada at e
ither th
e time
of fact
ory ord
er or de
livery, b
ut not b
oth. Ma
nufact
urer Re
bates
are no
t comb
inable
with a
ny fleet
consum
er ince
ntives.
*Purc
hase a
new 201
3 Focus
SE Sed
an/201
3 Escap
e SE FW
D with
1.6L Eco
Boost e
ngine/
2013 F-
150 XLT
Super C
ab 4x4
with 5.
0L engi
ne for $
18,999/
$27,99
9/$30,9
99. Tax
es paya
ble on
full am
ount of
purch
ase pri
ce after
Manuf
acture
r Rebat
e of $50
0/$0/$
8,000
has bee
n dedu
cted. Of
fers inc
lude fr
eight an
d air ta
x of $1,
650/$1
,650/$1
,700 bu
t exclud
e variab
le char
ges of
license
, fuel f
ill char
ge, insu
rance,
dealer
PDI (if
applica
ble), re
gistrati
on, PP
SA, adm
inistrat
ion fee
s and ch
arges,
any env
ironme
ntal ch
arges o
r fees,
and all
applic
able ta
xes. Al
l prices
are ba
sed on
Manuf
acture
r’sSug
gested
Retail P
rice. Ma
nufact
urer Re
bates c
an be us
ed in co
njunct
ion wit
h most
retail
consum
er offer
s made
availab
le by Fo
rd of Ca
nada at
either
the tim
e of fac
tory ord
er or de
livery, b
ut not b
oth. Ma
nufact
urer Re
bates a
re not c
ombin
able w
ith any
fleet c
onsum
er incen
tives. †
†Until F
ebruar
y 28, 20
13, rece
ive 0%
/1.49%
/4.99%
annual
percen
tage ra
te (APR
) purch
ase fin
ancing
on a n
ew 201
3 Focus
SE Sed
an/201
3 Escap
e SE FW
D with
1.6L Eco
Boost e
ngine/
2013 F-
150 XLT
Super C
ab 4x4 w
ith 5.0L
engine
for a m
aximum
of 72 m
onths t
o qual
ified re
tail cus
tomers,
on app
roved c
redit (O
AC) fro
m Ford
Credit.
Not al
l buyers
will qu
alify fo
r the
lowest
APR pay
ment.
Purcha
se fina
ncing m
onthly
payme
nt is $2
64/$40
7/$499
(the su
m of tw
elve (12
) mont
hly pay
ments
divide
d by 26
period
s gives
payee a
bi-wee
kly pay
ment o
f $122/
$188/$
230 wit
h a do
wn pay
ment o
f $0 or
equival
ent tra
de-in.
Cost of
borrow
ing is $
0/$1,28
7.57/$4
,935.70
or APR
of 0%/
1.49%/
4.99%
and to
tal to b
e repai
d is $18
,999/$
29,286.
57/$35
,934.70.
Offers
include
a Manu
facture
r Rebat
e of $50
0/$0/$
8,500 a
nd frei
ght an
d air ta
x of $1,
650/$1
,650/$1
,700 bu
t exclud
e variab
le char
ges of
license
, fuel f
ill char
ge, insu
rance,
dealer
PDI (if
applica
ble), re
gistrati
on, PP
SA, adm
inistrat
ion fee
s and ch
arges,
any
environ
menta
l charg
es or fe
es, and
all app
licable
taxes.
