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Top left, Gavin McGarrigle, BC area director for Unifor. Top right, Richard Paquin with Industri-all Global Union walks with Unifor 2301 local President Rick Belmont. Below, the crowd works from the Centennial Park to the Kitimat Modernization Project community of� ce at the Upper City Centre mall.

Rio Tinto under fire from unionsCameron Orr

A global day of action against Rio Tinto did not exclude Kitimat, where Unifor 2301 members, employees of the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter, marched to the Kitimat Modernization community of-� ce at the Upper City Centre Mall, and called out RTA, and the entirety of the Rio Tinto company, for practices which they feel at its worst is union dodging.

Unifor 2301 President Rick Bel-mont said that with over 400 grievances in the system against its members the company has not shown a willingness to work through any problems.

He said the union has turned to us-ing an expedited arbitration process al-lowed under the Labour Relations Code in order to get the grievances addressed.

He said it has to be expedited other-wise it could take years for the issue to be resolved with the company.

“If we don’t deal with them now, if you put them in the regular system, the [modernized] plant would be up and running for 10 years before you would be able to deal with rights of our mem-bers, in the actual transition,” he said.

Belmont continued that he feels a lot of the grievances have much

larger implications.“We believe a good majority of

those grievances in the system, that our members rights have been violated,” he said.

The company, he said, has been sidestepping the union and dealing with members directly.

“Rio Tinto has only been here sever-al years, and they have not demonstrat-ed a will to sit down and actually work with the union,” he said “If anything, it looks like a concerted effort to avoid any union involvement wherever possible.”

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LNG Alliance now formed

Multi-national lique� ed natural gas (LNG) companies may be competitors when sell-ing the product around the world but they’ve enough in common to lobby for mutually ben-e� cial causes.

And topping that list is a tax regime in B.C. that’s acceptable to the companies who make up the group president of the newly-formed B.C. LNG Alliance said last week.

“What we’re looking for is good � scal policy; a clear, stable and competitive � scal re-gime,” said David Keane during the launch of the alliance at an event held in Terrace Oct. 7.

The provincial government is so far pro-moting the creation of a new two-tier tax struc-ture over and above any other taxes LNG pro-ducers might pay.

That’s tied to the B.C. Liberal campaign pledges of the 2013 provincial election in which Premier Christy Clark said LNG produc-ers could provide up to $100 billion leading to a provincial legacy fund which would, among other things, wipe out the provincial debt.

But the provincial government has been slow in fully introducing its tax plan and one large energy company, Malaysian-owned Petronas, which has a large stake in a planned LNG plant at Prince Rupert, has warned it might put its project on hold should the tax be introduced.

Keane said that while Petronas is a member of the alliance, he could not speak on behalf of the company when it came to speci� c issues such as taxation.

“What I can say is we are waiting to see the [taxation] legislation in detail,” said Keane.

“Having a clear, stable � scal regime will help make � nal investment decisions.”

If the alliance, made up of companies in-volved in six planned LNG projects, is con-cerned about provincial issues such as taxa-tion, it’s also concentrating on exactly who will build the multi-billion projects.

Keane, who has been involved on a pro-vincial body examining skills development and training, said the direction is to � rst train B.C. residents for direct and indirect LNG employ-ment.

“Our goal is to hire in B.C. � rst and Canada second and then outside of Canada if needed,” said Keane.

With some projects, if they proceed, requir-ing as many as 4,000 workers and with some of those needing to have speci� c skills, the prospect of needing to look outside the country raises the issue of temporary foreign workers.

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UnionContinued from page 1

The rally at the Upper City Cen-tre Mall had perhaps up to 100 people, many shouting “Shame” at the com-pany’s practices as Belmont, and guest speakers Gavin McGarrigle, BC area director for Unifor, and Richard Paquin with Industri-All Global Union, spoke on their concerns through a loudspeak-er.

Rio Tinto Alcan’s Manager of Cor-porate Affairs & Community Relations Colleen Nyce said she had no specific comment at this time about concerns relating to the rally, except to say “we realize that there are a lot of challenges right now for our workers, for manage-ment, for everyone as the transition

from old to new is about to take place - that is part of modernizing.”

Belmont said they’d put together a committee immediately if it would be useful to resolve all the grievances but doesn’t see a company effort to do that.

“We’ve talked to them about it,” he said.

McGarrigle told the assembled crowd of union members that they came together for two reasons; justice and solidarity.

“You’re all just a number to them,” he said. “But we’re not numbers. We’re people, we’re workers. You’re the back-bone of this community, they wouldn’t make a thin dime if it wasn’t for every-one going to work every day.”

He said the management of Rio Tinto globally shows a pattern of ne-glect, and said it was the company’s safety practices which lead to the deaths of 40 miners in 2013 in Indonesia.

“Brothers and sisters, this is all part of their global game plan. They hate unions. They hate workers. They want you under their thumb.”

He continued, “This is just the start. Right now we’ll fight them in the legal process. This is the start of a move-ment here in Kitimat where the workers needs to take back their work site, stick together in solidarity, make links with workers all around the world, and say ‘Hell no, we’re not going to take it Rio Tinto.’”

And the nominees are...Cameron Orr

The race for Kitimat’s next mayor should be a thrill-er.

