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BY MIKE CARTERChetwynd Echo Reporter

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Fraser Institute, Canada’sleading public policythink-tank based out ofVancouver, released its2013 report card on BritishColumbia’s secondaryschools on Monday.Chetwynd Secondary

School received the secondlowest rank in theprovince, a 1.7 out of 10.CSS was followed in the

Fraser Institute ranking bySt. John's International inVancouver, with a 0.4ranking, and three otherschools that did not pro-vide enough data to bemeasured.The Dawson Creek

Secondary School receiveda score of 4.2 out of 10.This does not necessarily

mean big changes are inthe plan for CSS next year.In fact, just what thismeans is yet to be deter-mined.“It is a piece of data that

we're not overly happywith,” school principalChris Mason said onWednesday. “But its not awhole picture of what goeson at CSS. It is a snap shotof one aspect and not theentire picture of CSS.”Mason, and School

District 59 representativeCandice Cloutier saidinformation like the Fraserinstitutes rankings are con-sidered along with otherdata collected within indi-vidual schools, and other

data the district uses togauge the success of theirschools when updating the“school plan” each year.“Schools develop their

plans based on all of theevidence that they haveavailable to them so its notlike there’s anything writ-ten in stone,” Cloutiersaid. “I like to call themliving documents because,if something’s not workingwe aren’t going to keepbeating away at it.”When asked if he could

think of any reason whyCSS was ranked so low,Mason said nothing in par-ticular sticks out to him.“The data that they col-

lect, they interpret in theirown way but there is infor-mation that is valuable tous as a school, specificallyprovincial exam scores. Weuse all the information thatwe gather. The FraserInstitute, and the otheraspects of data that we col-lect to look at our schoolplan; we're changing it

constantly,” he said.“I know there will be

time spent before the endof this year to look atwhere we need to putsome time and energy toimprove things, and thenwe'll continue to addressthat through the upcomingyear. Again, for us it’s aholistic picture of the indi-vidual student needs andhow do we move thosestudents forward. At thispoint in time, its just onepiece of data that we have

to sit down with all theother pieces of data andtake a look at, so we're inthe process of doing that.”In developing the

school’s plan for the nextyear, staff at CSS will workto address areas of con-cern, Mason says, and con-siders all information withthe achievement contractsthat are set by SD 59.A draft school plan will

be finalized at the end ofthis month. In September,that plan will go forwardto the Parental AdvisoryCommittee and the SchoolPlanning Council.“On the 28th we'll be

looking at this data,among the other informa-tion that we've collected,”Mason said. “It’s not a oneoff - take a look at it andnever look at it again for ayear, its discussed andaddressed throughout theyear and changes are madeas needed.”

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Hadland and Johanssen oppose 70-year dealBY MIKE CARTER

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DAWSON CREEK- ThePeace River RegionalDistrict has reached anagreement with BC Hydrofor regional legacy benefitsassociated with the opera-tion of the proposed Site Cdam.Under the terms of the

agreement, BC Hydro willprovide an annual pay-ment of $2.4-million to thePRRD and its membercommunities for a periodof 70 years once the dam isoperational. The paymentswill be indexed to inflationafter the first year of oper-ation and the funds will beallocated to member com-munities based on a for-mula determined by theregion that considers bothpopulation and relativeproject impacts for eachcommunity.However, two dissenting

voices were heard from theregional board of directorsregarding the legacyagreement during meet-ings held in Dawson Creeklast Thursday.Arthur Hadland, direc-

tor of Electoral Area C andGwen Johanssen, Mayor ofHudson’s Hope, say thebenefits do not provideenough compensation forthose in the rural areas thatwill suffer the permanentloss of land and recreation-

al areas due to flooding.“Large projects such as

dams benefit the provinceand country as a whole butimpose permanent lossesand costs to the area whichsuffers permanentimpact,” a statementreleased last Thursdayfrom the District ofHudson’s Hope said.“Thousand of acres of

land would be permanent-ly inundated by Site C.Statutory Rights of Waywould be placed on largeswaths of land adjacent tothe reservoir which woulddisallow permanent build-

ings and would give BCHydro the right to flood,erode, cause to slough,enter onto the land etc.Hudson’s Hope and theRegional District ruralareas, particularly Areas Band C bear the permanentlosses.”Johanssen expanded

upon the statements in thenews release during aninterview with CBCDaybreak North’s AndrewKurjata on Monday morn-ing. Johanssen says thatthe spirit of a legacy agree-ment has not been accom-plished with this recent

announcement.“There are two ways that

have been set up essential-ly to deal with communi-ties that are affected bySite C, one of them is miti-gation and the other is alegacy program. The lega-cy funding has the recog-nition of the hosts of aproject, once that project isin operation so it doesn’tcome into effect until SiteC would come online andonce it comes online, thenthe communities who arehosts of the project are rec-ognized for their role incontributing the physical

space or foregoing oppor-tunities to develop some-thing else in the valley.“Its not a matter of the

amount [of money], that’ssomething that possiblycould be looked at but, Ithink its really importantthat we’re talking aboutlegacy here, not mitigationand recognizing who thehosts are going to be. ItsHudson’s Hope and therural areas in the Peacevalley that would be themost effected by the opera-tions of Site C and thelegacy is intended to rec-ognize the contribution ofthose hosts, but this agree-ment doesn’t do that.”Johanssen added, “by

having this project itmakes Hudson’s Hope insome ways less attractiveas a place to move to. Thepeople who have beendreaming about having acabin or a retirement homealong the reservoir andthrowing their fishing lineoff the deck every morn-ing, that’s just not a rea-sonable reality becauseyou won’t be able to buildclose to the reservoir.”PRRD Director Hadland,

in a separate news releaseagreed with Johanssen,while adding his own rea-sons for opposing the lega-cy benefits agreement.“This process has lacked

the openness and trans-parency that citizens

expect of their elected rep-resentatives,” he wrote. “Itwill be the residents of OldFort, South Grandhavenand the Valley people upto and including Hudson’sHope who will pay the fullprice for this proposal.Some will lose the quietenjoyment of their proper-ties with no recognition.Others will face the fullforce of expropriation. Yetthis process has ignoredand disrespected the verypeople who will receive lit-tle or no benefit from thislegacy agreement.”Among those most

affected by the floodingthe dam will cause arelocal First Nations com-munities.Concerns from the West

Moberly First Nation focusnot only on the loss of lands,but also on the continueddisruption of the caribouhabitat through develop-ments such as Site C.Community Relations

Manager for the Site CClean Energy projectDavid Conway, in com-ments made shortly afterthe company released itsenvironmental impactstatement, said that theflooding that residents willexperience and the envi-ronmental impacts to cari-bou herds and otherwildlife including fish

Hadland rejected the agreement this week, stating large projects such as the dammay benefit the province, but create permanent impacts to their areas.

