BC’s recovery plan - highlights P3 Robson Valley Police Beat P5 Mountain bike ambulance stats P7 Interim CAO for McBride P15 ByAndrea Arnold McBride’s Boil Water Advisory has been liſted 152 days aſter it went into effect. Newly appointed Public Works Operations Manager John Peterson confirmed the news Monday September 21st. McBride residents connected to the municipal water service have been affected by the advisory since April 23rd. Peterson reported that the turbidity and chlorine residual levels now look excellent. He says that there has been a lot of work done to get the water system back to usable standards. As water levels in the creek fluctuated back in April, it caused residue that had settled within the system to be released making it more difficult to treat the water effectively. en in late June, the Village issued a Do Not Consume order, which meant residents were told not to use their tap water for most activities. e Village trucked in water from Prince George for residents until the order was downgraded to a Boil Water once again on July 21st. Once water levels normalized, the reservoir tank was cleaned by divers, then the water lines in the village had to be purged to remove the particles that had settled there. During the summer months, all possible maintenance was completed to prevent another advisory situation, Peterson says. He hopes they can implement a plan to continue this level of attention to the system. By Andru McCracken A more vital core, infilling vacant residential and commercial lots, creating a sense of connectedness and community, spurring the development of housing stock and growing the local tax base... according to the planners tasked with reviewing and renewing Valemount’s Official Community Plan, the village has plenty of opportunity to encourage these things, if they choose to. Planners laid out strategies to build up Valemount’s downtown core on 5th Avenue between Dogwood and Birch, showed possibilities for village-owned vacant land next to the high school (some of which is slated for a seniors’ residence), and tested some ideas for connecting the community and encouraging walking and biking. “We use this analogy of cooking,” said lead planner Michael Von Hausen. “We’re selecting the ingredients, we shake them up, add a bit of spice and see if this is too hot, too cold or just right.” From the community, the main themes the planners have heard so far are keeping the village feel, adding housing diversity and affordability, making the community more connected through trails, encouraging a vibrant economy and local job creation and securing essential goods and services. “We truly engaged with the community,” said Von Hausen. “And we’re really listening, that’s why we’re probing now. We’re coming back in October or November with a draſt.” Von Hausen said he lived in Whistler for a number of years and watched it change from a small community to an essentially urban environment. He believes Valemount can choose to keep the things that make it an awesome place and let go of what is holding it back. “When I’m planning a weekend, I want to actually go to a community of common values,” he said. The chainsaw master P2 Thursday, September 24th, 2020 Volume 11 Issue 35 $2.00 GST INCLUDED ($1.30 when you subscribe) PM42164515 BOOK YOUR AD PROOF YOUR AD SEPTEMBER 25 TH OCTOBER 15 TH The deadline for the 2020-2021 PHONE BOOK & BUSINESS DIRECTORY is approaching! If you’re a new business, get in touch with Deanna to make sure you are included. You can reach her at [email protected] or 250-566-3152 ASPIRE REALTY www.mountainviewrealty.ca McBride 250-569-7397 Irene Berndsen see LISTINGS ON BACK PAGE CONT’D ON P8 CONT’D ON P15 Michael Von Hausen shows a concept for a downtown market that works as a business incubator. Vitally, it uses and recharges a grand old husk of a sign leſt from a previous tenant. /ANDRU MCCRACKEN COOKING WITH PLANNERS UPDATING VALEMOUNT’S OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN Boil water advisory liſted
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BC’s recovery plan - highlights P3
Robson Valley Police Beat P5
Mountain bike ambulance stats P7
Interim CAO for McBride P15
ByAndrea Arnold
McBride’s Boil Water Advisory has been lifted 152 days after it went into effect. Newly appointed Public Works Operations Manager John Peterson confirmed the news Monday September 21st. McBride residents connected to the municipal water service have been affected by the advisory since April 23rd. Peterson reported that the turbidity and chlorine residual levels now look excellent. He says that there has been a lot of work done to get the water system back to usable standards. As water levels in the creek fluctuated
back in April, it caused residue that had settled within the system to be released making it more difficult to treat the water effectively. Then in late June, the Village issued a Do Not Consume order, which meant residents were told not to use their tap water for most activities. The Village trucked in water from Prince George for residents until the order was downgraded to a Boil Water once again on July 21st. Once water levels normalized, the reservoir tank was cleaned by divers, then the water lines in the village had to be purged to remove the particles that had settled there. During the summer months, all possible maintenance was completed to prevent another advisory situation, Peterson says. He hopes they can implement a plan to continue this level of attention to the system.
By Andru McCracken
A more vital core, infilling vacant residential and commercial lots, creating a sense of connectedness and community, spurring the development of housing stock and growing the local tax base... according to the planners tasked with reviewing and renewing Valemount’s Official Community Plan, the village has plenty of opportunity to encourage these things, if they choose to.Planners laid out strategies to build
up Valemount’s downtown core on 5th Avenue between Dogwood and Birch, showed possibilities for village-owned vacant land next to the high school (some
of which is slated for a seniors’ residence), and tested some ideas for connecting the community and encouraging walking and biking.“We use this analogy of cooking,” said
lead planner Michael Von Hausen. “We’re selecting the ingredients, we shake them up, add a bit of spice and see if this is too hot, too cold or just right.”From the community, the main themes
the planners have heard so far are keeping the village feel, adding housing diversity and affordability, making the community more connected through trails, encouraging a vibrant economy and local job creation and securing essential goods and services.
“We truly engaged with the community,” said Von Hausen. “And we’re really listening, that’s why we’re probing now. We’re coming back in October or November with a draft.”Von Hausen said he lived in Whistler for
a number of years and watched it change from a small community to an essentially urban environment. He believes Valemount can choose to keep the things that make it an awesome place and let go of what is holding it back.“When I’m planning a weekend, I
want to actually go to a community of common values,” he said.
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COOKING WITH PLANNERSUPDATING VALEMOUNT’S OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN
Boil water advisory lifted
By Andru McCracken
Miguel Rodriguez, a welder with CN, stopped by Walter Magrum’s place years ago to buy a travel trailer. Last week Miguel stopped in to check on Walter and
see how he was doing.When Miguel showed up on the doorstep, Walter
didn’t know who he was at first.“My eyesight is pretty blurry,” said Walter. But when
Miguel told him he had bought the trailer years ago, Walter remembered him immediately… by name. “How is it that he can remember my name after all
these years?” wondered Miguel.Walter is a master of esoteric knowledge of strange
and wonderful small engines, Valemount’s go-to person for lawn mower and chainsaw repair, and a curator of a fine collection of chainsaw specimens used in BC’s forest industry. He is also known for his amazing tales connected to each machine. Each tells the story of another era, the promise of technology and sometimes just frustration. One chainsaw was touted as so light it could be rested on the tips of your fingers. What the television advertisement didn’t show, said Walter, was the woman balancing the saw on the tips of her fingers in a pretty summer dress
was aided by a stout piano wire holding the saw up from the studio ceiling.The morning Miguel stopped by, he and Walter
swapped adventure stories of the old travel trailer. Sure enough, both poured out stories of repair.Magrum is now 92 years old and in the middle of
a massive renovation of his property, halted by local bylaws on account that he has too many big buildings for the size of his lot.However, Walter was able to finish one important
piece of work: a museum for his chainsaw collection.You might know his place, anchored at the end
of 3rd Avenue with a massive quonset hut in his driveway. His lawn is a repository of lawnmowers and machines of all types for repair and parts.If you’d like to visit, drop in. If you’re too shy to just drop in, consider taking a
lawnmower or snowblower for repair. There’s little doubt you’ll be offered a chance to see the amazing museum of chainsaws.Take precautions of course, keep six feet… Walter is
no spring chicken, he was born in 1928 and is better than 92... a bout of COVID would do him no good, but the man loves to tell stories. And each of those saws have stories that ought to be told.
