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Vol. 35 No. 06Serving Vanderhoof ● Fort Fraser ● Fraser Lake & Area
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House fire on Mapes RoadOn April 1 there was a house fi re
on Mapes Road east of Vanderhoof. Owners Linda Urquhart, son Der-
ek and Don Kippan lost their home and, other than two photo albums and a couple of pictures, everything else was lost. They managed to save two dogs and one cat but Derek lost his corn snake and lizard.
The fi re started from burning gar-bage outside and got into the grass at
the back of the house. Linda and Don had styrofoam up getting ready to do the siding of the home and the fi re traveled up and into the roof blowing a window out.
This is when Linda knew the house was on fi re, she yelled for ev-eryone to get out. The house was fl at-tened within an hour.
Don, Linda and Derek would like to thank everyone that came to help,
a couple of phone calls later 40 peo-ple showed up. They are out of the Vanderhoof fi re area. A kitchen show was held April 3 at Mapes Hall for the family. Linda stressed they were happy everyone was safe and what a wonderful community Vanderhoof is.
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Vanderhoof users will have fi rst call on the district’s new portable stage and wash-rooms
At the March 26 meet-ing, council adopted a policy on the use of the facilities, as presented by deputy admin-istrator Tom Clement. The policy sees two types of us-ers: those eligible for free use and those which have to pay a fee for use. It also establishes when council approval is re-quired by a group, as well as some general provisions for all users.
Service groups or non-profi t organizations located within the district will be granted free use without council approval on a fi rst come, fi rst served basis. That use includes set-up and take-down. If the group is using the facilities outside River-side Park, it will be respon-sible for ensuring a power supply compatible with the equipment.
Any other organization or group operating in the dis-trict, or individuals residing in Vanderhoof, may apply to use the facilities for events in the municipal boundaries, but council will have to approve the request.
An organization, group or person can also request use of the stage outside the munici-pal boundaries with council approval.
Any applicants who do not qualify for free use are responsible for the rental fees as set out in the policy as well as costs associated with the electrical requirements, sound technician and sound set-up. District employees
will be responsible for the set-up and take-down of the equipment in all cases.
All users are required to have liability insurance, sub-mit a damage deposit, and provide security while the stage is set up.
Walk for JusticeThe new policy on the use
of the portable stage got its fi rst use later in the meeting, when a group looking to hold a Walk for Justice requested its use.
In a letter to council, Cathy Malo said she was holding the Walk for Justice - An Ear to Hear and Death to Violence event on April 28.
“I am hoping to have guest speakers attend this event to talk about drugs and violence,” the letter said, “and how we can start to educate people and children of the dangerous people destroy-ing the lives of our families with missing and murdered people.”
The walk will start at noon in the area of the ball dia-monds, go over the overpass, down Highway 16 to Burrard Avenue, along Burrard to Stewart Street and back to the ball diamonds.
In presenting a report to council, deputy administra-tor Tom Clement noted that closing Recreation Avenue could present problems for emergency vehicles, if they were required. He suggested the walk only use half of Rec-reation Avenue.
Council approved the use of the portable stage for the event at no charge, and also moved to waive the damage deposit.
Stage and washrooms available to groups
House flattened within an hour.Photo by Betty Johnson
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Time: 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. When: Sunday, April 22
We will be making electrical system improvements in the Fraser Lake area on Sunday, April 22. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately 6 hours, from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
The area affected is Fraser Lake and area from Spiller Road along Highway 16 on the east side to Butler Road on the west side of the community and all side roads in between including Francois Lake Road, Stella Road, Lily Lake Road and Endako Mine Road. The Endako mine is not affected by this outage.
To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, please unplug all electronics, such as TVs, PVRs, DVD players and computers. Please also turn off all lights, electric heaters and major appliances, such as your clothes or dishwasher, dryer or oven. (Your fridge and freezer will keep food cold during the outage, provided you keep the doors closed.)
For the first hour after the power comes back on, please plug in or turn on only what you really need. This will help ensure the electrical system does not get overloaded.
We are sorry for the inconvenience. We will restore your power as soon as we can.
Prepare for outages and stay informed by visiting bchydro.com/outages or bchydro.com/mobile from your handheld device. Please call 1 888 POWERON (1 888 769 3766) if you experience any electrical difficulties or for more information.
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Mount Milligan Mine is looking at opening up their environmental as-sessment (EA) to make some changes.
One change they would like to make would be to apply to maintain a camp on the mine site during the operational phase.
According to Jocelyn Fraser, director of cor-porate responsibility for Thompson Creek, the need to reopen the EA is due to changes in com-mute times due to poor road conditions.
The company expected the commute would take one hour to one hour and fi fteen minutes, but it has been taking signifi cantly longer and it may mean asking people to commit to a 15- or 16-hour day.
There was no sugges-tion to change shift sched-ules, however.
During their appli-cation process Fraser said they have had some people say they are not wanting to do such a long commute.
The change would also allow the mine to expand their employee catchment area to Prince George, Fraser Lake and Vander-hoof.
They still feel the four-on, four-off schedule would keep the labour in the region, as it wouldn’t allow for travel from other parts of the country or province.
“One of the big is-sues right now is there’s a shortage of skilled labour,” said Fraser. “It’s defi nitely
a job-seeker’s market.”The mine is also hop-
ing to change another as-pect in its original plan, the load-out location, which was planned and approved to be located in Fort St. James, but would still need to be constructed.
At the time of applica-tion, the load-out facility in Mackenzie was being used to capacity by Kemess Mine and the road from the mine site to Macken-zie was not up to grade for loaded ore trucks, accord-ing to Fraser.
Both those situations have now changed, and she said Mount Milligan would like to examine this option.
“We think it makes sense to take a look at using some of the exist-ing infrastructure on the Mackenzie side,” said Fraser.
In addition, using the road between Mackenzie and Mount Milligan for the ore-hauling would keep the ore trucks off of public roads, while haul-ing the ore to Fort St. James would require driv-ing down the North Road from the Rainbow Road to the Tachie Road.
“We have to take a long-term look at what the road usage would be like based on what cut patterns are and all the rest,” said Fraser.
The fi rst step will be for Thompson Creek Met-als to put a letter forward to the Environmental As-sessment Offi ce to start the process.
Mayor Rob MacDou-gall said the maintenance of a camp during the op-
erational phase is not what the community supported.
The load-out chang-ing to Mackenzie is also a concern for himself and council.
“I guess from a busi-ness point of view … that’s fi ne,” he said. “But we supported the idea of the load-out here because it would have involved probably 20 full-time, long-term jobs and we’re struggling to replace the job loss that we experi-enced from Stuart Lake Lumber where there was plus or minus 150 workers that were out of work.”
Fraser said she will continue discussions with both Mayor MacDougall as well as the Mackenzie mayor and the commu-nity.
“It’s early in the pro-cess and we don’t have answers to all the ques-tions but we felt it’s better to start talking to people early on about what we’re thinking,” she said.
Fraser also pointed out the added opportunity for continued service jobs at a camp.
They are now looking at design and logistical possibilities for the po-tential 300-person camp, but she said they are still going to offer the option for employees to live in Fort St. James or Mack-enzie, and are continuing work on housing develop-ments.
The 12 townhouse units in Fort St. James will be available soon, as will 18 modular units in Mack-enzie.
The mine is also still
continuing work on the 50-lot development in Fort St. James. They already have two single-family resi-dences in Fort St. James and a 23-lot subdivision in
Mackenzie.Mount Milligan still
anticipates being opera-tional by the third quarter of 2013, with full produc-tion by 2014.
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RCMP Report
On March 26, 2012 Vanderhoof RCMP had a bicycle surrendered to them at the Vander-hoof Detachment. The complainant stated that it was a lost bicycle they had found. The bi-cycle is described as a 21 speed Cyclone Tri-umph. If you recognize this bike to be yours, please phone Vander-hoof RCMP at 250-567-2222.
Nechako Valley Community Services Society
Bottle DriveTuesday, April 10 - Thursday, April 12
Proceeds will be used to help fund our trip to Victoria to participate in Operations Trackshoes
a sports festival for the citizens of British Columbia who have a developmental disability.
We will be canvassing your neighbourhood during the afternoons and early evenings of the week of April 10 to April 12. If we miss you and you would like to donate, please drop your bottles off at our offi ce at 137 Victoria Street West or call 250-567-9205 and we will pick them up from your home.
This unique sports festival for people with developmen-tal disabilities is celebrating its 42nd year and offers a full length competitive track and fi eld meet, a number of family picnic type games, swimming, softball, basketball, dances, concerts and banquets. Starting Friday June 8 to Sunday June 10, 2012 partici-pants of any age (generally not younger than 6 years old) up to older adults are welcome. Com-petitors participate against others their own age.
Competitors are matched with individuals who, in a role similar to camp counsellors, provide sup-port, assistance and friendship.
Relationship building is a key ele-ment of this role and we try to en-sure that the number of counsellors is great enough to allow maximum opportunities for fun and interac-tion. Some of the sporting activities are open to counsellors as well, and everyone participates in the leisure and social activities together.
Nechako Valley Community Services Society is holding a bottle drive to raise funds for members to participate in Operation Trackshoes on June 8. The bottle drive will be in your neighbourhood April 10 to April 12 but if we have missed you please drop off any bottles at 137 Victoria Street West or call 250-567-9205 for pick-up.
Operation Trackshoes
The newest contin-gent of Katimavik youth arrived in town last week, fresh off of three months of volunteer work in Gatineau, Quebec. They arrived in Vanderhoof on March 28th and will be here for three months contributing their helping hands and enthusiasm to the community.
Kimberly Lipscombe, who is currently leading the Katimavik youth in Vanderhoof, is looking forward to a positive ex-perience for the volun-teers this rotation. “There are some pretty exciting opportunities ahead of them. This group has experienced city life in Quebec and they are ex-cited to now be in a small town where they can re-ally make a difference.”
While in town, the youth will be lending their time and effort vol-unteering with several local non-for-profi t or-ganizations, including: Nechako Strong Start, McLeod Dickson Ele-mentary, Nechako Valley Secondary School (Mu-
sic Department), Stuart Nechako Manor, Evelyn Dickson Elementary, Neighbourhood Space, Mobile Work Crew and Riverside Place.
Another upcoming opportunity for the youth is the twelve day billet-ing period – allowing them to get a better sense of the culture and the lo-cal life of the communi-ty. For some volunteers, this is also an excellent opportunity to benefi t from a full-fl edged lin-guistic immersion. The experience is certain to be fi lled with discover-ies for both the fami-lies and the volunteers. If you are interested in hosting a Katimavik vol-unteer from April 29 to May 11, please contact Kimberly Lipscombe at 1-866-941-6589 ext 2220. Each family that hosts a Katimavik vol-unteer receives a stipend to offset costs.
