October 14, 2015 edition of the Kitimat Northern Sentinel
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Northern Sentinel K I T I M A T Volume 61 No. 41 www.northernsentinel.com Wednesday, October 14, 2015 $ 1.30 INCLUDES TAX Love Kitimat launches with fair at Riverlodge. /page 12 Ice Demons open strong for season. /page 16 PM477761 Three of the Skeena-Bulkley Valley’s candidates for MP in the federal election turned out to the Kitimat All Candidates Forum. Left to right: NDP’s Nathan Cullen, Liberals’ Brad Layton, and Christian Heritage Party’s Don Spratt. Candidates pitch platforms to Kitimat It was a debate of three of the five candi- dates running for MP in the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding. Absent from the All Candidates Forum was Green Party can- didate Jeannie Parnell, who was not expected to attend, and Conser- vation candidate Tyler Nesbitt, who, the can- didate forum host ex- plained, said he could not attend due to a fam- ily emergency. That left the NDP’s Nathan Cullen, the Liberals’ Brad Layton, and the Christian Heri- tage Party’s Don Spratt on stage at Mount Eliz- abeth Theatre to woo voters to their side. The format was a series of pre-written questions given by the Rotary panel on stage to the candidates. The second half was questions directly from audience mem- bers. The opening remarks: SPRATT intro- duced himself as run- ning for a party which he says values open- ness and free speech. He spoke to his position as a pro-life candidate, saying you can’t express that view under the other par- ties. He also said free speech is being muz- zled in the country and wants to push for more openness. “If we’re driven from the public square then the whole country is going to suffer for that.” CULLEN pointed to his 11 years on the job as MP for this rid- ing and noted his two main ambitions: put- ting the northwest on the map to be in the “national conversa- tion” and secondly to work closely with all parties for the nation. “To varying de- grees we’ve had some success,” he said. Now, he says the goal is to develop an economy that does not leave the planet worse off and to maintain a viable wild salmon economy. He also said rec- onciliation and respect with First Nations is a priority as well to chart a path forward. LAYTON pointed to two issues, one that the Canadian govern- ment “has stopped listening” to people, and second that the in- cumbent MP “belongs to a political party that hasn’t offered a plan to Canada in this elec- tion.” He pointed to his experience with two terms on a municipal council and said his experience has taught him to be an effective listener. He said the Liberal party has a strong plat- form of infrastructure development which he says will kickstart the economy. He said as our MP he will fight for local communities getting a fair share of that invest- ment. He also said the Liberals have a plan to emphasize and work with First Nations. The debate began with a question about the loss of scientific libraries in Canada which kicked off the candidates position on the state of research in the country. Cullen said the trend of muzzling sci- entists must stop, it’s research we pay for and must have access too. Layton said the Liberal party is committed to giving Canadian sci- entists the freedom to share information and not to be muzzled. Continued on page 6 Grizzlies abound in Kitimat Cameron Orr Numerous bear sightings in Kitimat have put residents on alert. The Conservation Officer Service confirmed there’s been some reports of grizzlies and black bears in the Kitimat area but so far human conflicts with them have been minimal. Terrace-based Conservation Officer Ryan Gordon says there’s been approx- imately three calls for black bears in Kitimat, and just a couple for grizzlies. “Typically there could be a few hanging around in town, [and] there’s probably a dozen more on the river that don’t generally want to be near people.” He said the sightings have been out in Cablecar and even in downtown Kiti- mat near the mall. The spike in bear sightings he said is a reminder to take away bear attrac- tants from your home. “It’s the time of year, and grizzly bears and black bears are trying to fatten up for winter. They can get pushed in to town if there’s attractants. We’ll still see fruit on trees...so they’ll be drawn in to town for that. And then garbage obvi- ously smells good and fatty so they’ll be drawn in to town as well by unsecured garbage.” He said any instance of bear ‘con- flict’ in Kitimat so far has been in black bears accessing garbage. He said there are no reports of grizzly bears breaking in to people’s garbage cans. Gordon said taking care of your garbage is ultimately the best thing you can do to not attract bears. “Same with barbecues. Make sure your barbecues are all cleaned up,” he said. Gordon also encouraged people to call the RAPP hotline rather than the RCMP for animal issues as the RCMP can be busy with other files. The RAPP number is 1-877-952- 7277. Even if it’s not something COs will respond to calling in information helps. “Sometimes we might not respond to every complaint we get but it helps us pattern animals and when we do go set a trap it makes it easier for us to get a good location to set that trap and have a higher success rate that way.” “Grizzly...and black bears are trying to fatten up.”
Three of the Skeena-Bulkley Valley’s candidates for MP in the federal election turned out to the Kitimat All Candidates Forum. Left to right: NDP’s Nathan Cullen, Liberals’ Brad Layton, and Christian Heritage Party’s Don Spratt.
Candidates pitch platforms to KitimatIt was a debate of
three of the � ve candi-dates running for MP in the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding.
Absent from the All Candidates Forum was Green Party can-didate Jeannie Parnell, who was not expected to attend, and Conser-vation candidate Tyler Nesbitt, who, the can-didate forum host ex-plained, said he could not attend due to a fam-ily emergency.
That left the NDP’s Nathan Cullen, the
Liberals’ Brad Layton, and the Christian Heri-tage Party’s Don Spratt on stage at Mount Eliz-abeth Theatre to woo voters to their side.
The format was a series of pre-written questions given by the Rotary panel on stage to the candidates.
The second half was questions directly from audience mem-bers.The opening remarks:
SPRATT intro-duced himself as run-ning for a party which
he says values open-ness and free speech.
He spoke to his position as a pro-life candidate, saying you can’t express that view under the other par-ties. He also said free speech is being muz-zled in the country and wants to push for more openness.
“If we’re driven from the public square then the whole country is going to suffer for that.”
