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Gov’t widens Thornhill debateBy MARGARET SPEIRS

THORNHILL’S MOVE to-ward incorporation may be put on hold with an offer from the provincial govern-ment for a grant to study the best option for the commu-nity.

And the best option might include joining the City of Terrace.

The debate surrounding Thornhill’s future has now

widened thanks to a letter from provincial commu-nity, sport and cultural de-velopment minister Coralee Oakes replying to an Octo-ber 2014 letter from the Kit-imat-Stikine regional district asking that the wheels be put in motion to incorporate the rural community.

“Certainly, at 4,000 resi-dents, Thornhill is of suffi-cient size and character that municipalization could be

appropriate,” said Oakes in her reply letter, dated Jan. 29, 2015.

She added that it seems like “the community is ready for change because it has outgrown the rural model” but did point out the rural community faced challeng-es, one of which is a limited tax base.

“Given these challenges, and the community’s prox-imity to the City of Terrace,

I am not yet convinced that it makes sense to create another municipal govern-ment in the area, and that strong consideration must also be given to inclusion of Thornhill in a reconfigured municipality for the broader Terrace area,” Oakes’ letter continued.

Her letter did acknowl-edge that the provincial gov-ernment was involved in dis-cussions with “communities

to ensure that the northwest can take advantage of all the opportunities that an LNG industry has to offer.”

To help with that, she of-fered up a conditional plan-ning grant of up to $60,000 to help the regional district with a “study services, gov-ernance and planning in the Greater Terrace area.”

When the study con-cludes, she wants regional district and city representa-

tives to review the study and see if the two can agree on “a joint restructure study process.”

“At that time, I will con-sider whether, from a provin-cial perspective, the creation of a separate municipality for Thornhill would be a ten-able outcome and could be considered as an option in a restructure process.”

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■ HonouredA PLAQUE honouring the efforts of Mamie and Fred Kerby in founding the Heritage Park Museum was officially unveiled at a tea, accompanied by speeches, at the museum Feb. 20. It’s located just inside the Kalum Lake Hotel building and standing with it are the Kerby’s children – Eric, Eva and Norma. See Page A13 for more.

Just stop it,says districtKITIMAT-STIKINE REGIONAL district directors are seeking legal advice to stop what they say is a continual flow of harassment by a group question-ing its long-standing plan to dramatically change the way garbage is handled in the area.

The decision came after RCMP officers briefly appeared at the regional district’s Feb. 20 meeting at which were members of Residents Advocating for a Sustainable Inclusive Environment (RafaSIE) who queried the decision by the board to borrow $17 million for a new superdump at Forceman Ridge just off of Hwy37 South toward Kitimat.

The officers soon left but their appearance was prompted by individuals who had been attending a series of talks by the regional district on its garbage and recycling plans. At the last of the talks held, Jan. 29, Sean Bujtas, a City of Terrace councillor, ended up asking a person to step outside of the meeting so they could talk and the presenter could continue.

Regional district staff members and consultants should be protected from harassment and bullying, said James Cordeiro, another City of Terrace coun-cillor who also sits on the regional district board.

He said the regional district has responded to numerous letters from people and from delegations over the last months and has answered the same questions over and over again.

“There is no effort to hear the answer and weigh those answers in a rational manner,” Cordeiro said, adding that some people had made up their minds, leaving no chance to change their minds.

His Feb. 20 motion reads, in part, to seek legal advice “to determine if these relentlessly disruptive and repetitive delegations, their conduct towards the board, staff and consultants, and the perpetual queries with respect to questions more than ade-quately answered by the board and administration constitutes harassment and an unacceptable admin-istrative burden ….”

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PASSENGER TOTALS on scheduled North-west Regional Airport flights dropped slightly in January compared to January 2014 but over-all passenger numbers were up.

January’s number for scheduled flights was 17,114 – 389 shy of January 2014’s 17,503.

But, says airport manager Carman Hen-dry, January’s char-ter passenger figure of 2,768 puts the past

month’s overall number at 19,882.

“In January 2014, our charter total was 350,” he said.

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The charter passen-ger totals will drop as major work projects wind up with the com-

pletion of the smelter project in the middle of this year and Hendry also anticipates a slight decline in regular pas-sengers.

But he’s still antici-pating a busy 2015 al-though not as busy as 2014 which saw just un-der 253,368 passengers arriving and leaving on scheduled flights.

And 2014’s pas-senger total was 43 per cent higher that 2013’s figure of 177,294.

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Hobiyee postponedA NUMBER of deaths in the past several weeks in Gingolx has resulted in the postponement of Hobiyee, the Nisga’a new year, celebrations.

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Nass Valley, and is now scheduled for March 13-14.

The postponement was agreed to out of respect for grieving families, says a posting on an organizers’ Face-book page.

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THE CLOSED Thornhill Jr. Secondary School will become a trades training centre.

By ANNA KILLEN

COAST MOUNTAINS School District students could be firing up welding torches at Thornhill Jr. Secondary School as early as September if the district’s plan to convert the closed school into a trades training centre comes about.

A training centre is the focal point of a district trades master plan and Feb. 19, the Coast Mountains school board began the first official steps towards the new use for the property, which could see cosmetology and welding courses as early as this September.

The school building will now become the Northwest Regional Trades and Employ-ment Training Centre.

Carpentry, culinary arts and heavy equipment opera-tor training would follow by 2018 with adult education and online correspondence courses making up part of the plan.

“It’s a living document,” said Coast Mountains school district superintendent Kath-erine McIntosh of the strate-gic plan, which is laid out in three stages, and leaves room for shifting trends. “It sets the direction where the board wants to go, but it leaves things open,” she said, by providing a blueprint for staff to get on the ground and talk to the com-munity and potential partners “to really define what the pro-grams are going to look like.”

The strategic plan itself comes out of a study financed through a $123,000 grant from Enbridge Northern Gateway and conducted by the Powell River Educational Services Society, an offshoot of the Powell River school district where McIntosh worked be-

fore moving here. The study is framed around the current and potential location in the region of a number of large industrial projects, including liquefied natural gas plants and the gas pipelines that would supply them, oil pipelines and a re-finery, and of the prospect of training northwestern residents for subsequent employment.

Presented to the board last month, the study cost less than the district initially thought it would, and the district voted last week to spend the remain-ing $45,000 on putting the plan in place. McIntosh explained that could mean more consul-tation along the way.

The board is now work-ing on what work is needed to convert the closed school into a training centre and then find the money for the project. “We have to figure those costs out now,” she said. “Our secretary

treasurer and director of facili-ties are currently working on that, and that process is to get estimates from a variety of in-terested companies,” she said.

“We have capital funds that have funding available for that purpose.”

While the Thornhill loca-tion would be the program’s home base, plan documents show that mobile training units could eventually be used all over the district– another as-pect district staff are currently looking into, said McIntosh.

Although closed, Thornhill Junior’s gym has been used by recreational groups. A rough plan included in the study shows that the gym would be converted into shop space.

Classroom and other space is leased to the Piping Indus-try College of B.C., a trades union-guided institution which offers specialized trades train-

ing in a number of areas. Mc-Intosh said the district is ne-gotiating work with PIC and similar groups who could pro-vide instruction.

Plan documents indicate the school district would work in concert with any number of agencies offering trades training, including Northwest Community College.

“We haven’t even spoken to industry yet,” said McIntosh. “We’re finding that there are more potential partnerships out there that we thought.”

The Grade 8-10 junior sec-ondary school was closed in June 2012 as a result of the general decline in student pop-ulation which began in the last decade.

In a large-scale shift of stu-dent populations in Terrace and Thornhill, Grade 10 was added to Grades 11 and 12 at Cale-donia Secondary and Grades 8-10 Skeena Junior Second-ary became a middle school of Grades 7-9 when Grade 7 was moved out of area elementary schools.

Student enrolment was down last year and one of the reasons pointed to by the dis-trict in explaining the decline was a lack of affordable hous-ing.

With the potential for more students moving into the dis-trict to attend the trades school, a sub-committee will moni-tor student housing issues and other potential problem issues and make recommendations to the board in January 2016.

“When our trustees looked at that recommendation, they want the subcommittee to go beyond just housing,” said Mc-Intosh, noting that it will look at transportation and potential financial barriers as well.

A HOTEL developer poised to begin construction in Terrace has had to modify his plans in order to qualify for regula-tory paperwork but says it has caused him no worries and he is ready to start building once the snow leaves the ground.

Kim Tran’s 93-room Sun-shine Inn, to be located beside the Terrace Bowling Alley on Lazelle Ave. and fronting Hwy16 beside Kalum Tire, was the first of a flurry of four hotel proposals to surface in 2013 and 2014.

But a complication in get-ting a federal homeowner warranty for his 13 planned condos on the top floor slowed things down.

The condo units are to be sold to their occupants and are separate from the hotel.

“We have received a home-

owner warranty, but there are some changes ... now we only have 11 condos regis-tered,” Tran said, adding that he wasn’t entirely sure why he wasn’t registered for the full 13. The remaining two condos in the design he said will be family hotel suites instead.

“But it doesn’t matter. Our crew will be back there in the middle of March,” Tran said last week.

A construction crew will be housed in the white house on the property fronting Lazelle that will be ripped down at a later point in the process to make room for the hotel.

Tran says he hopes his hotel will be in service in time for summer 2016.

The only hurdle now is waiting for a Terrace build-ing inspector to approve the

change on the design from 13 to 11 condos, said Tran.

“It doesn’t matter, a little bit of paper work and I am pretty sure it will go ahead,” he said.

Tran, based in Smithers, op-erates a chain of Sunshine Inns located in Smithers, Houston and Burns Lake.

While Tran’s initial build-ing schedule was halted pend-ing getting the federal home warranty paperwork in order, ground has broken and con-struction is underway by a Vancouver developer for a Comfort Inn development west on Hwy16 beside Cana-dian Tire.

And as far as feeling the heat from the new hotel, Tran is playing it cool. “I mean, if there is no other investor, sometimes there is a little bit of concern, and then when some-

body else shows up, it tells you there is business,” he said.

“On the other hand, you think maybe it will cut into your business a bit, but overall I think my location is probably the best location in town and I’m going to provide probably the best customer service. I am not too worried about that, be-cause there are two more [pro-posed hotels] on top of that too.”

A third hotel is being planned for a Thornhill loca-tion and a Calgary company has a land purchase option with the city for a hotel on the former Co-op site on Greig Ave.

Hotel owner gets green light

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Blue bag ExpressA close up look at the city’s recycling program

By JOSH MASSEY

IT’S STILL dark on a winter’s morning when Marco Qualizza sets out for his recycling run from the city’s public works building on Gra-ham.

By early afternoon he will have hand-bombed bags totalling about 2,000 kilograms of paper, plastic packaging and other material into the hopper of his garbage truck and will haul it to Thornhill where it will be unloaded at the Do Your Part transfer station where it will be bundled up for shipping to the lower mainland for eventual sorting.

In the early days of the city’s recycling program last spring, I was one of those Marco caught. I had my bags labelled with stickers about what I should have not included. Those bags were then left rejected on the curb.

But what I have not done is attempt to stash other garbage in my recycling, a nasty trick Marco sees regularly.

“You get people trying to sneak in like food and stuff,” he says, speaking loud over the blaring radio music in his hop-per. “They come out and say ‘oh why can’t you take that?’ and I say ‘ah, be-cause garbage isn’t recyclable.’”

There’s no need for you, like me, to feel guilty about the seemingly unmanageable mix of household packaging that ends up in his bi-weekly bags – the toilet paper tubes, the wax-coated chocolate boxes, the odd bits of plastic.

City planner Tara Irwin tells me it’s all good, the automated machinery in the recy-cling terminals down south, where all this ends up, are incredible. The various shreds of random material are sifted, magnetized out, sorted with minimal human intervention.

Still, the logic about what can be recycled and what is treated as garbage is confusing.

A quick recap: yes to empty whipping cream spray cans, yes to used waxy cups, but no to plastic juice containers and no to plastic bags, even though both are taken at my local grocery store.

It all has to do with the companies behind the new provincial recycling system. Multi-Material BC (MMBC) is a private venture financed by big time producers of packaging and other material, such as fast food cups. But when it comes to items like juice containers there is already a system called “extended user responsibility” financed by deposits paid by consumers at the till. Other items, like Sty-rofoam and soft plastics don’t process well in the main sorting machines.