Incumbent Joanne Monaghan has filed to con-tinue the job for the new term. Eyeing the job as well is cur-rent Kitimat Councillor Phil Germuth.

Trish Parsons, who is the Kitimat Chamber of Com-merce executive director, has also filed as a mayoral candi-

date. For the rest of the in-

cumbent councillors, all are seeking a new term: Mario Feldhoff, Mary Murphy, Rob Goffinet and Edwin Empi-nado.

Potential new faces on council are: Amanda Kozak, Paul Lagace, John Powell, Claire Rattee, Jack Riddle and Larry Walker.

There are seven can-didates filed for the Coast

Mountains school district.The Kitimat area is now

guaranteed an election for its two positions. Raymond Raj, one of Kitimat’s incumbent trustees, is running for an-other term.

New to local government is Tim Carter also putting his name forth for the Kitimat area.

Margaret Warcup has also filed as of Thursday for a shot on the board.

Art Erasmus, a Terrace incumbent, is also running for another term for his area.

Thornhill’s Gary Turner is also running for another term.

Shar McCrory is running for Hazelton. Angela Brand Danuser has filed for the Stewart area.

Meanwhile, seven candi-dates have filed for director-ship on the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District.

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Terrace RCMP have confirmed that a woman who went missing last Tues-day night had been found deceased.

At 4:40 p.m. last Wednesday, the body of Rochelle Parrent, 48, was found partially sub-merged in the Skee-na River in an area known as Brauns Island, said police in a release Oct. 9.

Foul play is not suspected at this time and the inves-tigation has been turned over to the Coroner’s Service, said police.

On Oct. 8, po-lice had asked for the public’s help to find Parrent, who had last been seen the morning of Oct. 7 at her residence on Brauns Island. She had told people she might be going out for a bike ride.

The B.C. govern-ment released its latest water test results from the Mount Polley mine spill area Oct. 9, but refused a demand by opposition politicians to release inspection reports on the mine and tailings dam that col-lapsed Aug. 4.

Environment Min-ister Mary Polak said the water results showed “slightly” elevated lev-els of aluminum and copper in water samples from Quesnel Lake, but water remains safe to drink in the area af-fected by the plume of tailings in the lake.

Polak said all infor-mation related to health and safety of area resi-dents has been made public, but she is com-plying with a request from investigators not to release inspection reports until multiple investigations are com-plete.

A letter from B.C. Chief Inspector of Mines Al Hoffman said mine experts are exam-ining “all documents relating to the history, design, construction, operation and mainte-nance of the tailings fa-cility.”

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Alexander townhouses may get revivalCameron Orr

The much-dilapidated Alexander Townhous-es could be in for a refreshing future with a devel-oper seeking to rebuild the plot of land with new, modernized townhouses and apartment units.

Speaking by phone from Quebec, Coast to Coast’s Chief Development Officer Gloria Couil-lard said the proposal is a two phased effort.

First phase is eight buildings, with a mix of apartment units at three storeys high, and semi-detached townhouses at two storeys high.

Phase two will be two additional apartment buildings at 12-units each, and two other rows of townhouses.

The presentation to council was a general overview, as a proper application for any poten-tial rezoning or development permits has not been submitted at this time.

The proposal did peak interest in council, no doubt pleased at a development that would revi-talize existing property.

“This is very, very, very exciting for us, I can tell you that,” said Mayor Joanne Monaghan after Couillard concluded her presentation.

“No doubt not just council, I think the whole community has been waiting for somebody to come and possibly redevelop that area,” added Councillor Phil Germuth.

Responding to question, Couillard said the market would dictate whether the development would gear towards rental or ownership.

Between phase one and two, the complex could see about 105 living units, compared to the 65 constructed on the site today.

Concept art for a proposal to redevelop the Alexander townhouses. From Coast to Coast’s presentation to Kitimat Council

On density, Couillard said the development would better use the land than the existing town-houses.

“The way that it was developed initially is definitely not exploiting the capacity of that land,” she said.

There are residents who live in the Alexander townhouses but given the conditions of those units Housing Resource Project Worker Paul Lagace said it’s best for them to move out anyway.

That said it will impact those who are still paying fairly affordable rents in those places but rent is rising up to $1,500 for many anyway.

“Question is, where do these families go?” he asked. “But honestly, they couldn’t continue stay-ing there anyway.”

He said the development would be a great contribution to the city.

“Is it affordable stuff going in there? No, but it’s not affordable anyways.”

Community commitments finalized for LNG Canada

LNG Canada has printed their final draft of “Community Commit-tments” which is an outline of their expectations as a corporate citizen.

The company had been work-ing on drafts of the document but revealed the final draft at an open house at their information centre on Ocelot Road.

The company has acknowledged in the past the document is not legal-

ly binding but look at it as a frame-work for how the community can work with them.

There are eight conditions in the document, including LNG Canada respecting the importance of com-panies being trusted members of the community, that the company un-derstands the importance of environ-ment, and the importance of improv-ing access to outdoor recreation.

LNG Alliance

Fire Chief Trent Bossence is among the first to sign their name to LNG Canada’s community commitment, which has been fixed to the wall in their community information centre.

Continued from page 1“If we can’t find those skills,

then clearly we’ll have to look outside [the country],” said Ke-ane.

