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CHETWYND –Candidates for the Districtof Chetwynd 2013 by-elec-tion were announcedMarch 8.Sandra Leer, Ross

Roberts, Darren Shankel,Bob Shirley and LarryVezina will all be runningto fill the vacant spot leftby the resignation ofCoun. Don Harris.“This is just a prelimi-

nary declaration as candi-dates have until 4 p.m. onFriday, March 15th towithdraw their candida-cy,” Laura Howes, DeputyDirector of CorporateAdministration and ChiefElection Officer with theDistrict of Chetwynd saidin an email. “At that time,the official Declaration ofan Election by voting willbe made.”Coun, Don Harris issued

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LOCAL NEWSDistrict voices concerns over Northeast

ambient air monitoring programBY MIKE CARTER


CHETWYND – TheDistrict of Chetwynd isvoicing its displeasurewith a decision by theMinistry of Environmentto exclude Chetwyndfrom its immediate plansto develop an air-moni-toring program in thePeace Region.In a letter to council

dated Feb. 14, MinisterTerry Lake said, “plansare currently underwayto develop a monitoringprogram in the PeaceRegion. Monitoring willinitially focus in areassurrounding Fort St. Johnand Dawson Creek wherepopulations intersectwith oil and gas develop-ment. After initial loca-tions are set,” the minis-ter wrote, “the geograph-ic scope may be expand-ed to include other areasin the northeast such asChetwynd.”

According to someCouncilors and MayorNichols, this is not goodenough.“Basically we’re not

happy that we’re notincluded and we want tobe included. There’s gashere, their flaring andtheir pumping and wewant [air monitoring],”Mayor Nichols said.“We have been inter-

secting [with oil and gas]for a long time. I thinkmaybe it’s our turn to getsome monitoring,” saidCouncilor Ernest Pfanner.In a response to the

Minister’s letter, MayorNichols wrote, “we werepleased to hear that plansare currently underway todevelop a monitoring pro-gram in the Peace Regionhowever we stronglybelieve that Chetwyndshould be included in thatworking group andinvolved in decisionsregarding priority moni-toring locations. As previ-

ously noted, Chetwyndhas two gas refining facili-ties in our immediate areand several subordinatefacilities including pumpstations and transmissionlines.”Air quality issues have

been a big concern for thecommunity for severalyears, most recentlyexpressed in theChetwynd Age-FriendlySeniors Task Force’Voice’s of Chetwynd

video.Former Mayor, Charlie

Lasser described how thevalley the town is locatedin acts like a sink whereair is sucked down andcirculates, preventedfrom escaping by thefoothills.Referring to the Enersul

sulphur palletizing plant,Lasser said, “any sulphurthat comes out of thatstack is pulled rightdown into Chetwynd, so

that is bad and we’vepointed it out manytimes, but they’ve eventaken some of the moni-toring stations away sothat it wouldn’t showhow much we have [inthe air].”There has been moni-

toring in Chetwyndbefore of a certain type,the Mayor explained,“and I believe there isongoing monitoring of acertain type but there’snot the type that tells ushow many particles ofH2S are in the air.”Hydrogen Sulfides

(H2S) are known to bereleased in the air fromvarious oil and gas activi-ties, especially naturalgas developments. It is acolorless gas with thecharacteristic foul odor ofrotten eggs; it is heavierthan air, very poisonous,corrosive, flammable andexplosive.In July 2012, Gail Millar

an air quality technician

with the Ministry of theEnvironment made apresentation to council onthe current and ongoingparticulate matter (PM)air monitoring programsbeing conducted inChetwynd. In the pastsuch activities were car-ried out with monitoringstations set up on top ofthe Lakeview CreditUnion building and theWindrem School.This type of monitor-

ing, which does not regis-ter H2S, is done to inden-tify trends of particulatematter and potentialemission sources associ-ated with poor air quality.Council awaits a

response from theMinistry of Environmentregarding the NortheastAmbient Air Monitoringprogram, it remainsunclear at this time if orwhen Chetwynd will beincluded in the NortheastAmbient Air MonitoringNetwork.

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“Basically weʼrenot happy that

weʼre notincluded...”

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––––––––––––––CHETWYND – A fire Thursday

evening at West Fraser Timber’sChetwynd Forest Industriesdestroyed one air compressor anddamaged another according to millManager Darren Brkic.There were no injuries reported

and the cause of the fire has yet tobe determined.“It could be a number of things

but we’re still not sure, not certainwhat would have caused it,” Brkicsaid.Fifteen fire fighters were dis-

patched to the fire, which beganbetween 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.Employees of the mill were the firstto respond with fire extinguishers

and other equipment they hadavailable holding off the blaze untilthe Chetwynd Fire Department gotto the scene.The damage sustained was con-

tained to a building separate fromthe mill itself, which houses sever-al air compressor units. “There wasno disruption to the mill,” Brkicsaid. “ We’re doing an internalinvestigation and we had WorkSafeBC come to the site as well FridayMorning.”Fire Chief Leo Sabulsky played

down the incident, saying, “its anindustrial fire, they happen all thetime.”“Basically an air compressor

caught fire and there were lots ofpeople around and so we felt theydid a really good job. It was con-

tained and it was in the wall [of theair compressor building]. It couldhave been very dangerous but itwasn’t in the very end and we hadample water. We thank the WestFraser people for working so hardat extinguishing it, they helped agreat deal.”The costs of the damages are not

yet known, Brkic said. “It willcome out more as we start to repairthings and do the cost tracking.”He expects West Fraser will

replace the destroyed air compres-sor, so that the local mill will nothave to shoulder the cost of abrand new one, which can run intothe thousands of dollars.WorkSafe BC did not respond to

a request for comment by presstime.

