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December 02, 2015 edition of the Kitimat Northern SentinelTRANSCRIPT
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Vermette case remains openCameron Orr
The police search for Kitimat murder suspect Kevin Vermette continues, but the reward money for his capture is being retired at the end of the month.
That means if anyone has information that can lead authorities to Vermette’s whereabouts they only have about four weeks to collect the pot which is currently approximately $25,000.
Kevin Vermette was and remains the sole sus-pect in the grizzly triple murder which shook the community of Kitimat in July 1997.
Michael Mauro, David Nunes, and Mark Teves were killed and a fourth, Donny Oliveira, was seriously wounded in the confrontation in Hirsh Creek Park.
Hundreds of tips to police poured in after the incident however none led to the discovery of Ver-mette’s whereabouts. Vermette, at that time, was considered Canada’s most wanted criminal.
The reward for his capture was offered by a committee, chaired by Richard Wozney.
Wozney said it’s time to put the reward to rest.
“It’s been ongoing for more than 18 years,” he said, adding, “Maybe with this news dangling out there, there may be more tips that come for-ward.”
The reward closes after December 31 this month.
“The reward was a good idea and still is a good idea but at this point in time it hasn’t pro-duced any results. At some point in time we have to bring it to an end.”
The reward was initially offered in early 1998 after the committee received donations from businesses and private individuals. It was initially $17,500 and rose with interest.
Continued on page 3 Protecting trailer owners through policyCameron Orr
For residents of Kitimat’s two manufactured home parks — Vista Village and Jed Stumps — a new policy of the District of Kitimat means better protection should the status of their homes become blurred.
Residents had wanted a policy that gives assurances of the process of redevelopment of mobile home properties. Those assurances include the required timeframes for a park to be re-developed, as well as established buy-out rates a park owner could offer to the tenants to assist with moving.
The move comes after a number of stories of concerned residents of local trailer parks worried about things such as if their manufactured home park will be closed by the owners, and if they’ll end up on the street in a housing market that’s signi� cantly higher than in year’s past.
From the public discussion of the policy at the November 23 Committee of the Whole meeting some residents still indi-cated there is hard feelings among some for park owners. While issues such as trouble selling individual trailers was mentioned to councillors at the meeting, this town policy wouldn’t speci� -cally address these concerns.
Rather, the policy sets out rules for redevelopment. Even so the town was praised for making efforts to protect the
town’s citizens.The core component of the policy is a requirement for a
communications plan by the park owner to tenants explaining any anticipated changed.
Under the BC Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, own-ers can redevelopment the facilities but must give 12 months notice once all permits are in place and provide compensation equal to 12 months of rent too.
The new policy requires notices to tenants be increased to 24 months from time of the council’s receipt of application.
A reasonable relocation plan also must be offered to ten-ants under the policy.
Tenants appeared quite happy with the policy, although comment received from the parks themselves were more mixed.
The lawyer who represents Vista Village Owner Lee Ann Wol� n, Michael Gemmiti, said the policy as drafted shouldn’t be adopted, “because it is not needed in Kitimat,” noting the community doesn’t have the same land redevelopment pres-sures as other areas such as the Lower Mainland.
Meanwhile the Manufactured Home Park Owners Alliance of B.C. said council should work to discourage any redevelop-ment of parks at all.
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FashionableCity Centre Mall Manager Laurie Middleton says a turn out of approximately 150 people to the mall’s fashion show November 20 exceeded their own expectations for the community event. Models sporting fashions sold by retailers in the downtown area worked the runway in the lower area of the mall, while patrons were treated to local food items. The event also doubled as a food drive for the Kitimat Food Bank.
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Licences at the readyRCMP were conducting drivers licence checks just before Haisla Bridge on November 23. The Kitimat RCMP say the public can expect periodic road checks such as this. The police have also been reminding motorists to generally stay safe by being ready for winter driving conditions.
TrailerContinued from page 1
For Jed Stumps Estates the town received a letter from the lawyers representing that property, which sided largely with the opinion from Vista Village and further asked the town to defer any decisions until full consultation is made.
The town’s planning department said there has been con-sultation with all affected stakeholders, including discussions with the park owners directly even if the opinion of their law-yers arrived late in the process.
Council adopted the policy at their meeting, but there is
still a detail to work out ahead of the turn of the year, and that’s how much of a buy-out needs to be offered to residents.
The options are payment under the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, the appraised or assessed value of the home, or a straight dollar amount.
Councillors tried � nding consensus but suggestions ranged from as low at $10,000 to as high as $25,000.
Councillors ultimately felt unprepared to make a � nal deci-sion though and included in their motion to adopt the policy that they were going to refer to staff for suggested buy-out amounts.
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Police are warning drivers they can actually be ticketed for driving the speed limit.
