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Shovels OutLNG Canada begins Kitimat site preparation
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Big PlansPrince Rupert eyes Northwest Passage
Before & AfterCN helps Vanderhoof group
give � sh a better trip
Mining LegendTelkwa’s Hans Smit to be
honoured by industry
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The Community Advisory Group is a way LNG Canada can have a direct line of communication with the residents of Kitimat. The Group provides feedback and advice on how the company is seen to be operating in the community.
According to Ruth Sulentich, Senior Consultation Specialist at LNG Canada, the Community Advisory Group provides Kitimat with 13 community ambassadors who can talk to people about the project.
Sulentich says the Community Advisory Group meetings provide the company the opportunity to address rumours that group members bring forward, or to validate what is being said in the community about work the company is doing.
The members of the Community Advisory Group are volunteers, and the work they’ve done hasn’t gone unnoticed by LNG Canada. Because group members have many connections to non-pro� t groups in the community,
the � rst year for the group. Group members serve on for two-year terms.
“We’ve been meeting now for one year, which is quite exciting,” says Sulentich. “Everyone’s very committed and excited for what the second year will bring.”
A recent survey of area residents commissioned by LNG Canada found that 14 per cent of people would contact a member if they had any questions or concerns, and 65 per cent of people in Kitimat were aware of the group’s existence.
“ “Everyone’s very committed and excited for what the second year will bring.”
LNG Canada felt that offering $1,000 for each member to be spent towards a local organization was the best way to say thank you.
The organizations that bene� ted from a donation via a Community Advisory Group member include: Kitimat Understanding the Environment ($1,000), Kitimat Public Library, including the Books for Babies program ($2,000 for both), Tamitik Status of Women Donations Room ($2,000), Kildala Breakfast Club ($2,000), Kitimat Baptist Homeless Shelter ($1,000), REM Lee Hospital Foundation for the regional oncology program ($1,000), The Kitimat Hospital Foundation ($3,000), and the Child Development Centre. ($1,000)
“It was great to see some members grouping together to make a bigger impact,” says Sulentich, recognizing some members contributed to the same organization.
The donations marked the end of
LNG Canada has recognized the contributions of the 13 members of its Community Advisory Group by giving each member $1,000 to donate to a local community group or charity of their choice.
Giving back to the community
What kind of year was 2015?As in most things, perception is the key.A positive perception will provoke a positive response and vice
versa.Granted, the state of commodity prices, which so heavily impact our
resource-based economies in Northwest B.C., will probably be viewed by most negatively. Unless, you are one of the positive folk, who doesn’t mind so much while watching the digits spin more slowly at the local gas station.
While some will view 2015 as a glass half empty, we, on the other hand, view it much differently. Our cup runneth over.
Each month we pride ourselves in examining and reporting on the progress and successes industry in our corner of the world is piling up. And they are piling up.
Possibly not as fast as some would like, but each and every month in 2015, we were not at any time short on finding great success stories and of progress.
This month, we have compiled a quick review of 2015. It is by no means the complete list, but just some of the great things we reported on that are happening in Northwest B.C.
From near-exponential growth of the Port of Prince Rupert that has spin-off effects throughout our region — with bigger things to come — to a group of small family businesses in Smithers tackling the wholesale food industry. We reported on breakthroughs in safety and green technologies to openings of mines and new ports (Stewart is pretty positive about that one).
All in all, while 2015 didn’t have the game-changing final LNG investment decisions, there is every indication they are in it for the long haul and not predicating their decision on one year ... or one decade for that matter.
And as Cameron Orr in Kitimat reports in this issue, LNG Canada is even moving forward with site preparations.
We hope, as you review our review, your perception may improve whether you started out positively or negatively.
There are great things happening throughout our region. It is our perception that 2016 is going to be even greater.
On behalf of the entire staff at N2K, we wish each of you a very safe and positive 2016.
Todd HamiltonN2K Publisher
Publisher &Editor-in-Chief
Todd HamiltonPrince Rupert
Ed Evans, SalesMelissa Bouti l ier, Sales
Kevin Campbell, ReporterTerrace
Rod Link, EditorBert Husband, SalesErin Bowker, Sales
KitimatLouisa Genzale, Sales Cameron Orr, Editor
SmithersGrant Harris, SalesNick Briere, Sales
Alicia Bridges, reporterHouston
Mary-Anne Ruiter, SalesBurns Lake
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VanderhoofPam Berger, Sales
Vivian Chui, ReporterBarbara Latkowski, Reporter
Haida GwaiiQuinn Bender, Sales
Stacey Marple, Reporter
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YEAR IN REVIEWA look back at 2015 through the pages of N2K 7-14
THUMBS UPLNG Canada begins site preparation in Kitimat 15-17
BEFORE AND AFTERCN and stewarship society give � sh a better trip up the creek 20
HELP WANTEDCheck out the jobs in the career section 30
HAYS 2.0Prince Rupert city council unveils massive plans 18
MINING LEGENDTelkwa’s Hans Smit to be honoured by mining industry 25
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Providing the Facts
For more information, visit one of our community offices in Port Edward or Prince Rupert, PacificNorthWestLNG.com or call 250.622.2727.
Over the past year, our team of experts have conducted thorough research related to Flora Bank and the local marine environment, totaling more than 100,000 hours of work to date. In November, we submitted our findings to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), as part of our environmental assessment application. These findings can be found on the CEAA website at bit.ly/pnwlng. The study results show that there will be no significant adverse effects to the stability of Flora Bank, or fish and fish habitat on Flora Bank.
Why did CEAA ask PNW LNG for more information?
Part of the regulatory process is gathering and responding to feedback from First Nations and the community. The environmental review process is an ongoing dialogue with the regulators. The request for more information was a response to questions and comments that were raised by local First Nations, the community and federal government scientists about the potential impacts on the marine environment near our proposed facility.
Why did PNW LNG conduct 3D modelling of Flora Bank?
We conducted 3D modelling because it simulates the real world and tests how man-made structures would interact with the environment. The purpose of our modelling was to analyze and understand the natural processes occurring on and around Flora Bank, and how, or if, they might be affected by the marine infrastructure. The model we used is an accurate, computerized representation of the regional coastal environment.
