March 25, 2015 edition of the Kitimat Northern Sentinel
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Northern Sentinel K I T I M A T Volume 61 No. 12 www.northernsentinel.com Wednesday, March 25, 2015 $ 1.30 INCLUDES TAX Looking at Kitimat’s road future. /page 5 Peewee tournament turns out well at new venue. /page 12 PM477761 Fake oxy pills may have led to two ODs Cameron Orr Fake oxycodone pills, which have seen a rise in preva- lence in the Lower Mainland, have possibly touched down in Kitimat. Kitimat Staff Sergeant Phil Harrison said there were two incidents of people overdosing on the pills in Kitimat in one week. On March 11, the second of the two incidents, the RCMP detail that officers found 45 bluish pills near the victim while paramedics conducted first aid. Both individuals have been treated and are recovering. The pills are identified by the letters CDN pressed on one side and the number 80 on the other. That branding is how RCMP determined what the drugs likely were. The pills have been sent to labs for analysis. Harrison said he didn’t know yet if the person found near 45 pills had any intent to traffic them. Harrison explained that counterfeit oxycodone is known to have either caffeine and Fentanyl or just Fentanyl, which is more potent than the pain medication oxycodone. Fentanyl is supposedly up to 100 times more potent than morphine and is more potent than heroin. In February 2014 the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse issued an alert relating to the rising availability of illicit Fentanyl. The Centre’s alert described similar pills as being found in Kitimat recently, with the exception of the centre’s description being of green, rather than blue, pills. Also last week B.C.’s anti-gang task force in Chilliwack made a major drug bust which included large hauls of Fen- tanyl, however a spokesperson for the Combined Special En- forcement Unit in B.C. (CSEUBC) said the drugs confiscated by them were known to be supplying communities up to Daw- son Creek, but were not known to be sent Northwest, including to Kitimat. “The connections that we know of start at Williams Lake and work their way up to Prince George and then go in the direction of Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, which were the terminus of the drug lines for this group,” said Sergeant Lind- sey Houghton, a media spokesperson for the CSEUBC. In that raid 2.136 kg of Fentanyl powder and 12.83 kg of Fentanyl pills were found, valued at almost $4.5 million total. The union representing workers at the Kitimat Rio Tinto Alcan smelter have filed a judicial review in the supreme court challenging the smelter’s emissions permit which as of now does not require sulphur dioxide scrubbers which the union says is a health hazard. File photo Union contests smelter’s emissions permit Unifor 2301 has filed a judi- cial review to the supreme court to challenge Rio Tinto Alcan’s emissions permit which allows them to increase their sulphur di- oxide emissions without install- ing SO 2 scrubbers. The union, which represents 950 members in Kitimat, say the increase in SO 2 poses a “major public health threat.” From 27 tonnes per day, the RTA emissions will rise to a max- imum of 42 tonnes a day, which reflects a larger output of alumi- num, the company has said. Unifor 2301 President Rick Belmont said in a union press release that the B.C. government “must take the threat to public health in Kitimat seriously.” The union says the emissions for the new smelter are only lim- ited in relation to daily emissions, while it should be restricted for average emissions in five to 10 minute intervals as health effects from SO 2 come from ‘spikes’ of concentration, they say. The union also believe the decision-making process itself was flawed, with a Ministry of Environment employee receiving payments from RTA. A company spokesperson last November said secondment agreements — the name for agree- ments as in that case — are not out of the ordinary when it comes to assessing and permitting large industrial projects. As for the permit itself and the union’s recent filing, Rio Tinto Alcan spokesperson Kevin Dobbin said they are surprised by the union’s action. “We’re spending $4.8 billion on a new, state-of-the-art technol- ogy smelter that will reduce envi- ronmental impacts by over 50 per cent, so we strongly believe the smelter is going to be very good for the environment and the health of our employees,” said Dobbin. He said the company com- missioned a third-party study on the effects of SO 2 which lasted 18 months and it was reviewed by the ministry of environment. That review led to the devel- opment of an Environmental Ef- fects Management plan which will call for extensive testing in the start up phase, said Dobbin. As for another ongoing ap- peal by two Kitimat residents on the company’s emissions permit, Dobbin said the company will watch how the process unfolds but RTA is pushing forward as normal with their permit in hand. “We’re proceeding under that premise that we have a per- mit from the ministry of environ- ment,” he said. We still feel very strongly that the environmental impacts will be minimal and we’ll just go from there.” The environmental appeal of RTA’s permit by Kitimat residents Lis Stannus and Emily Toews be- gins hearings April 27 in Victo- ria, with hearings scheduled for Kitimat at the Rod and Gun Club starting June 1.
Fake oxycodone pills, which have seen a rise in preva-lence in the Lower Mainland, have possibly touched down in Kitimat.
Kitimat Staff Sergeant Phil Harrison said there were two incidents of people overdosing on the pills in Kitimat in one week.
On March 11, the second of the two incidents, the RCMP detail that of� cers found 45 bluish pills near the victim while paramedics conducted � rst aid.
Both individuals have been treated and are recovering.The pills are identi� ed by the letters CDN pressed on one
side and the number 80 on the other. That branding is how RCMP determined what the drugs likely were. The pills have been sent to labs for analysis.
Harrison said he didn’t know yet if the person found near 45 pills had any intent to traf� c them.
Harrison explained that counterfeit oxycodone is known to have either caffeine and Fentanyl or just Fentanyl, which is more potent than the pain medication oxycodone. Fentanyl is supposedly up to 100 times more potent than morphine and is
more potent than heroin.In February 2014 the Canadian Centre on Substance
Abuse issued an alert relating to the rising availability of illicit Fentanyl.