Katimavik promotes civic engagement and fosters sustainable com-munities through chal-lenging national youth
service programs. Since 1977, Katimavik has en-abled more than 30,000 Canadians to be involved in more than 2,000 com-munities throughout Can-ada. Volunteers between the ages of 17 and 21 live with 10 other youth from across the country in one or two communi-ties. They commit to vol-unteering in the context of a six-month program where they will provide work 28 to 35 hours a week for a variety of not-for-profi t organizations. Youth also benefi t from Katimavik’s structured learning program that focuses on the develop-ment of lifelong per-sonal, professional and social competencies in the areas of civic engage-ment, healthy lifestyle, cultural discovery, offi -cial languages, commu-nication, environmental stewardship and project coordination.
For further informa-tion on Katimavik please visit www.katimavik.org or visit our blog at www.gokatimavik.com
New group of Katimavik volunteers looking for host families
On March 22, a 20 year old Fraser Lake man pled guilty and was sen-tenced in a Chetwynd court room for possessing a prohibited weapon under the Criminal Code.
The case dated to July 2011 when a Conservation Offi cer checked two young men as they returned from fi sh-ing the Stellako River.
During the fi sheries check a sawed-off .30-30 Winchester rifl e was located behind the seat of their vehicle. The two occupants of the vehicle at fi rst said that they had found the weapon and were planning to turn it over to police.
Further investigation by Conserva-tion Offi cers revealed the 20-year-old man did, in fact, own the rifl e and had
modifi ed the barrel length. Simply cut-ting down the length of the gun barrel had created a prohibited weapon under the defi nition of the Criminal Code.
In a plea agreement with Crown, Alexander Ault pled guilty and was fi ned $460 and his rifl e was forfeited. An additional fi ne of $115 was issued earlier for fi shing in the Stellako River without a classifi ed-waters angling li-cence.
No charges were fi led against the second youth.
The public is encouraged to report any illegal fi sh, wildlife or pollution offence 24 hours a day to the Conser-vation Offi cer Service, Report –All-Poachers, Polluters hotline at 1-877-952-7277 (RAPP).
Sawed-off shotgun nets fine for fisher
Join thousands of British Columbians and show your support for BC Children’s Hospital by purchasing a Jeans Day™ button or lapel pin and wearing jeans to school or work on Thursday, April 26. The goal of this year’s Jeans Day™, which is cele-brating its 22nd year, is to raise $1.2 million for the Excellence in Child Health Fund at BC Chil-dren’s Hospital.
To purchase a $20 pin or a $5 button, reg-ister as a champion at www.jeansday.ca or the Children’s Hospital fundraising committee will be selling to all the schools, CNC, the clin-ic and will have some available at the Depart-ment Store for people to buy. They will also have some available if people email ([email protected]).
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Why is trapping important in this day and age when over 80% of our Canadian population fol-low an urban lifestyle? A response to this ques-tion is many-sided and deserves some critical evaluation.
Throughout human history people have trapped animals for fur, food and other valued products. Trapping continues to be an important economic and also cultural activity especially in remote areas. The four hundred year old trap-ping tradition has left an indelible mark on the Canadian landscape and the founding cultures that fashioned this nation. Even today the esti-mated annual domestic retail fur sales amount to 300 million dollars with most of this revenue being generated in the boreal forest and arctic regions of Canada.
In more recent years trapping has become an important tool for purposes of conservation, environmental protection and maintaining bio-diversity. With continued human encroachment on wildlife habitat it is essential that insightful management strategies be adopted and effec-tively implemented. The trapping community has long been relied upon as the eyes and ears on the landscape. If there is a rabies or tularae-mia outbreak it is the trapper who rings the ini-tial alarm bell. If there is a need for statistical information on wildlife populations this is also usually available through the efforts of the trap-per. Through ongoing input from the trapping community government regulations on season openings, harvesting rates and procedures are constantly reviewed and refined.
It is in the best interest of the trapper to main-tain wildlife populations at the optimum level where all components are in dynamic equilibri-um. This delicate balance is achievable through a long apprenticeship attuned to the pulse on the landscape. This state of sustainable wildlife use helps protect natural habitat and reduce the po-tential for suffering caused by disease, starva-tion and habitat loss.
Human-wildlife interface conflicts are be-coming more frequent and of real concern. Habituated wildlife within the urban setting present new and sometimes serious health and safety issues. Wildlife interference on farm-lands, roadways, mine tailing ponds and other properties often require the expertise of profes-sional trappers.
Research has found that people who partici-pate in trapping do so for many reasons, the most commonly listed ones are: life style orientation, nature appreciation, wildlife management, com-
Fur Industry - Into the 21st Centurymunity affiliation, self-sufficiency and source of income and food. Most people participate for several of these reasons. A common link in the values of these people is they utilize wild animals and plants to bring sustenance into their house-holds. For many, this is an integral part of their life, and is an enduring element of their relationship to nature and link
to the land.Feel free to join us at NVSS on April 13 and 14am for the
67th BCTA convention. Seniors and public school students have free admission. A mini trade fair will be available in the small auditorium. Information on available tables can be reached at [email protected].
April 25th, 20127:00 pm in the Activity Center
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Free PressYoung female offenders will still be impris-
oned in Burnaby for the course of their sen-tences, reaffi rming the closure of the detention facility in Prince George, though if their sen-tences are less than a week, they will be able to serve their time in custody in the city.
The changes were made in response to youth custody concerns the ministry stated in an e-mail response.
“We believe the decision to centralize female youth custody will be an overall im-provement for girls and their families in a number of ways – and that we have put the right checks and balances in place. We have listened to the concerns raised by the Rep-resentative for Children and Youth and other groups regarding the centralization of female youth in custody and have put additional mea-sures in place to address them. We delayed moving the girls to Burnaby so we could give due consideration to the concerns raised. We heard their concerns and as a result, we have made three key changes:
-Arrangements have been made so girls in Prince George and Victoria will not be held in police cells overnight, pending transport to Burnaby. Instead, they will be held in the youth custody centres for brief periods when same-day transportation is not possible.
-Female youth in Prince George who are remanded to custody for a week or less will continue to be held at the local youth centre.
-Girls from outlying areas will be fl own to
Burnaby from the nearest airport instead of regional hubs to further reduce the length of time spent in transportation.
Concerns about youth being further from families and visitation issues, the ministry said, were also addressed.
“The reality is that about half of the girls formerly admitted to Prince George and Vic-toria were already transported from other communities and were long distances from their families. We also know that, sadly, only about one-quarter of the girls that were in cus-tody in Victoria and Prince George had rela-tives who visited the centres in person. The changes we have made will actually decrease the amount of travel time in confi nement for girls committed to custody from outlying communities.
“The ministry has established a video-visiting system using laptop computers and desktops with webcams between Burnaby and communities throughout the province for girls’ families to visit. Additionally, the min-istry will provide fi nancial assistance for a parent from outlying communities to travel to Burnaby to visit girls who have stays of lon-ger than 30 days and, on a case-by-case basis, for those girls with a shorter stay where ex-ceptional and extenuating circumstances are indicated in the youth’s service plan.
“We feel these changes will be an improve-ment for girls and their families by enabling the development of and access to a broader array of gender-specifi c programs that, for example, will better address addictions and mental health needs (especially trauma) of
girls.”The McCreary Centre Society will con-
duct an independent evaluation with extensive interviews with girls released from custody to ensure the changes mark an overall improve-ment in services.
The Representative for Children and Youth will also act as a monitor.
A press release says the decision to cen-tralize girls’ services came after a review of program requirements combined with B.C.’s low and decreasing youth incarceration rate.
“The average number of youth in custody (based on year-to-date data) is 101, including only 16 girls. That represents nearly a 75% decline from the 400 youth in custody in 1995/96 and more than a 50% reduction from the 220 youth in custody in 2002/03. In the 11 months between April 1, 2011 and February 29, 2012, there were 46 days when there were no girls in custody in Prince George and a fur-ther 43 days when there was only one girl in custody. There is currently only one girl in custody in Prince George.
“The Province anticipates net savings of $2.5 million annually, with $900,000 of that money going towards enhanced youth justice programs; the remainder of the savings will go towards services for children and youth with special needs.
“Centralizing services will enable en-hanced rehabilitative programs, expedited es-cort of girls to Burnaby and improve support for family visiting as well as allow enhanced community based alternatives to custody for girls in Prince George.”
Changes to detention facility
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A friend of mine is a heavy-duty mechanic.He has worked at Kemess and at Diamet, one of the large diamond
mines north of the Arctic Circle. He now works in the oil patch in Fort McMurray.
During all the time he worked in these diverse locales, he never moved away from his home in the East Kootenay. He still lives there … albeit only 12 days at a stretch, or 36 days when he’s on holidays.
Such is camp life at major industrial projects. He really isn’t in camp in Fort McMurray. He’s there during the two weeks he’s at work (12-hour shifts for 12 days straight), and gone for the 12 days he’s off … sharing a company apartment with someone on an opposite shift.
It’s an innovative way for employers to get people to work in isolated places or communities that workers aren’t likely to move to permanently.
It’s now becoming an issue with the Mount Milligan project between Fort St. James and Mackenzie. Mount Milligan Mine is looking at opening up its environmental assessment (EA) to make some changes.
One change it would like to make would be to apply to maintain a camp on the mine site during the operational phase. The company expected the commute to either Fort St. James or Mackenzie would take one hour to one hour and fi fteen minutes, but it has been taking signifi cantly longer and it may mean asking people to commit to a 15- or 16-hour day, Jocelyn Fraser, director of corporate responsibility for Thompson Creek, told the Caledonia Courier.
The change would also allow the mine to expand its employee catch-ment area to Prince George, Fraser Lake and Vanderhoof. Offi cials still feel the four-on, four-off schedule would keep the labour in the region, as it wouldn’t allow for travel from other parts of the country or province. The proposed camp could house as many as 300 people.
It’s still a bitter pill to swallow for the communities of Fort St. James and Mackenzie who are expecting mineworkers to take up residence in one of the two communities. Twelve townhouse units in Fort St. James will be available soon, as will 18 modular units in Mackenzie.
The mine is also still continuing work on a 50-lot development in Fort St. James. It already has two single-family residences in Fort St. James and a 23-lot subdivision in Mackenzie.
There has been lots of talk about a shortage of skilled workers in the North.
Here it is.The move by Mount Milligan is driven by that shortage.“It’s defi nitely a job-seeker’s market,” Fraser said.It’s not great for the communities where these developments are located,
but it’s the reality of today’s labour market.• • •And, in a double-whammy for Fort St. James, the company is now look-
ing at using an existing load-out facility in Mackenzie rather than build a new one in Fort St. James.
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Work where you live?
A nickel for your thoughtsRuth Lloyd
Caledonia Courier
There’s nickel in those hills.At least according to Brian Butterworth of Cliffs
Natural Resources, there is enough nickel in a deposit in the Trembleur Lake area to warrant further investiga-tion.
