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Fire devastated property in the Nechako area in the late hours of April 17. Fortunately no one was hurt and the family, and their pet, occupying the home made it out safely. Louisa Genzale photo.

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No injuries were reported to occupants or pets of a re-cent Kitimat house fire last week. On April 17, Kitimat Fire Department responded to a call on the 20-block of Pin-tail Street at 10:50 p.m., and upon arrival, crews witnessed a large fire that had engulfed the structure, a vehicle inside the garage and an additional vehicle outside on the drive-way.

“We turned the corner and it was a 15-foot wall of fire, so wake-up time,” said deputy fire chief Peter Bizarro.

“All residents inside the home at the time of the fire were able to safely exit the home, which is great. So

that’s obviously the priority,” he added.

The residents were also able to evacuate a pet cat be-fore the majority of the smoke started to seep into the struc-ture.

“Fire crews quickly estab-lished exposed water lines to protect the adjacent homes. It appears the fire started in the garage and quickly extended into the main structure,” the deputy chief said.

As a result of investiga-tions undertaken by the Kiti-mat Fire Department and Fire Pro Investigations in Vancou-ver, the fire cause had been deemed ‘undetermined’ as of last week “due to the ex-tensive fire damage sustained within the area of origin,” said Bizarro.

Adjacent homes suffered minor damage such as paint blistering and dislodged sid-ing.

“That was very success-ful for us because that fire could have easily spread, from the radiant heat, to adjacent homes,” he said, adding that crews from BC Hydro, Pacific Northern Gas and the RCMP were also on scene.

With the number of fuel loads in and around the ga-rage, the fire didn’t allow for occupants to try and recover significant items, a practice that Bizarro said should not be utilized by residents.

“You start getting fuels ignited and stuff and there’s your exit routes gone ... Kiti-mat Fire Department would like to remind all community

members not to reenter your home in the event of a fire. Fire spread can be very fast based on fuel load, so again the message is get out and stay out,” the deputy-chief added.

Fire crews worked from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. the next morning, at which point crews finished their cleanup and a 24-hour fire watch was imple-mented on the site. Some re-maining smouldering was at-tended to near the end of the work period.

“Homes can be replaced and some personal items, I understand how valuable they can be but the key is there’s no human life lost or injured. To me that’s the highest level of priority – is everyone out of the house, including the pets,” Bizarro said.

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ICBC has released financial figures of how much money was injected into the com-munity in 2015, which comprised of a project shared with Kitimat and Terrace.

Worth a culminat-ed $54,400 included installation of two changeable message signs, one being just past Cablecar on Hwy 37S.

The company stat-ed that its partnership in road improvement projects in B.C. has led to a 24 per cent re-duction, on average, in severe crashes (involv-ing serious injury or fatalities) and a 15 per cent reduction in prop-erty damage claims af-ter an improvement is completed according to a recent evaluation report.

Altogether in B.C. ICBC invested $7.9 million in 400 proj-ects – 113 focused on pedestrian and cyclist

safety improvements.“Since 1990,

we’ve invested more than $138 million in road improvement projects and studies across B.C. to help re-duce death and injury on our roads. While the findings of this evaluation are very encouraging, rising claim costs continue to put substantial pres-sure on customers’ insurance rates,” said Mark Blucher, ICBC president and CEO.

“We’ve been working together with ICBC and local gov-ernments on road im-provement projects for two-and-a-half decades. These proj-ects have brought im-mediate benefits for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians in com-munities across B.C. The evaluation results are evidence that the road improvement program is working,” added B.C. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.

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By Kevin CampbellBlack Press

It’s going to come down to science, not job creation.

That’s the message that a group of B.C. First Nations leaders received from the Prime Minis-ter’s Office (PMO) when they travelled to Otta-wa and Parliament Hill to voice a strong message that the Pacific NorthWest LNG proposed LNG export terminal on Lelu Island does not have uni-versal support from Indigenous and non-Indige-nous communities alike in the northwest.

Whether or not the Petronas-backed, $11.4 billion project moves ahead will be entirely based on the upcoming results of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s (CEAA) report, which takes into account environmental research and science included in a report submit-ted to CEAA by the proponent.