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best scoopobligations in Rainbow Lake, Alberta and a return to hispassion of preaching with the Native Ministries organi-zation as his reasons for leaving office.Harris will be traveling to Native reserves throughout

the United States in Canada with the organization.The by-election date is set for Saturday, April 13 with

advanced voting to be held April 3rd and 10th. Bothadvanced voting and general voting will be held from8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the District Office.A person elected in a by-election holds office until the

end of the term of the office in respect of which the elec-tion was held.An all candidates forum will be held the evening of

Tuesday, April 2.

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By-election set for Saturday April 13

Ienjoy municipal elec-tions. I love the com-petition that goes on in

a small town election: thesigns, the campaigning,the advertising, the back-stabbing (hey, it hap-pens...) it makes for anentertaining month.

However I always thinkthere has got to be a wayto jive them up a little bit.Besides an all-candi-

dates forum we shouldhave, let's say, a talentand evening-wear por-tion. Or...a fear factor typehour where candidateshave to partake in some ofthe most terrifying politi-cal situations: beingswarmed by a mob ofangry residents withwater meter discrepanciesor locked in a room with

copies of the district'sparking bylaw and repre-sentatives from theregional district.But seriously, with the

by-election just aroundthe corner it's importantto make sure you knowthe issues and know yourcandidates.As of Friday, five resi-

dents (two from MobelryLake) have put theirnames forth to replaceCouncillor Don Harriswho resigned in January

due to a new job opportu-nity.It is hoped the commu-

nity will ask questions,learn about the system,get to know the candi-daates and come out andmake a well-informedvote. And just to be crys-tal clear...your vote doesmatter.Elected councilors are

responsible for control-ling the town’s budgetand making the decisionson the services the council

provides. So your vote isyour direct link with theservice you receive.Honestly...if you don't

think a single vote makesa difference then changeyour perspective andmake voting a personalaction. Use your vote tocancel out someone else'svote. Do you disagreewith a family member,coworker or friend on anissue? Identify a personwith whom you disagreeand use your vote to can-

cel out their vote. In thisway, one vote really doesmake a difference.In order to be eligible to

vote you must be aCanadian citizen, age 18or older, a resident of BCfor the past six monthsand a resident of the com-munity for 30 days.As your community

newspaper look for candi-date profiles in theupcoming weeks and getto know who you’re vot-ing for and why.

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Thereʼs time to have your voice heard as public comment continuesTo the Editor:Over the past few weeks, BC

Hydro has taken part in openhouses in northern B.C. commu-nities regarding theEnvironmental ImpactStatement (EIS) for the Site CClean Energy Project. Theseopen houses were held by thefederal Canadian EnvironmentalAssessment Agency and the B.C.Environmental AssessmentOffice, and we were pleased toprovide information about theproject and answer questionsfrom nearly 300 members of thepublic who came by.For those who were unable to

attend the open houses, or whohave not yet provided their com-ments, the public comment peri-od is still underway. The federaland provincial environmental

assessment agencies will beaccepting written comments onBC Hydro’s filing until April 4,2013.BC Hydro submitted its EIS for

the Site C project to the agencieson January 25, 2013. This filinginitiated an extensive, independ-ent review process, whichincludes review by the govern-ment-led Advisory WorkingGroup, six open houses, the 60-day public comment period, andfuture public hearings under anindependent Joint Review Panel.There are multiple opportunitiesfor the public, communities andAboriginal groups to provideinput and answer questions asthis review process takes placeover the next year.Site C would be a proposed

hydroelectric dam and generat-

ing station on the Peace River innortheast B.C. Site C is beingproposed by BC Hydro to pro-vide 1,100 megawatts of capacityand 5,100 gigawatt hours ofenergy to the province’s inte-grated electricity system. Subjectto approvals, Site C would be asource of clean, reliable and cost-effective power for BC Hydrocustomers for more than 100years.The EIS details the rigorous

environmental assessmentundertaken for the Site C project.BC Hydro undertook multi-yearstudies to identify and assesspotential project effects – envi-ronmental, social, economic, her-itage and health – and is propos-ing comprehensive measures toavoid or mitigate effects.Some of the mitigation meas-

ures proposed by BC Hydroinclude upgrading roads toaccommodate traffic from proj-ect construction activities, fund-ing some community servicesand establishing an agriculturalcompensation fund to enhanceagricultural productivity in theregion. BC Hydro is also pro-posing to provide upstream fishpassage through a trap and haulfacility, create new wildlife habi-tat and build new boat launchesand recreation sites.All of this information is

included in the EIS, along withthe project rationale and adescription of the benefits Site Cwould provide for customers,Aboriginal and northern com-munities and the province as awhole.BC Hydro looks forward to

hearing from the public over thecoming weeks and months aspart of the review process for theSite C EIS.To learn more, the Executive

Summary of the EIS is availableat www.bchydro.com/sitec. Toview the full EIS or to provideyour comments, visit the regula-tory agencies’ websites:• Canadian Environmental

Assessment Agency: www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca• British Columbia

Environmental AssessmentO f f i c e :http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca/

Dave ConwayCommunity Relations Manager

for BC Hydro’s Site C CleanEnergy Project.

To the Editor,I have been reflecting on the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award and

medal I received at last Council. I am reminded of the debt I owe to all the goodand solid people with whom I work each day; of the debt I owe to those whobrought me up, and to those with whom I have worked over the decades, and thedebt to my wife and family who have stood by me for 50 years. Names and facesof people who have shaped my life come to mind; I couldn’t possibly name you allon this page but I thank you.Nor will I let this opportunity go by without acknowledging the team effort

required to make a positive contribution to the community. So I express my deepand heart-felt thanks to all of you whose efforts united make this town and thiscountry the home we love. And here is a special thanks to the Council members,the Administration, and staff of the District of Chetwynd for their united and pro-fessional efforts. It takes all of us to do it.God bless you all and may you prosper and be in health.

