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At left, Burton Amos among the crowd at the Lahakas and Haisla Boulevard intersection. Above, a supporter of the rally holding a sign during the march. Cameron Orr photos

Idle No More comes to town

Supporters of Idle No More took to Kitimat’s streets, stopping traf� c at the Lahakas/Haisla Boulevard intersection, before taking to the halls of City Centre Mall, while Haisla dancers per-formed to traditional drums.

The now global movement which supports First Nations rights and sovereignty touched down in Kitimat on Sunday, December 30, thanks to the efforts of Burton Amos, who was born and raised in the area, although he currently calls Van-couver home.

While in town for the holidays he felt there needed to be a local demonstration for the Idle No More movement and organized the Sunday march with less than 24 hours notice, though by his count he still had over 80 people come out.

“The whole idea was to address the environ-mental issues that are happening because of the government actions, like [Prime Minister] Harper especially, pushing legislation forward to help China get their oil,” said Amos.

The environment was clearly the top issue for supporters in Kitimat, which is potentially the place of a number of industrial projects, most controversially the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline which will bring in bitumen from the Alberta oil sands.

“One oil spill will end our ability to live off the land. All it’s going to take is one oil spill be-cause oil doesn’t leave,” said Amos.

He believes that an oil spill in the channel would cause a devastating chain reaction, from killing � sh stocks to affecting land-based animals.

“To the government and the people involved it’s all about money but to us it’s all about our future.”

Amos added he hopes the movement, at least locally, doesn’t end here. People had approached him to do many more such rallies, but being that he lives in Vancouver he said it would be up to the people here to keep the torch going.

According to the of� cial Idle No More blog, the movement began with Nina Wilson, Sylvia McAdam, Jessica Gordon and Sheelah McLean, who “felt it was urgent to act on current and up-coming legislation that not only affects our First Nations people but the rest of Canada’s citizens, lands and waters.” The four ladies began organiz-ing Teach-Ins starting in November which were geared to aim awareness of Bill C-45, the govern-ment’s omnibus bill which has altered the classi-� cation of some protected waters as well as made some changes to the Indian Act.

Idle No More rallies are also inspired by the actions of Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence, who is on a hunger strike until she can meet with senior members of the government to discuss First Nations issues.

Unforgettable New Year’s rescueA Kitimat family could sleep sound-

ly on January 1 knowing they still had their pets with them.

The Calkins family nearly lost their two dogs, Brody and Duke, when they fell into the water during a family hike along Hirsch Creek at Hirsch Creek Park.

Shane and Sharmin had taken three of their four kids, along with a friend, for the walk when the two dogs were al-lowed to run free after they had � nished their lunch.

But the hike suddenly took a turn for the worse when the two dogs unknow-ingly walked onto thin ice and fell into the chilly waters.

The Calkins’ 10-year-old son shout-ed for his parents to call 9-1-1, and would eventually wait at the entrance of the park for police to arrive to guide them to the distressed dogs.

The older dog, Brody, was able to get himself free from the water on his own, but the situation looked grim for Duke.

By the time police of� cers arrived, which was a good half hour after the dogs � rst fell in the water, it looked al-most certain that Duke wasn’t going to make it. He had all but given up trying to get out of the water and was just hang-ing on.

“There was no way we could get out to them,” said Sharmin. “We would have fallen in too.”

She said that Duke looked ready to just give up and that the of� cers arrived at just the perfect time to make the res-cue.

As the two of� cers and another man, who was in the area snowshoeing, pre-pared for the rescue, Sharmin took the kids away.

“It was very upsetting,” she said.From the perspective of Cst. Andrew

Johnstone, who arrived with Cst. Dan Kelly, the situation was an example of an of� cer never knowing how a day is going to go.

Johnstone and Kelly arrived around 1:30 p.m. to the park to � nd a 10-year-old in tears. In the distance they could hear Duke crying in the water.