The group, involving Lax Kw’alaams He-reditary Chief Don Wesley, Ken Lawson of the Gitwilgyoots Tribe of the Lax Kw’alaams for-mer Lax Kw’alaams Mayor Garry Reece, Union of BC Indian Chiefs President Stewart Phillip, Chief John Ridsdale of the Wet’suwet’en He-reditary Chiefs, Richard Wright from the Gitx-san First Nation and co-chair of Friends of Wild Salmon Gerald Amos, met with senior advisors from the Prime Minister’s Office last Tuesday and another from Environment Minister Cath-erine McKenna’s office.

“There seems to be a growing attempt to paint a pretty rosy picture in the northwest coast here that everything’s hunky-dory and there’s no opposition,” said Amos last week.

“In First Nations communities and non-First Nations communities, there’s a lot of people whose concerns we share with this particular project.”

No CEAA officials were present at the lead-ers’ meetings, reported Amos.

The largely-held concern is the potentially negative impact to juvenile salmon and salmon-spawning habitat, located at Flora Bank, adja-cent to Lelu Island, the location of the proposed terminal.

“I think [the meetings] went well ... I think the message was delivered pretty clearly from both Yahaan (Wesley) and from others from Lax Kw’alaams, but also from upriver First Nations that made it very clear that the CEAA process really isn’t addressing their needs; it doesn’t al-low for all the voices in the community to be heard,” Amos continued.

Chief Wesley added that the group reminded the PMO that they will be holding the federal government accountable to the environmental rhetoric that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was relaying to the area about major projects.

“We told them that we’re holding him to his word on issues like gas emissions and reducing that for the environment,” said Wesley.

That’s reportedly when the advisors told the group that the environment was very top-of-mind for the decision-making process.

“They told us, based on how many people have been going back [to Ottawa] and lobbying, such as [B.C. Premier] Christy Clark, it’s go-ing to come down to the science of what we’re talking about. That’s the message that we got. It didn’t matter how many times Christy’s been up there, making her push for job creations and all that – it’s not relevant to the science,” Wesley said.

The delegation also refutes the letter sent by current Lax Kw’alaams Mayor John Helin to CEAA, giving the band’s support on a couple conditions, saying Mayor Helin didn’t consult

with the hereditary chiefs or the community. Helin could not be reached for comment before press time.

“There hasn’t been a public forum since the election. We haven’t had a public forum on any-thing that’s been going on so I can’t really com-ment on what he’s doing, but he’s written that letter and we had to counter it,” Wesley added.

While the CEAA report stated that no sig-nificant adverse effects to wild fish would come from the project, multiple scientists have rejected the report, citing an alleged misrepresentation of

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2. That the District of Kitimat engage a service provider to facilitate greater awareness by the Federal, Alberta, and British Columbia governments and media, of the benefits of a Kitimat area refinery as compared to various pipeline proposals such as Energy East or Trans Mountain.

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Well, last Wednesday was quite a day in Canada – as thousands of Ca-nadians demonstrated that the new Liberal Government’s United Na-tions’ announcement of its plans to introduce some form of legalization of marijuana in 2017 was quite clearly an as yet unplanned strategy.

The “demonstrators”also showed that, legal or not, pot is currently read-ily available to virtually any member of the public, young or old and that it can be sold (at certain times) � agrant-ly in front of the police...to minors or anyone.

Thousands upon thousands (an estimated 25,000 in Vancouver alone) celebrated 4/20 day across Canada by lighting up or otherwise consuming so many forms of marijuana that the extent of the demonstrations showed there are already unlimited sources of the drug that legislated control and distribution is obviously going to be an extremely dif� cult feat for any government in the immediate future.

In Vancouver, a day of � ne weath-

er at the beach, became hazy with the second-hand smoke from count-less pot cigarettes, pipes and other devices while police, medics andlifeguards stood by idly and ineffec-tively doing nothing whatsoever to interfere with the public law-breaking taking place.

Similar scenes were occurring in scores of locations across Canada, including Toronto, Edmonton, Win-nipeg, Montreal and even on the grounds of Parliament Hill where hundreds wandered around on the grass showing marijuana possession is “easy as pie.”

All in all, as I see it, the bottom line was whether there is any possible

way that the government can ensure, as promised, to keep marijuana out of the hands of children and criminal and street gangs.

