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N o r t h w e s t Community College is offering a free Social Justice 12 course Feb. 4 to March 25.

The accredited grade 12 course will be offered in a workshop forum and will be open for interested members of the public to audit or drop-in.

It will run twice a

week at NWCC on Tuesdays 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Taught by Pat Cox, the course covers topics including the Declaration of Human Rights, human rights issues internationally and in Canada, n o n - g o v e r n m e n t o r g a n i z a t i o n s , g l o b a l i z a t i o n , corporate issues of

social inequality, eco-justice, war, child soldiers, equality, tolerance and poverty.

“It’s a very, very broad subject and [the course is] trying to narrow it down to where it � ts in our community,” said Diane Batley, NWCC coordinator for OARH.

OARH, Organizing Against Racism and Hate, is an Embrace

BC government program promoting mu l t i c u l t u r a l i s m , recognizing diversity in communities, and working to eliminate racism and hate in B.C.

NWCC has a contract with OARH which involves community education around racism and hate issues, which are topics covered in Social Justice 12,

Batley said.The material for

Social Justice 12 is provided by School District 54, and Cox is working as high school teacher as well as volunteering to do the course a second time for the public.

“The idea behind this course is for personal development more then anything else,” said Cox.

“It allows the

students to have a look at [social justice], not only in their own local place, but also have that wider lens that looks at the world as a whole.

“Putting their own issues into context often helps them feel less isolated, and it also makes them feel like they’re part of something bigger.”

“It’s also for people who are not a part of

any minority group, about ‘what can I do in the world?’ ‘How can I make a difference?’ It’s that piece too.

“It’s a lot of what I believe in, so I really get excited about it,” she said.

For more information or to register for taking Social Justice 12 for credits, contact NWCC at 250-845-7266.

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The Houston ACT (Action Changes Things) Committee is organizing a commu-nity-wide WinterFest celebration for Family Day.

H o u s t o n WinterFest will fea-ture a week packed with family activities from Tuesday, Feb. 4 to Monday, Feb. 10 (Family Day).

Families will have no shortage of winter activities to enjoy, in-cluding hockey, � gure skating, snow shoe-ing, ice � shing, snow-mobile rides and win-ter � eld games.

Houston Link to Learning is putting on a Family Literacy Brunch at the Houston Community Hall on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 10 a.m. to1 p.m.

The Morice

Mountain Ski Trails will have races, ski-ing lessons and snow-showing on the trails during Family Day.

Family Day will also have a free pub-lic swim 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Houston Leisure Facility and free public skating 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Claude Parish Memorial Arena.

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Police arrested a female in Granisle for domestic assault at 8:10 a.m. Jan. 24. RCMP Sergeant Rose says she was released on conditions to face charges in Houston court Feb. 17.

***Police stopped a

vehicle on Highway 16 near Caledonia Ave. at 9:55 a.m. Jan. 26. Sgt. Rose says the driver was stopped for using an electronic device while driving, and police found that the

driver was to be served a driving prohibition. Her licence was seized and she was given a temporary licence to drive home, Sgt. Rose said.

***Police got a report

of a male cutting down a tree near the Houston Legion at 8:35 p.m. Jan. 26. Sgt. Rose says the male told police that he needed firewood, and police told him that he could not just cut down a tree owned by someone else. Investigation is ongoing and charges may be pursued

against the male, Sgt. Rose said.


of someone in breach of a restraining order at 9:40 a.m. Jan. 27. Sgt. Rose says police collected information and forwarded it to police in Dawson Creek, where the offender lives.


of fraud at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 27. Sgt. Rose says a male was contracted to do some work, was paid in advance and failed to complete the work. Investigation is ongoing.

***Police got a request

for a peace bond from a female in Topley at 3:45 p.m. Jan. 27. Sgt. Rose says police got a statement and for-warded it to the Crown for consideration.

***Police arrested a drunk female from Hagan Street in

Granisle at 8:20 p.m. Jan. 27. Sgt. Rose says the female was attempting to depart in a stolen vehicle. No charges were laid.


Jan. 28 of a break and enter that happened a few days prior. Sgt. Rose says a victim was assaulted and had cash stolen at a home on Pearson Road. The suspects are known and police are working to arrest them.

***Police got a request

to check a home on Sixth Street for a male bound by curfew conditions. Sgt. Rose says police found the male gone. Investigation is ongoing and charges are expected against the male.

***A car hit the raised

median and signpost at the intersection

of Highway 16 and Tweedie Ave. at 8:20 a.m. Jan. 29. Sgt. Rose says a westbound semi made a wide turn causing the westbound car to take evasive action, and swerve onto the raised median. No charges were laid as it could not be determined who was responsible.

***A vehicle hit the

ditch on Highway 16 at Poplar Road at 11:05 a.m. Jan. 29. Sgt. Rose says police believe the cause of the crash was speed and the icy roadway. No one was seriously injured and the driver was issued a ticket for having inadequate snow tires.

***In the past seven

days, police got six other traffic complaints, three abandoned 9-1-1 calls, and two bylaw complaints.

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Houston man nominated for Grammy ‘Roots’ AlbumNews StaffHouston Today

A Houston, B.C. high school grad was on the list of nomi-nees at the recent Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Duncan Bamsey, a 1993 grad of Houston Secondary School was a member of a group that produced an album nominated for a Grammy in the ‘Roots’ Category. It is an honour to received a nomination in any Grammy Award cat-egory.

The album is called ‘Hula Ku’i and Bamsey is featured on alto and baritone sax.

The album was produced and engi-neered in Kamuela, Hawaii. Music of the group is featured on the aircraft of Hawaiian Airlines. The album did not win a Grammy, but received high recogni-tion in the American Roots category.

A music critic called the album “One of the most innova-tive releases to come out of the islands…Hawaiian swing at its � nest.”

Musical Background

Bamsey attended Topley Elementary School and gradu-ated from Houston Secondary School. He was in the High School band program for � ve years and was part of the concert and jazz bands. Duncans’ par-ents Brian and Tandra are life-long residents of this area.

The High School band travelled to the University of Northern Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and Bamsey received an outstanding soloist award as part of the performance, which led him to attend the University after High School. In addition, he went on a sum-mer ‘Canadian Youth on Tour of Europe in 1993. Duncan has worked and played in his musical � eld for 20 years in the United States.

Duncan comes from a musical back-ground on both sides of his family. His g re at - g r a n d f at h e r played trombone on his dads side of the family and his grand-father played trum-pet. On his mother’s side of the family his grandmother played piano and sang and her brother played

trumpet and had his own band.

Duncan’s de-grees include a Bachelors, B.A. in Music Education and a Masters in Jazz Pedagogy.

Duncan continu-ally indulges his love for the saxophone by sourcing vintage and professional

saxophones. He cur-rently resides on the Big Island of Hawaii where he and his wife Renae enjoy scuba diving, kayaking and biking.

