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Two eight-plex apartment units to be builtBY MIKE CARTER

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CHETWYND –Chetwynd will see thedevelopment of two neweight-unit apartmentbuildings in the NewYear.The units are to be

located on 53rd St. SW.The District of

Chetwynd councilapproved a Developmentpermit application fromFort St. John based PeaceEnterprises Ltd. (PE)During the Nov.19 regu-lar council meeting.Just when construction

will begin on the two newbuildings remains up inthe air, according to PE’sRon Brar.He says the company is

expecting to face a delayin beginning work on thesite due to a lack ofindustry commitment tooccupy the two build-ings.“We’d like to start

soon,” Brar said.

“Everybody’s sayinghousing shortage, hous-ing shortage but whenthe time comes to buckup, nobody’s stepping upright now.”The Development

Permit stipulates that thesequence and timing ofall work allowed by theconditions of the permitmust be completed with-

in two years.The District of

Chetwynd has given PE alist of industry contactsbut so far, he has yet tofind any companies inter-ested committing to leas-ing the two units."We're facing a delay,

we've spoken to every-body that the District hasgiven us contact informa-

tion on, but until we getsome commitment fromindustry we can't startthe project,” Brar said.The company would

need a two or three-yearlease agreement on atleast one of the buildings.“That would be good

enough for our bank tofinance the project, for usto go ahead on it. Until

that happens we are notable to do anything."Brar says the construc-

tion phase of the project,when it does get started,would be six months.“We would like to

build, we have the land,we have the services andall the permits in place,we are just waiting forindustry commitment.”According to section

920 of the LocalGovernment Act (LGA),the terms of theDevelopment Permitrequire that a pavedparking area bordered byconcrete curbing, paintedparking stalls and handi-cap spaces, and a pavedentrance between 53rd St.SW and the parking areaare constructed.Lighting for the park-

ing area must also be pro-vided, as well as land-scaping to the entire siteincluding lawn, shrubsand trees to be installedand proper screeningaround any commercial

garbage bins includingany other outside storageareas will be required.In accordance to

Section 925 of the LGA,the District is holding asecurity deposit in theamount of $30,000 toensure that developmentis carried out with respectto the terms and condi-tions of the DevelopmentPermit.If the District considers

that any of these condi-tions are not met, it willundertake, at the expenseof the Peace EnterprisesLtd., the work of con-struction or other activi-ties to correct such mat-ters.Initial building plans

show the two units willhouse eight three level,two to three bedroom,town house style livingquarters with availableensuite off the masterbedroom.Each unit will be

around 1,500 square feet.

Project currently on hold: no commitment from companies to lease

Artist’s rendering of the proposed 8-plex. www.edesignsplans.ca

BY MIKE CARTERChetwynd Echo Reporter

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veteran Kurt Peats wasselected as the Peace RiverSouth Conservative MLAcandidate at a party meet-ing held Nov. 29 inDawson Creek.The nomination vote was

held at the end ofConservative Party leader

John Cummins’ tour of thePeace Region.Cummins visited Fort St.

John, Fort Nelson, TumblerRidge and Chetwynd.The tour’s Chetwynd

stop was at the Pomeroyon Nov. 28, whereCummins and Peats held apublic meeting sponsoredby the Chetwynd Chamberof Commerce.Bill Jackson,

Administrative CrownCounsel for DawsonCreek, and Peats’ oppo-nent for the South Peacenomination, dropped outof the race the eveningbefore the selection.Jackson informed the

public through a messageon his website describingthe timing of his decisionto withdraw from the nom-ination as, “completely

outside my control.”“It is with great regret,

particularly at this latemoment, that I must with-draw my name as a candi-date for tomorrow’s nomi-nation vote,” a statementon Jacksons’s website said.“It was his personal deci-

sion. Mr. Jackson has

decided to not offer a pub-lic comment at this time,however he has indicatedthat he will share his rea-sons at some point in thefuture,” BC ConservativeParty Director of Policy,Research andCommunications KristyFredericks said in an email.

When an MLA nomineeis running unopposed inan Electoral District,Conservative party rulesallow members to vote toaffirm or deny the candi-dates nomination.Last Thursday at the

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It’s a message I spreadevery year – especiallyduring the holidays.While huge corporations

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Buy prepared for longlines of consumers onBlack Friday, Nov. 23,arguably the kick-off to thebusiest shopping season ofthe year, business leadersin our town were support-ing their own merchantswith campaigns designedto keep folks shoppinglocal.So why is shopping local

important?When you shop local,

you invest in your commu-

nity, in your neighbors,and in yourselves. In thiseconomic climate, the bestreturn on investment is inlocal business. It is esti-mated that for every dollaryou spend, twice as muchwill be reinvested in thecommunity by a local storethan a national store.When shopping locally,

you simultaneously createjobs, fund more city servic-es through sales tax, investin neighbourhood

improvement and pro-mote community develop-ment.When you buy local, you

support yourself. Severalstudies have shown thatwhen you buy from an

independent, locallyowned business, signifi-cantly more of your moneyis used to make purchasesfrom other local business-es, service providers andfarms --continuing tostrengthen the economicbase of the communityWhen you shop local,

those local stores help tosustain vibrant, compact,walkable town centers-which in turn are essentialto reducing sprawl, auto-

mobile use, habitat loss,and air and water pollu-tion.Local stores in town cen-

ters require comparativelylittle infrastructure andmake more efficient use ofpublic services relative tobig box stores and stripshopping malls.And most importantly,

supporting local business-

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“Out of town. Betterselection and betterprices. I can't afford tobuy a lot locally. 4 bagscost me $65 at the gro-cery store today.....Anywhere else thatmight have been $30.”-Raelene

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find somethig here i willget it but mostly out oftown and early they ralways running out ofstuff every where thistime of year so whereever i can get stuff theni will..... If thats makessense lol”

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“There are a fewexcellent stores andamazing store ownershere in Chetwynd so wealways buy from themas much as we can.Occasionally, for thethings we can't findhere, we go out oftown. I do however liketo buy certain groceriesin bulk. With theseteenage boys it gets tooexpensive here and wecan only do that out oftown.” -Laurelle

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“ Big ticket itemsonline mostly but awhole lot of last minutestuff like stockingstuffers, gift certificates,snacks, booze etc I buylocally.” -Kelly

“ a few stores in townare prepared to go theextra mile... will specialorder, have amazingemployees, are wellstocked, and regularlygive back to the com-munity - these arestores I will frequentand spend $$ at... forthe retail stores thatdon't offer the above,I'll shop out of town!”

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Chetwynd Midget Giants off to ProvincialsSubmitted

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Ventures Midget Giants have qualified forthe BC Hockey Tier 4 ProvincialChampionships to be held in Lillooet, BC, onMarch 16 - 22.The Chetwynd Midget hockey team (ages

15-17) will represent the District ofChetwynd and the Province of BritishColumbia's North East/Yukon District at theupcoming games.Chetwynd will compete against the top-

ranked Tier 4 teams from East Kootenay,West Kootenay, Okanagan Mainline, LowerMainland, Vancouver Island, Whitehorse,North Western and North Central Districts.In preparation for the provincial champi-

onships, the Midget players have dedicatedtheir hockey season to a full schedule ofpractices, exhibition and league games andhockey tournaments.Most players have enrolled in the

Chetwynd Secondary Hockey Academy in

which students receive academic creditsupon successful completion of the program.Under the instruction of certified profession-als, players are developing physical andmental aspects required to excel in hockey aswell as strengthening life skills, fit-ness/wellness, community service and workexperience.The Chetwynd 3 Nations Ventures Midget

Giants have many team fundraising activi-ties underway to assist with player financialcosts to get to provincials and are open tosuggestions from the community for thisendeavour.In the spirit of Christmas, the Midgets plan

to dedicate their last APL home game of theseason - Sat. Dec. 22 at 3:45 pm as a "CharityTeddy Bear Toss". Fans are asked to bring &throw a Teddy Bear for Charity onto the icewhen the home team scores their first goalagainst their rival APL team from Wembley.The Midget team will donate the Teddy

Bears to the Chetwynd Christmas HampersSanta Claus Project for families in need.

