Northern Sentinel K I T I M A T 2014’s first baby and 2013’s last ... page 9 Volume 60 No. 04 www.northernsentinel.com Wednesday, January 22, 2014 $ 1.30 INCLUDES TAX PM477761 The Spirit Bear statue at the flag park outside of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Information Centre. The proposed Crossroads development of a hotel and work camp may look to this property for access to theirs, but they promise even if things get moved, the town won’t be losing the park, or the Chamber. Council sets out wording Cameron Orr Councillors settled on at least one question for an upcoming plebiscite in the community, but the decision was not unanimous. Namely some councillors felt the decided- upon question was too wordy and could be con- fusing to a voter. The question decided upon is: Do you sup- port the final report recommendation of the Joint Review Panel of the Canadian Environmental As- sessment Authority and National Energy Board, that the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project be approved, subject to 209 conditions set out in Vol- ume 2 of the JRP’s final report? “I know that maybe it’s a little long, but by having the plebiscite question worded in such a fashion not only are we asking if you’re in favour of Enbridge Northern Gateway or not, we’re say- ing ‘are you in favour of the conclusions of the joint review panel?’” said Mario Feldhoff, who moved the wording. “I think it’s too confusing,” was Phil Ger- muth’s response to the wording, adding that not everybody will read the JRP report. But in councillor Mary Murphy’s opinion, it’s in the best interest of a voter to read the report before casting their vote. “People should be reading that report, agree- ing with it or not agreeing with it is one thing, but at least they’re putting some meat into whatever decision that they’re making, so I’m in support of it,” she said. But Rob Goffinet was adamantly opposed to such a lengthy question. “We would be accused of ‘you must be kid- ding.’ This is like the referendum debate in Que- bec on steroids. It must be a clear, easily under- stood question, that has no nuances,” he said. Edwin Empinado also reiterated what he has said in past meetings that he’d like to see more involvement from all sides of the debate in estab- lishing the questions. The motion on the wording of the question passed, with Feldhoff, Mayor Joanne Monaghan, Empinado and Murphy in favour. The question regarding the question wasn’t the only debate to be had on the matter though. Further to that motion, councillors also moved to add “Undecided” to the list of possible responses on the ballot. “I think yes and no are a very difficult thing because I think many of us are against for one part of it and no for the other,” said Monaghan. “It would not give the exact answer that we want.” Continued on page 6 Technical concerns laid out Some divided over length, clarity of question wording Cameron Orr Comments have been coming in about the proposed Crossroads hotel and workers camp proposal for along High- way 37S — the camp itself would be in- visible from the highway — but whether you’re for or against, many technical questions need to be worked out. Council held a public hearing on the proposal on January 13, to gather public opinion ahead of any changes to the Of- ficial Community Plan or zoning bylaws that would allow for its construction. Project proponent Stuart Ramsey for Bryton Group attended the meeting to answer questions, together with a en- gineer with Opus DaytonKnight. And following a question from Ger- muth, Ramsey did offer one alleviation to people concerned about the work camp side of the proposal; he said he would be open to a clause that would prevent them from building a work camp without also building a hotel at the same time. “We’re not camp developers, we’re hoteliers. We have no real interest in do- ing a camp project other than help facili- tate some of the cost and off-site levies that we’re going to be dealing with, with this development,” he said. The site has many challenges — he pointed out that the site has not been de- veloped in the past because of high de- velopment costs — but access for traffic and sanitary sewer are among the top is- sues. To that end, Ramsey did argue that his proposal should not be subject to the proposed density bonuses. To that he’s referring to a $500 a bed contribution the project would provide to an affordable housing fund. “I don’t feel like our site is en- croaching of the same density bonus that was dictated on one of the other de- velopments in town,” he said. “One of the biggest reasons this site has never been developed before is be- cause of the challenges of servicing the property. The millions that’s going to be required for us to do that gives us a little bit of cost questioning in respect to the density bonusing.” Density bonuses had been applied to other developments such as the PTI Group workers lodge proposal for in the Strawberry Meadows. Brian Wakita with Wakita Construc- tion spoke during the meeting as well, expressing concerns in specific areas, but overall supportive of the project it- self. His concerns included impacts on drainage flows that would move down- stream and impact his projects which are on the other side of the highway. He also urged council to work with the Ministry of Transportation and In- frastructure to consider the increase of traffic in that area, between more traffic from Terrace and the intersec- tion at Kitamaat Village Road and Na- labila Boulevard. Creating a better, well planned entrance to the community would add value, he said. A new design he said would create a sense of ‘arrival’ for the community. Continued on page 9 Years est. 1954
The Spirit Bear statue at the � ag park outside of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Information Centre. The proposed Crossroads development of a hotel and work camp may look to this property for access to theirs, but they promise even if things get moved, the town won’t be losing the park, or the Chamber.
Council sets out wording
Cameron OrrCouncillors settled on at least one question
for an upcoming plebiscite in the community, but the decision was not unanimous.
Namely some councillors felt the decided-upon question was too wordy and could be con-fusing to a voter.
The question decided upon is: Do you sup-port the � nal report recommendation of the Joint Review Panel of the Canadian Environmental As-sessment Authority and National Energy Board, that the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project be approved, subject to 209 conditions set out in Vol-ume 2 of the JRP’s � nal report?
“I know that maybe it’s a little long, but by having the plebiscite question worded in such a fashion not only are we asking if you’re in favour of Enbridge Northern Gateway or not, we’re say-ing ‘are you in favour of the conclusions of the joint review panel?’” said Mario Feldhoff, who moved the wording.