Duncan attend-ed the Grammy Ceremonies in Los Angeles. It is the big-gest awards event in the world of music.

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LNG requires patience

Suggestions that Shell may put the brakes, however temporarily, on its Canada LNG project in

Kitimat, the largest of the three lique� ed natural gas plants proposed for that area, should not be a surprise.

In the race to be among the � rst to export LNG to Asian markets, there are bound to be stumbles along the way and not every company who starts the race is going to � nish it.

In Shell’s case, any pullback could have as much to do with where Canada LNG sits on the company’s list of projects and the costs associated with each one as much as it does on the prospects for a pro� table LNG export market.

Clearly, the development of a provincial LNG industry is going to require a lot of patience. Paci� c Northern Gas (PNG) consumers got a taste of that need for patience Jan. 1 when the delivery cost portion of their gas bills went up. The utility pegs the increase at $49 a year for a residential consumer.

This is signi� cant because consumers have instead been waiting for a decrease in the gas delivery cost. That’s because BC LNG, the smallest of the LNG proposals in Kitimat, would use up the surplus capacity of the existing PNG natural gas pipeline, providing signi� cant revenues for the gas utility to lower the delivery costs for its other customers.

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A blonde walks into a barMy friend

Laurie posted a picture of Barbara Eden’s “I Dream of Jeannie” character online, prompting comparisons between her and Elizabeth M o n t g o m e r y ’ s “Bewitched” character - also a blonde beauty who was magically inclined. Laurie made the observation that on both television shows these nice, sweet characters had evil, manipulative sisters, comically played by the lead actresses wearing dark wigs.

“Nice bit of cultural indoctrination there,” she said. “Just as bad as Disney and other fairy tales.”

It immediately had me thinking of additional characters that � t that good-versus-bad stereotype. Betty and Veronica from the Archie comics, Krystle and Alexis Carrington

from Dynasty, and Aurora and her evil stepmother from Sleeping Beauty were the � rst few that popped to mind.

“It’s a constant theme throughout Western European-based mythology,” Laurie said.

I couldn’t help but agree, and I had noticed this before, but I wondered if her being a brunette made her more conscious of that particular typecasting, while I was more in tune with another one: the dumb blonde cliché.

I can’t even begin to count how many blonde jokes I’ve heard in my life. I used to tell them myself just to beat people to the punch. Some are funny, but in reality when someone insinuates that I lack intelligence because of my hair color, it’s annoying.

I guess that’s why it can irritate Laurie when someone jokes about brunettes being bitter or less attractive - yet another ridiculous stereotype.

The concept that hair color can actually affect the perception people have regarding women’s characters, brain power or beauty is astonishing. But it can.

In my twenties, I dyed my naturally dirty blonde hair to a beautiful, dark rich brown. I loved the colour. Unfortunately it didn’t love me and I looked terrible. I had to wear heavy make-up so my face wouldn’t look washed out. Despite this, I had several people tell me I looked better and smarter after the change. One friend said that it was an improvement over my “fake, blonde bimbo image.”

Ironically, my former self was far more natural than this transformed version of me that she preferred.

To prevent damaging my hair too much, I lived as a brunette for longer than I wanted to and felt relief when I returned to my original color. It felt as though I was able to take off an uncomfortable Halloween wig and � nally be myself again. If someone didn’t like my reversal, I no longer cared.

It felt absurd to be judged on something so insigni� cant. Does the color of a man’s hair impact the way people perceive him? Not to the same degree as a woman, I’m sure.

There are so many ludicrous stereotypes about many different things that can affect men as well. Sweeping o v e r - s i m p l i f i e d generalizations are

made about people all the time. Sometimes with horri� c results.

What I learned as a child, and now teach my own kids, is that regardless of one’s ethnicity, faith, profession, gender, age, income, appearance, sexual preference or whatever, there are wonderful and horrible people within each group.

Judging people based on stereotypes is dumb. Being a blonde is not.

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“For Houston Comunity Services, I’m looking for grants for new programs.

I’m also the licencing coodrinator looking for grants to continue the Beanstock Day Care.

It’s hard to find grants to continue a program that’s already going.”

Bill SullivanInterested club member

“I’m here for general knowledge. I’m involved in lots of clubs in town,

so I’m interested in learning about grant

applications, and where grants are available.”

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Tug of war for transportation taxes

A B.C.-Alberta government working group on energy de-velopment has issued its � rst report, recom-mending efforts to “increase the public’s energy literacy on oil transportation, pro-duction and impacts on daily life.”

The group was set up by B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford last summer, after they agreed to co-operate on ways to increase oil

and gas development and export. Headed by deputy ministers from both provinces, the working group re-leased its � rst report this week.

The report notes a “disconnect between public perception and the reality” of the im-portance of oil and gas to the Canadian economy. The indus-try is the largest con-tributor to Canada’s balance of trade, and investment of $55 bil-lion in new capital

projects in 2012 alone.It also records that

Canada is losing an estimated $50 million a day in potential rev-enue due to lack of access to oil custom-ers outside the United States, and acknowl-edges that without additional pipeline capacity, crude oil will increasingly be shipped by rail.

To respond to “misinformation on numerous fronts” on technology, economic bene� ts, environmen-

tal issues and regulato-ry practices, the report suggests increased ef-fort in communities, First Nations and schools.

One program cited as an example is the Canadian Geographic Energy IQ Program, a partnership between the magazine and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers to “provide an interactive educa-tional experience for students in the class-room on the preva-

lence of energy.”Redford and Clark

agreed last year to support B.C.’s � ve conditions for new heavy oil pipelines from Alberta to the Paci� c coast, and Alberta’s proposal for a national energy strategy to improve access to markets for Canadian energy. B.C.’s conditions in-clude “world class” spill prevention on land and at sea, which the report describes as an evolving target.

The report paints a rosy picture of oil spill response off the coast, despite a study done for the B.C. gov-ernment last year that found little capacity to recover crude oil spilled off the North Coast.

The report also de-scribes the need for better movement of goods from B.C. ports to Alberta’s industrial areas, an effort called “Project Cargo.”

It calls for improve-ments to highways,

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Premier Christy Clark has set off a storm of protest by imposing a referendum on new Lower Mainland t r a n s p o r t a t i o n improvements, timed with the province-wide municipal elections on Nov. 15.

Even if you don’t live in Metro Vancouver, you’re not immune from this long-running saga. Provincial and federal governments use your tax dollars for the big stuff, including the SkyTrain Canada Line to Vancouver airport and the South Fraser

Perimeter Road, a new truck route to port facilities at Tsawwassen.

Clark has promised a bridge replacement for the George Massey tunnel under the Fraser River, which may or may not be tolled like the Port Mann bridge. The patchwork of Lower Mainland tolls is a growing political liability for the B.C. Liberal government, and if further tolls are avoided, major works elsewhere in the province may be delayed as the budget is eaten up by the big cities.