What did you learn from the modelling?
We learned that Flora Bank would remain naturally stable and the eelgrass on Flora Bank would remain healthy with our proposed marine structures. The modelling demonstrated that there would be small changes to the seabed immediately around the structures. With each progressive round of modelling, the predicted effects from the marine structures have been refined.
Will your marine infrastructure impact the eelgrass?
No. Based on our modelling, the eelgrass, fish and fish habitat on and around Flora Bank would remain healthy. The modelling results show minimal erosion and deposition immediately around the marine structures, which would be over 100 metres away from the nearest eelgrass beds.
Pacific NorthWest LNG is a proposed LNG facility on Lelu Island within the District of Port Edward, near Prince Rupert, on land administered by the Prince Rupert Port Authority. Designing the best possible project is important to us, which is why we’ve worked with the community and local First Nations to refine our marine infrastructure, particularly around Flora Bank. We understand that the eelgrass on Flora Bank supports fish and fish habitat. Our proposed suspension bridge minimizes marine infrastructure next to Flora Bank, and would connect to a trestle linking Lelu Island to the LNG carrier berths in naturally deep water in Chatham Sound.
An artist’s interpretation of what the LNG facility could look like once constructed.
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JanuaryPort Edward inks landmark deal with
Paci� c NorthWest LNG
Pacific NorthWest LNG announced a 25-year agreement-in-principle to support Port Edward infrastructure and services to the tune of $150 million.The landmark agreement guarantees the District of Port Edward $3.25 million each year and escalates over the life of the agreement. The $150 million will be paid out in the form of property taxes and front-end contributions by Pacific NorthWest LNG for district infrastructure improvements.
Three First Nations sign pipeline agreements
Three First Nations signed LNG pipeline benefit agreements with the province in December, moving forward the process of building TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline.
The Wet’suwet’en, Skin Tyee and Nee Tahi Buhn are the first three to sign agreements with the province.
FebruaryPathways to Success graduates celebrate
completion of program
With the support of BG Canada, Hecate Strait Employment Development Society, Aboriginal Mentoring and Training Association and the Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla First Nations, 14 aboriginal graduates are well on their way to filling high-paying jobs associated with LNG development. BG Canada sponsored 100 per cent of the program and the courses involve both academic components and skills training for its participants.
New Sawmill near Burns Lake
The Cheslatta Carrier Nation, located on the south shore of Francois Lake, is making plans to construct and operate a new sawmill in the Burns Lake area. Mike Robertson, Cheslatta Carrier Nation’s senior advisor, said the Cheslatta are moving forward to build the project at their industrial site at Ootsa Lake.
See Page 8
By Kevin CampbellMajor milestones achieved, projects started in 2015
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Coast BulliesSAAM SMIT Marine tugboats pushing the fl eet around
Front lineVanderhoof fi rst aid provider is out there
Land GiftFrom industry
to public access
Building B.C.Northwest’s AMS
leading the growth
JANUARY 2015 • VOL. 1, ISSUE 10
The win-win scenario
Thriving in the
Keep on Truckin’Smithers’ Bandstra Trucking stays a family affair
Ground Work2014 ends with high hopes for 2015 at Port Authority
Shape ShiftersVanderhoof sheet metal
company makes it an artform
Home SafeHouston Canfor’s No. 1 priority: A safe worker
FEBRUARY 2015 • VOL. 1, ISSUE 11 Learning today for real jobs tomorrow
Western Canada Marine Response getting ready
Burns Lake sawmill’s new approach to safety
Smithers’ one-stop shop for mineral industry
Terrace company has one of only seven in the world
MARCH 2015 • VOL. 1, ISSUE 12
Vanderhoof’s Avison’s way of doing business
APRIL 2015 • VOL. 2, ISSUE 1
Building Tomorrow
Green LightBrucejack Mine receives approval
Thrive NorthPartnership backing future entrepreneurs
Rock TalkSmithers mining
meet heads up high
LNG FirsthandPort Edward’s close look
at Malaysian operation
MAY 2015 • VOL. 2, ISSUE 2
Northwest B.C. projects back in the spotlightN h B C j b k i h li h
Connecting industry and cultureOne company’s work to protect Northwest B.C.’s
culturally and environmentally sensitive areas
Planning AheadKristoff Trucking meets a growing demand
Setting SailDelta Spirit departs as modernization winds down
Caring ContractorSize doesn’t matter for
Flintstone Mining
Business BoomIndustrial interest sparksTerrace business growth
JUNE 2015 • VOL. 2, ISSUE 3
Final spike opens Ridley Island to endless opprtunities
Fi l ik RRidl I l d tFi l ik RRRidl I l d t
Bucking TrendsPacifi c Timber having a big impact in Burns Lake
Industry InnovatorHy-Tech Drilling invention saves on water use in mining
Green PowerAltaGas opens three run-of-river projects
Feeding VarietyNechako Valley Feeds growsby mixing it up
JULY 2015 • VOL. 2, ISSUE 4
Pacifi c NorthWest LNG and LNG Canada
reach project milestones
Seeking SuccessSecond cohort completes Pathways training
Designing BusinessAlora Griffi n Architect brings keen eye to development
Tahltan AnniversaryDevelopment Corporation
refl ects on 30 years
Sitka LodgeCiveo secures worker
housing contract
AUGUST 2015 • VOL. 2, ISSUE 5
Rio Tinto Alcan celebrates modernization milestone
Pioneering CampLandSea Camp Services turns its attention to Port Edward
Mine ApprovedBrucejack Gold Mine given the green light
Fish FriendlyMount Milligan’s habitat compensation success
Thriving SuccessCatching up with the ThriveNorth winners
SEPTEMBER 2015 • VOL. 2, ISSUE 5
Smithers hosts B.C.’s best mine safety teams
Biomass BuildFraser Lake Sawmill turns waste into energy
Terminal SoldDP World completes Fairview Terminal purchase
Funding PartnersTransCanada, TRICORP provide money for Aboriginal training
Stewart SuccessNew shipping facility
offi cially opened
OCTOBER 2015 • VOL. 2, ISSUE 6
Mining takes centre stage
Safe StrategyVanderhoof’s New Gold celebrates safety milestone
Pipeline PlanningTransCanada looking to new technology
New ArrivalMaersk Line makes fi rst call at Fairview Terminal
Going GreenLake Babine Nation
bets on biomass
NOVEMBER 2015 • VOL. 2, ISSUE 7
Port’s PlansDiversity key to Port Authority success
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MarchPiping Industry college opens
in shuttered school
Thornhill Junior Secondary School, which was shuttered several years ago as a result of a declining student population, is now the home to a private training college. With a campus first in Kitimat and one now in Thornhill just outside Terrace, the UA Piping Industry College of B.C. runs specific classes and courses aimed at preparing participants for the early stages of careers in plumbing, sprinkler-fitting, steamfitting and welding. The college was started 25 years ago by piping industry unions as a way of training people for careers in those skilled trades.
