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TransCanada recently announced that its Coastal GasLink Pipeline proj-ect has signed long-term project agree-ments with the Burns Lake Band.

These agreements outline financial and other benefits and commitments for as long as the pipeline project is in service. However, specific details of the agreement are “confidential,” ac-cording to Shela Shapiro, a Spokesper-son for Coastal GasLink.

Burns Lake Band Chief Dan George has also not disclosed how much mon-ey the Burns Lake Band will be mak-ing out of this agreement.

This wasn’t the first deal signed with Coastal GasLink in the area. In De-cember 2014, Wet’suwet’en First Na-tion (WFN) signed an agreement with the province to support the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project. Since then, WFN has faced continuous opposition from some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs.

Chief George said he realizes that some people might be against liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in the region, but he says forestry has been “way more devastating.”

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Details of the agreements are “confidential,” says Coastal GasLink

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Almost a year has passed since the Endako Mine was placed on temporary suspension due to a con-tinued weakness in the molybdenum market.

Over 300 employees have lost their jobs since Dec. 31, 2014.

According to Pamela Solly, a Spokesperson at Thompson Creek Metals - company that holds a 75 per cent interest in the Endako Mine, the mine has retained 11 employees to carry out its care and maintenance and environmental obligations. Min-ing and milling activities have been discontinued, and the mine still maintains the idle plant, machin-ery and equipment.

Before the suspension was in effect, however, the

mine employed 347 employees. So what happened to those employees?

The Village of Fraser Lake does not have any statistics on how many Endako Mine workers were able to find other jobs, so Lakes District News spoke with Robin Work, General Manager at Pro-gressive Employment Services. Work and his team were involved in efforts to find employment for displaced workers from Endako Mine.

According to Work, some employees have gone to other mines - both in and out of B.C. – while some have changed industries completely. How-ever, Work says there is no accurate data on the number of employees that were able to regain em-ployment elsewhere.

What happened to Endako Mine employees?

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Prime minister Justin Trudeau said that although there's potential for "a bit of revenue" from legalizing marijuana, it will not be a massive source of govern-ment revenue, according to CBC News.

Trudeau said the Liberals’ plan to le-galize pot has always been about public health and safety, and not about making money. In a recent roundtable interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau said any government revenues generated from marijuana will go toward addiction treatment, mental health support and education programs.

Although Trudeau has clearly stated he wants to legalize the sale of mari-huana across the country, he has not yet provided a timeline for the move.

“We’re going to get this right in a way that suits Canadians broadly, specifi-cally in their communities, and this is why we’re taking the time to weigh in properly and ensure that we’re achiev-ing our goals of protecting young people and removing the criminal profits from marijuana,” said Trudeau during a press conference in Vancouver last week.

Trudeau said the federal government will work with the provinces, territories and municipalities to map out a plan to legalize and regulate marijuana.

“The challenge of getting this impor-tant initiative right is one of ensuring that we are broadly listening to partners, folks in the medical marijuana industry, municipal partners, provinces, and of course, drawing on best practices from around the world,” Trudeau said last week.

In an interview with CBC News, fed-eral health minister Jane Philpott said that although the government will be looking abroad for best practices, she doesn't see a perfect model anywhere. Philpott said that when it comes to le-galizing and regulating marijuana, “the world is going to be looking to Canada to make sure we do the job well."

According to the Liberals, Canada’s current system of marijuana prohibi-tion does not work - it does not prevent young people from using marijuana and too many Canadians end up with crimi-nal records for possessing small amounts of the drug.

The Liberals plan to remove marijua-na consumption and incidental posses-sion from the criminal code, and create

new, stronger laws to punish more se-verely those who provide it to minors, those who operate a motor vehicle while under its influence, and those who sell it outside of the new regulatory frame-work.

On Dec. 2, 2015, the B.C. Govern-ment and Service Employees’ Union and the B.C. Private Liquor Store As-sociation announced that non-medical marijuana should be sold in both public B.C. liquor stores and private liquor re-tail stores. According to Global News, the two groups said this will enable a safe, responsible and effective system for recreational marijuana in B.C., and their goal is to allow British Columbians to buy non-medical marijuana in liquor stores by the end of 2016.

Legalizing marijuana won’t be a massive source of revenue, says PM

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balance the economic opportunity with environmental protection,” he said.

Chief George said the Burns Lake Band will be monitoring the gas line “very carefully” to en-sure the environment has as little impacts as possible.

“We are also looking at a First Nations compliance and enforce-ment regime so we will have the authority to shut down the project if need be,” he said.

Chief George added that this new project agreement reflects that First Nations can collaborate with big companies such as Trans-Canada.

Blueberry River First Nations and Lheidli T’enneh First Na-tion have also recently signed deals with Coastal GasLink. This brings the total to nine project agreements that are the direct result of Coastal GasLink’s ap-proach to working with Aborigi-nal groups.

“These agreements are a re-flection of the meaningful way Aboriginal groups are choosing to participate in the long-term de-velopment of B.C.’s natural gas industry,” said Rick Gateman, President of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project. “Their important contributions to our project al-low us to incorporate their local

knowledge into our planning and pipeline design, which is a prior-ity for us.”

Coastal GasLink is proposing to construct and operate a 670-km natural gas pipeline from the Groundbirch area near Dawson Creek, B.C. to the proposed LNG Canada liquefied natural gas ex-port facility near Kitimat, B.C.

The pipeline proponent says the project will create over 2000 jobs during construction and generate over $20 million in annual proper-ty tax payments. However, the Re-gional District of Bulkley-Necha-ko (RDBN) recently announced it was taking a careful approach to LNG development in the region.

In a press release, the RDBN said LNG development in the region has the potential to “negatively impact local commu-nities” and place a burden on local infrastructure and services.

According to the RDBN, there are too many unanswered ques-tions regarding the location, op-eration, and servicing of the large work camps to be built in the ru-ral area. In addition, there is in-adequate commitment to utilize wood fibre cut from the pipeline routes, and there is no long-term commitment to support invasive plant management. Furthermore, the RDBN points out that emer-gency management “remains un-coordinated.”

2000 jobs created Getting out of debt

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The province is taking action to ensure that getting your finances back on track will not leave you penniless.

Consumers were often encouraged to stop paying their debt on the expectation of making a lump sum payment to their creditor, while paying negotiation fees to the debt settlement agent instead. This would cause some people to miss payments, further damaging their credit score.

When changes come into effect April 1, 2016, the prov-ince will restrict the fees debt settlers can charge. This means companies cannot charge those in debt for nego-tiating a settlement until the creditor and the debtor have agreed on the terms of repayment. Prior to this change, some companies would charge large, non-refundable fees up front in order to negotiate a lump-sum payment.

As of April 1, 2016, debt settlement companies will only have two options restricting how much they can charge for fees:

• If the debt will be repaid within 90 days, debt agents may only charge a fee of up to 10 per cent of the total amount of debt being repaid;

• If you need 90 days or longer to repay your debt, debt settlement companies may charge a fee of up to 15 per cent of the total amount repaid, plus a one-time service fee. The service fee can be no more than the cost of one average monthly payment. In addition, these companies will also have to be more transparent about the risks associated with debt settlement. All contracts will be required to contain a disclosure statement indicating that, while the debt may go away, the debt settlement process will not improve their credit rating.

British Columbians had an average of $99,834 in house-hold debt in 2014, according to a survey by Pollara con-ducted for BMO's annual debt report. That's up more than 26 per cent from $79,089 in 2013.