CULLEN pointed to his 11 years on the
job as MP for this rid-ing and noted his two main ambitions: put-ting the northwest on the map to be in the “national conversa-tion” and secondly to work closely with all parties for the nation.
“To varying de-grees we’ve had some success,” he said. Now, he says the goal is to develop an economy that does not leave the planet worse off and to maintain a viable wild salmon economy.
He also said rec-
onciliation and respect with First Nations is a priority as well to chart a path forward.
LAYTON pointed to two issues, one that the Canadian govern-ment “has stopped listening” to people, and second that the in-cumbent MP “belongs to a political party that hasn’t offered a plan to Canada in this elec-tion.”
He pointed to his experience with two terms on a municipal council and said his
experience has taught him to be an effective listener.
He said the Liberal party has a strong plat-form of infrastructure development which he says will kickstart the economy.
He said as our MP he will � ght for local communities getting a fair share of that invest-ment.
He also said the Liberals have a plan to emphasize and work with First Nations.
The debate began
with a question about the loss of scienti� c libraries in Canada which kicked off the candidates position on the state of research in the country.
Cullen said the trend of muzzling sci-entists must stop, it’s research we pay for and must have access too. Layton said the Liberal party is committed to giving Canadian sci-entists the freedom to share information and not to be muzzled.
Continued on page 6
Grizzlies abound in KitimatCameron Orr
Numerous bear sightings in Kitimat have put residents on alert.
The Conservation Of� cer Service con� rmed there’s been some reports of grizzlies and black bears in the Kitimat area but so far human con� icts with them have been minimal.
Terrace-based Conservation Of� cer Ryan Gordon says there’s been approx-imately three calls for black bears in Kitimat, and just a couple for grizzlies.
“Typically there could be a few hanging around in town, [and] there’s probably a dozen more on the river that don’t generally want to be near people.”
He said the sightings have been out in Cablecar and even in downtown Kiti-mat near the mall.
The spike in bear sightings he said
is a reminder to take away bear attrac-tants from your home.
“It’s the time of year, and grizzly bears and black bears are trying to fatten up for winter. They can get pushed in to town if there’s attractants. We’ll still see fruit on trees...so they’ll be drawn in to town for that. And then garbage obvi-ously smells good and fatty so they’ll be drawn in to town as well by unsecured garbage.”
He said any instance of bear ‘con-� ict’ in Kitimat so far has been in black bears accessing garbage. He said there are no reports of grizzly bears breaking in to people’s garbage cans.
Gordon said taking care of your garbage is ultimately the best thing you can do to not attract bears.
“Same with barbecues. Make sure your barbecues are all cleaned up,” he said.
Gordon also encouraged people to call the RAPP hotline rather than the RCMP for animal issues as the RCMP can be busy with other � les.
The RAPP number is 1-877-952-7277.
Even if it’s not something COs will respond to calling in information helps.
“Sometimes we might not respond to every complaint we get but it helps us pattern animals and when we do go set a trap it makes it easier for us to get a good location to set that trap and have a higher success rate that way.”
“Grizzly...and black bears are trying to fatten up.”
2 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, October 14, 2015
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Social media post causes backlashSeptember 28Kitimat RCMP responded to a noise
complaint from a home. Homeowner and the police discussed the noise bylaws and the loud music was turned down.
September 29A theft totalling several thousand dol-
lars worth of tools was reported to RCMP. Police found that a trailer left in a rural area of Kitimat for several days had been broken
into, and police continue to investigate.September 30Police heard from a Cablecar resident
that there were two grizzly bears in their backyard eating fruit from a tree and that they could not leave their home. Bears de-parted before police arrived.
October 1Police investigated a report of a possi-
bly impaired driver and tracked the vehicle
down and the officer noted an odour of li-quor on the driver’s breath. Breath samples provided resulted in a 90-day licence sus-pension and a 30-day vehicle impound-ment.
October 3Police spoke to a man who had posted
to social media claiming to have caused suffering to an animal, an incident which has since been revealed to be a hoax. Police
say the person did admit to posting claims online but no actions of causing suffering were done. The person said they were frus-trated with neighbourhood animals coming on to their property. The person was “se-riously warned” about posting such things by RCMP, and the post was removed. The RCMP partnered with the Kitimat Humane Society who also conducted their own in-vestigation.
Police Beat
Social media prankster says fake animal harm post result of frustration
Odour in downtown no concern to fire department
The man who made a controversial post about ap-parently killing a cat says the incident taught him a valuable lesson about what to share on social media.
The incident, which has turned out to be fabricated, was created merely to catch the attention of a neighbour, said Taylor Holland when reached by the Sentinel.
“I thought it would be the easiest way to get [the] cat
owners to do something,” he wrote.
He said it wasn’t the first time he’s had conflicts with the neighbourhood pet and he said he was “just very frus-trated and didn’t know how to deal with the situation.”
Holland wasn’t aware the post had gathered the attention it had right away. He said he went away on a planned short camping trip and returned to see his post had gone ‘viral’.
“I had no intention of making such a scene. It just blew up over night. It was a stupid joke.”
He said the pet which had gone in to his garage had caused damage to his camp-ing and fishing equipment which caused his frustration.
Holland said this incident has made him better aware of the potential dangers of social media.
“Don’t post stuff on the Internet you don’t want the world to see and be prepared for the repercussions,” he added.
On October 6 the Fire Department checked out a report of an odour downtown that could have been natural gas.
On inspection however the department could not find any likely source and the odour did clear.
The department said PNG was also called in to monitor the air and the utility company also could not find a source. The fire department said calls such as this are not uncommon and there was no determination of any danger to the town.
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Residents of the tiny community of Cedarvale along Hwy16 are getting new voter informa-tion cards with ac-curate information on where they can vote in this federal election.
Cards originally telling them they could either cast ad-vance ballots or ones on election day Oct. 19 in Hazelton drew protests because of the 50 kilometre dis-tance between the two communities.
