Houston Today, October 07, 2015

By Xuyun ZengHouston Today

Bits and pieces of the West Fraser Sawmill will see new life elsewhere.

Piles of metal, wood, insulation and garbage litter the saw-mill’s premises as ma-

chines and crews work hard to salvage scrap and machines.

“My role here is to come in and sort out all of the different metals,” scrap metal dealer Richard Bosch said. “Sort all the met-als, put them into bale packages and ship

them to the coast.”“I sort out all the

aluminum from the steel, wire, motors,

and then everything has its own classi� ca-tions. Motors are one classi� cation, wire’s

another classi� cations, motors, aluminum, stainless and steel.”

Bosch works for

Allied Salvage and Metals. The Richmond company collects piec-es of steel, aluminum, copper, and puts them into a compactor that creates large, rectan-gular blocks of metal weighing 1,000 to 1,500 pounds.

“This way here,

we can put it all on a truck, he ties it all down and we end up with 40,000 pounds, 45,000 pounds,” he said.

Bosch said alumi-num “will end up go-ing overseas”, becom-ing pop cans and cars,

RDBN asking for community input

Pieces of West Fraser Sawmill to see new life elsewhere


The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako will host several meetings with the community on how to proceed with its re-use shed.

Spokesperson Bill Miller con� rmed that the RDBN wants to reopen the shed but needs com-munity input on how they can ensure safety, and will host a meeting Oct. 7 in the Houston Seniors Activity Centre at 6 p.m., and on Oct. 26 in Granisle.

“Essentially they are an information trad-ing session,” Miller said. “We’re going to give the information to the public on where we’re at, what our concerns are and what issues that we have.”

“It’s almost in a kind of a workshop venue and we’re going to ask for input back from the community and different ideas that they have, so we have an open dialogue going between the two.”

RDBM staff recently found dangerous items in the shed such as ammu-nition and needles which prompted the closure.

“It’s about how we can go forward,” Miller said. “It’s part of our strategy to … signi� cant-ly reduce what goes into the land� lls. The re-use shed is one of those strat-egies.”

The RDBN’s ju-risdiction goes from Moricetown to Cluculz Lake and they have planned several meetings in communities.

“Each community has a different take and has different issues. Whenever we do that kind of region-wide public consultation, we can’t expect people from Smithers to drive to Cluculz Lake.”

The RDBN will plan a way forward after the � nal meeting in Granisle.

“Once all of these meetings are held across the region, we’ll compile the information and put it together and work with staff and a commu-nity to come up with a plan,” Miller said.

Other meetings are scheduled in Smithers, Vanderhoof, Fraser Lake, Francois Lake, Fort St. James and Burns Lake throughout October.

““By the time we finish, 95 per cent of this job site should be recycled.”

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Xuyun Zeng/Houston TodayRECYCLED MetalRichard Bosch, from Allied Salvage and Metals, taking leftover pieces of steel, aluminum, and copper from West Fraser Sawmill and is putting them into a compactor which creates large, rectangular blocks of metal weighing 1000 to 1500 pounds.

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Metal recycling to be completed next spring

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News staff/Houston TodayRichard Bosch, from Allied Salvage out of Richmond, is working to clean up the metal remains of West Fraser Sawmill. He predicts the job will be completed next spring.

while steel will end up in the steel mills of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash.

Bosch predicts most material will get recycled, but certain materials such as rub-ber and insulation do not lend themselves to recycling and there-fore become garbage.

“There’s no metal here that won’t be re-cycled,” Bosch said. “By the time we fin-ish, 95 per cent of this job site should be recycled, which is including the wood, all the metal, the ma-chinery and then leav-ing 5 to 8 per cent of actual garbage which is not recyclable.”

“We don’t handle the wood, there’ll be probably another company come in and handle the wood. Somebody with a grinder,” he said.

As for reusable equipment, an auc-tion has taken place and another company has been tasked to handle the logistics

of shipping them on trucks.

The site will be-come a flat, paved area once the crews have gone through all the materials. Bosch esti-mates that completion will come next spring.

“Snow is going to start falling soon and then we won’t be able to see anything,” he

said. “I would like to be out of here in two or three weeks. That will get rid of the ma-jority of the piles and then come back come spring, do the final cleanup.”

The proceeds from the salvage will go to West Fraser and con-tractors in different proportions.

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Federal election candidates comment on forestry topicsBy Xuyun Zeng

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NDP Candidate Nathan Cullen be-lieves that the future for the industry lies in value-added products rather than raw mate-rials.

Cullen highlighted his plan for the for-estry industry after touring a mill in Burns Lake last week.

“We want to start to reduce the num-ber of raw log ex-ports and increase the number of jobs we have in mills across British Columbia and Canada,” Cullen said. “It seems like the province and the fed-eral government have become more addicted to raw exports.”

Cullen said that raw-material exports mean the lowest value for our exports.

“It’s actually not exclusive just to the forestry industry, we’re seeing that now with raw bitumen pipe-lines, mining and � sh,” Cullen said. “Just about every natural resource we have is increasingly exported raw and along with it goes the jobs.”

“That’s a rip-and-ship mentality that leaves a lot of com-munities and families without work.”

