By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today The proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline work camp near Buck Falls may peak at 1,000 people. The camp was discussed in detail at the Coastal GasLink Open House in Houston last Monday, April 13. Coastal GasLink is a natural gas pipeline proposed by TransCanada to run from Dawson Creek to Kitimat. The final investment decision and subsequent forest clearing and construction is expected in 2016. Greg Cano, Coastal GasLink Project Director, says they do not know exactly when the decision will be made, but they will be ready to start construction by August 2016. Starting this spring, Coastal GasLink plans to have workers in this area doing engineering and environmental field studies, Cano said. Work camp locations will be finalized early 2016 and the earliest camps will be built is late 2016, he said. The pipeline runs 23 kilometres south of Houston and includes a proposed work camp southwest of Buck Falls. Cano says they may have two work camps in that area, but most likely one, which will operate for two to three years. The size of the camp will peak at 1,000 people, but average between 300 and 500 people, he said. Traffic will use the Morice River Road, and will be told not to use Buck Flats Road, he said. To avoid having “300 pickups driving back and forth to Houston,” Cano says they will look at having buses to bring people into town. He says the camp will have a controlled alcohol policy. “Having a dry camp in an area where alcohol is readily available close by, only leads to hundreds of guys driving in, having a beer and driving back,” Cano said. Residential taxes up 2.7% Pipeline work camp proposed near Buck Creek Falls By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today The District of Houston is raising taxes 20 percent on heavy industry (Canfor) to help meet infrastructure needs. Houston mayor and council set property tax rates at a finance meeting last Tuesday, April 14. Different tax rates are set for the seven different classes, including residential, heavy industry, light industry, business, recreation or non- profit, utilities and farms. Property taxes in all classes are going up as the District of Houston restructures after the closure of Houston Forest Products (HFP), which cost the District $480,000 in property taxes. In 2015, residential taxes will go up 2.7 percent, which is $27 for the average $140,000 home, said Houston Director of Finance William Wallace. Taxes on all other sectors except for heavy industry will average a three percent increase. For heavy industry, which is essentially Canfor, property tax rates will go up 20 percent in 2015. Wallace says this tax rate includes the three percent increase applied to every class plus a new annual amount of $264,000. “ “For heavy industry, which is essentially Canfor, taxes will go up 20 percent.” TODAY TOMORROWTOYOTA Smithers, BC 1.866.844.6723 NOW ONLY $19,998 2013 Grand Caravan G8886 NOW ONLY $17,998 2007 Tundra TRD Double Cab G8890 NOW ONLY $16,998 2011 Rav4 Moon Roof G8903 NOW ONLY $14,998 2005 Copperiver Trailer 25’ G4612A1 NOW ONLY $15,998 2012 Yaris 50+ mpg G8885 * * * * * *please add $345 Documentation fee and applicable taxes DL#8879 www.glaciertoyota.ca WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015 Proudly serving Houston and District - Home of Canada’s Largest Fly Rod www.houston-today.com NO. 16 $1.30 Inc. GST Coastal Gas Stories PAGE 7 SAR Donation PAGE 8 Jackie Lieuwen/Houston Today PIPELINE Around Coastal GasLink pipeline had an Open House in Houston last week Monday, attended by over 25 Houston residents. This proposed pipeline would carry natural gas 670 kilometres from Dawson Creek to near Kitimat, and would run 23 kilometres south of Houston. Construction and clearing is expected to start August 2016, after TransCanada makes a final investment decision. Publications Mail Registration #0040028607 See TAXES on Page 3 See CAMP on Page 2
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By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
The proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline work camp near Buck Falls may peak at 1,000 people.
The camp was discussed in detail at the Coastal GasLink Open House in Houston last Monday,
April 13. Coastal GasLink
is a natural gas pipeline proposed by TransCanada to run from Dawson Creek to Kitimat.
The � nal investment decision and subsequent forest clearing and construction is expected in 2016.
Greg Cano, Coastal GasLink Project Director, says they do not know exactly when the decision will be made, but they will be ready to start construction by August 2016.
Starting this spring, Coastal GasLink plans to have workers in this area doing engineering
and environmental � eld studies, Cano said.
Work camp locations will be � nalized early 2016 and the earliest camps will be built is late 2016, he said.
The pipeline runs 23 kilometres south of Houston and includes a proposed work camp
southwest of Buck Falls.
Cano says they may have two work camps in that area, but most likely one, which will operate for two to three years.
The size of the camp will peak at 1,000 people, but average between 300 and 500 people, he
said. Traf� c will use the
Morice River Road, and will be told not to use Buck Flats Road, he said.
To avoid having “300 pickups driving back and forth to Houston,” Cano says they will look at having buses to bring people into town.
He says the camp will have a controlled alcohol policy.
“Having a dry camp in an area where alcohol is readily available close by, only leads to hundreds of guys driving in, having a beer and driving back,” Cano said.
Residential taxes up 2.7%
Pipeline work camp proposed near Buck Creek Falls
By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
The District of Houston is raising taxes 20 percent on heavy industry (Canfor) to help meet infrastructure needs.
