July 15, 2015 edition of the Kitimat Northern Sentinel
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Northern Sentinel K I T I M A T Volume 61 No. 28 www.northernsentinel.com Wednesday, July 15, 2015 $ 1.30 INCLUDES TAX A view of the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter from above on their pollution control centre. The company announced they’ve produced their first ingots from the modernized smelter, which is still undergoing the last bits of construction before the plant can begin 100 per cent operations. La fin for Lapointe, company sold to Hatch. /page 6 The history of logging in the Valley. /page 9 PM477761 First pour is here: RTA eyes the finish line Rio Tinto Alcan has gleefully boasted that it has pro- duced its first hot metal in the modernized smelter. The company held a special celebration inside the site’s new cafeteria, dubbed Henning Hall in honour of company executive Paul Henning. The company is hailing the milestone while also noting that they still have work to do to reach the ‘inauguration’, which will be the formal conclusion of all construction work, expecting in 2016. “We’re near the end,” said RTA Project Director Mi- chel Charron. “We’re completing the journey for con- structing the plant.” Even so, they say the final two per cent of the project will be a long one still. “The last couple per cent on anything is always the longest ones,” he said. The smelter will conclude with a final price tag of $4.8 billion. The workforce, as of July 7, sat at just over one thou- sand people, but Charron says the workforce will dwindle rapidly by the end of this month and in to September. On the training side, General Manager of BC Opera- tions Gaby Poirier says they are “far from the end” on con- cluding worksite training for the new smelter. “We’ve got about 55 per cent of the training done,” he said, saying the ‘theory’ side of it is well established but it will take the arrival of operational equipment to get the training through the practical phase. “Practical training will go all over the rest of the year to the ramp up because we’re still running line three and four from the old smelter, so the employees from lines three and four will start to join more next fall while we’re doing the ramp up.” Continued on page 8 Civeo gets deal with LNG Cameron Orr Civeo — which many in Kitimat may know better from their former name PTI Group — have announced they’ve locked in a deal for 400 beds with LNG Canada LNG Canada says they need the 400 beds for a proposed stage of early work site preparation projects coming in the fall, and this contract is not in anticipation of a full-out construction phase. The company says they are “exploring the potential” to do some advance work, which calls for the need of the 400 beds. The contract with Civeo does not preclude the company from eventually developing what they call the “worker acco- modation village,” or the essentially the company’s own work camp in the industrial area. This new contract with Civeo covers the next 15 months, says LNG Canada. They company noted that the Civeo contract will also cover the first part of construction of LNG Canada while their own camp is being built, if the company makes a positive final investment decision for it. Civeo says their new building for Kitimat under this con- tract will be called the Sitka Lodge Civeo has already had the land zoned and approved in the Strawberry Meadows area for worker accomodations, which at a full build can reach to approximately 2,000 beds. The company and the town have negotiated density bonus- es for the facility, which will provide money to an affordable housing fund managed by the District of Kitimat. “This contract is an important milestone for Civeo and our clients, and we are excited to establish a strong position in the Kitimat region to support work associated with this potential LNG project,” said Civeo President Brandley Dodson. We are proud to be part of a project with the potential to transform Canada’s natural resource sector and look forward to working with LNG Canada in the region.” On the business end, Civeo has increased their 2015 capital expenditure to reflect the Sitka Lodge, which bumps their ex- penditure guidance from $80 million to $90 million, while they expect most revenues to to be received in 2016.
A view of the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter from above on their pollution control centre. The company announced they’ve produced their � rst ingots from the modernized smelter, which is still undergoing the last bits of construction before the plant can begin 100 per cent operations.
La fin for Lapointe, company sold to Hatch.
/page 6
The history of logging in the Valley.
/page 9
PM477761
First pour is here: RTA eyes the finish lineRio Tinto Alcan has gleefully boasted that it has pro-
duced its � rst hot metal in the modernized smelter.The company held a special celebration inside the
site’s new cafeteria, dubbed Henning Hall in honour of company executive Paul Henning. The company is hailing the milestone while also noting that they still have work to do to reach the ‘inauguration’, which will be the formal conclusion of all construction work, expecting in 2016.
“We’re near the end,” said RTA Project Director Mi-chel Charron. “We’re completing the journey for con-structing the plant.”
Even so, they say the � nal two per cent of the project will be a long one still.
“The last couple per cent on anything is always the longest ones,” he said.
The smelter will conclude with a � nal price tag of $4.8 billion.
The workforce, as of July 7, sat at just over one thou-sand people, but Charron says the workforce will dwindle rapidly by the end of this month and in to September.
On the training side, General Manager of BC Opera-tions Gaby Poirier says they are “far from the end” on con-
cluding worksite training for the new smelter.“We’ve got about 55 per cent of the training done,” he
said, saying the ‘theory’ side of it is well established but it will take the arrival of operational equipment to get the training through the practical phase.
“Practical training will go all over the rest of the year to the ramp up because we’re still running line three and four from the old smelter, so the employees from lines three and four will start to join more next fall while we’re doing the ramp up.”
Continued on page 8
Civeo gets deal with LNGCameron Orr
Civeo — which many in Kitimat may know better from their former name PTI Group — have announced they’ve locked in a deal for 400 beds with LNG Canada
LNG Canada says they need the 400 beds for a proposed stage of early work site preparation projects coming in the fall, and this contract is not in anticipation of a full-out construction phase.
The company says they are “exploring the potential” to do some advance work, which calls for the need of the 400 beds.
The contract with Civeo does not preclude the company from eventually developing what they call the “worker acco-modation village,” or the essentially the company’s own work camp in the industrial area.
This new contract with Civeo covers the next 15 months, says LNG Canada. They company noted that the Civeo contract will also cover the � rst part of construction of LNG Canada while their own camp is being built, if the company makes a positive � nal investment decision for it.
Civeo says their new building for Kitimat under this con-tract will be called the Sitka Lodge
Civeo has already had the land zoned and approved in the Strawberry Meadows area for worker accomodations, which at a full build can reach to approximately 2,000 beds.
The company and the town have negotiated density bonus-es for the facility, which will provide money to an affordable housing fund managed by the District of Kitimat.
“This contract is an important milestone for Civeo and our clients, and we are excited to establish a strong position in the Kitimat region to support work associated with this potential LNG project,” said Civeo President Brandley Dodson. We are proud to be part of a project with the potential to transform Canada’s natural resource sector and look forward to working with LNG Canada in the region.”