As all of this was going on from coast to coast, Liberal Health Minister Jane Philpott was out of the country, in New York to announce to the Unit-ed Nations that Canada will intro-duce legislation in the spring of next year to begin the process of legalizing and regulating marijuana.

Philpott said Canada’s plan on pot “challenges the status quo in many countries,” but is convinced it is the best way to protect youth while en-hancing public safety. Her comments offered few or no real details of how the Liberals will introduce its legisla-tion.

Philpott added the Canadian gov-ernment’s approach will be “rooted in scienti� c evidence designed to ad-dress the current consequences of drug possession and drug crimes.” Whatever that means.

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On April 8 premier Christy Clark was in Kelowna to mark the opening of that city’s � rst electric car charging station by “� lling up” a Nis-san Leaf (sadly no hard hat required).

In her speech she boldly claimed all new vehicles sold in the province would be emissions-free by 2050 adding, “Clean, green, that’s the future.”

Fair enough. While energy industry projects are easy targets for those seeking to dramatically reduce green house gas emissions, the reality is that, as pointed out by BC environment minister Mary Polak, 37 per cent of current emissions are generated by the transportation sector and those of us who drive gasoline-powered vehicles.

Therefore it follows that going electric will go a long way to meeting the GHG reduction tar-gets being thrown about by various governments.

In a story on the Tyee site, Jim Johnson, a resource economist with Paci� c Analytics, recog-nises why politicians like Clark are enthusiastic about the switch. “Electric cars are really sexy.”

However, he warns that electric vehicles are an expensive way to reduce GHG emissions.

While an electric vehicle might save the average driver $1,000 a year in fuel, he points out that vehicle would cost $15,000 more than its gasoline-fuelled equivalent.

(In other words it takes 15 years to just break even on your initial outlay.)

Of course the purchase price of an electric car right now is offset by a provincial subsidy of $5,000 and, he notes, there is pressure to double that.

But sticking with the current subsidy, John-son says getting just 200,000 electric vehicles on the road would cost $1 billion and, given the owners of those vehicles don’t have to pay road and transit taxes, the total subsidy would be $1.8 billion.

Then adds, “Someone has to pay.” (No prizes for guessing who that will be.)

And given that 85 per cent of electric vehicles cost more than $50,000, “We are subsidising people with a lot of income.”

Isn’t that always the way?FOOTNOTE: I do not do a lot of long dis-

tance driving so my potential savings from going electric would be slightly less than half Johnson’s average driver. Which means it would take me 30 years to recover the outlay.

Since I consider it unlikely I will still be on the right side of the daisies at age 98 - and even if I was, still driving - you can cross me off the list of potential buyers.

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There has not been a lot of good news - if any - for the Canadian energy industry this past year.

The global glut of oil supply had driven prices through the floor leading inevitably to the shuttering of rigs and sweeping layoffs. On the liquefied natural gas front the same pattern of supply glut/tanking prices led to project approvals be-ing put on hold and in some cases on the way-back burner.

Even if those problems went away, there was still a nagging doubt over whether the industry would be able to take advantage given changes in government at the federal and provincial (Alberta) levels.

Especially in the case of Alberta which had an NDP government, not a par-ty known for its great love of the oil patch.

But there has been encouraging news for the industry this month on both fronts.

Addressing the United Steelworkers

national policy conference in Montreal, Albertan premier Rachel Notley urged, “Let’s work together. Let’s get to ‘yes’ on a pipeline”.

Actually she had earlier made clear her support for two oil pipeline proposals: Energy East to New Brunswick refineries and the Kinder Morgan expansion of the line to Vancouver.

And she continued in that vein at the federal NDP convention, urging the del-egates to reject the Leap Manifesto which essentially sounds the death knell of the

entire fossil fuel industry in Canada.So what about the feds? During the

election campaign Justin Trudeau draped himself in a greenish mantle, promising a reversal of the Conservatives policy with real action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions across this country.

In fairness, he did make it clear that he was in favour of the Keystone project that would send Canadian crude to the US but he was wishy washy on Energy East and Kinder Morgan, two projects that would serve the global market and get out from under the Americans’ thumb when it came to price.