Houston mayor and council set property tax rates at a � nance meeting last Tuesday, April 14.
Different tax rates are set for the seven different classes, including residential, heavy industry, light industry, business, recreation or non-pro� t, utilities and farms.
Property taxes in all classes are going up as the District of Houston restructures after the closure of Houston Forest Products (HFP), which cost the District $480,000 in property taxes.
In 2015, residential taxes will go up 2.7 percent, which is $27 for the average $140,000 home, said
Houston Director of Finance William Wallace.
Taxes on all other sectors except for heavy industry will average a three percent increase.
For heavy industry, which is essentially Canfor, property tax rates will go up 20 percent in 2015.
Wallace says this tax rate includes the three percent increase applied to every class plus a new annual amount of $264,000.
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Jackie Lieuwen/Houston TodayPIPELINE Around Coastal GasLink pipeline had an Open House in Houston last week Monday, attended by over 25 Houston residents. This proposed pipeline would carry natural gas 670 kilometres from Dawson Creek to near Kitimat, and would run 23 kilometres south of Houston. Construction and clearing is expected to start August 2016, after TransCanada makes a final investment decision.
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So instead they will have alcohol, but controlled with zero tolerance for abuse, he said.
“If there is a brawl on the camp, we do have security and those people will be removed and � red immediately.”
Sewage will be treat-ed onsite, there will be on site paramedics and nurses, Cano said.
Asked about an emergency medical plan, Cano said it has not been con� rmed.
“Part of that will be looking at what is available,” he said.
“Is it better for us maybe to contribute something to the local health region so that there is a long-term legacy... or is it better for us to make our own plans and have a helicopter evacuation to take them to Vancouver.”
It will be decided on in consultation with Northern Health, camp providers and prime contractors, he said.
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Pipeline traffic will not use Buck Flats RoadBy Jackie Lieuwen
Houston Today
The proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline is planning a work camp near Buck Falls but says they will not use Buck Flats Road for access.
At a Houston Open House last Monday, Project Director Greg Cano said all pipeline traf� c will use the Morice River Road.
“We will work with our camp providers and contractors on a traf� c management plan and… we will tell them - Tell them, not ask them - that they cannot use Buck
Flats Road,” Cano said.
He says orientation for everyone coming into the work camps will tell them not to come into the camp on Buck Flats Road.
“We will tell our contractors and our workers, and there will be penalties if they do violate the rule we have,” he said.
He says all contractor and T r a n s C a n a d a vehicles will have i d e n t i f i c a t i o n numbers.
Members of the public can call Coastal GasLink if they see a violation, Cano said.
Jackie Lieuwen/Houston TodayOver 25 residents attended the Coastal GasLink Open House at the Houston Seniors Centre last Monday. The key topic was the proposed work camp nearby.
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With the 2014 timber licence swap between Canfor and West Fraser, Wallace says Canfor acquired 55 percent of what was previously milled at HFP.
The $264,000 which the District is recovering from heavy industry is 55 percent of the total taxes lost when HFP closed.
Canfor is the only heavy industry in the District except for Pinnacle Pellet and the Huckleberry Mines parking lot.
Canfor also has property in other property classes.
In 2015, Canfor will pay $1.95 million in property taxes, which is 51 percent of the total District tax base, said Wallace.
In 2014, they paid $1.64 million in property taxes, which was 42 percent of the total District tax base.
At that time, HFP still paid taxes for their mill and made up 14 percent, Wallace said.
West Fraser still pays $59,000 in 2015 property taxes to the District for their remaining assets, which is only 1.6 percent of the total District taxes.
Houston Mayor Shane Brienen says the District is in tough spot with the former HFP timber that West Fraser kept and will continue truck to their mills in Smithers, Fraser Lake and Vanderhoof.
“What we are left with as a community now, is that this timber is still out there and being harvested but… we’ve lost that mill and we’ve also lost any chance of someone come in and put in a small mill, because there is just not enough fibre to support that.”
“A small mill would bring revenue to the District.”
Wallace says the timber West Fraser transferred to Canfor will make Canfor’s income more certain and will enable them to generate more profits.
He estimates that the Canfor sawmill is worth over $150 million and generates
annually over $25 million in after-tax cash flow.
“The future profits from the transferred timber volume will continue to be supported by the District of Houston community and its infrastructure,” Wallace said.
The extra $264,000 taxes from heavy industry will go to reserves for infrastructure repair and replacement only, he said.
TAX CATEGORIES
Under the 2015 tax rates, heavy industry pays 38 percent of District taxes, and residential pays 30 percent.
Light industry pays 12 percent and business pays 17 percent.
Thus, the District currently collects roughly two thirds of its taxation revenue from industry and business, and one third from residents.
He notes that this ratio is similar to most communities.
Communities with one major industry employer often collect two thirds of their taxation from that one major heavy industry, Wallace said.
Houston has “fair tax equity between residential and heavy industry classes.”
RECOVERING FROM HFP
The District is
down $480,000 in property tax revenue due to the HFP closure.
In order to recover from that loss, the District cut their annual operating costs by $353,000.