Chetwynd 3 Nations Ventures Midget Giants: (pictured not in order) #1 BriceVossler, #2 Trey Nichol, #3 Cordell Llewellyn, #4 Joshua Gladue, #5Christian Greyeyes, #6 Cameron Aird,#7 Sebastian Davis-Desjarlais, #8Reign Walker, #9 Brodie Watson, #10 Liam Beattie, #11 Randy Spoklie, #12Ross McMeekin, #14 Colton Golder, #15 Dayton Waldie, #16 Kase Gansevles,#17 Justin Tackaberry, #19 Zachary Aird, #21 Cameron Roland, #22 JonathanTyler Watson, Coach - Dody Wood, Asst Coaches - Matt Skoreyko & BrandonNichol, HCSP - Jonathan Watson, Tom Aird, Al Vossler & Tom Golder andManager - Laurelle Watson. Photo submitted


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Chetwynd Christmas BureauSociety was busy this weekpreparing this year’s Christmashampers.The final count of total dona-

tions and the amount of ham-pers will be finished later thismonth.“Donations are coming in

quite nicely right now,” saidSociety member Karen Stewart.“For a while there we were quiteworried but it’s starting to perkalong now.”The Christmas Bureau Society

handed out approximately 180hampers last year.“We’re a bunch of women that

just keep on struggling,”Stewart said. “It’s like our onemember always says, just nevermind – the Lord knows what weneed and he will provide.”The organization started over

40 years ago as the Santa Clausproject.

Since becoming incorporatedas a society in 2003, theChetwynd Christmas BureauSociety has encompassed underone umbrella, the West Moberlyand Saulteau First Nations, theTansi Friendship Centre, all thechurches in town and any otherorganizations which used tohand out Christmas hampers.“We convinced them to go

society… we [the Santa Clausproject] were struggling to getso many requests for hampersand for the small donations thatwe were getting then, it justwasn’t enough… they werepoor excuses for hampers butwe did get hampers together,”Stewart said.“Nowwe tend to be a bit more

generous and they get goodsized hampers, they really do.”Charitable work is never with-

out its challenges. Stewart men-tioned ‘double-dipping’ hasbeen a problem in the past. Thisis when households attempt toreceive multiple Christmashampers for one family.

Some recipients are nowgoing outside of Chetwynd todo this.“I’ve heard of people that go

out of town to pick up hampers,but we pretty much have itunder control… they can’t dou-ble-dip here,” she said.Double dipping is a drain on

the already limited resourcescharitable organizations like theChetwynd Christmas BureauSociety have access to according

to Stewart.“If you’ve got several people

living in a house, they all go onthe same application and thereis only one hamper that goes tothat house. It might be an awfulbig hamper, but there is onlyone hamper per house andwe’ve eliminated a lot of dou-ble-dipping,” Stewart said.Without the support of the

community, the ChristmasBureau Society would have atough time filling requests forhampers.“Come Christmas time, its

fantastic because people comeout of the woodwork to help.The kids all come on board, thechamber gets on board and theyhave all these various thingsthat they do to raise funds orfood or whatever for us, and thewhole community takes over.It’s just wonderful.”Stewart also added that the

Society is starting to see gener-ous new donations from compa-nies previously not involvedwith the organization.

Because the Society hasencompassed all of theChetwynd area under oneumbrella, when outside organi-zations like the Salvation Armyin Dawson Creek start collectingfood here, it lowers the size ofdonations the Society receives.“There was a things in peoples

mail boxes around town herethe other day that was for theSalvation Army saying theywere going to be doing a candrive here in Chetwynd. Thatkind of irks me,” Stewart said.“A long, long time ago the

Salvation Army knew that wewere doing hampers here sothey gave us turkey’s… but theywanted to take over here too.We’re content, we are happywith what we are doing andobviously people around hereare because they sure have comeon our bandwagon in the lastfew years, it’s been really good,”she said.“We’ll just keep struggling

and if a fight comes we’ll draw aline and say that’s it.”

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IInn MMeemmoorryyOn December 14, 2012 the

Chetwynd Echo Chetwynd Echo will bepublishing our annual supplement

“In Memory of our Loved Ones.”

If you would like your loved one included in thisspecial two-page memorial please contact Naomi at theChetwynd Echo 250-788-2246 or [email protected].

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Chetwynd Public Libraryhosted its 7th annual Deckthe Halls Gala and AuctionDec. 4.Both silent and live auc-

tions were held and a ven-dors market was open from4-7pm.The event raised $420

from the silent auction,$8640 from the live auctionand $3500 from the cashraffle, for a whopping totalof $12, 560.“That’s twice as much as

last year, which makes it allthat much harder to beatnext year,” Fay Asleson,Manager of the Librarysaid.

All profits from the Deckthe Halls Christmas Galaand Auction go towardsthe “imagination library”.A program through which,registered children fiveand under receive onebook in the mail every

month.Asleson said she hasn’t

done up the expenses yet,but still expects to rake inover $10000 for the pro-gram.New to this years event

was the 12 keys of

Christmas auction, whichnetted $2285 alone.12 keys were sold off

with a minimum bid of$100. Each key had a num-ber, at the end of theevening the lucky numberwas drawn for a prize, a

one hour aerial tour fromBuffalo Aerial Services anda dinner for four, valued atover $600.Local businesses donated

other auction items thatincluded a Wii U, mini I-pad, a 4-person helicopter

ride, a portable welder,Keurig coffee maker, Koboglo E-reader and one spec-tacular homemade quilt.Vendor’s sold items such

as, jewelry, pottery, home-made jams and jellies andhomemade Christmascards.“This year we decided to

do something totally differ-ent. Items we’re auctioningaren’t really Christmasy…they’re gifts for everybodyincludingmen, women andchildren,” Asleson said.“We’re trying to draw in

more… the male side of thespecies.”The event began at 4pm

with the vendor’s marketand silent auction. A wineand cheese social was heldat 6pm. The live auctionwas held at 7pm.Cash raffle tickets were

sold at the door with aprize drawn at the gala for$1000.An additional $500 cash

draw will be held at noonDec. 21.


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Gala guests mingle at the 7th Annual Deck the Halls Gala held atthe Chetwynd Public Library Tuesday. Photo by Mike Carter

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Environment MinisterTerry Lake announced onNov. 28, a plan to consultwith industry to create aworld leading land-basedspill prevention andresponse regime for theprovince.The announcement was

made with the release of apolicy intentions paper forconsultation on land-basedspill preparedness andresponse in BritishColumbia, available on theMinistry’s website at:http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/codes/spr_eep/response.htm

“Today we are talkingabout taking the first steptowards putting a worldclass system in place forspill prevention andresponse here in BC,”Minister Lake said tomedia during a press con-

ference on the day of theannouncement.“Our government has

made it clear that in orderto support development inBC we have to make surethat we protect the envi-ronment.”

Beginning in January,Minister Lake and Energyand Mines Minister RichColeman will hold face-to-face meetings with indus-try leaders to discuss theintentions paper’s key ele-ments: to establish aworld-leading regime forland-based spill preven-tion, develop effective andefficient rules for restora-tion of the environmentfollowing a spill and toensure effective govern-ment oversight and co-ordination of industry spillresponse.The public is invited to

take part on the consulta-tions online through theMinistry’s website.The consultation phase

ends Feb 15, after whichthe government is plan-ning to hold a symposiumin late March 2013 inVancouver.CEO of the Canadian

Energy PipelineAssociation (CEPA)Brenda Kenny was also onhand last Wednesday totalk about the govern-ment’s announcement.Opponents to the

Northern Gatewaypipeline - which will passjust south of TumblerRidge and directly throughthe town of Bear Lake -

have cited the potential foran environmental disastercaused by a leak or spill atthe top of their concernsregarding the project. According to the Globe

and Mail, the WorldWildlife Fund Canada hassaid that the proposedNorthern Gatewaypipeline would have a dis-astrous effect on the GreatBear Rain Forest on the BCcoast.BC Nature president

John Neville said, “thisproposal may have somemerits, however, given thevery poor track record ofthe current Ministry ofEnvironment, [we] willhave to take a wait and seeapproach.”In a January 2012 open

letter, Natural ResourcesMinister Joe Oliver hassaid, “Unfortunately, thereare environmental andother radical groups thatwould seek to block thisopportunity to diversifyour trade. Their goal is tostop any major project nomatter what the cost toCanadian families in lostjobs and economic growth. Oliver held a luncheon in

Vancouver on Nov. 28where he spoke about theneed for industry to showthe public that there are

real benefits to these proj-ects, suggesting what’shappened so far has notbeen enough.“I think it’s a fair state-

ment,” CEPA CEO BrendaKenny said. “Our duty as pipeliners

is to do two things reallywell. One is to meet theinterests of folks for securereliable energy, everyday,24/7 and over and abovethat, to make sure that [isdone] as safe and as envi-ronmentally responsible asis possible…”The Joint Review Panel

hearings the proposedNorthern GatewayPipeline will continue inPrince Rupert on Dec. 10.There, the panel will lookinto questions about mar-itime-spill prevention,response and mitigation,and environmental effectsassociated with the pro-posed marine terminal.“While we are moving

full steam ahead with ourland-based plan as it fallscompletely within ourprovincial jurisdiction, wecontinue to encourage andwork with the federal gov-ernment to improve themarine-based spillresponse plan which wehave a share of responsibil-ity for,” Minister Lake said.