According to the report, 58 per cent of B.C. households carry credit card debt despite the high interest rates they charge. That's well above the national average of 52 per cent. It found 44 per cent in B.C. have mortgages and 10 per cent have student loans. - With files from Jeff Nagel

NDP leader John Hor-gan sat down with Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview in his Victoria office Dec. 10. Here are excerpts. For the full ver-sion, see the Opinion tab at Lakes District News.

TF: In the recent federal election, national NDP leader Thomas Mulcair rejected the Trans Pacific Partnership sight unseen, endorsing letters from

Unifor and CUPE saying this is a bad deal. Is your party seen as against Pacific Rim trade?

JH: No, I don’t think so, and what I said at the time was that I support trade. We’re a trade-centred prov-ince. We’re looking across the ocean at the largest market the world has known, and I support getting our products to higher-priced markets.

But having said that, the B.C. Liberals embraced TPP without even having seen it.

TF: The NDP and unions have historically been protectionist. Do you see any need to modern-ize the B.C. party?

JH: When it comes to trade, I think we have modernized. And who was the first premier to go on a trade mission from British Columbia? It was Dave Barrett. And now there has been a succession of premiers make regular visits to other markets to try to stimulate economic activity here at home.

TF: Your party supports the carbon tax now, but not the revenue neutral approach. Do you sup-port increasing the rate?

JH: I’ve looked carefully at the report tabled by the premier’s [advisory] group, a vast array of British Columbians, and there was a lot of water put into the wine to get to the position they got to. What I’m comfortable with is that the date that they’ve selected for a ramping up of the carbon tax is 2018, which will be a year after the next provincial election. So if I’m successful and form a government, I’ll have time to look at tax policy broadly to see if we can make improvements in the carbon tax.

For me, and I think for most British Columbians, the model that Alberta has adopted of taking revenues and driving them into industries, or activities like transit, that will reduce emissions over time.

TF: Natural gas price and volume continue to go down, along with commodities generally, and supply of oil and gas keeps going up. What’s your take on the prospects for LNG after the year we’ve had?

JH: Not good. I’ve always said price will determine whether investors drop down multi-billions of dollars in a far-away place to provide a product that is not developed here. Brownfield opportu-nities have moved very quickly in the U.S. Changing LNG import facilities to export facilities is a whole lot easier and cheaper than starting from scratch.

Getting to the coast is a challenge for fossil fuels, and the last LNG price point I saw delivered in Asia was $5.70 a unit. You’re not going to make money at that price, even with rock-bottom prices here in B.C.

TF: We’ve just had a couple of announcements as part of the government’s Jobs Plan, $100 million in financing for tech startups, which your critic was pleased about, and an agriculture and food strategy. Are we going to see more Jobs Plan advertising in the new year?

JH: It’s the Christmas season, the federal election is over, there are two sets of ads running now. I think these ads are self-promotion. These are not informing the public on information that they really need.

If it’s just smiling people with hardhats on, I think we’re going to have something to say about that.

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Horgan on trade, carbon tax and LNG

tom flEtchEr

The Christmas sea-son is a very busy time of the year for a lot of people (especially if you work at a weekly newspaper and is work-ing on two editions at the same time; I liter-ally forgot to eat dinner last night.

People are busy put-ting up Christmas lights, decorating their

Christmas trees and making sure they bought everything they needed for their Christmas din-ner. More importantly, people are out buying the perfect gift for their loved ones – the latest iPad, iPhone, or Justin Bieber’s album (I won’t reveal which one of my co-workers asked me for it).

In midst of Christmas season madness, it’s in-credibly easy to stress yourself out. It’s also easy to lose sight of why we’re doing all this in the first place.

Most people I know will only relax after they’re finally sitting with everyone around the Christmas table (and having lots of caipirinhas, if we’re talking about my family).

So I discovered one thing that works really well for me around this time of the year (and I’m willing to share this secret because it’s Christmas). I am talking about gratitude.

We can all be grateful that we made it to another Christmas (and if you’re reading this editorial, you most certainly have).

I also realize that Christmas is not a joyful moment for many people as it can bring memories of those who are no longer with us. And for those people who have lost some-one special, I also wish them gratitude – be grateful that you had that person in your life for as long as you had. Be grateful that you had their love, even if it wasn’t for as long as you had hoped. You can still send them light and love, wherever they are.

And isn’t that what Christmas is all about? - being grateful for what you have, and feeling that you have enough – enough love, enough joy, enough to be thankful for.

What I know for sure is that you don’t need to be Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie to see the abundance in your life (are they still together by the way? I had no time to Google it). Things happen in your life for a reason, and you can be grateful once you find their lesson.

I spent most of 2015 impatiently waiting for Canada’s immigration system to make me a permanent resident so I could go back to Burns Lake. But this week, I will set that aside, and I will be grateful that life brought me home for Christmas.

Yes, my family drives me crazy - someone is always making bad jokes around the Christmas table, my aunts will relentlessly ask me why I’m still single, and we all have that uncle who drinks too much and embarrasses the whole family. But I will get to hug my parents on Christmas this year, and for that I am grateful.

I am also grateful that 2016 is a new year, and we all have the power to change what-ever needs to be changed in our lives. We often make excuses for ourselves and forget that we are powerful beings and have the ability to bring about change in our lives and create the life we have imagined.

So that is what I wish you this Christmas. I hope that gratitude fills your life – regard-less of what your life situation is right now. I hope that this short break will give you perspective, fill you with love, and that it will allow you to start 2016 on the right track.

Have a wonderful Christmas!

Christmas season madness

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Babine Forest Products has hired four employees from Endako Mine. Thompson Creek says 12 employ-ees were transferred to other company locations such as the Mount Milligan Mine.

Fraser Lake Mayor Dwayne Lindstrom said Endako Mine has done a “great job” helping impacted workers.

Soon after the suspension was announced, the Endako Mine’s human resources team coordinated a sup-port program for workers who had lost their jobs. In January 2015, the team held a job fair in Fraser Lake which included 29 companies and government agencies. A support centre for Endako workers has also been in operation for the past year in Fraser Lake.

In addition, a number of agencies have worked closely to assist the displaced workers, including Service Canada, WorkBC, the Village of Fraser Lake, the College of New Caledonia (CNC), School District 91, the United Steelworkers and the provincial government.

Earlier this year, the province provided funding of $150,000 to CNC to provide training so impacted workers in Fraser Lake could find new careers. The majority of training has been offered in Fraser Lake, with some courses provided in Vanderhoof and Burns Lake.

Will Endako Mine restart operations? The molybdenum market has been suffering from a slowdown in demand especially as it relates to steel

in the oil and gas industry.According to Pamela Solly, a Spokesperson at Thompson Creek Metals, in order for Thompson Creek

to consider restarting the mine, there would have to be a “strong improvement” in molybdenum demand, most especially from the steel sector.

“We do not expect that this is likely for several more years to come,” she said.Although there have been rumours that Thompson Creek Metals has intentions to sell their share of

Endako Mine, Solly says the company has not made any public announcement to this effect.The Endako Mine is operated as a joint venture with Thompson Creek Met-

als holding a 75 per cent interest and Sojitz Corporation, a Japanese company, holding a 25 per cent interest.

Jacques Perron, President and Chief Executive Officer of Thompson Creek, said the company will continue to closely monitor the market conditions and re-evaluate the status of the mine as market conditions warrant.

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Endako Mine, located near Fraser Lake, was placed on temporary suspension on Dec. 31, 2014. Over 300 employees have lost their jobs since then.

Molybdenum market still down

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editor: While recently perusing the HelloBC sites, I looked at the one for Burns Lake and area. I lived in town and the Southside during

the seventies. The site says the Southside is known for being more laid back. I would love to know who gave out that information and what it is

based on. Are Southsiders more laid back than the harried, stressed out "town people" of Burns Lake? I imagine the hectic pace and traffic snarls must be terrible deal with.