Eagle Spirit Energy announces support
The company planning to build an oil export facility at Grassy Point near Lax Kw’alaams has garnered the backing of three Northwest First Nations. At a press conference in Calgary, Eagle Spirit Energy announced it had received declarations of support from Chief Dan George of the Ts’il Kaz Koh First Nation (Burns Lake Band), Chief Archie Patrick of the Stellat’en First Nation near Fraser Lake and two Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs: Larry Marsden and Art Mathews.
Rio Tinto announces completion of modernization project
Rio Tinto said Kitimat’s modernization will be complete in the first half of 2015. Overall for Rio Tinto’s 2014 performance, Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh said, “we have had a successful year of production, capped off with a robust fourth quarter.
AprilFairview expansion in place for
Port of Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert Port Authority president and CEO Don Krusel announced the largest single investment in the history of the Port of Prince Rupert – a $200 million expansion that would increase the capacity of Fairview Terminal to 1.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) by the end of 2017. Plans call for the addition of four cranes to create two separate berths. A 286-metre extension of the dock to create a total of 800 metres of crane-operated dockside and the creation of four rail tracks. The project started immediately and will create approximately 600 person years of employment with an average of 240 workers on-site over the length of the project.
West Coast Launch adds two vessels
Kvichak Marine delivered two all-aluminum 36.6’ Crew/Pilot Boats to West Coast Launch, Ltd. which operates year-round as a water transportation company in Prince Rupert. “Lelu and Kitson” will join the current five vessels already operating in their fleet.
Nisga’a readies workforce
Through a financial agreement with the federal government, Nisga’a Employment, Skills and Training (NEST) was established. NEST has its main office in New Aiyansh and smaller offices in Terrace and Prince Rupert. Aside from job training, it will also start people along the road to opening their own businesses.
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Over 140First Nations members found jobs through Pathways to Success in 2015.
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MayNorthwest gold mine receives
provincial approval
A provincial environment assessment certificate issued last month moves the US$747 million Brucejack gold mine 65 kilometres north of Stewart closer to fruition. Pretivm president and CEO Robert Quartermain said his Vancouver-based company would need 800-900 employees for construction. The mine itself would have 500 employees working over its minimum 16-year operating life. Construction is expected to be completed in 2017.
BG Canada commits $5 million to help young entrepreneurs
Futurpreneur Canada and BG Canada announced the launch of a collaborative business challenge with the partners committing to empower and enhance entrepreneurship opportunities for young people in Northwest B.C. by establishing a five-year partnership, and with a $5 million commitment from BG Canada.
Imperial Metals’ milestone
Imperial Metals’ Red Chris copper and gold mine had a lot of reason to celebrate with the loading of the first export ship from the port of Stewart and the signing of an agreement with the Tahltan First Nation. The agreement outlines plans to have Tahltan members account for as much as 40 per cent of the workforce while also being directly involved in the environmental monitoring of the mine, which is located near Iskut, B.C. Just before the announcement, the new carrier M/V Edward Oldendorff left Stewart with the first load from the mine.
JuneFairview Container Terminal makes
headlines
The Journal of Commerce released its list of the fastest growing container ports in North America and Prince Rupert’s Fairview Terminal sits alone at the top of the list of 25. Prince Rupert experienced a growth of 13.8 per cent in the number of loaded containers being handled, a number that just beats out the 11.23 per cent growth experienced by the Port of Manzanillo in Mexico and the 11.2 per cent growth experienced by Boston, Massachusetts.
Province, Pacific NorthWest LNG sign agreement
The provincial government and Pacific NorthWest LNG signed a project development agreement that both parties say moves the project closer to becoming a reality. The agreement, which includes a long-term royalty agreement, covers 2016 through to 2038.
Last spike driven into Road, Rail and Utility Corridor
The last spike was driven into the Road, Rail and Utility Corridor (RRUC). The $97 million project was completed on time and on budget after two years of construction by local contracting companies comprised of First Nations joint venture partnerships. “The RRUC is going to be Ridley Island’s backbone. It is the foundational piece of infrastructure that is going to allow the Port of Prince Rupert to grow and prosper for decades to come,” Port CEO Don Krusel said.
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PRETIVM IS ADVANCING ITS HIGH-GRADE GOLD BRUCEJACK PROJECT IN NORTHERN BC.
JulyPaci� c NorthWest LNG announces positive FID
Paci� c NorthWest LNG, the company planning to build an $11 billion terminal on Lelu Island in Port Edward, announced a conditional positive � nal investment decision (FID). � e � rst condition is the approval of the Project Development Agreement by the B.C. Legislature and the second is the granting of an environmental assessment permit from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.
AltaGas opens three hydroelectric projects
Nearly $1 billion of capital expenditure in northwestern B.C. was realized with the o� cial opening of three run-of-river power projects along the Iskut River. Developed by Calgary-based energy company AltaGas, the largest of the three – the Forrest Kerr facility at 195 megawatts – and the smallest – Volcano Creek, at 16 megawatts – began producing power while the 66-megawatt McLymont Creek facility is to be � nished this year. Power produced by the facilities is being sold to BC Hydro and fed into the provincial grid through a substation at Bob Quinn, the end point of BC Hydro’s Northwest Transmission Line.
