WEDNESDAY, July 1, 2015 PHONE: 996-8482 www.caledoniacourier.com VOL. 38 NO. 18 $1.30 inc. GST Medal of Bravery P2. Interior Helicopters P3. ◆ ◆ Inside Climate change warnings P5. Geocache P10. ◆ ◆ Publications Mail Contract #: 40007759 Published by Black Press Ltd at 150 West Columbia Street, Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0 Michele Taylor photo Vincent Prince is out on site excavating the holes required to begin building a pit-house for Nak’al Bun Elementary School which will be used by students for cultural learn- ing and education. Traditional Dakelh pit-house being built for students Nak’al Bun Elementary School creates cultural living classroom MICHELE TAYLOR Caledonia Courier The field on the side of Nak’al Bun Elementary School looks like it could be an archaeological exca- vation site. Vincent Prince, Execu- tive Director Aboriginal Business Development Centre in Prince George, is in town starting excava- tion to build a traditional Dakelh pit-house for the school. This will be the third, and larg- est, pit-house Prince has built. His first pit-house he said he built about 15 years ago on the family’s home on an island on Stuart Lake. He’s been working with 19 Centu- ry drawings and descriptions made by Father Adrien-Gabriel Morice, a Catholic missionary, who came to Fort St. James in the late 1800’s. “I got the design from Father Morice’s books, my dad was tran- scribing the syllabics and there were drawings,” Prince said. “He had gone to visit three (pit-houses) up at Inzana Lake and he had done some drawings and so my dad said I should build one.” A pit-house is a traditional win- ter dwelling of the Carrier (Dake- lh) people and this form of perma- nent structure were built by various cultures throughout the Americas. They are typically built in a circu- lar shape with a one metre deep pit excavated out of the ground with a wood and earthen exterior for insu- lation and an entrance at the top of the structure. Prince said often in southern places like the Okanagan there would be side entrances in the dwellings because of the warmer climate. He said the pit-house will get a side entrance for ease of use for children and elders who may use the space. “We’re going to build a side en- trance here just into the bank, for the little kids,” he said. “We will put the pole in the middle, it has a pole with steps in it. In the north that would have been the only in and out.” The project was expected to begin in May, but issues surround- ing getting the logs needed for the project weren’t sorted out until re- cently when Prince said Conifex made a donation to the project. “Unfortunately we were sup- posed to start in May, but it didn’t get started as soon as I wanted to,” he said. “Conifex was kind enough to donate the bulk of the logs.” Prince calculates that there are close to one hundred hours for dig- ging the holes for the main beams and another 70 to 100 to do the log work. “There’s probably a hundred hours of just digging alone,” he said. “It’s a lot of dirt to move.” He said Nak’al Bun Elementary School will use the space for cul- tural learning and will be a great addition to the community. “It’s going to be nice and big, they are going to hold classes in here and do cultural program- ming,” he said. “It’s going to be fun.” TOLL FREE: 1-888-499-4029 250-567-4781 1473 HWY 16 EAST www.westlineford.com DL # 30423 pyg(pyg”) y 1, p, (g), p(g, , y y , p, , g y , y , y . WHEN YOU PAY WHAT WE PAY
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Michele Taylor photo
Vincent Prince is out on site excavating the holes required to begin building a pit-house for Nak’al Bun Elementary School which will be used by students for cultural learn-ing and education.
Traditional Dakelh pit-house being built for students
Nak’al Bun Elementary School creates cultural living classroomMICHELE TAYLORCaledonia Courier
The fi eld on the side of Nak’al Bun Elementary School looks like it could be an archaeological exca-vation site. Vincent Prince, Execu-tive Director Aboriginal Business Development Centre in Prince George, is in town starting excava-tion to build a traditional Dakelh pit-house for the school.
This will be the third, and larg-est, pit-house Prince has built. His fi rst pit-house he said he built about 15 years ago on the family’s home on an island on Stuart Lake.
He’s been working with 19 Centu-ry drawings and descriptions made by Father Adrien-Gabriel Morice, a Catholic missionary, who came to Fort St. James in the late 1800’s.
“I got the design from Father Morice’s books, my dad was tran-scribing the syllabics and there were drawings,” Prince said. “He had gone to visit three (pit-houses) up at Inzana Lake and he had done some drawings and so my dad said I should build one.”
A pit-house is a traditional win-ter dwelling of the Carrier (Dake-lh) people and this form of perma-nent structure were built by various
cultures throughout the Americas. They are typically built in a circu-lar shape with a one metre deep pit excavated out of the ground with a wood and earthen exterior for insu-lation and an entrance at the top of the structure.
Prince said often in southern places like the Okanagan there would be side entrances in the dwellings because of the warmer climate.
He said the pit-house will get a side entrance for ease of use for children and elders who may use the space.
“We’re going to build a side en-
trance here just into the bank, for the little kids,” he said. “We will put the pole in the middle, it has a pole with steps in it. In the north that would have been the only in and out.”
The project was expected to begin in May, but issues surround-ing getting the logs needed for the project weren’t sorted out until re-cently when Prince said Conifex made a donation to the project.