Taxes p
ayable
on ful
l amoun
t of pu
rchase
price a
fter Ma
nufact
urer Re
bate de
ducted
. Bi-Wee
kly pay
ments
are onl
y availa
ble usi
ng a cus
tomer in
itiated
PC (Int
ernet B
anking
) or Ph
one Pay
system
throug
h the cu
stomer’s
own b
ank (if
offered
by tha
t financ
ial inst
itution
). The c
ustom
er is req
uired to
sign a
month
ly paym
ent con
tract w
ith a fi
rst pay
ment d
ate on
e mont
h from
the con
tract da
te and
to ensu
re that
the tot
al mont
hly pay
ment o
ccurs b
y the pa
yment
due da
te. Bi-w
eekly p
ayment
s can b
e made
by ma
king pa
yment
s equiva
lent to
the sum
of 12 m
onthly
payme
nts div
ided
by 26 b
i-week
ly perio
ds every
two w
eeks co
mmenc
ing on
the con
tract da
te. Deale
r may s
ell for
less. Of
fers var
y by mo
del an
d not a
ll comb
ination
s will a
pply. ▼
Progra
m in ef
fect fro
m Janu
ary 15,
2013 to
April 1
, 2013 (
the “Pr
ogram
Period
”). To q
ualify,
custom
er must
turn in
a 2006
model
year or
older v
ehicle
that is
in runn
ing con
dition
(able t
o start
and mo
ve and
withou
t missi
ng par
ts) and
has be
en prop
erly reg
istered
/plated
or insu
red for
the las
t 3 mont
hs (the
“Criter
ia”). Eli
gible c
ustom
ers will
receive
[$500]
/[$1,00
0]/[$2
,500]/
[$3,00
0] towa
rds the
purch
ase or
lease of
a new
2012 or
2013 Fo
rd [C-M
ax, Fus
ion Hy
brid, Fu
sion
Energi]
/[Fusio
n (exclu
ding SE
), Tauru
s (exclu
ding SE
), Must
ang (ex
cluding
Value L
eader),
Escape
(exclud
ing XLT
I4 Manu
al), Tra
nsit Con
nect (e
xcludin
g EV), E
dge (ex
cluding
SE), Fle
x (exclu
ding SE
), Expl
orer (e
xcludin
g base
)]/[F-1
50 (exc
luding
Regula
r Cab 4
x2 XL),
Expedit
ion, E-S
eries]/
[F250-
550] –
all Fies
ta, Foc
us, Rap
tor, GT5
00, BO
SS 302,
Transit C
onnect
EV, Med
ium Tru
ck, Val
ue Lead
er and
Lincoln
model
s exclud
ed (eac
h an “E
ligible
Vehicle
”). Tax
es paya
ble bef
ore Reb
ate am
ount is
deduct
ed. To q
ualify:
(i) cus
tomer m
ust, at
the tim
e of the
Eligible
Vehicle
sale, p
rovide
the Dea
ler wit
h (a) su
fficien
t proof
of Crit
eria, an
d (b) si
gned
origina
l owner
ship tra
nsferri
ng cus
tomer v
ehicle
to the A
uthoriz
ed Recy
cler; an
d (ii) E
ligible
Vehicle
must b
e purch
ased, le
ased, o
r facto
ry orde
red du
ring the
Progra
m Perio
d. Offer
only a
vailabl
e to res
idents o
f Canad
a and p
ayable
in Cana
dian d
ollars. O
ffer is t
ransfer
able on
ly to p
ersons d
omicile
d with
the ow
ner of
the rec
ycled ve
hicle. O
ffer can
be use
d in con
junctio
n with
most r
etail co
nsume
r offers
made a
vailabl
e by For
d at eit
her the
time of
factory
order o
r delive
ry, but n
ot both
. Offer
not ava
ilable o
n any ve
hicle re
ceiving
CPA, GP
C, Com
mercia
l Conne
ction o
r Daily R
ental R
ebates
and the
Comme
rcial Fle
et Reba
te Prog
ram (CF
IP).
Custom
ers elig
ible for
CFIP ar
e not el
igible f
or this
offer. Li
mited t
ime off
er, see d
ealer fo
r detail
s or cal
l the Fo
rd Cust
omer R
elation
ship Cen
tre at 1
-800-5
65-367
3. ***E
stimate
d fuel c
onsum
ption ra
tings fo
r 2013 F
ocus 2.