“I think it’s too confusing,” was Phil Ger-muth’s response to the wording, adding that not everybody will read the JRP report.
But in councillor Mary Murphy’s opinion, it’s in the best interest of a voter to read the report before casting their vote.
“People should be reading that report, agree-ing with it or not agreeing with it is one thing, but at least they’re putting some meat into whatever decision that they’re making, so I’m in support of it,” she said.
But Rob Gof� net was adamantly opposed to such a lengthy question.
“We would be accused of ‘you must be kid-ding.’ This is like the referendum debate in Que-bec on steroids. It must be a clear, easily under-stood question, that has no nuances,” he said.
Edwin Empinado also reiterated what he has said in past meetings that he’d like to see more involvement from all sides of the debate in estab-lishing the questions.
The motion on the wording of the question passed, with Feldhoff, Mayor Joanne Monaghan, Empinado and Murphy in favour.
The question regarding the question wasn’t the only debate to be had on the matter though.
Further to that motion, councillors also moved to add “Undecided” to the list of possible responses on the ballot.
“I think yes and no are a very dif� cult thing because I think many of us are against for one part of it and no for the other,” said Monaghan. “It would not give the exact answer that we want.”
Continued on page 6
Technical concerns laid out
Some divided over length, clarity of question wording
Cameron OrrComments have been coming in
about the proposed Crossroads hotel and workers camp proposal for along High-way 37S — the camp itself would be in-visible from the highway — but whether you’re for or against, many technical questions need to be worked out.
Council held a public hearing on the proposal on January 13, to gather public opinion ahead of any changes to the Of-� cial Community Plan or zoning bylaws that would allow for its construction.
Project proponent Stuart Ramsey for Bryton Group attended the meeting to answer questions, together with a en-gineer with Opus DaytonKnight.
And following a question from Ger-muth, Ramsey did offer one alleviation to people concerned about the work camp side of the proposal; he said he would be open to a clause that would prevent them from building a work camp without also building a hotel at the same time.
“We’re not camp developers, we’re
hoteliers. We have no real interest in do-ing a camp project other than help facili-tate some of the cost and off-site levies that we’re going to be dealing with, with this development,” he said.
The site has many challenges — he pointed out that the site has not been de-veloped in the past because of high de-velopment costs — but access for traf� c and sanitary sewer are among the top is-sues. To that end, Ramsey did argue that his proposal should not be subject to the proposed density bonuses.
To that he’s referring to a $500 a bed contribution the project would provide to an affordable housing fund.
“I don’t feel like our site is en-croaching of the same density bonus that was dictated on one of the other de-velopments in town,” he said.
“One of the biggest reasons this site has never been developed before is be-cause of the challenges of servicing the property. The millions that’s going to be required for us to do that gives us a little bit of cost questioning in respect to the
density bonusing.”Density bonuses had been applied
to other developments such as the PTI Group workers lodge proposal for in the Strawberry Meadows.
Brian Wakita with Wakita Construc-tion spoke during the meeting as well, expressing concerns in speci� c areas, but overall supportive of the project it-self.
His concerns included impacts on drainage � ows that would move down-stream and impact his projects which are on the other side of the highway.
He also urged council to work with the Ministry of Transportation and In-frastructure to consider the increase of traf� c in that area, between more traf� c from Terrace and the intersec-tion at Kitamaat Village Road and Na-labila Boulevard. Creating a better, well planned entrance to the community would add value, he said. A new design he said would create a sense of ‘arrival’ for the community.
Continued on page 9
Yearsest. 1954
January 6RCMP were
called to a complaint of a possibly impaired driver at 4:25 a.m. The caller reported see-ing a male, wearing a grey toque and black jacket, exit an older style while four-door vehicle near the Ford dealership, vomit, then return to the vehicle. The male then alleg-edly nearly collided with the complainant. Last known direction of travel was towards the Kitimat Modern-ization Project site, but police patrols were un-able to find a matching vehicle.
A misidentified beverage container led police to respond to a possible impaired driver when a man was seen opening a can that the complain-ant said was beer. The incident took place at the drive through for A&W. When police arrived they found the driver actually drinking a President’s Choice brand orange pop, the design police say could be mistaken for a beer product. There were no other indications there may have been alcohol in
the vehicle.Police stopped a
white van on Highway 37S after a report the driver may have been intoxicated after wit-nesses say they saw the van crossing the yellow line. The driver on pull-over said she was driving cautiously due to a high volume of traffic on the high-way that was passing her. Police found no evidence of intoxica-tion during the stop.
January 7A hold-up alarm
went off at a business at City Centre Mall. RCMP members were met at the door by an employee of the busi-ness who said she set the alarm off on ac-cident. Police looked through the store and found no cause for dis-tress and the alarm was deemed false.
A caller report-ed that a person was passed out on the land-ing of the Albatross Apartments. Police found the man asleep, snoring, but smell-ing strongly of liquor. The male was woken
up and gave addresses for person who could care for him but there were no answers at those homes. Police then lodged in him the police cells for being intoxicated. An officer returned later with new clothes and allowed the person to shower before he was released without charges.
January 8At approximately
2:30 a.m. police fol-lowed up on an aban-doned 9-1-1 call from the Kitimat Hotel. Po-lice, with a hotel em-ployee, checked on all the guests in the hotel and found no cause for a 9-1-1 call.