MMBC pays for the program with money from these manufacturers based on how much packaging they produce. I have always won-dered if this translates into higher prices for the products themselves. A representative of MMBC told me it would be a percentage of a penny per product purchase.

Back on ground level, Marco tells me his collection job is a huge work-out.

“It’s great cardio jumping in and out, don’t even have to go to the gym,” he laughs.

Seeing the blue bags lined up at the end of people’s driveways, the peculiarities of their food tastes is apparent. There is one household that apparently loves a hot broth: the plastic bags are full of nothing but tin soup cans.

Another household has used black plastic bags, and Marco doesn’t touch it.

Got to be transparent bags, he says.

Lessor indiscretions about what is placed in the bags are met with some forgiveness. “Everybody makes mistakes,” he says.

Marco adds that days of hand bombing will soon be over as the city brings in a new fleet

of trucks and also spends almost half a million on special plastic garbage containers for each household that will have wheels and be part of an automatic loading system.

All this will translate into higher garbage fees paid by city residents.

According to Marco, his largest hauls of recycled material comes from the Bench and Horseshoe areas.

The Southside recycles the least, he notes. “Yesterday my load was 1,300 kilograms for the Southside and I usually get over 1,500 on the Bench and in the Horseshoe,” he said the day I accompanied him.

In total so far, since the service began in May 2014, Terrace has recycled 233,485 kg of material. MMBC pays Terrace $134,000 to recycle products on top of what residents already pay and Irwin said the city is staying on budget. A system of fines should the city deliver too much material which can’t be re-cycled won’t kick in until later this year. Right now, many residents still put in Styrofoam and soft plastics which aren’t allowed and that will eventually lead to fines.

Irwin said the city hopes MMBC will open a depot for the area soon to make it easier for residents to dispose of glass and other materi-al. City crews have been picking up glass once a month. Irwin estimates only about one-third of Terrace households currently recycle glass.

“Everybody makes

mistakes” Marco Qualizza

tells me

JOSH MASSEY PHOTOS

CITY WORKER Marco Qualizza helms the controls on his loud, rattling hopper used for both garbage and recycling pickup. The fleet will soon to be replaced.

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But now it wants people taking those courses to pay tuition if they can afford it. Those below a certain level of income can apply to the province for assistance.

Sounds fairly reasonable so far except it means more bureaucracy and more forms for those applying and for the college, more employee hours – and cost – to sift through those applications.

So what should be a fairly uncom-plicated way to obtain a basic edu-cation will turn into another bureau-cratic box wrapped up in red tape.

But perhaps that’s what the prov-ince has had calculated all along – make things so complicated that fewer people then enrol.

In this way, the province still offers the program but at a reduced cost. It also downloads administration ex-penses to the college. The province wins. The college loses and, more importantly, so do prospective stu-dents. And helping those people is supposed to have been the goal.

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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI

EDITORIALA6 www.terracestandard.com OPINION Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Terrace Standard

Extreme winter con-ditions frequently lead to untimely deaths, preventable

if only a few precautions had been taken.

The latest needless casu-alty reported in Canada oc-curred in Toronto Saturday night, February 14 during a cold snap.

Twenty-nine-year-old Mark Stroz, con� ned by a disability to a wheelchair, left a gathering of friends about midnight to return home by taxi. Moving along his driveway toward his front door he tipped over, spilling out on the frozen ground in -25 C temperature (-40 C with windchill).

To compound his prob-lem, starting at 4:30 Sunday morning 4,000 households in suburban Etobicoke, where he lived with his mother, were struck by a power blackout. No one saw him until sunrise Sunday morn-ing when a neighbour found him lying face down in his front yard, unconscious, not breathing.

An ambulance arrived just after 7 a.m. By then he had no pulse, wasn’t breathing. In the emergency, he regis-tered a very low core tem-

perature. Doctors were un-able to revive him.

No doubt the taxi driver had been busy on such an extremely cold night, rush-ing to pick up a waiting fare. Instead of accompany-ing Stroz safely to his front door, making sure he got in out of the cold, he apparently left Stroz to fend for himself once he exited the taxi.

Stroz was a vital young man whose disability didn’t stop him, say neighbours. He walked his dog along snowy streets. He was involved in his community, working to improve accessibility for the disabled. A well-known member of the Ontario

sledge hockey fraternity, he had at one time been captain of the Markham Islanders sledge hockey team and in 2008 played in the Ontario Paralympic Winter Champi-onships.

Sadly, Stroz is not the � rst Canadian to die in these cir-cumstances. A similar situa-tion took the life of a wheel-chair-bound disabled person a winter or two ago. That person, too, exited a taxi on a particularly cold evening, got stuck in snow ruts be-tween the taxi and the curb, and tipped over. The individ-ual was found next morning by a neighbour, lying dead on the ground.

“At times of extreme cold, small emergencies that would otherwise be surviv-able can quickly turn into life or death crises,” says a spokesman for Toronto Para-medic Services.

This young man’s death could so easily have been prevented.

One friend at the gather-ing could have ridden along with him in the taxi to see him safely home. Or driven him home.

They could at least have phoned later to be sure he was home, safe.

But the � rst line of de-fence for disabled in wheel-chairs especially in cold win-ter weather is for cabbies to always see their fares safely to their front porch, wait while they unlock the door, and switch on the lights. It also doesn’t hurt to make sure the heat is working. If not, the fare can be offered a ride to a neighbour or some-where they will be warm un-til the power returns. They should never be abandoned at the curb.

With all the sensor sys-tems built into today’s cars, it’s time wheelchair manu-facturers install devices to alert the entire neighbour-hood if a wheelchair upsets. That way if someone like Stroz, coming home late in the dark, got into dif� cul-ty approaching the house, those of us hunkered down watching a TV, or sleeping, would promptly be alerted something was amiss, some-one might be in need of help.

Until wheelchairs are built or retro� tted with safety warning sensors, disabled or elderly people would do well to skip attending an event. Surely that would be prefer-able to risking death by hy-pothermia.

An alarm might have saved his life

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Colombia LNG delay could benefit local project

Terrace Standard Wednesday, February 25, 2015 VIEWPOINTS www.terracestandard.com A7

There is an old expression that goes, “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.”

Case in point was the Febru-ary 5 blizzard, about as ill a wind as you could get. Yet despite the general chaos and misery, it was good news for the local heavy equipment contractors who sud-denly found their services in high demand.

In the LNG world, there is a similar example where the impact of a price hurricane felt in the Ca-ribbean just might translate into a warm breeze that fills the sails of an LNG proposal in our back-yard. To explain, in 2012 a Bel-gian outfit called EXMAR signed an agreement with Canadian-based Pacific Rubiales Energy (PRE).

EXMAR was to build, own, operate and maintain the first floating natural gas liquefaction plant in the world while PRE, which owns gas fields in Colom-bia, had exclusive rights to sup-ply and liquefy up to half a mil-lion tonnes of LNG a year for 15 years.

EXMAR awarded the contract

to build the LNG barge to Wil-son Heavy Industry of Nantong, China and the plan was to have it up and running in Colombia in the second half of this year.

Everything went swimmingly with Wilson on February 4 con-firming the barge would sail away from its yard bound for South America by June of this year.

So smoothly did everything run that EXMAR ordered a sec-ond barge in December of last year with a delivery date of 2017.

So what is the connection to projects up here? Well, EXMAR is one of the members of the newly-formed consortium plan-ning to have a floating LNG plant moored on the west side of the Douglas Channel and operational sometime in 2018.

It also just happens that the Douglas Channel plan is for a barge capable of producing a half a million tonnes of LNG per year.

And this is where the ill wind comes into play. On February 3, EXMAR announced in its quar-terly report that PRE had decided to delay the Colombia project because of “unfavourable energy market conditions.”

The same day, in an interview with energy publication Interfax, Peter Volk, general manager of PRE, floated (pardon the pun) an-other possibility.

“We are looking at various alternatives which would repre-sent lower (capital expenditure) commitment in order to improve overall returns,” he said. “These include locations not only in Co-lombia but also other countries.”

Canada for instance? Volk wouldn’t say. But it strikes me that a logical play by PRE, given

there is already a second barge under construction, is to cut a deal with the Douglas Channel consortium that would see the first barge park up here and the second one go to the delayed Co-lombia project.

Which could translate to Douglas Channel being up and running two years ahead of the current plan. I know, it’s all hor-ribly speculative. But stranger things have happened in the world of LNG. Speaking of strange, when it comes to economic de-velopment prospects, there are optimists, pessimists and, sand-wiched somewhere between the two, realists.

Then there is premier Christy Clark. To go back to the begin-ning, in September 2011, Clark announced the BC Jobs Plan which included the forecast that there would be one LNG plant up and running in the province by 2015 and a total of three by 2020.

Now in fairness to the premier that bold prediction didn’t seem unreasonable at the time.

But as so often happens with economic development propos-als in our corner of the world, the

reality turned out to be very dif-ferent.

A first small LNG project at Kitimat, now resurrected in the form of the new Douglas Channel plan, crashed and burned when LNG Partners went bankrupt.

One by one the original three partners – Encana, EOG and Apache – pulled out of the Kiti-mat LNG project.

And the Shell-led consortium behind LNG Canada found out that things take a lot longer in B.C. than they might have expe-rienced elsewhere.

Plus the price of LNG has nosedived.

So here we are in 2015 with not a single LNG plant up and running and, worse, no solid indi-cation we will see any of the big projects green-lighted this year.

So what does the premier say at the tail end of last month? “We are still on track to meet our goal of three LNG plants up and run-ning by 2020.”

Talk about denial!Retired Kitimat Northern

Sentinel editor Malcolm Baxter lives in Terrace, B.C. He can be reached at [email protected].

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

ACTOR KIEFER Sutherland at 2010 unveiling of statue of his grandfather, Tommy Douglas.

Even with one, there’s powerDear Sir:

How much power/influence can one human being have on others or our way of life? We could cite good and bad exam-ples, let’s only use good ones.

One person can give blood or become an organ donor and save or improve another per-

sons life.And imagine a world with-

out these people:Galileo Galilei, the sun

would revolve around earth; Isaac Newton, no laws of

physics or no telescope; Albert Einstein, no space

travel;

Otto Hahn and Lise Meit-ner, no nuclear fission;

Euclid, no geometry;John von Neumann, no

computer science; Rachel Carson, no environ-

mental movement; Jacques Cousteau, no deep

sea diving;

James Lovelock, no Gaia;Charles Darwin, no genet-

ics; Louis Pasteur, no antibiot-

ics; Edward Jenner, no vaccina-

tions; Marie Curie, no x-rays;

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B.C.’s wildlifenot for saleDear Sir:

Wildlife allocation has become a hot topic throughout our province. But the focus and real underlining concerns are misguided and diluted by natural resources minister Steve Thomson and the Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia (GOABC), representing about 200 guide outfitters.

They’ve attempted to mislead public with com-ments like “it’s only 60 animals,” with a following statement “I don’t understand what the big deal is all about.”

What public needs to be aware of is the per cent of wildlife species being offered to guide outfitters and not the physical numbers. For example, if the natural resources ministry establishes a harvest of 100 animals in an area is sustainable and to be al-located, giving 40 to a guide outfitter, it’s just 40 animals, right? Wrong! It’s 40 per cent of the pub-lic’s wildlife, a common property of the people that has just been given away to a private, often foreign owned, interest.

This does not reflect our century-old North American model of wildlife management that rests on two basic principles – fish and wildlife are for the non-commercial use of citizens, and should be managed such that they are available at optimum population levels forever.

A successful management model that is the envy of many other countries.

Mr. Thomson’s recent wildlife allocation de-cision which has been heavily influenced by the GOABC, a commercial trophy hunting lobby, is trying to root the European model of wildlife man-agement here in B.C. A model and ideology where wildlife is privately owned, and only the wealthy and influential can hunt, an elitist system.

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A8 www.terracestandard.com NEWS Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Terrace Standard

MoTI Ad # 1089 Hired Equipment Skeena District

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The Skeena District of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is creatingits list of registered Equipment for Hire in the Skeena Service Area for the fiscal year 2015/2016, which begins April 1, 2015.

All individuals or companies registered this past year through the District Office in Terrace will have received invitations by mail to re-register their equipment for the coming fiscal year. If you have new equipment to be added to your profile, you can register online or contact the District Office at the address listed below.

Any individuals or companies who were not registered in 2014, but wish to have their equipment listed, are hereby invited to contact the District Office, either in personor by phone, to obtain the appropriate registration forms.