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The news is full ofoil spills of late.This month we

heard, belatedly, of a 9.5-million-litre spill of toxicwaste water from an oiland gas operation innorthern Alberta. ApacheCo. took two weeks torelease estimates of the

size of the spill, whichexceeds that of all recentspills in North America.Every plant in the 42-

hectare area touched by thespill has died, according toJames Ahnas-say, chief ofthe Dene Tha First Nation,whose members run traplines in the area. Used torun trap lines, that is.It's the third major leak

in the region in three years.In 2012, Pace Oil and Gasspilled 800,000 litres of anoil-water mixture and in2011, 3.5 million litres of oil

spilled from a pipeline runby Plains MidstreamCanada.In Saskatchewan in May,

CP rail cars spilled 90,000litres of crude oil nearJansen in the company'sthird and largest spill in asmany months. And inApril, a truck loaded withused oil skidded off theroad at Buffalo Pound.Lucky thing that spill wascontained, since BuffaloPound is the source ofdrinking water for one-quarter of Saskatchewan's

population.Oil spills are a rarity,

right? Industry does agreat job of protecting theenvironment, no? Andgovernment does a greatjob of regulating industry?Think again. Alberta'spipeline infrastructure hasleaked 61,000 times in thelast 37 years.Approximately 29,000spills involved oil, a rate oftwo crude spills a day. Theremainder involved every-thing from salt water tocondensate.

Saskatchewan tries tokeep up with its westernneighbour, but I am afraidit's falling behind in thegreat oil spill race to thebottom. The Saskatchewangovernment's UpstreamOil and Gas Spill Database(www.economy.gov.sk.ca/spills) recorded 15,772reported spills since 1990,685 a year on average.While the vast majority ofthese spills are small, someare large, including a sin-gle oil spill of two millionlitres.

The total volume of oil,gas, waste water, conden-sate and chemical spilledin Saskatchewan over the23-year period is substan-tial, at 341 million litres(equivalent to about 2.1million barrels). While itappears that most spillshave been contained onsite, the total spill areaaffected is 11 millionsquare metres.Of course the oil indus-

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try would say there is noneed to worry about thisas the spills are containedand industry is improvingits environmental per-formance. It seems not.The number of spills inSaskatchewan in recentyears - 805 in 2011 and 754last year - was well abovethe 23-year average.Other recent news of the

industry's environmentalperformance was far fromencouraging. Alberta'sEnergy ResourcesConservation Boardreported last week that allfour oilsands companiesworking in that provincefailed to meet standardsset in 2009 requiring themto reduce toxic tailings.This merely "disappoint-ed" Alberta's environmentminister. No charges werelaid. The companies weresimply given more time tocomply.More disappointing, I

would expect, was anoth-er piece of news last weekabout threats to theMackenzie River Basin,which drains an area threetimes the size of France,This basin includes muchof northern Saskatchewanand Alberta, including theoil-sands region.

According to a reportfrom the University ofCalifornia's RosenbergInternational Forum onWater Policy (rosen-berg.ucanr.org), resourceextraction, including min-ing, oilsands and oil andgas fracking, is increasingtoxins in the once pristineriver system. Oil spillsinto waterways, lake-sizedtailings ponds pose leak-age risks, while thousandsof hectares of forests andwetlands are beingdestroyed by relentlessdevelopment. All this putsthe Mackenzie's biodiver-sity, described as compa-rable to Africa's Serengeti,at risk.Meanwhile, as a result of

burning all that oil andgas, the region is experi-encing some of the fastestrates of climate change onEarth.Despite these warning

signs, we are continuallyinvited to celebrate theongoing expansion of theoil and gas industry, theoilsands and the pipelines.What we could celebratewould be the expansion ofenergy conservation andrenewable energy optionsso we can cut back on oiland gas, save ecosystemsand control climatechange.

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Cloutier echoed thatstatement saying, “It’sone piece of the whole bigpicture.”“We do have to consid-

er all pieces of evidencethat we have in front ofus to look at the directionthat we have to go, so weuse it to inform and tohelp us to make sure thatwe're on the right track.”Average exam marks

are trending down forCSS, as is the graduationrate.The 60.1 per cent aver-

age exam mark in 2012 isthe same as it was in2011. The schools best-recorded average exammark in the data set wasin 2008, at 65.2 per cent.It has dropped consis-tently since then.The year 2008 also saw

CSS post a 100 per centgraduation rate, but thishas also declined, from98.2 per cent in 2009, 93.8per cent in 2010, a slightincrease to 96.7 per centin 2011 and back down tothe lowest rate in thedata set for the currentyear, at 91.3 per cent.


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on the west side of town to close up shop Thursdayafternoon.According to reports from those on the scene, a few

tree branches had fallen on the main power line nearAspen Mobile Estates and the Wildmare Subdivision,causing it to become detached from the pole at around12:31 p.m.The wire lay dangerously across an access road to the

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customers. Power was restored to all but 469 customersby 2:30 p.m. About an hour after the first outage, a motor vehicle

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species were justifiable,arguing that despite thesefactors, the project shouldgo forward.In an email to the

Chetwynd Echo, ChiefRoland Willson voicedconcerns aimed at thesestatements, saying thatinstead of building thisdam, the crown corpora-tion should instead pro-duce electricity throughnatural gas fired powergeneration, following themodel of the ShepardEnergy facility operatedby ENMAX EnergyCorporation in Calgary. “There is no need to

flood the valley,” Willsonsaid. “How hypocritical is it

for BC to sell all of ourNatural gas to other coun-tries so they can burn gasfor energy and yet it isconsidered taboo here.Two gas fired powerplants would generateway more energy than wewould need for years tocome at a fraction of thecost and environmentalfoot print.”Willson added addition-

al concerns with the Site C

project that correlate withthe First Nations recentlyannounced caribou actionplan. Caribou populationsin the south Peace regionare in rapid decline.“All you have to do is

look to what has alreadyhappened with the flood-ing of the Williston andDinosaur Reservoir,”Willson said. “The caribouare being extirpated, thereare currently less than 425caribou in the south Peaceand rapidly declining, theMountain Sheep andMountain Goat in thesouth Peace all have butdisappeared, [and] the fishin the Peace Willistonwatershed are contaminat-ed with methylmercury.”Newly appointed

Minister of Energy andMines Bill Bennett, newlyelected South Peace MLAMike Bernier, returningMLA for the North PeacePat Pimm and chair of thePRRD, Karen Goodings,were among those whovoiced their support forthe legacy benefits.“The Peace region recog-

nizes the provincial eco-nomic opportunity andvalue this new powersource would bring British

Columbia. It is importantto acknowledge the signifi-cant sacrifices that thePeace region will be mak-ing in hosting this econom-

ic generator. This legacyagreement is a symbol ofthat,” Goodings said. Bennett believed this

project is an important

step toward the construc-tion of the dam whichmany oppose, but whichthe BC Liberals will needto support their ambitiousgoals of pulling theprovince out of debtthrough liquefied naturalgas (LNG) development. The Site C dam would

provide the power neces-sary for the constructionand operation of LNGplants on the west coast,which when paired withpipeline developmentswill ship natural gas toAsian markets where itcan be sold at up to five-times the market pricereceived in NorthAmerica. “This legacy benefits

agreement for the PeaceRiver Regional District isan important step forwardfor the Site C project thatwill provide clean, reliableand cost-effective electrici-ty to British Columbiansfor over 100 years,”Bennett said. This statement was

echoed by Bernier.“The Peace region plays

a key role in providingclean and reliable electrici-ty for the province,” hesaid. “This legacy benefits

agreement for Site C is animportant recognition ofthis role. In addition to thejobs and other economicbenefits that will flow tothe communities of theregion, they will now alsobe able to count on long-term funding as a result ofSite C.”Mayor Merlin Nichols of

the District of Chetwynddid not respond to arequest for comment bypress time. Chetwynd isexpected to receive a por-tion of the $2.4-millionthat will be included withthe legacy benefits agree-ment, but an exact amountis not known at this time. Community Relations

Manager for the Site CClean Energy projectDavid Conway said latelast week that the possibil-ity for individual agree-ments with smaller com-munities like Chetwyndstill exists.Site C requires environ-

mental certification andother regulatory permitsand approvals before it canproceed to construction. BC Hydro also has an

obligation to consult withand accommodateAboriginal groups.