At 10:23 a.m. the police attended to a call where a couple was allegedly wres-tling and punching each other over a cell phone in front of their two children. Police observed injuries on both parties. Ministry of Children and Fami-lies will reportedly follow up with both parties. The police de-termined an aggressor in the fight and that person was released from custody with a promise to appear at a future court date.
January 10An accidental 9-1-
1 call had police track-ing down a cell phone owned by a person at the Kitimat Modern-ization Project’s camp. Call was deemed false.
A complainant re-ported that 10 sheets of pressure-treated plywood and a red King Canada 7000 watt generator with a black roll cage was stolen from a work site on Wozney Street. In all over $1,000 worth a material is said to have been taken. There are no suspects at this time but police believe the thief used a truck and had an accomplice. Police are still investi-gating.
A patron at En-vision Financial was worried about a text received while in line.
The text read “The bank is going to be robbed,” and a fol-low-up text described something she was wearing at the time. She showed a bank representative the text before leaving to work. The sender’s number was displayed however the name wasn’t rec-ognized in the phone. Police and the receiver of the texts realized a short time later that it was from an old friend who was also at the bank and saw her. The friend said later he didn’t intend for the text to be inter-preted the way it was and thought the person would see him. Police warned the person that he could be arrested for public mischief for his actions.
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Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen is saying at least two of the Northern Gate-way Joint Review Panel’s 209 condi-tions may already be outdated. He calls into question the requirement of $950 million in spill insurance as reports surfaced of cleanup costs at the sites of Enbridge’s 2010 Michigan spill sur-passing $1 billion. And the JRP’s order for Enbridge to car-ry out new research on the behaviour of diluted bitumen in a marine environment has been questioned following the pub-lication of an En-vironment Canada study confirming that diluted bitumen will sink in saltwater in high waves and where sediment is present.
“It hasn’t even been a month since the JRP released their 209 conditions, and it seems like we’re already seeing some of them be-come obsolete,” said Cullen.
While we won’t be a port for cruise ship tourism, Kitimat may be port to a cruise ship to house workers in the year future.
An application by Bridgemans Services has them asking the Canadian Transporta-tion Agency (CTA) if they can have a licence for the Silja Festival, a Latvian passenger ship to accommodate workers for the Kitimat Modernization Project and the Kitimat LNG terminal project.
The requested li-cence would be for Februray 15 this year to February 14 next year.
The application notes that Bridgemans looked for suitable Ca-nadian ships but none were offered for this role.
The CTA must wait for the Minister of Pub-lic Safety and Emer-gency Preparedness be-fore issuing a licence.
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Weather shelter availableCameron Orr
The Extreme Weather Plan-ning Group (EWPG) has been allowed to use $8,000 out of BC Housing’s $15,000 grant to the District of Kitimat to get the extreme weather shelter up and running.
Now that the extreme weather response program plan is adopted, the shelter is offi-cially operational and will open during specified weather situa-tions.
Notably the shelter, which is located at the Public Safety Building at the top of Haisla Hill, will activate when tem-peratures are either at or below -4C, when temperatures are 0C with a weather warning, when there’s significant snow accu-mulation, or when there’s been three or more days of rain, “cre-ating conditions where it is dif-ficult for a homeless person to remain dry.” (The three days of rain would only trigger the shel-
ter to be open for one night.)Margaret Warcup and Trish
Parsons for EWPG were at the January 6 council meeting re-questing the release of $8,000 from the District’s BC Hous-ing grant, as well as some other housekeeping to get everything in order for the shelter.
“We need to have in place an activation team to call the cold weather or extreme weath-er alert, and that involves con-tacting BC Housing, the gov-ernment... so the first part of the request for tonight is that council consider appointing the deputy CAO Warren as the acti-vation team person for the Dis-trict of Kitimat,” said Parsons at council.
Warren Waycheshen’s ap-pointment, which was approved by council, means he can de-cide when to call an extreme weather alert.
The process is once an alert has been called, a number of
volunteer contacts would be in-formed and notices would go to various groups.
Any alert would be called by 3 p.m.
Parsons said at the meeting that there have been three spe-cific people who have needed use of the shelter so far in the winter.
Parsons later explained to the Sentinel that from the $8,000 will be hired a part-time employee who will work for the shelter and for related issues.
“It’s to employ someone part time to assist in setting up all the protocols...and there’s some items we need to purchase in order to run the shelter,” she said.
Training volunteers is part of that employment.
The extreme weather shel-ter plan is in effect between No-vember 1 and March 31, inter-mittently during that period as needed.
Facility will open on as-needed basis
Working on the power lineJosh Massey
BC Hydro says it’s going to re-place its aging 287kv transmission line between Terrace and Kitimat with at least one and possibly two lines of the same size.
In a presentation to Terrace city council last week, BC Hydro of-ficials said the project replaces one which would have featured a new 500kv line between Prince George and Terrace and two 500kv lines be-tween Terrace and Kitimat.
But that plan, which was based on BC Hydro being called upon to supply large amounts of power to potential liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants at Kitimat, was abandoned last year because the plants are now to use natural gas to produce the power to super cool natural gas into liquid form for export overseas.
BC Hydro officials say the ex-isting 287kv line, built in the early 1970s, from its Skeena Substation, located south of Terrace, to Kitimat is well past its prime and no longer viable to maintain.
The same is true for the pro-vincial crown corporation’s 287kv line from its Minette Substation to the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter and this line will be replaced as well.
“Based on the anticipated new industrial customer connections in the Kitimat area and the associated load growth, a 287 kV circuit will be capable of supplying the necessary power. There is no identified need to build a 500 kV line, however, we are
continuing to study the load growth in the area,” reads a BC Hydro po-sition paper being presented to city council.