A trip backin time

• Chetwynd Echo: Aug 26 1997

LOCAL NEWS

Province vows to improve pipeline safety

LAKE

“We are talkingabout taking thefirst step towardsputting a worldclass system inplace for spillprevention.”


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Members of the Saulteauand West Moberly FirstNations braved the coldtemperatures for a ‘Walkto Stop the Violence, Drugand Alcohol Abuse’,Tuesday evening.Several deaths have

struck the communities ina relatively short period oftime, according to thedirector of the SaulteauFirst Nation HealthCentre, Colleen Totusek.“We’ve had, I think eight

deaths. One of the ladiesthat had passed was preg-nant and was due at theend of November, so wecount her as two people,”she said.Most recently, the com-

munity continues tomourn the deaths of AdinaNapoleon and EugeneSochan, found deceased intheir residence Nov. 23around 9:40 am.“The families had asked

me if I would help inorganizing this… and Isaid for sure I'll do what-ever I can.”The walk was organized

at the request of Eugeneand Adina’s son, TyroneSochan who was releasedon bail and strict condi-

tions to attend his parent’sfuneral, held onWednesday Dec. 5, at theChetwynd RecreationCentre.“Himself being involved

in situations such as vio-lence and drug and alco-hol abuse and comingfrom him I thought… wow

that was amazing for himto request that. So, I got abanner made, contactedthe police… they said tocontact the media, theywould like as much expo-sure as they can,” Totuseksaid“The community doesn't

want to tolerate the vio-lence and the drug andalcohol abuse because it’skilling a lot of our people.”Members of the Tansi

Friendship Centre also

joined the walk."Whoever wants to take

part was invited. We putposters out so, basicallyanybody who is againstviolence and drug andalcohol abuse… the com-munity is taking a stance.”The walk began with

police escort on the SouthAccess Road near the IGAaround 5pm.Approximately 20-25 peo-ple preceded to the Rec.Centre, where a wake washeld at 7pm for Napoleonand Sochan. In an article by Kyla

Corpuz for the PrinceGeorge Free Press,Veronica Napoleon,Adina’s cousin, said, “Itwas just an unfortunatetragedy brought on bydrugs and alcohol… Theywere high school sweet-hearts that defined love onmany levels.”Reports say that

although Eugene’s deathwas a suicide, Adina’smay have been accidental.“The cause of death in

both cases was a gunshotwound,” a Nov. 29Ministry of Justice, BCCoroners Service newsrelease said. “Investigation by the

Coroners Service and theRCMP concluded that Mr.Sochan fired one shot,

which proved to be fatal toMs. Napoleon, and thenkilled himself. Alcohol anddrugs appear to have beena factor in this incident.”The RCMP has conclud-

ed their investigation intothe deaths and is nowassisting the CoronersService, whose investiga-tion is continuing.“We've had a lot of trag-

ic deaths here due to alco-hol and drugs so that'show this whole thing hasbeen initiated,” Totuseksaid.

11Chetwy nd Echo Friday, December 7, 2012

HEALTH

Friday December 7

FOR EVERY $20 SPENT IN EACH PARTICIPATING STORE YOU WILL RECEIVE ACHANCE TO WIN A LOCAL $500 SHOPPING SPREE

Special Sales at participating merchants!

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Thank you!The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #258 would liketo thank all of the businesses and individuals thatonce again fully and generously supported the 2012Remembrance day ceremonies and Poppycampaign with the purchase of a wreath andgenerous donations for the poppies.Thank you to Super Valu for the donation of thewonderful food platters, and to all the people thatcontributed food to our luncheon, it was a hugesuccess.Special thanks go out also to the Cadets for all theirhelp selling poppies, Toni Ethier for her trumpetplaying, Astrid Minnick for being our MC, Pastor BillEvans for prayers, Betty Hogan for singing, AnnetteCarter for getting us a sound system to use, and toall the workers that delivered and picked up wreathsand poppies and did other things behind the scenesto once again make Remembrance Day go sosmoothly.

Several deaths over the pastmonths leave residents shaken

One death involved a pregnant woman

“The communitydoesnʼt want to

tolerate theviolence and thedrug and alcoholabuse because

itʼs killing a lot ofour people.”

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LOCAL NEWS

Eugene Harold Sochan and Adina Rose NapoleonJune 27, 1960 & February 15, 1963

Both passed away at their home in Moberly Lake: Friday, November 23, 2012Wake will be held Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the Chetwynd Recreation Centre-Curling Rink (7:00 PM)

Funeral Service to be held Wednesday, December 5, 2012 (11:00 AM)Burial: Tuscoola Mountain Cemetery

It is with heavy-hearts but with great love and lots of fond memories that we announce thepassing of our beloved relations: Eugene Sochan and Adina Napoleon.Eugene and Adina were both born and lived all their lives in Moberly Lake, B.C.They were both members of the Saulteau First Nations. Eugene and Adina wentto the Moberly Lake Elementary School and then to high school at ChetwyndSecondary. They were teenage sweethearts who spent their whole livestogether. Eugene worked as a heavy equipment operator and Adina workedmainly in retail and industrial camps.Eugene and Adina loved the land and being out on it; both of their fami-lies have long histories of professional hunting , guiding, outfitting and trap-ping in our traditional lands so naturally they both inherited anappreciation for the land and spent a lot of time hunting, fishing andmaking dry-meat together.They were accepting to all; willing to lend a helping hand, Adina wasalways ready to help cut up and make dry-meat or help a friend. Eugenewould help fix everyone's truck problems or share fish or moose-meat.They lived by the belief that everyone deserved to be given the benefit ofthe doubt and accepted that we all make mistakes and we are allcapable of being better human beings.Eugene and Adina are both survived by their only son Tyron Daniel Sochan(Tracy) and their grandchildren: Janeh Apsassin, TJ Sochan, Jada Sochan,Tiyra Sochan, and Jerrick Sochan.Eugene is survived by his mother Minnie Garbitt, sisters’ Barb Loberg (Sig,Monty, Mitch), Ruth Hetu (Jean, Billie-Jean, Nicole, Renee, Marcus, Kevin),Doreen Phillips (Randy, Vicky, Kim, Jamie), Marilyne Gustafson (Gary, Jennifer,Jessica and Dale), Kathy Sochan (Carmen, Daphne), Denise Caron (Clarence, Mau-rizio, Giovanni, Augustina), brother Dennis Garbitt (Gay, Dennis Jr., Kyle), as wellas, Aunty Harriett Kristoffy, cousin Marian (Lorne, Jamie) and cousin Stephen (Tamara,

Ashley, Zoltan) and many cousins, second cousins and friends.Eugene is predeceased by his: father Harold Sochan, uncle Walter Sochan, uncle Bob

Paquette, brother Mickey Garbitt, nephew Mickey Loberg; nephew John-Paul Hetu;mooshum Maurice Paquette and kokum Eva Desjarlais.Adina is survived by her mother Marvelene Watson , father Edger Krueger ,sisters; Trudy Logan (Howard, Clayton, Erica, Michael, Matthew), CalvinNapoleon (Roxy, Nathan, Frankie), Linda Watson (Les, Kaylen, Kristina, James),Tammy Watson (Christopher, Ashley, Misty), Alana Watson (Clint, Emily,Jamie), Jon Watson (Laurelle, Tyler, Brody, Kiana) and many cousins, sec-ond cousins and many friends.Adina is predeceased by her: mooshum Frank Napoleon, kokhum, MaryAnn (Cardinal) Smith, uncle Arthur Napoleon, aunty Lorraine McMahon,aunty Bernice Napoleon, uncle Frankie Napoleon, and brother KevinKrueger.Both Eugene and Adina loved people; and all of our relatives, communityand people loved them which is why the loss of both of them is so pro-found! It is both their spirits, energies, happy memories which they sharedwith us and gifted to all of us that we will cherish, hold close and continueto re-tell with love and happiness.In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make donations to Reyner’s FuneralHome on account of Adina Napoleon and Eugene Sochan.