I would love to go into more detail as I prefer facts over myth. I see the myth of the Southside is alive and well. Let for good reasons.

Ron JohnsonWilliams Lake, B.C.

Is the Southside really laid back?

Local businesses shouldn't miss out on e-commerce

Real estate keeps B.C. in the blackTom FleTcher

The B.C. government expects to finish the fis-cal year next March with a $265 million surplus, thanks to surging property transfer tax revenues and a lower Canadian dollar that helps everything from tourism to the movie and TV industry.

Government revenues have declined due to lower natural gas, metals and other natural resources, Fi-

nance Minister Mike de Jong said Tuesday in his second quarter financial update. But with a con-tinued hot real estate market in southwestern B.C. and housing starts running above average, property purchase tax revenue is $150 million ahead of the February budget forecast.

Retail sales are running 7.2 per cent ahead of last year for the period of April to August, with vehicle and parts sales up 9.5 per cent and food and bever-age up 7.5 per cent.

De Jong said the Canadian dollar, currently trad-ing at 75 cents U.S., has cut down on cross-border shopping trips from B.C. and contributed to a re-bound of tourism, which along with stronger em-ployment has helped increase retail sales.

The dollar exchange rate has also led to an in-crease in movie and TV production, which costs the province because of the big tax incentives of-fered to lure foreign productions here.

Foreign movie companies get a 25 per cent tax rebate for all spending on labour in the province, and the latest estimate is those credits will climb to a record $514 million for the current year. De Jong said B.C. remains competitive in the movie business despite Ontario increasing its tax credits in 2009 to cover 25 per cent of all spending by for-eign movie and TV production companies.

Forest fire expenses were higher than average this year, but not as high as expected earlier in the season.

Exports from B.C. are down overall, with eco-nomic growth projections downgraded for the U.S., Canada, China and Japan, which de Jong said is now back in a recession.

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Local businesses that have always relied on word-of-mouth marketing are now being challenged to take their businesses online.

Online shopping is a growing trend in Canada. On-line sales in 2014 were estimated at $22 billion and sales are expected to double in the next four years - from $22 billion in 2014 to $40 billion by 2019.

According to the Business Development Bank of Canada, nine out of 10 consumers claim to use their smartphone for pre-shopping activities, and three out of five say they use it to find the location and opening hours of a business that offers a particular product.

Susan Schienbein, Manager of the Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce, said e-com-merce is also a great opportunity for local busi-nesses.

“People are wired to their smart devices, they will find you if you are on the other end of the search button,” she said. “I might be hooked on shopping online, but if the retailer in my community is selling online, maybe I'll shop there instead of the online stores from the U.S., particularly with a soft Cana-dian dollar and the cost of shipping.”

According to LOCO B.C., $2 out of every $3 spent online by Canadians goes to a U.S. retail web-site. The organization estimates that cross-border online shopping reduces the amount of money cir-culating in the local economy by up to 32 per cent. The higher the volume of online purchasing a con-sumer does, the more likely it is that they purchase with chains versus local businesses.

According to LOCO B.C., consumers would spend more money online with local businesses if they offered convenient shipping, e-stores and a better consumer experience navigating their online stores.

directory and activity pages for kids.

Bob and Rosanne Murray, who provide fresh locally grown pro-duce on their Southside

farm, said the RDBN initiative has helped them connect with cus-tomers.

“We have had many folks who phone or

drop in and say they have found our info in the regional district bro-chure,” they said.

In addition to the brochure, the project

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Connecting producers and consumers in the Lakes District

Projects are supporting the production of locally grown food products

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Samantha Young-Finch runs a small homestead in Burns Lake with a focus on heirloom, rare and local plants called Bear foot foods.

Among the products that she offers are rel-ishes, salsas and free-run duck and chicken eggs.

Being new to the busi-ness, Samantha says one of her main chal-lenges has been to find people who are seeking local food, and making her produce available in a convenient way.

“Connecting to the people seeking local food isn't always easy," said Samantha. "And once you do find them, supply is not always equal to demand be-cause of my small scale and inexperience.”

Over the last few years the region has seen a growing move-ment toward consump-tion of locally grown food products, and new initiatives are try-ing to support local producers such as Sa-mantha.

The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) started a proj-ect in 2014 called ‘con-necting consumers and producers’ with the goal of supporting the production of locally grown food products and increasing con-sumption of local pro-duce.

As part of the RDBN project, about 900 cop-ies of a brochure titled ‘Connecting consum-ers and producers: a guide for eating local in Bulkley-Nechako’ was distributed throughout the region. The bro-chure listed 82 local producers and included sections on preserving food, farmer’s market

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Bob Murray (L) watches his son Glen Murray harvest a 92 lb pumpkin for the fall fair in Burns Lake. Bob and Rosanne Murray provide fresh locally grown produce on their Southside farm.


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The Sawi cannibals of New Guinea were some of the fiercest tribes ever discovered. When Canadian mis-sionaries and transla-tors, Don and Carol Richardson, went to

work among them, they knew it was a danger-ous endeavor. As they shared the love of God, the Sawi, who prac-ticed treachery, thought Judas was the hero, not Jesus. And although the Sawi were fasci-nated by the foreigners, they continued their savagery without re-morse. Finally, fear and frustration made the Richardson’s decide to leave.

But the Sawi lead-ers loved the medical help the Richardson’s had brought. So when they learned of their plan to leave, they said, "If you will stay, we promise to make peace in the morning." The

next morning, the two hostile groups posi-tioned themselves on either side of a clear-ing. Finally, one man picked up his infant son and walked across the meadow. The father presented his baby to the chief of the enemy clan as a gift, and said, “As long as this Peace Child lives, there shall be peace between us, not war.”

Don and Carol watched in awe. Sud-denly they realized they had found a door for the gospel. This time, they told the Sawi of the heavenly father who gave His son as a “Peace Child” to earth. Now the Sawi under-

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A direct line has been linking family practitioners to specialists in Northern B.C. Flavio NieNow

A health care project that started three years ago has been recognized for successfully increasing access to specialist care in Northern B.C.

The ‘northern RACE line’ allows family physicians work-ing in rural and remote areas to have rapid access to the help that their patients need. The service links general practitio-ners to specialists with a direct telephone line.

According to Sonya Kruger, Communications Officer for the Northern Medical Program, not only are patients receiv-ing care more quickly, but in many cases, the telephone ad-vice was all that was needed, and a referral was no longer required.

“This has saved many from the burden of travelling to and from Prince George for a specialist appointment – a journey that can be long, arduous and expensive,” she said. “For the physicians, the northern RACE line has provided the mecha-nism to improve communication with their colleagues for a more coordinated approach to the shared care of their pa-tients.”

Since the line was instituted three years ago, the number of calls has increased from eight to 37 calls per month, and the number of available specialties grew from one to 13. To

date, the line has received a total of 877 calls, including calls from family physicians in Burns Lake.

The project was developed by Prince George doctors Hai-dar Hadi and Dan Horvat, who recently received the health and wellness innovator of the year award for increasing ac-cess to specialist care in the north.

“Improved access to specialist physicians by family physi-cians allows for more rapid solutions for patients,” said Dr. Horvat. “This leads to more timely quality care for citizens and patients and reduces the need for not only waits but also travel.”

General practitioners in Northern B.C. wishing to seek advice from a specialist simply have to call a 1-800 hotline to be directly connected to the specialist service they require, or to leave a message for a return call. Within two hours, a specialist will respond to provide a quick consult re-garding diagnosis, treatment, medication, or other advice the general practitioner may need regarding their patient’s care.