And having two 287kv lines sharing the power load between Terrace and Kitimat will increase reliability should something happen to one of them.
“BC Hydro will be assessing whether this enhanced reliability is required,” the BC Hydro document continues and has pegged this sum-mer to reach a decision.
The crown corporation also says it wants the project finished
by late 2018 or early 2019, ahead of when planned LNG plants in Kitimat are ex-pected to open. The new plan to build at least one new line does away with an
earlier proposition to upgrade the existing 287kv line.
“Our original plan was to up-grade the line so it could carry more power, as a short-term measure, while we decided on options for replacement. We’ve now decided to bypass that step,” said Lesley Wood from BC Hydro.
In addition to deciding how many lines to build, BC Hydro has to decide the route or routes to be taken.
It can parallel the existing line’s route down the east side of the val-ley between Terrace and Kitimat or carve out a new route on the west side of the valley.
BC Hydro officials say they’ll be speaking with local govern-
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Someone should tell the � nanciers on Bay Street and Wall Street, who run this world, that I have no plans to visit the United States in the coming year - particularly Las Vegas - so they can stop the freefall on the value of the Canadian dollar any time now.
As I write, the debate has resumed in the media about the pros/cons of a lower/higher Canadian and U.S. dol-lar, and truly it’s boring - and comes around any time our dollar catches up to the U.S. or the spread gets past 9.9 cents.
I do love the reasons; disappoint-ing job numbers, Canadians’ exces-sive debts make world wary of the loonie, cross-border shoppers losing advantage of the loonie, Canadian businesses relieved. You know, those kinds of things.
I recall, the last time I went to Las Vegas, I handed over two Cana-dian $50 bills in a casino and got back US$61. It didn’t go far or last long. I don’t believe the loonie has ever been that low since. That’s why I want these people to know I’m not crossing the border.
Since I am a lousy gambler and hate the practice with a passion, as soon as the $61 was gone, I abandoned the gaudy � oors of Harrah’s and instead wandered the equally-gaudy streets, lanes, elevated railways, covered sky-
blue roofed malls and resumed simply sight seeing in Sin City. And there’s plenty to see free, believe me.
However, there was not as much to eat (inexpensively) as there used to be or as there was in Reno, a few years earlier.
But, by judiciously selecting eat-ing stops we were able to sustain our-selves handsomely through a four day visit, even with the 61 cent Canadian dollar. Quite a different story in any Canadian casino I have visited in the past few years (however few these may be.)
But I don’t expect to be back ex-changing C$50 bills to feed slot ma-chines for some time. That being said, I’m also not planning any cross-bor-der shopping soon since most borders that lead to shopping in the USA are a very long, long way away, as David Frost used to say.
So, you big U.S. border retailers, don’t plan on me contributing much to your bottom line.
Will mortgage rates rise causing a housing bubble in Canada?
I’m sorry for all those worried about that but I don’t have one so, still, I’m sure there are plenty of other ways the dropping dollar can hurt me, but I just can’t � nd the time or inclination to guard myself against all contingen-cies.
My New Years’ resolution seems to revolve around “Que sera, sera.”
Despite government assurances that in� ation is being held � rmly un-der the heavy boot of Finance Min-ister Jim Flaherty and the website-published declarations by the Bank of Canada — “we work to preserve the value of money by keeping in� ation low and stable” — I do � nd the price of food supplies locally doing a pretty good job of transferring my pension bucks from me to “them.”
But, I notice gas prices have dropped a cent or two. Local gas pumps occasionally appear to vary a bit on price per litre.
Encouraging!I can’t help agreeing with Can-
ada’s Privacy Commissioner that search engine giant Google violated Canadian law by using the sensitive search query information of Canadi-ans to target users with health-related advertisements.
Continued on page 9
Not fazed by the loonies’ tailspin
QuestionableI must begin by saying that I do like our current
council. All hard working and each brings their own strength to debates.
I felt I had to open with that bit of diplomacy be-cause the council’s decision on the primary question for the town’s upcoming plebiscite has me � rmly on the other side of the fence from them.
In fact I think I’m going to have to break Cana-dian Press style rules just to emphasize how off the mark I think their choice was: WRONG!!
Alright, back to the Press style.Their choice, as you see on page one, seems to
break the promise they made years ago when they said they would gauge opinion on the Northern Gate-way proposal.
Asking whether people support the regulatory process that led to 209 conditions for the project is deviating greatly from that purpose.
Let’s take a � ctionalized version of a person, let’s call him Mr. A. Mr. A doesn’t support the pipeline proposal. Does not want it.
But he reads the JRP report and goes over 209 conditions, and thinks ‘yes, in a hypothetical world where this pipeline gets built, these are decent condi-tions.’ Then suddenly you have someone who sup-ports the conditions but not the project.
Or take Mr. B. Big supporter of the project. The JRP report comes out and Mr. B is appalled. ‘How many conditions do we need for this worthwhile proj-ect?’ he wonders.
Then you have a person who supports the pipe-line but did not concur with the JRP report.
I’ve so far glossed over the fact I can barely say the question without losing my breath, or that I doubt you could even � t it onto a Twitter message.
The question brings up too much background in-formation, causing muddying the question and poten-tially confusing voters.
The place to give a voter the information they might need is in the time leading up to the ballots.
To elaborate a bit on what councillor Rob Gof-� net argued at the meeting, we learn about our candi-dates through advertising, news reports and debates. A ballot for an election would not allow more infor-mation than a candidate’s name.