Note that while you do not need to have Commercial (Comprehensive) General Liability Insurance, or up-to-date WorkSafeBC coverage to register, you will have to meet these requirements prior to working on any ministry projects.

All owners of dump trucks or belly dump trucks must provide a current weight scale slip to the District Office which will be used to calculate hourly rates.

Only owned or lease-to-own equipment is eligible for registration. Equipment can only be registered in one area in any given year. Seniority is not transferable from area to area.

The deadline for new registrations is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2015. Late registrations will be accepted, but may appear at the bottom of the open list. Note that there is no charge for registering new equipment or for changing or removing equipment information already listed.

Hired Equipment Registration

Register through the Skeena District Office at:4825 Keith Avenue, Terrace, B.C.

You can also phone 250 615-3970 or send a fax to 250 615-3963 to have the forms mailed, e-mailed or faxed to you,

or register on-line at www.bcbid.ca.

Skeena District

Phone: (250) 615-61001-800-663-3208

651, 2015,

Dear Sir: After reading all the letters from Feb. 18,

2015 of the Snow Angels, I said, “Hey, I had two angels come to check on me.” After the lights went out in the building I’m living at, it was so dark here, I was getting confused.

One of the health care workers walked around checking on all of the tenants, some were sitting in a circle visiting (the only things missing were hot dogs and marshmal-lows). It felt like camping when we were in the circle.

I was getting confused here with no lights. Then someone came right in to check on me. My grandchildren Hannah and Justin. Justin gave me a � ashlight to wear on my head. Oh boy, what a lifesaver.

Big thank you Justin and Hannah. Al-though I wasn’t outside, Hannah and Justin were my snow angels.

Lydia Angus, Terrace, B.C.

Dear Sir:And here are two other “snow angels” de-

serving of a mention for their help because of the big snowfall.

I was stuck near the entrance behind the Real Canadian Wholesale Club store just af-ter the big snowfall.

A young couple walking by tried to help me, but no luck. They would not leave me. A young lady came along, put her purse down in the snow and with the help of the three of them, I was free to go.

I want to thank them so very much for their help. I am sorry I do not know their names. Many others drove on by.

Gail Gyger,Terrace, B.C.

More angels

Paul Crutzen, no ozone layer (threat-ening all life on our planet); Jesus Christ, no Christianity;

Buddha, no Bud-dhism; Mohammed, no Islam;

Ghandi, no non-vio-lent civil disobedience (India and Pakistan would still be under

British rule);Nelson Mandela,

apartheid (segregation) in South Africa;

Rosa Park, apartheid (segregation) in the United States.

In Canada: Louis Riel, no Saskatchewan;

Laura Secord, with-out her Canada would have lost the War of

1812;Tommy Douglas, no

universal healthcare in Canada;

But also:Genghis Khan, no

Great Wall of China;And last but not

least, without our par-ents and their parents,

we would not exist.Two of my favou-

rite people are scientist James Lovelock, who has demonstrated that everything on our plan-et is interconnected and Paul Crutzen.

Without his work, there would be no ozone

layer and eventually no life on our planet as we now know it.

So what would be your answer the next time someone poses that question, “what can one single person do”?

Martin Holzhauer,Terrace, BC,

As proud resident British Columbians, it’s our job to stop them.

In the Skeena Re-gion, Mr. Thomson’s plan is to allocate 40 per cent of sheep and grizzly, 25 per cent of moose and caribou, and 35 per cent of moun-tain goat to a handful of commercial guide out� tters, catering to foreign trophy hunters.

This is a scenario that is mirrored across our province, and unac-ceptable.

In addition, Mr. Thomson has stated he intends to have such allocation per cents implemented into leg-islation, which then be-comes law.

That’s right, the min-ister is moving forward to privatize our revered public wildlife and have it entered into law, with the support of our pre-mier.

If this is not stopped, it will generate a ripple effect shifting public’s common property inter-

ests and bene� ts to that of the private sector.

It will be a precedent that will trickle down onto our public � sher-ies, Crown lands, and even parks.

Today, resident hunt-ers are protesting and standing up for much more than just wildlife allocations, they are defending the heritage of B.C. families, and to maintain the resident public’s common prop-erty rights and access overall.

Stand up, be heard, and write a letter to Steve Thomson, Pre-mier Christy Clark, and your local MLA, telling them B.C.’s wildlife is not for sale, and your non-support of privatiz-ing B.C.’s wildlife, our most revered and cher-ished public resource, is absolute.

Mike Langegger, Chairman,

Northwest Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Association,Kitimat, B.C.

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Our wildlife is not for sale

MichaelLangegger

From Page A7

A single person can do much


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CITY OFFICIALS are planning two major road projects this year with one partially financed through taxes by property owners. And not all the owners on that street are happy about the cost.

The communal repave is tak-ing place on the 5200 and 5300 blocks of Haugland on the west-ern-most segment where a stretch of dirt road will be turned into one of asphalt. Residents will pay ap-proximately $300,000 of the $1.32 million Haugland project through a 10-year tax surcharge.

For projects such as these, at least 50 per cent of the homeown-ers have to agree to the surcharge and then the city will pave a dirt road in town.

One resident, Maria Craveiro, said she feels that is too expen-sive a price tag for the community along the street.

“It's outrageous, the price they are going to charge for that,” said senior citizen Maria Craveiro who lives at 5232.

Craveiro said she voted in fa-vour of the repave like the majority of residents on that street but that she didn't know how much it was going to cost.

She, her husband, her mother, and other elderly people on the street are just getting by on their disability pensions and having the added yearly payment is a tough pill to swallow just for a paved road.

She said that because the prop-erty is just out of city limits and the stretch of road privately owned, she has had to pay for water, gas and sewer services herself since moving their almost 40 years ago.

“We did everything,” she said. “And now have to do that for the road too. That's a hard punch to take.”

The other major project is the

4700 Block of Walsh between Sparks and Eby in the horseshoe, a stretch of road marked by potholes and a badly broken surface.

City works director Rob Schibli says the Walsh Ave. project will include a sidewalk, a first for that street.

Also in the transportation bud-get, which has to be completely finalized, is $40,000 for a trans-portation study examining the im-pact of increased traffic on the two major roads providing access to the bench – Lanfear Hill and Skee-naview St., more popularly known as Kalum Hill. A number of single-family homes were built on the bench last year with more planned this year in newly-cleared subdivi-sions. There are also major propos-als in the works for townhouse and multi-family developments, one of which is at the top of Lanfear and the other just south of Uplands El-ementary.

Haugland St. residents to pay for paving

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THE STRETCH of dirt road on Haugland will be turned into one of asphalt – at a cost to residents.


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■ In the pinkPARKSIDE SECONDARY students are walking from the school to the school district office today for Pink T-Shirt/Anti-Bullying Day wearing pink shirts with images and words on them that they designed themselves. This is the seventh annual event. Be-hind the students above is a bulletin board with anti-bullying words and images.

IN THE Feb. 18 issue of the Terrace Standard, the people in the photo for the story “Cel-ebrating Robbie Burns” were incorrectly named.

Standing with Jock Halley is Paul Bjorn. The photogra-pher is Cholo Ancheta.

Correction

THE CITY’S first potential space traveller is out of the running, for now.

Marina Miral, who lived out in Jackpine Flats from ages 12 to 19, had applied to be one of the partici-pants of Mars One, a project out of the Netherlands, which intends to send people to live on the red planet starting in 2024.

About 200,000 applied, and 1,058 candidates were shortlisted from around the world.

Miral passed the first round of eliminations last year and was part of a pool of 660 candidates, but was eliminated during the second round of the selection process recently.

Only 100 people moved past this second round and into the third round of the selection process, including four Canadians.

Miral will have a chance to re-apply in a new ap-p l i c a t i o n round later this year.

T h e candidates who qual-ify in that upcoming round will be trained to replace eliminated p a r t i c i -pants.

M i r a l learned she was ac-cepted Dec. 30, 2013 and began the two-year application process.

“Ever since I was a kid, it’s been a dream,” she said in 2014 about her desire to go into space.

Miral lives in Sooke on Vancouver Island and works as a co-writer of ju-venile fiction novels.

Mars One, a not-for-profit foun-dation that wants to establish a per-manent human settlement on Mars, plans to launch an unmanned mission to Mars in 2018 and send up its first four people in 2024 and four more every two years afterward. It says the technology exists now to send people into space and onto the red planet.

Mars One hopeful eliminated

ANYONE LOOKING for somewhere to put in some good works / volunteer time for others can add their time to two organizations.

Terrace Relay for Life’s annual event has seen the community raise $1.7 million in the last 15 years.

And that included more than $141,000 in 2014.

It’s never too early to start preparing for re-lay, especially when participants can dress up and plan activities of their own for relay day.

This year’s theme, “Relaying through the Decades” will see prizes awarded for best cos-tume, best decorated tent and best team spirit.

Teams are encouraged to have games from a decade at their tents to enhance the experience.

Team rallies are already underway and par-ticipants can hear suggestions for fundraising ideas, ask questions and share in the excite-ment of relay.

The next rallies are set for March 11 and April 15 from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the school board office in building B (3211 Kenney St.).

Let the relay committee know about your upcoming FUNdraisers so they can be added to the website and facebook page.

Participants are asked to raise a minimum amount of donations.

The more raised, the greater the impact on funding research and helping those living with cancer.

Carry pledge sheets with you wherever you go.

Each registrant will receive a free luminary for the final lap and additional luminaries can be purchased online or at the event.

All cancer survivors and caregivers are in-vited to join the Victory Lap - the kickoff lap of relay, which takes place at 10 a.m. Register online or at [email protected].

For more details, see the PSAs in the Com-munity Calendar on page 12.

And for those looking for something to do during retirement, the Happy Gang Centre might be the place for you to spend some time.

There are many recreational activities to participate in: Monday afternoon is whist, along with carpet bowling downstairs; Tues-day afternoon is glee club and in the evening is cribbage; Thursday morning is quilting and afternoon is contract bridge; Friday afternoon is bingo and Sunday afternoon is rumolli.

Facilities are also available for floor curling, darts and billiards.

Besides these weekly activities, members enjoy catered dinners and potluck games

nights. Membership in the Happy Gang is a small

fee per year and allows participation in all these activities.

The monthly pancake breakfast is held the first Saturday of each month and is open to the public.

The Lutheran church holds services each Sunday at 2 p.m. and throughout the year the Happy Gang holds teas, bazaars, garage sales and bake sales.

A very popular offering is the daily lunch service from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. which is well-supported by members and the public.

For a small cost, lunch includes homemade soup, a variety of sandwiches, dessert and a beverage.

All these activities can only be provided with the help of our dedicated volunteers.

Helpers are always needed in the kitchen, to set up dinners, to assist with special events and to phone members regarding messages.

If you’re interested in meeting new people and becoming involved in this active seniors’ community, consider becoming a member of the Happy Gang Centre.

Drop in or phone 250-635-9090 with any questions.

Two ways to help the community, have fun and meet new people

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CITY SCENEFax your event to make the Scene at 250-638-8432. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday.

Clubs & pubs ■ THORNHILL PUB: KARAOKE

Thurs. starting at 8 p.m. Free pool Wed. and Sun. Showing all UFC on 80” TV. Live mu-sic Fri. and Sat. Shuttle service provided.

■ LEGION BRANCH 13: Meat draws every Sat. – first draw at 4:30 p.m. Steak Night is the first Fri. of each month.

■ GEORGE’S PUB: POOL tournament every Sun. starting at 6 p.m. Poker, Sun. starting at 1 p.m. and Wed., starting at 7 p.m. Thurs. game night, DJ and open until 2 a.m. Fri. and Sat. live weekend entertainment. Karaoke Sun. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Shuttle ser-vices weekends.

■ MT. LAYTON LOUNGE: Open daily 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Free pool. Located at Mt. Layton Hotsprings just off Hwy37 South be-tween Terrace and Kitimat.

Art ■ THE TERRACE ART Gallery presents

the annual Freda Diesing School of North-west Coast Art first and second year stu-dents’ exhibition thru Feb. 28. Free. A clos-ing reception will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 27. Artists and instructors will be in attendance.

■ CELEBRATE YOUR BREASTS Project is on from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. March 6 at the Terrace Art Gallery. A show to pro-mote awareness, education and dialogue

around the issue of breast implants, and ulti-mately promote self-esteem, self-acceptance and personal power. Free. Contact Olivia at 250-922-4466 or [email protected].