The Centre’s alert described similar pills as being found in Kitimat recently, with the exception of the centre’s description being of green, rather than blue, pills.
Also last week B.C.’s anti-gang task force in Chilliwack made a major drug bust which included large hauls of Fen-tanyl, however a spokesperson for the Combined Special En-forcement Unit in B.C. (CSEUBC) said the drugs con� scated by them were known to be supplying communities up to Daw-son Creek, but were not known to be sent Northwest, including to Kitimat.
“The connections that we know of start at Williams Lake and work their way up to Prince George and then go in the direction of Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, which were the terminus of the drug lines for this group,” said Sergeant Lind-sey Houghton, a media spokesperson for the CSEUBC.
In that raid 2.136 kg of Fentanyl powder and 12.83 kg of Fentanyl pills were found, valued at almost $4.5 million total.
The union representing workers at the Kitimat Rio Tinto Alcan smelter have � led a judicial review in the supreme court challenging the smelter’s emissions permit which as of now does not require sulphur dioxide scrubbers which the union says is a health hazard. File photo
Union contests smelter’s emissions permitUnifor 2301 has � led a judi-
cial review to the supreme court to challenge Rio Tinto Alcan’s emissions permit which allows them to increase their sulphur di-oxide emissions without install-ing SO
2 scrubbers.
The union, which represents 950 members in Kitimat, say the increase in SO
2 poses a “major
public health threat.”From 27 tonnes per day, the
RTA emissions will rise to a max-imum of 42 tonnes a day, which re� ects a larger output of alumi-num, the company has said.
Unifor 2301 President Rick
Belmont said in a union press release that the B.C. government “must take the threat to public health in Kitimat seriously.”
The union says the emissions for the new smelter are only lim-ited in relation to daily emissions, while it should be restricted for average emissions in � ve to 10 minute intervals as health effects from SO
2 come from ‘spikes’ of
concentration, they say.The union also believe the
decision-making process itself was � awed, with a Ministry of Environment employee receiving payments from RTA.
A company spokesperson last November said secondment agreements — the name for agree-ments as in that case — are not out of the ordinary when it comes to assessing and permitting large industrial projects.
As for the permit itself and the union’s recent � ling, Rio Tinto Alcan spokesperson Kevin Dobbin said they are surprised by the union’s action.
“We’re spending $4.8 billion on a new, state-of-the-art technol-ogy smelter that will reduce envi-ronmental impacts by over 50 per cent, so we strongly believe the
smelter is going to be very good for the environment and the health of our employees,” said Dobbin.
He said the company com-missioned a third-party study on the effects of SO
2 which lasted 18
months and it was reviewed by the ministry of environment.
That review led to the devel-opment of an Environmental Ef-fects Management plan which will call for extensive testing in the start up phase, said Dobbin.
As for another ongoing ap-peal by two Kitimat residents on the company’s emissions permit, Dobbin said the company will
watch how the process unfolds but RTA is pushing forward as normal with their permit in hand.
“We’re proceeding under that premise that we have a per-mit from the ministry of environ-ment,” he said. We still feel very strongly that the environmental impacts will be minimal and we’ll just go from there.”
The environmental appeal of RTA’s permit by Kitimat residents Lis Stannus and Emily Toews be-gins hearings April 27 in Victo-ria, with hearings scheduled for Kitimat at the Rod and Gun Club starting June 1.
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Search warrant nabs over $1k of stolen toolsMarch 9At 4:28 p.m. the RCMP received
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At 9:14 p.m. the RCMP attended to call of an intoxicated man in a vehicle and the investigation ended with a man charged with impaired driving of a ve-hicle.
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At 6 p.m. the police executed a search warrant on a home on Bulk-ley Street and found property known to be stolen from a construction site in July 2014 stored at the home. Over $1,000 in stolen tools were recovered.The homeowner was not there when the search warrant was executed and the in-vestigation continues.
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At 6:24 p.m. police returned to a home previously attended to on a prior day on a call that a parent could not con-trol their child and requested police as-sistance. When police entered the home officers saw drug paraphernalia and drugs open and in plain view. Police say 55 grams of marijuana and several half-burnt marijuana cigarettes were seized without charges. The Ministry of Children and Families was contacted to assist.
At 8:08 p.m. police were called on a report of people fighting and a woman screaming near Nightingale
Street and Nechako Centre. Police made extensive patrols but did not locate any-one.
March 13At 4:45 p.m. there was a minor two-
vehicle collision at the boat ramp at Hos-pital Beach. Police attended and facilitat-ed the exchange of information between the two parties over the incident which saw under $1,000 damage estimated.
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RTA seeking burning permitThere are a few
more days to submit comment on an ap-plication by Rio Tinto Alcan to be allowed to burn wood waste accu-mulated from the mod-ernization project.
April 1 is the cut off for comment on the proposal for controlled open burning of up to 70,000 cubic metres of wood, using four “air curtain” burners.
In the company’s application to the min-istry of environment they say the air cur-tain technology means emissions are limited, including particulates.
Basically it cuts down on the amount of smoke the burning makes.
Compared to an open fire, the air cur-tain burners drop car-bon monoxide emis-
sions by 99 per cent.For anyone who
might be affected, com-ments and correspon-dence on this applica-tion should be sent to Manager, Environmen-tal Protection, Ministry of Environment, at Bag 5000, 3726 Alfred Av-enue, Smithers, B.C., V0J 2N0.
