WEDNESDAY, December 17, 2014 PHONE: 996-8482 www.caledoniacourier.com VOL. 37 NO. 42 $1.30 inc. GST MOONLIGHT MADNESS P. 2 SENIORS FOR SENIORS P. 3 ◆ ◆ Inside NAK’AZDLI vs. ENBRIDGE P.5 CANADA GAMES P. 8 ◆ ◆ Publications Mail Contract #: 40007759 Soup Wallah in top 10 NEWS BRIEFS TOLL FREE: 1-888-449-4029 250-567-4781 1473 HWY 16 EAST www.westlineford.com DL # 30423 Merry Christmas From everyone at Westline Ford. It was a pleasure helping you with your automotive needs. Please contact us with any questions you may have. We look forward to serving you in 2015.! JESSE COLE Caledonia Courier Of the three Fort St. James businesses nominated for the Small Business B.C. Awards one has made it through the finals. The Soup Wallah, nominated for the Premier’s People’s Choice award has made it through to the finals, beating out it’s competition of Bare Hands Landscaping and Design and MXV Integrated Health and fitness. Voting for nomi- nees ended on Nov. 30. Businessees chosen to be part of the top 10 semi-finalists will now complete another, extended application for the awards which will serve to nar- row down the top 10 finalists into top ive finalists. Those businesses that are chosen to remain in the top five position will be an- nounced on Jan. 30. After which judging for the winning busi- nesses will begin. The awards will be given out on Feb. 26 at the Small Busi- ness B.C. Awards Ceremony held at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver. REBECCA WATSON Omineca Express FRASER LAKE – More than 340 families will juggle bills this holiday season after an unexpected suspension of Endako mine. Thomson Creek Metals announced their Endako molybdenum mine in Fraser Lake will be be put on temporary suspension as of Dec. 31 due to continued weakness of the Moly market. With it will came the termination of half their salaried employees (42) and a 60-day notice to all hourly employees who will be paid through Feb. 7. Currently 347 people are employed at the mine, of that 84 are salaried and 263 are hourly, all of which will feel the negative effects of the layoff. “It’s bad because its half our workforce,” Dwayne Lindstrom said, mayor of Fraser Lake. “You knock three-or-four hundred people out of a town of 1100, it’s pretty devastating.” Total severance benefits for the terminated salaried employees are ex- pected to total approximately $1.7 million (about $42,000 per person), of which 75 per cent will be paid by Thompson Creek Metals and 25 per cent by their partner Sojitz Moly Resources (Sojitz). “This effects the whole region,” said Mr. Lindstrom. “Fraser Lake saw mill and Endako mine are the two biggest employers in Fraser Lake and people from Vanderhoof and Burns Lake work there too. Timing isn’t good no matter when it is but just before the holidays this will ruin a lot of family’s Christmases.” All hourly employees will remain on ‘stand by’ during the suspension period. This will enable us to restart operations fairly quickly once or if a decision is made to do so, said Pamela Solly, director, investor relations and corporate responsibility for Endako. “We will continue to closely monitor market conditions and re-evaluate the status of the mine as market conditions warrant,” she said in an e- mail interview. “We have longevity in the surrounding communities and will continue to strive to be good partners. We will work hard to keep employees and other stakeholders apprised of the status of the temporary suspension, and will work to place employees at our Mt. Milligan opera- tion whenever possible.” Although all Endako operations will soon be temporarily suspended, monitoring activities and preventative maintenance with continue. “The processing facility needs to be shut down and shut down properly and although production will stop, [unionized salary workers]will con- tinue working up to or close to Feb. 7 to winterize all the machinery, trucks, shovels, and equipment and get it ready for sitting,” Dan Will said, business agent for the local 1-424 United Steelworkers Union in Prince George. Price of Moly is down to $8.775 a pound as of Dec. 11. Endako has not disclosed a price as which the mine would re-start operations but, $12 or $15 would be realistic said Mr. Well. “Over the years it has been quite high but the problem with the cole and steel industry is nobody is making steel right now,” Mr. Well said. “To shut a mine down is an expensive process and I’m sure the decision wasn’t made lightly. [The price of Moly] will go up but the question is when will it go up. I’m sure Idling the mine wasn’t an easy decision for them to make.” New year brings loss of jobs Endako Mines in Fraser Lake is slated to suspend operations in the new year as market prices for its main product, Molybdenum, have fallen. Photo via Black Press files.