“Family physicians can feel more con-fident of being supported and being able to provide high quality care in a timely

fashion,” added Dr. Horvat.The northern RACE line was created as part of the 'north-

ern partners in care' initiative, which focuses on helping northern family and specialist physicians improve access to quality care in Northern B.C.

Northern partners in care, a partnership of Doctors of B.C. and the provincial government, works with the belief that enhancing support for family physicians and nurse practitio-ners in the north will assist with physician recruitment and retention.

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celebrations. The RDBN says $6830 of locally pro-duced food was purchased during these events.

Funding was also provided for local libraries within the region to purchase resource books. A to-tal of 121 books were distributed to eight libraries within the region, including Burns Lake.

Apart from the RDBN initiative, the Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce has also been trying to support local producers.

This year the chamber hosted their first summer market in Burns Lake, allowing the sale of garden products such as flowers, vegetables, berries, tree-fruits, as well as locally-made arts and crafts, and goods from home-based businesses.

Samantha said the summer market was “a great tool” for her as well as other local producers be-cause it helped them create personal connections to consumers.

“A busy market creates a great environment for buyers and sellers alike,” said Samantha. “The chal-lenge for the market seems to be attracting enough people during market hours; I hope to see the mar-ket grow each year.”

Samantha has also been doing her part to con-nect local producers and consumers by running a Facebook page called ‘Lakes District local foods,’

which currently has 381 members.“It has been valuable because it’s shown me

that a demand exists,” she said. “People are seek-ing everything from local butter to meat to fruit to veggies; all things we can and do produce on some scale here.”

In addition, Samantha runs the ‘Burns Lake community garden’ Facebook page, keeping the community connected to the new garden and its ac-tivities. Although the original allotment garden and fence were built in 2002, the garden was neglected for many years. Earlier this year, the Burns Lake’s partnering 4 healthier communities committee de-cided to revitalize the space and initiate a commu-nity garden. A newly-formed community garden society then completed a number of improvements to the site and generated a great deal of interest, booking all of the beds for 2016.

With all these different efforts taking place across the region, Burns Lake Mayor Luke Strimbold said focusing on agriculture could become a potential priority for the Village of Burns Lake.

“We have seen an increase in demand for agricul-ture products including vegetables, beef, and hay crops,” he said.

By growing the local food market, these differ-ent initiatives may also be improving the economic viability of the agriculture industry in the region.

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The Houston/Granisle RCMP detachment was able to stuff four police vehicles with food and gifts and raised $1256 in cash for the Salvation Army in Houston and the Lions Club in Granisle. According to the RCMP, the original goal was to fill a Crown Victoria police cruiser at each event. However, after the trunk and interior were quickly filled with food in Houston, other police vehicles had to be brought in. “The overwhelming support of the residents, businesses and organizations in these small towns proved that they continue to have really big hearts,” said Sergeant Stephen Rose, the Detachment Commander for the Houston/Granisle Detachment. The RCMP has been doing extra checkstops in Burns Lake during this holiday season. Corporal Terry Gillespie said the detachment has been checking for drivers either impaired by alcohol or drugs. The operation involves checkstops set up randomly throughout the community at various times.

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Forest trade mission finds headwinds in AsiaTom FleTcher

Forests Minister Steve Thomson is lead-ing the B.C. industry's annual trade mission to promote lumber sales in Asia with a focus on maintaining sales in a soft market.

Japan has been a ma-jor lumber customer for B.C. since the 1970s, and is the third largest buyer behind the Unit-ed States and China. Sales volume to Japan is down so far this year, but value is up slightly to $556 million, in a market known for de-manding high-grade wood.

The next stops are Dalian and Beijing, China, which is B.C.'s biggest recent success story with sales that topped $1 billion last year for mostly lower-grade lumber. So far in 2015, sales to China are off 11 per cent from the same time last year as the world's most popu-lous country struggles to maintain economic growth.

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Will these signs be installed on Hwy. 16 any time soon?FLAVIO NIENOW

As part of a pilot project to help reduce the frequency of weath-er-related crashes, the province is installing electronic signs that will warn drivers to slow down in bad weather.

The speed limit in these new digital signs will change to reflect driving conditions.

“We looked at how we could help reduce crashes related to bad weather conditions. One of the ideas was to introduce new digital variable speed limit signs in areas where the weather can change quickly and sometimes catch drivers off guard,” explained Min-ister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone. “The elec-tronic signs will adjust the speed limit to let drivers know what speed they should be travelling during winter weather conditions, to help them reach their destination safe and sound.”

Variable speed signs are being installed on sections of the Co-quihalla, the Trans-Canada, and the Sea to Sky Highway. But will these variable speed signs be installed on Hwy. 16 any time soon?

According to Sonia Lowe, a Spokesperson with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, it all depends on how successful this project will be over the next few months.

The new signs will undergo at least two to three months of test-ing before the systems go live. The province says the testing phase is important to ensure the systems are robust, reliable and appro-priately calibrated to reflect highway conditions before they are turned on. The systems are expected to go live in early 2016.

“If successful, the ministry will look at other jurisdictions around the province,” said Lowe.

Whether it is extreme cold, freezing rain or heavy snowfall, the extensive system of traffic, pavement and visibility sensors will be calibrated to detect the conditions and provide a recommended speed to operations staff. This information will be used to continuously update the speed shown on digital signs, to help drivers know a safe driving speed during adverse weather conditions.

Overhead message signs at the entrance of each corridor will inform drivers that they are entering a

variable speed zone, and to be aware of changing weather condi-tions.

Crews are installing 18 variable speed signs along Hwy. 1 from Perry River to Revelstoke, 13 along the Coquihalla from Portia Interchange to the former Toll Plaza and 16 along the Sea to Sky from Squamish to Function Junction.

The ministry has invested $12.5 million to install and run the three pilot systems. This pilot program is part of the ministry's $25-million per-year roadside safety program, as announced in B.C. on the Move.

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New variable speed signs will be installed to help reduce weather-related crashes. The electronic signs will be installed on sections of the Coquihalla, Trans-Canada, and Sea to Sky highways, and will let drivers know what speed they should be travelling for the winter driving conditions. Photo courtesy of the provincial government.

Installation underway for variable speed signs


Southside Health & Wellness Centre: Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve open 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Closed Dec. 28 in lieu of Boxing Day.

Seniors Curling Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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Village NewsVILLAGE OFBURNS LAKE

Holiday Garbage Collection Schedule:Commercial: Dec. 22,24,29, and 31Residential: Dec 23 and 30

Holiday Of� ce Hours:The Village Of� ce will be closed at noon on December 24 and reopening on December 29th as well as closed on January 1st!

The Lakeside Multiplex will be closed at 5:00 on December 24thand reopening on December 27th as well as closing at 5:00pmon December 31st and reopening on January 2nd.

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Laura BLackweLL photos

The Babine Elementary School Grades 1/2 spent their gym class sliding down the hill by Eveneshen Trail.


Christmas Eve service at the First Mennonite Church, 7:00 p.m. December 24. Everyone welcome.

The syllabus for the 2016 Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts is now available around town. Festival dates: March 8-19. Entry deadline is February 1.

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Nutcrackers eNtertaiNTwo ballet classes were held recently. The beginners are the Nutcrackers & the advanced class are the Sugarplum Fairies. They performed songs from the Nutcracker Ballet at the Lakeside Multiplex Dec. 12. The lead dancers (front and center) Dara Skinner and Dahkota Patrick.

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Single parents head back to workforceTom FleTcher

The B.C. govern-ment’s new training and employment pro-gram for single parents has enrolled more than 1300 people since it be-gan Sept. 1.