The caution from B.C. RCMP Traf� c Servic-es comes with the onset of short days, rain, frost and snow.
“Speed limits are maximums in ideal condi-tions and many drivers disregard this when the weather changes,” said Cpl. Ronda McEwen. “The roads are often wet and slippery and visibil-ity is poor due to fog and rain. Drivers need to make the necessary adjustments.”
If you’re in a crash and police determine you were travelling at an unsafe speed for the road conditions you could be issued a violation ticket for speed relative to conditions, she said.
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Continued from page 1Wozney said some
persons had requested unused reward money be returned while oth-ers said it should go to a local charitable group. The committee will seek to either return the money or donate the remainder to a local group.
Wozney said it is unfortunate that no ar-rest has been made so far on the � le.
“It has to be upsetting to the family members. Every July 12 they must think about what happened on that day in 1997. It can’t be a happy day.”
Cpl. Chris Manseau of the Kiti-mat RCMP detachment says the � le on that murder and the search for Vermette remains active and he said upwards of a dozen tips a year are still called in and all are followed up on. He said even re-runs of Amer-
ica’s Most Wanted, which once featured this case, still results in tips.
Yet for every tip so far it doesn’t appear to lead them any closer to his capture.
Anyone who has information that may possibly lead to � nding Vermette is asked to call the Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-800-222-8477. You can also call
the Kitimat RCMP detachment at 250-632-7111.
One of Vermette’s identify-ing marks at the time of his disap-pearance was a tattoo on his upper right arm of a cat with the word “LUCKY” below. On his left arm he also had a coyote and a moon and a dagger through a rose.
He was 42 when he disap-peared putting his age today at 60. He was described as a loner and an experienced outdoorsman.
Vermette
Weathering the stormPower outages, shortage of staff
and abandoned cars on the roads all contributed to a challenging Febru-ary weekend for a town trying to deal with an sudden unexpected abundance of snow.
February 5 and 6 saw a startling-ly amount of snow with estimates ranging generally from 160-190 centimetres.
District of Kitimat managers � -nally managed to sit down to debrief on the storm recently and collect their thoughts.
Their report says snow began falling at 6 a.m. Thursday and full snow clearing operations began at 9:30 that morning. The town decided to go ahead with snow clearing even though 12.5 cm of snow hadn’t yet fallen, which is the town’s policy.
That decision was made at 8 a.m. but operations were adjusted due to two vacant positions in the depart-ment, one person on sick leave, and four key personnel who were initial-ly unavailable due to contract nego-tiations at the time.
The report says those employees
were back to work for the afternoon shift.
Abandoned cars in the road — stuck due to the amount of snow fall — also impeded snow clearing.
Contractors called in also made slow progress as they were “unfa-miliar with locations of infrastruc-ture buried in the snow.”
Among the conclusions of the report to council was a need to pur-chase chains for the graders and snow blowers, and a look at the call-in need for snow clearers if council decides to reduce the benchmark policy level of when snow clearing begins.
On staf� ng issues, two vacant positions are now � lled, and the one-time issue of four employees being tied up for a portion of the storm due to contract negotiations won’t be re-peated this year as the contract is of course settled.
It was also suggested that the town review its 12.5 cm benchmark for starting snow clearing but coun-cil has not set any direction yet in taking on that process.
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OnNovember13,2015,BritishColumbiaHydroandPowerAuthority(BCHydro)filedtheW.A.C.BennettDamRiprapUpgradeProjectapplicationandstatementofcapitalexpenditureswiththeBritishColumbiaUtilitiesCommission(Commission)foracceptancepursuanttosection44.2oftheUtilitiesCommissionAct.
TheproposedW.A.C.BennettDamRiprapUpgradeProject(Project)willaddressinadequatelong-termerosionprotectionoftheW.A.C.BennettDamlocatedonthePeaceRiverapproximately18kilometreswestofthetownofHudson’sHope.TheProjectinvolves:• replacingportionsofthefailedrockarmourlayer,alsoknownasriprap,ontheupstreamface
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Smelter union feels burned on mandatory OTCameron Orr
Unifor 2301, the local rep-resenting workers at Rio Tinto’s smelter in Kitimat, is lashing out at their employer for its use of mandatory overtime of its em-ployees.
In a release sent out late last Thursday 2301 President Sean O’Driscoll said the union
is “concerned that the on-going utilization of mandatory over-time by Rio Tinto will have ad-verse health and safety impacts on its members or con� ict with family responsibilities, such as child care.”
He continued in the release saying “Workers at the smelter report a culture of fear, where
they feel if the mandatory over-time assignments are refused, the employer will impose sus-pensions or even terminate their employment.”
He said the union will be seeking support from all lev-els of government to lobby the working conditions at the smelt-er, noting that it’s not believed
that the company’s commitment to hiring temporary transitional employees, which would allevi-ate need for overtime of regular employees, has been met.