Federal environment minister Cath-erine McKenna must have allayed those fears significantly when, speaking at a town hall meeting with Gina McCarthy of the US Environmental Protection Agency, she said “[Canada] didn’t get into fossil fuels overnight and we’re not going to get

out of them [overnight].”Also, “We can’t have everyone in the

oil sectors lose jobs.”And a Canadian Press story reports

“sources” saying prime minister Justin Trudeau has given senior members of his team the task of coming up with a plan that would see both the Energy East and the Kinder Morgan projects go through.

The proof of the pudding will come when the federal government delivers its verdict on the Kinder Morgan expansion, expected by year’s end.

FOOTNOTE: So we have the centrist federal Liberals in favour of the Kinder Morgan project, we have the left wing Alberta government in favour of Kinder Morgan and yet we have the centre-right BC government at this moment opposed to that same project.

As a friend of mine commented, “It makes no sense.”

Strange bed fellows for energy industry

Dear editor,Well the honeymoon is

over!While most of our pres-

ent council appears to be do-ing what they promised...yes I keep their lists of election promises..some still need to step up to the plate.

A $100,000.00 is ap-parently put aside towards a park where mothers can sit and have their coffee, use their iphones, etc. while sup-

posedly watching their kids...when there already is a park in the area which could easily be utilized.

But where is the promised dog park?

It would not cost $100,000.00 as the area just needs a fence, some poo bags and a garbage can.

No need for swings, sand pits, benches for parents to sit on etc.

A couple of weeks ago,

on facebook, there was quite a lengthy discussion about dogs on leashes, off leashes and no designated area for pets off leash to run.

Yes, LNG’s, pipelines, industries, tourist attractions, etc. are important but so are pet lovers and their needs.

Guess I’d never be a good politician.

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B.C. NDP leader John Horgan distanced himself as best as he could from the federal party’s decision to dump moderate leader Thomas Mul-cair and spend the next couple of years debating the far-left crackpot-tery known as the Leap Manifesto.

“It’s a document that I don’t embrace personally,” Horgan told reporters at the legislature. “I believe there are elements in the document that make sense, and there are ele-ments that make no sense in British Columbia.

“So we won’t be proceeding un-der any Leap Manifesto in the next 12 months under my leadership.”

Horgan didn’t specify what part of the manifesto he likes. Presum-ably it’s not the part about tearing up Canada’s free trade agreements, converting food production to local agrarian collectives or unilaterally dismantling our energy industry and replacing it with community-owned windmills and solar panels.

It can’t be the demand to stop all pipelines, because while the B.C. NDP doesn’t like oil, Horgan is in favour of natural gas exports to Asia. In general, that is. He’s now on re-cord with the federal regulator that he’s against the Petronas-led Pacific Northwest LNG project with a ter-minal at Prince Rupert.

The Leap Manifesto is the brain-child of anti-capitalist Toronto au-thor Naomi Klein, with support from Greenpeace and the Sierra Club. Its campus-radical cluelessness is per-haps best summed up by the format, which consists of 15 “demands.”

Here’s demand number six: “We want high-speed rail powered by just renewables and affordable public transit to unite every community in this country – in place of more cars, pipelines and exploding trains that endanger and divide us.”

This demand effectively de-

clares all of rural Canada irrelevant. By even considering it, the NDP risks doing the same.

Here’s number 11: “We must expand those sectors that are already low-carbon: caregiving, teaching, social work, the arts and public in-terest media.”

And how will “we” pay all these state-funded ballerinas and blog-gers? Financial transaction taxes, increased resource royalties (until resource industries are killed off), a “progressive” carbon tax, and that old standby from the Occupy tent, higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.

It’s hard to tell now, but the NDP was created to give political power to industrial workers. Horgan was asked if the party’s effort to win back industrial workers could be hampered by this potential lurch to the urban left.

“The difference between my hardhat and the premier’s hardhat is that my hardhat has union labels on it, and hers doesn’t,” Horgan replied.

As this statement was being made, the B.C. and Yukon Building Trades Council was meeting in Vic-toria. Its president, Tom Sigurdson, would use that event to host B.C. Liberal cabinet ministers and blast Horgan for opposing Pacific North-west LNG.