Film ■ TO LIGHT A Candle, a new docu-

mentary by Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, will be screened at 7:30 p.m. March 4 at Skeena Diversity Centre, 4617 Lazelle Ave. Archbishop Tutu said, “We can tell the government of Iran, and the world, that banning the Baha’is or any group from higher education is hurting Iran and the Iranian people.”

Drama ■ TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE pres-

ents its annual dinner theatre Marc Camolet-ti’s Boeing Boeing, directed by Alan Weston, Feb. 27, 28, March 6 and 7 at the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club. Cocktails at 6:30 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m. and show starts at 8 p.m. No late seating after show starts. Tickets on sale at Uniglobe Courtesy Travel.

Music ■ TERRACE CONCERT SOCIETY

presents John Wort Hannam at 8 p.m. March 6 at the REM Lee Theatre. Tickets at George Little House.

■ JUNO AWARD-WINNING RE-CORDING artist Tim Neufeld and the Glory Boys bring their ‘Joyride’ tour here at 7 p.m. March 6 at the Terrace Pente-costal Assembly. This cross-generational community concert features bluegrass-infused modern worship music! Come and bring friends! Admission by donation. Contact Sarah 519-589-0678 or [email protected].

■ TERRACE COMMUNITY BAND Spring Concert is at 7:30 p.m. March 7 at the REM Lee Theatre.

Fundraiser ■ 16 CANDLEFISH CELEBRATES

16 years of Dr. Fishy at 8 p.m. March 14 at the REM Lee Theatre. All proceeds to Re-lay For Life. Tickets at Misty River Books.

Potluck ■ 30TH ANNIVERSARY MULTI-

CULTURAL Potluck Dinner Feb. 28 at the arena banquet room. Doors open 4 p.m., dinner at 5 p.m. Bring a favourite international dish, enough to feed a fam-ily of four, and your ticket. Bring your own plate, cup, cutlery (optional). Fam-ily-friendly event. Put on by the Terrace and District Multicultural Association and Skeena Diversity Society. Tickets on sale at Misty River Books.

Alternate title: A Tetris Battle Lesson

If you read my column “Lessons From Bubble

Pop,” I know what you’re thinking: What, she’s writing about another com-puter game? She has a problem.

While it’s kind of cruel of you to be so judgmental, I can’t argue with you. I really am a game addict and Tetris has topped the list of my weaknesses since approximately 1988.

At various times in my life I’ve been on the wagon, the longest break being the years I no longer frequented Gus’s Arcade. Online Tetris versions were lame compared to the arcade game—or were until I joined Facebook and dis-covered—Oh, the joy, oh, the agony, oh, the huge time suckage but wonder-ful stress reliever—Tetris Battle.

(You said there was a lesson in this blather, I hear you mutter—and right you are. Patience, patience. All the lit-tle blocks will fall into place soon and you’ll soon see what I’m putting down. Heh heh. A Tetris joke. Get it?)

ANYWAY, I’ve been playing like a mad woman again because after a six-month hiatus, I logged in and discov-ered I’d lost my rank and had to restart from scratch. (I know. It’s an outrage.)

It’s been a rough month. February weather is hard on my spirits in general (although the respite provided by the crazy, glorious snowstorm was love-ly!), plus some things in my personal life have been tough—and profession-ally I’ve been fraught with indecision and insecurity about the path I’ve cho-sen and the direction I’m going. . . . Sounds familiar, right? Yes, I think it’s called life, sometimes. . . .

But I’ve been kicking butt in Tetris

at least. The lesson I want to share comes—

as so many lessons do—from a mistake I made. For an instant, while battling a User-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, I broke with my proven strategy and looked to see how my opponent was doing.

Gah! I recognized my error imme-diately. He was doing great. Had even dropped more lines than I had. (The horror, the horror!) Flustered, I made a rookie error, landed a Z shape at an awkward angle, leaving a gap ex-posed—then compounded the problem by dropping a square too close, so I couldn’t snug another piece under the jutting edge.

Even worse, I darted a sideways

glance again to see how badly my screw-up had hurt my game. Bleeeep—KO’D. Even as the buzzer sounded, my brain screamed, “What were you do-ing? Don’t look. Don’t look!”

Wham! Crossover wisdom hit me and fleshed itself out. Don’t look at your neighbor or friend or peer. Keep focused on your plan, your goal, what works for you.

To win in Tetris, you can’t let your-self get distracted by someone else’s progress, concentrate too heavily on the way they play, or compare their results to your own. Doing so will immobilize you, fill you with doubt, and crush your game.

The same is true for other parts of life. I’m usually content with my home, relationships, accomplishments, work——until I fall into the compari-son trap. I sometimes need to remind myself: Don’t look! Zeroing in on how someone else is doing doesn’t change my situation, skills, talents, or assets—but it does take my focus off what it should be on: what I do have, what I can do, what I should do.

Flipping that (because there’s al-ways flipping in Tetris), all of life is not like the game. Sometimes contemplat-ing what other people are doing encour-ages, challenges and spurs you on. . . .

The trick, I guess, is to know which to do and when. Thankfully, the an-swer’s fairly clear. If looking at others makes you dissatisfied or diminishes your ability to maneuver the pieces of your life with joy and ease, stop look-ing. If studying someone else fills you with a sense of possibility or lends you a strategy you hadn’t yet considered, gawk away.

And now I’m off to level up.

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Community CalendarThe Terrace Standard offers the Community Calendar as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-pro� t organizations and events without an admission charge. Space permitting, items will run two weeks before each event. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays. Fax your event or PSA to 250-638-8432. For complete listings, visit www.terracestandard.com

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FEBRUARY 25 – Free after-school program for children 6 - 12, “Historical Detectives,” is on Wednesdays thru April. Explore the war-time history of our 70-year-old building at Ksan Place. Learn traditional skills including building with wood, gardening, � xing bicycles and cooking from scratch. Call Kelsey Wiebe at 250-635-4546.

FEBRUARY 25 – UNBC Public Presentation with Dr. David Bowering on Citizen or Consumer? Health vs. the Economy from noon to 1 p.m. at the UNBC Terrace campus. Free. Bowering has become increasingly interested in the relationship between our current obsession with the health of the economy and its effect on human health and well-being. Bowering hopes to help stimulate critical thinking about the economy informed by our current understanding of what makes people health. Session also available via livestream at livestream.com.

FEBRUARY 26 – Terrace Chapter of TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly, invites you to an open house in Mills Memorial Hospital Cafeteria. See what happens during a meeting and learn about TOPS and the support, weight loss tools, information and encouragement available to you in a non-judgmental environment. Please arrive between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The meeting runs until 8 p.m. For further information, call Joan at 250-635-0998 or Sandy at 250-638-6324.

FEBRUARY 28 – Terrace Toastmasters invites you to its all access open house from 11:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the � reside room at the Terrace Pentecostal Assembly. Meet the 2015 executive, get your questions answered and learn why toastmasters is #1 in communication and leadership training. Light snacks and refreshments provided. To reserve your seat, please RSVP by February 26th to Janine Wilson, vice-president of public relations at 250-615-8187.

FEBRUARY 28 – The BC Seniors Games Society Zone 10 membership meeting at 1 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. New members always welcome.

MARCH 2 – Open House celebrating the � fth anniversary of Skeena Diversity’s Welcome Centre is from 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., located at 4617 Lazelle Ave. Everyone’s welcome to help us celebrate � ve incredible years and to sample what we have to offer: programs, cake and snacks. Contact: 250-635-6530, www.skeenadiversity.com, or www.facebook.com/SkeenaDiversity.

MARCH 7 – George Little House 10th annual Founder’s Day Tea and Vintage Fashion Show

is at 2 p.m. at the arena banquet room. Come out and model your vintage prom or bridesmaid dresses. Catered Sweets by Emmy, Crystal from Hype Tea, music by Rebecca and Marcel. Tickets available at George Little House. For more, call Debbie 250-638-8887.

MARCH 14 – Pruning Seminar will be held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Spotted Horse Nursery (4903 Graham Ave.). A hands-on overview and demonstration of basic pruning techniques with instructors Charles Claus and Cathy Jackson. Admission by a set donation. Proceeds will go to local community food initiatives. Please call to register: 250-635-1907.

MARCH 15 – Bowl for Kids Sake is from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Terrace Bowling Lanes to raise money for TDCSS Big Brother Big Sisters of Terrace. All money raised goes to support the mentoring programs we offer in Terrace and area. There is a registration fee and/or pledges.

MARCH 24 – Community Dinner from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Ksan Place. Everyone welcome. Eat in or to go. Arrive early to help cook, stay late to help wash up. Ksan Place is located behind the Ksan residence and shelter on Hall Street, southside. For more, contact Char at 250-635-2654 or [email protected].

PSAS RELAY FOR LIFE half price early bird registration ends March 1. After this date, registration returns to the full amount. Early registration also means an entry into a provincial draw for an iPad and a community draw for a Visa Gift Card. Registration deadline May 15. Register on line at www.relayforlife.ca/terrace Last year, participants raised more than $141,000. Relay for Life with the theme “Relaying thru the Decades” goes from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 30 at Skeena Middle School track.

SENIORS STRETCH IS for people 55+ at 10 a.m. Thursdays at Ksan Place. Enjoy a different exercise, dance or sport, then head to the kitchen to make a healthy snack. Spots still available. Contact Char at 250-635-2654 or [email protected].

QI GONG: IMPROVE your balance and reduce stress with Xi Gong Yoga and instructor Cheri Reidy. Half-hour of yoga then light healthy refreshments Mondays at 10 a.m. at Ksan Place (101-2812 Hall Street, southside). Drop-in fee, everyone welcome. For more info or to register, call Char at 250-635-2654 or email [email protected].

FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP for the families, friends and caregivers of people living with any mental illness is held from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the last Wednesday of every month, excluding

December, July and August at Suite 210 – 4546 Park Ave. (above Trigo’s Shoe Store). Free. For more details, call Noreen at 250-635-8206 or [email protected].

KIMMUNITY ANGELS SOCIETY works to promote quality of life for seriously ill individuals and their families by providing � nancial assistance for medical treatment, medical expenses and equipment or supplies. All funds raised stay within our community. Getting involved can be volunteering at fundraisers, challenging family, friends and businesses to get involved or meet or exceed your donation, raising funds and spreading the word about what we do. For more details, contact [email protected].

NORTHWEST BC METIS meet the third Wednesday of the month (except July and August) at 7 p.m. room 306, 4536 Park Ave. Everyone welcome. For more details call 638-1199 or Beverly at 635-6864 or [email protected].

THE SALVATION ARMY holds Toonie Wednesdays every � rst and third Wednesday of the month – all clothing is $2. All children’s clothing $2 or less is half price.

TERRACE TOASTMASTERS MEETS the second and fourth Wednesday of each month in Room #404 of the Terrace Pentecostal Assembly with meetings beginning at 7 p.m. If you’d like to build self-con� dence and improve your leadership and communication skills in a fun and interactive setting with like-minded individuals, consider joining Toastmasters for the 2014-2015 season. For more information, please call Ralph at 250-638-1905, Janine at 250-615-8187 or � nd us online at www.terracetoastmasters.com.

THE ALZHEIMER SOCIETY of BC offers a Family Caregiver Support Group in Terrace, a free monthly group providing education, information, sharing common experiences, practical tips, strategies and emotional support, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the month at Northwest Integrative Healthcare Centre (4724 Lazelle Ave.). To register, call Lana 635-0980.

FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP for the families, friends and caregivers of people living with any mental illness is held from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the last Wednesday of every month, excluding December, July and August at Suite 210 – 4546 Park Ave. (above Trigo’s Shoe Store). Free. For more details, call Noreen at 250-635-8206 or [email protected].

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We have now selected our preferred option for carrying out this project, which is to build a new line along the west side of the Kitimat Valley. This decision was based on environmental, archaeological, design, cost and other studies, as well as feedback received during consultation with First Nations, local governments and interested members of the public.

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Marriage Commissioner The Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health, is looking for an individual to serve as a Marriage Commissioner for Terrace. The individual will perform civil marriages within their community on behalf of the Agency.

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Plaque honours museum foundersCLOSE TO 50 people gathered at Heritage Park Feb. 19 to recog-nize Mamie and Fred Kerby, the couple who spearheaded its forma-tion more than 30 years ago.

A tea was held and those attending were able to view a plaque placed inside the park’s Kalum Hotel building commemorating the couple, now deceased.

Children Eva, Nor-ma and Eric Kerby were on hand as well as grandchildren for speeches and refresh-ments in the dance hall building right beside the hotel.