In a way, Keane himself is a form of a temporary foreign worker. An American from Con-necticut, Keane has been in the energy business for more than 30 years and has been living in Van-couver for the past four years.

“I can tell you that I am ap-plying for permanent residency status,” said Keane.

Keane took on the job as president of the BC LNG Alliance earlier this year following his re-tirement from the BG Group, an-other of the multi-national LNG companies with plans to build a plant at Prince Rupert.

The Terrace event was attend-ed by members of the alliance, local and regional local govern-ment representatives and people representing business groups and individual businesses.

Keane and other alliance members followed up the Terrace event by speaking the next day to several business audiences in Vancouver.

He said it was important for the alliance to have its first official event in the northwest to show that its members wish longstand-ing business and other relation-

ships with the region’s residents.“There’s not a more beautiful

place in the world,” said Keane.Kitimat LNG, which is a part-

nership between Chevron Canada and Apache Canada, LNG Cana-da, whose partners are Shell Can-ada, PetroChina, KOGAS from Korea and Mitsubishi from Japan and who wants to build a plant at Kitimat, Pacific Northwest LNG, which is Petronas, Japex from Ja-pan, Indian Oil Corporation, Sin-opec from China and Petroleum-Brunei, and Prince Rupert LNG, which is owned by BG Canada, are the first four projects to join the alliance.

Two other projects have joined recently, Woodfibre LNG, which is being proposed for a lo-cation near Squamish, and Triton LNG, whose partners are Alta-Gas from Calgary and Japanese-owned Idemitsu Canada and which is looking at locations in Prince Rupert and Kitimat.

“If we can’t find those skills, then clearly we’ll have

to look outside [the country].”


Three years ago, long-time chief and band administrator Sophie Pierre sought an extension of her term lead-ing the B.C. Treaty Commission and gave a warning. The federal and pro-vincial government should start taking this long and costly effort seriously or “shut ’er down.”

Last week Pierre wound up her sixth and � nal year as chief commis-sioner on a slightly more hopeful note. This year, the Tla’amin Nation in the Powell River area and the Yale First Nation in the Fraser Canyon had their treaties proclaimed by Ottawa.

They join the Maa-nulth First Nations on Vancouver Island and the Tsawwassen First Nation in leaving behind the Indian Act and the courts to get on with self-government. Tsaw-wassen in particular has moved ahead aggressively. Its shopping centre de-velopment near the ferry terminal is one of the largest commercial projects in the province right now.

All of these treaties were negoti-ated despite multiple overlapping ter-ritorial claims around them, and simi-lar progress has been made with the Tsimshian First Nations on the North Coast and elsewhere.

The need for aboriginal people to

work out their overlapping claim is-sues between themselves was the fo-cus of the commission’s 22nd annual report. In it, former chief commis-sioners Miles Richardson of the Haida Nation and Steven Point of the Sto:lo Nation added their in� uential voices, urging aboriginal communities to con-sider them shared territories, rather than clinging to ancient tribal rivalries.

Another hopeful sign is that after seven years of commissions and stud-ies, the federal government has � nally given its negotiators a mandate to ne-gotiate � sheries.

This is the main reason why the Tla’amin waited � ve long years for Ottawa’s blessing after their treaty had been hammered out.

This year’s landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, recog-nizing Tsilhqot’in Nation title in the remote Nemiah Valley, has also got the attention of Victoria and Ottawa.

Pierre noted the “� urry of activity” by Premier Christy Clark in seeking reconciliation, which will culminate this month with a formal apology for the hanging of Tsilhqot’in chiefs 150 years ago.

Pierre said this court ruling “should destroy any lingering thoughts that this issue is not of the utmost im-portance, and provide the necessary investment, both � nancial and time commitment, to reach satisfactory conclusions.”

That’s the good news for B.C.’s thorniest historical problem, the lack of treaties across most of the province.

It’s also becoming clearer that the Tsilhqot’in ruling is unique.

It’s unlikely to be repeated by most other First Nations, even if they are willing and able to spend the years and millions to enrich lawyers in pur-suit of it.

Here’s the bad news. As of this year, the B.C. Treaty Commission has paid out $627 million to First Nations to support treaty negotiations. Most of that is in the form of loans, which are to be repaid out of the cash settle-ments that Ottawa contributes to settle modern treaties.

Continued on page 9

Time for truth in B.C. treaty talks

Just one thoughtThere’s good news for many, I’m sure, in the re-

veal from the last regular council meeting that some-one, � nally, wants to clean up the Alexander Town-houses.

That housing complex has been an eyesore for many years and � xing it has been a subject that has been broached several times.

Namely as people debate the other high-density projects in Kitimat, several times people mentioned the Alexander property, and suggest that land should be redeveloped before any other project gets pushed through.

Well here we are. It’s what everyone’s wanted.I only have one thought I want to leave on this

matter and that’s just that we should keep part of our mind on the people who actually live in there.

It’s perhaps a badly kept secret that there are some poor living conditions in those units.

I and other reporters spoke to some recently and heard stories about what it’s like to live there and frankly it’s not good.

Some people pay way more than they should, and others pay little.

To ask the Housing Resource Project, the tenants who are there really do need to � nd somewhere to go, regardless if the place is developed or not.