On the business end, Civeo has increased their 2015 capital expenditure to re� ect the Sitka Lodge, which bumps their ex-penditure guidance from $80 million to $90 million, while they expect most revenues to to be received in 2016.
2 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, July 15, 2015
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Not to say it’s probably not a good idea to do so any-way, but the District of Kiti-mat has yet to suggest water restrictions may be coming for the town despite the area’s significant heat wave.
The town’s Director of Engineering Tim Gleig says that increases in water con-sumption are “primarily re-lated to sprinkling and water-
ing of lawns and gardens” and that “it would not be possible to keep up with demands if every house had a garden hose running.”
That said, “Fortunately Kitimat residents have been very conscientious in this re-gard and as a result we have not had to restrict water use in town.”
He said in the past there had been notices sent to Ca-
blecar residents as their larger lots require more water than typical households, and the higher use of water can affect the adequate storage of water for firefighting needs, but no notices have been sent out this year.
“If we suffer a major water system breakdown or power outage then measures would have to be taken,” he added.
As for efficient sprin-kling, he did offer up some tips for residents:
1. If water is running over the curb it should be turned off
2. Water early in the morning, not in the heat of the day or when the wind is blowing
3. Grass will recover with wet weather so needn’t be kept green in dry conditions
Water service disrupted
Hotter, dryer than recent yearsCameron Orr
Just in case you weren’t sure, it has been hot.
Now, it’s unfair to com-pare this July with past ones since it’s not over yet, but al-ready the month has shot past previous years for its tem-perature extreme. This July
has gotten as high as 34.6C, which happened on July 6.
That’s nearly two degrees hotter than it was in 2013 when it reached 33C in July. In 2012 it was 32.8
In fact 2015’s weather re-cords show that it has general-ly been hotter and dryer than
it has been in the two previous years, the only years the Ca-nadian Weather Office shows comprehensive numbers for online.
For June, we reached 30.9C this year. In 2014 we only reached 25.3C, and in 2013 June got as hot as 28.6C.
In May the temperatures reached to 27.3C, versus 25 in 2014 and 24.9C in 2013.
As for rainfall, the May-June period in 2013 had 64.4cm of rain, and the same in 2014 had 123.3cm.
For this year we’ve had just 38.7cm.
Cameron OrrIf you lost water
service for a little while last Wednesday, it’s be-cause a pipe was hit by a contractor at the town’s reservoir.
A worker inadver-tantly hit a 16-inch wa-
ter line which feeds the District’s water reser-voirs, above Kitamaat Village Road.
“In order to assess the damaged area, wa-ter pumps were tempo-rarily switched off. This caused some neigh-
bourhoods at higher elevation to have low water pressure or no water,” read a District of Kitimat news news release. “The pumps are operating again and the contractor is deal-ing with the leaking
water until repairs can be completed.”
Despite the ser-vice interruption being at the reservoir itself, there was no call for water restrictions. (See above story for more on that issue.)
Riverbank crampingRCMP cruisers left sirens blazing to an
call of an assault with weapon at the Kitimat River July 8, where trailers are parked in the community’s usual summer garden of RVs.
It’s not the first such call the police have had for the area, in this case near the Giant Spruce. On July 3 the RCMP were sent on a file of a dirtbike rider allegedly flinging rocks in the air, which sent the debris into a five-year-old. That issue is still under investigation, says RCMP Sgt. Graham Morgan.
With Radley Park having been closed until Friday, there’s been pressure, he said.
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Town ponders rules for trailer parks
SO2 hearings wrap up
Traffic plane back in action
Cameron OrrThe process has begun to establish a town
policy on manufactured home parks.The District of Kitimat’s planners intro-
duced their proposals at a July 6 Committee of the Whole, overviewing their thoughts on how the town could regulate the future developments of community trailer parks.
Such plans would complement existing B.C. legislation on things like rezoning of such parks, but the town may be looking at ways to go beyond the minimum, such as a 24-month window before any rezoning would actually happen, to protect the residents from sudden evictions do to new land uses. The provincial minimum requirement right now on that is 12 months.
Kitimat Planner Daniel Martin informed council that what they can’t do is deny rezoning applications, but they can set reasonable ground rules.
This initiative is part of the recommendations
of last year’s Housing Action Plan for Kitimat which recommended a manufactured home park policy.
In town there are residents of the two trailer parks who do worry that future rezonings may force them to relocate. The Housing Resource Project in Kitimat even hosted an open meeting for trailer park residents last year to discuss these subjects.
As for the existing rezoning process, Martin said that after staff review the application it goes to council, and kicks off the public hearing pro-cess.
The staff suggest that council create a policy that requires a landowner to give the residents a 10 day notice before the application even arrives to council, given them plenty of notice the issue is even up for discussion.
“This way people know they don’t have to be worried it’s going to be slipped through,” said Martin.
Council may even require the landowner to provide relocation plans, such as providing mov-ing costs, down payments on other properties, or other means.
Council will have the power to determine whether the landowner provided a reasonable re-location plan.
The process to establish a policy is in the ear-ly days but representatives of the trailer owners of both of Kitimat’s parks did thank council for moving ahead on this, which may go a ways in alleviating residents’ fears.
Cameron OrrThe Environmental Appeal
Board (EAB) hearings, held in challenge to Rio Tinto Alcan’s emmissions permit, have con-cluded with the final arguments given on June 30.
The 10-week process con-cludes that phase of the appeal, put forward by Kitimat residents Emily Toews and Lis Stannus.
According to hearing re-ports prepared by the Northwest Institute, the company and the Ministry of Environment de-fended the decision not to re-quire SO
2 scrubbers, pointing to
a mountain of technical reports a requirement to monitor emis-sions as well.
Meanwhile the appellants in the case pointed their finger at bias within the MOE, saying an employee working on the file was being paid by RTA (under a process called secondment) and also suggesting a memoranda of understanding between the MOE and RTA “constrained the director from properly consider-
ing all issues around the permit-ting decision.”
The real main core of their argument though, says North-west Institute, is that human health is put at risk, as well as the environment.
“In both cases they said the director had insufficient in-formation to properly make his decision,” says the Northwest Institute.
Ultimately the appellants seek the EAB to suspend the existing environmental permit until the director in charge does a “[comprehensive] review of the current literature on health effects associated with sulphur dioxide...”