To get out to the dog the of� cers and the snowshoeing bystander tied together 100 feet of rope in order for someone to reach the distressed pet. (The Sentinelhasn’t been able to con� rm the name of this person, but feel free to contact us if that was you.)

It was Cst. Dan Kelly who donned a life jacket and carefully walked out to the water and the dog.

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thin, as Cst. Kelly ventured further out, he had to get onto his hands and knees to make it the � nal 15 feet to Duke.

Duke, described as a great, aggressive defender of the family, put up no re-sistance when Kelly grabbed him by the collar and pulled up back up.

Duke ran straight back to his family, uncharacteris-tically quiet.

“You don’t know day-to-day what kind of calls you’re going to get on your shift,” said Johnstone, saying he certainly wasn’t expecting a call like this one.

The police had called Water Rescue, based in Ter-race, on their way to the

park but with time running out they clearly couldn’t have waited. Water rescues like these are not part of the typical RCMP training, said Johnstone.

With Duke and Brody at home the day following their whole ordeal, Sharmin said they’ve been taking it easy.

“They’re sleeping. They got up this morning, went outside to go to the bathroom and came back in and they haven’t moved,” she said.

They were still that way even a couple of days after.

Sharmin didn’t say whether Duke and Brody got a few extra treats with their meal that New Year’s eve-ning following their ordeal, but she said they certainly got a few extra servings of family cuddles.

Dog rescue

A photo of Duke is taken moments after he was pulled from Hirsch Creek. Two RCMP of� cers and a bystander were crucial in rescuing him.

Photo provided by Calkins family

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Public HearingAccessory Building Bylaw No. 1, 2012Kitimat Council is considering changes to rules regarding accessory buildings and structures in all residential zones. The new regulations attempt to provide clear and thoughtful policy to regulate size, height, and siting of accessory buildings.Highlights:

• Accessory structures may be erected in a required side or rear yard provided a yard of 1m or more, as measured from eave to property lines, is maintained and height does not exceed 3m;

• Accessory structures constructed within the Permissible Building Area may be no more than 9m high.

Kitimat Council welcomes public input. Written remarks may be delivered to Council by mail c/o City Centre, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7, or comment may be personally delivered at the public hearing to be held 7:30 pm, Monday, 21 January, 2013 in the Council Chambers at 1101 Kingfisher Avenue.An information package is available for review at the District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre. Office hours are 8:30 am-noon, and 1:00-4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding holidays. Please contact Community Planning and Development at 250-632-8910 if you have questions.

17 December 2012 File 7.17.17

Kitimat Council approved a tempo-rary building permit for Rio Tinto Alcan for a 6-wide trailer unit. The trailer is planned for of-fice space, a locker room, lunch room and changing room, within the smelter site, adjacent to the east end of pot room 1A. The same build-ing had a previous permit issued on November 5, 2009.

In order to en-sure certain projects remain in the books, Council voted to re-approve some items brought forward from last year’s budget. The proj-ects, which include student employment grants and a new economic develop-ment position, were re-authorized for the new year. Those two items add up to $115,000, but do not actually add new costs to the Dis-trict as money was already set aside last year. Council also re-approved some supplemental budget items including a Radley Park survey, a Riverlodge ramp, and Riverlodge boiler.

ICBC is saying that each year, on av-erage, 25 people are killed in the North Central B.C. region in impaired-related incidents. They were using data compiled between 2007 to 2011 from the police reports. The year 2012 marked the 35th anniversary of the Counterattack campaign, which was started after a year of 300 impaired-related deaths on the road. ICBC still says province wide there are 113 deaths. The Southern Interior sees the most impaired-related deaths with an average of 36.

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Most home own-ers in Kitimat will see a 25 to 30 per cent rise in their assessed value when they get their as-sessment notices in the next few days.

That’s according to Christopher Whyte, BC Assessment’s dep-uty assessor for the north region.

According to in-formation from BC As-sessment which came out last week, Kiti-mat’s assessment roll increased from $965 million last year to $1.14 billion this year.