In the 2013 election, then-NDP leader Adrian Dix made a mid-cam-paign decision to come out against the Trans-Mountain pipeline ex-pansion. Since then the NDP has opposed construction of the Site C dam on the Peace River. Horgan is in favour of hydroelectric power, you understand. Just not this project at this time.

Perhaps the most stunning thing about the federal NDP’s fling with the Leap Manifesto was that it was staged in Edmonton. It came as a direct rejection of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, who faces the grim reality of an oil and gas slump.

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REGULATIONSThe District is considering changes to the discharge of fireworks in the community and the significant amendments are shown below. Currently, fireworks may be set off for a total of 30 days over the three periods below and the long periods of activity can be unsettling for members of the public and pets. It is proposed to reduce the number of days to a total of three instead of over a long period.

CURRENT Dates fireworks can be discharged:

Presently, fireworks can be sold and discharged within the following dates:

a. New Years, 24th December to 2nd of January;

b. Canada Day, 22nd June to 2nd of July; andc. Halloween, 24th of October to the 1st of

November.

PROPOSED Dates fireworks can be sold and discharged:

Dates fireworks may be discharged:a. New Years, December 31 until 2:00 am on

January 1;b. Canada Day, July 1;c. Halloween, October 31.

Dates fireworks may be sold in the District of Kitimat:

a. New Years, December 24 to December 31;b. Canada Day, June 22 to July 1; andc. Halloween, October 24 to October 31.

Special occasions: Presently, the Fire Chief is permitted to authorize fireworks for special occasions (for example, at a wedding or other celebration). It is proposed this practice be continued, but the application be expanded to include that homes within a specified distance are notified if approval is granted.

As an example, if the Fire Chief is to grant approval for fireworks at a festival or house then all properties within a set distance (for example 100 metres) must have a notice dropped off indicating the time and location of the fireworks display.

Comments accepted until May 4, 2016

Trent Bossence, Fire ChiefDistrict of Kitimat 250-632-8942

Great Chili Cook-off

And the third annual Chili Cookoff took off with four hot, hot, hot spicy samples of chili. The Kitimat Snowflake Seniors Centre, Branch 129 hosted the cookoff at their centre on April 19 and challenged city council, the Kitimat firefighters and Kitimat RCMP to cook the best chili ever in Kitimat. Four sample servings with a side of coleslaw and a homecooked piece of cornbread to sop up the chili, were served by each group to a full house of hungry ‘judges’. From left to right, Ray Foster, president Seniors Branch 129, Councillor Mario Feldhoff, District of Kitimat councillor, Firefighter Dave Ingram, Kitimat Firefighters Local 1304, and staff sergeant James McLaren, Kitimat RCMP are shown in the photo above preparing the dishes for service. The Kitimat RCMP retained their title as reigning champs for the best chili as first place winners. Proceeds for the Chili cookoff are donated to the Kitimat Relay for Life. Photo Louisa Genzale

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tion Period in the House Prime Minister Trudeau bafflegabbed his way around a de-mand by NDP’s Tom Mulcair that he im-mediately announce an end to mandatory prison sentences for pot possession.

Down at the beach, near English Bay, in Vancouver, the city’s 4/20 promoters staged a massive, open-air marijuana market and protest rally, perhaps the largest ever seen in Canada. Dozens of eager “entrepreneurs,”

who seemed much bet-ter prepared than the health minster, erected all kinds of booths in a nearby park-ing lot, a designated rent-free zone. There they showed how they would like distribution to be handled.

These “dealers,” for want of a better word, strolled around the area, selling single or multiple joints and cookies to anyone with the cash to buy. Signs had been posted asking vendors not to sell to minors, but if anyone surveyed the young people lighting up all

over the beach, the signs were clearly ig-nored as high school-ers (obviously skipping school to enjoy the event) lounged around the beach keeping a wary eye of the police - who simply seemed content to observe what was occurring.

The City of Van-couver did not sanction the event as officials always looked the oth-er way. I would guess taxpayers were footing healthy overtime bills for police, firefighters and paramedics and unknowingly cared as little as the city, the

provincial government or the belated feds.

This was a fait ac-compli for all partici-pants. The laws gov-erning the public use of marijuana were com-pletely ignored.