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Three Nation Ventures MidgetGiants were defeated 7-4 by the EastSmoky Rustlers in Championshiphockey action Sunday at theChetwynd Recreation Centre.Captain Liam Beattie led the way

for the Giants with a hat trick in thedefeat.The Rustlers also defeated the

Giants 7-5 on Saturday in EastSmoky. With the two defeats theteam took the aggregate scoringchampionship 14-9.With only eight players dressed

and one ejected from the game froma misconduct penalty, the EastSmoky Rustlers showed resiliencewith many players logging well over30 minutes of ice time.

This marks the end of the seasonfor the Chetwynd Three NationVentures Midget Giants, finishingsecond place in the overall stand-

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––––––––––––––DAWSON CREEK – Local snowmobile

drag racer Murray Booth returned homethe weekend of March 3 with two newtrophies for his collection after beingawarded first place in two differentevents at the Paradise Valley SnowmobileAssociation’s Thunder on the Mountainsnowmobile drags.Booth, who has raced off and on since

the mid-90s, said this was the first racehe’s participated in while living inChetwynd.Booth races in the two fastest classes

with his Yamaha 1000cc with a turbocharger – Open modified and KingModified – which is 900cc plus. He sweptboth events.

The races have been on a year hiatusdue to poor snow conditions. In an inter-view with the Dawson Creek DailyNews, Paradise Valley SnowmobileAssociation president Richard Croniersaid the event was shaping up to out tobe one of the biggest with thousands ofdollars in prize money.Racers from around the Peace and

some as far away as Sicamous attendedthe event which featured race categoriesthat ranged from 500cc to 1,000cc classes,divided into sub-groups based on alter-ations made to the sleds. The 500-footracetrack is located at the Paradise Valleyproperty on Bear Mountain.Booth said sleds can reach up to 100

miles-per-hour. Booth said his sled canreach speeds of between 150 and 160 kilo-metres per hour.

Murray Booth competed at Thunder on the Mountain and swept first place in twodivisions. Booth has been racing since the mid-90s. Photo by Naomi Larsen

Off to the Provincial$Sporting "Vintage"Chetwynd MinorHockey jerseys, MidgetGiants playersLiam Beattie and RandySpoklie accept a whop-ping $1,500 provincialssponsorship from MattDalke owner ofChetwynd Petroleums.Dalke, who is an alumniof Chetwynd MinorHockey, has been along-time supporter ofthe local midget hockeyprogram. The Chetwynd3NV Midget Giants areoff to Lillooet, BC thisweekend to compete inBC Hockey's MidgetP r o v i n c i a lChampionships.

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Secondary School Drama Club performedthe comedy mystery play Death ByChocolate for two nights last week to twosold out crowds.With Tim Helset taking on the role as

private eye Nick Noir and SamanthaSproule as Selma the production had peo-ple laughing at every turn.As the storyline goes, Noir has fallen

on hard times. After botching his lastcase, jobs are hard to come by. Thus he isforced to fire his secretary Selma – until acall comes in from Coco Purvis – playedby Kayla Sanford – who owns a coffeeshop with her sister Bonbon, played byAngel Merrel. Precious Perks is knownfor its famous drink “Death byChocolate” which turns out to be all tootrue for Vinnie the Leech who died whiledrinking it. Because of Vinnie’s death,the coffee shop may follow in his foot-steps unless they find out what hap-pened. Upon arriving at the shop, Noir finds

some pretty strange characters. WaitressBobbie Sue – played by Shania Davis –wants to be a country singer but can’tcarry a tune in a bucket while Bonbon isa crotchety old woman who keeps to her-self. Her “twin” sister, Coco, is the exactopposite – always social and bubbly.Henry, played by Shyanne Davis, is

decked out in DCs with not a hint of hisage sits and watches all the action.Francois, played by Trisha Fournier–hides behind his newspaper. And thewoman in black? None other thanYolanda Lamb played by Erika Helset.Also in the shop is a bag-lady turnedrestaurant critic played by JaymeFournier and a perky twenty-something,played by Lindsay Ballkwill.And even though recently fired, Selma

keeps showing up at opportune momentswith tidbits of background informationthat help him piece together the puzzlewith the help of her trusty cell phone. In the end, Noir muddles his way

through and figures it all out just as athird murder is about to be committed.Not only does he earn kudos for solvingthe crime, but the heart of Selma too. The Chetwynd Secondary School Drama Club performed Death by Chocolate last week. The cast and crew rehearsed for sev-

eral months before the performance which was held in the CSS Drama Room. Photos by Naomi Larsen