That change re-flects market values, subdivisions and new construction and re-zoning, according to BC Assessment’s re-lease.

In the commercial and industrial property sector, owners will see changes ranging from five to 20 per cent.

To illustrate av-erage market trends for residential prop-erties, BC Assess-ment said a home val-ued at $152,082 last year would be worth

$192,417 now.As usual people

who feel their property assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2012, or see incorrect information, can contact the Assess-ment office indicated on their notice as soon as possible in January.

Those still con-cerned after speak-ing with an appraiser can submit a notice of complaint by January 31 for an independent review by a Property Assessment Review Panel.

Those Panels meet between February 1 and March 15.

People, however, needn’t worry that this means they’re going to get dinged with up to 30 per cent more taxes.

Kitimat Council has already given the administration a man-date for a two per cent increase in taxes, and that two per cent rise, give or take a per cent, is how much more peo-ple will pay on their taxes, explained Chief Administrative Officer

Ron Poole.With the two per

cent increase in mind, the administration, in setting a potential tax mill rate, takes the av-erage increase which this year is 27.2 per cent overall.

That sets the threshold of the two per cent tax increase.

So for instance a home that was $100,000 would be assessed at $127,200 on average this year. That home would see a straight two per cent increase on their taxes.

Meanwhile a home that went up slightly under the average would see a slightly lower tax rate, and someone whose home went up higher than the average would see a slightly higher tax rate.

Poole said though that they are only talk-ing within a single per cent when they say it could be higher or lower.

“People don’t have to worry,” he said, em-phasizing a 30 per cent increase of assessment

BC Assessment released a list of the top valued residential properties in the North. Out of the top 100, there were no Kitimat properties, but here are the top three:

1) 6975 Old Fort Rd., Fort St. John — $2,142,0002) 6653 Lakeshore Dr., Dawson Creek area — $1,985,0003) 9401 3 St., Dawson Creek — $1,720,700

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Chemical de-icers can present a danger to the environment as well as our pets and yards. Alternatives include clean clay cat litter, ash from � replaces or stoves, and of course sand!

Green De-icersdoes not equal 30 per cent more taxes.

Further budget de-liberations will start in February when the Dis-trict has more finalized numbers from the last budget year.

Meanwhile in Ter-race for comparison, home values rose mod-estly.

“Most homes in Terrace are worth more in value compared to last year’s assess-ment roll,” said Whyte. “Most home owners in Terrace will see mod-est changes in the zero per cent to five per cent range.”

Overall, Terrace’s assessment roll in-creased from $1.19 bil-lion last year to $1.21 billion this year.

— Files from the Terrace Standard

New boss for local RCMP detachmentCameron Orr

The Kitimat RCMP de-tachment welcomed a new staff sergeant late last year as former boss Steve Corp moved on to other duties in the orga-nization.

Stepping in Corp’s place is Staff Sgt. Phil Harrison, who knows plenty about policing in small towns.

In fact when it comes to his career with the RCMP, Kitimat is actually the largest commu-nity he’s served in.

“I prefer the small towns. People are a lot friendlier.”

After switching careers to policing from agricultural re-search in the Agassiz area, he graduated from the RCMP’s depot in 1993 and spent the next several years essentially taking on any job you could have in a detachment.

His first post was in Biggar, Saskatchewan where he stayed for seven years before moving to Macklin, Saskatchewan.

He had moved there just as the local police force was dis-banded and the RCMP moved in.

After that he was a watch commander in St. Paul, Alberta for three years.

In 2005, in the wake of the murder of four RCMP officers in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Har-rison moved in to be the op-erations NCO. [Non-commis-sioned officer]

During all of the restruc-turing that took place at the detachment in the years fol-lowing, where essentially ev-eryone who worked there was rotated out, Harrison stepped into many roles, from detach-ment commander to head clerk.

“It was a lot of work,” he remembers.