The program cov-ers tuition, daycare and transportation costs for up to a year of on-the-job training or educa-tion towards in-demand jobs for single parents on social assistance or disability payments. The benefits can con-tinue for up to the first year of employment, including extension of government-paid dental and other health ben-efits.

It replaces the previ-ous system, often re-ferred to as the welfare trap, where single par-ents would lose their as-sistance payments and benefits if they went back to school to train for a job.

Social Development Minister Michelle Stil-well called the results of the program’s first four months “a very good sign,” particularly since about 400 of the voluntary participants are not in the ministry’s “expected to work” category because their children are under the age of three.

Of the 1330 people signed up to the pro-gram as of mid-Decem-ber, 50 are already on the job in construction, retail, health and com-munity service posi-tions. More than 90 per cent of participants are single mothers, reflect-ing the fact that women are 90 per cent of the 16,000 single parents receiving income and disability assistance in B.C.

When the single parent program was launched, Stilwell de-scribed it as “one of the most significant social program shifts this gov-ernment has ever intro-duced.” It came with a financial commitment of $24.5 million over five years.


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New Year’s Eve Bash at the Legion December 31, 2015 Live Band: Flaming Pie. Midnight Spread.

Canadian Cancer Society Office Hours are Tues., Wed. & Fri. from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Phone (250) 692-7203 e-mail: [email protected].

Burns Lake Veterinary Clinic Ltd.Fountain Road, Burns Lake • Phone: 250-692-7476

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Merry ChristmasAll the cats in Simond’s Sanctuary and Haddock House would like to wish everyone a peaceful Christmas with time to paws and re� ect.

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on earth, peace, good-will toward mankind.” – (Luke 2:10-14)

Score BoardDECKER LAKE WHIST - December 16, 2015

Ladies 1st: Doris Jean 146 Ladies 2nd: Sadie Dyck 137Men’s 1st: Pete Hiebert 141

Men’s 2nd: Erich Schroeder 139Low Score: George Macleod 109Door Prize: Allan Pederson

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LEGION SENIOR’S CRIB - December 17, 2015

By shopping localyou support local people. Burns Lake nets a 2016 age-

friendly grant to help local seniors

The village has developed several projects to improve the lives of seniors

Flavio NieNow

Burns Lake has been awarded a 2016 age-friend-ly community planning and project grant to help improve the lives of senior citizens.

The Village of Burns Lake will receive $15,000 to incorporate recommendations from its age-friendly assessment and action plan (AFFAP) into its 2016 official community plan review and up-date.

In 2014, village council adopted the AFFAP as a guide to make Burns Lake a more inclusive com-munity for residents of all ages. The plan looked at a variety of topics including housing, outdoors spaces, community support and recreation opportu-nities. As a result of the AFFAP recommendations, the village developed the ‘active 365’ program, which includes recreation activities for seniors all year round. Since the beginning of 2015, active 365 has offered over 20 programs free of cost.

In the spring of 2015, the village was recognized for its efforts by the provincial government, receiving the status of ‘age-friendly community.' The village has also been work-ing on projects that will indirectly improve the lives of seniors, including the downtown revitalization project and the upgrade of Eighth Avenue/Center Street corridor.

According to Sheryl Worthing, Chief Administrative Officer for the Village of Burns Lake, the $15,000 grant will help ensure that Burns Lake is a healthy and accessible community for people of all ages.

Burns Lake is among 28 B.C. communities that have been awarded 2016 age-friendly community plan-ning and project grants. This grant program is a partnership between the B.C. government and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM). Each successful local government received up to $20,000 to help undertake a variety of activities that address the needs of older residents – from setting public policy to delivering information and services.

For the 2016 grants, communities were encouraged to consider projects that focus on accessibility, elder abuse prevention, dementia and non-medical home support. Applications were reviewed by a committee from the UBCM and the provincial government.

"Our age-friendly programs encourage older British Columbians to be active and engaged, which helps them stay healthy," said Health Minister Terry Lake. "The 2016 grant recipients have developed a variety of projects focusing on accessibility, transportation, information and outreach, all with a goal of helping seniors be mobile, physically active and socially connected."

To date, age-friendly community planning and project grants have funded 268 projects in 142 local governments in all areas of B.C., totalling $5.25 million.

LAKES DISTRICT NEWS FILE PHOTO

The seniors 60 plus fitness program, held at the Lakeside Multiplex in Burns Lake last January was free to all seniors. This was made possible though a provincial grant that Burns Lake received the previous age-friendly grant.


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Check us out online...www.ldnews.netSmall communities hardest hit

by commodity price plunge

“Slowdown may be structural rather than purely cyclical,” says UBC professor

Flavio NieNow

In the story ‘Huckleberry Mine lays off 20 employees’ pub-lished in the Lakes District News’ Dec. 2 issue, 20 workers were laid off through a restructuring of the Huckleberry Mine.

According to Ran-dall Thompson, Chief Operating Officer at Huckleberry Mine, the company has been fac-ing higher operating costs and a drop in cop-per prices.

Copper prices have been falling for the last few years, trading be-low the $2 U.S. level on Canadian markets on Nov. 23, 2015, a low not seen since 2009.

Giovanni Gallipoli, Associate Professor at the University of Brit-ish Columbia, explains that copper prices have been falling due to a general slowdown in aggregate demand around the world, and notably in China.

“Simply put, the world economy is not growing as fast as it was, at least as com-pared to the period before 2008,” he said. “Prices are set inter-nationally, so changes in the demand of large consumers such as Chi-na, the U.S., or Western Europe are immediate-ly reflected in the price paid to producers.”

Since copper is wide-ly used in manufactur-ing, when manufactur-ing growth slows down

or goes negative, metals such as copper are one of the first com-modities to suffer. Gallipoli explained that when the price goes low enough, producers try to reduce their production costs and often this is reflected in reductions of the labor force.

“This is unfortunately what is happening in many places in which copper is produced, not only in Canada but also in South America,” he explained. “The bad news is that small communi-ties in Canada are suffering disproportionately from this com-modity price plunge because they rely more heavily on extraction and processing of natural resources.”

During an open house and presen-tation at the Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 26, 2015, Kyler Hardy, President of Equi-tas Resources Corp., said the mining industry is “very much a boom and bust cycle industry" - with periods of extreme wealth creation and periods of extreme wealth destruction.

However, Gallipoli says the cur-rent slowdown has some features that may be called “structural” rather than purely “cyclical.” He explained that China is transiting from being an emerging economy to the stage of a more mature economy.

“This transition is always pain-ful and is usually accompanied by a sharp drop in growth rates,” said Gallipoli. “The U.S. economy might pick up some of the slack in world growth, but this may take a year or two.”

“While I hope things may stabilize and get better, I am not overly opti-mistic,” he added.

Submitted illuStration

Nasdaq chart shows the price of copper in U.S. dollars since January 2015. Copper prices have fallen for the last few years due to a slowdown in global demand.


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Premier bans political interference in recordsTom FleTcher

There will be no more political staff deleting email records in min-istry offices, Premier

Christy Clark promised.Clark said she ac-

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Elizabeth Denham and a follow-up study by a former commissioner to preserve email records that could be requested under freedom of infor-

mation law.Denham reported in

October on investiga-tions into three com-plaints, and determined in at least one case that

emails had been inten-tionally deleted in an effort to avoid public release. She also con-demned the practice of political staff such as Clark's deputy chief of staff to delete all of their sent emails at the end of each day.

A political staffer in Transportation Minister Todd Stone's office re-signed when Denham's report came out. The government brought in former information and privacy commis-sioner David Loukidel-is to recommend new practices. Among his recommendations was to adjust government email systems so even deleted records are kept long enough to be cap-tured in monthly com-puter backups.