Shipping record in Prince Rupert
A new world record was set in Prince Rupert when the M/V Popi S sailed away from Westview Terminal with almost 60,000 tons of wood pellets destined for Drax Power in the U.K. – the largest load of wood pellets shipped in the history of the industry. “Pinnacle is excited about its leadership in the use of panamaxes for wood pellets,” said Vaughan Bassett, Pinnacle’s senior vice-president of sales and logistics. “� ey are presently an under-utilized class of vessel, so this additional cargo option will suit shop owners, shippers and receivers alike.”
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World Record
MV Popi S
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AugustRio Tinto Alcan completes � rst pour
Rio Tinto Alcan produced its first hot metal in the modernized Kitiamt smelter. The company held a special celebration inside the site’s new cafeteria, dubbed Henning Hall in honour of company executive Paul Henning. Rio Tinto is hailing the milestone while also noting that they still have work to do to reach the ‘inauguration’, which will be the formal conclusion of all construction work, expected in 2016.
YXT traf� c soars
The Northwest Regional Airport based in Terrace is ramping up operations and preparing to meet new emergency standards. The airport’s traffic numbers have risen so high that it is obligated by federal regulations to provide an aircraft rescue and firefighting service. “Once we reach those levels of 180,000 [passengers] for those six-month periods, we then have one year to bring in the service,” said airport manager Carman Hendry. The addition of direct flights to and from Calgary this spring have put the airport into a higher regulatory category of landings and takeoffs so that a second firetruck will now be needed.
SeptemberBrucejack Mine project approved
A planned gold mine northwest of Stewart has now received the blessing of the federal government. Federal environment minister Leona Aglukkaq signed off on the Brucejack project, owned by Pretium Resources, following a federal environmental assessment that began two years ago. She further found the project met assessment standards laid down for the Nisga’a Nation in accordance with the provincial and federal governments.
Investment brings on-land radar to the North Coast
With the number of ships calling on the Port of Prince Rupert expected to grow substantially in the years ahead, the Prince Rupert Port Authority announced a $5 million partnership that will create a shore-based radar system to cover the waters of the North Coast. The project – which includes $2 million investment from both Western Economic Diversification Canada – will provide radar coverage 50 nautical miles west to the northern tip of Haida Gwaii and north beyond the Alaska border.
October DP World completes acquisition of
Fairview Terminal
DP World con� rmed the completed acquisition of Fairview Terminal in Prince Rupert. DP World chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem said the purchase was part of an aggressive expansion undertaken by the company. “In 2015, we have invested over $3.5 billion in acquisitions and expansionary capex, and this investment leaves us well-placed to capitalize on the signi� cant medium to long-term growth potential of this industry,” he said.
Stewart World Port open for business
A $70 million commercial wharf being billed as a gateway for goods and products in and out of northern B.C., the Yukon and northern Alberta was officially opened on Sept. 16. The Stewart World Port offers shippers a day-and-a-half shorter shipping time to-and-from Asia than southern port facilities. As well, Stewart is ice-free and that its harbour is very deep offers competitive advantages. In the shipping world the Stewart World Port is called a break bulk facility, handling goods and material that aren’t normally shipped in containers or in bulk such as grain.
TransCanada, TRICORP contribute funds to training program
TransCanada, the operators behind the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project and TRICORP (Prince Rupert Tribal Resources Investment Corporation) together announced a $250,000 partnership to offer skills development and training for Aboriginal people in northwestern B.C. through TransCanada’s Pathway to Pipelines Readiness program. TransCanada and TRICORP each contributing $50,000 in cash and in-kind contributions and the federal government also contributed funds.
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It’s open
Stewart World Port
NovemberNisga’a bene� t from $2.1 million
training program
Nisga’a citizens in Terrace, Prince Rupert and the Nass Valley are to bene� t from a $2.1 million training program over the next three years. � e goal is to train 215 Nisga’a for jobs within the ligue� ed natural gas industry, but skills learned can also apply elsewhere, said Gary Patsey of Nisga’a Employment Skills and Training (NEST), the Nisga’a Lisims Government agency which is to administer the program. Already more than 50 people have applied for training to earn a driver’s licence, considered one of the key � rst steps toward development. � e money comes from a provincial government skills training program and was announced in Terrace on Oct. 19.
Terrace building permits top $50 million
Two construction projects in October pushed the value of Terrace building permits issued to date to more than $50 million, a 10-year record. One is the � rst phase of a large multi-family residential development on the bench now breaking ground and the other is an addition and renovation of a business on Park Ave. downtown. Seven townhomes in two duplexes and one triplex now under construction by Vancouver developer SwissReal carry a value of $1.4 million.
Terrace city council endorses TransCanada pipeline
The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project, a TransCanada pipeline that would bring liquefied natural gas from Northeastern B.C. to Pacific NorthWest LNG’s Lelu Island terminal, has been finding major backing in the past few months. Councillors for the City of Terrace voted to write a letter of support for the pipeline and the terminal.
“It’s a wholesale endorsement. You can’t have a pipeline if you’re not going to have an upstream and downstream. It wouldn’t make sense to support just a pipeline,” said Terrace Mayor Carol Leclerc.
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New Gold Safe
Vanderhoof operation celebrates 500,000 safe working hours
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DecemberSmithers and Telkwa businesses making a
wholesale change
Family businesses in the Bulkley Valley captured attention for a wholesale change to their business models.
Chris Morsund and his mother Leslee, took their small Smithers pizzeria and hit the wholesale market packaging their fresh pizzas for sale in regional markets. But the Morsunds weren’t the only ones in the Smithers-Telkwa area to look regionally rather than just their hometowns. Holger Rudolph of Rudolph’s Pure Sausage and Sheona Sikkes of Paul’s Bakery have also made in-roads with their product being stocked by Overwaitea.
David Black’s clean re� nery project unfazed by Enbridge prognosis
B.C. oil refinery proponent David Black says his $22 billion proposal won’t die with the apparently thwarted Northern Gateway pipeline – he aims to bring oil sands bitumen across northern B.C. by train instead.
He said tanker exports of refined fuel would be less damaging than a spill of crude or bitumen at sea.
Smithers licensee does it right
Canfor’s planning and forestry activities received passing grades following an audit by Forest Practices Board. Canfor, which conducted the practices on behalf of Smithers forest licencee Lowell A. Johnson, were found to be in compliance by the independent forestry watchdog. Auditors examined operational planning, timber harvesting, road construction, deactivation and maintenance, silviculture and fire protection activities carried out between Oct. 1, 2013 and Oct. 9, 2015.
