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ConGRADulationsto the Class of ʻ12

BY NAOMI LARSENChetwynd Echo Editor

––––––––––––––CHETWYND – On Saturday afternoon

78 Chetwynd Secondary School gradu-ates walked across the stage at theChetwynd and District Recreation Centreand celebrated their biggest accomplish-ment to date: completing high school.As students sat in their caps and gowns

facing their friends and families, the classof 2012 was urged to reach for a more-

than-ordinary future.The ceremony was hosted by principal

Chris Mason and vice principal HelenToppin with speeches from the District ofChetwynd and School District 59 (SouthPeace) trustees. This year’s valedictorianwas Lindsey Roland and class speakerswere Kelsey McFeeters and CalebLarsen.Following the ceremony caps were

thrown and graduates celebrated.This year’s ceremonies were moved into

the arena part of the complex whichallowed seating tomove into the bleachers.See next week’s issue for full coverage

and our special keepsake pullout.

Above, grads toss their hats; left, KelseyMcFeeters and her escort ham it up forthe cameras. Photos by Naomi Larsen


––––––––––––––CHETWYND – Minister

of Community, Sports andCultural Development IdaChong visited ChetwyndJune 10 to help celebrateChetwynd’s 50thAnniversary but ended uphaving a discussion withlocal officials about thestate of health care withinthe community at her wel-

coming breakfast.“We’re in dire straights

for doctors,” District ofChetwynd CouncillorErnest Pfanner said. “Wedon’t really have a solu-tion.”In response Chong said

one of the ways the gov-ernment is trying toaddress the situation wasto graduate more doctorsinto the system. She saidforeign doctors are wary of

practicing in Canada dueto the length of time ittakes to have their creden-tials recognized.“The alternative is to

offer doctors a paid differ-ential to go and work inunderserved areas,” shesaid, adding it’s not some-thing that has been provedsuccessful just yet.When questioned about

how to keep a doctor’smedical skills up to parwhile they worked in ruralnorthern communitieswith no operating roomsor hospitals Chong admit-ted she did not know.In an effort to also ease

patient loads on doctorsthroughout BC, Chongsaid they had the first classof nurse practitioners grad-uate in 2004/05.“Doctors originally resis-

ted this,” she said. “Wedon’t need full fledgeddoctors for certain thingsbut we wanted somethinghigher than an LPN. I don’tknow how many are inChetwynd but maybe thatwould help alleviate someof the pressure.Peace River Region

Representitave for Area EJerri Schembri said FortNelson offers their doctorshousing initiatives.“After you’ve been there

for three years you get a$100,000 towards the pur-

chase of your house,” shesaid.“There’s no easy

answer,” Chong contin-ued. “And just getting ahospital state of the art isnot going to attract a doc-

tor.”South Peace MLA Blair

Lekstrom said over thepast decade health carecosts for the province have

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Want to be heard?You can email us at [email protected]; mail to Box 750 Chetwynd B.C. V0C 1J0 or drop ofyour letter at 5016 50 Avenue. All letters submitted must be signed with a return address anddaytime telephone number so we can confirm that it came from you. The Echo reserves the rightto edit letters for clarity, legality, length and to refuse publication of any submitted material. Wemay also choose to use a letter as the basis for a story. So, be sure to keep your letters brief andto the point. Letters originating from the Peace region get priority. We encourage new contrib-utors as we attempt to publish a cross-section of public opinion. - Naomi Larsen, editor

gone from $8 billion to $17 billion.“We can’t keep pace,” he said.

“We can’t keep pace with the priceof healthcare. I don’t get people inmy office saying they want to paymore for less services. They wantmore service for less.”Lekstrom said the doctors who are

graduating into the healthcare sys-tem want to practice in places withthe best technology.

“Dawson Creek suffers the sameissues (as Chetwynd), Fort St. Johndoes, so the issue is this: we’ve goneto the forgivable student loans,we’ve trained doctors and nurses –I don’t think that’s worked,” hesaid.Students are graduating with

$100,000+ debt load and instead ofworking up north and having thoseloans paid off in three years,Lekstrom said they are choosing tokeep the debt and work in

Vancouver and Kelowna.“We live here because we love the

area,” he said. “It’s hard to attractprofessionals here. There’s no singleanswer that will solve this. It’s atough issue and I do not know whatsociety will be able to do.”Lekstrom said there could be a

time in the near future when privatehealth care will become a reality.“The public is going to have an

open and frank discussion verysoon,” he said.

Continued from page 2

Lekstrom hints at privatization

ENERGETIC CITY––––––––––––––

HUDSON’S HOPE –The B.C. AmbulanceService will be increasingthe number of para-medics in the Peace aftera Hudson’s Hope womandied las week waiting foran ambulance.In a press release

Saturday morning, theBCAS says they willincrease the number ofparamedics available on

weekends.Staff will be brought in

from Prince George andVancouver. Two staffwill provide additionalcoverage in TumblerRidge and one staff per-son will provide addi-tional coverage in FortSt. John and DawsonCreek.The release goes on to

mention they are cur-rently reviewing the callon Friday June 8, that

saw a woman waitalmost an hour for anambulance. The B.C.Ambulance Service saysthe closest ambulancewas dispatched immedi-ately from Chetwyndand was on scene within51 minutes. They alsosay a local off-duty para-medic was on scenewithin 27 minutes, whichis 2 minutes longer thanthe average ambulanceresponse time in

Hudson’s Hope. Thatparamedic took over careof the patient from theRCMP and local FireFighters.Currently there are six

people who have appliedfor jobs with the BCAS inTumbler Ridge, DawsonCreek and Hudson’sHope. The BCAS is nowworking with the appli-cants to finish the hiring

BC Ambulance increasing staff inPeace following woman’s death

Please see "NOT FAIR,"page 6

Since when does thefamily dog have morerights than humans?