Rio Tinto’s spokesperson in Kitimat Kevin Dobbin said the increased demand in hours is di-rectly tied to the company’s work in getting all of their pots opera-
tional but emphasized the com-pany’s commitment to safety.
“Health, safety and the en-vironment is our top priority for Rio Tinto. Obviously we don’t want to do anything that risks the safety of our employees, our workers or our contractors on site,” said Dobbin.
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Politicians, even new leaders like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, are masters of backtracking and reversing or changing the direction on political campaign promises by the time the rubber hits the road.
But when Immigration Minister John McCallum (who seemed a lot less comfortable about the outcome) � nally admitted that the new gov-ernment’s repeated insistence that it would bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada before January 1 would not take place and the best it could man-age was 10,000 by year’s end, I am sure there was a collective sigh of re-lief across Canada.
That sigh of relief didn’t necessar-ily emanate for the same reasons in all places.
For the majority, it was a sign that the Liberals were acknowledging the complicated nature of the commit-ment as well as the new level of con-cern for security and safety, driven by the terrorist attacks in Paris - especial-ly when it became clear some of the participants in France entered Europe in the guise of � eeing refugees.
Some of the relief came simply from the recognition that the Liberals were - however reluctantly - prepared
to listen to others’ concerns and Cana-dians’s need to have the complicated process handled with thought and planning.
Not that there were not also addi-tional objectors when the early details were announced. The decision not to admit single men soon devolved to an argument that it include “endangered” single homosexual men, which indeed the Liberals promptly agreed with.
We learned that when govern-ment-assisted refugees arrive in Can-ada this month, unlike many earlier refugees, they will not to be saddled with the cost of getting to their new home.
Usually, travel costs and a medi-cal examination are paid for with a federal loan of up to $10,000, which refugees are required to start paying back within 30 days. Under the fed-eral government’s Refugee Assistance Program, a family of four in BC, for
example, will have just under $1,350 a month to live on in social assistance. These loans to now have been repay-able on a schedule determined by the total amount.
For now, Ottawa says the change only applies to the current group of government sponsored refugees � ee-ing Syria. That must be good news for other migrants who processed their way to Canada through the “system.”
The Globe and Mail reports “A customary blackout on � ights to Canada for refugees after Dec. 15 has been lifted this year as immigration of� cials toil to get through thousands of Syrian refugee case � les while also preparing for ambitious new Liberal resettlement efforts.”
People involved in re-settlement programs welcomed the new time-table.
“We need to keep that same num-ber, but we need more time,” said Chris Friesen, director of the Cana-dian Immigration Settlement Sector Alliance. His group agrees that while Trudeau’s intentions are good, they had hoped the government would ex-tend the deadline to the end of next year.
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The changing timelines of refugees
Our glowing heartsI’d certainly never think of myself as any sort of
bleeding-heart liberal but in the current instance re-lating to the refugee crisis sweeping the globe, well, perhaps I’ll have to accept that title.
Here’s what baf� es me: I can recall many in-stances throughout public school where Canada was consistently referred to as a “melting pot” of cul-tures, and our diversity was celebrated greatly.
When travesties occurred in the world it used to be cause for Canadians, and others in the global community alike, to unite in support. When 9/11 happened some of the support Canadians offered has been celebrated in the years ever since.
A terrorist event in Paris was watched with help-less eyes across the world and, as is the case with anything these days, hashtags of #PrayforParis emerged.
This all, of course, followed the widely shared photo of a drowned Syrian boy who had, with his brother who also drowned, been travelling with their family as refugees.
But very suddenly I’m seeing a knee-jerk reac-tion in the opposite direction expected. There’s very real movement in Canada and in the U.S. to stop refugees. (A baf� ingly serious presidential candidate in the U.S. even suggests some kind of special ID for Syrians which is not at all something the Nazis would have done. And yes that’s sarcasm.)
In fairness, the concern is that people who would seek terrorist acts in our own country would � lter in through the refugee process, and I don’t dispute that’s a bad thing to worry about.
Yet nothing I’ve read or seen makes me overly concerned about our national safety. Others have said this, but can’t we openly question how rigorous our system is while still wanting to provide help?
And as for the tax money to pay for Canada’s 25,000 commitment, well refugees, as far as I can tell, don’t actually get a whole lot of � nancial sup-port. (They don’t get more than pensioners.)
Really, everybody says that we can’t let terrorists win but if we let every act of terrorism scare us away from our morals then guess what? They are winning.
ISIS (or as the world is beginning to call them, Daesh, a more offensive term to that group) isn’t a group that can be conquered by bombs and guns. They grow stronger by preying on the disenfran-chised. People who are vulnerable to war and who have been hurt by con� icts. The more we resist offer-ing a lending hand, the more people will reach out to whichever hand is in reach. Daesh are always ready to grab hold.