Clark announced the Massey tunnel replacement in a

September 2012 speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities. In the same speech, she also pledged to complete the four-laning of the last 240 km of the Trans-Canada Highway from Kamloops to the Alberta border. That’s one of the most mountainous stretches of highway in Canada, and the province’s cost was estimated at the time to be $650 million over 10 years. Time will tell if that promise is kept.

Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Minister Todd Stone inherited the mess left behind by former minister Kevin Falcon, who took

transit authority away from Metro Vancouver politicians. He appointed a board of experts and set up a toothless “mayors’ council” to rubber-stamp their decisions, after forcing through the Canada Line ahead of a long-promised transit extension to the east.

Local politicians wrangled for years over that eastern extension. They � nally settled on surface light rail, only to be overruled by the province, which wanted the vastly more expensive SkyTrain.

The latest rebuke to the mayors’ council was when they decided not to proceed with a

costly new electronic fare card system. Falcon reversed that one after taking a junket to London and falling in love with their “Oyster card” subway system. All the glitches from TransLink’s new “Compass card” program will be encountered this summer, just before those mayors go to the polls to face voter wrath.

Speaking of reversals, Stone is now demanding the mayors come up with their list of priorities for new projects. They are expected to believe their choices won’t be overruled again.

Stone correctly

notes that Vancouver wants SkyTrain on Broadway, Surrey wants new surface light rail, and other Lower Mainland communities want new road and bridge works. Local governments have a long history of parochial squabbling, getting their pet projects done and then suddenly developing the urge to rein in spending once it’s time to dig deep for their neighbours.

Lower Mainland taxpayers are weary and confused by all this reorganizing and in-� ghting. Many likely believe that it is their regional government that has imposed the

Port Mann bridge tolls, when in fact that is a provincial highway project over which they had no say.

Clark has made it clear there is no going back from a November referendum on new regional t r a n s p o r t a t i o n � nancing tools, a promise explicit in the B.C. Liberal election platform. She hopes it will increase the dismal voter turnout for local votes.

If it does that, it may be worth it. Right now, civic elections are dismal affairs, with voter turnout and awareness of local issues drifting from bad to worse.

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Enjoying work at Mount Milligan Mine By Jackie Lieuwen

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Mount Milligan Mine has small crews, good camaraderie and variety in work.

At least, that’s the experience of Lynn Sketchley, an equip-ment operator born and raised in Houston.

“It’s like family because it’s so small,” Sketchley said.

Mount Milligan, owned by Thompson Creek Metals Company, is a young, copper-gold mine, started in 2010, 92 ki-lometres north of Fort St. James.

Sketchley says she’s been running equipment there for a year and a half and started with 25 others when the mine hired a new ‘D’ crew.

“There were 25 of us that came on board at once, some went into mechanics, some ended up leaving, but we all kind of started together so we were kind of like a little family to begin with.”

Having worked for over five years at the oil sands at Fort McMurray, at Syncrude, Suncor, Aurora, Sketchley said Mt. Milligan was quite different.

Crews at Fort McMurray were much

bigger, over 100 people rather than 30, and they lived in the city rather than in camp together.

“Here [at Milligan], we come in on the mine bus, go into camp, have supper together, go to bed, get up, have breakfast together and then we go to work to-gether, so you’re kind of living together all the time,” she said.

Even upper man-agement eats with the crews, and they’re very friendly, with an open-door policy for employees, Sketchley said.

She says the cama-raderie at Mt. Milligan is her favourite part of working there.

“Our crew gets along really well, I really enjoy them…

we’re always joking and laughing and shar-ing stuff,” she said.

One of two females on a crew of 30, Sketchley says people often ask her what it’s like being a female at the mine.

“The majority of the guys are really good… They’re like ‘if you can do the job, great.’

“I don’t feel like I’m treated any different because I’m a female.

“They’re really good with me,” she said.

Sketchley says she also really enjoys run-ning equipment.

She operates big haul trucks, a grader, and a rubber-tired dozer, and switches between them every few days, based on the

supervisor’s direction. “Usually you’ll get

on a piece of equip-ment for a couple days at a time. Some supervisors like to put you on a piece of equipment and leave you there for the whole seven days…but the supervisor we have now likes to change people around so they’re not getting bored or they’re not stuck on that same piece of equipment if they don’t like it.

“So it’s nice,” she said.

Sketchley says she works 12-hour shifts, seven days in and seven out, and lives in Houston.

“This is my home and I know a lot of people here. It’s nice to come back here,” she said.

When she goes on shift, she drives to Fort St. James and catches a bus to the mine, which takes about an hour and half to reach camp.

Her typical work day is pretty well eat, sleep and work, she said.

The hours are long, but Sketchley says she likes working there.

The camp consists of trailers, split into separate and fairly small rooms, but the mine is working to re-place that camp with a new lodge, started in mid-2013 and sched-uled to be done in the second half of 2014.

A Mt. Milligan news release states that the rooms will be 221 square feet, and will have a bathroom and shower, independent heating and cooling system, memory foam style bed, TV and win-dow with black out shades

They will share the room with one other person of the oppo-site shift, and will have lockers to store their things when they’re gone on shift.

Asked what her plans are fir the future, Sketchley says she hopes to stay at Mt. Milligan.

“Right now, as far as I’m concerned, I’m going to be staying there until I retire. I like it there,” she said.

For more information see www.mtmilligan.com.

Jackie Lieuwen/Houston TodayLynn Sketchley works as an equipment operator at Mount Milligan Mine, a young mine 92 kilometres north of Fort St. James.


If you want to get involved or would like more information, please contact:Dawn Potvin 250-845-1291 or Sally Sullivan 250-845-9321

Houston ACT (Acti on Changes Things) Committ eepresents the

in Houston - All Week to Celebrate Family Day

February 4th-10th 2014

The weekend willbe FILLED with

FUN ACTIVITIES – something for EVERYONE!

FIRST ANNUAL

Schedule of Events...

Tuesday, February 4th

6:30-8:30PM Street Hockey - Various locations Avalon Sub - Dwayne Anderson, Jeff Lloyd, Don Kenzle Mountain View - Shane Brienen, Mike Bowes Ruiter Heights - Len Potvin

Drop in & you will be put on teams when you arrive. Sticks & Gloves are required.

Thursday, February 6th

2:30-3:15PM “Come Skate With Us” Houston Figure Skating Club - Claude Parish Memorial Arena Everyone welcome! Come and check out our CanSkate program led by our certi� ed coach and assisted by our own local skaters. CanSkate is Canada’s only recognized Learn to Skate program! For more information on the Houston Figure Skating Club: houston� gureskatingclub.weebley.com

Friday, February 7th

4:00-5:30PM Steal the Gold (aka Capture the Flag) Game - HSS School Field For ages 10-18 - Hot Chocolate and Hot Dogs provided.