Most of that was cutting out some job positions, said Mayor Shane Brienen.
The other $127,000 is being recovered through property tax increases, including $10,000 from new residential construction.
The District is also recovering an extra $264,000 from heavy industry to help with costs on infrastructure.
“As the Province pushes us towards Asset Management and looking at what we have, there is massive
pressure coming on infrastructure,” said Mayor Shane Brienen.
Asked if the District is making a political statement through the Canfor tax hikes, Brienen said only in terms of provincial revenue sharing.
“You have a lot of money flowing out of northern communities through stumpage and other types of royalties, but there are no ways for the municipality to capture that.
“A lot of municipalities are feeling a lot of pressure that comes back to failing infrastructure and the huge costs ahead on that for everyone in the north,” Brienen said.
“The focus now
is just on trying to maintain what we have and we feel we’re really falling behind there.”
Canfor to pay 51 percent of District taxes
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The regulatory body for B.C. pharmacists hasn’t given up on its agenda to ban pharmacies from handing out loyalty reward points on drug purchases, or to eventually ban cigarette sales.
A ban imposed by the College of Pharmacists of B.C. was struck down in B.C. Supreme Court last summer, but an appeal � led by the college will be heard in December.
The college argued loyalty points are a powerful lure for consumers that can alter their medication buying habits and potentially harm their health. It was fought in court by major supermarket chains.
The judge in the trial ruled the ban on all loyalty incentives was “unreasonable” and concerns raised were “illogical.”
College spokesman Mykle Ludvigsen wouldn’t comment on the grounds for appeal.
One of the objections raised was that insured patients who don’t pay out of pocket might continue to re� ll a prescription after they no longer need it just to collect more points and the unneeded drugs may be abused or diverted to the illegal drug trade.
Tobacco sales by pharmacies are also in the crosshairs of the college.
Ludvigsen said there is no speci� c timeline to impose such a ban but the college’s 2014 strategic plan calls for the board to pursue one.
“We’re the only province that currently allows cigarettes to be sold in premises that contain a pharmacy,” he said.
“It completely goes against the pharmacy as a health centre. To sell things we know kill you at the front of the store and to sell things that help you get better at the back of the store is a bit of a con� ict.”
Retail chains have warned they would challenge the college’s jurisdiction if it moves to impose a tobacco ban and would also sue the college and its directors for lost sales that would result if their stores can’t sell cigarettes.
“The law does not take a positive view of activities which represent unwarranted restraint of trade,” says a letter to the college sent last fall by executives from London Drugs, Overwaitea Food Group, Safeway, Rexall, Sobey’s and Thrifty Foods.
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Battle of the thermostatI am always too
cold and my husband is always too hot. That is true nearly all the time, especially when it comes to our house.
“Who turned the heat up to 78 degrees?” a horri� ed Paul has asked me so many times I’ve lost count.
“It was like an ice box in here,” I’ve been known to respond. “My nose was about to fall off.”
Grumbling that it felt more like a sauna, he’d turn the thermo-stat way down to 68 degrees leaving me to marvel at how differ-ently our bodies can react to the same tem-perature. Of course there are biological reasons why women are usually colder than men, and after living with Paul for 20 years I’ve learned some tricks to warming up that don’t include turning up the furnace or turning off the air conditioner.
Number one is
drinking hot choco-late. Any hot bever-age helps, but hot chocolate even more so. Merely holding a cup of something hot starts to warm me up in much the same way hot pockets in a pair of gloves can do.
Number two is tak-ing a bath. A few of my girlfriends will talk about the hot tubs or infrared saunas they’re going to indulge in when they get home from one of our cold windy walks and I think “lucky them.” But soaking in a hot bubble bath warms me up and is a relax-ing luxury as well. If I dry off and dress right away I can keep myself heated from the inside out and become my own hot pocket.
Number three is a pair of thick fuzzy socks. When I � rst be-came a mother almost 15 years ago I read the best way to get your children to sleep through the night is
to put them to bed with their socks on so they start off warm and stay that way. It didn’t work for my son because he’d get over-heated, and I can’t say it worked for me either because I’d also wake up in the middle of the night burning up. But wearing the socks leading up to bedtime de� nitely helps.
Number four is a plush blanket with or without the bene� t of cuddling a loved one underneath it. That isn’t going to work if I’m on the move and doing stuff around the house though. In that case a thick plush hoodie does the trick.
I know there are many remedies to warming up, but these are my top four. You might wonder why I am writing about this topic in the spring, as we’re experiencing warmer weather. It’s because for me this is not a seasonal issue: being too cold extends
throughout the year. It’s not unusual to see me in a warm jacket in an air-conditioned cof-fee shop in the middle of a hot summer day.
One of my friends who feels cold most of the time, like I do, agrees to sleeping with her window ajar be-cause her husband can only fall asleep in cool temperatures. She said it was hard leaving the warmth of her bed in the morning because the room was way too chilly. And then her mother-in-law suggested she store a pair of � annel paja-mas under the covers at the foot of the bed that she could slide into before getting up from her comfortable spot in the morning. It worked.