According to their press release, the NDP has pledged $55 mil-lion in forest product manufacturing, $40 million in research and development and $10 million in marketing for the forestry indus-try.

“What we offer up to both large and small operations is an innovation fund,” Cullen said. “So for those people who have ideas about how to add more value to the wood that we get from our forest, also help businesses that exist promote their products overseas with our international part-ners.”

Cullen repeat-

edly criticized the Conservative party for their track record in the forestry industry.

“We’ve lost tens of thousands of jobs in that industry, we’ve seen a number of mills like the one in Houston close, and we haven’t seen enough action from govern-ment, frankly,” he said. “The results speak for themselves. We’ve lost about 450,000 value-added jobs in Canada since Harper became prime minister.”

“They’re entitled their own opinion but not their own facts. And the facts speak clearly that their poli-cies have been an un-mitigated disaster for a lot of resource com-munities.”

Nesbitt, how-ever, defended the Conservative’s track record.

“We’ve cut taxes for every single per-son across this coun-try,” Nesbitt said. “And we’re reducing the small business tax rate.”

“It’s interesting he still cites the outcomes and the consequences of the 2008 � nancial crisis when it suits his argument, but he won’t cite those things when it doesn’t.”

Nesbitt said the Conservative party supports value-added products, pointing to the $43-million invest-ment for the forestry industry to adopt new technology and de-velop new products, a $100-million research and development fund and a capital invest-ment allowance.

He also points to the funds derived from the Economic Action Plan.

“Year after year, in every single bud-get, there’s has been billions of dollars in-vested in protecting that industry,” Nesbitt said. “Of special inter-est here is that there’s been a great deal of money spent on help-ing preserve those in-

dustries and those sin-gle-industry towns.”

Nesbitt said he

would push for greater marketing of Canada’s lumber worldwide, alongside developing

new free trade agree-ments.

Liberal candidate

Brad Layton also be-lieves fair trade deals are important to the forestry industry. He

highlighted how the Softwood Lumber Agreement has dispro-

portionately affected B.C.

“Part of the log ex-ports that are done, I

believe, are done un-der the softwood trade agreement to appease the Americans that we have an alternate system that wood can be bid on,” he said. “The problem with it is 97 per cent of log ex-ports in all of Canada come from British Columbia.”

“All the provinces that have forestry as an industry should be doing their share that’s required under it, not just left for B.C. to ex-port our jobs and our

future to make the deal for all of Canada.”

He also believes that the federal government should help B.C. with forest rehabilitation af-ter the aftermath of the mountain pine beetle infestation.

“The federal gov-ernment has a place where it can help in help getting those for-ests back to growing forests,” Layton said, “The province prob-ably can’t afford to rehabilitate it all them-selves.”““We want to start to reduce the number of

raw log exports and increase the number of jobs we have in mills across British Columbia and Canada.”

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The courage of B.C. seniors laudedToday is the International Day of the Older

Person and National Seniors Day, a day set aside in the year to acknowledge the contribu-

tions of seniors worldwide. As B.C.’s Seniors Advocate, I am encouraging a celebration of our senior citizens in this province. It may be your dad, your mom, your grandpar-ent, or maybe it’s you we are celebrating.

At the Office of the Seniors Advocate, we focus on sys-temic issues that affect a large number of seniors. We tack-le housing and health care, gaps in home support, income support and transportation. So much of our work looks at what’s wrong when it comes to seniors, but today I want to focus on what’s right. And what is right are the truly astounding qualities I see in seniors as I travel to every corner of the province meeting with seniors face to face.

Today I urge you to celebrate the courage of seniors. The 80-year-old woman with severe arthritis who braves driving rain, but still walks several kilometres to and from the grocery story to get supplies for dinner. The father who decides to become a university student for the first time at 70. The widowed grandparent who steps up to parent a grandchild after raising five kids of her own.

Today is a day to celebrate the selflessness of seniors. In virtually every sector of society it’s easy to see this in action. Individual seniors want to help in the diverse com-munities they live in. According to StatsCan, Canadians 65 and over, volunteer on average 220 hours per year, high-er than any age group. They do it not for their resumés or for graduation requirements, they do it for the most part, because they get a deep satisfaction from helping others. One look at the composition of our service groups tells us this kind of giving is being lost as time goes on.

What I am also reflecting on today is the profound commitment and tenacity I see in many of the seniors I meet. I think of the wife who travelled hours each day by bus to be with her husband at mealtimes. I remember the letter I received from an 83-year-old man who is caring for his wife with severe dementia, declining home support saying he just wants to be the one to put her to bed each night. The seniors I hear from know what they want and many of them are willing to fight, and fight hard to get what they feel they and their loved ones deserve.

I’d like us to also acknowledge another extraordinary quality that so many of our older citizens possess—an un-believable ability to adapt to change, not just small shifts in the way things are done, but dramatic societal change on a global scale. The variety and magnitude of change that our older population has experienced is almost un-fathomable—from streetcars to high-speed trains, brooms to vacuum robots, inkwells to iPads, courtship to online dating, and the list goes on.