Loukedelis said it not practical for any government to keep all email records, and attempting to archive such a massive vol-ume of data would not only increase costs but would harm the public's ability to get timely ac-cess. And any attempt to vet each email to de-termine if it should be kept would cause gov-ernment to "grind to a halt."

B.C.'s Chief Infor-mation Officer reported that the B.C. public ser-vice now receives 284 million email messages each year, and sends out another 86 million.

ShoppiNg LocaL payS offDonna Alec was quite happy she shopped local and entered in the Shop Burns Lake contest. Alec won the $1000 prize of gift certificates from participating businesses. Sandy Dore, manager of the Bulkley Valley Credit Union was very generous and donated the prize and present it to Donna. Congratulations and thanks for shopping local to Donna and everyone else who entered in the contest. laura Blackwell photo


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May your hearts be filled with Peace

and Goodwill towards others, and have a

prosperous New Year!

Fostering the entrepreneurial spirit

Program inspires students to see new opportunities Flavio NieNow

Burns Lake students recently partici-pated in a program that’s been prepar-ing young people to succeed in a global economy.

According to Statistics Canada, the un-employment rate for youth between the ages of 15 and 24 is more than double that

of the overall Canadian unemployment rate.

Given that securing employment has been increasingly difficult for young peo-ple, the ‘Be entrepreneurial’ program has been inspiring grade nine to 12 students to launch businesses, create jobs and drive the Canadian economy.

The way it works is that volunteers from the local business community partner with classroom teachers to ignite students' en-trepreneurial spirit and help them identify products or services they can take to mar-ket.

By the end of program, students have created their own business plan and they

pitch it to volunteers from the local busi-ness community.

Local volunteers in Burns Lake – in-cluding Susan Schienbein, Manager of the Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce; Steven Creelman, Kal Tire Manager; and Laura Blackwell, Publisher of Lakes District News - judged the pre-sentations and picked the winners.

Amanda St. Onge was the Burns Lake winner and took home $100; Matthew Thompson took second place, winning $75; and Dominique West took third place, taking home $50.

“The biggest focus, from my perspec-tive, is to encourage youth to consider en-trepreneurship,” said Schienbein. “I really like to draw out those young entrepreneurs that have become successful with their idea and reinforcing the idea that not ev-eryone needs to be an employee, some of them need to be the boss.”

Be entrepreneurial is delivered in four one-hour sessions over four to five class visits, at no cost to schools or groups.

The program was created by Junior Achievement, a not-for-profit organiza-tion dedicated to educating young people about business. Their programs are in-tended to give students the confidence and skills they need to become the next gener-ation of business and community leaders.

The Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce sought sponsorship for the program and was able to secure funding from the Burns Lake Community Forest.

(L-R)Teacher Amy Dash, Susan Scheinbien, Dominique West, Amanda St. Onge, Matthew Thompson and Steven Creelman. LAURA BLACKWELL PHOTO


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Phone: 250-692-3805 Highway 16 West, Burns Lake, B.C.

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DECKER LAKE MENNONITE CHURCH

Sunday Morning Services:Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Worship Services: 10:30 a.m.Pastors - Ken Dyck 250-698-7629 David S. Burkholder 250-692-7057

Everyone Welcome Hwy 16, Decker Lake

Seventh Day Adventist Church Group

Meets Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. at the United Church on Centre Street.

250-695-6586

Lakes Fellowship724 Babine Lake Road

Sunday Services: 10:30 amCelebrating the Love of God

www.lakesfellowship.caPastor Matthew Westergard 250-692-7464

Royal Canadian Legion

Branch #50

If you love your freedom, thank a Veteran.

Support your local Legion.

“Members and bona � de guests welcome”

email: [email protected]: 250-692-3232

Burns LakeCommunity Church

Pastor John Neufeld 250-692-7949

New location: Burns Lake Band (old highschool): 10:30 am

ST. PAUL’SUNITED CHURCH

136 - 4th Avenue, Burns Lake

Worship Service at10 am Sunday mornings

Ministry led by lay leadersPhone 250-692-7202

FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH

Kerr Road, Burns LakeSunday School for all ages andWorship Service at 10:30am

Pastor Steve Swires 250-692-3259

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Competitive Prices and Contract Rates available

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Call Branislav250-692-1812

Complete Commercial/Residential/Industrial

Janitorial ServiceAll Floors, Carpets,

Windows, Upholstery, made like new

Plan your next party, meeting or conference at the

Jean Paulson Lodge

(Omineca Ski Club)Our lodge is available for

rent at a reasonable rate and features AV equipment, a

portable sound system and fully equipped kitchen. The

lodge can accommodate groups up to 120 people for any type

of indoor and/or outdoor events.

To book a rental please contact

Joan Ragsdale at 250-692-0093

or visit our website www.ominecaskiclub.ca

for online booking.

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OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Lobby Hours: Sun to Thurs: 11am-8:30pm

Fri & Sat: 11am-9pm Drive thru: Sun to Thurs: 11am- 9pm

Fri & Sat: 11am-9:30pm

Island GospelFellowship

Gerow Island, Highway 35

Sunday Morning Worship Service begins @ 10:30 am

Pastor Ed Peters Phone: 250-692-7551

Grassy Plains Gospel ChurchSunday Service: 10:45 am

250-694-3756 (Church)

IMMACULATACatholic Church

248 - 3rd Ave. • Phone: 250-692-3568Saturday 7:30 p.m.Sunday 10:00 a.m.~ Everyone Welcome ~

Sunday 10:00AMPresident Moore 250-695-6654

Hwy 35 & Francois Lake • 250-695-6316 Everyone Welcome

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JESUS CHRISTOF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

OLD LANDMARKSCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

At Muriel Mould Primary School

SUNDAY, 10:30 AMContact: Roland & Lisa Cataford 250-692-9196

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LIVING WATERS CHURCH766 Mulvaney Crescent, Burns Lake

Please come and fellowship with us on:Sunday at 11:00amTuesday at 7:00 pmSaturday at 7:00 pm

email: [email protected] • James Kim 250-692-0031 PAOC

Regular Hours: Tues-Thurs: 4-8pmFriday & Saturday 2-8pm

Friday Night Dinners:January 8th:

Burger NightJanuary 15th: Ham Dinner

January 22nd: Beef Dip

Oldtimers Hockey

Fridays 8:30-10:00 Sundays 6:30-8:00

$350 - 2 nights/week $200 - 1 night/week $15 drop in

Season has started - ask about Late Start Discounts

NO AGE LIMITContact Chris at 250-692-4824

or Blue Jay Sports

Legion will be closed fromDec 24th to Dec 28th

Open Dec 29th to Dec 31st Closed Jan 1st • Open Jan 2nd

Merry Christmas!

Meat Drawto resume January 8th

with all proceeds going toBurns Lake Search

and Rescue

New Year’s Eve Dance

December 31st

Live Band: Flaming PieMidnight Spread$15 per person


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CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20: Capricorn, now is a great time to take a step back and exhale. Avoid taking on any additional responsibilities. Instead, take some time to recharge.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18: Aquarius, let friends know how much they mean to you be-cause you might not say it often enough. Others will appreciate your candor and generosity.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20: Pisces, you tend to hold your feelings inside and that can be un-healthy. Share your feelings more often so negative energy will not build.