“They’re so warm it’s like putting them on after getting them out of the dryer,” she said. “With those and my slippers waiting for me I can give up our cozy covers a little
easier.” But why is it always
women trying to adapt to the cold? After liv-ing with my husband for 20 years, I think it’s high time he sur-renders control of the thermostat and dis-covers some cooling down tricks for him-self. Maybe he could soak in a bath full of ice water while drink-ing a slurpee and then hang out in just his birthday suit for the rest of the day.
On second thought, I think I will continue to adapt.
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The B.C. Treaty Commission and its federal and provincial � nanciers put on a brave show last week, celebrating a “milestone” in negotiations for a modern treaty with � ve Vancouver Island First Nations.
A regional group representing the Songhees, Beecher Bay, T’Souke, Malahat and Snaw-Naw-As (Nanoose) First Nations have reached the “agreement in principle” stage of negotiations with Canada and B.C., after 20 years of treaty talks.
This is similar to the treaty � nalized in 2007 with another � ve-member Vancouver Island group called Maa-Nulth First Nations. The Te’mexw
Treaty Association agreed to accept 1,565 hectares of provincial Crown land and $142 million in federal cash to settle its historic aboriginal title.
Alas, agreement in principle is but the fourth of sixth stages. Now a platoon of lawyers takes over from the roomful of negotiators to produce the � nal legal text. It will be years before this treaty can be presented to the B.C. legislature and the House of Commons in Ottawa, if it ever is.
These elaborate ceremonies will never be viewed the same again after the release of federal treaty advisor Doug Eyford’s report last month. The Te’mexw event seemed to have an extra urgency after Eyford’s observation that much of this costly activity has become a job
creation program for those involved.
These Vancouver Island communities
deserve credit for setting aside their own territorial disputes. It’s more than most have done. Eyford concluded after a long summer of meetings last year that many treaty negotiation teams in this province and across the country show no such inclination.
In B.C. and elsewhere in Canada, there is a “conspicuous lack of urgency in negotiations” and “sharp divisions” between parties, most
of which have been at the table for a decade or more, Eyford found.
This is what has
come to be known as the “aboriginal industry,” where lawyers and consultants have a seemingly endless supply of lucrative work, much of it of questionable value. For some aboriginal participants, attending treaty meetings year after year is the best paying job they have ever had.
Indeed, a common feature of the province’s dealings with aboriginal communities is that
their leaders demand meetings, and then demand to be paid to attend them.
This latest Vancouver Island treaty, assuming it is ever � nalized, would at least in part replace the Douglas Treaties, signed by B.C.’s colonial governor James Douglas in the 1850s.
These treaties around Fort Victoria were quickly concluded if nothing else. The Beecher Bay Band was paid 45 pounds, 10 shillings for most of Sooke and another 43 pounds and change for its
Metchosin territory.One of the biggest
missing pieces in the latest agreement in principle is the share of federally-regulated � sheries. This has been a theme of B.C. Treaty Commission reports in recent years, as Ottawa holds up treaties for years because it is unable or unwilling to offer shares of salmon in particular.
Hunting and � shing rights are acknowledged even in historic treaties, and reaf� rmed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sharing these rights while maintaining conservation of � sh stocks has been more than Ottawa, and in some cases n e i g h b o u r i n g a b o r i g i n a l communities, have been able to manage.
E y f o r d ’ s � ndings, and the
B.C. government’s sudden refusal to keep staf� ng a B.C. Treaty Commission that shows so little progress, have sent one overdue message.
If participants aren’t prepared to make real compromises and show a willingness to conclude agreements rather than drag them out, they should leave and come back when they are ready to do so.
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It is not yes or no, but howLetters to the Editor
I was pleased to hear that a new gold mine will be opening soon in B.C. The Brucejack mine northwest of Stewart will contribute significantly to the economy of our province and will
create 500 jobs during its construction and 300 permanent jobs during the more than sixteen years of the mine’s expected operating life.
The opening of this new mine is the
result of decades of hard work and careful study that began with exploration activities that honed in on this mineral deposit and determined that it was economically viable. The environmental assessment certificate for the Brucejack
mine also comes with 15 legally enforceable conditions that ensure the mine will be constructed, operated and eventually decommissioned with the highest level of care for the environment.
Approval of the Brucejack mine is a
timely reminder of the importance of mineral exploration to B.C.’s economy. Without exploration there would be no mines, no mining jobs and no mining royalty revenues for the province.
Approval of the
Brucejack mine underscores that it is not about saying “yes” or “no” to mining and other resource projects. It’s about saying “how.” How we can build and diversify our economy, create good jobs, and care for our environment all at
the same time. All of these are important and the Brucejack mine demonstrates that we can have them all and that we can get to “yes” if we start by simply asking “how.”
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Police arrested and charged a female for assault and break and enter at a home on Hagman Crescent at 12:30 a.m. April 2. RCMP Sgt. Rose says the female allegedly forced entry into the home and assaulted her ex-boyfriend. Police also arrested the male for breaching conditions not to consume alcohol. He faces charges for failing to comply.