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LNG Alliance president delivered a message of patience and optimism
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Kitimat’s sky held back the afternoon rains just long enough for a smooth — and dry — celebration at the grounds of LNG Canada’s
proposed liquefaction plant.Guests and executives were shuttled to an out-of-the-
way clearing, adjacent to a scenic creek and near the railroad tracks that lead to the Kitimat wharves, where Marc Maeseele, LNG Canada’s construction project manager, formally announced that the company was commencing site preparation work for the project.
In total, the pricetag for LNG Canada has been estimated as high as $40 or $50 billion. The commencement of work in Kitimat, at this point, doesn’t mean a final investment decision by the company’s partners. That is, a river of billions of dollars is not starting to pour in to Kitimat right away.
That said, the early work taking place in Kitimat is a crucial step toward being ready should the investors pull the trigger on the starting pistol for the project in 2016.
The company has said they expect a final investment decision to be made by the first half of 2016.
Until then there will be a fluctuation of few hundred people in Kitimat to do work.
That work, said Maeseele, includes things like removing top soil, developing roads, and land clearing.
At the start of December there were about 120 people working on the LNG Canada site.
That number could rise to around 300, he said.The commencement of early works was celebrated
with words at the company’s on-site ceremony from Kitimat’s mayor and representatives from the Haisla Nation Council.
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Final investment decision on $40-50 billion project
expected in � rst half of 2016
Shovels in the GROUND
By Cameron OrrLNG Canada begins site preparation in Kitimat
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LNG Canada has been at work consulting the community and doing its ground studies at the site for months, if not years, to this point. Even with just a few hundred people, the company has taken pains to ensure they won’t have any negative impact on the community.
Maeseele said the company spoke at length with the District of Kitimat and through community members with their Community Advisory Group to discuss transportation issues. That includes how to operate a
shuttle service down to its route and schedule.The company has also been cognizant of residential
pressures on the community from other projects and has followed through on the feedback by securing a large number of new housing options for its workers.
Namely, LNG Canada has leased bed space at Civeo’s Sitka Lodge worker accommodation facility located near downtown Kitimat and has also leased out an entire apartment building from the soon-to-be completed
Haisla Town Centre’s first phase.A planned townhouse complex in Kitimat’s Whitesail
neighbourhood will also house people associated with LNG Canada.
Maeseele says the company’s ambition is to have almost everyone working on the project to be placed in housing, rather than having people finding their own housing in the community. That scenario had been a driving factor that significantly raised rental costs in Kitimat over the
past several years. Their employees will also use company transportation to reduce the number of vehicles on the road.
Maeseele notes that the work at the site now won’t result in permanent structures being built, but if an FID does come through in 2016 that will also mark the start of true construction of permanent facilities at their site. Guests at the opening included B.C. Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon, who was on a tour of northern B.C.
LNG Canada already working on housing employees
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LNG Canada has been at work consulting the community and doing its ground studies at the site for months, if not years, to this point. Even with just a few hundred people, the company has taken pains to ensure they won’t have any negative impact on the community.
Maeseele said the company spoke at length with the District of Kitimat and through community members with their Community Advisory Group to discuss transportation issues. That includes how to operate a
shuttle service down to its route and schedule.The company has also been cognizant of residential
pressures on the community from other projects and has followed through on the feedback by securing a large number of new housing options for its workers.
Namely, LNG Canada has leased bed space at Civeo’s Sitka Lodge worker accommodation facility located near downtown Kitimat and has also leased out an entire apartment building from the soon-to-be completed
Haisla Town Centre’s first phase.A planned townhouse complex in Kitimat’s Whitesail
neighbourhood will also house people associated with LNG Canada.
Maeseele says the company’s ambition is to have almost everyone working on the project to be placed in housing, rather than having people finding their own housing in the community. That scenario had been a driving factor that significantly raised rental costs in Kitimat over the
past several years. Their employees will also use company transportation to reduce the number of vehicles on the road.
Maeseele notes that the work at the site now won’t result in permanent structures being built, but if an FID does come through in 2016 that will also mark the start of true construction of permanent facilities at their site. Guests at the opening included B.C. Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon, who was on a tour of northern B.C.
LNG Canada already working on housing employees
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The City of Prince Rupert is jumping into the global shipping fray headfirst.
Although, it may take them a few years to get oriented.
This past month and up until the end of 2015, Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain and council’s grand vision, dubbed ‘Hays 2.0’, after Prince Rupert’s founder Melville B. Hays, who died on the Titanic following a return trip from England to secure funding to turn Prince Rupert into the world’s next great port city, has been receiving feedback on the all-encompassing 25-50 year plan for the North Coast city.
The grand new vision outlines everything from the Alaska Marine Highway System potential redesign, to updating First Nations partnerships, to its main component of situating Prince Rupert as a global transshipping hub (transshipping is the transfer of cargo from one ship to another) between Asia and Europe by using both the developing Northwest Passage and Northern Sea Route.
The beginnings of Hays 2.0 is already beginning to take shape in its extremely early stages.
The Prince Rupert Airport, located on Digby Island and just off of Kaien Island where Prince Rupert is situated, is receiving upgrades and sidewalks in the heart of downtown Prince Rupert are being torn up over the next five years and being replaced with modern sidewalks, often in an updated style featuring jut-out crosswalks and a child-friendly design.
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“Having an even larger ambition to be a conduit - a gate to the world - I think will be very, very welcome.”
- Nathan Cullen
Prince Rupert’s
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By Kevin CampbellPrince Rupert city council announces Hays 2.0
A 72-unit, eight-storey condominium and accompanying medical building was just approved by city council to be built right on the waterfront downtown, providing much-needed housing relief for seniors or anyone looking to downgrade from their detached houses to something smaller.
DP World, the owner of Fairview Container Terminal within the Port of Prince Rupert, has just released its plans for a feasibility study that would expand the terminal to handle between 2 and 2.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) from its current cap of 850,000 TEUs.
While obviously not all of this is the work of the City, progress on Hays 2.0 can clearly be seen as 2015 neared its end in the Prince Rupert area.