The individual contributions of our seniors could fill this newspaper for decades to come. It’s these unique ex-periences of the older people in your life I invite you to celebrate today. Seniors are not all the same. Their likes and dislikes, choices and needs are as different at 80, as they were at 18. Today we aren’t celebrating “seniors” we are celebrating Edna, Bev, Mohinder, Walter and the other 816,000 amazing individuals who happen to be over 65 living in this province. On this day, we say a heartfelt thank you to everything you offer all of us.

Isobel Mackenzie is B.C. Seniors Advocate. Oct 1. is National Seniors Day in Canada and

International Day of the Older Person worldwide.

Halloween has become a cash cowBy Lori Welbourne

On a brighter note

Halloween has changed a lot since I was a kid. For one thing, it’s become big business. Canadians and Americans spent approximately eight billion dollars on candy, decorations and costumes last year. And not just cos-tumes for children, but for grown ups, dogs and even some unimpressed cats.

Back in my day our parents bought candy to hand out, and pumpkins to carve - that was about it. My little brother and I happily assembled our getups by rummaging around the house for items we already owned, and although we’d seen the plastic Fonzie and Planet of the Apes masks at the supermarket, it never dawned on us to ask for them.

On Halloween night we took our pillow cases and went door to door in our neighbourhoods, of-ten in the bitter cold and rain, never imagining the concept of going store to store inside a dry, warm mall.

We also never envi-sioned an entire shop de-voted to costumes. They did exist, but I certainly never set foot in any as a child. If I had, I wouldn’t have wanted to leave.

These days, as soon as September rolls around there are pop up Halloween stores all over, with a vast array of cos-tumes and decorations. This unfortunately takes away sales from costume shops that remain open all year and enrich our com-munities in ways a season-al retail chain can’t, but that’s not their only com-petition. Many businesses you wouldn’t normally associate with Halloween have recognized it’s profit-ablity and now have a piece of the action. Who would have thought you could buy an precious princess gown from a home decor store? Or a huge inflatable mummy while purchasing building supplies?

The offering of cos-tumes has expanded significantly as well, not only with an incredibly large variety for all ages, but with a vast array of sexualized outfits for

women and young girls. My daughter was 11 last year and had her heart set on dressing up as Alice in Wonderland or Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, but the only ensembles we were able to find last min-ute were slinky numbers you might see on a young lady at a nightclub.

Criticism over those types of garments are ex-pressed on social media every year, as is the call-ing out of people not be-ing politically correct - like the school principal who dressed up like Mr. T or the actress who dressed up as the character Crazy Eyes from Orange is the New Black. They both sparked heated debates over social media, but when our friend dressed up like Aunt Jemima 30 years ago, no one blinked an eye.

She had also applied dark make-up over her light skin, but no one said anything beyond how fantastic she looked. Was society less sensitive to the suffering of minorities back then? Were we less politically correct? That topic deserves a column of

it’s own. Dissension aside, es-

caping reality and trans-forming into something else can be extremely amusing, and that’s prob-ably why the popularity of it among adults has grown tremendously.

Another reason to like the “holiday” is that it’s relatively low pressure and revolves around the combination of having light-hearted fun while socializing. With all the unique and creative ideas available on the internet for costumes, pumpkin carving, decorating and food preparation it can also feel overwhelming to people trying to do too much. Self-inflicted stress can simply be avoided though by choosing not to participate, or engaging with minimal effort and expense.

No presents need to be purchased on Halloween, no fancy feasts need to prepared and no one should have to decorate unless they actually want to. Handing out candy is another non-requirement that can be avoided by turning off the lights and

not answering the door. But for those wanting to get into the spirit, there’s an ever growing number of people who will be join-ing in on the festivities with them.

The excess consumer-ism of Halloween comes under fire often, but for a designated day that doesn’t hold any special meaning beyond having a good time, the entertain-ment value alone could be considered money well spent.

I’ll admit, eight billion dollars is an awful lot, but divided between 356 mil-lion citizens, that works out to less than $25 per person. Obviously some folks are spending much more and others aren’t spending any at all. It’s one of those take-it-or-leave-it experiences with varying degrees of involvement and spending.

October 31 is on a Saturday this year which will make it more conve-nient for many and will probably result in even bigger profits. Will you be in the Halloween spirit? I’ll be deciding for myself closer to the date.


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B.C. teachers switching to the education ministry’s new curriculum this year will use 10 hours of classroom time to train on it.

E d u c a t i o n Minister Mike Bernier announced the training plan Monday at the B.C. legislature, with teacher, trustee and parent representatives alongside. Bernier said training the � rst 2,000 teachers to deliver the new curriculum this year will cost $1 million and take the equivalent of two teaching days.

It’s up to local school districts to decide how

that time is organized, but it may mean extra non-instructional days or parts of days when students would be sent home early.

The new curriculum is being piloted this year for kindergarten through Grade 9 and will become mandatory across the province starting next fall. Curriculum updates for the higher grades are still in development.

For the next two years, teachers across B.C. will use one of their current professional development days for curriculum training

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being implemented within existing budgets.

The additional $1 million this year is to fund teacher training seminars and travel costs for rural teachers

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districts.The training plan

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BCSTA president Teresa Rezansoff said school boards will decide how to structure the training to “best meet the needs of teachers while minimizing any impact on student learning time.”

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Local politicians have called on the B.C. government to extend recall legislation to mu-nicipal halls and region-al districts, after more than a decade of avoid-ing battles over voters trying to � re elected of-� cials before their terms end.