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WEDNESDAY, December 17, 2014 PHONE: 996-8482 www.caledoniacourier.com VOL. 37 NO. 42 $1.30 inc. GST
MOONLIGHT MADNESS P. 2SENIORS FOR SENIORS P. 3
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◆Inside NAK’AZDLI vs. ENBRIDGE P.5 CANADA GAMES P. 8
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Publications Mail Contract #: 40007759
SoupWallahin top
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NEWS BRIEFS
TOLL FREE: 1-888-449-4029 250-567-4781
1473 HWY 16 EASTwww.westlineford.com DL # 30423
Merry ChristmasFrom everyone at Westline Ford. It was a pleasure
helping you with your automotive needs.
Please contact us with any questions you may have.
We look forward to serving you in 2015.!
JESSE COLECaledonia Courier
Of the three Fort St. James businesses nominated for the Small Business B.C. Awards one has made it through the fi nals.
The Soup Wallah, nominated for the Premier’s People’s Choice award has made it through to the fi nals, beating out it’s competition of Bare Hands Landscaping and Design and MXV Integrated Health and fi tness.
Voting for nomi-nees ended on Nov. 30.
Businessees chosen to be part of the top 10 semi-fi nalists will now complete another, extended application for the awards which will serve to nar-row down the top 10 fi nalists into top ive fi nalists.
Those businesses that are chosen to remain in the top fi ve position will be an-nounced on Jan. 30. After which judging for the winning busi-nesses will begin.
The awards will be given out on Feb. 26 at the Small Busi-ness B.C. Awards Ceremony held at the Pan Pacifi c Hotel in Vancouver.
REBECCA WATSONOmineca Express
FRASER LAKE – More than 340 families will juggle bills this holiday season after an unexpected suspension of Endako mine.
Thomson Creek Metals announced their Endako molybdenum mine in Fraser Lake will be be put on temporary suspension as of Dec. 31 due to continued weakness of the Moly market.
With it will came the termination of half their salaried employees (42) and a 60-day notice to all hourly employees who will be paid through Feb. 7. Currently 347 people are employed at the mine, of that 84 are salaried and 263 are hourly, all of which will feel the negative effects of the layoff.
“It’s bad because its half our workforce,” Dwayne Lindstrom said, mayor of Fraser Lake. “You knock three-or-four hundred people out of a town of 1100, it’s pretty devastating.”
Total severance benefits for the terminated salaried employees are ex-pected to total approximately $1.7 million (about $42,000 per person), of which 75 per cent will be paid by Thompson Creek Metals and 25 per cent by their partner Sojitz Moly Resources (Sojitz).
“This effects the whole region,” said Mr. Lindstrom. “Fraser Lake saw mill and Endako mine are the two biggest employers in Fraser Lake and people from Vanderhoof and Burns Lake work there too. Timing isn’t good no matter when it is but just before the holidays this will ruin a lot of family’s Christmases.”
All hourly employees will remain on ‘stand by’ during the suspension period. This will enable us to restart operations fairly quickly once or if a
decision is made to do so, said Pamela Solly, director, investor relations and corporate responsibility for Endako.
“We will continue to closely monitor market conditions and re-evaluate the status of the mine as market conditions warrant,” she said in an e-mail interview. “We have longevity in the surrounding communities and will continue to strive to be good partners. We will work hard to keep employees and other stakeholders apprised of the status of the temporary suspension, and will work to place employees at our Mt. Milligan opera-tion whenever possible.”
Although all Endako operations will soon be temporarily suspended, monitoring activities and preventative maintenance with continue.
“The processing facility needs to be shut down and shut down properly and although production will stop, [unionized salary workers]will con-tinue working up to or close to Feb. 7 to winterize all the machinery, trucks, shovels, and equipment and get it ready for sitting,” Dan Will said, business agent for the local 1-424 United Steelworkers Union in Prince George.
Price of Moly is down to $8.775 a pound as of Dec. 11. Endako has not disclosed a price as which the mine would re-start operations but, $12 or $15 would be realistic said Mr. Well.