T H E I N C R E D I B L E
Walter Magrum
Walter Magrum wrestles with an early chainsaw that uses a cam that could position the blade vertically for bucking or horizontally for felling. Magrum remembers fitting it with a 36 inch bar, when a young man took a look at it and declared it was too heavy to use. Magrum did one better and felled a tree… using only one hand. At 92 he’s not as spry, but the story lives on. /ANDRU MCCRACKEN
Walter and Miguel Rodriguez, bound by gear, enjoy each others’ company and tales of adventure. /ANDRU MCCRACKEN
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On Sept. 17, Premier John Horgan and Finance Minister Carole James presented B.C.’s $1 billion recovery plan intended to navigate through the pandemic and beyond.Full economic recovery will take time, said James.
“This plan is an immediate next step with long term goals in mind (that) will move us closer to a stronger and more resilient British Columbia.”The recovery plan includes nearly $1 billion in grants
and tax incentives for businesses, $100M for the tourism sector and a $300 million for ‘shovel ready’ community infrastructure jobs, and nearly $2 billion in funding (between the Federal government and the Province) to support municipalities, transportation infrastructure, and education.Here’s an overview:
Jobs and training$117 million will go towards new jobs, training,
and Indigenous skills training, including 1,000 jobs created to protect natural spaces and 500 in various communities for wildfire prevention.Increased childcare spaces to help parents return
to work, and additional supports for those facing disabilities and other barriers to returning to work.Previously announced jobs and training programs
in the health care sector will result in 600 additional contact tracers and 7,000 more people working in long-term care and assisted living facilities.
BusinessA $190 million employment incentive will provide
businesses a 15 per cent tax credit on payroll for new employees to support growth. PST rebates worth $470 million will stimulate
investment encouraging businesses to purchase new equipment and machinery.$300 million in recovery grants will be available
for small and medium-sized business that have been particularly impacted by the pandemic. The grants are intended for employers with two to 149 employees that have experienced a 50 per cent or more drop in business.
TourismThe tourism sector will get $100 million to support
businesses and communities and help them prepare for the 2021 season. Half that funding will go to enacting recommendations
of a provincial tourism task force. The task force will be convened to develop recommendations to ensure B.C. is ideally positioned for next year’s tourism season.Of that, $19 million is earmarked for communities
to help them expand and diversify their tourism infrastructure and up to $10,000 will be available to support individual recovery grants to small and medium-sized tourism operators.The arts and culture industries will receive $21 million.
Continuing capital projectsThe Province promised record spending of nearly $3
billion on capital projects, including $90 million to continue increasing connectivity along major routes and extending services into more communities.The Province will keep expanding its network of
primary care centres, including several First Nations health centres, a new hospital in Fort St. John, and acute care facilities for Fort St. James and Terrace.
Economic indicatorsAs of Aug. 28, B.C. was middle of the pack compared
to other provinces with a 5.4 per cent drop in GDP for 2020, while Alberta took the biggest hit at 7.9 per cent. More positively, B.C. was among the strongest rebounders, with a forecasted increase of 5.2 per cent in 2021.B.C.’s unemployment rate is dropping, from 11.3 per
cent in mid-July to 10.4 per cent in mid-September. A surprise for some was the sharp upturn in housing
starts and home sales; by July/August, both had surpassed pre-pandemic levels.
Municipal infrastructureThe big pot of money is the $1.86 billion Safe Start fund
for municipalities, transportation infrastructure and education which is cost shared by B.C. and the Federal government.For smaller communities, there is immediate job
creation potential in the $300 million community infrastructure plan to fund jobs fast, including road, rural airport, rail and trail improvements.“We’ll get shovels in the ground as quickly as possible,”
said Horgan. “So we can kickstart our economy and keep people working.”
Fran Yanor / Local Journalism Initiative / Rocky Mountain Goat / [email protected]
B.C.’s economic recovery plan highlights
The retail sector took the biggest hit by far, followed by culture and recreation organizations and construction, while agriculture, professional, scientific and technical services and utility businesses were increasing the fastest. / Data and graphics courtesy of Statistics Canada and Haver Analytics
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Know when to blow ON SECRECY
AND WHISTLE BLOWING
Everybody is working for some ‘body’ and these days every ‘body’ has their tongue tied... . It all started with the provincial government in 2001, despite the fact they had knowledgeable and competent staff scattered across the entire province, suddenly all communication came from Victoria. And thus began a new age of
disinformation. It’s complex describing how bad it gets…
but rest assured, it gets bad.If I want to learn about what’s happening in the provincial park next door, I call Victoria. The school down the street?
It’s a call to a guy who’s been here a handful of times who lives in Prince George.
If I need to talk to a doctor for a story, it’s the same, but worse.
Everyone is covering their asses, and it offers no protection for their heads.
Since 2001, the infection has spread to almost every agency big and small, government,
corporate, and even nonprofits play the game. No one with knowledge about a subject is
allowed to talk for fear of the repercussions in the media, therefore everything is
translated through a communications official. Good people, but rarely experts
in the field I’m interested in, and rarely connected to what is happening on
the ground. Often the first task for media relations is determining:
Oh, is that in my Ministry?It’s a limitation that potentially reduces gaffs, but
also tears at accountability and good governance in
any institution. But there is a fix: Whistle blowing.
If you see something patently
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whistle. Document what you see to the best of your ability and share it anonymously.How about
something unfair? Something obviously unjust? Or something just plain old stupid?If you see something that
works for the company, but does a grand disservice to society… consider blowing the whistle.
On a plus side: This week I had a strange sensation.
I asked an organization for information about Valemount, in particular. And, within the day, they gave said information to me. When I followed up, they provided even more information allowing me to check their work.It was like a portal opened and I time travelled
back to the Halcyon days when agencies were just learning to reprimand managers who still spoke openly and on the record on the topics they were expert in. (One imagines they felt so compelled because of a sense of ownership of their work and a profound feeling of duty to the public.)