At their annual convention last week, mayors and councillors also passed resolutions to ban corporate and union donations to lo-

cal election candidates, and asked for legislation to prevent people from running for of� ce in multiple communities.

C o m m u n i t i e s Minister Peter Fassbender, new to his job but a veteran of lo-cal politics, responded cautiously to the sug-gestions, particularly the idea of extending recall.

“I think very often recall becomes some-thing where it is seen as a weapon as opposed to something that actu-ally makes a contribu-

tion,” Fassbender said in an interview. “And I think before we moved on anything we would want to have a fulsome discussion.”

Delegates to the Union of B.C. Municipalities conven-tion rejected the idea of recall in 1998 and again in 2003, but a new gen-eration elected to four-year terms supported the idea.

Rookie Telkwa Mayor Darcy Repen sponsored the motion, arguing that the 2011 referendum to reject the

harmonized sales tax “empowered the peo-ple,” and recall at the provincial level hasn’t encouraged “rabble rousers advocating for special interests.”

Repen said his friends would have laughed if he had told them he was running for mayor, and if he’s

no good at the job, the community shouldn’t have to put up with him for four years.

Vancouver Coun. Heather Deal spoke in favour of the UBCM’s latest call to restrict campaign donations, noting that donations from wealthy develop-ers and unions in the

city have now reached into the millions of dol-lars.

View Royal Mayor David Screech got sup-port for his resolution calling for a ban on run-ning in more than one municipality. He said the same candidate has repeatedly run for may-or all 13 Victoria-area

communities, and “the media was more inter-ested in him than the legitimate candidates.”

Central Saanich Mayor Ryan Windsor opposed the motion, noting that the peren-nial candidate got only 91 votes against him.

Fassbender was also reluctant to take action based on one situation.

“You really want to give some sober thought to it instead of just reacting to someone who is trying to cre-ate some controversy,” Fassbender said.

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Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. (Coastal GasLink) is considering the feasibility of an alternate route to its proposed pipeline that would run mostly north of the Morice River.

Coastal GasLink, a wholly-owned subsidiary of T r a n s C a n a d a Pipelines Ltd., proposes to develop a natural gas pipeline from near Dawson Creek, B.C., to the proposed LNG Canada liquefied natural gas export facility near Kitimat, B.C.

The proposed alternate pipeline

Coastal GasLink proposes alternate route

Map of Coastal GasLink’s proposed alternate pipeline route. The alternate route would be about five km north of the current route. While the initial route would mostly run south of the Morice River, most of the alternate route is on the north side of the river, beginning approximately 35 km south of Houston.

route would be about five kilometers north of the current route. While the initial route would mostly run south of the Morice River, most of the alternate route

is on the north side of the river, beginning approximately 35 km south of Houston.

According to Coastal GasLink, the decision to move the route follows extensive consultation with Aboriginal groups who were concerned about the potential effect to the underground springs that feed the Morice River.

Shela Shapiro, Coastal GasLink Spokesperson, said the alternate route north of the river would provide an option that addresses the potential effect to the underground springs. In addition, she says the new route would run through an area that has already been disturbed through logging activity.

The proposed alternate route would also be further away from the Unist’ot’en camp. While the initial route would run about one km south of the Unist’ot’en camp, the alternate route would be approximately five km north of the camp.

The Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en has set up a protective camp south of Houston and has been physically impeding pipeline proponents such as TransCanada and Chevron from entering their territory.

Although both the initial and the alternate route do not cross the Unist’ot’en camp directly, Shapiro says Coastal GasLink would still need to

conduct fieldwork on Unist’ot’en territory next year.

“The plan next year would be the same as this year - our crews would be accompanied by

local Wet’suwet’en and others to help us ensure their cultural and historical resources are identified, respected and protected,” said Shapiro. “We continue to pursue a resolution with r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of Dark House [Unist’ot’en] and our preference is to engage with them in a meaningful fashion in an effort to achieve consensus.”

Coastal GasLink anticipates filing an application to amend its environment assessment certificate for the new route as early as November 2015, and applying to the B.C. Oil Gas Commission for approval of the new route shortly after.

“The final route will be determined as an outcome of these regulatory processes, and once we have had the opportunity to advance construction planning and detailed engineering design taking into account cultural, e n v i r o n m e n t a l , commercial, and c o n s t r u c t a b i l i t y c o n s i d e r a t i o n s ,” explained Shapiro.

According to Coastal GasLink, Aboriginal groups whose traditional territory may be potentially impacted by the proposed alternate route were invited to participate in “field data collection programs and provide traditional ecological k n o w l e d g e . ” Coastal GasLink says the company has had over 9200 e n g a g e m e n t s with Aboriginal communities along the proposed routes.

“The alternate route would be further away from the

Unist’ot’en camp.”

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Renata BC was a beautiful small community in southern British Columbia that was almost entirely � ooded by the reservoir created by the now christened Hugh Keenlyside Dam. Access to this small little piece of earthly paradise was via a very narrow road blasted out of the solid rock of the Selkirk mountains. The narrowest section of this road was known as Grey Wolf. I am not sure why it was named this, possibly because of the colour of the rock and the inherent dangers of the road or that it resembled a grey wolf when viewed from the Lower Arrow Lake, hundreds of feet below.

