By Xuyun Zeng Houston Today Handicapped park- ing is a problem in Houston, council heard. Pam Craig and Nicky Cranmer told council of how they have noticed people who have no privileges to park in handicap stalls do it anyway. “What we have no- ticed this year that’s fantastic is more spots dedicated to handi- cap parking where the painting is actually on the parking stalls on the pavement,” said Craig. “As of today, you might as well have erased all of them. Unless you have a post with a handicap plac- ard on it, nobody is going to recognize that it’s handicap parking.” “And even if they do … they ignore it.” Pam Craig’s daugh- ter Emily Anderson uses a wheelchair. Craig and Cranmer noted that the worst place where such transgressions happen is at the parking lot near Brewstir’s Cafe. They noted people they have confronted retort that they would only park there for a few minutes. “I actually con- fronted somebody there one day. He was in the handicap [stall], and I asked him if he was aware he was there and he goes, ‘Yeah, I know,’ ” said Cranmer. “He made no qualms, no worries; he didn’t care he was there.” She noted that the only indication of a handicap stall there were markings on the ground, and snow could obscure it. Craig said she has made a complaint to the District of Houston about that parking stall and has approached the RCMP. The RCMP said they could take a picture which shows the licence plate and can prove beyond a doubt that the vehicle is parked in handicap Via Rail building Council hears about handicapped parking issues By Xuyun Zeng Houston Today Council has decided to allow the Steelhead Multicultural Society to negotiate with Via Rail on a lease for the Via Rail building. Council heard two options from the District’s chief ad- ministrative officer Michael Glavin. The first would involve the Society directly ne- gotiating a lease with Via Rail, and the sec- ond would involve the District buying the building for $1 and leasing the land from CN Rail for $1 per year. The latter option comes with an estimat- ed $100,000 renova- tion cost to minimize the rate of deteriora- tion and liability as owners of the build- ing. Coun. Rick Lundrigan made a motion for the first option. It passed when councillors Dawn Potvin, Tom Stringfellow, Rick Lundrigan and Tim Anderson voted for it. “For me, I pick op- tion one ... the liabili- ties are involved in us taking over that lease, it’s not something I’m prepared to risk,” said Lundrigan. “And we don’t have the money to do it. And if we can creatively come up with that money like we have in the past for other things, we “ “...the liabilities involved in us taking over the lease, it’s not something I’m prepared to risk.” - Coun. Rick Lundrigan “ “People who have no privileges to park in handicap stalls do it anyway.” TODAY TOMORROWTOYOTA www.glaciertoyota.ca Smithers, BC 1.866.844.6723 *please add $345 Documentation fee and applicable taxes DL#8879 NOW ONLY $9,998 2010 Mazda 3 Manual! G4630A1 * NOW ONLY $20,998 2011 GMC Canyon 4x4 Well Kept G4583A * NOW ONLY $10,998 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 Low kms G8932A * NOW ONLY $9,998 2007 Mazda 5 6 Passenger Reduced! G4411A1 * NOW ONLY $12,998 2007 Rav 4 AWD Reduced! G4611A * WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015 Proudly serving Houston and District - Home of Canada’s Largest Fly Rod www.houston-today.com NO. 49 $1.30 Inc. GST Xuyun Zeng/Houston Today CAROL fest Houston Secondary School sings “In the Bleak Midwinter” at Carolfest last Wednesday. See page 15 for more photos. Publications Mail Registration #0040028607 2 nd Midnight Madness This Friday Night Last chance to enter Explore Houston! Merchant Contest - WIN $ 1000 Pages 8 & 9 See VIA on Page 2 See PARKING on Page 2
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By Xuyun ZengHouston Today
Handicapped park-ing is a problem in Houston, council heard.
Pam Craig and Nicky Cranmer told council of how they have noticed people who have no privileges to park in handicap stalls do it anyway.
“What we have no-ticed this year that’s fantastic is more spots dedicated to handi-cap parking where the painting is actually on the parking stalls on the pavement,” said Craig. “As of today, you might as well have erased all of them. Unless you have a post with a handicap plac-ard on it, nobody is
going to recognize that it’s handicap parking.”