There were a couple of oth-er posts that followed, but his first staff sergeant title came to him in Carlyle, Saskatchewan.

All through this he never gave up his dream to come back to his home of British Co-lumbia, where he and his wife were raised.

After three years in Caryle, the Kitimat position opened.

“The reason I came here is I’ve been trying for the last 20 years to get back to B.C., and it’s tough to do,” he said.

He’s not really that much closer to his family in the Fra-ser Valley being in Kitimat.

He said being here versus Carlyle really only gets him four hours closer in the end, but he’s happy to be back in the province all the same.

Staff Sergeant Phil Harrison.Cameron Orr


They’re well on the way to stop-ping the expansion of oil exports to Asia. Now will B.C.’s American branch-plant environmental machine turn on natural gas?

A couple of weeks ago I described the dispute between the Haisla Nation and the rest of the Coastal First Na-tions group over the pioneering of lique� ed natural gas development on Haisla territory at Kitimat. Powerful chiefs of the Heiltsuk, Gitga’at, Haida and others in the so-called Great Bear Rainfor-est oppose the idea of kicking off a new LNG export industry without extending the hydro grid to support renewable power for the region.

LNG is shaping up as B.C.’s largest-ever industrial project, if it gets built. And there are signs the American-directed en-vironmental attack is swinging to our gas boom.

Some in the Canadian media insist no such U.S. in� uence exists, or that it is trivial and benign. They mock federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver’s description of “foreign radicals,” pretend-ing this applies to everyone opposed to oil pipelines.

There weren’t many reporters with me when I covered the negotiations for the Great Bear Rainforest in 2006. To the Vancouver media it was just a big forest

deal up in the middle of nowhere. Along with B.C. cabinet minister Pat Bell, Coast-al First Nations and forest companies, the Sierra Club, ForestEthics and Greenpeace muscled their way to the table.

How they did so became clear in early 2007. Behind these big three eco-propaganda groups was a $60 million war chest from an obscure out� t called Tides Canada.

Another front group, as it turns out. The actual source of the money was the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Founda-tion, the Wilberforce Foundation, the Gor-don and Betty Moore Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Most made their billions in computers and software in San Francisco or Seattle. They’ve funded scienti� cally suspect cam-paigns such as “Yellowstone to Yukon” and “boreal forest” aimed at turning more than a third of Canada into parks.

Increasingly, they are partnering with aboriginal people in B.C. and across Canada.

Some in B.C.’s major media have since grudgingly credited indepen-dent B.C. researcher Vivian Krause with � lling in the blanks. She has shown that starting in 2002, these foundations began formally organiz-ing against Canadian fossil fuel pro-duction. When the B.C. and Canadian govern-

ments matched the $60 million Great Bear Rainforest fund for “ecosystem-based” forest management, they didn’t realize they were reinforcing a blockade against oil exports. Tides and its backers have continued to fund and create new protest groups, which are quoted as they pop up by credulous B.C. media.

Their argument against oil exports centres on the sexy but false premise that Alberta’s “tar sands” somehow uniquely threaten the global climate. Lately, as the size of B.C.’s gas development has be-come clearer, the protests have started to refocus.

Now we hear dire claims about the decades-old technique of “fracking” in gas development, and previously obscure groups are springing up to protest gas projects.

Continued on page 5

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Is there a right choice for ski hill?

With the Hirsch Creek Golf and Winter Club, council voted to give them $50,000 with a potential for the rest of their requested $100,000 coming later after the city has had a go at the � nancial records of the club.

The club has admitted times have been tough and said they needed $100,000 in a municipal grant to keep going as they at-tempt to work out the challenges of making money.

I bring this up as a comparison to what the town is doing with Shames Mountain. The Co-op behind Shames had come to Kiti-mat to request a continuation of the $15,000 grant the town gave them last year.