More than ever our communities are full of people working for massive organizations with draconian media rules in place. Whether you are a pipeline worker, a protestor, a temporary foreign worker, a professional, a teacher, a nurse or just a resident who doesn’t feel safe speaking out, consider blowing the whistle on bad practices. We will never disclose your name to the authorities and do our best to ensure you aren’t found out.
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Robson Valley Police BeatBy Corporal Jake Joslin
Well, fall is here and the kids are back to school. Summer is always the busiest time of year for police in the Robson Valley, and now that this season has wound down, I am hoping to appear a bit more often here in the hallowed pages of the Rocky Mountain Goat.Many people have told me that they
would like to hear more from the police. I agree 100%, let’s make it happen. This is one way we would like to get more information out. But it’s a two way street - we would also like to hear from you. Before I give you my email address, I would like to preface it with this: No, we cannot do radar speed enforcement in front of your house every day. Yes, we would love to, we just can’t.Which brings me to my next point. What
should the RCMP be doing in the Robson Valley? What do you think? We have many priorities that compete for a slice of the pie, but it usually boils down to these three issues: One – Highway safety including
speeding, aggressive, distracted and
impaired driving. We have a very busy highway as you probably know. If you’ve ever been on this highway in the summer, or the icy months of January, you know it can be a dangerous place. Sometimes it looks like a highway in Mad Max. We try to minimize that danger by slowing people down, and looking for impaired or distracted drivers. Many avoidable deaths occur on our roads For this reason, this is often our highest priority. Bringing me back to a previous point. We spend much of our time intercepting drivers doing very high rates of speed with high consequences in a crash. As much as your street is important, our highways can be very dangerous and usual earn priority enforcement.Two – Domestic Violence. Thanks to
the work of partners like Robson Valley Community Services and Northern Health, we hope to prevent or mitigate this problem as much as possible. But it still happens. And when it happens we deal with it with the available tools of the law. No, everyone is not always satisfied, and the court system is not always an effective way to solve a complex problem.
Three – Property Crime. Fueled almost exclusively by drug habits, we see a small but steady amount of property crime in the valley. I will come back to this in a later column, but let’s start off by saying: Lock your stuff up and don’t store your purse/wallet in your car. Ever. This would cut our property crime rate by 95% immediately.I was recently reminded by someone that
they “pay my salary.” I agree. So on that note, feel free to contribute to the direction of the Robson Valley RCMP and become part of the solution. Let us know what you think. The police only exist because the vast majority of people want structure in our society, and I believe an informed public should also contribute to how that structure is implemented. We depend on the support of the community to help keep this one of the best places on earth to live. Let me know what you think: [email protected]
Highlights and Lowlights this week:VALEMOUNT – Police were called on
September 10th for a report of prowlers in a neighbour’s backyard. It turned out the prowlers were helping the homeowner
with some chores. Well done and thanks for helping out.VALEMOUNT – On September
12th police were called to a pipeline construction site for a report of protestors causing a disturbance and yelling at security guards. The suspects were later located in Valemount where they were spoken to about a variety of possible offenses and issued a verbal warning. They kindly streamed the whole conversation live on the internet for full transparency.VALEMOUNT – Police responded to
two separate incidents of abandoned vehicles left on the side of the highway. Reminder, cars will be towed after 3 days if they are legally parked on shoulder or in a pullout. Illegally parked cars will be towed immediately.MCBRIDE – In the early morning hours
of September 9th, unknown suspects broke in the YRB Maintenance yard in Dome Creek. Two males were observed taking a number of tools, including a Stihl Chainsaw. If anyone has information on this crime, please contact the McBride RCMP at 250-669-2255 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Gwynne Dyer is a Canadian-born independent journalist whose column is published in more than 175 papers in 45 countries.Which Non-Violent Revolutions
Will Succeed?The old calculation was simple and brutal: if you want to
overthrow a tyrant, you must use violence. But non-violent tactics exploded into a dozen peaceful and successful democratic revolutions in the later 1980s.From south and southeast Asia (The Philippines,
Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Bangladesh) to Iran and the Communist-ruled countries in Eastern Europe, the technique seemed unstoppable. Peaceful protest was drowned in blood in China in 1989, but it kept notching up victories elsewhere,Dictatorships fell to non-violence in the Soviet Union,
most of France’s sub-Saharan colonies, South Africa and Indonesia in the 1990s; in Serbia, Philippines II, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine and Lebanon in the 2000s; and in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Ukraine II and Sudan in the 2010s.But all the non-violent uprisings of the 2010-2011
‘Arab Spring’ except Tunisia’s ended up being crushed by military coups or civil wars. And none of the current crop, in Belarus, Thailand and Algeria, are heading for a rapid or easy victory. Indeed, they might all fail. What is happening to the technique that once swept all before it?It’s more than three decades since this new technique
startled the world, and dictators are not usually fools. They see what happened to their former colleagues who got overthrown, and start working out counter-strategies
that weaken the determination and cohesiveness of the protesters.For example, all but the stupidest dictators now know
that it is almost always a mistake to use violence against very large groups. It just makes them angry, and they’ll usually be back the next day in much larger numbers.Dictators instead should try to trick the protesters into
using violence themselves. Then the thugs who love a street-fight will rise to leadership positions in the protests while most other people withdraw, disgusted by the violence – and then the state can use massive violence against the violent protesters who remain.Harvard politican scientist Erica Chenoweth has two
very useful numbers on this topic for us. The first is that whereas non-violent movements to overthrow illegitimate regimes used to succeed half the time, now they win only one time in three. The other, more encouraging, is that if they can get 3.5% of the population out in the streets, they almost always win.By this measure, the Belarus movement could still win.
3.5% of Belarus’s population is about 300,000 people, and the Sunday demonstrations since early August, including those in cities outside Minsk, probably come close to that figure most weekends.The protests in Thailand against former general and
coup-leader Prayuth Chan-o-cha have not yet spread significantly beyond Bangkok, and the mostly student protesters are certainly not even 1% of the population.In Algeria, the recent election of a new president closely
linked to the last one has brought the students back out into the streets in force. The Covid-19 lock-down robbed the movement of its momentum, however, and it is unlikely to regain it.One success in three for regime change, just as Erica
Chenoweth predicts. But her most important insight is that the 3.5% number applies to any popular protest movement. The goals of those movements need not be limited to overthrowing dictators.As she told the Harvard Gazette last year: “(3.5%) sounds
like a really small number, but in absolute terms it’s really an impressive number of people...Can you imagine if 11.5 million (Americans) were doing something like mass non-cooperation in a sustained way for nine to 18 months? Things would be totally different in this country.”
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enhance fish and wildlife in watersheds impacted by BC Hydro dams.
Apply now: fish and wildlife grants available We are now accepting grant applications and are encouraging proposed projects for our North Columbia sub-region, which is bordered by Revelstoke, Golden, and Valemount.
• Projects must align with our Columbia Region action plans.• Read our grant info kit and FAQs.• Join our online grant info session: Thursday, October 1, 2020, 1 p.m.–2:30 p.m. PDT. RSVP to [email protected]. • Grant applications are due by 5 p.m. PDT on Friday, October 30, 2020.