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9th Annual ChetwyndInternational ChainsawCarving Competitionwrapped up last week, theworld has stood up andtaken notice.“We are now being com-

pared to Germany,” com-petition organizer andChamber of Commercemanager Tonia Richtersaid. “And this year, thecarvers told us we sur-passed what Germany isdoing – which is theWorld Cup. We blew itout of the water andnow we are beinglooked at as the top inthe world to go to.”As this year’s carvings

are being moved into placearound the community,many people are wonder-ing why and how the topthree winners were chosenas many people’s opinionsdiffer from the judges.“It’s the awe factor,”

Richter said. “We do havethat ‘wow’ factor in there,but it’s only 10 points outof 80. They don’t realizethere’s seven other cate-gories they’re gettingjudged on.”Included in the judging

is a rule that carvers musthave a write up of what

they’re carving, a title,and a detailed explanation.“Only one carver sub-

mitted a detailed nameand description and whatit’s going to look like,”Richter said.(For more on judging cri-

teria, please see “At aGlance”) A few years ago, compe-

tition organizers receivedfeedback from the carversrequesting the competitionbring in some professionaljudges to assist.In 2011, organizers

brought in their first pro-fessional judge. In 2012

and 2013, two were on site.“We’ve hit a

l e v e lwhere we need to startlooking outside (forjudges) because we are somuch bigger now,” Richtersaid.This year’s competition

saw Dave Lavoie andSteven Higgins as judges.Last year, Lavoie and SteveBlanchard from reality tel-evision show Saw Dogsfame judged.“They are seasoned

judges,” Richter said.“And our carvers are satis-fied. They’re confidentwhen they get the final

results because they knowit’s professional judgesjudging.”

To share his knowl-edge, Lavoie has takenChamber of Commercepresident Sheree Smithunder his wing over thepast two years and hastaught her what it takesto be a Carving Judge. Infact, Smith was a guestjudge at the ReedsportOregon

competition in2012.“Judging the chainsaw

carvings is the toughestthing I’ve had to dobecause all of the carvings

are beautiful and amazingin their own right,” Smithsaid. “I have to put asideany personal knowledgeof the carvers and just fol-low the Judging Criteria asset out for theChampionship.“We each go around to

look at the carvings withthe Judging Criteria Sheeton our

own, addup our numbers and thenput them together to findout the winners. It’s a fairsystem and the carver’slike it.”Because of the high cal-

iber of the competition,

Richter said the carverslook forward to coming toChetwynd to competealong with the world’sbest, adding there are sev-eral competitions that hostan amateur event andthose competitions arestarting to peter out anddie. Richter attended the

Reedsport Competition inOregon last year as aninformation and researchtrip and she said organiz-ers learned more from theChetwynd competitionthan vice versa.“They want to know

how to go to a pro-divi-sion, invitation only,” shesaid. “The amateur eventis not only destroying thewood they are getting – it’svery expensive and hardto get – but they’re whit-tling down to very smallpieces. The pros areusing the whole log.There’s not a lot ofwaste.”Richter said the

wood used – WesternRed Cedar – in

Chetwynd’s competitionis very expensive and asought after carving mate-rial.“It’s the quality,” she

said. “We’re paying a lot of

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money to have the 12 comehere. We want to have 12amazing pieces. It’s aninvestment in our commu-nity, in tourism and in arts.Of course we want to havethe best in the world here.”Adding an amateur

division is not somethinglocal organizers are plan-ning on including anytime soon and many of thecarvers agree with thedecision.“Only when you see the

greatest can you fullygrasp the art form at itsbest,” Ontario carver and2013 competitor StevenKenzora said. “Being theenvy of all the carvers ofthe world has made all thehard work and long hoursworth while.”After seeing the great art

produced in Chetwynd,Kenzora said carvers havehad to step up their game.“Carvers dream of com-

ing to Chetwynd andwhen they have the oppor-tunity they give every-thing they have into theircarving,” he said.“Tourists get to see thebest carvings in the worldand will rememberChetwynd where othertowns get forgotten assoon as they leave them.”Joerg Jung, another 2013

competitor residing inTerrace, BC said he wouldnot be at the pro- carvinglevel if he hadn’t pushedhimself.Jung first came to

Chetwynd to compete in2010.“I got the Invitation as a

"back-up" because someother pro could not makeit that year,” he said. “Theyear after - of course I didnot get an invitation,

because my experiencelevel was still at a beginnerto intermediate carver.”Jung pushed himself

even harder the followingyear and returned in 2012as a carver’s assistant.“And I was so happy to

be able to learn again -what it means to carve ona pro level.”Jung said it’s important

for a carver to see whatthey’re up against.“I could go and carve at

several competitions outthere and "place or evenwin" … but if there’scarvers up against me I’dnever even heard of, itwould not mean much tomyself.”Jung compares

Chetwynd’s CarvingCompetition to running amarathon. “You would not run a

marathon with the best,”he said. “You would startwith a half-marathon andpractice to be able to runthe whole distance. If youcan’t reach the level of aknown champion - youwould not compete withthem.“I pretty much dedicated

my whole life to sculptingand do it full time. I wouldnot be at the level I am - if

I wouldn’t do it full time.”Japanese carver and

three-time championHiramu Kurita said he’shonoured to compete withthe best in the world.“Your competition is

improving every year,” hesaid. “As for a player, first-class is desirable. So, it is thought that I

also have to improve.”Richter said while there

may not be an amateurdivision in the annualcompetition, amateurcarvers are more than wel-come to approach her atthe Chamber of Commerceto inquire about setting upfor day at the Visitor’sCentre. As well, Richtercan put carvers in contactwith other amateur com-petitions and carvers.“We want to help our

local carvers go some-where,” she said. “Andhopefully, eventually we’llsee them in six or sevenyears competing here inChetwynd.”Carvers can also sell

their carvings at theVisitor’s Centre for a com-mission.Plans for 2014’s competi-

tion – and also the 10-yearanniversary – are alreadyin the works.


Why canʼt the amateurs carve with the professionals?


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Carvers are invited to compete over four days in this outdoor event. EachCarver is provided with a 6ʼ to 8ʼ high by 30-40” diameter log and power supply.Each Carver will be given 35 hours in which to complete the carving, thisincludes applying one (1) coat of finishing product for the carvingʼs protection(weather permitting). A panel of judges chooses the award recipients. Judges will choose 1st, 2nd , and 3rd place carvings based on five (5) criteria. Every carving will be judged according to the criteria set out in this documentunder the heading ʻScorecard Criteriaʼ.