When driving towards the community on this section of the road which was only wide enough to accommodate one car at a time, one could hug one side which was bounded by a cliff of solid rock. On the other side was a drop off to the lake, hundreds of feet below. One had to be very careful to stay on the road, any loss of attention, mechanical failure or careless manoeuver could leave us careening into the cliff or plunging over the edge into the lake, hundreds of feet below. Though there were other ways into this community such as airplane, boat or logging road, it is this narrow spot in the road we travelled so often that reminds me of Jesus, who is the only way to eternal life (John 3:16;14:6; Acts 4:12); true life with meaning and purpose � lled with hope, love, joy and peace which ultimately leads to heaven, the place of perfect peace and rest for all eternity.

“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad and it’s gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is dif� cult, and only a few ever � nd it.” Matthew 7:13,14 NLT “Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will � nd good pastures…. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” John 10:9,10 NLT Submitted by Ken Penner

Submitted photoMikaela Pond (L) and Jennifer Miller (R), both registered nurses working in Northern B.C., rode 750 km from Prince Rupert to Prince George in just six days. The two nurses were raising money for the national charity Hope Air.

Nurses exceed donation goalBy Flavio Nienow

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In the story ‘Northern B.C. nurses ride 750 km to raise money for Hope Air’ published in the Lakes District News’ Sept. 23, 2015, edition, Mikaela Pond and Jennifer Miller, both registered nurses work-ing in Northern B.C., had hoped to raise $6000 for the national charity Hope Air.

The nurses have suc-cessfully exceeded their goal, raising $6585 from 51 contributors.

The two nurses rode 750 km from Prince Rupert to Prince George in just six days. Their ride started Aug. 30 and ended Sept. 4, with a stop in Burns

Lake on Sept. 2, 2015. Pond and Miller were hoping to raise aware-ness of the challenges that people living far from large urban cen-tres often face in ac-cessing the healthcare they need.

“We are both nurses and have seen � rst-hand the disadvan-tages that rural B.C. residents face when requiring special-ized healthcare,” said Pond. “Many people go through � nancial struggle and have to travel 800 km up to over 1600 km simply to access healthcare they need.”

“We wanted to cycle the distance that many people travel to access specialized care, recog-nizing that the travel is

often much longer if Prince George doesn’t have the services,” add-ed Pond.

Since 1986, Hope

Air has been providing free � ights to � nan-cially-disadvantaged Canadians so that they can have access to medical expertise and technologies that can only be found in large urban centres. Last year, Hope Air arranged over 5000 � ights in B.C. alone, with most � ights de-parting from Northern B.C. and Interior to destinations such as Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, where the majority of medi-cal specialists are lo-cated.

“Hope Air really

does a great job at bridging this gap in access to healthcare,” said Pond. “They help individuals and whole families who struggle � nancially to get to healthcare services in a timely way.”

The money raised by the two nurses will go directly to Hope Air and will provide 25 � ights for Northern B.C. residents.

“I have heard so many positive and heartwarming stories about Hope Air,” said Pond. “I can’t think of a better charity for this ride.”

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October 11th - 17th

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Vanderhoof Food Store: 250-567-4406Vanderhoof Home Centre: 250-567-4464

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15 Cardlock Locations: Fort St. James to Quesnel, Terrace to Valemount. Fuel Tanks Sales & Rentals, Bulk Fuel and Oil Deliveries:

Vanderhoof Toll Free: 1-888-545-2667 Quesnel: 1-888-992-2667, Prince George: 1-866-309-2667

Houston: 1-800-848-6347, Terrace: 250-635-9595

p ENTER OUR VARIOUS CO-OP WEEK DOOR PRIZE DRAWS

at Co-op Locations in Vanderhoof, Quesnel, Prince George,

Houston or Terrace.

Friday October 16Complimentary Coffee and Donuts at Quesnel, Prince George, Houston and Terrace locations

OUR STORY

Yours. Right from the start It started with a need. An idea. A different way of doing things. Some would say an even better way of doing business.A business built on the idea of being truly local and the promise of staying that way. A business that cares. For people and about people. For communities and about communities.A business that focuses on the customer. Where customers can become members, and members are owners.

Our profi ts are your profi tsYour Co-op membership offers you lifelong rewards including the promise of high-quality products and service at competitive prices. As well, with your membership, you will receive an annual

cash-back and equity account that grows over time, as well as the opportunity to get involved as a member-owner. These are just a couple of examples of what makes us a different kind of company. Our profi ts are your profi ts, and they are invested directly back into the community through you. The more money spent in your Co-op, the greater the rewards.

Because local mattersYour local co-op is here for you. We live where you live, work where you work, and we are helping grow the economy right here. We are your neighbours and we make sustainable investments in the community we share. Doing business with your Co-op creates good jobs and economic growth close to home. Just as it has been since your Co-op opened for business.

We careA strong social conscience has always been part of how your Co-op operates. Our business has been built on a foundation of community involvement and service. We will run a strong, fi nancially viable business that returns profi ts to our members and we invest in the communities in which we operate. We are part of your hometown and care about and support the causes that matter to you, your community and neighbouring communities.