But now they’ve been told they can vote 19 kilometres away in Kitwanga which is where they cast ballots in the 2011 federal elec-tion.
“All affected Cedarvale registered voters will receive a replacement [voter information] card,” said Elections Can-ada official Dorothy Sitek last week.
She said the new cards will have a notice in red in the bottom right hand corner telling the recipient that it is a replacement card.
A Coast Mountains School District trustee has died.
Longtime Thorn-hill trustee Gary Turner passed away suddenly Oct. 2.
“In his sixth term as school trustee, a role he took on with pas-sion and devotion, Gary made regular visits to his liaison schools and served on the busi-ness and budget work-ing committees..,” said school board chair Art Erasmus in a statement.
“He made a differ-ence in our school dis-trict communities and played an essential role in the lives of thousands of students,” Erasmus continued. “The void left by Gary’s passing will be filled with the legacy of his service, the memory of his smile and passion for the chil-dren. We will miss Gary dearly.”
A service was held yesterday for Turner.
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NEWS BRIEFS Unifor marches for action
Cameron OrrA Global Day of Action event
saw members of the national Uni-for union, together with local mem-bers in Kitimat, march on the upper City Centre Mall where they gave speeches outside Rio Tinto’s com-munity office.
The union wants to put pres-sure on ending a habit by the min-erals giant to use what’s called pre-carious work; that is, work done by contracted or temporary employees which they say is also done with low-benefits and safety standards.
“This is the Global Day of Ac-tion to protest against Rio Tinto, and the theme of this year’s rally is precarious work, which is, in a nut-shell, part time work, casual work, contract work. Which is a business model that Rio Tinto has begun to employ throughout the world,” said Local 2301 President Sean O’Driscoll. ‘We believe that there should be full-time, permanent po-sitions running the smelter. It’s se-curity for our community and the workers in the plant.”
O’Driscoll says they are implor-ing Rio Tinto to act in the best inter-ests of the community’s longevity, and says it will be an important is-sue when collective bargaining be-gins in 2017 for the new contract.
“We’re looking forward to bargaining a successful, collective agreement. But moving forward we are going to seek that the employer agree to terms which means we keep contractors out of the plant and we hire full-time permanent employees to run the smelter,” he said.
McGarrigle said he hasn’t seen much improvement in labour rela-tions since his last visit to Kitimat last year.
“I regret to say that it seems things haven’t gotten any better at all,” he said. “It doesn’t seem that Rio Tinto has made any serious ef-forts to address the concerns that were brought up.”
He said he’s heard concerns on employees getting suspensions for raising safety concerns at the Kiti-mat smelter.
Continued on page 6Local and National Unifor members speak to a crowd at a rally outside City Centre Mall October 7. Cameron Orr
Water quality concern
BC Housing responds
Cameron OrrDoes Kitimat have a water
quality problem?Resident Terry Lam be-
lieves so, and is asking Kitimat Council to give the direction to step up the town’s water testing to find out for sure.
Lam is asking for daily test-ing of Kitimat’s drinking water to gauge it’s pH balance. For times when the pH spikes he wants the water sent for a full chemical analysis.
Lam is convinced there’s some sort of problem with the water. He said he’s been told by others of problems such as fish in people’s at-home ponds dying after refilling with new water.
“Something’s wrong with this water,” said Lam, also
pointing to the frequency of the town needing to replace prop-erty water lines.
Lam’s concerns did invoke a response, with council direct-ing staff to prepare a report on water issues.
Mario Feldhoff moved the recommendation, even as he did express his understanding that Kitimat’s water is fine.
“It’s my understanding that our water meets all of the feder-al and provincial and Northern Health requirements,” he said.
Feldhoff added the eventual report from staff will be helpful in determining for sure where the town stands on water testing.
Larry Walker meanwhile believes there is improvement to be made with the town’s water.
“There is something wrong
with the water,” he said, noting a need in Kitimat to replace hot water tanks and water lines rela-tively frequently compared to other towns.
Northern Health provided this response to inquiries on wa-ter health: We’re aware of the presentation to council on Mon-day night and concerns raised. Our role is to monitor the water and provide advice as appropri-ate to the water system operator. When there are concerns raised such as the one at council, we work with the District to follow up with further testing and mon-itoring as appropriate. We will continue to monitor the com-munity water system in Kitimat as we do with water systems in northern B.C. and provide sup-port as appropriate.
Following our report about a local housing society’s troubles with BC Housing, the provin-cial organization has responded.
Below is their statement:The province has invested more than $760,000
in 2014/15 to provide subsidized housing and rent supplements for more than 40 households in Kiti-mat. This includes providing support for over 30 senior households.
BC Housing worked with the Mountain View Housing Society providing information and as-sistance. BC Staff met in-person with represen-tatives from the Society on three occasions – an initial discussion in 2012 and twice in early 2015. There have also been numerous contacts by phone and email. BC Housing provides advice, referrals
to partnership opportunities and interim financ-ing, and arranges long-term financing for non-profit societies to create self-sustaining, afford-able housing developments.
Proposed projects are processed through BC Housing’s Community Partnership Initiative (CPI) program. There is an open call for CPI pro-posals on the website and information to assist non-profit organizations to apply for this fund-ing. More information is available at http://www.bchousing.org/Partners/Opportunities/Current/CPI.
To date, BC Housing has not received a com-pleted application form from the [Mountain View Housing Society]; as such we are unable to pro-cess their request.
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Successful governments play close attention to the lessons of his-tory.
And one lesson that history has taught us repeatedly is: governments who move towards a more humane society almost always � nd themselves on the right side of history.
It is a lesson that appears lost on B.C.’s Liberal government.
A new poll from Insights West shows the vast majority of B.C. resi-dents are opposed to trophy hunting. While a government shouldn’t legis-late based on polling, a survey isn’t needed to justify the elimination of such a barbaric practice.