6:00-8:00PM Kick Off ACT - Hill behind High School Houston Fire Department will be running the Bon� re. Join us for Sledding, Hot Dogs & Hot Chocolate!

9:00-11:00PM Adult Drop In Curling & Social - Houston Curling Club

Saturday, February 8th

All Day Old Timers Hockey Tournament - Claude Parish Memorial Arena

9:00AM-3:00PM 3rd Annual Ice Fishing Derby - Irrigation Lake Enter to win various Prizes!! Brenda & Calvin Glaim 250-845-0057

10:00AM-1:00PM Family Literacy Brunch - Houston Community Hall For info contact Marian Ells 250-845-2727 [email protected]

Saturday, February 8th continued12:00-4:00PM Free Bowling at Pleasant Valley Plaza Bowling Centre

1:00-3:00PM Children’s Snowmobile Ride Houston Snowmobile Club across the tracks from Steelhead Park. Enter to win a Snowmobile Helmet!

6:00PM-12:00AM Old Timers Hockey Tournament Dinner and Dance - Community Hall Tickets available

Sunday, February 9th

All Day Old Timers Hockey Tournament - Claude Parish Memorial Arena

10:00AM-12:00PM Jam Pail Curling - Houston Curling Club

1:00-3:00PM Snowshoeing Workshop - Countrywide Sports Mountainview Area - Meet at Four Seasons Park FREE snowshoe clinic and FREE snowshoe rentals will be available. Workshop, rentals, specials, sled specials Enter to win a pair of snowshoes!!

Monday, February 10th - FAMILY DAY

10:00AM-4:00PM Family Ski Day - Morice Mountain Ski Trails There will be a warm chalet, hot chocolate and goodies Races, lessons & snowshoeing on the tree trails. For more call Sue Jones 250-845-9400 [email protected]

11:00AM-2:00PM Street Hockey Game on 9th Street Outdoor Food Booth - Houston Friendship Centre 9th Street

12:00-4:00PM Free Public Swim at Houston Leisure Facility

1:00-2:00PM Free Public Skating - Claude Parish Memorial Arena

3:00-5:00PM Guns and Hoses Hockey Game between Houston Fire Department and RCMP Claude Parish Memorial Arena


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Topley 4-H kicks off another year

Grady Stephens, 4-H Club reporter.

Jackie Lieuwen/ Houston Today

The Topley 4-H Club kicked off the start of their year on Thursday, January 24th, with an af-ternoon meeting followed by a round of bowling.

During the meeting the 4-H Club executive was established.

It is as follows: President - Carli Wardrop, Vice President - Jodi Siemens, Secretary - Sammy Spooner,

Treasurer - Alyssa Margerm, Club Reporter - Grady Stephens, Safety Officers - Tyrell McEwen and Tyson Groot. It was a fun afternoon and a great way to be-gin the year. The next club meeting will be held on Thursday, February 13th at 2 p.m. at the High School library.

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7:00pm at the Houston Public LibraryAre you interested in local, sustainable food and recycling?

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Northwest Community College is organizing a Social Justice 12 course to run Feb. 4 to March 25 every Tuesday morning and Wednesday night. Diane Batley and Pat Cox are organizing the course, which will talk about social justice from both a local and global perspective, and will be open for interested people to drop-in. See page 1.

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Advance Public NoticePursuant to Section 66 of the Transportation Act, and to provisions of the Commercial Transport Act, notice is hereby given that load restrictions may be placed on short notice in the near future on all highways within the Bulkley Stikine District, including areas from Burns Lake west to Kitwanga and north to the Yukon Border, including Atlin.

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Dated in Smithers, British Columbia, this 23rd day of January, 2014.

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On February 14, the Houston Stepping Stones Project in Partnership with the Houston Friendship Centre Youth TEAM Project will be hosting a walk and rally in honour of the ‘Missing and Murdered’ women and individuals currently living on the margins.

The walk will be followed by a family feast and a family dance. This feast and dance will celebrate the positive mental health promotion and the good mental health practices that have been developed and adopted as a result of the two projects.

Both the Stepping Stones Project and the Youth TEAM Project are funded by the Community Action Initiative. The mandate of this funding is to promote positive mental health and foster inclusion for and with people living with or at risk for mental illness and addictions.

At the onset of the Stepping Stones

Project we discovered that a person’s sense of community belonging strongly influenced their overall mental health and use of substances.

Immediately, we saw the association between a sense of community belonging and a person’s health were strongly correlated. Data reported from the recent 2007/08 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), found a significant and consistent association between a person’s sense of belonging and health, particularly mental health, even when controlling for geography and socio-economic status.

This is not a life sentence though, despite the health deficit that exists in rural and small-towns such as Houston.

C o m m u n i t i e s like ours are able to overcome health challenges and create conditions conducive to a positive sense of belonging.

The Stepping Stone Project has put conditions in place, such as providing a safe place for program registrants to try new things, implementing opportunities for non traditional and natural leadership to engage, as well as educating broader service organization about inclusion.

The walk and rally are an acknowledgement that there is so much more that needs to be done around the promotion of positive mental health practices to overcome the health challenges that people face. It is not a stretch to state that many of the women who have gone missing and have been murdered were displaced within or from their communities as a result of:

- Racist and sexist stereotypes that deny the dignity and worth of Indigenous women, encouraging some men to feel they can get away with violent acts of hatred against

them. - Decades of

government policy that have impoverished and broken apart Indigenous families and communities, leaving many Indigenous women and girls extremely vulnerable to exploitation and attack.

- Many police forces failing to institute necessary measures – such as training, appropriate investigative protocols and accountability mechanisms – to eliminate bias in how they respond to the needs of Indigenous women and their families.

This walk is a way for us as a community to state emphatically that we are all equally valued and equally important to the health of the whole community.

We all belong and deserve to feel that sense of belonging.

“A community is only as strong as it’s weakest member.”

- Submitted

Memorial walk and Family Feast on Valentines Day

Photo submittedCody and Molly Wickham and Marie Abrahams drum a traditional Wet’suwet’en song for the Houston crowd at the All Nations Feast.

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Houston Secondary School - webpage: http://hssweb.sd54.bc.caTopleyTopley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd Tues. of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire practices every Thurs. at 7:30pm. Structural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Top-ley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a fire practice: Thurs. @ 1930 hrs (7:30pm)

GranisleGranisle and District Seniors meetings are the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1:00pm in the Se-niors Centre. Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fire practices every Tues., 7:00pm at the Fire Hall.Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., 11:00am Bible study is Thurs. at 7:00pm.