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male for breach at a home on Birch Street at 1:30 a.m. April 2. Sgt. Rose says the male is a proli� c offender and was held in custo-dy to face trial in July.
***Police got report
of a suspicious � re at the Duck Pond at 9 p.m. April 3. Sgt. Rose says clothes and a suitcase were burning and this is the third incident like that, with a female sighted last time. Anyone with information is asked to contact Houston
RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
***Police stopped an
impaired driver on Highway 16 near 9th Street at 3:30 p.m. April 9. Sgt. Rose says the new driver was above the legal alcohol limit for drivers under a class 5 licence. Police served him a 24-hour driving prohibition and had the vehicle towed.
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Police arrested three males for pos-session of a controlled substance on Highway 16 near Hungry Hill at 11:20 a.m. April 11. Sgt. Rose says police stopped a vehicle for speeding, and then searched it after de-tecting marijuana on the males inside. Police found no drugs but seized some property related to drug use. The males were re-leased with no charge.
***Police are investi-
gating mischief that happened at midnight on Sullivan Way April 12. Sgt. Rose three people allegedly forced entry into a home, but several people were in attendance with differing stories. Investigation contin-ues.
***Police got report
of a shoplifter from a local business at 10:30 a.m. April 14. Sgt. Rose says the two suspects were confronted by store staff, returned what they stole and left before police arrived. No charges were laid.
***Police arrested an
intoxicated male on Hagman Crescent at 6 p.m. April 14. Sgt. Rose says the male was held until sober and released with no charge.
***In 14 days police
had 64 calls for service, including � ve abandoned 9-1-1 calls.
Sgt. Rose says pocket 9-1-1 dials are very time-consuming for police as they are required to make con-tact with the person who called. People are asked to stay on the line if they mis-dial 9-1-1 and explain to the dispatcher who and where they are.
Police report accidents and arrests
A pickup smashed into an SUV on Highway 16 near Benson Road at 4:15 p.m. April 8. Sgt. Rose says the pickup was headed eastbound when it t-boned an SUV that pulled onto the highway in front of it to head west. The vehicles has significant damage and both drivers had minor injuries. Police served the SUV driver a ticket for failing to yield. Photo submitted
A vehicle hit the ditch due to hydroplaning on Highway 16 near Hungry Hill at 4:30 p.m. April 5. RCMP Sgt. Rose says the occupants had only minor injuries but the vehicle had significant front-end damage. Photo submitted
By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
Coastal GasLink pipeline announced they will open a regional office in Smithers mid-May.
At a Houston Open House last Monday,
Project Director Greg Cano said there will be three full-time staff and others travelling in and out.
When asked why the office will be in Smithers not Houston, Cano said Smithers is more
central. “It was [central]
both for the communities as well as the First Nations. North is Moricetown which is the largest Wet’suwet’en town and south is Houston. Smithers has a larger
population in the area, and we are also closer to Hazelton.”
Cano said the office will also be easier to access since Smithers has an airport.
Pepita Elena, Aboriginal Relations Lead, is one of three
staff moving to the Smithers office.
She said the goal of the office is providing information and answers to the public and information from the the public to the pipeline.
It is about engagement, Elena said.
“Whether the [investment decision] is yes or no, we want it to be informed. That is why we took the extra step to be here.”
Cano says during the summer they expect the office to be very busy, as it will be the base for the prime contractors.
Elena says they also plan to run workshops for employees and the public, covering topics like budgeting, work skills and general information about Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and pipelines.
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Coastal GasLink does aerial and detailed internal inspections to ensure pipeline safety.
Over 25 Houston residents attended the Coastal GasLink Open House in Houston last Monday.
Coastal GasLink is a natural gas pipeline proposed by TransCanada to run from Dawson Creek to Kitimat.
Jaimie Harding, Community Relations lead for Coastal GasLink, says the pipeline is very safe.
“If there is an incident, it is a gas, and it will evaporate into the air,” she said.
Project Director Greg Cano agreed.
“What we are going to have in our pipeline is the same stuff that goes into homes, furnaces, stoves, across the country,” he said.
He says the only difference is natural gas in homes is required to have an odourant so it can be detected. In the pipelines, it will not
have that odourant. Cano says there are
100 people working on the Coastal GasLink pipeline project and their focus is safety.
“The key in everything we do is
safety. That is the number one priority,” he said.
PIPELINE SAFETY
Coastal GasLink will keep 10 metres above the pipeline clear after it is in the ground and will do aerial surveys three or four times a year, said Project Director Greg Cano.
Aerial surveys will have very sensitive
technology to detect gases and potential leaks.
It will also look for issues like washouts or landslides that could impact the pipeline, Cano said.
He says a more detailed inspection will be done every three or four years by Smart PIGS.
A Smart PIG is an instrument that goes inside the pipeline and inspects the full length from the inside.
It will detect the very smallest incident long before it might cause a problem, Cano said.
ENVIRONMENT IMPACT
Coastal GasLink wants to minimize environmental impact by running close to other pipelines.
Project Director Greg Cano says they followed the route of the Pacific Trails pipeline quite closely, but deviated where they had to.