“And even if they do … they ignore it.”
Pam Craig’s daugh-ter Emily Anderson uses a wheelchair.
Craig and Cranmer
noted that the worst place where such transgressions happen is at the parking lot near Brewstir’s Cafe. They noted people they have confronted retort that they would only park there for a few minutes.
“I actually con-fronted somebody there one day. He was in the handicap [stall],
and I asked him if he was aware he was there and he goes, ‘Yeah, I know,’ ” said Cranmer. “He made no qualms, no worries; he didn’t care he was there.”
She noted that the only indication of a handicap stall there were markings on the ground, and snow could obscure it.
Craig said she has
made a complaint to the District of Houston about that parking stall and has approached the RCMP.
The RCMP said they could take a picture which shows the licence plate and can prove beyond a doubt that the vehicle is parked in handicap
Via Rail building
Council hears about handicapped parking issues
By Xuyun ZengHouston Today
Council has decided to allow the Steelhead Multicultural Society to negotiate with Via Rail on a lease for the Via Rail building.
Council heard two options from the District’s chief ad-ministrative of� cer Michael Glavin. The � rst would involve the Society directly ne-gotiating a lease with Via Rail, and the sec-ond would involve the District buying the building for $1 and leasing the land from CN Rail for $1 per year.
The latter option comes with an estimat-ed $100,000 renova-tion cost to minimize the rate of deteriora-tion and liability as owners of the build-ing.
Coun. Rick Lundrigan made a motion for the � rst option. It passed
when councillors Dawn Potvin, Tom Stringfellow, Rick Lundrigan and Tim Anderson voted for it.
“For me, I pick op-tion one ... the liabili-ties are involved in us taking over that lease, it’s not something I’m prepared to risk,” said Lundrigan. “And we don’t have the money to do it. And if we can creatively come up with that money like we have in the past for other things, we
““...the liabilities involved in us taking over the lease, it’s not
something I’m prepared to risk.”
- Coun. Rick Lundrigan
““People who have no privileges to park in handicap stalls do it
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certainly have our own infrastructure that could use that money should any appear out of nowhere.”
The Society had first opportunity at developing the building should the District buy it. Lundrigan warned that if the Society went insolvent and left the building in a state of disrepair, that the District would have to take on the liability.
Anderson also felt skeptical about the prospects for the building.
“At the end of the day, it’s going to cost us money. If somebody doesn’t
take it over, we’ve got to get it to a spot where it’s not going to deteriorate,” said Anderson. “If we own it, and someone does take it over, we’re going to find someone that’s going to put $100,000 into it? I find it hard to believe.”
Coun. John Siebenga, however, brought forth the benefits of having the District take control of the building.
“What I like about option two … suppose we had it, and then [the] Multicultural Society did not do anything for a couple of years, we can approach
somebody else,” said Siebenga. “I’ve said it before — it’s kind of an eyesore — and I sure would hate for it to sit for another 13 years.
“Option one doesn’t give us that kind of leeway.”
With the passing of the first option, there are no guarantees that the site will be developed. Siebenga cautioned that the Society’s track record in the past decade has shown little progress.
However, the District’s CAO cautioned that option two also presents this risk if the District could not cough up the money to develop it.
According to the CAO’s report, if the Society abandons the building, it will revert to Via Rail, who will assume the liability if it were in a state of disrepair. It further added that nobody can approach Via Rail to develop the site unless the Society has a sublease clause in their agreement.
The Society can also be fined under unsightly bylaws if they do leave the building in a mess.
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parking.“I can send that to
them and be willing to show up in court for it — which I always am,” said Craig. “When I can’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that that is a handicap parking stall, nothing happens. The RCMP can’t do anything.”
“Until people start recognizing that you don’t park there, and that the RCMP are going to do something about it, people are going to keep doing it.”
Craig noticed that the offenders tend to be the same people. She said she also had a run-in with a former public � gure that retorted against her confrontation with
elitism.She wants the
community to respect the handicap stalls and wants the RCMP’s help.