The company says in their application that they’ve already accu-
mulated approximately 15,000 cubic metres of waste and up to 55,000 cubic metres are ex-pected in the final stages of the Kitimat Modernization Proj-ect.
The burning would happen in two phases, one over six to eight weeks for the waste currently sitting in two large piles, and the second phase for
2015 to 2016 waste, burned every three to six weeks.
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Cameron OrrAs the Coast Mountains School District makes strides in
making an impact for its Aboriginal students, there are no-table challenges, including graduation rates and passing stan-dardized tests.
The Aboriginal Education Annual Report released by the school district shows two specific challenges for Aboriginal students, one being that fewer than half of the students who take the standardized Foundation Skills Assessment test meet or exceed expectations in reading comprehension, writing and numeracy.
As well, fewer than half of Aboriginal students who began grade eight six years ago had completed school by June 2013.
The report also shows that Aboriginal students transition-ing to the next grade becomes less certain the higher up they go in school.
Grade 6 students moving higher has been consistently be-tween 99 and 98 per cent since 2009. It’s similarly high in grade 7, but begins to slightly drop from there.
By grade 11, 78 per cent of students transition to grade 12 as of the 2012-2013 school year. That’s down 10 per cent from the school year before. The lowest was in 2010-2011 which saw just 56 per cent.
That’s not to say there isn’t positive news.The report notes near equal success rates of Aboriginal
students to the entire student body in grade 10 and 12 English, English 10 First Peoples and Grade 10 Mathematics.
The report also notes the success of 79 per cent of stu-dents who started grade 12 in September 2013 had completed the needed coursework to graduate by June 2014.
The school district also has a District Aboriginal Educa-tion Advisory Committee that promotes educational needs and advises on Aboriginal programming, which the report lists as one of their strengths.
On enrolment, 58.3 per cent of Kitimat City High students are Aboriginal, out of 48 total stu-dents.
At Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School they have a 22.9 per cent Aboriginal student body out of 594 students.
At the elementary level, Kil-dala had 31.6 per cent Aboriginal students out of 209 students, and Nechako has a 23.7 composition out of 278.
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Forum sought to clear the air on housing issuesCameron Orr
With a wind-ing down aluminum smelter construction project and a holding pattern with proposed LNG projects, Kiti-mat is in a challenging place in terms of plan-ning for the commu-nity’s housing needs.
On March 13 the Kitimat Housing Committee hosted a housing forum which brought together stakeholders and de-velopers and represen-tatives for industrial projects to talk about housing, with the in-put eventually to be
put in to a report com-plete with recommen-dations.
One of the forum’s key organizers Trish Parsons says there was quality discussion that came out from the event.
“Part of the idea of the forum was just to get everyone together in the same room and brainstorm,” she said.
Representatives from BC Housing, Ca-
nadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, local housing societies and many others were on hand for the discus-sion.
Attendees were asked a series of ques-tions relating to af-fordable housing, ac-cessible housing and what challenges still exist in Kitimat event as the vacancy rate be-gins to inch upwards.
One of the im-
mediately recognized issues following the event was effectively educating the public on housing challenges and issues.
“Out in the public you get that picture that everybody is a bad landlord, kick-ing everyone out,” said Parsons. “Same thing with a developer, ‘they’re just in it for the money.’”
Getting the mes-sage across that the is-sue is more than that is an important one.
One of Kitimat’s Housing Resource Workers Paul Lagace
agrees community ed-ucation is a big part of what needs to happen.
“We all know there’s housing chal-lenges going on in Kitimat, we know the rents are the highest in the province, the economy has drasti-cally changed,” said Lagace. “But...how do you get proper infor-mation out to the com-munity?”
Parsons also points out the struggle of being in the eye of the storm for possible more industrial devel-opments for Kitimat.
“We can’t be
ready if things move ahead if nobody’s willing to open the purse strings until they know for sure some-thing’s going to hap-pen,” she said. “That’s
the Catch-22 we’re stuck in.”
A report from the forum will be present-ed at the next Kitimat Housing Committee meeting.
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4 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, March 25, 2015
If there’s any one thing you could count on, you knew it would be the feeling of intense disappointment that would accompany the Canadian Radio and Television Commission � -nally delivering on its long standing promise to permit Canadian televi-sion service subscribers their per-sonal selection of channels to watch. It was too much to hope for any kind of unique or intelligent solution from this stumbling group of bait and switch regulators.
Yes, last week the CRTC did un-veil the model that they will require major cable and satellite television providers to supply under its “pick and pay” regulation promise, already almost a year old. The � rst element in a double dose of disappointment was a watered down and full-of-holes ba-sic package and ‘pick and pay” pro-cess that surely must have delighted the big providers like Rogers, Bell, Telus and Shaw.
The CRTC will allow subscribers to purchase a basic $25 a month cable TV or satellite package and have pick and pay options after that.
It is simply not what people wanted and likely, as Rogers and Bell warned, it will be more expensive in the end for subscribers to pay for “only what they want to watch” on
TV. The secondary disappointment is that the CRTC gave the big corpora-tions nearly 18 months to phase the new regulations in.
The CRTC is giving the cable industry some time to adjust to the new rules, introducing them gradually over the next year and a half before they become mandatory in December 2016.
However, service providers will have until March 2016 to offer the $25 basic package.
The basic cable/satellite package required by the CRTC is capped at a cost of $25 a month and will consist of local stations and mandatory chan-nels, such as APTN, TVO, CPAC, ed-ucational channels and accessibility channels, with the option to include up to four American “af� liate” chan-nels (NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox) plus PBS.