Note: Due to the double tragedy and the very tragic series of event whichresulted in two lives being lost both families are experiencing compounded

grief, we ask that the media and the public please respect family members’privacy during this this very difficult time. We thank for your consideration.

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Christmas SocietyDonation CHALLENGE

The employees of Aim Trucking have taken theirChristmas bonus along with the matching donationfrom Aim Trucking and donated it to the ChetwyndChristmas Bureau Society for 2012. Presenting the“very generous” cheque to society members ShirleyWeeks and Karen Stewart are Aim Trucking’s LauraWeisgerber and Gemma Jewison. “Christmas is a timeof giving and we hope other businesses may follow ourlead and do the same,” Weisgerber said.

Photo by Naomi Larsen

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LOCAL NEWS

Dawson Creek Super 8,party members voted toaffirm Peats’ nominationby a count of 36-2.The BC Conservatives

continue to prepare for theMay 2013 election. In addi-tion to Peats, the party hasalso added candidatesMike McLoughlin inKelowna-Mission andBrian Guillou in WestKelowna. “We are steadily adding

to our roster of candi-dates,” Cummins saidMonday from Smithers,BC. “And we fully expectto have a full slate whenvoters go to the polls nextMay 14.“Mike McLoughlin, Kurt

Peats and Brian Guillouare outstanding examplesof the kind of BCConservative candidateswho will be seeking elec-tion in the looming provin-cial general election, andwho will make fineMembers of the LegislativeAsembly.Peats served in the

RCMP throughout BC for25 years, attaining the rankof Sergeant. For severalyears, he also wrote theTumbler Ridge PoliceBlotter, which appeared inlocal newspapers. Peats’ also started a busi-

ness last year, which pro-vides heavy-truck inspec-tions, resource-road moni-toring and field investiga-tions for natural gas com-panies.While in Chetwynd,

Peats described his stanceon a variety of issues.“Canadians should

always, always be first in

line for jobs,” Peats saidreferring to HD Mining’sMurray River coal project.“If the jobs are in BC,

then BC residents shouldbe first in line for thosejobs. If they can’t be filledby BC [residents], if theycan’t be filled byCanadians, bring in theskilled labour for a tempo-rary time, transfer thoseskills to Canadians to takeover those jobs,” Peatssaid.“The issue is, when we

have Canadians workinghere, the income taxes allgo back into the systemthat provide for the quali-ty of life that we have. Ifwe have foreign workers,all monies paid will leavethe country and there isno benefit to Tumbler,there's no benefit to SouthPeace, there's no benefit toanybody because theycome in here and they'regone. That money has gotto stay here. That’s mytake on it.”Peats described the car-

bon tax as his, “favouritehate.”“I guess the question is,

is everybody concernedabout the environment?Absolutely, we have oneworld, we all live in thisworld, our kids live in thisworld and the questionbetween political parties isprocess. How do we dealwith process, do we say topeople don't drive? Do wedo it through education?Do we do it through taxes -the carbon tax?”“… It’s not revenue neu-

tral, they take in way morethen they ever give out…It's unfair, especially to thepeople in the North com-

pared to the South… its animpediment to business…it makes no sense,” hesaid.Peats also spoke about

education, affirming theparties pledge to makeparents and children theeducation systems trueclients.“We have an education

system in BC that is fan-tastic. It’s doing verywell. But what happensis, the more money youpoor into it the lessmoney goes towards edu-cation and it goes towardsadministration, it goestowards salaries and ben-efits, so the more moneywe’re putting in, the lessbang for the buck thatwe’re getting. Who is theeducation system for?Parents and children,” hesaid.“We have to get back to

the basics; reading, writingand arithmetic…let’s getback to the three R’s, makesure they are funded prop-erly and lets have servicedelivery based upon that.Do I want to have

sports? Absolutely, do Iwant to have arts?Absolutely - but not at theexpense of the three R’s,[they] are foundationaland they have totallybecome not foundationalbut optional.”Peats will face Liberal

MLA Candidate andDawson Creek MayorMike Bernier, as well asindependent candidateTyrel Pohl in the May 14provincial election. The NDP have yet to

announce an MLA candi-date for the Peace RiverSouth Electoral District.

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Chetwynd Breastfeeding SupportNetwork meets every Tuesday at 9:30a.m at the Chetwynd Public Library.

Little Giant Air Cadets Mondays at 6:30pm at the RoyalCanadian Legion. Ages 12-18.

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Alanon meetings 6:30 pmTuesdays Mickey’s Place

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Chetwynd Society for CommunityLiving Board Meeting. First

Wednesday of each month. 4699Airport Road Ph: 250-788-4889.

Bring and throw a teddy bear for char-ity onto the ice when the Home Teamscores their first goal. all bears to bedonated to the Santa Claus Project.Sat. Dec. 22 3:45 Chetwynd Rec

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Baby’s Best Chance PregnancyOutreach Program Drop in : Mondays10am to Noon. Weekly Group SessionsTuesdays 11 am-1pm. Located at Kici.

Quintessential Quilter’s Guild meets3rd Monday of the month. CatholicChurch, 7 pm. Come out and join us!

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The Christmas Carol. The story ofEbenezer Scrooge. December 19 at

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Adopt the Boulevard TreesAnyone can adopt a Tree starting from ChetwyndRecreation Centre to the end of North and SouthAccess Roads. Adopting a tree, will cost $100 forthe first year and $50.00 each additional year. TheTree will be lit with white lights and in the front ofeach tree that is sponsored will be a ‘North PoleSign’ with the sponsor’s name. The sponsor canbe a business, resident or inmemory of a loved one.To register, contact the District Office at 401-4113.

Residential &Business LightUp Contest

If you would like to participatein the Residential / BusinessLight Up Contest you can signup in the following categories:residential & business. Judgingwill take place onDecember 7 toDecember 10. The residentialand business categories will bejudged by the Chamber of Com-

merce and $250 will be awarded in each category. The Overall Mayor’sChoice in the business category will be judges by Mayor and Councilwith $500 prize. To register contact the Chamber of Commerce at 250-788-3345.

Community Light UpFriday, December 7, 6:00 pm

We will be asking everyone to Light Up at the same time.This will include the Tree Lighting Ceremony,Business Light up, Residential Light Up. The Official Cer-emony will take place at the Dedication Park downtownat 6:00pm. Come out and join the festivities.

Public SkatingAll winter round!

The previous High Country Inn (nowowned by Chetwynd River Rock) willbe Chetwynd’s new outdoor ice skat-

ing rink. Come out with your family and enjoy the winterfun! Special thanks to Patty and Diane Gayse for providinghte public use of this property.

Parade of LightsFriday, December 7

Parade participants to meet at the District Office at5:30pm. The Parade of Lights will start at 6:00pm endingwith Santa at the North Pole downtown. We would like tosee everyone participate in the Parade of Lights to regis-ter your float, community group or display contact theChetwynd Chamber of Commerce 788-3345.

Friday, December 7Santa will arrive to location following the parade at Pio-neer Place. Photo’s supplied by Wildmare Photography.Photos are $5 and can be picked up at the Visitor CentreWednesday December 12, 2012. (250-788-3345)


Parade participants to meet at the District Office at5:30pm. The Parade of Lightswill start at 6:00pm end-ing with Santa at the North Pole downtown. We wouldlike to see everyone participate in the Parade of Lights toregister your float, community group or display contactthe Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce 788-3345.