To me, the whole event was one police confrontation away from the situation that developed a couple of years ago after the Vancouver Canucks were bounced from the Stanley Cup final by the Boston Bruins and chaos ensued that took several years to settle in court.

It could have

turned violent if the police had ventured into the crowds to pre-vent selling marijuana to minors.

The question left to viewers on TV or on-lookers at the site was how the government can possibly devise a means of keeping the sale of marijuana out of private hands and protect underage Ca-nadians to access. The courts appear to have made it clear canadians can feel free to “grow their own” - not that they already are doing so.

So I see this as al-

ready out of control -- and government and the law will have a hell of a time taking it back.

Marijuana, as a recreational drug is il-legal in Canada today. Laws however, don’t appear to apply any

more, at least not in British Columbia or in most big cities across Canada.

Marijuana simply is readily available for purchase all over Van-couver in city-regulat-ed stores.

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White-nose syndrome isn’t just some-thing you might see at unsavoury parties, it’s also a deadly disease that has been wiping out bat populations in much of North America.

The disease was � rst detected in New York in 2006, and by 2010 it reached Canada and has been moving west ever since.

The � rst dead bat from white-nose syn-drome was found near Seattle, Washington on March 31, 2016 and the B.C. government and conservation organizations are reach-ing out to the public to help prevent possible devastation to bat populations on the West Coast.

“The reason this is so shocking is prior to the Washington State case the nearest west-ernmost connection was 2,000km away so we thought we had more years before it was going to reach this far west,” said Ashleigh Ballevona, the co-ordinator of the Skeena Bat Program.

White-nose syndrome is a fuzzy white fungus that grows on exposed skin on the bats while they hibernate over the winter.

The fungus can be seen on their ears, muzzles and wings but it also affects their tis-sue and blood vessels.

Eventually the bat dies of dehydration and starvation.

“It hits them when they’re hibernating and hibernating in large numbers, so when it hits them it wipes out a lot of bats in one go,” Ballevona said.

Spring is the best time to detect the dis-

ease as the bats leave the caves to build roosts.The Skeena Bat Program was initiated in

2014 to work with the public in monitoring bat populations in the region.

The organization is asking the public to report any sightings of dead bats and bat roosting sites in buildings, such as bat hous-es, attics and sheds.

Since the � rst case in New York, there have been six million bat deaths reported in eastern North America.

The disease hasn’t gone further east than Georgia until it jumped to Washington state this year.

Researchers are still trying to determine if it’s the same strain as what has been affect-ing bats in the East.

Ballevona said there is no known human risk to white-nose syndrome but if someone � nds a dead bat she asks they report the dis-covery to the Skeena Bat Program, and to col-lect a specimen while wearing gloves.

For more details contact [email protected].

Devastating bat disease reaches West Coast

White-nose syndrome is a fuzzy white fungus that grows on exposed skin on bats while they hibernate. The disease has killed six million bats in eastern North America since 2006.

Photo Marvin Moriarty, US Fish & Wildlife Service / Black Press


A pilot program in the Kootenays is testing roadside wildlife detectors to prevent collisions by warning drivers

of approaching elk and deer.Large animals approach-

ing the roadway at two loca-tions on Highway 3 will trig-ger � ashing warning signs for drivers.

The systems are set up

near Elko and Sparwood.The transportation min-

istry estimates that one in 25 crashes in B.C. are wildlife collisions, and has used fenc-ing, underpasses and over-passes as well as static signs

to avoid collisions for high-risk sections of highway.

The electronic signs use radar and thermal cameras to detect moving animals, and software developed in the province of B.C.

Warning signs installed in pilot project use radar and thermal cameras to detect large animals on the highway. Ministry of Transportation photo.

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Luke 12: 25, “And which of you by wor-rying can add a single hour to his span of life.”

When I read this passage for today I think of how when we look around us we can see that God is in con-trol of everything.

Jesus is saying that if God has even the lil-ies of the field in His control; if He knows how many hairs each one of us has on our heads then we can rest assured that He also has the events of our lives in His control.

All God has ever asked of us is to trust Him and yet we do the opposite.

Worry is the op-posite of trust. Worry is the number one psy-chological disorder in North America accord-ing to the Mayo clinic who claims that up to 85% of their total case-load is directly due to worry and anxiety, and 70% of patients could cure themselves if they could get rid of their worries.