Subscribers would then be able to choose the channels they want to add and either pay for them individu-
ally or create their own bundles, the so-called “pick-a-pack” or “pick-and-pay” option.
Disgracefully, distinct Canadian news channels from CBC and CTV will not be included in the basic cable package. CBC News Network will be mandatory in Quebec, while French-language news channel RDI will be mandatory for Canadian provinces and territories outside Quebec.
Shouldn’t this be the other way around or both a necessity across the country? Is there something I don’t understand here?
What I feel right now is that there are just too many unanswered ques-tions about future additional costs in this announcement and no real ac-countability for the service providers to keep selective TV packages afford-able.
I guess we’ll have to wait and see where that goes.
Canadians are major sports fans year round. This is where I expect to see the service providers pick up any potential losses through signi� cant price increases as subscribers cast off the hodge-podge of speciality sta-tions, reality shows, repeat comedy and drama events and even movies, as Net� ix and others take a bigger bite of that market.
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Making a move on transportation
There’s been two instances this week where I’ve come to wonder if the B.C. government has learned anything from Kitimat’s last construction boom.
Since the announcement at the tail-end of 2011 that Rio Tinto Alcan would of� cially modernize their smelter, Kitimat has undergone a lot of drastic changes.
Housing is the more obvious issue and the multi-billion dollar project has had the spin-off effects that there are economic barriers to affordable living that Kitimat hadn’t had before.
Following up from the March 13 housing forum in Kitimat, one of the organizers told me (as reported on page 3) that the town is now in a Catch-22 situa-tion. It’s an uphill battle trying to get funding from government organizations to help deal with Kitimat’s housing shortages, but action will likely be taken if any other major projects take off.
Not the most helpful in that it takes time — years even — to get real support on the ground, whether it’s affordable housing developments or program-ming of some other kind. Kitimat is ill-served by not having anything already on the ground to head off trouble.
Over to the ministry of transportation, and Kit-imat is indeed a part of the 10 year transportation plan, even though there’s no � rm plan of what they want done here. (Terrace at least got one speci� c project highlighted in the same report.)
For Kitimat it was vague and general lines like “facilitate port development,” and other comments like upgrading highways to support things like LNG development.
Even so, I was happy to learn that a study on road and transportation issues is actually ongoing, separate from the 10 year plan.
Among the topics likely coming out of that is what to do with Haisla Bridge and further talk on if the province will take over Haisla Boulevard through town.
The thing about Haisla Boulevard is no new top-ic going back the better part of a decade, if not more. The case from Kitimat is solid, the road has become more like a highway than just a community cause-way supporting projects on the west side of the chan-nel, some of which will operate on Haisla reserve land, which for Kitimat just means no property taxes.
Residents would be happy with such a change too, it would mean more money for other road main-tenance and for walkways.
Even so, we’ve come this far and, potentially, this close to how many billions of dollars expected to be hauled through Kitimat for mega projects and the government has been happy enough to keep our one bridge in as-is condition?
It’s all just weird.Cameron Orr
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The B.C. govern-ment has revealed a 10-year plan for work to repair or upgrade the province’s transporta-tion network.
As a community Kitimat was speci� -cally mentioned in the government’s report, however no speci� c project was named for the community.
Among the men-tions of Kitimat were to “Facilitate Port of Kitimat development with port structure and governance models that support economic activity.”
Further in the 60 page report includes a commitment by the government to “con-tinue to work with First Nations, local and federal governments, ports and industry on land use planning, ac-cess and infrastruc-ture needs for pro-posed LNG facilities throughout the prov-ince.”
The report con-tinued, “The Province will be ready to up-grade provincial infra-structure as needed to
support LNG.The report does
specify one project for neighbouring Terrace to resurface the Sande Overpass bridge deck.
In Kitimat there’s no such speci� c plan, but locals are sure to know which project would be best if the government wants to support an LNG indus-try: Haisla Bridge.
Kitimat’s only road access to the service and industrial centres of town has often been held up as a necessary bit of in-frastructure that the District has sought provincial help in maintaining.
What to do with
the bridge, and what needs to be done for the entire roadway from Highway 16 in Terrace to the end of Bish Forest Service Road in Kitimat, is the focus of an ongoing study right now, com-missioned by B.C. and being funded by area industries, said Kiti-mat Chief Administra-tive Of� cer Ron Poole.
The $1.6 million study, he said, will likely come out in the late spring.
That study is look-ing at four sections of the highway from Ter-race to Kitimat. The � rst is from Highway 16 to Kitamaat Village Road, then from there
to Rio Tinto Alcan, and then from Bish FSR to the Chevron site.
“What’s probably of most interest in our section is the condi-tion of the bridge and whether it should be upgraded or replaced,” said Poole. “We don’t know what that an-swer is. If you asked us � ve, 10 years ago we would have said it just needs a paint job and some upgrading. But at that time we were not anticipating heavy industrial growth ei-ther and that the bridge would be impacted a lot different than just a general com-munity needing theirbridge renovated.”
The bridge has already been known
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Strike continues onIt’s still a lot of silence when
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to slow down work in the sense that trucks en route to the industrial sites have had to turn around because they exceeded the weight restrictions on Haisla Bridge. It’s not even just economic develop-
ment that’s the prob-lem though.