But this project won’t contribute to affordable housing. They look nice, but they look like they’ll cost it too.

Developing the property, if indeed it does hap-pen, is a good thing. For the aesthetic of the neigh-bourhood, and for the conditions of the property as it is.

So I’m not attempting to stand in front of the pro-posal.

I am merely highlighting the continued need to support the community residents who are continually in the sidelines of rapid development.

It will bene� t our community if town leaders continue to support developments that will suit that segment of the population.

I’ll leave that reminder here for everyone’s ben-e� t.

But otherwise hopefully this development, with its in-building rather than out-building of Kitimat, will, with due process, come to the approval of the community.

I don’t say that to mean at the expense of other proposals for the town which are going through their own processes right now.

I just know I’m not alone in thinking that an over-haul of Alexander answers a question many have had, and that’s why has nothing has happened to that prop-erty already.

Cameron Orr

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Dear Sir,When someone has said to me

“I wouldn’t sit across the table from you,” and then later wants to shake your hand at a public social function you really know the “silly season” has officially started.

The next few weeks will be re-ally interesting.

Some elected officials have been practicing all year, the hun-dreds of photo ops. Right, get your face known. The grandstanding, the analyzing to death certain subjects at public meetings. Is this really ana-lyzing or is it a bit condescending?

Anyway, can’t wait for the promises.

I read an article recently on Ha-zel McCallion who is the very bright 92-year-old mayor of Mississauga, Ontario.

She has been mayor since 1978 and will be retiring this year.

She gave the advice “don’t make promises you can’t keep.”

This is good advice for all run-ning in the next election.

There are so many issues for this community in the next few years.

Some don’t want anything to change if it affects their back yard, and others want to forge ahead and grow.

It is not an easy thing to deal with when you have groups oppos-ing everything and quiet groups working behind the scenes wanting good things to happen.

This is a job not many want, me included.

I’m too much of a “redneck”to run for anything.

I simply can’t be political enough and now am to old to change my views, and I don’t want to!

That said I wish the best for those who want to try to change the world. Just don’t promise more than you can handle.

Someone once said,“the most dangerous liars are those who think they are telling the truth.”

Keep smiling,I’m watching and listening.

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Beware of silly season promises

Dear Sir,Kudos to the orga-

nizers, volunteers and presenters. The two day symposium was informative, entertain-ing and very friendly. There was a good va-riety of workshops. Something for every-one.

The food was fabu-lous and plentiful. The decorations were very tasteful and attractive. The music and dancing was moving.

The gifts were lovely and very gener-ous. It was great to visit with friends, neighbors and meet new people.

The highlight for me was definitely the quirky, “wise quack” doctors. They enter-tained, informed us and discussed sensi-tive topics with humor. They expressed strong-ly that we are in charge of our own healthcare and said that doctors

are there to confirm or deny our own suspi-cions of what ails us and help us deal with it. The other important thing we can do for ourselves is to improve our attitudes.

Positive attitudes create healthier people and people with bet-ter attitudes deal better with any problems they may have.

Speaking of at-titudes, I’d like to ad-dress “those people” who decided this sym-posium was “not worth it” before they even gave it a chance. You have a right to your own opinion, even if it is not based on facts, as this was the first sympo-sium. I wish you would not share that opinion

with others that may value your uninformed/misinformed opinion. They may have missed information that could greatly improve their lives.

To those of you that listened to “those opinions” try thinking for yourself and taking control of your own lives and healthcare. You really missed a great time and a lot of good information.

If anyone would like to see a particular topic or workshop at the next symposium, the organizers would appreciate your input.

Thanks again for a wonderful, funny and informative two days.

Sincerely,Laura MacKenzie

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Symposium was great

Dr. Andrew Leach from the University of Alberta and Dr. Kathryn Harrison from the University of British Columbia discussed energy trends in a community forum hosted by the Kitimat Museum & Archives at the Rod and Gun Club October 4. The museum continues their energy exhibit with a film screening on October 16, with The Rational Middle.

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1 Peter 1:3, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”

Hope, that is what this pas-sage is about. Hope is some-thing that is absolutely neces-sary for human life to continue. When people give up hope, they’re done. A psychiatrist named Viktor Frankl barely sur-vived a concentration camp in WW2. He described hopeless-ness this way: “When a prisoner no longer saw hope for the fu-ture, he would quickly begin to shut down mentally and physi-cally. Then, one day without warning, he simply would give up. No barking of threats would bring a response. The prisoner would just lie on his bunk un-caring like a corpse.” We need hope!

The problem is that people have misguided hope. Many people place their hope in their

spouse, or some other person, but eventually their hopes are dashed as the flaws begin to show themselves. The truth is we need something, someone bigger than ourselves in order to give us hope, and that is what Peter says we have in Jesus Christ.

You see, if we had a Sav-ior who died on the cross and stayed that way, then we would have no hope.

He would be just like us. But thanks be to God that is not the case. Because Jesus rose again from the grave in victory over death, He offers all those who come to Him in repentance and faith a living hope; a sure and certain hope rooted and grounded in a living relation-ship with a living and risen sav-ior.

A hope that is rooted in God’s “great mercy” as Peter tells us. You see, our sin is an offense to God, but in His great mercy, He sent His Son Jesus Christ into this world to live a

sinless life, and then to give His life as payment for all who re-pent of their sins and believe in Him.