For the past two years, a drilling program in the area, in what is called the Decar Nickel Project, has resulted in increased interest from Cliffs, a Cleveland, Ohio based company with mines operating in Michi-gan, Minnesota, Quebec, Australia and Brazil.
Within the last couple of years, the company has been making large investments in Canadian mining, purchasing a company in Quebec and two in Ontario to gain interest in a chromite deposit in the region.
Cliffs has also entered into an agreement with First Point Minerals, which has been doing exploration in the Fort St. James area for a number of years, and through Cliffs’ funding of a drilling program to further examine the nickel deposit near Trembleur Lake, has earned a 51 per cent stake in the project.
“We thought the project had some potential,” said Butterworth, who also said the drill program results so far are encouraging enough to continue moving for-ward and further drilling will be taking place to com-plete what is called a “scoping study” which is a pre-liminary economic assessment of the project, looking at the characteristics of the deposit and helps provide a picture of the capital cost requirements for mining the deposit.
From what has been found so far, the nickel deposit has some very positive aspects which make it more at-tractive for extraction.
For one thing, the mineral ore body is relatively close to the surface, which would make open pit ex-traction of the low-grade ore less costly. The mineral is also present in a form more environmentally friendly to extract.
A nickel-iron compound called aweurite present in the rock does not have the sulphur associated with many mineral deposits, and it is the sulphur which nor-mally results in acid-rock drainage from the oxidation of the rook once it is exposed to the surface air.
With aweurite, however, the nickel-iron compound can be separated from the raw ore using the magnetic
compounds of the mineral and gravity and the waste rock is inert. In many mining operations, chemical pro-cesses are used to separate the concentrate out from the waste rock and the waste rock must be contained be-cause it causes acid-rock drainage and can impact any water in the area.
This would not be the case with the mineralization being looked at on this project.
Baseline environmental studies will also be taking place and monitoring of rivers and creeks in the area.
The scoping study, if completed by February of 2013, will then earn Cliffs a 60 per cent interest in the project.
“We’re well underway,” said Butterworth. “This is beyond exploration, it’s deposit defi nition.”
He and two consultants working with Cliffs, Lau-reen Whyte and Denise A. Lockett, visited the area to meet with business and community leaders last week to start building local relationships.
The scoping study drilling is all fully permitted and ready to go, and the company is working with Tl’azt’en Nation as well to develop an agreement or memoran-dum of understanding on the work the company is do-ing and Tl’azt’en’s role in it.
“If it went as smoothly as possible … we should be through a scoping study by the end of the year,” said Butterworth.
If the results of the scoping study are positive, a pre-feasability study would be the next step, followed by a feasibility study which is the fi nal step necessary before obtaining fi nancing for project development.
While still too soon to know whether or not the proj-ect would go ahead depending on commodity prices, development costs, etc., construction could then take place in fi ve to six and a half years.
The group also has been meeting with College of New Caledonia administration to discuss training re-quirements for workers, with Ann McCormick at a recent council meeting with the group from Cliffs. McCormick said the college will be offering relevant programs starting this spring for driller’s helpers and professional cooks, both of which the project will be requiring this year.
The group also said should the results indicate they can move forward, they will also be looking at other community groups to work with as part of being “good corporate citizens.”
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HEREBY GIVES NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE OCCUPATIONAL
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The proposed amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (“OHSR”) being taken to public hearings
pertain to the following items:
• Part 5, Chemical Agents and Biological Agents – relating to correcting the reference to combustible dust and updating the reference to the Electrical Code;
• Part 11, Fall Protection – relating to clarifying whether fall protection anchors must be re-certified annually by a professional engineer in all circumstances;
• Part 12, Tools, Machinery and Equipment – relating to recognizing a riving knife as an acceptable device to prevent kickback on table saws;
• Part 12, Tools, Machinery and Equipment; and consequential amendments to Part 23, Oil and Gas – relating to prohibiting applying compressed gas at a greater pressure than the pressure rating for a closed vessel that is not a registered pressure vessel, and requiring such vessels to have appropriate pressure relieving capability;
• Part 13, Ladders, Scaffolds and Temporary Work Platforms, and Part 19, Electrical Safety – relating to clarifying the appropriate requirements for dielectric testing of insulated elevating work platforms and ensuring consistent requirements in these two Parts;
• Part 13, Ladders, Scaffolds and Temporary Work Platforms – relating to the use of work platforms supported by a lift truck;
• Part 16, Mobile Equipment – relating to clarifying what equipment must meet and be used in accordance with section 16.3(7);
• Part 19, Electrical Safety – relating to replacing current terminology with terms that are appropriate to low voltage electrical equipment;
• Part 19, Electrical Safety – relating to establishing a provision allowing the practice of passing the bucket of an insulated aerial working device between energized high voltage conductors if not practicable to do work otherwise, due to terrain or other obstacles;
• Part 26, Forestry Operations and Similar Activities – relating to requiring signage on all resource roads in BC showing (1) radio channels when an Industry Canada road channel has been assigned, and (2) radio frequencies when an Industry Canada channel is not assigned, but a radio frequency is.
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Sex, drugs and gangsRuth Lloyd
Caledonia Courier
Ex-gang member, now activist Amir Javid returned to Nak’azdli for a three-day workshop and seminar last week.
The event was part of a huge initiative by the Nak’azdli Alternate Justice Program to help educate the community about sexual exploita-tion, drugs and gangs.
Karla Olinek and Maria Riske were the driving forces behind the event, and were hap-py with the turnout on Tuesday and Wednes-day, after a slower start on Monday.
“We just want to edu-cate everybody and do the preventative thing,” said Olinek.
She was impressed with some of the youth participation, as some of the youth she said might not have gotten out of bed before midday on Spring Break normally, but were at the event from 9:30 a.m..
On Wednesday, Javid’s last day of pre-senting, there were around 120 people in at-tendance in Kwah Hall, from the very young to elders.
Youth from the entire area attended includ-ing Tache, Yekooche, Binche and Nak’azdli.
“He’s really engag-ing,” said Olinek.
Funded by a $25,000 grant Olinek and Riske applied for and received through the Ministry of Public Safety to help prevent gang involve-ment and sexual exploi-
Amir Javid (centre) poses with two of the youth, Taylor Beauchemin (left) and Dennise Bolton (right) who attended his workshop and seminar “Sex, Drugs and Gangs” at Kwah Hall, Fort St. James on April 4.
Caledonia Courier Photo
tation and to address human traffi cking is-sues, the event included a week of activities re-lated to education and prevention.
Javid was once again well-received by the community, and was gifted with a baby quilt and moccasins for his young daughter and an eagle feather.
He was also asked to give the blessing before lunch, and was clearly honoured by the com-munity’s embrace of his message.
“Every time I have come here, it changed my life,” he said.
Javid presented for the entire time on differ-ent topics related to sex-ual exploitation, drugs and gangs, but hopes the community can go even further.
“With that awareness change happens, it’s in-evitable,” he said.
After the general education, now Javid
said the next step is to get the Heroes program by the Impact Society
into the schools, which helps to build resiliency in youth.
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A local player will skate in the Under 16 B.C. Cup, a jamboree-style tournament that is part of B.C. Hockey’s high performance program. Jayden Syrota earned a spot in the B.C. Cup during a weekend regional tryout camp here in Vanderhoof. He was among the 30 chosen from an original list of 80 participants. The B.C. Cup is April 12-15 in Kelowna.
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CNC balancing the budgetCollege of New Caledonia’s (CNC)
Board of Governors learned Friday the college is well positioned to balance the budget for the 2012-13 fi scal year.
The college had been projecting a $2.3-million budget shortfall for next year, if nothing was done to address rising expenses and declining rev-enues and funding.
CNC President John Bowman said there is still work to be done, but things are on track to present a bal-anced budget for the board’s approval on April 27.
“We are still working through some fi nal decisions and options with a number of employees regarding early retirements and voluntary sever-ances,” Bowman said. “Therefore, it’s
too soon to say the fi nal numbers of employees actually receiving layoff notices, but the numbers are expected to be small. Most reductions will be accomplished through attrition, early retirement incentives and voluntary severance.”
Other cost-saving measures in-clude: reallocating unused budget amounts in a number of areas; includ-ing additional and deferred revenues; some consolidation of low enrolment class sections and courses; improved class scheduling; a 2 per cent tuition increase and reductions to equipment expenditures.
Colleges are required by provincial legislation to plan for a balanced bud-get every year.
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A group of local gar-deners are proposing to start a Botanical Garden Society in the Vander-hoof area. The proposed goals of this new group are to:
*Establish and main-tain a local, aestheti-cally pleasing botanical garden in partnership
with the District of Van-derhoof.
*Provide horticul-tural and arboricultural education for the public.
*Advance horticul-tural and arboricultural knowledge.
*Promote the use of plant material that is vi-able in our local area.
An inaugural meet-ing of this new non
profi t organization will be held at the College of New Caledonia on April 26 at 7:00 PM in room 3149.
Enjoy sharing and increasing your gar-dening knowledge and help create a beautiful botanical garden in the Vanderhoof area.
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The national youth pro-gram Katimavik has been cut in the latest federal bud-get, a program which saw these youth volunteering in our community.
Katimavik volunteers helped paint the Nechako Valley Community Services building in Fort St. James last year. Other Katimavik volunteers spent the week-end enjoying and helping out at Music on the Moun-tain.
The loss of the program will also impact plans for local youth through the new youth programs being worked on locally by the Youth Program Coordina-tor, Jana Gainor.
She was hoping to get some of the local youth in-volved in the area Katima-vik projects.
The program has been in place for 35 years and its loss prompted a reac-
tion from Skeena-Bulkley MP Nathan Cullen, who has worked with the program.
“It’s an outstanding pro-gram that brings young Ca-nadians together to forge life-long friendships, give back to their community, and increase cultural un-derstanding and care for the environment,” said Cullen.
“We are not going to let this go. The program costs $14 million dollars. One F-35 fighter jet engine costs $26 million.”
Cullen emphasized the importance of the program in the northwest, and the entire country, with over 1,200 participating youth per year in 94 communities across the country.
“This program brings people together to learn from each other and work together to build a better country,” said Cullen
The program was also cut by the Mulroney gov-ernment in the 1980s, but was revived in the 1990s.
The B.C. government is rolling out a rock-themed road show to encourage young peo-ple to fi nd training and work.
The Jobfest tour has all the trappings of a concert tour, in-cluding t-shirts, souvenir drum-sticks and guitar picks, and two infl atable tents that look like giant amplifi ers. Stops in 50 B.C. communities will include a rock band, local community performers and speakers, with the tents serving as mobile ca-reer resource centres.
“We’re going into some of the smallest communities in the province, First Nations communities, non-aboriginal communities to really share
with the youth of the province what sorts of careers are avail-able to them,” said Jobs, Tour-ism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell.