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Fraser Timber’s “ambi-tious” capital expenditurebudget for 2013, releasedwith their fourth quarterresults last month,includes two projects herein Chetwynd.The $250-$300 million

dollar budget is more thandouble that which wasspent by the company in2012.The Chetwynd sawmill

will undergo a rebuild,while the 12-megawattcapacity Chetwynd ForestIndustries Biomass powergeneration plant - a projectthat has been in the workssince August 2011 - willbegin construction with astart up date scheduled formid-2014. The project was

announced in August 2011,along with three other sim-ilar clean energy projectsin the second phase of theBC Hydro’s Bioenergy Callfor Power, a programdesigned to facilitate thecompany’s acquisition ofclean, renewable and cost-effective energy for theprovince that waslaunched in 2010.Rod Alders, an Engineer

with West Fraser providedus with a closer look at theproject that he says willalso improve regional airquality with the shutdownthe sawmill’s beehiveburner.“The beehive burner is

really how we dispose ofthe waste that we’re not[currently] utilizing togenerate power. A beehiveburner is like a woodstove,there’s not a lot of emis-sion control equipment on

it,” Alders said. “Our newsystem burns a lot moreefficiently.”The new system, which

will be constructed next tothe beehive burner, willharness the heat producedby the burning of woodchips, bark, wood shav-ings and otherunprocessed or unusableleftover materials from thesawmill. It will convert the heat

energy into power byburning these sources ofbiomass fuel in the ther-mal unit boiler to producehigh-pressure steam,which is transferred to theturbines of the generatingstation’s Turboden genera-tor, producing electricity. This waste, sometimes

referred to as “hog fuel”,consists of fuels that arecurrently reduced to ash inthe beehive burner accom-

panied plumes of smokethat emit greenhousegases.The energy plant will

use two Pratt & WhitneyTurboden designedOrganic Rankine Cycle(ORC) turbine units togenerate 88-gigawatt (GW)hours of firm clean powerannually. To put that inperspective, it takes rough-ly 750 GW hours to powerapproximately 70,000homes. The plant will consume

95,000 green tonnes of bio-mass, most of which willbe provided by thesawmill itself. But, asAlders said, “we do con-sume a little more fiber atthe power plant than weproduce at the mill rightnow.”Other biomass sources

may include othersawmills that aren’t usingtheir hog fuel or roadsidedebris. An estimate of 20 con-

struction jobs and 13 direct

jobs for fuel supply, oper-ating and maintenence areexpected.“For the most part, there

would be quite a bit ofmaintenance that occurs tothe generator and the ther-mal unit,” Aldersexplained.“These are big, large

bark burning units, so theytake a bit of manpower tomaintain. Most of those


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–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – Healthy

Forests – Healthy Communities,a non-partisan, volunteer-sup-ported initiative, released areport last month that identifies13 strategic recommendationsfor government on forest man-agement issues that werebrought to the table during twoyears of dialogue betweenexperts and the members ofcommunities across BC on theforest industry.The goal of Healthy Forests –

Healthy Communities (HFHC)is, “to raise the profile of forestmanagement leading up to theelection and to inform [politicalparties] of the issues and recom-mendations of communities,experts, First Nations etc., “ saidHFHC Coordinator BillBourgeois. So far, the BC NDP and the BC

Green party have publiclyoffered their support for thereports recommendations, whileno responses from either the BCLiberals or the BC conservatives

have yet been received,Bourgeois said. “Even though citizens of

Chetwynd were not directlyinvolved in the dialogue, Iwould encourage them toreview the report, issues andrecommendations and decidewhat fits or does not fit their

views. Where there is consisten-cy with other communities andconcerned citizens I wouldencourage Chetwynd residentsto make this known. If there aredifferences, these should also beraised,” Bourgeois added.“The most important issues

are the creation of both a provin-cial vision for our forests andsubsequent local visions thatdrive decisions. Also, govern-ment providing the requirementfor communities to have a

greater influence on strategicforest management decision-making.”The 13 recommendations are

to be implemented throughwhat the organization is callinga Strategic Action Plan, intend-ed to inform politicians of rec-ommended strategic actions

necessary to ensure smart andsustainable development andforest management.“Failure to manage forest

lands through a long-term sus-tainability lens will result in areduction in both investmentand management of the forestasset leading to unacceptablelevels of [low] community eco-nomic development, familyhealth and BC revenue, “ thereport warns. The report also states that,

“many communities feel bothleft out of forest managementdecision-making and disap-pointed government does notexpedite delivery of commit-ments. This has generated asense of frustration and help-lessness in getting governmentto listen and act.”

The Strategic Action Plan willinvolve communities in localforest lands management deci-sion making, ensure resourceinventories, monitoring andassessments provide reliableknowledge on the state of theforest, conduct priority forestmanagement treatments to meetlocal and provincial forestrylands goals and ensure a vibrantforest lands research sectorexists to support long-term for-est management.

Specifically, the report rec-ommends that the provinceadopt a set of resource man-agement extraction principlesthat work toward a flexibleand “living” forest manage-ment system, establishing lawsand policies to increase bothcommunity involvement andstable, long-term forest stew-ardship funding. “The recommendations are

not binding on government,”Bourgeois noted. “It is up to thevoters to put pressure on gov-ernment to adopt and imple-ment the recommendations. It isthis pressure that will make thedifference. If the citizens ofChetwynd support the recom-mendations, we are encouragingthem to ask the candidates fromall political parties what theywill do relative to the key issuesidentified.”A detailed list of “how to”

actions for each of the 13 recom-mendations of the report isavailable on the HealthyCommunities – Healthy Forest’sw e b s i t e ,www.bcforestconversation.com.


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jobs will be kind of contractlabour or additional mill staff.The annual maintenances thatare required [cause] fairly largeshut down periods like a week-long. You’ll have a larger num-ber of guys when you do thosethings.”Alders described the bound-

ary expansion request made to

the District of Chetwynd as“integral” to getting the pro-posed plant off the ground. “The thermal unit is fairly

large and the same with the gen-erating plant, quite large build-ings that are going to go on tothe existing site and what hap-pens is that we’re going to uselog storage space, lumber stor-age space and existing operatingspace for the mill by putting [the

energy plant] in. It’s going totake up a lot of space for the cur-rent mill operation and we needto expand the mill site. That’swhat we’ve applied for so wecan move some of the operationsthat we’re currently doingwhere these new buildings aregoing to go.”Boundary expansion has now

received the assent of the elec-tors and the District will now

move on to petition the Ministryof Community and RuralDevelopment to officially extendChetwynd’s boundaries.Biomass power generation is

quite common in Europe, whereover 200 installations exist in awide variety of industries. WestFraser visited several such sitesin the continent while doing itsown research on the project.“Clean, abundant electricity

has been and will continue to bekey to BC’s prosperity and eco-nomic quality of life,” CharlesReid, President and CEO of BCHydro said of the project. “We look forward to a long

term relationship with the com-panies who have been successfulin this clean energy call andcommend them for putting for-ward creative and well preparedproposals for consideration.”