“You are going to be ticketed. It’s a $109 ticket,” said Craig. “When people start getting that ticket, they’re going to start being aware that they’re going to get ticketed and they will pay. And I will show up in court to defend it.”
As of now, she is at her wits’ end.
“I’ve done everything I can in making a formal complaint to the District in the past. I have taken pictures. I have sent pictures to the District in the past showing people parking in that spot. I have sent the pictures to the RCMP. I just don’t know what else to do,” said Craig.
Craig said the RCMP suggested that
having a post with a placard at eye-level would help in proving illegal parking.
Craig and Cranmer added that the handicap stall near Brewstir’s Cafe used to have a post, but it is no longer there.
“When it comes to the enforcement of parking in the municipality, the police have the authority to do so,” said Houston RCMP detachment commander Sgt.
Stephen Rose. “However, I don’t direct individual of� cers on what course of action to take. They have discretion to take it or not if an offender is found committing a particular offence.”
“When it comes to handicap parking, the same rule applies. The individual of� cer is going to assess that situation and decide whether the evidence exists and whether it’s in the public interest to proceed with the charge.
“ S o m e t i m e s with something like parking, it’s more about educating the public and what their responsibilities are because that can have as much an effect as ticketing.”
Community members asking Houston to respect handicap stalls
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““Until people start recognizing that you don’t park [in handicap stalls], and that the RCMP
are going to do something about it, people are going to keep doing it.”
- Pam Craig
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School District 54 Bulkley Valley announced at last Monday’s education forum that they will in-troduce Maker Days to Grade 7 students at the end of January.
The program will in-troduce hands-on learn-ing to students where they will try to solve a design challenge using a set amount of materi-als and tools. SD54 dis-trict trades coordinator Monica Strimbold said this will help students learn skills that are nec-essary in the modern
economy.“Maker Day allows
you to engage in those skills because you have to collaborate, you have to � gure out solutions to a problem,” said Strimbold. “You have to use technology. So those are some of the aspects that allow students into engage in 21st century skills through Maker Day.”
Strimbold is aiming to have the event held
over three days, to keep groups at a maximum of 50 students. Facilitators will travel to Houston to host Maker Day to avoid travel to Smithers, Strimbold added.
In her presentation, Strimbold noted that the Conference Board of Canada, an econom-ic think tank, pointed out that Canadian stu-dents lacked skills in areas such as creativity, problem solving and continuous improve-ment.
She added that un-der the BC Learning Plan, teachers need to integrate “21st century learning skills” into the
classroom, and that hosting Maker Days can help in this regard.
“Other school dis-tricts are already doing it,” said Strimbold. “We want to do the same because we know it works.”
Schools in Sicamous hosted the � rst Maker Day in B.C. last April with the help of the Industry Training Authority and UBC Okanagan’s Innovative
Learning Centre.Strimbold sees “99
per cent buy-in” when SD54 hosts hands-on lessons.
“They love it. I saw one student that I thought did not want to do it,” said Strimbold. “I get a great response from the kids. The teachers that have worked with me have loved it.”
In her capacity as district trades coordi-nator, Strimbold wants to introduce trades to students at a younger age. She also aims to en-hance regular classroom pedagogy with more hands-on activities.
“I think it’s just a part of our future for educa-tion,” said Strimbold. “We want to introduce trades because we think these are great careers for kids to go into, we want to introduce proj-ect-based learning in a bigger way as opposed to smaller ones.”
A concerned forum participant questioned the “subtle messag-ing and promotion of trade,” and if they are
equally promoting read-ing, writing, science and mathematics.
“I think that what you could see more is that you do have aspects of regular classrooms where you’re teaching those skills, but then those skills get explored in a meaningful way in more Capstone-style projects,” Strimbold re-
plied.“It’s about choice,”
said superintendent Chris van der Mark. “But none of this is at the expense of literacy and numeracy. None of that is stopping. None of that is less impor-tant. What this is saying is that, ‘here’s some-thing we weren’t doing at all.’ ”
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In a country ravaged by civil war for nearly five years, the human toll has had plenty of time to mount.