But how can that happen?

Well, Jesus said in the verse above, “Which one of you by worrying can add a

single hour to his span of life?”

Now, lets under-stand that Jesus is not speaking about living a thoughtless existence without planning.

What He is speak-ing of is having a di-vided mind.

You see, the wor-rier attempts to live the future today and that is impossible. So Jesus gives us the answer in verse 31, “Seek 1st the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.”

Where do you seek the kingdom of God? Look into the manger and see the Son of God who dedicated His life to saving you. Go to the cross and observe His hands, which bore the spikes so that you would not need to die eternally.

Look to the lonely places where the out-casts of society live…where Jesus went to heal and restore lost and hurting souls. Look

there and you will see how Jesus can do the same thing for you. Look to Christ who brought the Kingdom of Heaven to earth and then the rest of it will fall into it’s proper place.

Today Jesus tells us, “Don’t get all caught up chasing worldly pri-orities because you are in God’s hands.”

In Him, you’ve always been in God’s hands, right there in the middle of His gigantic palms.

He wants us to know that we can trust Him because he proved Himself trustworthy in going to the cross to pay the debt of our sin.

So don’t worry, it is the Father’s pleasure to give you the kingdom through faith in Christ.

Live in the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus; trust in Him and all those other things will be added ac-cording to God’s good will and pleasure…amen.

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Low-income B.C. seniors may miss out on important benefits if they don’t file an income tax form, B.C.’s Seniors Advocate says.

With the April tax deadline ap-proaching, Elizabeth Mackenzie has reminded seniors that 13,000 B.C. residents were found in a national survey to have missed out on the Guaranteed Income Supplement for as much as seven years. Once iden-tified, seniors received retroactive payments from Ottawa.

“GIS is a key support for the lowest income seniors,” Mackenzie said.

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Co-payments for home support service are also waived for seniors receiving GIS, and publicly funded residential care and assisted living rates are calculated based on after-tax income.

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the importance of the area to salmon, a lack of information equating to a lack of risk and a disregard for science that was not funded by the proponent.

Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen and North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice have both suggested that a Ridley Island location may be more adequate in mitigating any potential harm to the area.

When asked if Ridley Island may be more suitable, Chief Wesley stated that “it’s going to boil down to the science”.

“If the scientists say it’s not adequate to build in that area then we go with what the scien-tists say,” he said.

Chief Wesley also ad-dressed the recent letter from the Prince Rupert Port Author-

ity telling those occupying Lelu Island to cease building any structures and halt all construc-tion.

“We’re going to be look-ing at, in some point in the fu-ture, building a cultural centre [there]. We’re looking at a cou-ple options. [The youth cultural and heritage program, Redis-covery International Founda-tion] was one of them and the other thing is that because of the fragile ecosystem of Flora Bank, it’s going to be used part-ly as a research centre because we do have universities that are interested in coming to look at it already this past fall,” he said.

“We respect the right of any individual or group to ex-press their opinions concerning port development if it is done in a safe and peaceful man-

ner. However raising makeshift structures does not meet that definition and has not been au-thorized,” port president and CEO Don Krusel said in early April.

The press release sent out by the port on April 11 also states that the port has the au-thority to allow occupation and construction on the island as the administrator of federal crown lands on Lelu.

This has been challenged by the occupiers who state that the hereditary chiefs of Lelu Island (Hereditary Chief Yahaan Don Wesley and Gwishawaal Ken Lawson of the Gitwilgyoots Tribe of the Lax Kw’alaams) have the right to allow activity on Lelu because Lelu Island is part of the area they are respon-sible for in Lax Kw’alaams.

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Ban Plastic Bags in Kitimat

St. Anthony’s school grade six class approached Kitimat city council on April 18 with a compelling presentation of the devastating effects trashed plastic bags are having on our city and environment, and requesting city council to encourage the city of Kitimat to ban plastic bags in the community. Shown here is the class grouped together proudly holding their signs under the gazebo at the Kitimat chamber meeting held at the NWCC campus. Photo Louisa Genzale.