“We tried as much as possible to follow pipelines that were proposed to go before us,” Cano said.
“That was one of the first things in our route selection.”
Cano says Coastal GasLink wants to protect salmon and streams, and will choose how to cross streams based on environmental studies.
They will chose out of three options method for each stream crossing from three options.
1. Open cut, where they excavate a ditch across a waterway during a time when it is fully frozen or seasonally dry.
2. Isolated open cut, water redirected while they put in a ditch and pipeline.
3. Horizontal drilling, where they install the pipeline under the stream without making a ditch through the stream bed.
PROMISE NO OIL
Coastal GasLink has no intention of converting their natural gas pipeline to oil, said Cano.
They have signed contracts with First Nations along
the pipeline route promising their pipeline will not change over to carry oil, he said.
The B.C. government also passed regulation in January to keep natural gas pipelines from converting to carry oil.
DIRECT CONTACT
Cano says members of the public will have direct contact to Coastal GasLink staff.
While the prime contractors are on the field constructing the pipeline, Cano says several hundred T r a n s C a n a d a employees will be working with them.
“We don’t just give the contractors a cheque and tell them call us when it’s ready,” Cano said.
“We monitor them every step of the way.”
“When anyone local has an issue, they won’t have to deal with the prime contractor. They will be dealing directly with TransCanada people.”
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Quesnel rancher Paul Nichols kicked off a cross-Canada horseback ride Monday to introduce
a new generation of veterans to the public and seek their support.
Nichols, who served with Canadian troops during ethnic warfare in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, struggled to control his emotions at
a ceremony at the B.C. legislature.
“Our Canadian troops do a hard job for us, and when they choose to transition back into civilian life, some of them struggle and lose their way,” Nichols said. “And I
can tell you from per-sonal experience that a heartfelt thank-you and timely support from the community during that time of transition can be life-changing. So my job through this founda-tion is to put as many
Canadian veterans in the saddle as I can.”
Accompanied by other B.C. veterans and his wife Terry, a therapeutic riding instructor, Nichols plans to connect with 700 veterans in an eight-month journey ending in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
“That awareness will create change, and with that change I believe that we can lower the incidence and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder, lower the incidence of family breakup and I think we can lower the incidence of veteran suicide,” Nichols said.
B.C. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon attended the ceremony to wish the riders well on their journey, offering a stop for hay and food at her ranch in the Nicola Valley.
The ride includes stops in Abbotsford, C h i l l i w a c k Hope, Princeton, S u m m e r l a n d , Kelowna, Vernon and Armstrong before continuing into Alberta in May.
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Today the Supreme Court of Canada has decided that it is against the Constitution of Canada to pray in a public meeting. I see enormous problems with this as they are attempting to cut off the very Life Giver and the One who gives the governments their authority. Without him we do not even take one breath, let alone have authority to rule a nation (Acts 17:24-31). Our governments have been ordained by him and have been given the place to rule over the affairs of the people (Romans 13:1). To cut God off and attempt to cast him out of the public forum is to strangle our nation of its lifeblood.
But can they actually stop people from praying? They tried in the atheistic USSR, yet the more they attempted to get rid of God, the more the believers prayed. In the book “The Persecutor” it speaks of a young Christian girl who was found at a secret prayer meeting and badly beaten before being warned to never show up again at these meetings, only to show up again and again, meeting together with other Christians who believed prayer was their personal, vital and life-giving connection with the Almighty.
God’s Word says there is a much higher Court than the Supreme Court of Canada which rules over all governments and authorities, be they human or spiritual (Matthew 28:18; Ephesians 1:21; Colossians 1:15-20). This is the Highest Court of the Almighty God which we have access to as children of God, through the shed blood and sacri� ce of our Lord Jesus Christ. No human court will stop us as believers from praying, wherever God would have us pray, either audibly, silently or any other way (1 Thessalonians 5:17; Hebrews 4:16; 10:19; Ephesians 3:12).
Precious Lord God Almighty, I pray today for all our government institutions. You are Supreme over them, bless them with your wisdom, truth and discernment. May all opposition to you and your life giving power come to nothing and may their eyes be opened to the fact that they have been placed in these positions by you and they are ultimately responsible to you. May they know that you are the Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer, that there is no other God but you, and without you they can do nothing. (John 15:5; 19:11) In the precious Name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
“Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.” 1 Timothy 2:2 NLT
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Important Notice to Resource Road Users
A province wide, safety-oriented project is underway to standardize two-way radio communications on forest service roads and some resource roads. This project includes standardized signage, new dedicated resource road radio channels and standardized call procedures.
The Nadina Forest District, along with other districts in the Southern and Northern Interior, will begin implementing new resource road radio channels commencing on June 1, 2015. Districts on the Coast and in the Cariboo have already transitioned or are currently transitioning.
Forest industry workers and other road users using mobile radios must have their radios reprogrammed to incorporate the new resource road channels.
It is recommended that road users retain current radio frequencies until they are sure they are no longer required.
New signs posted on local resource roads indicate which radio channel to use and the calling interval, with drivers required to indicate their direction of travel and their vehicle type. Drivers using mobile radios must call according to the posted channels and call protocols.