“Unfortunately we were sup-posed to start in May, but it didn’t get started as soon as I wanted to,” he said. “Conifex was kind enough to donate the bulk of the logs.”
Prince calculates that there are close to one hundred hours for dig-ging the holes for the main beams and another 70 to 100 to do the log work.
“There’s probably a hundred hours of just digging alone,” he said. “It’s a lot of dirt to move.”
He said Nak’al Bun Elementary School will use the space for cul-tural learning and will be a great addition to the community.
“It’s going to be nice and big, they are going to hold classes in here and do cultural program-ming,” he said. “It’s going to be fun.”
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Constable Bill Peterson awarded Medal of Bravery
Risked own life to save man attempting to jump off Toronto bridge onto busy street
MICHELE TAYLORCaledonia Courier
Constable Clifford William (Bill) Peterson, Toronto Police Service (TPS), was recently the recipient of a Medal of Bravery for a voluntary act of courage in prevent-ing a person from jump-ing from the Castle Frank Bridge in Toronto, Ont., in December 2013.
Peterson who grew up in Fort St. James and now lives in Ajax, Ont., has been a member in the
TPS for ten years said his father John Peterson. John and his wife An-nette fl ew out to Ottawa May 1, 2015 to Rideau Hall to attend the pre-sentation of the medals by the Right Honourable David Johnston, Gover-nor General of Canada.
Medals were pre-sented to 39 recipients at the Canadian Bravery Decorations ceremony. The Canadian Bravery Decorations was fi rst cre-ated in 1972 and is a way for the nation to express
its gratitude to the people who risk their lives to protect others.
While on duty Cnst. Peterson prevented a man from jumping 30 me-tres from a bridge onto a busy roadway in To-ronto. Peterson, without any thought for his own safety, leaped onto a 1.5 metre wide concrete pil-lar and grabbed the man. Sprawled on his stom-ach and with his partner Cnst. Jeff Wesley holding him by the legs, he then pulled the struggling man
back onto the bridge. “This fellow had
climbed up on the out-side of this pillar, and the fellow had actually let go when Bill grabbed him,” said John. “It’s the sec-ond time he (risked his life).”
Cnst. Peterson was also awarded the Ontario Medal for Police Brav-ery in December, 2015 and has been nominated for a Carnegie Medal in recognition of his efforts to save the life of another person.
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John and Annette Peterson hold a photo of their son, Constable Bill Peterson. Peterson received a Medal of Bravery on May 1, for his actions in saving the life of a person who was attempting to jump off a bridge onto a busy street in Toronto on Dec. 8, 2013.
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Scholarship/ Bursary Name Sponsor The Bargain Basement Bursary Bargain StoreBrulin Enterprises Scholarship Bruce MacdonaldCanfor and Canfor Pulp Scholarship Canfor and Canfor Pulp co.Canyon Tree Farms Bursary Harry Hooke & Lynn JacksonCourage to Continue Award Cam and Ann McCormickCUPE Local 4177 “Club 91” Bursary Members of CUPE local 4177David Hoy Staff Bursaries Staff of David Hoy Elementary SchoolDavid Hoy PAC Bursary David Hoy Elementary PAC Dennis Playfair Memorial Bursary Bev Playfair and familyDistrict Scholarships Nechako Lakes School Dist. 91District of Fort St. James Scholarship District of Fort St. JamesDr. Brian Bowers Memorial Bursary Ladies Aux. to Stuart Lake HospitalDuane Valk Forestry Bursary Florence and Peter ValkEddie Velkjar Memorial Bursary Faye Velkjar and familyFSJ Falcons Speed Skating Club Bursary FSJ Falcons Speed Skating ClubFSJ Minor Hockey Assoc. Bursary FSJ Minor Hockey AssociationFSJ Volunteer Fire Dept. and Aux. Bursaries FSJ Volunteer Fire Department and AuxFSJSS PAC Bursary FSJSS Parent Advisory CouncilFSJSS Staff Scholarship FSJSS StaffFSJ TV Society Bursary FSJ TV SocietyFSJ Youth Soccer Assoc. Bursary FSJ Youth Soccer AssociationIberdrola Energy Projects Can. Bursaries Iberdrola Energy ProjectsIntegris Credit Union Scholarship Integris Credit UnionJackson Memorial Scholarship Neil JacksonJenni Goff Memorial Bursary Harvey and Lynn GoffJoseph Paques Memorial Bursary Canfor-administered Trust FundVeronica Paques Memorial Bursary Canfor- administered Trust FundLadies Aux to the Royal Can. Legion Bursary Ladies Aux. to Royal Can. Legion #268Les Huffman Memorial Bursary Mary Huffman and familyLes Kennedy Memorial Bursary Nechako Teachers UnionNak’albun PAC Bursary Nak’albun Parent Advisory Committee Nak’azdli Education Bursary Nak’azdli BandNechako Lakes Administrators Bursary Nechako Lakes Administrators Assn.Nechako Valley Festival of the Arts Bursary Nechako Valley Festival of the ArtsPhilip Leon Memorial Bursary Brian and Lynn LeonPrincipal’s Award Fort St. James Secondary SchoolRegional District of Bulkley Nechako Regional District of Bulkley Nechako Area “C” Bursary Area “C”Rotary Bursary FSJ Rotary ClubSharon Ottesen Memorial Bursary Apollo Forest Products and EmployeesShirley Buck Memorial Bursary Ron Buck & family and FSJSS StaffSinkut Mountain Cattlemen’s Memorial Bursary Sinkut Mountain Cattlemen Assoc. Sowchea PAC Bursary Sowchea Elementary School PACStuart Lake Seniors Assoc. Bursary Stuart Lake Seniors AssociationTaba Bursary Taba Group Thomas Memorial Bursary Nak’azdli BandTl’azt’en Nation Bursary Tl’azt’en NationUNBC Scholars Scholarship and Achievers UNBCVanderhoof and District CO-OP Bursary Vanderhoof and District CO-OP Assn.Woodlot 1880 Bursary Juha SalokannelYRB “Roads” Scholarship Yellowhead Road and Bridge VanderhoofYRB Trades Scholarship Yellowhead Road and Bridge Vanderhoof