Let’s talkContact our Columbia Region manager, Crystal Klym, at [email protected] or 250-365-4591 to discuss your project idea and grant application.
fwcp.ca/apply-for-funding/
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Village of Valemount 2021 Permissive Tax Exemption
As per Section 227 of the Community Charter, the Village of Valemount would like to give Public Notice of Proposed Bylaw No. 831, 2020, being a bylaw to grant a permissive tax exemption to the following properties
for the 2021 property taxation year. These taxes include municipal PLUS all other taxing agencies.
Description Description Estimated Value of Property Organization of Exemption of Exempt Taxes
Lot A, Plan PGP11201 District Lot 7355 PID: 012-559-547, Folio: 97.000 Cariboo Land District
Part Lot B, Plan PGP31083 District Lot 7356 PID: 005-229-618, Folio: 125.001 Parcel B, Plan PGP23940 District Lot 7356 Folio: 125.005 Cariboo Land District
Valemount Senior Citizen Housing Society Leased land from Village of Valemount
Lot 8, Block 3, Plan PGP10449 District Lot 7356 PID: 012-675-563, Folio: 180.000 Lot 10, Block 3, Plan PGP10449 District Lot 7356 PID: 012-675-580 Folio: 182.000 Cariboo Land District
The Village of Valemount is seeking quotes for the supply and delivery of one (1) GM single cab pick-up truck for lease.
Budget: $6,000/year (including taxes).
As per the agreement between the Village and Trans Mountain Pipeline LP, (TMP), TMP has agreed to reimburse the costs to hire a Public Works Staff Member and a Public Works Vehicle on a three year contract.
The Closing Date is 12 pm Local Time Monday September 28, 2020. Submissions must be received by email to [email protected].
Full details can be found at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca.
Request for Quotes: Salt and Sand Spreader
The Village of Valemount is seeking quotes for the supply and delivery of one (1) new trackless salt and sand spreader attachment.
Budget: $10,000 (including taxes and freight).
The closing Date is 12 pm Local Time Friday September 25, 2020. Submissions must be received by email to [email protected].
Full details can be found at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca.
Invitation to Tender: 51” Boom Flail Attachment
The Village of Valemount invites tenders for the supply and delivery of one (1) new trackless 51” boom flail attachment.
Budget: $40,000 (including taxes and freight).
The closing Date is 12 pm Local Time Friday September 25, 2020. Submissions must be received by email to [email protected].
Full details can be found at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca.
Notice of Clean Air Task Force Meeting
Notice is hereby given by the Village of Valemount that a Clean Air Task Force (Select Committee of Council) Meeting is to be held as follows:
Date: September 29, 2020
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Electronic attendance (via YouTube)
Regarding: Discussion of various clean air initiatives for recommendation to Council.
This meeting is open to the public, but will not be held in Village of Valemount Council Chambers. Access to the meeting will be provided via the “Villa Vale” You Tube live streaming platform.
By Andru McCracken
When Kevin Winter floated the Fraser River last year he and his party didn’t see a single salmon.He knew about the Big Bar slide which blocked the
passage but was unaware of the work being done to clear the obstruction to let fish pass.“I didn’t know anything about the recovery project, I
thought that might be it,” he said.He’s been floating the Fraser every spawning season for
20 years and this year was remarkable.“I’ve never seen so many salmon in one float trip,” he
said.He takes the trip from the old wooden bridge near the
Tete Jaune Lodge to a gravel bar connected to Old Tete
Jaune Road - about a 10 km trip.“They may come in waves, and we might have caught it
at the perfect time,” he said.“The remarkable part about the whole thing there was
a larger number in the regular spawning spots, but they were all over the place, swimming at the mouth of Tete Creek, and the McLennan.”With him was JP McCarthy, a former Tete Jaune resident
who worked in the Fraser to help fish pass the newly created rapids at Big Bar.“We saw more fish (in Swift Creek) than we have
seen there in a long time, it was just impressive,” said McCarthy.“Eagles were in super strong numbers following suit.”The salmon run in this region has recently been
classified as endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.Curtis Culp has been watching the chinook in the
region for a very long time and while his contacts in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans aren’t overjoyed with the salmon returns this year, as they are still below what they should be.“After last year, any that show up is great,” said Culp.He said classifying the fish as endangered is good.“Maybe they will leave them alone. There is too much
money wrapped up in them, commercial fisheries, sports fisheries, native fisheries. Most of them realize we are short of the Chinook.”He has hope for the future. “They are a big, tough fish.
I’m certainly hopeful they are going to come back.”
Seeing Chinook: locals in awe of salmon numbers this year
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By Andru McCracken
Since 2016 BC Ambulance has had calls to the bike park 14 times. The Rocky Mountain Goat was following up a reader’s question: Are accidents at the bike park using off resources that should be reserved for seniors
especially in the time of COVID-19? As far as BC Ambulance service is concerned, they don’t have much of an impact.Over the last four years call volume has remained steady over all at roughly 30 calls
per month in Valemount.Year Calls2020 232 (to date) 2019 3672018 3852017 364Shannon Miller, Media Relations, BC Emergency Health Services said that their
records show little additional call volume from the bike park.Calls specifically to the bike park as follows:Year Calls2020 2 (to date)2019 62018 32017 22016 1BC EHS uses the area shown in the accompanying graphic as the definition of the
Valemount Bike Park.The agency doesn’t track calls responded to by agencies like the fire department or
search and rescue.“The numbers represent any time there was a call that paramedics responded to at the
bike park,” said Miller.Inherent riskCurtis Pawliuk, Manager of Valemount and Area Recreation Development
Association said that while the sport is inherently risky, the Valemount Bike Park responds to safety concerns and is working hard to improve signage and trail safety and removes features that cause accidents.Anecdotally the park is increasing in popularity each year, the exception being early
2020, when COVID related travel restrictions caused ridership to fall.Pawliuk believes the risks are worth it.“The positives of a healthy lifestyle, a local economy, things to do for my kids, things
to do for grandparents... they outweigh the bumps and bruises,” he said.
Proper disposal of batteries is a must to prevent landfill fires.
It is suspected that Lithium-ion batteries were the cause of two separate fires at the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill in 2019. The Regional District wants to take this opportunity to remind residents and business owners about the proper disposal of batteries.
As more devices become wireless the need for portable long-lasting energy supply increases. Batteries hold a lot of energy in small, lightweight packaging. As the power of batteries increases and their size shrinks, the potential to catch fire or explode when they overheat or are damaged goes up. Many batteries hold a residual charge even when they appear dead. When this battery comes into contact with other batteries or metal, a spark or heat can occur. Proper disposal of all batteries (especially lithium-ion batteries) is essential to prevent fires in your garbage can, the municipal garbage trucks, private waste hauling vehicles, and more importantly the landfill.