“Over the years it has been quite high but the problem with the cole and steel industry is nobody is making steel right now,” Mr. Well said. “To shut a mine down is an expensive process and I’m sure the decision wasn’t made lightly. [The price of Moly] will go up but the question is when will it go up. I’m sure Idling the mine wasn’t an easy decision for them to make.”
New year brings loss of jobs Endako Mines in Fraser Lake is slated to suspend operations in the new year as market prices for its main product, Molybdenum, have fallen.
Photo via Black Press fi les.
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CHRISTMAS DAY
Wishing you and yours the verybest for the Holiday Season!
2015 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE
The District of Fort St. James Regular Council Meeting Schedule for the year 2015 is now post-ed on the notice board at the Municipal O ce, 477 Stuart Drive West, Fort St. James, BC. The schedule will remain posted until December 31, 2015. The schedule is also posted online:
http://bit.ly/1a9SuEp. Kevin Crook, Chief Administrative Of cer
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (NECHAKO LAKES)
NOTICE OF OFFICE CLOSUREDecember 22, 2014 – January 2, 2015
The School District Administration Of ces in both Vanderhoof and Burns Lake, as well as maintenance shops and bus garages, will close to the public at 4:30 p.m., Friday, December 19, 2014, and will reopen at 8:30 a.m., Monday, January 5, 2015.
We look forward to working with you in the New Year!
ST PATRICK’S ANGLICAN CHURCHwill be holding a Christmas Eve service at 7.00pm on December 24, 2015. We invite you to come and join us for this special occasion. Merry Christmas to all from Rev’s Roy and Gwen.
JESSE COLECaledonia Courier
The District of Fort St. James has pledged their support for a moratorium on the proposed Site C Dam Project in Hudson’s Hope, B.C.
The council entertained the motion to support a moratorium that would see an additional years time be given to the Site C Dam Project to further investigate the impacts of the development on the region.
A request issued by the District of Hudson’s Hope stated that the project would increase the provincial debt by $8 billon and would take away from the provinces ability to contribute to other infrastructure projects.
Finance Minister Me De Jong echoed theses statements saying that the project would “likely crowd out many other projects.”
The District of Hudson’s Hope and the Peace River Regional District have issued calls for other rural B.C. communities to support their request that the government further investigate prior to proceeding.
District votesupports
moratorium
JESSE COLECaledonia Courier
Four residents and three businesses are a little bit richer after winning the 2014 Moonlight Madness shopping prize draws.
Dianne Vinnedge took home the first place prize, $450, that was sponsored by the District of Fort St. James. Sheila Unruh took home second place and $250 sponsored by the Integris Credit Union.
Geraldine Joseph took home $100 for third place which was sponsored by TABA Group.
Rosemarie Sam won the Mystery Shopper draw, worth $100 that was spon-sored by Thompson Creek Metals.
Newland Enterprises Ltd. and Ubleis Logging Ltd. took home first and sec-ond place, respectively, in the Santa Claus parade float competition earning themselves $100 and $75.
Nak’azdli Band won the third place prize and $50.
Moonlight Madness results
JESSE COLECaledonia Courier
Fort St. James will be making a special three-day appearance at the Canada Winter Games to advertise the town as a tourist destination.
Council will be sending economic development offi cer Emily Colombo to the games as part of a tourism promotion opportunity offered by the games and Destination B.C.
Council had the option of partnering with three other rural towns and re-ceiving a one day appearance for a cost of $800 or paying $2,500 for three days alone on the stage with any other communities. Council chose the latter option.
Colombo will be offering a glimpse of life in Fort St. James and the many tourist activities available both in the winter and in the summer.
Fort uses Canada Games for tourism promotion
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to Conifex for their donations to the Community of
Practice Program.
“A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIESWITHIN OUR REGION”37, 3RD Avenue,
The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako will be closed on
December 25th and 26th and January 1st and 2nd
Season’s Greetings!We’re hoping your holiday is full of laughter and friends,
health and happiness.
TOM FLETCHERBlack Press
B.C. police forces have undergone a “sea change” in the two years since a civilian-led unit was put in charge of investigating police-involved deaths and serious injuries, says the man in charge of the Independent In-vestigations Offi ce.