The students and staff of Fort St. James Secondary School would like to thank all of the parents, student helpers, and the representatives from local businesses and organizations who participated in the Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 5th at the Fort St. James Secondary School. We would also like to thank the following businesses, organizations and individuals who generously supported our students by providing scholarships and bursaries. These awards recognize the achievements of our graduating students and help to create post-secondary opportunities. This continued support is greatly appreciated by the students and staff of FSJSS.
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Tom Schaff is co-owner of Interior Helicopters, Schaff is also Director of Maintenance and does quality assurance for the company.
This MD 600 was picked up after it had lost its tail in a hard landing. Tom Schaff said this type of helicopter works great for fighting forest fires as it can get into tight areas due to the lack of tail rotor.
Flying the friendly skies with Interior Helicopters
Company still going strong after 19 years in business
MICHELE TAYLOR Caledonia Courier
Interior Helicopters Ltd. has been fl ying the Fort St. James skies since 1996. Started origi-nally by Grant and Westley Luck, the company was bought in 2006, and is now owned and run by Tom Schaff in partnership with Jeff Cleveland and is a 51 per cent aboriginal owned com-pany.
“I just had always wanted a helicopter company,” said Schaff. “We had the opportunity in 2006 to buy the company from Grant and Westley Luck, long-time he-licopter people in town here.”
Schaff wears many hats with Interior Helicopters, he is also the Director of Maintenance and does quality assurance. He has been running maintenance since 1989 and said the company has its main base in Fort St. James, a base in Williams Lake and a tem-porary base in Kamloops.
He added the long-term plan is to eventually have the Kam-loops base become a permanent maintenance base for the com-pany.
“We hope at one point to have our maintenance base (in Kam-
loops). It’s just hard to get peo-ple to Fort St. James,” he said. “But, we’ll wait until the market changes a bit before we do that.”
The company does work for forestry, oil and gas, and the dia-mond drilling industry, Schaff said the bulk of the work they do at Interior involves transporting drills and crew to remote moun-tain exploration sites.
“We do a lot of diamond drill-ing. The market has been down but that’s mostly what we’ve been doing,” he said. “It takes a lot to get those contracts.”
Interior currently has nine people on staff, including Schaff’s son Taylor who is an apprentice engineer. In the main-tenance hangar sit four of its six helicopters: Two jet rangers, an MD 600 and a BO 105. Schaff said the 105 came up from the U.S.A., decommissioned from its work with the DEA in Hawaii and Texas.
”This one has a rigid rotor system, it’s a BO 105 it’s made in Germany by MBB. It’s a good lifter,” he said. “We bought it out of the States and brought it up here and we took 200 pounds of radio gear out it.”
Schaff said Forestry likes to
use the MD 600 because it can get into tight areas due to the lack of a tail rotor. He added that most of the company’s forestry work happens in Williams Lake.
“Mostly in Williams Lake we do forestry. We have a three-year contract right now,” he said. “We stay pretty busy in Williams Lake.”
Like all industry, Schaff said the company has had its ups and downs, but said the jobs are pick-ing up again.
He said with the bases in dif-ferent areas it offers the company the opportunity to get to know the communities and build solid relationships with area business-es.
“With helicopters it doesn’t really matter, you just go where the work is,” he said. “The base situation works really good. Hav-ing bases you get to know the people. It’s been really good here and there isn’t a lot of competi-tion.”
And although the helicopter business is often feast or famine said Schaff, he said he wouldn’t change a thing about the business he’s in.
“I’m not in it for the money, I’m in it because I love it.”
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Aboriginal Child Welfare should top list for all governmentMICHELE TAYLORCaledonia Courier
The progress report on Aboriginal child welfare across Canada will be released at the Council of the Federation in mid-July. The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) put forward eight recommendations to the council based on the 94 recommendations by the Truth and Reconciliation Commis-sion (TRC).