It’s estimated more than 250,000 people are dead so far – the majority civilians.
Another 11 million – roughly a third the population of Canada – have been forced from their homes. Of those, four million have fled the country in a pitiful exodus not seen since the Second World War.
That Canadians are just waking up to this crisis does not change the history. It does not change the fact that children born into this tragedy will soon celebrate their fifth birthday having never known peace and security.
Canada has a chance to change that, at least for some.
The effort to accommodate a small percentage of refugees is gathering momentum. Locally – and across Canada – individuals and organizations are planning for their arrival. They’re gathering funds, finding accommodations and marshaling services.
They are demonstrating the same compassion that led to our earlier acceptance of those fleeing unrest and persecution: the Hungarians, Ismailis, Czechs, Iranians, Ukrainians, Vietnamese, and others.
Of course Canada’s record is not without blemish. The plight of 907 Jews who tried to escape Nazi Germany in 1939 aboard the ocean liner St. Louise offers a good example. Canada refused them, and 254 later died in concentration camps.
It is not a chapter we can be proud of. But it is one we can learn from.
Canada has agreed to take in 25,000 refugees. Of the four million Syrians fleeing the carnage in their homeland, that’s 0.06 per cent.
Yes, accommodating them will bring challenges. But turning them away puts us in uncomfortable company. It places us on the side of the fearful, in the camp of the selfish, and in league with the intolerant.
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P r e m i e r Christy Clark and Environment Minister Mary Polak have joined the thousands of jet-setters in Paris to once again stage ne-gotiations for a global climate treaty.
The embarrassing failures of these United Nations events, such as the one in Lima, Peru last year, have been forgotten. Canadian TV only showed file images of an effigy of Stephen Harper re-ceiving a “fossil of the day” award for his al-leged failure to rein in Canada’s two per cent of human-induced greenhouse gas emis-sions.
Now Justin Trudeau leads our biggest-ever delegation to COP21, as the Paris meeting is called.
Trudeau hasn’t even begun to develop a plan for Canada, ask-
ing provinces to come up with their own first, but he’s already hailed as a visionary. This is similar to the newly elected Barack Obama, who modestly predicted in 2008 that history would record his win as “the mo-ment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”
Perhaps Obama wasn’t completely full of CO2, since in this century, global temperatures have in-creased by only about a fourth of what UN climate models pre-dicted. This 20-year slowdown of the long run of post-Ice Age warming, which has dominated most of the last 10,000 years, is re-ferred to as the “pause” or “hiatus.” It is usual-ly explained away with reference to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation or other long-term warm-ing and cooling trends in oceans.
Other countries have put new emission reduction proposals on the table for COP21. Danish environmen-tal economist Bjorn Lomborg did the math, and concluded that if every major emitting country keeps its word this time, the total of all their efforts would reduce global warming by about 0.2 degrees by 2100.
What? A statisti-cally meaningless de-crease after 85 years of energy auster-ity? That Lomborg, he’s just a “denier,” trying to get more publicity. Oh wait, here’s a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that finds the same thing – two tenths of a degree by 2100.
Wobbly climate models aren’t the only problem for global warming alarmists. NASA recently con-firmed that contrary to
UN projections, total ice mass in Antarctica is increasing. This is much more likely to slow sea level rise than an Obama or Trudeau speech.
Arctic ice, mean-while, is rebounding rapidly after receding in recent years. And while UN climate con-ferences always cause a spike in sightings of people wearing po-lar bear suits, here’s another inconvenient truth.
B.C. polar bear researcher Susan Crockford reports that the world bear popu-lation is up to 26,500, a 50-year high. That Crockford, she’s just a denier…. Oh wait, the International Union for Conservation of Nature “Red List” says that’s about right, and the population trend is no longer “decreasing” but is now “unknown.”
None of this is to deny that our climate is warming, or that the
Industrial Revolution and carbon fuel use are part of the picture. It’s the religious zeal, misuse of data and at-tacks on skeptics that are troubling.