Quality of serviceOur slogan of “You’re at home here” is more than just mere words. The quality of the service your Co-op provides reflects that you are more than a customer in the store. You are a part of our family, and our staff is truly happy to see you and help you.

GrowthYour Co-op is constantly growing and expanding. As the world moves forward, evolves and expands, so does your Co-op. Our reach is ever-growing as we look at opening new locations and expanding our current ones to provide better service and products to our valued customers.

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Brad Layton, LiberalHello fellow citizens of the

Skeena Bulkley Valley riding. My name is Brad Layton and I am the Liberal candidate for the riding.

I have strong convictions that as a society we can have both economic development and strong environmental standards for projects in northwestern BC. I also have strong convictions that we need to benefit from these projects locally and not just contribute to provincial or federal coffers. For economic de-velopment and strong environ-mental policy in our country we must have change from the cur-rent government to one that will listen to the concerns and values of all peoples of Canada.

Nathan Cullen, NDPSince 2004, I have had the hon-

our of representing Northwest BC in Parliament and across Canada.

I am committed to serving this beautiful region with integ-rity and passion and if re-elect-ed, that will continue to be my approach.

Canada must tackle climate change, and the NDP has an am-bitious plan to do it. I will also continue to be a strong voice for protecting our coast by fighting against dangerous projects like Enbridge Northern Gateway that threaten our home and our way of life.

Tyler Nesbitt, ConservativeThe most important issue for

voters in the Northwest is the economy. I’m focused on creat-ing jobs in our region. The way to do that is by keeping everyone’s taxes low and encouraging invest-ment in things that will allow for that job growth to happen, like re-sponsible resource development.

If elected, I will continue to fight for measures that will grow the economy and create jobs in our region. I will not support job-kill-ing tax increases that grow the size of government in Ottawa but harm the local economies of the commu-nities in Skeena-Bulkley Valley.

By election day on October 19, I think the people of Skeena-Bulkley Valley will support me because I support our jobs, our families and our way of life.

Don Sprat, Christian HeritageDon graduated from Full

Gospel Bible College in 1973. Since graduation, he has served as a pastor, gospel singer, re-cording artist, Bible teacher, evangelist, missionary and inter-national humanitarian aid and development. He was ordained in 1981.

Don is currently in the process of founding a new organization called Life & Liberty Network.

Taken from the CHP website with Mr. Sprat’s permission.

Jeannie Parnell, GreenJeannie is from the Stellaten

First Nation; she graduated from SFU’s Community Economic Development program in 2006 and has been working in Community Development since.

Her platform with the Green Party will ensure the four main Determinants of Health be ad-dress in the House of Commons.

That being Housing, Education, Social and Economic, having addresses the Health Determinants in Haida Gwaii we can then tap into the wealth of Knowledge of People.

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A dream come true: Dennis Verbeek guides northern hunts

Dennis Verbeek recently had the opportunity to guide moose hunts in the Yukon. American hunters fly in for an eight day hunt. Here, Verbeek is posing with one of the moose. Nothing gets wasted. The American hunter will keep the horns and the cape for taxidermy work and the meat gets delivered to local villages.

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Dennis Verbeek guided for Jim Shockney Rogue River Outfitters.

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By day, he works as a carpenter, but come the hunting season, Dennis Verbeek becomes a hunting guide.

Verbeek recently went to the Yukon to guide and described it as a dream come true. He flew into Mayo, Yukon, a town about 400 kilometres north of Whitehorse where snow has already fallen.

“These were eight-day hunts. They fly in, hunt for eight days, and fly out,” Verbeek said. “You need to know how to hunt for whatever you’re looking for, you need to know how to look after the animals once they’ve

harvested an animal, you need to have good people skills, so you need to be able to communicate with the hunters and still keep them safe.”

He guides for the Jim Shockey Rogue River Outfitters, named after the region where they hunt and renowned Saskatchewan-born outdoorsman Jim Shockey.

“Just being able you say hunt for such-and-such an outfit gives you a sense of pride,” he said.

Verbeek goes out with one hunter who uses a bolt-action rifle or a bow. Hunts

generally occur within 300 metres of the animal, but modern scopes can allow hunts up to a kilometre. Bows, on the other hand, must be shot at a much closer range.

“It makes it a bit more challenging,” he said.

Verbeek is responsible for setting up the tent at the hunt site, cutting the firewood, starting the fire and bringing food and drinks.

“It’s also a lot of hospitality to look after your hunters as well,” Verbeek said. “Because there is downtime or the weather gets bad and you can’t go hunting. You still have to do something with your hunters.”

“It’s like taking a vacation, right? You go to an all-inclusive resort, you expect service, you expect to get fed. So it’s the same idea”

Verbeek’s clients are mostly American hunters that specialize in hunting white-tailed deer and which is where his expertise on moose hunting comes to play.

“So you need to need a little help with that. So you need to know how to call a moose,” he said. “They’ll keep the horns and the cape for taxidermy work. All the meat up there, you have to take all the meat out. And it gets delivered to the local villages.”

Verbeek exclaims that nothing gets wasted, and if hunters left anything

to waste, he would have a problem with that. Asked about criticisms of cruelty, Verbeek defends the ethics hunters abide by.