When our pets are old andsick and suffering we – asloving pet owners – putthem down. We call it ‘theright thing todo’ and it helpsto ‘end their suffering.”Why should it be any

different for humans?Why is it if someone is sickand suffering and wants toend their life they’re pro-hibited to do so?Not any more.A B.C. woman whose

health is in dramaticdecline is now eligible for alegal physician-assisted sui-cide after a B.C. Supreme

Court judge struck downparts of Canada's law ban-ning the practice.Gloria Taylor, who has

Lou Gehrig's disease orALS, joined the legal actionlast year saying she want-ed the right to die with dig-nity and with the help of adoctor. And she won.Lou Gehrig's disease has

already robbed Taylor ofthe ability to walk or drive,leaving her unable to visitmost of her friends andfamily. She uses a feedingtube. She describes herhands as nearly useless.Her voice is beginning tofade. She watches andwaits and feels her bodydeteriorating. The pain isexcruciating. She knowsshe will die. But now shecan choose how and when.Taylor says this new rul-

ing will allow her to“approach my death in the

same way I've tried to livemy life — with dignity,independence and grace."The decision has brought

much controversy. Hailedby the B.C. Civil LibertiesAssociation and con-demned by the EuthanasiaPrevention Coalition thenew ruling is really one ofpersonal choice.I agree that this new law

will need some strict guide-lines and regulations to pre-vent the abuses that couldoccur however, in Europeancountries and in Oregonand Washington wheremedically assisted dyinghas been legal for manyyears, safeguards are inplace to prevent abuse of theweak and the vulnerable.But for those who suffer

from medical conditionssuch as ALS and who wantto avoid a long, drawn out,painful death the current

system just doesn’twork forthem. The rights we haveshould include the right toend a life when the weightof suffering becomes toomuch to handle.A doctor with a clear

understanding of how tomanage pain in the finalhours can insure some"power" to the patient ispossible. Dying is a naturalpart of our existence.Tiptoeing around in a mazeof legal issues won't stopthe inevitable. It merelyprolongs suffering. Suicideis not the same thing as ter-minating a life due to phys-ical, untreatable, progres-sively more painful illness.So to Ms. Taylor, thanks

for having the fortitude tostand up and be heard evenif your body won't let you.I hope that when the timecomes when you want tolet go you find some peace.

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This is a decision about compassion

To the Editor:I have heard a lot of comments from the community

about the French Immersion School moving toWindrem and the swapping of principals but, I havenot heard from any of the school trustees.I understand that this whole decision (to swap prin-

cipals) was voted on unanimously by the trustees. Ifeel the community, especially the families and chil-dren who are directly affected, needs to hear from atleast one of the trustees about how they came to thisdecision and why they feel this is the best solution forthis particular situation.

Monique WinlandHasler, BC


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YOUR VIEWSTrustees must step up

To the Editor:The Conservatives

rammed through theHouse of Commons anomnibus budget bill thatis sweeping in scope,deeply flawed in content,

and anti-democratic inprinciple.The Harper

Conservatives haveeliminated independentbodies like the NationalRoundtable on theEnvironment and theEconomy that offeradvice it may disagree

with. Also, by guttingfifty years of environ-mental protections, thegovernment has givenitself the unilateral powerto green-light major andpotentially harmful

resource developmentprojects without adequatescrutiny.This bill makes changes

to the Fisheries Act thatcould endanger manyfish populations, includ-ing the migratory salmon,a timeless presence on theCanadian landscape, notto mention a staple of theeconomy.

Against the advice ofmany experts, the gov-ernment will be raisingthe qualifying age from65 to 67 for Old Age

Security and theGuaranteed IncomeSupplement, beginning in2023, thus robbing vul-nerable senior citizens ofup to $30 000 in muchneeded income.

As if targeting seniorsisn`t enough, the newchanges in EmploymentInsurance will impactthose who work in sea-sonal employment andthe government did noteven bother to consultemployers or theprovinces which will be

most impacted.In addition to criticiz-

ing specific measures inthis budget bill, the majorproblem is that it amends,creates or eliminates 70different federal acts. Byburying dozens of signifi-cant and damagingchanges within a ‘kitchensink’ bill, the governmentis preventing Membersfrom doing their job bygiving these changesproper consideration andscrutiny.

While undermining the

role of Parliament, bill C-38 is a clear abuse ofpower and makes a jokeof democracy. Onceagain, Canadians are keptin the dark and it is of theutmost importance thatwe raise awareness to thisunprecedented situation.The Liberal Party willcontinue to fight againstthis kind of anti-demo-cratic abuse of power.

Sincerely,Marc Garneau, MPLiberal House Leader

Kitchensink billabusesdemocracy

Graduation wrap-up

Upon arrival to Chetwynd Secondary School Friday morning teachers discovered the front steps and doors ofthe school wrapped in a large quantity of saran wrap and boxes. Vice Principal Helen Toppin said a prankhas never been pulled before by the grad class, “but this class is unique,” she said with a laugh.

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process in the a timelymanner.In what Mayor Karen

Anderson calls a "doublewhammy", the ambulancewould have still had totransport the woman toFort St. John, as there wasno doctor in Hudson'sHope.“That's just not an

acceptable practice or asituation, and it's not justHudson's Hope; it's anysmall community," shesays. "I just think that it'stime that this provincial

government stood up andlooked at our health care alittle bit closer."

It's unknown howsevere this medical inci-dent was, and Andersonadmits that it's possiblehaving an ambulance intown may not have savedthis life. However, shemaintains changes needto be made to help allsmall communities in thefuture"That could have been

an accident, that couldhave been a young childthat was hurt or sick," sheargues. "It's just not fair topeople who choose to livein these rural, remote com-munities.”


Not fair for people whochoose to live rural

ANDERSON


––––––––––––––CHETWYND – On the afternoon of

June 15 a parked and locked vehiclelocated near the walking trails off of47th Avenue in Chetwynd was brokeninto and a wallet was stolen.“Police warn citizens to refrain from

keeping their wallets/identification orvaluables in their vehicles,” Sgt. OliviaTremblay said.RCMP are requesting if anyone has

information regarding this theft toreport it to the Chetwynd RCMP.• On June 19, local business Cat Shack

located at 4884 N access Rd, Chetwynd

B.C. reported that a red 2001 Honda,Foreman 500 4x4 quad was stolen some-time over the weekend.“It appears that someone had used

another piece of machinery to lift thequad which was locked in a secure com-pound, over the fence and out of thecompound,” Tremblay said.The quad belonged to a customer of

the Cat Shack. Police are requesting ifanyone has information regarding thistheft to report it to the ChetwyndRCMP.• Chetwynd RCMP are pleased to

report that there were no real issuesreported associated to graduation fes-tivities.