On the vegetation side, they
want the existing monitoring program to include a survey of the geographic extent of harm for area cedar and pine trees.
There is no timeline for a decision on this matter. There is no legislation regarding dead-lines on EAB results, meaning it could be months before it’s know what the EAB decides.
RTA has always maintained that the proper research proce-dures were followed when the permit was issued and that there is no present reason to use pre-cautionary measures to reduce emissions.
Gaby Poirier, general man-ager for BC Operations, stands by the permit and told the Sen-tinel in June that all plans are in place to increase production levels by February 2016. As for the elevated levels of SO
2 Po-
irier says that the company only plans to be releasing 33 to 35 tonnes of SO
2 per day when pro-
duction increases and that they don’t plan to reach the 42 tonnes per day limit.
You’ve seen them on the side of the road, probably ignored them as a scare tactic: the white rectangle signs with black lettering that reads “Aircraft Pa-trolled.”
Well, as of July 7, 2015, you better pay attention to them as the plane is back.
West Pacific Re-gion Traffic Services, working with the RCMP Air Services plane out of Prince Rupert, conducted en-forcement on Highway
16 and Highway 37 South in the Terrace and Kitimat areas for approximately four hours in the afternoon of July 7.
The final tally by the end of the day was:
Eight tickets and five written warnings for speed.
One ticket and a vehicle impounded for excessive speed. (154 km/hr in a 100 km/hr zone)
One ticket for no driver’s licence
One ticket for cross
double solid lineOne ticket for fail
to display N signOne ticket for fail
to change addressOne breach of un-
dertaking charge.“This was the first
time this had been done in the area in awhile, it was found to be quite effective and police were able to see things that they would not see in the course of a nor-mal patrol,” said Cpl. Philip Crack of the In-tegrated Road Safety Unit attached to West
Pacific Region Traffic Services.
“It allows for eas-ier targeting of the ag-gressive drivers, the ones that are tailgating and dodging in and out of traffic. With how ef-fective it was, be pre-pared to see more of it in the area.”
Being the summer driving months and with more traffic on the road, police would like to remind driv-ers to slow down, take their time and maintain a safe driving distance.
A 26-year-old Prince George wom-an, originally of Kit-imat, is in hospital with serious injuries after her car went off Highway 16 near Terrace July 4.
The woman’s name has not been publicly released.
The injured woman apparently spent the night in the car before being discovered Sunday morning by friends who had started to search for her.
Smithers RCMP say they received a call about an over-due traveller at about 9 p.m. Satur-day, July 4.
Earlier that day, the woman left from Prince George to at-tend Terrace regard-ing an urgent fam-ily matter. The last time her family had contact with her was around 5:10 p.m. when she told her mother she was in Smithers.
A bulletin was immediately sent out to all neighbour-ing detachments re-garding the overdue traveller. Patrols were conducted by all affected detach-ments but they were not able to locate the overdue woman or her vehicle. This in-cluded another fam-ily member who had also passed through Smithers around 7 p.m.
At about 8:50 a.m. Sunday, friends of the woman who had been driving the highway located her vehicle approxi-mately 50 kilome-tres east of Terrace on Highway 16.
The cause of the incident is still under investigation, but it appears the woman’s vehicle left the road and went down a steep em-bankment. It is un-known at this time what caused the ac-cident but no foul play is suspected.
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Once in a while in my writing I use an expression or words in a seemingly strange context and my mind does this weird tangental jump and wonders, “Why do we say it?”
Well I recently got a book by that title put out by Castle Books which answered many of those wonderings. I thought I’d share some of them with you starting with the very � rst one in the book, A1.
We of course use that to indicate something that is as good as it gets and companies often use A1 in their name to bolster their image.
Apparently it has its roots in mari-time insurance. Back in the day when a group of English maritime insurance companies formed an association now known as Lloyds of London, they in-stituted a rating system which graded the condition of both ships and their cargoes.
The condition of an individual ship was indicated by a letter with A being the best. With the cargo the grade was
indictaed by a number with, of course, 1 being the best.
Therefore a designation of A1 meant both the ship and the cargo were perfect.
Now living where we do we well know what a bear is - and what it does in the woods. But what does that ani-mal have to do with the stock market?
The term is used to describe trad-ers who sell stocks short, gambling the price of those stocks will have gone down by the time they have to make good on their purchase.
And so the old folk saying applies, as in “he sold the skin before he got the bear”.
Moving on to the Cs, why do we
say that someone who divulges a secret has let the cat out of the bag?
It’s because in the days of yore it was the custom for farmers to bring a suckling pig to market in a bag. Some-times, however, a less than honest farmer would substitute the pig with a cat.
If the buyer was foolish enough to purchase this “pig in a poke” without opening the bag, he was cheated out of his money.
If however he was smart enough to open it, he quite literally let the cat out of the bag.
So where does the dogwood tree get its name from? It refers to its ber-ries which are considered worthless - dog is used generally in plant nomen-clature to denote inferior quality.
Perhaps we should have chosen a different provincial � ower.
One of the more fascinating ones is the answer to the question, “Who in-vented the word electricity?”
Continued on page 5
Letting the linguistic cat out of the bag
ReportsBeing presented with new information can be
hard to process sometimes, especially when it chal-lenges things you believe to be right.
I am of the mind that LNG is a viable industry for Kitimat, of course part of me hopes that too be-cause I know it will bring more jobs and money to our region.
But not everyone is convinced, and not just the naysayers looking to take any opportunity to take the Premier down a peg.
Most recently I was reading about this report by a UK-based group called Carbon Tracker, reported on by the Australian Financial Times which doused some excitement about LNG both in Australia and in Canada. In the article I saw, written by Times writer Angela Macdonald-Smith, said the demand for LNG over the coming decades may not be as strong as some would have hoped, and speci� cally called out Chevron, Woodside and Shell as companies which may get the short end of the stick on demand.
Also, to meet the natural demand there is only requires minimal investment, that is to say not the major investments needed for things like Kitimat LNG and LNG Canada.
Now this is a report from a research group and not time travellers, so even though they’re taking the best information they have, they might ultimately be off on their projections but it is a reminder that noth-ing is ever a done deal until the steel-toed boots are on the ground.