Music & Mochas Open Mic Night at Brewstirs Cafe 6 p.m. on Fri. Feb. 7. Come and check out the local talent, or take part and perform! Guitar, keyboard and other instruments available. Ask at Brewstirs for more info or email Liz at [email protected] Houston Cutloose Quilters meet Feb 8 for a Quilters Day-Out in the Houston Library’s Canfor room. Call Mary at 845-2668 or Pam at 845-2573 for more information. Houston Public Library - Free Guitar lessons for all ages Fri. from 3:30-4:30pm. Sponsored by Northwest Community College, Houston Link to Learning, and the Houston Public Library. You must bring your own guitar. • Story Time – Every Wed until Mar. 12 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm for children ages 0 to 5 with a parent or caregiver. This program is FREE. • Lego Club – For ages 6 & up (children who are “6” must be accompanied by an adult). Feb 6 & 20 from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Snack is provided and this program is FREE. • After School Games – For ages 7 and up. Feb 11 & 25 from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Snack provided and this program is FREE. Passport Photos with Mark Zagwyn on Feb 13 from 12:00 to 5:00 pm. • Kreative Kids “Art Attack” Fri, Feb 21 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. For ages 6 and up (children who are 6 years of age must be accompanied by an adult). $2.00 per child. This program requires registration. • 49th Annual General Meeting Mon., Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Canfor Room. All library members are welcome to attend. Elections for the

board will be held during the meeting; if you wish to let your name stand for board member, please call the library. For more info on any of the above events or to register, please call the Houston Public Library at 250-845-2256.Walk and rally in honor of the missing and murdered women Fri, Feb. 14 at 3:30 pm at the Community Hall. Guest Speaker, Beverley Jacobs 4pm at the Houston Chamber of Commerce. Family Feast 5:30pm at Houston Community Hall. Family Dance 7:00pm at Houston Community Hall. This is a free event and everyone is welcome! Grief support group presented by the Houston Hospice Society. There are trained facilitators; and it is a 10 week course with two hour sessions. It will start when there are enough participants. To register call: 250-845-4921 or email: houston [email protected] Houston Dart League is Sat. evenings at 7:30pm. upstairs at the Houston Curling Club. Blind doubles games.The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Mon. of the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is General Meeting.Seniors Bingo is every Tues. at 7:00pm at Cottonwood Manor. Entry is $1. Come out & enjoy a fun prize filled evening. Lots of prizes!

Ambulance Society of Houston – was fundraising for a CAREstream Vital Sign Monitor. This will generate a higher level of care for patients in need of medical attention. Paramedics will be able to record vital signs while in the care of the back of the ambulance. The Society was seeking support from the local business community and Bulkley Valley Credit Union was happy to donate $500 last March to assist in their cause.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTOR RESPONSE OPPORTUNITY

ELECTORAL AREA District of Houston

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the District of Houston intends to consider and adopt “Park Closure Bylaw No. 1042, 2014” which authorizes the disposal of all of that portion of park in District Lot 622, Range 5, Coast District dedicated on Plan 1005, lying northwesterly of blocks 15 and 16, Plan 1005, shown in heavy black outline below:

Bylaw SummaryIf adopted, Park Closure Bylaw No. 1042, 2014 will close the park, establish a parcel and then prepare for rezoning of the parcel from P-2 (Park and Recreation) to P-1 (Public and Institutional).

Participating AreaThe participating area is the complete District of Houston.

Alternative Approval ProcessOnly quali� ed electors may respond. Quali� ed electors are persons meeting all of the following Resident or Non-Resident Elector quali� cations:

Resident ElectorYou are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a resident elector if you are a Canadian Citizen, aged 18 years or older on the day of submission, have resided in BC for at least the past six months, have been a resident of the District of Houston for at least the last 30 days and are not disquali� ed by the Local Government Act, or any other enactment from voting in an election or are not otherwise disquali� ed by law.

Non-Resident ElectorYou are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a non-resident elector if you are not quali� ed as a resident elector, you are a Canadian Citizen, aged 18 years or older on the day of submission, have resided in BC for at least the past six months, have owned and held registered title to a property in the District of Houston for at least the last 30 days and are not disquali� ed by the Local Government Act, or any other enactment from voting in an election or are not otherwise disquali� ed by law. NOTE: If there is more than one registered owner for the property (either as joint tenants or tenants in common) only one individual may, with the written consent of the majority, submit an Elector Response Form.

DeadlineThe deadline for delivering the signed Elector Response Forms is 4:30 pm on Monday, March 10, 2014. Forms will not be accepted after the deadline. As original signatures are required, only forms returned in person or by mail will be counted. Elector Response Forms may not be returned by email or by fax.

For the purpose of conducting this response opportunity, the number of eligible electors is determined to be 1673. If less than 10% (167) of the electors in the District of Houston sign and submit an Elector Response Form to the District of Houston, the bylaw will be deemed to have been approved and the District may proceed to adopt the bylaw. If 167 or more electors return signed Elector Response Forms, the bylaw cannot be adopted without proceeding to referendum. Elector Response Forms must be in the form established by the District of Houston and will be provided to all electors who request them. Only forms returned in person or by mail will be counted. A copy of the bylaw and the Elector Response Forms are available at the Municipal Of� ce at 3367 - 12th. Street, BC, V0J 1Z0, Phone 250-845-2238, fax 250-845-3429.

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Twain Sullivan film project to give students media awareness


Elementary stu-dents are exploring the world of video and film with their very own, student-made green screen.

A green screen is simply a green back-ground for filming or photography that can be electronically changed into another graphic background.

Twain Sullivan Principal Kevin Bird says that since January, students grades three and up have been working during lunch

hours and after school on the green screen, which is actually just two plywood sheets painted green by the grade threes.

Bird says students tried eight different shades of green before finding the right one, but with the help of Home Hardware they got the right shade.

“There’s a three-pronged reason for do-ing this,” Bird said.

“There’s the op-portunities to do video work… there’s media awareness… and there’s [learning to use a new piece of technology].”

Bird says students are exploring ways that they can use film to add impact to a mes-sage, and will be trying out things like doing an original music video with a student band and doing a skit, set in ancient Japan, using the green screen.

“It’s where our society is going - being able to communicate important ideas in a way that impacts… it’s not enough to have a good message anymore, you have to have a good medium to put it in,” he said.

“It’s also a media

awareness bit, because it’s about creating real-ity and teaching kids that the reality that we see on TV and stuff like that is a created reality, so that they can begin to recognize and be

aware of the informa-tion that’s coming to them and what might be true and what might not be true.

“Watching TV be-comes much more educational if you’re watching it from the perspective of ‘hey, I wonder if they’re using a green screen there,” or ‘I wonder what camera technique that was’… You’re not just passively taking stuff in, you’re going to be actively viewing and absorbing that mate-rial,” Bird said.

He says that the grade five students are already starting a me-dia awareness project, where they will film commercials using

some of the techniques commonly used in the TV industry.

“[This is] so they can learn to recognize some of those techniques [when they see them,” Bird said.

“ T h e t h i r d prong is just giv-ing kids the oppor-tunity to become fa-miliar with a piece of t e c h n o l -ogy that is used sub-stantially

in our society,” he said. Twain has students

interested in the tech-nical side of music and photography, so now they can learn more about the technical side of film, he said.