B.C. already leads the country with its small but broad-based carbon tax, about which Clark will boast at every opportunity in Paris. We won’t see the B.C. Liberal govern-ment’s final “Climate 2.0” plan until next spring, but their advi-sory committee wants to start jacking up the carbon tax in 2018.
Northern and Interior B.C. folks are assured they will re-ceive bigger rebates to reflect the fact that they pay more carbon tax to drive long dis-tances in the cold.
And B.C.’s aggres-sive 2020 greenhouse gas target? The govern-ment admits we’re not going to make that, because the economy is growing.
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The B.C. Liberal government and opposition MLAs both want greater success for the province’s farmers, but they don’t see eye to eye on how to achieve it.
A g r i c u l t u r e Minister Norm Letnick released the government’s latest strategic growth plan Wednesday, raising the target for 2017 value from $14 billion to $15 billion. Total revenues from farm and food products reached $12.3 billion last year, a record.
The plan suggests
that as climate change creates warmer conditions, B.C. may bene� t even as tropical food production declines. The province also expects new trade deals with Korea and the European Union, and the pending Trans-Paci� c Partnership, to increase farm and food product sales.
Letnick said one strategy the government is pursuing to increase the amount of productive farmland in B.C. is to improve access to irrigation.
An opposition agriculture committee
chaired by NDP critic Lana Popham and independent Delta South MLA Vicki Huntingon released its own report Wednesday after a province-wide tour to consult farmers.
Their report says the high cost of farmland is a major deterrent for new farmers to enter the industry. It calls for the establishment of a provincial trust to buy and preserve farmland for new B.C. farmers, as well as new rules to restrict sale of farmland to foreign buyers.
Popham and
Huntington said they heard criticism from farmers about the decision to divide the Agricultural Land Reserve into two zones, with more non-farm uses allowed in the Interior zone. They renewed their call for the government to return to one zone and hire more compliance staff to make sure farmland isn’t being inappropriately used.
Letnick said it’s too early to tell what effect the two-zone ALR system is having on farmland, and he will report in the spring on the results of the new
system.Despite the B.C.
salmon farm industry being targeted for years by environmental campaigns against it, B.C.’s top export food product is cultured Altlantic salmon, followed by “food preparations for manufacturing,” blueberries, baked goods and crab.
Farmed salmon is also the third most valuable product in total B.C. sales, after dairy and poultry products. Farmed salmon sales were $504 million, compared to $554
million for dairy and ahead of greenhouse and � eld vegetables, which had revenue of $449 million in the province’s latest � gures.
The B.C. government’s plan also includes “supporting international media missions to increase awareness of the B.C. aquaculture industry and increase demand for B.C. seafood products to key markets.”
The province announced four new net-pen salmon aquaculture tenures this past July, after
federal permits were issued, then announced no more tenures will be granted until a review of application and approval procedures is completed.
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Liquor stores – both private- and govern-ment-run outlets – should be authorized to sell recreational mari-juana when the federal government delivers on its election promise to bring in a new regulated system.
That’s the pitch coming from the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union, which repre-sents government store workers, and the B.C. Private Liquor Store Association.
The two groups, normally competi-tors, joined forces Wednesday to argue their stores are well quali� ed to responsibly handle legalized mari-juana, alongside beer, wine and spirits.
“We haven’t been aligned in the past but we are aligned on this issue,” said Damian Kettlewell of the pri-vate stores association.
“We’re suggesting that we have the experi-ence and the knowledge and, eventually, the product training to sell this product in liquor stores.”
He emphasized the aim is to serve as the retailers for recreational pot only, and not com-pete with existing medi-cal marijuana provid-ers.
Liquor stores are al-ready required to check ID to ensure patrons are over 19 to prevent alco-hol purchases by youth, said BCGEU president Stephanie Smith.
“Liquor stores pro-vide the most strictly controlled system for accessing a controlled substance, and are best suited for the retail-ing of non-medical marijuana,” Smith said.
“We have an effective warehousing, retail and distribution system in place. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has so far set no timeline to le-galize and regulate non-medical marijuana.
The City of Vancouver has been de-veloping its own licens-ing system to authorize a limited number of marijuana storefronts and some other munici-palities have considered a similar approach.