At the very least this report — which the article says got a full release yesterday in London — doesn’t do much to diminish the idea that at least Douglas Channel LNG will go ahead. Like all the projects there’s no notice to proceed, but I was interested in hearing earlier that the DCLNG project makes sense precisely because of its size. Being small makes it palatable to the partners in the consortium.
So basically while of course the math has to be there, they’re not looking at the mega investment others might be.
Meanwhile though the work by Kitimat LNG is notably slower as the company says it focuses on up-stream assets before doing anything crazy like mak-ing a � nal investment decision.
Shell-led LNG Canada meanwhile is where it always has been, but now with an environmental as-sessment in hand and even a contract with Civeo to build worker accommodation in Kitimat for early work stuff.
LNG Canada has done well in keeping their momentum up, but given the debbie-downer of the report out of the UK about need, I can only hope Shell and their partners either see things differently or operate on a different timeline which will encour-age work done sooner.
I still see LNG in oiur future, but this seemed like a refresher in being realistic.
Cameron Orr
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This is an op-ed by Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen:
It is often said that a government is judged by its ability to make the trains run on time and deliver the mail. Sadly, on both counts, this Conservative gov-ernment has failed Ca-nadians.
Cuts to rail inspec-tions and rail safety has had tragic and fa-tal consequences and the draining of Canada Post’s ability to get mail to the doorsteps of
the country is hurting our economy, seniors and those living with disabilities.
As home delivery is being cut across the country, Canada will become the only de-veloped country in the world not to have this service. The Conserva-tives have cried pover-ty yet Canada Post has turned a profit 19 out of the last 20 years, re-turning almost a billion dollars back to Cana-dians. Just last year, in which they did deliver
the mail, they made al-most $200 million dol-lars for taxpayers.
In fact, the only year in the last two de-cades that Canada Post
lost money was 2011 when management (with the backing of Mr. Harper) locked out the workers then forced them back to work. A drop-off in letter mail has been more than made up by a surge in packages from Canadi-ans shopping and do-ing business online.
This past week, residents of Kitimat found out their home mail delivery service is next on Mr. Harper’s chopping block. Over 3,200 households in
the area are scheduled to lose door-to-door delivery in 2016.
Hundreds of mu-nicipalities have been speaking out about the devastating im-pacts this will have on citizens in their com-munities. All of them want Mr. Harper’s plan for Canada Post to be stopped.
You can’t save a business by reduc-ing services, raising costs, and chasing away customers, but that is exactly what
Mr. Harper is trying to do with Canada Post. And it is families and small businesses who will bear the true cost of less service, and in particular seniors and people living with dis-abilities who get hurt most by shutting down door-to-door delivery.
I believe that we should be looking for best practices and ex-amples in other coun-tries who have success-fully maintained their home delivery. There are many ways that
Canada Post could in-novate, become more dynamic, and even in-crease its revenues, all while maintaining the proud service it has offered to Canadians since day one.
I am proud that the NDP has promised to reverse Mr. Harper’s plan for Canada Post if we are elected to gov-ernment in the fall elec-tion – and I am hopeful we can do so before the people of Kitimat are forced to lose their home mail delivery.
Nathan Cullen
MP Cullen slams cuts to Canada Post
Dear Sir,The Environmental Appeal Board has
finished its hearing and is now considering the argument that the Ministry of the En-vironment erred in giving Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) a permit to increase its sulphur diox-ide (SO2) emissions by 56 per cent, from 27 to 42 tonnes a day.
The Board needs to consider a num-ber of important social questions. Does a private corporation have the right to pol-lute the public space? Unless the company can show that public benefit far outweighs harm, the answer is no. Do the taxes added to the public treasury and the jobs available to the community offset the damage to the environment and the people who live in it? Is the company doing its best to reduce pol-lution to its lowest?
The answer to both questions is no. RTA could easily install a scrubber that would drastically reduce SO2 emissions. Norwegian Hydro has used scrubbers to reduce theirs by more than 90 per cent. So why doesn’t RTA follow world standard, removing over 800,000 tons of sulphur
dioxide, over the life of the smelter, from the air of a very confined air shed in which over 30,000 people breath?
Is it because, if the permit to emit 42 tons of pollution a day is upheld, it will rep-resent the maximum amount of SO2 that the valley can withstand? Which means that no one else can emit any. Which means that if RTA then puts in a scrubber and reduces their pollution, they can sell their reduction to other industries for more than the origi-nal cost of the scrubber? Does Rio Tinto think it’s OK to pollute when they don’t have to and to then sell pollution rights?
Social licence is the application of public values, expressed as approval. Ca-nadians value their health and that of their environment and strongly believe that great care should be take with both. Rio Tinto is losing social license by refusing to reduce projected pollution, when it is well within their power to do so, in order to increase their private profitability.
They have argued that their increase in SO2 is defen-sible because the new smelter
will reduce other harmful emissions which they now have the technology to profit-ably reprocess. Should RTA only reduce emissions when they can profit from that? When does a permit to pollute go from an unhappy necessity to an addition to the company’s profitability? Rio Tinto Alcan has not explained why they think reduc-ing 3 sources of pollution gives them the right to increase the fourth source. Sulphur dioxide causes acid rain which kills trees and aquatic life if it goes on long enough in high enough concentrations.
This is not the first time this company has created a new profit centre at public ex-pense. Alcan, as the company was known prior to its purchase by Rio Tinto, was given the right by provincial legislation in 1950 to divert a huge amount of public wa-ter to create the private electricity required to produce aluminum. In return, it was to produce jobs for the North. As electricity
became worth more than the aluminum, Al-can won the right to reduce its production and therefore the number of jobs it pro-vided in order to sell more “surplus” elec-tricity. In designing its new smelter, Rio Tinto Alcan could have increased produc-tion more given the amount of power it had available to it. It chose not to in order to protect it’s very profitable electricity sales. Less public good, more private profit. In designing its new smelter, RTA could have built in the scrubber to reduce its pollution. It chose not to. Less public good, more pri-vate profit.
Can the government amend the permit it has issued Rio Tinto? Can they act on our behalf to increase the public good? There has been enough private profit at public ex-pense.
Sincerely,Robert Hart
Member of Northwest Watch
Many questions for board on SO2 hearings
Continued from page 4It was a Dr. William Gilbert ,
physician to Queen Eliabeth I, and he used the word to describe the static charge produced by rubbing a piece of amber with a cloth. The basis for choosing that name was the Greek word for amber, elektron.