(Note) Each carver must provide a short note as to what the carving issupposed to be, before the start of carving. Drawings may be submitted but notnecessary. After the carving is completed and before judging (Sunday 1:00 pm)the carver can submit a short note to explain why the original design or intentwas changed if that is the case. Reasons could be flaws in the log or artisticopportunities presented themselves during the sculpting.

Scorecard Criteria: 10 pointsWow Factor - The visual and artistic impact of sculpture. How does it make youfeel? Does this carving stand out from all the others?10 pointsDifficulty - Incorporating negative space is more difficult than carving deep reliefin a 40” log. Is it a stagnant pose of an animal or human or does it imply move-ment and sense of action. Was this difficult process to achieve the final resultseasy or difficult. 10 pointsCraftsmanship - Precision cuts/ proportional design/ absence of over cuts.Glued joints are tight, properly fitted and structurally sound. 10 pointsEffectiveness of design and artistic impact, balance, contrast, composition.Three dimensionality, how these contribute to overall artistic impact of sculp-ture. 10 pointsFinishing texture - If sanding is done is it consistent in all part of the sculptureand is it finished. Does the texture appear to be appropriate for this carving? Ifit is animal fur, does it flow properly and is it consistent with the whole carving.If incorporated in the sculpture, do rocks, trees, bark, or leaves look real. 10 points Correctness of form, proportion or anatomy and state of completion. Is the basesturdy and does it have structural integrity to with stand exterior weather condi-tions. Does the carving look finished or does it obviously have parts that areonly partially done. 10 pointsUse of material - Did the carver make the best use of the entire length and widthof the log.10 points Content, clarity of intent - Does this sculpture make a clear statement of com-municate? Did the carver achieve his/her intent as stated at the beginning ofthe carving process? (Total: 80 points)Judges will score each carving individually. The scores will be tallied from eachjudge; the judgeʼs scores for each carving will then be averaged. The top three,in order, will be named 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

The decision of the judges will be final.

AT A GLANCE


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in various schoolsthroughout the Peaceregion got to experience adifferent side of the RCMPlast week when the fuzzrolled up in a 2000Chevrolet Camaro com-plete with the familiar red,yellow, white and bluecolours, and the lights andsirens that come standardon all patrol cars.With its 454 engine,

bored and stroked out to

489, the vehicle sits with630-horsepower and iscapable of doing the quar-ter mile in 10.29 seconds at123 miles an hour. Constable Gord Buck,

president of the YouthInitiatives & Education inLifestyles and Driving(YIELD) association basedout of Spruce Grove andStony Plain, Alberta, sayshe is happy to show off thecar to school aged kids.With a laugh he adds thathis job isn’t half bad.The car was scheduled to

run at the Northern LightsRaceway in Fort St. Johnlast weekend for theFather’s day race. The Camaro on display

last week is originally fromWashington State, butBuck says the RCMP in BCand Alberta used similarmodels as highwaypatrolscars in the mid-‘90sand early 2000s.YIELD is a made up of

law enforcement, fire andambulance personnel. Thegroup uses the retiredhighway patrol car as away to engage youth withthe goal of promoting edu-cation, responsible drivingand healthy lifestyle choic-es. “The RCMP have formal-

ly partnered with theYIELD association on theeducation programs thatwe present. We go toschools, communityevents, and parades talk-ing about road safety,lifestyle choices, impaireddriving, distracted driving- the whole gamut.Members here [inChetwynd] did the foot-work and we just come outand do the presentations.As you can see the car ispretty popular with thekids.“The car helps us break

down any barriersbetween the police and the

school kids. They don'tlook at us as being policehere talking. To them,[we’re] the guys with thereally loud car,” says Buck.For Buck’s racing part-

ner, Forest Ohneck, theYIELD association gavehim an opportunity to turnhis life around. “I was actually an ex-

street racer,” he said. “[I]went through the Albertacourt system through analternative measures pro-gram with the RCMP andafter 250 hours, I was ableto be sitting in the frontseat as opposed to thebackseat.”Out of the four drivers

the association runs in thecar, including Buck,Ohneck consistently hasthe fastest times.“He was caught racing

on the street betweenSpruce Grove and Stony


LOCAL NEWS

On OurWay Home Societywill be having their

Annual General Meetingon July 6th at 3 pm

Location: Warm Hearts Dog GroomingEveryone in the community is welcome to attend.We will be electing our board of directors at thismeeting, so anyone who is interested in joiningour team, please come!Phone: 250-874-8744Hungry for your Ideas

A community meal voting for community ideas.

SupperSunday, June 23, 6:00 pm

$ 5.00 per personPurchase advance tickets or at the door.Soup, salad, dessert and a vote!

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Project ideas presentedby community members and groups.

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RCMPʼs Y.I.E.L.D Associationtours the Peace Region

Left, Forest Ohneck discusses what the car can do on the racetrack with two local RCMP officers. Right, Cst.Gordon Buck shows students from Ecole Windrem Elementary the ins and outs of the RCMPs fastest car on theforce. Photos by Mike Carter

Please see "OHNECK,"page 12

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Sukunka Coal project, aproposed Glencore (for-merly Xstrata Coal) minelocated 55 kilometressouth of Chetwynd, is

moving forward to anenvironmental assessmentthat will open up a 32-daywindow for the publicsubmission of commentson the project.An open house is sched-

uled for Chetwynd onJune 24 from 5:00 – 6:00

p.m. at the RecreationCentre.The Sukunka coal mine

is one of three BC projectsrecently approved for asubstitution of a singularprovincial environmentalassessment, rather than adual provincial/federalreview. Bill C-45, passed in late

2012, opened the door forthe streamlining of envi-ronmental reviews, whichwill lead to several similarsingular reviews acrossCanada.The provincial govern-

ment made the request forsingular assessment in late2012, shortly after C-45was passed. In March, it was

announced that theprovince and the federal

government had signed aMemorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU),which approved the sin-gular review that will takeplace with the help ofsome federal experts.While considering this

request, the federalMinister of theEnvironment and theCanadian EnvironmentalAssessment Agency(CEAA) noted that underthe CanadianE n v i r o n m e n t a lAssessment Act, ministerPeter Kent had to be satis-fied that the processwould abide by the feder-al Act, would involve thepublic with a chance toparticipate and the abilityto have access to allrecords in relation to theenvironmental assess-ment, and that a reportwould be submitted to theCEAA upon completion ofthe assessment.This report, when avail-

able, will also be made

public. Industry has pushed for

singular assessment, citingthe cost of dual reviews,while environmentalgroups and protestors –most notably the Idle noMore movement –expressed their concern

that a streamlined processwould be less likely tocatch all possible environ-mental impacts. There may be some

weight to the argument.

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LOCAL NEWS

A trip backin time

• Chetwynd Echo: September 17 1969

Fran Oberle, Chairman of the Chetwynd and district Hospital Society meetsChetwynd’s new doctors, Doctor Ruth Lennox and Doctor J.A. Lennox who ar-rived last week from England. The team will set up their offices first in HotelChetwynd about the end of the week.