Accepting refugees doesn’t solve the root causes of international problems but it’s a gesture that shows Canadians believe in friendship and support and that we haven’t turned our backs on peace. To act other-wise would be, well, a barbaric cultural practice.
Cameron Orr
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Jeremiah 33:14, “Behold the days are coming declares the Lord, when I will ful� ll the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
Well, it’s that time of year again. Snow is on the ground, Christmas music is on the radio, Canadian Tire is beginning its third month of selling Christmas decorations.
Yes, it’s the begin-ning of Advent. The word Advent comes from the Latin “Ad-ventus” which means “coming.’ It is the season of the year that marks the expectant waiting for the celebra-tion of the Nativity of Christ, that of course is Christmas. And so we begin our journey towards the town of Bethlehem with a mes-sage of hope.
Now, hope is a term that can easily be thrown around. “I hope we don’t have six feet of snow this year,” that sort of thing. But the hope we have in Jesus Christ is much bigger than that. It represents the gift of eternal sal-vation through faith in
Jesus Christ. Hope is about the future. We don’t need hope for the past, it’s done. What we need is hope for the future. You know I can hardly imagine what it must be like to go through the storms of life without that sure and certain hope in eternal salvation; oh, you can muddle through best you can, but at some point you wonder, “Is this all there is?”
Like that old Vera Lynne song, “If that’s all there is, then let’s keep dancing.” If all life is just eating, sleep-ing and working with some happy moments thrown in and then you die, then maybe Vera Lynne is right. But the Bible gives us a better message, a message of true hope.
The verse above says, “Behold the days
are coming, when I will ful� ll the promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.” God gave this message to His people about the great hope that they had in the coming Savior. And so maybe you are going through a rough time in your life right now and you need some hope?
Well then know that the babe in the manger is God coming to you with the prom-ise of forgiveness and eternal life in Christ. God is faithful, and He proved it by promising a Savior and then when the time was right; sending His Son into this world to become the once for all sacri-� ce on the cross for your sins and mine.
Friends, our Lord always ful� lls His promises, and as we near the celebration of
Christmas, lets remem-ber that this miraculous birth is the ful� llment of a promise; a prom-ise that gave people hope for all those years before He came, and it is His promise to us in Christ that gives us
hope today as well. 2 Corinthians 1:20 sums it up nicely, “For all the promises of God � nd their yes in Christ. That is why it is through Him that we utter amen to God for His glory.”
Amen to that.
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It happens every year. The holiday shop-ping season hits and people feel pressured to buy, often leading them to spend beyond their means. With per-sonal debt loads hit-ting record highs, First West Credit Union’s Envision Financial di-vision offers � ve tips to help consumers avoid overspending this holiday season.
At this time of year there is a lot of pressure to spend and consume. The key to avoiding overspending is to set a realistic budget and stick to it. If you con-sistently live beyond your means, your debt load will continue to increase.
By exercising some discipline and following the � ve tips below, you can avoid the January blues that come from a larger-
than-expected credit card bill.
Tip 1: Set a realis-tic budget.
Many people do their shopping without a budget in mind. Start by making a list of all those you want to buy for and how much you are able to spend and go from there. It sounds simple, but by setting a realistic budget and sticking to it, you can avoid spending beyond your means.
It is also a great idea to include your
children in your bud-get discussions. It not only teaches them the importance of budget-ing, it helps set their expectations.
Tip 2: Leave the cards at home.
If you struggle with sticking to a bud-get, leave your credit and debit cards at home and only take cash with you, forcing you to spend only what you have in your wal-let.
Tip 3: Don't start shopping too early…or
too late.Starting your
Christmas shopping early can help you spread out the cost of your purchases, but it can also turn you into a repeat spender. If you've purchased a gift for someone, stop. On the other hand, if you leave your shopping until the last minute, you may purchase a gift that's outside your budget because you have limited time to search for a more bud-get-conscious gift.
Tip 4: Don't be fooled by so-called bargains.
We've all heard the phase, “It was such a good deal, I couldn't afford not to buy it.” A deal is only a deal if it's something that is actu-ally needed. Spend-ing is still spending, regardless of whether it is � ve, 55 or 95
per cent off.Tip 5: Give a gift
card.While some peo-
ple think gift cards are impersonal, they can help keep you to a � xed-dollar purchase-especially if you're short on time.
Plus, you can be sure that the person re-ceiving the gift will be able to get something they actually want.
A great question to ask yourself when planning your holi-day spending is, “can I remember what I bought and received last year?” Chances are, it is the family and friends you connect with over the holidays that create the lasting memories.
From all of us at Envision Financial, we wish you a happy, healthy and debt-free holiday!