Those eight recommendations urge an incorporation into the councils report of the 5 recommendations made by the TRC on Aboriginal child welfare which include: Committing to reducing the number of Ab-original children in care; preparing and pub-lishing annual reports on the number of Ab-original children (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) who are in care; a call upon all levels of government to fully implement Jordan’s Principle; for federal government to enact Aboriginal child-welfare legislation that es-tablishes national standards for Aboriginal child apprehension and custody cases; and, that the federal, provincial, territorial, and Aboriginal governments develop culturally appropriate parenting programs for Aborigi-nal families.
In January of 2014, fi ndings were released from an Edmonton Journal-Calgary Herald
investigation on the state of Aboriginal child welfare in Alberta with staggering statistics. According to that investigation 145 children in care have died in that province since 1999, or those deaths 74 were Aboriginal.
It can only be guessed in British Colum-bia, and across Canada, on the state of the statistics where Aboriginal child welfare is concerned.
Aboriginal child welfare should be a pri-ority provincially and federally, and these governments need to work closely with First Nations to ensure Aboriginal laws and tradi-tions become the norm where child welfare is concerned.
The Ministry of Children and Family De-velopment states it has a variety of initiatives meant to address the number of Aboriginal children in care which includes returning historic responsibilities for child protection and family support to Aboriginal communi-ties, these agreements are known as delega-tion agreements.
According to the ministry, “Through del-egation agreements, the Provincial Director of Child Protection (the Director) gives au-thority to Aboriginal agencies, and their em-ployees, to undertake administration of all or parts of the Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA).”
In June Aboriginal Affair’s British Co-
lumbia sent a letter to the province’s First Nation child and family services agencies which stated the department would not con-tinue to be part of tripartite funding and delegation agreements. That change could be taken to mean Aboriginal Affairs would limit its responsibilities for First Nations child-welfare. It has been suggested that this move is in response to a ruling that is expected from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on a complaint alleging Aboriginal Affairs of discrimination against First Na-tions children. Aboriginal Affairs pays less to First Nations child welfare agencies than the provinces pay for identical off-reserve services.
In order to deliver services a First Nations child welfare agency needs the delegated au-thority from the province. Without the tripar-tite agreement, B.C. agencies would have to sign a separate delegation agreement with the province before getting a funding agree-ment signed from Ottawa.
It is hoped that on top of those UBCIC recommendations work will continue toward creating an Aboriginal child welfare system that sees First Nations able to properly care for and keep children in culturally appropri-ate homes on-and off-reserve. And that First Nations continue to be fully funded by both the provincial and federal government.
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The progress report on Aboriginal child welfare across Canada will be released at the Council of the Federation in mid-July. Pictured is Jordan River Anderson – full implementation of Jordan’s Principle is among the UBCIC recommendations.
JEFF NAGELBlack Press
The pain drivers feel at the pump from high gas prices may soon also come with a jolt of shame for helping destroy the planet.
A proposal gaining momentum with civic lead-ers in B.C. would see guilt-inducing climate change warning labels slapped on all gas pump handles.
The non-profi t group Our Horizon has been ad-vancing the concept on the basis that warnings that graphically show the damage from climate change could nudge motorists to cut their emissions.
It’s inspired by cigarette package warnings that are credited in the decline of smoking and the ex-ample warning labels circulated by the group are similar in design.
“Warning: Use of this fuel product contributes to ocean acidifi cation which puts much marine life at risk of extinction,” states one label that comes with images of thriving and dead coral.
West Vancouver council will bring a resolution before the Union of B.C. Municipalities in Septem-ber asking the province to make the pump labels a requirement province-wide.
City of North Vancouver council voted to en-dorse the idea June 15 and it doesn’t want to wait for a provincial government decision.
“We’re going to try to go it alone,” Mayor Dar-rell Mussatto said, adding North Vancouver still must investigate the legalities. “We think it’s the right thing to do.”
Our Horizon B.C. campaigner Matt Hulse said he believes any municipality could make gas pump labeling a condition for gas stations in its local business licence bylaw.
But West Vancouver Mayor Mike Smith, a long-time petroleum distributor in the region, said he doesn’t want to take the risk that a unilateral mu-nicipal requirement gets challenged in court.
“I personally hate spending public money on legal fees,” he said, adding his city will wait for provincial policy.
Smith said he will vote in favour of his council’s resolution at UBCM.
“It’s just a way of reminding the public that there’s a cost to be borne for using petroleum prod-ucts,” Smith said. “Nobody’s advocating banning them. But you should be aware when you fi ll your car up that there’s an effect on the climate and on the environment of doing that.”
He called the suggested labels innocuous and doesn’t believe the oil industry would object.
No jurisdiction in Canada has yet made pump warning labels a requirement.
Hulse said the labels would help make the rou-tine act of fi lling up the tank a choice to be consid-
ered more carefully.“It places responsibility right in the palm of your
hand,” Hulse said.If the concept takes off, he said, specifi c impact
wording and imagery could be developed to tailor the labels to each area.