Biomass power generation common in Europe


–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – Literacy

programs in Chetwyndhave taken a major hit dueto provincial governmentfunding cuts and a restruc-turing of the way literacyfunds are distributedthrough BC’s literacyorganization, DecodaLiteracy Solutions.Lucy Redfearn,

Chetwynd’s LiteracyOutreach Coordinator(LOC) has seen her entire$9,000 annual budget dis-appear. “The notice on the actual

funding cut was very sud-den and without any warn-ing,” Redfearn said.Because of the cuts,

Chetwynd will no longerhave an LOC.Decoda Literacy

Solutions, who receivesfunding from the Ministryof Education each year forcommunity literacy coordi-nation task forces’ across

the province, saw its fund-ing initially cut in half from$2.5 million to $1 million in2011. Yet last year, Decoda was

able to draw upon itsreserves to make up for thelack of funding and contin-ue to maintain the numberof LOC’s it has.This year, the funding

cuts from the Ministry ofEducation were sustainedand with the organizationsreserves nearly depleted,Decoda had to make sometough decisions, opting tomaintain funding for onlysome of its 102 CommunityLiteracy OutreachCoordinators.In it’s annual report for

2012, Decoda Literacy CEOBrenda Le Clair describedthe need to find sustainablefunding for the organiza-tions future as its mostimportant priority for thecoming year.“Decoda will continue to

work toward sustainable

funding for literacy work inBC. Our goal is to makecommunity literacy as cen-tral to our society’s learn-ing culture as schools andpost-secondary institu-tions,” she wrote. As a result, the decision

to cut funding from certaincommunities likeChetwynd was made infavour of pouring the limit-ed resources Decoda hasinto programs in communi-ties that hold promise forfuture sustainable fundingagreements.“We based our funding

decision on the presence ofsubstantial long term com-munity funding agree-ments that we have withbusiness or industry part-ners that we think are sus-

tainable models that holdthe most potential forprovince wide expansion,”said Leona Gadsby, Leadfor Programs and Serviceswith Decoda.“We have for a long time

been trying to find othersources of funding outsideof government to supportliteracy work because itsunderfunded overall. Itmakes it very hard for us tocarry out [our] mandate inmany of the communities.”However, Gadsby said

she still hopes the Ministerof Education will find away to increase the fundingfor literacy programs in BC. “The Minister

announced recently that heis committed to resolving

this funding issue by theend of March,” she said,“so we are hoping that hewill be successful with that.We are remaining opti-mistic that he will be able toput the money back, but ifnot we’re of course as sad-dened as all the communi-ties are about [these loss-es].”Chetwynd was not cut

because the program wasdeemed ineffective,Gadsby said. “We had three criteria,

the presence of substantiallong term multi-communi-ty funding agreements,existing partnership agree-ments that are sustainablemodels for the provinceand they fit within the totalallocation that we had. Wewant to use these models toexpand funding across theprovince,” she said, fund-ing that is independent ofgovernment sources.“We recognized though

that communities every-where have leveragedfunding within their com-munities and we thinkthat’s important which iswhy we are working sohard to find the rest of thefunding we need so we canput back the funding forthese communities that

we’ve had to cut.In the early years of

[Decoda], we had enoughmoney to also providemoney to make yearlyplans as well as implementactions and [now] the onlyfunding that we have left isto pay the coordinator andamazingly communitieshave carried on with justthat funding. It wasn’t thatChetwynd wasn’t doinggood work,” she added,“because they were. It was-n’t because we don’t thinkthey need the funding, wethink every communityneeds the funding [but]overall $1 million simplyisn’t enough so we had tofind some criteria thatwould work for [themoney] that we had thatwould help us to buildgoing forward.”The loss of Chetwynd’s

literacy outreach coordina-tor could have a long-termtrickle down effect on exist-ing labour shortages,according to Chetwynd’sLOC. “When cutting essential

funding that can bridgemany gaps in literacy, iteffects our entire communi-

Literacy program funding cut

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It makes it very hardfor us to carry out

our mandate inmany of the

communities.

Entire annual LiteracyOutreach Coordinatorbudget eliminated

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receiving funding fromthe program, NorthernLights College, the BCConstruction Associationand the Central InteriorLogging Association willmean benefits for employ-ers seeking to attractskilled immigrants in thePeace Region.“We have a pretty clear

vision of where theseprojects hope to take theregion being that the goalis to build the capacity ofthe business capacitywithin [the Peace] regionto be better able to attractand retain immigrants,”Kelly Pollack ExecutiveDirector of the ImmigrantEmployment Council ofBC (IECBC) said. “We’re still seeing so

many of the immigrantswho land just get stuck inVancouver in jobs wherethey are often unem-ployed or underemployedand we’re really trying tohelp promote the fact thatthere’s regions around theprovince where there’sgreat employment and wethink that these programswill help to do that.”Northern Lights and the