Plain by one of the provincial sheriffs andgiven 250 hours community servicewhich he served with the YIELD pro-gram,” Buck said. “Then he elected tostay on with the program after his servicewas done and the second year after heelected to stay on, we put him in behindthe drivers seat.”Ohneck seems to genuinely enjoy his

job, as evidenced by the expression onthe tattooed 26-year olds face when hesparked the ignition and let the car roar,hamming it up for the group of 20 or soyoung kids from Windrem elementarywho immediately raised their hands tothere ears and pressed hard to block out

the thunderous noise.The jaws of some young boys nearly hit

the pavement as Ohneck revved theengine for one final flare before shutting itoff and letting students take their turn sit-ting in the drivers seat. YIELD has had a racecar out of Stony

Plain since 2003. Before the Camaro, theyraced a four-door Chevrolet Caprice withthe stock engine. They ended up doingsome modifications on the car after sometime, and in the process, twisted theframe from the increased horsepowerthey were able to obtain. That’s whenthey found the Camaro. Buck says members of the RCMP in

Maple Ridge are working towards settingup a BC wing of the YIELD Association.


Ohneck decided to remainon with the program

Sukunka Coal proceeds with singular environmental review

Please see "COMMENTS,"page 14

The proposed Sunkunka coal mine is one of three BCprojects approved for singular environmentalassessment.

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In 2010, a provincial environmentalassessment of the proposed Prosperitycopper-gold mine about 125-kilometresfrom Williams Lake, BC, gave itsapproval. Ottawa rejected the assess-ment after review, because of the assess-ments failure to take into account theimpacts from the draining of Fish Lake,which was to be filled by waste rock inthe initial plan.However, the provincial assessment’s

report will need to be submitted to theCEAA for review. Whether the singularassessment process will maintain thesame amount of environmental protec-tion will be a hotly contested debate asthe assessments for the Sukunka and theCarbon Creek mines (another mineapproved for singular assessment) movethrough the stages of assessment.During Idle No More protests in

Moberly Lake in mid-January severalprotestors stated that projects will gothrough the singular review, could beapproved without sober second thought.“All this does for Harper is it’s a fast

track movement for him to be able to put[projects] through our province andmost likely other provinces such asAlberta with the oil sands. Right now,the companies have to ensure that theydon’t damage our lands,” Saulteau elderHenriette Landry said.

Federal MP for Prince George-PeaceRiver Bob Zimmer responded, sayingthat the singular reviews are not any lessstringent, but instead are a time and costsaving measure. “Our whole thing with the environ-

ment is streamlining the process forreviews and its not to have any less strin-gency, its just not to have duplicationhappen,” Zimmer said. The approval for the substitution was

granted in April. At that time, MinisterKent said that projects would only beallowed to proceed if they meetCanadian environmental protectionlaws. After taking public comments into

account, the BC EnvironmentalAssessment Office (EAO) will finalizethe Application InformationRequirements and issue them toGlencore/Xstrata.EAO accepts public comments through

the following ways:Trough an online Form at:

http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca, by Mail to:Josh Handysides, Project Assessment

ManagerEnvironmental Assessment OfficePO Box 9426 Stn Prov GovtVictoria BC V8W 9V1By Fax to: 250-356-7440Comments will be accepted until July

15, 2013.


Comments being accepted

Input sought for TransCanada CorporationʼsPrince Rupert Gas Transmission Project


–––––––––––––– CHETWYND- The Canadian

Environmental Assessmentagency is seeking input from thepublic to decide if TransCanadacorporation’s Prince Rupert GasTransmission Project will require afederal environmental assessment.An open house was held in

Chetwynd last Thursday to hearfrom residents about their con-cerns.

The 750 km project wouldinclude the construction andoperation of the 48-inch diame-ter pipeline, as well as meteringfacilities, and two compressorstations with the possibility ofup to six more for further expan-sion. The $5.1 billion pipelinehas a proposed initial capacity oftwo billion cubic feet per day. Ifapproved, construction isexpected to begin in 2015, withthe pipeline in service by the endof 2018.

The job is expected to create anestimated 2,500 direct construc-tion jobs over the three-yearperiod.TransCanada Corporation was

selected by Progress EnergyCanada Ltd. in late January todesign, build own and operatethe proposed Prince Rupert GasTransmission (PRGT) pipelineproject. The proposed pipeline will

transport natural gas primarilyfrom the North Montney gas

field near Dawson Creek, to thePacific Northwest Port Edwardliquefied natural gas (LNG)plant near Prince Rupert, BC.Malaysian national oil companyPetronas recently announced itwill be investing $16-billion intothe Port Edward facility. “What they've said is $11 bil-

lion for the plants, $5 billion forthe pipeline. Basically, it's anannouncement that says we'recloser and moving along fasterthan you might have thought we

were,” said Rich Coleman, therecently appointed Natural GasDevelopment Minister.TransCanada currently oper-

ates 24,000 kilometres of naturalgas pipelines in WesternCanada, with 360 kilometerseither in-service or pendingapprovals in northeast BC.“The proposed Prince Rupert

Gas Transmission project willallow British Columbians, andall Canadians, to continue to

Please see "TRANSCANADA,"page 15

benefit from the responsi-ble development of thegrowing supply of valu-able natural gas resourcesin the Western CanadaSedimentary Basin,” saidRuss Girling, Presidentand CEO of TransCanada. The company also antic-

ipates the extension of itsexisting NOVA GasTransmission Ltd. systemin northeast BC to connectboth to the PRGT pipeline.This will allow the PacificNorthwest LNG exportfacility to access NorthMontney and other gassupplies in the region.Initial capital cost esti-

mates associated with theextensions of the existingsystem are about $1 to $1.5billion, with an in-servicedate targeted for the endof 2015.President of the PRGT

project, Tony Palmer,explained the rationale forthe project in an interviewwith the Chetwynd Echo.“[Our clients] believe

that they can economicallydevelop gas in northeast-ern BC, transport it acrossthe province, liquefy it andship it to Asia and make aprofit,” he said. “That’s how any natural

gas or any developmentproject is assessed is doyou believe that you cando it on a profitable basis,and also of course, do it inan environmentallyfriendly fashion and alsosatisfy stakeholders thatlive along that right ofway. Those are critical fac-tors.”Palmer went on to say

that over the next twoyears, TransCanada’sfocus will be on receivingthe regulatory approvalsneeded and the social

license to make the projectwork. “If we do that, then our

customer will have a deci-sion to make; do they stillbelieve this is a profitableproject?”According to external

communications directorDivona Herzog,TransCanada has beenhearing a lot of concernsfrom First Nations regard-ing the impact the pipelineroute will have on migra-tion patterns of many ani-mals, including the threat-ened caribou.Prince Rupert Gas

Transmission is a whollyowned subsidiary ofTransCanada PipelinesLimited, which has a sec-ond pipeline proposed toKitimat – the CoastalGasLink project.The 700-kilometre

Coastal GasLink pipelineproject will also delivernatural gas from theMontney gas-producingregion, near DawsonCreek, to LNG Canada’sproposed liquefied naturalgas facility near Kitimat,B.C.The Canadian

E n v i r o n m e n t a l

Assessment Agency islooking for public input onthe project and its poten-tial effects on the environ-ment. Written commentsmust be submitted by June24, 2013 to:Prince Rupert Gas