0L I4 5-
speed m
anual t
ransmi
ssion: [
7.8L/10
0km (36
MPG) Ci
ty, 5.5L/
100km
(51MPG
) Hwy] /
2013 Es
cape FW
D 1.6L G
TDI I4 E
coBoos
t 6-spe
ed auto
matic t
ransmi
ssion: [
9.1L/10
0km (31
MPG) Ci
ty, 6.0L/
100km
(47MPG
) Hwy] /
2013 F-
150 4X
4 5.0L V
8 6-sp
eed aut
omatic
transm
ission:
[15.0L/
100km
(19MPG
) City, 1
0.6L/1
00km (
27MPG)
Hwy].
Fuel co
nsump
tion rat
ings ba
sed on
Transp
ort Can
ada app
roved t
est me
thods.
Actual
fue
l consu
mption
will va
ry base
d on ro
ad cond
itions,
vehicle
loadin
g, vehi
cle equ
ipment
, vehicl
e condi
tion, an
d drivi
ng habi
ts. **W
hen pro
perly e
quippe
d. Max.
towing
of 11,3
00 lbs
with 3.
5L EcoB
oost 4x
2 and 4
x4 and
6.2L 2 v
alve V8
4x2 eng
ines. M
ax. pay
load o
f 3,120 l
bs with
5.0L Ti-V
CT V8 en
gine. C
lass is F
ull-Size
Pickup
s under
8,500
lbs GVW
R vs. 20
12/2013
compet
itors. ‡
‡Max. h
orsepow
er of 41
1 and m
ax. torq
ue of 43
4 on F-
150 6.2
L V8 eng
ine. Cla
ss is Ful
l–Size P
ickups u
nder 8,
500 lbs
GVWR vs
. 2012/2
013 com
parabl
e comp
etitor e
ngines
. ©201
3 Sirius
Canada
Inc. “S
iriusXM
”, the Si
riusXM
logo, c
hannel
names a
nd log
os are t
radem
arks
of Siriu
sXM Rad
io Inc. a
nd are
used u
nder lic
ence. ©
2013 Fo
rd Moto
r Comp
any of
Canada
, Limited
. All rig
hts res
erved.
5.5L/100km 51MPG HWY***
7.8L/100km 36MPG CITY***
For 72 months with $0 down.
Bi-Weekly purchase financing
or cash purchase for only
$122††
@0%APR
$18,999*
Offers include $500 manufacturer rebate and $1,650 freight and air tax.
2013 FOCUS SE SEDAN
6.0L/100km 47MPG HWY***
9.1L/100km 31MPG CITY***
2013 ESCAPE SE FWD 1.6L ECOBOOST®
For 72 months with $0 down.
Bi-Weekly purchase financing
or cash purchase for only
$188††
@1.49%APR
$27,999*
Offers include $1,650 freight and air tax.
10.6L/100km 27MPG HWY***
15.0L/100km 19MPG CITY***
For 72 months with $0 down.
Bi-Weekly purchase financing
or cash purchase for only
$230††
@4.99%APR
$30,999*
Offers include $8,000 manufacturer rebate and $1,700 freight and air tax.
2013 F-150 SUPER CAB XLT 4X4
DOCKET # FNB-ALI-A-37934-3 REV1REGION BC
LIVE: None COLOURS: BW
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Recycle Your Ride and get up to
in additional incentives.$3,000
▼
Towards most new 2012/2013 models. Super Duty amount shown.
on most new 2013 models
That’s another $500-$1,750 back in your pocket.
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Huckleberry Mines Ltd. is a Vancouver based mine company which operates a 16,400 TPD open pit copper molybdenum mine located 120 km south of Houston in west central British Columbia. The Mine Maintenance Team is expanding to the meet the challenges of the Main Zone Optimization (MZO) Project expansion.