After a recent earthquake near Haida Gwaii which came with a tsunami warn-ing for the coastal area, the District realized they’d have evacua-
tion challenges during major events. Namely, at a potential construc-tion peak there could be more people living on the industrial side of the town in camps than in the town itself.Continued on page 12
Engineering has affected Canada and the world in many ways. We have listed a few of those ways below.Engineering Safety and HockeyWithout a doubt, hockey is a risky game — players skating, pucks � ying, sticks up, boards and super solid ice. Canadian engineers took into consideration the dangerous impact areas of the skull and the areas where injuries occur most often, and developed a comfortable helmet that wouldn’t obstruct vision or hearing. Most importantly, this design allows us to safely play our beloved sport.Trans Canada HighwayThe Trans-Canada Highway between Victoria, British Columbia and St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador is the world’s longest national highway with a length of 8030 km. That’s over 87,527 football � elds! Thanks to the brilliant minds of engineers, the road truly connects Canada and allows visitors to see fascinating Canadian landmarks along the way.CN TowerA trip to Toronto wouldn’t be the same without it! It remains the tallest freestanding structure in the Western Hemisphere, the signature icon of Toronto’s skyline and a famous symbol of Canada. Each year, it attracts more than two million international visitors, and is even
declared as one of the Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.Teaching an Artifi cial Limb to MoveEngineers have truly changed the lives of amputees by discovering just how electricity in the body controls arti� cial limbs. This will mean increased freedom, comfort and mobility for amputees or people born with a defect.The limb actually “learns” to move just the way the wearer wants thanks to small motors in the prosthetic limb.Confederation BridgeCanadian Confederation had guaranteed that Prince Edward Island would be linked to mainland Canada by a ferry. However, this term was deleted after a Canadian-led team of engineers faced and overcame many challenges, including condensed construction timeframes and high engineering standards, to build Confederation Bridge. The design and construction of the Confederation Bridge, which stretches from New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island, is one of the engineering’s greatest achievements of the 20th century. At 12.9 kilometres, it’s the longest bridge in the world to cross ice-covered water.IMAXThe IMAX experience is so much more than watching a
movie on a massive screen. With � awless sound, and of course funny glasses when watching in 3D, the IMAX system has truly revolutionized the way the entire world experiences the movies.
Seeing the problems of past projectors, three young Canadians—Roman Kroitor, Graeme Ferguson and Robert Kerr—knew that they could come up with a better system to watch � lms. At the time, the challenge was to marry the � lm with the projector, a problem other inventors struggled with over the years. After many variations, and chewed up tape, they found the right � t and truly changed the way the world watches movies.
The CanadarmOne of the most signi� cant advances in space engineering, the Canadarm, measures 15.2 metres in length, and weighs 410 kilograms! One of the Canadarm’s most impressive engineering achievements is its ability to capture a free-� ying payload in a zero gravity environment. The slightest contact with an object in space would send it spinning away. Safety is most important in the minds of Spar Aerospace’s (SPAR) engineers, as there is no room for mistakes in space. During more than 50 missions and after 7,000 orbits around the earth, the Canadarm has never malfunctioned. You can see why the Canadarm is one
of the greatest Canadian engineering achievements.Transcontinental RailwayCanadian engineers truly had their work cut out for them while creating the Transcontinental Railway. The railway’s route linking east and west had its challenges, including going across the Canadian Shield, frequent avalanche zones, three mountain ranges and heavily forested areas. Through well planned construction and the creation of two tunnels – the railway is a great Canadian landmark and a fantastic engineering achievement.The PacemakerAfter much research, John Hopps, P.Eng., an electrical engineer and two physicians found that applying a gentle electrical stimulus to the heart would not only duplicate the normal body nerve stimulation but it would also not cause any damage to the heart muscle. In addition, this technique can start a stopped heart and increase or decrease the heart rate, as required. Hopps’ extraordinary work has helped millions of people lead normal, healthy lives, and he is acknowledged as the Father of Biomedical Engineering in Canada.
There is nothing you can’t do and there are no heights you can’t reach, once you discover what engineering has to offer!
Engineering is more exciting than many think. It is truly all around us. When you drive across a bridge, � y a plane, use a computer or make a cell phone call, you experience the brilliant work of engineers. The results of their work can also be seen in satellites orbiting the Earth, on offshore oil rigs and in tall buildings rising from the world’s metropolitan cities. Canadians can work more ef� ciently, play more safely and enjoy life more fully, thanks to engineers.Engineers shape our future with forward thinking designs, new technologies and breakthrough developments that haven’t been thought up yet. They prove, each and every day, that anything’s possible.National Engineering Month is the biggest national celebration of engineering excellence, where volunteers in each province and territory host over 500 events that show
Canadians how rewarding the career choice can really be. During the month of March, the profession strives to reach out to young Canadians to let them know what an exciting and fun career choice engineering really is. It is an opportunity for youth to learn about many disciplines of engineering, and allow them to see where their skill set and interests are best � tted.Since there are so many areas of engineering, it’s important for kids to understand the various things they can do as engineers so they can pick the discipline that truly motivates and excites them the most. Additionally, the month can teach youth what exactly is needed to excel in the profession.National Engineering Month also gives students the opportunity to learn about the remarkable accomplishments Canada’s engineers have made over the years. Be sure to check out this site’s Great Canadian Engineering section to learn things like how engineering work pushes the boundaries of � ight and contributes to amazing man-made structures, and the Engineers in Pro� le section to meet incredible engineers who have been conducting important work like allowing amputees to control their arti� cial limbs with ease and building earthquake resistant structures.Parents, teachers, students, aspiring engineers and engineers themselves can get involved in exciting National
Engineering Month volunteer opportunities. Learn more through this site’s Volunteer Opportunities section. Engineers who get involved can showcase the amazing work they do and Canada’s youth will discover that anything’s possible when it comes to engineering. There is certainly no other profession like it!There are a large variety of engineering � elds to choose from.AerospaceBiomedicalBiomechanicalAutomotiveMechanicalCivilArchitecturalElectricalComputerRoboticsMicroelectronicChemicalEnvironmentalMaterials ScienceAgriculturalPaperSustainability DesignEngineering ManagementSystemsIndustrialManufacturingPetroleumGeologicalNuclearMarineEngineering PhysicsPhotonicsNanotechnologyMiningCeramicsMetallurgicalGeomaticsProject Management
Since opening its � rst of� ce in northern BC over 45 years ago, McElhanney has established itself as a trusted, community partner providing high-quality services in engineering, survey, mapping, community planning, and environmental assessment. Now with six of� ces in the region, including Kitimat, McElhanney’s 200+ northern staff have proudly contributed to major projects that have helped grow their hometowns. These projects include the Rio Tinto Alcan
Kitimat Modernization Project and Kitimat LNG Project.McElhanney has been building its great reputation as a trusted, local partner across Western Canada since its early days in 1910 in Vancouver, BC.Now with over 25 of� ces from BC to Saskatchewan, this employee-owned and ISO 9001-certi� ed company continues to provide outstanding services to communities big and small.