“Every council and mayor who comes into Prince Rupert will be able to just keep adding to the vision. There’s something here for everyone,” said Mayor Brain in November.
The plan received applause from Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen, who mentioned that as Prince Rupert experiences generational changes in terms of its core industry (from the now shut down Prince Rupert Mill and the closed salmon cannery lines at Canfisco to the Port of Prince Rupert’s diverse host of terminals shipping everything from wood pellets to containters) it’s necessary for leadership to have a long-term goal to work toward.
“It’s really great to see a community that’s willing to put some plans down and say ‘This is where we want to be’ and recognize its natural advantages. Shortening shipping times has been a big reason for the success of the container port in Prince Rupert. Having an even larger ambition to be a conduit – a gate to the world – I think will be very, very welcome,” said Cullen in late November.
The Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce’s president Rosa Miller also weighed in with the chamber’s support.
“In 20 years time when the Prince Rupert to Rotterdam route is fully established, people will look back to today’s ability to dare to dream big with pride and thank those who helped to make those dreams a reality,” said Miller.
The meat ofHAYS 2.0
• A future-oriented vision that promotes economic resilience, protecting the natural envioronment and enhance the collective quality of life;
• Includes five components: 2030 Sustainable City, First Nations Partnerships, Re:Build Rupert, Becoming a Global Community and Re:Design Rupert;
• Is based on Prince Rupert founder Charles Hays’ vision to make the city a northwest terminus for the North American rail system, as well as a metropolitan global shipping hub;
• Establishing a global community by making Prince Rupert a global trade and transshipping hub – the position of the city makes regular access to Russia and Europe nine-to-12 days shorter in sailing time in relation to existing shipping routes such as the Panama Canal;
• CN Rail’s connection distribution to Toronto, Chicago and as far as the Gulf of Mexico can be utilized in the transshipping model;
• Explores the potential of moving the Alaska Marine Highway System to Lax Kw’alaams as part of the Tsimshian Peninsula Access Project – a transportation link via ferry and road connecting Lax Kw’alaams, Metlakatla, the Prince Rupert Airport and Prince Rupert;
• Seek formal partnerships with area First Nations• Re:Build Rupert – address a $300 million
infrastructure deficit through repairs, upgrades and fund-seeking;
• Re:Design Rupert – an 18-month civic engagement process that aims to gather public input and feedback around the design of a 21st-century Prince Rupert;
• 2030 Sustainable City – showcasing the balance between the realities of climate change, keeping sustainable living spaces and developing responsible economic, industrious growth.
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CN partners with stewardship society to improve � sh passage
Partnering with the Nechako Environment and Water Stewardship Society (NEWSS), the Canadian National Railway Company (CN)
installed a new customized culvert to improve fish passage to upstream habitats at its rail crossing over Stoney Creek.
To put in place the pre-assembled culvert measuring three metres in diameter, crews diverted the creek around the working area for the day, as well as temporarily removing the track and an embankment portion, CN spokesperson Kate Fenske said.
Environmental monitors were on site during construction to provide technical direction, diverting flow and salvaging fish from the work area, Fenske added.
“The collected fish were then released downstream unharmed,” she said, adding that in the weeks after the culvert installation, crews also built an in-stream rock weir to stabilize the creek’s banks and remove debris upstream of the new culvert.
CN completes a fish passage restoration project in Western Canada each year to restore or improve fish access to habitat upstream of the CN track, Fenske said.
Initiated by NEWSS and with two years of planning, the culvert replacement project involved the company
shutting down the rail line for 16 hours, said NEWSS director Wayne Salewski.
“It’s amazing they got it done in that short period of time, but it’s a beautiful fish passage/culvert now,” Salewski said. “They made plunge pools on both sides of it, they created a weir, to the help the fish … it’s better than it’s been in 50 years.
He added, “As a large corporation with a lot of responsibility to their customers, they don’t take this lightly.”
The rail company will return next year to conduct fish monitoring, as well as plant trees and shrubs along the land by the creek, Salewski said.
“Their staff on this project has been amazing, very efficient,” he said. “It’s a good relationship with CN.”
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“As a large corporation ... they don’t take this lightly.”
- Wayne Salewski
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The culvert installation was the society’s sixth Stoney Creek project in the last two years — NEWSS and its partners, including CN — have spent more than $600,000 in restoration and improvement so far
on the creek, Salewski added.Another project for Stoney Creek will take place
soon, as crews build winter habitat near Vanderhoof ’s pedestrian bridge over the creek.
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The provincial government is providing $30,000 to Wet’suwet’en First Nation (WFN) to support the community’s examination of clean energy
opportunities within its traditional territory.The examination will help determine how clean
energy projects can provide a source of revenue and create employment opportunities for WFN. In addition, the plan will study the community’s energy use and total greenhouse gas emissions and provide options to reduce community energy use.
Chief Karen Ogen said clean energy initiatives align with WFN’s goal of preserving and maintaining the environment.
“Wet’suwet’en First Nation is committed to ensuring we balance our environmental concerns with any future energy projects we might pursue in our traditional territory,” she said. “This funding will help us explore some of the clean energy options that might be available.”
The funding provided to WTF is part of B.C.’ First Nations clean energy business fund. Since 2011, more than 100 Aboriginal communities have benefited from
$6.9 million in funding through this program.John Rustad, MLA for Nechako Lakes, said this
funding helps First Nations communities explore a variety of potential benefits, including reduced power consumption, job creation, and new revenue sources from clean energy development.
According to the provincial government, the clean energy technology industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in B.C., with more than 200 organizations, 68 per cent of which were formed in the past decade.
“This funding will help us explore some of the clean
energy optiobs that might be available.”
- Chief Karen Ogen
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A Northwest B.C. legend in the world of mining, Hans Smit will be recognized for his decades of contributions to the mineral industry by the
Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) British Columbia.
Smit and his mining colleagues Jerry Asp and Barry Price will be presented the award at The AME BC Awards Celebration of Excellence Gala on January 27 during the Mineral Exploration Roundup 2016 conference in Vancouver.
“I was surprised and honoured,” said Smit.The award is chosen by all the past chairs and
presidents of the AME. Current chair David McLelland did not get to vote, but he was less surprised at Smit’s winning.