Debbie CeulemansPersonal Account Manager
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Slope gives way near water reservoirCameron Orr
Work relating to the water reservoirs in Cable Car continue to cost the District of Kitimat money with emergency funding be-ing approved to � x em-bankment repairs.
A late report to councillors on Novem-ber 23 was that it was found the slope behind
the water reservoirs failed. Engineering es-timates its 1,800 cubic metres worth of ground that’s given way, and is just 3.5 metres away from the base of
the reservoir.The town hired on
a geotechnical consul-tant to review the risk and required works to stabilize the slope.
Chief Administra-
tive Of� cer Warren Waycheshen said that the slope failure is tied to water discharge from the reservoir itself.
The town has al-ready committed mon-
ey to repair the aging water storage tanks in Cable Car.
Following a boost to budget after bids came in high the town is spending $75,000 on
the repairs.Even so the strug-
gles to date are struc-tural, meaning the wa-ter quality in Cable Car has not been impacted.
The top end of the
budget estimates so far, with survey work still ongoing to assess the repairs, is $200,000 ac-cording to the report to council from District staff.
Continued from page 4“The waitlists for
adult language classes are currently between six and 10 months, and we don’t have any � rst-language trauma support programs in place in most centres across the country,” he explained.
Premier Christy Clark says the prov-ince is ready to wel-come Syrian refugees but still needs to work out funding details with the feds. “We hope that they’ll be able to make sure that they have the fund-ing in place to ensure that every refugee who settles has the stron-gest-possible chance of success. And that means not just settling in Vancouver, the most expensive housing market in the country, but to settle all across the province.”
She added refu-gees are expected to move in across B.C., though the federal government now says the � rst wave of new-comers it is sponsoring will be settled in the Lower Mainland.
No matter one’s individual opinion of the refugee initiative, it is clearly on and an ex-pected 3,500 migrants will become “perma-nent residents of B.C.” by the end of February or March.
The province’s already-strained re-settlement services will have expanded their scope to handle this large number’s im-mediate requirements for accommodation, health services, em-ployment, education, language, as well as its cultural integration needs.
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When I accepted the Sentinel's invitation to tell the story of my run-in with cancer, the � rst thing I had to � gure out was what to write.Next month marks the sixth anniversary of the operation to remove the pesky tumour in my rectum (what you could call a true pain in the ass). So writing about it at this distance wouldn't really capture what it was like at the time.Then I remembered that the Relay for Life organizers were kind enough to invite me to be the keynote speaker at the 2010 event and � gured that was the way to go.(I didn't actually deliver the address at the event. That was to take place at the very end and at the time I was still undergoing chemo so 10 p.m. was well past my bedtime. So what follows was read out.)
XXXXXI want to start by saying that it was a bit of a surprise to be invited to address all of you tonight.Since I am not as majestic as a polar bear or as cuddly as a baby seal, being the poster child for this year's event was totally unexpected.But I also feel honoured to be given this opportunity.Of course, having said yes, I then started wondering, "What on earth do I say?"In the end I decided I would simply tell you a couple of the things I have learned from my experience.To recap, on September 24 last year a colonoscopy found a tumour in my rectum - or as Dr. Lombard so delightfully put it, "Malcolm, you have a cancer in your bottom."I wasn't shocked by the news: after all, the reason I had the procedure was I was passing blood and I had a good idea of what that likely meant.So my initial reaction was, okay, what do we do now?Which Dr. Lombard explained fully - chemo and radiation therapy followed by the operation to remove the tumour followed by more chemo to kill any cancer cells that might still be hanging around.Fair enough.But - there's always a but, isn't there? - Lombard also told me we wouldn't know where we stood until after a CT Scan to determine if the cancer had invaded other organs. And warned me that if that were the case, we would be looking at "prolonging life".I still wasn't worried. After all, my Mum and Dad both had cancer and had beaten it so I was simply going to pull off the family hat trick.Until a few days later when I did some reading up on cancer and found that if it had indeed gone walk-about into other organs, I statistically had a less than 10 per cent chance of living � ve years.Reading those words, the enormity of it all hit me and, frankly, I was suddenly very, very scared.After a day of that I told myself to smarten up, take it as it comes.Similarly, when a week
later the scan showed the other organs were clean, I told myself, "You do not have cancer, you have A cancer. And we know how to get rid of it."I saw the same attitude when I stayed at the Canadian Cancer Society's Jean Barber Lodge in Vancouver during my six weeks of radiology and chemo.People there took advantage of the passtimes the lodge offered, went shopping, took sight seeing tours and, above all, laughed and joked. They weren't about to let cancer grind them down.Now I am not foolish enough to think that a positive attitude can beat cancer. But, given cancer really messes up your life, why make it worse by being a misery guts about it?I also learned the importance of what I'll call an extended support group. The public library gave me a gift of books to read while I was in Vancouver, there were e-mails, there were get well cards - even one from a group that doesn't agree entirely with my views on one economic development issue in Kitimat - and every time I go up town someone stops me to ask me how I am doing.I thank you all for that - I never realized how important it would be.Anyway, I've gone on long enough. You are likely tired after such a long day and by now I am fast asleep - hardly seems fair, does it?Thank you and good night.