Transmission ProjectC a n a d i a n

E n v i r o n m e n t a lAssessment Agency410-701 West Georgia

StreetVancouver, BC V7Y 1C6Telephone: 604-666-2431Fax: 604-666-6990PRGasTransProject@cea

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Chetwynd SeniorCitizen’s HousingSociety’s proposed PhaseII need and demand studyhas been released andsociety president DonHicks says if things gowell, groundbreakingcould begin next year.The Chetwynd Senior

Citizens Housing Society(CSCHS) is a non-profitorganization that wasincorporated in 1982. It isa community-basedorganization formed tosupply affordable housingfor seniors in Chetwynd.The Society’s first projectwas Little Prairie Haven, a12- unit independentseniors’ housing develop-ment. Their second projectwas Surerus Place, a 12-unit project containingboth assisted and support-ed housing units.Since Surerus Place

opened in 2010, the societyhas a waiting list of sen-iors who are looking foraffordable independentapartments. Followingdiscussions with the com-

munity the society decid-ed to pursue Phase II.The society then hired

Janis Gauther of JGConsulting Services Ltd.to create the study whichencompassed a detailedexploration of perspec-tives of seniors and influ-encers to specifically eval-uate how the expansionwill meet the identifiedneed as well as senior’spreferences.“We did interviews and

we had two survey forms– one for the seniors andone for the influences i.e.family and friends, neigh-bours etc.,” Hicks said,adding the study can alsobe used as a tool to seeksupport from governmentand other potential part-ners and to guide furtherplanning.Hicks said the results of

the research showed thereare few seniors inChetwynd with an esti-mated 210 (65 years andover) residing inChetwynd according tothe 2011 census, including90 seniors aged 75 andover. Chetwynd’s currentpopulation is at 2,635 per-manent residents with

around 703 temporary res-idents in work camps andemployee housing.“For seniors we are actu-

ally, when we compareourselves to the regionaldistrict and the provincethere are less seniorshere,” Hicks said.“Probably because it’s stilla new community and theservices aren’t offered.”The study also showed

one of the biggest fearsseniors express is that theymay have to leave thecommunity when they canno longer manage yourown homes.Historically there has

been a strong growth inthe senior’s population –40 per cent since 2001 –with similar growthpotential in the short tomedium term.As a result of the per-

ceived need for moresenior’s housing, theCSSHS are hoping todevelop an additional 18to 20 units that are inde-pendent to the Phase 1units.When it comes to senior

incomes, Hicks said theyare not a lot. In the Stage 2surveys it was discovered

that 50 per cent of seniorsare under $24,000, includ-ing 38 per cent under$18,000 and close to 12 percent under $12,000.“They (seniors) can’t

afford a lot,” Hicks said.The Phase II building

design is in its very earlyconceptual stages and willbe refined. Currently thereare six one-bedroom units,eight one-bedroom plusden units and six two bed-room units planned.“The initial proposal

was for one to two bed-rooms,” Hicks said. “Afterthe need and demandstudy we realized one,there’s a whole bunch ofpeople who needed alower price so we endedup taking the one bed-rooms and shrinking themdown to 550 square feet.That way we could lowerthe rent. And then wewent to midsize one bed-room and a den and twobedroom.”From that Hicks said

they were able to work outthe cost for the whole proj-ect and vary the rent. Thefinal design has not beenset yet however a prelimi-nary cost is sitting at

$4,668,700. Fundraisingwill be taking place for alarge portion.“That’s probably not

high when you look atother projects in othercommunities,” Hicks said.“It seems high maybe forChetwynd, but not for anew building.”Average rental rates

would be around $500 fora one bedroom, $640 forone bedroom and a den

and $850 for a two bed-room.Discussions between the

Society and BC Housingcontinue on a regular basisand so far Hicks saidthings look good.The next steps including

stakeholder and potentialfunders meetings.“We’ll just keep plod-

ding on and hopefullywe’ll have an answer forsure soon,” he said.

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STIRLING, NORMANBorn in Big Valley, Alberta October 19, 1925; passed awaypeacefully at Moog Hospice in Penticton June 12, 2013.

Norman is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Beverley;daughter, Jackie (Ned) Stewart; granddaughter, DebbieDunn; grandson, Danny Dunn (Gina); two great grandsons,Carter and Nathan as well as, Jackie and Ned’s blendedfamily, Tammy, Craig, Rick and their families; nephew,Robert Stirling (Leslie); nieces, Heather Walton (Keith),Jennifer Arnold (Rod) and Sandy Stirling (Phil); brothers inlaw, Gary Moore (Kathie) and Dennys (MaryAnne) Moore;sisters in law, Margaret (Ozzie) Asleson and Lori Moore aswell as extended family and cousins in Scotland. Norm waspredeceased by two brothers, Robert & Ronald Stirling andbrother-in-law, Kenneth Moore. Norman joined the Navy in1943. He and Beverly married in September 1952 and theymoved to Chetwynd, BC in 1957 where he owned andoperated a hardware store until they retired to Penticton in1974. He was a 50 year member of both Masons and Shrinersand was a life member of the Chetwynd Legion since 1958.A Celebration of his Life will be held at the Penticton Legion(502 Martin St.) Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. withPadre John Briscall officiating. In lieu of flowers, donationsto the Shriner’s Hospital for Children or Moog and FriendsHospice House are greatly appreciated. Condolences may beshared by visiting www.everdenrust.com

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–––––––––––––– TERRACE- Proponents

and opponents ofEnbridge’s proposedNorthern GatewayPipeline have will maketheir final oral argumentsover the next two weeksto the National EnergyBoard’s Joint ReviewPanel in Terrace. The proceedings got

under way Monday morn-ing with president ofEnbridge’s NorthernGateway Pipelines Inc.,John Curruthers, rejectinga demand by the nationalenergy regulator to imple-ment a $1-billion liabilitycoverage for the NorthernGateway project.Instead, as the Globe

and Mail reports,Carruthers favoured anindustry funded cleanupreserve in the event of a“catastrophic oil release”from the pipeline.Curruthers said he

believes that the fundcould be the best way tohave money on hand tocover the cost of cleanupshould a “highly unlikelybut higher-cost spill”occur. “Rather than each com-

pany having excess fundssitting available in the

case of a very low likeli-hood event – which is aninefficient costly use ofresources – a nationalindustry fund is one wayof giving the public confi-dence the funds are avail-able,” Curruthers said inan email to Globe reporterKelly Cryderman. Enbridge lawyer

Richard Neufield alsospoke at the proceedingson Monday, taking directaim at environmentalgroups who have saidEnbridge is not providingenough information aboutthe project.“It’s almost as if some of

these organizations wouldhave you believe if onlyNorthern Gateway hadsupplied more environ-mental information, theycould have supported thispipeline,” he said. “No amount of addi-

tional environmentalinformation is going topersuade Forest Ethics,the Natural ResourcesDefense Council or anyother member of the so-called tar sands campaignto support the pipeline.”Neufield went on to say

that the pipeline is in theinterest of all Canadians.“It’s going to allow our

country to enjoy tremen-dous economic benefits

that would be afforded bythis project, while at thesame time providing fairand reasonable protec-tions for local and region-al interests.”In addition to Enbridge,