Quite why he did that rubbing is not explained.
A delightfully cynical offering is why we call the period immediately following a wedding a honeymoon.
“Honey” refers to the sweetness of marriage delights, “moon” to the rapidity with which they wane.
Which is also why we say new governments go through a honey-moon period.
Too often this newspaper carries stories about the destructive work done by vandals. But why are the miscreants called that?
The Vandals were a Teutonic tribe which in 455 AD, under the leadership of Genseric, captured Rome and mutilated the public mon-uments of the city with complete disregard for their worth or beauty.
Finally, I have never understood why some people shorten Christmas to Xmas - it just never made any sense to me. Thanks to this book it now does: the Greek letter chi, writ-ten as X, is the first in the Greek word for Christ.
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Lapointe Engi-neering has a well es-tablished reputation in Kitimat, but the lo-cal engineering firm, founded by Robin Lapointe in the 80s, is shifting to a new own-er: Hatch.
The deal was made official on June 1, which will start with the new name Lapointe-Hatch, and eventually it will be-come just Hatch, part of the larger engineer-ing firm whose nearest major office is in Van-couver.
Lapointe says Hatch was the closest fit to his own firm as far as company culture and believes opening their doors to Hatch will be beneficial.
He said he ini-tially did have a suc-cession plan in line with co-partners in the company, but it was eventually decided that with the scale of work proposed for Kitimat over the next 10 years, it was a prospect that
was out of reach for the home-grown engineer-ing company.
Namely, Lapointe didn’t want to have to say ‘no’ to prospective clients because they were full up on con-tracts.
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The process work-ing with Hatch began eight months ago, and he said he wanted a company that could build on the 40 em-ployees Lapointe has today.
The acquisition can also mean better opportunities for the employees. With Hatch being a global com-pany, people in Kitimat have good opportuni-ties to move on if they so wish.
As for how ev-erything will work,
Lapointe said his exist-ing partners will con-tinue to manage things locally.
Hatch itself is an employee-owned com-pany, and they say they have more than $35 billion in proj-ects currently under management.
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some slow downs on the way to resuming the District’s Leisure Services activities.
While places like Riverlodge opened quickly, some facili-ties haven’t been so luck, the swimming pool among them.
The District says that while almost ev-erything was back to normal, a crucial piece of equipment, which is used to chlorinate the pool, had to be re-placed.
Once that piece gets installed, there are still the last steps before the doors can open.
“Once installed, the pool will be chlo-rinated appropriately. Once all pools have been balanced and required standards have been met, water samples will be sent to the Health Depart-ment for review,” read a news release on the District’s website.
The life guards also need a four day course before they’ll be ready.
As for the wad-ing pools, they’ll need some work too.
Director of Lei-sure Services Martin Gould says the signifi-cant work to the wad-ing pools boils down to two issues: some vandalism, but primar-ily their age.
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being exposed to the environment like they are.”
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Continued from page 1The modernized smelter will have a produc-
tion rate of 420,000 tonnes a year, and is pow-ered by the newer AP40 technology, replacing the older söderberg process.
Rio Tinto Alcan says that $684 million was spent through the northern B.C. region and $487 in the Vancouver area.
Deputy Haisla Chief Councillor Taylor Cross, representing his council, congratulated the company on their milestone and pointed to the need for fur-ther collaboration with RTA.
Through construc-tion he said the Haisla unemployment went from around 65 per cent down to approximately five.
“Every Haisla Nation member that wanted to work was working,” he said.
The Haisla and the company have a legacy agreement, and Cross said the need continues to have their members in work.
“This project is coming to an end so our un-employment rate is going up again,” he said, in calling for the continuation of their ongoing re-lationship.
Kitimat Mayor Phil Ger-muth said the modernization will provide economic certain-ty for a number of decades and that the project has provided the community with valuable knowledge.
“As a result...Kitimat has current experience on the con-struction of a large industrial project within its boundaries,” he said through a media re-lease.
In another statement, the Kitimat Economic Develop-ment Authority says the start up of RTA’s modernized smelt-er is a “strong signal to other potential investors that Kitimat and the region is now ready for another mega project.”
As the project works to-wards completion, the on-site construction crew will quickly dwindle. At the moment it sits at just over 1,000 persons, but it will quickly drop from the end of July towards September.
At its peak the project was employing approximately 3,500 people.
Above, Haisla Hereditary Chief Sammy Robinson and wife Rose bless the Henning Hall cafeteria’s totem pole. Below right, Gaby Poirier discusses the new smelter during a site tour. Below left, Michel Charron walks through the pollution control centre.
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RTA
“Every Haisla Nation member that
wanted to work was working.”
Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 9
The Haisla, have been logging the for-ests for millennia.
These forests pro-vided them with ev-erything, including homes, heat, canoes, totems, clothing and regalia.
One foreigner who harvested trees from our region was James Colnett, Captain of the Prince of Wales. He and his crew, in 1787, rebuilt the hull of his crushed ship, the ship’s carpenters fashion-ing replacement tim-bers from trees cut on Banks Island.
The first fur trader at Kitamaat was Frank Armstrong who in about 1860, just prior to the arrival of the missionaries, ended up building the first mod-ern board and beam, fully winterized struc-ture. His sawmill be-came popular with the Haisla.
One of the ear-ly loggers was Bob Wright, a frequent vis-itor to Kitamaat. His base was just out of Hartley Bay.
Logging down channel began in ear-nest in 1903 when the first Swanson Bay commercial sawmill started up. Just six years later the Swan-son Bay community started up BC’s first pulp mill.
Demand for logs was there and First Na-tions people and hand loggers responded. Many of the floating
barge and boom-based hand loggers who eked out an existence along the channel were ser-viced by Rudolph Braun who made his weekly deliveries of fresh dairy products and farm produce via his boat, the Minette.
These loggers made enough from their logs to purchase gas boats, winches, peevees and other ma-chinery.
Swanson Bay was a dawning of a new era of forestry for Kitimat, employing lots of local Haisla, providing good money and different prospects.
The village was transformed when large frame homes were built with boards milled from Swanson Bay. Swanson also provided money for new gas boats and the marine possibilities that came with them.
Many shoreline logging operations also sprang up, rely-ing on accessible trees which could be felled downslope and floated into booms.