“Do you support Rob Gof� net for council, given his years on council and his 209 votes in the last elec-tion?” (That number is made up, just to make a point.)
When it comes to any vote, I believe we have to assume that anyone casting a ballot has done what-ever they need to do to form an opinion, it’s not the question’s job to � ll in the blanks.
“As a resident of Kitimat, B.C., what is your po-sition on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline?” SUPPORT, OPPOSE, UNDECIDED.
And that’s all it should be.Cameron Orr
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At looong last, in late December, the Joint Review Panel delivered its verdict on the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal.
And it was approv-al, subject to a long list of conditions.
The three member panel’s conclusion did not surprise me.
But before I ex-plain why it didn’t, an aside.
Given the blink-of-an-eye gap between the announcement and the news releases of outrage from some of the usual suspects, the charitable side of me concluded, given the report is near 500 pag-es long and there are no fewer than 209 con-ditions, the outraged must have all taken speed reading courses.
The cynical side wondered whether re-action statements - ei-ther critical or laudi-tory depending on the verdict - just might have been written be-fore the report even came down.
But back to why I am not surprised by the verdict. The over-rid-ing mandate of the JRP was to decide whether Northern Gateway was in the national interest.
You didn’t have to be a clairvoyent to figure out the panel would decide it was.
It’s simple math: billions of dollars pouring into govern-ment coffers through various taxes over de-cades versus the po-tential impacts and costs of a spill.
The JRP decision readily acknowledges the potential damage from a major oil spill but says the probabil-ity of such a spill is at the lower end and therefore concludes the likely benefits out-weigh what it sees as the less likely risks.
By now some read-ers will be apoplectic and be declaring that I am no more than a shill for Enbridge.
I hate to burst their outraged bubble, but I am actually no fan of Northern Gateway.
And the reason is a letter to the editor back in October of 2011 from Murray Minchin
of the Douglas Chan-nel Watch.
In it he said he had read Volume 7B of an Enbridge submission which said that in the event of a major 2,000 cubic metres spill at Hunter Creek at the head of the Kitimat watershed, “A closure on recreational fishing [on the Kitimat River] would probably be in place for some time, perhaps up to four years or more, to allow populations time to re-cover.”
And to my knowl-edge Enbridge has never contradicted that.
Being an avid fish-erman whose favourite holiday destination for many years now has been the Kitimat River, there is no way I want to see that river’s fishery shut down for four years or more.
That position ob-viously reflects my own personal interest.
The same applies
to the positions taken by many northwestern opponents of Northern Gateway.
But I repeat the JRP was looking at the broader national inter-est.
And much as I dislike the project, I would have a hard time coming up with a convincing argument that rejecting it would be in that national in-terest.
Of course the JRP decision doesn’t give Enbridge the green light - that call will be made by the federal
government sometime within 180 days of the release of the JRP de-cision.
Again it is not rocket science to figure out it will say ‘yes’ and again it will be making its decision based on its own national inter-est - as in what such a decision would mean to its electoral chances in the 2015 election.
But even if the Conservative govern-ment announces to-morrow morning that it has given approval to Northern Gateway, no shovels will hit the
dirt any time soon.That’s because
you can bet your bot-tom dollar that any such announcement would trigger a raft of law suits and it would be nonsensical for Enbridge to start any construction with that sword hanging over its head.
And given the gla-cial speed at which such law suits grind through the judicial process, it will be years before the ver-dict will delivered.
There is also an in-teresting wrinkle in the
JRP’s decision, specif-ically its inclusion of a “sunset clause”.
And that states “the certificate [to pro-ceed] will expire on 31 December 2016, un-less construction of the pipeline or the Kitimat Terminal has com-menced by that date.”
For reasons men-tioned above, that is very unlikely.
So, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, the JRP decision is not the end, it is not the begin-ning of the end, but it is at least the end of the beginning.
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Colossians 3: 12, “Put on then as God’s chosen ones, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience and forgiving each other as the lord has forgiven you. And above all else put on love which binds everything together in perfect harmony”
I think people are getting angrier. They seem to be more aggressive. Maybe its because our roads are busier, but I have seen road rage a few times now on the drive to Terrace.
People are impatient; they see you only as someone who is in their way that they need to get around. It also surprises me at how quickly “peace on earth and good will towards man” evaporates after Christmas.
That’s why this verse from Colossians fits in so well at this time of year. At New Year’s many people make resolutions. They resolve to make some changes for
the better, and so this year I would like you to consider the seven things that Paul lists in the verse above as something to strive for this year.
The first two are compassion and kindness.
As our community grows and things get more expensive, many people fall through the cracks through no fault of their own. Do we show compassion on these people as Jesus showed compassion on the downtrodden and underprivileged?
Jesus said, “If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.” So put on compassion and kindness this year.
And how about humility, patience and meekness? Humility, patience and meek-ness are the opposite of self-centeredness and pride.
They cause us to look into the mirror and see our own faults rather than dwell-ing on the faults of others. How much road rage and how many disputes could be solved if people were to put on humility, patience and meekness this year?
The next is “forgiving each other as the Lord has forgiven you.”
You see, that’s why Jesus came to this earth, so that we might be forgiven.
Each one of us has wracked up a sig-nificant debt with God on account of our sin.
When Jesus died on the cross He paid
the debt that we owe God, so that all who repent of their sin and believe on Him as their Lord and Savior will be forgiven and granted eternal life. No matter how big your debt is, God will forgive you on ac-count of Christ.