Asked if the new partnership is an at-tempt to head off more
pot stores springing up and gaining local government approval, Kettlewell said there’s no need to create a new government bureaucra-cy to govern pot sales.
“There are some dry communities in B.C. that do not sell liquor,” Kettlewell said. “If there’s a municipality out there that does not want the sale of non-medical marijuana in their community, we’d fully respect that.”
He noted provincial rules currently require a minimum one-kilome-tre separation between private liquor stores
and he’d expect munici-palities that permit rec-reational pot would in most cases apply zoning rules that could further restrict locations, po-tentially with minimum buffers from schools and parks.
Don Briere, owner of the 19-store Weeds Glass and Gifts chain of marijuana store-fronts, said he’s not worried about liquor outlets wresting away the burgeoning busi-ness.
“We are responsi-ble,” he said. “We have many, many years of experience. They have
none. If they want to jump on the bandwag-on, you know what? It’s free enterprise. They can get in line behind the people who already have 20, 30 years in the industry.”
He argued retail sales of pot and booze should not happen in the same outlet.
“Alcohol and can-nabis do not mix,” Briere said. “People get whacked out enough as it is. You get a drunk person buying cannabis and they smoke that – it’s like mixing all your prescription pills and drinking.”
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Since our last po-lice report, there have been 44 calls for service. Seven were traf� c relat-ed, two were bylaw com-plaints and two were abandoned 911 calls.
Police would like to caution drivers from drunk driving during the holidays.
“We will be out conducting periodic random checks of driv-ers for sobriety,” said Houston RCMP de-tachment commander Sgt. Stephen Rose.
He also cautions drivers to slow down now that snow is on the ground.
***Police received a re-
port of an assault on Nov. 27 at 6:40 a.m. happening on Butler Avenue. Police said they arrested a man for common assault and breach of court order conditions. Police said the man was released to appear in court on
Dec. 14. ***Police received a re-
port of a minor motor vehicle collision on Nov. 27 at 3 p.m. Police said they determined the ve-hicle had backed into another vehicle, causing minor damage. Police said they noted the driver appeared under the in� uence of alcohol and made a breathalyz-er test demand, which he failed. Police issued him a 90-day immedi-ate roadside prohibition and 30-day vehicle im-poundment.
***Police received a re-
port on Nov. 28 at 9:30 a.m. of a break-and-en-ter on Cataline Court. Police said nothing had been taken from the residence, but its front door suffered $500 in damage. Police said interviews with neigh-bours failed to identify anyone suspicious in the area.
***Police attended to an
assault on Nadina Way
on Nov. 29 at 7:30 a.m. Police said they attend-ed and subsequently arrested a man for as-sault. Police said he will appear in court Dec. 14.
***Police attended to
a single vehicle colli-sion on Highway 16 at Morice River Road at 4:15 p.m. on Dec. 1. Police said a car had gone off the road to the right. Police said the driver had left the scene. Police said skid marks suggested that the driver had taken the corner too quickly. They expect charges to be laid under the Motor Vehicle Act.
***Police received a re-
port of a dispute over parking allocations on Hagman Crescent on Dec. 2 at 10:30 a.m. Police said the parties requested police atten-dance to mediate the situation, and upon ar-rival of the police, the parties immediately cor-rected the issue which led to their dispute.
Police report
Reitsma’s Home Hardware held a Legion Fundraiser this past Saturday. Pictured here, Troy Reitsma and Amber Oevering are serving breakfast sandwiches for $1.50 donation to the Legion.
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HOPE forHOPE forHOPE forforTodayTodayPlay the Odds or Trust God?
Many years ago, before ultrasound imaging was in use, a friend of mine predicted that his wife, who was
already pregnant at the time, was going to have a baby boy. The odds were 50-50 that this would happen, but it didn’t, they had a wonderful healthy baby girl! The part of this story that was not so wonderful is that he had said God had told him that it would be a boy. It was obvious, he had not heard from God, because God does not lie (Psalm 89:35; Titus 1:2).