“The outfit I work for, they basically supply it all – a village of 400 people for their meat for the winter,” he said. “I think they need to be careful and ask themselves where their meat comes from” “When I hunt here for my family, we hunt for healthy food. There’s no hormones or anything injected to the meat.”

Verbeek has hunted around Houston since he was young and has guided for about 15 years. He said going guiding up north marks a dream come true.

“The best part of

my job is being up north, there’s nobody there so it’s nice and quiet. Basically, it’s just you and the hunter, you’ve got this whole area to yourself,” he said. “You don’t hear trains or sirens and for me it’s hearing the moose call back, so the dialogue between me and the moose.”

“That gets pretty exciting, especially when they start coming in really close.”


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Anglican Churchof St. Clement

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Houston United Church2106 Butler Ave

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INDEX IN BRIEFFamily Announcements .......... 001-007Community Announcements ... 008-076Children ................................ 080-098Employment .......................... 102-165Services ............................... 170-387Pets/Livestock ...................... 453-483Items for Sale/Wanted .......... 503-595Real Estate ........................... 603-696Rentals ................................ 700-757Transportation ....................... 804-860Marine.................................. 903-920Legals ....................................... Legal

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Since May 1941, Bulkley Valley Credit Union has been building a solid financial institution that members from Burns Lake to the Hazeltons have grown to rely on. People helping people is how we began and we strive to remain people-oriented, both in our financial services and through direct involvement with our communities. We are dedicated to local decision-making and local control, key factors in providing the kinds of services that meet the financial needs of individuals and business members alike.

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HOUSTON COMMUNITY CALENDARHouston Minor Hockey - new online registration at: http://www.teampages.com/clubs/3691. Come register at the Houston Minor Hockey Website.

Seniors Happy Gang Entertainment Fund is accepting donations for Silent Auction Fundraiser. Call: 250-845-7537 or 250-845-9615.

Coffee Break - an Interactive Women’s Bible Study meet every Wed. morning from 9:30-11:00 at the Houston Christian Reformed Church, 1959 Goold Road. Childcare is provided. For more info call Margaret: 845-2348, Darlene 845-7438, Evelyn 696-3229.

Houston’s “Love by the Bowl” Soup Kitchen serving healthy homemade soups in two different seatings, 11-12 and 12 -1 on Wednesdays.

The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Monday of the month is Executive, 4th Monday is General Meeting.

Activities for Seniors in Houston at the Seniors Centre: Carpet Bowling Tues. & Fri. 1:00 PM • Floor Curling Mon. 1:00 PM • Pool any afternoon to schedule call; Adrian-250-845-2338 • Breakfasts- fi rst Sat. of the month, community invited. • Soup and Sandwich luncheon- third Thurs. of the month. Community invited. At Pleasant Valley Village, 3603 11th St.: Senior Exercise, Mon. & Fri 10:00 AM • Cards Mon. & Thurs. 7:00 PM. At the Bowling Alley: Seniors bowling Wed. 1:30 PM. At the Houston Swimming Pool: Aquafi t, Mon., Wed. & Fri. 9-10 AM. At the Legion: Seniors darts and light lunch Thursdays 11a.m. - 2 p.m.

Buck Flats Community Development Society, meets every 3rd Sat. evening at 6pm at Andy Pollack’s house (17642) on Buck Flats Rd. All Buck Flats residents are welcome to attend, we discuss issues concerning the Buck fl ats area. Please call Chris Newell at 250-845-3564 for more info.

TOPLEYTopley Fire Protection Society meetings every second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm.

Structural Firefi ghting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a Fire Practice Thurs @ 19:00 hrs (7pm).

GRANISLEThe Granisle and District Senior Citizens meet every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Centre.

Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fi re practices every Tues., 7:00pm at the Fire Hall.

Granisle Church of the Way services are Sundays at 11:00am.

Please keep your announcements as brief as possible. Deadline (faxed or mailed or delivered) is 4 p.m. Thursday. Items are printed or alternated as space permits. Items will be accepted via fax, email or dropped at the offi ce. No phone calls please. More calendar items are listed online and can be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com

GEMS Girls Clubs meets Thurs., Oct. 8 and every other Thurs. till Dec. 3rd and again in Jan. at the Houston Christian Reformed Church from 6:30-8:30 p.m. GEMS is for girls from Grade 2-7. Come join us for Singing, Bible Study, games, badges and crafts. Registration Fee is $45/year and for more info Contact Fran at 250-845-7495.

TOPS 1901 meets every Tues.: 8-9:30 a.m. at the Houston United Church. Come join other women who are Taking Off Pounds Sensibly and encouraging a healthy lifestyle.

Houston Public Library October Events: Family Discovery Night – Tues., Oct. 6: 6 to 8 p.m. Community Market – Oct. 8 & 22: 2 to 6 p.m. Mark Zagwyn Photography – Fri., Oct. 9: noon to 4:30 p.m. After School Games Day – Thurs., Oct. 15: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. NID Craft Day – Fri., Oct. 23: 1 to 3 p.m. Book Club – Thurs., Oct. 29: 7 to 9 p.m. Stop by or phone us at 250-845-2256 for more info on any of the above events.

Volleyball Coaches - With volleyball season around the corner, Houston Secondary School is looking for coaches at both the junior and senior levels. Please contact the offi ce for more details @ 845-7217.