Monday’s proceedingsheard from the CoastalFirst Nation, theAlexander First Nation,who are located west ofEdmonton and who are insupport the project, theAlberta Federation ofLabour, BC Nature andNature Canada and theprovince of BritishColumbia. In a statement on the BC

Nature website posted inadvance of the final hear-ings, the group voiced theconcern that public state-ments made by PrimeMinister Stephen Harperand Minister of NaturalResources Joe Oliver inearly 2012, saying that theproject had to proceedwithout delay, have com-promised the impartialassessment of the projectby the Joint Review Panel(JRP).“The Prime Minister

and his Natural ResourcesMinister maintain thatdeveloping this project isin the national interestand must go aheadbecause of the economic

benefits it will bring toCanada. It is noteworthythat lengthy evidence onthe absence of economicbenefit has been submit-ted to the JRP by RobynAllan, past CEO of ICBCand a widely respectedeconomist, as part of thewritten evidence of theAlberta Federation ofLabour.”Allan’s paper and other

documents filed by theAlberta Federation ofLabour can be down-loaded at:h t t p : / / w w w . n e b -one.gc.ca/fetch.asp?language=E&ID=A38935. The JRP for the

Enbridge NorthernGateway Project is anindependent body, man-dated by the Minister ofthe Environment and theNational Energy Board.The panel will assess theenvironmental effects ofthe proposed project andreview the applicationunder both the CanadianE n v i r o n m e n t a lAssessment Act and theNational Energy BoardAct.Following the comple-

tion of hearings, the JRP’sreport will be submittedto the Governor inCouncil who will makethe decision on whether

the project is likely tocause significant adverseenvironmental effects andif so, whether such effectsare justified in the circum-stances.

For more informationand to listen to the audiobroadcast of the proceed-ings visit:http://gatewaypanel.review-examen.gc.ca/.


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Final arguements forand against NorthernGateway Project tobe heard over next

two weeks in Terrace Photo courtesy of CBC

Quality, quantity,location, potabili-ty, taste, pressure,

turbulence, pH, tempera-ture, turbidity, access:water, the universal sol-vent! Too much is a prob-lem; we seldom think of itunless it’s raining on ourparade: but we can’t livewithout it. It’s the firstthing I drink in the morn-ing and the last in theevening. I shower in it andwash the dishes in it; (I doso wash the dishes)!Here in town, you proba-

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as it comes when you turnon the tap, does its job, anddisappears down thedrain. Water issues are forsomeone else, and faraway. Yet there are waterissues here in the Peace –even in our used-to-be-pristine watershed thatreaches west into theRockies for 80 miles. What are our issues? For

one thing, our watershedshares valleys and moun-tain passes with majorindustries and transporta-tion links. As the shared spaces

become increasingly con-gested, we are becomingincreasingly aware of ourneed to know what isgoing on, what is in plan-ning stages, and to have amajor say in how develop-ment continues and howthe integrity of our water

sources will be protected.Highway 97 was opened

to Prince George morethan 60 years ago. Sincethat day in 1952 our riverhas never been the same.Later in the 50s, BC Raillaid its tracks through thepass. About the same time the

first pipeline began carry-ing hydrocarbons through

our mountains to market.We’ve escaped some of

the consequences of devel-opment, but not all. Therehave been train derailings,a super-major oil spill,vehicles swamped in theriver, and the annualforestry activity that leavesits own signature on ourmountain slopes. And now we are faced

with potential newpipelines and increasedmining activity in ourwatershed.Where can we go to hide

from development?There’s nowhere to hide.Do we want to hide? Mostof us want to stay righthere doing the things thatwe love to do – many ofwhich take us daily intothe same hills and valleysthat filter our water. Certainly, we are not

opposed to development.But we insist that develop-ers, regulating authorities,and users consider andrespect the needs of every-one affected by develop-ment and follow best prac-tices for harvesting ournatural resources – as I amsure they intend to do. Weneed measured develop-ment to keep our grocery

stores in business, our potholes filled, and ourschools schooling. One of our most pre-

cious and vulnerableresources: our water sup-ply. There is so much we

don’t know about how thewater, the land, the trees,and the air work togetherto provide and sustain theenvironment in which welove to live. With so muchstill to be learned, itbehoves us all to treat withcare and respect those ele-ments that we do knowwhile giving the benefit ofthe doubt to protection ofall that we have.

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Museumprepping forarrival of BCsmost complete

dinosaurTumbler Ridge News

–––––––––––––– What’s that you say… a duckbill dinosaur coming into

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ness work definitely,” saysBuckley continuing,explaining how they cameupon the discovery, “In2007 on a whim, wechecked out this one spotthat based on the topo-graphic maps, it looked likeit didn’t have a lot of relief.Low and behold, we cameacross this exposure. It wasdecent and bone was justeroding out of the hill,about 15 metres of expo-sure. We got excited rightaway, that is what youwant to see; a lot of expo-sure over a small area.”The group found there

were chunks, pieces thatwere part of the tail of theduck-bill dinosaur they areworking on now.In 2008 they crew did a

test pit because there wasonly the edge exposed andthey didn’t know if theywere catching the begin-ning of the erosion or theend of the erosion. “Youdon’t know until you do atest pit,” explains Buckley.During the next research

season, 2009, they crewwent out and began doingmore work to uncover theduckbill dinosaur. “We hadsome recent rib results andone of the legs and then weuncovered the backbone.That is when we got reallyexcited because the verte-brae were just going andgoing. We knew we hadsomething. The vertebraeled up to the hips, whichwere all intact. This is awe-some! We got up to wherethe shoulder region shouldbe and it stopped. We werelike no! Where’s the neck,where’s the skull?”The crew kept working in

the pit and in 2010 theystarted finding some of theneck vertebrae scatteredhere and there. “What wewere also finding was all ofthe ribs on the one sidewere pulled away. The rockthe animals deposited indoesn’t indicate a waterlevel that was strongenough to move that bycurrent,” remembersBuckley.Then the pieces started

coming together when theystarted finding a lot of Wewere also finding a lot ofTyrannosaurus teeth aswell. Buckley explains witha giggle, “It was probablynoshed on. There were def-initely moreTyrannosaurus teeth therethan could be made by oneanimals and they weresmaller than your typicaladult Albertosaurus. This ispretty common with mod-ern animals as well. Theyounger ones tend togroup together opportunis-tically to feed on some roadkill. You see it with ravensand crows all the time.”The group hypothesizes

they were probably pullingapart the exposed parts ofthe duckbill dinosaur andprobably gave the head ayank. “It’s still in the quar-ry. We just have to locate it.That was the end of 2010,”says Buckley.The group was all pre-

pared for 2011, howeverthe weather wasn’t co-operating. “2011 was therainy season. We didn’t geta lot of work done on thatsite. Paleontology is a bit ofa fair weather sport. Ourglues don’t work in the