“It’s for people they believe have done the most volunteer work for the forwarding of our sector and our association,” explained McLelland.
“He’s very widely known in our community, and he is very prolific in his advocacy and in his example at mentorship. And those things are critical. It’s important to … set a high example of the character and ethics of
our industry and our membership.”Smit graduated from university in 1984 as a geologist,
but was already in the field as a helper for several years.“And then I started working basically as a junior
geologist: exploration, running drills, logging core, and still do some of that. But also I do management of junior companies,” said Smit.
He recently returned from Mexico, where most of his work has been the last ten years. Smit does still believe strongly in creating local jobs with local projects in northern B.C.
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It’s important to ... set a high example of character and
ethics of our industry and our membership.”
- David McLelland
Telkwa mining
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Hans Smit to be recognized for career in geology
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“I’ve got a project in a private company that’s outside of Prince George that we’ve drilled, and I worked on various projects over the years including the Red Mountain Project by Stewart and Swamp Point gravel pit south of Stewart – also in the Yukon quite a bit and Alaska,” said Smit.
He reminded that the award was not so much about his day-to-day work.
“It’s [because] I believe strongly the mineral industry can help communities economically and socially, because it’s providing jobs. But it doesn’t work if all those jobs are all filled by people from somewhere else or if all the commodities are being bought from Vancouver and being trucked to Smithers, that doesn’t help as much as if people buy stuff in Smithers,” said Smit.
The current president of Minerals North for a couple decades, Smit is bringing the annual event to Smithers and his hometown of Telkwa in May.
“I’ve been a strong supporter of that and one of the instigators, and really trying to get mining industries and communities to discuss more so you can maximize the benefits, which are about jobs and economics, and try to minimize the [negative] impacts industry has,” said Smit.
“The industry is an evolving project but is much more responsive than say 20 years ago.”
Smit had a hand in shaping the industry’s past, is shaping the present, and is helping shape its future as
the chair of the an advisory committee to the School of Exploration and Mining at Northwest Community College in Smithers. The committee helps the college decide what goes into the course and how it is taught.
“Should that course be taught, how we connect with companies; the idea being that if the college teaches things that industry needs people for, it works really well because people get hired,” said Smit.
While exploration is down, Smit said mining is still an economic driver for the Northwest with new mines like Pretivm’s Brucejack mine opening. He himself sees this as an opportune time to invest in the industry.
“Quite honestly, investing in a junior company is one of the riskiest investments you can ever make. High risk, high reward. People who are worried about their bank stocks are not going to invest in junior mining.
“It’s cyclic, always has been, and we just started a new company because we figure now’s the time to start it – at the bottom when people need investment when nobody else is looking. The deals are better, you can get a driller better, you can get the best people the easiest. Right now I’m very actively looking in North America … to try to find a project to start funding,” said Smit, who still loves getting his hands dirty.
“The fun part of this job is I get to go to Toronto with a suit and tie, but I also just spent three days in the field with a Mexican geologist and the helper and ranchers sitting out and eating barbecued meat on a little ranch,” said Smit.
Hans Smit at Minerals North in Vanderhoof 2014
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� ese days, Prince Rupert is synonymous with progress.Just as a ‘Phase 2’ northward expansion is currently
underway by the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) and DP World for the Fairview Container Terminal which will raise the terminal’s capacity to 1.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) upon completion in 2017, the two organizations announced Monday that they will be conducting a ‘Phase 2 South’ Feasibility Study.
� at expansion would raise the terminal’s capacity from 1.3 million TEUs to between 2 and 2.5 million TEUs.
In a release sent out by the PRPA and DP World, the Feasibility Study includes DP World examining cur-rent marine liner services and container volume growth forecasts for trans-Paci� c trade on the west coast. � e owner-operator DP World would “weigh demand for activation of Fairview’s Phase 2 South expansion to align the project schedule with market demand”.
“Phase 2 South ... would provide capacity to meet Can-
ada’s Paci� c container terminal capacity requirements for decades to come in a cost-e� ective and environmentally responsible manner,” said Maksim Mihic, DP World Can-ada group general manager, who signed the agreement for the feasibility study with Don Krusel, PRPA president and CEO on Sunday.
“� e growth in tra� c at the Fairview Terminal, North America’s fastest-growing intermodal gateway, has been a validation of the Prince Rupert advantages in trans-Paci� c shipping. We are pleased to see DP World ready to seize those advantages and move forward with planning the terminal’s continued expansion,” Krusel said.
Government of Canada approval and environmental assessment certi� cation was received for Phase 2 South expansionary action in 2012.
By Nov. 30, 718,815 TEUs had been shipped through the terminal, one of North America’s fastest-growing, which signi� es a year-to-date growth of over 29 per cent
By Kevin Campbell
Just as a ‘Phase 2’ northward expansion is current-ly underway by the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) and DP World for the Fairview Container
Terminal, which will raise the terminal’s capacity to 1.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) upon completion in 2017, the two organizations announced that they will be conducting a ‘Phase 2 South’ Feasibility Study.
� at expansion would raise the terminal’s capacity from 1.3 million TEUs to between 2 and 2.5 million TEUs.
In a release sent out by the PRPA and DP World, the Feasibility Study includes DP World examining current marine liner services and container volume growth forecasts for trans-Paci� c trade on the west coast. � e owner-operator DP World would “weigh demand for activation of Fairview’s Phase 2 South expansion to align the project schedule with market demand”.
“Phase 2 South ... would provide capacity to meet Can-ada’s Paci� c container terminal capacity requirements for decades to come in a cost-e� ective and environmentally responsible manner,” said Maksim Mihic, DP World Canada group general manager, who signed the agree-ment for the feasibility study with Don Krusel, PRPA president and CEO on Sunday.
“� e growth in tra� c at the Fairview Terminal, North America’s fastest-growing intermodal gateway, has been a validation of the Prince Rupert advantages in trans-Pa-ci� c shipping. We are pleased to see DP World ready to seize those advantages and move forward with planning the terminal’s continued expansion,” Krusel said.
Government of Canada approval and environmental assessment certi� cation was received for Phase 2 South expansionary action in 2012.