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20: This can be a terrific week for you, Aries. Make the most of every moment and don’t be surprised as you suc-cessfuly juggle many different things at once.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21: Work may seem overwhelming at times in the week ahead, Tau-rus. Keep your head down and stay focused on the tasks at hand. Others will be impressed.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21: Gemini, make the most of an opportunity to move forward with your goals. You have plenty of energy, and your mind is focused. Hang around with like-minded individuals as well.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22: Don’t get too wrapped up in other people’s business, Cancer. You don’t want to intrude on others, and your loved ones are fully capable of solving their own problems.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23: Leo, you may feel like you’re on top of the world this week. That’s be-cause you have the potential to conquer an elu-sive goal in the next few days.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22: Act now, Virgo, or you might get left behind. You can’t sit around and wait for things to unfold. Sometimes you have to take charge, and this is one of those times.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23: There may be some conflict in your world this week, Libra, especially when it involves your emotions and potential dis-putes. Keep your mind open and try new things.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22: Scorpio, concern yourself with substantive actions and not empty promises. This will make it easier for you to make decisions about pressing issues.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21: Try not to spread yourself too thin, Sagittarius. If you do, you will not be able to put your best foot for-ward. If you feel yourself getting stressed, step back.

#2 166 Highway 16BURNS LAKE

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Store hours: Sunday to Wednesday 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM Thursday to Saturday 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM

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Thank you for your support this past year - we look forward to

seeing you in the New Year!

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Merry ChristmasWishing you joy this holiday

season and always.� ank you for your continued support!

Len Klassen SatellitesSALES – SERVICE – INSTALLATIONS

Repairs on all types of Satellites

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Our townPlease drop off your nonpro� t coming events at the Lakes District News of� ce by Friday 3:00 pm. (We regret we cannot take items

over the phone). Listings as space permits. There is no guarantee any particular item will run on a speci� c date.

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Christmas Eve service. First Menno-nite Church, 530 kerr rd. (behind lino’s), 7pm Dec. 24. Carol singing, children’s programme, the message of Christmas, snack bags for kids & coffee time for adults after. Everyone welcome.

Southside Health & Wellness Centre: December 2015. Chair yoga every Tues. & Fri. 10-11am. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve 8am - 12pm. Closed Dec. 28 in lieu of Boxing Day. December is dental varnishing month for all children 5 years of age and under. More info (250) 694-3270.

Carrier Sekani Family Services Burns Lake Women’s Group gets together each Tues. at 10am to share success stories and support each other on our journey to creating ful� llment and wellness. Burns Lake Band Of� ce. More info: Bonnie or Wanda (250) 692-1800.

The syllabus for the 2016 Lakes Dis-trict Festival of the Performing Arts is now is now available at LD News, BL Public Library, Western Financial Group, Artisan Centre, SEDA and online at ldfestival.com. Festival dates: Mar. 8-19. The entry deadline is Feb. 1. So get busy and plan your entries now.

Canadian Cancer Society is open Tue., Wed. & Fri., 10am to 2pm. Drop in and browse through our on-going garage sale items and our arts & crafts tables (do-nations gratefully accepted). Contact us at (250) 692-7203 or email us at [email protected] and inquire about joining our group as a volunteer! For Cancer Informa-tion or Cancer Connect: 1-888-939-3333. Website: www.cancer.ca.

Will you be celebrating your 90th or 100th birthday this year? If so please contact Lakes District News - we would love to do a story on you and take your picture.

Computer Repairs, Sales & Training

Hwy 16, Burns LakeOpen 9am-6pm Mon.-Fri.,

12pm-4pm on Sat.

Phone: 250-692-7773email:

[email protected]

Happy Holidays!The staff of ACI Computer Service would like to wish everyone a lovely Christmas

Holiday and a Happy New Year! We will be closed December 25th-27th,

and January 1st for the holidays.We also plan to close at 4pm on Christmas Eve,

depending on last minute shoppers.


STORE MANAGERAre you passionate about customer service? Do you have a

“hands-on” approach in leading and inspiring people? Do you have great leadership skills?

Please be sure to include the location and position.

Do you have a passion for helping others? If you are the type of individual who wants to help adults with disabilities reach their goals & lead their lives then we have just the opportunity for you!

As a Support Worker you will:Assist with day-to-day living skillsHelp enhance quality of life, to ensure that physical, medical, recreational, social & cultural needs are metProvide a safe and clean environment

Requirements: Class 5 Drivers LicenseClean Criminal Record

Applicants must be willing to obtain Level One First Aid, Class 4 Drivers License and Food Safe within first three months of employment.

Please send your resume by email or drop off in person.Burns Lake Christian Supportive Society

210- 8th Avenue, Burns Lake, BCEmail: [email protected]

Residential & Community Support Worker

ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK/RECEPTIONIST

(Part Time)The Village of Burns Lake is currently seeking an Administrative Clerk/Receptionist to be part of a dynamic and fast paced local government organization. This position is temporary to cover a maternity leave, and is part time (20 hrs/week).

Please submit a detailed resume, with cover letter, no later than January 4, 2016 at 10:00 am. For a full job description please visit the Village website at www.burnslake.ca.

We thank you for your interest in employment with the Village of Burns Lake and advise that only those shortlisted for an interview will be contacted.

By Mail: Subject Line: Administrative Clerk/Receptionist Village of Burns Lake, PO Box 570 Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0

In Person: #15 3rd Avenue, Burns Lake, BC

By E-mail: [email protected]

Burns Lake Health Care Auxiliary are used to provide fi nancial support, equipment plus comfort and care for pa-tients in our hospital, the Pines and all other community healthcare services. Mail a do-nation on behalf of yourself or a loved one to: B.L. Health Care Aux. Box 812, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0A tax deductible receipt will be issued

Obituaries

Marie Alice ElliottApr. 30, 1943 - Dec. 1, 2015

Marie will be lovingly remem-bered by her family: husband Harry Elliott of Burns Lake, children Shelly (Dale) of Beau-mont, Alberta, Ward of La-combe, Alberta, Lisa (Scott) of West Kelowna, BC, and step daughter Benita of Telkwa, BC, brother Ray (Darlene) of Whitecourt, Alberta, sisters Sandra (Melcolm) of Lady-smith, BC, and Ginnie of Ed-monton, Alberta, grandchil-dren: Brandon, Steven, Liam, Sarina, Melina and Liam. As well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.Thank you to all the family and friends who were able to come to my wife’s funeral at the Roy-al Canadian Legion #50 in Burns Lake on Dec. 5, 2015. A special thank you to the legion for honour guard including army cadets, the kitchen staff for lunch and Donna Harrison for doing the service and Riel Vienneau for doing the eulogy. Marie is now at rest with no more pain.

Information

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSIf you want to keep drinking that’s your business - if you want to quit drinking that’s our business. Burns Lake meet-ings: Tue. & Sat. 7:30pm Im-maculatta Church. Women’s group meets Wed., 108 - 2nd avenue at 7:30pm. For info. or transportation call (250) 692-9104 / (250) 692-3024 / (250) 698-7325

Only requirement for AA is a desire to stop drinking.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSSouthside Meetings: Mondays and Thursdays 6:30pm - 7:30pm at Grassy Plains Gos-pel Church. For more informa-tion: (250) 694-3682

ANYONE NEEDING informa-tion on Alzheimer’s please call 1-866-564-7533

BURNS LAKE RCMP Vic-tim/Witness Assistance Pro-gram. 201 Hwy. 35, Box 759 Burns Lake. Open Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm (250) 692-3010

CANADA BENEFIT Group - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canada-benefi t.ca/free-assessment

Canadian Cancer SocietyMake a gift in honour or in memory of a loved one im-pacted by cancer. Please in-clude the honouree name as well as the name and address of the person you would like notifi ed. To donate please call or mail Box 1301 Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0, (250) 692-7203.

CRISIS PREVENTIONCall 1.800.SUICIDE or 1.800.784.2433 is a confi den-tial, toll-free service that is available to anyone, any-where, any time in B.C. Youth support line 1.888.564.8336 (TEEN). 24 hour crisis line for northern BC 1.888.563.1214. In addition, several crisis lines also provide support through online chat services so young people have a web-based way to reach out. These services can be reached through www.northernyouthonline.ca. 4-10pm. daily or www.you-thinbc.ca.