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rain; on the exposed rock inthe rain it’s slippy and dan-gerous. When the rock getswet it’s the exact samecolour as the bone so youcan’t really tell the two apart. We have to shut downwhen it rains. We lost aboutthree and a half weeks ofthe five weeks. 2011 was abit of a write off,” explainsBuckley sadly.The opposite of the rainy

season, the dry forest fireseason caused the crew towait eagerly in 2012 tofinally excavate thedinosaur, however to noavail. “2012, that’s whenwe got the main body ofthe duckbill dinosaur alljacketed, all wrapped upin the plaster bandages,got it propped up. Wewere ready to pull it out ofthe field, but it’s still outthere because we need afairly sizable helicopter toget it to the nearest road sowe can put it on a trailerand wheel it into Tumbler.In 2012, all of the helicop-ters were called away forfirefighting duty in north-ern Alberta and parts ofBC. We were able to getthe animal ready. One ofthe first things we can dofor this season is get thehelicopter, assuming wecan, and bring BC’s mostcomplete dinosaur back tothe facility,” says Buckleywith excitement radiatingthrough her smile.Even though they

weren’t able to excavate,the crew was still able to domore digging around thesite and made a very inter-

esting discovery. “Turnsout there might be morethan one duckbill dinosaurthere! We collected the firstfemur in 2008, the secondone we located in 2012when we were diggingaround, and we have whatlooks like a third one, andof course it can only havetwo femurs. This year,while we are waiting, wewill be expanding the quar-ry and getting out that thirdfemur and attending tosome other parts.”The group is still looking

for the skull of the dinosaurand will be expanding thequarry this summer.Though they do have a cou-ple of blocks at the lab thatmight be skill material, butthis hasn’t been confirmed.“They are boney, they arecomplex and we don’t do alot of fine detail cleaningwork out in the fieldbecause it is not a con-trolled condition. We don’thave any preparation staffright now, so it’s going totake some time to get thoseblocks prepared. We haveone candidate that could bea skull,” says Buckley.That being said they will

still be looking for one atthe site.The group can start no

earlier than mid-June, butJuly and August they willdefinitely be out in thefield recovering these ele-ments. “It is a short fieldseason up here. We have atiny little window and tryand get enough done aswe can. We also block offtime to do additionalexploration as well. It’s notjust going to be this one

duckbill dinosaur that is inBC, there are going to beother sites,” explainsBuckley continuing, “BCin terms of having theprospecting done for pale-ontology it’s still a frontier,there is still a lot of workthat needs to be done. Thebasic geology has beendone, but the actual sys-tematic surveying forresources that is still wait-ing to be done for a lot ofsites.”Another aspect of the

preparations for thedinosaur are finding some-where to house the giant.This is one of the reasonsthe museum is goingthrough renovations.Buckley says, “The renova-tions are going to be hope-fully starting this summer,could be in the fall. We willbe starting the last part ofthe renovations of thePRPRC, finishing off thedinosaur discovery gallery,renovating the gift shopand the front entrancearea.”“We are also adding a col-

lections building becausewe definitely need that tobring the dinosaur inside.Right now the floors; theyweren’t constructed tohouse dinosaurs. Theywere constructed to housesmall school children. If webring in a jacket that con-tains a ten metre long duck-bill dinosaur, that thing isgoing to go through thefloor! What we are reallyexcited about is getting thatcollections building thathas a solid floor so we cansafely house BC’s mostcomplete dinosaur once we

bring it into town. That’sthe main thing we are real-ly excited about.”There has been some

concern from communitymembers about the poten-tial for the museum to bemoving out to the high-way. Buckley explains thiswill not be happening.“One thing that is easilyforgotten about the brain-storming stages of a proj-ect is that it is just that:brainstorming multiplehypothetical scenarios. Ifyou don't discuss multiplescenarios, you can't saythat you didn't try every-

thing possible to make aproject successful. Thatwas one scenario out ofseveral that was discussedas a possibility way backin the 2004-2007 stagewhen we were in the smallspace in the industrialpark. There were severalother locations aroundtown discussed as well,”she clarifies, continuing,“The renovations actuallyallow us to occupy the cur-rent facility for a muchlonger period of time. Theschool was originally con-structed to house kids, notheavy fossils, so we were

restricted with what wecould store without stress-ing the floor. Now that therenovation plans are a go-ahead, not only do we getto upgrade the entranceand finish the Gallery, weget to put in a solid-floorcollections wing. Thisallows us to securely storethe hadrosaur [duckbilldinosaur], large track-bearing slabs, and largemarine reptiles. This reno-vation will significantlyboost the potential of ourabilities to properly carefor the region's fossil her-itage.”

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moment when you realizea portion of your life isover. From then on, there’sno more lockers to deco-rate, no more morninghallway walks to class, nomore pencils, no morebooks, no more teachersdirty looks. That was the moment

grad class representativeKristian Leishman startedto tear up.Coos and awes could be

heard from the crowd ofproud parents as theygazed over their childrenin the graduating class of2013. The curling rink at the

Rec. Centre, beautifullydecorated to the Las Vegastheme, was filled with theexcitement of things tocome, experiences to be

had, and opportunities tobe seized. With wet cheeks and a

face filled with chockedback emotion, Leishmanturned first her class repre-sentative partner RandySpoklie, and then to therest of her classmates andsaid, “I grew up with allyou guys and I am reallyhappy that we all stuckthrough to make it heretoday. I think it’s difficultfor our teachers and othersnot have to built a verytight bond with our smallschool and that’s how itshould be.”Fifty-five graduates

smiled back at her andnodded. They all seemedto be thinking the samething. As Spoklie put it, people

from all the usual highschool cliques, the goths,the nerds, the punks, therednecks, and the jocks, all

came together and madefriends amongst eachother. “We have to apologize to

the grade 8 home roomteachers,” he added. “Mr.

Joyce, who had a goodmajority of the possessedboys and Mr. Haggertywith all the extremelymouthy little girls. We lookforward to looking on

Facebook and other socialwebsites for the next fiveor ten years and seeinghow everyone is doing,and not getting into trou-ble.”

Valedictorian AlyciaAird’s speech echoed thatof her class representa-tives. “They say it takes many

people to run the world,

and same goes for a class,”she said.“I've never seen so many

talented young peoplefrom our athletes - espe-cially our volleyball play-ers going to provincials -our hockey players, ourartists and the beautifulexpressions they create,our Einsteins and ourmusicians. Every studentin this class is capable ofachieving greatness iswhatever they do, reach-ing any goals that they setfor themselves. The pastfour years have so manymemories that we willcarry with us for the rest ofour lives, from the goodtimes and the bad, all ofour experiences havehelped to shape us. Do notthink of graduation as theend, it is merely the begin-ning of the rest of ourlives.”Principal Chris Mason’s

cardiac crew, the self-pro-fessed reason why his baldspot continues to grow, ismoving on. “These young men and

women are our future,”Mason said. “I hope thatthroughout the last yearthe nagging has shownjust how much we careabout you and your future.We know that you all havestrengths and skills justwaiting to be unleashed tothe world. I look forwardto hearing about yourexciting experiences.”During the ceremony,

academic awards werepresented and a total of$32,900 in bursaries andscholarships donated bycorporations, businesses,and community groupsand individuals wereawarded.

For more Graduation 2013coverage see next week’sAnnual Supplement.

LEISHMAN

I grew up with allyou guys and I amhappy that we allstuck through to

make it here today.

More than $32,000 in bursaries were handedout. Photo by Mike Carter

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