One of the factors that sets God’s word, the Bible, far apart from any other book is much of the Bible was written as prophetic predictions made through and recorded by God’s prophets. Many of these prophecies were recorded hundreds, even thousands of years before they were ful� lled. (2 Peter 1:20,21; Daniel 12:9)
As we approach the Christmas season we are reminded of many prophesies that predicted the coming of Jesus Christ the Redeemer, the One who would be God incarnate in a man, the One who would buy us back from sin and judgement. Just one of these numerous prophecies is found in the Old Testament book of Isaiah. “… God will give you a sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means God is with us).” Isaiah 7:14 NLT
What are the odds of this happening? “Come on,” you might say, “a virgin giving birth? The odds are impossible.” Yet it happened some 700 years later. “Mary asked the angel, ‘But how can this happen? I am a virgin.’ The angel replied ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy and he will be called the Son of God.’” Luke 1:34,35 NLT Later when the angels appeared to the shepherds, it is recorded “The Saviour – yes the Messiah, the Lord - has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!’” Luke 2:10,11 NLT
What will we do? Will we play the odds and continue to trust in our own limited and inaccurate understanding or will we turn our eyes upon Jesus and trust in our Creator God, who knows the beginning from the end?
He has given us his Word, may we with the angels proclaim, “For nothing is impossible with God.” Luke 1:37 NLT
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The annual Cram-the-Cruiser event took place outside of the Houston RCMP building last Saturday, December 5. Pictured here, Jason Wong, from the Houston RCMP and Paul Batley, from Victim Services accepted food donations. Many Houston people participated in the event and donated food that will go to the Houston Food Bank.
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The Houston Pee Wee Flyers went undefeated this past weekend to win the Burns Lake Tournament. After playing to a 3-3 tie against Smithers, they went on to beat Fort St James and the second Smithers team to head to the finals. The final game was against Fort St James again, which they won convincingly 4-1 to take the tournament victory.
With multiple goals from Reid Stumpf and Matthew Lavigne, and strong play by all forward lines, the team played solid both offensively and defensively. Dawson Slaney and Brady Schmidt were just two of the strong defensive work displayed this weekend.
“It was a good weekend by our team.” Head coach Alonzo Slaney said. “Every game we grew, we got better as a team.” The Peewee Flyers will be moving forward with their hockey season now with a big tournament win under their belt. “It was a big team win.” Slaney said.
Houston PeeWee Flyers celebrate a strong tournament with an undefeated win.Submitted photo
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Competition Number: 04-2015Term: Full-Time – PermanentRate of Pay: $29.18 (2015 CUPE Rate)External Closing Date: Monday, December 21, 2015 @ 4:00 p.m.Classification: Union - CUPE Local 2086
Primary Responsibilities: This position performs tasks required for the safe and proper operation of District of Houston facilities including the Houston Leisure Facility, Claude Parish Memorial Arena, Community Hall and surrounding grounds, parks maintenance and other District Facilities as assigned.
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Since 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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Seniors Happy Gang Entertainment Fund is accepting donations for Silent Auction Fundraiser. Call: 250-845-7537 or 250-845-9615.
Coffee Break - an Interactive Women’s Bible Study meet every Tuesday 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.
Buck 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 fl ats area. Please call Chris Newell at 250-845-3564 for more info.
Houston’s “Love by the Bowl” Soup Kitchen serving healthy homemade soups in two different seatings, 11-12 and 12 -1 on Wednesdays.
TOPLEYTopley Fire Protection Society meetings every second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm.
Structural Firefi 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).
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 & fi re practices every Tues., 7:00pm at the Fire Hall.
Granisle Church of the Way services are Sundays at 11:00am.
Activities for Seniors in Houston at the Seniors Centre: Dec. 17th Luncheon 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM -- meeting to follow at 1:30 • New Horizons FREE swim for Seniors (60+) Dec. 15th to Feb. 23 every Tuesday 9 AM to 10 AM All Seniors invited. Reason: Expanding opportunities for Seniors to become active.