Fred Kerby passed away in 2006 and Ma-mie Kerby just last year.

Terrace and Dis-trict Museum Society president Grant Piffer noted the achievements of the Kerbys to rescue the eight log structures from their original lo-cations in the area and move them to what is now Heritage Park.

“Most or all of these buildings would have simply been lost forev-er,” said Piffer of the ur-gent nature of the effort to save the structures which began in 1982.

The Kerbys, with

daughter Norma assist-ing, gathered up a core of volunteers, formed a society and received government grants first to move and then reas-semble the buildings.

“It was also a daunt-ing task but one that Mamie Kerby was more than up for,” said Piffer.

He noted that the organizing capacity of Mamie Kerby matched the practical aspects Fred Kerby brought to

the task of moving the buildings and securing them in their new home.

As a young country, Canada is still made up of stories where in-dividuals work toward a greater good, said Piffer.

“And that was cer-tainly the case of Ma-mie and Fred Kerby,” he said.

Daughter Norma re-called some of the early years of the Terrace Re-

gional Historical Soci-ety, the society formed to move the Heritage Park plans forward in the early 1980s.

The philosophical foundation of the so-ciety was to preserve some of the architecture unique to the area, she said.

“You know, what we don’t need is another cement building,” said Kerby of a comment made by her mother.

The effort to create Heritage Park was also assisted by job train-ing and other grants that were available in the early 1980s when a recession all but closed down the local woods industry, she noted.

Locating Heritage Park where it is today was a logical decision because the land was then owned by the prov-ince, part of the prop-erty which was once the home of Skeenaview, a care facility that was the predecessor to modern day Terraceview Lodge.

That being the case, Kerby said it could be obtained at no cost.

“My mother said they wouldn’t miss two acres,” she remembered of the approach taken to secure the land.

It also made sense because residents of Terraceview Lodge could visit and enjoy the park, she added.

“This whole com-plex was established with a huge amount of community effort and a huge amount of com-munity support,” said Kerby.

Heritage Park’s founding society, the Terrace Regional His-torical Society, still ex-

ists but the park’s oper-ations are now handled through the Terrace and District Museum Soci-ety, which was formed in the late 1990s. It receives financial as-sistance from the City of Terrace and the Kit-imat-Stikine regional district.

Mayor Carol Leclerc and members of coun-cil were also at the tea as was Leah Harris, president of the Terrace Regional Historical So-ciety. The plaque was paid for by the society through the assistance of a large donation by Bill and Helene McRae.

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A NATIONAL orga-nization which lobbies for social programs and which opposes privati-zation of public services now has a local chapter.

Nearly 20 people at-tended a meeting lead-ing to a local chapter being formed of the Council of Canadians Feb. 9.

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Brigette De Pape from Vancouver spoke about the council’s goals and Skeena – Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen gave a few words, says Al Lehmann, one of the locals involved.

“Given the general social drift in Canada toward diminished so-cial programs, lopsided trade agreements, and

weakened protections for rivers and lakes (not to mention threats to our Pacific coast), the Council has much work to do,” said Lehmann.

And while Cullen may have made an ap-pearance, Lehmann said the Council of Canadi-ans is not specifically affiliated with any po-litical party on the pro-

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TWO WOMEN ar-rested for alleged drug trafficking last summer have been charged.

Ellen Lizette New and Mary-Lou Starrett have each been charged with one count of pos-session for the purpose of trafficking cocaine on Jan. 9, said Terrace RCMP media relations/community policing officer Const. Angela Rabut.

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A MAN owes $2,500 in restitution to a bank for money he didn’t have permission to take.

Jonas Kinney, 72, pleaded guilty to fraud under $5,000 in provin-cial court here Jan. 22.

Between May 27, 2013 and June 5, 2013, Kinney was helping an ill friend pay for fi-nances but then went to the bank, showed his friend’s identification and wrote withdrawal strips on the friend’s name when he didn’t have the authorization to do that, explained his defence lawyer Timo-thy Klaassen.

Part of that money was for helping out his friend and part went to pay for his heavy gambling at that time too, said Klaassen. The friend has since died.

Kinney will not have a criminal record if he follows all the condi-tions of his 14-month-long probation, includ-ing paying the money back.

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The regional district can work with the government to satisfy the eligibility requirements for the grant, she concluded.

Regional district Thornhill director Ted Ramsey, who’s spearheading the idea of incor-poration, said he didn’t think the letter was professional and showed a lack of understanding for how regional districts work.

“I wasn’t all that impressed with that letter,” he said. “There was no acknowledgment that we’re asking for incorporation. I think the attitude of the govern-ment extended to Thornhill for

years is that we’re not there and don’t count.”

Oakes’ letter said she wanted to “support Thornhill and Terrace in understanding who is current-ly deciding on what in the Great-er Terrace area and how services are financed, while adding to the body of knowledge that supports good decisions in the face of your growth pressure.”

“It better be the regional dis-trict or I’ve spent seven years for nothing,” said Ramsey, referring to his time as Thornhill director on the regional district board.

“I’m disappointed, I’m really

disappointed.”Oakes’ offer of grant money

for a study about what system of governance would be best for Thornhill and Terrace isn’t enough to even get started, he said.

“We have serious questions and we need serious answers,” he said.

Board members voted to ac-cept the Oakes letter and its grant offer.

Regional district administra-tors will now work on a terms of reference for the study with pro-vincial officials.

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Regional district wearyof group’s questions

The regional district’s master plan, in which the City of Terrace is to be a participant, would close the city’s dump on Kalum Lake Drive and convert the regional district’s own dump in Thornhill into a transfer station for waste handling.

Garbage would then be trucked to the new Forceman Ridge while material that can be recycled would be shipped out of the area.

While the city’s own recy-cling program, brought into last spring, is working fairly smooth-ly, there’s been opposition to the regional district’s own program for Thornhill and the rural area surrounding Terrace and south to Lakelse Lake.

That plan was late in being introduced in the latter part of 2014.

Among other changes, Thorn-hill and rural residents are now paying $200 a year for the recy-cling service, a fee that’s made residents unhappy.

Residents had been responsi-ble for their own garbage dispos-al and had either hired a service or took their refuse to the dump.

As well, the group RafaSIE has been asking questions about the economic and environmental viability of the whole program.

Speaking at the Feb. 20 meet-ing, regional district chair Sta-cey Tyers, who is also a City of Terrace councillor, said there are growing concerns over how board members and staffers are being treated.

“No one in the public has to put up with that,” she said of letters and comments, some of which are described as being abusive. “If my boss ever spoke like that, I’d have a lawsuit.”

When people’s rights are be-ing impeded upon, the ones do-ing it need to be stopped, she added.

Thornhill director Ted Ramsey said he’s listened to all the questions and can’t believe there’s such a disconnect be-tween the board and the public.

“I don’t know what else the board can do,” he said, referring to all the ways the board provides information to the public.

“How do we get the informa-tion to the public so they under-

stand it. It seems almost impos-sible. Given that, I’m prepared to support councillor Cordeiro’s motion.”

Cordeiro’s motion was backed by every regional district director except for Jessica McCallum-Miller who represents the ru-ral area, excluding Thornhill, around Terrace.

She asked that her vote be re-corded.

McCallum-Miller also pro-posed a motion, which was accepted by her fellow board members, to provide information packages to Thornhill and rural residents on garbage and recy-cling fee subsidies for seniors and disabled individuals.

“Areas E and C constituents are also shareholders as taxpay-ers of our solid waste manage-ment facility – some are living off of old age pension or disabil-ity and need information as well as the option of subsidizing costs they cannot afford.”

This motion will be present-ed to a committee that’s being formed to engage the residents more in the process of solid waste management.

RCMP OFFICERS ended up mak-ing three arrests of intoxicated people after a 17-year-old girl was struck over the head with a bottle.

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Police were called initially to help the ambulance crew.

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Break Out – Spring Break Camp (8-12) Looking for something to keep the kids active during Spring Break? This sports focused camp will have something for everyone. Starting with aquatic activities then taking a break and walking to Suwilaawks School where we will continue the fun with Gymnasium focused sports and games. Drop off at Sportsplex (kids will be walking between venues) and pick up at Suwilaawks Gymnasium. Cost: $60/5 Location: Sportsplex, Aquatic Centre & Suwilaawks SchoolDate: March 16–March 20 & March 23–March 27

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Red Cross Babysitting (11-14) This educational program follows Red Cross Guide to Babysitters Training. We include 1st Aid training, household safety, behaviour management, child development, and dealing with strangers. We will also have some fun with games and activities that every babysitter can use. Course includes a certi� cate upon completion of the two days.Cost: $75/2 Location: Sportsplex Date: Mar 17 & 18

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**NEW** Lego Lab (5-11)Enjoy a classroom full of Lego…Supervised play for your young builders. Let their imagination go wild and explore the possibilities of Lego land. Cost: $60/10 Location: Suwilaawks Community School Date: Apr 13–May 13

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Dance Express (5-7) Ready to move and groove to your favourite songs? We will learn some funky moves and develop your own moves in this up beat class. Your dancer will have fun while building muscle coordination, with greater body awareness, as well as making some new friends. Cost: $32/8 Location: Sportsplex Date: May 5-May 28

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**NEW** Baton Twirling (7-11) Baton twirling is a fun and unique sport that combines the art of dance, the � exibility of gymnastics, and the skill of twirling into one activity. Participants are guaranteed to have a blast while improving hand-eye coordination, musicality and con� dence. A loaner baton will be provided for the duration of the program. **Participants will have the option to purchase a baton. Cost: $40/8 Location: Cassie Hall SchoolDate: Apr 14-June 2

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GENERALDiscover your “Inner Dragon” (15+)The Lakelse Dragon Boat Society is pleased to sponsor a 5 hour workshop to introduce participants to the team sport of dragon boating. Participants will learn the basic paddling techniques through dry land and on water practice. The workshop is open to women and men, adults and youth 15+. Paddles and life jackets are provided. Bring a bag lunch and dress for the weather. Cost: $25/1Location: Sportsplex/LakeDate: May 23 & May 31

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Ladies Links-Level 1 & Level 2 (16+)Skeena Valley Golf Club will lead the ladies in instruction, removing the fear and mystique that Golf can have. Ladies are encouraged to bring their own clubs, however there are clubs at the golf course to borrow if needed.Cost: $69/4Location: Skeena Valley Golf CourseDate: May 7-28/June 4-25/July 9-30

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Drop-In Basketball (19+)Ready to shoot hoops! Geared for adults to get in shape and practice their skills with drills and mini games with the assistance of Vidar - on site coach and player.Cost: $2/sessionLocation: TBADate: Apr 8-May 27

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Sprockids – Leader Training Course w/ Doug Detwiller (16+)The Sprockids Organization is dedicated to providing the best source material, leader training, guidance, inspiration and support to help individuals, groups, cycling clubs and organizations establish a program in their area. Getting kids on bikes while creating a cycling community is what it is all about. This one day program will teach leaders 55 skills to enable young riders to enjoy riding in a fun and safe manner. This program is available to any parents or keen cyclists, who would like to see more biking programs and events in Terrace. Bike and gear discounts through Giant and Wild Bike and Backcountry available to participants. For more information call Bruce Martindale at Wild Bike and Backcountry 250.615.5225.Cost: $175/1 Location: SportsplexDate: March 8 Sunday @9:30–3:30pm

Drop In Roller Hockey (16+)Maintain your hockey skills or just keep in shape by participating in this weekly inline hockey program. All skill levels welcome. All participants must wear full gear.Cost: $5/drop in Location: SportsplexDate: May 5– July 28

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Meditation & Stress Reduction Classes (16+) Learn meditation skills to enhance your physical, mental and spiritual well-being. This is a journey to self-exploration and discovery.These 8 classes will build on each other using tried and true methods.Cost: $80/8Location: SportsplexDate: Apr 14-June 2 Tuesdays @8-9:30pm

SENIORS“NEW” Indoor Pickle BallLike tennis but with a slower ball, bigger racket, smaller court and lower net – for ease of learning and playing. Good for all skill levels and every age.Cost: $2/drop in Location: Thornhill Jr. Sec. SchoolDate: Mar 31-June 25


“NEW” Tai Chi w/PatA graceful, slow moving form of exercise from China that promotes balance, strength, vitality, and well-being, come and join Pat, our newest instructor.Cost: $3.25/class Location: SportsplexDate: Apr 10-May 15, May 22- June 26