Central Interior LoggingAssociation qualify for upto $100,000 of funding,

while the BCConstruction Association(BCCA) qualifies for up to$200,000. “My understanding is

that Northern LightsCollege is a pretty keyplayer up there,” Pollacksaid. “They’re involved inthe region in this case withthe oil and gas industry.So they’re in a sense beingthe project coordinatorand developing the frame-work for the project work-ing very closely with theemployers.”The BCCA’s project will

involve the creation ofcomprehensive and inter-active resources demon-strating best practices forengagement, recruitment,assessment and retentionof immigrant employeesin BC, with a focus on thenortheast BC regionwhere demand for skilledlabour is highest. “Employers understand

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ty,” Redfearn said. “Wehave a diverse population,especially in the recentyears, and we are growingand changing with eachnew addition. We believethat literacy can be a barrierto some members of ourcommunity and their abili-ty to keep up with that eco-nomic growth. It’s fantasticthat we have so many jobopportunities, but whatbenefit is that to Chetwyndif we can’t supply thelabour force because theycan’t read the First AidCourse Manual and passthe test to get those lucra-

tive positions? This is goingto be a long term rippleeffect.”Gadsby agreed with the

effect the cuts will have onthe opportunities for fillinglabour shortages.

“One of the things thatwe are talking about thesedays is the problem withlabour and skill shortage ofskill and labour mismatch,“ she said. “Literacy plays abig role in terms of peoples

ability to not only get jobsbut also be productive inthe jobs that they have, par-ticularly as we becomemore and more technologi-cally advanced. Peoplereally need good basic liter-acy skills in order to keepchanging and learning inthe work place.”In essence, the cuts may

lead to an improved fund-ing system for literacy pro-grams in the province,Gadsby believes. “We needed to try to keep

communities that we feltwe could build from andbuild back from and we areworking very hard to dothat.”

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CHETWYND – The B.C. forestryministry will inventory the forestedareas around Dawson Creek to seewhat effect mountain pine beetleshave had on them.The Ministry of Forest, Lands and

Natural Resource Operations(FLNRO) announced on Friday itwould spend $8 million over the next10 years to inventory forested areasin B.C.The plan has a number of goals and

targets, but it "is guided by a com-mon vision for an efficient, reliableand complete forest inventory."Part of this plan would include

addressing portions of the province

that have been affected by the moun-tain pine beetle, including the areasaround Dawson Creek timber supplyareas (TSAs).

B.C. divides forested areas up intoa number of TSAs. The DawsonCreek TSA contains 2.28 millionhectares of land, and includes areasnear the communities of Hudson'sHope, Chetwynd and DawsonCreek."The inventory is just -what do we

have in the forest? Where is it?" saidPat Martin, a manager of forestinventory for the Forest Analysis andInventory Branch of FLNRO."The beetle has changed the forest

greatly, and in (Dawson Creek's)case, is continuing to change the for-est - you can see that beetle spreadingeach year, and this commits us to staycurrent."Dawson Creek's timber volume is

down about 15 per cent due tomountain pine beetle, according toMartin.Of the areas affected by mountain

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Chetwynd RCMP has anew detachment com-mander.

Staff Sgt. OliviaTremblay took over May22 arriving from Fort St.John, replacing Sgt. KimRusk who was promotedto Saskatchewan inMarch.

Tremblay grew up inManitoba and has beenwith the RCMP for 15years.

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–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – A heavy

rainfall warning prompt-ed local officials to pre-pare for possible floodingin the area this week asthe Peace area readieditself to welcome around60 mm of rain Tuesdayand Wednesday and morethan 100 mm in the PinePass.

RCMP Sgt. OliviaTremblay said forChetwynd area it couldaffect the river systemwith potential for floodingon the Halfway, Moberly,Pine and Kiskatinawrivers.

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8th Annual ChetwyndChainsaw CarvingChampionship: Returnof the Champions hasbeen sullied with thetheft of a piece of thisyear’s first place carvingentitled Fiddle Sticks bytwo-year in a rowchampion Chris Foltz.

The carving of a FireUrchin was discoveredmissing Tuesday morn-ing by District ofChetwynd staff as theywere preparing to movethe carvings to theVisitor Centre.

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ment programs, resourcesand tools to allow them tobetter facilitate immigrantemployment in meetinglabour market chal-lenges,” Minister of Jobs,Tourism and SkillsTraining Pat Bell said. Employer Innovation

Fund (EIF) projects areemployer led and addressemployer needs. “The EIF is a unique

fund that will help con-nect employers seekingskilled talent,” Pollackadded. “These projectswill go a long way to

helping BC employersdevelop new and innova-tive ways to addresslabour skills shortages.”John Winter, President

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Designed toaddress shortage Forestry ministry attempting to

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George and Quesnel have been given toppriority, while other forested areas -includ-ing the Dawson Creek area -are consideredthird priority, or the lowest level."Quesnel, for example, has lost approx-

imately half of their timber volume," hesaid. "It's always a problem when youput in priorities, but you can be sure thatattention is being paid to everyone. Rightnow, we're putting a little bit extra infor-mation on Prince George and Quesnel."Martin also said that the plan was

meant to provide better information."I think it's generally would be per-

ceived as good news for those groups,because in it the minister is essentiallycommitting to a pretty large program ofbringing the inventory back up to date,"said Martin. "It doesn't address tenureissues and who has rights to harvest tim-ber in different places." Martin could notgive a time frame as to when this specificinventory was meant to happen, but thatit would happen after the areas hardesthit by the pine beetle. The plan will notaddress any actions that could be done tocombat the beetle, he added.