All road users are reminded that forest service roads are not radio-controlled, but radio-assisted. All users should drive safely and according to road and weather conditions.
It is strongly recommended that all resource road users exercise additional caution during this transition period.
Local resource road safety committees have worked together to implement these changes. More information (including radio communications protocols, radio channels, maps and standardized signs) is available online at: www.for.gov.bc.ca/hth/engineering/Road_Radio_Project.htm
If you have questions about this project, please contact the Nadina Forest District office (Ministry of Forests, Lands and
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Sullivan Motor Products joined their donation in with other community donations for the Search and Rescue primary response vehicle. The vehicle is currently being outfitted in Vancouver and SAR President Frank McDonald says they hope to have it here by June. Above are SAR President Frank McDonald, SAR Director Robert Onderwater and Murray Sullivan, General Manager at SMP.
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• Own a part of history in this updated charming home on a 60 X 100 lot located in the downtown area.• Main fl oor features a huge country kitchen with dark cherry cabinets and an island and eating bar. Master features a full en-suite. Large foyer with another full bath off of it-all completely updated.• Full basement, partly fi nished with a wood stove and a pellet stove.• Laundry with a laundry tub, 2 bedrooms and lots of room to make a cozy family rm in the bsmt. Large sundeck in the back, alley access 12x12 shed.• Vinyl siding and windows. F/S and washer included.• Call Lia to view 250-845-1147.
• Attractive, very well kept, recently updated 4 bedroom home on a gorgeous 5.97 acre lot on the popular Lund Road!• 4 separate fenced areas, barn with stalls, water, hay storage and tack room.• Fenced back yard. House features updated dark cherry cabinets in the kitchen, new laminate fl ooring throughout the main.• 3 bdrms on main, 1 in basement. 3 baths, rec-room in the basement as well as a second kitchen area! New Blaze King wood/electric furnace.• Wrap around drive way, nicely landscaped, drilled well.• Your own pond for hockey in the winter! Dble garage. All appliances incl.• This one won’t last long!! Call now to view! 250-845-1147.
• Custom built above ground basement, 5 bedroom home completely fi nished on a cul de sac in the popular Ruiter Heights Subdivision.• Huge kitchen with lots of counter space & cabinets.• Formal dining, covered front deck accessed from dinning, kitchen eating area as well as master. Tastefully decorated, bright spacious home!• Huge foyer and a family room with a blaze king wood stove.• 3 full baths, double garage, brick driveway, fenced yard & a storage shed.• Fridge, stove, dishwasher and microwave included.• Call Lia to view! 250-845-1147.
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• Gorgeous well-kept rancher on just over 5 acres minutes from town. • Over 2400 sq ft, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. • Bright, spacious family room with vaulted ceiling, pellet stove, garden doors to a deck. Beautiful oak cabinets, island and walk in pantry in the kitchen. Covered deck with lots of room for outdoor entertaining!• 2 huge shops (36x40 and 25x40) with concrete fl oors, wired and heated. • Storage sheds, lean to, your own private pond, great mountain views. • Private location at the end of the road. Small fi eld with posts in. • All appliances and window coverings included. • Call Lia to view 250-845-1147.
5855 Lake Kathlyn Rd, 4km west of Smithers: 5 bedroom house, 4 room office/studio and 4000 sq ft heated warehouse with 3 phase power on 1.59 acres, fully gated compound, fantastic mountain and lake view.Would consider house in Smithers as trade equity. For an appointment to view - call 250-877-3479, serious inquiries only or call Donna Grudgfield at Re/Max Bulkley Valley Realty 250.847.5999
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$545,000.00
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RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Af-fordable Housing. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Kere-meos, BC. Spec home on site to view. Please call 250-462-7055. www.copperridge.ca
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ContractorThe Village of Burns Lake is seeking proposals for an hourly contract rate to repair and maintain all Village electrical systems and devices. The systems include SCADA network, various pumps and motors and variable drive systems. The contractor will be expected to respond to non-emergency issues within 48 hours of noti� cation. Please also include an emergency call out rate with a mandatory response time of four (4) hours or less.
The successful proponent must be a certi� ed electrician with own tools, have a valid Village of Burns Lake Business License, and be registered with Worksafe BC. All work conducted must be Worksafe BC and BC Safety Authority compliant.
The successful proponent may be required to purchase an annual electrical permit on behalf of the Village of Burns Lake. This will be negotiated as part of the � nal contract.
For more information please contact Sheryl Worthing, CAO at the Village of Burns Lake Of� ce at 250-692-7587.
Proposals in the form of a cover letter with supporting documents marked “Electrical Contract – Con� dential” will be accepted until
10:00am, Monday, May 11, 2015
Village of Burns Lake Of� ce#15-3rd Ave, PO Box 570, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0
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TOPLEYStructural Fire� ghting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a Fire Practice Thurs @ 19:00 hrs (7pm).
Topley Fire Protection Society meetings every second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm.
GRANISLEThe Granisle and District Senior Citizens meet every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Centre.
Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & � re practices every Tues., 7:00pm at the Fire Hall.