And so the principle is simple; forgiv-en people forgive others. And then on top of everything else, put on love, God’s love, which binds all these other things togeth-er. Love is the overcoat of our New Years clothing that keeps us warm and safe when the events of life threaten to unravel us.
The biggest resolution you could make this year is to spend time with Christ be-cause all these things we have mentioned are from Him.
So spend time with Him in 2014 and then watch as He changes you to be more like Him.
Amen.
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Plebiscite How tHey voted on the plebiscite’s wordingContinued from page 1
Murphy also said she’d want to see ‘undecided’ added to the pleb-scite.
From here council will be wait-ing for suggested further questions to ask residents.
“If we’re going to have a plebi-scite I feel we should try to get as much information out of that plebi-scite as we can, within reason,” said councillor Scott. “I think having ad-ditional questions would be a good idea.”
However the discussion partially centred on alternative questions such as if any opinion on Northern Gate-way changes if it is linked to a refin-ery, which had Goffinet concerned.
“So in effect you’re going to say ‘are you in favour of the Northern Gateway project, with various con-
cerns,’ and ‘if the Northern Gateway project was not the Northern Gate-way project...would you support it then?’” he said. “What you’re doing is confusing things even more, in-troducing a hypothetical ‘if’, it has nothing to do with your main ques-tion.”
But Murphy said that the refin-ery issue could bring up more dis-cussion and provide more insight into opinions.
Scott agreed with Murphy, say-ing pipeline opposition could soften if linked with refined products.
Council moved to table discus-sion while waiting for staff to come back with additional questions, re-garding the refinery issue, and others centered around whether people’s concerns are more pipeline-based, marine-based or both.
PhilGermuth – oPPosed
Corinnescott – oPPosed
Joanne Monaghan – Favour
Mary Murphy – Favour
edwin empinado – Favour
Mario Feldhoff – Favour
rob Goffinet – oPPosed
Wording is: Do you support the final report recommendation of the Joint Review Panel of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Authority and National Energy Board, that the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project be approved, subject to 209 conditions set out in Volume 2 of the JRP’s final report?
Councillors ponder next step in plebisciteCameron Orr
Kitimat council-lors haven’t settled on what they’re going to do with the results of April’s plebiscite on Enbridge Northern Gateway.
Not to say the is-sue wasn’t brought up.
Before councillors dug into the nitty-gritty de-tails of how to conduct the plebiscite, council-lors pondered in dis-cussion about where they would go from here.
“The community is split,” said Corinne
Scott, noting that coun-cillors had a lot of pres-sure to take a stand ear-lier in their term.
“It’s a non-binding plebsicite, so what are we trying to learn from having this plebscite and what will we do with the information
afterwards? I question why we’re even having one.”
Phil Germuth meanwhile worried that if they didn’t say now what they are going to do, they could end up wasting $15,000 on the whole process.
“We should have at least the courage to say beforehand...if it comes up the majority are for it this is what we’re going to do, if the majority are against this is what we’re going to do. If it’s anywhere near even that neutral-
ity is then justified.”Mario Feldhoff
said he was happy waiting for the results of the plebiscite before making any more deci-sions as a council.
“I for one want to see the outcome of the plebiscite and the
number of voters that turn out...then I’ll de-cide whether or not it’s something that should be binding.”
Council did not make any motions re-garding actions follow-ing the outcome of the vote.
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January 11Police issued an
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Police escorted a woman out of the Kiti-mat hospital’s emer-gency room after she was allegedly swear-ing and yelling at the staff. The woman, po-lice say, was unhappy with the medical atten-tion her adult son had received.
A caller reported a suspicious person ask-
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described as mid-teens, short black hair, wear-ing a brown shirt and brown pants, and car-ried a black clipboard. An army cadet captain told police that any activities by the group
would have a cadet wearing a full uniform. Patrols could not locate the suspect.
January 12At around 2:30
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Haisla add security team to Village
The Haisla are stepping up security and have recruited First Plan Security to keep an eye out in Kitamaat Village.
The security detail amounts to two people, one a Haisla member and another from out-side the community, and while they won’t be making arrests, they’ll be a set of eyes to make sure the com-munity stays safe.
“This time we said ‘okay, we want cam-eras, we want profes-sional people, and we want them to work in conjunction with the RCMP’,” said Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross.
While the security company’s physical presence has recently opened at the entrance to the community, they’ve actually been at work for the past six months, said Ross. And adding the security is a direct result of devel-opment in the region.
“The reason be-hind it is all the social impact of development in our territory. We’re starting to see a lot of people come into our village, including drug dealers, and we’re aware of who’s doing what in our village, so we want to keep track of the vehicles com-ing in, including their licence plates, and we want to start making known to the RCMP who’s coming into our village when they actu-ally shouldn’t be,” he said.
Ross explained that one of their pri-mary duties is to moni-tor who comes into the community so they can know if there are people in town who are
known to deal drugs, for instance.
“We’re getting a lot of vandalism in our community and we’re getting a lot of interest from outside the com-munity...that we don’t know why. But we un-derstand the drug prob-lem, every community has that problem.”
He said Kitamaat Village has tried pro-grams such as Com-munity Watch but they usually didn’t fill the need, and today’s needs are 10-times greater than what it was 10 years ago, he said.
The security com-pany is a Haisla joint-venture company, he added.
He said the intro-duction into the com-munity has been great so far and they are hap-py to be getting behind lowering the crime rate before it becomes a major problem.
“We want to nip it in the bud before it gets any worse,” he said.