Heavy Duty MechanicsWe are currently working on the Main Zone Optimization Expansion Project which will extend mine operations to 2021. As a result, we are expanding and modernizing our
eet o haul trucks, loading e uipment, drills and support e uipment and are seeking journeyperson mechanics to e part o our growing maintenance department during
this exciting time. We are looking or sel starters who can work sa ely with minimal supervision, work well in a team environment and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Responsibilities will include preventative maintenance, repair and troubleshooting o engines, transmissions, hydraulics and electrical systems on 777 and 785 Cat Trucks, 992 Loader, Komatsu PC 2000 Excavators, Cat support e uipment, P H 2100 shovels, Bucyrus-Erie and Atlas Copco rotary drills, and other small support e uipment.Applicants or these positions must possess a journeyperson s trade uali cation B.C. ticket or an nterprovincial Heavy Duty Mechanic s ticket and be able
to per orm basic welding. Experience with shovels and drills is not necessary but would be considered an asset or this position.Huckleberry Mines is located approximately two hours driving time rom Houston, British Columbia. Employees live in a camp environment on their days o work. The work schedule or this position is 4 x 4 4 days on, 4 days o or 8 x 8 8 days on, 8 days o working 12 hours per day. Transportation to and rom the mine site is provided rom Houston by bus and while at the mine site all meals and accommodations are provided ree o charge to employees. Houston and mithers are located in the scenic Bulkley Valley on TransCanada Highway 16, an excellent area to raise a amily and has exceptional outdoor recreational activities. More in ormation on the area is available at www.smithers.ca, www.houston.ca and www.rdbn.bc.ca.Huckleberry Mines Ltd. o ers a competitive salary and a ull range o bene ts including medical, li e, disability income, RR P savings plan and relocation allowance.We thank all applicants or their interest in Huckleberry Mines Ltd., but only those selected or an interview will be contacted.
uali ed candidates can submit their resumes in con dence to:
Human Resources Department Huckleberry Mines Ltd.
P.O. Box 3000, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0 Fax: (604) 517-4701
Email: [email protected]
Maintenance WelderReporting to the Shovel and Drill supervisor, the successful applicant will be responsible for the safe and productive welding on mining equipment. Projects will include structural and general repairs on haul truck frames, shovel booms, rebuilding haul truck boxes, and loading equipment buckets. Work will be take place in a shop and outside so the successful candidate must be able to work in all weather conditions and body positions. Applicants should have a minimum of 2 years industrial welding experience, hold a valid class 5 drivers’ license and minimum B Level Welding certi cation.Huckleberry Mine is a remote mine where its employees live in a camp environment on their days of work. This position works a 4 x 4 schedule (4 days in, 4 days out) or 8 x 8 (8 days on, 8 days off). While at the mine site all meals and accommodations are provided free of charge to employees. Transportation is provided from Houston.Huckleberry Mines Ltd. offers a competitive salary and a full range of bene ts including medical, life, disability income and RRSP savings plan.We thank all applicants for their interest in Huckleberry Mines Ltd., but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
uali ed candidates can submit their resumes in con dence to:
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With deep sadness, we announce the passing of David Frank Belanger on January 14, 2013, at the age of 54, after a courageous battle with cancer. David was predeceased by both his father and mother and tragically, our beautiful daughter, Cara Dawn Johnston, joined her Daddy on January 23rd, 2013. David is survived by his loving family; wife
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It is with great sadness we announce the untimely passing of Cara Dawn Johnston on January 23rd, 2013, at the age of 30. She is survived by her loving family, husband Dave, children Katie, Landon and Haleigh, mother Wendy, sister Jacqueline, brother in law Kurtis, nieces and nephew Alexis, Nathaniel, Hennacey,
Naomi, extended family Angela, Malcolm, Noelle, Buck, Patricia, Kristina, Curtis, Christine and Heather.We pray that in addition to the loving embrace of your heavenly Father, you also found the welcoming arms of your earthly father David and father in law Don who both passed away recently. Cara will be sadly missed by her many friends and fondly remembered as one of the Buck Flats Beauties in her assortment of doe skin shirts and baseball caps. We love you and miss you and hope the waters in heaven are both peaceful and serene and the camping and fi shing you loved so much, beyond compare.Memorial Service details to follow.Cremation arrangements were entrusted to RA Schrader Funeral Home, Smithers, BC.
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