Fridays @10:30-11:30am

Forever FitFor anyone looking for a non-impact workout this is the one for you. Stretching, strength, cardio and balance will all be covered. Great way to keep in shape as the snow falls. Cost: $3.25/class Location: Sportsplex Date: Mar 31-May 14, May 19-June 25

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Chair Yoga This is a gentle yoga class for everyone. No matter what age you are or what condition you are in you can experience the health bene� ts of yoga. All levels encouraged to join as the instructor will challenge you at your level.Cost: $3.25/classLocation: SportsplexDate: Mar 30-May13, May 20-June 24

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Spring Break Adventure Camp (6-12) Cost: $50.00/5 Set I or $40.00/4 Set II Location: Sportsplex Date: March 18–March 22 - Set I March 25–March 28 - Set II Monday-Thursday or Friday @1:00–4:00pm Get active this spring with our Adventure Leaders! The leaders will teach you all about sports from ball sports, dance, swimming, skating and much more “NEW” Session Drama (7-12) Cost: $40.00/8 Location: Sportsplex Date: Feb 18–Mar 15

Mondays & Fridays @4:00-6:00pm Your children will learn all the basics of drama through games and activities. This program is centered around a feeling of community and team work and works on building friendships and social skills through drama. General “NEW” Hair Styling 101 (13+) Cost: $40.00 Mother & Daughter $25.00 Adult/$20.00 Youth Location: Sportsplex Date: Coming Soon For those who would like to learn to do simply styles for every day or evening, join Debbie Taphouse from Northern E-Clips Hair Studio. She will show you how to use your hair straighter, to curl your hair; easy and simply pull up do’s, fun and quick school or workday do’s and give instruction on how to use your tools properly and basic hair care. You must bring your own straightener and curling irons with you, other supplies provid-ed. Social Dance-Latin with Richard & Kelly (16+) Cost: $38.00 per couple/each set - Registration ONLY Location: Sportsplex Date: Jan 9-Jan 23 – Quick Step Feb 6-Feb 20 – Fox Trot Mar 6-Mar 27 – Jive Apr 10-May 8 - Waltz Wednesdays Beginners @6:45pm–7:45pm

Wednesdays Beginners Plus @8:00–9:00pm You may not be “Dancing with the Stars” but you will be “Dancing like a Star” with the-se 4 sets of dancing lessons. Choose one or all four and be ready for fun and fitness with friends.

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Kidz Fitness (9+) Cost: FREE Location: Sportsplex Date: Jan 8–Feb 5 Feb 12–Mar 12

Tuesdays @4:00–4:45pm Come out of the cold and warm up with our fitness for kids, warm up, cardio, endur-ance, strength and stretching all included. Just for the kids! Parents are welcome to join in if available space. Dance Express (5-7) Cost: $40.00/10 Set I - $32.00/8 Set II Location: Sportsplex Date: Jan 15–Feb 14 Feb 19–Mar 14

Tuesdays & Thursdays @4:00–4:45pm Your little one will develop skills and confidence in this fun and imaginative class. He/she will have a great time dancing while an introduction to ballet and jazz are pre-sented. Join for fun and friendship! Red Cross Babysitting (11-14) Cost: $70.00/2 Location: Sportsplex Date: Feb 16 & 23

Saturdays @9:00–3:15pm This is an excellent way to prepare young adults to be responsible and confident babysitters. Skills necessary for caring for children and safety skills are a few items that will be covered in this 2 day course. Home Alone (9–12) Cost: $25.00/1 Location: Sportsplex Date: Mar 2

Saturday @9:00–1:00pm Does your child know how to make emergency calls? He/she will learn 1st Aid and Fire & Home safety. Reduce your worries by giving them responsible problem solving skills for when they are alone. Each participant receives a Red Cross People Saver’s Certificate.

Ballet Fit (16+) Cost: $95.00/10 - Registration ONLY Location: Skeena School/Dance Room Date: Jan 16–Feb 15

Wednesdays @8:30–9:30pm Fridays @7:15-8:15pm

This class is suited to teens and adults with no prior ballet experience who want to in-crease their fitness level, increase mobility and flexibility and move with grace and poise. Therapeutic Touch Workshop (16+) Cost: $30.00/1 – Includes Lunch Location: Sportsplex Date: Feb 9

Saturday @8:45–3:00pm This workshop in Therapeutic Touch will help you learn how to assist someone as well as yourself. TT is not magic…it is not a “Healing Modality”...it is however a relaxation therapy and a relaxed body will begin to heal itself as best it can. Work with Gary who studied and practiced Therapeutic Touch in the lower mainland for ten years and five years as part of the TT Team at the Royal Columbian Hospital. Meditation & Stress Reduction Classes (16+) Cost: $60.00/6 Location: Sportsplex Date: Jan 28–Mar 11

Mondays @8:00-9:30pm Learn meditation skills to enhance your physical, mental and spiritual well-being. This is a journey to self-exploration and discovery. These 6 classes will build on each other using tried and true methods. Seniors Forever Fit Cost: Register or drop in for $3.25 a class Location: Sportsplex Date: Jan 7–Feb 7 Feb 18–Mar 14

Mondays @10:30–11:30am &/or Thursdays @1:00-2:00pm

For anyone looking for a non-impact workout then this is the one for you. Stretching, strength, cardio and balance will all be covered. Great way to keep in shape as the snow falls.

PRESCHOOLBusy Bees Playtime (3-5)Busy Bees’ quali� ed and experienced instructor will offer developmentally appropriate fun experiences in an environment of excellence. Cost: $85/Monthly registration Location: SportsplexDate: Apr-June

Monday, Wednesday & Friday @9:15-11:15am

Creative Movements (3-5) Encourage and inspire children through the freedom of movement. We will use games, props and music to stimulate and activate the curious and creative spirit of each child and develop greater body awareness. Come prepared to wiggle and giggle all class long.Cost: $32/8Location: Sportsplex Date: May 5-May 28


Tiny Tots Soccer (3-5)The Tiny-tot version of the big � eld game! Your preschooler will have an opportunity to get introduced to the different skills and participate in a variety of interactive soccer games. Emphasis is on fun, fundamental skills and participation. Cost: $20/4 or $35/8 Location: Christy ParkDate: May 5-May 28

Tuesdays &/or Thursdays @ 4:00-4:30pm or 4:40-5:10pm

Tykes T-Ball (3-5)T-Ball is the introduction to the exciting sport of softball. Children will be introduced to the basics of softball through games, activities and obstacles. Our emphasis will be on fun, cooperation and participation. Parent participation is welcome.Cost: $20/4 Location: George Little Park Date: June 3-June 24

Wednesdays @4:00-4:30pm or 4:40-5:10pm

YOUTH

Outdoor Atomic VolleyballThis is a skill based program geared for youth who want to learn the skills of volleyball. Skills like underhand and overhand passing, spiking and serving will be taught by quali� ed club coaches. The sessions will be held outside (weather pending) and games will be geared more for outdoor grass play meaning 3 on 3 and 4 on 4 games.Cost: $35/8Location: George Little Park or Christie ParkDates: May 25 - June 17

Mondays & Wednesdays 5-6:15pm

Community Circus Camp (9+)Juggle, clown, balance and perform in the dramatic, the athletic and the eclectic world of the Circus. Sweat, sequins and the rewards of discovering your circus super powers are what keep you coming back. Tightrope, trapeze, stilt walking, unicycle riding, juggling are what you can experience at the week-long camp with a BIG performance held on the Friday night for family and friends. Cost: $89/5Location: Thornhill GymDate: May 4 – May 8

Monday—Friday @3:30-7:30pm

PERFORMANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY ON

FRIDAY NIGHT @6:30pm!

Spring Break Adventure Camp (6-12) Cost: $50.00/5 Set I or $40.00/4 Set II Location: Sportsplex Date: March 18–March 22 - Set I March 25–March 28 - Set II Monday-Thursday or Friday @1:00–4:00pm Get active this spring with our Adventure Leaders! The leaders will teach you all about sports from ball sports, dance, swimming, skating and much more “NEW” Session Drama (7-12) Cost: $40.00/8 Location: Sportsplex Date: Feb 18–Mar 15

Mondays & Fridays @4:00-6:00pm Your children will learn all the basics of drama through games and activities. This program is centered around a feeling of community and team work and works on building friendships and social skills through drama. General “NEW” Hair Styling 101 (13+) Cost: $40.00 Mother & Daughter $25.00 Adult/$20.00 Youth Location: Sportsplex Date: Coming Soon For those who would like to learn to do simply styles for every day or evening, join Debbie Taphouse from Northern E-Clips Hair Studio. She will show you how to use your hair straighter, to curl your hair; easy and simply pull up do’s, fun and quick school or workday do’s and give instruction on how to use your tools properly and basic hair care. You must bring your own straightener and curling irons with you, other supplies provid-ed. Social Dance-Latin with Richard & Kelly (16+) Cost: $38.00 per couple/each set - Registration ONLY Location: Sportsplex Date: Jan 9-Jan 23 – Quick Step Feb 6-Feb 20 – Fox Trot Mar 6-Mar 27 – Jive Apr 10-May 8 - Waltz Wednesdays Beginners @6:45pm–7:45pm

Wednesdays Beginners Plus @8:00–9:00pm You may not be “Dancing with the Stars” but you will be “Dancing like a Star” with the-se 4 sets of dancing lessons. Choose one or all four and be ready for fun and fitness with friends.

Get Out Of The Cold… & Into The Sportsplex This Winter! Preschool Busy Bees Playtime (3-5) Cost: $85.00/$56.00 Monthly registration Monday, Wednesday & Friday

&/OR Tuesday & Thursday “NEW” Location: Sportsplex Date: Jan-June @9:00–11:00am Get your child ready for kindergarten. Shapes, numbers, letters and more will be taught through play, group art activities and circle time, focusing on weekly themes. Please bring a snack and indoor shoes. (No classes in December) Creative Movements (3-4) Cost: $40.00/10 Set I - $32.00/8 Set II Location: Sportsplex Date: Jan 15–Feb 14 Feb 19–Mar 14 Tuesdays & Thursdays @3:30-4:00pm Your little one will develop skills and confidence in this fun and imaginative class. He/she will have a great time dancing while an introduction to ballet and jazz are presented. Join for fun and friendship! Family Gym (Walking–5 with Adult) Cost: $2.00 drop-in fee Location: Sportsplex Date: Jan 10–March 14 Thursdays @11:30pm–1:30pm It’s playtime for pre-schooler and their grown-ups. The playroom is full of riding toys, tumbling mats, balls, slides and more. Parents are responsible for their children and must stay at all times. Youth Get Up and Go Sundays! Cost: FREE Location: Suwilaawks Community School (Clarence Michiel) Date: Jan 13–March 10 Sundays @1:00–3:00pm All sorts of sports will be played as well as crafts and games. This time is for your child to meet new friends and bring old friends out of the cold to our Get Up & Go program. Call the Sportsplex for more information.

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IN THE run up to what could be tens of billions of dollars being spent in northwestern B.C. on liquefied natural gas plants and on the pipelines to provide the raw product for those plants, a wide variety of companies from outside have set up shop to offer the servic-es, expertise and supplies as part of the needed groundwork leading to final investment de-cisions.

Many of those newly ar-rived companies over the past several years bring with them established relationships with the international industrial players who hope to develop LNG plants and other indus-tries.

One of those companies is Swift Worldwide Resources, an employee search firm with 27 offices around the world and a presence in 36 countries.

It’s focussed on the oil and gas industry and has had an of-fice in Calgary since 2007 and has now opened an office on the second floor of the former Terrace and District Credit Union building on Lazelle Ave. in Terrace.

“We’re here in B.C. just be-cause of all of these projects,” says Swift’s one and only – for now – Terrace employee, Kat-ja Lenihan.

“Where the client is, we go.”

Lenihan herself speaks to

the international nature of oil and gas industry employment. Originally from England, she spent time with Swift in its Perth, Australia office before the local posting.

Swift began in England but its headquarters is now in Houston, Texas, the heart of the American oil and gas in-dustry and its Calgary location speaks to that city being the oil and gas industry hub for Canada.

Swift’s northwestern B.C. client list includes Chevron, which has a 50 per cent stake in Kitimat LNG, one of two major LNG projects under

consideration for Kitimat.It also services other com-

panies in the region as well, the engineering firm of Hatch and companies connected to Rio Tinto Alcan’s Kitmat smelter modernization project.

Swift will find and hire a full range of employees of all kinds of skill sets.