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Lapointe Engineering Ltd. (LEL)Lapointe Engineering (LEL) may be a Kitimat-based � rm but their work stretches far and wide.The company, founded in 1980, has grown to offer project management experience in addition to their other core services of design engineering and maintenance engineering.LEL undertakes a number of projects, including recent works with technical and project management support to the Prince Rupert Grain Terminal, providing options for
an upgrade of their wastewater treatment plant.The company has done design engineering for projects such as the Mr Mike’s restaurant development and Forest Hills Heights subdivision in Kitimat. Other local projects for LEL include construction coordination for the MStar Hotel project at City Centre Mall and design work for the Dairy Queen drive through. They’ve also done maintenance engineering for projects in Fort McMurray and with Rio Tinto Alcan on the smelter.
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Celebrating 35 years in Kitimat
Returning to Kitimat in 1980, Robin Lapointe, P.Eng., was part of Kitimat’s � rst community based engineering � rm, that rose in prominence becoming Lapointe Engineering Ltd. (LEL).
For the past four years LEL has been a sponsor of the Northern Branch APEGBC Popsicle Bridge Building Competition and is proud of the success and consistent growth of this event.The bridge building competition is a great fi rst step toward promoting and fostering learning in the engineering industry to our ‘future engineers’ and their schools. This year’s competition will be held on May 2, 2015 at the Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School gym. The registration cutoff for this year’s competition is April 17.To register email: [email protected] or call 250-639-9252 ext. 121.
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Kitimat council lobbies against border closureCameron Orr
Kitimat Council is adding their voice opposing the evening closures of the Stewart-Hyder border crossing.
The council was responding to a letter from Stewart resident Angela Danuser, who
said the closures would negatively impact the community’s economy, affecting shift work-ers needing to use the crossing to get to and from work.
“We have been as-sured that emergency services will continue to have access, but what do Hyder resi-dents, tourists or Cana-dian workers do if they
need emergency care at the Stewart Health Centre but do not need to call an ambulance?” Danuser writes.
Mario Feldhoff moved in support of
the letter at the March 16 council meeting, saying keeping the bor-der open is important.
“[It] seems like a false economy that is being realized here
by the federal govern-ment,” he said.
Council’s letter lobbying against the closure will be sent to the Minister of Public Safety Steve Blayney,
and forwarded to Stew-art’s mayor and council and the Skeena-Bulk-ley Valley MP Nathan Cullen, who represents the region at the federal level.
March 26THE KITIMAT FOOD BANK will be hold-ing their Annual Gen-eral Meeting on at 8:00 p.m. in the lounge at the Presbyterian Church (corner of Nalabila and Lahakas Blvds). March 26CHRIST THE KING PARISH BEREAVE-MENT Ministry Com-mittee will be sponsor-ing a six week grief support group for adults. Sessions are from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Catholic Church Hall. For more information call Lidia at 250-632-6292 or Susana at 250-632-2215.April 2ART CLUB OF KITIMAT meets at 7 p.m. in Room 103 at MEMSS. Feathers & Fur – Bring materi-als of your choice and a visual reference of feathers or fur, or both, to work with. No sup-plies? We have some and we share. For more information contact Katherine Johnsen at 250-632-6888.
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DUTIES:• The principal responsibility of the position is to be the Liaison on LNG Canada projects in Haisla Territory. The Community
Cultural Liaison will generally play a supporting role with LNG Canada. • Contribute to overall LNG Canada consultation process• Prepare and manage schedules• Manage the referral computer tracking system and ensure that referrals are appropriately addressed• Be the contact person for all community requests with LNG Canada• Implement comprehensive communication and consultation programs, including combining the use of print, electronic
and community relations methods• Lead and support the day-to-day communication and consultation activities on-the-ground• Attend meetings, provide presentations, and promptly respond to inquiries• Draft and implement various communication and consultation materials, such as public notices, newsletters and fact
sheets, presentations, digital and online presence, advertisements, and so on• Support the Council and LNG Canada with its strategic community and stakeholder relations as it relates to LNG Canada
QUALIFICATIONS:• The successful candidate will have the following essential qualifications:• Post-secondary degree in communication, public relations or journalism• Must have a minimum 3+ years specifically in infrastructure communications or similar discipline• Exceptional interpersonal skills and proven abilities as a strategic communicator in fluent English• Exceptional planning and writing skills with meticulous attention to detail• Highly organized with demonstrated ability to plan, budget and execute multiple priorities with tight deadlines• Superior issues management and media relations experience in government, stakeholder and public relations• Must have a vehicle and be able to drive• Strong technical writing and data analysis skills• Proven examples of successful project management and client relationships
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 Friday, April 10, 2015.We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those short-listed will be contacted.