The Insights West poll showed 91 per cent of British Columbians op-pose hunting animals for sport, and it’s probably fair to say the majority of the province’s residents not only oppose trophy hunting, but are sick-ened by it.
But B.C. Premier Christy Clark is
sticking to her guns.Clark responded to questions
on the poll by saying she didn’t en-ter politics to be popular. She said just because something is unpopular doesn’t make it wrong.
One has to wonder if the premier has seen the video which recently sur-faced showing a grizzly bear being shot repeatedly as it scrambled down a hillside in a vain attempt to survive something that can only be described as torture.
Does anybody really need a poll to tell them this is not only wrong, but an abomination to civilized society?
In attempts to defend the practice, the premier pointed to the healthy grizzly bear population and her desire to create jobs for people all around the province.
There’s healthy dog and cat popu-lations in B.C. also, but we don’t al-low people to arbitrarily kill them.
The poll showed that the opposi-tion to trophy hunting isn’t just com-ing from urban centres, but rural areas as well.
And the revenue eco-tourism brings to the province far surpasses anything raised by trophy hunts.
It’s only a matter of time before trophy hunting becomes illegal here in B.C.
The only question that remains is whether the provincial government will try and get ahead of the issue or be forced to give up their defence of the indefensible.
Dan Ebenal is the editor of the Saanich News
Trophy hunts on wrong side of history
Voting timeWell, we never thought this day would come.
But it’s true, election day is Monday.It’s been a long road of attack ads, debates, and
discussions about the hair features of candidates. Saying that out loud makes me wonder where things went wrong in the election process for Canadians.
Even so, everything has led up to this glorious moment. (Unless you’ve voted in the advance polls, which I think is also excellent if you have.)
Now, you hear over and over again that it’s so important to vote, let your voice be heard, and so forth.
And I agree. I’ve said it before.But here’s some numbers to explain exactly why
I think so:Firstly, when it comes to total voter turnout, it’s
easy to think it doesn’t matter. The NDP, in our rid-ing, received more votes than the other four parties combined. There was a 7,300 voter difference be-tween the NDP and the Conservatives.
That’s a huge gap, but the gap from non-voters could have � lled it.
And before I continue I’m writing this as a fun exercise in math, not trying to endorse one party over another.
So back to it, the turnout in the 2011 general fed-eral election was around 35,000 people. The amount of eligible voters was in the 61,000 range.
So give or take, there were 26,000 unclaimed votes.
If, for instance, just 28 per cent of those non-votes went to the Conservatives we’d have a differ-ent MP at the moment.
If all of those votes would have gone to the Lib-erals it would have swayed the election that way too.
Were there 26,000 secret Liberals who didn’t vote? Maybe not, but it’s so obvious that choosing not to vote is really an unfortunate decision to be passive.
You’ve probably seen the cartoon, two groups of people, one side slightly smaller than the other, the smaller side saying “I voted” and the other saying “I didn’t vote because it won’t make a difference.”
The dimensions of that cartoon may not be ac-curate for the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding, but the effect, I believe, is much the same.
Generally though our voter turnout is good, at around 58 per cent.
But there’s always room for improvement, and I guess it’s telling that I think that 42 per cent of people not voting is a good thing.
Ultimately, we have an easy system to vote. It’s such a basic way to assert in� uence over how gov-ernment works.
Even if you think it won’t matter, just do it any-way. Those who don’t vote will always get the gov-ernment they deserve.
Cameron Orr
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Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5
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not fit to eat.59. 16th letter of Hebrew alphabet.61. Commoner.65. Meadow.
Life chainThe Kitimat Right-to-Life group held their annual Life Chain event around Centenniel Park on October 4.
Concern over party line over local interest
Poll shows support to improve mine safety
An open letter to:Nathan CullenDear Sir,In light of your
absconding from your duty to your constitu-ents last term re: the Long Gun Registry vote and your claim of “I can be trusted, I will do as I say” then flew directly into the face of democracy by feath-ering your own nest because you were told to vote party line, why would this riding sup-port you again?
This is not about
the outcome of the long-gun registry [LGR] per se as it made no difference as Conservatives had the majority anyway, it’s about stupid people de-manding loyalty for the party over the wishes of the people they are supposed to represent.
You give lip ser-vice to being against pipeline tankers and saving the ecology, etc., up here, however when push comes to shove and your party tells you to vote in ac-
cordance with allowing all that, what will you do? I believe I know as you have aptly dem-onstrated where your allegiance lies, with yourself.
The dirty half doz-en of your compatriots of your party who ca-pitulated to the party whip, on that LGR vote, should also be turfed as well, in my estimation.
No one, should be running for office that has neither the conviction, the loy-
alty or commitment to his constituents before party politics. What is the point if all we need are a leading dictator and a cabinet?
Why pay for a bunch of clapping seals?
Do we get nothing except sales reps for the party?
You sir are as much of a career politician as any that are currently in power or waiting in
the wings to take power the way I see it.
Politicians like yourself have now al-lowed democracy to be ruled by temporary dictators.
People such as Brent Rathgerber or Bruce Hyer, formerly of your party, are the ones we need to look to for democracy, and loyalty to their con-stituents.
Voting for NDP,
Conservative or Liber-als is simply a continu-ation of term dictator-ships.
Only people worth voting for seem to be Independents or the Green Party who have declared they will al-low free votes.
That is democracy, not what the rest of you carpet baggers have es-poused.
I call on you to do the right thing by re-
signing, allowing for someone else to feather their nest until he/she has enough time accu-mulated for their great pension plan .
Going along with the ABC crowd or strategic voting will produce exactly what? Looks like status quo with no discernible change. It does not bring democracy back .
Ben Christie,Kitimat, B.C.
Josh MasseyResults of a recent poll commis-
sioned by conservation group Skeen-aWild indicate the majority of British Columbia residents support amend-ing regulations for better mine plan-ning and to make operations safer.