In a 2009 Natural Resources Canadareport, it was said that the Dawson Creekarea was under "a newly emergingattack" by the beetle.Last year, Reg Whiten, the City of

Dawson Creek's watershed steward, saidthat the Oetata/ Halfmoon areas wereparticularly infested. This area is south-west of the city of Dawson Creek, andsouth of the hamlet of Arras.If a mountain pine beetle infests a tree,

the tree is damaged and eventuallykilled. This means it can't be used by thelumber industry.The plan is meant to focus resources

where the need is greatest, and use satel-lite imagery and aerial photography.According to FLNRO, 18 million

hectares of forest have been infected bythe beetle.A B.C. lumber industry group praised

the move."We congratulate the ministry for com-

mitting to a long-term, stable funding forforest inventory," said Steve Lorimer, thepresident of the Association of B.C.Forest Professionals. "Solutions to a mid-term timber supply must begin with agood forest inventory."

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March 6: Met withSpectra Energyrepresentatives

to provide informationand concerns relative totheir proposed natural gastransmission line from theNorth Peace to PrinceRupert. The line is pro-jected to enter our territo-ry just a few meters westof the Peace River bridgeat Hudson’s Hope andproceed in a generallysoutherly direction pass-ing Cameron Lake a fewkilometers to the west andentering our Pine Valleyjust opposite the PineRiver Gas Plant. If under-

taken, this gas line will bejust one more industrialpresence in the PineValley. Spectra proposesto keep to the north of theRiver and exit theChetwynd watershed atthe height of land east ofMackenzie. Yes, weshared our interest inkeeping our drinkingwater pure and clean and Iexpect that the implica-tions for our watershedare of less concern thanthe implications of atanker truck dumping itsload in the river – a veryreal possibility given thenumber of trucks passingthrough the congestedPine Pass each day.

March 6: I spent furtherquality information-gath-ering time at the Spectraopen house. Wish youwere there.

March 7: Participated in

a day-long working groupreviewing the hopes andplans of Cardero Coal, themining company propos-ing to open a coal mine inthe Carbon Creekdrainage area about 70kilometers up the JohnsonCreek Forestry Road.Cardero is makingprogress on itsE n v i r o n m e n t a lAssessment and I was

comforted by the qualityof the scrutiny the compa-ny is getting from the var-ious federal and provin-cial regulatory agencies.Plans at this stage showthe high-quality cokingcoal being barged upWilliston Lake toMackenzie and loadedthere on the train forRidley Island.Destination: the Far East.

I was also comforted bythe experience, profession-alism, and thorough workbeing done by Cardero.

March 25: Time andplace to be announced.Coastal Gaslink is propos-ing a gas pipeline fromGroundbirch to Kitimatconnecting North-Eastresources to a gas liquefac-tion plant to feed theappetites of Far-Easternconsumers. I managed toget an open house sched-uled for Chetwynd (wewere originally bypassed)and I encourage you tomark March 25 on yourcalendar and watch fortime and place. Don’t missthis opportunity to engagewith the proponents andexpress your desires.As you can see,

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–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – Mayor

Merlin Nichols was award-ed the Queen Elizabeth IIDiamond Jubilee Medalduring the March 4 regularcouncil meeting.Nominated by the

Federation of CanadianMunicipalities (FCM),Nichols was chosen toreceive the distinction forhis exemplary efforts tomake the community ofChetwynd a great place tolive.The FCM recognizes the

important role of munici-palities and their electedleaders for ensuring pros-perity and a high quality oflife.The medal was created in

2012 to mark the 60thanniversary of Her MajestyQueen Elizabeth II acces-sion to the Throne. Over thepast year, 60,000 Canadianshave been recognized.The obverse of the medal

depicts a crowned image ofthe Sovereign. The reverse

marks the sixtieth, or dia-mond, anniversaryexpressed by the centraldiamond shape, the back-ground composed of a pat-tern of diamonds and thetwo dates marking thebeginning or Her Majesty’srule and the anniversary.“This is something that is

entirely undeserved andunexpected. This is awe-some. It’s enough to makean old man cry,” MayorNichols said.“I was completely taken

by surprise,” he describedafterward, “and was slowto realize that I was the sub-ject of the presentation.Why me? Why should I bereceiving this recognition?But I am please and hum-bled at the same time – ifthat is possible. Thank youvery much to the person orpeople who put my nameforward. I shall try to liveup to the meaning of thisaward and do my best forthe people of Chetwynd.”The Govenor General of

Canada, David Johnson,announced Feb. 3 2011 that

the Queen had approvedthe creation of the medaland he and Prime MinisterStephen Harper unveiledthe medal’s design atRideau Hall.On Accession Day, Feb. 6

2012, the first Canadianmedals were presented to60 recipients at Rideau Hall.It was reported in April

2012 by the DailyTelegraph, a UK basednewspaper, that somerecipients of the medalwere offering their awardsfor sale on eBay, while exservice men and women,the Merchant Navy and St.john Ambulance wereangered at being over-looked due to the ‘econom-ic climate’. “Some peopleand organizations might bedisappointed,” an unidenti-fied governmentspokesperson told SkyNews. The spokespersonadded, “it is also importantto maintain the integrityand exclusivity of themedal, and it is simply notpossible to include all ofthese groups.”