Bird said that film is mostly extracurricular and will not be a class of it’s own, but will be incorporated into the regular classes as mini-units.

Asked why he decid-ed to bring film into the school, Bird said it was because he has seen the power of it.

“I’ve been running a program like this in all the different schools that I’ve been in for the last 15 years or so, and a lot of the students

have gone on to dif-ferent opportunities in photography and a few of them have gone on to serious film work after high school,” he said.

Bird says one of his students, after he grad-uated, used his film ex-perience in an interview to successfully get a job that was beyond his lev-el of experience.

“They went in with the same message but the message was visual-ly powerful,” Bird said.

Bird says that after a couple of years, when there are a few genera-tions of students with

good filming ability, it would be neat if there could be a community film night where stu-dents can show their film work.

Bird says students seem engaged and ex-cited about the new film work at Twain.

“Students are drag-ging their parents in to see the results…[and talking with the grade fives about the film work] their ideas are fly-ing,” Bird said.

He said the bubbling ideas is a sign that the students are well-en-gaged.

Photos submittedTwain Sullivan band experiments with green screen, which allows photos and videos to be digitally edited with a graphic background.

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The Bulkley Stikine District of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is creating its list of registered Equipment for Hire for the 2014/2015 fiscal year, which begins April 1, 2014.

All individuals or companies registered this past year through the District Office in Smithers will receive invitations to re-register their equipment for the coming fiscal year by mail.

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Only owned or lease-to-own equipment is eligible for registration. Equipment can only be registered in one area in any given year. Seniority is not transferable from area to area.

Full details of equipment, including serial number and proof of ownership, are required for registration.

The deadline for new registrations is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 28, 2014. Late registrations will be accepted, but will be put at the bottom of the open list. Note that there is no charge for registering new equipment or for changing or removing equipment information already listed.

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To have equipment registration forms mailed, faxed or e-mailed to you, please contact the local District Office in Smithers by mail at

Bag 5000, 3726 Alfred Avenue, Smithers, British Columbia, V0J 2N0,by phone at 250 847-7403 or by fax at 250 847-7219.

You can also register online at www.bcbid.ca.

KINDERGARTENKindergarten registrations will be accepted during the week of February 17-21, 2014 at SD#54’s elementary schools for children who will be five (5) years old on or before December 31, 2014 for entry into school in September 2014. Registration during this time is required to assist for planning and organizing of our local schools.

Proof of age (original birth certificate) and BC Care Card must be present-ed at the time of registration.

Registration in regular school programs should take place at a resident’s neigh-bourhood school (see list at below). If you have any other questions, please call your neighbourhood elementary school.

* A French Immersion information night will be held at Muheim School on Tues-day, February 11, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. Or contact Jim Cameron, Principal Muheim Memorial Elementary School at 250-847-2688 *

SCHOOLS Lake Kathlyn Elementary, 7620 Highway 16 West, Smithers, BC, 250-847-9427BVEC, 7620 Highway 16 West, Smithers, BC, 250-847-9427Muheim Memorial Elementary, 3659-3rd Avenue, Smithers, BC, 250-847-2688Walnut Park Elementary, 4092 Mountainview Drive, Smithers, BC, 250-847-4464Telkwa Elementary, 1000 Hankin Avenue, Telkwa, BC, 250-846-5851Silverthorne Elementary, 3455-13th Avenue, Houston, BC, 250-845-2228Twain Sullivan Elementary, 1771 Hungerford Drive, Houston, BC, 250-845-2227

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Kindergarten registrations will be accepted during the week of February 18-22, 2013 at SD#54ʼs elementary schools for children who will be five (5) years old on or before December 31, 2013 for entry into school in September 2013. Registration during this time is required to assist for planning and organizing of our local schools.

Proof of age (original birth certificate) and BC Care Card must be presented at the time of registration.

Registration in regular school programs should take place at a residentʼs neighbourhood school (see list at right).

If you have any other questions, please call your neighbourhood elementary school.

* A French Immersion information night will be held at Muheim School on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Or contact Kevin Bird, Principal Muheim Memorial Elementary School at 250-847-2688 *

SCHOOLS Lake Kathlyn Elementary 7620 Highway 16 West Smithers, BC 250-847-9427

Bulkley Valley Education Connection 7620 Highway 16 West Smithers, BC 250-847-9427

Muheim Memorial Elementary 3659 – 3rd Avenue Smithers, BC 250-847-2688

Walnut Park Elementary 4092 Mountainview Drive Smithers, BC 250-847-4464

Telkwa Elementary 1000 Hankin Avenue Telkwa, BC 250-846-5851

Silverthorne Elementary 3455 – 13th Avenue Houston, BC 250-845-2228

Twain Sullivan Elementary 1771 Hungerford Drive Houston, BC 250-845-2227

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Do we really get our strength from ourselves? Many teachers in this world say this is the case. “It’s up to you” they say, “You are the controller of your own destiny”. “You are in the driver’s seat”. “Try harder, you’ll make it.” These are some of the expressions we hear.

But what does God’s word the Bible say? Jesus himself said “For apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NLT. When Peter spoke to the people about Jesus Christ, after they cruci� ed him, he said “You killed the author of life…..” Acts 3:15 NLT. In another place it says of Jesus “…and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him.” Hebrews 5:9 NLT. In describing the word translated “source” in this version (some versions translate it as “author”), Vine’s Dictionary says “He has not merely caused or effected it (salvation), He is, as His name, ‘Jesus’ implies, our salvation itself.”*

If Jesus is the source, if he is the one who saves us from our sin, from ourselves, why do we not go to him? The farther from the source we go the farther from true life we will be.

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*Vines Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, Thomas Nelson Publishers (NT: Author; 1. aitios. 159; p 45)

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School District 54 considers a longer spring break By Ryan Jensen

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School District 54 is considering a two-week spring break for the 2014-2015 year.

Earlier this month,

SD 54 sent out a questionnaire to parents and teachers, asking if they would prefer a two-week long spring break in 2015 and when it should be.

If a two-week break was adopted, respondents were also asked how to make up the lost time and given three options: moving a non-instructional day to August, extending Thursdays to regular school hours or a combination of the two.

SD 54 assistant superintendent Mike McDiarmid said ever year districts are required to consult on the upcoming school year’s calendar. The questionnaire was a way to open the conversation up and

brought in more than 400 parent responses, he said.

“We’re just pulling together the results now,” McDiarmid said. “We’re hoping to have this wrapped up by the end of February.”

SD 54 students have had a two-week break in the past, where Spring Break and Easter are combined.

This year, students get a week off from classes. The last day of school before Spring Break is March 14. Students go back on March 24. Easter

doesn’t fall until the third week of April.

SD 54 officials have, over the years, heard comments about a two-week break allowing for families to go on trips and enjoy the time off more.