“In the Lower Mainland it might be sea level rise, fl ooding, smog – any number of things – and it might be different in the Interior of B.C., where it might be forest fi res and pine beetles,” Hulse said. “It might be ocean acidifi cation in coastal areas such as Qualicum Beach, which has had a massive crash in its shellfi sh industry.”
Richmond Coun. Harold Steves noted handle la-bels would only be seen by self-serve pump users and suggested larger labels for the pump display be designed that are visible at full-serve stations.
SFU marketing professor Lindsay Meredith said the idea could infl uence fuel consumption, particu-larly among people already considering buying an electric car or choosing other transportation options to reduce their carbon footprint.
“It’s a way of turning up the heat, no doubt about it,” Meredith said.
“Does it get the hard core guy driving the Esca-lade or the Hummer? Probably not.
Does it get a whole bunch of the younger crowd or the people who are on the margin? You bet your boots it does.”
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***ST PATRICK’S ANGLICAN CHURCH...Services at St Pat-rick’s Anglican Church will now take place only on the fi rst Sunday of the month except for special oc-casions.
***STUART LAKE OUTREACH GROUP FOOD BANK SCHED-ULE... is the third Wed of each month: 10:00 am to noon at the Food Bank behind St. Patrick’s An-glican Church, Stuart Drive. Volun-teers needed. Call 250-567-6744. Food Bank needs canned meals, beans, stews, soups, tuna, salmon, sandwich meats, pasta and sauce, tea, coffee, toilet paper, canned milk, cereals, etc. At this time we have lots of sugar! Thank you for your generosity.
***UNTOLD TRAUMA...author seeks contributions from non-First Nations students and staff who experienced Catholic residential or day schools abuse in Northern BC. For more info email [email protected]
***FIREWEED STOPPING THEVIOLENCE & OUTREACHSERVICE For those who believe all is possible!...Provides free Confi dential, Safe, and Supportive counselling and outreach services for women. Hours of Service: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and every other Friday. Location: Room 203, 349 Stuart Drive, Fort St James, BC Phone: (250) 996-1214 Fax: (250) 996-7647 Email: fi [email protected]
***STUART LAKE OUTREACH GROUP... hosts a free hot lunch each Tuesday from 10.00am to 1.00pm in the space behind St. Patrick’s Anglican Church. Meals are served by members of area churches and other volunteers from the community. We wish to thank all those who assist by cooking, serving, and cleaning up. Your help is invaluable. We
also host a free Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day to all who arelonely or in need. Volunteers for these programs are needed. Please call Gwen at 250-567-6744.
***ST. PATRICK’S ANGLICANCHURCH SERVICES... will now take place only on the fi rst Sundayof the month except for specialoccasions.
***FORT ST. JAMES SEARCH & RESCUE... steering committeemeetings fi rst Tuesday of everymonth. 7:00 p.m. above the Fort St. James Firehall. Training is thethird Tuesday of every month at theFirehall at 7 p.m. New members arewelcome and training is provided.For more information pleasecontact Paul at 250.996.7478 or Rod at 250.996.3231
***AUXILIARY TO STUART LAKE HOSPITAL... Monthlymeeting 2nd Wednesday eachmonth. Hospital Cafeteria 7:00 p.m.
***NECHAKO VALLEYCOMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY...Child and YouthMental Health and CounselingServices available at no cost.Monday to Friday 8:30 am to4:30 pm. Call 996-7645 for appointment.
***FORT TRAP AND HANDGUNCLUB... meets last Sunday of every month. Contact (Sue)at 250-996-7728 (h) for moreinformation.
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Charges approved in shooting death
of 18-year-old woman Provincial Crown Counsel has approved charges of in the shooting death
of an 18-year-old woman which occurred in a Vanderhoof residence on Dec. 20, 2012.
The charges which were approved are; Manslaughter with a Firearm, and Careless Use of a Firearm on 27 year old Kayne Sabbe Penner of Vander-hoof , B.C., and Careless Storage of a Firearm, Careless Use of a Firearm and Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm against 38 year old Richard Borne of Vanderhoof , BC.
The charges were laid after a lengthy and comprehensive investigation which was carried out by the North District Major Crimes Unit which led to the arrests of the two men.
At the time of the shooting, the victim was transferred from St. John Hospi-tal in Vanderhoof to the University Hospital of Northern BC in Prince George and pronounced deceased after succumbing to her injuries.
The family of the victim were not available for comment.– Michele Taylor
Sowchea Elementary School to be closed
The decision came down from the School District 91 Board of Education on June 22 to close both Sowchea Elementary and Fort Fraser Elementary Schools after the board held a 60-day consultation process.
The schools will be offi cially closed as of June 30. Approximately 125 stu-dents will be amalgamated into David Hoy Elementary School from Sowchea which will total a combined student count of more than 260 students.
Pump pain may come with greenhouse gas guilt
Climate change warnings pushed for gas pumps
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A proposal gaining momentum with civic leaders in B.C. would see guilt-inducing climate change warning labels slapped on all gas pump handles.
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BY TOM FLETCHERBlack Press
The Red Chris cop-per and gold mine in northwestern B.C. is ramping up production after overcoming pro-tests, declining metal prices and three reviews of its tailings facility.