Job resources that are part of the tour include iPad apps that guide users through a four-stage questionnaire to narrow down their possible career choices, and computers to link users to a network of websites for detailed informa-tion.
The tour will offi cially launch in Abbotsford on April 18, and it will be in Fraser Lake, June 22 and Vanderhoof, June 27. For tour information visit: www.jobfest2012.ca
Rock tour to promote youth jobs
John Rustad updateThe Vanderhoof Chamber of Commerce in-
vites you to come and enjoy a cup of coffee as John Rustad updates our community on what our government plans for this year. There will be a discussion about the fi ber supply and a question and answer period.
In the Village Inn Banquet Room, Wednes-day, April 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m. Everyone welcome!
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KPMG LLP (KPMG) announced today that Chan Foucher LeFebvre LLP (Chan Foucher LeFebvre) has joined KPMG ef-fective April 2, 2012.
Doubling the size of its current Prince George practice as a result of this acquisition, KPMG is now the largest professional services fi rm in northern British Columbia, and in the province overall.
Founded in 1995, Chan Foucher LeFebvre is a Prince George-based, independently-owned, mid-market accounting and business consulting practice. The fi rm’s associates will relocate to KPMG’s Prince George offi ces this summer, while satellite offi ce operations will continue in Quesnel and Vanderhoof.
“As part of our national strategy to continue to invest in our pri-vate company KPMG Enterprise practice, we are very pleased to welcome the Chan Foucher LeFebvre team to our Prince George offi ce and to our KPMG Enterprise practice specifi cally,” said Rob Brouwer, Canadian Managing Partner, Clients and Markets, KPMG LLP. “An excellent fi t for the fi rm, Chan Foucher LeFeb-vre’s highly seasoned professionals signifi cantly expand our depth of resources in the B.C. interior.”
“The addition of Chan Foucher LeFebvre brings dynamic rela-tionships and solid community leadership to the KPMG family,” said Dennis Fortnum, Canadian Managing Partner, KPMG En-
terprise, in a press release. “Their entrepreneurial spirit and highly skilled professionals are a perfect fi t for our fi rm. We are commit-ted to serving this growing region, and private companies and en-trepreneurs will benefi t from the collective experiences and talents of our teams.”
“We’re proud to join the KPMG family and extend our reach in supporting the community,” said Al LeFebvre, Partner, Chan Foucher LeFebvre. “We consider KPMG the preferred partner that will best serve our clients and provide the best opportunities for our team. Together, we are committed to providing a seamless transi-tion for our clients and colleagues.”
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t 4.9
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APR
for u
p to
36
mon
ths
with
$3,
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dow
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equ
ivale
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ade
in, m
onth
ly pa
ymen
t is
$352
/$37
8, to
tal l
ease
obl
igat
ion
is $1
6,90
7/$1
7,03
3 an
d op
tiona
l buy
out i
s $1
5,99
0/$1
8,01
7. O
ffer i
nclu
des
Man
ufac
ture
r Reb
ate
of $
7,50
0/$8
,000
. Tax
es p
ayab
le o
n fu
ll am
ount
of l
ease
fi na
ncin
g pr
ice a
fter M
anuf
actu
rer R
ebat
e is
dedu
cted
. Offe
rs in
clude
frei
ght a
nd a
ir ta
x of
$1,
600,
but
exc
lude
var
iabl
e ch
arge
s of
licen
se, f
uel fi
ll ch
arge
, ins
uran
ce, r
egist
ratio
n, P
PSA,
adm
inist
ratio
n fe
es a
nd c
harg
es, a
ny e
nviro
nmen
tal c
harg
es o
r fee
s, an
d al
l app
licab
le ta
xes.
Add
ition
al p
aym
ents
requ
ired
for P
PSA,
regi
stra
tion,
sec
urity
dep
osit,
NSF
fees
(whe
re a
pplic
able
), ex
cess
wea
r and
tear
, and
late
fees
. Som
e co
nditi
ons
and
mile
age
rest
rictio
ns o
f 60,
000
km o
ver 3
6 m
onth
s ap
ply.
A ch
arge
of 1
6 ce
nts
per k
m o
ver m
ileag
e re
stric
tions
app
lies,
plus
app
licab
le ta
xes.
Man
ufac
ture
r Reb
ates
can
be
used
in
conj
unct
ion
with
mos
t ret
ail c
onsu
mer
offe
rs m
ade
avai
labl
e by
For
d of
Can
ada
at e
ither
the
time
of fa
ctor
y or
der o
r del
ivery
, but
not
bot
h. M
anuf
actu
rer R
ebat
es a
re n
ot c
ombi
nabl
e w
ith a
ny fl
eet c
onsu
mer
ince
ntive
s. Al
l pric
es a
re b
ased
on
Man
ufac
ture
r’s S
ugge
sted
Ret
ail P
rice.
^ U
ntil J
uly
3, 2
012,
Sec
urity
Dep
osit
paym
ent i
s w
aive
d on
a le
ase
(Red
Car
pet l
ease
s, on
app
rove
d cr
edit
from
For
d Cr
edit)
of a
new
201
2 or
201
3 m
odel
(exc
ludi
ng S
helb
y GT
500
, Bos
s 30
2, B
oss
302
Lagu
na S
eca,
E-S
erie
s, Tr
ansit
Con
nect
Ele
ctric
, F-1
50 R
apto
r, F-
Serie
s Ch
assis
Cab
s, M
ediu
m tr
ucks
). Se
curit
y De
posit
may
be
requ
ired
by F
ord
Cred
it ba
sed
on c
usto
mer
cre
dit t
erm
s an
d co
nditi
ons.
†Fr
om A
pril 3
, 201
2 to
Jul
y 3,
201
2, re
ceive
$50
0/$7
50/$
1,00
0/$1
,500
/$1,
750/
$2,0
00/$
3,00
0/$4
,000
/ $4,
500/
$5,0
00/ $
5,50
0/$6
,500
/$7,
000/
$7,
500/
$8,0
00 in
Man
ufac
ture
r Reb
ates
with
the
purc
hase
or l
ease
of a
new
201
2 Fo
cus
S, 2
012
Fies
ta, 2
012
Expl
orer
(exc
ludi
ng
Base
)/201
2 Fo
cus
(exc
ludi
ng S
)/201
2 Ed
ge S
E, 2
012
Flex
SE,
201
2 Es
cape
I4 M
anua
l, E-
Serie
s/Tr
ansit
Con
nect
(exc
ludi
ng E
lect
ric),
2012
F-1
50 R
egul
ar C
ab X
L 4x
2 Va
lue
Lead
er/2
012
Mus
tang
Val
ue L
eade
r/201
2 Ta
urus
SE,
201
2 F-
350
to F
-550
Cha
ssis
Cabs
/201
2 Fu
sion
S, 2
012
Flex
(exc
ludi
ng S
E)/2
012
Mus
tang
V6
(exc
ludi
ng V
alue
Lea
der),
201
2 Ed
ge A
WD
(exc
ludi
ng S
E)/ 2
012
Expe
ditio
n/20
12 F
usio
n Hy
brid
, 201
2 M
usta
ng G
T (e
xclu
ding
GT5
00 a
nd B
oss
302)
, 201
2 Ta
urus
(e
xclu
ding
SE)
, 201
2 Es
cape
and
Hyb
rid (e
xclu
ding
I4 M
anua
l)/20
12 F
usio
n (e
xclu
ding
S a
nd H
ybrid
), 20
12 E
dge
FWD
(exc
ludi
ng S
E), 2
012
Esca
pe V
6, 2
012
F-25
0 to
F-4
50 G
as e
ngin
e (e
xclu
ding
Cha
ssis
Cabs
)/201
2 F-
150
Regu
lar C
ab (e
xclu
ding
XL
4x2)
non
-5.0
L/20
12 F
-150
Reg
ular
Cab
(exc
ludi
ng X
L 4x
2) 5
.0L/
2012
F-1
50 S
uper
Cab
and
Sup
er C
rew
non
-5.0
L, 2
012
F-25
0 to
F-4
50 D
iese
l eng
ine
(exc
ludi
ng C
hass
is Ca
bs)/2
012
F-15
0 Su
per C
ab a
nd S
uper
Cre
w 5
.0L
- all
Rapt
or, G
T500
, BOS
S302
, and
Med
ium
Truc
k m
odel
s ex
clude
d. T
his
offe
r can
be
used
in c
onju
nctio
n w
ith m
ost r
etai
l con
sum
er o
ffers
mad
e av
aila
ble
by F
ord
of C
anad
a at
eith
er th
e tim
e of
fact
ory
orde
r or d
elive
ry, b
ut n
ot b
oth.
Man
ufac
ture
r Reb
ates
are
not
com
bina
ble
with
any
fl ee
t con
sum
er in
cent
ives.
▲Of
fer o
nly
valid
from
Apr
il 3,
201
2 to
May
31,
201
2 (th
e “O
ffer P
erio
d”) t
o re
siden
t Can
adia
ns w
ith a
Cos
tco
mem
bers
hip
on o
r bef
ore
Mar
ch 3
1, 2
012.
Use
this
$1,0
00CD
N Co
stco
mem
ber o
ffer t
owar
ds th
e pu
rcha
se o
r lea
se o
f a n
ew 2
012/
2013
For
d/Li
ncol
n ve
hicle
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ludi
ng F
iest
a, F
ocus
, Rap
tor,
GT50
0, M
usta
ng B
oss
302,
Tran
sit C
onne
ct E
V &
Med
ium
Truc
k) (e
ach
an “E
ligib
le V
ehicl
e”).
The
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
mus
t be
deliv
ered
and
/or f
acto
ry-o
rder
ed fr
om y
our p
artic
ipat
ing
Ford
/Lin
coln
dea
ler w
ithin
the
Offe
r Per
iod.
Offe
r is
only
valid
at p
artic
ipat
ing
deal
ers,
is su
bjec
t to
vehi
cle a
vaila
bilit
y, an
d m
ay b
e ca
ncel
led
or c
hang
ed a
t any
tim
e w
ithou
t not
ice.