Santa Comes to Town with his ReindeerFriday, December 7

Santa and his Reindeer arrive and you will be able to seethem in the parade and then visit with Santa and hisreindeer. Location downtown “North Pole”. Fire pit,sliding area, sleigh rides, hot chocolate and more.

Skating with SantaFriday, December 21th

Join us forChristmas festivities on ice with Santa. Therewill be plenty of holiday activities for all ages includinga large on ice slide. After skating warm up with a hotchocolate and snack. A GREAT FAMILY EVENT!6:00pm to 8:00 pm.

Santa ShuffleWednesday, December 12

The Santa Shuffle is a great opportunity for local jog-gers to put on a Santa Hat, wear reflective clothing for anice / easy run to see the Christmas lights around a fewlocal neighborhoods. Meet at the Rec Centre at 6:00pmHot beverages and treats to follow.

Piano RecitalSunday December 16

Northern Lights College invites students and guests totheir Piano Recital Dec. 16 6:30 pm,Aboriginal Gather-ing Room. Come out and enjoy and evening of fun andgoodies.

Friday, Dec. 7Many businesses that are participating in theMoonlight Madness are keeping their regularhours for Dec. 7. Only a few are extending theirhours. Watch for special deals, Shop early andShop local.

17Friday, December 7, 2012

Adopt the Boulevard TreesAnyone can adopt a Tree starting from ChetwyndRecreation Centre to the end of North and SouthAccess Roads. Adopting a tree, will cost $100 forthe first year and $50.00 each additional year. TheTree will be lit with white lights and in the front ofeach tree that is sponsored will be a ‘North PoleSign’ with the sponsor’s name. The sponsor canbe a business, resident or inmemory of a loved one.To register, contact the District Office at 401-4113.

Residential &Business LightUp Contest

If you would like to participatein the Residential / BusinessLight Up Contest you can signup in the following categories:residential & business. Judgingwill take place onDecember 7 toDecember 10. The residentialand business categories will bejudged by the Chamber of Com-

merce and $250 will be awarded in each category. The Overall Mayor’sChoice in the business category will be judges by Mayor and Councilwith $500 prize. To register contact the Chamber of Commerce at 250-788-3345.

Community Light UpFriday, December 7, 6:00 pm

We will be asking everyone to Light Up at the same time.This will include the Tree Lighting Ceremony,Business Light up, Residential Light Up. The Official Cer-emony will take place at the Dedication Park downtownat 6:00pm. Come out and join the festivities.

Public SkatingAll winter round!

The previous High Country Inn (nowowned by Chetwynd River Rock) willbe Chetwynd’s new outdoor ice skat-

ing rink. Come out with your family and enjoy the winterfun! Special thanks to Patty and Diane Gayse for providinghte public use of this property.


Parade participants to meet at the District Office at5:30pm. The Parade of Lights will start at 6:00pm endingwith Santa at the North Pole downtown. We would like tosee everyone participate in the Parade of Lights to regis-ter your float, community group or display contact theChetwynd Chamber of Commerce 788-3345.

Friday, December 7Santa will arrive to location following the parade at Pio-neer Place. Photo’s supplied by Wildmare Photography.Photos are $5 and can be picked up at the Visitor CentreWednesday December 12, 2012. (250-788-3345)


Parade participants to meet at the District Office at5:30pm. The Parade of Lightswill start at 6:00pm end-ing with Santa at the North Pole downtown. We wouldlike to see everyone participate in the Parade of Lights toregister your float, community group or display contactthe Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce 788-3345.

Santa Comes to Town with his ReindeerFriday, December 7

Santa and his Reindeer arrive and you will be able to seethem in the parade and then visit with Santa and hisreindeer. Location downtown “North Pole”. Fire pit,sliding area, sleigh rides, hot chocolate and more.

Skating with SantaFriday, December 21th

Join us forChristmas festivities on ice with Santa. Therewill be plenty of holiday activities for all ages includinga large on ice slide. After skating warm up with a hotchocolate and snack. A GREAT FAMILY EVENT!6:00pm to 8:00 pm.

Santa ShuffleWednesday, December 12

The Santa Shuffle is a great opportunity for local jog-gers to put on a Santa Hat, wear reflective clothing for anice / easy run to see the Christmas lights around a fewlocal neighborhoods. Meet at the Rec Centre at 6:00pmHot beverages and treats to follow.

Piano RecitalSunday December 16

Northern Lights College invites students and guests totheir Piano Recital Dec. 16 6:30 pm,Aboriginal Gather-ing Room. Come out and enjoy and evening of fun andgoodies.

Friday, Dec. 7Many businesses that are participating in theMoonlight Madness are keeping their regularhours for Dec. 7. Only a few are extending theirhours. Watch for special deals, Shop early andShop local.

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Located at 4824 54th Street (behindtheTownPlaza) in Chetwynd the LionsRecycling depot is the sole provider forrecycling drop off services in thecommunity.They offer many services to keepChetwynd clean while helping theenvironment green.Recycling isa loteasier thanpeople thinkand it is an easy habit to get into.First, get as few as three bins for yourkitchen or porch – plastics, tins andpaper. Rinse out your yoghurt cups,break down your cereal boxes andwash out those cans. Then bag themup and bring them to the Depot wherestaff will help you sort.If you are a business call them to havea free recycling box placed outside andfor a nominal –and tax deductible – fee

they will come and pick your recyclingup.The depot accepts a variety ofrecyclable items including:• paper (office paper, newspaper,cardboard, boxboard)• tin cans• All hard and soft plastic (milk jugs,yogurt cups, juice boxes and plasticbags)• Electronics (old stereos, computers,photocopiers)• Small appliances• Car batteries• Oil and oil containers• Cell phones• Batteries• Smoke and carbon dioxide detectors• Spray paint cansThe depot also utilizes a used paint

program where residents can drop offleftover paint. The paint is available forothers to sign out and use on thecondition theybring theemptycansback.They do not accept Styrofoam orantifreeze.Depot manager Sally Paquetterequests drop offs be done during theday as the outside bins are strictly forafterhours.“Please come inside and our staff willhelp your sort your recyclables,” shesaid, adding there is a security cameraon site.Paquette said theRecyclingDepot alsosupports local youth clubs andorganizations and will assist anddonate space for local bottle drives.Contact the depot at 250-788-1111 formore information.

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Councilor Ernest Pfannerreturned from a conferencewith some thoughts on emer-gency preparedness. I askedhim to write them for thiscolumn.

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Irecently attended thetwenty-fifth AnnualE m e r g e n c y

Preparedness Conference.How fitting for the timeswe are in, with the recentearthquakes off Haida

Gwaii and tropical stormSandy hitting the EastCoast. The first day of the pre-

conference session washeld at the Justice Institutewhere we did a tabletopexercise of a tanker truckaccident containingAmmonium Hydroxide(an event that could hap-pen in Chetwynd). In thisexercise things can gofrom bad to much worsein a hurry. It was a greatlearning experience seeinghow all the differentresponders co-ordinate todo the best for the all thepeople affected. Throughout the confer-

ence there were manygood speakers addressing

topics like global warm-ing, terrorism, earth-quakes, tsunamis, hurri-canes, forest fires, icestorms, and floods. One ofthe questions that keptcoming up was what is theworst case scenario inyour part of the world? Ofcourse, what came to mymind were the floods thatwe experienced last year,how much worse than thatcan it get? Well, listening to the

speakers’ stories andwatching disaster videosfor the next couple of daysreally showed that it couldget much worse. We live in one of the

best, if not the best, placeson earth, we are relatively

protected from mostsevere disasters, and frommost of the other issueswe see on the news almostdaily. What else is therethat may jump up and biteus one day? I know thesky is the limit here, but inmy small world a simplething like losing one ormore utilities in the mid-dle of January when it’s afrigid -30 is serious. Howcan we deal with the situ-ation now, and howwould we respond to thesame situation if actuallywe were prepared? Then Istarted thinking abouthow prepared my familyand I are and how pre-pared are other people inour community? How

prepared is Chetwynd?I remembered my child-

hood when the cold roomin the basement was full ofpotatoes, carrots and can-ning from the garden, andthe freezer was alwayspacked with meat andother perishables prior towinter. We always hadenough birch firewoodstored up for the fireplace,at least enough for a cou-ple of winters. I’m notsure if this was all goodEmergency Preparednessor just the way thingswere done back then;either way, I think wewere much better pre-pared than we are now. My intention here is not

to fear monger or speak

about doom and gloombut rather to encourageeach of us to look at our-selves and our householdsand see if there is anythingelse we can personally doto improve our collectiveemergency preparedness.Here is a good BritishColumbia website withtons of great informationabout emergencies andemergency preparedness:www.embc.gov.bc.ca.”