Imperial Metals re-ceived its Mines Act permit for Red Chris June 19, after additional scrutiny of the open-pit mine’s construction in the wake of the Au-gust 2014 tailings dam breach at the company’s Mount Polley mine near Williams Lake.
That breach trig-gered independent re-views of nearly 100 mine tailings ponds with permits across the province, looking for design or operational weaknesses that indi-cate risk.
The Tahltan Na-tion commissioned its own assessment of Red Chris, located 18 km
southeast of the Tahltan village of Iskut, before community members voted 87 per cent in fa-vour of a benefi ts shar-ing agreement for the mine.
Powered by BC Hydro’s new northwest transmission line, the project will truck ore concentrate to the bulk shipping terminal at Stewart near the Alaska border.
Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett said mines like Red Chris can operate profi t-ably even in the current low-price market for copper, if their process-es are effi cient. Imperial Metals conducted drill tests showing higher-grade copper and gold deposits deep below the surface ore body.
Imperial has applied for a permit to reopen Mount Polley, using an empty pit to hold tail-ings as work continues to repair the dam and remediate the washed-
out creek below. Ben-nett said inspectors are expected to make a de-cision on that permit in July.
Another mine ex-pected to begin op-eration this summer is Brucejack, an under-ground gold mine 275 km northwest of Smith-ers. Underground mines produce less waste rock than open-pit opera-tions, and Brucejack’s owner Pretivm plan to return some of the rock underground as cement-ed paste.
Another under-ground mine preparing for operation is Silver-tip, an ore deposit near the Yukon border that was fi rst identifi ed in 1957. The province and the Kaska Dena First Nations signed an en-gagement agreement in 2012, determining a structure for resource permits for Silvertip and other projects cov-ering millions of hect-ares on northern B.C.
Ministry of Energy and Mines
The Red Chris mine near Iskut is moving to full operation on one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits.
Mining activity picking up in B.C.
Better at Home funding helps seniors across Nechako Lakes REBECCA WATSONOmineca Express
Vanderhoof – Fraser Lake has secured funding for a Better At Home pilot project that will reach Fort St. James and Vander-hoof. The initiative was rolled out to six rural communities in B.C., including Fras-er Lake as part of a $4 million contribution from the B.C. government and is being distributed through United Way. The fund-ing will help support seniors in remote ar-eas with services such as transportation, home visits, snow removal, deliveries, light house keeping, light yard work and minor home repairs. The price of services will be based on income and will be avail-able for people aged 50 and up.
Autumn Services in Fraser Lake is the go-to hub for participants and volunteers with Sarah Nahornoff-Storey as the pro-gram coordinator.
The Fraser Lake funding will be for the communities of Coreyville, Stellako, North Shore, Francois Lake, Fraser Lake,
Stellaten First Nation, Nadleh First Nation and Fort Fraser. Nechako Valley Com-munity Services in Vanderhoof will see $10,000 to help with transportation and another $10,000 will go to Seniors Help-ing Seniors in Fort St. James.
Emily Columbo, economic develop-ment offi cer in Fort St. James, says Se-niors Helping Seniors will use the money to help expand their services to Vander-hoof.
“We offer free medical transportation to and from Prince George. We’ll take them to the airport too, doesn’t have to be medical, but specifi cally for seniors. We pick people up right from A&W and we try to coordinate it when we already have Fort St. James clients going,” Columbo said.
Nahornoff-Storey says Fraser Lake was chosen for the project because United Way is already helping out Vanderhoof and Fort St. James.
“Both VHF and FSJ are getting more of a top up because they both have mu-
nicipal backing where Fraser Lake doesn’t yet,” Nahornoff-Storey said. “But this will defi nitely help seniors, in all towns, age in place, so they’ll be able to stay in their homes longer.
“With lack of health services available to our area, taxis, transportation and try-ing to get to appointments, they’ll be able to get to those appointments and hopefully stay in their houses longer instead of go-ing to assisted living. It helps them stay more active and in better frame-of-mind keeping them close to home and their families.”
The pilot project has started but is still in the beginning stages. Anyone interested in participating in the Better at Home pro-gram or willing to volunteer, can contact Sarah Nahornoff-Storey at 1-250-699-1681.
Anyone interested in Seniors Helping Seniors transportation can call the FSJ co-ordinator Yvonne Sam 1-250-996-8408 or Vicki Larson at Nechako Valley Commu-nity Services at 1-250-567-9205.
BY TOM FLETCHERBlack Press
VICTORIA – Pre-mier Christy Clark says an independent inquiry into the fi ring of eight health ministry contrac-tors may be too long and costly, but the public deserves answers in the long-running controver-sy “in a very timely and cost-effective way.”
The B.C. Liberal government has been on the defensive since the abrupt dismissal in 2012 of university researchers assessing drugs for eligibility un-der the province’s Phar-macare program.
One fi red contrac-tor committed suicide, another is suing the government for wrong-ful dismissal and the remainder have been paid settlements and re-instated.