Quad stolen from IRC

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CHETWYND – Chetwynd’sElectric Eels shone once again atanother swim meet held inKamloops B.C the weekend ofJune 8th-10th.

Local athletes Dylan Joyce;Kellee Lekavy; Kennedy Peats;Kierra Hallaert; Kelsey Hallaert;Presley Steen and BrittanyWelshmade up the roster that swam atthe last meet before preparing tocompete at either the “AA” or

“AAA” provincials.Joyce and Hallaert were

focused and determined to makethe qualifying time to attend the“AA” provincials held inVictoria this weekend. Joycemade his time in the 50m

freestyle and 100m breaststrokebecoming the first male swim-mer to represent the eels at aprovincial level. Hallaert putforth a valiant effort in prepar-ing for her favoured event, the100m breaststroke, although sheearned a personal best time by asecond she just missed the qual-ifying time by half a second.

Peats qualified in three moreevents to swim at the “AA”provincials and Steen qualifiedin two more events to swim atthe “AAA” provincial champi-onships.Lekavy posted personal best

times in the 50m and 100mfreestyle and earned a bronzemedal in the process; Welsh alsomade a podium finish in the200m freestyle with a personalbest time in that event as well asthe 200m I.M and 400mfreestyle.“All swimmers in attendance

posted a personal best time ineither one event or multipleevents with all but one swimmer

earning the opportunity to swimin the finals to finish within thetop eight in their respective agegroup and event,” Eels coachJason Brockman said. “Elevennew club records were brokenover the weekend as well prov-ing the meet to be a positiveexperience as a buffer meetheading into the final phase ofthe swim season coming to aclose within the next month.”The eels have three swimmers

representing the district ofChetwynd at the Swim B.C“AA” provincial championshipsheld in Victoria this weekendJoyce; Hallaert and Peats. Atthe “AAA” provincials currentlythere are also three representingthe town: Kellee Lekavy;Brittany Welsh and PresleySteen with the meet being heldin Richmond on July 5th-8th.Lekavy also qualified to repre-sent the community for the sec-ond time at the Age groupNationals held in Calgary onJuly 25th-29th.


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Eels electrify at last competition prior to provincials

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CHETWYND – Here are thelocal results for the year endFinals held in Williams LakeJune 8-10.The top four cowboys and

cowgirls will be off to theNational Finals Rodeo inSweetwater, Wyoming themiddle of July while to top 5 ineach event are also invited toattend Canadians in Virden,MB the first weekend inAugust.The BC All Around Cowgirl

was Gaileen Babcock of Ft. St.John, runner up was FrankieWilson of Groundbirch.Runner up BC All Around

Cowboy was Ricky Warren ofHudson Hope. Krystie Vipond

of Dawson Creek was crownedBC Queen and Mercedes Littleof Groundbirch was crownedPrincess for BC.Boys BC Cutting Champion

was Lance Issak of Arras, andrunner up was Ricky Warren.Girls BC Cutting Championwas Anna Rorison of DawsonCreek with Krystie Vipondending up 3rd.In Team Roping Lance Issac

and Ricky Warren took 3rd,Gaileen Babcock and TyDrinkall of Chetwynd took5th.Krystie Vipond took 2nd

overall in Girls Goat Tying,with Frankie Wilson finishing4th and Gaileen Babcock 5th.Frankie Wilson took 4th inGirls Breakaway Roping.

In Barrels Gaileen Babcockfinished 3rd and FrankieWilson 4th. Gaileen Babcockwas the Pole BendingChampion with Rick Warrentaking the title of Saddle BroncChampion with Ty Drinkallfinishing 3rd. CJ Graham ofHudson Hope was theBareback Champion.In Bull Riding Jake Gardner

of Ft. St. John finished 2nd,Braden Rutz of Rose Prairie3rd and Dakota Coates 5th.Many other Northern BC

contestants competed in thefinals and will be back againnext year to try and earn a spoton the National and Provincialteams. The 2012/2013 seasonwill be starting the middle ofSeptember.

Drinkall places fifth

Chetwynd’s Ty Drinkall poses with the Rodeo Queen and Princessduring the finals in Williams Lake the weekend of June 8.

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2012 Peace Christian Adventure Race resultsSUBMITTED

––––––––––––––Adult Open:The Three Amigos7:04:04 hrs1st OverallKrista MitchellVaughn MarillierMike Amirault

Mens Elite:Solomens Concubines7:08:58 hrsDonny DiminitzDustin KingKevin Bunker

Womens Elite:Harder and Faster

8:45:52 hrsCrista HarderAmanda BreuerBlake Parker

High School Mens Elite:The Molten Maroons7:49:52 hrsRiley ShankelBrandon KingNathan Sawchuck

“B” Course Winners:2 Grannies and aRinger 6:36:57 hrsDallas BeestanEllen MitchelLinda Ralston

BY LIZ BROWNChetwynd Echo Reporter

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Struggling artist ConnorPohl is confident hisdream will take flight, butis asking for a little boostfrom the community to gethim there.In a self-made video at

www.indiegogo.com (afundraising site for aspir-ing filmmakers andartists), Pohl expresses hislongstanding desire toproduce an album andtake his solo project ontour.Earlier this month, Pohl

was busy recording inCalgary, but is looking formore cash to finish theproject. He learned to playguitar at age 12 and wasself-taught with the excep-tion of having the D and Cchord shown to him.When he realized hewas-

n’t half bad, he decided tostick with it, especiallywhen he learned to playEruption by Van Halen atage 14.“I look at it now and I go

‘I don’t know how I couldplay that when I was thatyoung because it was justso ridiculous.’”He was inspired to

progress further when heheard Back in Black byAC/DC.“I heard it and then was

like, ‘I should learn that.’ Ithought it was the coolestthing ever.”Pohl wasn’t the only one

who realized he had aknack for the guitar. Heremembers his dad’s friendalso being impressed by hisacoustic skills.“He was about 38 or 40

and I was 14. And he saidthat he could never movehis hands as fast as I did.So it was really kind of

interesting.”Now Pohl practices four

times per week, threehours a day. He recentlyplayed for high schoolgrad with his bandAtrium, a punk rocksound he and his brotherMichael birthed and haveadded two other musicalbrothers Matt and JoshStanyer to complete theband’s sound.“If Blink 182 and Muse

had a lovechild, that’s whatit would sound like, Ithink.”He says the brother duo

has an added advantage ofplaying well together.“One jam andwe did like

10 songs together. It waslike really crazy chemistrygoing on.”Pohl says his acoustic

solo project has beeninspired by various people,life experiences and amaturity in himself.