“What I’ve been doing is getting the [Swift] name out there, attending various func-tions, generally introducing myself and the company. Peo-ple are asking who are you and why are you are. I’m raising the profile,” says Lenihan.

Swift provides two types of

employees to its clients – those who will be permanently hired by the client and those who remain within Swift and are provided on a contract basis.

“We have a huge database at our disposal,” explains Lenihan of the CVs and re-sumes on file.

While one arm of Swift works with clients to find the people the client needs, anoth-er arm of Swift keeps track of the people it has working for clients.

“We’re always updating,” says Lenihan. “We want to make the [recruitment] pro-cess as seamless as possible. What our teams do is at least three months in advance of a contract ending is to start speaking with that person of where they might want to go or whether they might want to stay.”

One of Swift’s recruitment tenets is to find people who have at least one non-mone-tary motive for employment.

When it comes to Canadian projects, Lenihan says it looks for qualified Canadian appli-cants first locally, then nation-ally and then Canadians work-ing abroad.

Lenihan describes Swift, which has 400 employees, as an open company with acces-sible lines of communication. “Our key is flexibility and to act quickly when needed,” she said.

LOCAL BUSINESSES who take part in a Prince Rupert conference next month can ex-pect to get some advice on how to keep em-ployees.

That’ll come through a panel discussion examining everything from providing a sat-isfying workplace, planning for retirement of long-term employees, and diversity on the job.

The discussion is one of the events taking place at the March 6-7 Northwest Growth Con-ference hosted by a number of Prince Rupert business development agencies.

The conference is framed around how busi-nesses can take advantage of the growth in the regional economy.

“The key to economic growth is planning for local people and newcomers to participate in this changing economy,” says Marla Pryce of the Hecate Strait Employment Development Society who will chair the panel on employee retention.

Conference speaker and panelist, business growth expert Clemens Rettich from Duncan, B.C., says the best way to ward off having your employees poached out from under your busi-ness is to cultivate loyalty.

“Think of loyalty as stickiness,” Rettich says. “You are sticky as an employer when loyalty goes both ways, when there is a fit, and when there is a tolerance for disappointment. You can’t buy any of this stuff, but you can de-sign it and earn it. I know employers whose employees would take a bullet for them.”

Various Prince Rupert business promotion agencies, including Community Futures of the Pacific Northwest, are hosting the conference.

The conference is being held at the North Coast Meeting and Convention Centre and the Crest Hotel.

Building loyaltyto be highlighted

Recruiter opens office here

STAFF PHOTO

KATJA LENIHAN of recruiting company Swift Worldwide Resources.

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Please join us as we celebrate God’s grace through his Word.

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Sunday School & Adult Bible Studies……. 9:30 am Sunday Morning Worship Service………. 11:00 am

CASTING METALLURGICAL TECHNICIANRio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK. Rio Tinto’s business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. For more information, please visit www.riotinto.com.

The opportunity We are looking for a Casting Metallurgical Technician, to be responsible for controlling one or more processes, major projects, complex equipment maintenance, scientific analyses or administrative techniques involving several technical disciplines and requiring considerable coordination and extensive consultation with internal and external parties. This role will work on a rotating roster of a 12hour day shift. The position is based in Kitimat, British Columbia.

What you will need for this role To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

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KITSELAS GOVERNMENTWellness & Health Promotion Worker Full-time Permanent

The Wellness and Health Promotion Worker working under the Director of Health is responsible for providing programs and services that support the prevention and reduction of substance abuse in the Kitselas Community in a respectful and confidential capacity.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

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February 27 2015Finance Clerk. Please reference “Wellness & Health Promotion Worker” and indicate clearly in your cover letter how

Attn: Karla Frank 2225 Gitaus, Terrace, BC V8G 0A9

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WE ARE HIRING!Medical Office Receptionist

Cedar River Physiotherapy Clinic in Terrace, BC is seeking an Office Receptionist for their friendly yet busy clinical environment. Hours will range from 20-30 hours per week.

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Deadline: Open until filled. Please submit Resume with Cover Letter and names of Previous Supervisors for reference to: Karla Frank

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AMP CALEDONIASUMMER CAMP STAFFLocated at: Camp Caledonia Christian Anglican Youth Summer Camp in Telkwa, BC, Diocese of Caledonia.Seeking paid Staff for 2015 Summer Camps July 2 - July 25, 2015

Paid Positions Available: Camp Director (closing date March 18th) - time commitment is June 18 - August 8th

Head Cook, Assistant Cook, Life Guard, Sport Leader, Craft Leader, Cabin Counselors (closing date March 25) - time commitment is primarily July 2 - July 25.

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Staff and volunteer applications are available online at campcaledonia.com. Forward resumes as outlined on the application as soon as possible.

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City of TerraceVacancy

The City of Terrace has a vacancy for a creative, highly motivated, independent individual with experience in

gardening/landscaping to fill a position with our Leisure Services Department. This position primarily involves

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shrubs in our local parks and on municipal property.

Shift and weekend work is required. Please visit the City of Terrace website at www.terrace.ca for a detailed

job description and information on how to apply for this vacancy.

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BookkeeperThriving successful local business looking for the right individual to join our team.

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FOR THE � rst time ever, the Ter-race Skating Club (TSC) will be hosting the Northwest Jamboree, a mixer for northwest skaters that also gives them a positive way to be evaluated by judges outside of their own club.

Taking place this weekend at the Terrace Sportsplex Main are-na from approximately 8 a.m. to late afternoon each day, it is a fun competition where skaters from Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Hazelton, Smithers and Houston get together to preform their � g-ure skating solos and elements.

All skaters are evaluated by northwest coaches and receive feedback, skaters with better evaluations receive more points.

Skaters from each club are mixed up and put on teams with skaters from around the north-west and at the end of the week-end the team with the best evalu-ation score wins the gold medal.

The community is invited to watch the events, with entry free of charge.

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SOME OF the skating club’s pre-junior and junior skaters who will be participating in the Figure Skating Northwest Jamboree here in Terrace Feb 28th & March 1st.

Northwest Jamboree to make its Terrace debut

Things get heated at the arena

ANGIE HEALEY PHOTO

■ Rip it up

THE SHAMES Mountain Ski and Snowboard Club hosted the third and fourth installement of

its Mini Rippers six-part series on Feb. 14 and 15. The fun races are open to kids 10 and under, with the next two taking place at the end of March on the Bunny Hill at Shames.

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■ Ladies spiel AFTER A close game against the Cheryl Wyatt rink that came down to the last rock in the 8th end to determine the winner, the Kucharyshen rink (above) was declared the winner of the 2015 Ladies Valentine Bon-spiel. Skipped by Jody Kucharyshen, on the team was Rebecca and Joan Kucharyshen and Vikki Gardener. In the B event, Grif� th won out over Billson. The C event saw Mclean over Dzuiba, and the D Event � nished with Wahl over Bulleid. Twenty-two teams from Prince Rupert, Kitimat and Burns Lake attended the fun weekend of competition at the Terrace Curling Club. And now the women start training for next year: the 60th Annual Ladies Valentine Bonspiel.

THE CLIMATE inside the Hidber Arena at the Terrace Sportsplex has � uctuated since the arena’s air handling system was damaged in the big snowstorm a few weeks ago.

The weight of snow that fell off the arena roof Feb. 7 and 8 – a sight many people in Terrace can probably imagine – damaged the

arena’s HVAC and ductwork. That means the arena no longer

has dehumidi� cation capacity, ex-plained the city’s director of leisure services Carmen Didier in an email.

And because of that, the arena glass will fog up when the weather is warm and/or wet outside.

Didier is hoping for cooler weather over the next few weeks so

the condensation inside the arena won’t reach a point where it starts dripping from the ceiling onto the ice. That’s the only way the situ-ation could affect the ice, which Didier says, is not damaged.

At the same time, the bleacher heaters won’t work when the air handling system is down, meaning it is cooler for spectators.

“Our message to users has been to bring your jackets and squee-gees,” said Didier.

She said the city is doing its best to keep the Hidber Arena in operation and minimize the incon-venience to those that use it, and added that the main arena didn’t suffer any damage.

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estimates to repair the system, Di-dier said, adding that the repairs won’t be completed until the end of the ice season.

“Initially, the main arena ice was the � rst arena ice scheduled for removal on March 16, but in light of the damage we will be re-moving the Hidber ice � rst now,” she said.

A28 www.terracestandard.com SPORTS Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Terrace Standard

After rigorously applying the dic-tates set down in 34 Ways to Cast a Fly, the difficulties I’d been having casting my two handed

fly rod vanished. Now I worked my way downstream, calling on the casts the condi-tions demanded reflexively, a firm indication that I had mastered the practical application of what is now known as Spey Casting. John Lynde’s book had served its main purpose, but I still kept it close at hand because it contained a concise table of excellent leader profiles I use to this day.

Over the years, I fielded numerous re-quests for instruction by aspiring Spey casters. As a consequence of these inqui-ries, my tattered copy of 34 Ways to Cast a Fly went out on loan several times. One of those times, Jim Aston borrowed it and kept it long enough to acquire enough guilt that he appeared at my door with the old copy along with a new second hand edition in im-maculate condition that he’d bought as rec-ompense. I assured him it wasn’t necessary but was glad he’d sourced another, for this one had a dust jacket that contained much of interest about the book’s author and the reason he set out to write the book.

From the back of the jacket, I learned that Lynde was born in Madras, India, in 1913. He was raised and educated in Eng-land, and became a “fly-fishing addict” while on a two-year course of training at Seale-Hayne Agricultural College. In 1934,

Lynde took up fly-fish-ing as a career. Combin-ing income earned from casting instruction with that gained by conduct-ing guided fly fishing tours of the British Isles, Lynde prosecuted this career successfully for six years then enlisted in the British army where he attained the rank of Captain. Three years af-ter the war, he emigrated to British Columbia, where, as his book went to print, he was engaged in developing a resort that catered primarily to fly fishermen.

Sadly, 34 Ways to Cast a Fly has been out of print for years. I have seen several other books on casting that attempted to do what Lynde did, but fell short. Similarly, I’ve watched dozens of videos on specific casts and Spey casting in general, but as skilled as the casters in these flicks are, they can never impart the subtleties that skilled casting de-mands via that format. Thanks to the efforts of Philip Maher and Jon Symonds, there is now a book on casting that, since it covers all the latest developments made possible in part because of advances made in fly fish-ing equipment, has surpassed John Lynde’s

superb little volume.Flycasting Skills for

Beginner and Expert (Merlin Unwin Books 2013) is an extraordi-nary piece of work by two skilled and highly qualified casting instruc-tors that takes apart the mechanics of every im-portant cast with surgical precision and presents each in a clear and acces-sible format.

Jon Symonds, a pho-tographer and graphic artist, has taken photo-graphic sequences of his casting mentor and co-author Philip Maher, then

selected the key moments in each cast and put them on the page enhanced with graph-ics that show the direction of water flow, the direction of the wind, the body line, the cast-ing direction of the forward cast, the imagi-nary line for the initial lift of the fly-line, the placement of the caster’s hands, the position of the anchor, how the rod tip is moved, and the direction of the forward cast. This sounds complicated but it isn’t. The casting illustrations are crystal clear and visually appealing and when combined with the text, which is cleverly integrated with the im-ages, gives a vivid account of the cast. Soon

after Philip generously put a copy of his book in my hands, I looked up the analysis of the snake roll cast, a stroke that seemed eminently practical to me but I couldn’t seem to get the hang of. I found it on page 44. After a couple of paragraphs explaining when to use the cast and how it is executed, there is a picture of Philip, knee deep in the stream making a static roll cast, the basis of the snake roll, with a single handed rod, next to graphic showing the vertical plane in which the line is shown accompanied by arrows showing where to speed up and slow down the speed of the rod and line. Beneath this picture are five essential tips for a suc-cessful static roll cast, then on the facing page is a sequence of six pictures of Philip punching out a snake roll accompanied by text that describes each phase of the cast and underscores nuances that would otherwise would have been missed.

Over the page there is an even more de-tailed exposition of how to execute a snake roll with a two-handed rod.

The only way one could get better in-struction on fly casting than that presented in this book would be to get individual in-struction from its authors, which may be possible as Philip Maher now makes his home in Terrace and is considering offering such instruction. If he does and you sign up, Flycasting Skills for Beginner and Expert will be an essential reference text to accom-pany the lessons.

S K E E N A A N G L E R

ROB BROWN

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IN A stunning tournament win that saw the Caledonia Ker-modes Jr. Boys defeat both teams they’d struggled to beat all season, the Kermodes are northwest zone champs – for the first time in four years.