An independent re-view by labour lawyer Marcia McNeil last year failed to determine who made key deci-sions and why. McNeil said restricted terms of her review and a lack of documents showing the sequence of decisions left her unable to deter-mine accountability.
The health ministry initially said a confi -dential database of B.C. patients who had taken various drugs had been misused, and some of the researchers ap-peared to have confl icts of interest.
After Clark down-played the suggestion of a public inquiry in Van-couver this week, NDP leader John Horgan said her actions indicate the government has some-thing to hide.
“We need to be able to compel testimony,” Horgan said. “We need to ensure that we’re pro-tecting those public ser-vants who might have something to say about this process.”
The affected em-ployees released an open letter to Health Minister Terry Lake this week, calling for an inquiry that covers the legal costs of everyone affected. They said the
program to assess the safety and effectiveness of prescription drugs has saved B.C. more
than $100 million over the past 20 years.
Horgan said the op-position will continue
its campaign for an-swers when the B.C. legislature convenes July 13 to consider a
development agreement for a liquefi ed natural gas export facility at Prince Rupert.
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Fired drug researchers press for answers
Premier Christy Clark: said the public de-serves answers in the firing of eight health ministry contractors.
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Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad presents the Vanderhoof Flying Club with a $25,000 grant from the B.C. government to host the 2016 Vanderhoof International Air Show.
Vanderhoof gets funding boost for 2016 International Airshow
MICHELE TAYLOR Caledonia Courier
The Vanderhoof Flying Club received a $25,000 grant from the B.C. government which will help when the club hosts the 2016 Vander-hoof International Air-show.
“Vanderhoof is proud to support the Skyfest in Quesnel this year,” Vanderhoof Flying Club president Royce Schaff stated in a news release. “We are taking a hiatus for 2015 and will be in a comple-mentary position with Quesnel to run biannual airshows in our region.
We look forward to see-ing everyone in 2016.”
Skyfest, Quesnel’s International Airshow runs August 1-2 and will have a Twilight Show July 31 which is part of the Take-Off party.
The Vanderhoof In-ternational Airshow was reinstated in 2012 and has grown since that time with more than 4,500 spectators in at-tendance in 2014.
“Airshows are a lot of work and this al-lows the group to be-gin preparing for 2016 right away,” Vanderhoof Mayor Gerry Thiessen said.
Legislature recalled for July 13 to examine LNG agreementBY TOM FLETCHERBlack Press
VICTORIA – The B.C. legislature is be-ing recalled July 13 to examine and approve a 25-year tax and royalty agreement for B.C.’s fi rst major liquefi ed nat-ural gas investment.
Finance Minis-ter Mike de Jong said Tuesday a project de-velopment agreement for Pacifi c Northwest LNG’s pipeline and export terminal near Prince Rupert has been approved by the energy companies proposing the investment of up to $36 billion. The proj-ect still needs federal environmental approval and an agreement with Coast Tsimshian and other First Nations in whose traditional ter-ritories the pipeline and shipping facilities would be built.
Offer voted downMembers of the Lax
Kw’alaams Band voted down an offer from Pa-cifi c Northwest LNG in May, citing concern about the terminal’s im-pact on salmon habitat in the Skeena River es-tuary, despite a design change to build a bridge
for the pipeline above the area known as Flora Bank.
The province re-vealed the general outlines of the project agreement in May. It provides minimum gas royalty revenues for B.C., with increased revenue to the investors if the spread between North American and Asian prices increases during the term.
It also provides for compensation to the investors if future gov-ernments impose “dis-criminatory” increases to carbon tax or green-house gas regulations on LNG plants during the next 25 years.
NDP leader John Horgan said he is con-cerned that the B.C. Liberal government over-promised the ben-efi ts of LNG develop-ment and may now be offering “too much lol-ly” to land the fi rst big deal.
Pacifi c Northwest is a consortium led by Malaysia’s state-owned energy com-pany PETRONAS, its Canadian subsidiary Progress Energy, Chi-nese state fi rm Sinopec, Indian Oil Corp., Japan Petroleum Exploration
Corp. and Petroleum Brunei.
The B.C. govern-ment approved a sepa-rate 3.5 per cent LNG income tax last fall, and passed legislation to control the amount of property tax the local government can impose on the project.
Limits were also placed on conventional pollution and green-house gas emissions from the project, with carbon offsets required if the operation exceeds 0.16 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per tonne of LNG pro-duced.
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Come sail awaySailing students were out on Stuart Lake with the Stuart Lake Sailing Club which offers sailing classes for children ages 6 – 14. In the day-long classes students learn the basics of sailing with a focus on fun and boating safety. Participants also learn boating terminology, knots, and how to sail through games and activities. The club uses 2.1 metre Optimist sailboats and kayaks in the program which runs in Fort St. James, June 29 to July 3 each day from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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UNBC Continuing Studies Project Management students, Leon Erickson, left, Pete Erickson, Tamara Gregg, Riley Willick, Rosemarie Sam, Loretta Moise, Danny Willick, Maria Riske, Ruby Sam, Vanessa Joseph and Teddy Johnny put together an inaugural geocache event in Fort St. James as part of their continuing studies program, June 27.