The poll was carried out by in-ternationally experienced Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and asked a number of questions to 805 people around the province related to the mining indus-try.
Only 39 per cent of the 805 peo-ple contacted by polling company Greenberg Quinlan Rosner said that jobs and economic benefits of min-ing outweighed the risk of a tailings break or risks to people’s health, en-vironment and local tourism.
Three quarters of all respondents said reforming B.C.’s mining laws would protect jobs and revenue by
securing other industries like tourism and fishing.
Despite where respondents lay on the economics or development spectrum they endorsed six reform measures.
“It was a standard poll, 805 Brit-ish Columbians were randomly sur-veyed, and it was done earlier this fall. It’s margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 per cent, so it is standard polling methodology,” said Skeen-aWild director Greg Knox.
“It was conclusive that the vast majority of British Columbians sup-port reforms to mining. There was really strong support for six specific reforms. So what we are hoping is that with the provincial government, it is undertaking a mining code re-view right now and there’s also the potential to look at the mining tenure act and update.”
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wasn’t aware of the loss of research data but said it is a tragedy to lose information like that.
For local issues, candidates were asked about how their federal party would support Kitimat specifically in the face of another potential construction boom.
Spratt said the free market can be relied on to deal with most of how a community handles such an influx.
“I think the free market and reducing taxes on small business and cutting the red tape basically makes it pos-sible for entrepreneurs to open new business and existing business to hire more people,” he said, also saying projects would provide many spin-offs.
Cullen pointed to the “legitimate con-cerns” of renovictions and housing afford-ability for people who can’t access the higher paying jobs.
“We’ve [NDP] been investing in a number of the trades programs so young folks get a shot at some of those jobs.” He also said dealing with the Temporary Foreign Worker is-sues is a priority as well, and for better revenue sharing with municipalities from thefederal government.
Layton highlighted the Liberals’ national infrastructure plan as a crucial piece to sup-porting municipalities, and also their emphasis on building or devel-oping more affordable housing.
“As your MP I will fight for every cent we can get...to help our municipalities.” He said municipalities get such a small share of Canadian taxes that if nothing is done to ad-dress the shortfalls the result would be that lo-cal governments would have to spike their own property tax rates.
The subject shift-ed to how the parties would address chal-lenges to First Nation communities.
Starting off was Cullen saying that making education fair is a start, reducing the funding inequality for kids going to school in, for instance, Kitamaat Village versus in town.
Layton said the Liberals plan to imme-diately re-engage First Nations in a respectful nation-to-nation pro-cess. The party has also committed to a $515 million budget boost to education for K-12 level First Nations stu-dents.
Spratt said his party wants to reform the Indian Act and give First Nations bet-ter control over their future, a process to be done with open and
honest consultations.During the pub-
lic question portion the candidates were pressed on Northern Gateway and First Na-tions issues by Haisla Chief Councillor El-lis Ross who asked a two part question on if their party would reverse the federal government’s decision on Northern Gateway, and also if they would legislate adequate con-sultation with First Na-tions in to environmen-tal review processes, as has been established through court cases.
Spratt began say-ing he isn’t sure the En-bridge decision could be reversed, adding, “As far as I know there are people in favour of it, native nations as well.”
He said consulta-tion is needed to move forward, but also said the federal government does have to make de-cisions to increase in-come to the country.
Cullen was direct in saying the NDP would turn back the government’s decision on Enbridge’s North-ern Gateway, joining other governments and groups who do so as well.
“In doing so we’ll join the vote that was taken here in this com-munity,” he said.
He also said the environmental review process is not one that has much trust, and his
party will build a duty to consult right in to legislation for it and will also define what consultation means.
Layton also said Northern Gateway would not be built un-der a Liberal party, which has publicly op-posed it.
He also said the environmental review process needs to be gutted and rebuilt with better consultation and to be less secretive. He said sitting on a mu-nicipal council he’s had trouble providing input on environmen-
tal reviews and can’t see how a regular citi-zen could if a council couldn’t.
“We need to en-trench consultation within it then we can restore the trust,” he said.
On whether they support LNG tankers through Douglas Chan-nel, Spratt said it can be done safely and has been, noting the eco-nomic potential for ex-
porting Canada’s gas. Layton said it can be done safely but wants to see a revamped en-vironmental review process that is not so secretive.
Cullen agreed it can be done safely but trusts local govern-ments and First Na-tions over Ottawa on the matter, and says the current system is not designed for adequate environmental reviews.
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is missing an opportunity to address the reasons workers are concerned.
As for precarious work as a larger problem too, he said it defi-nitely is an issue for the province.
“Here in British Columbia it’s a huge concern. We’re seeing people, their wages are stagnating, we’re seeing more part-time work, we’re seeing more contracting out, we’re seeing more corporate shell games to try to distance employers from the decisions being made,” he said.
Last year he said a janitorial crew at an office building in Van-couver were fired and re-hired un-der contract doing the same work but for $2 less an hour.
“We’re seeing it everywhere,” he said.
Tveit agrees it’s a big problem.“Precarious work is an epidem-
ic in Canada. I think it’s an epidemic in North America,” she said.
She doesn’t put fault on the workers who need employment but says it generally hurts safety.
“It becomes a huge health and safety issue. In an industry like this, a smelter, health and safety is always an issue and so adding pre-carious workers put them at danger as it does everyone else who works there.”
It’s a trend happening world-wide, she said.
McGarrigle added that the court hearings regarding sulphur dioxide emissions from the Kitimat smelter is an example of health and safety being pushed aside.
“Instead of profit before people it should be people before profit.”
Rio Tinto was invited to com-ment on this story but a response was not returned by press time.