By Nov. 30, 718,815 TEUs had been shipped through the terminal, one of North America’s fastest-growing, which signi� es a year-to-date growth of more than 29 per cent over 2014.
Next PHASE?North America’s fastest growing terminal may grow even faster
At first it might seem odd that the author of a book on how to do business in the north was promoting it in the north.
Not so, says Ramona Materi, West Vancouver consultant and author of the new book, British Columbia’s New North: How to Build Your Business, Respect Communities – and Prosper. She was in Terrace recently doing that very thing.
People in the northwest may not be fully aware of what is going on in the northeast and vice versa, says Materi of snapshots of northern BC activity that are contained in the book.
“Most people are aware of the large projects, LNG, if you will, and Site C, but there are also smaller ones,” she said listing a few like a gasoline processing plant near Chetwynd and the $800 million Brucejack gold mine being developed by Pretivm Resources near Stewart.
She says businesses need to consider all circumstances when making investment decisions.
“To use a baseball analogy, you may not hit a homerun every time, but a single can be just as valuable,” Materi said of business investments.
Aside from those snapshots of economic activity, Materi hopes other sections of the 222-page book offer insights for even well-established business people as well as people from other areas who might be drawn to the north because of its business opportunities.
There are chapters on the north’s aboriginal
population, concentrating on their economic history and, crucially, the growing involvement of aboriginal people and companies in current economic development. There is also information on the use of temporary foreign workers.
Materi is president of Ingenia Consulting, which offers advice on workforce and economic development, and has been coming to the north since 2011.
Through her work with the company, which included providing some of the early-on human resource information for BC Hydro’s Northwest Transmission Line, Materi discovered there was no one single ‘how-to’ publication for businesspeople.
“I saw gaps in the information out there for businesses,” said Materi of why she wrote her ‘how-to’ manual. “People told me there just wasn’t anything like that.”
To fill that gap, Materi includes some up-close knowledge of specific issues, including sections based on input from a stable of northerners with the needed expertise.
For readers who have never lived in the north, Materi offers advice on travelling and day-to-day activities, including 21 tips for first-timers to the north to absorb.
The first tip – get going, says Materi in adding that land, for example, in Fort St. John is becoming increasingly expensive.
The last tip – be adventurous and have fun at what you’re doing, Materi advises.
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� e province of B.C. has signalled they want to ensure more First Nations members will have the skills they need to take advantage of job opportunities, especially in the emerging LNG industry, with the announcement in Burns Lake of $365,684 in funding.
� e focus of the program named “NIS TS’EDILH - We Are Moving Forward,” will provide two new Aboriginal skills training programs for members of the Tsil Kaz Koh (Burns Lake Band), the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, Skin Tyee First Nation, and Nee-Tahi-Buhn Indian Band.
One of the programs will provide 50 participants from the Tsil Kaz Koh and Wet’suwet’en First Nation commu-nities with trades-related training. � e bridging to trades component of the program includes in-classroom instruc-tion, as well as hands-on training. � e initial classroom time will provide safety certi� cations, essential skills and career awareness training.
� e hands-on training includes eight weeks of practi-cal shop time, one week of blended experience across � ve construction and mechanical trades. Additional classroom time will provide participants with information about trades opportunities and familiarize them with the ap-prenticeship system. � e program will be delivered by the College of New Caledonia.
An additional $396,762 is being invested in a sev-en-month program that will provide an opportunity for 60 participants from the Skin Tyee and Nee-Tahi-Buhn communities to pursue post-secondary opportunities and meaningful careers in environmental sciences while remaining in their communities.
� e program includes “Stepping Stones”, a certi� cate component with six courses in community-based project planning and foundational skills for project implementa-tion. An environmental � eld assistant component includes training in wildlife, land and water monitoring. Essential skills in areas such as oral communications, document use and digital technology are also provided.
Provincial funding for these programs is provided through the Aboriginal Skills Training Development Fund which is investing up to $30 million over the next three years for new Aboriginal skills training projects and part-nerships.
O� ering community-driven skills training is one part of the Province’s e� orts to include First Nations communities and Aboriginal people in new LNG sector opportunities. B.C. is also working with First Nations communities on environmental stewardship priorities and � nancial bene� ts agreements.
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The District of Houston is looking for a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment to assume the role of Corporate Services Officer.
Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Corporate Services Officer is responsible for corporate administration as stated under Section 148 of the Community Charter. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated professional with excellent written and verbal communication skills, have a working knowledge of local government legislation and procedures along with education and experience relative to this position. An ability to maintain positive relations with the public, coworkers, various committees, Council and senior levels of government is essential.
As a dynamic, self-motivated individual this position will be a key member of the senior management team committed to achieving the goals and objectives as set by Mayor and Council. Public communication and open government transparency are important to the District and the Corporate Services Officer will be responsible for producing and overseeing all communications including print publications.
You will have a good understanding of parliamentary procedures, and BC Municipal Legislation including the Community Charter, Local Government Act, Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act and Robert’s Rules of Order. The position is also responsible for Civic and School Board Elections and the Board of Variance.
The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree in public administration, a certificate in Local Government Administration or a minimum of five (5) years experience at the corporate officer level.
This position offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a letter of interest, detailed resume, and references
by 4:00 pm on Friday, January 29, 2016 to:
Attn: Michael D. Glavin, CAO, District of Houston3367 – 12th , PO Box 370, Houston, BC V0J 1Z0
The District of Houston requires all positions undergo a Criminal Record Check. We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position and advise that only candidates selected for interviews
will be contacted
The First Nations Framework for Land Management allows First Nations to opt out of land related sections of the Indian Act thereby enabling us to manage our reserve lands under an overarching Haisla Land Code. The Haisla Land Code was ratified by the community last year. We are seeking someone who is qualified as a Lands Administrator or is likely to be qualified for the role by April 1, 2016.
Full details can be found on: http://www.haisla.ca/council/job-opportunities/Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume along with three references to:Stephanie McClure, Human Resources ManagerHaisla Nation CouncilHaisla PO Box 1101, Kitamaat Village, BC, V0T 2B0Fax (250) 632-2840Email: [email protected]
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only
those short-listed will be contacted.
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