Haisla Nation CouncilHAISLA PO BOX 1101, KITAMAAT VILLAGE, BC V0T 2B0
has an immediate opening for the position of:Regulatory Environmental Liaison (LNG Canada)
DUTIES:The principal responsibility of the position is to be the fish and wildlife discipline lead on multi-disciplinary environmental assessments of LNG Canada projects in Haisla Territory. These include LNG projects, hydro-electric developments, linear-developments such as pipelines, transmission lines, and shipping lanes; and infrastructure projects such as bridges, and wharfs. The successful candidate will be expected to:
Design and manage baseline fish and wildlife data and studies; and provide input into the BC Environmental Assessment Office and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency wildlife and aquatic resources environmental impact assessments processesEstablish monitoring protocols and processes that will incorporate Haisla traditional fish and wildlife management for major industry regulatory compliance purposesReview and summarizing technical reports into non-technical formatsContribute to overall Haisla Nation Council and LNG consultation processPrepare and manage budgets and schedules, prepare proposals, manage field crews, and will be ultimately responsible for data and report quality
QUALIFICATIONS:The successful candidate will have the following essential qualifications:
A bachelor’s degree (or higher) in fish and wildlife biology or natural resource management5 or more years of professional environmental assessment experience working as fish and wildlife habitat leadProven examples of successful participation in environmental impact assessments, mitigation measures, and fish and wildlife habitat compensation plansShould have experience in applied terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecology in coastal British ColumbiaExperience developing environmentally effective monitoring programs;Professional designation as a Registered Professional Biologist in BC, or eligible for registrationFluent knowledge of provincial and federal environmental legislationStrong technical writing and data analysis skillsProven examples of successful project management and client relationships
ASSETS: Experience with in-stream flow requirements and modeling toolsExperience with habitat assessment and quantification methodsExperience with water quality effects modeling toolsExperience in habitat restoration/enhancement techniques
Excellent time management and organization skillsElectrofishing Crew Lead CertificationSwiftwater Rescue CertificationPleasure Craft Operator Certification
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 Friday, April 10, 2015.We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those short-listed will be contacted.
DUTIES:• Act as the Liaison between LNG Canada, resource based industry and related BC line ministries, regarding lands and
resources issues and planning in Haisla Traditional Territory• Augment and oversee the planning and implementation of major Haisla resource use activities, by the Lands and
Resources Department, in an integrated manner• Facilitate community level partnerships with stake holders, governments and major licensees• Develop structure to support long-term economic development initiatives• Provide advice to Haisla Nation Council regarding local forest management and development issues• Develop and write funding proposals for projects and plans• Provide regular updates to Haisla Nation Council of all major plans and activities of the Haisla Lands and Resources
Department and LNG Canada• Follow the HNC personnel policy and manual• Other related duties as required by the Chief Operating Officer and/or Director of Operations
QUALIFICATIONS:• University or technical school graduation in forestry or natural resources of equivalent combination of education and experience• 2 years progressive and varied experience in natural resources management; LNG Industry• Knowledge of land and resource use issues in relation to First Nations• Knowledge of forestry planning and legislative requirements;• Professional registration is an asset• Able to make public presentations and consultations• Self-starter and able use own initiative to keep Department functioning fully• Experience working with First Nations a must• Must 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 Friday, April 10, 2015.We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those short-listed will be contacted.
Haisla Nation CouncilHAISLA PO BOX 1101, KITAMAAT VILLAGE, BC V0T 2B0
Kentron Construction, part of the YCS Holdings Ltd. group, is seeking a Project Manager / Estimator. YCS Holdings Ltd. is a division of Terus Construction Ltd., a leader in the construction industry in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.
This person ill play a key role in nding business opportunities and in the development of new market for Kentron Construction. The incumbent will be responsible for all aspects of the project management life cycle, including startup, obtaining building permits, preparing tenders, allocation of adequate resources, scheduling, documentation, budgets, estimates and close out documentation. The incumbent will work with in house and external construction personnel to ensure project construction is executed in a timely and ef cient manner while maintaining integrity of design, and will work closely with the organization to ensure feasibility and costing of projects.