Mayor Merlin Nichols &Councillor Ernest Pfanner


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BY TRENT ERNSTTumbler Ridge News

–––––––––––––– TUMBLER RIDGE – Last

week, Dehua stopped work ontheir Wapiti River Project, asof November 25, saying that“the Wapiti Project will notrestart until investor funds canbe secured.”On November 26, they clari-

fied their earlier statement,saying in a press release that“all efforts are being made tobring the Wapiti River Projectback into operation. Dehua iscurrently undertaking inten-sive communications with itsinvestors to explain the natureof the ongoing litigation andother concerns.”

In a letter to its contractors,Dehua says the decision “hasbeen forced upon [us] follow-ing a deluge of calls frominvestors in Dehua’s miningoperations in Canada.Investors have expressedreluctance to proceed withfunding in the aftermath of the

challenge to the LabourMarket Opinions issued to HDMining International Ltd. forthe Murray River Project.”The shutdown affects about

120 people, including Dehuaemployees and contractors. Dehua is a minority share-

holder of HD Mining, thoughtheir decision to stop explo-ration at the Wapiti shouldhave no affect on its participa-tion with the Murray RiverCoal mine. Majority investorHuiyong Holdings’ executivemember and Chairman of theHD Mining Board PennguiYan says the company is goingahead thisMurray RiverProject. He says

the company has just invested$15-million in new housing,and asks if this is the action ofa company that is not commit-ted. Dehua is currently in the

exploration stage at the Wapitimine. They say that drillingholes currently in process willkeep drilling until they are fin-ished. “After these holes arefinished, only safety and envi-ronmental staff will stay onsite.” As well, no new holelocations will be issued to con-tractors, though if contractorsare willing to move theirdrill(s) away from the project,

“Dehua will pay for thisdemobilization.”Early last week, a large por-

tion of Dehua’s work force leftTumbler Ridge. This, says oneDehua official, is hard on theworkers. In China, there is astrong connection between aworker and the project, saidthe official. Having to leavethe Wapiti, especially beforethe work was finished, isalmost viewed as a personalfailure. Dehua says that it has “high

expectations that business atWapiti River will be back ontrack” as a result of its efforts.

21Friday, December 7, 2012

INDUSTRY

Marilyn PeatsAugust 31, 1946 -December 6, 2005

A million times we needed you,A million times we cried,

If love alone would have saved you,You would of never died.

In life we loved you dearly,In death we loved you still,

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A light from our household is gone,A voice from our love is stilled,A place in our vacant home,Which never can be filled.

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“After these holesare finished only

safety andenvironmental staffwill stay on site.”

Braving the elements

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–––––––––––––– CHETWYND –

Northern Health hasmade ‘Imagine’ Grantsavailable to communitygroups and organizationsin northern BC for afourth consecutive year.District of Chetwynd

Healthy CommunitiesCoordinator Julie Shawplans to submit two appli-cations.Shaw will follow with a

press release if the grantsare approved.‘Imagine’ Grants are

made available to “com-munity groups andorganizations who havegreat ideas for a healthpromotion project thatwill help improve thehealth and well-being ofthose living, working,learning and playing innorthern BC,” NorthernHealth said in a newsrelease.Northern Health’s Chief

Medical Health Officer, Dr.Ronald Chapman said,“the Imagine grant pro-gram is another importantcomponent of buildinghealthy communities.There have been a lot ofgreat initiatives come outof the imagine grants inthe past, and we’re certain2013 will be no different.”“What I am doing,”

Shaw said, “I am going toapply for two grants. One

of them is on food intoler-ances.”If approved, this grant

will go towards initiativesto raise awareness aboutcertain food intolerancediseases such as Celiac. “Something like a work-

shop... [persons diag-nosed with Celiac] can’thave anything with wheatin it or gluten.”It becomes very impor-

tant for anyone diagnosedwith any sort of foodintolerance to read thelabels on the food they ortheir family purchases.“So, what I want to do is

bring the stores there andhopefully they can saythis is what we have for[persons diagnosed withCeliac or other food intol-erances] and ultimatelyset up a group so they canhave support groups,”

Shaw said.The thing with Celiac,

she says is, “nobody real-ly knows what it is. Itcauses the body to attacktheir intestinal tract sothey get very sick.”Another grant –again, if

approved - will gotowards brining in a“mental health first aid”course.“It basically gets people

talking about what doyou do and who do youcall and …how do yougrieve properly andthings like that. It workslike a first aid course butfor the mental health partof it,” Shaw said.The “Imagine” grants

will give out $365, 000 forNorthern BC communi-ties this year.The Deadline for sub-

missions is Nov. 30.


LOCAL NEWS


–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – A Greyhound

bus travelling from PrinceGeorge en route to Chetwynd

broke down in the Pine Pass onFriday.The bus was without a radio,

heat, lights or cellular reception.Bus driver Scott Johnson,

pulled the bus over to the side ofthe highway when it lost powerand began to lurch to a stop inlate afternoon on the Nov. 30.Johnson and some passengers

solicited help from the SilverSands Restaurant that was notfar away.Passengers were left in the

cold for a period of time, won-dering what would happen next.

“He broke a belt,” BonnieLoupret, Manager of theChetwynd Greyhound bus stopsaid. “They weren’t stuck that long

but the thing is that belt wasattached to the alternator and…the equipment that controls theheat.”The bus was completely cut off

without a charge from the bat-tery and was unable to make useany communication devices. “Scotty is a good, good driv-

er,” Loupret said. “He followsthe rules and regulations to the

letter.Johnson eventually got the bus

running. “… We don’t know how he

fixed it but he got it goingenough so it would charge thelights, couldn’t do the heat but ithad enough to charge thelights,” Loupret said.The bus crawled along the

highway at speeds no greaterthan 30km per hour.They finally rolled into

Chetwynd at about 5:30pm,where Johnson left the bus run-ning.

“He limped it in here,”Loupret said. “The other busfrom Dawson Creek brought thebelts down and between thedriver and my husband, who’s amechanic, they got the belt on.”“He didn’t want to shut it off,

because if he shut it off hewouldn’t be able to get it start-ed… so he pulled it over to theyard and they fixed it.”Owners of the Silver Sands

Lodge, who reportedly deniedentrance to some passengers,could not be reached for com-ment.

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–––––––––––––– HUDSON’S HOPE –

Gwen Johansson won aby-election held SaturdayDec. 1, beating out heropponent Darryl Johnsonby a vote count of 210-136.Johansson previously

served on the District’scouncil from 1990-1996and then again from 2005until this current by-elec-tion. Former Hudson’s Hope

mayor, Karen Andersonresigned in October amidstaccusations of a conflict ofinterest.Two Councilors were

also elected in Saturday’sby-election.

Dan Bouillon andRichard Brown received169 and 188 votes.John Herrington,

Heather Middleton andDouglas Summer wereunsuccessful in their bidfor council, receiving 140,76 and 82 votes, respec-tively.The new Mayor and

Councilors will serve athree-year term endingDecember 2014.Mayor Johansson looks

to continue the District ofHudson’s Hope 2012strategic plan to targetincreasing tourist visits tothe community and toattract new businesses."We need to prepare for

growth, but we don't

know that growth is goingto come because a numberof these things are circlingbut they're not landing,”Johansson said. “We have to [update] our

infrastructure… because itwas put in, in the sixties.It’s served us very well butit does need to be updatednow so as we're updating it[to] accommodate a greaterpopulation than what wehave now.”Outside of her veteran

knowledge as a municipalpolitician, Johansson bringsyears of experience to thetable as an advocate to theprovincial government onbehalf of landowners on oil,gas and mining issues.