Organized logging in the Kitimat River and Delta areas also began in about 1910 with Bob Mitchell
and Frank Hallet who started a river-based barge and scow.
They logged a Crown Timber Lim-it just to the east of Kouthpegha, the Hais-la name for the Ander-son Ranch area. Their successful operation continued for two de-cades, eventually mor-phing into an operation with hired employees and a floating bunk-house.
Operations were marine-based and sub-ject to the ebb and flow of the tides in the lower river area.
Mitchell and Hal-let operated a twenty-eight foot gas-pow-ered, double cabin launch capable of com-fortable trips to Prince Rupert yet versatile enough to tow log booms 100 kms south to Swanson Bay.
An early centre of logging activity was Clifford’s Wharf, built in 1904. It was near Moon Bay, on the west side of the channel, and an access point for various camps continu-ing into the late 1930s.
Legendary pioneer loggers included the likes of Barney Mc-Conkey, Hans Larsen, Jack Pine and Frank
Lee. Lee started log-ging in the area in 1938 with his partner Gus Genberg. Frank Lee’s son Marvin continued the family business and was conspicuous in the infant Kitimat town site of the 50s and 60s as an eccentric and, to Kitimat young-sters like Dirk Men-del, scary figure. Dirk can remember staying clear of Marvin with his stooped gait, rough looks and long bedrag-gled beard.
In later years son David Lee, the third generation logger, took over at Lee and Gen-berg Logging.
When Alcan began clearing inland in 1951 with logging crew chiefs such as Bert Fitzpatrick, the area was mostly a pristine, stump-free environ-ment. Beyond the delta and up the valley the
forests were vast and untouched.
But that was to change when Kitimat was connected to the outside world by first the establishment of a Kitimat-Terrace rail link, second the open-ing of Highway 25 connecting Kitimat and Terrace and finally, and most importantly, the running of a power line from Kitimat to Terrace.
Terrace already had a number of well-established sawmill operations prior to the arrival of hydro power but they ran on die-sel, an expensive fuel which limited the size of those mills.
Plentiful electric-ity meant expansion of those mills was possi-ble and that in turn led to logging in the Kiti-mat Valley taking off.
The ensuing log-
ging boom saw a full BC Forest Service of-fice opening on Forest Avenue and the arrival of big name forestry outfits such as Mac-Millan Bloedel, Crown Zellerback, BC Forest Products and ultimate-ly, in the late 70s, Eu-rocan Pulp and Paper, which also included a sawmill.
At its peak for-estry spin-off assets in the valley included dozens of haul trucks, service yards, in-stalled bridges and culverts. The compa-nies even provided forestry campsites such as Enso and We-deene and there were two busy A-frame log dumps at Minette Bay.
Forestry jobs were aplenty, with close to 2,000 making a good living from valley for-est lands.
Those were the
heady days of logging plunder.
Today the Forest Service office is long since gone, the big companies have all left and the pulp and paper mill is but a memory.
We are left with just one functioning A-frame log dump at Minette Bay and a new booming area at Clio Bay handling logs that are being shipped out to the other parts of the province or export-ed to foreign shores.
Fortunately trees keep growing, offer-ing the prospect that in a couple of decades logging in the valley will see a rebirth.
We in the valley, both native and non-native, treasure our forests and with good stewardship they will once again provide jobs for generations to come.
Continued from page 2“Some pressures are on the river with
Radley Park being closed,” said Sgt. Mor-gan. “Everybody’s kind of camping on top of each other, there’s conflicts with dirt-bikes, campers, fishers...”
The hot weather may be making the riverbank busier with people getting out of their homes too, he said. He said they’ve observed the lower dyke has been busier than previous years.
“We might be asking the District to...regulate the access to it.”
Mayor Phil Germuth said the subject of riverbank camping is within the strate-gic planning initiatives by the council, but there hasn’t been any formal discussion about what the direction will be on the matter as of yet.
He notes the familiar problems with closing off access, namely that much of
the access land to the river is private, and the municipality cannot cut off access to private land.
As well he doesn’t want to see the camping opportunities taken away from the users when there’s no adequate alterna-
tive in place, such as possibly new camp-ground sites in Kitimat.
Even with the challenges, looking to-wards the future he does envision a time when there will be no more free camping on the river.
As for the pressure of people on the river this summer, with Radley Park open again the hope from the RCMP is that campers can start spreading themselves out more which will cut down on the num-ber of conflicts they’re called out to.
It’s OurHeritage
Walter thorne
The valley’s 4,000 year logging history
Logging has a long history in the Kitimat area. The industry has effectively died out but there’s always hope for renewal, says columnist Walter Thorne. Dirk Mendel
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Rick James Reid, 62, of Kitimat, BC, died suddenly at his home from natural causes on June 1st, 2015. Rick was born January 17, 1953 in St. Catharines, Ontario. He grew up in Thorold, Ontario and graduated from Thorold Secondary School in 1972.Rick moved to Kitimat, BC, in the spring of 1975 and joined Eurocan Pulp and Paper (West Fraser)and worked as a paper maker until he retired in 2010 when West Fraser shuttered operations in Kitimat.Rick enjoyed his work and his rounds of golf. He was very proud of winning the 2nd annual Eurocan Golf Tournament in 1978 (pictured).Rick is survived by his son Grant Reid and partner Deanna Giesbrecht of Victoria, BC; Rick's brother Bob Reid; and Bob's sons Allan, Dylan and Kelvan. He is preceded in death by his parents Jacqueline and Russell Reid.