Register for Ringette in Houston! Forms are available at Emberson Plumbing & Heating. First time registrants, any level, only $100! Three away tournaments a year, no tournament fees. For more information please contact Kari 845-2372 or Danette 845-2284.

“A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIESWITHIN OUR REGION”37, 3RD Avenue,

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SCRUTINEERS

Topley Rural Fire Protection Service Establishment and Topley Rural Fire Protection Loan Authorization within a Portion of Electoral Areas “B” (Burns Lake

Rural) and “G” (Houston Rural) (Topley) AND

Topley Road Rescue and Medical First Responders Service Establishment within a Portion of Electoral

Areas “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and “G” (Houston Rural) (Topley) Assent Voting (Referenda)

On Saturday, November 7, 2015, qualified electors within a portion of Electoral Areas “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and “G” (Houston Rural) will be voting on the following questions:

1. Topley Rural Fire Protection Service in a portion of Electoral Area “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and also a portion of Electoral Area “G” (Houston Rural).

Are you in favour of both of the following:a) Topley Rural Fire Protection Local Service Establishment

Bylaw No. 1743, 2015, which would provide fire protection and suppression services for a maximum taxation on land and improvements of $72,000 (equal to a residential rate of $1.90 per $1,000 of total net taxable assessments); and

b) Topley Rural Fire Protection Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1744, 2015 giving authorization to borrow up to $383,639 over 25 years to be used to purchase a fire truck and purchase and upgrade a new fire hall.

2. Topley Road Rescue and Medical First Responders Service in a portion of Electoral Area “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and also a portion of Electoral Area “G” (Houston Rural).

Are you in favour of Topley Road Rescue and Medical First Responders Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1745, 2015, which would provide road rescue and medical first response services for a maximum taxation on land and improvements of $7,000 (equal to $0.17 per $1,000 of total net taxable assessments)?

Please note that the boundaries for the Fire Protection Service and the Road Rescue and First Responders Service are different. A copy of each bylaw and maps of the service areas may be inspected at the Regional District Office or at www.rdbn.bc.ca.

Scrutineers for and against the questions must be appointed if applications are received from persons who wish to volunteer for the positions. Only persons entitled to vote as electors on the questions shown above are entitled to act as scrutineers. One scrutineer for and one scrutineer against each question will be appointed for each voting place if sufficient applications are received.

Applications to act as a scrutineer will be received by the Chief Election Officer at the office of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, 37-3rd Avenue, P.O. Box 820, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0 between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, commencing Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 to Friday, October 23rd, 2015.

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CONCESSIONSealed proposals marked “Arena Concession” and addressed to the attention of the Corporate Services Officer, will be received by the District of Houston, PO Box 370, 3367 12th Street, Houston, BC V0J 1Z0 up to 4:00pm (local time) on Friday, October 23, 2015. The term of the Concession Lease will be for the 2015/2016 Arena season, and may be extended for a further two year term upon mutual agreement.

Proposal Packages will be available at the District of Houston Municipal Office, 3367 – 12th Street, during work hours (Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, except statutory holidays) and available on the District website www.houston.ca. To view the concession area, and for further information, please contact the Municipal Office at 250-845-2238.

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REQUEST FOR HOURLY RATES - 2015 DIKE MAINTENANCE

The District of Houston is now accepting proposals for the 2015 Fall Dike Maintenance Program. The area to be covered is river left and right between Highway 16 Buck River Bridge and CN Rail Bridge approx. 462 meters total also river right on the south side of the Highway 16 Bridge approx. 30 meters. Terms and Conditions: • Brushing of dikes and removal of all specified materials and repair of dike as required • Hourly Rates, Methodology of Clearing, Experience, Equipment and Certification • Close of Proposals: October 16, 2015 • Weather permitting • Contractor responsible for all permits and licenses and removal of all material.Information requested: • Manpower – Quoted Hourly Rate • Equipment Rates and Specs • Methodology of clearing • Certification • Previous experience • Removal of debris • AvailabilityFor more information please contact the following: District of Houston Jim Daigneault Emergency Program Coordinator Box 370, Houston BC V0J 1Z0 Phone: (250) 845-2250 or Fax: (250) 845-2273 DEADLINE: FRIDAY OCTOBER 16, 2015 AT 4:00PM – REQUEST FOR HOURLY RATES-2015 DIKE MAINTENANCEProposals must be received at the District of Houston Office at 3367 – 12th Street, Houston, B.C. by the above date and time in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Request for Hourly Rates – 2015 Dike Maintenance” and addressed to the following: District of Houston Lindsay Blair, Corporate Services Officer Box 370, 3367 12th Avenue, Houston BC V0J 1Z0 Phone: 250-845-2238 or Fax: 250-845-3429All quotations received by the deadline specified will be opened in public at the close of the quotation deadline.The District reserves the right to accept any offer, or reject any or all offers.The District reserves the right to waive informalities in, or reject any or all quotations, or accept the quotation deemed most favourable in the interests of the District of Houston.No submitter shall have any claim for any compensation of any kind whatsoever as a result of participating in this quotation, and by submitting a bid each submitter shall be deemed to have agreed that it has no claim.More than one company may be selected, depending on methodology, equipment and expense.

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