It was a controversial move at the time when they � rst got their money, and while I wasn’t here when it all went down I under-stand it came down to two viewpoints; one, it’s a facility that’s not at all in town limits, or two, it’s a facility that attracts people to the area. A ski hill bene� ts all nearby communi-ties, people have said.

Council said yes to another $15,000, af-ter a presentation from representatives that showed that they did actually make money this year, but they have a lot of infrastructure and maintenance needs that still have to get done which is likely what this year’s money will go to.

But there’s two things to consider here, both of which raise questions for me on whether we should have given them money at all.

If we can accept they made money, then they’re on their way to running this thing themselves without the assistance of local governments. The ski hill is there and it’s ap-parently making money so what do they need us for? Or at least, why do they need the full $15,000 like last year when things were just getting started?

However the � nances are a bit trickier than that. The Terrace Standard reported that the Co-op’s $24,000 in pro� ts come after the Co-ops nearly $260,000 in fundraising and grants.

If you take out the grants and handouts then they really didn’t come anywhere near $24,000 in pro� ts. Or, really, any pro� t.

So if that’s the case that they didn’t make much money at all on their own, do we as a community want to keep adding money to an operation like that?

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what will happen next year, Shames still re-ceived $15,000 from Kitimat’s grant money for 2013, all without the hassle of looking into their finances,

which is what Kitimat is doing with Hirsch Creek Golf and Winter Club.

Yes, the golf club is asking for a heck’uva lot more than $15,000, but they’re undeniably local. If

we need to take a close look at the books of a club that directly serves the commu-nity, perhaps that care should be taken when giving money to out of town operations.

Cameron Orr

Continued from page 4Hollywood is about to gas us

with an anti-fracking movie starring Matt Damon. Previews suggest that Promised Land works the usual evil-greedy-capitalist

ForestEthics, Sierra Club and Greenpeace, meanwhile, are cam-paigning against their original forest preservation deal on B.C.’s Central and North Coast.

Sustainable development solu-

tions aren’t good for their business model. If people think a problem is solved, they stop sending money.

Meanwhile, the U.S. is surging ahead with its own shale oil and gas boom.

Plans are underway for LNG ex-ports from the U.S. to Asia.

I think 2013 would be a good year for Canada to start making its own decisions on energy develop-ment.

LNG

Shames

Ownership solidifies

More to think about from Wally Oppal’s report

The paperwork continues to flow as My Mountain Co-op takes over operations of the Shames Mountain ski facility from the Shames Mountain Ski Corporation.

On Dec. 21, 2012 the provincial govern-ment’s forests, lands and natural resources min-istry transferred the operating agreement for the ski facility from the ski corporation to the co-op.

That move followed the payment by the ski corporation to the province of $125,000 to close the books on an unpaid tourism development loan that dates back years.

Paying the $125,000 to wind up the loan was a condition of the operating agreement being as-signed to the co-op.

The payment was part of an agreement re-leased in November 2012 which cleared the way for the non profit co-op to purchase the ski facil-ity.

The province wrote off the remaining part of the tourism loan, which is approximately $400,000, in return for the $125,000 payment from the ski corporation.

Shames Mountain Ski Corporation president Gerry Martin said the $125,000 was part of the purchase price paid by My Mountain Coop in late 2011 to the corporation.

“It was being held in trust so that we could pay the government,” said Martin.

The transfer of the operating agreement is about the last of the official transactions between the coop and the ski corporation, he added.

“Obviously we wish the coop well,” said Martin.

Although the ski corporation dropped its orig-

inal asking price drastically so that the coop could make the purchase, Martin said the purchase to the coop was the “best solution” to keeping the mountain open and in local hands.

“The coop has had good support from people, from businesses and local governments. It’s had a good response from the public because they feel a part of the ownership,” Martin continued.

“It’s good for all of the communities in the area.”

Martin said good snow conditions last year and this year have helped the coop establish itself.

Also owed the province was $130,000 in un-paid royalties and interest, an amount that was reduced to $88,579 when $46,767 in interest was written off by the province.