Continued from page 4The investigation by the Privacy
Commissioner was triggered by a complaint from a man who used Google to find out information on medical devices to treat sleep apnea, and was targeted with behavioural advertising from websites related and unrelated to his condition.
I experienced something similar after doing some Internet Googling about blood pressure issues and got
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Google says it will stop doing this.
But as far as I am concerned, that’s why they focus on finding out everything they can about you, so they can promote ad sites.
So until they stop, I’ll just keep deleting e-mails on the subject basis - unread!
Continued from page 1Meanwhile other issues were
discussed, such as their efforts to find a suitable entrance to the prop-erty.
Ramsey said there is a thought that the company could take title of the land where the Chamber of Commerce sits, and use that as an entranceway.
Such a plan would involve slightly moving the hotel structure itself and building an end-cap that would be used as a new Kitimat Chamber of Commerce.
Joanne Monaghan said she hopes that the flag park could be maintained in such a scenario.
Ramsey said it wouldn’t have to be destroyed, but that it might have a slightly different design if that sort
of project were to be undertaken.Before the public hearing six
comments were received on the pro-posal, two in opposition, one simply to clarify a businesses role in the project, and another laying out a number of concerns.
At the hearing itself, resident Heidi Borne also spoke to the proj-ect, particularly concerned about traffic congestion and safety.
She referred to a nearby Crown-owned road which is currently not in service, but said that it would make sense to re-develop the road and use that for access.
Adoption of third reading of the bylaws has been deferred now until studies required by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure have been completed.
Loonie
Crossroads
The tradition of honouring the last baby of the year continues as the Kitimat Hospital Auxiliary and the Kitimat Quilters Guild pitched in for gifts for the newborn. The little guy is Ryden Calado, shown with parents Eric Calado and Christina Loggia. Ryden was 7 pounds, 10 ounces. With them are quilters Pat Lovegren, Lois Mendel and Ann Ferguson. A gift certificate from the auxiliary was presented by Linda Irvin.
It’s a boy. Cylis Hansen was born at Kitimat General Hospital on January 7 at 1:30 p.m., marking the delivery as Kitimat’s first for the new year. He was nine pounds and four ounces. With him are parents Chelsey Wright and Austin Hansen. This is the couple’s first child. See next week’s Sentinel for our New Years Baby welcome page.
“We want to nip it in the bud before it gets any
worse.”
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Born in Montreal, Quebec on January 17, 1933 Ernie, even as a young man, was actively involved in youth groups, hockey and scouts. In 1956, the sea was calling him and he joined the Canadian Navy which launched his career as an Ad Writer, the right arm of his Admiral.On a train trip on August 27, 1959, he would meet the love of his life, Merle, a beautiful air force cryptographer. Ernie and Merle were married on June 25, 1960.In 1962, their fi rst son Dean was born, quickly followed in 1963
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Born in Montreal, Quebec on January 17, 1933 Ernie, even as a young man, was actively involved in youth groups, hockey and scouts. In 1956, the sea was calling him and he joined the Canadian Navy which launched his career as an Ad Writer, the right arm of his Admiral.On a train trip on August 27, 1959, he would meet the love of his life, Merle, a beautiful air force cryptographer. Ernie and Merle were married on June 25, 1960.In 1962, their � rst son Dean was born, quickly followed in 1963
by son, Duncan. It was shortly after this point that Ernie retired from Navy life to be at home with the family he loved, moving the
family for a short stop in Terrace for the birth of his daughter Dalice, before going to Kitimat and then to the place that would be home, Kemano.
Ernie’s life in Kemano started as warehouseman and later promoted to purchaser for Alcan.His volunteer hours were almost endless, as he took on many roles involving Legion, Town Crier, Member of the CORE program, Boy Scouts of Canada and Rod & Gun. Ernie was also the welcome wagon for all new comers, greeting them with a � sh he had caught, as well as being active in Toastmasters, Restorative Justice, and a strong supporter of the Army Cadets, formerly Sea Cadets of Kitimat. Many causes, one of them being handicap accessibility, he fought a strong battle for.After a brief retirement in Victoria, Ernie & Merle returned to Kitimat.Known by many in Kitimat for the roses he gave, the candies he never was without and his passion to � ght for the underdog. Ernie loved the youth. They are the future and whatever way he could support or mentor he was always willing to do so.Ernie will be missed and lovingly remember by his devoted wife Merle, sons Dean (Cheryl), Duncan (Nancy), daughter Dalice (Jon), grandsons Nathan, Colin and Aiden, granddaughter Angelina (Joe), and great grandson Tylar.Celebration of Ernie’s life was held at Royal Canadian Legion Br 250 onJanuary 19, 2014. A mass will be held in Ernie’s name Sunday February 2, 2014 at Christ the King Church.
Special thanks to Tom & Linda Riley and Nancy Gray. In lieu of � owers the family request donations be made in Ernie’s name to
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TERMINAL BUILDINGNorthwest Regional Airport Invitation To Tender
The Terrace Kitimat Airport Society invites ten-ders from licensed, registered trade contractors for the following work:
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Bid packages will be available from North-west Regional Airport office or by email from [email protected] on or after January 22, 2014.
A 10% bid bond or equivalent surety is required with each bid. Tender closing will be Wednesday January 29, 2014 @ 2:00pm. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.
Experienced Automotive Technician required for busy well equipped shop in Kitimat. $30/hr, medi-cal/dental benefi ts, great client base. Apply by email:
WD Fashion at City Centre Mall in Kitimat is seeking a part-time experienced Salesclerk. Computer knowledge an asset. Please apply in person with resume.