FOOD BANK INFORMATION Distribution days will be the fi rst and the third Tuesday of each month. LD Food Bank will provide a warm waiting room at the Beacon Theatre. Clients will go fi rst to the thea-tre. Doors open at 10:45am. This is available until the end of April. The food bank closes at 1pm. The Lakes District Food bank continues to oper-ate due to the outstanding generosity of the community. If you would like to make a do-nation and receive a tax de-ductible receipt, please mail your donation to: Lakes Dis-trict Food Bank, P.O. Box 777, Burns Lake, BC. V0J 1E0

LOCAL HOSPICEThe Hospice offi ce, located in the Lakes District Hospital, has a lending library available. Please phone before dropping by. All donations to the Burns Lake Hospice Program are greatly appreciated! Box 7500, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 (250) 692-2448

PLANNING a wedding or an-niversary party? Looking for plastic fl owers for decorations. Call OPTIONS at Nourse House 9am- 3pm Mon. to Fri. Francois Lake Drive. Operated by residents of 8th Avenue Group Home. (250) 692-7845

THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY B.C. and Yukon division is your primary source and resource of the latest print and electronic information, programs and ser-vices about arthritis. 1-800-321-1433 or visit www.ar-thritis.ca/bc

THE CHRONIC DISEASE Education Clinic at the Lakes District Hospital is open Tue. & Wed. from 8:30am - 4pm. The clinic provides information and teaching on various chronic ill-nesses such as Diabetes & Heart Disease. A doctors re-ferral is not needed. To speak with the nurse call (250) 692-2440

WITH A PUSH OF A BUTTON….HELP IS

ON THE WAYLifeline, the #1 medical alert service, with the touch of a button, provides immediate as-sistance to seniors in emer-gency situations, 24 hours a day 365 days a year. This ser-vice helps you live more inde-pendently in the comfort of your own home while provid-ing peace of mind for you and your family. For more informa-tion on this valuable service, contact Northern Health at 1-800-851-0184 or call Rotary Representative Sandy Dore at 250-692-7761 at the Bulkley Valley Credit Union - Lakes District Branch.

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HIP OR knee replacement? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in walking/dress-ing? Disability tax credit $2,000 tax credit $20,000 re-fund. Apply today for assis-tance: 1-844-453-5372.

THE S&A Group is currently looking for a professional and eager Admin-istrative Assistant for a rapidly ex-panding company in Vancouver,BC! -Data Entry -Schedule meetings -Answer and direct phone calls -Pre-pare scheduled reports -Filing, fax-ing, scanning, email correspon-dences -Strong use of Microsoft Offi ce and other offi ce management systems Job Requirements - -Must have Microsoft offi ce experience -1-2+ years administrative assistant experience -Provide exceptional customer service -Must have good organization skills -Multi-task in a fast working environment -Must have experience in Excel -Must be able to pass a full background check -Must be computer literate Starting Pay is $27.00 - $29.00 p/hour. Paid Holidays and benefi ts after 90 days. Please send your re-sume to : [email protected]

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

SUTCO seeks US qualifi ed drivers for Super B fl at deck division. We offer e logs, benefi ts, matched con-tribution pension plan, late model equipment and more. Apply; on line at sutco.ca, email [email protected] or fax (778)754-4025

Education/Trade Schools

HEALTHCARE DOCUMEN-TATION Specialists in huge demand. Employers prefer CanScribe graduates. A great work-from-home career! Con-tact us now to start your train-ing day. www.canscribe.com. Call 1-800-466-1535. Email: [email protected].

START A new career in Graphic Arts, Healthcare, Business, Education or Infor-mation Tech. If you have a GED, call: 855-670-9765

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Professional/Management

WHATSHAN Retreat is accepting resumes for Caretakers (April 1-Oct 31, 2016). Closing date December 31, 2015. Send to tammy.verigin-burk @gmail.com. www.what-chan.com.

Trades, TechnicalWATKIN MOTORS Ford, Ver-non, B.C. immediately requires an experienced Ford Diesel Technician. Go to watkinmo-tors.com About us, Employ-ment, to apply and review re-quired qualifi cations.

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Business/Offi ce Service

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LAND ACTNotice of Intention to Apply for a

Disposition of Crown LandTake notice that Glenna Daniels from Granisle, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for a Crown Land Direct Sale - Residential situated on Provincial Crown land located LOT 12, OF BLOCK 7, DISTRICT LOT 2625, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, PLAN 1466, LOT 13, OF BLOCK 7, DISTRICT LOT 2625, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, PLAN 1466, located on Railway Avenue, Topley, BC.

The Lands File for this application is 6408872. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Skeena Stikine Land Officer, MFLNRO, at Bag 6000, 3333 Tatlow Rd., Smithers BC V0J 2N0. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to January 13, 2016. 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.jsp for more information.

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Merry Christmas!The Lakes District News has been working with and helping the Burns Lake and area

communities and we are looking forward to much more in 2016.

We would like to share with you some of the local non-pro� t groups and organizations we have helped and/or promoted over the years.

Lakes District News believes in supporting our community and we hope that each of you can do the same to keep our community vibrant.

When you support local business, it allows us to give back. This year Lakes District News donated over $19,899 back to our community!

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• LDSS Grads• Lakes District Music Festival• Colege of New Calendoia • Heart & Stroke Foundation• Alzheimer Society • Burns Lake Chamber of

Commerce• The Pines• CNIB• Island Gospel Fellowship• First Mennonite Church• The Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter Day Saints• Scouts• Southside Fire Department• Burns Lake Airport Society• Canadian Diabetes

Association• Epilepsy Canada

• The Arthritis Society• St. John Ambulance• Children’s Hospital• Medic Alert• The Kidney Foundation• Terry Fox Run• Burns Lake Food Bank• Burns Lake Rotary Club• Canadian Red Cross Medical

Equipment Loan Service• Seniors Curling• Royal Canadian Legion• Operation Christmas Child• BC Lung Association• Muscular Dystrophy• Burns Lake Cancer Society• Lakes District Senior

Secondary School• Burns Lake Health Care

Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Store• Lakes District Fall Fair• Wet’suwet’en First Nation

• Cheslatta Carrier Nation• RCMP

• Village of Burns Lake• The Burns Lake Rotary Club• BLNDC• Francois Lake Elementary

School• William Konkin Elementary

School• Burns Lake Community

Forest• Citizen of the Year• Burns Lake Curling Club• Aboriginal Day• FAS Day• Lake Babine Nation• Southside Ambulance Society• Burns Lake Snowmobile Club• Omineca Ski Club• Lakes District Senior Housing• Burns Lake Figure Skating

Club• Burns Lake Minor Hockey• Lakes District Arts Council• Burns Lake Show & Shine• Beacon Theatre• 4-H Clubs

• Burns Lake & District Seniors Society

• Burns Lake Playschool• Decker Lake Recreation

Commission• Immaculate Heart of Mary

Parish• Ootsa Lake Bible Camp• Burns Lake Terry Fox

Committee• Ducks Unlimited• Burns Lake Veterinary Clinic• Lakes Animal Friendship

Society• LDSS Girls Volleyball• Carrier Sekani Family

Services• Burns Lake Mountain Bike

Association• Burns Lake Families• St. Paul’s United Church• Old Fort Economic

Development Society• Healthier Community• Lakes District Community

Services Society

We wish all our dedicated readers and advertisers a very

Merry Christmas and best wishes for a fabulous new year

from all of us to all of you.

burns lake lakes district news, december 23, 2015

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