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Homes for Rent3 BEDROOM BUNGALOWIn Kitimat has a fenced yard,
2300hrs on New 370H.P. Fresh Water cooled 8.1L Diesel Engine, Trolling
valve, Bow Thruster, 3 Stage Steering, 2 Hydraulic Deep
lines and Trap Puller, Sounder, Radar, 2 Radios,
Com-Dev Auto Pilot,Spare Prop, 8’ Dinghy. Assessed at $84,400
Can be seen at MK Bay Marina. Includes slip
Best offer over $55,000 Contact Warren Poff at
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July 27 - 31THE REDEEMER LUTHER-AN CHURCH is holding their Vacation Bible School, which runs from 9:30 to noon. No reg-istration fee. Call 250-631-7825 for more information.September 1SPORTFISH ADVISORY COMMITTEE meeting, 7 p.m. at Kitimat Rod & Gun Club. Topics for discussion: Fish pos-session limits and transporting; and Steelhead plan. For more info call Jack Riddle 250-888-8202.OngoingHOSPICE: Do you have a cou-ple of hours a month to make phone calls, plant � owers, share memories, play cards, etc.? Hospice can provide you with excellent training. Call us now at 250-632-2278.Branch 250 of the Kitimat La-dies Auxiliary hold regular meetings every second Thurs-day of the month. More in-formation by calling Nancy at 250-632-4051, or Lyn at 250-632-2351FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY To do so contact Luce Gauthier at [email protected] or Virginia Charron @ [email protected] or call 250-632-8985.KITIMAT QUILTERS GUILD: If you are interested in join-ing the Kitimat Quilters Guild please contact Aileen Pon-ter at 250-632-6225 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387 for
further information.THE KITIMAT POTTERY GUILD meets every Thursday in the Riverlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Inter-ested in playing with clay? All experience levels welcome. For more information call Anne at 250-632-3318.THE KITIMAT PUBLIC LI-BRARY offers the highly en-gaging Mother Goose Story-Time for pre-schoolers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Please register for this free program.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Center. They welcome families through-out pregnancy and up to one year (older siblings welcome). Come meet other parents and infants over light refreshments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more information call 250-632-3144.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FunSpot drop-in for children aged birth to 5 years with caregivers. Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays 10 am- 12 pm. Fridays are now a com-bined drop-in/multicultural play-group. All are welcome to attend. Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other � bre? For more information phone Maureen 250-632-5444.
KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLE-ROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total con� -dentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016.AGLOW of Kitimat - All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and wom-en, singles or married, Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For information phone Brenda at 250-632-1616.DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Lit-eracy Program provides FREE tutoring services for adult in-terested in improving their reading, writing, math, com-munication, and information technology skills. Is English NOT your � rst language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group English as a Sec-ond Language (ESL) classes. For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Community Corner check us out at www.kitimatcommunity-services.ca/KALP.html or � nd us on facebook. DO YOU HAVE DIABETES?Individual and group counsel-ing. For more info call 250-632-8313 during operating hours - Wednesdays 8:00 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - or leave message on our voice mail. We are located on the sec-ond � oor of the Kitimat Hospi-tal in the Home Support of� ces.
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Super valuesThis was just one of the lines in Super Valu during a mad dash by shoppers to take advantage of 50 per cent off groceries during a store clear out. Super Valu is now closed for a few months while they prepare to re-open as a No Frills.
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Haisla Nation CouncilHAISLA PO BOX 1101, KITAMAAT VILLAGE, BC V0T 2B0
has an immediate opening for the position of:Financial Analyst
DUTIES:• Develop cash budgets;• Assist with developing policies in relation to non-government revenue;• Recording and tracking of investments;• Full set of accounting records for subsidiary companies;• Review of agreements to ensure compliance;• General accounting including month end and annual procedures;• Assist in capacity development of the Finance Department employees and Program Managers;• Ensuring accuracy and compliance to accounting standards, procedures and internal control;• Recommending and implementing improvements to accounting systems and management practices;• Provide backup, as needed, for the Finance Department for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll;• Reconcile GL accounts;• Problem solving and decision making; • Critical thinking, paying attention to details;• Significant use of memory and researching information;• Computer use, Continuous learning;• To follow the HNC personnel policy and manual;• Other related duties as required by the Finance Manager.
QUALIFICATIONS:The successful candidate will have the following essential qualifications:• Accounting designation preferred;• Experience working in non-profit or fund accounting an asset;• Experience working with First Nations financial administration an asset;• Experience with Excel, Word and accounting software - Adagio and Easy Pay an asset;• Must possess a valid BC Drivers license;• Must be willing and able to pass a criminal record check.
Interested individuals should submit a cover letter and resume which must include names of three (3) references and the express permission for HNC to contract the references, to:
Stephanie McClure, Human Resources ManagerHaisla Nation Council
Applications accepted no later than 4 pm on Monday, July 13, 2015.We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those short-listed will be contacted.
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Employment
AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICNeeded for busy businessFull time, need your own
space/shop to service vehicles call: 250-639-0140
HOUSE PARENTS for Chil-dren’s Residence. Looking to contract a couple to support children in a live-in home set-ting. www.inclusionpr.ca – ca-reers for more information or 604-485-6411.
Employment
EXPERIENCED LOADEROPERATOR NEEDED
to provide snow removal services as required for
each upcoming winter sea-son. Loader is on site. This
is a casual/part time position for Kitimat local.
For more info: 250.279.0444 Please email resume to:lawolfi [email protected]
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Employment
MEDICAL Transcriptionists are in huge demand! Train with Canada’s top Medical Transcription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today! 1-800-466-1535 www.canscribe.com. or [email protected].
SalesERNIE’S in Castlegar, BC has an immediate opening for In-side Salesman **Automotive Knowledge* *Computer Skills **Good Phone Etiquette **Self-Starter **$19-$23/hr 3mons=benefi [email protected] FAX 250-365-6202
Trades, TechnicalGPRC, FAIRVIEW Campus requires a Heavy Equipment Technician Instructor to com-mence August 15, 2015. Cat-erpillar experience will be an asset. Visit our website at: www.gprc.ab.ca/careers.
SALMON ARM area logging company looking for hydraulic loader op and buckerman. Must have exp. to apply. Competitive wage & benefi ts. [email protected]
Services
Alternative Health
Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.
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INCOME TAX PROBLEMS? Have you been audited, reas-sessed or disallowed certain claims by Canada Revenue Agency? Call Bob Allen @ 1-250-542-0295 35yrs. Income Tax experience, 8.5yrs. with Revenue Canada. Email: [email protected] C- 250-938-1944
LARGE FUNDBorrowers Wanted
Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.
Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or
604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca
Services
FULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area 1-800-573-2928
Merchandise for Sale
Misc. for SaleKITIMAT
BOXES, BOXES, BOXESYou need them and we have them. Buy one bundle of 10
for $5.00 and we will give you a bundle for free.
Come down to the Kitimat Northern Sentinel offi ce at
626 Enterprise Avenue9:00am - 4:30pm
STEEL BUILDINGS. “Our big 35th anniversary sale” 20x20 $4500. 25x24 $5198. 30x30 $7449. 32x36 $8427. 40x46 $12140. One end wall includ-ed. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422, www.pioneersteel.ca
Real Estate
For Sale By Owner2 BEDROOM BUNGALOWfor sale by owner 1150 Sq ft.