Quinn Pastro, left, Finlay Pastro, Kris Pastro and Franca Petrucci came out from Prince George to try out geocaching for the first time. Finlay won the draw for the $100 youth first prize at the June 27 event.
Julie Anne Mortenson, left, and Susan Crookes were the first team to arrive back during the Fort St. James Geocache event, Mortenson also won the draw for the $500 adult first prize.
Coordinates to family funMICHELE TAYLORCaledonia Courier
Some 80 participants were out June 27 with GPS unit’s in-hand to take part in the Fort St. James Geocache event which was hosted by students of the UNBC Project Management program.
Tamara Gregg, one of the eleven program students who hosted the event, said the group had to decide on a community project to work on at the beginning of March.
“People had come in thinking of suggestions and then we ended up voting on it,” she said. “Geocache is an inaugural event here in Fort St. James. (Geocaching) is unique,
a lot of people don’t know about it and a lot of us didn’t know about it.”
People from Fort St. James, Prince George and as far away as Tumbler Ridge and Vancouver came out to take part in the geo-cache event. Geocaching – treasure hunting with a GPS – is an activ-ity where clues are given to hid-den treasures. Participants traveled around town to ten different cache sites before heading back to Cot-tonwood Park to enjoy a barbeque and prize draws.
The eleven students have been taking the UNBC program since January. The Project Manage-ment course was purchased by the
Nad’azdli band through UNBC and delivered at space rented at CNC said Gregg.
“The local Nad’azdli band pur-chased the program through UNBC and had it here because there was quite an interest here,” she said. “I’m personally out of Prince George as is one of my teammates, so we just travel in.”
Final class workThe student team will be back
in class to fi nish their theory next week before they write their fi nal exam Gregg said.
“And then, we may have creden-tials at the end of this,” she said.
The group managed to fi nd
around 40 sponsors for the event which included local businesses and individuals who also donated to the event. There were a number of prizes for the event including a fi rst prize of $500 for adults and $100 for youth. All the children who participated in the geocache event received prizes for their ef-forts.
“Without sponsors we would not have been able to pull this off,” she said. “We had quite a number of individual sponsors as well.”
Gregg said the group is con-sidering hosting the event again next year and possibly even having bands playing at the wrap-up.
“We’re quite pleased we have
(the turnout) we have here,” said Gregg. “Our group are talking, and we are just in the beginning stages of this, of maintaining the unit that we have and hosting a bigger event next year.”
The event was a great success for the group said Gregg, adding that their fundraising efforts ex-ceeded the goal the group had for funding.
“We exceeded our goal funding wise so what we are doing with the profi t is donating,” she said.
“Our group decided to continue to promote physical activity, and to purchase some ski hill tickets for youth so that they have the ability to get out there this winter.”
UNBC Project Management students host fi rst geocache event in Fort St. James
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Come on board!Doug Davidson brought the traveling Fish Bus to Fort St. James from Grand Forks where he runs a warehouse. Davidson’s last day in town was June 28, but he said he will be bringing more West and East Coast fish and seafood back to the Fort in late July or early August, so keep your eyes peeled for his return.
Aboriginal youth programs and energy conservations topics
at Northern Health board meeting in Burns Lake
MICHELE TAYLORCaledonia Courier
Northern Health had its board meeting in Burns Lake on June 15. Work by Northern Health to reduce its carbon footprint through energy conservation sav-ings were discussed at the meet-ing.
In the six facilities across the region where initiatives were put in place, Northern Health saved more than $250,000.
“We put a strong emphasis on being energy conscious includ-ing fi nding ways to reduce costs for facility maintenance, and uti-lizing the savings for health care related programs,” Dr. Charles Jago, Northern Health’s board chair stated in a news release. “We operate in a uniquely chal-lenging northern climate, but our staff continues to fi nd creative
and innovative means to be more effi cient despite those challeng-es.”
Natural gas consumption was reduced by 3 per cent in 2014 compared to 2013 consumption, there has been a reduction of seven per cent total since starting the program in 2009 and a 2 per cent drop in electrical consump-tion in 2014 compared to 2013 consumption rates.
Two programs targeted to youth interested in pursuing a career in health care were also a topic for the board at the meet-ing.
Human resources presented on the Grow Your Own program which introduces Grade 10-12 students to the many opportuni-ties in healthcare. These events will occur this month in Vander-hoof and Terrace and were pre-viously held in Prince George,
Quesnel, and Fort St. John. The second program, the In-
teractive Clinical Simulations is a partnership with the Innova-tion and Development Commons which paired a wide range of health care professionals and a group of Carrier Sekani youth.
“These unique programs engage youth across Northern Health and are helpful to get youth thinking about their future, and hopefully a career in health-care within northern B.C.,” Cathy Ulrich, Northern Health’s Chief Executive Offi cer and President stated in the news release. “We know people that come from rural communities and learn in northern communities are more likely to practice in a rural set-ting; presenting these career op-portunities will encourage youth to pursue post-secondary educa-tion in a health care related fi eld.”
Carbon footprints and Northern learning programs discussed