But the road to a new system that is moving away from po-lice investigating oth-er police has not been smooth, former U.S. prosecutor Richard Rosenthal acknowl-edged in his report to a committee of B.C. MLAs Thursday.
The offi ce started up in the fall of 2012 with 36 investigators, about half and half civilians and former police offi cers. Its mandate was to move to all-civilian investi-gations, and Rosenthal said progress has been made, with two thirds of staff in the two in-vestigative teams be-ing people who have never worked as po-lice offi cers.
This year four for-mer offi cers were fi red from the IIO, and fi ve more resigned, Rosen-thal told the commit-tee. Two civilian staff also quit this year after three civilians resigned in 2013. An-other former offi cer was “separated from the organization” in 2012, Rosenthal said.
He cited three rea-
sons for the high turn-over: “cultural con-fl icts,” the struggles of a new organization and evolution of jobs that causes people to look for something new.
A one-time Los An-geles deputy district attorney who worked on the 1999 Rampart case involving vio-lence and drug deal-ing in the city’s police force, Rosenthal set up independent police oversight in Portland and Denver before coming to B.C.
He was asked about a survey of his opera-tion that referred to a lower-than expected
case load. Rosenthal said that was done before the offi ce dealt with four fatal offi cer-involved shootings in less than three months.
“I don’t believe there is a single per-son in the offi ce who would say that today,” he said.
Rosenthal said vid-eo cameras for police dog handlers, general-duty offi cers and po-lice Tasers would help in some cases, but that is a decision for police services due to cost and privacy concerns.
The B.C. govern-ment committed to a civilian-led agency after a string of inci-
JESSE COLECaledonia Courier
The KDL Group has made a sizeable donation to the seniors for seniors organization to help restore their regional transportation service after an accident suspended service earlier this month.
Money donated by the KDL Group will be used by volunteer liaison Russell Gingrich to purchase a new all-wheel drive vehicle to replace their Chevrolet Uplander that was damaged beyond repair in an accident on Dec. 2 in Prince George.
No serious injuries were reported but the accident resulted in services offered (typically serving Fort St. James, Vanderhoof and Prince George) to be restricted to only Fort St. James.
“Until the municipality purchases an all-wheel drive vehicle, we won’t be offering transportation to Prince George and Vanderhoof,” said Emily Colombo, economic development officer with the district.
The restriction, while only recently taking place, has already resulted in a number of appointments being cancelled and a social event planned for
Prince George being cancelled. There is, however, another service offered through the Stuart Lake Hos-
pital that offers transportation for medical appointments. “There is a low equity transfer service offered through the Stuart Lake
Hospital,” Colombo said. “The senior or patient can go and check-in to the hospital the day of their transportation. They get in-taken, registered and transported, their appointment takes place and they are then transferred back to Fort St. James and discharged the same day.”
The total amount of money donated by KDL has not yet been released to the public but is estimated to be within the $10,000 to $15,000 region.
KDL penned a letter to municipal council detailing their contribution saying,
“At KDL, we believe that this is a worthy cause and are proud to support our community and the seniors that reside here.”
“We’re very grateful for the donation,” said Colombo. “It could not have come at a better time. We’re going to work as quickly as we can to get our regional service back up and running.”
dents involving RCMP and city police forces. The offi ce was recom-mended by inquiries into the 2007 deaths of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver airport, and Frank Paul, who was removed from the Vancouver Police drunk tank in 1998 and left unconscious in an alley.
The 2005 gunshot death of Ian Bush at the RCMP detachment in
Houston, B.C. was an-other case that pushed the B.C. government to end the practice of police incidents being investigated by other police forces. The in-dependent offi ce also brought B.C. RCMP offi cers under civilian oversight.
The B.C. Police Complaints Commis-sioner is continuing to handle public com-plaints against police forces in the province.
Growing pains for police investigation unit
Crash suspends service, KDL steps in
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A statement from Alberta Premier Jim Pren-tice regarding the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline has sparked upset among many B.C. aboriginal leaders.
A statement recently given by the newly elected Premier outlined his support for En-bridge’s Northern Gateway (a company he formerly worked for as an aboriginal liaison) saying that he was prepared to do what needs to be done to advance the project.