XXXFast forward to today and I am happy to report I am still cancer free - and long may I remain so.And I will close with one extremely important piece of advice.I discovered from my post diagnosis research that colo-rectal cancer is the second most lethal - not just for men but women as well - and that everyone should be
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Malcolm Baxter was a long-time editor for the Northern Sentinel and continues to write as a regular columnist with his “Baxyard Banter”. In 2009 he was diagnosed with, and began treatment for, rectal cancer. Rather than shield the illness from the public, Malcolm opened up about his experiences through his editorial space in the newspaper. Now cancer-free, Malcolm recollects on his experience below:
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Christmas 2015 is fast approaching and the Kitimat Christmas Hamper Appeal is once again underway.
In 2014 the citi-zens of Kitimat, Kita-maat Village and some Terrace businesses generously donated the amazing amount of $52,186.93 enabling us to � ll over 225 Christmas hampers and to continue assist-ing the less fortunate in Kitimat and Kita-maat Village through-out the year.
We also received numerous boxes of food, gifts and toys thanks to you all. We have also received do-nations of food from the various churches and local organiza-tions throughout the year. A very successful food drive was held by the Latter Day Saints in September bringing in numerous boxes of non-perishable food.
The Christmas Hamper Appeal is un-der the auspices of the Kitimat Food Bank Society. Our organi-zation is run strictly by volunteers and the majority of the dona-tions are used for the needy with a small portion going for oper-ating expenses. We are the only organization distributing Christmas hampers in Kitimat and Kitamaat Village.
Christmas ham-pers include a voucher (for a turkey, ham or other) along with the trimmings for a Christ-mas dinner. School children, churches and other community groups donate a sig-ni� cant amount of the food. New toys are in-cluded for children 12 and under. We include gifts for all teens and adults and appreciate receiving gift certi� -cates for music down-loads, books/maga-zines, swim/skating passes, phone cards, toiletries, � owers, restaurants, or other gifts suitable for teens, women and men.
Gift certi� cates from local merchants are a wonderful idea as this enables re-cipients to purchase something they would enjoy as well as sup-porting the local econ-omy. We do not give clothing as gifts, a part from mitts, gloves, toques etc., as sizing is a problem. We would appreciate receiving new unwrapped items as we have a Gift/Toy Committee who wrap and mark gifts. This makes it easier for us to know how many gifts we have for each age group.
This year hampers will be delivered on December 19 begin-ning at 10:00 a.m.
We would ap-preciate receiving donations of food and gifts by Decem-ber 14 so they can be sorted, wrapped and packed prior to deliv-ery. Hamper requests must be completed and dropped off at the Food Bank (through mail slot if Food Bank is closed) by Thurs-day, December 10.
Phone requests are not accepted and late forms will go on a waiting list. Hamper request forms can be picked up at the Food Bank Tuesday and Thursday, Social Ser-vices Of� ce during regular of� ce hours and the Food Share Of� ce.
Envision Finan-cial Credit Union have once again set up a tree in their of-� ce and donations of cash, gifts and non-perishable food items may be dropped off there during regular business hours. As we are obligated to follow the Food Safe Rules for B.C. we are not al-lowed to accept home canned fruit, vegeta-bles, � sh, etc.
Donations of non-perishable food and gifts may also be dropped off at the Henning Tree in the Kitimat Insurance
Services Of� ce locat-ed on the upper level of City Centre Mall. The Henning Tree has been supporting the Christmas Hamper Appeal for numerous years now.
Cheques may also be dropped off at Wings Travel during their business hours or mailed to Box 20, V8C 2G6. Receipts are issued for dona-tions of $10 or more for income tax pur-poses.
If you wish further information please call 632-6611, leave a message and someone will contact you.
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Booking it to the libraryChildren were invited to participate in an Amazing Race event in Kitimat’s downtown on November 20, an activity hosted in recognition of it being National Children’s Day. Shown here are Sharlie Hedberg, Silas Gomas, So� a Sulentich, Cohen Sulentich at the Kitimat Public Library. The event concluded back at the swimming pool for a free community swim. Submitted by Kitimat Public Library
Cameron OrrPolling � rm In-
sights West has re-leased the results of a year-end poll which they conducted to-gether with Business in Vancouver and the re-sults show the public’s perception of the pro-vincial government’s push for lique� ed natu-ral gas development has become “more negative.”