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BC Hydro’s Man-ager of Community Relations Bob Gam-mer says last Friday’s power outages were actually two separate outages relating to one
situation.Gammer says a
pole fire was the culprit of the power outage af-fecting 1,300 people, which occurred just be-fore 8 a.m. on October
9.“What you saw
[that] morning were two outages,” Gammer explains. “[The first] was caused by a pole fire.”
Pole fires are typi-cally the result of a problem with the pow-er pole’s insulator, he said.
When an insulator gets cracked or dirty
the power finds its way to the wood and ignites it, he said.
“It was just under 1,300 customers im-pacted by that outage.”
He said over the
course of the repair BC Hydro crews then had to cut power for what would end up being 17 minutes. That outage affected 2,600 custom-ers, said Gammer.
While unable to attend Kitimat’s All-Candidates Forum last week, Conservative Candidate Tyler Nes-bitt was at the Terrace forum October 6 and did weight in on the re-gion’s LNG prospects.
Nesbitt said during questioning that it was clear the NDP does not support a regional LNG industry because it doesn’t support frack-ing, the method used to extract natural gas.
“They say ‘oh, it’s the assessment’ or ‘it’s the location’ or it’s something else,” said Nesbitt.
He added that the number of LNG benefit agreements signed by First Nations along gas pipeline routes or for plant locations shows First Nations leaders “understand what it’s going to do for their people.”
The ‘N’ in LNG, said the Conservative candidate, stands for ‘Nesbitt’.
Using a rebuttal card, Cullen responded: “I wish the Conserva-tives had the same pas-sion for wild salmon and climate change.”
He said Nesbitt’s statements would seem to leave just two choic-es – clean air and water or jobs.
The world, said Cullen, is shifting to re-newable energy, some-thing which Canada needs to do likewise.
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Kitimat hasn’t had a new hotel built in multiple decades, but that’s a dry spell which ended when Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyn-dham of� cially opened with a grand opening celebration October 6.
Eric Watson, Mas-terBUILT Hotels’ Chief Operating Of-� cer, re� ected on � rst arriving in Kitimat three years ago to be-gin planning for the new facility.
Kitimat’s hotel marks the 13th Mi-crotel brand hotel in Canada.
MasterBUILT co-Chairman Marc Stan-iloff said they looked at the “demand genera-tors” in Kitimat, � nd-ing the need for the Mi-crotel through the work being seen through the Rio Tinto Alcan mod-ernization, the prospect for lique� ed natural gas industries, and the overall lack of a mod-ern hotel in the com-munity as well.
He said there is also a strong ‘buzz’ in Kitimat which gave the
company con� dence for the investment.
Fellow co-chair Jay Westman also pointed to future devel-opments through the company, namely the fully-serviced plot of land next door which will be the site of a building of extended-stay suites. That’s a project that will come with de� nitive plans for further industrial development in Kiti-mat.
While this is the 13th hotel in Canada
for Microtel, this is just their second in British Columbia.
The hotel has con-tinental breakfast ser-vice, a � tness centre and a meeting room.
It’s an 87-room hotel, with a mix of standard rooms and extended-stay rooms.
MasterBUILT says they have plans to open 75 Microtels in Canada over the next 25 years.
The hotel’s grand opening was also the chance to unveil the winners of the compa-
ny’s Common Ground campaign to provide money to a community non-pro� t.
After online vot-ing, the Dynamics Gymnastics Club took top prize of $5,000.
The two other groups received prizes of $1,500 each. That was one for the Kiti-mat Humane Society, and the other the Kiti-mat Child Develop-ment Centre.
The hotel’s local general manager is Ryan Cochrane.
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Mayor Phil Germuth is given the honours of cutting the ribbon at the grand opening of the Microtel by Wyndham. He’s joined by fellow Kitimat council members and executives from Microtel and MasterBUILT.
The Kitimat Dynamics Gymnastics Club were the recipients of $5,000 under the Common Ground community program by Microtel.
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Feeling pink for Turkey TrotDozens of people attended the Turkey Trot cancer fundraising event from the Riverlodge on October 3. Money raised was still being counted as donations were expected to come in throughout the week from participants in other recreation programs as well.
From the Northwest, for the NorthwestAuthorized by the O� cial Agent for Tyler Nesbitt
VOTETyler Nesbitt
I’m in this race because I care deeply about this region. I will � ght for our jobs, our security and our values. � ere are enormous economic opportunities at our doorstep like new mining and LNG projects that would deliver bene� ts for all the people of the Northwest. We must ask ourselves whether we seize these opportunities or risk squandering them by electing an NDP federal government – a party that no longer supports jobs but instead forces us to choose either the environment or the economy. We CAN protect both. We can grow our economy while being environmental stewards. On October 19 vote Tyler Nesbitt to protect our economy AND our environment.
Call remains for more foster familiesCameron Orr
Representatives for the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development came to Kitimat Council to push their campaign to see more families sign up to join the fos-ter program.
Social worker representatives Judy Bergman and Di-ana Falardeau showed that in December 2014 in B.C. there were 8,300 children in foster care in B.C., and were only just over 3,200 families in the program showing the short-fall.
As well, 53 per cent of those children in care, they point out, are Aboriginal.
The requirements for being a foster parent include be-ing at least 19 years old and be able to provide a safe home for a child.
That comes with an extensive screening process of ref-erence checks, criminal checks and medical reports.
The foster family can include single people, married people, and other variations of the family as well.
In Kitimat specifically they say there are eight active
foster care homes in the community.In an earlier Northern Sentinel report (August 19,
2015), Terrace-based team lead for the ministry Michael McFetridge had said it’s not just about families to place children, but also a matter of having a large pool so as to best match a child’s needs to what a family can offer.
People interested in knowing more about the foster program can begin by contacting Ikinder Chohan, who can be reached at 250-638-2325, or e-mailed at [email protected].
Fire PreventionKitimat � re� ghters handed out an assortment of free goods, including smoke detectors, to patrons at City Centre Mall, part of the department’s efforts during Fire Prevention Week which ran October 5-9.