Newly renovated bathroom, new fl oors through out. New electric panel, ducting, plumb-ing, insulation, bonus room within attached garage. Some Doors and Windows replaced. New Roof, W/D and F/S. Snow blower and lawn mower included. ASKING $239,000
250-632-3912Serious Inquiries Only
Rentals
Apt/Condo for RentHILLCREST PLACE
APARTMENTSTotally Renovated
(ask for details)Security Entrance,
Dishwasher, No Pets, No Smoking
250-632-7814 KITIMAT
KITIMAT APTSBEST VALUE
• Starting at $725• Balconies• Security Entrances• Cameras for your safety• Now includes basic
cableVisit our Website
www.kitimatapartments.comPhone: 250.632.APTS
(2787)
QUATSINO APTSKITIMAT
• Downtown location• Balconies• Security Entrances• Some furnished suites
FULLY LOADED, leather in-terior, dark blue, never win-ter driven, stored in heated shop. $15, 000 fi rm Kitimatplease call: 250-632-2670
Cars - Sports & Imports
CLASSIC/COLLECTOR1971 300SEL 3.5 Mercedes Benz. 75,000km. Very good condition, always garaged, never driven in winter. Well maintained. Maintenance records, service/parts book. Manuals. Some spare parts.
250-632-6755Serious inquiries only Please
Transportation
Career Opportunities
Help Wanted Help Wanted Medical/Dental Home Improvements Apt/Condo for Rent Boats
32’ FIBERGLASS FERRELL BOAT
2300hrs on New 370H.P. Fresh Water cooled 8.1L Diesel Engine, Trolling
valve, Bow Thruster, 3 Stage Steering, 2 Hydraulic Deep
lines and Trap Puller, Sounder, Radar, 2 Radios,
Com-Dev Auto Pilot,Spare Prop, 8’ Dinghy. Assessed at $84,400
Porta Potty, Crab Traps, Crab Hoops, Fishing Rods, Life Jacket, Tackle Boxes with Lures. $16, 000 obo
Boat is ready to GO FISHING
call: 250.639.9480 Kitimat
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Employment
Trades, TechnicalCANADIAN MILL Services As-sociation (CMSA) is looking for a Lumber Inspector/Supervisor for the Prince George area. Duties include visiting CMSA members for the purpose of in-specting lumber for proper grade, moisture content and grade stamping, reviewing kiln records, and providing Grader training. The idea candidate is a self-starter, works safely, is willing to learn, can work with minimal supervision, and pos-sess a valid BC drivers li-cence. Ideal candidates will have a lumber grading ticket. CMSA offers a very-good sala-ry, pension plan, & benefi ts, and also supplies a company vehicle, laptop & smartphone. Please submit a resume in confi dence by July 15, 2015 to to: [email protected]
Services
Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.
1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com
TAX FREE MONEYis available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.
Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or
604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca
Home ImprovementsFULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.
Merchandise for Sale
Misc. for Sale
KITIMATBOXES, BOXES, BOXES
You need them and we have them. Buy one bundle of 10
for $5.00 and we will give you a bundle for free.
Come down to the Kitimat Northern Sentinel offi ce at
626 Enterprise Avenue9:00am - 4:30pm
Real Estate
For Sale By Owner2 BEDROOM BUNGALOWfor sale by owner 1150 Sq ft.
Newly renovated bathroom, new fl oors through out. New electric panel, ducting, plumb-ing, insulation, bonus room within attached garage. Some Doors and Windows replaced. New Roof, W/D and F/S. Snow blower and lawn mower included. ASKING $239,000
250-632-3912Serious Inquiries Only
Rentals
Apt/Condo for RentHILLCREST PLACE
APARTMENTSTotally Renovated
(ask for details)Security Entrance,
Dishwasher, No Pets, No Smoking
250-632-7814 KITIMAT
KITIMAT APTSBEST VALUE
• Starting at $725• Balconies• Security Entrances• Cameras for your safety• Now includes basic
cableVisit our Website
www.kitimatapartments.comPhone: 250.632.APTS
(2787)
KITIMAT
MIDTOWN APARTMENTS
Free heat & Free Hot WaterFurnished & Unfurnished
1 & 2 bedroomsSecurity Entrances
No Pets. No Smoking250.632.7179
QUATSINO APTSKITIMAT
• Downtown location• Balconies• Security Entrances• Some furnished suites
Call for an appointment250.632.4511
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Apt/Condo for RentSANDPIPER APTS
KITIMATNewer Buildings
ElevatorsSecurity EntrancesCovered Parking
Balconieswww.kitimatapartments.com
250.632.4254
Homes for Rent3 BEDROOM BUNGALOWIn Kitimat has a fenced yard,
Trailer comes with a battery and starter kit.Trailer comes with a battery and starter kit.Lightweight, a� ordable, quality-built travel trailers, � fth wheels and campers.
$29,777*
Sale Price
2015 EVERGREEN RVAscend Cloud 193BH
*Plus $469 doc fee + taxes
LIGHTWEIGHT- SUV TOWABLE!
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Forest service offi-cials say the fire out at Cedarvale 59 kilome-tres east of Terrace is almost extinguished as of Friday, with a crew doing final dousing of small spots that are still smoking.
The two hectare blaze, which started late afternoon on July 8 beside Hwy 16, de-stroyed a tractor and an outbuilding on a Cedarvale property and forced the evacuation of one residence for the night.
At the height of the fire there were 30 fire fighters working on the blaze and two airplanes helped douse the flames. As of last Thursday there was a crew of 14 doing the mop up, says North-west Fire Centre offi-cial Olivia Pojar.
Hwy 16 was shut down for about an hour and a half and was since reopened.
Meanwhile fire-fighters and aircraft from Ontario arrived in B.C. last Tues-day to help deal with the growing wildfire threat, and more rein-forcements are on their way from Australia.
Ontario sent 70 firefighters and special-ists to Abbotsford and Cranbrook for deploy-ment in the Coastal and Southeast fire centres, with two skimming air-craft, a “birddog” plane and an air attack officer arriving at the Kam-loops fire centre.
Forests Minister Steve Thomson said he expects further help to arrive from Australia, with more personnel coming from New Zea-land to assist fire crews in Alberta.