Abundant mercy indeed, beyond all measure.

Here then is the hope that cannot fail, because it is firmly anchored in heaven in the per-son of Jesus Christ.

Friends, we don’t know if we will live a long life, if our health will hold or if our invest-ments will crash; but there is one thing that you can know for sure; Jesus died and rose again, you are safe in Him forever.

He will never leave you nor forsake you either in this life or for all eternity. Now there is some hope you can sink your teeth into.

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Looking for our hope

Tom FletcherTalking on your

handheld phone or fiddling with a music player while driving will cost you three penalty points in addi-tion to a $167 fine, ef-fective October 20.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton an-nounced the additional penalty points last Wednesday, making it the same as the penalty for texting and driving. Penalty points are also added for infractions such as watching a video or programming a phone’s GPS system.

Anton said the B.C. government is also reviewing its fines and could increase them, but not to the $1,000 fine Ontario drivers face for a first offence of distracted driving.

“I think a $1,000 fine is rather high,” Anton said.

Penalty points remain on a driving record for five years, and result in a $175 increase in insurance as soon as they exceed three points. Fines and points for two distract-ed driving tickets in a year add up to at least $634. At nine points, the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles con-siders licence suspen-sion.

Anton said there were 51,000 tickets is-sued last year for dis-tracted driving of all kinds.

“Ticket volumes show us that more drivers are ticketed for talking on an electron-ic device than for tex-ting and driving, and so that is where we de-cided to start with the

new penalty points,”Distracted driving

is the second biggest cause of fatal vehicle accidents, with an av-erage 88 people killed per year from 2009 to 2013.

That compares to 105 deaths attrib-uted to speeding and 86 due to alcohol or

drug impairment.Police can also is-

sue tickets for driving without due care and attention to any driver who is noticeably dis-tracted or inattentive and increasing risk to others.

New distracted driving penalties

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton

“Ticket volumes show us that more drivers are ticketed for talking on

an electronic device than for

texting...”

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September 29A driver flagged

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September 30Police were called

by CN Rail’s own se-curity on a report of a truck and trailer stuck on the train tracks on Saunders Haul Road and 9th Avenue. The owner of the truck could not be tracked down and the RCMP forwarded the file back to CN Rail for their own investigation.

October 1Police were called

on a complaint of two intoxicated people at the Kitimat Hotel. A 43-year-old female and 55-year-old male were arrested for public in-toxication and lodged in RCMP cells until sober.

October 2A man who alleg-

edly stole a cardboard cutout from the Chilly & Dancer Pub (former-ly The Ol’ Keg) was refused service at the pub and was reportedly agitated. Police spoke with the male and the person agreed to leave.

October 3Police are inves-

tigating a theft of fuel from Haisla Marina. The fuel was taken from a boat and a fuel line was cut, police say. Investigation on-going.

October 4A vehicle was

pulled over on Quatsi-no Boulevard with no head lights or tail lights on. Checks on the driv-er revealed that he was prohibited to drive. The 30-year-old Kiti-

mat male faces charges of driving while pro-hibited and will appear in court in December.

At 11:45 p.m. the police conducted a bar walk at the Kitimat

Hotel, and a female pa-tron acting suspicious-ly was investigated, revealing possession of 1.8 grams of cocaine. Police say the file is still being investigated.

October 5Responding to

a reported collision, police attended to the Haisla Bridge at 1:48 p.m. and found a Dodge Dakota with ex-

tensive front end dam-age. The driver stated that she fish-tailed af-ter tapping the brakes. Driver received minor injuries, and was is-sued a ticket for speed

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Throne speech focuses on LNG and teachersCameron Orr and Tom Fletcher

Premier Christy Clark’s government launched its fall legis-lative session Monday with a speech from the throne offering prog-ress on resource trade, partnership with ab-original people and la-bour peace with public school teachers.

The speech de-scribed B.C. following the same path to Asia for lique� ed natural gas as it did in expand-ing lumber trade when the U.S. housing mar-ket declined.

“Like forestry, B.C.’s natural gas in-dustry has relied on exports to the United States,” said the speech, read by Lt. Governor Judith Guichon. “But the American shale gas revolution has meant the export south has dried up – and is never coming back.”

The gas industry employs 1,700 people in the Fort Nelson area alone, and can be maintained only by reaching Asian mar-kets. The speech notes that Chinese LNG con-sumption rose by a � fth in the � rst half of 2014.

“This is a chance – not a windfall,” the speech notes, after one of the leading invest-ment groups warned of shifting conditions that could delay its partici-pation.

Clark told report-ers after the speech that talks continue with Petronas, leader of one of the largest of 15 cur-rent LNG proposals, with a pipeline and gas export facilities planned for the B.C. north coast.

“We are good at negotiating in this gov-ernment,” Clark said. “We’ve got a good re-cord. We’re going to

keep negotiating hard.” The government

plans to table frame-work legislation this month to de� ne the environmental stan-dards and tax structure for the industry, which has more than a dozen international players considering LNG de-velopment.

Skeena MLA Robin Austin, also the NDP Spokesperson for Northern Economic Development, gave his response to the Throne Speech in the days fol-lowing.