First Nation’s leaders in the Yinka Dene Alliance fi red back at Prentice’s statements saying, on the fourth anniversary of the Save the Fraser Declaration (which bans tar sands related pipelines and oil tankers from Yinka Dene territories), that they too are prepared to do “what needs to be done” to ensure that the pipeline is not built.
Leaders from the Yinka Dene Alliance in-cluding Fred Sam of Nak’azdli sent Premier Prentice both a map outlining First Nations territories (which encompass 25 per cent of the pipeline’s proposed route) against the pipe-line as well as a timeline of opposition efforts against Northern Gateway.
The information sent, which is meant to give the Premier a tangible idea of the level of opposition facing the project, outlines the timeline of opposition efforts since the sign-ing of the Save the Fraser Declaration in 2010. It includes a list of those organizations in op-position to the Northern Gateway pipeline in-
cluding the city of Vancouver, Unifor and The United Church of Canada.
Nak’azdli Band is one of eight First Nations groups that have fi led legal proceedings against the proposed project but Chief Fred Sam said that if need be, action won’t stop there,
“The legal action has started, so that’s one of the routes we’re looking at and perhaps fur-ther legal action as we move along,” he said. “There will probably be protests… What hap-pened at Burnaby Mountain, something simi-lar to that.”
Chief Sam also believes that given Pren-tice’s past work for Enbridge and the North-ern Gateway project that he should hand off responsibility of the project to someone else.
“I believe it’s a confl ict of interest for him, I believe he needs to step aside and let other people deal with it.”
The Yinka Dene Alliance have invited Pre-mier Prentice to meet with them to discuss the project and Sam hopes that Prentice will take the time.
“I am hoping he will. We want to share our views because he hasn’t really come to our ter-ritory so he’s never really seen the rivers or the lakes that are going to be impacted. We want to show him that.”
Despite their willingness to meet with Pren-tice as well as a recent public overture by En-bridge that considered the idea of majority ownership of the pipeline by Aboriginal com-munities, Sam says that there is no room for compromise on this issue.
“Our attitude is no and our neighbours [Fort
First Nations warn Alberta Premier
St. James] have said no too,” Sam said. “It’s not just a First Nations issue… It’s about what we want to leave our people, any people, down the road.”
SStudenttudent of the Week Grade 12
Fort St. James Secondary
Nominated by Judith Friessen
Alex Kemp“He is very had working, motivated and self-disciplined,” said Judith Friessen. “He is a model career and trades student,” Friessen added. Kemp’s favourite classes include mechanics “because I get to work on engines,” he said. He’s taking this passion for mechanics onto a program at the College of New Caledonia (CNC). “Alex completed his required credits and was accepted in to a program in which he attends our school for half of the year and the CNC for half of the year,” said Friessen. Kemp is also a senior basketball player and hopes to get his welding certifi cation after graduation.
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The darker areas consist of the First Nations territories that are opposed to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and the Trans Mountain pipeline. Yinka Dene Alliance territories comprise 25 per cent of the proposed route.
Submitted photo.
THE DATES FOR THE NECHAKO VALLEY FESTIVAL OF THE
PERFORMING ARTS ARE...March 9-20,2015. It will culminate with the fes-tival concert on Mar. 22. Registration ONLINE opens on Dec. 8, 2014 and closes on Jan 15, 2015. The venue for all disciplines is Vanderhoof Chris-tian Fellowship Church. You can view the syllabus and look for any other information on the website at www.musicfestivalweb/nechako.
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DR. DAVID SMITHSubmitted
Everyone has times of feeling anxious, scared or fearful. In fact, without our body’s innate ability to sense and respond to pending danger, we would never have survived as humans.
These days, however, anxiety disorders are like a car alarm repeatedly sounding when there is no real threat. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health concern for children in B.C., affecting an estimated four per cent of all children, impacting their day-to-day life, their friendships, their school performance, their physical health and their sense of well-being. My colleagues and I in the mental health fi eld are concerned that in this modern, fast-paced, wired world, anxiety disorders in children are greatly increasing. We are seeing more children than ever before who are constrained and made miserable by their fears when they should be feeling safe, secure, confi dent and happy.