“I went through a stagewhere all I wanted to bewas the fastest guitar play-er and I like…I kind of gotcocky when I was in highschool because I was justlike all about speed. Butwhen I started writingsongs: its not about howfast you can play, it’s abouthow like much you canmake somebody feelsomething while you’replaying it. So I totallychanged.”Pohl comes from a musi-

cal background. His stepmom Wendy Pohl’s bandDark Horse has kept herbusy, but Pohl says shecould have toured, but shemade a conscious decisionto put her family first.Pohl’s uncle Danny

Simpson also saw successin his music and played inshows for the likes of rock-ers like Alice Cooper, saysPohl. In memory of his

uncle who died in 2009,Pohl helped others engi-neer the final product of aCD Simpson was workingon but never finished.Pohl hopes to be playing

music for the rest of his lifeand he sees making thisalbum as a significant step.He’ll keep playing he says,as long as he’s still havingfun.

“What I wanted to dowith this acoustic albumwas…like if I could reachone person on an emotion-al level, like say I’ve beenaffected by this music –that would be the ultimategoal.”Connor Pohl’s count-

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LOCAL NEWS


––––––––––––––CHETWYND – Chetwynd RCMP are also seeking

volunteers in the Chetwynd area who are willing tovolunteer their time to participate in Citizens OnPatrol. (C.O.P.S)C.O.P.S. is a proactive initiative aimed at reducing

crime and involving the community in crime preven-tion.“This is not limited to the town limits,” Sgt. Olivia

Tremblay said. “Volunteers from allareas/communities in the Chetwynd RCMP detach-ment area are welcome.”Citizens On Patrol generally partake in evening

patrols in order to assist police with identifying suspi-cious activity. Their tasks may also include speed zonecontrol, attending special events and liaising withpolice on other matters dealing with safety in our com-munity.“A police records check/criminal records check will

be necessary to participate and volunteers may not beaccepted based on these checks at the discretion of thepolice,” Tremblay said.

If you are interested in volunteering your time tohelp keep your community safe, please contact theChetwynd RCMP detachment.


––––––––––––––CHETWYND –

Following in his father’sfootsteps, Chetwynd’snewest RCMP Cst. RyanLemay arrived in the com-munity straight out ofdepot on May 25.Hailing from Edmonton,

AB Lemay said Chetwyndwas a natural fit for him.“I requested to go north

to a medium sized detach-ment and this is what I

got,” he said.Lemay said he’s loving

the quietness of a smallcommunity compared tothe city.“I lived on Whyte

Avenue so there wasalways ambulances andbusses going by– I get agood sleep here,” he said,laughing.Becoming an RCMP

officer is somethingLemay has always wantedto do.“My dad was a member

for 27 years,” he said.“After college I wentstraight in.”Working in the north

allows Lemay to experi-ence a little bit of every-thing when it comes topolicing including trafficduties and being assignedas a school liaison.“I’m just kind of getting

my feet wet,” he said.Lemay – who is single -

said his first few weeks inChetwynd have been verywelcoming.

“I had to get my wind-shield in my car replacedwhen I first moved hereand I talked to the peopleat Chetwynd Glass forabout an hour and half,”he laughed. “It seems likeeverywhere I go peoplewant to get to know me – Iguess I’m the new face intown.”Lemay is scheduled to

be posted in Chetwynd forthe next five years.“I’m excited to be here,”

he said.

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Betty Grindle of Grindz n Bindz presents TLC Thrift Store Manager Rebekah Halleart and Society presidentLeo Sabulsky with envelopes stuffed with cash to the tune of $5,000+. The money was raised during Grindle’sannual Jail and Bail which took place June 1. The money will be used to help renovate the TLC building tomake it both more energy efficient and wheelchair accessible. Photo by Naomi Larsen

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LOCAL NEWS

Community group asking Tembec to say no tologging Sandy Lake area: preserve it instead


––––––––––––––CHETWYND –

Concerned members of theChetwynd CommunityGroup (CCG) approachedcouncil members Mondayevening with a requestthat a letter be sent to thegovernment and Tembecpulp mill to agree not tolog the proposed cutblocks at Sandy Lake.Amy Meyers spoke on

behalf of the CCG, withnearly a dozen supporterssitting behind her.“I feel really firmly that

this has to be addressed,”Meyers said.Meyers who was a forest

technician for 21 yearssays she is not against log-ging.“I want to promote

responsible logging,” shesaid. “It just so happensthat the Sandy Lake areareally is a special area. It’snot like any other piece offorest that we have and soit should be preserved.”Mayor Merlin Nichols

raised the issue of preserv-ing Sandy Lake in Marchwhen Tembec provided anupdate on the mill.“It’s very pretty. And

you get out there and youfeel like you’re in a remotearea. You ride your bikesthrough there. It’s proba-bly about maybe six, sevenmiles – the trail from hereacross,” said MayorNichols in March.Resident of Sandy Lake

and longtime trapper ofnearly 40 years, NormSawchuck also spoke outat that time: “We want toprotect that area because

once it’s clear cut it won’tbe good for recreation anymore or water fowl.”In her presentation to

council Meyers also askedthe District of Chetwyndand “any visible membersfrom the community” towrite to Tembec and theRainforest Alliance withtheir concerns about log-ging cut blocks PN87 andPN88.The specific regions dis-