“This throne speech was very differ-ent from the ones that I have observed over the last, I guess, nine-and-a-half years,” he said in the legislature, referring to a ‘buzz’ which normally ac-companies the event. “But this particular throne speech was odd, because I came in here,

and the place wasn’t packed at all.”

He said perhaps it’s the government running out of ideas outside of the natural gas debate.

He also said the government’s estimate of 100,000 jobs in the region from LNG pro-posals is unlikely as they are capital, but not labour intensive, proposals.

“I want to make sure that people un-derstand that when we are looking at what the government has prom-ised on LNG and what they are delivering, to be able to criticize it does not mean to say that we do not want LNG in Kitimat,” he added. “It’s our job here in opposition to make sure that they ac-tually are held account-able to it, to make sure that it provides jobs for British Columbians.”

NDP leader John Horgan said it’s been a year since the gov-ernment � rst prom-ised a tax structure for LNG, and now with a deadline looming at of the end of October, Clark is trying to back away from 2013 elec-tion promises to retire B.C.’s debt and slash taxes based on LNG revenue.

“I think we gave away our bargaining power when it comes to lique� ed natural gas,” Horgan said. “Everyone in the sec-tor knows that the pre-mier is way out on a branch and made com-mitments that she can-not keep.”

The speech de-scribed the recent six-year labour agreement with B.C. teachers after a strike that stretched

from spring to the early weeks of the fall school term.

“British Colum-bia can look forward

to � ve years of labour peace,” the speech said. “This is unprecedent-ed. We cannot let this opportunity pass.”

Chevron offers up a look at proposed Kitimat LNG siteRepresentatives for Chevron invited media on a site tour of

their proposed Kitimat LNG site at Bish Cove.While the land itself for the possible future facility is most-

ly cleared land and rock at this point until the company reaches a possible � nal investment decision, one highlight was seeing the forest service road which has been widened at places.

The road is Crown land so once the work on the road concludes it will become a publicly accessible road.

Chevron says paving of the road —also sometimes re-ferred to as the West Side Road — will take place sometimenext year.

The company is still anticipating moving ahead on the Clio Bay Restoration Project which would see marine clay dumped on to the � oor of Clio Bay, essentially opposite their site.

They don’t expect work on that to begin until later in 2015, and they are still awaiting permits from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Chevron has said they’re still committed to Kitimat LNG even as Apache Canada indicated they would sell their share in the project.

Apache is still involved in the project until their share has been sold.

Above, a view of their jetty and ‘dolphin’ berths, at Bish Cove. Below, heavy machinery along the West Side Road towards the Kitimat LNG site.

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August police statisticsScheduling held up the re-

lease of the August Kitimat RCMP statistics but Staff Ser-geant Phil Harrison did manage to offer his report at the October 6 council meeting.

Sexual assaults saw one new � le in August, bringing the total to 12, versus 14 � led in 2013.

Kitimat is just about half-

way on assault with weapons, with 16 total, versus 34 last year.

With 19 common assault � les, 2014 stands at 141, which was the exact number at this time last year.

There have been three thefts of over $5,000 value this year with one in August. There were none last year.

Vehicle thefts are fairly high

with eight in August, and 16 to-tal for 2014 so far. Still some ways to go before it exceed’s 2013’s 39 cases.

Nearly at par with 2013’s cocaine possessions with 11, only two away from 2013’s to-tal.

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Kitimat hospital gets gradedCameron Orr

Hospital statistics provided online by the Ca-nadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows Kitimat is for the most part doing well in medical outcomes.

The statistics show the overall patient re-admission rate for Kitimat is 9.3 per cent, which just puts them ahead of the Northern Health Au-thority’s general rate of 9.5 per cent, and just about on par with British Columbia’s 9.4 per cent.

Medical patients in particular were re-ad-mitted at a rate of 15.3 per cent, not as good as Northern Health’s 14.8 per cent trend.

Kitimat fared better in surgical patient re-admissions with just 4.3 per cent against NHA’s 7 per cent.

Kitimat also has a zero per cent obstetric (childbirth) re-admission. NHA has a 1.9 per

cent readmission rate.For young patients, those 19-years-old and

younger, re-admission is 5.1 per cent, one per cent lower than NHA’s 6.1.

For hospital deaths following a major sur-gery, Kitimat is recorded as 1.5 per 100. Only slightly better than NHA’s overall 1.7, which matches the province’s rate as well.

The place where Kitimat really stood apart from elsehere — for better or worse — was the rate of low-risk caesarean sections. NHA’s rate is 17.5 per cent and B.C.’s is 16.3 per cent. In Kitimat the rate is 27.2 per cent.

Meanwhile a standard hospital stay costs taxpayers slightly less in Kitimat against others. The report says a standard stay in Kitimat costs $5,460. NHA’s cost is $5,808.

The information are online at yourhealthsys-tem.cihi.ca.

Province developing transportation planJeff Nagel

Transportation Minister Todd Stone is calling for public input to help guide a new 10-year provincial transportation plan he aims to unveil by the end of January.

The public consultations for the plan – dubbed “B.C. On the Move” – include meetings across the province with communities and stakeholders, a Twitter town hall and a dedicated website at engage.gov.bc.ca/transportation-plan.