When it comes to energy, pipelines and LNG, 30 per cent of respondents say Pre-mier Christy Clark and her government are doing a good job on the � le, while 58 per cent say bad. Thirteen per cent were not sure. Insights West gave a B letter grade for that category. The highest marks went to the gov-ernment’s handling of crime and public safety which saw 35 per cent saying the Premier’s done a good job and 46 per cent saying bad. It too received a B grade.
Housing and pov-erty issues were the least favoured, earning
a D grade by the � rm.Insights West says
a decline in perception for the LNG push has happened over the past two years. In Decem-ber of 2013 just 35 per cent thought the gov-ernment’s handling of LNG speci� cally was bad.
The Premier her-self has seen a drop in favourable perception, with the poll show-ing half of British Co-lumbians saying their perception of her has worsened over the past six months. Her “net momentum” score is -46 for the poll. NDP leader John Horgan’s
is +2.Insights West de-
scribes themselves as a “progressive” mar-ket research company. The results of this poll are based on an online study conducted be-tween November 9 and November 14 among 812 adults.
The consistency of public opinion is relatively stable in the three geographic zones of the poll, which is Metro Vancouver, Van-couver Island and Rest of BC.
A combined 33 per cent of people in Rest of BC say the govern-ment is doing a good or very good job pushing for LNG. Forty-two per cent in that same geographic category say the government is doing a bad or very bad job.
The Ministry of Natural Gas Develop-ment Rich Coleman said in a statement to the Northern Senti-nel that the industry is moving ahead.
“Today there are 21 LNG proposals in
B.C. at various stages of development. Over 30 investment partners are involved. One ma-jor proposal – Paci� c NorthWest LNG – has made a preliminary � nal investment deci-sion,” he wrote. “A total of 13 LNG pro-posals have export approval from Cana-da’s National Energy Board. Another � ve ap-plications are currently under consideration.”
Skeena MLA Rob-in Austin meanwhile is not surprised the public is experiencing waning support for the govern-ment on LNG.
“They [Liberals] completely overprom-ised right from the be-ginning,” said Austin, also the party’s spokes-person for Northern Economic Develop-ment.
He said the wild promises were made
for political gain, and even the LNG industry was hurt by the prom-ises. He’s not suggest-ing LNG in the north is a non-starter, and adds that he believes, should an LNG plant eventual-ly be constructed it will very likely be in Kiti-mat over places like Prince Rupert, but says companies operate on
their own timelines and it was never up to the Premier when or if these projects would be built.
He suggests that other promising ven-tures in new or renew-able technology in the province have also been put to the side-lines in favour of chas-ing LNG.
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Kingfisher townhouses are back on the tableCameron Orr
Residents on Mar-getts Street are unlike-ly to be terribly happy about the return of a townhouse develop-ment proposal for the area of King� sher be-hind the north end of the street.
In 2014 an appli-cation to develop that land in to a complex of
over 50 units failed to garner Kitimat Council support for the rezon-ing, after a number of complaints from neigh-bourhood residents concerned about the impact of traf� c and privacy of their own homes.
However this new proposal, from the same developer Mc-
Fadden Management, now meets the town’s existing zoning for the property.
This application is for 40 units.
The complex will include � ve buildings, three expected to front King� sher on the road leading to the golf course.
Staff note to coun-
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Conditional on the development will be for the developer to bring the north part of King� sher Avenue up to municipal standards.
Council will likely meet for a decision on
the permit on Decem-ber 14. Policy states residents must have 10 days notice before council makes a deci-sion.
The decision so far is to receive the application, send it to the Advisory Planning Commission, and to issue public notice for the proposal.
A scan of the rendering of what the King� sher townhouse complex may look like on construction.