cussed include portions of

Centurion Creek headwa-ters, Sandy Lake water-ways, Sandy Lake Road(also known as SundanceWheel Wagon Road byelders of Saulteau FirstNations), and unique geo-graphical features calleddry kettles.Also known as kettle

holes, they are formed bychunks of ice that haveseparated from a large gla-cier. The large blocks of icemelt over time, leaving

holes and depressions thatcan either fill with wateror dry up over time.“A lot of places in the

world think they’re specialand unique; create trails asif they are tourist attrac-tions…make them spe-cial,” Meyers told council.Meyers has seen six or

seven dry kettles in theSandy Lake region, butpresumes Tembec andministry of forest officialshaven’t noticed them.“I have a funny feeling

that there might be awhole bunch more that wehaven’t seen yet.”Along with requesting a

written letter be sent topreserve the designatedarea, she also requestedthe mapping of kettle for-mations within the regionand requested a level ofpermanent protection.Meyers asked the commu-

nity and council to “do theright thing.”“This protection is

required as soon as possi-ble because we under-stand that Tembec has per-

mits to log two blocksthere,” she said, also sug-gesting a one-kilometrebuffer be set in place sur-rounding the region.Nichols moved to pass

the information to admin-istration to review anddetermine how to moveforward.At March’s council meet-

ing, Tembec staff DougBraybrook responded toNichols request for preser-vation by saying the nextparticipation meeting willbe held in spring 2013,should the mill still be inoperation.In winter of 2012,

rumours of Tembec shut-ting down seemed justaround the corner withlogging expected to curtailby spring.“It’s a pricing issue,”

said Vice President ofCommunications andPublic Affairs LindaCoates in February.“Tembec is curtailing log

harvesting in order to min-imize working capital,”said Coates in February.

In other Tembec sitesacross the country, a forestfire interrupted Timmins,ON-based site's produc-tion.“So that will result in

about a month’s lost pro-duction for one of ourmills,’ Vice-president ofTembec’s Forest ResourceManagement Group, MikeMartel told CBC during aninterview on June 4th.Martel also said the

Cochrane, ON-based milllost production due to thefire.At the Temiscaming,

Quebec mill in May, twohuman skulls were foundduring excavating causingoperations to cease andpolice were called to inves-tigate. Vice-president ofcommunications and pub-lic affairs Linda Coatessaid workers would notresume work until morehistorical data was found.


––––––––––––––CHETWYND – New staff Sgt.

Olivia Tremblay, who took overfor Sgt. Kim Rusk in May 22nd,paid a visit to Mayor MerlinNichols and council members onMonday evening. The Mayorand council members welcomedSgt. Tremblay to Chetwynd andlistened to the priorities she setout to accomplish with the RCMPstaff. Her priorities included sub-

stance abuse, traffic enforcementand community involvement.Councilor Bob Nicholson pro-

vided a warm welcome andasked about the Citizens OnPatrol program.“Is that gone by the way side?”“I’ve not heard of any Citizens

On Patrol since I’ve been here.It’s not as easy to get volunteersas you would imagine,” said Sgt.Tremblay.She added they will be adver-

tising for guards soon as they are

short-staffed.With a high turnover of experi-

enced senior staff leaving andnew, young staff joining theChetwynd RCMP, Sgt. Tremblayis experiencing several changes,but she is looking forward tomeeting the new staff, she said.Councilor Don Harris also wel-

comed Sgt. Tremblay to town.“You guys are doing a good

job…just being visible,” saidHarris.

Council welcomes new Sergeant

“ You guys are doinga good job ... just

being visible.”

Amy Meyerspeaks to council.Photo by Liz Brown

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FEATURE


––––––––––––––MT WARTENBE – The

C h e t w y n dO u t d o o r sSociety embarked on ahistorical hike and bike inearly May to MountWartanbe. MountWartanbe provides scenicvistas of Lone Prairie’svast landscape and hostswreckage from a fatalplane crash occurring inthe seventies. The roughly20 participants consistedof outdoor enthusiasts,explorers, history buffsand a pilot.

The crew hiked, bikedand quaded up the trailuntil they were forced intodense forest where theremaining debris lay scat-tered on the ground andtwisted amongst the trees.Pieces of wings, wires

tangled like yarn, controlswitches and mechanicalparts littered the forest.Superstition hovers

around pilots attendingcrash sites and it keepsmany away from evenreading about such inci-dents. It didn’t keep flightinstructor and pilot JonThomson from the crash.

“ J u s tcuriosity. Itis a prettysobering sitejust to see asmall crash.But I guessI’m just curi-ous in a non-m o r b i dway,” saidThomson.T h om s o n

provided insight to vari-ous parts of the plane andalso made a possible cor-rection to the initial news-paper write up during thetime of the accident.

T h eC h e t w y n dEcho archivesrecorded theplane crashin an issued a t e dWednesdayJuly 12, 1972.The crashoccurred onSaturday July8, 1972. In the

article, the plane isdescribed as “an executiveturbo-prop Cessna 421”,but after finding anengine at the site,Thomson said the plane

was a six cylinderContinental 520 cubicengine.“It is absolutely 100 per

cent a piston engine. Theconstruction of the pistonis completely different,”said Thomson.The article reported six

men who flew into theside of Mount Wartanbeand crashed at 3,500 feet,dying on impact.Persons involved in the

crash were pilot DouglasRussell Gant, 47, GordonDouglas Morrison, 40from Edmonton; JohnHoward Marshall 28, from

St. Albert, Alberta, and theremaining three weremining engineers fromAustralia: MauriceGuddard, 32, CharlesLilly, 40, and AshleyBarton 28.“Three bodies were

found in or near thewrecked fuselage while theothers were scattered overa wide area. One witnesssaid not one whole bodywas found, identificationwas made by rings andwallets,” said the article.

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“Not one wholebody was found,idenfication wasmade by ringsand wallets.”