Not only do batteries pose a fire hazard, it is also important that people recognize that batteries may contain metals that can be harmful to the environment if not disposed of properly. Here are some tips on recycling your batteries: 1) Gather your used batteries (weighing up to 5kg each). See image above for examples of the types of batteries accepted.2) Locate the nearest Call2Recycle collection site:
a. McBride Regional Transfer Stationb. Home Hardware in Valemountc. Valemount Regional Transfer Station
3) Bag or tape those batteries that require it & drop off the items at no charge.
The collection site will ship the batteries to the recycling facility, where they are sorted for recycling.
Call2Recycle recycles over 600,000 kgs of used batteries annually in British Columbia. Let’s do our part to keep batteries out of the landfill.
For more information visit www.sortsmart.ca or www.call2recycle.ca
B AT T E R Y R E C Y C L I N G Is Your Garbage Causing Landfill Fires?
TRANSPORT CANADA REQUIRES TERMINAL PROTECTION (BAGGING OR TAPING) FOR THE FOLLOWING BATTERY TYPES:Primary• Lithium• Alkaline–over12v• Button/CoinCellRechargeable • SmallSealedLeadAcid(SSLA/Pb)• LithiumIon(Li-Ion)Use clear packing tape, duct tape or non-conductive electrical tape & only tape the terminals.
Mountain bikers take 14 ambulance rides... in 5 years
Ambulance responses are geo-tagged.. /COURTESY BC EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES
It doesn’t count these days unless you have photographic evidence. This one counts. Gene Blackman saw this bear galloping along the shoreline when he suddenly pounced on this fish. While the official return count for salmon is unknown, the numbers are up from very poor returns the year before. /GENE BLACKMAN
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By what power?While it is generally agreed that the Village of Valemount
shouldn’t become a developer, there are things it can do to get development started according to Fraser Blyth, an urban designer based in Revelstoke.“There are things you can control, as a resident, as a
community, or as a local government,” said Fraser Blyth. “You can set the table.”Blyth showed a mock-up of different styles of residences next
to the high school on village-owned land, including a senior’s home and tons of housing. Developing a plan is one way the village can encourage that kind of growth.“It’s not to say it’s going to happen like this, it’s just a
possibility,” said Fraser. He’s watched opportunities to influence community growth in
his own hometown pass by.“I can speak from watching Revelstoke grow over the last 12
years, probably providing a good example of what not to do,” he said. “We didn’t build any affordable housing, we didn’t plan for anything.”Von Hausen said that the Village is in a great position to set the
course for the future.“It’s a very unique village and it hasn’t been overrun yet ...
sometimes when there is stagnation it is a great opportunity to plan for the future ... The best, most successful communities have a clear vision of what they want to be,” said von Hausen. “Sometimes you have to ask yourself, what we don’t want to be.”Jonathan Schmidt, an Okotoks-based planner and part of the
OCP review team said that a lot of their work focuses on where development will happen and where it might be incentivized.“It’s our hope that at the end of this process council and the
community have this mutually agreeable guidebook that is going to guide future decision making in the village,” said Schmidt.The plan is in its early stages and there is still an opportunity
to comment on the direction you think the village should go in a what the planners call a Community Circles Kit: OCP and Zoning Update. Contact the village to get yours.You can also find the kit here: tinyurl.com/circlevalemount
OCP CONT FROM A1
Jonathan Schmidt, a planner from Okotoks said that the OCP gold standard is having a play book the residents and council agree on for
how and where development should be encouraged. /ANDRU MCCRACKEN
THE LEGEND OF K’HOK’OHINE - MISTY WATERA park ranger’s account of his relationship with an Indigenous woman who lived a solitary life in Wells Gray Park, and the harrowing drama and loss of the 1926 forest fires that shaped her life.
2 TREES MAKE A FORESTReturning to the homeland of Taiwan that her family left behind, Lee retrieves lost strands of family, landscape and history.
THE OUTDOOR KNOTS BOOKEasy-to-follow knot tying directions; how to select and use rope; useful for paddlers, hikers and climbers.
Located at 1170 5th Avenue, Valemount, B.C.ACROSS FROM THE IGA DOWNTOWN
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It’s a numbers game when you begin considering the impacts of having a more dense central commercial area. The planners worked up a scenario that would help bring more residents right into the downtown core with business underneath.
There were lots of interesting ideas at play including a Dogwood Greenway, that provides a nice way for pedestrians and bikers to move along Dogwood Street, connecting up Main Street to the Marsh.
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A few yers ago I was busy giving dozens of heritage tomato varieties “the squeeze” when a newcomer to theValley dropped in and was really curious why anyone
would ever want to deal with seventy varieties oftomatoes. When I explained that I only grow about one-
third of my collection of heritage varieties each year,I am sure they wondered if I had all my marbles!At times, I also question if all the work of keeping track
of all the varieties through planting, collecting fruit,squeezing out the seed, fermenting, drying, placing in
separate containers and storing in a cool dry place fortwo-hundred varieties of tomatoes is something I should
continue to do. Then I see another article in a seedsavers magazine, Organic Gardening or another
magazine and I am inspired to continue on and even temptedto take on a few other varieties!A recent article I read tells of research done by Dr.
Donald Davis, a researcher at the University of Texas,where their team has found that the nutrients in many
garden crops (vegetables) had dropped over the pastfifty years. They studied protein, calcium, phosphorus,
iron, and vitamins B and C. The decline ranged from6% for proteins to 38% for vitamin B.The greatest decline seems to be due to the fact that “new
and improved varieties and hybrids” have beendeveloped to grow faster and produce more – higher
yields. However, the evidence shows that the plantsdon’t have the ability to take up the nutrients from the
soil at the same faster rate. The vegetables and fruitsgrow faster and make more money for the large
commercial growers and the commercial seed companiesthat hybridize the seeds, but are they slowly starving us
to death?Dr. Davis and his research team are hoping to see more
research into grains, legumes, meat, milk and eggsbecause these make up such a large part of our modern
diet. Is the meat that is quickly “fattened up” in acrowded feedlot better for us than pasture-fed, home
grown meat? Are the eggs from hens that are confinedto a small cage for their entire life more nutritious than
from hens that scratch around outside all day?At times I almost wonder if we aren’t able to come to the
same conclusion by our natural instincts. I know Iam amazed every year when I taste the first cucumber or
the first ripe tomato or pepper each year. It seemsevery time someone visits my greenhouse or tries some
of the heritage varieties for the first time, they raveabout the taste and even the aroma of the produce and
fruit. I also notice children seem to wolf down cherrytomatoes one after the other - even faster than they do
candies! Could it be our body’s way of saying, “Yes!Now you are eating something healthy”?When I really think about it, I enjoy the process of
keeping track and saving all the different varieties. It isalmost like delving into genealogy or being the keeper of
the family history. I like to read about thebackground of the different varieties, the connections to
so many countries around the world, and knowingthat I am a part of a ten thousand year tradition of saving
seeds to pass on to the next generation.