Stone said he expects local priorities coming forward may include calls for secondary road improvements, more highway passing lanes or four-lane sec-tions, as well as enhancements to local transit or cycling routes.

The ministry is accepting submissions until Dec. 12.

Survey questions to the pub-

lic released by the ministry em-phasize highway improvements and ask nothing about coastal ferry service or fares – the main source of criticism for Stone in recent months. The ministry will instead rely on previous public consultations in 2011 by the B.C. Ferry Commissioner to guide the ferries portion of the new plan.

The replacement of the Massey Tunnel between Del-ta and Richmond with a new bridge is already in the technical design phase and is expected to be one of the plan’s centrepiece projects, along with the Cariboo Connector four-laning of 440 kilometres of Highway 97 from Cache Creek to Prince George.

It’s also expected to ex-plore options for a future second crossing of Okanagan Lake in Kelowna.

A discussion guide for the

consultations notes the province needs to replace aging trans-portation infrastructure, while preparing for an extra million B.C. residents by 2025 as well as the effects of aging demograph-ics, growing demand for public transit and increased pressure on rural roads from resource devel-opment.

As for how to pay for new infrastructure, the ministry doc-ument says the province would “explore different funding op-tions” while also maximizing federal contributions and part-nering with First Nations, local governments and the private sec-tor.

NDP transportation critic Claire Trevena said the questions posed by the province are “ex-ceedingly super� cial” and fail to address B.C.’s biggest transpor-tation problems

Continued from page 4Pierre acknowledges that some communities

are close to completing treaties, but their debt has climbed to near what Ottawa is offering. This would leave them free but broke.

Others are just “spinning their wheels” with no real hope of achieving a treaty, Pierre said. The commission is calling for an “exit strategy” for these communities, starting with loan forgiveness

that would allow them to pursue economic activ-ity.

There are First Nations, Westbank and Os-oyoos prominent among them, which are thriving without treaties. Haida and Klahoose have devel-oped successful forest products businesses as they move toward self-government.

Federal and provincial governments must rec-ognize the successes, and the failures.

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Nothing dialed back for 35th telethonCameron Orr

In four days the town will once again be in the midst of the annual Aluminum City Telethon.

The annual entertainment show and fundrais-er kicks off on October 19.

This year’s theme, in keeping with all the oth-er anniversaries which have happened in town, is “35 years and going strong.”

The show runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Mount Elizabeth Theatre.

Organizers have lined up about 25 acts throughout the day.

And as usual the money raised goes towards the Kitimat Community Foundation.

The Foundation uses the money raised to of-fer to various community groups in Kitimat.

The telethon will use the traditional phone bank to accept donations, or people can use online payments through the system at kitimatcommuni-tyfoundation.ca.

October 6 - November 10Christ the King Parish Bereave-ment Ministry Committee is spon-soring “Connecting Each Other with Hope”, a six week grief sup-port group. Sessions in the Catho-lic Church Hall. Open to anyone, regardless of religious af� liation. Register or get more information by calling Lidia at 250-632-6292, or Susana at 250-632-2215.October 16UNIFOR 2301 retiree social, at 2 p.m. at union hall. Election for chairperson to be held.October 19Potluck Supper at the Presbyterian Church at 1274 Nalabilia. Eve-ning service will follow the meal. Please join us at 6 p.m.October 23ART CLUB of Kitimat meets at 7 p.m. in Room 98 at MEMSS.

‘Washing out the Negative’ – Guided watercolour project, bring watercolour supplies, paint & pa-per. No supplies? We have some and we share! For more informa-tion contact Katherine Johnsen 250-632-6888.October 23You are invited to join a Bladder Cancer support group meeting. This is the � rst meeting for Kiti-mat. This is a great way to meet, connect and learn from others who have been in your shoes. 2 p.m. in the UNIFOR Union hall. For more information call Glen Sevigny at 250-632-3486, or e-mail [email protected] 24Leggo My Lego at the library; Use your imagination to create a mas-terpiece. We supply, you build. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For all ages, limited seating. To register come in or call the library at 250-632-8985.

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Foster parents enrich the life of a child with love, support, commitment and safety crucial to a healthy upbringing.

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• MILLWRIGHTS • WELDERS• SUPERVISORS• FABRICATORSMonster Industries is recruiting in Mackenzie, BC for the above career opportunities. We service the, Forestry, Energy and Mining industry. Shifts are 14 days on and 7 days off or 7 days on and 7 days off. 10 to 12hr days.

Excellent compensation packages available.

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SERVICE DEPARTMENT Personnel required. Busy ex-panding Chrysler dealership 40 minutes from Edmonton looking for individuals to fi ll the following position: Journeyman Automotive Service Techni-cians. Flat rate system. Wages commensurate with training level and experience. Chrysler experience preferred but not essential, apprentices consid-ered. Apply in person or by writing to: Brown’s Chrysler Ltd., 10447 - 104 Ave., West-lock, AB, T7P 2E4. 1-888-349-5566. Fax: 1-780-349-6493. Attention: Dale Marshall or [email protected]

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BUILDING INSPECTORfor the

DISTRICT OF KITIMAT(Regular Full Time Position)

Under the supervision of the Technical Services Managerprocesses building permit applications, performs in-spections, reviews drawings and construction for confor-mance with legislation, regu-lations and standards. Ex-plains and enforces municipal bylaws.