The co-op agreed to take on the $88,579 debt and will repay it with interest over the next 10 years.

The co-op had paid the ski corporation $360,000 in 2011 to buy the ski facility and has been operating it under a lease pending a resolu-tion of the money owed the province.

Opened in 1990, Shames Mountain struggled to achieve profitability, leaving the owners of the Shames Mountain Ski Corporation dipping into their own pockets at times to pay bills.

Martin said directors did just that a year ago right after My Mountain Coop bought Shames in order to satisfy creditors.

The ski corporation listed the mountain for sale several years ago for an initial asking price of $1.45 million, a move that brought on the forma-tion of the Friends of Shames, the precursor to My Mountain Co-op.

Dear Sir,With the tabling of Wally Opp-

al’s report begins the end of our long examination of the many women who died before the police began to think of serving or protecting them. But before we completely consign guilt to them, we should consider our own.

The women who died in Van-couver were put in harms way by public attitudes and a social policy that completely ignored them and their desperate circumstances. They did not choose to be poor. Prostitu-tion was not their career of choice. Our welfare system keeps people

so poor that many cannot dig them-selves out of a hole that deep. Many self-medicate with drugs or alcohol to mask the hopelessness of their situations and the hole they are in becomes deeper still.

Most of the women who died would be with us today if we had a system of social support that cared about each citizen’s welfare. They did not choose to be on the street. We put them there.

Robert Hart, President, BC Association of So-

cial Workers, Northwest Branch

Wally Oppal, who has concluded his Missing Women Commission of Inquiry with a number of suggestions. In a letter to the editor the president of the Northwest branch of the BC Association of Social Workers says that many of the women could have been alive today if there had been a stronger social support system.


Recently, I talked about why we chose Kitimat as the site for Gateway’s marine terminal. I’d like to also discuss the various steps we’ve taken to prevent an incident on water, and the measures we’ve put in place to build a comprehensive marine safety plan for Gateway.

Safety starts with a tanker acceptance program that’s as stringent as any in existence — and includes an independent review of all tankers, weeks ahead of their scheduled arrival. Tankers mooring at the terminal will be double-hulled and no more than 20 years old, and will be required — by independent third parties, before they enter Gateway’s shipping channels — to show a sound maintenance and operational history. As they approach Kitimat, all vessels will be boarded and guided by B.C. Coast Pilots with expert knowledge of our coastal waters.

Simulations conducted in varying weather conditions have shown that the largest tankers can be safely navigated without the help of tugboats. Still, Gateway is adding a tug-escort system as an additional safety measure. The Douglas Channel is already one of the deepest and widest inland waterways on North America’s west coast, and Gateway’s tug-escort

system, according to risk assessment data, would reduce the already unlikely chance of a grounding incident by a further 80 to 90 per cent.

As another Gateway marine safety initiative, we’re introducing land-based radar to B.C.’s North Coast for the fi rst time. This radar system will be bolstered by extra navigational aids such as lights and channel markers. These enhancements aren’t just for Gateway — they are for all vessels on B.C.’s North Coast.

Groups who oppose this project use fear tactics. They’d have you believe an oil tanker spill is inevitable. It isn’t. But don’t take my word for it — visit our website and read for yourself about all the work that has gone into making Gateway’s marine operation one of the safest in the world. Then, decide for yourself what’s true.

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Some residents of Kitimat may be eligible for the total $1 million of refunds being paid out by Cash Store Financial.

The company, which runs The Cash Store and Instaloans, of which there is a store in Kitimat, has been ordered to stop charging illegal fees and repay customers who were overcharged for pay-day loans.

The refund process was set to begin on De-cember 11, and will be overseen by an indepen-dent auditor and Consumer Protection BC.

Once the process begins Consumer Protection BC expects refunds to be credited beginning in February.