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Bodies were recoveredwith the help of RCMPand Search and Rescueand sent to Vancouver onMonday for Coroner’sinquest Tuesday.The plane was en route

from Edmonton toChetwynd to perform acoal feasibility study inthe Sukunka River Valleyand was meant to land atabout 9:30am. During theflight, there were reportsof ‘poor visibility’ overthe radio.“If we knew what the

cause of the crash was,which I think was weath-er, then you know we canmaybe apply that to ourown decision makingprocess and become bet-ter pilots and try not tomake the same mistakes,”said Thomson.Roughly ten years ago,

Wayne Aselson found thecrash site when he andhis friends were hunting

in the area. He saw seatsstrewn everywhere and amotor, which he managedto pack out with him.The same weekend of

the Wartanbe crash, aplane went down inMackenzie, taking anoth-er two lives in the span oftwo days.After the hike,

Thomson furtherresearched the Cessna 421and later posted to theChetwynd OutdoorsSociety a link with moreinformation.

“They were manufac-tured between 67 and 85,so the one on the moun-tain was maximum fiveyears old when itcrashed,” he said.“It’s just interesting that

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––––––––––––––CHETWYND – During Monday’s

council meeting, the District pre-sented an email from theEnvironmental Assessment Officerequesting their presence at a mid-July group meeting to assist withthe Environmental assessment ofCardero Coal’s proposed CarbonCreek mining project.

Project assessment managerGerry Hamblin of EAO wrote:“The Environmental Assessment

Office would like to establish aworking group of federal, provin-cial, local government and FirstNation representatives to assistEAO with the environmentalassessment and to hold an intro-ductory working group meeting inChetwynd, preferable in mid-lateJuly, subject to the members; avail-

ability.”Cardero Coal Ltd. is proposing

the development of a coal mine thatwill average production of 2.9 mil-lion metric tones of clean coal peryear. The site rests 40 km West ofHudson’s Hope at the 77-kilometremark of Johnson Creek Road.Cardero’s website states: “The

company plans to produce a hardcoking coal, a semi-soft coking coaland a PCI product. The companyplans to continue with explorationdrilling aimed at expanding thecurrent resource base and advanc-ing the Carbon Creek assetstowards a production decision.”On Feb. 29, three young members

of the Saulteau First Nationsreserve camped out along JohnsonCreek and vowed to stay campeduntil the spring in protest to thedevelopment of the mine.Nancy Curry, corporate commu-

nications representative told theChetwynd Echo in March in responseto the First Nations camped protest“I’m a bit surprised by it becausewe’re not even working right now.”One of the protesters concerns

was if the area experienced anotherflood like 2011’s.“Say a big rain comes like last

summer…the wash over is going togo directly into Carbon Lake,”Nathan Parenteau told theChetwynd Echo on March 30th.But the proposed project is mov-

ing forward and Hamblin said inthe email that the meeting wouldtouch on “an overview of the pro-posed project and the draftApplication InformationRequirements,” along with outlin-ing timelines and next steps.Council was left to decide on a

date and determine who wouldattend the meeting.

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––––––––––––––CHETWYND – The

Sukunka Group was excit-ed to receive grantapproval from the District

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of community gardenplots and setting up themobile kitchen onsite. Thehorse manure from theRodeo Exhibition Groundswill be the garden’s mainsource of fertilization. Thegarden will be availablefor people in theChetwynd communitywho would otherwise nothave a plot of land to gar-den with. The mobile

kitchen will be a teachingvehicle, allowing lectureson food storage, cooking,prep, etc. to take placeonsite.The other $15,000 was

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DAWSON CREEK – The accomplish-ments of more than 380 students at theChetwynd, Dawson Creek and TumblerRidge campuses of Northern LightsCollege were recognized on June 15 dur-ing Convocation ceremonies held in theAircraft Maintenance EngineeringHangar at the Dawson Creek Campus.Students in 41 different programs

offered at the three campuses were hon-oured through the conferral of certificatesand diplomas. Credentials were present-ed by NLC President Laurie Rancourt,Board chair Edith Leer, deans of instruc-tion and program instructors.Two valedictorians – Jessica Johnston,

an Applied Business Technology studentin Dawson Creek, and Andrea Carlson, aCareer and College Preparation student inChetwynd – extended thanks and con-gratulations to their classmates, familiesand friends, and instructors and staff atNLC.“We are moving forward once again,

with new responsibilities, stresses andchallenges,” said Johnston. “This is theday we get to close this chapter in ourlives, and start a new one.”Carlson thanked the instructors and

staff at the Chetwynd Campus.“We have all had the pleasure of work-

ing with some of the most amazing

instructors and administrative staff. Inever expected to find such an amazingsupport system,” Carlson said. A special highlight was the conferring

of an Honorary Associate of Arts Degree

on Catherine Dokkie from West MoberlyFirst Nation.Dokkie was recognized for her commit-

ment to preserving heritage, supportingeducation, and community service. She is

an Elder and inspirational figure for WestMoberly First Nation, and has shown acommitment to lifelong learning for her-self, her family, and students she hasworked with in School District 59 and atNLC. Most recently, Dokkie was an Eldersupport for students enrolled in MiningFundamentals programs at NLC.Catherine’s son, Dean, spoke on his

mother’s behalf, and explained that herfoundation of learning evolved from thebelief that “our culture teaches us to finisheverything you start.”“When you live in the bush, you can’t

lie to yourself. There is no such thing as,‘you can’t’,” Dean Dokkie said. “Youdon’t have to be afraid to ask for help….It’s about making up your mind and mov-ing forward, even if it doesn’t feel like it.”A number of other dignitaries were in

attendance, including Mike Bernier,Mayor of Dawson Creek; JerrilynSchembri, Peace River Regional District;Dale Bumstead, Metis Nation B.C.; ChiefRoland Willson, West Moberly FirstNation; and Chief Clifford Calliou, KellyLake Cree Nation. Elder Louise Isadoredelivered an opening blessing, and theNorthern Lights Drummers performed anhonour song.NLC hosts three Convocation cere-

monies each year. Other Convocation cer-emonies are held in Fort St. John (June 14)and Fort Nelson (June 22).


Monday, June 11 Tuesday June 12 Wednesday June 13

A Block:Chemistry 12 Final

Thursday June 14A Block: A& W Math term final.