Only
one
(1) o
ffer m
ay b
e ap
plie
d to
war
ds th
e pu
rcha
se o
r lea
se o
f one
(1) E
ligib
le V
ehicl
e, u
p to
a m
axim
um o
f tw
o (2
) sep
arat
e El
igib
le V
ehicl
e sa
les
per C
ostc
o M
embe
rshi
p Nu
mbe
r. Of
fer i
s tra
nsfe
rabl
e to
per
sons
dom
icile
d w
ith a
n el
igib
le C
ostc
o m
embe
r. Th
is of
fer c
an b
e us
ed in
con
junc
tion
with
mos
t ret
ail c
onsu
mer
offe
rs m
ade
avai
labl
e by
For
d M
otor
Com
pany
of C
anad
a at
eith
er th
e tim
e of
fact
ory
orde
r (if
orde
red
with
in th
e Of
fer P
erio
d) o
r del
ivery
, but
not
bot
h. O
ffer i
s no
tco
mbi
nabl
e w
ith a
ny C
PA/G
PC o
r Dai
ly Re
ntal
ince
ntive
s, th
e Co
mm
ercia
l Upfi
t Pr
ogra
m o
r the
Com
mer
cial F
leet
Ince
ntive
Pro
gram
(CFI
P). A
pplic
able
taxe
s ca
lcula
ted
befo
re $
1,00
0CDN
offe
r is
dedu
cted
. Dea
ler m
ay s
ell o
r lea
se fo
r les
s. Li
mite
d tim
e of
fer,
see
deal
er fo
r det
ails
or c
all t
he F
ord
Cust
omer
Rel
atio
nshi
p Ce
ntre
at 1
-800
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-367
3. *
**Es
timat
ed fu
el c
onsu
mpt
ion
ratin
gs fo
r mod
el s
how
n: 2
012
F-15
0 4X
4 5.
0L V
8: [1
5.0L
/100
km (1
9MPG
) City
, 10.
5L/1
00km
(27M
PG)
Hwy]
/201
2 F-
150
4X4
3.7L
V6:
[13.
4L/1
00km
(21M
PG) C
ity, 9
.7L/
100k
m (2
9MPG
) Hw
y]. F
uel c
onsu
mpt
ion
ratin
gs b
ased
on
Tran
spor
t Can
ada
appr
oved
test
met
hods
. Act
ual f
uel c
onsu
mpt
ion
will
vary
bas
ed o
n ro
ad c
ondi
tions
, veh
icle
load
ing,
veh
icle
equi
pmen
t, an
d dr
iving
hab
its. ◆
F-Se
ries
is th
e be
st-s
ellin
g pi
ckup
truc
k in
Can
ada
for 4
6 ye
ars
in a
row
bas
ed o
n Ca
nadi
an V
ehicl
e M
anuf
actu
rers
’ Ass
ocia
tion
stat
istica
l sal
es re
port,
Dec
embe
r 201
1. †
†Cla
ss is
Ful
l–Si
ze P
ickup
s un
der 8
,500
lbs
GVW
R, n
on-h
ybrid
vs.
com
para
ble
com
petit
or e
ngin
es. M
ax. h
orse
pow
er o
f 411
on
F-15
0 6.
2L V
8 en
gine
. Est
imat
ed fu
el c
onsu
mpt
ion
ratin
gs fo
r the
201
2 F-
150
4X2
3.7L
V6
SST:
12.7
L/10
0km
city
and
8.9
L/10
0km
hw
y ba
sed
on E
nviro
nmen
t Can
ada
appr
oved
test
met
hods
. Act
ual f
uel c
onsu
mpt
ion
will
vary
bas
ed o
n ro
ad c
ondi
tions
, veh
icle
load
ing
and
drivi
ng h
abits
. ◆◆
Whe
n pr
oper
ly eq
uipp
ed. M
ax. t
owin
g of
11,
300
lbs
with
3.5
L Ec
oBoo
st a
nd 6
.2L
2 va
lve
4X2
V8 e
ngin
es. M
ax. p
aylo
ad o
f 3,1
20 lb
s w
ith 5
.0L
Ti-V
CT V
8 en
gine
s. Cl
ass
is Fu
ll-Si
ze P
ickup
s un
der 8
,500
lbs
GVW
R, n
on-h
ybrid
. ‡‡
Som
e m
obile
pho
nes
and
som
e di
gita
l med
ia p
laye
rs m
ay n
ot b
e fu
lly c
ompa
tible
– c
heck
ww
w.sy
ncm
yrid
e.co
m fo
r a li
stin
g of
mob
ile p
hone
s, m
edia
pla
yers
, and
feat
ures
sup
porte
d. D
rivin
g w
hile
dist
ract
ed c
an re
sult
in lo
ss o
f veh
icle
cont
rol,
accid
ent a
nd in
jury
. For
d re
com
men
ds th
at d
river
s us
e ca
utio
n w
hen
usin
g m
obile
pho
nes,
even
with
vo
ice c
omm
ands
. Onl
y us
e m
obile
pho
nes
and
othe
r dev
ices,
eve
n w
ith v
oice
com
man
ds, n
ot e
ssen
tial t
o dr
iving
whe
n it
is sa
fe to
do
so. S
YNC
is op
tiona
l on
mos
t new
For
d ve
hicle
s. †
††©
201
2 Si
rius
Cana
da In
c. “S
irius
XM”,
the
Siriu
sXM
logo
, cha
nnel
nam
es a
nd lo
gos
are
trade
mar
ks o
f Siri
usXM
Rad
io In
c. a
nd a
re u
sed
unde
r lice
nce.
©20
12 F
ord
Mot
or C
ompa
ny o
f Can
ada,
Lim
ited.
All
right
s re
serv
ed.
Available in most new Ford vehicles with 6-month pre-paid subscription
†††
YOU WANT THE BEST?YOU JUST FOUND IT.“
OR STEP UP TO THE 2012 F-150 XLT SUPER CREW 4X4 5.0L
THERE’S NO COMPARISON OR COMPROMISE. ONLY AT YOUR BC FORD STORE.
NO COMPARISON. NO COMPROMISE.
F -SERIES.
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2012 F-150 XLT SUPER CAB 4X4 3.7L 9.7L/100km 29MPG HWY***
13.4L/100km 21MPG CITY***
$352±
@ 4.99%$28,999*
CASH PURCHASEFOR ONLY
OFFERS INCLUDE $1,600 FREIGHT AND AIR TAX AND $7,500 MANUFACTURER REBATE†. NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED .̂
LEASEFOR ONLY
A MONTH FOR 36 MONTHS WITH $3,425 DOWN.
$1000ELIGIBLE COSTCO MEMBERS RECEIVE
OR PLUSLAPR
▲
10.5L/100km 27MPG HWY***
15.0L/100km 19MPG CITY***
$26± MORE A
MONTH
LEASE FOR ONLY
OFFER INCLUDES $1,600 FREIGHT AND AIR TAX AND $8,000 MAUFACTURER REBATE†
$41,999*
2012 F-250 XLT SUPER CAB 4X4 WESTERN EDITION
OFFER INCLUDES $1,600 FREIGHT AND AIR TAX AND $5,500 MANUFACTURER REBATE†
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR IDIDALAP4CANCER...The next General Meetings are April 17th & 24th at the Vanderhoof Fire Hall 7 p.m. Everyone Welcome!
***ADULT BADMINTON...Thursdays, 8pm at NVSS gym. Bring your own racquet and indoor running shoes. For more info call Ann at 250-567-9908.
***AL-ANON...Has your life been affected by someone elses drinking? The Al-Anon is for you! Meetings held on Mondays at 7pm in Commu-nity Room at Omineca Safe Home Society. For more information contact Gail at 567-4318.
***VANDERHOOF PUBLIC LIBRARY...is looking for do-nations of lego blocks to be used for children’s programs at the library. If you have lego that your kids have out-grown, we would love to put it to good use. Please con-tact Jenn at 250-567-4060 or email: [email protected]
***STUART NECHAKO MAN-OR ...Do you like to walk and be outdoors? Stuart Nechako Manor is looking for volunteers to help with our walking program. If you can commit to half an hour 1-2 times per week please call Marnie at 250-567-6290.
***THE NORTHSIDE WOM-EN’S INSTITUTE...meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Newcomers always wel-come. For more information call Brenda, 250 567-9705.
***VHF HOSPICE SOCIETY...What are you doing every 3rd Wednesday of each month. Do you have 2 hours to give each month? Are you sen-sitive to the special needs of those persons at the end stages of life? Want to be part of a great organization that makes a difference in our community then we are look-ing for you. The Vanderhoof Hospice Society is a not-for-profi t charity looking for new volunteer members who will work with the current mem-bers to oversee our local Hospice Program. Hospice is a program that offers a support system to persons that are the end stages of life. Our Society has a desire to help others. We are sensi-
tive to the special needs of the dying patient and their fami-lies. We do not have personal agendas or “missions” to our Hospice work.Our main fundraising come in the form of donations to our Tree of Life. We are looking for new members to continue this great service. More info call Debbie 567-7956
***VHF STROKE RECOVERY...meet at the Stuart Nechako Manor Activity Room - Mon-days 9:30 - 12:00 noon (except holidays). Any vol-unteers who would like to come are very welcome. All stroke recovery members in Vanderhoof and surrounding areas are invited to attend. For more information call Lu-ella at 250-441-0086.
***THE FOOD BANK... is in se-rious need of food donations. Specifi cally the following is needed: Canned vegetables, meat, fi sh, canned milk, sugar, pasta, pasta sauces, soups (we have enough mushroom soup), toilet tissue.
***BADMINTON AT FLESS GYM... Every Thursday at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. come out and have some fun!
***THE VANDERHOOF CAN-CER SUPPORT GROUP...meets the fi rst Friday of ev-ery month @ noon at the The Reid. For more info call Karen @ 567-4828.
***ENDAKO HALL SOCIETY...meets every THIRD Wednes-day of the month in the hall at 7:30pm.
***THE YELLOWHEAD DRAFT HORSE ASSOCIATION...is an organization for those interested in light and heavy horse driving. Monthly meet-ings every second Tuesday of the month. For more info con-tact: Jon 250-567-8484.
***NECHAKO QUILTERS GUILD... meets the third Tuesday of the month 9:30 am (Sept. - May) at Nechako View Seniors Common Room. Fran Sheeley 567-5254.
***THE FRASER QUILTERS GUILD... meets the 2nd Tues-day of each month at 10am at the Fort Fraser Community Hall. Newcomers welcome.
***HOSPICE TREE OF LIFE... is to honour the living as well
as to remember and honourthose who have passed on.For more info call Debbie @250-567-7956.
***THE FRASER LAKE CAN-CER SUPPORT GROUP... meets the 3rd Tuesday of ev-ery month at 12 noon in theNew Fraser Lake Restaurant.For further information callJudy at 250-699-7763.
***NECHAKO VALLEY HIS-TORICAL SOCIETY...meetsevery second Thursday of themonth 6:30 pm at the Cham-ber of Commerce offi ce.
***VANDERHOOF 899 AIR CA-DET SQUADRON...Cadetswill meet every Wednesdaynight 6:15pm at the CadetBuilding on Burrard Street.Anyone age 12 to 18 inter-ested in the Cadet Programis welcome to attend. Anyadult interested in assistingin anyway, please contact theoffi cers at the Cadet BuildingWednesday night. For moreinformation call Glenda 250-567-7574.
***AA MEETING... Wednesday,8:00 p.m. United Church Hall.567-8087 or 567-4588
***FRASER LAKE AA MEET-INGS... Tues & Thurs 8:00 p.m. at St. Wilfred’s Churchjust across from police sta-tion.
***ST. JOHN’S HOSPITALAUXILIARY... meets secondTuesday of the month at 7:00p.m. in the hospital cafeteria.Call 567-9759 - Edna.