Cameron Orr
LNG Canada seeks rezoning around site
Enbridge affirms commitment as hearings conclude
Coal mine gets permitCameron Orr
LNG Canada has applied for a rezoning of property that sur-rounds their site.
The application ac-tually encompasses re-quests for land owned but other owners Rio Tinto and the Crown, all re� ected under the draft rezoning and Of-� cial Community Plan update.
The applica-tion would swap cer-tain parcels currently
zoned as G6-A - Envi-ronmentally Sensitive to M1 - Manufacturing and vice-versa.
According to the District of Kitimat the “environmentally sensitive” zoning was a result of changes made in 1992 for land that was within certain distances from water sources.
Namely it was for lands within 50 metres of Cordella Creek and Pine Creek, 100 metres
from the western edge of the Kitimat River, and the estuary and portions of the � ood plain south of Radley Park.
“Since the original survey...the River has altered course. River meanders have not been taken in to con-sideration,” according to the staff report to council.
A number of agen-cies and groups will re-ceive the referral of the
bylaw — giving them a direct chance to pro-vide input — and those include the Haisla First Nation, the Kitimat Valley Naturalists, the Rod and Gun Club, and Douglas Channel Watch, among others.
District staff say that the result of this bylaw, should it pass, would actually end up gaining the town three hectares of en-vironmentally pro-tected land. A public
hearing on this plan is scheduled for later this month.
LNG Canada was sought for elaboration on their exact purposes for wanting these zon-ing changes made but a response was not re-ceived in time for our press deadline.
As the application also dealt with Rio Tinto owned lands Ma-rio Feldhoff excused himself on a con� ict of interest.
With appeal hearings taking place against the Enbridge North-ern Gateway Pipelines proposal, the company maintains it stands behind the project.
The company issued a statement from Northern Gateway President John Carruthers on the issue last week.
“After Northern Gateway re-ceived government approval last year, we were very clear in stating that we still had more work to do in achieving further First Nations and Métis support,” he wrote. “As stew-ards of the land, First Nations and Métis communities have a direct role in the environmental protec-tion of lands and waters along our pipeline corridor and in marine op-erations. The involvement of these communities will also include input into the design of land and coastal emergency response operations.
He also wrote that “Despite this litigation hearing, we remain com-mitted to working collaboratively with the applicant First Nations and would be very pleased to develop mutually bene� cial solutions with them. Northern Gateway is open to change.”
Through the course of the hear-ings the company has sought to dis-miss the challenges.
The Canadian Press reported that company lawyer Bernard Roth asked the court for the dismissal, noting that the project accounted for at-risk species because they fall un-der the marine mammal protection plan.
Inadequate addressing of a swath of issues from marine mam-mals to safety to First Nations con-sultations are among the issues that have lead to court challenges from groups and First Nations.
Tom FletcherA Chinese company’s underground metal-
lurgical coal mine has received its B.C. envi-ronmental assessment certi� cate, with a plan to increase employment of B.C. workers over the 25-year life of the mine.
HD Mining International’s Murray River project near Tumbler Ridge would be the � rst in Canada to use “long-wall” mining, a highly automated process using rotary shears running along a track to extract coal from seams too deep for open-pit mining.
The project was subject to a bitter court battle during its exploration phase, after HD brought in 200 temporary foreign workers to collect a bulk sample to test the viability of the deposit.
DISTRICT OF KITIMAT
WHAT:A public hearing will be held on Monday, October 26 at 7:30pm at Council Chambers, 606 Mountainview Square to consider ‘LNG Canada Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1872, 2015’.
WHAT IS IT?The proposed bylaw changes the Zoning Bylaw and Official Community Plan.
WHAT CHANGES?LNG Canada wishes to rezone several areas that are currently zoned G6-A – Environmetally Sensitive or M1 - Manufacturing to align zone boundaries with the LNG Canada project site. Eight areas now zoned G6-A would become M1 (17.05 ha), and six areas now zoned M1 would become G6-A (20.15 ha). There is a net gain of 3.1 ha of protected land. LNG Canada also requests Official Community Plan schedules be amended to reflect any approved zoning changes. Kitimat Council is considering a Zoning and OCP amendment and is seeking public input.
WHEN CAN I SPEAK?Anyone wishing to comment on this issue may provide written comment to Mayor and Council c/o 270 City Centre, V8C 2H7; fax 250-632-4995; or email [email protected]. Comments must be received before 8:30am on Thursday, October 22, 2015 to be included in the report to Mayor and Council. Submissions received by email after this deadline but before 4:30pm on Monday, October 26, 2015 will be read before Council at the Public Hearing. You may also speak in person, or deliver written comment, at the Public Hearing: Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7:30pm at Council Chambers, Northwest Community College,606 Mountainview Square.
NEED MORE INFO?The bylaw, Council resolution(s), staff report, completed application, and other background information is available for review at the District of Kitimat reception desk, 270 City Centre, 8:30am to noonand 1:00-4:30pm, Monday to Friday excluding holidays. Further inquiries should be directed to Community Planning and Development at 250-632-8900, or [email protected].
PUBLIC HEARINGLNG CANADA ZONING AMENDMENT
BYLAW NO. 1872, 2015
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Real estate board believes in market upswing soon
Small business love Love Kitimat
Cameron OrrProperty sales re-
main down in Kitimat although the figures aren’t terrible for the community transition-ing out of a high-de-mand market prompted largely by the alumi-num smelter’s modern-ization and early works for LNG projects.
The BC North-ern Real Estate Board (BCNREB) shows 89 properties worth $24.4
million changed hands in the year’s first nine months, up to Septem-ber 30.
That is a drop from the 128 properties worth $35.9 million sold by the same time last year.
Even so, per aver-age sale price it’s not terrible. This year’s average value per those 89 properties works out to $274,157. In 2014 it was $280,468.