Anxious feelings include a rapid heartbeat, diffi culty catching one’s breath, a sense of doom, sweaty palms, an upset stomach or stomach ache, even nausea and vomiting. Focus-ing on the feelings can cause them to intensify, a vicious cycle. Anxious symptoms become a true anxiety disorder when the anxiety leads to avoidance of the situation that is causing the anxiety and causes signifi cant physical distress and disruption of daily life and function-ing. An unresolved anxiety disorder can often lead to depression or substance use problems in future years.
Anxiety, however, exists on a spectrum. A certain amount of anxiety is normal and ben-efi cial. It keeps our children safe and conscientious; it motivates them to perform well. Chil-dren who tend to be anxious are often model students: high achieving, diligent, analytical, sensitive, alert, creative and imaginative. Too little anxiety and a child or teenager may take foolish risks or lack motivation to succeed. But too much anxiety and children become so paralyzed by fear that they may be unable to leave their parent’s side, leave the house, go to school, make friends or participate in normal life.
The good news is that anxiety can be very successfully managed or treated when re-
quired. Regular exercise and reliable routines in children are often all it takes to quell mild cases. Mild and moderate anxiety is very responsive to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which is a process of addressing the unhelpful thoughts and actions that underlie anxiety. Thought stopping, talking back to negative thoughts, not believing everything you think, relaxation techniques like calming breathing, mindfulness meditation, and gradual safe exposure to the things you fear are all examples of types of CBT.
All children — and adults, too — could benefi t from learning simple CBT techniques to turn off their body alarms that are sounding unnecessarily. In more long term or severe cases of anxiety — such as panic disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive-Compul-sive Disorder — treatment may include a period of anti-anxiety medication in addition to teaching the child age-appropriate CBT techniques, an approach called “pills plus skills.”
If you are worried about your child or teenager’s anxiety, there are many places to get help. Many online resources as well as books, some written for specifi c age groups, are available to give in depth information about anxiety and step-by-step instructions for spe-cifi c CBT techniques. For parents of children and youth, the FORCE Society, in partnership with MCFD’s FRIENDS Program, offers an online parent program for parents of children ages 4-13 years. Anxiety BC (anxietybc.ca ) is another great site and offers detailed pages for adults and youth. Other sites include mindcheck.ca and keltymentalhealth.ca. If you feel your child needs professional help, see your family doctor or call Service BC at 1-800-661-8773 and ask for the MCFD Child and Youth Mental Health offi ce in your community.
Next column, we will talk about depression in children and teenagers.Dr. David Smith is an adolescent and adult psychiatrist and the medical director
of the Okanagan Psychiatric services for Interior Health. This series of columns on common child and youth mental health issues is a project of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substances Use Collaborative. The Collaborative involves mul-tiple individuals, organizations and ministries all working together to increase the number of children, youth, and their families receiving timely access to mental health services and support in the Interior Health and Vancouver Island regions. The Collaborative is jointly funded by Doctors of BC and the government of BC.
Fear Not -- there is help for children and youth with anxiety
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Career Opportunities
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Drivers/Courier/Trucking
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Employment
Education/Trade Schools
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All-Peace Industrial Contractors is a fast growing organization based in the Peace Country with upcoming opportunities for work in your local area. We are seeking candidates who would like to participate in our company’s growth by working on local projects with the ability to travel to remote locations to do temporary assignments.Our vision at All-Peace is to maintain our core values of Development, Engagement and Compliance by developing our people, engaging you in what you’re good at and having a compliance based safety program to ensure your safety needs are met and to grow our client base within the communities we live and work in.QUALIFICATIONS: · Must pass a drug and alcohol pre-screening access test · Good oral and written communications · Well developed organizational skills and time management abilities · Proficient with latest technology incl. smart phones & Microsoft programsALL-PEACE OFFERS: · Competitive wages · Comprehensive group benefits program · Health Plan · Safe Work Environment
If you have the necessary skills and believe you would fit into our vision to be a successful trades company, email your resume to
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(Across from the Petrocan Station)
Canada Games torch illuminates Fort
ILLUMINATE: Nanguz the Fox and the Canada Games team brought the torch to Fort St. James as part of their Illuminate the North tour. Left to right: Nanguz poses with volunteers, local politi-cians and the torch. Danny Gooding and Madison Taete sing the national anthem. Nak’azdli members sing the national anthem in Carrier. Below: the Canada Games torch on display.