Consumer Protection BC says Cash Store Fi-nancial is responsible for the implementation of the refund process, which includes advertising,

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Any funds that remain unclaimed, after all ef-forts to reach eligible consumers are exhausted, will be held by Consumer Protection BC for a further six years, during which time, claims for refunds may be submitted directly to Consumer Protection BC.

Further questions about lending can be direct-ed to Consumer Protection BC toll free at 1-888-564-9963 or [email protected].

Ridership down on free transit on New Year’s

The free New Years bus service in Kitimat didn’t see quite as many people as last year.

In fact ridership was at a low not seen since 1982.

In all 381 people rode the bus during the free service which began at 7 p.m. on December 31.

That is the lowest since 1982 when 340 took to transit. That was the service’s second year.

When the service first began in 1981, 224 people hopped on board.

In the first hour for 2012’s ser-vice, 22 people took a bus, which rose to 30 people between 8 and 9 p.m.

75 people were on the bus be-tween 9 and 10 p.m., dropping to 21 riders at 10 p.m.

From 11 to midnight there were 13 riders, which climbed to 38 for the hour up to 1 a.m., when the most peo-ple took the bus for the evening, with 163 crowding into Kitimat’s buses between 1 and 2 a.m.

From there it dwindled. There were 17 riders from 2 to 3 a.m., and only two between 3 and 4 a.m.

The final hour, from 4 to 5 a.m. must have been lonely for the driv-ers because not a single rider was recorded.

Ridership steadily increased from it’s beginning in 1981 to 1986, before ridership figures began to tee-ter-totter up and down.

For instance in 1988 riders were at 1,015 for the night, but then dropped to 489 the next year. But then in 1990 it was back over 1,000 again.

2011 was a relatively slow year for free transit as well, at 655 riders for the night. Except for once more in 2009, ridership had dipped below 700 since 1992.

The busiest year on record was 2006, when 1,239 riders took advan-tage of the service.

Out of its 31 years running, rid-ership had surpassed 1,000 10 times in total.

Ridership was at a 29 year low.

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Demons snagged by SteelheadsSubmitted

The young Kitimat Ice De-mons may have allowed com-posure to creep away on them again as the visitors were short-handed eight times in December 29’s road game against league leading Smithers Steelheads, which ended 5-3 for the Smith-ers team.

The Steelheads out-shot the Ice Demons 17-to-14 in the first and Ian Smith got the Steel-

heads on to the score sheet with a little over two minutes left in the period (Matt Arnold, Adam Devries) and the 2-1 score held up to the intermission.

The two teams do not meet again until the final game of the season in Kitimat on January 13 and this win likely clinched the regular season championship for the Steelheads, for the sec-ond season in a row. The Steel-heads have 28 points, and the

Demons are stalled at 22 with both teams having topped their divisions.

In other games the Terrace River Kings kept on a roll, with a 4-1 road win over the Ram-page in Prince Rupert, while Williams Lake lost 5-4 on the road in Quesnel. The Stamped-ers still have a four point edge over the Kangaroos in the east division, with 19 points to the ‘Roos’ 15.


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Jan. 10The Art Club of Kitimat is beginning

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SILLY YAKS (CELIAC) SUPPORT GROUP supporting gluten free eating and helping people with celiac disease feel well and healthy. Participate in discus-sions around safe foods, foods to avoid, cross contamination, recipe ideas, etc. The � rst meeting will be held Aug. 23 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the Kitimat General Hospital.

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Real Estate

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Duplex / 4 Plex2 Bdrm duplex with garage avail. immed. in Kildala comes with F.S.W.D. Very clean. $900/mo. Ref. req’d. Call Brent (514) 210-5551

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Kitimat - 3 bedroom execu-tive style bungalow for rent. Fully furnished. f/s, d/w, w/d, microwave. Fully equipped (dishes, bedding, towels etc.) Internet and satellite TV. References required. $1,600/mo.

250-639-6431 or250-639-4555.