Johansson was also a one-time member of BCHydro’s board of directors. She has had the opportu-

nity to see the communityfrom many different angles. She hopes to lead the

District of Hudson’s Hopeinto the New Year by con-tinuing to work on themedical services problem.She is hopeful that thecommunity will be able tobring in a resident doctor.“We've got a really strong

council, I think, that's beenelected that comes from alldifferent facets of the com-munity. I think that it looksto be a strong council thatwe can maybe mould into areally efficient unit.”

Chetwy nd Echo 23Friday, December 7, 2012

DISTRICT OF HUDSONS HOPE

WATER BOOSTER PUMP STATION UPGRADING 2012

SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT

INVITATION TO TENDER

SEALED TENDERS addressed to the attention of Mr. John Locher, will be received at the District of Hudsons Hope municipal office until 2:00 pm local time on January 8

th, 2013.

Tenders will be opened publicly. TENDER DOCUMENTS may be obtained from the Prince George Office of L&M Engineering Limited or the District of Hudsons Hope office on or after December 5

th, 2012.

WORK TO BE UNDERTAKEN INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

• Supply and installation of mechanical, electrical, structural, and communication equipment and materials for the existing water booster pumping station, in Hudson’s Hope.

- Two Electric fire pumps each at 1050 usgpm at 170ft of head - Two duty pumps each at 20-150 usgpm at 120ft of head - One jockey pump for low night time flows at 0-20gpm at 120ft of head - Piping, valves, fittings, flow meter, pressure gauges, pressure

transducer, pressure relief valve, - Variable frequency drive for each pump - Generator and generator building and transfer switch, - Radio transmitter from booster station to river to water treatment plant - Flow works and alarm monitoring equipment - Transformer and two 40hp soft starts for river high lift pumping station - Removal and replacement of the existing roof at the booster station - Maintain water supply to upper pressure zone during construction

Each Tender must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Cheque in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Tender sum, plus Consent of Surety. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Tenders or to accept the Tender deemed most favourable in the interest of the Owner. All Tender inquiries shall be directed to:

District of Hudsons Hope L&M Engineering Limited Mr. John Locher, CAO Mr. Darryl Brizan, P.Eng 9904 Dudley Drive (Box 330) 1210 Fourth Avenue Hudsons Hope, BC V0C 1V0 Prince George, BC V2L 3J4 Telephone: (250) 783-9901 Telephone: (250) 562-1977 Fax: (250) 783-5741 Fax: (250) 562-1967 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

REGIONAL NEWS

District of Hudson’s Hope elects new MayorJohansson for the win

Edmonton Journal––––––––––––––

GRANDE PRAIRIE– Two GrandePrairie men face a total of 112 chargesafter RCMP discovered a cache ofweapons - and some yoga and exerciseclothing - stolen from a Dawson Creekdelivery truck. Police pulled over avehicle in downtown Grande Prairielate Thursday, arresting two men andseizing eight guns later confirmed tohave been stolen from a delivery truckin Dawson Creek, B.C. Soon after, police executed a search

warrant in a home near 108th Avenueand 94th Street in Grande Prairie, wherethey found three more guns and someexercise clothing believed to be from thecourier truck. Only one of the guns seized didn't

come from the Dawson Creek truck,said RCMP spokesman Cpl. RoyKennedy, who said that the theft isbelieved to be related to the theft ofthree to four packages of exercise cloth-ing in mid-November. Bradley Stothard,24, faces 71 charges including numerousfirearms trafficking offences, possessionof stolen property and breaching condi-tions. Andrew Hardy, 25, faces 41 charges

related to firearms trafficking and pos-session of stolen property. More thanhalf of the charges are gun related. Stothard and Hardy will appear in

Grande Prairie provincial court Jan. 2.Four other people have also beencharged with possession of stolen prop-erty and will appear in court at a laterdate.

Two Men face 112charges in connectionwith Dawson gun theft

Chetwynd Echo staff––––––––––––––

JACKFISH – OnWednesday Nov 28, DaveConway - CommunityRelations Manager, JohnBodnarchuk along withRoads Engineer andMelanie Dame,

Administrative Assistantfor the BC Hydro Site ‘C’Clean Energy Projectbraved another winterstorm to meet withapproximately a dozenresidents of the JackfishLake Road.The trio made the trip to

update the community onthe status of the Site ‘C’Dam Project, discusswhere BC Hydro is in thereview process, discussareas of potential workand business opportuni-ties should the projectreceive final approval and

hear topics of concernshould the project becomea reality. “Both gentlemen gave

excellent presentations onall phases of the projectcompleted to date, leavingthe residents with a clearunderstanding of the over-all proposal,” Jackfish resi-dent Betty Deck said.Conway referenced the

brief that was prepared byJackfish Lake Road resi-dents submitted inNovember 2008 address-ing those items that wereconcerns then, and are stillare today. Those concernsincluded the need toupgrade the road to ahigher level of safety toreduce the impact of addi-tional heavy traffic on theroad. “Project calculations are

proposing 10 heavy trucksan hour for twelve hours aday, six days a week,”

Deck said. “With returntravel to the dam site,potentially this numbercould equate to an impactof an additional 1,440 tripsacross the road weekly,over and above the regulartraffic flow should themovement of material notbe transported by rail.”Deck said this option

would create further trafficstoppages at the railwaycrossing in town, estimat-ing additional delays ofapproximately two min-utes twice daily with atrain length of 1,400 feet. Deck said with the road

progressively becomingnarrower further down theJackfish Lake Road, thepavement changing togravel, narrow corners,poor signage, little or noshoulders, a need for morepullouts, the residents areconcerned about anincrease in accidents, par-

ticularly at the ever-prob-lem railway crossing at thejunction of Jackfish Lakeand Sawchuck Roads. “Mr. Conway advised

that the Ministry ofTransportation, NorthernHealth, RCMP, SchoolDistrict #59, Canada Postand other governmentgroups responsible for var-ious areas of concern have,or are being consulted,”she said.A second concern resi-

dents brought up was theneed to provide moreresources to the Chetwyndhospital, should the proj-ect become a reality. Conway advised the res-

idents that NorthernHealth has been consultedon the potential impact tohospital services in theregion. Assurance wasgiven, that if the projectproceeds, they couldrespond as needed.Other topics discussed

were type of speed controlwould there be to alleviatecommunity safety con-cerns, i.e.: a transportationsafety concern call line,increased police monitor-ing, radio control, etc.;would the lack of cell andhigh speed in the area beaddressed particularly forsafety issues; what type ofrecreational opportunitieswould there be on thesouth side of the dam andwould the project supportthe use of private localcamps. “Mr. Conway advised

that no-one had asked thatquestion regarding privatecamps before, but that itwould be taken into con-sideration as ideas areunder discussion how


QUINTETTE PROJECTOPEN HOUSE - EARLY NOTICETeck Coal Limited is planning to host and open house mid January - inTumbler Ridge - to asnwer questions about the proposed Quintette Proj-ect and its join application to the Province of B.C. Please stay tuned for

more details in the coming weeks.For more information about the project please visit

www.teck.com/quintette or call the Quintette Comunity Officeat 1.877.544.3824.

INDUSTRY

2013 DOGLICENSES ARE IN

Yes, it’s that time of year again; our beloved dogsmust be relicensed for 2013. Statistics prove thatdogs who have a current license are 60 per centmore likely to be returned home than those with-out, often within the same day and have fewerpound fees.

All dogs over the age of 8 weeks are required to belicensed for each calendar year.

Licenses are available at the District of ChetwyndOffice, located at, 5400 North Access Road.

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BC Hydro meets with Jackfish Road residents

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Last week, in this space, I talked about why we chose Kitimat as the site for Gateway’s marine terminal. This week, I’d like to discuss the various steps we’ve taken to prevent an incident on water, and the measures we’ve put in place to build a comprehensive marine safety plan for Gateway.

Safety starts with a tanker acceptance program that’s as stringent as any in existence — and includes an independent review of all tankers, weeks ahead of their scheduled arrival. Tankers mooring at the terminal will be double-hulled and no more than 20 years old, and will be required — by independent third parties, before they enter Gateway’s shipping channels — to show a sound maintenance and operational history. As they approach Kitimat, all vessels will be boarded and guided by B.C. Coast Pilots with expert knowledge of our coastal waters.