***VANDERHOOF
LIBRARY HOURSTuesday 10:00am to 5:00pm
Wednesday 10:00 am to 5:00pm & 6:30 to 8:30pmThursday 10:00 to 5:00pmFriday 10:00 am to 6:00pm
Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm***
FRASER LAKE LIBRARY HOURS
Sunday & Monday ClosedTuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday & Thursday3pm - 8pm
Friday 10am - 4pmSaturday 10am - 2pm
***NVSS BOTTLE DEPOT HOURS
Open Mon, Tues, Friday 11am-5pm
Saturday 10am-5 p.m.***
PICTURE THIS....Your activity could be featured in “Picture This.” Snap a photo at your groups’ fundraiser. It could be anything from a car wash to cleaning up our streets. It could even include school activities. Basically people making a difference in our community. Send us your photo by e-mail ([email protected]) or drop it off at the Omineca Express (150 W. Columbia Street). Please provide a brief description accompanied with the photo.This week’s submission....
COMING EVENTS....Will appear, as space is avail-able, free of charge in this section. Coming events are available to non-profi t orga-nizations only.s This area is not intended for thank you submissions or selling prod-ucts. It is simply a place for non-profi t organizations a place to announce upcom-ing free activities. You can e-mail your item to [email protected] or by fax (567-2070). Your or-ganizations’ announcement can also be dropped off at our offi ce located at 155 W. Columbia. Decision of the publisher is fi nal.
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NEW EVENTS....NEW EVENTS....
FUNDRAISER...There is to be a fundraiser for Diana Dykstra with silent auc-tion, spaghetti dinner, and dessert auction by dona-tion. Diana was diagnosed with an aggressive Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and is presently undergoing chemotherapy.
***BOTTLE DRIVE... April 10 - April 12, in your neighbour-hood in the afternoons and early evenings. If we miss you and you would like to donate, please drop off your bottles at the offi ce 137 Vic-toria Street West or call 250-567-9205 for pick up.
***NECHAKO VALLEY SPORTING ASSOC AGM...to be held April 28, 2012. Potluck dinner at 6pm and meeting at 7pm to follow. All members to come and vote for open executive and director positions. More info call Mary Ann Mose: 250-567-9510
***CALLING ALL SENIORS... come and join us for carpet bowling or pool - Monday and Thursday afternoons. Come and have some fun! Everybody welcome. Call Oscar for more info: 250-567-4582.
***POETRY READING... at the Vanderhoof Public Library. Featuring: Gary Blattner, Todd Blattner, Carrie Creighton, Craig Hooper, Lil McIntosh, Doris Ray and poetry written by the late Verna Dycke read by Jo Brown. Thursday, April 12th - 7 pm In the Library Multi-purpose room. Everyone Welcome. For more information, Please call 250-567-4060
***FREE COMPUTER TRAIN-ING AT THE PUBLIC LI-BRARY...One hour tutoring sessions Learn to:·Search the internet·Send an email·Use a word processor·Use a computer with a digital camera·Social Networking (Face-book, Twitter)·eReaders and TabletsCall (250)567-4060 to book an appointment or for more information
***IDIDALAP4CANCER ...Noon to Midnight Friday, June 22, 2012 Vanderhoof, BC. Held at NVSS track fi eld. Par-ticipate as an individual or build your own team. Direct link to IDIDALAP4CANCER http:cancerevents.kintera.org/ididalap4cancer For more information Email: [email protected] supporter of the Cana-dian Cancer Society.
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Nechako NotesNechako Notes
Nechako Nordics Ski Tournament as part of their spring windup celebration held March 17.
Photo by Richard Burkholder
VANDERHOOF’S VANDERHOOF’S FAITHFAITH
For more information or to joinVanderhoof’s Faith Church Directory
Call Pam at 250-567-9258
Church Directory
Vanderhoof Christian Fellowship
The Church on the Corner“Giving you a Purpose to live for
and People to live with”
Worship Service: 10:00 am
Small Groups meeting together regularly:
We have a place for you to belong!For more information call
567-9198 263 Vanderview Drive
The Gospel Chapel
448 Connaught Street
For more information call567-3107
www.thegospelchapel.ca
Our MissionGlorifying God by helping all people move closer to
Jesus Christ one step at a time.
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
(Affi liated with the Evangelical Free Church of Canada)
NECHAKO COMMUNITY CHURCH
MENNONITE BRETHREN
1393 Highway 16 East(Across from P.J. Collision)
250-567-4960Sunday Morning Worship
9:30 amSunday School - 11:15 am
Cowboy ChurchLast Sunday of the month @ 7:00 p.m.
Making Jesus known
For more information visit our website: www.vcfemc.com
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney offi cially announced the new $50 polymer bank note’s entry into cir-culation. The front of the new $50 note features a portrait of Sir William Lyon Mackenzie King, while the back depicts the Arctic research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, as well as other imagery that refl ects Canada’s commitment to Arctic research and the development and pro-tection of northern communities. Most importantly, the new $50 bill, like the rest of the polymer series, features a unique combination of state-of-the-art security features, making them the most secure bank notes ever issued in Canada.
The Governor encouraged Canadians to familiarize themselves with these new features, the most prominent of which are two transparent areas: one that ex-tends from the top to the bottom of the note and contains complex holographic features, and the other in the shape of a maple leaf.
“Counterfeiting rates have been re-duced by 90 per cent since 2004. Issuing this new series of bank notes enables us to continue to stay ahead of counterfeit-ers,” Governor Carney said. “And by regularly checking the leading-edge se-curity features on these new notes, Cana-dians can help protect themselves from counterfeiting threats,” he added.
With the $50 denomination be-ing more frequently used in automated banking machines, Canadians were also reminded that each time a new series of
bank notes is issued the equipment that processes and dispenses them may re-quire adjustments or upgrades. The Bank of Canada has worked closely with fi -nancial institutions and manufacturers of bank note processing equipment to help them make this transition to polymer.
The $20 note will be issued later this year, with the remaining bank notes in the series - the $5 and $10 notes - to be issued by the end of 2013.
The themes of all of the denomina-tions are:
$100 - Medical Innovation-celebrates Canadian innovations in the fi eld of medicine (Portrait: Sir Robert Borden)
$50 - CCGS Amundsen, Research Icebreaker - refl ects Canada’s com-mitment to Arctic research and the de-velopment and protection of northern communities (Portrait: Sir William Lyon Mackenzie King)
$20 - The Canadian National Vimy Memorial - evokes the contributions and sacrifi ces of Canadians in confl icts throughout our history (Portrait: HM Queen Elizabeth II)
$10 - The Canadian train - represents Canada’s great technical feat of linking its eastern and western frontiers by what was, at the time, the longest railway ever built (Portrait: Sir John A. Macdonald)
$5 - Canadarm2 and Dextre - sym-bolize Canada’s continuing contribu-tion to the international space program through robotics innovation (Portrait: Sir Wilfrid Laurier)
Bank of Canada Issues $50 Polymer Note
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It is with great sadness we
announce the passing of
C. Elmer Giles at St. John Hospital,
April 1, 2012 @ 4:15 am with his
family by his side. He is survived by
two daughters, oneson, two sisters and two brothers, and numerous nieces and nephews.There will be no church service or memorial by his request.
DOREEN MARGARET LACKEY (Johnson)
April 16, 1932
In Memory of our dear Mother (Grandmother) who passed away
March 15, 1012.
Away in that beautiful somewhereFar from sickness and pain
God reached our wonderful motherAnd shattered our family chain
But if love could build a stairwayAnd memories make a lane
We’d walk our way to heavenAnd bring you home again.
Always remembered and sadly missed.
No Service by request.
DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOFEconomic Development Offi cer
The District of Vanderhoof is seeking a highly motivated individual for an Economic Development Offi cer.
RESPONSIBLE FOR: - Promotion of community economic opportunities - Coordination of enquiries pertaining to Vanderhoof and area as to availability of properties, employment opportunities and supply of additional goods and services - Creation of a positive investment climate within the community of Vanderhoof
DUTIES:• Representing the District on economic matters• Organizing and maintaining all applicable information relating to economic development• Work with and assist a number of community associations such as the Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures and others, to foster economic activity jointly and to prevent overlapping of activities• Research and prepare grant proposals• Establish contact with the business community in various forms such as speaking engagements, initiatives and meetings; also provide help wherever possible regarding business retention and or expansion• Pursue economic development in ways that increase community self-reliance• Pursue economic development that is sustainable and diversifi ed• Seek to enhance local capacity to plan, design, control, manage and evaluate initiatives aimed at vitalizing the community• May be required to work weekends and evenings QUALIFICATIONS:Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities• Shall have knowledge and extensive experience in: • Economics • Marketing • Business Management • Communications • Salesmanship • Public Relations • Planning and research skills• Ability to plan, organize and direct activities• Ability to communicate effectively with excellent communication and presentation skills• Ability to establish and maintain a working relationship with politicians, senior staff, employees, business, industry, other agencies and the public• Ability to analyze data, prepare reports and make recommendations• Ability to work in a fl exible environment with changing priorities; must be a self starter and be able to work independently• Ability to manage projects to successful completion including activity and fi nancial reporting• A good understanding of computers including the use of word processors, spread sheets and data base programs
ExperienceAt least fi ve years of experience in a management position, and/or business experience, and a working knowledge of economic activities, municipal government or related func-tion in the provincial government.
Must have a good working knowledge of Vanderhoof and surrounding area.
Formal training in economic development is desirable.
Qualifi ed applicants are requested to forward their detailed resume, in confi dence, by 4:00 pm, Friday, April 27, 2012 to:Joseph D. Ukryn, AdministratorDistrict of VanderhoofBox 900160 Connaught StreetVanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0Fax: 250-567-9169E-mail: [email protected]
Aspen Planers Ltd.Merritt, BC
WINTER GOT YOU DOWN?Relocate to the warmth of the
Southern Interior
We are looking forCerti ed Millwrights & Certi ed Benchman/Circular Saw lers
To join our team.
As a valued employee, you will work in a caring community, where you will nd friendly faces and an abundance of recreational opportunities. Merritt & the Nicola Valley has a lot to offer including excellent educational facilities.
As Journeyman Millwright:• You will hold an Interprovincial ticket with a strong background in hydraulics. • You will have good troubleshooting and problem solving abilities, good communication and interpersonal skills, as well as general computer knowledge. • You must be willing to work all shifts. Experience in a sawmill environment would be a de nite asset.
As Benchman/Circular Saw lerYou will be a team player with a strong mechanical aptitude, excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills. Non-certi ed Benchman with benching experience will be considered.