C block: Physics 12D block: Foundations Math 10

final.• Locker clean out 11:10.• Grad rehearsal at 3:00

Friday June 15

1:30 Grad Rehearsal

Monday June 18 Tues., June 19 A.M. S.S.Science 10 class final

Last Day of regular classes forgrade 10-11 students. - unless

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Wed., June 20 A.M.

1:00 p.m.Biology 11 Final

Thursday, June 21 AM• AM Mandatory Social Studies

11 Review in room 20• 12:45 PM Social Studies 11

Provincial Exam.

Friday, June 22 AMEnglish 10 Provincial Exam

8:45 AMScience 8 class finalScience 9 class final

Pre-Calculus Math 11 final 9:00a.m.

Monday June 25English 12 Provincial Exam

8:45 a.m.Science 10 ProvincialExam12:45 p.m.

Tuesday, June 26A & W Math 10 and Foundationsof Math 10 Provincial Exam

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grade 8 & 9 students.FINAL DAY FOR TEXTBOOKS

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Thursday, June 28

Awards Ceremony 9:00 a.m. fol-lowed by report cards.

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EDUCATIONNLC confers honorary degree on Dokkie

Dokkie accepts her degree. Inset, Valedictorian Andrea Carlson. Photos submitted

Chetwy nd Echo 21Friday, June 22, 2012

REGIONAL NEWSColonial Coal quietly developing in Tumbler areaTUMBLER RIDGE NEWS

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Unless you’re a miningindustry mucky-muck,you’ve probably neverheard of Colonial Coal,and that’s just the way thatPresident David Austinwants it. Austin’s name might

also be unfamiliar to mostpeople, but he is a bit of afolk hero amongst the localmining industry, or atleast, he should be. Austinwas the president ofNorthern Energy andMining Inc when itannounced plans to devel-opment of the Trend prop-erty, which helped kick-start the Tumbler Ridgeeconomy after the closureof Bullmoose and

Quintette. Austin was alsoheavily involved inWestern Canadian Coaland starting the WolverineMine. “Everything in theTumbler Ridge area I’vebeen involved in starting,

one way or another,” saysAustin. Austin says he’s been

quietly working on devel-oping a pair of properties,one near Tumbler Ridgeand one in the Belcourt

Saxon region, because ifpeople knew he wasbehind Colonial, theymight start gouging him. Not that Austin couldn’t

afford to be gouged, just alittle bit. He made out like

gangbusters when WalterEnergy bought outWestern Coal for $3.3-bil-lion dollars. While not allthat money made it intoAustin’s pocket, he hasmanaged to do quite wellfor himself, especially ashe started the companywith about $100,000. The key to Colonial

Coal’s work is a propertyknown as the HuguenotProperty, a sprawling coaldeposit located southeastof Tumbler Ridge in theBelcourt Saxon area cover-ing over 7500 hectares.Colonial has managed topull together a block of 13connected coal licenses, aswell as two coal licenseapplications that encom-pass previously exploreddeposits. Estimates place

the amount of metallurgi-cal coal at anywherebetween 120–150 milliontonnes of coal. Over the next few years,

Colonial will be exploringthe property to get a bettersense of just how muchcoal there is, as well ashow easy it will be to getto. The big plan for 2012 isto continue the drillingprogram they started lastyear, as well as environ-mental baseline studiesand data collection.According to Austin, thecompany isn’t expecting tosee anything coming out ofthe ground until 2015 atthe earliest. “We don’twant to short circuit the

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What’s in a name? Whoare you? How long

is your story? Whattragedies, victories, joys,and successes are writtenon the pages of your histo-ry? We call our homeChetwynd, theCommunity Carved bySuccess, even though wemight actually live at LonePrairie, Commotion Creek,Hasler Flats, Bond Siding,Moberly Lake, Sundance,

Big Lake, Wildmare, orsomewhere between thereand here. It really doesn’tmatter. Chetwynd is stillour home and its history isour history.Chetwynd took its name

only a half century ago.That’s a long time if you’rethirteen going on twentybut, in the great scheme ofthings, 50 years rolls pastpretty quickly. (Just askme.) But whose successare we remembering andhonoring in our 50th cele-brations? Whose successcarved our fields out of thebush and laid out thestreets where our housesnow comfortably shelterus from sleet, sun, and

shysters? Whose loneli-ness and isolation laid thefoundation for our instantcommunication? Whowas satisfied, no, notmerely satisfied, but gen-uinely happy to carveaway at the wilderness(with very little of whatwe would call success)trusting that their chil-dren’s children wouldhave life a little easier and,maybe, even a little moresuccessful.What’s in the name we

share: Chetwynd? In thatname you will find the sto-ries of the men andwomen who, followingonly their dreams, carvedout the trails over the hills

and along the rivers tomake their solitary waysin to this valley that wenow call home. Not all ofthem were successful – aswe might measure success.Some remained and theirdescendants still con-tribute to the society weenjoy. Some of them fledback to their old haunts,unable to stand the loneli-ness, desperately hardwork, lack of medical serv-ices, and inability to com-municate with family leftbehind. Some of them per-ished, prey to the hazardsof cold, hunger, rivers, andwild animals. But eventheir stories live on toenrich our lives and show

us the way to success.When our pioneers

made their ways into ourvalleys, success lookedvery different from thesuccess we are so pleasedto enjoy. For some it wasoutrunning the fear of cap-ture following the Rieluprising and its aftermathin the late 19th century,and after years of hardshipand hunger finally settlingat Moberly Lake. Forsome, success was gettingthe log cabin winterizedbefore winter and havingenough grub to last untilthe ice turned again to liq-uid and the new life burstout in the valley. Otherssaw success in struggling

through the jungles of thePine Pass and coming outalive.These pioneers of the

valleys, the First Nationspeople and all the otherswho boldly (or fearfully)entered the wildernessand, by their successes andfailures, built a solid baseon which we could be suc-cessful – these we honorafter fifty years asChetwynd, theCommunity Carved bytheir Success.