Houston Public Library events: Stories with Santa: Thurs., Dec. 10: 3-5pm Adult Game Night: Thurs., Dec. 10 starting at 7pm Adults 19+ only. Mark Zagwyn Photography: Fri, Dec. 18: noon to 4:30pm. The library will be closed for the Holidays December 20th through 28th inclusive.
The Houston Cancer Society is sponsoring a Christmas tree of memories and hope. Donations are $5/bulb. First lighting was Nov. 27 at the Houston Light-up ceremony in Steelhead Park. The goal is to light up 1500 bulbs by Christmas Day and all proceeds go to the Canadian Cancer Society. Cheques can be dropped off at the BV Credit Union or at Shannon Clarke’s CGA offi ce.
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DISTRICT OF HOUSTON JANITORIAL CONTRACT
REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONSTake Notice that sealed quotations for the Janitorial Contract for the Community Hall, Municipal Office, and Public Works Shop will be received by the District of Houston, PO Box 370, 3367 – 12th Street, Houston, BC V0J 1Z0 up to 4:00pm (local time) on Monday December 21st, 2015 and will be opened in public at that time.
Contract packages are available at the District of Houston Municipal Office 3367 – 12th Street during work hours, 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday (closed on statutory holidays).
A mandatory tour of the facilities shall take place starting at 5:00 pm from the District of Houston Municipal Office, 3367 – 12th Street on Monday, December 14th, 2015 for all parties submitting a quotation.
Contract term is January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, with the option for renewal for a further term of three (3) years.
This is not a call for tenders. The lowest or any quotation will not necessarily be accepted. The District of Houston will not be obligated in any manner to any person submitting a quotation unless a written contract is executed relating to an approved quotation.
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1. Browse & ShopBrowse the mobile app
for your favourite brand’s offers, and purchase
them at any store
2. Upload Receipt Take a photo of your receipt and submit it
through the app
3. Get Cash Back! Once you reach just $5, the money you save will be transferred into your
PayPal wallet
In partnership with
SAVEANYWHERE.
Introducing the New Save.ca Mobile Cash-Back Feature. With exclusive offers for the brands you love & $5 cash-out minimums
through PayPal, you’ll never go shopping without your smart phone again!
Get Cash Back in 3 Easy Steps
Visit save.ca/cashback to Learn More
1. Browse & ShopBrowse the mobile app
for your favourite brand’s offers, and purchase
them at any store
2. Upload Receipt Take a photo of your receipt and submit it
through the app
3. Get Cash Back! Once you reach just $5, the money you save will be transferred into your
PayPal wallet
In partnership withSAVEANYWHERE.
Introducing the New Save.ca Mobile Cash-Back Feature. With exclusive offers for the brands you love & $5 cash-out minimums
through PayPal, you’ll never go shopping without your smart phone again!
Get Cash Back in 3 Easy Steps
Visit save.ca/cashback to Learn More
1. Browse & ShopBrowse the mobile app
for your favourite brand’s offers, and purchase
them at any store
2. Upload Receipt Take a photo of your receipt and submit it
through the app
3. Get Cash Back! Once you reach just $5, the money you save will be transferred into your
PayPal wallet
In partnership with
SAVEANYWHERE.
Introducing the New Save.ca Mobile Cash-Back Feature. With exclusive offers for the brands you love & $5 cash-out minimums
through PayPal, you’ll never go shopping without your smart phone again!
Get Cash Back in 3 Easy Steps
Visit save.ca/cashback to Learn More
1. Browse & ShopBrowse the mobile app
for your favourite brand’s offers, and purchase
them at any store
2. Upload Receipt Take a photo of your receipt and submit it
through the app
3. Get Cash Back! Once you reach just $5, the money you save will be transferred into your
PayPal wallet
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Toblerone ChocolatesAssorted Varieties, 400 g
799
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Folgers Classic Roast Coffee920 gram
797 Belle Triple Cream Brie Cheese 17.61/ kg
799/lb
Christie CookiesAssorted Varieties, 300 g
2 for 598
Foster’s Pickled Asparagus Spears1 litre
699
Western FamilyPotato ChipsAssorted Varieties180-300 g