Employment Requirements: P. Eng or CET in Civil Construction with years in eld
experience or A minimum of 10 years of experience in Project Supervision Relevant experience in the construction industry Ability to read and understand engineered plans and contract
documents Establish strong liaison with the customer base To be able to work well with others, “people skills” Good communication skills both verbal and written Valid class 5 driver’s license and clean current drivers abstract Surveying skills is an asset Computer skills: Excel, Word, Project and engineering programs
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has an immediate opening for the position of:Regulatory Environmental Liaison (LNG Canada)
DutiEs:The principal responsibility of the position is to be the fish and wildlife discipline lead on multi-disciplinary environmental assessments of LNG Canada projects in Haisla Territory. These include LNG projects, hydro-electric developments, linear-developments such as pipelines, transmission lines, and shipping lanes; and infrastructure projects such as bridges, and wharfs. The successful candidate will be expected to:• Design and manage baseline fish and wildlife data and studies; and provide input into the BC Environmental Assessment Office and
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency wildlife and aquatic resources environmental impact assessments processes• Establish monitoring protocols and processes that will incorporate Haisla traditional fish and wildlife management for major industry
regulatory compliance purposes• Review and summarizing technical reports into non-technical formats• Contribute to overall Haisla Nation Council and LNG consultation process• Prepare and manage budgets and schedules, prepare proposals, manage field crews, and will be ultimately responsible for data and
report quality
QuaLifiCatioNs:The successful candidate will have the following essential qualifications:• A bachelor’s degree (or higher) in fish and wildlife biology or natural resource management• 5 or more years of professional environmental assessment experience working as fish and wildlife habitat lead• Proven examples of successful participation in environmental impact assessments, mitigation measures, and fish and wildlife habitat
compensation plans• Should have experience in applied terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecology in coastal British Columbia• Experience developing environmentally effective monitoring programs;• Professional designation as a Registered Professional Biologist in BC, or eligible for registration• Fluent knowledge of provincial and federal environmental legislation• Strong technical writing and data analysis skills• Proven examples of successful project management and client relationships•Mustpassacriminalrecordcheck
assEts: • Experience with in-stream flow requirements and modeling tools• Experience with habitat assessment and quantification methods• Experience with water quality effects modeling tools• Experience in habitat restoration/enhancement techniques• ExperiencepreparingEnvironmentalManagementPlan• Excellent time management and organization skills• Electrofishing Crew Lead Certification• Swiftwater Rescue Certification• Pleasure Craft Operator Certification
Interested individuals should submit a cover letter and resume, which must include names of three (3) references and the express permission for HNC to contact the references, to:
stephanie McClure, Human Resources ManagerHaisla Nation Council
Applications accepted no later than 4 pm on Friday, April 10, 2015.We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those short-listed will be contacted.
The puck drop at the 2015 Kitimat Pee Wee Tier 3 Championships game featuring the Kitimat Winterhawks versus Quesnel Thunder. Lori Ferreira
Smooth run for Kitimat Peewee tournamentOn Saturday morning as organizers for Kiti-
mat’s Peewee Tier 3 hockey tournament were readying for the tournament that started the next morning and a banquet event that night there was a string of things going wrong.
A team from Whitehorse was stuck on the other side of an avalanche and planes bringing three teams from the Lower Mainland weren’t coming in due to airport issues, said organizing committee chair Tony Velho, expressing good hu-mour that’s only available from hindsight know-ing how things worked out.
The tournament already had to change ven-ues because the labour strike in Kitimat meant no chance to use the ice, moving the event to Terrace.
All of those early hurdles just meant anything that would go wrong would at the start, leaving the remainder of the tournament to proceed smoothly.
“Sunday morning the tournament started without any issue at all,” he said. “The opening ceremonies went well and the tournament as a whole was good, really good.”
Ultimately it was the Burnaby Winter Club
which took the championship banner, winning 10-2 against Tri Port.
The Kitimat team put in a solid effort but as the gracious hosts they allowed others in to the finals.
Kitimat ended their first game, against South Okanagan with a tie but would follow with close losses against other teams such as Quesnel and Arbutus Club, which comes from an area near the University of B.C.
Peewee coach Cam McCulley said playing against teams from so many distant places is al-ways challenging because it’s hard to prepare for how they’ll play.
Kitimat’s loss to Quesnel also shows how cir-cumstances change, with McCulley noting that Kitimat, in past events, have beat them on the ice.
“You just never know who’s going to show up when they’re 11 and 12 year olds,” he said.
He agrees the tournament turned out very well and is thankful to the organizing committee for keeping things running well given all the early challenges.
at the Kitimat Youth Soccer Club House Bill Rich Fields
We want your feeedback to improve the 2015 soccer season. LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS
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IMPORTANT NOMINATION INFORMATIONIn accordance with the Haisla Nation Custom Election Code (2013) there are a number of provisions that MUST be satisfied in order for a nomination and candidate qualifications to be approved by the Electoral Officer. Be sure to consult the appropriate sections of the Election Regulations and/or contact the Electoral Officer for more information. Any Elector eighteen (18) years or older as of April 17, 2015 (the Nomination Meeting date) may nominate or second or be nominated at the Nomination Meeting. A nomination may be made by Nomination Form & Voter Declaration properly completed and signed, and submitted to the Electoral Officer prior to the start of the Nomination Meeting or in person at the Nomination Meeting.Any Elector shall be eligible to nominate or second the nomination of other Electors, for the Offices of Councillor. An Elector may nominate or second no more than five (5) eligible persons for the Office Councillor.All nominees must declare their nomination accepted in a Notice of Acceptance & Eligibility Declaration properly completed, signed and submitted to the Electoral Officer along with a $100 deposit within 10 days of the Nomination Meeting. Electors are reminded that additional limitations and requirements are provided for in the Haisla Nation Custom Election Code (2013), and shall need to be completed to the satisfaction of the Electoral Officer in order for their name to be registered on the Official Ballot. Electors and Nominees should consult the Election Regulations and/or contact the Electoral Officer for more information.
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9:00 AM TO 8:00 PMHAISLA RECREATION HALL
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Continued from page 5Answers to those
road questions are what Poole hopes to see in recommendations from the forthcoming study.
“We would hope that the province takes those recom-mendations seriously,”
he said.It’s not just the
bridge that’s in need. Merge lanes are also being studied including at Cable Car and at the landfill and cemetery. Improving sightlines at some intersections is another priority.
The District of Kit-imat is also making a strong push to have the province take control of Kitimat’s portion of Haisla Boulevard, which runs through the town until the railroad crossing near RTA.
Having the prov-
ince take that on means they’d own, maintain and fund it.
“We feel now with the development of in-dustry on the other end that this is becoming more of a major high-way than a road going through a community.”