Rentals

Homes for RentKitimat (Kildala) - 3 bed-room, 2 bath, f/s, w/d, gar-age, storage shed. Inside completely renovated Au-gust 2011. $1,800/mo.

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Townhouses2 / 3 Bedroom updated town-houses, many updates, start-ing at $700/mo, some offer utilities included. 250-847-8061 [email protected]

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COMING EVENTS A Letter from your Newspaper Carrier

Northern Sentinel, 626 Enterprise Avenue, Kitimat, BC V8C 2K6Ph. 250 632-6144 Fax 250 639-9373 Email: [email protected]

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Connector

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Dear Northern Sentinel Customer,

I know that you look forward to getting your Northern Sentinel on

Wednesday, and the Northern Connector on Friday; and I try my best

every week to make sure you receive it.

It gets dark early now, and it is often raining or snowing on newspaper

delivery days; so I am asking you to do your part to ensure your paper

gets delivered.

1. Please take a moment and walk to the end of your driveway and

look at your house. If you can’t see the house numbers clearly,

then I can’t either.

2. Please keep your stairs and driveway clear of snow and ice. I do

not want to slip and get hurt.

3. Please leave your lights on when it is paper day so I can find

your mailbox. Often the mailboxes are up the stairs or on the

side of the house and sometimes tricky to find.

4. Please keep your dog tied up or inside on paper day. I do not

know if your dog is friendly or not, and I don’t want to get

bitten.

Thank you very much for taking the time to help me do my job efficiently

and safely.Your Newspaper Carrier

KITIMAT SENIORS’ CENTRE is looking for a new leader for their Seniors’ Band. Please contact the Programmer (250 632 3475) for more info if you have the skills, experience and desire to volunteer your time with this group.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Family Fun Spot Drop-In Monday and Friday afternoons 1-3 p.m., Wednesday mornings 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Ages 0-5 welcome “A Great place for families to meet over coffee and toys!” Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.

KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total con� -dentiality.

For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016.

AGLOW OF KITIMAT: All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursdays at 7 p.m. For information phone Brenda at 250-632-5771 or Wendi at 250-632-5673.

KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other � -bre? For more information phone Maureen 250-632-5444.

DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Lit-eracy Program provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in improving their reading, writing, math, communication, and information technology skills. Is English NOT your � rst lan-guage? We provide FREE tutoring and small group English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Community Corner check us out at www.kiti-matcommunityservices.ca/KALP.html or � nd us on facebook.

PRAYER CANADA KITIMAT meets up-stairs at the � re hall Tuesdays, from noon - 1:00 p.m. All are welcome to pray for our city council and those in positions of authority in Kitimat, for the government of BC and of Canada. For infor-mation call Lesley at 250-632-4554.


&Sports Leisure

They call them daring, or sometimes just crazy, but year after year people jump into cold water as a New Year’s tradition. Carl Johnson did his � rst Polar Bear dip this January 1.

Cameron Orr photos

Polar Bear tradition carries on

Unlike past years, there was no of� cial Polar Bear Swim for the New Year’s Day.

There was no hot chocolate to help people warm up, or hoselton keepsakes handed out for those brave enough to try out the frigid Douglas Channel waters, which can be cold enough even in the middle of summer.

But despite all that, there was a small group of onlookers at Hospital Beach on January 1 to watch a small group of daredevils throw caution, and reason, to the wind.

Just before the Sentinel arrived a man and his granddaughter got things going with their plunge. They were quickly in their car and off to warm up in their homes, but that still left Carl Johnson facing the water.

Johnson, an employee of Bechtel for the Kiti-mat Modernization Project, hails originally from Victoria.

Through all of the long hours of work he wanted to get out and do something community-minded and meet with people. The Polar Bear

Swim provided that opportunity.It was his � rst time taking in the tradition of a cold New

Year’s dip. We asked him on his way out of the water what it

was like.“Shocking,” was the only description he could think of, es-

pecially that moment he put his head under water.

Documents

Kitimat Northern Sentinel, January 09, 2013