Heritage Seeds (or “new” ones) Pete Amyoony has lived, worked & gardened in the Dunster area for 35 years. He tries to deal with the “down to earth nuts and bolts of
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A local jewellery maker has been recognized internationally for a piece of jewellery. Margaret Graine’s creation “Ice Bridge” was considered a “Notable” in the Interweave Jewelry and Beading Awards Competition. Graine says she submitted “Ice Bridge” because it is the most complicated to make. She donates a portion of each bear sold to the World Wildelife Foundation for Polar Bear habitat preservation. View more on her website www.houseofjasper.com. /PHOTO SUBMITTED
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Jeweller honouredB.C. Premier calls election in gamble for “more stable” governmentBy Fran Yanor / Legislative Reporter, Local journalism initiative
After wrestling ‘mightily’ with the decision, Premier John Horgan announced an election for Oct. 24, citing the instability of the minority government and the ‘great divide’ between the B.C. Greens and the New Democrats on important matters.“We need a stable government to go step-by-step through the challenges as they
emerge,” Horgan said. “Not to be hamstrung by uncertainty about whether a bill or an initiative of government will meet the muster of a minority parliament.”The New Democrats formed an alliance with the B.C. Greens following the last
election in 2017 allowing the NDP to form a minority government. What’s known as the Confidence and Supply Agreement (CASA) committed the
Greens to supporting the government on non confidence votes (typically, Budget legislation and the Throne Speech), which have the power to dissolve government if a majority of votes are not cast in favour of the legislation. Outside of those circumstances, the Green caucus could vote freely. In return,
the New Democrats committed to moving forward on several issues of the Greens’ agenda, including the adoption of Clean BC and the appointment of an Innovation Commissioner. CASA also stipulated an election could not be called until it was mandated in October 2021.“There is nothing in the confidence and supply agreement that says that we have
to obey, or that we have to agree with absolutely everything that the NDP put forward,” said Sonia Furstenau, Leader of the B.C. Greens.So they didn’t. The B.C. Greens opposed and amended Budget legislation in
March and halted two pieces of legislation this past summer.“The challenges of partisanship within the legislature will always be there,” said
Horgan. “But particularly this summer, it was clear to me that there is a great divide between the two sides.”The tipping point for Horgan came with the Mental Health Amendment Act
which would have empowered healthcare professionals to keep youths who had overdosed for up to a week of observation, which would allow time to arrange treatment.“I’ve talked to parents who’ve lost children, and if only they had had an
opportunity for clarity in a medical setting,” said Horgan. “Not in a juvenile detention center, not being taken away from their parents, but under medical supervision. That was what we were seeking and it wasn’t accepted by the legislature.” Read more online
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There are two days a year in which the day and night are equally balanced. The solar move into Libra on Tuesday is one of them. The equinox has been celebrated since ancient times -- and the celebrations continue. The customs may be different, and the actual holidays may not fall on the precise day of the equinox, but the sentiment remains. The autumnal equinox is a grateful and hopeful tribute to the harvest. ARIES (March 21-April 19). Like a hot air balloon, rising to new heights this week will be a matter of heating things up at the core as well as liberating some mental weight. Do you have anyone to forgive? Yourself maybe? You’ll bring it up and then let it go, just like you’re dropping a sandbag off the side of your life so you can lift into higher currents.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). “Be not Censorious,” said Baltasar Gracian, “There are men of gloomy character who regard everything as faulty.” The Baroque philosopher was referring to the sort of buzzkills and Negative Nellies that are to be avoided this week. Be a champion, a cheerleader and a voice in the roar of the crowd. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You pride yourself on being open-minded, but there are some things you just know and will act accordingly. As for your reasons, some of them are conscious, others mysterious, and some have their own curious math, too. Every time you add it up, the sum is a particular course of action. No protest will sway you. CANCER (June 22-July 22). As far as relationships go, it is difficult to step
lightly. How can you? How can anyone? Everyone has a weight and cannot put down any different amount of it. Impact can be changed with speed and angles, so use that to your advantage this week. Try different approaches; play with timing. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be involved in some pretty
creative problem-solving, which puts you in a sweet position to relate to like-minds and think deeply into the things that others take for granted. Clues and breakthroughs come when you consider the tools and technology you enjoy in daily life, especially history and origins. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). If only we could hear people’s inside voices, we might feel differently about our own experience. Fortunate indeed is the person who can shed a pretty light on matters that relate to the self and speak sweet, supportive words internally. Rest assured, this can be done without ruining productivity or self-discipline. Just be nice. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Even if you technically need someone’s approval to move forward with your plans, it won’t be what motivates you. You care nothing of pleasing the audience this week as you focus intently on the job at hand and on getting the results you want -- the ones that will set you up beautifully for your next move. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Here’s a working definition of “relaxation:” to follow your own desire for your own reasons without making requirements that those reasons make sense,
be mutually beneficial, sound right or be any good at all. The reasons needn’t sound right or be any good at all. “Because I want to” is reason enough. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Perhaps what bothers you need not be overcome so much as accepted. The agitation you feel is just a signal -- a warning to let you know where the potential danger lies so you can steer away it. In doing so, you’ll avoid repeating past mistakes and tolerating suboptimal situations. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). As for the drama inside your head, others aren’t really involved unless you make them. Mostly doing so is unnecessary and could even be rude if it goes on too long or is unpleasant. There are so many options to exorcise bad energy, including writing, physical exertion, creative outlets, therapy and more. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). What matters most this week is not what you do but why you do it. Anything done out of a desire to make others happy, earn validation or prove your worthiness will be difficult to accomplish. What you do to satisfy your own curiosities and requirements will happen smoothly and with fortunate results. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll take charge of your schedule and timing. To be too accessible and respond instantaneously to the every need of others is to make yourself indispensable in the worst ways. Unless dealing with infants, health care or other work that demands immediacy, you’ll do well to set your own pace and stride. THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS: You’ll settle into a mindset that makes the whole of life more interesting and engaging to you. You’ll be full of the sort of questions that do not engender confusion but wonderment. The new year opens up for you as a responsibility; belief or limitation falls away in the early weeks. You’ll be proud of what you build with others in March and could turn around and sell it or double down on an investment. You’ll enjoy a stretch of luxury in April that sets you up for the intense and rewarding exertion. At HolidayMathis.com.COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM
HOROSCOPES
BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
HOW TO PLAYFill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.
Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started. Remember: You must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box.
SUDOKU by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9X9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3X3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult.