“That’s what we’ve heard from our parents over the years: living in the north, sometimes it’s nice to have that extra bit of time to travel,” McDiarmid said. “We’re trying to listen to our parents and our staff and make some good decisions based on that.”

British Columbia’s U-18 women’s provincial sevens program, with Houston’s Jamie Beck in the lineup, recently won a major tournament. They beat the previously-undefeated American Atlantis 32-10 in the Las Vegas High School Invitational Sevens. In the Cup final game, Jamie Beck led all scorers with three tries for 15 points.

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RECEPTIONIST/ASSISTANTBodnar Contracting/NorthStar Performance in Houstonis looking for a conscientious, cheerful, self starter for

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Duties will include some parts lookup, ordering, pricing and helping customers. Bookkeeping would be an asset.

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Equipment & Plant Operator (6-month contract) Equity Mine Site – Houston, BC

The primary responsibility of the Equipment & Plant Operator will be to maintain environmental operations within the collection and treatment area. The incumbent is expected to work approximately half the time with heavy equipment and half the time in the treatment plant. This is a 6-month contract position with the potential to extend.

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• Operating various types of heavy equipment in all seasons (grader, dozer, excavator, loader, dump truck, crane); • Inspecting, operating and maintaining all pump stations within the collection system; • Assisting with operation and maintenance of lime treatment plant; • Assisting with general maintenance (welding, millwright, fusing, electrical and vehicle maintenance); • Participating in annual and periodic maintenance of the treatment plant to remove built up gypsum; • Assisting with installation and removal of the pit barge including pumps and piping required for discharge; • Assisting with environmental monitoring when required; • Performing onsite reclamation work; • Assisting with maintenance of all mobile equipment.

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The successful candidate will be a flexible team player who is capable of dealing with various situations. A strong mechanical aptitude along with computer skills is required. Other requirements include:

• Secondary school diploma; • 3-5 years’ experience working with heavy equipment; experience must include operating at least one of the following types of equipment: grader, dozer, excavator and/or loader; • Must be able to work in challenging environmental conditions; • A valid BC driver’s license is required; • Previous experience in an industrial plant is an asset; • WCB Level One first aid ticket with transportation endorsement beneficial; • Required to be on call and available in case of emergencies; • Required to take share of weekend coverage during treatment and non-treatment periods.

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Applications close on February 14th, 2014. To submit your application, please select the job search section on http://www.goldcorp.com/careers and enter Job Number BRI00000120.

We thank all candidates for their interest however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

SALES PERSONSullivan Motor Products & Sullivan Motor Products RV are currently looking for a Sales Person to work in Houston. Our dealership is the largest volume dealer in the Northwest and we just added a RV dealership for the upcoming spring. If you need a change, want a rewarding career and have a passion about vehicles and RV’s consider the benefits:• aggressive pay plan • training and product knowledge provided • team focused • excellent benefitsIf you want to be part of a winning team and create your own destiny, drop your resume in person to:

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that a Public Hearing affecting “Regional District Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” will be held on Monday February 17, 2014, at 7:00 P.M. at the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako office at 37, 3rd Avenue, Burns Lake, B.C.

“Regional District Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” is proposed to be amended by “Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Rezoning Bylaw No. 1683, 2014”. The purpose of the amendment bylaw is to limit medical marihuana production to properties where Intensive Agriculture is a permitted use.

The proposed changes to the Zoning Bylaw will accommodate the following:• Allow the production of medical marihuana on lands where Intensive Agriculture is a permitted use in the Zoning Bylaw (H2, Ag1, RR1).• Disallow the production of medical marihuana as an Agriculture or Horticulture use in the Zoning Bylaw (R5, R6, H1).• Disallow the production of medical marihuana as a home occupation.

The proposed changes are the result of staff research regarding the potential land use impact associated with the type of operations permitted under the new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR).

At the Public Hearing all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard in person, by a representative, or by written submission respecting matters contained in “Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Rezoning Bylaw No. 1683, 2014”.

Written submissions sent by mail to P.O. Box 820, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0; by fax to (250) 692-1220; or by e-mail to [email protected] must be received by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako no later than February 17, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. to be ensured of consideration at the Public Hearing.

This Public Hearing is to be held by the Chairperson or Alternate Chairperson as a delegate of the Board. A copy of the Board resolution making the delegation, a copy of the proposed Bylaw and related documents may be inspected at the office of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako at 37-3rd Avenue, Burns Lake, B.C between the hours of 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from February 5, 2014 to February 17, 2014 inclusive. A copy of the proposed bylaw will also be made available at the public libraries in Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Fraser Lake, Granisle, Houston, Smithers and Vanderhoof.

For further information please call the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Planning Department at 250-692-3195 or 1-800-320-3339.This is the first of two publications.

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Disposition of Crown LandTake notice that Diane Bell from Telkwa, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for a Crown Grant of an existing Licence of Occupation - Recreational Residential purposes and for a Licence of Occupation - Roadway purposes situated on Provincial Crown land as outlined below.Crown Grant of existing Licence Crown Land File 6400016 Legal Description: ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF HELEN LAKE, RANGE 5, COAST DISTRICT. CONTAINING 0.187 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS.Licence of Occupation - Roadway Crown Land File 6408846 Legal Description ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF HELEN LAKE TOGETHER WITH THAT PART OF DISTRICT LOT 5409, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT. THAT PART OF N1/2, DISTRICT LOT 5410. RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 538 HECTARES MORE OR LESS.Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Nadina Land Officer, MFLNRO, at Bag 6000, 3333 Tatlow Rd., Smithers BC V0J 2N0. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to Sunday, March 16, 2014. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.isp for more information.Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations’ Office in Smithers.

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CommentIn accordance with FPPR 20 (1) the proposed Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) extension request and amendment for Canfor, Houston operations, the Dungate Community Forest, Lowell Johnson Consultants (Moricetown) and Lake Babine Nation is publically available for review and written comment commencing on February 5th, 2014 for a period of sixty (60) days.. FSP’s can be extended for a maximum of 5 years. We were granted a 2 year extension and this request is for a further 3 years. A two year extension was granted to provide the time to work out issues with forest health problems in young pine plantations. This extension includes revised stocking standards to address forest health issues. The extension also includes a new license FL A91846 in the Morice TSA. This license was a West Fraser license and has a cut associated with it of 324,500 m3 per year. This is not new volume. It represents an existing allocation in the timber supply area.This FSP amendment is available for review until April 7th, 2014, at Canfor’s of ce on the Morice River Road in Houston, B.C. From 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Appointments to review are recommended. The deadline for receiving written comments is April 7th, 2014.Please address any written comments to:Greg Yeomans, Canadian Forest Products Limited P.O. Box 158, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0 Telephone: (250) 845-5225 E-mail: [email protected]

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FL A-16827 Forest Stewardship Plan –Extension Request

Licensee: West Fraser Mills Ltd.District: NadinaTimber Supply Area: Morice

Please be advised that a three (3) year extension to the term of the FL A-16827 Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) has been requested.