Simulations conducted in varying weather conditions have shown that the largest tankers can be safely navigated without the help of tugboats. Still, Gateway is adding a tug-escort system as an additional safety measure. The Douglas Channel is already one of the deepest and widest inland waterways on North America’s west coast, and Gateway’s

tug-escort system, according to risk assessment data, would reduce the already unlikely chance of a grounding incident by a further 80 to 90 per cent.

As another Gateway marine safety initiative, we’re introducing land-based radar to B.C.’s North Coast for the fi rst time. This radar system will be bolstered by extra navigational aides such as lights and channel markers. These enhancements aren’t just for Gateway — they are for all vessels on B.C.’s North Coast.

Groups who oppose this project use fear tactics. They’d have you believe an oil tanker spill is inevitable. It isn’t. But don’t take my word for it — visit our website and read for yourself about all the work that has gone into making Gateway’s marine operation one of the safest in the world. Then, decide for yourself what’s true.

Janet HolderExecutive Vice PresidentWestern AccessEnbridge Inc.

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–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – The

Chetwynd RCMP has anew detachment com-mander.

Staff Sgt. OliviaTremblay took over May22 arriving from Fort St.John, replacing Sgt. KimRusk who was promotedto Saskatchewan inMarch.

Tremblay grew up inManitoba and has beenwith the RCMP for 15years.

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–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – A heavy

rainfall warning prompt-ed local officials to pre-pare for possible floodingin the area this week asthe Peace area readieditself to welcome around60 mm of rain Tuesdayand Wednesday and morethan 100 mm in the PinePass.

RCMP Sgt. OliviaTremblay said forChetwynd area it couldaffect the river systemwith potential for floodingon the Halfway, Moberly,Pine and Kiskatinawrivers.

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––––––––––––––CHETWYND – The

8th Annual ChetwyndChainsaw CarvingChampionship: Returnof the Champions hasbeen sullied with thetheft of a piece of thisyear’s first place carvingentitled Fiddle Sticks bytwo-year in a rowchampion Chris Foltz.

The carving of a FireUrchin was discoveredmissing Tuesday morn-ing by District ofChetwynd staff as theywere preparing to movethe carvings to theVisitor Centre.

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BY TRENT ERNSTTumbler Ridge News

–––––––––––––– TUMBLER RIDGE – While the wheels of

justice slowly turn over the discussion ofTemporary Foreign Workers, HD Mining istaking steps to train permanent CanadianWorkers to work at the Murray River Mine. While details are thin at the moment, HD

Mining has signed a memorandum ofunderstanding (MOU) to work collabora-tively on the development of an under-ground mining training and education pro-gram with Northern Lights College (NLC). As part of the agreement, NLC and HD

Mining will work to deliver the training inTumbler Ridge, as well as to include keycommunity partners in the organization anddelivery of the training. These communitypartners include the District of TumblerRidge and First Nations communities.Dr. Peter Nunoda, Vice President

Academic and Research at NLC says thatthey don’t have a curriculum in place yet,but is in the process of developing one. “Currently NLC doesn’t have an under-

ground mining program,” says Nunonda.

“So our first step is to go out and investigatecurriculum. We’re going to look at programsalready in place in places like WestPennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky even, tofind institutes that offer the right type oftraining.”

Once they’ve got a curriculum in place,they have to figure out the scope of what thetraining will entail. Nunonda says the pro-gram will involve training with a simulator,but they are investigating something a littlemore realistic. “We are investigating settingup a simulated mining environment aboveground,” says Nunonda. “It would be ascaled replica, in a completely safe environ-ment. A number of hard rock schools have

these simulated production facilities, whichallow you to start hands-on training withstudents in that environment.”Simulations, says Nunonda, are great to a

point, “but they don’t give you all the skills.What we’re looking at is creating a space,and we need to figure out how that wouldlook. Do we actual bring the mineral therefor them to work on, or is it a more simulat-ed environment. I have to look at these otherschools and figure out what they’re doing.You have to be able to do it over and overand over again.”Discussions towards a potential agreement

have been underway for more than a year.No plans have been finalized with regard tothe format or timelines for training, althoughthe MOU has a duration of three years.Nunonda says that anyone looking to see acourse in place by September 2013 is proba-bly a little too optimistic. “It’d more likely beSeptember, 2014. It’s not just a question ofdeveloping the curriculum, we also need todevelop infrastructure.” That includes whatmachinery the students would train on.

Please see "NLC," page 27

“Weʼre going to look atprograms already in place in

places like West Pennsylvania,Virginia, Kentucky...”

local infrastructure such as R.V. parks,apartments, and other housing optionswould be supported,” Deck said, addingthe project is proposing to employ atleast 15 per cent of the workers from theregion. One resident raised the question

regarding the problem for skilled fieldworkers who have 30-40 years experi-ence working in forestry with an interest

in employment, but wouldn’t get hiredas they don’t have the certification need-ed to apply for some of the jobs that maybe available. The residents were advisedthis concern would be noted.Conway said overall he thought the

meeting went well.“We provided information about the

project…and brought them up to speed,”he said. “There were lots of questionsand good comments. Generally speakingit was a good exchange of information.”

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INDUSTRY

NOTICE OF INTENTIONTO ADOPT REVITALIZATIONTAX EXEMPTION BYLAW

NO. 977, 2012The District of Chetwynd wishes to establish a Revitalization Tax ExemptionProgram in order to encourage the development of multi-family housing andcommercial development and redevelopment of certain areas within themunicipality.

Council has the following objectives for the program:

• To encourage multi-family housing development (over five units);• To encourage commercial development to sustain and enhance the existingcommercial areas; and• To advance the objectives of the Districtʼs official Community Plan to create aneconomically diverse and stable community.

The program is intended to accomplish these objectives by providing a taxexemption to eligible properties. This tax exemption, available for a maximumperiod of three years, will encourage new development in the community andreduce the municipal tax burden on multi-family residential owners andcommercial property owners that undertake a project.

Under this bylaw, the Council of the District of Chetwynd may provide a taxexemption to an owner of eligible land where the new construction value or thereconstruction value of a Project (as determined based on the building permit(s)issued) must be one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) or greater. Each exemptionagreement must be approved by Council prior to the beginning of construction.

The amount of the annual tax exemption will be equal to that part of themunicipal portion of the property taxes imposed under section 197(1) (a) of theCommunity Charter calculated by deducting the baseline assessment(assessed value immediately before the commencement of the project) fromthe current assessed value and applying the difference to the current municipaltax rate. The exemption will be 50% of the increased value of assessment in thefirst year; 25% in the second year; and 10% in the third year. It will not includean exemption from any local services tax or business improvement area tax.

This bylaw received first and second readings at the Regular Council Meetingheld on December 3, 2012 and will be considered for third reading at theRegular Council Meeting on December 17, 2012.

A complete copy of the bylaw may be obtained at the District of Chetwyndoffice along with examples of how the revitalization tax exemption programworks.

For more information about the Revitalization Tax Exemption Program, pleasecontact the District of Chetwynd at (250) 401-4100.

While the program is being spearheadedby HD Mining, Nunonda says that theskills learned int the program would betransferable to other underground mines.“While this is a collaboration with HD, wesee this as training that any companywould be able to take advantage of forunderground.”Currently, Northern Lights offers two

Mining training programs: the MiningFundamental Program and theIntroduction to Heavy EquipmentOperation Course. Nunonda says thatthey would offer more if it was asked for.

“It’s not an inability for us to train, it’s amatter of demand. We’ve been respondingto demand as they come along. Our rela-tionship with our industry partners is astrong one.”Is Nunonda worried that there is a stig-

ma around underground mining, especial-ly coal mining? “I think much of that hasto do with public exposure,” he says.“People in Tumbler Ridge are familiarwith open pit, but have no experienceunderground. Part of our goal is to edu-cate the local people so there’s a comfortlevel with it. More people have no clue asto what it’s about.”


NLC offers two miningtraining programs


Good exchange of information: Conway

Back Row: John Bodnarchuk, Roads Engineer, Dave Conway, CommunityRelations Manager. Front Row: Jack Wood, Doris Bremner, Annette Carter, LouiseLogue, Betty Deck. Also in attendance: Fred Logue, Tim Wood, Annie and DennisMadden, Jim Ross, Don Harris, Doreen Moore and Lance Bengert. Photo submitted


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