Level: Medium
3 6 17 8 1
5 9 2 35 4 2 6 9
7 99 1 4 7 86 9 7 2
4 8 19 5 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13
14 15 16
17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
31 32 33
34 35
36 37 38 39 40 41
42 43 44 45 46 47
48 49 50
51 52 53
Across
1 Special effects: (abbr.)
4 Buddhist monk
8 BMW or MG
11 Temporary beach residence?
12 Mideast hot spot
13 Cenozoic or Mesozoic
14 Dot-com's address
15 Light brown in colour
16 Relay race part
17 Soviet Union labour camp
19 Have something to complain about
21 Nothing ___
24 Courteous
27 Subject to simultaneous opposing forces
30 Bygone despot
31 Maori war dance
32 Baroque French dance
34 Crude group?
35 Encourage wrong doing
36 Halloween decoration
38 Wheel on a spur
42 "The Princess and the ____"
44 Brought into existence
47 Partner of cry
48 Fess (up)
49 Dwarf buffalo
50 Catering dispenser
51 Meadow
52 Fishing line holder
53 Part of a mustard plant
Down
1 ___-a-lug
2 Trusted adviser
3 "___ do"
4 Feudal lords
5 Circumference segment
6 Ruin
7 Blue colour
8 String player
9 We __ the world
10 Sleazy paper
18 Guanaco relative
20 Completely
22 Legend
23 Sailor
25 Cool ___
26 Palindromic preposition
27 Doctor involved in space exploration
28 Accident
29 Japanese art of flower arranging
33 Spring connected
37 Mount Snow transport
39 Defeat decisively
40 Madrid and Paris cash
41 Furnish
42 Campaigner, for short
43 Ram's mate
45 Count beginner
46 Lobster coral
Answers on P13
B's by Myles Mellor
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13
14 15 16
17 18 19
20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
32 33 34 35
36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46
47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54
55 56 57 58
59 60 61
62 63 64
Across
1. Little devil
4. Football group
7. Life saving technique
10. Music for the spirit?
12. Historical period
13. Stat start
14. Cream in the middle cookie
15. Sonic ___
16. Alicia Keys hit
17. Sweet sounding stream
20. Full-blown
21. Ancient Palestinian
24. Antique auto
25. Flying prefix
27. Org. with a Most Wanted List
28. Family head
29. Act ineffectively
32. Life story
34. It comes with a charge
35. Wire service (abbr.)
36. Chess great
41. "Wheel of Fortune" request
42. Raised railroads
43. French water
44. Payroll processing company
47. Cosa ___
49. "Survivor" teams
51. Financial condition that's too frothy
55. Chinese woodwind
Happy Equinox!
1. Little devil4. Football group7. Life saving technique10. Music for the spirit?12. Historical period13. Stat start14. Cream in the middle
cookie15. Sonic ___16. Alicia Keys hit17. Sweet sounding stream20. Full-blown21. Ancient Palestinian24. Antique auto25. Flying prefix
27. Org. with a Most Wanted List
28. Family head29. Act ineffectively32. Life story34. It comes with a charge35. Wire service (abbr.)36. Chess great41. “Wheel of Fortune”
request42. Raised railroads43. French water44. Payroll processing
company47. Cosa ___
49. “Survivor” teams51. Financial condition
that’s too frothy55. Chinese woodwind57. Swearing-in words58. Relative of a gator59. Festive celebration60. Suffix with real or left61. Shakespearean verb62. Needing a doc63. Manhattan sch.64. Second commonest
Korean name
1. Weather map feature2. Mental outlook3. Colorado city4. Light gas5. Jumper6. Sweetie7. Emotional8. Write9. Seafood delicacy11. Gray wolf13. Outback hoppers15. “They can’t do that or
it will come back to___,” abbr.16. Emphatic denial
18. Hog roast19. First name in country22. Health-giving juice23. Eliminate26. ___ ___ a baseball
term27. Barrier29. Dylan or Marley30. Alamos forerunner31. Pronoun32. “Pro” follower33. Bird related to the
waders36. Embargo37. ____ buena
38. Dieter’s target39. Down the ___!40. Mark’s successor44. Away from the mouth45. Bust46. The human soul48. Oktoberfest band horn50. Waist measurement52. Between the ribs and
hips53. A breeze54. Accusatory question55. Animation platform
(abbr.)56. Kubrick’s computer
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By Fran Yanor / Legislative Reporter
Two northern companies were awarded $250,000 to design and construct energy efficient, low carbon building components up to the Passive House standard
as part of the Clean BC Building Innovation Fund, the Energy Minister announced Sept. 19.Responding to a Clean BC call for proposals in 2019,
Winton Homes in Prince George and Design Smart Construction in Fort St. John joined forces and won a contract to design, model and build standardized prefabricated wall, roof and floor components built specifically for the northern B.C. climate. “Northern solutions for Northern problems, and
Northern jobs,” said Paul Gillis, an engineer specializing in wood products who owns and operates Design Smart Construction with his wife. “The reality is… there’s not a big push within the
industry to take things to that (energy efficiency) level,” Gillis said in an interview on Sept. 20. “These grants are focused on helping people get to that level by 2030.”The project will focus on thicker walls for a northern
climate, while also meeting passive house standards. A passive home is an ultra-low energy use, high efficiency building with a minimal ecological footprint.“Essentially, it’s helping people develop these thick
walls that use the best of current building science knowledge,” said Gillis. “To achieve that long-term durability of these thick walls.”Thicker walls retain more heat than the current
industry standard two-by-six. Proper design and construction keeps the moisture from building up in the thicker walls. “The focus is on developing high performance walls
that will not have condensation issues within them,” said Gillis.The walls will be 17 or 18 inches thick. With Design
Smart’s new wall design and Winton’s expertise in pre-fab and engineered wood products and vertically
integrated operations, it could be a partnership that launches a new building industry in the North.“There’s a lot more going on within the walls and a
lot more labor that goes into building that,” said Gillis. “There’ll be a shift from jobs out in the cold to pushing more of that work indoors and that’s where we’ll see an increase.” Most homes today are built piece-by-piece outside,
exposed to the weather. Thicker walls are more complicated, requiring multiple assemblies with insulation that can’t be exposed to the elements. He sees job creation through the whole process, from
B.C. forests to the sawmills and the pre-fabrication plant.“That’s a big part of (the project), using as many
products as we can that are cut and milled in northern B.C.,” said Gillis. While the project is geared to residential use, the
technology can be even more cost effective for commercial and multi-unit residential, he said. But there is resistance in the industry. “People tend to get stuck on the problems ,” Gillis said,
but he remains optimistic. “We get excited every day, because we do see that there is a lot of potential. We can kind of see what the future of housing looks like 10, 20 years from now.”The Building Innovation Fund will open a second call
for proposals in October.The contract with Winton and Design Smart was one
of the largest of 13 awarded in the first round with most of the others going to companies and research groups based in the Lower Mainland. Fran Yanor / Local Journalism Initiative / Rocky
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MON-FRI. Sept 28 - Oct 2, BCCRN’s Week of the Older Person Workshop Series: from 10AM-12PM. informative topics daily: Falls & Injury Prevention, Why preventative Health Matters, Protecting yourself against COVID, Elder abuse awareness, & Sleep to better health. Email or call Jana for the registration link, or for more information. [email protected] or 250-569-2266. Please indicate if you are interested in joining from your home computer, or would prefer to take part in a small group.
SAT. Oct 3:—Outdoor Flea Market at the Valemount Legion (COVID protocols in place) Call Kerry 250.566.9945 for more information or to book your table
Oct 24: 3rd Annual Oktoberfest at the Valemount Legion more details to follow.