The BCNREB say that within the 89 are 57 single family homes, half of them selling for less than $310,000.
The homes took 92 days on average to sell.
Meanwhile two vacant land parcels, 18 half-duplexes and four townhomes were sold in Kitimat this year. Ninety-one proper-ties remained for sale on MLS at the end of
September.The dip in Kiti-
mat isn’t limited to us alone. Terrace has also seen a drop. This year 225 properties worth $57.6 million were sold so far. Last year it was 288 properties worth $72.5 million.
Prince Rupert too has seen a drop, with 168 properties this year at $39.7 million against 2014’s 263 properties worth $55.4 million.
BCNREB Vice President William Lacy says overall the board is reassured with the numbers as a whole.
“Given the slump in energy prices and overall economic lull it is reassuring to see the overall numbers for the BCNREB are holding strong,” he said in a release. “Cer-
tain areas have been hit harder, but other areas are showing increases in prices and overall activity to create for a balanced result through the third quarter of the year.”
He added “With predicted increases in global activity, and growth predicted for B.C. in the coming
quarters, we are look-ing for a solid close to the year and for increases to resume throughout next year.”
He said with the potential for market boosts in the coming year he said it may be “an opportunity to take advantage before the next upswing in the market.”
Cameron OrrSmall businesses in Kitimat seemed quite
pleased with the launch of Love Kitimat, a shop-local initiative being done here and all over the north.
Kitimat’s Economic Development Officer Rose Klukas says about 35 businesses signed up to the program locally and the result has proven the town is interested in supporting local busi-nesses.
“I’m very pleased with the turnout of peo-ple,” she added about the public that attended.
Her department is looking at a planned Busi-ness Walk in November as well to offer short surveys to see what challenges local businesses see as a further way to support local businesses.
Renata King with Northern Development Initiative Trust, the organization which has launched the Small Town Love program, said its really a platform for small businesses to share their story.
She said most small businesses in general have no website and through the program busi-nesses get a landing page online and help build community awareness of what they offer.
Ron Lechner, a partner with the Pizza Fac-tory Pizzeria and Bistro, said he’s enjoyed Love Kitimat as its given him an outlet to promote his less-known products like their artisan pizzas.
John Silvestre, whose business Beitz Com-puters was also represented at the Love Kitimat fair, said it’s a very positive program and has been a useful way to share information about his business.
Mary Wilson, owner of Chez Catering, said before Love Kitimat she had just a Facebook page.
With no storefront she’s found the program has value to increasing awareness of her busi-ness.
“For me it’s fantastic,” she said.
Mayor Phil Germuth with Northern Development Initiative Trust’s Renata King.
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October 22ART CLUB of Kitimat.‘Oodles of Zoodles’ – Bring � ne tip felt pens/sharpies, paper, suitable for Zentangle doodling. Kitimat Art Club meets in Rm 113 at MEMSS. No supplies? We have some and we share. For more information contact Katherine Johnsen at 250-632-6888.October 23SPOOK-TACULAR Crafts. Come down to the Kitimat Public Library on your day off of school for some spooky crafts. (Dress up is optional)October 25KITIMAT HOSPICE Palliative Care Association holding their AGM at Kiwanis Village meeting room, at890 Tsimshian Boulevard. 3:00 p.m. Please contact 250-632-2278 for more informa-tion. New members welcome.OngoingPRAYER CANADA. We meet each week on Tuesdays 12 noon to 1 p.m. For location and fur-ther information please call 250-632-4554. Or e-mail [email protected] you or someone you know have bladder can-cer? You’re not alone. It’s the 5th most common cancer in Canada. Bladder Cancer Canada is here to help... or just to talk. In Kitimat, call Glen Se-vigny at 250-632-3486. Or [email protected] 250 of the Kitimat Ladies Auxiliary hold regular meetings every second Thursday of the month. More information by calling Nancy at 250-632-4051, or Lyn at 250-632-2351.Consider joining the Friends of the Public Li-brary. 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 inter-ested in joining the Kitimat Quilters Guild please contact Aileen Ponter at 250-632-6225 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387 for further information.EVERY THURSDAY, the Kitimat Pottery Guild meets in the Riverlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Interested in playing with clay? All experience levels welcome. For more infor-mation call Anne at 250-632-3318.THE KITIMAT Public Library offers the high-ly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Please register for this free program.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thurs-day from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Center. They welcome fami-lies throughout 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
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KITIMAT ADULT Literacy Program provides free tutoring for adults inter-ested in improving their reading, writing, math, communication, and information technology skills. English not your � rst language? We provide free tutoring and small group English as a Second Lan-guage classes. For more info call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or go online at www.kit-imatcommunityservices.ca/KALP.html.
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The Hazelton Skating Club received an approved grant re-quest by Kitimat Council which gives them no-charge ice rental, up to a total of $2,500.
The club submitted their request to Kitimat as the club has been using Kitimat facilities for ice time as their own com-munity’s arena was condemned.
Hazelton will be converting their old arena in to an outdoor ice surface.
However the loss has meant the club has to � nd outside support.
The coach for the Hazelton club Stacey Brown grew up in Kitimat and has used that con-nection for accommodation reasons.
The club did acknowledge they plan to use the ice in Kiti-mat only when it is not other-wise booked.
The club says an outdoor ice sheet in Hazelton is expect-ed to be ready by mid-Novem-ber.
Council was sympathetic to the club’s troubles and had no problem approving the grant request.
The Hazelton Skating Club meanwhile is actively cam-paigning to get people to vote for an Aviva Community Fund contest for their arena.
Aviva uses online votes to determine which project gets funds.
The Hard Up in the Hazel-tons project, at www.avivacom-munityfund.org, is seeking up to $100,000.
They plan to use the money to purchase an ice resurfacer, install a roof, and provide op-erating funds to keep the arena working.
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