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Education, Innovation and Technology announcedFeb. 28, upgrades to increase the bandwidth from 2.5to 10 times current levels for smaller post-secondaryeducation campuses around the province.The upgrades will benefit students, faculty and staff

at campuses in Golden and Invermere, operated byCollege of the Rockies and campuses in Hudson’sHope, Tumbler Ridge, Chetwynd and Dease Lakeoperated by Northern Lights College. “The increased bandwidth will significantly

increase the reliability of our existing educationaltechnologies at the Chetwynd campus,” said BradLyon, Executive Director Communications, withNorthern Lights College.“The biggest one would be video conference. With

that, that will improve student, faculty and staff userexperience. What we ran into last fall was some prob-lems at the beginning of the semester where there sim-ply wasn’t enough bandwidth to operate some of ourvideo conference university Arts and Science courses.So obviously that created problems especially forsmaller campuses such as Chetwynd because formany of those courses that’s the only way that theyare offered.”This is the latest round of network connectivity

upgrades for public post-secondary institutionsthroughout the province. Between April 2011 and October 2012, network con-

nectivity upgrades were completed for regional com-puses in Mackenzie, Powell River, Coquitlam, Nelson,Surrey, New Westminster, Vancouverm Prince Rupert,Cranbrook, Nanimo, Fort Nelson, Kelowna, Lollooet,Grand Forks and Fort St. John. The connectivity upgrades are offered through the

Provincial Learning Network (PLNet), a provincialcommunications data network that interconnects allpublic schools, colleges, teaching universities andinstitutes and provides them with a secure high speedinternet connection.The upgrades are expected to be completed by the

end of the month, according to Lyon. “With these network upgrades, smaller, regional

campus locations gain the bandwidth they need toexpand and enrich educational opportunities for theirstudent and communities,” said John Yap, Minister ofAdvanced Education, Innovation and Technology.

College band-width givenmajor boostBY MIKE CARTER


CHETWYND – SchoolDistrict 59 voted to adoptits school calendar for the2013-2014 year on Feb. 27,which will see the two-week spring break contin-ued for the upcomingschool year.In November 2012, the

province introducedchanges to the implemen-tation of SchoolCalendars. Previously, theprovince would circulatea standard calendar to theschool boards that couldbe adopted should theSchool District chose notto develop a local calen-dar.This is no longer the

case. The responsibilityfor developing a schoolcalendar now rests witheach respective Board ofEducation.School District (SD) 59

began consultations withteachers and parents

through various organiza-tions like the SchoolPlanning Councils, ParentAdvisory Committee’sand District ParentAdvisory Committees inlate January, continuinguntil February 26. Two proposed calendars

were circulated as part ofthe consultative process,with the only differencebetween the two being aone or two week springbreak.

“Feedback was over-whelmingly in support ofa two week spring break,”district SuperintendentKathy Sawchuck said. The calendar that was

adopted has a total of 188days in session, 181 daysof instruction, for a totalof 878 elementary hoursof instruction and 952Secondary hours ofinstruction, a two-weekspring break, and sevennon-instructional days

(this includes sixProfessional Developmentdays and oneAdministration day onJune 27th).The two week break will

run March 17 to March 28,in line with this yearsbreak which runs March18 to April 2, includingEaster Monday. The longer spring break

will mean slightly longerschool days to make upfor the two-week break,which could mean anextra four top eight min-uets according to SD 59Chair, Richard Powell.Sawchuck told the

Dawson Creek DailyNews that, of the 60 let-ters for or against leavingthe break at its currenttwo-week length, onlyabout four or five arguedfor shortening it to oneweek. The District will submit

its calendar to theMinistry of EducationMarch 31.

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Chetwynd will once againhave a movie theatre.Brent and Carrie Garry,

both lifelong residents ofthe community, have pur-chased the formerRedRock Cinema andplan to reopen the land-mark later this spring –under the originalChetwynd theatreshowhall name, *The Rex.The Red Rock closed

last year following thedeath of long time theatreowner GlendaGarbanewski. Glenda’shusband Henryapproached the Garry’sshortly after and offeredthem the chance to pur-chase the historicChetwynd building.The Garbanewski’s

constructed the buildingback in the 1977 and ranthe theatre for more than30 years. A second screenwas scheduled to be con-structed at one time butthe plan never flourished– hence the empty lotnext door. The theatrewas upgraded last springto the new digital tech-nology and the new pro-jector was set up rightnext to the original filmprojector.

The Garry’s have beenhard at work since takingover Jan. 2 with a lobbyand entrance-way renova-tion including the conces-sion area and bathrooms.The original video gameswill be returning as wellas the Garbanewski’sfamous cheese popcorn –a concession staple forseveral generations.The theatre’s 420 seats

are also online for anupgrade, but the Garry’ssaid that will be coming inPhase 2 of the renos. Alsocoming up will a façaderenovation as well.Taking over the theatre

seems to have been writ-ten in the stars for theGarry’s. “We’ve always wanted

to own the theatre,” Brentsaid. “We always used tobug dad (Butch Garry)and tell him you shouldown the theatre.”About 13 years ago,

shortly after Brent andCarrie got married, Henryapproached Brent the firsttime.“He’s come to me a few

times over the years,”Brent said. “But we werealways so busy. Carriehad Subway, we had theHardware Store. I hadHymark. And we had fur-niture store. We alwayshad too many things as it

was.”After Glenda’s passing,

Carrie and Brent tookHenry up on his offer. Itseemed only right theysaid.When the doors open

again, The Rex will beshowing seven days aweek, two shows, andSaturday matinees.“And the shows will be

brought in right away wehope,” Brent said. “We’redefinitely going to try. Alot of it is going to be trialand error for the firstyear.”Growing up in

Chetwynd, Brent remem-bers the first time he wentto the theatre.“Star Wars came here

and I remember peoplesitting in the aisle therewas so many people,” hesaid, adding they used tospend lunch hours at thetheatre eating lunch fromthe concession and play-ing video games.Brent says he wants to

create memories for thenext generation as well.A Grand Opening cele-

bration won’t be happen-ing until later.

*The Rex was locatedwhere Amigo’s Nightclub isnow. It was constructed inthe early 1960s and wasowned by a relative of theGarbanewski’s.

The Garry family has been working hard to give the theatre a fresh look for it’s open-ing later this spring. It’s been a lifelong dream to own the historic landmark.

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