FRIs Valemount Family Place- (0-5 years with their caregiver) is now in-person for the month of September, not on Zoom. Call 1-844-324-2004 to attend new and exciting themes each week in both communities. Social distancing protocols will be enforced.
SUNs, ongoing, Pancake Breakfast has returned to the Valemount Legion! 8am-11am. By donation. Social distancing and COVID-10 protocols in place.
WED. McBride Family Place- (0-5 years with their caregiver) is now in-person for the month of September, not on Zoom. Call 1-844-324-2004 to attend new and exciting themes each week in both communities. Social distancing protocols will be enforced.- Sept 30 - Orange Shirt Day. Wear orange! Read along with Char and talk about why we recognize this day
SAT Sept 26th, 11 to 4. Join us for the first ever Dome Creek Fall Market Located at both the hall and rec centre, we will have new and used yard sale items, fresh veggies and eggs, home baking, crafts, Watkins, Epicure, and more. Tacos-in-a-bag and pop available for purchase. Epicure fund-raiser for our McBride neighbours affected by the mud-slide (contact Robin Levant for more info.) We are looking for more vendors! If you’d like to set up a table, please contact Kaitlyn Svistovski (on FB) or Laura Trimble (at [email protected]).Tell us about your favourite Dunster hike. Or consider
writing a short poem about your favourite Dunster place. Maybe a sketch of some wild flowers or wild animals. The Dunster Fine Arts School Society is still collecting Dunster Stories & Such for our Fundraiser
Book. We would love you to share your Dunster Memories! Email submissions to [email protected]
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a 30 day review period ending Thursday October 24th, 2020.
Please call 250-569-7543 or email a request to Ray Thiessen if you
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Written comments may be sent or emailed to Ray Thiessen, Box 932, McBride, B.C. V0J 2E0
Paul Gillis and Catherine Ruddell operate Design Smart Construction, are pictured in front of the City of Fort St John Demonstration Passive House where they lived for nearly two years. “This was the best home we ever lived in,” said Ruddell. // Velvet Leaf Photograph
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2nd ave re-opening dateResidents of McBride and area will
be happy to hear that the hope is to open 2nd Ave for single lane traffic by the beginning of October. The road connecting the high school to the rest of town has been closed since Dominion Creek flooded on July 2nd of this year. Peterson says they are still waiting
to hear from the engineers what exactly needs to be done to allow
for a full re-opening. “If the weather cooperates, we could see both lanes open on a gravel surface yet this year.” The nature of the culvert damage will make it an easier job than if the damage was located on the bottom side. “The water blew out the top of the culvert,” Peterson said. They are looking at different options that will allow for an environmentally-friendly, fish-friendly repair.
Public Works Ops ManagerPublic Works Ops ManagerPeterson recently stepped into the
role for McBride Public Works, but he has years of experience working with infrastructure, maintenance and equipment. “The water system is a steep learning curve,” he said. Recently he attended a two-day water maintenance conference and has more training lined up in the coming weeks.
“I am really enjoying the opportunity to serve our town,” said Peterson. “I’m a communicator. If people have questions or comments, they can contact me and I will do my best to provide a satisfactory response.”Peterson’s email address is
Interim CAO for theVillage of McBride Public Works
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ByAndrea Arnold
When Heidi Frank was presented with the opportunity to become Interim Chief Administrative Officer for the Village of McBride she jumped at the chance to return to the mountains. Frank and her husband Jim currently live in Saskatchewan, and are finding themselves missing life in British Columbia. When she was offered the position, she said she needed 12 hours to get here. No hesitation.Frank went to school for journalism and
worked in the news industry for a while before making the shift to public affairs. She also worked with community services as well as served as a campaign manager for a successful mayoral candidate. Her skills were noticed by the area CAO, Alberto DeFeo who saw potential in Frank and offered to mentor her. She transitioned into Economic
Development Officer in Clinton, and about a year later, found an opportunity to step into the CAO role. She has since worked as CAO in Sicamous where she accomplished the tasks presented to her by the Village in half the time expected, and then moved on to the CAO position in her parents’ hometown of Oliver for 2.5 years. When her time in Oliver came to a
close, she opted for a change in scenery when she took a job in Honduras. The job was a satellite job for a BC company offering University courses pertaining to government. This job didn’t pan out so she made one last transition landing back
in the role of CAO in the prairies. Stepping into the role of CAO in
McBride short term, her main goal is to organize and set up for an easy transition for the person who will be coming next. She spoke to Deputy Mayor Green who, with help from Council, has prioritized the top 10 tasks they want her to focus on. Her style is to step back and allow those doing the work continue to do so. Especially as someone coming in from the outside. “I let people do what they do,” said
Frank. “I’m there for advice. I am there to coach. But the advice goes both ways. I like to see people succeed on their own. There is more of a sense of satisfaction.”Frank had visited the valley before this
assignment. “I’ve always thought it was a very pretty
area,” she said. As she has been spending time here, she
has been impressed with the variety of goods available to residents. The job has kept her busy, but she intends to visit the stores along Main Street this next week to meet the local vendors. Her belief is that talking to people is a
very important part of the job. “I value everyone’s opinion. They have
been here.”Frank’s original commitment to
McBride spans September 1-October 9. If there is a delay in hiring a permanent employee, she is willing to continue until the position is filled. At the time of the interview, she was undecided if she would be submitting her name into the list of applicants for the permanent job.
Heidi Frank - Interim CAO Heidi Frank has made herself at home in the Village Office. She is focusing on organization and maintaining the priorities set out by Council during her term./ANDREA ARNOLD
152 days after the boil water advisory was issued in McBride, residents can now once again turn on the tap to get a drink of water without the hassle of boiling it first./ANDREA ARNOLD
Public Works Manager John Peterson stands in front of the now familiar barricade on 2nd Ave in McBride. He hopes that progress will be made in the next few weeks that will allow single lane traffic through the area./ANDREA ARNOLD
Join the Village of McBride and the McBride Community Forest Corporation on Thursday October 8, 2020 at the
Robson Valley Community Centre at 7:00 pmfor the 2020 Annual General Meeting.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions the maximum occupancy for the Robson Valley Community Centre is 25 people. Attendance will be on a first
come – first served basis until the maximum capacity is reached.The AGM will be recorded and uploaded to the Village of McBride and MCFC websites.
All members of the public are welcome to submit questions or comments. Please submit by email to [email protected], or drop off at the Village office
Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Please include your name, residential address, and contact number on your
submissions.Submissions do not guarantee admission to the meeting.
All submissions will be addressed at the AGM.Submission Forms will be available at the door for those who are unable to
enter due to capacity limits.
For more information please contact the Village office at (250) 569-2229, or the McBride Community Forest at (250) 569-0262 or (250) 569-7050.
VILLAGE OF MCBRIDEMcBride Community Forest Corporation
2020 Annual General MeetingThursday October 8, 2020
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