The basketball team ended up with a record of 4-1 at the championship tournament here in Terrace two weekends ago, qualifying for the BC Jr. Boys Provincial Championships at the Langley Events Centre be-ginning today.

The team won the double knockout tournament by de-feating Charles Hay Jr. Rain-makers from Prince Rupert on Saturday evening 45-32 and again on Sunday afternoon 42-22 after losing to the Rainmak-ers on Saturday morning in the first semi-final 44-37. The games were very exciting and there was tremendous support from a capacity crowd, report-ed coach Mike Johnson.

In addition to the victories over the Prince Rupert Rain-makers, the Kermodes also de-feated the NESS Nighthawks (Aiyansh) twice after having lost to both teams in all of their prior meetings this year.

In recognition of their play over the weekend, Harvir Dhe-si was selected to the All-Star team while Jalen Holland and Dylan King were chosen as co-MVPs for the tournament.

The team also received key contributions from Sol Johnson and Elijah Azak (both Grade 9 students) as well as great de-fense and intensity from Josh Grant. Everyone else on the

team, notably Tyler Dozzi and Jackson Netzl (Grade 8), stepped up when called upon and the boys showed great poise and teamwork through-out the weekend.

As of last week, the team planned to attend the provin-cials in Langley and is trying to make it work with support from some local businesses, said Johnson.

Results:Cal 54 vs NESS 26: Harvir

Dhesi – 18, Dylan King – 16, Jalen Holland & Jackson Netzl 6 each; Cal 37 vs Charles Hays 44: Dhesi - 11, King - 9, Hol-land - 12; Cal 48 vs NESS 41: King -19, Sol Johnson – 11, Dhesi – 7; Cal 45 vs Charles Hays 32: King – 19, Holland – 12, Johnson – 9 (final #1); Cal 42 vs Charles Hays 22, scorers Holland – 12, King – 11, John-son & Dhesi 6 each.

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Skating THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 6:30 p.m. at the Sportsplex main arena, the Terrace skating club presents: BACK TO THE 80’s ice show. With special guest skater Kelsey Wong, current junior ladies provin-cial champion & 2015 Canadian Challenge silver medalist, skating club members aged three to 18 will be performing in the show with music from the Smurfs to Mi-chael Jackson to Phantom of the Opera. All 1980s hit music, movies or shows. Tickets are available from club members or All Seasons.

SoccerINDOOR YOUTH soccer clinic with Nick Kollias is back again this year, taking place at Caledonia over spring break (March 16-20) with sessions for boys and girls five through 16 years old. The camp – which has been going on for more than 25 years – focusses on fundamental skills like drib-bling, shooting and ball control. Pick up a form at the Sportsplex or call Nick at 250-635-9231.

Fresh meatNORTH COAST Nightmares Roller Derby presents Fresh Meat training program. Roller derby is a sport for all to bout, ref, volunteer or just try it out. Learn the basics of the game. Participate in skating drills, core work-outs and freestyle skate time. Learn skate care. Learn skills to pass the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association minimum skills require-ments. Join the team! Team members will be skating every week, ready to offer advice and assistance. Mondays/ Thursdays 7:15-9:15 at Thornhill Community Centre. From Feb. 12 - March 2. For more info, email [email protected].

Cal Jr. boys make provincials for the first time in four years

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

ABOVE PHOTO: Back row from left; Denis Burnip (coach), Jackson Netzl, Dylan King, Jalen Holland, Sol Johnson, Weihao Zhou, Tyler Dozzi, Mike Johnson (coach). Front row from left; Jag Dhillon, Elijah Azak, Harvir Dhesi, Josh Grant, Nathan Bannister, Nigel Dodd and Andrew Wells. Below: the three team captains (from left; Harvir Dhesi, Jalen Holland and Dylan King) with the trophy.


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Braving the winter in search of summer wineThrough rain, fog, snow and ice, we drove in search of Syrah in the Okanagan Valley.The 1,000-kilometre journey was a good winter test of the all-wheel-drive 2015 Acura MDX elite edition. But it was also a quest to collect exam-ples of the fermented homegrown Syrah grape to be poured by Okana-gan winemakers at next week’s Vancouver Interna-tional Wine Festival.Drinking and driving don’t mix but for this Okanagan wine fan, the reward came at day’s end or when somebody else took the wheel at midday!The idea for the jaunt came when I learned Honda’s premium brand was a festival sponsor. My focus sharpened when Syrah was named the feature grape and it was revealed that 55 wineries from Australia would show off their version of the French grape – the big and often fruity Shiraz. Past tastings told me B.C. could hold its own in this duel. Indeed 16 of our best winemakers will uncork Syrah. The Driveway car pulled into eight of those vineyards but it was not an easy drive. Though the forecast snow did not materialize in the Fraser Valley, gusts did test surefootedness. The true winter test was found along the twisty Hope-Princ-eton highway. In the summer, it’s a fun roller coaster ride but hidden black ice and patches around every corner made it a steering wheel gripper.

The long straights in Manning Park tempt-ed me to open up the 3.5-litre SOHC, V6 and let all 290 horses roar. A sudden slip towards the ditch and a rear sway put paid to that notion and I was grateful for traction control. Rain swept us through the Similkameen Valley but cleared as we dropped down into Osoyoos. First stop would be Black Hills Estate Winery, on Black Sage Road, in Oliver. It has magnificent views of the Okanagan valley. Its

interpretation of Syrah is mouth-filling and much closer to its Rhone Valley origins than that Oz style. The same can be said of that served by TIME Estate Winery across the road, which opens to the public this summer.Minutes later, we had swept across the valley to the castle-like structure that is Road 13, where owners Mick and Pam Luckhurst entertained and sent us packing with a variety of blends. The overnight stop was neighbouring Tinhorn Cellars, where its generous co-owner and winemaker Sandra Oldfield extracted a delicious Syrah from her private cellar.The next day, a yellow orb appeared above while passing by the beautiful Vaseaux Lake and into Okanagan Falls. We spun onto Eastside Road and skirted Skaha Lake to Penticton. It’s a quiet, fast road and it enabled me to play with paddle shifters.

The view from Poplar Grove over Okana-gan Lake is spectacular as is the Syrah, which, like the best of the winery’s reds, benefits from the extra aging afforded by cellaring it for a couple of years longer than the norm. A three-kilometre side trip to Red Rooster netted a Reserve Syrah, which exuded yummy plum and cherry from its neck, once opened! One more stop before a relaxing evening spent staring over the lake while sipping on a suite balcony at the Summerland Waterfront Resort. The snowy and very icy single track to the new Sage Hills Vineyard in Summerland required careful navigation. The reward was a barrel tasting with winemaker Andrea Lee and vineyard manager Keenan Thrussell. The new vintage had yet to be bottled but a rosé version hit the spot later!Time to return to the coast via Sandhill Wines in Kelowna. Howard Soon, a B.C. born industry pioneer, makes Syrah from vineyards in the south of the valley and a special ‘small lots’ version from a

single vineyard.By the time the rear two rows were lowered to accommodate the purchased cases of wine, the seven-seat MDX was strictly a two-seater. Despite its load, it leapt up to the Pennask Summit on the Okanagan Connector as fast the outside temperature dropped to minus five. The Coquihalla Highway was bathed in sunlight and the descent to Hope was smooth and quiet but for the rattle from the bottles.Bring on the Aussies! If you can’t get to the festival tasting room, tour Okanagan wine country this summer… with a designated driver, of course.

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Of the 27 BC wineries featured at the upcoming Vancouver International Wine Festival (February 20 until March 1), 16 Okanagan Valley vineyards will pour wine made from this year’s featured grape – Syrah. Our Search for Syrah in an Acura MDX took us to eight of those wineries.

▸ Black Hills Estate Winery: 4318 Black Sage Road, Oliver (blackhillswinery.com)▸ Road 13 Vineyards: 799 Ponderosa Road, Road 13, Oliver (road13vineyards.com)▸ Tinhorn Creek Vineyards: 537 Tinhorn Creek Road, Oliver (tinhorn.com)▸ TIME Estate Winery: 30861 Black Sage Road, Oliver (timewinery.com)▸ Sage Hills Vineyard: 18555 Matsu Drive, Summerland (sagehillswine.com)▸ Poplar Grove Winery: 425 Middle Bench Road North, Penticton (poplargrove.ca)▸ Red Rooster Winery: 891 Naramata Road, Penticton (redroosterwinery.com) ▸ Sandhill Wines: 1125 Richter St, Kelowna, (sandhillwines.ca)

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Montreal – If there is one part of this vast country that knows about winter and winter driving, it is the province of Quebec. Winter weather can stretch from November until April, which is why this frost bitten part of the country mandates winter tires on all vehicles and was the perfect spot to showcase two products from Mercedes Benz, the B-Class and CLA-Class. Both are now equipped with Mercedes 4Ma-tic all wheel drive (AWD) system. Touching down in Montreal, the outside temperature was heading to minus twenty three overnight and minus nineteen for a daytime high, plus snow, lots of snow. Perfect for winter driving but not for standing outside.LooksBoth the B-Class hatchback and CLA sedan are based on the Mercedes small car platform that is also shared with the GLA compact crossover. The B and GLA are sold with front wheel drive (FWD) and now AWD. The latest

B-Class was introduced a few years ago and gets a mild facelift, including a new grille, lower chin spoiler, different wheels and a new accent line down the side. The CLA was just introduced last year so external updates will have to wait another couple of years. The B-Class is a taller hatchback design that provides a useful package for young families, including bigger rear windows and a large hatch and cargo space. The CLA on the other hand is more about style, competing for the young, upwardly mobile crowd that want to be seen in this sleek, low slung sedan, it isn’t the best choice for a family. InsideBoth the B-Class and CLA receive nice up-dates for 2015 on the inside. Both share the same dash so updating both made sense. The screen that sits front and centre on the dash, like and iPad is larger, moving to a standard 7-inch screen or optional 8-inch screen on cars equipped with navigation. This screen is controlled with a small knob between the front seats. Other updates include a sportier

and very comfortable steering wheel, a re-vised stereo head unit and a new instrument cluster behind the steering wheel. Heated seats are now standard equipment for 2015 but heated rear seats and a heated steering wheel are not available in these cars. The B-Class 4Matic is a $2,200 premium over the FWD version, starting at $33,500. The CLA has the same $2,200 charge for AWD, starting at $36,800. One nice feature available on the CLA is an “exclusive” package that includes a leather dashboard with French stitching for $2,300. DriveTo explore the abilities of these two new products, the Olympic rowing basin used for the 1976 Montreal games was partially plowed, exposing sheet ice with a fresh sprinkling of snow. This provided a great example of the limits of grip and the abili-ties of the electronic stability program, in conjunction with the AWD system. On sheet ice, there is no grip, so sliding is easy. It was on the rural roads outside of Montreal near

the ski resort of Bromont that the 4Matic system proved useful. The system is designed to provide power to the front wheels as often as possible and instantly transfer power to the rear wheels when extra grip is needed, it all happens in a nanosecond. The maximum amount of power sent to the rear wheels if fifty percent. I noticed that these cars, when placed in “sport” mode actually allow the car to slip and slide without the electronics being too oppressive. An overly aggressive nanny style is often used by other manufac-turers and it shuts down any type of sliding, something that can be welcome by advanced drivers. Altogether, both cars feel very well balanced, almost like a rear-wheel-drive car when a controlled slide is achieved. VerdictMercedes has had enormous success with its 4Matic AWD system, accounting for eighty five percent of its sales. With the introduction of these two new models in late 2014, the number has jumped to over ninety percent. This opens up the safety and stability of AWD

to a larger market. One thing to keep in mind is these two products offer great value if the buyer keeps and eye on the options. The “must have” package include the Premium Package for an additional $3800 on both the B-Class and CLA. This includes automatic climate control, a huge panoramic sunroof, rear view camera, blind spot system and navi-gation. This brings the 4Matic price on the B-Class to $37,300 and $40,600 on the CLA. Not overly expensive for a Mercedes Benz product but pricier than the starting price suggests. Should you consider the 4Matic version of the B-Class and CLA? Absolutely, based on the added level of security, grip and improved resale value. [email protected]

The LowdownPower: 2.0L turbo 4-cylinder with 208hpFill-up: 10.0L/7.5L/100km (city/highway) Sticker price: B-Class 4Matic $33,500 CLA 4Matic $36,800

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