The FSP is available for public review and written comment from February 5, 2014 to April 7, 2014.To review the FSP please contactTim Penninga, RPF @250-847-2656 or email [email protected]

The review locations are West Fraser Mills of� ces located at 1300 Morice River Road, Houston, BC or at 2375 Tatlow Road, Smithers, BC

To submit a written comment: • Email [email protected] or • Mail to PO Box 3130 Smithers, B.C. V0J 2N0, • Attn: Tim Penninga, RPF

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Information for RespondentsThe District of Houston requests an RFP from qualified proponents to assist it in completing a Houston Branding project.The District of Houston has identified the need to establish a place brand and associated sub‐brands that will reinforce the District’s commitment to the retention and attraction of business and skilled workers, and to being a healthy, sustainable community where people want to live, work and visit.RFP documents may be viewed at or obtained from the District of Houston Municipal Office, 3367 12th Street, Houston, British Columbia, Tel. (250) 845‐2238 at no cost, or on the District website at www.houston.ca.RFP are to be submitted to [email protected] no later than 2:00 p.m. local British Columbia time on February 14, 2014 (the “RFP Closing”).The District will evaluate the Responses received in response to this RFP and may make a selection of one Respondent that, at the District’s sole discretion, is determined to be the best qualified to meet the requirements described herein.For further information please contact: Linda Poznikoff at [email protected] be sure to read the RFP document in its entirety before submitting Respondent’s Response. The Districts’ hours of business are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (excluding statutory holidays).




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• 4 bedroom house located on Jewel Rd. close to schools!• Well established fenced yard with nice trees and a huge deck in the back. • Spacious, bright living room and open kitchen/dinning room.• Master bedroom features a 2 piece ensuite. Basement waiting fi nishing touches- just needs fl ooring and a ceiling. Single garage, backyard access. • With a little updating this will be a wonderful family home!• All appliances included.

• Attractive, well kept quality built two storey house on big lot!• Rustic oak fl ooring in dining and den. Very open concept, birch cabinets, eating nook in kitchen, tons of windows and lots of natural light! • Large entry way with ceramic tile. Three spacious bedrooms up. • Master is 16’10 x 14’6, features a 3 piece ensuite & huge walk in closet!• Double carport, sundeck, storage shed. • All appliances & window blinds included. Call Lia at 250-845-1147 to view!

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that a Public Hearing affecting “Regional District Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” will be held on Monday February 17, 2014, at 7:00 P.M. at the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako office at 37, 3rd Avenue, Burns Lake, B.C.

“Regional District Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” is proposed to be amended by “Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Rezoning Bylaw No. 1683, 2014”. The purpose of the amendment bylaw is to limit medical marihuana production to properties where Intensive Agriculture is a permitted use.

The proposed changes to the Zoning Bylaw will accommodate the following:• Allow the production of medical marihuana on lands where Intensive Agriculture is a permitted use in the Zoning Bylaw (H2, Ag1, RR1).• Disallow the production of medical marihuana as an Agriculture or Horticulture use in the Zoning Bylaw (R5, R6, H1).• Disallow the production of medical marihuana as a home occupation.

The proposed changes are the result of staff research regarding the potential land use impact associated with the type of operations permitted under the new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR).

At the Public Hearing all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard in person, by a representative, or by written submission respecting matters contained in “Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Rezoning Bylaw No. 1683, 2014”.

Written submissions sent by mail to P.O. Box 820, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0; by fax to (250) 692-1220; or by e-mail to [email protected] must be received by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako no later than February 17, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. to be ensured of consideration at the Public Hearing.

This Public Hearing is to be held by the Chairperson or Alternate Chairperson as a delegate of the Board. A copy of the Board resolution making the delegation, a copy of the proposed Bylaw and related documents may be inspected at the office of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako at 37-3rd Avenue, Burns Lake, B.C between the hours of 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from February 5, 2014 to February 17, 2014 inclusive. A copy of the proposed bylaw will also be made available at the public libraries in Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Fraser Lake, Granisle, Houston, Smithers and Vanderhoof.

For further information please call the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Planning Department at 250-692-3195 or 1-800-320-3339.This is the first of two publications.

LAND ACTNotice of Intention to Apply for a

Disposition of Crown LandTake notice that Diane Bell from Telkwa, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for a Crown Grant of an existing Licence of Occupation - Recreational Residential purposes and for a Licence of Occupation - Roadway purposes situated on Provincial Crown land as outlined below.Crown Grant of existing Licence Crown Land File 6400016 Legal Description: ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF HELEN LAKE, RANGE 5, COAST DISTRICT. CONTAINING 0.187 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS.Licence of Occupation - Roadway Crown Land File 6408846 Legal Description ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF HELEN LAKE TOGETHER WITH THAT PART OF DISTRICT LOT 5409, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT. THAT PART OF N1/2, DISTRICT LOT 5410. RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 538 HECTARES MORE OR LESS.Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Nadina Land Officer, MFLNRO, at Bag 6000, 3333 Tatlow Rd., Smithers BC V0J 2N0. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to Sunday, March 16, 2014. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.isp for more information.Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations’ Office in Smithers.

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Canfor Houston Operations

2007- 2014 Forest Stewardship Plan

Extension RequestNotice of Review and

CommentIn accordance with FPPR 20 (1) the proposed Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) extension request and amendment for Canfor, Houston operations, the Dungate Community Forest, Lowell Johnson Consultants (Moricetown) and Lake Babine Nation is publically available for review and written comment commencing on February 5th, 2014 for a period of sixty (60) days.. FSP’s can be extended for a maximum of 5 years. We were granted a 2 year extension and this request is for a further 3 years. A two year extension was granted to provide the time to work out issues with forest health problems in young pine plantations. This extension includes revised stocking standards to address forest health issues. The extension also includes a new license FL A91846 in the Morice TSA. This license was a West Fraser license and has a cut associated with it of 324,500 m3 per year. This is not new volume. It represents an existing allocation in the timber supply area.This FSP amendment is available for review until April 7th, 2014, at Canfor’s of ce on the Morice River Road in Houston, B.C. From 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Appointments to review are recommended. The deadline for receiving written comments is April 7th, 2014.Please address any written comments to:Greg Yeomans, Canadian Forest Products Limited P.O. Box 158, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0 Telephone: (250) 845-5225 E-mail: [email protected]



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• Cute 4 bedroom home in the downtown area currently with a renter and good rental income!!• Vaulted ceiling in kitchen/living room. • Many recent renovations include laminate � ooring on the main � oor and � ooring in the basement. • Main bathroom features jetted tub and tile surround. • Furnace and hot water tank have been updated as well. • Covered back deck and fenced backyard. • Woodstove in spacious family room in the basement as well as a second bathroom and 2 bedrooms. Appliances and window coverings included. • Call Lia today to view, 250-845-1147!!

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