APRIL 27 KITIMAT FOOD BANK SOCIETY AGM at 7 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church lounge. All in-terested persons welcome.APRIL 28 KITIMAT PUBLIC LI-BRARY’S BOOK CLUB at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcomed to at-tend. This month’s title is ‘Up and Down’ by Terry Fallis. Come out for some lively discussions, meet new friends, have a cuppa’ tea! Reserve your copy today.APRIL 29 PLANT-A-BEANSTALK! FEE-FI-FO-FUM at the Kitimat Public Library from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Let’s show off your green thumb! Come in or call 250 632 8985 to register children ages 4+. No school.MAY 2 IS YOUR CHILD START-ING KINDERGARTEN THIS YEAR? The Health Unit will be holding a Pre-Kindergarten Immu-nization Fair for all children born in the year 2011. Please call 250-632-3181 to book your appt for May 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.MAY 14 KITIMAT PUBLIC LI-BRARY Please join us from 1-2 pm as we welcome First Nations and Canadian artist Roy Henry Vickers who is best known around the world for his limited edition prints. He is also an accomplished carver, design advisor of prestigious public spaces, a sought-after keynote speaker, and publisher and author of several suc-cessful books. Roy Henry Vickers

will visit from Hazelton to read from his award winning books.This is a free event for audiences of all ages. For more information call the library at 250 632 8985.OngoingAGLOW OF KITIMAT All are wel-come to the Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursday at 7pm. For information phone Brenda 250-632-1616.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Kitimat Child Develop-ment Center. Welcoming families throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older siblings welcome). Come meet other parents and infants over light refreshments with sup-port from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more information call 250-632-3144.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FunSpot drop-in for children aged birth to 5 years with caregivers. Mon-day, Wednesdays and Fridays 10 a.m. - noon. Fridays are now a combined drop-in/multicultural playgroup. All are welcome to attend. Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLERO-SIS I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total confidentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016.

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Hirsch Creek Park and Radley Park have raised their gates for the season to the public and for vehicle access.

Although the public and vehicles may access the parks, full services such as park attendants, washrooms and � rewood are not available until the end of the second week of May.

For those who need access to the sani-dump at Radley Park, this ser-

vice is now available for use.The sani-dump was closed to

RV dumping for the end of the 2015 season due to upgrades being made to the sani-dump and park.

The public is asked if they no-tice or are aware of any damage or fallen trees in the parks, to contact the District of Kitimat at the Tamitik Jubilee Sports Complex at 250-632-8955.

City Parks now open

The Kitimat Snow Valley Skating Club attended the Super Series Starskate � nal in Kelowna last month. Olivia Petersen’s efforts earned her second place for the STAR 4 Ladies Solo event. In the photo are Kitimat contestants, left to right, Aliyah Goncalves, Lena Arlt Dufresne, Sara Lynn Beam, Olivia Petersen and Christine Ferreira. Missing from the photo is Dani Dennill-Welsh.

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NOTICE OF COURT OF REVISION FOR THE

PURPOSE OF CORRECTING THE RESIDENTIAL FLAT

RATE TAX ROLL

The District of Kitimat first implemented the Residential Flat Rate Tax System in 1990. The same system will be continued in 2016.

The current Flat Tax roll is now available for inspection at the municipal hall during its regular office hours.

As required a Court of Revision has been established under Provincial Legislation and will sit on:

May 2, 2016 at 7:30 pmat the Council Chambers,Northwest Community College,606 Mountainview Square, Kitimat, BCfor the purpose of correcting the RESIDENTIAL FLAT RATE TAX ROLL,

if: (a) the name of the owner of a parcel of real property is not correct.

To be considered by the Court of Revision your written complaint must be received by the COLLECTOR by 4:30 pm, Friday, April 29,2016 at 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC V8C 2H7.

For inquiries please call 250-632-8900.

Notice is issued by the District of Kitimatthe 13th day of April 2016.

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PUBLIC NOTICEANNUAL WATER MAIN

FLUSHING 2016March to June 2016

The District of Kitimat will undertake the annual water main flushing.Flushing will start during the month of March and finish in June. This operation may cause temporary discolouration of the water supply and should clear up soon after the operation is completed. If the problem persists please contact the District of Kitimat.Thank you for your cooperation and patience in this matter.For further information please visit our website atwww.kitimat.ca or call Public Works at 250-632-8930.

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