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December 2KITIMAT GENERAL Hospital Founda-tion is hosting their annual Christmas Coffee House from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the hospital lobby. Coffee, hot choco-late, tea and other goodies, all to support the Foundation’s work.December 3ART CLUB OF KITIMAT meets at 7 p.m. in Room 113 at MESS. ‘Peek-A-Paint’ – Bring acrylic paints and supplies for acrylic underpainting tech-nique. No supplies? We have some and we share. For more information contact Katherine Johnsen at 250-632-6888.December 5COMMUNITY FUN RUN starts at 9:30 a.m. from Riverlodge. Distances are one, three or five kilometres. Join us for a jog or walk, everyone welcome to this free event. Bring the whole family and your neighbours. Dogs are welcome (with baggie). Refreshments after.OngoingROYAL CANADIAN Legion Branch 250 in Kitimat holds membership meet-ings the third Tuesday of each month.. Meat draws every Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. Members and bona fide guests are welcome.PRAYER CANADA. We meet each week on Tuesdays 12 noon to 1 p.m. For location and further information please call 250-632-4554. Or e-mail [email protected] you or someone you know have blad-der cancer? You’re not alone. It’s the 5th most common cancer in Canada. Blad-der Cancer Canada is here to help... or just to talk. In Kitimat, call Glen Sevi-gny at 250-632-3486. Or email [email protected]: Do you have a couple of hours a month to make phone calls,
plant flowers, share memories, play cards, etc.? Hospice can provide you with excellent training. Call us now at 250-632-2278.BRANCH 250 OF THE KITIMAT LADIES AUXILIARY hold regular meetings every second Thursday of the month. More information by calling Nancy at 250-632-4051, or Lyn at 250-632-2351.Consider joining the Friends of the Public Library. To do so contact Luce Gauthier at [email protected] or Virginia Charron @ [email protected] or call 250-632-8985.KITIMAT QUILTERS GUILD: If you are interested in joining the Kitimat Quilters Guild please contact Aileen Ponter at 250-632-6225 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387 for further informa-tion.EVERY THURSDAY, the Kitimat Pot-tery Guild meets in the Riverlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Interest-ed in playing with clay? All experience levels welcome. For more information call Anne at 250-632-3318.THE KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY of-fers the highly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers Mon-day mornings from 10:30 -11:15 .am. Please register for this free program.HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held ev-ery Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Development Cen-ter. They welcome families throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older sib-lings welcome). Come meet other par-ents and infants over light refreshments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more informa-tion call 250-632-3144.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FunSpot drop-in for children aged birth
to 5 years with caregivers. Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays 10 am- 12 pm. Fridays are now a combined drop-in/multicultural playgroup. All are wel-come to attend. Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: In-terested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other fibre? For more information phone Maureen 250-632-5444.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total confidentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016.AGLOW OF KITIMAT - All are wel-come at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursday at 7:00 p.m. For information phone Brenda at 250-632-1616. DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Literacy Program provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in improving their reading, writing, math, communication, and information tech-nology skills. Is English NOT your first language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. For more in-formation please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Community Corner check us out at www.kitimatcommunityservices.ca/KALP.html or find us on facebook. DO YOU HAVE DIABETES? Indi-vidual and group counseling. For more info call 250-632-8313 during operating hours - Wednesdays 8:00 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - or leave message on our voice mail. Lo-cated on the second floor of the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support offices.
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A groundbreaking projectGround work is being done on Kitimat-owned land adjacent to Haisla Town Centre (HTC) which will eventually become a public plaza-type space and will also be the permanent home of the new community Christmas tree, replacing the Gyro’s tree which was knocked down earlier this year due to work at HTC. Developer Kerkhoff Construction and the Haisla who own the land at HTC are working with the District of Kitimat to develop this new public space.
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Photography festival plans are in the worksIf it goes ahead it
will start small, but or-ganizers have big plans for an anticipated pho-tography festival to be held in Kitimat next year.
Robin Rowland said for this � rst go-through the organiza-tion of the event will
be done through the Kitimat Museum & Archives, but they are looking for people to lend a hand to make it happen, both in volun-teer time and in mone-tary support. If all goes to plan the festival will take place the week-end of August 5-7 (the
weekend after B.C. Day) and will include speakers and work-shops on photography.
Rowland says photo festivals are be-coming quite popular, and Kitimat’s natu-ral setting, including a growing abundance of humpback whales,
contribute greatly to Kitimat’s value.
“The basic idea is to try to diversify the tourist economy in Kit-imat beyond � shing,” he said.
He also said that, beyond the annual Kitimat Fishing Derby, there are no other re-gional activities that are a draw for people to Kitimat. He expects
to make a pitch for sup-port from the munici-pality in January.
The group is also holding another meet-ing in January as well, as a means to gather people under the same roof to talk about how they can all pitch in to make it happen.
That meeting is January 6 at 7 p.m. at the Kitimat Rod and Gun Club. Rowland says everyone is wel-come to attend.
“We’re going to start very small...but it’s a huge opportunity to diversify beyond just sports � shing,” he said.
“The basic idea is to try to diversify the tourist economy in Kitimat.”
Con’t from page 3He said the com-
pany is requesting all employees be avail-able as they work to-wards full operations.
As of Friday the smelter had 216 of 384 pots running.
“Our � rst choice is for the employees that would like overtime,” he added, saying Rio Tinto management did meet with the union last week and on re-quest the company will look at hiring contract operations positions.
Dobbin said they are following the collective labour agreement and Work-SafeBC regulations.
“This is a short term situation right now as we’re pro-gressing through the start up.”
Early 2016 should see 100 per cent of the pots running but the smelter won’t be in what the company considers “steady state” until 2017 said Dobbin.
Overtime is being called in speci� cally in the reduction, cast-ing and wharf sec-tions.
“We’re looking forward to getting the smelter up and run-ning and [are] anxious to have it [done] and I’m sure our employ-ees are as well.”
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