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Now that's what you call sea weed.The U.S. navy said Tuesday it recovered nearly 19,000

lbs. of marijuana that three boats had dumped off thecoast of California before they fled.American and Mexican military officers scooped the

bales of drugs out of the Pacific Ocean Saturday after-noon. The shipment had been bound for the U.S.The lookout crew aboard the American aircraft carri-

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reported two white single engine boats about 25 feet inlength, which immediately began dumping black heftybags over the side," the navy said.The boats sped off.About three hours later, military crews saw occupants

of a third boat dump drugs in the ocean. It also fled.A total of 186 bales of marijuana were recovered.

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A bathroom break turnedembarrassing and painful for aKentucky woman Tuesday.Monticello city officials told

ABC Action News the womanwent to use a toilet in the localWalmart when she realized shewas stuck to the seat.

It was later determined the seatwas covered in Super Glue.According to the website, the

woman was stuck inside the rest-room for nearly an hour.Police are now investigating

the incident. "We're looking at it. Right now,

I wouldn't be prepared to saywhich way it was -- accident or

intention," the city's police chiefRalph Miniard told ABC ActionNews.com.Paramedics were on hand to

help pull the woman off the seat.She was taken to a nearby hospi-tal to be checked out.This isn't the first time someone

was glued to a toilet seat at aWalmart, ABC Action News says.

A man got stuck to a toilet at aMaryland Walmart on March 31,the result of an April Fool's Dayprank.Putting Super Glue on a toilet is

considered a crime, and the per-petrator could face second-degree assault charges, Lt.Matthew Donnelly of the Elktonpolice department said.

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CALGARY - Fish andWildlife officers corralledand captured a bold bullmoose after it played intraffic and ran through anAirdrie, Alta., auto dealer-ship.A passing motorist

called police after he spot-ted the evasive moosearound 11 a.m. as it ranthrough traffic on Hwy. 2.The moose, estimated to

be about a year old, even-tually galloped through alocal car dealership beforewinding up in the parkinglot of Dandy Auto,Marine and RV and ParAuto Parts.Employees penned the

450-pound animal byslamming closed a fencegate."He was running all the

way around this parkinglot," said Cameron

Dunbar, an employee atPar Auto Parts."He just kind of sat

beside my truck and I wasa little bit worried he wasgoing to fall on top of it."A crowd had gathered

to take photos and videowith their cellphones ofthe moose, which was vis-ibly agitated and pacing"He was panting a lot --

he was pretty scared to behere," Dunbar said. "Hedidn't look like he knewwhat was happening.Confused is probably thebest word I could say."Police controlled the

crowd and Alberta Fishand Wildlife officers fromCalgary arrived soonafter.Fish and Wildlife officer

Ken Mackay brought theanimal down with a tran-quillizer dart."Typically we see them

showing up at this time of

the year because mom isgetting ready to calveagain," explained TomBiglin, a District Fish andWildlife officer fromCalgary."She's been bred in the

fall and is ready to calveand they kick out theseyoung fellas, these year-lings to fend for them-selves."Biglin said the biggest

concern with a moose inan urban area like Airdrie,north of Calgary, is thepotential for it to be struckby a car."They (cars) take the

legs out from underneathit and the body comesthrough the windshield,"Biglin explained. "Such abig animal can cause a lotof damage and problems."Biglin added that offi-

cers are starting to seemore and more moose inthe "east country."

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Police in SouthAustralia say they'researching for thieves whostole 93 lbs. of mayon-naise from a refrigeratedwarehouse on Saturday.Two large tubs of the

spread were stolen from abusiness in Whyalla,about 380 km north ofAdelaide, police said.NewsCore reports

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method. We do it by thebook. That unfortunatelymeans the time frame islonger than some mightlike.” At the bottom of the coal

market, in 2000, coal wasselling for $37.67USD/ton, and prices havedoubled since Q1 of 2008.However, Austin isn’tworried about the coalmarket crashing betweennow and then. “This isactually the bottom of themarket. Everyone thoughtyou could get $180-200 aton. I thought we’d see$210. Meanwhile, Anglo isbumping price up to $230.Last year the demand was-n’t quite there. But nowwhat’s happening is theIndian economy and the

Chinese economy arereversing themselves. Ithink we’ll see prices getto $230-240, but stable. Ifyou’re a coal producer, thehigh prices are nice, butyou want stable.”Austin says the chance

of Colonial taking theHuguenot property toexport stage is highlyunlikely. “Colonial coalwill be bought out,” hesays. “Our intention is todo the drill program andbuild it out to the highestpossible value. WithNEMI and Western wewere bought out for thetonnage we could prove.The most likely scenario iswe’ll do the developmentwork, but the likelyhoodof us doing the mineitself…there’s too manycompanies in the area.

Xstrata, Teck, Walter,Anglo. The only companythat has coking coal thatisn’t claimed is us. In thesoutheast of this area,that’s where all the bestcoal is. From TumblerRidge all the way down,that’s coking coal, and theonly company that has afoothold in that area isColonial. With NEMI, wetook it through to produc-tion. We opened up theTrend property. And that’swhen the other companiesstarting to pay attention.It’s better for everybody toallow the large miningcompany to do what theydo best. With NEMI, it wasa bit of disaster to do whatwe did, but with Anglorunning the property, it’sgoing to be so much bet-ter.”

Austin says the studiesthat they’ve done showthat the area would beproperty with a coal priceof $110. “If you can make itwork at $110, you shouldbe able to make it work at$220.”While the Huguenot

propert is Colonial’slargest property, it’s notthe only one. They own asecond property, onlyabout 20 km from TumblerRidge, called the Flatbedproperty. “Flatbed hassome unusual things

there,” says Austin. “Thedata we have were doneby other people whoowned the propertybefore. The property hasopen pit potential, but alot of underground poten-tial. We have looked at thedata and we intend to do adrill program focusing onunderground potential.”Austin says that, whileopen pit has been tradi-tional in Tumbler Ridge,underground is starting toattract attention. He pointsto HD Mining, who plan

on opening an under-ground mine. “The ton-nage on Xstrata’s sukunkaproperty is 100 milliontonnes, and that’s mostlyunderground.”Underground mining,

says Austin, is actually thepreferred method of min-ing, from an environmen-tal standpoint.“Underground does a lotless damage to the envi-ronment. We’d like to seeit at zero. And it’s less ofan eyesore.”

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