The successful applicant will have BOABC or Canadian Registered Building Cer-tifi cation (preference will be given to Level 2 certifi cation or higher) and a minimum Class 5 driver’s license. This bargaining unit position has a wage scale ranging from $37.94 - $45.90/hour (over 2 years) with a 35 hour work week.

Submit detailed resumes, including references by:

October 29, 2014 to Per-sonnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat BC V8C 2H7, Phone (250) 632-8900,Fax (250) 632-4995, or e-mail [email protected]. Community information can be obtained from our web-site at www.kitimat.ca. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for fur-ther consideration will be contacted.

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WINTER CALL-IN LIST

The District of Kitimat is preparing a call-in list for winter snow clearing work. Applicants must have WHMIS and a valid BC driver’s license. Preference will be given to individuals with class 1 or 3 driver’s license with air brakes endorsement and heavy equipment ex-perience.

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Personnel, District of Kiti-mat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat BC by: Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 4:30 pm.Application forms are available from the City Centre Municipal Offi ces during regular business hours.






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Help Wanted

Part-time Waitress Required.

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Royal Canadian LegionKitimat

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for part-time, evenings & weekends. Must have: Serving it Right and Food Safe. Please send resume to RC Legion, Box 152, Kiti-mat, BC V8C 2G7 or drop off at the branch, 665 Legion Ave. any day after 2pm.

TAMITIK STATUS OF WOMEN

Is accepting applications for a part time Outreach Worker.

Applicants must have:• valid Class 5 licence with

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a similar situation• an understanding of issues

as they relate to violence against women

Detailed information posted at www.tamitik.ca

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Dropped off or mailed to: 350-370 City Centre, Kitimat BC V8C 1T6.

Closing date: October 24, 2014

WANTEDRoofer’s and Labourers Immediately in Kitimat

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Kitimat Museum. Contact Hueylin at 250-632-6316 or [email protected]

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LivestockDORPER Cross Sheep fl ock for sale. 15 ewes and 25 lambs. $4500. Phone 250-397-4126.

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Rooms for RentKitimat Room for rent- $900/month, utilities incl. Fully furnished, Sat. T.V, great loca-tion. 1-250-862-2266

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A scrappy, chippy affair saw the Kitimat Ice Demons and the Prince Rupert Rampage evenly-matched to force overtime in a 5-4 shootout win for the Rampage on October 4. Kitimat also fell in their home-ice opener against the Terrace River Kings on October 3. In that game the Demons couldn’t get much headway with a 5-1 loss to their rivals. It wasn’t until the second period that Kitimat scored, by Kyle Boudreault, assisted by Josh Slanina and Wade Masch during a power play. Kevin Campbell

Snowmobile club puts in new cabinSubmitted

Sometimes to play hard you have to work hard.

That’s the mantra adopted by the Kitimat Snowmobile and Hikers Club (KSHC) with respect to the most current and more-than-bite sized project they have undertaken to improve outdoor recreation opportunities in the Kitimat Valley. Through an existing relationship with Recreation Sites and Trails BC, hundreds of hours of volunteer labour, the use of club funds generated through fundraising and membership dues, and with support from sizable grants from the District of Kitimat and the Northern Development Initiative Trust, the local non-pro� t orga-nization is replacing the existing Robinson Ridge recreation area sub-alpine cabin.

The existing 1980s vintage stick framed, plywood clad, one room cabin is being replaced by

a dovetailed log cabin pre-man-ufactured in Prince George and complete with loft and covered front deck.

The existing cabin was de-termined to be years past end of life, shifting and buckling on its foundation due to ongoing de-cay of the native timber cribbing used to support the structure. As such, KSHC believed it was im-portant for the safety of current and prospective future users of the area to replace the cabin with a more weather proof, structur-ally sound, and less maintenance intensive structure. Still marvel-ing in the success of the recent Clague Mountain Recreation Area cabin replacement, a simi-lar project undertaken by the club, its partners, and a long list of local and regional contribu-tors, a club decision was made to search out and pursue available grants to help fund the project for Robinson Ridge. The club

was eventually successful in se-curing funds from both the Dis-trict of Kitimat’s Capital Project Grant program and Northern Development Initiative Trust’s Community Halls and Recre-ation Facilities program, with the balance of necessary fund-ing supplied by KSHC. Labour on the project has been a com-bination of in-kind club labour and skilled trades. To date, 400 hours have been volunteered by KSHC.

Given the remote location and dif� culty in accessing the sub-alpine installation location, the primary means of transport must be by helicopter, something the club has, to date, worked closely on with Quantum Heli-copters. Given the cost of mate-rials, the non-pro� t status of the club, and the perceived bene� t of the project to Kitimat and sur-rounding area, KSHC has been overwhelmed by generosity of

The new Robinson Ridge cabin. Submittedlocal businesses in their donation of materials and services.

With a cabin package delivery date of August 14 the rate of prog-ress through late August and Sep-tember has been rapid, starting with cabin location, and an end goal of the cabin being fully out� tted and ready for use by the end of October.

Club President Chad Fournier says club membership and the visi-tor logs at the cabin will quantify the success of the project as they will show the value of the cabin to the region.

Anyone interested in knowing more can contact Fournier at 778-818-0088.

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