Granisle Church of the Way services are Sunday, 11:00am.
NSince May 1941, Bulkley Valley Credit Union has been building a solid financial institution that members from Burns Lake to the Hazeltons have grown to rely on. People helping people is how we began and we strive to remain people-oriented, both in our financial services and through direct involvement with our communities. We are dedicated to local decision-making and local control, key factors in providing the kinds of services that meet the financial needs of individuals and business members alike.
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HOUSTON COMMUNITY CALENDARBuck Flats Community Development Society, meets every 3rd Sat. evening at 6pm at Andy Pollack’s house (17642) on Buck Flats Rd. All Buck Flats residents are welcome to attend, we discuss issues concerning the Buck � ats area. Please call Chris Newell at 250-845-3564 for more info.
Activities for Seniors in Houston at the Seniors Centre: Carpet Bowling Tues. & Fri. 1:00 PM • Floor Curling Mon. 1:00 PM • Pool any afternoon to schedule call; Adrian-250-845-2338 • Breakfasts- � rst Sat. of the month, community invited. • Soup and Sandwich luncheon- third Thurs. of the month. Community invited. At Pleasant Valley Village, 3603 11th St.: Senior Exercise, Mon. & Fri 10:00 AM • Cards Mon. & Thurs. 7:00 PM. At the Bowling Alley: Seniors bowling Wed. 1:30 PM. At the Houston Swimming Pool: Aqua� t, Mon., Wed. & Fri. 9-10 AM. At the Legion: Seniors darts and light lunch Thursdays 11a.m. - 2 p.m.
Coffee Break - an Interactive Women’s Bible Study meet every Wed. morning from 9:30-11:00 at the Houston Christian Reformed Church, 1959 Goold Road. Childcare is provided. For more info call Margaret: 845-2348, Darlene 845-7438, Evelyn 696-3229.
The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Monday of the month is Executive, 4th Monday is General Meeting.
Please keep your announcements as brief as possible. Deadline (faxed or mailed or delivered) is 4 p.m. Thursday. Items are printed or alternated as space permits. Items will be accepted via fax, email or dropped at the of� ce. No phone calls please. More calendar items are listed online and can be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com
Houston Figure Skating Club windup and awards event is is Thursday, April 16th upstairs in the Legion.
Morice Mountain Marksmen Association will be having their Annual General Meeting Thursday, April 23 at 7:00 pm at the Idylwild Motor Inn. Everyone is welcome. For more info call Terry at 845-8027 after 5 pm or Henry at 845-3488 on weekends only.
Upcoming Houston Cancer Fundraiser: Help is needed in all areas for a four hour Canadian Cancer Society “Dash for Cash for Cancer” event to be held May 23, 2015. For more info contact Debi Smith at 845-7793 or at [email protected].
Perennial Plant Sale – annual fundraising event - Bulkley Valley Genealogical Society Saturday, May 23, 2015 – 9:00 a.m. to noon (viewing 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.) Main Street & Hwy 16 Smithers at the Goat Statue Parking Lot. To donate plants: If you are dividing perennials, splitting shrugs, thinning � owers or halting the spread of berry patches, please save your spares for this sale. If you need help digging up your plants or to arrange pick-up by May 20, call: Marie Kaszas 250 845 2514.
Houston’s “Love by the Bowl” Soup Kitchen serving healthy homemade soups in two different seatings, 11:00 -12:00 and 12:00 -1:00 on Wed.
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Western Family Ice Cream Assorted Varieties, 4 litre
499 Sun Rype Apple Juice Plus Deposit & Eco-Fee, 40x200 ml
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Schneider’s Chicken Buger or Strips or Nuggets, 1.36 kg
1199
Chatter’s Barbecue Sauce Locally made in small batches
799
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce568 ml
699
Western FamilyPickles2 Varieties, 2 litre
399
McCain’s Crinkle Cut Friesor Straight Cut. 1.5 kg
488
Bick’s Squeeze Relish500 ml
2 for 500
Tang Orange Crystals2.2 kg
799
Huggies Baby Wipes Natural Care1120 count
2199
Huggies DiapersJumbo Box, Sizes 2-6
3999Alpo Dog FoodCookhouse Classics16 kg
2199
Kraft Single Slices900 g
799Western Family Squeeze Mustard400 ml
2 for 300
HP Sauce1 litre
799
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2999
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599
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699
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Rudolph’s Regular Smokies454 g
639
Boneless Skinless Chicken BreastsSuperpack, 12.54 / kg
569/lb
Fresh Strawberries 1 lb
2 for 400
Whole Cantaloupe
.79/lb
Western Family Romaine Hearts 3 pack
2 for 500
Western Family Squeeze Ketchup750 ml or 1 litre
2 for 500
April 22-28, 2015
Dolly’s Sockeye Salmon FilletsFrozen, 21.14 / kg
959/lb
The Keg Prime Rib Burgers1.02 kg
1199
Friskies Multipack Cat Food Assorted Varieties,12x156 g
599
Cracker Barrel Cheese Limit 2 per Family Purchase! 907 g