If you thrive within a challenging and dynamic setting, have demonstrated a strong Safety background and a desire to effectively participate in a team environment, please submit your resume with complete references no later than April 15, 2012 to:Aspen Planers Ltd. PO Box 160, Merritt, B. C. V1K 1B8Fax(250) 315-4237 Attn: Human Resources orEmail: [email protected] the position for which you are applying in thesubject box of all emails.
United Steelworkers wages & bene ts will apply. We thank all applicants who express interest, however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
Announcements
In Memoriam
Your In Memoriam Gift is a lasting tribute. Please mail your donations to the address below, and include your name and address, along with the name and ad-dress of the next-of kin for an acknowledgment card.Donations can be sent to:
HSFBC & Y, 1212 W. Broadway,
Vancouver, BC V6H 3V2.1-800-663-2010.
IMPROVING YOUR ODDSAGAINST CANADA’S
#1 KILLER
Coming EventsBC ARTS And Culture week is coming! Celebrate the arts by attending the great events that are being presented in your community from April 22-28. www.bcartsweek.org.
Entertainment
MUSICIANSLocal guitarist and bass player, both 40 something, looking to connect with local musicians to jam. Diverse musical interests. Please call Paul at 567-2120.
InformationNECHAKO RIVER
FLOW FACTS April 4, 2012
Reservoir Elevation: 850.88m (2792.50.ft)SLS Discharge: 118.93 m3/sVanderhoof: 150 m3/sApril snow pack survey indicates the overall snow pack is 169.7% of long term average for this time of year. Spillway discharge will be maintained at the current level until late April. Based on the volume of infl ow predicted from the existing snow pack fl ow in the Necahako River is expected to be high in spring and summer. For more in-formation please call Rio Tinto Al-can at 250-567-5105. A recording of Flow Facts is available 24-hours in Vanderhoof at 567-5812
Employment
Business Opportunities
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Drivers/Courier/Trucking
DRIVERS WANTED: Terrifi c career opportunity out-standing growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No Experience Needed!! Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 wks. vacation & benefi ts pkg. Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time Valid License with air brake endorsement. High School Diploma or GED.
Apply at www.sperryrail.comunder careers, keyword Driver DO NOT FILL IN CITY or STATE
Employment
Education/Trade Schools
APPLY NOW: Pennywise Scholarship For Women to at-tend Journalism certifi cate course at Langara College in Vancouver. Deadline May 30, 2012. More information: www.bccommunitynews.com
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Obituaries
Employment
Education/Trade Schools
Help WantedSERVICE MANAGER - Hanna Chrysler Ltd. (Hanna, Alberta). Opportunity in a perfect family environment. Strong team, competitive wages, benefi ts, growth potential. Fax resume: 403-854-2845. Email: [email protected].
Obituaries
Employment
Home Care/Support
24 hr. Live-InSupport Required(Kamloops, B.C.)
Dengarry Professional Ser-vices Ltd. is seeking experi-enced individuals or couples for contract to provide live in 24 hr. support for short term stabilization to adults with mental & physical disabilities in Kamloops. Applicant must have education and exp. either in behavioral and/or medical supports. Applicant will undergo extensive screening including refer-ence checks, Crim Check and drivers abstract.
Housing & Utilities incls. w/ a Remarkable
Compensation Package.
Please forward resume to Kristine Toebosch at
or fax to 1-250-377-4581or mail Attn: Kristine
PO Box 892 Kamloops BC V2C-5M8
Income OpportunityEARN EXTRA Cash! - P/T, F/T Immediate openings. Easy Computer work, others posi-tions are available. Can be done from home. No experi-ence needed. www.hwc-bc.com
Help Wanted
Employment
Trades, TechnicalCONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experi-enced concrete fi nishers and form setters for work in Ed-monton and northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommoda-tions provided for out of town work; Cell 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-7103. [email protected]
DL Baker Construction Cana-da is looking for Structural Steel/Precast Erectors in Kiti-mat, BC, Canada. Red Seal preferred. Erectors must be capable of erecting, installing of temporary braces, splice plates and welding required for the erection of precast panels. Must have the ability to read shop drawing and provide ba-sic layout of precast. Must have the ability to correctly rig and hoist material. Provide proper crane signals to fl y ma-terial in place. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project La-bour Agreement between Kiti-mat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project. Approximate Journey-man Structural Steel Rate $36.27 This work will start 6/15/12. Please respond to this ad by 4/20/12. Please respond via email by placing Structural Steel Erec-tor in the subject line to:[email protected]
Help Wanted
Small Ads work!
Employment
Trades, TechnicalJACOBS FIELD Services Ltd. (Maintenance) is looking for a General Foreman with oilfi eld experience for a Northern BC site. Person will live in Dawson Creek or Fort St. John. Send resume to fax 780-485-6722, [email protected]. HEAVY Equipment Technicians and Maintenance personnel for expanding pipe-line company in Olds, Alberta for work in shop and jobsites throughout Western Canada. Fax resume to 403-556-7582 or email: [email protected]
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Tandem dump truck, 4x4 Backhoe, gravel sales, general hauling, foundations,
water & sewer lines and snow removal.
All jobs BIG or small, give us a call!FRANK TEICHROEB
3393 Sinkutview Rd, Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A2
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Serving Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Fort Fraser and Fraser Lake
Pam BergerPublisher
150 W. Columbia StBox 1007, VanderhoofBC V0J 3A0
Tel: 250-567-9258Fax: 250-567-2070
Email: [email protected]
Serving Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Fort Fraser and Fraser Lake
Pam BergerPublisher
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Tel: 250-567-9258Fax: 250-567-2070
Email: [email protected]
vertiserReaching Every DoorADSTUART
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Misc Services Misc Services Employment
Trades, TechnicalDL Baker Construction Cana-da is looking for Cement Ma-son/Finishers in Kitimat, BC, Canada. Red Seal preferred. Finishers must possess com-petency in fi nishing high toler-ance fl oors. Knowledge & ex-perience in using all fi nishing hand tools, walk behind, and riding trowels. Must have ex-perience in fl oor hardeners, shake and the ability to estab-lish grade. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project La-bour Agreement between Kiti-mat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project. Approximate Journey-man Cement Mason $31.82 This work will start 6/1/12. Please respond to this ad by 4/20/12. Please respond via email by placing Cement Ma-son/Finisher in the subject line to [email protected]
Employment
Trades, TechnicalDL Baker Construction Cana-da is looking for Rodbusters in Kitimat, BC, Canada. Red Seal preferred. Rodbusters must be competent in rigging, shaking out & installing (tying) all types of reinforcement used in concrete. Must have basic knowledge of reading and un-derstanding cut sheets and drawings for the reinforcing. Must be capable of signaling and rigging loads for cranes. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement be-tween Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and the Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project.Approximate Journeyman Rod-buster $36.27 This work will start 5/1/12. Please respond to this ad by 4/20/12 Please re-spond via email by placing Rodbuster in the subject line to [email protected]
Employment
Trades, Technical
HHDI RECRUITINGis hiring on behalf of
Baker HughesBaker Hughes Alberta - based oilfi eld services company is currently hiring;
DRIVEREQUIPMENT
OPERATORS &SERVICE
SUPERVISORSClass 1 or 3 Drivers License required.
HD MECHANICS3rd or 4th apprentice or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics with their Red Seal and CVIP License to work in Whitecourt and Hinton, AB.
Please call 250-718-3330 or Fax: 1-888-679-0759
For more information or send your resume &
current drivers abstract to:[email protected]
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Pets & Livestock
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Village of Fraser LakeConstruction of Village of Fraser Lake
Works Yard Shop The Village of Fraser Lake Public Works Department has been approved for the construction of a new equipment storage garage, located at 21 Tunasa Cresent. Fraser Lake BC. Invitation To TenderThe following information is for the purpose of constructing a wood framed 3 bay equipment garage with concrete footings and walls will be in accordance with the latest 2012 BC building codes and approved of by authorized Inspector(s) of said codes. Specifi c details for the building are included on attached documents .It will be the responsibility of the Contractor that quotes will include in written form:1. Supply and installation of all required materials2. Removal and disposal of new construction waste and/or materials3. Associated costs, including mileage, applicable taxes, and all applicable permits proper building permits for construction as required by the Local Govt. Act and The Community Charter.4. All quotes from licensed and certifi ed Sub Trades that are deemed necessary for approved completion of building construction, as outlined in the construction directive Inspections and approvals for any or all work completed by sub trades will be in accordance with the appropriate licensed Inspectors and the responsibility of the Contractor, EXCLUDING ONLY, the installation of approved natural gas furnace, affi liated permits, materials, inspections and labour for aforesaid natural gas items, which will be provided by Village of Fraser Lake.
Electrical sub trade quote: • To include service disconnection and existing electrical panel of old building. • Supply and Installation of all required materials • Removal and disposal of new construction material waste • Associated costs, including mileage, applicable taxes and permits • Notice for BC HYDRO materials that may be eligible for rebates
The Village Works Dept. responsibilities include the following: • Contacting BC 1 Call for any underground utilities. • Obtaining a certifi ed person to disconnect the existing natural gas service prior to demolition of old building. • Removal and installation of existing Lennox Natural Gas furnace and piping • Lennox mod LF24-145A-5 116,000 btu output furnace • 6” B VENT Chimney located approx 54” from end wall and 20” from gable end wall • Furnace electrical rating is 120V, 60HZ, single phase, 6 AMP • Applicable permits for natural gas furnace installation • Removal of existing electrical lighting fi xtures and wiring • Supply equipment, operators and labourers required for demolition and removal of the old building, pre foundation ground work needed to determineoriginal soil, pre construction conditions as approved of by Building Inspector. • Supply equipment, operators and approved materials required for pre footing and foundation stability, proper foundation back fi ll and fl oor inside of building. • Supply equipment and operator for required trenching needed for services to building
Inquiries can be made to the Village of Fraser Lake Municipal offi ce Monday - Friday, during working hours 8:00 am. - 4:00 pm. Located at 210 Carrier Cres. Fraser Lake BC. 250.699.6257Or by calling the Village Works Yard at 250.699.6562 from 7:30am- 4:00 pm. Monday –Friday.A mandatory on-site walkthrough will take place at the construction location located at 21 Tunasa Cres. on April 23, 2012 with interested parties and the Village of Fraser Lake Administration at 1:00 pm. Interested parties that are not able to attend at this day and time, should contact Vern Hilman prior to April 23, 2012 at 250.699.6562 or cell# 250.699.1265 or by email at vfl [email protected] to make alternate arrangements. In fairness to parties that attend or have made alternate arrangements, any inquiries past this date will not be accepted.Sealed bids, when completed, may be submitted in person to the Village of Fraser Lake Village Offi ce between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday to Friday, or mailed to – Village of Fraser Lake PO Box 430, 210 Carrier Cres. Fraser Lake, BC. V0J 1S0. If it is mailed, it MUST be able to be picked up and be deliverable to the Village Offi ce no later than 12:00 pm April 30 2012, attention Clint Mauthe, Director of Corporate Administrative Services. Opening of sealed bids will take place in Council Chambers located downstairs at the Municipal Offi ce in Fraser Lake at 3:00 pm on the same day, April 30, 2012.
DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOFPUBLIC NOTICE - ROAD RESTRICTIONS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 38 OF THE COMMUNITY CHARTER AND THE COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT ACT AND THE MOTOR VEHICLE ACT, THE FOLLOWING ROAD RESTRICTIONS ARE HEREBY IMPOSED ON THE MUNICIPAL ROADS AND STREETS LISTED BELOW WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOF.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
100% LEGAL LOADING- Northside Road- Mountainview Road- Erickson Road to end of pavement- Industrial Drive to end of pavement- Recreation Ave. from Highway 16 to intersection with Stewart St.- Stewart Street from Burrard Ave. to Recreation Avenue- Nechako Avenue- Vanderhoof Dump Road- Burrard Avenue- Loop Road- Spruce Street
70% OF MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE UNDER RESTRICTIONS- All other roads in the District of Vanderhoof unless otherwise posted.
All overweight term permits are invalid for the duration of the restrictions of the above noted roads.
The applicable percentage of tolerances provided under Section 7.06(2) of regulations pursuant to the Commercial Transport Act shall apply.
Violators of the regulations and restrictions will be pros-ecuted.
Dated this 26th day of March, 2012 at Vanderhoof, BC
Paul CarverSuperintendent of Public Works
DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOFTENDER
Fourth Street Watermain Replacement - Nechako to PineProject: 2012-02
The District of Vanderhoof invites tenders for:Fourth Street Watermain Replacement - Nechako to Pine
Tender Documents will be available during normal business hours at: DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOF 160 Connaught Street Vanderhoof, B.C., V0J 3A0 Ph: (250) 567-4711 Fax: (250) 567-9169
Tenders are scheduled to close: Tender Closing Time: 2:00 PM local time Tender Closing Date: Monday, April 30, 2012 Address: Offi ce of the District of Vanderhoof PO Box 900 Vanderhoof, B.C., V0J 3A0 Ph: (250) 567-4711 Fax: (250) 567-9169
Direct all inquires regarding this Tender call to:Attention: Paul R. Carver Superintendant of Public Works
IMPORTANT NOTE: Tenders will only be accepted in sealed envelopes, with the project name and closing date/time clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. Tenders re-ceived after the closing date/time will be returned unopened to the Submitter. The District of Vanderhoof reserves the right to reject any and all Tenders. The lowest or any Tender may not necessarily be accepted.
Legal Notices Legal NoticesMerchandise for Sale
Auctions
FARM AUCTION
John & Lily GwilliamSaturday,
May 12, 2012Consignments
welcome!
ALL WEST AUCTIONSPh: 567-4842
Cell: 570-8586
AUCTION #1 - MAY 26, 2012 @ TOPLEY’S GARAGE
This sale will include a good selection of antiques, a very large selection of tools, vehi-cles and equipment. To con-sign to the sale early in order for us to get your merchandise advertised, call Mike’s Auction Limited as soon as possible.AUCTION #2 - JUNE 2, 2012
@ FORT ST. JAMESThis a auction will be a very large tool and equipment sale - approximately 2,000 lots. If you would like to consign large equipment or vehicles, please contact Mike’s Auction Limited. Please note that we cannot take any small items at this al-ready extremely large sale.MIKES AUCTION LTD.
(250) 694-3497 orCell: (250) 692-6107 orEgon (250) 694-3319Cell: (250) 570-2055
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complete listings.
Garage Sales
Household items, farm equipment, tools, travel
trailer and more.(Approx. 10 minutes from town) 2.8 km
down Sinkut Lake Rd. off the Blackwater Rd.
GARAGE SALESaturday, April 14
9am-4pm7524 Sinkut Lake Rd.
Heavy Duty Machinery
A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /
Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
Misc. for SaleDIY STEEL Building deals! Many sizes and models. Make an offer on clearance buildings today and save thousands of dollars. Free brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.
HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?
SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money and save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any di-mension. In stock, ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT
STEEL BUILDING - Blowout sale! 20x26 $5,199. 25x28 $5,799. 30x42 $8,390. 32x56 $11,700. 40x50 $14,480. 47x76 $20,325. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca
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Real Estate
For Sale By Owner
5 BDRM HOME IN TELKWA
FOR SALE3200 sq ft, 4 bath, includes washer &
dryer, fridge & stove, dishwasher
hot tub, natural gas, contact
250-845-3315
Houses For Sale
Other AreasNOVA SCOTIA Rural water-front lots for sale. Country liv-ing at its best. Three bedroom apartments for rent. 45 miles to university town. 1-902-522-2343 www.sawmilllanding.com [email protected]
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Apt/Condo for Rent
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SilvermillApartments
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250-567-4208BACHELOR, 1 AND 2 bedroom apartments in Fraser Lake starting at $450 - has laundry facilities. Please call Darlene or Roy at 250-699-7748
BURRARD APARTMENTS. Two bdrm suites. No pets 250-567-9128
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Duplex / 4 PlexVanderhoof - 2 bdrm, living room plus family room. Wall to wall carpet. F/S/W/D. 416 w. 3rd St. $720/mth plus utilities. Avail May 1st. 250-567-9447
Suites, Lower1bdrm bsmt suite. 1 person, No pets, non smoker, utilities incl. $450/mth. 250-567-9124
TownhousesRENO’D 3/bdrm townhouses in family friendly complex. Close to downtown, schools & park. $650/mth. 250-567-4430
Transportation
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Scrap Car RemovalScrap Batteries Wanted
We buy scrap batteries fromcars & trucks & heavy equip.
$4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288
Trucks & Vans2005 Chevy Uplander. One owner, loaded, low kms, great shape, $5,500 obo. 1995 F-250 4x4 pick-up, one owner, standard, 351, 160,000 km’s, good condition, $2,700 obo 250-567-2120
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Legal Notices
Warehouseman’s Lien Act
1982 Pacifi c Logging Truck Vin# 2PTG5132XCEA01714 and 1994 Artic Log Trailer VIN# 2M9PL3044RP016370Debtor: John Craig MacDonaldAmount of debt = $17,497.20Time and Date of Sale:May 1st, 2012 8:00amP&H Supplies Ltd.279 East 1st StreetVanderhoof, BC
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND
OTHERS GREGORY GORDON
LOCKEY aka GREG LOCKEY a.k.a. GREGORY G. LOCKEY,
DECEASED
Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of the late GREGORY GORDON LOCKEY a.k.a. GREG LOCKEY a.k.a GREGORY G. LOCKEY, formerly of PO Box 1716, Vanderhoof, British Columbia, are hereby required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Administratrix, c/o Rose Shawlee, Lawyer, 9259 Main Street, PO Box 390, Chilliwack BC, V2P 6K2, before May 9, 2012 after which date the Administratrix will distribute the said Estate amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which she then has notice.
JUNE CHARLOTTE LOCKEYAdministratrix
BAKER NEWBY LLP,Lawyers
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CORALIE JEAN ANDERSON aka CORALIE ANDERSON aka CORALIE JEAN SCOTT ANDERSON,
Deceased Formerly of the Settlement of
Fort Fraser, BC
All parties having claims against the said Estate are required to forward particulars of same to the law fi rm of WINGHAM LAW CORPORATION, Solicitor for the Personal Representative, at P.O. Box 1489, Vanderhoof, British Columbia, V0J 3A0, on or before the 8th day of May, 2012 after which date the claims fi led may be paid without reference to any claims of which the Personal Representative then has no knowledge.
Personal Representative, by:CHRISTOPHER K.
WINGHAM,Solicitor
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Local girl volunteers on 5 continentsTerri Wingham - “An Adventure of Hope”
A 33-year-old former resident of Van-derhoof found a unique way to heal emotionally from her battle with breast cancer and is now trav-eling around the world research-ing opportuni-ties for other cancer survivors to fi nd healing. Terri Wingham was born and raised in Vander-hoof and graduated from NVSS in June of 1997. In Octo-ber of 2009, at the age of 30, she fi rst heard the life alter-ing words “you have cancer”. The eighteen months that followed included four rounds of chemotherapy and three surgeries (in-cluding a double mas-tectomy and the req-uisite reconstruction). She fi nally fi nished treatment in January of 2011 but as she recounts in the blog on her Web-site, [“afreshchapter.com”] she emerged from the process physically and emotionally exhausted.
Initially reluctant to discuss her disease and treatment regimen, Terri fi nally concluded that she would only heal emotionally by reaching out to others in need. This included both shar-ing her story with other can-
cer patients through
her blog as well as planning and
fundraising for an international volunteer trip.
In April of 2011, Terri travelled to South Africa for 6 weeks to volunteer with “Cross-Cultural Solu-tions” at an under-funded day-care in the Townships (slums) outside of Cape Town. As Terri recounts on her Web-site, this experience of taking care of a beautiful group of 1-3 year olds healed her from cancer in a way she hadn’t ex-pected and became the catalyst for her to build a Charitable Founda-tion to encourage other cancer survi-vors to volunteer overseas.
Terri is current-ly on a six-month, f ive-cont inen t “ A d v e n t u r e of Hope”, laying the groundwork for the Fresh Chapter Foundation. The purpose of her journey is to identify safe venues available to survivors who, like her, would like to volunteer over-seas as a way of writing a fresh chapter in their post cancer sto-ries. Terri is reviewing 7 interna-tional volunteer organizations with a view to forming long-term partnerships with only those organizations that have ethical volunteer practices, extensive in-country support and well established safety records. On the completion of her journey she will create
a web resource and partner with cancer support organizations across North Amer-ica as a way of spreading the word about
this unique option for recovery.In addition to South Africa, Terri has
volunteered in Vietnam, India, and Rwan-da and is scheduled to volunteer in
Tanzania, Spain, Peru, and Costa Rica before her jour-ney ends in late June of this year. Through her on-going fundraising efforts, Terri has so far collected 62% of her goal of $34,000.00 and needs another $12,680.00 to fund the rest of the trip. So far she has en-joyed the fi nancial support of private do-nors, corporate spon-sors and volunteer partners. Terri would now love her home-town and area to get behind her in an effort
to help her to complete this project. More extensive information on her journey, on the Fresh Chapter Foundation and on her fund raising efforts is available at “afresh-chapter.com”. A special account has been set up at the Vanderhoof branch of Integris Credit Union for those who would like to make a fi nancial contribution.
Terri’s dream for the Fresh Chapter Foundation is to help thousands of cancer survivors select, fundraise, and prepare for their own international volunteer trips. As more survivors join her on the road, she hopes to start a movement of adventure af-ter cancer, of service as a way of healing, of cultural exchange and understanding, and most importantly, of helping survivors walk through their fear and write new sto-ries for the future.
Terri Wingham
This is the picture taken in Rwanda with one of the little people in the orphanage.