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Norm’s Auto Refi nishing, Terrace, BC. High production, ICBC Accredited body shop requires a LICENSED AUTO-MOTIVE PAINTER. Competi-tive wages, excellent benefi ts. fax: 250-635-3081 or email: [email protected] Attn: Mel Rundell, Manager
PINHEADS Bowling on Silver Star Mountain is looking for a mechani-cally minded individual to work with us during the winter season as well as June and July. This is a part time position with great pay and benefi ts, training provided. This could be a great job for a retired mechanic or trades person, or a younger person who wants to live and work in a vi-brant ski resort. This position is available immediately. Please email Heather at [email protected]
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Tamitik Status Of Womenis accepting applications for the position of Casual/On Call Support Worker. Hours include shift work and weekends. Applicants should have: knowledge of the effects of violence against women and children; awareness of community re-sources; an ability to work individually and as a team member; and must work in a professional manner ensur-ing safety and confi dentiality of residents. Only applicants that are short listed will be contacted. Resumes with cover letters can be mailed or dropped off to TSW 350-370 City Centre, Kitimat, BC V8C 1T6 or sent via the website www.tamitik.ca Closing Date: February 12, 2014
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It was Kitimat Ice Demons versus...the Ice Demons. In the team’s � nal regular season match, the Houston Luckies had to cancel, leaving Kitimat to host an inter-squad game. The season wrapped up with the Demons third place in their division, behind the Smithers Steelheads and the Terrace River Kings in � rst.
January 23The Kitimat Fire Mountain Shooting Club’s 2014 annual general meeting is at 7:30 p.m. at the Rod and Gun Club. For more info call 250-632-3151.January 23ART CLUB of Kitimat meets at 7 p.m. in Room 403 at MESS. Drawing exer-cises; gestures/continuous. Bring sketch-ing material.January 27The Kitimat Fibre Arts Guild will be meeting at 66 Anderson at 7:30 pm. Anyone interested in spinning, weaving, knitting, or other � bre crafts is welcome. Please call Maureen at 250-632-5444 for more info.February 19Kitimat Community Services Society’s annual general meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the WorkBC Employment Centre, 562 Mountainview Square. 40 years of pro-viding services in the community. Call 250-632-9107 or e-mail [email protected] for more info.OngoingThe Kitimat Seniors Centre is hosting
some new programs starting early in this new year. Chair yoga is on Wednes-days starting from Jan. 8, at 11 a.m. In-tro to snowshoeing starts Jan. 13, at 11 a.m. Mahjong on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. and the book club meets monthly start-ing Jan. 16, at 1 p.m. Programs are free. Please call the Centre in advance to sign-up; 250 632 3405.THE KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARYMother Goose StoryTime for preschool-ers resumes January 20th. Please regis-ter your pre-schooler in early January for felt stories, bounces and giggles!PICKLE BALL. Every Tues. and Thurs., from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the River-lodge. For those aged 50+. Call the Kiti-mat Seniors’ Centre at 250-632-3475 for further info.NEW CHURCH in town, gathering to-gether for a conservative Christian fel-lowship. Preaching the word of God, singing spiritual songs and hymns. Vi-sion for revival in Kitimat and Canada. Citywide prayer network. Phone Cathy Speitelsbach for more info at 250-632-2211.THE KITIMAT QUILTERS GUILDmeetings are the � rst Thurs. of every month, held at M.E.S.S. Sewing room.
All experience levels welcome. (19+) Call Aileen at 250-632-6225 or Wanda at 250-632-4458.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held ev-ery Thurs. from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Center. They welcome families throughout preg-nancy and up to one year (older siblings welcome). Come meet other parents and infants over light refreshments with sup-port from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more info call 250-632-3144.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTREFamily Fun Spot Drop-In Mon. and Fri. afternoons 1-3 p.m., Wed. mornings 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Ages 0-5 welcome “A Great place for families to meet over cof-fee and toys!” Contact 250-632-3144 for more info.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Inter-ested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other � bre? For more info call Mau-reen 250-632-5444.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. To-tal con� dentiality. For more info contact Mary at 250-639-6016.
COMING EVENTS
Good weather is no safety against possible avalanches
The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) issued a special public ava-lanche warning for most regions of British Columbia including the North Coast.
They expected the warning to continue to Tuesday of this week.
The main concern was sun and warm weather, possibly record-breaking temperatures that will destabilize a complex and highly variable snowpack leading to sur-face slides, explained CAC Public Avalanche Warning Service Manager Karl Klassen.
In many areas there are also weak layers near the base and at mid-level of the snowpack, Klassen notes.
“In addition to smaller surface slides during the coming warm spell, we have the potential for very large natural and human-triggered ava-lanches failing deep in the snowpack throughout the weekend,” said Klas-sen. “We’re concerned about ‘blue sky syndrome’ this weekend...It’s
common to have a false sense of se-curity in good weather, and this [past] weekend that could lead to underesti-mating the hazard.”
The CAC recommends recre-ational backcountry users with little or no avalanche training or experi-ence avoid avalanche terrain during warnings, or undertake activities in which avalanche risk is managed by professionals. Experienced back-country recreationists are urged to travel on simple terrain such as small, low angle, well-supported features with no large, steep slopes or cor-nices above. When temperatures are warmest and especially if the sun is out, all avalanche terrain should be avoided, including valley bottom run-out zones.
Every person in a backcountry party needs an avalanche transceiv-er, probe and shovel and everyone should have some training in recog-nizing avalanche terrain and applying safe backcountry travel techniques.
